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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 650387, 10 pages
Bayesian Network-Based High-Level Context Recognition for Mobile Context Sharing in Cyber-Physical System
Department of Computer Science, Yonsei University, 262 Seongsanno, Sudaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
Received 10 February 2011; Revised 8 June 2011; Accepted 11 July 2011
Copyright © 2011 Han-Saem Park et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
With the recent proliferation of smart phones, they become useful tools to implement high-confidence cyber-physical systems. Among many applications, context sharing systems in mobile environment attract attention with the popularization of social media. Mobile context sharing systems can share more information than web-based social network services because they can use a variety of information from mobile sensors. To share high-level contexts such as activity, emotion, and user relationship, a user had to annotate them manually in previous works. This paper proposes a mobile context sharing system that can recognize high-level contexts automatically by using Bayesian networks based on mobile logs. We have developed a ContextViewer application which consists of a phonebook and a map browser to show the feasibility of the system. Experiments of evaluating Bayesian networks and performing the SUS test confirm that the proposed system is useful.
1. Introduction
Recent advancement of ubiquitous sensing, mobile and embedded computing, and wireless communication leads to a new system called cyber-physical systems (CPSs) [1]. They are combination of computation, networking, and physical dynamics where embedded devices are massively networked in order to sense, observe, and control the physical environment. Mobile devices like smart phones can be a good tool for this cyber-physical system since they include various sensors, work as a small computer, and communicate with other devices in wireless networks. Moreover, the number of smart phone users still has been growing dramatically.
On the other hand, a number of web-based social network services including Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/), MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/), and LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/) have been deployed and got explosive popularity with the dissemination of the Internet and social media. Social network sites offer a new way to make and maintain relationships [2]. Because of popular use of smart phones, interest in mobile context sharing systems is increasing for helping social interaction like social network sites. Mobile devices have a variety of sensors like a GPS receiver and a Bluetooth sensor to catch the surrounding and personal contexts [3]. These sensors enable users to communicate with friends by sharing their photos, locations, and so on. Based on this feature, many applications are developed for social network services in mobile environment.
Though a number of mobile context sharing systems are introduced, they cannot generate user's high-level contexts such as activity and emotion automatically. These high-level contexts are more useful for various practical services than easily obtainable low-level information. Previous works should annotate them manually to collect and share this information. This manual annotation is time consuming and can produce incorrect information. Some methods infer high-level contexts based on mobile logs, but they are not adapted to context sharing systems practically. It is required for a system to use a way to infer high-level context considering characteristics of mobile computing in terms of uncertainty, capacity, and power.
This paper presents a system that can recognize users' high-level context based on information collected from mobile devices and develops an application that can share the context based on social relationship among users. The system collects mobile logs, infers high-level contexts with Bayesian networks (BNs), and realizes an application for a smart phone. This system uses a server-client model because a server can cope with the limitation of capacity and battery power of a smart phone. ContextViewer is a user interface for smart phone using the system, which consists of a phonebook and a map browser to effectively deliver user's context. As sharing users' contextual information more easily and comfortably, the system lets them know their friends' situations and facilitates more communication.
2. Related Works
2.1. Mobile Context Sharing
Sharing contextual information in mobile environment is a hot issue in building social relationships. Many researchers have studied how to construct sensor platform, collect and preprocess features, and design system. ContexPhone is a software platform for context-aware applications. This system acquires context data such as location (Cell ID and GPS) or phone usage from sensors. ContextContacts, one of the applications with this platform, lets users automatically represent and exchange context information [4]. SharedLife is introduced as a generic and reusable content-sharing framework. It collects data from a variety of sensors, stores the information as a set of semantic knowledge models for the user's digital memory, and enables the user to share these memories with others [5]. MyWorld is a context-aware and social networking application. It is focused on activity sharing, real-time location sharing, and media sharing between phonebook contacts [6]. In these previous works, they attempted to recognize and deliver only the low-level contexts. If a user wants to represent their high-level contexts such as activity and emotion, it is required to annotate them manually. The proposed system uses the high-level context recognition model to overcome this problem.
Nomatic is designed for creating content passively by focusing on status messages in instant-messaging (IM) clients as short customizable phrases like "at lunch". Using these cue phrases and sensors, Nomatic recognizes user's activity, place, and other high-level information based on machine learning [7]. While this system supports indoor and laptop environments based on APs (Access Points), it does not cover outdoor and mobile environments sufficiently. Besides, when the system does not have sufficient status message, it is difficult to infer contexts. Santos et al. proposed a method to recognize user activities like walking, running, idle and resting, and presented context sharing applications for instant messenger service, hi5, and microblog service, twitter [8]. Their contexts, however, are very simple and restricted. With advancement of SNS (social network service), context sharing services have been proliferating, but most contextual information is restricted comparing to the high-level contexts in the proposed system. In the previous work, we made recognition models of user activity and emotion for context sharing application [9]. This paper considers additional high-level context of relationships between users and constructs mobile social network using the information. Social relationships between users and mobile social network allow the proposed context sharing system not to depend on manual setting any more.
2.2. Bayesian Network-Based Modeling and Recognition
Bayesian network has emerged as a powerful technique for handling uncertainty in complex domains [10]. It is a model of a joint probability distribution over a set of random variables. The Bayesian network is represented as a directed acyclic graph where nodes correspond to variables and arcs correspond to probabilistic dependencies between connected nodes
Equation (1) represents Bayesian network formally. and mean Bayesian network structure and probabilistic variables, and means a joint probability distribution of this network. A structure can be represented as , where is a set of nodes and is a set of arcs. For each , conditional probability distribution can be represented as , and represents a parent set of a variable .
There are two approaches to identify structure and parameters of Bayesian network model. The first approach is learning model from the data. Availability of data depends on the problem domain, and learning is a better choice when we have a lot of data. There are well-known algorithms for learning structures and parameters of Bayesian networks. The K2 algorithm presented by Cooper and Herskovits is the most frequently used algorithm to learn the structure of Bayesian network [11], and maximum likelihood estimation is the most general method to learn parameters of Bayesian network based on statistics [12]. The second one is manual modeling based on domain knowledge, which is crucial in modeling Bayesian network. Experts identify the structure and set parameters based on their knowledge, which is very useful because we cannot obtain reliable data in many real-world problems.
Xu et al. designed a user preference Bayesian network model based on empirical analysis and domain knowledge and applied it to a mobile application [13]. Hong et al. modeled hierarchical Bayesian networks manually for mixed-initiative interaction of human and service robot [14]. A few groups presented a systematic procedure for Bayesian network modeling. Marcot et al. described a guideline for Bayesian network design and suggested it to apply to ecological modeling problem [15]. Laskey and Mahoney proposed a Bayesian network engineering method based on the spiral system lifecycle model of software engineering technique [16]. These works presented a general Bayesian network modeling approach and applied it to real-world problems. On the other hand, a few works used a concept of functional module to design Bayesian networks. Neil et al. presented a procedure to construct a large-scale Bayesian network by using the idiom meaning functional module [17]. Marengoni et al. designed Bayesian network for image understanding and used procedural approach based on functional modules to solve complex problems [18].
There have also been various attempts for recognition using Bayesian networks. Hwang and Cho used a modular Bayesian network model to detect significant events from user's mobile life logs [19]. Krause et al. used BNs to recognize user preferences. To provide smart services, they clustered log data collected on mobile and wearable sensors, discovered a context classifier that reflected a given user's preferences, and estimated the user's situation [20]. ConaMSN recognized various indoor contexts such as the level of stress, the type of emotion and activity with Bayesian networks and visualized them with a set of icons on a messenger application. The proposed system collected experimental data from smart phones so that we can show the usefulness of the proposed models in uncertain mobile environment [10] and adopted the manual modeling approach for high-level context recognition so that we can overcome the lack of reliable data for learning.
3. Proposed System
We have designed a context sharing system consisting of four modules and user interfaces as shown in Figure 1. Because of the limited resources of smart phone, this system adopts client-server model. When a mobile client connects a server, created is a thread that consists of a preprocessor, a recognizer, and a social network manager. After generating a thread interacted with the client, a log collector collects mobile logs which are low-level contexts from sensors such as GPS coordinates, and call logs. These logs are transported to a server through TCP/IP. A preprocessor generates meaningful logs from web data collected in a server as well as mobile logs collected in mobile clients. A recognizer infers user's high-level contexts of activity, emotion, and relationships between users from refined logs. High-level contexts and meaningful logs are stored in users' context database. A social network manager builds mobile social networks based on high-level contexts including user relationships. A service manager takes a role of presenting contexts to a user and requesting what a user wants to see to a server. When the server receives a request from a mobile client, the server sends contexts to a smart phone. ContextViewer is a user interface to provide a user with information effectively. It consists of two parts: a phonebook and a map browser.
3.1. Log Collector
The log collector module continuously gathers available low-level information such as call logs, SMS logs, GPS (Global Positioning System) coordinates, device status, Bluetooth, and weather from web in a mobile device. Most of context information is sent in the predefined expiration time for each log, but web data are collected in server part to reduce the communication bandwidth and power of mobile device. The data are used to recognize the user's high-level contexts such as what the user is doing and how the user feels.
Call and SMS logs are collected when an event occurs. For example, whenever the user makes call, the smart phone records logs including phone number, call type (send/receive/miss), start time, and end time. The module sends GPS logs and Bluetooth logs to a server periodically. The GPS logs present the places where the user visited. Bluetooth sensor can discover devices which allow the mobile device to collect information on other Bluetooth devices carried by people nearby. Weather log is obtained from web based on location and time. If weather or temperature is changed, the module writes a new log. Table 1 shows the types of logs. The logs for several sources are sorted according to the time.
3.2. Preprocessor
The preprocessor module is in charge of producing meaningful information from raw mobile logs. Preprocessing step includes correcting data and annotating places. Data correction is to correct wrong data because of no signal. When GPS signals are not available, it writes a GPS log which has a value of the latest coordinate received from satellites. Because one of the purposes of the proposed system is to share information in real time, this approach is not used, though it is possible to infer locations by using previous coordinates and next coordinates. Place is labeled by the module. GPS logs, Bluetooth logs, and time are important traits for this labeling. If a GPS device in a smart phone detects coordinates, a user locates in outdoor. In outdoor environment, the name of a place can be labeled by matching near GPS latitude and longitude with a location in the predefined location table. Examples of matching a GPS coordinate to a place in Yonsei University are shown in Table 2. Bluetooth logs can be important clues to infer a location in indoor environment. For example, if a Bluetooth receiver catches Bluetooth ids of coworkers' computers, the user is in his workplace. Locations annotated are used to infer high-level contexts.
3.3. Context Recognizer
The context recognizer models high-level contextual information to recognize. Here, high-level contexts include user activity, emotion, and relationship between users. Table 3 shows the available values for each context. As data from sensors on a smart phone are often missing, uncertain, and incomplete, it is required to deal with uncertainty and missing values. BNs can address such problems by providing a robust inference based on probability. In this paper, the recognizer uses BN to model and recognize user's high-level contexts. We have designed Bayesian network models based on domain knowledge for general users. Modeling process includes designing the structure and parameters. For inference, we have used a well-known BN library SMILE (http://genie.sis.pitt.edu/).
In order to recognize activity, BNs consist of five factors: mobile device status, spatial, temporal, environmental, and social factors. These are shown in Table 4 together with the corresponding variables. The recognizer calculates the probability of each activity at present based on these modules. Each activity is differently influenced on each module. For example, a temporal factor module has an effect on regular actions such as "meal" and "sleep," but an environmental factor module does not. "Sport" is sensitive to weather that is an environmental factor module. Figure 2 shows an example of BN which is a model to infer "Sport" activity.
BNs to infer emotion use the result of activity inference BNs since activity has an influence on user's emotion directly. Inferred results of BNs are represented as axes of arousal and valence. It is based on arousal-valence emotion value defined as Table 5. Figure 3 shows BNs designed to recognize emotion. The probability of arousal and valence indicates the nearest feeling in Table 5. Figure 4 illustrates the BN to infer the relationship between users. It infers private and work relationships between two users.
Figure 4 provides a Bayesian network to infer the relationship between two users. It uses the activity and emotion inferred as well as other mobile logs of call, SMS, common schedule, and proximity based on Bluetooth information and user activities. If two users are searched by the device of the other user and their activities are private, it is set as P_Proximate. If activities are work related in the same condition, it is set as W_Proximate. The variables used for this BN and their possible states are summarized in Table 6. This Bayesian network is modeled to infer two types of relationships: private and work relationships. Inferred result is used to make mobile social networks by social network manager in the next step.
3.4. Social Network Manager
A social network manager constructs a mobile social network using mobile logs and inferred high-level contexts. Generally, a relationship between users in a mobile social network considers only the existence (or strength) of connection. This paper identifies semantic relationships between users and builds the mobile social network with them. These relationships are inferred from the Bayesian network in Figure 4.
The mobile social network is defined as , where is a set of users , and is a set of relationships between users. Here, is the number of users. Our model infers two kinds of relations, and is defined according to the type of relationship as follows: Elements in these relationships are relation candidates inferred from Bayesian network model.
We also need to decide how mobile social networks can be displayed. This network is represented as a graph where the nodes correspond to mobile users and the links correspond to relationships between them. The type of relationship mentioned above decides its thickness, and the importance of users decides their size in a graph. To calculate this importance, the closeness centrality is used as follows [21]: A function measures a geodesic distance between two users, and it is modified as follows: We also restrict the maximum number of links between two users as three when calculating the distance function. It means that we would neglect the closeness if the distance of two users is very far. It is realistic because the influence of a certain user to another degrades as the number of users in between grows.
3.5. Service Manager for Context Sharing
In a mobile client, a service manager provides the context sharing service to users based on the mobile social network made by the social network manager. Context sharing service includes sharing information of friends registered in user's phonebook. Also, it gets map images of locations that GPS coordinates indicate from Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/). A contact list in a phonebook can be a mobile social network centering users themselves potentially. The proposed service provides the contact list with user name, image, activity, and emotion if users in that list are close enough. That is, private information like activity or emotion is shared between close friends. An application of this context sharing service will be discussed in the experiments later.
4. Experiments
4.1. Environment and Data
The proposed system has a server written in C# (.NetFramework3.5) based on Windows platform and mobile clients that contain a mobile log collector and ContextViewer written in C# (.NetCompactFramework3.5) using SAMSUNG T*Omnia SCH-M490, a smart phone based on Windows mobile 6.5. MySQL 5.1 is used as a database management system. The server and the mobile clients communicate with each other through TCP/IP socket.
In order to model and evaluate Bayesian networks appropriately, we collected mobile logs from eleven graduate students for three weeks. Participants consist of one female student and ten male students, and eight students have experiences of using smart phones before while the others have not. We asked them to annotate high-level context information of activity and emotion manually. Three weeks seem to be too short, but Eagle et al. analyzed that long-term data from mobile devices have enormous redundancy and observation for two weeks can largely replicate the data produced from nine months observations [22].
Tables 7 and 8 show parts of mobile logs collected by a user (User 1). Table 7 provides a phone call log, which includes sender, start time, end time, status, and receiver. The last four digits of cell phone numbers are replaced by "xxxx" for the sake of privacy. Table 8 shows an activity log of the same user. Activity and emotion have been labeled together with start and end time.
4.2. Evaluation of Bayesian Networks
In order to evaluate Bayesian networks, inference models in the system, we calculate the recall and precision of Bayesian networks for activity inference by using collected mobile logs of 11 individuals. Precision can be seen as a measure of exactness, whereas recall is a measure of completeness. The result is shown in Figure 5. The probability is 80~95% about "study," "meal," and "sleep." However, "play" and "rest" are low because these activities are done irregularly and regardless of environment. It is also unusual that an activity "meal" has a low recall rate while it has a high precision. It is because "meal" happens both indoor and outdoor. Outdoor "meal" can be recognized easily, but indoor "meal" is confused with other indoor activities like rest and study.
The inferred relationships are compared with actual relationships from self-reported data. Users were asked to select one of the predefined relationships to other users. Options are "close friend/friend/acquaintance/none" for private relationship and "close colleague/colleague/acquaintance/none" for work relationship. Answers of two users are not always the same, and in those cases, we decided that the inference was correct if the inferred answer was the same as either of two different answers. Table 9 provides accuracy, precision, and recall of this comparison.
4.3. Mobile Context Sharing Application
Using the proximity and inferred high-level contexts together, we can make various mobile social networks. For example, two users are close in private relation if they often watch movie together. Here, we present two networks as examples. (1)A network based on private relationships: First, we built a mobile social network based on private relationships between users, as shown in Figure 6. Socializing activities like meal and play or active leisure activities like sport took important roles in this network. In this network, the size of a node represents the importance of a corresponding user, and the position is based on their physical location. In reality users 3, 4, 7, and 10 share an office, and the other users share the other office. Thicknesses of links are decided by the relations inferred.(2)A network based on work relationships: Figure 7 shows a mobile social network built based on work relationships. Obviously, activities related to work (study) are significant in this network. We found two large groups in the network (solid lines and dotted lines), and it is found that users in the same group work at the same office. In short, this network depends on the proximity very much. The network is visualized with the same method as private relationship-based network, and user 1 is shown as the most important person in this network. In the real world, user 1 is the manager of the lab and a main room. In terms of the relationships, this network depends on the proximity very much.
Figure 8 shows an example of using the system. When the user executes ContextViewer, an application in the mobile client, a phonebook is displayed (Figure 8(a)). In the interface, the user sees only friends who allow the user to view their contexts and the user does for them. The user catches that "Yoon" feels upset. The user wants to talk with him and encourage him. When the user selects his item, a map browser is opened (Figure 8(b)). The user knows where he is and if he is near the user. The user can call him and meet him.
4.4. The Usability Test
In order to validate the usefulness of the proposed system, we performed a subjective test about the implemented application for thirteen subjectives based on the System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaires. The SUS is a simple, ten-item scale giving a global view of subjective assessments of usability. Table 10 shows ten items for questionnaire, and each subjective should answer the item as 5-degree scale where one means strongly disagree whereas five means strongly agree. Total score from ten answers has a range of zero to one hundred for each subject [23]. It can be thought that the score of 50 is neutral, and the system with more than 50 has a good usability. User 6, who gave the lowest SUS score, has proved that he has never used a smartphone. Figure 9 shows the SUS test results of thirteen participants, which indicate that the system provides an effective way for sharing contexts conveniently. By questionnaire, numbers 3 and 5 have been given the best score while number 9 has been given the worst score. Questionnaires with the best score include very important parts (no. 3 easy to use and no. 5 well integrated functions) in evaluating mobile services.
5. Concluding Remarks
In this paper, we have presented a context sharing system in mobile environment that recognizes and shares high-level context information automatically to support high-confidence cyber-physical systems. In the proposed system, a mobile client collected mobile logs, sent them to a server, and provided context sharing interface. ContexViewer is a service to share contextual information of friends. It consists of a phonebook and a map browser. The server preprocesses and recognizes high-level contexts with Bayesian network models to handle uncertainty in mobile environment. When the mobile client requests some contexts, if not permitted, the server prevents to send them. The usefulness of the proposed system is shown by evaluating Bayesian network models that infer activity and user relationship and by performing SUS test of our context sharing application. The proposed system helps users to share context information without manual setting.
There are several ongoing tasks in this work. Bayesian network models designed in this paper are for general users, and it cannot work well for all substantial users. A few more models for different types of users will be helpful to make this model more general. It is also required to compare the proposed context sharing system with the alternatives. Thirdly, we are planning to apply the proposed method to other applications. The ContextViewer only shows the context information, but it can provide more powerful services based on high-level contexts. For example, behavior recommendation for mobile user can be possible based on diverse contexts. Finally, we are using the context information collected from smart phones, but the source of context information can be extended to a smart space, which has diverse sensors in an environment for intelligent services.
This research was supported by the Original Technology Research Program for Brain Science through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0018948).
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In a notice (PDF) released on May 29, 2014, Steven Zansberg, the lawyer representing the media consortium consisting of TV networks ABC, CNN, CBS, and numerous other outlets covering the Aurora Theater attack, notified the court that he was skipping participating in the May 29, 2014 hearing about selection of jurors in the James Holmes case. He further notified the court that he was mailing it in by filing a response on Tue. June 3, 2014 to the defense's motion to close jury questioning to the public. The case has dragged on for almost two years with only a tentative October start date.
The prosecution is arguing that the pretrial publicity won't hurt a jury but the publicity around questioning the jury will be catastrophic. Almost every juror in the state of Colorado is subjected to having to answer personal questions in public but very few juries are subjected to over 900 articles about their case from the Denver Post alone.
The defense wants the case moved from Arapahoe County in Colorado citing media reports ignoring the national interest the case has received. The defense ignores that by the time of the trial, the jurors will know about the attack that occured the day before the theater shooting on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and therefor upon themselves and everyone in the Denver area and that the police shut down the ventilation system of several buildings of UCD AMC. They could easily use this to get a change of venue but they choose to try to close the jury selection so tight to keep this information from the jury. The prosecution tried to use the Joint Terrorism Task Force in a further violation of the gag order. The judge is waiting to see if the jury will find out, then he will move the trial.


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LOS ANGELES - The third-ranked UCLA men's tennis team put up a good fight but was unable to hand top-ranked USC its first loss of the season on Wednesday, as the Trojans notched a 6-1 non-conference victory over the Bruins at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. It marks just the second loss of the season for UCLA, which falls to 11-2 overall. With the win, USC improves its record to 14-0.
Although UCLA played the Trojans tight in doubles, USC still managed to claim the point following wins at all three positions. It was just the second time in 13 matches that the Bruins were swept in doubles play. After USC took a 9-7 win at court No. 3, the Trojans wrapped up the doubles point when 49th-ranked Daniel Nguyen and Ray Sarmiento downed 52nd-ranked Nick Meister and Adrien Puget, 8-5 at court No. 1. UCLA's Alex Brigham and Marcos Giron nearly picked up a win at the No. 2 spot, falling 9-8(1) to Emilio Gomez and Roberto Quiroz.
With the doubles point in hand, the Trojans were able to cruise early in singles play on Wednesday, winning the first set on four of six courts. USC would take a 2-0 lead in the match when Yannick Hanfmann won the battle of freshmen at court No. 5, dispatching of UCLA's Dennis Mkrtchian, 6-4, 6-1. The loss for Mkrtchian was just his second in dual-match play this year. He continues to lead the team in singles victories with a 21-8 overall record.
Another straight-set victory for the Trojans, this time by Sarmiento at court No. 2, put USC ahead 3-0. Sarmiento downed UCLA's Clay Thompson for the second time this season, winning 6-4, 6-3. Sarmiento's victory paved the way for fifth-ranked Steve Johnson to clinch the win for the Trojans at court No. 1, as he downed Meister, 6-4, 6-2 to give USC an insurmountable 4-0 lead.
With the match already decided, all three remaining singles contests came down to third-set tiebreakers. The lone win for the Bruins on the day came at court No. 4, where the 109th-ranked Puget upset 32nd-ranked Gomez, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7).
The Pac-12-counting match between the two teams takes place at USC's Marks Tennis Stadium on April 20.
UCLA heads to La Jolla, Calif. this weekend to take part in the 123rd Pacific Coast Doubles Championships.
Feb 29, 2012 at Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles Tennis Center)
|1. #49 Nguyen/Sarmiento (USC) def. #52 Meister/Puget (UCLA) 8-5
|2. Gomez/Quiroz (USC) def. Alex Brigham/Giron (UCLA) 9-8(1)
|3. Hanfmann/Eric Johnson (USC) def. Warren Hardie/Thompson (UCLA) 9-7
|1. #5 Steve Johnson (USC) def. #33 Nick Meister (UCLA) 6-4, 6-2
|2. #22 Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. #81 Clay Thompson (UCLA) 6-4, 6-3
|3. #15 Daniel Nguyen (USC) def. #116 Marcos Giron (UCLA) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(6)
|4. #109 Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. #32 Emilio Gomez (USC) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(7)
|5. #38 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) 6-4, 6-1
|6. #124 Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Maxime Tabatruong (UCLA) 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(0)
|Match Notes
|USC 14-0; National ranking #1
|UCLA 11-2; National ranking #3
|Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,2,1,6,4,3)


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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Most of Washington's 2011 apple harvest has been sold and growers say prices for the near-record crop have been good for them.
A vice president at the Tree Top cooperative in Selah, Lindsay Buckner, says growers are reaping the benefits of strong markets for fresh and processed apples.
Yakima Herald-Republic reports (http://is.gd/7uzbLy ) the industry has shipped 82 million boxes out of a total crop estimated at 107 million boxes. That would be the second-largest, after the 109 million record in 2010.
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Bring your family to the annual Independence Day carnival and fireworks display in Geneva, New York on Thursday, July 3, 2014. This event is located at the American Legion, 1115 Lochland Rd. Festivities start at 5 p.m. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Admission fees are $5 per car or $2 for walk-ins.
The event includes carnival rides and games, raffles and concessions. In case of rain, festivities will be moved to Friday, July 4th.
Other Independence Day festivities in Ontario County:
Salute to America concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra at CMAC in Canandaigua, New York on Thursday, July 3rd at 8 p.m. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Fireworks at the Farmington Town Hall, Thursday, July 3rd. Food vendors, live music. Starts at 6:30 p.m. Fireworks at dusk around 9 p.m.
Fourth of July Celebration & Parade, Friday, July 4th in Canandaigua, New York. Parade at 10 a.m; community picnic with vendors at 3 p.m at Kershaw Park; live music from 6-9 p.m; fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Some interesting facts about Independence Day:
The Declaration of Independence was started on July 2nd, 1776 and it was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4th.
In 1870, the U.S. Congress made the Fourth of July a federal holiday; in 1941, it added a provision to make this a paid holiday to all federal employees.
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I just returned from a weekend as a speaker at the 27th annual Aspen Food & Wine Classic, the grandaddy of all food and wine festivals. This was my second opportunity to attend the festival as a speaker, and, like the first year, a doubly special honor, as Aspen also happens to be my home town.
I got the opportunity to kick off the weekend's festivities as the guest speaker at a luncheon for the Aspen Chamber Resort Association. My job was to entertain, to guide the attendees through the wines selected for the lunch, and to thank the ACRA for everything that they do to support the Classic. The ACRA takes responsibility for all the invisible logistics of the festival, including the setup of all the various venues for seminars, the signage around town, the coordination of all the volunteers, among many other things.
The speech was my opportunity to admit my childhood crimes of lying about my age to some of these folks so I could begin earning money to support my burgeoning fireworks habit as an adolescent, and to thank them for not running a background check on me.
My favorite of the wines selected for the luncheon (not by me, but by the sponsors, Wines of Spain) was the 2008 Martin Codax Albariño, Rias Baixas, Spain:
Pale greenish-gold in the glass, this wine has a nose of unripe pears and wet stony aromas. In the mouth it is bright and zingy with lemon zest and mineral flavors that incorporate a hint of wheat in the crisp finish. Score: around 9. Cost: $14. Where to buy?
That Thursday evening, the parties began, of which the highlight was certainly the Wines of Spain party, at "La Casa de Jose Andrés" a house where celebrity chef Jose Andrés and a host of assistants threw a lavish BBQ, featuring whole spring lambs roasted on a spit by the river.
Here's the (admittedly crappy) image I took of the idyllic scene on my iPhone:
Along with my chorizo sandwiches, lamb crostinis, and roasted lamb lettuce wraps, I drank some very nice Priorat from Viñedos Ithaca, among other things, and discovered a new cheese (Goat aged 5 months) called Abrigo from Valencia.
That evening the most exciting party for me is the Magnum Party, where for most people, the ticket in the door is a magnum of nice wine.
I brought the 2001 Pride Mountain Vineyards Merlot which disappeared quite quickly once it was opened. Good stuff:
Medium ruby in color, this wine has a soft, dark nose of plum, cedar and forest floor aromas. In the mouth it is all plum, with nice balance, barely perceptible velvety tannins and hints of tobacco and black cherry on the moderate finish. More than anything, a pleasure to drink. Score: around 9. Cost: $120 for 1.5L. Where to buy?
Other highlights of that evening:
2005 Winter Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa. Score: between 9 and 9.5
1992 Diamond Creek "Volcanic Hill" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa. Score: around 9.5.
1984 Freemark Abbey "Sycamore Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa. Score: between 9 and 9.5
2004 Hundred Acre "Ancient Way Vineyard - Summers Blocks" Syrah, Napa. Score between 9 and 9.5
The Diamond Creek was definitely the best bottle I have ever tasted from that producer, whose wines I often don't care for nearly as much as most other critics. The Freemark Abbey was of course, a special treat, as it was in pristine condition and simply delicious.
On the first official day of the event, I gave my Cabernet: New from Napa seminar, sharing six wines and their stories with a nearly sold-out crowd of 200 attendees. The wines I poured and discussed with them were (click for my reviews):
2004 Erba Mountainside Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa
2005 Lieff "Auberge Road Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford
2006 Fontanella Family Winery Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa
2006 Hourglass "Blueline" Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa
2006 Jack Larkin Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa
2006 Hall Exzellenz "Sacrashe Vineyard" Red Wine, Rutherford
The crowd favorites, by a show of hands, were the Hourglass and the HALL wines, but each of the others had their factions of strong proponents as well.
I also had time to attend one other event besides my own, which was the annual Sommelier Challenge, where top sommeliers compete to "sell" wines to the crowd, who then vote on who did the best job.
I was happy to see the young Jordan Salcito of Gilt Restaurant take the trophy at this year's event. For more details, see emcee Lettie Teague's blog post about it.
Later in the day I cruised through the main Grand Tasting tent, where I got a chance to try, among other things, some Colorado wines, which was a new and exciting experience for me. While the reds seemed to suffer from lack of ripeness, I enjoyed the 2008 Sutcliffe Vineyards Viognier:
Pale green-gold in the glass, this wine has a nose of peaches, cold cream, and ripe pear aromas. In the mouth it is pleasantly balanced and juicy, with good acid, a a nice texture that wraps around flavors of peach, wet stones, and a hint of lemon curd, all of which finish crisply. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $21 Where to buy?
The first day ended with a party at the top of Aspen Mountain in the Sundeck restaurant, where we arrived to the sun setting on the peaks, a red fox capering about on the grass below the restaurant, killer cocktails, and some nice Italian food.
In addition to giving my Napa seminar again, I gave the first of my Sonoma Superstars seminars, where I shared the following stories and wines (click for my reviews):
2006 Flowers Winery "Camp Meeting Ridge" Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
2006 Peay Vineyards "Scallop Shelf" Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
2007 Rivers-Marie "Occidental Ridge" Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast
2006 Williams Selyem "Flax Vineyard" Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
2007 Merry Edwards "Meredith Estate" Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
2007 J. Rochioli "River Block" Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley
Favorites for the crowd were the Flowers, Williams Selyem, and J. Rochioli wines.
I also got the chance to attend two special wine tastings, which will merit their own postings later: a retrospective of wines from BOND estate, and a survey of Giacomo Conterno's recent wines from the Piemonte.
At the end of the second day, the main event of the evening is the Best New Chefs dinner, where all 10 of the 2009 Food & Wine Best New Chefs make a signature dish for a crowd of well dressed and appreciative revelers. My favorite of the evening was the Uni Ice Cream over Konbu Gelee, by Paul Liebrandt of Corton Restaurant in New York, though I did eat two of the pork belly sandwiches offered by Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook, of Animal Restaurant in Los Angeles. And of course, with great pride I consumed several meatballs from my hometown talent Nate Appleman of A16 Restaurant in San Francisco.
As a sign of my age, my hipness quotient, or maybe just the effort of speaking in front of about 200 people for a couple of hours, I found myself unable to muster the energy to make it to any of the parties that followed that evening, much to my regret.
The third and final day of the Classic is always a bit mellow, and it began with me sharing my selected Pinots with a dedicated group of about 70 wine lovers who got up and mustered the energy to taste those fantastic wines with me in the morning.
I then had a brief TV appearance, as I was interviewed by CEO of American Express Publishing, Ed Kelly, and Food Network TV personality Sissy Biggers for Plum TV:
I finished the day with some rounds in the Grand Tasting tent, which included the discovery of one of the better Proseccos I have ever tasted (though, if you asked someone from the Prosecco region of the Veneto, they'd be miffed that this wine is referred to as Prosecco, since they're trying to restrict use of that name to wines made in their region, despite the word being the proper name for the grape variety):
NV Fantinel Prosecco, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Near colorless in the glass with fine bubbles, this wine has a mineral, melon-like nose with a bright, almost tangy whiff of freshly baked bread crust aromas. In the mouth it is gorgeously soft with pear and apple fruit, excellent zingy acidity, and a crisp dryness that all combine to lift the spirits. This wine is a lovely sunny day in the bottle if I've ever tasted one, and one of the best examples of the use of the Prosecco grape I've ever tasted, and more remarkable for being outside the traditional growing region. Fantastic. Score: around 9.5. Cost: $14. Where to buy?
And if that isn't a good note to end my account of this year's festivities, I don't know what is. You certainly don't want to hear the 9 hour saga of cancelled flights, sprints down the concourse, and missing baggage that capped my weekend.
I hope to see you in Aspen next year!
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|I will talk about all the difficulties to classify solvable Lie algebras on the example of the paper "Six-dimensional Lie algebras with a five-dimensional nilradical " which attempts to correct and simplify an old paper by G. M. Mubarakzyanov which classifies the six-dimensional solvable indecomposable Lie algebras for which the nilradical is five-dimensional. Also I will introduce another approach to classify solvable Lie algebras in an arbitrary finite dimension, where you start with a certain nilpotent Lie algebra and find nilpotent extensions of it to an arbitrary finite dimension. Further working with such nilpotent Lie algebra you could find all possible solvable indecomposable extensions of this algebra to an arbitrary finite dimension.
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By lukas on Jun 17, 2009
My hard drive crashed therefore I received a new one. It means reinstall the Ubuntu 9.04 again. This post shgould be gathering of the steps necessary for me to start work again.
- Synaptic Package Manager -> install Thunderbird
- Synaptic Package Manager -> install sun-java6-jdk,jre
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A tale based on the classic novel, "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens. Set in 19th Century England, the story revolves around the resourceful Nicholas Nickleby and his beloved family, as their world changes dramatically when tragedy strikes. The Nicklebys have always enjoyed a comfortable life; however when Nicholas' father dies, they are left penniless and are forced to leave their lives behind. Subsequently, Nicholas, his sister and mother journey to London to live with their Uncle Ralph, whom they soon discover is wicked. Uncle Ralph plots demonic machinations to scatter them apart from each other. Nicholas is sent away to work as a teacher at a school run by a cruel headmaster named Wackford Squeers; however, he eventually runs away with one of his students, Smike, on a mission to protect his family. Nicholas makes every attempt to reunite the Nickleby family--against all odds.
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A power outage leaves 46 passengers and two park employees stranded aboard the Skytower in the San Diego amusement park.
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Dozens of people were left stranded more than 200ft (60m) up on a revolving tower at SeaWorld San Diego for four hours due to a power outage.
Officials say 46 passengers and two SeaWorld employees were on the Skytower ride at the time of the outage on Sunday.
The ride features a revolving capsule that rises to the top of a 320ft (95m) tower to give visitors a panoramic view.
"The guests were never in danger and park officials were in constant communication with them while the power failure was being addressed," park spokesman David Koontz said in a statement.
"Two SeaWorld employees were also in the Skytower providing guests with water and snacks."
After four hours, power was restored and the ride descended shortly before 7.30pm local time.
No injuries were reported but a 17-year-old boy was taken to a hospital for treatment of anxiety.
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The following people were arrested on felony charges by law enforcement agencies in Davidson County, and, unless noted otherwise, were either placed in the Davidson County Detention Center or released from custody and are scheduled to appear in Lexington District Court on the date given:
• Haben Zeremariam Fishastion, 27, of 508 Birdwood Way, High Point, was charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana, felony possession of marijuana and felony maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance, $25,000 secured bond, Nov. 21, Thomasville.
• Saysongkham John Uprajay, 30, of 1215 Pennywood Drive, High Point, was charged with felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession of marijuana one-half ounce to one and one-half ounces, possession of drug paraphernalia and felony possession of marijuana, $25,000 secured bond, Nov. 21, Thomasville.
The following larcenies more than $1,000 were reported to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and the Lexington Police Department:
• An air conditioner and refrigerator valued at $8,000 were reported stolen from a home in the 9000 block of N.C. Highway 8 South between Aug. 1 and 3:37 p.m. Thursday.
• Framing gun, nailer, three saws, screwdriver, nailer, trim gun and router valued at $2,256 were reported stolen from a premise on Ashbrook Drive in Thomasville between 6 p.m. Oct. 6 and 6:41 p.m. Thursday.
• A pistol and cash totaling $600 valued at $1,100 were reported stolen from a home on Sink Road between 7:15 a.m. and 4:53 p.m. Thursday.
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My journey toward health and fitness has had many peaks and valleys since I started nearly five years ago. Although I was at my heaviest weight ever 6 weeks ago (166 lbs at 5�2�) I LOVE this world of exercise, health, fitness and nutrition! I credit this love beginning from watching an infomercial in a hotel room. Like all infomercials, Turbo Jam looked like the best thing in the world. This time, it truly was the best thing in the world. I became ADDICTED to Chalene and her program. Even though I am very coordinated, I was determined and alone and learned the moves quickly. I couldn�t get enough of Turbo Jam! By the end of that summer I exercised my way down to 138 lbs. (My start weight was 152 lbs). I would have lost much more if I controlled my eating.
Then the pressures of being PTA president began to pack back on the pounds. I was constantly stress eating and missing workouts. I felt so guilty when I missed a workout and missed it so much but thought I was too stressed and busy to fit it in. I gained 15 lbs over the next year. After joining Weight Watchers I lost some weight again and kept on jamming.
This type of cycle went on over the last several years. I kept working out with Chalene through Turbo Jam, going to the gym for Turbo Kick classes, and Chalean Extreme. I also tried running over the years but kept injuring myself with overtraining, bad form and ill-fitting shoes.
Earlier this year, my husband was laid-off. This was a devastating blow to me and I slipped into depression. Working two part-time jobs to pay the bills, I never exercised and my eating was completely out of control.
A few weeks ago I stepped on the scale and saw that I now weighed over 165 pounds at 39 years old. I asked myself �What am I waiting for?� My life is passing by and I am just wasting my God-given talents and abilities to love and help others. I decided right then I would start taking care of myself so I will finally take the steps to live to my potential. I am starting with myself � SLOWLY. This was key because I was so unhealthy that I would injure myself if I pushed as hard as I wanted to.
I set a goal to train for a 5K race. Using Podrunner Intervals on Itunes, I am now in my 7th week (out of 10) of training for a 5K. Six weeks ago I struggled to jog for 90 seconds. Now I can jog for 25 minutes! (Maybe longer, who knows?) My next step is to add in some PiYo (thanks again, Chalene!). I also want to add ChaLEAN Extreme and Turbo Jam back into my routine after a few more weeks. I am making permanent changes here and I want to make sure my body and my busy life can handle all the motivation and movement I want to add.
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Keith Wommack is a Syndicated Health Blogger. He writes about the connection between Health, Thought, and Spirituality, and the powerful impact they have on each other. He is also a husband, step-dad, and Christian Science practitioner and teacher. He has been described as a spiritual spur (since every horse needs a little nudge now and then).
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Recently, when asked, "What can fear do to you?" I was reminded of two experiences.
The first started with me asking a Sunday School class of first graders, "What would you say if someone wanted you to pray for them?"
A visitor to the class, a young girl, spoke up and confidently said, "I would tell them that they were safe in God's pocket."
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You enter the room of a gravely ill friend where hope has vanished. Your thoughts weigh heavy. The family expects a quick passing. Doctors have proclaimed there are but a few hours left. The room is dark, both mentally and physically. You feel helpless.
But, what if you could do something, something that made a difference?
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When I got married, I became an instant dad to my wife's two sons. One day just before we were married, Joanne and the boys came to visit me. Jarrod, the older, was four. He sat on my lap, and we played with his teddy bear. I would take his teddy and pretend he was talking to Jarrod. When it was Jarrod's turn to make the bear "Talk," he swung it and hit me hard across the face.
He didn't mean to be violent, but got carried away with the game. However, when he saw the blow had shocked me, he quickly put both hands up in a defensive position, expecting me to hit back.
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Unless you enjoy uninterrupted minutes of Angry Birds, Draw Something, or Scramble on your smartphone, you may be finding wait periods in doctors' offices frustrating.
In a world where most of us are in super, hyper motion, slamming on the brakes and just twiddling thumbs is emotionally painful.
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Unless you enjoy uninterrupted minutes of Angry Birds, Draw Something, or Scramble on your smartphone, you may be finding wait periods in doctors' offices frustrating.
In a world where most of us are in super, hyper motion, slamming on the brakes and just twiddling thumbs is emotionally painful.
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It isn't just the world-class competition, or the crowning of champions, that makes me excited to watch events like the upcoming Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It's seeing barriers get broken—shattering common expectations—that brings me to my feet.
But you don't have to witness a standing back full twist on the balance beam to feel that same breakthrough excitement and come out a winner.
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Apparently, our beliefs can help us. It's been proven. If we believe we will be healthier, we can be.
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I am intrigued by the power of expectations; by the impact they have on our well-being.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Thomas Curry, a licensed Texas psychotherapist about this phenomenon.
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However, there is much more to our grand state than cattle barons and oil tycoons.
Citrus groves thrive in south Texas and the tall Piney Woods flourish in the east Texas red soil. Sand dunes and beach houses line the coast from Galveston to Post Isabel, and I haven't even mentioned the Chisos Mountains in the Big Bend National Park.
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College Hockey:RIT Dominates Holy Cross
Three Power-Play Goals Propel Tigers
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Holy Cross came into tonight's game against RIT with the number one penalty kill in Atlantic Hockey. Somebody forgot to tell the Tigers.
RIT scored three power-play goals, including two on their first three opportunities, to defeat Holy Cross, 5-1, on All Hallow's Eve.
"The difference was the special teams," RIT coach Wayne Wilson said. "I was happy earlier [in the season] with our power play, but we weren't getting the success. Tonight, the puck had eyes, and it gave our power play some confidence."
Though RIT did a good job controlling the puck, passing it around, and getting shots off, they were unable to score on their first power play. They did not waste their second opportunity.
Alan Mazur fired from the middle of the blueline that appeared to have smart laser technology, finding its way through the crowd and past Adam Roy at 13:07.
It was Murphy who got the goal on the next power play opportunity. His wrist shot out in front changed direction fooling Roy at 15:27 to make it 2-0.
"One, we didn't rotate, and one our goalie gave up a bad goal," Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl said.
Though Holy Cross had three power plays of their own, including a two-man advantage, the best chance they had came on a three-on-one breakout. Louis Menard played it perfectly, taking the shooter, and with the passing lane cut off by the defense, Jay Silvia fired it from in close. Menard made the save and survived the rebound shot as well.
Though it took awhile, it was more of the same in the second period. It took RIT 12 seconds to score on their fifth power play at 16:54 as Tyler Brenner scored from in close.
RIT had a few seconds of another power play to close the period, and Ringwald came close smacking one off the goalpost. RIT went three for seven on the man advantage.
Menard preserved the shutout early in the third when he stopped Andrew Cox on a breakaway. Menard stayed with Cox, stretching his leg as far as it would go, just getting a piece of the puck.
Holy Cross finally got one the scoreboard — appropriately on the power play. Rob Forshner fired a fade away shot from the slot that went high, glancing off the crossbar and into the net at 9:01.
However, Holy Cross only went 1 for 10 on the power play.
"It was all perimeter," Pearl said. "We didn't do anything to get it to the net. I was very, very disappointed on our power play. It looks good when you are just throwing it around the perimeter."
Shortly afterwards, Dewey Thomson went in alone. Menard came out to meet him, and Thomson shot it right into the goaltender's chest. Menard ended up with 29 saves.
"He had a very good game tonight," Wilson said.
The first even strength goal of the game came at 13:50. The Tigers went straight at the net, and Andrew Favot put in the rebound.
"I thought Favot played an outstanding game," Wilson said. "The shortest guy was our best screener."
The next goal also came at even strength, but this time while the teams were skating four aside. RIT went back up by three on a perfectly executed two-on-one. Newman took it down the right side with Hofstetter wide left. Newman passed it across the front of the net, and Hofstetter easily one-timed it into the unguarded goal.
The 5-1 score held up, making this the sixth consecutive game that RIT has scored exactly five goals against Holy Cross, and RIT has beaten Holy Cross all seven times they played since going Division I.
"When you have some success, it feels like you match up well," Wilson said.
The teams face each other again Saturday night.
"I hope we play better," Pearl said matter-of-factly. "They have a good team. We have to play more competitively."
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Toyota Camatte Concepts
Toyota is revealed a new car that meets the needs for young families, it now called as the new Toyota Camatte Concept. Launched at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show, the vehicle brings a number of identical body panels that can easily be changed in different colors or styles based on your wants and needs.
An unusual triangular configuration that Toyota says is created to make possible communication between parents behind the wheel and children in the back completed the great features on this Cammate. But, it's not enough only with the kid-friendly aspect, the New Toyota Camatte also brings the other incredible features such as easily configurable pedals, which can let a child to build up driving skills while a parent does care of vital tasks like steering and braking. Your children will keep safe and, perhaps, also can develop their skills while you are focused on your driving.
As far as that kid-friendly aspect is concerned, you'll also impressed by the bare-bones utilitarianism of the design, and the open-wheel front is enough to gather a smile from us as well. It's pretty clear now that Toyota decided to bring the Volkswagen Kubelwagen into the modern age. So, now, just click and check out the gallery below to see more about this Cammate in the high-res images.
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Labor Day (Drama/Adaptation, PG-13) - Young teen Henry Wheeler lives with his mother, Adele. While on a class trip he happens across Frank Chambers, a mysterious man who appears down on his luck. Henry invites the man back to his home, only to discover Frank is a wanted fugitive. Apprehensive of him at first, Adele and Henry soon develop a deep bond with Frank. (Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tobey Maguire)
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That Awkward Moment (Comedy, R) - Three best friends live young, carefree lives, partying, clubbing and navigating the dating scene. When one of them begins to develop deep feelings for a girl, it changes the dynamic of their friendship forever. (Zac Efron, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, Michael B. Jordan)
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Best Night Ever (Comedy, R) - A wild night in Vegas quickly gets out of hand for three best friends celebrating the engagement of the fourth, Claire. (Desiree Hall, Samantha Colburn, Edwina Ritchard, Crista Flanagan)
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Tim's Vermeer (Documentary, PG-13) - Texan Tim Jenison tries to solve the mystery of one of the most prolific artisans of the 17th century. Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer painted using a style unlike any the world had seen before and Jenison goes on a mission of discovery to find out how. (Penn Jillette, Tim Jenison, Martin Mull, Philip Steadman)
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Peter Brook: The Tightrope (Documentary, Unrated) - Famed theatre director Peter Brook uses a unique process to turn his dancers into some of the best the world has ever seen. This documentary offers a behind-the-scenes look into his process.
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