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Sony to cull smartphones and TVs aims to profit from PlayStations and cameras News26.11.2014 Japanese technology giant Sony plans to reduce its focus on mobile devices and TVs as losses mount. Instead it aims to profit from high-end devices and its burgeoning...Categories: Phones, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, FinancialTags: Apple, Samsung, Hardware, Tablet Computers, Smartphones, PlayStation 4, PlayStation,
Jolla jousting for crowd-funded tablet success News19.11.2014 Ever crowd-funded a tablet before? Nah, neither have we, but mobile devices designer and developer Jolla is trying to do it all the same.Categories: Web, Software Development, Software, Mobile, Investments, Internet, Funding, Consumer TechTags: Crowdfunding, Tablet Computers, Tablet, Indiegogo
Nokia comes roaring back from Valhalla with N1 tablet computer News18.11.2014 Just when you thought the Nokia brand had disappeared into the history books, the Finnish mobile manufacturer has come roaring back from Valhalla with a smart new tablet...Categories: Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Hardware, Design, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Microsoft, Android, Hardware, Tablet Computers, Nokia
Free Wi-Fi now available in Tesco stores across Ireland News18.11.2014 Tesco shoppers are being given free Wi-Fi access in stores across Ireland following a deal that has been reached between the supermarket and BT Ireland.Categories: Wireless Communications, Networking & Telecoms, Economy, eCommerce, Consumer Tech, CommunicationsTags: BT, Wi-Fi, Broadband, Tesco, Smartphones, Tablet Computers
Intel to merge PC and mobile units into one Client Computing Group News18.11.2014 In recognition of the blurring of the lines between tablet and laptop computers, chip giant Intel is merging its PC and mobile chip businesses into a new division called the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications, Cloud
Microsoft to make Office available for free on iPad and Android mobile devices News07.11.2014 In a major strategic shift, tech giant Microsoft has decided to make its Office platform available for free as an app on iOS and Android smartphones and tablet computers.Tags: Apps, Smartphones, iPhone, Tablet Computers, Android, iPad, Productivity, Microsoft Office
Google revamps Google Maps, gives it a material design makeover News06.11.2014 Google Maps will be transformed in the coming days with a fresh new look based on material design principles that the search giant says will make direction-finding even more...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, eCommerce, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: Uber, Tablet Computers, Smartphones, Android, iOS, Apps, Google Maps
Tablet computer sales up 11.5pc worldwide in third quarter, says IDC News31.10.2014 More than 53.8m tablet computers were sold across the globe in the third quarter of 2014, according to IDC, up 11.5pc on the same time last year.Categories: Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers
Review: iPad mini 3 tablet computer (video) News31.10.2014 Diminutive but powerful, Apples iPad mini 3 is a small tablet carrying the same workload of its bigger siblings. At a time of fierce competition in the tablet market, how does...Categories: Consumer Tech, Design, Hardware, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Wireless CommunicationsTags: iPad, Apple, Tablet Computers, iOS 8
Review: Apple iPad Air 2 tablet computer (video) News30.10.2014 Apple recently released the new iPad Air 2 tablet computer sporting a unique A8X processor, Touch ID and an improved iSight camera. Is the iPad Air 2 a game-changer, though?Categories: Wireless Communications, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Retina, Apple Pay, Apple, Tablet Computers, iPad,
Amazon reports 20pc increase in sales to US$20.5bn, but losses widen in Q3 News23.10.2014 Web retail and cloud giant Amazon reported a 20pc increase in revenue for the third quarter to US$20.5bn. However, increased investments contributed to net losses increasing to...Tags: Finance, Tablet Computers, E-commerce, Retail, Cloud
iPad Air 2 battery is smaller than first Air tablets battery News23.10.2014 A teardown of the new Apple iPad Air 2 tablet computer by iFixit reveals the device comes with a 27.62Wh battery, smaller than the original Airs 32.9Wh capacity.Categories: Mobile, Hardware, Energy, Consumer Tech, Computers
First look: the new Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 (video) News20.10.2014 Last week Apple reinvigorated its iPad line-up with two new devices the Apple iPad Air 2 and the iPad mini 3 which both feature Retina as well as Touch ID.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: OS X Yosemite, Tablet Computers, Apple, iPad
Netflix forges video entertainment partnership with Vodafone News20.10.2014 Users of Vodafones RED Extra plan are about to get a nice entertainment boost to accompany long winter nights after the mobile operator forged a deal with Netflix.Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Netflix, Video, Entertainment
Apple reinvigorates tablet computer genre with new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 News16.10.2014 BERLIN - Just when you thought things had gotten a little quiet in the tablet computing stakes, Apple has driven a new benchmark with the thinnest iPad yet, the iPad Air 2 which...Categories: Software, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: iPad, Apple, iPad Air, iOS 8, Tablet Computers, Retina, OS X Yosemite
Fans expecting Apple to unveil iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 following iTunes leak News16.10.2014 The clock is counting down to Apples latest press event and the unveiling of the consumer tech giants new wares but it looks like the iPad-shaped cat is already out of the bag.Categories: Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers
Tablet computer sales are slowing down fast, Gartner says News15.10.2014 Just ahead of Apple revealing its next generation of iPad devices tomorrow, Gartner has predicted that overall sales of tablet devices will slow as consumers look at other...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Consumer Tech
As tablets peak, are consumers warming to PCs again? News09.10.2014 Worldwide PC sales continue to decline but not as rapidly as previously reported, says Gartner, adding consumer attention is slowly going back to PC purchases after sales of...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: PCs, Dell, Lenovo, Gartner, Toshiba, HP, Personal Computers, Tablet Computers,
Apple issues invites for Town Hall event on 16 October News08.10.2014 Apple has issued a colourful invite to an event at its campus in Cupertino, California, on 16 October, stoking rumours that the company may be about to unveil a golden iPad.Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Hardware, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: OS X Yosemite, Mac, Tablet Computers, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPhone 6
Rumoured gold iPad might be the Midas touch for Apples tablet sales News02.10.2014 Sources continue to claim a new iPad announcement from Apple is imminent, and the latest whispers have suggested that the latest devices will go for gold.Categories: Sales, Consumer Tech, ComputersTags: Tablet, Tablet Computers, iPad, Apple, iPad Air


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Meow Mix Pokes Fun at Bro-Country [Watch]
Upon first listen to the new song from J.R. Moore, fans might think they're listening to the newest Luke Bryan or Florida Georgia Line single. But listen again -- 'Country Cat' is about, well, cat food.
Jake Owen Lets Adorable First Grader Sing, Play Drums in Concert [Watch]
Jake Owen Not Just the 'Beach Bum,' – Wants to Win Awards, Too
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Frankie Ballard is preparing to start a fire on his Light 'Em Up Tour, his very first headlining tour.
Jake Owen Hosting 8th Annual ACM Honors
Jake Owen's 'Beachin' Gets Remix Treatment with Rappers T-Pain & Mike Posner
See what you think of this new version of Jake Owen's recent #1 hit "Beachin". The re-mix features hip-hop artists T-Pain and Mike Posner.
Jake Owen Converts Country Music Hater Into a Huge Fan
Woman Gets Tattooed With Country Music Autographs
There's country fans ... and then there are ultra country fans. Robyn Patrylo of Nashville, Tenn. is a permanent country fan -- literally. She has autographs from country stars tattooed all over her legs.

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Today, we begin a new series from a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is called "A Princess of Mars." It is the first book in a series that Burroughs wrote about a man who travels to Mars during the last years of the eighteen hundreds. More
Also in the news, India-Pakistan tensions remain at a major South Asia conference in Kathmandu, Nepal; Hong Kong police arrest student leaders and clear streets around Mong Kok; The Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) of Colombia frees two soldiers to restart peace talks with the government. More
Amnesty International is condemning all sides in Libya for human rights abuses and violations of international law. The rights group is calling on militia commanders to end the abuses. But that call is unlikely to have much of an effect on the commanders, who have never been punished. More
In 2012, people spent $700 million on agri-tourism in the United States, a large increase from five years earlier. Fun on the farm is in full swing across the United States, as many farms host festivals and other activities to attract tourists. VOA visited Montpelier Farms in Maryland. More
The story sounds like a work of fiction: An American filmmaker takes to the road on a motorcycle. He and his video camera travel around the Arab world. He ended up fighting with Libyan rebels opposed to Gadhafi and made a movie. The movie won the top documentary prize at Tribeca. More
Many people these days are going as far as South Africa to get their version of perfection. People from across Africa and the world come for so-called "surgery safaris." There are no animals to see on these safaris. The visitors instead look for smaller stomachs, firmer bottoms or perhaps new eye. More
An American grand jury ruling has resulted in new violence in the city of Ferguson, Missouri. The jurors decided not to charge a white police officer who shot and killed an unarmed African American teenager last August. The decision was announced Monday -- more than three months after the shooting. More
Due to rising sea level, farmers are increasingly unable to use fields close to the sea. A farmer in the Netherlands is growing small, but healthy and tasty crops in a mixture of fresh and salt water. Farmers in Pakistan may soon be growing Dutch potatoes in areas affected by rising sea waters. More
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln said no one would remember his speech at a battlefield cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. But Lincoln's Gettysburg Address remains one of the most important speeches in U.S. history. | The Making of a Nation More
Access provides two years of free English classes to needy young people around the world. One of the largest Access programs is in Indonesia --with about 1,000 students. To find out if there will be an Access class near you, contact the U.S. Embassy in your home country. More
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On Monday, January 23rd, I will moderate a forum about black conservatism, hosted by Congressman Allen West.
You can watch the event live on Monday, January 23, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) on C-SPAN.
The Conservative Black Forum will discuss issues regarding unemployment in the black community, conservative values, and the social disparity in urban communities. The forum will be an intimate and in-depth dialogue on the black conservative voice in the United States.
The following topics we'll discuss include:
-- Perception vs. reality when it comes to black conservatism.
-- Urban issues in the 21st Century.
-- The black church and state.
-- The true history of civil rights.
-- Conservative principles in the black community.
-- GOP outreach to black conservatives.
As always, please tell me what you think of the discussion after you watch it!
Your foot-soldier for freedom,
There is no poll showing that that the immigration issue sits at the top of concerns of the American people. (comments)
For lack of something of substance to tell the American people, Democrats ran a campaign of hate, blame, and division. (comments)
Black Americans have suffered greatly living under the thumb of government and believing it is a good thing. (comments)
The funds that pay for the fear and disinformation campaign come from groups who really are hurting black Americans. (comments)
As Elbert Guillory points out in his ad, despite all the big government, the economic state of affairs of low-income blacks has changed little over the years. (comments)
Beyond the overriding economic control that the federal government now has over citizens, federal courts now dictate our social norms. (comments)
The black unemployment rate in North Carolina is more than double that of whites. (comments)
American families have been damaged and out-of-wedlock births have increased six-fold from 1960 to 42 percent today. Government has displaced family. (comments)
Republicans should resist temptation to pander and point Hispanics in the direction of freedom and opportunity, what got them here in the first place. (comments)
Diversity should be about about recognizing "diversity of people's gifts, talents, and skills." (comments)
Low-income black parents need options, choices, for educating their children outside the public school monopoly. (comments)
Since Johnson, the government has spent $15 trillion dollars fighting poverty without reducing poverty. (comments)
What do successful, wealthy black entrepreneurs know that they are not sharing with their own? (comments)
In our president's take on the world, if there is a winner who winds up better off there must be a loser who winds up equally worse off. (comments)
The Tea Party captures a groundswell of dissatisfaction with business-as-usual in how our country is being run. (comments)
What kind of discussion can take place with those who equate a procedure in which one life is destroyed and another put at risk with going to the dentist? (comments)
In 20 years there will be no funds to pay one third of the benefits of retirees. (comments)
The growing percentage of our voters is not white and they largely vote for Democrats. (comments)
Free choice and private initiative seems to violate the religious convictions of liberals. (comments)
Why does America convey neutrality between a nation that is indisputably free and a government that is not? (comments)


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This Just In — July 2014 News Bloopers Are Hilarious [NSFW VIDEO]
Another month in the books, another month of news bloopers in the books.
Another month in the books, another month of news bloopers in the books.
This woman wasn't going to try and talk her way out of a ticket.
The newest internet craze has reared its ugly head and I'm all over it. Cell phone selfies are so last year, now it's all about the selfishie.
The above seen picture are some great examples of how a selfishie works. Invite friends to take a selfie w
Here's one way to end your relationship, document every time your woman has rejected your sexual advances and then email it to her. That should work.
Oh, to be a child and not realize or care about the proper way to behave.
This guy's got all the right moves.
In a new series of commercials from Heineken Light, NPH steals the show.
In the movie 'Her,' you may have missed the debut of the next Hollywood star. Thankfully, the internet did not miss it.
The other day we asked you to share a random picture from your cell phone - here are those pics. Things got quite interesting to say the least.
Summer is here, and that means finding the perfect summer job. But would you sign up to scratch a stranger's back? Or sell used socks?
We found some of the weirdest ways you can make some extra cash this summer on Craigslist, and...well, yikes.
You may have heard a tiny sports story that LeBron James has decided to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
No doubt, you've heard Magic's new song, 'Rude.' But, what about the dad's side of the story?


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The hospital will host Girls' Night Out – Maintaining a Positive Image Despite Illness on Wednesday, Nov. 19, New Britain General campus 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., Lecture Room 2. This free, uplifting, interactive presentation, to be led by a psychologist and a wardrobe and image consultant, is aimed at helping women feel great about themselves despite illness. Hors d'oeuvres, validated parking. Register at 1-800-321-6244.
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Strategic Armory Corps has announced the acquisition of ArmaLite, Inc., the original developer of the rifle that has since become known as the "AR."
Bushnell is offering one lucky entrant a chance to win a prize package that's valued at $14,000 with its "The Truth About Rangefinders" sweepstakes.
Big Green has plans to add a new building to its ammunition operations, beginning sometime during the second quarter of 2013.
A former director of the NRA Publications Photography Department, Talmadge Guesston Rutledge, Jr., died in his Manassas, Va., home on May 7, 2013.
The 142nd NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits are here! Follow along with all the action at our Annual Meetings blog.
Ruger's team effort with Lipsey's helped earn the special recognition, according to a Cabela's official.
The first 600 customers in line at each Cabela's retail store in the U.S. will have the opportunity to take home a prize.
TAPCO will continue its day-to-day operations at its Kennesaw, Ga. facility.
Kel-Tec has donated $50,000 to the NRA's Voice of Freedom programs to help protect individual freedoms.
Ruger has purchased a minority interest in Kodabow, Inc., a Pennsylvania based crossbow manufacturer.
For reasons I cannot explain or justify, I am something of a news junkie. One would think that some old and decrepit coot that lives in a remote area and eschews his neighbors wouldn't give a hoot in Hades about news events, but every morning on my second cup of coffee I go to my computer and peruse various news websites. With that in mind, here are a few interesting tidbits I found this morning:
Rock band releases its own rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" in honor of the holiday.
Contestants can enter by visiting the NRA Outdoors Facebook page and explaining to whom they'd give the prize pack.
CVA has introduced a new Accura Mountain Rifle into its line of premium muzzleloaders.
Barnett's Predator 375 is one of the fastest and most powerful bows on the market with a 375 FPS.


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"DADoES: Dust to Dust" is an 8 issue mini-series serving as a prequel to the original story. The story is okay in the first volume, but in the second it goes downhill. There is really no point to this addition to the Blade Runner universe, it adds nothing of interest. Reading the leader of a group of rogue androids prattle on about the complete destruction of all organic life gets a little tired. The artwork is really bad. At the end of the graphic novel there are some examples of some pencilled pages before they were inked. From that one can see that the pencil artist left too much for the inker to do, so the drawings were rushed and look bad. Avoid this.
Great story; decent art, and important lead-in to the main series of the same name. Read Dust to Dust vol. 1 & 2 before the main series. It is a prequel.
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Vitamins, long thought to be if not helpful then at least harmless, have been linked to higher mortality in older women. [BBC]
Summer weather was tough on the peanut crop, which will force peanut-butter manufacturers to raise prices. Better stock up on Skippy. [WSJ via Pocono Record]
A new app lets travelers order food from airport restaurants via their iPhones and receive gate-side delivery. Fellow travelers will love you when you bring that tuna salad on the plane. [NRN]
More Brooklyn-bound expansion: Some alums of Macao Trading Co. will open a bar, Extra Fancy, in Williamsburg in November. [Eater NY]
It seems that when cacao was first exported from South America by Europeans, they didn't get all the really good stuff. As such, there's more flavor variety lurking in the jungles of Peru. [NPR]
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The New Market District Volunteer Fire Department will host a All You Can Eat Country Breakfast fundraiser on Sunday November 23rd, 2014 from 7 am until noon.
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With a impending bridge closure upon us the New Market Volunteers geared up to place additional Fire and EMS coverage in place on the North Side of the Boyers Mill Rd bridge. In all over 20+ volunteers pulled together in revolving shifts to the timely services deserved by the citizens North of the Bridge. Units were staged at the Lake Linganore Association Building and we are very appreciative of ... (Full Story & Photos)
On Friday November 14th at 1215 hours Box 33-1 was sounded for smoke from the house in the 9000 Block of Shadybrook Drive in Spring Ridge. First arriving BAT901(Morlan) went on the scene with smoke showing from the rear of a two story single family home and established command. Crews stretched lines and discovered a fire on the rear porch that had extended onto the first and second floors, as well ... (Full Story & Photos)
Over the past week the frame has had the axles attached as well as the pump housing, the power plant for the unit has been installed and the frame and cab have been married together. The pumper is starting to take shape. ... (Full Story & Photos)
At 0044 hours on Monday, November 3rd units were alerted on Box 3-4 for smoke in the house in the 300 Blk of South Market Street. Initial units went on scene with heavy fire from the rear of a 3 story rowhouse. A rapid intervention dispatch and 2nd alarm were quickly requested by command. The fire had consumed the original fire building and was extending into 4 other units on either side of the fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
Over the past week the cab for our apparatus has completed it's fabrication stage and have been past the paint booth for a paint job, note the return of a solid red paint tradition for our department. The unit is now in the cab plant being assembled. ... (Full Story & Photos)
At 2313 hours on Monday October 27th units from New Market and Mount Airy were alerted for a vehicle accident with rollover on the ramp from I-70 west bound to Route 75. A159(FF Rosebrock), E152(Sgt. Chapman), U15(Chief Nalborczyk), B156(Tech. Fossett), and C15-1(DFC Moe) responded on the run with 16 volunteers. RE171 was added to call by Frederick ECC as CCR1 was running another assignment in Carroll ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Recently we have received Progress Report #2 pertaining to the construction of our new Engine Company. Over the last week the fabrication team has been working hard to put together the cab of the apparatus, the cab is starting to take shape and looks more like a fire engine now then last week. ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Nov. 27-28 - All libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving.
New Arrivals - Mystery
"On the Ides of March, an ill wind blows no good -- especially when it knocks down a tree limb in the oldest equine graveyard in America, revealing remains that are decidedly un-equine. It falls to Master of the Foxhunt, the indomitable "Sister" Jane Arnold and her trusty hounds to investigate an old murder with present day repercussions. To start off, the complicated relations between three old families and their prize thoroughbreds must be untangled. And when Sister's troublesome nemesis Crawford Howard sticks his nose in, she must make a difficult choice. Someone has killed and will kill again to keep a dark secret, but Sister Jane is not one to let sleeping dogs lie"-- Provided by publisher.
"Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy is still in hot pursuit, and this time he might have a powerful local resource on his side: a gentleman with his own ax to grind against Stone. And back in the United States, the swirling rumor mill threatens to derail a project of vital importance not just to Stone but to the nation. Though Stone is no stranger to peril, never before has he faced threats from so many directions at once"-- Provided by publisher.
A rash of burglaries has got Inspector Salvo Montalbano stumped. The criminals are so brazen that their leader, the anonymous Mr. Z, starts sending the Sicilian inspector menacing letters. Among those burgled is the young and beautiful Angelica Cosulich, who reminds the inspector of the love-interest in Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance, Orlando Furioso. Besotted by Angelica's charms, Montalbano imagines himself back in the medieval world of jousts and battles. But when one of the burglars turns up dead, Montalbano must snap out of his fantasy and unmask his challenger.
A deathbed plea leads London investigator Maisie Dobbs to return to the site of her most painful memories from the Great War. As she learns, the mystery surrounding the death of Agnes Lawton's pilot son led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world. In resolving the dangerous case, Maisie's own spiritual strength is now tested, as is her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche.
Struggling to remain sober, Santosh Wagh, the head of the India office of an elite PI agency, investigates a serial killer who is targeting women and leaving mysterious tokens at each crime scene.
"Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. And as a man with Asperger?s Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one?who stole a preserved head from the Garden State Cryonics Institute? Arriving at the scene of the crime accompanied by his new colleague, Ms. Washburn, Samuel finds that what started out as a theft has escalated to murder. With suspects and motives emerging at a rapid rate, one final question remains?can Samuel?s powers of deduction uncover a killer in the face of overwhelming odds?"--From publisher description.
When a unique - and priceless - collection of antique cookie cutters leads to murder, Olivia Greyson, the owner of a shop specializing in all things cookie, must stir up some clues to catch a killer with a sweet tooth.
"May, 1588. With Elizabeth I?s court rocked by stories of an imminent invasion and one of his key undercover agents missing, Sir Francis Walsingham despatches Kit Marlowe to the Isle of Wight off the south coast: the first line of defence against the approaching Spanish Armada. Lodging at Carisbrooke Castle with the Isle of Wight?s Governor, Sir George Carey, Marlowe finds the Islanders a strange and suspicious lot, with their own peculiar customs and dialect. But is there reason to doubt their loyalty to the Crown? And is the Island really haunted, as some believe? Of one thing Marlowe is certain: it?s no ghost behind the series of violent and inexplicable deaths which plague the region. But will he have time to uncover the truth and expose the killer before the might of the Armada descends?"--From publisher description.
When the vicitim of a crime succumbs to complications from a bullet wound from nine years ago, Detective Harry Bosch and his new partner, Lucia Soto, must find new leads from the past.
When Maddie Michaels, AKA Mrs. Frugalicious, is invited to take a local news crew with her on a Black Friday shopping expedition, she?s excited to show viewers at home how to score the season?s best savings. Despite a negative comment from Contrary Claire? the sole naysayer in her growing Frugarmy?Maddie is hopeful her first TV appearance will be a bargain-savvy success. But Black Friday eve takes a bleak turn when a shopper is crushed beneath a pallet of toasters. After learning that the victim could be Contrary Claire, it becomes clear that Claire has made more than one enemy. Maddie finds herself dealing once again with a murder investigation. Will she catch the killer before someone else is slashed like a sale price?
"At a low point in his lowly legal career, Victor Carl finds himself skulking through the streets of Philadelphia carrying a bag full of money for an ambitious politician. It is a rotten job on the wrong side of anyone's line, but with bag in hand Victor is suddenly hobnobbing with the city's elite, filling his bank account, and having sex with the politician's gorgeous and deranged sister. But just when Victor begins to think he's got a future in the political game, one of his payoffs ends up in the pocket of a dead woman, and Victor goes from bagman to fall guy. Now Victor's only way out might lie with a brotherhood of shady characters with sacks full of cash, bad fedoras, and their own twisted set of rules. Will Victor's new friends help him find a killer or bury him deep?"--From publisher description.
When an item from a time capsule discovered in the foundation of a local church goes missing and a young woman is murdered, aspiring novelist Olivia Limoges investigates with the help of her fellow writers.
"The community of Prosperous, Maine, has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town. But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet. Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive. Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins"-- From publisher description.
When two young men vanish from an oil rig in North Dakota, no one seems in a hurry to find them except their mothers, two women from very different worlds who must work together to find their sons" -- Provided by publisher.
In a high-security French Pyrenees asylum for the criminally insane, psychologist Diane Berg helps Commandant Martin Servaz and his colleague Irene Ziegler investigate a brutal killing and the disappearance of medications.
"FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her, until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate test. A mysterious hacker, who identifies himself only as 'Warlock,' brings down the FBI's website and posts a code in its place. It hides the GPS coordinates of a Michigan cemetery, where a dead girl is discovered rising from the ground, as if she tried to crawl out of her own grave. Born into a dynasty of illusionists, Jessica Blackwood is destined to become its next star--until she turns her back on her troubled family, and her legacy, to begin a new life in law enforcement. But FBI consultant Dr. Jeffrey Ailes's discovery of an old copy of Magician Magazine will turn Jessica's carefully constructed world upside down. Faced with a crime that appears beyond explanation, Ailes has nothing to lose--and everything to gain--by taking a chance on an agent raised in a world devoted to seemingly achieving the impossible. The body in the cemetery is only the first in the Warlock's series of dark miracles. Thrust into the media spotlight, with time ticking away until the next crime, can Jessica confront her past to embrace her gifts and stop a depraved killer? If she can't, she may become his next victim"-- Provided by publisher.
Supernaturally gifted cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse heads for New Orleans, where she is forced to contend with her own family's dark legacy and a variety of potentially lethal characters.
When an army officer is murdered by a Korean civilian, Sergeant George Sueño and his partner, Ernie Bascom, investigate, only to discover that someone wants the case to remain unsolved.
"... Mma Ramotswe has her hands full, both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a completely unexpected source"-- Provided by publisher.
"Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. Jane, however, discovers holiday cheer is fleeting. One of the Yuletide revelers dies in a tragic accident, which Jane immediately views with suspicion. If the accident was in fact murder, the killer is one of Jane's fellow snow-bound guests. Whom can Jane trust to help her discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?"--From publisher's description.
Richard Dane has killed a man. He cannot unhear the firing of the gun or unsee the blood on his living room wall. But everybody in the small town of LaBorde, Texas knows Dane acted in self defense. Everybody except Ben Russel, the ex-con father of the small-time criminal who invaded Dane's home. When Russel comes looking for revenge against Dane's family, the two are unexpectedly drawn into a conspiracy that conceals the vilest of crimes. Surrounded by police corruption, mafia deception, and underworld brutality, Dane, Russel, and eccentric PI Jim Bob Luke have discovered a game they may not survive.
After the recent death of her mother and the dissolution of her marriage, thirty-something Eden Elliott is seriously in need of a fresh start. At the urging of her best friend, Eden decides to embark on an open-ended trip to the picturesque village of Glenkillen in th Scottish Highlands, to do some hands-on research for a book of her own. But almost as soon as Eden arrives in the quaint town, she gets caught up in a very real drama... The town's sheep shearer is found murdered, and locals suspect an outsider, Vicki MacBride, whose father's recent death left her the surprise heir to his sheep farm. Can Eden prove that someone is out to frame her new friend?
Two retired Secret Service agents have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making --and are a long way from over.
Edward Lane runs a highly illegal, highly profitable soldiers-for-hire operation, so he will pay any amount to get his beautiful wife and child back from their kidnappers. And then he'll turn Jack Reacher loose with a vengeance because Reacher is the best man hunter in the world.


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If a beauty item is popular with indigenous peoples, it is generally popular with me. Talk about standing the test of time! For centuries, Tahitians have dried coconut meat and tiare flowers together in the sun to produce monoi oil, famous for its mystical, magical powers: It glowifies, moisturizes, protects against the sun, de-ages, even protects against spirits. Gauguin—lately reported to be a somewhat greedy, acquisitive type—doubtlessly bathed in it.
You warm the oil in your hand or under a hot faucet (or, obvs, in the sun) to turn it from butter to liquid; I love it! As far as I knew, there was only the tiare scent—which I love, but in moderation. Then perfumer Kate Growney (my brilliant former assistant, as it happens, and now proprietress of Saffron James) went to Tahiti and brought back this: monoi, but with Tahitian vanilla pods scraped into the coconut meat instead of tiare flowers. Heaven. The vanilla is a dry, grown-up and almost smoky vanilla, more like actual vanilla and less like cake-mix smell. It makes the most indulgent bath/massage/face oil/cuticle cream/body oil/foot rub … Potentially I am now also protected against spirits, but mostly I am just—indulged.
P.S.: Kate, a.k.a. Saffron James, also makes a great tiare.
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How the Bitter Losers of 2012 Rammed Through a Union-Destroying Bill in Michigan
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It's no mystery where Michigan's RTW legislation came from. The aggressively pro-corporate American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, is a policy clearinghouse that recruits newly elected state legislators and meets with them (and long-standing members) and corporate sponsors in private to draft 'model' legislation that can be introduced at a moment's notice in state legislative chambers.
The Center for Media and Democracy has reported that "key provisions of the Michigan RTW bills (for instance, HB 4054) are taken almost verbatim from the ALEC template," reported its December 11 analysis. "That agenda is part of a corporate wish list of Charles and David Koch, the oil billionaires who have spent millions trying to popularize extremist ideas and move them from the fringes into binding law."
The Koch Brothers have been pushing anti-union legislation for decades—ever since the passel of mostly southern states stopped passing RTW legislation in the 1980s. One of their former groups, Citizens For A Sound Economy, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, pushed for international trade agreements in the 1980s that forced American labor unions to lower their standards to meet those of overseas trading partners.
Their 21st century front group, Americans for Prosperity, played a leading role in the Wisconsin battles in 2011 and 2012 to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights (with the notable exception of police and firefighters—as their unions tend to support GOP candidates). Those battles led to the unsuccessful campaign to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and other top GOP lawmakers. Tellingly, Michigan's package of RTW legislation also exempts pro-GOP police and firefighter unions.
4. A Political Coup In Plain Daylight
Perhaps the most important point about what just happened in Michigan is that is an authoritarian power grab by partisans who are completely dismissive of the electorate—as expressed in the Democratic electoral victories one month ago—and are willing to wield power in a take-no-prisoners fashion akin to recent Third World coups.
The power dynamic that just unfolded resembles the arrest and dismissal of Mali's prime minister by a military junta—which also happened this week—or the recent presidential decrees in Egypt that placed that county's new president above the rule of law. These power grabs happened because those enacting them could get away with it—at least temporarily.
It's very telling that such political abuses of power come before newly elected legislators are poised to take office—in what's known as 'lame-duck' legislative sessions. Perhaps the thinking of these outgoing legislators is that they have nothing to lose by striking at foes in a manner that they could not achieve at the ballot box.
That viewpoint also seems to be very much at play in Congress right now, as well, where right-wingers are ignoring the results of the 2012 presidential election and pushing for another long-held corporatist agenda item: dismantling safety net retirement programs.
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tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:/matlabcentral/fileexchange/feed MATLAB Central File Exchange icon.png logo.png MATLAB Central - File Exchange User-contributed code library 2014-11-27T03:41:04-05:00 22433 1 100 tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48584 2014-11-27T08:40:43Z 2014-11-27T08:40:43Z Iterative Trimmed and Truncated Mean Algorithm filter (ITTM filter) ITTM filter for noise suppression and image processing.
The codes for the recently proposed iterative trimmed and truncated arithmetic mean (ITTM) are provided here. Here, trimming a sample means removing it and truncating a sample is to replace its value by a threshold. Simultaneously trimming and truncating enable the proposed filters to attenuate the mixed additive and exclusive noise in an effective way. The proposed trimming and truncating rules ensure that the output of the ITTM filter converges to the median. It offers an efficient method to estimate the median without time-consuming data sorting. Theoretical analysis shows that the ITTM filter of size n has a linear computational complexity O(n). Compared to the median filter and the iterative truncated arithmetic mean (ITM) filter, the proposed ITTM filter suppresses noise more effectively in some cases and has lower computational complexity .
Demo codes include:
1) Single type noise suppression
2) image denoising.

Some further demo codes can be found in the codes for the WITM filters https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48555-weighted-iterative-truncated-mean-filter
and fast ITM filters
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48553-fast-iterative-truncated-arithmetic-mean--fitm--filter

You may need to compile the c files before using them. Please try the function ITTM_compile.

More information can be found from the webpage:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/exdjiang/default.htm
and my homepage:
https://sites.google.com/site/miaozhenwei/

Reference paper:
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Additive and Exclusive Noise Suppression byIterative Trimmed and Truncated Mean Algorithm," Signal Processing, vol. 99, pp. 147-158, June, 2014.

Related papers:
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Weighted Iterative Truncated Mean Filter," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 61, no. 16, pp. 4149-4160, August, 2013.
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Further Properties and a Fast Realization of the Iterative Truncated Arithmetic Mean Filter" IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 810-814, November 2012.
 X.D. Jiang, "Iterative Truncated Arithmetic Mean Filter And Its Properties," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1537-1547, April 2012.
 Miao Zhenwei http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/509251 MATLAB 7.2 (R2006a) false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48583 2014-11-27T08:38:18Z 2014-11-27T08:38:18Z Fast Iterative Truncated Arithmetic Mean Filter (FITM filter) ITM/FITM filter
The codes of the recently proposed ITM filter and the fast ITM (FITM) are given in this part. The ITM/FTIM filter outperforms the median filter in attenuating the single type of noise, such as Gaussian and Laplacian noise, and the mixed type of noise, such as the mixed Gaussian and impulsive noise. It also offers a way to estimate the median by a simple arithmetic computing algorithm.
Demo codes includes:
1) Single type noise suppression

Some further demo codes can be found in the codes for the WITM filters https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48555-weighted-iterative-truncated-mean-filter
and ITTM filters
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48554-iterative-trimmed-and-truncated-mean-algorithm-filter--ittm-filter-

You need to compile the c files before using them. Please try the function FITM_compile.

More information can be found from the webpage:
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/exdjiang/default.htm
and my homepage:
https://sites.google.com/site/miaozhenwei/

Reference papers:
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Further Properties and a Fast Realization of the Iterative Truncated Arithmetic Mean Filter" IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 810-814, November 2012.
X.D. Jiang, "Iterative Truncated Arithmetic Mean Filter And Its Properties," IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1537-1547, April 2012.

Related papers:
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Weighted Iterative Truncated Mean Filter," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, Vol. 61, no. 16, pp. 4149-4160, August, 2013.
Z. W. Miao and X. D. Jiang, "Additive and Exclusive Noise Suppression by Iterative Trimmed and Truncated Mean Algorithm," Signal Processing, vol. 99, pp. 147-158, June, 2014.
 Miao Zhenwei http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/509251 MATLAB 7.2 (R2006a) false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/42202 2013-06-18T14:30:24Z 2014-11-27T07:01:20Z Plotly | Online MATLAB Graphing Publish your MATLAB figures to the web with one line of code.
Plotly (https://plot.ly/) is an online graphing platform that makes generating and sharing interactive, publication-quality figures easy.. This package converts your MATLAB figures into online Plotly graphs with a single line of code:
``` <br />[X, Y, Z] = peaks; <br />contour(X,Y,Z,20) <br />fig2plotly() <br />```
This code generates this graph in your browser: https://plot.ly/~demos/1574
For more, see the official documentation at https://plot.ly/MATLAB.
 Chris http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/362534 MATLAB 8.1 (R2013a) MATLAB false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/47023 2014-06-21T11:40:25Z 2014-11-27T07:01:07Z Chebfun Chebfun is an open-source package for numerical computation with functions to 15-digit accuracy
Chebfun is an open-source software system for numerical computing with functions. The mathematical basis is piecewise polynomial interpolation implemented with what we call "Chebyshev technology". The foundations are described, with Chebfun examples, in the book Approximation Theory and Approximation Practice (L. N. Trefethen, SIAM 2013). Chebfun has extensive capabilities for dealing with linear and nonlinear differential and integral operators, and also includes continuous analogues of linear algebra notions like QR and singular value decomposition. The Chebfun2 extension works with functions of two variables defined on a rectangle in the x-y plane.

Most Chebfun commands are overloads of familiar MATLAB commands — for example sum(f) computes an integral, roots(f) finds zeros, and u = L\f solves a differential equation.

To get a sense of the breadth and power of Chebfun, a good place to start is by looking at our Examples (http://www.chebfun.org/examples/) or the introductory Guide (http://www.chebfun.org/docs/guide/).

Please contact us with any questions/comments at email@example.com.
 Chebfun Team http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/55471 MATLAB 8.2 (R2013b) MATLAB 23972 false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/46827 2014-06-02T15:21:04Z 2014-11-27T07:00:24Z nicolasayotte/MatlabGDSPhotonicsToolbox A library of functions to facilitate the design of Photonics Integrated Circuits GDS layouts
Matlab GDS Photonics Toolbox
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This is a Matlab library of functions to facilitate the design of Photonics Integrated Circuits GDS layouts that I have developped with Alexandre D. Simard during my PhD.

This is oriented towards intuitive and adaptable creation of GDS layout files for fabrication in different facilities across the world. The toolbox creates a GDS based on a general layer map, but can be set up to export to any other layer map once the design is done.

Nicolas Ayotte and Alexandre D. Simard have used this library to efficiently create multiple layouts for different fabrication facilities across the world with successful results.

Features
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- Relative orientation group waveguide routing including turns, tapers, s-bends and the possibility to customize inter-waveguide distance at any point.
- Access to the travelled distance (physical or optical) of any waveguide offering a quick way to measure your devices.
- Possibility of referencing premade structures (fiber couplers, directional couplers, detectors, etc.)
- Possibility of referencing custom structures created on the fly.
- Premade functions for microrings, Bragg gratings, multi-mode interferometer, contra-directional couplers, output array of fiber couplers, etc.
- Tutorial project with many cells showcasing the features.
- A PDF presentation presenting the library's purpose and principles.
- Intuitive relative cell placement in the master floorplan for easy teamwork.
- Relative and scalable routing solution.
- Includes functions to export to other layer maps, including boolean operations on the layers.
- Easy scripting language (i.e.: Matlab).

It is strongly encouraged to get the free software KLayout to look at your GDS files:
http://www.klayout.de/

Suggested first steps
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- Look through the PDF presentation
- (Optional) Run the command "mex -setup" to install a C compiler in matlab.
- Run the makemex.m function in the main folder to compile all the C functions needed for the library.
- Open the tutorial project folder: Project - New Project
- Go through the Cells script, run them, look at the resulting .gds files.
- Look at the Cell_RoutingWG.m script that places the cell in the floorplan.
- Read at the ProjectDefinition.m file.
- Run the Main.m to merge the gds cells and export to the ouput layer map.
- Duplicate the Project folder and make your own!

License
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Copyright © 2014 Nicolas Ayotte and Alexandre D. Simard. MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 Nicolas Ayotte http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/435054 MATLAB 8.1 (R2013a) MATLAB C compiler. false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48582 2014-11-27T01:42:16Z 2014-11-27T01:42:16Z Mutual Information of Two Images Normalized mutual information (MI) between histograms of two images
MUTUALINFO calculates the normalized Mutual Information (MI) of two
images using their histograms.

Inputs:
 ima : First image
 imb : Second image

Outputs:
 nmi : Normalized mutual information
 jointEntropy : Joint entropy
 Mohammad Haghighat http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/140234 MATLAB 8.4 (R2014b) MATLAB 45926 false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48581 2014-11-27T01:39:33Z 2014-11-27T01:39:33Z Convert YUV Videos into Image Matrices Extract Y, U and V components of a YUV 4:2:0 video
YUVREAD returns the Y, U and V components of a video in separate
matrices.

Inputs:
 vid : Input video sequence in YUV format
 width : Frame width
 hight : Frame hight
 nFrame : Number of frames

Outputs:
 Y U V : Y, U and V components of the video
 Mohammad Haghighat http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/140234 MATLAB 8.4 (R2014b) MATLAB false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/41511 2013-04-26T18:13:46Z 2014-11-27T01:04:07Z deprecated -- Light Field Toolbox v0.2 -- v0.3 now available A set of tools for working with light field (aka plenoptic) imagery in Matlab
This has been superseded by v0.3, http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/48405-light-field-toolbox-v0-3
This is a set of tools for working with light field (aka plenoptic) imagery in Matlab. This version of the toolbox is focused on processing images from the Lytro plenoptic camera. Features include decoding, colour correction and visualization of light field images. New in version 0.2 are camera calibration, image rectification, and convenience functions for managing multiple light fields and multiple cameras. Future releases will support additional input formats and depth and volumetric filtering for improved rendering quality.
Download the sample light field pack at http://www-personal.acfr.usyd.edu.au/ddan1654/LFSamplePack1-r2.zip. This revision of the sample pack introduces a folder structure facilitating the use of multiple cameras. A small sample calibration is also available at http://www-personal.acfr.usyd.edu.au/ddan1654/PlenCalSmallExample.zip, and further calibration datasets can be found at http://marine.acfr.usyd.edu.au/index.php/Plenoptic .

The image decoding, calibration and rectification process is described in:

[1] D. G. Dansereau, O. Pizarro, and S. B. Williams, "Decoding, calibration and rectification for lenselet-based plenoptic cameras," in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), IEEE Conference on. IEEE, Jun 2013.
 Donald Dansereau http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/522379 MATLAB 7.13 (R2011b) Image Processing Toolbox Optimization Toolbox MATLAB false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48574 2014-11-26T16:57:23Z 2014-11-26T17:01:02Z Fast Sample Entropy - saenkd(dim ,r ,sig ) Fast computation of Sample Entropy with k-d tree range search
It implements a fast computation of Sample Entropy solving the equivalent orthogonal range search method using the k-d tree for the search of neighbors as proposed in literature by Yu-Hsiang Pan et al., 2011.
for detailed explanation of the algorithm look for:
- "COMPUTING MULTISCALE ENTROPY WITH ORTHOGONAL RANGE SEARCH"
- "Fast computation of sample entropy and approximate entropy in biomedicine"
this code may be used also for the computation of multiscale sample entropy, just provide to this code the coarse-grained time series.
Detalis are in the help section of the file saenkd.m
 Filippo http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/250166 MATLAB 8.0 (R2012b) Statistics Toolbox - rangesearch() function of the Static Toolbox false tag:www.mathworks.com,2005:FileInfo/48515 2014-11-19T18:53:25Z 2014-11-26T16:38:17Z Areal, volumetric and textural parameters from 2D and 3D images GUI for calculating metrics from 2D and 3D images.
2D metrics calculated from individual images:
 - Mean roughness, skewness, areal porosity, average and maximum
 diffusion distance; perimeter, average horizontal and vertical length,
 fractal dimension, texture parameters: contract, correlation, energy,
homogeneity, entropy, Euler Parameter
3D metrics calculated from depth stacks
 - Texture parameters: Entropy, Energy, Homogeneity
 - Average thickness, roughness, Average run length in X,Y and Z,
 average and maximum diffusion distance, fractal dimension, porosity,
 volume, Euler Parameter and Breadth.
 Based on Quantifying biofilm structure code in "Fundamentals of biofilm research"
 2013, CRC Press Content, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Haluk Beyenal and
Computation of Minkowski measures on 2D and 3D binary images Image Anal. Stereol., 2007, 26, 83-92
Credit goes to: Geometric measures in 2D/3D images by David Legland
 Kateryna Artyushkova http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/11036 MATLAB 8.4 (R2014b) Image Processing Toolbox false


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WASHINGTON — Bonnie Carroll is well-known in veterans' circles as the founder of a vast organization that provides grief counseling and help for thousands of families of fallen military members. But it was her involvement nearly 25 years ago in a high-seas effort to rescue three grey whales stranded off Alaska that is now receiving Hollywood treatment.
Carroll and her late husband Tom are prominent characters in the upcoming "Big Miracle," a film chronicling the Reagan administration's 1988 partnership with the Soviet Union, environmentalists and oil companies to free the whales — a costly and ultimately successful effort that drew international attention.
"What was extraordinary about this event was that it brought together the military, the Alaska Natives, Greenpeace, the oil companies and then finally the Soviets," Carroll said. "Those are entities that rarely work collaboratively and are often at odds and they all came together to save these whales."
The film, which stars Drew Barrymore and Ted Danson and opens Feb. 3, gives Carroll a chance to relive the dramatic rescue and her romance with her husband. But it's also a platform to draw attention to her group, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, or TAPS, whose work she says may become even more critical now that the Obama administration has ended the Iraq war.
The organization was formed two years after Carroll lost her husband, Alaska National Guard Brig. Gen. Tom Carroll, in a plane crash. She fell in love with him over the phone during the whale rescue effort and wed soon after. Then she and seven others were killed in a 1992 crash of an Army C-12 plane.
Carroll had worked closely with survivors of violent crime, but she struggled to find a comparable support network until bonding with the other widows of the accident.
"We really just had the same fears, the same concerns, the same questions," Carroll said. "It became very apparent that that was a strong source of comfort, to speak with another person who can validate and normalize your own feelings," she said.
The epiphany led to the 1994 formation of TAPS, which today says it's helped about 30,000 bereaved families with everything from crisis intervention and grief counseling to navigating government bureaucracy. The organization says it has more than 1,000 survivors who are trained peer mentors and volunteer to help others.
But the film concerns itself with a different episode of her life, back when Bonnie Carroll was Bonnie Mersinger, a National Guard member and young Reagan administration aide pulling long hours in the White House.
The movie centers on the international spectacle that unfolded in October 1988, when three California grey whales became trapped during their migration south beneath ice east of Barrow, Alaska. Complex efforts to free the mammals —Eskimos used chain saws to carve breathing holes in the ice and a National Guard helicopter towed a massive icebreaking barge — failed to do the trick. One of the trapped whales disappeared and was presumed dead.
President Ronald Reagan, aware of Mersinger's National Guard service and out of easy options, sought her involvement.
Mersinger made contact with Col. Tom Carroll, an Alaska Army National Guard commander, who as other options failed suggested the Americans request the use of Soviet icebreakers to smash through the ice ridge. It was a gutsy call because of lingering Cold War tensions between the superpowers, but the icebreakers proved successful. The whales eventually broke free into the open sea.
Besides Barrymore, who plays an environmental activist, the cast also features Ted Danson, John Krasinski and Kristen Bell. Bonnie Carroll's character is played by Vinessa Shaw, while Dermot Mulroney plays the part of Tom — albeit with different names. It's directed by Ken Kwapis, who calls Bonnie Carroll a "soulful," can-do person as exemplified by the whale rescue and also the creation of TAPS.
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As part of the launch of The Medicine Abuse Project, an initiative of The Partnership at Drugfree.org, Director Kerlikowske provided a statement on the prescription drug abuse epidemic.
Volunteering and Having FunPosted byon September 21, 2012 at 12:05 AM EST
As a seventh grader, Bradley Blizard discovered an opportunity to combine his passion for baseball and helping others. After volunteering for a program called Miracle League, an organization that allows children with mental and physical disabilities to participate in baseball games, he brought the idea to his advisor at the Kiwanis Builders Club at Jamestown Middle School. The Builders Club has adopted the Miracle League project as an annual service project, and has helped more than 100 disabled children each year enjoy the game of baseball.
Paying it Forward to Build Food SecurityPosted byon September 11, 2012 at 10:11 AM EST
In 2010, Erik Schultz helped launch Thriive, a nonprofit organization that pursues an innovative approach to food security in diverse worldwide locations such as Vietnam, Kenya, Palestine, and Nicaragua. Focusing on the growing needs of small-scale agricultural and food products businesses, such as, smallholder farms and livestock operations, Thriive helps grow the entire food chain, from producers to consumers, making them more resilient and self-reliant.
Food – People – PowerPosted byon September 11, 2012 at 10:04 AM EST
Dana Harvey is the Executive Director of Mandela MarketPlace, a community-directed and community-owned local food system that includes a cooperative grocery retail, local produce distribution center, produce service for corner markets, network of urban production farms and a youth leadership program that is a model for other communities. With the grocery stores, Mandela MarketPlace promotes healthy and locally produced foods, and provides jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities to residents who otherwise may not have a chance to own a business.
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About us
Enjoy more at Epsom's favourite local
Explore beyond The Marquis's traditional exterior and you'll find a sanctuary of relaxing interiors, fresh, quality food and a range of speciality beers, wines and spirits that'd impress any mortal pub-goer.
- Real ales, real ciders & delicious draught beers
- Cask marque accredited real ales
- Tuesday pub quiz
- Wednesday wine club 20% off bottles of wine
- Alfresco eating & drinking
- Family friendly & dog friendly
- Sunday Roasts
- Board games
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What's on
Every Tuesday
Quiz Night
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Opening times
- Monday: Noon - 11pm
- Tuesday to Thursday: Noon - 11.30pm
- Friday to Saturday: 11am - 12.30am
- Sunday: Noon - 10.30pm