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Recurrent Error Propagation Networks have been shown to give good performance on the speaker independent phone recognition task in comparison with other methods (Robinson and Fallside, 1991). This short report describes several recent improvements made to the existing recogniser for the TIMIT database.
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ESPN's Adam Schefter is reporting tonight that former Atlanta Falcons linebacker Curtis Lofton has reached a 5-year deal with the New Orleans Bounty Hunters...err...Saints. Terms of the deal yet to be disclosed. Lofton became a free agent this season, and it had been reported that he was in talks with both the Saints and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Saints said they have reached agreement on a 5-year deal with former Falcons LB Curtis Lofton.
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By the way, a big THANK YOU for handing over Lofton. You say the Saints do not take care of their own, it seems the Falcons do not take care of their own. Drew Brees will retire a Saint and he will receive the money he deserves. For the Falcons not giving Lofton what he deserves is heartless. I see why he left the Falcons. You have a nice day also my friend. WHO DAT SAY DEY GONA BEAT THEM SAINTS?! WHO DAT WHO DAT!!! BLACK AND GOLD ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!
First of all, whatever the Saints were accused of doing, they did it in front of millions of viewers, including the staffs of every team and every competition committee.NFL officials and NFL corporate view each game tape every Monday/ Tuesday, at which point NFL corporate will issue fines and penalties called/missed concerning illegal hits and player safety. If the Saints did anything illegal on the field, it would have been dealt with. You did not see any James Harrison-type scrutiny. You did not see hundred thousand fines for illegal, malicious hits. Why? Because they did not exist.As soon as the NFL let out the "bounty" allegations, players from many other teams, past and present including Hall Of Famers and many analysts all said to the affect, "Yeah, we all do that, but perhaps "bounty" is the wrong word.In addition, as the word "bounty" every team Gregg Williams was a part of admitted to using a bounty system under him. The point is that this is nothing new. From pee-wee football up to the NFL, every defensive player is trying to knock the opposing QB/star player out of the game with a legal hit. Duh. If a player had injured ribs, the opposition will target them and try to put "hot sauce" on the ribs.They game plan for that sort of thing, always have and always will.Can you remember for one instance a Saints defender dove at a knee three seconds after a play and actually looked like he was trying to cause a injury? Nope. Everything the Saints did and did not do was within the confines of the game, within the rules. Roger is just mad because he was lied to.Roger has evidence (otherwise known as heresay in a court of law) from multiple sources, some of whom lied at first (translation: no credibility), others who were man at the Saints for no longer being employed and others were sore losers. Well guess what, this Saints team is full of anger. It is the Saints against the world, but most especially the NFL. While they may lack a few defensive players, Drew Brees still has all of his weapons and we are going to come out of the gates swinging.So the "dirty birds" and the NFL better be prepared, because the Saints are about to be the team you love to hate! And unlike the comics, this is this is the real world where "bad guys" usually win. The Saints are coming. WHO DAT!!!
wow. such a strong statement and classless comments. what happened, did i strike a nerve? Every team in the nfl plays with alot of motivation. Saints are being singled out. Dont say the Falcons have not ever played dirty. Duh, thats why they are the dirty birds. Just calm down and take a deep breath. Go to church and let some of your anger go. Once again my friend, WHO DAT!!!!!
@who dat baby When you call me foul names, and make bold, sweeping (and incorrect) statements...yes, it strikes a nerve. Also, you have no idea where the "dirty bird" name comes from or why they were called that, so don't even pretend that you do. It had nothing to do with a dirty style of play. If you want to get into a debate about Falcons history, trust me, you are bringing a knife to a gunfight.
"Saints are being singled out" is a cop-out. You sound like every other criminal who says that they are being picked on just because they were dumb enough to do something illegal and get caught.
As far as losing Lofton, you are welcome to him. He has shown by his comments that he's just the classless type of person who belongs on a heartless New Orleans Saints team. The way your management and owner are treating Drew Brees (the guy who basically SAVED your franchise) is proof of that, and Curtis Lofton will find out soon enough what it's like to play for a team that really DOESN'T take care of their own.
Have a nice day. GRITS BLITZ FOREVER! DIRTY BIRDS! RISE UP!! FALCON FEVER 2012!! RED AND BLACK ON THE ATTACK! (who u?)
@who dat baby The Saints were told flat out to quit what they were doing and they refused and then lied to the NFL. There is no singling out. The Saints thought they were better than the system and found out that they weren't.
when you say up the flagpole with him and the saints. thats a classless comment. my comment is directed to all of the who dat haters out there. saying is gona b a pleasure watching him flop like a fish out of water is a pathetic comment which shows no class. so u can sit home along with the falcons and watch my saints whip ass this year and win the superbowl. stop running that mouth like roddy white. who dat
Obviously not great news for Falcons fans. On one hand, Falcons fans should have been preparing themselves for this. He wasn't coming back unless it was for a lot less money then he wanted.
That being said, the real kick in the balls for some Falcons fans is that he's going to our #1 rival. That's always hard to take.
@CFBZ You know what...up the flagpole with him and the Saints. It's going to be a pleasure watching him flop around the ground like a fish out of water on that decimated Saints team. He can sit home and watch the Falcons playoff run this year.
@CFBZ you know what.... up the flagpole with you and the falcons. i know its kind of hard to swallow that the dirty birds try and try to beat the saints but always fail to beat the them. the saints will be in the playoffs this year and make it to the superbowl and win it. so show a little class and take your loss of lofton like a man should asshole. we are the who dat nation and the saints will beat the falcons again this year... as usual
No, apparently our linguistically challenged friend was directing his misguided comments at me. So let's clear it up. You said "The dirty birds try and try to beat the Saints but always fail to beat them" (I left out your unnecessary 'the') Well, the all time series record is Falcons 46, Saints 40. So there goes that statement.
You said "The saints will be in the playoffs this year and make it to the superbowl and win it" That's quite a bold prediction considering you've just lost your head coach, your GM (for 8 games), your 2nd round draft picks, a ton of money, and most likely some key defensive players because you CHEATED. How is that in the least bit classy? The Saints have just proven to the whole league that they are the most classless and cowardly team in the NFL. So you and your little "who dat nation" can go take some English tutoring classes at the nearest Sylvan learning center, and take a back seat in the division where you belong.
@who dat baby Are you directing this at me? You tell me to show a little class and then call me an asshole? Pot...Kettle...Black


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3.48/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is their newest offering, and their first lager. Oranges are broken apart, with the juice, peel and pulp added to the mash. Decants a slightly golden liquid, with one finger of white foam. Leaves some spotty lace behind. Simple nose has both grassy and floral hops, with citrus (orange), and some candy. Sweet oranges and some grainy maltiness is pleasant and is backed with a great hop profile, which again, is both floral and grassy. Have they used Saaz? A bit of tropical fruit and yeast towards the finish. Ends pleasantly bitter with oranges present. This is a fruit lager that I'd be happy to drink any day, though this will kill on patios this summer no doubt. It isn't over the top, but you can tell the oranges were used, and the hopping was quite the surprise. Great! 3.4-3.5/5
Serving type: bottle
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Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Growler from the bight tank.
Pours a clear light gold with a decent 2 finger white cap which displays fair retention and good lacing.
Aroma is a mixed bag of delicious fruity-malt tones mixed with funky odors of unfinished beer...light diacytl and DMS but at tolerable levels...a klittle longer in conditioning would cure that.
Taste is quite pleasant and refreshing, Biscuity-wheaty malting, moderate hop bite juicy orange under tone...lightly dry finish is clean and crisp.
If they let this condition a bit I could become quite used to it on tap...a perfect summer patio beer but needs some cold tank time.
Serving type: growler
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Ontario (Canada)
3.53/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
500ml bottle shared with mrmanning. This is Railway City's new summer seasonal light beer, brewed with lager yeast and oranges and cellared for two weeks.
A: burnished golden orange with copper hues, a sliver of bubbly white head, and dots of lacing on the tulip.
S & T: resiny sweetness, caramel, toffee, toasty biscuit, wheat, juicy and spicy orange fruitiness, soapy/citric hops, slight bitterness, dry and passing aftertaste. Very ale-like, which is unsurprising for this brewer. The brief lagering period is probably the bare minimum that a beer can be cellared in order for it to be considered a lager.
M: smooth, lighter than medium, good bite through the middle, quick finish.
D: a drinkable and satisfying fruit beer. Not as flavourful as Great Lakes Orange Peel or Mill Street Lemon Tea, but still a nice quaff. Good effort, RCB!
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Staff-recommended viewing from the KPL catalog.
Le Havre is a wonderful film that I missed seeing when it first showed at WMU's Little Theater several years ago. Named for a provincial city on the northern, French coast, the film is one of Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's most warmhearted and charming. Known for his less is more approach to film making, his works tend to give birth to zany, working class characters whose expressions of both joy and futility come off as droll and darkly peculiar (fans of Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch will appreciate the brand of humor). Le Havre is a simple story: an elderly shoe shiner stumbles into a plot to hide a young, African boy from the authorities who seek his deportation. Ex "bohemian" Marcel Marx has a difficult enough time as it is in dealing with his critically ill wife. His newest project, one that he had not expected, is to safeguard with the help of his fellow townspeople, a young refuge named Idrissa, who is seeking to travel to London. With the authorities hot on his trail, Marcel keeps ahead of the fuzz with just enough assistance from Le Havre's band of bartenders, rock musicians, and an unlikely detective. It's a beautiful fantasy as much as it is a political fable about community and humanity.
One of the things I love about Kalamazoo is the Kalamazoo Film Society. Every month for the past 25 years, this great organization has brought a film to Kalamazoo that would otherwise not have been shown locally. The Society recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with two classic films: Federico Fellini's Amarcord, and Ingmar Bergman's Wild strawberries. Those screenings, earlier this month, were the last at the KFS's long-time home, WMU's Little Theatre. Due to the switch to digital projection, and the lack of the necessary equipment at the Little Theatre, the KFS has entered into a partnership with the Alamo Drafthouse, and will continue bringing great movies to Kalamazoo.
One of the things I love about the Kalamazoo Public Library is that we seem to get everything the KFS shows, allowing me to catch up on anything I missed on the big screen. If you haven't seen every single movie they've brought to town over the years, you can find a list of what they've shown that we've got, which at 196 items as of this writing, covers over 16 years.
As rabid a film watcher as I am, time restrictions will forever thwart my capacity to plow through KPL's stellar movie collection but here is an abbreviated list of some of my favorite films from KPL's collection, watched over the past year. While we add new releases each week, don't forget about the diversified depth of our collection. We can't purchase every movie that is requested or inquired about but we can work toward the goal of having most titles for most of our patrons, most of the time. Upstream Color: With the exception of the increasingly abstract, fragmented and non-linear narratives of Terrence Malick, there have been few notable American films over the past decade or so that have attempted to remake the kind of Eurocentric, anti-classical/realist/romantic films of the 1960's and 70's (think: Godard, Bresson, Tarr, Tarkovsky, Resnais, Warhol, Antonioni). With Upstream Color, a sort of Hiroshima Mon Amour for our contemporary times, one hopes that young filmmakers will continue to take the value of abstraction seriously, reimagining it in new and thoughtful ways. Hedwig and the Angry Inch: A film that came out (pun intended) way ahead of its time. It's kind of an absurdist musical that is in-your-face bonkers, but bonkers in the most vital, transgressive and beautifully rebellious way. A postmodern Hair. Young Adult: Charlize Theron gives a great performance as an unraveled mess of a person that attempts to transition from a life of boredom and narcissism toward a more complete, self-aware state where the adjective 'young' can finally wither away. Sullivan's Travels: I checked this film out because the great American director Preston Sturges' name kept popping up in literature on director/writer Wes Anderson (a favorite of mine). This well-written and acted screwball comedy hits the mark and lives up to its acclaim as one of the 1940's best films. My Dinner with Andre: A film like few others--this conventions-busting mixture of fiction and nonfiction, storytelling and improvised riffing will either bore you into slumber or thrill you with its originality. We almost forget, due to the strong writing, that the great French autuer Louis Malle was its director. Insignificance: I'm still not sure I 'get' this peculiar film but it was certainly compelling, the way in which a film can unfold as both an irritant and a puzzling enigma. Hiroshima Mon Amour: Before I saw this Alain Resnais masterpiece about memory, love and loss, I considered Harold and Maude my favorite film. Now it's number two. 12 Angry Men: Watch this fictional, court room drama and then the documentary The Central Park Five. The very notion of facts, evidence, justice and human objectivity are brilliantly rendered as a hollow collection of outdated concepts with tragic application. Hunger: Not to be mistaken with Steve McQueen's first film about the imprisonment of IRA soldiers of the same name but rather the nimble and haunting adaptation of the classic, existential novella by Danish writer Knut Hamsun. Summer with Monika: Arguably, my favorite film of Bergman's but nowhere near his best. That distinction belongs to his magnum opus Scenes from a Marriage, a film that should only be approached by the single and the happily married couple. Rules of the Game: My goal for movie watching this year was to view a handful of those classics considered important to the historical development of the art form according to the Sight and Sound Magazine's list of 250 Greatest Films; a list created every ten years by an esteemed cadre of critics. Renoir's masterpiece (rated at No. 4) is there for a reason and its influence can be seen in almost every film made since 1939 that skewers the vacuity of the rich and clueless. La Jetee/Sans Soleil: Made by maverick film essayist Chris Marker, these two films are quite distinct from one another in both content and style. Both represent the best in avant-garde, envelope-pushing cinema that emerged parallel with the various manifestations of the European New Wave movement. Picnic at Hanging Rock: This 70's cult classic by Peter Weir still holds up as a truly original film that tackles the subject of loss, regret and repressed longing, all of which are tied to a mystery that leaves an Australian women's school in shock and confusion. Other notable films: L' Avventura, Stroszek, Bringing Up Baby, Amarcord, The Killing, Neighboring Sounds, Damnation, The Lives of Others, Magnificent Ambersons, Harvey, Pat and Mike, The Third Man, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, The Searchers, Elevator to the Gallows, As I Lay Dying, Cleo from 5 to 7, Frances Ha, The Silence, Winter Light, Cries and Whispers, Blast of Silence, Through a Glass Darkly, Argo, Shallow Grave, Band of Outsiders, Fanny and Alexander, Mud, Harry and Tonto, Chasing Ice, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Another Oscar season has come to a close, and it was quite a successful one at that. There were very few upsets or surprises, which helped this movie geek dominate his Oscar pool, getting 21 out of 24 correct – a tie for my all-time best. The Academy made up for snubbing director Ben Affleck by awarding Best Picture to the well-deserved Argo. The visually-stunning Life of Pi took home the most of the night with four, including one for director Ang Lee, who managed to turn what many felt was an unfilmable book into a crowd-pleaser. Skyfall became the first James Bond film to win an Oscar since 1965's Thunderball. Lincoln 's Daniel Day-Lewis became the first person ever to win Best Actor three times. And Pixar's Brave just beat out the video-game-themed Wreck-It Ralph for Best Animated Feature, which is ironic considering poor Ralph spends his entire movie trying to win a trophy just so people will love him. You've earned top score from me, Ralph.
If you're behind in your Oscar viewing, a handful of these award-winners are available for home viewing now, right here at the Kalamazoo Public Library:
Several of the Oscar winners are coming soon, and you can place a hold on them now:
Check back for the availability of Silver Linings Playbook, winner of Best Actress (Jennifer Lawrence); Les Misérables, winner of Best Supporting Actress (Anne Hathaway), Makeup & Hairstyling, and Sound Mixing; and Amour, winner of Best Foreign Film. The release dates of these films will probably be announced soon.
So what did you think of the Oscars? What were you glad to see win? Which categories would you have preferred to go differently? What was your favorite film of 2012?
The Guard is a dark comedy set in a small town in Ireland. It's also a throwback buddy film where two cops from different backgrounds work together to fight crime while insulting eachother. It has its tender moments but for the most part, The Guard is all about the genre and complying with the dictates of cliche. The great character actor Don Cheadle plays an uptight FBI agent sent to provincial Ireland to bust a drug ring. Along the way, he encounters the eccentric and verbally unfiltered policeman Gerry Boyle, who has his own method of conducting police investigations. The two bristle at one another's approach, disliking the other's personality but like all buddy films, they come to find common ground in bringing the bad guys to justice.
For a guy who insists he's deliberately "doing nothing" with his life, Greenberg's title character (Ben Stiller) keeps pretty busy. He's building a doghouse for his brother's pet while housesitting for him; he's constantly penning letters to businesses expressing his dissatisfaction with the most minute details of their services; he takes up an offer from women half his age to go on a deep-sea diving expedition in Australia, despite the fact that he's a terrible swimmer. From the sounds of it, this quirky, aging slacker's screen saga – last June's Kalamazoo Film Society selection - might make for light viewing with plenty of laughs, except for one detail – Greenberg's trying to deal with life outside an institution, from which he's recently been released after recovering from a breakdown of an unspecified nature. Watching his brother's house, in a city he left behind years ago, gives him an opportunity to reconnect with members of his old social circle, but since social norms are no longer a constraint for him, the expression of his feelings and impulses can be cause for embarrassment, pain, and alienation, as well as a certain poignancy (and laughs – this is still a comedy). Greenberg's caught in a vicious cycle of feeling discomfort, which feeds others' discomfort, which further feeds his own. Stiller's pitch-perfect performance – not too wacky, not too angst-ridden – is beautifully complemented by Greta Gerwig's performance as his brother's assistant, a woman in her mid-twenties whose impulsive life reflects Greenberg's own. The two forge a tentative bond that's constantly tested throughout the film, and one wonders if the bond can possibly last when both people live so in the moment. As with the best character-study films, Noah Baumbach's latest doesn't force-feed any resolutions – it's simply enough to watch these characters try to make sense of their lives, even when they don't live them sensibly... but who does?
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'Die Hard' franchise should take a rest
Fifth installment in the series easily the worst of the lot, Steve Ouellette writes.
'Side Effects' offers thought-provoking entertainment
Movie has plenty of suspense and some real emotion, and director Steven Soderbergh takes it in some unexpected directions, Steve Ouellette writes.
'Warm Bodies' fun, weirdly sweet
Film might not be for the hardcore zombie fan, but it's not quite a zombie version of "Twilight" either, Steve Ouellette writes.
Heist movie predictable but fun
Jason Statham is an appealing action star, but "Parker" won't lift him to the A list, Steve Ouellette writes.
'Silver Linings' maintains risky balance between humor, bad taste
Film nominated for eight Academy Awards, and rightly so, Steve Ouellette writes.
- 'Zero Dark Thirty' grim, detailed Film that gives a step-by-step telling of the CIA's operation to apprehend Osama Bin Laden is a "should-see" movie, Steve Ouellette writes.
'Promised Land' a lighthearted environmental drama
Anti-fracking film co-starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski is more character study than heavy-handed lesson, Steve Ouellette writes.
'Les Miserables' hit or miss
Die-hard fans will be satisfied, but those who prefer dialogue and a strong narrative over song are unlikely to be converted by this Hollywood adaptation of the Broadway hit, Steve Ouellette writes.
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Follow-up to "Knocked Up" has some good laughs.
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Time clock
A time clock, sometimes known as a clock card machine or punch clock or time recorder, is a mechanical (or electronic) timepiece used to assist in tracking the hours worked by an employee of a company. In regards to mechanical time clocks this was accomplished by inserting a heavy paper card, called a timesheet, into a slot on the time clock. When the time card hit a contact at the rear of the slot, the machine would print day and time information on the card. This allowed a timekeeper to have an official record of the hours an employee worked to calculate the pay owed an employee.
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Although there are many brands and variations of time clocks, it's noted that there are 4 key variations of time clocks, basic, self calculating, time and date stamps, and software based time and attendance systems.
A basic time clock will just stamp the date and time on a time card. It may feature a bell or signal relay to signal a certain time or break. These will usually be activated by a button that a worker must press to stamp their card. Although they are an effective method of recording time, these types of machine are flawed. Common issues include overstamping, where one time is stamped over another, and buddy stamping, where a friend clocks in another member of staff. A basic clock can range in functionality with more features on higher end machines or more industrial uses.
The time cards usually have the workdays, "time in", and "time out" areas marked on them so that employees can "punch in" or "punch out" in the correct place. The employee is responsible to line up the correct area of the card to be punched with an indicator on the time card. Software applications offer such a system.
There are two different types of time cards conventionally used with a manual time clock, clipper and punch hole cards. There are also variations based on manufacture and machine used, and whether the user wants to record weekly or monthly recordings. Typically, time cards are divided into sections for time and day stamping. More advanced time clocks require more advanced cards.
Self-calculating machines are similar to basic time clocks. Nevertheless, at the end of each period the total time recorded is added up allowing for quicker processing by human resources or payroll. These machines sometimes have other functions such as automatic stamping, dual colour printing and automated column shift.
Software based time and attendance systems are similar to paper based systems, but they rely on computers and check-in terminals. They are backed up with software that can be integrated with the HR department and in some cases payroll software. These types of systems are becoming more popular but due to high initial costs they are usually only adopted by large business of over 30 employees. Despite this they can save a business a lot of money every year by cutting down errors and reducing administration time.
The first time clock was invented on November 20, 1888, by Willard Bundy,[1] a jeweler in Auburn, New York. A year later his brother, Harlow Bundy, organized the Bundy Manufacturing Company,[2][3] and began mass-producing time clocks. In 1900, the time recording business of Bundy Manufacturing, along with two other time equipment businesses, was consolidated into the International Time Recording Company (ITR).[4][5][6][7] In 1911, ITR, Bundy Mfg., and two other companies were merged, forming Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR), which would later change its name to IBM.[8] In 1958, IBM's Time Equipment Division was sold to the Simplex Time Recorder Company. However in the United Kingdom ITR (A subsidiary of IBM United Kingdom Ltd.) was the subject of a management buy-out in 1963 and reverted to International Time Recorders. In 1982, International Time Recorders was acquired by Blick Industries of Swindon, England, who were themselves later absorbed by Stanley Security Systems.
The first punched-card system to be linked to a Z80 microprocessor was developed by Kronos Incorporated in the late 1970s and introduced as a product in 1979.[9]
In the late twentieth century, time clocks started to move away from the mechanical machines to computer based, electronic time and attendance systems. The employee either swipes a magnetic stripe card, scans a barcode, brings an RFID (radio-frequency identification) tag into proximity with a reader, enters an employee number or uses a biometric reader to identify the employee to the system. These systems are much more advanced than the mechanical time clock, various reports can be generated, including European working time directive, and a Bradford factor report. Employees can also request holidays, enter in absenteeism requests and view their worked hours. User interfaces can be personalized and offer robust self-service capabilities.
More recently, time clocks have started to adopt technology commonly seen in phones and tablets - called 'Smartclocks'. The state of the art smartclocks come with multi-touch screens, full color displays, real time monitoring for problems, wireless networking and over the air updates. Some of the smartclocks use front facing cameras to capture employee clock-ins to deter "buddy clocking", a problem usually requiring expensive biometric clocks. With the increasing popularity of cloud based software, some of the newer time clocks are built to work seamlessly with the cloud.[10]
Biometric time clocks are a feature of more advanced time and attendance systems. Rather than using a key, code or chip to identify the user, they rely on a unique attribute of the user, such as a hand print, finger print, finger vein, palm vein, facial recognition, iris or retina. The user will have their attribute scanned into the system. Biometric readers are often used in conjunction with an access control system, granting the user access to a building, and at the same time clocking them in recording the time and date. These systems also attempt to cut down on fraud such as "buddy clocking." When combined with an access control system they can help prevent other types of fraud such as ghost employees where employees are actually at work to clock in but then leave for the day only to return after their shift to clock out.
See also[edit]
- ^ Willard Legrand Bundy Biography
- ^ IBM Archives: Bundy Manufacturing Co.
- ^ Bundy Museum of History & Art
- ^ Engelbourg (1954) p.33
- ^ Belden, Martin; Belden, Marva (1961). The Life of Thomas J. Watson, Little, Brown; p.92
- ^ IBM Archives: International Time Recording
- ^ IBM Archives: ITR time recorder
- ^ Bennett, Frank P.; and Company (June 17, 1911). United States Investor. 22, Part 2. p. 1298 (26).
- ^ Kronos History
- ^ David Needle, TabTimes, Android tablet gives old punch card time clock facelift
- Engelbourg, Saul (1954). International Business Machines: A Business History (Ph.D.). Columbia University. p. 385. Reprinted by Arno Press, 1976, from the best available copy. Some text is illegible.
External links[edit]
- IBM Time Clocks (PDF files)
- National Museum of American History: International Dial Time Recorder Clock
- www.timerecorder.de/ (mostly in German, but partly translated into English) is one of the most comprehensive online documentations of the history of time recorders and time clocks
- Harlow Bundy's home in Binghamton, it was restored and now houses a museum dedicated to the Bundys.


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Sweet Onion Phyllo Tarts Recipe
"The original recipe is a prize-winner," says Brenda English of Butler, Pennsylvania. "I've since lightened it and it's just as good!"
- 1 large sweet onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup reduced-fat French onion dip
- 1 tablespoon reduced-fat mayonnaise
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 package (1.9 ounces) frozen miniature phyllo tart shells
- 1/4 cup finely chopped tomato
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook onion in butter until tender. Remove from the heat; cool slightly.
- In a small bowl, combine the cheese, onion dip, mayonnaise, pepper and onion. Spoon a scant tablespoonful into each tart shell; top with tomato.
- Place on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 15 appetizers.
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I made this for a wedding rehearsal dinner!! Wonderful reviews from the guests. Will definitely being making this again during the holidays
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Made this recipe for a work pot luck and everyone loved it. I changed the cheese to a 6 cheese Italian blend and added some Italian herbs. Tasted great!
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Naruto-Arena forces you to select 3 characters when you start a new game. This page gives you an overview of all characters available in the Naruto-Arena game. Not only can you view each character's skills, you can also discuss the characters by posting comments.
Umino Iruka
Iruka is one of the instructors at the Konoha ninja academy. He is a well rounded ninja with diverse abilities and skills. Created and submitted by OMGWTFitzBEN.
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Shield Ally
Iruka uses his own body to shield one ally. That ally gains 100% damage reduction for 1 turn. This skill is invisible.
Cooldown: 1
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Instant
Shuriken Throw
Iruka throws a couple shurikens at one enemy who takes 25 damage. That enemy will deal 5 less damage for 1 turn.
Cooldown: None
Chakra required:
Classes: Physical, Instant, Ranged
Sealed Bombs Square Formation
Iruka traps an enemy with a set of exploding seals for 2 turns. If this enemy uses any skill this skill will end and the enemy will take 40 piercing damage that ignores invulnerability. During this time Melee damage to this enemy is increased 75%. Mental or affliction skills are not affected.
Cooldown: 2
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Iruka Replacement Technique
This skill makes Umino Iruka invulnerable for 1 turn.
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Fala galera Estou recrutando para o clã WhiteWolfs Clã 100% brasileiro Nível atual: 17 e evoluindo Nosso xat: xat.com/WhiteWolfsWeWs Em breve abriremos um blog REQUISITOS: ser pelo menos ambu ou missing-nin, entrar ao menos um dia sim outro não ,interessados mandem PM |
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Fala galera Estou recrutando para o clã WhiteWolfs Clã 100% brasileiro Nível atual: 17 e evoluindo Nosso xat: xat.com/WhiteWolfsWeWs Em breve abriremos um blog REQUISITOS: ser pelo menos ambu ou missing-nin, entrar ao menos um dia sim outro não ,interessados mandem PM |
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Olá, o Clã Age Of Gods(AoG_) está em periodo de recrutamento. bom, ainda é um clã razoável, mas com a ajuda de vocês esperamos atingir o topo. bom, o clã tem um site, então para maiores informações basta entrar lá. links como o profile e site do clã estão logo abaixo, basta clicar sobre o nome:
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Developmental Dysplasis Of The Hip In Children
Developmental Dysplasis Of The Hip In Children (Aftercare Instructions) Care Guide
- Developmental Dysplasis Of The Hip In Children
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- Developmental (de-vel-up-MEN-tal) dysplasia (dis-PLAY-zhah) of the hip, or DDH, is a condition that affects your child's hips and movements. Normally, the head of the femur (thigh bone) fits into the acetabulum (cup-shaped hip socket). Together with ligaments (connective tissues that hold the bones together), they form the hip joint. With DDH, the head of your child's femur does not fit correctly into the hip socket. The head may only be slightly out of place or may not be in the hip socket at all. Sometimes, DDH occurs when the ligaments of the hip joint are loose or stretched too much. Depending on how much the hip is affected, your child may have problems walking, standing, or moving normally.
- Signs and symptoms include having hips that are unstable and pop in and out with movement. One of his legs may be shorter or longer than the other. The kneecaps may not be at the same level. Caregivers may do special movement tests, an ultrasound, or arthroscopy on your child's hip to diagnose DDH. Other tests, such as a bone x-ray, computerized tomography (CT) scan, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test may also be used. Treatment of DDH depends on your child's age and how bad his hip deformity is. Treatment may include splints, casts, a closed reduction, traction, surgery, or braces. The earlier DDH is diagnosed and treated, the better your child's chance of having a full recovery.
- Keep a current list of your child's medicines: Include the amounts, and when, how, and why they are taken. Bring the list and the medicines in their containers to follow-up visits. Carry your child's medicine list with you in case of an emergency. Throw away old medicine lists. Give vitamins, herbs, or food supplements only as directed.
- Give your child's medicine as directed: Call your child's primary healthcare provider if you think the medicine is not working as expected. Tell him if your child is allergic to any medicine. Ask before you change or stop giving your child his medicines.
- Do not give aspirin to children under 18 years of age: Your child could develop Reye syndrome if he takes aspirin. Reye syndrome can cause life-threatening brain and liver damage. Check your child's medicine labels for aspirin, salicylates, or oil of wintergreen.
- Antibiotics: This medicine is given to fight an infection caused by bacteria. Give your child this medicine exactly as ordered by his primary healthcare provider. Do not stop giving your child the antibiotics unless directed by his primary healthcare provider. Never save antibiotics or give your child leftover antibiotics that were given to him for another illness.
- Pain medicine: Your child may need medicine to take away or decrease pain. Know how often your child should get the medicine and how much. Watch for signs of pain in your child. Tell caregivers if his pain continues or gets worse. To prevent falls, stay with your child to help him get out of bed.
Ask for more information about where and when to take your child for follow-up visits:
For continuing care, treatments, or home services for your child, ask for information.
- Exercise and play: Your child should rest as much as possible. Older children can be given books or a drawing pad for quiet play. Talk to your child's caregiver before you let him start exercising or playing again. Together you can plan the best exercise program for your child. It is best to start slowly and do more as he gets stronger. Exercising will help make his bones and muscles stronger.
- Riding in a car: There are special car seats and safety vests made for children in spica casts and Pavlik's harnesses. These should be used while driving in a car. Before you leave the hospital , ask where you can get a special car seat or safety vest for your child.
- Walking and home safety: Your child may need to use special braces. It is important to use braces correctly. Ask your child's caregiver for more information about using braces correctly. To keep from falling, remove loose carpeting from the floor. For older children, a chair with side arms and hard cushions may make it easier for your child to get up or out of a chair. You may want to put a chair or a commode inside the shower.
Assistive devices:
A caregiver will teach you how to care for a child with a brace or in a Pavlik harness or spica cast.
- Brace care: Caregivers may put a brace on your child's hips or legs to keep them from moving. It may also be used to decrease pain. Ask your child's caregiver for more information on brace care.
- Pavlik harness: Your child may have a special splint called a Pavlik harness. It has shoulder straps, a chest band, foot cuffs, and connecting straps. This holds your child's hips in the correct place and helps them grow correctly. Ask your child's caregiver for more information on proper bathing, diapering, dressing, or carrying your child.
- Spica cast: Your child may have a special spica cast. A spica cast will usually cover him from the chest down to the legs or knees. A caregiver will teach you how to diaper your child or how he can use the bathroom. Ask your child's caregiver how to clean the cast and keep it dry. Ask your child's caregiver for more information on proper bathing, dressing, and how to carry your child. Tell your child's caregiver if his toes become swollen, cold, numb (lose feeling), or turn pale or blue.
- Do's and do nots:
- Do check the skin around the brace, cast, or harness everyday. You may put lotion on sore areas.
- Do not let your child push down or lean on the cast or brace because it may break.
- Do not let your child scratch the skin under the cast by putting a sharp or pointed object inside the cast.
- Do check the skin around the brace, cast, or harness everyday. You may put lotion on sore areas.
Preventing blood clots:
Your child may be at risk for blood clots. You may help prevent blood clots by doing the following:
- Ask your child's caregiver if your child needs to elevate his legs to the level of his heart. Raising his legs will keep blood from staying in his legs and may prevent blood clots from forming.
- As pain decreases, your child may need to start moving or walking to improve blood circulation and bone healing. Ask your child's caregiver for an exercise program that may help your child fully recover.
- Make sure your child's bandages or casts are not too tight.
- Your child may need to wear support socks or stockings. These may help decrease the swelling in his legs until he is walking more. They may also prevent blood from staying in his legs, which may cause blood clots.
Rehabilitation programs may help your child get back to or maintain activities important to his daily living. Therapists may teach him special skills to recover faster and have a better life.
- Physical therapy: Your child's caregiver may want him to do physical therapy or PT. A physical therapist will help your child with special exercises. These exercises will help make his bones and muscles stronger.
- Occupational therapy: Occupational therapy, or OT, uses self-care and play activities to help your child in his daily life. There are many ways occupational therapy may help your child become better able to take care of himself. Your child may be taught special skills used for bathing, dressing, and eating. An occupational therapist may help your child use tools to get things done at home or school. The therapist may suggest ways to keep your home or your child's school safe. You, your child, and his therapist will plan a therapy program that is right for him.
Wound care:
Ask your child's caregiver about the proper way to take care of his wound or change his bandages. It is also important to know how often your child's dressings need to be changed.
- Your child has a fever.
- Your child's pain is getting worse, even after he has taken his pain medicines.
- Your child's bandage or cast has new stains or a bad odor coming from it.
- Your child's skin is itchy, swollen, or has a rash.
- Your child cannot make it to his next appointment with his caregiver.
- You have questions or concerns about your child's condition, treatment, or care.
- Your child has trouble breathing or pain in his chest.
- Your child's splint or cast gets damaged or breaks.
- Your child's skin, toes, toenails, or the area around the hips turns blue or feels cold and numb.
- Your child's splint or cast becomes soaked with blood.
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Last week, we heard about it in the southwest part of Colorado Springs. Now it's happening in the Briargate area.
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Here's what you'll notice: a cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, fever and nasal flaring in infants. To keep those symptoms from getting worse, here's what he says you can do: get lots of fluids, use a humidifier and get lots of rest.
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2013-14 NBA Preview: Southeast belongs to Heat |
SI.com is previewing every division ahead of the 2013-14 NBA season. We've already looked at the Central and Atlantic. Up next, the Southeast Division, where the two-time defending champions stand head and shoulders above the pack.
The new Heat are the same as the old Heat, or just about as close as you can get. The back-to-back champions return virtually every important player from last year, save amnesty victim Mike Miller. After prevailing over San Antonio in an epic NBA Finals, Miami enjoyed a quiet offseason highlighted by the returns of center Chris Andersen, who re-signed, and shooting guard Ray Allen, who declined to opt out. The most intriguing new wrinkles are two reclamation projects in 2007 No. 1 pick Greg Oden and 2008 No. 2 pick Michael Beasley, whose careers have been derailed by injuries and off-court issues, respectively. There's no better place to get a career back on track than with these Heat, thanks to the organization's top-to-bottom stability, but it remains to be seen whether either Oden or Beasley will play more than a bit role. The overriding formula is still the same: LeBron James will lead the Big Three in pursuit of the NBA's first three-peat since the 2000-2002 Lakers. Their biggest question mark -- whether 31-year-old Dwyane Wade can hold up -- is a familiar one, too.
The skinny: Miami hasn't faced this much quality at the top of the East during the Big Three era, as Brooklyn, Chicago, Indiana and New York are all angling to unseat the Heat should an injury arise at an inopportune time.
This summer marked the end of an era for the Hawks, who let Georgia native Josh Smith leave for the Pistons in free agency after a nine-year tenure. His replacement, the dependable Paul Millsap, was a great value signing at $19 million over two years, and he should help ensure that the Hawks remain in the playoff hunt despite a second straight season of roster turnover under general manager Danny Ferry. This year's group is chock full of underappreciated players -- Al Horford, Millsap, Jeff Teague, Lou Williams and Kyle Korver -- who combine to give Mike Budenholzer a fine talent base to work with in his first NBA head-coaching job. Without the A-list superstars to keep up with the East's projected top-five teams, though, the Hawks' sights are likely set on the conference's "best of the rest" tag. Considering the team's modest payroll and flexibility heading into next summer and beyond, that's not too bad. Ferry's mantra seems to be: If you're going to be good but not great, you might as well do it in a cost-effective manner.
The skinny: Smith's departure makes this a nice showcase season for Horford, who will carry a heavy load on both ends. The frontcourt talent drop-off behind Horford is such that any meaningful injury absence from the two-time All-Star would likely be season-altering.
It's not often that 29-win teams spend the offseason eagerly working to keep the band together, but the Wizards weren't your typical 29-win team last year. A knee injury cost franchise point guard John Wall nearly half of the season, and Washington went into its own version of a shutdown. With hopes buoyed by a 24-25 record once Wall returned, the Wizards signed him to a five-year extension this summer, in addition to giving small forward Martell Webster a four-year deal. The plan was to ride the status quo, powered by the up-and-coming backcourt duo of Wall and Bradley Beal, to a record in the neighborhood of .500, which should be enough to deliver the team's first playoff appearance since 2008. But a serious neck injury to starting center Emeka Okafor might have thrown a wrench into those plans, and the Wizards have two large expiring contracts (Okafor's at $14.5 million and Trevos Ariza's at $7.7 million) to use as trade chips if they get off to a slow start. GM Ernie Grunfeld and coach Randy Wittman are entering the final year of their respective contracts, meaning the calm that defined this offseason could prove to be temporary.
The skinny: This group will go as far as Wall, a potential first-time All-Star, can carry it this season, but the developmental steps taken by Beal, the No. 3 pick in 2012, and Otto Porter, the No. 3 pick in 2013, will be crucial for the franchise's longer-range outlook.
The Magic and Bobcats figure to wage another tight battle for draft-lottery Ping-Pong balls at the bottom of the division, a race that could well be decided by "strategic player development" in the run-up to the loaded 2014 draft. The only marquee new face for the Magic is No. 2 pick Victor Oladipo, a talented and mature two-way player who should weigh heavily in the Rookie of the Year discussion. The Indiana University product joins center Nikola Vucevic and forward Tobias Harris to form a young core that's taking shape for the rebuilding Magic. None of the veteran pieces on the roster -- Jameer Nelson, Glen Davis and Arron Afflalo -- amount to more than placeholders in the big picture, but GM Rob Hennigan will likely do everything in his power to maximize his flexibility until he knows what type of talent the 2014 draft will bring. Second-year coach Jacque Vaughn got Orlando off to a surprising 12-13 start before the wheels came off last season, and this energetic bunch should be capable of throwing a scare into opponents again this year.
The skinny: This season will be a success if Hennigan and Vaughn finish it with a full understanding of how, when and with whom to deploy Oladipo. Of course, winning the draft lottery for the fourth time in franchise history would prove to be a bigger win than anything.
The Bobcats plunked down $40.5 million for Al Jefferson in free agency, by far the largest offseason signing by any team in the division. Will all that dough make a difference in the standings? That remains to be seen, but Charlotte should display some upward mobility with its offense, which ranked No. 28 in efficiency last season. Point guard Kemba Walker showed progress in his second season, and he'll enjoy having a reliable low-post scoring option in Jefferson for the first time in his career. Cody Zeller, a 7-footer selected with the No. 4 pick, looked like an active, skilled high-post complement to Jefferson during summer league, but the burning question is whether the Bobcats' frontcourt will be able to stop anybody. First-time head coach Steve Clifford can keep one eye toward the future this season, as he probes the best ways to maximize the effectiveness of his young core pieces: Walker, Zeller, re-signed guard Gerald Henderson, 2012 No. 2 pick Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and 2011 lottery pick Bismack Biyombo.
The skinny: A franchise nickname change to the "Hornets" and the possibility of three 2014 lottery picks means that the 2013-14 season is really just a countdown to a brighter future that is finally coming for Michael Jordan's ragtag outfit.
James, Wade and Bosh can all become free agents next summer, and it goes without saying that Bosh is the most likely member of the trio to be looking for a new home in 2014-15. At 29, Bosh is still fully capable of being a No. 1 scoring option for a team in need, and he should expect a strong market for his services come July. In the meantime, coach Erik Spoelstra will continue to ride his peerless mid-range jumper and inside/outside versatility as the Heat aim to post the NBA's most efficient offense for the second year in a row.
Milwaukee's four-year, $32 million offer sheet for Teague was a clear indication of its fractured relationship with Brandon Jennings, but also a nod toward the strides that Atlanta's 25-year-old point guard made over the course of his rookie deal. Asked to do a lot last season after Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams were traded and Lou Williams went down to a season-ending knee injury, the quick, opportunistic Teague responded with career highs in scoring, assists and Player Efficiency Rating (PER). The Hawks' defense will likely take a step back with Smith no longer in the picture, and Teague will be tasked with making sure that the team's balanced offensive attack hums at an above-average clip.
Widely regarded as the most "NBA-ready" prospect in the 2013 class and pegged by management to play both guard positions, Oladipo, 21, joins a Magic roster that returns its veteran starting backcourt of Nelson and Afflalo. Exactly how prominent will Oladipo's role be, and when? How much ball-handling and offense-initiation will it involve? Although Nelson has been a franchise fixture for his entire nine-year career, the torch will be passed sooner or later. Oladipo's age and maturity -- combined with Orlando's dim outlook -- suggest there's no reason to temper his opportunities this year. The future is now.
LeBron James will become just the second player to win the MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards in the same season, joining Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon (1994).