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This standard provides test methods for the evaluation of image quality of computed tomography (CT) security-screening systems. The quality of data for automated analysis is the primary concern. This standard does not address the system's ability to use this image data to automatically detect explosives or other threat materials, which is typically verified by an appropriate regulatory body.
Security screening systems are generally used to scan parcels, including luggage, for the presence of illicit items such as explosives, drugs, or other contraband. Many of the screening systems currently used, particularly in transportation security applications, are based on CT imaging technology. Generally, as the parcel is transported through the system, the system collects a CT image of the parcel. These data are then subjected to automated analysis to determine whether a threat may be present or the parcel is considered clear. If the automated analysis determines a threat may be present, the image is often presented to a system operator who can override the automated decision, clearing the parcel, or referring it for further processing such as opening it and manually searching for threats.
Historically, government regulators have established evaluation procedures to determine whether a system's automated detection performance is adequate for use in applications within their borders. Typically, a vendor submits a copy of their product, including their software to the regulator's facility. The regulator runs a wide variety of parcels with threats inside through the system as well as parcels without threats that represent the typical stream of commerce. Detection and false alarm rates are determined and compared against performance criteria. If the criteria are met, the system is approved for use. This testing assures that the system is capable of meeting the required criteria, but how does one assure that all copies of the system meet the criteria? Normal manufacturing variability, quality control issues, or aging of the equipment may degrade performance versus what was observed on the article tested by the regulator. Replicating the original test on each machine in question is impractical. Transporting the regulator's threat set to a factory site or to locations where the machines are in use, presents significant security and in some cases safety concerns. This standard seeks to address this issue by specifying a suite of test methods that can be carried out on site without need for hazardous materials.
The performance testing carried out by the regulators essentially evaluates the combination of the system's ability to produce an image of the parcel along with its automatic analysis of that image data to reach a decision of threat or clear. The second part of this sequence, the analysis, is implemented through software. It should be noted that the regulators generally require that this software be designed so as to NOT evolve through use. The software used at all locations in the field must perform the same as the software did at the time of evaluation by the regulator. Configuration management of such software is a well known and straightforward art. Therefore, the real opportunity for performance variation comes from the imaging system that provides the data to the analysis software. If one can quantitatively validate that the quality of the image produced by the system in question is statistically equivalent to the image produced by the article evaluated by the regulator, one can be highly confident that the performance of the system in question is the same as what was approved by the regulator.
Purchasers of CT systems for security screening applications are generally not CT experts. Inconsistencies in methods for measuring seemingly standard image quality values (resolution, signal-to-noise, etc.) can confuse the potential user of such CT systems. Other standards exist for testing aspects of CT image quality, particularly in the medical field. This standard specifies a set of methods to apply in assessing CT image quality geared towards security screening. An application of this standard would be in the factory acceptance testing of equipment. The standard could be used to indicate whether the unit offered for sale produces the equivalent image quality as the unit that was tested by the cognizant regulatory agency. Since various image quality metrics can be traded off against one another and achieve similar levels of threat detection, it is generally not valid, in contrast to medical CT, to make model-to-model or manufacturer-tomanufacturer comparisons of individual test results for CT systems used for security-screening.
This standard does not address image quality presented to the operator. The image quality provided to the operator is not necessarily at the same level as that used by the automated analysis. The data may be degraded before presenting to the operator to decrease resources required for rendering the image on the screen. Conversely, the data used in the automated analysis may be intentionally degraded to control the computational loading of the analysis computer. The user of this standard may want to separately assess the quality of the images presented to the system's operator. A wide range of methods is available for this purpose including the use of visual line pair gauges and ASTM F792-08 [B1].1
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text: Car owners can feel the effects of police policy in their pocketbooks, according to a report by the newspaper O Globo. A survey shows that car insurance rates fell by an average of 15.7 percent in the city of Rio de Janeiro over the course of last year. Some neighborhoods saw drops of as much as 37 percent. Experts credit the police takeover of several favelas, along with a law that prohibits driving after even one drink. The zero-tolerance law has apparently reduced the number of accidents. In addition, increased security in favelas is credited for a 27 percent drop in car theft this January as compared with the beginning of 2010.


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KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger) "The guys did a good job today. We kept the car in one piece. It was a long day, and it was a tough race. We're happy. It was a good run for us. It's the best run I've had here yet as far as ...
KASEY KAHNE (No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger)
"The guys did a good job today. We kept the car in one piece. It was a long day, and it was a tough race. We're happy. It was a good run for us. It's the best run I've had here yet as far as the finish goes. I'm happy we got a top 10 and brought it home in one piece. We'll keep working on it and try to bring it back next time and do better. We worked on the car all day. We just didn't make it a lot better. We made it better at times, but we never got that little bit we were looking for. We came close. We weren't far from it. I think traffic slowed you down, but we just needed a little bit more and we could have passed cars and got to the front. I feel good about where we're at. It was a good points day. We're halfway to The Chase. We've just got to keep being consistent in these next 13 races and we'll be in good shape."
RYAN NEWMAN (No. 12 Alltel Dodge Charger)
"We had a top five car pretty much all day with the exception of track position and a bad pit stop that set us back and we never did recover. It seemed like the 6 and 99 had similar situations. Once they got in the back and they couldn't recover. They didn't have time to recover I don't guess. It was a decent run for the Alltel Dodge. It wasn't a good finishing position to run as well as we did most of the race. We ran in the top five most of the race and that's more than we can say about most races this season. We're still working to get things going in the right direction and today was a step in that direction. Pocono has been a good track. We've got to hit our things right and have a good day there. We can still make up the points and get in The Chase. We've got to work really hard. Fourteenth-place finishes won't cut it. We've got to have top fives and top 10s from here on out."
CASEY MEARS (No. 42 Texaco/Havoline Dodge Charger)
"We were OK there for awhile and could run decent on a long run. We were pretty slow on the first 10 or 15 laps. We just couldn't go. We got a loose set of tires in the middle of the race and the next set of tires tightened up the car. The car was way too tight then and we fought that the rest of the way. The last set of tires we left the left rear loose and it was shaking real bad that whole run and we lost a lot of spots."
BOBBY LABONTE (No. 43 Cheerios/Betty Crocker Dodge Charger)
"It wasn't too bad. We started off pretty good. We were at our best midway in the race. We just got a little bit off and got a lap down on a green flag stop. We battled back and got our lap back and ended up 13th. It was a pretty good day. We picked up a couple of spots in the standings, but we've just got to keep working hard and getting better."
JEREMY MAYFIELD (No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger)
"We learned some things today, and it shows our program is making progress. We could have had a better finish, but it wasn't because we had to chase the track all day. We led laps early and ran extremely well the first 100 miles. The car was really loose midway through the race, so we had a lot of work to do to regain the handling. We managed to do that over the last 100 laps. We're making progress and will be going to two tracks where we have run well and won at in the past. We're looking forward to the next two weeks."
SCOTT RIGGS (No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger)
"We got a bad set of tires early in the race that made the car extremely tight, and that's when we fell a lap down. Rodney (team director Childers) never gave up adjusting on the car, and the crew knocked off some pretty strong pit stops to get us in the "Lucky Dog" position. In the end this car was way too sensitive to the adjustments we threw at it. I don't know if that is something tire or body-wise, but we plan on figuring that out before we bring it back to the track."
KURT BUSCH (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger)
"We worked hard today and learned a lot that will hopefully help us when we come back to Dover in the fall. That'll be on of The Chase races, and we've got 13 races left to work our way back into the top 10. We're at the halfway point and we're not that far out of 10th place (265 points). We'll have to work hard and start getting top fives and top 10s, but we've got some good tracks coming up. It'll be a challenge, but it'll be fun trying."
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Promoting and Expanding Access to Technology
"In a global economy, all Vermonters and all Vermont businesses must have access to high speed internet and emerging technologies to be connected and competitive. An explosion in technological advancements is benefitting all sectors of our economy. Our farmers are using technology to produce higher yields; our doctors and nurses are using new machines to save lives and improve the health of their patients; and homeowners and businesses are using real time energy use data to cut their energy bills. I strongly support efforts to ensure that every Vermonter, including rural Vermonters have access to the many advantages of this new technological era."
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As the founder and co-chair of the House Rural Telecommunications Working Group, Rep. Welch has put rural telecommunications challenges at the top of his committee's agenda, the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee. He has introduced legislation to reduce dropped calls in rural areas and hold telecom companies accountable for poor service. Working with Senators Leahy and Sanders, he secured funding to extend internet service to unserved towns and schools. And he leads a bipartisan effort in the House to stop data breaches and protect the privacy of consumers and businesses.
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Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) issued the following statement in response to the Federal Communications Commission chairman's proposal to repeal net neutrality rules.
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- At a press conference today, Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) urged Vermonters to make their views known to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about its plan to allow internet service providers to create a fast lane on the internet for large corporate customers willing to pay a fee to move their content ahead of other internet users. Welch, a longtime advocate of a free and open internet, strongly opposes the FCC plan. He was joined at the press conference by Mark Heyman from Logic Supply and John Kitonis from Inntopia.com.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Urge Trump to Include Rural Broadband Deployment in Infrastructure Plans
The U.S. House has unanimously passed a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., that aims to improve the quality of rural phone service.
"Whether an emergency call or a business order, Vermonters should have confidence that their calls are completed without disruption," Welch said in a statement. "This bill helps address the epidemic of dropped calls in rural America and will ensure calls to emergency responders, businesses, customers, family and friends are reliably connected."
WASHINGTON – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved bipartisan legislation authored by Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) that would direct the Department of Commerce to assess and quantify the contributions to job creation and consumer spending of the outdoor and recreation industry. The Outdoor Recreation's Economic Contributions (REC) Act would ensure that outdoor recreation jobs are counted by the federal government and would be measured as part of the overall GDP, for the first time ever.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act (H.R. 2566), legislation introduced by Iowa Congressman David Young and Vermont Congressman Peter Welch to address call quality and reliability standards in rural areas.


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Assessing the Political Economy Factors on Trade Integration : Rules of Origin under NAFTA
Rules of origin (RoO) are legitimate policy instruments to prevent trade deflection in a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) short of a customs union. Yet, when captured by special interest groups, RoO can restrict trade beyond what is needed to prevent trade deflection. By how much do political economy factors account for the stringency of RoO? This study quantifies the impact of both determinants, those deemed as "justifiable" on the ground of preventing trade deflection and those arising from "political economy" forces, on the restrictiveness of RoO under NAFTA. The main finding is that political economy forces, especially from the US, significantly raised the restrictiveness of the RoO. Thus stricter RoO are associated with higher production costs reducing the potential benefits of enhanced market access initially pursued by the agreement.
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The new-look, end-of-the-game format employed by Cardinals manager Tony La Russa Wednesday night in the second game of a day-night doubleheader worked almost without a flaw.
Right-handers Jason Motte, Eduardo Sanchez and Mitchell Boggs rattled off four innings of one-hit scoreless ball in a 5-3 win over Washington after the Nationals had roughed up right-hander Jake Westbrook in an 8-6 win in the afternoon.
Boggs gained his first save since he was in college at the University of Georgia. But it was the 22-year-old Sanchez who drew most of the raves.
A major leaguer for only a week after being brought up from Class AAA Memphis, Sanchez worked two perfect innings (the seventh and eighth) Wednesday night, giving him five big-league innings in which he has given up just two hits and no runs and fanned 10.
Veteran left-handed reliever Trever Miller said, "He acts like he's been here five or six years. He doesn't have that deer-in-the-headlight look at all."
The Cardinals' second-game win moved them into first place in the National League Central Division for the first time since last Aug. 14. Now, they are 9-9, the same mark sported by Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Chicago.
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Fiorentina have completed the signing of Lorenzo De Silvestri from Serie A rivals Lazio.
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Fiorentina have completed the signing of Lorenzo De Silvestri from Serie A rivals Lazio.
De Silvestri has left Lazio after recently falling out with club president Claudio Lotito.
The Italy Under-21 international has agreed a four-deal with Fiorentina after Lazio agreed to pay a fee of €5.5million (£4.8m) for his signature.
"Fiorentina announce they have bought the rights to the sporting services of the footballer Lorenzo De Silvestri," read a Fiorentina statement.
De Silvestri will not be able to make his Fiorentina debut until mid-September, as he is currently recovering from a knee injury.
De Silvestri was one of three players to fall out with Lotito, and reports claim that the other two - Goran Pandev and Cristian Ledesma - could also soon be sold.
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On the homepage today, we publish an expanded version of a piece that appears in the current issue: "Ike as Weapon: The use and abuse of Eisenhower's Farewell Address, with its warning about the 'military-industrial complex.'" It begins this way:
Suggest that the defense budget be increased, and you may well hear about Eisenhower's Farewell Address. Tsk tsk, people will say: the military-industrial complex. We must not forget Eisenhower's warning about that complex. A reminder of the 34th president is supposed to put a conservative Republican, in particular, in his place. People who otherwise have no use for Eisenhower or his brand of Republicanism — liberals, leftists, "paleocons," and libertarians — suddenly like Ike, when it comes to this military-industrial complex.
Recently, a video of Rand Paul made the rounds. He was speaking to students at Western Kentucky University. He explained to them why Vice President Cheney supported the Iraq War. At the time of the Gulf War, when he was defense secretary, he opposed a march on Baghdad. But then he "goes to work for Halliburton. Makes hundreds of millions of dollars, their CEO. Next thing you know, he's back in government and it's a good idea to go into Iraq." Simple as that.
Paul said, "Even Eisenhower, back in the '50s, said, you know, 'Beware of the military-industrial complex.'" That word "even" is full of meaning. Eisenhower was the winning general in a world war, which is why people such as Paul use him as a weapon.
It is done ignorantly. We tend to know just one phrase from Eisenhower's Farewell Address — "military-industrial complex" — but the context of the phrase is important, and so is the speech as a whole. The speech, as I say in my piece, is a "minor classic of conservatism." It deserves to be known (as well as heeded).
NR's Fred Schwarz, whose knowledge is exceptionally wide-ranging, sent me a note: "In the mid-1980s a folk-comedy duo called the Pheromones did a (non-comic) song called 'Eisenhower' that was pretty much what you'd expect, blaming him for everything bad that people mistakenly associate with the 1950s: stultifying conformity, mind-numbing television, prudery, McCarthyism, etc. At one point they said that Ike had 'warned us about men like himself in the end,' which is of course the exact opposite of what he was doing."
I don't remember the Pheromones, but it sounds like they would have been perfect for my Ann Arbor.


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Charge port unlocking J1772 adapter even when the car is locked (v4.3 or 4.4)
Charge port unlocking J1772 adapter even when the car is locked (v4.3 or 4.4)
Yes i have been experiencing this as well.
WIth both 4.3 and 4.4 installed.
I haven't tried it since I got the 4.3 update, but it definitely wasn't the case for me on 4.2 -- in fact, the first time I unhooked from a Blink charger I took too long and it had latched again.
The adapter isn't useful to anyone but another Tesla owner, so there are limited fencing opportunities for a thief.
This still happens with 4.5 (v1.33.54), I'm pretty sure I did it today... I'll see if I can reproduce.
I actually experienced it today at the charger in the de young museum in SF with 4.5. I think you are right that this was not the case with earlier Versions
I am having this problem. Even when car is locked, pressing the j1772 handle allows for removal of the adapter. I am on 4.5 and don't remember this being an issue when the car came with 4.4.
Sounds like it is time for a bug report.
Let us know whether Tesla intended to change this for a reason unbeknown to us, or whether it's something they will address in future updates.


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can some one please explain to me how to install this device on my pc please
if i don't install this device my PC might be slow or might often crash a lot
so can some one please explain me how to install this device for windows 7 ultimate 32 bit edition thanks a lot and here is a screen shot
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ObamaCare is About to Make Five Guys' Burgers Cost More
Liberals' response to this will be: Well, Five Guys are just doing it wrong. That's always their response. The government is always benevolent and doing it right (even when it imposes laws that the majority did not want); the private sector is doing it wrong. Just because, so there. That's what arguing with liberals over ObamaCare amounts to.
The fight over Obamacare, so far held at the 30,000-foot level, is about to hit home. The latest impact hot off the grill: prices of burgers and hot dogs at Five Guys, the national chain that started in Washington, are going to rise to cover the president's mandated insurance coverage.
"Any added costs are going to have to be passed on," said Mike Ruffer, a Five Guys franchise holder with eight of the popular restaurants in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. area. He will need all the profits from at least one of his eight outlets just to cover his estimated added $60,000-a year in new Obamacare costs.
What's more, he's iced plans to build another three restaurants until after the administration explains the exact rules and penalties employers will face. The law's plan to have those available March 1 has been pushed back to October.
Remember when the Democrats argued that ObamaCare would bring costs down? Yeah, that was a good one. They didn't mean it. It was just a sales pitch. The reality is that ObamaCare is making everything -- health insurance premiums, and the products and services we buy -- cost more.


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Tips to Help Children Cut Clutter Part 3 of 4by Angela On July 20, 2010
This weekend I went to my twin nephew's first birthday party. They were adorable of course but as I looked at the dining room table filled with gifts I started to think of the new cycle my sister-in-law has entered. That is the cycle of out with the old and in with the new. While it may be easier to get rid of baby toys while the baby can't influence your decision it becomes more difficult as children get older and start to voice an opinion on what they want to keep. This is Part 3 of my 4 part series "Tips to Help Children Cut Clutter". Click here if you missed Part 1 or Part 2. Keep in mind we are looking for ways to motivate your child to part with his or her toys, clothes, etc. that are no longer being used.
3. This for That. This tip may sound like you are only inviting in more clutter, but that is not necessarily the case. "This for that" can be a variety of things. As one of my clients told me, she told her children "if there isn't any room for new toys Santa will think you have enough and he won't bring you any more". She said she was amazed at the things they got rid of and how quickly they moved! Many people try to use birthdays and holidays as a benchmark to help motivate children to reduce their toys. While the timing is great, you have to remember to follow through. It has to be a "this for that".
The "this for that" method could also be a reward that you incorporate into a Spring or Fall cleaning. You may have an annual Spring Clutter Fling! You spend a few hours going through the toys and clothes and at the end of the day as part of your Spring Clutter Fling tradition you go to your children's favorite restaurant, ice cream shop, go play putt-putt golf, or go to another fun place. Something that will help the children feel like they are getting a reward for their efforts. Keep in mind in order to keep the clutter reduced this will be most effective if you make the reward an event or activity, a non-clutter reward so to speak.
Use your imagination. You can create your own "this for that" reward as long as it helps motivate your children. Do you have a fabulous "this for that" idea? I'd love to hear it. Leave a comment below and share.
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I tried to fast Sunday but didn't think ahead not to take my diabetes medicine. That didn't go so well... I'd like to try it again but with some minimal caloric intake throughout the day. I'm thinking a 24 hour fast with maybe 300 or 400 calories. I used to fast when I was younger and loved the way I felt after, but I wasn't a diabetic then.
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I have done some fasting and I find it great to re-set my attitude to hunger. As in one day of hunger won't kill me. I have no idea though how it works for a diabetic.
I think it is not a long road, it is a never ending road! But don't look on it as deprivation, rather on the benefits and how good you are feeling. Even though I am near to my goal, I still have to keep doing what I am doing.
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I think it is great you are looking into different options that could work for you. Changing things up before you hit a road block and lose motivation could be what makes all the difference : )! Have you looked into Intermittent fasting? There are some really good books and articles that could help you find a good plan that would work for you. I found adding techniques of IF to be very helpful in my journey to lose a little more body fat. I have never done a whole 24hr fast but started by making sure my nightly fast was 12hrs then did a few extended fasts. I have also done the extended fasts with juices and greens powders.
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The technology called OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) makes the curved displays possible. This display has deeper blacks and lower power consumption.
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Evaluating a Central Bank's Recent Forecast Failure
Failures are not rare in economic forecasting, probably due to the high incidence of shocks and regime shifts in the economy. Thus, there is a premium on adaptation in the forecast process, in order to avoid sequences of forecast failure. This paper evaluates a sequence of inflation forecasts in the Norges Bank Inflation Report, and we present automatized forecasts which are unaffected by forecast failure. One conclusion is that the Norges Bank fan-charts are too narrow, giving an illusion of very precise forecasts. The automatized forecasts show more adaptation once shocks have occurred than is the case for the official forecasts. On the basis of the evidence, the recent inflation forecast failure appears to have been largely avoidable. The central bank's understanding of the nature of the transmission mechanism and of the strenght and nature of the disinflationly shock that hit the economy appear to have played a major role in the recent forecast failure.
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- Neil R. Ericsson, 2001. "Forecast uncertainty in economic modeling," International Finance Discussion Papers 697, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
- Michael P. Clements & David F. Hendry, 2002. "Modelling methodology and forecast failure," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 5(2), pages 319-344, 06.
- Gunnar Bardsen & Eilev Jansen & Ragnar Nymoen, 2002.
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- Gunnar Bårdsen & Eilev S. Jansen & Ragnar Nymoen, 2000. "Model Specification and Inflation Forecast Uncertainty," Working Paper Series 1302, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, revised 29 Jan 2002.
- Øyvind Eitrheim & Eilev S. Jansen & Ragnar Nymoen, 2002. "Progress from forecast failure -- the Norwegian consumption function," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 5(1), pages 40-64, June.
- Eitrheim,O. & Jansen,E.S. & Nymoen,R., 2000. "Progress from forecast failure : the Norwegian consumption function," Memorandum 32/2000, Oslo University, Department of Economics.
- Bardsen, Gunnar & Eitrheim, Oyvind & Jansen, Eilev S. & Nymoen, Ragnar, 2005. "The Econometrics of Macroeconomic Modelling," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199246502.
- Granger,Clive W. J., 1999. "Empirical Modeling in Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521778251, August.
- Granger,Clive W. J., 1999. "Empirical Modeling in Economics," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521662086, October.
- Gunnar Bardsen & Eilev S. Jansen & Ragnar Nymoen, 2003. "Econometric inflation targeting," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 6(2), pages 430-461, December.
- Gunnar Bårdsen & Eilev S. Jansen & Ragnar Nymoen, 1999. "Econometric Inflation Targeting," Working Paper Series 0502, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, revised 30 Oct 2001.
- Gunnar Bårdsen & Ragnar Nymoen, 2003. "Testing Steady-State Implications for the NAIRU," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(4), pages 1070-1075, November.
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I think that you've got the panty shot thing down. :)
The perspective in the back arm needs some work... it also almost looks like its totally off her body. The size of her head makes me think it should be closer to her head. Also I would recommend grounding these girls. As it is they are just floating in the air. Try putting a shadow underneath them or a horizon of some sort.
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Even more interestingly, advances are being made in an area you may not associate with treatment for mental health — technology. You might be more used to linking technological advances with high net worth entrepreneurs like Tej Kohli and Bill Gates rather than with alternative treatments for depression, but it seems technology really can solve any issue — and here's how.
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ECT is thought of as highly controversial, due to its negative portray in movies such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Requiem For A Dream, but in fact, the technology the treatment is based on is entirely logical. Depression is believed to be caused by imbalances in neurotransmitters, and ECT works to reset these brain chemicals by inducing a small seizure, which may sound scary, but is actually still used to treat approximately 100,000 patients a year, and is very effective for those with severe depression.
It has branched out into several new, similar therapies too — such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, which works by placing an electromagnetic device on the scalp and using it to send short bursts of energy to the brain, and Vagus Nerve Stimulation, which involves the insertion of a small device (similar to a pacemaker), which is inserted into the chest and used to deliver small pulses to the vagus nerve, which is located in the side of the neck and then delivers the stimulation directly to the brain.
These therapies have relatively few side effects compared to medication, and are extremely effective at treating persistent, chronic depression. And recently, a wirelessly powered implant the size of a grain of rice was developed which may help treat depression when implanted in the brain — so why don't these technologies garner the kind of investment from high net worth tech-savvy individuals as, say, experiments into prolonging human life do? Should someone with Tej Kohli's net worth, or Larry Ellison's, channel their funding into refining these procedures, who knows what advances we'd see in the treatment of depression in five years time? And with Tej Kohli's interest in philanthropic technology, it seems an area that his company, Tej Kohli Ventures, could really get behind — so why don't these developments gain enough press attention to attract such investment?
It seems that we've learned to stop stigmatising mental illness, but haven't made the same kind of advances in how we view technologies such as Electro-Convulsive Therapy and Vagus Nerve Stimulation — and until we do, the technologies just aren't going to go mainstream enough to make a real difference to how doctors treat their patients. So don't take the world of old movies like One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest above those of real scientists — these therapies can provide real benefits to patients, and they deserve our attention.


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- Star said...
These are such beautiful and graceful stems of bright pink hearts. I'm so glad you finally got one of your own.
- 28 May 2007 at 15:20
- Mouse said...
to me the flowers look like young girls lined up waiting to be asked to dance....
- 28 May 2007 at 23:12
- Tracy said...
So happy you have one of these lovely things in your garden now! I love Bleeding Heart. We have huge pink & white one in our garden and it was gloriously heavy with blooms this year. I'd love to get an all white one for a new flower bed we plan to dig soon. Never enough flowers--LOL! Happy Days! :o)
- 29 May 2007 at 01:27
Beautiful, Britt-Arnhild. Yes, we call it bleeding heart here, too. I have one growing in the breezeway which grows through an old wagon wheel.
- 29 May 2007 at 05:57
- Britt-Arnhild said...
Star - I hope to cherish it for years to come.
Mouse - you are right, a line of beautiful, young maidens :-)
Tracy - what, do I need more than one? LOL
Ardi - Oh, I would love to see a photo of that one!
- 29 May 2007 at 13:23
- Gumbo Lily said...
I am so happy that you finally got your Lietenant's Heart. I have had mine for years and now I have a "daughter" from the Mother plant. I guess the little hearts went to seed and settled down on the opposite end of the flower bed so now I have two bleeding hearts -- Mother and Daughter.
- 31 May 2007 at 08:17
- sara said...
One of my favouriteflowers to, in swedish it´s called, Löjtnads hjärta, almost the same as in Norweigan, but I prefer the english name, it´s much moore romantic.
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It lived a life most of us would envy. But in the end, Jason Giambi's mustache never really had a chance, and ended up in a bathroom basin, dead after less than a few months of life.
The American Mustache Institute salutes Mr. Giambi and his mustache, for having the bravery to walk proudly down the same lines upon which other great Yankee mustaches have — including Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, and Sal Fasano. Our hearts and prayers go out to Mr. Giambi, his family, and the Yankees organization. And while we are all gravely disappointed by the passing of Jason's mustache, no one, or thing, feels a greater loss than his upper lip. The thick coating of fur had become a part of that lip - like peanut butter and jelly - and we can only hope Giambi's late lip sweater is in a better place.
It is important during this time of mourning that we all reflect and understand that every time a mustache is shaved, an angel in heaven dies and falls to earth. And the American Mustache Institute has established a fund in memory of Mr. Giambi's mustache that will be used to educate young people about the merits of facial hair, circus clowns, and juggling.
In the end, while the hearts of mustached-Americans everywhere are broken, we must always remind ourselves that a mustache is a terrible thing to shave.
We look forward to a newly erected monument in the new Yankee Stadium commemorating Giambi's mustache alongside Ruth, Gehrig, and DiMaggio.


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Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Denis Lawson, Claire Rushbrook, Joseph Millson, Ramona Marquez, Sinead Michael, Pooky Quesnel, Philip Wright, Lisa Diveney, Alexandra Brain, Samuel Hilton
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Helena Bonham Carter stars in this feature-length BBC biopic as children's author Enid Blyton.
An astoundingly prolific writer revered by an adoring readership, Blyton was, in her personal life, a self-absorbed, ruthlessly ambitious woman who manipulated those close to her for her own advantage.
After driving her first husband, publisher Major Hugh Pollock (Matthew MacFadyen) to drink and into the arms of another woman, Enid uses their two daughters, Gillian and Imogen (Sinead Michael and Ramona Marquez) as bargaining chips to get a divorce on her terms before marrying her lover, Doctor Kenneth Waters (Denis Lawson).
Despite her image as a children's champion, Blyton willfully neglects her own children and packs them off to boarding school when they dare to challenge her.
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Milwaukee's magic continues with 1-0 win in Pittsburgh
Anyone who may have missed Sunday's series finale between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates probably envisioned the uneventful pitcher's duel a 1-0 score usually indicates.
However, Milwaukee's 1-0 victory to win its fourth series of the season over Pittsburgh was far from ordinary — or easy.
Yovani Gallardo bounced back from a rough outing with his best start of the year, the Brewers made multiple run-saving plays on defense and Francisco Rodriguez worked out of two jams to record his first four-out save in three years.
It all added up to one of the best wins of the season for the Brewers, improving them to 38-26, Milwaukee's best record on June 8 in franchise history.
"We had a lot of things go our way today," Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy said. "It was kind of a funny and crazy game. We lost the other day on some flares early, some cheap hits early. Today we come in and win on some cheap hits.
"There were kind of some funny situations, but you have to keep going out there and working hard and grind it out. It was definitely worth it."
Locked into a pitcher's duel with Pirates starter Jeff Locke, Gallardo got better as the game went on. Pittsburgh had runners at the corners with one out in the first inning when Gaby Sanchez flew out to right. Ryan Braun proceeded to throw Neil Walker out at the plate to keep the Pirates off the scoreboard.
Pittsburgh had two on with one out again in the third, but Gallardo got Andrew McCutchen to pop out and then struck out Sanchez.
After hitting Russell Martin with a pitch to start the fourth inning, Gallardo retired nine in a row before the Pirates catcher led off the seventh with a single back up the middle. With runners at the corners and one out, Jordy Mercer tried a safety squeeze and reached to load the bases when nobody covered first base for the Brewers.
Gallardo, who was already over 100 pitches when the inning started, kept the Brewers in front by striking out Jose Tabata and getting Josh Harrison to pop out to first baseman Mark Reynolds.
"I think the first couple of innings I was still trying to find that rhythm," Gallardo said. "After that, I was able to get out of some big situations and make pitches. That's always something positive to go from, especially in that seventh inning."
Coming off a start against Minnesota in which he allowed six earned runs in five innings, Gallardo finished with a season-high eight strikeouts and allowed just four hits and one walk in seven scoreless innings.
"I tell you what, that was the best I've seen him all year," Lucroy said of Gallardo. "He was really good, man. He was just locating, pitching in on people. He was really impressive today."
The Brewers got their only run Sunday in a bit of bizarre way. Lucroy hit a flare to left that just stayed fair. Thinking it was going to go foul, Lucroy didn't run hard out of the box and may have been held to a single had a fan in a Pirates shirt not reached out and grabbed the ball to make it a ground-rule double.
"He thought it was going foul," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "He probably lost the ball when he looked up and didn't see where it was coming down the line.
"He would have gotten a double (had the fan not reached over). Marte went back behind that. If Marte would have come at an angle and gotten in front of it, but that ball was going to hit and come back."
Lucroy, who had three of Milwaukee's four hits Sunday, moved up to third on fly out by Carlos Gomez and scored on a little cue shot groundball to first base off the bat of Aramis Ramirez.
After Gallardo worked out of the seventh-inning jam to keep the game tied, the Pirates threatened again in the eighth. Rob Wooten allowed a one-out double to McCutchen, who then went to third on a groundout.
With a day off tomorrow and a fresh closer in the bullpen, Roenicke went to Rodriguez for the four-out save. Rodriguez was locked into a battle with Martin when home-plate umpire Ed Hickox gave the veteran a bit of a break by calling a 3-2 curveball that appeared out of the zone a strike for the final out.
A look at where the pitch ended up on the various pitch trackers made it look closer than it appeared live, but that didn't stop Martin and Pirates manager Clint Hurdle from getting ejected.
"Luc made that pitch look not as good as it probably was because he was in between trying to block, or in between deciding where the ball was going to end up," Roenicke said. "If you go back — this thing needs to even out some — go back and look at all the inside pitches that were definitely off the plate, how many of those they got during that ballgame. It was a lot. It was way more pitches than we got."
Rodriguez got the first out of the ninth inning before walking Starling Marte, a hitter mired in an 0-for-23 slump. Marte then stole second base, a call that needed to be overturned on instant replay.
After a walk to Ike Davis put the winning run on base, shortstop Jean Segura saved the game for the Brewers with a phenomenal diving stop and flip to second for the force out on a rocket hit back up the middle by Travis Snider.
"You can't make a better play," Roenicke said. "A guy hits a bullet like that — you can't make a better play."
Rodriguez still wasn't out of trouble with the tying run 90 feet away, but Josh Harrison's flare to center field stayed up just long enough for Gomez to corral it to end the crazy affair.
"I just stayed focused," Rodriguez said. "I think I lost my rhythm a little bit with (Marte). I made really bad pitches. I was trying to be too perfect and you saw what happened — I ended up walking him to put the tying run on and then the go-ahead run after that. I had to battle back and find a way to get back into the strike zone and make quality pitches."
The Brewers have been blown out in the series opener of each of their two trips to Pittsburgh this season, but they responded to win both of the series and now are 10-3 against their division rivals this season.
Milwaukee can get back to a season-high 13 games over .500 with a win against the Mets in New York on Tuesday.
"It makes you feel good to win a game like this," Lucroy said. "But we need to go into New York and hopefully get some momentum going toward those guys and win some games there."
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I'm visiting the US for the holidays, and want to stock up on things that I can't find or have a hard time finding in Montreal. I'd already made American visitors bring me grits, orange tic tacs (just not the same when they're white), and powdered buttermilk. I finally found Old Bay Seasoning at a Jean Talon Market store.
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Kharkiv, Ukraine. Fuji FinePix S9500. Jan, 17, 2006
The main lining in a computer - between the monitor and a chair
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A not so small Spider
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a striped shield bug. Photo taken in Wiesbaden-schierstein (Germany).
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Not sure what kind of spider this is. He was in my shower. Shower made for clean white background.
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Your opinion please. My coworkers feel the spider in the previous post is the same as the one as the link below, which is a brown recluse. What do you think?
Ahhh should've known not to come in this thread! I'm an arachnophobiac
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My coworkers feel the spider in the previous post is ... a brown recluse. What do you think?
I googled Brown Recluse, and found it is often misidentified. I learned the true brown recluse is only 1/4 to 3/8" (1 cm) long! Eentsy weensy spider ... was yours that little?
The way it is standing its legs would just fit on a quarter. Body length about 3/8 of an inch. I would say the size is right. I also did google search and most pictures I found show a lower profile spider then the one I have. So I'm not sure. I don't want to upset any spider lover's, but this guy died right after he posed for the picture so I guess it does not matter what he was. Thanks for you help.
my my, man Geoff you have some amazing skills there!!
can you please share the method you use to create your borders, the ones that use the orig picture especially
Heres some of my efforts,
1st one is of our native insect the weta, pretty sure only found here in New Zealand
2nd is just of a lovely little guy spotted on our holiday to melbourne, just thought it looked cool the way he has his head tilted as to say "what are doing?"
hahaha enjoy
am i just lost or what? i heard that McDonald's stocks are going down, due to some competition... so here's some photo ive took as an evidence hihihi
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WATCH: Breathtaking wingsuit jump from mountain at NIGHT with flares
HERE'S something not for the faint-hearted – a daredevil wingsuit flyer has created a spectacular sight hurtling from a mountain at night using neon flares to guide him.
Brave Patrick Kerber's nail-bitting feat saw him fly perilously close to the mountain side as he soars between two rock pillars in pitch darkness.
Filmed with a slow shutter speed camera the images reveal an amazing display of bright red light trailing down the mountain valley.
The 33-year-old said: "I wanted to do a wingsuit BASE flight at night during winter for a very long time. But somehow I never really managed to do it."
The stunt was problematic as the intense heat from the flares could have set the suit on fire.
He said: "We used flares exactly like the ones used for rescue missions or emergencies. But flares burn very, very hot and my biggest fear was burning holes or melting the suit. That would have been super dangerous.
"There definitely was a lot of pressure. Even though we did intense testing before, I did not know for sure how it would turn out. Having fire really close to you on a wingsuit BASE flight leaves no margin for error. Everything has to be worked out," added Patrick.
The Swiss jumper had to wait until the first light extinguished before releasing the parachute and only when it was safely in the air could he light the second torch.
"I definitely did not want to open up my parachute with fire still around me, as this could be very dangerous. I only have one single parachute attached to me. If this one burns or melts, it's over!" He said.
Patrick practised the flight path in Engelberg, Switzerland, during the day to show that even a margin of error could have been fatal.
It was the first time he had taken the leap at night without a full moon.
"The feeling was very intense and amazing. It is much harder to orientate yourself, as you can't see as well. It feels much more intense because you fly with more feeling and awareness of your body and movements," he said.


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'If you don't like Donald Trump leave the country', US judge tells new citizens
'He will be your president and and if you do not like that, you need to go to another country'
An American judge has been filmed telling new US citizens they "should go to another country" if they do not like President-elect Donald Trump.
Judge John Primomo, a federal magistrate judge in San Antonio, Texas, made the comments while presiding over a naturalisation ceremony at the Institute of Texan Cultures on Thursday.
At the event those seeking naturalisation took an oath of allegiance to officially complete the process of becoming a US citizen.
In footage obtained by KENS 5 News, Judge Primomo can be heard telling the new citizens: "I can assure you that whether you voted for him or you did not vote for him, if you are a citizen of the United States, he is your President.
"He will be your President and if you do not like that, you need to go to another country."
Mr Trump made hard line immigration policies a central part of his presidential campaign, including a proposal to build a wall along the US and Mexican border and calling for a "total and complete shutdown" of the entry of Muslims to the United States "until out country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
In an interview with CBS Mr Trump said he would deport two to three million undocumented immigrants "immediately" on taking office.
Millions of protesters took to the streets in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, after election night to protest over Mr Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton and dissenters used the protests to rebuke the controversial proposals surrounding immigration promoted by the Trump campaign.
Mr Trump's victory galvanized white supremacists across the country, as a wave of reported hate crimes took place across the country following his victory. Neo-Nazi and Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin exalted Mr Trump as a "God Emperor" following the election results. The Ku Klux Klan also announced a victory parade for the beginning of December in North Carolina.
Judge Primomo told KENS 5 News that his comments were intended to be unifying and not political, adding that he did not vote for Mr Trump.
Those taking part in the ceremony had a more optimistic outlook. Mohammed Al Farradh, originally from Iraq, said: "It is exciting to be an American. I believe that America is bigger than whoever is in office."
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Located in Manchester, Courtyard by Marriott Hartford Manchester is in the suburbs and convenient to Shoppes at Buckland Hills and Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk. This hotel is within the region of University of Connecticut.
Make yourself at home in one of the 90 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary newspapers.
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Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an indoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access and a television in the lobby.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Manchester? This hotel has facilities measuring 648 square feet (60 square meters), including a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Dear All
Well If you fodors member who are here as well as coming before 30 oct You may enjoy tihar festival with Nepali ( Light festival )
Tihar is a five-day Nepaese festival celebrated in late autumn, which comes soon after Dashain. One of these days incorporates the hindu festival deepawali( lighting) Although all ethnic groups celebrate it, the Newars in particular celebrate it in a certain way.
Day one 26oct.
Kag Puja
The first day of Tihar is known as Kag Puja, or Worship of Crows. The crows are fed early in the morning
Day Two 27oct
Kukur Puja
The second day is called Kukur Puja, - Khicha Puja by the Newars - or Worship of Dogs. This is to worship the animal representative of a particular god.
Day Three 28oct
Gai Puja and Laxmi Puja
On the morning of the third day is Gai Puja, where the Nepalese worship cows, an animal sacred to the Hindus as it is the animal representative of laxmi. In the evening is Laxmi Puja, to worship the goddess of wealth.
Day Four 29oct
Gobhardan Puja and Maha Puja
On the fourth day of Tihar, there are three different known pujas. Most perform Goru Puja, or Worship of Oxen. People who follow krishna perform Gobardhan Puja, which is worship towards Cowdung. Cowdung is seen as very useful in Nepal, as in the olden days it was used for everything from light at night (methane) to polish for the mud floors of traditional houses. The Newar community on the night of this day do Maha Puja, or Worship of Self. Because this period is also the beginning of Nepal sambat , or the new year of Nepalese especially commemorated by Newars, it ensures prosperity for the new year.
The third and fourth day of Tihar is especially famous for DEUSI AND Bhailo, light and fireworks. Deusi and bhailo are the songs which have only been sung on those Tihar days. Social workers, young and children visit local homes by singing those songs, and in return the homeowners give them money, fruit, rice and bread (Selroti, a special type of bread made by rice flour and sugar).
Day Five 30oct
Bhai Tika
The fifth and last day of Tihar is Bhai Tika, a day where sisters put Tika on forehead of brothers, to ensure long life, and thank them for the protection they give.
About Tihar : The Nepali festival Tihar is also known by many names such as Dipawali or Bhai Tika or Laxmi Puja or as a festival of lights. It is a five-days festival, which comes soon after the Dashain Festival, and Tihar is all about worshiping of different animals such as crow, dog, cow, and worshiping of the Hindu Goddess of Fortune or Wealth (Goddess Laxmi), and cooking great meals at home, brothers and sisters shopping for gifts, flying kites, decorating homes and streets, playing cards with friends, resting and relaxing, and finally ending the festival with an exchange of a special temporary mark on forehead (tika in Nepali). The last day of the festival is known as Tika day or popularly known as Bhai Tika day (Bhai in Nepali means Brother). To sum up Tihar festival, Tihar is the festival when sisters wish a long life to their brothers (Bhai)!
Tihar is a festival for brothers and sisters, but What if you are a brother without a sister or a sister without a brother. Well, you can make one by accepting someone close to you in your relatives. If nothing works, you find one among your friends and neighbors, it becomes almost as if it was real. Whom ever you made your sister or brother remains so for life, and each year this festival makes your bond stronger. Tihar is a festival of sisters wishing a long life to their brothers, and Tihar is the most popular festival in Nepal. So hold on to your topi (hat), loads of excitement and fun are coming at you now
Well If you want to share this Festival feel free with Nepali people people too
Enjoy Here in Nepal in this time
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