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imin=0.5e6, ## color scale for the radio image
imin=0.5e6, ## color scale for the radio image
dmax=0.5e6, ## color scale for the dynamic spectrum
dmax=0.5e6, ## color scale for the dynamic spectrum
=, ## optional, if you want to overlay radio AIA EUV .
aiawave=171, ## optional, AIA passband
paththe AIA fits files . AIA the path . to .
aiawave=171, ## optional, AIA passband.
plt_composite=True, ## optional, set True if you want to plot radio image contours from all specified spectral windows in one images.
plt_composite=True, ## optional, set True if you want to plot radio image contours from all specified spectral windows in one images.
Revision as of 19:33, 23 April 2018
- 1 List of VLA Solar Observations
- 2 Data Survey Tutorial
- 2.1 Preparatory Work
- 2.2 Produce Detailed Dynamic Spectrum
- 2.3 Make overview radio/EUV image
- 2.4 Survey overview plot
- 2.5 Make radio movie with svplot
List of VLA Solar Observations
|VLA Time
|Observing Setup
|Flare Events
|Overview Plot
|Context Data
|Mar 3, 2012
| 15 ants in Config C
1-2 GHz/1 MHz, 50 ms
|dynamic spectrum of the entire event with GOES
|Chen+2014, Chen+2015, Wang+2017
|Feb 18, 2016
| 27 ants in Config C
1-2 GHz/2 MHz, 50 ms
|dynamic spectrum of the entire event with GOES
|Feb 19, 2016
| 27 ants in Config C
1-2 GHz/2 MHz, 50 ms
|dynamic spectrum of the entire event with GOES
|Apr 09, 2016
| 14 ants in Config C
1-2 GHz/2 MHz, 50 ms
13 ants in Config C
1-2 GHz/2 MHz, 50 ms
|dynamic spectrum of the entire event with GOES
Data Survey Tutorial
Preparatory Work
Get the visibility data
The first step of the data survey is to get the visbility data of the the event you are focusing on. Always the origrinal data should be in the the dictionary '/srg/data/evla', you can find the folders named by the date of the event.
The casa task 'listobs' can help to check the basic information of the data, to get the better understanding of each casa task, you can both type the task name followed with a question mark( for example, 'listobs?') in the server or directly google 'nrao casa listobs'.
For each casa task(take the listobs as a example), you can type 'tget listobs' and then 'inp' to get and change the input parameters then 'go' to run the task.
Task listobs can tell some basic information and task plotants can tell you the configration of the antanas, these are the basic information of your observation data. About the casa task and example of listobs, see the link to CASA guide
The original data may be too large for us to do the survey directly, we can use the task 'split' to split the data.
Use the 2016 Feb 18 event as a example, the origrin data is 50ms data, we split it into a 1s data.
taskname = "split" vis = "/srg/data/evla/20160219/sun_20160219.50ms.ms/" outputvis = "sun-2016021.50ms.ms" keepmms = True field = "" spw = "" scan = "" antenna = "" correlation = "" timerange = "0" intent = "" array = "" uvrange = "" observation = "" feed = "" datacolumn = "data" keepflags = True width = 1 timebin = "1s" combine = "" #split(vis="/srg/data/evla/20160219/sun_20160219.50ms.ms/",outputvis="sun-20160219.50ms.ms",keepmms=True,field="", spw="",scan="",antenna="",correlation="",timerange="",intent="",array="",uvrange="",observation="",feed="",datacolumn="data",keepflags=True,width=1,timebin="1s",combine="")
Other information of the event
Except the vla data itself, we may also need the X-ray data and EUV data to help us. You can see the summary in Prof. Bin's website or go the flare browser and the helioviewer
If you are in the server, you can do into idl to get the plot of Goes and RHESSI, which can help us identify the features in the dynamic spectrum.
Type 'goes' or 'hessi' you will see the command window.
Use Goes as a example, when you come into the command window, you can select parameters fot the plotting(mainly the timerange) and after clicking 'plot', you can control the plot in the menus and output the figure or you can directly write the idl savefile(for making the dynamic mivie later) in command window.
Always we need flux and derivate information for analysis.
Produce Detailed Dynamic Spectrum
Select the appropriate baselines
Usually we use the task 'dspec' to make the dynamic spectrum, use get_dspec to create a npz file, the most important input is timerange and baseline. You can use the casa task 'viewer' to check the visbility data( remember when using the viewer, don not select too long timerange).
When coming into the window of viewer. First in the data manager to select the timerange(no more than 20 minutes) and so on.
Then get into the display panel, set x,y,animation axis as 'time','channel'and'baselines'. Then you can check the display to select propriate baselines. Remember to check every spectral windows and both LCP and RCP.
Check Each baselines and better select both the longer baselines and shorter baselines to make the npz file.
Plot detailed dynamic spectrum
Use plt_dspec to do the plot, after getting the npz file, you can do the plot. Usually we are interested in both LCP and RCP, here set a example.
from suncasa.utils import dspec msfile = 'sun_20120310A.50ms.ms' # the visbility data vis = msfile bl='4&12' spw='0~7' specfile = msfile+'.bl4-12.190000-194000.spec.npz' timeran='17:58:50~17:59:30' dspec.get_dspec(vis=vis,specfile=specfile,bl=bl,spw=spw,timeran=timeran) dspec.plt_dspec(specfile=specfile,pol='RR',dmin=1,dmax=12) #dmin and dmax is used to change color,pol can be selected as 'RR''LL'or'I'
To get the survey of the whole timerange, we need to get a movie, select the movie as True, you can get a folder called 'dspec' which including the figures to make the movie. You can also attach the goes savefile.
After getting the folders, you can use idl to create the movie like this 2012 Mar 10 event or directly use other ways.
Make overview radio/EUV image
Once you find something in the movie, you can back to the origrinal data to see the details, and we can use the calibrated data to make the overview image at that time.
Make radio image (clean)
First step is to make the clean image using CASA task clean, you can also see details od clean in the CASA guide.
Select the appropriate parameters from the dynamic spectrum to do the clean.
Register cleaned CASA image into FITS file
Use the task 'helioimage2fits.imreg' to get the vla_fits file.
from suncasa.utils import helioimage2fits vis='2110.50ms.cal.ms' imagfile='2110.image' #clean image timerange='21:10:31.275~21:10:31.675' helioimage2fits.imreg(vis=vis,imagefile=imagefile,timerange=timerange)
Plot radio image on AIA
Then add the vla-fits file into the aia map.
aiamap=smap.Map('aia_lev1_171a_2012_03_10t17_48_00_34z_image_lev1.fits') vlafits='1747.fits' vlamap=smap.Map(vlafits) vlamap.data = vlamap.data.reshape(vlamap.meta['naxis1'],vlamap.meta['naxis2']) cmap=smap.CompositeMap(aiamap) cmap.add_map(vlamap,levels=np.array([0.5,0.7,0.9])*np.nanmax(vlamap.data)) cmap.peek()
You can also zoom in and out to see the details in the image.
Survey overview plot
After you get all the information, you can use the routine 'svplot' to create the overview survey plot.
The required input is the dynamic spectrum file, visbility measurement file, timerange and frequency range. If you have done the clean and get the clean image, you can set the imagefile to your clean image, if you have done the fitsfile, you can set fitsfile to your fitsfile, and if you have downloaded the aiafits, you can set the aiafits to your own aiafits, this steps may save your some time. And you can also change the polarzation by setting pol, the default is 'RRLL'. And you can select the aia wavelength to download by changing aiawave.
To run it in CASA, use command svplot. here is an example import svplotpy(in CASA)
vis='2110.50ms.cal.ms' spec=2110.spec.npz' timerange= spw='2~3' svplot.svplot(vis=vis,spec=spec,timerange=timerange,spw=spw)
and you can then get the figures as below.
Make radio movie with svplot
Svplot is also capable to make overview movie from a CASA visibility dataset by setting the keyword mkmovie==True. The following short example shows how to make a movie with svplot from a visibility file.
sv.svplot(vis='IDB20170910T153625-180625.ms.corrected.XXYY.slfcaled', ## The input ms file. timerange='17:00:00~18:06:00' ## optional, the timerange within which the movie will span over. specfile='IDB20170910T153625-180625.ms.corrected.XXYY.slfcaled.dspec.med.npz', ## optional, will make a new one if not provided spw=';'.join([str(ll) for ll in range(4, 31)]), ## The spectral window to be imaged niter=500, imsize=[512], ## images size for Clean procedure in unit of pixel cell=['2.5arcsec'], ## images resolution for Clean procedure xycen=[975, -140], ## The center of images for Clean (Also the center of the image display) fov=[512., 512.], ## field of view of the image display in unit of arcsec stokes='XX,YY', overwrite=True, ## If to overwrite the existed fits image files mkmovie=True, ## Set this to True if one want to make a movie twidth=12, ## Number of timestamps to average to form one output image. Say twidth = 12 for an 1 sec integration data, the output time cadence is 12 sec. imax=1e7, ## color scale for the radio image imin=0.5e6, ## color scale for the radio image dmax=0.5e6, ## color scale for the dynamic spectrum plotaia=True, ## optional, set False if you do not want to overlay radio images over AIA EUV images. aiadir = './your-aia-data-path', ## if you have the corresponding AIA fits files somewhere locally, provide the folder path. The code will search the following places: 1. the default AIA data path ("/srg/data/sdo/aia/level1/" on baozi); 2. the path provided by keyword "aiadir"; 3. the current directory. If plotaia is True, and there is no aia fits files found at any of the forementioned paths, it will download the specific AIA fits data to the current directory. aiawave=171, ## optional, AIA passband. plt_composite=True, ## optional, set True if you want to plot radio image contours from all specified spectral windows in one images. ncpu=10)
The resulting images will be saved to "qlookimgs" folder under the current directory.
Example 1: Radio image movie with no AIA files provided.
Example 2: Radio image movie with AIA images in the background.
Example 3: Radio images from different spectral windows combined in one plot.


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DAIRYGOLD HAS STOPPED collecting milk from a Cork farm where several cows have died after ingesting lead.
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WESTLAKE, Ohio — Antonia Daigle Lavorgna, 96, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, at Saint John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.
WESTLAKE, Ohio — Antonia Daigle Lavorgna, 96, passed away peacefully Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, surrounded by her loving family, at Saint John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.
She was born July 31, 1917, in Fort Kent, Maine, the daughter of the late Michel and Beatrice (Plourde) Daigle.
An area resident for many years, she resided both in Massachusetts and later in New Hampshire. Her most recent New Hampshire home was at the Seabreeze Village in Seabrook. Mrs. Lavorgna lived out her final years in Ohio, in the company of her son and his family.
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Eldersburg Library Bay-Wise and Native Plant Garden
In May 2007, Master Gardeners and Tom Sheets, a volunteer who continues to support the annual mulching efforts, gathered to plant the native garden at the Eldersburg Library. Since then, the Master Gardeners have used the library plot as a perfect space for a demonstration garden to teach the patrons of the library about the importance of native plants in the landscape. They have adapted, changed, moved, removed, added, pruned and nurtured to demonstrate the care of a Bay-Wise garden to protect the Chesapeake Bay. The garden has flourished: the Monarch caterpillars and butterflies amaze the young patrons of the library, the swallowtails are in residence, the bluebird box has been home for many broods, and toads like to lurk in the mulch.
The garden began when the library obtained a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to establish a native garden to attract birds and beneficial insects. The library requested the assistance of Carroll County Master Gardeners to create a Bay-Scaped butterfly garden and bird sanctuary at the entrance to the library. Andrea Kowaleski and Rose Norseth, after completing a course entitled "Native Plants of the Piedmont Area", spent many hours and months researching and designing the garden. The design of the garden is an educational resource for patrons of the library who want to learn more about Maryland native plants, Bay-Scaping and protecting the Chesapeake Bay.
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For those of you outside the Los Angeles area, you might not be aware that the recently mothballed space shuttle program has produced quite a stir locally. You see, the retired spacecraft that made up the program are being moved to permanent homes at various museums around the country, and one of them is finding a final home right here in Southern California. Space Shuttle Endeavour was ferried out to California last week and will take up permanent residence at the California Science Center (CSC) in Exposition Park.
The physical act of bringing a spacecraft that large to a museum in the heart of an urban area is pretty complex, as you might imagine. Early on Saturday (Sept. 22), the shuttle was hoisted by cranes off the modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet that flew it to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) the day before. The shuttle was escorted by a pair of military fighter jets as it passed directly over our Carson facility on Friday.
Most of us were fortunate enough to see Endeavour's fly-by and tens of thousands more enthusiastic Californians were at LAX to witness the touchdown. Millions were said to have witnessed the flyover tour of the state that preceded it, as the shuttle left Edwards Air Force Base and paid tribute to the various California facilities that contributed to the program over the years.
According to Space.com, to prepare Endeavour for its upcoming 12-mile parade through the city streets of Inglewood and Los Angeles next month, technicians will remove the aerodynamic tail cone that was added for its ferry flight from Florida, reposition the shuttle's replica main engines from their tucked-for-flight orientation and install nozzles on the orbiter's maneuvering system pods. They'll also enter Endeavour's crew cabin to configure it for the science center's curators and retrieve from inside thousands of embroidered patches that were flown on Endeavour for the ferry flight at the center's request.
On Oct. 12, Endeavour will leave its temporary home in an LAX hangar, and proceed through the streets of Inglewood, past Inglewood City Hall to the California Science Center at Exposition Park. Along the route, Endeavour will be the guest of honor at a moving party that will include a musical dance and aerial performance choreographed by famed actress Debbie Allen.
At the CSC, the shuttle will temporarily be exhibited atop the transporter in the Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion, a large hangar that was recently built beside the center's main building. Ultimately, the CSC plans to recreate Endeavor's launch pad, and position the craft as though it were ready for another mission, complete with twin boosters and external fuel tank. Be sure to check it out if you are ever in the Los Angeles area.


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Michael Gordon covers the Midwest for RUF as an area coordinator. His territory includes works in Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. He provides pastoral care for campus ministers and their families and professional oversight for the campus works. Please contact him with question about any RUF within his region.
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EXCLUSIVE: Martina McBride Got Stuck on Her Tour Bus During CMA Awards
Plus, Cole Swindell and Runaway June share their most memorable moments!
The CMA Awards are filled with some of the most memorable moments to date for the genre of country music. We now are hearing that sometimes it's not as glamorous as it seems on television.
Related: Country Stars Name Blake Shelton 'Outlaw of the Year'
Martina McBride opened up to us on the time she got locked on her tour bus and "literally crawled out the window." Luckily, the singer-songwriter was able to get out safely in her evening gown but it was a challenge.
For Cole Swindell, his standout CMA memory took place in 2016 when he was asked to present during Country Music's Biggest Night with two Olympic gymnasts. Lets just say he got pulled away from what could have been a Nashville disaster.
"I'm staying clear and hopefully we'll get to perform someday soon," Swindell said.
Runaway June also shared with us their beyond special CMA moment which was when they had the opportunity to perform with Carrie Underwood. It has all come full circle for the country trio because they are set to open for the superstar next year on her 'Cry Pretty Tour 360.'
We'll be rolling out the Red Carpet Countdown all week long ahead of the ceremony. The 2018 CMA Awards will air live from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena November 14 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.


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As pressure increases for schools who miss accountability benchmarks, students become less likely to be late or miss class—but more likely to get into fights and get reported or suspended for misbehavior.
That's the conclusion of a new study by Duke University researchers John B. Holbein and Helen F. "Sunny" Ladd, for the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, or CALDER. It suggests that just as there may be a tendency to focus academically on tested subjects, like math and reading, schools may also focus on improving student behaviors measured for accountability purposes.
"Coming to school and behaving well once they are in school; we're thinking of these two as proxies for noncognitive skills," Ladd explained at a symposium on the research here on Friday. In elementary and middle school, absences are also part of a school's accountability benchmarks, while other behavior is not taken into account.
Using North Carolina administrative data for 11,000 schools from 2007 to 2012, the researchers compared student behavior in schools that barely missed making adequate yearly progress to schools that just made AYP. Because the accountability designation is based on a complicated calculation of subgroup scores and statistical safeguards, schools that make or miss the benchmarks can be nearly identical in a given year, but schools that don't meet accountability benchmarks face censure and increasing sanctions, up to and including removal of the principal and overhaul of the school.
In the year after a school was identified as not making adequate yearly progress, Ladd, a public policy professor, and Holbein, a postdoctoral candidate in the same field, found that on average, censured schools had 280 fewer absences, .5 fewer per student, and 80 fewer tardies, or .2 fewer per student. While that may not seem like much, studies show that absences quickly add up, particularly in early grades, and students who miss 10 percent or more of school are at higher risk of failing and even dropping out of school in later years.
Tellingly, the increase in attendance was only significant in elementary and middle schools, where they are part of accountability, and not in high schools, where the attendance benchmark is generally replaced with graduation rates.
"We think these results are quite suggestive and interesting," Ladd said, noting that students in the highest-scoring 25 percent of students were those most likely to show an increase in attendance. "It could be schools are putting more pressure on those students to come to school, because those students are going to lead to higher test scores."
Fighting, Sex Offenses, and More
Given both the accountability pressure and the evidence of damage caused by absenteeism, it makes sense that schools would combat truancy as a low-hanging fruit. But the researchers also found that a slew of other misbehaviors increased significantly in schools in the year after being marked for improvement, and black students and the lowest-performing students were disproportionately affected.
On average, in the year after missing AYP, schools had:
- 21 more out-of-school suspensions, a 16 percent increase;
- 14 percent more fights, more than one more per school;
- 20 percent more instances of major "disruption"; and
- 12 percent to 13 percent more drug possession and sexual offenses.
These misbehaviors were the highest among the lowest-performing students and among black students, though Ladd said she was surprised to also find increases among the top performers.
"At the lower level, we think there's just pressure being put on students, and they might not have the capacity to withstand that pressure," Ladd said, adding, "These are the groups most likely to be left behind."


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Nearly 2,000 independent agents weighed in for the recent ninth annual Channel Harvest survey, co-sponsored by Insurance Journal, providing fresh insight into carrier performance.
"Ask agents what's important to them and they usually put underwriting and claims at the top of the list," said Peter van Aartrijk, managing principal of Channel Harvest. "But we were intrigued to find that some of those attributes are more prominent in our current survey than back in 2011."
Comparing responses of agents writing personal lines five years ago versus the current survey, underwriting on the whole is more important today than in 2011, particularly when it comes to a carrier's responsiveness, appetite and expertise. Agency compensation remains important today, as do claims service and competitive pricing.
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When asked what their lead carrier does best, the greatest number of personal lines agents pointed to claims service, financial strength and underwriting expertise in 2011.
Today, agents continue to give their lead carrier high marks for financial strength and claims service. Underwriting, however, takes on a different complexion, as agents today applaud their lead carrier for underwriting responsiveness, where five years ago they gave highest marks for underwriting expertise. Channel Harvest interprets this as a sign of the urgency and speed at which business moves today.
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Back in 2011, and now, agents like the financial strength of their lead carrier. As with personal lines agents, responsiveness in underwriting earns recognition today along with expertise where it was only expertise in 2011. Technology didn't score high five years ago or today, with only 55 percent of agents citing their lead carrier for above average performance. Similarly, scores for compensation were virtually unchanged over five years. It's also worth noting that agents see room for improvement in training and education both then and now.
"In today's environment things quickly can change. Carriers enter and exit lines, there are mergers and acquisitions and some companies are no longer in business," said van Aartrijk. "All of this movement and disruption can have a profound effect on an agency's book of business, and the Channel Harvest survey bears that out while also reinforcing the universal conviction that underwriting, claims and service are still the glue that holds the value chain together."
The Channel Harvest study, Key Success Factors in the Agent-Carrier Relationships, is the ninth in an annual series examining agents' views on property/casualty insurers and various marketplace issues. Respondents ranging from principals to producers to CSRs answered 100 questions about personal lines and commercial lines carriers.
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Dampirize Natasha
Look at you, fastened by sheltering blanket. Did you think I'd forget how
sweet you taste, nay my umbrageous heart still yearns for you, and still to
peruse your love is such a waste.
You lie there a vision of immaculate purity, yet your eyes reveal the
insatiable whore and now I'll love sucking your vitality with you, my
pretty. I just want more.
First, I'll tear asunder thy mortal garments, unmasking your pale delicate
flesh, then, I shall ravage your lovebroken body. Sinking my teeth upon
your tender breast.
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Surprise, Michelle McGee! Life As Jesse James' Mistress Isn't A Bed Of Roses — She's Pissed!
Here's how Michelle vented her nastiness online yesterday:
Michelle McGee, you've been the hot topic of conversation for a few weeks, and now you're finally talking back: "For all you internet warriors on here talking s**t…it's easy to place judgement [sic] when your [sic] sitting behind a keyboard," she furiously tweeted and posted to her Facebook page March 25. "Get off your God dam [sic] high horse, your s**t don't smell like roses either. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone…in other words F**K YOU."
Even more surprising than Michelle's little outburst is the mind-boggling support her comments got from other Facebook users:
- Eugene Gryazev writes, "I love you….You are a perfect earth woman."
- Melissa Kindred writes, "wow you said it people pass judgment everyday they act like they know u and what your going through its a two way street and people go down it everyday."
- Corey Martin writes, "hey if i was jesse james id cheat on my wife with u any f***n day. what man wouldnt ? u always trade up never down."
- Ashley Golden writes, "Stay strong girl and don't listen to the f**kwads that say things about you. I believe you were a victim because look at all the other girls coming forward."
And while she's not happy about the negative attention she's getting in the press, Michelle is definitely thrilled with her newfound fame, and all the new supporters she's gained along the way. "Thank u for all the new follows!!" she tweeted March 12.


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Apartments in Whitefield | Bangalore | Residential Projects
Whitefield in East Bangalore is one of the busiest zones in Bangalore city. Bestowed with greenery all around, the eastern zone of Bangalore has seen many developments recently. Being located conveniently and due to easy transportation to rest of the zones, this place is becoming a favourite amongst most of the people. Many well-known companies like Container Corporation of India, Wipro, United Telecom, Jaico Automobile Engineering and Hindustan Liver Research Centre etc. are branching out slowly. Factors like planned residential apartments, hospitals, schools, shopping centres are becoming the main point of attraction for many real estate builders to spread their wings in this part of Bangalore.
Many residential apartments are sprouting up in Whitefield. Some of these are completed and up for sale and some are still under construction. Apart from the commercial side, this part of Bangalore has not left its natural beauty and charm behind, maybe due to this reason the craze for owning an apartment in Whitefield is still in demand.
Ongoing Apartments in Whitefield
- Brigade Utopia is new venture by Brigade Builder, and it is located at Varthur Road – Whitefield, East Bangalore. It offers 1, 2 and 3 BHK apartments sprawled across 47 acres of land.
- Prestige Waterford is new venture by Prestige Properties, and it is located at Whitefield, Bangalore. It offers 1, 2, 3 and 4 BHK apartments sprawled across 17 acres of land.
- Assetz Marq is an ongoing apartment by Assetz Property Group, this apartment is situated in Whitefield, Bangalore.This Apartment consists of 2 and 3 BHK.And it's have 28 Acres of land area, this apartment starting budget will start at Rs.56.76 Lakhs. Assetz Marq has got so much of facilities like Meditation and yoga, Gym, Rooftop swimming pool, kids pool, Party hall, Board Games, Garden.
- Brigade Lakefront Crimson is a new ongoing luxury project called Brigade Group, it is located in Whitefield, Bangalore.This Apartment offers 2 & 3 BHK, and it cost will start from Rs.75 Lakhs.This apartment SBA ranging from 1100 – 1750 square feet.Brigade Lakefront Crimson venture has got so many facilities like clubhouse, swimming pool, children's play area, senior citizens court.
- Brigade begonia is a new ongoing condo by Brigade Group, this apartment is placed in Whitefield, Bangalore.This Apartment comprises of 2,3 and 4 BHK.And it's have 9 Acres of area range, This apartment has got such a large amount of facilities such as Swimming Pool, Clubhouse, Sports Facility, Car Parking, Amphitheatre.
- Divyasree Republic Of Whitefield is another progressing venture by Divyasree developers, it is situated in Whitefield, Bangalore.This Apartment offers 2 and 3 BHK, this task expense will begin from Rs.50 Lakhs.It has got such a variety of amenities such as swimming pool, Library, Indoor Games, Children's Play area, Amphi Theatre, Jogging track.
- Godrej United is the progressing ongoing venture by Godrej Properties, and it is located at Whitefield, Bangalore.It offers 1, 2, 2.5, 3 and 4 BHK apartments, across 8 acres of land.The beginning cost of the condo will be 35.86 Lakhs.This venture gives best amenities like Swimming Pool, Club House, Rain Water, Gymnasium.
- Prestige Park View is a most luxury ongoing condo by Prestige Group, this venture is situated in Whitefield, Bangalore.This condo offers 2 and 3 BHK apartments, this condo SBA range from 1220 to 2023 square feet.
- Skylark Ithaca is a progressing ongoing Apartments by Skylark Group, this venture is located in Whitefield, Bangalore.This condo comprises of 1, 2, 3 & 4 BHK and the starting spending budget will start at Rs.28.33 Lakhs.It sprawls in a zone of 20 acres of land area and it's has 1900 units, Super Built-up Area Apartments range from 605 to 3060 square feet.It will give best facilities like Hospitals, Cycling trail, Jogging track, Swimming pool, Children's Play area.
- Vaswani Exquisite is an ongoing apartment by Vaswani Group, this project is located in Whitefield, Bangalore. This apartment comprises of 3 and 4 BHK and the starting price will be at Rs.1.05 Crores. It extends to 4.5 acres of land and it has 420 apartments, SBA starting range from 1830-2850 square feet.It has got top facilities such as Swimming Pool, Gym, Badminton Court, Children's play Area, Spa, Table Tennis, Jogging track.


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Today the Certificate of Stillbirth applications are available. This was a long road for so many and I am happy for those who will be able to obtain one. Sadly, it is not looking likely that I will. Because I was not at that magical "20 week" mark, and only a mere 19 weeks 6 days, Solomon was not turned over to a funeral director for burial. The application asks for this information. Yet again my experience going through childbirth is not acknowledged.
Regardless, here are two sites you can obtain the information from:
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by Sophie Ross
on February 02, 2017
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Winning Web Design for 2017
Well that was quick. 2016 is almost a distant memory and so now is a good time to take stock about what the coming year might present in terms of business opportunities and challenges.
We saw that web design in 2016 really exploded in terms of creativity. Conventions were tossed to the curb as businesses experimented with non-traditional layouts, fluid elements, and color schemes that often look like two drunken rainbows got into a fight.
So what can we expect from new business website designs in 2017?
Mobile-first design approach
If your website isn't responsive by now it's officially time to panic! 2017 means big changes in the way Google will index your web pages and a main driver will be the mobile-friendliness of your site and what kind of user-experience you provide for your smartphone and tablet visitors.
The warning signs have been out for a while so many brands have been focusing on a mobile-first approach to design. Another reason is that mobile searches are growing significantly year-over-year but interestingly mobile conversions are lagging behind – this is a big consideration if you're wanting to experiment with PPC.
There are several factors contributing to why mobile visitors don't convert as well as desktop and some of those are beyond the webmaster's control. You can however design your site so that smartphone users have an easier path to conversion. With Blockity's DIY web design platform all designs are responsive, and making changes for mobile UX is beyond easy since no coding is required! If you're one of those businesses in a panic about your mobile-unfriendly site do something about it now.
Unique layouts
We've come to expect a certain squared-off look with business websites, especially in the B2B services world. Clean visual lines, with the typical header, "What We Do", testimonials, and contact form all in rather predictable places usually within some kind of boxy framework. And one could argue that giving visitors what they expect and can easily find is good UX – and we'll agree with that – but there's still room for shaking things up. Zendesk gives us a good example of fun and functional below. The design is pretty clean and easy to navigate though it plays with layout and bouncing images without becoming burdensome:
Video Headers?
This has been around for a while now – the slightly fuzzed out header video designed to look like you're peering onto the operations floor of the business in question. The first one I ever noticed was when PayPal implemented it around 2012-2013. Thought it was super-cool then but I have to make a confession: I AM SO SICK OF THIS TREND by now and I swear I see it on every other freaking business website these days! An overlaid video loop of poorly-dressed millennials in an office pretending to work by pointing at each other's MacBooks and playing ping pong…enough already!
How about using that header space for telling us what the freak your business actually does? I know your VC sugar-daddies aren't bankrolling your ping pong skills development. Alas, I think we're going to be stuck with this trend throughout 2017 and probably for a while longer…
Punch-you-in-the-throat Colors
We're seeing a lot of businesses redesigning their websites and throwing the old color palette out the window. While branding and brand consistency are immensely important for many reasons – arguably the biggest being customer and prospect recognition - color experimentation is no longer off-limits. Heck even Instagram played with its logo colors and design and doesn't seem to have been hurt by it.
Except you're not Instagram and probably don't have a similar size marketing budget. Do some small batch testing when you want to introduce new colors for your brand. Email marketing is a great way to introduce some new elements and colors and get feedback without going live with a massive aesthetic change on your website. Most of the major email service providers allow A/B testing with your email blasts, so you'll have some reliable data as well as response feedback to guide design changes.
Before you adopt a mascot image of a pink snowman riding a unicorn for your medical imaging business, think hard about how it might ring with your customers. In the meantime check out Spotify's awesome use of daring colors:
Funeral for the "fold"
Keeping all your good stuff "above the fold" used to be important for both user experience and SEO (since Google bot spiders had very limited crawl capacity and it was feared they'd never make it to the bottom of your page). Neither of those conditions have been valid for a while and recent web designs have effectively buried that old standard for good.
People have no issue scrolling, especially since mobile devices have gotten us into the habit of doing this all the time. We now expect videos on pages to start playing when we scroll onto them, and pause when we scroll onto some other element. Some brands are really taking advantage of creative scrolling methods – Quanta Group for example. A screenshot does not do this site justice – and it does employ video in the header (gasp!) in a way that does not make me want to smash things with rocks. Check it out at QuantaGroup.co.uk and you'll see what I mean. The menus are NOT where you expect them, but you still find them easy enough and somehow it all feels intuitive though the layout is completely new to you:
Large type that makes an impact
If you didn't notice it before look at another element all of our examples so far have in common: big text styles that communicate a major call-to-action or other point about the company. This isn't about just going back and bumping up your font size by 2X. It's about creating that short powerful slogan or sentence that will grab hold of your prospect, and delivering it with large eye-catching type, usually standing by itself so as not to be shadowed by other text content.
This is another easy tweak if you're using the Blockity platform for your website. Try clearing out all the boring text in your header and revamping the look with a new 5-word-or-less CTA in one of the many great fonts available in your design interface. Pick a new image that gels with the message to convey and incorporate some bold new colors if you dare. You're already on an SEO-friendly, responsive platform so get designing and have your website ready to capture more sales and leads in 2017!
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Edward Broaster Endorses Move to Belmopan
ACP Edward Broaster is moving on up. It was announced over a week ago that he is taking over as the Commander of Operations, a promotion that will see him move from Regional Commander of the Rural Eastern Division where has been for the last two years to the Capital City in a position that puts him right at the top with the leaders of the Police Department. On Wednesday, when the media spoke with ACP Broaster at an event in Ladyville, he was asked about his move to Belmopan. While he didn't give much details, he said that his move is for the better. He also reflected on his time as the Commander of RED.
ACP Edward Broaster, Regional Commander, Rural Eastern Division
"The move will definitely improve the security concerns of the citizenry of Belize."
"Now, sir, no one ever leaves a post completely satisfied with how they left it, but I'm sure you have seen inroads. Are there specific areas you see that rural eastern division needs drastic improvement that you were unable to get to in the time you've served here?"
ACP Edward Broaster
"I believe the time that I've served here we have made drastic improvement. I am confident that when I leave that the men and women under my command will continue the good work with the community and continue the community policing efforts that the commissioner of police has chartered us to carry out. This is a policy that has been in effect for over 4 years now and I believe that it is only right that as commanders we train our people and we get our people professional to the point that when we leave we have no fear that they will continue the good work with the community and build that relationship."


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Import PayPal & eBay transactions into QuickBooks
Written May 24, 2014
I'm often surprised that so few people realize they need to track their PayPal account in QuickBooks along with the rest of their financial data. An alarming number of you say, "Well, I'm both earning and spending the money for business so it doesn't matter. I don't keep any of the money so it's not really income". If you file your income tax return on a cash reporting basis, you need to record the income in QuickBooks effective the date you received it into your PayPal or eBay account, and you must record your expenses effective when you used those funds to make purchases.
Essentially, your PayPal account is a bank account. When you accept PayPal payments from your customers, you need to record those in the same kind of detail as if they paid you with a credit card or check. If you use your PayPal funds to make a purchase online, you need to record that detailed information as an expense just as if you wrote a check for the purchase.
I know you don't want to have to enter all of those details. The iif file that PayPal uses isn't ideal because it posts everything to Other Income or Other Expense, does not have a renaming tool, and requires editing each transaction in order to update account & class. So its still too much work.
Here's a solution!
Follow this link to Big Red Consulting's website. They have an easy-to-use program that performs a big task for a very small cost. It imports all of your PayPal and eBay transactional data into QuickBooks, not as journal entries, but as real QuickBooks transactions.


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Celebrate Election Day by Reliving These Awkward Political Gaffes [VIDEO]
10 Awkward Political Gaffes
Ah, Election Day — the sweet smell of indecision mixed with overbearing Facebook statuses.
Even if you've already cast your vote, there's no reason to forgo laughing at the cringe-worthy moments of Republicans, Democrats and Independents as you wait to see who will be the next President of the United States.
From Ford's fall to candidate slip-ups, we've got the best gaffes on YouTube in the gallery above.
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<TLDR> Using a tedious technique, I took advantage of my social data to get funding and press coverage for my start-up. Now I've launched a product that makes it easier and faster for entrepreneurs to use their social data and do the same to grow their business.</TLDR>
Most entrepreneurs have the "Aha! moment", when their product idea occurs to them and suddenly everything makes sense. Mine happened when I was at Salesforce building Chatter. I knew I needed to leave Salesforce to realize the vision, but I still needed to find investors to back the product, talented people to join my team and build it, and of course press coverage to tell the world about it.
As I had worked in Tech for many years, I knew I could find people to help me in my network.
The Manual Way
I started by visiting LinkedIn, the largest repository of professional data on the web. LinkedIn is great at helping you find almost anyone. But once you find your persons of interest, you still have to get their attention. I knew cold direct emails would at best get ignored, or worse be perceived as intrusive or random. I needed introductions, the warmer the better.
This is where the hack comes in. After finding who I wanted to talk to via LinkedIn by searching for job titles and locations, I jumped to Facebook, the largest repository of relationships on the web, to see if we had mutual friends. Not only does Facebook have more connections, but it could also help me identify which of our common friends might get me the warmest introductions.
Like most entrepreneurs, I wanted my company, Discoverly, to be covered by tech news websites. PandoDaily is a favorite, because their writing is smart and they're willing to throw heat. So I looked for PandoDaily on LinkedIn and found Sarah Lacy, the creator of Pando. Her LinkedIn profile showed that we had 2 mutual connections. Not convinced those were the warmest possible intros, I jumped over to Facebook and found her profile: We had 5 mutual Facebook friends – all different from the LinkedIn connections. One was my friend and advisor, Jeff Ma of TenXer. I pinged Jeff who kindly made the introduction. A week later, I had an interview with Sarah.
In fact, every investor, teammate, and journalist involved with Discoverly came in through a friend. By hacking my social data, I was able to raise $750K, recruit a great founding team, and get coverage from VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, and Entrepreneur.com.
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Jumping between Facebook and LinkedIn to find the right connections is tedious and painful since the two networks don't integrate with each other. The good news is that we built a tool that makes it easy to do cross-platform social networking without having to jump between sites. It does two simple but very useful things: 1) On LinkedIn profiles, it shows your mutual Facebook friends and 2) On Facebook profiles, it shows LinkedIn work info.
Discoverly is free for anyone wanting to grow their business. Simply install the Chrome tool and then browse your social networks as usual: you'll see a little icon next to a profile's name. Hover over the icon and get instant access to the information you need. Put your social data to work and start realizing the value of your network.


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Jennifer Parsons
JENNIFER PARSONS has most recent stage appearance has been at South Coast Repertory as Mrs. Cratchitt in A Christmas Carol. Other plays at SCR include The Only Child, James & the Giant Peach, Bunnicula, Cyrano de Bergerac, Getting Frankie Married-and Afterwards, Our Town, She Stoops to Folly, The Importance of Being Earnest and Buried Child.
Other local stage credits include How I Learned to Drive at San Diego Repertory and Talley's Folly at ICT in Long Beach. In New York she appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway in Quilters, Steel Magnolias, Smoke on the Mountain, Native Speech and Unchanging Love. Other regional theatre credits span from the Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center, Kennedy Center, Chicago's Royal George to The Abbey (Ireland).
As a company member at Theatre 40 she has performed leading roles in Holy Days, Heartbreak House, Little Murders, Midsummer's Night Dream, The Yiddish Trojan Women, Chapter 2 and many others.
Among her most current television appearances are guest star roles on "Boston Legal", "The OC," "Judging Amy," "JAG," "The West Wing," "For the People," "Philly" (recurring), "NYPD Blue," "The X-Files" and "The Jersey" (recurring). Film credits include Dragonfly, Never Been Kissed, BoxBoarders! and Self Medicated.
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In The Office: The Vault, NYC
When boutique creative agency The Vault moved a few blocks east in Manhattan to a 7,000-square-foot space on Third Avenue, the idea was to open things up.
"Our last office was a lot of walls and cubicles," said Managing Partner Jon Paley, of his company's new digs on the 21st floor of 747 Third Ave. The space offers dramatic views of the nearby Chrysler Building and it offers few doors, let alone walls.
"We wanted something that was minimalist, but still comfortable, open and bright," Paley explained.
A variety of work areas are conducive for ideation, writing and editing. Employees also have a kitchen and eating area and, of course, a video editing bay. Scant paper is evident and the bright ivory walls are devoid of art, though Paley explained that's more because of an increasing workload from clients such as BMW, ESPN, Puma and the NHL than a desire to be completely minimalist.
"By having one big space, we ended up with a lot of different spaces within," he said.
Sounds like a minimalist, all right.


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