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Using elevation contour lines is one of several ways to visualize density from vector point data. I recently used this approach to map "stop and frisks" - the practice of a police officer stopping an individual for reasonable suspicion of criminal activity - in New York City. This practice is often criticized as happening more often in neighborhoods with higher numbers of minority residents, so showing the density of such stops is critical to the story behind this data. If you would like to know more about Stop and Frisk, check out the research conducted by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the New York Civil Liberties Union.
In this post I'll discuss how I visualized the point density of stop and frisk occurrences using the NYPD's Stop and Frisk databases. To get an idea of some of the others challenges faced and approaches in mapping this data, check out the Data Without Borders Data Dive NYC wiki page or my precinct github repo.
From points to heat map to contour lines
From the larger Stop and Frisk database, which contains more than 4.2 million records, I selected only stops that occurred in 2008 where the person stopped was either "Black", "Latino," or "Black Latino", and which contained coordinates for the stop.
ogr2ogr -f SQLite /path/to/outfile/sf-race-geo.sqlite PG:"dbname='' host='localhost' port='5432'" -sql "SELECT distinct ogc_fid, lat_lon, year, race, pct FROM public."new_all" where year = '2008' AND xcoord <> '' AND (race = 'B' OR race = 'Q' OR race = 'P')"
This resulted in 432,515 records, which are available as an sqlite file.
For some uses, you can visualize density using only the point data and manipulating the opacity and size of markers. I used this method to create this map, which shows all of the stops from 2008.
However, in this case I wanted to really draw attention to the neighborhoods where stop and frisks happened most frequently. To better achieve this, I created elevation contours based off of vector points to show the density of the stops. Here's how I did that.
Step 1
- Open QGIS
- Load sqlite file as a vector layer
Step 2
- Using QGIS' heat map plugin located under the Raster Menu, create a raster heat map from the input point vector blstops2008
- I used a buffer radius of 10 and a decay ratio of .5.
Step 3
- Load the heat map raster layer in QGIS. It will be a .tif file if you chose GeoTIFF in the step above.
- Verify the heat map worked by opening up the layer properties for your .tif file in QGIS.
- Set color map to Pseudocolor
This is what mine looked like. Success!
Step 4
Next we convert the raster heat map into vector contours using the gdal_contour option available in QGIS under the raster / extraction menu.
I chose to use an interval value of 150 and selected to include an ELEV attribute column. This is the column we'll be basing our Carto styling in TileMill.
You can now run the contour from within QGIS, or you can copy the script at the bottom of the prompt and execute it on the command line.
gdal_contour -a ELEV -i 150.0 /path/to/input/blstops2008.tif /path/to/output/bl-contours-2008.shp
Preview the contours in QGIS, selecting categorized styling based on the ELEV column.
Step 5
Now we have everything we need to style the vector contours in TileMill.
- Import the shapefile into TileMill.
- Style the layer based on the ELEV column. I chose to do this using the spin(color, spin distance) Carto feature to save myself some key strokes. Here's the full stylesheet.
I added a black background for previewing the map but removed it before exporting. Now the contours are a transparent layer that we can composite with other layers.
Step 6
Export to MBTiles and upload to MapBox. If you don't have an account yet, sign up for one.
Step 7
Use the map layer as a layer itself, or as part of a mash up. Here are the contour lines – which show concentrations of stops of Black, Latino, and Black Latino persons in 2008 – on top of all of the points from all stops in 2008. To add geographical context, I used a MapBox Streets base layer.
Final density map using contour lines
Here's our final map.
Black, Latino, and Black Latino Stops on top of All Stops, 2008


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you will find that a genuine dislike for water is actual a breed parcularity in that the majority of bassets are not fond of water. I am not sure you can ever get her to like it. but these have been my observation.,
rain a basset dislike for rain I think is often a manifestation of humans dislike for rain for example if you normal go out with the dog to potty when its nice but don't when its raining it is not going to take the dog long to say its bad to be aout in the rain. To get a dog to be more tollerant of rain and puddles etc then you need to give the dog a reason to like the rain that mean take the time to play and have a good time with the dog out in the rain.
Wadding in a pool I can tell you from first hand experience this is not someting easily shaped or lured. Mariah who easily gets over heated at agility trials when the temperature is elevated runs much better and faster if she is kept wet all day to have the water act as an evaporative cooler and also a wet basset beget a basset 500 running as well which is not neceassirly a bad thing in agility. There is absolutely no way to get her in a wading pool without geting bit. I a hose her down with water spray but it is ussually with her choking herself at the end of a slip lead trying to get away. She is however tollerant of rain and will now walk through puddles instead of around them
baths besure to use a hand held shower head and adjust the temp to near body temp warm without being hot before it ever hits the dog 2. if it is the sound she is afraid of you can try this rung the shower find the distance she is not afraid of the sound of the shower have some one turn the water on an off Reward her with treat when the shower is running and not when it is off. Over time slowwly move closer and closer being carful to observer behavior and back off if she show any signs of fear. This is basic counter conditioning and densenitization which is more throughly explained in the booklet I recomended earlier "cautious canine" Though that booklet is specifical for fear of strangers but the techniques are realitively easy to apply to other fears as well. It does help to have a good knowledge and feel for canine body lanquage so you can pick up earier signs of fear. If you are not familiar I would recommend "Calming signals" either the book or DVD to help understand canine body lanquage especial as it relates to fear.
FWIW Mariah is fearful of strangers but unlike chloe she does not run away she is a biter. As a matter of fact when we first got her It became obvious she was punished for growling when she showed fear in this manner I had witnesses it with the foster home she was at. so she would bite first asked question later. Which is the calssic signs of a truely dangerious dog. It was only a year later that we were told had we not taken her she would have been put down. It would have been nice if they fully disclosed the behavioral issues. I spent two year rewarding her for growling before she would reliable use it as a signal to tell humans to back off she was not comfortable It is why a get a little peeve when people refer to growling as an aggressive act when in fact it is the dog comunicating trying to avoid aggression.
FWIW mine rarely get bathed there are a number of towlets that you can use to clean the dog without bathing or you can make your own. 5o/5o mix distilled white vingar and rubbing alcohol , and other clam listerine original works as well. Both are anti bacterial and antimicrobial so help with keeping yeast and skin infection under contorl if the reason for bathing is odor or skin problems related to allergies. That is the dogs allergies not a human allergic to the dog.
You need to learn to pick your battle with a fearful dog those thing that you can control through management are often much easier and simple to control that way and save the time and effort required for training on those things that you can not manage on a 100% consistent basis.
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- The milk market consists of the retail sale of concentrated milk, fresh liquid milk, long-life liquid milk and powdered milk. The market is valued according to retail selling price (RSP) and includes any applicable taxes. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2014 annual average exchange rates.
- The Belgian milk market had total revenues of $1.2bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1% between 2010 and 2014.
- The milk market remains fragmented, with FrieslandCampina, Sodiaal, Nestle and Groupe Lactalis, together holding 34% of the market value.
- The long-life liquid milk (unflavored) segment was the markets most lucrative in 2014, with total revenues of $0.8bn, equivalent to 67% of the markets overall value.
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Executive Summary 2
Market value 2
Market value forecast 2
Category segmentation 2
Geography segmentation 2
Market share 2
Market rivalry 2
Market Overview 7
Market definition 7
Market analysis 7
Market Data 8
Market value 8
Market Segmentation 9
Category segmentation 9
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Market Outlook 13
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Five Forces Analysis 14
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Buyer power 15
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New entrants 17
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Degree of rivalry 19
Leading Companies 20
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Groupe Lactalis 23
NestlE 24
Sodiaal 28
Macroeconomic Indicators 29
Country Data 29
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Industry associations 32
Related MarketLine research 32
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Table 1: Belgium milk market value: $ million, 2010-14 8
Table 2: Belgium milk market category segmentation: $ million, 2014 9
Table 3: Belgium milk market geography segmentation: $ million, 2014 10
Table 4: Belgium milk market share: % share, by value, 2014 11
Table 5: Belgium milk market distribution: % share, by value, 2014 12
Table 6: Belgium milk market value forecast: $ million, 2014-19 13
Table 7: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: key facts 20
Table 8: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: key financials ($) 21
Table 9: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: key financials (Euro) 21
Table 10: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: key financial ratios 21
Table 11: Groupe Lactalis: key facts 23
Table 12: NestlE: key facts 24
Table 13: NestlE: key financials ($) 26
Table 14: NestlE: key financials (CHF) 26
Table 15: NestlE: key financial ratios 26
Table 16: Sodiaal: key facts 28
Table 17: Belgium size of population (million), 2010-14 29
Table 18: Belgium gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2010-14 29
Table 19: Belgium gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2010-14 29
Table 20: Belgium inflation, 2010-14 30
Table 21: Belgium consumer price index (absolute), 2010-14 30
Table 22: Belgium exchange rate, 2010-14 30
Figure 1: Belgium milk market value: $ million, 2010-14 8
Figure 2: Belgium milk market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 9
Figure 3: Belgium milk market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014 10
Figure 4: Belgium milk market share: % share, by value, 2014 11
Figure 5: Belgium milk market distribution: % share, by value, 2014 12
Figure 6: Belgium milk market value forecast: $ million, 2014-19 13
Figure 7: Forces driving competition in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 14
Figure 8: Drivers of buyer power in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 15
Figure 9: Drivers of supplier power in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 16
Figure 10: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 17
Figure 11: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 18
Figure 12: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the milk market in Belgium, 2014 19
Figure 13: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: revenues and profitability 22
Figure 14: Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.: assets and liabilities 22
Figure 15: NestlE: revenues and profitability 27
Figure 16: NestlE: assets and liabilities 27
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We are pleased to announce the re-boot of Tales from the South. We are proud to be a part of the same as the new show's house band. We are looking forward to meeting a lot of new folks and playing a lot of music. The first three shows have been set. These Authentic Southern Stories are presented by Bourbon & Boots.
Keep checking our calendar for new dates! As always, thanks for your support!
Happy New Year to all! We are looking forward to more shows, new t-shirts and new music in 2016.
January 23rd – KABF Last Waltz Benefit – White Water Tavern – Little Rock, AR
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Valley Inn will make its way to DVD on December 15th. Be sure to check it out and listen to a bunch of great artists in the area. The soundtrack release should follow in upcoming months. The Salty Dogs were happy to contribute 2 songs to the movie.
Throwback: A few years back, we had the chance to record an original track with the legendary drummer, D.J. Fontana.
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The ingredients in this vegetarian burger require no precooking. Simply combine them in a food processor and cook.
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- 1 can (15 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 4 scallions, trimmed
- 2 slices white sandwich bread
- 1/3 cup peanuts or almonds, unsalted
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 1 large egg
- Olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- Whole-wheat English muffins and lettuce, to serve with burgers
Heat grill to high. In a food processor, combine chickpeas, scallions, bread, peanuts, cumin, and ginger; season with salt and pepper. Pulse until roughly chopped. Remove half the mixture to a bowl; add egg to food processor. Process until smooth; add to reserved mixture in bowl, and mix well.
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With the increase in size of many new and long-term free software development projects, it is important to recognize the crucial value non-developers may hold in advancing the efforts of these projects.
With the increase in size of many new and long-term free software development projects, it is important to recognize the crucial value non-developers may hold in advancing the efforts of these projects.
They may stand outside the spotlight on the project. They may not invest time in writing code. Whether they are on the listed staff of a project or not, project supporters who do not contribute code still play a crucial role in the day-to-day perception, acceptance and strength of most free software projects. The people most frequently recognized in conjunction with a project are the administrative staff (maintainer or lead developer) and the developers who contribute the largest portions or most important portions to the code base for the project. What of the others?
Developers usually test their changes prior to submitting them for inclusion in the project, though the time it take to do a complete evaluation of these changes is enormous. Many projects have official test staff, people who download the latest project materials and invest a considerable amount of time validating software functionality and bug fixes. Other projects have unofficial test staff, people who seem to live for new releases, downloading them as soon as they become available. The reports of testing staff help to make a free software project smoother, generating a higher quality final product and reducing the amount of time developers need to spend doing things other than writing code.
General project supporters come in many flavors. Some aid in the propagation of the software, assisting in large implementations of the software, installfests or providing inexpensive physical media (such as CDs) containing the software. Others provide themselves as a support resource for the product, helping new users in installation or implementation of the software, responding to concerns on mailing lists, and providing direct support via IRC for other end-users. Project supporters play an important role which reduces the amount of time developers and administrators need to invest in support, the foundation of all good projects.
Why are testing staff and general project supporters not often recognized for their efforts? In some cases, it is because the administration of a project is unaware of their efforts; people providing unofficial assistance for a project do not always make their efforts known to the administration of the project. In other cases, it is because developers and administrative staff may not understand the importance of these volunteers; they may ask more questions of the developers at times, but certainly reduce the overall question load.
It is my belief that administrative staff of free software projects should seek out information on people helping to support their efforts. These details should be showcased, not tucked away behind-the-scenes. Granted, some project supporters may not want to be in the spotlight, but I suspect most would not feel adversely about receiving due recognition.
On a few development projects, there is one other class who are often overlooked in correspondence, the end-user. It is important that every end-user receive a response to their question, even if the answer is one stating the software is not yet ready for public consumption. To ignore the comments of end-users, the issues they most frequently report during installation or use, or requests for assistance, is to abandon the best interests of your project. Without end-users and general support staff, who does your project help and who would be there to support them on a day-to-day basis?
To those who already make effort in recognizing those who support their projects, I applaud. For those not already making effort to recognize excellence in non-developers, I propose some basic things you can do to encourage this type of behavior. First, post a web page containing the names of those you wish to recognize for their efforts. Even if they stop these efforts in the future, leave their name on the recognition list; consider this an honor roll. Second, consider including them in project decisions you feel may affect them or may be of interest to them. Finally, give them verbal encouragement for their efforts; people who are thanked for their efforts are much more likely to continue in this capacity.
With the growth of free software worldwide, we must increase awareness on how people may help these projects and recognize those who already support our efforts. Most of our greatest supporters know no programming languages.
Copyright (C) 2000 Jacob Moorman.
Often, a simple "thank you" or "good job" would suffice, and I have found that even that much is often overlooked. After awhile, a helpful person might think, "Well, if I'm not being all that helpful, I guess I'll just do something else."
You could argue that it all works out OK, because that person will move on to another project where perhaps s/he will be appreciated. However, it's too bad that all too often, a helper's first passion is not properly nurtured (acknowledged) and it then becomes possible, or even likely, that *that* level of passion will not be attained again...
Then again, sometimes "Thank you" is just not enough...
People (especially in the Linux and *BSD communities) often overlook artists when they are doling out recognition. Linux wouldn't be this popular if it wasn't for Tux the penguin. Gnome wouldn't be the same without the foot and Gimp would just be the GNU Image Manipulation Program without Gimp the mascot. Both of those were made by Tigert. Tux was made by.... I don't know. That's the point. I know Linus and Miguel and Mosfet because they are prominent in high profile projects. I don't know the guy who did Tux (the original one with him sitting down), the person who did the Croc for KDE and all the other that's so prominent. This should change.
On a side note:
The new snapshot of Gimp for Windows just came out today. We Tor's up to 1.1.19 now. It's almost 1.2 now. For those of us locked into a windows only enviornment (or play games) Gimp is great. I use the Windows Port as my main design and manipulation tool at work. It's also useful for showing to my linux-skeptic design friends if there's anything useful other than programming tools coming from Linux.
It's too bad that it's so easy to get warez versions of Photoshop. If it wasn't for that fact, there would be hundreds of designers ready to switch over. I belive Warez is wrong and use the Gimp at home and Photoshop at school. I've seen web sites. Linux needs some good designers and needs them quick.
I've started a project called Form Factor here on Advogato. Anyone with design skills or seeking to get some design skills should sign up. I'd like to see some sites renovated and redone. Some of the best projects have no sites. Including my beloved Gimp/Win port site. Tor is definately a programmer and not a designer.
i tend to put the name of the person that contributed or found a problem into the cvs commit messages. if i know that they are not on the firstname.lastname@example.com list, i send them a copy. this tends to elicit a huge "thank you", as the contributors really appreciate it.
Just a quick bit of info about the penguin:
It was drawn by Larry Ewing, one of the early Gimp developers. Yes, he did the image with the Gimp.
Speaking of artists, what websites would be critical to announce something like a Design Contest on? I guess the more general question would be: Where do these non-coders hang out, and how do we reach out to them?
Personally, my approach (having to deal with all sorts of non-techy all day, and explain stuff to them) is that I try to make their lives easier, and find ways to do that. Usually they don't know enough about the possiblities to know that solutions exists. It's my job to find solutions, and then get feedback as to how those solutions work, and rework the answer until they are happy.
Well, some of us hang out here.
Jenn V.
How about adding a new relationship-to-project or two to advogato? Perhaps "Enthusiastic User", "Advocate", or "Interested Observer". (Some of this could possibly be covered by "Helper", though to me, helper seems to imply more of a coordination or management role)
yes, i know, the unpopular ones, the suits, the pointy-haired bosses...not. one of the reasons open source has gotten so much press is because of all those IT managers throughout the world who have silently put open source software in place, usually against the advice of the real suits (you know, the ones who only want corporate software on "their" servers).
the folks who just port it and go, too.
Yep, I do help people in installation (I was part of a LUG before moving), I write articles for a paper magazine (and my e-mail is at the bottom for the readers to contact me), I translate Window Maker in french, I write some themes and dockapps, I send bug reports whenever I can and I try to run a project.
The problem is that I'm nobody, I don't receive that much e-mail, the ones I send often go right to the bin and I just don't have good enough programming and graphics capabilities to be able to handle everything myself.
I think I will write down all the software ideas I've got, for everybody to share, and do the implementation myself, even if somebody actually maintains the stuff after. I want the software and consideration, not to be a God.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!


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Report NEP-HIS-2011-05-30This is the archive for NEP-HIS, a report on new working papers in the area of Business, Economic & Financial History. Bernardo Batiz-Lazo issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Patrick Wallis, 2010. "Exotic drugs and English medicine: England's drug trade, c.1550-c.1800," Economic History Working Papers 28577, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Aashish Velkar, 2010. "'Deep' integration of 19th century grain markets: coordination and standardisation in a global value chain," Economic History Working Papers 28988, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Ramirez, Miguel D., 2011. "Is Globalization Inevitable in the Marxian Paradigm?," Working Papers 89, Yale University, Department of Economics.
- Raphaelle Schwarzberg, 2010. "Becoming a London goldsmith in the seventeenth century: social capital and mobility of apprentices and masters of the guild," Economic History Working Papers 28446, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Natacha Postel-Vinay, 2011. "From a "normal recession" to the "Great Depression": finding the turning point in Chicago bank portfolios, 1923-1933," Economic History Working Papers 35518, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Patrick O'Brien, 2011. "The contributions of warfare with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France to the consolidation and progress of the British industrial revolution," Economic History Working Papers 31741, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Katherine Willoughby & Paul Benson, 2011. "Program Evaluation, Performance Budgeting and PART: The U.S. Federal Government Experience," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1112, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
- Daron Acemoglu & Matthew O. Jackson, 2011. "History, Expectations, and Leadership in Evolution of Cooperation," Levine's Working Paper Archive 786969000000000106, David K. Levine.
- Tim Leunig & Joachim Voth, 2011. "Spinning Welfare: the Gains from Process Innovation in Cotton and Car Production," CEP Discussion Papers dp1050, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Axel H. Boersch-Supan & Hendrik Juerges, 2011. "Disability, Pension Reform and Early Retirement in Germany," NBER Working Papers 17079, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Suresh Naidu & Noam Yuchtman, 2011. "Coercive Contract Enforcement: Law and the Labor Market in 19th Century Industrial Britain," NBER Working Papers 17051, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Ruixue Jia, 2011. "Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China," HiCN Working Papers 93, Households in Conflict Network.
- Barbara Pistoresi & Alberto Rinaldi, 2011. "Exports and Italy's economic development: a long-run perspective (1863-2004)," Department of Economics 0655, University of Modena and Reggio E., Faculty of Economics "Marco Biagi".
- Oded Galor, 2011. "Inequality, Human Capital Formation and the Process of Development," NBER Working Papers 17058, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Gregory Mead Silver, 2010. "Economic effects of vertical disintegration: the American motion picture industry, 1945 to 1955," Economic History Working Papers 30043, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Baafi Antwi, Joseph, 2011. "Western guilt and Third World Development : Part 2," MPRA Paper 31012, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 19 May 2011.
- David Chilosi & Oliver Volckart, 2010. "Books or bullion? Printing, mining and financial integration in Central Europe from the 1460s," Economic History Working Papers 28986, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- Alesina, Alberto & Giuliano, Paola & Nunn, Nathan, 2011. "On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough," IZA Discussion Papers 5735, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
- Tibor Neugebauer, 2010. "Moral Impossibility in the Petersburg Paradox : A Literature Survey and Experimental Evidence," LSF Research Working Paper Series 10-14, Luxembourg School of Finance, University of Luxembourg.
- Emanuel Kohlscheen, 2011. "The Journal Rankings of Central Banks," Working Papers 11.05, Swiss National Bank, Study Center Gerzensee.
- Muchlinski, Elke, 2011. "Die Rezeption der John Maynard Keynes Manuskripte von 1904 bis 1911. Anregungen für die deutschsprachige Diskussion," Discussion Papers 2011/7, Free University Berlin, School of Business & Economics.
- Kris Inwood & Mary MacKinnon & Chris Minns, 2010. "Labour market dynamics in Canada, 1891-1911: a first look from new census samples," Economic History Working Papers 30016, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
- González-Val, Rafael & Lanaspa, Luis, 2011. "Patterns in U.S. urban growth (1790–2000)," MPRA Paper 31006, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Leheyda, Nina & Beschorner, Patrick & Hüschelrath, Kai, 2011. "Ex-post assessment of merger effects: the case of Pfizer and Pharmacia (2003)," ZEW Discussion Papers 11-035, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Carolina Castaldi & Giovanni Dosi & Evita Paraskevopoulou, 2011. "Path dependence in technologies and organizations: a concise guide," LEM Papers Series 2011/12, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
- Robert Hodgson & John Maloney, 2011. "Why has Britain fewer marginal seats than it used to?," Discussion Papers 1105, Exeter University, Department of Economics.
- Ceja, Lucia & Tapies, Josep, 2011. "Corporate values guiding the world's largest family-owned businesses: A comparison with non-family firms," IESE Research Papers D/916, IESE Business School.


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Starcast – Raj, Sonia, Rangayana Raghu, Doddanna, Tennis Krishna, Bullet Prakash, Gazar Khan, Killer Venkatesh, Bank Janardhan and others.
Music – Sadguna Raj
Producer – Raju Patil
Director – Makam Manohar.
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Raju Patil's produced and Makam Manohar's directed venture 'Tsunami' has come out now for the entertainment of the viewers. But does the film entertain the viewers? The answer is 'not at all'. It is the worst made movie that lacks in direction, story, script and performances and even on all fronts.
The film tells the story of a youngster who is traced in the Tsunami havoc. He is named as Tsunami (Raj) and he hails in Mumbai. Tsunami supports his father's business. Back in Bengaluru, Tsunami moors the belts to brawl with the evil practicers. There is no one who can come in his way because his strength is mammoth. He becomes the underworld Don. Soon an anti-national group wants his support in terrorism – an operation 'Target Karnataka'. Initially Tsunami says yes to different explosions in Bengaluru but then he fastens the belts to teach this anti-national group a big lesson.
The film is a big lackluster. The story is pretty ordinary and every sequence of the film is much predictable, the viewer can easily understand what will happen in the next frame? The director is a poor storyteller who cannot hold the attention of the viewers on screen. The disappointment among the viewers is quite visible since they were not offered for what they consumed their hard earned money.
The script is the biggest weak thing in this film. It carries so many holes from where the movie leaks. The stunts done in the film are simply boring and have no oomph value. The hero tries to be much angry in the entire film but his nature to be so is not well delivered on the screen.
Dialogues seem to be cut a lot since in many dialogues, the connection between them seems empty. Cinematography of the movie is passable.
Raj makes debut with Tsunami and disappoints fully. He is a weak actor and he needs to learn the acting skills to go in the industry. Sonia is average. Rangayana Raghu is just about okay. Rest of the cast is pretty ordinary.
On the whole, Tsunami is a weak film and best to be avoided.


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ASAP Charter
ASAP Overview
ASAP stands for the Alliance of Security
Analysis Professionals™.
ASAP started out as a small band of security support sites under siege, but has expanded rapidly to include the "Best of the Best" the Internet Security Community has to offer.
ASAP is made up of internet security oriented website and forum owners, administrators, and staff, as well as individuals, companies, and various organizations also dedicated to providing security related support to computer end users.
ASAP is a joint effort dedicated to assisting end users with as seamless a process as possible by using methods such as cross-referrals, multiple product support services, easy information access, and cross referencing with verification.
ASAP's goals are:
- To ensure a high standard and quality of security support no matter where you seek help.
- To recommend in an equal and fair manner products available to keep your computer clean and safe, regardless of pricing.
- To ensure that end users are not affected by so called "product wars" and unfair marketing tactics, which have plagued several industries in recent years.
ASAP ensures that quality support and assistance
will be freely available - knock one of the support networks out and
another will pick it up immediately. In addition, pooled resources
permit the ability to provide support redundancy, thereby adding an
additional layer of protection against Internet based threats.
If you see the ASAP logo or banner used by a website, bulletin board, or individual, you can be assured that you're getting the best support and assistance possible. ASAP members have varying fields of expertise: some ASAP members provide assistance with anti-virus software, firewalls, computer hardware issues, security updates, phishing, etc., while others provide log analysis and specialized malware removal. The combined efforts of all ASAP members are dedicated to providing free security-related support to computer end users.
ASAP is a non-profit, volunteer network.
ASAP Code of Conduct
- ASAP members and member sites will not knowingly infringe the valid intellectual property or other rights of others.
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Applicants must own or operate an Internet security focused site or service, or be an active supporter and/or staff member at such a site or service in order to be considered for membership.
Sites and posts of applicants are reviewed to ensure that quality support is being given before being granted membership.
Applicants must agree to the ASAP Charter.
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From a hillside in Missouri, one can look out upon a relatively nondescript valley verdant with seasonal crops. It is to here, it is said, that Adam and Eve fled upon expulsion from the Garden of Eden and offered prayer to God and it is to here, it is said, that Adam will gather his posterity at the last day. Adam-ondi-Ahman, as Joseph Smith called the valley, is a locus of human-divine communication and visitation in Mormon theo-history.There is, however, another Adam-ondi-Ahman in the … [Read more...]
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Seminoles Extend Va Tach Losing Streak To Nine
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Florida State sophomore guard Aaron Thomas hit a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 24 points to lead the Noles to a 70-50 victory over Virginia Tech on Wednesday night. The Seminoles broke a season-high three-game losing streak with the win over the Hokies.
Thomas heated up in the second half of play hitting three consecutive 3-pointers to give Florida State a 15-point lead midway through the half. Okaro White finished with 15 points and eight rebounds as well.
Va Tech's Will Johnston scored 12 points for Virginia while Cadarian Raines added 13 for the Hokies who entered the game as the worst shooting team in the ACC (37.3% in ACC play). With the loss, Virginia Tech has lost nine consecutive games.


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Last week Nintendo held one of their 'Direct' events intended to buoy up the spirits of early Wii U adopters. Wii U Direct focused on the incoming improvements to, and upcoming titles for, Nintendo's new game console.
It seems like Nintendo needs these changes as much as we do; the Wii U isn't selling nearly as well as the company had hoped, according to a financial report covering the nine months ending December 2012.
Between its November launch and the end of 2012 Nintendo sold 3.06 million Wii U consoles. For comparison, the original Wii sold 3.19 million units in its first holiday season and it was constrained by limited supply. Originally Nintendo had projected 5.5 million Wii U units sold by the end of March 2013 but it has now revised this estimate down to 4 million.
In other words, Nintendo expects to sell fewer than a million units during January, February and March combined.
Yesterday Engadget reported that the planned Netflix and Tivo integration into Nintendo TVii won't make it in January and are now expected in 'early 2013.' (The Wii U does have a Netflix app; it just isn't part of Nintendo TVii.) Google Maps also won't make January but I'm not sure that's really a system seller in any event.
As bad as things look for the Wii U right now, it's worth noting that the Nintendo 3DS didn't exactly burn up the charts when it first launched, but the handheld is doing much better now, with 12.71 million units sold in the 9 months ending in December 2012 (that figure seems to include both the original 3DS and the new, larger 3DS XL). The 3DS now enjoys a very strong software library with standout titles selling in the millions. For instance, New Super Mario Bros. 2 sold 5.96 million units worldwide, while Animal Crossing: A New Leaf sold 2.73 million units in Japan (it hasn't been released outside of Japan yet).
Nintendo has promised a pair of software patches to speed up the Wii U. Once these patches are in place and we start seeing regular software releases we will get a better picture of the Wii U's long-range potential, I think (I'm speaking as a gamer, not as a financial analyst). Nintendo may need a price cut to really goose Wii U sales, but as things stand now they're losing money on every Wii U sold so they may be hesitant about cutting the price as quickly as they did for the 3DS.
The good news is that for the nine months ending in December 2012, Nintendo generated a net income of 14,545 million yen. During that same period the prior year the company lost 48,351 million yen. It is forecasting 14,000 million yen in net income for the fiscal year ending in March 2013. The bad news is that Nintendo says its profit is due to favorable exchange rates due to depreciation of the yen.
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On June 30, 2014 the Fairview Township Police Department was dispatched to burglaries at three separate residences on Observatory Drive. The calls came in between 2:15 and 5:15 pm. All of the residences are in close proximity to each other.
Items stolen include loose change from all three locations and a personal safe.
Anybody that may have information in relation to these burglaries is asked to contact the Fairview Township Police Department at 717-901-5267.


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Help! How to Replace Carpet around Splinters with Laminate!
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Hi all,
I need advice. I have carpeted stairs that have carpet around the banisters (main problem). How can I replace the carpet with laminate without having to tear down the splinters? Would it be tacky to cut the wood with shapes to cover areas around the splinters?
Any instructions or creative ideas are welcome. Thanks!!!
Here is a little more info. We like to replace the whole house with laminate. Underneath our e carpet is not hardwood so we cannot just tear out the carpet and refinish the floor.
I'm going to face the same issue with my stairs, although I am going to paint them and not cover them with laminate.
In your case, I don't see an alternative to removing the banister and spindles. You can certainly try to notch your laminate and dress the interface with some caulking, though. I don't think it will be as clean as an R&R on the banister.
You'll have to remove the spindles to install the laminate,and you will also have to shorten the spindles when you reinstall them,the same thickness of the laminate.
Laminite should never be installed on stairs !!!
It has to be able to expand and contract.
If you want wood looking treads then go with real wood treads.
You do know by using laminite it's going to do nothing to increase the value of the home, right.
I bet you have wooden stair treads under that carpet. Why not remove the carpet, take a piece of the laminate you are installing to sherwin williams and get them to stain match it. Then sand and refinish the stairs. You can even paint the risers to make this go a lot easier. This will be much more durable, avoid taking out the railing/spindles, and look better. Hope this helps.
It sounds like the OP has pine treads and that she doesn't want to replace them.
I have somewhat the same issue (I have a curved staircase, which makes tread replacement pretty costly) and my approach will be taupe porch paint on the treads, Duration extra white on the risers and trim. I may even paint the banisters to match (they're a gunstock oak, which is a color we have no where else in the home).
I think that painting is a better solution than laminate (e.g. how are you going to bullnose the tread edges with laminate?). The thing that makes me shy away from stain is that you might get it to almost match, you'll have to sand off the overspray that the builder most likely left on the stairs, you'll have to deal with a thousand staple holes, etc. It's certainly not impossible, and I imagine that top coating with several films of water-borne flooring urethane will provide a wear-resistant surface.
Seriously, I love that stuff (water-based urethane). With two coats a day, you can have six coats in three days; done. Only takes an hour or two to dry. Just sand and clean between each coat with progressively finer sandpaper. Easy.
Maybe it's just me, but I've never liked the look of pre-finished flooring on stairs. It just looks - wrong. Tacky, even. I'm replacing carpet with hickory and for $25 each I just bought hickory treads. Stairs should look like stairs and floors like floors.
Thanks, everyone, for all your insights! Will keep you guys posted. Hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!!
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Lisa MacReady Media Officer, Oxfam Scotland
20th May 2014
When it comes to inequality, there is no shortage of statistics to be shocked at:
Now we have a new figure to add to the list.
The Scottish Government has just published an analysis of wealth inequality in Scotland. It suggests the wealthiest 10% of households in modern day Scotland own 900 times more wealth than the least wealthy 10%.
But why should Oxfam or indeed you, I or society as a whole care about inequality?
We think extreme inequality is bad for everyone - not just because it is morally unacceptable but also because it is bad economics. In their recent report, the International Monetary Fund stated that 'countries with high levels of inequality suffer lower growth than nations that distribute incomes more evenly'. It warned that inequality can make growth more volatile and create the unstable conditions for a sudden slowdown in GDP growth.
Meanwhile, the Equality Trust has produced graphs which show that societies with more income inequality can have higher infant death rates, higher rates of mental illness, higher incidence of drug use and higher high school drop-out rates. They also imprison a larger proportion of their population and have higher rates of homicide than other societies.
We think inequality is creating a vicious circle where wealth and power are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few, leaving the rest behind. It is allowing the wealthy to 'capture' government policymaking, meaning the rules are constantly rewritten in favour of the rich - an example being lower taxes for high earners.
The good news is that such glaring inequality is far from inevitable; it is a result of political choices that can and should be reversed. But this requires both political leadership and will.
It was therefore heartening to see the Scottish Parliament focus on Scotland's wealth inequality in debate led by the Scottish Greens in May.
Patrick Harvie MSP stated that the purpose of the debate was to "agree a goal to reduce wealth inequality". We know that a single debate will have little impact but there were signs that Scotland's politicians are beginning to make a concerted effort to tackle inequality.
Labour's Jackie Baillie MSP talked about the need for progressive policies to share and redistribute wealth, as well as about the notion of a living wage. Encouragingly, this gained cross party support despite differences over how to implement it.
Meanwhile, Lib Dem Leader Willie Rennie MSP said he wanted to find solutions to inequality and that he wanted radical thoughts on how to bring this about.
Oxfam Scotland already has some thoughts - many of them outlined in our report 'Our Economy' - including the creation a Poverty Commissioner for Scotland to ensure people in poverty have greater voice, power and influence.
We would also want the Scottish Government to embed the principles of our Humankind Index into the way they measure success - including the National Performance Framework.
The Index, which was developed following a widespread public consultation, moves beyond a narrow focus on economic growth to focus on what really matters to Scots, including decent housing, improved health and a pleasant local environment.
But we also believe we should balance the books on the shoulders of those who can most afford it rather than targeting the most vulnerable through cuts to welfare.
That means ensuring people and companies pay their fair share of tax and exploring more progressive taxation, including on wealth.
Whether around the world, across the UK or here in Scotland - we should all be shocked at the scale of inequality but that is no longer enough, we need political action.
Blog post written by Lisa MacReady
Media Officer, Oxfam Scotland
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Surprise Bank of Canada chief stands ready to nurture economy
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada tapped an outsider on Thursday to head its central bank, bringing in the well-respected head of the Canadian export credit agency, who immediately stressed the need to nurture a choppy economic recovery.
Incoming Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, 57, worked at the central bank for 14 years earlier in his career. But he has spent the last 14 years at Export Development Canada.
Poloz takes over as central bank chief on June 3 when Mark Carney leaves, a surprise for markets, which had tipped Carney's senior deputy Tiff Macklem as the most likely choice. Carney becomes governor of the Bank of England on July 1.
In his debut with reporters, Poloz was careful not to contradict the views that Carney and the central bank expressed in their quarterly economic report last month.
"We are in a recovery that is not as vigorous as would normally be expected and ... I think it will be necessary to nourish it, I don't know for how long," Poloz said in an introductory news briefing in Ottawa.
Canada's economy recovered well from the 2008-09 recession thanks to aggressive government spending, tax cuts and record-low interest rates. But growth stalled last year, with the economy recording its slowest two quarters of growth since the crisis.
The Bank of Canada has kept its key rate on hold at what it describes as a stimulative 1 percent since 2010. But it has signaled for the past year that the next move will be a rate hike, not a cut.
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After we got back from our trip South for the holidays, I came down with the Ick. So my last few days have been spent hiding on the couch in my PJs, knitting on Bob's plain vanilla socks in a limited colorway by Two Windows Dye Co. with heels, toes and cuff in Brown Sheep Wildfoote Blue Blood Red.
We've ODed on movies: Men In Black 3, Karate Kid, Magic Mike, RED, and Moonrise Kingdom. Yeah, couch potatoes, kleenex, tea and cookies!
Bob has kept me in soup: Chicken Vegetable Soup from the Better Homes & Garden Cookbook and Italian Wedding Soup from Allrecipes.com. The snowflake-shaped Ritz crackers were a homey touch.
Thanks to all this TLC, I'm feeling a little better today and hope to actually get out of the house tomorrow. If it doesn't snow.


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While I commend Met Art for continually seeking new models, I would love to see more of their truly extraordinary young women: Jenya, Ulya I, and Vika Z. After viewing Vika's videos, I have come to appreciate how incredible she is as well.
Frankly, Jenya, Ulya I, and Vika Z are impossibly beautiful. It's hard to believe that women are made so exceptional.
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As the weather turns cold, there's nothing like a good pair of snuggly flannel pajamas to make life better. Of course, getting those pajamas at a good price warms the heart as much as the flannel warms the body.
Victoria's Secret has made these slouchy pjs in a soft pure cotton flannel so that even when the weather outside is frightful, you'll be toasty warm and stylish. Not wild about the print? Don't worry about that! There are 24 colors/prints to choose from, ranging from plaid to polka dots to pink elephants (no, really, they do have a pink elephant print!). Taller or shorter than average? VS has got you covered. They come in both tall and petite lengths, as well as average.
Did I mention they're on sale? Because they are. Regularly priced at $49.50, they're currently going for just $39.50. And to sweeten the deal, order before Dec. 8, use code PJGIFT and get a matching pair of slippers for free!
That's right, the slippers (a $25.00 value) are free! See site for details.
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Selling Innovation @RunningStart
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Selling Innovation
Completing the revenue capture process with a solid sales strategy is essential to creating predictable market traction, whether you are working on a start-up or launching a new product/service innovation. Getting your sales strategy right will yield results that far exceed the investment of time and resources in this workshop.
Selling Innovation is a hands-on workshop designed help entrepreneurs, start-up professionals, and inside sales executives embed revenue capture and retention into every aspect of the Innovation lifecycle. Led by a team of tech start-up veterans the workshop includes lecture, open discussion, and case studies. It will also include work-group exercises that teams can work on together after the seminar and immediately apply learning to their efforts.
Selling Innovation was designed in a dynamic, multi-media curriculum format, with in-class attendance, questions and discussion asked through Twitter to engage fellow attendees as well as the global twitter user base. Work group sessions are posted on a private Linkedin Group where attendees can network with alumni & instructors from other regions, share ideas, and compare plans.
You will walk away from this session with knowledge and tools that you can deploy immediately. Join us for the morning session or the afternoon session, or join us for the full day.
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