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Information on the seminar of the Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) Water & Water Treatment technical group that was held in Adelaide, South Australia on June 26, 2012 is presented. The presentations focused on different methods of corrosion prevention and ways for asset replacement and rehabilitation in the water and waste water sector. The event featured speakers including Paul Vince, Donavan Marney and John Harris.

Details the management changes at Electronic Data Systems Corp. Resignation of Chief Information Officer Gary Rudin and Marketing Director John Harris; Appointment of Dick Brown as chief executive officer; Departure of Bob Mintz as head of human resources.

The article reports on the arrests of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and John Harris, his chief of staff, for conspiring to commit fraud and soliciting bribes. Blagojevich allegedly sought contributions from an unnamed local concrete firm executive and active member of the American Concrete Pavement Association in exchange for contracts under a $1.8-billion program to upgrade the toll roads of the state.

The article announces several personnel changes including Larry D. Walker, named president Louis Berger Group Inc., Todd Fagen, appointed vice president and general manager at Sam Schwartz Engineering, and the death of John A. Harris, a pioneer in commercial development.

The article highlights the Burn-In and Test Socket Workshop held in Tempe, Arizona on March 12-15, 2006. It focused on 25 presentations on socketing which was delivered by authors from user communities. The keynote address was delivered by John Harris, manager of worldwide test and engineering division for IBM Systems and Technology. Mark Murzda, marketing director for UMD Advanced Test Technologies, also discussed issues surrounding lead-free materials used in the packaging industry in the U.S.

Presents updates on book deals as of December 6, 2004. Agreement of author Kaye Gibbons with Harcourt; Collaboration between political journalists Mark Halperin and John Harris to write a book about U.S. politics; Auction of a book written by Benoit Denizen-Lewis.

Presents information on several deals in the publishing industry as of October 22, 2001. Purchase by Pocket Books publisher Judith Curr of the United States rights to the book 'The Cat and the Tao'; Book deal signed by John F. Harris with Random to write about the presidency of Bill Clinton; Sale of the rights to the book 'My Forbidden Face' to Talk Miramax.

Deals with the efforts of John Harris, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida, to design smart appliances based on how animals and people function in their environment. Role of owl processes in a television that can locate where its viewers sit; Influence of human hearing on a system developed by Harris that may let appliances talk to each other.

Discusses the excesses that afflict journalism. Practices of journalists; Problem of over-analyzing issues and events; Analysis on the views of journalist John F. Harris.