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Scenic, private living space close to many interesting things to do, amenities and sights. Learn More
This is a private studio with 500 sq. ft. and it's own entrance and patio in the back of our home next to "green space". It sits in a lovely neighborhood 2 miles from downtown SLO and Cal Poly University. There is off-street parking provided for one vehicle. The studio includes a queen bed, bathroom with shower, dining table with two chairs and kitchenette. The kitchenette includes a small fridge, microwave, full size sink and dishes/utensils and other culinary tools. Coffee and tea with fi...
San Luis Obispo
Comfortable living with a fabulous backyard. Situated 5 blocks from Higuera St. and 4 blocks from wonderful cafes near the train station. This has been my home for 27 fabulous years and it is now time to share it with others, welcome! Learn More
I enjoy being creative in the kitchen, you will find a well stocked pantry, spices and utensils. Coffee, a French press and creamer is provided. There is an outside BBQ (gas) that is for your use. The upstairs is private and there is no access. You will have complete use of main house downstairs and the outside spaces. When guest are here I am not on the premises, but just a short distance away. I will greet you upon your arrival, and introduce you to the house. I will be available for a...
San Luis Obispo
Here is your chance to spend a vacation/week end holiday in a to-die-for guest room in America's happiest city. Your room is a very spacious & comfortable master bedroom suite completely private & occupting the entire 3rd floor of a castle-like home. Learn More
The home is a recently built castle style house located in a choice neighborhood of SLO. It is nestled against a hill where cattle feed in the spring. Your room is a master bedroom suite. It is very spacious and comfortable and completely private, occupying the entire third floor. The suite comes complete with king bed, desk, office chair, and comfortable arm chairs, and a large bathroom with two sinks, separate tub and shower. The windows of the suite invite the brilliant morning light in...
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SMALL quiet and cozy, detached studio/ bungalow which comes complete with your own private fenced yard and is nestled in a prime location just outside of downtown SLO. Enjoy peace & quiet along with all your basic essential needs. Comes complete with your own private shower/bathroom. Learn More
PLEASE READ thoroughly to decide whether this may be a good fit- •Privacy & seclusion with the perks of feeling at home & cozy. •VERY small detached studio/ in-law unit/ bungalow, located at the very back of the drive-way, to the right of the unit 781 1/2. •Includes a large twin size pallet bed. •Private 3/4 bathroom including a shower, toilet and vanity/sink. (Courtesy curtain provided for privacy.) •No kitchen, but does come equipped with a microwave & complimentary snacks. *****...
San Luis Obispo
City vat taxes (10%) will be collected upon arrival. Our pricing is based on beds/rooms used. Each room is $85 if using one bed (all are doubles). Additional people are $15 each if using the same room. If you state your needs (beds and rooms needed) when contacting us we can reduce the flurry of emails! Camping with your own gear is $25/person or $35/couple. Rustic and clean resource conscious home with bohemian ambience. One of a kind place full of collectibles and custom constructions...
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Beautiful home in the hills just 10 minutes from Downtown San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly, and the Performing Arts Center. Guests will have a private upstairs bedroom and bathroom. The room has a balcony that overlooks the mountains and valleys of San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo is about half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco, a great stopping point for California explorers. Montana de Oro and Morro Bay State Parks are about 20 minutes away. Easy day trips can be taken ...
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If you are traveling with someone, or like privacy, this studio delivers the privacy of a hotel with the rate of an Air BnB. Before you go on, keep in mind Madonna Inn is $189 a night and in the same area. Peep reviews, take it from patrons! Learn More
Is really nice and is cleaned by a professional maid after each stay! It includes: - A full size queen bed - A full bathroom - A small cooking area - Scenic views - Wifi - 70 inch projector screen + projector There is no interaction as they are staying in my room when I am on the road! There are four tenants who live in the main house below you who are very friendly if you meet one in passing. However your studio is completely separate from the main house! It is a quiet love...
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Our studio is located in a Spanish courtyard within close walking distance of downtown and of Madonna Mountain. Enjoy the sound of bubbling fountains and the chirping of birds from the lovebird aviary while you enjoy the patio and a modern home. Learn More
Entire studio for rent. This studio is in an AMAZING location. It is conveniently located within a few blocks of the 101 North and South freeway. It is within 5 blocks of beautiful downtown historic San Luis Obispo. It is really easy to walk downtown and enjoy the many wonderful restaurants, sites, bars, and shops that are downtown. There is free parking available on the street. The neighborhood is very safe and quiet. The Spanish studio is in a private Spanish courtyard on the 1st level (...
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This modern studio cottage is walking distance to downtown San Luis Obispo, 2 minutes from Hwy 101, and close to everything SLO has to offer-wine tasting, beaches, Cal Poly and more. Learn More
Our space is nestled behind our home and accessible along the driveway entrance. The space is open and airy, with amazing light from the skylights (for some this may be a time to bring eye masks as the morning light is refreshing). It is fresh and clean and free of clutter. It is perfect for business travel. The kitchenette is clean and convenient with a small refrigerator for holding items during your stay. A french press, hot water kettle, and tea pot are available for use. Coffee, ...
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Full of color, light, art and folk art, our home is in walking distance of Cal Poly (10 min) and downtown (25 min). We're happy to share it - and a mini chocolate and wine tasting - with you! Learn More
We have three bedrooms available. You are looking at Linnea's room, which is a little is smaller than Juliet's but still spacious, bright and airy. It's furnished with a brand-new exceptionally comfortable queen-sized bed, a desk and a chair. Juliet and Linnea's rooms have a shared bath, so we try to rent one room at a time, or to rent both rooms to the same party, but there may be times when you are asked if you mind sharing the bath. During peak season weekends, June-August, it's fairly ...
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The "Irish Hills House" at the top of Prefumo Canyon has the Best View in SLO with stunning 180-degree views stretching from ocean, valley, mountain and cityscape. The quintessential retreat to recharge. Learn More
SAN LUIS OBISPO: "THE HAPPIEST PLACE IN AMERICA" The "Irish Hills House" at the top of Prefumo Canyon has the Best View in SLO with stunning 180-degree views stretching from ocean, valley, mountain and cityscape. This spot is really about the incredible view and guests say that the photos do not do it justice. Our pet-friendly vacation rental has two bedrooms with a king bed downstairs and three queen beds upstairs. We store an additional reserve queen size futon, roll away bed and a 2...
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Enjoy the real SLO experience in one of our beautiful downtown neighborhoods. The studio apt is blocks from downtown SLO & great hiking. The studio offers self catering and incredible views of SLO. Complimentary wine upon arrival! Learn More
Walking distance to hiking, shopping, dining and entertainment. Local vineyards less than 2 miles away. 101 access less than 1/2 mile away. Beaches less than 15 minutes away by car. Separate apartment studio from the house. Private entrance. Studio has full bathroom and kitchen. Wireless Internet. Access to washer & dryer, hair dryer, toiletries, toaster, pan, pot, coffee, kettle, wine glasses, bottle opener, plates, cutlery etc. We can provide you with a printer or scanner if needed, One...
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This brand new duplex unit is just blocks from downtown. City requirements allow rental periods of 30 days or more only. Learn More
San Luis Obispo
Lovely private room, large closet. Full access to kitchen, cozy backyard. Short walk to downtown and many restaurants and bars. Enjoy San Luis Obispo at it's finest. Learn More
Bright and airy private room in a 1906 craftsman home. Enjoy the garden patio with coffee in the morning or glass of wine in the evening or the front porch with a view of town. Walking distance to downtown San Luis Obispo. Located in the Rail Road district blocks from the train station and bike/walking trail. The Mission, restaurants, theaters and bars within walking distance. See Guidebook for a few local attractions. We renovated the home but retained all it's old charm. We are an inter...
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ASK @ LAST MINUTE DEALS 1/2 OFF! Summer Special 3rd Night 1/3 off. Private StudioLoft Apt with Pool & Slide, Kitchen, WiFi, DVD & BBQ. Prepare your own complimentary breakfast! Sleeps 6** on 3 queen/full beds. W/D Available. Your pup is welcome too! Learn More
The pool is warm and ready for you to enjoy after you slip down the new slide. Your accommodations include a full complimentary breakfast for you and your guests to prepare in the privacy of your secluded StudioLoft. Free parking on premises! SLOStudioLoft is located at the northern perimeter of the Edna Valley AVA, and just 4-6 minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo, California. We are about half-way between San Francisco to the north (230 miles, 370 km), and Los Angeles to the south (170 m...
San Luis Obispo
We've designed a luxurious experience from the time of your arrival to your departure. Our guest room is decorated and furnished with you in mind. This is your home away from home, clutter-free and elegant. Your perfect getaway. Learn More
Our separated and private guest bedroom includes a memory foam mattress, and is used exclusively by Airbnb guests. All furnishings: dresser, closet, and desk are empty & await your arrival. For your consideration, we stock the bookshelf with items you may need or desire during your trip & some entertainment (books, games, and magazines). The room also has its own television with access to a list of movies, and access to Netflix and Hulu Plus. There is also a private bathroom immediately adj...
San Luis Obispo
Welcome to San Luis Obispo! 2 comfortable bedrooms with a private bath, an incredible view from the deck (with hottub!) located a mile from downtown and close to Sinsheimer Park, bike paths and great hiking. Complimentary homemade wine and coffee. Learn More
Built in the early '50s, the house has been radically transformed through several re-models. It is furnished is an eclectic array of artifacts collected through my travels to over 90 countries. There is also an antique baby grand piano which you are welcome to play. The deck in the back has a spectacular westerly view - and it has a hot tub. You will find everything to be very comfortable. Pricing is based upon 1-2 persons. Each additional person is $30 per night. Cleaning fee of $25....
San Luis Obispo
This cozy corner apartment has a sweet outdoor patio entrance to a quaint and well appointed little 250 sq. ft. apartment. Perfectly located just 2 short blocks to beautiful, lively downtown San Luis Obispo. Learn More
The space is quaint, creative, small and sparsely furnished. I make sure this sweet little space meets all our guests' needs appreciating a minimalist feel, uncluttered and impeccably clean. NOTE: While the bedroom and living area our separated, there is no closable door between them. The kitchen is stocked with everything you need for cooking meals if you so choose and we are also happy to recommend our favorite local restaurants and coffee shops for you to experience if you would rather...
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Elizabeth Banks wore an Alexander McQueen mixed houndstooth-print design with a flared skirt featuring bright contrast flowers that bloom at the hem to the 2014 Breeders' Cup World Championships back in November, styled with a black wide-brim hat and ankle boots.
Last month Brie Larson gave this dress a second spin for a guest appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'.
The look was enlivened with complementary blue Nicholas Kirkwood 'Rosing' pumps, a Khirma New York 'Oxy' bag and a chic Adeam black coat slung over her shoulders.
As you know I am a huge fan of Elizabeth, but I was shocked by the uninspiring styling on this occasion.
Not by default, Brie wins by a long mile.
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Alton Muny Band: Haskell Park
Locals seldom miss a beat during the weekly summer concerts performed by the Alton Municipal Band at Haskell & Riverfront Park. Enjoy concert band music, which includes marches, concert pieces, popular tunes, and novelty numbers. This is a family friendly and the concerts are free and open to the public. Every Sunday the Alton Muny Band will perform at the Haskell Park starting at 7:00 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair.
First Stop Bake Shop
Artisan retail bake shop offering a variety of baked goods and wedding cakes. Open Monday-Friday from 7 a.m to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Elijah P.'s Burgers and Brews
Elijah P.'s Burgers and Brews is a themed restaurant that celebrates Alton area history. Menu includes gourmet burgers, and other upscale menu items. Also serving 60 different beers on tap.
River City Cider House
Serving full menu of fresh salads and sandwiches. Open Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
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Southern rock favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd will be performing at Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater this summer. With a catalog of over 60 albums, sales beyond 30 million worldwide and their beloved classic American rock anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" having sold over two million ringtones, Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Lynyrd Skynyrd remain a cultural icon that appeals to multiple generations.
Dwight Yoakam at Liberty Bank Alton Amphitheater.
Country legend Dwight Yoakam will be performing in Alton along with The Glendale Riders on July 10th 2015. Yoakam has won two Grammy Awards and has been nominated 15 times. With every online order for Dwight Yoakam show tickets, fans will receive one standard physical copy of his new album "Second Hand Heart." Ticket purchasers will receive instructions via e-mail on how to redeem their album within 10-14 business days after their order.
The Loading Dock
We're proud to be considered the region's best outdoor bar and grill, with the best scenic view, at the end of the best scenic drive. Our majestic view is not to be missed. Watch the river roll by while listening to live entertainment. Our full menu features something for everyone...don't miss our famous Dock Salsa! Be sure to stop by the fourth weekend of the month March - October for the Riverside Flea Market featuring over 60 local vendors. Let us host your next party! We cater events of all sizes...from reunions and receptions to birthdays and bridal showers. Keep the fun going at one of our four Loading Dock Guest Houses, perfect for an intimate getaway or an all night get-together.
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Antiques, vintage, retro and rustic home decor. Custom refinished & repurposed furniture. Unique gifts. Open Thursday- Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
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Take part in the Kid'Cation Confluence Tower Scavenger Hunt July 31 and earn fun prizes! All children who tour the Tower can participate. Tour guides will provide a special Scavenger Hunt activity sheet and give clues throughout the tour. At the end of the tour, children will receive a special gift. For this event, the Tower is offering reduced tour rates of $1 per child and $2 for adults.
Kinder's No Wake Inn
Located on the Mississippi River on the southern tip of Calhoun County, Kinder's No Wake Inn is the perfect spot for a panoramic view of the river. Serene beauty is what you will experience in your visit to the Inn. Uniquely decorated rooms will add some delight to your stay. Each room has its own outside seating and a large patio with terraced landscaping. Rooms have coffee pots, microwaves and refrigerators.
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Upon our arrival in Yangon I went to the ticket offices of the long distance bus service to make sure I could get a bus to Mandalay the following night. "No problem there are 2 seats left" You are lucky. But "We are not sure about the air-con" "OK" OK" haha He must have mentioned the air-con no less than 5 times. Well actually I don't care for air-con buses in Asia. I like the wind and dust blowing through my hair. But ...The Air-con did work...For about an hour! LOL Then we had to open the upper windows as the lower windows were in a fixed position. Oh yeah and I asked the guy how long the bus would take. "hmm about 15 hours" He was trying to make me feel good! As it took 18 hours. The bus stops every couple of hours for 30 minutes to use the toilet and have a snack/tea and then again every couple more hours for an hour to have a meal. The bus stops that we stopped at always had great food at reasonable prices. Almost every meal that my son and I ate cost about 1500 Kyat (US$1.65) total for the 2 of us and that included a soda for him and a bottle of water for me.
The cheapest way to get around Mandalay is by Taxi bus, basically you just flag down the driver and climb aboard. You should check with the driver first to make sure he is headed in your direction. The fare depends on the distance, expect around 20 to 50 kyat for a short trip (USD $0.02-$0.05). Cheap!
It is not unusual to see a bus this crowded. This ute is equipped to seat 8 people, although by my count there were 33 people on board. It seemed remarkably smooth though and might be a good option if you want to save a few kyat or do something adventurous.
Pickups are leaving when full from 84. street near 29. street (Zegyo market) to Amarapura (about 200 Kyat) and continue Sagaing (400 Kyat). Ask the conductor where to get off.
We didn't use the buses in Mandalay. As you can see they get very full and it is quite common to see people hanging off the back or sitting on the roof!
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Fifty-five Missouri educators have developed a Model Curriculum in social studies, which includes the four major content areas of economics, geography, government, and history--both world and U.S. The major goal behind the units is to give districts models they can use when revising their social studies curriculum. This presentation will explain the process and components to the curriculum. The units are aligned with the Grade-Level and Course-Level Expectations and with the English Language Arts Literacy Standards for social studies. The units are being revised based on feedback from teachers who piloted them. The units can be used in their entirety or parts can be adapted to existing curriculum.
Learn about the WWII air war in the U.K. and the Summer Residency program that has been developed for middle and high school teachers, hosted by the American Air Museum.
Explore ways to get students thinking like historians using ChronoZoom, an interactive and digital timeline. Learn to integrate a time travel narrative and drive engagement in student-centered history projects. Attendees will receive curriculum guides aligned to Common Core Standards for middle and high school.
An AP World History class teamed with Microsoft to create interactive timelines of World Religions using One Note notebooks and a dynamic tool called ChronoZoom. Learn how to create an inquiry-based collaborative project that integrates technology, creativity and historical thinking skills.
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Environmental. Political. Social. Participants will grapple with historical and modern circumstances of justice by exploring six interactive teaching techniques and educational resource stations.
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n the "Voices of Vegas" oral history project, students will document and publish longtime Las Vegas area residents' stories, helping to build a sense of community. Participants will learn how to successfully implement their own oral history projects to include Common Core alignment, utlizing social history, teacher and community collaboration, and fostering student presentation skills.
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Presents research on civic education and political engagement conducted in 30 countries; shows the importance of developmental processes as well as democratic school and classroom climates; connects to current reforms.
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This session provides a strategy for penetrating the depth/breadth tension in AP courses, which are known for "coverage" and sometimes "rigor" but lag behind contemporary research on how people learn.
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The Morskoi zmey (sea dragon) electronic complex is intended to equip naval aviation patrol aircraft of various operational range. It is a highly automated multipurpose complex intended to search and ...
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The vehicle is intended for evacuation and complex repair of armored materiel in the first echelons of troops. The BREM-80U was developed on the bases of the T-80U battle tank. While retaining common ...
Designed to destroy hostile submarines and surface ships, to protect friendly naval bases, seacoast and communications, as well as to carry out reconnaissance missions. The low noise level of the submarine's equipment and systemic utilization of advanced acoustic protection facilities provide for reduction of the noise level produced by Amur-1650 by several times than that of other submarines of this class.
The use of a highly effective sonar system and the boat's low noisiness ensure early detection of hostile warships, including low-noise submarines. The submarine's armament includes multipurpose torpedoes, antisubmarine rocket-assisted torpedoes, cruise missiles and mines.
The sonar system comprises highly sensitive passive transducers and electronic equipment, which make it possible to detect even low-noise submarines and surface ships at long ranges. The submarine carries a towed transducer, which is dispensed from the top vertical tail fin.
The boat's navigation system comprises an inertial navigation subsystem which provides for the submarine safe navigation. Moreover, it generates present position data and dynamic parameters with the accuracy sufficient for the use of weapons. The commander's periscope has two channels: optical and TV. A multipurpose periscope (optronic mast) is of a non-penetrating type. It has a thermal imager and a laser range finder. The boat's communications facilities provide for reliable communication, both underwater and on the surface, with shore-based installations, ships and aircraft.
The radar system is equipped with passive and active antennas arranged on the non-penetrating mast. The radar system furnishes surface situation data, detects and classifies targets, as well as generates targeting and IFF data.
The submarine is propelled by a single- shaft fully electric propulsion system. The system comprises two diesel-driven AC generators with rectifiers, a propulsion electric motor with permanent magnets, and a storage battery.
The submarine, its propulsion plant, machinery and weapons systems can be controlled either from the main control room or from separate battle stations.
The submarine design takes into account the ecological requirements. Provision is made for installing the equipment used to clean bilge water from oil products, decontamination of wastewater, briquetting of rubbish and food cans, as well as crushing of garbage.
The submarine's machinery and other systems installed in the boat feature long service life and allow the submarine to be operated for 10 years until the first factory overhaul. The total lifetime of the boat is at least 25 years.
The submarine's crew is accommodated in comfortable cabins. The boat has a dinette, pantry, air-conditioners, air cleaners and regenerators. The Amur-class submarine can be operated in any area of the World Ocean free of continuous ice fields.
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Casey Kasem's Daughter Says Dad Still Hasn't Been Buried, Stepmother 'Coming After' Her Trust (Video)
Kerri Kasem also talked about the origin of Jean's animosity.
Casey Kasem's daughter Kerri opened up about her feud with stepmother Jean Kasem, including how the dispute could affect Casey's burial and her trust fund on Thursday's The View.
Kerri Kasem said that her father's body is still in Washington and hasn't been buried despite her father's wishes to be buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Kerri also said that Jean last week sent a letter to the lawyer in charge of his will saying she's "coming after" the irrevocable trust Casey set up for his kids 30 years ago, which Kerri said is "the only thing our dad left us."
Casey's daughter said she has no idea when the animosity between her and Jean began or why.
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"If I knew, I would tell you," Kerri said on Thursday's View. "I would try to make amends. I would say, 'I'm sorry Jean. What happened? … Why do you hate us so much?' "
Kerri added that she hasn't seen Jean in 15 years apart from once in passing at a hospital and talking to her twice on the phone.
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The Patriots were nearly perfect during Sunday's 45-7 victory against the Rams. The score truly illustrated a 60-minute clinic in London. One significant reason for the one-sided outcome was the Pats' efficiency on third down, both offensively and defensively. Whether the offense was continuing drives or the defense was ending them, the Patriots were masterful in tense situations. Here's a quick look:
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Third down: Converted 7-of-12, including 6-of-9 when Tom Brady was in the game.
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Derivatives post-trade processing continues to improve, says Isda Operations Benchmarking Survey
BEIJING - At its 24th Annual General Meeting in Beijing, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association today released the results of the 2009 Isda Operations Benchmarking Survey.
The survey results show that trade processing continues to improve, especially in regard to confirmations outstanding. Credit derivatives, for example, show an average across all respondents over 2008 of 3.8 business days' worth of outstanding confirmations, compared with 6.6 days for 2007. Most other products showed similar improvements.
This reduction in outstanding confirmations has developed despite widespread dislocations in various financial markets. Over-the-counter derivatives event volume increased by 2%, where events include new trades as well as actions such as novations and terminations. Increases occurred in commodity, interest rate and credit derivatives, particularly at large firms, while overall equity derivatives and currency option event volumes decreased. Last year, in comparison, OTC derivatives event volume grew by 38%.
"The results of the 2009 Isda Operations Benchmarking Survey are of particular interest because of the increased attention given to operational issues from the industry and policy makers," said Robert Pickel, executive director and chief executive officer, Isda. "During the year, Isda and its members have played a leading role in strengthening the operational infrastructure of the privately negotiated derivatives industry through our documentation, operational infrastructure and technology initiatives."
Automation of processing functions also continues to progress, with credit derivatives showing by far the highest degree of automation of operational processes. Equity derivatives show the lowest degree of automation. This is due to the more customised nature of many equity derivatives transactions compared with other products as well as the more diverse nature of the market participants. Recognising the opportunity for improvement, more than 90% of respondents report that they plan to increase the automation of equity derivatives processing in the coming year, which will be supported by newly increased standardisation of Isda documentation.
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3D-printed gun blueprints are on the Pirate Bay (for example). They're hosted on overseas websites. When the first story about the government forcing the author to take down the DefDist package came out, I made copies and posted them to six different domains I own (for example). If this regulation passes, I, and I'm sure plenty of other people, will step up their efforts to spread such files wider and wider.


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Renaissance Sapporo Hotel, Sapporo
- Fitness facilities
Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
- Free WiFi
Main amenities
- 323 guestrooms
- 3 restaurants and 2 bars/lounges
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- Self parking
- 12 meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- Laundry service
What's around
- Sapporo JR Tower (1.4 mi / 2.3 km)
- Sapporo Beer Museum (1.5 mi / 2.4 km)
- Sapporo TV Tower (0.8 mi / 1.3 km)
- Clock Tower (1 mi / 1.6 km)
- Odori Park (1.3 mi / 2 km)
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- Double Room, Smoking (40sqm)
- Twin Room, Non Smoking (A type (40sqm))
- Twin Room, Smoking (A type (40sqm))
- Family Room, Non Smoking (Japanese Style 80sqm)
- Twin Room, Smoking (B type (36sqm))
- Twin Room, Non Smoking (B type (36sqm))
- Double Room, Non Smoking (40sqm)
- Family Quadruple Room, Non Smoking (Western Style 80sqm)
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 323 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 11 floors
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Self parking *
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In the hotel
- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 3 restaurants
- 2 bars/lounges
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Coffee/tea in the lobby
- Indoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Spa tub
- Sauna
- Number of meeting rooms - 12
- Meeting rooms
- Conference space size (feet) - 4,230
- Conference space size (meters) - 393
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Slippers
- In-room massage available
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Pay movies
- Digital TV channels
- Desk
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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DiningCalifornian - This buffet restaurant serves breakfast only.
Bireika - This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required.
Hanagi - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required. Open select days.
IL SALICE - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
The Courtyard Lounge - This lobby lounge serves light fare only.
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Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
Self parking costs JPY 600 per day
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of JPY 1850 per person (approximately)
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Chapter 8
Long Feng rubbed his sweaty forehead. He was a nervous wreck. His best agents had slipped right from under him and now his job was at stake. The agencies were all ruled by one headquarters in particular and that was F.N.I. (Fire Nation Incorporated) A ruthless, business mogul was the owner over the whole operation, and everyone feared him. Today was a new day, and sadly Long Feng would not be dealing with the head boss, but instead with the ruthless co-owner.
His eyes were glued to the door of his office as he heard the footsteps grow closer and closer, to stepping into his polished office.
With the sound of the brass door knob jiggling, the door finally opened. A man in sunglasses and an expensive black suit was holding onto the door knob, a frown on his face. Finally a woman entered the room. Her jet black hair was pulled into a tight bun, with two strands framing her face. There was not one piece that was out of place. Her golden eyes held a mysterious type of evil. Finally she wore an expensive trench coat, and high heeled black boots.
"My lady…?" he tried to sound in shock. "What are you doing here?" he pulled out a document and began to write, giving her the idea that he had been working.
Her facial expression was twisted into an unhappy feature and she snarled. "Long Feng I have no time for your lies." She said swiftly, walking toward the desk. "Father asked me to come and give you a visit today because he noticed two prized agents, were off the grid." She picked up a piece of small architecture off his desk and observed it coolly. "Why is that?" her voice made him go rigid.
"R-Really?" he feigned innocence. "Which agents? You know this is a high maintenance facility." He chuckled nervously.
"Your lies have grown old." She said simply. "Now thanks to your screw ups father is extremely upset." She explained, throwing the artifact on the floor, crushing it under her pointy boot clad heel. "He yelled at me for no absolute reason. So you can pay the price." She sneered.
Her lips held her famous sadistic smirk. "You are now fired from your position as leader of this certain facility. We no longer need your services. Pack your bags." she turned on her heel and proceeded to walk out of the door, before she heard a click. She turned back around to see the ex-agent holding a gun, pointed right at her head.
"Are you going to shoot me?" she chuckled in surprise that someone would try a useless attempt.
He never answered instead his hand pulled on the trigger, waiting for the bullet to hit the murdering princess in the head, but instead it did nothing. He stood there continuously pulling the trigger but nothing happened.
The princess in front of him gave a smirk before dropping eight bullets on the ground. Her smile frightened and intimidated him. He threw the gun on the ground and raised his hands in surrender.
"Long Feng that's why it's important you lock your office." She scolded him lightly. "Anyone could come and wisp information from under your nose, and then you'll wonder why." She pulled out a gun and handed it to her bodyguard, her red lips pursed.
"Take care of him," she looked at her manicured nails, as if they were the most fascinating things on the planet right now. "I wouldn't want to get my hands dirty." She added.
Long Feng pleaded for his life but it was to no avail. One bullet went into his throat leaving him gasping for air, two more hit him in the heart, and the last one in the middle of his head. He fell forward his head banging on the desk, and finally landed flat on his face.
Azula gave a happy nod to her bodyguard in thanks.
"If you'll excuse me we'll have to clean his bank account out, and give all of his money to father." she pulled out her bedazzled keys out of her large black Gucci purse. She turned to exit the office but before doing so, she gave the corpse one last look. "Take care of his body. Hide it in a ditch somewhere, and look for a new person to take his place." The guard nodded at her every order. "Also make sure the cleaners rid of the disgusting stench of death. Lastly make sure to come over tonight." Saying the last part she kissed the bodyguard's lips and he returned the action.
She pulled back wearing that same smirk before disappearing from the office.
She felt sudden guilt wash over her. She wasn't even supposed to be a part of her father's killing spree. He ordered her to do all of his work mainly the killing part while he took credit. Her hands were dirty with blood and she felt disgusted. She opened the door to her vehicle and slid inside, closing it behind her.
She hated her life.
Beifong Ranch
"K-Katara you're alive?" Sokka was in shock seeing his baby sister—by one year—standing in front of them, with Jet. The explosion had went off a couple hours ago. The news claimed that it was caused by a gas leak, but that was being a denied conclusion by Jet.
Katara smiled bitterly before answering with sarcasm. "No I'm not alive." She chuckled a little.
Her brother gave her a hurt look. He was angry that she had been alive all these years and never told any of them. He was confused and angry.
"What are you doing here?" Toph asked.
"That's classified information runt." Jet said before Katara would ruin everything. This mission is secret and classified and he'll be damned if any more lives became endangered because of his stupid actions that he used in the past.
"Look I'll explain everything to you guys later, we just all have to lay low." Katara turned to see Aang looking directly into her blue eyes and scoffed.
"You just can't leave us out on details, like you being alive for these past years." He grunted in disapproval.
"I know. I did it protect all of you, give it a rest. I'll explain when I do." She pulled out a piece of equipment out of her duffel and handed it to Jet. "Scan the perimeter." She ordered.
"Why do I take orders from you? I'm the alpha!" Jet whined.
"I'm in an expert class, I'm the alpha. Now go." She pointed to the door.
Even though she had been reunited with her friends and her brother, she knew everything was about to get much worse. She was just happy she could be there to protect them this time.
Short chapter I know, I know. But the next one will be longer.
Next Chapter: Azula has a secret…what is it? I why is a certain ex-agent involved? Meanwhile Katara and Jet go undercover to the blown up ranch? What will happen? Will they be caught in the process?
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Have you thought about running a social media contest? Wondering how to best measure your return on investment (ROI)?
This article will help with three case studies.
But first, about that ROI… It took some time after the advent of online advertising before marketers started asking, "What are these 'eyeballs' worth that I'm paying for?"
With social media, the tough questions around metrics started being asked much sooner. As marketing budgets stay tight, it's no surprise that the need to show results is high.
So when it comes to contests on the social web, how do we go about evaluating ROI?
Investing in Your Social Media Contest
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It seems rather likely that if you are searching for an image, that you would want to find the largest version of that image, right?
TinEye has a set of features that allow you to find the largest image in your TinEye results. This can be helpful in finding out additional information about the image you are looking for. For example, let's say you are trying to find the owner of an image but you have a massive list of results to scan through. By using the "Biggest Image" feature, the highest resolution image jumps right to the top. In most cases the owner of the image has the largest version of that image. Tons of TinEye users have found image owners this way. Yay!
Take a look at how to easily use our "Biggest Image" feature.
First, pick a photo to search. Hi Mona!
Next, go to TinEye.
Now, either upload your Mona Lisa image to TinEye or use your image URL to start your TinEye search. Check out your results!
Click on "Biggest Image" to sort the TinEye search results by image size.
Check out this generated list and how the biggest image jumps to the top of the list like magic.
Here are the details you want to keep your eye open for. In this case the image size is 7854×11498 57.3 MG.
Now you're set with your searched image in all it's high res glory. Happy searching!
It's no secret that we here at TinEye HQ are very fond of les animaux. So what better way to celebrate the Toronto Wildlife Center's (TWC) 21st anniversary then by throwing a YOU ARE AWESOME party!
It's Easy. You can do it too.
Step 1.
Support a good cause or organization. We decided on the TWC because they just saved 40 bats and they can take x-rays of dinosaur birds. Check. We'll, not dinosaur birds but hawks! But we got yOu there didn't we?
(Incredible x-ray of a red-tailed hawk with an egg inside! She was admitted with wounds after a fight with another hawk, but is expected to make a full recovery. )
Step 2. Invite friends and fellow Awesome animal-loving humans to make, write, send cards.
Step 3. Make make make. since the idea was to make cards, hand write a message and mail, we came up with an ingenious idea: the more you make, the more we donate! For every card written, we donated $5 to the Toronto Wildlife Center.
Step 4. Sugar rush. Cause who doesn't love candy!
Step 4. Post.
Some cards were headed as far as Taiwan and Australia!
Step 5. Have fun!
Who knew how much fun it could be to send a hand-written card again? Apart from all the love we sent around the world, we were able to make a $1,000 donation to the Toronto Wildlife Center.
And that's how TinEye does AWESOME!
Doubleplus Chutzpah or when a company in your industry helps itself to your images!
Sometimes what we find when we look at where our TinEye graphics appear on the web (we are an image search company after all!) is not really surprising. Like our corporate logo in the profile of an Elance designer we don't even know! That's not news as this type of thing happens everyday on the web. And by the way @elance can you please take care of this? I am pretty sure the designer who claims to have designed the logos/brands for TinEye, SquareSpace and Python is perhaps, maybe, lying? Just a little bit? :)
Or when we see our TinEye robot copied (poorly) and used in a video game.
But imagine our surprise when we saw one of our images appear on the website of a visual search company!
Seriously guys? Did you just Google for "visual search" and used the first image you liked? I am DISAPPOINTED.
A bit of background: when we launched TinEye in beta, our great friend Alistair Morton from Wise and Hammer took his creative skills and doodled a TinEye logo as a design experiment. We all know how the TinEye logo was born – but in its early days, he drank some java and visually searched photos.
This baby TinEye was fun to play with at the time. We have fond memories of all the scribbles and the conversations about the TinEye robot. Should he have an eye or two, legs or wheels? What should he be doing? TinEye today is all grown up but when we come across his young self, well it took us back in time.
So thank you ImageVision, for that little jaunt down memory lane. But hey please be a darling and update your page and stop stealing. Perhaps you could spring for a bit of design work? We could recommend a few good people :). Deal?
And yes, TinEye fans, we know exactly how you feel when you find someone using your image. I am sure we will hear all the classic excuses (our designer did it, we did not know etc etc) but truth be told it was a top search result on Google and kind of pretty :)
The winter has taken hold of our awesome city and for the 3 people in Toronto (including myself) who love the winter, this winter has delivered! But have you seen the wonderful Lovebots all over the city? Are they warming your hearts yet?
We have welcomed our own lovebot in the TinEye HQ and are super excited to find him a spot in front of the TinEye HQ building. That won't happen until spring though as it is a bit difficult right now to work outside. These wonderful concrete robot with their bright red hearts are telling the wonderful stories of people who helped make Toronto and the world a better place. Basically people who help make the world suck a little less – and you know how much we are proud of doing that in our awesome city!
Matthew Del Degan who is the artist and designer who created the Lovebots with his team has planted the seeds of a Love Invasion which aims to evoke a sense of wonder in the hearts and lives of people around the world, emanating from Lovebot's home city of Toronto. Matthew and his team have placed over a hundred hand-cast concrete Lovebots throughout the city of Toronto. The Lovebots started as a sticker, perhaps some of you have seen the bright robot stickers all over the city, but now these wonderful concrete robots are gracing awesome locations all over Toronto.
When Matthew and his team visited our TinEye HQ to deliver our Lovebot, he explained that his Love Invasion project was the first project created under The Sandbox Society Inc., that was initiated to encourage Torontonians to reflect on their surroundings and become thankful for the small, good deeds that constantly go unnoticed. His Lovebots are made from customized concrete molds and when completed they are over 200 pounds. We will be placing our Lovebot outside as soon as spring arrives in Toronto, so stay tuned for a follow up post. In the meantime, join us by starting 2014 by spreading love, happiness, compassion and kindness all around you.
Our TinEye Lovebot greats us everyday as we enter the TinEye HQ. He is patiently waiting for the weather to improve so as to get outside.
Love & Peace. And good times.
We have a few TinEye browser extension updates to tell you about. The extensions let you search for images with just a right click, to make TinEye searches as easy as can be! (An odd note: we call them plugins, but these days all the browsers call them extensions. But they used to call them various things, including plugins.)
The biggest news: we have a new Opera extension that works with the new Opera. Good idea, what? Lots of people were asking for this one, and now it's here.
The smallest news: the Chrome extension no longer demands to see all your data. We really only need to know what page you are on, and to get the images from it, which is about as simple as it gets. Chrome figured that the easy way was just to read everything about you, and many people didn't like that. They were right to worry of course, but Chrome wasn't giving us any choice. Well now they have, so our extension no longer asks for anything special, and we can all relax!
Here's the Big Brother message that used to appear when you were about to install the Chrome extension:
And here is the simple, non-threatening question you get now:
What a relief.
And finally, there's the Firefox extension update. This was actually a while ago, but we figured you'd like to know about it anyway. With the new 1.1 version you can search for images that used to be out of reach, such as ones with https (s for secure) links, like those on Facebook. You can also search for an image which is being displayed without an actual web page, which you may see when you ask for a larger version of an image on a page.
Unfortunately, those improvements in the Firefox extension are not possible in the other browsers, handy though they would be.
So, if you haven't got the TinEye extension in your browser, just go to our plugin page and click the big friendly button with your browser's logo in it. We'll give you our latest and greatest.
Happy searching!
Today, we are introducing two new options: "newest" and "oldest". These sort functions are date specific. The "newest" sort order displays the TinEye image results most recently found by TinEye's web-crawlers at the top. The "Oldest" does the opposite, showing the earliest crawled images at the top. This is handy of course for anyone who is researching an image and trying to find out when it started appearing online, doing image verification or simply like a lot of our TinEye fans unearthing fake images. I am sure that you all still remember the slew of fake Hurricane Sandy images that flooded the social networks and the web!
Happy searching!
[Image from a still from movie, The Day After Tomorrow, which has had a New York TV logo superimposed on it, from Sorting the Real Sandy Photos From the Fakes by Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic.]
Love the Hardboiled Inc folks producing our TinEye tshirts! I still remember when they opened up their shop in Kensington Market in Toronto in 2001!
We have been playing with a few designs and are really excited to see them next week (we hope!).
Our TinEye friend Reg Braithwaite nails it with his tweet this morning which brought roars of laughter to our office:
But all hilarity aside: it seems that SixDead Entertainment (based in Montreal!) has simply ripped off our (awesome) TinEye robot. We understand. TinEye is an awesome robot, he is cute, steely, has great vision, works hard and is really powerful at searching for images. We understand how our TinEye robot could also make a fantastic bug squashing robot, but really we would rather our robot stayed away from bugs all together. So SixDead Entertainment: please stop using our TinEye robot before we send out the blood hounds (they won't be very friendly, as opposed to our TinEye robot).
I know you guys want to be known for "working hard to become well-established makers of mobile games" but I think we need to start with the basics here: not stealing other company's characters? Do we have a deal?
TinEye and bugs: TinEye does not look happy. This is not the reverse image searching he signed up for!
We also don't really like what @SixDeadGames has done to our poor TinEye robot above. Where are his arms? Perhaps you would like us to send you some high resolution files?
I think we just did. Catch you that is.
No. But we would like you to solve this little challenge instead: Remove our TinEye robot from your game and replace it with another robot – preferably not stolen from anywhere else? Deal?
Well, good morning! Always nice to wake up to Hacker News love for our multicolor search!
If you haven't tried our color search, go ahead and try it now. Warning: this is highly addictive! We also release a color extraction tool whereby you can extract all the colors present in an image, give it a whirl in our lab as well. Color search 101 and color extraction 101 cover the basics of the color search and extraction you can use in the lab and the API has been released too, we call it MulticolorEngine.
Happy searching!
Many of our TinEye fans have asked us about the history of the TinEye robot, if the robot has a name, how was it created? and if TinEye itself was inspired by Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy (it was not). So we thought to start off the new year we would reminisce with Stephen DesRoches about creating the TinEye robot. We invited Stephen to tell you the story from his designer perspective.
We love robots, machines, and all things mechanical. In fact, our TinEye office is filled with mechanical friends! A little history: back in 2000 when we were brainstorming cool names for our image recognition technology, it was no surprise that robots came to mind. Not just any robots, but those awesome tin toy robots of yore. Yes, futuristic robots trump our human abilities in so many ways: their tin arms are stronger, their tin brains are faster, and their 'tin eyes' are keener… Et voilà, the birth of TinEye! Well not really, as when we registered TinEye in the year 2000 – oh that has a nice ring to it – there was no TinEye, no reverse image search engine and no image recognition breakthroughs yet. There was a team, excited about changing the world of image search, and the rest as they say is history! So grab a coffee and let's journey back in time with Stephen.
Talking about robots
It was 2003 when I first met Leila and Paul during a demo of their pretty amazing image recognition technology. The idea of searching for images with other images was a new concept for me but as this technology advanced and we (silverorange and Idée Inc) became friends, it was not long before we were working together.
Fast forward to when TinEye was being developed and prepared for the world stage, I was given the opportunity and challenge to create a mascot, a logo, and an identity for the service: reverse image searching. This brand needed to represent speed and efficiency. It also needed to be friendly and have a great personality. TinEye's reverse image search was magical and I needed to create a brand to impart that magic. Given the team's love for robots, magic and speed, we all very quickly converged on a robot. But what kind of robot?
Drawing a robot
TinEye is a fun brand but a mysterious one. While fun — it's not childish. It's fast, but comes with a level of mystery. Most of us could not explain how the TinEye technology works (well of course except the engineering team). We just accept and expect that it does. So how can we illustrate all of this with a single mascot brand?
The sketches
Starting is always difficult. I can spend days simply thinking about possibilities before ever picking up a pen. As a first step, I allow ideas to come and go while randomly throwing everything down on paper. Here are some of those initial ideas.
Quick drawings
And from that long list, we start to eliminate. Everything that doesn't work for any reason at all has to go. One round at a time, we narrow the potential candidates down.
From round 1, some of the robots we had a hard time eliminating included these, specially the sorting robot at his desk:
Our round 2 favourites included:
Selecting just one
After much debate, the speedy one wheel robot won us all over. It was time to focus and expand on that single concept. How would this robot look in full color?
Adjustments and final revisions
The problem with the robot above was that he didn't look fast. He was heavy looking missing the goals of speed and efficiency. Below is the finalized robot. With small adjustments to a slightly more football-player-like shape, the slimmer and lighter colours were necessary improvements.
Speed? Yes. He could out run all of us.
Efficiency? Yes. Flexible rubber-like arms great for picking images.
Magical? Yes. How do the floating parts stay together?
Friendly? Yes. Well, he sure doesn't look evil.
Personality? Yes. Loads of it!
Playing with emotion
The eyes are very powerful. The entire mood of an illustration can be altered by changing only the eyes and nothing demonstrates this better than the Pixar film Wall-e. A story without words but full of emotion. This alone provides the opportunity to use the robot in unique ways throughout the TinEye site.
Dissecting the illustration
At the root of all illustrations, it's simply a stack of individual shapes (mostly created with the pen tool). Here is a look at all those layers and a fun way to see how TinEye was created.
TinEye Services for Business
Now that we look back at 2012, We spent the better part of the year working on TinEye Services for Business. This gave me the chance once again to experiment with many more fun story lines… and colour.
TinEye labs
And of course, TinEye Labs, a place to show off current and future technologies and projects.
A diversion
If you know the TinEye team, you will know that they are super friendly to wildlife and in addition to robots have a passion for animals. This is of course awesome when your office includes a garden where wildlife can be observed, but perhaps not such a good thing when you are building a new product brand. In the midst of our robot designs we decided — as a team — to experiment with an owl.
In design – very much like software development – going from point A to point B is not always done through a clearly defined road. On the path to the TinEye robot, our strongest alternative contender was an Owl. To create the owl – there are many types of owls – we started by drawing a series of owls and eliminating the ones we did not like or were difficult to build into a character. A lot of work and efforts but this was necessary for consideration but proved and confirmed our robot was the right choice. Here is the mascot that could have been TinEye. We can't imagine TinEye not being a robot!


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I use them at night, not for swimming. (I just do pool-walking.) They block a lot of ambient noise.
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I tried with one silicone plug & then 2 but couldn't do a length of the pool without water in my ear. Then I added a wad of cotton from a pill bottle between the plug & the bathing cap & it worked fine for a 1200 yd. swim. My head is rather slim.
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The following article was written by a Dutch friend of mine. Bob Neijts has been involved with the KNPV sport for 15 years. I have intentionally not edited any of the article. While the English may not be correct you will get the flavor of the people who train KNPV from this article. Bob will be writing other KNPV training articles for my web site.
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The field where the small articles search, (like a small key, a coin or a bullet shell), is done is about 200m2. There are three articles to be found. The max. Time is 10 minutes to get the full score the dog must finish within 3 minutes. At the signal from the judge you can start the exercise. You are allowed to use your arm together with a verbal command (zoeken). It is allowed to give more than one command to encourage the dog to keep on searching. When the dog drops the article and he has passed more than 50% of the distance between you and the place where he found the article you are allowed to pick it up. When the dog is bringing you the articles he has found you are allowed to give him a reward. (You have to ask the judge for permission before you start the exercise!). To end the exercise you have to lay down your dog and bring the articles to the judge, he will allow you to leave the field. You have to start the exercise off leash and after the exercise again the first 25 meters from the judge the dog has to heel properly! The commands are:
Search - zoeken
Come back - kom terug (when he leaves the search area)
Stay - blijven
Let loose - laat los (to make him give the articles)
This exercise does not have to be that difficult if trained in the right way. Before you start training for this exercise you dog must understand the basic obedience. Important is that the dog is able to heel and come at command. If not you are going to have to much of a struggle to make the dog come to you and when you put to much pressure on him he is going to dislike the exercise and not willing to work for you. The exercise itself consists of several different exercises. Heeling, send away, come, search and retrieve.
In the beginning the exercise is no more than a little game with your dog. Work your dog always on leash (long line) otherwise you will not be able to stimulate, correct or control your dog. You start playing with for example a few wooden pieces, plastic tubes or his favorite toy. In the end the exercise will be done with articles like a bullet shell, a small key or a coin but in the beginning of the training the articles have to be as big as a packet of cigarettes. You have to make sure that your dog does not have a problem to pick it up, so no pieces of metal in the beginning.
You play with the dog and throw the article just a few meters away. Make the dog go after it and bring it to you. While playing you train several different things on the same time. A dog with just a little prey drive will go after the article straight away.
THE FIRST STEP in training is to make the dog retrieve the object s every time you throw it. To stimulate the dog to start searching you throw the article and then you hold on to him for a few seconds. Then you give him the command to search and release him. When the dog is starting to search you praise him and repeat the command "search" several times. Never loud but in a soft but clear voice. As soon as he picks up the object you give him the command to retrieve it. It is not necessary that the dog drop the object in your hands, because you are allowed to pick it up from the ground, but make sure the dog only drops it at your command.
THIS IS THE SECOND STEP. To make the dog retrieve the article and only drops it at your command. The last part you can train whenever you are together with your dog. As soon as he has something in his mouth you praise him and give him the command to hold on. Soon the dog will understand what you mean, whether it is a ball, a stick, your shoes (as long as you are not eating them!) make him hold on to it and only let go on your command. This way you are teaching the dog to retrieve without using a lot of force. As soon as your dog is retrieving the article you throw and only release it at your command it is time to move on and start training with more than one article. To make your dog retrieve the article can sometimes be a problem. Luckily the distance the dog has to cross and the fact that these are very small articles make it a little easier when you have to use force to make your dog to retrieve. Always use the long line!!! Most of the times the dog is willing to pick up the article but drop it again. Here you have to be quick! As soon as the dog picks it up you pull up the leash so he is forced to look up to you. With your free hand you keep his mouth closed. Then you start walking backwards to the point were you set of the dog. Don't walk to slowly! Try to make it as much fun as possible and don't forget to praise him when he is doing right!!! Good Boy! That makes all the difference! Make sure the dog does not have the chance to drop the article. It is better to train this several times a day for just a few minutes then one long training-session. It will be a bad experience for the dog after all. As soon as you notice that the dog is holding onto the article you loosen the grip on his mouth and try to control him only using the leash. As long as you hold the leash tight and force him to look up the article will drop in the back of his mouth when he opens it which will make it more difficult for him to spit it out. Keep training this until your dog 100% understands the meaning before increasing the distance or move on to step three. Another problem is when your dogs start swallowing the articles. Probably you are the main reason of this problem yourself because most of the times you switched to smaller articles to early in training!! When your dog goes this you have to go back one step and use bigger articles. If the dog is able to do the whole exercise correctly but will swallow the articles you can try to put a piece of string on it (fishing line). As soon as the dog swallows it you can punish him for his behavior by pulling it back which will be a very unpleasant experience. Another trick is to give the dog a handful of salt after he swallows an article. He will feel sick and throw up. He will relate the bad feeling to swallowing the article and if it works does not do it again.
STEP THREE. Now you start training with more than one article. You train in the same way but you start using two articles. You throw both articles at the same time. You wait a few seconds and then give your dog the command to search. When your dog starts searching you stimulate him by softly repeating your command. As soon as he is picking up one of the articles you give him the command to retrieve it and you walk backward to encourage the dog to come to you. If possible make the dog sit in front of you and drop the article in your hands, at your command. Don't worry when your dog doesn't want to sit and drops the article in front of you. Most of the times you need too much force to make him obey which will have a bad influence on the training. It is also not required at the PH 1 exam. Now you have to send off your dog to search and retrieve the second article. Give him the command while moving your arm as if you throw another article. When the dog responds praise him and repeat the command with a soft voice. When the dog leaves the se4arch area use first your voice before pulling the long line. Only use the line when necessary otherwise you r dog might not want to work well when he is on leash. As soon as he enters the search-area again repeat the "search" command. When he picks up the second article praise him well and make him retrieve it.
Don't make this exercise too long. Train if possible every day.
After your dog will retriever two articles on command you increase the articles to three and later to four. At this point you place two or three articles in the field before you start the exercise. Then you throw one article and send him off for the other articles without throwing an article at all.
STEP FOUR. Now you have reached the point that you can ask somebody else to place the articles in the field so they will have another scent. Also you will train the exercise as it is done at the exam, so a proper search area and a judge.
You also start the exercise of leash (he is still on the long line but you don't hold it in your hand). You go to the judge and he will tell you what to do and when you can start the exercise. This way you and your dog get used to work with a judge present.
STEP FIVE. When your dog keeps performing well you can start using smaller articles and also add metal articles. The actual training from this point it no more than repeating the exercise with different articles, scent and search areas. Most of the times it is wise to (sometimes) train with four articles instead of three like during the exam. This way you increase the concentration of your dog and he will only stop searching on your command. Some dogs know that the fun is over after they have found the third article and because of that don't want to retrieve it. By extending the exercise you can easily fool them without having to use a lot of force to make the dog come to you.
When you act like that the possibility exists that you get pissed off and as soon as you can reach for the dog you hit him. This is no good thing to do because the next time he will keep enough space to make sure you can't hit him. You will make him scared. Instead use a lot of praise and you can also use food to make him work for you. Give it enough time and make it fun for you and your dog in this way the exercise will be no problem and you can get maximum points!
At the PH 1 exam the dog can loose points on two different parts of the exercise:
A) The way of search when:
1. The dog does not find the articles within 5 minutesB) The way of retrieving:
2. The dog does not find any of the articles
3. The dog does things that are not allowed, like frequently walking out of the search area, pees or shits in the search area and so on.
4. The dog is laying down, stand or sits in one place
1. The dog breaks one of the articles (biting)
2. The dog drops an article and does not pick it up right away
3. The dog swallows one of the articles
4. The dog does not find the articles in spite of his good searching
5. The handler gives the command "retrieve" (apport) (the handler is also loosing points for "the way of handling")
6. The dog drops the article at about half the distance from where he found it and the handler has to go and get it.
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