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Waltonchain is committed to leading humanity into a reliable digital life, establishment of the Internet of Everything (IoE) and healthy development of a brand new business ecosystem via the blockchain technology.
The Waltonchain Cryptocurrency (WTC) is not mineable. Thus this particular Cryptocurrency is being purchased and are not mined. Furthermore, there is also a need for a certain person to buy the coins and earn interest by means of holding the coins in the wallet. The more coins, the higher interest rate you will have. WTC being a non-mineable Cryptocurrency makes it a highly valuable one, because of its limited potential to increase in size. This is mainly because of the constant supply.
WTC is mainly used as a transactional coin to be able to perform various activities off of a specific parent chain via byte free payments, reward nodes for the maintenance of network, and facilitate collaboration in between sub chains.
WTC in Numbers
The maximum circulating coins in Waltonchain or WTC Cryptocurrency is 24,898,178 WTC.
The Waltonchain or WTC Cryptocurrency was actually named after Charlie Walton who died on November 2011. It was first launched in November 2016. It is actually a joint project between Korean and Chinese developers, who aims at combining a blockchain technology and an RFID or radio frequency identification.
To be able to commemorate Charlie Walton, the project was called Waltonchain. This is to carry forward his invention and to blaze a trail to the future. The token on Waltonchain Cryptocurrency is used for circulation and the payment is called Waltoncoin, which is then called WTC. WTC is the most important digital coin in Walton ecosystem.
How is WTC Different?
What makes the Waltonchain or WTC Cryptocurrency different from others is that it is a blockchain that mainly uses a next-generation Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to be able to track items to be able to improve the supply chain management, the management of the retail stock, and to collect big-data. This is while at the same time keeping track of the clients’ details and their own distinctive preferences as well. In turn, all of this may greatly streamline the manufacturing processes as well as minimize the costs. Furthermore, it may also be invaluable in the creation of the appropriate access to the devolved hub.
Who is behind WTC?
As stated earlier, the Waltonchain or WTC Cryptocurrency was named after Charlie Walton. However, it was launched in November 2016. Furthermore, it is a joint project between Korean and Chinese developers.
The Waltonchain team is actually loaded with enough supply chain experience. One of the co-founders, Do Sanghyuk was actually previously the director of the Korean Standard Products Association. Xu Fangcheng, the other co-founder of WTC was also the Supply Chain Management Director of the Septwolves Group Ltd.
Furthermore, those who are behind the Waltonchain Cryptocurrency intend to develop it in four stages. Starting from the building of the underlying foundation, progressively extending to retail, logistics network, and finally, the integration of product manufacturers.
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Robert E. Guidry
Robert is a Partner of Kuchler Polk Weiner, LLC. Robert completed his undergraduate studies at Loyola University (B.A. 1998), where he was a member of the History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta.
Prior to law school, Robert participated in an externship for the Louisiana Supreme Court and later served as the assistant to the En Banc Attorney at the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court handling criminal matters related to post-conviction relief.
Robert received his Juris Doctor from Loyola University School of Law in 2002. While attending Loyola, he was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola Maritime Law Journal and was instrumental in establishing the journal and publishing the inaugural 2002 issue. Robert is also an active member of the Journal’s advisory board.
He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana (2003), the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, (2003) and all Louisiana State Courts (2002). He is a member of the Louisiana Bar Association.
Robert has broad experience on a range of complex matters involving the resolution of commercial litigation, oil and gas disputes, environmental law and toxic tort litigation, maritime law, and contract issues. He has managed large dockets in class actions and mass torts, products and premises liability, and personal injury including as co-counsel in multi-district litigation for claims arising from the blowout of a deepwater well in the Gulf of Mexico. | <urn:uuid:1bd96d0f-26e4-4562-a828-2420b30631e0> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://kuchlerpolk.com/robert-e-guidry/ | 2019-07-23T07:26:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195529007.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20190723064353-20190723090353-00336.warc.gz | en | 0.9614 | 319 |
- American Bar Association, Public Contract Law Section
- AGC Legislative and Legal Advisory Committees
- Sacramento County Bar Association, Construction Law Section
Practice Area(s): Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction, Public Contracts
Mike Schoenfeld’s practice actively involves all aspects of the construction industry, both federal and state, from drafting and negotiating of contract language, licensing issues, bid protests, consultation during construction and through dispute resolution. Mike's clients include public and private owners, general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties, construction managers, and consultants. Matters frequently involve issues concerning contract claims, delay, loss of productivity, liens, stop notices, and bond claims. Mike has a particular interest and expertise in ADR processes, both as an advocate as well as an active mediator and arbitrator.
Mike has successfully acted as an arbitrator and mediator on more than 150 matters. Virtually all of the cases have concerned the construction industry, with many involving multiple parties. As an advocate, virtually all of the matters for which Mike is retained as counsel resolve themselves through the mediation process. Overall, Mike has participated in well over 300 mediations and arbitrations and successfully negotiated several takeover agreements with sureties related to general contractor and subcontractor defaults. Additionally, Mike is a certified Arbitrator with the Public Works Contract Arbitration Program. He serves on the American Arbitration Association Panel as both an arbitrator and mediator.
Mike is listed in the 2007 through 2022 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, the 2007 through 2021 editions of Northern California Super Lawyers, and in Sacramento Magazine's Top Lawyers List in 2015 through 2021. He was named in Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar List in 2017 and 2019, which recognizes top local attorneys who have been nominated by their peers and vetted by a panel of their peers. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mike was named Best Lawyers’ Sacramento Lawyer of the Year for Construction Law in 2015, 2017, and 2019, and named Sacramento Lawyer of the Year for Construction Litigation in 2022.
Hastings College of Law
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Workplace safety and occupational health & safety
MTS pays particular attention to work-related injury and occupational disease prevention. One of the key mechanisms for the prevention of occupational injuries is the accurate, timely assessment and smart management of potential workplace risks. In 2019, the Company developed a relevant standard used by its branches in implementing preventive measures. MTS also held a series of events for contractor managers on safe working at height.
Division heads and employee representatives are involved in the monitoring and development process for annual branch-specific occupational health & safety plans for the forthcoming year, as well as in the identification of initiatives to improve working conditions and occupational health & safety based on the results of special assessments of workplace conditions.
Every year, the Company assesses the effectiveness of its occupational health & safety (OHS) management system through quantitative measures enabling objective evaluation of the OHS policy implementation. Each region is assessed individually. The assessment results are then reviewed to identify specific measures to improve and enhance OHS management.
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The mystery genre is one of the most robust in literature, theater and film as it has a superior ability to involve the reader in the unfolding of drama. The group show "In the Private Eye," currently on view at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York City, reflects this same level of engagement by inviting the viewer to join with six artists in the investigation of a series of crimes, cover-ups, and historical narratives.
The artists Amy Westpfahl and Dannielle Tegeder tackle the subject of "missing persons" in their respective ongoing projects. In the town of Thiells, NY, Westpfahl came across a cemetery, whose anonymous but numbered graves belonged to patients from Letchworth Village- a state run facility for the "Feeble-minded and Epileptic." In the Letchworth Village Project (2006-2008), Westpfahl casts herself as the protagonist in the narrative-- a race against time-- to identify these oft forgotten members of society before land developers take over the property. Dannielle Tegeder's installation The New York Index of the Invisible (2008) confronts viewers with the grisly reality of a multitude of unsolved crimes in New York State. Like a set from the crime television show "CSI," the installation is papered with missing person notices, maps, evidence bags, archival documents, a computer terminal, and a haunting slideshow of the victims. Simultaneously institutional and personal Tegeder's installation implores us to be more than idle spectators to these crimes.
Dannielle Tegeder, The New York Index of the Invisible, 2008
Venturing into the realm of the spy thriller, both Carlos Motta and Trevor Paglen investigate secrets of American government and military institutions. In SOA: Black and White Tales (2005-2007) Motta turns his eye to the School of the Americas (SOA), the controversial Pentagon funded military training academy for Latin American soldiers (and some would be dictators). With a simple blackboard wall drawing and newsprint handout, Motta traces this organization's history and operations, drawing attention to the nefarious involvement of the US in Latin American politics. Trevor Paglen's abstract triptych San Nicolas Islands (2007) is another group of his long-range photos of classified American military sites. Paglen's photographs of these Pacific Islands (used as missile testing grounds) reveal very little about their subject, however, this artful evidence of their existence sparks curiosity and begs further investigation.
Carlos Motta, SOA: Black and White Tales, 2005-2007
Unearthing the truth takes an entirely different form in works of Nin Brudermann and Anna Von Mertens. Brudermann's mystery found her, by way of a chest of drawers in the basement of her apartment. In it she found bank statements, video rental ID, photographs and letters, all items that pointed to a money laundering scheme involving a Chilean fish company and someone named Aurelio Z. Part installation, part interactive performance, Aurelio Z (2006/8) inserts the viewer directly into the investigation. Allowing us the freedom to follower her line of inquiry or take on the mystery ourselves. In Anna Von Mertens' embroidery series Dawn she adopts as her subject a 19th Century pioneer family who made an arduous journey from Illinois to California. Rather than simply investigating the historical evidence of this journey, Von Mertens looks for clues about their travels through the landscape�in particular the skies. By observing rotational patterns of the stars, her investigation looks beyond material evidence for answers, and presents them as rich tapestries. Sherlock Holmes once chastised his poor assistant Dr. Watson by saying, "You see, but you do not observe," and the artists of "In the Private Eye" confront us, the viewer, with the same charge. Aided by technology and increased access to information these artists place themselves in the role of the investigator and reveal to us mysteries and narratives that, while existing in plain view, must be made visible. - Caitlin Jones
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Progressive Car Insurance in New York – Is Progressive Good for New Yorkers?
Last Updated on March 20, 2022
As a driver in New York, you know how important it is to have insurance. A good insurance policy gives you the peace of mind you need while driving in New York’s notoriously difficult traffic. There are so many different insurance companies vying to have you as a customer, and it can be difficult to determine which one is going to offer the best value for you.
Progressive is a popular national insurer that is known for its low rates and comprehensive policies. While they generally have a good reputation, you may be wondering how their rates compare in New York State specifically. Here’s what you need to know about Progressive’s coverage in New York before you sign up.
Progressive was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio. In the 1950s and ‘60s, they made a name for themselves by insuring drivers that other companies considered too risky. Over time, they’ve grown to become one of the largest car insurance companies in the United States. They are known for their innovative, tech-savvy approach, as they were one of the first major insurance companies to have a fully functioning website and later was one of the first to introduce a smartphone app as well. In addition to traditional car insurance, they insure other types of vehicles, such as RVs and motorcycles. They also provide commercial auto insurance and home insurance.
Progressive’s Rates in New York
Progressive states that their average monthly rate for a car insurance policy in New York is $223. While this is relatively high when compared with Progressive’s rates in other states, it is about average for car insurance in New York, which tends to have higher insurance rates than other states.
NerdWallet has compared car insurance rates in New York among some of the largest insurance providers, including Progressive. In general, Progressive’s pricing is about average – they aren’t the cheapest in any category, but they also aren’t the most expensive. Progressive offers good deals for certain types of drivers. They’re one of the most affordable options for drivers who have had a DUI or other traffic violations. They’re also one of the cheapest options for married couples.
Progressive Car Insurance Coverage in New York
Progressive is known for having a broad range of coverage types available, and this is no different for New Yorkers. New Yorkers will be able to purchase all of their minimum bodily injury and property damage liability coverage, as well as personal injury protection and uninsured motorist coverage, which are also required by New York State.
Progressive also offers Optional Basic Economic Loss, or OBEL coverage, which is only available in New York State. This option provides up to $25,000 in extra coverage for things like lost wages, medical bills, and other rehabilitation costs if you were to get into an accident. They also offer collision coverage, which pays for your expenses if you collide with another car or object while driving, regardless of who was at fault. Progressive’s collision coverage is unique in that they also offer protection for your pet if they are in the car with you. They also offer comprehensive coverage, which pays for things like vandalism, weather damage, fire damage, and more.
Progressive Policy Options and Add-ons
With a Progressive policy, you’ll also have the option for add-ons, such as their roadside assistance program. Progressive’s roadside assistance program provides towing and other services if your car breaks down while you’re traveling. Other add-on benefits you can choose from include gap insurance, insurance for custom parts, and rental car reimbursement. You can customize your car insurance policy to suit your needs. Progressive also has a unique deductible savings bank feature. For every six months that you go without a claim, Progressive will subtract $50 from your deductible.
Progressive also offers plenty of discounts for their drivers, including a VIN discount, which is available for all drivers in New York. This means you’ll save money if you have your VIN etched onto your windshield. Some of the other discounts they offer include multi-car discounts, good student discounts, homeowner discounts, and automatic payment discounts. They also have the Snapshot program, which uses your smartphone to track your driving and reward you for good driving behaviors.
Progressive Customer Service
If you prefer to purchase and manage your car insurance entirely online and don’t want to have to go through an agent, Progressive could be the right insurer for you. They have an excellent website where you can get a quote and compare your rates to competitors. Once you’ve found the right policy for your needs, it’s easy to purchase it. You can then manage your payments and other aspects of your policy using their website or their mobile app. You can easily file claims online or through the app, and you can check the status of the claim at any time while it is processing. However, you can also make a claim over the phone if you prefer.
Progressive also gets good ratings from organizations that rate the financial stability of insurance companies. They have an A+ rating from AM Best, as well as strong ratings from Standard & Poor and Moody’s. This means that they are very financially stable and can be trusted to pay their claims regardless of the current financial climate. Progressive also has a lower than average complaint ratio, which means they get fewer complaints when compared to the number of policies they write.
Final Word on Progressive Auto Insurance in New York
Overall, Progressive is a good choice for New York drivers. They have plenty of unique coverage options that let you customize your policy to suit your needs. While they aren’t the absolute cheapest on the market, their policies are generally affordable, particularly for drivers who have already had DUIs. Progressive is also a particularly good choice for tech-savvy drivers who like to manage their policies online.
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I don’t recall quite when I first noticed Dennis Grunes and started reading his reviews and blog. Seems a long time ago. I do recall meeting him in Portland perhaps in 2005 or 6. He came to some screening of mine (private), I forget of which film. Later I went to visit him at his apartment on the northeast side of Portland. Hardly enough time to call him a friend, but I liked him, and what he did, and think of him as a friend despite the very limited real-world contact. What he does is about the opposite of what I do. He watches 2 or 3 or is it 4 or 5 films each day, and writes concise, intelligent reviews of them. Films of all kinds and times – old, very old, brand new and everything in between. I hardly ever watch films – instead I make them.
Dennis has a pretty severe diabetes problem which has slowly nibbled away at him, and periodically leaves him adrift and in need of help, and lands him in the hospital seeming to be at life’s edge. After I left Portland in 2006 I recall him having what seemed a particularly bad bout and I contacted a handful of friends asking them to drop by and see if they could offer a hand, as I would have had I still lived there. One, Jane Wilcox, did, and has apparently been going by a few times a week for some time now, helping with shopping and such things, for which I am deeply grateful. She’s been a real dear, helping, as well as keeping me apprised of Dennis’ condition. A week and some ago I dropped by with her to see him, which was a treat for me. I hope it was in some way for him.
Given his condition I am rather amazed at his stamina, when after one or another bout with the ravages of diabetes, when he’s at risk of losing a foot, or his eyes dim still more, or he’s in hospital flickering near “the end,” he seems to bounce back, immediately sit down to see another fistful of films and write his reviews. It would be one thing if his reviews were just opinions, but he has an ability to briefly give a sense of a film, tying into a to me vast knowledge of film and its history, and convey things in a way that has prompted me to want to see any number of obscure works I had never heard of. In some odd way, my vision of Dennis is weirdly that I see him as heroic – which is again, utterly contrary to my views of life: I don’t believe in heroes, or geniuses or the ideas and concepts that do. We’re all just people, constricted by our own circumstances, and do what we do, for better or worse. Dennis has taken a pretty harsh hand dealt to him, and managed to find something possible for him to do, and something he clearly loves, and make the most of it. His blog, www.grunes.wordpress.com, is, for anyone interested or engaged with cinema, a priceless compendium of intelligence and insight, touching on a oceanic range of films. It strikes me as a kind of personal catalog of the cinema and should stand as a kind of reference source for a long time to come.
As I left a week ago, I gave Dennis DVDs of two of my most recent films. A few days later, he wrote this:
IMAGES OF A LOST CITY (Jon Jost, 2011)
“I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.” ― José Saramago
Prolific Jon Jost’s videographed Imagens de uma cidade perdida, from Portugal and South Korea, now that I’ve seen it, replaces Lars von Trier’s Melancholia as my choice for the best “film” of 2011. Jost has written about “the Portuguese inclination towards fatalism and sadness,” their saudade. His portrait of modern Lisbon perhaps suggests this (although this would not have occurred to me had I not read Jost’s remark), but reflects as well its mirror-image, the sadness that derives from the gradual loss of everything to Time. Jost has dedicated Imagens to his young daughter, Clara. (For an explanation of the tragic situation involved, see my essay on his 2006 Passages.) Poetic and never poetical, it is a documentary that ferrets out glimpses of human and material disrepair. Only children at play and hands at work hammering pieces of stone into the sand to create an alley pathway—something for future feet—escape the pervasive tenor of loss, exhaustion, dilapidation. We witness people who are being, or feeling, left behind in a globalized city dropping from its historical and cultural stature into the Third World.
Jost casts his camera behind and under places and structures, favoring peoples’ backs. (A mischievous boy, though, pops his face into the camera; we enjoy following his vivid shirt to the far back of the frame and again up front.) The framing divides and otherwise restricts exterior space. The opening static, long-held shot is behind a residential structure—a house, I think—and another, an apartment building, with an alley in between the two. Children play. On a bench, closer to us, her back towards us, a solitary older woman sits; at one point, the boy mockingly kisses her and is reprimanded, presumably by his mother. The woman sits and sits; is she observing, or simply staring into space? Is she as much remembering as living?—inside her head in the past, or in the moment? Eventually she is joined by a neighbor her age. They softly converse. What of life has slipped away from them? Both are nearly as stationary as the camera—so much so, in fact, that when the first woman, alone, reaches once to the ground, this motion of hers perplexes and unsettles.
Jost’s video passes between substantiality and abstraction; sometimes, abstract images are conjoined with clear, immediate sounds, or substantial images are conjoined with abstract sounds, the echo-y or distant sounds of seeming voices of the past. Images also pass between color and monochrome. An overhead long-shot, seemingly black-and-white, studies children at play in the street. They resemble the blind, groping, evolutionary beetles in Robert Browning’s poem “Two in the Campagna.” Individually some of them may have futures; but, visually, vertically, the group of them, however young, are imagined lost to Time. In time, most everything we see and hear in this “film” becomes a metaphor.
The governing one, because it evolves into a metaphor for the creative process that is generating Imagens, as well as a wider metaphor for the narrow, peripherally blind purposefulness of our laboring lives, shows masculine hands at work constructing the aforementioned pathway. The activity is “in the moment,” direct and immediate, except that the abstraction achieved by focusing only on hands almost feverishly busy amidst speechlessness and the alienating sound of hammer on stone, consigns it to something more elusive than a material dimension. Later, a dissolve restores the activity, now approaching completion, to our view. Both passages seem to be in black and white—until a glimpse of a worker’s blue jeans enters the frame: as quietly explosive a visual gesture as when the woman on the bench reached momentarily to the ground. Is it an illusion that the present seems capable of redeeming, however briefly, whatever has been lost to Time?
For a long time, Imagens remains out of doors, in a way separating us, as well as the people themselves, from the stability of their lives. Eventually, the camera is indoors—for instance, at a window observing a municipal bus, as well as other traffic, outside. Darkness; covered with blinds, the window—or another window—is doubly mysterious. Jost applies distortion to create the illusion that the venetian blinds and window are undulating—breathing. It is a blind and labored—a mortal—breath. Sound, also, seems distant, ghostly. The occupants of the house or apartment, although it is their own struggle, are themselves blind to the struggle at the window.
Imagens de uma cidade perdida, outdoors again, closes on an older gentleman occupying a bench. The image startles for two reasons. This bench, on the street, isn’t shot from behind; we are given a lateral view. The solitary occupant, moreover, seems to be in the throes of anguish or terrible pain. Rather than sitting upright and facing forward, he is all over the bench, as though he were using it to hold himself together. We are seeing how he feels—for whatever cause. Jost doesn’t budge the camera, and we cannot help but see. Is it Portugal’s experience of fascism, which an earlier inserted passage addressed, what is weighing on this man? Is his health, like his city, in disrepair? We do not know, we will never know; but we cannot help but see.
Lisbon is a city that has never meant anything to me. Now it will haunt me for the rest of my life.
I note that while Imagens de uma cidade perdida played at the Rotterdam Festival, 2011, and was in competition at the Yamagata Documentary Festival in Japan in October 2011, it was rejected by a fistful of other festivals, among them the Margaret Meade, Florence Documentary, Bilbao, DocLisboa, Lisboa Indie, DOCSDF (Mexico City), Mumbai and Busan and Jeonju (Korea) fests. Win some, lose a lot.
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Facebook has announced its new cryptocurrency, Libra. Rumours had been circulating for several days and today several important details have been published. In recent days Bakkt has also announced that on July 22nd the futures trading phase will begin. Bitcoin has certainly benefited from all this media coverage (or FOMO).
Justin Sun, the founder of Tron (TRX), is also of the same opinion.
— Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) June 18, 2019
Bitcoin: Hashrate and active addresses
Friday’s hashrate reached 62’246’627 TH/s, an all-time high (ATH) in Bitcoin’s history. Though last year’s record was surpassed only by a few TH/s, in fact, in August 2018 BTC reached 61 PH/s.
At the end of 2018, due to the bearish market, the hashrate collapsed to 30 PH/s and then a rapid recovery began during 2019.
Another interesting fact is the number of active addresses per day. The first time BTC exceeded 1 million active addresses in 24 hours was November 2017 when 1 BTC was worth $9352 and the average fee was $3.23.
It happened again on Friday: over 1 million addresses were active and the fees paid by users were on average $1.33 (data: Coinmetrics). These numbers hadn’t been seen for a long time.
Among the technical reasons that are favouring the growth of the value of Bitcoin, there is also the approaching of the so-called “Halving”. The first halving took place in 2012: the reward for a block had decreased from 50 BTC to 25 BTC. The second, on the other hand, occurred in 2016 and went from 25 to 12.5 BTC per block. In both cases, as a direct effect of the reduction in supply, there was an increase in the value of the cryptocurrency.
The next halving is now imminent. In 11 months’ time, in fact, the reward for miners will be halved from 12.5 BTC per block to 6.25 BTC per block. The inflation rate will fall below 2%. The following halving will, therefore, occur in 2024 and 1 block reward will correspond to 3,125 BTC, the rate of inflation will fall below 1%, perhaps even below 0.5%. | <urn:uuid:102a3d93-f4d0-4b28-8e1f-b0c02b3f7ad2> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2019/06/18/bitcoin-hashrate-active-addresses/ | 2019-10-20T18:07:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986717235.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20191020160500-20191020184000-00204.warc.gz | en | 0.976344 | 486 |
It’s all in the planning
In an ideal world, your accountant would allocate their time equally with every client. They’d allocate time to help each client focus on their business and to help plan their future. It’s often said that “silence is golden” but realistically it’s “the squeaky wheel that gets oiled.” Accountants have limited time and it’s often the most proactive clients or those with noticeable issues that receive their attention.
So it pays to call them and let them know that you are the squeaky wheel. Contact them to organise a planning meeting before the end of the tax year…not after. Expecting your accountant to give you tax advice after the tax year has ended is like asking for a parachute after you’ve jumped from the plane. Your accountant will have much more chance of helping you if you give them time to recommend changes you can make before it’s too late.
Pay your accountant for accounting, not administration!
If your accountant, like so many others, charges their fees by the hour, organise your information. You don’t want to pay for them sorting your records – ask them for a checklist of what they want you to provide them. Being organised will save your accountant time and lower their final invoice. If they have to contact you for missing information and records, your work will not only be delayed – you’ll end up paying more.
Understand your accountant’s fee structure
We regularly hear stories about the shocks that some people get when they receive their accountant’s final invoice. Ask for an estimate before they start work and get them to tell you how their fees are calculated. For example: Will they charge you for office disbursements in addition to their professional fees? But remember, you are also in control – provide the information they ask and demand they contact you before they exceed the estimate. There may be a good reason why they need more time – perhaps your accounts are more complex than previously thought. Or they may need to do some tax planning to see how they can legitimately save you tax. | <urn:uuid:9725a8b5-5028-4ce9-8606-de05f47b4431> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://chakrapartners.com/three-steps-to-manage-your-accountants-fees-and-build-a-proactive-partnership-with-them/ | 2017-10-23T07:45:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825812.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20171023073607-20171023093607-00427.warc.gz | en | 0.968658 | 441 |
Tonight (probably last night by the time you read this) was the November Juice New Music night at the Green Door store, which was their last night there before they move to their new venue, The Haunt. Ice Black Birds were originally billed as the headliners, but as the gig approached, some “special guests” were added to the bill, and the gig transformed into a hometown gig for The Ordinary Boys, who have got back together to do a proper farewell tour.
I only caught the last few songs by first act Elle Kaye. Maybe I’d come in too late, or maybe my tastes lie elsewhere, but they didn’t really push my buttons. Next up were BirdEatsBaby, who you may have spotted gracing the front cover of Unsigned Magazine which is doing the rounds around town. They had a much stronger look and a much stronger sound (in my opinion), but tucking away the frontwoman at the side of the stage didn’t do them any favours. I reckon they need to sign up a keyboard player to bring the band to their full potential. Next up were Ice Black Birds, who had the Ordinary Boys not been around, would have made great headliners. They sounded great, they had the songs, and they looked as if they needed to be in a band playing their music. Definitely ones to watch. And then The Ordinary Boys, who made it all look so effortless. Preston is much smaller in real life, but on stage he had so much presence. They had the advantage of songs that were familiar to some of the audience (although somewhat surprisingly, the crowd wasn’t packed with Ordinary Boys fans), and rounded off their set with Boys Will Be Boys.
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Fox Homers Again For Orioles
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Jake Fox wants to do more than just hit his way onto the Baltimore Orioles’ roster. He wants to be in the everyday lineup.
On Thursday, Fox launched a pair of two-run homers as Baltimore beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-3.
Fox has eight homers, the most in the majors in spring training. He’s homered four times in his past three starts.
“I’m trying to leave no doubt that I should be a daily part of this team,” Fox said. “Coming into spring training, that’s the biggest thing I wanted to prove. I know what I’m capable of doing, but I don’t think they do. I want to show them exactly what I can bring to this lineup. From there, it’s out of my control.”
Fox, 28, is out of minor league options, but has a good chance to be one of manager Buck Showalter’s picks for the bench. Fox can play first base, catcher, left field and third base, and would be valuable insurance if Derrek Lee, who’s out with a sore back, starts the season on the disabled list.
“Buck knows I want to play every day, but right now, I know that’s not where I fit in with this team,” Fox said. “I’m going to be a role player, and Buck knows I’m going to do that to the best of my ability. But, hopefully, I’m showing him I can play every day somewhere down the road.”
The Orioles acquired Fox in June by trading right-hander Ross Wolf to Oakland. Fox played 38 games for Baltimore and hit .220 with five homers.
“Oakland wanted me to just be a bench player,” Fox said. “I’d never done that before. When I came over here, it was a fight just to get my swing back.”
In 16 games this spring, Fox is hitting .356 with 12 RBIs. He capped Baltimore’s six-run third inning with a two-run homer off right-hander Ross Ohlendorf.
“Fox is a good hitter,” Ohlendorf said. “I’ve seen him do really well before. When he first came up with the Cubs (in 2009), he did really well.”
Ohlendorf worked three innings and gave up six runs on eight hits. The right-hander got two strikeouts.
“I feel like I made good pitches, even though the results weren’t indicative of that,” Ohlendorf said. “I kept the ball down when I wanted to much better than before.
In four outings, Ohlendorf has a 10.24 ERA. Of the 50 batters he’s faced, 23 have reached base.
Orioles starter Chris Tillman pitched four innings and allowed one unearned run on three hits. He walked three and struck out one.
Tillman, a right-hander, is fighting for the fifth spot in Baltimore’s starting rotation.
“I force myself not to think about it,” Tillman said. “I’ve got to go out there and get better. I’m looking more toward the long run. I’m happy with my progress so far.”
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Ending a long-term relationship is not easy. But, when heart gives a jerk and murmurs to part with your partner, you get no other option than bidding adieu gracefully. Breaking up a partnership which does not match well can be good for both, though hard-liners disagree with this opinion. However, once you go through some facts why you need to end an unhealthy relationship, you will definitely be having some props to reason with yourself and those hard-liners- although reasons and counter-reasons do not work at all when heart gets torn apart.
Breaking up can be difficult for many people, though there are others who find starting a new life without their ex’s more comfortable. Still, doing it is really harder than saying it in an easier way. But, you can’t carry an ailing relationship any longer, and better put an end to it.
Knowing how to end a relationship is considered to be one of the most vital points you will ever have to do in dating. After all, how put an end to a relationship will finally affect the issues you carry with you to the next one. Though, while bidding adieu has never been an easy thing, it is an essential part of dating.
The comfort of long-term partnership:
Putting an end to a relationship that has been in place for several years may be especially difficult. Most of the times people stick to a relationship much longer than they should. The reason behind this is that they have become comfortable with the present situation, in spite of having several differences of opinion and causes of unhappiness.
Invoke an image of ideal relationship:
Before you break up a long term relationship, check whether you both loved each other but know not how you broke away while treading the path of love. Consider thinking in terms of inborn qualities, rather than physical attributes. Then only decide what you expect from the relationship.
Think how sex life has been:
A sex starved life can never be enjoyable and is fairly dull. Exciting bed life can make both of you remain true to each other. But, when it misses due to inability of any of you or both, it can go ghastly and experience a worst end you could never think of. What do you stick to such an unsatisfactory partnership for? Sex satisfaction is the main prop for a happy partnership when frequent grumbling about it can be a killer cause to end a partnership. So, when you find it in between you, you need to make an end, especially at younger stage.
Take to direct and honest approach:
If you have decided to break up, you should be bold enough to say the truth on the face, but with a direct and honest approach. You should state the reasons you feel about the relationship. You should avoid accusing your partner in every way. You should be sounding still loving him or her while that reassures your partner that you want him or her to be happy.
While going on dating your partner, you need to be cautiously enthusiastic. You must look forward to meeting new people but never place any unrealistic expectations on them, in any stage if relation starts to roll. You should learn how to break up a relation when you enter it. If it is found out to be unhealthy and mismatching, it needs to be broken up at the stage showing you these characteristics. The sooner, the better. | <urn:uuid:3ada9eb6-6f05-4b71-af0c-694dfa3ed7ae> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://voklee.com/tips-how-to-end-a-long-term-relationship/ | 2018-07-18T14:02:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590199.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718135047-20180718155047-00183.warc.gz | en | 0.959484 | 691 |
In a most recent development in Westgate, Sandton area in Harare, members of the community now doubt the commitment of the Harare City Council towards road safety. The community road network has been reduced to craters of potholes much to skidding and veering off of vehicles, posing a threat to pupils who use the road daily.
This anomaly has remained unattended since 2017. The community is convinced that the authorities have failed to take up initiatives towards sprucing up the roads in violation of their right to development. One of the members of the community, Kudzanayi Mhavhumashava expressed his anger, registering that ” Our children are being exposed to accidents due to errant drivers and the problem of potholes has worsened the situation”. Other members, who preferred anonymity went on to blame the representatives of the constituency for their failure to account for the constituency.
Efforts to engage the authorities have hit the brick wall since they also bemoan the lack of funds specifically allocated for road infrastructure development.
In order to mitigate the effects of potholes, community motorists and youths alike have taken up initiatives to cover the potholes with river sad. However, the rain season has dealt a blow over all those temporary efforts by the community. | <urn:uuid:57edaf15-603d-4316-bdee-73fc3575d1e5> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | http://ubumbanovoice.com/2021/11/02/westgate-residents-in-harare-bemoans-poor-roads/ | 2023-09-29T13:09:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510516.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20230929122500-20230929152500-00592.warc.gz | en | 0.970214 | 264 |
The number of deaths in children under five worldwide declined from 12.7 million in 1990 to 6.3 million in 2013, in spite of population growth (UN estimates). Such progress results from diverse efforts to improve nutrition and healthcare globally. For example, measles vaccines saved approximately 14 million lives from 2000 to 2013. Nonetheless, still over 6 million children die before their 5th birthday each year, so the efforts must continue. Reduce child mortality is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations.
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As much as we’d like it to be, life in China isn’t perfect. It’s inevitable that we’ll face challenges, disagreements, and confrontations in our lives as expats in a foreign country. Whether it’s with your Chinese girlfriend/boyfriend, your Chinese boss, or the Chinese delivery guy, knowing how to handle a confrontation in China is immensely useful. Here are some dos and don'ts of dealing with confrontation for expats living in China.
Photo: Buster Benson
A universally applicable piece of advice, it’s important to listen to what the other person has to say when you’re dealing with a confrontation in China. Even if your aggressor is ranting and being rude, let them say their piece. If they start repeating themselves, then perhaps it’s time to jump in.
The thinking behind this is that Chinese people tend to shout at and over each other when in an argument. If you actually show you’re listening and considering their point of view, it may well throw them off and go a long way to resolving the situation.
“Dying on a hill” isn’t a great way to approach a confrontation in China. Obviously the two parties want or think different things, so every mediator’s favorite word, “compromise”, is your best way out of the situation quickly.
We’re in the Middle Kingdom, so try to find that middle ground. This is realistically your best option, especially if you want to avoid endless arguing and/or a crowd gathering around you. Chinese people are used to negotiating on everything, so this is a very agreeable solution. Just be prepared to go back and forth before settling on something that’s mutually agreeable. It’s the Chinese way!
It’s easy to deviate from the issue at hand, but it’s also common sense that bringing up other issues won’t help you resolve the current one. For example, maybe your washing machine broke because you put your shoes in it and your landlord has refused to pay for the repairs. Now is NOT the time to talk about who pays the water bill, that you need new keys made, or that the WiFi is slow.
Deal with one thing at a time. Picking your battles is very important when navigating conflict in China.
Respecting elders is immensely important in Chinese society due to a long held Confucius-endorsed belief in filial piety. If you find yourself in a confrontation with an older Chinese person, therefore, do your best to be polite, listen to what they have to say, and try to resolve the dispute peacefully.
If they are at fault, it’s okay to point that out, but try to avoid causing them to lose face and discuss things away from other people. It’s also a good idea to use polite forms of address, such as nín (您 - you), shūshu (叔叔 - uncle), ayí (阿姨 - auntie), yéyé (爷爷 - granddad), or nǎinai (奶奶 - grandma). Your older adversary will likely appreciate your consideration and will hopefully be more accommodating when working to resolve the issue.
Easier said than done, I’m aware, but getting angry in China means you lose face, and that isn’t going to get you anywhere. Also, remember that confrontations are a spectator sport in China, especially if you're loud, so try to keep the issue between yourself and the other person.
It’s okay to feel frustrated or angry, especially when there’s a language barrier, but do your best not to show it. Don’t yell and don’t lose your cool. It will only count against you.
No matter what the cause of your confrontation, don’t get personal. Avoid name calling, don’t insult your opponent’s character, and certainly don’t say anything that generalizes China or Chinese people.
Making these kind of remarks out of anger will not help your cause and may put you farther away from resolving the situation. You also might leave a bad impression of foreigners in that person’s mind (and whoever else might be watching). If you can’t play nice for your own good, do it for the rest of us!
Whether your confrontation is in English or Chinese, dropping a nasty swear word in either language is an easy way to derail your conversation and lead to a full-blown fight. Most Chinese people recognize the F-word, even if they don’t always understand the context in which it’s being used. Hearing it will almost definitely instantly put them on the front foot, and your discussion will be pretty much downhill from there.
Like it or not, you’re likely to have a confrontation or three as an expat living in China. It might be over something big, like a traffic accident, or something small, like someone cutting in line. Regardless of the situation or who is involved, remember to follow these dos and don’ts. If you do, you’ll hopefully be able to defuse or resolve the situation in a way that satisfies both parties.
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Whenever I get into the personal space of Chinese people I don't know, whether it's in an elevator, on the street, or in the subway, I simply bow, preferably low. The lower, the better. I open a lot of doors for Chinese people. I try to smile at people who look like they're having a bad day or wave softly. I always salute Security (Bao An) and ignore the Police (Jin Cha). I make funny faces at children and give high-fives to students. If I am having a tough day, or things aren't going my way, I say a few lines of the Chinese mantra (oh mi tou fo) and take a deep breath. I never forget that this country and this people have showered me with kindness, given me an education and provided me an honest living for the past 10 years. I once had a spat with my landlord and he threatened me by calling the police. He was in the wrong because I was a good tenant. I ended up leaving a month early and giving up my security deposit. When he came to confirm that I had left, I was on my hands and knees, scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush, making it spic and span before I left. Needless to say that he was shocked. He didn't say a word. I may have lost a bit of money, but at least I walked away still carrying my dignity...
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RE: Regrettable Food
Found both this and the "Food Writing" topics to be of much interest and the "Gallery of Regrettable Foods" website to which Lone Star provided us a link to be both of great interest and to offer great enjoyment. Only problem with that website is that I remember too well too many of the cookbooks and particulary of the product advertisements featured in it. Visiting it is like something else I do more and more frequently these days; go to a museum and realize I grew up with over half the items displayed in it. Both these forum topics and the website, tho, reminded me of recently having to handle the farm and home sale for and nursing home entry of an aged widowed cousin with no immediate family. She was a home ec teacher, a really great cook, and a person who loved to cook, experiment with foods & recipes, entertain, take food to shutins, etc. She had a number of cookbooks and quite a collection or recipes, a few of which I bought. Just wish I had bought more of them. The most interesting one I did buy was "The New Art", created by General Electric Kitchen Institute, price $1, published 1935. It features a wealth of recipes, some of which are familiar and some of which sound quite delicious, and all of which "read" better than the accompanying food photos "look". Most interesting in this little book are the photos of, articles re use of (really "introduction to the product" advertisements) for GE's new electric refrigerator, electric range, electric dishwasher (had no idea the dishwasher had been invented by 1935), and electric mixer. The title "The New Art" refers to "the new art of living electrically". Quite a fascinating little book. Another interesting little book I bought was "Famous Recipes from Old New Orleans", published by Godchaux Sugars, Inc. sometimes in the late 1930's. Although titled "Famous Recipes", it really contains more "household hints" than recipes.
More along the lines of the website, I bought three books published during period 1950 to 1953, "Successful Entertaining at Home" (which contains some recipes), "Complete Book of Interior Decorating", and "Secrets of Charm" to give to a little grand niece, age 7. When she gets a bit older thought she might find it interesting to compare these topics in her time with how they were some 50 to 60 years earlier. Not related at all to Roadfood, but also bought her two girls fiction novels published in the late 1910's, early 1920's. Boy, in fiction, have things changed during the last 90+ years, for the fiction/entertainment stories in these old books are nearly totally "moralilty tales". Fear we've gone about 360 degrees from that with most publications, even somewhat in kids' publications, these days. | <urn:uuid:dd8a5558-0ed2-4d4f-ab2d-8fc0b4216a42> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/m26910.aspx?print=true | 2015-07-29T09:44:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042986357.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002306-00171-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97756 | 591 |
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For an intensive, play-by-play recap of the win over Union, click here.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — In three games against Clarkson in the ECAC quarterfinals, Cornell men’s hockey failed to put up more than 18 shots in any of the three contests, forced to capitalize on a mere few scoring chances to take the three-game series.
Just one week later, in the ECAC semifinals against a superior team in Union, Cornell put up more shots in a 20 minute frame than in any Clarkson contest, en route to a 4-1 victory and a spot in the championship match against Harvard.
“That was the turning point in our season,” senior forward Eric Freschi said of games two and three against Clarkson. “Our season was on the line after we lost game one, then we fought back and won two games. That really showed the character of our team.”
Friday night’s opening period was tied for the most shots in a single period for the 2016-17 Cornell team, with the other 21-shot frame coming in the second period of a 5-2 win over Northern Michigan at the Florida College Classic. The team that struggled to get out of its own end at times against Clarkson flipped the script to open the game, and held one of the country’s most potent offenses to a seven-shot first period.
“A word was thrown around that we underestimated this team,” said Union head coach Rick Bennett. “I have no idea why we would ever think that going into this game, but that’s the mindset sometimes of a college guy.”
The focus for Cornell going into the semifinal matchup — like any team’s gameplan against Union would be — was trying to figure out how to limit the country’s finest in Mike Vecchione and Spencer Foo, both of whom are finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. In two regular season games, the combination of Vecchione and Foo amassed a total of six points on the Red.
On Friday, the duo had only one — a Foo assist on his team’s only goal. For Cornell head coach Mike Schafer ’86, senior forward and captain Jake Weidner — selected as the ECAC’s best defensive forward — was the key to that accomplishment the third time around.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that [Vecchione] should win the Hobey Baker Award,” Schafer said. “[Weidner] has gone head to head against Vecchione in three-straight games, and he hasn’t given up a five-on-five goal against him. He leads by example and our guys follow him.”
Rather than just limiting Vecchione and Foo, the team put forth its own onslaught on Union’s Alex Sakellaropoulos, and the Union netminder did all he could to keep his team afloat by denying everything Cornell threw at him in the first.
But 3:23 into the second period, Cornell freshman forward Noah Bauld became the first to solve the Red’s opponent in net. Linemate Dwyer Tschantz’s shot hit post, then bounced right to Bauld’s waiting stick, and the freshman sent the no-doubter into the back of the net to put the Red on the board first.
Weidner made it a two-goal hole for the Dutchmen on a power play one-timer from the top of the left circle. The play required review, but upon confirmation, the captain followed up the freshman for what would turn into the eventual game-winner.
But after Weidner’s tally and around the halfway point of the second period, Union finally began to play like a team that earned itself the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament. The Dutchmen found their footing and held Cornell in its own zone for the second half of the second, and a majority of the third.
The Dutchmen finally got on the board off a rebound put-back by Cole Maier on the power play 7:23 into the third. It was one of 18 shots Union threw at Gillam in a desperation period, but the only one that the Cornell senior was unable to corral.
Union faced a 14-shot deficit at the first intermission, but finished on top 34-33 in the same category. Freschi was not too concerned with the shot total, as he said his defense kept shots to the outside and in open lanes where Gillam had a clear look.
“If he sees the puck I’m confident he can stop them,” Freschi said of his goalie.
Freschi added a tally with 3:12 to play in the third for some breathing room, and sophomore forward Beau Starrett added the final blow 62 seconds later to clinch the ECAC finals berth.
Now, the team that was picked to finish towards the middle of the pack in the ECAC will have a chance to take the postseason conference crown against the most storybook opponent of them all: Harvard.
Just as Union boasts a one-two punch with its top line pairings, so too does the Crimson. Second line center Sean Malone provided a hat trick for Harvard in Friday’s first semifinal against Quinnipiac for the Crimson’s 4-1 win.
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(a) Subject to paragraph (b), an effective exercise of a power of appointment does not require an express reference to the power. A power is effectively exercised if the donee manifests the donee's intention to exercise the power. A manifestation of the donee's intent exists when the donee:
(1) declares in substance that the donee is exercising all of the donee's powers;
(2) sufficiently identifying the appointive property or any part thereof, executes an instrument purporting to dispose of the property or part thereof; or
(3) makes a disposition which, when read with reference to the property the donee owned and the circumstances existing at the time of its making, manifests the donee's understanding that the donee was disposing of the appointive property.
(b) If the donor has expressly directed that no instrument is effective to exercise the power unless the instrument contains a specific reference to the power, an instrument not containing this reference does not validly exercise the power.
The directions of the donor as to the manner, time, and conditions of the exercise of a power must be observed, except that:
(1) where the donor has authorized a power of appointment to be exercised by an instrument legally insufficient to dispose of the appointive property, the manner of exercise is to be determined by the provisions of this chapter;
(2) where the donor has directed any formality to be observed in the exercise of a power of appointment in addition to those which would be legally sufficient to dispose of the appointive property, no additional formality is necessary to a valid exercise of the power;
(3) where the donor has made a power of appointment exercisable only by deed, it is also exercisable by a written will unless exercise by will is expressly excluded; and
(4) where the donor of a general power of appointment has not expressly imposed a requirement of good faith or of reasonableness with respect to the donee's exercise of the power, neither requirement shall be implied.
A donee may exercise a power of appointment only by an instrument executed with sufficient formalities to pass title to the property covered by the power. When a power of appointment is exercisable only by will, a donee may not exercise it by deed. When a power of appointment is exercisable by deed, a donee may exercise it by will.
(a) When the consent of the donor or of a third person to the exercise of a power of appointment is required, the consent must be expressed in a written instrument, subscribed by the person whose consent is required. To entitle the instrument of exercise to be recorded, the signatures of the donee and of the person consenting must be acknowledged or proved in the manner required by the laws of this state for the recording of a deed of real property.
(b) Unless the donor expressly provides otherwise:
(1) When the consents of two or more persons are required for the exercise of a power of appointment, all must consent.
(2) If before the exercise of the power:
(i) one or more of the persons required to consent die, the consent of the survivor is sufficient; or
(ii) one or more of the persons required to consent become incompetent, the consent of the competent person is sufficient.
Unless the donor expressly provides otherwise:
(1) the donee of an exclusive power may appoint all or any part of the appointive property to one or more of the appointees to the exclusion of the others; or
(2) the donee of a nonexclusive power must appoint in favor of all of the appointees equally, unless the instrument creating the power manifests an intent that some other division be made.
Except as provided in section 502.851, whenever a power of appointment is created in two or more donees, all must unite in the exercise of the power of appointment, unless the instrument creating the power provides otherwise. If, before its execution, one or more of the donees dies or becomes incompetent, the power may be exercised by the survivor or the competent donee, unless this exercise is explicitly barred by the terms of the instrument creating the power.
(a) The exercise of an imperative power of appointment devolves upon a court having jurisdiction over the instrument creating the power of appointment in the following cases:
(1) failure to designate the donee;
(2) death of the designated donee without exercising the power;
(3) incompetence of the sole donee; or
(4) defective exercise of the power, either wholly or in part, by the donee.
(b) Where an imperative power of appointment:
(1) is exclusive, and the donee dies without exercising the power, the power must be exercised for the benefit of all the appointees equally;
(2) has been exercised defectively by the donee, it may be properly exercised in favor of persons intended to be benefited by the donee;
(3) has been exercised defectively by the donee, a purchaser for a valuable consideration claiming under the defective exercise is entitled to the same relief as a similar purchaser claiming under a defective disposition from an actual owner;
(4) is nonexclusive, and the right of the appointee is assignable, creditors or assignees of the appointee can compel the exercise of the power for their benefit; or
(5) is nonexclusive, an appointee's guardian or estate conservator, as the case may be, can compel the exercise of the power.
If the donee of a power of appointment exercises the power in favor of the trustee of a trust under a will or deed other than that under which the power was created, and, if the exercise is otherwise valid, the appointive property shall be distributed to the trustee of, and administered under the terms of, the trust under the will or deed, and jurisdiction over the appointive property must thereafter be in the court having jurisdiction over the trust created by the will or deed.
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In this DVD series, Grandmaster Ted Tabura teaches you the three stages to final efficiency in Martial Arts. In volume 1, all the essential elements are taught in a detailed progression. Volume 2 shows you how to react without being delayed by the “thinking process” in combat and, in volume 3, you’ll learn the spontaneous reaction to any given situation. All these three elements go beyond any style or method. Master Tabura’s real-life experiences and vital lessons are all in this exceptional DVD series. His many years of training and constant review of many different self-defense concepts and martial arts methods make this DVD series a must for any true perfectionist. All styles and artists will benefit from viewing this strong impact DVD instruction. | <urn:uuid:375e8de6-e136-4e68-b3f3-fac64ca4bbf4> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | https://www.budovideos.com/products/mastering-okinawa-te-3-dvd-set-by-ted-tabura | 2018-02-25T17:37:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891816841.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20180225170106-20180225190106-00383.warc.gz | en | 0.914957 | 153 |
Today you'll celebrate your 11th fathers day with your children. We're not giving you ties and we didn't make you clay mugs and we won't cook you breakfast in bed. What we're giving you is us. We're taking you away from the things of man, and we're just going to be with you. We're leaving the messages on the phone and the dishes still piled up in the sink and the sand that is all over the goddamn laundry room floor; we're running away from all of it to remember each other. To remember you. To celebrate you.
But I'm not just celebrating you, and maybe that's wrong on the day Hallmark tells us should be all about you, but you think I can write better than Hallmark so for today, we'll make our own rules. Today I'm celebrating that everything we have was torn asunder, that it was stripped down to the studs and once we could see everything under the surface, once we really knew what we were up against, we started laying new bricks, one by one, together.
It was two years ago on Father's Day that we laid that first brick. It was two years ago on Father's Day that we chose to accept it all without condition, without judgement, for all that it was and everything it wasn't, and just build it back up. We gave each other all that we knew, which turned out to be a hell of a lot less than we thought, and together we've built new walls and figured out how to make this house stand.
You're still very much this alien thing to me, and our relationship floats through the universe like a satellite in orbit, occasionally going way out there, out of our orbit, but always coming back in again. I can see that satellite every time feel a little rain and look up to realize that there are still so many holes in the roof of us yet to be patched. I think we need to be able to see it. I think we need that rain to remind us that we have to keep working. I think we need that rain to force us to look up, to remember that sometimes it goes and sometimes it comes and we don't have it all figured out and that we don't have to. That you can be an alien, and I can be an alien, and it will still be beautiful rain. | <urn:uuid:b64c09b7-d8d3-4fc5-905a-5b95e255dcd2> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://shannonigans.co/wimsc/2009/6/22/satellite-comes-and-goes.html?tag=Father's+Day | 2014-08-01T07:47:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1406510274866.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20140728011754-00043-ip-10-146-231-18.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985592 | 483 |
The latest eatery at Pawtucket's Hope Artiste Village is Rosinha's Restaurant, offering Portuguese cuisine — Cape Verdean, to be specific. Not wanting to give the wrong impression — music hipper and hoppier than fado sometimes reverberates from the Blackstone down the entrance corridor — a kind of manifesto stands at the door. "Casual Elegance," it declares. "Proper Dress Required — NO Hats, NO Do-rags, NO Baggy Jeans, NO Boots." A signature rose is at the top of the announcement, and proprietress Rosinha knows how to use it.
ROSINHA'S RESTAURANT | 401.721.0770 | 999 MAIN ST, PAWTUCKET | SUN-THURS-SAT, 12-10 PM; FRI-SAT, 12-10:30 PM | MAJOR CREDIT CARDS | FULL BAR | SIDEWALK-LEVEL ACCESSIBLE
I was accompanied by a couple of regulars, Ed from the neighborhood and Stuart, known to chat in Portu-guese, so I didn't bother to hitch up my pants. There were no complaints from the lovely and cordial Rosinha Almeida, who greeted us at the door. At the 2008 Taste of Pawtucket, I'd enjoyed their Cape Verdean preparation of rice and seafood, so I was primed.
This space is vast and well-lit with tall windows, since the building complex used to house mills and warehouses. A modest number of tables are widely distributed among tall supporting columns. The exterior wall is rough brick with white paint mostly scoured off, which contrasts smartly with crystal chandeliers dangling prisms, kind of like a tuxedo top worn over dungarees. The gentle singing of Benvindo Cruz greets you by 7 every evening.
The menu headings are in Portuguese but clearly translated. The appetizers, all $7.95 and $8.95, contain familiar items plus a few surprises. A Portuguese restaurant has to have camarão con alho (shrimp in a spicy garlic sauce) and pastéis de bacalhau (fried codfish cakes). But Rosinha adds shrimp cakes, and I hadn't seen cogumelos recheados (baked mushrooms filled with crabmeat) before. The soup of the day ($4) was the familiar kale with chorizo, to enjoy with the traditional sweet rolls that come to every table.
To start out, we tried those garlic shrimp. They were sautéed in a butter and wine sauce and chilied up to spicy redness. I could have used more garlic and hotness, but I still found myself sopping up the sauce with my bread. There are two preparations of littlenecks among the appetizers, one with garlic sauce and one more elaborate. We went for the latter, ameijoas à Espanhola. This Spanish version adds onions and peppers in a tomato sauce — mmm, more sopping up — and can't help but throwing in lots of spicy chorizo. Very good decision.
The menu also contains lunch items, just four omelettes ($5.95-$7.95) and a couple of sandwiches ($5.95). The pork sandwich sounded the most Portuguese to me, but Stuart said that the real treat and bargain is the steak sandwich, a generous and tender portion. When he is at the bar and just wants a snack, he usually orders the codfish cakes, so I'd seriously consider them as well. | <urn:uuid:c85ea0da-aed8-4c5b-9b0b-679e837519ce> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://providence.thephoenix.com/Food/86010-ROSINHAS-RESTAURANT/ | 2015-05-24T05:06:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207927843.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113207-00158-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946446 | 751 |
16 May 2006
A husband who allegedly subjected his wife to years of abuse was not criminally responsible for her suicide, appeal court judges have ruled.
Okay, so far, this may have disproved the title of this post, given that this guy was not actually held responsible for his wife’s suicide. However, as usual, with the chance to nail a guy to the wall having been missed, there are demands that something must be done!
But the court signalled similar cases could result in a trial, even when the partner did take their own life.
But he [Judge Mangina] also called for a review of the law to perhaps make it possible for manslaughter prosecutions to be pursued in the future.
So if a woman kills her husband, she can get off by just saying he abused her, even though he’s not around to defend himself. Now – assuming these changes to the law go through, which they surely will – if a woman kills herself, her husband may end up getting convicted of her death even though she is not around to make the allegations that he abused her!
And no-one can surely insult my intelligence by pointing out that this may be a “gender neutral law.” Men and boys commit suicide more than five-times the rate of women and girls, but do you honestly think we’ll see women being held responsible for the suicides of their ex-husbands who they stripped of their houses, savings and kids? Will we see abusive mothers being jailed after their son’s kill themselves? No way. This is just a chance to fuck men over, plain and simple.
The case had proceeded on the basis no reasonable jury could be satisfied Mrs Dhaliwal suffered from a “recognised psychiatric illness”.
So this guy went through a trial for the manslaughter of his wife, just because she killed herself but didn’t suffer from a “recognised psychiatric illness.” So it’s only mentally ill people who kill themselves is it? Fucking hell. So this will be the basis of trying guys for “psychological manslaughter” of their wives if their wife killed herself even though she wasn’t mentally ill. And how do you determine if a corpse is mentally ill anyway?
And these suggestions are being made by a qualified and experienced judge? One working for the behest of the Matriarchy, clearly.
This guy who was on trial did admit to smacking his wife around the head on the night she committed suicide, and if he did indeed smack her about then he’s a complete shit. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t condone that. But holding him responsible for his wife’s suicide is pathetic, especially bearing in mind the multi-million pound industry of refuges for women that could have helped her.
Then there’s the epidemic of male suicide – especially amongst divorced men and adolescent boys – which is routinely ignored by Western governments and the media.
She [some femtard police psychologist] listed seven types of “psychological phenomena” that contributed to her suicide including loss of hope and feeling trapped by practicalities.
Right, so she has decided that this dead woman – who she couldn’t interview on account of her being, well, dead – suffered from seven vague “psychological phenomena” that contributed to her suicide. Holy fucking shit, run for your lives guys, we’re fucking doomed. The wild and totally non-scientific claims by some stupid fucking copper who probably has an A-level in psychology and another in Womyns Studies may determine whether you go on trial or not if your wife kills herself, and bear in mind this is the sort of thinking and the sort of stupid bitches involved in all aspects of the matriarchy’s “justice” system, from domestic violence, divorce laws to claims of date rape. Seriously, this thinking, this vague pop-psychology and rambling anti-male bias, permeates the legal system of the UK and other Western nations.
Sandra Horley, chief executive of Refuge, the national domestic violence charity, called for it to review the area of psychological manslaughter.
I’m sure the bitch did. Cunts like her are not there to protect women, they’re to demonise men for fun and profit.
“Suicides following assaults and bullying are sadly an all too common occurrence and the law should recognise this phenomenon,” she said.
Yes, and suicides following divorce, being subjected to false allegations of rape and abuse, and just generally being an adolescent of a sex that has been treated like shit, force-fed Ritalin and told they’re responsible for all of societies ills by their sneering feminist teachers are all too common an occurrence too, but will we hear this fucking Sandra Whorely insist the law should recognise this phenomenon? Of course not. The above are all triggers for suicides that only effect men and boys. Who cares about us males, we’re the “shit sex” according to feminists, our government and the law.
She added “the charity was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling. “It flies in the face of natural justice,” she said.
Hah! What do modern women – least of all feminists involved in the DV rackets – know about natural justice?!?
Seriously guys, these changes will go through. Expect to hear a lot about these exciting new get-men-at-all-costs buzzwords; “psychological manslaughter.” We’ll soon have “attempted psychological manslaughter” if the woman doesn’t succeed. Plus, of course, it won’t just effect alleged physical abuse, it’ll be stretched to crap like “financial abuse” or “emotional abuse.”
You could refuse to buy your wife a new Gucci handbag, she takes five aspirin and makes it out like she wanted to die, and hey presto, you’re accused of effectively trying to kill her. I’m not joking either. A decade or two ago it would have been regarded as laughable and paranoid to suggest men will be forced to pay child support for children that aren’t theirs, or that women will regularly be acquitted of murder for killing their husbands in cold blood by citing “abuse” without any evidence whatsoever, or that not wanting to have sex with your wife when she asks you too will be considered “domestic violence” of the “emotional abuse” variety, but all this shit has come to pass, and the feminazis still aren’t satisfied.
With feminism, what seems outrageous today will be seriously suggested tomorrow and be law by Christmas.
Obviously, feminists in the US, Canada, Australia and other Western nations will pick up on this and lobby their own governments to bring in “psychological manslaughter” laws.
I guess I don’t even need to point out the disgusting bias of the BBC, who, in this article, only bother quoting various feminists, judges and cops who are in favour of these changes in the law. Not one hint of an opposing view.
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US 20030120696 A1
Using irregular optical interconnections to compensate for non-uniformities in analog optical processors, such as matrix-vector (M-V) optical processors, is disclosed. An M-V processor of one embodiments includes two optical devices, such as spatial light modulators (SLM's). One of the devices represents a matrix, and the other device represents a vector. Each device has non-uniformities. The non-uniformities of the devices are at least substantially matched to one another, where the optical interconnections between the devices are irregular. Light traveling through the devices represents the product of the matrix and the vector. An analog-to-digital (A/D) processor, or converter, can be used to subtract any errors in the product even after substantially matching the non-uniformities, by non-digital electrical or photonic processing.
1. A matrix-vector analog optical processor device comprising:
a first optical device representing a matrix and having non-uniformities; and,
a second optical device representing a vector and having non-uniformities at least substantially matched to the non-uniformities of the first optical device, such that optical interconnections between the first optical device and the second optical device are irregular,
wherein light traveling through the first optical device and the second optical device represents a matrix-vector product of the matrix represented by the first optical and the vector represented by the second optical device.
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substantially matching non-uniformities of a first optical device representing a vector with non-uniformities of a second optical device representing a matrix;
optically interconnecting the first optical device with the second optical device in an irregular manner consistent with the substantially matching of the non-uniformities of the first optical device with the non-uniformities of the second optical device; and,
providing light traveling through the first optical device and the second optical device along the irregular manner to yield a matrix-vector product of the vector represented by the first optical device and the matrix represent by the second optical device.
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This invention relates generally to analog optical processors, such as matrix-vector optical processors, which perform analog computations and then convert the answer to digital, and then compensate for non-uniformities in such processors that result in computation errors.
Most processing technology today relies on electricity. For example, in a typical semiconductor processor, electrons move within transistors for the processor to function. Such processors, when appropriately configured, are the current mainstay in digital technology, which represents information as discrete one or zero bits. However, optical processing technology has slowly been advancing. Optical processing technology relies on light with an adjunct of electronics. In optical processors, photons move within optical and electro-optical devices, causing the processor to function. Optical processors are usually analog technology, in which information can be represented on a continuous (i.e., grayscale) basis.
One type of analog optical processor is a matrix-vector (M-V) processor, which computes the product of an input vector and a matrix. Such processors are useful in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as neural networks. M-V multiplication for a vector c, equal to (c1, . . . , ci, . . . , cN), is computed as shown in equation (1) for each ith-component of vector c.
Components aij and bj can be represented in analog by two optical devices exhibiting grayscale. The components are analog in optical transmittance that is normalized to the maximum transmittance possible. For example, let aij and bj values be 0.5-grayscale for both devices with 1.0-grayscale as the normalized maximum transmittance. Light passing through both devices will have a value of 0.25-grayscale. For the calculation of two numbers, however, each device could be representing a number from 0 to 100. Thus, the output of both devices represents numbers from 0 to 10,000 (i.e., 02 to 1002). Because each device is at 0.5-grayscale, each device represents the number 50 (0.5 times 100). The output of both devices is representing the number 2,500 (0.25 times 10,000). Thus, the output has performed a multiplication, because 50 times 50 is 2,500.
Thus, when light passes through both devices representing the aij and bj values, the transmittance of the light is the product, or aijbj. The summation of the aijbj values for ci is accomplished by combining the relevant individual light beams with a cylindrical lens, and imaging the beams on the ith-detector of a detector array. N light beams for each of the N components of vector c are imaged in parallel on the detector array. Each detector in the array has an analog response to the light beams, so that each detector has a component of vector c in an analog form. The components are then converted to digital by an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter.
A limitation in using analog optical M-V processors, and other types of analog optical multiplication processors, is that non-uniformities in the optical devices representing the components to be multiplied cause errors in the resulting product. This limits the bit-width of these processors. The non-uniformities make it difficult to accurately represent the values for the components aij and bj in grayscale, because the grayscale responses for each component commonly differ from each other. A single A/D converter is used to convert the analog to the digital in the optical M-V processor. The A/D converter is designed by the characteristics of all of the optical devices in the processor. Non-uniformity implies a range of different characteristics. Thus, an A/D converter cannot be well design to accurately make the numerical conversions from grayscale. Since the uniformities, and lack thereof, determine the bit-width of the answers generated by analog optical processors, compensating for non-uniformities is important to achieving a high bit-width, which is necessary to have high-precision optical processors.
The grayscale response for the components aij and bj are specifically not entirely accurate. Rather, they represent the quantities aij+Δaij and bj+Δbj, where Δaij and Δbj are error values resulting from the non-uniformities of the optical devices. An M-V processor therefore computes the ith-component in vector c as shown in equation (2).
The error for a component of the vector c, Δci, is given by equation (3).
As an example, the jth-error for Δci, Δcij, can be determined by assuming that the two components for aij and bj exhibit the following grayscale characteristics. The aij's off state is 0.02-grayscale and on state is 0.95-grayscale. The bj's off state is 0.03-grayscale and on state is 1.05-grayscale. Using the numerical numbers from the earlier example, the input for aij and bj is from 0 to 1000. If the number 50 is input to both aij and bj, the aij component has a grayscale response of 0.485 that represents the number 48.5, and the bj component has a grayscale response of 0.54 that represents the number 54, assuming linearity and ideal control. Therefore, the aij grayscale error, Δaij, is −1.5, and the bj grayscale error, Δbj, is 4. Using equation (3), Δcij=119, which is also (48.5×54)−(50×50)=2619−2500. Thus, the corresponding numerical error is 119.
Therefore, this error must be subtracted in order for the M-V processor to correctly multiply input vectors with matrices. One approach is to subtract Δaij and Δbj within the system. If these error quantities are known, they can be subtracted. Assuming that the two optical devices in the M-V processor representing aij and bj are well characterized, the grayscale responses for all the components can be computed, and their responses compensated. For example, if the number for aij is set to 50, as above, then aij converts to 48.5 as a result of the Δaij error. This error can be adjusted, assuming linearity and ideal control. If 51.6129 is instead input, the aij component converts to 50, the desired value. The conversion to obtain 50 is shown in equation (4).
In principle, such error compensation could be performed by using digital electrical processing prior to the optical analog processing. However, a large amount of processing is necessary to compensate for all of the components in a modem optical M-V processor to increase the bit-width of the answer. Such an amount of digital electrical processing defeats the performance advantage of the optical processor. Thus, what is needed is a method for improving the bit-width (i.e., the precision) of the optical processor without increasing the overall processing time.
The invention uses irregular optical interconnections to compensate for device non-uniformity in analog optical processors, such as matrix-vector (M-V) optical processors. An M-V processor of one embodiment includes two optical devices, such as spatial light modulators (SLM's). One of the devices represents a matrix, and the other device represents a vector. Typically, this other device represents a given vector in multiple locations. Each device has non-uniformities. The non-uniformities of the devices are substantially matched to one another, by matching grayscale responses of the device with one another. Due to the randomness of the non-uniformities, the most optimal grouping of matched devices uses optical interconnections between the devices that are irregular. Light traveling through the devices represents the interim calculations for the product of the matrix and the vector. When the light is fanned into the detectors (by an irregular optical interconnection), which is a summation process, the analog part of the processor has computed each of the components for the resultant vector. An analog-to-digital (A/D) processor, or converter, after each detector is used to generate the digital component of the resultant vector with substantial reduction in the errors.
It can be seen that a uniform set of devices can lead to an improvement in the bit-width. For this method, uniform generally means that for any sub-device utilized in the computation of the ith component of vector c, (c1, . . . , ci, . . . , cN), the off state and on state characteristics are the same for all of these sub-devices. For example, let all sub-devices representing aij and bj, bj (i), have a grayscale off state of goff. For any of the light beams arriving at the ith detector of the detector array, the grayscale multiplication is (goff)2. Collectively, the N light beams have a gray scale of N·(goff)2. Similarly, the highest M-V multiplication has a gray scale of N·(gon)2.
The A/D converter is constructed to range between both of these grayscale extremes. For the ith component of vector c, the lowest number,
is assigned to the grayscale of N·(gon)2. The value of having identical sub-devices is that an increase of any number Δn represented by a sub-device will have the appropriate grayscale increase, Δg, for that sub-device and this grayscale increase, Δg, will be the same for all of the sub-devices. However, this grayscale increase, Δg, will not be the same for all of the sub-devices unless there is uniformity for the 2N sub-devices utilized in the computation for the ith component of vector c. Numerical simulations of the optical processor should be used to determine the processor bit-width as a function of sub-device uniformity.
The invention provides for advantages over the prior art. In the prior art, the non-uniformities in the system imply that there are errors in the representations of the numbers. After the analog optical processing has been performed, an A/D converter generates the numbers from their analog representation format. Because the representations are not the same, an A/D converter cannot convert the analog representation to digital with a high bit-width. The invention can group devices that are more uniform with each other, such that a more well characterized A/D converter can be constructed. Thus, a higher bit width is obtained. The A/D converters operate in parallel so that the same amount of time is required, as in the prior art, for the A/ID conversion process. Thus, the invention achieves an increase in the bit-width of matrix-vector computations more advantageously than in the prior art without increasing the overall processing time. Other advantages, aspects, and embodiments, of the invention will become apparent by studying the detailed description that follows and by referencing the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram of a matrix-vector (M-V) analog optical processor according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an optical device, such as that which may be used to represent the matrix and/or the vector in multiple locations in the processor of FIG. 1, in more detail, according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing more specifically how the processor of FIG. 1 achieves irregular optical interconnections to compensate for non-uniformities within the optical devices of the processor, according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how one embodiment of the invention achieves the irregular optical interconnections of FIG. 3 using prisms.
FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 are diagrams showing the optics of using prisms to achieve irregular optical interconnections as in FIG. 4.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method according to an embodiment of the invention.
In the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific exemplary embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. Other embodiments may be utilized, and logical, mechanical, electrical, and other changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims.
FIG. 1 shows an optical analog processor 100 according to an embodiment of the invention, which is more specifically a matrix-vector processor. The processor 100 includes light sources 102, a first optical device 104, a second optical device 106, detectors 108, analog-to-digital (A/D) converters 110, and drivers 112 and 114. The light sources 102 provides beams of light within the processor 100, for traveling through the optical devices 104 and 106, and then for detection by the detectors 108. The light sources 102 may be, for example, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, or another type of light source.
Each of the first and the second optical devices 104 and 106 can be a spatial light modulator (SLM), or another type of optical device. The first optical device 104 specifically represents a vector, and the second optical device 106 represents a matrix. The devices 104 and 106 have coupled thereto electrical drivers 112 and 114, respectively, that power the devices 104 and 106. The devices 104 and 106 have non-uniformities that affect their representation of the vector and the matrix, respectively. To compensate for these non-uniformities, the non-uniformities of the device 104 are matched to the non-uniformities of the device 106, such that the optical interconnections between the devices 104 and 106 are irregular. That is, the grayscale responses of the devices 104 and 106 are matched to one another. This is described in more detail later in the detailed description.
Light traveling through the first device 104 and then through the second device 106 thus represents the matrix-vector product, when summed at the detectors 108, of the vector and the matrix represented by the devices 104 and 106, respectively. The detectors 108 detect such light, and specifically may be an array of detectors. The detectors 108 convert the light detected into electrical energy, which is converted from analog to digital by the A/D converters 110, which may specifically be an array of converters. The A/D converters 110 therefore provide the output 116 of the processor 100, representing the matrix-vector product of the vector and the matrix represented by the devices 104 and 106, respectively. The A/D converters 110 will subtract to a larger degree any errors in the matrix-vector product that remain even after substantially matching of the non-uniformities of the devices 104 and 106, by non-digital electrical processing.
FIG. 2 shows in more detail an optical device 202 that may act as one of the optical devices 104 and 106 of FIG. 1. The optical device 202 is divided into sub-devices organized into columns 204 and rows 206, such as the sub-device 208. The optical device 202 is specifically a 4×4 device, because there are four rows and four columns of sub-devices, although the invention is generally applicable to any M×P device. The grayscale response of each sub-device is different, such that the non-uniformities of each sub-device are different.
The non-uniformities of each sub-device are characterized, and the sub-devices are organized into four groups, with each group including four sub-devices. Each group represents a component of the matrix, aij, or the vector, bj, depending on whether the optical device 202 is representing the matrix or the vector, where the sub-devices of each group represent the grayscale response of a component. Each group is organized to optimize the accuracy of a corresponding component of the matrix-vector product, ci, based on the characteristics of the grayscale response or non-uniformities of the sub-devices within each group. As shown in FIG. 2, shaded sub-devices 210, 212, 214, and 216 represent one such group.
More specifically, the characterizing and matching of the non-uniformities of the sub-devices within each group allows for efficient subtraction of the errors Δaij and Δbj within the processor 100. Because the values Δaij and Δbj are known and grouped by similarity for each ith-component in vector c, they can subsequently be efficiently subtracted at the A/D converters 110 (not shown in FIG. 2) for each ith-detector by non-digital electrical or photonic processing. Because processing is performed in parallel at the detectors 108 (also not shown in FIG. 2), the maintains the same amount of processing time as the prior art needs, but increases the bit-width of the computed answer.
FIG. 3 shows how the sub-devices of the optical devices 102 and 104 of the processor 100 are optically interconnected in an irregular manner to achieve increased bit-width of the resulting matrix-vector product. The optical device 102 representing the input vector has sub-devices 302, 304, 306, and 308 grouped together to represent the input vector, (b1, b2, . . . , bN). Similarly, the optical device 104 representing the matrix has sub-devices 302′, 304′, 306′, and 308′ grouped together to represent one component of the matrix, aij. The non-uniformities, or grayscale response, of the sub-devices 302, 304, 306, and 308 of the device 102 are specifically matched to those of the sub-devices 302′, 304′, 306′, and 308′ of the device 104 to minimize errors in the resulting matrix-vector product computation.
The light beams traveling through the sub-device 302, 304, 306, and 308, and then through the sub-devices 302′, 304′, 306′, and 308′ are along irregular optical interconnections between the devices 102 and 104. An irregular optical interconnection generally is one in which light is specifically directed from one particular position to another particular position, such that the interconnections lack symmetry. By comparison, a regular optical interconnection is generally one in which the light beams display symmetry. For example, the light paths may be parallel to one another, or they may be diffracted from a single point source such that they fan out in a regular manner. Due to the randomness of the non-uniformities of the devices, optimal interconnections will with high probability need irregular interconnections.
The irregular optical interconnections between the devices 102 and 104 in FIG. 3 thus are such that one light beam travels on a path from the sub-device 302 to the sub-device 302′, which is not a regular path as compared to the light beam traveling on a path from the sub-device 304 to the sub-device 304′, and so on. After traveling through the optical devices 102 and 104, the sum of the individual beams of light represent the ith-component of the matrix-vector product, ci, and are interconnected on the detector 310, where the detector 108 is actually an array of detectors including the detector 310. Such interconnection is also accomplished by an irregular interconnection scheme described later, or by another manner.
The detectors 108 converts the detected light to electrical energy, which is then passed along to the A/D converters 110 to convert the energy from analog to digital, such that the output 116 represents the matrix-vector product of the vector represented by the device 102 and the matrix represented by the device 104. As has been indicated, the converters 110 will subtract to a larger degree any errors that remain in the matrix-vector product after the non-uniformities of the device 102 have been matched to the non-uniformities of the device 104.
FIG. 4 shows how the irregular optical interconnections between the optical devices 102 and 104 can be achieved by using prisms. Between the devices 102 and 104 of the processor 100 are prism arrays 402 and 404, including prisms such as the prisms 406 and 408, respectively. The irregular optical connection between sub-device 302 of the device 102 and the sub-device 302′ of the device 104 is specifically shown. The prism 406 redirects the light beam emanating through the sub-device 302 to the prism 408. Similarly, the prism 408 redirects the light beam emanating through the prism 406 to the sub-device 302′. Other devices other than prisms, can also be used.
FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 show the optics of the prisms 406 and 408 of FIG. 4. The prisms 406 and 408 are identically constructed, but oriented differently in their respective prism arrays 402 and 404 (not shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7). By rotating the prism through an angle α, as indicated by the reference number 602 in FIG. 6, the exiting light from a prism sweeps out a cone shape, if the input light beam is normal as is shown for the prism 406 in FIG. 5. The prism wedge angle θ, indicated by the reference number 502 in FIGS. 5 and 7, determines the deflection of light angle φ, indicated by the reference number 504 in FIG. 5, from the exiting normal face of the prism. The angle φ determines the cone angle.
Thus, the prism 406 at any position in the prism array 402 can potentially be made to direct the light beam to a position anywhere in the prism array 404. The prism 408 in the prism array 404 at the position of interest can change the direction of the light beam so that it exits the prism 408 normal to its exiting face, if the prism 408 is so appropriately oriented. The exit light beam of the prism 408 is thus parallel to the input light beam of the prism 406, and is appropriately translated to achieve the irregular optical connection.
FIG. 8 outlines a method 800 for compensating for non-uniformities within the optical devices of an analog optical processor, such as a matrix-vector processor, using irregular optical connections. The non-uniformities of the optical devices are first characterized, such as by characterizing the grayscale responses of the devices (802). The non-uniformities are at least substantially matched so that the error in the product that will result between the mathematical constructs represented by the optical devices is minimized, such as by matching the grayscale responses of the devices (804). The term mathematical constructs is a general term meant to encompass input vectors, matrices, and so on. Based on the matching of the non-uniformities of the devices, the devices are optically interconnected with each other in an irregular manner (806). This may include using prisms, as has been described.
Beams of light are then provided that travel through both devices along the irregular optical interconnections to achieve the product of the mathematical constructs represented by the two optical devices (808). In the case of a matrix-vector processor where one optical device represents an input vector and the other optical device represents a matrix, this product is specifically a matrix-vector product. The multiple light beams representing the product, after having traveled through both of their respective devices, are appropriately summed and detected to measure the product as electrical energy (810), such as by a detector array. Any errors that remain in the product, even after matching the non-uniformities has occurred, can be subtracted by non-digital electrical processing of an A/D converter (812), which also converts the resulting product from analog to digital. The output of the A/D converter thus represents the product of the mathematical constructs represented by the two optical devices.
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The PowerShot SX210 IS camera is the second travel-zoom model from Canon, taking on the likes of the Panasonic DMC-TZ10, Nikon Coolpix S8000 and the Samsung WB550. There’s a 14x, 28-392mm optical zoom lens with built-in image stabilizer, 14 megapixel CCD sensor, 3 inch LCD screen, DIGIC 4 image processing engine, 720p HD Movie Mode with stereo sound and an HDMI output, plus Smart Auto mode with Scene Detection Technology and an Easy mode for beginners. The Canon SX210 IS also offers Face Select & Track, FaceSelf-Timer, Smart Shutter and Auto Red-Eye Correction to help you capture better-looking portraits, and there’s a full range of manual exposure modes for more experienced photographers looking to take control. The new Canon PowerShot SX200 is priced at $349.99 / £359 and is available in black, purple and gold.
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For the past couple of years Panasonic has been offering reliable compact pocket cameras with big zooms courtesy of its well-received TZ range, more recently joined by Samsung and its WB500/550 and WB650 models. Now Canon is getting in on the 'high zoom' act with the 14.1 megapixel, wide-angle 14x optical zoom PowerShot SX210 IS. Updating the 12MP, 12x SX200 IS, the new Canon is roughly the size of a bar of luxury soap and not to be confused with the simultaneously released IXUS 210. Got that?
This, its manufacturer claims, is a PowerShot any member of the family can use to get closer to the action, with ease of use just as important as the numerically impressive headline spec. Its aim to appeal to a fairly broad user base is reflected in the choice of three body colours. There's black, gold or, um, purple. Allegedly the latter is this season's must have, even if the shade of our review sample had us in mind of a cough sweet.
Apart from the 14MP resolution and 14x zoom, equivalent to 28-392mm in 35mm film terms, the SX210 IS (the 'IS' suffix relating to optical 'image stabilisation', providing the equivalent of four stops compensation) features a 3-inch, 230k dot resolution widescreen format LCD at the rear that displays a 4:3 image ratio as its default setting. That's unless one is shooting 1280x720p HD movies with stereo sound, whereby the picture is automatically relayed in 16:9 ratio to more closely ape how it would appear when viewed on a desktop PC, or a flat panel telly.
'Movies in your pocket' is Canon's marketing mantra, so fittingly enough HDMI output is provided at the side to hook the camera up to your TV, though the relevant cable is extra. Deliberately so says Canon, as selling these add-on 'extras' is how its retailers boost their bottom line.
Even without all the relevant cabling the SX210 IS doesn't come cheap though, retailing in the UK for a suggested £359. Yes, that's much the same outlay that will alternatively snag you a starter digital SLR and kit lens with a bit of shopping around - arguably a better option for your cash if going for just the one 'catch all' family camera. OK, so this big zoom compact isn't aimed at would-be DSLR users, and yes, an equivalent focal range via a dedicated lens for a DSLR would set you back a lot more. But the price still feels £50 too high for what's basically a soup-ed up point and shooter.
This shooting mode dial is also where you'll find the camera's scene modes, some of which again mirror the kind of selections you'll find on the latest consumer DSLRs and Micro Four Thirds hybrids. As with the latest additions to the Olympus Pen series, here we get access to a diorama effect (which Canon has simplified on the function menu as 'miniature effect'), fast becoming this year's must have on-board feature, plus a perspective warping fisheye option. Further hand holding is provided by a new Smart Shutter mode that as it sounds allows the shutter to be controlled with a smile or a wink - increasing the overall user-friendly feel and handy for when you want to include yourself in the picture.
Of course when you're given fun new tools such as the above effects, the overwhelming temptation is to go ape crazy with them. Certainly the tilt and shift lens-like 'miniature effect' that transforms friends and colleagues into the equivalent of toy soldiers is hard to resist. Plus, with a press of the 'display' button on the Canon's back plate followed by a toggle of the zoom switch on the top plate, users can go one further and precisely control the width of the portion of the image that is sharply in focus, leaving the rest artistically blurred. You can't yet do that with an Olympus Pen.
Unfortunately such effects cannot also be used when recording movies - though users do have access to the 'My Colors' settings, including colour swap and colour accent for anyone wanting to experiment something visually different from the norm - even if the results do at times resemble an early 1990's grunge rock video. And, for the first time on a Canon compact, Smart Auto is deployed in movie mode, the camera referencing 18 different presets to find the most appropriate. But perhaps most usefully, the full extent of the optical zoom can also be deployed when shooting movies, its ultra quiet transition meaning that the built-in microphone doesn't pick up operational buzzes - the usual reason for manufacturers disabling the zoom. Focus is automatically adjusted as the user zooms in or out, which, with no alternative manual adjustment ring, means the image can go soft for a moment or two before the camera locks on target. Canon states that Dynamic Image Stabilisation also kicks in when shooting video to ensure smooth tracking shots, of use when filming whilst walking for example.
Build-wise the usual marriage of plastic and metal, the PowerShot SX210 IS feels sturdy enough when gripped in the palm to withstand the odd drop or knock in its inactive state. Curved edges make it appear less boxy and rectangular than it is. And, whilst the camera is bigger than your average compact it's a better fit for any pocket than a Micro Four Thirds hybrid, and lighter too at 215g even with card and battery inserted. Plus the modest additional bulk feels a fair compromise for that built-in zoom power - lens extending some ungainly 2-inches from the body when at maximum 392mm equivalent telephoto setting.
Ensuring swiftness of operation Canon has included a Digic IV processor as found within its more grown up DSLRs. Otherwise the PowerShot SZX210 IS incorporates technology very similar to its other current non-super zoom IXUS and PowerShot compacts. As previously touched on, it features Smart Auto with Scene Detection Technology whereby the camera compares subjects with 22 on-board variables and selects the most appropriate for optimum results. Also making an appearance here are shadow detail enhancing i-Contrast, Smart Flash Exposure which adjusts flash levels according to prevailing conditions, plus Face Detection technology which can recognize up to a whopping 35 faces in a frame, whilst Face Self Timer allows you as photographer to join them before the shutter fires.
The SX210 IS sports built-in flash of the pop up variety. Good, as this lessens the chance of red eye (with automatic red eye correction software further built-in as a belt and braces approach and selectable via the shooting menu folder). However, unlike competing models that present said flash when requested, the Canon's flash automatically pops up when the camera is initially switched on, whether you like it or not. This is inevitably slightly irritating if you don't actually intend to use it. Pressing it down and returning it to its dormant state naturally deactivates it, but at times it feels more like you're fighting with the camera than engaging seamlessly with it.
As expected, in the absence of any modest integral memory - something with which Canon has quietly stopped bothering with of late as resolutions have grown higher - captured pictures and movie clips are written to optional SD, SDHC or even higher capacity (up to 2TB) SDXC card. As regards video, the ability is also provided for Eye-Fi transfer and the camcorder-like direct upload of videos to YouTube to keep the younger members of the family happy.
Though it offers a very extensive lens reach for a compact, the front of the SX210 IS is clean and unthreatening. We're provided with a smattering of style despite its plastic-y build by virtue of the different coloured top plate strip that continues down both sides of the camera and thus 'frames' the faceplate like the mantle of a fireplace. Though the slightly off-centre lens positioning inevitably dominates - the full physical extent of it hidden when the camera is in its dormant state - Canon has positioned a small window for a self timer/AF assist lamp to its top left. Top right of the lens, we find a tiny catch for manually activating the pop up flash via a fingernail if required.
The top plate strip is slightly more interesting, the camera's dual microphone set up found here rather than the traditional positioning on the faceplate - presumably so it is slightly further away from any operational noises made by the lens. Dead centre of the left and right microphone/s we find a built in speaker for playing back sound with clips. Looking at the SX210 IS from the rear we find the flash positioned over to the far left and neatly flush with the body when not in use, whilst over to the far right where it naturally falls under the forefinger of the right hand is the shutter release button. Apart from the rear plate shooting mode dial and scroll wheel it's the largest control here and has just the right amount of 'give' to enable users to determine a definite halfway point when pressed.
To the left of the shutter release button, rather than encircling it, is a raised rocker switch for operating the zoom - a nudge to the right zooming in, to the left zooming out - and to the left of this again a lozenge shaped on/off button. Press this and the camera powers up in just over a second, rear LCD bursting into life, zoom extending to maximum wideangle setting and flash popping up nigh simultaneously so the camera is ready for action. With a half press of the shutter release button the camera takes a further second to determine focus and exposure, AF point/s highlighted in green with the customary beep of confirmation that focus and exposure has been determined and the user is free to pursue the shot. Go on to fire the shutter and a full resolution 14MP image is committed to memory in a couple of seconds, the screen briefly blanking out before returning to the real-time scene before the lens. The amount of time the captured image appears on screen as a means of review can be altered via the menu folders.
With approximately four fifths of the Canon's backplate taken up with the elongated widescreen format LCD its operational controls are shunted over to the far right. Starting at the top, we have a penny-sized shooting mode wheel with ridged edge enabling a more definate purchase and nicely solid feel. This rigidity ensures it clicks into place for each setting in such a way that it is hard to accidentally slip from one option to another when fetching the camera out of a pocket or camera bag. The 13 strong options here comprise Smart Auto and Easy Auto modes as discussed, plus the creative quartet of Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority and Manual shooting settings. For the point and shoot brigade the Canon has further easy access pre-optimised modes for, typically, portrait, landscape and night time photography, along with a kids and pets mode, an indoor/party mode, and collected scene modes setting, with, last on the dial the movie shooting option. That said, users don't have to actually be in movie mode to commence filming - a press of the dedicated recording button lets video capture commence as a handy short cut.
Going back to scene modes for a second, this is where you find the Canon's nifty effects settings. To access these, first press the 'function/set' button in the middle of the scroll wheel/command dial near the camera's base and a familiar (to Canon users) toolbar of options is presented at the left hand side of the LCD. The first option you come to is record mode, and this is where the Smart Shutter, 3.5 megapixel Low Light mode, Colour accent, Colour swap, Fisheye effect, plus Miniature effect also 'live'. Apart from these, users are presented with the rather more common-issue beach, foliage, fireworks and stitch assist panorama settings. By moving up or down the same toolbar the likes of white balance can be manually adjusted, the Canon proprietary 'My Colors' effects turned on or off, and quality settings further adjusted for shooting both stills and video.
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Below the shooting mode dial are the aforementioned one-touch video record button, and next to it the identically sized replay/playback button. These two self-explanatory controls sit above the command/dial scroll wheel, which, unusually, is free from external markings. Yet give it a press and a virtual dial appears on screen with the formerly hidden settings now revealed. It's here alterations can be made to flash settings, as well as those for self timer, auto, close up (to 5cm from a subject) or manual focus, plus exposure compensation (+/- 2EV). In manual focus mode a distance slider appears at the right of the screen, adjustable with a swivel of the scroll wheel (so it's a bit fiddly), rather than more intuitively tabbing up or down. Any changes to the status quo are naturally effected with a press of the central function/set button as previously described.
We'd have liked Canon to have found room for a dedicated delete button here or somewhere else on the camera back. As it is, no less than six button presses are required before a duff shot can be deleted. Such tediousness seems to go against the ease of use ethos deployed elsewhere in the camera's operational arsenal.
The bottom pairing of buttons on the SX210 IS' back meanwhile are for the self explanatory 'display' and 'menu'; press the former and on-screen shooting information is either turned off or summoned up. Via the menu screens, users can also activate compositional grid lines or opt to present an image with grey bars cropping the default 4:3 presented ratio to a 3:2 ratio equivalent if so desired. Subsequently a press of the 'menu' button itself brings up two folders - the first containing the shooting menu - it's here users can activate the likes of the iContrast setting - the second the standard set up menu.
The right hand flank of the camera - if continuing to view it from the back - is where you'll find HDMI connectivity under a plastic port cover attached via a rather flimsy rubber catch. This is the port allowing the camera to be hooked up to a flat panel TV once you've purchased the relevant cable, and is presented adjacent to a second more traditional AV/USB out port. Under this compartment there's a plastic lug for attaching the wrist strap provided in the box.
Underneath a side open catch and door at the base of the SX210 IS there's another dual compartment - with a slot for media card plus the provided rechargeable battery, good for a so-so 260 shots from a full charge.
Though it does have a couple of operational quirks - the flash popping up automatically on power up whether you'd previously deactivated it or not, plus the multiple button presses needed to actually delete something - we found the SX210 IS' good points outweighed the bad and that it is, all things considered, fun to use.
Of course, build and handling aside, image quality is ultimately what counts, so we're interested to see how the Canon performs on that count. Is it truly the jack-of-all-trades the SX210 IS is claimed to be, or in providing 14 megapixels from a 1/2.3-type CCD, has its manufacturer stretched specification too far? | <urn:uuid:88b48b0c-a4cd-4404-8b20-d4588daae09d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_powershot_sx210_is_review/ | 2017-06-24T09:14:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320243.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624082900-20170624102900-00622.warc.gz | en | 0.930173 | 3,487 |
Day 19 of the 30 Days of Beauty Challenge is going to be about my favourite nail products!
Back in college I used to be dedicated to painting my nails; every two days I would switch out the colour of my nails and never have the same colour for long. Unfortunately as the years have gone by and adulting has crept up on me, it would be a blessing to be able to paint my nails every 2 weeks let alone 2 days!
I still have a large collection of nail varnish that I like to dip into when I’m feeling creative and fierce af.
I’ve hand picked some of my favourite nail products that I swear by. Enjoy!
- Mavala Nailactan
- Max Factor Gel Shine Lacquer – 35 Lacquered Violet
- L’Oreal Nail Lacquer – 552 Rubis Folies
- Sally Hansen Double Duty Base & Top Coat
- No 7 Limited Edition Nail Colour in Pink, Brown & Nude
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RE: Compatible NIC
> I have a Netgear FA311 that doesn't see the network, even with the
> latest "beta" drivers. I'm not sure it is the v. 2 model.
The v1.80 drivers I've been using in XP work in 32-bit Vista with my v.1
model (Mine's is a FA311 v1 revB model, check the label on your card for the
exact model/revision). Vista warns you that the drivers aren't signed, but
you can install them anyway on 32-bit Vista, not so sure about 64-bit. I
don't know how stable they'll be for heavy p2p use, but for general browsing
they seem to work perfectly. Have a look on the net for the v1.80 drivers, if
you can't find them let me know and I'll either host them for you, or email
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You’ve gotten determined that you wish to keep within the United States! The same with the application letter, since you are selling your self to the company and the application letter serves as the commercial and dependable details about your self, it needs to be convincing for the HR or the Personnel officer to go over your resume for further analysis.
At times you would possibly notice that nothing in your system is opening up. Because of this there is likely an operating system error versus an error with that specific application. There are technical experts who’re prepared to show different folks, and assist them do away with the Windows application error by giving the exact answer for a particular program.
7) Once the gel is completely dried, file your nails to the shape you want. The application motion must be much like making use of nail polish. If you’re nonetheless getting the Windows error after these processes, another good idea is to reinstall this system itself.
Listed here are some primary instructions that will guide you on making use of nail gels accurately and professionally without chopping corners. three) Once the gel is brushed on your nails, put your palms beneath a UV mild for one to 3 minutes until the gel dries completely.
Application is considered a business letter. There are elements to be thought of in applying for a job through the internet. There are dialogue boards which can be discussing errors in computer such as Windows application errors. Gel nail types have been so exotic and multifarious that it certainly entices many to brighten their nails with the new gel vogue fad. | <urn:uuid:fb4ecedd-1dda-4dcf-ab5f-920fcb039973> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://www.forosocialgalego.org/job-application-cover-page.html | 2022-12-02T23:36:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710916.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20221202215443-20221203005443-00307.warc.gz | en | 0.951657 | 321 |
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Plumpton Monday 25th February
- Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places Surface: Turf
- Jackpot £958.60, Pool: £6,750.85, 5.0 winning tickets
- Placepot £34.20, Pool: £92,970.23, 1979.37 winning tickets
- Quadpot £20.30, Pool: £5,886.34, 213.57 winning tickets
||5||11-2 b||G L Moore||J E Moore||4/1|
||5||11-2||P J Hobbs||T J O'Brien||16/1|
||5||11-2||Mrs L C Jewell||G Tumelty||200/1|
||6||11-2||R G Hawker||N Scholfield||50/1|
||7||11-2||D Steele||W Hutchinson||66/1|
Irons On Fire (USA)
||5||11-2 p||L Carter||K Woods (3)||100/1|
||6||11-2||Miss V Williams||A Coleman||9/4f|
||5||11-2||Miss S Smith||P J Brennan||7/1|
Royal Trooper (IRE)
||7||11-2||Jim Best||C Bolger||50/1|
Shuh Shuh Gah (IRE)
||6||11-2||D G Bridgwater||T Scudamore||9/2|
Fromthestables Com (IRE)
||4||10-7||B G Powell||B Powell (3)||100/1|
Shot In The Dark (IRE)
||4||10-7||J A Geake||M D Grant||100/1|
Little Dutch Girl
||4||10-0||N J Henderson||A Tinkler||4/1|
Uncle Roger (IRE)
||4||10-7||Eve Johnson Houghton||W Kennedy||NR|
Uncle Roger (IRE) 33-1 (10-12) Held up in 4th, weakened after 3 out, mistake next, tailed off, 6th of 7, 28l behind Knight Of Pleasure (10-9) at Sandown 2m 4yo hdl (4) hvy in Jan.
Leviathan 9-1 (11-2) Took keen hold, led, clear 2nd until 5th, mistake 2 out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 6, 1 1/4l behind Tominator (11-9) at Sandown 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy.
Little Dutch Girl 6-4fav (10-5) Chased leaders, went 2nd well before 3 out until approaching 3 out, soon no extra in 3rd, 3rd of 9, 23l behind Angelot Du Berlais (10-12) at Ludlow 2m 4yo hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Shuh Shuh Gah (IRE) 11-1 (11-4) Mid-division, took keen hold, headway approaching 6th, weakened before 3 out, 5th of 16, 30l behind One Conemara (11-4) at Ludlow 2m 5f mdn hdl (4) sft.
Ourmanmassini (IRE) 28-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, one pace from 3 out, 5th of 14, 17l behind Mr Watson (11-5) at Plumpton 2m nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Shot In The Dark (IRE) 100-1 (10-12) Pulled hard early, held up, not fluent 1st, effort after 5th, hit 3 out, weakened before 2 out, tailed off, 5th of 6, 45l behind Pistol (11-5) at Sandown 2m 4yo hdl (4) hvy.
Bright Abbey 6-1 (11-0) Held up, headway when not fluent 3 out, soon no impression, 7th of 14, well behind Shotavodka (11-3) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn hdl (4) hvy.
Asker (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Chased leader until 3rd, chased winner from next, well held from 3 out, kept on for clear 2nd, 2nd of 12, 10l behind Valdez (11-11) at Plumpton 2m nh nov hdl (4) sft in Jan.
Irons On Fire (USA) 16-1 (9-0) In touch, led briefly after 2f, tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression from over 1f out, 4th of 7, 9l behind Icelander (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol in Dec (flat).
Royal Trooper (IRE) 8-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 13, 14l behind De Rigueur (9-3) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Sep (flat).
Exemplary 33-1 (11-3) Held up towards rear, headway approaching 5th, weakened before 3 out, tailed off, 11th of 13, well behind Top Gamble (11-3) at Ffos Las 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy.
Clonusker (IRE) 150-1 (11-2) Took keen hold in 4th, went left and not fluent 1st or 5th, effort after 3 out, weakened before next, 5th of 6, well behind Tominator (11-9) at Sandown 2m nh nov hdl (4) hvy.
Fromthestables Com (IRE) 7-1 (10-3) Soon with leaders, pushed along over 5f out, lost place over 2f out, 10th of 12, 28l behind Tidy Affair (10-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f am hcp 0-52 (6) pol (flat).
Fire King 16-1 (9-3) In touch, headway 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, no impression when outpaced to 3rd final 110 yards, 3rd of 13, 2 1/4l behind Conducting (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan (flat).
Violin Davis (FR)
||7||11-10 t||H Fry||N Fehily||1/3f|
||9||10-12 v1||J W Mullins||R Mahon (3)||8/1|
||7||10-12 vt||Mrs L Hill||D Bass||25/1|
Shantou Breeze (IRE)
||6||10-12||M Madgwick||M Goldstein||33/1|
||8||10-12 t||Mrs S Gardner||S Thomas||11/2|
||10||10-12 p||Miss Z C Davison||G Gracey-davison (5)||NR|
Shropshirelass 25-1 (10-6) Prominent, ridden after 2 out (normal 3 out), weakened approaching last, last of 8, 30l behind Wily Fox (11-12) at Folkestone 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Nov.
Violin Davis (FR) 1-2fav (11-1) Made all, not fluent 2 out, soon ridden, pressed last, driven out, won at Bangor 2m 4f mrs nov chs (5yo+) (4) hvy beating Tara Rose (10-12) by 1 1/4l, 4 ran.
Annimation (IRE) 7-1 (10-4) Held up towards rear, headway before halfway to chase leaders in 3rd, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 16l behind Natural Spring (10-7) at Lingfield 2m n h flat (4) std in Jan.
Southway Star 25-1 (10-10) Mid-division, hard ridden after 3 out, soon no impression, 6th of 10, 17l behind Kentford Grey Lady (11-12) at Sandown 2m 4f Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-135) (4yo+) (3) sft in Dec.
Free Falling 8-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, lost place before 7th, not fluent next, well beaten 3 out, 9th of 13, 37l behind Earcomesthedream (11-4) at Towcester 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Dec.
Shantou Breeze (IRE) 66-1 (10-8) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 14, 6l behind Border Station (10-11) at Lingfield 2m n h flat (4) std in Jan.
Right Stuff (FR)
||10||11-12||G L Moore||Mr L Oswin (10)||12/1|
Tornado In Milan (IRE)
||7||11-10 h||Evan Williams||P Moloney||7/4f|
Brody Bleu (FR)
||6||11-8||R Walford||D A Jacob||16/1|
Sir Fredlot (IRE)
||4||11-3||B G Powell||B Powell (3)||10/1|
Star Of Massini (IRE)
||6||11-2||J W Mullins||A Thornton||11/2|
||8||11-1||Mrs L Wadham||L Aspell||11/1|
||7||11-1||D G Bridgwater||T J Phelan||6/1|
Nemo Spirit (IRE)
||8||11-0 t||D O'Brien||Tom Cannon (3)||10/1|
||7||10-3 pt||L Corcoran||D Fahy||66/1|
||11||10-0 p||Miss Z C Davison||G Gracey-davison (5)||10/1|
Tornado In Milan (IRE) 9-2 (10-12) In touch, pulled hard, led after 4th, ridden 2 out, headed after last, no extra, 3rd of 6, 4l behind Mr Mole (11-12) at Taunton 2m 1f Novice Handicap Hurdle (0-130) (4yo+) (3) hvy.
Engai (GER) 6-1 (11-5) Tracked winner, no impression and lost 2nd approaching normal 2 out, soon weakened, 5th of 8, well behind Swaledale Lad (11-4) at Bangor 2m 1f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) hvy.
Nemo Spirit (IRE) 25-1 (11-0) Towards rear and raced wide, never dangerous, 7th of 12, 12l behind Rocky Elsom (11-1) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-110 (4) sft in Jan.
Sir Fredlot (IRE) 14-1 (11-2) Chased leader, led 2nd, headed 3rd, chased leader until 3 out, ridden and lost 2nd before next, soon beaten, 7th of 12, 16l behind Thundering Home (10-9) at Sandown 2m cond hcp hdl 0-1115 (4) gs.
Star Of Massini (IRE) 16-1 (10-13) Led until 3rd, chased leader, mistake next, mistake 4 out, led again 2 out, ridden before headed last, led again soon after and stayed on, headed post, 2nd of 11, ns behind Islandmagee (11-2) at Kempton 2m cond hcp hdl 0-1115 (4) gs.
Right Stuff (FR) 40-1 (11-2) Always towards rear, mistake 4th, no chance when blundered 2 out, 9th of 11, 30l behind Quaddick Lake (11-9) at Wincanton 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) sft in Dec.
Just Beware 14-1 (10-13) Tracked leaders, led 5th, hit 3 out, ridden next, headed soon after last, kept on one pace, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Thunderstorm (11-9) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Dec.
Iron Duke 40-1 (11-10) Held up, well beaten 3 out, tailed off, 10th of 14, well behind Master Of The Sea (11-7) at Hereford 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) sft in Dec.
Manshoor (IRE) 20-1 (11-2) Chased leaders, slow and lost place 4th, rallied to chase leaders again 3 out, ridden and weakened before next, 8th of 11, 22l behind Islandmagee (11-2) at Kempton 2m cond hcp hdl 0-1115 (4) gs.
Brody Bleu (FR) (11-7) Led 11; easy, won at Barbury Racecourse 2m 4f ptp gd in Feb '12 beating Ballydaily (11-7) by 10l, 3 ran.
The Gossmoor Yank (IRE)
||10||11-12 p1||L Corcoran||Miss J Buck (7)||33/1|
Digger Gets Lucky (IRE)
||11||11-10||N J Gifford||Mr R O Harding||12/1|
Sole Agent (IRE)
||11||11-7 b||Mrs D Grissell||Mr W Russell (7)||25/1|
Global Warming (IRE)
||9||11-3||Miss E C Lavelle||Mr D F Bourke (7)||11/2|
Jupiter Rex (FR)
||6||11-0||Miss V Williams||Mr W Biddick||10/11f|
||10||10-8||Nick Mitchell||Mr L Muspratt (7)||10/1|
Massini Sunset (IRE)
||13||10-8 b||N R Mitchell||Mr N De Boinville (3)||11/1|
Quartz Du Montceau (FR)
||9||10-4 b||Mrs D Grissell||Miss H Grissell (7)||11/2|
||8||10-0||D Steele||Mr C P Shoemark (7)||50/1|
Jupiter Rex (FR) 7-2fav (10-13) Mid-division, hampered 5th, headway 11th, went 2nd 3 out, led last, comfortably, won at Ludlow 3m cond hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft beating Hazy Dawn (10-4) by 6l, 13 ran.
Massini Sunset (IRE) 8-1 (11-1) Raced wide in touch, ridden and weakened before 9th, well behind when blundered 14th, rallied to poor 4th at the last, 4th of 9, 26l behind Somerby (10-9) at Lingfield 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy.
Whitcombe Spirit 25-1 (9-11) Mid-division, pushed along after 3rd, driven in rear after 5th, behind 7th, pulled up before 2 out, in a race won by I Know The Code (11-12) at Uttoxeter 2m 4f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy, 13 ran.
Sole Agent (IRE) 14-1 (11-11) Led, blundered 9th, soon headed, led again 11th, joined 2 out (normal 3 out), headed approaching last, lost 2nd soon after last, weakened flat, 3rd of 7, 25l behind Radetsky March (11-11) at Lingfield 3m amat chs (6) hvy.
Digger Gets Lucky (IRE) 20-1 (10-13) In touch, weakened 7th, tailed off when pulled up after 3 out, in a race won by Ringa Bay (11-4) at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-120 (4) hvy in Jan, 7 ran.
Quartz Du Montceau (FR) 9-4 (10-11) Made all, hit 4th, pushed along and in command before 2 out, 4 lengths ahead last, stayed on well, won at Plumpton 3m 2f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Jan beating Beware Chalk Pit (11-12) by 5l, 3 ran.
The Gossmoor Yank (IRE) 40-1 (11-8) Held up behind in touch, outpaced 4 out, weakened after next, tailed off when pulled up before last, in a race won by Shaking Hands (11-9) at Towcester 3m hcp chs 0-120 (4) hvy in Dec, 8 ran.
Global Warming (IRE) 3-1fav (10-9) Soon held up, bumped 9th, driven after 11th, lost place and behind when blundered badly next, tailed off 14th, pulled up soon after, in a race won by Flying Award (11-5) at Exeter 3m hcp chs 0-115 (4) hvy in Jan, 9 ran.
Miss Fleur 5-1 (11-2) Raced wide, chased leaders, went 2nd after 14th, ridden edged left and stayed on same pace flat, kept on well for clear 2nd, 2nd of 9, 2l behind Somerby (10-9) at Lingfield 3m hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy.
||9||11-12||C Gordon||Tom Cannon (3)||20/1|
Red Anchor (IRE)
||9||11-9||Mrs L C Jewell||A Thornton||17/2|
Royal Kicks (FR)
||12||11-3 bt||Miss S Smith||G Sheehan (5)||8/1|
Stop The Show (IRE)
||12||11-0 b||R T Phillips||A P McCoy||9/4f|
Champion Versions (IRE)
||6||10-12 p||Mrs L Hill||A Coleman||3/1|
Destined For Fame (IRE)
||7||10-9 pt||L Corcoran||D Fahy||16/1|
||8||10-7||J S Smith||W Hutchinson||6/1|
||9||10-4 b||Dr J R J Naylor||W P Kavanagh (3)||10/1|
||5||10-1 p1||Evan Williams||A Wedge (3)||16/1|
||7||10-0||Miss A M Newton-Smith||T Garner (7)||66/1|
Royal Kicks (FR) 16-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, mistake 6th, weakened approaching 11th, tailed off, last of 10, well behind Virginia Ash (11-0) at Plumpton 3m 1f hcp hdl 0-115 (4) hvy in Jan.
Acosta 20-1 (10-7) With leader, lost place after 7th, soon pushed along, weakened 3 out, tailed off, 7th of 14, well behind Jupiter Rex (10-10) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Dec.
Hero's Call 40-1 (10-12) Raced wide, held up in rear, some headway 3 out, never near leaders, weakened before last, tailed off, 6th of 14, 46l behind Jupiter Rex (10-10) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) hvy in Dec.
Red Anchor (IRE) 20-1 (11-1) Made all, went right 7th, blundered 10th, in command 2 out, stayed on well, driven clear flat, won at Lingfield 2m 4f hcp chs 0-100 (5) hvy beating Betheholygobbs (10-10) by 4 1/2l, 6 ran.
Champion Versions (IRE) 12-1 (10-0) In touch, lost place after 2nd, some headway before 3 out, no impression, 8th of 17, 22l behind Seymour Eric (11-9) at Huntingdon 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs.
Budsson 50-1 (10-0) Close up, led before 4th, headed 6th, weakened after 3 out, last of 9, 35l behind Romney Marsh (11-0) at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) sft in Jan.
Absolute Shambles 20-1 (11-4) Held up towards rear, pushed along 5th, pushed along 8th, reminders after 9th, tailed off, 7th of 8, 35l behind Overlay (10-4) at Fontwell 3m 3f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) gs in Nov.
Destined For Fame (IRE) 5-1 (10-0) Held up in 5th, not fluent 8th and driven, pushed along 10th, reminders and struggling next, left in modest 4th after 11th, went poor 3rd 3 out, 3rd of 5, well behind Wild Ground (11-3) at Fontwell 3m 2f hcp chs 0-95 (5) hvy in Dec.
Stop The Show (IRE) 7-2 (10-5) Held up in rear, headway 6th, soon chasing leaders, effort 3 out, weakened before next, 4th of 10, 27l behind Elegant Olive (11-3) at Huntingdon 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-105 (4) sft in Nov.
Ineedaname 66-1 (10-3) In rear, tailed off 3rd, 10th of 12, well behind Faith Jicaro (11-0) at Worcester 2m mdn hdl (5) gd in Aug.
||12||11-10||R Curtis||Mr F Tett (7)||16/1|
Old Dreams (IRE)
||7||11-10 t1||N J Gifford||A P McCoy||6/1|
Egretta Island (IRE)
||7||11-10||W Greatrex||J M Maguire||8/1|
Lady From Geneva
||6||11-8||B G Powell||B Powell (3)||9/2|
Marie Deja La (FR)
||7||11-3 b||C Gordon||Tom Cannon (3)||12/1|
||8||11-0||J W Mullins||A Thornton||16/1|
||6||11-0||Mrs Caroline Keevil||Ian Popham (3)||4/1f|
||10||10-12||P Hide||L Aspell||66/1|
||6||10-3 t||Miss E Baker||J Banks (7)||16/1|
||9||10-3 t||Mrs S Gardner||P Corbett (7)||10/1|
Little Roxy (IRE)
||8||10-0||Miss A M Newton-Smith||A Wedge (3)||6/1|
The Saucy Snipe
||7||10-0||D O'Brien||T Garner (7)||20/1|
||6||11-12||T Symonds||B Poste (7)||NR|
Midnight Belle 2-1fav (11-12) Behind, headway 4 out, soon chasing leaders, driven to challenge 2 out, weakening when mistake last, 3rd of 10, 22l behind Tarabela (11-8) at Taunton 3m mrs hcp hdl (5) hvy.
Midnight Lira 14-1 (11-9) Held up in touch in rear, ridden after 3 out, every chance after last, one pace final 150 yards, 3rd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Jupiter Rex (11-8) at Taunton 3m hcp hdl 0-95 (5) sft in Jan.
Southway Queen 33-1 (10-5) Held up in touch, ridden 3 out, soon outpaced, 4th of 5, 39l behind Ballinahow Star (11-3) at Wincanton 2m mrs nov hdl (4) hvy in Dec.
Old Dreams (IRE) 33-1 (11-9) In touch, headway approaching 4 out, every chance 3 out, ridden and weakened well before next, tailed off, 11th of 18, well behind Farbreaga (11-5) at Kempton 2m 5f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (4) gs.
Little Roxy (IRE) 2-1fav (9-13) Chased leaders, driven and stayed on same pace in 3rd from 3 out, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Goochypoochyprader (10-0) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
The Saucy Snipe 50-1 (9-7) In rear, ridden and slightly outpaced 3 out, headway when hit next, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 4l behind Thunderstorm (11-9) at Plumpton 2m hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Dec.
Lady From Geneva 16-1 (10-11) Prominent, hit 3 out, outpaced by leaders from 2 out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 17, 9l behind Seymour Eric (11-9) at Huntingdon 3m 2f hcp hdl 0-110 (4) gs.
Romney Marsh 12-1 (11-0) Chased leaders, outpaced and lost place before 9th, headway 3 out, led before 2 out, clear before last, won at Plumpton 2m 5f hcp hdl 0-95 (5) sft in Jan beating Marble Walk (11-12) by 7l, 9 ran.
Egretta Island (IRE) 7-1 (11-12) Chased leader until 2nd, chased leaders, went 2nd again approaching 8th until ridden well before 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up approaching 3 out, in a race won by Midnight Belle (10-6) at Ludlow 2m 5f mrs hcp hdl (0-105) (4) sft in Jan, 11 ran.
Petrarchick (USA) 80-1 (10-5) Chased leading pair, ridden and lost 3rd at 11th, weakened after next, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out, in a race won by Valmari (10-11) at Ludlow 2m 4f mrs nov chs (5yo+) (4) sft in Jan, 10 ran.
Brunette'sonly (IRE) 12-1 (9-12) Chased leaders in 4th, weakened from 10th, tailed off before 15th, pulled up before next, in a race won by Well Refreshed (11-1) at Plumpton 3m 5f hcp chs 0-130 (3) sft in Jan, 12 ran.
Jordan 28-1 (11-4) In touch, lost place after 7th, behind when pulled up 3 out, in a race won by Tarabela (11-8) at Taunton 3m mrs hcp hdl (5) hvy, 10 ran.
Marie Deja La (FR) 6-1 (11-3) Held up in rear, pushed along and struggling after 6th, went poor 4th flat, tailed off, 4th of 8, 39l behind Killimore Cottage (11-2) at Lingfield 2m 7f hcp hdl 0-100 (5) hvy in Jan.
||5||11-11||Mrs S Leech||P Moloney||11/4|
Burlington Bertie (IRE)
||5||11-4||Mrs S J Humphrey||Mr M Ennis (7)||8/1|
||6||11-4||J A Geake||M D Grant||66/1|
Slaney Star (IRE)
||5||11-4||Jim Best||J E Moore||11/1|
||5||11-4||P J Hobbs||T J O'Brien||7/4f|
||5||11-4||M Roberts||J McGrath (3)||50/1|
||6||10-11||Miss S West||M Goldstein||25/1|
||6||10-11||Miss Z C Davison||G Gracey-davison (5)||66/1|
Reign Silver (IRE)
||5||10-11||L Carter||R Thornton||20/1|
||6||10-11||Miss S Smith||P J Brennan||4/1|
||6||10-11||Mrs S Wall||G Tumelty||100/1|
Anteros (IRE) 28-1 (11-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, challenged over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well, won at Chepstow 2m NH flat (6) hvy in Jan beating Internationalapeal (11-5) by 3 1/2l, 10 ran.
Cannon Fodder Nomadic Way mare out of Grace Dieu.
Sonoftheking (IRE) 7-1 (11-7) Mid div, 6th halfway, prog to 3rd 3out, wknd 2out, kow, 2nd of 15, 4l behind Mullaghanoe River (11-7) at Laurencetown 3m ire ptp gs in May.
Burlington Bertie (IRE) 12-1 (11-5) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 13l behind Anteros (11-5) at Chepstow 2m NH flat (6) hvy in Jan.
Slaney Star (IRE) 50-1 (11-4) Mid-division, pushed along 12f out, weakened 5f out, 7th of 13, well behind Tradewinds (11-4) at Kempton 2m mdn NH flat (5) gs.
She's Noble Karinga Bay mare out of Alta.
Rambridge Copse 100-1 (11-4) Mid-division on inner, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out, 10th of 15, 43l behind Irish Buccaneer (11-4) at Chepstow 2m NH flat (6) gs in Apr.
Utaly (FR) Shaanmer gelding out of Nataly.
Reign Silver (IRE) 66-1 (10-4) Led and disputed, ridden over 2f out, soon headed and weakened, 4th of 6, 15l behind Rule Of Thumb (11-2) at Folkestone 2m 1f NH flat (6) sft in Dec.
Highway Joe 100-1 (10-6) Always behind, lost touch halfway, tailed off, 11th of 13, dis behind Tradewinds (11-4) at Kempton 2m mdn NH flat (5) gs.
Tigridia (IRE) 150-1 (10-7) Tracked leaders on outside, ridden 7f out, weakened 5f out, tailed off, last of 15, well behind Cabaret Girl (10-7) at Huntingdon 2m NH flat (6) sft in Jan. | <urn:uuid:b83f9fa5-db06-4ddf-984c-d2c3008b84f0> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/meeting/plumpton/25-02-2013/fast-cards | 2014-03-07T09:15:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1393999639602/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305060719-00075-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.809985 | 7,130 |
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday that those who criticize preparations for hurricane Irene for being excessive are engaging in “what I like to call the blinding clarity of hindsight.”
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At a Monitor-hosted breakfast for reporters Tuesday, Secretary Napolitano was asked about grumbling over storm preparations in New York City where Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the city subway system shut down and low-lying areas evacuated. In the end, the city was spared from large scale flooding as a result of the storm.
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pMDsoft, Inc. today released the iPhone version of its acclaimed mobile charge capture and rounding software. The iPhone's elegant user interface makes it easy for physicians to track their patients, write sign-off notes while rounding, and enter billing information quickly. pMDsoft's native application is the first charge capture software to market that can be downloaded from the App Store, so it can be used even in lead-lined rooms and remote areas with no signal. All changes are automatically synchronized in the background, ensuring a steady flow of information between providers. pMDsoft's system works ceaselessly behind the scenes to make this communication seamless and to integrate your mobile information with your practice's other software.
Long Island City, NY (PRWEB) December 11, 2008 -- pMDsoft, Inc. today released the iPhone version of its acclaimed mobile charge capture and rounding software. The iPhone's elegant user interface makes it easy for physicians to track their patients, write sign-off notes while rounding, and enter billing information quickly.
pMDsoft's application is the first native iPhone charge capture software on the market, so it can be used even in lead-lined rooms and remote areas with no signal. All changes are automatically synchronized in the background, ensuring a steady flow of information between providers. pMDsoft's system works ceaselessly behind the scenes to make this communication seamless and to integrate your mobile information with your practice's other software.
Bringing the iPhone's Legendary Usability to Charge Capture
Doctors love the iPhone, which has achieved incredible traction in the smartphone market because of its unprecedented customer satisfaction levels. In its customers' demand for this platform, pMDsoft saw a chance to bring its user-friendly charge capture software to even greater heights of usability. Early adopters such as Dr. Michael Mumma of Florida Cardiac Consultants appreciate that "pMDsoft integrates seamlessly with the iPhone - it's beautifully designed to take advantage of this device." Being first to market is just icing on the cake.
It's part of pMDsoft's culture to invest fully in each new platform - that's why the company created a native application that's specifically optimized to run on the iPhone whether or not it has a data signal. Because it's not just a Web site, the iPhone version of pMDsoft responds quickly; and it looks and feels like other iPhone applications.
This streamlined simplicity allowed early converts to the iPhone to manage their census, enter new patients, and submit charges before we even had a chance to train them. Dr. Madhu Kollipara of Texas Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants exclaimed, "I love the user interface - it is very intuitive and entering charges is a breeze!"
Your Patients, in Realtime, the Way You Want to See Them
pMDsoft uploads your charges and pulls down patient updates steadily in the background, giving you the latest information while you're on the go. This addresses a need that nearly all rounding physicians have encountered, and for those - such as Dr. Kollipara - who understand the importance of rapid inter-physician communication, it's nearly an obsession: "Having a mobile patient list with updates in real time has been our holy grail and we have finally found it!"
Because your pMDsoft census is shared with the other physicians in your group who round at a particular hospital, it's a snap to maintain from one day to the next. Your office staff can help out by entering consults, as well! Best of all, the patients are organized in a way that works for you, which simplifies your rounding and reduces or removes your reliance on paper.
Dr. Valeriy Kraydman of Huntington Hospital Hospitalists in New York has found pMDsoft invaluable as a rounding tool: "pMDsoft for the iPhone is intuitive, very easy. It works well and it just makes sense. I like how it sorts my patients the way I round, so I don't have to carry paper anymore." Your iPhone could be the only patient list you need.
Charge Capture That's Everywhere You Are
It's misleading to call any software mobile if it takes ages to reload each screen, or if it only works in some areas. That's why pMDsoft went the extra mile to build a native iPhone application instead of a Web site. Unlike a Web site, pMDsoft is fully functional everywhere, even if you're offline - so you can get your billing done even in hospital elevators or remote nursing homes. Dr. James Landis of Florida Cardiac Consultants raved about this freedom: "pMDsoft for the iPhone is awesome. Spectacular. This thing is the best! It's unbelievable - I could enter charges in the cath lab, which is like a lead-lined catacomb!"
What happens when you leave the lead-lined catacomb? Once you re-establish connectivity, pMDsoft picks up where it left off, quietly pushing information to and from the device. This gets the newest information to you and your partners as quickly as possible. Dr. Mumma reports that "we've had no problems with pMDsoft for the iPhone. I think it's great! The push technology in particular plays plays a huge role in our business and greatly assists us in sharing information."
The fully-functional offline mode even allows pMDsoft to be used on devices that have no cell phone subscription at all, such as the iPod Touch. Large, cost-conscious groups may favor this approach because they aren't tied to a phone or data plan - instead, their doctors can use pMDsoft anywhere, and upload their work wherever they find a wireless Internet connection.
This is well and good; but perhaps you don't want a charge capture system that stands alone. Fortunately, pMDsoft's world-class HL7 engine allows it to interface patients, charges, and appointments with other software, such as EMRs, practice management software, billing systems, or a hospital's census. Total integration allows pMDsoft to act as a mobile front-end to these systems, and gives you the most bang for your existing software infrastructure.
Headquartered in New York City, pMDsoft develops wireless applications that help physicians streamline and automate their entire practice from point-of-care through reimbursement. The company was started in 1999 to address physicians' need for an effective, mobile alternative to their paper-based method for recording patient encounters. pMDsoft developed the powerful, flexible, reliable and easy-to-use mobile charge capture solution physicians were seeking. By providing real-time access to patient information anywhere, at any time via handheld devices or desktop computers, pMDsoft's medical billing program enables physicians to automate charge capture; view hospital census and office schedules; create a centralized patient information resource for the practice; and more. Through it all, we protect your patient data by adhering to the highest standards for performance, security and reliability.
Today, pMDsoft's customers include individual physicians, physician practice groups, managed care organizations, hospitals, and billing companies located across the country. We attribute our success to our unwavering commitment to developing the best solution on the market and to our superior 24/7 customer support.
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/medical-billing/iphone-charge-capture/prweb1733664.htm
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Getting back into the swing of things. Ironically, as if Christmas wasn't enough, I've got to fork out some more money - the fridge and freezer are very much running on their last legs, so must be replaced quite urgently, and the tv is showing signs of age (sometimes taking 20 minutes to get an initial picture isn't very good). Fun, fun, fun... Money, money, money...
Alice is taking time to get back into the groove, though. She expects to stay
up late and we end up really shouting at each other, lovely and stressful at 10
o'clock at night.
Jacqueline got stopped yesterday for running a red light. She is seething and
I can entirely empathise with her because of when they stopped me for speeding.
Motorists are such easy targets - far easier for them to justify their existence
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I have recently had the opportunity to start up “Bardic Workshops” within my local Barony. Mostly the idea is just to get the bards in the area together to create a sort of support group for writing, performing, creating, and developing our skills all the way around.
One of the things that I have a real desire to focus on is the idea of “attention.” Of course for me this means things like ‘managing attention’ or ‘misdirection’ because as a magician it is very important to me to be able to do that. Otherwise I’m not as entertaining as I should be.
But the concept of attention is one that is valuable to every kind of performer. If we can’t keep the audience on us than we just aren’t doing what we should be doing. The job of Bard (in this Kingdom it’s generally Bard of The West, Bard of The Mists, Bard of Cynagua and then a number of more local bardic positions depending on where you are) is to entertain.
We have a number of challenges when it comes to that however. Often we have a crowded feast hall to compete with, even when it’s an official presentation. Around a bardic circle we have tons of things to deal with that can get in the way of any particular performance ranging from environment to talking to outside noises.
I’m not going to elaborate on those challenges and what to do about them in this post (I do that in my paper on Theatrical Skills for Bards), but I am going to suggest one thing –
Watch this video (it’s interesting in and of itself), and all though it is mostly geared towards what magicians might do, it’s the final question asked that I think is most important.
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A little shirt for Evie from Ottobre 3/2006. Made from a pink floral voile I bought last year at Spotlight.
I made size 104 and the only modification I made was leaving the elastic off the sleeves.
Gorgeous pattern for little girls, except for the zip at the back. Evie is in and out of dress ups and her clothes all day long so a zip at the back has caused a few problems. So as much as I love it I don't think I will be making another one. | <urn:uuid:d29ae932-fdb8-4c52-a534-42610f59670f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://neverenoughhours.blogspot.com/2011/11/shirt-ottobre-32006.html | 2016-06-27T05:47:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982163 | 109 |
Wesley Chapel Florida (high 90, low 69)
We’ve spent our days since our return visiting with Mom and trying to get caught up on some of the many chores we neglected while in the Keys.
First and foremost is to have the driveshaft disconnect repaired, but we were unable to get an appointment until next Wednesday. JoBeth gave us a suggestion that maybe a bolt came loose, and it might be something we could fix ourselves. Since we recently had problem with the bolts connecting the hitch to the truck, we decided we would feel better to have that re-inspected too, so we’ll just let the experts figure it all out.
Al is trying to reorganize things here and make initial preparations for our (hopefully) summer in the mountains. He’s been outside a lot the past few days, but has started complaining about the “heebie jeebies.” That is code for poison ivy. We’re pretty sure he hasn’t touched any, but apparently there is some growing nearby. He is extremely sensitive to it and all it takes is for him to be near it. This morning he is again complaining of the heebie jeebies, and now he found some small blisters on his arms, and he’s starting to feel bad. He has a prescription for prednisone that he got several years ago and has saved for emergencies. He’s about ready to start taking that. Poor Al.
While we were in the Keys, we ate out a lot and did very little cooking. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t seem to muster the enthusiasm to cook while we were there. I guess it was because we were so busy all the time. Now that we’re back here in Tampa, I’m trying to cook and get back into a more healthy way of eating. We completely went off of our plant based/vegan eating and both of us gained weight. I made a nice stir last night and we both really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, last night someone mentioned Cuban Sandwiches and we remembered a really good place we discovered right before we left here in January. Now we have a craving for a Cuban!
There have been a few changes here at Quail Run while we were gone. The best change is that they got a new internet Wi-Fi system. It’s free and appears to be much better than the old one. We signed back onto Netflix and during a rainy day the other day, started watching season 2 of House of Cards.
The second improvement here is a new pool. They tore down the disgusting old pool and are in the process of building a new one. The problem with that, is they took out the old pool in February and the new one is still not complete yet. The snowbirds were livid that there was no pool this winter and I don’t blame them. I don’t know who is building this pool, but I do know that when we put in a pool in our Tampa house many years ago, it took two weeks from start to finish.
We’ve been spending time with Mom, but I needed a one day break from her. My Mother is/was the sweetest person you could ever meet, but as she gets older, she’s getting a tad cranky and more than a little stubborn. I was trying to explain something to her that might keep her from falling again. She didn’t understand what I was trying to tell her (because she wouldn’t let me finish what I was saying), so I finally gave up. Maybe I need to remind her of how stubborn her own mother got as she got older, or maybe I need to keep my mouth shut and deal with it. :)
A wonderful cool front arrived and it got down to 59 degrees last night. I had to drag out an extra blanket and my heating pad, but it sure felt good to sleep with the window open.
Nothing much fun going on here. We went to the boat show today at the fairgrounds. We’re not interested in getting a new boat, but they have some nice vendors to visit. We also have passes to the zoo, so maybe we’ll have to get back there and see how much the two baby elephants have grown. There are some nice rivers close by so we may even get in a paddle or two. The Weeki-Wachee is wonderful this time of year, and we’ve even seen manatee there in June.
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Deciding Which College is Right for You
One of the biggest decision for high school students is to choose which college is right for them. It is very important especially if you are leaving home and staying at a dorm for the first time.
It is a good idea to start gathering information a couple of months before you make your decision. You can ask your high school counselors for any information and ideas regarding the top universities or colleges that you can choose. You can look for good universities abroad or look at traditional universities in the country.
You should consider the location of the university that you want to enter. If the university is in another state or very far from home, you should think of the cost of going home on holidays. If you are from a small town, you may want to go to a university that is located in the city. Location is an important thing to consider also.
Small universities or schools does not necessarily mean that you should ignore it or do not consider it. Small schools offer lots of individual attention to their students. These schools offer excellent education even though they are not that popular or well known.
Find the schools which prioritize and give programs on your areas of interest or the course you want to major in.
If you have the time and the money, you can list down the schools that you are considering and visit them throughout the school year to see what it's really like to be a student in that school. Some schools arrange tours and visits of the school grounds so you better look at this before you visit them. You can even sleep in one of their dorms if you want to stay for one night.
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When I was an author, it was easy to generate income from the content I made for my newsletter subscribers. I wrote a book just for them–a chapter a month. When the book was finished, my newsletter subscribers had a time period when it was free, but then I released the book. Now that I work with entrepreneurs and a lot of the content that I created is more along the lines of audio and video content, it wasn’t as easy to turn it into something that can generate passive income.
Until I discovered transcription. In fact, it was my own transcription work that created the first ebook for the Unscramblet Webinar series, that prompted me to offer the service. But transcription is just the first part. You still have to convert that text into something that looks nice and that you can sell.
That’s where next month’s webinar comes in.Discover how to turn your content into cash with this free event. Click To Tweet
Join me on January 17 as I chat with you about how to turn that old content into cash. It doesn’t need to be webinars or audios either. Those are the most common, but you can also repurpose old blog posts, guest blog posts, and other content as well.
There are people who need and want to hear your message. Even though the information may be “old” (or rather previously published), it’s new to them. If they didn’t attend your webinar or happen to read your blog that day, then what you’re saying could be a breath of fresh air.
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Award shows have been losing steam these past couple of years. While people were not into the Grammy’s at all this year, the scheduled performances had folks curiously tuning in. All the buzz was around Beyoncé and her first public performance appearance after announcing her pregnancy on Instagram. People were speculating what might happen but had no real idea what she was about to do.
Adele, Chance the Rapper, and Beyoncé were big winners last night. While Chance talked over his speech cue music, Adele was swearing and telling them to start her performance over. She had a moment when trying to deliver her George Michael tribute and wanted to get it right for him. Beyoncé hit the stage on a chair in a full backwards lean and her acceptance speech brought reality to the forefront.
Speaking of tributes, the Grammy’s tapped some of the industry’s top talent to perform for some of the legendary artists that were being honored. Demi Lovato, Andra Day, and Little Big Town put on a crisp performance for the Bee Gees. While John Travolta was on the scene, he did not make an appearance with his white suit and heels. That would have been the icing on that performance cake. Bruno Mars and the Time put on a stellar performance for Prince. Morris Day never disappoints and he came equipped with mirror and all. Bruno came through with his purple suit and custom guitar. He channeled his inner Prince and belted out notes and fingered guitar sequences with precision.
Anderson .Paak hit the stage with A Tribe Called Quest to deliver a very necessary message. Busta Rhymes had a poignant message for “President Agent Orange” and his E.O. for a Muslim Ban. The powerful performance was the biggest political statement of the night…wait…that’s a lie. Joy Villa decided to grace the red carpet in a “Make America Great Again” dress with TRUMP on the back. #RedCarpetFail
And while all this was happening, Princess RiRi was sipping on her bedazzled flask.
There were plenty of Red Carpet, performance, and backstage moments that happened. You can see all of the pics and video here.
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Studies state clearly that indoor air can turn out to be very unhealthy over time. Pollutants, dust, smoke, pet dander, and other common substances can cause poor indoor air quality – unless they are filtered out. Given this, investing in an air filtration system can truly considerably improve the air quality in your Bufordrental home. However, be aware that there are very different kinds of air filters and purifiers, all with a whole lot of advantages and disadvantages. Most air filtering systems certainly work as they claim, but on the other hand, others may do little more than move air around your home. To see to it that you get an air filtration system that is worth the investment, it is critical to learn a little on the subject of what options are available and what to anticipate as you shop.
Benefits of Air Filters and Purifiers
When used appropriately, air filters and purifiers have many benefits. A prime quality air filter can help cleanse common indoor pollutants and toxins, clean pet dander, smoke, and dust out of the air, reduce the symptoms of respiratory problems, and make your home smell cleaner. These benefits are gainful to someone with asthma or other related chronic illnesses. Improved indoor air quality can help lessen eye, nose, and throat irritation, headaches, and allergy symptoms. Multiple air purifiers can even help kill bacteria closely associated with the common cold and the flu.
Types of Home Air Filters
Home air filters and purifiers come in sorts of styles and sizes. These include:
- Standard Air Filters: These fiber, paper, or mesh filters can clean dust and dander particles out of the air. One well-accepted type of air filter is a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, which can trap particulates that other filters may let pass.
- Electrostatic Air Filters: This air filter uses an electrically charged screen or panel to filter particles out of the air. Moreover, included in this category would be ionizer filters, which work by attaching electrically charged ions to common air pollutant particles. This makes the particles heavy, after which they quite easily drop out of the air.
- Activated Carbon Filters: Notwithstanding this type of filter is not often put into use by smaller home air purifiers, this type of filter utilizes activated carbon to clear out gases and odors from the air. But, on the negative aspect, activated carbon filters do not necessarily do away with carbon monoxide and wear out fast.
- UV Light Filter: These air purifiers use UV light to help eliminate biological pollutants like mold and bacteria. Yet, UV light filters do not clean dust or dander particles like other air filters.
Choosing a Filter or Air Purifier
The type of air filter you finally choose will lean on what kind of filtering best meets your needs. It is likewise essential to research the air quality index in your area, which can reveal to you just how much of a problem certain air pollutants are where you live. A premium quality air filter will help remove some of the unnecessary and unwanted particles in your indoor air. Then again, no filter can remove them all. For individuals with allergies or respiratory conditions, even really small improvements in indoor air quality can make a vast difference. But, to do so, you will need to make sure you have ideally suited air filters for each room.
You may, on the other hand, be able to install an air purifier or a better-quality filter in your existing HVAC system. This may be the simplest option contingent upon your air filter type. See to it that to work closely with your Buford property manager to make this upgrade. At the same time, if these types of filters don’t meet your indoor air quality needs, you may need to procure one or more additional air purifier units to get to your wished-for level of air quality. Freestanding air purifiers can help clean the air in bedrooms or other enclosed spaces. But, as a matter of fact, smaller units often are only good in small rooms. To clean the air in huge or more open areas of your home, you will have to invest in larger, and rather costly filtering machines.
The filtration models recommended by experts can cost, in fact, anywhere between $200 and $900 per unit. And also remember the cost of the filters! All air purifiers and filtering machines will have filters that are meant to be replaced or cleaned often. Some of these replacement filters can be expensive. It is an excellent idea to check the prices of both the air filtering unit and the replacement filters just before deciding to buy.
For most renters, investing in an excellent air filter or purifier is a very good practice to improve indoor air quality and personal health. And if you actually do your research first, you’ll be able to easily determine exactly the size and type of air filter you need.
At Real Property Management Executives Greater Atlanta, we can help you easily figure out which air filtration system best fits the needs of your rental home. To learn more about how our property management team gives importance that your home is properly taken care of, contact us online or by phone at 678-504-8580 today.
Originally Published on February 14, 2020
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Dominant Strategy in English Auction
1. Consider the following ascending price auction for some good. Each bidder starts with his or her finger on a button. The price starts to rise automatically (imagine it is shown on a screen), starting from v0. The bidders watch the rising price and, when a bidder no longer wishes to participate, he or she lifts his or finger from the button. Once he or she has lifted his
or her finger, he or she is out of the auction for good (i.e., no one can go back in). As soon as only one button is being pressed (i.e., as soon as the next-to-last bidder exits), the auction stops and the bidder still pressing his or her button gets the good at the price shown on the screen. Assume that the good in question is a pure private-value good; that is, its value to
an individual bidder is independent of its value to any other bidder. Each bidder has a value v, which is drawn from the interval [v0, v1] according to a known distribution.
(a) There is a dominant strategy for bidders to use in this auction. What is it?
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BlackRock, the world's largest investor with $4.9 trillion in assets under management, reported quarterly earnings Thursday morning that beat expectations.
Adjusted earnings per share hit $4.78, better than the $4.77 expected by analysts, as revenue totaled $2.8 billion, topping expectations for $2.79 billion.
But underneath the headline numbers, however, the firm gives us the real story on how investors are feeling right now and a few main trends stand out: People hate stocks, like bonds, and love "smart beta."
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said in the company's release that it saw, "significant strength in fixed income and 'smart-beta' ETFs, as clients utilize these tools to manage risk and minimize volatility."
That's how much BlackRock's client love smart beta: Larry Fink is talking about it.
Smart beta, you'll recall, was Investopedia.com's most searched term of 2015 and is a broad catchall for investment strategies that weigh indexes based on certain factors — say, by revenue, for example — instead of traditional market-cap weights.
And with headline stock indexes having gone basically nowhere over the last 18 months, these strategies have gained popularity as investors try to find ways to outperform.
In the second quarter, BlackRock reported net retail-stock outflows of $4.9 billion. The firm said these outflows, "were primarily related to outflows from international equities driven by market uncertainty and de-risking."
BlackRock's iShares business — which covers its exchange-traded funds — saw equity inflows of $3.4 billion. So on balance, BlackRock clients moved out of stocks, but when they did want to invest in equities they wanted that money managed passively (read: on the cheap).
The also firm noted that its iShares equity inflows were to its "Core Series" and "Minimum Volatility" funds. The low-volatility strategy is more or less in the smart-beta family.
On a firm-wide basis, $12.8 billion moved out of actively managed strategies while $14.3 billion moved into index strategies and its iShares business, the continuation of a trend we've seen in markets for decades and that doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon.
In its fixed-income business, BlackRock saw $2.3 billion in inflows on the retail side and $10 billion in inflows in its iShares business. Bonds are good, it seems.
Also of note, BlackRock's institutional clients who actively manage money (read: active mutual-fund managers) saw $6.7 billion in long-term net outflows during the quarter. This is in line with BlackRock's firm-wide preference among its client base for passively managed investments. Expect more of this. | <urn:uuid:7f753ed1-acab-4ed4-b769-d24e987546ee> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.businessinsider.com/blackrock-second-quarter-earnings-report-2016-7?r=UK&IR=T | 2017-08-17T19:09:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886103910.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20170817185948-20170817205948-00411.warc.gz | en | 0.960727 | 586 |
Nigerian born and London raised, Seun "S.O." Otukpe is no stranger to rap. A love for hip-hop was birthed in him from a young age, saying his first rhyme at 6 years old at his grandmother's birthday party. But even with this love, he did not dream of doing music. Upon coming to Christ in 2004, at age 15 his focus changed from wanting fortune and fame, to serving and pleasing God. | <urn:uuid:3e946bb2-4a3b-488e-8a7a-8242764409cb> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.invubu.com/music/show/artist/S.O..html | 2023-09-24T12:48:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506646.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924123403-20230924153403-00529.warc.gz | en | 0.990292 | 96 |
Zeiss Conquest V4 3-12x56 ill 60
The compact design and perfect balance between a wide field of view and large magnification range is ideal for all types of hunting. The V4 models are equipped with a 4x zoom and functional, high-precision, and fully reliable mechanical components.
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To return an item, contact us by email, and we will send your return label so you can send your item free of charge.
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- We cannot refund or exchange a used item unless it is faulty or if the item was sent to you through our error.
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Founded by the Walkers’ as a family business in 2006, Eastern Sporting has grown to be the regions leading force in the retailing of modern sporting guns, ammunition, shooting accessories and clothing.
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James J. Hallet recently died suddenly of a heart attack while visiting family in Newport, N.Y. at 68 years young. Known as Jim to friends and family, Hallet was a devoted teacher, corporate pilot and boat captain. He had his final flight on June 15, 2009.
Born in Buffalo, he graduated from Buffalo State University and went on to teach at Seneca Vocational for 34 years. Jim was a long-time resident of Grand Island and the Buffalo Launch Club. His life-long love of the water led him to become a licensed boat captain and later captain of the "Grand Lady" tour boat on the Niagara River.
Throughout his life, adventure was never far away. Jim earned his commercial pilot license, certified flight instructor rating and began to fulfill his passion for aviation. Becoming a corporate pilot for many companies based in Buffalo, hence spending the last years of his career flying a corporate jet throughout North and South America.
James J. Hallet.
He retired to Fort Myers Beach where he enjoyed boating, fishing and spending time with friends. He truly enjoyed life to the fullest. Jim will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
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A RECENT court case has highlighted the need for employers to be flexible in their approach to employees returning from paternity leave.
Unpaid parental leave entitlements stipulate that employees, other than casuals, are entitled to take up to 52 consecutive weeks of unpaid leave. This is conditional on the employee having completed at least 12 months’ continuous service with the employer, and having given a minimum of 10 weeks’ written notice.
Upon finishing parental leave an employee is entitled to the position they held immediately before starting the leave period.
However, if the position is not available, the employee is entitled to a suitable available position for which they are qualified.
In a recent case, a Federal magistrate found an employer had acted in a discriminatory manner by failing to make reasonable efforts to meet an employee’s request to work part-time on returning from paternity leave.
The court found the employer had available part-time work that needed to be done, which the employee was capable of under-taking.
According to Phillips Fox solicitor Katherine Eyre, the case illustrates the need for employers to be flexible and explore all of the employment options within an organisation so as to accommodate employees returning from paternity leave.
Ms Eyre said the case result also exemplified that, in order to lessen the incidence of such discrimination, individual employers needed to have – and abide by – adequate procedures and policies to deal with paternity leave.
While he agreed with these sentiments, Chamber of Commerce and Industry director industrial services Geoff Blyth said it also was important to recognise the hardships endured by many employers, who are required to abide by paternity leave laws.
“It is without a doubt more difficult for small businesses in WA to meet the obligations of current State paternity laws,” Mr Blyth said.
“When employees return from leave they may need to be re-trained, as the business practices can often change.
“There’s also the training of a suitable replacement to fill the position and this is a costly process, which many small businesses do not always have the resources to deal with.”
But Ms Eyres said most employers realised that paternity leave was a part of running a business.
“It is a fairly standard contract to fill an employee’s position, when they’re away and until they want to return, as long as it is within the required time limit,” she said.
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Monday, 29 March 2010
Here is my DT card for this weeks Creative cottage challenge blog. This week the challenge title is "Prettty pink" pop over and join in here.
I have used the "Something sweet" kit which is available here. I adore this kit and it's great for kids and adult girlies alike - well we all love cupcakes don't we ?!
This is a really simple card to make, just make your card base smaller so the overall card will still fit into a standard envelope.
The papers and the cake image are all included in the kit so all I had to do was print, and crop to size' layering 2 patterns on top of a plain green then onto the pink card base.
I used my ever trusty spellbinders dies to cut the image and just blinged it up a bit with some stickles, glossy accents and ribbon.
Voila simples !
Hope you like it
((hugs)) Suzie xx
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Here are some cards I made using the fab new kit from The creative Cottage called Birthday wishes.
If you haven't got any of these kits yet - get on over and try them here - they are not only fantastic quality but great value too and there are so many to choose from.
Hope you like the cards. Thanks for looking
Hello to you all and thanks for stopping by - haven't been doing too much card making in the last couple of weeks - seem to be busy doing all sorts of other bits and pieces, I guess its just that time of the year when we all start spring cleaning and trying to tidy up the house and garden.
This is a card that I made for my lovely mum and dad. Yesterday they celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary !
This card really was a last minute quickie but Mum seemed happy with it so I'm happy too !
For the card base I used a textured card from DCWV and the paper is an old one also from a DCWV stack (I think !).
I used my trusty nestabillities for the scalloped ovals layering the same textured card and also some handmade paper in a zingy green.
The silky flower is from the fabulous prima and the glassy looking flower I got from QVC (on the bargain page) they are beautiful and have a pincer type grip on the back so they are really easy to use on all sorts of things - actually my neice had one in her hair this afternoon !
I haven't got a swirl die yet (on my wish list !) so I made my own using my quickie glue pen and doodlebug sugar coating glitter, accented with some stickles dots.
I added a couple of heart pins to give more of a romantic feel to the card and added the love always sentiment with black stazon.
Hope you like it - leave me a comment - I love to see what you all think
((hugs)) Suzie xx
Monday, 22 March 2010
This is my 1st challenge entry as one of the design team over at The creative cottage challenge blog. This week the challenge is "Sparkle".
All the papers and the gorgeous image are from the "Come rain or shine" kit from creative cottage which are available here.
I added blue and yellow stickles for the sparkle needed and glossy accents to add some dimension. I esp like the gloss on sherbets wellies. I added 2 layers on the toes and I love the effect.
Hope you like it - and once again I'm sorry for the terrible photo.
Thanks for looking - leave a comment,
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
No card tonight just some very exciting news !
I, yes me, have been invited to join the fantastic design team at The Creative Cottage !
I am so excited and I can't wait to get started, so become a follower and check back soon for my new creations.
If you haven't already been over to the creative cottage click on the link above and you'll find fab, downloadable, kits and freebies too. They even have a new challenge blog so pop over and have a nose you might even win something !
Thanks to everyone at the creative cottage and I do hope I'll do ya proud x
Friday, 12 March 2010
Morning just a quick post this morning - must get some cleaning done (boring !).
I loved the sketch and the color throwdown for this one and this card came together really quickly.
The patterned papers are scraps and I think they are from good ole DCWV - don't quote me, I can't be sure !.
I matted them onto textured card from DCWV. I couldn't find the right pink for the final layer so I inked up a piece of plain white cardstock with the ink pad I used for my stamps - voila perfect colour match !.
I used my fiskars border punch at the bottom of that layer for a girly finish.
The stamps are a birthday set from Kelly Panacci and the inkpad is versacolor opera pink.
I added stickles to the crown and the sentiment for a little bling and wrapped it all up with some deep pink grosgrain ribbon from Dovecraft.
Just a quick stamp onto more patterned paper and a bit of ribbon inside and that was it - job done !
Hope you like it
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Firstly I would like to congratulate the creative cottage on their very 1st challenge which is to incorporate "new" into a card design. This could have been new products, new job, new home the possibillities are endless - I went for new baby !
I wasn't so sure of the mojo sketch to begin with and it took alot of shuffling the card elements about and adding more layers but I am thrilled with the result - just goes to show what you can achieve when you leave your comfort zone and push yourself that little bit harder.
I knew I wanted to use some of my "new" papers from Papermania's Honey and hugs range they are just so cute - perfect for spring and baby cards. This image is just 1 of 4 from a 6 x 6 page so this set could really stretch with some thrifty cropping !
So all 3 patterned papers are from this set and the pearlescent paper is from my craft stash.
I embossed the lower pink panel with a paisley cuttlebug folder and my bigshot, I also used my bigshot to diecut a swirl (Sizzix decorative swirl #3) which I positioned under some flowers secured with a gorgeous brad (not sure what range this came from - sorry).
Under the flowers I have added a double bow (make a bow with a longer length of ribbon then loop the ends to make another bow - almost rosette style) I made the bow with a very light pink sheer organza so it would be delicate and not detract from that super cute lamb.
I added a sentiment from a K & Co kit I've had ages and ages and finally dotted some fruit punch stickles on the lambs cheeks - had to stop myself from adding more glitter to his coat - enough is enough !
Inside it says "It's a girl" - I have a friend who is pregnant so I am now hoping she has a girl !!
Well that's it - thanks for looking and for all your comments - still on the look out for some good beginners copic tutorials if anyone knows of any.
Friday, 5 March 2010
This is my entry into the color throwdown # 82 and also the sketch challenge at 2 sketches 4 you.
I was over the moon when I saw the colours for this one as I had just got my Cosmo Cricket Early bird mini stack and couldn't wait to use it.
There is not a paper I do not like in this set they are all gorgeous.
And when I saw the gorg sketch from Kazan at 2 sketches I thought how nicely they would all combine.
I took inspiration from the very talented Jen del Muro at i (heart) 2 stamp and specifically this tutorial for those lovely glittery shiny chipboards so thanks Jen but mine aren't not quite as neat and smooth as yours but I'll def use this technique again I love the look.
I diecut a circle using my nestabillities and my bigshot and mounted it onto a punched scalloped circle, onto that I mounted (using foam pads - 2 layers in the middle and 1 layer at the outer edges) a gorgeous digi stamp from the Jane's bakery set at Squigglefly and coloured with my copics. This was my 1st attempt at using the copics and I obviously need a little more practice - I will be looking online for some tutorials - I don't think it helps that I only have a basic set of 12 colours and they are all quite dark, I think I need some lighter ones so I can build up the colour. If you have any tips please leave me a comment or send me an email - thanks.
The sentiment was printed and layered onto dp (this stamp is also in the Jane's bakery set).
Inside is another digi from the Jane's bakery set, which I paper pieced, and some DMC thread, a sentiment stamp from my stash not sure what range this came from (oops) and a corner flourish stamp from papermania.
Hope you like it, remember to let me know if you have any tips for colouring with copics.
As always sorry for the terrible photography x
Thanks for looking
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
First I would like to wish Card Patterns a very happy 1st birthday. I have only recently found you but I am loving the sketch challenges - thanks for helping to revive my mojo !
As for this little beauty it just sort of flowed and was made in no time at all. Not sure it is one of my favorite cards but I think it is quite cute all the same.
Wish I had a birdie stamp - think I might have to go shopping for one before spring is out !
The backing papers are digi papers from Cupcake Cuties you can find these and loads of other goodies at My Grafico, the stamp is a digi from Pink Petticoat and so is the sentiment. I coloured these with my spica glitter pens and added some Doodlebug sugar coating to the sheep for some texture. Everything else is from my (bulging !) craft cupboard - simple !
Monday, 1 March 2010
Here is my entry for the last sketch of the month over at I (heart) 2 stamp.
Loved using these colours - feeling really spring like at mo - isn't it amazing what a little sunshine can do !
I made the card base using this gorgeous shade of zingy yellow from dcwv then added the patterned papers - springtime text paper from dcwv (I think - it's an old one) and the pretty floral is from Bo Bunny - Sun Wash Calico.
The image is a digi stamp from Pink Petticoat coloured with my copics and spica glitter pens.
I found the beautiful quote at the fantastic Quote Garden and printed it on to matching card.
The rest is from my craft stash except for the ribbon which is one of the hanging loops from inside one of my tops - it just seemed to be the perfect colour !
SOOOOO sorry for the awful photos. I really must find an online tutorial about taking photos for the blog but would rather spend my spare time cardmaking !.
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This paper studies the structured prediction problem of regressing unordered point sets with implicit and often ambiguous input spaces. A concrete instance which embodies this type of problem is 3D object geometry reconstruction (3DR) from single-view images for partial shape guidance firman2016structured
. The ambiguity arises from the fact that 3D-to-2D mapping is not invertible and large portions of the object features are typically occluded. 3DR is a pivotal learning problem in visual understanding, with numerous applications across domains. For instance, an intelligent robot requires a 3D model of the object instance to reason about manipulation. Similarly, in augmented reality recognizing the 3D shapes of often unseen objects in the world is necessary for both correct rendering and interaction. 3DR has been explored in a large body of extant work in computer vision, for problems such as structure from motionsfm; slam or multiview stereo Furukawa_etal_2010; Furukawa_Ponce_2010; Goesele_etal_2010; Hernandez_Vogiatzis_2010; lhuillier2005quasi; agarwal2009building; engel2014lsd and at times even with single view images Criminisi00a. Ingenious work on “Shape-from-X" has utilized priors on natural images to infer geometric features, with “X" being shading, texture, specularity, shadow and so on zhang1999shape; malik1997computing; healey1988local; savarese20073d; BarronTPAMI2015. Most of the aforementioned methods require carefully constructed features, a problem that is addressed by data-driven methods relying on large-scale 3D object datasets DBLP:journals/corr/ChangFGHHLSSSSX15; xiang2016objectnet3d. Data-driven methods learn implicit priors for various object recognition tasks such as shape completion and 3D reconstruction. Broadly, these methods use the prior knowledge in two ways: (i) image-based shape retrieval that focuses on algorithm design to find the nearest shape in database for the query image xiang2014beyond; DBLP:journals/corr/ChangFGHHLSSSSX15; rock2015completing, and (ii) deep generative models which operate directly on the query image and generate a 3D reconstruction as output, matching the shape distribution but resulting in different shape instances than in the database choy20163d; fan2016point; rezende2016unsupervised; wu2016single; yan2016perspective; drcTulsiani17; wsgan
. We note that the majority of recent methods for 3DR resort to either direct volumetric representation (aka voxels) or meshes from multi-view images as their shape representation. While intuitive, these representations can be both computationally inefficient and ineffective in capturing the natural invariance of 3D shapes under geometric transformations. A recent method by Fan et al. uses Point Set Generation Network (PSGN) to alleviate these problems. As they note, a point cloud is a simple, uniform structure that is relatively easier to learn than voxels, as it does not have to encode multiple primitives or combinatorial connectivity patterns. Additionally, point clouds are computationally superior to voxels since they do not require 3D convolutions and are amenable to direct manipulation when it comes to shape deformation and transformation. However, though direct prediction of fixed size point clouds improves 3DR performance, giving up on connectivity can result in a lack of fine shape features since loss functions are focused on overall reconstruction. At the same time, Spatial Transformer Networks (STN) have presented an appealing method to learn geometric transformations in 2D imagesjadenberg2015stn. STNs are a modular, differentiable and dynamic upgrade to pooling operations that learn to zoom in and eliminate background clutter, thereby “standardizing” the input. However, they have primarily been studied in the context of discrete grids in image inputs to facilitate image classification. Inspired the ideas from PSG and STN, we propose DeformNet- a model that extends STN style geometric operations to 3D using the notion of Free-Form Deformations (FFD). When used in conjunction with a point cloud representation, this method not only benefits from computational efficiency but also can preserve fine details in shapes since it implicitly preserves connectivity in structures. DeformNet uses a single image input to first perform shape retrieval from an object dataset using a learned image-to-shape embedding, and then deforms the point cloud representation of the retrieved template using the FFD layer in an encoder-decoder style network architecture as depicted in Figure 1. DeformNet intuitively builds on the strengths of Shape Retrieval, PSG, and STNs while compensating for their shortcomings. We implement FFD as a differentiable layer for end-to-end training along with point set correspondence based loss functions Chamfer Distance and Earth-Mover’s Distance, as in fan2016point. To summarize, the main contributions of this paper are:
Introduction of Free Form Deformation as a differentiable layer to be used as a new building block that enables 3D data manipulation.
A novel framework, DeformNet based on FFD layer to achieve smooth geometric deformations in point clouds for 3D Reconstruction.
Evaluation of DeformNet on rendered images achieves state-of-the-art performance in comparison to both Point Prediction Methods such as PSG fan2016point and Generative Models such as 3D-R2N2 choy20163d.
2 Related Work
Generative Models for 3D Reconstruction.
Recently, generative models for 3D reconstruction have produced state-of-the-art results. One approach is targeting voxel reconstruction through a 3D voxel neural network.choy20163det al. tlnet proposed a TL-embedding network which embeds image and shape together for single view 3D volumetric shape generation. Wu et al. 3dgan proposed a 3D VAE-GAN which brings the two popular generative models together in volumetric shape generation and reconstruction. There are also representative advances in unsupervised/weakly supervised 3D learning for reconstruction. yan2016perspective proposed a perspective transformer net for reconstruction from a single image which only uses images contour as supervision. rezende2016unsupervised proposed a conditional generative network for unsupervised reconstruction from images. All of the above neural network based 3D reconstruction methods use voxel representations, which requires a large amount of memory and is inefficient due to the small space usage of generic 3D shapes. Fan et al. fan2016point
proposed an alternative approach with neural networks that output unordered 3D point sets for 3D reconstruction. In our work, we combine both voxel and point set representations by using a 3D convolutional neural network to generate a deformation that is applied to 3D points sets for output which can preserve fine detail in the template shape.Spatial Transformer Networks Conventional convolutional neural networks lack the ability to warp or select a patch from an image that is relevant to the target task, which leads to an unnecessarily larger and deeper network for larger images. To alleviate this issue, Jadenberg et al. jadenberg2015stn proposed the Spatial Transformer Networks (STN) that can apply geometric transformations to an input or activations such as Affine Transformation or Thin-Plane-Spline to extract a patch that is relevant to the task. Kanazawa et al. warpnet proposed a WarpNet, an unsupervised method for deforming an image using a Spatial Transformer Network. This work is similar in spirit to the WarpNet in that the neural network generates deformation parameters and the loss is defined using the deviation of the deformed input to the ground truth. However, unlike the WarpNet, we condition the network on two inputs (the reference image and a template shape) and use it for 3D shape deformation and reconstruction. 3D Shape Deformation Recently, Yumer and Mitra yumer2016learning proposed a 3D Convolutional Neural Network that generates a deformation field as an output for 3D mesh editing given a user input. We employ the same deformation representation, Free-Form Deformation (FFD) to generate 3D deformation field. The primary difference between our approach and that of Yumer et al. are that they supervise the network using precomputed deformation offsets while we propose an end-to-end trainable network which only requires the target shape as the sole source of supervision. We accomplish this by computing distance between a set of points and minimizing it with respect to the deformation field (Sec. 3.4). In addition, unlike Yumer et al., we focus on the 3D reconstruction given an image input, rather than 3D editing. Huang et al. huang2015single also proposed an approach to 3D reconstruction through template retrieval and deformation, which relies on jointly segmenting the 2D image and 3D templates and creating the 3D reconstruction from deformed parts of the segmented templates. Their approach differs from ours in that it relies on having noisy segmentation of the shapes in their database, in that it performs reconstruction by segmenting both the input image and templates and deforming template parts to fit with the parts of the segmented image via direct optimization, and in that it takes significantly longer to run due to the optimizations it employs. To summarize, voxelized representations suffer from memory inefficiency and difficulty in generating fine details, previous deformation networks require the limiting supervision of point displacements, and previous work on reconstruction through template deformation relied on noisy segmentation in the shapes database. Purely generative models don’t leverage the high quality and broad availability of shape databases. Our paper finds a balance between the flexibility of a generative approach and the output quality of a database-focused approach. It does this without requiring any supervision beyond that of the desired shape. This addresses the major problems with the current best methods.
In this section, we propose the DeformNet framework that generates a 3D shape reconstruction from a single image. Unlike recent single-view 3D reconstruction works that use Convolutional Neural Networks, we do not use voxelized output choy20163d; tlnet; 3dgan, which cannot recover fine details due to the coarse resolution of the voxel grid, and do not directly generate a point cloud from scratch fan2016point. Instead, we propose an end-to-end network that deforms a template 3D shape to match an input image and preserves the topology of the template shape and train it using the target shape only. This can be seen as combining the key insights from prior work that used Free-Form Deformation in a deep learning model yumer2016learning and the Chamfer distance for the objective function fan2016point. In the following subsections, we first introduce metric learning based shape template retrieval, which finds the most topologically similar 3D shape template for a given image (Sec. 3.1). Then, we introduce DeformNet, which takes a set of templates that we use for deformation and a query image and learns to output the deformation field end-to-end given the target shape (Sec. 3.3). Lastly, we present two objective functions that measure the deviation of the deformed shape from the target shape by finding correspondences on-the-fly (Sec. 3.4). See Figure 1 for illustration.
3.1 Shape Template Retrieval
To make use of the high-quality 3D CAD models in the existing database, the first step of the framework is to retrieve shape templates that have a similar topology to the object in a query image. For this, we use metric learning to learn an embedding that preserves topological similarity between shapes. Specifically, we first define the metric space by a set of constraints that force dissimilar shapes to be at least a margin father away than the distance between similar objects.
where is a margin, indicates a set containing all elements in the -th class and is an arbitrary distance function. We use a parametric metric space representation using a neural network where denote the parameters in the neural network. The above constraints can be converted to a loss function which forms a triplet loss schroff2015facenet. By minimizing the loss function with respect to , we can generate a feature representation that preserves perceptual similarity in a metric space where the distance operation is meaningful. However, due to difficulty in mining hard negatives and inefficiency of not reusing features in a batch, the naive metric learning approach only yields a moderate result schroff2015facenet; oh2016deep. Instead, we use the smoothed version of the triplet loss that reuses all features in a batch for efficient hard negative mining oh2016deep and allows fast and effective training.
where indicates and denotes a set of shapes that belong to different categories from the category of . Specifically, we used a 2D CNN to implement and denotes rendering of the -th shape. We define the positive pairs to be renderings of the same shape from different perspectives and negatives to be renderings from different shapes. We define the similarity to be the inverse of the distance in the metric space and retrieve -nearest neighbors from a query image and use the shapes that generated the images for the next stage.
3.2 DeformNet: Model
Given a reference image and a shape template that closely matches the object in the input image from the Shape Retrieval stage (Sec. 3.1), we want to generate the parameters of a deformation which transforms the shape template into the shape in the reference image. Unlike conventional CNN for reconstruction, DeformNet takes two different modalities as inputs and thus has two CNNs in these respective domains to encode the inputs. First, for the 2D image, we used 2D CNN for an image encoder and for the 3D shape input, we voxelized sampled points on the surface to generate dense point cloud and voxelized to feed into a 3D CNN encoder . We simply combined the information from two modes by stacking the final fully connected layer activation to the last 3D CNN activation along the channel so that we preserve the spatial information from the 3D shape template. The combined information from both encoders contains all information that we need to know from both inputs and thus call the latent variable . is then fed into a 3D decoder , a 3D Deconvolutional Neural Network, to expand the spatial dimension of the output. Since the 3D encoder loses spatial details as we project the activations from 3D convolution layers to a coarser voxel grid, we use a 3D U-Net structure which is an extension of the 2D U-Net proposed in yumer2016learning to recover the details in the output. The U-net has an hourglass shape and skip connections between the 3D encoder and 3D decoder that crosses the latent variable (Fig. 1
). The final output of the decoder is a vector field, which is used as the offset for the control points in the Free-Form Deformation Layer (Sec. 3.3). Each offset , represents offset of the corresponding control point. These values are used to then compute the deformed point cloud output, which is the final output of the network, and which can then be compared against the ground truth point cloud of the input image shape.
3.3 Free-Form Deformation Layer
Free-Form Deformation (FFD) sederberg1986free is the 3D extension of a Bezier curve form, which has been widely used for shape deformation. Since it is defined on a 3D grid, FFD fits with 3D convolutional neural network and has been used for generating 3D deformation using a neural network beforeyumer2016learning. The DeformNet learns the FFD for every input image - shape template pair, and the predicted FFD on shape template will generate the final deformed shape. In this paper, we mainly focus on manipulating and evaluating reconstructions with point clouds, though the learned FFD could also be applied to other formats. FFD is formally formulated as following. Let be the normalized point coordinate in the grid and be the 3D deformation offset at the grid control point . Then, the point after deformation is defined as
where is a binomial function, and
are sizes of the control point grid. The interpolation will mix the displacement of all control points around each data point, generating a smooth deformed output. The 3D decoder outputs deformation field. Note that is differentiable with respect to , which guarantees that the backward propagated gradients could flow from the objective function on the top of FFD, making FFD learnable.
3.4 Objective Functions
To make the DeformNet end-to-end trainable, we need to define a loss function that optimizes the target task: deforming a template shape to match a target shape. Ideally, the function should measure difference between deformed shape and a template shape and should return 0 if and only if the deformed shape overlaps the template exactly. However, 3D shapes are defined by vertices and faces whose accurate topological similarity is difficult to measure. So, rather than measuring the topological similarity, we sample points on the surface of a shape and use the set of points (point cloud) as a surrogate for a shape. Point clouds are easy to manipulate due to their simplicity and efficiency, and we follow fan2016point by using distance functions on point clouds as the loss function. If the network generates the correct deformation field that minimizes the point cloud distances, then the deformed point could will match the target point cloud accurately as well. We explore two point cloud distance functions: Earth Mover’s distance (EMD) and Chamfer distance (CD) rubner2000earth. Both distance measures are based on point-wise L-2 distance. Earth Mover’s distance: The EMD is defined as the minimum of sum of distances between a point in one set and a point in another set over all possible permutation of correspondences. To find the minimum, the EMD implicitly solves bipartite matching problem. More formally, given two sets of points , the EMD is defined as
where is some bijection from to . Chamfer distance: CD is computationally easier than EMD, since it uses sub-optimal matching to determine the pair-wise relation. For each point in one point set, CD simply treat the nearest neighbor in the other set as the image of this point. Formally, CD is defined as
We use two forms of regularization in addition to the distance function, the first being L1 loss over all point cloud offsets to force the network to deform the template as little as possible, and the second being L2 loss over the difference between neighboring control point offsets to promote smooth deformation.
3.5 Implementation Details
For shape retrieval, we use the multiview rendered images of shape from choy20163d to train the network and used the GoogLeNet model szegedy2015going
. At training and testing time, the template shape input is chosen at random from the 5 most similar shapes from the same category. For EMD, we precomputed ground truth correspondences between each input and its 5 most similar shapes using the Hungarian Algorithm; thus it should be noted that the correspondence is based on the undeformed template, which is an approximation of true EMD. We evaluated using true EMD loss and found it to not work better, and as discussed in the appendix focused on using Chamfer distance as the loss for training. For Chamfer distance, we use the output of the network directly to compute the distance. We used TensorFlow to implement the networks and used Adam optimizer with momentum term of 0.95. The model is trained with an initial learning rate of 5e-4 and goes down to 5e-5 after 20k iterations. After selection based on performance, we choose a batch size of 16 for training. We use leaky ReLU as an activation function. Note that to make use of EMD, we resample the point clouds to normalize the number of points. We train on point clouds with 1024 points. For deformation, we set N=4 as the number of control points in each dimension that points are computed with (so each point in the deformed output point cloud is a function ofcontrol points). We use for regularization on control point offsets.
4 Experimental Evaluation
4.1 Experimental Setup
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We train and evaluate our models on the ShapeNet database shapenet, which contains a large quantity of manually created and cleaned 3D CAD models. Specifically, we select 5 representative categories to study on: chair, car, airplane, bench and sofa, following Gwak et al. wsgan. The images for training and testing are rendered in various angles to provide synthetic training data for the model. In total, 22,324 shape models are covered, where training/testing split is 80%/20%. The 3D CAD objects are originally stored as meshes, so we enriched the dataset via resampling the meshes into point clouds and voxelizing them into voxels.
4.2 3D Shape Reconstruction from RGB Images
We compare our work with point set generation network (PSGN) fan2016point, which is the state-of-the-art in deep learning based 3D reconstruction from a single image. PSGN chooses point clouds as the 3D representation, which allows manipulation including geometric transformations and deformations. Also, point clouds can in principle contain more information than voxel representations due to the latter’s discrete nature, and point clouds are easy to convert into voxels whereas the other way around will be tricky. Therefore we also target point clouds, though the learned free-form deformation can be applied to both voxel, point cloud, and mesh. On point clouds, PSGN proposed two metrics for training and evaluating the reconstruction - CD and EMD. To have a fair comparison, we use the same point-set based metrics and follow their experiment setups. We train and test with relatively sparse point clouds with 1024 points, though as will be demonstrated in section 4.6 our model can be applied to dense point clouds despite being trained with sparse ones. To have comparable scaling of distances, during evaluation point clouds are bounded in a hemisphere with a radius of unit 1 and are aligned to their ground plane. Unit 1 is defined as 1/10 of the length of the 3D grid as done in PSGN. We train our models on all five categories with only the CD the loss (as it was found that EMD provided no benefit over CD), and provide both CD and EMD metrics on the test set alongside the same metrics for the newest trained model released by PSGN. Here we report the per category comparison on both CD and EMD metrics in Table 1. In PSGN, they include the mean value of point-set based metrics from 3D-R2N2 choy20163d, thus we also list them here. On CD metrics, we outperform PSGN and 3D-R2N2 on all categories; on EMD, PSGN achieves better values on the car and sofa categories, but our model performs significantly better in the other three categories as well as the average value. This indicates PSGN has good performance on rotund and less detailed objects, while our strength is on objects with more fine-grained details such as chairs and airplanes. Both our work and PSGN focus on reconstruction on point clouds, where the point-set based metrics are straightforward and intuitive. To contrast the two methods clearly, we show the visual comparison in Figure 2. In general, our reconstruction can recover the main features from the object, even when the input template is not ideal for the image. This can be attributed to the combined benefits of shape retrieval and deformation - shape retrieval alone provides very good complete 3D shape templates without missing features, and deformation is able to preserve all of the template’s main features while tweaking them to more closely match their shape in the image input.
4.3 Ablation Analysis
Sensitivity to input shape template. Image-based shape retrieval could provide reasonable CAD model as template to start deforming with. We therefore also provide analysis on the degree to which DeformNet relies on having a good shape template.
To do this analysis, we compute the statistics on test set of all categories: for each group of input template (In), output (Out), ground truth shapes, we compute the tuple . Figure 3 shows the scattering plot of 516 random groups. Most of them lie closely to the horizontal axis, showing that DeformNet is not very sensitive to the input template’s quality, which indicates the robustness of DeformNet. We also report the CD and EMD with randomly picked shape template as input (without shape retrieval) in 2, averaged on all categories. Note that DeformNet without shape template retrieval still outperforms PSGN on average. Joint skip connections. The joint skip connections stacking activations from 3D encoder and 3D decoder serve as information conveyors on the same level of spatial resolution. To verify its importance, we trained a network without the joint skip connections and measured its performance in CD and EMD metrics as shown in Table 2. Since the joint skip connections feed sharp information from the shape directly to deeper layers in the decoder, the reconstruction is more accurate in terms of CD loss.
Regularizer. To understand the functionality of the deformation regularizer, we have trained and tested a network without the regularization term in the objective function. Quantitatively, the model without regularization performs slightly better than the model with it, as shown in Table 2. However, the regularizer encourages more conservative and smooth deformation. For mesh reconstruction, this lowers the chance for faces to cross during deformation. As illustrated in the mesh reconstruction experiment in Figure 6, the regularizer enforces the consistency among offsets of neighboring control points, which is not guaranteed in the model without the regularizer. Point cloud density. One advantage of FFD is that the same deformation can be applied to any number of points in the control points grid, which bridges the gap between low and high resolution. To have a fair comparison with PSGN, we also trained on sparse point clouds with 1024 points, but our trained model could be directly used on deforming and reconstructing dense point clouds. Figure 4 shows the comparison between reconstructed sparse and dense point clouds, using the model trained on sparse point clouds. In general, network deforms dense point clouds similarly to sparse ones.
4.4 3D Reconstruction with Real Images
We also tested our model on real world images and visualization results are shown in Figure 5
, including a failure case. Since we trained our model on synthesized images with single-colored backgrounds, we segmented real images as the input into network as done in PSGN. Our network successfully infers the 3D shape in some cases, but fails on some others. One solution could be domain adaptation and transfer learning, to bridge the gap between rendered and real world images, which we leave to future work.
4.5 Mesh Reconstruction
Free-form deformation has been widely used on deforming mesh objects, and with FFD layer in a deep neural network, the learnable manipulation and reconstruction on mesh become possible. As analyzed in section 4.3, the regularized model refrains from drastic changes in a local patch, which gives out mesh reconstruction with plausible quality. Figure 6 shows an example of mesh reconstruction on a chair.
5 Conclusions and Outlook
This paper examines the structured prediction problem of regressing 3D point clouds based on image input to solve 3D Reconstruction with a single image. We note that existing methods with volumetric representations fall short on computational efficiency. This paper leverages the Point cloud-based representation coupled with a 3D generalization of the Spatial Transformer using Free-Form Deformation to achieve state of the art results on reconstruction with ShapeNet. We introduce Free Form Deformation as a differentiable layer to enable 3D data manipulation. This can have wider implications beyond 3D reconstruction, such as in point-cloud processing, and learning to perform grasping on unseen objects.
6 Supplementary Material
6.1 CD vs EMD
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We trained DeformNet trained with both CD and EMD as objective functions, then test both of them using CD and EMD metrics. The average distance is reported on the Table 3. In terms of the point-set based metrics, the performance of these two models are similar. Besides, from our observation on output visualization, we don’t find significant difference between these two metrics. With respect to computation efficiency, CD runs much faster with KDTree searching for nearest neighbors, so we primarily used it for the evaluations in this paper.
6.2 Additional Images
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Written by: Kristy Welsh
Last Updated: August 21, 2017
Before the Internet and e-mail, a credit card agreement was signed by the consumer and sent into the issuing bank for approval. However, these days most credit cards are issued online where there is no signature needed on a contract. This lack of a written signed contract comes into play during lawsuits on defaulted credit card debt.
If you are being sued for credit card debt, there are two different ways the Plaintiff can say you, the Defendant, entered into a contractual agreement with the original creditor. This is crucial because if they say you became indebted via a contract, they will have to provide one in court in order to win.
Your method of answering the complaint will be different based on whether or not the Plaintiff is claiming "Account Stated" or "Entered into a Contract."
Account Stated Basis of a Lawsuit
Most credit card companies cannot produce a contract with your signature, digital or other wise, as part of their case against you. This can get the case tossed out immediately. The easiest thing for a Plaintiff to do when suing you is to declare the contract is account stated. If they use account stated as the contractual agreement, no written contract is required as evidence. This makes it much easier to win their case.
The other big advantage to establishing an account as account stated is that the cause of action is the account stated aspect of the contract itself. If the Plaintiff is basing their claim on a contract, many times you can get the case thrown out because no cause of action was stated. If their case is based on account stated, the cause of action is built in.
Difference Between a Written Contract and an Account Stated Contract
To answer this question, we have to give you a mini legal lesson.
Classic contract law in general gives the definition of a purchase contract as: one party buys at an agreed-upon price and pays per the terms of the contract. From there, should a default occur, it's all a matter of how well the terms of the contract can be proven:
- The most enforceable contract is the one where both parties sign a witnessed, signed written agreement.
- A signed but not witnessed contract is the next best thing.
- The least enforceable contract is an oral contract, since what exactly was agreed upon is difficult to prove.
- Somewhere in the middle between a signed contract and an oral contract is the account stated contract. It assumes the use of an issued credit card means the consumer agrees to the credit card contract terms.
It should be noted, that once proved, all of the above contracts are equally legally binding. It's the difficulty of proof that distinguishes them.
How Does One Know if the Plaintiff Maintains the Contract is Account Stated?
You ascertain what type of contract the Plaintiff is alleging by reading the allegations in the complaint. Remember, an allegation is every separate action the Plaintiff claims you did to harm them. The allegations are usually presented in a numbered list. The type of contract the Plaintiff is claiming is usually in the top three allegations. Based on the above information, let's see if you can tell which kind of contract is indicated in each of these allegations.
Quiz: What Type of Contract?
- Defendant is indebted to Plaintiff for goods and services plus contract interest purchased on an open account on a theory of account stated.
- The Defendant owes a sum of $XXXX.XX dollars to Plaintiff for charges and/or cash advances incurred on a credit account as evidenced by the affidavit.
- The defendant was indebted to Providian Bank and failed to make payments.
- The defendant entered into a contract with the Plaintiff.
- Account stated.
- Most likely it would be an account stated, but without looking at the affidavit it's tough to know. Here's a typical affidavit of debt. It's usually possible to get the affidavit thrown out. If the affidavit is thrown out, then the Plaintiff must produce the contract.
- No method of contractual indebtedness was stated, so this would most likely be assumed to be a written contract.
- This assumed a written contract.
How to Approach an Account Stated Lawsuit
Here is the full Account Stated Doctrine.
Generally, an account stated is "an agreement based upon prior transactions between the parties with respect to the items composing the account, and the balance due, if any, in favor of one of the parties." To achieve an account stated, the agreement must amount to a recognition of a debt by a party, with a promise, express or implied, to pay the debt. This recognition can be established by a creditor delivering to a debtor a statement regarding the account and the amount owed. The receiver/debtor is bound to examine the statement, and if he admits it to be correct, a binding account stated is established. Once an account stated is established, it acts as an admission by both parties that the amount is due.
Stated simply, an account stated is generally established when a debtor fails to object to a bill from his creditor within a reasonable time.
Questions to Ask When Considering Defenses You Can Use to Attack the Validity of Account Stated Cases
- How can the Plaintiff prove that the statement was held by the consumer without objection?
- How can the Plaintiff prove that the consumer received the statement?
- Is it sufficient for the Plaintiff to claim that a statement was mailed, but not paid?
- The most common way to defeat an action for account stated is to show that the debt claimed is new, i.e., that there was no prior course of dealing between the parties or, at best, only a very short period with very few transactions. Therefore, the contract AND the statement of account are required (proof of the length of the debt).
Please note: WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS. If you are being sued, it's always a good idea to hire an attorney or get some legal assistance. If you cannot afford an attorney, a lot of people have handled their cases pro per or without a lawyer. Our articles are meant to provide basic information on handling litigation.
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I have 1GB on the Bold and a 8GB Sd card. There is 25MB left for application, and 800+MB memory available on the device. When i went to restore the last version of data back-uped, the desktop manager says not enough memory to do that?
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Practitioners and professionals from across England are invited to participate in this virtual session on school exclusion after COVID-19. We are keen to develop an understanding of their perceptions of the situation, how at-risk students might be identified and what support and guidance exists or can be developed to support practitioners (including implications for integrated, cross-professional working) as well as children and families to successfully return to school.
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Purpose and focus of the discussions
The impact of Covid-19 on schools is substantial for practitioners and students. We suspect certain groups of students may become at risk of exclusion as schools re-open. We want to talk to practitioners and professionals in different parts of England to glean an understanding of their perceptions of the situation, how at-risk students might be identified and what support and guidance exists or can be developed to support practitioners (including implications for integrated, cross-professional working) as well as children and families to successfully return to school.
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Greetings "Sally": :)
I've been at work exclusively on this topic since last night and I
apologize for it taking so long but I wanted to be thorough. This has
been a most interesting search as I am already familiar with over 70%
of these cases. As a former psychology major, I had previously delved
into serial murders and such because I am so perplexed and fascinated
as to the "why" of this type of behavior. Although you requested
"instantly recognizable ones" you may see some that are not that
recognizable to you. However, I recognized them and then I included a
few other examples I found so that you would have a larger amount of
cases from which to choose.
I've separated them into headings and titles as best as I could for
your ease of view given that this program doesn't enable bold or
KILLED BOTH PARENTS
***The Brothers Menendez
On August 20, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were brutally murdered in
their home. Their sons, Lyle and Erik, were later charged and
convicted of the gruesome crime.
***Ronald Butch DeFeo, Jr. [the real Amityville horror]
On November 14, 1974, Ronald DeFeo, Jr. killed his parents and four
siblings in Amityville, NY. Later, the book The Amityville Horror
was written by people who purchased the house where the murder took
Kipland Kinkel, 15, had just been expelled from school in
Springfield, Oregon, for carrying a gun to class. He returned with a
He killed one student and wounded eight others,
one of whom later died, and he also caused a stampede that resulted in
Police officers who went to his home discovered that
hed killed both of his parents and had booby-trapped the house with
five homemade bombs---one of which he'd placed underneath his mothers
corpse. His classmates had once dubbed him the student most likely
to start World War III.
"On July 15, Walker pleaded guilty to killing his parents. He is
expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of
parole for 25 years. The sentencing of 17-year-old Blake Walker for
killing his parents, scheduled for tomorrow, may bring closure to
some, but others in this small college town say they have to know why
it happened before they can get any peace."
Stalked Olivia Newton-John
"Michael Perry also fell for the winsome Australian singer's charms
that year. Security consultant Gavin de Becker's people caught him on
his way to her California house and encouraged him to leave the state.
As soon as he got home to Louisiana, he killed his parents, his
cousins and a baby nephew. He's currently on death row."
"Officials said Billington has been offered life without parole on a
guilty plea in the murders of his father, Nigel, his mother, Geradina,
and his sister, Amanda in their Apison home. The state is expected to
ask for the death penalty should the case go to trial."
***Saeed Al Qashash
"Teenager Saeed Al Qashash, who was found guilty of murdering 12
members of his family including his friend, in June 1998, was executed
on Sunday. Al Qashash shot 11 members of his family: His mother
Thuria, his father Amin, sisters Karimeh, Wafa, Mervit, Insaf, her
husband and their two children. His brothers Mohammed and Mostafa and
victim number 12, his close friend, Atta Shalan."
POPULAR OPINION AND SPECULATION:
On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden allegedly killed her father and
stepmother with an axe. She was charged with their murders and a
trial was held. The verdict was not guilty yet it is popular
opinion that she did do the dirty deed.
As the mysterious murder of JonBenet Ramsey unfolded, evidence led
many to speculate that her parents were somehow involved in her
murder. Much speculation arose that JonBenet was killed by one parent
while the other covered for the spouse or that the son did it and the
parents were trying to protect him.
Alice Crimmins was arrested and charged with the murder of her
children but was not convicted. Her sons badly decomposed body was
found several days after his sisters body. Then, within a week of
the funeral, Alice Crimmins, mother of two small dead children,
appeared to simply resume her normal life. Normal life, in this
case included not just doing housekeeping chores and cooking for
herself and her husband - she and Edmund had reconciled - but evenings
at bars and nightclubs where she drank and danced the nights away.
Professing that a dingo had taken her baby, Azaria, Lindy was brought
to trial for killing her infant daughter. She was not convicted.
KILLED ONE PARENT:
Charles Whitman killed his mother and wife before climbing to the top
of the University of Texas clock tower on August 1, 1966, to began
sniping from there with a rifle. Various sites report different death
totals from the sniping - one example is 12 dead, 34 wounded.
Convicted of various deaths including her own mother. The judge in
the case was Henry McKinnon. He ruled that the evidence linking Velma
to the deaths of John Henry Lee, Dottie Edwards, and her own mother,
Lillie Bullard, be admitted.
***John List - Killed his wife, three children and mother - see below
in child section
"Jason MacLennan was "scared to death" of his father and despised his
family's wealth, which he felt drove his father away, his girlfriend
and other witnesses testified Tuesday. MacLennan, 18, is on trial for
first-degree murder in the Jan. 14 shooting death of his father,
Kenneth MacLennan, at their St. Cloud home."
***Henry Lee Lucas
"After Lucas served 10 years in prison for the murder of his mother,
he was released on parole ¾ free to kill again. And he did. During
Lucas second murder trial, in 1983, he shocked a Texas courtroom when
he not only confessed to killing the elderly Rich, but then announced:
"And Ive got 100 more out there somewhere."
"After less than four hours of deliberation, a jury in Philadelphia
found Woodham, 17, guilty of murder in the death of his mother. He
will not be eligible for parole until he's at least 65."
"Murder For Breakfast: The True Story Of Alma Petty And The Preacher
Who Betrayed Her by writer, painter and journalist Phil Link is the
extensively researched and meticulously pieced together true story of
murder and betrayal. Set in the late twenties, it tells of Alma Petty,
a young woman who confesses to Tom Pardue, an evangelist priest, that
she murdered her own father with an ax at the breakfast table; yet
when Pardue tried to bring the story to the authorities, he was
dismissed as a crackpot -- until the murdered man's body was finally
discovered and dug up."
"After a 4 day trial in Chesapeake Circuit Court, Jeter, 26, was
convicted in the 1st degree killing of her mother. Jeter faces life in
"After deliberating for almost 18 hours, more than three days, the
jury finally reached a verdict: third-degree murder.
Seventeen-year-old Valessa Robinson could have been sentenced to life
in prison but instead received 20 years."
KILLED HIS/HER CHILD/CHILDREN:
Saying he wanted Marilyn Lemak to ponder her "terrible acts" the rest
of her days, a DuPage County judge Monday sentenced the Naperville
woman to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1999
drugging and suffocation of her three children.
According to police, shortly after her husband, Russell Yates, left
for work at the Space Shuttle Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center
on June 20, Andrea Yates methodically drowned her five children in the
bathtub of their home. Police found the bodies of John, 5; Paul, 3;
Luke, 2; and 6-month-old Mary in the master bedroom, covered with a
sheet. The body of 7-year-old Noah was still in the tub, police said.
Police said Yates told them that she held Luke under water in the
bathtub, then Paul, John, and Mary. Noah walked in while she was
holding Mary under the water and tried to run away, but Yates said she
caught him, and drowned him too. When she finished, she called 911
and told police to come to her home, where they found her and the
The most bizarre character in this chapter is Bucharest's Vera
Renczi. She differs from most Black Widows because her motive was
jealousy, not profit. Her obsession was not her men's money, but their
devotion. This Hungarian beauty had many suitors and trusted not one
of them. Before she was apprehended, Vera had killed two husbands, a
son and an estimated thirty-two lovers.
In March, 1932, Daisy killed her son. Motives vary, depending upon
the version of the story one reads. Some authors blame Daisy's want of
Cecil's life insurance policy, but the Sunday Times Online (of South
Africa) cites other interesting prospects: "(The son) seems to have
been under the impression that he would come into an inheritance at
the age of 21. Perhaps he was demanding more than (Daisy) could give
him...(But) the most obvious answer is that she simply didn't like
Muswellbrook Local Court was told that Kathleen Megan Folbigg, 33,
was heard on listening devices placed by police after one of the
deaths to "rehearse" lines she believed she would later need to give
at a hearing. According to a police statement tendered to the
Muswellbrook Local Court, near Newcastle, Mrs Kathleen Folbigg's
diaries "indicate that she is responsible for the death of her
Convicted of beating his child, Elizabeth Lisa Steinberg, to death.
His wife, Hedda Nussbaum, was also frequently battered by him.
Susan Smith released the emergency brake and softly closed the
drivers side door. Michael and Alex were asleep in the back seat,
strapped into their car seats. As the car drifted into John D. Long
Lake, the headlights were on. The car entered the water slowly and did
not submerge immediately. Instead, it remained on the surface, bobbing
peacefully, while slowly filling with water.
Killed his four children because he tired of
On August 6, 2002, Maryland's Court of Appeals overturned Garrett E.
Wilson's 1999 conviction for the murder of his baby son Garrett
Michael who died in 1987. The Washington Post reported "Garrett
Michael's death was initially attributed to sudden infant death
syndrome, and Wilson collected more than $150,000 in life insurance.
Police began investigating the child's death after Wilson's former
wife came to them in 1994. Wilson was later charged in the 1981 death
of his first child, Brandi Jean, in Prince George's County."
In 1997, a court found Darlie Lynn Routier guilty of probably the
worst of human crimes: killing two of her natural children in
cold-blood. Motive is still a mystery, but the prosecution painted her
as a shrewish, materialistic young woman who, sensing her lavish
lifestyle crumbling, slew her two sons Damon and Devon in a mad
attempt to resuscitate her and her husband's personal economy.
As a result, the indictment against Pandy and his daughter named only
the five victims who had been bound to him by blood or marriage -- his
two former wives and his three children. Of them, not a trace
remained. What's more, his stepdaughter Timea, who had carried his
child and survived his alleged attempt against her life, refused to
testify against him in court. She told authorities that even after
nearly twenty years, she still feared the man.
Killed his wife, three children and mother. He talked about how List
believed that if he killed his family, he was sending them to heaven,
but he could not kill himself because that meant going to hell. He
claimed that once he started killing, there was no more control. Once
he left, he put it behind him and finally reached the point where he
only thought about what he had done on the anniversary of their
deaths. The trial on five counts of murder in the first degree lasted
seven days. On April 12, 1990, List was found guilty on all counts.
He was given life in prison, five consecutive terms. He would never
"In the morning of Feb. 21, 1978 -- Bob Rowe, a Mill Basin, NY, an
out-of-work Brooklyn lawyer, stood by the bed watching his teenage son
sound asleep, lifted a baseball bat and, with a deliberate blow
smashed his son's head. Jennifer, 8, was worried her brother was
sleeping so late, her father coaxed her into bed with her 12-year-old
brother, Christopher. ''We're going to play a game,'' Rowe told them.
''Close your eyes.'' With swift blows, he used the bat to kill them
both. At 5 PM, Rowe called his wife, Mary, at work, urging her to
hurry home. When she arrived, he told her: ''Stand in the middle of
the room with your eyes closed. The children have a surprise for
you.'' Rowel killed his wife by bashing their head in with the bat. He
was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and after several years in
a mental institution was released."
"Christian Longo tossed his family's belongings and stuffed the bodies
into luggage and pillowcases records say. Shedding a family can be
seen as a way to start over. Christian killed his wife and 3 children
then dumped their bodies into the Pacific, was captured at a beach
resort in Mexico, where he was living in a grass hut."
"The murders of Kim, Brad and Jill Camm have gripped this small
Indiana town. And as the trial begins, defense attorney Michael
McDaniel knows all eyes are on the courthouse, and on his
client...David Camm was sentenced to 195 years in prison - 65 years
for each of the three murders, with no chance of parole."
PENDING***Vartasha White and Kevin Bennett
"Police have charged the parents of a 4-year-old girl reported missing
in late September with homicide by child abuse. Vartasha McCollough
White, 23, and Kevin Bennett, 28, were arrested Wednesday. The two
claimed Kynande Bennett disappeared from a Kmart in Whiteville, N.C.,
on Sept. 29."
"One by one, between 1949 and 1968, each of the 10 children Marie Noe
bore died. One was stillborn, one died at the hospital just after
birth, the others expired at home, just infants, in their cribs, where
Noe said she found them blue, limp or gasping."
***Anthony John Allen
"Anthony John Allen, 68, from Poole, Dorset, had denied murdering
39-year-old Patricia Allen, and their children, Jonathan and Victoria,
who disappeared in May 1975...Allen was convicted by a unanimous
verdict at Exeter Crown Court after nine hours of deliberations
following a 12-day trial."
"On the evening of July 1, 1970, Emler Crawford methodically murdered
his family. He started with his pregnant wife. Stunning her with a
blow from a home made baton, he then attached alligator clips to her
ears and hands and plugged her in to the electricity. He'd even gone
so far as to replace the fuses with heavy duty electrical wire, so
they wouldn't blow. After killing his wife, he murdered his two girls,
Kathryn 12 and Karen 6. Kathryn was struck twice in the head with
savage hammer blows, shattering her skull. Karen, he struck once. For
reasons not known, he also used his electrocution device on Kathryn.
His only son, James was last, who it is believed was disturbed by
noises, had gotten out of bed and started towards his parents room.
James also had his skull fractured by hammer blows and then
electrocuted. Crawford then put his master plan into action."
"The Adversary, first published in France under the title
LAdverssaire, is a look into the life of Jean-Claude Romand, who
murdered his wife, children and parents in 1993. The question of who
done it is never a question at all; in fact, Romands guilt is
acknowledged in the very first sentence."
"Nine months ago, the bodies of Robert Bryant, his wife Janet, and
their four children were found inside their McMinnville-area home.
Bryant told several people that he had come to Oregon to start a new
life after being expelled from the Jehovah's Witness church in
California. Police believe that he murdered his family, then shot
"The last multiple-murder in Portland happened in 1983, when Robert
Galloway killed his wife, their four children and the family dog
before turning the gun on himself. Some think he did it because his
business was failing."
Other examples may be found at http://www.karisable.com/parentmur.htm
ATTEMPTED TO KILL CHILDREN:
The subject of the book "Small Sacrifices," Diane Downs was convicted
of attempting to murder her children Christie Downs, 8; Cheryl Ann
Downs, 7; and Danny Downs, 3, by shooting them.
KILLED PREGNANT WIFE:
Convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Leann.
Currently charged with killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn child
"Charles Stuart was probably a sociopath. Only a sociopath could lie
to his wife and everyone he knew the way he did, commit murder, and
play the role of distraught husband almost perfectly. This murder was
literally months, if not years in the planning. He showed no remorse
for the murders of his wife and son. His suicide note only said he did
not have the strength to go on. Apparently, he wanted the insurance
money to open a restaurant. A few days after his suicide, someone dug
up a commercial the fur store had made. It showed a smiling Charles
Stuart, admiring a model in a fur coat."
Other unborn children homicides may be reviewed at
It is suggested that Catherine Tramell, the character played by Sharon
Stone, murdered her parents. It was the theme of one of her fictional
***A Killing in Beverly Hills - Account of the Menendez murders
***Honor Thy Father and Mother: The Menendez Killings
"...his [Marcus Aurelius] power-hungry, jealous son Commodus learns of
the plan, murders Marcus Aurelius, and plans to execute Maximus in
order to secure his claim to the throne."
***Beyond The Clouds
"In the second story the narrator meets a young shopgirl (Sophie
Marceau) in off-season Portofino. She tells him in their first
conversation (done in English) that she murdered her father, stabbed
him twelve times."
"Seventeen year old slacker Anton Tobias wakes up one Halloween
morning to discover that both of his parents have been turned into two
headless Halloween decorations. After speaking to his equally
irresponsible friends, Mick and Pnub, he discovers that his right hand
has a blood-thirsty mind of its own and is hell-bent on wreaking havoc
whether he likes it or not."
"Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector and his girlfriend Holly
Sargis from Fort Dupree, South Dakota, are on the run after killing
Holly's father who disagreed with their relationship."
***God Told Me To
"The storyline of this movie involves a series of motiveless murders
committed by various New York residents: a sniper shoots people from a
water tower; a father murders his entire family; and a cop (Andy
Kaufman) opens fire during a St. Patrick's Day parade."
"In an act of devilish boldness he even kidnaps the son of the
investigation team's leader, Seok. Then, in a stakeout, Seok manages
to shoot dead one of the murderer's underlings. Cloaked in the man's
clothes, however, is Seok's son, now dead by the hand of his father."
"As Jack is being interviewed and told the tale of a caretaker who,
many years ago, flipped and murdered his family, Danny's vision is
filled with torrents of blood and gore. Already a psychic link has
been established with the hotel's past, although Danny tells no one;
thus the family are soon on their way to Colorado."
"In his brilliant new film, Time Out, Laurent Cantet has taken a
tragic and sensational true story and turned it into a profound and
understated work of art. In January 1993 a man called Jean-Claude
Romand killed his wife and children; he also murdered his parents. He
had lied to them all. They thought that he was working for the World
Health Organization in Geneva, in fact, he was living off money stolen
from them and other friends. He murdered his family because the money
had run out. This, I assume, was the inspiration for Time Out. "
LINK BETWEEN A THEATER PIECE AND A TRUE CRIME OF ABOVE NATURES:
Menendez: In a true/fiction twist, Erik Menendez had co-authored a
screenplay with a friend, Craig Cignarelli, about the killing of
parents before the murders of his parents were committed.
I was not able to locate a theater piece except for Oedipus regarding
a true crime about these topics.
***Oedipus - Greek Tragedy
He discovers that he killed his own father.
I noticed that Pinkfreud was kind enough to answer in my absence while
I was away for a few days and Im glad she was able to assist you. If
you require any clarification of the links or information I have
provided, please request it and I will be happy to respond. :)
famous murders killed parents
"she murdered her children"
she murdered her child
she murdered her son
she murdered her daughter
she murdered her family
"she murdered her father"
"she murdered her mother"
"she murdered her parents"
[I also performed searches with the "he" and "his" in the same areas
as well as using the word "killed" - to save space, I have not listed
all the related terms with the male pronouns.]
killed his pregnant wife
murdered his pregnant wife
movies about killing parents
play theater true murder
I also conducted separate internal searches at Court TV's Crime
Library online using the above terms. Their website main page is
http://www.crimelibrary.com - I searched the archives of
http://www.crimemagazine.com as well
For film, I internally searched the Internet Movie Database with the
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Central Arkansas venues have a full week of commemorative events planned
The Observer took Junior with us to the poll when we went to vote last week. He's got nine long years to go before he casts his first ballot, but he bore the wait well, even though the lines were long. While we were waiting our turn in the G-through-K chute, we talked it over: what a ballot is; what a referred amendment is; the difference between political parties; why voting is so important. He's in third grade now and more than likely learned all that stuff several recesses back. But as we've recently discovered, he's already practicing the fine art of humoring his Old Man. Nodding and furrowing his brow in all the right places, he let his Pop have his chest-swelling Civics Moment — something like the one we allowed our Mom back when we were his age.
When The Observer finally got our ballot, we adjourned to a table and prepared to start bubbling. The moment we picked up the pen, however, Junior suddenly turned in place and stared dutifully at the wall beside the table like a soldier at parade rest.
“What are you doing?” we asked. “Turn around.”
“No,” said Junior, “It's secret. It's supposed to be secret.”
We couldn't help but smile all the way through our ballot. Thomas Jefferson, no doubt, would have been proud of us both.
OK, we were barely into the second week of November on Sunday when carolers showed up to serenade the staff at Starbucks. Never has The Observer had such an overpowering Bah Humbug moment. We wanted to rip their Santa hats off and point out that the latte a la mode is flavored with pumpkin, not gingerbread.
We were already on the humbug train after getting a monthly magazine with a Christmas tree on the cover. What happened to Thanksgiving?
It is an old complaint, now, this stuff about starting Christmas early. But come on, we just now got the spider down. The jack o'lantern hasn't completely rotted. We're not yet out of Snickers.
We felt rushed, unprepared, miserable. Go away! thumped our heart. But our inner shopper is weak, the merchants strong. Next thing we knew, we were buying little kitty cat ornaments at the store next door.
Is Little Rock ready for crosswalks? Do our drivers slow down at the big stripes, smile warmly and let pedestrians cross safely?
Nope. The Observer was motoring on LaHarpe last week when a driver ahead in the lane next to him stopped for people trying to cross to the backside of City Hall.
His law-abiding was not rewarded. An SUV following close behind at warp speed couldn't stop in time and smashed into the law-abiding car's rear with a huge smack.
If the police really want to accommodate pedestrians, they really need to commit to the crosswalks — make the zebra stripes big and bold, with advance warning and lights, like you see in more civilized places. Gestures will only bring you car accidents or flattened folk.
The Gangster Museum of America is not a bad little museum, and opening such a place on Central Avenue was not a bad little idea. Abandoned bathhouses are all right, in their place, but a past-its-prime resort town like Hot Springs needs other attractions too.
Back in its roaring days, the city was almost as famous for its criminals as its waters, yet to our knowledge, the tourism industry has never tried to capitalize on this before.
The museum has photographs, videos and other exhibits recalling the famous outlaws who visited Hot Springs with frequency and occasionally settled down there — Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Owney Madden. A visitor can handle a Thompson submachine gun — eat lead, Machine Gun Jack McGurn — and place make-believe bets on a roulette wheel salvaged from one of the many casinos that used to operate in Hot Springs, proudly and illegally. There's a great guide too, one who really knows the material. Grew up in Hot Springs, we'd imagine, but didn't ask.
Kids probably wouldn't be interested, but for grown-ups, the Gangster Museum is worth the price of a ticket ($8 for adults, $7 for seniors). It's located about a block from the formerly famous Arlington Hotel — which, the museum points out, still has an Al Capone suite.
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In 2013 the world backed away from the leadership needed to address global climate disruption — even as the earth truly began to shudder from its impacts.
Or at least that’s what one might conclude after scanning the year’s headlines.
To be sure, while the Philippines reeled from the largest typhoon recorded as ever making landfall, governments failed to take necessary action at the U.N. climate talks. Instead, Japan dialed back its ambitions, a new Australian government worked to repeal that nation’s carbon tax (with Canada, sigh, cheering it on), and global clean energy investment dropped for a second year in a row.
Annus horribilis, right? Well, not exactly. In North America and elsewhere, the real progress on greenhouse gas pollution and clean energy has been — and will continue to be — seeping up from below, as companies, cities, and coalitions of provinces and states forge ahead.
Companies cut carbonThis year, familiar brands deepened their clean energy investments. In October, Google crossed a symbolic threshold when it invested more than $1 billion in utility-scale clean energy farms, while Apple committed to power its new headquarters with 100 per cent renewables. Even Lego promised to produce more clean energy than it consumed.
Meanwhile, as the cost of solar panels continued to plunge, big box stores put their sprawling rooftops to work. The Top 25 U.S. commercial installers — think Walmart, Costco, Staples and Target — collectively bolted on more than 445 megawatts of solar PV this year, up from about 300 megawatts last year. That’s enough juice to power roughly 53,000 American homes.
It’s happening here, too. As part of the company’s global ambition to invest U.S.$2.4 billion in wind and solar by 2015, Ikea Canada purchased a 46-megawatt wind farm under construction (“some assembly required”) in southern Alberta. President Kerri Molinaro said the retailer is keen “to support the transition to a low carbon future.” And hold on to your Allen keys, in the U.K. Ikea has begun selling residential solar panels.
Meanwhile, business consultancy Climate Smart released a study of 11 small and medium sized British Columbia companies that have made carbon-cutting investments. The research found the investments paid for themselves, on average, in about 2.3 years. The studied firms typically realized 43 per cent returns while collectively cutting 486 tonnes of climate changing pollution.
Cities continue to leadCanada pulled out of the Kyoto accord last year, having once pronounced the target “impossible.” It appears nobody told Toronto. This past April, that city’s leaders revealed that T.O. would cut more than two and a half times the pollution it agreed to under Kyoto — largely as a result of landfill practices and efficiency gains.
For its part, Vancouver snagged a prestigious green building award for its Greenest City Action Plan.
Just over the border, this past summer more than 50 U.S. mayors and local leaders committed to transition their communities to a renewable energy future. They did so, they said, “to achieve greater energy independence, protect communities from price spikes, and ensure more reliable power during heat waves and other disruptions.”
Ontario unplugs from coal, while Quebec strikes a bold planWe also witnessed progress on climate and clean energy at the provincial scale this year. Ontario became the first jurisdiction in North America to formally unplug from coal power — the direct result of the province’s Green Energy Act.
Ontario’s premier also announced that her province will issue “green bonds” and use the resulting revenue to finance public-transit improvements and related environmentally-friendly infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Quebec finalized a provincial energy strategy intended to reduce carbon pollution, maximize the benefits of its clean and green electricity surplus, promote energy efficiency and develop new renewables. The province also announced a $516 million three-year plan to electrify surface transportation. It aims to place an additional 12,500 electric vehicles on Quebec roads by 2016.
Nova Scotia cleared the way for new tidal power projects in the Bay of Fundy with a new feed-in-tariff electricity policy intended to kickstart the sector. An economic-impact study, now underway, estimates that tidal power could bring billions into the region.
Regional alliances bolster progressPrime ministers and presidents continued to flounder in 2013 — with the exception of President Obama, who had the Environmental Protection Agency introduce aggressive regulations for new coal-fired power plants. Meanwhile, coalitions of provinces and states moved ahead.
In October, British Columbia linked up with Washington, Oregon, and California in a largely overlooked but wide-ranging climate and clean energy pact. The Pacific Coast Action Plan aims to harmonize carbon pollution pricing up and down the west coast, help drive adoption of net-zero buildings and zero-emissions vehicles, and more. Noting that the region collectively represents an enormous economy and more than 50 million people, The New York Times said the coalition “should have a lot of clout.”
In a separate alliance — also announced in October — the governors of eight U.S. states pledged to work together to put 3.3 million electric or fuel-cell cars on their roads by 2025 — a more than 20-fold increase over today’s numbers. (The United States is, of course, the largest single buyer of Canadian petroleum.)
A recent national poll revealed that 88 per cent of Canadians feel Ottawa should take primary responsibility for addressing global warming. But while federal governments generally fail to deliver both here and abroad, good news is regularly bubbling up from below.
2013 should not be remembered for its failures, but as the year that individual companies, cities, communities, and provinces and states stepped up to the plate and met the biggest challenge and opportunity of our age head-on.
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The latest issue of The Coleopterists Bulletin arrived in my mailbox recently, and among the several papers of interest to me is a review of the North American species of the jewel beetle genus Chalcophora¹ (family Buprestidae). This genus contains some of the largest jewel beetles in North America and, due to their surface sculpturing and strict association with pine trees, are commonly referred to as “sculptured pine borers.” Four of the five species occur in the eastern U.S. and Canada, while only one, C. angulicollis, is found in the western states and provinces.
¹ I’d be interested to know how people pronounce this name. I’ve always pronounced it “kal-koh-FOR-uh”, but I’ve heard others use “kal-KAW-for-uh” or even “chal-KAW-for-uh.”
The review, authored by Crystal Maier and Mike Ivie at Montana State University, should put to rest a long-standing debate on the validity of the single western species. The four eastern species are distinct and easily distinguished from each other by virtue of color, presence/absence of ridges on the front legs, presence/absence of spines at the elytral apices, and, of course, male genitalia. Chalcophora angulicollis, on the other hand, has drifted in and out of synonymy under C. virginiensis, the most widespread of the four eastern species. The most recent changes in status were Bright (1987), who regarded C. angulicollis a synonym and treated all Canadian populations as C. virginiensis, followed by Nelson et al. (2008), who reinstated the former as a valid species. Neither of these actions were supported by any discussion of characters or detailed justification.
My impression has always been that the two species are distinct, and I have maintained specimens separately in my collection despite Bright’s synonymy. Chalcophora angulicollis always seemed to me a little more cupreous in coloration and a little more robust. I know that these are weak characters, and they can easily be a result of geographical variability within a species. However, considering the wide and nearly complete disjunction between the distributions of these two species across the nearly treeless Great Plains, it seemed to me prudent to consider them distinct until conclusively proven otherwise. I was therefore pleased to find out that my suspicions were correct when I visited Mike Ivie in Bozeman, Montana this past summer and learned of this manuscript in progress. Mike and his graduate student Crystal had found a morphological difference in the mouthparts that consistently distinguished the two species—C. angulicollis with the penultimate maxillary palpomere flattened and relatively shorter, while in C. virginiensis this structure is cylindrical and relatively longer. Correlated with these structural differences in the mouthparts are the relatively wider male genitalia of C. angulicollis (<3.3 times as long as wide, versus >3.9 times as long as wide for C. virginiensis) and its weakly serrate to crenulate posterolateral elytral margin (weakly to strongly serrate in C. virginiensis).
In addition to reevaluating the status of C. angulicollis and C. virginiensis, the paper provides high quality images of the dorsal habitus (see figure above), elytral apices, and male genitalia for all five North American species, a revised key to the species, and an updated distribution map showing locality/state records for the two aforementioned species in the context of forest cover in North America. Type material also was examined for all species, each of which is redescribed and annotated with abbreviated taxonomic synonymy (complete synonymies are available in other recent publications), notes on variation, comparisons with other species, and recorded hosts and distributions.
Bright, D. E. 1987. The Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleóptera. Buprestidae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, Part 15. Agriculture Canada Publication 1810, NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 335 pp. [pdf].
Maier, C. A. & M. A. Ivie. 2013. Reevaluation of Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) and Chalcophora virginiensis (Drury) with a review and key to the North American species of Chalcophora Dejean (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67(4):457–469 [abstract].
Nelson, G. H., G. C. Walters, Jr., R. D. Haines, & C. L. Bellamy. 2008. A Catalogue and Bibliography of the Buprestoidea of American North of Mexico. Coleopterists Society Special Publication No. 4, The Coleopterists Society, North Potomac, Maryland, 274 pp. [description].
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Carbon tax friends, be proud of what we’ve accomplished
Together, we accomplished something historic by putting the nation’s first statewide carbon tax before the voters. We showed that there is a strong desire for common-sense climate action in Washington State, and we influenced the national conversation on climate policy. We ran an honest, transparent, and positive campaign focused on addressing the climate and equity problems facing our society. We did all of that thanks to you.
The votes are still being counted, but we’re on track to get well over 1 million votes in support of a policy that would have created one of the strongest carbon prices in the world and been the biggest improvement in the fairness of our state’s tax system in 40 years. We led the biggest voter education effort on climate change ever in the state. We knocked on over 100,000 doors, made over 1 million phone calls, and published more than 140 letters to the editor in every type of media outlet. Our campaign raised more than $1.5 million from thousands of donors with a median donation of $50.
We formed a terrific partnership with Audubon Washington and with grassroots organizations across the state, especially chapters of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (both in Washington State and as far away as Hawaii!); regional climate action groups like Climate Action Bainbridge, Cascadia Climate Action, Olympic Climate Action, Oregon Climate (now Our Climate), and Divest UW; faith organizations including theClimate Action Ministry at Eastshore Unitarian, Interfaith Works, and Washington UU Voices; clean energy groups like Seattle Electric Vehicles, Seattle Transit Blog, and Solar Installers of Washington; and many others, including Conservation Hawks, the American Sustainable Business Council, AIA Seattle, and the American Planning Association’s Washington Chapter.
During the last legislative session, our proposal brought all of the major stakeholders to the table for the first time. We later gained endorsements not just from Democrats but also from prominent Republicans like Rob McKenna, Slade Gorton, Mark Miloscia, Steve Litzow, and Joe Fain—and even when we didn’t get endorsements we managed to neutralize much of the opposition from businesses and conservatives.
And we made a huge splash in the national and international media, generating over 200 articles about the campaign including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, and appearances on the PBS NewsHour (twice!), HBO Vice News Tonight (new here!), and on the Years of Living Dangerously series (episode coming soon!).
We have more work to do
We must continue the fight against climate change. Global carbon concentrations continue to increase, global average temperatures continue to rise, and with Trump in the White House it will be even more important to pursue climate policies at the state and local level that can reduce emissions and show the way forward for the nation and for the world.
What comes next
With your help, Carbon Washington will continue to support effective, equitable, economically sound, and politically viable solutions to carbon reduction. We are determining what form the organization will take going forward and the policy actions we will pursue in the new political environment. We are open to working with any and all individuals or groups who share our goals.
We are thinking through our next steps, and we want to hear your thoughts on the election and where this movement that you helped build should go next. We are organizing a debriefing event along with a statewide conference call. More details will be provided in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we want to hear your feedback and thoughts. Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
You may also be interested in meeting with your state legislators during House Committee Days December 1-2 to convey your concerns about climate change. Executive Committee member Greg Rock will be there, so you can email him at email@example.com to discuss this more.
It is grassroots supporters like you who made this groundbreaking effort possible. You are the energy that powers Carbon Washington.
Thank you for your dedication to the campaign and your hard work over the past years! Our work is just beginning…
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We have been selling vegetation remote sensing cameras since 2008. We are the pioneers in figuring out how to re-purpose a consumer camera to a remote sensing instrument which dramatically lowered the costs and increased the reliability and ease of use. Our cameras have the best color band separation which means that the color channels are isolated from each other which increases the quality of the results. Our Remote Sensing Explorer post processing software is available as a stand-alone purchase or discounted for purchasers of our remote sensing cameras.
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Our Remote Sensing Explorer (RSE) software is offered at a discounted price to purchasers of our cameras.
Our cameras are also compatible with a variety of other post processing software such as Pix4d, AgPixel, AgiSoft, DroneDeploy, Regent's Wincam, ERDAS, QGIS, ARCview, ARCgis ENVI and others.
Vegetation has light reflection bands and light absorption bands. By looking at the relationship of the light absorption and reflection, plant health, stress, biomass and such can be measured. Our Blue-Green-NIR cameras use blue as the absorption channel and NIR as the reflection channel. These cameras perform quite well and as easy to use. Historically, red was used as the reflection channel because, when sensing vegetation from space, the blue light was scattered more due to Rayleigh light scattering. For fixed wing aircraft and UAV's, using blue as the plant absorption channel gives you better band discrimination.
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For those that want the NIR signal in the blue channel, we can also make a Green-Red-NIR 800 to 900nm camera. Note that the NIR bands are different with the two sorts of cameras.
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We have created a vegetation stress camera that allows you to take one picture and get the visible blue light in the blue channel, visible green light in the green channel and get the near infrared light the red channel. By evaluating the red versus the blue and green channels, you can quickly get information about vegetation as well as minerals, bodies of water, camouflaged object detection and more. Healthy plants have a strong near infrared reflectivity, sometimes called the "Red Edge". Our non-destructive, easy, remote sensing camera allows for quick and accurate analysis. The ratio of the near infrared reflectivity to the visible reflectivity can give you information on the plants health, discern bodies of water, barren land, shrubbery, rainforests, minerals and more. Aerial photographs with our camera can allow farmers to quickly asses the health of their crops spotting disease, sick plants, weeds and other variations.
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By JOENALD MEDINA RAYOS
ROSARIO, Batangas – A SMALL college here has surprised no less than 1,057 hopeful examinees in Batangas who took the November 2019 Criminologist Licensure Examination when it produces the sole topnotcher from the 17 colleges and universities in Batangas province offering Bachelor of Science in Criminology.
The successful topnotcher is no other than John Paul Laguna y Caringal of Teodoro M. Luansing College of Rosario (Batangas), Inc. who landed in Top 6 with 90.20 rating! Mr. Laguna has also the distinction of being the only topnotcher from Batangas’s schools in the two licensure examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the year 2019.
The PRC announces on Wednesday, January 8, that at least 19,191or 44.11% out of 43,512 examinees passed the Criminologist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Criminology in the cities of Manila, Antique, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Cotabato, Davao, General Santos, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Occidental Mindoro, Pagadian, Palawan, Pangasinan, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga last November 2019. The results of examination with respect to eight (8) examinees were withheld pending final determination of their liabilities under the rules and regulations governing licensure examination.
The results were released in twenty-two (22) working days from the last day of examination.
New passers are reminded of Section 19, Article III of R.A. 11131, states, to wit: “All successful candidates of the licensure examination shall take their oath of profession in person before the Board or any of its members, and with the APO in a mass oath-taking ceremony, held for such purpose. Any person authorized by law may administer oath to any successful examinees only upon membership of the APO prior to entering the practice of the profession”.
Meanwhile, the Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa recorded a high 95.92% rating that is more than double the national passing rate of 44.11%. KLL also consistently remains as the top performing school among the 17 schools in Batangas province producing 47 new criminologists.
Hereunder is the Over-All Performance Rating [First Takers & Repeaters Combined] of Criminology Schools in the province of Batangas in the November 2019 Licensure Examination:
|Rank||Name of School||Passed||Failed||Total||%|
|1||Kolehiyo ng Lungsod ng Lipa||47||2||49||95.92|
|2||Batangas State University – Nasugbu||34||9||43||79.07|
|3||Batangas State University – PBMIT||92||31||123||74.80|
|4||Batangas State University – Malvar||64||36||100||64.00|
|5||University of Batangas||10||6||16||62.50|
|6||Lemery Colleges, Inc.||19||15||34||55.88|
|7.5||First Asia Institute of Tech & Humanities||8||8||16||50.00|
|7.5||Westmead International School||5||5||10||50.00|
|9||Teodoro M. Luansing College of Rosario||38||43||81||46.91|
|10||University of Batangas – Lipa||11||13||24||45.83|
|11||Lyceum of the Phils. University – Batangas||17||21||38||44.74|
|12||Lipa City Colleges||48||60||108||44.44|
|13||Rizal College of Taal||52||68||120||43.33|
|14||Batangas State University – Alangilan||1||3||4||25.00|
|16||Christian College of Tanauan||1||8||9||11.11|
|17||Agoncillo Colleges, Inc.||0||4||4||0.00|
It can be noticed, too, that Teodoro M. Luansing College of Rosario has recorded a rating of 46.91% which is higher than the national passing rating of 44.11%.
In the June 2019 examination, 7,998 (or 38.37%) out of 20,797 passed the Criminologist Licensure Examination given by theBoard of Criminology in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga.|BALIKAS News Network | <urn:uuid:290d6f70-2445-4c6f-b5f9-a79b63acd0d0> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | http://www.balikas.net/tiny-college-produces-top-6-in-criminology-board-exam/ | 2020-11-30T23:25:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141515751.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20201130222609-20201201012609-00685.warc.gz | en | 0.855206 | 1,085 |
Tottenham Hotspur could be about to reignite their interest in Morgan Schneiderlin after it emerged Andros Townsend would be offered to Southampton as part of the deal.
Spurs' interest had appeared to cool after Saints said neither France midfielder Schneiderlin nor England forward Jay Rodriguez, who had also been linked with a move to north London, were for sale.
But the strong line from Southampton boss Ronald Koeman has not deterred Spurs, who according to the Guardian, are willing to use England winger Townsend as a make-weight in a new bid.
Townsend signed a four-year contract last season but faces being left on the periphery of Mauricio Pochettino's side after picking up an ankle injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.
He has played just half an hour so far this season, in the 1-0 victory over West Ham last week, but was not in Pochettino's 18-man squad for the 4-0 win over QPR at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
His place is said to be under threat by the emergence of Erik Lamela and Nacer Chadli, both of whom were written off by some observers last season, and the continued good form of Christian Eriksen.
Schneiderlin has made no secret of his desire to join Pochettino at Spurs and even claimed a gentleman's agreement was in place allowing it.
However, Saints' stance on departures seems to have changed after the sales of Luke Shaw to Manchester United and Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren, all of whom moved to Liverpool in the summer.
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There is no perfect substitute for cash, but the intrepid have options.
Many investors have not had a good night of sleep since 2007, and it will likely be more difficult for the next few months with the fear alarm blaring. Volatility is back with a vengeance. Other than during the financial crisis of 2008, volatility has scraped today's levels only for brief moments. The Russian debt default that led to the collapse of Long Term Capital Management in 1998, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the launch of the second Gulf War are the only other periods over the past 20 years in which volatility was as high as it is today, and the index never surpassed 50 during any of those historic events.
Many people believed the 2009 rally went too far too fast, and some people did not believe that the economy was actually just fine all along. Instead of fixing the underlying structural problems, government intervention across the globe simply spread the pain out over a longer timeframe and transferred the agony into different forms. With big brother on our side, the bankruptcy of many domestic financial firms is no longer a pressing fear; anemic growth and the fear of wealth redistribution through global inflationary policies are more tangible. While they may be necessary today to deal with the deflationary slack in developed economies, future problems will be more difficult to resolve with each bout of printing-press solutions.
Investors with regret about not returning to the market earlier and with cash to deploy should welcome the recent panic in the market with open arms. They have been given with the opportunity to become fully invested over the next few months at the lower price point that the recent uncertainty provides. Even if they decide not to become fully invested in the market, they can at least rebalance a portion of their cash stake into the riskier equity and fixed income markets to bring them back to their target allocation levels.
Those looking to maintain their exposure to equity markets can also benefit from today's elevated volatility by deploying one of the less-risky income-enhancing strategies available through the options market. Covered call writing is a low risk way to earn a profit from an existing holding in your portfolio, particularly when volatility is high or you have the view that the underlying security is fairly valued or has limited upside potential.
Here is an example, let's say that after the market started to rebound last year, you purchased 100 shares of SPDR S&P 500
Now, at expiration two months from now, if the SPDR goes down or goes up by less than 5% (the most likely scenario), the option expires worthless, you keep the premium and your underlying position in the SPDR. But if the market goes up by more than 5%, you keep the premium, your position in the SPDR will get called away and for it you will get paid the strike price of $111. So if the market does go up, your upside is capped at 7% (the return from $106 to the strike plus of $111 plus the $2.40 premium). If it goes down, your downside is reduced slightly by the amount of the premium.
While it may seem like a drawback that your ETF gets called away when the market goes up, remember that your view was that the market was fairly valued and unlikely to move strongly in either direction. Although having your option called away will trigger the short-term capital gain, you have earned an additional 7%.
Another instance where covered call writing may be appropriate is when market volatility is high and you expect it to fall. Volatility is the underlying driver of options prices. The greater the volatility, the greater the probability that the underlying may have a big move and end up in the money at expiration. The covered call writer can take advantage of spikes in volatility by writing call options and earning the premium at a time when premiums are high.
When is this not a good strategy? While writing covered calls does help to slightly reduce your exposure on the downside, if you are concerned the market is going to go down a better approach may be to sell all or a portion of your investment. Additionally, your participation in a market rally will be capped, so the strategy is really only appropriate when you have the view that the market is fairly valued and unlikely to move strongly in either direction.
We recommend trading options only on the most liquid ETFs. For example, options exist on both SPDR S&P 500 and iShares S&P 500 Index
There's good news for those of you who found the covered call strategy discussed above appealing, but find investing in options to be a little too intimidating. PowerShares offers two buy-write options strategies: PowerShares S&P 500 BuyWrite Portfolio
The performance of PQBW was less inspiring, but that's what we would've expected considering tech's strong rally through the recovery. The fund delivered a 44% return with 13% standard deviation last year. PowerShares QQQ
Michael Rawson is an ETF analyst with Morningstar.
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Each September my brother Gust invites me to play in the fall Member-Guest golf tournament at his club in Detroit. It usually happens near the middle of the month and I’ve always been amused at the conversations we have with our competitors.
It’s one of their final tournaments of the year so much of the banter is about the hockey and bowling leagues that are forming that week. They’re lacing up their skates on Sunday following the final round to get ready for the winter season. Their golf clubs are going in the deep freeze for the cold weather.
Here, we’re on the opposite schedule. It might be the middle of the NFL and the College Football seasons, but most local golfers are also working on their golf games to enjoy the weather over the next nine to ten months
With a six to eight month golf season up north, ours can be year around, especially if you’re willing to play in the heat of July, August and September. They don’t have that option in the snow and cold of much of October through April.
My brother recently won the Senior Championship at his club. So how has he maintained his near scratch status when he has to quit playing half the year because of weather?
These days it’s simple. Technology has allowed us to take the game indoors to small spaces. Players up north can keep their games sharp through data and information.
Two companies, FlightScope and TRACKMAN have developed computer generated data that analyzes your swing, equipment and shot selection and can make you a better player.
“People love the technology,” says former professional golfer John Schroeder who’s the owner and an instructor/fitter at MasterFit Golf in Orange Park. “It makes it so easy for people to understand why the ball flies the way it does.”
Schroeder and MasterFit have been in business for 25 years both on Phillips Highway and in Orange Park. But nothing has accelerated his ability to do his job like the technology explosion. MasterFit was an early adopter of Flight Scope. Fifteen years ago they were the first practice range to have the technology in the state of Florida and have partnered with them ever since.
“There’s a fine line between the artistry of golf and the advancements in technology,” Sea Island Golf Performance Center Manger Craig Allan said from his teaching and fitting spot overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. “We walk very carefully along that fence.”
Sea Island and Allan use TRACKMAN technology developed by a Dutch company that’s been in the swing data business from the beginning.
It used to be that an instructor told you to “keep your head down,” or “get to your left side.” With the modern technology how the equipment performs is part of the equations. Spin rates and launch angles are a big part of the conversation when it comes to the equipment they choose.
“I can push a player toward game improvement technology in clubs but the player has to like the club they’re looking at on good days and bad,” Allan explained.
“We can look at 28 different parameters of your swing and ball flight,” Schroeder, who played college golf at UNF, added. “Ball, flight and swing parameters. Launch, landing, smash factor, spin rate swing speed, angle of attack, club path, face to path they all are invaluable from a teaching standpoint.”
Instruction has come a long way even from the time when a video camera and a radar gun seemed advanced. While the technology can help instructors improve your golf game, it can also match your game with the right equipment.
“We’re building a shaft that matches your swing speed,” Schroeder said. “You want to get your driver from 50 feet to 80 feet in the air? We can measure the data, we know what different shafts can do so we match those two things up.”
With over 40,000 shafts to choose from onsite at their 8,000 square foot facility on Wells Road, Schroeder says the data from FlightScope and watching your swing allows him to improve your game almost instantly.
“We’re looking at launch, spin and landing angle when it comes to optimizing your ball flight. FlightScope measures the shaft how it’s loading and unloading. That helps me build a shaft for you.”
With the right equipment in your hands, you can be a better player. It also allows instructors to develop your game the way you play it.
“Much easier,” Schroeder said when asked if his job as an instructor has gotten easier or more complicated.
“We’re not going to focus on all 28 data points. We’ll focus on one or two and when people see that, they can understand it much easier. ‘Why did I slice it 30 yards to the right?’ It shows your clubface was 13 degrees open at impact. And that’s easy to understand.”
Allan said he and tries not to rely just on the equipment to make better players. The combination of the “hands-on” traditional instruction combined with the technology takes learning the game to a new level with the right equipment.
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Contrary to everything you thought you understood about the world up until now, no, grass is not made for walking on, rolling down, dog-frolicking, pant-knee-staining, smelling, or any other such frivolities. Though your laundress may be glad, your walk in the park may never be the same. Listen to this podcast, a whistle-blowing on those who dare to not 'keep off the grass.'
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A Closer Look at Night Vision Security Cameras
A good security system should definitely include night vision cameras, especially as that is when a large percentage of crimes and intrusions occur. Let’s take a closer look at the top 5 options in night vision cameras for 2018.
Arlo – one of the most popular night vision cameras, and with good reason. This little guy is perfect for indoor use, and can also be used outside with one of the handy weatherproofing sleeves that are available.
Cloverloop Outdoor Camera – another great buy, this camera is rugged and while not unobtrusive, it will get the job done.
For heavy-duty use, check out the Foscam FI9901 that is sure to meet your needs. This bad boy offers night vision and motion detection services to keep your home safe, especially at night.
The delightful Yi 1080p home camera provides the night vision capabilities you need indoors. There is also an add-on service of cloud storage for an additional cost.
The Nest Indoor Night Vision Cam is a great solution for nurseries or roaming pets. This camera will also work with Alex which will come in handy on those nights when you think you hear something but don’t want to get out of bed.
All 5 of these night vision cameras are a great choice, and they are all part of a larger security system kit. While night vision capable surveillance cameras a great foundation for your home security system, they are definitely just the beginning! Keep reading to find out the complementary equipment that will round out your home security system.
Additional Equipment You Will Need to Complement Your Night Vision Cameras
Night vision cameras are just the beginning of your necessary gear for building an effective home security system. You will also need to take a closer look at:
- Motion detectors will alert your phone or device when activated.
- Contact sensors for doors and windows will both sound an alarm and notify you via an app that they have been triggered.
- Recording mechanisms are essential if an incident should ever occur in your home as they will make insurance and police reporting that much easier.
- Monitoring services help to guard your home around the clock and can notify emergency service providers when you are unable to perform that task.
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The two-part tournament was originally scheduled to take place during the last two weekends in June, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mike Killpack, an organizer of both showcases who also runs Utah AAU, said Tuesday that close to 200 teams participated in the first event. Earlier this year, the contractor that runs the Salt Lake County Equestrian Center allowed the Jordan World Circus to perform there — but only with the agreement that the show would leave behind its exotic animals, like tigers and elephants. July 10 - 13th, 2020! We are working diligently to ensure that this season will provide additional evaluation opportunities for our athletes.". It's been a double blow for Jackson because his high school season also ended prematurely when the Federation Tournament was canceled. “We followed al of the COVID guidelines that the county health department put on us.”, But someone still managed to test positive for the novel coronavirus, and now the Salt Lake County Department of Health will start contact tracing. Large AAU basketball tournament canceled at last minute after player tests positive for COVID-19 Alex Vejar 7/9/2020. (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Olympus High plays Skyline High School at an AAU basketball tournament at the South Town Expo Center in 2010. Albany Academy had qualified for the event at Fordham, which would have been next weekend. Event date: 7/11/2020 Add to your calendar. "One of the hallmarks of the EYBL is elite competition being evaluated by the top college coaches. "It's a huge season for a lot of kids on this team.". 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The City Rocks were supposed to begin practice at Green Tech earlier this month but suspended their workouts indefinitely because of the coronavirus. “While local health departments don’t have the authority to approve or deny planned events that meet the state’s guidelines, now that there is a confirmed exposure risk we need to determine —before the tournament series resumes— who can play and who needs to quarantine to watch for symptoms,” Rupp said. allowed the Jordan World Circus to perform there, to conduct federal background checks on anyone attempting to purchase a firearm. Teaching teamwork, sportsmanship, and self discipline, which we hope will stay with … He plays his AAU basketball with the City Rocks, a highly regarded program that features up-and-coming players from the Capital Region and throughout the state. 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[Chugalug] Gnome planning to remove middle click copy-paste
daworm at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 14:23:43 UTC 2013
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Mike Harrison <cluon at geeklabs.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2013, DaWorm wrote:
>> So, what does middle click even do? I've never used it (I was weened on
>> two button mice, the
>> middle is just a scroll wheel to me).
> It's the greatest cut and paste tool/ui in the world:
> mouse over a block of text...(highlight it)
> pull up other app/window and middle click to paste it.
This just a Gnome thing? Since 90% of my computing time is at work where
I'm stuck using Windows, I tend to stick to mousing things that are common:
left and right click pretty much do the same-ish things everywhere (-where-
you right click may be different, but you almost always get a menu if you
get anything). Middle click in Windows 7 brings up some sort of "scroll"
indicator, and moving the mouse scrolls you up or down or left or right (if
that is available). Most of my machines at home are running Xubuntu, I'll
see what it is XFCE does when I get home (if I can, these are all laptops
with no middle button).
Learn something new every day.
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Friends of Scouting
The Boy Scouts of America has been shaping the lives of our youth since 1910. A Friend of Scouting provides a vital portion of the financial support we need to teach Scouting principles that will result in a positive influence on character, citizenship, and personal fitness. The youth of today are America’s future leaders. You can help shape that future by investing in Scouting today.
Friends of Scouting is the annual giving campaign of the Daniel Boone Council that helps provide funding for a quality Scouting program in western North Carolina. Scouting offers life-changing experiences youth cannot get anywhere else. Scouting makes the most of the little time parents have to positively impact their children. Friends of Scouting provides the funds needed to deliver a strong program to over 4,000 local youth. Your investment enables Scouts to accomplish countless good turn projects throughout the year, such as landscaping at local parks and churches, clean up and recycle programs, and much more.
Currently, the cost of delivering Scouting to more than 4,000 youth in our Council is $175 per youth. Friends of Scouting is over 12% of the Council’s total budget. Each year, the Daniel Boone Council’s field staff organizes and implements campaigns in each of the 14 counties in Western North Carolina. In these campaigns, they ask for donations from community businesses, leaders and individuals. They also visit each Scouting unit and talk to families about the State of the Council, the importance of Scouting and ask for their financial support.
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IRS Tax forms update
We have finally received the Form 1040 instruction booklets. We now have the major forms and instructions. Specific forms that we do not have can be accessed from the IRS website.
We have received the Form 1040 EX, the Instructions
for 1040 EX and Publication 334 which is the Tax Guide
for Small Business. We have received the Form 1040-A and
Form 1040-A instructions.
We have not yet received
Form 1040 or the instructions. A tax form display is located by the
stairs leading downstairs to the Norma McGregor meeting
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W will keep you updated as more of the popular tax products arrive. The production of some 2012 tax products, including the Form 1040 and the Instructions for Form 1040, has been affected by the recent passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. The Internal Revenue Service does not know when these products will become available to Whitman County Library or from the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov. Information about this delay can be found at
Once the forms are available, the library system expects to distribute basic forms from the Colfax Branch as they have in years past. For more information, call the library at 877-733-3375 or the IRS toll free phone number at 800-829-3676.
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The University of Hawaii’s Maunakea Management Board on Friday voted against decommissioning the former site of an educational telescope on Maunakea until there is a firm plan to reinstall the telescope elsewhere in Hawaii.
Hoku Ke‘a, a small observatory that housed UH-Hilo’s 36-inch telescope, was one of three observatories scheduled for decommissioning in 2015 as part of Gov. David Ige’s Maunakea Comprehensive Management Plan.
The removal of Hoku Ke‘a, along with the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, was intended to reduce the footprint of astronomy on Maunakea; 25% of the 13 telescopes on the mountain were ordered to be decommissioned in exchange for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope.
The telescope itself — which was installed in 2010 as the centerpiece of the UH-Hilo Educational Observatory, intended to be used to train UH astronomy students — was removed from Maunakea summit in 2018. The surrounding building and concrete platform require the filing of a Notice of Intent to Decommission before they can be removed.
That Notice of Intent was one of several items on the agenda Friday.
However, removing the small telescope has become a sticking point for astronomy advocates who do not want to see an important teaching tool stripped from students.
UH alumna Callie Crowder, now an observer with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, called Hoku Ke‘a “the most beautiful telescope I had ever seen” and said several former classmates left the field because they were not able to get hands-on telescope experience during their undergraduate education.
Although the Hoku Ke‘a telescope never functioned as intended — it was delivered to UH with a faulty primary mirror — the university purchased new equipment for the Educational Observatory in 2016. Because that purchase came after the decision to decommission Hoku Ke‘a, the equipment was assembled and stored at UH-Hilo.
Crowder trained with that equipment as a NASA Space Grant trainee.
“For three years, the telescope has been locked in a windowless room,” Crowder said. “I think it’s a shame that it’s wasted like that.”
Even opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope spoke in favor of the educational telescope Friday. One testifier, Davin Vicente, said the telescope was slated for removal only because it is the smallest and easiest to remove, irrespective of its value for the community.
“I don’t believe we should have put telescopes up there in the first place, but I don’t have a time machine.” Vicente said, adding that, if the university is as interested in STEM education as it claims to be, it should not sacrifice its best teaching tool in favor of a research telescope like TMT.
Several board members agreed with the several testifiers who opposed the removal of Hoku Ke‘a at Friday’s meeting.
Doug Simons, board member and executive director of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, bluntly told the rest of the board that he would abstain from voting on the Notice of Intent, which would prevent the motion from passing.
Simons said he was “dumbfounded” that the decommissioning process for Hoku Ke‘a has been deferred and delayed for so long even though the public has continually supported reopening the telescope elsewhere on the island. While he said he does not believe the telescope should remain on the summit, the university has long discussed a promising alternative site at Halepohaku below the summit of Maunakea, but the Department of Land and Natural Resources has dug its heels on approving the site.
“DLNR could get this done fast, but they’ve been giving us reasons for delays that I don’t accept anymore,” Simons said.
Simons said he believes that the DLNR is concerned about the optics of approving any new telescope anywhere on Maunakea during the current political climate, but added that such concerns do not track with reality, where many TMT opponents also seem to support — or at least not oppose — Hoku Ke‘a.
Until the university has a concrete plan for reinstating Hoku Ke‘a elsewhere, Simons said he could not in good conscience approve the Notice of Intent. Passing the Notice without such a plan would remove any pressure to restore the educational telescope, he said.
Ultimately, board member Greg Chun was the only one to support the Notice of Intent, while fellow board member Julie Leialoha and board chair Roberta Chu voted against the motion. The failed Notice will now return to the Board of Regents, along with a strong recommendation from the Maunakea Management Board to develop a coherent plan to relocate Hoku Ke‘a.
While the board delayed the decommissioning of Hoku Ke‘a on Friday, it approved early steps to decommission the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, approving unanimously a first-phase environmental site assessment and a hazardous materials report relating to the decommissioning process.
The board also listened to a presentation by geochemist Don Thomas, director for the Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes at the University of Hawaii Manoa Institute of Geophysics and Planetology. Thomas addressed concerns that the decommissioning processes at the summit could impact the island’s groundwater.
Thomas said that current hydrological models of the island indicate that water infiltrating into the ground from the summit of the mountain would take centuries, even millennia, to reach sea level, and any contaminants to enter the water at the summit would almost certainly disintegrate before reaching drinking water sources.
Furthermore, Thomas said, there are less than half a dozen septic systems or cesspools at Maunakea summit, while there are thousands of septic tanks and cesspools in Hilo alone, far closer to active wells, without significant public outcry.
Finally, the board also heard and had no comments on “nonsubstantial” changes to the Maunakea administrative rules made since June, including clarifications to the rules’ definition of “camping,” including e-cigarettes to the rules concerning smoking, and removing certain vague and broad language.
New administrative rules will be discussed at a meeting of the UH Board of Regents on Nov. 6. The full proposed rules will be unveiled to the public no later than six days before the meeting.
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This study measured short-term female condom acceptability among 51 female sex workers in San José, Costa Rica.
Each woman was trained in use of the female condom and was asked to use the device if clients refused to use male condoms during a 2-week study period (male condoms were also distributed).
Two follow-up visits with short interviews were scheduled, including questions on general reaction to the female condom by the participants and their clients, ease and comfort of use, and preferences for male or female devices.
At the first follow-up visit, 51% of the women reported they « liked the female condom very much » and 45% reported they « liked it somewhat. » Similar results were reported after the second follow-up phase.
Sixty-seven percent of the participants preferred the female condom over the male condom, and, according to the the women, over half of their clients liked the female condom « very much » or « somewhat. » The most common problems during the first phase were difficulty to insert (61%) and discomfort (43%). However, during the second study phase a reduction in these problems (22% and 25%, respectively) and other use-related problems were noted.
Although this new method is not yet available throughout Costa Rica, these results should encourage sexually transmitted diseases and HIV service organizations to make this method accessible to women.
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“It isn’t fair.” Fair describes either the weather or a place where you judge pigs. Nothing else. Once I learned that life would never be fair, it became much simpler.
“I wasn’t the only one doing it.” Only means that others made the same poor choice, and in no way rationalized or justified the choice I made. While it is true that you stand out less in a crowd, it’s still a poor choice and expect to either endure or enjoy the consequences. And Dad never cared what consequences were given to the other kids, it really didn’t matter.
“I didn’t do it.” That’s ok, it just makes up for one of the times you didn’t get caught doing it. Life is the great equalizer.
“My child didn’t do/say those things. I didn’t teach them to do that.” Your parents didn’t teach you to do/say them either, but you did them when you were this age. Once again, life is the great equalizer.
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Security & Privacy By Design
With the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) effective in mid-2018 and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on the near-horizon for 2020, companies have an obligation to demonstrate they implement both Security by Design (SbD) and Privacy by Design (PbD). Unfortunately, most businesses lack the knowledge and experience to undertake such documentation efforts. That means businesses are faced to either outsource the work to expensive consultants or they ignore the requirement and hope they do not get in trouble for being non-compliant with this compliance requirement. In either situation, it is not a good place to be. The good news is that ComplianceForge developed a viable cybersecurity and privacy program that is based on NIST 800-160 guidance for security by design and OASIS for privacy by design.
Professionally-Written, Editable NIST 800-160 & OASIS PMRM-Based Cybersecurity For Privacy by Design (C4P) Program
The Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD) product is designed to support your company’s existing policies and standards. Our solution is focused at the procedural and guideline levels.
Product Example - Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD)
The SPBD addresses program-level guidance on HOW to actually manage cybersecurity and privacy principles, so that secure processes are designed and implemented by default. Policies & standards are absolutely necessary to an organization, but they fail to describe HOW privacy and security principles are actually planned and managed. The SPBD provides this middle ground between high-level policies and the actual procedures of how developers, PMs, system integrators and system admins do their jobs to design, implement and maintain technology solutions.
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Cost Savings Estimate - Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD)
When you look at the costs associated with either (1) hiring an external consultant to write cybersecurity documentation for you or (2) tasking your internal staff to write it, the cost comparisons paint a clear picture that buying from ComplianceForge is the logical option. Compared to hiring a consultant, you can save months of wait time and tens of thousands of dollars. Whereas, compared to writing your own documentation, you can potentially save hundreds of work hours and the associated cost of lost productivity. Purchasing the SPBD from ComplianceForge offers these fundamental advantages when compared to the other options for obtaining quality cybersecurity documentation:
- For your internal staff to generate comparable documentation, it would take them an estimated 250 internal staff work hours, which equates to a cost of approximately $18,750 in staff-related expenses. This is about 4-8 months of development time where your staff would be diverted from other work.
- If you hire a consultant to generate this documentation, it would take them an estimated 160 consultant work hours, which equates to a cost of approximately $48,000. This is about 3-4 months of development time for a contractor to provide you with the deliverable.
- The SPBD is approximately 7% of the cost for a consultant or 17% of the cost of your internal staff to generate equivalent documentation.
- We process most orders the same business day so you can potentially start working with the SPBD the same day you place your order.
The process of writing cybersecurity documentation can take an internal team many months and it involves pulling your most senior and experienced cybersecurity experts away from operational duties to assist in the process, which is generally not the most efficient use of their time. In addition to the immense cost of hiring a cybersecurity consultant at $300/hr+ to write this documentation for you, the time to schedule a consultant, provide guidance and get the deliverable product can take months. Even when you bring in a consultant, this also requires involvement from your internal team for quality control and answering questions, so the impact is not limited to just the consultant's time being consumed.
Cybersecurity & Privacy By Design - Program Level Privacy & Security Documentation
The SPBD can serve as a foundational element in your organization's privacy program. It can stand alone or be paired with other specialized products we offer.
Cybersecurity and privacy do not need to be hard. The Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD) document is meant to simplify how security and privacy can be operationalized in a “paint by numbers” approach. This product is comprised of editable Microsoft Word and Excel documentation so you can customize it for your specific needs.
Please keep in mind that security & privacy engineering principles are widely expected activities:
What Is The Security & Privacy by Design (SPBD)?
Our products are one-time purchases with no software to install - you are buying Microsoft Office-based documentation templates that you can edit for your specific needs. If you can use Microsoft Office or OpenOffice, you can use this product! The SPBD comes in both editable Microsoft Word and Excel formats. The SPBD is capable of scaling for any sized company.
- The SPBD is an editable Microsoft Word document that providers program-level guidance to directly supports your company's policies and standards for ensuring secure engineering and privacy principles are operationalized.
- This product addresses the “how?” questions for how your company ensures both security and privacy principles are operationalized.
- It is a reality that most companies have either weak or non-existent guidance on how security or privacy principles are implemented.
- The lack of operationalized security & privacy principles can lead to compliance deficiencies with many statutory, regulatory and contractual obligations.
- NIST 800-160 is the "gold standard" on how to build security into the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- The concept of “secure engineering” is mandatory in numerous statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements.
- The SPBD provides a “paint by numbers” approach to ensure your company has evidence of both due care and due diligence for operationalizing security and privacy principles.
- The CIRP is based on numerous frameworks, but the core principles are based on NIST 800-160 and the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) which are the de facto standards on security and privacy design principles.
What Problem Does The SPBD Solve?
- Lack of In House Security Experience - Writing cybersecurity & privacy documentation is a skill that most cybersecurity professionals simply are not proficient at and avoid the task at all cost. Tasking your security analysts and engineers to write comprehensive procedure documentation means you are actively taking them away from protecting and defending your network, which is not a wise use of their time. The SPBD is an efficient method to obtain comprehensive guidance documentation to implement cybersecurity and privacy principles within your organization!
- Compliance Requirements - EU GDPR requires companies that store, process or transmit the personal information of EU citizens to ensure that both cybersecurity and privacy principles are built into processes by default. Can you prove how cybersecurity & privacy principles are implemented?
- Audit Failures - Security documentation does not age gracefully like a fine wine. Outdated documentation leads to gaps that expose organizations to audit failures and system compromises. The SPBD provide mapping to leading security and privacy frameworks to show you exactly what is required to both stay secure and compliant.
- Vendor Requirements - It is very common for clients and partners to request evidence of a security program and this includes policies, standards and procedures. With EU GDPR, vendors and other partners will be expected to demonstrate evidence of compliance with the EU GDPR.
How Does The SPBD Solve It?
- Clear Documentation - The SPBD provides a comprehensive approach to operationalizing both cybersecurity and privacy principles. This equates to a time saving of hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of dollars in staff and consultant expenses!
- Time Savings - The SPBD can provide your organization with a templated solution that requires minimal resources to fine tune for your organization's specific cybersecurity and privacy needs.
- Alignment With Leading Practices - The SPBD is written to support leading cybersecurity and privacy frameworks!
Reducing Risk Through Cybersecurity For Privacy by Design (C4P)
The Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD) document supports your company’s existing policies and standards. Our solution is focused at the procedural and guideline levels. The SPBD document is focused on understanding risk associated with cybersecurity and privacy so that risk can be:
- Transferred; or
Implementing both Security by Design (SbD) and Privacy by Design (PbD) principles is a systematic way to find and address weaknesses, flaws and risks to your company.
- Repeatable, methodical processes that seek out both security and privacy risk reduces the chance of surprises.
- Addressing security issues in an orderly manner gives your company a better assurance that gaps have been closed properly and as quickly as possible.
Work Smarter! Leverage Common Touch Points Between Cybersecurity & Privacy
Systems security engineering delivers systems deemed adequately secure by stakeholders. The fundamental relationships among assets, an asset-dependent interpretation of loss, and the corresponding loss consequences are central to any discussion of system security.
This is where aligning your company’s Security by Design (SbD) efforts with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) (e.g., NIST 800-37) can be very beneficial, since the RMF provides a well-established format to securely engineer and maintain systems throughout the entire life cycle of the asset. Utilizing common linkages, Privacy by Design (PbD) is incorporated into the RMF cycle.
Paint By Numbers - Cybersecurity & Privacy Requirements
What we've done is take on the heavy lifting to integrate security and privacy controls into standard project management processes. This allows your teams to have a "paint by numbers" approach to demonstrating that both cybersecurity and privacy principles are baked into the process! We identified the stages where both cybersecurity and privacy requirements are expected as part of project development. This can enable your teams to work more effectively together and reduce the negative effect of teams working in silos.
All too often, when projects are commenced, involvement from key stakeholders is siloed, as compared to operating as a cohesive team. We want to help your company avoid the following security & privacy pitfalls where:
- Project / application teams work in a vacuum, unaware of security or privacy concerns;
- Privacy and security conduct their own assessments without any information sharing or collaboration; and
- Security involvement is viewed as a final hurdle to overcome, just prior to “go live” for the project.
The SPBD Excel checklists provide a wealth of experience to bake in security and privacy principles by establishing methodical and repeatable processes.
- Logically-organized phases
- Task focus (How tasks support the lifecycle phases)
- Task #
- Activity Description
- Reasonable Task Deliverables
- Mapping to leading practices:
- NIST 800-160
- NIST 800-53
- ISO 27002
- OASIS PMRM
- Level of Effort (expectation for basics or enhanced requirements)
- Stakeholder RACI Matrix (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed)
In addition to logically organizing steps, we went the extra mile by calling out the deliverables expected and tied it to task #:
- Proposed solution is documented that captures security-relevant criteria and tentative requirements.
- Listing of applicable statutory, regulatory and contractual requirements are defined.
- Business & technical constraints are identified and documented.
- Data classification is identified.
- System criticality is identified.
- Data protection requirements are defined (e.g., controls) based on docuemented data classification and system criticality.
- "Best practices" are defined to be used in the design & implementation of systems, applications and services (e.g., OWASP, NIST, DISA STIGs, etc.).
- System hardening baselines (e.g., configuration management requirements) are defined and documented.
- Security Concept of Operations (CONOPS) are defined and documented.
- is defined and documented.
- Standardized Operating Procedures (SOP) are documented.
- Service Level Agreement(s) (SLAs) are defined and documented
- Tentative life cycle is identified.
- Roles and responsibilities for security requirements are assigned and documented.
- Risk Assessment is conducted and a Risk Register (RR) is used to document findings.
- Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is conducted and documented.
- Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) is conducted or modified.
- Project stakeholder list is defined and documented (strategic personnel, business units and third parties).
- Threat assessment is conducted and documented.
- List of constraints (facts & assumptions) is defined.
- Listing of expected systems and services that will be required to support the proposed solution is defined.
- System Security Plan (SSP) is documented or modified.
- Change Control Board (CCB) change request(s).
- High Level Diagram (HLD) is documented.
- Low Level Diagram (LLD) is documented.
- Data Flow Diagram (DFD) is documented.
- Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) is documented or modified.
- End user training material is developed.
- Security awareness training is provided.
- Information Assurance (IA) testing (certification &accreditation) is commenced.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are identified.
- Authorization is granted (e.g., Authority To Operate (ATO) , Interim Authority To Operate (IATO) or Denied Authority To Operate (DATO)).
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is conducted and documented.
Understanding Privacy & Security Starts With Defining Requirements
Understanding the requirements for both Security by Design (SbD) and Privacy by Design (PbD) principles involves a simple process of distilling expectations. This process is all part of documenting reasonable expectations to right-size the approach, since every organization is unique:
Security by Design (SbD)
Privacy by Design (PbD)
Security by Design (SbD) requirements come from numerous sources. In this context, the most important are:
Privacy by Design (PbD) requirements come from numerous sources. In this context, the most important are:
Data-Centric Security (DCS) = Defense-In-Depth Approach To Security
Thinking in terms of data, or information, it is your company’s most valuable asset. Therefore, being "data-centric" is how we approach our defense-in-depth concept. When you look at the diagram below, if you envision data protection as a set of concentric rings, at the center of the protection is your data.
Zone-Based Approach To Secure Engineering
From a secure engineering and architecture perspective, it is worthwhile to take a zone-based approach to scoping an environment for secure systems engineering. This effort is meant to focus on particular systems of interest, while taking into account the systems elements and enabling systems that compose the system of interest. This supports the concept of Data-Centric Security (DCS), since the focus encompasses everything that either stores, processes or transmits the data in question, as well as the supporting infrastructure and services.
From this perspective, assets can be logically grouped into three (3) overlapping zones:
Zone 1 – The asset is a system of interest;
Zone 2 – The asset exists within the immediate operating environment of a system of interest; or
Zone 3 – The asset exists outside of the operating environment but influences the system of interest.
Methodical Approach To Privacy By Design (PbD)
The OASIS Privacy Management Reference Model and Methodology (PMRM) is a privacy framework that assists in operationalizing Privacy by Design. Thee PMRM identifies eight (8) privacy services that are needed to operate at a functional level. These services are meant to clarify the “architectural” relationships and can be logically grouped into three (3) categories: Core policy services, Privacy assurance services; and Presentation & lifecycle services.
The Security & Privacy By Design (SPBD) includes an editable checklist for PMRM controls. This is tied to the security controls, so it is easy to link both cybersecurity and privacy requirements. This allows for a more cohesive assessment and encourages information sharing. The end product is a more comprehensive assessment of risk to both privacy and security. | <urn:uuid:bdbcf3b8-e46b-434a-a8b8-6058e7cc719c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.complianceforge.com/product/security-by-design-privacy-by-design/ | 2020-09-20T14:21:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400198213.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920125718-20200920155718-00335.warc.gz | en | 0.906318 | 3,429 |
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Poulsbo, WA: I was passing through Washington when an owner asked me to look at her horse, it had only one kidney, was an extreme self mutilator, routinely destroying his stall and paddock with constant kicking. Examination showed extreme rigidity in the obliques,TFL and stifle. I only had few minutes with the horse but did a very quick body balance, and addressed the areas of concern before I had to leave. Eight weeks later the owner finally tracked me down and informed me that the horse had stopped self mutilating, kicking and was back in work, and locked her in as a client for me to work on when I do my ten week circuit of the states. Trudy Johnson. CA.
Austin, TX: My palomino horse Beau began to develop tumors on his neck about six years earlier and no matter what I tried it had no effect on them and they were getting worse. I had heard about Equine Touch and thought it would wok in well with Beau’s training and got in Pam Cantwell who worked on Beau once a week for about four weeks when I noticed that the base of the tumors were shrinking, on the last week one of them became very bloody and actually fell off. I had it investigated and the lab found it was rare type of cancer. I continued with the Equine Touch sessions and a few weeks later all the tumors had dropped off, the body’s own healing system appeared to have been boosted enough to handle the problem. Deb Brown, Chief of Police SUT. TX
Johannesburg, SA: Mr Casker, a racing trainer in Jo’burg called me in to look at Tommy Token a 4 year old he had scheduled to race the next day. Tommy had been showing signs of stiffness in his lower back and was reacting aggressively when the saddle was cinched up. A physiotherapist had been called but there was no change. I performed a basic body balance on the horse and almost immediately he started to relax, by the time I had finished he was fast asleep, so I left him that way. The following day Mr Casker called me delighted that Tommy Token had won his race by a head. I worked on Tommy regularly after that and he won his next 8 races in a row. Michelle Maas. SA
Equine Touch Reports from Around the World
Gill Evans is an Equine Massage Therapist in Africa who has been professionally treating horses for 20 years.Gill attended an Equine Touch seminar in Zimbabwe in October last year. The first day she was completely skeptical how anything so gentle could achieve any positive results…… midway through the second day she watched an unmanageable horse she had brought along completely change its body shape and personality right before her eyes. It was not only the horse that changed, however, it was also Gill … whose mouth was hanging open and her entire body softened as she suddenly realised what was happening to her horse. She left the course perplexed, but determined to give the modality a try. Since then she has concentrated her work using only this gentle touch with positive results that have astounded her. None, however, have astounded her more than this case, which started just before Christmas.
I was on the farm when I heard a commotion coming from a nearby paddock, and when I entered I found a thoroughbred filly standing and shaking in deep trauma. It had just been bitten in the neck by a cobra; unfortunately they are all over the place. There was no point in calling the vet. They had no drugs for humans in Zimbabwe, never mind horses, and in any case we were far out in the country and death usually occurs within a few hours in 95% of the cases.
I decided to treat the horse with what Jock had taught me, I relaxed the whole upper area and performed the lymphatic drainage procedures on the entire neck and around the punctures. There was a slight swelling, and the horse was going into shock.
The next day the horse was still standing; the swelling now very large and stretching from the top of the throat right down to the elbows. I continued to do the Equine Touch using the Bowen Moves. The next day the horse was still alive and once again I continued to do the treatment. As I felt there was now a chance I contacted a friend who is a homeopath who treated the filly also. I continued with the Equine Touch treatment, the swelling was going down but around the puncture area there was a large area of putrefied flesh. A week later this area burst, spilling out rotten flesh, blood and pus.
I continued to treat the horse daily with the treatment and slowly the hole began to close to the point where six weeks after the strike the filly is well on the way to full recovery, the poison in the system is still evident by small abscesses around the hole but other than that the filly is free from pain and showing no ill effects. If anything, this has shown me what an amazing modality the Equine Touch is for helping a horse to heal itself against what are amazing odds.
From Gill Evans, Africa
Angie Robb is studying to be an animal specialized kinesiologist. She also trains in and uses the Equine Touch with which she has had tremendous results, and thoroughly enjoys treating horses with this gentle, non-invasive method.
There is a thoroughbred called Pece who had been treated by one of our local vets for lameness in the near hind for approximately 2 years. In great desperation I was called in to do The Equine Touch. On assessing the horse before starting I found a lot of heat in the near hindquarter around the gluteus muscle. I then proceeded with the Equine Touch; during these procedures Pece broke out in a sweat down his back legs. The following morning he walked out of the stable sound. This was after one treatment of The Equine Touch. Follow-up was done on a monthly basis and the problem has not returned.
From Angie Robb of Durban
Penny Crockart is a third generation former national champion horsewoman. Apart from teaching riding skills she is national Equine Coach for Zimbabwe’s Para-Olympic riding team and a dedicated Equine Touch practitioner who has treated as many as thirty horses a day with this unique procedure.
Survivor (The No Name Horse)
I first saw this Grey on one of Jock’s courses in Harare. The owner of the stables where the course was being held advised everyone not to go near it. She was the only survivor of a herd of horses that had been killed and eaten by lions and was depressed, nervous, scared and unpredictable. As soon as Survivor had given me permission to touch her I slowly began to perform the basic balancing procedures, observing all the mandatory waiting times to allow her to recognize that something was happening. At first she was nervous, would shy away, and would threaten the odd kick. All of a sudden an amazing change started to come over her. The whole body appeared to lose its tension. She started to sigh and to chew, the eyes started to close and she literally dropped off to sleep with the head only inches above the stable floor. I left her like that. The following day I could not believe the changes in Survivor; even the rookie students were able to go into her stall and practice on her without the slightest sign of her previous nervous condition. Although I now treat horses with the Equine Touch on a full time basis, the results never cease to amaze me. For me, and the horses in Zimbabwe, it is one of the greatest gifts that have ever been brought into our country and our equine world.
My daughter Charlie was competing in the showjumping championships on her mare Sparky. Just prior to competing in the finals they were warming up in the practice area when they had a nasty fall. Charlie landed heavily and her mount hobbled away holding up her front off side hoof. Charlie had a sore neck and stiff shoulder and was in pain. I immediately performed the Bowen moves on her relating to that area, and went to check the horse. After confirming that there was no break I performed all the forequarter Equine Touch procedures, shoulders, neck forelegs and TMJ. Almost immediately the horse put her injured foot on the ground just as if she was trying out a new pair of shoes, shook her head and snorted with relief. By this time Charlie was standing alongside me and even although she was shaken she decided that she would compete if the horse wanted to. Thirty minutes later I was a rather tearful mother as I sat and watched the two of them win their class.
From Penny Crockart of Harare
A well-known rider in South Africa, Roger Hessian, had called me out the have a look at his show jumping horse, Sanctum. Sanctum, a stallion, was entered to ride in a Volvo Cup Show in Cape Town in 5 days time and was showing discomfort in his lower back and trailing his hind legs when trying to clear the jump. I ran my hands down his hind legs and noticed the horse did not respond much to the touch. His back was cold and he was not taking much notice of me being in the stable with him. I performed the Equine Touch on Sanctum, giving him a full body balancing. Sanctum showed little to no sign of processing any of the moves I performed on him. Worried, I decided to repeat the body balancing procedures the next day. The stallion seemed to be realizing a small change happening and he began licking his lips as I did The Equine Touch over the hamstring area. The next day I once again gave Sanctum the full Equine Touch body balancing procedure. This day the horse responded well – I could see changes in the muscles, as I moved over his back and hind quarters, using The Equine Touch – in fact I could almost hear him saying thank you. Roger Hessian left for Cape Town with great disbelief and skepticism at what he had seen. After a week, I received a phone call from him, asking what I had done to his horse. I explained to the best of my ability the moves of The Equine Touch and what I was hoping to provoke. With a giggle, Roger told me that Sanctum had taken overall prize at the Volvo, winning the A class and being placed second in the other three events at the show, making him the overall Volvo winner in The National A Grade Championships.
Glenn French is former very successful jockey in Zimbabwe and England. He won 4 National Championships and he was placed in the top 3 from 1984 to 1991. After breaking his back badly in a racing accident he started to train horses, and as a result became interested in alternative and natural therapies for his charges.
In 1999 I had a problem horse that slipped on the road and tore his pectoral muscle. After numerous treatments of every type of therapy I was at my wits end as to what to do with this horse. He had been out of action for approximately 9 months when the owner’s wife phoned me and told me that she had a Gentle Touch treatment on her stiff neck and that this particular therapy was apparently done on horses. I had never heard of this type of therapy and I was running out of options. I had nothing to lose. Enter Jock Ruddock. Jock came to see the horse and what events took place after Jock had done his basic balancing absolutely amazed not only me but also the owners, whom I had invited to see the horse treatment. He proceeded to go through a number of moves on the horse and to my astonishment he then removed the bridle on this highly-strung thoroughbred in the middle of the yard. I was expecting the horse to bolt, but instead he just stood there and let Jock complete his treatment. The recovery of this horse was astonishing and within 2 months of his first treatment from Jock, he was ready to run. Tromeros was back in action and not only to run, but also to compete competitively, winning his second start and being placed in his next 2 races. I was completely overwhelmed that something so gentle and simple had got this horse back to winnings ways. This led me to taking The Equine Touch course, which was exactly what I had been looking for, something which I could learn and did not require any strenuous movement on my part due to my injuries.
The next time I met up with Jock and Ivana I had just received a horse that had not been performing and was in a very depressed state. There was nothing really physically wrong with the horse, but he was subdued and would not let anyone near him or touch him affectionately. I asked them for help. After a few moves by Jock, Young Commander was completely relaxed and literally half asleep with his head in Jock’s arms. His entire personality seemed to change immediately. From that day on he never looked back and Penny Crockart, Jock’s assistant in Zimbabwe, and myself then treated him once a week. Unfortunately he did not race for me, as he was sold to Mauritius shortly after. I was still interested to see how he got on and whilst on trip to Mauritius just recently, I visited this horse and I was so pleased that he had transformed into not just a confident horse, but “nice person”. He ran the next week for the fist time and was beaten only by a shorthead and the new owners were thrilled with their first purchase. This amazing technique has now got me hooked, so to speak, and I have given up training to concentrate full time on broadening my knowledge of The Equine Touch and hopefully be able to help the wonderful athlete that we take so much for granted, The Horse.
From Glenn French of Harare
Mary Carey is an animal specialized kinesiologist working with all animals, but specializing in horses. She is able to “talk to horses” via muscle testing, which enables her to find out what they need, feed etc. The Equine Touch is another alternative modality that she uses and she is finding that it is 100% successful in helping horses in their movement and physical/emotional well being.
After veterinary assistance for over a month had been carried out on a pony called Saigon, with absolutely no success, I was called in to help. Using kinesiology I was able to identify the problem and the source. Upon completing the basic Equine Touch body balancing procedures Saigon immediately showed signs of detoxing in the form of sweating and radiation of heat. I then did opening moves on the off hind, from the coronet up towards the hock, using the long digital extensor muscle. Saigon trotted out sound after this Equine Touch. He had a further session 6 days later and has remained sound since.
A warmblood mare, Hakahana Aktiva, suddenly developed a problem with dragging her hind legs. An acupuncturist was called in, but could find nothing, so I was called in to do The Equine Touch. I performed the basic balancing and then the Pelvic procedure. After the first session she trotted off with no further dragging. A further 2 sessions were performed as back up and maintenance and the dragging has not returned.
From Mary Carey of Durban
Zimbabwe and South Africa are countries rich in Equine tradition. The horse – once the mode of transport for the farmers and ranchers to travel their properties, to hunt, to race for their enjoyment and to show off for their pride and egos – still remains a primary interest and love in the lives of the people.
Over the recent years, especially in Zimbabwe where anarchy currently reigns supreme, the horse has become symbolic with the dignity of life when the country itself was known as Rhodesia. The horrors that occur in the equine world of that country are often beyond description and understanding. With white farmers being forced off their lands, sometimes at gunpoint, horses are too often abandoned, left to fend for themselves to avoid lions, leopards, jackals, snakes or worse even more unbelievable horrors at the hands of the gangs of squatters whose cruelty to any horse they can catch is beyond description.
Horse rescuers travel from farm to farm literally rustling the abandoned equines before they die of starvation, or are killed and eaten or as is known to happen, drenched in petrol and set alight to run screaming around the field to an agonizing death as their unfeeling tormentors roar with laughter.
With the economy in the doldrums, drugs virtually non-existent, and vets too expensive, more and more horse lovers, owners, and trainers are turning to complementary modalities to help their charges. Into this world has come The Equine Touch in the form of Jock and Ivana Ruddock who in the past 12 months have made four teaching trips to Africa alone and taught over 120 students and practitioners, from vets to a 15 year-old schoolgirl, in this amazing modality that has literally taken the equine world in Africa by storm.
“I’m amazed,” said Jock in an interview with NH this week, “these people in Zimbabwe are 6th and 7th generation Zimbabwians and their farms and homes are being stolen from them, yet there they are on our seminars, even although they no longer have a home, totally committed to their horses. We meet many who stay on simply because they love their horses and will not leave them no matter what. People in other countries often ask Ivana and myself if we are not scared when we go out there; of course we are scared, but if people want to care for their horses our way and want us to teach them, then we won’t turn our backs on them. If we don’t help them who will?” | <urn:uuid:4788762a-e805-4d43-8b75-9e4492d0a4ed> | CC-MAIN-2018-13 | http://au.theequinetouch.net/et-stories-2/ | 2018-03-24T23:07:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-13/segments/1521257651465.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20180324225928-20180325005928-00533.warc.gz | en | 0.988989 | 3,700 |
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The CCE hosts the an annual Earth Day celebration, community recycle drives, and other fun environmental education events. For more information about the Chesterfield Citizens Environmental Advisory Committee, view the CCE Brochure at the link below.
CCE MISSION STATEMENT:
The Chesterfield Citizens Environmental Advisory Committee, acting in an advisory capacity to the Parks, Recreation and Arts Department, seeks to:
- Research and recommend implementation, improvements, and extensions of all recycling issues relevant to the city.
- Investigate and identify environmental issues to enhance the city's quality of life.
- Provide material and discussions for education in the areas of recycling, conservation, and control of our environment.
- Serve as a source of feedback to the Parks, Recreation and Arts Department for citizen recommendations and concerns for recycling and environmental issues.
The city is no longer offering monthly electronics recycling, but instead, we encourage you to bring your items to our Earth Day or Recycles Day Events. These drive-thru collections offer convenience for nearly anything to be recycled. Check our event details at the left of this page for more details.
St. Louis Audubon Society. It's not just for bird lovers anymore! They work to support environmental education efforts and conservation projects. Their Bring Conservation Home program will help you to create a certified native habitat or how to improve your existing landscape!
National Wildlife Federation. A place for wildlife enthusiasts to certify their wildlife garden through the National Wildlife Federation.
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Grow Native. An informational web resource on how to protect and restore Missouri's native plants: native plant information with descriptions and photos, glossary of terms, listing of where to buy and sell native plants, tools and tips on how to incorporate native plants into the landscape, listing of program incentives and services by the Missouri Department of Agriculture, membership into the association, and an event calendar.
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