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Despite a lengthy discussion at its May 17 meeting, the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Development Review Committee failed to reach a decision on installing 15 BigBelly solar-powered trash compactors in Chestnut Hill.
Amy Edelman, co-founder of Green in Chestnut Hill (GRinCH), which has been working to get the cans placed in Chestnut Hill, appeared again before the DRC to provide clarification on some of the outstanding issues surrounding placement of the compactors along Germantown Avenue.
DRC co-chair Larry McEwen said he would like to resolve these issues but believes the controversy over whether or not to accept the BigBellies in Chestnut Hill would require consideration by the board of directors.
"There's a lot of consternation about this," McEwen said.
That consideration isn't likely to happen before June, since the board meeting scheduled for May 26 will focus on the inauguration of a new board president. This delays further a process that has been underway for more than a year now.
Edelman said that when GRinCH first began investigating the availability of BigBelly trash cans, the group met with members of the Business Improvement District, the community association and the Chestnut Hill Business Association. One BigBelly was placed in front of the Night Kitchen Bakery at 7725 Germantown Avenue on a trial basis. A front-page story in the Chestnut Hill Local touted the presence of the BigBelly and explained that more were anticipated.
"There was a year in which there was ample opportunity to voice concerns," Edelman told the Committee.
CHCA doesn't have to take a vote. GRinCH is upset about the need to take a second vote, though it does provide them with ample opportunity to collect more signatures of support from business owners in the 19118 ZIP code.
Noreen Spota, administrative coordinator for the community association, said the motion put before the board of directors at its meeting on Feb. 3 was presented by Rob Rossman, of the business association, and asked that the LUPZ work out the best places to put the BigBellies.
McEwen asked if this replacement of traditional trash receptacles with BigBelly cans was a citywide initiative. Edelman said the city was moving in that direction and that the cans are in several business districts now.
Chestnut Hill, she said, is one of the last areas not to have them and the reason there isn't a wider distribution is a lack of funding. The 15 slated for Chestnut Hill are what is left from a federal Department of Energy grant given to the city as part of last year's stimulus program.
Jean McCoubrey asked Edelman about a cost/benefit study and whether she could get some information about the savings the cans would provide.
"How does that translate into labor, cost, fuel, vehicle maintenance, etc.?" she asked. "I think that if you can get some of that information it would certainly support your argument."
Edelman said GRinCH members had photographed the existing cans up and down the Avenue and found them to be in terrible shape. Edelman reported that GRinCH members said several of the cans were rusted, broken, and overflowing.
"Our pictures show that the cans have exceeded their life expectancy and need to be replaced," she said. She did not have these photos to present to the DRC.
Patricia Cove, representing the Historic District Advisory Committee, spoke in favor of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society's position that the BigBellies undermine the historic character of Germantown Avenue.
Cove added that concerns about the cleanliness of the cans – specifically, the fact that they need to be touched in order to be opened – was a significant issue that needs to be addressed.
Cove also said she'd received an email from a "very large property and business owner" who said that he does not want them in front of any of his businesses, noting that "he owns quite a few of them."
"I feel that might be a concern, especially since they have to be located consecutively," Cove added, referring to the city's need to place the cans at regular intervals along the Avenue.
Cove said she understood that the cans were designed to be graffiti and sticker proof, but expressed concern that the BigBellies were still vulnerable to defacement by scratching. Edelman answered this concern by pointing out that the cans will be on corners and less likely to be hit and scratched by car doors.
Harriet Brumberg suggested involving the Woodmere Art Museum in designing decorative wraps for the cans.
Edelman described two scenarios for placement – from Mermaid up to the Chestnut Hill Hotel or from Bethlehem Pike down to the Chestnut Hill Hotel. Edelman expressed support for the former.
"How would you address the property owners who have adamantly said they do not want these in front of their shops?" Cove asked. Edelman said that there are lots of people who do want the cans and that GRinCH would be happy to see them placed where they're wanted.
"We're not trying to make any enemies," Edelman said.
Committee member Tom Hemphill said he hoped to see the BigBellies on Germantown Avenue, repeating his earlier statements of support for the cans and listing several historic areas in Philadelphia as well as in Boston where the cans have been placed, seemingly without significant impact to the historic character of those places.
"I understand everybody's concerns," he said, but feels the benefits they would provide would far outweigh people's concerns.
"I'm respectful of the historical society and their concerns," he added.
The DRC will send the question of whether to accept the BigBellies to the CHCA board of directors meeting on June 23.
Train station repairs
A member of the audience asked about the status of the repairs to the Chestnut Hill East train station and whether the stone face being installed was in keeping with what SEPTA officials said would be used.
"When the SEPTA guys were here they assured us that it would resemble stone," he said. "Not only that, but they brought a sample along."
He noted, however, that the color of what has been installed was inconsistent with the sample offered by SEPTA.
Jean McCoubrey said two LUPZ members, Cynthia Brey and Toby Horton, were working with SEPTA on a planting scheme that would provide for vines draping down the new wall, as well as a rain garden idea in the area along West Evergreen Avenue. No details were provided about these planting concepts.
"I'm not sure if SEPTA is trying to finish their main construction first," McCoubrey said.
"The sooner the vines, the better," McEwen said


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Boolean circuits
This post (in a few parts) contains a quick introduction to Boolean circuits. It is related to the recent news post about the solution of Braverman to the Linial-Nisan conjecture. In particular, we will describe very quickly a formulation of the problem and discuss some issues about bounded depth circuits. I hope that this gives a nice introduction to this area for non-experts (written also by a non-expert). Any comments and corrections (especially from experts!) are welcome. I want to mention, in particular, a result by Benjamin Rossman about finding cliques in graphs for bounded depth circuits that I found exciting.
A. Boolean functions, Boolean circuits and the NP versus P problem.
1. Boolean functions
A Boolean function of n variables is simply a function where the variables take the values +1 and -1 and the value of itself is also either +1 and -1.
2. Boolean circuits
A Boolean circuit is a gadget that computes Boolean functions. It is built from inputs, gates and an output. We can think about these circuits as follows: On level 0 there are the variables. On level 1 there are gates acting on the variables. On level 2 there are gates acting on the outputs of the gates on level 1. And in level is a single gate leading to the output of the circuit. The depth of the circuit is this number . The size of the circuit is the total number of gates. The gates perform Boolean operations: They can take an input bit and negate it. They can take several input bits and take their OR – this means that the output will be '1' iff one of them is '1'. They can take several input bits and take their AND – this means that the output will be '-1' iff one of them is '-1'.
3. the problem
Consider a graph on vertices. The question "Does have a Hamiltonian cycle?" (a Hamiltonian cycle is a simple cycle containing all the vertices of the graph) is known to be "NP complete".
Now, suppose that and associate to every edge of the complete graph on vertices a variable .
Every graph corresponds to an assignment of Boolean values to the variables. This correspondence is crucial here and in various other places: the variables associated to the edges of the graph get value ´1´and the variables associated to edges not in the graph get value ´-1´.
The property of graphs on vertices to be Hamiltonian is described by the following Boolean function on variables. Every assigenment of values to the variables corresponds to a graph , and the value of is 1 if and only if the graph contains a Hamiltonian cycle.
To prove that just prove that
cannot be described by a Boolean circuit of size which is bounded above by a polynomial in .
Is it really the famous problem, you may ask? Well, what we have stated here is a little bit stronger. So if you prove that the Boolean functions representing the graph property "To contain a Hamiltonian cycle" cannot be described by a polynomial size circuit you will prove that and you will have a little change to spare!
(The assertion that there is no polynomial time algorithm for deciding if a graph with vertices is Hamiltonian is equivalent to the problem. In the setting of circuits, we talk about the size of the circuit as a substitute to the notion of running time of an algorithm.)
4. A little more on . What is NP?
The previous paragraph tells you a formulation of the problem. So you can go ahead and solve it and not worry too much about this paragraph. But the previous paragraph does not tell a few important aspects of the problems and I will mention one aspect now. NP stands for "non-deterministically polynomial" (and not for "not-polynomial" as I thought in my early youth). What does it mean?
The Wikipedea explanation is "a problem is NP as long as a given solution can be verified as correct in polynomial time". In the world of circuits we have the following description:
Suppose you want to express the property that a graph has a Hamiltonian cycle in the following way:
You have a Boolean circuit with variables. The variables correspond to the edges of the complete graph as before. The variables are new variables and we assume that is bounded from above by a polynomial function of . Now we want to describe the property "The graph G is Hamiltonian" by a polynomial size circuit in these variables as follows: If we start with a Hamiltonian graph, we can find an assignment to the variables such that the output of the circuit will be 1. If we start with a non-Hamiltonian graph for every assignment of values to the variables the output of the circuit will be -1.
Now come the crucial observation: We can do it! We can find a circuit with this property. As before, we let be variables representing the edges of the complete graph with the understanding that if and only if the th edge is present in our graph . , But now we take more variables again representing all possible edges of the complete graph. The s which equal to 1 are supposed to correspond to edges of a Hamiltonian cycle in our graph . So now our circuit in the s and the s will represent the property that the graph represented by the s is a Hamiltonian subgraph of the graph represented by the s. This can easily be done. This is (more or less) what is meant by saying that the property "to be Hamiltonian" is in NP.
So to say that the graph property "G contains a Hamiltonian cycle" is in NP roughly means that it is possible to prove (or to verify) using a polynomial time algorithm or using a polynomial-size circuit that the graph has a Hamiltonian cycle. The proof consists of presenting a Hamiltonian cycle in the graph. (Again, the circuit notion and the polynomial-time notions are not exactly the same, but let´s ignore it.)
The property "The graph does not have a Hamiltonian cycle" is not known to be in NP and indeed is believed not to be in NP.
5. But what is so special about Hamiltonian cycles.
The remarkable thing about the Hamiltonian cycle property is that it is a complete problem in NP. A polynomial time algorithm for deciding if a graph is Hamiltonian will give a polynomial algorithm for every problem in NP. (In other words, any problem in NP can be reduced to the problem of deciding if a graph has a Hamiltonian cycle.) There are many, many problems with the remarkable property that they are complete in NP, so there is nothing very special about the problem we have chosen.
6. Reductions
If somebody asks you to describe in one word what theoretical computer science is about, a good word to choose is "reductions". The art of reductions, the science of reductions, the practice and engineering of reductions, and the philosophy of reductions.
7. More general circuits.
We can talk about various other circuits. We can have more sophisticated gates and not just Boolean gates. We can let the variables be real numbers, or elements in some other field, and talk about algebraic gates and algebraic circuits, etc.
8. Asymptotically speaking
The notions we have described are asymptotic. We consider a problem (like the graph property of containing a Hamiltonian cycle) and we study its computational complexity when the number of variables goes to infinity.
B. Bounded depth circuits
Bounded depth circuits are circuits where the number of levels (the depth) is bounded by a constant. We try to understand the computational power of circuits where is bounded, the number of variables goes to infinity, and the number of overall gates is polynomial in . Much can be said about the computational power of bounded depth circuits. Beyond this class things are much harder.
Bounded depth circuits are also fascinating mathematical objects. —to be continued—

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The overall philosophy behind the collection of SAND – whether it be for Men or Women – is a fine balance between the neo-classic and sophisticated up against the twisted and the quirky.
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The collections are complemented by an accessories collection, including leather goods and shoes.
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Both Soren and Lene Sand are deeply involved in all aspects of SAND, from the design to marketing. SAND is known for conducting spectacular fashion shows. Models have included Nadia Auermann, Jerry Hall, Sophie Dahl, Alek Wek, Frankie Raydar, Louise P, Matt Duffy, Julien Hedquist, Matthew Avedon, Ivan, and Christian Monzon.
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Also celebrities appreciate the fashion of SAND, for example Duran Duran and Paris Hilton, among others.


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Chant is the foundation of Western music and why that came to be is rather interesting. Turns out that political considerations were crucial. In the 8th century the pope, Stephen II, had to ask Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, for protection against the Lombards who were threatening Rome. Pepin agreed and this collaboration led in time to an alliance between the Franks, soon to be led by Charlemagne, Pepin's son, and Rome, whose then pope, Leo III, would crown him ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. This led to a happy time, the Carolingian renaissance, and the growth and stabilization of many civilized institutions. A system of education was developed and, in order to enable the standardization and dissemination of the chant of the church, the first practical musical notation was created. What we use today is at the end of a long period of development and improvement of this same notation.
The northern Franks practiced the Gallican Rite at the time and this was replaced by Roman liturgical texts and, at first, the melodies used with them. At this time, Christian worship was largely sung--one sang to the Lord, one didn't chat with Him. Suppressing the Gallican rite and replacing it with Roman was easy to do with the text, but harder when it came to the music. In order to teach everyone to sing the same melodies in the same way, a better method had to be found than just teaching by rote, which was the only one available at the time. No-one thought it was sufficiently important to write about at the time, so we don't know exactly where and how it happened, but this was when melodies began to be written down and it was the Franks who started the process.
The Franks took to all this with delight and soon ended up shaping the music and texts of the liturgy to their own musical tastes and gifts. This repertoire is what we now call 'Gregorian' chant even though Gregory I himself had only an indirect role. Left by the wayside in this process were three kinds of non-Gregorian chant. The first of these is the so-called "Old Roman" chant which was the original manner of singing practiced in Rome while the Franks were developing their repertoire and figuring out how to write it down.
Old Roman, Tecum principium:
Another area in which an older tradition of chant still held on (and does to this day) was Milan, the seat of St. Ambrose in the 4th century and the chant is called Ambrosian. Here is another Tecum principium from that repertoire:
Separated geographically and by the Muslim invasion in the 8th century is the Mozarabic chant of the Iberian peninsula. Here is a Beatus vir:
And finally some of that music that the Franks were so creative in developing. This is music from the earliest Frankish music handbook we have, the Musica enchiriadis (written between 860 and 900 AD) and as you will hear, this is the first time we have simple polyphony written down. For much of the first part, two voices are heard. Sorry about the video! This was the best example I could find.


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Foundation's Associate Creative Director, Kyle Shoup visited the L.A. office recently, from Chicago. Shoup, Producer, Evan Cohen, and Owner, Samantha Hart went to MOCA to attend Aaron Roses' lecture about his curating Art in the Streets, an exhibit of street art which included works by our artist in residence, Nick Egan.
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In late August, details leaked about a Modern Warfare 3 "Hardened" special edition, but none for a "Prestige," a more deluxe package that notoriously included night-vision goggles for Modern Warfare 2 in 2009. There are no details yet on a Prestige edition because there will be no Prestige edition for Modern Warfare 3.
Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling tweeted that news Friday. MW3's Hardened edition, at $99, runs $20 more than previous Hardeneds and includes a one year subscription to Call of Duty Elite's premium membership. So rather than offer two different packages, Activision's just putting out one, focusing on driving customers to premium Elite memberships rather than offering outlandish swag.
The "Hardened Edition" will reportedly include the Elite membership—which includes "future Call of Duty: MW3 downloadable game content," like map packs—and "Special Founder Status" for Elite, granting "Hardened" owners exclusive emblems, camo and "more exclusive benefits."
In terms of physical goods, expect a Steelbook case, special game disc art and a "collectible field journal" 100 pages long.
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DescriptionThree years have passed since Arthur defeated the Demon King Astaroth and rescued his beloved Princess Prin-Prin (see Ghosts 'N Goblins). A new villain, the Great Demon King Lucifer (Loki in some versions) has become the new leader of Ghoul Realm. While returning from a journey, Arthur sees the Princess' castle and her village under attack by Lucifer's forces. While rushing towards her beloved knight, the Princess is struck by one of Lucifer's laser beams.
Now, Arthur must venture back to the Lucifer's palace and destroy the demon in order to rescue the Princess' soul and bring her back to life! And it won't matter whether he fights in his shining armor or in his underwear alone...the bravest Knight in the land isn't going to be stopped by some monsters! Although the game starts with graveyard and marsh territory familiar from the first game, later levels are set in a tower, a mass of skeletons, and a castle.
Players progress from left to right (from bottom to top in level 3), and have to hack down the aforementioned monsters with a sword. The journey includes ledges, ladders, lava pits and slippery slopes. Different weapons can be collected, by finding suits of armor inside chests. Each of the five stages has its own setting and a final boss.
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1001 Video GamesThe Arcade version of Ghouls 'n Ghosts appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
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Most college basketball coaches would not have survived the string of losing seasons Coppin State's Ron "Fang" Mitchell had over the last decade of his career. Then again, most coaches had not accomplished nearly as much as Mitchell did in taking the little North Avenue school to national acclaim.
Mitchell's 28-year tenure at Coppin State — after legendary Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan, the longest ever among men's basketball coaches at Division I schools in Maryland — ended Friday when his contract was not renewed. The Eagles finished 12-20 this season, their third straight losing record and ninth in the past 10 years.
"It's tough in the fact that Coach has done so much for this institution," athletic director Derrick Ramsey said. "He's been a pillar here at this institution for a lot of years. When you look back at the last 10 years, when we've had only one winning season, obviously something had to be done. I've had to remove coaches before, but this is extremely hard because of his tenure here and all that he meant."
Most also will remember Mitchell's 11 straight winning seasons between 1988 and 1999 and his teams that reached the NCAA tournament four times and the National Invitation Tournament twice; beat Maryland at Cole Field House in Gary Williams' first season, in 1989; and upset second-seeded South Carolina in the 1997 NCAA tournament. Mitchell was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference coach of the year six times.
"He put Coppin State on the map," said Williams, whose relationship with Mitchell dates to their formative coaching years in South Jersey.
The news of Mitchell's dismissal was met with a mixture of sadness and reality by one of his former players.
"I'm shocked, on one hand, but I kind of understand because they hadn't won in the last couple of years," said Kareem Lewis, who played on the Eagles team that beat South Carolina, 78-65. "I can't imagine Coppin without Fang."
Mitchell, whose tenure at Coppin State ends with a 429-417 overall record, said he was told of his firing last week after meeting with Ramsey and first-year school president Mortimer H. Neufville. But Mitchell said in an interview that he still had not received a letter outlining the reasons for his dismissal.
Mitchell said that after he signed his last contract, a three-year deal, in 2011, Ramsey told him the program needed to bring in $600,000 annually from the "guarantee games" the Eagles agreed to play at some of the nation's top programs, including Michigan this season.
Mitchell also knew his team's academic performance had to improve. Coppin State in 2011 lost four scholarships for failing to reach the NCAA-mandated minimum score Academic Progress Rate, which measures players' paths toward graduation.
Mitchell said eight players have graduated since the 2011-12 season, and five more are on schedule to graduate this spring.
The combination of a tough nonconference schedule, which this season included a road victory over Oregon State, and his players' diminished production on the court, if not in the classrom, conspired against his own coaching future.
Told that Ramsey had pointed to a long stretch of losing as the reason for his decision, Mitchell said: "This is the end of a three-year contract, and he's going back 10 years. The bottom line to me [is] I know it's not the academics; we're doing exceptional in that area.
"It's as simple as it can be. If you mandate that I bring in $600,000 a year, that's a lot of guarantee games. This year, we played nine, and the chances of winning those games are slim and none. If you start off 0-8 or 0-9, it's hard to develop a winning trend. He wants a winning team. I do, too."
Coppin State, which lost to local rival Morgan State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament semifinals, will return five players who started at least 11 games this season and lose only three players from a roster of 15. There were eight newcomers on this year's team.
"We did some good things this year," said Mitchell, a Coppin State alumnus. "It's not like we weren't competitive. … The bottom line to me is graduating the kids. That's why I'm really proud of who we are. I might have been bringing in the wrong kid prior. Maybe I needed to bring in the kid who really and truly wanted to graduate, so when you do that, you become less competitive."
Mitchell, 65, said he is not ready to stop coaching or about to change a tough-love approach.
"I'm still the same guy: If you don't follow rules, there's some kind of conseqences," he said with his trademark deep-voiced chuckle.
That has been Mitchell's approach since he was a volunteer assistant coach at Woodrow Wilson High in Camden, N.J., helping out a brand-new junior varsity coach fresh out of the University of Maryland. Williams often has credited Mitchell for his early success.
"He was one of those people in East Camden who really cared about the kids on the team. It wasn't just about basketball," Williams recalled Friday. "When I became the varsity coach, all those kids were eligible for college. Fang and the community were as proud of that as they were of the state championship."
Mitchell, whose nickname came from a deep-, scratchy-voiced character named White Fang on the 1960s television show "The Soupy Sales Show," got his message across to high school players the same way he did for nearly three decades at Coppin State.
"He was tough on the players, but in a good way," Williams said. "He took kids that needed some structure and made them a good basketball team. That carries after you quit playing ball. You have that structure when you go out and get a job. Fang did a really good job with that."
After coaching at Gloucester (N.J.) County Community College for eight seasons, Mitchell was hired at Coppin State in 1986. One of the players he brought with him, Phil Booth, said Mitchell was a lot more than a coach to most of the team.
"He took a lot of us from the inner city and he pretty much raised us," said Booth, who lives in Howard County. "When my son [Mount St. Joseph senior and Villanova signee Phil Booth Jr.] was going through the recruiting process, I met some pretty famous coaches. Everyone knew about Fang."
Booth said Mitchell's formula for helping to fund the athletic department by playing for large financial guarantees also fueled his players.
"He created an atmosphere that you could go on the road and beat these big-name schools," Booth said. "It wasn't just in the [NCAA] tournament. We knew from December to the end of January, we would go on two-week trips and play some of the best teams in the country. He wanted to win those games."
Larry Stewart credits Mitchell with not only getting him to college but also for a 17-year professional career, including the first five in the NBA. When he arrived at Coppin State in 1988, Stewart had played just two years of organized basketball.
"I owe him a heck of a lot," said Stewart, now the associate head coach at Bowie State. "I've been blessed to be around some very coaches, and Fang was one of them. … Fang was the one who put me on the right path. He showed me that you had to work as hard as you can and not take anything for granted. I owe Fang a tremenous amount. I learned how to work hard from Fang."
Hundreds of other Coppin State players did as well. Among local college basketball coaches, only Phelan spent more time at the same school, coaching at Mount St. Mary's for 49 seasons. In the same time span that Mitchell was at Coppin State, Loyola Maryland had eight different coaches. Morgan State and Towson each had five.
Ramsey declined to speculate about potential candidates to replace Mitchell, but said he hoped to make the hire by "the third week of April." Among possible candidates are Stewart; current Maryland assistant Bino Ranson; and former Maryland star and assistant Keith Booth, now an assistant at Loyola. Ranson and Keith Booth are Baltimore natives.
The priority, Ramsey said, is to find a coach who will be able to keep the local talent at home, as former Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos did in turning around the Greyhounds' program.
"I don't have a person [in mind] right now, but I certainly want to play up-tempo basketball. But more importantly, what I want to do, whomever the new coach is, we're going to start right here in Baltimore," Ramsey said. "Everyone comes here to get talent. We're going to start here."
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If you happen to be in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China any time from now until July 3, 2016, feel free to drop by booth 5.7300 and have a look at what folks at Suzhou Heji Textile, or just Heji Textile as most of their consumers know, have to offer.
The fine quality bag fabrics are showcased in the frames of Asia Outdoor – the first professional outdoor exhibition in Asia. The 4-day event has managed to catch attention worldwide due to the fact of being the first outdoor exhibition, as well as because of having an extremely interesting program.
The festival usually includes a Fashion Show, Asia Outdoor Industry Award, Industry Forum, Climbing Competition and many more activities to keep the attendants entertained and interested. Moreover, this year more creative activities have been added to fill the list – Running Village and Water Village
With a factory of 22000 square meters, around 200 employees, and operations dating back till 1998, Heji textile is producing and selling bags fabric. 5 percent of the 200 employees are research personnel, 10 percent of the total amount of employees are management staff.
The factory is not big, yet it is producing high quality material which is competitive all around the country. The manufacturing unit has as few as 7 computer-controlled large package winders, 47 two-for-one twisting machines, 4 automatic sectional warping machines and a few other types of equipment.
For the huge territory of China, Heji has just 9 offices and sales stores. The stores are located in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei. The firm marketers reach out to brand bag manufacturers, traders, and various target groups in order to realize their product.
And despite the modest size of the firm, the company is already exporting its product to some Asian countries. However, according to the management of the firm, they are not going to stop, and their next step will be to become the leading bag material manufacturer of China


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place and date of birth: Jakarta, 6 October 1992
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Mother's Name: Ernie Auliasari
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Favorite Movies: RV. SUPERMAN
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- Denias Senandung Di Atas Awan (2006) as Angel, play with Albert Thom Joshua Fakdawer, Ari Sihasale, Nia Zulkarnaen, Marcella Zalianty, Audrey Papilaya
- Lost In Love (2008) as Tita, play with Arifin Putra, Richard Kevin, Adri Subono, Arinda Gita, Chrisye Subono
- Rasa (2009) as Rianti, play with Christian Sugiono, Wulan Guritno, Alex Komang, Steve Benitez, Joe Taslim and Sarah Benitez
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I've previously discussed how brain dysfunction may be a double-edged sword in criminal cases. Proving a criminal defendant is more impulsive than most, more likely to act irrationally, or more likely to react violently than others under stressful circumstances may both mitigate culpability and predict future dangerousness. Courts recognize this double-edged potential. When faced with claims about ineffective assistance of counsel for foregoing neurological testing and/or its introduction at trial, courts often find these decisions to be part of reasonable trial strategy by defense counsel. The case today follows that trend:
Brain Dysfunction, Capital Mitigation and the Double-Edged Sword
Cantu v. Thaler, 2011 WL 222986 (5th Cir. 2011).
The defendant was convicted of double-murder and sentenced to death. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. The defendant appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition. He claims to have received ineffective assistance of counsel during trial sentencing because his trial counsel failed to discover and present evidence of his mental disorders. During the state post conviction proceeding, the defendant introduced expert testimony that there are "multiple, overlapping indicators" suggesting that the defendant suffers from "organic brain damage or a severe mood altering disorder." "Any reasonably competent psychiatric profession" would have recognized the need to subject the defendant "to a complete [n]europsychological evaluation to rule out an organic cause for his behavior." Moreover, the stimulants he was using interacted with his condition and caused his "biological and chemical malfunctions to escalate." Defendant's trial counsel testified that he decided not to submit the defendant to a psychological examination because he feared the results could have strengthened the State's position that the defendant was a sociopath and thus a future danger warranting the death penalty. The state court found the performance of the defendant's trial counsel to be competent and zealous, and the explanation of their trial strategy to be consistent and credible. The circuit court now affirms, finding the state court reasonably applied the federal law.


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Trolls: The Town Drunks Of The Internet
from the don't-quit-your-day-job dept
A study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University has reached a conclusion that many of us have entertained but dismissed as "not having a study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University behind it." Namely: trolling is like being sloppy drunk.
According to the science guys:
A new study has found that anonymity gives people the same feeling of abandon as power and alcohol intoxication.Ah, "loss of inhibition!" Is any combination of words sweeter to the ears (and livers) of trolls and drunkards alike? To be a troll is to be transported back to the heady days of frat house "Pre-Saturday Night Party" parties, where the cheap beer flowed like cheap beer and many bad decisions were made, most of them irrevocable.
"Although these pathways appear to be unrelated on the surface, they all lead to disinhibited states through a common psychological and neurological mechanism," said Jacob Hirsh of the university's Kellogg School of Management.
Dr Hirsh's colleague Professor Adam Galinsky said the loss of inhibition led to "significant behavioural consequences".
Much in the same way that alcohol can turn a fertile mind into a karaoke-singing, one-man party bursting with OPINIONS! (and some vomit), trolling can turn a regular, possibly decent person into an apopleptic nightmare full of half-formed rejoinders and circular logic, which often devolves into schoolyard name-calling flameouts (well, a schoolyard full of drunks...) or sudden exits from the conversation, presumably to go "sleep it off" on the bathroom floor.
There's more from the professor, which explains a lot of what we see here at Techdirt on a daily basis:
When people lose their inhibitions, they often behave in a manner more consistent with their true motives or character. At the same time, they also tend to be more easily influenced by their environment.
"In effect, disinhibition can both reveal and shape the person, as contradictory as that may sound," Professor Galinsky said.
The end result is that power, alcohol and anonymity can all inspire either strong pro- or anti-social sentiments in people.
The study may help explain why anonymous commentators on the web often appear to hold extreme views.Extreme views? Anti-social sentiments? Random hollering about someone's day job? It's all here. And for all the talk about "not feeding the trolls," it's hard to resist, especially when they're packing a buzz and getting the conversational munchies. Besides, who wouldn't want the chance to respond to a non sequitur composed of misspelled words and terrible analogies? We really want to take the high road, but the troll road is like a free ride straight downhill into STFU-ville. (Plus, the troll booths are closed! Bonus!)
Sooner or later, if the subject matter is contentious enough, the Techdirt comment threads are overrun with loudmouth drunks/trolls, not unlike the state of Wisconsin on any given night. (Or afternoon.) Ugly words are exchanged and brash statements made, most of them sorely in need of a citation. Hours later, it becomes a wasted blend of ALL CAPS shouting and any number of logical fallacies, before presumably heading quickly downhill to muted futile sobbing and calls to former sexual acquaintances.
And much like the virtual alcoholics they are, the trolling commenters will rarely let a day go by without a quick pull from the hip flask labelled "Submit," even if they've got nothing more than a quick "FUD" to spit out like an accidentally swallowed cigarette butt. Even the worst of hangovers won't stop the trolloholic from popping in quickly to call someone a liar or misread the byline on a post.
So, keep this valuable information in mind, Techdirt readers, the next time you find yourself trapped in an elliptical argument with an armchair Bukowski (sans the everything-that-made-Bukowski-appealing): they're just drunk on trolljuice, a potent blend of ignorance, anger and "chicken hawk syndrome."
How else would you explain this AC's one-man flamewar, in which he paints every disagreeing commenter with a broad paintbrush dipped in self-hatred (often mistaken for "mockery," but the acidic taste of bile gives it away), painting everything the same ugly shade of misanthropy?
Or this one?
Need one more?
Don't let the Anonymous Coward label fool you, though. Techdirt is filled with thoughtful and humorous AC's, while also serving as a host for a variety of proudly-named trolls. The real trolls are the commenters who show up for one reason: to insult as many Techdirt readers as possible while simultaneously trying to reframe the debate around their own twisted logic. You'd think it would be harder to type with such an outsized chip on your shoulder, but the internet never ceases to amaze.
Trolls, like the ones singled out above, are like the uncle you purposely uninvited to your wedding. The one who shows up anyway and spends the entire night alternately abusing the open bar and the wedding guests, bitterly decrying organized religion and the institution of marriage to anyone who will listen and others who are actively eyeing the exits. He swaggers around in a state of progressive drunkeness, alienating people left and right, before collapsing anti-climatically in the coat room after making a last-ditch pass at your newly-minted sister-in-law.
As the hangover ebbs, he remains secure in his belief that he "totally ripped those backwaters rubes a new one" when in all reality, all he did was pound home the fact that people hate him for a reason.
Trolls, just remember that your spluttering anger and misplaced indignity is often a source of amusement for us. Other times, it's just the same old shit, like when dad starts hitting the sauce and pounding out angry letters to the editor decrying the city council's recent decision to change local street signs to initial caps only. Sure, he seems to be truly perturbed by this now, but by the next day, it's just another piece of paper that ends up going straight from the Smith-Corona into the nearest wastebasket. The only difference is that, thanks to the miracle of THE INTERNET, the "angry letter" can be submitted instantly, 24/7, requiring nothing more of the brainstem-operating troll than the minute amount of hand-eye coordination needed to push a button.
So, bring on the worn-out cries of "Freetard!" and "Kool-Aid!", you trolling lushes. Just remember, our beverage of choice is booze-free.


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The Hope College Wind Ensemble will perform on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The program, titled "International Dance Festival!," includes "Armenian Dances," by Alfred Reed; "Vientos y Tangos," by Michael Gandolfi; "Solitary Dancer," by Warren Benson; and "La Fiesta Mexicana," by H. Owen Reed.
"Each piece has something to do with the depiction of different dances from around the world," said Dr. Gabe Southard, who is director of the Wind Ensemble and an assistant professor of music. "There's a little something for everyone."
A member of the Hope faculty since 2007, Southard completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Michigan State University. Prior to his residence at MSU, he served as wind symphony conductor and flute studio teacher at the University of Michigan-Flint, where he also taught orchestration, music appreciation and advanced conducting. While living in Cincinnati, Ohio, Southard served as conductor of the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble from 1999 to 2002.
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I hope kids don't watch my films: Emraan Hashmi
Actor Emraan Hashmi, who has done several 'A' certificate films, finds it surprising that he has a huge fan following among kids and hopes they don't watch his films
'It's kind of surprising. I hope they don't watch my films. I am sure it's probably a connect from music, television... that medium has always had a great impact. Because in many small cities my songs are played in radios so there is certain connection from there,' Emraan told reporters during a felicitation for winners of the second edition of 'Art from the Heart'.
'Art from the Heart' is a unique CSR initiative by Edenred. The painting competition gave an opportunity to the NGO children to showcase their creativity. Emraan, who spent some time with the underprivileged children, says he connects well with the kids. 'It's a noble cause. I always used to connect with the kids.
When you have your own child then this connection is enhanced. I always felt all of us... in our childhood days, we want to be part of this art form. I am very happy that these children come from different cities and get an opportunity to win. I wish there are many more such opportunities for such causes.'
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Should Malala's Dad Be the One Getting the Nobel Peace Prize?
One year ago today, a young bearded Talib in Pakistan's Swat Valley boarded a school bus crammed with 20 girls and fired three shots heard 'round the world. In the 365 days since, Malala Yousafzai, the outspoken peace and education activist, has gone from lying in a hospital bed to addressing the United Nations on ...
One year ago today, a young bearded Talib in Pakistan's Swat Valley boarded a school bus crammed with 20 girls and fired three shots heard 'round the world. In the 365 days since, Malala Yousafzai, the outspoken peace and education activist, has gone from lying in a hospital bed to addressing the United Nations on July 12, her 16th birthday, to now being the leading contender for the Nobel Peace Prize, whose winner will be announced on Friday.
But as much as the world loves Malala, could world peace actually be better advanced by awarding the prize to her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai? The founder of the girls' school Malala attended, he is an anomaly in his area of Pakistan — a progressive man who understands the value of educating girls. Without her dad, there would be no Malala, the confident, literate, English-speaking activist. Instead, she would most likely be lost among the four out of five girls in her region who don't go to school.
As Adam Ellick, a filmmaker who created a documentary featuring Malala before she became a household name, told Time, "[This] is a story about a father and a daughter, more than a story about a girl." Describing Ziauddin's education activism, Ellick said, "Her father has a sort of revolutionary commitment to his cause. He is an incredibly unique and complex person."
But for the status of women to improve, men with Ziauddin's mindset can't be unique; they must be commonplace. The cold, hard reality is that in areas of the world where men tyrannically hold all power, the situation of women and girls will only advance if men voluntarily relax their vise-like grip over women. This is what AfPak Channel contributor Christian Bayer Tygesen refers to as the "realist perspective on human rights." What he wrote about Afghanistan can just as well be applied to Malala's Swat Valley: "All Afghan girls should get an education, but unless the men ease their repressive dominance, half of the population will never have the opportunity to exercise their human rights."
We can create rap videos honoring Malala and bestow her with the world's top prizes, but at the end of the day, it's often men who execute the kind of change Malala is advocating. Less than a century ago, American women got the right to vote because a critical mass of men experienced "indigenous preference shifts," to use Tygesen's term. And that was in a country where suffragettes could at least freely organize and take to the streets en masse.
Malala's father himself acknowledges the crucial role that progressive men play in accelerating social change in male-dominated societies. In remarks this March in London, in which he made an analogy to whites' support for Martin Luther King's activism, he said, "In a male-dominated society, change will come and change could be initiated by men.… The journey which girls can travel in 100 years, if they are accompanied by their male partners — brothers, fathers — it could be just a few years, five years, six years."
Ziauddin Yousafzai has faced death threats. He has had to sleep away from home in order to stay alive and protect his family. Awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize would send the message that men in male-dominated societies who swim against the current to advance education and the status of females will be supported and cheered. His passionate efforts should make him as much of a Nobel Peace Prize candidate as Malala is.


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News: Monitors
Monday, 8 Apr 2013
Sony Reveals Pricing for Its 55 & 65-inch 4K UHDTVs; 4K OLED Monitors in the Works
At its NAB press conference in Las Vegas, Sony has announced the U.S. pricing and availability details of its 55 and 65-inch 4K UHDTVs that we first saw at CES earlier this year. The company is also showing off two 4K OLED monitor prototypes at the industry event.
Thursday, 10 Jan 2013
ASUS Reveals the PA249Q ProArt and VG248QE Fast Gaming Monitors
The 24-inch PA249Q ProArt is ideal for those who require a professional-grade monitor, while the 24-inch VG248QE monitor is designed for high-performance gaming. Read on for more information.
Wednesday, 5 Dec 2012
Apple Files Patent for Magnetic Wireless Charging Technology
Apple has filed a patent application for wireless charging technology based on magnetic resonance. The difference compared with most wireless charging technologies on the market is that Apple's patent covers charging from a distance up to 1m.
Thursday, 23 Aug 2012
Hewlett-Packard Reports Tremendous US$8.9 Billion Loss in Q3
Hewlett-Packard declares a staggering US$8.9 billion loss during the recent quarter, as the technology company accounts for an acquisition which did not quite work out the way its management envisioned.
Thursday, 3 May 2012
ASUS PA248Q ProArt Professional LCD Display Launched
The highlight of the monitor is its four USB 3.0 ports which offer ultra-fast data transmission speeds that are up to 10 times that of current USB 2.0 standards.
Tuesday, 17 Apr 2012
Philips Adaptor-free S-Line USB Monitor Released
Equipped with a 21.5-inch display, the Philips 221S3UCB USB monitor eliminates the need for power or video cables with a single USB 2.0 cable for fuss-free connection to laptops.
Monday, 16 Apr 2012
ASUS Introduces the VG23AH 3D IPS LED Monitor
Incorporating the ASUS All-in 3D technology, the monitor comes with a host of connectivity options that allows for greater compatibility with an array of media devices, and features a versatile stand to allow users a comfortable viewing position.
Friday, 13 Apr 2012
Philips Unveils New Moda Monitor with Unique LightFrame Technology
Equipped with a 23.6-inch screen, the latest addition to the Philips X-Line of consumer monitors emits a cool blue light from its bezel at a specific wavelength, reducing eye fatigue as well as improving concentration.
Thursday, 15 Mar 2012
Philips Blade 2 Monitor Features Ultra-Slim Design with IPS Technology
Integrating the IPS (In-Plane Switching) technology with an ultra-slim design, the 23-inch monitor includes (but not limited to) features such as Superior Color Reproduction and Superior Picture Quality. It is fully compatible with work and entertainment devices.
Thursday, 16 Feb 2012
AOC Introduces 27-inch HD LED Monitor with 2ms Response Time
A widescreen 27-inch LED monitor with a 2ms response time, the e2752Vh offers two built-in 2.5W speakers to deliver SRS-quality sound.


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Stevens Retirement Ill‐timed for Dems
The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens at the end of the Supreme Court's current term, and the coming nomination and confirmation process, will doubtless further complicate and delay the Obama administration's already complicated agenda during this mid‐term election year. And the timing cannot be good news for Democrats running for reelection, because the process will serve to highlight their understanding of the Constitution as a document authorizing all but unlimited government in a year in which, thanks to the Tea Party movement, the Constitution is likely to have a prominent place in reelection debates.
Regarding a replacement for Justice Stevens, the nominee will almost certainly come from the Democratic Party's liberal ranks. As a result, the ideological complexion of the Court is not likely to change, since Justice Stevens, especially in recent years, has been the most reliable liberal vote on the Court, whether on abortion, campaign finance, gun rights, affirmative action, or several other hot‐button issues. As the press reviews those decisions over the coming weeks and months, therefore, controversy over the Court will be in the air, adding to what already promises to be a very political year.