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Alright I made a cryptic post a couple days ago promising to start a thread explaining why I'd been gone for a while. Just getting around to it now. Six weeks ago today, I came home from work at 2:30 in the morning to find my girlfriend of 10 1/2 years still awake, much to my surprise, and fully dressed no less. "It's over" she said as she flung a 'Dear John' letter at me and walked out the door. I won't go into the gory details as to why she left, but suffice it to say she has left my entire life in a bloody shambles. We've been together since 2004 and been living together since 2005. She's basically the only person I've ever lived with as an adult, and I've never lived alone before. I'm stuck in a 2 bedroom I can't afford, in a job I hate and planned to quit once she found gainful employment and could support me in my final push towards graduation, and I'm sharing a vehicle with her. She was also the 4th player in both of my gaming groups, leaving us up a creek, and her family had basically become my family, making the upcoming holidays, I'm sure, awful, as I have nowhere to go. She says she still cares about me, that she still loves me, but just as a friend. I've spent the last 6 weeks just trying to distract myself, to spend more time with friends, but really, she was my best friend. I've tried to concentrate on school, but my grades have been declining precipitously. She has moved on and is seeing other people already There's a lot more, but that's the gist of it.
Tangible Delusions wrote: *eyetwitch* Also, if one person breaks the law egregiously (murder foe example) that's proof we have too many people. People can't be rehabilitated just like laws can't be amended. Riiiiiiiight?
Charlie Bell wrote: Only true until 17th amendment allowing for direct election of senators. 101 years ago. Again I point out the irony that, due to gerrymandering, the senate is a better litmus of the political sway of a state (though not the nation) than representatives.Also: I'm back! Expect a.thread explaining my absence tonight.
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Excellent. I dunno I've never looked at the pregens and I don't know why anyone would other than for the pretty art.
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I built my computer and I run Win 7. It wasn't pre-loaded or packaged with my machine, but I want to be able to play games on it other than solitaire. Though I hear Mac is getting Diablo II soon. I also don't use office suite, I use open office. I really like linux. I like the open source ideology and the fiercely loyal and talented community. But the first time I try to put a game on my machine and it fails to work, I *flip table* and install Windows, because ain't nobody got time for that.
Comrade Anklebiter wrote: The neighborhood my grandmother grew up in was historically Italian, but if Rome rolled in and annexed parts of Chicago, it would still be imperialism. Similarly, many of the former Soviet satellite states are historically Russian, but a ground invasion of any of those now separate, sovereign states, should be rightfully seen as imperialist expansion by Russia. I can't begin to imagine why Israel isn't imperialist though, other than perhaps your comrades are just as afraid of Zionists cracking their heads as Congress.
RJGrady wrote: Many of my interactions with people who have a problem with "social justice" end up complaining about "censorship" and "reverse racism" and feminism ruining discussions. So, they clearly believe privilege exists, they just think that women, minorities, people with disabilities etc. have too much of it, and white, heterosexual males have too little. This. So much.
Caineach wrote: This. All the time. I see it used as a rallying call among, ya know, social justice advocates. Thing is, I tend to hear social justice as a term (when used by someone to describe their own beliefs, not as a pejorative) when it comes to pretty radical agendas. I hear the terms LGBTQ rights a lot when talking about gay marriage or the rights of someone to present as their preferred gender. Social justice is a term I more associate with people who want to abolish urinals because they make trans people feel uncomfortable (not making that up).
Zoe Oakeshott wrote: Do they do a lot of sexual things in those comics?
Albatoonoe wrote: I don't think you get what I'm saying. I completely understand your point. If it were important for the fiction books, I could agree. The iconics are NPCs. They're basically art resources. For all visible things, I'm totally for this. Have black and brown characters, female warriors, short heroes, tall lanky heroes, all that's great. If Valeros were gay...how would you tell? In saying that, maybe he is. It's not a visible trait, and it needn't be defined. As characters whose identities you might assume when playing PFS or at a con, why not leave that up to the individual roleplayer? This is a game in which WE determine the actions of the characters. If you feel non-straight players need role-models, then you have the ability to PLAY one. None of the iconics' sexualities has come into play in any published adventure, as far as I know, nor should it. It's a game about killing monsters and taking their s%**.
thejeff wrote: As someone who is baffled by the sexualization of fictional characters, as a THING, I don't get any of this. I'd be perfectly happy if none of the iconics' sexual preferences were ever defined. Who likes to put what in what hole has never once come up when discussing how to murder a monster and take its s@$$.
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Well let's test that shall we? American fast food worker making $7.25/hr (the $9/hr+ figure includes shift managers, who make maybe $13). 2080 hours a year= $15080. But they don't get insurance or paid leave. Let's be super generous and say that, between social functions, family emergencies and illnesses they take 6 unpaid days off a year, so really they're working 2032 hours a year, for a total of $14,732.I'll take it as a given that someone making that little pays no state or federal taxes, but they still pay FICA (SS and Medicare) to the tune of about 8%, so a grand total of $13,553.44. Now, Denmark pays its workers (roughly) $20/hr. Remember that they have 5 weeks (HOLY CHRIST!) paid vacation a year, so they're really only working 1880 hours/year and getting paid for 2080. But okay, 2080*$20=$41,600. After taxes that's $29,665. Someone in Denmark gets paid 2.2 times as much for LESS work (1880 vs. 2032 hours). Really, for hours actually worked, more like 2.36 times the pay. Their cost of living is, what'd you say, 30% higher on average? Let's just take that out of their earnings off the top so you can see a proper comparison. Like, let's just pretend that Danes make 30% less after taxes and compare those numbers. I'm sure it's not completely accurate but, hey, just for funsies. Danes still make 1.66 times what their American counterparts make for an hour of work. If American workers were compensated equivalently, not even accounting for other "bonuses" like healthcare which I'll assume, given the low pay of a McD worker is paid for by Medicare, would be $12/hr. That seems fair. How about we put the minimum wage at $12/hr?
Falantrius wrote: Wicca as a religion is less than a century old. It was created out of whole cloth by Gerald Gardner. It's bunk. There's no such thing as magic in the real world. This is a fantasy game. The witch class is based on witches in fantasy literature and popular culture.
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That's definitely changing with Walker in power and the passing of Act 10; it's becoming harder and harder to fund public schools at ALL and the easiest place to cut, as with all public and private endeavors, seems to be labor costs. Back to the topic at hand though, in my high school, the only high school about which I can make relatively intelligent comments, for most of the basic subjects (English, Math, Science) there were at least two tiers for each grade level. English 10 and Advanced English 10, Biology and Accelerated Biology, Physics and Math Physics. I don't specifically recall that there was for Social Studies/History, but there were always also electives. There were also remedial classes like Chemistry in the Community, which lower than Chemistry, which was lower than Math Chemistry, which was lower than AP Chemistry. Beyond that, which was normal curricula, there was also SWS-School Within a School, which was basically special help for lower income or educationally or socially challenged (dislexia, autism) or returning students after a lapse of enrollment/truancy. SWS was definitely not normal for the district, we were the only school in the district that had SWS or any special education resources so everyone was bused there. That said we were also the poorest in the district.
Lord Snow wrote: What BNW says is a reasonable approximation of the truth. At least in primary school (Kindergarten through 8th grade). I think they taught things an appropriate way in high school, but by then we already had it ingrained in our head the wrong way so it was double the work. Common core is trying to correct this by teaching it right the first time, but then parents are freaking out like "why can't they just teach it to our kids the way WE learned it." *flips table*
yellowdingo wrote: Whuh? An operator is not a term.
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Hey Gobbo! Since this thread is basically goblin territory now, I figured I'd ask you here. Yesterday, when I was walking to lunch, there was a socialist pamphleteer on the corner with a bunch of hand-made signs, one of which read something along the lines of "labor marches in support of Michael Brown" and I was thinking "that's cool." Then on the way back, on the other side of his kiosk, there was a sign that said "Crimea is Russian, end US Imperialist involvement in Ukraine." I just thought that was odd. I mean, I get that Russia is ostensibly communist *scoff* but let's face it, they're every bit as imperialist as the US. What are your thoughts on the issue?
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ShadowcatX wrote: Why? You didn't need a quote when you misrepresented my argument. The sword cuts both ways.
ShadowcatX wrote: You're the one making the claim that the terrorist organization that was using the illegal tunnels into enemy territory for humanitarian purposes, the onus to provide proof is on you. I don't have to disprove anything. No, I'm arguing that the democratically elected government of some-odd million people is using tunnels to do illegal things that INCLUDE both humanitarian aid (smuggling of contraband i.e. food and medical supplies) as WELL as using them to coordinate rocket strikes on Israel. What you're saying is preposterous, that tunnels (how many are there? dozens? hundreds?) are used SOLELY to ferry militants into areas to conduct rocket attacks, which happens relatively rarely, and are NEVER used to actually smuggle anything of any kind ever ever ever period.
ShadowcatX wrote: "Oh I'm just like SOOOO sure" doesn't approach the level of discourse I expect from adults, let alone count as evidence to the contrary. Please try again, this time with less personal attacks.
ShadowcatX wrote: And once again, everything is Israel's fault and Hamas can do no wrong. My bad. Much better to spend your efforts making tunnels that will get your people killed than to spend those same efforts saving your peoples lives because, obviously, if you can't make everything perfect for anyone you shouldn't try and make anything better for anyone. I know you like to talk about how evil Hamas is, but remember that Israel has an effective blockade set up and an admitted policy of only letting enough food and supplies in so that the population of Gaza is always on the edge of starvation. Maybe tunnels so you can sneak in contraband (i.e. food) is also important.


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I bought the guide book and think it looks healthier than Atkins. Problem is It's tough to find recipes that are "good carb" that will also taste good to my skinny husband who does not need to diet! Anyone have any good ones? |
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I'm not doing South Beach but I got this recipe from the book when I read it. It calls for part-skim ricotta but full fat is so much better if you can stand the fat grams. SOUTH BEACH RICOTTA CREME Mix it up and chill. For variations add cocoa powder or lemon or lime zest. Or, for almond, substitute almond extract and add some slivered almonds. Cook's notes: This is quick and easy and satisfies my need for a little something sweet after a meal. I add extra Splenda for my sweet tooth. Teri |
I am doning the soth beach diet. If you get the book there is some recipes in at. And i have made the Ricotta cream and i like them. I have tryed all of them. Dh don't care for it but he will eat it if i put it in front of him. This is my second week on it. Ilene |
I started last Monday (2/9/04) and I've lost 9 pounds already. Haven't weighed myself this week yet. Anyone have recipes or links to share? I like the ricotta cheese dessert too, Ilene. Especially the vanilla one. Sue |
- Posted by Wanda_Illinois (My Page) on Mon, Mar 1, 04 at 7:35
I have been on the sbd since July. I have lots of recipe sites if you are interested in more. recipes |
Great recipe site, Wanda! New one for me. Yes, please could you post your recipe sites for SBD? I just started on my Phase 2 and love trying new recipes. I'll post a couple of my favorites later today when I get home from work. Maybe we can get this forum a bit more activity! Sue |
- Posted by Wanda_Illinois (My Page) on Fri, Mar 5, 04 at 10:56
Sue, here's another one, but you have to download the recipes. She has alot of great one. She is a member on the sbd website at prevention magazine. Its a great site, lots of info and recipes posted daily. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Southbeach Recipes
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Shake off the Sugar Recipe Site Shake off the Sugar |
Thanks again, Wanda! Great sites - I've been to the Southbeach Recipe site and have downloaded her recipes to try. And I've also bookmarked the Shake off the Sugar one for perusal at a later time. So many recipes to try - I'm 'hooked' on this way of eating!! Sue |
- Posted by Wanda_Illinois (My Page) on Sun, Mar 7, 04 at 20:49
Your welcome! Hope that you enjoy them. I have no problem with this way of eating, it has really grown on me, and its a great diet for dh as he is a diabetic. I am not saying that occasionally, we don't treat ourselves to something not on the sb way of eating, but then its right back to it the next day. |
Thanks for the recipes i have been on it but was off of it this week end we had to go to ARK. my brother in law died and then when we got back we stared over and then today dh is got what every it is going around with a cold and things like that. And he said that his face haret. So when he gets to felling better we will start back on it. Ilene |
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Meet Raymond.
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When I ran into him at the Ferry Plaza, he told me that he spent his youth learning autobody and shop in San Jose. Now he lives in the Tenderloin and rides his collection of his own hand-built, hand twisted two-wheeled works of art around town - the only way he gets the word out.
This Bay Area native and local bike artist has no website, so you have to keep your eyes peeled (and cameras ready) if you want to catch this phenomenal artist of the street as he rolls through town.
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i lurvs this guy!!
he was mi first blog post in 2008, and he kicked my ass - me and the frenchie are way too slow for his awesome bike :D
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Three of my seven hens are now over 6 years old. Only one of the old girls still lays eggs. How long do chickens typically live? Cheryl |
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I think I remember reading that the oldest chicken on record was like 50 years old! Usually they can live to be at least 10 or 15 years old. I'm making mine into chicken patties and soup. |
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Chickens typically live anywhere from 6-15 years, depending on how well they are kept, accidents, disease, etc. Egg laying generally tapers off after 4-5 years and ends around age 6-8. However, I have a 9 year old buff cochin hen who suddenly came BACK into lay this Spring after having ceased laying for about a year and a half. Just before summer we incubated some of her eggs and now have two of her babies running around. :) She has since stopped laying again, but who knows what Spring will bring! Maybe the shameless old fossil will lay again then... :) My longest-lived chicken to date has been a Silver Laced Wyandotte hen who lived to the age of 10 (we got her as a three day old chick). I have several other chickens who have lived with us for nearly that long, but whom we got as adults, so their true age is unknown. I love the old lady hens, they have a total 'dignified grand dame' attitude. :) Velvet ~:> |
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US 5959720 A Abstract A method of color balance determination for use by a color copying apparatus utilizing a gray estimate established as a functional relationship among at least three basic color density values measured from regions within multiple image frames of a film order. This functional relationship is preferably a fitted line to a set of measured density values from which density values from regions of high color saturation have been excluded. To discriminate these high color saturation regions, the color saturation is determined relative to a gray point calculated as a weighted average of minimum density and image average density values. Further improvement in the gray estimate is achieved by limiting the set of measured density values to regions of high modulance ("edge effect") within the image frames.
Claims(11) 1. A method of determining the individually controllable amounts of light in various colors to which photographic copying material is to be exposed in a color copying operation from a length of photographic original material including a series of discrete image-carrying sections comprising the steps of:
individually photoelectrically measuring the density values of the original material in at least three basic colors at a plurality of regions from said series of discrete image-carrying sections of the original material; and establishing a single, multi-dimensional functional relationship among the at least three basic colors, said relationship defining a line representative of an exposure-level-dependent estimate of gray for all of said discrete image-carrying sections of said entire length of original material. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein each region is characterized according to either one or both of color saturation and edge determination, and said functional relationship is established from a subset of said regions from which selected regions are excluded on the basis of at least one of said characterizations.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein regions used in establishing said functional relationship are edge determined regions from which regions having color saturation exceeding a predetermined threshold have been excluded.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the functional relationship is a least squares best fit line based on said density values for regions within said series of discrete image-carrying sections.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the functional relationship is an approximation in the form of polynomials of at least second order.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining sets of minimum and average density values in each of said colors for the length of original material; establishing an initial gray point from a weighted average of said minimum and average density values; calculating color saturation relative to said initial density gray point for regions within said series of discrete image carrying sections; and establishing said functional relationship from a subset of regions which excludes regions in which said calculated color saturation exceeds a predetermined threshold. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein frames of color saturation exceeding a predetermined threshold value are excluded from the establishment of said initial gray point.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein said length of original photographic material has data recorded thereon indicative of exposure of one or more image frames by artificial illuminant and wherein said artificial illuminant frames are excluded from establishment of said initial gray point.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein said length of original photographic material has data recorded thereon indicative of exposure of one or more image frames by artificial illuminant and wherein said artificial illuminant frames are excluded from establishment of said single, three dimensional functional relationship.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said exposure-level-dependent estimate of gray is modified for frames having a percentage of regions of low density exceeding a predetermined threshold percentage.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said method further comprises:
determining a set of minimum density values in each of said colors for the length of original material; determining average density values for each of said frames in each of said colors; and said estimate of gray is modified by proportionate amounts of said minimum and average density values. Description The invention relates a method and apparatus for determining color balance for use in the copying of color original images such as in a photographic color printer. Automatic color photographic printers, such as the CLAS35 printer made by Eastman Kodak Company are known to employ color balance algorithms for determining the amounts of exposure light in each of a plurality of primary colors for use in exposing film images onto copy paper. In the CLAS35 printer, the algorithms rely on film channels with specific parameter values that are uniquely associated with each of the different film types encountered in the population of orders processed by the printer. This requires that a large library of parameter values be maintained and that the parameter values be updated as new film types are introduced. Additionally, changes in the photometric properties of existing film types caused, for example, by film processing errors or film storage at high temperatures or for long periods of time can introduce printing errors that are not compensated for by the film type parameter values. U.S. Pat. No. 4,279,502 discloses a method of determining color balanced copying light amounts from photometric data derived directly from the film without the use of film type specific parameter values. In this method, first and second color density difference functional correlations are established from density values denoting the results of measurements at a plurality of regions of the film strip which includes the original image being copied. These correlations are then used for determining the copying light amounts for most of the originals on the film strip. The light amounts for originals containing illuminant error or color dominant subjects are selected differently using empirically determined threshold values. To be effective, this method requires the establishment of two different, independent functional relationships which may not capture the correct correlation among three primary color densities in the original image. There is therefore a need for a method of determining color balanced amounts of copying light that is based on the establishment of a single functional relationship among the image colors that captures the correlation among the three primary color densities. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method of determining the individually controllable amounts of light in various colors to which photographic copying material is to be exposed in a color copying operation from a length of photographic original material including a series of discrete image-carrying sections, especially from a film strip including a series of color negatives. The method comprises the steps of individually photoelectrically measuring the density values of the original material in at least three basic colors at a plurality of regions of the original material; and establishing a single, multi-dimensional functional relationship among the at least three basic colors representing an exposure-level-dependent estimate of gray for use as values specific to said length of the original material for influencing the light amount control in the color copying operation. These and other aspects, objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood and appreciated from a review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and appended claims, and by reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings: FIG. 1 is a basic block diagram of a film scanner and printer apparatus for performing the color balance method of the invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view of portions of film strips showing splicing of successive film strip orders. FIG. 3 is a three dimensional plot of film density measurements in three basic colors of image frames from a film strip order. FIG. 4 is a plot of film density measurements in a transformed color space useful in describing a method of high saturation color discrimination for individual regions of an image frame. FIG. 5 is a plot of film density measurements similar to FIG. 4 used in describing high saturation color discrimination for entire image frames. FIG. 6 is a diagram of a film image frame showing the operation of edge detection within the image frame. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes film scanner apparatus and numeral 30 denotes film printer apparatus. In scanner 10, a length of film 12 comprised of a series of separate film strips 12a spliced together by means of adhesive connectors 13, is fed from a supply reel 14 past a splice detector 16, a notch detector 18 and a film scanner 20 to a takeup reel 22. Splice detector 16 serves to generate output signals that identify the beginning and end of each separate film order which is made up of a series of original image frames 17 on a single continuous film strip 12a. Notch detector 18 senses notches 15 formed in the film strip adjacent each original image and provides output signals that are used to correlate information generated in the scanner with specific original image frames. Scanner 20 photometrically measures, in known manner, the density values of three primary colors in a plurality of regions on the film strip 12a including the original image frames 17 as well as the interframe gaps 19. The term regions as used herein may be taken to mean individual image pixels or groups of pixels within an image frame. The signals from detectors 16,18 and scanner 20 are fed to a computer 24 which operates to determine optimum exposure levels at a subsequent printer 30. Data signals representing these optimum exposure levels may be communicated directly to a printer computer 32 or may stored on an intermediate storage medium 26 for later use by a printer 30. Printer 30 operates to copy the individual images 17 from the film 12 fed from a supply reel 36 past a print gate 38 to a takeup reel 40. It will be appreciated that scanner 10 and printer 30 may be constructed as a single system in which case the film would be fed continuously from supply reel 14 to takeup reel 40 without interposition of the intermediate reels 22 and 36. In such a case it is only important that scanner 20 be located at an effective distance from print gate 38 that allows scanning of a significant number of original image frames 17 from a film strip 12a before the copying operation commences. For the image copying process, printer 30 is provided with a lamp house 44 which projects the exposure light through a series of color filters 46 and a shutter mechanism 48 which are controlled by computer 32 to control the light amounts in each of the primary colors used to expose the original image frames 17 from the film strip onto a strip of color copying material 50 fed from supply reel 52 to takeup reel 54. An optical system 56 controls the focus and magnification of the image onto the color copying material. As part of the operation of computer 24 in determining the optimum exposure levels, a set of exposure dependent gray values for each film strip 12a is derived in the form of a single, three dimensional functional relationship among the measured three basic color density values, such as Red, Green and Blue. This functional relationship represents an exposure-level-dependent estimate of gray for use as values specific to the film strip 12a for influencing the light amount control in the color printer 30. Conceptually, the functional relationship representing gray is derived by creating a three dimensional scatter plot, of the type illustrated in FIG. 3, which shows a three dimensional scatter plot of three measured primary color densities, such as red, green and blue, within a color space bounded by red, green and blue axes. Although a three-dimensional functional relationship is described herein based on the scanning of the three Red, Green and Blue density values on the image frame, it will be appreciated that basic color densities other than Red, Green and Blue may be scanned to form the basis for the functional relationship. Additionally, the invention is not limited to three color densities since more than three color densities may be scanned. Consequently, in its broadest form, the invention contemplates that a multi-dimensional functional relationship is derived from at least three, and possibly more, scanned color densities of any suitable combination of appropriate colors. The plotted points represent measured density values for the corresponding colors from regions on the film strip 12a. The functional relationship is established by plotting measured density values 60 derived from each of the regions measured by scanner 20 in the three dimensional color space and by then fitting a line 62 through the density values 60 using any one of the many well known line fitting methods, such as the method of least squares. Preferably, the functional relationship is an approximation in the form of polynomials of at least the second order. This fitted line 62 then serves as the exposure-level-dependent estimate of gray for the film strip 12a which is then used to influence the derivation of the optimum light exposure amounts in each color for each of the original film image frames 17. Such derivation is accomplished by use of known color balance algorithms such as the subject failure suppression technique described in the journal article "Modern Exposure Determination for Customizing Photofinishing Printer Response", E. Goll, D. Hill and W. Severin, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 1979). While reference is made to conceptually creating a scatter plot, this is done for ease of visualizing the description of the invention. In actual practice, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the gray estimate is created by inputting the density value data into the appropriate line fitting algorithm being run by computer 24. In the above described method, density values 60 from all of the measured regions in the included group of image frames within film strip 12a were used in creating the scatter plot. It has been found to be advantageous in some instances to exclude data from certain regions when creating the scatter plot so as to improve the accuracy of the gray estimate, i.e. the fitted line 62. For example, regions with highly saturated colors such as represented by points 64 in the plot of FIG. 3 can bias the fitted line estimate. These high saturation regions may be caused by objects in the photographed scene that contain highly saturated colors, an example of which might be a person wearing bright red clothing. In establishing the gray estimate, it is important that the estimate mainly represent characteristics of the film strip 12a without bias from these saturated colors in the scene. It is therefore desirable to eliminate the density values from these saturated colors from the scatter plot used to establish the gray estimate. In order to eliminate the data from regions of saturated colors, it is necessary first to establish a reference point from which saturation values are calculated and then to establish a threshold level relative to the reference point for use in identifying the highly saturated colors to be eliminated. While various techniques for elimination of highly saturated colors may be employed, the elimination is achieved in a presently preferred embodiment by first transforming the density values of the three primary colors into an alternative orthogonal color space in the manner described in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 4,159,174, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. This transformed space is illustrated in the graph of FIG. 4, wherein the three primary color density measurements in three dimensional space are projected onto a green/magenta, illuminant plane which is perpendicular to a neutral axis. Reference point 70 is established in the following manner. From the measured density values of a plurality of regions on the film strip 12a, a set of minimum density values (Rmin, Gmin, Bmin) is determined. Preferably the regions included for this purpose are taken from both the image frames 17 and the interframe gaps 19. The purpose is to identify an area on the film strip where there is no exposure. Normally, this would be expected to be found in the interframe gaps 19. However, it is known that for various reasons there may be some exposure e.g. fogging, in the gap areas and for this reason it is desirable to include the image frame regions in locating the minimum color density values. Next, the average color density values (Rav, Gav, Bav) for all regions within the included image frames 17 are determined. At this point, these two sets of values are transformed into the alternative orthogonal color space of FIG. 4 to obtain green/magenta and illuminant values (GMmin,ILLmin) and (GMav,ILLav) corresponding to minimum density values (Rmin, Gmin, Bmin) and average density values (Rav, Gav, Bav), respectively. The weighted averages GMo and ILLo of these values are derived from the expressions: GMo =αGMav +(1-α)GMmin (1) ILLo =βILLav +(1-β)ILLmin (2) where the weighting values α and β are each between 0 and 1 and are empirically determined from inspection of resulting color prints. Representative values that have been found to give good results are approximately α=0.6 and β=0.25. These GMo and ILLo values establish the reference point 70 in FIG. 4. It may be noted here that, while the method disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,279,502 performs a saturated color elimination using a calculation of saturation relative solely to minimum density (Rmin, Gmin, Bmin), which corresponds to GMmin and ILLmin in the FIG. 4 color space, it has been found that this does not always give optimum results. This is believed to be because the gray point determined at minimum density levels does not accurately reflect the gray point corresponding to normal exposure levels. Thus, it has been found to be advantageous to include a measure of average density of regions from within the image frames 17 in the film strip 12a when determining the values of GMo and ILLo. In calculating the saturation of each of the regions, "i", in an image frame, the measured color values may preferably be transformed into the alternative orthogonal color space resulting in (GMi, ILLi). A saturation value (SATi) for a given region in an image frame is calculated relative to the reference point 70 (GMo,ILLo) in FIG. 4 as follows: ##EQU1## The saturation SATi is then compared to a predetermined threshold value, represented by circle 72. When the saturation SATi is greater than the threshold value, as in the case shown by point 74, the data from this region is excluded in creating the scatter plot of FIG. 3. Data from regions falling within the threshold 72, as represented by point 76, are included in the subset used for creating the scatter plot. In terms of the FIG. 3 plot, this would result in exclusion of widely scattered points 64, while the closely scattered points 60 are included. When the Red, Green and Blue regions are measured in terms of density and transformed to GM and ILL color space, the radius of threshold circle 72 is 0.15 in a presently preferred embodiment. The establishment of this threshold is an empirical determination and it will be understood that other threshold values may be established within the scope of this invention. Although the saturation clipping technique of FIG. 4 is a simple method using a uniform threshold shown by a circle 72 for all color directions (hues), it will be appreciated that it is also possible to have variable threshold values depending on the color direction similar to the subject failure suppression boundaries technique described in the above Goll et al journal article. Highly saturated frames can bias the gray estimate (GMo, ILLo). As a further refinement for estimating the values GMo and ILLo, provision can be made to eliminate highly saturated frames from the calculation of GMo and ILLo. For each image frame 17, the average values GMfav and ILLfav are calculated in a manner similar to the calculation of GMav and ILLav as previously described, except that only regions within the frame are included in the calculation. It will be appreciated that GMav and ILLav are then the averages of GMfav and ILLfav, respectively, for the entire order. Referring now to FIG. 5, the frame saturation is calculated relative to the previously described transformed values GMmin,ILLmin, point 90 in FIG. 5. A saturation value (SATf) for a given image frame in an order is calculated relative to the reference point 90 (GMmin,ILLmin) in FIG. 5 as follows: ##EQU2## The saturation SATf is then compared to a predetermined threshold value, represented by circle 92. When the saturation SATf is greater than the threshold value, as in the case shown by point 94, the values GMfav and ILLfav for this frame are excluded in the calculation of GMav and ILLav. Data from frames falling within the threshold 92, as represented by point 96, are included in the calculation of GMav and ILLav. In the special circumstance in which all the frames in an order are excluded by this frame saturation determination, it will be appreciated that the value of GMo and ILLo revert to GMmin and ILLmin, respectively. As in the case of FIG. 4, the threshold value of circle 92 is determined empirically and in a presently preferred embodiment, a value of 0.25 is used, although other values may be used. One of the effects of the just described frame elimination in calculating GMo and ILLo is that image frames exposed with artificial illuminant, e.g. tungsten illumination, are eliminated. In a proposed photographic system of the type described in commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,229,810--Cloutier et al, data can be recorded in a camera on a magnetic layer formed on the film. This data can include a data flag indicating that a particular frame has been exposed by artificial illumination. This recorded data may be used advantageously in the present invention by detecting the data flag and causing the data values of the corresponding frames to be excluded in the calculations of GMo and ILLo and/or the subsequent line estimate 62 of FIG. 3. To reduce the influence of large uniform areas of density within an image frame that would have the effect of biasing the line estimate 62 in FIG. 3, i.e. the exposure dependent gray, preferably only data from the high modulance regions of an image are included in the scatter plot. High modulance regions are determined by detecting edge regions occurring within an image frame 17. In a preferred embodiment, a filter operating on a 3�3 region matrix as shown in FIG. 6 is used. The difference between maximum and minimum neutral density for all nine regions within the matrix is determined and if the difference between maximum and minimum values, i.e. the "edge value", is below a predetermined threshold value, then the data is not included in the scatter plot. An effective threshold value for this purpose has been found empirically to be 0.2 neutral density in R,G,B color space or 0.2√3 neutral density in the alternative orthogonal color space of FIG. 4. Areas of the image with high modulation tend to correlate well with those areas of the image that contain the subject. Consequently, the use of edge filtering as described above tends to include regions of the image that contain the subject and thus provides an improved gray estimate for color balance exposure settings according to the invention. It will be appreciated that this aspect of edge filtering makes the edge filtering technique also useful in determining neutral (i.e. lightness vs darkness balance) exposure settings and in implementing the aforementioned subject failure suppression technique. In the case of an image frame in which a significant percentage of the regions have density values near minimum density (Rmin, Gmin, Bmin) for the order, i.e. the length of the original material, the color correction determined by the single, three dimensional functional relationship (line 62 in FIG. 3) may not give optimum results for some film types. In this instance, it is desirable to modify the color correction to accommodate these low density frames. This may be accomplished by modifying the color balance point, GMk, ILLk, determined from the line 62 by proportionate amounts of GMfav, GMmin and ILLfav, ILLmin. A presently preferred method for achieving this is to initially transform Red, Green and Blue density values into neutral values in the orthogonal color space of FIG. 4 where the neutral axis is perpendicular to the green/magenta and illuminant axes. The percentage "p" of low neutral density regions within the frame is determined by counting regions with neutral densities that are below an empirically determined neutral threshold, Nt, and dividing by the total number of regions in the frame. A weighting factor "w" is defined as: ##EQU3## where "po " is an empirically determined threshold percentage of low density regions to the total number of regions in the frame. The final balance point GMb, ILLb for the image frame is determined by the following equations: GMb =(1-w)GMk +wqGMfav +w(1-q)GMmin (7) ILLb =(1-w)ILLk +wqILLfav +w(1-q)ILLmin(8) where q is a smoothing parameter between GMfav, GMmin and ILLfav, ILLmin, and have values between 0 and 1. Presently preferred values for use in the foregoing process are: Nt is 0.5 above Nmin, where Nmin is the neutral density of the minimum Red, Green and Blue densities for the length of original material; po is 0.6; and q is 0.5. It will be understood that other values may be used based on empirical tests. The invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment. However, it will be appreciated that variations and modifications can be effected by a person of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the invention. ______________________________________PARTS LIST______________________________________10 scanner12 length of film12a individual film strips13 adhesive connector14 supply reel15 notches16 splice detector17 original image frames18 notch detector19 interframe gaps20 film scanner22 takeup reel24 scanner computer26 data storage medium30 color printer32 printer computer36 supply reel38 print gate40 takeup reel44 lamp house46 color filters48 shutter mechanism50 color copying material52 supply reel54 takeup reel56 optical system60,64 measured density values62 fitted line70 gray reference point (GMo, ILLo)72 threshold reference circle74,76 transformed measured density values (GMi, ILLi)80 3 � 3 region matrix90 gray reference point (GMmin, ILLmin)92 threshold reference circle94,96 transformed measured density values (GMfav,______________________________________ ILLfav) Patent Citations
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I noticed that several programs are having problems linking to files in the My pictures folder. Adobe Photoshop Album (needed inorder to clean out and move on to new software) and a program called 7stacks (an icon link problem) are trying to link to the My pictures folder. They seem to be coded to look for a folder called "My Pictures" However, "C:\Users\username\My Pictures" takes you to the right place in win explorer, until you look at the file path after you hit enter and now it shows as "C:\Users\username\Pictures". Windows keeps deleting the "My " for the actual path. Why is it doing this, and can it be prevented? When I browse to it the folder shows "My Pictures" in windows explorer. But the path says \Pictures and not \My Pictures. how can a folder name be different from its path? I attached a picture to illustrate. I noticed that the library also says Pictures not My Pictures. Thanks, Matt[IMG]file:///G:/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG] |
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The address is C\dadada\Pictures - My Pictures is just a name. You could rename it to ABC and the address would still be the same. That should not have anything to do with your perceived problem - which you should describe in more detail.
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That is by design.
In XP "My Documents" folder was located in the user's profile directory, as Documents and Settings\<user name>\My Documents. "My Documents" was one of the many "Special folders". It was not an absolute path- a user could change the physical location of "My Documents" by right-clicking on the "My Documents" icon, selecting Properties, and entering a new folder location (path) in the Target tab. Vista renamed "My Documents" as, "Documents". The "My" was also done away with from "My Music", "My Pictures" and "My Videos". These folders were now located directly under the user's profile directory (C:\Users\<user name>). In win7, The "Documents", "Pictures", "Music" and "Videos" folders show up in Windows Explorer with a "My" prefix but are actually still stored in the file system without the prefix. |
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I would like to put a small chair in our bathroom to use for putting lotion on feet, etc. I would love to see photos of what others have used. (In my dreams I might even have room vor a VERY small table.) |
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- Posted by mydreamhome (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 10:51
No chairs here, but the tub deck works really well for that purpose :-) |
- Posted by williamsem (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 13:19
The only "chair" we have is the toilet! No room for anything fun in our room. Do you have a pic of the area in question? That usually sparks the ideas here. |
At the moment I have studs, floor decking with floor leveler poured, and a shower floor poured. We had to rip everything out due to water damage. For the last 20 years the tub dek HAS been my seat, but it is a suken tub, so that makes it pretty low. |
- Posted by treasuretheday (My Page) on Sat, Mar 9, 13 at 16:40
Will you have a seat in your shower? That works well as a chair for me and it has the added benefit of being easy to clean up if I spill any lotion. |
We are still on the fence about a seat in the shower. I would like one, but I worry the shower may be too small - 3' x 5'. We will have a shower head at each end. |
Get a teak one that could be in the shower and out side the shower when needed. |
- Posted by tuesday_2008 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 10, 13 at 10:15
I have a vintage cane bottom chair painted black in DH's BR for him to place his clothes when showering/changing. It kind of happened by accident - we brought in in the house from the back porch for extra seating at the DR table when we had company one time and I put it in the BR temporarily. He will not let me remove it now. It was red at the time; I painted it black last summer. I plan to sew a pretty thin cushion for it to add a little fabric design element :), |
Oh - I like the idea of a can chair - and I love fabirc, so the cushion would be fun. Great idea! |
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Research was done to look at the emotional responses to various tracks.
Experts have found that Katy Perry's hit, Birthday, is "scientifically proven" to make you happy.
Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' was linked to excitement and John Legend's 'All of Me' to nostalgia, in the research carried out by Spotify alongside Professor in Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Jacob Jolij.
The idea was to look at the emotional responses triggered by a range of tempos , lyrics, and even the key of different songs.
"The up-tempo rhythm of Katy Perry's Birthday will encourage active movement and dopamine release, which is good for your mood." explained Jolij.
The report also stated that songs like David Guetta's 'Bad' may "help in channelling our angry feelings".
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Opportune time to invest in clean energy for the future
Monthly MA Residential Electric Bills: 2006 to 2012
BOSTON – Thursday, May 17, 2012 – The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) yesterday approved NSTAR's lowest electric rates since 2004, the latest example of how falling natural gas prices have benefited Massachusetts ratepayers. Driven by lower prices for natural gas used to fuel power plants, electricity prices have dropped significantly from their peak in 2008 and 2009, resulting in total household bills reduced by almost 25 percent. Average bills for residential customers have dropped from about $150 per month to about $112 today.
Even though current commodity prices for energy are low, U.S. Department of Energy officials say energy prices are volatile and, over the long-term, likely to increase.
"While lower rates are great news for consumers, we should not break from our commitment to support renewable sources of energy and investing in energy efficiency because Massachusetts sits at the end of the energy pipeline," said Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rick Sullivan. "It is imperative we take advantage of this breather in energy cost increases to redouble our efforts to bring on line new clean energy sources that do not rely on dirty fossil fuels."
In March, DPU approved rate cuts of 19 percent in electric charges for residential customers of National Grid, and yesterday the DPU approved a 16 percent decrease in rates for residential customers of NSTAR. NSTAR's newly approved rates translate into that company's lowest electricity prices since 2004.
"As the state moves out of recession, this is welcome news for residential, commercial and industrial electricity customers," said DPU Chair Ann Berwick. "As the price of the energy commodity continues to drop, we will make sure that utility companies pass these savings on to customers."
The DPU is charged with ensuring that the utilities procure reliable power for their basic service customers through open and competitive bidding, which results in prices that are set for several months at a time and reviews these contracts to ensure that they are in line with market conditions.
"This is welcome news for Massachusetts ratepayers, but there is more work to be done," said State Sen. Benjamin B. Downing, Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee. "We must continue the work of meeting our clean energy and energy efficiency goals in the most cost effective way possible, so this news is not the exception, but the norm."
Demand for energy in expanding economies like China and India, turmoil in the Middle East, and the shift from nuclear energy to natural gas in Japan following the nuclear accident there in 2011 all provide upward pressure on energy prices in the future. The Green Communities Act, signed by Governor Deval Patrick in 2008, sets out the state's ambitious policy to reduce energy costs, diversify sources of power generation away from fossil fuels and promote new clean energy technologies.
Massachusetts lacks indigenous fossil fuel sources and spends $22 billion each year to run power plants, fuel vehicles and businesses, and heat buildings. Of that sum, Massachusetts spends 80 percent on foreign energy sources such as those in other states, Canada, South America, and the Middle East. That's nearly $18 billion in lost economic opportunity that Massachusetts stands poised to reclaim through investments in home-grown renewable energy and energy efficiency such as those supported by Green Communities grants.
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Dear Friends,
Effective immediately, please stop telling me to delegate.
Thanks so much.
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Dear Friends,
Effective immediately, please stop telling me to delegate.
Thanks so much.
I was reading comments about how Deepak Chopra and the male host of a show dominated over Riane Eisler in an interview, and it brought up these thoughts I'll share as food for thought.
First, I wish I'd seen the interview. I love Riane and owe her so much! She's one of my first mentors, having written The Chalice and the Blade andThe Partnership Way, which drew me to this path and I've never left. I learned about partnership and perpetuate that idea often because of her early teachings. My book launch party on Saturday has a theme of "celebrating partnership" and it's a shame the interview went the way it was described.
Myself, I've have worked in several industries where I have had to supervise men. I'll mention two. The first was when I was a Convention Coordinator for a large hotel chain in New Orleans. I actually was responsible for making sure a hotel with more than 10,000 sq ft of meeting space was turned over 3-4 times a day 7 days a week. Our "crew" was a dozen African American men. Me, a white woman, received more respect and enjoyed a team camaraderie with these men - more so than the white men in the administrative office. In fact the other supervisors couldn't understand their loyalty and our team work. They didn't get it was mutual respect, cooperation, partnership. Maybe I instinctively treated these African American men better than the white men they usually answered to here in the South and treated them like people. We developed a sense of pride in our work together and a team spirit. With the white men you had to hold your ground, stand up to them or some, not all, were more likely to steamroll you, overlook you, demean you. However, what was the most frustrating was the superior and entitled attitudes of the management (women and men) brought in from Colorado. They treated all the local management as if we were all stupid - both men and women, even though we had experience running convention hotels and not small boutique hotels like they had previously run. The Food and Beverage Manager - an older woman - treated me worse than any man in the hotel. All these years later I still shudder at the emotion - the tears - that woman provoked in me!
In California I manage property where I have to supervise a lot of white men and men of other cultures as well, a few of which would probably rather have me barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen and despise having to take orders from a woman. I find again you have to stand up, hold your own, speak up. The rules of etiquette I learned in the South when I was growing up - be nice, don't make waves, defer, conform, well, they just don't get the job done. Sure I sometimes get called a bitch or a ball buster behind my back. Once to my face a Telephone Company employee screwing up on the job told me I needed "a good f--k" and maybe then I would shut up - translation: not tell him to do a better job. (Interestingly the phone company send out a representative to make a personal apology to me.)
Of course I get tired of the struggle. Always having to be assertive to be able to do your job effectively - because the buck stops with me. Some men still lack awareness of sexism and white male privilege - because its their normal and they benefit from it. My boss even had to be schooled. But again, here in CA, unlike in the South, I've experienced just as many women dominators as any men in my life - their methods are just a little more insidious. So while I certainly am aware of male privilege, patriarchy, domination - let's not kid ourselves that men are the only ones doing it. Both genders participate. Women have learned well from their male oppressors and engage in what I call patriarchy in a skirt. If I had to tally it up, I've had to endure more bad women than men.
I've read how feminist, Phyllis Chesler, (Woman's Inhumanity to Woman) got a lot of heat for bringing this up - I have her in my upcoming anthology, Voices of the Sacred Feminine: Conversation to ReShape Our World, and I've interviewed her on my radio show, Voices of the Sacred Feminine Radio on Blog Talk. I sincerely hope I don't get flack for saying this. I won't engage if it happens. I've got too much to do. But we have to face the elephant in the living room if we women are going to lead the charge to change the world. We have to figure out how to stop being jealous, petty, competitive and put our collective energy into dissolving the patriarchy. We need to put our personal slights aside and stand in solidarity and partnership. We have empower one another - be that lobster climbing out of the pot that turns around and helps the others out rather than be the one pulling the escapee back down into the boiling water. And women have to take the mantle of leadership and be assertive and not expect it to be handed to us.
Yes, the answer is partnership. It's mutual respect. It's fairness. It's justice. It's not competition, sexism, classism or racism. Among women and men. We have to try to empower one another as women and not have a scarcity attitude there's only so many pieces of pie so we keep fighting for the scraps among ourselves. I know I'm probably being politically incorrect here, but seems important to say. My Sekhmet heart demands it.
Love to you all,
Karen Tate
"Peace and Blessings!"
If you've had a phone consultation with the Queen Mother Imakhu, you're sure to recognize the trademark greeting, along with the joyful cackle. This time, I wasn't following my usual "Call The Queen Mother!" routine which usually involves bringing her a dream for interpretation or seeking guidance in untangling a leadership knot. This time, I was seeking to make her the subject of a blog post, hoping to speak about the nuts and bolts of Priestesshood.
...My friend Peter Dybing has posted this blog, "Killing the Big Name Pagans," at Pagan in Paradise. I tend to get more inspired when writing something responsive to the ideas of others, which often means I just post a long response. When I do that, my thoughts don't make it beyond that feedback form. So today I've decided to post my full response here:
I agree with the opinions expressed in earlier feedback at Pagan in Paradise by Thorn, Peg and Elizabeth. Here are few factoids that inform my opinion:
...I join the chorus of voices reporting on the general wonderfulness of the 9th Annual Claremont Pagan Studies Conference.1 I found the overall quality of presentations exceptionally high, as they were the last time I attended two years ago.
I arrived Friday night after a long solo drive from the SF Bay Area to Los Angeles, through rain and the hairy Grapevine Canyon through the Tehachapi Mountains, stressed and with intense pain between my shoulders. Cranky, in other words. Soon Lauren cheered me up.
Saturday morning's first session consisted of four speakers. Joseph Nichter, an Iraq war veteran, spoke of using Tarot in healing PTSD. I loved his ideas about what he calls "peripheral exploration," wherein the querent draws a single card, places it on a larger sheet of paper, and draws a scene that embeds the image in the card in a larger picture.
There is a conversation topic getting a much-needed dust-off in recent days thanks to both the inaugural speech by US President Obama and a recent blog post by Sierra Club Executive Director, Michael Brune; environmental activism. I've written about how I feel an undeniable stewardship of the planet because of my religious views, which include not only the environment as being sacred, but that as a matter of practicality and selfishness, this is the only environment we have and we need to do everything we can to keep it healthy enough to sustain us, which invariably means approaching our life choices as part of the system and not separate and superior to it.
I'm not usually a big fan of "rotating power."


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Albany, NY – Now on the tail end of spring, animals have been busy all season constructing their summer dwellings. But how closely do we really look at these everyday animals? Professor James Gould has investigated the fascinating buildings made my animals, birds and insects in his book Animal Architects.
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Publisher: | Springer |
Year: | 1990 |
Abstract: | Thermodynamic and transport properties of water and superheated steam at various pressures and temperatures, to 1000C and 100MPa. |
Properties: | Joule-Thomson coefficient; Prandtl number; compressibility; enthalpy; entropy; sound velocity; specific heat; specific heat capacity; specific volume; surface tension; thermal conductivity; thermal expansion; viscosity |
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St John's, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board is conducting a search to fill the position of Director of Commercial, Marketing and Communications.
St John's, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that Richard Pybus has been appointed Director of Cricket.
Jamaica Gleaner article.
MANCHESTER, JAMAICA - The 2013 edition of the Jamaica leg of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Kiddy Cricket camp, funded by Scotiabank, has been hailed a success by chief coordinator Phillip Service.
KINGSTON, JAMAICA - Even at the tender age of 10, aspiring female cricket star, Mahalia Morgan, dreams of one day representing the West Indies team.
Georgetown, Guyana – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board held a meeting at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana on Saturday, July 13.


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Bristol Rovers striker Matt Harrold looks set to be involved when the Pirates face Northampton on Saturday.
Harrold has managed just 20 minutes of competitive football since rupturing his cruciate ligament last September and then suffering a groin injury on the eve of the new campaign.
But having played for an hour in a training ground defeat to Bournemouth on Tuesday the former Wycombe forward is ready to return.
Having struggled for bodies at the start of the season, John Ward's injury worries are starting to ease as Ryan Brunt, Matt Gill and Garry Kenneth have also returned from the treatment room in recent weeks.
Northampton pair Matt Heath and Chris Hackett return to contention for the trip to Bristol Rovers.
Defender Heath has missed the club's last three matches due to a calf injury and has been welcomed back to the fold by manager Aidy Boothroyd.
Midfielder Hackett, only recently back from injury himself, was forced to watch last weekend's frustrating 2-1 home defeat to Torquay from the stands due to a one-match suspension.
Boothroyd is pondering both a change of personnel and system with Town having lost four of their opening five matches this season, but Lewis Hornby (back), Kelvin Langmead (knee) and Alex Nicholls (broken leg) remain sidelined.
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Dontcha love moving? Scrounging in alleys for boxes, running to the store two or three times for yet another roll of packing tape, trying to figure out what to do with a jillion pounds of cardboard once the unpacking's done; I've moved cross country several times, and every time has left me wishing for a better way.
ZippGo is it.
Stackable, reusable boxes that magically appear and disappearas needed, with a green message that will appeal to eco-warriors everywhere? Read on to hear about this magnificently modern resource that helps take the mess out of moving. Please welcome Ash Sud!
- Moving can be a stressful experience. How does ZippGo take some of the hassle out of the packing process?
ZippGo was born out of my own frustrating moving experience just over five years ago. I was moving within San Francisco and had to find cardboard boxes, drag them back to my place, and then spend several frustrating hours on the floor getting tangled up in tape. I knew there had to be an easier way to pack, which led to me launching ZippGo. ZippGo has simplified the packing process by renting and delivering green plastic moving boxes directly to a customer's home. Unlike cardboard boxes, ZippGo's moving bins don't need to be assembled and are ready to be packed the moment they arrive at your door, can hold up to 100 pounds so you don't need to worry about the bottom falling out, and are waterproof so your valuables will be protected during inclement weather. We hand clean each of our boxes after every single use to ensure the cleanest possible box which beats a dirty and dusty cardboard box any day of the week. ZippGo boxes are stackable, nestable, and are up to 50% cheaper than using cardboard boxes. After the customer has moved to their new home and unpacked, we come by and pick up the boxes with a smile!
- As an eco-friendly company, you advertise green boxes and Greenwrap. What makes them green?
I launched ZippGo to offer a convenient and simple way for people who were moving to pack their belongings, but having been a green entrepreneur for over a decade, making it a zero waste solution was near and dear to my heart. ZippGo's plastic moving boxes are designed to be reused more than five hundred times each, which means every ZippGo box over its life replaces five hundred cardboard moving boxes. Since launching ZippGo, we've delivered nearly a half a million of our boxes in the San Francisco Bay Area, thereby eliminating a half million cardboard boxes from entering the landfill. ZippGo boxes are made from 100% recycled plastic and when they reach the end of their life, they will be ground up and recycled into new ZippGo boxes. Our customers are supporting a truly cradle to cradle product. We also offer eco-friendly packing materials like our Green Wrap, which is made from recycled paper and replaces environmentally harmful plastic bubble wrap.
- ZippGo has a lot of great reviews. How long did it take people to realize the benefits of your services?
Once people use ZippGo's boxes they immediately realize how much easier and convenient our boxes make the packing and moving process. Two phrases we hear quite often after a customer has moved with our plastic crates are "I love ZippGo" and "I'll never move with cardboard boxes again!" We're a small local company with a tiny marketing budget, so word of mouth is everything to us. Our customers are amazing people who have helped us grow organically by telling their friends, family, and colleagues about ZippGo in person and online.
- Saving resources, time, and money; ZippGo sounds like a big step forward in eco stewardship. What part of the job puts a smile on your face every day?
I'm proud of the fact that we've grown ZippGo to rent and deliver to homes all over the Bay Area including San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, Marin, and San Jose and to some of the hottest Silicon Valley technology startups and companies. However having a young family myself, I get the most joy when I see families moving with our green boxes and their kids seeing first hand that convenience, saving money, and sustainability can go hand in hand. I love my job!
I wish ZippGo had been around the last time I had to move; second to arguing over what to throw out, boxes were the biggest hassle. If you've used ZippGo, or if you have a carboard horror story to share, let us know about your experience in the comment section.