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KENSINGTON - September 26, 2010 (WPVI) -- In what could turn out to be another black eye for the Philadelphia towing industry, Philadelphia Police are investigating a confrontation between two tow truck drivers that turned deadly in the parking lot of a Kensington pub.
Philadelphia police say at around 3:00 a.m. Sunday, two drivers got into an argument. After heated words, one driver got into his truck, and struck the other man who drove for Siani's towing.
The suspect, who detectives say worked for Straight Up Towing, was apprehended a short distance away in the 2300 block of Auburn Street.
The victim, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital.

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Photo Courtesy of Lancôme ParisThe latest luxury makeup collection by cosmetic giant Lancôme Paris is inspired by the brands new fragrance, Trésor Midnight Rose. The Midnight Roses Fall 2012 makeup collection "evokes a mischievous femininity and glamour," thanks to a base of majestic purple hue. Needless to say, if youre a fan of purple, then youll probably love this collection. Full of deep plums and violets, the color palette results in a sophisticated and mature look that is appropriate for fall.
The Midnight Roses makeup collection features six new products four of which are limited edition in a variety of different hues. The Blush Subtil & Highlighter Palette alone comes in six different color combinations to match different skin tones. The options range from rosy blushes to dark burgundies. The $42 palette includes three shades that lend to their overall color theme, in matte, shimmery, and iridescent textures. Choose from Rose Flush, Framboise Flirt, Plum Elegance, Nectar Lace, Peche Savvy, or Rouge Allure.
Though the blush palette includes options for different types of skin, the plum theme of the rest of the collection is flattering on any skin tone. The formula for LAbsolu Cr?me de Mat Lip Gloss combines the gentleness of a gloss and the coverage of a lipstick, making it a collection mainstay and fan favorite. The Midnight Roses collection contributes three new limited edition shades to its line of glosses, at $29.50 each. Potion DAmour is a deep matte berry, while Magie Pourpre is a brighter pink version of the same hue. Prune Mantille, on the other hand, is a light plum with more of a red-coral base.
Finally, everyone loves a little nail color, and Lancôme made sure to give us a great shade for this fall. The Vernis in Love nail polish line includes two new $15 bottles: Infusion de Prune, a deep plum, and Mat Top Coat, a clear finishing lacquer. The hue of Infusion de Prune provides ultimate brilliance and intense color, providing a delightful finishing touch for any of your Midnight Roses-inspired looks. Other products in this collection include a new shade of eyeliner, as well as a limited edition shadow and liner palette and three limited edition lipstick shades.
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Episode begins with Rama talking with her mother through the phone about the family whose marriage proposal came for Nimisha. Rama gets shocked to know that the family is very simple and Baba agreed for marriage. Anant gets happy to see that he walked himself in very long distance. Anant tells Navya about it but Navya looks sad.
Anant asks Navya why she is so sad. Navya tells that Nimisha still loves Nikhil and she is not happy with this new marriage proposal. Anant tells Navya that Nimisha should forget Nikhil and asks Navya not to support her.
Navya helps Anant to walk while Baba and Bua dadi talk that this is the last happiness of Anant and Navya together. Rama overhears Baba and Bua dadi and tells Navya that baba is making a new plan against her. Rama tells Navya that Nimisha's marriage proposal may be next plan for Baba to her exit from the house. Navya refuses to accept but Rama tells to believe her words.
Savita and Sugandha cooks in kitchen and Navya ask Savita if she can help Nimisha. Savita scolds Navya and asks Navya to stay away from Nimisha's life. Savita asked Navya to go out of the kitchen. Rama gets hurt to hear harsh words for Navya and persuades Savita to work Navya in the kitchen.
Baba shows a leaf to Bua dadi and tells that this makes a person crazy. When Navya haves it she will behave like mad for which Nimisha's marriage will get break and Savita will blame Navya for this.
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Cars Speeding Around Rigs at 'Alarming Rates'
WASHINGTON, DC. — The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver 2012 campaign results are in, and it doesn't look good for passenger car drivers.
Operation Safe Driver found that passenger car drivers are still speeding around commercial vehicles at "alarming rates."
"It's distressing that the number of passenger car drivers who break the law and put their lives and the lives of others in jeopardy while driving around commercial motor vehicles is still so high," said CVSA Executive Director Stephen Keppler. "The majority of fatal crashes that involve large trucks and passenger cars are precipitated by the car driver."
Law enforcement officials pulled over nearly 35,000 commercial and passenger vehicle drivers during the weeklong blitz back in October. Data was collected by 2,918 enforcement personnel at 1,245 locations across the United States and Canada.
Of all of the warnings issued, 70.1 percent were for speeding. Just over nineteen percent of that 70 percent were warnings issued to truckers, while passenger car drivers were a whopping 50.5 percent.
Compared to last year, both truckers and passenger car drivers showed an increase in speeding: a 2.8 percent increase for commercial vehicle drivers, and 10 percent for passenger vehicle drivers.
Of all citations, speeding accounted for 66.2 percent, with passenger car drivers issued 51.2 percent of the total and truckers issued 15 percent.
And truckers? Buckle that belt. Warnings for Failure to Use a Safety Belt was number two violation. Truckers represented 3.6 percent of the total number of warnings to truckers and 1.9 percent of passenger car drivers. Failure to Use a Safety Belt, CVSA said, was the reason 9.9 percent of citations were issued to truckers and 8.3 percent were issued to passenger car drivers. That's an increase for both types of drivers, CVSA said, but particularly disconcerting for truckers as the last several years have shown an increase in truckers strapping in.
Failure to Obey Traffic Control Devices came in at number three of all violations, truckers ahead of passenger car drivers with 3.6 percent of warnings issued and 1.9 percent going to passenger car drivers. "This translates to increases of 4 percent for CMVs and 1.5 percent for car drivers," CVSA noted, unchanged from 2011 data. "Failure to Obey Traffic Control Devices accounted for 4.7 percent of citations to CMV drivers and 2.3 percent of citations to passenger car drivers," CVSA added.
Brian Neal, Chairman of the Operation Safe Driver Program, says the data clearly indicates the urgency for greater awareness, pointing to the need for programs that educate and teach the public about sharing the road with transports.


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River Basin Management 2017 is the 9th Conference in the series which marks the growing international interest in the planning, design and management of river basin systems.
River Basin Management includes all aspects of Hydrology, Ecology, Environmental Management, Flood Plains and Wetlands. Riverine systems are coming under increasing pressure due to anthropological and natural causes. Prominent amongst the problems affecting them is water scarcity and quality, which requires the development of improved methods for better river management.
Changes in the landscape, use of the land and climate conditions lead to a continuous revaluation of river basin management objectives. This requires the development of better measuring tools as well as the use of increasingly accurate computer software.
Catastrophic events such as floods and associated landslides, erosion and sedimentation can have serious effects not only on life and property but also on the basin ecology. Frequently these problems are aggravated by the unforeseen consequences of man made changes in the river basin. This has led in recent years to work on river restoration and rehabilitation with various degrees of success.
The first River Basin Management conference took place in Cardiff, UK in 2001, followed by meetings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria (2003); Bologna, Italy (2005); Kos, Greece (2007); Malta (2009); Riverside, California (2011); The New Forest, UK (2013), home of the Wessex Institute and A Coruna, Spain (2015).
The objective of this series of conferences is to bring together practitioners and researchers in academia and industry in the hope that their interaction will foster mutual understanding and lead to better solutions for river basins.
The papers corresponding to all the conferences have been archived in digital form at http://www.witpress.com/elibrary where they are permanently available to the international community.
Conference Topics
The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at River Basin Management 2017. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.
- Water resources management
- Flood risk management
- Ecological and environmental impact
- Erosion and sediment transport
- Hydrological modelling
- River restoration and rehabilitation
- Hydropower issues and development
- River and watershed management
- Water quality issues
- Organic contamination management
- Agricultural pollution
- Transboundary water issues
- Estuaries and deltas
- Climate change
- Water quality and health
- Socio-economic issues
- Water governance and policies
- Data acquisition, management and analysis
- Remote sensing
- Hydraulic structures
- Experimental measurements
- Rain water management
- Water energy nexus
- Drought assessment and management
- Ecosystem services
Benefits of Attending
Publication of Papers Papers presented at River Basin Management 2017 are to be published by WIT press in a Volume of WIT Transactions. Selected papers will appear in a special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Impacts (ISSN: 2398-2640 Digital ISSN: 2398-2659).
Reviews To ensure the quality of our publications, abstracts and papers are peer reviewed by members of the International Scientific Advisory Committee and other experts, with manuscripts processed through CrossRef Similarity Check.
Open Access WIT Press is an advocate of Open Access which offers maximum dissemination of your work. WIT Transactions and Journal papers can be downloaded for free (www.witpress.com/elibrary).
Indexing and Archiving Papers presented at Wessex Institute conferences are referenced by CrossRef and have appeared in notable reviews and databases. Papers are submitted to various indexing services such as Thomson Reuters Web of Science, Google Scholar*, Scopus and ProQuest. All conference books are listed in the British Library and American Library of Congress.
Conference Proceedings Delegates will receive a copy of the papers presented at the Conference on a USB Flash drive. The USB will, in addition, contain papers from previous conferences in this series. Following the Conference, authors will receive an electronic copy of the publication in which their paper has been published.
Digital Archive All conference papers are archived online in the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com) where they are easily and permanently available to the international scientific community.
Networking Participants can present their research and interact with experts from around the world, becoming part of a unique community.
Reduced Fee for PhD Students The Wessex Institute believes in the importance of encouraging PhD students to present and publish innovative research at their conferences. As a result, the Institute offers PhD students a much reduced conference fee.
*Google Scholar Indexation WIT Press has made all its conference and journal papers open access in an effort to help its dissemination within the scientific and technical community.
This means that you are now able to download any paper in the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com/elibrary) totally free and without having to pre-register.
This major development has the added benefit of allowing the Google Scholar search engines to fully index all WIT papers.
Google Scholar is a search engine created specifically for researchers to facilitate the indexation and citation of academic papers free of charge. This service is becoming the most accepted comprehensive benchmark and quality standard.
In Google Scholar you will be able to see the number of citations of your articles as well as the 'h-index' ranking for both author and publications. The h-index is the largest number h such that at least h articles (by the author or in a publication) were cited at least h times each.
The impact of your work is given by the 'i10 index' which refers to the number of publications within the last 10 years that have at least 10 citations.
You can also easily create within the system an Author's Profile which helps to highlight your achievements.
Google Scholar is becoming the most popular system in the world and its metrics are independent and unbiased. Unlike other ranking systems, it is free.
To register online for this conference please complete the registration form by clicking on the 'Register' button at the top or bottom of this page. If you would prefer to print out a copy of the Registration Form, please download the PDF Registration Form below and return to the Conference Secretariat.
Conference Fees
Includes conference proceedings, other documentation and refreshments.
Registration Fee, €890
Conference Chairmen, WIT Fellows and members of the Scientific Advisory Committee, €780
Students, €500
Publication of Papers
Papers presented at River Basin Management 2017 are to be published by WIT press in a Volume of WIT Transactions. Selected papers will appear in a special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Impacts (ISSN: 2398-2640 Digital ISSN: 2398-2659).
All conference papers are archived online in the WIT eLibrary (www.witpress.com) where they are easily and permanently available to the international scientific community.
WIT Transactions have since 1993 been publishing exceptional conference papers which are referenced by CrossRef and have been indexed in international databases. All conference books are catalogued and archived in the British Library and American Library of Congress.
WIT strongly believes that removing the barrier to research published online will greatly aid progress in all scientific and technical disciplines, as well as all other spheres of knowledge. Most WIT conference and all journal papers are freely available online.
Prague, Czech Republic
Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic with a history dating back a millennium. Nicknamed "the City of a Hundred Spires", Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of European wars. The city sits amid the gentle landscapes of the Bohemian>plateau, straddling the Vltava River, which is the longest river in the Czech Republic. Main attractions include the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, the Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock and the Jewish Quarter. The historical centre of Prague has been listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register since 1992. It is a city of culture boasting more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, cinemas, and other historical exhibits.
Charles Bridge
Prague's oldest bridge was built to replace the Judith Bridge that had been badly damaged by floods in 1342. The Stone, or Prague, Bridge, called Charles Bridge since 1870, was begun in 1357 by Charles IV and was completed in 1402. The bridge is built of sandstone blocks, flanked at each end by fortified towers (Lesser Town Bridge Towers, Old Town Bridge Tower). From 1683 to 1928, 30 statues of saints were carved to decorate the bridge, the most famous of which is the statue of St John of Nepomuk.
Prague Castle
This Gothic cathedral, the spiritual symbol of the Czech state, was founded in 1344 on the site of the original Romanesque rotunda. The construction took nearly 600 years and was finally completed in 1929. Its impressive interior is home to such wonders as the beautifully decorated St. Wenceslas Chapel with the tomb of St Wenceslas, the crypt where Czech kings are buried, and the Crown Chamber, where the Crown Jewels are kept.
Wenceslas Square
This square is the commercial and administrative centre of the city as well as the site of important social and historical events. Here you'll find cinemas, theatres, banks, hotels, restaurants, dozens of small and large shops, and administrative centres. The square was created during the founding of the New Town by Charles IV in 1348. Today it is dominated by the National Museum (1885 – 1891) and Josef Václav Myslbek's statue of the national patron St Wenceslas from 1912.
For more information about Prague visit Prague City Tourism: http://www.prague.eu/en
Travel Information
By Air:
Vaclav Havel Airport (Prague international airport) is located approximately 15km northwest of Prague city centre and there are direct flights from most European cities.
The airport is located 15 km from the Orea Hotel Pyramida, Prague.
The following airlines fly from the UK direct to Prague: British Airways, Smart Wings, Czech Airlines, easyJet , Jet2, Ryanair, Wizz Air.
Other airlines flying into Prague include: KLM, Austrian Airlines, Norwegian, Lufthansa, LOT, Vueling Airlines, Air France, Aer Lingus, Ukraine International, Brussels Airlines, Iberia, Norwegian Air International, Swiss, Alitalia, Air Serbia, Air Berlin, SAS, Air Europa, Finnair, eurowings, Bulgaria Air, Flybe, germanwings.
From the Airport
Using Public transport: Take Bus Number 119 to bus stop "Divoká Šárka", change and catch a second bus, Number 191 to the bus stop "Vypich". From here, take tram Number 25 to the tram stop "Malovanka", where the hotel is situated (Journey time: 40-50 minutes)
To use public transport, you need to buy a ticket from an automatic machine or tobacco shop. A Single tickets cost 32 CZK (around 1 euro). Tickets are only valid for 90 minutes. Please note that these services may be subject to change and you should check before you travel.
Using a pre-booked private transfer: Alternatively, the hotel offers a transfer service from the airport at a rate of 590 CZK (22 Euros) one way per person or from/to the main railway station for the price of 450 CZK (17 Euros) one way per person. This must be booked in advance with the hotel. Please contact the hotel to arrange this, stating your date and time of arrival, and your flight number or train details. Please note that Wessex Institute does not endorse or arrange this or take any responsibility for the arrangements which are made as these are made directly between you and the hotel.
Using a hire car: It is possible to pick up a hired car at the airport. Driving in the Czech Republic is on the right. There are various hire companies in Prague city centre and the airport including Avis, Budget and Hertz. You should expect to pay around 50 euros (1,350 CZK) or more a day. The legal age of driving in the Czech Republic is 18 years old. There are very strict rules, which must be adhered to when driving in Prague including being required to have a zero blood alcohol level when driving.
It is about a 25 minute drive from the airport to the conference venue. Take Route 7 from Aviatická, Follow Route 7 and Evropská to Veleslavínská, Turn right onto Veleslavínská, Continue on Na Petřinách. Take Střešovická to Bělohorská and the hotel is on the right. Please note that car parking at the hotel is offered on a first come first served at a charge of 300 CZK (12 EUR) per day/night per vehicle.
By Rail:
If you decide to travel by train to Prague, domestic services are provided by ÈD (Czech Railways). https://www.cd.cz/en/mezinarodni-cestovani/vlakem-do-evropy/-20644/
There are also a number of daily connections to Prague from major European cities. Praha Hlavní nádraží is the biggest and busiest railway station in Prague. From this station there are metro, tram and bus connections as well as taxis.
By Road:
If you decide to travel to Prague by road there are coach services from major cities across Europe, including the UK, and the countries of the CIS (Eurolines, Eurotours). The city's main bus and coach terminal is Florenc, for international and regional services, which is located on the eastern edge of the New Town and is easily accessible by metro (subway/ underground /tube) (yellow line B and red line C) and trams. Information about coach services and transport connections can be found on these websites: www.idos.cz, www.busportal.cz, www.vlak-bus.cz; and information about the purchase of international tickets can be found at www.eurotours.cz(Eurolines and Student Agency).
Getting around while in Prague
Metro: There are three lines and around forty stations. The metro runs from 5am to midnight at approximately every three to ten minutes. Please see the map below.
Bus and Trams: the network covers the whole city, with the services running from 4.30am to 11.30pm daily every five to twenty-five minutes.
Taxi travel in Prague: Please see http://www.myczechrepublic.com/prague/prague_taxi.html for advice on taxi journeys.
If you decide to use taxis while in Prague you should call the operator and ask to be put through to a taxi firm and book in advance, thus avoiding being overcharged. It is not advised that you hail a taxi in the city for safety reasons.
The following taxi companies are recommended by the above website and we include them here in case you wish to book a taxi from the airport:
- AAA Radiotaxi - tel. +420 222 333 222, www.aaa-taxi.cz
- City Taxi - tel. +420 257 257 257, http://citytaxi.cz/en/
- Halotaxi - tel. +420 602 177 292, or +420 848 144 144 http://www.halotaxi.cz/en/
Tourist information and advice on travelling to and from Prague, together with useful travel links:
Conference Venue and Accommodation
The conference will take place at The Orea Hotel Pyramida, located within walking distance of Prague Castle and Strahov Monastery. The city centre is about 15 minutes away by public transport, the tram stop Malovanka is meters away from the hotel.
The Orea Hotel Pyramida
Belohorska 24
Praha 6
Czech Republic
Tel: +420233102273
Visa Information
A Schengen Visa is the document issued for visiting/travelling in and within the Schengen Area. The Schengen Area is comprised of 26 countries that have agreed to allow free movement of their citizens within this area as a single country. Schengen visas are issued by the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
If you intend to visit one of the Schengen countries for business, as a tourist or for a personal/private visit, you must first obtain a Schengen visa, unless your country is part of the Shengen territory or has a special agreement. You can check which whether citizens of your country require Shengen VISA here: http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/who-needs-schengen-visa/
Where to apply:
- You should apply to the Embassy or Consulate in your country of residence (unless you are resident in Ireland).
- If you intend to visit only one Schengen country, apply to the Embassy or Consulate of that country.
- If you intend to visit several of the Schengen countries, you must apply for a visa at the Embassy or Consulate of the country in which your main destination is situated (longest duration of stay).
Processing time: Your application should be lodged at the Embassy or Consulate at least 2 weeks before the proposed journey is undertaken.
Requirements for a Schengen visa may vary slightly between the different Schengen countries. Please visit the following link for further information: http://www.schengenvisainfo.com/
Important information: Please notice that although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, it is your responsibility to check that the visa and travel requirements with the corresponding Embassy in your country.
Invitation Letters
If you require a letter of invitation for your visa application, please submit a request for a letter of invitation to the conference secretariat.
Registration fees must be paid in order to be issued an invitation letter. Please make sure you read the cancellation policy stated in the registration form before sending your payment.
All letters of invitation will be sent to you by email and regular mail unless otherwise specified.
Please provide the following information in your request:
- Title (Dr., Professor, Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms, etc.)
- Your full name (Please specify family name and given name)
- Organization
- Full mailing address
- Additional information such as if you are presenting a paper at the Conference
- We cannot provide visa letters for spouses or guests, however we can include their name on your letter
Additional Information
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Or, perhaps that is just how it sometimes appears to incoming
graduate students.
Graduate students come to campus with considerably less fanfare,
generally find their own way around campus, and quickly meld
into the scenery by being put to hard work in their laboratories.
In recent years, however, graduate students at the School
of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) had bewailed the
fact that they were missing a sense of community. They said
they did not have opportunities to meet other graduate students,
nor learn the ins and the outs of the SEAS.
first SEAS graduate orientation was capped off with
a barbecue and picnic for all SEAS graduate students.
by Frank Wojciechowski
Two years ago the SEAS Office of Graduate Affairs was founded,
and under the creative, ambitious tactics of E. David Mendez,
assistant dean for graduate affairs, the Princeton experience
for engineering graduate students has improved dramatically,
including the first ever SEAS graduate orientation.
The first-years gathered in the Friend Center for Engineering
Education to learn about engineering at Princeton and see
the faces of the people that make SEAS tick.
"You'll be here for some critical years that will really
shape the face of the engineering school," said Sanjeev
Kulkarni, associate dean for academic affairs, referring
to the SEAS strategic planning initiative that is in high
gear this fall. "You're a very select group, and we're
proud to have you here."
SEAS Dean Maria Klawe could not attend the affair,
but she left a special video message for the incoming graduate
graduate students enjoy the post-orientation barbeque..
"You graduate students are very important to us because
you're such a key part of the research that gets done here,"
Dean Klawe said.
She also advised the students to get out of the lab sometimes
and make a point of meeting other people in the University.
"Many areas of research are interdisciplinary now,"
she said. "Get to know people in other departments."
Indeed, one of the major foci of the SEAS for the future
is supporting and initiating more interdisciplinary research.
To give a taste of that to the incoming students, the Office
of Graduate Affairs invited three junior faculty members to
give presentations about their own research, which spans several
departments from within and outside of SEAS.
Jeff Carbeck, assistant professor of chemical engineering,
explained his collaborative research with faculty in the chemistry
and molecular biology departments. Professor Carbeck is working
on micro- and meso-scale devices that mimic the capabilities
of animals and natural materials. He is working from the idea
that perhaps the best way to achieve such capabilities is
by creating hybrid devices that use both mechanical robotics
and organic processes and materials.
Julie Young, assistant professor of civil and environmental
engineering, presented her research on the Multiscale Simulation
of Cavitating Flows. Cavitation is the term used for the phenomenon
that occurs when there is a decrease in the pressure of a
liquid and bubbles collapse, rebound, and collapse again.
This cycle can cause severe damage to metals, and is thus
of particular interest to the Navy. Applied cavitation has
many uses in military weaponry and defense, as well as nanotechnology,
marine wildlife science, and medical treatments.
"The beauty of interdisciplinary research is that you
and your collaborators find all these different applications,"
Professor Young said. "It's a lot of fun."
Ron Weiss, assistant professor of electrical engineering,
presented his research on programming cell communities. Professor
Weiss' laboratory designs digital logic circuits using biochemical
reactions, and then builds them into cells to program cells
to behave in a certain way. His research could have a myriad
of applications in medicine. Professor Weiss had some advice
for these new graduate students.
"Listen to those people who sound to you to be really
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From: Bill Davidson <>
Subject: Re: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:51:38 -0400
References: <000f01c67b93$8fb39dc0$6400a8c0@5150cxp>
In-Reply-To: <000f01c67b93$8fb39dc0$6400a8c0@5150cxp>
Doug, are you sure about the date? I see the 57/77 (looks like they
have merged) - Regimental Name is "Middlesex Regiment, The Duke of
Cambridge's Own. Nickname, "57th & 77th".
I see back in mid 1870 it was in England nicknamed "The Pothooks",
and Regiment was called "East Middlesex Regiment of Foot".
In 1880 it was at Poona - Bombay still the 77th. In 1884/86 is was
numbered 57/77.
See: http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/077-787.htm Also:
They merged with the 57th Foot.
William Davidson, Toronto
www.williamdavidson.com (genealogy)
On 19-May-06, at 6:28 PM, Doug Porteous wrote:
> The obituary of my great-great-grandmother, Isabella Reid (née
> Harrison)
> appeared in the Sarnia Observer on January 19, 1900:
> "In Sarnia, January 17th 1900 Isabella A. Reid, relict of the late
> Joseph
> Reid, Col. Sergt. of H.M. 77th Regiment at the age of 77 years."
> Note: Joseph and Isabella were married in Toronto in 1847. I think
> Joseph
> died there, but Isabella moved to the Sarnia home of her daughter,
> Josephine
> (Reid) Clement, prior to 1900. I am making the assumption that Joseph
> probably served in the regiment prior to his marriage... (but that all
> depends on what I learn about the regiment).
> I believe Joseph was born in Ireland; Isabella's death registration
> shows
> she was born in County Monaghan, Ireland.
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I might learn more
> about this
> "77th Regiment"? The Web sites I came across indicate that the
> regiment was
> disbanded in 1764, well before Isabella's husband Joseph would have
> been
> alive. The regiment also seems to be associated with India.
> Thanks in advance for any information.
> --Doug
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Low-power circuit design techniques have enabled the possibility of integrating signal processing and feature extraction algorithms on-board implantable medical devices, eliminating the need for wireless transfer of data outside the patient. Feature extraction algorithms also serve as valuable tools for modern-day artificial prostheses, made possible by implantable brain-computer-interface systems. This paper intends to review the challenges in designing feature extraction blocks for implantable devices, with specific focus on developing efficacious but computationally efficient algorithms to detect seizures. Common seizure detection features used to construct algorithms are evaluated and algorithmic, mathematical as well as circuit-level design techniques are suggested to effectively translate the algorithms into hardware implementations on low-power platforms.
Epilepsy affects over 1% of the world's population with over 10 million sufferers in the United States alone, making it the second most common neurological disorder after stroke [
Effective seizure prediction or detection algorithms present the key to realize such "closed-loop" epilepsy treatment devices that deliver electrical stimulus upon detection of seizure activity. Algorithms to detect onset of electrographic seizures have been actively researched for the past two decades with mixed success. Even the few real-time detection algorithms reported are limited to non-portable bedside setups using one or more computers interfacing to recording electrodes implanted in the patient. Peters
In the context of closed-loop epilepsy therapeutic devices, signal processing allows for integrating responsive seizure detection or prediction algorithms to analyze the recorded neural data and apply interventional therapy in a temporally specific manner. While there have been a number of different approaches proposed to both predict and detect seizures, barely a handful of these algorithms are employed into portable computing devices-implantable or hand-held. The computational limitations imposed by a battery powered platform limit most of the proposed real-time algorithms to purely theory or non-portable bedside applications for in-hospital monitoring. One proposed solution to this limitation is to use wireless schemes to transmit in real-time the data recorded from the patient on to an external device running the algorithms. Wireless transmitters often occupy a majority of area in the power consumption pie-chart of implantable medical devices- sometimes consuming more power than the rest of the system [
This article intends to highlight the challenges in realizing efficient feature extraction algorithms at a low computational cost, in order to retain implant feasibility. We review a set of techniques to translate mathematical models into computationally efficient hardware implementations so as to avoid the use of continuous transmission of data outside the implant. The next section overviews the major building blocks that go into a closed-loop epilepsy prosthesis. This is followed by an elaboration on digital feature extraction algorithms with specific reference to seizure detection. Low-power design techniques are then discussed with different levels of abstraction from mathematical to algorithmic, to improve the efficacy of the discussed seizure detection algorithms. It is our intention to involve the low-power circuit design community into developing novel solutions to this growing application space of medical implants, by using epilepsy treatment devices as an example.
In order to develop closed-loop automated epilepsy treatment devices employing electrical stimulation, it is crucial to implement computationally efficient and highly specific seizure detection algorithms that trigger interventional therapy when necessary. The detection efficacy of the algorithm employed controls the overall power budget of the implanted system (by controlling the number of times a large electrical stimulus is applied) besides deciding the utility of responsive therapy. Typically, such systems consist of an analog low-noise front end which includes a neural recording amplifier with the necessary filtering and at least 40dB of gain [
Historically, seizure detection algorithms have mostly been targeted at bedside patient monitoring and offline data sorting applications to easily identify seizure events from months of patient data [
Recently Verma
The most straightforward analog signal encoding schemes use a simple one-bit comparator to threshold (spike detect) data, reducing the neural signal to digital spike or threshold-crossings [
Another analog feature extraction scheme aims to track the energy present in local field potential signals in a narrow range of frequencies (e.g., 20–40 Hz), with the idea that a slower ADC could then be used to digitize this specific band of information. The proposed implementation uses a leaky integrator with a band-pass filter and squaring circuit to estimate the LFP energy from raw neural data [
Digital feature extraction algorithms assume the presence of an on-board ADC that provides sufficient resolution to capture the required information from raw data. Since most of the neural recording applications do not require high bandwidth (less than 10 KS/s per channel), standard Successive-Approximation ADCs remain a popular choice for this category [
Digital schemes are the most widely applied and generic signal processing modules applied in medical implants. Digital signal processing comes at low hardware costs and can integrate maximal functionality per unit silicon area occupied especially with scaled technologies. Given that medical implants normally do not demand high clock-speed performance, the digital designs also allow for severe voltage scaling operating in near to sub-threshold regions of operation [
In this section, we review common features used to identify electrographic seizures from raw neural data. Seizure detection features usually rely on characteristic attributes in a seizure that are identified by mathematical differences from normal or "baseline" activity. These features could either be time or frequency based.
Frequency based operators normally involve computationally intense feature extraction involving evaluation of FFTs, which reduce their viability as one of multiple features on board an implantable device. However, custom implementations of digital/analog circuits to extract an estimate of dominant frequency may be applied to approximate the mathematical feature, provided the detection efficacy validates this trade-off, as shown by our group in the past [
This subsection intends to review some of the basic terminology essential to understanding the issues in evaluating seizure detection algorithms designed for implantable devices. Typically, the detection efficacy of an algorithm or feature is defined by its ability to (i) accurately identify the onset of a seizure and (ii) reject any "seizure-like" short artifacts that could lead to unnecessary stimulation. The former is quantified by a measure of its sensitivity and the latter by specificity. Detection delay is defined as the amount of time after electrographic seizure onset that the algorithm identifies it. There exists uncertainty surrounding the definition of "onset", and the only current gold-standard is visual inspection by electroencephalography experts trained in reading epileptic patterns.
Another distinction that is important to evaluate the efficacy of an algorithm is its performance in a real-time, look-ahead or prospective study. In other words, using a training set that is different than a testing set would allow for an unbiased evaluation of the algorithm's detection capabilities. Most detection algorithms use some variant of moving windows to average data points to extract features. The size of the window used has a direct implication on detection delay, trading off with false positives and negatives. Recently, Mormann et al. reviewed a comprehensive list of seizure prediction algorithms published in the literature and concluded that not one algorithm showed a performance better than statistical chance when subjected to a look-ahead, unbiased evaluation [
We compared a set of time and frequency based operators to quantify their ability as markers of electrographic seizure activity. The analysis performed was "retrospective"; without separate training and testing sets. The efficacy numbers obtained using such an analysis reflect the theoretical best case performance of these features and give the designer an idea of what features to select to construct an optimal seizure detection algorithm.
For purposes of unbiased comparison, an equal window size of ∼1 s (1526 samples from data sampled at 1.5 KHz) was used to evaluate the features. The animal data was separated out into baseline and seizures (as identified by epileptologists at the IU School of Medicine) and the test intended to quantify the ability of the feature under study to distinguish these two states. It is to be noted that the seizures used were all electrographic-without consideration for whether there were clinical symptoms associated. The difference in mean values during baseline and seizure were calculated for each of the features under study, and the significance of this difference estimated using the t-test. The statistical power of the test was also reported to give the reader an idea of the significance of the difference in means, given the sample size and variance in each data. To help visualize the demarcation between seizure and baseline data for each feature, we fitted the values into a normal distribution, and calculated the area of overlap between the baseline and seizure fits. A smaller overlap indicates a better demarcation between the two states-indicating the ability of the feature to better separate these two states and vice-versa.
The results from the comparison (
The features with higher detection efficacies also came with a higher associated hardware cost.
For example, an algorithm requiring using spectral analysis (any of the frequency based operators compared in
In the
On the other hand, implementing a discrete wavelet transform operator (DWT) allows for a much finer time and frequency resolution at a lower hardware cost than traditional FFT or STFT operations for large windows of data. Recently, we reported a DWT-based detection algorithm implemented on silicon with multiplier-less filters, that demonstrates for optimal detection performance at a low hardware cost [
This section reviews a set of design techniques in different levels of hierarchy that could be applied to make the hardware implementations of the digital features more power efficient. In the past, we have proposed specific algorithmic approximations to optimize combinations of a set of compared features, demonstrating its benefit over un-optimized or blind combination [
The data presented in
Floating point division is one of the more computationally intense operators, and is commonly employed in realizing mathematical functions. While a floating point division operation takes 2911 clock cycles on the MC68HC11 processor(used by Medtronic for a number of implantable neurostimulators), a fixed point division operation only requires 41 clock cycles. Employing various division algorithms to reduce the number of clock cycles required to complete the operation has been widely researched in the past. Floating point division, for example, is commonly approximated using fixed point division with a number that has been "scaled" to account for precision retention. With specific reference to the implementation of seizure detection algorithms, most detection features use a form of averaging (moving window averaging) to ensure that short-term non-linearities in the raw signal do not affect the metric. Windowing involves accumulation and division by the window size. If the divisor (window size) can be approximated to a power of 2 (say 2
Division approximations that can be implemented using simple microcontrollers or even custom digital logic would be highly preferred for applications such as multi-channel neural data acquisition systems, that deal with relatively higher speed clock operations imposed by high sampling rate and number of channels. Drew presents a division approximation along with its hardware implementation in the referenced disclosure which involves ratio estimation to determine the ratio of a numerator to a denominator as a result of a function of 2 raised to the power of the difference between the most significant set bit position (MSSB) of denominator to numerator [
This is easily implemented in hardware using a single accumulator or binary counter that may be incremented up or down to obtain the desired ratio per
A number of detection features employ overlapped windows to accurately capture the effect of every sample on the mathematical feature. This is especially more important for features working on data sampled at lower frequencies.
A "quasi-averaging" technique recently reported approximates this calculation by assuming that "the average of a window is a true representation of all the elements contained in it", re-writing this equation as
Frequency based features often involve implementing FIR or IIR filters in hardware. From a hardware perspective, ultra-low power FIR filters operating using sub-threshold circuits have been proposed for other medical applications such as hearing aids in the past [
This approximation made to the coefficients shows negligible degradation in the filter response for applications such as epileptic seizure detection, as shown by the authors who implemented a discrete-wavelet-transform (DWT) based seizure detection algorithm using the above described CSHM filter [
From the results in
Approximations made to the algorithm or feature under study is another level of design abstraction that can reduce hardware costs of digital features. While this kind of design modification is very application specific and hard to generalize, there have been published reports in the past employing such techniques to minimize hardware power consumption. Reviewing the results of the two-dimensional comparison study presented earlier and in [
Another example of an algorithmic approximation to facilitate simple hardware implementation aims to estimate the dominant frequency of neural data by calculating the time between spike thresholds, or "events" [
The approximation is subject to the correct amplitude threshold being set to ensure the spikes are not missed by the comparator- reducing its robustness and mathematical accuracy with any variations in this threshold with time. However, with adaptive spike thresholding techniques that have been proposed in the past, it is possible to constantly adapt the threshold with changing DC levels of raw neural data [
Implantable medical devices usually do not have high impositions on throughput (typically operating under 1-MHz), allowing for aggressive supply voltage scaling (V
Operation in the sub-threshold region results in increased susceptibility of circuits to process variations, making it imperative to employ circuit techniques to counter the adverse effects of process variations on circuit functionality, power and performance. Moreover, due to the low frequency operation of the system, leakage energy becomes dominant over dynamic energy. Leakage reduction techniques need to be used to achieve overall reduction in the energy consumption of the system. In the subsequent sub-sections, we review such design techniques in detail. A discussion on the optimal V
In an example of a 5000 inverter chain implemented in TSMC65 nm, we discuss the simulation results showing leakage and dynamic power and energies at different V
Operation of circuits in the sub-threshold region leads to increased sensitivity to process variations [
In this sub-section, we briefly review some of the block level circuit designs proposed to reduce either active or leakage energy consumption. While some of the techniques discussed also find broader application from a system-level design abstraction, others help in realizing low-power computational blocks optimized for lower throughput application platforms such as medical implants.
Transistors in series have been shown to expend lower leakage power [
One of the most common approaches to decrease the dynamic component of total power consumption is to disable the clock driving inactive circuit blocks. This approach is used in both low power [
A fully programmable seizure-detection subsystem that incorporates four different hardware-optimized detection features from the study results reported by Raghunathan
The "Phoenix" processor proposed by researchers at the University of Michigan widely employs power gating to reduce leakage or "standby" power consumption [
The design of low-power seizure detection algorithms would facilitate integration of responsive feedback therapy to suppress epileptic seizures in an implantable device. Given the number of mathematical models proposed to both predict and detect seizures in human and animal trials, translational research that adapts these algorithms into designing a clinical device to treat epilepsy would be the logical next step to realize clinical impact. There are several components that go into developing a long-term neural implant that can reliably sense, detect and stimulate a specific part of the brain in order to suppress electrographic seizures. One of the main goals of this paper is to perform a review of circuit and architecture based techniques to implement feature extraction algorithms on board an implantable device- specifically for the treatment of epilepsy by neurostimulation. The techniques reviewed in this paper and results presented allow for translation of the many mathematical models presented over the past few decades from computer or offline implementations to a practical, portable device that can be of use to a patient. Examples from literature have been analyzed, where applicable, and related back to its utility in low-performance, low-power application platforms such as the one under study.
In this review, we set the stage by reviewing the parts of a closed-loop epilepsy treatment device, and drive the need for on-board signal processing capabilities to increase the power efficiency of these implants. Broadly, such techniques are applicable for most implantable medical device designs that are battery limited. Specific feature extraction algorithms to detect seizures are then discussed, with an emphasis on key terminology and examples from literature. Finally, Section 4 intends to provide the designers with a set of design techniques from various level of abstraction to optimize the implementation of digital feature extraction algorithms on a low-power implant.
Feature extraction, or signal processing represents a key aspect to realizing fully-implantable, single chip solutions to treat chronic disorders such as epilepsy. On-board signal processing would eliminate the need to transmit any data, wired or wireless, outside the body and therefore reduce a significant part of the power consumption of the device. We review specific examples applied to seizure detection algorithms and propose a set of techniques that could enable low-power algorithm design for a broad range of implantable medical devices. A set of both time and frequency based seizure detection features, commonly reported in the literature are evaluated for their feasibility in implantable applications. Approximations proposed in mathematical, algorithmic and circuit levels of abstraction allow for optimally trading off detection efficacy with low-power hardware feasibility. With rapid developments in micro-electrode fabrication technology as well as low-power design methodologies, realizing a closed-loop implant that would provide a solution for a large part of the non-respondent epileptic population is closer to a reality. Interdisciplinary collaboration would encourage rapid development of the next generation of neural implants that could treat epilepsy and a number of other chronic medical disorders that plague our society today.
Illustration showing the blocks that constitute a closed-loop epilepsy prosthesis to detect and suppress seizures via electrical stimulation.
Conceptual figure illustrating the different types of feature extraction schemes typically reported in literature to build implantable neural prostheses.
(Left) Adaptive spike detection circuitry proposed by Harrison (2003) and (Right) Application specific neuron-inspired ADC proposed by Yang
(Left) System architecture of a digital seizure detection algorithm developed by our group, adapted from Raghunathan
Snapshot of algorithm output (in blue) on animal data (in black) with false positive (FP), true negative (TN) and detection delay marked out for the defined electrographic seizure.
Normal fit of baseline and seizure data using example features "coastline", "variance" and "autocorrelation" to calculate area of overlap.
Two dimensional detection algorithm design space contrasting both algorithm and hardware efficacy on the same plot, adapted from Raghunathan
Classification of design optimizations for low-power hardware realization at different levels of abstraction discussed in this review.
Block diagram of hardware implementation of a multiplier-less FIR filter proposed by Karakonstantis
Two-dimensional design space proposed by Raghunathan
Event-based seizure detection algorithm hardware proposed by our group that extracts dominant frequency by digitizing the "inter-event-interval", reproduced from [
Figure adapted from [
Figure reproduced from [
Figure adapted from [
Timing diagram illustrating power-gating benefits in terms of energy per operation for a sample circuit (5000 inverter chain).
The effect of adaptive beta ration modulation (ABRM) shown with a schematic and its resulting improvement in the distribution of logic threshold voltage, adapted from [
Schematic illustrating the use of leakage control "stack" transistors, adapted from [
Event-based seizure detection algorithm reported by Raghunathan
Multi-algorithm seizure detection processor under development by our group based on results obtained from [
Classification of example seizure detection features.
|Edge frequency
|Coastline/Line length
|Spectral power
|Hjorth variance
|Dominant frequency
|RMS amplitude
|Dominant bandwidth
|Non-linear energy
|Wavelet energy
|Rectified variance energy
Results of retrospective analysis of seizure detection features.
|t Value
|Area of
|Abs. Variance
|1.44 × 105
|2.40 × 106
|2.25 × 106
|Sp Powera
|Sp Powerb
|Dom Peak
|Peak BW
Normalized hardware cost of common mathematical operations used to construct algorithms.
|Barrel shift Addition
|(a) RPL
|1.43 ×
|(b) CLA
|(a) RPL
|(b) CLA
|(a) CSA
|(b) Wallace-tree
|(a) RPL
|9.98 ×
|(b) CLA
|9.33 ×
|Square root
|(a) RPL
|(b) CLA
Co-efficient approximation using "Shift and Add".
|25 (0011)
|27 (0001)
Table with simulated results to quantify leakage and dynamic energy of a test circuit with and without power-gating in a biomedical application scenario. (Fixed input frequency).


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find the flux of F=<0,y,z> across the parabolic sheet given by x=2y^2+2z^2+3, with x <= 5
Flux = I = ∫∫F.n dS
for S over the surface, g(x,y,z), where
g(x,y,z) is the part of
x=2y²+2z²+3 where x≤5, which translates to
and the region is the part of the paraboloid where y²+z²≤1 after substitution of x≤5.
This region is circular with radius =1, which facilitates integration later.
F = <0,y,z>
so I can be evaluated:
I = ∫∫F.n dS
The surface integral can be evaluated by projecting it to the region R on the y-z plane by multiplying:
dS over S = ||g|| dA over R
I = ∫∫F.n dS over S
= ∫∫F.n ||g|| dA over R
where R is the circular region r≤1 in polar coordinates.
The way I have defined g(x,y,z) results in negative flux.
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If you have ever helped your kids with their math homework, you have probably come across problems like this:
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Defining "crowdsourcing" consumes close to 4,000 words on the Wikipedia website — fitting enough for an electronic encyclopedia that's being updated 24/7 by some 50,000 registered users scattered across the globe.
But how about the communities where we live? How broadly are we already using the "big open tent" of crowdsourcing, its reach now magically enlarged by the worldwide web, to apply the wisdom of "people like us" to create better towns and cities?
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One exciting new development: crowdfunding to finance smart crowdsourcing ideas that are designed to make cities safer or more beautiful or more welcoming places to live. There are even websites — kickstarter.com, for example — that list promising projects which seek to elicit contributions from interested viewers.
Two New York City architects had a vision of turning a huge abandoned Lower East Side trolley terminal into Delancey Underground Park, the world's first subterranean park. Needing $100,000 to do the design, they posted their project on Kickstarter and 45 days later had $155,186 from 3,300 backers.
In New Orleans, community activists needed $4,000 to turn an unsightly vacant lot into a community farm. Within a month they'd reached their goal. The formerly dead space is now alive with growing crops, and the fresh produce is improving local diets.
But crowdsourcing has many more forms. One of the best known is SeeCLickFix, a web tool (and mobile phone app) that invites citizens to report neighborhood problems — from broken street lights to uncollected trash to unsightly grass on rights-of-way, abandoned or neglected properties. In each case, the report goes onto a web-based map and local government is automatically informed. Users can even add video or picture documentation.
Founded four years ago in New Haven, Conn., SeeCLickFix has expanded to some 25,000 towns, with especially strong networks in New Haven and Philadelphia. Several major newspapers now follow it for local news, and the service also works to promote community volunteering.
Boston has a highly successful Citizens Connect smart phone app for city maintenance, which officials say not only gets problems fixed but helps build public trust in government.
Indeed, "establishment" support for crowdsourcing techniques is growing rapidly. A leading example is the "collaborative citizenship" project, Change By Us, developed by urban imagineer Jake Barton's "Local Projects" program in collaboration with CEOs for Cities and funded by the Rockefeller and Knight Foundations.
The idea of Change By Us — based on a successful "Give a Minute" initiative in Chicago and Memphis — is to invite residents' ideas for civic solutions, help form project groups, and then assist them in locating funding. Change By Us is now operating in expanded form in New York City, Philadelphia and Seattle, with the blessing of the cities' mayors.
Some day someone will likely find a clever way to subvert one or more of the new crowdsourcing tools. No approach is ever perfect. But in our current season of vicious political infighting over absolutist ideas, these new initiatives are like an elixir — to inspire citizens rather than frighten them, to hear and expand on their creative ideas, and then round up funding and then public support to advance the best. Maybe, with luck, they'll even revive the idea that government isn't some sinister, liberty-defiling, money-sucking monster out there. It's really us. And we can change it.
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A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of 11 men accused of being part of a child exploitation ring that allegedly groomed underage girls for sex by plying them with alcohol and drugs.
Liverpool crown court heard that five teenagers were "shared" by the defendants, with some forced to have sex with "several men in a day, several times a week".
The men allegedly gave the victims, who were as young as 13, junk food, alcohol and drugs so they could "pass them around" and use them for sex, the nine-week trial heard.
The alleged offences are said to have taken place in and around Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in 2008 and 2009 at times when the girls were so incapacitated by drugs or drink that they were incapable of having any control over whether or with whom they had sex.
One 13-year-old girl became pregnant by one of the defendants, Adil Khan, and had a termination, the court was told. Despite DNA proof that he was the father, he denied knowing the girl.
Another teenager recalled being raped by two men while she was "so drunk she was vomiting over the side of the bed".
The court heard that one defendant allegedly told a 15-year-old girl from whom he wanted sex: "It's part of the deal because I bought you vodka, you have to give me something."
At the opening of the trial, Rachel Smith, prosecuting, told the jury: "Some of you may find what you are about to hear distressing. The events and circumstances described by the girls are at best saddening and at worst shocking in places. No child should be exploited as these girls say they were."
Kabeer Hassan, 25, Abdul Aziz, 41, Abdul Rauf, 43, Mohammed Sajid, 35, Adil Khan, 42, Abdul Qayyum, 43, Mohammed Amin, 44, Qamar Shahzad, 29, Liaquat Shah, 41, Hamid Safi, 22, and a 59-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons all deny conspiracy to engage in sexual activity with children under the age of 16.
The 59-year-old also denies two rapes, aiding and abetting a rape, sexual assault and trafficking within the UK for sexual exploitation. The other defendants, excluding Qayyum, are variously accused of rape, trafficking, sexual assault and sexual activity with a child, and deny all charges. The men are all from the Rochdale and Oldham areas.
The girls would often spend their days "unsupervised by responsible adults", were not in school regularly and spent time around kebab shops late at night befriending staff who worked there, the court heard.
Two of the men worked in the takeaways Tasty Bites and Balti House, both in Heywood, which are now under new management. Four others were taxi drivers, one was a student and four were unemployed.


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The company was queried over the sign-on bonus by shareholders at its annual meeting in Perth last Thursday and addressed the issue.
However, the board said it felt it appropriate to issue a statement to the wider market, after receiving a 17.5 per cent vote against its remuneration report at the meeting.
The vote featured 10 million abstentions, which was more than double the number received for any of the other seven resolutions and was explained by Mr Day as being about half directors and management.
The vote fell short of expectations that Kagara could be among the first companies to record a vote of more than 25 per cent against the remuneration report under new rules that allow shareholders to spill the board for two such successive votes.
Mr Day was granted 500,000 shares and nine million options in three tranches over five years when he joined Kagara in March. The package helped push his total remuneration for three months' service to $2.05 million.
Under ASX rules, companies are required to seek shareholder approval for share issues to executives unless they fall under specified exemptions.
Kagara claimed an exemption under section 211 which allows a company to provide a financial benefit for a related party where that benefit consists of a payment of reasonable remuneration.
The company said it had sought advice from a remuneration consultant and considered the package to be "reasonable remuneration, having regard to the prevailing market conditions in the mining industry".
At the annual meeting, shareholders also recorded varying votes against the re-election of several directors and to the granting of options to some of those directors.
Finance director Flavio Garofolo had a vote against his re-election of nearly 20 per cent, while non-executive director Mark McConnell was opposed by 10 per cent of shares voted by proxy.
Mr Day believed the opposition to Mr Garofolo's re-election was a response to the number of executive directors the company has on its board, a situation he was trying to address. Separate resolutions to grant exploration director Joe Treacy and Mr Garofolo 1.5 million options over Kagara shares were opposed by 15 per cent of shares voted by proxy ahead of the meeting, which was still enough to have them approved.
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Outer Banks ATV
Outer Banks ATV (and other off-road vehicles - ORV) rules vary from town to town. Some have specific dates and times, others require a permit. Still others do not allow ATVs at all.
For example:
- Duck does not require a permit and allows ORVs on the beach between October 1 and April 30. There is, however, no public access to the beach.
- Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head allow ORVs on the beach between October 1 and April 30, too. Kill Devil Hills doesn't require a permit, but Nags Head does, and requires proof of state registration of the vehicle.
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore allows ORVs throughout the year, but limits where ORVs can travel. The oceanfront beaches in the Villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras prohibit vehicles between May and September.
- On Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk and on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, driving any motorized vehicle on the beach is strictly prohibited.
In addition to restricting ORVs from certain beaches, the Outer Banks has also posted some rules regarding driving ORVs on the beach.
- Access the beach only via designated ramps and sound-side access roads.
- Drive only on routes marked for ORV traffic, and comply with posted regulations.
- Do not drive on or in between dunes unless marked for ORV use.
- Parking on the dunes is prohibited.
- Observe posted speed limits. Generally, the limit is 25 mph, but some areas may be less.
- Vehicle registration and a current driver's license are required to operate an ORV.
- Reckless driving (defacing the beach or cutting circles) is prohibited.
- Seatbelts must be worn, and alcoholic beverages in the vehicles are prohibited.
- Give pedestrians the right away and be especially alert for children.
- Do not stop or block beach ramps or access points.
For visitors who don't want to deal with where to ride, how to ride and when to ride, there are several companies in the Outer Banks that offer ATV tours. The Outer Banks ATV (all-terrain vehicle) tours are among the many outdoor activities available on the Outer Banks, and are some of the most popular, too. Tours boast rides along the many miles of beach with spectacular views of the wildlife.
In Corolla, at the northern end of the islands, three tour operators offer Outer Banks ATV tours.
Corolla Outback Adventures has been conducting Outer Banks ATV tours for over 20 years. Located on the northernmost point of the Outer Banks, Corolla Outback Adventures offers tours with views of the beach, wild boars and wild horses.
Backcountry Outfitters and Guides offers year round tours including Wild Horse Safari Tours. Instead of ATVs, however, these tours head up the beach in SUVs.
Corolla Adventure Tours (252-453-6899) provides a two-hour Outer Banks ATV tour that covers nearly 20 miles of the beaches north of Corolla. The tours run from March through the month of January.
Only one other tour operator offers Outer Banks ATV tours, and that is Portsmouth Island ATV Excursions on the southern end of the Outer Banks. On this tour, riders drive along the Portsmouth Island shoreline and visit the now deserted 1860 settlement of historic Portsmouth, home to the East Coast's only ghost town. Tours operate from April 1 through November 30, and reservations are required.
Our experience of Portsmouth Island ATV Excursions
HIGHLY recommended! This trip was a blast. You take a 15-20 minute boat ride to get to the island, then get on/in the ATVs and ride about 1 1/2 or 2 miles to the ghost town of Portsmouth Village. The tour of the village can last anywhere from 30 minutes to 90 minutes depending on the wishes of the guests. The rest of the time is spent on the mostly deserted beach. The shells here are much better than anywhere else on the Outer Banks. It was kind of a magical feeling knowing we were on an island where very few people go. On the way back we took a little detour to Beacon Island where we saw several hundred nesting pelicans and their young. The entire tour is four hours. Insect repellent and sunscreen are quite necessary.
Visitors need to be aware that beaches can close at any time for any reason. Before traveling to the Outer Banks with an ATV, it would be wise to contact the Outer Banks Visitors Center for the most recent ordinances regarding ATVs. Tour operators should also be contacted in advance, to ensure the tour operates on the dates of travel. After arriving at the Outer Banks, visitors can also contact one of the National Parks Service Visitor Centers, or go to Cape Hatteras National Seashore website for up to date information and which beaches are currently open.
Also, you can look at the latest NPS Cape Hatteras ORV Brochure.
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Lincoln, Neb. --- A total of seven student-athletes from the Nebraska wrestling program were honored by the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday, March 28, when they were named to the Academic All-Big Ten squad for their work in the classroom. The seven Huskers were part of 48 Academic All-Big Ten award winners from Nebraska and total of 615 from around the Big Ten.
Redshirt freshman Skylar Galloway, junior Ross Grande, junior Josh Ihnen, senior Tucker Lane, sophomore Shawn Nagel, senior James Nakashima and redshirt freshman John Svoboda were all honored by the Big Ten. To be eligible for the honor, student-athletes must have been a letterwinner who are in at least their second year of competition and carry a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Lane leads the way for the Huskers, as he is one of only three Big Ten winter athletes to carry a cumulative 4.0 GPA. Currently working towards his master's degree, Lane graduated with a degree in communications in the spring of 2011. Lane was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 member, earning first-team honors in 2010 and 2011 and was a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-American last year.
Ihnen, who was also a two-time first-team Academic All-Big 12 member, was named to the team after earning his degree in finance in December of 2011. The three-time NCAA qualifier is a two-time member of the NWCA All-Academic team.
Grande, Nakashima and Svoboda were all named to their second academic all-conference team, while Galloway and Nagel earned their first honor.
A complete list of the Academic All-Big Ten team is attached. Continue to check back to Huskers.com for more coverage of the Nebraska wrestling team.
Academic All-Big Ten
Skylar Galloway, RFr., International Business (Omaha, Neb.)
Ross Grande, Jr., Dietetics/Nutrition, Exercise & Health Science
Josh Ihnen, Jr., Business/Finance (Sheldon, Iowa)
Tucker Lane*, Sr., Graduate Studies (Redvale, Colo.)
Shawn Nagel, So., Nutrition, Exercise, & Health Science (Kimball, Neb.)
James Nakashima, Sr., Graduate Studies (Dwight, Ill.)
John Svoboda, RFr., Animal Science (Schuyler, Neb.)
*4.0 Cumulative GPA
Photo Courtesy Scott Bruhn/Nebraska Communications


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An Australian-developed iPhone app that cheekily claims to "increase teen pregnancy" has been attacked by family planning groups as irresponsible.
The app, which went live yesterday morning and has already skyrocketed to number one in the entertainment category in the Australian app store, enables users to "impregnate anyone you meet simply by taking a photo of them, marking up the image and pressing a button".
"Knocked App means you can meet someone and conceive with them with just the press of a button," it boasts.
It digitally alters images to give subjects the appearance of being nine months' pregnant.
Angus Mullane, from Appy Dude, who developed the app says already hundreds of users are posting pregnant photos of themselves on Facebook to "scare" their friends and family.
Teenage pregnancy is an extremely serious issue and to treat it in such a trivial way is not a considered or helpful approach
"We really just wanted to give people a laugh. It's had an amazing response," he said. "It's all over Facebook with teenage girls scaring their mums and stuff like that."
"It's really just about getting girls to have a laugh and see what they're going to look like with a bump and also kind of sending it to their mums and saying 'whoops'."
However, family planning groups have called for the app to be withdrawn from sale.
"I think it's absolutely dreadful," says Joanne Ramadge, chief executive officer of Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia.
"Teenage pregnancy is an extremely serious issue and to treat it in such a trivial way is not a considered or helpful approach ... Teenage pregnancy causes quite a lot of distress and problems for young people and their families and it should not be treated in such a light-hearted way," she said.
Mullane defended the app as "tongue-in-cheek" but admitted it could attract some controversy.
"We definitely knew that some people would dislike it and some people would love it," he said.
Mullane compares the app to the controversial Ugly Meter, an app which snaps your picture, scans your face, then pronounces your ugliness on a scale of 1 to 10. The app has been criticised for its potential to damage self-esteem and aggravate bullying.
"It's the same kind of thing as Ugly Meter but it's just a joke and a bit of fun. It shouldn't be taken too seriously," he said.
What do you think of the app - is it just a bit of fun, or should it be withdrawn from sale? Have our say in the Essential Baby forum.


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"Stitch up a sturdy container to hold all of your yarn and projects. Post stitches give the basket a handwoven look that would be just as convincing in a single solid color. Choose a sturdy yarn & work tightly for best results."
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Misty Guerriero travels the world in search of to-die-for vintage fashion and furniture to fill up Vintage By Misty. London, Paris, Israel, and Spain all make her list of shopping destinations. Where Guerriero's eye for the eye-catching serves her best (in our humble opinion) is in her selection of fabulous baubles, as evidenced by the shop's impressive variety of accessories. From assorted Chanel buttons transformed into costume rings to art deco Guillemette L'Hoir necklaces and Moroccan turquoise armor jewelry, you'll find an array of visually striking statement pieces all vetted by the internationally en vogue shop girl. Accessorize away.
There are three factors that contribute to a good shot of espresso — beans, machine, and barista. If even one of the pieces of that trifecta is off, your shot of espresso can suffer. Luckily, the boys behind Scottsdale Quarter's Press Coffee Roasters have the process down. Created with their bold house-roasted Twitch Espresso Blend and pulled by their talented baristas off their top-of-the-line Synesso espresso machine, the end result is a perfectly balanced earthy shot of espresso with hints of sweet fruit, notes of chocolate, and a slightly smoky finish.A great way to start the day — or make sure it doesn't start too early.
Great coffee starts with high-quality beans, and the folks at Cartel score only the best from Brazil for their impressive Black Market Espresso. The four-bean blend is sourced from a single high-elevation farm in the Sul de Mina region of Brazil, where it goes through its natural pulping process on-site before it is shipped off the farm. Cartel then roasts these beans to perfection, creating a bold-flavored coffee with citrus and chocolate notes and a dash of sweetness.
We were sold on this quaint and cozy coffee shop the second that designer-turned-barista Pat Flanagan opened the doors of his freshly remodeled spot last spring. The warm interior and interesting artwork begs you to take a few minutes out of your day to stay and enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee (beans courtesy of Lux). But Carmel's isn't just a coffee house — it serves a full menu of delicious breakfast and lunch treats. Fresh-baked quiches, scones, and muffins, flaky croissant sandwiches, and even crepes are available. When the weather permits, Carmel's has plenty of patio space to savor your coffee while watching traffic go by on Camelback.
All of the sudden, there's a lot of coffee competition on Roosevelt Row. But for us, there's no contest. Fresh house-roasted beans, an in-house bakery, an omelet bar, and a beautiful selection of rotating artwork are just a few reasons why Lola is our go-to downtown coffee shop. Artisan coffee roaster and latte art fanatic Daniel Wayne has created a laid-back atmosphere with a welcoming demeanor — and some of the best whipped cream in town. The espresso-infused whip gives Lola's coffee drinks a sweet and creamy kick. Try the dark chocolate and orange Café Borgia or the coffee shop's almost famous Matador.
Crepes and coffee go together like peanut butter and jelly, David Lee Roth and Van Halen, or vodka and Red Bull. Without one, the other is lonely and incomplete. Thankfully, Cupz N' Crepes is keeping the coffee-and-crepe team together at its Paris-inspired shop in Ahwatukee. Dig into a delicate crepe packed full of sweet Nutella and ripe bananas or the savory Veggie Delight, filled with spinach, tomatoes, and goat cheese. The coffee is always fresh and the bold espresso drinks are expertly crafted. A can't-miss breakfast or lunch stop on the south side of town.


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LISTEN: Shakira Releases NEW Song Featuring Rihanna
Shakira is out with a brand new song featuring Rihanna! We're loving their collaboration on "Can't Remember to Forget You". The cover artwork was revealed last week when the two singers sent it out on Twitter and Instagram.
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The London Guardian reports on a study of reading on a Kindle as compared to reading a traditional book. Readers of the paper version performed significantly better when it came to reconstructing the chronological order of incidents in the plot. The story cites another study that found 10th graders had significantly higher comprehension rates when they read the paper version, as opposed to a digitalized text.
Read the findings after the jump. I then give my experience (which is rather different from what the study finds) and ask about yours.