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Radiant Garden
Radiant Garden, also known as The Radiant Garden, is a world in Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. It is also featured in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. Radiant Garden is the home world of many Final Fantasy characters within the series, as well as the original home world of Kairi and Ansem the Wise. A ruined incarnation of this world appears in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts coded, under the name "Hollow Bastion", consisting primarily of the castle that lies in the center of the world, with the areas outside mostly destroyed. Even after its restoration, it continues to go by this name until the events of Kingdom Hearts II. After the world was reduced to just the castle, following an assault by the Heartless, it is called simply "Hollow Bastion". It regains its name in Kingdom Hearts II after Tron finds a record of its former glory in the computer's database and shows everyone how the town used to look, causing everyone from the Radiant Garden to remember its name. This world is run by Ansem the Wise and the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee in Kingdom Hearts II. As the ruined Hollow Bastion, the world is controlled by Maleficent. In Kingdom Hearts II, the Radiant Garden plays a similar role to Traverse Town from Kingdom Hearts, as a sort of "home base" for Sora before his return to the Destiny Islands. Settings and Areas[edit]Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]The Central Square is a square located in the middle of the world. Going northwest will take the player to the Garden. Going east, the player will find a flight of stairs leads to the Front Doors. Another flight of stairs going up will take the player to Ansem the Wise's Castle. Back from the square, going east takes the player to the Castle Town. From here, the player can access Merlin's House. Once the player leaves the Castle Town, there is a path that will lead them to the Fountain Court. The upper section (not the middle) of this place is the Aqueduct, Radiant Garden's irrigation system. Past this place is the world's Reactor. The Central Square has another door, past two flights of stairs, one on either side, which will take the player to the Entryway. Past that are the Outer Gardens. There is a secret door in the middle of this place, which leads to the Purification Facility, which is situated below the gardens. Kingdom Hearts II[edit]The Town[edit]Sora first arrives in the Radiant Garden (still known as Hollow Bastion at the time) at the Marketplace which houses the world's Moogle shop, as well as Scrooge McDuck and the accessory, weapon and items shops of his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Wedge runs the world's armor shop. Down the stairs past the item shop is the Borough, which seems to be a residential area and where Merlin's House is located. It's also the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee's base of operations and leads to the world 100 Acre Wood. If the player continues, they will come across the Bailey which allows a look of the Villain's Vale and access to the Restoration Site. After the events of the first journey to Space Paranoids, the Bailey is changed, with the outer wall of the city broken down and it becomes possible to walk to the Castle Gate. If the player goes to the Restoration Site, they will find equipment to restore the city. It is also changed after the first visit to Space Paranoids, which allows the player to get two new treasures. At the end of the Restoration Site the player will make their way up to the castle, Hollow Bastion. Outside of the Town[edit]If the player goes to the Castle Gate from the Bailey, there is an old gate similar to the one in Kingdom Hearts. From the Castle Gate, the player will reach the long and winding Ravine Trail that eventually leads to the Crystal Fissure; a small cave-like area with glowing crystals. This leads to The Great Maw, a large area where the Battle of the 1000 Heartless is fought. The next and last area is the Dark Depths where the player can fight Sephiroth after the third and final visit. Villain's Vale[edit]The Bailey has a good view of the Villain's Vale which is an unreachable area in Kingdom Hearts II. It acts as a base of operations for Maleficent and her forces of darkness. After discovering that Maleficent had been defeated, Pete showed up here to see if it was true. He found an empty fortress, but was soon greeted by a Diablo and a resurrected Maleficent. When Sora and co. first arrive in Hollow Bastion, at the base of the Vale is a swarm of Shadow Heartless. Leon and the rest of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee wish to restore the city, but first need to get rid of the Heartless. After the Battle of the 1000 Heartless, the base of the Vale is no longer surrounded by Heartless. The Heartless were amassed together by Maleficent and Pete for their army and then used to attack Hollow Bastion. The Heartless, however, sided with Organization XIII and did not finish attacking the city. Villain's Vale appears in several flashbacks seen in Timeless River. As Maleficent treats Pete badly after his failure, the latter begins wishing he could return to the old days when he captained the Steamboat Willie. In response, the worlds gave Pete a doorway to his past to atone for his mistakes. He shows the door to Maleficent, who orders him to go to the past and destroy the Cornerstone of Light so that they may take control of Disney Castle in the present. After losing Hollow Bastion to the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, she deems the crumbling fortress unworthy, and begins searching for a new, grander castle in which to rule, setting her sights on both Disney Castle and the Castle That Never Was. Cavern of Remembrance[edit]Story[edit]Kingdom Hearts χ[edit]Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep[edit]
Radiant Garden, once known as the "city of light", was a beautiful city of gardens and fountains that lay below Hollow Bastion, a glorious castle kept by a loving king, Ansem the Wise, and his apprentices. Much of the history of the castle is unknown, other than that Ansem ruled from it. The three Keyblade wielders, Terra, Ventus, and Aqua, all arrive in the town at roughly the same time. Terra arrives here looking for Vanitas, but only finds a swarm of Unversed in the town center. He then sees Master Xehanort walking down a street and follows him. Along the way he picks up Pooh's storybook dropped by the wizard Merlin and then sees a large Unversed fly towards a mining area outside town. Aqua arrives here shortly after Terra's arrival. She first meets Scrooge McDuck, who says he saw someone heading towards the castle. She runs to the castle, where she meets a young Kairi being attacked by the Unversed. Mickey then appears from the sky and the two protect the young girl together. They also sense the pure light from Kairi, but Mickey is called away by his Star Shard immediately after he proposes that he and Aqua team up. Kairi offers Aqua flowers as thanks for helping her, and Aqua places a spell on Kairi in order to protect her light should it ever be threatened. Kairi's Grandma arrives and tells her story of the origin of light to Kairi as they head home. Aqua then sees a giant Unversed and chases it through town. Ven, meanwhile appeared in Radiant Garden after Mickey's Star Fragment sent him there, however, he sees Mickey walking towards the castle and follows him to the front doors, but the guards, Dilan and Aeleus prevent his entrance. A giant Unversed appears, causing Ven to chase after it. The guards prepare to follow, but are reprimanded by Even, who says that the boy can take care of himself and also senses that Ven has no darkness in his heart, or rather it was taken out. In the town square, Ven defends Scrooge McDuck from the Unversed so the mister offers him three lifetime passports to Disney Town. Ven thanks him and runs after the Unversed, meeting Merlin along the way. All three heroes arrive at the same place by chasing their respective Unversed. They are surprised to see each other, but first defeat the Trinity Armor that forms. They fight together and win. Ven shares his tickets to Disney Town with his friends. Ven tells of his journey and how he even defeated a masked boy who bad mouthed Terra. Terra knows this is Vanitas and bids him to go home with Aqua. Aqua wonders if Terra has gotten too close to the darkness. Terra is insulted and feels that Eraqus sent her to spy on him. As Terra leaves to follow his own path, Ven displays disbelief to Aqua's claims and goes after Terra, but not before telling a disheartened Aqua that she has changed. Terra enters the lower portions of the castle where he meets Braig, who openly tells him that he has captured Master Xehanort. Terra goes further into the castle to find the last person he trusts, but is approached again by Braig who wants the Keyblade for himself. The two battle, with the captured Xehanort imploring Terra to give into his darkness. Terra eventually does so, and shoots a burst of dark energy that hits Braig's face, giving the scars he appears with later and blinding one of his eyes. Terra and Xehanort form a pact to work together to destroy Vanitas. Terra then prepares to leave, even after Ven wants to come with him. Aqua, meanwhile, left towards the town square, meeting Merlin on the way. In the town square, she meets Vanitas, who taunts her by inquiring about Ventus and then attacks. Aqua wins the battle, but Vanitas escapes, complementing her on her skill, and making an ambiguous comment that she'll be his "Plan B" and finishes by telling her only to get stronger. Ven then arrives, wanting to go with her as well, but Aqua declines and tells him just to go home, she then leaves. Ven, after the battle with the Trinity Armor, passes by young Ienzo, being attacked by Unversed. He helps the boy as Even arrives. The scientist thanks Ven for rescuing the orphan, and also notes that they may be connected in the future. He plays with Terra's old wooden Keyblade, but drops in front of two teenagers, Lea and Isa. Lea challenges Ven, but loses embarrassingly. Isa says it is time that they left, with Lea saying that he and Ven will meet again someday because they are friends now. Isa has no clue as to why Lea is so friendly, but Lea responds he wants to be a part of many people's memories so that he can live forever in the memories of all the people he meets. The two look towards the castle, silently getting ready to do something, they then leave. Reminded of his friends, Ven leaves for new worlds. In the last chapter, Aqua comes to Radiant Garden looking for Terra after creating Castle Oblivion. She finds Terra, however possessed by Master Xehanort's dark heart. Aqua struggles when he tries to strangle her, but she tries to make him remember his true self. Terra cannot overpower Xehanort's heart, leaving Aqua no choice but to battle her friend. Terra awakens the darkness in his heart in the form of the Guardian Heartless. However Aqua proves victorious, and Terra tries to release the darkness in his heart by sending himself to the Realm of Darkness. Aqua jumps in after him wearing her armor as protection. Unfortunately, Aqua realizes cannot save both of them, so she gives Terra her armor and Keyblade to protect him, and sends him back to the Realm of Light, while she stays in the darkness. Terra's unconscious body is found in Radiant Garden hereafter by Braig, who brings Ansem the Wise and Dilan to retrieve the stranger. Terra can only remember the name, Xehanort, causing Braig to smile deviously. They also find Aqua's armor and Keyblade although they are unsure of what it is. Later, Terra, now using the name "Xehanort", has become Ansem's apprentice, and making an ally in Braig. Ansem and Ienzo then walk by, catching the boy's attention and the scientist's suspicion. During the end credits, Lea and Isa are seen getting thrown out of the castle by Dilan and Aeleus. Later, Lea buys two sticks of sea salt ice cream from Scrooge McDuck and shares it with Isa. Kairi is also seen picking flowers and gazing up at the sky above her, while her necklace faintly glows. Between Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts[edit]A year after the battle at the Keyblade Graveyard, Xehanort and the other apprentices overthrow Ansem, and remodel the castle to include mechanical components. The result is a twisted bastion; half beautiful castle, half distorted factory. Maleficent invades Hollow Bastion's world with her Heartless shortly afterwards. Some residents manage to escape, many of whom end up in Traverse Town. However, Kairi is sent into the oceans of the worlds by Xehanort and ends up in Destiny Islands, partly due to the spell Aqua put on her necklace. During her reign in the castle as one of Ansem, Seeker of Darkness's unwilling minions, it is probable that Maleficent either creates or remodels the castle's keep, which has decorations and models of roses and her thorned plants. Kingdom Hearts[edit]Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories[edit]Following their adventure in Castle Oblivion, Riku and Mickey Mouse walk through the Great Maw of Radiant Garden. Riku briefly stops and kneels down, prompting concern from Mickey, but Riku quickly stands up and they continue walking. Kingdom Hearts II[edit]Sora and his friends reunite with Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid, who have started the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, an organization attempting to rebuild the world that they once lived in. After reuniting with Merlin as well, Leon makes Sora, Donald, and Goofy honorary members of the committee and takes them to view the restoration work on the Bailey. There, after a surprise attack, the party has their first real encounter with Organization XIII in the form of taunts and cryptic messages. After unlocking the pathway to other worlds via his committee card, Sora heads out to search for King Mickey and Riku. The party returns briefly to visit and assist Merlin, who has found Pooh's book, the entrance to the 100 Acre Wood. However, a raid by Heartless damages the book when they try to steal it from Sora's group, leading to Pooh's amnesia and the search for the book's Torn Pages. When the party is called again to Hollow Bastion, they reunite with Cloud, who vows to go after Sephiroth. They then are sent by Cid and Merlin to assist Leon in the Bastion itself; along the way, they meet the Gullwings for the first time. After reaching the Bastion, they first see Ansem's study and are introduced to his seemingly malfunctioning computer system after a brief encounter with Tifa. After an unplanned trip to the Space Paranoids courtesy of Stitch, they finally meet with the King in Ansem's study, who promises to talk after they finish helping Tron. Sora and his party copy Tron's scrambled data, finding out about Ansem the Wise. Mickey explains about Ansem the Wise, his impostor, and the Heartless and Nobodies that resulted, most notably Xemnas. While he explains many things to them, Sora learns that the King can't tell him about Riku. He charges them to go find the missing Riku and Kairi, but there is a sudden explosion outside the Bastion. Heartless and Nobodies begin pouring through a hole blown in the outer wall. Sora's party encounter Maleficent, who orders her Heartless to attack, and the Gullwings, who they trick into joining Leon's side. They also find Sephiroth, looking to fight Cloud. The party makes their way to the Bailey, where they witness the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee, the Gullwings, Cloud, and Tifa's attempts to stop the Heartless, as well as an encounter between Cloud and Sephiroth. Mickey orders them to find Riku and Kairi instead of fighting the Heartless, but Sora refuses and leaps into the fray, joined by Donald and Goofy. Their first encounter is with Demyx, who attempts to eliminate Sora again. They defeat Demyx, and Mickey catches up with them and admits his earlier decision was hasty. An explosion caused by a Heartless causes a boulder to fly at Mickey, but Goofy takes the blow instead and is seemingly killed. Spurred on by his sacrifice, the three jump into the battle, assisted by the other residents of Hollow Bastion. After a short time, it is revealed that Goofy is alright and reunites with them. Together, they work to halt the Heartless invasion. They are triumphant in the end, but are confronted by Xemnas and Saïx who reveals, with help from Axel, Organization XIII's master plot. Maleficent appears and attempts to claim Kingdom Hearts for her own. She helps Sora escape so he can help her find a way to get rid of the Nobodies by sending him and his friends into the Realm of Darkness. There, they find the two clues needed to unlock the identity of Roxas, as well as the way to unlock the second set of adventures in each World. On the third and final main visit to Hollow Bastion, the Master Control Program has taken over Cid and Ansem the Wise's computers, causing the claymores in Hollow Bastion to malfunction and attack the residents. Sora, Donald, and Goofy go into Space Paranoids to contact Tron while Cid works on a program to delete the MCP. When downloaded into the Space Paranoids, the party is able to retake control of Hollow Bastion's computers and restore order. In addition, Tron finds information on Ansem's data of Hollow Bastion's existence before the Heartless came, then reveals it to all residents, reminding everyone its true name and nature: the Radiant Garden. Optionally, Sora and co. find and fight Sephiroth at Villain's Vale after Radiant Garden's chaotic situation is solved. If he is proven victorious, Sephiroth tells him to find Cloud so that they may finish everything once and for all. Cloud and Sephiroth emit in a great battle until Tifa arrives and renews his light, giving him the strength to fight Sephiroth. Cloud and Sephiroth disappear to once again finish their battle. Tifa gives Sora the Fenrir Keychain as token for her gratitude for helping her and Cloud. Kingdom Hearts coded[edit]Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance[edit]Following the demise of Organization XIII, Lea wakes up in the computer room and notices that he has reverted to his original human form. He ventures into Ansem's study, where he finds Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and a now-adult Ienzo. They also take note that Braig and Isa are mysteriously missing, prompting Lea to decide to go and search for them. After Sora and Riku's Mark of Mastery exam, Lea returns to Radiant Garden. Characters[edit]Enemies[edit]Heartless[edit]
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Q: I recently had an accident with a car when I was filtering past a line of stationary cars and one of them suddenly decided to make a u-turn without any indication. I tried to avoid a collision but drove into the side of his car. It clearly wasn't my fault. Now the police have contacted me and want to come to my house to take a statement, which is fair enough, but they have also told me that I don't need to have a solicitor present. I'm a bit wary about this. Am I right to be cautious? Do I need legal representation?
A: When the police speak to people about an accident they can do it one of two ways: either under caution (i.e. you are read your rights and invariably the conversation is tape recorded) or under Section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
As a general rule of thumb, if the police suspect that you may be guilty of a criminal offence they will interview you under caution. This is to ensure that if you say anything that might assist in your prosecution it will be admissible in court. But an S9 statement is simply a witness statement prepared by the police during any investigation, and the general indication is that you are a witness of the events and not a possible suspect as to a road traffic offence.
So ask the police if the statement will be under caution or under S9. If the former then seek legal representation, but if the latter then I would suggest that legal representation isn't necessary.
One thing to be wary of is that an interview under caution doesn't necessarily have to take place in the police station and on tape. It's now quite common in minor motoring offence cases for interviews under caution to take place with one police officer only and in the suspect's home, with your response to questions being noted by the officer on a form.
I would always advise that if the police want to interview you under caution that you have legal representation present.
Q: I was recently involved in a dreadful accident when an old lady walked in front of my car without looking and when the traffic lights were on green for me to go. I couldn't avoid hitting her. It was really upsetting and scary having to deal with it all, the police and everything, but then it got worse when she died. Things have gone quiet on the police front now, but there is an inquest coming up and I've been told I have to give evidence. I'm really scared about going because I know the family hate me for what happened and have been having a go at me through the press and so on. Do I have to go?
A: The simple answer is yes. If you don't respond or if you refuse to go then the coroner can issue a summons compelling you to attend. The inquest may even be adjourned until you do.
At an inquest "any interested party" is entitled to ask you questions. So it's likely that the coroner will recognise that close members of the old lady's family may wish to ask you questions direct even if they have a lawyer present.
But the coroner will make sure any questions asked are relevant and will disallow any that aren't. I've often seen some very "off the wall" questions attempted at inquests I've attended, and at one the family even asked my client about the football team he supported.
But as you were the driver of the bike that caused the fatality, you have a right not to answer any question that "may inculpate you criminally". In other words, since any evidence you give can be relied on in any subsequent police prosecution, if you feel that your answer may give rise to a criminal charge against you then you need not answer the question.
Also, though coroners are not there to place blame on any party, they have the power to recommend a prosecution if they feel your evidence justifies it.
I would seriously suggest that you arrange for legal representation at the inquest.
Q: I have 9 points on my driving licence, all due to speeding offences, and I've recently had another one for doing 49mph in a 30mph limit. This time I have to go to court and I'm worried that I may be disqualified from driving. Will I?
A: The short answer is yes. The reason you've received a summons and haven't just had the usual fixed penalty notice is because the magistrates are aware that disqualification is necessary and so your attendance at court is required.
Any points on your driving licence above 11 mean that you are a 'totter' and will be disqualified. The usual starting period is 6 months but this can be increased or decreased depending upon any elements of mitigation you raise. In cases of this nature, mitigation is the key.
One area of mitigation is to plead exceptional hardship. If, by your losing your licence you and your family will suffer exceptional hardship, then your licence may still be endorsed but you will save being disqualified. One example might be that you drive for a living and so you can't do your job. But magistrates are becoming stricter with this sort of claim. The onus is on you to prove it and you will need to produce evidence. Also, if exceptional hardship is found then you can't rely upon the same reasoning if you get caught again.
There is also the possibility of avoiding points if special reasons are found, for example you were rushing your pregnant wife to hospital. In this example the Court may find special reasons and so your licence is not endorsed.
As your current offence has the possibility of a short period of disqualification instead of points on your licence, the magistrates may be persuaded to disqualify for the offence alone which will still leave you with 9 points on your licence but the period of disqualification will be minimal compared to 6 months as a starting point as a totter.
If you have serious concerns about disqualification, please contact a legal representative.
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Book Review: Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education |
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Writer: Jeff Parker
Art & Letters: Felix Ruiz
Colors: Val Staples
Cover Art: Marko Djurdjevic
NOTE: This review covers only the first story in this issue. Three other classic Marvel Boy stories – "The Deadly Decision" (from Astonishing #5, August 1951) and "The Phantom Pen" and "Unseen Terror!" (from Astonishing #6, October 1951) – are reprinted in this issue.
This issue begins in 1957 with a quick prologue sequence at Timely Comics with Dean and an assistant working on the new issue of the Marvel Boy comic book, touting its recent success and tossing around the idea of adding a sidekick. Just then, a mysterious man shows up and says he needs to talk to them.
Cut to a university campus, where the recently-dismissed Professor Lawson is assaulting other faculty and students with his devolving ray, changing people back into cavemen and other ancient life forms. Marvel Boy arrives and begins to make quick work of the Neanderthals when Lawson commands his woolly mammoth to trample him. Marvel Boy manages to bounce hard light from his wristbands off of the windows of the adjacent buildings to knock out Lawson. Marvel Boy quickly reverses the effects of the ray and restores the victims to normal, to the critical acclaim of some female students. One quickly recognizes him – Violet (Vi for short), whom he hasn't seen for over a year (see events from the previous issue; or better yet, read my review of it)! To make up for their abbreviated date in 1956, Grayson takes Vi in his rocket ship for a quick spin around the globe, ending up in Japan for a romantic dinner for two.
Meanwhile, his actions are observed by the Uranian High Council, who continue to bide their time and commiserate over the fact that Grayson has not questioned them further about not leaving Uranus, and that he should enjoy the next year he has on Earth, as things will change very quickly upon their return.
Sometime later in the South Pacific, an island is being ravaged by a large monster called Orlaa. Marvel Boy responds and attacks the creature, only to discover it is a machine with men inside. Caught off guard, Marvel Boy is subdued and captured by a joint team of Navy and FBI personnel. Grayson is transported to a cell in Washington D.C. on New Year's Day, 1958, bereft of his wristbands and headband. Approached by FBI Agent Lupek (who was present at the interrogation of the Communist spy last issue), Grayson is informed that the agent shut down production of his comic book at Timely. Grayson begins to read Lupek's mind, and discovers that Lupek wants him to work for the FBI as a spy, reading the minds of foreign diplomats and other enemies, and plans to use Vi's safety to get Grayson to cooperate. The discussion quickly turns argumentative, and Lupek draws his gun on Grayson and is about to fire when he is quickly knocked out by a kick to the head from – FBI Agent Jimmy Woo! Woo apologizes to Grayson for the treatment he received and returns Grayson's bands. Grayson explained that he knew from reading his mind that Lupek was working on his own without Bureau knowledge. Woo then recruits him for a special team with an important mission…
Two months later, Grayson is corresponding with the Uranian High Council, who are growing concerned with his continuing adventures with Woo and his team, as it is doing nothing to further to advance the Uranians' cause on Earth. Grayson sees it differently, and also is growing suspicious of the Uranians' true motives for returning to Earth. As the transmission ends, the Council members lament their actions related to Grayson (including the death of his father), but also discuss their plans to replace him with their "reliable" Grayson duplicate.
As Grayson narrates a good-bye letter to Vi, he takes his rocket and visits his childhood home in Germany. He is able to pick up remnant trace memories from the environment, and as he visits his mother's gravesite underneath her favorite tree, he is able to visualize an old memory – a picnic with both of his parents.
This was an enjoyable story, and while Parker only had three issues with which to weave his tale, he still managed to do so without seeming rushed for the most part. The classic reprints are nice, but personally I think I would like to have seen more of Grayson's Earth-bound adventures fleshed out; that being said, Parker makes great use of the space he has, and I am left with a satisfied feeling by the end of the story. It was such a short ride, but it seems like maybe it was intentional, with some room left for further exploration of Marvel Boy's past – perhaps in the new Atlas ongoing series, coming later this year! Bringing Jimmy Woo in toward the end of the issue to bring everything full circle with the 2006 Agents of Atlas series was nicely done as well. Ruiz' and Staples' visual work has matured over the course of these three issues, and served the story very well. If there are any other Atlas "prequels" in the future, I wouldn't be disappointed to see this creative team remain intact and get the call.


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According to Phone Arena, what largely the iPhone 6 will be has been confirmed by a YouTube clip that was uploaded this week. The online video shared information that allegedly came from a site that is dedicated to everything about the next iPhone, said the same report.
It should be noted, however, that there is no way at the moment to verify the authenticity of the details provided.
2 large-screen iPhones
Regardless, the new report is aligned with the solidifying belief that Apple's sequel to the iPhone 5S will come with two different display panel dimensions - the 4.7-inch model that some blog reports referred to as the iPhone Air and the 5.5-inch edition that supposedly will tussle with the likes of Galaxy Note 4.
Both handsets will sport an identical screen resolution of 1704 x 960 bit with varying pixel density. As expected, the first iPhone phablet will boast of a higher 416 pixels per inch (ppi) while its smaller sibling will debut with 356ppi pixels flooding the screen.
Super-slim iPhone 6
In the same video, the following dimension was provided: 138mm x 67mm x 7mm, which somehow backs earlier suggestions that Apple intends to further shrink the iPhone thickness while making light as a feather.
This plan will be realised with Apple using new mix of materials like Liquidmetal alloy, graphene and sapphire that will make up of the final cut that is the iPhone casing. MacRumors reported that Apple chief designer Jony Ive has largely hinted of 'the new materials' that will be part of the 2014 iPhone release.
A beautiful beast
Underneath its aesthetic appeal, the leaked YouTube clip also claimed that the bevy of iPhone 6 killer features will again be fired up by a 64-bit application processor with A8 chip replacing the A7 that came with the 5S last year.
10MP rear shooter
The most notable part of the report is the likelihood that iPhone buyers will get a significant camera bump up with their iPhone 6 purchases as the main shooter of the device will reportedly be updated from 8MP to 10MP.
Also, the front-facing camera will improve from 1.2MP to 2.1MP, which is a possibility that Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac has recently floated around.
And as a form of bonus, the iPhone 6 on its release date, likely on September 2014, will have a 128GB variant that will sell at $400, the Phone Arena report claimed, even as numerous analyst pegged the device's starting price at $200 for the regular model and $300 for the iOS 8-powered phablet - all presumably with contract agreements.


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Two nights ago John got out of bed in the middle of the night while I was feeding Maggie and rewarmed my rice bag. Isn't that so sweet? I'm spoiled.
We spoke in church on Sunday, about Spiritual Gifts. Susan came to our Sacrament Meeting. Maggie crawled right over to her Grandma and sat on her lap.
Maggie has a tendency to crawl away rapidly whenever she is bare-bottomed. She gets her excited face on, her mouth in a big "O" and she can really move. Maybe it's a desire to mark her territory. Last night we were getting her PJs on and she crawled right out the door, then right back in like she'd lost her mind. John said, "Maggie you have BabyD" and I couldn't stop laughing. (Say it out loud.) Heehee.


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Reputations, Relationships and the Enforcement of Incomplete ContractsW. Bentley MacLeodColumbia University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) May 2006 CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1730 IZA Discussion Paper No. 1978 Abstract: This paper discusses the literature on the enforcement of incomplete contracts. It compares legal enforcement to enforcement via relationships and reputations. A number of mechanisms, such as the repeat purchase mechanism (Klein and Leffler (1981)) and efficiency wages (Shapiro and Stiglitz (1984)), have been offered as solutions to the problem of enforcing an incomplete contract. It is shown that the efficiency of these solutions is very sensitive to the characteristics of the good or service exchanged. In general, neither the repeat purchase mechanism nor efficiency wages is the most efficient in the set of possible relational contracts. In many situations, total output may be increased through the use of performance pay and through increasing the quality of law. Number of Pages in PDF File: 53 Keywords: contract, law and economics, reputation, repeated games, incomplete JEL Classification: D86, K12, C7, O17 Date posted: February 16, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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text: Thats his own deal. He very much is into getting the crowd eating out of his hand and has always been known for great mic work so he then did the total opposite of getting over with silence. He really is one of those guys who wants a challenge....which is why this return seems weak. Did he retire the awesome lighted jacket? Shell really does need to borrow that for the Bones fight.


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Found this guy long after he had spotted me, but he was brave, I got within about 10' without his moving and shot probably 40 pics over the course of a couple hours (as I kept coming back).
These owls are "sit and wait" predators, dropping from a perch onto their prey. They feed mainly on that which is most available and may include insects, small mammals, birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, and crayfish. Their lifespan is up to 13 years.
Measurements & Weights:
Wingspan: 18 – 24 in.
Length: 7.5 – 11 in.
Tail: 3.5 in.
Average Weights:
Male: 5.4 oz.
Female: 6.6 oz.
Thanks for looking : )
This is an awesome capture. You must have been thrilled to get so many shots!
lol… That's an understatement : ) He just sat there for hours & I kept coming back just to get a couple more shots – just in case. Thank you, kindly.
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
Wow!!!!! Great shot!!!!!!!!!!
Very much appreciated, SG!
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
What an absolutely incredible shot Daniel – this is just spectacular! How fortunate you were! Perfect setting, perfect composition – wow!!!
I really appreciate the nice comments, lianne. Apparently the Wild Nature Group feels a bit differently about the shot – C'est la vie.
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
You have to be kidding Daniel! Sometimes I wonder about these groups – I had a shot turned down too for reasons I don't understand. But there is a bird group – two in fact – that would love this Birds and Creatures of Flight is one, and the other is Birds-of-Prey/Raptors. Please consider putting them up there.
Thank much, I did submit to the "birds-of-prey" so we'll see : ) Again, thank you for the support!
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
I just love those yellow eyes….. You are so lucky!
Awesome shot Dan!!
Agreed, sometimes it's better to be lucky than good : ) Thank you very much, Kimberly.
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
Awesome capture! The color and clarity are amazing. Superb composition.
Most kind, thanks greatly, Gregory!
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
Great shot, wonderful clarity.
Very much appreciated, Al.
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
very well done… nice lighting and composition
Thanks very much, G!
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
Wonderful bird, wonderful shot. Love those eyes
Thanks kindly, Sharon.
– Daniel J. McCauley IV
Wow, wonderful photo and very interesting info too! Great job Daniel!!
Thank you very much, Jan : )
– Daniel J. McCauley IV


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Iran & Iraq, Approximately 251 photographs, albumen prints and several silver prints, 7 x 9 1/4 to 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches, late 19th-early 20th centuries, mounted in three albums. Est. $3,000-5,000, sold for $22,500. Photo: Courtesy of Bonhams.
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highly anticipated Fine Books & Manuscripts auction. Simulcast to New York, the Los Angeles-based sale was comprised of fine and rare first edition books, maps, manuscripts, ephemera and illustration art. Bonhams is the only auction house to offer bi-coastal previews to Books & Manuscripts clients.
Dr. Catherine Williamson, Department Director, Fine Books and Manuscripts at Bonhams, said of the auction: It was a very good day for a sale, with bidders in the room, on the phone, and via the internet. The large collection of early printed material offered in this sale attracted buyers from around the globe, pushing prices well above expectations.
The marquee lot of the fall sale was a fresh-to-market first edition of the Oudry-illustrated edition of La Fontaines Fables (est. $15,000-20,000, sold for $122,500) 1755-59. This copy is particularly rare and interesting as it was finely colored in the 18th century and heightened with gum arabic.
Williamson said of the book: Colored copies of this title are exceedingly rare, especially in the present copys condition. The market responded accordingly.
Another finely hand-colored book in the sale was McKenney and Halls History of the Indian Tribes of North America (est. $40,000-60,000, sold for $92,500), which is one of the most famous American color-plate books. The idea of assembling the portraits of Native Americans, painted in Washington by Charles Bird King, into a publication was that of Thomas L. McKenney, who enlisted the Ohio writer James Hall to assist with the project. Various setbacks occurred during the process, but the pair produced what is considered by many to be one of the most distinctive and important books in Americana.
Strength in American depictions of the West continued throughout the sale with a fascinating album of watercolors and sketches by J. Bridgham, done on his travels through the West in 1887 and during his visit to Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1886. The most interesting group is certainly the eight portraits of Apache Indians being held prisoner at Fort Marion (Castillo de San Marcos) in St. Augustine. These were the Apaches that surrendered along with Geronimo in Arizona that same year. Other illustrations contained within the album included depictions of Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1887 during the Centennial Celebration; the Humboldt Sink in Nevada and the plains nearby; Green River, Wyo.; scenes in the Arizona desert; a portrait of "an old squaw" in Arizona; and other unidentified views. Bridgham was a skilled amateur and his renderings include much of interest (est. $8,000-12,000, sold for $22,500).
A fascinating assortment of photographs of Iran and Iraq from late 19th-early 20th centuries that seem to have been collected by an American missionary family who lived in Tabriz, highlighted the photographs section of the sale. Rarely seen early subject matter includes the Shah of Iran's grounds and palace (interior and exterior), numerous rulers and chiefs, bastinado scenes, scenes of the bazaar in Tabriz, various types of Iranian residents including dervishes, musicians, a dentist, Armenians and Kurds. The album also includes views along the Tigris River, ruins of Persepolis, landmarks in Mosul, Tehran and Baghdad, group photographs of the missionary family, their church in Tabriz, the Armenian school, the "girl's school" and Shaw Memorial Boy's School in Tabriz, and much else of interest (est. $3,000-5,000, sold for $22,500).
Highlighting the early printed books section of the auction was a first edition of the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, one of the most lavishly illustrated books of the 15th century (est. $20,000-30,000, sold for $56,250). The highly sought after volume contains approximately 1,809 woodcut illustrations printed from 645 blocks.
The artists Wohlgemut and Pleydenwurff are mentioned in the colophon; at the time they were producing the cuts, Albrecht Dürer was apprenticed to Wohlgemut's studio. The illustrations were, in fact, the catalyst for the project. The two artists approached Anton Koberger with the idea for the Chronicle, and, by securing sponsors, persuaded him to undertake the printing. Some 2,000 copies were printed in Latin, followed five months later by a German language edition of the same size.
Additional early printed works included an original leaf from the Gutenberg Bible (est. $30,000-50,000, sold for $56,250) and Albrecht Dürers masterpiece on proportion, titled Hierinn sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlicher Proportion (est. $25,000-30,000, sold for $47,500).
Later items of note included a large and striking original illustration by Arthur Rackham from The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie published in 1910 depicting Brunhilde before she is awakened by the hero Siegfried (est. $20,000-30,000, sold for $31,250).
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The financing judgment is dependent upon a lot of issues; the businesses management and their accomplishments, the items that your company will be offering, the competitive advantages that your business has and what your niche is; and a little bit of luck. Additional Information About Fancy Goods Dealer Business Planning Additional Information About Fancy Goods Dealer Business Planning Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan - Marketing Strategy Your marketing strategy should be positive, coherent, and attainable and must fit perfectly with your overall plan. You will need to evaluate why your advertising will get your company additional sales. Your marketing strategy must be definitive as it is essential to all of the organizational actions in your Fancy Goods Dealer Business. The inability to market precisely and persistently can severely wreck your organization. If probable buyers get an inappropriate, or a contradictory, message then, not only has your company blown its finite time and hard cash, you will have greatly heightened the prospect of your company being ruined as, inevitably, you will have a great deal of costly, unsold, stock and your employees will be continually handling testy customers, stating that they have not received the same items that you are marketing. If the economy is healthy, and consumer demand is superb, then you can afford to wait, but your outlays will be higher than they should be and, as we witnessed in the recession, unsatisfactory marketing together with inaccurate and misleading sales promotions means the opportunity of appealing to satisfied customers is nearly impossible. You should be sure that your ventures promotions is focused on the merchandise your venture will unquestionably offer and are not generating extensive headaches between your business and its clients. At no time should you begin altering every little thing your business does to try and please everybody. You should not be all things to every potential client, unless you have an unlimited amount of money in your bottomless pockets! Marketing, Promotion and Sales Strategies.
Create a timescale for putting into action your marketing, promotion and sales strategy. It is clear that you have to choose the appropriate market for your merchandise; sadly a lot of small company owners totally disregard this and attempt to sell everything to everybody at any price they can get. This makes certain that the company ends up with uncontrollable overheads and far too much inventory, along with sales and customer service employees that are overstretched and cost a lot more than the business earns. Their businesses also have too much stock that they can, at no time, sell for a profit. It really is not significant how persuasive your sales promotion and advertising is, or how proficient you can be at making known the benefits of your goods, your company must fail if you have not found your ideal buyer. The information about the products and services that you offer needs to take into account:
Most companies that go belly up offer a perplexing range of unrelated goods and do not focus on dominating smaller niche markets, where they will have a tremendous competitive advantage. Your market analysis scrutinizes the standing and the direction of your market and must encompass:
A basic misjudgment made by new and small to medium sized business owners is that they collect lots of information off of the web relating to the worldwide market, but neglect their direct competitors for the part of the market that they are concentrating on. Every organization that succeeds became that way by controlling niche markets. It is important for new or small to medium-sized companies to pinpoint their target market and apply all of their finite resources on studying that, instead of the overall market. Your business plan must offer plenty of info about the development within that niche and must be backed by clear and appropriate financial numbers. A Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan must act as the business owners guidebook and pull together the various sections of their organization, says John Pearce, business consultant of the year, The plan must be utilized to examine the ventures products, marketing strategy and its financial progress. It can also be used to evaluate what the ventures employees are doing and will serve as the basis of all of the ventures decisions. Used well it develops into a guidebook for your Fancy Goods Dealer Business. It will work as an employee textbook, a routine reference point and the document that you will measure everything in your business against. Fancy Goods Dealer Business owners that establish a business plan can talk to their bank whenever they require and say, here is our Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan, we need this backing and this is how the venture will be using it. A shrewd Fancy Goods Dealer Business owner can easily bring in people to run their business as everything they need to do is laid out in one report. Pearce, who has assisted in the production of over four thousand, five hundred, business plans in the last twenty-nine years, is absolutely clear that really successful organizations were planned that way. With all of the data now readily accessible online and the necessity for any Fancy Goods Dealer Business to create an exciting and revenue generating online store, it is improbable that any new business would not bother to create a business plan. Twenty-four out of every twenty-five ventures will be unsuccessful, and 96% of all businesses still do not have a business plan, but at least that means the businesses that are failing that much simpler to detect! Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan Market Research Market research is important, if you cannot figure out your market then your company is plainly offering your merchandise hoping, and not being certain, that they will provide revenues. If you have no consumer research you are gambling and taking a huge risk; any market study that you can do should afford you with essential data and guidance. Decent market research compels you and your business to scrutinize:
This knowledge is extremely important to the clients decision making process. If the products that you supply begin to be well-received and grow in earnings are you positive your company has the right people to handle the sales? Expanded lead times for new goods will cause your customers to go to the competition. Have you trialed your new products on probable buyers?
You must make sure your marketing, and accordingly any advertising, precisely set out the benefits your goods provide. In your Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan you should set out where your customers will buy your goods and any commissions that you will pay:
Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan - Products and Services This section of your business plan explains the products and services that you will be supplying, how they should be sold, and your plans for new goods and additional services. Outline information about the products and services your venture will be providing, and provide ideas about future services and describe why you will be offering these new items. Charging the proper amount for their products is often a real problem for many new business owners. Working out the expense of supplying your merchandise can be comparatively easy, but what you charge will be primarily decided by what you competitors charge and by what the current market will stand. The prices you can charge are affected by your companies position in the market and your competitive edge. As long as you have directed your goods and services at a specific area of the market, then your likelihood of receiving the income you are looking for becomes appreciably simpler. Pricing your products and services too expensively causes lost earnings and will soon cause a lot of headaches with cash-flow and stock. Pricing your items too cheaply will generate an increased level of demand and you will be offering your products and services at a decreased margin; this also causes cash-flow complications, and long hours for you and your employees, increasing your fixed expenses immensely. The prices your organization charges should always cover your direct and fixed costs, while still competing in your market, meaning you need to target a niche and zero in on your perfect clients. The prices you charge are not just crucial to your venture achieving a profit but will also create a definitive image of your products and services in your likely customers eyes. Your pricing transmits messages about the quality of the merchandise that your organization provides and how the venture is situated in the marketplace compared to your competition. Whilst you need to clearly appreciate the ramifications of your prices on your revenues, you must also be able to adopt the best pricing plan for the business. Give details of all of the services that your organization might provide customers and spell out details of the services that your organization will be able to provide in the future, along with a clarification about how your venture will build long-term relationships with your clients. Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan - Main Competitors Rounding up the applicable base data must be the initial action that you take when establishing your competitive analysis. Then, chew over the information and use it when writing your competitive strategy. You then should set out the main competitors that you could have for your Fancy Goods Dealer Business. You need to try to be honest about their strong points and their failures. Far too many organizations suppose they only need to open up for business and customers will rush in; what those firms continually forget is that the huge majority of their recently obtained purchasers are another ventures ongoing purchasers The notion that potential buyers will all suddenly switch and buy from you is maybe not going to happen. You should get a picture of who your competition is, and think through why your potential customers are electing to purchase from another organization, before you presume they will rush to buy from your venture. You need to use a rational and open-minded approach when analyzing market data and apply the intelligence supplied to establish an assumption about your competition and the way you will use this material to contest the market productively. In the present market your aptitude to make accurate judgments hinges on being capable of collecting the right facts about the opportunities in the market-place. If your company is going to succeed then you must recognize that your organization will be a dealer in market information, along with being a supplier of goods. A routine basic procedure that should help you when you are assembling data is to produce a file for each competitor, electronically as well as a hard copy. Your business will, in your general day-to-day actions, find pieces of information about your competition. One of your customers might share a rivals prices with somebody who tells you and, then you will see another businesses advertisements. Any time you find a tiny shred of intelligence in respect of any competitors products you must make sure you produce a record. You need to hold these notes in the appropriate file and build a picture of your competition. In this way you will swiftly find out where you are in the market, and get a strong understanding of exactly where you should position your company as well as place your products. Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan - Management Summary Recording your organizations routine operational plans, managerial techniques and plans might not be easy, but the benefits of handling it accurately can assist your organization enormously. Managing the organization badly will inevitably lead to interruptions, shortfalls and cash-flow headaches. A company with a well-prepared operational plan will be guided by efficient staff, that are adept at answering customer enquiries, and supervisors that can quickly teach employees about company regulations and methods. Managing your company is about coordinating your people to achieve your targets and objectives by utilizing the assets adeptly and with a clear result. A lot of company investors make their whole financing decision by analyzing the history of the managers of the company; lenders expect a well-balanced team of suitably qualified professionals with knowledge of all of the activities important to the business. Your management summary should precisely describe who everybody is, and what their duties in the company actually are:
If you are opening a new venture decent people are fundamental to improve the chances of being successful. An entrepreneurs most substantial, and problematic, function is managing people. Your operational plan explicitly deals with the your workings and any resources that are needed to produce your products. Spell out a few particulars about the type of people that you will need to manage your company successfully. Fancy Goods Dealer Business Plan - Financial Summary To guarantee your company obtains the relevant funding, it is vital that you write a plan to enable potential backers to understand the direction your business is taking and when it figures to reach your objectives. Your financial summary will be pored over closely by any financier that reviews your plan. All the beliefs, views and strategies examined throughout your entire business plan form the foundation for funding your organization and must integrate with your financial plans and reckonings. When it gets down to it, all financiers need to know whether your venture can pay the loan back.
Each year, tens of thousands of completely viable organizations fail as they run out of cash by mismanaging their cash flow. This complication is easy to forecast and perfectly preventable. Investors will not scrutinize any plan unless the writer has tried to make it clear the reasons why they need the loan; this should be completed in an organized and clear way. If you are applying for a Government-backed or SBA Loan you need to produce a point-by-point loan proposition for the organization. Grants are accessible for an assortment of business undertakings and include most business types. Grant funding is designed to promote business enterprise and also to create employment and the economy. There are few limits on the ventures that can try to obtain a grant.
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Hao Ma, Dengyong Zhou, Chao Liu, Michael R. Lyu, and Irwin King
January 2011
Although Recommender Systems have been comprehensively
analyzed in the past decade, the study of social-based recommender
systems just started. In this paper, aiming at
providing a general method for improving recommender systems
by incorporating social network information, we propose
a matrix factorization framework with social regularization.
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systems; (2) We interpret the differences between
social-based recommender systems and trust-aware recommender
systems; (3) We coin the term Social Regularization
to represent the social constraints on recommender systems,
and we systematically illustrate how to design a matrix factorization
objective function with social regularization; and
extended to incorporate other contextual information,
like social tags, etc. The empirical analysis on two large
datasets demonstrates that our approaches outperform other
state-of-the-art methods.
Publication type | Inproceedings |
Published in | Proceedings of the fourth ACM international conference on Web search and data mining |
URL | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1935826.1935877 |
Pages | 287–296 |
Series | WSDM '11 |
Address | New York, NY, USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. |


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Linearization and minimization of cyclic error with heterodyne laser interferometry |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 13, pp. 2448-2450 (2012)
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We present a method for the linearization and minimization of interferometer cyclic error. We utilize a polynomial curve fitting and resampling algorithm to correct for nonlinear mirror displacement. In the frequency domain, this algorithm compresses cyclic error into a single-frequency component and enables the precise measurement of cyclic error in a noise-dominated environment. We have applied the technique to determine the cyclic error for a range of interferometer components. In addition, we have used these measurements to optimize interferometer configuration and performance such that we routinely achieve a cyclic error of
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(040.2840) Detectors : Heterodyne
(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
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Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology
Original Manuscript: February 23, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 19, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 20, 2012
Published: June 18, 2012
Terry G. McRae, Magnus T. L. Hsu, Christopher H. Freund, Daniel A. Shaddock, Jan Herrmann, and Malcolm B. Gray, "Linearization and minimization of cyclic error with heterodyne laser interferometry," Opt. Lett. 37, 2448-2450 (2012)
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