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Phil Robertson
Duck Dynasty's Jase and Missy Robertson Speak Out on Family and Controversy
Originally posted 03/26/2014 01:45PM
Duck Dynasty is getting serious.
When the A&E show ends its fifth season Wednesday night, it will focus on Mia Robertson, the 10-year-old daughter of Jase and Missy Robertson, who was born with a cleft palate and received corrective surgery, which is documented in the show.
"You're gonna go from gut-wrenching laughter to crying, because it's very sweet," Missy tells PEOPLE.
Norman Reedus Calls Duck Dynasty Cast 'Weird' But 'Sophisticated'
Originally posted 02/06/2014 12:00PM
Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl Dixon on AMC's The Walking Dead, spent last Thanksgiving with the cast of another hit show – A&E's Duck Dynasty.
Duck Dynasty Company Releases Line of Military-Style Guns
Originally posted 01/03/2014 11:00AM
The Duck Dynasty saga continues. It was recently announced that Duck Commander, the company owned by the Robertson family, has partnered with gunmaker Mossberg to release a line of guns.
Willie Robertson: 'We're Ready to Move On'
Originally posted 01/01/2014 10:15AM
Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson chose not to quack back.
In one of his first chances to comment on the dust-up surrounding his outspoken father and costar Phil Robertson, the younger Robertson had only kind words for the A&E network and New Year's wishes for the nation in an appearance Tuesday night on Fox News's "All-American New Year" special.
"We're just glad to be back to work, and A&E and us are fine," Willie Robertson said in a live appearance with wife Korie from Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Phil Robertson Tells Men to Marry Underage Girls in Newly Unearthed Video
Originally posted 12/31/2013 09:50AM
The footage, which surfaced Monday on YouTube, is said to be from a 2009 Georgia Sportsmen's Ministry event. In it, Robertson offers what he calls "river rat counseling," and warns men not to marry girls who are out of their teens.
"Look, you wait 'til they get to be 20 years old, the only picking that's going to take place is your pocket," he says. "You got to marry these girls when they are about 15 or 16. They'll pick your ducks. You need to check with mom and dad about that, of course."
Duck Dynasty Family 'Happy' to Put Controversy Behind Them: Source
Originally posted 12/28/2013 10:10AM
The last year brought dazzling highs and disappointing lows for the Robertson family, who found fame with Duck Dynasty and more than a little heartache after patriarch Phil Robertson shared his controversial opinions about gays and African-Americans in a new interview.
Phil Robertson's Suspension Lifted on Duck Dynasty
Originally posted 12/27/2013 05:45PM
Duck Dynasty will resume filming in the new year – with Phil Robertson.
A&E Networks – which had earlier suspended the family's patriarch after he expressed anti-gay beliefs and made statements about pre-Civil War African-Americans in an interview with GQ magazine – released a statement Friday saying that it has decided to resume filming later this spring "with the entire Robertson family."
Revealing that they had spoken to the family, A&E said that while they do not share Robertson's views, "Duck Dynasty is not a show about one man's views. It resonates with a large audience because it is a show about family … a family that America has come to love."
Duck Dynasty Minister: Phil Robertson Has 'Good, Strong Faith and Character'
Originally posted 12/24/2013 08:40AM
One man in particular has faith in suspended Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson – the minister at his church and friend of more than 35 years, Mike Kellett.
Phil Robertson: 'I Will Not Back Off from My Path'
Originally posted 12/23/2013 08:25AM
"I will not give or back off from my path."
Duck Dynasty Family: We 'Cannot Imagine' the Show Without Phil Robertson
Originally posted 12/20/2013 07:50AM
While admitting his anti-gay comments were "coarse," Phil Robertson's family said Thursday night that he was speaking from the heart – and from the Bible – and that continuing to work on A&E's Duck Dynasty without the family patriarch would be inconceivable.
A&E suspended Robertson this week for comments to GQ in which he likened homosexuality to bestiality, among other controversial remarks. In a statement posted to their website, the family defended him.
"We want you to know that first and foremost we are a family rooted in our faith in God and our belief that the Bible is His word," the statement reads in part. "While some of Phil's unfiltered comments to the reporter were coarse, his beliefs are grounded in the teachings of the Bible."
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Just last week, I watched movers wreak havoc on my furniture while moving it out of my apartment. As they tossed around my personal belongings like fish at a Seattle fish market, I wondered how these presumably experienced professionals could be so callous in their handling of my most personal affects. The answer is simple: ownership.
When you own something, you treat it differently. You form a psychological connection that creates a feeling of responsibility. My movers didn't have any attachment to the objects they were moving, they were simply executing the task of moving objects.
In an economy that has always been dominated by small businesses and budding entrepreneurs, it's surprising that more executives and business owners haven't taken interest in providing ownership opportunities to their employees. Creating that attachment can go a long way in fostering a customer-centric mentality as well as a greater interest in business efficiency.
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) are one way companies, both large and small, can enhance a sense of responsibility throughout the entire office, not just in the C-suite. ESOP programs are designed to provide ownership interest to the employees of an organization, typically at no cost to the employee. Essentially, these programs are federally-regulated trust funds that allow the company to set aside stock and cash to be allocated to individual employees. The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) estimates more than 10 million people participate in ESOP programs.
According to the Employee Ownership Foundation, "experience and research have shown, that employee owners have a different attitude about their company, their job, and their responsibilities."
Corey Rosen, founder of the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO), says ESOPs have been viewed very favorably by the government and offer great tax benefits to an organization.
Why Ownership Enhances Engagement
Southwest Airlines (LUV) is roughly 13% employee owned and is known for placing a major emphasis on its employees.
The airline industry has been hard hit recently, but Southwest has been able to post profits for 39 consecutive years, when its competitors were filing for bankruptcy, merger and even shuttering.
It's hard to argue with its success, even from a shareholder perspective.
Rosen points out that "it's not enough to just have an open door policy, you have to have specific structures in place to facilitate the sharing of ideas." The point is to encourage ownership in decision making and innovation from those who are right there on the front lines.
Beyond Financial Incentives
The incentive of ownership is about more than just money.
"It's not enough to just provide the financial benefit of ownership, you also have to treat your employees like owners" explains Rosen. When employees feel connected to their work there is a natural sense of pride that develops and it can be contagious. It's up to business owners and executives to find ways to facilitate that connection because it can be an incredibly powerful edge in these tough times where engagement continues to lag.
For any skeptics out there consider that Publix Supermarkets, Cliff Bar, and W. L. Gore and Associates (Gore Tex) are all employee-owned companies. Having skin in the game helps enhance employee engagement, responsibility, and a general desire to put one's best foot forward. If only my movers had that sense of ownership maybe my experience would have been less painful!
Michael "Dr. Woody" Woodward, PhD is a CEC certified executive coach trained in organizational psychology. Dr. Woody is author of The YOU Plan: A 5-step Guide to Taking Charge of Your Career in the New Economy and the new on-line course The YOU Plan for Career Change on Udemy. Dr. Woody is the founder of Human Capital Integrated (HCI), a firm focused on management and leadership development. Dr. Woody also sits on the advisory board of the Florida International University Center for Leadership. Follow Dr. Woody on Twitter and Facebook.

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WHERE Citizens Bank Park
WHEN Tuesday, 7:05 p.m.; Wednesday 1:05 p.m.
PROBABLE STARTERS Tuesday, LHP Scott Kazmir (2-1, 4.87) vs. Jonathan Pettibone (2-0, 3.63); Wednesday, RHP Corey Kluber (2-2, 5.64) vs. LHP Cole Hamels (1-5, 4.18)
NOTABLE Monday's doubleheader split with the Yankees keeps the Indians in a first-place tie in the American League Central Division. It stopped their streak of four straight series wins, their longest since Aug. 15-27, 2008. ... Justin Masterson's four-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Yankees earned the Indians their AL-leading 10th one-run victory of the season. They are 10-3 in one-run games. ... The Indians swept a two-game series from Philadelphia earlier this month at Progressive Field. They outscored the Phillies 20-2 in the two games. ... Scott Kazmir has won his last two starts and has given up just three runs in his last 12 innings. He struck out a season-high 10 last week in a win over Oakland.
UP NEXT Mariners at Indians, Friday through Monday
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Lori A. (Gauthier) Steele age 43 of Kewaunee died on Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Bellin Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on January 21, 1970 to Wayne and Betty (Kinjerski) Gauthier.
Lori graduated from Kewaunee High School class of 1988. She went on to earn her degree in Police Science in 1992, working as a police officer for the City of Milwaukee until 2000. She was employed at Belgioioso until her illness prevented her from working.
She enjoyed riding her Harley, played sports such as softball and volleyball, loved traveling to warm places, and spending lots of time with all of her family and friends who meant so much to her.
She is survived by her parents Betty (Kinjerski) and Wayne Gauthier, Kewaunee, Sons Collin (Fiancee Macey and expected grandson) and Dustin, Sister Tina (Fiancé Leif) Sinicki, Four brothers, Dave (Renee) Gauthier, Kewaunee, Tim (Ally) Gauthier, West Bend, Matt (Janelle) Gauthier, De Pere, Tony (Naomi) Gauthier, Kewaunee, Father of her Children Hank Steele, Milwaukee, and her Special Friend, Rosendo "Gopher" Castro (Nico), Green Bay. Five Nieces and Nephews, and her parrot Charlie
She was preceded in death by Paternal Grandparents Lawrence and Letty Gauthier, Maternal Grandparents Lawrence and Marie Kinjerski, Uncle Greg Havlovitz, good friend Rob Stachura.
Friends may call at Buchanan Funeral Home in Kewaunee after 4 pm Sunday December 1st Perish wake service to be held at 7 pm by Deacon Robert Pribek. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am on Monday December 2nd by Fr. Dennis Drury at St Lawrence Church in Stangelville.
In lieu of flowers, a college account will be set up for Lori's future grandchildren.
Love you, see you, bye.
The family would like to give special thanks to the Bellin Cancer Team, Lori's 4th floor hospital staff, and everyone who sent thoughts and prayers.
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ISITA 2010: Taichung, Taiwan
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, ISITA 2010, 17-20 October 2010, Taichung, Taiwan. IEEE 2010, ISBN 978-1-4244-6017-5
LDPC Codes I
- Rich Echard, Shih-Chun Chang:
Good high-rate pi-rotation LDPC codes based on novel puncturing techniques. 1-6
- Chung-Li Wang, Shu Lin:
Low-density parity-check accumulate codes. 7-12
- Cha-Hao Chung, Yeong-Luh Ueng, Ming-Che Lu, Mao-Chao Lin:
Adaptive quantization for low-density-parity-check decoders. 13-18
- Masato Tajima, Koji Okino, Takashi Miyagoshi:
Error-trellis state complexity of LDPC convolutional codes based on circulant matrices. 19-24
- Hsiao-feng Lu:
Approximately universal MIMO diversity embedded codes. 25-30
- Kenji Nakayama, Yasunori Iwanami, Eiji Okamoto:
MIMO MFSK receivers using FDE and MLD on quasi-static frequency selective fading channels. 31-36
- Vesna Gardasevic, Ralf R. Müller, Daniel J. Ryan, Lars Lundheim, Geir E. Øien:
Lattice-reduction aided HNN for vector precoding. 37-41
- Roope Vehkalahti, Camilla Hollanti, Jyrki T. Lahtonen:
A family of cyclic division algebra based fast-decodable 4×2 space-time block codes. 42-47
Cryptography I
- Vladimir B. Balakirsky, A. J. Han Vinck:
Direct biometric verification schemes with Gaussian data. 48-53
- Tanya Ignatenko, Frans M. J. Willems:
Fundamental limits for biometric identification with a database containing protected templates. 54-59
- Sami Zhioua:
A geometric view of mutual information: Application to anonymity protocols. 60-65
- Chigusa Kawashima, I Gusti Bagus Baskara Nugraha, Hiroyoshi Morita, Todorka Alexandrova:
Realizing and evaluating mutual anonymity in P2P networks. 66-71
Source Coding I
- Takahiro Ota, Hiroyoshi Morita:
On the adaptive antidictionary code using minimal forbidden words with constant lengths. 72-77
- Mikihiko Nishiara:
On coding for source with infinitesimal time slots. 78-81
- Danny Dubé:
Using synchronization bits to boost compression by substring enumeration. 82-87
- Shohei Iwata, Toshihiro Hattori, Motohiko Isaka:
On coding for nonbinary sources with side information at the decoder. 88-93
Stochastic Processes/Pattern Recognition
- Juan Miguel Medina, Bruno Cernuschi-Frías:
Stationary sequences and stable sampling. 94-99
- Christopher J. Quinn, Todd P. Coleman, Negar Kiyavash:
Approximating discrete probability distributions with causal dependence trees. 100-105
- Makoto Suzuki, Naohide Yamagishi, Yi-Ching Tsai, Takashi Ishida, Masayuki Goto:
English and Taiwanese text categorization using N-gram based on Vector Space Model. 106-111
- Masanori Kawakita, Yoko Oie, Jun-ichi Takeuchi:
A note on model selection for small sample regression. 112-117
Error-Control Coding I
- Torleiv Kløve, Somaye Yari:
Proper self-complementary codes. 118-122
- Joan-Josep Climent, Francisco J. García, Verónica Requena:
Computing the degree of a Boolean function from its support. 123-128
- Chien-Yi Wang, I-Wei Lai, Tzi-Dar Chiueh, Gerd Ascheid, Heinrich Meyr:
BER analysis for MIMO BICM-ID assuming finite precision of extrinsic LLR. 129-134
- Toshihisa Nishijima, Kin-ichiroh Tokiwa:
Upper bounds on the average probability of undetected error for the ensembles of both product and concatenated codes. 135-138
- Takashi Hayashi, Koji Ishii, Shigeaki Ogose:
Practical design and its evaluations for nested transmit diversity. 139-144
Cooperative Communications I
- Ernest Kurniawan, Sumei Sun, Kai Yen, Kai Fong Ernest Chong:
Improving error performance of Joint Channel and Network Coding in Multiple Access Relay Channel. 145-150
- Valentin Savin:
Split-extended LDPC codes for coded cooperation. 151-156
- Wei Yang, Lihua Li, Gang Wu, Haifeng Wang:
Joint relay selection and link adaptation for distributed beamforming in regenerative cooperative networks. 157-162
- Jaeyoung Lee, Sung-il Kim, Jun Heo:
Performance analysis and optimal power allocation for hybrid incremental relaying. 163-168
- Shi-Yong Lee, Chia-Chun Chang, Min-Kuan Chang:
Modeling of DF behavior and SNR evaluation for multinode cooperation system with adaptive modulation under different diversity combining strategies. 169-173
Cryptography II
- Jean-Claude Belfiore, Frédérique E. Oggier:
Secrecy gain: A wiretap lattice code design. 174-178
- David Elkouss, Jesús Martínez-Mateo, Vicente Martin:
Secure rate-adaptive reconciliation. 179-184
- Hadi Ahmadi, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini:
Secret key establishment over a pair of independent broadcast channels. 185-190
- Hadi Ahmadi, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini:
New results on Secret Key Establishment over a pair of broadcast channels. 191-196
- Somayeh Salimi, Mahmoud Salmasizadeh, Mohammad Reza Aref:
Secret key rate region of multiple access channel model. 197-202
Signal Processing for Communications
- Toshiyuki Kikkawa, Yukitoshi Sanada:
Wireless relay networks using multiple frequency bands. 203-208
- Aya Inami, Chika Sugimoto, Ryuji Kohno:
Performance analysis of equalization and interference cancellation by adaptive digital filter for UWB-IR system inside a vehicle. 209-214
- Hiroshi Takayama, Chika Sugimoto, Ryuji Kohno:
A study on estimating implanted devices using image information and ranging system using UWB radio. 215-219
- Yuuki Matsuura, Koji Ishii, Shigeaki Ogose:
A novel positioning estimation method with the correlation between sensors' data. 220-224
- Koji Enda, Ryuji Kohno:
Iterative algorithm using particle filter for positioning in NLOS environment. 225-230
Video/Image Coding
- Haruhiko Kaneko:
Probabilistic search of nonbinary LDPC codes for distributed video coding. 231-236
- Chih-Chung Tsui, Yu-Ming Lee, Yinyi Lin:
Selective multiple reference frames motion estimation for H.264/AVC video coding. 237-242
- Malavika Bhaskaranand, Jerry D. Gibson:
Spectral entropy-based bit allocation. 243-248
- Tsung-Han Tsai, Chang-Ming Lee, Wen-Nung Lie:
Practical estimation of adaptive correlation noise model for Distributed Video Coding. 249-254
- Hsin M. Shieh, Jin-Gui Li, Yu-Ching Hsu, Meng-Chi Ye, Dong G. Lee:
Iterative prior-knowledge-based image reconstruction algorithms. 255-260
Error-Control Coding II
- John B. Anderson, Adnan Prlja:
Turbo equalization and an M-BCJR algorithm for strongly narrowband intersymbol interference. 261-266
- Christian Senger, Vladimir Sidorenko, Steffen Schober, Martin Bossert, Victor V. Zyablov:
Adaptive single-trial error/erasure decoding of binary codes. 267-272
- Chong-Dao Lee, Yaotsu Chang, Trieu-Kien Truong, Yan-Haw Chen:
More on general error locator polynomials for a class of binary cyclic codes. 273-277
- Jen-chun Chang, I-te Tsai, Hsin-lung Wu:
Efficient decoding algorithm for constant composition codes. 278-281
- Xiaoying Shao, Cornelis H. Slump:
A robust cross coding scheme for OFDM systems. 282-287
- Daisuke Shimbo, Ikuo Oka:
A modulation classification using amplitude moments in OFDM systems. 288-293
- Yutaro Nakagawa, Yukitoshi Sanada:
Time domain feedback equalizer for fast fading channel in OFDM with scattered pilot. 294-297
- Shi-Yong Lee, Chia-Chun Chang, Min-Kuan Chang:
Novel lifetime-aware bit and power allocation in OFDM systems. 298-302
Digital Watermarking
- Harumi Murata, Akio Ogihara, Motoi Iwata, Akira Shiozaki:
An audio watermarking method by using automatic music transcription information. 303-308
- Motoi Iwata, Tomoki Hori, Akira Shiozaki, Akio Ogihara:
Digital watermarking method for tamper detection and recovery of JPEG images. 309-314
- Shouta Sakaino, Hiromu Koda:
A scheme of digital watermarking for 3-D models using correlation method in polar coordinate system. 315-319
- Tadakazu Sakakura, Akira Hayashi:
A simple detection scheme of LSB steganography based on statistics of image difference signal. 320-325
- Tetsushi Masuno, Toru Fujiwara, Takuya Kusaka:
A New method to reduce the probability of detection errors for a digital watermark using complementary decoding algorithms and minimum weight codewords of linear code. 326-331
Data Networks
- Jan-Ray Liao, Pin-Hsuan Wu:
Longest queue first in round-robin matching for input-queued switches. 332-336
- Shin-Guang Chen:
Optimal network planning in robust two site's communication. 337-342
- Siva K. Gorantla, Sachin Kadloor, Todd P. Coleman, Negar Kiyavash, Ira S. Moskowitz, Myong H. Kang:
Directed information and the NRL Network Pump. 343-348
- Pedro C. Pinto, Moe Z. Win:
Continuum percolation in the intrinsically secure communications graph. 349-354
Cooperative MIMO
- Mingjun Dai, Ping Hu, Chi Wan Sung:
Diamond relay network under Rayleigh fading: On-off power control and outage-capacity bound. 355-360
- Kyoung-Young Song, Jaehong Kim, Jong-Seon No, Habong Chung:
Diversity analysis of the best relay selection for soft-decision-and-forward cooperative network. 361-364
- Pham Thanh Hiep, Ryuji Kohno:
Analysis performance of decode-and-forward scheme in distributed MIMO repeater system. 365-370
- Youssef Nasser, Jean-François Hélard:
Efficient space-time block codes for cooperative MIMO communications. 371-376
- Zoran Utkovski, Yao Cheng, Jürgen Lindner:
A non-coherent AF scheme for two-way wireless relay networks based on packings in Grassmann manifolds. 377-382
LDPC Codes II
- Qin Huang, Qiuju Diao, Shu Lin:
Circulant decomposition: Cyclic, quasi-cyclic and LDPC codes. 383-388
- Takakazu Sakai, Koji Shibata:
Importance sampling for LDPC codes based on optimal simulation probability density function. 389-393
- Gou Hosoya, Hideki Yagi, Manabu Kobayashi:
An iterative decoding algorithm for rate-compatible punctured low-density parity-check codes of high coding rates. 394-399
- Matteo Gorgoglione, Valentin Savin, David Declercq:
Optimized puncturing distributions for irregular non-binary LDPC codes. 400-405
Multiuser Information Theory I
- Richard E. Blahut, Soumya Jana:
Körner-Marton theorem for binary modulo-two sum problem from canonical equations. 406-409
- Rafael F. Wyrembelski, Igor Bjelakovic, Holger Boche:
On arbitrarily varying bidirectional broadcast channels with constraints on input and states. 410-415
- Moritz Wiese, Holger Boche, Igor Bjelakovic:
The compound MAC with common message and partial channel state information. 416-421
- Chao Wang, Ming Xiao, Mikael Skoglund:
Diversity-multiplexing tradeoff analysis of multi-source multi-relay coded networks. 422-427
Cryptography III
- Kunikatsu Kobayashi, Kohtaro Tadaki, Masao Kasahara, Shigeo Tsujii:
A knapsack cryptosystem based on multiple knapsacks. 428-432
- Yasuyuki Murakami:
A new construction method of knapsack PKC using linear transformation and Chinese remainder theorem. 433-436
- Akira Hayashi:
On the critical density associated with the matrix type knapsack cryptosystem. 437-440
- Masahito Gotaishi:
Improvement of the Low Rank Attack. 441-445
Shannon Theory I
- Ambedkar Dukkipati:
On Kolmogorov-Nagumo averages and nonextensive entropy. 446-451
- Akari Sato, Hirosuke Yamamoto:
Error exponents of discrete memoryless channels and AWGN channels with noisy feedback. 452-457
- Behrooz Makki, Thomas Eriksson:
Data transmission in the presence of noisy channel state feedback and outage probability constraint. 458-463
- Sadaf Salehkalaibar, Mohammad Reza Aref:
On the capacity region of a class of Z Channels with cooperation. 464-468
Constrained Coding
- Kees A. Schouhamer Immink:
High-rate maximum runlength constrained coding schemes using base conversion. 469-472
- Ken-ichi Iwata, Takuya Koyama:
A prefix-free coding for finite-state noiseless channels with small coding delay. 473-477
- Jan Geldmacher, Jürgen Götze:
Syndrome former trellis construction for punctured convolutional codes. 478-483
- Shih-Kai Lee, Hsin-Yi Chen, Mao-Chao Lin, Tien-Hui Chen:
On soft iterative decoding for ternary recording systems with RLL constraints. 484-489
LDPC Codes III
- Raúl Martínez-Noriega, Brian M. Kurkoski, Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Kingo Kobayashi:
Recovering synchronization with iterative decoders: LDPC codes. 490-495
- Tsung-Che Wu, Yao-Wen Hu, Chang-Ming Lee:
Optimization of memory utilization for partially parallel QC-LDPC decoder. 496-500
- Chao-Yu Chen, Qin Huang, Chi-Chao Chao, Shu Lin:
A message-passing decoding algorithm for q-ary LDPC codes with low-complexity. 501-506
- Chi-Jen Wu, Chung-Hsuan Wang, Chi-Chao Chao:
A new construction of irregular LDPC convolutional codes with cycle removal. 507-512
- Masanori Hirotomo, Masakatu Morii:
Detailed evaluation of error floors of LDPC codes using the probabilistic algorithm. 513-518
- Keigo Takeuchi, Ralf R. Müller, Mikko Vehkaperä, Toshiyuki Tanaka:
An achievable rate of large block-fading MIMO systems with no CSI via successive decoding. 519-524
- A. Taufiq Asyhari, Albert Guillen i Fabregas:
MIMO block-fading channels with mismatched CSIR. 525-530
- Shuo Shen, Matthew R. McKay, Ross D. Murch:
MIMO systems with mutual coupling: How many antennas to pack into fixed-length arrays? 531-536
- Roope Vehkalahti, Camilla Hollanti, Jyrki T. Lahtonen, Hsiao-feng Lu:
Some simple observations on MISO codes. 537-541
- Paul de Kerret, Michael Joham, Wolfgang Utschick, Rudolf Mathar:
MIMO broadcast channel rate region with linear precoding at high SNR without full multiplexing. 542-547
Cryptography IV
- Jeich Mar, Yow-Cheng Yeh, I-Fan Hsiao:
An ANFIS-IDS against deauthentication DOS attacks for a WLAN. 548-553
- Hirotaka Tazawa, Takashi Katoh, Bhed Bahadur Bista, Toyoo Takata:
A user authenticaion scheme using multiple passphrases and its arrangement. 554-559
- Kai Zhao, Yuichi Kaji:
Anti-phishing mutual authentication using the visual secret sharing scheme. 560-565
- Nai-Wei Lo, Kuo-Hui Yeh:
De-synchronization attack on RFID authentication protocols. 566-570
- Yasunori Onda, SeongHan Shin, Kazukuni Kobara, Hideki Imai:
How to distinguish on-line dictionary attacks and password mis-typing in two-factor authentication. 571-576
Source Coding II
- Shigeaki Kuzuoka:
Relations between universal FV and FF source codes. 577-582
- Hiroshi Fujisaki:
On embeddings of shifts of finite type into the golden-mean-Dyck shift. 583-588
- Grégory Demay, Vishwambhar Rathi, Lars K. Rasmussen:
Optimality of LDGM-LDPC compound codes for lossy compression of binary erasure source. 589-594
- Mitsuharu Arimura, Ken-ichi Iwata:
The minimum achievable redundancy rate of fixed-to-fixed length source codes for general sources. 595-600
- Jyun-Jie Wang, Houshou Chen, Zhin-Han Dai, Hsinying Liang:
Joint JPEG-block coding with expurgating trellis for wireless robust image transmission. 601-605
Signal Processing
- Krzysztof Wawryn, Robert T. Wirski, Bogdan Strzeszewski:
Implementation of finite impulse response systems using rotation structures. 606-610
- Nanako Ubayama, Toma Miyata, Naoyuki Aikawa:
A design method for IIR digital filters with variable stopband using semidefinite programming. 611-615
- Robert T. Wirski:
Synthesis of orthogonal Roesser model for two-dimensional FIR filters. 616-620
- Yuichi Kida, Takuro Kida:
The optimum approximate reconstruction of a signal from the discrete sample values of the prescribed multiple waves. 621-626
- Yuichi Kida, Takuro Kida:
Development of a new numerical solution of inhomogeneous linear partial differential equations with many independent variables. 627-632
Coding Performance
- Matthias Rüngeler, Birgit Schotsch, Peter Vary:
Improved decoding of Shannon-Kotel'nikov mappings. 633-638
- Yu Morishima, Ikuo Oka, Shingo Ata:
Pulse interference mitigation techniques for QPSK and QAM using Viterbi decoding. 639-643
- Shinsuke Nagata, Kaiji Mukumoto, Tadahiro Wada, Koji Ishibashi:
Performance evaluation of Go-Back-i-symbol ARQ scheme applicable to meteor burst communications. 644-649
- Xiao-Hong Peng:
Bounds on end-to-end performance of networks employing erasure control coding. 650-655
- Kenta Eguchi, Haruki Higuchi, Yukitoshi Sanada:
User/sampling point selection algorithm in multiuser MIMO-OFDM with fractional sampling. 656-661
- Eisuke Sakai, Haruki Nishimura, Mamiko Inamori, Yukitoshi Sanada, Mohammad Ghavami:
Low-complexity sampling point selection in OFDM receiver with fractional sampling. 662-667
- Chia-Yao Chen, Wen-Kang Jia, Yaw-Chung Chen:
A novel CRC based error correction scheme in OFDM/OFDMA wireless networks. 668-672
- Rih-Lung Chung, Chin-Wen Chang, Jeng-Kuang Hwang:
Bidirectional decision feedback equalization for mobile MIMO-OFDM systems. 673-677
Cryptography V
- Hiroki Koga:
Two generalizations of a coding theorem for a (2, 2)-threshold scheme with a cheater. 678-683
- Ulrich Speidel, T. Aaron Gulliver:
A secure authentication system based on variable-length codes. 684-689
- Miodrag J. Mihaljevic, Hajime Watanabe, Hideki Imai:
A low complexity authentication protocol based on pseudorandomness, randomness and homophonic coding. 690-695
- Josep Rifà, Lorena Ronquillo:
Product perfect Z2 Z4-linear codes in steganography. 696-701
Multiuser Information Theory II
- Simon Görtzen, Anke Schmeink:
A theoretical framework for capacity-achieving multi-user waterfilling in OFDMA. 702-707
- Moritz Wiese, Frederic Knabe, Johannes Georg Klotz, Aydin Sezgin:
The performance of QPSK in low-SNR interference channels. 708-713
- Yasutada Oohama:
On the rate distortion region of Gaussian multiterminal source coding. 714-719
- S. M. Hossein Tabatabaei Yazdi, Mohammad Reza Aref:
The capacity of a class of linear deterministic relay networks. 720-725
- Yifan Chen, Chau Yuen, Yong Huat Chew:
Double-directional information azimuth spectrum and relay network tomography for a decentralized wireless relay network. 726-731
Performance Evaluation
- Shin'ichi Koike, Seiichi Noda:
O&7PSK modulation and its bit error rate performance. 732-737
- Yusuke Kozawa, Hiromasa Habuchi:
Theoretical analysis of M-CSK/CDMA system in optical wireless channel. 738-742
- Bayarpurev Mongol, Takaya Yamazato, Masaaki Katayama:
Inband and outband spectrum analysis of the BFDM and BFDM/OQAM signals with truncated Gaussian pulses. 743-746
- Yuuki Nishino, Makoto Tanahashi, Hideki Ochiai:
A new bit-labeling for trellis-shaped PSK with improved PAPR reduction capability. 747-751
- Jo Lynn Tan, Ahmad Zuri bin Sha'ameri, Yen Mei Chee:
Signal analysis and classification of digital communication signal using higher order time-frequency analysis techniques. 752-756
- Chen-Yi Wang, Shin-Lin Shieh, Po-Ning Chen, Yunghsiang S. Han:
Path deletions for finite stack-size sequential-type decoding algorithms. 757-761
- Hideki Yoshikawa, Yoshitake Kawadai:
Theoretical analysis of bit error probability for 4-state recursive systematic convolutional code with Max-Log MAP decoding. 762-766
- Hideki Yoshikawa:
Theoretical analysis of bit error probability for Log-MAP decoding. 767-771
- Ryuhei Yokoyama, Toru Fujiwara, Takuya Kusaka:
Adaptive recursive MLD using ordered statistics for low rate codes. 772-777
Cryptography VI
- Dai Watanabe, Toru Owada, Kazuto Okamoto, Yasutaka Igarashi, Toshinobu Kaneko:
Update on Enocoro stream cipher. 778-783
- Yasutaka Igarashi, Toshinobu Kaneko:
On the truncated path search for the maximum differential characteristic probability on a generalized Feistel-type block cipher. 784-788
- Miodrag J. Mihaljevic, Hideki Imai:
A Security evaluation of certain stream ciphers which involve randomness and coding. 789-794
- Naoto Yanai, Eikoh Chida, Masahiro Mambo:
A structured aggregate signature scheme. 795-800
Shannon Theory II
- Tsutomu Kawabata:
A revisit to the Muroga method of computing channel capacity. 801-806
- Sergio Lembo, Chia-Hao Yu, Olav Tirkkonen:
Block fading channels with limited channel state information. 807-811
- Meik Dorpinghaus, Heinrich Meyr, Gerd Ascheid:
The achievable rate of stationary rayleigh flat-fading channels with IID input symbols. 812-817
- Reza Khosravi-Farsani, Bahareh Akhbari, Mohammad Reza Aref:
The capacity region of a class of Relay-Broadcast Channels and relay channels with three parallel unmatched subchannels. 818-823
- Shunsuke Araki, Ken'ichi Kakizaki, Takeru Miyazaki, Satoshi Uehara:
Suitable representation of values on the logistic map with finite precision. 824-829
- Takeru Miyazaki, Shunsuke Araki, Satoshi Uehara:
A study on differences in properties of the logistic maps over integers affected by rounding. 830-835
- Ying Li, Yi-Chan Kao, Mei-Wen Chang:
Autocorrelation functions and double difference sequences. 836-841
- Takayasu Kaida, Junru Zheng:
Hamming distance correlation for q-ary constant weight codes. 842-845
Error-Control Coding III
- Junru Zheng, Takayasu Kaida:
An algorithm for new lower bound of minimum distance by DFT for cyclic codes. 846-849
- Hidetoshi Saito, Ryuji Kohno:
Maximum a posteriori estimation using ARCH models and burst error correcting array codes for burst-erasure recording channels. 850-855
- Julie Neckebroek, Marc Moeneclaey, Enrico Magli:
Comparison of Reed-Solomon and Raptor codes for the protection of video on-demand on the erasure channel. 856-860
- Mathieu Cunche, Valentin Savin, Vincent Roca:
Analysis of Quasi-Cyclic LDPC codes under ML decoding over the erasure channel. 861-866
- Hiroshi Kamabe:
Floating codes with good average performance. 867-872
- Dan Zhang, I-Wei Lai, Konstantinos Nikitopoulos, Gerd Ascheid:
Informed message update for iterative MIMO demapping and turbo decoding. 873-878
- Redha M. Radaydeh, Mohamed-Slim Alouini:
Imperfect generalized transmit beamforming with co-channel interference cancelation. 879-884
- Ronghong Mo, Yong Huat Chew, Tony Q. S. Quek, Chengzhi Chen:
Distributed precoding design for MIMO interference channels. 885-889
- Dong-Min Shin, Kyeongcheol Yang:
Analysis of diversity-multiplexing tradeoff bounds of ZF-SIC systems with error propagation. 890-894
- Yabo Li:
Digital-controlled analog beamforming for indoor MIMO multipath channels. 895-899
Cryptography VII
- Kohtaro Tadaki, Shigeo Tsujii:
Two-sided multiplications are reduced to one-sided multiplication in linear piece in hand matrix methods. 900-904
- Kohtaro Tadaki, Shigeo Tsujii:
Clarifying the specification of linear Piece In Hand matrix method. 905-910
- Miodrag J. Mihaljevic, Sugata Gangopadhyay, Goutam Paul, Hideki Imai:
A generic weakness of the k-normal Boolean functions exposed to dedicated algebraic attack. 911-916
- Masakazu Yoshida, Takayuki Miyadera, Hideki Imai:
On the security of the quantum key distribution using the Mean King Problem. 917-912
- Kenta Kasai, Ryutaroh Matsumoto, Kohichi Sakaniwa:
Information reconciliation for QKD with rate-compatible non-binary LDPC codes. 922-927
Cognitive and Software Radio
- M. Saber, Yutaka Jitsumatsu, Muhammad Tahir Abbas Khan:
Design and implementation of low power digital phase-locked loop. 928-933
- Youngmin Jeong, Tony Q. S. Quek, Hyundong Shin:
Downlink beamforming optimization for cognitive underlay networks. 934-939
- Kevin Chang, Yu-Chieh Huang, Bouchra Senadji:
Analysis of primary user duty cycle impact on spectrum sensing performance. 940-945
- Meng-Lin Ku, Li-Chun Wang, Yu Ted Su:
Optimal multiuser beamforming and power allocation for hierarchical cognitive radio systems. 946-951
- Hamid G. Bafghi, Somayeh Salimi, Babak Seyfe, Mohammad Reza Aref:
Cognitive interference channel with two confidential messages. 952-956
Cooperative Communications II
- Lu Lu, Fan Sun, Ming Xiao, Lars K. Rasmussen:
Relay-aided multi-cell broadcasting with random network coding. 957-962
- Kuang-Yu Sung, Yao-Win Peter Hong, Chi-Chao Chao:
Subcarrier allocation and partner selection algorithms for cooperative multicarrier systems. 963-968
- Li-Chun Wang, Wei-Chi Li:
Outage performance analysis for fractional frequency reused TDD-OFDMA systems with asymmetric traffics. 969-974
- Jooha Bek, Jaeyoung Lee, Jun Heo:
Outage analysis and optimal power allocation for network-coding-based hybrid AF and DF. 975-980
- Rih-Lung Chung, Shu-Hao Chang:
Cooperative MMSE OFDM receiver for half-duplex and multiple-relays system. 981-985
RS/AG Codes
- Alexander Zeh, Wenhui Li:
Decoding Reed-Solomon codes up to the Sudan radius with the Euclidean algorithm. 986-990
- Chung-Chin Lu, Chih-Yen Yang, Ti-Chung Lee:
Syndrome calculation for the decoding of algebraic-geometry codes on plane Garcia-Stichtenoth curves. 991-994
- Jian-Jia Weng, Yu-Min Hsieh, Hsin-Chuan Kuo, Chung-Hsuan Wang, Tsung-Cheng Wu, Yi-Sheng Su:
A New reliability updating scheme for iterative decoding of Reed-Solomon codes with refined initialization. 995-1000
- Hajime Matsui:
Unified system of encoding and decoding erasures and errors for algebraic geometry codes. 1001-1006
Multiuser Information Theory III
- Tobias Renk, Holger Jäkel, Friedrich Jondral, Deniz Gündüz, Andrea J. Goldsmith:
Outage capacity of bursty amplify-and-forward with incremental relaying. 1007-1011
- Zoran Utkovski, Aydin Sezgin, Jürgen Lindner:
Non-coherent two-way relaying: Rate bounds for the high SNR regime. 1012-1017
- Bahareh Akhbari, Mahtab Mirmohseni, Mohammad Reza Aref:
Achievable rate regions for interference channel with two relays. 1018-1023
- Amir Sonee, Somayeh Salimi, Mahmoud Salmasizadeh:
Generalized multiple-access relay channel with confidential messages. 1024-1029
Quantum Information
- Kenjiro Yanagi:
Generalized Wigner-Yanase-Dyson skew information and uncertainty relation. 1030-1034
- Masaki Ota, Hideyuki Kumazawa, Keisuke Shiromoto, Tsuyoshi Sasaki Usuda:
Formula of channel matrix for coded quantum signals by classical linear codes over Zm. 1035-1040
- Kao-Yueh Kuo, Chung-Chin Lu:
A further study on the encoding complexity of quantum stabilizer codes. 1041-1044
- Yoshio Takamura, Shogo Usami, Tsuyoshi Sasaki Usuda:
On attainment of the capacity of broadband quantum channel by wavelength division multiplexing. 1045-1049
- Hsinying Liang, Zhe Lin, Houshou Chen, Cheng-Ying Yang:
A modified genetic algorithm PTS technique with error correction for PAPR reduction in OFDM systems. 1050-1053
- Kee-Hoon Kim, Hyun-Bae Jeon, Jong-Seon No, Dong-Joon Shin:
A new selected mapping scheme for PAPR reduction in OFDM systems. 1054-1057
- Holger Boche, Brendan Farrell:
PAPR for OFDM and the proportion of information bearing signals for tone reservation. 1058-1063


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Truck drivers wait to be let onto I-10 Wednesday on the Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette.
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The public costs of reacting to the wintry weather that has swept through Acadiana since last Friday has surely been dear. But by Wednesday, the toll hadn't been counted and work was ongoing.
Department of Transportation and Development road crews have worked around the clock since before the storm hit, stockpiling and then distributing truckloads of salt, sand and light aggregate used to try to keep roads open.
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Nokia 7710 Theme Studio for Symbian OS is a PC tool for creating themes for Nokia 7710 smartphone. A theme is a definition for the appearance of the phone's user interface. With the tool, a user can create, edit, and view themes to customize wallpaper, application icons, color schemes, and more for the user interface. Nokia 7710 Theme Studio for Symbian OS will create the appropriate.sis files.
If you are a creative person, you won't be satisfied with others' creative work and you'll want to do your own. Nokia company has taken care about creative persons and released the phones' platform Series 40 software - Nokia Series 40 Theme Studio. Using it you can develop and edit design themes.
Kingconvert DVD to Nokia Video Converter is an integrated Nokia Multimedia Converter software which could convert DVD/video to Nokia and all popular video to Nokia 3GP, MP4, 3GP in a high quality and super fast conversion speed. Input format:TS, M2TS, TP, TRP, AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV,
This simple and intuitive software program allows you to convert any video files into MP4, ready for playback with Nokia phones. The program converts videos in many popular formats, including – but not limited to – AVI, MPEG, MOV, WMV, MP4, WEBM, 3GP, 3G2, FLV, RM, MKV, and others. Besides, it can produce video files that are compatible with many specific models of Nokia phones.
mTC is a program to create themes for Sony Ericsson and Nokia mobile phones. With this free utility, you will be able to customize every screen of more than eighty mobile phones models. Through an easy-to-use GUI, you will be able to change the wallpaper and the background image of every screen, adding effects, different transparency levels and borders to any image you like.
-Browse files and folders on your Nokia 3230, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7610.
-Cut, copy, paste files and folders on your Nokia 3230, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7610.
-Rename and delete files and folders on your Nokia 3230, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7610.
-Create new files and folders on your Nokia 3230, Nokia 6600, Nokia 7610.
4Videosoft Nokia Video Converter is one comprehensive video to Nokia converting software for you to convert video to Nokia for Nokia users to enjoy the multimedia videos on Nokia. This Nokia Video Converter can convert all video to Nokia MP4, 3GP video formats and AAC, MP3, WAV audio for Nokia N90, Nokia 6205, Nokia E71, Nokia 5800, Nokia E63, Nokia E75, Nokia E71, Nokia N96 and more.
Nokia E-mail Configuration Tool is a freeware application for Nokia PC Suite that allows you to define e-mail settings on your desktop computer and send them to a Nokia mobile device via SMS text messages. E-mail configuration tool helps users to set up their preferred mobile email settings quickly.
Nokia Suite is a program that allows you to transfer photos, videos, music and contacts between the phone and the computer. You can also get access and download the latest applications for your phone, download music or free street maps and back up important content.
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Nokia Software Updater provides you with an easy-to-use tool for updating Nokia phone software. Free software updates from Nokia make sure you always have the best performance and the latest features. Just like a computer, your Nokia phone uses software to run.
Nokia PCsuite 126.96.36.199 is a program that connects a Nokia phone to a computer. With a great appearance and ease of use, it comes packaged with Nokia phones. This version comes with many features like backup, synchronizing, etc .. and new features like the 'Video Manager' , 'Image Store' etc.
Nokia Ovi Player 2.1.11020.2
Nokia Lifeblog helps the user to create a photo album with the pictures taken with mobile phone or any other means.
This software will organize all the pictures on the computer and mobile phone (cellular) for viewing, editing, sharing and search purposes.
You can move pictures from and to PC and mobile phone (both ways) and make changes to the images that will be kept in a safe place.
Nokia Music Player is very powerful program developed by Nokia Music Player
With Nokia Music Player you can managing and transferring music from portable devices to a PC often requires more than a simple USB cable or card reader.
Nokia Music Player can transfer,rip,burn and enjoy music on your PC and phone
Multi Media Player is an audio player for Nokia which enriches it with wav, snd, au and mp3 advanced playback. You can open files directly from FileManager. Multi Media Player has an auto pause/resume function, so you don't have to worry about incoming call.
MOBILedit! is a handy utility that allows you to easily manage the data stored on your phone directly from your computer. You will be able to add, remove or edit any kind of information by simply connecting your mobile to your PC via Bluetooth, cable or infrared connection.
Are you the lucky owner of a Sony Ericsson mobile? If your answer is a proud "yes, I am", then you have to download this small yet powerful application to create stunning themes for your device. As its name suggests, with this program you will be able to design custom themes, controlling almost every detail of them.


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The Success Of A Nerd at Heart and His Love of Wine
Eric LeVine is recognized for his outstanding contribution to the success of Microsoft. One of his more public input are the classic error messages you see in Microsoft applications when things go bonkers. His wife, Suzie was also a part of Microsoft. They lived a comfortable life in a Queen Anne house, immensely appreciated by Bill Gates for their dedication to Microsoft.
Life changed unexpectedly for LeVine when he took a leisurely trip to Tuscany with his wife. LeVine felt an instant affinity to wine-making. Seeing the grapes being crushed and fermented triggered a fascination that grew stronger long past his wine-tasting trip. In particular, he enjoyed the different methods used by small villages in coming up with different kinds of Chiantis. This began a new chapter in his life as he began to delve deeper into wine-making and wine collecting.
With a quirky smile, he says, "I got the bug, and in a serious way."
That was an understatement because soon after his trip to Tuscany, a wine cellar was constructed in his home. He began to host wine parties and got to know the well-respected winemakers like Bob Betz, a wine connoisseur who soon became a personal friend. As his knowledge grew, so did his collection. At present, his most treasured wine bottle is the Château de Beaucastel. True to his expertise in Microsoft, he used it to create an online application which he called the CellarTracker.
The CellarTracker became his personal wine library. It contains information on specific wine bottles in his cellar such as its vintage, inventory, price. It also includes LeVine's personal comments on each wine bottle. On April 2004, with the help of some wine enthusiasts such as himself, CellarTracker went online. The response was so electric that LeVine left his job with Microsoft a year later to go full time with CellarTracker.
LeVine says, "I left because I was excited by CellarTracker. I never thought I'd be an entrepreneurial guy."
Feedback from visitors to the website spurred him to further develop and enhance the site. To date, over 82,000 people have registered with more than 16,000 subscribers all paying $40 a year. Members are allowed to post their reviews on listed wines. A daily average of 1,100 users have publicly commented on listed wines, and the estimated worth has surpassed $1 billion.
Calling himself a "nerd at heart" LeVine has managed to combine two loves into a smash hit website. Truly, the nerd has come to his own.


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Digg Labs' Fascinating, Confusing Tools
Data visualization is changing behavior on the popular bookmarking site.
Stick figures enter buildings that grow a notch taller with each visit. Blocks fall from the sky into stacks. Dots cluster one by one around larger circles on the computer screen, looking like cells on a microscope's slide.
These varied images are different attempts to visually illustrate the flow of reader activity at Digg.com, the popular news site that lets readers post links to headlines elsewhere online and rank them by voting on their popularity. Ordinarily a text-based list of stories, Digg and its Digg Labs project are increasingly experimenting with these alternative interfaces, hoping to find new ways to browse through the site's bewilderingly rapid stream of content.
Digg Labs, which celebrates its one-year anniversary this week, has provided one of the Web's most prominent experiments with data visualization, a young discipline that mixes graphic design and statistical analysis in attempts to represent information with pictures instead of raw data.
The Digg Labs tools, created by San Francisco firm Stamen Design with input from Digg, have drawn decidedly mixed reviews: they're lauded by some as simple and useful, criticized by others as fascinating but confusing. But either way, the tools have kept the popular site in the vanguard of a trend that's changing the way Net users interact with online information.
"We're still in a phase of learning how to use these tools," says the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory research scientist Catherine Plaisant. "But this is finally becoming a language that people are becoming familiar with."
Digg Labs, like most experiments with visualizing data, has been driven primarily by an attempt to cope with a stream of information abundant enough to be overwhelming.
As the site's popularity soared over the past several years, user-submitted content began appearing and disappearing from the front page too quickly for most readers to see. Digg founder Kevin Rose commissioned Stamen to create visual ways for users to find headlines, as well as to see patterns and trends in the content flow.
The result, launched last July, has been four flash-based applications that illustrate readers' activities. One view, called Stack, represents individual users' votes for stories as bricks falling Tetris-like into stacks, creating a bar graph of popular headlines that grows in real time.
Another view, dubbed Swarm, offers an eerily beautiful look at how individual users cluster around popular stories. Visually, Swarm is reminiscent of cells under a microscope, with individual users attaching themselves to circles representing stories. When the same user votes for two stories, a tentacle reaches out and tugs those "cells" closer together.
As far as the analytic tools go, the company itself rates the experiments as a success. In an e-mail interview, Digg creative director Daniel Burka says that Digg Labs' tools have influenced the company's interface design by exposing how readers move between content areas and "swarm" around stories.
"After seeing users congregate around stories and examining their relationships, we've tweaked our algorithms to take [content] diversity into account when determining how popular a story really is," Burka says. This allows a wider range of subjects to show up on the home page, for example. "Many of the lessons we've learned in the Labs are also influencing future feature development and the general direction of the site."
Many readers have reacted enthusiastically. The April release of an API (application programming interface) allowing outsiders to build their own visualizations using Digg's data has sparked dozens of independent Digg interfaces, such as Digg City, the winner of a recent contest calling for reader submissions.


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Business for sale
The business: A 31-year-old treasure, comprising an art gallery, three craft shops, a home site, and a restaurant based in a Big Sur location with breathtaking ocean and canyon views. The current owner has pushed revenues into the seven-figure range, thanks to his savvy pairing of affordable fine arts, priced from a few hundred dollars to $7,500, with high-quality crafts sold at lower price points that appeal to the 3.5 million tourists who drive past each year on California's famous Highway 1. The owner, an English professor turned entrepreneur, is ready to make his own contribution to the canon of American literature, but his staff should stick around for the next exhibition.
Price: The gallery, shops, and restaurant (including $300,000 worth of fine-art and crafts inventory): $500,000; the commercially zoned real estate (four acres and two buildings): $3 million; the art collection (4,500 limited-edition prints bearing the original signature of artist and writer Henry Miller): $8 million; the home site (three acres with an ocean view and a coastal permit for a 6,000-square-foot home): $1 million. The owner will consider offers for any pieces of this deal.
Outlook: This business's prospects are even more outstanding than the views. Sales probably could be eexpanded through the addition of a glitzy E-commerce site or a high-end mail-order catalog. The restaurant, now an espresso cafÉ, also has grand-master potential. A lot will depend on how deep a buyer's pockets are: The gallery is a turnkey operation that shouldn't require further investment anytime soon. But if you want to create a restaurant worthy of this exquisite setting, that will cost you. Ready for the big, big picture? This owner is convinced that a buyer's investment of $500,000 -- mainly in marketing-and-publicity efforts -- would triple the value of the Henry Miller collection.
Price rationale: This deal is priced so well that one valuation expert called it "a gift." Here's why: the combined earnings of the gallery, shops, and cafÉ basically cover their selling price. (And there's all that salable inventory as well!) Since location is a big part of this business's draw, a buyer should probably ante up for the real estate (with or without the home site). An added plus: a buyer could break the purchase into multiple pieces and finance it through more than one loan.
Pros: The businesses, the location, and the bottom line -- California-dreamy.
Cons: You can't spend more time staring out the window than at the bottom line.
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Sometimes you just want to see a highly-skilled, traditional tattoo artist, and Malmö, Sweden's Peter Lagergren is one of those talents. There is so much good stuff coming out of Scandinavia right now in the arts, and Langergren's tattoo work is just another example.
Lagergren tattoos at Malmo's Tattoo Shop (easy name to remember) and we think some American tattoo purists would really enjoy this work.


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A multi-floor collapse in building #92 at the southern end of the Packard plant. The building is one of the most dangerous in the sprawling complex. / Brian Kaufman/Detroit Free Press
Portions of the roof have collapsed in building #92 at the southern end of the Packard plant. / Brian Kaufman/Detroit Free Press
Some Peru projects
A few of Fernando Palazuelos historic redevelopment projects in Lima, Peru:
■ Redeveloped an old luxury hotel that once hosted guests such as John Wayne and soccer star Pelé. His firm, Arte Express, redeveloped the building into an office complex with shops and restaurants including a Burger King and KFC.
■ Redeveloped a 1920s building that now houses a bakery, sushi restaurant, retail and a beauty salon.
■ Redeveloped the International Bank of Peru building in Limas center district that dates to the 1920s.
Source: Peru news media reports
As Wayne County awaits money from Chicago developer William Hults, who had the second-highest bid for the Packard Plant, its best hope might be the third-place bidder a Peru-based developer dubbed El Conquistador Del Centro for his efforts transforming old buildings into thriving office and retail developments.
Developer Fernando Palazuelo was in Detroit on Wednesday to meet with county officials about the Packard site and other opportunities in the city.
He spoke to the Free Press through e-mail and said he was still interested in the abandoned auto plant. His bid was just over $2 million.
I am holding meetings with the county today and tomorrow, he said.
He picked up his nickname, which means the Conqueror of Downtown, in the news media. He has rehabilitated dozens of old structures in his native Spain, as well as Nepal and downtown Lima.
According to news reports, he has filled his buildings with paying tenants and businesses, including coffee shops, restaurants, clothing stores, a Burger King and government offices.
The Wayne County Treasurers Office has given Hults until 4 p.m. Thursday to make good on his $2-million bid for the plant after Texas doctor Jill Van Horn missed a deadline of noon Wednesday to send in a substantial down payment.
David Szymanski, Wayne Countys chief deputy treasurer, said Van Horn called the Treasurers Office later Wednesday. The county turned down her request for a 14-day extension.
Were not comfortable waiting that long, Szymanski said. The auction rules called for 24 hours, and we extended her two days beyond that.
The county considers $2.2 million Hults last legitimate bid before Van Horn ran up the price to about $6 million.
If his bid falls through, Palazuelo said he envisions the same sort of redevelopment to the Packard site that he has done in Lima.
He alluded to the general redevelopment efforts in Detroits Midtown area, mentioning the Inn on Ferry Street as an example. The inn is a four-mansion restoration and one of the first large-scale Midtown redevelopment projects of the 1990s.
The inn complex also includes two carriage houses, has 40 guest rooms and is centrally located to museums, coffee shops, restaurants and other attractions. The project, which required government subsidies, is credited by some with kicking off what would become the Midtown revival, giving the area credibility.
Palazuelo once told Peru This Week that his firm, Arte Express, undertakes projects of significant architectural and historical value and takes a long-term interest in their success.
We are marathon runners. We do not sprint, we run long distances, Palazuelo said in the 2010 interview. We are prepared for profitability in the long and medium term, not in the short term. We are recovering the center of the city, rehabilitating buildings, respecting history.
Szymanski said Palazuelo performed well in Peru, and wed like to see him bring his talents here to Detroit.
Palazuelo was the first person to bid on the Packard Plant in the countys final-round tax foreclosure auction that began Oct. 8 and ended Friday, bidding the propertys $21,000 reserve price. The plant got zero bids in the September first-round auction when the minimum was $1 million in back taxes.
Palazuelo said he bowed out of the second round once bidding Friday exceeded $2 million.
Hults on move
In a phone interview with the Free Press on Wednesday, Hults said he has the $2.2 million cash ready to go and is waiting for the county to tell him how much to pay.
Im waiting for the number, and Im waiting for the date that they want it, he said.
But county officials said Hults on Wednesday said he doesnt yet have the money. He indicated that he did not have it at this time, but he hopes to have it tomorrow, Szymanski said.
Hults is known to the county, having missed a pre-auction deadline in September to buy the Packard site for its $1 million in back taxes.
Hults declined to discuss why he couldnt come up with $1 million last month when he had an exclusive deal to buy the roughly 40-acre industrial site. To me, thats irrelevant, he said. Im ready to go now.
■ Related: Packard Plant auction winners release bizarre statement, still haven't paid
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■ Related: Nancy Kaffer: Why even bother auctioning the Packard Plant?
Hults said he has relocated to Detroit from metro Chicago, where he developed some housing in distressed urban neighborhoods, including Chicagos north side. He reportedly had trouble with some of his Chicago projects that involved liens and unpaid taxes.
If the Packard Plant does become his, Hults said he plans to proceed with his vision of redeveloping it into a mixed-use attraction with residential, commercial and entertainment amenities.
Nothing has changed, Hults said of his plans. If anything, Im more excited.
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Jurors will begin deliberating this afternoon in the murder trial of a 21-year-old man accused of driving his vehicle into a group of people, killing a woman.
Miguel Tinoco is charged with murder and four counts of aggravated assault. His trial is taking place in the 243rd District Court before Judge Luis Aguilar.
Police arrested Tinoco on July 8, 2012, after he allegedly drove his maroon 2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse into a group of people outside of a house party in the Lower Valley.
Miriam Aguirre, 23, was killed, and four others were injured.
At the time of Tinoco's arrest, police said they responded to an assault call in the 100 block of Rio Monte Street and found Aguirre dead at the scene.
Police said the incident happened after the homeowner received complaints from several neighbors about a birthday party at his home and told everyone to leave. Tinoco allegedly became upset and drove his vehicle into a group of people outside of the home. He fled the scene but police arrested him later that day.
If convicted of murder, Tinoco faces five to 99 years or life in prison. He has been jailed since his arrest in lieu of posting a $100,000 bond.
Tinoco's attorney, Tom Hughes, has argued in court that state prosecutors overcharged Tinoco with murder, and Tinoco should have been charged with intoxicated manslaughter, a charge that carries a prison sentence between two and 20 years.
However, prosecutors Ray Duke and Myrna Pages told jurors Tinoco intentionally drove his car into a group of people knowing they could have been injured or killed.


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Statement From AFP-Minnesota on 2013 Legislative Session Adjournment
One-party rule results in excessive government growth, taxation and overreach
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—Americans for Prosperity-Minnesota, the state's premier free market grassroots organization committed to economic freedom and smaller government, released the following statement on the adjournment and conclusion of the 2013 Minnesota legislative session.
From AFP-MN State Director John Cooney:
"Tonight's adjournment of the 2013 legislative session marked the end of a tumultuous few months brought on by the dangers of one party rule. Under Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and his like-minded legislative majorities in the Senate and House, a final budget agreement was achieved that will result in excessive government growth and spending, excessive taxation and excessive overreach during the next biennium-much to the detriment of Minnesota's economic freedom. This budget increases public spending at an astonishing eight percent clip, a rate with which the revenue-generating economy simply cannot keep pace. This budget raises an alarming $2 billion in total new taxes, further limiting the freedom of all Minnesotans. This budget, and the session in which it was enacted, will lead to more big-government encroachment into the lives of Minnesota citizens, families and businesses. Minnesotans deserve a more responsible approach than the agreement reached late Monday. Our economic freedom and future vitality depend on it."
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a nationwide organization of citizen-leaders committed to advancing every individual's right to economic freedom and opportunity. AFP believes reducing the size and intrusiveness of government is the best way to promote individual productivity and prosperity for all Americans. For more information, visit www.americansforprosperity.org
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Moston, township and ry. sta., Manchester par., SE. Lancashire - township, 1297 ac., pop. 3466; the sta. is 4½ miles NE. of Victoria sta., Manchester.
John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)
Archives and librariesLocal studies information is held at Manchester Local Studies library.
CensusDetails about the census records, and indexes for Moston.
Church History
Church Records
- St Chad, Hazeldene Rd, New Moston, Church of England
- St John, Ashley Lane, Church of England
- St Luke, Kenyon Lane, Lightbowne, Church of England
- St Mary, Nuthurst Rd, Church of England
- Eastwood Road, New Moston, Primitive Methodist
- Lightbowne Road, Primitive Methodist
- Gill Street, United Methodist Free Church
- St Mary's Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Chain Bar, Moston Lane , United Methodist Free Church
- Streetfold, Moston Lane , United Methodist Free Church
- Ashley Lane, Wesleyan Methodist
- Kenyon Lane, Lightbowne, Evangelical
- Eastwood Road, New Moston, Full Gospel Church
- Church Lane, Spiritualist
- St George, Moston Lane , Presbyterian
- St Dunstan, Moston Lane , Roman Catholic
- St John Vianney , Poynter Street , Roman Catholic
- St Margaret Mary, St Margaret's Road , New Moston, Roman Catholic
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Moston area that are recorded in the GENUKI church database. This will also help identify other churches in nearby townships and/or parishes. You also have the option to see the location of the churches marked on a map.
Civil RegistrationThe Register Office covering the Moston area is Manchester.
Description and TravelYou can see pictures of Moston which are provided by:
GazetteersAsk for the gazetteer for a calculation of the distance from Moston to another place.
Historical GeographyIn 1835 Moston was a township in the parish of Manchester.
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
HistoryA description of Moston in the 19th century.
MapsView maps of Moston and places within its boundaries.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD872018 (Lat/Lon: 53.512715, -2.194498), Moston which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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Probate RecordsFor probate purposes prior to 1858, Moston was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.


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Students entering grade 9 in 2012 (class 2017 and higher) have different graduation requirements than former graduating classes:
2012-2013 Side by Side Graduation Program Requirements (for students entering high school in 2012-2013 and later) (PDF, 120KB)
Students in class of 2016 and prior:
2011-2012 Side by Side Graduation Program Requirements (for students who entered high school prior to 2012-2013) (PDF, 77KB)
If the links don't work go to this page: Texas Education Agency.
In Texas homeschools are considered private schools. No filing of paperwork or reporting is required.
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Texas High School Graduation Requirements
Posted by ChristineMM at 6:00 AM
2 comments:
- My name is Tiffany said...
Thanks for posting this. Even though my oldest is only in second grade I still look ahead and plan accordingly. I don't like surprises. By the time my little guys are at this point I'm sure changes will be made agian but Im okay with that. I also look at college entrance requirements.
- Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 8:00:00 AM CDT
- ChristineMM said...
Enjoy the elementary grade years. Don't look forward too far or you will get stressed out! Just live in the moment for the next few years please!
- Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 9:30:00 AM CDT
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Hyperspace Pinball combines the controls of pinball with the game play of an arcade shooter wrapped up in a universe of aliens, explosions and more! Travel through the solar system flipping shots while earning bonuses, power-ups, enhancements and achievements like a pinball wizard! Fight your way through bosses and special enemies like anti-balls, spinners and shooters on your way to planet Earth for the final showdown! If you're good enough, you can even compete for the top score against other players; even on other platforms! Do you have what it takes to save the galaxy? Find out with Hyperspace Pinball!
My first game to span four platforms is now available on Desura! Prepare for a new kind of arcade action and competition as Hyperspace Pinball makes it way from the iOS and Android platforms onto the PC!
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The World's Fastest Failure
Jeffrey Tucker
Obamacare certainly has made history. It has set the record for the fastest-failing Big Government program in world history. This isnĺt only about a website flop; it is about the failure of government to accomplish the aims of Obamacare in general, and in a way that has profoundly touched millions of individual lives.
ôTrain wreckö is a good term here. You know it is coming. You can see the maps. You can predict the timing and the damage. But there is still something stunning about seeing the spectacular explosion actually happen in real life. For students of shoddy government attempts to mimic the market, itĺs been a beautiful confirmation of everything we know.
Back to the speed of the disaster. It took decades for Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and all the rest to enter into the unsustainable, unintended-consequences phase. It was a generation before the costs blew up and the service dwindled. Most welfare programs begin with at least the appearance of a net win.
Not this one. It took only a few days after Obamacare was released for it to enter the archetype phase into which all forms of compulsory government systems eventually collapse. Never have the rotten tomatoes flown so fast and so furiously.
The ridiculous cost overruns were, of course, there from the beginning. The website alone: $600 million. More striking has been the astonishing fact that that program designed to give more people access to health care has already resulted in the exact opposite. More people have been kicked out of their existing service than have successfully signed up for a new one. The intended beneficiaries Ś the uninsured Ś have little or no interest in it, while the already insured are more scared about the future than ever.
The American health care system has been a mess for a long time, but this much can be said about it: It has been somewhat stable. The costs have been high and rising, but not completely unaffordable. And because of the genuine market-based elements remaining in the existing system, American health care has at least been innovative with lifesaving technologies. Doctors got paid and medical services were profitable.
Suddenly, the future seems uncertain and even scary for nearly everyone. If one day you can get a letter from a provider that doubles premiums and makes them equal to the full wages of a salaried employee, there is a serious problem. Not even the worst predictions about Obamacare imagined such a thing.
All the more maddening has been the way the president himself seems hopelessly confused about the nature of the technological failure of the main delivery system. He seems to be living in the past, in which a website was nothing but a billboard or a static information provider.
Thatĺs not the way websites are today. Websites are both portals to and extensions of the real world. They must mirror and even drive thinking and behavior of all users. And contrary to what people believe, they are not easy to build. A great website is every bit as complex as an elaborate good in the material world.
To build one requires a blithering array of decisions among trade-offs. Most people see only the user interface, but this is like paint on a car. The engine itself can be enormously complex and subject to infinite bugs. You can write code or go with existing structures. You can choose among thousands of possible languages and management systems or build your own. Database structures are a science unto themselves.
It is a challenge enough in the private sector. To build a website for something like The New York Times or Twitter is a monumental task that never ends. This is one reason that startups are better at building websites than large corporations. Large corporations have to cut through their own bureaucratic apparatus to get it done right, whereas startups are fortunate to have a clean slate from which to build code.
For government, it is far more difficult, if not impossible. Governments are not used to having customers in a traditional sense. They have consumers of their products, but their profitability does not fundamentally depend on them. The government way is to extract revenue by force and spend it according to political priorities. Profit and loss do not matter and, in fact, canĺt even be calculated. Thatĺs because government is not a wealth producer. It is a wealth consumer.
There is a reason that governments canĺt build websites. A website is like the market itself. It is always in development. For a site to be useful, it must always be adapting to change. There is no final release that is also not a tombstone. Governments are horrible at this task. Governments want to freeze time and enforce compliance with the plan, users be damned. So the failure of HealthCare.gov is not an accident; it is a reflection of the failure of government itself to be a productive, efficient, and useful part of the social order.
This is why a website fix seem so untenable. Note from the congressional hearing that politicians doing the grilling do not understand the first thing about computer code. They canĺt understand the language. They canĺt understand the functionality. Whatĺs more, it is not clear that Republicans have any real incentive to intervene in the meltdown. This is the first time in perhaps six years that the Republicans have a chance to ride high.
The prospect of how Obamacare can permanently wreck the legacy of this administration is tantalizing, indeed!
What lessons can we learn here? This is about the failure of one type of socialism, but it is a different type from nationalization. Obama and his friends never attempted to end the market. They attempted to set up a market that operates like a real one, but with politically expedient results. In other words, they are attempting to ôplay marketö while subverting crucial market institutions like fees, private property, freedom of choice, authentic competition between providers, and experimental entrepreneurship.
The idea that government could ôplay marketö was the fallback position of post-socialist planners of the 1940s and 1950s. Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises predicted that this would never work. You can assemble the worldĺs smartest people, give them maximum power, throw massive resources at the problem, and still end up with what Mises called ôplanned chaos.ö Thatĺs the best description of the health care world since Obamacare was unleashed on the world.
Some predictions for the future of Obamacare: It will not be repealed. It will be intolerably tightened. More physicians will leave the system. More of the uninsured will choose fines over premiums. The market will continue to provide ever more options outside the system. Leaving the country for surgery and other services will become more common. Buying prescriptions from emerging markets will become mainstream.
Through fits and starts Ś and with many victims along the way Ś a market for health care will emerge, but it will be outside the official channels. Eventually, Obamacare will collapse of its own weight.
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Posted: Nov 03 2013, 4:06 PM
It's interesting that CGI, the corporation responsible for setting up the healthcare website, donates repeatedly and copiously to Republicans. CGI also has a snotty sense of humor, as the 1-800 number for the site translates in letters as: -800-F1U-CKYO. - Reckon that CGI has a vested interest in having the website fail?
Nonetheless, the Affordable Care Act (obamacare) isn't what we need or what was initially promised. We need universal single-payer healthcare, i.e., Medicare for All, as introduced by Dennis Kucinich but ignored by the corporatist fascists. - But that would make the teabaggers wet themselves, and the stench would be overwhelming.
Again, the ACA was written primarily by Liz Fowler, former VP of WellPoint Insurance, and the mandate to buy has been a Republican goal since at least 1996.
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by CMH Guide, Paul Lazarski
After only a few minutes-long flight by helicopter, we step out on the bare glacial ice of the awe-inspiring Dartmouth Glacier. Here, guests are immersed in a truly wild landscape of expansive peaks and glaciers. Standing on the soft ice, reminiscent of frozen popcorn, we safely cross the glacier flats to view the distant ice fall above Bill's Pass. Until the summer of 2009, this area was off limits due to its ruggedness, however, warming ice conditions and glacial recession have made this new hike, at least in the short term, possible.
In reality, the ease of access to this area we enjoy today would have made earlier mountain visitors envious. In the minds of the early climbers and explorers our quick flight eliminates the oft-times long, arduous valley approach, through thick timber and tangled alder. Now we can enjoy the most time in the most exciting areas!
History has a strange way of repeating itself, today hikers and climbers launch personal pilgrimages to the mountains, seeking the same adventure, peace and perspective on life as did those of a much simpler time. Unknown, however, to most visitors to The Bugaboos and Bobbie Burns, is the fact that we are walking literally within the footsteps of history. There is a long lineage of expeditions to this area from American University Alpine Clubs, with climbers from Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and The University of California Berkeley launching expeditions as early as 1948. At a time when travel was less accessible, the ordeal of entering these high mountains proved quite challenging. Even after the introduction of road travel into the Bugaboos for example, climbers would load onto a shock-less 1946 Ford truck for the hellish eight hour 'drive' up to where the lodge is today.
The University that left the most extensive legacy in the area were those climbers from The Dartmouth College Mountaineering Club (DMC). Located some 3,600 km (2,300 miles) distant in New Hampshire, The DMC led numerous expeditions into The Purcells, from 1952 to 1959. For us today this time period holds a certain romance and sought after simplicity. Climbing gear was very sparse, often comprising of only a long ice axe, Tricouni boot spikes or heavy iron crampons for crossing ice, the occasional iron rock anchor and a rope. There were no harnesses, climbers wrapped multiple loops of the rope around their waist, tying them with the age-old marine style bowline knot. Climbing objectives respected the skills of the day, ropes more often than not were wrapped around protruding rock horns for fall protection and climbers chose routes that would reduce the chance of a rope-constricting fall. Celebrating their achievements, climbers would construct small rock piles on the peaks, placing within a small metal tube and there leaving their names on paper for posterity. It was on one such remote peak in the summer of 2003 that a CMH guide discovered part of the legacy of the DMC. While opening the rock cairn to place a similar record of his guests achievement, he found a small aluminum Kodak film canister with the initials DMC scratched on it face. Since that time, other DMC film cans have been found and left to remind future guests, of the simple human value that 'we were here'.
The legacy of those early Dartmouth Mountaineering Club climbers lives on in the names of numerous peaks, both in The Bugaboos and Bobbie Burns Ranges. Many features were named in their honour, such as Collins Creek, Bill's Pass and the Dartmouth Glacier on which we stand today. Most, however, were named by the east-coast climbers themselves, often reflecting their university associations, faculties and personal backgrounds. In 1952-53, history major Bob Collins named Mounts 'Sir William' Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Syphax (after the slave of Julius Caesar) and The Scotch Peaks. Expedition leader Peter Robinson named The Whirpool & Catamount Glaciers (for an ice waterfall and a camp visiting cougar), Mt. North Star and Mt Stone (after the President of Purdue University). Likewise in 1953, a physics and biology major named Mounts Kelvin (for Lord Kelvin - discoverer of absolute zero) and Snaflehound Spire (for the sneaky bushy-tailed wood rat).
The DMC accomplished numerous first ascents including Virgin Peak in 1952 and The Whipping Post, which they named in 1956. The later part of the '50s produced more expeditions and more names including Osprey Peak, Robinson Glacier, Mt. McCarthy, Shaft Seven, Climbing Ridge, The Fountain of Youth, and Pleasure Island. One of the most famous of their achievements was the North Purcell ski traverse, from The Bugaboos to Rogers Pass. Bill Briggs, who later gained renown for his stunning accomplishments in the Grand Tetons, accompanied his DMC friends on that first ever expedition.
Many DMC expedition members went on to be famous, Peter Robinson became geology professor at the University of Massachusetts while Bill Briggs achieved ski-mountaineering fame by being the first person ever to descend The Grand Teton on skis.
For the modern heli-hiking / mountaineering guest, equipped with all the modern conveniences of breathable waterproof fabric and lightweight gear, its hard to imagine long lines of woollen clad climbers, sporting long wooden ice axes, heavy canvas packs and iron pitons ascending some of the most arduous peaks in Western Canada.
Today the DMC achievements live on only in their archived mountaineering club journals, and in the imaginations of the few who know and greatly respect their accomplishments. By joining me this summer in the Bugaboos and Bobbie Burns you can help to keep their memory alive and relive some of the same awe and wonder that spellbound those early adventurers.
photo: Bill's Pass, CMH Bugaboo, by Paul Lazarski


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Guy Hollaway reveals proposal for Margate seafront hotel
Guy Hollaway Architects has designed a 60-bed hotel for the Rendezvous site next to Turner Contemporary in Margate
Designed for Kent County Council, the Hythe-based architects propose to build a 60-bed 'destination' hotel and restaurant on the seafront between David Chipperfield's waterfront gallery and the Margate Winter Gardens.
The two lower floors of the scheme contains 18 maisonettes, 'cut into the landscape'. Described by the architect as '21st century beach huts', the facades of these serviced appartments contain double-height glazing with multicoloured storm shutters.
Above the flats, there is a restaurant with panoramic views over the harbour and conference facilities, which is topped with four floors of bedrooms.
Guy Hollaway Architects is also continuing work on another major Margate landmark, Dreamland. Phase one of the project, drawn up with Hemingway Design, is planned to open in spring 2015.
Architect's view
Guy Hollaway, partner, Guy Hollaway Architects
'The unique site, and it's proximity to the Turner Contemporary, creates the opportunity for a destination hotel with no bad rooms; every room will have a sea view. The hotel and restaurant will compliment the gallery and contribute to the regeneration of Margate.'
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