Automated weld torch guidance control system

A device for automatically controlling the movement of a welding torch while welding an elongated joint is described. A charge injection television camera is carried on a movable support. The camera includes a matrix of individual light sensing video elements which generate voltages responsive to light reflected off of the joint and surrounding areas of the work piece. The voltages produced by the pixels are converted to digital words which are fed to a microprocessor for generating an error signal. This error signal is fed to a digital motor which is used to drive a movable support upon which the television camera is carried

(In)definiteness Spread in Semitic Construct State: Does it Really Exist?

To argue against a long established assumption seems to be not that easy task. In this article, I argue against one of those assumptions, namely (in)definiteness spread in Semitic Construct State (CS). I argue that CSs are of two types: either definite or indefinite. The former refers to those CSs, where the head N is syntactically definite, in the sense of having the definite article al-/ha- (the, Arabic/Hebrew), and the latter to those not having it. Three tenets constitute the crux of this paper: i) the controversy (in)definiteness spread gives rise to among Semitic scholars, ii) there does exist good evidence that the head N of CSs can take the definite article in Arabic and Hebrew, and iii) in Arabic the absence of the indefinite article (marker) -n on the head N has presumably to do with what I call VCR (= the Vowel Contextualization Rule) like several similar other phonological phenomena in the language. As for the specifici-ty/uniqueness denoted by the head N of a CS in some contexts, I propose that such specificity has nothing to do with definiteness spread, but rather it may be linked to a Universal Gram-mar (UG) principle, which correlates specificity/uniqueness with possessivization cross-linguistically, or to a UG parameter in the case of Semitic CSs

EDUCATION WAQF: AN ALTERNATIVE FINANCING OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION TODAY

Abstract: Management of education requires not small amount of funding. Starting from funding for teachers and students to guarantee the availability of infrastructure. For these conditions, waqf is considered as an alternative support and guarantee of the availability of financing referred to. Waqf is one of the potential sources of Islamic finance for Muslims. Waqf is a treasure of the people which can be used by all and for all time. Waqf can cope with the cost of education in the future. If the cost of education can be overcome by funds raised from waqf, Islamic education will be better in the future because from the historical point of view it has been exposed.Keyword: Funding, Management of Education, Waqf

Internationalisation of banking and banking supervision

The divergence between increasingly supranational financial markets on the one hand and still largely national supervisory structures on the other gives rise to tensions which reduce the effectiveness of the supervision. It lies in the interests of both the public and the private sector that the supervisory structures are commensurate with the risks in a global capital market. An extension of the framework of common minimum standards (at a high level!) and joint definitions and data standards are just as essential as an intensification of cooperation among the supervisory authorities. Self-regulation, market discipline and the inclusion of the financial industry in the shaping of the rules should be obvious elements of a modern supervisory regime. Banks which operate internationally see themselves caught between national regulation and cross-border activity every day. The combination of different sets of rules and supervisory authorities is a major cost factor and hinders the integration of the markets. The co-existence of national authorities operating in parallel risks violates the principle of competitive neutrality of supervision in a single market. This certainly applies in the EU, where not only internationalisation, but supranationalisation of supervision is called for. --

Invitation: Celebrate the Power of Women in California, luncheon at the Democratic National Convention.

An event featuring First Lady of California Sharon Davis, Ellen R. Malcolm, President of Emily\u27s List, Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator Dianne Feinstein. Contains list of committee members and reservation form