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TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2012 /CNW/ - NorthWest International Healthcare Properties REIT (TSXV: MOB.UN) (the "REIT") announced today that it has closed the previously announced sale of its existing Canadian medical office building portfolio to NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT (TSX: NWH.UN) ("NWHP REIT") in two separate transactions (the "Disposition Transaction"). Concurrently, the REIT completed its previously announced acquisition of a $170 million portfolio of international healthcare real estate in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil and Germany (the "International Portfolio") from NorthWest Value Partners Inc. ("NorthWest") (the "Acquisition Transaction").
Based on the accretive nature of the transactions, the REIT announced that it will increase its annual distributions from $0.064 per unit to $0.16 per unit, which is expected to represent an approximate 95% AFFO payout ratio.
In connection with the transaction closings and distribution increase, Paul Dalla Lana, CEO of the REIT and President of NorthWest commented:
|"Today's closing of both the Acquisition and Disposition Transactions and the resulting distribution increase completes the REIT's reconfiguration to a focused international healthcare real estate platform. With its high quality initial portfolio of international assets, a best-in-class management team and a significant acquisition pipeline, the REIT is now well positioned to provide its unitholders with growing stable distributions."
The Disposition Transaction
As part of the Disposition Transaction, the REIT sold its existing Canadian medical office building portfolio to NWHP REIT in two separate transactions, effective October 1, 2012. The Disposition Transaction was approved, by way of written consent, by the REIT's disinterested unitholders on September 25, 2012 and collectively resulted in net consideration to the REIT, after the assumption of related debt and subject to usual adjustments, of $39.2 million comprising of $9.2 million of cash and a $30.0 million promissory note.
The Acquisition Transaction
As part of the Acquisition Transaction, the REIT acquired a $170 million portfolio of international healthcare real estate in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil and Germany from NorthWest, entered into a series of external management arrangements with affiliates of NorthWest, and entered into a put / call agreement with respect to NorthWest's interest in NWHP REIT. The Acquisition Transaction was described in the REIT's October 5, 2012 management information circular and was approved by the majority of minority unitholders of the REIT at its October 30, 2012 annual and special meeting. The Acquisition Transaction is effective October 1, 2012 and was funded through (a) the issuance of 9,878,165 REIT units at a deemed price of $1.87 per unit (approximately $18.5 million), (b) the issuance of 55,944,444 Class B LP Units of NWI Healthcare Properties LP, a subsidiary of the REIT, at a deemed price of $1.87 per unit (approximately $104.5 million) and (c) the assumption of existing debt of approximately $47 million. The purchase price for the Acquisition Transaction is subject to usual adjustments.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain statements contained in this news release may contain projections and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of that phrase under Canadian securities laws. When used in this new release, the words "may", "would", "should", "could", "will", "intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" and similar expressions may be used to identify forward-looking statements. Those statements reflect the REIT's current views with respect to future events or conditions, including matters relating to expected AFFO, future distributions, the accretive nature of the Acquisition and the REIT's growth prospects. By their nature, forward-looking statements reflect management's current views, beliefs and assumptions and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, including, without limitation, risks disclosed in the information circular of the REIT mailed in connection with the annual and special meeting of unitholders held October 30, 2012. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although the forward-looking information contained in this news release is based upon what management believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Certain statements included in this news release may be considered "financial outlook" for purposes of applicable securities laws, and such financial outlook may not be appropriate for purposes other than this news release. The REIT does not intend to nor assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, plans, events or otherwise, unless required by law.
SOURCE NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust
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Randolph, N.J. - The second annual Elite College Combine was held last Wednesday in New Jersey and was highlighted by many spectacular performances from offensive and defensive players alike. While New York wide receiver Vidal Hazelton and Maryland defensive tackle Phillip Taylor won awards on their respective sides of the football, many others like New Jersey wide receiver Kenny Britt also created quite a buzz with their performances. As usual, Rivals.com was there and we rank them in order from 1-10.
1) WR Vidal Hazelton - Staten Island (N.Y.) Moore Catholic - Hazelton was impressive enough at the NIKE Camp at Penn State on April 30th, but he took things to a different level at the Elite College Combine. There aren't really any flaws in Hazelton's game right now and he's the most polished wide receiver I've seen this year. He has good size, is very strong, runs precise and crisp routes, gains separation and has terrific ball skills. Hazelton didn't drop one catchable football on the evening and beat some very good cornerbacks. His performance dominated the post-combine coaching discussions.
2) DT Phillip Taylor - Clinton (Md.) Gwynn Park - Last year was one of the best recruiting years for defensive tackles in recent memory, but with players like Taylor emerging this could be another banner year. Taylor's testing results are impressive enough (5.16-second 40-yard dash and 4.97-second shuttle at 6-foot-5 and 330 pounds), but it's during the one-on-ones where he makes his statement. He dominated everyone on the offensive side of the ball with a combination of size, strength and surprising quickness. With a well-developed set of pass rushing moves, offensive linemen didn't know what to expect at each turn.
3) WR Kenny Britt - Bayonne, N.J. - Britt didn't take home any awards, but he is sure to land double digit offers based on his performance and cemented himself as the best wide receiver in Jersey this year. Britt is still raw and needs to tighten up his routes, but he's so big and strong with big hands that he won every jump ball. He also changes direction well and adjusts to the ball in the air. He reminds me of a less polished version of Patrick Turner, USC's prize wide receiver recruit from 2005. The sky is the limit when it comes to Britt's potential.
4) RB LeSean McCoy - Harrisburg (Pa.) Bishop McDevitt - Running backs don't get as much attention at combines mainly because they go against slower linebackers in one-on-ones, but McCoy stands out wherever he goes. His hands are very impressive for a running back and his cutting ability is simply amazing. McCoy also has incredible balance and is very confident. The one-on-one drills at the Elite were more physical than at NIKE the weekend before, but McCoy adjusted well.
5) LB Jeremiha Hunter - Manheim (Pa.) Manheim Central - Hunter participated at the combine despite a broken arm that hadn't healed properly and follow-up surgery set for the next day. While his testing was average by his own admission, his performance in the one-on-one drills was very impressive. He was the only one who covered McCoy downfield and was able to make a play on the ball and his ability to drop and turn his hips while avoiding a false step is a big reason why he has so many offers.
6) RB Mario Fannin - Lovejoy, Ga. - Fannin made the trip up from Georgia to show what he could do in front of 200+ college coaches and it paid off. His testing was beyond impressive, especially on the slippery field turf (4.34-second 40-yard dash, 4.28-second shuttle). While Fannin doesn't cut as well as McCoy in the open field, he has some shake to him for a 200-pound back. He's also a good receiver and raised his stock quite a bit at the Elite.
7) DT/OT Jared Odrick - Lebanon, Pa. - When a 303-pounder is upset by his "slow" shuttle time of 4.34-second shuttle time, you know you're talking about a physical freak. Odrick didn't fare as well in the one-on-ones as he did at NIKE a few days before, but he was still outstanding. His combination of size and agility is rare and he continues to rise up the charts after each performance.
8) LB Akeem Hebron - Gaithersburg (Pa.) Good Counsel - Hebron could play linebacker or safety at the next level because he's so good in coverage and moves so well. He tested as well as any other linebacker in the 40-yard dash and showed his athleticism in drills and one-on-ones. His long arms and speed allow him to be one of the top linebackers when it comes to closing on receivers.
9) DB Aaron Berry - Harrisburg (Pa.) Bishop McDevitt - While his 40-yard dash times were slow for Berry (he seemed to be in the slowest-timed lane), he was very impressive in the one-on-one drills as both a defensive back and wide receiver. Berry wanted as many reps as he could get and wanted to go against the best. On offense, he showed great ball skills and on defense his was physical and closed well. He was better at NIKE a few days beforehand, but he still had the best combination of everything at cornerback at the Elite.
10) DB Antwine Perez - Camden (N.J.) Woodrow Wilson - Perez didn't test as well as he would have liked at the combine, but his efforts in coverage were excellent, especially since he was one of just a few pure safeties covering the wide outs. Perez started in one group but was moved to the second because he needed more of a challenge. He did get beat once when he missed a jam at the line of scrimmage, but his ability to close and blanket wide outs with his big frame was very impressive.
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Although a very wet spring delayed planting of the 2013-14 U.S. soybean crop, ideal weather materialized after the crop made it into the ground, which – for a while anyway – seemed adequate to mitigate the potential problems associated with a shorter growing season. The July USDA crop report forecast a record 2013-14 U.S. soybean crop. Before the release of the August USDA crop report, both old- and new-crop soybean prices traded down to fresh season lows. Soybean and soy product prices looked much lower. For technical analysts, it was a make-or-break of the bull market that began in 2006 as prices came to challenge a long-term uptrend line.
Even before the release of the August crop report, hot and dry conditions emerged, and analysts began trimming their crop estimates. The July crop estimate was 3.42 billion bushels, based on record acreage of 77.7 million acres and a record yield of 44.5 bushels per acre (bpa). The average guesstimates for the August report called for a crop of 3.338 billion bushels and yields of 43.472 bpa. As it turns out, analysts underestimated the crop damage. The USDA slashed the acreage estimate by 500,000 acres and lowered the yield to 42.6 bpa, for a crop that would reach only 3.255 billion bushels.


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Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi and Subterranean Press are proud to announce the publication of Clash of the Geeks, a special and fantastical electronic chapbook featuring stories by Wheaton, Scalzi, New York Times bestseller Patrick Rothfuss, Norton Award winner and Hugo Best Novel nominee Catherynne M. Valente, Hugo and Nebula Award nominee Rachel Swirsky and others, for the benefit of the Michigan/Indiana affiliate of the Lupus Alliance of America. The chapbook is free to download, but voluntary payment is strongly encouraged, via Paypal or by tax-deductible donation forms, both linked to later in this entry. All proceeds from this chapbook will go to the Michigan/Indiana affiliate of the Lupus Alliance of America. Please enjoy the stories, link your friends to this page — and give!
Early in 2010, author John Scalzi had a vision. And it was of himself. As an orc. And of actor and writer Wil Wheaton. As a warrior. In a clown sweater. Astride a unicorn pegasus kitten. What did this singular vision mean? Scalzi didn't know. But he knew it was clearly too powerful to be ignored.
And so, Scalzi contacted artist Jeff Zugale, who used all his skill and art to bring this vision to life. And then Scalzi, Wheaton and Bill Schafer, head of Scalzi and Wheaton's mutual publisher Subterranean Press, called to the world of writers to answer one question: Seriously, now, what the hell's going on in that picture?
The writers who answered the call were an eclectic group. Patrick Rothfuss, author of the smash-hit fantasy novel The Name of the Wind, and Catherynne Valente, who had leapt to the front ranks of modern fantasy writers with the Hugo-nominated novel Palimpsest, were the first on board. Hugo and Nebula nominee Rachel Swirsky and video game industry legend Stephen Toulouse then offered up their own interpretations. Science fiction and fantasy balladeer John Anealio put the vision to music. New writers Bernadette Durbin and Scott Mattes competed against hundreds of fellow writers to tell their spin on the tale. And, finally, Wil Wheaton and John Scalzi were of course obliged to share their own take on the thing.
But to what end? Surely a vision of this magnificence — and the stories it spawned — were meant to do something for the benefit of humanity. And so it was decided the stories of Wil, John and the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten would be bound together in a special electronic chapbook, and that this chapbook, entitled Clash of the Geeks, would be used to help those who suffered from lupus, the autoimmune disease which afflicts 1.5 million Americans and five million people worldwide (including Gretchen Schafer, Bill's wife).
And so it was.
And so here it is: Clash of the Geeks, featuring eight stories (and one song) about the warrior Wheaton, the orc Scalzi, and the Unicorn Pegasus Kitten. From us. For you. And for the fight against lupus.
The Clash of the Geeks electronic is being offered to you for free. Read it, enjoy it, and send your friends here to get their own copy.
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AUBURN, Ala. – The No. 12 Auburn men's golf team finished in sixth place at the Carpet Capita Collegiate at The Farm Golf Club in Dalton, Ga. Jake Mondy was Auburn's highest individual finisher, shooting a final round 70 to finished tied for fifth at minus-5.
"We played a solid final round today and we were close to finishing strong," Auburn head coach Nick Clinard said. "We have lots of work to do on our scoring irons if we want to complete for championships at this level. We have a young team and they will grow up fast this year. It's going to be a lot of fun helping them throughout the year."
As a team, Auburn shot plus-11 for the weekend, finishing just one stroke behind fifth-place North Carolina.
Monday birdied the ninth through 12th holes on Sunday en route to his final round 2-under score. After shooting a 75 on Friday, he shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday before Sunday's 2-under 70 to finish with a three-day score of 214.
Matt Gilchrest finished tied for 12th at even-par, shooting a 1-under 71 on Sunday. After birdieing the sixth on the front nine, he went birdie, birdie, eagle on the 10th through 12th holes. He shot a 72 on Friday, a 73 on Saturday and a 71 on Sunday for a three-day total of 216.
Daniel Stringfellow shot a final round 74 to finish at plus-6 (222) on the weekend, tied for 33rd, while teammate Niclas Carlsson also carded a Sunday 74 to finish at plus-7 for the tournament, tied for 37th.
Will Long finished at plus-20 after a final round 81.
Victor Wiggins, playing as an individual, shot a 75 on the final day to also finish at plus-7.
Georgia Tech won the team competition at minus-14 while North Carolina's Bailey Patrick and Georgia Tech's Ollie Schniederjans shared the individual title at minus-9 (207) for the weekend.
Auburn returns to tournament action Sept. 21-22 at Wolf Run in Zionsville, Ind.
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I've just upgraded to emacs 23.1 (by compiling the source), but now when I use emacs 23.1 slime doesn't work. If I run the old version of emacs then everything is still OK.
This is the error I get:
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Couldn't load "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime/swank-loader.lisp": file does not exist.
Which isn't surprising, since swank-loader.lisp is located "/usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/".
By the way, Slime itself is installed somewhere else, at "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime/", so in my .emacs file I use the line:
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime")
So I'm wondering if the problem is due to ubuntu installing slime and cl-swank in different places. But then again, why would emacs22 have worked, and not 23.1?
I've noticed that the progn that is run at the start of *inferior-lisp* has changed. In the old version of emacs it loaded swank-loader.lisp from the correct directory, but in the new is now looks in slime's directory. Here is the progn run in emacs 23.1:
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(progn (load "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime/swank-loader.lisp" :verbose t) (funcall (read-from-string "swank-loader:init")) (funcall (read-from-string "swank:start-server") "/tmp/slime.23519" :coding-system "iso-latin-1-unix"))
And under emacs 22 it is this:
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(progn (load "/usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp" :verbose t) (funcall (read-from-string "swank-loader:init")) (funcall (read-from-string "swank:start-server") "/tmp/slime.24088" :coding-system "iso-latin-1-unix"))
I'm running kubuntu 9.04, and have installed slime, cl-swank and sbcl all from the official ubuntu repositories.
Anyone got any ideas?
(By the way, I tried to grab the latest version of slime and sbcl off their web pages, and use them. But then I still didn't get a proper repl promt, but no errors (a couple of warnings though). All I got was a star promt in *inferior-lisp*, just like as if I had just run sbcl from the command line. A quick google implied that slime is in transition and a bit broken at the moment, so I think I'll just stick with ubuntu's version, sine I know that works (with the old version of emacs))


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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Special prosecutors in the Turks & Caicos Islands say Sandals Resorts will pay $12 million as part of a probe into corruption.
A Wednesday statement from Turks & Caicos says the agreement involves no admission of liability.
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It did not give details, but in 2011, Sandals counsel Dimitri Singh said a former senior Sandals officer was linked to "various unauthorized transactions" and said the Jamaica-based resort company was voluntarily cooperating with international authorities probing former islands officials.
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Electric Dragon: 80,000V (US - DVD R1)
Grab that electric guitar and let the volts surge through your body, says Gabe...
"A young boy gets jolted with electricity as he's climbing a tall cable pylon. As he gets older, he experiences intense fits of violence in which bolts of electricity burst from his fists. Elsewhere in Tokyo, there is an electronics wizard who also happens to be a vigilante with a taste for electric weapons. When the pair catch each other's attention, the result is a battle that will light up the city."
I took that plot synopsis directly from the DVD box. I couldn't have put it better myself, I suppose, nor did I really want to attempt it. The only thing I'd add to that little description is that our 'hero', the Electric Dragon, has a real passion for guitar feedback. You'll not see another superhero film more obsessed with electric guitar amp feedback than this one.
I was not at all familiar with the work of Japanese maverick Sogo Ishii until Burst City found its way into my mailbox a few months ago. Though I thoroughly understood the directors contributions to Japanese underground cinema, and his influences on Takashi Miike and Shinya Tsukamoto (two of my favourite filmmakers), I found myself luke-warm upon watching his first feature film. I really enjoyed the Japanese punk rock music, but found the narrative lacking, and dare I say, boring. I was somewhat shamed by these admissions, as I really wanted to love Japanese alternative cinema from the roots on up.
Ishii is most well known in semi-mainstream circles for his (as to date) biggest film, Gojo, staring lanky-tall, super-cool Japanese bad boy Tadanobu Asano. Asano is well known for his varying and always interesting resume, including Miike's incendiary Ichi: The Killer, Tsukamoto's Vital, and Takeshi Kitano's revamped Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman. Apparently, Electric Dragon 80,000V was filmed directly after the more epically scoped Gojo, because Gojo just wasn't that much fun to make. If only every maverick filmmaker had the same idea.
Though I understand that Ishii's style came first, I can't help but assume that the elder director has taken more than a few visual cues from protégé Tsukamoto, as Electric Dragon has the look and feel of the latter director's early cyber-punk masterpiece, Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Both films make little logical sense, and move their audience along at such a fast pace, one's liable to get whiplash. Ishii's film is more professional looking, and a little less abstract, but if you enjoyed one you'll most likely enjoy the other. Personally, I can't get enough cyber-punk.
Visually, the short is beautiful, though one has to wonder if it's possible to not film the dirty streets of Tokyo in a dull way, especially in black and white. There are some fun, lo-fi effects, and some intense hand drawn titles (provided by Asano, apparently). The strong visual sense, and the fact that these titles often appear as dialogue, make Electric Dragon the loudest silent film ever made. If one were to turn off their sound system while watching the film they wouldn't miss a lick of plot flow.
Electric Dragon is presented in a crisp, 1.85:1 anamorphic transfer. The black and white images are sharp without too much edge enhancement, and the lo-fi look is well represented without ever appearing too grainy. I did notice a few instances of rather large film artefacts, but in this wacky world of dueling electric-powered men, they really didn't seem too out of place. The transfer's big problem is the fact that it is interlaced rather than progressive, which occasionally creates a combing effect.
On the disc's special features it is revealed that Electric Dragon was one of the first Japanese productions to use DTS sound systems rather than Dolby Digital. Because the film was mixed for DTS, the DTS track is actually noticeably better than the Dolby Digital one (which is still pretty darn good). Ishii's love of music shines here, and the track is very aggressive. Bass is especially aggressive, as heard during some of the tracks more reggae inspired songs.
It appears that most, if not all, of the production sound was recorded in post. There isn't much dialogue at all, as I mentioned in my feature review. I personally recognized quite a few sound effects from sound effect CDs I've used in the past. This adds an additional level of strangeness to the film, as the natural world sounds especially artificial.
This is the most ambitious release yet from fledgling company Discotek Media. The disc has a nice assortment of extras, all of which are black and white, and all of which were obviously produced with this DVD in mind.
The bulk of the extras are either slideshow based or interviews. I am, unfortunately not a fan of slideshows or talking heads, so the bulk of the extras were a bit of a choir for me. Fans of the film will be in electric heaven, I'm sure, and will probably be running out to get new tattoos by the end of the disc. There is quite a bit to be learned about the film here, and had I not already sat through three other DVD's special features that night, I may've been a little more enthralled. My favourite bits were premiere footage, where the director and announcers are drowned out almost entirely by Asano's screaming female fans.
Ah, but the features don't end with the DVD. Discotek has also included a CD soundtrack in the keep case. Now here's an inspired bit of extras. Why's Clint Eastwood the only one who ever seems to do this? Though the music is a little on the ambient side for everyday listening, I'm sure the CD will find its way into my player on more than one occasion. I wish that more cult flicks would do this.
This is the most fun you're likely to have watching an experimental art film. It's also one of the oddest original superhero flicks you're likely to see until Mike Allred's Madman series sees the light of the big screen. If you like the idea of a lo-fi, epic Anime inspired power battle, you owe it to yourself to give Electric Dragon: 80,000V a chance. At a run time of under an hour, it's not like you've got much to lose, and you get a free CD out of the deal.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I got my copy, and enjoyed it hugely. Reminded me of Highlander, in a strange way, but that's probably just me...
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,719
No, I can see that, especially with all the electricuty flying around.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 27th June 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: No
Audio: DTS 5.1 Japanese, Dolby Digital 5.1 Japanese
Subtitles: English
Extras: Title designs, Filming snapshots, About the Tattoo Illustrations, Synthesized Images, Press Conferences, Trailer, Insert Notes by Tom Mes, CD Soundtrack
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Sogo Ishii
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Masakatsu Funaki, Masatoshi Nagase
Genre: Sci-Fi and Short
Length: 55 minutes
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LCSTATS (Jan96) xanadu.xronos LCSTATS (Jan96) NAME lcstats -- calculates statistical variables for 1 input time series and prints on the screen the results USAGE lcstats file(s)+options window dtnb nbint DESCRIPTION This task performs statistical analysis for one times series and prints the results on the screen (no output is produced). The input file format is FITS using the BINTABLE extension. Both binned data format and event format are input. Data can be rebinned and divided into Intervals (See GENERAL XRONOS TERMINOLOGY). Time, Phase, Intensity and Exposure windows (See WINDOW) allow for data screening. The quantities calculated are : newbin integration time; interval duration; number of good accepted newbins in interval; average (and its error); standard deviation; minimum and maximum count rate per interval; variance (amnd its Gaussian error) evaluated from the data scatter; expected variance from a constant source (and its Gaussian error), as evaluated from the errors in the newbin count rate; third moment; average absolute deviation; skewness (and its Gaussian error); RMS fractional variation (and its Gaussian error) or a 3 sigma upper limit if the variance is not larger than the expected variance at a confidence level higher than 99.86%; Chi-square and the corresponding number of degrees of freedom; constant source probability associated to the Chi-square value; constant source probability from a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. GENERAL XRONOS TERMINOLOGY Within XRONOS tasks, BINS and NEWBINS control the binning used in the analysis, INTERVALS the subdivision of the time series and FRAME the grouping of the output results: BINS : these are the time bins of the time series being analysed. More than one input file can have different bin durations, e.g. two consecutive time series, one with 0.5 s bins and the other with 2 s bins. The original bin time is the value stored in the input file in the keyword TIMEDEL. If the data are stored in each row as an array with 1CTYPn = 'TIME', the original bin is set to the value stored in the keyword 1CDLTn (where n is the column number). NEWBINS : these correspond to the time resolution at which the analysis is carried out. Note that: (i) newbins cannot be shorter than the longest bin duration of the time series being analysed; (ii) in many XRONOS applications (e.g. powspec, autocor, crosscorr) the newbin duration is forced to be an integer multiple of the longest bin duration. INTERVAL : an interval is defined by the number of newbins over which the analysis is carried out. Note that in applications using FFT algorithms (e.g. powspec, autocor and crosscor set in fast mode) the number of newbins in an interval is a power of 2. FRAME : a frame consists of the average of the results of the analysis of one or more contiguous intervals. Note that in 'lcurve', 'efsearch' and 'lcstats' a frame consists always of one interval. WINDOWS If any window is required during the analysis, a window file containing the relevant windows must be created with the application XRONWIN, before running a XRONOS task. There are 4 different types of windows : * Time Windows : consist of up to 1000 time intervals * Phase Windows : consist of an Epoch, a Period and up to 10 phase intervals * Intensity Windows : consist of up to 10 intensity in bin, newbin and interval * Exposure Windows : consist of up to 1 exposure in bin, newbin and interval Intensity and Exposure Windows can be specified independently for: (i) Bins , (ii) New Bins , (iii) Intervals. When dealing with more than one time series, Intensity and Exposure Windows must be specified separately for each series. Time and Phase windows are applied to Bins. Intensity and Exposure windows are applied first to Bins, then Newbins and finally to Intervals as specified. For time and phase windows, only those bins whose center time is within the start and stop of a time window or phase window (for a specified epoch and period) are accepted. Intensity windows must be ordered with increasing intensity and if set for newbins can be used in conjunction with "Special Newbin Windows" (see below). Exposure Windows consist of a minimum and a maximum exposure level. Units are such that 1 means 100% exposure. The Newbin Exposure is obtained by propagating the bin exposures to each newbin. For example, if in a 30 s newbin the total exposure (due to the sum of the individual exposure of the bins contributing to the given newbin) is 18 s then its exposure is 60%. The Interval Exposure is the ratio of accepted to expected newbins: for example, if a 128 newbin long interval contains only 32 accepted newbins, then its exposure is 25%. Many XRONOS application use some default exposure windows, which are designed to avoid analysing data sets which are too inhomogeneous with respect to their statistical properties. The minimum default Exposure windows in an Interval is set to 0.0 in the lcurve, efold and efsearch and to 0.5 (i.e. 50% exposure ) in all the other tasks. Note that exposures can be higher than 100% (e.g. if the newbin time is not a multiple of the bin time, then "beats" are generated which might bring the exposure of a newbin to values >100%; or if two or more input files for the same time series overlap in part, some of the newbins will be more than 100% exposed). IMPORTANT NOTE WHEN TIME WINDOWS ARE SET IN THE WINDOW FILE: The time used within XRONOS tasks is Truncated Julian Days (TJD= JD-2440000.5) if either (1) the keyword MJDREF is present in the header or (2) if the TIMESYS value is one of the following strings MJD or JD or TJD. If (2), the time values are expected to be stored as JD, MJD or TJD in the header keywords and in the TIME column in which case the MJDREF keyword is not used (it should not be present). When Time windows are set using XRONWIN, they must be compatible with the values in header of the timing keywords and/or the values in the TIME column. An additional window type called "Special Newbin Window" can be set directly from the parameter file. Special Newbin Windows are used to exclude the parts of a light curve which immediately follow or precede a burst or a background event which has been rejected by intensity windows in newbins. The Special Window operates on newbins in conjunction with intensity windows (in newbins) and are specified by changing to positive values the parameters 'spwinbefore' and 'spwindowafter'. Their use is the following: if e.g. spwinbefore is set =10, all newbins, whose center time is within 10 second before the center time of a newbin rejected by intensity windows, will also be rejected; if e.g. spwindowafter is set =20, all newbins, whose center time is within 20 second after the center time of a newbin rejected by intensity windows, will also be rejected. FILELIST and INPUT FILE OPTIONS To input multiple files for each time series, a file containing the list of files is needed (Filelist). The Filelist is input in the program as '@Filelist'. The format of this file list is ascii and contains one filename+options per line. Files from different times series are separated by '///' mark. Below is an example of the Filelist containing 2 files for 3 different times series. file1_ser1 file2_ser1 /// file1_ser2 file2_ser2 /// file1_ser3 file2_ser3 The Input File Options (up to 10) can be specified for each file in the same input string. They consist of 2 characters followed by a numerical constant (up to 8 character long). There are two groups of options. The first allows data selection within a FITS extension. The available options within this group are : frN= start reading input file from row number N (first row) lrN= stop reading input file from row number N (last row) vxN= use column number N as x-axis (i.e. time axis, default name is TIME) vyN= use column number N as y-axis (default names are COUNT or RATE) vsN= use column number N as error for y-axis (default name is ERROR) veN= use column number N as exposure (default name FRACEXP). If the input file is an event list, exposure is by default calculated using the GTI extension. In this case, N=0 turns off the usage of the GTI extension for the exposure calculation, and N > 0 specifies the GTI extension to use. feN= select data (either binned or events) from channel number N (First Energy). For an event list channel selection is made using the column named 'PHA' leN= select data (either binned or events) to channel number N (Last Energy). For event list the default column channel name searched is 'PHA'. The option 'vcN' allows the choice of a channel column name different from 'PHA' (es. 'PI'). vcN= use column number N for channel selection (valid only for event lists). rtN= use extension N of the FITS file to read the data. The first extension is N=1 (the primary array is irrelevant). To specify the extension the following also can be used: filename[N] or filename+N. of = The MJDREF keyword is not used. The time is calculated using the TIME column and the TIMEZERO keyword. The second group of options performs algebraic operations on individual input files. They are applied in the same order in which are specified. For event files they are applied after the data are binned. The available options within this group are: stX = Shift all Time in input file by X days ssX = Shift all times in input file by X Seconds muX= multiply data and errors by X (MUltiply) mdX= multiply data by X (Multiply Data) meX= multiply errors by X (Multiply Errors maX= as muX but exposure is divided by X diX= divide data and errors by X (DIvide) ddX= divide data by X (Divide Data) deX= divide errors by X (Divide Errors) daX= as diX but exposure is multiplied by X aaX= add data and errors with X (Add All) adX= add data with X (Add Data) aeX= add errors with X (Add Errors) saX= subtract data and errors with X (Subtract All) sdX= subtract data with X (Subtract Data) seX= subtract errors with X (Subtract Errors) qaX= add to data the square of data muliplied by X and add to errors the product of data and error multiplied by X qdX= as above but for data only qeX= as above but for error only Below is an example of the Filelist containing 2 files for 3 different times series where the different options are applied to the input files for different time series. file1_ser1 aa4 add to data and error 4 file2_ser1 aa4 " " " " /// file1_ser2 rt2 aa2 read 2nd extension; add to data and error 2 file2_ser2 rt2 aa2 " " " " " " " /// file1_ser3 rt2 vy4 vs5 read 2nd extension; use column 4 and 5 for Y-axis and Error file2_ser3 rt2 vy4 vs5 " " " " " " " " " " PARAMETERS cfile1 (filename(s) first series+options) [string] Input filename(s) for the first time series + options. The valid input files are in FITS format using the BINTABLE extension. Xronos tasks read for each time series many consecutive input files (up to 50). Additional flexibility is provided by Input File Options which are used to perform algebraic operations on individual input files (either on the 'times' or on the 'count' or 'count/s' values). The Input file Options are also used to select columns and rows within a FITS file. If the first character of the input string is '@', the rest of the string is taken to be a filename containing the list of input files (Filelist). The Filelist can contain filenames for more than one series. See description of "FILELIST and INPUT FILE OPTIONS". window (name of window file) [string] Filename of the xronos window file. The window file is an ASCII file and by default a standard window file is used, where only exposure windows are set. To modify the standard file or create a new file used the script XRONWIN. dtnb (integration time) [double] The duration in seconds of the NEWBIN time. For binned input files the NEWBIN duration can not be shorter than the longest bin duration in the input file. In a number of XRONOS tasks the NEWBIN time must be an integer multiple of the minimum newbin time. The task internally calculates (and prints on the screen) a default value such that a single interval is produced with a fixed number of newbins (typically between 128 and 4096 depending on the task and on the time interval length see also "nbdf" parameter). Typing 'INDEF' forces the task to use as NEWBIN time the value calculated by the program. NOTE: By pressing return the task will use as NEWBIN time the value found in the parameter file used in a previous run. nbint (number of points per interval) [integer] The number of newbins per interval used in the analysis. The "nbint" together with the NEWBIN duration determines the length in time of an interval and therefore the total number of intervals within the start and stop time over which the analysis will be carried out. Typing 'INDEF' forces the task to use the default value (see parameter "nbdf"). NOTE: By pressing return "nbint" is set to the value found in the parameter file used in a previous run. itre (Flag for trend removal) [integer] A polynomial trend, up to 4th-order, can be removed from input time series. Setting the parameter "itre" equal to 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 remove a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th-order polynomial trend, respectively. The trend is determined separately for each interval of each series by using a least-square technique. The value 0 does not cause the removal of any trend from the input series and is the default value. NOTE The trend removal is not available for the efold and efsearch tasks. itremo (Mode for trend removal) [integer] Specify how the trend removal is applied to the data (available only id "itre" is higher than 0). The trend can be subtracted from the time series (itremo =1) , or the time series can be divided by the trend (itremo = 2), or the time series can be replaced with the trend (itremo = 3). By default the trend is subtracted (value set to 1). tchat (terminal chattiness) [integer] Set terminal chattiness: (0-4) only little information is output in running XRONOS task ; chattiness 5 is the default value; (6-7) more details on input files, windows, intervals statistics, etc.; (<8) mostly for debugging purposes. lchat (log file chattiness) [integer] Set log file and chattiness in the log file: = 0 the log file is not written; for all other values, information is written in the log file. The chattiness levels are the same as for the terminal. logname (log filename) [string] Name for the log file. The default name is xronos.log. clobber [boolean] Flag specifying whether or not a pre-existing file with the same name as that requested for an output file in the current task will be overwritten. Default value = yes. (dpath = XRDEFAULTS) [string] This string parameter gives the path to the Xronos 'defaults' directory, which contains the default '.pco' file (used for plotting) and the defaults window file 'default_win.wi'. Ordinarily, the user may leave this parameter set to the string 'XRDEFAULTS', which causes Xronos to use the environment variable XRDEFAULTS to locate these files. XRDEFAULTS is set by the mkftools script to point to the appropriate directory for the current distribution of Xronos (for FTOOLS v3.6 this is /ftools/xronos/defaults/). If the user wishes to modify these files, he or she may make and edit copies, and change the XRDEFAULTS variable appropriately using setenv, but the original files should not be changed. gapfill (running mean gap filling) [integer] Replace gaps in input series with running mean. If =0 (the default) data gaps are not filled. If =n newbin data gaps in input series are filled in with running mean values calculated over n newbins. Note that a gap newbin is filled in only if the corresponding running mean is calculated over n/4 points at least (this means that in order to bridge a gap of m newbins n must be >1.35m). This global parameter is ignored in epoch folding applications (efold and efsearch). forcestart (flag for start time) [boolean] If = yes the first interval will be forced to start at the time of the first time window otherwise (=no default) the center time of the first qualified newbin is used as the start time. errorbars (Error bar Evaluation) [integer] This parameter defines the way in which the error bars of the analysis results are calculated. If the number of the intervals per frame ("nintfm") is higher than "errorbars" value (default=5), the error bars are evaluated by using the standard deviation of the average (based on the measured scatter). Otherwise the error bars are evaluated by propagating the theoretical error bars through an averaging process. Note that for several XRONOS applications (e.g. `autocor`, `crosscor`) only the former way of evaluating error bars is available. For example, if "errorbars" is 5 in the application `powspec`: (a) if a frame contains the average of 5 or fewer power spectra, then the error bars in the average power spectrum will be calculated by propagating through the average the theoretical error bars associated with each power spectrum (in turn obtained from the relevant chi-square distribution); (b) if a frame contains the average of 6 or more power spectra, then the error bars in the average power spectrum will be calculated by evaluating the standard deviation of the average power for each frequency. By adjusting the value of "errorbars" it is possible, e.g. to evaluate error bars as in (a), also in the case in which a large number of intervals per frame has been specified. Values < 5 are not recommended (at least 5-6 measures are necessary to reliably evaluate the standard deviation of the average from the scatter around it). NOTE: not applicable for 'lcurve', 'lcstats' and 'efsearch'. exposure (flag for analysis of exposure profile) [boolean] If =yes the exposure profile(s) (i.e. newbin values are set =1, gaps and rejected newbins are set =0) is/are analysed (instead of the input series). Default value is = no. normalization (type of normalization) [integer] Flag to specify the type of normalization to apply to the results. This parameter is only relevant for the following tasks: powspec, autocor, efold, crosscor, timeskew). The standard normalization corresponds to a value of 1 (the default) in all XRONOS applications. Other normalization value flags are described for each application (See normalization). NOTE: not applicable for 'lcurve' and 'efsearch'. simultaneous (flag for simultaneity) [boolean] If =yes a strict simultaneity is forced between the input series in applications which use more then one series (i.e. if the n-th newbin of a series is a gap or is rejected, then the n-th newbin of all other series will be also rejected). This flag is ignored in the efold applications. Default value is = no. spwinbefore (special window start) [double] Special newbin window : number of seconds before. If a value > 0 is used , e.g. 10.0, then all the newbins within 10.0 seconds before a newbin rejected by an intensity window will also be rejected. The default (=0) is not to apply this type of special newbin window. spwinafter (special window stop) [double] Special newbin window : number of seconds after. If a value >0 is used , e.g. 10.0, then all the newbins within 10.0 seconds after a newbin rejected by an intensity window will also be rejected. The default (=0) is not to apply this type of special newbin window. rescale (rescaling for results) [double] Rescaling factor applied to result variables and errors. The rescaling is applied just before writing the output file (this to avoid affecting the statistical variables for the frame). Default value for "rescale" is set to 1. offset (additive constant for results) [double] Additive constant summed to result variables. Result error bars are left unchanged. The additive constant is added just before writing the output file (this is to avoid affecting the statistical variables for the frame). Note that if a rescaling factor is also specified (different from 1), then the results are first multiplied by the rescaling factor. Default value for "rescale" is set to 0. fast (Flag for fast algorithm) [boolean] This parameter sets the type of algorithm used for the Fourier transform. IMPORTANT NOTE: This parameter can be set by the user only in the `powspec`, `autocor` and `crosscor` tasks (it is a query parameter in these tasks). In all the other tasks "fast" is a non-query parameter, and should not be changed from the default setting. ipow2 (Flag if power of 2) [integer] Internal Flag used to decide if the current task must used with a power of 2 of number of points (ipow2=1) per interval or not (ipow2=0). IMPORTANT NOTE: This parameter should not be changed by the user. iavgreb (Flag if average interval) [integer] Internal Flag used to decide if the current task allows the averaging of intervals in frame and/or the rebinning of the analysis results. If "iavgreb" is set to -1 the results in an interval can not be either averaged or rebinned, if set to -2, the results in an interval can be averaged but not rebinned. IMPORTANT NOTE: This parameter should not be changed by the user. nbdf (Default No. Bins) [integer] Set an internal default value for the number of newbins per Interval. This value is used to calculate the default newbin integration time to have one interval with nbdf points. Different "ndbf" values have been set for different XRONOS task. IMPORTANT NOTE: With caution this parameter can be changed by the user. EXAMPLES 1. Calculate statistical variables for an input time series with a binning of 100 seconds and a start-stop=5000 seconds in one interval (50 newbin per interval) > lcstats cfile1="mydata.lc" window="-" dtnb=INDEF nbint=50 2. For an input time series (consisting of several files) with an original binning of 400 seconds and a total length of 6 hours, calculate statistical variables using a newbin of 800 seconds over 2-hour intervals (9 newbin per interval for a total of 3 intervals). > lcstats cfile1="@all.lis" window="-" dtnb=800 nbint=9 The parameter cfile1 is a file containing the list of filenames for one time series (see "Filelist and Input File Options"). SEE ALSO efold, efsearch, crosscor, autocor, powspec, lcurve, listdata, timeskew xronwin, fits2qdp, ascii2lc. BUGS Report problems to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com. Provide a detailed description of the problem (with a log file if possible).
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Padres show Will to win with walk-off in 12th
SAN DIEGO -- Hitless but not hopeless, Will Venable actually felt pretty good about his previous at-bats as he walked to the plate in the bottom of the 12th inning.
"Honestly, I felt really good," said Venable, who was 0-for-5 to that point with a strikeout. "... I missed some pitches, but took some good swings. It just didn't happen for me."View Full Game Coverage
SAN DIEGO -- Hitless but not hopeless, Will Venable actually felt pretty good about his previous at-bats as he walked to the plate in the bottom of the 12th inning.
"Honestly, I felt really good," said Venable, who was 0-for-5 to that point with a strikeout. "... I missed some pitches, but took some good swings. It just didn't happen for me."View Full Game Coverage
That changed in his final at-bat, though, as Venable's two-run single to the gap in right-center field gave the Padres a 6-5 walk-off win over the Royals before a crowd of 14,089, who witnessed three different comebacks and the second walk-off victory in as many days.
"I feel like things are heading in the right direction," Venable said.
Venable, who entered the game hitting .194, might have been talking about his own at-bats, although his statement held true with the rest of the Padres and their well-documented shortcomings offensively this season.
The Padres overcame deficits of 3-0, 4-3 and finally 5-4, after Mike Moustakas gave the Royals a one-run lead with an RBI single in the top of the 12th off Tim Stauffer, who got the victory.
But that lead would be short-lived.
Chris Denorfia started the Padres' 12th inning with a single to center field, as Royals manager Ned Yost brought in Tim Collins from the bullpen. Alexi Amarista moved Denorfia to second base with a bunt. The next batter, Yonder Alonso, then blooped a double into shallow left field, allowing Denorfia to advance to third base.
"This game will do some crazy things to you," Alonso said. "This game will humble you. You've just got to keep your head up. This was a huge win for us."
Venable then came to the plate and jumped on a 0-2 fastball up in the zone from Collins, which ended a game that looked as if it could easily roll on past midnight local time.
"It was a fastball up. It's where we wanted to go with it. I threw it where I wanted to. He just put a good swing on it," Collins said.
Things looked bleak for the Padres early on, as the Royals raced out to a 3-0 lead after five innings. Rookie starting pitcher Yordano Ventura methodically worked his way through the Padres' lineup, utilizing his mid-to-high 90s fastball to set up hitters before using his curveball and changeup to put them away.
Ventura struck out a career-high 10 batters, though only one on a fastball.
"He's got a good arm," Padres manager Bud Black said. "What I found as the game unfolded was that I was expecting more fastballs. I thought his secondary stuff was pretty good. He's got a nice future."
Ventura really only made one mistake and it cost him dearly, as in the sixth inning he allowed a single to Everth Cabrera and a double to Seth Smith. Ventura got ahead of Yasmani Grandal in the count, 1-2, but hung a curveball that Grandal hammered into the right-field seats to tie the game.
"I had a pretty good clue what was coming," Grandal said. "He has a live fastball. He's got a bright future, but he's a rookie and tonight he made a mistake."
The Padres needed another long ball to stay afloat in the ninth inning when, trailing 4-3, Jedd Gyorko hit a one-out, solo home run to right field to force extra innings. It was Gyorko's second homer in three days.
"I like how our guys are hanging in there," Black said. "We're seeing some subtle signs of harder contact, better swings."
San Diego pitcher Eric Stults got a no-decision. He allowed three runs on 11 hits over 4 2/3 innings with two strikeouts. This outing came on the heels of a 2 2/3-inning stint his last time out against the Giants on April 29.
"If you really break it down and look at every hit, he wasn't struggling with his command," Black said.
San Diego center fielder Cameron Maybin left the game in the seventh inning with what Black termed 'gastrointestinal issues.' He will be reevaluated on Tuesday.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter.