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Correction: Lehighton Community Book Swap next month
The Sixth Annual Lehighton Community Book Swap will take place from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5 at the Lehighton Area Middle School gymnasium.
For every book a person brings, he or she will be entitled to select a different book to take.
Admission is free. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Students may drop books off to their classroom teachers prior to the event, and will receive a ticket for the number of books they may take on March 5. Parents and adults are welcome to trade books as well.
Books may be brought for trade the day of the event or from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2 and Thursday, March 4, at the Middle School.
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In the wake of a lawsuit filed by five former Buffalo Bills cheerleaders for failure to be paid minimum wage for hours that also detailed, among other things, that the team subjected the squad to "jiggle tests" and instructed cheerleaders specifically how to wash their vagina, the Jills squad has announced they won't be leading any cheers for the 2014 season.
Stephanie Mateczun, whose company manages the Buffalo Jills cheerleading squad, said Thursday she has suspended operations through at least the end of the season. The decision was made two days after five former Jills filed a lawsuit complaining they worked hundreds of hours for free, and were subjected to groping and sexual comments.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the former cheerleaders who brought suit doesn't seem thrilled by the development.
The Bills have been made aware of the Jills' decision to suspend operations, but otherwise declined comment.
Lawyer Frank Dolce, who represents the five cheerleaders, said the decision to suspend operations won't affect his case because it addresses past complaints.
Dolce, however, did question Mateczun's motives, saying her decision to suspend the squad was unnecessary.
"If they cease operations, they will blame the lawsuit for the destruction of the Jills, when that was not intended at all," Dolce said, noting there is not much money at stake in the lawsuit.
All in all, it's been a rough off-season for everything to do with the Bills beyond what takes place on the field. The team's owner died. The most beloved player in the team's history has an ongoing battle with cancer. And now the team's cheerleading squad has disbanded for at least a year because of alleged bad labor practices by the team. Yup, that's all very Bills.

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Hail pounds areas northwest Minnesota and eastern North Dakota
CROOKSTON - Hailstones 1 to 2 inches in diameter pounded parts of Crookston Thursday night, including an auto dealership where the owner estimates damage at $100,000 to $200,000.
"I think every car in the lot's got dents on it," Allen Brost, owner of Brost Chevrolet, told WDAY Radio. "It's just a matter of some cars and trucks are worse than others."
Brost said the damage is consistent with reports of golf ball- to egg-sized hail. Some vehicles have broken sunroofs and "huge" dents, he said.
The damage comes at a particularly bad time for the dealership as the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program takes effect today, Brost said.
"We've got vehicles that are tentatively sold. Now we've got them with hail damage. We don't know what's going to happen. We have to get the insurance adjusters out here," he said.
Other reports Thursday night included 0.88-inch hail east of Buxton, N.D.; 1.75-inch stones near Argyle and Fisher; and 1-inch hail in Thief River Falls and near Fertile, according to the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, N.D.


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Districts will feed children in needSeveral area school districts, including Houston and Spring, will open neighborhood campus cafeterias next month to serve free meals to all children younger than 18. Cafeterias at more than 200 Houston Independent School District schools will begin serving breakfast and lunch Thursday. HISD will stop serving meals after June 28. Spring schools will open their cafeterias June 5-30. For more information, call 713-924-2455. In Spring, call 281-587-3911.
Institute offers classes for seniorsGalveston's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will begin registering students today for summer classes. Class titles include Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism and Aviation History and Heritage: Lone Star Flight Museum . The institute, operated by the University of Texas Medical Branch , offers college-level courses to seniors 55 or older regardless of previous education. There are no prerequisites for most classes, and no grades or tests are given. Tuition is $5 per event, $30 for the first eight events, or $75 for all events throughout the summer. Registration is 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Rosenberg Library , 2310 Sealy. For information, call 409-747-4657.
HCC program aids college transitionHouston Community College has added a summer program for children and teens to provide a collegelike experience to help them transition into higher education. Five of HCC's six campuses will offer programs, including a Kids College for Math , Science and Banking for middle school students. Costs vary by course. A complete list of course offerings is available at www.hccs.edu/ce .
UH alumni join board of regentsTwo University of Houston alumni have been named to the university system's board of regents by Gov. Rick Perry . Welcome Wilson Sr. is chairman and CEO of GSL Industrial Partners . Jim Wise is managing member of Haddington Energy Partners . They replace Morrie Abramson and Bo Smith . The board of regents oversees the system's four universities.
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Assigned the role of keeper of her older sister, Calla, Bluebell Strong has spent her life cleaning up messes. Frustrated, unappreciated, and repressed, Blue drifts away from her family. Suddenly a jail sentence lands Calla in prison. She then becomes her nephew Bolton's guardian. Pulled headfirst back into the life of the Kings of Chaos MC, she struggles to find a balance between who she must be and who she's always wanted to be. Bolton's father, Shadow, the man she crushed on since she was a teen, returns from prison. These back-to-back events force her to choose between duty and happiness.
After serving three years in jail for a brother, Kings of Chaos enforcer Shadow is done denying himself. The silent man, known for making problems disappear, spent years holding on to a secret that kept him from the one thing he wants most: Blue. Beneath the hardened exterior of this warrior rests a heart that beats for one woman. Laying all his cards on the table, he risks upsetting the balance among the Strongs and the club to complete the family he always wanted.
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Saddle Creek Takes CNG Cross-Country
Eco-Friendly Road Trip is First of Its Kind for a For-Hire Fleet
Feb 13, 2014, 16:30 ET from Saddle Creek Logistics Services
LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- (MindShare Strategies Media Services) This weekend, Saddle Creek Logistics Services will embark on "The Great American Green Ride," the first cross-country trip with a for-hire, compressed natural gas (CNG) truck.
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Beginning Fri., Feb. 14, the CNG truck will travel from Lakeland, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., and back. On the trip, Saddle Creek will make deliveries for two top CNG customers: Procter & Gamble and Lowe's.
"CNG is one of the cleanest-burning fuels available, so it is an ideal option for supporting our customers' sustainability strategies," said Mike DelBovo, Saddle Creek Transportation president. "This trip gives us a great opportunity to showcase CNG's ability to reduce our carbon footprint. In the course of this 5,800-mile round trip, the truck will reduce its carbon emissions by 7,656 pounds – more than a pound a mile."
The Freightliner Cascadia Evolution truck with advanced aerodynamics belongs to Saddle Creek's fleet of more than 140 CNG tractors. Its 12-liter engine has enough power to handle the variety of terrain conditions on a cross-country trip. Capable of travelling up to 600 miles when fast fueled, the truck will stop for fuel at commercial CNG stations on its route across the country.
"We've already travelled more than 15 million miles on CNG in support of our customers' local and regional delivery needs. Taking this coast-to-coast road trip is a natural next step and a great way to generate excitement for this environmentally friendly transportation solution," said DelBovo. "It represents a significant landmark for alternative fuel technology."
While in San Diego, the CNG truck will be on display at Saddle Creek's booth (SS4) at the Retail Supply Chain Conference, Feb. 23 – 26, 2014. Follow the journey online with a virtual Driver's Log at www.sclogistics.com/RILA.
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It seems (for now I use the time conditional) that the battery of C720 'solderedbook' either alone, miserable, ridiculous, 3950 mAh. If this news is true and confirmed, we would be discussing a battery that barely would be fine for a tablet 7 ", certainly not for a screen of 11.6 inches.
My Samsung NC10 netbook with Atom 270, year 2009 (!), Has a 5200 mAh battery!
As a battery would last like that?
There have been a lot of advancements in battery technology. According to specs you are correct, the NC10, had a 5200 mAh battery. I do not know what that translated to in terms of battery life. Lets take a look at the Acer Chromebooks;
AC700 - Our first Chromebook had a 6 cell 4400mAh rated for 6 hours
C710 - 2nd Chromebook had a 6 cell 5000mAh rated for 7 hours
C720 - Current Chromebook has a 3 cell polymer battery at 3950mAh rated for 8.5 hours.
So the C720's battery is improving on performance while reducing its footprint and the weight of the machine.
Hope this helps,
Hello Cory,
we would all have preferred an improvement that leaves no doubt ... a beautiful excess of 5000 mAh battery, able to stand with dignity, every kind of work and with any operating system.
If it is believed that only means to improve something better than the previous model , then that's fine ... end of reports!
Would not it be more correct to compare homogeneous?
Same operating system and battery life! If we mix Windows, Linux, and Chrome, we will have results ranging from very different and not be comparable in any way.
Ah ... a curiosity: there are notebooks with 11.6-inch screen that mount on board battery 3950 mAh or even less capable of?
Please, a guy with a 32GB model, could be install windows 8 and tell us how long works the device... in minutes?
I have been using the ACER C720 for a while now, it's battery life is amazing!!! I think I get 8 full hours!!!
You my friend, need to back off with pointless questions.
The battery is a 3-Cell Polymer 3950MAH and gets to 8 hours confirmed. Your old 'bad-excuse' for a laptop Samsung NC10 had a 5000mah battery and just about got to 8 hours.
Acer-Cory has already explained, battery technology has improved over the years and the fact that the Acer C720 comes with a Haswell processor (which are very power efficent), there remains no need for a 5000mah battery.
It would make the laptop clunky and ugly.
And why would we need to run Windows to run on the laptop to show battery tests to us, when we already know Chrome OS is more power efficent as it is only a browser in a box?
The Moto is my friend - Think before you Type.
You could have asked a better question, like, why do American C720's get 4GB RAM and European C720's get 2GB RAM? Why do we get less?
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Preview of what happens after a season on The Norfolk Broads
At Martham Boats we have decided to let our web page viewers have a sneak preview at what actually happens here during the off peak season. Many think that as the Summer has passed and the winter months are on the horizon, that the work load is minimized and jobs to be done are few and far between...
In that case 'Many' are wrong.
During the Winter season the work team are here repairing and maintaining our traditional wooden motor cruisers and yachts. We undertake all kinds of repairs including engine & mechanical repairs, hull and decking repairs, rigging, interior fitting, upholstery and electrics.
Hull and Decking Repairs:
Here we have Javelin 2, who had recently collided with another boat and ended up the worse for wear. She was swiftly repaired as soon as she was placed in the shed. Our work team are currently bringing up the decking of Javelin since there was rotting underneath.
This is Violet, one of our smallest yachts, many of the rubbers and toe rails need replacing for this boat, as they are looking worn and old now, with a few chips and bumps adding to the damage of old age.
Engine and Mechanical Repairs
We have one of our staff beginning to disconnect the engine in order for it to be lifted out for maintenance.
Interior Fitting
Javelin 2, one of our larger yachts getting a brand new cabin side, after the old one was worn after years of use.


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Ahoban by Habib Wahid Album Informations:
Album Name: Ahoban (আহ্বান)
Lyricist/s: Habib Wahid
Genre: Band, Classic, Hip Hop
Other Artist: Nancy, Kona & Ferdous Wahid
Artist:Habib Wahid, Ferdous Wahid, Nancy, Kona
Estimated playlist length: 00:40:01
Total Tracks: 09
Banner: Banglalink
Audio Release : April 29, 2011
Ahoban (আহ্বান) is a popular Singer-composer Habib Wahid's latest album 2011. It is Habib Wahid's 1st album in 2011 which is Released 29-05-2011. Ahoban by Habib Wahid new music album was exclusively released on Banglalink Music Station. Its Radio Media partner also Radio Today. Already Habib Wahid published lot of popular Bangla band, Hip hop song album like Krishno (2003), Maya (2004), Moina Go… (2005), Shono (2006), Panjabiwala (2007), Bolchi Tomake (2008), Aboseshe (2008) etc. This album Ahoban (আহ্বান!) by Habib make it after a long time. In this album total 9 song by Habib Wahid, Ferdous Wahid, Nancy, Kona which are Lyricist/s by Habib Wahid. There are given Ahoban (আহ্বান)– Habib Wahid's new album (2011) Band, Classic, Hip Hop Mp3 Songs free download link. You can also download Ahoban by Habib Wahid album in a single click form a zip file.
Ahoban (আহ্বান!) by Habib Wahid new album 2011 MP3 song Free Download:
01. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Ahoban – Habib Wahid – Download
02. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Tumi Je Amar Thikana – Habib & Nancy – Download
03. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Ar Nei Bhalobasha – Habib Wahid – Download
04. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Ki Je Holo Aj – Habib & Nancy – Download
05. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Ek Jhak Payra – Habib Wahid – Download
06. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Lukochuri – Habib & Kona – Download
07. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Bhule Jeo Na – Habib Wahid – Download
08. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – Chokhe Chokhe – Habib Wahid – Download
09. Ahoban by Habib Wahid – O Mishti Meye – Ferdous Wahid – Download
Habib Wahid saying about his new album Ahoban (আহ্বান) 2011:
Everything I have done till now, be it big or small, in terms of music has only been possible because of Allah's will and blessings and my parents prayers. It is because of all that, I have the love of all my fans today! Thanks you so much for all you love and endless support! I thank all my family and friends from the bottom of my heart for being with me. Working with Banglalink has always been a pleasure since 2005 and I must say it was no different this time either. I had a lot of fun making "Moyna Go" and Now "Ahoban". Hope you guys like this album! And lost but not the least…Please remember me in your prayers whenever it's possible! 🙂
Special Thanks: Nancy and Kona- I'm very thankful to them for lending their beautiful voices in their respective songs to give it the life it needed! Mr. Ferdous Wahid- As always, he finished it off with his ever young and fresh voice… it was fun making "o mishti meye" and hope we can make a lot more in the future! 🙂


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Saturday marks one of most celebrated events of the year: the running of the 139th Kentucky Derby. Nineteen horses will give it their all to bring home the roses and potentially put themselves in an elite class of Triple Crown winners.
My favorite part of the Kentucky Derby? The prices. Chances are the favorite could be 4-1, which is a great betting price. It's a great race for wagering, as well as the hardest one to handicap in the Triple Crown series. This year will start the Kentucky Derby points system, in which certain qualifying races have a fixed number for winning as well as placing and beyond.
Nineteen horses. The field is deep, and the best horse doesn't always win. In fact, more often it loses. The keys to the Derby are post position, being able to manage traffic, and having enough down the stretch to come away with the win.
Obviously any horse has a shot in theory. But no matter how good, getting the first or last post position makes it nearly impossible to have the perfect trip.
Look at last year. Few will argue that Bodemeister ran the best race. Shoot, some would say Went The Day Well had the best run. But I'll Have Another got a perfect trip from jockey Mario Gutierrez and found himself in a great spot to chase down Bodemeister down the stretch.
This field makes it even harder. In looking at each of these horses, there's not one clearly above the rest of the pack. Honestly, I can look at the field and find a reason for 15 of the 20 horses to win.
Let's break down the entire field and paint a picture of how I see the race unfolding. I was lucky enough to speak to several of the best handicappers and analysts in the business and got some thoughts about a few of the top contenders in the race.
Black Onyx was a late scratch from the Derby on Friday. He was scratched after the 9 a.m. cutoff, which means no horses can be added to the race. His No. 1 post position will be left empty.
Oxbow is one of two horses in this field trained by D. Wayne Lukas. He gets legendary jockey Gary Stevens. Oxbow has shown the ability to come from behind and win from the front of the pack. He has been a victim of bad positions and had a brutal trip in the Arkansas Derby last month. I don't think he has the quicks to catch this group. If he does anything, it's because of his jockey. Look elsewhere.
The third post position isn't a favorable one, but if anyone from this group could pull it off, it'd be Revolutionary. He has solid connections, and with three-time Derby winner Calvin Borel (and trained by Todd Pletcher) on his mount, I think he has a great shot. Revolutionary is three for six in his career and has hit the board in all his races. His last two wins in the G3 Withers and G3 Louisiana Derby made him a logical contender. His Louisiana Derby run was impressive to me mostly because of the late challenge. I was fortunate enough to speak to Gino Buccola of TVG, who said Revolutionary "showed in the Withers he can overcome a ton of trouble and win, and to me that was the most impressive prep race that any Derby horse ran." He has the ability to close with a ton of speed, and if he can manage to stay in a position where he can strike, I expect him to be there in the end. I think his price will be a good one, possibly 7-1. Revolutionary is my top choice.
Golden Soul draws the fourth post and will have Robbie Albarado on his mount. He is one for five in his career, with his lone winning coming in a MS race in December. He showed some late speed the Louisiana Derby, but still lost by over four lengths. Not expecting much.
Normandy Invasion seems to be a trendy pick in the Derby. His morning line is 12-1, which is an outstanding price. He is trained by stud Chad Brown and Javier Castellano will get the ride. Top-notch connections. His late surge in the G1 Wood Memorial last month got everyone's attention. Some would say that if the race was another 100 yards, he would have caught Verrazano in his late strides. That said, he is also one for five in his career. The fifth post position is not brutal, and if he gets the trip, I see Normandy Invasion hitting in the money. WFAN's own Marc Malusis is a backer of Normandy Invasion: "He's a proven closer that I think is going to peak Derby Day. Great trainer-jockey combo with Brown-Castellano. He ran a solid second on the Wood. He is training well and should get a good pace to run at." Gets a big look here.
Mylute draws the sixth post and gets Rosie Napravnik on the mount for veteran trainer Tom Amoss. I would have dismissed completely if it wasn't for the big run the Louisiana Derby. Of his nine career starts, most were good, but in his last outing against Revolutionary, he had a chance to pass and didn't. Didn't show me the fighting spirit. Don't think he will run an awful race, but I don't expect too much.
Giant Finish closed well in the Spiral, but was fought off by Black Onyx. Trained by Anthony Dutrow, this horse has the talent to kick late, but I don't think he matches well here.
Goldencents is an interesting choice. He's trained by Doug O'Neill and jockeyed by Kevin Krigger. O'Neill trained I'll Have Another last year to glory. I was skeptical about Goldencents based on how he ran in the G2 San Felipe. It was a speed dual with Flashback, and he caved and lost. Traditionally, he sat on or close to the lead and held for his four wins. In the Santa Anita Derby he opened my eyes by sitting off the pace and letting loose down the stretch to an impressive win, and seemed to turn it up to a notch I hadn't seen before. Jerry Bossert of the New York Daily News told me,"Leaving from post eight will allow Krigger to see how the race is unfolding and with the colt's natural speed, he can place Goldencents where he wants early on, avoiding any crowding that could occur entering the first turn. The colt earned the top speed figure in his last start when taking the Santa Anita Derby in driving fashion, and should handle the mile-and-a-quarter distance of the Derby." I think he goes off at 5-1 and could easily be there when the race is over.
Overanalyze is another Todd Pletcher horse and will have Rafael Bejarano on his mount. He won two of his last three, including the Arkansas Derby and Grade 2 Remsen at the Big A. I don't know if he can handle the distance, but he got a perfect post in the nine. He could be heard from late, and is definitely worth putting on deep exotic tickets.
Palace Malice is trained by Todd Pletcher as well and will have legendary jockey Mike Smith aboard. Throw out the Louisiana Derby where he got an awful trip. He is only one for six, but has hit the board in five races. If he can stay two or three lengths from the lead, he has a shot. If he gets too far back, he doesn't have the speed to reach the leaders. This is a coin toss. I would see how live he is on the board before wagering. I don't see him winning.
Lines of Battle comes over from Europe. He won the UAE Derby in Meydan and looked good doing so. He has tactical speed, but his best runs have come on a synthetic track. I normally just pass on European horses in this race.
Itsmyluckyday has Elvis Trujillo on board, who is one of my favorite jockeys. He has a ton of racing experience, already running in 10 and winning five. He ran second-best in the Florida Derby and his run in the Grade 3 Holy Bull was super impressive. His speed numbers are really impressive, but I am just getting the feel that he has already run his best race. I expect him to be close to leaders when they turn for home, but gets lost from there.
Falling Sky comes from Lion Heart, one of the coolest horses ever. He has the early speed to be a sprint champion. If this was six furlongs, I would give him a look. This is a mile and a quarter. Don't expect him to finish in the top 15.
Verrazano has been a beast since he started racing on January 13. Thus far, this Pletcher-Velazquez horse is undefeated in four races. His work in the Tampa Derby and the Wood Memorial will earn him plenty of people buying into the hype. He is very talented and when he was asked to go in the Wood, he went. However, I worry the distance is a huge factor. And if the pace is fast early on, he could be in big trouble. The talent is there, and he will be one of the three favorites. Darin Zoccali of TVG and the Meadowlands is staying away from him: "He is not bred to go 1 1/4 miles. His sire, More Than Ready was at his best up to 1 mile and most of his offspring excel at 1 mile. Also, while he was tested more in the Wood, every race has been the same. Stalk the speed, move to the lead, race over. This will be much more demanding." I tend to agree. I will leave him on my exotic tickets, but not a winner.
Charming Kitten is yet another Pletcher horse. Edgar Prado gets the mount, but this horse is more comfortable on the turf. He also closed well on the synthetic turf. Has talent, but not here.
Orb has been made the morning line favorite at 7-2. Hot rider Joel Rosario gets the mount with legendary trainer Shug McGaughey. Orb is four for seven, including a solid win in the Florida Derby. To me, the Florida Derby was a slow race, and while he had to turn it on late, I didn't come away from it blown away. That said, this horse likes to win, coming away with four in a row. His speed numbers are consistently good and while I am not sure this will be the winner, I expect him to be close. Rosario is easy to bet because he wins. Too good to ignore.
Will Take Charge is my value horse. Trained by D. Wayne Lukas with veteran jockey Jon Court on the mount, Will Take Charge has the winning instinct to pull off an upset here. He won the Rebel in March and Smarty Jones in January, as well as his maiden race in October at Keeneland. To me, the win in the Rebel showed this horse's ability to have enough left in the tank late to chase down leaders. I don't think he has the talent to come back from 16 lengths to win, but if he can stay four to five lengths wide throughout the race, and can find a way to be two lengths off with 200 yards to go, he'll have a fighting chance. Should carry a huge price tag, too. Maybe close to 30-1. Huge value play.
Frac Daddy is just one for six and has had some brutal rides. Kenneth McPeek trains this one, but I just haven't seen enough good things to even consider here. He made up some distance in the Arkansas, but never really had a shot. His Florida Derby run was non-resistant. Throw in the 18th post position and then throw out this horse.
Java's War ran a tremendous Blue Grass on April 13. He broke awfully and was able to get up in the final strides to catch the leaders. He is jockeyed by Julian Leparoux, who is the master of closing in a long race, but I just think there are too many good horses. Also, his dirt runs haven't been all that great. I don't like here.
Vyjack rounds out the group. Vyjack has been super impressive, winning four of five and coming close in the Wood Memorial. I like Garrett Gomez taking the mount, especially with the 20th post, where he will have to be very aggressive to have any shot. This horse has shown the ability to win from the lead and off it. I would especially like this horse if it rains, as he won in December in the slop. My main problem here is I think the jockey will try to get to lead (he almost has to) but won't have enough in the tank to hold it. Check the tote board for betting tips. I stay clear if it's nice out.
Now that we've looked at each horse, let's play out the Derby:
Out of the gate Falling Sky, Verrazano and Itsmyluckyday get to the lead. Vyjack tries to get close but is a few lengths off. Orb, Goldecents, Normandy Invasion nd Overanalyze are four lengths off the lead with Will Take Charge and Revolutionary trailing. Falling Sky drops back, as does Vyjack. Down the backstretch, Itmyluckyday and Verrazano are holding the lead. Will Take Charge and Revolutionary get closer. As they make the turn, all the horses get closer, and Itsmyluckyday drops back. Goldencents will make the first move to lead followed by Orb. Overanalyze falls out of it at the beginning of the stretch. Revolutionary now finds himself on the rail about three lengths off the lead and Verrazano is losing ground. Normandy Invasion now appears closing in. Will Take Charge tries to get close but the other horses are too fast. Orb now is being left behind with Goldencents. Normandy Invasion and Revolutionary are battling for first while Verrazano is settled in at third. Revolutionary pulls ahead by a nose to give Calvin Borel his fourth Kentucky Derby win.
That — or Golden Soul wins by six. Anything is possible!
Top pick: Revolutionary
Second pick: Normandy Invasion
Value play: Will Take Charge
Good luck to everyone!
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Technology (software, hardware and telecoms) sector - testimonials
Below are 23 testimonials we've received from training courses for companies in the Technology and IT sector in the last 3 years.
"Great lunches, very enjoyable course at a good speed and perfect mix of lecturing and practical exercises, would definitely recommend Wise Owl."
Kevin Stirrup
Stirrup Computing Services Ltd
"An excellent SSAS training course, well delivered and supported with valuable resources. Highly recommended."
Jelili Alao
JO Informatics Ltd
"Excellent course, well presented and good speed of delivery. I have used SSRS for 12 months but still learned a lot."
Ian Jones
Daisy Group
"Good course, really nice to have an extensive guide to come away with for future reference. Good pace & great to have a small class so free to ask questions."
Nick Stringle
IBM Business Consulting Services
"Hope all is well and you had a great weekend. I attended your SQL Report Writing class last week. Wanted to say thank you for teaching it in such a great, straight forward way. I have already written my first report (see attached) – geek fest! ? Thanks again, you are a fantastic trainer. Engaging, personable, and very knowledgeable. Awesome! "
Megan Walker
Bond International Software (UK) Ltd
"Manuals are very useful to help when I actually have to do this every day."
Sean Wilkinson
Gamma Telecom Ltd
"I really enjoyed the course and it covered everything I needed. Excellent course. The trainer is extremely capable, friendly and knowledgeable."
Deborah Pitt
Bond International Software (UK) Ltd
"A very good course with plenty of time for breaks and to ask questions."
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Control Specialists Ltd
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Instem-LSS Ltd.
"Perfectly detailed manuals. Friendly, approachable trainer. Another company let me down twice then I was informed of Wise Owl."
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"All content was appropriate to the course, which was well structured. It is also a bonus that you get to keep all your course materials. "
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Warwick International Computing Systems
"I really enjoyed the course, we had a great trainer. I was very engaged by his teaching, which is something I've struggled with on other courses. The trainer showed great patience and technical knowledge. Every time I hit an error, he could quickly point me in the right direction. The exercises were at the right level of challenge, and were not just another step-by-step guide. This made the course far more engaging for me. The facilities, room and laptops/environments were great. As a final plus, it was easy to book, with the course instructions being clear and simple. Everything was straight forward to do! "
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Thales UK Ltd
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Daisy Group
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Supernova IT Ltd
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On Dec. 21, the Morris Police Department, along with the Minnesota State Patrol, will be showing a video "Young Forever" to the 9-12th grade students in the theater. This video shows photographs of accidents where teens have died along with testimonials from people affected. This video uses graphic pictures to show the reality of what could happen. School Resource Officer Anita Liebl and her colleagues have been quite busy recently beefing up enforcement of safe driving practices by our students here at MAHS. They have been keeping track of the percentage of students wearing seatbelts, number of student's texting or using their cell phones, and those who are not driving attentively.
Anita has been with the Morris Police Department for about 12 years and has been the School Resource Officer at MAHS for eight years. There are a lot of things Anita does around the school that are very helpful to all students. For example, Anita organizes the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program with the 5th grade students in the elementary. She has also worked with the 1st and 2nd grade students on Safety Posters. These posters focus on phone safety, bike safety, and what to do when a stranger approaches you. At the present time, Anita is working on putting together winter survival kits with the 3rd graders. At the high school, Anita has been working with the 9th grade Drivers Education class. During class time, Anita has had the students experience the effects alcohol has on the body by having the students wear "Fatal Vision Goggles". These goggles mimic the effects of the body with a .10 blood alcohol level. Keep up the good work Anita.
It is that time of the year again! Registration for next school year is upon us. In January, students will be selecting courses for next year. Students currently in grades 8 through 11 will bring home a Registration Guide and forms to complete. These Registration Guides will contain some new and modified courses (for example: College in the School courses), so please read through them carefully! From the student choices a master schedule will be developed and a class schedule for each student will be automatically created for the 2011-2012 school year. If you have any questions during this process, please call the school office; the counselor, principal, and teachers will be happy to answer them.
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A pilot was seriously injured as his small plane crashed just after takeoff from Fullerton Municipal Airport.
Police say the single-engine Cessna Skyhawk SP had just left the runway at about 6:30 Tuesday night when it suddenly veered left and crashed into the ground.
Police Lt. Doug Cave says the 59-year-old man was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with a broken arm, two broken legs, facial lacerations and other injuries but was expected to survive. His name was not released.
Cave says the man was alone in the plane and no one on the ground was injured.
The Federal Aviation Administration was set to investigate the crash on Wednesday.
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Close to 70 students from five area high schools descended upon Three Rivers on January 12 for Laser Camp IV. Students from Windham High School, Windham Tech High School, Ellis Tech High School, Plainfield High School and Woodstock Academy donned yellow Laser Camp VI t-shirts and participated in technology-focused workshops intended to interest teenagers in high-tech fields of study.
This year's Laser Camp included six workshops: laser engraving and 3D printing, spectroscopy, nanotechnology, khet (laser chess) and team building, laser mirror challenge and polarized light art. Students were assigned randomly to three of the workshops, which were facilitated by TRCC staff and students, personnel from EASTCONN (a regional education service center), and an Ellis Tech teacher. TRCC SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) and OSA (Optical Society of America) student chapter members also assisted as tour guides.
Each student was given a personalized laser engraved dog tag (made by Laser and Fiber Optic Technology, or LFOT, student lab workers). A grant through EASTCONN covered the cost of transportation for students. SPIE helped fund materials and supplies.
After the workshops were completed, students and teachers joined volunteers and TRCC staff in the cafeteria for lunch, the cost of which was covered by the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, a supporter of the event. "Door prizes", created on TRCC's laser engraver and 3D printer, were awarded to several lucky high schoolers.
According to Judy Donnelly, TRCC Professor of Physics/Laser and Fiber Optics, "Many of the high school students will participate in a follow-up Laser Camp event in the spring, which is generally a trip to a Connecticut laser manufacturer."
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Chris-Craft powerboats adorn many a megayacht as a tender. At this month's Miami International Boat Show, the venerable builder will debut a new model with a vertical bow sure to grab more than a few owners' attention. It's the Chris-Craft Carina 20.
The vertical bow isn't just a nod to current trends. It's actually a design element that adorned Chris-Crafts way back in the 1920s. That vertical bow is paired with a stainless steel bow plate and complemented by another eye-catching design, a reverse transom. If you know Chris-Crafts, then you'll know the reverse transom is a signature style.
The Carina 20 measures 20 feet, though if you include the swim platform, LOA is 21'2" (6.46 meters). Beam is 7'11" (2.16 meters), while fully loaded draft is 2'10" (86 centimeters). All of this means more than a few tender garages can accommodate her. Unfortunately, Chris-Craft has not revealed the top or cruise speeds, though it does say fuel capacity is 34 gallons (129 liters).
Additional highlights of the Chris-Craft Carina 20: a frameless windshield, diamond-patterned fabric on seating, and a graphite metallic paint job.
The Carina 20 is actually the first of two vertical-bow boats that Chris-Craft is unveiling this year. We'll have to wait for the summer to see the next one, though the builder does say she'll have a closed deck. Stay tuned.


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Heckler & Koch P30S V3 40 S&W, $1005
In this test we evaluate a 40 S&W polymer handgun that offers significant changes to its original design Heckler & Kochs $1005 P30 V3 adds an ambidextrous thumb safety to the latest edition of that companys newest polymer platform.
Most polymer handguns are simple in design. Rather than call the HK P30 more complex, well use the word sophisticated. There are six variants of the P30 series pistol seven if you count the suffix "S" for ambidextrous safety. In our December 2007 evaluation of the 9mm Heckler & Koch P30 V3, we began our Gun Tests Report Card by saying: "Based on the fine accuracy we achieved firing single-action only, maybe this is a gun that should have a thumb safety rather than a decocker." The P30S V3 pistol in this test adds an ambidextrous thumb safety.
When we began putting this gun through its paces, we first wondered how bullet weight might affect accuracy. The most popular and readily available 40 S&W rounds are topped with 155-, 165-, and 180-grain bullets. The 155-grain JHP bullet is rapidly gaining popularity with law enforcement. This round was represented by Black Hills Ammunition. Next, we chose two Winchester USA rounds, one topped with 165-grain FMJ bullets and the other driving 180-grain JHP slugs.
Baseline accuracy was recorded from the 25-yard line firing from a sandbag rest. We also fired an action test standing offhand from the 7-yard line. This was a timed exercise designed to tell us more about trigger response and consistency, grip fit, and sight acquisition. We chose the Black Hills 155-grain JHP ammunition for our action test because we wanted to test each guns rapid-fire capability firing a hard-hitting defensive round. Our drill began with the shooter facing the target with the pistol held in both hands, arms retracted towards the chest. The front sight was at the bottom of the shooters peripheral vision. An electronic timer emitted an electronic start signal and registered elapsed time for each shot fired. We recorded the total elapsed time for all three shots as well as the time that had elapsed from the start signal to the first shot. After ten separate strings of fire were completed, we looked for 30 shots on the IPSC-P target from www.letargets.com. Vaguely humanoid in shape the lower A-zone is a 5- by 9-inch vertical rectangle. The upper A-zone measures 4 inches wide by 2 inches tall and could be considered the space between the cheekbones and the brow. We considered two hits inside the lower A-zone and one hit inside the upper A-zone a perfect run. Our overall objective was to find out what was required of the shooter to perform perfect runs on a consistent basis.
In all of our tests, reliability was a top priority. Ease of maintenance, cost, and shooter enjoyment were also high on the teams grading list. Lets see how it performed:
Beginning at the muzzle, the forward profile was tapered for easy holstering. The slide carried cocking serrations fore and aft and low-mount sights dovetailed front and rear. The dust cover was cut with four crosshatches to form a versatile Picatinny rail. The trigger guard was large and square, with the frontal surface grooved to accommodate larger hands and fingers. Ambidextrous magazine release paddles were located at the lower rear corner of the trigger guard. Some members of our staff were able to release the steel 13-round magazines with the strong-hand thumb, others shifted the gun so it could be pressed by the middle finger or the trigger finger. One staffer swept the paddle with his weak-hand thumb as he moved his hand toward the spare magazine mounted in a belt pouch. Two magazines were supplied. We almost missed the night-sight feature on our HK pistol. Appearing to be a plain white three-dot set, the sights came alive after basking in the spotlights of our photo studio. These sights are not self luminous. Periodic charging turned them into moon-like orbs in dark or dim light.
The grip could be customized by choosing side panels and backstraps from three complete sets (small, medium, and large). After mixing and matching, we finally stuck with the large set because we liked where it placed our index finger in relation to the trigger for both double and single action fire. The front strap was carved with finger grooves that offered just enough scallop for each finger without getting in the way. We found the texture of the grip surface to be comfortable and effective, even with sweaty hands in 100-degree Texas heat. The panels were secured externally, meaning they did not interact with any internal parts. If you had to, you could fire the P30S V3 without any grip panels at all. At the base of each side panel was a slight inward relief. This was to help the shooter get a grip on the base pad should it become necessary to rip the magazine out of the receiver.
The P30 pistols operate with a hammer to drive the firing pin. Some variants of the P30 pistols operate with a full-time double-action trigger. Others utilize conventional DA/SA, traditional double-action triggers with a decocker. The decocker was mounted on the rear face of the frame immediately to the left of the hammer. The ambidextrous thumb safety locks the trigger in both single and double action, but allows the slide to be moved back and forth. This feature allows the chamber to be cleared with the trigger on safe.
The presence of a hammer was another type of safety feature. Should anything enter the holster along with the pistol, such as a shirttail, causing the trigger to move, the trailing thumb will monitor any movement at the hammer. When holstering a pistol that does not have a locked slide, such as a 1911-style pistol with the thumb safety on, it is advisable to place the thumb on the rear of the slide. This is to prevent the slide from shifting out of battery. With the HKs decocker located on the same plane as the rear of the slide, the act of holstering and decocking was easily coordinated.
The slide lock/release could be found on both sides of the pistol. During takedown the right slide lever stays in place. It is the left side lever that is connected to the slide stop pin. With the receiver and the chamber empty, we pulled back the slide until the rectangular cutout in the slide matched the profile of the slide stop pin. We couldnt use a fingertip, but just about anything else will do to push the pin out from right to left. The slide moved off the frame without having to press the trigger. The flat wound recoil spring stayed captured on the guide rod. So did a nylon bushing that rode over the spring, acting as a shock buffer. The rear tip of the recoil-guide rod assembly was lugged to interface with the slide-stop pin and the lug beneath the barrel hood. This interaction was the source of locking and unlocking the 3.86-inch barrel during cycling.
From the 25-yard line we fired single action only. The single-action trigger pull presented 4.0 pounds of resistance. Takeup measured less than 0.1 inches. Feel was smooth and progressive rather than crisp. Each choice of ammunition registered an average group radius ranging from about 1.25 inches firing the 165-grain FMJ rounds to little more than 1.50 inches shooting the 155-grain hollowpoint ammunition. This was good shooting with little variation, considering the difference in the power of our test rounds. The Winchester 165-grain FMJ ammunition produced almost 100 ft.-lbs. less muzzle energy than our most powerful choice, the Black Hills 155-grain JHP load.
In our action tests we began with a double-action first shot. Takeup to a double-action first shot was free swinging and measured about 0.1 in length. Resistance was measured to be 9.5 pounds. After 10 strings of fire we counted three shots pushed to the left of the lower A-zone on our IPSC-P target. Three shots were pulled low and out of the upper A-zone. One was unacceptably low, but two missed the A-zone by as little as 3⁄8 of an inch. This amounted to about a 3-inch 9-shot group. Regarding elapsed time, we fired cautiously on our first run. This resulted in a 0.92 second first shot and an overall elapsed time of 2.09 seconds. All nine of the following runs were completed in an average time of less than 1.85 seconds with an average first shot time of 0.82 seconds. Our fastest perfect run was over 1.78 seconds, beginning .77 seconds after the start signal. The P30S V3 was the first pistol to be tested, and we had no idea that it would be the only pistol to complete this test with an average time of less than 2 seconds.
We dont think the P30S V3 was meant to be carried cocked and locked, if only for the non-locking slide. (It would be difficult to monitor the slide with the thumb at the same time as the safety lever when holstering.) But we decided that firing our action test a second time beginning with hammer back safety on was a necessity. Our very first run was over in 1.93 seconds (first shot 0.98 seconds). This run felt smoother and much faster than it actually was, but it was also the most accurate run fired by any of our guns. Two shots appeared in a 0.7 inch "snake eyes" pattern just above the letter A at center mass.
The letter A in the upper zone missed being perforated by about 0.7 inches to the left. Once we consciously tried to shoot faster our accuracy dropped off, but we still managed to land seven shots in about a 2-inch group inside the upper A-zone. Our fastest run fired single action only matched our best TDA run to the tenth of seconds. No malfunctions were encountered during our test of the HK P30S V3, and we found shooting it to be smooth, comfortable, and instinctive.
Our Team Said: Some say that todays double-action handguns demand only coarse motor skills. Therefore, the average shooter under stress does not have to be at his or her best to get the job done. The P30S V3 can be fired as a full time double-action pistol to serve this theory. Or it can accept fine motor skills for greater accuracy. The P30S V3 easily topped our action test. We think the modular grip, a feature common to all P30s, makes the P30 series a superior platform no matter which trigger option is chosen.


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LONDON – Consumer electronics equipment company LG Electronics has signed a licensing agreement with ARM Holdings plc that covers the Cortex processor and Mali graphics processor families.
The deal covers the Cortex-A15 MPCore and Cortex-A9 MPCore processors, as well as the Mali-T604 GPU and CoreLink interconnect and system IP.
The cores will be used to drive a platform-based strategy in applications that include digital TV, set top boxes (STB), mobile phones, tablets and smart-grid electricity supply, ARM said. LG, who first licensed ARM technology in 1995, has incorporated ARM processors across its product lines, from handsets to digital TVs.
Neither the details of the licensing deal nor the value of deal in terms of initial licensing fee and per unit royalties were disclosed.


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After years of cracked and bleeding heels, mine are once again 'baby-smooth' thanks to the regular daily use of a tiny amount of Gehwol lipidro foot cream. The urea it contains is highly beneficial. This cream is equally good on chapped fingers and rough hands. I regret not trying it sooner!


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Led by Horse of the Year candidates American Pharoah , Beholder, and Runhappy , the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) Jan. 6 announced the finalists for the 2015 Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence in Thoroughbred racing.
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is a finalist in the Horse of the Year and 3-year-old male categories, while owner-breeder Ahmed Zayat's Zayat Stables is a finalist in both those categories. American Pharoah's Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert is a finalist as well, along with his jockey, Victor Espinoza.
The 2015 Eclipse Awards finalists (in alphabetical order) are:
* Horse of the Year: American Pharoah, Beholder, Runhappy
* 2-year-old male: Airoforce , Mohaymen , Nyquist
* 2-year-old filly: Catch a Glimpse, Rachel's Valentina, Songbird
* 3-year-old male: American Pharoah, Dortmund , Runhappy
* 3-year-old filly: Found, I'm a Chatterbox, Stellar Wind
* Older dirt male: Honor Code , Liam's Map , Tonalist
* Older dirt female: Beholder, Sheer Drama, Stopchargingmaria
* Male sprinter: Private Zone, Rock Fall, Runhappy
* Female sprinter: La Verdad, Lady Shipman, Wavell Avenue
* Male turf horse: Big Blue Kitten , Golden Horn, The Pizza Man
* Female turf horse: Found (IRE), Stephanie's Kitten, Tepin
* Steeplechase horse: Bob Le Beau, Dawalan, Demonstrative
* Owner: Midwest Thoroughbreds, Inc., Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables
* Breeder: Darley, Ken and Sarah Ramsey, Zayat Stables
* Trainer: Bob Baffert, Chad Brown, Todd Pletcher
* Jockey: Javier Castellano, Victor Espinoza, Irad Ortiz Jr.
* Apprentice jockey: Eric Cancel, Angel Cruz, Tyler Gaffalione
Winners in 17 horse and human categories will be announced at the 45th annual Eclipse Awards dinner and ceremony, presented by Daily Racing Form, Breeders' Cup and The Stronach Group on Saturday evening, Jan. 16, at Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Of the 281 eligible voters representing the NTRA, the NTWAB and Daily Racing Form, 261 (92.88%) took part in this year's voting. Finalists were determined in each category by voters' top three selections, using a 10-5-1 point basis. Eclipse Award winners are determined solely by first place votes.
In addition to honoring the 17 winners in the horse and human categories, owner, breeder and philanthropist Leonard Lavin of Glen Hill Farm will receive the Eclipse Award of Merit for a lifetime of achievement in the Thoroughbred industry; John O'Neil will receive an Eclipse Award as the 2015 Horseplayer of the Year; and members of the media will be honored for outstanding coverage in six categories.


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Gamma Remote Sensing: more details on typical applications
Gamma Remote Sensing (Swiss SME) is often carrying out Earth Observation Research and Development (EO R&D) with other European research institutions and in close collaboration with ESA.
According to Mr. Urs Wegmüller, Director of GAMMA, EO R&D in the area of processing and adding value to remote sensing data will always remain a key activity of the company in order to continuously exploit new potential areas for EO data.
In many R&D contracts with ESA, GAMMA has elaborated and matured the utilisation of the enormous quantity of Earth observation data being produced daily by both ESA and non-ESA satellites. Although it is a small European company, GAMMA has succeeded in being recognised for its scientific competence and often presents its finding to the international research community at major meetings, the last occasion being the ESA ERS-ENVISAT Symposium, held in Gothenburg, Sweden in October 2000. Here GAMMA presented three papers on the use of EO data from ERS SAR and JERS SAR.
GAMMA's declared goal is to maintain the highest level of technical and scientific expertise. This is an essential prerequisite for the development of new applications, consulting activities, and improving and maintaining commercial EO data software tools. To achieve this ambitious goal GAMMA is involved in research project with ESA, the European Union and national entities and co-operates with partners from universities, public institutes and the private sector. When searching for opportunities in new fields of applications, GAMMA often prefers to join consortia in order to assemble the best scientific know-how in all relevant domains.
Commercialisation of Earth observation products
Mr. Urs Wegmüller emphasises that the R&D activity with ESA and other research institutions has paved the way for GAMMA's entering into the commercial use of EO-data. It has managed based upon its experience with ESA to establish a high level of competence for advanced SAR data processing and the use of EO data.
GAMMA has high capabilities for advanced SAR processing. SAR processing, precision image registration, geocoding, absolute radiometric calibration and interferometric processing are fully operational steps in GAMMA's supply chain and are offered to customers with attractive conditions. Advanced data processing can also be offered, as well as consultancy. This comprises support in data selection, elaboration of processing strategies, value adding and interpretation of results.
Surface Deformation Maps measuring millimetre to decimetre surface displacement can be retrieved with differential SAR interferometry. GAMMA does not only offer to conduct the necessary data processing, but also provides assistance and consultancy to better meet the operational needs of the customer. Thanks to the immense and continuous ERS archives being built since 1991 the possibility that well-suited historic data exists over a given site is high.
With a project called 'Geophysical Surface Deformation Mapping Service using ERS INSAR' GAMMA have recently won a contract in the new Earth Observation Market Development (EOMD) initiative of ESA. This activity will allow GAMMA to bring their geo-information service closer to the commercial market through specific activities such as: service assessment in an operational context, engineering testing in cooperation with major oil and gas companies with interest in monitoring mining subsidence, refining the end-to-end service concept, formulating the business case, and, finally, promoting the offer and expanding their customer base.
Based upon the participation in EO activities and research with ESA, GAMMA has also managed to create a series of common software packages and tools supporting the entire processing from SAR raw data to products such as digital elevation models, deformation, and landuse maps. This proven software has been available commercially on the market place on a world wide basis since 1995, and is continuously upgraded to include new evolving techniques.
GAMMA demonstrates new successful areas
for the SAR Earth observation data at the scientific data processing forefront both for commercial use and for the general public good
In order to expand the customer base for operational geo-information products based on ERS Tandem interferometry the company Spot Image, France, and GAMMA developed the Coherence Product, which was put on the market as a commercial product in late 1999.
The Coherence Product consists of data layers generated using ERS Tandem data, i.e. ERS acquisitions with a time difference of 24 hours, which comprise calibrated SAR backscattering coefficients, interferometric correlation or coherence between the two acquisition of the tandem pair, and the corresponding temporal backscatter change. Image data and auxiliary information are provided in the DIMAP format based on XML and GEOTIFF, the future format for geo-information using data from the SPOT satellites.
An impressive example of the usefulness of the Coherence Product was the Storm Forest Damage Mapping conducted in early 2000 for Switzerland. Damage to forests could be mapped with high accuracy and over large surface areas following a change detection approach by combining two Coherence Products using Tandem pairs acquired before and after the storm. GAMMA has been involved in similar projects in France - such as that with the French company SERTIT - and with end users such as Civil Protection Authorities concerned with managing fire risks related to the damage caused by the December 1999 storms.
A much larger forest map was generated as part of the SIBERIA Project, again conducted in the context of the EC Environment and Climate Programme by partners from eight European countries. GAMMA's main contributions were in the methodological development and the operational processing of JERS SAR data. In the frame of this project GAMMA conducted processing of more than 600 JERS SAR scenes at full resolution. The processing included absolute radiometric calibration and geocoding. The large Siberia JERS mosaic is shown on the left.
Interferometric processing of acquisitions from consecutive repeat-orbits was conducted where available. The JERS SAR L-band interferometric signatures contain valuable landuse information for forestry as shown on the right as an RGB composite generated using a pair of acquisitions with a 44 day time difference. The composite display coherence is red, the average backscattering coefficient is green and the temporal change of backscattering coefficient for this pair is blue.
During the last few years GAMMA was strongly involved in the development of differential SAR interferometry for land surface deformation mapping. Impressive results include maps of the ground-water extraction related subsidence of Mexico City (left) and Bologna as well as of the complex temporal and spatial deformations observed for an active coal mining area. In the case of slow deformations millimetre accuracy was achieved by the combination ("stacking") of multiple interferograms.
In the meantime deformation mapping has evolved into a relatively mature application with a strong potential for commercial exploitation within the mining industry.
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What's cooking in git.git (Jul 2012, #10; Mon, 30) --------------------------------------------------
Here are the topics that have been cooking. Commits prefixed with '-' are only in 'pu' (proposed updates) while commits prefixed with '+' are in 'next'. The tip of 'master' as of this writing is 1.7.12-rc1, and the tip of 'maint' is 126.96.36.199. From now on until the final release, no further updates, except for the two i18n topics and obviously correct fixes to regressions, will be merged to 'master'. You can find the changes described here in the integration branches of the repositories listed at http://git-blame.blogspot.com/p/git-public-repositories.html -------------------------------------------------- [Graduated to "master"] * hv/link-alt-odb-entry (2012-07-29) 1 commit + link_alt_odb_entry: fix read over array bounds reported by valgrind The code to avoid mistaken attempt to add the object directory itself as its own alternate could read beyond end of a string while comparison. * rj/maint-grep-remove-redundant-test (2012-07-29) 1 commit + t7810-*.sh: Remove redundant test "git grep" stopped spawning an external "grep" long time ago, but a duplicated test to check internal and external "grep" was left behind. -------------------------------------------------- [New Topics] * jc/maint-t7406-rev-parse-max-count-huh (2012-07-30) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at 9b27acc) + t7406: fix misleading "rev-parse --max-count=1 HEAD" Test clean-up, with no behaviour change. Not urgent. * jk/maint-diff-nul40-as-sentinel (2012-07-29) 1 commit + diff: do not use null sha1 as a sentinel value (this branch is used by jk/maint-null-in-trees.) "git diff" had a confusion between taking data from a path in the working tree and taking data from an object that happens to have name 0{40} recorded in a tree. Not urgent. -------------------------------------------------- [Stalled] * mz/rebase-range (2012-07-18) 7 commits - rebase (without -p): correctly calculate patches to rebase - rebase -p: don't request --left-right only to ignore left side - rebase -p: use --cherry-mark for todo file - git-rebase--interactive.sh: look up subject in add_pick_line - git-rebase--interactive: group all $preserve_merges code - git-rebase--interactive.sh: extract function for adding "pick" line - git-rebase--am.sh: avoid special-casing --keep-empty Expecting a reroll. Performance concerns from Windows folks. Also the series lacks proper sign-offs. * jl/submodule-rm (2012-07-05) 2 commits - rm: remove submodules from the index and the .gitmodules file - rm: don't fail when removing populated submodules Expecting a reroll. * ph/stash-rerere (2012-07-08) 2 commits - stash: invoke rerere in case of conflict - test: git-stash conflict sets up rerere Will be rerolled but is going in the right direction. * lt/commit-tree-guess-utf-8 (2012-06-28) 1 commit - commit/commit-tree: correct latin1 to utf-8 Teaches "git commit" and "git commit-tree" the "we are told to use utf-8 in log message, but this does not look like utf-8---attempt to pass it through convert-from-latin1-to-utf8 and see if it makes sense" heuristics "git mailinfo" already uses. A draft from Linus received privately without a log message. Expecting a reroll. * mb/remote-default-nn-origin (2012-07-11) 6 commits - Teach get_default_remote to respect remote.default. - Test that plain "git fetch" uses remote.default when on a detached HEAD. - Teach clone to set remote.default. - Teach "git remote" about remote.default. - Teach remote.c about the remote.default configuration setting. - Rename remote.c's default_remote_name static variables. When the user does not specify what remote to interact with, we often attempt to use 'origin'. This can now be customized via a configuration variable. Expecting a reroll. "The first remote becomes the default" bit is better done as a separate step. * jc/maint-push-refs-all (2012-05-04) 2 commits - get_fetch_map(): tighten checks on dest refs - fetch/push: allow refs/*:refs/* Allows pushing and fetching refs/stash. There still seem to be other bugs hiding (e.g. try pushing twice). Not ready. * jc/split-blob (2012-04-03) 6 commits - chunked-object: streaming checkout - chunked-object: fallback checkout codepaths - bulk-checkin: support chunked-object encoding - bulk-checkin: allow the same data to be multiply hashed - new representation types in the packstream - packfile: use varint functions Not ready. I finished the streaming checkout codepath, but as explained in 127b177 (bulk-checkin: support chunked-object encoding, 2011-11-30), these are still early steps of a long and painful journey. At least pack-objects and fsck need to learn the new encoding for the series to be usable locally, and then index-pack/unpack-objects needs to learn it to be used remotely. Given that I heard a lot of noise that people want large files, and that I was asked by somebody at GitTogether'11 privately for an advice on how to pay developers (not me) to help adding necessary support, I am somewhat dissapointed that the original patch series that was sent long time ago still remains here without much comments and updates from the developer community. I even made the interface to the logic that decides where to split chunks easily replaceable, and I deliberately made the logic in the original patch extremely stupid to entice others, especially the "bup" fanbois, to come up with a better logic, thinking that giving people an easy target to shoot for, they may be encouraged to help out. The plan is not working :-<. -------------------------------------------------- [Cooking] * mz/cherry-code-cleanup (2012-07-29) 3 commits - cherry: remove redundant check for merge commit - cherry: don't set ignored rev_info options - remove unnecessary parameter from get_patch_ids() Minor code clean-up on the cherry-pick codepath. Not urgent. * nd/maint-i18n-diffstat (2012-07-26) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at 0da57ef) + i18n: leave \n out of translated diffstat Will merge after 1.7.11-rc1 together with jx/i18n-1.7.11 topic, as they will affect i18n/l10n teams. * jc/maint-config-exit-status (2012-07-30) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at 8392da9) + config: "git config baa" should exit with status 1 The exit status code from "git config" was way overspecified while being incorrect. Update the implementation to give the documented status for a case that was documented, and introduce a new code for "all other errors". Not urgent. * jk/maint-null-in-trees (2012-07-29) 2 commits (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at 771c497) + fsck: detect null sha1 in tree entries + do not write null sha1s to on-disk index (this branch uses jk/maint-diff-nul40-as-sentinel.) We do not want a link to 0{40} object stored anywhere in our objects. Not urgent. * sz/submodule-force-update (2012-07-25) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 3bda2be) + Make 'git submodule update --force' always check out submodules. We may want a documentation update and a few tests on top. Not urgent. * jc/test-prereq (2012-07-30) 7 commits (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at b7c6949) + t3910: use the UTF8_NFD_TO_NFC test prereq (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-27 at 448cbbc) + test-lib: provide UTF8 behaviour as a prerequisite + t0050: use the SYMLINKS test prereq + t0050: use the CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS test prereq + test-lib: provide case insensitivity as a prerequisite + test: allow prerequisite to be evaluated lazily + test: rename $satisfied to $satisfied_prereq Teaches the test framework to probe rarely used prerequistes lazily, and make use of it for detecting SYMLINKS, CASE_INSENSITIVE_FS and NKD/NKC MacOS x gotcha. Not urgent. * da/difftool-updates (2012-07-26) 10 commits (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-26 at 3263461) + difftool: Disable --symlinks on cygwin + difftool: Handle compare() returning -1 + difftool: Wrap long lines for readability + difftool: Check all return codes from compare() + difftool: Handle finding mergetools/ in a path with spaces (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-23 at 96528a7) + difftool: Use symlinks when diffing against the worktree + difftool: Call the temp directory "git-difftool" + difftool: Move option values into a hash + difftool: Eliminate global variables + difftool: Simplify print_tool_help() "git difftool --dir-diff" learned to use symbolic links to prepare temporary copy of the working tree when available. Not urgent. * jx/i18n-1.7.11 (2012-07-26) 7 commits (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-30 at 3c00929) + i18n: merge-recursive: mark strings for translation + Remove dead code which contains bad gettext block + i18n: am: mark more strings for translation + rebase: remove obsolete and unused LONG_USAGE which breaks xgettext + i18n: Rewrite gettext messages start with dash + i18n: rebase: mark messages for translation + i18n: New keywords for xgettext extraction from sh Will merge after 1.7.11-rc1 together with nd/maint-i18n-diffstat topic, as they will affect i18n/l10n teams. * jk/no-more-pre-exec-callback (2012-06-05) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-07-23 at fe59cb6) + pager: drop "wait for output to run less" hack Will defer for 6 months until ancient "less" goes extinct. * mm/push-default-switch-warning (2012-06-24) 1 commit (merged to 'next' on 2012-06-26 at fea512a) + push: start warning upcoming default change for push.default Will defer for another cycle. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html


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WATCH: 'World's wooliest sheep' finally gets a haircut
An Australian sheep thought to be the world's woolliest was finally shorn on Thursday but the weight of his fleece fell just short of the record.
Shaun the sheep was recently found hiding on a farm on the island state of Tasmania and appeared to have never been shorn.
READ MORE: Meet the world's wooliest sheep, hasn't been shorn in six years
On Thursday, Shaun's fleece was shorn for the first time, and he lost 52 pounds of wool.
Shaun's new owners, Peter and Netty Hazel, had hoped the weight of Shaun's fleece would beat a record held by a now-deceased New Zealand sheep named Shrek.
Shrek rose to fame in 2004 after he was found hiding in caves on his farm, having evaded the annual shearing round-ups for seven years.
He had 60 pounds of wool shorn off his body.
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The Department of Education said it plans to investigate a "Redneck Day" held at an Arizona high school over charges from civil rights activists that it created hostile school environment.
The "Redneck Day" event at Queen Creek High School took place in May, and was meant to satirize A&E's popular "Duck Dynasty" reality series, The Arizona Republic reported. After one student wore a Confederate flag, a local pastor called on the Department of Education to investigate any racial discrimination within the school.
"I found it to be offensive," Rev. Jarrett Maupin told azfamily.com. "I think many in the community did and the department responded." According to the Arizona Daily Independent, Maupin was sentenced to five years of probation in 2009 for making a false report to the FBI.
In a letter last week, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights said the Confederate flag was protected under the First Amendment, but that it will investigate "whether a racially hostile environment was created due to language and actions that were not protected by the First Amendment."
Another pastor, whose grandson Marcus Still was a 16-year-old junior at the school, said in May that the very classification of "Redneck Day" was offensive.
"This thing really got to Marcus," Rev. Ozetta Kirby told The Republic. "When you're in 11th grade, that can break you down and make you feel at the bottom rung of the whole society, where everybody is being jubilant. No kid should have to go through that. We all know the connotation of 'redneck.'"


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FFXIV at Chinajoy 2014 Part 1: Producer Show Up, Miqo'te Group Playing Big Role
Chinajoy 2014 Feature
Miqo'te is a distinctive race in FFXIV, they are know as their cat-like ears, tail and actions, and of course, they are cute. The Miqo'te group was a small voluntary fan group, the members were previously all beautiful Chinese girls. After their first show, they got certified by Shanda Games and became the first official fan group of FFXIV. After several waves of recruitment, this group becomes bigger and bigger, now it has some male members. Just like male Miqo'tes become available in ARR.
Two cute cats were already waiting for us early in the morning.
FFXIV on Sony 4K TV
These two computers both contained Tri-Titan graphic card, if you want to play FFXIV: ARR in 4K, this can be a reference.
Naoki Yoshida, the producer of FFXIV:ARR also flew there in the afternoon. Some lucky players answered his question and won a limitied T-shirt, including me :)
On August 1st, the second day of Chinajoy 2014, Naoki Yoshida played FFXIV in person and showed his technique to Chinese players. So, what's the producer's main job in FFXIV: ARR? I'll give you the answer tomorrow.
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After a driver lost his taxi licence for having sex in his car, cabbies say the warning from the council has lifted the lid on a problem they face on a regular basis.
"I've taxied for 40 years and there's always sexual favours on offer," Jim Carter, 68, told Sky News as he queued on the taxi rank outside the council offices.
"A woman said to me one night 'Do you think the two of us could fit in a single bed? I haven't got enough money.' I told her to get out of the car."
In a town long used to being the butt of jokes for hanging a shipwrecked monkey during the Napoleonic wars because they thought it was a French spy, female taxi passengers are unfazed.
Christine Short, 52, said she knows for a fact that taxi fares can be negotiated.
"I have known friends do it," she admitted.
"It's been ongoing for years, and if the drivers think they can get away with it, then so be it."
Hartlepool Council says it expects the highest possible standards from taxi drivers.
"We have written to all taxi drivers in the town to inform them that we will not tolerate such behaviour and any sexual contact with a passenger is likely to result in their licence being revoked," a spokesman said.
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Numerical to expand phase-shifting efforts after Cadabra purchase
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SAN JOSE -- Numerical Technologies Inc. today said it has completed its acquisition of design software supplier Cadabra Design Automation Inc., which is expected to help accelerate mainstream use of phase-shifting mask technology. At the time of the announced acquisition, the stock purchase was valued at $130 million (see Sept. 5 story).
"As the industry continues to follow Moore's Law deeper into the subwavelength realm, it's not enough to incorporate phase-shifting technology into photomask manufacturing and the lithography process," said Y.C. (Buno) Pati, president and CEO of Numerical Technologies. "IC design and layout must also change to leverage the benefits of phase-shifting technology."
Pati said the combination of combining products, technologies, and expertise from Numerical and Cadabra will enable his company to address the needs of mainstream chip manufacturing and accelerate adoption of its phase-shifting technology. The use of phase-shifting photomasks enables existing lithography tools to print feature sizes smaller than the wavelength of exposure light. As a result, expensive steppers and scanners can be used longer and next-generation deep-submicron chips can be introduced sooner.
According to Numerical Technologies, the merger will significantly increase the number of ICs produced using its phase-shifting technology. Last year, Numerical Technologies rolled out its iN-Phase software to extend the use of 248-nm lithography systems (see May 3 story).
Faysal Sohail, former president and CEO of Cadabra, joins Numerical senior vice president of worldwide technology licensing and sales. He will oversee technology licensing, product sales and field applications engineering. Martin Lefebvre, founder of Cadabra and former chairman and chief technology offier, is also joining Numerical. Lefebvre has become a member of Numerical's office of the chief technology officer (CTO) and will be responsible for integrating Numerical's technology with Cadabra's products.


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Door deceration
What is a good door deceration so that you can locate your cabin?
I'd paste dollar bills all over your door. Easy to recognize... just use really strong super glue LOL LOL
Seriously, I've seen some very imaginative door decorations, or such simple things as magnets on the door. Depends how far you want to go.
Dollar bills huh? thats cute. Will there be something to hang a deceration from or can I just tape a banner?
Crime Scene Tape! That'll get it ever time! You can find your cabin, and absolutely nobody else, including your cabin steward, will bother it. :shock: Seriously, like Kuki says, I've seen most everything used, from photographs, to simple ribbons. Let your imagination run wild. (You can't use any tape, or glue, or anything like that, as it will damage the door, and they frown upon that!
One thing we noticed on the Freedom was that the door was NOT magnetic but the mailbox thing on the side was.
Don't forget to do the balcony, too, if you get one.
Phil & Liz
I used some sea life decorations from the Dollar Tree. They were made to stick on walls so they peel off easy. It made finding our cabin easy and our neighbors liked it because it made it easy for them to fine their room also. LOL LOL
I went to the dollar store they had great paper door decorations for a buck. They had pink flamingos, palm trees, tiki's. I got a yellow sun with a smiling face to tape to the door. I just make sure the tape comes off with the decoration when we leave at the end of the cruise. Lets us find the cabin real fast.
I went on ebay and found some really cute tropical parrot cutout decorations and we taped them to all our group's doors. Made it very easy to find your own, and the others' cabins.
Kuki had made some magnetic door decorations for our Thanksgiving cruise last year on the Freedom. Unfortunately, ours grew legs and walked off to see the rest of the ship LOL , never to be seen by us again. :x
I can usually find my room by looking at the room number which is generally posted on the outside of each door. Never had a problem finding mine. Seiously though I have heard of decorations being torn down by rowdy guests but I am sure thats the exception. Go crazy and have a good time. Carnival should have a crazy door decorating contest or something just to increase the zaniness. Anybody listening?
Everytime I placed a magnetic door decoration it was always gone in a few hours so I now stick to tape and a paper one never had a problem so far.
I understand that you don´t really use the decorations to locate your cabin so don´t get offended by my ironi :wink: !
Don´t you have a number outside the door which tell you which cabin is yours?
Erik sure you have the number on the door to ID your cabin. The only thing is when you come in late at night and walk down the corridor all the doors look exactly alike so you have to look at the numbers on the door to find which is your cabin. The small decoration placed on the door saves you from having to do just that. You see your decoration and walk right to your cabin. The doors all look the same so you have to look at the numbers to find your cabin if you are sight impaired like me. Just makes it easier for me to hang the decoration. Kind of makes you feel like its your "own room" when you decorate it.
The 26 (13 cabins)of us from Pittsburgh have posters made special for our doors.
They are port holes with STEELERS In the middle. One of the guys going with us is a graphic artist and made them for us. I have puddy to hold them onto the doors.
now if I can only figure out how to post pictures, I would show you :oops: :oops:
I think I'll have to take some "Fire Scene" tape...wait probably not a good idea, Airport might wonder what I'm up to...LOL
Ro, I totally agree with you! As I said, I was just ironic.
I've been in a decent amount of hotels... and I have yet to see someone decorate their door.
That being said... we did decor our door, it was fun, but not necessary. We'll probably throw something up again this year, not sure what yet.
The one and only reason we are decorating our 13 doors....
We want everyone who passes our doors to know we are from Pittsburgh :D :D
Home of the Pittsburgh Steelers :!: :!:
and Pirates and Penguins :D
Our Group always decorate our cabin doors too. Its a fun thing to do. This trip (in 18 more days) We are all having colorful fish on our doors. We have had tall cardboard unbrella drinks and dolphins and garlands. Its just a fun thing especially when u r in a group. Not to be used to identify your cabin door. We can all read numbers......... Just for fun! Fun is the main word on our cruises. We use masking tape and it doesnt leave any resiue on the doors. Never had any of our decorations stolen either. Just lucky I guess. We got our Doc's today!! Now we really are ready to leave! Happy Cruising!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for letting me know that masking tape doesn't leave a mark.
I haven't used this puddy yet and I am thinking that maybe it may not be enough to hold these posters on.
We are doing it for just that reason.....to have fun!!!!
You go girl!!!!!!
Thanks ferrangi!!!
We are cruising the week before you on the Liberty and we are also taking
Steeler signs with us for our door and stopped at the dollar tree
today and they really do have a ton of cool stuff for your door.
Picked up several items
Sammy 1954
It is fun which a cruise is all about. My DH liked it because if he maybe had a couple of drinks it made it easy to find(although he can read)LOL Plus it gave our room a little personality LOL LOL
When I first started reading these boards, I saw so many ideas about decorating the doors. I just loved the idea.
I was going to buy something, but when the one cruiser who is going, (the graphic artist) said he would do a poster and the T-shirts, I just couldn't resist.
Making the cruise fun is what it is all about. We have so many newbies going with us and for some, this may be their only cruise. I want it to be "the best that it can be :!: :!: "
Sammy, there are some great ideas out there, I did see them.
Have a great time
One nice thing about decorating the group's doors with similar items is that you don't have to remember the room numbers of everyone else in the group. This is especially good when you've got cabins on multiple decks.
I have kids so what ever will make my vacation a bit easier on me works for me.
The best thing is we are all on the same deck in the Aft of the ship.
It will look like SREELER COUNTRY LOL LOL LOL
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