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Created/Authority to Amend: Vice-President, Finance and Administration
Approved by UEC: 1994/09/12; Approved by BPC: 1994/09/27; Date Effective: 1994/09/27. Appendices referred to below are available in hard copy only. These include the list of contacts with their phone numbers (Appendix A), various greetings for phonemail messages (Appendix B), a chart listing key personnel identified in the decision and communication processes (Appendix C), and various web site messages (Appendix D). This procedure was revised 1996/01/30, 2003/11/05, 2007/11/16 and 2011/06/15.
Approval Authority: Vice-President Finance and Administration
Signature: Gary Brewer
Description: Deals with decision-making, communications, resumption of normal operating procedures, essential service units, Faculties and departments, special events and limitations. Has associated policy.
Weather Emergency Procedures
I. Decision Making
Where positions are referred to in the following procedures, the responsibilities assigned may be delegated. There shall be no more than one designated alternate for each office and the name of that alternate shall be reported to the Vice-President Finance and Administration (hereinafter referred to as the VP-FA) and the Director Security Services.
The Director Security Services shall be responsible for maintaining the List of Contacts (telephone numbers, etc., see Appendix A) for the "Communications Tree" (see Appendix C), and shall update it at least annually at the beginning of the fall term.
The Director Security Services, on the basis of reliable forecasts of potentially bad weather from Environment Canada, shall place the University community on a "weather watch" by ensuring this information is posted on the CSBO Weather Emergency web site (linked to the main page of the University's web site) and shall apprise the Director, Media Relations and the VP-FA of the "weather watch" status.
The Director Security Services shall be responsible for notifying the VP-FA when weather conditions escalate from a "weather watch" to a potential "weather emergency", which may require the suspension of the University's normal operations and programs.
The Director Security Services shall assess the potential impact on University operations of a weather emergency being declared (at any or all campuses) and shall consult key decision and communications personnel and place them on alert, including the following:
- Directors of Maintenance, Energy Management and Grounds & Custodial Services re: plant operations and implications for utilities and services (grounds, caretaking, etc.).
- Director, Media Relations re: internal and external communications;
- Manager Telecommunications or designate re: appropriate emergency telephone messaging;
- University Registrar re: cancellation of classes and postponement of examinations; and
- VP-FA (who shall also place the VP Academic & Provost and the VP Students on alert) – the VP Academic & Provost shall consult the Directors of the Miles S. Nadal Downtown Management Centre and the Osgoode Hall Law School Downtown Centre;
The Director Security Services shall provide the VP-FA with regularly updated reports on conditions until such time as a decision either to declare a weather emergency or to discontinue the "watch" has been taken by the VP-FA.
The VPFA shall make the decision to declare a weather emergency. Decisions shall be made in consultation with the President and, if possible, with the Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President Students or their named designates for the purpose of this Procedure. The VPFA shall consult the Chair of Senate or his/her designate in a situation where academic classes are to be cancelled and examinations postponed.
When a weather emergency is declared, the decision shall be conveyed by the VP-FA to the Director Security Services who shall determine which phone mail messages to initiate on the University Switchboard as well as the appropriate message for the University web site. The Director Security Services shall record the date and time of the declaration of a weather emergency and ensure the inclusion of this information in the messages. The messages shall be substantially in a form corresponding to the scripted messages included in Appendices B and D hereto.
- A decision to declare a weather emergency shall normally be made by 5:30 a.m. for the suspension of daytime operations and cancellation/postponement of daytime classes, exams and activities (with locations/campuses specified).
- Once a day's operations, classes, exams and activities have commenced, a decision to declare a weather emergency and to suspend operations and cancel/postpone classes, exams and activities (with locations/campuses specified) may be enacted at any time. Wherever possible, a decision affecting evening operations and cancellation/postponement of evening classes, exams and activities (with locations/campuses specified) shall be made by 5:00 p.m.
- A decision to declare a weather emergency and to suspend night-time operations (with locations/campuses affected) will normally be made by 9:00 p.m.
II. Essential Service Units
During a weather emergency, designated Essential Service Units are required to continue to operate under their respective emergency operating procedures.
For the purpose of these procedures, Essential Service Units include, but are not necessarily limited to specified sections of:
- Security Services, including the Security Control Centre which becomes "emergency central" during a suspension of normal operations and programs;
- Campus Services and Business Operations, including Grounds and Vehicles and Energy Management.
- University Information Technology, including Network Operations and Telecommunications.
Employees in Essential Service Units who are on duty at the time a weather emergency is declared shall remain on duty or be excused from duty in accordance with the Emergency Operating procedures established by their respective departments.
At the outset and for the duration of the weather emergency, the senior manager of each Essential Service Unit shall be responsible for liaising with and updating Security Control on the status of his/her respective operation and for confirming the name and contact information (e.g., telephone numbers) of those responsible for overseeing Essential Service Unit operations.
- The senior manager responsible for each Essential Service Unit shall develop and regularly update written procedures for his/her respective unit in accordance with this Emergency Weather Procedure and distribute copies to:
- all employees in the unit,
- the VP-FA
- the Director Security Services and
- the Assistant Vice-President, Human Resources & Chief HR Officer
III. Communications
Decisions concerning the emergency will generally be disseminated in accordance with the communication tree illustrated in Appendix C.
Those so notified shall use their best efforts to communicate with persons in their immediate location and to those persons reporting directly to them until the emergency is no longer in effect.
Communications shall be clear with regard to the status of operations at each of the Keele and Glendon campuses, and the Nadal Management Centre and the Osgoode Downtown Centre.
Key personnel identified in the decision and communication procedure shall:
- take steps to ensure that they can be readily contacted by the Security Control Centre throughout the weather emergency until the weather emergency is no longer in effect;
- ensure that they have access to contact names and addresses, evenings, weekends and holidays for situations in which a weather emergency is declared outside of "office hours"; and
- have a designated, trained "back-up" who can assume their communication responsibilities during vacation or other absence.
The general University community will be informed as follows:
- Director Security Services shall convey the decision to the following:
- Director, Media Relations, who shall:
- call the radio stations listed in Appendix B with the authorized message
- arrange supplementary messages on the University web site, as required; and
- notify the Vice-President University Relations and all offices within the University Relations division.
- Senior Executive Officer, Office of VP Finance and Administration, who shall proceed according to #2 below;
- On-Duty Supervisor in the Security Control Centre, who shall:
- monitor and provide updates of the Campus situation relative to the emergency (e.g., security, personal safety, weather conditions, etc.) to the Director Security Services.
- as instructed by the Director Security Services, assist in contacting those listed below (d. through k.).
- Security Control becomes the University's "Emergency Central" during the suspension of normal operations and programs.
- Telecommunications Systems Manager or designate, who shall:
- ensure that the approved message is initiated on the University's central call processing system (e.g., main University message, University Weather Emergency Line, University Student Information Line, TTYTDD Hearing Impaired Line, etc.).
- Director Custodial & Grounds Services, who shall:
- ensure that essential Grounds and Vehicles services are initiated, restored and/or maintained as appropriate.
- Director Energy Management, who shall:
- ensure that essential services are initiated, restored and/or maintained as appropriate.
- Director, ICT Infrastructure, University Information Technology (UIT), who shall:
- ensure essential computing and telecommunications services are maintained.
- Manager, Library Facilities, who shall:
- close all Library facilities.
- inform the University Librarian.
- The appropriate designate in CSBO, who shall:
- update the CSBO Weather Emergency web site (linked to the main page of the University's web site).
- The appropriate designate of any other institution operating through formal arrangement on the property of York University (e.g., Seneca@York).
- The Assistant Vice-President, Campus Services & Business Operations, who shall:
- inform the York University Student Centre
- notify campus daycares
- notify Seneca@York, Canlan Ice Sports, Tennis Canada
- notify commercial tenants on campus, including food service operators, as well as major Hospitality groups/conferences.
- notify contractors engaged in major construction on campus
- If a decision needs to be made at or after the end of normal University office hours, then the following shall also be notified directly:
- Facilities Coordinator, Miles S. Nadal Management Centre;
- Associate Director, Osgoode Hall Law School Downtown Centre;
- other University units with evening or weekend operations that make appropriate arrangements with Security Services to be so notified.
- Director, Media Relations, who shall:
(At other times, these units shall be notified via their regular decanal or Vice-Presidential channel, as outlined in #2 below).
- Senior Executive Officer, Office of the Vice-President Finance and Administration shall notify the following of the decision:
- The University Registrar, who will arrange appropriate messages on the Registrar's web site and in other electronic media (re: examination re-scheduling, etc.), as required;
- University Secretary and General Counsel
- Office of the President, Chief of Staff, who shall inform all units for which the President's Office is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- Office of Ombudsperson and Centre for Human Rights
- Office of Institutional Research and Analysis
- Executive Director, Employee Relations (Department of Human Resources & Employee Relations) who shall inform:
- CPM employees (via e-mail)
- YUFA, OHFA and CUPE 3903 (formal union notification only)
- Non-academic unions (formal union notification only)
- Assistant Vice-President Human Resources & Chief HR Officer
- Office of the Vice-President Academic & Provost, Senior Executive Officer, who shall inform:
- All Deans and the Principal of Glendon College
- All other divisional units for which the VPA&P is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- College Masters
- Atkinson Centre for Mature and Part-time Students
- York International
- York University English Language Institute (YUELI)
- Centre for Support of Teaching
- Art Gallery of York University
- Office of the Vice-President Students, Senior Executive Officer, who shall inform all divisional units for which the VP-S is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- Sport and Recreation
- Career Centre
- Office of the Assistant Vice-President Enrolment Management & Services, which shall inform all areas for which the AVP is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- Admissions
- Student Financial Services
- Student Client Services
- Office of the Assistant Vice-President Student Community Development, which shall inform all areas for which the AVP is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- Office of Student Community & Leadership Development
- Counselling & Development Centre
- Atkinson Counselling and Supervision Centre
- Glendon Student Affairs
- The March of Dimes
- Office for Persons with Disabilities
- Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Senior Executive Officer, who shall inform all divisional units for which the VP-RI is responsible, including, but not limited to:
- University Research Centres
- Office of Research Services
- Office of the Vice-President Advancement, Director of Advancement Services, who shall notify offices for which the VP-A is responsible.
- York University Development Corporation
- Other departments within the VP-FA Division, including, but not limited to:
- Finance
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Internal Audit
IV. Resumption of Normal Operating Procedures
The VP-FA shall decide when a weather emergency is lifted and normal operating procedures are to resume. In making this decision, the VP-FA shall take all reasonable steps to consult the President and the Chair of Senate (in a situation where classes had been cancelled or examinations postponed) and, if possible, the Vice-President Academic and the Vice-President Students or their named designates for the purpose of this Procedure.
The VP-FA shall convey the decision to the Director Security Services, who shall record the time and date the decision is to take effect, and convey the decision following the procedures outlined in Section III above, as appropriate.
When the emergency ends, the Director Security Services shall notify the On-Duty Supervisor in the Security Control Centre, who shall in turn notify all managers/ supervisors of Essential Service Units and direct them to resume normal operating procedures.
V. Faculties, Departments and Operating Units
All Faculties, departments and other operating units shall develop local procedures to ensure that, whenever possible, staff, faculty and students are informed of the closure of offices, cancellation of classes and postponement of examinations.
- Deans, administrative department heads, and the Principal of Glendon College shall ensure that their respective internal communication trees are updated by September 1st each year and copies provided to:
- VP-FA and
- Director Security Services
VI. Special Events
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Weather Emergency Policy or these procedures, the cancellation of special scheduled events is not required and is not affected by these procedures. Whether or not special events are cancelled is within the discretion of those directly responsible for organizing the event whoshall be responsible for the implications of their decision.
When a weather emergency is declared, each division, Faculty and department shall be responsible for notifying organizers of scheduled special events (within its respective area of responsibility).
Where applicable, organizers shall contact the Security Control Centre to advise that special scheduled events are proceeding and to provide organizers' names and contact information for follow-up contact, if required, during the weather emergency.
- Event organizers may contact the Security Control Centre to obtain up-to-date information regarding campus road and parking lot conditions.
VII. Limitations
These procedures are not intended to cover all possible eventualities. It is assumed that the decision-making and relevant communications will be adapted, as appropriate, to suit the circumstances. It cannot be assumed that all individuals who may be coming to campus or on campus at the time of a weather emergency can be notified of the cancellation of classes and/or postponement of exams.


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US 8046322 B2 Abstract A method of mining data to discover activity patterns within the data is described. The method includes receiving data to be mined from at least one data source, determining which of a number of specified interests and constraints are associated with the mining process, selecting corresponding mining agents that combine search algorithms with propagators from the specified constraints, and finding any activity patterns that meet the specified interests and constraints.
Claims(18) 1. A computer-based method of mining data to discover activity patterns within the data, said method comprising:
receiving data to be mined at a computer framework from at least one data source communicatively coupled to the computer framework;
determining which of a number of specified constraints are available for the mining task, the constraints including a syntactic filter constraint configured to utilize a sequence of modes to filter patterns and avoid generation of patterns with redundant atoms, a semantic filter constraint having a minimum frequency threshold, a sequence of modes and a Boolean expression on arguments in the modes, and at least one of a generation rule constraint, a maximum length constraint, an extended length constraint, and a complex constraint;
selecting corresponding mining agents that combine search algorithms with propagators from at least one of the specified constraints;
finding any activity patterns, using the computer framework, that meet at least one of the specified constraints, each activity pattern including one or more atoms, each atom defined on a predicate that includes one or more typed arguments; and
analyzing the activity patterns, using the computer framework, found to meet at least one of the specified constraints.
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receiving data to be mined from at least one data source comprises at least one of adding new data sources for mining, removing data sources from mining, and modifying data sources.
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at least one of adding, removing, and modifying pattern destinations based on a configuration of the found activity patterns; and
providing mining tasks based on a configuration of the pattern destinations.
12. A computer-based system for constraint-based mining of activity patterns within a framework, said system comprising:
a data input;
a plurality of data mining tools within the framework and operable to run on said system, said data mining tools configured to search data received at said data input for one or both of temporal and spatial patterns for activities of interest within one or more scenarios, each pattern including one or more atoms, each atom defined on a predicate that includes one or more typed arguments;
a plurality of constraints, said constraints based on knowledge and experiences, and operable to cause said system to determine whether one or more patterns satisfies the said constraints, said constraints organized based on a subsumption relationship among the constraints and including a syntactic filter constraint configured to utilize a sequence of modes to filter patterns and avoid generation of patterns with redundant atoms, a semantic filter constraint having a minimum frequency threshold, a sequence of modes and a Boolean expression on arguments in the modes, and at least one of a generation rule constraint, a maximum length constraint, an extended length constraint, and a complex constraint; and
at least one database configured for operation as a pattern repository.
13. A computer-based system according to
specify permissions on each argument for a given predicate; and
specify a maximum number of atoms matching a permission combination allowed in a pattern.
14. A computer-based system according to
a sequence of modes as matching conditions; and
a set of modes used to generate new atoms.
15. A computer-based system according to
initialize the search by creating a single pattern using a target predicate; and
invoke a refining process with the single pattern.
16. A computer-based system according to
17. A computer-based system according to
generate candidate patterns according to the generation rule constraint if the single pattern does not meet at least one generation rule constraint; and
generate candidate patterns according to mode constraints using variables introduced in a splitting atom, and generate candidate patterns by copying atoms that are younger children of the splitting atom if the single pattern meets all generation rule constraints.
18. A computer-based system according to
remove from a candidate pattern set those candidate patterns that do not met at least one of a specified syntactic constraint, a semantic constraint, a generic data independent constraint, and a generic data dependent constraint; and
recursively invoke the refining process for each candidate pattern in the candidate pattern set.
Description The United States Government has acquired certain rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. N00014-06-C-0018, issued by the Department of the Navy. This invention relates generally to data mining, and more specifically, to methods and framework for constraint-based activity mining (CMAP). In many applications, including military surveillance, scientific data analysis, manufacturing processes, and business intelligence, human and/or machine activities have been recorded and analyzed. Often, discovery of recurrent patterns from such activities will provide invaluable insights and enable effective actions in these application domains. Early studies, such as association rule mining and its variations, often assume that all data is stored in a single data table and hence ignore any complex structures among the data. Recently, the data mining community has recognized the need to discover patterns from multiple relational tables, since many datasets have been saved in relational databases for a long time. Different approaches have been taken to discover such patterns. A generic approach is to consider a pattern as a logic clause. However, it is very challenging to develop an efficient algorithm to discover patterns of such generic form. Researchers have addressed this challenge by restricting the allowed forms of patterns and designing special algorithms to discover patterns of the restricted form. A very common technique is to use �mode�, first introduced in PROGOL. This often reduces the valid pattern space significantly, for example, up to a few orders of magnitude. However, a mode satisfaction test often depends on the order of pattern elements, which is usually not significant in determining the semantics of a pattern. For example, a mode on a close predicate can require any atom on close to use only variables introduced in predicates preceding it. This mode is satisfied by Example 2, but not by Example 3, (See Table 1 below) even though the two patterns are equivalent. Hence, the mode restriction must be carefully taken into account when designing the mining algorithms. Often, the mode declaration also specifies the data type for predicate arguments. This data type specification further reduces the pattern search space. For example, the same variable in a pattern cannot assume two different types. In addition, a constant parameter in a pattern should have the correct type as specified by the corresponding predicate. One known data mining tool, WARMR, adapts a mode constraint to discover frequent patterns in first-order logic form. Specifically, a pattern is a conjunction of positive literals. Even though WARMR exploits the mode constraints, which is sometimes referred to as bias, it does not perform or scale well due to the generic pattern formulation. On the other hand, there are some other specialized algorithms, e.g., to discover sequential patterns which are similar to Example 5 (if the starting and ending time of each action are collapsed into a single time point), or to discover sub-graphs which are similar to Example 1 (if airport is considered as node and fly as edge in a graph). Such specialized algorithms may be reasonably efficient, but the forms of restrictions are built into the algorithms, and cannot be extended to handle other forms. WARMR first introduces the concept of a multi-relational activity pattern, called �query�, as an extension to association rules. It uses a level-wise refinement framework similar to the APRIORI algorithm used in association rule mining. The major difference in the WARMR algorithm is in generation of new candidate patterns from existing ones. It uses the typical logic refinement operation: unify two variables, replace one variable by a constant, or add a new atom (a pattern element). WARMR requires that atoms must satisfy mode constraints which in turn restricts the use of constants or variables in each argument. This helps to reduce the search space significantly. Unfortunately, due to the intrinsic large search space (note that an association rule is a degenerated pattern using atoms of a single predicate with a single constant argument), WARMR can only handle very small data sets (with small number of predicates and data records). Another data mining tool, FARMER, improves WARMR with a more efficient algorithm. However, its assumption of unique object identifiers (OIs) in patterns prevents FARMER from discovering many interesting patterns. An improved version of FARMER relaxes the OI assumption (to a weak OI assumption) but sacrifices the efficiency of the original algorithm to some extent. However, even the weak-OI assumption is overly restrictive. For instance, and again referring to Table 1, Example 7 cannot be discovered by FARMER under the OI assumption. Example 7 and Example 8 cannot be discovered at the same time using FARMER under the weak OI assumption (since R has to be specified as OI to discover Example 8 and reverse the specification to discover Example 7). In addition, WARMR or FARMER does not consider other constraints. FARMER improves WARMR by significantly reducing the number of generated candidate patterns, under the assumption that variables in a pattern are object identities (OIs). Two variables in the same pattern cannot take the same value assignment, and a variable cannot be assigned to a constant in the same pattern. For example, in pattern occur(E1, T1), occur(E2, T2), close(T1, T2), the occurrence time of the two events T1 and T2 cannot be the same (even though they shall be close to each other) due to the OI requirement. With this OI assumption, FARMER uses a much simpler refinement operation, that is, FARMER always adds a new atom to the existing pattern in order to obtain a candidate pattern. Combined with the mode constraints, the refinement step in FARMER will generate much less redundant patterns than the WARMR algorithm. In addition, although not explicitly mentioned, FARMER assumes that all atoms in the pattern are �connected� through common variables shared by atoms. It actually exploits this assumption to add atoms that must use one variable in the existing pattern.
In one aspect, a method of mining data to discover activity patterns within the data is provided. The method includes receiving data to be mined from at least one data source, determining which of a number of specified interests and constraints are associated with the mining task, selecting corresponding mining agents that combine search algorithms with propagators from the specified constraints, finding any activity patterns that meet the specified interests and constraints, and analyzing said activities patterns found to meet the specified interests and constraints. In another aspect, a computer-based system for constraint-based mining of activity patterns within a framework is provided. The system comprises a data input, a plurality of data mining tools within the framework and operable to run on the system, the data mining tools configured to search data received at the data input for one or both of temporal and spatial patterns for activities of interest within one or more scenarios, a plurality of constraints, the constraints based on knowledge and experiences, and operable to cause the system to determine whether one or more patterns satisfies the constraints, the constraints organized based on a subsumption relationship among the constraints, and at least one database configured for operation as a pattern repository. The embodiments provided herein describe and specify a software architecture and discovery mechanism for Constraint-based Mining of Activity Patterns (CMAP) framework, operation of which is illustrated by the functional diagram 10 of The CMAP framework incorporates semi-automated, multi-source data mining techniques within a CMAP platform 12 to uncover trends in activity, links among objects, and hidden models of behavior/activity to identify relationships and support intent analysis and COA (course of action) alternatives. The framework includes data mining tools, or plug in modules 14, that support searching vast amounts of data for either temporal or spatial patterns 20 for activities of interest 22 in a given scenario, including developing intelligent agents for data mining. The CMAP framework also supports human-in-the-loop analysis so that users can use appropriate constraints 30, based on knowledge and experiences 32 to select the right data sources and discover useful information for their needs. Additionally, a logical representation 40 of multiple sensor and intelligence sources 42 is utilized in the data mining. As described herein, the CMAP framework also includes data mining agents that support the searching of vast amounts of data for either temporal or spatial patterns 20 for an activity of interest 22. In one embodiment, the data mining agents are plug in modules 14 for the software platform 12. More importantly, the data mining agents (modules 14) enable extensive use of generic constraints 30 to capture rich domain semantics, and are exploited to improve mining efficiency. In order to capture data from multiple sources 42, data is represented as facts from different first order predicates in logic representations 40. In the illustrated embodiment, constraints 30 are used to capture, for example, users' domain knowledge and user experiences 32 to support human-in-the-loop analysis. Temporal and/or spatial patterns 20 for activities of interest 22 are represented as first order logic clauses. Using these technologies, the CMAP system discovers patterns 50 from multi-source data 52 according to various mining requests 54 supported by the mining agent plug in modules 14. Specific to The following figure descriptions are provided to describe major use cases to support the operation of the CMAP framework. Referring to With regard to managing data sources, an administrator 154 knows the potential sources of data for discovering activity patterns, and hence can add 200 a data source to the system so that analyzers 152 can create a mining task using these data sources. Additional data source management use cases include modification 202 and removal 204 of the data source definitions. It is often useful to save the discovered patterns for later analysis, or to notify interested partners of the discovered patterns. To that end, The most important use case scenario for certain users is the ability to create and manage pattern mining tasks. With regard to an analyze discovered patterns 168 use case, illustrated in As shown in To develop 170 a CMAP plug in module, as illustrated by The architectural impact of the development of a develop plug in module use case on CMAP software is to provide clean interfaces and guidelines for developers to develop compatible plug in modules. To provide the clean interfaces, use case development includes identifying the extension points (�outlets for the plug in modules�) such that new plug in modules can be added, specifying the requirements of the plug in modules (through interface definitions in the programming language, and schema definition for the plug in module configuration files), as well as inspecting and using the plug in modules at runtime (through the code development). With regard to an evaluate CMAP 172 use case, as illustrated in A data source 414 (DataSource) may provide data for multiple data tables 404. Data sources 414 are managed and the manager 416 (DataSourceManager) provides a GUI. In one embodiment, the DataSource class is abstract. Concrete data source classes can be added as plug in modules. An embodiment of the CMAP framework provides a basic plug in module, RdbDataSource 420, to handle relational database data sources supporting the JDBC interface. In addition, embodiments of a data source plug in module also provide an editor GUI (e.g., RdbDataSourceEditor 422) and a creation wizard GUI (e.g., NewRdbDataSourceWizard 424). Note that data types are represented as objects instead of classes in CMAP software. For example, there can be different OrdinalType 430 objects, each with a different set of value enumerations. For another example, there can be different TimestampType 438 objects, each with a different time unit. TimeIntervalType 434, TimePeriodType 436, and TimestampType 438 are various examples of TemporalTypes 439. Some classes, such as BooleanType 440 in Additional data types can be added to CMAP as plug in modules. All data types subclass the abstract DataType 412 class, which mandates two methods for obtaining the parent data types and the child data types. In an embodiment, CMAP allows multi-inheritance on data types. In other words, a single data type may have multiple parent data types. For example, PositiveInteger can have both PositiveNumber and Integer as its parent data types. Hence, the parent-child relationship constitutes a partial order on the CMAP data type system. This partial order is important in generating patterns in which the same variable cannot be used in a set of columns (predicate arguments) unless all the data types of these columns have the same ancestor data type (otherwise, it is impossible to assign a valid value for the variable while conforming to the data type requirements in all the columns). In addition, each concrete data type class should also provide a method to convert a value from the internal representation to a string to facilitate the display of the data content and the pattern using that data type. Three classes are used to support the pattern analysis GUI 518: PatternFilter 520 filters patterns by checking an individual pattern; PatternEvaluator 522 calculates metrics for an individual pattern optionally in the context of one or more sets of patterns; and PatternLocator 524 searches patterns from a given set according to a given criteria. An important method associated with predicates 554 is a determination of whether a value assignment for all arguments 556 holds for a predicate or not. This determination can be done by either caching all valid value assignments (CachePredicate 560) or evaluating the assignment through on-the-fly computation (VirtualPredicate 562). For example, inSameDay(T1,T2) returns true if and only if the two timestamps are within the same day. The exact virtual predicates and other representations of predicates may be added to CMAP as plug in modules. An atom 552 in a pattern 563 also includes a list of typed terms 564 corresponding to the formal arguments of its defining predicate 554. These terms are called �real arguments� in programming languages. A term 564 can be either a constant 566 or a variable 568. Different atoms 552 in the same pattern may share the same variable 568. The first atom 552 in a pattern is called the base atom. As referred to herein, a pattern 563 is denoted by the ordered list of its atoms 552 separated by comma, except the first atom (the base atom) is followed by an arrow instead of a comma. For example, �person(P)→fly(P,A1,T1,A2,T2), fly(P,A2,T3,A1,T4), A1< >A2� is a pattern saying a person takes a round trip flight. Here, the predicate fly has five arguments: the person, the departure airport and time, as well as the arrival airport and time. The capital letters represents variables. For another example, pattern �airplane(P)→squawk(P, �ModeIII�, T1, T2), communicate(P, �Tower1�,T3, T4), communicate (P, �Tower2�,T5, T6), close(T1,T3), close(T4,T5), close(T2,T6)� describes a commercial airplane flying between two airports whose control towers have overlapping coverage. The CMAP software supports different types of constraints. A mode (Mode) constraint 610 specifies the permissions 612 on each argument for a given predicate 614, and the maximum number of atoms matching the permission combination allowed in a pattern. The permission of an argument decides whether a constant or a variable is allowed. If a variable is allowed, the permission also decides whether it can occur in atoms before the current one in the same pattern, and whether it can occur in arguments before the current one in the same atom. The permission can also be a reference to another argument in the same atom or in another atom matching another mode. In this case, the matching atom utilizes the same term in the referenced argument and the referencing argument. For example, the mode inSameDay(f,f) means both arguments of inSameDay must be �first reference to old variable�. In other words, (1) only variables are allowed, (2) the variables are introduced by other atoms before the current one in the pattern, and (3) the two variables are different. The permission of an argument can also restrict the data type in the matching atom to be a sub-type of the data type defined in the predicates. For example, the predicate move(L1,L2) describes movements between two locations, and a mode can require that the first location must be an airport and the second location must be a hotel. CMAP uses a sequence of modes to filter patterns, for example, SyntacticFilter 620. Consider a sequence containing two modes, inSameDay(f,f),inSameDay(1.2,1.1), where 1.1 (or 1.2) refers to the first (second, respectively) argument in the first mode in the sequence. Using such a constraint, generation of patterns with redundant atoms can be avoided (since inSameDay is a symmetric relationship). Clearly, a SyntacticFilter 620 constraint is independent of the value assignment of the involved predicates specified by the input data. A SemanticFilter 622 constraint depends on the data, i.e., valid value assignments of the predicates 614. The SemanticFilter 622 contains a minimum frequency (integer) threshold, a sequence of modes, and a Boolean expression 624 on the arguments in the modes. A pattern trivially satisfies a SemanticFilter 622 constraint if it does not satisfy the mode sequence. Otherwise, in a pattern satisfying the mode sequence, for each distinct valid value assignment to the base atom, the Boolean expression 624 is evaluated using all possible valid value assignment to all other variables in the pattern. If and only if the number of times the Boolean expression 624 is evaluated to be true is greater than the minimum frequency threshold, the pattern satisfies the SemanticFilter 622 constraint. For example, in a mode sequence person(v), fly(1.1,v,v), v means �any variable� (old or new), and a Boolean expression count(2.1)/(max(2.1)−min(2.1)+1)>6, where max and min return the maximum and minimum year of the (flight start) time, and count returns the number of distinct (flight start) time. With a minimum frequency of three, patterns can be found involving at least three people that are frequent flyers. CMAP also supports another type of data independent constraints using mode sequences, for example, generation rules. A GenerationRule 630 constraint has a sequence of modes called condition modes and a set of additional modes called generation modes. A pattern trivially satisfies a generation rule if it does not match its condition mode sequence. If a pattern does match the condition mode sequence, it must match one of the generation modes. For example, fly(*,*,*,*,*)→fly(1.1,1.4,*,1.2,*), where * means any term (variable or constant) and fly has five arguments (person, departure airport, departure time, arrival airport, arrival time), requires that the flight in all patterns must be round trip. CMAP supports the maximum length constraint, for example, a pattern can include atoms only up to a given maximum number, since it is often difficult for the user to understand very long patterns. In addition, CMAP provides an abstract ExtendedLength 640 class, which mandates a method that returns an integer, called extended length, for any input pattern. The extended length must be no smaller than (>=) the actual length, i.e., the number of atoms in the pattern. In addition, the extended length of a pattern must be no smaller than the extended length of its sub-patterns (i.e., patterns using a subset of atoms). The ExtendedLength 640 class mandates a related method which also returns an integer, called super extended length, for any input pattern. The super extended length for a pattern must be greater than (>) its extended length, but no greater than the extended length for its super-patterns. With regard to extended length, its properties are utilized for improving mining efficiency. In one embodiment, extended length 640 may be thought of as a minimum length for patterns satisfying some complex constraints and obtained by appending atoms to the given pattern. For example, having all travels start from home and end at home cannot be easily captured in the types of constraints explained above. However, a new constraint type can be added as a plug in module. However, since this constraint is not anti-monotone and therefore it cannot be utilized to greatly improve the mining efficiency. Instead, an extended length subclass is built, which checks for a pattern to see the start and stop locations and decided how many new atoms should be added. For example, for pattern person(P)→drive(P,L1,L2),home(L1), at least one more atom has to be added to get back to home and hence the extended length is four, for pattern person(P)→drive(P,L1,L2), home(L1), the extended length is three since no additional atoms are needed. For pattern person(P)→drive(P,L1,L2), Home(L1),fly(L3,L4), at least two more movement (L2→L3 and L4→L1) are added and hence the extended length is six. The super extended length of a pattern is checked during the mining process, and if it is greater than the maximum length, it is not possible to generate a valid pattern by adding new atoms to the pattern. In the above example, the extended length 640 constraint does not fully capture the exact meaning of the original constraint (e.g., start from home and end at home), even though it provides an efficient filtering step. However, a generation rule can be added such that person(*), home(*)→drive(1.1,2.1,*)|fly(1.1,2.1,*)|ride(1.1,2.1,*)|walk(1.1,2.1,*) to ensure that the travel starts from home, and another rule can be similarly added to ensure that the travel ends at home. Eventually however, a customized constraint is needed to check that all stops are connected and constitutes a simple path starting from and ending at home. CMAP supports a ComplexConstraint 642, which can include a set of constraints, each with different filtering power and computation cost. In one embodiment, the set of constraints is organized using the subsumption relationship among them: a constraint C1 is subsumed by another constraint C2 if a pattern satisfying C1 also satisfies C2. The set includes the �actual constraint�, which is subsumed by all other constraints in the set. The mining algorithm is operable to select a subset of constraints during the mining process, and must eventually apply the �actual constraint�. To provide rich functionality and complex data mining algorithms, the CMAP framework 690 is deployed, in one embodiment, as a standalone application. The CMAP framework 690 may access data from remote data sources and save patterns into remote pattern repositories. The CMAP framework is also operable to send notifications to remote recipient agents, as illustrated in Now referring to flowchart 710, the refine routine first checks 730 whether P already has the maximum length or is restricted by the ExtendedLength Constraint so that no candidate patterns can be generated from P. If so, the refine routine stops 732. Otherwise, the refine routine checks 734 whether there exists a Generation Rule Constraint that is not met by P. If so, the refine routine generates 736 candidate patterns according to the generation rule. Otherwise, the refine routine will first generate 740 candidate patterns meeting the Mode Constraint using new Variables in the splitting atom of P, and then generate 742 candidate patterns by adding atoms that are younger children of the splitting atom. The splitting atom of P is the atom in P directly follows the longest prefix, denoted Pp, of P that meet all Generation Rule constraints. The younger children of the splitting atom are the last atoms of those candidate patterns generated after Ps in the invocation of refine(Pp) where Ps is the pattern comprising Pp and the splitting atom. Once all candidate patterns are generated, all other constraints including SyntacticFilter, SemanticFilter, ComplexConstraint, are checked 750 to remove candidate patterns that do not meet one or more constraints. For each candidate pattern not removed, the refine routine is recursively invoked 752 with that candidate pattern, and the refine routine stops 732. While the invention has been described in terms of various specific embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the claims. Patent Citations
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I bought a blue oat grass last year. Its in full sun and gets plenty of water.
I'm disappointed because it has not sent up any plumes (well maybe one or two) and thats why I got it. I wanted a showy grass. It was expensive and is a big plant. Any suggestions about what could be wrong? |
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How's your weather been? Blue Oat Grass is a cool season grass and requires a cool moist spring to flower fully. If it's been hot and humid, it won't flower well. In my opinion, the foliage form and color is the showy part of this grass. |
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Expensive? Hopefully you didn't pay more than 7 dollars for the plant.... Blue Oat grass is grown more for the foliage, not the inflorescence. In terms of cultivation, the weather, noted by Donn, is part of the culprit. Second, what kind of soil, watering schedule, and fertility is the plant receiving?? The intensity of the foliage color and flower production is held with cool weather, low-fertile soil, and moderate to little watering. My advice is to selects another ornamental grass for the plume selection, and grow the blue oat grass as a knee-high texture plant. |
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I never thought I'd feel the urge to write a memory foam mattress reviews webpage about what personal, hands-on experience tells me is the best sleeping memory foam mattress for the quality and price. . . but here I am, waving the banner! This review focuses on one of the fastest growing memory foam mattress brands in the country. The Bed Boss brand has made a great name for itself because word-of-mouth has finally reached a tipping point about their superior build quality and super-competitive price points. This review is for the "doctor recommended "Visco Heir ET" – one of eight (8) available mattress styles offered by The Bed Boss. These are some of the best memory foam mattress deals available anywhere!
I decided to write this memory foam mattress evaluation on the Visco Heir ET because I felt people need to find out by doing their own research that not all so-called "memory foam" mattresses are made the same. Fact is, the quality/price combination of The Bed Boss mattresses are unbeatable in the memory foam arena – period.
It's hard to believe that Bed Boss mattresses, at their extremely affordable price points, include superior quality build components that compete squarely with Tempur-Pedic® memory foam mattresses that sell for thousands more, but I can tell you from a quality standpoint and personal experience sleeping on Bed Boss memory foam mattresses for years now, that they beat their competition hands-down!
My experience with The Bed Boss Visco Heir ET began when my chiropractor convinced me to get rid of my 9 year old, frumpy, inner spring mattress. When I laid on the Visco Heir ET in the clinic I was immediately reminded of the Tempur-Pedic® brand because I slept on one during a two-week vacation in Florida – more on that later. The only problem I had with my doctor's advice about The Bed Boss mattress was the price – it seemed way too cheap and I felt like something was wrong! But I bought it anyway. . .
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While on vacation, I slept on a Tempur-Pedic® mattress for almost two weeks at a friend's home in Florida in late fall of 2011. Initially, I enjoyed how it felt like I was almost floating. But my experience quickly turned sour because I became uncomfortably warm after sleeping in one position for a while. Body heat allows a good quality memory foam to contour and support virtually every inch of the body's surface area on the bed. However some memory foam mattresses with dated "closed-cell" technology are not as capable of having the mattress "breathe" or dissipate some of that body heat. My own body heat would actually wake me up some evenings making it difficult to sleep deeply. Although the Fall evenings were cool and pleasant outside, I had to take off the comforter and use just one top sheet over me to maintain an acceptable level of comfort. With any other inner-spring bed during that time of year, I would have felt fine with a comforter and two top sheets. Outside of the heat and the outrageous price my friends told me they paid I actually appreciated the way the Cloud Supreme felt like my body was suspended in air. Still, my Visco Heir ET, feels 100% better!
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Microsoft sees Office 2007 coming a bit later
blog The update to the productivity suite will miss its previous mainstream launch target of January.
Microsoft said on Thursday that it is making another slight delay to the planned arrival time for Office 2007. The update had been expected to arrive for volume license customers in October and have a mainstream launch in January.
Now Microsoft said it will be finished by the end of the calendar year and made broadly available sometime early next year.
"Based on internal testing and the beta 2 feedback around product performance, we are revising our development schedule to deliver the 2007 system release by the end of year 2006, with broad general availability in early 2007," a Microsoft representative said in an e-mail. "Feedback on quality and performance will ultimately determine the exact dates."


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1 As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. | 1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. |
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On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:09:34AM +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> >In the case of a GUI fader looking like a real one, is it really
If any of them suggest anything at all, a sliding column does just
the same. If I wouln't *know* I can drag it everywhere, I would aim
for the line dividing the two areas, if only to avoid it jumping to
the clicked position which it very well could. I still have to *know*
it won't if there is to be any advantage.
> The knob stands out as an object of interest and makes it very
Not if you *know* you don't have to aim for it. And then any time
you don't will strengthen that habit.
> Finally, a knob requires "dead" space at the start and end of the
You need some margin anyway.
> Oh, and try a middle-click, sometime ;)
And how are these suggested by the layout and not 'a lie' ?
As for Ardour2's one, I can't count the number of times I've
been fooled into thinking that the meter scale applies to the
fader as well. And that mistake apparently won't go away with
time and use.
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TRANSCRIPT GLC 2437.53.045 George Washington. Letter signed: Rocky Hill, to Major General Henry Knox, 1783 October 8. 2 p. + doc.
[inserted - different hand: Washington] Rocky hill 8th October 1783 –
Dear Sir
Captain. Shaw has handed me your Letter of the 2nd. instant
I have been impatiently waiting the determination of Congress to ascertain what number of Troops are actually to be kept up in the Garrison of West-point during the Winter but I do not see any probability of their coming to a speedy decision – on the contrary – the Members with whom I have conversed seem unwilling to lessen the present force whilst the British remain in the Country and when they will quit it is a matter of uncertainty – I
I shall therefore by this conveyance send orders to Colonel Pickering to extend his provisions for the [2] Winter to the number of 2500 or three thousand men –
Captain Shaw is gone to Philadelphia – by his return I shall reply to your other Letters. –
With great regard I am Dear Sir Your most Obedt. humble Servant- Go: Washington
Maj Genl. Knox [*]
[docket] from his Ex: Genl Washington 8th October 1783.
Notes: Published in Fitzpatrick, John C. The Writings of George Washington. v. 27: 182. *Written on the bottom left of the first page.


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Liberte (Tree)
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Farmhouse | 3 bedrooms | sleeps 6
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Liberte is a child-free haven of tranquility aimed at those who really want to be in a tranquil environment benefiting from a mix of total relaxation and stimulating visits or just one or the other. Some people never leave the house and others are out all the time! Liberte is a large old Quercy stone farmhouse that has been lovingly and stylishly restored, retaining traditional features but providing all mod cons. Liberte is a high quality gite classified with the highest ranking available at the local tourist office . Tree is the principal part of the house, on the first floor with 3 en suite bedrooms and spacious living area. Your occupation of Tree would be as sole residents with the owner on hand in an apartment downstairs. There are 3 further 2 person gites but these are never let out at the same time as Tree. The farmhouse is set in 6 peaceful acres of formal gardens, deck areas, courtyard, woodlands and meadows. However, it isn't isolated, it's just 20 minutes drive from Cahors (& motorway A20 from Paris and Toulouse). Cahors is a big bustling market town and has good access to airports. Lalbenque and Limognes are our local villages (10mins in the car). Those villages also offer food shops, cafés and restaurants. We are 20 mins from the stunning mediaeval hillside village of St Cirq Lapopie with beautiful galleries, shops and restaurants. The whole area offers a wealth of fascinating visits and outings as well as any number of sporting activities - fantastic walking, cycling, canoeing and horse-riding.
In the grounds and gardens, there is ample choice of areas to relax in. The south-garden and the new deck with loungers by the summer kitchen are perfect for sun-bathing and relaxing, good quality sun-loungers, parasols and a choice of 3 outside dining areas are available as well as dining in the apartment. The area is ideal for walkers, cyclists, horse-riders, canoeists, historians, geologists, gardeners, philosophers, lovers of good food an and a deck terrace leading from the kitchen with lovely views. Come to Liberte....Relax, unwind, be sporty, eat, drink and be merry, be touristy...or any combination of the above! The wow factor here is tranquility, luxury, a home from home in a still-unspoiled corner of France.
Size | Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | River Beach on the Lot 18 km |
Will consider | Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month), Short breaks (1-4 days) |
Access | Car essential |
Nearest Amenities | 15 km |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Toulouse 100 km, Nearest railway: Cahors 18 km |
Notes | Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property |
Features and Facilities
Luxuries | Log fire, Internet access, DVD player |
General | Central heating, TV, Video player, CD player, Table tennis, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
Utilities | Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
Rooms | 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 3 En suites |
Furniture | 1 Sofa beds, Dining seats for 10, Lounge seats for 8 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided |
Outdoors | Private garden, Shared garden, BBQ, Bicycles available |
Access | Secure parking |
The Midi-Pyrénées region
The Lot is still a pretty much undiscovered area in comparison to the Dordogne which is a little further north. The countryside remains very much as it was about a hundred years ago. Cahors, a mediaeval town, and its surrounding area offer a wealth of activities and tourist attractions. The Lot river is also a great river for canoeing. You are advised to visit tourist offices in the area to make the most of the region. They are very helpful and well stocked with ideas and brochures for what to do. On the other hand you may just have come to relax and not move around too much - and Liberte is just the place to do that..
Cremps is a small rural village (population 320), set on a hilltop in the Causses du Quercy region of the Lot. Liberté is a lovingly restored traditional stone farmhouse set in 6 acres of wood and meadow 2 kms outside of Cremps.
The house and gardens have been specifically designed to lend themselves to a happy balance of enjoying private time and socialising. Give yourself time to relax, read your book, chat or snooze.
By choice we don't have a pool. So it is a blissfully tranquil, peaceful environment but certainly not too "precious" to have fun in! River beaches, excellent pools and tennis courts are available nearby for you.A wealth of fascinating day trips and outings await you! Enjoy the wine, the food and the company in a corner of France that remains pretty much as it was a century ago.Yet you find yourself just 20 minutes drive from the modern conveniences of our nearby bustling market town, Cahors.There is a wide cultural and musical programme throughout the summer season, details of which are available in the tourist information packet at Liberté, including the Cahors Blues Festival (July).
There are several attractive villages and towns surrounding Liberté (Limogne, St Cirq Lapopie, Lalbenque, to name but a few), making it an adventure to experience the local culture, with food markets in abundance on several days of the week.
The area is ideal for walkers, cyclists, horse-riders, canoeists, historians, geologists, gardeners, philosophers, lovers of good food and wine, and those of you who are simply happy to relax and unwind or any combination of the above!
Chateaux, gardens, caves, adventure parks, museums, galleries and quality shops abound so you are never short of something interesting to occupy you in-between relaxing days in the sunny garden. After a mild and short winter with sparkling frosts and crisp, sunny, blue-sky days (OK it does also rain sometimes!) Spring generally kicks off on March 1 just after the wild violets bloom in February. April and May bring wild irises, plum and cherry blossoms. June, July and August, the rose, lavender, sunflowers and wisteria are in full and colourful bloom and it's the season of village fêtes every weekend with dancing and music! The warm weather generally goes on well into autumn which is full of deep and luscious purples and browns, vivid oranges and yellows dotted with bright and fiery reds - for some (the vineyard owners) the best time of year!
The Lot is a great place any time of the year really. Please take the time to visit Amanda Lawrence's newsletter "The Quercy Diary" to read her evocative jottings about the charms of the local area through the seasons.
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This was the second visit to Liberte, if you want a quiet, undisturbed, beautiful place to stay in an unspoilt part of rural France then this is a must!Chi is the perfect hostess and fluent in French,… More
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Mrs Morgans's warm welcome and discreet yet highly efficient overseeing of everything to make our stay as pleasant and relaxing as possible were greatly appreciated. The property is impeccable, … More
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Liberté is impeccably decorated with lovely homely touches (such as family photos). There is a lovely aura - I always sleep really well when I stay! The decor is clean and modern which really compl… More
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21 and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. | 21 I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged. |
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14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through her husband. Otherwise, your children would be unclean, but as it is they are holy. | 14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. |
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Enjoy fresh, healthy olives, as soon as the very first year! Arbequinas are popular because of their flavor, but they also have one of the highest concentrations of healthy, antioxidant-rich oils. And even a small tree can produce 20 lbs. of olives each year. Plenty for healthy salads, recipes and incredible home-made olive oil.
Beware, not all Arbequina Olive trees are the same. Ours are started from branch cuttings, not seed. This gives you fruit several years sooner. Our growing process is more involved, but gives you a much better product. Plus, your tree is grown and shipped in it's own container with all of it's roots intact (rather than dug out of the ground when you order). So rather than recovering, your tree is growing and fruiting.
Arbequinas are very adaptable and can be grown in all areas of the United States. They're seldom bothered by pests and can easily be grown organically in all 50 states.
Grows Indoors or Out... tolerating cold temperatures down to 12F to 14F. Plant outdoors in growing zones 8-11, and in zone 7 if blocked from northern winds. In northern states, just pot them up in a container and bring them indoors during the harshest weeks of winter. Some people grow Arbequinas indoors all year-round, as unusual house or office plants. We recommend bringing them outdoors, during the summer months, in order to get the most fruit production.
As they age, you get that unique gnarly, muscular look. Landscape Architects have fallen in love with Olive trees. Mature olive trees are sold and transplanted for $10,000 or more. What's great is… you don't have to spend this much, or wait very long. Arbequinas are very fast growers when planted in the ground. They are also easy to prune to a manageable size when grown in containers.
These olive trees are semi-deciduous, meaning they only drop their leaves in extreme cold. If you pot them up and bring them indoors, they keep all their leaves throughout the winter time.
Arbequinas are self-pollinating, so you only need one to produce fruit.
Olive trees have become a universal symbol for health and peace. Backyard gardeners and gift givers have fueled the demand for these trees. We will likely sell out at the end of the season. We recommend that you place your order soon, while supplies are still available.
Place your Arbequina Olive Tree in an area that receives full to partial sunlight. If kept indoors place your tree by a large sunny window. Your Arbequina Olive Tree will adapt to your natural soil even if it's sandy or heavy in clay. Your tree needs well draining soil that is never over saturated. Allow your soil to dry to the touch about two inches between waterings. Don't over water your tree and make sure that it doesn't sit in an area of your yard that collects standing water. Fertilize your Arbequina Olive Tree every year in the early Spring and Fall. Use a slow release fertilizer that's high in nitrogen. Every Spring Your Arbequina Olive Tree will produce beautiful flowers. Green Olives will emerge and ripen in the fall around October. Once your Olives turn a tan to dark purple color they're ready to be picked.
Select a site with full to partial sun and moist or well drained soil for your Arbequina Olive Tree. First, dig each hole so that it is just shallower than the root ball and at least twice the width. Then loosen the soil in the planting hole so the roots can easily break through. Use your shovel or try dragging the points of a pitch fork along the sides and bottom of the hole.
Next, separate the roots of your Arbequina Olive Tree gently with your fingers and position them downward in the hole. The top of the root flare, where the roots end and the trunk begins, should be about an inch above the surrounding soil. Then make sure the plant is exactly vertical in the hole. To make it just right, use a level.
As you backfill the hole, apply water to remove air pockets. Remove debris like stones and grass and completely break up any dirt clumps. Water your Arbequina Olive Tree again after the transplant is complete. To help retain some of that moisture, it's recommended that you place mulch around each plant to a depth of 2"-3" up to but not touching the trunk. Organic mulches such as wood chips also help to better soil structure as they decompose.
Due to cold weather in some parts of the country, we have suspended shipping to the areas that are shaded on the map below. Please view the diagram to determine if your area has been affected. This includes anyone in Growing Zones 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. If you are unsure of your growing zone, visit our Growing Zone Finder. We will resume normal shipping in the Spring. Please see the table below for your approximate ship date. If you live in a shaded area but wish to receive your product(s) now, please visit our contact us page here or call a customer service rep toll free at 888-504-2001.
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Bucks, Thunder, Wolves Make Martin-Ridnour Trade
The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired guard Kevin Martin from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a three-team trade sending guard Luke Ridnour to the Milwaukee Bucks. The framework of the deal was agreed to earlier in the week, and the Wolves announced it was finalized on Thursday night.
Wolves Land Martin & Brewer, Send Ridnour To Bucks
The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a trade with Oklahoma City for guard Kevin Martin that also allowed them to land swingman Corey Brewer in free agency. The Wolves agreed to terms with Martin on a four-year contract worth nearly $30 million last week.
Timberwolves Stand Pat At Trade Deadline
Stuck in 12th place in the Western Conference and four games behind Houston for the eighth and final playoff spot, the Timberwolves declined to make any moves to bolster their injury-plagued roster for the stretch run.
Ridnour, Timberwolves End Road Skid, Beat Cavs
Luke Ridnour scored 21 points, Ricky Rubio added 13 and 10 assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped an eight-game road losing streak, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-92 on Monday night.
Balanced Timberwolves Dispel Magic 90-75
Luke Ridnour had 19 points and five rebounds, and Greg Stiemsma got the rout started with six straight points to end the third quarter in a 90-75 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
Nuggets Beat Wolves To Lock Down 6th Seed In West
JaVale McGee scored 19 points to help the Denver Nuggets lock down the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoffs with a 131-102 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night.
Wolves Shut Love Down For Rest Of Season
Kevin Love has passed all concussion tests and been cleared by the NBA to return to the court, but the Minnesota Timberwolves aren't about to take any chances with the new face of their franchise.
Ridnour Named Finalist For NBA Sportsmanship Award
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Luke Ridnour is one of six finalists for the NBA's annual sportsmanship award.
Ridnour Out, Barea Returns For Timberwolves
One point guard returns just as another leaves for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Love Powers Wolves To 117-100 Win Over Nuggets
Kevin Love followed up his 51-point game with 30 points and 21 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 117-100 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
Hayward, Millsap Get Jazz Past Timberwolves In OT
Paul Millsap watched his potential game-winning layup roll off the rim at the end of regulation and hung his head in disbelief. He then promised himself he wouldn't let this game get away in overtime.
Timberwolves Update
The Timberwolves overcame turnovers, terrible shooting and double-digit deficits in the 2nd and 4th quarters to steal one from the Utah Jazz Wednesday night at Target Center and head to the All-Star Break with a .500 record. What lies ahead for the Wolves and a quick peek back at the first half of the season.
Ridnour's Buzzer-Beater Lifts Wolves Past Jazz
Luke Ridnour hit a floater in the lane at the buzzer, capping Minnesota's comeback from 18 points down in the fourth quarter as the Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz 100-98 on Wednesday night.
Grizzlies End 3-Game Skid, Beat Timberwolves 85-80
Rudy Gay had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Quincy Pondexter added a career-high 17 points as the Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 85-80 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Love Leads T-Wolves Past Rockets 100-91
Kevin Love scored 25 points and grabbed 18 rebounds and Luke Ridnour added 22 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves over the Houston Rockets 100-91 on Saturday night.


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Protecting the Top, Hurting the Hungry
On Monday, Senate Republicans voted to block the Buffett Rule. As the President said, "The Buffett Rule is common sense. At a time when we have significant deficits to close and serious investments to make to strengthen our economy, we simply cannot afford to keep spending money on tax cuts that the wealthiest Americans don't need and didn't ask for. But it's also about basic fairness – it's just plain wrong that millions of middle-class Americans pay a higher share of their income in taxes than some millionaires and billionaires. America prospers when we're all in it together and everyone has the opportunity to succeed."
Unfortunately, this week we'll see a similar turn from common sense and fairness in another area: agriculture.
The House Agriculture Committee is marking up its fast-track budget reconciliation proposal to achieve $33 billion in savings.
According to this story, the committee's majority proposal will not reduce farm subsidies. While everybody recognizes the critical importance of a strong farm safety net, we can protect farmers while contributing to deficit reduction. That's why folks on both sides of the aisle have proposed that we end taxpayer subsidies to individuals who don't need them. The committee's fast-track bill doesn't touch these subsidies – even for individuals who make more than $1 million a year.
Instead, the committee is looking to find more than $33 billion in cuts from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—formerly known as Food Stamps—which provides support for millions of families struggling to get by.
Under one of the committee's proposals, more than 3 million low-income children, seniors, people with disabilities, and other Americans would lose SNAP assistance in 2013. About two-thirds of those disqualified are in working households. Many families would be disqualified because they have set aside very modest savings, as little as $2000. In the past, some conservatives have acknowledged that asset tests punish people for doing the right thing. The committee proposal would do just that.Under this proposal, hundreds of thousands of kids would also lose their free school lunches, which are sometimes their only consistent meal each day.
Looking further into the future, beginning in 2016, the House Republican budget resolution proposes to cut over $120 billion from SNAP in the course of block-granting it. We don't have details, but unless cash-strapped states come up with new resources, these cuts would need to be absorbed by cutting benefits, cutting eligibility, or both. If savings were absorbed entirely in benefit cuts, the average participant would lose approximately $400 in SNAP benefits in 2016. The average household would lose more than $900. Forty-one million nationwide could face a cut in benefits.
Like the rest of the House Republican Budget, the Agriculture Committee's proposal fails to make the investments we need to build a healthy future for our nation and support a strong middle class. Budgeting ought to be about balance. Instead of focusing cuts on those who are working hard to make ends meet, we should be asking all Americans to do their part.
To see what the House budget cuts to SNAP would mean in your state, see this chart. The first column reflects the impact of the one proposal described above, the elimination of so-called categorical eligibility. The second column shows the number of people who would be eligible for benefits under current rules in 2016—benefits that would average about $400 less per person if the House's block grant proposal were enacted.
Heather Higginbottom is Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
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30 For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light." | 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." |
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |