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Colin Murphy
4 hours ago
Parking available at at L 83197 43862. Open hillside to the east - a gentle climb over rocky/grassy terrain. A mere 95m ascent will see you at the summit, which is marked by a cairn and presents t...
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Colin Murphy
5 hours ago
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Colin Murphy
5 hours ago
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Colin Murphy
5 hours ago
Have been up here before on a beautiful autumn day when the panoramas were quite spectacular. Heavy rain severely limited the views on a recent climb, which was a pity, but there was a brief clear...
Benchoona East Top: A short hop from the main summit.
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Sperrin Mountains
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Place count in area: 64,
OSI/LPS Maps: 12, 13, 6, 7, 8
Highest place:
Sawel, 678m
Maximum height for area: 678 metres,
Maximum prominence for area: 657 metres,
Places in area Sperrin Mountains:
Balix Hill 403m
Barnes Top 456m
Benbradagh 465m
Bessy Bell 420m
Bohilbreaga 478m
Boviel Top 454m
Carn Hill 448m
Carnanelly 562m
Carnanelly West Top 505m
Carntogher 464m
Clogherny Top 408m
Clondermot Hill 220m
Coolnasillagh Mountain 423m
Corick Mountain 430m
Craigagh Hill 460m
Craignamaddy 385m
Cregganconroe 300m
Crockalougha 407m
Crockbrack 526m
Crockdooish 321m
Crocknamoghil 335m
Curradrolan Hill 270m
Curraghchosaly Mountain 416m
Dart Mountain 619m
Dart Mountain North-West Top 525m
Eglish 277m
Fir Mountain 362m
Gortmonly Hill 218m
Knockanbane Mountain 441m
Knockavoe 296m
Learmount Mountain 489m
Learmount Mountain South Top 492m
Letterlogher 249m
Meenard Mountain 620m
Meenard Mtn W Top 480m
Moneyoran Hill 414m
Mullaghaneany 627m
Mullaghash 480m
Mullaghasturrakeen 581m
Mullaghbane 467m
Mullaghbolig 442m
Mullaghcarbatagh 517m
Mullaghcarn 542m
Mullaghcarn South Top 525m
Mullaghclogha 635m
Mullaghclogher 572m
Mullaghcroy 242m
Mullaghdoo 568m
Mullaghmeash Hill 244m
Mullaghmore 550m
Mullaghsallagh 485m
Mullaghturk 416m
Oughtmore 569m
Oughtmore 382m
Owenreagh Hill 400m
Sawel 678m
Slieve Gallion 528m
Slieve Gallion NE Top 496m
Slieveboy 259m
Slievekirk 370m
Spaltindoagh 420m
Spelhoagh 568m
Straid Hill 303m
White Mountain 537m
Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
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Slieve Gallion
Sliabh gCallann
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(Ir. Sliabh gCallann [DUPN], 'mountain of the heights')
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Longitude: -6.76038, Latitude: 54.732043
, Easting: 279873, Northing: 387810
Prominence: 333m
, Isolation: 2.3km
, Has trig pillar
, GPS IDs, 6 char: Slv528, 10 char: SlvGln 528
Bedrock type: Basalt, (Basalt - andesite, tuff & shale)
Slieve Gallion is an isolated outlier of the Sperrins which dominates the western shore of Lough Neagh. The earliest reference to it is in AD 670 in the Book of Armagh where it is called Collunt Patricii, 'the height of St. Patrick'. There is a traditional song called Slieve Gallion's Braes. See Máire MacNeill, 'The Festival of Lughnasa' (pp. 150-52) for details of the festive assembly on Slieve Gallion. The names Tintagh Mountain and Glenarudda Mountain seem to refer to areas of mountain pasture on Slieve Gallion's slopes rather than separate peaks. Slieve Gallion is the 476th highest place in Ireland.
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Simple, unremarkable top
Short Summary created by Colin Murphy 30 Jan 2014
Taking the A29 north from Moneymore, after a few hundred metres you will see the Tullynagee road on the left, signposted for S. Gallion. This road continues almost all the way to the summit of S. Gallion NE Top, but about 500m before you reach this, there are a couple of tracks leading off at a sharp bend in the road (Point
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), and room to park one car. Take the track heading SW, which is waterlogged in parts in winter. It meanders quite a bit but will take you almost all the way to the summit. It is also marked with posts along the way, which are a useful guide in mist. The summit is marked with a well-worn, 'leaning tower of Pisa' trig pillar. There is a memorial nearby to a walker called Ronnie Magwood, who passed away in the Sperrins in 2005. From car to summit takes less than thirty minutes.
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Picture from slemish : The trig pillar on top of Slieve Gallion
The trig pillar on top of Slieve Gallion
30 May 2010
I had heard before that the views from this mountain were great on a clear day. So with excellent visibility today I decided to set out for Slieve Gallion following mcna's route up the Tullynagee road from Moneymore and parked at a little lay-by near the top of the mountain (
). You are already at an altitude of 450m at this point. Follow the track south-west over gently sloping ground up towards the trig pillar which is visible from the parking spot. Thanks to the recent good weather the ascent was dry which was a bonus as I was wearing trainers. There is one fence to negotiate before reaching the trig pillar at 528m which was looking fairly weatherbeaten. Despite being at such a high altitude there was almost no wind to speak of. It was warm and incredibly calm and peaceful at the summit so I lingered for a good twenty minutes drinking in the views. And what views! I could go on for some time listing the various summits which are visible on a day like today but instead all I will say is you can see practically the whole of Northern Ireland. In fact, mountains in seven different counties were visible as I could clearly make out the Donegal Bluestacks. To the north-east I could just glimpse the hills of Islay through the haze. I would suggest that this mountain has some of the longest views in Ireland. Couple that with the easy climb and it makes Slieve Gallion a must to bag if in the area. Do the NE top as well because it's even easier. Total trip up and down from the car - about 40 minutes.
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Picture from gerrym : memorial stone at summit
memorial stone at summit
Eastern promise in the Sperrins
11 Feb 2014
Slieve Gallion is the most easterly of the Sperrins giving definition to what is beyond for all those who gaze across Lough Neagh from the populous east. A dusting of snow on its top heralds the joys of winter there and beyond. It is a very accessible hill and one which has proved to be worth going back to time and again.
Park at entrance to Iniscarn Forest (
) where there is room for several cars. Follow the forest track for a short distance and then the marked walk (right) through broadleaved trees, mainly beech and holly. This rejoins the forest track where an eye needs to be kept for a crossing point over stream on right. This leads to the forest boundary and a concrete water tank. Cross the fence and the steep NE flank of Slieve Gallion is straight ahead.
A fence heads straight for the top, initially with forest for company. There is a good 600 ft of steep climbing and the views grow with every footstep! This slope has given me great pleasure in kicking steps in deep drifts and in sliding on my bum for 200 feet for a quick descent.
The fence is crossed just before a large cairn on the NE top. Views stretch out over Lough Neagh to the Antrim Hills, Belfast Hills and the Mournes. Make way down past communication masts and along their service road. Most days there is no other soul up here but on some it is full of paragilders or sunday drivers - either day is good.
Follow the road for 10 minutes and then take the track off to the R which heads for the main summit. Views are dominated by the higher hills of the Sperrins to the W. Yellow topped marker poles guide the way at even intervals but not too obtrusively. The track is quite wet in places and eventually peters out at an old aluminium shipping container marked with "Belfast Steamship Co Container Service". This is a great place for lunch, especially on days with howling winds, rain or snow.
A fence is crossed courtesy of a milk crate either side and a sign welcomes walkers but promotes responsibility. Further makers bring the trig point in short time, 1.75 hours after starting. A memorial is erected here to Ronnie Magwood - I suppose there is no more fitting a place with vast views in all directions, the Bluestacks and Culcaigh being added to those already mentioned - the whole of Ulster basically.
The waymakers continue to Lough Fea, this would be a good traverse of the entire mountain for those with additional transport. There are a number of options for returning to Iniscarn. A straightforward retracing of steps is very satisying, especially if there is snow on the steep slopes. Following the service road further downhill and taking a series of beautiful and peaceful farmtracks. I have also followed the way to Lough Fea for a distance to reach the high and lonely road going through the 'Gap' which i walked back to the forest.
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Picture from gerrym : Trig point looking west to higher tops
Trig point looking west to higher tops
gerrym on Slieve Gallion, 2010
2 Jan 2010
Climbed 12.3.05 parking on grass verge on a high road opposite Cruckandun Loughs (
). Walk back a short distance and follow a fir lined lane leading to a red barn, climb gate and cross fence for open hill. Head nearly due east for boundary of Mobuy Wood over fairly good but wet ground. A farm track follows the forest boundary uphill and when it ends head NE for the higher ground. The summit area is quite expansive and could be confusing in poor weather, number of fences and wet areas to cross before reaching the trig point at 528 m (one of the few in the Sperrins). Extensive views E as I tracked hail showers making their way over the Lough Neagh basin and W into the rest of the Sperrin range.
Continue NE and drop down to pick up a rough farm track which leads to the tarmac road servicing the communications mast on the northern top. After 2.5 km reach what is not a very asthetically pleasing area of tarmac beside the transmitter, the easy access attracting off roaders to further erode the environment. There is a ruined cairn a little further to the N and the same quality views. Drop down W where rocky bluffs and ravines provided shelter from the howling wind and hail showers for lunch. Continue down towards the road and will pick up an old raised bog road which makes for pleasant walking. This reachs the road proper and a very quiet walk back to the car. It is worth while having a walk around Crockandun Loughs which are the result of sand and gravel extraction, with areas of the workings still being restored. Also worth visiting Lough Fea which is only a few minutes away and has a walk around its shores.
Can also approach from the NE at Iniscarn Forest which has some delightful walking through broadleaf trees and then pines as height is gained. The views open out spectacularily as follow forest tracks steeply uphill onto open hillside. There is a short but pretty steep haul to the top following a fenceline. Reach a large cairn and even larger views covering all of Lough Neagh, the whole range of the Antrim Hills and across to the hills of Newry & Mourne. Pass the communication mast and can use the road for a stretch as outlined above. The return is down the road and back to the forest.
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Picture from mcna : View across summit
View across summit
mcna on Slieve Gallion, 2007
5 Mar 2007
I walked Slieve Gallion yesterday (Saturday) and what a day! The weather was perfect, the views amazing and the mountain, in general, was just beautiful! Coming from Omagh, we drove to Moneymore and about 200m outside the town there is a sign on the right hand side for Slieve Gallion 4 miles. I took this road to a cross roads and the road straight in front is the road up the mountain. There are a few houses on the road but I think the road's main purpose is to service the telecommunications mast at the top. I had planned to start the walk from a viewpoint up this road so we drove up and parked at the picnic area and the views were spectacular when we emerged from the car! We followed the road to the first summit with the masts, meeting a lovely couple from Magherafelt on the way. We past the masts and over to the cairn and I stood in awe of the amazing views. I have heard that Slieve Gallion is good for views but this was unbelievable! The clouds threw animated shadows over the high and central Sperrins. Lough Neagh in its entirety was in view. The Antrim hills, Blue stacks – all visible! I managed to tear myself away and walked down the road again – point of note. The litter along this top part of the road after the cattle grid is a disgrace. Obviously caused by those who drive to the top and think its fine to eject their litter through the window. I had a plastic bag and collected as much that would fit and stuck it in my rucksack! It really makes me angry at the thoughtlessness of some people! We then left the road at the track Gerrym has mentioned and walked to the main summit. This is an easy enough walk on a dry day and we were very lucky. We kept an eye on the rain storms moving over the high Sperrins but they bypassed us. From the trig point we had spectacular views and since it was a good day we thought we'd take the "scenic" route back to the car. Instead of going back to the road which we should have done, since we only intended to have a short walk - we set off down along the fence - Very steep with some dangerous outcrops. Great care required in places. We walked east, traversing the slope and from the map we had two rivers to cross – unfortunately we met at least 6 fast flowing streams that were set, deeply into gully's we spent A LOT of time looking for safe crossing points, with the result we had to keep dropping height, which was taking us further away from the car park. Anyway, after endless barbed wire fences and stream crossings we eventually hit the road and then had a 15 minute uphill walk up the car. Great walk, great day but we added an extra 2 hours onto our journey by coming back the way we did. It would have been better to park at Carndaisy forest, walk up the road and just drop down straight off the main summit without the hassle of crossing the deeply gullied streams! We live and learn and we had some laugh trying to get over the barbed wire fences without injury!
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Saturday, December 16, 1911: Mater is making a skirt for me. Had it fitted this afternoon. It is navy blue and am going to wear it to school. While doing a little bit of sashing, which took some rubbing this afternoon I had the misfortune to make four blisters grow on four fingers. One blister pains somewhat in hot water. It is rather hard on the dishwasher, who has blistered fingers.
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Grandma's mother (Mater) probably used a treadle sewing machine to make the skirt. I wonder if the skirt had any tucks or pleats. The January 1912 issue of Ladies Home Journal had an article titled, "How to Make Tucks and Plaits." (A hundred years ago pleats were often called plaits.)
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- When using a pattern there must be taken up in each tuck or plait the exact amount that was allowed by the maker of the pattern.
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She said the fire was caused by an electrical problem in the apartment building.
The Nassau County fire marshal's office did not return telephone calls Friday, but James Hickman, division supervisor with the marshal's office, said a week ago that the blaze wasn't suspicious.
The news conference was arranged by Sergio Argueta, a community activist who founded S.T.R.O.N.G. Youth Inc., a nonprofit that works to divert young people from street gangs.
Argueta said donations can be made on the group's website -- strongyouth.com -- or by mailing a check to the group at 806 Jerusalem Ave., Uniondale, NY 11553, with "Ramirez Relief Fund" written in the memo line.
Also present Friday was George Siberon, executive director of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association, and Mateo Flores, director of the anti-poverty group. Both pledged their support in the fundraising effort.
"We need other individuals to step up," Argueta said.
Services will be held Sunday afternoon at Hempstead Funeral Home. Burial will be Tuesday.


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On the way to Red Rocks from Owhiro Bay and passed by these houses by seaside. Would you trade to have such a beautiful view from the front of yr house ?
This was the reflection from a house on its front panel tinted glass and not through the window!
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Ebbe (9625) 2004-05-09 12:15
It is a fine view and a remearkable reflection. By cropping the side windows you would get more concentration on the scenery but at the same time it would not be seen that it is a reflection.
nwoehnl (122) 2004-05-09 12:18
Great shot, Danny. Very creative idea to use the reflective picture from the front panel - you managed to get it crisply clear, and with a lovely view of the raging sea and the mountains behind. In fact, a splendid landscape with superb colors. Very original and well seen.
Keitht (1326) 2004-05-09 13:25
Fantastic view. The shot may actually have benefitted from being a reflection rather than the 'original' view as the full range of colour has been captured with no burnt out highlights and plenty of sky detail. I think this has worked in much the same way as sky and cloud reflected in water is often much more intense than the true sky in a picture. The window frame literally frames the view beautifully.
FrancisSanto (528) 2004-05-09 20:30 [Comment]
pamastro (7290) 2004-05-11 1:20
Great view. It looks really crisp in this reflection. So smooth and clear. You give us both points of view here. The building and the view. It's a great use of the environment. I would love a view like this. Though I don't know if I'd like reflective windows. Nicely done.
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- Camera: Olympus C-740 UZ
- Exposure: f/3.2, 1/650 seconds
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The ultimate swag: Enron's sign goes for $44,000 at auction
The big "E'' went for big green.
Enron Corp.'s trademark "tilted-E'' sign sold for $44,000 last week as the bankrupt former energy giant began auctioning off surplus items.
Jimmy Luu, sent by his boss at a Microcache Computer store in Houston to buy the sign, said he was given explicit orders regarding the five-foot stainless-steel sign that once stood outside a downtown Enron satellite office.
"He said, 'Just do anything to get it,'" Luu said after the gavel came down on the big E in a crowded Houston hotel ballroom.
Scott Bui, attorney for Microcache, said: "The reason we bought this was to preserve this business icon. It also signifies a lot of sweat, greed, and fraud in business."
The sign was the highlight among thousands of items up for bid Wednesday and Thursday, September 25-26, ranging from routine office supplies to kitschy items like stress balls, mugs, and an air hockey table. The auction was one of many that will be held to raise proceeds for creditors.
Enron declared bankruptcy in a wave of accounting irregularities that caused its high-flying stock to crash last year. The scandal has resulted in three convictions so far, with more indictments expected.
Luu said Microcache will display the sign at one its of three stores in Houston.
Bidders began arriving at the Radisson Astrodome around 5am, four hours before the auction began. The hotel was jammed with more than 1,000 bidders, with hundreds more in line waiting to get in as early arrivals left. An additional 12,000 people from around the world were registered online.
Auctioneer Kirk Dove kept a humorous perspective on the proceedings, calling the sign the "world's largest cufflink.'' Another "tilted-E'' went for $15,000 in a London auction earlier this year.
Bidders expecting bargains, however, were probably disappointed. Electronics, furniture, and other items were consistently selling at or above retail price because of the scandal appeal. For instance, an older-generation Palm Pilot that sells new for under $100 brought $220 at the auction.
Brian Cruver, a former Enron employee who wrote the book Anatomy of Greed: The Unshredded Truth From an Enron Insider, was at the hotel with his own agenda.
"I'm here to buy my old chair," he said. "It's the most comfortable chair I've ever sat in, and I want it back."


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So, Monoprice isn't offering tablets anymore, much less pen replacements (I have a Monoprice tablet and my pen went missing, they aren't stocking replacements), and as such I'm confined to using my Adesso instead.
Black Ink will recognize my tablet and movement from it, like a mouse, but it's SUPER sensitive, almost tripling my mouse movespeed for the entire laptop - something that PhotoShop CS2, FireAlpaca, Krita, do not do. However, the most important issue is that it won't recognize the "click", rendering everything useless.
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The German midfielder plundered a second-half treble at Craven Cottage to end the hosts' brave resistance and send Jose Mourinho's side four points clear of the chasing pack following a 3-1 victory.
Belgium playmaker Hazard, 23, had a hand in two of the goals with his intelligent runs and perfectly weighted passes, and nearly crafted another when a superb reverse-foot chip just eluded Fernando Torres at the far post.
Schurrle, signed from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, feels there is plenty more to come from Hazard after the Belgian marked his 100th Chelsea appearance with a man-of-the-match display.
"Eden is awesome
He is a great player and everybody knows that," Schurrle said.
"When we are on the pitch, he can take on two or three people, we make a run and he sees us."
Schurrle, 23, made full use of a rare Premier League start, but maintains the win at Fulham was down to a team effort.
"I am really happy for the three goals, but I am more happy for the three points," the German said.
"It's important for me of course, I want to play and I want to score goals for this great team and the great fans of this club.
"When I am on the pitch I try my best and today it went well."
Mourinho revealed he had given his side a dose of the silent treatment at half-time following a lacklustre opening 45 minutes, which may well have been a consequence of the gruelling midweek Champions League trip to Istanbul.
However, it was a ploy which had the desired impact.
Schurrle said: "It was strange, but everybody knew coming into the dressing room that in the first half, we had played bad
Everybody knew we had to change.
"The manager was in there for 10 or 15 seconds, said something, but I don't want to say it here (again), then he left.
"The pressure was on us to change [in the second half], so we did."
Chelsea could move further ahead at the top next weekend, given Manchester City and Arsenal are both involved in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
"We have a good young team, everybody grows in this season to be successful," said Schurrle.
"We are top and we want to stay there
We have to believe we can win this."
Fulham had started well in some welcome spring sunshine on the banks of the Thames, and should have taken an early lead when Clint Dempsey glanced a close-range header wide, which would have given the match a completely different dynamic.
In the end, though, all Felix Magath's men had to show for a largely spirited display was a late bundled goal from Johnny Heitinga as consolation.
Fulham remain bottom, some five points off safety and with a far inferior goal difference.
The bleak outlook, however, could change quickly if Magath's men can win at fellow strugglers Cardiff next weekend.
Midfielder Pajtim Kasami said: "We have to do is stick together and think about the next game
We have to take the positives and look forwards.
"We have the quality to do it and we have to fight in the next 10 games and a massive one against Cardiff next week."
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Nittany Lions help U.S. U-20 women to CONCACAF Championship
Nittany Lions help U.S. U-20 women to CONCACAF Championship
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Penn State soccer freshman Brittany Basinger (Purcellville, Va.), sophomore Mallory Weber (Novi, Mich.), head coach Erica Walsh and the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team captured the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Championship on Sunday (Jan. 19) evening after defeating Mexico, 4-0, in the title match at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. The Americans scored 29 goals while conceding none to post a clean sheet throughout the tournament.
Both the U.S. and Mexico had already punched their tickets for the FIFA U-20 World Cup with wins in the semifinals. Costa Rica earned the third and final CONCACAF bid for the 2014 World Cup after topping Trinidad & Tobago, 7-3, in the third place match earlier in the evening.
The CONCACAF title is the first at the U-20 level for Basinger, Weber and Walsh, who acted as assistant coach for the squad. It is the third-straight and fourth overall title for the U.S. U-20 team.
Basinger started the first three matches for the U.S., logging over 200 minutes on defense. She also contributed on offense, tallying her first international goal vs. Guatemala in the final game of group play.
Weber saw action in three games as well, earning over 100 minutes of playing time. The sophomore netted three goals for the Americans, posting two vs. Guatemala and one in the semifinal match vs. Trinidad & Tobago. Weber also set up an own goal by Mexico during stoppage time in the title game, sending in a cross from the left that was deflected into Mexico's net by Estefania Fuentes to give the U.S. a four-goal advantage.
The 2014 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship marked the first time the USA has gone the entire tournament without allowing a goal. The Americans conceded one goal in the 2008 and 2012 CONCACAF Championships.
Basinger, Weber, Walsh and the U-20 squad will now spend the spring and summer preparing for the 2014 U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will be held in Canada from Aug. 5-24.
For more information on the 2014 U-20 World Cup please visit fifa.com/u20womensworldcup.


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Lindsay Lohan will be taking a legal gamble after turning down a plea deal.
Prosecutors said Lohan's lawyer notified them she would not be in court Friday. That was the deadline Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz told the 24-year-old actress that she would only have to appear if she wanted to "plead guilty or no contest."
Local news from across Southern California
TMZ.com reports that Lohan is "firm about her innocence" and wants to "push it to the wall at trial."
Lohan is later scheduled to appear April 22 before Judge Stephanie Sautner for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to try her on the felony grand theft charge. That court date is also expected to include a hearing to determine if Lohan violated her probation in a 2007 misdemeanor DUI case.
Lohan is accused of walking out of Kamofie & Co. on Abbot Kinney Boulevard on Jan. 22 with a necklace valued at $2,500. She was charged Feb. 9 and is free on $40,000 bail.
A day after the charge was filed against her, Lohan issued a denial via Twitter, writing, "fyi -- I would never steal, in case people are wondering. I was not raised to lie, cheat or steal."
The jewelry store has since come under fire for releasing surveillance videotape of the actress inside the shop the day she allegedly stole the necklace. The store owners, Geoff and Sofia Kaman, have said they plan to eventually auction off the necklace and donate the proceeds to charity.


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The breakup of a small law firm in Texas has revealed some gross and amazing details and none of it is pretty.
A recent lawsuit filed by former partners in the Ferrer Tu & Payne firm in Houston show some pretty batshitcrazy things went on:
In early January, Warrenson Payne and Nancy Chong (formerly Nancy Tu) of the disbanded law firm Ferrer Tu & Payne brought suit against ex-partner Ada Ferrer, claiming that she'd drained the firm's accounts before scampering off to join a competitor firm. Payne and Chong further alleged that Ferrer had an especially "caustic attitude" and was "highly derogatory" to firm employees. Ferrer, of course, denied that categorization of herself and her actions, saying that she was "authorized to obtain funds." Drama.
Ferrer has now filed a counterclaim against the firm, alleging her former partner was basically inept and a terrible manager. Ferrer alleges Payne used firm funds to "pay for strip club outings," and more.
[Ferrer] also alleges Payne was "not capable" of professionally preparing written correspondence, billing, pleadings or briefs.
"When confronted about his inability to write legal papers, Payne called Ferrer an 'uppity bitch' and stated, 'Nobody cares about grammar' and further stated 'grammar is for old people,'" Ferrer alleges in the answer and counterclaim.
OK, so everyone got that? Lawyers think grammar is total bullshit and firm money should go to strippers. Sure, that sounds about right! BTW, what the hell is going on with the law profession lately? Is it something in the water they're drinking or what?
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With the variety of entries, two grand prizes were awarded in a younger and older age category. You'll see the other winner and illustration, plus the runners-up over at today's post.
(Congratulations, my angel!)
15 comments:
- tanita✿davis said...
Oh. My. GOSH!
I am imagining the shrieks.
- October 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM
- Bill said...
Ha ha! What exciting news! (Okay, so you called me on the phone to let me know, but I still feel like I should react here as if I'm hearing it for the first time.)
So she has an original play performed, she writes short videos for school, and now she has original poetry illustrated? What's next, the Great American Novel?
And since I suspect she'll be reading this, I'll go ahead and say -- for the record -- congratulations, sweetheart! I'm so proud of you!
- October 29, 2008 at 10:32 AM
- shelburns said...
That's awesome! Waiting for the prizes will take much patience!
- October 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- Sara said...
Yes! I saw Anna's name over at Adam's blog, and thought...could it be??
BIG congratulations to a girl with BIG talent.
- October 29, 2008 at 10:43 AM
- Kelly said...
Wohoo! Very cool :)
- October 29, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Unknown said...
That is so totally awesome!! Congrats!
- October 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- adrienne said...
I just saw this over on Adam Rex's blog and was like, "OMG! That's Pam's daughter's poem!!!"
And what a great picture, too.
- October 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM
- Jen Robinson said...
That is way way cool!
- October 29, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Robin Brande said...
That's so awesome!!! Hope you're all celebrating in a big way tonight!
- October 29, 2008 at 7:50 PM
- EM said...
DUDE! Mad props to literate kids!
- October 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM
- Bibliovore said...
Yaaaaay! Congrats, KidReader!
- October 31, 2008 at 9:37 PM
- Lisa Schroeder said...
Hooray!!! That is so cool!
- November 1, 2008 at 12:42 PM
- Little Willow said...
CONGRATULATIONS! Awesome! :)
- November 1, 2008 at 4:19 PM
This is so fabulous!! I totally missed the contest. Congrats to your witty one.
- November 3, 2008 at 8:56 AM
- Unknown said...
I'm catching up on all the back posts in my blog reader, and I just wanted to say congrats to your daughter! I love her Haiku! How exciting for her. My son is a big fan of Smekday also.
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blame something on someone
to say that something is someone's fault; to place the guilt for something on someone. Don't blame it on me. I blamed it all on someone else.


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A more liberal version of Tighter Roads.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Marvin Chávez is back to his goalscoring, chance-creating self. And here's the best part for the San Jose Earthquakes: Chávez feels he's not even back to full strength yet after an offseason knee strain.
"I'm slowly getting my rhythm, but I'm not 100 percent yet, for sure," Chávez said through a translator Saturday after his knuckling free kick fooled Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin and carried the Quakes to a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids. "I have to thank the coach for giving me the opportunity to keep on playing and get myself back into condition to contribute to the team."
READ: Tepid home form doesn't change tone for Earthquakes: "We expect to win games"
Chávez, originally injured in January with the Honduran national team, has appeared in five of the Quakes' last six matches, and they're 1-0-4 in those contests, versus 2-4-2 without him. With a top-speed Chávez on the wings, San Jose might be able to flip some of those ties into elusive victories.
"Marvin is quite the X factor for us," San Jose center back Jason Hernandez said. "When he's playing well, he brings a unique dimension to our team. Obviously, you saw [against Colorado] how active he was and how dangerous he was ... Moving forward, he's going to be big for us."
Chávez tried to give credit for his first goal of 2013 to MLS and international teammate Víctor Bernárdez, who often takes booming free kicks from long distances for the Quakes. That might be a little bit too much magnanimity on the part of Chávez, who has been one of San Jose's top choices on dead balls since his arrival in 2011; his only assist thus far this season came on a corner kick delivery.
READ: Bernardez, Chávez named to Honduras national team ahead of qualifier
It also won't hurt that as Chávez gets closer to full fitness, so will several teammates coming back from winter surgeries, such as Steven Beitashour, Alan Gordon, Steven Lenhart -- all of whom missed time at the start of the season while undergoing rehab work.
"I think there's definitely more to go," Quakes left back Justin Morrow told MLSsoccer.com about Chávez. "Marvin is such a huge piece of our team. I know every game that he's going to bring it with all of his heart. There's more to go from him and there's more to go from all of us."


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Ah, summertime in New York City! It's a time of shirts clinging to sweaty backs, soaring electrical bills, and general humid discomfort. Anyone who has survived a New York City summer knows that it's the absolute worst time of year to be in the city (until winter comes back, which in turn, will then become the worst time of year to be in the city). And while global warming makes it impossible to do anything but sit naked in front of your AC Unit, if you still need to beat the heat and get a little tipsy while doing it, just head to midtown.
The area between 8th and 9th on 49th holds the New World Stages, where some of the best off-Broadway entertainment can be found. However, this area of Manhattan also offers two of the area's more popular outdoor drinking spots, Mother Burger and Blockheads.
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While seating at either of these places can be a bloodbath (there's no waiting list, so it's first come first serve. Factor in the heat, and you might get a Shakespeare in the Park version of the Hunger Games), if you manage to snag a spot you'll be in for boozy treat.
The name of the game is Frozen Margarita. The most bang for your buck is in the Mexican Bulldog, an untraditional version of a Margarita if I've ever seen one--this will have you drinking a frozen margarita with a Corona beer shoved in the top. After a few of these, you'll be forgetting the heat, as well as how to get home.
If you want have a little food with your drinks (which probably isn't a bad idea), both restaurants have plenty to offer. If you're more in the mood for straighforward American fare, Mother Burger is your spot. However, if you're looking for something with a little Latin flair, just stroll past the fountain to Blockheads, which provides generous portions of all your favorite Mexican-American staples.
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Van de Putte: Why I stood with Wendy: Texas women must be heard
Women deserve choices when it comes to abortion
As most people know, I rushed back to the Capitol on Tuesday night after saying a final goodbye to my daddy. When I returned to the Senate floor, it didn't feel like the Senate I had left last Friday. There was an energy that is hard to explain - part tension and part excitement. While you could cut the tension on the floor with a knife, the excitement coming from the gallery and the rotunda almost masked the anxiety my colleagues were emitting. The entire gallery was filled with our constituents, and they were watching politely and attentively trying to follow parliamentary procedures that it takes years for most to understand.
Their disdain for Senate Bill 5 was much like mine, and they were there to say that they would never surrender their reproductive rights without taking a stand. They were "standing with Wendy" (Fort Worth Sen. Wendy Davis, who was attempting a 13-hour filibuster of the bill), and I was going to stand with her, too.
I believe that women throughout our state believe they've gained too much to give it back now.
Unfortunately, some of my Senate colleagues do not believe in trusting women with their reproductive organs. It's amazing to me that they do not trust women with a choice, but they trust them with a child.
I was horrified when I learned that SB 5 potentially could leave the state with only five abortion clinics, and they were all in major metropolitan areas.
I thought, "What is going to happen when a woman working two jobs out in West Texas finds out she is pregnant?" Maybe her pregnancy was an accident. Maybe she was raped. Whatever the reason, she is scared and desperate to terminate her pregnancy. And she has a legal right to do it.
But whether she would be able to exercise this right was another question.
Had SB 5 passed, this woman would have had to take time off from work and drive hours to find one of the five clinics to perform her abortion. Once she found a clinic, she would have to obtain a sonogram and wait 24 hours to obtain her abortion. This young woman would then take a pill at the clinic, wait 48 additional hours and then come back to the clinic to take an additional pill. This young woman has been away from her home and her job for at least four days. That's no small matter in any instance, but it makes it impossible if she doesn't have the monetary means to leave her job for an extended period of time.
I don't see how limiting access and choice is anything more than hardship and harassment, especially to the poor.
We advocates of reproductive choices often say that we want to make abortion safe, legal and rare. While those who push anti-choice legislation will likely never agree with us on the "legal" part, I think we can agree on the other two. But the "rare" part cannot come from making abortion inaccessible. It needs to come from making it unnecessary.
That can happen through better health care. If the state is truly concerned with women's and children's health, why do we cut women off from Medicaid 60 days post-partum?
So yesterday, I stood with Wendy while she filibustered a bill that would cut access to women's health care. And while the lieutenant governor may believe that his constituents who were in their Capitol were an "unruly mob using Occupy Wall Street tactics," I believe that these Texans were only using their voices to be heard after days of being shut off. They were venting their anger after seeing the rules of the Senate cast aside by the Republican leadership, as well as possible violations of state law.
They were taking a stand for a constitutionally protected right, and I encourage them to never sit down.


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Confidence in political institutions is crucial for the stability of societies and for the functioning of democracy. It also shapes people's willingness to cooperate in achieving collective goals and financing public goods.1
According to University of Toronto researchers Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji, "Occasional citizen dissatisfaction with a particular government is neither unusual nor necessarily problematic."2 But "more problematical is the possibility that deep and sustained dissatisfaction might corrode regime support. The worry is that dissatisfaction with particular governments might turn into dissatisfaction with the workings of democracy more generally."3
The confidence in parliament indicator provides a balance to the voter turnout indicator. It offsets the results within the voter turnout indicator that may be reflecting aspects other than social cohesion. In Belgium and Australia, for example, high voter turnout is due to compulsory voting laws, yet both countries report lower-than-average confidence in parliament.
Confidence in parliament is measured here as the proportion of respondents in each country who answered "a great deal" or "quite a lot" to the following question in the World Values Survey: "Could you tell me how much confidence you have in parliament: is it a great deal of confidence, quite a lot of confidence, not very much confidence, or none at all?"
The World Values Survey is a project based in Stockholm, Sweden, that aims to assess the state of sociocultural, moral, religious, and political values of different countries around the world. There have been five waves of surveys from 1981 to 2007. People in each country are asked the same questions using a detailed questionnaire in face-to-face interviews.
There are extreme variances between peer countries in the level of confidence people have in their parliaments. The highest recent recorded confidence level is in Sweden, with almost 54 per cent of people saying they had "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in parliament. The lowest recent recorded confidence level is in the U.S., with only 21 per cent responding positively about their parliament. The proportion of Canadian respondents reporting a high level of confidence in parliament is 38 per cent, giving Canada a "C" on this indicator.
The World Values Survey shows that public confidence in parliaments has declined in most of the peer countries over the last 20 years. The peer-country average fell from 47 per cent of respondents in the 1980s stating they had "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in parliament, to 42 per cent in the 1990s, and further to 39 per cent in the 2000s.
Canadians today have less confidence in parliament than they did in the past. The share of respondents reporting a high level of confidence fell from 42 per cent in 1982 to 38 per cent in 2006.
Americans had much less confidence in their government in 2006 than in 1982. In 2006, only 21 per cent of people had a high level of confidence, down from 53 per cent in 1982. This is not really surprising given the unpopularity of George W. Bush at the end of his second term—mainly due to dissatisfaction with the administration's policies in Iraq. A Washington Post-ABC News poll in May 2006 found that public confidence in the ruling Republican party had plunged to an all-time low: Bush's job approval rating stood at just 33 per cent.4
Use the pull-down menu to compare the change in Canadians' confidence in parliament with that of citizens of peer countries.
While Canada's relative grade improved to a "B" in the 2000s, it did so only because recent data are not available for Norway. In the 1980s and 1990s, Norway had the highest confidence levels of all peer countries (69 per cent) and was the only country to receive an "A" in those two decades. Norway has not participated in the World Values Survey since 1996, and therefore is not included in the data for the new millennium. In the most recent period, Sweden has the highest level of confidence—56 per cent. Therefore, many of the other peer countries, including Canada, are now closer to the top performer and have a seemingly improved relative grade.
Many studies have tried to explain the phenomenon of the decline of public trust in government institutions in general. One study attributes lower levels of public trust and rising levels of public dissatisfaction with governments to the following four possible trends:5
1 CESifo, "Trust in Political Institutions," DICE Report 2007, 2 (accessed August 31, 2009).
2 Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji, Authority Orientations and Political Support: A Cross-National Analysis of Satisfaction With Governments and Democracy (accessed August 31, 2009).
3 Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji, Authority Orientations and Political Support: A Cross-National Analysis of Satisfaction With Governments and Democracy (accessed August 31, 2009).
4 Richard Morin and Dan Balz, "Confidence in GOP Is at New Low in Poll: Democrats Favored To Address Issues," Washington Post, May 17, 2006 (accessed August 31, 2009).
5 Neil Nevitte and Mebs Kanji, Authority Orientations and Political Support: A Cross-National Analysis of Satisfaction With Governments and Democracy (accessed August 31, 2009).
The proportion of respondents who indicate either "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in parliament, as a percentage of all respondents.
Please note:
The data on this page are current as of January 2013.


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The cat and mouse game of who will see action as the Eagles quarterback continued Wednesday after Head Coach Andy Reid wouldn't confirm if newly available Michael Vick would see game action.
Donovan McNabb could sit out for a second-straight week with a cracked rib leaving the Eagles offense in the hands of his backups, but will Vick be included in the plan?
McNabb didn't practice Wednesday because of a broken rib that forced him to miss the Eagles' 48-22 loss to New Orleans last Sunday. Last week the Birds kept open the possibility of him playing and McNabb was only ruled out less than two hours before game time.
Kevin Kolb took the snaps in place of D-Mac. Kolb would make his second straight start if McNabb can't play against Kansas City Sunday.
Kolb put up impressive yardage totals in his first career start but had trouble protecting the ball against the Saints. He threw for 391 yards and two scores but gave up three interceptions -- two of which lead to Saints' scores.
But, Reid wasn't sure whether Jeff Garcia or Michael Vick would be the backup quarterback, he said. Or at least coach Reid wasn't telling.
Reid wouldn't even confirm if Vick was definitely going to see the field against the Chiefs.
Vick is eligible to play his first regular season NFL game in more than two seasons after serving a two-game suspension as the final league penalty for his role in running a dogfighting ring.
Vick would be in uniform, he said. So he'll at least serve as the No. 3 QB.
"One thing we do know is I'm going to be dressed up, so that's a great opportunity," Vick said. "This is Andy's team. He's a smart guy. He knows what to do and when he comes up with the game plan. If it doesn't include me, I'm cool. But, I will make sure that mentally I'm aware of what's going on and I'm ready in case something happens. You never know what can happen."
It's unlikely that Kolb will take all the snaps Sunday. The Birds utilized the Wildcat a handful of times last Sunday and that was without Vick -- the self-described "Wildcat Originator." With a weapon like Vick waiting on the sidelines its tough to see the Eagles not using the Wildcat even more this week.
Vick was ready for whatever role the Eagles had for him.
"I'm very excited to have the opportunity to go out there and play football, regardless of my role," Vick said Wednesday. "This is a dream come true for me."


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Javascript technology 2016-2
- 1 Description
- 2 Pre Requisites
- 3 New This Semester: The Pokemon Go Edition
- 4 Preparation
- 5 Projects
- 6 Important Dates
- 7 Presentation Schedule
- 8 References
The anatomy of a JavaScript system - participating students get hands-on experience with designing and building a modern client side JavaScript web application. The students will research the literature on design concepts and available technologies including the use of common JS libraries. The students will prepare presentation and introduce the libraries and concepts they chose to use. Each talk is summarized by one student in a seminar thesis.
This is a completely hands-on seminar which means that you should be building your own app (no ripping off code from somewhere on the internet), prepare a presentation explaining what you did and describing the JavaScript concepts you were using and writing a seminar report at the end of the term.
Tutors: Dr. Guy Yachdav, Dr. Tatyana Goldberg, and Juan Miguel Cejuela and Christian Dallago
Date/Time: Sep 19-23, 2016/ 10am - 12pm (1pm)
Pre Requisites
Students are expected to have:
- Basic familiarity with JavaScript
- Basic knowledge of relational databases and NoSQL databases
- Interest working with big data
- Interest in the Game of Thrones show
- Interest in challenge themselves to do something totally cool
- Participation in all meetings throughout the presentation week is mandatory. We would only consider one absence that is justified and communicated and approved well in advance.
New This Semester: The Pokemon Go Edition
This semester we're stepping beyond our real world and into the world of Pokemons. On July 6th of this year, Niantic released the new location-based augmented reality title Pokemon Go. The game took the world by storm and is now installed on 5% of smartphones in the US. In the game, players are using their smartphones to locate Pokemons - cute and cuddly virtual creatures that after being captured and nurtured turn into fearless fighters in the name of your ambition to level up. Locating and capturing Pokemons have quickly become a phenomenon - hoards of people have been sighted in New York as they chase imaginary creatures and try to capture them in Central Park. Pokemons appear on certain places in the real world and wait at those coordinates for a period of time. While firing up your Pokemon Go app and starting to randomly looking for Pokemons that may pop up nearby may be a fun thing to do, we thought it could be nicer if we do not leave things for random chance, but instead try to intelligently guess when and where our Pokemons will pop up. Our project this semester will be to come up with an app that predicts a Pokemon's TLN (Time, Location and Name - that is where Pokemons will appear, at what date and time, and which Pokemon will it be). Predictions will be made available to the world through a website and an app that will overlay the predicted TLN on a worldwide Google map. Most of this will be achieved using the power of JavaScript ;-)
Checklist to pass the seminar
- Register on TUM Online for this seminar
- Upon acceptance on TUM Online (Feb. 17th), join the seminar's Google group
- use only the Google group for communication with tutors (expect huge delays in responses to emails sent to tutors' private addresses otherwise). The tutors will use this group also for general announcements.
- students are encouraged to answer questions of their fellow students posted in the Google group
- check the mailbox of the email address you used to sign up to the Google group regularly!!!
- Upon acceptance to the Google group, send a notification with the group number you would like to join. The tutors will then update the 'groups assignment' table below with your name.
- Each group will be assigned one topic and one project to present in the week from March 14th to March 18th. Please see the guidelines for topic and project presentations below.
- The slides for your topic presentation and the preliminary visualization of your project results are due for comments 1 week before the presentation date. Send your drafts to presentations to firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Make sure to read these Hints and Rules for great presentations
- Submit a 5 pages long report (one per group) describing solutions to your topic (4 pages) and the project (1 page). Due: 2 weeks after the seminar.
Topic presentation
We prepared 10 different topics about JavaScript technology for this seminar. These will be assigned to groups of 2-4 people. The students are welcome to divide the work within their team as they wish.
Project presentation
We prepared 5 different projects as hands-on exercises.
Project A will be assigned to groups 1 and 2. The students of both groups will need to work together to complete the project. The work can be divided within the groups as the students wish.
Each of the projects B, and D will also be assigned to two groups (e.g. groups 7 and 8 will work on Project D). The groups will work independently from each other (i.e. group 7 will work independently from group 8). Thus, there will be two different solutions to the same project.
Project C will be assigned only to one team - group 5.
Project E will be assigned to groups 6, 9 and 10. The students of these groups will need to work together to complete the project. The work can be divided within the groups as the students wish.
Project: A (6 students)
Title: PokeData
Description: In this project you will scrape as much data as you can get about the *actual* sightings of Pokemons. As it turns out, players all around the world started reporting sightings of Pokemons and are logging them into a central repository (i.e. a database). We want to get this data so we can train our machine learning models.
You will of course need to come up with other data sources not only for sightings but also for other relevant details that can be used later on as features for our machine learning algorithm (see Project B). Additional features could be air temperature during the given timestamp of sighting, location close to water, buildings or parks. Consult with Pokemon Go expert if you have such around you and come up with as many features as possible that describe a place, time and name of a sighted Pokemon.
Another feature that you will implement is a twitter listener: You will use the twitter streaming API (https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/public) to listen on a specific topic (for example, the #foundPokemon hashtag). When a new tweet with that hashtag is written, an event will be fired in your application checking the details of the tweet, e.g. location, user, time stamp. Additionally, you will try to parse formatted text from the tweets to construct a new "seen" record that consequently will be added to the database. Some of the attributes of the record will be the Pokemon's name, location and the time stamp.
Additional data sources (here is one: https://pkmngowiki.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon) will also need to be integrated to give us more information about Pokemons e.g. what they are, what's their relationship, what they can transform into, which attacks they can perform etc.
Data: Here is one end point we already found for you:
Host: 'www.pokeradar.io',
Path: '/api/v1/submissions'
Params: minLatitude, maxLatitude, minLongitude, maxLongitude
TIp: You will need to form a strategy on how to carefully pull data from this source. As often happens with online data sources, this one is not very reliable and you may even need to access it from multiple IPs to avoid being blocked or delayed.
Twitter streaming API (https://dev.twitter.com/streaming/public)
Additional data sources: https://pkmngowiki.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon
Outcome: Once you established those data sources you will need to set up a document database (e.g. Mongo) to log all the sighting information you captured. Finally, you will need to make sure to set up an API server that will expose the data to all the downstream apps that will consume it. Use this as an example: api.got.show
Milestones: Set up a document-oriented database (DB) Design and develop a set of data extractions and parsing tools that will pull data from various sources about "sightings" of pokemons Integrate third party sources with information about Pokemons (you can limit this to the 152 Pokemons in the game) You should come up with as many features describing sighting of a Pokemons and the Pokemon himself
Project B (2 groups x 3 students)
Title: PrediktPokemon
Description: In this project we will apply machine learning to establish the TLN (Time, Location and Name - that is where pokemons will appear, at what date and time, and which Pokemon will it be) prediction in Pokemon Go.
Data: You will use the data collected by Project A for your predictor. Before the data will be provided to you, you can use this dummy data set that we created for you.
Dummy data can be found Guy's repo: https://github.com/gyachdav/pokemongo
Tools: There are machine learning tools implemented in JavaScript, e.g. https://www.npmjs.com/browse/keyword/machine%20learning. We will start however with the world's most popular machine learning workbench implemented in Java, to get a good feeling on what machine learning tools are about.
- Select features (i.e. properties) that best contribute to the prediction of TLN
- One of the features will be the timestamp. The challenge here is to find out what is the time interval we need to use - a day, a week, a month - that would lead to the best performance of our machine learning tool
Outcome: Given the data set of previously sighted Pokemons over a certain period of time, the algorithm needs to make a prediction when, where and what kind of Pokemon will appear in the future.
How to apply machine learning: TBA
Project C: #PokemoneGo (4 students)
Description: Live sentiment analysis on pokemon in a x km radius - this can be easily implemented expanding on the work done last semester https://github.com/Rostlab/JS16_ProjectD_Group5 . We also want to know what people think about that Pokemon! So the user of the app should be able to visualize a live sentiment feed around his/her area (that is, given a lat/lng and a specific radius), and be able to see if people around him/her think positively or negatively about that pokemon.
Data: TBA
Hint: look at socks.js
Milestones: TBA
Outcome: A graph showing sentiment trend over time for a Pokemon that is nearby.
Project D: PokeMap (2 groups X 3 students)
Description: The world of Pokemon GO is as big as our planet. Pokemons have been sighted on top of cliffs perched over oceans as well as in your next door coffee shop. We would like to create a world-wide interactive map that shows where Pokemons were predicted to appear. Each pokemon prediction you add to the map should have all relevant information including name, time the pokemon is predicted to appear, prediction confidence rate etc. The map should be filtered by a time range (i.e predicted to appear in the next day) as well as pokemon name and pokemon specie.
Data Sources: You will be using the data coming from the API build by Project A.
- Implement a map with leaflet using Open Cycle Map/Open Street Map as tile layer
- Visualize Pokemon's location in the last hour on the map
- Visualize data about Pokemon (How it evolves, type, relationships to other Pokemons)
- GeoLocation of the user via web and calculation of most likely pokemon next to user
Outcome: An interactive map that visualizes the TLN predictions on a global scale.
Project E: Catch 'em all!! (8 students)
Description: Now that we have tons of data about Pokemon (what they are, where they are, what's their relationship, what they can transform into, which attacks they can perform, aso) we want to integrate it all into a comprehensive website.
This website should contain sections about each Pokemon and its details. Additionally, the website should register the user's location and tell the user how close is that the predicted pokemon to him/her.
Additionally you will be incorporating the apps that were created by project B,C and D into the website. Your group will need to create automated builds and testing for this apps and use continuous integration to pull in new changes in the code repositories. Apps from projects B-D should be packaged and made available on NPM. Ideally when you completed these tasks the webapp component would integrate the apps by "requiring' them.
Here is a possible user story: when a user opens the website or the app the current location of the user will be shown. Additionally, the website/app will show automatically where the pokemons that are currently active are and where the pokemons that we predict to active in the nearest future (i.e. within half a day) will be located (all of this will be available from the app developed in project D). Hopefully, the website will be somewhat crowded by that data. Then, there needs to be a menu bar or something available (e.g. above the map or on the right side to it) that will list currently active or predicted pokemons. Clicking on one of them will make other pokemons on the map disappear, except of this clicked one.
Separate web pages would allow the search and presentation of individual Pokemons and the information we gathered about them, including third party data (project A) and twitter analysis (project C)
Milestones: First you will need to put all the apps developed in Projects B, C and D into the website that is developed in Project E. In this project you will pull the code from each project repository, compile it with the set of dependencies and package the apps, so that they can be easily called from the web site developed in project E. Then you will create the website that will publish all apps and enable the user interaction described above as well as possible interapp interactions.
- Create the shell of an Model-View-Control website
- Create the menus that will load the apps created in projects B-D
- Create the user interaction controls for the apps integrated and enable them
- Create an absolutely awesome UX/UI for the website with a really useful homepage :)
- Make arrangements to host the web site on a host that can scale for traffic demands (preferably there should be no cost associated with this step. Check Heroku, AWS, etc). We (mentors) can * also help with university resources.
Important Dates
Seminar pre-meeting: June 30th at 1pm (Room: 00.08.038)
Seminar Dates: September 19-23
Room: Rostlab seminar room I12
Presentation Schedule
|Assigned to
|Sep 19
|Language basics -- grammar, variables, data structures, control structures, conditionals, functions etc.
|Sep 19
|Object oriented JavaScript
|Sep 20
|The module pattern and AMD
|Sep 20
|The event handling system using using anonymous functions, callbacks, promises etc.
|Sep 21
|Functional reactive programming frameworks
|Sep 21
|Server side JavaScript with Node.js basics
|Sep 22
|The MEAN stack
|Sep 22
|Web development basics: DOM, DOM manipulation, styles
|Sep 23
|Web development frameworks (Angular, Backbone, React)
|Sep 23
|Data visualization using SVG, Canvas and framework libraries
- JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 6th Edition http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596805531.do
- (Highly recommended:) JavaScript: The Good Parts http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596517748.do
- http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/javascript/some-javascript-object-prototyping-patterns.html
- http://www.adequatelygood.com/JavaScript-Module-Pattern-In-Depth.html
- http://jquery.com
- http://d3js.org
- http://raphaeljs.com
- http://nodejs.org
- http://jqueryui.com
- http://www.jslint.com/lint.html
- http://jsfiddle.net
- http://www.crockford.com
- http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-262.pdf
- Advanced Reading JavaScript Garden - the most quirky parts of the JavaScript programming language https://github.com/BonsaiDen/JavaScript-Garden/tree/master/doc/en
- RECOMMENDED VIDEO http://www.paulirish.com/2010/10-things-i-learned-from-the-jquery-source/


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Online activism needs to work in tandem with a bigger, offline campaign and complement offline action in order to achieve an impact.
This is the third in a series of posts reporting on the day-long "Connect Your Rights!" meeting held in Mumbai in November 2013. The meeting explored topics such as tools to combat violence against women, pornography, sexuality, and freedoms and risks in the online world.
When the news media completely ignored the release of a 2009 fact-finding report on the demolition of Gandhian Himanshu Kumar's ashram in Chhattisgarh, human rights activist Kamayani Bali Mahabal turned to the Internet for the first time. "The press conference was attended by a room full of reporters. Yet, the next day not a single paper printed the story. I uploaded the video of the press conference online. It got a lot of hits. So, when the mainstream media did not report the news, we resorted to the alternative media," said Mahabal.
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The Adventure Begins
Imagine awakening from a restful slumber in a handcrafted bed… outside your window, you glimpse a riverside scene that has endured for centuries. Where are you? Onboard a luxurious Uniworld ship as it arrives in a picturesque French port. You might start your day with Sun Salutations with the ship's Wellness Coach, followed by a lavish Champagne breakfast. Today's menu features fresh juices and smoothies, made-to-order eggs and omelets, fruit, cheeses and yogurts, and much more, including a dizzying array of baked goods. Head ashore with a choice of excursions, pamper yourself onboard in the Serenity River Spa, or simply gaze out at the ever-changing view. Pure bliss.
Dinner, Dessert & Dancing
Dinner onboard is a multi-course feast, with a choice of entrees paired with regional wines selected by Uniworld's own sommeliers. Your ship's culinary team finds inspiration in local dishes and delicacies—they may serve duck confit and caviar d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, a rustic tarte tatin topped with cream in Normandy, and succulent seafood and sun-ripened olives in Burgundy and Provence. The decadent desserts are miniature works of art, and there's always a wide selection of fresh local cheeses. Take a whirl on the dance floor, enjoy entertainment in the lounge, or step outside to admire the moon as the ship silently slips through darkened waters. Sweet dreams await.