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Cheverus stunned by Windham's second half rally
PORTLAND—Everything seemed to be coming together perfectly for the Cheverus girls' basketball team.
A favorable bracket and improved play had the Stags on the cusp of the regional final, where they would have had nothing to lose against a longtime nemesis, but after a terrific first half against Windham in Friday night's Western Class A semifinal at the Cumberland County Civic Center, it all came crashing down.
Cheverus, behind strong play from senior Cassidy Grover and superb 3-point shooting from sophomore Lodia Ismail, built a 26-15 lead at halftime and appeared to have the upstart, unheralded Eagles on the ropes, but Cinderella wasn't ready to go home.
As it did in Monday's stunning upset of Thornton Academy, Windham saved its best for last and engineered a shocking comeback.
The Eagles started the second half on a 7-0 run to get back in the game, then went ahead, 29-28, late in the third period on a layup from senior Haley Batchelder, but the Stags battled back behind a free throw from Grover and a 3 from junior Jillian Libby to take a 32-29 advantage to the final quarter.
A putback from sophomore Jess Willerson stretched the lead to five early in the fourth, but Cheverus would only muster two points the rest of the way.
A pair of Willerson foul shots with 3:40 to play made it 36-33 Stags, but Windham would close the game on an 8-0 run, taking the lead for good on a driving layup from sophomore Sadie Nelson, getting another layup from Nelson, then two foul shots from senior Sam Frost to prevail, 41-36.
Nelson had a game-high 21 points, the Eagles won the second half by a 26-10 margin and managed to overcome 14 points from Willerson and a dozen from Ismail as they improved to 14-7, ended Cheverus' season at 14-7 and advanced to their first ever regional final to face three-time defending state champion McAuley (19-1) Saturday at 7 p.m., at the Civic Center.
"These girls have a never-quit, always-believe attitude," said Windham coach Brody Artes. "When the game was on the line, they came back and put us in a good position to win. The girls had a goal of not just wanting to show up and play a game at the tournament, but be a dominant team. They were really determined."
"Windham did a great job," said Cheverus coach Richie Ashley. "They were prepared and played to win instead of not to lose. Brody deserves all the credit."
Surprise matchup
While some pundits thought that Cheverus might find its way to the semifinals, very few outside of Windham (and probably not many there) thought the Eagles would join them.
Windham downed No. 10 Sanford in last week's preliminary round, then stunned second-ranked Thornton Academy Monday, winning on a buzzer beater, 34-32, to make it to the Civic Center.
Cheverus, meanwhile, also had to play a prelim, which it won easily over No. 11 Bonny Eagle, then downed No. 3 South Portland with surprising ease in Monday's quarterfinals, 61-42.
The Stags won the regular season meeting, 46-33, at home, way back on Dec. 6 in the opener. The teams had no playoff history.
Friday featured a battle of two halves, with Cheverus winning the first, but ultimately being doomed by its second.
The first quarter was close as both teams got a feel for the new setting.
A jumper from Grover gave the Stags an early lead, but sophomore Katie Herzig made a foul shot for the Eagles, then took a pass from Frost and made a layup for a 3-2 advantage.
Ismail then first made her presence felt with a 3. After Frost set up senior Haley Batchelder for a layup to tie the score, Ismail made a second 3 and Cheverus would be on top for the rest of the half.
After Herzig countered with a long jumper, a free throw from junior Laura Holman gave the Stags a 9-7 lead after eight minutes.
Cheverus threatened to pull away in the second quarter, as it opened up what seemed to be a healthy lead.
After Grover banked home a shot to end a 4 minute, 16 second drought, junior Luisa Sbardella made a jumper for Windham, ending its stretch of 7:22 without a point. Holman made a foul shot, but senior Lonnie Staten countered with a jumper for the Eagles. After Ismail fed Willerson for a layup, Frost banked home a shot to make it 14-13 Stags with 3;31 left in the half.
Cheverus then closed the half on a 14-2 run, as Ismail hit a 3 and Willerson scored on a putback to get it started. After a layup from Nelson with 2:17 remaining, her first points of the game, Libby set up Ismail for her fourth 3 and a 22-15 advantage. Ismail then set up Willerson for a layup and Willerson scored on a putback in the final minute to send the Stags to the locker room up 11, 26-15.
In the first 16 minutes, Cheverus only turned the ball over four times, forced 14 Eagles' giveaways and was sparked by 12 points from Ismail and eight from Willerson.
With many in the building thinking ahead to a possible Holy War III in the regional final, Windham spoiled the party in the second half.
Just 23 seconds in, the Eagles hinted at their resurgence as Herzig set up Nelson for a layup.
The next time down, Batchelder fed Nelson for a layup. She was fouled on the play and added the free throw for the old-fashioned three-point play, cutting the deficit to six, 26-20.
"We really had to get the ball inside and force them to foul," Nelson said. "We connected better. We took better care of the ball in the second half. My teammates saw me and got me the ball."
With 5:24 to go in the third quarter, a cutting Nelson took a pass from Frost and somehow managed to bank home a shot on the run.
Thirty-three seconds later, the Stags ended their 4:02 drought and the 7-0 Eagles' run when Willerson banked home a shot.
Windham didn't relent, as Sbardella made a free throw, Nelson hit two and after Nelson made a layup after a steal with 2:31 showing, Ashley had to call timeout.
It didn't immediately help, as Frost found Batchelder for a layup and for the first time since the score was 3-2, the Eagles had a lead, 29-28.
"At halftime, the seniors pulled it together," Frost said. "We knew we had to go right away. The TA game helped because we were down in that one. We came out in the second half and it was a total team effort."
"Our Achilles' heel all year has been the third quarter," Ashley said. "I told the girls all week that if the game was in the 30s, they'd have a chance and if the game was in the 60s, we'd win."
Grover tied the game at the line and Libby canned a long 3 to give Cheverus a 32-29 advantage heading to the final stanza.
Early in the fourth, a Willerson putback stretched the lead to five and it appeared the Stags were going to be OK, but Nelson made two free throws and Batchelder set up Sbardella for a long jumper and the Stags' lead was down to one, 34-33.
With 3:40 to play, Willerson grabbed an offensive rebound, was fouled and sank both free throws, but those proved to be Cheverus' final points of the season.
Twenty-two seconds later, Frost was fouled and hit both free throws and with 2:50 to play, after a Stags' turnover, Nelson drove for a layup to put the Eagles ahead to stay, 37-36.
Cheverus hoped to answer, but Libby missed a shot. After senior Sadie Lyons kept possession alive with an offensive rebound, Libby missed again and this time, Nelson got the rebound.
With 2:01 showing, Staten went to the line with a chance to extend the lead, but she missed the front end of a one-and-one and Willerson got the rebound.
The Stags couldn't take advantage, however, as they turned the ball over.
With 1:35 left, Frost hit Nelson for another backdoor layup and Windham had a 39-36 advantage.
Cheverus senior Georgia Ford looked to tie the game with a 3, but her shot was off target. Willerson got the rebound, but Staten stole it away.
The Eagles gave the ball back, but with 39.1 seconds to go, a Libby shot was off target and Staten got the rebound and was fouled.
Again, Staten missed the front end of her one-and-one, but she made a terrific play to get her own rebound and Windham retained possession.
With 25 seconds to play, Frost was fouled and she hit the first free throw before missing the second, but Windham now had a two possession advantage, 40-36.
The Stags turned the ball over again and with 16.2 seconds to go, Frost added another free throw.
"There was pressure and I had also gotten hit in the head, but I knocked down a shot," Frost said.
Cheverus' final shot of the game and the season resulted in a miss by Ismail. Nelson got the rebound, the Eagles ran out the clock and celebrated their 41-36 victory and improbable trip to the regional final.
"It was very scary at the end," Nelson said. "I just knew we had to score and box out. This is our last chance to play with the seniors and the seniors mean a lot to me. To keep playing with them, I knew we had to win and I really wanted to do it for these seniors."
"We stepped it up intensity-wise in the second half and put more pressure on them in the fullcourt," Artes said. "That was important. We needed to take away their offensive flow. We made some baskets down the stretch we didn't make in the first half. It was really, really important that we came out and matched their intensity, if not surpassed it. We had a few jitters at the beginning. We have young kids on the floor. We had to make up for errant passes with doing more rebounding and also having good defensive possessions each time down the court. It's important for us to establish ourselves as a good team, especially defensively."
Party continues
Nelson had just four points at halftime, but wound up with a game-high 21. She also had three assists.
"We have a lot of confidence in Sadie," Frost said. "She's amazing. She's a really good player."
"(Sadie's) a really good finisher," Artes said. "She has a soft touch. She works on her game. She does a nice job. "
"Nelson's a tough, tough kid," Ashley added. "She played hard and well."
Frost added six points, five assists and three rebounds.
"My role is to guard the best player defensively and to get the ball to people," Frost said. "I'll shoot if I'm open, but I really love passing the ball."
Sbardella had five points, Batchelder four (to go with eight rebounds and four steals), Herzig three and Staten two (to go with nine boards, two blocks and two steals).
Windham only turned the ball over seven times in the second half and wound up with 21 for the game. The Eagles hit 11 of 19 free throws.
On Dec. 30, Windham went to McAuley and was drubbed, 74-29, as Lions' senior standout Allie Clement went over the 1,000 point plateau for her career and the school raised the 2012-13 Class A championship banner.
Clearly, the Eagles entered the Lions' den that night. Windham is a far more confident and talented team at this juncture. It doesn't plan on playing a supporting role in a McAuley coronation and believes it can shock the world.
"I think we have a great chance," Frost said. "We have to stop their bigs and keep up the pressure."
"We have to come in thinking we have nothing to lose and play our hardest," Nelson said. "They have truly amazing players. We hope it's a better showing than last time."
"The game over there wasn't close at all, but we learned a lot from that," Artes added. "We know they'll have five good players on the court at all times. We have to take care of the ball and rebound. We have to shoot quick. We have to make sure we don't make mistakes. We have to play a clean game.
"We have nothing to lose. We've been the underdogs the whole way. It's a magical run. Win or lose, I'm proud of the girls. It's been a good season."
McAuley won the only prior playoff meeting between the schools, 49-33, in the semifinals two years ago.
Tough way to end
Cheverus was paced by Willerson's 14 points and 10 boards. Ismail had 12 points, Grover five (to go with four rebounds, three blocks and a steal), Libby three (to go with four boards, a steal and a block) and Holman two.
Ford didn't score, but had five rebounds and three steals.
The Stags outrebounded the Eagles, 29-26, made 5 of 10 free throws and committed 17 turnovers (13 in the second half).
Ashley credited Windham for doing what it had to do to prevail.
"They did a good job taking away Jess," he said. "We didn't have another alternative other than Lodia in the first half. Without her shooting that way, we would have been down at half. (The Eagles) were loose. That was evident. We were a little tight. We didn't knock down shots. We had open looks. We had turnovers. They did a good job controlling tempo."
While the sting of this loss will linger, Cheverus once again produced a strong season and made a lot of memories. The Stags will keep knocking on the door and eventually will break through.
"I thought we put it together this year," Ashley said. "The girls deserve credit. I feel really bad for the seniors. We have good kids. Basketball's important, but it's not the most important thing. Education of the whole person is more important than just basketball."


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Elegant designed luxurious apartment in Madrid centre that offers its guests the opportunity to stay in the historic building of Madrid's Plaza Mayor. This charming apartment is in a second floor, no lift/elevator. The entrance hall, with a wonderful stained glass and a big mirror, leads into a large living/dining area with four large Windows to a 11 meters long balcony facing onto the Plaza Mayor.
It is furnished with a combination of antique and contemporary furniture; the living room area with 3-seater sofa, a chair and a coffee table is on one side and a round table for 6 people on the other side, with nice views over the Plaza Mayor. There are three bedrooms along the hall. The master bedroom (queen-sized bed) has an en suite bathroom, the second is a double bedroom and also there is a twin smaller bedroom. There are two more comfortable bathrooms with shower.
The kitchen is fully equipped with modern appliances, including a 4-ring hob (stove), oven, toaster, coffee maker, refrigerator / freezer, dishwasher, washing machine/dryer and breakfast table. There is wood parquet flooring throughout, except for the bathrooms and kitchen.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
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|3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 2 Family bathrooms and 1 En suites
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-Basic maid service: We can provide a 1 hour cleaning (bathrooms, kitchen and bedrooms - doesn't include change of bed linen and towels).
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Wake up to a breakfast on your first morning in Madrid. No searching for a supermarket when you arrive! We can arrange a welcome pack with some food basics to be delivered on your arrival (includes olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, ½ dozen eggs, pasta, tomato, rice, bread mold, 4 pieces of fruit, juice, biscuits, water, milk, instant coffee, tea). Price from 45 euros.
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Four large Windows to a 11 meters long balconies facing onto the Plaza Mayor.
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at arrival, guests will be asked to pay a 200€ security deposit or 600€ for stays of more than 3 weeks as a guarantee for damages with credit card. This deposit will be refunded automatically 48 hours after the end of the stay.
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When you arrive to the apartment, a FSH team member will provide you with all of the relevant infomation about the property and its surrounding area. You will be asked to sign the rental contract and entry form, show your passport and your credit card and pay the security deposit. You will then be handed the keys to your new apartment in Madrid!
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• If you would like to checkin before 3:00pm we will do our utmost to acomódate yo. If an earlier Checkin is not posible, you are more than welcome to leave your luggage in the apartment, go out and begin exploring Madrid and return to the aprtment as of 3:00pm.
• If you would like to Checkin after 9:00pm and additional fee of 30€ will be charged until 11:00pm and Sundays; and any Checkins later that time will be charged 50€.
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Madrid (English pronunciation: /m?ˈdr?d/; Spanish: [maˈð?ið]) is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million (as of December 2009); the entire population of the metropolitan area (urban area and suburbs) is calculated to be nearly 6 million. It is the third-most populated municipality in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-most populated in the European Union after Paris and London.
The city is located on the river Manzanares in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages).
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The Plaza Mayor was built during the Habsburg period and is a central plaza in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located only a few blocks away from another famous plaza, the Puerta del Sol. The Plaza Mayor is rectangular in shape, measuring 129 by 94 meters, and is surrounded by three-story residential buildings having 237 balconies facing the Plaza. It has a total of nine entranceways. The Casa de la Panadería, serving municipal and cultural functions, dominates the Plaza Mayor.
The origins of the Plaza go back to 1576 when Philip I asked Juan de Herrera, a renowned Classical architect, to discuss a plan to remodel the busy and chaotic area of the old Plaza del Arrabal. Juan de Herrera was the artist who designed the first project in 1560 to remodel the old Plaza del Arrabal but construction didn't start until 1620, during Philip III's reign. The king asked Juan Gomez de Mora to continue with the project, and he finished the porticoes in 1619. Nevertheless, the Plaza Mayor as we know it today is the work of the architect Juan de Villanueva who was entrusted with its reconstruction in 1790 after a spate of big fires. Giambologna's equestrian statue of Philip III dates to 1616, but it was not placed in the center of the square until 1848.
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Apple Lossless Audio Codec -- now under the Apache license
Apple has released their lossless audio codec under the Apache license.
The Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) is an audio codec developed by Apple and supported on iPhone, iPad, most iPods, Mac and iTunes. ALAC is a data compression method which reduces the size of audio files with no loss of information. A decoded ALAC stream is bit-for-bit identical to the original uncompressed audio file.
The Apple Lossless Audio Codec project contains the sources for the ALAC encoder and decoder. Also included is an example command line utility, called alacconvert, to read and write audio data to/from Core Audio Format (CAF) and WAVE files. A description of a 'magic cookie' for use with files based on the ISO base media file format (e.g. MP4 and M4A) is included as well.
Any golden eared FOSS-advocates out their going to switch from FLAC?
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Apple Lossless Audio Codec -- now under the Apache license
Is there any chance that this could lead to Apple selling loseless tracks on iTunes down the road? I know trying to download bigger files sizes from the cloud would probably be a mess right now but in a few years when 4G is standard everywhere could this be a possibility?
Considering that carriers have been moving to capped data packages I don't see how 4G would clean up the mess. Nothing is really stopping them from doing this now for WiFi and hard line internet service. Aside from the server storage and bandwidth requirements on their side.
Nice! ALAC is the lossless audio codec I use due to the integration with iTunes and Apple devices. I use an Android too, and many other players that could certainly play ALAC for me. Hope people take advantage of this codec now.
Will this help on an open standard for compressed audio? I hope so!


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After offering the part to and getting shot down by Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Mia Waskiowska, Emma Stone, and Anne Hathaway (funny that there aren't any black actresses on that list), the producers of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies have realized that Blake Lively was really their first choice all along, and they're totally not just giving it to the biggest available name right now. It's rumored she's been offered the part but has yet to respond.
Lively has been flirting with the A-list for the past year or so, having gone "ugly" in The Town, cleverly disseminated nude pictures of herself to the masses (What the hell. It's Friday. Here's a link to the smoking-hot pics.), and jumped on board Oliver Stone's The Savages in her highest-profile role to date. Will this nascent project be the one that catapults her to superstardom? It's hard to tell as this project has seemed to lose steam over the past year or so, but they could do a lot worse than Blake Lively. Ke$ha, for instance.
Lively would play Elizabeth, the star of the film, a Victorian young lady who enjoys impalin the walking dead as much as she does playing coy to Mr. Darcy.
While I don't think Lively is a bad choice here, the selection doesn't seem terribly inspired, as they are probably just going for the biggest name they can get. However, if attaching her gets production rolling on this film, good. Great. Splendid. She's the best actress for the job, etc.
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Jeffrey McReynolds will try to get a leg up on the competition today.
The South Aiken standout will try to accomplish the feat over and over as he competes in the 110 Hurdles in todays track & field state championship meet at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.
Hes one of the top contenders in the race. McReynolds earned that distinction by winning the Region 5-AAAA championship in that race, as well as the 400 Hurdles. Hes finished first in region for three consecutive years.
But McReynolds has a couple of factors working against him. This is his first foray into the state meet, and a stage of that size can be daunting. Secondly, and more significantly, McReynolds is trying to overcome a hamstring injury the bane of any track & field competitor.
Hes been nursing a hamstring injury, said William Griswold, McReynolds coach on the South Aiken track & field team.
Griswold said the injury has had an affect on McReynolds performance. It also has prevented him from running in the 400 Hurdles in the state meet. According to Griswold, McReynolds had to pull up when running in that event in the state qualifying meet.
The injury also couldve affected his performance in the long jump on Friday, the first of two days for the state meet. McReynolds won the region title in long jump, but the injury prevented him from getting enough preparation for the state meet, where he placed seventh.
He hasnt done work in a few weeks, Griswold said. That finally caught up with him.
While McReynolds might not have mete his goals, he still has a chance to post a good performance in todays 110 Hurdles. He won the region race in :14.86 and will most likely need to improve on that time to win the state championship. He qualified seventh overall for states.
But even if he doesnt, McReynolds is only a junior, and Griswold is quick to point out hes looking forward to having his rising star back for another season. McReynolds is a two-sport athlete, also playing football for the Thoroughbreds. He used to play basketball too. When Griswold got him on the track, he knew he had a budding star he just didnt know in what event.
Griswold admitted to some trial and error before finding out what McReynolds is best suited for. McReynolds said hes hitting his stride because of the effort hes put into being successful.
Ive done more work and focus. Im getting stronger and faster, said McReynolds, who also credited the guidance and support he gets from his family and coaches for helping him succeed. My goal is to get No. 1 in everything and make everybody proud.
Noah Feit is the sports editor for the Aiken Standard and has been a professional journalist for more than 14 years after graduating from Syracuse University.
Editors note: This version of this story has been updated to correct names that were printed incorrectly. The name should have been Jeffrey McReynolds. The Aiken Standard regrets the error.
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|This paper presents a performance analysis of reversible, fault tolerant VLSI implementations of carry select and hybrid decimal adders suitable for multi-digit BCD addition. The designs enable partial parallel processing of all digits that perform high-speed addition in decimal domain. When the number of digits is more than 25 the hybrid decimal adder can operate 5 times faster than conventional decimal adder using classical logic gates. The speed up factor of hybrid adder increases above 10 when the number of decimal digits is more than 25 for reversible logic implementation. Such highspeed decimal adders find applications in real time processors and internet-based applications. The implementations use only reversible conservative Fredkin gates, which make it suitable for VLSI circuits.
|Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2007 WCECS 2007, October 24-26, 2007, San Francisco, USA
|Performance Ana ... le Fast Decimal Adders.pdf
|A sandwich construction is a special form of the laminated composite consisting of light weight core, sandwiched between two stiff thin face sheets. Due to high stiffness to weight ratio, sandwich construction is widely adopted in aerospace industries. As a process dependent bonded structure, the most severe defects associated with sandwich construction are debond (skin core bond failure) and dent (locally deformed skin associated with core crushing). Reasons for debond may be attributed to initial manufacturing flaws or in service loads and dent can be caused by tool drops or impacts by foreign objects. This paper presents an evaluation on the performance of honeycomb sandwich cantilever beam with the presence of debond or dent, using layered finite element models. Dent is idealized by accounting core crushing in the core thickness along with the eccentricity of the skin. Debond is idealized using multilaminate modeling at debond location with contact element between the laminates. Vibration and buckling behavior of metallic honeycomb sandwich beam with and without damage are carried out. Buckling load factor, natural frequency, mode shape and modal strain energy are evaluated using finite element package ANSYS 13.0. Study shows that debond affect the performance of the structure more severely than dent. Reduction in the fundamental frequencies due to the presence of dent or debond is not significant for the case considered. But the debond reduces the buckling load factor significantly. Dent of size 8-20% of core thickness shows 13% reduction in buckling load capacity of the sandwich column. But debond of the same size reduced the buckling load capacity by about 90%. This underscores the importance of detecting these damages in the initiation level itself to avoid catastrophic failures. Influence of the damages on fundamental frequencies, mode shape and modal strain energy are examined. Effectiveness of these parameters as a damage detection tool for sandwich structure is also assessed
|International Journal Of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 4, Issue 5, May-2013
|Performance-Ass ... with-Debonds-and-Dents.pdf
|The chaotic dynamics of directly modulated semiconductor lasers with delayed optoelectronic feedback is studied numerically. The effects of positive and negative delayed optoelectronic feedback in producing chaotic outputs from such lasers with nonlinear gain reduction in its optimum value range is investigated using bifurcation diagrams. The results are confirmed by calculating the Lyapunov exponents. A negative delayed optoelectronic feedback configuration is found to be more effective in inducing chaotic dynamics to such systems with nonlinear gain reduction factor in the practical value range.
|The present study by the researcher focuses attention on the problem of performance effectiveness among managers operating in one of the critical and socially important sectors of our economy namely commercial banking. The banking sector is selected for the study due to two reasons. Firstly, commercial banking plays an important role in the country's development. Secondly, for improving the efficiency of the banking system, we need to know more about the performance dynamics of the executives in our banking organizations
|School Of Management Studies Cochin University Of Science And Technology
|Fishing Technology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
|Learning Disability (LD) is a classification including several disorders in which a child has difficulty in learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors. LD affects about 15% of children enrolled in schools. The prediction of learning disability is a complicated task since the identification of LD from diverse features or signs is a complicated problem. There is no cure for learning disabilities and they are life-long. The problems of children with specific learning disabilities have been a cause of concern to parents and teachers for some time. The aim of this paper is to develop a new algorithm for imputing missing values and to determine the significance of the missing value imputation method and dimensionality reduction method in the performance of fuzzy and neuro fuzzy classifiers with specific emphasis on prediction of learning disabilities in school age children. In the basic assessment method for prediction of LD, checklists are generally used and the data cases thus collected fully depends on the mood of children and may have also contain redundant as well as missing values. Therefore, in this study, we are proposing a new algorithm, viz. the correlation based new algorithm for imputing the missing values and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for reducing the irrelevant attributes. After the study, it is found that, the preprocessing methods applied by us improves the quality of data and thereby increases the accuracy of the classifiers. The system is implemented in Math works Software Mat Lab 7.10. The results obtained from this study have illustrated that the developed missing value imputation method is very good contribution in prediction system and is capable of improving the performance of a classifier.
|I.J. Intelligent Systems and Applications, 2013, 12, 34-52
|Performance Imp ... in School-age Children.pdf
|Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETS) consists of a collection of mobile nodes without having a central coordination. In MANET, node mobility and dynamic topology play an important role in the performance. MANET provide a solution for network connection at anywhere and at any time. The major features of MANET are quick set up, self organization and self maintenance. Routing is a major challenge in MANET due to it's dynamic topology and high mobility. Several routing algorithms have been developed for routing. This paper studies the AODV protocol and how AODV is performed under multiple connections in the network. Several issues have been identified. The bandwidth is recognized as the prominent factor reducing the performance of the network. This paper gives an improvement of normal AODV for simultaneous multiple connections under the consideration of bandwidth of node.
|International Journal on AdHoc Networking Systems (IJANS) Vol. 2, No. 3, July 2012
|Performance imp ... cern of Node bandwidth.pdf
|Speech is the most natural means of communication among human beings and speech processing and recognition are intensive areas of research for the last five decades. Since speech recognition is a pattern recognition problem, classification is an important part of any speech recognition system. In this work, a speech recognition system is developed for recognizing speaker independent spoken digits in Malayalam. Voice signals are sampled directly from the microphone. The proposed method is implemented for 1000 speakers uttering 10 digits each. Since the speech signals are affected by background noise, the signals are tuned by removing the noise from it using wavelet denoising method based on Soft Thresholding. Here, the features from the signals are extracted using Discrete Wavelet Transforms (DWT) because they are well suitable for processing non-stationary signals like speech. This is due to their multi- resolutional, multi-scale analysis characteristics. Speech recognition is a multiclass classification problem. So, the feature vector set obtained are classified using three classifiers namely, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Support Vector Machines (SVM) and Naive Bayes classifiers which are capable of handling multiclasses. During classification stage, the input feature vector data is trained using information relating to known patterns and then they are tested using the test data set. The performances of all these classifiers are evaluated based on recognition accuracy. All the three methods produced good recognition accuracy. DWT and ANN produced a recognition accuracy of 89%, SVM and DWT combination produced an accuracy of 86.6% and Naive Bayes and DWT combination produced an accuracy of 83.5%. ANN is found to be better among the three methods.
|IJRET | APR 2013 Volume: 2 Issue: 4,590 - 597
|PERFORMANCE OF ... IN SPEECH RECOGNITION.pdf
|This thesis "Entitled performance of district industries centres in kerala :An application of augmented solow model.The first chapter deals with evolution of approaches for promoting small scale production and the growth of small scale industries in india.the developing countries face the problems like sluggish growth capital shortages high levels of unemployment,enoromous rural-urban economic disparities regional inequalities increasing concentration of capital and chronic difficulities in the export sector.Review of literature and methodology of the study are presented in the second chapter. In the third chapter an attempt has been made to make an in-depth study of the emergence and growth of district of district industries centres.In the chapter four an attempt was made to study the organisational structure of DICs functions and responsibilities assigned to the functional managers and performance of the functionaries.
|Dyuthi-T 1001.pdf
|This thesis "Entitled performance of district industries centres in kerala :An application of augmented solow model.The first chapter deals with evolution of approaches for promoting small scale production and the growth of small scale industries in india.the developing countries face the problems like sluggish growth capital shortages high levels of unemployment,enoromous rural-urban economic disparities regional inequalities increasing concentration of capital and chronic difficulities in the export sector.Review of literature and methodology of the study are presented in the second chapter. In the third chapter an attempt has been made to make an in-depth study of the emergence and growth of district of district industries centres.In the chapter four an attempt was made to study the organisational structure of DICs functions and responsibilities assigned to the functional managers and performance of the functionaries.
|Department of Applied Economics, Cochin University of Science and Technology
|Dyuthi-T 1024.pdf
|Gabion faced re.taining walls are essentially semi rigid structures that can generally accommodate large lateral and vertical movements without excessive structural distress. Because of this inherent feature, they offer technical and economical advantage over the conventional concrete gravity retaining walls. Although they can be constructed either as gravity type or reinforced soil type, this work mainly deals with gabion faced reinforced earth walls as they are more suitable to larger heights. The main focus of the present investigation was the development of a viable plane strain two dimensional non linear finite element analysis code which can predict the stress - strain behaviour of gabion faced retaining walls - both gravity type and reinforced soil type. The gabion facing, backfill soil, In - situ soil and foundation soil were modelled using 20 four noded isoparametric quadrilateral elements. The confinement provided by the gabion boxes was converted into an induced apparent cohesion as per the membrane correction theory proposed by Henkel and Gilbert (1952). The mesh reinforcement was modelled using 20 two noded linear truss elements. The interactions between the soil and the mesh reinforcement as well as the facing and backfill were modelled using 20 four noded zero thickness line interface elements (Desai et al., 1974) by incorporating the nonlinear hyperbolic formulation for the tangential shear stiffness. The well known hyperbolic formulation by Ouncan and Chang (1970) was used for modelling the non - linearity of the soil matrix. The failure of soil matrix, gabion facing and the interfaces were modelled using Mohr - Coulomb failure criterion. The construction stages were also modelled.Experimental investigations were conducted on small scale model walls (both in field as well as in laboratory) to suggest an alternative fill material for the gabion faced retaining walls. The same were also used to validate the finite element programme developed as a part of the study. The studies were conducted using different types of gabion fill materials. The variation was achieved by placing coarse aggregate and quarry dust in different proportions as layers one above the other or they were mixed together in the required proportions. The deformation of the wall face was measured and the behaviour of the walls with the variation of fill materials was analysed. It was seen that 25% of the fill material in gabions can be replaced by a soft material (any locally available material) without affecting the deformation behaviour to large extents. In circumstances where deformation can be allowed to some extents, even up to 50% replacement with soft material can be possible.The developed finite element code was validated using experimental test results and other published results. Encouraged by the close comparison between the theory and experiments, an extensive and systematic parametric study was conducted, in order to gain a closer understanding of the behaviour of the system. Geometric parameters as well as material parameters were varied to understand their effect on the behaviour of the walls. The final phase of the study consisted of developing a simplified method for the design of gabion faced retaining walls. The design was based on the limit state method considering both the stability and deformation criteria. The design parameters were selected for the system and converted to dimensionless parameters. Thus the procedure for fixing the dimensions of the wall was simplified by eliminating the conventional trial and error procedure. Handy design charts were developed which would prove as a hands - on - tool to the design engineers at site. Economic studies were also conducted to prove the cost effectiveness of the structures with respect to the conventional RCC gravity walls and cost prediction models and cost breakdown ratios were proposed. The studies as a whole are expected to contribute substantially to understand the actual behaviour of gabion faced retaining wall systems with particular reference to the lateral deformations.
|Division of Civil Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology
|A/though steel is most commonly used as a reinforcing material in concrete due to its competitive cost and favorable mechanical properties, the problem of corrosion of steel rebars leads to a reduction in life span of the structure and adds to maintenance costs. Many techniques have been developed in recent past to reduce corrosion (galvanizing, epoxy coating, etc.) but none of the solutions seem to be viable as an adequate solution to the corrosion problem. Apart from the use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rebars, hybrid rebars consisting of both FRP and steel are also being tried to overcome the problem of steel corrosion. This paper evaluates the performance of hybrid rebars as longitudinal reinforcement in normal strength concrete beams. Hybrid rebars used in this study essentially consist of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) strands of 2 mm diameter wound helically on a mild steel core of 6 mm diameter. GFRP stirrups have been used as shear reinforcement. An attempt has been made to evaluate the flexural and shear performance of beams having hybrid rebars in normal strength concrete with and without polypropylene fibers added to the concrete matrix
|Materials and Structures 38 (December 2005) 857-864
|Performance of ... rmal strength concrete.pdf
|B.Aubert and others,7 Nov.2002.PDF
|This paper reports a novel region-based shape descriptor based on orthogonal Legendre moments. The preprocessing steps for invariance improvement of the proposed Improved Legendre Moment Descriptor (ILMD) are discussed. The performance of the ILMD is compared to the MPEG-7 approved region shape descriptor, angular radial transformation descriptor (ARTD), and the widely used Zernike moment descriptor (ZMD). Set B of the MPEG-7 CE-1 contour database and all the datasets of the MPEG-7 CE-2 region database were used for experimental validation. The average normalized modified retrieval rate (ANMRR) and precision- recall pair were employed for benchmarking the performance of the candidate descriptors. The ILMD has lower ANMRR values than ARTD for most of the datasets, and ARTD has a lower value compared to ZMD. This indicates that overall performance of the ILMD is better than that of ARTD and ZMD. This result is confirmed by the precision-recall test where ILMD was found to have better precision rates for most of the datasets tested. Besides retrieval accuracy, ILMD is more compact than ARTD and ZMD. The descriptor proposed is useful as a generic shape descriptor for content-based image retrieval (CBIR) applications
|Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 2008, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 23–29
|Performance Stu ... Based Shape Descriptor.pdf
|Timely detection of sudden change in dynamics that adversely affect the performance of systems and quality of products has great scientific relevance. This work focuses on effective detection of dynamical changes of real time signals from mechanical as well as biological systems using a fast and robust technique of permutation entropy (PE). The results are used in detecting chatter onset in machine turning and identifying vocal disorders from speech signal.Permutation Entropy is a nonlinear complexity measure which can efficiently distinguish regular and complex nature of any signal and extract information about the change in dynamics of the process by indicating sudden change in its value. Here we propose the use of permutation entropy (PE), to detect the dynamical changes in two non linear processes, turning under mechanical system and speech under biological system.Effectiveness of PE in detecting the change in dynamics in turning process from the time series generated with samples of audio and current signals is studied. Experiments are carried out on a lathe machine for sudden increase in depth of cut and continuous increase in depth of cut on mild steel work pieces keeping the speed and feed rate constant. The results are applied to detect chatter onset in machining. These results are verified using frequency spectra of the signals and the non linear measure, normalized coarse-grained information rate (NCIR).PE analysis is carried out to investigate the variation in surface texture caused by chatter on the machined work piece. Statistical parameter from the optical grey level intensity histogram of laser speckle pattern recorded using a charge coupled device (CCD) camera is used to generate the time series required for PE analysis. Standard optical roughness parameter is used to confirm the results.Application of PE in identifying the vocal disorders is studied from speech signal recorded using microphone. Here analysis is carried out using speech signals of subjects with different pathological conditions and normal subjects, and the results are used for identifying vocal disorders. Standard linear technique of FFT is used to substantiate thc results.The results of PE analysis in all three cases clearly indicate that this complexity measure is sensitive to change in regularity of a signal and hence can suitably be used for detection of dynamical changes in real world systems. This work establishes the application of the simple, inexpensive and fast algorithm of PE for the benefit of advanced manufacturing process as well as clinical diagnosis in vocal disorders.
|Division Of Mechanical Engineering,Cochin University of Science and Technology
|Machine tool chatter is an unfavorable phenomenon during metal cutting, which results in heavy vibration of cutting tool. With increase in depth of cut, the cutting regime changes from chatter-free cutting to one with chatter. In this paper, we propose the use of permutation entropy (PE), a conceptually simple and computationally fast measurement to detect the onset of chatter from the time series using sound signal recorded with a unidirectional microphone. PE can efficiently distinguish the regular and complex nature of any signal and extract information about the dynamics of the process by indicating sudden change in its value. Under situations where the data sets are huge and there is no time for preprocessing and fine-tuning, PE can effectively detect dynamical changes of the system. This makes PE an ideal choice for online detection of chatter, which is not possible with other conventional nonlinear methods. In the present study, the variation of PE under two cutting conditions is analyzed. Abrupt variation in the value of PE with increase in depth of cut indicates the onset of chatter vibrations. The results are verified using frequency spectra of the signals and the nonlinear measure, normalized coarse-grained information rate (NCIR).
|The purpose of personal financial management is achievement of personal financial freedom. It is a stage where finance will not be a hindrance against the fulfilment ofthe financial objectives of persons. After counting individual values and preferences we arrive at a standard or normal financial behaviour. Even though individuals differ in their tastes and preferences, there are a very large amount of commonality among them. The financial manager should list out the various financial objectives ofthe family. Then he should make the best choice from among the various alternatives on a priority based system. In short personal finance is concerned with the way in which a person manages his income and expenditure to achieve his personal financial objectives. Thus a proper personal financial planning is essential in every family for attaining financial discipline in the family. The fall ofthejoint family system, the growing financial responsibilities of modern families, limited chance ofincreasing income, growing population, financial insecurity of the government employees, lack of financial freedom, lack of proper personal financial practice and its awareness, the growing suicide rate on account offinancial crisis etc.,make the study a necessity
|School of Management Studies,Department of Commerce, Cochin University of Science and Technology
|The study is about the Gulf-returned Keralites and their personal financial planning during the Gulf-period. The researcher has examined the nature of their income, expenditure, savings and investments during the Gulf-period and after their return. Even though the Gulf-returned Keralites had remitted huge amounts to Kerala, it appears that the majority of them are struggling hard to make both ends meet. The sample consists of 318 Gulf-returned Keralites selected by employing stratified random sampling technique, from 5 districts. After a pilot study, the data was collected through personal interviews using a structured schedule. In order to find out whether the respondents had personal financial planning during the Gulf-period, the researcher has evaluated 15 elements of personal financeusing a five-point-scale rating technique. The hypotheses were tested using correlation, t-test, chi-square and ANOVA, through SPSS.
|School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology.
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Private Sector, Public Good
What role, if any, does business have in creating social good? A new seminar series at Harvard Business School tackles this complex question.
Should business play a role in supporting public institutions, and perhaps addressing the world's social challenges?
When Harvard Professor Rebecca Henderson asked her colleagues and business executives that question over the last few years, the reaction was often rather skeptical. Many believe this is not what business does or should do, Henderson said.
"If managers can support public institutions and provide public goods and make money, why aren't they?"
"They say the answer is regulation or the answer is taxation," said Henderson. "The idea that firms can set themselves up for public good is viewed with suspicion—in my view for very good reasons."
Yet more than three dozen faculty and doctoral students from a variety of institutions gathered January 30 to give the idea serious consideration during the first of 13 HBS workshops on the subject. The Business and the Public Sector seminar series, which runs through May, is designed to induce lively conversation, build a community of scholars, and create a research agenda exploring the possible role of the private sector in shaping the institutions of capitalism.
Henderson, who co-hosted the event, began her presentation by suggesting that talking about business and the public sphere was like "dancing about architecture." Business often has no incentive to grapple with public sector problems, and those businesses that choose to embrace a 'stakeholder' orientation may be perceived as misusing shareholder funds or as trying to subvert democratic institutions, she said.
She suggested, however that there are three reasons to at least explore the topic including:
Growing global corruption, particularly when business gets close to the public sector and tries to skew the rules in its favor.
Environmental pressures, including the risk that we could destabilize the climate through the emission of green-house gases.
Poverty and inequality, with fewer people taking greater pieces of the earnings pie.
"Should business get involved?" Henderson asked the group. "If I could choose, I'd like a renewed democratic process and appropriate regulatory regimes. I believe that these problems are usually best dealt with by the state, but in many cases that is not happening." Moreover the private sector has resources and capabilities that the public sector does not and, potentially, a substantial business interest in seeing the public sector succeed. "Sitting in a business school, this is something we should look at very seriously."
Henderson noted that there are opportunities for firms to address public goods problems and make money at the same time, citing the example of IBM reducing electricity consumption significantly between 1990 and 2012 and saving $477 million in the process.
The role of academics in this process, she said, is the traditional one: to think clearly, see what is true, not what we wish was true. "Once we are thinking clearly about these things, (we) can be a source of ideas in the world."
Henderson identified two broad areas of inquiry to consider. First, she suggested it might be worth exploring the potential role of "inducement" mechanisms—including regulations, taxes, and ownership structures—in changing the constraints under which firms operate. Are there changes that would make it easier for business to contribute to the public good? Would these kinds of shifts be desirable or would they have unexpected side effects?
And second, she posed the fundamental question of whether it is feasible or desirable to think about changing firms themselves. Can firms create shared value? Can industries regulate themselves? What are the responsibilities of managers? Does "purpose" matter?
If academics chose to focus on these particular areas of study, it just might provide the kind of encouraging push that companies sometimes need to make changes.
"You might ask, why should one do research in this area? If managers can support public institutions and provide public goods and make money, why aren't they?" she said. One of the goals of the research is to explore exactly this question, particularly since if this is a question of coordinating efforts, highlighting the risks and benefits of action may help to create a critical mass of firms working together.
"Could we build a private sector in which actively subverting accounting rules was widely agreed to be bad behavior? Can we imagine firms mutually agreeing not to try and capture their regulators? To support appropriate environmental or social legislation? If a significant faction of the private sector started to act in this way consistently, might it change public attitudes and beliefs about how to act properly? Possibly," she said. "Could they potentially put social pressure on CEOs who are acting badly?"
Harvard Business School's Jan W. Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, said that historically in the United States, government and business created a set of public goods that were beneficial for everyone. But around 1980, a shift occurred as a result of changes in geopolitics and other factors that made it possible for firms to do business "from anywhere to anywhere," he said. This not only weakened the connection between companies and their communities, but also put pressure on the middle class, which were suddenly in competition for jobs with skilled workers around the globe.
"And how did our society respond to pressures on the middle class?" Rivkin asked. "The dominant response of our society was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement costs, and directly employing people while lowering tax rates.
"You take that and combine it with the recession and two wars, and you have a hobbled government that is not making investments in the commons," Rivkin said.
Many companies have recognized the problem and are already making investments in public goods, he said. For example, Southwire, a manufacturer of electrical wire, cable, and cord in rural Georgia, partnered with a local school district that had a dismal graduation rate. The company staffed its factory with the district's most at-risk kids, leading to a graduation rate that soared among those students as well as other at-risk students.
The evidence that more businesses and their "purpose-driven managers" are investing in society also comes from CEOs at several multibillion-dollar organizations, including Unilever, Nestle, Nissan, United Stationers and Aetna, who are trying to simultaneously make money and make a difference. Thousands of smaller firms are also creating change.
"My reading of some of these CEOs is that they're charging and looking back over their shoulders saying, 'Come on, guys. We can get to another place," Henderson said. Many other executives are concerned enough about the social problems we face that they may also be willing to jump on board and do their part.
During visits to companies, she said, executives always stress the money-making part of business. But during social get-togethers with these same executives, they admit to also being worried about the world and the future for their children.
"The students here and the global leaders I meet are beginning to think quite hard about addressing their role in these problems," Henderson said. "There is so much power at firms. They have the ability to make a difference."
Henderson is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, with a joint appointment at Harvard Business School and co-director of the Business and Environment Initiative.
The seminar series is being sponsored by the Division of Research and Faculty Development at Harvard Business School.
- Ram Poddar
- Chief Mentor, Godfrey Phillips India Limited
CEO's role and duty is to work in accordance with the charter of objectives approved by its shareholders and to serve in the best interest of its stakeholders. What he does, of course, has to be in compliance with the applicable laws of the land. All the commercial activities of the corporation should make social sense and all his social investments should make commercial sense for the corporation.
- Kapil Kumar Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
That the private sector also needs to contribute to public (social) good has since been recognised in India as well as in many other countries. In India, we are aiming at inclusive growth. So as to enforce companies to compulsarily expend on social needs, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been given a pride of place in the Companies Act 2013 by providing that all companies falling within the norms fixed spend at least 2% of their net profits on CSR activities. Private sector is also joining the developmental programs of the public sector by way of Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP). It is not likely that in future private sector will be able to shun to support public sector one way or the other.
- Lavesh Agrawal
- Self Employed
As we are living in a very materialistic society now, question we also need to ask "what will CEO get doing this?" Fame or respect or self-satisfaction? And do CEO looking for any of these? We are seeing many retired CEOs are doing a lot in social sector but probably did not have time to think about it when they were in office. I think in a capitalistic environment people think more on top-line, bottom-line, taxes, my-job, competition, etc rather than what they would be leaving for their future generations? A lot of organization are doing charity in the name of social services but I feel that is worse than not doing any thing. Every charity ends up making some more beggars on the earth and this should not be done unless it is for the people who are not in productive age. I am strong believer that if every organization can spend their efforts in creating new batch of human power for their own organization's future need, we would be able to see a planet with more skilled human resources, which will help us in prospering the whole world and reduce inequality. Thanks
- Subhasis Ray
- Associate Professor, XIMB India
A valid question, Dina. Unfortunately precedents are so stacked against this option of private management of public goods ( particularly in emerging countries) that we have to be careful about the research design. India is seeing privatization of water ( and other public good) in a big way. My view is look at best cases and ask a) why they were required and b) how to ensure they do not go the usual way of misappropriation.
- Hugh Quick
- home, None
Businesses, like everybody, influence the world around them. They cannot stop that, so of course the way they behave matters
- Patrick
- md/ceo, compare the business ltd
This is welcome development. I wish it embraced globally.
- Laura Berry
- co owner, Eugene Social
Now more than ever companies can benefit from Pubic Good campaigns because of the huge and growing reach of Social Media through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ etc. Consumers will opt for companies helping better the world they live in. firstname.lastname@example.com http://havepresence.com
The society is represented by public and business is the process of proper distribution of the different resources in different acceptable forms to the public in the most efficient way.Business,whether it may managed by private or public can not sustain without a capable group of public to support it by being the customer or the worker.So it is always profitable to have a customer base of good average income & a efficient workforce to support the business activities.But it is not that the private company should make a loss to run public good,that is not sustainable,but can operate the activity for the public good with a view of the future to increase its profit not by margin but by volume.This can be run side by the main business,ultimately it will develop the goodwill of the company in the society which help the company to grow further in the long run by the support of purchasing power & the local help in operation.
Let's take a small example from India.Much before the CSR(Corporate social responsibility) is made mandatory as a rule the TATA in a large scale engaged into public good by developing academic institute,implementing town planning etc,this activities of public good does not burden TATA Group but enhanced the Business prospect by creating its brand image,today it is loved by all the citizens and most of the states of India is willing to have a factory of TATA where getting land for industry is a big issue.If the Public Good have to be seen as a option of business and a way of direct profit,then the focus should be oriented to more of less efficiently managed activities by the government(like water management,electricity distribution,township management etc),where the private company can reduce the cost of operation by proper cost management & can make direct profit.
- Robert F. Abbott
- Author, Word Engines Press
Go through the roster of Fortune 500 companies and you will see the majority of shares in most of them belong to institutional investors (pension funds, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles). This means much of the income of big business funds the retirement of middle class citizens: teachers, truck drivers, and others. California's public employees (CalPERS), for example, owned almost 3 million shares of McDonald's (as of December 31, 2013), and will likely collect some $9 million in dividends this year. As I pointed out in my book, Big Macs & Our Pensions, modern corporations already have big role in social policy, and that is to provide and grow retirement incomes.
- D Scott MacDonald
- Secretary/Treasurer, Summit Equipment, Inc.
Maybe I'm nervous about the third of the three reasons given for exploring this topic only because of the way it's worded. Saying "fewer people taking greater pieces of the earnings pie" seems to imply that phenomenon must be unfair, ignoring the possibility that those "taking" are actually "earning," and presuming that well-being is a zero-sum game in which, if one person advances, another person, somewhere, must be set back. Management's duty is to serve shareholder interests. That does not preclude serving a public interest, though shareholders often need effective leadership to persuade them of the longer-term benefits from doing so.
- Dr Shadreck Saili
- Management Consulatant
From a legal point of view a business entity is a person like any human being and is therfore expected to behave in the same manner as a human being would in terms of support to the puplic goods and the alike
- Yvonne Barnes
- Doctoral student of Northcentrl University, Less than one
I see the private industry of America becoming the employers of the world! Why? We can do so by addressing the needs of the world as well as our own society. When people leave the only home that they know to come to America they want freedom and equal opportunity. We can't give them freedom in they're countries but we can take opportunity to them. Example: Of the Latino population here there are many well trained doctors, nurses, physical therapist etc.. Why not officer them a medical franchise to take back to their own country and show them how they can really make a difference to their homeland instead of just running away?


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Have you tried reformatting the card to FAT16 or FAT32? If that still doesn't work, it could be the card and time to get a new one (may want to get a brand name card like SanDisk or Kingston or something).
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By Linda D. KozarynAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 5, 1999 Regardless of race or gender, the military gives people the maximum opportunity to live up to their abilities, President Clinton said in an Armed Forces Radio and Television "Special Assignment" interview slated to be broadcast later this month.
Operation Desert Fox demonstrated the military's successful integration of women into its ranks, Clinton said. Without a lot of fanfare, women pilots flew combat missions over Iraq during the four-day air campaign in mid-December. They worked, trained and waited a long time, and when their chance came, "they did their job without making a big deal of it, and they did it very, very well," he said.
Clinton told "Special Assignment" host Janet Langhart Cohen that the military has opened about 250,000 duty positions to women since he took office. "The military has dealt with gender differences in the same way it dealt over time with racial differences -- to open up a maximum number of roles and give people the maximum opportunity to live up to their own ability," he said.
Clinton pointed out that he recently awarded a posthumous pardon to Henry Flipper, the first African American West Point graduate, whom he hailed as a "remarkable engineer, good soldier, unfairly discharged."
Flipper was dishonorably discharged more than 100 years ago for conduct unbecoming an officer, but the Army exonerated him in 1976, changed his discharge to honorable and reburied him with full honors. "But one thing remained to be done," Clinton had said at a Feb. 19 White House ceremony. He then granted a full pardon to Army Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper.
The president also noted that he'd recently awarded a fourth star to retired Air Force Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the nation's first all-black fighter squadron, then fighter group. The combat unit fought the Axis over North Africa and southern Europe during World War II.
Davis' father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., became the nation's first African American general when the Army presented him his first star in 1940. During a White House promotion ceremony last December, Clinton praised the younger Davis as "a hero in war, a leader in peace, a pioneer for freedom, opportunity and basic human dignity."
Looking back on these military pioneers is a way of "ensuring you'll continue to move forward," Clinton told AFRTS. "There will always be controversies, rules to be worked out, and difficulties to be dealt with, but when you give patriotic Americans who want to serve, and who can serve well, the chance to do it, you win."


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Session Z7: Synchrony and Complexity in Brain Activity and Function
11:15 AM–2:15 PM, Friday, March 17, 2006
Baltimore Convention Center Room: 307
Sponsoring Unit: DBP
Chair: Michael Zochowski, University of Michigan; Eshel Ben-Jacob, Tel Aviv University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2006.MAR.Z7.3
Abstract: Z7.00003 : Neuronal Spatiotemporal Pattern Discrimination: The Dynamical Evolution of Seizures
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Steven Schiff
(George Mason University)
We developed a modern numerical approach to the multivariate linear discrimination of Fisher from 1936 based upon singular value decomposition that is sufficiently stable to permit widespread application to spatiotemporal neuronal patterns. We demonstrate this approach on an old problem in neuroscience -- whether seizures have distinct dynamical states as they evolve with time. A practical result was the first demonstration that human seizures have distinct initiation and termination dynamics, an important characterization as we seek to better understand how seizures start and stop. Such strategies are also useful in defining the onset of a seizure dynamically, and whether there is a dynamically distinct preseizure state. A proper orthogonal decomposition helps illustrate the changing coherent structures that underlie such activities. Our approach is broadly applicable to a wide variety of spatiotemporal dynamical data, from multichannel EEG or MEG, to sequentially acquired optical imaging data or fMRI.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
By Scott Harper
For South Strand News
Skeletal remains found in Florence County last week belong to a woman who was the victim of a homicide, according to authorities, but testing is still being conducted to determine an identification.
One possibility is that the remains are those of 32-year-old Angie Pipkin of Aynor who was last seen in her hometown January 26.
A Murrells Inlet man, Randy Robinson, 46, remains in jail charged in connection to Pipkins disappearance.
According to his arrest warrant, its believed Robinson killed Pipkin and disposed of her dismembered body at 34 Landing in Darlington County.
Robinson was previously arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and stands accused of giving misleading information in Pipkins case.
One area that has been searched thoroughly by investigators is the Pee Dee River. The bones were found May 14 not far from that location.
When Florence County investigators got to the place where the bones were located, they notified Horry County police because of the Pipkin investigation.
Pipkins mother, Gail, told our news partner WBTW-TV 13 she believes the remains are her daughter.
Ive been very depressed. Its like a part of me is missing, Gail said.
Angie Pipkins daughter, Taylor said of her mother she was my best friend and I could tell her anything. Its hard not having her here.
While a positive identification could be the news the Pipkin family has waited for, it is not a reality they want to face.
Thats the person I grew up with. That was the person that has taken care of me who has loved me for who I am for my entire life, Taylor said. To have her just taken away and not know where shes been - its tough.
Shes not all together, you know, Gail added. Theyre still looking for the rest of her. People dont really understand unless they go through what youre going through. They dont really understand.
Investigators say it could still be weeks before the identification tests are complete.
News partner WBTW-TV 13 contributed to this report.
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Tad confronts Adam; Krystal has to be sedated. Amanda learns what Adam has done, but will she be able to change things? Colby has a solution for Adam, but will he take it?
At the New Beginnings studio, Erica prepares for the live interview with Zoe. Reporters from several national outlets are following her around, asking questions. Meanwhile, Bianca finds Zoe who is finally nervous about the interview and offers her support. Erica heads to the stage, greets the audience and introduces Zoe. She heads to the stage to thunderous applause; Bianca takes her seat. Zoe talks a little about her transformation, saying her jokes and her songs cover the pain that she has been through. "I hid for so long behind Zarf and hidden meanings in my lyrics that it's nice to be honest," she says. Without saying her name, Zoe talks about how Bianca has helped her through the transformation. Erica opens the floor to questions and Zoe begins talking about her family's reaction. She talks about romance and not being ready for that and Bianca takes the microphone to ask her own questions about their relationship and where things could go. Erica asks one last question and an angry woman stands up, calling Zoe a pervert! Erica comes to Zoe's defense, telling the woman that the show isn't about ratings but about educating. Zoe simply listens. "Maybe you wouldn't call her brave," Erica says, and thanks Zoe for her courageous stand. Zoe begins to sing her new song and the crowd goes wild. After the show, Erica confronts Leon, realizing that her new producer planted the angry woman. She fires him as Bianca listens in. When he leaves, Bianca comes over, thanking Erica and telling her that she wants to be just like her!
At the Chandler mansion, two guards come in, pulling Tad off of Adam at gunpoint! Adam tries to convince them that he didn't take Jenny but gets nervous when Jamie tells him they have an eye witness! Calmly, Adam pours a drink, telling them that they have nothing on him. Tad refuses to leave and when Adam makes a comment about Kate, Jamie has to hold him back. Adam points the finger at Jamie, who helped Babe take Miranda but no one is listening to his explanations. "You're doing this to torture Krystal. Just tell us where Jenny is," Tad begs. Adam offers to let them search the house. When they finally leave, Adam asks Tad to give Krystal his condolences! JR hangs back when the others leave, telling Adam that his only family is now Tad and Jamie! Alone, Adam calls Janet to check on the baby. Janet practically bursts with excitement because she and the baby are getting along so well. Stuart arrives, and when Adam is flippant about Jenny becomes angry. "I want that baby back now," he says, "and I'm not playing!" Adam professes his innocence but Stuart doesn't believe him. Stuart tells Adam that if he doesn't fix what he has done, Stuart will turn his back on him! He asks Adam what Charlotte would do if she knew the truth and storms out of Adam's office.
In the hospital nursery, Krystal refuses to leave the room until they find the baby. Seeing Derek, Krystal things are much worse that she originally imagined. An officer comes in, telling Krystal that she has contaminated the crime scene and she becomes even more upset. Babe pulls her from the room and explains that the baby has been taken as Colby listens in. She disappears before anyone realizes she is there. "Adam took her. He wants her dead!" Krystal exclaims. Babe brings Krystal back to her room, hearing Joe tell Derek about the visitors to the nursery. She asks if they believe it's Adam and Derek says no. In most cases, a baby is taken by a woman who has lost a baby. Krystal fears they are looking in the wrong direction. Tad, JR and Josh arrive, asking Derek if there is any news. Derek is angry, thinking they may have compromised an investigation against Adam. Derek tells them that Krystal knows about the disappearance; Tad heads to her room and JR asks Derek to push up the search for Janet. He believes that Janet is involved! An officer approaches with a baggie - it has Jenny's ID bracelet inside! Seeing Tad, Krystal reacts angrily when she learns that he hasn't found Jenny yet. He asks Babe to leave. Tad tells Krystal that Aidan is tailing Adam and that they will find Jenny.
In the hall, Babe runs into Amanda and tells her the news. Amanda asks if Janet is behind it and Babe tells her that Adam is the prime suspect. JR comes down the hall and the three watch Tad and Krystal fight in the hospital room. Jeff hears the raised voices and comes inside as Tad tells Krystal not to let fear side track them and she tries to leave. "Jenny needs us," Krystal says as Jeff gives her a sedative. "Adam took my baby," Krystal cries as the sedative begins to take effect. JR takes Babe out, telling her that they will find Jenny. Angry, Jamie approaches, blaming JR and the rest of the bar of the nurses strike and for Jenny's disappearance. Derek comes down the hall and pulls Tad into the hall. He shows him Jenny's ID bracelet. Tad returns to sit with Krystal; inside, Joe comforts him, telling Tad that they will find Jenny. "Seems like every time I find I've got a daughter, I lose her. Forever," Tad says, dejected.
Leaving Krystal's room, Amanda calls Adam. "Where did you and my mom take Krystal's baby?" Adam doesn't admit to taking the child, but does hint that Janet could be in big trouble if he doesn't get to her soon. Once again, he threatens to hurt Janet if Amanda doesn't come through with information about Tad and Jamie. Adam hangs up to take another call, leaving a flustered Amanda worried about her mother. Moments later, Amanda runs into Jamie who realizes that she knows more than she has been telling them. Angry, she walks away. Jamie follows.
Back at the Chandler mansion, Adam hangs up on Amanda when he realizes the adoption lawyer is on the other line. He tells Adam that the adoptive parents are on their way. Glad, Adam hangs up as Janet calls. She tells Adam that she needs more things for the baby, starting with a few more receiving blankets and the complete works of Mozart! She is taking her mothering role very seriously. Adam spots Colby in the doorway and hangs up. She enters, telling him that she made a mistake in leaving! "I'm here to stay, Dad. Will you take me back?" she asks. When Adam says she can stay, Colby tells him to give Krystal back her baby!
Meanwhile, in Adam's lawyers office, the adoptive parents get their first pictures of the baby.
Next on All My Children:
Ryan and Annie take dancing lessons. Amanda comes clean about her involvement with Adam - and Adam's involvement in the kidnapping!


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Federal prosecutors opposed a motion to grant a convicted Lubbock terrorism defendant a new trial.
An Amarillo jury found Khalid Aldawsari guilty of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
Defense attorneys argued prosecutors' remarks during closing arguments were improper, jury instructions were flawed, and a comment by the judge about a definition in the jury instructions was incorrect.
In their answer, prosecutors denied those claims and said no errors adversely affected Aldawsari's rights.
Aldawsari is still awaiting sentencing. The maximum punishment is life in prison.
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