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Opis: Dozens of frameworks of sustainability assessment that focus on the performance of companies have been suggested by now. They propose using numerous sustainability indicators, which are generally measured in very different units. While it is important to assess sustainability with several indicators, it may sometimes be difficult to make comparisons among companies based on a large number of performance measurements. This paper presents a model for designing a composite sustainable development index that depicts performance of companies along all the three dimensions of sustainability-economic, environmental, and societal. In the first part of thepaper, the procedure of calculating the index that would enable comparisonsof companies in specific sector regarding sustainability performance is presented. However, the emphasis of the paper is on the second part, where the effectiveness of the proposed model is illustrated with a casestudy in which two companies from specific sector are compared regarding their sustainability performance.Ključne besede: chemical industries, sustainable development, sustainability indicators, composed index, sustainability assessmentObjavljeno: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 1486; Prenosov: 77 Povezava na celotno besedilo
Opis: The focus of the paper is on consideration of how to use indicators to monitor sustainable development in a relevant and useful manner. Integrated information on sustainable development of a company is very essential for decision-making since it is very difficult to evaluate the performance of the company on the ground of too many indicators. The objective of the work was to design a model for obtaining a composite sustainable development index (ICSD) in order to track integrated information on economic, environmental, and social performance of the company with time. Normalized indicators were associated into three sustainability sub-indices and finally composed into an overall indicator of a company performance. This was applied by determining the impact of individual indicator to the overall sustainability of a company using the concept of analytic hierarchy process. The demonstration of the model used data for a case study company, Henkel, and a set of sustainable development indicators that were classified using the currently most widely accepted approach of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Case study was used to measure ICSD and sustainability sub-indices of the company over the time interval of 6 years. Interpretation of results is given and the utility of ICSD with its relevance for decision-making is pointed out. Using a case study, the paper demonstrates that the model can be applied to deliver composite indicators of sustainability performance of companies.Ključne besede: clean technologies, environmental protection, sustainable development, sustainability indicators, composite index, sustainability assessment, multiattribute decision-makingObjavljeno: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 1911; Prenosov: 64 Povezava na celotno besedilo
Opis: A non-specific photometric metal ion indicator Pyrocatechol Violet (PV) was tested for its potential use in a metal-sensitive optrode membrane. The water soluble indicator was lipophilised in the form of an ion pair with tetraoctylammonium cation (TOA), and subsequently immobilised in a plasticised PVC membrane. The spectral response of the membrane in the presence of various transition metal ions was studied. It was found that the ability of PV to form complexes with metal ions significantly reduced following immobilisation, with the exception of Cu(II). A number of factors responsible for the improved selectivity and high sensitivity of immobilised PV towards Cu(II) were identified. Amongst those, the most important is the presence of quaternary ammonium salt in the membrane which induced a significant bathochromic shift of the PV-Cu(II) chelate absorption maximum, as well as the intensification of the chelate absorption band. The membrane responds to Cu(II) irreversibly by changing colour from yellow to green (absorption maximum at 740 nm), and typically, an exposure time of 10 min enables the determination of Cu(II) in the 1-100 M range. A comparison of selectivity and sensitivity characteristics between the water soluble form of the indicator and the immobilised form was performed, and the effects of pH and lipophilic surfactant additives on the response mechanism are discussed.Ključne besede: optical sensors, sensor membrane, PVC membrane, photometric metal ion indicators, metal-sensitive optrode membrane, lipophilic ion pairsObjavljeno: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 1068; Prenosov: 20 Povezava na celotno besedilo
Ključne besede: financial market, finances, financial systems, securities, stock market, indicators, derivatives, futures, options, interests, cycles, trading, financial management, methods, application, technical analysis, financial analysis, exchange, trends, guidebooksObjavljeno: 01.06.2012; Ogledov: 1802; Prenosov: 139 Povezava na celotno besedilo
Ključne besede: sustainable development evaluation, ecological footprint, economic indicators, investments, current expenditure, Slovenia, Šalek ValleyObjavljeno: 05.06.2012; Ogledov: 1009; Prenosov: 45 Povezava na celotno besedilo
Opis: This paper discusses the changes in Slovenian rural areas after socio-economic changes in the post-socialist European states in the 1970s. It illustrates regional and national factors having effect on transition in Slovenian rural areas. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of structural indicators of socio-economic changes in the Slovenian rural areas in comparison to the neighbouring countries. Slovenian population is strongly attached to their traditional rural way of life. When ranging people's life values, care for maintaining the rural landscape, assuring the quality of lifein relation to nature and production of healthy food come out among their highest priorities. The mentioned fact implies an elaborate analysis of interdependence between the economic impacts of trade economy and realisation of common European agricultural policy in relation to maintaining traditions of living and farm management in Slovenian rural areas. Thus, evaluation of national agricultural policy and development of rural area through indicators showing land use categories, individual farm sizes and their ownership structure, the share and mobility of rural population and individual farms' production orientation, are a good indicator of transition in Slovenian rural area.Ključne besede: rural development, agriculture, common European policy, development indicators, regional disparitiesObjavljeno: 10.07.2015; Ogledov: 659; Prenosov: 62 Celotno besedilo (161,83 KB)Gradivo ima več datotek! Več...
Opis: Our study is built on the dependence of early-stage entrepreneurial activity on GDP per capita, GDP real growth rate, unemployment rate, inflation rate, investments and public debt of different countries. We divide the early-stage entrepreneurial activity into necessity-driven and improvement-driven opportunistic entrepreneurial activity. To establish the dependencies we have conducted the regression analyses. Our three main findings are: (a) early-stage entrepreneurial activity does depend on our predictors; (b) necessity-driven entrepreneurial activity is negatively correlated to country's development; and (c) improvement-driven opportunistic entrepreneurial activity is positively correlated to country's development.Ključne besede: entrepreneurship, early-stage entrepreneurial activity, economic developmnet indicatorsObjavljeno: 10.07.2015; Ogledov: 857; Prenosov: 220 Celotno besedilo (206,00 KB)Gradivo ima več datotek! Več...
Opis: During the EU accession process, an intensive process of economic restructuring was taking place in Slovenia that was intended to secure Slovenia's incorporation into the common European market. At the time of adapting the legal and economic order to European standards, everyone was aware of the fact that successful EU spatial integration depends on the achieved economic power that is comparable to the average EU-27 economic growth. Slovenia's economic structure, determined by the GDP structure, is slowly approaching the structure of developed economies with the importance of agriculture and manufacture decreasing, and the importance of services increasing. However, financial and busines services, and technologically demanding sectors are growing too slowly. Structural changes of the Slovene economy have an affect on transformation of geographical space and create a new social-economic gravitational region. Functional and structural economic changes that resulted from social and political changes following Slovenia's newly-gained independence and its transition to market economy have changed the role of Slovenia in the common European economic market. Slovenia is to be found on a key development crossing, moving from an industrial to post industrial society. Slovenia's basic development goal is to exceed the average economic development of the enlarged EU by 2015 to be able to secure and improve social security, faster development in all its regions, and improve the environment. In other words strive for a better quality of life and overall human development.Ključne besede: geography, economic geography, unified European market, Lisbon strategy, structural indicators, transition countries, Europe, competitivenessObjavljeno: 21.12.2015; Ogledov: 499; Prenosov: 48 Celotno besedilo (479,13 KB)Gradivo ima več datotek! Več...
Opis: Objective: We performed a study on almost 20,000 Slovene patients with arterial hypertension (AH) to evaluate age- and gender-dependent blood pressure control, differences in the rate of AH control in the period 2002-2008, and to validate a potential impact of selected quality indicators on blood pressure control.
Methods: The study was conducted as a part of the "Quality of Healthcare in Slovenia" project, in agreement with the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia. Appropriate statistical analyses were performed and the results evaluated.
Results: Arterial hypertension control was relatively high (55.8%, 95% CI: 55.1-56.5) in the period 2002-2008 and improved significantly during that period. Based on our statistical model, the improved AH control in year 2006 compared to 2002 is particularly due to lower initial blood pressure values before treatment. Uncontrolled AH was largely attributed to uncontrolled systolic blood pressure. We found positive association between AH control and the frequency of blood pressure control in less than six-month time intervals.
Conclusions: According to our results, AH control in family practice in Slovenia is relatively high compared to other European countries, but the results refer only to patients visiting their family medicine physicians.Ključne besede: arterial hypertension, epidemiology, treatment, quality indicatorsObjavljeno: 10.05.2017; Ogledov: 509; Prenosov: 54 Celotno besedilo (250,99 KB)Gradivo ima več datotek! Več...
Opis: Background: The students' progression towards completing their higher education degrees possesses stochastic characteristics, and can therefore be modelled as an absorbing Markov chain. Such application would have a high practical value and offer great opportunities for implementation in practice.
Objectives: The aim of the paper is to develop a stochastic model for estimation and continuous monitoring of various quality and effectiveness indicators of a given higher education study programme.
Method: The study programme is modelled by a finite Markov chain with five transient and two absorbing states. The probability transition matrix is constructed. The quantitative characteristics of the absorbing Markov chain, like the expected time until absorption and the probabilities of absorption, are used to determine chosen indicators of the programme.
Results: The model is applied to investigate the pattern of students' enrolment and their academic performance in a Slovenian higher education institution. Based on the students' intake records, the transition matrix was developed considering eight consecutive academic seasons from 2008/09 until 2016/17. The students' progression towards the next stage of the study programme was estimated. The expected time that a student spends at a particular stage as well as the expected duration of the study is determined. The graduation and withdrawal probabilities were obtained. Besides, a prediction on the students' enrolment for the next three academic years was made. The results were interpreted and discussed.
Conclusion: The analysis presented is applicable for all higher education stakeholders. It is especially useful for a higher education institution's managers seeing that it provides useful information to plan improvements regarding the quality and effectiveness of their study programmes to achieve better position in the educational market.Ključne besede: higher education, study programme, effectiveness indicators, enrolment predictionObjavljeno: 06.07.2017; Ogledov: 465; Prenosov: 263 Celotno besedilo (1,17 MB)Gradivo ima več datotek! Več...


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Kodak's VISION3 500T is a high-speed tungsten-balanced movie film characterized by a fine grain structure, broad dynamic range, and the flexible nominal sensitivity of a 500-speed index. It has a wide exposure latitude with exceptional highlight control for working in a variety of lighting conditions, ranging from high contrast outdoor lighting to mixed interior light situations. Advanced Dye Layering Technology (DLT) is also used to reduce the appearance of grain in the shadows for cleaner detailing and clarity. As part of the VISION3 series of movie films, this stock has high archival stability and is well suited to digital post-production processes.
This item is one 50' cartridge of single perf. Super 8 color negative film for process in ECN-2 chemistry.
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UK three track CD EP from the Hungarian Metal heads. Features three new songs lifted from their 2010 album: 'We Die Young', 'Rusty Cage' and 'Ne Add Fel'. AFM Records.
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Alex's strengths as a choreographer derive from his experience in-front, and behind the camera lens. With a BA in Film & Drama he channels his direction skills into movement, dance and choreography. Choreographing in all areas of the industry: Pop Artists, Music Videos, Commercials, Fashion Shows, Brand Launches, and Corporate Events. Alex's versatility enables him to bring something unique to each project he works on. He also produces and directs Commercials, Music Videos, Short Films and Catwalk Shows. Alex thrives on bringing exciting ideas to life with his vivid imagination.
Commercial, Jazz, Contemporary, Hip Hop, Street Dance, Locking, Popping, Musical Theatre, Burlesque, Catwalk, Movement Direction
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I swear it's like clockwork. Whenever I'm away or actually have plans, something happens to the site. Screw Murphy's Law, I'm calling it Steve's Law.
Alright, so last night I went to a concert (5 seconds of summer) for my daughter. I think I deserve father of the year for that because I heard sounds that I didn't think were humanly possible. To be fair, on the way in, I found another father who hooked me up with earplugs, but they were the industrial orange kind and I felt like an old man wearing them. So, I toughed it out. Look, I've been to a lot of concerts, baseball and hockey games, but nothing compares to the sound of screaming teenage girls when their favorite band tells them to get loud. Absolutely insane. In addition to the noise, the girl next to me was going absolutely nuts and hit me in the head a few times and stomped on my feet. I'm not complaining, that part was funny. I love seeing people get so into their music where they just lose themselves. So, random blonde girl next to me last night, no worries about it.
Enough about the concert, let's do a quick rundown of the Big Brother house.
- Gidget won herself the PoV, but apparently hurt her ankle in the process. She was seen using crutches later in the evening.
- Bronte was going to ask to be pulled off, but she doesn't want to risk Natalie replacing her, so she's just going to stay up
- Frank promised Natalie even if she goes up, Tiffany will be going home
- Nicole peed her pants during a prank of sleeping houseguests. Pretty funny to watch. You can see that at 2:40am. A few girls are dancing in the kitchen while Nicole runs by them screaming how she peed herself.
- Natalie noticed that James has been keeping his distance. It's good that he is because she apparently told Corey she doesn't like James in that way. Corey and Nicole debated on telling James that. They decided against it, for now
Not as in depth as Amy's overnight, but I'm still nursing a headache from last night.
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Sunday Updates:
- 10:40am – James and Corey are outside alone talking game. They're talking about ways to get Frank out.
- Gidget has emerged from the HoH room. Notes from the comment section. I guess this happened when she won the PoV and she did a celebration jump-bump with Frank. Seeing as he outweighs her by like 100lbs, I guess he accidentally knocked her to the ground and may have landed on her ankle.
- Side note – Injuries from celebrating victories are the most embarassing kind. It happens a lot in the NFL. The only time you should be celebrating enough to get injured is if you win the championship. Anyone who gets injured celebrating a sack or whatever deserves the embarrassment lol
- 11:15am – So much for James keeping his distance. He is up in the HoH spooning Natalie.
- 2:00pm – Slow house this afternoon
- 2:15pm – Frank doing some self talking in the Safari room
- He said his game is all over the place right now (understatement)
- He's still working with the vets, and the 7pack – 8pack if you count Paulie (Tiffany was kicked out)
- At the same time it's him, Paulie, and Corey
- He's also getting closer with Gidget and the Spy Girls
- He's also close with Paul
- "I'm a pretty good spot right now. Much better than I was in my last season" (oh Frank, you don't know the half of it)
- He doesn't know where his real loyalties are yet. He thinks Nicole, Bridgette, Paulie and Corey all have his back
- To summarize – Frank thinks he's in good shape. He is going to be in for a Jozea-like shock soon
- 3:30pm – Frank and Corey are chatting about what is happening in the world. He is frustrated because he still doesn't know who won the NBA Finals.
- Talking about how the Olympics are going on and the stuff in the water. Then realized it's his second summer Olympics in a row he was in the house
- 3:58pm – Paulie is talking with Corey privately about their little showmance alliance. They feel they're in good shape, especially when they get Frank out.
- (note: their showmance alliance is them with Nicole+Z)
- Paul comes in and joins the conversation. They are pretty open in front of him, to the point where Paul is pretty safe for awhile if he keeps his head low
- James walks in and confirms they have the votes to get Frank out next week.
- Natalie enters, they stop talking. Don't even care how obvious they are when she says "You guys can keep talking". Corey & Paulie are Cody & Derrick.
- 4:22pm – Frank is telling the girls that he even went as far as telling Danielle that he had a crush on her when he was on the block. It didn't work obviously
- He is also talking about the other castmates his season. He said Danielle was super entitled, but she did call to apologize a few years later.
- They talked about the house reaction when Frank won America's Favorite. They said Dan peeked over and saw the name before Julie announced it and made a weird face.
- Frank tells the girls that nobody sucks his own d**k more than Dan. He is so arrogant and gushes about himself. (I believe that. Dan is a great player, but he does have a massive ego)
- He then talks about how live feed interviews, Dan was spraying some mist called "Dan's Mist" because Brittany got it in his head that he had an aura around him.
- Bronte mentions the funeral and how Dan wrote this long 7 part thing. Frank jumps out that Dan is full of shit. The funeral did nothing. The only reason that worked is because right after, he went up into the HoH room, ratted out his whole alliance and swore on the bible, his ring, and his grandfather's cross or something like that.
- Frank says he liked Dan before they played together. They also got along early on in the house. He just says Dan is good at getting people who are weak-minded to do his dirty work
- (I'm talking a lot about this because that season was fun to watch, so it is interesting to hear Frank's PoV)
- 4:40pm – Meanwhile, Tiffany is playing her sister's game of sitting alone hibernating for the first few days of being on the block. She'll probably come out swinging sometime around Tuesday
- 5:26pm – Paulie is talking to Van2.0 and she is saying how bad she wants Frank out this week. I think this will be her angle for the house to decide to keep her
- 5:30pm – Feeds down. I think it is for the reward someone won during the veto competition yesterday. This is a good time for me to watch the CBS episode
- 7:30pm – Watched the episode, and an episode of Arranged (what a weird show). I don't think they had the food reward yet as the house is still getting ready.
- 8:00pm – Everyone but 6 remain from the luxury reward. Corey and Nicole are chatting in the safari room. Let's see if they say anything interesting….
- Nicole says she doesn't trust Day and knows she's going to get screwed soon
- Nicole wants Bronte out this week, but she is saying Z is really set on Tiffany, and most people are
- 8:50pm – The house is really, really slow because of the luxury thing, so I am going to check out for the night
Overnight in the morning!


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Bisaya English Translation of
In bisaya english dictionary, "naay" is "with something \there is ". See more translations below.
- naay adverb
- with something \there is
- naay adjective
- have \has \having
- adunay adverb
- with something \there is
- dunay adverb
- with something \there is
- may sulod adjective
- containing \filled with
- nilakipan og adjective
- with attachment \with something inserted as attachment \enclosed with
- sinagolan adjective
- mixed with
- tinimplahan og adjective
- flavored with
- uy in english
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September 11th was first proposed as a national holiday on October 25th, 2001, only 44 days after the 9/11 terrorist attack that profoundly changed our nation. September 11, 2002 was the first Patriot Day. On Patriot day it is customary to fly US flags at half-staff and to display them at citizen's homes. There is also a customary moment of silence to be observed at 8:46am, the time the first plane struct the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Plenty has been written about potential conspiracies and Government cover ups. My purpose today is to focus on some of the most foundational lessons I learned that day and the need to keep them fresh in our minds.
Irrational People Can't Be Reasoned With
Often in risk reduction industries we think of criminals as rational humans who make calculated decisions. While this is true about a lot of bad people, the scariest threats are those people who are not rational. They make decisions not based on any sort of logical conclusion or outcome but based on emotion. Often these emotions are born out of mental illness or poisoned hate. These people can't be reasoned or negotiated with. Further, these people spread hate to others.
We Are Stronger When We Are United
Leaving aside the heavily debated decisions of the presidency and congress to go to war and stay at war; what become very clear is that our country can achieve great things when we are united in a cause. That night members of Congress gathered on the Capitol steps to sing "God Bless America." That day Congress passed a $40 billion emergency appropriations bill that day… unanimously. The stars and stripes became an even stronger symbol than ever before of an attitude of greatness and strength. That symbol still brings us together and reminds us that we are stronger when we serve and help each other.
Disaster Can Strike Anytime and Anywhere
While events that cause as much death as the 9/11 attacks did are rare, disaster can strike anyone. We would love to think that in our advanced society and industrious nation we are immune from tragedy of that proportion the truth is that we are not. Natural disasters like Katrina, terrorist attacks like 9/11, and internal hate and sickness like the Oklahoma City bomber or the Newtown shooting remind us that anyone of us could be just moments away from great tragedy. As individuals we can prepare ourselves in a way that we are more likely to be able to respond quickly and appropriately but we can't always avoid it entirely.
What are your thoughts? What did you learn that day? Please share by leaving a comment below.


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The "Week of the Arctic" in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 8-14, 2017, highlighted the United States as an Arctic nation and culminated in the historic handover of the Arctic Council Chairmanship from the U.S. to Finland. Opening the week, Dartmouth and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) hosted a daylong workshop, sponsored by the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), to emphasize the importance of the Arctic in research and education exchanges. The launch of the second Fulbright Arctic Initiative program, once again co-led by Dartmouth and UAF, was also announced publicly for the first time.
Dartmouth's Melody Brown Burkins, Ph.D., Associate Director for Programs and Research at the Dickey Center for International Understanding, welcomed workshop participants and spoke about how the Arctic offered opportunities for increased scientific collaboration and student mobility as well as engagement in global issues of policy and diplomacy.


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Photographer's Note
This orthodox monastery is fifth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries. Dionysiou is dedicated to st. John the Baptist. The monastery was founded in the 14th century by saint Denys de Korisos, and it was named after him.
Monastery is quite big but with Mount Athos at background (2030 m under the see level) looks like litte construtcion...
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rsabhijith (143) 2014-07-16 9:51
Hi Mariusz,
Spectacular shot, covering nice heights. The place looks like a paradise in the midst of many mountains. Seems to have been a challenging task building the monastery in such a landscape..!!
miumiu (6117) 2014-07-16 14:31
Hi Mariusz,
Very nice view of these dramatic mountains and rocks.
The monastery looks so tiny on the edge of the cliff, but l read, it is a large building.
Very beautiful capture!
federico (6109) 2014-07-16 18:36
hello Mariusz, very nice composition with the mighty mountain in the bg and the monastery in the fg, well done the division in 3 layers wuth the blue water enriching your composition
well done
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- Date Taken: 2008-08-02
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It is quite appreciable as well as commendable that the federal government is continuing to take adequate measures at the appropriate level to bring the people of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the mainstream in furtherance of its commitment to bring the FATA people at par with the other areas of Pakistan at the earliest.
Accordingly, National Implementation Committee on FATA, which met in Islamabad under chairmanship of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi the other day, carried out an in-depth review of issues raised and concluded there is widespread support for the merger of FATA with Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah (KP)
According to the reports in the media, the committee directed the Law Ministry to initiate legal and administrative measures to extend the normal judicial system to the tribal areas. As regards legal reforms, the committee noted with satisfaction that a bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Peshawar High Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan to FATA has already been tabled in the National Assembly and the process will be expedited for its passage at the earliest. Furthermore, it is also good that the finance ministry will be seeking the endorsement of the National Finance Commission for allocating reasonably substantial share out of the divisible pool of resources for FATA for next ten years.
The prime minister underlined the dire need for extending normal judicial system of the country to the tribal areas at the earliest so that the FATA people are brought in the mainstream of the country's judicial system instead of the redundant system now in operation there.
The process of introducing reforms and bringing FATA people in the mainstream had started in January 2017 after the federal cabinet had considered and okayed the recommendations of the high-level FATA Reforms Committee headed by Sartaj Aziz. The goings in this respect may appear bit slow but administrative, legal and other changes do take time to be put in place.
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RPC::XML server seems to occasionally send corrupted responsesby nenbrian (Acolyte)
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nenbrian has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Hello Perl Monks,
I am working on an application that uses RPC::XML, and I have noticed that under certain circumstances the server replies with seemingly garbled binary data when it should be returning an XML-RPC response. It seems to happen unpredictably, and simply changing the data sent by the client in the method call arguments seems to trigger it.
It is hard to refine the code down to a small program that demonstrates the problem, however my co-worker and I have gotten it down to the smallest size that still represents what we are trying to do. One thing that we do which is a little bit strange is that we send a large ammount of data to the server as an argument to a method call. The data are XML documents themselves, which have been Base64-encoded and passed as string arguments to XML-RPC method calls.
Code demonstrating this problem included below. A tcpdump of one of our sessions (in pcap format) containing the corrupted response can be found Here. A dump of the TCP stream (by ethereal) can be found Here.
Some background:
Our best working theory is that the XML-RPC server is compressing the response, but it isn't clear why it does so for certain application data but not for others. Also, if it compresses the data, presumably the XML-RPC client should know how to uncompress it.
Any insight into this problem and how to solve it would be much appreciated.
The following will demonstrate the problem, but it won't be obvious without a packet trace.
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UPDATE: This post is out of date. Please click here for up-to-date coverage of paying taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card.
If you have large estimated or year-end tax payments you've probably wondered if you could profit by paying your taxes with a rewards-earning credit or debit card. The answer is unequivocally "yes". The trick is to make sure that the benefits you get outweigh the fees and hassle involved. In my previous post, "The ultimate guide to paying taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card. Part 1: Primer" I shared important background information. In particular, I answered the following questions:
- What are the fees for paying by credit or debit card? Quick answer: Click here.
- Are there limits to how many payments can be made? Quick answer: Yes, you are usually limited to 2 payments, but in Part 1 I offer some work-around tips.
- Will I be charged a cash advance fee? Quick answer: No.
- Are the processing fees deductible? Quick answer: Maybe.
- How can I view my tax payment history? Quick answer: Click here.
In this post, I'll cover a number of different ways to pay taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card. In each case, I'll suggest the best ways to profit from these approaches. Note that this series is specifically about paying US federal taxes. Options for paying state and local taxes vary depending upon where you live.
Pay by credit card
At the time of this writing, fees for paying taxes via credit card are as low as 1.87%. If you are able to itemize this expense, the effective cost to you will be even less. There are three reasons that you may profit by using a credit card to pay taxes:
Credit card rewards greater than fee: If you have a credit card that earns rewards worth more than 1.87 cents per dollar (or whatever the current cost is minus the value of your deduction, if any), then you'll come out ahead by paying taxes with this card. This would include 2% cash back cards such as the Fidelity Investment Rewards card and point-earning cards such as the Barclaycard Arrival 2X card (which effectively earns 2.2% back towards travel). And, for those who highly value airline miles, a card like the United MileagePlus Club card (which earns 1.5 miles per dollar) may make sense.
Signup bonus: Credit card companies routinely offer large bonuses for signing up for new cards, but usually require quite a bit of spend in a short time. For example, at the time of this writing, there is a 100,000 mile offer for the Citi Executive AAdvantage MasterCard that requires $10,000 spend in three months. Depending upon your situation, paying taxes to meet that spend requirement may make sense. You will earn both the standard 1 mile per dollar from the payment (or more if the credit card offers more than 1X for all purchases) plus you'll earn the credit card signup bonus. A full list of the best current signup bonuses can be found here: bestoffers.frequentmiler.net.
Big spend bonus: Many credit cards offer cardholders bonuses when they reach big spend thresholds. For example, with the American Express Delta Reserve card, you'll receive 15,000 bonus miles and 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (towards elite status) when you reach $30,000 in annual spend (and again when you reach $60,000 in annual spend). Similarly, some credit card companies offer short term incentives to increase spend. They might target you, for example, with an offer of 15,000 bonus miles if you spend $10,000. For a list of credit cards with standard big spend bonuses, please see: Best Big Spend Bonuses.
Pay by debit card
Currently, two of the payment processors offer a flat fee of $2.79 for personal debit card payments, and ValueTaxPayment.com currently offers a flat fee of $2.49 (except for MasterCard debit cards for which they currently charge $2.89). Since prices change often, let's simply assume that you'll pay a flat fee of $3 per transaction. As long as your tax payment is $160 or more, you'll pay less in fees by paying with a debit card instead of a credit card. The larger your tax payment, the smaller the debit card fee is as a percent of the total. Unfortunately, very few debit cards today offer rewards for debit transactions, but there are a few. Here are the debit cards that currently offer airline mile rewards that will most likely work with tax payments:
- Suntrust Delta Debit Card: Offers 1 mile per dollar spent. $75 annual fee plus monthly fees unless you maintain a balance of $3K or more. This debit card has a $35,000 transaction limit. UPDATE: I have now heard from a few people who have said that recent tax payments made with this card have not resulted in miles earned. This might not be a viable option anymore.
- UFB Direct Airline Miles Debit Card: Offers 1 American Airlines mile per every 2 dollars spent. There is no annual fee, but there is a $1500 transaction limit.
I haven't yet personally used either card to pay taxes, but multiple readers have informed me that tax payments with these cards have resulted in earned miles.
Pay by gift card: Visa or MasterCard
Visa and MasterCard gift cards are special in that they are also debit cards. The best Visa/MC gift cards are usually those with the highest denominations because the purchase fee, then, will be smaller as a percent of total value. The largest denomination Visa and MasterCard gift cards commonly found today are $500. Fees for $500 Visa and MasterCard gift cards are usually around 1%. You can use these cards as debit cards to pay taxes online or by phone. You will be charged a separate payment transaction fee for every debit card you use. If you want to use more than two cards to pay taxes, please see my prior post "The ultimate guide to paying taxes by credit card, debit card, or gift card. Part 1: Primer" for details of how that might be achieved.
In most cases, your total fees (for buying gift cards and paying taxes) will come to around 1.6%. While this is lower than the best current fees offered for credit card payments, it is not dramatically lower. So, I'd only recommend using Visa or MasterCard gift cards for tax payments if you have found a way to buy them with very low fees or no fees, or if you buy them at a merchant in which your credit card earns a category bonus. For example, if you have a credit card that earns 5% cash back at drugstores and you buy OneVanilla Visa cards with a 1% fee, then you have already profited by 4%, so the additional .6% fee for paying taxes in that case may be worth the cost. That said, there are other ways to use Visa and MasterCard gift cards that may be both easier and less expensive. For example, some stores will let you use debit cards to pay bills and/or buy money orders. And, at Walmart you can use debit cards to reload American Express Bluebird cards for free. The easiest option, in my opinion, is to pay bills online with Evolve Money (see "Pay bills online with debit and prepaid cards").
Pay by gift card: American Express
Unlike Visa and MasterCard gift cards, American Express gift cards are not debit cards. So, if you use an American Express gift card to pay taxes, you will have to pay the credit card processing fee. On the other hand, it is currently possible to get American Express gift cards with values up to $3000. And, it is often possible to earn extra airline miles or cash back by buying Amex gift cards through online shopping portals. At the time of this writing, for example, it is possible to get up to 4 points per dollar or 3% cash back (see this Quick Deal). For complete details on the ins and outs of buying Amex gift cards please see "Everything you ever wanted to know about Amex gift cards". Its very important to read that post since some credit cards will charge a cash advance fee when used to buy Amex gift cards online. If you are hit with such a fee, the rewards earned from the portal won't be worth it. As long as you use a safe credit card, though, you will earn both credit card rewards and portal rewards. The value of these rewards, in combination, can often far exceed tax processing fees.
The trickiest part of paying with Amex gift cards is figuring out the maximum payment you can make. Let's say, for example, that you have a $3000 Amex gift card and you want to use the whole thing for your tax payment. You can't make a $3000 payment since the fees will push the total charge above $3000 and the charge will be declined. Instead, here is a formula to use:
Tax Payment = GiftCardAmount / (1 + per dollar fee)
For example, suppose you have a $3000 gift card and that the current credit card fee is 1.87%. In that case, the per dollar fee is .0187 and the formula works out as follows:
Tax Payment = $3000 / (1 + .0187)
Tax Payment = $3000 / 1.0187
Tax Payment = $2944.93
Due to rounding, you may have to alter the result by a penny one way or another, but the above formula should get you most of the way there.
Above, I presented four options for paying federal taxes and earning rewards in the process. The easiest options are to pay outright with rewards earning credit cards. The most rewarding option, though, is to use a rewards earning credit card to buy Amex gift cards through a rewards portal and then use those Amex gift cards to pay taxes. This can be a frustrating experience, though, and may be extremely difficult if you have very large tax payments to make. I don't recommend using Visa or MasterCard gift cards to pay taxes because there are better and easier ways to spend down those cards.


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This is an alpha build and not every aspect has been fully tested.
The new release maps functionality for DNN9 support, and fixes a few issues along the way. Primarily - the AppSetting for the connection string is no longer necessary. The build requires Full Trust at present, so please make sure that the web.config is configured properly. Additionally - DNN9 no longer contains the SharpZipLib, which OpenWebStudio uses. This has been included in the package by default.
Please install this in a development environment until you are certain there are no issues. Please update this forum if there ARE any issues!
Finally - OWS was migrated to github back in 2013. The latest code branch is present there, and will continue to be supported in that location. The SourceForge location will contain only release packages from now on.
Now - go grab a copy!
r2i.OpenWebStudio_DotNetNuke_2.3.00.0_Install.ALPHA.zip (SourceForge)
Hi Kevin,
Sorry to say I have found a little bug
I use OWS to log users in and in testing the alpha version with my Login code I am getting a -2 (Bad password) error, even though the login was actually successful
I know the user has logged in as I take them to a page that only Registered user have access to. The code I am using is used on other sites so I know the problem is not with the code
I have set Trusted level to Full
Any ideas
Can you email me a simple configuration for testing that out? I'd like to walk through the back end code to see where it is failing. You can email that to me directly, or just attach it.
I got an error when trying to upload the configuration file so I have emailed it to you directly
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The Better World section of the 2017 Annual Report provides information on the status of our Better World pillars and, together with content on our corporate website, presents Anheuser-Busch InBev's annual update on key performance data and information for calendar year 2017. This section and the People Dream Culture description on page 27 of the Annual Report have been established in accordance with the law of 3 September 2017 implementing Directive 2014/95/EU of 22 October 2014 amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of nonfinancial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups. Together, they form the nonfinancial statement required under such law.
The Better World section is organized into four subject areas: Sustainability, Smart Drinking and Road Safety, Workplace Safety, and Business Ethics. Additional information on volunteering and disaster response can be found on page 29 of the Annual Report. This section is intended to provide meaningful updates to stakeholders around the world, including investors, employees, governments, NGOs, and customers and consumers in the countries where we operate in connection with our Better World initiatives. It includes information on environmental matters, social and employee-related matters, human rights and anticorruption and bribery matters.
AB InBev prepared this Better World reporting (this section and the website) using the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI) Standards as a guide. To help determine the content for our reporting, we conducted a materiality assessment that helped identify the issues most important to our stakeholders and our company. A more detailed look at our materiality process, including the resulting Boundary Analysis Table, and a GRI Index for this year's report, can be found at http://www.ab-inbev.com/better-world/reporting.html
Our Better World agenda aligns with several of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established by the United Nations in 2015. Throughout our operations and supply chain, we are aligning our Better World activities with the SDGs that address areas considered most material to our business and critical to our stakeholders. We are specifically focused on areas and SDGs for which our scale and partnerships can drive meaningful positive change.
The data and stories presented in this report were gathered and verified with the assistance of content owners across all functions and geographic Zones.
The company has established a Data Management Plan to ensure accurate and consistent reporting of smart drinking, environmental and safety goal performance data, and key performance indicators. In the Assurance Report of the Independent Auditor (on pages 41–42) and in key locations throughout the report, we have noted which environmental and social metrics have been externally assured by KPMG. For information included in our consolidated financial statements, our independent auditor is Deloitte.
Environmental data from newly acquired beverage operations are excluded from the running reporting cycle. These facilities will be included in future reporting, which typically takes six months to a year after acquisition. Safety data is immediately tracked and incorporated into global data for all sites and operations unless indicated otherwise in the text or footnotes. Pre-combination data only cover sites for which AB InBev has full management control since 01 Jan 2016. For all environmental and safety data, when a plant is divested or closed, it will be removed from scope, but prior year reported values will not be adjusted.
Global goal performance for water, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, presented in this section, encompasses AB InBev's company-wide wholly-owned operations unless otherwise noted. Energy usage per hectoliter of production excludes the energy exported to third parties and certain large projects' constructions.
The excluded energy use does not reflect the amount of energy used in our beer brewing processes. For comparison purposes following the combination with SAB, selected data represent 2016 AB InBev pre-combination, 2017 AB InBev pre-combination and 2017 AB InBev combined with SAB, as noted. Prior to the combination, the data definitions AB InBev and SAB used for water usage, total energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions were different. As a result, reporting on combined AB InBev and SAB data for these indicators would have been an inaccurate data representation. For 2017 reporting of this data, all SAB sites aligned to AB InBev pre-combination definitions to enable combined data reporting.
In the scope of our reported Better World goals only beverage operations are included. Our per-hectoliter goals on GHG emissions, energy and water pertain to our beverage facilities only and do not encompass our vertical operations such as malt plants and packaging facilities. However, our vertical operations are also measured using our Voyager Plant Optimization (VPO) global management system and are reported annually to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Specific data tables contain additional footnotes about environmental performance data.
This section contains "forward-looking statements", which generally include the words or phrases "will likely result", "are expected to", "will continue", "is anticipated", "anticipate", "estimate", "project", "may", "might", "could", "believe", "expect", "plan", "potential" or similar expressions. These statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those suggested by these statements due to, among others, the impact of water availability, climate change, economic recession, negative publicity, our ability to hire and retain the best talent, government regulations, the reputation of our brands, the ability to make acquisitions or divest divisions, access to capital, volatility in the stock market, exposure to litigation and other associated risks, as well as the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Additional information about AB InBev's GHG and water risks, management and performance is available through the CDP.
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A handbag heroine has apparently fought off robbers armed with sledgehammers as they attempted a smash-and-grab raid at a jewellery store in Northampton.
An elderly passer by, Mikhail Hussain O'Reilley aged 77, immediately shit himself in excitement as he told our reporter:
"It were fooking briliant like, there was these six geezers knocking seven skittles of shite out of the store front when suddenly like, out of nowhere, this old bird in a headscarf which was covering her blue rinse hair, wearing a red coat, navy blue M&S skirt and white stockings...all topped off in six inch Jimmy Choos.....started belting the bastards with her Armani handbag! Talk about give it to em' there were blood everywhere as the six thugs ran for their lives!"
Despite Mr O'Reilley's description of the woman Police are somewhat baffled due to him not getting a very good look at her face, therefore it would appear that this street-creed heroine could go unrewarded if not found.
However, news is coming in of a potential breakthrough in investigations as it appears Northampton Police have been contacted by the Los Angeles Police Department in the past hour.
Seemingly having received widespread coverage on the NBC news channel the incident was noted by Lieutenant Buzz 'Chuck' Clobersinski who,for the past 10 years has been investigating similar incidents in downtown LA involving a handbag swinging elderly woman!
When pressed further by our reporter, Northampton Police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Mustafa Fagg would not divulge any further details accept to say there had been a significant if not meaningful 'breakthrough' regarding the break in.
However, an unofficial source we have just bribed tells us that thanks to Lieutenant Clobersinski the woman's identity is none other than aged Hollywood tough guy legend Charles Bronson, who after faking his own death years ago fulfilled a life long ambition to become a woman and had a sex change operation in Thailand where he/she has since been living!
Incensed by the amount of punks still roaming around the streets of LA Charles, or 'Charlene' as he now prefers to be called, returned to the USA to rid the mean LA streets of crime. When realising Lieutenant Clobersinki was 'on to him' Charlene vanished as quickly as she appeared.....possibly to the UK.
Meanwhile, in a developing story it appears that semi-retired film director Michal Winner has phoned his very, very close friend, SKY TV News cougar Kay Burley on her direct line requesting she bring a change of female underwear to his Mayfair home as quickly as possible?
.............more on this and the potential sequel as we get it!


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Well-qualified, experienced and motivated employees are of vital importance to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Maintaining and developing the technical, methodological and leadership competences of our staff is crucial to Siegfried's success, preparing us for current and future challenges and honing our competitive edge.
Siegfried strives to attract talented and motivated employees and encourages them to develop as they take on challenging duties and responsibilities – we create the environment required and provide the necessary resources to make this possible. Equal support is provided for leadership, technical and project-based career advancement. In addition to developing professional and technical skills, desirable behavioural patterns and managerial skills are also cultivated among managerial staff.
Our Performance Management process is a key tool for developing our employees and implementing our entrepreneurial and performance-based company culture. In addition to a target-setting interview at the beginning of the year and an assessment at the end, the process includes a mid-year review and calculation of the effective Short Term Incentive is linked to target achievement. The Performance Management process also incorporates individual development measures, which are monitored at regular intervals.
Siegfried - a company you really can expect more.


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Loud Music Puts 1 Billion People at Risk for Hearing Loss
BY EPIC Hearing Healthcare IN Featured Story, In the News On 12-03-2015
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1 billion teens and adults alike are at risk of hearing loss on account of playing music too loudly.
WHO found nearly 50% of those studied listen to unsafe sound levels on personal audio devices and about 40% are exposed to damaging levels of music and noise at entertainment venues. Their findings are a result of analysing listening habits of 12- to 35-year-olds in wealthier countries around the world.
Not much time is needed to damage your hearing at a sports club or nightclub either; "exposure to noise levels of 100 dB, which is typical in such venues, is safe for no more than 15 minutes," WHO says.
When it comes to personal listening devices, especially earbuds, the level of damage you can cause to your ears relates directly to how long you listen to music and how loud the sound is. "Unsafe levels of sounds can be, for example, exposure to in excess of 85dB for eight hours or 100dB for 15 minutes," says WHO.
You can learn more about these risks and what can be done about it in a full report on CNN.com.
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Home Equity Lending Has Returned, but It Will Cost You
Even if state law empowers them to go after the borrower, second mortgage and HELOC lenders aren't able to offset their losses at all by selling the property, like the foreclosing lender (and squeezing blood from broke-as-turnip homeowners has been shown to be an expensive and losing battle, in any event).
Also, upside-down homeowners who file bankruptcy are able to request that the court "strip the second" mortgage or HELOC from their list of debts, a request which is routinely granted. All told, home equity lending had gotten so risky in foreclosure-prone states, many lenders simply opted out of that side of the business. In fact, many a homeowner who had a HELOC secured by the equity in their home has received notification that their lender was closing their line of credit down, due to the excessive risk of default.
But now some surprising news: While it may take years for lost equity to be recovered, home equity lending is one housing market casualty that seems to be coming back to life as we speak.
Home equity loans (which are doled out in a single lump sum), and HELOCs (which a homeowner is able to draw on -- or not -- over time, as they need the cash) are currently being originated much more than anytime in the past few years, according to SmartMoney.
SmartMoney reports that the trend is most apparent in the regional banks operating in the northeast, where Citizens' Bank home equity loans were up 35% year-over-year; in the South, where SunTrust Bank reported a 25% uptick over the last six months, compared with the first half of 2010; and in the Midwest, where Associated Bank originated three times the number of equity loans in the last half of 2010 compared to the last half of 2009.
Despite the higher rates, relative to a first mortgage, SmartMoney's AnnaMaria Andriotis says consumers may still save money on a HELOC or equity loan when compared with a cash-out refinance, if their equity lender is willing to waive the loan origination fees and closing costs that quickly add up on a first mortgage (which many are).
If you go the equity loan or line route, though, Andriotis cautions, beware of restrictions that require you to keep the line or loan for a minimum number of years, imposing a fee if you decide to terminate the account early. Good candidates for today's home equity lending options, according to Andriotis, include homeowners who have strong financials when it comes to home equity, credit and income, but simply don't have the ready cash for college tuition, home repairs and upgrades or even some medical bills. When you take today's low interest rates and price pressures on work-hungry contractors into account, you can save a pretty penny if you fund your home improvements with your home equity.


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Madge Family from Crediton, Devon, England
Below is some information on my MADGE ancestors from Devon, England, starting with my 4 x great grandfather William MADGE.
William MADGE, was born 4 Nov 1810 in Crediton, Devon and died 5 Oct 1907 in Crediton, Devon. He married Ann WHITE on 1 Mar 1835 in Crediton Devon England. She was born 1812 in Winkleigh, Devon, England and died Sep 1888 in Crediton Devon England, daughter of James and Ann WHITE.
Children and spouses of William MADGE and Ann WHITE
Ellen MADGE was born 1835 in Crediton Devon England and died 24 Apr 1895 in Exeter, Devon, England. She married Thomas Warren PERKINS 1857 in Exeter Devon England. He was born 18 Mar 1836 in Crediton, Devon, England and died 04 Oct 1910 in Exeter Devon England, son of John PERKINS and Sarah WARREN.
Mary Anne MADGE was born 1837 in Crediton, Devon, England and died Mar 1894 in Crediton Devon England. She married William BENNETT 01 Oct 1857 in Exeter Devon England. He was born 1837 in Crediton Devon, England and died 08 Jan 1894 in Crediton Devon England, son of William BENNETT and Ann CUMMINS.
Samuel MADGE was born Mar 1840 in Crediton, Devon, England and died 1904 in Staines, Middlesex, England. He married Elizabeth BROOKLAND Apr 1860 in Crediton, Devon, England. She was born 1842 in Down St Mary, Devon, England.
James MADGE was born about 1841 in Crediton, Devon, England. He married Susan. She was born about 1838 in Moretonhampstead, Devon, England
George MADGE was born Oct 1850 in Crediton, Devon, England. He married Ellen AYRES Sep 1868 in Exeter, Devon, England. She was born ABT 1834 in Crediton, Devon, England.
Sarah MADGE was born Oct 1853 in Crediton Devon England and died 13 Jan 1933 in Cane Hill Coulsdon Surrey England. She married Peter HAMMETT Sep 1870 in Exeter Devon England. He was born 1848 in Sandford, Devon, England and died 1898 in Kenington London England, son of Simon HAMMETT and Sarah DAW.
Be great to hear off anyone with any connection.
I have MADGE's from Crediton too.I will go back and look at the records - it's been a long time since I saw them...gg grandfather William Madge, a tailor his wife Susan Simpson...his daughter Kate Madge was my g grandmother b Swindon died Toronto Ontario 1942 she m Robert McGarrie. Kate had sisters Maud,Rose,Cilly (?) bros Fred, Arthur, Sam....you can email me at email@example.com if you wish.
I am related to Thomas Warren Perkins. His daughter Ellen married my great grandfather Purvis Ambrose Seldon (born 1869,died 1924) and they were the parents of another Purvis Ambrose Seldon (1895-1928) who was my maternal grandfather.


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Frederiksted's newest cafe, 840 STX, opened its doors Tuesday morning and offered cannabis oils, salves, and accessories along with its breakfast foods and beverages.
It's legal.
The café will serve not only coffee, kombucha, smoothies, local fruit juices and island-made pastries, Leatherback beers, cocktails, salads and acai bowls. It will promote the option of cannabis oil infusions. A latte with an infusion, for example. Cruzan Rum with a topper.
The 100 percent THC-free infusions won't get anyone high. The cannabis oils and salves sold there won't either.
"The island has nothing like this," said Bill Kaltenbaugh, one of the establishment's founders. "We hope to appeal to a health conscious demographic and people who appreciate a more natural approach."
He and co-founder Kevin Merillat take good health to heart and take their cannabis oil products in earnest, as does their local partner, Garfield Connor.
"Cannabis was one of the first medications ever," said Merillat, pointing to its healing properties for skin problems, particularly rashes. "We will proudly display our cannabis-related accessories," he said.
On the accessory shelf behind him, Janis Joplin smiles down upon the scene.
Kaltenbaugh and Merillat explained that marijuana and hemp plants both come from the cannabis family but that hemp does not contain the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical found in marijuana plants. The 840 STX cannabis oils, also known as CBD, are extracted from hemp and are therapeutic, they said.
The three business partners plan to hold monthly events to advocate cannabis. Connor, who worked in California for seven years in the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes, knows his stuff and will extend his knowledge on the health benefits of CBD.
Conner figures that, as the positive attributes of cannabis become more widely understood, "everybody will jump on the bandwagon."
"The recommended dose is 15 milliliters or better per day," said Merillat. "You can order an espresso with a 15 milliliter infusion."
In fact, at 840 STX, you can request an infusion with any drink the café serves, whether from the coffee and cocktail bar or from the walk-up window on the street. You can also purchase oils from the café's accessory counter and infuse your drink yourself.
Buddies since their college days at Frostburg State University, Kaltenbaugh and Merillat started their company as a medical dispensary applicant in Maryland but subsequently moved operations to St. Croix, intending instead to open a factory. When Hurricane Maria interfered with that plan, the two chose to create a cannabis café and shop.
They visited and interviewed several CBD manufacturers in the U.S. and chose Joy Organics, a family-owned business in Colorado that aims to "help people by creating the most pure, organic and bioavailable full spectrum cannabinoid products on the market," as Joy Organics' website says.
Also on the menu at 840 STX are private label cannabis oils that come in a variety of flavors: natural, lemon, cinnamon, and mint. Rolling papers, grinder cards, and T-shirts also bear the 840 STX logo, but customers will also recognize familiar labels such as Bamboo.
"We know our products are the utmost high-end. We've watched the production process," said Kaltenbaugh. The café's cannabis products, from plants grown in an organic manner, are lab-tested for purity, he said.
Prices will compete with, if not beat, prices anywhere else, Kaltenbaugh said.
"But for those who aren't interested in hemp, we will have the very best coffee and smoothies on St. Croix," he added, nodding toward Justin Guinn behind the bar.
"And the best acai bowls," chimed-in Merillat.
While their slogans, "Happy, Hempy, Cool" and "Healthy, Hempy, Cool" indicate their leaning, the café owners want non-partakers to enjoy 840 STX, too.
The huge open-air windows make for a light-filled, breezy atmosphere, and the small smattering of tables and stools along the bar contribute to its coziness. The partners purchased the coral countertop, its tiles, bamboo ceiling, and its light fixtures locally. Artist Isabelle Picard painted the wall murals depicting island scenes and one of a castle on an island off the coast of Cannes that bears a little sign, Chappelle Sainte Croix.
Seeing that castle in France just after Hurricane Maria had wreaked havoc on St. Croix filled Kevin Merillat with fresh hope.
"We want customers to feel like they are being hugged when they walk in," Merillat said.
He and Kaltenbaugh told the story of naming the café. The term 420 is synonymous with happy hour for cannabis, and April 20 has become an international holiday for cannabis, they said.
"We came up with 840 because we are marketing to business professionals," Merillat said. "It's much more like 8:40 p.m. for them."
By chance, the Frederiksted post office assigned them box number 840. Merillat and Kaltenbaugh took that, along with their 00840 zip code, as an auspicious sign – like the castle off Cannes where the monks lived.
"We want to live up to our motto, 'The Higher Class.' So we won't do anything that's not super professional," said Kaltenbaugh.
Café hours are 6:30 a.m. to 8:40 p.m.


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Building MM on Windows
- 1 Preparation
- 2 Setting up library paths
- 3 Building the C++ layer: MMCore and device adapters
- 4 Building the Java layer: Micro-Manager Studio
- 5 Building the full source in one step
First make sure you have enough hard disk space. 5 GB is probably enough.
Directory structure for the source code
Create a directory named
projects. The
projects directory may reside anywhere you like and will contain the subdirectories
3rdpartypublic, and
Downloading the source code
To check out the Micro-Manager Source Code, first obtain a Subversion client. From
projects/, run:
svn co https://valelab.ucsf.edu/svn/micromanager2/trunk/ micro-manager1.4
svn co https://valelab.ucsf.edu/svn/3rdpartypublic/
Required tools and applications
To build the entire application from the source code, you will need to install the following tools:
To build device adapters:
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Express is fine, and doesn't cost anything.)
(Work is underway to migrate Micro-Manager to Visual Studio 2010.)
Additionally, to build the entire Micro-Manager package:
- JDK Standard Edition 6 or later
- A recent version of ImageJ
- Beanshell 2.0.4 or later. Download the .jar and and place in <root>/projects/3rdparty/Beanshell and copy to the plugins folder of the ImageJ instance you installed above.
- Apache Ant
Tell the build tools where to find Java and Ant by opening the System control panel / Advanced system settings / Environment Variables / System variables and addding the following new entries:
ANT_HOME=C:\ant (or path to Ant)
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_20 (or path to Java)
Device libraries and SDKs
Some device adapter require the installation of manufacturer's SDKs in order to build. All SDKs should be installed in the <root>/projects/3rdparty directory. The actual names of SDK directories should match the paths in the corresponding header files in the Micro-manager source code for device adapters.
If you don't want to build one or more device adapters (because you don't have the SDK), you should remove corresponding projects from the master solution: MMCoreJ_wrap.sln.
To add a device adapter to the automated build, use Visual Studio 2008 to add the device adapter project (a .vcproj file) to the MMCoreJ_wrap.sln or MMCoreJ_wrap_x64.sln. Under the device adapter's project properties, make sure the device adapter has this command under Build Events > Post-build Event:
copy "$(TargetPath)" ..\..\bin_$(PlatformName)
and a Linker > General > Output File of
Setting up library paths
The project files in the repository should have the correct path settings.
To deal with the flood of text in the Output window, in the Solution Explorer right-click and build one project at a time.
If in Visual Studio you get an error:
Target(FOO) does not match the Linker's OutputFile property value (BAR) ...
You could right-click on the project > properties > Configuration Properties > General > Target Name and add the leading "mmgr_dal_" to the beginning of $(ProjectName) to satisfy it.
Setting up 64-bit support on Visual C++ Express
Visual Studio Express does not include 64-bit compiler support out of the box. To compile x64 libraries in addition to Win32, you need to install the Windows SDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb980924
After installation you should find the x64 specific libraries at a path similar to:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Lib\x64
To build your x64 project you would need to make sure this is in the 'Additional Library Directories' setting in your project, specifically in Project > Properties > Configuration Properties > Linker > Additional Library Directories. If you do not do this you will get linker errors similar to:
LINK: fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file FOO.lib
Building the C++ layer: MMCore and device adapters
You can build C++ part of the project by opening MMCoreJ_wrap.sln in MSDEV and running the full build. This will build the MMCore, Java wrappers and all device adapters. You can remove any device adapter project from the solution if you don't have the corresponding SDK or if you don't need to build it.
Building the Java layer: Micro-Manager Studio
Java layer of the Micro-Manager can be build using the standard ANT utility with build.xml project file, located in the <root>/projects/micro-manager-1.4/mmstudio directory. Before running the build the project file build.xml must be modified to specify paths for external libraries: ImageJ and BeanShell.
<!-- Specify the system path to the ImageJ root directory -->
<property name="ImageJPath" value="C:/Program Files/ImageJ"/>
<!-- Specify the system path to the beanshell jar -->
<property name="beanshell" value="C:/projects/3rdparty/BeanShell/bsh-2.0b4.jar"/>
In the mmstudio directory from the commandline, run:
ant -buildfile build.xml cleanMMStudio compileMMStudio buildMMStudio
Building the full source in one step
To build the entire Micro-Manager project for Windows with a single command, µManager 1.4 provides a batch file in the source repository in buildscripts. You need to have the installed tools and libraries described above: ant, Java JDK, boost, zlib and some java jar stuff.
From the C++ source, you can build the 32 bit version with the free 'Express' version of Visual Studio, though per my understanding, you need at least the 'Professional' version to build the 64 bit binaries. As of this writing, we are using the 2008 version of Visual studio. It's been built and tested preliminarily with Visual Studio 2010 also.
To build the 32 bit binary, open a command prompt and type
cd \projects\micromanager buildscripts\Build
The 64 bit binary is built as follows:
If you've got all the tools and libraries installed correctly, these scripts will build everything and automatically install µManager onto your system. By default, the builds are incremental, if you want to clean the binaries (don't know why this is ever necessary, except perhaps in the case of virus infections) specify FULL, e.g.
buildscripts\Buildx64 FULL
The final step of the build makes the installer using InnoSetup, the current builds scripts assume it's installed in:
(Note: Currently, Build.bat and Buildx64.bat include actions that are specific to our nightly build, so you may get some errors. You can build just the C++ conponents by running buildscripts\buildCpp. --Mark Tsuchida 17:38, 16 May 2013 (PDT))


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Charity in the twenty-first century is a game. The players are artists, salesmen, and idealists, all working together to get something for nothing. The goal is to raise the money; the trick is to keep it coming. At the center of the game stands Bo Sparks, charismatic CEO of SparkVISION Consulting, which runs campaigns and offers support for the charities under its care. Surrounded by the wealthy and the desperate, Sparks just wants to do a little good in the world.
Journalist Tanya Montray has a different goal. She's certain that SparkVISION employs Non Prophet, a popular and controversial blogger. She's determined to uncover him, but if he's an employee of SparkVISION there could be trouble ahead.
And then there's Trent Byron, head of the oldest charity in Chicago, who has some issues with the way Bo Sparks does business and isn't afraid to play hardball.
Sex scandals, embezzlement, gossip, clandestine love affairs, and one misplaced cake: it's all in a day's work for SparkVISION.
This book was the product of an intense editing process conducted entirely online.
I am selling Charitable Getting through Lulu. I had originally intended to offer it through CompletelyNovel as well, but certain factors have combined to indicate that I should perhaps not trust them enough to ask you to pay them.
So you can Buy Charitable Getting Here from Lulu.com; if you want a signed copy, please scroll down before you buy.
I am reminded that there is a coupon deal going on today only -- enter TRICK305 at checkout and get 20% off! Enter TURKEY at checkout now through Nov. 30th and get 10% off.
Charitable Getting is available currently for $15, and the price will rise to $16 in February. It is also available for free as a PDF download at the link above. The ebook edition isn't out yet, but it should be within a month or two; when it does go live it will be $3.
If you would like a copy of the book from Lulu but are overseas and finding postage prohibitive, please leave a comment on this post so people can contact you about workarounds. Likewise, if you are willing to combine postage to lend a friend a hand, please check the comments -- we have one person at least who is willing to consolidate a shipment to the UK.
If you are interested in a signed copy, please do not purchase a book! Peep behind the cut for instructions.
Signed Copies
Signed copies are available for $35 each on a moderated first-come, first-served basis. At the moment I've capped the number at 60 but if we have more demand I'm potentially willing to uncap it. Basically I'm promising 60, but can't yet promise more.
If you know that you definitely want to purchase a $35 signed copy, please comment on this post. Here is what I need from you:
-- That you want a signed copy
-- A reliable contact email address for you
-- Whether you are located in the US (this helps me anticipate shipping costs; it does not affect where you are on the waitlist)
I also need to know if the signed copy will be intended as a gift for the holidays. I am giving precedence to gift requests, because the holidays are fast approaching, and I'm trusting you guys to be honest here. No, gifts to yourself do not count. :D
The $35 for the book is inclusive -- it covers the cost of the book plus shipping and handling, and all overage goes to charity. The charities I've chosen to support this time are the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network and the Chicago Anti-Hunger Federation.
Publicity and Reviews:
I am more than happy for you to publicise this book on your own journal if you want! You are of course welcome to do your own writeup, with your own opinion; I don't go after people for having opinions. If you'd like to copy and paste a promo, you can use the text here:
Sam/Copperbadge has just self-published Charitable Getting, his second novel, edited and designed with the help of LJ readers.
Charity in the twenty-first century is a game. The players are artists, salesmen, and idealists, all working together to get something for nothing. At the center of the game stands Bo Sparks, charismatic CEO of SparkVISION Consulting, which runs campaigns for the charities under its care. Surrounded by the wealthy and the desperate, Sparks just wants to do a little good in the world. But this holiday season he has more than his fair share of worries, between a secretive blogger who might be one of his staff, a journalist determined to uncover who it is, and a client who not only doesn't want to pay their fee, but wants to sue Sparks for telling the truth.
Sex scandals, embezzlement, gossip, clandestine love affairs, and one misplaced cake: it's all in a day's work for SparkVISION.
You can check out more about Charitable Getting at his blog post or buy Charitable Getting from Lulu here.
A Final Note
As ever, thanks go to you guys for helping me edit the book, putting up with my ceaseless nattering about it for the past two weeks, and supporting your local independent author. It has become my catchphrase, just a little bit, that this process is about readers and writers, not buyers and sellers; I'm never quite comfortable telling you OHAY BUY MY STUFF, but as the above proves I'm at least getting better at it.
That being said, bear in mind that Lulu bundles postage! :) If you're picking up a copy of CG and don't yet have a copy of Nameless, now's the perfect time to save on shipping. And if you're looking for holiday gifts for high school seniors, you could do worse than Other People Can Smell You, my guide to surviving a university education. I also have a photobook out, The Secret Of Chicago.
You can find all of my books for sale at my Lulu Storefront.


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BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- Mr. Market is returning to rally mode this morning, and he's got help from hedge funds. So far, the S&P 500 has rallied more than 11% in 2012, and professional investors are starting to take the hint.
In the trailing five months, hedge funds have been winding out bearish positions and buying stocks at their fastest rate in two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That's a good sign for stocks as we head toward April. As demand moves into the equity market, large hedge funds' $13 trillion in assets could help to propel share prices higher.
And now, with the S&P sitting within throwing distance of an all-time high, there are some major psychological implications for traders. Plenty of eyes are on 1400 to start the week as the index attempts to hold a price level that's as of yet only really been flirted with in March. It's likely that a push above 1400 would bring some money from the sidelines back into active buying -- and with hedge funds already buying with both hands, that's a move that could give this rally some serious staying power.
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To take full advantage, we're turning to a new set of Rocket Stocks this week.
For the uninitiated, "Rocket Stocks" are our list of companies with short-term gain catalysts and longer-term growth potential. To find them, I run a weekly quantitative screen that seeks out stocks with a combination of analyst upgrades and positive earnings surprises to identify rising analyst expectations, a bullish signal for stocks in any market. After all, where analysts' expectations are increasing, institutional cash often follows.
In the last 145 weeks, our weekly list of five plays has outperformed the S&P 500 by 79.35%.
With that, here's a look at
First up is North Carolina-based
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, a $21.6 billion regional bank that boasts 1,800 branches in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. I've been a fan of BB&T for a while now -- back in October, it made
my list of four banks you should still buy
. And now, even though shares have rallied hard in the months since, BB&T is still one of the best-positioned banking names.
Like other regional banks, BB&T has remained focused on retail and commercial banking (rather than exotic, higher-risk ventures), and the firm has been able to collect double-digit net margins for its trouble. A major part of that success has been the underwriting standards that regional names maintained before and after the financial crisis.
More recently, BB&T has been pushing to generate more fee-based revenue, leveraging its relationships with banking customers to sell them on insurance and other financial services.
During the crisis, BB&T used its strength (relative to struggling peers) to snatch up assets of Colonial BancGroup from the FDIC at a bargain basement price. Now, the firm is benefitting from the cheap deposits it picked up.
A well-capitalized balance sheet also means that BB&T has been able to continue to pay a dividend (albeit a slashed one) before, during, and after the financial crisis. A 2.58% dividend yield is gravy for this stock.
BB&T shows up on a list of
7 Bank Stocks Loved by Deutsche Bank
Customer relationship management firm
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is a must-have application for its 100,000 customers. The firm's eponymous Web application enables users to run business applications that interact with their customer lists, enabling everything from sending newsletters to tracking sales. That mission-critical nature of Salesforce's offering is digs a big economic moat for shareholders right now.
Salesforce was one of the first major business application vendors to focus on the cloud. By pioneering the software-as-a-service model, the firm has a major lead on new rivals that are trying to enter the lucrative hosted CRM software market.
It also provides a recurring revenue model with extremely sticky customers who have a lot invested in the firm's platform; because integration takes place deep in the Salesforce platform, switching costs are extremely high for customers.
Financially, Salesforce is in excellent shape, with stair-step revenue growth and a balance sheet with a deep net cash position. That wherewithal should be critical as the company looks to acquisitions to add new business applications to its stable.
With analyst sentiment on the upswing this week, we're betting on shares.
Salesforce shows up on recent lists of
3 Top Cloud Stocks to Own in 2012
3 Tech Stocks With More Upside for 2012
Dick's Sporting Goods
Dick's Sporting Goods
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has done a good job of holding onto its "league leader" status in the last few years. With just shy of 500 big box stores spread throughout the U.S. and another 81 Golf Galaxy locations under its belt, Dick's has a clear scale advantage over its competitors.
And in retail, scale matters.
Size means that DKS can negotiate favorable contracts with suppliers that typically have the pricing power in the relationship. It also means that the firm can reap major supply chain benefits and absorb costs across its entire store network, a factor that makes merchandising improvements that much more attractive.
Better still, despite the size advantages at DKS, there's still a whole lot more room for this chain to expand at this point.
Dick's focuses on higher-priced sports apparel and accessories, a niche that provides some protection from having to compete with cost leaders like
(WMT). In the next few years, private label brands on Dick's shelves should help to expand net margins and step the company away from selling overly commoditized products.
I also featured Dick's, one of the
top-yielding specialty retail stocks
, in "
7 Hot Stocks on Traders' Radars
Under Armour
That brings us to
Under Armour
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, a sporting apparel brand that's seen its shares sprinting in 2012; so far this year, UA has rallied more than 35%, besting the S&P by a factor of three. Unique brand-positioning should help to keep UA's trajectory on track in the next few months.
Under Armour has carved out an attractive niche in the sportswear business, standing out as the technology leader. Rather than trying to compete directly with the brand cachet of
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, UA's performance apparel instead catered to athletes looking for clothing that would regulate body temperature and wick perspiration away from their bodies. While UA's offerings have expanded dramatically from those first successes, the firm still owns that space in consumers' minds.
Without the budget to compete with bigger sportswear brands, UA went guerilla in its marketing, instead opting to grab endorsement deals with up-and-comers rather than athletes who were already superstars. That policy generated high returns for UA, and while the ad and sponsorship budget has grown, the firm has done a good job of making the most of its promotions.
With only around 10% of sales coming from outside the U.S., there's still plenty of growth room for Under Armour right now. Investors will want to see management continue to avoid throwing cash around to achieve it.
Under Armour is one of the
top holdings at Steven Cohen's SAC Capital
, which scooped up 1.35 million shares of the stock in the fourth quarter.
While being the world's largest industrial gas supplier may sound boring, that's exactly what
is going for. Boring business, boring name -- and anything but boring performance. In the last year, ARG has rallied more than 30%, offering investors 5 times the stock gains that the broad market has delivered.
Airgas supplies everyone from industrial manufacturers to hospitals with gases such as oxygen, nitrous oxide, and acetylene, in addition to complementary hard goods such as welders and eye protection. But as the firm's name implies, gas is ARG's bread and butter.
Because gas is relatively low cost (compared to customers other overhead items), the firm has considerable pricing power. Coupled with the surprisingly high returns generated from renting out gas cylinders, ARG has a cash-generation machine at its fingertips. Historically, the packaged gas business has been extremely fragmented. Airgas' huge acquisition history has helped the firm establish itself as one of the few firms big enough to handle national accounts.
That improved competitiveness should help this "boring" Rocket Stock deliver higher returns than smaller peers.To see all of this week's Rocket Stocks in action, check out
at Stockpickr.
-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.
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Jonas Elmerraji is the editor and portfolio manager of the Rhino Stock Report, a free investment advisory that returned 15% in 2008. He is a contributor to numerous financial outlets, including Forbes and Investopedia, and has been featured in Investor's Business Daily, in Consumer's Digest and on MSNBC.com.


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On this past weekend's show, we broadcast from the Rockford Brewing Company in Rockford where we talked about our recent MLive search for Best Chicken Wings, as well as the recent fire at the Corner Bar. Obviously, we picked a BEER of the WEEK! Co-owner Seth Rivard and general manager ...Read More »
Beer of the Year? John and Amy each make their picks!
Happy New Year! Every week on their radio show "Behind the Mitten," John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman offer a "Beer of the Week." Well, as they were winding down 2016 and preparing for 2017, John and Amy each selected a "Beer of the Year!" Can you predict their choices? Obviously, ...Read More »
Want to Tour Grand Rapids Breweries on New Year's Eve?
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Looking for something a little different this New Year's Eve? Grand Rapids Beer Tours is offering a chance to go behind the scenes of some of the best Grand Rapids breweries around. These customized tours give enthusiasts a private tour, transportation and, of course, beer samples at ...Read More »
Thing To Do ( Feb. 19-21)
Take advantage of this beautiful Michigan weather we are having this weekend and get out for some fun! There are a bunch of great events and games to attend and of course, plenty of beer to be drunk. Check out our Top Five Things To Do! 5. Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella ...Read More »
Amy and John's Top Five Beers to Try at The Brew Ha-Ha
Finally! It's time for the much awaited annual Brew Ha-Ha craft beer festival in Grand Rapids. With over 150 craft brews to choose from, Amy and John have made our lives easier by picking out their top five to try this Friday and Saturday at The DeltaPlex! 1.Dragonmead- Final Absolution – ...Read More »
Things To Do (Dec. 18-20)
There are a handful of fun things to do around the state this weekend! We have the top five things that will get you in the right festive mindset before the craziness of next week ensues. 5. Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker If you're in Detroit this weekend the ...Read More »
Beer of the Week November 21 Hideout Brewing Company
Frankenmuth, MI- It's Michigan's Christmas Wonderland. It's home to fried chicken dinners. It's one of the most popular tourist destinations in the state. It can only be one place: Frankenmuth! I think everyone in Michigan has a favorite memory of this iconic Bavarian village, as it's on most Michigander's must visit ...Read More »
Beer of the week November 14 Upper Hand
Mackinac Island, MI-This weeks show brought us back up to our second home, . We have been lucky enough to visit the island several times this season, for everything from opening weekend, to hosting the Lilac Festival, to enjoying the fall colors. Every visit is unique and different, but what stays ...Read More »
Things To Do (Nov. 13-15)
There are lots of great things to do this windy weekend in Michigan. Whether you want to stay nice and warm indoors or go for a chilly run outside, we have your top five things to do this weekend. 5. Traverse City Beer Week Nov. 13-20 Local restaurants and breweries will have ...Read More »
Great Beerd Run and Hops for Hope
Grand Rapids, MI- One of the things I love about Michigan is that any given day you can find some kind of wacky event to participate in. Most of these occur outdoors and celebrate something great about Michigan. Festivals celebrating asparagus or mint. An ice fishing derby. Cardboard sled races. ...Read More »


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Whats Under the Hood
The authenticam consists of three parts: the camera itself, PrivateID iris scanning technology from Iridian Technologies Inc. and I/O Software Inc.s SecureSuite of security applications. The software portions are loosely integrated, and the camera hardware doubles as a Web camera that can be used as a video capture device thats compatible with any standards-based videoconferencing application.
The most technically significant part of the Authenticam is, of course, the iris recognition technology. The PrivateID software takes four images of a users iris during the enrollment process.
Patterns on the human iris are far more complex than fingerprints and facial patterns. The false-acceptance rate for iris recognition systems is 1 in 1.2 million, statistically better than the average fingerprint recognition system. However, since any biometric device can be coupled with a challenge response system that makes it statistically impossible to break into a system, the false- acceptance-rate advantage isnt critical.
Further reading
The real benefit of iris recognition is in the false-rejection rate, a measure of authenticated users who are rejected. Fingerprint scanners have a 3 percent false-rejection rate, whereas iris scanning systems boast rates at the 0 percent level.
Iris scanning is more intrusive and requires users to gaze into a camera lens for about 2 seconds. In tests, the Authenticam recognized and authenticated iris patterns in about a second from a distance of about 18 to 24 inches, but this might still be a put-off to some users.
There are also limitations: Every user must be enrolled, each desktop requiring security must be Windows-based and have a Web camera, and things such as dirty glasses and bad lighting can slow authentication. These limitations make the Authenticam usable only on workstations for which administrators need the most intense protection.
The Authenticam is packaged to secure individual workstations, and installation was fairly simple. We set up an Authenticam on a Windows 2000 system with 512MB of RAM and a 1GHz processor. Panasonic recommends a Pentium-class 333MHz or greater system running Windows 98, Windows ME or Windows 2000, with at least 64MB of RAM.
The camera plugs into a Universal Serial Bus port, and the software and drivers should be loaded before installation of the hardware.


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The Greyhounds lined up for the start while the Irish rabbit chased its tail off to the left. When 2:30 struck the chase was on!
Unfortunately the rabbit (No regrets) was left in the dust as Loaded Dice and Black Sun overtook and scampered away from the rabbit start. A typical SWer kicked in for the afternoon around 15knots. Which made the reaches exciting sailing the well known SW course. Loaded dice held onto a modest lead for most of the race however that lead got slightly eaten into on the reach across the bay to university as Creeper made a comeback.
Creeper, Keysie and Craig had a fight for the podium with Craig taking many risks to try and find a winner. No Regrets ripped the clew out of their mainsail and are had to retire. Some footage of this to come!
With only a couple of races left in the season apparently the leader board is quite close. Yet to see any results though. Must be in pre-presentation lock down to keep so the bookies can make a killing


text: Damar Jackson is a passionate, driven singer-songwriter-producer born and raised in DeRidder, LA. Jackson's candor allows him to offer fans a level of honesty and vulnerability in his music rarely seen in today's R&B. His debut single "Crazy," in which he revisits the last days of the relationship that sustained him during his early years in Atlanta, is an emotional rollercoaster; both musically and lyrically. "We got to a point where she saw the success coming," he explains, "but even though I thought we had been preparing for the late nights and work trips, it started driving her crazy."