Researcher profile: Heather Gray on life at Cern #lnlm12

Heather Gray, originally from South Africa and currently working at CERN, is one of the attendees?producing a video diary to document her time at the Lindau meeting this year. I caught up with her over email just before the start of the meeting to find out what a day?s work at CERN is really like ? and what she could tell me about the hunt for the Higgs boson.

Can you tell me about your research?

I work on the ATLAS experiment, one of four at the Large Hadron?Collider (LHC). During my PhD I spent most of the time working on the?pixel detector, which is the table-top sized detector right at the?heart of ATLAS. I was also one of the main contributors to the first?physics paper published by ATLAS in which we measured the number of?charged particles produced in proton-proton collisions. Since becoming?a fellow at CERN, I have continued to work on charged track?reconstruction and, in particular, on the optimisation of the?algorithms for the higher than anticipated number of proton-proton?collisions per event at the LHC. My physics focus has switched to the?Higgs boson. I am working on a search for the Higgs using the decay to?a pair of bottom quarks. If the Higgs exists and has a low mass, then?this will be a crucial channel in determining that an observed?resonance is actually the Higgs boson.

Can you tell me anything about the search for the Higgs boson? Do you think we?ll have a definitive answer by the end of the year?

At the moment we?re all very busy analysing the data to present?updated results at the ICHEP conference which starts in Australia next?week. So right now, I can?t say anything definitive, but you might?want to ask me the same question again at the end of next week. Given?the excellent performance of the LHC this year, I expect that we?should have enough data by the end of this run to give a definitive?answer about whether the Standard Model Higgs boson exists or not.

Will you work have practical applications beyond the experiments at CERN?

If we were able to answer this question right now, it would certainly?simplify our lives in terms of obtaining funding, but the honest?answer, is that when one does this type of fundamental research, the?practical applications come such a long time after, that one never has?a clear idea of them at the time that the research is being performed.?The other way to think about this is historically: in the end pretty?much all the ground-breaking discoveries resulting in amazing?practical applications, but these were not developed by those people?making the discoveries. The applications were done by others, later.

What is it like being a PhD student at CERN?

There is a great sense of community amongst PhD students at CERN?because there are typically a few hundred of us there for a similar?period. I really enjoyed being at CERN because it meant that I was in?the centre of the detector development and commissioning and now with all the physics results that are being produced. On the other hand,?Switzerland is quite an expensive place, so it was not the easiest?place to live from a financial perspective whilst being on a student?s?salary.

What is an average day like for you?

My days can be quite variable, but the most typical day would be as?follows: Cycling to work, pain chocolat and espresso in restaurant one?(on a nice day, this has a view of Mt Blanc), answering emails for a?few hours, attending meetings to either show or discuss our latest?results, a few hours programming to update the results and then?informal meetings over coffee with a couple people. Our days don?t?tend to be very quiet?

What are you most looking forward to about attending this year?s Lindau meeting?

I?m not entirely sure what to expect, but I think I?m very interested?in getting to know all the different people who will be there and to?hear the talks from people in different fields. Being at CERN, I tend?to hear about almost everything that is going on in particle physics,?but I don?t have all that much exposure to other fields. I?m also?looking forward to enjoying the summer sun by the lakeside.

From 1st to 6th July I?ll be at the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting in Germany. You can read my posts here or check out what the other bloggers are writing on the Lindau blog.

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PBT: The Magic reportedly are discussing a trade that to send Dwight Howard to Brooklyn for Brook Lopez, Kris Humphries and MarShon Brooks and first-round picks in 2013, 2015 and 2017. The Nets thus would have their "big three" of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Howard.

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Foreign-funded NGOs in Russia may face tough rules

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Insight: Green Mountain's coffee distributor brews controversy

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the accounting practices of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is casting a spotlight on M. Block & Sons, a little-known consumer products distributor.

The 18-month Green Mountain probe marks the third time in a dozen years that securities regulators have looked at the accounting practices of a company that used Chicago-based M. Block to store and help deliver its products to major retailers.

One of the previous investigations led the SEC to charge former Sunbeam Corp Chairman Albert Dunlap with overseeing a massive accounting fraud. The other case involved mobile technology accessories maker iGo Corp, whose executives were charged with inappropriately using M. Block's services to record revenues ahead of schedule.

Neither M. Block nor any of its employees has been charged with wrongdoing as a result of the three investigations. But in the Sunbeam and iGo cases, court records show SEC lawyers interviewed M. Block executives about the company's procedures for warehousing and delivering goods for its customers.

Green Mountain has disclosed in regulatory filings that the SEC has asked questions about its business dealings with M. Block and about the terms of its contract with the distributor.

Century-old M. Block's warehouses serve as the main distribution points for Green Mountain's single-cup coffee products to big retailers like Macy's Inc and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Critics, including short-sellers betting on a decline in Green Mountain's shares, have raised concerns that the company relies too much on M. Block to get these items to market.

Experts say it is not unusual for regulators looking into allegations of improper accounting practices at a consumer goods company to examine its relationship with its distributors, especially ones on which it is heavily dependent.

Fast-growing Green Mountain said in 2010 that M. Block had "processed" about 43 percent of its consolidated net sales. "The inability of M. Block to perform its obligations" because of a systems problem or a deterioration in its finances "could result in significant losses," Green Mountain said in a regulatory filing.

Manufacturers can use their distributors to improperly boost revenue by making shipments to or from their warehouses at inappropriate times. In an accounting probe, one thing regulators look for is evidence that a company is trying to juice its earnings by improperly recognizing revenue before a product is actually sold.

Green Mountain has said regulators have inquired about its procedures for recognizing revenues from sales. The company, which makes most of its money from a single-cup coffee product, says it does not record a sale until the product leaves its distributor's warehouse to be sold either by a retailer or directly to a customer, which experts say is not uncommon in the industry.

The accounting practices that Green Mountain uses for products that are stored on "our property and on other properties, including fulfillment companies like M. Block" are appropriate, said Suzanne DuLong, the company's head of investor relations.

A lawyer for M. Block did not return calls and emails seeking comment. M. Block Chief Executive Officer Bruce Levy also did not return several phone calls.

An SEC spokesman declined to comment on the Green Mountain investigation.

So far, the Green Mountain investigation has not resulted in any charges against the coffee company or its employees.

But the ongoing probe has provided fodder for shareholder lawyers and prominent hedge fund managers like David Einhorn, who have raised questions about Vermont-based Green Mountain's accounting practices and its reliance on M. Block to distribute its products.

Einhorn, in an often-cited presentation last October, blasted Green Mountain's bookkeeping and said the company and M. Block were "potentially engaged in a variety of shenanigans that appear designed to mislead auditors and to inflate financial results." He said he had interviewed former M. Block employees about the company's relationship with Green Mountain.

Shares of Green Mountain, which peaked at $115.98 in September, have fallen to around $21.50, in part because of concerns about the ongoing SEC probe and the company's growth prospects as competitors enter the single-cup coffee market.

In November 2010, Green Mountain restated its earnings for several fiscal years after a review by a board committee set up in response to the SEC investigation. The committee said it had found errors in the company's financial statements, but no misconduct by any of Green Mountain's employees.

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

"Companies' shipping goods to their distribution channel partners to create fictitious revenue is a common method of fraud," said former SEC Chief Accountant Lynn Turner, who was not commenting specifically about Green Mountain or M. Block.

But accounting experts caution that a distribution company often is not aware that a customer is improperly booking or recording sales revenues.

In the Sunbeam investigation, SEC lawyers deposed current M. Block CEO Levy, who at the time was president of the company, court records show. A copy of the deposition was not available because the case against Dunlap, whom the SEC charged in 2001, did not go to trial.

Nicknamed "Chainsaw Al" because of his history of slashing jobs at the companies he ran, Dunlap paid a $500,000 fine to the SEC in 2002 to settle the accounting fraud case and was permanently barred from serving as an officer or director of a public company.

A lawyer for Dunlap did not respond to a request for a comment.

M. Block, which owns warehouses in Illinois, California and Tennessee, also handles products for Procter & Gamble Co, Arc International and small housewares maker Tristar Products. Goods from these companies also end up at department stores, showrooms and big-box retailers.

Interviews with a dozen former M. Block employees revealed a quick transition in 2008 from a business that mainly moved small appliances to grocery stores to an increased focus on distributing Green Mountain products.

STALE COFFEE

A pending shareholder lawsuit against Green Mountain says the coffee manufacturer "managed" its revenues by using M. Block "as a captive warehouse to park its products."

Green Mountain, in court papers, has denied the allegations. It won a motion to dismiss the litigation, but the judge in the case allowed the shareholders to file an amended complaint. The case is still pending.

In the original complaint, the shareholder's lawyers said large shipments went to M. Block facilities without the proper paperwork and that some warehouses were filled with unsold coffee that was past its expiration date.

Several former M. Block employees confirmed that the company's warehouses sometimes were overstocked with expired Green Mountain coffee, which led the distributor to encourage periodic giveaways.

Patrick McCoy, a former loss prevention manager in Illinois, said that every few months M. Block would give out industrial-sized, 44-gallon garbage bags for its employees to fill with single-cup Green Mountain coffee pods.

"That coffee was usually outdated or damaged, coffee that hadn't been sold in time," McCoy said. "But it still tasted great."

McCoy said he did not have information on how Green Mountain was recognizing its revenues.

DuLong said she would not comment on "a situation that is alleged to have taken place with an employee that is not a GMCR employee, at a facility that is not a GMCR facility."

(Reporting by Emily Flitter; Editing by Jennifer Ablan, Matthew Goldstein and Lisa Von Ahn)

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CBS, 'Happy Days' actors in settlement talks

Fred Prouser / Reuters file

Actress Marion Ross, best known for her role in the television series "Happy Days," at the 73rd annual Hollywood Christmas Parade on Nov. 28, 2004.

By Sue Zeidler, Reuters

LOS ANGELES?-- CBS Corp is in settlement talks with cast members of the popular 1970's TV show "Happy Days" to end a legal dispute over revenues from the sitcom's merchandise, an agreement that could have broad ramifications for how TV actors are compensated.

Representatives for the actors, who include Anson Williams, Marion Ross, Don Most, Erin Moran and the widow of Tom Bosley, began negotiations with CBS after a California judge ruled last month that their case could go forward, according to two people with knowledge of the talks who asked to remain anonymous.

A CBS spokeswoman declined to comment directly on the talks, but did release a statement saying: "We have never refused to pay the members of the 'Happy Days' cast any of the money they are owed under their contracts, and we'll continue to honor those obligations."

Representatives for the actors were either unavailable or had no immediate comment.

Archive video: 'Happy Days' cast members sue over merchandise revenue

CBS had sought a summary judgment to end the lawsuit, arguing the actors were properly paid. But the ruling by California Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White means the case will go to trial as scheduled on July 17, unless a settlement is reached.

The actors' lawsuit, which was not joined by "Happy Days" stars Ron Howard and Henry Winkler, was originally filed in April 2011 and sought $10 million from CBS, alleging the actors were not fully compensated for the sale of a broad array of 'Happy Days' merchandise including: comic books, T-shirts, board games, lunch boxes and drinking glasses.

CBS challenged the suit and Judge White in October 2011 dismissed claims for fraud and punitive damages, significantly reducing the potential damages.

The actors are pressing ahead with merchandising royalty claims saying they are owed for the use of their images on DVD packaging, which legal experts say could fetch about $500,000.

They have already received royalty payments on the DVDs themselves, but are trying to apply a merchandising formulation to the packaging.

While the amount they are seeking is relatively low in terms of Hollywood legal battles, the case could set a costly precedent for actors' compensation because it would allow stars of TV shows to be paid for the use of their images on products in addition to royalties they collect from the products themselves, according to legal experts.

"It would likely be a shocking and costly development if courts started interpreting contract language to require a separate merchandising revenue for the use of actors' likenesses on video packaging," said Jay Dougherty, professor of entertainment law for Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.

He said the actors were taking an unusual tactic.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the two sides reached settlement over this dispute because the studios wouldn't want this precedent out there if it resulted in a ruling against CBS," said Dougherty.

CBS has argued DVDs are covered under their current Screen Actors Guild agreement allowing it to "reuse photography from ?Happy Days' to exploit the television series without making additional payments to plaintiffs," according to court papers.

White ruled earlier this month that "defendants have not met their initial burden of showing that plaintiffs are not entitled to merchandising royalties for the use of their likeness on DVD sets sold to consumers."

The popular "Happy Days" series aired from 1974 to 1984. Bosley, who portrayed the character Howard Cunningham in the long-running series, died in 2010.

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Tables turn as Egypt's Islamist president sworn in

CAIRO (Reuters) - In a day full of memorable images, none on Saturday was more powerful than that of Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, flanked by generals at a military parade where he was formally handed authority to govern the nation.

For six decades, Mursi's seat had been filled by presidents drawn from the ranks of the military. And for half that time, it was occupied by one man, Hosni Mubarak, a former air force chief who hounded and jailed members of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Now the tables are turned, even if the presidential office Mursi holds has been shorn by the generals of many of powers Mubarak and his predecessors enjoyed.

"We have kept the promise that we made before God and the people. Now we have an elected president who takes over the keys for ruling Egypt through a direct and free vote," said Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, addressing his guest as "Mr President".

Before that, state television showed Tantawi, Egypt's top general and Mubarak's loyal defense minister for 20 years, welcoming Mursi as he stepped out of a black sedan at the desert base with a hurried salute before shaking his hand.

It was not just the military ceremony that oozed symbolism.

Mursi addressed the nation from the same stage in Cairo where U.S. President Barack Obama had in 2009 appealed to Arab autocrats to open up. Egypt's new leader was sworn in at a court next to the hospital where imprisoned Mubarak is being treated.

But it was the scene at Heikstep military base that captured Egypt's dramatic transformation most clearly with images unthinkable a year-and-a-half ago before Arab uprisings challenged autocrats who had ruled the region for generations.

"A picture for history: a civilian president in the middle of the military," wrote Dima Khatib on Twitter, one of the social networking sites that was used to galvanize the masses against Mubarak, toppling him on February 11, 2011 after 18 days.

MILITARY HONOURS

Mursi was given a 21-gun salute, helicopters flew past to honor him and troops stood to attention in serried ranks.

Those acts of respect did not however signal generals were retiring to barracks to leave civilians completely in charge.

In a decree issued as this month's run-off presidential elected ended, the military council declared the next president would not command the armed forces and could not declare war alone. It also said the army would have legislative powers until a new parliament is elected to replace one dissolved this month.

But the ceremony showed the military, one of the few state institutions to survive the post-Mubarak turmoil intact, now has to accept that its erstwhile adversary, the Brotherhood, has a popular mandate to help determine Egypt's future.

"The Egyptian people and the ... world are witnessing a unique model, not seen before, of how power is transferred from the Egyptian military forces by the will of the people to an elected, civilian power," Mursi said, hailing the military, but also sending a clear message to the men in uniform.

Tantawi shook Mursi's hand firmly as he handed him a plaque bearing a military shield. Mursi then joined a gaggle of senior officers who lined up around him for a group photo.

Mursi had earlier delivered a speech at Cairo University on the same podium from which Obama addressed the Arab and Muslim world early in his presidency, reaching out to a region angry at U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq over the previous decade.

"America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them," Obama told the audience at the time.

Yet when protests against Mubarak erupted on January 25, 2011, many Egyptians were dismayed by how long it took Obama to ditch the president who had become a linchpin ally in the region and guardian of the U.S.-sponsored peace treaty with Israel.

CHANTS AND COUNTER-CHANTS

Washington, long wary of political Islam, took several more months before opening formal channels to the Brotherhood.

The Brotherhood was itself slow to send supporters onto Cairo's streets in the uprising, anxious to avoid a crushing response from Mubarak's police after being bruised by earlier crackdowns that the group had struggled to survive.

But the Brotherhood has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of a revolt ignited by young, secular liberals.

In his speech Mursi pledged to serve the whole nation and secure rights for the families of those killed in the uprising.

"Free revolutionaries, we will complete our journey," some in the audience chanted as he wrapped up his address.

Tantawi joined guests in the university hall, applauding when Mursi lauded the armed forces, seated alongside Christian priests, Muslim preachers, veiled women and suited men.

"Down with military rule," some had briefly chanted when Tantawi entered, before an official guided those present towards a more respectful: "The army and people, one hand."

Mursi had pulled up in a cavalcade, but unlike in Mubarak's day, the whole capital was not brought to a grinding halt by police blocking every road to clear the president's route.

Cars passed freely along the Nile-side road in front of the Supreme Constitutional Court even as Mursi swore his oath.

The oath is usually held before parliament, but the location was forced on the Brotherhood man after the same constitutional court, stuffed with judges appointed in Mubarak's era, dissolved the Islamist-led parliament, a ruling the army swiftly enforced.

Yet the venue carried its own mordant twist, standing next to Maadi military hospital where Mubarak, jailed for life for failing to stop the killing of protesters, is being treated. He was moved there from a prison medical centre last week.

In that same Maadi hospital set in lush gardens, Mubarak's predecessor Anwar Sadat was pronounced dead after Islamists gunned him down in 1981. The exiled shah of Iran died there after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

(Editing by Alistair Lyon)

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Google Places ? Google Places offers free business listings with some advanced features. Photos, coupons, directions, and more can be included in a Google Places listing. Listing with Google Places improves your visibility in Google search listings and on Google Maps.

Yellow Pages ? A popular destination for consumers, Yellow Pages offers a free basic business listing and various paid options.

Yellow Book ? Yellow Book is another popular local search directory for consumers. Yellow Book offers a wide variety of free and premium tools for business owners.

CitySlick.net ? CitySlick.net offers a free service and various levels of premium features, including video promotions and classified ads.

Industry-related business advertising directories focus on a specific business type. Consumers looking for a competent attorney, for example, enter their zip code in a web site search field and receive a listing of nearby professionals. Some industry directories provide contact forms for each listing so that potential clients may contact the business professional directly.

Other useful types of business directories include listings with your local Chamber of Commerce, professional organizations, and local media web sites.

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