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if you look to the proportions, it is quite the reverse. Take the numbers of persons of each amount of income, divided into classes, from £100 per annum up to £100,000 per annum, and you will find the per centage of those who are under pecuniary difficulties continually augmenting as you go upwards. And when you come to sovereign States, whose revenue is reckoned by millions, you will hardly find one that is not deeply involved in debt! So that it would appear that the larger the income, the harder it is to live within it.
Bacon himself affords a most deplorable instance of this. With a very large income, he was involved by his extravagance in such pecuniary difficulties as drove him to practise shameful corruption.
When men of great revenues, whether civil or ecclesiastical, live in the splendour and sensuality of Sardanapalus, they are apt to plead that this is expected of them; which may be, perhaps, sometimes true, in the sense that such conduct is anticipated as probable; not true, as implying that it is required or approved. I have elsewhere1 remarked upon this ambiguity in the word 'expect:' but it is worth noticing as sometimes leading, in conjunction with other causes, to a practical bad effect upon this point of expenses as well as upon many others. It is sometimes used in the sense of 'anticipate,' 'calculate on,' &c. (iKirtfyo), in short, 'consider as probable1 sometimes for 'require or demand as reasonable,'—' consider as right' (d£tw). Thus, I may fairly ' expect' (d£iSt) that one who has received kindness from me, should protect me in distress; yet I may have reason to expect (ekiriQiv) that ho will not. 'England expects every man to do his duty;' but it would be chimerical ,to expect,—that is, anticipate—a universal performance of duty. What may reasonably be expected (in one sense of the word), must be precisely the practice of the majority: since it is the majority of instances that constitutes probability: what may reasonably be expected (in the other sense), is something much beyond the practice of the generality: as long, at least, as it shall be true, that 'narrow is the way that leadeth to life, and few there be that find it.'
1 Elements of Logic, Appendix.
'He that is plentiful in expenses of all kinds will hardly h preserved from decay'
Obviously true as this is, yet it is apparently completely overlooked by the imprudent spendthrift, who, finding that he is able to afford this, or that, or the other, expense, forgets that all of them together will ruin him. This is what, in logical language, is called the ' Fallacy of Composition.'
THE speech of Themistocles, the Athenian, which was haughty and arrogant, in taking so much to himself, had been a grave and wise observation and censure, applied at large to others. Desired at a feast to touch a lute, he said, 'he could not fiddle, but yet he could make a small town a great city.'2 These words (holpen3 a little with a metaphor) may express two differing abilities in those that deal in business of estate; for, if a true survey be taken of counsellors and statesmen, there may be found (though rarely) those which can make a small State great, and yet cannot fiddle,—as, on the other side, there will be found a great many that can fiddle very cunningly,4 but yet are so far from being able to make a small State great, as5 their gift lieth the other way—to bring a great and flourishing estate to ruin and decay. And, certainly, those degenerate arts and shifts, whereby many counsellors and governors gain both favour with their masters and estimation with the vulgar, deserve no better name than fiddling, being things rather pleasing for the time, and graceful to themselves only, than tending to the weal and advancement of the State which they serve. There are also (no doubt) counsellors and governors which may be held sufficient, negotiis pares [able to manage affairs], and to keep them from precipices and manifest inconveniences, which, nevertheless, are far from the < ability to raise and amplify an estate in power, means, and fortune. But be the workmen what they may be, let us speak of the work—that is, the true greatness of kingdoms and estates, and the means thereof. An argument6 fit for great and mighty princes to have in their hand; to the end that neither by over-measuring their forces, they lose themselves in vain enterprises; nor, ou the other side, by undervaluing them, they descend to fearful and pusillanimous counsels.
1 Estates. States. See page 147. J Plut. Vit. Themist. ad init.
* Holpen. See page 226.
* Cunningly. Skilfully.
'And many bards that to the trembling chord
* As. That. See page 26.
'Sad task! yet argument Not less, but more, heroic than the wrath Of stern Achilles.'—Milton.
The greatness of an estate, in bulk and territory, doth fall under measure; and the greatness of finances and revenue doth fall under computation. The population may appear by musters, and the number and greatness of cities and towns by cards and maps; but yet there is not anything, amongst civil affairs, more subject to error, than the right valuation and true jud;:. ment concerning the power and forces of an estate. The kingdom of heaven is compared, not to any great kernel, or nut, but to a grain of mustard seed;' which is one of the least grains, but hath in it a property and spirit hastily to get up and spread. So are there States great in territory, and yet not apt to enlarge or command: and some that have but a small dimension of stem, and yet are apt2 to be the foundation of great monarchies.
Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories, goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants, ordnance, artillery, and the like—all this is but a sheep in a lion's skin, except the breed and disposition of the people be stout and warlike.
Nay, number (itself) in armies importeth3 not much, where the people are of weak courage; for, as Virgil saith, 'It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be.'4 The army of the Persians, in the plains of Arbela, was such a vast sea of people, as it did somewhat astonish the commanders in Alexander's army who came to him, therefore, and wished him to set upon them by night; but he answered, 'He would not pilfer the victory'5—and the defeat was easy. When Tigranes, the Armenian, being encamped upon a hill with four hundred thousand men, discovered the army of the Romans, being not above fourteen thousand, marching towards him, he made himself merry with it, and said, 'Yonder men are too many for an ambassage,1 and too few for a fight;' but before the sunset, he found them enow2 to give him the chase with infinite slaughter.3 Many are the examples of the great odds between number and courage; so that a man may truly make a judgment, that the principal point of greatness, in any State, is to have a race of military men. Neither is money the sinews of war (as it is trivially said), where the sinews of men's arms in base and effeminate people are failing; for Solon said well to Croesus (when in ostentation he showed him his gold), 'Sir, if any other come that hath better iron than you, he will be master of all this gold/ Therefore, let any prince, or State, think soberly * of his forces, except his militia of natives be of good and valiant soldiers; and let princes, on the other side, that have subjects of martial disposition, know their own strength, unless they be otherwise wanting unto themselves. As for mercenary forces (which is the help in this case), all examples show that, whatsoever estate or prince doth rest upon them, he may spread his feathers for a time, but he will mew them soon after.
1 Matt. xiii. 31.
2 Apt. Qualified for; adapted to. 'All that were strong and apt for war.'— Kings.
3 Import. To he of importance. Sec page 24.
4 Virgil, Eel. vii. 51. 4 A. L. I. vii. 11.
The blessing of Judas and Issachar5 will never meet; that the same people or nation, should be both the lion's whelp, and the ass between burdens,—neither will it be, that a people overlaid with taxes, should ever become valiant and martial. It is true, that taxes, levied by consent of the estate, do abate men's courage less, as it hath been seen notably6 in the excises of the Low Countries, and, in some degree, in the subsidies of England; for, you must note, that we speak now of the heart, and not of the purse—so that although the same tribute and tax, laid by consent, or by imposing, be all one to the purse, yet it works diversely7 upon the courage. So that you may
1 Ambassage. Embassy. 'He sendeth an ambaseage, and desireth conditions of peace-.'—Lui;e xiv. 32.
2 Enow. Old plural of enough.
'Man hath selfish foes enow besides,
3 Plut. Vit. LucuUi, 27.
* Soberly. Moderately. 'Not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly.'—Iioman s xii. 3.
* Gen. xlix. 9, 14.
'Notably. In a remarkable, manner. (From the adjective notable.)
'lie is a most notable coward.'—Shakespere. 7 Diversely. Differently. (From diverse.) See page 24.


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Brandon Heaton, 21, was identified as a participant of a fight that occurred at 1:44 p.m. Saturday on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.
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Ford shows that much of American foreign policy--including military interventions in the Third World--is all about containing China.
The US cannot compete with China economically because Wall Street sold off our manufacturing assets to inflate its own profits. To protect corporate profits, the US's only remaining source of power is its huge military--which the government is now wielding globally with blatant disregard of national sovereignty and international law.
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I mean, when you think you know the whole story but you really don't, you generally end up being put in your place by that smart-ass that seems to randomly jump into conversations and whose sole purpose is to make others look like idiots. Or what about when your parents are yelling at you for doing something they just assumed you did?
How do you get the whole story? It depends on what your story is about, but "caring" is the right start to any odyssey.
What about these elections that are coming up right here in Palo Alto? Do you care about them? Maybe you should because people on the school board control things such as the length of passing periods and what time school starts, while members of the City Council have the power to create new skate parks and teen events. Are those things you care about?
Now let's do a little geometry. I promise this "proof," unlike those you've had to endure in school, will be quick and painless. Use the given: Teens care about that stuff, and the candidates care about that stuff. Now use the transitive property to come up with the result: Teens care about candidates. See? Quick and easy — just like I promised.
Anywhoo, if you can name all the candidates running for all the positions I would like you to personally turn around and give yourself a pat on the back. My back remains pat-less. I plan to do something about it. What about you?
Do you care? That's really my question. I know I would like my school day to start a little later and my lunch hour to be a little longer, but what about you? My guess is that if you've gotten this far into this article you probably do care about certain things — and with a little probing could probably find a lot more.
What do you feel about having finals before the winter break? What would it take to help you feel more "connected," whatever that means, to your school or community?
Do you feel adults listen enough to teens' ideas or suggestions? Which school board or council candidates do you think might be the best listeners to youth?
And are you prepared enough, armed with enough solid information, to say things that are worth the listening time of others? If teens don't care enough to find out the facts and speak out about their thoughts and feelings, what right does anyone have to complain about "not being listened to"? So dig in and speak out, OK?
Well, I guess you could be one of those over-achieving types who talks to the teacher about politics and laughs at the jokes that nobody else gets, which probably also means you've been correcting my grammar. But that's beside the point.
What was I talking about? Oh, right — caring. My guess is you do care about things in school or the community that affect you, or your family and friends. If you do, you should show it. Let the candidates know what's important to you, to teens in general even. Go to the forums, ask questions, check the candidates' websites, the newspaper website, the city and school district websites — get the whole story. I certainly don't want to be an ass. I don't know about you.
I'm about to let you go about the rest of your life, but I leave you with one thought: Remember back in elementary school when we all had to watch one million of those baking-soda-and-vinegar volcanoes? Yeah? I think elections are kinda like those — the candidates are like the baking soda and the people are like the vinegar. They need each other to make a volcano.
I wonder who the red food dye is? Anywhoo, are you just going to leave that baking soda hanging? Come on bro, that's not cool. OK, my little spiel is over, you are free to go.
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The new year brought with it new calendars and some old calendars that were ready for recycling.
What better way to recycle calendars
than to use them for craft projects?!
The girls and I decided to make some homemade puzzles.
We used three different techniques that I will share with you in today's post.
First, we picked our favorite photos and started cutting them to the right size
for the puzzles we wanted to make.
Technique One:
Mod-Podged Block Puzzle
We had a set of plain blocks in the art studio craft stash that I painted black a while ago
and didn't know what to do with...
So, we stacked 9 of them together and measured the square they made.
Then, we cute 6 of the photos into squares that size. (I think they were 5" x 5")
I started with the first photo, by trying to cut it into 9 equal squares.
Then, I realized I had a square scrap-booking punch
that looked like it was the same size.
Bingo! It was the same size and SO MUCH EASIER
than trying to do the math and cut each one evenly : )
After, all 6 photos were cut into little squares it was time to start Mod-Podging!
Since we couldn't glue all 6 sides (of each block)
at once, we had to do it in a couple of different sessions.
We wrapped up our brush in aluminum foil between each "gluing session" so it wouldn't dry out.
I use this same trick when I paint rooms in my house,
I wrap my brush or roller in saran wrap/plastic grocery bags
and stick it in the fridge (between coats of paint).
The end result..
A block puzzle for the girls with really cute baby wild animals.
Baby Tiger.
Baby Tree Frog.
Baby Jaguar.
We Mod-Podged the mini photos
from the back of the calendar onto the lid
of a chocolate box to keep the puzzle in.
Technique Two:
Mod-Podged Cardboard Puzzles
We also Mod-Podged some calendar pages
onto scraps of cardboard.
I cut up the first one with an X-Acto craft knife
on a self-healing cutting mat into random shapes.
For the Elephant Puzzle
we decided to try tracing one of our own
store-bought puzzles...
We assembled the puzzle on the back of the
Mod-Podged cardboard and traced each piece
with a pencil.
Then, we (meaning, me, the mom) tried cutting out the pieces
with scissors and a craft knife...
The little curved pieces were too hard
to cut with the stiff cardboard (ack!)
So... instead, I just cut random shapes again.
End result. Crazy Elephant Puzzle.
We stored the two cardboard puzzles in zip lock bags.
Honestly, it would have been easier to just
laminate the picture(s) with my mini laminator
(or a piece of clear contact paper)
and just cut up the shapes!!
Technique Three:
Puzzle Maker Machine Puzzle
For our final Recycled Calendar puzzle, we got out "E"s Puzzle Maker
one of her little friends gave her for her birthday last year.
She picked out a little Penguin Picture
from one of the calendars and I trimmed it for her.
Then, we stuck it to the adhesive piece
of foam that came with the kit.
And she cut out each piece with the little
puzzle making machine (like a big puzzle-making) hole punch.
We taped the mini photo of the penguin (from the back of the calendar)
to the lid of an old jewelry box and stored the puzzle inside.
Happy Puzzle-making!


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Adaptive Extraction and Representation of Geometric Structures from Unorganized 3D Point Sets (2009)
The primary emphasis of this thesis concerns the extraction and representation of intrinsic properties of three-dimensional (3D) unorganized point clouds. The points establishing a point cloud as it mainly emerges from LiDaR (Light Detection and Ranging) scan devices or by reconstruction from two-dimensional (2D) image series represent discrete samples of real world objects. Depending on the type of scenery the data is generated from the resulting point cloud may exhibit a variety of different structures. Especially, in the case of environmental LiDaR scans the complexity of the corresponding point clouds is relatively high. Hence, finding new techniques allowing the efficient extraction and representation of the underlying structural entities becomes an important research issue of recent interest. This thesis introduces new methods regarding the extraction and visualization of structural features like surfaces and curves (e.g. ridge-lines, creases) from 3D (environmental) point clouds. One main part concerns the extraction of curve-like features from environmental point data sets. It provides a new method supporting a stable feature extraction by incorporating a probability-based point classification scheme that characterizes individual points regarding their affiliation to surface-, curve- and volume-like structures. Another part is concerned with the surface reconstruction from (environmental) point clouds exhibiting objects that are more or less complex. A new method providing multi-resolutional surface representations from regular point clouds is discussed. Following the applied principles of this approach a volumetric surface reconstruction method based on the proposed classification scheme is introduced. It allows the reconstruction of surfaces from highly unstructured and noisy point data sets. Furthermore, contributions in the field of reconstructing 3D point clouds from 2D image series are provided. In addition, a discussion concerning the most important properties of (environmental) point clouds with respect to feature extraction is presented.
This PhD thesis aims at finding a global robot navigation strategy for rugged off-road terrain which is robust against inaccurate self-localization, scalable to large environments, but also cost-efficient, e.g. able to generate navigation paths which optimize a cost measure closely related to terrain traversability. In order to meet this goal, aspects of both metrical and topological navigation techniques are combined. A primarily topological map is extended with the previously lacking capability of cost-efficient path planning and map extension. Further innovations include a multi-dimensional cost measure for topological edges, a method to learn these costs based on live feedback from the robot and a set of extrapolation methods to predict the traversability costs for untraversed edges. The thesis presents two sophisticated new image analysis techniques to optimize cost prediction based on the shape and appearance of surrounding terrain. Experimental results indicate that the proposed global navigation system is indeed able to perform cost-efficient, large scale path planning. At the same time, the need to maintain a fine-grained, global world model which would reduce the scalability of the approach is avoided.
In its rather short history robotic research has come a long way in the half century since it started to exist as a noticeable scientic eld. Due to its roots in engineering, computer science, mathematics, and several other 'classical' scientic branches,a grand diversity of methodologies and approaches existed from the very beginning. Hence, the researchers in this eld are in particular used to adopting ideas that originate in other elds. As a fairly logical consequence of this, scientists tended to biology during the 1970s in order to nd approaches that are ideally adapted to the conditions of our natural environment. Doing so allows for introducing principles to robotics that have already shown their great potential by prevailing in a tough evolutionary selection process for millions of years. The variety of these approaches spans from efficient locomotion, to sensor processing methodologies and all the way to control architectures. Thus, the full spectrum of challenges for autonomous interaction with the surroundings while pursuing a task can be covered by such means. A feature that has proven to be amongst the most challenging to recreate is the human ability of biped locomotion. This is mainly caused by the fact that walking,running and so on are highly complex processes involving the need for energy efficient actuation, sophisticated control architectures and algorithms, and an elaborate mechanical design while at the same time posting restrictions concerning stability and weight. However, it is of special interest since our environment is favoring this specic kind of locomotion and thus promises to open up an enormous potential if mastered. More than the mere scientic interest, it is the fascination of understanding and recreating parts of oneself that drives the ongoing eorts in this area of research. The fact that this is not at all an easy task to tackle is not only caused by the highly dynamical processes but also has its roots in the challenging design process. That is because it cannot be limited to just one aspect like e.g. the control architecture, actuation, sensors, or mechanical design alone. Each aspect has to be incorporated into a sound general concept in order to allow for a successful outcome in the end. Since control is in this context inseparably coupled with the mechanics of the system, both has to be dealt with here.
Evaluation of a Model-Based Development Process for Automotive Embedded Systems - Model-Based Development of an Adaptive Cruise Control System (2009)
Nowadays, vehicle control systems such as anti-lock braking systems, electronic stability control, and cruise control systems yield many advantages. The electronic control units that are deployed in this specific application domain are embedded systems that are integrated in larger systems to achieve predefined applications. Embedded systems consist of embedded hardware and a large software part. Model-based development for embedded systems offers significant software-development benefits that are pointed out in this thesis. The vehicle control system Adaptive Cruise Control is developed in this thesis using a model-based software development process for embedded systems. As a modern industrial design tool that is prevalent in this domain, simulink,is used for modeling the environment, the system behavior, for determining controller parameters, and for simulation purposes. Using an appropriate toolchain, the embedded code is automatically generated. The adaptive cruise control system could be successfully implemented and tested within this short timespan using a waterfall model without increments. The vehicle plant and important filters are fully deduced in detail. Therefore, the design of further vehicle control systems needs less effort for development and precise simulation.
Most software systems are described in high-level model or programming languages. Their runtime behavior, however, is determined by the compiled code. For uncritical software, it may be sufficient to test the runtime behavior of the code. For safety-critical software, there is an additional aggravating factor resulting from the fact that the code must satisfy the formal specification which reflects the safety policy of the software consumer and that the software producer is obliged to demonstrate that the code is correct with respect to the specification using formal verification techniques. In this scenario, it is of great importance that static analyses and formal methods can be applied on the source code level, because this level is more abstract and better suited for such techniques. However, the results of the analyses and the verification can only be carried over to the machine code level, if we can establish the correctness of the translation. Thus, compilation is a crucial step in the development of software systems and formally verified translation correctness is essential to close the formalization chain from high-level formal methods to the machine-code level. In this thesis, I propose an approach to certifying compilers which achieves the aim of closing the formalization chain from high-level formal methods to the machine-code level by applying techniques from mathematical logic and programming language semantics. I propose an approach called foundational translation validation (FTV) in which the software producer implements an FTV system comprising a compiler and a specification and verification framework (SVF) which is implemented in higher-order logic (HOL). The most important part of the SVF is an explicit translation contract which comprises the formalizations of the source and the target languages of the compiler and the formalization of a binary translation correctness predicate corrTrans(S,T) for source programs S and target programs T. The formalizations of the languages are realized as deep embeddings in HOL. This enables one to declare the whole program in a formalized language as a HOL constant. The predicate formally specifies when T is considered to be a correct translation of S. Its definition is explicitly based on the program semantics definitions provided by the translation contract. Subsequent to the translation, the compiler translates the source and the target programs into their syntactic representations as HOL constants, S and T, and generates a proof of corrTrans(S,T). We call a compiler which follows the FTV approach a proof generating compiler. Our approach borrows the idea of representing programs in correctness proofs as logic constants from the foundational proof-carrying code (FPCC) approach. Novel features that distinquish our approach from further approaches to certifying compilers, such as proof-carrying code (PCC) and translation validation (TV) are the following: Firstly, the presence of an explicit translation contract formalized in HOL: The approaches PCC and TV do not formalize a translation contract explicitly. Instead of this, they incorporate operational semantics and translation correctness criterion in translation validation tools on the programming language level. Secondly, representation of programs in correctness proofs as logic constants: The approaches PCC and the TV translate programs into their representations as semantic abstractions that serve as inputs for translation validation tools. Thirdly, certification of program transformation chains: Unlike the TV approach, which certifies single program transformations, the FTV approach achieves the aim of certifying whole chains of program transformations. This is possible due to the fact that the translation contract provides, for all programming languages involved in the program transformation chain, definitions of program semantics functions which map programs to mathematical objects that are elements of a set with an (at least) partial order "<=". Then, the proof makes use of the fact that the relation "<=" is transitive. In this thesis, the feasibility of the FTV approach is exemplified by the implementation of an FTV system. The system comprises a compiler front-end that certifies its optimization phase and an accompanying SVF that is implemented in the theorem prover Isabelle/HOL. The compiler front-end translates programs in a small C-like programming language, performs three optimizations: constant folding, dead assignment elimination, and loop invariant hoisting, and generates translation certificates in the form of Isabelle/HOL theories. The main focus of the thesis is on the description of the SVF and its translation verification techniques.
We study the extension of techniques from Inductive Logic Programming (ILP) to temporal logic programming languages. Therefore we present two temporal logic programming languages and analyse the learnability of programs from these languages from finite sets of examples. In first order temporal logic the following topics are analysed: - How can we characterize the denotational semantics of programs? - Which proof techniques are best suited? - How complex is the learning task? In propositional temporal logic we analyse the following topics: - How can we use well known techniques from model checking in order to refine programs? - How complex is the learning task? In both cases we present estimations for the VC-dimension of selected classes of programs.
Linking Automated Data Analysis and Visualization with Applications in Developmental Biology and High-energy Physics (2009)
Knowledge discovery from large and complex collections of today's scientific datasets is a challenging task. With the ability to measure and simulate more processes at increasingly finer spatial and temporal scales, the increasing number of data dimensions and data objects is presenting tremendous challenges for data analysis and effective data exploration methods and tools. Researchers are overwhelmed with data and standard tools are often insufficient to enable effective data analysis and knowledge discovery. The main objective of this thesis is to provide important new capabilities to accelerate scientific knowledge discovery form large, complex, and multivariate scientific data. The research covered in this thesis addresses these scientific challenges using a combination of scientific visualization, information visualization, automated data analysis, and other enabling technologies, such as efficient data management. The effectiveness of the proposed analysis methods is demonstrated via applications in two distinct scientific research fields, namely developmental biology and high-energy physics. Advances in microscopy, image analysis, and embryo registration enable for the first time measurement of gene expression at cellular resolution for entire organisms. Analysis of highdimensional spatial gene expression datasets is a challenging task. By integrating data clustering and visualization, analysis of complex, time-varying, spatial gene expression patterns and their formation becomes possible. The analysis framework MATLAB and the visualization have been integrated, making advanced analysis tools accessible to biologist and enabling bioinformatic researchers to directly integrate their analysis with the visualization. Laser wakefield particle accelerators (LWFAs) promise to be a new compact source of highenergy particles and radiation, with wide applications ranging from medicine to physics. To gain insight into the complex physical processes of particle acceleration, physicists model LWFAs computationally. The datasets produced by LWFA simulations are (i) extremely large, (ii) of varying spatial and temporal resolution, (iii) heterogeneous, and (iv) high-dimensional, making analysis and knowledge discovery from complex LWFA simulation data a challenging task. To address these challenges this thesis describes the integration of the visualization system VisIt and the state-of-the-art index/query system FastBit, enabling interactive visual exploration of extremely large three-dimensional particle datasets. Researchers are especially interested in beams of high-energy particles formed during the course of a simulation. This thesis describes novel methods for automatic detection and analysis of particle beams enabling a more accurate and efficient data analysis process. By integrating these automated analysis methods with visualization, this research enables more accurate, efficient, and effective analysis of LWFA simulation data than previously possible.
Modern digital imaging technologies, such as digital microscopy or micro-computed tomography, deliver such large amounts of 2D and 3D-image data that manual processing becomes infeasible. This leads to a need for robust, flexible and automatic image analysis tools in areas such as histology or materials science, where microstructures are being investigated (e.g. cells, fiber systems). General-purpose image processing methods can be used to analyze such microstructures. These methods usually rely on segmentation, i.e., a separation of areas of interest in digital images. As image segmentation algorithms rarely adapt well to changes in the imaging system or to different analysis problems, there is a demand for solutions that can easily be modified to analyze different microstructures, and that are more accurate than existing ones. To address these challenges, this thesis contributes a novel statistical model for objects in images and novel algorithms for the image-based analysis of microstructures. The first contribution is a novel statistical model for the locations of objects (e.g. tumor cells) in images. This model is fully trainable and can therefore be easily adapted to many different image analysis tasks, which is demonstrated by examples from histology and materials science. Using algorithms for fitting this statistical model to images results in a method for locating multiple objects in images that is more accurate and more robust to noise and background clutter than standard methods. On simulated data at high noise levels (peak signal-to-noise ratio below 10 dB), this method achieves detection rates up to 10% above those of a watershed-based alternative algorithm. While objects like tumor cells can be described well by their coordinates in the plane, the analysis of fiber systems in composite materials, for instance, requires a fully three dimensional treatment. Therefore, the second contribution of this thesis is a novel algorithm to determine the local fiber orientation in micro-tomographic reconstructions of fiber-reinforced polymers and other fibrous materials. Using simulated data, it will be demonstrated that the local orientations obtained from this novel method are more robust to noise and fiber overlap than those computed using an established alternative gradient-based algorithm, both in 2D and 3D. The property of robustness to noise of the proposed algorithm can be explained by the fact that a low-pass filter is used to detect local orientations. But even in the absence of noise, depending on fiber curvature and density, the average local 3D-orientation estimate can be about 9° more accurate compared to that alternative gradient-based method. Implementations of that novel orientation estimation method require repeated image filtering using anisotropic Gaussian convolution filters. These filter operations, which other authors have used for adaptive image smoothing, are computationally expensive when using standard implementations. Therefore, the third contribution of this thesis is a novel optimal non-orthogonal separation of the anisotropic Gaussian convolution kernel. This result generalizes a previous one reported elsewhere, and allows for efficient implementations of the corresponding convolution operation in any dimension. In 2D and 3D, these implementations achieve an average performance gain by factors of 3.8 and 3.5, respectively, compared to a fast Fourier transform-based implementation. The contributions made by this thesis represent improvements over state-of-the-art methods, especially in the 2D-analysis of cells in histological resections, and in the 2D and 3D-analysis of fibrous materials.
In engineering and science, a multitude of problems exhibit an inherently geometric nature. The computational assessment of such problems requires an adequate representation by means of data structures and processing algorithms. One of the most widely adopted and recognized spatial data structures is the Delaunay triangulation which has its canonical dual in the Voronoi diagram. While the Voronoi diagram provides a simple and elegant framework to model spatial proximity, the core of which is the concept of natural neighbors, the Delaunay triangulation provides robust and efficient access to it. This combination explains the immense popularity of Voronoi- and Delaunay-based methods in all areas of science and engineering. This thesis addresses aspects from a variety of applications that share their affinity to the Voronoi diagram and the natural neighbor concept. First, an idea for the generalization of B-spline surfaces to unstructured knot sets over Voronoi diagrams is investigated. Then, a previously proposed method for \(C^2\) smooth natural neighbor interpolation is backed with concrete guidelines for its implementation. Smooth natural neighbor interpolation is also one of many applications requiring derivatives of the input data. The generation of derivative information in scattered data with the help of natural neighbors is described in detail. In a different setting, the computation of a discrete harmonic function in a point cloud is considered, and an observation is presented that relates natural neighbor coordinates to a continuous dependency between discrete harmonic functions and the coordinates of the point cloud. Attention is then turned to integrating the flexibility and meritable properties of natural neighbor interpolation into a framework that allows the algorithmically transparent and smooth extrapolation of any known natural neighbor interpolant. Finally, essential properties are proved for a recently introduced novel finite element tessellation technique in which a Delaunay triangulation is transformed into a unique polygonal tessellation.


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A hydrocarbon-steam mixture is first reformed in tube reactors and then partially oxidized with oxygen. The escaping synthesis gas heats the tube reactors. The process heat from the partial oxidation is thus used for the steam reforming process.


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CHICAGO — As Bally Total Fitness continues to work on its 2005 10-K and first quarter 2006 reports, the company does so with a new chief financial officer — the fourth CFO in two years for the financially troubled company.
In mid April, the company hired Ronald G. Eidell as CFO to replace former CFO Carl J. Landeck effective April 13. Landeck, who was hired as Bally CFO in March of last year, is no longer with the company. Bally did not offer a reason for Landeck's departure. Landeck had replaced William Fanelli, who served as acting CFO from April 2004 to March 2005, after John Dwyer left Bally in 2004 after eight years with the company.
Eidell assumes responsibility for all finance and accounting functions. He will initially hold the title of senior vice president — finance.
Bally also announced on March 14 that it would not meet the March 16 deadline to file its 2005 10-K report. The company sought and received waivers from its senior bank lenders and bondholders to extend the deadline. In late March, Bally also sought and received a waiver to extend the time for filing of its quarterly reports for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006. Under the default waivers, Bally's 2005 10-K would be required to be filed no later than July 10, 2006. The waivers also permit a delay in filing the quarterly reports until Sept. 11, 2006.
The company, which has a $743 million debt, restated financials for 2000 through 2003 and released financials for 2004 and the first nine months of 2005 in late November 2005. It is undergoing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the refilings. Bally also is seeking a buyer.


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The "fear" over social media use has been "ridiculously overblown," advisor, blogger and Twitterphile Michael Kitces told advisors on Tuesday at the Schwab IMPACT conference in Washington.
"A lot of what we [advisors] talk about on social media is far from what the SEC is scrutinizing. I think we've gotten way too wrapped up in the compliance fears around social media," Kitces told a packed room. "I don't want to minimize [social media compliance] to nothing; [advisors] should have a social media policy in place and know what your people are doing, but we've made [compliance] out to be much more of a demon than it really is."
Kitces was part of a panel that included two other advisors that are using social media as a way to educate clients and build their brands.
Jim Bell of Bell Investment Advisors, located in the San Francisco Bay area, told advisors that social media "is really about education, not selling." Advisors using social media should be a "resource for relevant content; you want to position yourself as a thought leader."
Catherine Maniscalco Avery, president of Catherine Avery Investment Management, agreed that social media is best used as a tool to educate clients, which for her include baby boomers and high-net-worth women. Avery said she started using social media not only to educate clients but to "draw people to our website."
Avery offered three tips to best leverage social media. She told advisors that the best way to "grow their client base" using social media was to "think about who your clients are and what social media they use." Also, she said to use the social media platforms "that you're comfortable with. Don't use one that you won't use on a consistent basis."
Kitces agreed, stating that for him, Twitter is his social media platform of choice because the "most connections get formed" through it. Twitter, he said, is a "mass relationship" builder, and a good way for a self-professed introvert like himself to get referrals.
All three agreed that LinkedIn is the most "professional" social medium with Facebook considered more personal. "I'm incredibly unimpressed with Facebook and its professional potential," said Kitces. "Facebook is the lowest ROI for me."
Ádded Avery: "I found the same thing. My clients don't want to go to Facebook to hear about investing." She added that her firm now uses LinkedIn for "prospecting."
Bell agreed that Facebook was a more personal venue. "We don't do Facebook. I think the general understanding is that from our fiduciary perspective, Facebook is about your personal life and LinkedIn is about your professional life."
At the end of the day, Kitces said, "social media is about getting your brand out there." Bell agreed, and warned advisors that if they're going to launch a social media presence, they must "cultivate it" and make sure they're "keeping it fresh and relevant."
As to compliance, Bell agreed with Kitces that while "the fear about compliance was more pent up than reality," his firm's compliance officer reviews all of the employees' tweets, as well as the firm's videos and blogs.
"I'm the chief compliance officer and write the content and I know what I can and cannot say," Avery added. "When in doubt I err on the conservative side or I put it through an outside [compliance] firm."
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Judge in John Edwards case to reconsider trial motions
The judge overseeing the John Edwards case will reconsider a pair of defense motions on whether the government tried the case in the right venue and whether prosecutors gathered evidence improperly.
A jury acquitted the former Democratic presidential candidate last week on one felony count of receiving illegal campaign contributions, but deadlocked on the remaining five counts. Federal officials are weighing whether to retry Edwards on the five unresolved charges.
U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles has ordered new briefs on whether two of the charges should be tried in a different federal court and whether prosecutors played an improper role in a civil lawsuit over ownership of a sex tape of Edwards and his mistress.
If the judge sides with the defense, two of the charges would have to either be dismissed or tried elsewhere.


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| 19.6°C Dublin
Inter Milan are not interested in re-signing unsettled Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli in January, according to club president Massimo Moratti.
The Italy international is facing an uncertain future with the Premier League champions – who he joined from Inter for €22m in 2010 – after losing his place in Roberto Mancini's first team over recent weeks.
The Nerazzurri's refusal to field Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder until he agrees to take a pay cut is one indication of a major cost-cutting exercise at the San Siro, with Balotelli's wage demands likely to be prohibitive to any permanent transfer or loan move.
Moratti said: "I really don't think that Balotelli will be coming back to Inter."
A run of seven consecutive victories saw Inter enter the title race earlier this month, but the Nerazzurri are now without a win in three outings and sit fourth in the Serie A table.
"As far as I'm concerned the team will stay more or less the way it is now," Moratti added.
"It's a good challenge for the players that we have, who all want to do well and build on what we've achieved early in the season.
"Inter are a good team, but every now and then we don't do so well," he admitted.
Former Inter players Luis Figo and Francesco Toldo, both 40, now act as club ambassadors and accompanied Moratti to New York, with the Portuguese taking a light-hearted approach to any potential recruitment drive.
Figo joked: "The real story here is that Toldo and I will return to action in January, but hopefully it would only be for about 20 minutes."
Irish Independent


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Hit Me with Music
Miquel Galofré
Jamaica/Spain, Music Documentary, 2011
75 min, HD CAM, Color
English, Patoise with English subtitles
Jamaica continues to be on top of the world-wide music scene. Reggae has evolved to produce a new genre, Dancehall. The Dancehall phenomenon is unstoppable in Jamaica and the rest of the world. Artists, dancers, and local teenagers explain the content of the controversial Dancehall lyrics and the lifestyle created by the music. This film presents and represents the urban street culture and lifestyle that fuels and is born out of Dancehall, and captures the elements of dance which form an integral part of nightlife in Kingston. Hit Me with Music won Best Documentary and the People's Choice Award at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival.
US Premiere
Miquel Galofré was born in Barcelona in 1970. For more than two decades, he worked as a director, cameraman, and editor for the Spanish TV industry. In 2005 he made his first short Gua! Pa!. His first documentary feature Why Do Jamaicans Run So Fast? was made in 2009.
Producer: Nando Garcia Guereta
Production Companies: Nice Time
Screenwriter: Laura Carulla
Cinematographer: Miquel Galofré
Editor: Miquel Galofré
Sound Design: Xavier Clara
Thursday, April 26 - 8:30 PM
MACC (Mexican American Cultural Center)


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The right kind of tattoo on a girl can be incredibly sexy. Here are some important points when going for a sexy girl tattoo:
1. What kind of design? A sexy girl tattoo should be something erotic, exotic, and even a little dangerous looking. What you should not get is something "cute", like a rose or some common type of girl tattoo. The design that stands out is going to be strong and sexy. You can still bring femininity into your tattoo by adding other elements around it. For instance a dragon tattoo on a female can be very sexy, while you can then add in surrounding stars or small flowers to accentuate feminine qualities, while remaining sexy and dangerous.
2. Where to get your female sexy tattoo? Areas that accentuate a sexy tattoo are upper arms, upper back, and upper thigh areas. Other areas may work well also, but one area to avoid is the lower back. While this area has been viewed as a sexy place to get your female tattoo, it's been played out and become too much of a trend. Now slang terminology has emerged referring to female low back tattoo's as "tramp stamps". So instead of "sexy", low back tattoo's have turned into trendy and unoriginal.
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Looking for a Christmas idea? Local craft makers will be showing off their handmade products at a Winter Craft Fayre Weekend at Bluestone National Park Resort next weekend.
The event takes place at The Pavilion in Bluestone on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November 2012, with a range of stallholders showing off their silver and metalwork, ceramics and pottery, rustic furniture, local photography, paintings, homemade preserves and much more.
There will also be a chance for children to take part with their own craft making, as well as face painting and competitions, as well as mulled wine, food and drink. The fair is open between 10am and 5pm on each day.
"They'll be plenty to see and do at the craft fayre for all ages and it'll maybe provide some inspiration for Christmas ideas," said Yvonne Buckingham, Head of Marketing at Bluestone.
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''Some People Have a Blockade in their Heads''
Tell the truth, Ms Çalışkan, are you anxious about your new job as head of Amnesty International in Germany?
Selmin Çalışkan: I'm not anxious at all; I can't wait to get started! You can parachute me down anywhere – so far, I've always been able to accomplish something. It's wonderful to be able to roll up my sleeves with Amnesty.
Your predecessor, Monika Lüke, also threw herself into her tasks with élan – and failed.
Çalışkan: Sometime two sides fail to reach an agreement; that can happen anywhere. But that was the only case in Amnesty's 50-year history. With so many predecessors who held the post of Secretary-General for a long time, I feel completely reassured that all will go well.
One of your first projects is not aimed at repressive foreign regimes. Why does Germany need an "inspection agency for human rights"?
Çalışkan: To date Germany has supported projects without first checking whether they meet human rights standards. It would be better to review whether and to what extent these criteria are met before such projects are launched. The Ministry of Development is now planning to introduce this kind of "inspection agency for human rights".
However, we also need one for the Ministries of Defence, Economics and the Interior. That being said, I saw in my previous work, for example in Afghanistan, what a hard time the various federal ministries have working together.
Can you give us an example of a project that ignores human rights criteria?
Çalışkan: It might for instance be the construction of a vocational school for boys only. In this case, something should at least be done simultaneously for girls' right to education. And then there's the training of police officers and soldiers in Afghanistan: more human rights education should be added to the curriculum. Otherwise, the newly trained recruits will not respect the rights of the civilian population even though it's their job to protect those rights. Another big issue that is related to all of this – one in which Amnesty is currently heavily engaged – is the arms trade.
The United Nations plans to convene in New York in March to discuss an international treaty for the control of the arms trade. What do you see as the role of the German government in the negotiations?
Çalışkan: The German government has played a positive role up to now. Above all, it is US President Barack Obama who has to make a move so that a binding treaty can finally be put in place that we can then invoke. Amnesty is sending 20 experts from all over the world to the talks in New York to advocate for rules that are as stringent as possible and to make sure loopholes are closed. But here in Germany too, we are pushing for arms exports to be subject to more stringent controls.
Decisions on the sale of German armaments abroad are made during closed sessions of the Federal Security Council, which consists of members of government.
Çalışkan: It simply cannot be that a small, secret club decides which country should get German tanks and firearms. But more control should also be wielded over the Economics Ministry, which often approves arms exports without even consulting the Federal Security Council. To do so, we need a legally binding human rights clause for arms exports. We will lobby members of the Bundestag to initiate such legislation. The members could be much more assertive in demanding information and monitoring rights.
Is the government trying to fob off parliament by providing too little information?
Çalışkan: Sometimes, yes. The parliament was, for example, informed too late and insufficiently about the extension of the mandates for Afghanistan. I consider that a scandal for our democracy. In the case of arms exports too, the government does not provide comprehensive and timely information.
This is a topic we will address more emphatically in the 2013 election year, along with the refugee policies. Using benchmarks, Amnesty will gauge the extent to which the policies of the various parties are compatible with human rights.
Where will you begin lobbying? With the Bundestag members, leading politicians or bureaucrats?
Çalışkan: We are talking to all of them. Often, the second-line contacts are more important for us. They are the ones who shape day-to-day operations. And that's where we need to put down stakes. But contacts with political leaders are also important. Some time ago, for example, we had a conversation with the German president.
A few days ago, Joachim Gauck became the first German president to attend a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council, where he gave a speech that highlighted the role of NGOs. Is the President an ally of yours?
Çalışkan: Because of his own history, Joachim Gauck is particularly sensitive to issues involving freedom and human rights. He has shown great commitment to these issues so far. Now the federal government has to do its part. After all, Germany once again has a seat on the Human Rights Council. So far it has reacted quite hesitantly when it comes to specific situations in certain countries, such as Sri Lanka. We will remind the Foreign Ministry that it is not enough to pass general resolutions if nothing is done to implement them. Gauck's engagement is an additional argument, which helps. It bolsters the work of the non-governmental organisations.
It is the strategy of Amnesty Germany to focus primarily on human rights abroad. Isn't it time to bend this rule?
Çalışkan: Amnesty owes it success partly to its ability to act as a mouthpiece for human rights activists in repressive states. Time and again, we have been able to effect the release of political prisoners because we can stand up for their rights from anywhere in the world. But we will also be taking action in Germany. Several years ago, Amnesty drew attention to excessive police violence in Germany and pushed for the requirement that each police officer's name should be clearly visible on his/her uniform.
There is indeed still much to be done, and not only because of the alleged incident of police brutality in Munich. Germany needs to finally set up independent investigative bodies for such cases. When the police force is responsible for investigating its own wrongdoings, the findings often come up short.
Amnesty has also been advising asylum-seekers in Germany for several years now, calling for asylum policies that emphasise the protection and the rights of refugees. But our main focus remains combating serious human rights violations around the world.
A savage civil war is raging in Syria as we speak; countless people are on the run. Are the federal government's humanitarian operations sufficient?
Çalışkan: Certainly not with regard to the refugees. Germany is not doing enough. And it would really be so easy to help many of those affected. Syrians who have family in Germany should be allowed to come here quickly and without a lot of red tape. The German government should act as quickly as possible. That would also be a sign of solidarity with the countries bordering Syria, who are dealing with some 900,000 Syrian refugees living at their borders and are the limit of their capacity to assimilate them.
The German government is providing financial aid to meet the needs of Syrian refugees in the region.
Çalışkan: And it should continue to do so. In addition, Syrians are almost always granted protection here when they apply for asylum. However, the majority of Syrian refugees were forced to flee via dangerous and sometimes illegal routes before they could finally apply for asylum in Germany.
Even refugees who want to stay with their Syrian relatives in Germany are not being granted visas. The regulatory hurdles for family reunification are simply too high. We therefore call for more generous entry policies for Syrian refugees who have family members in Germany. The government should pass a decision on this issue now and appeal to the EU to follow suit, rather than waiting for all the EU member states to make up their minds about taking in Syrian refugees.
You are the first Secretary-General of Amnesty in Germany from an immigrant background. Is Amnesty becoming more international because of you?
Çalışkan: Amnesty is already international. But I hope that I can help to drum up more support for Amnesty in Germany – especially from immigrant families.
Will you also take a stand on Turkey?
Çalışkan: Of course. If Turkish media approach me, I will denounce the human rights violations and abuses there. I will cite the detention of journalists as well as discrimination against ethnic minorities or the lack of religious freedom for Christians and Alevis.
Ms Çalışkan, you were already active on social issues as a young woman. What got you interested in politics at such an early age?
Çalışkan: My parents came to Germany in the early 1960s. They met with openness on the part of the people here, and had many contacts with German families. Then the climate changed in the late 1970s with the "recruitment ban" on guest workers. Every evening, our parents discussed whether they should accept the compensation money and return to Turkey. We children were constantly afraid that they might really do it, because I have always considered Germany home.
I grew up hearing the sentence: "Next year, we'll move to Turkey." It ultimately didn't happen, but this fear led me at the age of ten or eleven to try to come to terms with our situation, as well as with the role of girls and women in Turkish families. Soon thereafter, I started to become interested in the fate of German Jews.
As a girl with Turkish roots, how did you come upon that topic?
Çalışkan: At school. Teachers at my high school – the last remnants of the late 1960s generation – had a major influence on me. We read the book "Friedrich", the story of a German boy who is suddenly no longer allowed to use the public swimming pool – because he's Jewish. He is stunned, because one thing is clear to him: "We belong here!" I shared the same feeling of disbelief when I encountered rejection and hostility. That was the impetus for my political involvement.
What kind of discrimination were you exposed to?
Çalışkan: We often had to rent run-down apartments. My father was permanently out of work because, as a Turk, it was clear that the employment office would only offer him a job once all the Germans and EU citizens had turned it down. Ten years ago, I myself didn't get the apartment I wanted in Berlin; it was made to clear to me: "We don't rent to Turks." Some people simply have a blockade in their heads. No matter how "integrated" you are.
Interview conducted by Victoria Großmann and Oliver Das Gupta
Selmin Çalışkan was born in 1967 as the child of Turkish guest workers in the German town of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. She began helping immigrants while still a schoolgirl and later initiated a regular cross-cultural girls' get-together in Bonn. Çalışkan worked for several years for the women's organisation Medica Mondiale and later spent time in Afghanistan working for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). As of 1 March, the mother of an adult daughter officially takes up her post as Secretary-General of the German section of Amnesty International.
© Süddeutsche Zeitung 2013
Translated from the German by Jennifer Taylor
Editor: Aingeal Flanagan


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Attorneys' fee case goes on
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the substitution of the estate of a Louisiana police chief for him in the pending case of Fox v. Vice (10-114), scheduled for oral argument at 11 a.m. next Tuesday. This was one of several orders the Court released following its Friday Conference. The Fox case involves the question of awarding attorneys' fees for an entire litigation, when an award may have been justified for only a part of the case. Former Vinton, La., Police Chief Billy Ray Vice, who was awarded the fees, has died; the Court agreed to allow his widow, who is handling his estate, to be substituted in the role of executrix. Further orders on cases considered at the Conference will be released at 10 a.m. Monday.
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, Attorneys' fee case goes on, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 18, 2011, 10:23 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/03/attorneys-fee-case-goes-on/


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Katherine E. "Wendy" Dietze will serve the Board of Trustees as a member of the Development and Alumni Relations Committee and the Post-Graduate Outcomes Committee through 2018.
Ms. Dietze, a resident of New York, New York, brings to the board nearly 20 years of experience in distinct directorships. She is corporate director for Liberty Property Trust, Matthews International Corporation, and Cowen & Co., and she previously served as corporate director for Northeast Optic Network, CTC Communications, and Light Path Technologies. Her work also extends to these nonprofits: Foreign Policy Association, City-Meals-On-Wheels, and the New York State Council of Humanities.
Ms. Dietze was Brown University's Senior Advancement Director from 2005-2007, where she was responsible for establishing and managing a New York City development office and working with the President and members of the Brown Corporation. Previously, she held management positions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Salomon Brothers.
Ms. Dietze graduated with her BA in comparative literature from Brown University in 1979 and with her MBA from Columbia University in 1984.
"Wendy Dietze will be an outstanding trustee, and the College is very fortunate to have her join our board," said President Stephen D. Schutt. "Her broad, valuable experience in the financial world, as a corporate director, and in higher education will serve the College exceptionally well, and I look forward to working closely with her."


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I have a HC 700 GE Game camera I want to use to manage stock but I can't seem to get it to send emails or MMS. . I have contacted the Chinese manufacturer but they have my money now so couldn't care less.
The settings I have are as follows
For MMS ;
GPRS settings
Then it says
Server Settings;
Port: ?
Then for SMTP it says
Server settings and I have a choice of
Other, Gmail or Hotmail ,it will be other in my case.
I then have a choice of SSL no SSL or STARTTLS .
Server ?
Port ?
Anyone have any ideas ? I have a Telstra SIM with heaps of data on it ready to go .
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Wow that's great and thankyou O Supreme Being and Guilty Spark ! I would be happy just to get one email or text working. I will see how this all goes .
Did you get it working OwenMonie? I am having the same problem.
Thanks Jupiter anything is worth a try now as the company is not answering my emails. If anyone else wants to try here is his email address. 'firstname.lastname@example.com'
The company is Suntek .
Tel : +86 755 83344359
Mob: +86 18312341296
E-mail: email@example.com
I will see if I can work out how to write a review somewhere to let others know the problems I have as I have nearly given up.
Howdy. I ended up getting a partial refund for the camera. They agreed to give me the difference between the 3g model and the non-3g model. I wanted another camera anyway so I am happy with that. I will now find something locally to do the job I wanted this camera to do. I still haven't been able to make it work. Good luck and thanks for your help. Cheers
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This entry will serve as a continuous entry as things just strike me.
Case in Point: In a recent article about a 10 year old boy who allegedly set his house on fire and killed four people, the pastor of a local church said he didn't think the boy set the fire because the boy is a 'churchgoer'. What the F###???
Where is the logic in the pastor's statement? Does he really live in a world that people who go to church do not commit crimes? People commit crimes on a daily basis. It happens. It's life. Just because someone goes to Church does not make them any more or less likely to commit a crime.
I just don't understand the warped logic that makes people think that just because someone goes to Church they cannot commit a crime. Whether the 10 year old boy set or did not set the fire is the question, not whether he could set or not set the fire because he goes to Church. I'm sure Ted Bundy went to Church. He also murdered a heck of a lot of people. Has anyone heard about the Catholic Church scandal? The priests allegedly invovled were leaders of the church and they allegedly committed a crime. Enough said.
Just my thoughts for today.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Things I Don't Get
This entry will serve as a continuous entry as things just strike me.
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The International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) 2006 gave out a number of awards during the 2006 IBWA Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas. The awards recognize excellence within the bottled water industry and the IBWA membership.
Mountain Valley Spring Company won the "Best of Show" IBWA Aqua Award in recognition of its outstanding and creative contributions in the field of marketing and public relations among bottled water companies and suppliers.
IBWA also honored the winners of the 2006 Route Salespersons of the Year. All three winners represent small, medium and large companies that have demonstrated an unyielding work ethic and strong interpersonal skills, which made them stand above the crowd while maintaining their successful bottled water delivery routes. The 2006 Route Salespersons of the Year are Charles Campbell of Clear Mountain Spring Water (small company category); Dave (D.J.) Miskowiec of Culligan Bottled Water (medium company category); and Thomas Carter of DS Waters/Sierra Springs (large company category).
The Plant Manager of the Year Award, which recognizes the tremendous impact plant managers have in achieving business goals and objectives for an IBWA bottler member, was presented to Gabriel Bravard of Culligan Water Conditioning.
This year also includes the addition of the new IBWA Director's Award. This prestigious award recognizes IBWA members whose advocacy, commitment, and actions on behalf of IBWA and the bottled water industry have achieved clear and measurable results. The two recipients of the IBWA Director's Award are Shayron Barnes-Selby of DS Waters of America, LP and Jan Saxman of Shenandoah Valley Water Company.