It's a fact: Airbnb wants more hosts in Toronto.
There are certain cities around the world (Paris for example) that have an over-supply of Airbnb hosts. And then there are cities like Toronto, that have a shortage of hosts. But there are still a *lot* of people looking for a place to stay in Toronto.
What this means for someone in Toronto willing to become an Airbnb host is that you can easily help pay for your next vacation (or your mortgage) by renting out an extra room in your apartment or house, particularly in the high demand seasons of spring & summer, or around holiday dates.
On top of that, Airbnb is currently offering a $250 cash bonus incentive to anyone in Toronto who becomes an Airbnb host for the first time.
How much can I earn by being an Airbnb host?
When I contacted Airbnb to ask about potential earnings as a host in the Toronto area, they told me "Toronto hosts can earn up to $680CAD per week during the summer travel season", and that this was based on "the average weekly earnings from the top 10% of hosts during the 2015 summer travel season".
The Airbnb website/app has a handy feature that shows you the average price of what places are going for in different markets.
Using this feature, I came up with the following estimates for what an Airbnb host could earn (on average) in the summer of 2016 in the Toronto market.
IMPORTANT: You *must* start by going to the above link, in order for Airbnb to track your listing correctly for this offer.
2. Scroll down a bit and click on the pink 'List Your Space' button.
IMPORTANT: You *must* click on the pink 'List Your Space' button, in order for Airbnb to track your listing correctly for this offer.
You will need to login to your Airbnb account if you haven't done so already.
Or create an Airbnb account first if you don't have one yet.
3. Create a listing for your apartment, house, etc.
4. Receive a $250 cash bonus from Airbnb after completing your first booking as a new host in Toronto.
- You must be a first time Airbnb host.
- Your listing must be in the Toronto area (defined as a 40km radius from the intersection of University Ave and Dundas St W) and not a previously active listing in the Airbnb system.
- Your listing must complete at least 1 booking between June 1 and August 31, 2016, with a minimum booking value of $50 CAD (excluding fees).
- Your listing must be created by going through the Airbnb $250 cash bonus offer link.
- Meet fellow travelers and make new friends from around the world.
- Use the income from hosting to pay for your next vacation, your mortgage, or a creative passion.
- Host whenever you want, and as much as you want. You have 100% flexibility on the dates you feel like hosting, whether it's while you're home, or on vacation yourself.
- Host Guarantee: In the rare case of damage, eligible property is covered up to $1,000,000 by Airbnb.
Click on the pink 'List Your Space' button.
You will need to login to your Airbnb account if you have not done so already.
If you don't have an Airbnb account, you will need to create an Airbnb account first.
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12 Responses to "Pay for your next vacation by becoming an Airbnb host - $250 cash bonus for first time hosts in Toronto"
Hey - I used the link and confirmed a booking but there was no notification for the offer. Does the offer apply after the payment goes through?
"Your payment is automatically sent 24 hours after your guest checks in."
I'm guessing Airbnb needs to send the $250 bonus after the guest has checked in, rather than before, in case there is a cancellation.
I would recommend e-mailing that address over contacting the general Airbnb support team. Being a large company, most of their support team likely isn't aware of this promotion being held exclusively in the Toronto market.
Hi! I followed your instructions but did not recieve an email regarding the cash bonus. Only received emails regarding my account now being setup and my listing now being live. I have someone staying next week, do they let you know about the cash bonus ever or they just send it after the first booking?
I followed all the steps above but the $250 isn't showing up in my 'payouts'. My guest has already checked in. How can I fix this?
That address was setup by Airbnb exclusively to handle support for this offer.
Has it been 24 hours since your guest checked in?
According to the offer page: "Your payment is automatically sent 24 hours after your guest checks in."
anyone got 250 cash via this offer? i have done everything still nothing..
I received mine a few days after my guest checked in. Did you already have your guest check in ?
I follow YYZ and the amazing deals you post for us in Toronto, thank you for what you do for us fellow travelers.
I was very motivated by the offer and potential benefits of hosting and went into much expense to renovate our basement and managed to finally put it up on Airbnb. I followed each step and even had my first guest last weekend. I waited for the bonus and on retracing my steps realized I had followed each step but missed one. I missed using the link from your website!
I have called Airbnb to explain my error and they have redirected me to you.
They have looked at my case in detail and understand what happened and aske me to connect with you. I am really hoping you are able to help me get my bonus: I really have gone through much to get started with Airbnb having seen this on your website.
You may want to try e-mailing [email protected] and explaining what happened. This is a support e-mail address set up by Airbnb specifically for this offer and will reach someone that should be able to help.


Île-de-France (literally "Island of France"), also known as the région parisienne, "Paris Region". is one of the twenty-seven regions of France, and includes the city of Paris. It covers 12,012 square kilometers (4,638 square miles), and has its own regional council and president. It has a population of 12,005,077 as of January 2014, or 18.2 percent of the population of France.


Could anyone coach Michael Jordan to fly like that?
I've spent most of the past 20 years working directly with the sales organization in a Fortune 100 company. I've noticed a practice that makes perfectly logical sense, but often fails. It's the promoting of the best salespeople into the sales manager role.
Promotion within companies is a form of reward for success. Sales leadership often has the thought the if they could just have that great salesperson replicate their success with others, good things will happen. Then, they often don't.
Sports is replete with examples of great players who failed miserably as coaches. Here's a fantastic list of great players who were epic failures as coaches from NBC Sports. Meanwhile, role players have become some of history's greatest sports coaches. Coaches like Tom Landry, Phil Jackson, and Pat Riley all had lack-luster playing careers, but became Hall-of-Fame coaches.
The question is why are great players (and salespeople) less successful coaches (managers), while middle-of-the-road players (and sales people) are some of the best coaches (managers)?
I have a working theory about this. There are two kinds of players and salespeople. There are the "the naturals" - those with natural gifts that just make them great. Then there "the workers" - these are the people who have to work their hard to make their quota.
The naturals never had to break down what it takes to become a great hitter or a great sales manager. It comes natural to them and they "just do it." The workers spend their playing or sales careers learning every angle of the game to try to gain some advantage and allow them to compete.
The Hall-of-Fame baseball player George Brett has credited the late Charley Lau with coaching him into the hitter he became. Lau was a below average major league hitter, but he was able to guide Brett into becoming a HOF hitter.
If you asked LeBron James or Michael Jordan or Barry Sanders, "How do you do what you do?" They'd probably shrug their shoulders and say something like, "I just do it."
Charley Lau and Tom Landry were never that guy. They had to break down the game into digestible pieces just to play it. That made them uniquely qualified to help others break it down for players and coach them.
What does the average sales team look like? On a team of 10, hopefully you have one superstar; two if you're lucky. You have two or three good performers. They make quota most of the time with a little guidance. Then you have half a team of people who either have to work really hard at it to make quota or are low performers.
The natural who has been promoted to sales manager tends to go with Ra-ra speeches. Because he or she was a great salesperson, they just needed to be pointed in the right direction. They high-five a lot with their superstars because they "get them." They deal with the good performers because they need them. They're baffled by half their team because they need coaching and they have no idea how to break down what they did as salespeople and transmit it.
Meanwhile, the person who had to struggle as a salesperson understands all the steps it takes to achieve sales success. They note the one thing the great salesperson could be doing even better to take them to the next level. They know how to coach the good performers toward greatness. They identify with the rest of the team. They don't give up or become frustrated with them. They work with those willing to learn and help move them toward being a good performer.
If you look at those two scenarios (and I know there are always exceptions), who is going to have a higher performing team in a year?
Coaching greatness comes from a better understanding of the steps necessary for everyone to get better. Naturals never had to consider all those things themselves and have a hard time becoming teachers since their success was based on instincts and skills their lower performers cannot readily copy.
Am I saying you should never promote your high-performers to sales manager or that average sales people always make great sales managers? Obviously not. I am saying this is a thought process you should consider when hiring sales managers. How good is the candidate at breaking down the sales game and translating it to others who need that coaching?
Michael Jordan couldn't teach others to sail through the air, but a good coach can teach anyone to score and sell.
Ray Davis is the Founder of The Affirmation Spot and co-founder of 6 Sense Media. He’s been writing, recording, and using affirmations for 30 years. He's also the author of Anunnaki Awakening. He's been in B2B sales and sales training for 25 years, writing sales courses and curricula at Fortune 100 company.
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We’ve just returned from a grand three days, participating in the 10th Annual Monte Shelton N.W. Classic Rally. Our ’68 Porsche 911L performed splendidly for the 1,000 miles through Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, and never missed a beat until it was three miles from home. We stopped to pick up our daughter at my wife’s sister’s house, and when we restarted the car, a horrific noise emanated from the engine compartment.
If you’ve been dabbling in collector cars for a decade or more, you’ve been through the meteoric highs and the dismal, depressing lows. Eight years ago, carbureted Ferrari 308s sold for over $70,000, and Boxers passed $250,000. Porsche Speedsters were bringing $100,000, and flat-floor Jaguar E-type convertibles even more. If you were selling, those were pretty good days.
Fifty years from now, this period will be looked upon as the golden age of vintage car motoring. We are fortunate to live at a time when our classics, the cars just now becoming 30 years old, are very proficient machines, capable of satisfying back-road velocity along with high-speed autoroute transits.
We are frequently reminded that there are no constants in the car market. No price is absolutely too high or too low, no deal completely good or bad. A 1966 Triumph TR4 that may only bring $8,000 when dragged out of a garage in Arkansas may fetch $18,000 when fully detailed and offered under the shining lights of the Barrett-Jackson stage. Both prices are correct, and both deals can be called fair.
While most of the collector car market percolates along, with prices for sound cars appreciating gradually, one segment has ignited with the fury of a Saturn V booster rocket. During the last month, John McCaw of Bellevue, Washington, who made his fortune in the cellular phone business, has spent over $40 million enhancing his already formidable Ferrari collection, and at the same time redefined the values of an entire echelon of Ferraris.
What constitutes an original car? Decipher the following advertisement: “Completely original except for new paint, fresh interior and redone engine.” Exactly what is original about this car? Is the new paint enamel when the original was lacquer? Have the seats been upgraded from vinyl to leather? Has a higher-performance camshaft been fitted when the engine was redone?


How can I track recurring revenue in Pipedrive?
There is natively no special feature that tracks recurring revenue, however with a couple of tricks you can set up a process that will allow you to do so.
To summarize, this process will involve running a filter on your won deals, exporting your list, and then re-importing the same list of won deals to Pipedrive, thus creating duplicates of the same deal for the same contact.
Do you offer annual, monthly, or semi-monthly plans? For that matter, do you offer all three? If you need to be able to differentiate between different subscription plans, then it's a good idea to track these in a custom field that documents this.
How does this affect your company's statistics?
When a deal is won it gets stamped with a won time. This won time is what Pipedrive pulls it's Reports from. Do you want your recurring deals to all have won times that reflect the actual date the deal was won? Or do you only need your recurring deals to have one specific date when you charge your customers?
To perform this process, you're going to filter your deals based on Status, Won Time, and if necessary your Custom field that further identifies the subscription.
Then you're going to Import that list of deals back into Pipedrive to create duplicates. Whenever you Import deals into Pipedrive and mark them as won, Pipedrive will stamp the Won time with the same date that you're performing the import.
So if we import won deals on 11/14/2016, they will also be marked as won on 11/14/2016. So if it's important to have an exact date, you'll need to customize the spreadsheet you import to reflect your actual dates.
First, it may be a good idea to create a custom field in order to track your subscriptions better. This is done under Settings > Customize > Custom fields > Deals.
Go to the List View of your Deals tab, and click on your filter button, and click Add new filter.
In this example, we're creating a filter for a custom field that tracks whether the subscription will be an annual or monthly contract.
Once you have generated your filtered list of deals, make sure that you configure the List View to display the columns that you'll need when importing your new deals.
Once you have your list ready, export this list to a spreadsheet.
Now it's time to import your newly exported list back into Pipedrive, thus creating duplicates of your won deals.
Note: Before you import you can opt to re-configure the won time in your exported list to reflect the actual won time of the new deals. If you leave this field blank, or don't include it, Pipedrive will mark all new deals as having a won time that is the date you imported them.
Once your spreadsheet is ready, go to Settings > Tools > Import Data > Deals to import your new recurring deals.
For more information on how to import into Pipedrive, click this link.
Depending on the frequency of your subscriptions, now all you have to do is run your filter, export your deals, update won times (or leave blank), and import the list to generate your new deals.


Can perceptions of equal treatment buffer the negative effects of threat on the school success of minority students? Focusing on minority adolescents from Turkish and Moroccan heritage in Belgium (M[subscript age] = 14.5; N = 735 in 47 ethnically diverse schools), multilevel mediated moderation analyses showed: (a) perceived discrimination at school predicted lower test performance; (b) experimentally manipulated stereotype threat decreased performance (mediated by increased disengagement); (c) perceived equal treatment at school predicted higher performance (mediated by decreased disengagement); and (d) personal and peer perceptions of equal treatment buffered negative effects of discrimination and stereotype threat. Thus, (situational) stereotype threat and perceived discrimination at school both undermine minority student success, whereas perceived equal treatment can provide a buffer against such threats.


For example, let's say that the interviewer asks to give an example where the candidate had to work with different groups and deal with challenges as the groups did not agree. What if the candidate never had this specific experience? Let's say the candidate has significant experience and been reasonably successful. At some level, it would be a bit unfair to assume that every candidate had such an experience as it is somewhat too specific and narrow. Can she just say that she never had such an experience? Or the expectation from McKinsey is that the candiate needs to come up with a good response?
The questions in the PEI part are normally broad enough so that every good candidate should be able to derive a story. Eg if the ask you about an entrepreneurial drive experience, you don’t need to provide evidence of founding your own company – organizing an event in your university, managing a college club or leading some relevant extracurricular activities could be enough. In an equivalent way, every candidate is expected to develop a good story for working in groups and having to lead the group through challenges.
If you say something like that - most probably you will not pass the interview.
Moreover, if the story is not applicable enough, the interviewer might say "This story does not fit. Do you have another story?"
Thus it's critical to prepare a good story to pass the interview.


Just starting out as a Roller Skater? You may want to answer some basic questions. First you might ask, what are my desires and goals that I wish to obtain with skating? Do I just want to work on staying physically fit, having fun or do I want to work towards learning a discipline?
Roller Skating just for fun, as a family and working together to stay physically fit is Fantastic! It is a great way to bring a family together enjoying exercise and companionship. Now ask, what type of skate would better fit your individual goals, Quads or In-line (Roller Blades). Understand that not everyone in the family will need nor desire the exact same type of Skate.
Going along with the choosing of a skate you would have to decide where you plan to skate. Should it be indoors (rink), or should I skate outdoors? You might want a balance of both indoor and outdoor roller skating. That is really a great idea but check with you local skating rink and find out what their policy is for using dual purpose roller skates. Some rinks will not allow skates on their floor that have been used outdoors, You may have to change out the wheels.
What is the value of finding an indoor skating rink? Most of the roller rinks are set up to accommodate skaters desires and many of the disciplines. One night might be Artistic type skating, another night Dance Skating, and then Speed Skating.
Indoor skating rinks also provide rental skate and play music. Many of the roller rinks also have a snack bar where one can get a variety of items. However if you are working towards the Physical Fitness Aspects you may wish to avoid the snack bar.
Do not let Cost deter you Roller Skating desires. With the purchase of your own quality Skates you are set to skate for free outdoors. So get out and skate in and with Nature, Relieving the stresses of the day and work on maintaining fitness.
Even Roller Skating Outdoors, one can usually find the discipline they choose to pursue. If you find that there isn't a support group established for that discipline, Network and get one established. Most likely you will find a number of people wanting to do the same thing.
Most cities are now planning and building Parks, Beach Walks, and even Avenues to accommodate Skating, Biking and Jogging. Take a Look around your area and find all the great things available to enable Roller Skating. Find places that you could even Roller Skate when it was raining or snowing.
It is time for everyone to get Rolling!
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In an attempt to answer the many questions, the GEORGIA FLAG FACTS COMMITTEE has researched the development of the official GEORGIA FLAG from its first mention in the official records of the state government to present. The findings are presented here so the citizens of Georgia might form their opinions concerning the GEORGIA FLAG based upon FACTS.
Question: When did the State of Georgia first adopt an official flag?
Question: If no record is found that the first commonly used flag was officially adopted, when was the first official flag adopted?
Question: The state flag is no longer shown with the Confederate "Stars and Bars" adaptation. When was it changed?
Question: What is the 1956 design and where did it originate?
The 1956 design is an adaptation of the Cross of Saint Andrew. The version used in the official flag of Georgia was taken directly from the field or battle flag of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America. The design was used by the Army of the Confederate States of America - of which Georgia was a part - during the War Between the States.
Question: Why did the Confederate States Army not use the "Stars and Bars" alone; after all, it was their official flag?
Question: Who proposed that the Georgia flag be changed to reflect the Cross of Saint Andrew rather than the Stars and Bars?
Question: Why was the flag changed?
Question: Some have claimed that the 1954 school desegregation decision by the U.S. Supreme Court stimulated the change in 1956. Is this true?
Question: Some claim that Hardin, Davis and Bell might not be willing to tell the truth - that they might have tried to hide their 'real' purpose. Could this be true?
Question: Judge Bell is still alive yet Senator Hardin and Senator Davis are now deceased. Is there any evidence that they felt the same?
Question: Isn't it true that these gentlemen would not have admitted to any motivation concerning defiance of integration in 1956?
Question: Is it just a coincidence that the flag was changed two years after the Brown vs. Board of Education case in the U.S. Supreme Court?
Question: Since 1956, has the issue of the flag come before the General Assembly?
Until the mid 1980s, the issue was brought up twice by a lady representing a portion of Sumter County. In 1970 a motion to postpone the resolution was overwhelmingly passed. When it the issue came to the floor of the House of Representatives in 1972 it was defeated 139 to 20. Clearly, the General Assembly did not want to change the flag.
Question: Isn't it true that a large part of the population wants the flag to be changed?


What are the three meninges of the brain?
The meninges are three layers of protective tissue called the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater. The dura mater is the most superior/outer of the meningeal layers. Its name literally translates to "hard mother" and it is tough and inflexible. This tissue forms several structures that separate the cranial cavity into compartments and protect the brain from displacement. The arachnoid is the middle layer of the meninges. In some areas, it projects into the sinuses formed by the dura mater. The subarachanoid space lies between the arachnoid and pia mater. It is filled with cerebrospinal fluid. All blood vessels entering the brain, as well as cranial nerves pass through this space. The pia mater is the innermost layer of the meninges. Unlike the other layers, this tissue adheres closely to the brain, running down into the sulci and fissures of the cortex.


The price for gold is determined by auction between the major bullion banks, beginning at 3pm London time on UK working weekdays. Similar auctions beginning at 12pm and 2pm London time determine the prices for silver and platinum. These prices are published on the London Bullion Market Association website at midnight. These London Prices are recognized globally as the benchmarks for valuing gold, silver and platinum.
Ordering at the Daily Price is an easy way to buy and sell. Tell us how much you want to trade and we'll do the rest for you.
The prices are made public on UK working weekdays at midnight London time. Place your order for gold by 2.45pm (11.45am for silver, 1:45pm for platinum).
Your order will be processed shortly after the prices are determined, using a provisional, estimated price. It will then be adjusted to the published price on the following working day. We charge 0.5% for buying or selling gold, silver or platinum at the Daily Price. There is an additional 0.3% currency-switching fee for orders placed in British Pounds, Euros or Japanese Yen. To avoid the currency-switching fee fund your account in US Dollars or trade on the live order board. Standard fees apply for storage and insurance.
On BullionVault you buy bullion in whole grams. When your buy order is executed, you will likely have some cash left over that is less than the cost of a single gram. This left-over money will be returned to your available balance.
No price is published on Saturday and Sunday, or on UK public holidays. Open orders are only executed on days when an appropriate price has been published.
When do I get my bullion or money?
Even though an order at the Daily Price does not settle for two days, the bullion and cash pending settlement will be visible on your Account Balance screen and will contribute to your overall total valuation.
Why can’t I buy gold in New York at the Daily Price?
Because of lower demand for bullion in the New York vault, we do not offer the option to buy or sell at the Daily Price in New York.
How does BullionVault determine a price per kg?
The Daily Price is published in troy ounces in US Dollars, Euros and British Pounds (1 troy oz = 0.0311034768 kg). On BullionVault you place orders in kilograms. We convert the as-published price to a per-kg amount and round up to the nearest Dollar, Euro and Pound. We generate a price in Japanese Yen using the US Dollar price and the Dollar-Yen exchange rate at the time. We use the same price per kg for buying and for selling with no spread.
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Fact check: 4.5 million new jobs created under Obama?
With the Democratic National Convention in full swing, a number of party leaders are attempting to boost President Barack Obama's re-election effort by asserting that 4.5 million new jobs have been created during his term.
Obama himself has recently claimed more job growth in the past 27 months than President George W. Bush created "during the entire seven years before this crisis."
"Despite incredible odds and united Republican opposition, our president took action, and now we've seen 4.5 million new jobs," San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro said in his keynote address at the DNC on Tuesday night.
That statistic was echoed by virtually all of Tuesday night's speakers, including first lady Michelle Obama, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who previously served as Obama's chief of staff.
However, CNN fact-checked that claim and found it to be "not the whole picture." Instead, CNN found that there has been a net increase of just 300,000 nonfarm payroll jobs since Obama took office. And if you count government jobs, there are actually 400,000 fewer people working today than in January 2009.
When Democrats use the 4.5 million jobs number, they're referring to jobs created after the economy bottomed out in January 2010, one year after Obama took office. That time frame excludes the worst job losses, which took place in 2009, and which many Democrats argue were the result of Bush policies.
CNN concludes: "The figure of 4.5 million jobs is accurate if you look at the most favorable period and category for the administration. But overall, there are still fewer people working now than when Obama took office at the height of the recession."
Still, a historical analysis of job growth percentages shows that Obama still fares better than some recent presidents. As of July, Obama is averaging +0.84 percent annual job growth in his term. That places him ahead of Bush, who saw +0.51 percent growth in his first term and -0.84 percent in his second term. Obama is also tracking better than George H.W. Bush, who presided over +0.69 percent growth during his one term in the White House.
However, Obama's job growth percentages trail far behind those of some other recent presidents, including Bill Clinton (+2.60 percent and +1.60 percent), Ronald Reagan (+1.75 percent and +2.53 percent) and even Jimmy Carter (+2.30 percent).


How has it been as a child?
I fulfil a desire. My first theatrical impression to inflame my phantasy was a vaudeville evening with magicians, musical clowns, operetta singers, trained pigeons and dogs. The environment of this event couldn't have been poorer - and more phantastic. The public was an adventurous result of an adventurous historical situation: soldiers, English and Russian prisoners of war, and locals, which meant ten notables and the peasants from around. I was seven years old and had been given my parents' permission to accompany them. This must have been my first great love. I've never lost my feelings for this minimalistic form of theatre, and I'm happy to discover it from time to time in the great world of theatre. Shakespeare, Schubert, Mozart, Picasso - and Eleonora Duse: the greatest draw all their knowledge from the most humble. I fulfil a child's dream.


Five tennis players of USA were asked to rank 5 football teams - P, Q, R, S and T - of other countries from 1 to 5 as per their performances in last year’s tournament, where rank 1 being the highest and rank 5 being the lowest. Team P was ranked same by all the five players while team Q was ranked same by exactly 4 players. Team R was given the same rank by 3 players and another same rank by 2 players. Team S was given the same rank by 3 players and two different ranks by the other 2 players and team T was ranked same by only 2 players and ranked different by the other 3. At the end, each team was assigned a final rank equivalent to the rank that was assigned to that team by maximum number of players. All five teams had different final ranks and final ranks of teams P, Q and R were 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Also, team R was ranked 4 by exactly two players. Each player had given a different ranking to each of the five teams.
Find the sum of the two ranks given to the team S, which were different from the same rank given by the three players?
The sum of the two ranks given to team S that were different is 7.
With this ranking setup The two different rankings for team S are 3 and 4 which sum together to 7.


I was browsing the documentation section of cmusphinx.org and was very impressed. Compared to my ad-hoc version of documents back in www.cs.cmu.edu/~archan, or the old robust group document, it is a huge improvement.
What is the challenging to develop documentation for speech recognition? I believe the toughest part is that some people still see speech recognition as a programming task. In real-life though, speech recognition application should be viewed as a data analysis task.
Here is why: suppose you work on a normal programming task, once you figure out the algorithm, you job is pretty much done.
On a speech app though, that is just a tiny step towards a system which is good. For example, you might notice that your dictionary is not refined enough such that some of the words are not recognized correctly. Or you found that your language model has something wrong such that a certain trigrams never appears.
Those tasks, in terms of skill sets, require a person to stay in front of the Linux console, then come up with a Eureka moment : "Oh, that's what's wrong!". So the job "Speech Scientist" usually requires knowledge of statistics, machine learning and more generally good analytic skills.
Your basic Linux skill is also extremely important: e.g. a senior researcher once shows me how he did many things solely on perl one-liner. As it turns out, when you can wield perl one-liner correctly, you can solve many text processing problem with one command! This would save you a lot of time in writing a throw-away script and allow you to focus on analysis why things are going wrong.
http://cmusphinx.org/wiki, I found much of material very useful. Check it out!
What should be our focus in Speech Recognition?
If you worked in a business long enough, you start to understand better what type of work are important. As many things in life, sometimes the answer is not trivial. For example, in speech recognition, what are the important ingredients to work on?
Many people will instinctively say the decoder. For many, the decoder, the speech recognizer, oorr the "computer thing" which does all the magic of recognizing speech, is the core of the works.
Indeed, working on a decoding is loads of fun. If you a fresh new programmer, it is also one of those experiences, which will teach you a lot of things. Unlike thousands of small, "cool" algorithms, writing a speech recognizer requires you to work out a lot of file format issues, system issues. You will also touch a fairly advanced dynamic programming problem : writing a Viterbi search. For many, it means several years of studying source code bases from the greats such as HTK, Sphinx and perhaps in house recognizers.
Writing a speech recognizer is also very important when you need to deal with speed issues. You might want to fit a recognizer into your mobile phone or even just a chip. For example, in Voci, an FPGA-based speech recognizer was built to cater ultra-high speed speech recognition (faster than 100xRT). All these system-related issues required understanding of the decoder itself.
This makes speech recognition an exciting field similar to chess programming. Indeed the two fields are very similar in terms of code development. Both require deep understanding of search as a process. Both have eccentric figures popped up and popped out. There are more stories untold than told in both field. Both are fascinating fields.
There is one thing which speech recognition and chess programming are very different. This is also a subtle point which even many savvy and resourceful programmers don't understand. That is how each of these machines derived their knowledge sources. In speech, you need to have a good model to do decent jobs for your task. In chess though, most programmers can proceed to write a chess player with the standard piece values. As a result, there is a process before anyone can use a speech recognizer. That is to first train an acoustic model and a language model.
In both type of tasks, one require learning different from a programming training. 10 years ago, those skill are generally carried by "Mathematician, Statistician or People who specialized in Machine Learning". Now there is new name : "Big Data Analyst".
Before I stopped, let me mention another type of work, which are important in real life. What I want to say is transcription and dictionary work. If you asked some high-minded researchers in the field, they will almost think those are not interesting work. Yet, in real-life, you can almost always learn something new and improve your systems based on them. May be I will talk about this more next time.
Again, I feel rejuvenated. Last few months of experience start to make me more unified both as a person and as a technical person. When you start to work on something which draw up all you know in your life, you know that you are walking on the right path.
Things are starting to look more and more interesting.
Development of Sphinx 3.X (X = 6 to 8) and its Ramification.
One of the things I have done back in Sphinx is to so called "Great Refactoring" of Sphinx 3, SphinxTrain and sphinxbase. It was started by me but mostly took up by Dave (in a disgruntled manner 🙂 ). I write this article to reflect the whole process and ask if I have done the right thing.
The background is like this: as you know, the CMU sphinx project has many recognizers. Sphinx2, 3, 4, PocketSphinx and MultiSphinx. It's easy to understand why that happened in the first place. CMU is an university and understandably would have many different types of projects. In essence, when someone think of a good new idea, they will simply implement a recognizer. The by-product of it would be a PhD thesis or some kind of project reports.
There is nothing wrong with that. Think of the pain of understanding and changing a recognizer which has 10-30 thousand lines of code, you will know that it is not for the faint of heart. Many of the original programmers of the recognizers also have practical reason to ignore code re-usability - many of them have deadlines to meet. So I always feel empathy towards them.
Of course, on the other side of the coin, having many recognizers gives users a mild amount of pain. Just to look at 3.0 and 3.3, command-line interface had changed (e.g. -meanfn becomes -mean). So when people need to interface with the code, it would take some understanding. The bigger problem is that do you expect a certain feature appears in one of the decoders to appear in another? This kind of inconsistency is very hard to explain to normal users.
So here comes the first change at 3.5, or around 6-7 years ago, I decided to merge 3.0's series of tools and recognizer with 3.3, the fast decoder. I got to say, the decision is mainly driven by young naivete and year-long insomnia. ( 🙂 ). There were also frustration from users which drove me to make those changes. In 3.5, the main thing I did was just to "port" the tool from the old 3.0 such as allphone, astar, align to 3.x. There are some command-line interface changes. So far, all are cool.
Then it comes to 3.6, at this point, I started to realize a lot of underlying functions and libraries are duplicated. For example, we have multiple GMM computation routines but you can't use them in all tools which call GMM computation. Like allphone in 3.5 used GMM computation, but you can't expect any fast GMM computation in 3.4 can be used in allphone. Simply because the library wasn't shared.
So what did young and naive me thought? Let's try to write a single architecture to incorporate all these different things! (!!!!) Now... this is what I think where things go wrong.
Let me explain a little bit more. There is a legitimate reason why the original programmer (Ravi) decides to split the tools into multiple parts and let code duplicates. Simply because, the issue in align is not necessarily the issue of decode. If the programmer of align needs to consider issues of decode, then it will take a long time to really get any programming done.
This happens to be the case of Sphinx 3.X. Now for the development of Sphinx 3.X, there was another undesirable factor. That is I decided to leave - I simply couldn't overcome the economic force at the time - a startup company is willing to hire me.
To complicate the matter, we *also* decide to factor out common parts between SphinxTrain and sphinx3 to avoid code duplication between the two. Again, it is driven by legitimate concern, the fact that there were two feature extraction routines in two packages constantly make users ask themselves whether the front-end are matched.
All of these except I am leaving are good things but they just entail coding time. Now the end effect is that it makes the effort too big, too time-consuming. 3.6 took me around 1 year to write and release. I release an official release at around mid of 2006 but there are still too many issues in the program. The latter 3.8, Dave has taken up and really fixed many bugs. So I always think it's Dave to make sphinx 3.X in the current stable form.
To the credit of the guys in the team, they really bash me : Evandro, being circumspect and consistent, always asked if it is a good idea in the first place. Ravi, always the wise man, had brought up the issues of merging the code. And of course, there is Dave, he deserves most of the credits for fixing a lot of nasty bugs.
So, in fact, it is really I should be blamed in the process. I guess I am finally mature enough to apologize to everyone.
So you may wonder why I said all of these? Oh well, first of all, that's because I am going to put work on the recognizers again. Not just on Sphinx 3, but all other recognizers. So my first hope is that I don't repeat my past problems.
Now given the code is being iterated in last 6 years, the benefit of merging the code in Sphinx 3 starts to really show up. People can do a lot of more things than the past. Is it good enough? I don't think so. Sphinx 3 has a lot of potentials but it's very misunderstood. In a nutshell, I need to put more work on it in the future.
Programming as a profession is a a strange one. If you are a doctor, you can usually carry your knowledge and skills from one place to another provided that you have exactly the same tool. If you are a programmer, you speed and skill are partially determined by the tools you build in house for a particular place. So for example, I am not supposed to use any tool I built when I worked in the small video-advertising start-up. Even if I can do something in 1 second at that period of time, if I change my job, I will need to restart and rebuild the tool again. We are probably talking about days to rebuild the tool and weeks to refine it again.
There is one exception: if you worked in open source, much of your code would be stored in a public place. Even when you have left your job for long time, it is legit for you to use it again. You don't have to solve the same problem again and again. This is the beauty of open source and I am greatly benefited by it personally.
sphinx4/ 11344 3 weeks nshmyrev Properly sets logger for AudioFileDataSource. Thanks to Bandele Ola.
How exciting is that? You got only 6 to 7 top level directories 7 years ago!
From now on, I will start to put more notes on different tools in the repository.
After several years not touching Sphinx (or for that regard, any serious coding), I start to have a conversation with myself, namely, the me who maintained Sphinx 3.X 6 years ago.
Experience with many outside companies changed me. I literally turned from a naive twenty something guy to a thirty something guy. Still naive, but my world view has certainly changed. In fact, for many purposes, I found that learning all components of Sphinx is very beneficial.
Let's think in this way: each of the project from CMU Sphinx was meant to solve a practical problem in real life. For example, in Sphinx 4, not only you have great out-of-the-box performance. You also got the native code which can be incorporated into Java-based servers. This is a huge plus when you are thinking of writing a web application. And web applications will be around for a long time.
Same as PocketSphinx, it is meant to be a version of Sphinx which can be integrated different embedded systems. I am yet to learn about MultiSphinx but I always have faith on Dave and his ideas.
This makes me want to learn again. It's weird, once you open your mind, you will see doors everywhere. For me, my next targets would be learning Sphinx 4 and PocketSphinx. Both of them have great importance. Will I still work on Sphinx 3? Probably. X can always bigger than 8. It's the programming reality which makes me change. As I would think now, it's a good change, a very good change.
I have left the development of CMU Sphinx for around 6 years. Geez. Talking about changes. During the time, I went to work for one startup and one defense contractor. Start numerous non-speech related blogs.
I certainly have fun but feel drifted at the same time - both companies I worked with are extraordinary but their causes are not mine. As you know, life without a cause is a tough life.
And now when I am inspecting Sphinx and open source speech recognition again. Wow, there are tons of changes. The awareness of the need of open source speech recognition has never been so acute and high. The performance of open source speech recognition still requires a lot of work but it is no longer unthinkable to deploy an open source speech recognizer in a real application.
There are more resources for learning how to use a speech recognizer. Thanks to dedicated Sphinx developers such as David Huggins-Daines and Nickolay Shmyrev. Many more people learn about how to properly use Sphinx and there are more documentation around.
There are also more resources for building a speech recognizer. One notable effort is Voxforge led by Ken McClean which dedicated to accumulate clean and transcribed data over the time. Though I don't know how large is its size, I admire the dedication of Ken. Someone should start such a project long long time ago. Once it is started, there is a chance that open source data would be an important source of speech data in future.
In my last 6 years, I can only act as a bystander of Sphinx development. I change job again recently and will work with a company which is close to Sphinx. I don't know how much I will do *real* work. But I am glad that Sphinx and I cross paths again. At the very least, I hope to contribute ideas to the community and help this great project grows.
I stopped using this blog for 3 years and now I decide to claim it. My life as the "Grand Janitor" of the Sphinx software is very memorable for me. It was unfortunate for me to stop the blog and had only write on-line in other venues.
I will start to blog more about speech recognition and natural language processing. This is probably time for me to read up again. My another blog, Random Thought of Arthur Chan, will solely put my thought on other random things in the world.
In any case, it's good to meet all of you again. We'll have fun.


What Does a Court Take into Consideration When Awarding Child Custody?
When awarding child custody and care of a marriage, a court should take into consideration all the circumstances of each particular case. The court attempts to accomodate the best environment in order to secure proper care and attention as well as education for the child. Ultimately, the court will always make a decision based on the best interests of the child.
In Awarding Custody, Does a Court Take into Consideration a Child's Wishes?
In order for the court to give a child's wishes weight in making the decision, the child must be sufficiently mature to be able to formulate and express a reliable opinion and request as to his/her custody. Although the child's opinion will not be the controlling factor, it may be considered by the court in determining custody in some circumstances.
Are There Ever Any Cases Where the Court Must Follow the Child's Request?
Some jurisdictions have specific statutes regarding the child's wishes in determining custody rights. Many jurisdictions have adopted statutes that declare when a child reaches a particular age, the child must be allowed to choose their custodian. If the jurisdiction has not yet established such a statute, then the court is able to use the child's request at its discretion.
Why Not Grant Custody to the Parent of the Child's Choice?
Another reason the child's wishes may be ignored is if the Court determines the child is not old enough to make his/her own custody decision.
Do I Need an Attorney to Facilitate the Child Custody Procedure?
The Court can take into consideration a number of different factors that affect a child's environment. In some circumstances, a child's wishes may influence a court's decision in granting custody. A skilled child custody attorney will be able to assist you in presenting your case and instruct you on children laws in your area.


What's the difference between Portrait Dolls, Dollhouse Dolls, Available Dolls, Character Dolls, Customized Dolls etc.? Well, they're all dollhouse dolls in 1/12 scale (one inch = one foot). All of the dolls were created by me. I made the original models and from them the plaster molds. I then pour the heads, arms, legs and chestplate (or body) from porcelain slip, clean the greenware, sharpen the features and then fire it to 2,250 degrees. All the faces are then china painted and refired up to 10 times. So what makes them different?
The Portrait Dolls have their own category because they are one-of-a-kind dolls made from your photos. My sample portrait dolls are shown so you can see examples of my work. I use mainly celebrities because you can recognize them. Ordinarily they are dolls made to resemble people like you.
The Available Dolls are ready to move into your dollhouse today. They've been dressed in period costumes right down to their authentic shoes. Their hair is combed and their bags are packed (figuratively speaking). They cost a little bit less than the same doll if you were to buy it customized.
The Customized Dolls are a sort of mix and match. You choose from among the many doll heads and period costumes and decide on the hand pose, eye and hair color. I'm continually adding new dolls and costumes so if you don't see what you want today you may see it sometime soon. The costumes are categorized by century. At present there ae 13 men's costumes pictured. The women's and children's costumes will be added soon.
The Character Dolls are both 'story book" characters as well as character types (such as a gypsy fortune teller, a bag lady, a bum etc.). The story book characters include Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Scrooge and Jacob Marley. Feel free to suggest others to me, including fantasy dolls. I already plan to do a Wizard, like Merlin.
Doll Kits are available for all the dolls I've created (except the one-of-a-kind dolls). The kits come assembled (but undressed), in parts with the body and instructions or with no body or instructions. The doll heads are china painted but Unwigged. The shoes come in many periods and styles, but are unpainted. Kits range from $45.00 to $75.00.
When you are researching the accessories to put in your period dollhouses, or reading about the costumes for your period dolls, do you ever wonder what your own Victorian or Colonial ancestors were like? If you've ever wanted to research your own heritage, but couldn't find the time, you might be interested in going to Climb Your Family Tree. It's a web site for those who are just getting into genealogy. There is a lot of do-it-yourself help as well as someone you can hire to do the research for you. Nothing brings history alive like climbing your own family tree.


The Free Library > Date > 2018 > March > 9 > International Business Times - US ed.
Does Bethenny Frankel Have Custody Of Her Daughter?
Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy may have finalized their divorce in 2016, but the former couple is still at war over custody of their 7-year-old daughter Bryn. The "Real Housewives of New York City" star, who filed for divorce in 2012, is suing her ex-husband for primary custody of their child, and has been ordered to return to court by a Manhattan judge.
Since their split, Frankel and Hoppy's relationship has been quite tumultuous, with the Bravo star requesting an order of protection against her ex. However, the former spouses must head to court to undergo forensic evaluations with Bryn.
"They are due back in court on May 10th and the evaluations are to be completed by then, that's why the judge gave them so much time between now and then," a source told (http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/919539/judge-orders-bethenny-frankel-and-jason-hoppy-to-get-forensic-custody-evaluations-with-bryn) E! News.
The judge's order comes four years after the initial evaluation. "Back in 2013 when the divorce and custody initially happened, this same doctor did a forensic custody evaluation at the time," the insider explained.
"The judge today ordered that same doctor do another forensic custody evaluation to update his first report from 2013. He will meet with Bryn and Jason, and then Bryn with Bethenny 6 separately but in person 6 and observe each of them with the child."
(https://pagesix.com/2018/03/08/judge-wants-bethenny-frankels-daughter-to-see-psychologist/?_ga=2.153185144.1589571143.1520438882-400320280.1491481770) On Thursday , Frankel's attorney, Allan Mayefsky, told Judge Michael Katz joint custody wasn't an option for his client.
"The harassment, the stalking, the 500 emails in 90 days, in which he called her a 'sad, miserable, bitter old woman,' and said, 'I'll pray for you,' while asking about life insurance - a veiled threat - there's no way these parties can be joint custodians," he stated.
Mayefsky later accused Hoppy of wanting to share custody in order to receive steady checks from the Skinnygirl founder. "He wants joint custody because he wants the child support and he wants to be able to continue to see and harass my client," he said.
Hoppy's lawyer, Robert Wallack, denied his client has been harassing Frankel. The attorney made it clear they had no intention of giving the (http://www.ibtimes.com/rhony-season-10-trailer-carole-radziwill-confronts-bethenny-frankel-luann-de-lesseps-2658841) "RHONY" star sole custody of Bryn, and will instead fight for joint custody of the child.
A Decision Is Made Regarding Victoria And Ashley On 'The Young and the Restless'.
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S To Have Small Corner Notch.


The following article is about Guidelines in Finding Fitness Club. Fitness centers help us to keep our body fit and active. We can also strengthen our bones. So we should take some precautions while we are selecting a fitness club.
We can take suggestion of physician or a fitness trainer to know about the health clubs. There are some guide lines to follow while we are selecting the fitness club. We should have thorough knowledge about these fitness centers before we join as there will some contracts which we have to sign and they will not be easy to break. Guidelines for finding fitness club are as follows.
3 Are the members of the club friendly and can they be your friends?
7 What do people say about it?
We should see whether our timings are suitable with the fitness club timings or not. We should check whether the equipment is in good condition or not. We should also check whether there all types of machines are there and are they sufficient to all members. So that we will not waste our time by falling in line and waiting for our turn to come.
Are the members of the club friendly and can they be your friends?
We should check whether trainers are good at training or not. We should see whether they are friendly, nice and humble with us. Because fitness clubs also helps in social interaction with others. The trainer should also be helpful, professional and friendly. Trainer should be certified professionally.
We should also see whether we are getting better services with in our budget. We should also see that how many years completed for the fitness club. We should check whether all machines are there are not.
Before joining the fitness club we should compare the fitness centers and which are providing the best services compared to others. We should not stick to one fitness club.
Take your time to gather feedback from other members. Ask them what they can say about the club and let them tell you about the experiences with the facility.
We should also know about the fitness club from the already existing members who are under training. Thus by following above guide lines we can select the best fitness club with in our budget, timings and location. We should also follow the dress code given by the fitness club. We should also do exercises regularly and take diet food while we are going for fitness centers.
Make Your Own Weight-Training Program!


How to upload from Lightroom to Smugmug?
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a photography software program developed by Adobe Systems. The software runs on both Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows platforms. Lightroom facilitates users to store digital photographs in large quantities and also allows them to do any post production editing. In all, Lightroom combines photo management & editing features. Lightroom is meant for people or photographers who take digital photography seriously.
1. Open Lightroom and you should see Smugmug Logo under Publish Services.
2. Click â€˜Set Upâ€™ on the bar to open Lightroom Publishing Manager and highlight SmugMug.
3. Now you should see two buttons here: â€˜New to SmugMugâ€™ and â€˜Authorize Accountâ€™.
a. Clicking on â€˜New to SmugMugâ€™ will allow you to create a new SmugMug account, if you donâ€™t have one.
b. Clicking on â€˜Authorize Accountâ€™ would allow SmugMug to transmit your account info to Lightroom. Verify your account.
4. Back to Lightroom. Configure your settings in the â€˜Publishing Manager windowâ€™. This allows you to choose how you want your files to be named, resized, etc. on each upload.
5. Click â€˜Saveâ€™ when you're done. If you kept Sync Hierarchy checked, Lightroom will take a few minutes to pull in your SmugMug galleries. Your galleries will appear at the left, arranged by Category.
6. Its time to edit. Open the gallery you want to edit in Lightroomâ€™s â€˜Develop Paneâ€™. And save.
Photos and videos are precious memories and all of us never want to ever lose them to hard disk crashes or missing drives. PicBackMan is the easiest and simplest way to keep your photos/vidoes safely backed up in one or more online accounts. Simply download PicBackMan (it's free!), register your account, connect to your online store and tell PicBackMan where your photos and videos are - PicBackMan does the rest, automatically. It bulk uploads all photos and videos and keeps looking for new ones and uploads those too. You don't have to ever touch it.


Russian ambassador in Kabul says US applying same tactics as Soviets in the 1980s.
For the first time since the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1989, and the subsequent fall of the Najibullah government in 1996, Russia says it is ready to play a greater political and economic role in the country it formerly occupied.
It has co-operated with Nato and other western deployments, opening up transit routes for international forces and initiating bilateral co-operation with Kabul.
Andrey Avetisyan, the Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, says Moscow supports the continuing presence of international troops in Afghanistan. However he worries that the international community, especially the US, are committing the same mistakes made during the Soviet occupation.
Al Jazeera interviewed the Russian envoy at his country's new embassy in Kabul.
Al Jazeera: Russia has maintained a low-key presence in Afghanistan for the past few years. Is it preparing to change that approach and move toward a new role in this country?
Andrey Avetisyan: Indeed, we have been playing it kind of low-profile for the past eight years possibly because Russia was looking for its place in the modern Afghan situation. Our firm resolution was, and still is, that Russia is never going to be involved in Afghanistan militarily. We have been waiting for a moment, a good chance to come back to do other things.
This moment seems to have come because in Afghanistan we see, at last, not only fighting but efforts to revive this country, to rebuild its economy ... to do something for education.
These are positive developments because we have been telling our Western friends you cannot win in Afghanistan by fighting terrorism alone. Of course, we support this fight against terrorism and drug-trafficking because the flow of drugs affects Russia a lot. It affects us more than any other country because a lot of it goes through Russia and stays there.
How has Russia supported the so-called war on terror and what changes would you like to see in that effort?
We support the international forces in Afghanistan. We are not interested in their defeat because otherwise we will have to deal with this problem in the future and I think it is in our common interest to join forces.
We have opened transit routes through Russia for example; we train some Afghan police and we are thinking of increasing that number. We are ready to provide Afghanistan with all possible assistance here.
I don't think military victory is possible in Afghanistan in the sense of a conventional war or traditional war, like the Second World War and such. In the end, international forces will leave Afghanistan but the war or the fighting will not stop immediately. Our common responsibility and common goal is to prepare Afghanistan and Afghan security forces to stand and fight alone and to complete this task without an international presence.
The time has not yet come for this because the Afghan army and police are yet to be increased in numbers and should be trained.
Why has Russia has been critical of the attempts to impose Western-style democratic institutions and of the pressures exerted on the Karzai government during the elections?
The democratic institutions need to be supported more than ever and more so in Afghanistan than in any other place because it is a young democracy.
We provide such support for example in increasing relations between parliaments.
But you are right - we were quite critical during the election period because we are sure that the Afghans must not be pushed too hard. It must be done step-by-step. Slowly. You can't have elections in Afghanistan as neatly as in Finland, for example, because the situation is different. But some people wanted to have it in a classic Western style.
Afghan society is so different from elsewhere that one must understand or at least try to understand this before trying to go too far in imposing democratic principles immediately.
Was this one of the things Russia learnt during its invasion years – trying to impose too much without understanding local conditions?
That was one of the mistakes. Unfortunately, as we say to our American partners, they are repeating the same mistake. Which is a pity, because they have an advantage to learn from our mistakes. But many mistakes are repeated. We are not very happy about it because we are now partners.
They are more or less applying the same approach as the Soviet army in the 1980s - holding towns and some bases without widening the influence. We are not talking only of military but political influence as well to the countryside and provinces. They have provincial centres in all Afghan provinces, but unfortunately little else.
But the new Western approach of protecting civilians is, I think, a step in the right direction.
International forces have also been talking of withdrawing to urban areas and protecting ten population centres.
The idea to withdraw comes inevitably because nobody can stay here forever but another mistake that must be avoided is to leave Afghanistan without preparing and establishing effective and functioning power structures. Otherwise, this war can be fought for another 10 or 20 years and when international forces leave, the problems will remain.
Building institutions, effective power structures, effective government, which is representative of all political forces in Afghanistan - that is what is needed. Without these in place, the international community cannot leave.
So is Russia comfortable with an open-ended international presence?
I would not say it is open-ended. The moment will come when we all feel that the government is quite capable to do without the international military presence.
Should there be a date for withdrawal as some people have suggested?
I am afraid dates and deadlines spoil the whole thing. When you have a date you relax and just wait for the date to arrive.
Are you comfortable with the anticipated increase in Nato and Isaf troops?
I think, and this is my personal opinion, that some increase is needed to improve the situation now, in the short term. If in the short-term period the international presence manages to improve the military and political situation, then it will be easier to build the power structure, economy and other important things. So strategically before withdrawal some tactical increase is needed.
Is Russia uneasy about a US military presence in Central Asian countries which have traditionally fallen under Moscow's sphere of strategic influence?
We do not divide the world into spheres of influence. We are all engaged in this counter-terrorism effort together. So we don't see this presence as a threat to us because we are contributing to a common effort. I don't think it is a problem.
Are you worried about the military situation in northern Afghanistan?
That is why I said we are not interested in international forces being defeated here because we understand that this threat is a threat to our security as well. Maybe even more than other countries far away because we feel ourselves as neighbours of Afghanistan even though we do not share a common border.
We are very interested in stabilising Afghanistan and ready to help in that endeavour.
There is now a lot of talk about reconciliation and reintegration of the Taliban and other anti-government forces.
Reconciliation and reintegration are two different things. Reintegration is when we speak about soldiers and field commanders and such who possibly fight for money or because they don't have other things to do; for example, someone whose house was destroyed by mistake by the army or someone else and is now seeking revenge.
If these people see prospects for themselves, for their families to live normal lives, they can be reintegrated and this must be encouraged by the government.
Reconciliation is a possibility. If we take the Taliban, for example, there is a possibility for the leadership to enter the political stream. Well, in the future it is possible. But it is a very delicate and slow process. It should be a slow process. We must not rush it.
It cannot happen next year. Because it is difficult to come to an agreement right after fighting. Some time has to pass. But they are all Afghans and in the end they have to find ways to reconcile.
It is a difficult process, however. What Russia is clearly opposed to is removing some people from the UN sanctions list and bringing them here. We must have serious reasons for de-listing and it is a very difficult process.
The UN Security Council's al-Qaeda and Taliban sanctions committee - set up in 1999 - has a list of names of people considered to be linked to either organisation. Reviewing this list and taking some names off the list is now being considered as one important initial step toward reconciliation with members of the Taliban.
This proposal has been mooted earlier by those encouraging these reconciliation talks including the go-betweens. Taking any names off the list requires consensus of all 15 committee members, including Russia. What is Moscow's take on this?
We do not see a very serious effort yet. If in the future everybody agrees this is going to be positive device and that it will help Afghanistan and its people to return to normality without killing each other, then we could support it.
This is obviously not the time to do de-listing; but as I have pointed out, the process is step-by-step and must be first started by the Afghans themselves, not by New York or Moscow or Washington.
And [President Hamid] Karzai openly invited them to reconcile and called them 'brothers'. This is a good step forward.


How to create a OS X Lion or Mountain Lion USB drive in 3 easy steps! You will need a 8Gb or lager USB Drive. Step 1: Get OS X Lion or Mountain Lion Installer Image. (You can purchase the OS X installer through the Apple App Store or download the original app store release through an alternative link on our site) Step 2: Prepare the USB drive by formatting it. (Using OS X built in Disk Utility) Step 3: Create the USB by restoring the installer on to it. (Use the restore field in Disk Utility) Please note that the entire video must be watched and all directions followed. Improper use of the disk utility can cause irreversible data loss. This is a detailed step by step process without omissions. Check out the following page for more details on bootable usb drive creation: http://www.appledollars.com/create-osx-usb If you enjoyed this follow along video guide please hit Like and Subscribe to our channel.
OSX Lion purchase/download/installation process and first impressions!
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Should You Buy OS X Lion?
I made this video to show you some of the features of Lion and also to help you decide weather or not it is worth buying.
Re-download Mac OS X 10.7 Lion from the Mac App Store and create a bootable DVD which can be used as a recovery or installation disc. If "Mac OS X Lion" is not showing up under the "Purchases" tab, follow these steps: When you open up the Mac App Store, go to "Store" : "View My Account" in the menubar. Enter your Apple ID and password when prompted. Click on "View Hidden Purchases" under "iTunes in the Cloud", and click "Unhide" to the right of "Mac OS X Lion". Technical details: What you see is a virtual machine of Lion running in VMware Fusion on a MacBook Pro (also running Lion). ScreenFlow was running on the host OS to do the screen and audio recording. Audio was recorded with an Audio Technica AT2020 USB microphone. The VM means that I can easily put the OS into any configuration that I want without risk of damaging my main OS installation. It also makes starting over after a mistake easier (snapshots are a very handy feature), and it allows me to take a video of the machine booting up.
Спасибо человеку с ником artem_sil, с форума AppleLife.ru, за огромную помощь в доводке DSDT и SSDT таблицы!
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND DOWNLOADS BELOW Note - This has been Pre Installed by Mahmood, that is why there is no install of Mac and why it is so easy! Instructions: 1. Download OS X Lion Pre. Downloads: Utorrent The torrent client we will use to download iATKOS L2: iATKOS L2: (THE MAC OSX LION DISTRIBUTION) . WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND DOWNLOADS BELOW Note - This has been Pre Installed. For full release notes and to download the torrent, visit here: If you want to update an existing installation, visit here: Based on my 10.7.3.
We could not complete your purchase. OS X Mountain Lion is not compatible with this computer.
Links ______________________________ UniBeast: http://www.tonymacx86.com/1010110101/UniBeast-1.0.0.zip Mac OSX Lion: http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/os-x-lion/id444303913?mt=12 ---------------------------------------------------- Sorry about the camera in the second half and the audio LOL, I can't afford a DSLR Inbox me if you think I should take up making video's again?
Should you buy Mountain Lion?
CHECK OUT MY PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG: http://www.freshphotographyblog.net T-Shirts, Posters & More I Designed: http://www.zazzle.com.au/inspiredesignstudio In this video I discuss the new features in Mac OS X Mountain Lion and whether it is worth your money to purchase the new 10.8 operating system!
This is my review/first impressions on the new operating system OS X Lion 10.7 for mac. You can purchase it now in the app store for $29.99.
Hackintosh-How to make a Lion or Mountain USBboot drive with UniBeast without having to buy the app.
How to make a Lion or Mountain Lion USB boot drive with UniBeast 1.2.0(this version is not patched) without having to buy a Lion app or Mountain Lion app. Find a Lion or or Mountain Lion dmg online google it. Use the same steps for Lion or Mountain Lion with the same tools that are the ones available in this time(UniBeast for 10.7.x works fine with Mountain Lion). Then use your USB to install Lion or Mountain Lion on hackintosh. UniBeast 1.2.0: Google it to find it. New versions dont work because they are patched.
Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.8.2 Retail Installation Guide CustoMac: GA z77x-UP5-TH / i5 3570K CPU - Intel HD Graphics 4000 Easy-to-follow installation guide using tonymacx86.com retail installation methods and tools. In this video, I install 10.6, update to 10.6.8 and 10.8.2 using iBoot for Ivy Bridge and MultiBeast. Check out the official guides at tonymacx86.com.
Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7; marketed as OS X Lion) is the eighth and current major release of Mac OS X, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. A preview of Lion was publicly unveiled at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event on October 20, 2010. It brings many developments made in Apple's iOS, such as an easily navigable display of installed applications, to the Mac, and includes support for the Mac App Store, as introduced in Mac OS X Snow Leopard version 10.6.6. On February 24, 2011, the first developer's preview of Lion (11A390) was released to subscribers of Apple's developers program. Other developer previews were subsequently released, with Lion Preview 4 (11A480b) being released at WWDC 2011. Lion achieved golden master status on July 1, 2011, followed by its final release via the Mac App Store on July 20, 2011. Apple reported over 1 million Lion sales on the first day of its release. As of October 2011, Mac OS X Lion has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.
For now, intel 64 bits support only. very easy to install. specs: core 2 duo E6750 2,66Ghz, 4gb ddr2 800, geforce 210 1gb ddr3, mobo intel DQ35MP, hd 250gb sata. same way for lion. buy the original software. its amazing. don't forget to erase the applehda BEFORE you install the voodoohda for audio.


How do I create multiple shipping options for a single destination?
You can select several ways for buyers to choose how they are going to have their item sent to them.
Some forms of shipment do not offer tracking codes. Another option you have is to write "No tracking available!" or something similar as a note on your description so buyers understand which they are choosing.


Deep learning is a growing buzzword within physical security and video surveillance.
But what is 'deep learning'?
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