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Timpanogas Shelter sits on shore of its namesake lake at an altitude of 5,300 feet in the Willamette National Forest within the Oregon Cascades Recreation Area. The cabin was patterned after the old Civilian Conservation Corps 3-sided shelter and was built in 1991 with the help of a University of Oregon outdoor school class and the Walker Rim Snowmobile Club.
The cabin is typically open from late June through late October. It is accessible by car, but the last 7 miles of the road are rough and narrow.
This rustic 15 x 18 shelter with a dirt floor is designed to accommodate 6-8 people and comes equipped with a sleeping loft, a table with benches and a wood stove for heat. A picnic table, campfire ring and pit toilet are located outside. Additional camping is available on-site for up to 20 people. Drinking water, firewood and electricity are not provided. The cabin does not have a cook stove or cooking supplies. Potable water is available from a hand pump at the nearby Timpanogas Campground until late September. Items such as bedding, lanterns or flashlights, matches, extra toilet paper, first aid supplies, trash bags, dish soap, towels and an ice chest are not available. Insect repellent is highly recommended. Guests are expected to pack out their trash and clean the cabin before leaving.
The cabin is situated in a mountainous and heavily forested area where it is possible to see Diamond Peak, Sawtooth and Cowhorn Mountains. Timpanogas Lake is just
one of several alpine lakes in the area.
Willamette National Forest offers prime habitat for such species as Roosevelt elk, black bear, northern bald eagles, mule deer and bobcats, among other wildlife.
Trails for hiking and mountain biking are located less than a mile from the shelter.
Anglers enjoy fishing for brook trout and cutthroat on upper and lower Timpanogas Lakes, even though the lakes are closed to motorcraft. Canoeing is also possible on
Those not inclined to fish can enjoy hiking or mountain biking on numerous trails in the Timpanogas area, especially in late August when huckleberries are ripe for picking. This includes the Timpanogas Lake Trail, which starts at the Timpanogas Campground.
The Diamond Peak Trail Area, Pacific Crest Trail and Diamond Peak Wilderness are also nearby.
46375 Highway 58 WESTFIR OR 97492
For campground inquiries, please call: 541-782-2283
From I-5, take Exit 188A onto Highway 58 and proceed just past MP 37 (east of Oakridge), turning right onto Kitson Springs Road. Proceed 0.5 mile to junction with Forest Service Road (FSR) 21, also signed as Diamond Drive. Turn right onto FSR 21 and continue approximately 32 miles, turning left onto paved FSR 2154. Continue on FSR 2154 approximately 10 miles (pavement ends at the 3.4 MP). At the 2154-6010 junction, stay on the 2154 (right); continue to stay on the 2154. At the next junction of the 2154-372 stay (right). Continue for a short distance. Watch for a gate on the left side of an unmarked spur, just after a switchback. If you reach the road into the Timpanogas campground, you've driven too far. | <urn:uuid:b9f8e89e-a2f4-4ee9-a9ee-726076fb1b0e> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234188 | 2021-01-24T22:57:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703557462.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20210124204052-20210124234052-00134.warc.gz | en | 0.946241 | 704 |
For a kid who has not yet put bat to ball in the majors, Adeiny Hechavarria is getting a large chunk of change.
Hechavarria, the Cuban shortstop who agreed to terms with the Blue Jays last month but could not sign until visa issues were cleared up, officially put his signature on a contract with Toronto on Tuesday.
The deal includes a $4-million US signing bonus - the largest the Jays have given an amateur player - and will pay Hechavarria a total of $10 million in four years.
"The financial commitment speaks for itself," Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "We are hoping that this is someone who can emerge and be a core piece for us. We understand there is a risk, and he will have to go out and prove (he can be a cornerstone for the organization).
"This is a significant signing. He's the total package."
Hechavarria, who turns 21 on Thursday, will be paid $500,000 in 2010, $2 million in 2011, $1.75 million in 2012 and $1.75 million in 2013.
The Jays expect fully that Hechavarria will end the string of also-rans and never-weres who have patrolled shortstop since the original Alex Gonzalez was traded in 2001.
The Alex Gonzalez who plays short now is safe for the time being.
"Right now, we just want to get (Hechavarria) acclimated to North America, put him on extended spring training for a month (in Dunedin) to get him comfortable," Anthopoulos said. "At the end of the month or early May, get him into some (class-A) games in Florida. Hopefully he ends up the season in (double-A) New Hampshire."
If Hechavarria develops faster than Anthopoulos and his staff expect, the GM said he would have no trouble promoting the youngster to the Blue Jays by the end of the season. But Hechavarria has not played in a game since last year, so the chance of that happening probably would be small.
Hechavarria, who defected to Mexico in 2009, spent last season in the Cuban League and had a .262 average with six doubles, two triples and one home run. Hechavarria has been compared to the Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano.
Anthopoulos does not foresee a day when Hechavarria is anything other than a shortstop.
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Course Hours: 40.0 Hours
This course is designed for newly elected or appointed coroners and deputy coroners. The basic course includes discussion on Official Code of Georgia Title 45, death investigation, reports, inquests, reconstruction, and training requirements.
Anyone attending a coroner's basic or in-service course, other than a coroner, coroner-elect, appointed coroner, or deputy coroner, must have written permission from the coroner of the county of residence.
This course is required for certification by the Georgia Coroners Training Council. The fee for this course is $600.00 and should be paid prior to attending this course. Payment may be made by check or credit card. Checks should be made payable to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center. Students should download and print the student manual prior to attending class. The student manual should be brought to class each day.
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Between August 29 and September 4 2019 the ABC broadcast one misrepresentation and two unchallenged assertions about the complaint Martine Delaney’ lodged (and subsequently withdrew) about the Tasmanian Catholic Church and Archbishop Julian Porteous.
Martine Delaney’s complaint had nothing to do with preaching “church doctrine” and everything to do with the church claiming same-sex couples couldn’t be whole, healthy, raise healthy children, and were “messing with kids”.
The complaint is described here:
The Church argued that since every child had a biological mother and father, messing with marriage was “messing with kids”.
In Tasmania, it went out to churches and was sent home in sealed envelopes with children at Catholic schools.
Ms Delaney said the language used in the booklet that “messing with marriage is messing with kids”, implied criminal activity.
“In Australian society ‘messing with kids’ is generally used right across the country as virtually code for sexual abuse or paedophilia,” she said.Anti-discrimination complaint ‘an attempt to silence’ the Church over same-sex marriage, Hobart Archbishop says (ABC News; Sep 28 2015)
and also here:
“A complaint was brought to the commissioner by Ms Delaney, who objected to the Tasmanian Catholic Church which had printed a pamphlet stating that same-sex parents ‘mess with kids’ and that same-sex partners were not ‘whole people’. ‘Messing with kids’ has a connotation that is extremely disturbing and alludes to practices which are a subject of the royal commission into institutionalised child abuse, a practice which up until very recently had been hidden deeply within some church-run facilities, widely throughout Australia”Andrea DAWKINS (MP for Bass)
22 September 2016 at 4:48pm
Tasmanian House of Assembly Hansard [PDF]
Amongst everything else, it’s particularly disappointing the nation’s highest lawyer, the Attorney-General for Australia, can’t even get the facts right.
My transcripts of the relevant sections from the media are below.
“Well, um, the archbishop, the Catholic archbishop of Tasmania Mr Porteous went through something you know quite awful I think, he distributed a pamphlet, which was distributed widely across Australia, um, devised and drafted by the Catholic Church which did little more than put the Catholic Church’s view about the virtues of the traditional definition of marriage, and he was the subject of a complaint under a very very broad section of the Tasmanian Discrimination Act.”ABC RN Drive – Thursday 29 August 2019 – 6:06pm
Federal Government unveils religious discrimination legislation
Section: 6:08 – 6:39
“I’ve looked at the Bill and I’ve looked at the minister’s, the Attorney-General’s speech. And it is a draft bill. So I think it’s, it’s in a pretty good position at the moment. There will be opposition from both sides. But I think it does cover two issues. The Israel Folau issue and the Archbishop Porteous issue in Hobart. Now the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart put out a statement just stating Catholic position on marriage. [indistinct] actimist took him to a discrimination thing that caused… a discrimination commission in Tasmania that caused a huge issue…”ABC Insiders – Sunday September 1 2019
Section: 44:57 – 45:08
“So those incidents that you’re talking about Renae, the most prominent of those included a Catholic bishop in Tasmania who was brought before an anti-discrimination commission because he published a church doctrine on family and marriage that some objected to…”ABC Religion & Ethics Report
“Religious freedom for religious minorities”
Wednesday September 4 2019
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ATLANTA - State lawmakers have approved legislation that allows a copy of the Ten Commandments to be posted in all Georgia government buildings and schools.
House Bill 766 now goes to the governor's desk. It expands a 2006 law that already permits the passage from the Old Testament to be displayed in judicial buildings and courthouses when accompanied by other historical documents deemed to have influenced the U.S. legal system.
Georgia lawmakers passed the original law one year after the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 struck down Commandment displays in two Kentucky courthouses, ruling they appeared to be a government endorsement of Christianity.
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Angkor Wat – the biggest religious monument in the world
South Gate of Angkor Thom city
Bayon – the only one temple for the Buddha
Ta Prohm – the jungle temple known as Tomb Raider temple
Pre Rup – The huge towers built by clay brick in 10 century
Banteay Srei – the most beautiful carving temple in the world (It is 37 km from town)
After the 4 Best Temples, you can do some more temples for free of charge (the temples in this area)
Day 2: Beng Mealea + Koh Ker Group (130 km from Siem Reap city)
Beng Mealea – the Indian Jones
Koh Ker Group – A group of almost 100 ruin temples in Preah Vihear province. Koh Ker is the main temple with 7-tiers. You can climb up to the top to see the beautiful landscape. You can visit more temples like:
Prasat Neang Khmao,
Day 3: Kulen Mountain & Floating Village (70 km from Siem Reap City)
Visit the Oldest Capital City of Angkor Empire. It was built in BC 802. Over there you can see the thousand lingam on the bed of the river, the biggest reclining Buddha made from a single stone, and you can swim in the stream of the best waterfall in Cambodia. It is the Holy Water!
Visit a Floating Village with thousand family live permanently on the water. It allows for an authentic floating village experience. The village moves throughout the year, depending on the water levels of the lake. At the end of the dry season when the lake’s water levels are at its lowest, the villagers move closer to the shore and live primarily from fishing activities. You completely see the floating houses, hospital center, police station, floating school, floating church…..
Please wear proper dresses for visiting temples. If you wear shorts and t-shirt, please make sure they are long enough to cover your knees and shoulders (For Day 1 only).
The tour is from 7:30 am till 3:30 pm. It can be earlier or later according to your interest. You can choose your preferred time by your self.
Sunrise can be included with $15 extra charge (for the group, not individual). Sunset is free.
We charge you this fee because of our qualification, experience & the distance of the temples.
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Too many unreliable systems in your life? Take note of what’s happening at SREcon, an industry conference for site reliability engineers brought to you by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, which has been bringing together the community of engineers and systems administrators around computing since 1975.
The strength of USENIX has always been building technical communities, and in the last couple of years, the association has cultivated a strong following of site reliability engineers (SREs). This year’s SREcon, taking place March 27-29, is a testament to that community building, as the association expects to draw 700 SREs to its sold-out conference in Santa Clara, CA.
As the adoption of containers in the enterprise continues to rise, SREcon plans to address container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and other useful open source projects during the cloud-native sessions below.
- Building Shopify’s PaaS on Kubernetes: Shopify decided to build a platform as a service (PaaS) to consolidate all its production environments, which span more than 400 servers. In spite of consolidation, having an on-premise PaaS added management and support overhead. Join Shopify’s Karan Thukral to discover how the ecommerce company built this platform to overcome the challenges facing them.
- Containerization War Stories: Pinterest runs tens of thousands of machines and hundreds of microservices on Docker. Hear from Ruth Grace Wong and Rodrigo Menezes as they review Pinterest’s containerization plans and architecture and explain how to mitigate risks to avoid unplanned outages.
- Distributed Tracing, Lessons Learned: In today’s complex distributed systems, programmers use tracing software to better understand performance, reliability and unexpected behavior. Gina Maini of Jet.com discusses how the ecommerce company implemented distributed tracing on Kafka and event sourcing using Jet.com’s own protocols and semantics to maintain site reliability and improve troubleshooting.
- Monitoring DNS with Open-Source Solutions: Join Felipe Espinoza and Javier Bustos of NIC Labs as they explain how to build a real-time monitoring system for their DNS service managing 500,000 domain names using open source.
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Is there a place to go to see a standard for being docked/negged for bad content/comments? I have seen a lot of it today and would like to be educated on the matter. Thanks in advance for the help.
alternate headline: man does job
Just use your discretion. If it's completely ridiculous, and doesn't add to an actual conversation, then I think a neg is justified. Also, there's this.....
or mgopoints in general usually will get you negged.
You apparently also get negged for talking about negging people for talking about negging.
...and my head just exploded when I tried to figure out if I'm going to get negged for what I just said.
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy...
Thank you. I was starting to wonder on a couple of items. It seems that there are some poeple on here that will ding you for good content that they just don't agree with. I take it from the link that that is not responsible protocol?
Step 1: Read this: http://mgoblog.com/diaries/its-all-about-denard
Step 2: Do the opposite. You'll be fine.
Nuff' said. +1
It depends on the quality of the content sometimes. If it's an opinion, generally you shouldn't be negged, but if you're going to post that we should have Brian Kelly as head coach right now, that opinion doesn't really fly around here. We stay supportive of the team and coaches in 99.9% of all cases. Dissent is ok, but all-out ditching of anyone isn't a smart idea. Your opinion should be at least supported with rational logic.
Posting cryptic messages acting like an insider don't really hold up well on the board. If you're going to say something, have something to back it up.
Also, implying that violence should be committed is also a general negative, as well as being overly personal when you act like a douche bag or defend yourself. Ad hominem attacks are the big on in that respect. Overuse of profanity falls in this case quite often as well. It's possible to act like a dick without being hostile. Keeping a cool head definitely avoids the negbang.
Really bad grammar or blatant misspellings get a lot of negative attention, but if the poster acknowledges the mistake, or can turn it into something funny, they generally deserve the point back. It's one of those learning situations.
Again, these just seem to be the normal for most topics.
Brian Kelly is off the table?
**EDIT: Some people enjoy sarcastic verbal irony. Others, apparently, not. If anyone was unsure... me gusta the RichRod. No me gusta Brian Kelly.
Uh, its a lot like Fight Club. So tread carefully if you want to keep this thread going, tmiller.
his name is bouje paulson
Neg anyone that disagrees with my well thought out e-pinions and +1 thos who are kind enough to agree.
Then we can cultivate a message board where you just have to agree with the majority to get points. It is good suck up practice for the work place.
No, of course that is a joke. I personally neg for people who are overly douchy. I don't mind if you have a dissenting opinion, but I just don't see the need to make it into an attack rather than a thought. I sometimes neg for hideously stupid opinions, but I do try to avoid doing that.
I will give points for insightful comments and things that make me laugh and if you are a math major (no idea how I would figure out if you are or not, but we gotta stick together)
Can't help but feel like I've been negged for people disagreeing with me.
Reviewing the collective works of bouje can also be a useful guide in what not to do.
In his defense, he makes quite a few posts that aren't too bad, but just get negbanged for his past discretion. There's a reason he's over 700 points (his points did reset to zero shortly after mgopoint-gate).
See my post in the thread I started using the video of Ted Stevens "the internet is a series of tubes".
Sometimes people just get negged because they are someone.
So in sum don't become someone who the collective masses don't like. I.E. Don't become me
AutoNeg Regardless of Content
Any post that has "$" instead of an S.
Grammar and Spelling Nazi posts.
Any post that mentions MGoPoints.
Anything that comes across as condescending or makes you sound like a jackass.
Diaries that should be message board posts.
Blatant point grabs.
Pump Fake Neg (Plus banging someone, then switching it to a negative. The poster still gets the points but the post looks like it was negged)
Any poster who traditionally gets overly flustered about his point total. (For Example: Bouje)
Anything that makes me laugh
Solid informative posts, regardless of whether or not I agree
Links or answers to questions (For example, when someone asks for a picture and a person provides it)
MS Paint pictures
I wondered why I regularly get plus then negged within 1 minute
(oh shit, I am revealing my insecurity about my Mgopoints and my need to be liked)
(oh shit, I mentioned points)
at least I have Bouje to keep me comfort
(oh shit, that was a blatant point grab)
A vague list I've come up with:
-Remarks that are generally offensive to humanity
-Stupid and poorly explained views, especially if they disagree with the majority
-Angry/sarcastic retorts (this can snowball quickly)
-Complaining about being negged
There's also negbanging, in which a person who has a post that goes below a vague threshold (probably -10) will often get every one of their posts negged. This is generally caused by a particularly stupid diary, and is made much easier when they post lots of angry retorts to defend their point. Said stupid points may be something like: RichRod saying "fuck" is worse than a DUI by a college student, or saying I told you so about Denard before the proof that "told you so" comes to light. I don't participate in this, but some find it fun.
I suppose there's also posbanging, which is probably just a term I made up. That's the opposite of negbanging, where all of a person's posts get voted up. The most obvious recipient of this is bouje, who has been both negbanged and posbanged multiple times... a high variance poster. There's also Jay, who's probably been posbanged by a mixture of Jesus, Tebow, and other divine forces... although he's slipped behind a shadowy individual named "Brian" for some reason. Perhaps he will rise again two days after Good Friday.
Who is this "Brian" character, anyway? I keep hearing so much about him but I have no idea who he is. Does he have contact information available somewhere?
Now that is worthy of a plus one. Not only funny, but a reference to something that happened over a week ago and that some people may not get. Solid
Brian IS THE KING OF EARTH! and in his spare time, he runs this here blog if anyone doesnt already know.
with the importance of these "Whose Line Is It Anyway" points.
If you want to know what not to do, just track r_mahorn1984's great posts
When and if I lose my job due to too much mgoblog and not enough officegowork, will Brian at least give me 500 points or something?
I've noticed some people negg others they dont "like" no matter if the content is great or sub par.
JG2112 would be a good case study. He makes some excellent points and is very well informed, but his demeanor alienates more than a few people.
you haven't lived.
v: 1. to downgrade a sexual partner's performance in bed.; as in "I was really drunk and tired, and she negbanged me to all her friends."
Nice one Don!
Whatever you do, don't do whatever I did today. I gained over 330 mgopoints in the last 24 hours.
will be showing up in the urban dictionary by next year. Not only that, if you don't check yourself you'll find yourself using it without even realizing it.
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DETROIT — Joe Girardi made out last night’s lineup card knowing it could the team’s last game of the season. Yet he still left Alex Rodriguez’s name off it for a second straight night, and the manager admitted it could lead to repercussions.
“Right now you have to worry about the present,’’ Girardi said of sitting Rodriguez against right-hander Max Scherzer before Game 4 was postponed due to inclement weather at Comerica Park. “But you do have to worry about the long-term effect as time goes on.’’
Rodriguez also was left wondering if his benching was related to The Post’s story that he spent part of Game 1 of the ALCS flirting with women in the stands at Yankee Stadium, a story Rodriguez called “laughable.”
“It’s a fair question,” said Rodriguez, who is 0-for-18 with 12 strikeouts against righties in the playoffs. “I don’t want to over-think it. One thing I never do is I never quit.”
General manager Brian Cashman said again it was purely a baseball decision, even though Eric Chavez is hitless in 14 at bats in the playoffs.
Rodriguez has five years and $114 million remaining on his contract — while Girardi has one year and $3 million remaining — leading many to wonder about the third baseman’s future in The Bronx.
“I don’t sense there is a problem,” the manager said. “But time will tell. But as I said, the greatest marriages have gone through rocky parts.’’
Rodriguez, adding he would “shift to being a cheerleader,” tried to take Girardi off the hook — to an extent.
“I will give Joe a lot of credit,” Rodriguez said. “He’s been very good to me over the years, so he has lot of equity with me. For me, it’s tough. I’m a competitor. I really feel in my heart when I’m in the lineup the team is a better team. We’ll disagree there to the end. I like Joe, I support Joe, and our job right now is to come together like a family.”
Cashman shot down an Internet report the Yankees and Marlins have been in trade discussions involving Rodriguez, calling it “100 percent false.”
And Rodriguez said he wanted to remain with the Yankees.
“There’s blood in the water, and when you don’t play well — and I haven’t played well — some of the criticism I received in nine years, I can take that, it’s well deserved,” Rodriguez said. “But gossip, Page 6, I don’t give a [expletive] about that.
“What I will tell you is that I hope there’s nothing going on like that [repercussions from that story] at this point, because our only focus is on winning a baseball game right now. … I love the Yankees. I love this organization. My focus right now is to help the team come together and not allow negativity and questions and gossip stuff and [stuff] and win a game.”
Rodriguez wasn’t the only high-priced Yankee who wasn’t scheduled to start last night. Curtis Granderson’s name was also left out.
Nick Swisher was reinserted into right field and Brett Gardner moved to center — leaving Granderson to sit.
“I understand it,” said Granderson, who doesn’t have a hit in 10 at bats in the ALCS and has whiffed six times. “We’ve got to make changes and adjustments right now.’’
None bigger than benching one of the team’s biggest stars.
“It’s not that I want to sit Alex Rodriguez,” Girardi said. “But the struggles have continued, like for some other players as well.”
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U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., apologized to everyone but the camera crews broadcasting his weepy confessional Monday that he had sent Viagra-fueled text photos and messages to young women who “to the best of my knowledge were adults.” Ouch.
He apologized multiple times to his wife of less than a year, who also happens to be a close aide and friend to Hillary Clinton. There goes any future in the Democratic Party. He apologized to his family, to the young women, to his constituents, and even to the blogger who first published the photo of, well, Rep. Weiner’s wiener. Given that opening act, the bare-pec pictures were less outrageous than pathetic.
And when it was done, CNN’s Wolf Blizter also pretty much demanded an apology, since Rep. Wiener had told Mr. Blitzer that, no, I didn’t send that text. We find Wolf’s outrage misplaced. Politicians lie to reporters all the time. Does Mr. Blitzer really believe that, given the choice, Rep. Weiner was going to cover his butt, so to speak, or come clean?
Anyway, were all those apologies sincere to begin with? Every politician caught in a stupid sex scandal apologizes, but only Mark Foley in recent memory resigned on the spot. Rep. Weiner says he won’t resign, but his career is over. Not that he was more than a media creation in the first place. Maybe the media should apologize for making him into more than he was.
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Judy Collins has made a career out of singing songs written by famous artists like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and John Denver. But it wasn’t until last year, after turning 82, that she finally released an album filled with her original songs. It’s called “Spellbound,” and it’s been nominated for Best Folk Album at this year's Grammy Awards. She talks with KCRW about her new album, grappling with addiction, and her friendship with Cohen, which helped shape her musical career.
Collins has regularly written songs since the 1960s, when Cohen told her she should be making original music. In 2016, she wrote a poem every day.
And while most of the songs of “Spellbound” were written pre-pandemic, she spent time cutting them down and actually recording them.
Her songs are also autobiographical in nature.
In “So Alive,” she sings of finding peace in whiskey, which references Collins’ addiction to alcohol and food. Her drinking got bad enough that she could barely work. So she sought help to control her urges.
“I was always self-protective and always trying to figure out how to fix it. I'm a great fixer — always looking, ‘Oh, what's wrong with me? How can I get well?’”
She adds, “I found the 12-step program in both cases. And I've been sober for 45 years today. It was hard going through it. And I'm just lucky. I'm one of the lucky ones.”
During the 1960s, Collins performed at an Arizona club. At the time, she had a gurgling in her chest, which later proved to be tuberculosis. She spent weeks at the hospital. Collins says the experience was life-changing. She got a divorce, and fought for custody of her son Clark soon after.
Collins says it was a hard battle, but she eventually won around Christmas 1967.
“I was told I could never lose custody, [that] women never did. But I proved to be the exception. I was told by my lawyers that the reason was that I was in therapy. Nowadays, if you weren't in therapy, you might lose custody,” Collins says. “My ex-husband was a good guy. He was mad as hell, but on the other hand, he was a good dad, and he was a good husband.”
Collins’ son died by suicide in 1992. She admits that she also tried to take her own life as a teenager. His death rocked Collins to her core.
“I don’t believe that it's true that suicide runs in families, but chemical imbalance and addiction does run in families, for sure. It's in the DNA. And my son was an addict and an alcoholic. And he was sober for about seven years before he took his life, which was what put me into a state of shock when it happened, because I didn't expect it. I was living a dream of recovery. But you never know. You just never know with people.”
But Collins says that by working, she was able to find peace and healing.
Today, Collins is back on tour, which as she explains it, is how she’s spent the lion’s share of her life: “It's the most natural thing in the world for me to be touring and singing and going from city to city.” | <urn:uuid:a11f2587-e114-45c3-aecc-aeebe0af8f26> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/homeless-elon-musk-brazil-music/judy-collins-spellbound | 2023-01-28T03:46:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499470.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128023233-20230128053233-00230.warc.gz | en | 0.992575 | 734 |
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EuroMaidan will not be dispersed if it operates under the current Ukrainian legislation, Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka told a briefing in Kharkiv.
"EuroMaidan, rallies, peaceful demonstrations will not be dispersed in such legal democratic state like Ukraine," Pshonka said.
"If everything is carried out in a legal norm," the Prosecutor General added immediately.
Pshonka noted that there are people in the Kyiv EuroMaidan, who provoke a conflict situation, coming to the Maidan with tear gas, batons and so on.
The Prosecutor General said that the law enforcers will respond adequately to such cases. "If there are violations, there will be an adequate response," Pshonka said. | <urn:uuid:d88664fe-c502-4926-8f88-9a4ec49eb7b5> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://for-ua.com/article/1033899 | 2018-05-25T00:16:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794866894.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20180524224941-20180525004941-00613.warc.gz | en | 0.772641 | 251 |
"War makes rattling good History" Civil War Scholarship in the 21st Century
March 29 - 31, 2001
Andrea Mehrländer (Center for U. S. Studies, Martin-Luther-University
Jörg Nagler (Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena)
Hartmut Keil (University of Leipzig)
The sectional conflict of the mid-nineteenth century was probably the greatest crisis in the
history of the United States. Consequently, courses on this momentous event have become a
necessary and much needed feature in American and German history curricula.
This conference will examine the exact nature of the American Civil War, which has been
a continuing source of dispute among historians. Secession festered decades before erupting.
Southerners would not take the drastic step of seceding until they believed that the North
aimed not merely to bar the expansion of slavery but also to corrode the moral and political
foundations of southern society. The Kansas-Nebraska furor, the emergence of the purely
sectional Republican party, northern opposition to the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's
raid on Harpers Ferry finally persuaded southerners that the North intended to reduce them to
subjection and "slavery". Secession seemed a natural recourse. All of these conflicts, spanning
a period of 50 years, were deeply embedded in the nation's political heritage, with the North
and the South holding vastly different views of what that heritage was.
No field of American history has been more transformed by recent scholarship than the
study of the Civil War. Despite this outpouring of written history that has shaped our
understanding of Northern and Southern attitudes in this conflict, there seems to be no
diminuition of interest in the subject.
Since 1865, more than 50,000 books have been published on this most crucial event in
American history. In addition, an average of 800 Civil War books are still being published
annually, and Civil War roundtables, military enactments and Hollywood movies are increasingly
high in popular favor.
While the immense interest of American scholars in this field needs no explanation, it
was only recently that Germany has witnessed the emergence of wide scholarly interest in the
era of the American Civil War. Naturally, a number of outstanding studies have focused on the
ethnic dimensions of the war, tightly connected with issues of ethnic leadership, race, and
In both countries, however, there are still topics that lie fallow. For instance, more
research is needed about the Civil War in current popular culture both in the United States and
Germany. As long as the conflict about the Confederate battle flag is still important enough to
feature as a decisive issue in the upcoming presidential election, too little is known about
the very nature of American heritage. Likewise, many Germans have engaged themselves in
organizing roundtables and re-enactment groups throughout the nation, taking pride in their
ancestors' participation in the Civil War, whereas their attitude concerning Germany's role in
World War II remains questionable.
The aim of this conference is twofold:
For the first time German and American Civil War scholars, both established and young, will
meet outside the United States to discuss, evaluate, and analyse the findings of recent
research in the field.
The conference participants will be able to and take stock in what has been published on
both sides of the Atlantic within the last decade.
The Center for U.S. Studies takes great pride in announcing Dr. James M. McPherson (Princeton
University) as keynote speaker of the conference. In order to allow a balanced presentation of
the diversity and richness of the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction, papers are
welcomed for the following panels:
The Civil War and the Afro-American Experience
Gender & the Civil War
Ethnic Dimensions of the Civil War
The Civil War in Culture & Memory
Civil War Politics & the Military
Touched by Fire: The Civil War & Biography
The conference will be held at the Center for U.S. Studies, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, from March
29 - 31, 2001. In order to receive consideration, proposals must be postmarked by September
15th, 2000. For more information or to submit a paper proposal please contact Dr. Andrea
Mehrländer at the address below.
Conference participants are hosted at the LEUCOREA, Collegienstr. 62, 06886 Lutherstadt
Wittenberg, Germany. Registration for the conference requires prepayment, is non-refundable and
includes accommodations, meals, conference materials, guided city tour. Transportation costs
and the reception dinner on March 30th, 2001, are not covered. Registration deadline: January
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How To Change Gmail Password
It's advisable to change your Gmail account password in each 60 days. Changing your Gmail password is quite easy in few steps as follow:
- Sign in to Gmail.
- After sign in, click on the profile picture at the top right of your Gmail account. Choose "Settings" option on the drop down menu.
- Click on "Accounts and Import" link on the horizontal menu.
- Click on the "Change Password" link located at the very top of the available options.
- You will be asked to re-login to your Account again. Enter your password and click "Sign In".
- It will then take you to "My Account" window where you'll be required to type in your new password. Under it, there is another space to confirm the new password. All you need to do is type the new password again. Then click on the "Change Password".
- Congratulations, you changed your password successfully. Remember to choose a strong password follow Google password policy. | <urn:uuid:adc94546-ca00-43fd-9354-426d749a7871> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://gmailqa.com/change-gmail-password | 2019-09-23T05:08:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514576047.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20190923043830-20190923065830-00361.warc.gz | en | 0.893461 | 210 |
Hermès is today one of the world's most famous brands producing high fashion luxury goods, founded in 1837. Specializing in leather, accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewelry, watches and clothing the brand over the years is turned into one of the most powerful firms standing at the top of the pyramid of elite brands.
Its founder, Thierry Hermès was born in Krefeld, Germany, to a French father and a German mother. The family moved to France in 1828. In 1837, Hermès organized for the first time a harness parade in the Grands Boulevards district of Paris, dedicated to the service of European nobles. It would be this moment that would coincide with the birth of one of the most important brands of recent centuries. After that Hermès created high quality harnesses and saddles for the cart trade, grabbing a range of local awards in those years as well.
In 1918, Hermès introduced the first single-chain leather golf jacket, made for the Prince of Wales, Edward.
Throughout the 1920s when the firm's general manager was ilemile-Maurice, he added accessories and clothing collections, giving another dimension to the nature of the brand's products.
In 1924, Hermès established a headquarters in the United States and opened two stores outside Paris. In 1929, the first women’s clothing collection was introduced in Paris.
In 1949, the first perfume, "Eau d'Hermès" was produced.
In the mid-1930s, Hermès together with Universal Genève produced a line of watch chronographs for men and women (produced in 18K gold or stainless steel, as well as platinum).
The perfume business was added as a branch to the brand in 1961, at the same time as the introduction of the Calèche fragrance, named after a four-wheeled horse cart, known since the 18th century, which is also the logo. of the company Hermès since the 50 ''.
After these years the company would further invest in clothing, in the production of high fashion, becoming influential and inspiring, leading and anticipating the fashion trends of the time.
Known for luxury goods, since 2008, Hermès has about 14 product subdivisions that include: leather goods, scarves, ties, men's and women's clothing, perfumes, watches, stationery, shoes, gloves, kitchen sets, arts decorative, various ornaments and jewelry.
In the Hermès sales report about 30% are leather products, 15% clothes, 12% sweatshirts and 43% other products.
The firm is very attached to its traditional business model and rejects mass production, assembly lines and mechanization. Hermès goods are almost entirely produced in France.
Hermès is known for its handmade bags. One of them may take 18 to 24 hours to produce. For example, building each Kelly bag takes 18 hours to complete. It should be noted that Hermès skins come from all over the world and are of absolute quality. Consumers can currently wait from six months to a year for the delivery of one of the bags. Coincidentally, if Hermès leather goods require repair, the owners can bring an item to any Hermès store and it will be shipped to Les Ateliers Hermès in Pantin for repair.
Another famous Hermes bag, "Birkin", was christened with this name after the English actress Jane Birkin. After a casual meeting with Jean-Louis Dumas (the then director), she complained that her "Kelly" bag was not practical for everyday use. As a result, he invited her to France, where they co-designed the bag in 1984. The Birkin has since become perhaps the most famous and expensive bag in the world. | <urn:uuid:bdb02678-741e-4dcb-8a94-260be92fec5e> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://starbusinessmag.com/en/hermes-nje-histori-krenarie-dhe-luksi/ | 2021-04-21T02:24:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039503725.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20210421004512-20210421034512-00442.warc.gz | en | 0.964326 | 789 |
Where to Stay
There are no hotels, motels, lodges or cabins inside Biscayne National Park. The nearest lodging to the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center is located in Homestead or Florida City.
There are two campgrounds in the park. They are accessible by boat only. Visit our camping page for details.
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The key to getting in shape faster is joining a gym you can't exit.#NewYear #Resolutions
@vidyasagarOn a related note:
I had to use vi today to edit a bash script.
I remembered! 😃
I'm a proud vimmer now
@rick_777 @vidyasagar just remember :wq and :q!
Follow friends and discover new ones. Publish anything you want: links, pictures, text, video. This server is run by the main developers of the Mastodon project. Everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct! | <urn:uuid:fda8dfa8-50d1-445e-a5ec-eddf7e0ef816> | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | https://mastodon.social/@victorberland/101392257885879112 | 2019-02-18T15:19:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247486936.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20190218135032-20190218161032-00546.warc.gz | en | 0.93478 | 127 |
Adopting your First Kitten
As a first time cat owner, you probably have a lot of questions about your new kitten. This article will address the most common ones.
First there is the question of food. Please ignore all those cutsie cat food commercials, and don’t bother with the cat food aisle in the grocery store. Instead, go to a natural food store, or a pet supply store that specializes in natural products.
A premium quality food will have no by-products, no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. It will list a meat-based protein source first, such as chicken or lamb. The better ones will have more than one protein ingredient.
Grains should be kept to a minimum, and should be whole grains, not fractions such as corn gluten meal or rice bran. Some of the newer cat foods are now grain-free.
Cats and kittens | <urn:uuid:19c4b1bd-a3c9-4513-9025-5f974ea37ade> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://www.accessoriesforcats.com/adopting-your-first-kitten/ | 2019-08-19T15:04:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027314752.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20190819134354-20190819160354-00238.warc.gz | en | 0.92436 | 185 |
Inquilinos Unidos (United Tenants) outreaches and works to identify, train, and organize tenant leaders to build sustainable groups in buildings with severe habitability violations. Because IU maintains an active presence in the community it has established many strong ties throughout the years, giving the organization an incredibly wide reach.
Some interesting facts about the constituents we serve:
Average rents in the City of Los Angeles increased 30% in the last 20 years while tenant incomes decreased 6%.
Access to affordable housing is especially hard for the low-income communities IU serves—the average income for a family in Pico-Union is $26,830, for example, while the average income needed to afford a 2 bedroom in Los Angeles is $68,640 a year.
Among the very poorest households, 77.8%% are paying more than half their incomes for rent, leaving very little for all other necessities, such as food, transportation and health care.
On average, IU assists 15-20 individuals daily that walk-in or call our office through education and advice on housing issues.
On average, 20 tenants are served through IU’s free weekly Tenant Resource Clinic. Families come in seeking assistance with housing safety and code violations, evictions, unlawful rent increases, and rent control issues. | <urn:uuid:a5e56d65-a51b-4fe4-b84a-edd32a135ebc> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.inquilinosunidos.org/ | 2017-08-20T01:57:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886105961.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170820015021-20170820035021-00580.warc.gz | en | 0.941379 | 265 |
I've set up a Facebook Pixel on my Shopify Store and Purchases are coming in and tracking fine.
I've added a straightforward Purchases pixel to the store as I only have one Collection on there, so I don't need to differentiate between Purchases.
However, tomorrow I need to add a different Collection on there, so need purchases ringfenced on Facebook via the different ad sets.
I've experimented with getting a Custom Conversion for Purchases on specific items OR collections set up and they aren't tracking.
Using the following events and rules:
Use the Facebook Pixel to help see what the actual content_ids is.
Looking at one store, I don't see the viewcontent event firing on collections. Going to product pages, the value is . You probably need to include the opening and closing brackets if you're using equals? I know it's basic logic for an array, but maybe Facebook's logic is otherwise.
Download Facebook Pixel Helper on Chrome.
Go to the Product Page.
Click the Helper.
Under View Content you'll see the content ID.
Set up a Custom Conversion and Conversion Event 'Purchase".
This custom conversion must meet all of these rules:
Event Paramenters > Content ID > Contains.
Bang in your content IDs.
Jobs a good'un! | <urn:uuid:d0c3ba07-7a60-4095-8c75-f6e6875ca986> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://community.shopify.com/c/Ecommerce-Marketing/Facebook-Custom-Conversions-For-Purchase/td-p/481443 | 2020-11-25T06:18:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141181179.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125041943-20201125071943-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.882481 | 274 |
Yunost Minsk iconic coach is back on National Team bench Read more»
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Montpellier withdrawn, Villard de Lans back in Division 2
Montpellier application for partecipation in next Division 1 (French Second division) wasn't validated by the Federation for lacking of economic hedging, so the team will play in Division 3 - the last level of French hockey - next season.
Villard-de-Lans, withdrawn from Magnus Ligue for economic problems, will restart from Division 2 (third level)(25 Jul 2014) | <urn:uuid:2c42c4a3-6534-4985-8f02-a6f81d062603> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://www.eurohockey.com/league/212-division-3-fra-.html | 2019-08-21T18:30:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027316150.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821174152-20190821200152-00509.warc.gz | en | 0.804895 | 244 |
Fruits and nuts nature study is full of goodness when you add creative nature walks, fun activities, and a few good living books.
This post contains affiliate links.
Our weekly nature walks so far in September have been so exciting as we’ve been on the hunt for fruits and nuts. This is the perfect time of year for finding an abundance of them!
Where Do We Look?
Luckily, whether you look up or down – even all around – you’ll find fruits or nuts just about everywhere in the fall. Nuts can be found clinging to tree branches and on the ground under trees. If you’re lucky, you might even find stashes of nuts tucked away by some sweet squirrel.
Don’t just think of edible fruit trees when you set out to find fruits. While many of those trees will have plenty of fruit to observe (and even eat!), there are many more examples of non-edible fruits to be found. Look on trees, flowers and, especially, bushes for colorful and not-so-colorful fruits. You may find occasional fruits on the ground, too, but most of the time the flesh of the fruit disappears quickly while the seeds are left behind.
A Few of Our September Finds
Our favorite find so far has been this pile of Ohio buckeyes that some sweet little creature has been working diligently on. Can you see how the coverings are separated from the nuts?
We’ve found a bazillion perfect little nuts on trees and off.
Wild fruits and not-so-wild fruits hang prettily from many trees, bushes and wildflowers.
Fruits and Nuts Nature Study
Just what exactly do you do on a fruits and nuts walk besides…well, look for fruits and nuts?
- Collect and categorize samples.
- Sketch and label your finds.
- Look for signs that animals have enjoyed the bounty.
- Read books about fruits and nuts.
NaturExplorers Fruits and Nuts includes nature notebooking pages that we complete on our nature walks. While we love using our nature journals with blank pages during nature walks, nature notebooking pages serve the unique purpose of guiding discoveries to make sure certain educational goals are reached.
NaturExplorers Fruits and Nuts
If you need help with creative nature walk ideas on the topic of Fruits and Nuts – or would like to turn the topic into a full science unit study – I think you’ll enjoy NaturExplorers Fruits and Nuts! | <urn:uuid:cd8f9c86-f893-4275-b46b-105afc511e76> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://ourjourneywestward.com/finding-fruits-and-nuts/ | 2020-11-27T02:27:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141189038.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20201127015426-20201127045426-00645.warc.gz | en | 0.916742 | 524 |
Midlands Regional Hospital Portloise
Publications by staff affiliated to Midlands Regional Hospital Portloise
Metastatic melanoma after 23 years of primary ocular melanoma.We describe a case of 52-year-old man who presented with an episode of tonic-clonic seizures. He had right ocular melanoma 23 years ago with subsequent enucleation which was the standard treatment at that time. CT scans of the brain and of the thorax-abdomen-pelvis revealed widespread metastatic lesions in the brain, lung and liver. Further investigations including bronchoscopy with cytopathology uncovered that the metastatic disease was a recurrence of ocular melanoma. He received palliative radiotherapy and died 6 months later. Ocular melanoma is often associated with fulminant metastatic disease after a period of dormancy. Thus, despite successful treatment of the localised disease at initial presentation, an effort is needed for optimal long-term follow-up plan in order to improve survival in case of recurrence. | <urn:uuid:b3894bc1-595e-4021-a273-3d798e719baf> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://www.lenus.ie/handle/10147/266278 | 2020-11-25T02:23:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141180636.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20201125012933-20201125042933-00161.warc.gz | en | 0.941365 | 214 |
Experiment ⌘ 2 : Hydrogen using Drain Cleaner!
In this video I am going to show you how I created a simple Hydrogen generator using 2 bottles,some tubing,Sodium Hydroxide and Aluminum!
This is the Chemical reaction:
2 Al + 2 NAOH + 6 H2O = 2 NAAl(OH)4 + 3 H2
Tutorial on how to build this coming soon!!!
PLZ comment,like and sub!
Music: XVII – Rukus
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Do you need help but are too afraid to ask for it? You might fear that “I need your help” is rude or informal. Well, there are plenty of alternatives out there.
You don’t need to look any further. This article will explore how to politely ask for help! There are plenty of great synonyms to include in a message when you need someone’s assistance.
Other Ways to Say “I Need Your Help”
- Do you have a moment to help?
- I could use some assistance
- Can you help me with this?
- I need your assistance
- I’m in need of some help
- Help me!
- It would be great if you could help
- Please, help me out here
- I would love it if you could help
- If you help me, I’ll return the favor
- Please. Help!
- Do you mind helping me?
- “I need your help” is great conversationally, but it doesn’t work very well in formal writing.
- “Do you have a moment to help?” is a great formal question you can use as an alternative.
- Try using “I could use some assistance” if you want to sound more conversational and friendly.
Keep going through this article to learn more about the most useful phrases. We’ll share some of the best for formal and informal synonyms, as well as examples showing you how they work.
We’ve also written about whether “I need your help” is correct. If you want to find out whether it’s polite already, you can skip to the final section.
Do You Have a Moment to Help? (Formal)
“Do you have a moment to help?” is a great formal question showing you how to say “I need your help” professionally. It works well when you need someone to give you a hand in a professional situation.
Phrasing it as a question rather than a sentence is much more polite. It shows that you could do with some assistance, but you understand if the person you’re asking isn’t able to provide it.
You should use it when asking a colleague for help with a tricky project. It shows you would appreciate their time, but you know they might be too busy.
It’s a very powerful question in business emails. You should use it instead of “I need your help” to be as respectful as possible.
The email example below will help you understand more about it:
Do you have a moment to help me complete this task? If so, could you come to my office, please?
All the best,
I Could Use Some Assistance (Informal)
“I could use some assistance” is more informal as an alternative, but it’s still very effective. You should use it when you would like someone to step up and help you.
It’s an everyday phrase, which is why it works better when talking to friends or colleagues. It suggests you’ve tried to do something on your own but could now really do with an extra set of hands.
“I could use some assistance” makes light of the situation you’re on. It doesn’t sound very sincere, which is why it’s more appropriate in conversational situations.
It’s also better to include it in spoken rather than written English.
We don’t think “I could use some assistance” works well formally, though. You should choose a more suitable formal alternative from our list since “I need your help” is also inappropriate in most business cases.
These examples will help you understand how to use this it:
I could use some assistance from you right now, Dan. I’m worried that I won’t be able to do this alone!
Wait, I could use some assistance before you head home! I think you’re going to make short work of all of this!
Is It Correct to Say “I Need Your Help”?
“I need your help” is grammatically correct but is more conversational than professional. You should avoid using it in formal writing (like business emails) because it does not convey the correct tone.
“I need your help” comes across as quite demanding. This is very dangerous to use in business situations, especially as an employee. It shows you expect help from people, which is never wise.
However, when asking friends for help, there’s no reason you can’t use “I need your help.” It’s short and sweet, letting your friends know that you could really do with some assistance.
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Have you been feeling off your audition game lately?
Been questioning your self-tape submissions when you don’t hear anything?
Wondering how you’ll deliver in high stakes while on the job (with the new added stress of masks, shields, social distancing and self-isolation)?
I’ve been there too. Now that I’m back shooting my 4th season of Atypical, I know first-hand that returning to work in this climate looks + feels VERY different, and I want to share my insights with you (to help you skip the struggle + frustration) so you can thrive.
Imagine having a simple and empowering process to rock your self-tapes, book more jobs + shine under pressure…every single time.
Here’s a special message I recorded for you from the set…
I can’t wait to teach you an easy-to-implement process that has helped hundreds of actors (at every level + in every market) book more work in TV, Film, VO, Commercials + Theater. (yes, even amidst a global pandemic!).
Been nailing your self-tapes lately? Or are you having moments where you scream, swear, laugh and cry – all inside of a minute? I sure have.
I’m keeping it real today, and sharing this with you, so you know we ALL have days where we just want to scream and cry, no matter how long we’ve been doing this! Myself included!
Yep, this was me recently while attempting to self-tape a comedy audition as a “flirty cougar.”
(And this was smack in the middle of me shooting my 4th season of Atypical).
So, I hope this helps you know, it’s okay to have your moments and I encourage you to get it out. ???
Enjoy this behind-the-scenes reveal of what self-taping really looks like… (the moments most working pros won’t ever show you).
The good news here is that my exceedingly patient husband always makes me laugh and knows when + how to reign in a former dancer by just shouting out “Fosse, Fosse, Go.” (That came out of nowhere, but every performer knows her cues!)
I know for some actors, last year provided the “longest dry spell ever” in your acting career, and thoughts of “I’m not enough, I haven’t done enough + I’m not far enough along” have been haunting you lately as you go to self-tape (or maybe even just get out of bed).
Well, then it’s divine timing you are reading this today, because I am here to tell you 3 important things:
You are more than enough (no matter what your resume says right now).
You can get to where you want to go (no matter how long the dry spell has been).
The breakthrough begins within (and you’re worthy of your biggest dreams).
I’ll put it in mantra form so you can say it out loud with me…
I’m on a getaway with my family, snowboarding + sledding at Mammoth Mountain, and I’m about to head back to shoot another episode of Atypical this week.
Meanwhile, my Success Breakthrough Workshop students are continuing to thrive in their lives and careers, while my Spotlight Club members are loving the latest mindset tools I’ve created this month for elevating their perspective.
And all of it got me thinking about you and the abundant actor’s mindset.
It would seem like vacations and bookings and breakthroughs happen, and then you feel abundant…right?
Well, it actually works the other way around.
The mindset work is the behind-the-scenes daily practice I’ve been doing for decades, even when I lived in an apartment right near the freeway and there wasn’t a booking in sight.
It’s woven into everything I teach, because I’ve seen firsthand how it’s affected my own life + acting career, and how it’s benefitted hundreds of actors in my programs.
So, where do you begin? Well, there are 1440 minutes in every day.
How are you spending most of them?
Are you looking for what’s missing and commenting what isn’t working? Are you looking for things to appreciate and talking about what is working?
If your thoughts and conversations all center around lack and scarcity, then you’ll have trouble aligning with prosperity.
So how do you let go of lack + tune into a more prosperous life? It all begins with your focus.
As you look for signs of prosperity, you’ll begin to feel the energy of prosperity.
It may seem like “feeling” prosperous doesn’t matter if there’s not a ton of money in your bank account, but this where true prosperity begins.
To live a prosperous life, you must become one with the energy of prosperity.
Unless you turn this common knowledge into a common daily practice, you won’t see much shift in your abundance.
Here are 25 mindset mantras to help you begin to let go of lack + invite in prosperity.
It’s my birthday today, and I want to thank you for being a gift to me. I read every comment, every email, every moment you share with me (and have for over 10 years) and it touches me so deeply.
It’s truly a gift to know that sharing my heart, my stories, my victories, my challenges + my teachings with you week after week, help to inspire, uplift + empower you to keep going + shine your light brighter.
To all of the amazing students in my Success Breakthrough Workshop, and awesome members of my Spotlight Club, to witness the radical life transformations and career breakthroughs actors all over the world have experienced from our work together fuels my soul + makes my heart sing
So I am celebrating it all today. To celebrate my life, is to celebrate you, because it wouldn’t be the same without you.
I’m also taking time to slow down and connect with cherished friends + family.
Today, I want to share the full story of what I did to book the lead role in “Donny’s Bar Mitzvah,” a film that premiered this past week on Apple TV + Amazon Prime.
SPECIAL NOTE: You’re invited to join me and the film’s writer/director, Jonathan Kaufman, in my Clubhouse room today as he shares his insights on casting from the Director’s POV. Join us here at 11am PST / 2pm EST.
So how did this all begin? And how can it help you in your auditions this week?
Back in 2018, I walked into an audition to read for a supporting role in a feature film.
I was 3 pages into my 4 page audition when the director stopped me and asked the casting director to give me the sides for a different role…the lead.
They handed me 15 pages of new sides and told me to “take my time” in the waiting room with the material, while they continued on with their casting session.
Here is what I did to book the role + my 3 best tips for audition success…
I’m excited to share the news that I’m starring in the comedy feature film, “Donny’s Bar Mitzvah,” which premieres on Apple TV and Amazon Prime this Tuesday March 23.
What I love about sharing my journey with you is that not only do I seek to constantly learn + grow, but every time I have a career win, I love revealing the “behind-the-scenes” of how that booking came to be, so you can benefit in your own career.
It always begins with a mindset shift. You wouldn’t know by looking at the pictures, but I’m here to tell you that the inner game work is an ongoing daily necessity, and always at the core of my own career breakthroughs.
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If you can't wait until then, you can find out the price of xenon by listening to Peter's recent appearance on BBC Radio 4.
If you enjoyed watching the Christmas Lectures, you might also be interested in seeing some more of Peter's public lectures which are available online here.
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Fans of Peter’s lectures will be delighted to learn that although there isn’t a lecture on fire, it will feature heavily in all three, with plenty of his usual fire and explosions.
The lectures will be given in the Royal Institution’s Faraday lecture theatre in London to an audience of schoolchildren, and televised on BBC4 over Christmas.
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Why bother home-schooling?
Why bother? Well, if you are thinking it is a bother, you might re-think your decision right there. To educate your child at home is not a bother, but a wonderful, richly rewarding experience that benefits you and your child. So, take the “bother” word from your vocabulary if you really would like that opportunity. Yes, this is your opportunity and your child’s opportunity.
If you are a stay-at-home mom or dad, then you have the opportunity to have wonderful learning experiences by home-schooling your child. In most states, home-schooling is legal, a legal option. There are some guidelines and rules and regulations that you need to follow, but after that everything rocks! (In some states, there are a certain amount of days that you have to notify the Board of Education that you intend to home-school your child).
You cannot simply keep your child from school and decide to home school. You must, almost always notify the School Board or the Board of Education. You can find out the rules and regulations through your government officials or through some wonderful home-schooling magazines and literature. Once you find out the rules and regulations, you are set to go.
Are there benefits to home-schooling?
Time, Balance, Growth & Togetherness
When home-schooling is done in the proper way, your child will have a fully-balanced education and will become a well-rounded good student. The rewards are unmeasurable. First, one of the benefits is that you both spend more time together and give each other more attention. The average student sees their parent for probably a few minutes a day during the week, or at most an hour or two. However, the average home-schooling parent or guardian sees their child on a regular basis for a few hours a day (when that parent or guardian is teaching). You will learn together! Now that’s one of the biggest and best benefits of home-schooling. The teacher and the student learn from each other. You grow together. And you can look back on this experience in years to come and both of you will be happy about your choices and decisions. Children get to spend more time with their siblings, and the younger ones will learn while the older ones are learning also.
You will have more time for each other. You can make practically any life-lesson an education lesson. Going to the supermarket or going to a department store is a lesson in buying, purchasing, finances and product comparison. Going to a fast food place is a lesson in food, health, and in purchasing and even a lesson in customer service. The fast food process shows the children very valuable marketing lessons. So things in every day life add to your home schooling experience.
Another benefit is a great education. You see first hand what your child is learning without the need for PTA meetings and without the need for a strangers’ report on your child’s progress. You choose your child’s education. If you want to teach your child spiritual lessons, you can do that. You can teach religion as history and history as religious lessons. (Look at all the Christians in history and look at the impact they made in our land). You can teach fun science lessons and math lessons. A trip to the bank and to the ATM will be a great business math lesson.
You can even take a trip to the Treasury Building and other related places. Your child will benefit first hand so much more in seeing and doing rather than relying on mostly book-based education. (Yes, you need books and you use books, but you do not depend on them solely as your only education tool). Socialization happens just as easily with home-schooled children as it does for children who attend school in school buildings. Many times when we do television shows, we invite the home-school children, parents and guardians to come into our studio, take a tour and be on the show. So, your options are wide open and your world is your education. Another benefit is a focused education. You are the teacher; you are in charge. That gives you lots of options and lots of opportunities.
What are the problems related to home-schooling?
There are few problems to home-schooling, and these are some:
Your child might miss the classmates if your child started out with regular education and now switched to home-schooling.
How do you solve those problems?
The way to overcome this is to have your child interact as much as possible with the children from the other schools. Invite the children (with parents’ permission) to come on some day trips with you . Or invite them over after school. Have your child enroll in a hobby that he or she likes . (Children take up piano or bowling, or art , and in these hobbies the children make new friends and have interaction with children their own age). Use your own imagination and you will find ways to have your child interact with other children and still be home-schooled.
Most school districts require specific tests for home-schoolers. But the tests are no harder than those given to regular school children. So, prepare for the tests. They also usually require that a licensed teacher observe or give the tests. This can all be arranged. If you are determined to home-school, there is nothing that should stop you from at least trying this option of education.
Years ago, there used to be a stigma attached to home-schooling. Years ago, most times farmers and poor people and migrant workers home-schooled. Sometimes children and even adults made fun of home-schoolers. But today, that is all changed around remarkably. And this was especially noted when one year, the home-schooled child won the National Spelling Bee on national tv, proving that she was the best speller in the nation. Even after that so many came forward on television stating they had been home-schooled and were now attending college or had graduated from conventional colleges.
What if you change your mind? If you change your mind about home-schooling, you have a right to have your child attend public school. Check with your school district. Most times in most cities, every child is entitled to a free public education, and most likely you live in a city or town like that. So don’t worry about changing your mind -if you find that home-schooling is impossible for you to do.
Where can I get supplies or books if I educate my child/children at home?
Look online! Do a search for everything related to home-schooling. There are entire companies who focus on nothing but home-school supplies, books and videos. There are plenty of companies out there for you to become educated about home-schooling. You can become an expert in home-schooling if you want to be.
For art lessons, contact the Pearl Paint Store in New York City. They have a mail-order company also and you will find every single item you need for any arts or arts and crafts lessons that you choose to give. For math and business and finances, write to the Treasury Department, the consumer department, you will be amazed at what is available for free. Write away to Pueblo and ask for the government information catalog. This catalog is a hub of wonderful ideas, books, booklets and pamphlets, many that you can use in your school.
Should I home-school my child?
This is the hardest question that you ask. The answer is obvious. Only you and your child know if you should home-school your child. Know that this is hard work, mixed with lots of fun and great together times. So you must be ready for hours of hard work if you choose home-schooling. If you are ready for that and if you have the time for that , then you know what to do.
In the past I have home-schooled my three children (before they became of school age), and every one of them went into school way ahead of the class. By the time one child was in second grade, that child was tested and found to be able to read college journals. So home-schooling works, even when it is ‘unofficial” home-schooling. The tools that I used were everything that was around. . For example, before my children learned to read, we both would be walking down the street and come to the stoplight. The light was marked with the word, “STOP”, and that , to me, was and is a reading lesson. We would read all the words that we passed as we walked down the street. I was doing the home-schooling thing as my child and I walked along the sidewalk. That was “Reading 101”.
Simple and fun as this was – this game of reading, this was the game that enabled my children to enter school reading years before their classmates learned to read. So home-schooling, even basic home-schooling works wonders in children’s lives.
You have probably read about home-schooling and you might have talked to other parents or guardians who have home-schooled their children. But no matter what you have heard, there is more to home-schooling than just reading. When you check with your local school boards you will have the details about government regulations (and there are many) regarding home-schooling. When I first thought about home-schooling, my
second child was in the older grades. I thought about it lots because the school was polluted and it had to be shut down temporarily. We went back to conventional schooling after the building was almost re-built. My child and I learned so much from just observing nature and from visiting parks.
Only you know what your own experience will be like. You know yourself and you know your child better than anyone else knows them. So decide according to your needs, wants and lifestyles and your time schedule. Only you know the answer to whether you should home-school or not. Some home-school through a temporary need; perhaps a child has a broken leg and cannot attend the local school. They begin home-schooling and find that both the parent and guardian and the child like the experience, so they apply to home-school on a regular basis and everyone is happy.
One thing for sure, do not let anyone make this decision for you, and do not let anyone make you have negative feelings about home-schooling. If this is what you want, this is what you should do. Try it, you’ll like it. And if you do not like it, or if you feel it is too much of a responsibility, then it is your decision to change your mind. You will never know unless you try. You might want to try it during summer vacation or during the holidays. This offers you the opportunity to educate your child and yet neither of you miss any regular schooling or regular work
You should try home-schooling if you have the time to do it. And you? So, what are you waiting for? Now is the time to investigate, prepare for and begin to home-school for your child if that is what you both want to do.
Here is one website you can begin with – check this out, many lessons are here , lessons in nature, lessons in history, lessons in art. You name it and it’s here. Click this website for your very first lesson in home schooling, http://www.nps.gov and here is the Home Education Magazine link. Almost everything you need to know is here: [http://www.homeedmag.com]
If you have an interest in being on television and showing the benefits of home-schooling, please write and let me know what you feel about the subject of home-schooling and conventional schooling. Write to me at email@example.com
The author is a creative, individual artists living in the United States of America. I have home-schooled children before they went to conventional school. I find that a mix between home-schooling and conventional schooling is best for all students. Presently I am working on a nationwide creative works project. Anyone interested in joining should email me.
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“Strange and Curious Permeations”
My upcoming solo exhibition, “Strange and Curious Permeations” asks the viewer to consider how the growing acceptance of violence in our society contributes to the degradation of human dignity.
We continue to be appalled at the numerous acts of violence against black youth that carry no consequence. A fearful helplessness pervades the thoughts of many who wonder, “What protection is available when those in authority who should be our protectors are free to kill black people at-will?” What’s worse is the miserable failure of our legal system to bring justice; instead the rampant spread of “Stand Your Ground” and similar laws have served to open the door to legalized violence against those whose only crime is being seen while black. Parents must now have what I call the “survival talk” with their children educating them on how to survive when confronted and NOT get killed by the police.
The Center of Juvenile and Criminal Justice (http://www.cjcj.org/news/8113) states
“Overall, young African Americans are killed by cops 4.5 times more often than people of other races and ages.”
Works in the exhibition depict images of children at play painted in red, orange, and yellow—colors which society associates with warning. Symbols, words, and popular icons as seen in the painting, “You Feelin the Rainbow?” depict the challenges our youth encounter when violence pervades every area of their lives. Permeations are not only physical but social, emotional, and psychological. Ultimately, the question that must be addressed is “What impact will violent acts against black youth have on their future outlook and how does this shape the way they live in the present?
The exhibition, “Strange and Curious Permeations” will be held at 2622 Gallery located at 2622 N. Wauwatosa Avenue (76th & Center) Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The opening reception is Friday, March 6, 2015 from 6 to 9 pm. It will feature poetry and spoken word by Carmen Murguia and Natalie Schmitting. The exhibition runs through March 31, 2015. | <urn:uuid:992005c2-5787-4be9-960f-059eb8a0ffb4> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | https://artbybb.com/2015/01/26/strange-and-curious-permeations/ | 2017-07-23T04:34:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549424247.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20170723042657-20170723062657-00020.warc.gz | en | 0.952064 | 457 |
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Russia's food security and climate change: Looking into the future
AbstractGlobal climate change presents long-term risks to agriculture. In general, global climate change is expected to positively affect Russian agriculture. In high and middle latitudes, global warming would expand the growing season. Acreages of agricultural crops may expand toward the north, although yields would likely be lower due to less fertile soil. However, in the south there is a possibility of drier climate, which has a negative impact on crop yields and livestock productivity. In addition, climate change is expected to increase the scarcity of water resources and encourage weed and pest proliferation, and it is expected to increase the short-term risks associated with an increase in extreme weather events and natural disasters. This paper uses data on current conditions to simulate future scenarios and examine possible impacts on crop production in the Russian Federation. It also considers adaptive measures for agriculture in response to climate change. --
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After having issues with OS 2.0 I performed a security wipe and reloaded OS 188.8.131.5212. Now when I register to obtain OS 2.0 the update doesn't get pushed through to my playbook. It has been over 24hrs since I originally downloaded OS 2.0 and over 2 hours since I have re-registered. I have attempted to re-register numerous times since then and still nothing. Any advice? Is there perhaps a link to the file I can download?
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10-20-2011 12:59 AM
I think my situation is slightly different but my OS wipe succeeds to 2.0
I did not downgrade to OS 1.0.7.x or any older version and I did a si mple security wipe.
After the wipe, I could get the feel from the UI that the device is actually booting on 1.0.7 and when the initial setup, time zone and login completed it automatically checked for OS update and right now, it's updating to 184.108.40.20678.
So for all those who wanna wipe the device, just do it right in OS 2. I know this does'nt help the original question but for somebody else who may want to do what i did.
10-20-2011 02:01 AM
10-20-2011 02:05 AM
May be it's the DM. I never connected to DM. Just did the wipe and it asked for OS update OTA.
10-20-2011 07:57 AM - edited 10-20-2011 10:02 AM
yes same question here..
is it possible to upgrade to os 2 again after downgrade to v.1.xx.xxx because security wipe error?
10-20-2011 02:09 PM
After I did security wipe on 2.0, all my apps disappeared. I am not talking about 3rd party apps but even the core default apps like camera. I am so stuck.
10-20-2011 03:49 PM - edited 10-20-2011 04:03 PM
Ditto! Was forced to wipe the handset which meant I was left with just the browser, so downgraded to 1.0.7 and now cannot upgrade back to 2.0! Help!
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Goats and goat people are generally amazing. Goats have hilarious personalities with lots of quirks and the people that usually accompany them are some of the most real, down to earth humans I have ever met. So, going down this adventure of owning not only more goats, but owning bucks that I need to keep separated from the rest of my herd has been a learning curve that you have all accompanied me on. With owning bucks comes the added question of do you do stud service? This has been a tricky question that my husband and I have mulled over in our heads and via conversation with each other. On one hand it is nice to have some notoriety for your bucks and have other people want to breed their does to your bucks. It also is helpful to have the bucks pull their own weight in terms of paying for themselves via stud service. But, breeding outside does comes with many questions. Do you allow only driveway breeding, or do you board does? How much do you charge to board does? What happens if the doe doesn't settle? Do you require negative CAE, CL and Jones testing? If so how long ago is a recent enough test? How do you manage to keep the breeding doe separate from my already pregnant herd of does?
Also, there comes the question of keeping genetics for your own herd. As you have read we put a lot of time and effort into finding high quality does and bucks and have traveled as far as Florida to bring diverse genetics to our area. Our goal is to produce high quality goats that perform in the show arena and milking pail. I have some reservations about simply allowing my genetics to be spread to any doe willing to pay my stud fee. In this quest we have settled on allowing breeding to outside does only to one of our bucks and they must have a negative CAE, CL and Jones test within the past year. I know that these are not fail safe measures, but it is what we have decided is right for our farm and herd at this time.
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Arunabh Kumar, CEO of TVF (The Viral Fever), a media firm which produces web entertainment content on the internet has been booked by the Mumbai Police today. A FIR has been lodged under sections 354 A (causing sexual harassment) and 509 (insult the modesty of a woman by indecent words, gesture or acts) of Indian Penal Code, said DCP Ashwini Snap, the police spokesperson.
However, Arunabh had not been arrested yet. And the identity of the complainant has not been disclosed. Arunabh may apply for anticipatory bail. Earlier this month, an anonymous blog post by a woman alleging sexual harassment to her by Kumar when she worked at TVF between 2014 and 2016 had gone viral on the social media.
And the post was followed by similar allegations by some other women. TVF had denied all the allegations and said it would “leave no stone unturned to find the author of the article and bring them to severe justice for making such false allegations.”
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It’s been a few months since we’ve reported numbers for the Current Market Index, so here is the update. The Fort Myers-Cape Coral area index now stands at 4.02, up slightly from 3.86 in September and 3.81 in August. The lower the index numbers the better the market for sellers.
This is a result of slightly rising inventory numbers, but very much in line with inventory numbers back in August. We’ve seen continuous dips in inventory for quite a few months leading up to October, and this is the first month we’ve seen a slight increase. Pending sales are down ever so slightly as well, however nothing that is statistically significant.
Existing sales are holding up nicely and still showing healthy gains over last year. Buyer interest from around the country is strong. In fact, our team has so many buyer leads coming in that we need to hire 4 more buyer agents to keep up with the activity. We think season this year is going to be very strong. Temperatures up north have been unseasonably cold this fall and it’s looking like they could have a long and cold winter. Traditionally this is always good for the Florida market as snow-birds look for a tropical escape and potential property purchase.
The snow-birds we’ve talked to are already motivated to purchase. They witnessed first hand that some properties are up about 20% in price over last year as the pickings are getting slim in certain segments. They realize this season may be the last season to pickup many of these bargain basement priced properties.
We’re seeing waterfront properties in the Cape for example bouncing off their bottom last year for entry level direct access properties. We’ve also seen a bottom in Cape Coral for entry level homes, especially pool homes. This has fueled an increase in sales in the Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres market. Fort Myers home sales in September increased by 6 sales. Cape Coral lost 35 sales versus the previous month. Lehigh Acres gained 7 sales versus September.
As sales potentially shift from the Cape over to Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres, we could see a bottoming in prices there as well. You’ve heard the term that water seeks it’s own level. As prices get too high in a given area, buyers shift their focus to other more affordable areas. Many have preferred to live in Cape Coral over Lehigh Acres, but in the run-up back in the early 2000’s, prices in the Cape got so far ahead of Lehigh Acres that buyers shifted to Lehigh for the value, and thus a boom began in Lehigh. As foreclosures hit hard, many buyers scooped back into the Cape for the bargains and preferred the Cape over Lehigh all else being equal. Because we’ve sold many of the Cape foreclosures, the bargains are not there like they used to be, so we’re seeing this shift to wherever the bargains are.
We’re still in a bargain market for the time being, but that could change. Northerners are starting to fear that the bargains are drying up and they don’t want to miss out, so this season could get very exciting. It’ll be interesting to watch where the money goes, and what happens when the foreclosure well starts to run dry. How will that affect the overall market?
Speaking of foreclosures, it appears banks are cranking up the process on a whole new batch of foreclosures. Some have speculated that banks purposely waited until the end of 4th qtr which ended Sept 30 to file these new lawsuits so their books would look better. Wall Street has a history of doing this for earnings and results. A friend of mine has even speculated banks are keeping losses off their books this year to pad their earnings so they can collect bigger bonuses. There may be some truth to that.
Last year we saw a spike in Lis Pendens filings for precisely the same theory. We’ll have to watch the November and December filings to get a feeling if this is another Wall St accounting trick of holding back what they can, and thus the October spike, or if this is a long-term trend. If this is a long-term trend, then it will stall increase in prices. If this is merely a short-term blip like last year, we could see fewer bargains and more actions from northerners fearful for missing out on one of the best buying opportunities in awhile.
Just like back in 2005, you cannot calculate the absolute top of the market until it’s in your rear view mirror. Timing the bottom of the market is much the same way, and in fact we’ve seen a bottom already in certain segments. The entire market doesn’t always move in unison.
Our advice to buyers is simple. Regardless of whether this is the absolute bottom, we’ve already seen the bottom, or we have a little bit more to go, prices are bargains right now. You may not want to miss this general time period, because one day soon we may look in the rear view mirror and kick ourselves for missing the buying opportunity of a lifetime. All the bank’s misery and misfortune can now become your gain. Somebody is going to capitalize on this misfortune. Why not you? | <urn:uuid:2f03e53d-fc4d-48e3-b0e7-6be8fa61ab4e> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://blog.topagent.com/2009/10/ | 2018-04-24T08:48:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946578.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20180424080851-20180424100851-00569.warc.gz | en | 0.958996 | 1,110 |
Cauley Qualifies For Open As Pro
Cauley, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and a three-time first-team All-America at Alabama, joined South Korea's Sunghoon Kang atop the leader board at 12-under-par 132 in one of the most difficult sectionals in the country at Tunica (Miss.) National Golf Club. It is the first time Cauley has qualified to play in the U.S. Open.
"That all really hasn't sunk in yet," Cauley told the Florida Times-Union. "What's important is I'm going to play in my first major championship. I'm pretty happy with how I'm playing right now."
Cauley finished his Alabama career as the school's first three-time first-team All-America and its career leader in scoring average at 71.39.
He was also a three-time first-team All-SEC selection, a three-time Ben Hogan Award semifinalist and a finalist in 2010. He played for the United States in the 2009 Walker Cup and won four-career tournaments with the Tide.
Along with Cauley and Kang, 10 players qualified for the U.S. Open, including PGA Tour pros Sergio Garcia (135), Brian Gay (135), Chad Campbell (135), Briny Baird (135), Andres Gonzalez (133), Michael Putnam (133), Scott Piercy (133) and Fredrik Jacobson (134). Players failing to qualify out of the Tunica Sectional Qualifier, include two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen and 2002 PGA Championship winner Rich Beem along with PGA Tour pros Chris Dimarco, Boo Weekly, Joe Durant and Bob Estes. Cauley is the first Alabama player to qualify for the U.S. Open immediately following his Alabama playing career since Michael Thompson in 2008. Thompson was the runner-up in the 2007 U.S. Amateur, which qualified him for both the 2008 Masters and U.S. Open. Thompson was low amateur at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in 2008.
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Flat roofs can be a necessity, depending on the space planning of the building. There are some things that can be done with flat roofs that can’t be done with a pitched roof. In order to minimize the flaws of a flat roof, the roof must be installed properly. Once a strong waterproof foundation is established, these are the different ways a flat roof can be utilized.
The flat roofing in Seattle WA can be utilized to hold roof gardens. In areas where yard space is at a premium and the demand for homegrown food high, the flat design can hold different planters. If utilizing the roof for a garden area, extra precautions do need to be taken. Extra support may need to be added to support the planter boxes. You may also want to put in additional waterproofing methods, and a means to drain excess water.
Another item that can be added to flat roofs is decking. Roof decks are exceedingly popular in areas where the roofs have the best view of the area. Before adding a deck, the roof will need to be inspected to ensure it can handle the weight. There also needs to be something going under the decking that helps prevent the water from pooling on the roof surface. You may also need building permits to add the deck.
The flat roofing in Seattle WA is often the designated area for large air conditioning units and vents. This is more commonly found in commercial buildings. These large units are placed on the roof to increase air flow and to keep them out of the way. Many commercial flat roofs are supported to handle the demands of these heavy pieces of machinery. The weight of the machines is incorporated into the architect’s plan since the building also needs to include extra support.
These are a few ways that the flat roof has an advantage over other pitched roof systems. While they do have their flaws, proper maintenance will help prevent the majority of them. | <urn:uuid:f603e8f7-dd15-48c0-9f1d-6e8165a8def1> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.onlinearticlesdirectories.com/transformations-that-can-be-made-with-flat-roofing-in-seattle-wa/ | 2021-06-17T17:06:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623487630518.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20210617162149-20210617192149-00426.warc.gz | en | 0.961085 | 386 |
Vancouver's annual restaurant festival, Dine Out Vancouver launches on Jan. 17, with participating restaurants announced by Tourism Vancouver next Monday, Jan. 6.
Canada's largest restaurant festival features hundreds of businesses offering three-course menus at one of three price points — $18, $28 and $38 — as well as a number of special events around the city available for booking right now.
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This picture used to hang in my parent's entryway, on the way below a bench. When my niece was little should we climb up on the bench and ask my Mom why she wasn't in the picture. Long story short she would arrive about 3 months after the wedding. We eventually had to retake a family picture so she could be in it!
My point is that photos from a wedding are very important that capture all the moments you don't want to forget. Below are a some important tips for finding the right photographer for your wedding, including some questions that you want to ask.
In wedding photography you really do get what you pay for. Expect to pay between $1,100 to $2,000 for a photographer worth their weight. The price should include a standard bridal wedding album, additional prints and albums will cost you more. What you get for the price is what you need to ask.
- How many photographers?
- How many hours does that include?
- Will they travel to multiple locations?
- How many proofs will you receive (should be in at least 500-700 shots)
- Album options (don't get too hung up on this, you can always do your own)
You want to own your proofs. You will want to have a digital copy so that you can have prints made for friends and family or even 20 years later if you want. Typically, you will have to meet a minimal dollar amount of prints to own your proofs. Ask if you can pay to buy these outright.
I remember meeting with a photographer who told me when I asked about a shot list to "not worry about it honey, we do this all the time" - yep that interview was OVER. Typically, they will have a standard list, but if you have several cannot miss shots make sure that you give them a list of those. If you are hiring a coordinator, please make sure they receive a copy and have a rough idea of who everyone who needs to be in a photo is...
- Are they familiar with the venues?
- Deposit and cancellation policies
- Overtime policy
Be very upfront about what you are looking for. If that means taking pictures while you and the bridal party get ready or staying until the last guest leaves. You might have to pay for what you want, but being up front helps you compare photographers.
Like with all vendors, seek references from your family, friends, co-workers, your venue consultant. Most venues have a list of preferred vendors that they work with, the benefit to this is that they understand the space, it’s limitations and benefits. Talk to at least 3 before you make any decisions, do not let them fool you with that "we need a deposit to hold your date" before you are ready to make a decision.
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Since 25.08.2008 is Daitronic partner of SKN Tuning GmbH. We offer our business and residential customers now pioneering engine optimization for motor vehicles, which are used to reduce fuel consumption (ECO Tuning) or Performance Optimizer (Power Tuning). The Daitronic history but offers even more exciting information.
The present company Daitronic Communications GmbH was on 1. Founded in December 1982 at Industriestraße in Bielefeld- Sennestadt on a office? äche of about 100 square meters. Initially, the company was called "DATRON communications equipment Vertriebs GmbH". Since the name "Datron" the trademark of another company injured, he was changed in 1989 "DAITRONIC". In the beginning, harmful products were supplied exclusively. The main clientele were emergency service, that is, cities and municipalities with their fire departments, emergency services and building yards, as well as organizations such as the THW, German Red Cross, JUH and many others. There were plans and builds small and medium fire stations.
With the advent of C network 1985 the wireless technologies developed at a phenomenal rate. The Daitronic Communications GmbH developed in line with, separated by large segments of the classic radio market and took in East Westphalia-Lippe with the manufacturer Siemens in C network a leading role. 1989 acquired an industrial building in the Dunlop street 45, which was large enough for the advanced divisions. With advent of the D-network over 90er years was from the former radio company a communications technology full-line: telephone systems, radio systems, mobile phones, mobile, fax machines, navigation, and more were now offered. The income was not generated by the sale of technical devices of communication technology, but by marketing with telephone contracts of all kinds, especially with mobile phone contracts.
The customer base consists in together from private customers, industry, trade and craft enterprises in Bielefeld and East Westphalia-Lippe. Lower sales in Mobile in the years 2001 and 2002 has led the company management to seek a greater customer proximity. From absolute suburban area in the Dunlop street 45 we shifted the location for Eckendorfer street 16. This ideal transport connection and even parking right outside the door came the customized counter optimal.
One of the essential components of our corporate philosophy is that only high quality products can be repaired technically in-house and sold. All delivered by the Daitronic Communications GmbH devices can be assembled and repaired in our own workshops. The development of solutions for our customers is paramount.
Through constant training of our employees, we strive to serve our customers well. Sales amounted to 2006 million euros a year 1,8. The goods performance is of course much greater because there are sold which are known to often come for 1 € by commission subsidized equipment. For the company Nokia, the Daitronic Communications GmbH maintains a Nokia Store and has the second highest status during service work, which is to get at Nokia in Germany.
For Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung and LG, we are also one of the major service centers in East Westphalia and beyond also contractors, the network operator T-Mobile, T-Com, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2. Through intensive collaboration with T-Mobile Germany, the company has reached a status in the "Business", the have only 19 other German companies in this industry. Of the sales figures forth the Daitronic Communications GmbH accepts despite their seat in one of the smallest cities in Germany a place in a very front. After extensive renovation, the new building was in the corner of Str. 63 19 on. June 2006 related. With an area of about 800 square meters Daitronic operates Communications GmbH is one of the largest businesses of its kind in Germany and has also in Bielefeld itself to a fixed size. In 26 parking right outside the door, a stress-free trip is possible ..
"Huge crowd at 25. Anniversary Party "
On Saturday, 1. December the 25 Firmenjubiläumstag, invited the Daitronic Communications GmbH for brunch with the Bielefeld jazz band "Dr. Lippe force": Already early in the morning there was narrowness full of urge at the premises. By the afternoon, there were about 500 Visitors passed the Daitronic doors. Various booths manufacturers Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Nokia showed its latest device: In addition to a magician also the "Daitronic-Wheel of Fortune" attracted to visit to: The Bielefelderin Ababa Teferi cashed the grand prize, a Motorola cell phone "Moto Razr" worth 586 euros. For the pleasure of his party guests was catered for with a hot dog stand and a beer cart. The absolute highlight was the thank you offers from mobile phones and telephones to 25 years Daitronic anniversary. were sponsored this offer of T-Mobile and Vodafone.
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Submit a Map
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- Sound engine
- Non-playable characters
- Non-playable characters
- Border-less window mode -- enable this with r_borderless 1 (also in advanced options).
- Extra features for donors and staff is now received on-line, so new donors can enjoy our thank you features much sooner.
- HTTP connectivity to our game API server is required.
- If the on-line database is unavailable to the game server the hard-coded list in the server binaries is used instead. Only donors after release will be unable to get their extra features in this situation.
- Linux server binary -- 100% native!
- Fixed func_rotating visually stopping after it has rotated beyond 32,767 degrees.
- Maps will need to have resource file names in the correct case or the Linux server will not find them and crash.
- New map Quarter: A defensive map with multiple stages.
- Player spawn points are now selected at random (from those that are active) with no spawn-fragging.
- Added obey trigger mode property to func_train.
- Added entity alias trigger_create_entity for entity trigger_createentity.
- Added ignore tiny monsters property to trigger_* entities, to ignore insects, hornets, and other very small monsters activating triggers.
- All item_ entities use a specific hull size very close to the default model size rather than being too big, (mostly) fixes items disappearing inside walls.
- Blood splat scale reduced.
- Cheat commands:
- All unsuccessful cheat commands are now logged on the server as warnings.
- If sv_cheats is 2 only server administrators can use cheat commands. Designed for map authors to test their map with others in a controlled way. Players can always check who cheats are available to if they care with the mapinfo command.
- NEW: healme heals your health to the map defined limit.
- NEW: chargeme charges your HEV battery to the map defined limit.
- reviveme can no longer be used if you're alive.
- NEW: trigger remotely trigger an entity (first parameter is the entity name, second optional parameter passes a numeric value to the entity).
- Client commands:
- All commands are now case insensitive.
- All commands with a repeat delay now share the same reset timer, reset in 4 seconds, and shows the exact time left to 1 decimal point.
- All commands can be logged on the server by setting CVAR sv_log_client_commands to 1, though this can be quite spammy.
- grenade and stuck can't be used while the player is a Barnacle victim.
- grenade now executes npc_findcover automatically, so a dual-bind is not required.
- mapinfo formatting improved, also shows who can use cheats (off, on, or administrators only).
- medic now makes a strangle sound instead of a medic call for players that are Barnacle victims.
- NEW: myinfo displays your target name and model, this will be expanded to show more properties about you in the future.
- NEW: stuck moves players into free space should they become stuck in a wall or anything else solid (limited to 48 units, alias unstuck).
- submitid no longer checks for a repeat delay if the player can't use the command anyway.
- Client will show an error message if the game is NOT using the OpenGL renderer.
- CVAR mp_telefrag is now writable by maps (configuration and trigger_setcvar).
- Default maximum velocity increased from 2,000 units/second to 4,096 units/second.
- Default maximum viewing distance increased from 8,192 units to 32,768 units.
- Default setting for detail textures is now enabled.
- Default skill level now 1.
- Fixed a ton of possible crashes/freezes caused by buffer overflows, memory leaks, and uninitialized memory across the entire game. Oh the joy of many programmers over the years ...
- Fixed administrator list file requiring a new line after the last entry in the list.
- Fixed crash during gun fire if players had mp_decals set to 0.
- Fixed crash if the map voting list exceeded the stack size (moved to heap).
- Fixed env_blood shooting white particles when red blood was specified.
- Fixed func_tank eye positions, so it will work properly as the tank rotates.
- Fixed func_train dealing crush damage every frame.
- Fixed maps with names longer than 23 characters causing a buffer overrun (32 characters is still the limit as dictated by the GoldSrc engine).
- Fixed momentary_rot_button not obeying a master entity.
- Fixed monster_barnacle having inconsistent tongue lengths when multiple Barnacles grab the same victim.
- Fixed monster_barnacle not always releasing players during a trigger_respawn.
- Fixed monster_barnacle possible crash with the prey entity referencing.
- Fixed monster_barnacle victims rising infinitely if they end up above the Barnacle (often by multiple barnacles grabbing the same victim, or the victim walking on top of a Barnacle).
- Fixed server lag from players having their donor/staff/administrator levels looked up every time they spawn or use a donor feature.
- Fixed squadmaker possible crash with the render override.
- Fixed squadmaker entities with names not starting automatically when the start on flag is defined.
- Fixed trigger_condition comparing strings with non-strings.
- Fixed trigger_changevalue not setting hull sizes correctly (passes new size to the engine).
- Gibs no longer use the reliable network channel, and move slower.
- Log formatting cleaned up:
- Entity names.
- NoAuthID instead of NoWonID.
- players instead of team1.
- mp_pcbalancing description improved.
- mp_pcbalancing_factorlist now has a default setting.
- mp_pcbalancing_factorlist will no longer print on map load, unless developer is at least 2.
- Replaced warning "Master was null or not a master!" to specify if it existed or not, can't be used as a master or not, and the attempted name used.
- Server administrator list count is now unlimited, and will consume much less memory for servers with under 256 entries.
- Skill configuration will no longer print on map load, unless developer is at least 2.
- Spawn point handling:
- Spawn points are now chosen at random from any active point.
- Collision detection to prevent spawn-fragging.
- Only 1 type of spawn point entity will be used, depending on what is active at the time: _deathmatch then _dm2
- If no _deathmatch or _dm2 spawn point can be used, a _coop or _start point is used.
- If none of the spawn points can be used, players are made to wait until one is available.
- trigger_changemodel now pre-caches the model it needs.
- trigger_changemodel now supports !activator and !caller references.
- trigger_changemodel now supports changing player models, and remembers the player choice for when the map changes.
- trigger_changemodel now supports sub-model and skin detection.
- trigger_condition now reports its' behaviour if CVAR developer is 2 or higher.
- trigger_createentity now pre-caches the models and sounds it needs.
- trigger_load/trigger_save can load/save more data.
- trigger_load can now load entities from alternative file names.
- trigger_once can no longer be used repeatedly with the on enter and on exit flags.
- Updated VGUI from version 2.3 of the Half-Life SDK.
- ambient_generic can now play a sound to an individual client at their position, using flag user only (64).
- env_sound think delay reduced, so players are more likely to receive their effect.
- Count of sounds successfully (and failed) loaded sounds displayed when a map starts.
- List of sounds successfully loaded displayed if CVAR developer is 2 or higher when a map starts.
- FMODEx initialization code cleaned up vastly.
- FMODEx library no longer needs to be in the half-life folder, it is now loaded from the mod folder.
- FMODEx library updated to 4.40.03
- Improved environment sound effects.
- Increased sound limit from 2,048 to 4,096.
- Pretty much every sound is now handled by FMODEx, only exception is explosions.
- Revolutionized speech sentence handling:
- All sentences are now handled server side.
- Clients play sentences through FMODEx.
- Custom sentence file can now be specified in the map configuration or map properties.
- Doors can now use custom sentences (locked/unlocked voices).
- Fixed attenuation value of 0 not playing a sentence everywhere.
- Fixed parsing issue when loading sentences.
- Improved lip sync code for human NPC's, fixes gaping mouth problem.
- Increased sentence limit from 1,536 to 2,048.
- Increased sentences group limit from 384 to 512.
- Increased sentences per group limit from 32 to 64.
- SCRIPT_EVENT_SOUND_VOICE: Sounds which start with a '*' (specified inside many Half-Life models) are now played on CHAN_STREAM rather than CHAN_VOICE for full compatibility with the old Half-Life sound engine.
- Sentences are now case insensitive.
- Sentences can now be in alternative formats if a WAV file is not found (in order): MP3; MP2; OGG; OGA; FLAC; WMA; AAC; FSB
- Widened sentence support to: alien slaves; human grunts (both types); heavy weapons grunt; male assassins; players; robot grunts; scientists; shock troopers; sentence_script_events
- Alien grunts should no longer stare into space after being teleported in by Tor.
- Barnacle tongue now drops 50% faster.
- Barnacles can no longer grab victims from on top of them.
- Barnacles have new bite damage handling:
- Bites are every 1 to 1.5 seconds.
- Bite damage is either skill entry sk_barnacle_bite*, or the combined health and armor divided by 9 of the victim at the time of reaching the Barnacle's mouth -- whichever is higher.
- Victims should generally be eaten within 10 to 15 seconds of reaching the Barnacle's mouth, though multiple Barnacles grabbing the same victim will multiply the eating speed.
- Furniture will no longer show monster info.
- Male assassins' flying kick angle fixed.
- Osprey rotor sound will always loop regardless of the sound format used.
- Tor's cannon sound radius is smaller.
- Tor's threat animation fixed.
- Xen plant lights now implement classifications, and will only hide from enemy classes. They are alien passive by default.
- Fixed Barnacle grapple still latching on to dead and disconnected players.
- Fixed Barnacle grapple reducing player velocity if they were grappling downwards.
- Fixed M134 Minigun name, as it's actually based on a XM214 Microgun.
- Fixed player medkit not being able to heal if there is less than 10 points left.
- All: Difficulty no longer limited to easy.
- All: Improved level changing behaviour.
- All: Text messages raised away from the crosshair.
- All: Time limit is now 60 minutes.
- Part 3: Next level is now the bonus mission, ending text message adapted.
- Bonus: Changed ending text message to "Mission complete".
- Made it much more difficult for the Gargantua to block the teleporter exit in the boss room.
- Moved teleporter exit in the boss room up along with fall damage compensation.
Black Mesa EPF
- Dual Uzi's allowed to account for increased map difficulty.
- Fixed a Barney spawning as friendly.
- Fixed air strikes happening constantly.
- Fixed air strikes happening the same time as grunts spawn.
- Fixed aliens spawning endlessly.
- Fixed exploit allowing players to finish the map very early.
- Fixed players being able to skip the lasers.
- Fixed solid corpse blocking players in downstairs warehouse on Mission 2, next to voltigore.
- Fixed corpse being a target for monsters'.
- Laser puzzle easier.
- Map difficulty increased.
- Map time limit is now 99 minutes.
- Moved light from above ladder to doorway. Mission 4, just before they push the button to extend bridge.
- Optimized model count.
- Random monsters now spawn less frequently.
- Removed spawn point from the laser room.
- Security guards room (behind reception desk) had door which opened upwards, making extend through floor. Now opens downwards.
- Slowed down alien spawns.
- Sliding doors replaced for simpler doors that shouldn't disappear.
- Varied grunt drops.
- Part 1: Fixed turrets not rising from the floor after the shark area.
- Part 2: Changed boss music.
- All of series 2 and 3: All maps have AAATRIGGER textures replaced for NULL to improve rendering performance.
- 2A: Fixed players being able to activate the camera sequence using the coded panel more than once.
- 2A: Fixed players being able to jump through the horizontal lasers if many of them piled through quickly enough.
- 2B: Fixed a single player being able to activate the dual-player buttons after the large slime pit / pipe crawling.
- 2C: Added clip brush in the base of the rail gauge to prevent you falling through to the void.
- 2C: Fixed NULL texture on the corner sections of the rail gauge.
- 2D: Fixed door gates being blockable by players.
- 3B: Fixed short time slot of no spawn points being available after the barnacle water cavern (caused you to spawn at 0,0,0).
- 3C: Fixed getting stuck in a crate at the start.
- 3C: Fixed NULL texture around the brown water during the hallucination.
- 3D: Fixed possibility of spawning inside a control panel in the giant elevator shaft.
- 3D/E: Normalized all of Barney's speech sounds to fix his fully open mouth, processed out the rumbles and popping too.
- 3E: Fixed rendering glitch through the first door.
- 3E: Fixed batteries getting stuck on the floor by making them liftable.
- 3E: Fixed possibility of getting stuck behind the generator, there are now small crates to climb on to get out.
- 3E: Re-built the train so it should be impossible to break into segments in a comical fashion.
- 3E: Fixed rendering glitch through the first door.
- C0A0C/C0A0D: Removed display name for the Loader robot.
- C0A0C: Fixed tram doors moving the wrong direction.
- C1A1: Dead grunts that should have been holding a gun now do, and those that shouldn't have now don't.
- C1A1: Fixed angle and body on the Military suit item to match the original game.
- C1A1: Time limit is 60 minutes for consistency with other maps.
- C1A1F: Fixed dangling scientist falling too soon / disappearing (over the tram stop).
- C1A3A: Fixed soldiers using Opposing Force chat.
- C1A3C: Fixed Osprey being destroyed by friendly fire.
- C1A6: The commander now has the correct model.
- C2A4B: Fixed invisible brush blocking players.
- C2A4C: Fixed chomper sometimes going out of sync by not doing enough damage.
- C2A4C: Restored the 6 barnacles above the slime pit.
- C2A4E: Fixed zap machine killing players after it has shut down.
- C2A5A: Fixed being able to slide down 2 giant vertical pipes.
- C2A5F: Fixed becoming stuck behind some broken wall.
- C2A5G: Fixed grunts already being dead behind the car in which a Gargantua pushes to crush them against the car park wall.
- C2A5G: Voltigore can no longer use bounce pads.
- C3A1B: Fixed medic and grunt staring at the walls.
- C3A2C: Fixed getting stuck inside a valve.
- C4A1B: Fixed players being able to climb up into the sky.
- C4A1C/C4A1D/C4A1E/C4A1F: Added map change sprite.
Half-Life: Opposing Force campaign
- OF1A2: Alien grunts replaced for alien slaves.
- OF1A4B: Removed display name for the Loader robot.
- OF1A6: Added crowbar (knife) to map configuration.
- OF2A4: Added crowbar (knife) to map configuration.
- OF2A2: Added anti-spam to the elevator.
- OF2A2: Added sky name.
- OF2A2: Added sparks in the electrified water.
- OF2A2: Fixed soldier positions during their sequence.
- OF2A2: Anti-rush for the elevator.
- OF2A3: Map merged into OF2A2.
- OF3A5/OF5A4: Added map change sprite.
- OF5A1: Blocked a hole.
- OF5A2: Blocked a hole.
- OF4A2: Lift doors now crush obstructions properly.
- OF6A2: Blocked a hole.
- OF6A3: Blocked a hole.
Half-Life: Uplink campaign
- Fixed finale always changing to map C1A0 instead of the servers' next map.
- Part 2: Prevented subway exit door being closed with +use.
- Removed secret bestiality porn for some silly drawings of faces.
- Fixed crate falling through the floor.
- Fixed game not ending when the point man respawns.
- Fixed text messages.
- Player "the jumper" is now referred to as the "Point Man".
- Map resource files included.
- New songs.
- Fixed floating battery by moving it on the floor.
New Hope's Last Stand
- Part 3: Barrels in the crystal crusher room are no longer stuck.
- Part 3: Fixed cave teleporters not working (couldn't change map).
- Part 4: Fixed a bunch of null textures.
- Part 4: Fixed Ion cannon not killing everything it should.
- Part 4: Fixed robot generator pushing players away before it has even been built.
- Part 4: Fixed Voltigores getting stuck on spawn.
- Added diagonal building brush to stop you getting stuck on the building down a cliff (just ahead of the start).
- Part 4: Fixed central area and pyramid not being visible from each other (increased maximum viewing distance).
- Part 4: Fixed players being able to evade the boss monsters by standing on wall candles.
- Part 4: Fixed shortcut to the pyramid turning itself off instead of on.
- Part 4: Replaced copyright music.
- Part 2: Office after the force field: Added collapsed table to break up the dodgy clip nodes.
- Added blip sound to text messages to ensure they get noticed.
- Added sprites to show which bombs have been destroyed already on the map.
- All text messages moved away from the crosshair.
- All grunts are named "Terrorist Guard" or "Terrorist Sniper".
- Allied NPC's can now be hurt by players.
- Allied NPC's now spawn-frag things in their way.
- Boss grunts are named "Terrorist Elite Guard" and are tougher.
- Boss spawns using the bodyguard class, with akimbo Uzi's.
- Difficulty no longer limited to easy.
- Fixed ambient sounds not playing.
- Fixed bad lighting compile (incorrect shadows).
- Fixed being able to get stuck in the mounted machine guns.
- Fixed boss sequence taking so long.
- Fixed engineer sometimes getting stuck up narrow steps.
- Fixed delayed flight of the extraction Apache.
- Fixed grunt doors opening the wrong way.
- Fixed grunts facing the wrong way when they come out of doors.
- Fixed grunts not spawning with their relative bomb area, and stopped them spawning when the bomb is destroyed.
- If the player count is >10 grunts spawn more often, and a tough grunt (sniper or heavy) will spawn somewhere every minute.
- New fancy sky map.
- Tweaked spawn point positions as one would sometimes spawn you inside a crate.
- Added 2 more batteries to the hidden section at the start so 2 players can fully charge.
- Fixed explosive barrels in the canal area from being stuck in the ground.
- Fixed Chubby not being able to die due to a server's default mp_npckill setting.
- Fixed path names for some sprites to be compatible with the Linux server binary (case sensitive).
They Hunger campaign
- All: Updated player model list.
- They15: Fixed zombies walking though doors to scientists.
- Difficulty re-balanced.
- Difficulty toughened for XP mod servers.
- Decreased wrench damage.
- Entering the ceiling tunnels as a ghost now pushes you out rather than kills the player.
- Fixed being able to lose the map after winning.
- Fixed monster spawn frequencies not being set.
- Fixed some spore plant positions.
- Fixed vote messages.
- Improved ending sequence.
- Improved life system.
- Increased delay before difficulty can be selected.
- Removed some assault rifle grenades.
- Tor spawns with a sprite.
- Added sprite on the blue Turret System screen instructing players how to activate the defence turrets, as you all still don't get how this works after 10 damn years...
- Fixed 3 bottomless pits not killing anything (1 in the cave by the start voltigore, 2 in the pipes area).
- Fixed being able to get stuck in some places in the pipes area.
- Fixed being able to skip past the steam after the pipes area with high health from an XP modification.
- Fixed powerful laser not shutting off when it destroys the wall.
- Fixed shortcut teleporter in the garage turning itself off instead of on.
- Prevented players from climbing onto the roof and into the sky when leaving the reception area.
- All low definition Valve HLDM models now have a dm_ prefix.
- All high definition remakes of HLDM models don't have a dm_ prefix.
- New player model mad scientist.
- Player command menu updated with all the current model choices.
- Body guard now has correct animations/sequences for Minigun.
- Brand new high quality sounds, no longer just re-pitched Barney sounds.
- Remove unused sound "attack2.wav".
- Added new blip sound for mappers to use, works well with text messages using the scan out effect.
- Loader robot no longer complains about missing "wood2.wav".
- Fixed trigger_changemodel not showing up in Hammer.
- Loads of tweaks to the FGD (size/colour changes).
- Made trigger_teleport flag 2,048 (ignore delays) show up in Hammer.
- Manual credits now links to forum profiles for many more people.
- Manual credits now lists all mappers.
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Back Yard Kitchen Garden is a blog about the joy of grow your own (GYO) fruit and veg gardening.
My name is Darren Turpin and I live in suburban Prestwich, Manchester, UK. I grow as much as I possibly can in my back yard kitchen garden plot – one greenhouse, three raised beds and as many pots, tubs and re-used compost sacks as I can squeeze in.
I also have a Twitter feed at @BackYardKitchenGarden and there’s a Facebook community page – Back Yard Kitchen Gardeners – where anyone and everyone who’s interested in growing their own fruit and veg, as well as cooking and eating it, of course, is welcome to join in the conversation and contribute hints, tips and advice.
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Exporting for iOS¶
These are the steps to load a Godot project in Xcode. This allows you to build and deploy to an iOS device, build a release for the App Store, and do everything else you can normally do with Xcode.
- You must export for iOS from a computer running macOS with Xcode installed.
- Download the Godot export templates. Use the Godot menu: Editor > Manage Export Templates
Export a Godot project to Xcode¶
In the Godot editor, open the Export window from the Project menu. When the Export window opens, click Add.. and select iOS.
The following export options are required. Leaving any blank will cause the exporter to throw an error:
- In the Application category * App Store Team ID and (Bundle) Identifier
- Everything in the Required Icons category
- Everything in the Landscape Launch Screens category
- Everything in the Portrait Launch Screens category
After you click Export Project, there are still two important options left:
- Path is an empty folder that will contain the exported Xcode project files.
- File will be the name of the Xcode project and several project specific files and directories.
This tutorial uses exported_xcode_project_name, but you will use your project’s name. When you see exported_xcode_project_name in the following steps, replace it with the name you used instead.
Avoid using spaces when you choose your exported_xcode_project_name as this can lead to corruption in your XCode project file.
When the export completes, the output folder should look like this:
Opening exported_xcode_project_name.xcodeproj lets you build and deploy like any other iOS app.
Active development considerations¶
The above method creates an exported project that you can build for release, but you have to re-export every time you make a change in Godot.
While developing, you can speed this process up by linking your Godot project files directly into your app.
In the following example:
- exported_xcode_project_name is the name of the exported iOS application (as above).
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Topic: Use of Manual Actions for III.G.2 Compliance
Draft Revision to IP-71111.05 issued March 6, 2003
Draft IP-71111.05 Revision 3/6/2003 includes inspection guidance relative to licensee use of manual operator action. Below is the new text.
Level of Effort:
Additionally, in the selection process of the areas to be inspected, consider the licensee uses of manual actions in lieu of full implementation of Section III.G.2 requirements. Manual actions will be evaluated using guidance provided in Enclosure 2 to this procedure.
Changes in Scope
For triennial inspections starting November 2002, the scope of this procedure was changed to integrate inspection guidance for manual actions associated with licensee commitment to 10 CFR 50. Appendix R, Section III.G.2 (hence referred to as Section III.G.2). The background, objectives and specific guidance are provided in Enclosure 2 to this document. If the inspectors determine that manual actions are reasonable and are expected to meet the criteria outlined in Enclosure 2, then the inspection report will identify this issue as a Green finding pending the Commissionís acceptance of the proposed staff initiative to incorporate the use of manual actions into Section III.G.2.of the code. (The Green finding is an indicator that while compensatory measures in the form of manual actions have been implemented and are acceptable, the licensee continues to be in violation of the code requirements). If the inspectors determine that the manual actions are not reasonably accomplishable and therefore implementation may not lead to a safe plant condition, the preliminary finding will be
identified as potentially greater than Green and entered into the SDP.
Reference Enclosure 2 for Details
SECY Letter 03-0100 RULEMAKING PLAN ON POST-FIRE OPERATOR MANUAL ACTIONS, and Attachment, dated June 17, 2003
Plan recommended by the NRC Staff for Commission approval.
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Choose from a pueblo house, mail box style, small and a martin house.
Build a cozy home for your feathered friends with free plans. Homes for purple martins, wrens, bluebirds and swallows are some of the specific plans available. Build a Victorian mansion or a simple box with easy-to-use plans that are a perfect family project.
Bird Houses You Can Build in a Day Book
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Transcript for Titanic 2: Australian Tycoon Determined to Build Replica
And finally tonight, a ticket aboard the titanic? Someone is determined to recreate that journey. And to tell us about it, abc's john donvan. Reporter: The original "titanic," the unsinkable ship that sank first time out. A scene re-e acted in the movies more than once. Most notably with WITH leonardo DiCaprio and kate winslet going overboard. But that was a hollywood "titanic," much of it the visualout put of a computer program. This, however, is the remake of the actual ship, full scale, by this man. I'm funding this myself because I want to spend the money I've got before I die. Reporter: Clive palmer is an australian bill for a, for whom building a second "titanic" is a long-time dream, which is paying $500 million to happen, especially to ensure that it comes off, well, remarkably like the old one. Matching what was then with what will be the next time "titanic" sails. That will be, he hopes, sometime in 2016, with the boat building carried out in china. Of course, given what happened to the first titanic, is attempting fate to send a second one out to sea. Palmer does not think so. One of the benefits of global warming has been, there isn't so many icebergs in the north atlantic these days. Reporter: Neither one the most famous survivor of all, molly brown. According to her great granddaughter, she would be first in line for a ticket. Probably because she never finished the voyage. And she always loved to fin whash she started. Reporter: At least molly brown would recognize the although maybe not the ticket price. Some of which may go for as much as $1 million for the best cabins on the first voyage of the second "titanic." John donvan, abc news, washington.
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The lead writer behind both Dragon Age: Inquisition and Knights of the Old Republic is leaving BioWare after 17+ years with the company.
What happens when you save the world? That’s what DA:I‘s final story DLC will tackle. The content takes place two years after the saving of Thedas or whatever (I loved the game, forgot the story), and features, of course, a new threat. Has anyone here fucked with any of the DA:I DLC? The game itself was such an enormous, engrossing experience that frankly I need a couple of years off from the universe. But maybe you didn’t! Let me know.
It’s Monday Morning Commute! That time of the week where I share the various shizit I’m going to be totally rubbin’ up upon during a given week. These proverbial (and literal) dry-humpings are intended as salves against the burn of Existence. Ultimately empty employments of distraction that prohibit me from achieving some sort of proletarian cathexis designed to Damn The Man. But let’s be honest. We can’t damn the man, that ship has sailed. So let’s watch superhero movies, drink beer, and enjoy our moments of frivolity.
For the past dozen+ episodes of the OMEGA-CAST, Patrick Bateman has starred in a quality supporting role. However, this time the lovable, completely-stoned sociopath takes center stage in our descent into madness. Laugh at his non-sequiturs regarding the Powers that Be and the Televisor. Marvel at his input regarding the idea of concurrently developed sequels to one movie. Cower before his insanity when it comes to stalking celebrities online to “see how they’re doing.” From Star Wars canon to Dragon Age: Inquisition, he steals the show.
Hello, True Believers! Degenerates! Booger Eaters! Slobs! Slovens! Functioning Human Beings! Individuals Excelling At Their Vocations! If you’re down with the Space-Ship, if you’re here by mistake, if you’re on the Fence and considering writing my Mother a strongly worded email. I want all of you! All of you to share what you’re up to this week. What’s getting you through the doldrums? This is Monday Morning Commute. And that’s the point of this column.
Welcome to Tuesday Afternoon Commute! It’s your Captain! Caff-Pow! Choo choo! I’m currently championing all rides aboard the Malaise Train. Here on the Malaise Train we have a vague feeling that things aren’t that bad but who cares when we’re just a collection of borrowed atoms and at best like seventy years away from dissolution? Yeah man I need to read some Camus, find the Absurdist Purpose, and rally. But until then I’m going to share what I’m “enjoying” this week as I stare dead-eyed at my Tumblr feed.
Share your own diggings, perhaps they can penetrate my perpetual pall.
Oh, Lords of Kobol. Bless this rotten husk of a human. My week is over. After a stressful week of prepping to present at a conference, teaching, weeping, teaching, tutoring, prepping, driving to the conference, masturbating into a vial of tears in the lonely hotel room, presenting at the conference, and driving home. And to top that sweet, delicious-ass rump of a factoid off, it’s also SPRANG BREAK!!! So let’s gather around, folks. Pull a chair up to the Weekend Open Bar. The column at the end of the Universe where the degenerates aboard Space-Ship Omega (and you!) share what they’re up to over the course of the next two days.
It was a very special commute this Monday. The last Monday commute before I rock Spring Break next week! A commute suffused with the knowledge that a Siesta is approaching. A Siesta filled with much gaming, much reading, much much sleeping, and a little comic book convention (more on that next week), too. This is what I’m up to on this week before the Breaking of Spring, and I hope you share your travels, trials, tribulations, and titillations, as well.
Taking a brief (BRIEF) reprieve from my The Force Awakens Seminal Fluid Tidal Wave to post this batch of dope cosplay. Take the future BioWare extravaganza and focus it through the delicious lens of Dragon Age.
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I recently stumbled across heaven and it’s not where you think it is.
Heaven isn’t a place we reach after death nor is heaven a place we reach here on earth. Simply put, heaven is a happy state of mind. And we’re welcome there each moment of every day. For many of us we think this nirvana is an impossibility, a fairytale place of make believe like never never land or the magical faraway tree, made of childhood myths lulling us to sweet slumber. But once we rub the sleep from our eyes, we start to see that it’s real and it is all around us.
Currently I am the happiest I have ever been in my life. Wow that’s a grand statement but it’s true. I wake up early every morning full of purpose and peace. I teach yoga to the sunrise and the sunset, making a living making people happy. My seaside shala is my office, Ganesha is my boss, and I am blissfully unaware what day of the week it is. I live for fulfillment in my working and my waking hours, not just on the weekend, I surround myself by love and positive people and I live life simply and stress-free.
Here’s my 5 tips to help you be happy every single day.
Wake up peaceful and positive
How we wake up sets the tone for our whole day. Be conscious of your very first thoughts as these set the gear for the daily mind mill. If you let a negative thought take the first spin of the wheel, before you know it, you’ll have a slowly growing slew of negativity being spun off in all directions. These thoughts feed each other, inviting other nastiness to cling on, creating a cumulating cloud of despair. If you wake up feeling angry, anxious or sad, flip this feeling upside down and either see the light in the situation, come up with an action plan, or focus your mind on something happy instead.
Just before you fall asleep at night, fill your mind with positivity and calmness. Switch off your cellphone and switch off the running commentary in your head. This will help you sleep deeper and wake up in a chirpier mood.
In yoga, in order to lift, you first need to ground down into the mat. Just like this, in life, in order to keep our spirits uplifted, we first have to grow our roots deep into the earth. This means having very clear and strong personal values, keeping your own moral compass constantly in check and anchoring yourself to a calm centredness that cannot be altered by the craziness of the world. The method to this magic is yours to choose. Try meditation, yoga, spending ample amounts of time in nature, working up a sweat or writing all your mental ramblings down. Keep your mind clear and allow calmness to settle in.
And always remember that no matter what happens externally, you, and only you, have control over your own internal world.
Release yourself from others
The only time I weathered an emotional wobbly on my now 1 month streak of uninterrupted good vibes, was when I let the judgments of others creep into my centre. The world is an absolutely mad place and we are all completely bonkers. Some of this is good crazy, a lot of it is bad crazy. Don’t let the bad crazy get to you. Some days you’ll have to dance through a storm of sullenness, drama, self-interest and deceit. You’ll duck beneath the narrow-mindedness of some and dive over unreasonable expectations of others.
Not everyone will like the way you dance. Some will want to steal your steps while others will want to knock you off the stage. But keep strong and keep your energy for yourself, don’t give it to others by allowing your mind to focus on their opinions and needs. People will always have their own views and judgements, let them be, what they think of you is none of your business.
Kick off your shoes and jam your own jig. This life is yours, live it how you want to live – happy and free.
Do the things you say you’ll do
Regret and guilt are two of the most unnecessary man-made emotions. Why do we spend so much time beating ourselves up over what we did or didn’t do in the past? Bring your head back to present and use each moment as an opportunity to be who you want to be – right now. All of us have felt the familiar feeling of knowing what we should be doing, but just not being able to get ourselves to do it. We put so much off for a tomorrow that never comes.When we do this, we neither enjoy our free time nor the fruits of our labour, because, well there is no labour.
Don’t do this. Release yourself from your self-created prison of perpetual procrastination. If you get things done right away your mind has no chance to build a mountain out of a molehill and you’ll get a buzz from those productivity endorphins.
If you’ve promised someone or yourself you’ll do something today then just do it, you’ll feel all the more happier for it.
Accept everything exactly as it is
This may seem the toughest tip to practice but it also the most valuable. Even when a situation presents itself as completely covered in kak (that’s South African slang for sh*t), pause and remind yourself that each moment and every happening has a divine purpose. I promise you this. Even the worst of the baddest days, the most soul consuming challenges, turbulent of times or terrible of break ups, all have a reason for happening and all lead on to something beautiful. This beauty may take its time to reveal itself to you but don’t lose hope, it is there. Look for the positive in every situation. Don’t live a life of “what if” but rather of “because of this I have…”
The most spontaneous and spectacular of occurrences come about when we let go of how we think things should be and just accept them exactly as they are.
My final piece of advice is a fast track to happiness:
“If you want to be happy then make others happy.”
Do one thing right now to get the good vibes flowing. Give someone a compliment, send a friend a message or pick a flower for the next person you pass in the street. Whatever your seek in life, if you give it away to others, you invite this energy to flow toward you.
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This sholarship is for students whose parents work at Southland Industries, headquartered in Garden Grove, California. To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and have completed at least one year of study at an accredited college, university, trade school, or other post-secondary institution. The applicant's parent must have been continuously employed by Southland Industries for at least three years and must be employed there at the time the student applies for the scholarship.
How easy is it to apply?
Not too bad
This scholarship's application process may have items such as essays that could take a couple hours.
How much competition is there?
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This service results in a detailed report that contains a list of relevant partners in a certain country and information based on the requirements of a Client. The depth of reporting and negotiations depends on customer preferences.
For complete coverage of a designated market we use all channels of the search: direct ones, business associations, a system of commercial agencies, chambers of commerce and industry, opportunities of “the Russian export center”. In the process of work, specialists of Mongerine receive the maximum of initial information from a potential partner: from whom, at the present moment, such products can be bought, how much they cost, terms of the soonest purchase, contact information of a seller and responsible specialists.
We work according to the formula “contact = contract” and, at a request of a Client, we may represent his interests and negotiate on his behalf to the date of entering into a contract.
This service results in a detailed estimate of cost of your product at the seller’s warehouse (DDP) or at any other terms under Incoterms.
Our specialists will also help to estimate and develop a transportation layout chart of cargo delivery (which is especially important if your delivery is combined and involves different means of transportation). The estimate will include the best option of transport logistics based on the price to quality ratio.
The estimate is provided in MS Excel to help employees of your company in making such estimates in future on their own each time it becomes necessary.
Market research has never been this precise. We consider all aspects of the chosen market: its condition and tendencies, buyers and competitors, legal regulation, obstacles, direct and indirect risks. Objectively and without any fluff. Content of a document is thoroughly agreed upon with a Client.
Besides, we always hire industry professionals for development of the research. The average number of such respondents in our analyses amounts to 10 experts who represent buyers and competitors at a certain market.
Thereby, analytics of Mongerine consists exceptionally of actual information from market experts. The service results in a full-fledged guide for the target market.
Export oriented companies are not always ready to create an independent subdivision inside the organization and pay a competitive salary to multilingual specialists. However, such department is a must-have. This is why we have created the service of export sales outsourcing (rental of the foreign activity department).
We are not into telemarketing, calling around based on ordinary “scripts”. The Mongerine team implements the full cycle of sales. At least seven of our employees come from sales departments of large businesses and state structures (“Transmachholding”, LLC., “Concern Kalashnikov” LLC., “Sinara Group” LLC. etc.).
We are pretty much flexible with our Clients and we can undertake only certain functions: the initial stage of sales (identification of needs, decision-makers), sale of specific kinds of products, sales in a certain country or within a specific market segment.
Entrance to the foreign market through local agents is one of the best options based on the price to efficiency ratio. And we help to find such companies and establish long-term business relationships with them.
The Mongerine team thoroughly analyzes parameters of a potential partner: professional experience at a certain market, line of products, financial health, conflict with competitive brands, availability of public contracts and contracts with the biggest purchasing companies. We believe that our company is second to none at the market of Central and South East Europe. Backed by representatives almost in each country of this region, we are ready to perform functions of your dealer independently.
The service eventually results in creation and structuring of work with the dealer network, distributors and regional representatives at the target market.
The first order from the big retail network may become a turning point for your business, it can significantly increase the recognition of your product among consumers and other retailing companies.
The Mongerine team has accumulated successful experience of sales organization in retail networks of different regions of the world and proved that it has a free marketplace for our Clients.
We believe in your company and your product, that is why we will go all the way from the first contract to placement of goods on the counter: preparation of a covering letter, the required package of documents (market research, certificates, description of industrial capacity and maintenance service), preparation of products for estimation, making contracts on beneficial terms.
The major part of “interesting” orders is found through tendering procedures. And we help our Clients to accumulate this important expertise – to efficiently participate in tenders.
Our team will help you to perform all necessary actions for participation in a procurement process: to register in the procurement system, to prepare the proper package of documents, to properly make an application and avoid rejection due to a formal reason.
If this has not been done yet, we will analyze the conformity of your company to the rules of the tender and estimate the prospects of your participation.
This service is especially useful for the companies interested in product line expansion, reduction of production costs, expanding of the current suppliers’ portfolio (to avoid risks) and winning foreign companies for outsourcing.
Our team selects only the best suppliers of goods, works and services, in the process of search we analyze all parameters of a company: experience in required products supply, experience in supply to the Russian Federation, terms of production, certification, financial health, costs of logistics.
The service results in the report that contains the list and detailed characteristics of suppliers of required goods.
Significance of a properly made contract for successful foreign trade supply is hard to overestimate: this document not only juristically validates understandings between parties and decreases risks of subsequent disputes but also forms the basis of customs clearance procedures and exchange control. These factors significantly increase responsibility required for the analysis of such contracts.
Backed by the experience in the full-service support of international transactions, lawyers of Mongerine provide Clients with ideally prepared documents only and thereby considerably minimize the risk of red tape occurrence and other unexpected situations in the course of subsequent supplies.
Over the recent years the international tax structuring of business has become especially important against the integration of the Common Reporting Standard system, tightening of control over taxpayers at the Russian and international levels.
Early preparation for an international transaction and its proper structuring that considers all applicable norms allows our Clients both to reduce exchange and tax risks and to optimize tax liabilities related to this or that operation.
Contractor check prior to dealmaking allows to cut risks immeasurably at low cost. However, each country has its own peculiarities of such checking and they need to be considered for obtaining relevant and correct information.
The Mongerine team has a successful experience in independent comprehensive verification of legal entities in 20 states, it also has a wide network of local partners that allows to cover more than 50 states.
The service results in a detailed analytical report that includes the following sections:
- Information about a potential partner from corporate registries;
- Information based on court records;
- Financial health;
- Information about tax liabilities;
- List of authorized representatives and beneficiaries.
The proper strategy for protection of intellectual property when entering the foreign market and its implementation provide exporters with a number of significant advantages:
- Reduction of risk of intellectual property counterfeit and theft by third parties, which is especially critical for sales in Asia;
- Intellectual property objects registered abroad become valuable assets of an exporter, which is positively treated by investors and banks at customs clearance and trade operations on the particular market.
- Preliminary check ensures the absence of claims from third parties related to violation of their patent, intellectual and other rights at customs clearance and trade operations on the particular market.
Assessment of products compliance to the requirements of the designated market is an inevitable stage of an international supply. It often entails significant challenges for an exporter: analysis of the target market legislation in a foreign language, search for a licensed certification institute and communication with it. It is not always possible to do this without any assistance and quite often economically unviable.
Spending considerably less resources, you can assign these matters to Mongerine specialists. Our team is not only pretty much experienced in obtaining CE, ISO, QS and other certificates for more than 50 different products, but it also cooperates with leading test laboratories of Europe.
At your request, Mongerine specialists will prepare a detailed analytical report with information on the procedures to be undertaken for delivery of products to the target market, mid-market prices and the terms required for completion of such procedures. Subsequently, our team may represent your interests while going through certification procedures.
On a constant basis we cooperate with export support centers, commercial agencies of the Russian Federation in foreign countries, Ministry of Industry and Trade subdivisions, and we know how to make a business mission effective. In its work our team follows the formula “contact = contract” and focuses on the business component while arranging an event.
Every participant of a business mission receives recommendations for the market entry, a list of promising partners, an eventful schedule and purchase requisitions. It goes without saying that the Mongerine team also takes care of a Russian delegation and prepares accommodation, transfer, interpreters, offices and dining.
We are happy to share our knowledge, expertise and competence with companies who plan to enter foreign markets. We know what we talk about because Mongerine specialists daily conduct export and import operations with their own efforts and some members of our team come from leading Russian companies, state and diplomatic institutions.
Over the 5 years of the company existence, the Mongerine team has participated in implementation of export projects important not only for our Clients but also for the entire Russian export.
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Blackberrys (or BlackBerrys) are smartphone products of the Canadian Blackberry Ltd. (formerly known as Research in Motion) which used to have a very own protocol called BlackBerry Internet Access (BIA) to connect to the internet, which in turn often required subscription to a dedicated tariff. This meant that not all apps (e.g. email client) were fully functional with a WiFi or generic mobile data connection alone.
Not all countries and operators supported BIA. So Blackberrys used to be listed separately often to be charged higher and many tariffs were not available for Blackberrys at all. Finally in 2016 BlackBerry announced to discontinue any new development into smartphones and the brand would eventually disappear from the markets.
New OS 10 EditFrom the end of 2012 and starting with OS 10 BIA is no longer required to access the internet. So all new Blackberrys running on OS 10 or higher can connect to the internet like any other smartphone on Android, iOS or Windows Phone. You can use any tariff offered for data, regardless if it is "suitable" for Blackberrys or not
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If you are running an old Blackberry, double check if the tariff offered by the operator is really available for Blackberrys still requiring BIA. Some operators have special rates for it. But these are slowly phased out, as the number of old Blackberrys is becoming negligible. Therefore and because of transparency the old Blackberry tariffs are not listed anymore in this WIKI. So check directly with the operators, if you still have one which you want to use. | <urn:uuid:6f6f8be2-79b1-4380-aa85-dd9a4bccd572> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://prepaid-data-sim-card.fandom.com/wiki/Blackberrys | 2020-01-29T06:09:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251788528.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20200129041149-20200129071149-00055.warc.gz | en | 0.94078 | 326 |
Yesterday we were at the Copy Cottage, a quaint little shop that has mailboxes, copy services, etc. and usually a cute little bunny rabbit in a giant aquarium (sans water) that keeps watch over the whole operation. Yesterday, said rabbit was conspicuously absent.
Before I had considered the possible repercussions I asked: "Where's the rabbit?" Fortunately, it turns out he had gone to live with one of their customers. No, I didn't ask if this mysterious customer lived "on a farm". I believe my response was "Oh. That's too bad." And we left.
Well, all the way home, and again later that day for dad's enjoyment, E kept throwing her arms in the air proclaiming "Bunny rabbit GONE! Sad. Poor guy! Poooooor guy", with a sad little shake of her head. Priceless.
She has also figured out how the world of supply and demand works. It used to be that when we were out of something she wanted, I would inform her of this and, after some minor voicings of displeasure, we would find a suitable alternative. Not so anymore. A few days ago she asked for grapes. She always asks for grapes. She loves grapes. On this day we were out of grapes. I let her down gently, then tried a hard sell for the delicious pineapple I had just purchased.
Her response: GAAAAAAPES!!!
Mom: I'm sorry honey. We're out of grapes.
Elle: Buy some!
Oh. Right. There's always that option.
One more for the road.
E is working out our schedule. She loves to do laundry. Every time we walk by the laundromat she yells "DO LAUNDRY!!!" In an effort to keep her informed of our habits, I figured I'd tell her what days we do laundry. Now she knows that we do laundry on MUNNAY! Also on Munnay: JI-TTER-BUGS! When is yoga? TUE-DAY! When do we see AB? FIE-DAY! Soon I won't need to write down my to-do lists anymore. I have it all stored in my own personal voice recorder. If only they made one that I can fit in my pocket. | <urn:uuid:ef8677a7-4fe7-434f-ba72-e9ff7abb25a0> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://myclockisyellow.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-elle-sayin.html | 2017-10-18T07:32:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187822822.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20171018070528-20171018090528-00286.warc.gz | en | 0.978001 | 475 |
Really? Yes Alleyway Tours Are Back In Downtown Lansing
Maybe kids don't do much of this anymore, but when I was growing up in Chicago, alleys in the back of our houses is where we spent a lot of our time with friends. There were no parks nearby, so we played baseball and hockey there. I am sure this was true for kids in the Lansing area as well.
Some great memories were made in those alleys, as well as in front of the house. We all played football in the street as well. Of course, when an occasional car came by we had to cautiously move out of the way, but there was not a lot of traffic on our block. As kids, you can always make things work.
So speaking of alleys check this out, the Historical Society of Greater Lansing is joining together with Downtown Lansing to bring back the “Back Alleys” tour according to fox47news.com. I would totally enjoy this.
When Is The next Tour?
The next tour is this Wednesday, September 8th at 7 pm, and you will be able to stroll through 4 different alleyways in Downtown Lansing. One will be behind the buildings on S. Washington square.
There was a bakery here, at one point in time, there was a tailor shop, there was the printing business, there were also a number of clothing stores that came in and out of this block," said Valerie Marvin, Vice President of The Historical Society of Greater Lansing.
I really enjoy simple things to see like this, plus it gives you a chance to see how people lived many years ago. It also gives folks of all ages a way to learn about the history, and structure of that neighborhood. They did things like hanging laundry, having get-togethers, and hung out on fire escapes in Downtown Lansing's alleys.
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I have seen this communication break channel error in one of my database. By doing all analysis about this error. I have learned few interesting things and wants to share with you all.
First I would like to Thank Mr Roy blog. This blog was clearly explaining about commutation break channel error.
But being Oracle DBA, I want to share few more things.
As Roy. The communication break channel will occur few possibility's.
a. Network timeout between application server and database server.
b. SQL Query cross the specified timeout value from web services like tomcat Or JDBC connection.
c. Or if client JDBC Thin driver use lower version to compare the oracle version then you might need to upgrade the JDBC Thin driver.
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Google today announced the opening of an Early Access program for their new Chromebook Grab and Go initiative for the enterprise. Aimed at lowering IT costs and making devices available to anyone, the Grab and Go program provides Chromebooks charged and ready to go for anyone in the enterprise to check out and use for their laptop that day. Because nothing is stored locally on the device and all in the cloud, the only thing that users need are their login credentials and all their content is there. It is the ultimate example of the simplistic but powerful way that Chrome OS works today.
Chrome devices and Chrome Enterprise are the key ingredients that make this program so effective. With Grab and Go, centrally-located racks with fully-charged Chromebooks are available 24/7. As soon as an issue arises, employees can grab any of these devices and log in through their corporate account. Because their work is already stored in the cloud, they can jump back into projects immediately, as if they never left their old device.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - More than 20 union members working in shifts and toting picket signs have assembled peacefully all week near the three public entrances to the Raley's supermarket in Incline Village, days after thousands of employees went on strike at more than 100 stores due to a long-standing labor dispute with the Sacramento-based private grocery chain.
The strike, the first against Raley's in its 77-year-history, came after all-day talks Saturday failed to secure a new contract for the employees, according to the Associated Press. A midnight deadline was extended at the request of a federal mediator, but talks broke down around 2 a.m. Sunday, said Mike Henneberry, a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Union.
About four hours later, union workers with picket signs were at the Incline Village Raley's, along with many other grocery stores throughout Northern California, expressing their displeasure with supermarket chain and encouraging residents to shop elsewhere at "fair-minded Union employers" and suggesting they go at Safeway in Kings Beach and Tahoe City, Save-Mart in Tahoe City and the privately owned Village Market in Incline.
Both sides are reportedly at odds over a proposed wage freeze, elimination of premium pay for Sunday shifts and health care benefits. Raley's says it needs to cut costs in the face of a weak economy and competition from nonunionized companies that also sell groceries, such as Walmart, while union officials say the chain has not agreed to a full audit of its finances, and has been bargaining in bad faith since contract negotiations began.
The sides have been in negotiation for more than 15 months. Due to failed negotiations, Raley's had to implement its corporate plan that freezes pay increases for two years and eliminates Sunday and holiday premium pay, Raley's spokesman John Segale said.
"Something like this is a concern for the holidays and beyond. Ultimately it's going to hurt everybody - the store, the employees and the customers," Segale said.
UFCW attorneys filed unfair labor practices charges due to alleged violation of laws prohibiting harassment, circumventing the union's authority as a bargaining agent and submitting proposals that are worse than previous offers.
"A tragic mistake would be for Raley's management to interpret the union's fairness for weakness," said Jacques Loveall, president of UFCW 8-Golden State, one of the two striking factions (the other is Local No. 5). "Before we move to phase two, we are hopeful this measured action will be effective in bringing Raley's back to the bargaining table. We have additional personnel and resources to escalate the action, if need be. Naturally we prefer to engage in constructive dialogue rather than deepening the wounds."
As of Wednesday, Segale said no meetings are planned for the sides to continue negotiations.
West Sacramento-based Raley's employs 13,000 people at 115 stores in California and 13 in Nevada operating under the Raley's name, as well as Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, Food Source and Aisle 1 Fuel Stations, according to its website. UFCW says it represents 7,400 of the chain's employees.
Not all locations are a part of a union, Segale said, and different departments of the store are a part of varying unions.
"Workers are members of seven different unions," Segale said. "Some members may have decided to honor the picket line and not cross, but that's more of a support for a union, not necessarily their union that is striking. It varies from store to store."
Segale said the Incline Village store is the lone Nevada store impacted by the strike, as it's the only one that employs members of 8-Golden State.
As of Wednesday, 33 union employees were still on strike at the 72-employee Incline Village store, Segale said, which has been and will continue to be open.
"The rest of the union and non-union people are back to work," he said.
This week, more union employees are crossing the picket line throughout the region, Segale said, with more than 50 percent back in the stores working as of Wednesday, and replacement workers have been hired in some locations.
Wages for those replacement workers, will be "competitive based on experience," he said. On average, Raley's pays between $9.10 to $9.60 per hour in union wages for baggers, and between $9.25 and $21.13 per hour for clerks and senior clerks.
As of Wednesday, the Incline Village store - which has signs posted on its front windows informing people the store is "OPEN to serve you" and advertising immediate job openings for replacement workers - had yet to hire replacements, Segale said.
While the Incline store struggled initially during the strike, sales and customer flow were picking up as of Wednesday, Segale said, likely aided by special deals involving free items of food for certain dollar-amount purchases
"We're rolling out various incentives in an effort to reward our customers who continue to support us, and to bring others back who might have been swayed to go elsewhere," Segale said.
On Lake Tahoe's South Shore, picketers were out this week at both Raley's locations. Strike Leader Luke Adams, who stood outside the Raley's near Stateline on Monday, said he's worked for the company for the last 12 years on the South Shore and had no qualms when it came to joining the picket line.
"The benefits we have are going into corporate hands, and we've got to keep them," Adams said. "I'll be out here as long as it takes. There's no fear involved."
Adams, who earned $21 per hour as the store's head meat cutter, said he's willing to take a severe pay cut - the union will pay him $100 for the first week of the strike - to fight for what many of the strikers said on was their main concern: health care benefits for retirees.
Debra Hoyopatubbi walked past the strikers on Monday as she entered the Raley's at the South Shore "Y" to get her groceries. Hoyopatubbi said she's been treated very fairly during the 12 years she's worked for the grocery store near Stateline, and she will continue to work and shop at Raley's.
"Greed in our country is huge. We need to count our blessings," Hoyopatubbi said. "I really believe the contract (Raley's CEO) Michael Teel is offering is a very fair one. Each side should give a little in these hard economic times."
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As a writer and a coach, Emeka Nobis has trained hundreds of people handing them keys that would help them in their career, relationships, and spirituality. He is the founder of Profound Impacts International, a personal development company. The company, founded in 2011, is hinged on five pillars – mind, financial and material, work and career, family and relationships and spirituality. He does achieve this goal via, written works, formal and informal class coaching sessions among others platforms.
He is passionate about seeing individuals rise above the doldrums of poverty to peaks of personal development and by extension to other facets of their lives.
In our drive to link you to great minds that have what it takes to educate you with the right information that can change your life and make you limitless, interviewer, Grace Onybuolise, takes us on journey as we uncover the life of Emeka Nobis as a writer.
Write-Treasurez: What is Mr. Emeka Nobis pursuing as a career?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: Writing and Thought Leadership.
Write-Treasurez: From the information I gathered about you, you studied Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt (is this true?), but you now write. Why did you choose to write? What is the passion behind your choice to write?
Emeka Nobis: I studied Mechanical Engineering at Federal University of Technology, Owerri. I have always had the gift of writing. I wrote essays that won awards during my secondary school and university days. Writing has always been with me. I did not just choose it. It chose to dwell in me as a gift. My responsibility is to be a vehicle through which its beauty can be expressed. I am passionate about writing because it is a medium through which I share my thoughts with humanity. I am a Thought Leader and by sharing my thoughts, we build better societies through the embracing of progressive ideas and ideologies.
Write-Treasurez: Writing seems to be a natural gift for you. Would we be correct if we say you were born with it?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: We are born with our gifts within. So I’ll say yes. However, honing the art to become such a fine tapestry that people admire takes work and dedication.
Write-Treasurez: For how long have you been writing?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: I started writing essays as a young secondary school student in 1995. However, I started writing intentionally in 2011.
Write-Treasurez: Was there ever a time you felt like quitting?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: I have felt like quitting a hundred times, but I am still at the game.
Write-Treasurez: Please share with us how you survived those seasons?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: I survived those seasons by utilising powerful doses of self-motivation and pondering over the reasons for which I write; I have been able to pull through the stormy seasons of doubt, frustration and the feeling to give up.
Write-Treasurez: Have you published any book?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: Yes, I have published two books. The first is a printed one titled “THE PROFOUND LIFE”. The second is an e-book for writers titled “SO YOU CALL YOURSELF A WRITER?”
Write-Treasurez: Yes, I have read “So you call yourself a writer” and I must say that it was really encouraging. I thought at first that it was going to sound so critical that it would discourage those who are just starting out as writers but contrarily, it did not. I would suggest it to any writer, anytime. It’s a great book, with excellent plot and it’s really impactful. Thanks for giving the word world such a wonderful book. In your years of writing, were there seasons that are memorable? Do share with us.
Mr. Emeka Nobis: Yes, there are. The first time was when I started noticing people appreciating my pieces on social media. I noticed folks sharing my works with others and that enveloped me in a cloud of joy. Also, the first time I held the printed copies of my first book. It was such an ethereal feeling knowing that my thoughts had streamed onto physical pages, ready to be shared with the world.
Onyebuolise Grace: I can only imagine the joy. Your dedication really paid off. What author(s) [or] writer(s) work (works) influenced you as a writer?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: There are many of them. Seth Godin, Hugh McLeod, Tomide Olukuade, Okechukwu Ofili, Tolu Akinyemi, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, Chimamanda Adichie, Bura-Bari Nwilo, Umari Ayim are just a few of them that have tremendously influenced me as a writer.
Write-Treasurez: I can see Nigerians on your list. That’s impressive. Can we know your three most treasured books.
Mr. Emeka Nobis: GIFTED HANDS by Dr. Ben Carson, STRAIGHT AND CROOKED THINKING by Robert Thouless, and HOW TO BE CREATIVE by Hugh McLeod.
Write-Treasurez: What should we expect from you as it has to do with your gift as a writer in the nearest future?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: I am currently working on two manuscripts. The first is UNCHURCHED. It’s a book of my thoughts on faith, church doctrine and religiosity. It will be put up on my blog for free download. It will also be printed in thousands to be given out for free to churches and individuals hungry for expunging religiosity from their worship of God. The second is titled REVIRGINED. The editing has been finalised. My book designer has also been intimated about the concept. The publisher is also awaiting the transmission of the script to commence production. Hopefully I’m looking at October to do the unveiling. I have also commenced blogging as a way of building my tribe consciously and reaching out to many more souls.
Write-Treasurez: Awesome! Quite revealing! And enough to make us anticipate! Before we draw the curtain, a word for aspiring authors?
Mr. Emeka Nobis: Crave for originality. Find your own unique voice and project it. Work consistently with ultimate devotion on your craft.
Write-Treasurez: Thanks so much for your time. I learnt a lot from this and am sure anyone reading this can say the same. It an honour to listen and be refreshed by your story.
Mr. Emeka Nobis: Thanks for finding my story worthy. I am very grateful.
Write-Treasurez: Thanks for given us your time. We desire that your zeal for what you do would never fail.
Yes, Emeka Nobis Book, “Unchurched” is out. You can download it for free at http://www.emekanobis.com/unchurched
You can reach him on Facebook via Emeka Nobis; Twitter via @iamemekanobis and on BBM via 2BA06435
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whoms Platforms include BBM Channel: C00201B36, BBM PIN: 2B8F6C5E FaceBook: Write-Treasurez, Blog:writetresurez.wordpress.com twitter:@writetreasurez.She is also a sales executive at Philips.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) After struggling in the minors during the first half of the season, Tyler Thornburg's turnaround since being called up to the majors by the Milwaukee Brewers has been remarkable.
Sean Halton hit his first career grand slam and Thornburg allowed just two singles over six innings, leading the Brewers to a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night.
Thornburg (3-1) struck out four and walked two as he reached six innings for the sixth straight start since being recalled from Triple A Nashville on June 29. He has allowed five earned runs in 36 innings as a starter and has also made 11 relief appearances for the Brewers, posting a 1.96 ERA. At Nashville, he was 0-9 with a 5.79 ERA in 15 starts.
"He has been good in relief, he's been really good as a starter," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "It's hard to explain. I know it's an excuse, but I heard he had the worst luck you could have at Triple-A, but I wasn't there.
"He's confident. He gets a little wild at times and then comes back and makes great pitches. He has three really good pitches: a really good fastball, a good curveball and a great change-up. He can mix in the two off-speed pitches, depending on which is going well that day, and when you can do that and you have a lot of life on your fastball, you'll pitch like he did today."
Jimmy Nelson pitched two innings and Michael Blazek got the last three outs to preserve the four-hit shutout.
Thornburg put most of the blame for his ineffectiveness at Nashville on himself.
"I was a little upset being in Triple-A," said Thornburg, who made three starts in eight appearances last season with the Brewers. "Honestly I was kicking myself a little bit too much. Doing things I wouldn't necessarily do. Up here I stuck with my three good pitches and I am really trying to improve those."
Halton's homer capped a five-run first inning off Chris Rusin (2-5). Jean Segura walked with one out and advanced to second on Jonathan Lucroy's single. Aramis Ramirez singled in Segura. After Carlos Gomez flied out, Khris Davis walked to load the bases. Halton then drove a 3-2 pitch 370 feet over the right-field wall for his fourth home run.
"It is just one of things," said Halton, who also hit a three-run game-ending homer Sunday to give the Brewers a 6-5 victory over the Reds. "In a couple months I will sit back and look (and say) that was a crazy week. It is unbelievable to get an opportunity to be in those situations let alone come through in them."
Davis led off the fourth inning with his 10th home run to put the Brewers up 6-0.
Milwaukee added a run in the fifth when reliever Alberto Cabrera hit Norichika Aoki, Ramirez walked and Gomez followed with an RBI double. Davis walked to load the bases again for Halton, but he struck out to end the inning.
Ryan Sweeney was the only Cubs runner to reach second base with a double in the seventh off Nelson. The Cubs have lost seven of their last eight and are just 15-34 since July 29.
"When I needed to make a pitch, I left it up and they hit it out of the yard," said Rusin. "Those are the games you've just got to learn from. Just keep the ball down is what I keep telling myself. But that first inning really hurt the team. Just took the life out of us. As a starting pitcher, you don't want to do that to a club."
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Wootton, BM and Bragdon, LB and Steinman, SA and Tolin, DF, Three-year trajectory of individuals with anxiety and related disorders following cognitive behavioural therapy, Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy 37th National Conference Uniting Research and Practice in Mental Health Care, 23-26 October, 2014, Fremantle, Western Australia (2014) [Conference Extract]
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Research Aims/Questions: Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent and costly to society. A large number of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have now demonstrated the short term and long term efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the treatment of anxiety and related disorders. In addition, a smaller number of effectiveness studies have also demonstrated that similar outcomes to RCTs can be obtained in "real-world" treatment settings with more clinically representative samples. There is minimal research, however, into long-term outcomes in effectiveness research. The present study aims to address this gap in the literature and investigate the long term trajectory of individuals with anxiety and related disorders being treated in an outpatient clinic.
Methodology: The sample consisted of 98 individuals with anxiety and related disorders that were treated in an outpatient, fee-for-service setting using a case formulation approach. Participants were followed up and assessed each year after their treatment discharge, for a period of 3 years. Outcome measures included the NIMH Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale as a global measure of symptom severity and the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) as a measure of functional impairment.
Conclusion: The results indicated that clients generally maintain their treatment gains, with large effect sizes obtained from pre-treatment to each follow-up time point (d = 1.11-1.60). These results provide preliminary evidence to suggest that individuals treated with CBT in "real world" settings maintain their treatment gains for at least 3 years post treatment termination.
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|Objective Field:||Mental Health Services|
|UTAS Author:||Wootton, BM (Dr Bethany Wootton)|
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There’s Good News and there’s Bad News.
The Good News Is:
As a little bit of a multi-media freak, your humble writer has begun incorporating audio clips from the +100 interviews that have been recorded since beginning this Live Music column for Examiner in 2009. Half of those were for other publications, but that still leaves 40-50 interview excerpts from folk musicians, rock bands, alternative groups and classical superstars (yes, an actual STAR!), with the purpose of giving you a peek at the enthusiastic sharing these artists inevitably demonstrate.
The ‘Star’ is below (which I did NOT publish in Examiner) to give you a taste. The lady herein has won Grammys, Junos, the Order of Canada, AND the Order of the British Empire. Definitely a force to be reckoned with, is Angela Hewitt:
The Bad News Is . . . well, did you read the headline??
Though the Sled Island
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However, with roads closing and downtown areas being evacuated, there was a great deal of uncertainty in the air.
Thursday would have been all that was necessary for your Examiner: 3 f the performers interviewed here (Mark Grundy, Gianna Lauren and Shane Ghostkeeper) would be performing in the southwest-ish quadrant of the city centre. And what’s a little (lot of) rain to music-lovers, anyway? C’mon, we can get through this, right?
The rest, as they say, is history: on Thursday morning, the Sled Island Music Festival organizers began announcing that they were pulling the plug, because of risks to performers and participants, and by Friday the Bow River flood plain in the centre of Calgary was a swimming pool. A swimming pool incorporating 20 residential neighbourhoods and the business centre of the city. No biggie.
In the Saddledome, (Calgary's NHL arena) a five-minute drive from City Hall, the water reached the 25th row.
The immediate response for the artists who wanted to offer some assistance, somehow, was to re-organize into events to benefit the affected areas and citizens of our flooded city: a ‘Flood Island’ event occurred on the 23rd; other individual artists organized events that same weekend; and benefits continue to pop up in Calgary.
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Would-be founders struggle with scarce resources and a lack of legitimacy. Entrepreneurs rarely have the time, human capital, physical, financial capital and strategic resources required to turn ideas into commercialized products by developing and launching an emerging enterprise. Why, when and how entrepreneurs overcome these barriers to successfully exploit opportunities are some of the central questions in entrepreneurship research (Acs & Audretsch, 2003). The focus of this paper is on the “how” question - specifically how founders obtain assistance from the local venture community in the developmental stages of “emerging” enterprises.
We label the assistance that these venture community members provide “Venture Advocate Behaviors” (VABs). We define VABs as voluntary behaviors members of the venture community engage in to help a founder in the emergent or early stages of his/her venture. Like Organizational Citizenship Behaviors in the corporate context (Organ, 1988), VABs lubricate the wheels of the venture community and are essential for its healthy functioning.
Saxton, M. Kim and Saxton, Todd
"STAYING ON THE PATH TO LAUNCH: FACTORS THAT ENCOURAGE VENTURE ADVOCATE BEHAVIORS (SUMMARY),"
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Vol. 29
, Article 11.
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To Watch listby ama_s | created - 15 Mar 2017 | updated - 15 hours ago | Public
A list of the Movies Tv Series that I want to watch
- Instant Watch Options
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- On TV
- Release Year
1. The New Mutants (2020)
Action, Horror, Sci-Fi | Post-production
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.
2. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Votes: 631,735 | Gross: $13.09M
4. Watchmen (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery | Post-production
Set in an alternate history where masked vigilantes are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel of the same name, while attempting to break new ground of its own.
6. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
R | 161 min | Comedy, Drama
A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.
Votes: 188,289 | Gross: $135.37M
7. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure
Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
Votes: 64,373 | Gross: $165.55M
Action, Adventure, Crime | Post-production
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
9. Joker (I) (2019)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An original standalone origin story of the iconic villain not seen before on the big screen, it's a gritty character study of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by society, and a broader cautionary tale.
10. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Action, Comedy, Horror | Post-production
Columbus, Tallahasse, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
12. Anna (II) (2019)
R | 119 min | Action, Thriller
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Votes: 15,081 | Gross: $7.74M
16. Wanderlust (2012)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Votes: 69,767 | Gross: $17.23M
17. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they've been hiding.
24. The Poison Rose (2019)
R | 98 min | Drama, Thriller
Inspired by classic film noir, Carson Phillips, an ex-football star turned PI, has a soft spot for a lady in distress.
26. Ad Astra (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
29. Charlie's Angels (2019)
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Completed
Reboot of the 2000 action comedy based on the 1970s television series. A new generation of private detectives working for the mysterious Charlie.
30. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)
Action, Adventure, Comedy | Post-production
A team of friends return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own but discover that nothing is as they expect. The players need to brave parts unknown, from arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.
31. Travelers (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Hundreds of years from now, surviving humans discover how to send consciousness back through time, into people of the 21st century, while attempting to change the path of humanity.
33. Why Women Kill (2019– )
TV-MA | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2019, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
35. The End of the F***ing World (2017– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a road trip in search of her real father. | <urn:uuid:88c2cbb3-dc20-4ae8-9f6e-ad6d38735274> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://www.imdb.com/list/ls064342287/ | 2019-09-18T16:23:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573309.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190918151927-20190918173927-00406.warc.gz | en | 0.883812 | 1,213 |
Option price = Intrinsic value + Time value
Time value is one component of the total option value, which depends on the time before expiration and the implied volatility. Time to expiration and volatility are directly proportional to the time value of the option.
The intrinsic value depends on 1) strike, 2) forward price and 3) interest rate. The time value depends on 1) the time before the expiration and 2) the implied volatility.
Fig. 1. Call with strike $50
Fig. 2. Time value
The cost of the option is called time value.
Intrinsic value – the maximum value between zero and the value of the option, if it had been exercised now. The intrinsic value indicates the position of the forward price of the asset relative to the strike price of the option.
Intrinsic value (call) = Max (0; Spot - Strike)
Intrinsic value (put) = Max (0; Strike - Spot)
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Earlier today, The Grand Tour announced it’s next stop in Scotland at the Loch Ness Studios. It looks like the crew is starting to get into a good rhythm and the overlapping tent setup idea is working to a tee with the Lapland taping just wrapping up itself.
The deadline to apply for the Scotland taping is November 4th, so hurry up and sign up! From what we can see, tapings occur around every 10 days or so. The locations that have yet to announce any dates so far are Stuttgart, Nashville and now Loch Ness.
Side Note: I hope they have a building challenge to find the Loch Ness Monster.
The Grand Tour Taping Schedule
- July 17, 2016 – Johannesburg, South Africa
- September 25, 2016 – Southern California, USA
- October 13, 2016 – Whitby, Great Britain
- October 22, 2016 – Rotterdam, Netherlands
- November 3, 2016 – Lapland, Finland
- n/a – Stuttgart, Germany
- n/a Nashville, USA
- n/a Loch Ness, Scotland
Official Press Release Below for Scotland Taping
Look out, Nessie! Amazon Prime Video’s The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May is coming to Scotland
Amazon invites fans to apply to be part of the studio audience for Clarkson, Hammond and May’s new Amazon Prime show at the Loch Ness studio recordings
3rd November, 2016 – Amazon has today announced that Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be bringing Amazon Prime exclusive show The Grand Tour to Scotland for two days, and fans around the world have until tomorrow to apply to join them.
The giant travelling tent will come to the banks of the world famous Loch Ness later this year for the pre-recorded studio section of the show. Customers can apply for tickets at www.amazon.co.uk/GTGuestlist until 11:59pm on Friday 4th November and successful applicants will be contacted over the next few weeks.
“We can’t wait to bring The Grand Tour tent back to the UK,” said Jay Marine, VP of Amazon Video Europe. “The guys had a great time filming in Whitby last month and we’re excited to bring the tent to Scotland. Demand for tickets to all recordings has been phenomenal with applications coming in from around the globe, so get in quick for an opportunity to join Jeremy, James and Richard at this monster location.”
The Grand Tour, which has been shot in 4K Ultra High Definition, will launch on 18th November 2016 exclusively for Amazon Prime members, with new episodes releasing weekly for 12 weeks. Prime members can watch The Grand Tour via the Amazon Video app on smart TVs, streaming media players – including FireTV and FireTV Stick – Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, Wii U, on iOS and Android phones and tablets, and on the web.
Jeremy, Richard and James have been travelling the world filming the first series of The Grand Tour in far-flung locations across the globe. The team has already taken the tent to Johannesburg, California, Whitby and Rotterdam, with Lapland, Stuttgart and Nashville next on the itinerary. To keep across all the news, fans can follow The Grand Tour on Facebook, Twitter and at Amazon.
The Grand Tour joins Amazon Prime Video’s line-up of award-winning and critically acclaimed TV shows and movies. Prime Video is the only place to stream Amazon Original and Exclusive Series including The Man in the High Castle, Transparent, Mr Robot, Preacher, Mozart in the Jungle, Red Oaks and Bosch. Prime members can stream or download from Prime Video to watch at home or on the move, ensuring they never miss their favourite shows.
In addition to The Grand Tour and thousands more Amazon Video movies and TV episodes, Prime members enjoy unlimited One-Day Delivery on millions of items, streaming of more than a million songs available to stream and download through Prime Music, unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive, one free pre-released book a month with Kindle First, and early access to select Lightning Deals— all available for a monthly membership of £7.99/month, or a best value annual membership of just £79/year. Amazon customers who are not already members can start a 30-day free trial at Amazon Prime. | <urn:uuid:3c3b5230-6373-43a6-8ae7-48a38138e0c5> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://www.grandtournation.com/1385/the-grand-tour-news-party-continues-onto-scotland-and-wraps-it-up-in-lapland/ | 2017-03-25T13:28:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218188926.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212948-00445-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927129 | 904 |
MCMA emands tax benefits for eco-friendly packaging
The Metal Container Manufacturing Association (MCMA) of India has demanded that the country’s government should provide tax incentives to promote environmentally friendly packaging.
The association says the metal packaging industry is facing serious problems resulting from accumulations of credit created by what it describes as an “inverted duty structure”.
Sanjay Bhatia (pictured), president of MCMA and managing director of Indian can maker Hindustan Tin Works, said: “We have urged the government to provide fiscal incentives to promote packaging which is environmentally friendly, recyclable and sustainable. These incentives can be given in terms of subsidies, refund of indirect taxes, concessional duty on import of capital goods/inputs and income tax exemption.”
Under the current system, various food products like mango pulp, processed vegetables and coffee are packed in tin containers that are exported out of the country by manufacturers, export houses, traders, merchant exporters etc. These cans are supplied by the industry without paying excise duty under notification 43/2001.
The notification stipulates that: “procurement of goods without payment of duty for the purpose of use in the manufacture or processing of export goods and their exportation out of India”. For the can making industry, this results in non-utilization of credit.
Recommendations by the MCMA to the Government in a pre budget memorandum deem that export should be brought in line with physical export for the purposes of refund of excise duty in order to address the issue of credit accumulation within the industry.
Alternatively, the accumulated credit should be adjusted against the purchase of inputs so that excise duty should not be paid again on such inputs resulting in further accumulation of credit. | <urn:uuid:9a56c8eb-005b-49b4-b49c-9b3b3172a4ca> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://www.cantechonline.com/news/358/mcma-emands-tax-benefits-for-eco-friendly-packaging/ | 2019-08-21T18:55:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027316150.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20190821174152-20190821200152-00448.warc.gz | en | 0.934297 | 358 |
Have you run out of space on your C:\ drive?
Or do you have a super-fast SSD that is too small to hold all your steam games at the same time?
Then try Steam Mover.
Following on from a very interesting post on the Steam forums I've created a little app to make moving the files and creating the junction points much much easier!
Here I have my steam folder in the default location, and the application should find that for you. If not, select the \Steam\SteamApps\Common\ folder yourself, and a secondary hard disk D:\, where I have created a folder.
Note that Steam Mover can be used to move any folder around (by changing the Source Path), but for Steam the maximum benefit is in moving individual games from the Common folder.
I simply select a few games I don't play very often, and click the "Right Arrow" button. This fires off a few command line windows - please let them run to completion.
It is using the built-in Windows commands: xcopy, rd, and mklink. If you want to see the exact commands it is running, tick the "I want to run the commands myself" box.
Once finished, you will see that I have moved Left 4 Dead and World of Goo to my D:\ drive, but because of the Junction Points created on the C:\ drive the games continue to work in Steam.
If you want to move games back to your C:\ drive, simply click on the left arrow button.
- You can store all your steam games on multiple drives, and they all carry on working! You no longer have to do the install/uninstall shuffle to get enough disk space on drive C:\ for that latest game.
- You can benefit from that fast, but small, SSD drive by only storing the games you regularly play on the SSD, and moving the older games onto a slower larger hard disk. And all games remain playable in steam.
- If you want to see what it's doing and run the commands from the command line yourself, tick the "I want to run the commands myself" box. Note that SteamMover runs commands one at a time, and stops if it gets an error.
- I actually now install steam and all games on my large D:\ HDD, and use Steam Mover to just move my favourite games to the C:\ SSD for a speed boost when playing them.
- No warranty. Whatsoever.
- Things may go wrong. I accept no liability of lost files, yadda, yadda. Its moving a lot of files around, without much checking on permissions, so it may not be perfect. It does work fine for me though. If it does break you may have to copy/move files around yourself, restore from a backup, or re-download your steam games. Please leave feedback below if you get an error, and I shall endevour to fix it in the next release.
- Requires Microsoft Windows Vista or above (Windows 7, 8, 8.1 are all reported to work fine). It will NOT work on Windows XP.
- It requires NTFS formatted drives. It will not work with FAT32.
- Junction Points can only relocate complete folders, not individual files. So unfortunately it will not help with the massive .gcf files in the steamapps folder itself (mostly Valve games such as Counter-Strike and the Half-Life series). To those that have asked, I have tried using mklink to create hardlinks, but they do not work to link to another drive - they only provide a shortcut to a file on the same drive.
SteamMover v0.1 1168k
Please ensure you download from the above link - various "cracked" or "official" versions are hosted on other sites, which is hilarious seeing as its freeware.
v0.1 - 2nd April 2010
The initial release. So far, it's been so good that it hasn't needed updating. :-)
Its a Delphi Application, and no installer is required. Just unzip to wherever you want and run SteamMover.exe. If you get permission errors when moving folders you may need to right-click and "Run as Administrator".
Simply delete the SteamMover.exe, and if you really want you can remove the Registry keys from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SteamMover.
- Hundreds of thousands of downloads, over 1000 feedback comments from users
- Hak5 Video
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Musk generated a lot of buzz over the weekend when he teased the idea over Twitter. After his proposed acquisition of SolarCity Corp. was widely panned, Tesla Motors Inc. Chairman and CEO Elon Musk is turning to a “masterplan.”
Adam Jonas, who analyzes the electric carmaker for Morgan Stanley, sent out a note to clients this morning speculating on Musk’s blueprint. According to Jonas, the so-called master plan might entail a system that owes more to public transport than the company’s present model of vehicle ownership.
“We believe the missing piece could be an on-demand mobility service that complements Tesla’s skills in electric and autonomous vehicles,” Jonas wrote. The analyst says that just selling cars to individuals won’t remain a sustainable business model forever: “The auto industry is in the early metamorphosis from privately-owned model to a public transport utility,” he says.
Tesla would have a head-start in tapping into what could be a much larger addressable market, said Jonas, as its relatively smaller exposure to “legacy systems,” and its advantages in “machine learning,” give the firm a solid foundation from which to adapt to these shifts.
Even while there remain a host of unknowns, Jonas says he has already modeled some of this into his sums for Tesla, anticipating a 5,000 vehicle “mobility service” by 2018. “A substantial proportion of our $245 price target is based on our valuation of Tesla Mobility,” he writes.
Shares of Tesla have struggled over the past few years, hitting a high of $291 in September of 2014, but falling as low as $141 earlier this year.Replica Watches
Jonas is perhaps the most prominent analyst covering Tesla, due to his long-term and often creative predictions. While his price target for Tesla shares was once $465, he dropped it down as low as $245 last week. He has not changed that call in this note.
The analyst may be taking the time to reiterate his priors here; he’s long been promoting the idea that Tesla could be the starring player in a world with autonomous, electricity-powered public transport.
When Jonas broached the subject with Musk in November, the Tesla CEO laughed — but conceded that it was “quite a smart question, actually.”
Watch Next: Is the SEC Investigating Tesla?
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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1911)
Redmond Bank of Commerce
A general banking business conducted.
Safety deposit boxes for rent.
Letters of credit and travelers’ checks is
sued, negotiable everywhere.
Drafts drawn on all foreign countries.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Agents for OLD LING fire insurance.
You are always welcome at this bank.
The Redmond Spokesman clean
for the sake of cleanliness
F. H. R0DEHEYE8
Have Faith in Redmond
Two practical, conservative A mortgage is a strange insti
business men have been in Red tution.
It makes a man rustle,
mond the past week, and to show and it keeps
Officers and Stockholders:
him itoor. It is a
their faith in the future of the strong incentive
to action, ami a
J. P. O’Brien. Portland. Oregon.
city have invested largely of their wholesome reminder
Wilbur A. Stevens, Redmond. Oregon.
capital here. These two men ing months and years. of the
B. A. Kendall. Redmond. Oregon.
Guy E. Dobson. Redmond. Oregon.
are W. S. Rodman, formerly of gage represent* industry,
Geo. L. Dobson. Des Moines. Iowa.
Omaha. Neb., but now president cause it is never idle and never
J. W. Brewer, Wilson Creek. Washington.
of the Redmond State Bank, and rests. It is like a bosom friend,
G. M. Slocum. Cashier. Redmond, Oregon.
J. W. Brewer of Wilson Creek. because the greater the adversity
Wn„ president of the Redmond the closer it sticks to a fellow. It
Bank of Commerce. Hard head is like a soldier: it never hesi
ed. practical business men do not tates
nor fears to
invest their money in enterprises close on in an charging
It is like the
or in towns where there is no sand-hag of a thug; silent
hope for returns, and the fact application, but deadly in its in ef
that the two gentlemen named fect. Like the very hand of
above have invested heavily in providence,
spread over all cre
Redmond is a straw which shows ation. and its is influence
that they have the utmost confi where visible. It is is like every
dence in the future prosperity of grasp of the devilfish, the longer
Geo. L Wheeler. Prop'r.
the Hub City.
the greater its strength.
Table and counter serv
The example of these men will it It holds
ice the best the market »
be followed by others from the and lend activity feeling,
outside, and the coming spring brain. No matter how hard the
and summer will see a large a- debtor works, the mortgage
We are here to stay—
mount of foreign capital seek works harder still. It makes a
come and see us.
for investment in Redmond. fellow sour, cross, selfish, unso
Open day and night.
This is no hot air—it is solid ciable
and miserable, and rarely
facts, and the future will bear does him
One door sooth of Oregon Hotel
any good to exercise
this statement out.
Keep Your Money at Home Hobble skirts are not handsome
or attractive except
Just at this time the mail or comfortable,
der houses are active in flooding are compelled by ridicule.
the countn- with big handsome office to denounce this crazy fash
ly gotten up catalogues, quoting ion. The fact that Paris places
attractive prices on staple articles
blame for this foolish and ec
and making all sorts of sounding the
style on America and in
G. W. WELLS
claims for your cash. They do turn America
not offer to exchange their goods cence of such declares
will look after
for the farmers’ eggs, poultry, thetics seems to show that in Dame
F. W. McCAFFERY’S
butter or other produce. * They Fashion is completely disgusted
trust a penny’s worth, but
Real Estate Business at the old stand
ashamed with her degener
make you pay cash before you and
No wonder. The
during Mr. McCaffery’s absence
get the goods and the freight be idea of offspring.
sides. If anything is wrong originated while skirt
1 with the goods or they do not was in a night mare and Fashion
suit, they will not exchange them evolved while she was suffering
for you. They pay no taxes into
your city or county treasury, with indigestion.
with which our schools are main- Human nature is a strange
| tained, roads, bridges, and side- thing. Some people think a
: walks built. They do not con newspaper is the best ever as
tribute to our churches, charit long as it contains from week to
able institutions, nor to our |>oor. week flattering notices about
them. But as .soon as the pap
The Back Yard
ier issues a number that dies not
their name, they begin
Many back yards are abomi- contain
that paper don’t a-
' nations to the eye and nose. One mount to much.”
finds in them all sorts of litter
from an oyster can to old boots. Conrtesy in business goes a
Here the slops of the kitchen are long ways and makes many
poured to increase odors which friends. It is just as easy to
ought to warn every thoughtful treat
person of the malarial influence civilly customers
the hooks in
breeding there, to break out to them” without any
1 eventually in fevers or diphther reason.
ia. If any member of the fam-
ily dies from one of these dis
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eases, his death is probably la The choicest vacant comer 50x
mented as a “mysterious dispen 100 on Sixth street, only one
sation of Providence,” but the block
from Hotel Redmond, this
minister would say, if he were to is a snap
for a quick buy, $1800
visit the back yard, that death takes it. See
Dealer in and
was caused solely by a violation pany for terms. Jones Land Com
of hygenic laws. A very strong
argument against dirty back
yards is the spirit of deception
which is apt to foster in the Let us do your next order of
young members of the family, commercial job printing. High
for it is a constant deceit to pre grade work and prices satisfac
Whips, Robes, Blankets, Etc. sent
a clean and attractive front tory. The Redmond Spokesman.
Repairing promptly done
yard to the gaze of the passers,
Sooth Sixth St. REDMOND, ORE. while the back yard is not fit to The Home Bakery and Restau
rant for good meals.
See Jones I.and Company
OWNERS (Not Agents) for easy
terms on lots in Melrose Park.
Subscribe for The Spokesman
$1.50 per year in advance
L ivery, Sale and Feed
Headquarters for Freighters
THEO. R. HERKNER
and Horse Goods
Reduced Prices on
to make room for new stock of these
Here is a chance TO SAVE MONEY.
Kendall & Chapman, Redmond, Ore
Eye* Tested. Glasses Prop
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Office upstairs in Kail mow! Botri
I have Imiight the lumber stock of
Kendall A Chapman, anil am adding
to the same and will carry a
Complete Stock of Lumber
and Building Material
I have the Only Thoroughly Dry Stock
of RtSTIC in this section
Let me figure with you on your next
lumber bill. Estimates fqmuhed
free for ull classes of buildings.
Yards on Fifth St. between C and D streets
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Leave Redmond every Sunday
Leave Shaniko Tuewlay and
Arrive at Kedinund Thursday and
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C O M P A N Y Sells
J. C. WILLIAMS
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Ranges, Heating and Cook
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"My main inspiration has always been the wonders of daily family life.
I'm a photographer/curator (b.1997 Israel) based in France. I currently study Humanities at the Open University. I study photography since 2010, through workshops with professionals and intensive internships at art spaces. Since 2014, I teach photography workshops for adults and kids.
With the series SARA, I seek to document the subject of childhood, adolescence and the transition in-between. These images question the very nature of youth, going beyond the documentary into a dreamlike universe. The strong presence of my 9 year old sister represents for me some kind of autobiography: through her daily life, I find a parallel with my own experience of youth.
I grew up as the oldest of 5 in an unschooling family. Having a choreographer and a painter as parents, the art world quickly attracted me and I began practising photography at the age of 13.
SARA won the First Prize of Festival Portrait(s) 2016, is exhibited since 2012 (including a show in Bushwick in 2015), and was self-published with the help of Filigranes Editions. My curatorial project "Family Business" present international photographers working on family documentation. The next exhibition will take place during Exchange Rates in Bushwick 2016." | <urn:uuid:c375cf2f-728b-4d5a-9ef7-d3cfb563c9c2> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | http://www.juliagatphotography.com/new-blog/2016/10/9/julia-gat-portfolio-on-see-me | 2019-04-24T14:25:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578643556.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190424134457-20190424160457-00482.warc.gz | en | 0.970092 | 285 |
Carol and I were treated to the youngest red-tailed hawk landing on the ground. He was playing, eating bugs and then flew straight at Carol to cross the road. I yelled duck and she didn't move. She had this look of happiness and wonder (I know weird eh) that the hawk had come so close and she could feel him pass her.
Eating a bug
Sunday, June 27, 2010
The hawk I nicknamed "Hooligan" learned a lesson this morning - sometimes prey fights back!
She flew and landed hard on something just a few feet from me, and at first the hawk was winning the battle, and even mantled! I was so excited - thought I was witnessing the first successful attempt at hunting and expected to see a moth or some other little victim. Instead I realized as I was happily snapping away that the "prey" was a long strip of tape! She rolled around and started to panic after a bit and then engaged the other talon and looked like she was going to get tangled in it. I could tell it wasn't that sticky - I was more concerned about her somehow getting herself wrapped up...luckily the strip was long enough that I was able to step on one end so that she could step out of the other end without it "attacking" back. Luckily it wasn't very tacky because of the rain, I think the fact that it fought back was what startled her!
The funny thing was that after the incident she immediately looked like she was queen of the world again - not a single feather was ruffled!
To see more of Chris's incredible shots check out the link here.
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Last September I worked as a camera assistant on a music video for a band called Icon For Hire. I worked with some really fantastic people and have continued to work with this same crew throughout 2016. The band was so happy with this first music video they asked the same crew to come back to shoot a second video. This time however the cinematographer - now a good friend of mine - asked me to come shoot stills. I have to say I was pretty amazed by what this small crew had put together on such a limited budget and it was really an awesome setting to shoot in. Icon For Hire was really happy with the work we all did and have consequently hired me for another photo shoot with them this September so keep an eye for that! | <urn:uuid:de8a920b-bc48-4a25-bef3-04dfc9c29643> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | http://michaelamicophotography.com/blog/2016/8/4/icon-for-hire-music-video | 2018-09-21T04:54:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267156780.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180921033529-20180921053929-00399.warc.gz | en | 0.993533 | 152 |
I can’t believe it’s the end of August; I love the summer so much! The older I get the faster the seasons seem to pass. I heard the crickets loud as ever last week and before I know it they will be sneaking out of the cracks and greeting me in the wee hours of the morning, just before I’m off to work. In the next few weeks my husband and I will try to visit the Jersey shore as many times as we can fit into our schedules. But the time will pass quickly and fall will be upon us. Aside from summer, I love fall almost as much. I love the baking, our trip to Pittsburg to try and catch the fall foliage and visit my husband’s childhood home town. Pulling out the sweaters and lighting the fireplace for the first time on a chilly night. It’s so much fun Spotting the first pumpkins and gourds at the local farm market. Going on a hay ride with your family and pulling out recipes for favorite soups and stews. With all of these things to look forward to I can open my mind and embrace the upcoming season. Sundays are good days for me to be in the kitchen. After church I love to come home and make something special for my family. Today with the realization that the end of summer is about a month away, I thought I’d try making butternut squash soup. I’ve never made butternut squash soup so it will be a time of testing for me. I have had it at restaurants and last year at a friend’s house. I really enjoyed it each time I tasted it. I knew I would love to make it for my family homemade. I scouted the internet for recipes. There are many! I saw recipes that boiled the squash and vegetables and others that roasted them. I’m a big fan of roasted vegetables. Roasting just seems to bring so much flavor out of any vegetable. The other ingredient I wanted in the soup was apple. This is sure sounding like a fall soup now! I consulted my flavor bible book and decided to use bay leaf, nutmeg and cinnamon to add flavor. I also added an over flowing tablespoon of pure maple syrup to add a little more sweetness. To finish the soup I added a good dash of light cream and fresh grated nutmeg, just a dash. For a garnish on my soup I toasted some pumpkin seeds and sprinkled them on top. My house smelled amazing during this process I must say. My husband was kindly yelling out smells good in here! I just love that. Cooking and baking is such a blessing to me when I can share it with others. That’s what makes it a joyous task. Well, after about an hour and a half I brought my soup out to my husband for tasting. He really enjoyed it, as did I. All the flavors and ratios worked well together. I would definitely serve this to company. I would however like to make this soup a few more times and try a few different recipes before I give it a place of honor in my recipe box. As much as I will miss summer I’m looking forward to fall and all the fun and yummy things that come with it. God Bless and enjoy your day!
Butternut Squash Soup
2 lbs. butternut squash, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 large granny smith apple, peeled and cored, cut into 1 inch cube
1 large yellow onion, cut into 1 inch cube
Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste
3 tablespoons olive oil
2-3 cups vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1-2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
Dash of cream
Fresh grated nutmeg, optional
½ cup toasted pumpkin seeds
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees
On a baking tray evenly spread out the prepared squash, apple, and onion. Sprinkle with kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste. Pour olive oil over the vegetables and apple. Bake 30-35 minutes until the squash is very tender. When done roasting the vegetables pour them into a saucepan. Add 1 ½ cups of vegetable broth, the bay leaf, and the nutmeg and cinnamon. Bring to a gentle boil and heat through and let the spices marry. About 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Discard the bay leaf. Puree the soup and add the remaining broth until you have a nice consistency to the soup. Finish the soup with a good dash of cream stirring to combine. Grate a little fresh nutmeg over top. Garnish with toasted pumpkin seeds.
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"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" exclaimed Muntadar al-Zaidi as he threw his first shoe at President Bush. This was quickly followed by another shoe that he dedicated to the widows and orphans of the Iraq war.
Throwing shoes is an age old custom. Traces of this custom are readily available in just about every town you might visit in the United States. Inexplicably, evidence is strewn about small towns and large cities alike. Dispersed about tree branches and hanging from telephone and power-lines, the errant shoes and the symbol expressed by them hang for all to see.
It has to be true that in the course of the past eight years, just about everyone, their brother and their dogs (not cats, they don't want anything to do with shoes or politics) have wanted to show displeasure with the Bush administration for one thing or another by tossing the closest thing at hand in the President's general direction. I'm not advocating physically harming the man but expressions of such frustration cannot always be suppressed.
I might be alone in the United States but I stand with others across this world who call for the release of Mr. al-Zaidi. He hadn't any intention of harming President Bush but wanted to express his displeasure. I cannot condemn this man's actions - shoes hanging from power-lines and tree branches, on the other hand; that's just plain rash.
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The City of Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department presents the first annual Youth Fishing Derby from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, in Old Settlers Park. The event is free but please register.
All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
There will be three age divisions in this catch and release derby:
Please bring your own fishing equipment.
Prizes Catagories (for each division)
- Total Weight of Fish Caught
- Number of Fish Caught
- Largest Bass Caught
- 7 - 7:45 a.m.: Check In/Registration
- 7:45 a.m.: Derby Rules
- 8 - 10 a.m.: Derby Fishing
- 10 a.m.: Award Ceremony and Snacks
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Beautiful. I might have to try to grow some :0)
Anne and Dianna would love your 'lace'!Have a good weekend,Carolyn
I've never realized how lovely Queen Anne's Lace is until now.Another tea lover! I can see how you and LaDonna (yes, she sent me here) made a connection.
Hi Bernideen.that is really a very ornamental flower. Like an artful doily. Love your photos.Greetings, Johanna
Love the Queen Anne's lace! Too bad I didn't know about your store when we visited Colorado a couple of years ago. Did visit at Focus on the Family, then the van broke down. I wonder if I can find a poem about Queen Anne's lace? Will have to hunt. Have a great day!
I DRIED QUEEN ANNE'S LACE THIS SUMMER, AND FRAMED THEM. IT'S ON MY BLOG. THEY CAME OUT REAL NICE. I LOVE QUEEN ANNE'S LACE, AS A LITTLE GIRL MY SISTER'S AND I WOULD MAKE BELIEVE IT WAS CAULIFLOWER WHEN WE PLAYED HOUSE, HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. RIZZI
Queen Anne's Lace in pink? I had no idea!
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More than 11-thousand people submitted applications for concealed carry permits on the FIRST day possible in Illinois. To be eligible to apply, people must complete a 16 hour class. Instructors have been teaching those courses for months now. WGLT's Charlie Schlenker went to a class in McLean County to find out what they have been learning.
The Darnall Gun Range has a couple hundred people still signed up for concealed carry classes and a waiting list of hundreds more.
"If we find you are not capable in some manner and we feel you do not meet the requirements to get a certificate, we will not give you one."
Sue Darnall is addressing a class of 17 people. She's a co-owner of Darnall's Gun Range west of Bloomington Normal.
"So, some of that could be gun handling. Some of that could be safety issues of course. It may even be demeanor of the person."
Darnall says they have made some of the hundreds of people that have taken their version of the course come back for more training because they couldn't qualify. This course lasts all day. And it's for people who already have eight hours of instruction in a gun safety course, a personal defense course, or some other class the state accepts. None of these people are new to guns.
"My name is Stuart Brooke, currently active duty Navy. My current pistol I have here now is a Smith and Wesson model M and P nine full size with a Surefire X-300 mounted to the rail. - Hi I'm Gary Gunway and I brought a Browning Hi-Power. - I'm Pam Rice and I have a Ruger LCR .357 shooting .38 special however."
Only two of these class members are under the age of 50. That's typical. Only two are women. That's below average. More women sign up for the full 16 hour course. The students have various calibers of guns, though more revolvers than usual. Sue Darnall urges people to avoid the big weapons and practice with and get used to something else.
"A lot of you have full size nines or full size forties, but those probably won't be a carry gun. Unless you have big pockets or big places to put these guns they're going to have to be small."
That's because the Concealed Carry law requires a handgun to be "carried on or about the person completely or mostly concealed from view of the public."
"This is completely concealed, alright?"
Joe Stidman is a police officer and range officer for the course.
"Now that's mostly concealed ok?"
"Stidman has pulled up his coat a little to show the snub end of a leather holster."
"Would I carry it like that? Only if I am dumber than I really am."
There are lots of technicalities. A holster with a flap on it is not concealed. But, a square pack so you don't know it's a gun is ok. People shouldn't be able to tell you have a pistol. Stidman says he thinks the mostly-concealed clause is to cover a temporary situation such as reaching for something on a high shelf and having the holster temporarily become visible. One of the other instructors demonstrates with a fake pistol in his pocket, the outline clearly visible.
"That guy carrying one of those, I HOPE it's a gun in there." (big laugh)
Which means those carrying must not wear tight clothing.
"Let's go ahead and step up to the line." (natural fade under)
There's another reason not to wear constrictive garments that becomes apparent as the class practices drawing and dry firing their handguns.
"See how tight that coat is around his body (I outgrew it) (laugh) Good comeback. Still and all, you want something that you are going to be able to wear that's going to be loose and you can pull it up and around."
The Darnall instructors say a lot of shooters don't think about how getting to their weapon differs from season to season. The clothing changes the time you need to get to the weapon.
"Your support hand comes up to your chest. There's about fifteen reasons this is where I want it."(fade under)
Among those is potentially fending off an assailant who has closed to contact range. Joe Stidman drills them over and over including, two handed firing, one handed, transferring the gun to a non dominant hand. The class even works on putting the gun back in the holster. Out of a class of seventeen people, Stidman says about nine of them will probably use the barrel to hunt for the holster, or to sweep back the jacket. If they make the mistake of having a finger on the trigger, this can be a bad thing.
"Do not shoot yourself in the left knee going through the right hip. There's things in between that you probably don't want to shoot. (and fade under)
Even though this class has people who are very familiar with guns, they are NOT practiced in getting to them quickly, bringing the barrel forward and punching it out not up and then back to level.
"Now when you draw, don't move your feet (am I) you were dancing...tah dah dah dah..no when you draw the only thing that moves is from your shoulders down. Another thing, there's no reason to do this. You've been watchin' TV." (fade under)
Pamela Rice of Bloomington is the student Stidman was helping correct her draw. She had guns around the house growing up. In her 20s she shot in high powered rifle competitions. After some years away from shooting, she is getting back to the range more often now with a pistol. Rice says she is taking the class because she travels a lot with dog competitions.
"And if I get stranded on the highway with a broke down car, you don't know who's going to stop. You don't know what's going to happen, so I want to be able to defend myself."
She also has a Florida permit. She says this course goes more in depth than the 16 hour class she had to take for Florida. She suspects the advent of concealed carry in Illinois will change the landscape.
"I hope that it might make the bad guys less likely to pick on people because they don't know if they're pickin on somebody who might be carrying. I think it equalizes the situation somewhat."
Gauging from surrounding states the impact won't be huge, though. Range co-owner Sue Darnall.
"Those that have had carry concealed before us normally about 2% of the state population are applying for permits. And of that 2% only a very minor - less than a percent that are actually carrying every day. So we're not talking about a lot of people out there flooding the streets."
Darnall suspects that in downstate Illinois below I-80 the ratio will be less than in areas with dense population and more crime. And, only a few hands go up when she asks the class whether they plan to carry every day. There are strict limits on where you can carry. Joe Stidman goes through the exceptions, anywhere there is alcohol served, or gambling, most everywhere large numbers of people gather, and places of education. So with all the exclusions for places where large numbers of people gather, is the law really going to add to personal safety?
So what's the point then?
"Personally I see it, it's a start. The way the law stands now, when you check back in two or three years, it won't be anywhere close. It will be a lot different."
Two years might seem short for that kind of change, but, Stidman says all the test cases and refinements should take less time because Illinois is the last state to have such a law and other states have already invented that wheel.
(propane turbine burner sound)
A propane heater roars in an attempt to fight the cold in the long low building that houses the target range. This section of the class is relatively brief. To qualify for the state permit, you have to prove you can hit a human silhouette target with 70% of your shots at a modest distance.
(range directions and firing sound)
Aside from one student whose gun jams because he is using home reloads instead of factory ammunition, there are no difficulties. Instructors do spend a significant amount of time talking about how to avoid pulling a gun. Backing up, maintaining a safe distance, calling on someone to halt, create multiple chances to defuse a situation. Never fire a warning shot. You don't know where it will go.
Chad Berck of Normal has hunted and been around guns all his life. He has prior military experience and a lot of shooting time. He took a home defense class earlier, but says this course has taught even him a lot to get ready to conceal carry in public.
You have to have a threat. There has to be a imminent threat before we are to draw. But, we are also taught that if you draw, you had better be prepared for the next step because it's a big decision that you have to make very quickly.
The class has a thoughtful discussion of when it is justified to pull and fire. Student Stuart Brooke, a Navy guy talks about the deadly force triangle.
"You got capability, opportunity, the hardest one to prove is intent. You can see a person has a baseball bat. Well, he's got the capability. Then he gets within swingin' range, does he have the opportunity. But, does he have the intent to actually swing it at you. That's the hardest part you gotta be able to prove."
This is an issue that law enforcement groups had reservations about as the law was being written. They argued it is tough enough to have officers who face threatening situations regularly to be trained enough to make the correct call. How much more problematic is that for a civilian who has limited experience with threats? Tina Darnall is another instructor at the range.
"And that's why I am so heavy on practicing."
She teaches a section of the course on the fundamentals of marksmanship. Those are aiming, trigger control, breath control, hold control, and follow through. Tina Darnall says it takes a person shooting an average of three to four thousand rounds to develop the muscle memory to draw and fire a weapon automatically with skill.
"You want your body to just voluntarily go into that mode because you don't have the time."
"She says motion studies show it takes only a second and a half for an adult to cover a 20 foot distance to you, or three seconds if it's an older person charging. Tina Darnall says having those physical habits allows you mental space to use critical thought about how to avoid a situation or accurately judge how threatening it is before you make the choice to draw."
"You give your command out. You see it happening. It's all in slow motion. You pull the trigger, and you hope that morally, when you are done, you can live with what you've done."
There are six Darnall instructors for 17 students, so there are lots of comments and attention to small details. That favorable ratio offers far more individual attention than in most concealed carry courses in the state. The Darnall family members say they believe it's important those taking the course know the things to work on later.
Tina Darnall says "Will they do it? Will they pull it out? Will they have ability to do it and the psychological ability to, and the knowhow? We have no idea. That is all an individual growth thing. All we can do is have 'em come out, have em practice, get em comfortable and give em the education so that when that moment comes, they feel like it's the right time."
Illinois State Police will be issuing the first concealed carry permits in less than ninety days from the time the first applications went in. I'm Charlie Schlenker, WGLT News.
"With your eye on the muzzle and the muzzle down range, and your finger off the trigger, transfer the gun to your non dominant hand. Six rounds fire. Weak hand only!" (firing)
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Sensors 2012, 12(11), 15308-15337; doi:10.3390/s121115308
Published: 8 November 2012
Abstract: This paper proposes a distributed method for cooperative target tracking in hierarchical wireless sensor networks. The concept of leader-based information processing is conducted to achieve object positioning, considering a cluster-based network topology. Random timers and local information are applied to adaptively select a sub-cluster for the localization task. The proposed energy-efficient tracking algorithm allows each sub-cluster member to locally estimate the target position with a Bayesian filtering framework and a neural networking model, and further performs estimation fusion in the leader node with the covariance intersection algorithm. This paper evaluates the merits and trade-offs of the protocol design towards developing more efficient and practical algorithms for object position estimation.
Giving the limited power and processing capability in a sensor mote, a critical challenge of target tracking is how to acquire suitable data and perform information processing at the local level through cooperative communication and networking in the vicinity of the target. Thus, scalability and the need to conserve energy lead to the idea of hierarchically organizing the sensors, which can represent the target state and incorporate statistical models for the sensing schedule and target positioning. This paper aims to develop a fully distributed method for cooperative target tracking in wireless sensor networks from two perspectives: (1) energy-balanced tracking and (2) improved estimation accuracy.
The first perspective is to build up an energy-balanced tracking network architecture. In this work, the concept of leader-based information processing is conducted to automatically achieve cooperative sensor scheduling with multiple tasking sensors in a cluster-based network topology based on sensor residual energy level, target information, and estimation quality. To avoid the ambiguity, the clusterhead and the cluster members refer to the original network topology, whereas the leader and the sub-cluster members refer to the sensor group for the tracking task. Random timers and local criteria are used to determine the tracking responsibility of the clusters. Afterwards, a sub-cluster of the corresponding cluster for the tracking task is formed by a leader, which can be a clusterhead or a cluster member in the original cluster-based network. The second perspective is to explore the behaviors/characteristics of a target such that supplementary information can be applied to improve estimation accuracy. Within the sub-cluster, the sensing nodes provide their measurements to the leader. Upon receiving the measurements, the leader fuses the local estimates from the sub-cluster members and reports it to the clusterhead. When the target moves out the region of the current active sub-cluster, the leader needs to trigger the leader handoff procedure (detailed in Section 3.4).
As shown in , compared with the dynamic clustering approach in a flat network topology, the static clustering approach incurs a larger location error since a clusterhead may not be a good local controller for estimating the location and reporting the event due to target movement. However, given a fixed hierarchical network topology, dynamic clustering approaches may not be feasible. Therefore, considering a cluster-based network topology, we introduce a distributed cooperative target tracking system, Two-level Clustering Approach via Timer (TCAT), which aims to improve the energy efficiency and provide good estimation accuracy. Here level-one clustering indicates the original network topology with control of clusterheads. Level-two clustering means the sub-cluster formation for the tracking task with control of tasking leaders. Therefore, the information flow goes through the sub-cluster members to the leader, and then to the clusterhead, and vice versa. Accordingly, the TCAT scheme performs target localization in four phases: (I) Tasking Leader Selection; (II) Choosing the Sub-Cluster Members; (III) Target Positioning; and (IV) Sub-Cluster Member Reselection and Leader Handoff.
In Phases I and II, random timers and local information are applied to adaptively select a tasking leader and sub-cluster members for the localization task. In Phase III, the Bayesian particle filter [2,3] is used to estimate the unknown target position from state equations. The objective is to find feasible position to minimize the error of the state vector. After obtaining the initial position estimate, the localization adjustment problem can be solved by applying a neural networking model, which focuses on improving positioning accuracy. Afterwards, the covariance intersection algorithm is adopted to perform estimation fusion. In order to maintain tracking stability, Phase IV performs the leader handoff task.
The major contributions and key features of this paper are listed as follows. (1) We propose a novel cooperative positioning approach. (2) One of the main advantages of Bayesian framework is that the tasking sensor carries along a complete distribution of estimates of the target position. Thus, the distribution is inherently a measure of the accuracy of the positioning system. (3) Due to the characteristics of the cooperative information processing, the proposed estimation fusion approach owns adaptive flexibility when dealing with uncertainty in position estimation. (4) In practice, two basic approaches can be applied to conserve power in a sensor network, either by the power management for sensor sleeping or by the design of low-power operation hardware. Our scheme is actually a distributed scheduling strategy for target tracking. The concept of “power management for sensor sleeping” is applied to select a subset of sensors for exploring detailed target information. The selected sub-cluster members (active nodes) are performing the tracking task and the inactive nodes can go to the idle/sleep mode. (5) We compare and contrast the existing tracking approaches with the proposed scheme. (6) We outline the technical foundations of the tracking techniques and present the tradeoffs in the algorithm design.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 briefly reviews the literatures on target tracking. Section 3 formulates the problem, derives a distributed solution, and describes a neural networking refinement model for target positioning. Section 4 presents an estimation-theoretic analysis of the proposed mechanism to assess the achievable estimation accuracy. Then, Section 5 considers the energy consumption of the proposed tracking scheme. In Section 6, the feasibility of the proposed scheme is examined via simulation. The performance comparison between the proposed approach and the scheme with a hierarchical network topology in is presented. Section 7 makes a conclusion and shows future research directions.
2. Literature Review
There are five major categories for the target tracking solutions : tree-based tracking, cluster-based tracking, prediction-based tracking, mobicast message-based tracking, and hybrid tracking. Studies have shown that the cluster-based tracking algorithms have better network scalability and resource utilization compared with those in other categories. Prediction-based tracking rely on tree-based and cluster-based tracking in addition to the prediction method, but the tracking accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Mobicast message-based tracking method depends on prediction, which is a multi-cast method in which message is delivered to a group of nodes that change with time according to estimated velocity of moving entity. Scheduling strategies vary in target tracking protocols and time synchronization may be needed to set the wake up and sleep timings of sensor nodes.
Since the proposed approaches fall into the category of cluster-based tracking, we focus on the research results of this category. The following subsections briefly describe the current literature of target tracking with respect to the number of tasking sensors.
2.1. Single Tasking Sensor
In the current literature, the general problem formation of target tracking is reformed to be a sensor selection problem with the uniform sampling interval and without incorporating the target dynamics, i.e., the information-driven sensor query (IDSQ) approach and the entropy approach based on sensor selection . In contrast, the authors in [8,9] propose adaptive scheduling strategies to choose the single tasking sensor and determine the sampling interval simultaneously. In , the sensors are scheduled in two tracking modes: (1) the fast tracking approaching mode with the unsatisfactory predicted tracking accuracy; and (2) the tracking maintenance mode with the satisfactory predicted tracking accuracy. The approach employs an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) based estimation technique to predict the tracking accuracy, and adopts a linear energy model to predict the energy consumption. In , the proposed algorithm applies the interactive multiple model (IMM) filter to estimate and predict the target's dynamic state and select the tasking sensor node and sampling interval for each time step based on both the tracking accuracy and the energy cost. The simulation results show that the proposed approach outperforms the popular extended Kalman filter (EKF) based tracking scheme for maneuvering target in terms of tracking accuracy and energy efficiency. In , a small region is specified in order to select the single tasking sensor for achieving energy conservation. The distributed IMM filter is employed to estimate target position and velocity. A novel dynamic grouping idea is proposed to schedule next tasking node. However, the IMM filter has to face the problem of high complexity, especially with the operation of dynamic grouping.
In general, the localization problem can be solved by the joint time-of-arrival (TOA)/angle-of-arrival (AOA) positioning scheme using a single seed (i.e., a sensor node with a known position). However, in the case of poor observations, more TOA/AOA measurements (i.e., multiple tasking sensors) may be applied to complement the measurements of the environment.
2.2. Multiple Tasking Sensors
For the purpose of increasing estimation accuracy and reliability, multiple tasking sensors may be scheduled to track the target with detection uncertainties. In , target localization strategies based on a communication protocol between the clusterhead and cluster members are presented. In these approaches, a subset of sensor nodes is selected for querying detailed target information. Although energy and communication bandwidth are conserved in a certain amount, the processing burden all falls on the clusterhead, which may drain its power quickly. Suganya, et al. focuses on tracking error and energy management involved in tracking the target. In this approach, the sensor nodes collectively monitor and track the movement of the target, which involves detecting, clustering and localization of target.
In , an information-driven approach in ad hoc sensor networks is proposed to determine the tasking sensors in a “sensor collaboration” by dynamically optimizing the information utility of data for a given cost of communication and computation. In , a distributed estimation method is proposed based on mobile agent (MA) computing paradigm and generic sequential Bayesian filtering for the target state estimation at each time step. Nonetheless, the MA migration planning problem needs to be handled in order to achieve the desired tracking accuracy. The tracking schemes in [14,15] combine the mechanisms of the tree-based and cluster-based schemes and propose information-based target tracking methods. However, the proposed sensor systems still have to deal with complexity issues. Authors in [16–21] propose multi-sensor scheduling schemes for maneuvering target tracking in sensor networks, while not considering the motion information of the target. Williams, et al. presents an integrated approach to dynamically routing measurements and models in a sensor network and examines the problem of tracking objects within a region wherein the responsibility for combining measurements and updating a posterior state distribution is assigned to a single sensor at any given time step. The proposed approach is able to substantially reduce the communications cost incurred in tracking an object. However, this strength comes along with the additional complexity of transmitting the representation of the state distribution between the tasking sensors. Comprehensive surveys of design challenges and recently proposed target tracking algorithms can be found in .
Note that most of these design approaches are dynamic clustering protocols in a flat network. In contrast, the method in is built upon a static cluster-based network topology. Thus, reference may provide a good way to benchmark the performance of the proposed tracking scheme.
3. Distributed Target Tracking Systems
In this section, we present the proposed distributed cooperative target tracking system: Two-level Clustering Approach via Timer (TCAT) in a cluster-based network topology, which organizes the tracking task in four phases: tasking leader selection, choosing the sub-cluster members, target positioning, and sub-cluster member reselection and leader handoff. Therefore, the proposed tracking approach organizes a sub-cluster for the tracking task, allows each sub-cluster member to locally compute the target position, and uses cooperation to obtain the fused estimate in the leader node. The local level estimate of a sub-cluster member and the global level estimate of a leader can be derived by a Bayesian and neural networking framework, and the covariance intersection algorithm, respectively. The main assumptions are: (i) all sensors are homogeneous; (ii) the sensors are in fixed and known location; (iii) a pre-specified sub-cluster size n is applied to perform cooperative target positioning with angle-of-arrival (AOA) information or hybrid time-of-arrival/angle-of-arrival (TOA/AOA) information, (iv) the target periodically broadcasts a message for measurement purpose. Note that these assumptions may be applied to healthcare scenarios or habitat monitoring to locate patients or animals. The distributed tracking architecture in a cluster-based network is depicted in Figure 1.
3.1. Phase I: Tasking Leader Selection
When sensors are first deployed, they may apply the CAWT to establish the cluster-based network architecture (Figure 2(left)). However, due to the target movement, the clusterhead may not be a proper local controller in the neighborhood of the target. Thus, a cluster member may be a good control candidate and can be a leader for the tracking task. Denote a sensor with tracking responsibility as an active sensor. Otherwise, a sensor is marked as an inactive sensor. Suppose each sensor is an inactive sensor with the initial deployment. The tracking task is triggered when the target broadcasts a message of Lid, where Lid is a leader ID with an initial value zero, which is used to inform the active sensors to compete for being a leader of the tracking task. Thus, when sensor i receives the message sent from the target, it will broadcast a Hello message and become an active sensor, which allows itself to estimate how many neighboring active sensors it has. A Hello message consists of (1) the sensor ID of the sending sensor, (2) the leader ID of the sending sensor, and (3) the cluster ID of the sending sensor. Therefore, the sensors update their neighboring information (i.e., a counter specifying how many neighboring active sensors it has detected) and decrease the random leader waiting time (LWT) through the received Hello message sent from neighboring active sensors.
Assume the initial value of the waiting time of sensor i, , is a sample from the distribution U(C, D′), where D′ = C + D, C and D are positive numbers, and U(·, ·) is a uniform distribution. The update formula for the random LWT is given by
3.2. Phase II: Choosing the Sub-Cluster Members
Based on the claimed message sent from the leader and the cluster ID of the leader, the target will send a message to inform the active sensors about the corresponding cluster for the tracking task, which also notifies the active sensors with the same cluster ID to be the candidate sub-cluster members associated with the leader. To choose the members associated with a leader, instead of directly selecting the active sensors from the leader, the sensor selection may be determined based on the reporting order of target position estimates from the neighboring active sensors of the leader. Accordingly, a candidate sub-cluster member, say sensor m, may decrease its LWT along with an extra backoff time BTm, which is inversely proportional to the estimation accuracy, for reporting the estimate of target position. When the timer LWTm expires, sensor m will deliver the tracking information to leader i. That is, based on the time stamps of the received estimates, the target tracking group is then automatically formed with the leader.
For those active sensors without receiving a Leader message, they transmit the estimated target position directly to the clusterhead and become supplementary sub-cluster members. This is attributed to the fact that the active sensors may not have direct communication with the leader. Hence, they may send their tracking estimates to the clusterhead for providing supplementary information on the tracking task. Therefore, when the number of sub-cluster members meets the desired number n, the leader will perform the CI model (as detailed in Section 3.3.3) to obtain a global target position estimate and send a Position message to the clusterhead, which also serves to specify the final sub-cluster members for cooperative target tracking. If the leader does not collect sufficient number of estimates (i.e., |M| < n, M is the index set of the sub-cluster), then the leader may send its fused estimate to the clusterhead and request the clusterhead to incorporate the supplementary estimates if possible. Afterwards, the clusterhead will perform the CI algorithm based on the received fused estimate and the supplementary estimates. Note that in order to spread the energy burden in the network, the cluster is responsible for informing the base station about the target tracking and positioning. Figure 2(right) shows an example of leader and sub-cluster member selection.
3.3. Phase III: Target Positioning
This phase presents a measurement mechanism to estimate the target position. The localization operation is performed in three phases: “initial geometrical positioning”, “position estimation refinement”, and “estimation fusion”. For each sub-cluster member, the Bayesian particle filter is used to obtain an initial position estimate. Next, the localization adjustment problem can be solved by applying a neural networking model to refine the sample area and then redoing the particle filter to improve the positioning accuracy. Finally, estimation fusion is performed by the leader node in order to obtain a global estimate.
3.3.1. Geometrical Positioning with Particle Filtering
The Bayesian particle filter method may be preferred for object positioning because it is robust to noisy measurements, it allows for flexible information transmission, and it can be robust to lost or lossy data. Particle filter is an algorithm of estimation used to estimate the unknown target position from state equations. The objective is to find feasible position to make the error of state vector x minimum. The state vector is represented as a set of random samples updated and propagated with the algorithm. One of the main advantages of this approach is that the tasking sensor carries along a complete distribution of estimates of the target position. Therefore, the distribution is inherently a measure of the accuracy of the positioning system. If a given task requires certain accuracy, it is possible to determine if that level of accuracy is currently available. Therefore, our approaches may be computationally affordable by sensor nodes.
The idea in , using known sensor positions and the bounding-box algorithm to extrapolate the unknown target position, inspires us to choose a proper prior density for generating initial samples. Figure 3 shows an example how the measurement information (e.g., distance information) can be used to obtain the x and y coordinate bounds of the unknown target. Therefore, the unknown target combines its bounds on the coordinates to form a bounding box, which provides a good set of initial samples for the particle filtering. In this work, each sub-cluster member uses Bayesian particle filter to estimate the unknown target position and performs target positioning with angle-of-arrival (AOA) information or hybrid time-of-arrival/angle-of-arrival (TOA/AOA) information. The particle filter method is shown in Table 1.
3.3.2. Position Estimation Refinement
Since the AOA measurement quality highly depends on the communication environment, this subsection presents estimation refinement criteria based on noisy AOA information, TOA information, and an angle-of-arrival neural networking (ANN) model. The purpose of the ANN model is to coordinate the initial target position estimate, the initial sample space, and the measurement information in a scenario with multiple tasking sensors such that effectively adjustment of angle information and a better sample area for particle filtering can be provided.
Angle-of-Arrival Neural Networking with CFBP
The feed-forward backpropagation (FFBP) and cascade-forward backpropagation (CFBP) are supervised learning algorithms for artificial neural networks which most commonly used for prediction, pattern recognition, and nonlinear function fitting . Since the CFBP provides a better performance in terms of convergence time, optimum of network structure and recognition performance , the neural network with CFBP is applied for analyzing the performance of the TCAT
Assume that the network under consideration has a general architecture with three layers of neurons. In our case, input and output layer neurons are linear, whereas neurons in the hidden layer are tan-sigmoidal. Let the vector pairs in be sample representation of the unknown function f : n → p: , where n is the neuron index range in the input layer, p is the neuron index range in the output layer, Xq ∈ n, Dq ∈ p, Q is the number of training vector pairs, and q is the iteration index. Note that Dq is the desired vector response for the network input Xq. Thus, the mean square error of the entire training set is: , where , and Eq is the instantaneous error of the training pair (Xq, Dq).
In order to adjust angle information, the three-layer perceptron neural network is considered. Based on the proposed network architecture, the goal of training is to maximize the correlation C between the signal of the hidden neuron and the residual output error :
Figure 4 illustrates the perception network architecture. Note that J represents the number of input neurons, which may denote the number of received messages from neighboring sensors, the AOA measurement of the estimated target, the desired value of sub-cluster size n, and the minimum angle coverage area of a tasking sensor with a right-hand-side angle boundary and a left-hand-side angle boundary (two brown lines as shown in Figure 5(top)), where the initial sample area is located within the coverage area. U1 denotes the number of hidden neurons. In the output layer, U2 represents the number of neurons, which may denote the network approximation results. Moreover, let IW and LW be the input weight matrix and layer weight matrix for the hidden layer and the output layer, respectively. Let b1 and b2 be bias vectors for the hidden layer and the output layer, respectively. Established upon the developed neuron network model, the behavior of the TCAT scheme may be abstracted with sensible settings, which is further discussed in Section 6.
Estimation Refinement with ANN
In order to improve positioning accuracy with particle filtering, one option is to determine an appropriate sample space for generating particles. As shown in Figure 5(top), the initial sample area is the rectangle defined by blue lines and four corners: (1), (2), (3), and (4) ordered clockwise, which serves as a basis for estimation refinement. Observe that the target is located within the defined rectangle and the pink “TOA” circles represent the minimum and maximum range estimates.
After importing the information of the defined rectangle and the tasking sub-cluster to the trained neural networking model, a reference angle information (RAI), (i.e., the angle information label with a red line), is proposed to refine the initial sample area for the prior density in Step 1 of Table 1. Without loss of generality, a tasking leader is applied as an example to describe the refinement procedures. With the RAI produced by the neural networking model, a threshold θth (i.e., the angle between the red line and the blue line in Figure 5) is used to adjust the initial sample area. Given the information of transmission range and the position knowledge of sub-cluster members, the leader node can choose a sub-cluster member, which is an active sensor and has a minimum overlapping area between the communication coverage and the initial sample area, as a reference node to narrow down the sample area. This is attributed to the fact that the position information and the communication coverage of a reference node can be applied to help reshape the initial sample area for localizing the target. On the basis of the RAI (the red line), denote r1i (r2j) as the intersection between the initial sample area and the right-hand-side angle boundary (the left-hand-side angle boundary), where i and j are related to the four corners. Let R1 and R2 be the intersections between the initial sample area and the RAI. For this typical scenario, the intersections among the initial sample area, the right-hand-side angle boundary, the left-hand-side angle boundary, and the RAI (i.e., r11, r12, r23, r24, R1, and R2) are mostly located within the transmission range of a reference node (Figure 5(bottom)). Referring to Figure 5(top), the intersections between the initial sample area and the communication coverage of the reference node can be regarded as new corners of the refined sample area (i.e., (2)′ ← (2), (3)′ ← (3), and (4)′ ← (4)) in Figure 5(bottom). Let Aref be the communication coverage of the reference node. Thus, the final sample area is the intersection among Aref, the refined sample area defined by blue lines and our corners: (1), (2)′, (3)′, and (4)′ ordered clockwise, and the RAI with a threshold value of θth.
However, Figure 6(left) shows that the deviation of RAI from the target direction and improperly selected threshold values of θth (e.g., too small values of θth) may lead to the exclusion of possible target locations during the refinement process, which results in an even worse estimate compared with the one without applying the neural networking model. Therefore, in order to avoid the estimation error caused by this scenario, the adjustment principle is to jointly consider the communication coverage of a reference node and the locations of the intersections (i.e., Pr1i, Pr2j, and PRk). Accordingly, if none of the intersection locations is within the communication coverage of the reference node, the updated RAI may be rotated towards the reference node since the original RAI is highly deviated from the target direction. That is, referring to Figure 6(left) and Figure 6(right), if (Pr1i ∉ Aref, Pr2j ∉ Aref, and PRk ∉ Aref), the angle information may be updated by . Hence, the left-hand-side angle boundary is replaced by the original RAI and the right-hand-side angle boundary is replaced by the line between the position of the leader node and the corner (2). Afterwards, the intersection of the refined sample area and Aref forms the final sample area, which generates more effective samples for particle filtering and target positioning. Figure 7 shows an example of angle adjustment for position estimation refinement, which consists of four stages: the original RAI, the updated RAI, the refined sample area, and the final sample area for particle filtering.
3.3.3. Covariance Intersection (CI)
For obtaining global estimates, we adopt covariance intersection to perform data fusion. The CI method of provides the best estimate given the information available, which takes a convex combination of mean and covariance estimates that are represented in information space. Since these typical runs are independent, the general form is
3.3.4. Estimation Fusion
The distributed scheme is executed in two steps: (1) Group Estimation: local decisions are performed; (2) Estimation Fusion: a fusion rule is applied to combine the posterior density of the estimation from each member of the cooperative group in the leader sensor. Since the weight reflects the significance attached to the estimate, the next issue is to determine the weigh ωi for each estimate and try to weight out faulty estimates. One strategy for choosing ωi is to use the utility measure. Since the utility of a sensor measurement is a function of the geometric location of the target, here we consider the Mahalanobis measure . Hence, with respect to a neighboring system estimate characterized by the mean μmℓ and covariance Σ, the utility function for sensor m is defined as the geometric measure
3.4. Phase IV: Sub-Cluster Member Reselection and Leader Handoff
This phase performs the sub-cluster member reselection and leader handoff task, which aims to maintain tracking stability. The conditions for initiating the leader handoff procedure are:
The distance between the reference location of the sub-cluster member Pi (∀i ∈ M) and the fused target position estimate f(j) exceeds the handoff threshold value at time step j. That is, d(Pi, f(j)) > ℜ, ∀i ∈ M.
Due to the movement of the target, the number of Position messages or expected active sensors are less than the desired value. That is, NP < n or NE < n.
For condition 1, ℜ = β · R, where R is the radio transmission range and 0 < β < 1. For condition 2, a threshold value ΔR with ΔR = δ · R (0 < δ < 1) for dynamically measuring the number of valid sub-cluster members is applied. Denote PLid as the location of leader Lid and BLid as the leader handoff boundary (the red dashed line in Figures 8 and 9) of leader Lid, which is a circle of radius ΔR centered at OLid. Note that OLid is the center of gravity of the bounding box, which is derived by the estimated target position, the positions of the sub-cluster members, and the bounding-box algorithm . Thus, NP is the number of estimates from the sub-cluster members and NE can be computed as the number of active sensors which satisfy d(OLid, Pi) ≤ ΔR, where Pi is the location of active sensor i.
Figure 8 presents an example of adaptively updating the sub-cluster members with ΔR. Observe that at time step 20, two sub-cluster members are with tracking responsibility (Figure 8(left)). However, at time step 21, one sub-cluster member becomes an inactive sensor due to the target movement (Figure 8(right)). Thus, the leader will assign an active sensor which is located inside BLid to become a new sub-cluster member. If any of the above conditions holds, the leader and target will sequentially broadcast a Handoff message with Lid = 0 to trigger a leader reselection process as depicted in Phases I and II. Figure 9 shows an example of leader handoff procedure from time step 23 to time step 24. In Figure 9(left), a handoff procedure is triggered by condition 2. Afterwards, as shown in Figure 9(right), a new leader and its associated sub-cluster members are formed.
Due to the cluster-based network topology, the handoff schemes can be further divided into two categories: (1) intra-cluster leader handoff and (2) inter-cluster leader handoff. Since the clusterhead collects the supplementary estimates and receives the estimate from the leader, it may monitor the d(Pi, f(j)), NP, and NE. If condition 1 holds, then an intra-cluster leader handoff is performed and the clusterhead may assign a cluster member to be a new leader. Otherwise, an inter-cluster leader handoff is triggered and the operations move to Phase I and II. The procedures of the TCAT model for cooperative target tracking are detailed in Table 2. Note that INi is the index set of vicinal sensors of sensor i, Tj is the true position of target at time step j, and Ci is the set of cluster members of sensor i.
4. Analysis of Positioning Accuracy
Referring to , evaluating the computation process and the significance of approximate accuracy is an important step in deriving either exact or approximate solutions for the localization problem. This section presents an estimation-theoretic analysis of the proposed measurement mechanisms to assess the achievable localization accuracy with Cramer–Rao lower bound (CRLB) for joint TOA/AOA estimation.
The measurements at the reference sensor can be modeled as
Given the above assumptions , the CRLB with a single sensor is derived as follows. The probability density function of g = [r̂, ϕ̂] is
Thus, the Fisher information matrix yields
Accordingly, the best possible fused estimation for target localization may be determined by applying Equation (15) and the CI method.
5. Analysis of Energy Consumption
This section considers the energy consumption of the proposed scheme in Section 3. It is often the case that inter-sensor communication costs are greater by orders of magnitude than local computation and sensing costs with respect to energy expenditures [22,32,33]. Therefore, the computational cost in a wireless sensor network is usually neglected compared to the communication cost. In addition, the problem of energy waste in idle listening mode can be solved by periodic listen and sleep. Moreover, based on the data sheet of CC2420 , the energy consumption of receive mode is about 59.1 mW, the energy consumption of transmit mode is about 52.2 mW, and the energy consumption of idle listening mode is about 1.2 mW. Accordingly, we focus on the comparison of power consumption for communication with the scheme of . The total power requirements include both the power required to transmit messages and the power required to receive (or process) messages. Suppose that the energy needed to transmit for sensors with omnidirectional antennas is ET, which depends on the transmitting range R, and the energy needed to receive is ER.
When the target broadcasts a message with Lid = 0, its neighboring sensor, say sensor i, becomes an active sensor and broadcasts a Hello message with a random waiting time for being a task leader at time step j. As the active sensor i claims to be a leader, the Lid is updated and broadcasted from target. As a result, the number of transmissions and receptions for tasking leader selection (Phase I) are
Afterward, the active sub-cluster members of the leader are selected according to the extra backoff time BTm, which transmit the Position messages to the leader. Thus, the number of transmissions yields the sub-cluster size and the number of receptions is , where the M(j) is the set of sub-cluster members at time step j. Since the fused estimate f(j) is routed to the clusterhead in a multi-hop manner, the number of transmissions is , where is number of hops for sensor i to perform estimation reporting. Finally, the clusterhead disseminates f(j) to the base station. Furthermore, if the clusterhead receives a message from the leader for incorporating supplementary estimates, it may assign a desired number of supplementary members to be supplementary sub-cluster members for the tracking task. Therefore, the number of transmissions and receptions for selecting tasking members (Phase II) and delivering the position estimate (Phase III) are
As characterized in Phase IV, since the clusterhead has the capability of updating the sub-cluster members, a cluster member, say sensor i, may become an active supplementary sub-cluster member or leader when receiving the message, which contains the IDs of new supplementary sub-cluster member or the leader (i.e., (i ∩ M̅(j) ≠ Ø) or leader ID), and then joint the tracking task. Note that M̅(j) is the index set of new supplementary sub-cluster members. Therefore, we obtain
To evaluate the performance of the proposed approach, assume that the target moves within the x − y sensing field according to the standard second-order model
Here x and y denote the Cartesian coordinate of the target. The noisy measurement is given by
The target trajectory and measurements are generated based on Equations (22) and (23) with the parameter values: the covariance of the system noise, Q = qI2, where I2 is the 2 × 2 identity matrix, . The initial state of the target is x1 = (0.0, 0.1, 0.0, 0.05)T. The prior distribution parameters are set to x̄1 = (0.0, 0.0, 0.4, 0.05)T and σ1 = 0.5, σ2 = 0.001, σ3 = 0.05 and σ1 = 0.01. The target position estimate is conducted with NPF = 1000 samples, the ANN model, and the CI method for 25 time steps.
Figure 10 depicts the system performance (e.g., the average positioning error and the leader handoff frequency) with various values of parameters (α, β, δ, sub-cluster size, and network density), for cooperative target tracking. Observe that for parameter β, there is a tradeoff between localization error and leader handoff frequency since a larger value of β (i.e., a larger handoff threshold value) may lead to a lower leader handoff frequency and may result in a lower positioning accuracy. Without loss of generality, we investigate the typical performance of the TCAT in a network with random uniform deployment of NS sensors given α = β = δ = 0.5, C = D = 1, and the standard deviation of angle information σθ = 0.5 radian. Note that the entire experiments are conducted in a square with side length L = 30 unit length and transmission range .
6.1. Performance of Neural Networking Model
For the CFBP model, Figure 11 depicts the learning and regression analysis of the network. Figure 11 (top left) shows that the network is learning since the mean squared error of the network is decreasing to a smaller value and the training of CFBP network is stopped before overfitting. The 22,804 input and target vectors are randomly divided into three sets. 15,962 vectors are used to train the network. Of these vectors, 3,421 are used to validate how well the network generalized. Finally, the last 3,421 vectors provide an independent test of network generalization to data that the network has never seen. Moreover, regression analysis is employed as post-training analysis between the network response and the corresponding targets and three parameters are returned to evaluate the performance. The first two parameters, slope and y-intercept of the best linear regression relate targets to network outputs. If the outputs exactly equal to targets, the slope and y-intercept would be 1 and 0, respectively. For the training case, slope = 0.99 and y-intercept = 2.6. For the validation case, slope = 0.99 and y-intercept = 2.1. For the test case, slope = 0.98 and y-intercept = 3. The third parameter is correlation coefficient between the outputs and targets. When the correlation coefficient is equal to 1, then there is perfect correlation between targets and outputs. In this study, the correlation coefficients of the regression analysis is about RA = 0.99 as shown in Figure 11, which therefore illustrates a good fit.
6.2. Target Localization Error
In order to further explore the effectiveness of the proposed refinement scheme, four different information measurement scenarios are considered: (1) AOA information only; (2) AOA with neural network (ANN) refinement; (3) Joint TOA/AOA information only; (4) Joint TOA/AOA with ANN refinement.
6.2.1. AOA with/without ANN Refinement
To assess the tracking accuracy, the root mean square error is used for comparing the tracking accuracy of the distributed TCAT with that of . Referring to the network topology and the target movement in Figure 2(left), we vary the number of sub-cluster members from 1 to 4. Figure 12(left) shows the accuracy of the position estimate. The performance improves along with the number of sub-cluster size n. However, the improvement is not significant (especially when the number n is greater than 2). This suggests that even a low number of sub-cluster members can also achieve good estimation accuracy.
As illustrated in Figure 12(left), the radio transmission range R is assumed to be the same as the target detection range Re. Here the effect of varying target detection ranges on the performance is investigated with changing the ratio of the radio transmission range to target detection range. Figure 12(right) depicts that when the ratio is greater than one (i.e., R/Re > 1), the sensors may fail to detect most target events and a larger network density may be required to detect the target of small signal magnitude and to suppress the estimation error. However, the estimation error decreases dramatically when the ratio R/Re ≤ 1 due to sufficient detection coverage.
Notice that the above performance evaluation is based on AOA information only without executing estimation refinement. Figure 13 shows the comparison of target localization error with/without ANN refinement. With a moderate value of θth (e.g., 0.25Θ ≤ θth ≤ Θ with Θ = 9.98 degree), the proper refined sample area results in an improvement of estimation accuracy. However, loose NN-based angle information (e.g., Θ ≤ θth ≤ 3Θ) may generate a broader sample area, which degrades the estimation performance.
6.2.2. TOA/AOA with/without ANN Refinement
Compared with Figure 13, Figure 14(left) shows that the average localization error is significantly suppressed by applying the TOA information. Considering n = 2 and θth = 9.98 degree, the average localization error of TCAT using AOA/TOA information with ANN refinement is about 36% less than that of TCAT using AOA information with ANN refinement. Nonetheless, as the deviation of TOA measurement increases, the localization performance of TCAT with joint TOA/AOA is approaching to that of TCAT with AOA only (Figure 14(right)). This is attributed to the fact that a noisy TOA measurement may lead to a broader sample area (i.e., a lower particle density) for Bayesian filtering, which enlarges the localization error.
Given the variance of angle estimation σθ = 0.5 and with varying the uncertainty of distance estimation σd, here we consider the best achievable performance and the tracking performance with TCAT using TOA/AOA information. Notice that the CRLB and the performance of the proposed method tend to merge together with an increasing measurement uncertainty σd. Due to a small sample size for particle filtering and the limited capability of a sensor, as shown in Figure 15, fundamental problems when locating mobile target in a network are to estimate the distance between the reference sensors and the target and to determine the angle of arrival of the signals since accurate location estimates highly rely on precise TOA/AOA measurements and the processing capability of a sensor node.
6.3. Protocol Characteristics
Figure 16(left) shows the typical runs of sub-cluster formation with NS = 100 and R/Re = 1. Notice that the TCAT effectively organizes the sensors into tracking groups. Referring to Figures 12 (left) and Figure 16(right), observe that compared with the protocol in , the TCAT has a lower leader handoff frequency and there is no significant performance degradation during the leader handoff period. Moreover, considering different sub-cluster size n and a network with random uniform deployment, Figures 12(left) suggests that compared with the TCAT with n = 2, the TCAT with a smaller value of n (e.g., n = 1) with respect to handoff condition 1 and the TCAT with a larger value of n (e.g., n = 3, 4) with respect to handoff condition 2 lead to a higher frequency of inter-cluster handoff. Thus, the TCAT with n = 2 may provide flexibility and robustness for distributed sensor scheduling management.
6.4. Network Energy Consumption
The simulation is performed with different density of nodes, considering the number of messages transmitted and received involved in clustering and target localization. In order to evaluate the network performance, several models for measuring the energy dissipation per transmitted bit have been proposed [36,37]. Here, the energy model presented in is applied to describe the energy dissipation. Assume the hardware energy dissipation is as follows :
where ETx and ERx are energy consumption of a transmitter and a receiver, respectively, t is the data packet size, Eelec denotes the energy consumption of the electronic circuitry, εfs and εmp depend on distance d between the transmitter and the receiver for maintaining an acceptable bit-error rate, and do is a threshold of the transmission. The values of simulation parameters are detailed in Table 3 .
Figures 17 and 18 show the accumulated energy consumption comparison between the TCAT scheme and the method in . Observe that the number of transmissions/receptions grows nearly linearly as the tracking sub-cluster size increases. Referring to Figure 17, compared with a network with NS = 100 and 1 ≤ n ≤ 3, a network with a larger scale (e.g., NS = 500, 1000) may have a larger cluster size, which may lead to a higher number of transmission/reception for data gathering at each round and result in a faster network resource depletion. Nonetheless, the performance of TCAT is still superior to that of the approach in .
Given n = 2, NS = 100, and R/Re = 1, Figure 12(right) shows that the tracking accuracy of TCAT is comparable to that of . Moreover, as depicted in Figure 18(left), the energy consumption of transmissions with TCAT is about 26.4% less than that of and in Figure 18(right) the energy consumption of receptions with TCAT is about 25% less than that of , which implies that the scheme in may lead to a fast network energy depletion. Accordingly, the TCAT provides better network service characteristics compared to the protocol of .
Observe that in Figures 12 and 18, although the performance of TCAT with n = 1 leads to a lower network energy consumption, compared with those of TCAT with n = 2 ∼ 4, it results in a larger target localization error. Moreover, due to high correlation of sensing data in time and spatial domains, the sub-cluster with n > 2 members may lead to undesired sensing redundancy. Therefore, considering the trade-off between performance and network energy consumption, the TCAT with n = 2 may be a good choice for the tracking task.
Because of the resource-constrained sensors, feasible wireless sensor-based tracking systems require more breakthroughs in terms of network architecture, system design, and data processing techniques. In order to achieve good tracking quality, the number of sensors chosen for target positioning may be dynamically adjusted based on the available target and sensor information. Thus, incorporating the target motion information into cooperative positioning schemes with multiple sensors may be a good strategy to improve the estimation accuracy. Future plans will involve generalizing the method to implement a prototype of the tracking system, evaluate the merits of different cooperative schemes, explore the characteristics of target mobility model, and further examine the impact of target motion information on cooperative estimation performance.
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|Table 1. The Particle Filtering Methodology.|
|Table 2. Procedures of the TCAT model for target tracking.|
|do||Transmission range R|
|Energy for data aggregation||5 nJ/bit/signal|
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Motorola is having a 30% off sale on many smartphone accessories, and if you want in on this action, you might want to move quickly. Many of the options are already out of stock, but some of what remains is available for less than you would have to pay for the same product elsewhere (but double-check beforehand, because not all of it is). What doesn't sell will remain discounted until November 27th.
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So I went to the Dr. today to get more results from a 2nd pap I had to take a week and half ago because I kept getting yeast infections, or so I thought. The Dr. told me I had a slight case of BV today, but that the Dr. had given me something to treat it last time. He gave me Clotrimazole, but after taking it for 7 days as prescribed, I didn't notice a change or it getting better at all. Since I assumed I had yeast infections I went to buy some AZO yeast pills and some Acidophillus.
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William to Kate at a Romantic Sunset: 'So, What Shall We Talk About?'
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The two posed for photos at the romantic spot, also known as Ayers Rock, in the heart of the Northern Territory, though after stepping from a white Toyota Land Cruiser upon their arrival, the pair seemed a little unsure of what to do with so many eyes on them.
"So, what shall we talk about?" William joked to Kate. He then appeared to point out features on the rock and mumbled a few words of mock conversation.
"So, that's something there," he said, almost smirking.
Kate, who had changed from her earlier dress into a cream-colored one from the high street chain Hobbs, used expressive hand gestures during their chat, giving the impression they were deep in conversation.
Kate also swatted away some flies as they spoke, and tucked her hair behind her ears, away from her face.
The spiritually significant landmark is a pilgrimage destination for tourists from all over the world and a place for romantic escapes, but after a minute of no physical interaction between the royal pair in front of the news crews, the press secretary posed them for about 30 seconds – they were smiling and doing their best not to blink while flies circled around them.
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In front of a crowd estimated at more than 5,000, Dustin Gordon hit a free throw with 2 seconds remaining in overtime to send Onalaska to a 49-48 win over rival Aquinas.
"It felt great," Gordon said. "Nothing better than beating Aquinas."
Blugolds forward Michael Conway hit three 3-pointers in the first half, and Aquinas led 27-20 at halftime. But Onalaska outscored Aquinas 13-9 in the third quarter to pull within three points. Despite two big 3-pointers to begin the 4th by Conway and Nolan Ritter, the Hilltoppers rallied back again.
Matt Thomas scored his first two points from the field to tie the game at 44 with 1:45 remaining. He had a chance to hit the game-winning shot, but could not convert.
In overtime, tied at 48, Dustin Gordon drew a foul with two seconds left and hit the free throw to give the Hilltoppers the lead.
"I mean who could have dreamed of a better scenario for these two games? Down to the last possession one game, overtime the next," Onalaska Head Coach Craig Kowal said. "Seriously?"
In the final high school meeting between Wisconsin recruit Bronson Koenig and Iowa State recruit Matt Thomas, it was the defense for both teams that shined. Koenig managed 4 points from the field and Matt Thomas managed 2. But once again, the fans in attendance saw quite a show.
"I told my assistants before the game, take a picture of this in your minds. You may not ever see this in this area again," Kowal said. "It's pretty special." | <urn:uuid:133f650e-94c5-405d-b334-7fe6db2f4cee> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.news8000.com/sports/Onalaska-tops-Aquinas-49-48-in-overtime-at-La-Crosse-Center/-/330/18366342/-/a6lwpez/-/index.html | 2013-12-05T13:36:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1386163045217/warc/CC-MAIN-20131204131725-00017-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964261 | 347 |
'He doesn't command his area," the 57-year-old Grobbelaar told BBC World Service Sport."I've likened Mignolet to worse than Dracula because at least Dracula comes out of his coffin now and then.He seems to stay on his line and that's it. That whole area, not just the six-yard area, is the goalkeeper's.'
Monday, 15 December 2014
Bruce Grobbelaar misses the better joke!
The BBC report the ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar as saying about the dropped Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet:
Surely the funnier Dracular reference relates to someone's inability to deal with crosses... | <urn:uuid:80bff58e-1b98-43fe-ac9e-15b78c7f5a3f> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.com/2014/12/bruce-grobbelaar-misses-better-joke.html | 2018-01-23T15:58:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084891980.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20180123151545-20180123171545-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.977277 | 143 |
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