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From: "Doug Porteous" <>
Subject: RE: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:09:45 -0400
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Hi Pat,
It's all quite confusing to me since my knowledge of military history is
quite poor (something I hope to rememdy soon!). One of my biggest challenges
is figuring out the various places where Joseph REID might have been
I finally found some information at the PRO site that seems to match my
Joseph, but the number of regiments he served in seems quite high:
"Covering dates 1827-1848
Scope and content JOSEPH REED
Born DRUMACOZA, Londonderry [Google thinks that should be 'DRUMCOURA
Londonderry'] Served in 56th Foot Regiment; 68th Foot Regiment; 77th Foot
Regiment; 81st Foot Regiment; 11th Foot Regiment Discharged aged 45"
He would have been discharged ca. 1848 (the 1871 census gives his age as 68,
indicating a DOB of 1803), the year following his marriage to Isabella
Harrison. I'm inferring that the regiment somehow ended up in Toronto (but
when, I wonder, did Joseph arrive?).
The obit only mentions one regiment (perhaps it was the one he was serving
in when he met Isabella, or it was the best known). The "military angle"
makes him more interesting than my other gg-grandfathers (George PORTEOUS,
Archibald BELL, Henry MCCUAIG, Peter MCARTHUR, Alexander DOUGLAS, Thomas
ARTHURS and Joseph GODSON), who all seemed to be in the "farming business"
in Scotland or England. :-)
Thanks for your note (I believe I've thanked all other responders offline).
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From: Pat Jeffs [mailto:]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 5:55 AM
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Subject: RE: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
In transcribing 1860s Toronto marriages recently I came across more than one
mention of the 17th Regiment, garrisoned in Toronto. I wonder if the 77th
was a misreading of the 17th?
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Porteous [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:29 PM
Subject: [ONT] H.M. 77th Regiment
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.
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[French] This is Day 1. The other company has not tabled a formal offer. They have made an informal proposal to Rona's board of directors ... The board of directors rejected it. Will the other party make an offer? Investissement Quebec is certainly free to conduct a certain number of market transactions. This kind of process will take many weeks.
Will you ask the federal government to block the transaction, as Saskatchewan did [in the case of Potash Corp.]?
I have already made Mr. Paradis, the Industry Minister, aware of this transaction and that it is in the interest of Canada. We're talking about 100,000 jobs in Canada.
You talk of how important this company is but is strategic to such an extent? It's not, after all, a company that must at all costs be protected, is it?
... We are in a globalizing world where Bombardier buys, Couche-Tard buys, Canadian companies are bought or sold.
[English] That's fine with me.
[French] Generally, we don't interfere in the market. When you have one of the biggest distributors and retailers in Canada, I think its a major strategic interest because we're talking about some 10,000 suppliers. We're talking about 80,000 jobs in Canada just for Rona suppliers.
[English] That's not counting the 28,000 employees of Rona.
[French] Is there a link between Investissement Quebec possibly buying shares and the Caisse having bought more shares?
The Caisse de depot is autonomous and independent. You saw this morning's news release [from the Caisse] which sees the long term interests of its depositors, but also the economic interest of Quebec and it decided to take action in the market. I found out just like you, reading the news release about 20 minutes ago.
Did you have direct talks with Lowe's and with Rona in the past few months regarding this transaction?
I didn't have direct discussions with Lowe's. Yes, I spoke with the CEO of Rona. Because it's not a surprise transaction. At Lowe's annual meeting, or the meeting for analysts, it was stated that they were interested in Rona. Of course this has been on my radar for some time.
What will you do if shareholders say yes to an offer from Lowe's?
We're far from that outcome. This process will take several weeks. Lowe's got a very clear message today ... I saw earlier the news release from the Solidarity Fund backing Rona's position. So a company – particularly a retail company – can sometimes get the message.
How can you justify your opposition [to a Rona acquisition] when everyone in Quebec was overjoyed by the fact that Couche-Tard bought a big retailer in Norway? Now, an American company that wants to buy a big retailer in Quebec and it's no go.
Because it's not just a retailer. It's one of the biggest wholesalers in Canada. That makes it a huge buyer.
Do you think Ottawa will block this transaction? If not, how much are you prepared to [invest]?
First, Lowe's has not made a formal, hostile public offer. So I would say your question is premature.
How much are you prepared to put in?
I don't have an answer to that question today. But look, we're not going to nationalize Rona. Let's be serious. There is consulting to be done [with pension funds and institutional investors].
[English] What kind of message do you think it says to investors from outside when the government is willing to block you to prevent you from investing in Quebec?
Quebec is the free trader of Canada. It's because of Quebec that we have free trade with the United States. We're the leader with free trade with Europe and we welcome foreign investments, both companies that come from abroad and foreign investors investing in Quebec, including acquiring companies. So it's not an ideological question. It's a very pragmatic question.
In this particular case, Rona is a major, major player in the Quebec economy.
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Band boosters need concession stand upgrades
The movie about high school football was called "Friday Night Lights," but for many booster clubs that use home games and other events to raise funds for extracurricular activities, the name of the game is more like "fry-day night."
That's the case for West Mifflin Titan Band Parents boosters who run their stadium's concession stands to help keep student musicians marching. One of their menu items is deep-fried french fries, which presents a problem.
The school district has been advised that it needs to upgrade its concession areas — there are two at the stadium and one in the yet-to-open baseball field house that was built with the new middle school — which need better ventilation and fry hoods if booster clubs are to continue to offer the fried products.
Cost of installing three hoods and exhausts in the facilities is estimated at around $12,000 each, according to an estimate by the district's architect. School officials are now considering bearing the costs of the facilities upgrades so booster clubs don't have to.
"Our boosters do such a good job of helping out the district. This is a lot of money for them and they just can't afford it," said school director Phil Shar, who at a recent board meeting floated the idea of using anticipated revenues from an upcoming bond refinancing and leftover funds from the middle school construction project to pay for the upgrades.
"This is a one-time investment," Shar said of the estimated $36,000 expenditure. "These booster clubs will, over time, pay us back times 10."
Shar and others have noted that because the field house is new and the stadium is expected to last at least several more decades, investments in the concession areas of both buildings would be lasting ones.
District business manager Dennis Cmar said the concession upgrades are within the district's financial means, should the school board choose to approve them. Cmar said there is about $1.36 million left in the construction fund for the middle school, though some of that is still owed to contractors.
Cmar said the board could choose to borrow off the second phase of a bond refinancing to occur in January. Another, less likely option, would be for the board to fund the upgrades out of its general or capital projects budgets.
District building and grounds director Sandra Wells noted the $36,000 estimate from the district architect, McLean Architects, is only a working estimate. Wells said she is looking into the project and trying to get a firmer estimate.
"By January, we should have a better number," she said.
Wells said McLean advised the district that better ventilation was needed for the fry areas based on the International Mechanical Code. If the upgrades aren't made, she said booster clubs will have to locate their fry stations outside of the buildings for future events.
Band boosters president Sarah Butko said, "We will proceed with whatever decision (the school board) makes.
"If (the district) can (pay for the upgrades) that's wonderful," said Butko, who is employed as a secretary in the district's administrative offices. "We won't do anything until the district tells us what their final decision is."
Butko said the band boosters would not be able to fund the upgrades out of their own budget.
Track boosters also operate a concession area at the stadium. Baseball boosters will operate concessions at the field house.
Shar, who coached girls basketball at the high school for 19 seasons, said he will continue "leading the charge" for the upgrades unless they are deemed unfeasible.
"The fryers will improve both facilities — the stadium and field house — while benefiting our booster clubs. This is a win-win situation," said Shar.
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The eastern portions of Washington State are mostly desert with as little as 5 inches of rain annually. This probably comes as a surprise to people accustomed to thinking of Washington as "The Evergreen State"; however about 1/2 of the state is anything but green. Brown would be more like it.
Vantage has its own beauty however. Basalt cliffs laid down over tens of thousands of years by active volcanoes rise vertically out of the water and soar from the 800 foot "pool elevation" to over 4,000 feet and, to the west, even higher. Trees - except for the petrified Gingko variety - won't interfere with your view. But that can be an advantage since a lot of the local critters get on with their lives in full view of the paddlers who float by.
Launch at the big parking lot/launch ramp next to the freeway or visit Greg and Sue at the former A&W restaurant (you will recognize it, trust me) have a burger and shake and ask them for permission to launch at their beach or docks at the tiny Vantage marina.
The current runs to the south at about 1mph so if you paddle north first you will have a bit of help coming back. And you'll go right past the old Seattle/Spokane highway (US10) where it plunges into the water. Look east and you'll see it climb out again. I've traveled that road (as a kid with my parents) and gone over the old bridge.
Further north is a lagoon on the western shore with the famous "Gorge at George" music venue high on the hills across the river. You can hear the bass lines and the applause but that's about it. Camping is possible on the sandy shores of the lagoon.
South of Vantage you paddle east to get around the freeway approaches to the new bridge and then along green wetlands full of birds and wildlife. About 7 miles further south is Wanapum State Park where you can camp if you wish.
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Two dams downstream (Wanapum and Priest Rapids - you'll have to portage) is the last free-running stretch of the Columbia River above the tidal reaches: the Hanford Reach. Bound on both sides by the nuclear reservation, there are people here who will cheerfully shoot you for landing. But you can float past in peace.
Vantage is best enjoyed in the fall when the weather in Seattle and Portland has turned cool and rainy but the weather in Vantage is still sunny and comfy. Better yet, the jet skiers and Board Boats have mostly gone home and you can paddle in relative peace.


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Legends of DotA, or in short, LoD, is a DotA modification. It allows you to pick and mix skills from the original DotA map as you like. You can pick almost every combination you can think of, there are almost no limits - you can create new heroes within a few clicks and play with them!
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Christchurch is one of the most challenging property markets in New Zealand, and there is little Cameron Bailey doesn't know about it.
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It's a talent that has seen Cameron Bailey once again named the top sales consultant in Christchurch at the Harcourts 2013/ 2014 End of Year Awards.
Working out of Harcourts' Papanui branch, Cameron says his success is down to a simple combination of long hours, hard work, great support and a comprehensive understanding of the Christchurch market.
"I've lived in this city all my life and I know every corner of it. People want to deal with someone who understands the market and where it is going. Sales remain very strong, although prices have settled a little. It's good for Christchurch and means people can buy and sell confidently," Cameron says.
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Hayden Duncan says real estate is a highly competitive industry, and each of the award recipients have excelled by incredible hard work and commitment to an outstanding client experience.
"I have absolute admiration for everyone we recognise at our End of Year awards. They are all a huge part of the reason Harcourts is New Zealand's largest and most trusted real estate brand.
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• Top Sales Consultant: Cameron Bailey (Papanui)
• Top Rural Sales Consultant: Gemma Roberts (Belfast)
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With the increasing point densities provided by airborne laser scanner (ALS) data the requirements on derived products also increase. One major application of ALS data is to provide input for 3D city models. Modeling of roof faces, (3D) road and terrain surfaces can partially be done in an automated manner, although many such approaches are still in a development stage. Problems in automatic building reconstruction lie in the dynamic area between assumptions and reality. Not every object in the data appears as the algorithm expects. Challenges are to detect areas that cannot be reconstructed automatically. This paper describes our contribution to the field of building reconstruction by proposing a target based graph matching approach that can handle both complete and incomplete laser data. Match results describe which target objects appear topologically in the data. Complete match results can be reconstructed in an automated manner. Quality parameters store information on how the model fits to the input data and which data has not been used. Areas where laser data only partly matches with target objects are detected automatically. Four datasets are analyzed in order to describe the quality of the automatically reconstructed roofs, and to point out the reasons why segments are left out from the automatic reconstruction. The reasons why these areas are left out include lack of data information and limitations of our initial target objects. Potential improvement to our approach is to include likelihood functions to the existence of topological relations.
In the past few years point the densities of laser point clouds have increased rapidly. Due to the higher pulse rates of laser scanning systems, e.g., see [
Reconstructing buildings automatically is assumed to be timesaving in relation to manual or semi automatic reconstruction. However, a condition that should be fulfilled is that the assumptions used for automated processing are correct for the processed area. Laser data on unwanted objects like trees or cars will have a negative influence on the reconstruction results. In addition, laser data might be missing due to occlusions or lack of returned pulses from non-reflecting surfaces. Automated reconstruction methods should therefore detect and select those areas where assumptions work fine, and at the same time detect areas that need extra attention.
Our first research task is to detect which areas can be reconstructed automatically and which cannot. The methodology for this task is described in Section 3. The second task is then to reconstruct the areas according to the results of the first task. Section 4 deals with the automated reconstruction including its limations, whereas Section 5 explains the reasons why particular segments did not completely match and how these can be resolved.
In the past, many papers have been written on building reconstruction from either photogrammetric data or laser scanner data. A thorough overview of the properties and quality of both acquisition methods is given in [
Segmentation of laser data is a process that labels laser points that belong to a certain object, or object type. For several kinds of applications, segmentation can be helpful to process that data. an overview on various segmentation algorithms was presented in [
Detecting building shapes by graph matching has been described in [
Our approach relies on a target based graph matching algorithm, which relates model information with data features. In
Airborne laser scanner data was taken as input for our reconstruction approach. The first task is to find laser points that belong to building parts. Reference [
Generally, the shape of building roofs can be described by the roof faces and the relations between neighboring faces. We take intersection lines and step edges as input to describe relations between faces. These relations are labeled according to their geometry and that of the segments (e.g., same/opposite normal direction, convex/concave, tilted/horizontal). Examples of different labels can be found in
If a relation exists, we add the existence of this relation to a graph, where segments represent the nodes and the graph edges define the labeled relation between two segments, see
We integrate model and data driven approaches by a matching algorithm that relates information from a database to features found in the data. This matching relates the roof segments topology to topological relations between roof faces from a database. Matching between data and model is based on these roof topology graphs and target graphs. As the label of the edges is taken into account, this is called a labeled graph matching algorithm. A more comprehensive description is given in [
For each target, multiple match results can be stored per building if that shape appears more than once. Logically, each segment and intersection line can be part of more than one target graph. Results after matching can be input for both model and data driven approaches. The matching performs a filter task: accepted segments and intersection lines are being transferred to the automated roof face reconstruction (Section 4) whereas the segments that did not match completely are transferred to the incomplete match results, which will be discussed later in Section 5.
Segments and lines are denoted as accepted if they are part of a complete match between data and target. This means that the structure from (a part of) the roof topology graph exactly corresponds to the target graph. For each segment, all accepted intersection lines are used as input for constructing an outline for the segment. By doing so, we are able to reconstruct any combination of roof structures as long as the intersection line is accepted during the target matching. Important feature of the target based graph matching is that the intersection lines are extended to corner points, e.g., three intersection lines of a half hip roof are extended to one point, and four intersection lines of an L-shaped building have to coincide in one point, see
Various indicators can be used to describe the quality of the reconstructed models. In this paper we list a limited number of internal quality checks between laser scanner data and 3D model. Rather than to focus on the quality of the end product (to evaluate the 3D model, the assessment would preferably be based on external 3D reference data), we would like to describe how to evaluate the processing steps and assumptions made. For end users as well as for researchers it is of interest to have insight in the consequences of successive reconstruction steps, in order to improve the 3D model or the reconstruction approach itself.
One of the quality checks is the orthogonal height residuals between 3D model and laser points, presented earlier in [
In this section, we focus on residuals of segments that topologically matched completely on target objects. Large residuals on these segments imply that these segments geometrically do not fit to the constraints inherited from the target model, although the segments topologically fit. These situations indicate that errors are made after segmentation, or at least that the laser points do not fit to the assumptions inherited from the target object. If during feature extraction errors are made that have caused a match with an incorrect target, the reconstructed roofs will show height differences on at least a part of the laser points. As each roof face is constructed by fitting a plane through a segment, large residuals are only caused by the fact that laser points are not within the reconstructed roof. Therefore, it is of interest to analyze laser points of segments that were part of a complete match, with residual values above 20 cm. These segments are detected automatically. In
The number of affected buildings varies between 5 and 13 percent of the total number of buildings. This variation can be explained by the variations of building parts between the four areas. For example assumptions on equal gutter heights and minimum segment size fit better in one situation than in others. In
Buildings affected by these segments can be shown to the user for an interactive solution or can be used as input data in automated iterative process with changing processing parameters. Various reasons can be assigned to these situations, which make it hard to automatically identify the solution. The fact that these limitations are detected automatically is the first step towards finding solutions for these cases automatically.
So far, we analyzed data that topologically correspond with a target object. However, it is of higher interest to analyze the data that was not included in a complete match and therefore left out from the automatic reconstruction so far. Another important quality parameter therefore is the recording of segments that did not completely match on target objects.
In the previous section, segments were reconstructed that were part of a complete matching result. Segments and intersection lines that were not part of a complete match have not been reconstructed in the approach described in the previous section. It is of high interest to examine these segments in order to detect incompleteness in the data or the target database. As can be seen in
For the four datasets mentioned earlier in
The first reason discussed here handles segments that actually should be removed for further processing. Planar laser segments can be found on objects that stand close to buildings but are not part of actual building, such as sun marquees and garden furniture. If these non building segments are located (partly) inside the building polygon, they are incorrectly taken as roof segments. The topology between these segments and neighboring roof segments may not match with a target roof model. So, the fact that they are left out from the automatic approach is in this case correct, as they do not represent roof faces. These segments should be removed from further processing for building reconstruction. This group represents about 12% of examined segments.
The major reason (39%) that a segment is not part of a complete match is that another segment, that would complete a certain target match, is missing. Often, this occurs when the missing segment is on a steep or small object face. For example, many segments in dataset 2 could not be found at one of the two sides of a gable shaped dormer, see the example of
Another segmentation related reason is the disturbance of topological relations due to over segmentation. Over-segmentation occurs when one (planar) object face is represented by two or more segments. Segmentation errors are made if segmentation parameters locally do not fit to the data. Examples are in situations where platform movements cause large point spacing between two scan lines. If the distance between two scan lines exceeds the growing radius of the segmentation parameters, the segmentation algorithm will not bridge the data gap, splitting up laser points into multiple segments. These segments are treated as individual nodes in the topology graph. This break in the roof topology graph results in a distortion of the matching results.
Topological relations directly influence the matching results, as they are stored as edges in the roof topology graph. Relations can be absent due to a large distance between two neighboring segments. Large distances can be found near occluded areas and regions with non reflecting surfaces. Examples are found at locations where solar cell collectors are placed near roof edges. The collectors cause local gaps in roof segments and not all intersection lines could be found.
A roof topology graph might correctly describe a roof shape that is just not in the database. Examples in our dataset can be seen in
For several segments on the border of the dataset no neighboring segments or relations could be found. Although this effect is obvious and scientifically not relevant, we mention this category for the sake of completeness of our work.
Now the reasons are analyzed, the question is if this should and can be avoided or solved. Can this be avoided by changing the processing parameters? Or should the model database be extended to be able to include these segments such that they are part of a complete match?
First, we discuss the possibility to adapt the segmentation parameters to reduce the number of roof segments that are part of an incomplete match. In order to reduce the errors caused by missing roof segments, the segmentation algorithm should find roof segments at locations where previously the algorithm did not find segments. This can be done by decreasing the minimum of points in a segment in order to be taken as roof segment, or to loosen the acceptance criteria in the growing phase. However, an improvement to one error source might increase the errors from another problem, e.g., disturbance of topological relations, so our suggestion is to apply these changes locally, for example only to buildings that are affected by leftover segments. This can be done in an automated iterative way. The parameters are chosen such that the results that best fit to the user defined quality parameters.
The problem of limited number of target models can be avoided by adding new target models to the database. However, we have to keep in mind that the adding more target models that are less common may lead to false matches on other segments that are not part of a building and should be filtered out by the matching. We have to keep in mind that we want to relate object knowledge with features that can be found in the data. To explain the complexity of finding a correct match, we take the situation of a five sided hip roof, as mentioned earlier in
Note that the topological relation indicated by the white arrow, is a result of intersection of two segments that are close to each other. The length of this intersection line can easily exceed the minimum length to be accepted, as is the case in our example. Therefore, from the data side the match with target B is more exact than a match with target A. Match results on target A include a penalty score for the presence of a topological relation in the data that is not in the target between node 1 and 4. However, from our object knowledge we might propose that it is more likely that face 1 and face 4 only meet in one point (target A) instead of sharing a line (target B). In this case our algorithm should ignore the intersection line that caused the penalty score and give preference to a more likely target shape A. This example shows the potential improvement of our target based graph matching by including likelihood estimators to the existence of an object face or a relation between two faces.
As we have seen in the previous section, automated scene interpretation is complicated for regions where data properties are close to threshold values of processing the data. We have explained that the solution to one case might not be correct for another case. In this section we discuss that, at various stages during the processing, the operator can intervene to improve the result. Human intervention is necessary at those places where assumptions in an automatic reconstruction method fail.
Although the aim is to segment the data as good as possible, we do not expect that the segmentation result is perfect. Errors occur if data locally does not fit to the assumptions in the segmentation algorithm. The operator can adjust under- and over-segmentation by splitting or merging segments.
Holes in laser data can be caused by non-reflecting surfaces or due to occlusion by another object. Although classification of data gaps can be highly automated, it is advisable to let the operator check the classification result due to the missing information from the data.
Finding topological relations is an important step in our reconstruction approach as it directly influences the matching results. Based on the matching results the geometry of the segments is reconstructed. Therefore, it is of high interest to check if the topological relations between segments are correct. To support the search for areas of interest, laser points that do not fit to the roof model are detected automatically as explained in Section 4.
We have presented an approach that can decide whether building segments can be processed automatically or not. This is based on a target based matching algorithm that relates model information with data features. Our automatic reconstruction approach is based on combining intersection lines and step edges that are completely matched with targets from a database. The outer boundaries of each roof face are determined by these intersection lines added by eaves and gutters. The matching algorithm filters out segments and intersection lines did not match completely of a target. About 20% of the buildings are affected by segments that did not completely match with the target graphs. In a few of these cases, this was correct because the segment was not representing a roof face. However, in about 40% of the cases, a neighboring segment that would complete a target match was missing. Adapting processing parameters, such as minimum segment size, might improve the result but it may also disturb other topological relations.
In order to improve our matching algorithm, the likelihood of relations between segments could be included in the attribute list of edges in the roof topology graph. Now, only information on the geometric appearance of the intersection line is given as attribute value to the corresponding graph edge. Future work includes defining likelihood functions for graph edges and analyzing the effect of likelihood attributes.
We would like to thank the Dutch BSIK research program Space for Geo-Information for partly funding this research.
Proposed workflow from input data to 3D building models including paper outline: sections 3 (blue), 4 (green) and 5 (red). Arrows on solid lines indicate automated processes; dashed arrow lines represent semi-automated processes.
Graph matching algorithm at work: intersection lines and target shapes are represented in a graph structure. Three gable roof types, two half hip shapes, two L-shaped types and seven dormers detected in one building.
Laser points colored by height difference between laser data and 3D model. Green: less than 20 cm, yellow: less than 50 cm, red: more than 50 cm.
Segments of incomplete match results superimposed on 3D models.
Segments are missing on one of the two sides of gable shaped dormers (white circles); resolution of the scale bar is 1 meter.
(Left) Segments left over superimposed on reconstructed models, including topological relations of all segments. (Right) As left, but for clarity reasons the reconstructed roof faces have been filled grey.
Statistics on segments that do not exactly fit on reconstructed roofs.
|# buildings
|# laser points in roof segments
|# laser points with residual > 20 cm
|3.1k (1.8%)
|17.7k (2.6%)
|11.9k (2.0%)
|5.8k (3.6%)
|38.5k (2.4%)
|# segments with more than 20 points with residual>20 cm
|# affected buildings
|3 (5%)
|24 (13%)
|18 (8%)
|13 (5%)
|58 (8%)
Statistics on segments of incomplete match results.
|# buildings
|# roof segments
|# roof segments not in complete match (%)
|18 (4%)
|64 (4%)
|46 (3%)
|71 (9%)
|199 (5%)
|# affected buildings
|12 (20%)
|37 (19%)
|35 (15%)
|55 (22%)
|139 (19%)
Reasons for segments being part of an incomplete match result.
|# of segments leftover
|1. Non building segment
|3 (12%)
|9 (14%)
|9 (20%)
|3 (4%)
|24 (12%)
|2. Absence of neighboring segments
|7 (39%)
|28 (44%)
|16 (35%)
|27 (38%)
|78 (39%)
|3. Disturbance of neighborhood relations due to over-segmentation
|3 (17%)
|5 (8%)
|4 (9%)
|3 (4%)
|15 (8%)
|4. Absence of neighborhood relations
|3 (17%)
|10 (16%)
|4 (9%)
|20 (28%)
|37 (19%)
|5. Target shape not in database
|2 (11%)
|7 (11%)
|3 (7%)
|14 (20%)
|26 (13%)
|6. Segment on border of dataset
|0 (0%)
|5 (8%)
|10 (22%)
|4 (6%)
|19 (10%)


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November 13, 2007
This week, the United Nations' climate scientists will release a major report synthesizing the world's best global warming research. It will be the first time we've heard from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since its scientists won the Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore.
The IPCC's Assessment Report will tell policy-makers what to expect from man-made climate change. The difference between Gore's claims and IPCC research is instructive, says Bjorn Lomborg, the author of "Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming."
- While Gore was creating alarm with his belief that a 20-foot-high wall of water would inundate low-lying cities, the IPCC showed us we should realistically prepare for a rise of one foot or so by the end of the century.
- Beyond the dramatic difference, it is also worth putting that one foot in perspective: Over the last 150 years, sea levels rose about one foot.
Most tellingly, while Gore was raising fears about the Gulf Stream halting and a new Ice Age starting, the scientists discounted the prospect entirely:
- The Gulf Stream takes warm water from around Mexico and pushes it toward Europe.
- Around 8,000 years ago, a melting lake in the region of the present-day Canadian Great Lakes broke through and a massive torrent of cold, fresh water flooded into the North Atlantic, significantly slowing the Gulf Stream for around 400 years; Gore worries that Greenland's ice shelves could melt and do the same thing again.
- Ice in Greenland is obviously melting, but over the next century, it'll spill 1,000 times less water into the ocean than occurred 8,000 years ago; in other words, it will have a negligible effect on the Gulf Stream.
Source: Bjorn Lomborg, "Ignore Al Gore - but not his Nobel friends," London Daily Telegraph, November 11, 2007.
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Saturday, February 16 at 9:30am to 12:00pm UH - University Hall, 1000 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045In a lecture on film ethics, a minister once asked his students: "up until 50 years ago, people learned values, ethics, morals, and spirituality through their sacred texts and clergy. Today, much of our culture learns about these things through the movies. How can we enhance our lives through a deeper understanding of this powerful media?"This question and others will be … [Read more...]
Using Popular Film and Television in Catechesis: A Conversation with Sr. Rose Pacatte, F.S.P.
"The Way" Special screening and panel UCLA May 31, 2012
Apocalyptic Themes in Cinema
Click here to view the presentation I gave last night at St. Monica's Parish in Santa Monica, CA. The film clips are missing but the list of the films I referenced are in the last slide. (Thanks to Mary Sperry; she'll know!) … [Read more...]
Our Media World book signing Saturday, Jan 30th Paulist Book Store, Costa Mesa, CA 1-4 pm
Please join Sr Gretchen and I, the authors, for this book signing and enjoy the gracious hospitality of the Paulist Book Center in Costa Mesa: OUR MEDIA WORLD: Educating Kids K-8 about Faith & Media book signing this Saturday, January 30, at the PAULIST BOOK CENTER 801 Baker Street (just off the 405 after Fountain Valley if going south) Costa Mesa, CA 92626-4347(714) 545-8021 from 1-4pm. Sr. Gretchen and I will be on hand to sign copies of our new book! … [Read more...]
Media Literacy Certificate course UPDATE
For those of you who are already registered for the Certificate in Media Literacy Program July 19 -25, be sure to visit Latest News! Media Literacy Certificate Program. Just posted a couple of exciting new additions to the faculty and curriculum!If you haven't yet registered, click here Media Literacy Certificate Program REGISTRATION FORM, scroll down, and copy and then paste the form into a Word document, print out and send today with the registration fee ($195.00) to the address on the fo … [Read more...]
Brave Knights and Heroic Courage and Holy Moments Lecture
Last November I had the privilege of responding to Walden Media co-founder Micheal Flaherty's lecture at USC. Here is the text of my response: The Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC Religion and Film Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies USC Lecture Series 2008-2009 Brave Knights and Heroic Courage and Holy Moments Featured Speaker: Micheal Flaherty Co-Founder of Walden Media Producers of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and Am … [Read more...]


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Art festival continues Sunday
Published: Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 7:29 p.m.
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The Downtown Festival and Art Show is never lacking for artists who specialize in portraying Florida: Beaches, landscapes, swamps, dolphins, manatees, wading birds and — of course — alligators.
Art show winners
The following is a list of award winners, their medium and their booth numbers from this weekend's 31st Downtown Festival and Art Show:
Best of Show ($2,000): William Kidd, ceramics, Booth 55.
Judges' Choice 2D ($1,000): Garry Seidel, photography, Booth 57.
Judges' Choice 3D ($1,000): Steve Howell, ceramics, Booth 57.
Awards of Excellence ($700): Trent Manning, sculpture, Booth 97; Jon Slade, glass, Booth 96; Rolly Ray Reel, MM3D, Booth 54; Carol Napoli, painting, Booth 7; Nancy Hamlin Vogler, MM2D, Booth 94.
Awards of Distinction ($500): Eddie Myers, MM2D, Booth 35; Marius Moore, photography, Booth 52; Jinsong & Carol Kim, ceramics, Booth 29; Kimberly Willcox, sculpture, Booth 12; Walter Arnold, photography, Booth 195; Susan Gott, glass, Booth 169; Douglas Adams, ceramics, Booth 56; Mel Fleck, graphics/drawing, Booth 187.
Awards of Merit ($250): Cat Telsa, painting, Booth 64; Bernard Blekfeld, photography, Booth 24; John & Maggie Brady, photography, Booth 14; Leslie Peebles, graphics/drawing, Booth 75; Matthew Smith, jewelry, Booth 72; Betty Neubauer, painting, Booth 171; Jeff Ripple, painting, Booth 19; Sandra Matasick, jewelry, Booth 8; Russell Grace, photography, Booth 144; Inna Schoeler, fabric, Booth 160.
Les Senesac Creativity Award ($300): C.M. Djordjievski, sculpture, Booth 186.
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And it's for good reason. The artists say most of their customers are Floridians who, even though they may see palms trees when they walk out the door, want to bring it inside as well.
"I think most of my customers are Floridians. We also get a lot of snowbirds, but definitely mostly Floridians," said Robert Johnson of Anna Maria Island, whose brightly colored oils depict beach scenes, old beachside bars and sealife. "I also get some visitors on vacation who want a picture to bring back home with them."
The 31st edition of the show, which continues Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., features about 250 artists working in a palette of media including jewelry, pottery, photography and textiles.
Festival coordinator Linda Piper with the city of Gainesville said about 75 percent of the artists at this weekend's festival are from Florida. Many have shown at the festival before and return because sales are typically good.
"The artists are happy. They love Gainesville," Piper said. "An artist wouldn't reapply to come to this show if their artwork did not sell well here. Scenes of Arizona wouldn't sell well here because our clients appreciate beaches. The people who come to this festival enjoy the Florida scenes."
Showing in Gainesville for the first time was Dennis Shattuck, of Palm Bay, who also specializes in Florida scenes. His are bright acrylics.
Shattuck said he started painting when he was 14, adding he has learned that snowbirds are particularly fond of Florida art.
"They come down January through April and they are all looking for tropical," Shattuck said. "They want something that represents Florida."
Drawn to Shattuck's work was Melissa Yoon, of Daytona Beach. Yoon said her husband has decorated his office in beach scenes while the couple also like it in their home.
"It's very relaxing," Yoon said. "I like the really vibrant colors, and my husband likes them a little more subdued."
Bob Osborne, of Amelia Island, has been in the Downtown Arts Festival before and has sold to some local celebrities; he said University of Florida President Bernie Machen bought one of his pieces a few years ago.
Osborne paints a lot of fish — mahi, sailfish, sea trout. He has also branched out to mangroves and wading birds.
"Most of my customers are people who fish. And of course kids like fish," Osborne said. "The hardest person to sell on fish are the women. They love to fish, but a lot of women don't want fish in the house."
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The 'Heart Attack' singer is 'so excited' to be back as a judge and mentor on the FOX singing competition for her second time.
Demi Lovato has been officially sealed for "The X Factor (US)" season 3. It has been announced that the "Camp Rock" star will return as a judge and mentor in the upcoming installment of the reality singing competition.
"I am so excited to return as a judge and mentor on The X Factor," Lovato gushes. "Last season was an unbelievable experience and I really enjoyed developing personal relationships with the contestants and the panel. I look forward to taking my previous experience and applying it to make this season even better!"
The show's creator Simon Cowell, who will also return on the judging panel next season, has expressed his excitement to have her back on the show. "I couldn't be happier that Demi wants to come back this year. She's a superstar in her own right and was a fantastic mentor last year," he says. "Even though she can be really, really annoying - I truly enjoyed working with her and so did the artists. I'm especially pleased she's back, even during her world tour!"
Mike Darnell, FOX's President of Alternative Entertainment, chimes in, "We couldn't be more excited for Demi to return to THE X FACTOR next season. She's an incredible mentor, an insightful judge and we know she'll bring her amazing energy, enthusiasm and charm to the panel. She also isn't afraid to stand up to Simon or say what's on her mind - and we can't wait to see more of that honesty and fun next year."
Trish Kinane, executive producer of "The X Factor", also sings praise for the 20-year-old singer/actress, "Demi's enormous popularity is evident by her latest No. 1 single and her current tour selling out arenas across the globe. She did an impressive job last season identifying and mentoring new talent and we're delighted to welcome her back for Season Three."
Lovato joined "The X Factor" in its second season, being introduced as new judge along with Britney Spears. She is currently preparing to launch her new album later this year, preceded by the release of the first single "Heart Attack" in February which debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Spears and L.A. Reid, on the other hand, have confirmed that they will not return to the show's third season.


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'When Cultures Intertwine – The African Way' is Released
Queenswood, South Africa
With the desire to introduce readers to the kaleidoscope of people in South Africa, coexisting despite cultural divides, author Francois van Wyk tells a compelling story about ordinary people and their disposition caused by taboos dictated by culture and ethnicity.
"When Cultures Intertwine - The African Way" (published by Xlibris UK) follows an African girl and her unbridled love for her master's son set amidst a background of political intrigue, cultural bias, sacrifice, love and devotion, and the quest for a better tomorrow. The love of an innocent young black girl for the white farmer's son who made her pregnant and the sacrifices she endures to spare the family humiliation is proof of her unwavering character and explains why she is able to triumph in a troubled land. Having a common destiny as they suffer hardship and humiliation in their quest to improve their lot, readers can see that they are being manipulated by politicians and propagandist with personal agenda.
Highlighting the humane perspective, "When Cultures Intertwine - The African Way" touches the heart as the reader gets to know each character who deals with their personal struggle to advance and make ends meet in a most unfair and unequal society. Highly relatable, this eye-opening tale clearly reflects the hope and desire of every citizen who is a captive of the society he or she is born into.


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Good point... I shouldn't need to block any traffic that monowall generates.
It should be ok.
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From: Fred Wright [mailto:fw at well dot com]
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To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: RE: [m0n0wall] Outbound Rules
On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Bosse Timothy wrote:
> Jon: The rule should reside on the WAN interface as m0n0wall manages
> all of it's interfaces.
The problem is that the *real* rules are currently set up to do filtering
only on the incoming side of the various interfaces. That's fine for
controlling LAN-originated outbound traffic, since it's caught as it arrives
from the LAN, but doesn't help when the firewall itself is the source.
Hence his original question.
> Fred: Wouldn't it be reasonable for m0n0wall to generate traffic if
> it's using the firmware version checker (only started from the
> firmware admin page), or if you were downloading the latest version of
> the firmware (again, must be accessing admin pages?
I said "on its own". :-) If you take some action to *cause* it to make an
outbound connection, then why would you want to block it?
> Both: There should still be major concern if there is any amount of
> traffic flowing that isn't started by the user (administrator/owner).
And again, if the firewall is really doing that, I wouldn't trust its own
filter as a remedy.
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Maybe it's the troupe of bikini-clad cheerleaders who keep dashing out to dance the conga and writhe on all fours.
Or it could be the Benny Hill theme tune that blasts out every time the linesmen rush forward to rake the sand off the red court lines.
Or perhaps it's the DJ yelling: 'This isn't Wimbledon, you're allowed to make some noise here!'
Whatever it is, women's beach volleyball is not your average Olympic sport.
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Monkeys and apes parody humanity in sculptures by Amsterdam based artist Misty Groendijk.
Monkeys and apes parody humanity in sculptures by Amsterdam based artist Misty Groendijk.
Heavily inspired by the relationship between nature vs. artificial, artist Steve Newberry attempts to explore the questions of our society's relationship with nature, and what our true intentions are in our attempt to replicate nature.
Madrid based artist Javier Aguilera's sculptures are brutally realistic. Check out some more of his work after the jump!
Chicago artist Nick Cave's outlandish "soundsuits" have enough awesome going on standing still, but these intricate assemblages are also performance costumes. Grab a copy of Beautiful/Decay Book 4 for a sprawling feature on Cave with tons more (giant, gorgeous) images and an interview in which he discusses his recent exhibition at the Fowler museum, his process creating the suits, and his desire for art to be a joyous community-wide experience.
Robert Melee's exploration of human behavior through his thick, paint encrusted sculptures exude an equally generous amount of drama, narrative, and a nostalgically disturbing interaction.
Large-scale public art installations and sculpture by Chilean born artist Sebastian E. His work draws upon a wealth of political and religious themes in very clever ways, often with a deeply twisted sense of whimsey.
Sculptures by Kate MacDowell. Her work explores the impact of humans on nature, using porcelain clay and exquisite technical skill.


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Epic highlights from Peru's Incan heartland to Ecuador's wild isles
Boasting four World Heritage Sites, there is no other adventure in our roster of South American ramblings that packs in such a variance of epic highlights. Combining a trip to the Incan heartland of Peru with a weeklong voyage in the Galápagos offers the richest combination of cultural and natural history imaginable.
Upon arrival in the Incan capital of Cusco, the continent's oldest continuously inhabited city, you'll tour its ruins and walk its narrow cobblestone streets, flanked by massive walls. Then enjoy a day trip into the Urubamba Valley, taking in the terraced ruins and colorful market of Pisac. Next journey by train to Machu Picchu, where you explore the crown jewel of Incan civilization, never discovered by invading Spaniards. After a good look, you fly to the Galápagos Islands and board a carefully selected, thoughtfully equipped ship. For the next five days, wind among the islands, communing with sea lions, blue-footed boobies, and lava lizards, and gaining insight into ecology and evolution. Watch the sunrise from the bridge, have lunch on the deck after a morning snorkel, and watch bottlenose dolphins frolic in the ship's wake—all rare experiences and very much a part of the Galápagos' splendor.
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Secondly, that he was a protg of Laplace, and of the polignac party, and also an outspoken man.
polignac, in charge of division, was conspicuous in this action.
The affair may have been arranged by France—especially polignac—he is a hound, that polignac!
Down with Charles X, polignac, and the whole clique of them!
It has been reported in London that polignac is here, and also that he is taken.
At last, when it was too late, the King countermanded his obnoxious orders and dismissed polignac with his Ministry.
polignac is a rioter; Camille Desmoulins is one of the governing powers.
As soon as Bonaparte discovered the perfidy, he ordered polignac to be put under arrest.
polignac's infantry joined that evening, and covered a road leading through the hills from Cloutierville to Beaseley's.
The Prince of polignac, full of faith in his army, would listen to no proposition on the 27th nor on the 28th.


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The Week in Photos for 8/23/2016
TVG Pacific Classic, Alabama, Fourstardave, Breeders', Del Mar Oaks, Lake Placid, Del Mar Handicap, Adirondack, Del Mar Mile, Monmouth Oaks, Cliff Hanger, and more.
TVG Pacific Classic, Alabama, Fourstardave, Breeders', Del Mar Oaks, Lake Placid, Del Mar Handicap, Adirondack, Del Mar Mile, Monmouth Oaks, Cliff Hanger, and more.
Red Oak Stable's Unbridled Mo sat off the speed of Tejana before pushing past the pacesetter in late stretch to capture the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) at Monmouth Park Aug. 20 by a neck.
King of Prussia Stable's Mo d'Amour, fourth in her last two starts in grade I company, heads a field of seven entered for the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies Aug. 20.
A $190,000 weanling colt by first-crop sire Graydar and the $180,000 broodmare prospect Judy Legend were the six-figure lots at the Keeneland November sale's 10th session, which posted sharp gains.
Delightful Joy brought smiles to the faces of her connections in her stakes debut on Saturday, Aug. 22, using a powerful stretch run to score a clear victory in the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) at Monmouth Park.
Seven of the 11 3-year-old fillies for the Aug. 22 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) come into the race off wins, but the only graded winner in the field -- High Dollar Woman -- drew the outside post in the 1 1/16-mile event.
Colt is out of a graded stakes-winning full sister to Commentator. Will be offered Aug. 11 at Saratoga. Sponsored by Taylor Made Stallions
Winner of the Ontario Fashion Stakes (Can-III) following a year's layoff, recently sold Native Bombshell will try to avoid a bounce as she returns to action in the $200,000 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-II) Nov. 16 at Woodbine.
Six furlongs looks to be right in the wheelhouse of Silent Treat as the two-time stakes winners looks to add the Ontario Fashion Stakes to her portfolio in a 10-horse field.
Fox Hill Farms' highly regarded Cassatt muscled her way to victory Aug. 9 in the $105,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) at Monmouth Park, earning her first graded stakes score and extending her winning streak to three.
One-two finishers of the Iowa Oaks meet again on the Jersey Shore in classy field
Part the Seas took full advantage of a torrid pace duel to land her first graded stakes victory from off the pace at odds of 14-1 in the $147,722 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) Dec. 1 at Woodbine.
Undefeated Cluster of Stars rolled to her seventh consecutive win when she outclassed five New York-bred opponents in frontrunning style by 3 1/4 lengths in the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes Oct. 19 at Belmont Park.
Undefeated Cluster of Stars puts her six-race win streak on the line as a formidable 2-5 favorite in the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes for New York-bred fillies and mares Oct. 19 at Belmont Park.
Murray Stroud's Youcan'tcatchme, winner of the Etobicoke Handicap on the front end in her last start, wired the field again in the $148,882 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) on the Woodbine Polytrack Aug. 31.
After leaving her turf rivals behind in the Royal North Stakes (Can-IIIT) one month ago, Nikkis Smartypants will attempt to do the same thing on Polytrack in the $150,000 Seaway Stakes (Can-III) Aug. 31 at Woodbine.
Naveed Chowhan's Seaneen Girl shipped into Monmouth Park from her Kentucky base and left town Aug. 10 with an authoritative six-length victory in the $105,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III).
Winless in six starts this year, the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) offers grade II winner Seaneen Girl a good chance chance to get back to the winner's circle Aug. 10 at Monmouth Park.
Withgreatpleasure, the lone graded stakes winner entered in the Bed o' Roses (gr. III) at Belmont Park June 15, is looking to boost her record with another prestigious victory when she faces five others.
Pressed all the way on a fast pace, favored Glorious View refused to give way in the stretch in her stakes debut, capturing the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 18 at Belmont Park.
Grade II winners Brushed by a Star and Summer Applause tangle with local stakes contenders in the $150,000 Allaire DuPont Distaff Stakes (gr. III) at Pimlico Race Course May 18.
Three-time stakes winner Spectacular Sky will try to secure her first career graded stakes win when she faces five other fillies and mares in the $200,000 Vagrancy Handicap (gr. II) May 18 at Belmont.
David Nunn and Formal Gold rekindle memories. read blog
David Blethen's Withgreatpleasure skimmed the rail around the turn, then held on for a three-quarter-length victory over favorite My Wandy's Girl in the Ruffian Handicap (gr. II) April 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Funnys Approval will try to again take her game on the road attempting to extend her four-race win streak April 6 in the $250,000 Ruffian Handicap (gr. II) at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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|Coco Ecolo
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|Dance Quietly
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|Daring Reality
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|Marion Ravenwood
|H. Graham Motion
|Marvel Gaye
|Mark E. Casse
|Miss Valentine
|Christophe Clement
|My Sunshine Gal
|Derek S. Ryan
|Savvy Supreme
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|David Nunn
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Location: nyc
Member since 4/27/2009
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Questions from tiggermonk
Remaining Scar Tissue After Capsulectomy?
What happens to any remaining scar tissue after a complete capsulectomy? Does it eliminate itself from the body if it is stuck to ribs, or does it stay? I am interested in... READ MORE
Skin Retraction After Breast Lift Upon Breast Implant Removal
I am seeking medical opinions of a breast lift upon removal of implants, without replacement. I have 300cc, textured, anatomical, submuscular saline breast implants for 14... READ MORE