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By BRIAN JENNINGS
The Lady Knights (14-3) suffered back-to-back losses, but ended their two-game skid with a six-point win, 45-39, at Simsbury (8-9) on Saturday, Feb. 6.
The Knights took a 14-10 lead by the end of the first and extended their lead to nine by halftime, 27-18. The Trojans fought their way back, cutting the Knights' lead to four by the end of the third quarter, 33-29.
Southington sank eight of their 13 foul shots in the fourth quarter to out-score the Trojans, 12-10, down the stretch.
Janette Wadolowski (3 steals) anchored the Knights with a double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds. Natalie Wadolowski (4 steals) was right behind with a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds. Maggie Meehan contributed four points and three assists.
Tara White led the Trojans with nine points.
The Knights suffered their third loss of the season by a point, 52-51, to Conard (15-2) at home on Tuesday. Conard is currently ranked fourth in Class LL.
The Chieftains held a three-point lead, 14-11, at the end of the first quarter and extended their lead to four, 31-27, by the second half. The Knights battled back and came within a point by the end of the third quarter, 40-39.
After a seesaw first half of the fourth quarter, the Chieftains sunk two free throws to go up by one with 25.7 seconds remaining in the game. The Knights turned the ball over on their next possession, but had a second chance after the Chieftains gave the ball right back to the Knights on an inbounds pass from half court that went off the fingers of a Conard player out of bounds.
With 5.8 seconds left, the Knights dribbled the ball past half court on the inbounds and had a good look for a last-second three-pointer. But a shot off the side of the rim ended the game.
Janette Wadolowski paced the Knights with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds. Meehan contributed 15 points and Minkiewicz (3 assists) added eight points and six rebounds. Natalie Wadolowski grabbed 14 rebounds.
Southington is currently ninth in the CIAC Class LL rankings and first (6-2) in the Blue Division of the CCC Central.
The Knights have three regular season games remaining on their schedule and will fight for better seeding in the tournament when they host Bulkeley (1-14) on Tuesday, Feb. 9 and travel to Avon (8-8) on Thursday, Feb. 11.
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Examples from the Web for hanse
Historical Examples of hanse
The Dutch and the Hanse towns were exempted from this duty of freight.The Sailor's Word-Book
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Janaway, the Genoese, and Haunce, from the famous Hanse confederation.The Romance of Words (4th ed.)
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Merchant princes, members of the Hanse, lived here in palaces.Belgium
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It was governed by a burgher of Bruges who was styled "Count of the Hanse."Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France
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The Hanse towns had found out what this Gustav could do at home.Hero Tales of the Far North
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Hansa (ˈhænsə, -zə)
a medieval guild of merchants
a fee paid by the new members of a medieval trading guild
- another name for the Hanseatic League
- (as modifier)a Hanse town
Word Origin for Hanse
C12: of Germanic origin; compare Old High German hansa, Old English hōs troop
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The Hospital Filed A Lien Against Me Even Though I Have Medical Insurance For My Car Accident Injuries!
Author: Law Office of Sidney Weinstein
They may tell you that your medical insurance carrier won't pay for charges related to an auto accident or just not submit the bills. You are noticed that a hospital lien was filed against you for the full amount of the charges. This may happen even though the hospital is required to accept your insurance and submit the bills.
Why Would Medical Treatment For Personal Injuries From An Auto Accident Be Different?
Though such practice has not been formally challenged, it is the opinion of some personal injury attorneys that some hospitals have found that they can earn more while costing you a lot of money when medical treatment is related to an auto accident. The percentage of total charges that will be paid by the medical insurance carrier is much less than what a hospital could demand from what you receive at the end of your personal injury claim under a "hospital lien." Most medical insurance companies also have a limit of 1 year from date of medical treatment in which they will accept bills. Even if a hospital lien was not filed and the 1 year passes, the hospital is still in a position to demand more than what your medical insurance company would have paid.
Let's Look At A Hypothetical:
The hospital emergency room bills total $5,000.00. If the hospital submits the bills to the medical insurance carrier, it may receive $1,500.00 (or 30% of total charges) and have to write-off the balance. You pay nothing to the hospital (except maybe a copay or deductible depending on the insurance policy).
What if instead the hospital does not submit the bills to the medical insurance company, keeps the bill as outstanding, hires a law firm to file a hospital lien, and waits for your personal injury, auto accident case to be resolved? At that point, the hospital can enforce its lien at the full amount of the original hospital charges thereby bypassing the benefits you should receive for having medical insurance. In turn, you may pay up to $5,000.00 out the money you recover for your personal injuries and the hospital makes much more than 30% of their total charges.
Make sure that you or a family member provide your medical insurance information when you are admitted to the emergency room. The hospital may also seek to submit the bills to your auto insurance carrier, assuming you have "medical payments" coverage, because "medpay" coverage is deemed "primary" (or the first insurance policy obligated to pay). The hospital staff may or may not ask for your auto insurance information. Hospitals like when you have "medpay" coverage, because they can also recover a higher percentage of the medical service charges from your auto insurance carrier.
Your personal injury attorney can make sure that you receive the maximum benefit from all the types of medical insurance coverage you possess. If you are not certain of what to do after an accident, the safest course is to consult with an Atlanta, Georgia personal injury attorney as soon as possible. The facts need to be nailed down as soon as possible. Contact the Law Office Of Sidney Weinstein, 24/7, for a free accident and personal injury consultation by calling 404-522-3108. We can come to you at your home or any of the Atlanta, Georgia area hospitals including Grady Memorial Hospital and Atlanta Medical Center.


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Aug. 12, 1928
The ninth Summer Olympics concluded in Amsterdam, where the United States finished at the top of the leaderboard with 56 medals, including 22 golds.
But like most of the early Olympic Games, this one did not come without controversy.
Several women reportedly collapsed following the 800 meter run, which ultimately resulted in a 32-year ban on Olympic races longer than 200 meters for women.
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The ban was lifted at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where the women's 800 meter race was reintroduced.
Seven additional mid-distance and distance events have since been added for the women's field: the 1,500 meters (1972), 3,000 meters (1984), marathon (1984), 10K (1988), 10K walk (1992; replaced by 20K walk in 2000), 5K (1996), and 3,000 meter steeplechase (2008).


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PHP Functions
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- Sun 30 Jan 2005 at 6:39
Like most programming languages, PHP provides functions built in and you can make your own. Making your own allows you to create a function and when it is called executes a block of code. Let's start with the proper framework of a function:
Code: PHP
function functionname() {
Code to be executed
Then when you call the function you use the code:
Code: PHP
Now when you call a function the code within the curved braces is executed (
{ }). Using functions allows you to keep code more organized and conserve disk space for code that you may use multiple times. You can also use functions to create reusable blocks of code that you use often in many programs, such as a function that does a simple mathematical equation and returns the value. Functions are a great thing to use and can make use when doing advanced PHP work with things such as creating Content Management Systems and you may have a code to display the users username via their user id so you can make a function to do the needed operations and use it whenever you need to.
Now lets make a simple function that prints out a simple string:
Code: PHP
function myfunction() {
echo "This is a function";
When you call this function it will print the string "This is a function" to the screen. Note that the keyword function declares the start of a function declaration, so forgetting it could cause an error in your code.
Variable declared within a function aren't global, meaning that you cannot use them outside of the function. So this code won't work as expected.
Code: PHP
function myfunction() {
$variable = "This is a function";
echo $variable;
As the variable named
$variable is declared and assigned a value within a function the variable will not have the value you intend that it was assigned in the function. Though like most programming language PHP provides a way to return the values of variables within functions. Here is an example of how it is done:
Code: PHP
function myfunction() {
$variable = "This is a function";
return $variable;
$string = myfunction();
echo $string;
As you see the return value of
myfunction() is assigned to a variable
$string and then printed out, this is the way to pass back variables from functions. You can also make the variables within the function globals by declaring them global variables.
You can also pass values to the function via parameters. The parameters are held within the parentheses
(). In the declaration of a function it looks like this:
Code: PHP
function add($num1, $num2) {
$sum = $num1 + $num2;
return $sum;
This declares that for the function to properly work if must have two parameters. Then the function goes on to add those two numbers and return the sum. This serves the same function as just adding variables, but yet is a good demonstration of using parameters in functions. Now to this code we add a function calling:
Code: PHP
function add($num1, $num2) {
$sum = $num1 + $num2;
return $sum;
$all = add(1, 2);
echo $all;
When you call the function you are required to have the needed parameters and for it to work properly you have to have the correct values in the order that the parameters are declared.
Unlike some programming languages in PHP you cannot override a function meaning have the same function with different numbers of parameters and different actions also if you want. So make sure to only declare a function once or it may cause errors in your pages.
Along with making your own functions, PHP has built it ones that you will learn as you continue in your PHP programming, but now you are able to keep your code much more organized using functions.


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Dr. Sapna MBBS, MD is a Specialist Pathologist with more than 4 years' experience in her clinical field. She completed her medical graduation as well as her post-graduation from Sri Devaraj Medical College, India. Following her post-graduation in the year 2011 she was associated with Sree Narayana Medical College, India.
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The Alliance for Substance Abuse Progress in Bartholomew County (ASAP-BC) is a two-year initiative dedicated to coordinating a community-wide response to Bartholomew County's growing opioid crisis. ASAP-BC is addressing every aspect necessary to a complete system of support, from prevention and education, to inpatient and outpatient treatment options, to resources for recovery.
Our goals are to eliminate the stigma associated with addiction, build an understanding of substance misuse as a public health crisis and to encourage broad community-wide support for the programs and facilities that are needed in Bartholomew County.
The ASAP-BC initiative is sponsored by the Mayor of the City of Columbus, Jim Lienhoop, Bartholomew County Commissioner Carl Lienhoop, and the CEO of Columbus Regional Health, Jim Bickel. Oversight of ASAP-BC is the responsibility of the Bartholomew County Healthy Communities Council.
The Substance Abuse Support System for Bartholomew County consists of ten critical elements essential to a comprehensive approach to preventing, intervening in, treating and providing recovery services for substance abuse. By building processes that connect the critical elements, we will establish a cohesive system which provides high quality support to those in need.
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After sign-in to the developer page for Company Officers, I can successfully see the JSON object, including full dates of birth, when testing the directors register_view function (for a company with public registers):
However, when I try the same endpoint directly against the API, it suppresses the Day in the date of birth, which seems rather pointless given that the full date of birth can be viewed on the Companies House web page.
Is the full register_view no longer available via the API? If so, please update the documentation and the developer page to be consistent.
I have just tested a call to the API for the example provided above and is returning the full date of birth?
Calling: -https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09446118/officers?register_type=directors®ister_view=true
Returns: -I have anonymised some of the data returned so its not recorded in the forum
"links": {
"self": "/company/09446118/officers"
"items": [
"date_of_birth": {
"month": MM,
"year": YYYY,
"day": DD
"name": "NAME",
"address": {
"locality": "London",
"country": "England",
"premises": "XX",
"postal_code": "XXXXXX",
"address_line_1": "XXXXXX"
"country_of_residence": "England",
"links": {
"officer": {
"appointments": "/officers/oSr3kc4XzeDae5rDfJlxeMBniB0/appointments"
"officer_role": "director",
"occupation": "Change Consultant",
"appointed_on": "2015-02-18",
"nationality": "British"
"total_results": 1,
"items_per_page": 35,
"resigned_count": 0,
"kind": "officer-list",
"etag": "6911de2c5b20051d4948ac58ac137d7960f9ff19",
"active_count": 1,
"start_index": 0
If I perform the same request without the ?register_type=directors®ister_view=true then the full date of birth is not returned, for the same officer.
Not sure what's happening? Are you sending the ?register_type=directors®ister_view=true. Do you receive one or two officers when making the call? Without the ?register_type=directors®ister_view=true filter two officers are returned, the director and secretary, whereas only one is returned with the filter, the director.
Thanks for your rapid reply. This prompted me to try again and I realised that my assembled URL had an extra forward-slash after the domain and before the directories (...gov.uk//company/...) which somehow caused the parameters in the querystring to be ignored. I think this is probably because you have a URL rewrite engine on your API which invisibly redirects and only adds back the querystring if the URL is perfectly formed. Anyway, my bad. All OK now and thanks for your help.


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Three bites from the book of 'Notes' by Haley Parkyn
I am an ancestor of the straight-laced.
I'm going to think of dalmations
and try not to fall over in my bed.
Sighs form solid from
my nose and mouth.
Numb fingers and cheeks.
And warmth is to lay in a pool of
cotton sheets for a time and soak up the splendor
of half awakeness.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday Poem- the book of notes
Posted by Fifi Colston at 8:48 am
3 comments:
- Mary McCallum said...
How exciting it is to see Haley's poem up here, Fifi. Give her my congratulations. A wonderful poem.
- 27 April, 2010
- KarenG said...
Loved this poem!!
- 27 April, 2010
- Kay McKenzie Cooke. said...
Quixotic - I like that. Thanks.
- 27 April, 2010
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Weekly Scripture Reading:
This Week's Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:16-26, Mark 10: 32-34
CLICK HERE TO READ Galatians 5:16-26
CLICK HERE TO READ Mark 10:32-34
Connection Points 3-18-18 (Galatians 5:16-26)
Our sinful nature and the Holy Spirit are completely at odds with each other. One rejects Jesus, while the other clings to Jesus. One desires a life filled with impurity, selfish ambition, and hated. The other desires a life filled with love, kindness, and gentleness. That's why the Christian life is so difficult – there is a battle waging inside of us. I desire to love and to be kind, and to be faithful, and yet I find myself struggling every day. I see my selfish desires and impurity and it disgusts me. This struggle is a good thing. It means the Spirit is drawing me away from a life of sin and brokenness.
Paul reminds us that we live by the Spirit and not our sinful nature. We are going to struggle while we are living in this broken place and in these broken bodies as we look to keep in step with the Spirit. So, don't worry about the struggle – it's real and it's a good sign. Honestly, I'd start worrying if the struggle disappeared! Keep fighting the good fight!
Connection Points Discussion Questions 3-18-18
- Read Galatians 5:16-26
- What questions did you have from the reading, sermon, or devotion this week?
- How have you experienced the struggle of your sinful nature and the Spirit living in you?
- This passage can be taken as strong Law or strong Gospel. Can you identify how that would be the case?
- There are a couple important words and phrases in this passage. The sinful nature "desires" and those who "live like this". Is there a difference between desiring and actually living according to our sinful nature?
- As branches connected to the True Vine (Jesus), we don't produce fruit, but instead bear fruit. What is the significance of this?


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Hello and a very good morning to all of you.Thank you all for the amount of feedback as well as an appreciation that you all have showered upon me and my team.Thank you for visiting our official website www.freejobaware.com, The amount of response you have given us is quite overwhelming as well as unforgettable Now it's the time to payback, Here comes our brand new post about MPT Goa Recruitment.
As per the official notice, the process to apply for the Date of Interview 27 & 28.04.2017 at 09.00 am MPT Goa Recruitment 2017 of management Trainee.These vacancies are directly on recruitment basis.So the candidates those who are interested as well as eligible enough they can apply for the post of 04 Pilot Vacancies for the 04 Pilot Vacancies.
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www.mptgoa.com application form 2017
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Name Of the department- MPT Goa Recruitment
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Age Limit- Age limit as per as 40 years.
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In accordance with Tenant's Lease, your company is required to furnish Building Management with a Certificate of Insurance naming the respective entities for the Landlord and Building Management as additional insured, and showing proof of liability and hazard coverage with the specified amount that is listed per your lease agreement.
Insurance Description Amount of Coverage
Public Liability 2 Million per aggregate
Business Interruption 6 Months
Tenant may also submit your annual renewal certificate using one of the following methods:
Fax: 952-893-8103 or 952-893-8189;
The certificate should name the following as additional insured's:
Please list the certificate holder as Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc. and mail to the following address:
NorthMarq Real Estate Services LLC
C/O Beverly Mattice
3500 American Blvd. W., Suite 200
Bloomington, MN 55431
Email: email@example.com
Landlord requires all on site Vendors / Contractors, whether contracted by Building Management or by the Tenant, to provide us with an original, current Certificate or Insurance for the Building. This Certificate must have additional insured language that reads exactly as stated below:
The certificate should name the following as additional insured's:
Please list the certificate holder as Cushman & Wakefield U.S., Inc. and mail to the following address:
NorthMarq Real Estate Services LLC
C/O Beverly Mattice
3500 American Blvd. W., Suite 200
Bloomington, MN 55431
The following are the insurance limitations that are required of our vendors / contractors.
Vendors / Contractor will be required to maintain, at all times and at its sole expense, the following insurance. All such Insurance shall be written through insurance carriers acceptable to Building Management and Landlord, and licensed in the state these services are to be performed.
The liability insurance policy or policies required here under shall name Building Management and Landlord as Additional Insured's. Each policy shall be endorsed to provide that a written notice of cancellation, lapse, or change of Vendor / Contractor's insurance will be sent to Building Management and Landlord but Vendor / Contractor's insurance carrier at least 60 days prior to the effective date of such cancellation, lapse, or change.
Vendor / Contractor agree to provide replacement cost property insurance to cover all equipment and supplies that it owns and brings onto the Building.
Vendor / Contractor shall hold Building Management and Landlord free and harmless from and against any and all liability to Vendor / Contractor or third parties resulting from the loss of, or damage to, property or equipment owned or rented by Vendor / Contractor which is used, or contemplated for use, by Vendor / Contractor in the performance of the Work, including liability caused in part, but not exclusively, by the negligence of Building Management or Landlord, but excluding liability for any loss or damage to such property or equipment caused exclusively by Building Management's or Landlord's negligence.


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Guided Kayak Adventure
£ 40per person
Price Includes:
- 2 hour Kayak Adventure
- Koru Tour Guide
- Kayak, Paddle, Buoyancy Aid
- Instruction & Safety Briefing
- Bottle of Water
Wetsuit Hire
£ 5per person
Price Includes:
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- Wetsuit Shoes
High Res Images
£ 15per disc
Price Includes:
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- Over 20 pictures from tour
- Guide carries water-proof camera
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Price Includes
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West Down Parish Hall
Tuesday 26th February 2019 at 7pm for 7.30pm
Join our dedicated group of Community Field Trustees and help ensure the success of this village asset – now and into the future.
Any Association Member wishing to stand for the next term of office, please contact the current Chairman, by letter,
to Sunrise, Croftswood Gardens, Ilfracombe, EX34 9PR
or email email@example.com
Closing date for nominations – 18th February 2019
Please come along to show your support for this community project – an opportunity to make comments and suggestions.
Many thanks to all helpers, sponsors, performers, stall holders and attendees of the Fayre and Dog Show held on Sunday 9th July 2017. This successful and enjoyable day raised £1,785.60 towards the upkeep of the Community Field.
The Dog Show judge had an unenviable task in selecting winners of the various classes! The dogs were all wonderful and very well behaved. As were their handlers as, despite the number of dogs present, no unsavoury deposits were left behind! Thanks to all the responsible owners for picking up after their pets. For photos of Dog Show see West Down Community Field Facebook page.
Posters produced by West Down School children, reminding people of the need to pick up after their dogs, are now being displayed around the Community Field. Their original ideas and works of art are well worth seeing and will hopefully help towards keeping the site clean and safe for all users. We are grateful to the school and the children for undertaking this worthy project.
In West Down's Community Field
Grow your own vegetables, fruit and flowers!
Exercise & Healthy Eating
Small plot – less than 50p per week
Large plot – less than £1 per week
No previous experience necessary!
For info phone Keith on 879599 or Di on 866396
The AGM of West Down Village Green Field Association is being held on Thursday 23rd February 2017 in West Down Parish Hall, 7pm for 7.30pm start.
Please come along to hear about progress to date, to discuss future plans and to share ideas and suggestions. As one of the topics will be the final phase of the Play Area, the opinions of parents will be most helpful.
If anyone is interested in becoming a Trustee please contact Di on 01271 866396 or email mailto:email@example.com for further details. Nominations must be received by 17th February 2017.
West Down Village Green Field Association (aka The Community Field) is managed by a team of elected Trustees/Management Committee members who meet monthly to oversee the running of the field. These volunteers, all of whom are dedicated to ensuring financial viability of the site, plan various fund-raising events to cover the on-going maintenance costs and to raise funds for specific projects.
Alongside the Management Committee there is a Members' Association, comprising individuals who support this worthy project and have the right to vote on issues at AGMs and any other public meetings. Any interested persons can join at a one-off membership contribution of £1.
For over 30 years residents of West Down had actively campaigned to overcome the shortfall of a recreational field within
West Down. When a suitable field, Chapel Meadow, became available Fullabrook C.I.C. was approached, and after various discussions generously purchased and gifted this five-acre field to the residents of West Down in perpetuity.
Chairman: John Stainer Vice Chairman: Dianne McGahran Secretary: Dianne McGahran Treasurer: Grazyna EllisRoy Drew, Martin Hodsman, Alison Hume, Carole King, Adam Kwiatkowski, Andy Lyons, Pete McGahran, Pauline Hart, Keith Oades
Paul Hillier.
Contacts: John Stainer – 01271 862236 or Dianne McGahran – 01271 866396


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Good design means creating the right solution for the problem at hand. This means understanding the problem, the goal and the constraints, and being able to communicate and share these with everyone in the process. Below are a sample of projects where my role was that of lead UX designer tasked with becoming a topic expert through research and working with different teams to achieve specific KPI's.
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The Client – One of world's largest consumer goods company.
The Scope – The client wanted to set up a system to proactively monitor frauds. It wanted to harness the power of data analytics to detect and prevent fraud and corruption.
The Solution –
Analytical Rules
50 Rules to analyze Procurement process using:
Master Data, Transaction data and Log data from SAP and Ariba
Third-Party data (Address, Email, SEC, Duns & Bradstreet, AML List, Restricted party list)
Collated the outcome of 50 rules and generated Fraud risk model using Regression analysis
Deep-dive into identified suspicious transactions by analyzing documents and conducting interviews
Case Management Tool to track investigation for all cases
The Outcome
Identified suspicious transactions
Identified process and data gaps
Defined key fraud indicators
Provided inputs for technology requirements.
Use cases that require analysis of large volumes of data
Use cases that require real-time alerts


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The Pound vs the Euro hit the best level in 9 months on Thursday to hit the Interbank level of 1.15 creating some excellent opportunities to send money to Europe.
The UK economy has appeared to remain robust in light of the uncertainty caused by the topic of Brexit and this was again proved yesterday morning with the release of better than expected UK GDP figures for the final quarter of 2017.
The UK economy grew by as much as 1.7% which was higher than the expectation of 1.4% and this led to the Pound maintaining its strong form of late.
UK manufacturing also grew during the same period and on Wednesday we saw the best unemployment levels of Wednesday since records began back in 1971.
Meanwhile the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said that he was 'very supportive of the UK over the Brexit issue' and is looking to organise a trade deal.
With phase 2 of the Brexit negotiations due to begin again in March I think we could see the talks go well.
Indeed, during the previous meeting back in December a lot was agreed allowing the next phase to start in the next few weeks.
Therefore, I think we could see some positive announcements and I think we could see the Pound make some gains in the next couple of months.
Therefore, if you're considering selling Euros it may be worth looking at getting something organised in the near future.
On Tuesday the Eurozone announces its latest GDP figures for the final quarter as well as Eurozone Unemployment and Inflation figures so be prepared for a lot of volatility on GBPEUR exchange rates during the middle of next week.
If you have a need to make a currency transfer whether buying or selling Euros in the near future then feel free to speak with me directly as I will be more than happy to help you both with trying to time a transaction and getting you the top market rate when you do come to buy your currency compared to your bank or another currency broker.
Even a small improvement in the exchange rates can make a big difference so feel free to to email me and you may find you could save yourself hundreds if not thousands of Pounds. You can email me (Tom Holian) on email@example.com and I will respond to you as soon as I can.


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Took these pictures during the winter holidays with family and so on, just to illustrate my wishes for you all: to have no fear, believe in yourself, trust your intuition, follow your heart, but use your head too, and just jump into the new year like you did when you were kid and lost the panic of water and started to be adicted to swimming.
Give your best. Get your best.


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"Do your students really believe the illuminati is as far reaching as ----- ?" my friend asked, after I finished describing my day to her.
Currently, I spend my afternoons supervising a high school study hall. Said high school exists in a very small town in Wisconsin, and the students of this high school have a strange fascination with the illuminati. Some of you might remember when the students first shared this interest with me last fall.
Today, after having spoken to a group of sophomore boys about using their study time more productively, one posed the following question: "Mrs. Ryan, are any white folks in the illuminati?"
"Of course they are," I replied, as though this were a perfectly normal and expected question for any student to ask of his teacher. You know, "How do you solve this math equation? What's a comma splice? Who was our 18th president? Who is the most prominent Caucasian figure in the illuminati?" Those are all just run of the mill academic questions.
"Well, it seems to me," the young man continued, "That the illuminati is made up of mostly black rappers. I wasn't sure they let white people in."
I believe it was at this point in sharing the story when my friend stated, "Shit, if your students were half as concerned with their coursework as they were with the racial make-up of the illuminati, they would all be geniuses." Genius was a bit hyperbolic, but I certainly concurred with her intended point.
In that actual moment, I shook my head at him. I did add, though, that there was reason to believe Justin Bieber is associated with the illuminati. They accepted this response for two reasons. The first is that I've become my small town's resident expert on the illuminati. The second justification was the very logical explanation I provided them – How the hell else could the Biebs be so fucking popular without the help of a secret Satanic society? That little douche-bag no doubt sold his soul to Satan.
**Author's Note: Calm the fuck down; I didn't use that language when explaining this to the students. The language was clean, but the message was the same. **
"Hmmm …" they nodded with intrigue after I provided my affirmation of Bieber's occult involvement. However, they still continued on with concerns that the illuminati were exhibiting reverse racism. "Still, it's a lot of black dudes. I mean, Lil' Wayne, Jay-Z, DMX …"
"No, no," I interrupted the student here, "DMX is not involved in the illuminati," I declared with conclusive resolve.
"What? Yeah he is," another student argued in defense of his friend.
"No, he's not," I fixedly reaffirmed.
"How do you know?" yet another student asked. How dare he question my knowledge base, especially when it came to this crucial topic?
At this point, I briefly explained my now infamous encounter with DMX at last year's Zombie Pub Crawl in Minneapolis. I may have left a few parts out, like just how ungodly intoxicated I was. Whatev.
When my word was outrageously doubted by a few of the students, I brought up an image of DMX and me using the flickr app on the student's chromebook.
"Holy shit!" one of the students yelled, and the others all looked at me in great awe and wonder. They made similar comments, void of the curse words as I had reprimanded their friend for his inappropriate language.
**Another Author's Note: I'm not a hypocrite. I keep my language situation appropriate. I don't drop f-bombs in schools, churches, or nursing homes. Everywhere else it's open season. **
"That is so cool! You really did confront DMX. That's crazy, Mrs. Ryan. Like, I think that dude killed people and you called him out for his language."
"That's right," I avowed, "so don't think you're going to get away with your foul or inappropriate language here." If mother fucking DMX didn't intimidate me, I wasn't about to be daunted by their scrawny little fifteen-year-old asses.
"Yeah, that's pretty cool. Okay. I totally think you're the coolest teacher here now," one young boy announced, "You have, like, major street cred."
My proclaimed major street cred aside, one of these boys still persisted with his argument. "Yeah, that's cool, but I still think the illuminati doesn't accept whites."
"Yes they do," his friend argued, coming quickly to the kick-ass teacher's defense. "Tom Cruise is illuminati."
"No," I informed them, "He's not illuminati. He's a scientologist." Get your shit together, kids.
Get your shit together. You can't go around confusing the illuminati with L. Ron Hubbard lovers, for fuck's sake. These kids will never make it on the rough streets of this town.


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Netflix is one of the most popular online media streaming in the world. it is always be a trend in every big social media like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and so on. It offers many movies, television series, and television shows. All the users of Netflix can watch their favorite movies, television series, or television shows instantly. You can watch both domestic and foreign movies, television series, and television shows on Netflix. The year of the program is not the problem for Netflix. You can find easily your old or new programs on Netflix. Of course, it is with an exception. Overall, it is such a great app in this modern era.
To enjoy the movies, television series, and television shows on Netflix, you have to pay. You can visit the official website of Netflix to find out the price you might pick. The website is www.netflix.com. In the website, it is stated that there are three options of the price. Those are Basic, Standard, and Premium. All of them has different price and different offers. Think first before taking one.
If you are going to join Netflix, this article might help you. Just scroll down until the last sentence because this article consist of Netflix payment method. Netflix payment method is easy and will not make the users and the candidate of the users confused.
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Nissan is recalling 1 million vehicles because a defective Occupant Classification System (OCS) might stop the passenger-side frontal airbags from working.
If that sounds familiar, it's because they issued the same – albeit smaller – recall last year. But now Nissan admits the problem is more widespread than they anticipated and their previous fix didn't work.
The OCS is supposed to turn on the airbag when there's an adult in the front passenger seat. but it's malfunctioning.
"Nissan says a combination of factors could cause the problem, such as high engine vibration at idle when the seat is initially empty and then becomes occupied. Even the posture of the passenger could cause the air bag to deactivate."
The recalled cars include the 2013-2014 Altima, LEAD, Pathfinder, Sentra, the 2013 NV200, plus additional Infiniti vehicles. It is expected to begin in April 2014.


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August 22-24, 2008
After the flood that followed Hurricane Katrina's landfall, the internet became a vital connection among dispersed New Orleanians, former New Orleanians, friends of the city and of the Gulf Coast region. A surge of new blogs erupted and, combined with those that were already online, a community of bloggers with a shared interest in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast developed. In the summer of 2006, after the success of the first Geek Dinner, and to mark the anniversary of the flood, the newly formed NOLA Bloggers organized the first Rising Tide Conference, taking their shared interest in technology, the internet and social media and turning advocacy for the city into action.
Chris Cooper and Robert Block, Wall Street Journal correspondents and authors of Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security, were keynote speakers at the first Rising Tide, which was held at the New Orleans Yacht Club on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. In year two Dave Zirin, syndicated columnist and author of Welcome to the Terrordome, keynoted as the event grew beyond expectations.
The three day conference consists of a Friday night cocktail reception, the Saturday sessions, which include lunch, and a Sunday public service component. This year's Rising Tide is shaping up to be the best yet.
To register for the event and find out more information see the website.


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The financial services industry is not always consumer-friendly. It is very challenging for the average person to navigate the sea of advisor credentials and different service models and it can become overwhelming to choose the right advisor. In an effort to narrow down the field of potential advisors, you should determine if you have any preferences regarding fee structure, the size of a financial advisor's firm, and what services the advisor and his or her firm are able to provide.
Fee Structure
Typically advisors fall into two basic groups. The first group is paid on commission. These advisors generally work for a brokerage firm and earn their income based on the transactions in your investment account. The most common conflict arising from this model is an incentive to recommend products with the highest commission and/or trading in an account unnecessarily to create greater transaction volume.
The second group is paid directly by the client. Often these advisors are considered to be "fee-only" in that they do not take commissions on the sale of financial products. Fees can be charged by the hour, on a fixed fee basis, by a percentage of assets being managed or a combination. The most common conflict arising from this model is an incentive to keep assets under management instead of using the assets for other purposes such as paying off a mortgage or making gifts.
One model is no better or worse than the other – both are legitimate and can serve a client well depending on the situation. The most important thing is that the advisor's fees are clear and transparent. You should know exactly how much your advisor is earning and how it is calculated.
Size of Firm & Demographics
Firms range from sole practitioners working out of a home office to the largest brokerage houses running ads during the Super Bowl and everything in between. The advantage of a smaller firm is that clients tend to get more attention from senior advisors. With that said, it is important to understand who provides client service when that senior advisor is inevitably ill or on vacation. With the larger firms, and the oftentimes larger service teams, determining the access to senior advisors and any limitations in that access is key. In terms of client resources and available products, most firms have comparable offerings.
From a demographics perspective, you want an advisor that has clients in similar situations with similar net worth. In addition to assuring an advisor has experience with your specific issues, it also ensures that you are not the "little fish in a big ocean".
Services Provided
Some advisors provide only investment management while others focus on comprehensive financial planning. There is great value to taking a holistic approach to your overall financial situation because investment, tax, insurance and estate planning strategies have overlapping issues and considerations. It is important that they all work together in a complimentary manner. And for people who do not have the time or interest to manage their financial lives, an advisor can be a great resource as the "quarterback" of your team of professionals which will often include estate planning attorneys, accountants and insurance advisors.
Once you have decided if you want a large or small firm, whether you want comprehensive financial planning, and if you have a preference on fee structure, it is time to ask your friends, your attorney and your accountant for recommendations.
The most common credential for advisors that offer comprehensive financial planning is the Certified Financial Planner ® designation. This designation ensures that the advisor has a baseline level of education and experience and has agreed to maintain a high ethical standard. In addition to the CFP® certificate, you should inquire about graduate degrees or specialized training, association memberships, publications and community engagement.
Perhaps the most important aspect of choosing an advisor, though, is following your intuition. It is imperative that you connect with your advisor on a personal level and always feel comfortable asking questions. Your financial advisor should take an interest in your life, be a great listener and take client education very seriously.
Finding a great match is achievable if you focus on these considerations and follow your instincts.
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California Fall Color Updates
Splashes of peak color can still be seen at higher elevations, though they are not sufficiently widespread to paint an entire region as peaking. For example, areas of North Lake Tahoe have cottonwood and aspen still full of bright yellow and gold leaves, but travel a mile or so and the trees have been stripped.
In the Northern Sierra, Plumas County was in the final stages of peak color this past week, though again, the color is at risk of being stripped. The same is true of other areas above 3,000' in the Shasta Cascade that had peak color.
The Eastern Sierra, with the exception of Bishop and the Owens Valley are now Past Peak.
The Central Sierra (Yosemite and Kings Canyon Sequoia) are nearing Past Peak. Black oak continue to show bright color, but almost all the dogwood, bigleaf maple and cottonwood are past peak. The Wawona Road in Yosemite is still speckled with bright red, yellow and orange color, though it is falling, increasingly.
In Southern California, all mountain communities are past peak above 2,000′.
With a winter storm predicted for the weekend, fully peaked color will likely be stripped from mountainous areas.
Peak Fall Color has now descended to from 500 to 2,000' in elevation. This includes California's vineyards which filling the vineyards with burgundy, red, orange, yellow and lime grape leaves, by type of grape variety. From now to Thanksgiving Day, Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties and northern San Diego County vineyards should have successive shows of bright color by grape variety.
North Coast Redwoods – despite recent rain (perhaps until this weekend), stormy weather has not "truly returned to the North Coast, extending fall color into November."
peak color has continued and the Roosevelt elk "are still very active"
Redwood National Park and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park – Peak (75-100%) –Bigleaf maple along Drury Parkway near the Big Tree are the finest Max recalls having seen in years. "Almost all of the trees are peaking together." GO NOW!
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park – Peak (75-100%) – "The drive through the park along Howland Hill Road will be very colorful this week, with the forest carpeted in golden vine maple," Max reported. He hiked the entirety of Mill Creek through the park over this past weekend and found bigleaf maple in top form. GO NOW!
See photos of Redwood Highway – Glimpses of Brilliance
San Rafael – Each autumn, maidenhair coifs the streets of San Rafael with bright yellow.
The maidenhair of which we speak are the gingko biloba trees, a good choice to be planted along city streets, not just for their dazzling autumn color, but also because the trees don't uproot sidewalks and roadways.
gingko biloba the first two weeks of November they provide lovely color and form along the streets of San Rafael.
San Rafael – Near Peak (50-75%) – Maidenhair have coiffed the streets of San Rafael. GO NOW!
See photos at San Rafael's Maidenhair
Mendocino County vineyards to be full of color and Near Peak. As is typical of vineyards, some vines are past peak, others patchy and still others near or at peak.
Walt visited the Nelson Family Vineyards and Saracina Vineyards between Hopland and Ukiah along Highway 101, then traveled the Old River Road along the Russian River between Hopland and Ukiah and near Talmadge along Old River Road, just outside Ukiah.
Hopland/Ukiah – Near Peak (50-75%) GO NOW!
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Starting from this month, regular Dilshods or Madinas in Uzbekistan will no longer have to skulk around sketchy spots in the bazaar to buy and sell foreign currency.
On August 31, Reuters news agency cited two sources in the banking sector as saying that people will soon be able to convert their cash in banks and exchange bureaus.
This development will be greeted with delight by all segments of society — from the poorest dependents of cash remittances from migrant laborers to many prosperous entrepreneurs. It will also make life easier for independent tourists who have long been puzzled by Uzbekistan's idiosyncratically shady currency market. Less happy will be the black marketeers who have made countless millions — not to say billions — of dollars over the years on the underground exchange market.
The clues were there to see.
Last week, the Central Bank issued instructions to "strengthen commercial banks' [function] to buy foreign currency from individuals customers." In simple terms, authorities are providing hard cash — ever a limited commodity — to financial institutions to exchange.
Still, availability of foreign currency will remain problematic, as Reuters has reported. The news agency's sources noted "that instead of selling cash foreign currency, Uzbek banks would deposit it into special cards issued to customers."
And then there is the issue of the divergent official and black market rates. Dollars sell for around 7,700 Uzbek on the black market at the moment, quite a bit higher than the official Central Bank rate of 4,210 sum.
The current situation is clearly unsustainable. Uzbek exporters have to date been required to sell half of their foreign cash revenues at the official rate, translating into a significant loss in real terms.
The moves to a more liberal currency system were started in November, when President Shavkat Mirziyoyev adopted a government strategy requiring a gradual transition to a market-based currency exchange system. On June 30, Uzbek banks earned the right to begin selling foreign currency to companies at market rates.
As economist Yuliy Yusupov explained, between 2004 and 2008, the official and black market rates were more or less in parity, so converting cash did not present huge issues for entrepreneurs.
"But what is going to happen now is not clear. All we hear are rumors. We need to wait. Moreover, they may be a period of transition. First they will allow people to buy foreign currency with their card, and then they will move to cash. There will be limits, but those exist in many countries. There will eventually be free trading. The process has begun, and it cannot be reversed," Yusupov told EurasiaNet.org.
Gulnara, a black market currency trader in Tashkent, told EurasiaNet.org that she has been in the business for more than a decade. She said that traders are continuing to buy dollars and euros, but that they are not selling foreign currencies for now. Everybody is waiting for September 4, when the situation may become clearer, said Gulnara, who spoke on condition that her identity be protected.
Gulnara remains confident, however, that the black market will continue to function and that she is no danger of losing her job.


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Craft beer is all the rage, you don't need me to tell you that, and with our annual pilgrimage to San Diego, touted by many to beer beer capital of the USA (I know, D.C, N Colorado, and PDX might also argue that), there's no better way to get attention then by mapping beer and breweries.
At ESRIUC Beer maps can often be found in the Map Gallery. A couple of years ago there was a very impressive and large Brewery Map on the wall of the exhibition hall BY @KENNETHFIELD which was popular for selfies I'm sure! Once local Geo Developer, BallPark GIS, also has an impressive San Diego County brewery webmap service which also won an award at UC (see more in this blog post). So, the next time you need to create an eye catching product demo, map, story map, or web service, think about routing folks to a local craft brewery!
NOTE: You can download the BeerMap HERE
See Also:
- BreweryMap and BreweryDB – Mapping Every Brewery you can think of… and then some!
- Mapping the Top 50 Craft Breweries in America
- San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Bars and Restaurant Map – Just in time for #ESRIUC
- 2,500 American Breweries on one Giant Map
- Brewery and Chicken finder webmap!


text: Broadcast 12 – May 8, 2015 By Columbia Radio News Staff | May 9, 2015 No Comments | Likes 0 | Tags columbia journalism school, waste management, Staten Island, trees, final broadcast, uptown radio http://uptownradio.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/150508_FullShow_mixdown1.mp3This week on Uptown Radio, the results are in for the British general election and New Yorkers from Britain are reacting. Trees are being planted in New York City and trash is being collected by private waste management companies. This episode is dedicated to our professor John Dinges, who is retiring after 19 years of teaching at Columbia.


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text: Bollywood Young Hero Varun Dhawan got a huge honour, his wax statue will be kept in the most popular Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds. The Madame Tussauds officials visited Varun Dhawan and collected his measurements to fix the wax statue. With this... Varun Dhawan has expressed his happiness through social media saying, "Huge honour can't wait to come here and stare down my wax figure. Thank you".


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Ghananian Beautiful Actress, Nadia Buari hold a BFA Degree from The University of Ghana. The 32years actress shared a throwback photo from 15 years ago when she was a an undergraduate.
The popular movie star star also revealed that her favourite hangout spot was a Video Library where she watched every movie in the store over and over again. lol Guess she knew her calling from time.
Nadia Buari is currently dating Nollywood star Jim Iyke.
It's was reported that Jim Iyke proposed to Nadia with a 6-carat-diamond ring, which was designed for selected countries like, Ghana, Gabon and London.
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The Houston Police Department has so many opportunities. I was speaking with someone at the Houston Auto Show last week and he was telling me how bored he was at work and wanted to make a change. He reminded me of a video I put together last year. This is just a portion of what is available within the Houston Police Department. Click on the following link to watch:
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WOW! Great video! I didn't know there was so many career paths available. Keep up the good work!
- February 9, 2009 at 9:28 AM
Officer McCoy, I know at one time you guys were accepting applications for the Class B. Identification Officer. Are any of those positions still available?
- February 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- Senior Officer M. McCoy said...
We currently do not have any openings, but we are still accepting applications. Email me for further information.
- February 10, 2009 at 2:55 PM
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You WILL be Pro-Bush!
In your re-election, God has graciously granted America—though she doesn't deserve it—a reprieve from the agenda of paganism. You have been given a mandate. We the people expect your voice to be like the clear and certain sound of a trumpet. Because you seek the Lord daily, we who know the Lord will follow that kind of voice eagerly. Don't equivocate. Put your agenda on the front burner and let it boil. You owe the liberals nothing. They despise you because they despise your Christ. Honor the Lord, and He will honor you.
- Bob Jones, President, Bob Jones University
Dear Christian fellows. I realize I haven't wrtitten in a while but I've been away on travel learning how to be more judgmental. I wanted to take this opportunity to write about our President, George Bush: I support Bush. I support Bush because I believe that he is a good Christian man. I support Bush because he comes from a good American family, and he is likewise a family man himself. I support Bush because he's a man of old-time morals. Bush may not have any fancy new-fangled Ivy-league degrees, and he may not use fancy words, but that's just fine with me. Bush is a true defender of traditional American values. He is always determined to do the right thing. He is a man of his word. He's a straight shooter all the way who loves his country. He's a simple man, a plain spoken man, and a man who comes from modest means. Therefore he represents all us real Americans. Bush looks to be the kind of man that ordinary folks could sit down and have beer with, and therefore he is a man you can trust, and the kind of man we want in the White House. He may not have a lot of book smarts, but that's just fine because a bunch of fancy book smarts ain't gonna do no nothin to help Christian families who gotta work for a living. I supported Bush because I believe in the right to own and shoot guns, cause gun ownership and shooting is our right, and he isn't gonna allow no wussy-ass screaming liberals to come down here from NY to take away our guns. I also supported Bush because I believe in the bible, and I heard that Bush loves Jesus and that Bush is a man of prayer. I fail to understand why the lessons of the bible aren't taught in the schools, and I fail to understand why Children aren't made to recite their prayers in school and behave like good Christian children. But at least we can count on Bush to stop the gays from coming down here from California to take over our towns and communities. And at least we can count on Bush to stop the liberals from taking over our churches and invading our family home. And we can count on Bush to stop the terrorists from attacking our treasured moral values. Bush is the only man strong enough to proudly stand up and defend the country and defend the flag from the terrorists and the liberals. I also supported Bush because I drive a Ford truck, and I believe in the right to own and drive Ford trucks, cause drivin Ford trucks is our right, and Bush isn't gonna allow no wussy-ass tree-huggin liberals to come down here from NY and California to take away my truck and make me drive some small-ass hybrid car.


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Who knew that space junk was already such a problem? I figured we'd reach a cluttered state sooner than later (remember Wall-e?), but it turns out sooner is now.
There's not really a lot private citizens can do to lessen our garbage in space, but I think just working to build a zero waste mindset would help us learn to leave no trace, whether we're discovering nature while camping or exploring our universe on a starship.


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Okay, this is hysterically funny.
Paris is practicing archery on a nice straw man nailed up to the wall. He hits bull's-eye after bull's-eye.
HELEN: Wow, I had no idea you were so good at this.
PARIS: Neither did I. Weird, isn't it? And I really want lembas now.
HELEN: What?
Spoilers, though frankly, I hesitate to say "spoilers" about a story that's been around for how long now?


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Islamic Foundation School hosts Frances Xavier Warde
On March 19, fifth grade students from Frances Xavier Warde school in downtown Chicago traveled to Islamic Foundation School in western Chicago suburb Villa Park to reconnect with the IFS fifth-graders. This was the second meeting between the partner schools who are part of the Poetry Pals East-West Hub. The students got re-acquainted and had a tour of the mosque and discussion to learn about many customs and practices in the Islamic faith. After the mosque tour, students divided into small groups and enjoyed fun activities while also writing poetry, mostly about religious holidays. The final performances were lively as the small groups read and acted out their poetry!
"One thing is for sure about Poetry Pals, it never fails to get the children to discuss and share their religious traditions in fun and engaging ways," said Lead Poet-Educator Chris Walker.


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The RutgersX Accelerator Program has been created by the Rutgers Food Innovation Center (FIC), a globally-recognized incubation program that provides business and technology expertise to startup and established food companies in the mid-Atlantic region, and utilizes its outreach capacity to support food and agribusinesses throughout the world.
This new program became available thanks to funding from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in the fall of 2014. The Rutgers FIC was a national winner of the SBA's first program designed to create or enhance business accelerators, and was the only award recipient in New Jersey and one of only 50 winners nationwide from over 800 applicants. Further information about our SBA sponsor program, and other sponsors to the RutgersX Accelerator Program can be found here.
In our inaugural year of RutgersX, we have developed an accelerator for fast-growing food companies that have been part of our Rutgers FIC client and partner network for the past several years. We showcased these companies at our first-ever RutgersX- Accelerating Food Entrepreneurs Conference during Global Entrepreneurship Week, on November 16, 2015 in New Brunswick, NJ.
The event had over 180 attendees! The Conference featured pitch presentations from our cohort of companies to an audience of potential funders, strategic partners, customers, and fellow food entrepreneurs. In addition, our Conference included panel
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We are already making plans for our 2016 RutgersX Accelerator Conference, which will again include an amazing panel of food industry entrepreneurs, and will also be expanded in scope. Food entrepreneurs looking to apply to our 2016 program can get further information here.
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The inspiration for whiteonwight.co.uk as a name derives from the confusion as to what the name of our island actually is. Many still believe it is 'The Isle of White'. The actual name for our island is 'The Isle of Wight' . The name is historical and a variety of versions on the origin exist. Some even think a passport is required, but the only passport you will require is a passport to fun and adventure.
The term 'white' certainly isn't lost on this unique spur of land seperating the Solent and the English Channel. Much of the Island is made up of chalk ; inland, and on the coast. In fact, it is difficult to go anywhere without some proof of this. The coastline itself is made up of large sections of chalk cliffs, constantly eroding into the sea, but the downs themselves are largely made up of chalk which makes for excellent Mountain Biking terrain complete with awe inspring views form one end to the other at the Island highest points.


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I took a trip back through time & ventured to my Myspace page, crazy old school but I did find something interesting I thought would be fun to share! My last post was after a long day working a very long hot day in the ambulance running calls to help people. I'm not sure what EMS is like in other states but at times in rural Oklahoma we were not always called out to help people that were in life or death situations, more like "I didn't think before I acted" situations or my favorite "I didn't have a ride to the Dr. so I called an ambulance to just take me to the ER for my swollen pinky toe" & so our story begins….
Aug of 2008:
The thing I love most about my job is that no matter what it will always be in high demand, even more so in Oklahoma. Allow me to explain: (Story Time Kids!)
If you find yourself walking or driving across a bridge over a river & look down at said river & happen to think to your self "hhmm, that water looks deep, I bet it would be fun to jump off this bridge and into the water just like in my favorite movie!"
Lets all take a look at the things that are very very wrong with this statement:
1. Can water really "look" deep? What is it about the surface of that water that makes you think there is 8 feet of water below instead of 1 foot of water & then a bunch of big rocks?
2. If your idea of "fun" is jumping off a bridge on a whim then you should probably sit down and have a very long talk with yourself. It might be time to re-think some things.
3. Your favorite movie is stupid, just thought I would let you know.
|Me circa 2009
I so wish I could be there as you plummet with a big goofy smile off of before mentioned bridge. Down down down you go, foot after foot, thinking to yourself how awesome this must look from your friends point of view. I wish I could be there when you have the bone crunching realization that while the water "looked" deep it in fact is not deep, your 8 foot deep estimation was only about -7 feet off of the correct depth.
Well, I say all this as at the same time you are the one laying down on your comfortable back board with your cool new boot on while the silly EMT's carry you like a king the half a mile up the trail in the heat to the ambulance. And as you are about to lay back on the cot and close your eyes to try and relax while you are rushed away to the hospital where you will get all kinds of pain killers the silly EMT is hunched over the guard rail vomiting because of the combination of heat exhaustion, the dead fish smell coming from you, & the pizza we ate for breakfast (okay so that's my fault, sorry)
I don't blog very often but today I had to let some one know a very very important warning…..If your walking across a bridge on the side walk & stop to look over & you have a thought run through your head….please let that thought be "what the hell did I just step in? Is that vomit" and as you wipe your shoe in the grass please let that serve as a reminder to use your a little common sense when going through life!


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Hydraulic Model Studies—Pak Mun Hydroelectric Project (Thailand)by Sultan Alam, SOGREAH, Grenoble, France,
Nattawuth Udayasan, SOGREAH, Grenoble, France,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Waterpower '91: A New View of Hydro Resources
The paper presents briefly the hydraulic problems related to the project which were successfully solved by the 1 to 100 scale hydraulic model study carried out at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. The river bed topography and the resulting hydraulic conditions in the project area are very complex and only a hydraulic model properly simulating the water profiles, discharge distribution, surface and bottom current velocities, and their directions could provide the required design information. Specially important was the determination of the backwater effects of the Mekong River stage on the above-mentioned parameters.
Subject Headings: Hydraulic models | Hydraulic design | Hydrologic models | Hydro power | Developing countries | Water discharge | Velocity distribution | River and stream beds | Thailand | Asia | Mekong River
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It is not often that something comes along that is so shocking — and yet refreshing — that you know it's a sign of something different. Like the crisp air of a new spring day, you know it was meant to come.
For associate theatre professor Francis Tanglao-Aguas, this breath of fresh air was R. Zamora Linmark, a Filipino-American poet, novelist and playwright.
"Back in 1995 … I heard through the grapevine that there was going to be a new novel coming out of Hawaii," Tanglao-Aguas said. "It wasn't about people escaping exile or life in World World Two, but it was about being Filipino, and that was very important because, at that point, the work that was [coming out of Hawaii] was mostly about politics. It wasn't personal. It wasn't about being young and growing up. So when 'Rolling the R's' come out, we just ate it up. And it spread… [Linmark] spread like wild fire."
"Rolling the R's" was Linmark's first book, published in 1996.
Linmark recently came to campus as part of a book tour for his new novel, "Leche," which was published earlier this year. He describes discovering his love for, as he said, lying (or, in other words, fiction) in college. While he writes fiction, he has sought to do something tantamount to what Walt Whitman did for America: be a voice for a people and for a nation.
He writes about the Filipino experience, both in the Philippines and abroad, and described wanting to give a voice to Manila.
"Manila is one these so-called developing cities, and it can easily fall into the [characterization] of Bombay or New Delhi or Bangkok," Linmark said, "And I didn't want that. I wanted to give character to Manila."
Linmark gives this voice through a unique style, wit and the personal character of his writing.
"You read a lot of writers, and you get the history and are getting a lot of facts, but you can get bored with that," Wilma Consul, who was the director for the staged reading of "Rolling the R's" and with Linmark during the book tour, said. "With [Linmark], he uses humor. It's different when you have truth done in humor. It's a bit more biting, and I think it's a bit more effective."
"Leche," which does not come from the Spanish word 'milk,' but from the not-as-innocent Filipino word 'leche' — follows the character Vince, a twenty-three year old returning to his native country after being away for thirteen years. His homecoming isn't quite what he had expected.
After his flight arrives in the Philippines, he finds the customs line designated for Filipinos, but is told to leave the line. Despite being born in the Philippines, he is, as a customs officer points out, a "blue book holder" — a US citizen, not a Filipino. He argues that in Hawaii, Filipinos don't see themselves as American. But there is no welcome home. He is ushered out of the Filipino line.
Ideas of homecoming and identity are woven throughout the novel.
Linmark, in his characteristic way of writing, doesn't hold back in his description of Manila. After describing Vince almost passing out upon arriving in Manilla because of the pollution and humidity, he further criticizes the air quality, or lack therof, in Manila.
"You need a third lung to get to the kitchen from the living room, a fourth to answer the front door and an oxygen tank to cross the street," Linmark writes in "Leche."
In setting out to capture the voice and character of Manila, Linmark realized he may have gotten into something larger than he bargained for. While "Rolling the R's" took a matter of months to write, "Leche" took him over a decade.
"I realized I had taken on a task that I wasn't ready for, but I didn't know; I thought I was ready," Linmark said. "In fact, the first version was accepted [by the publisher], and it could have been published as early as 2000."
However, due to complications with publishing companies, the publishing of the book was delayed. This gave Linmark time to revise, something for which, in looking back, he says he was grateful.
"I'm glad it gave me the opportunity to write it, and to really labor over it, because I don't think I could have been as content and really say that the book was done."
After revising, Linmark produced not only something he was content with, but a valuable addition to the voice of Filipinos and the Philippines. It was an added breath of fresh air that Linmark thought a city like Manila needed greatly.


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Computer Software Accurately Predicts Student Test Performance
Study shows automatic recognition of facial expressions tracks student engagement in real time
San Diego, April 15, 2014 -- Computer scientists have developed a technology that uses facial expression recognition to detect how engaged students are during a class and to predict how well they will do in that class. The team, led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and Emotient, a San Diego-based provider of facial expression recognition, showed that the technology was able to detect students' level of engagement in real time just as accurately as human observers. The team also included researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University.
"Automatic recognition of student engagement could revolutionize education by increasing understanding of when and why students get disengaged," said Dr. Jacob Whitehill, Machine Perception Lab researcher in UC San Diego's Qualcomm Institute and Emotient co-founder. "Automatic engagement detection provides an opportunity for educators to adjust their curriculum for higher impact, either in real time or in subsequent lessons. Automatic engagement detection could be a valuable asset for developing adaptive educational games, improving intelligent tutoring systems and tailoring massive open online courses, or MOOCs."
Whitehill (Ph.D., '12) received his doctorate from the Computer Science and Engineering department of UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering.
The study consisted of training an automatic detector, which measures how engaged a student appears in a webcam video while undergoing cognitive skills training on an iPad®. The study used automatic expression recognition technology to analyze students' facial expressions on a frame-by-frame basis and estimate their engagement level.
Movellan's work using computer vision to track student engagement grew, in part, out of his and Whitehill's involvement with the UCSD-based Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC), which is led by CSE Prof. Gary Cottrell. TDLC helped fund the research and enabled the partnership between Whitehill, Movellan and another co-author on the paper, Virginia Commonwealth University professor of developmental psychology Zewelanji Serpell, who is a PI on TDLC's Social Interaction Network (along with Movellan). In addition to Movellan, Whitehill and Serpell, the study's co-authors include Yi-Ching Lin and Aysha Foster from the department of psychology at Virginia State.
Emotient was founded by a team of six Ph.D.s from UC San Diego, who are the foremost experts in applying machine learning, computer vision and cognitive science to facial behavioral analysis. Its proprietary technology sets the industry standard for accuracy and real-time delivery of facial expression data and analysis. Emotient's facial expression technology is currently available as an API for Fortune 500 companies within consumer packaged goods, retail, healthcare, education and other industries.
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Machine Perception Laboratory
The Faces of Engagement Article
Calit2's Qualcomm Institute
Emotient, Inc.
Computer Science and Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center
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