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Eirani Behbahani, H., Gohari, A., Assar, Z. (2017). Perceptual Analysis of Fast and Irregular Transformations in Historical Urban Landscape (Case Study: Historical-Religious City of Ray and Shemiran District-Tehran).
Space Ontology International Journal
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Homa Eirani Behbahani; Anoosheh Gohari; Zahra Assar. "Perceptual Analysis of Fast and Irregular Transformations in Historical Urban Landscape (Case Study: Historical-Religious City of Ray and Shemiran District-Tehran)".
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Eirani Behbahani, H., Gohari, A., Assar, Z. (2017). 'Perceptual Analysis of Fast and Irregular Transformations in Historical Urban Landscape (Case Study: Historical-Religious City of Ray and Shemiran District-Tehran)',
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Eirani Behbahani, H., Gohari, A., Assar, Z. Perceptual Analysis of Fast and Irregular Transformations in Historical Urban Landscape (Case Study: Historical-Religious City of Ray and Shemiran District-Tehran).
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Perceptual Analysis of Fast and Irregular Transformations in Historical Urban Landscape (Case Study: Historical-Religious City of Ray and Shemiran District-Tehran)
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Volume 6, Issue 1 - Serial Number 20
, Winter 2017
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Document Type: Original Article
Homa Eirani Behbahani
Anoosheh Gohari
Zahra Assar
Professor of Architecture, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
M.S Department of Environmental Design, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
In the recent century,Tehran has been confronted with urban sprawl and rapid population growth that have caused urban landscape transformation, whichis different in various parts of Tehran based on specific economic, cultural and social situations. What is important in this essay is the human perception of their landscape in this process of transformation; therefore, the purpose is analyzing landscape perception in order to answer the following questions:"What are the effective landscape elements on perception in this changing landscape?"To answer the question, two historicalparts of Tehran, Tajrish and Ray, were examinedthrough an interview. In order to analyze landscape perception in these two case studies,6 main factors includingconstructed landscape elements, rootedness, attachment to place, social relations, adaptability of use and landscape satisfaction were selected and evaluated by a questionnaire. Resultsin Tajrish have shown that elements of the past,even though destroyed or hidden, form people's perception.However, in Ray elements from recent constructions have mostly affected people's perception. Consequently, discoveringtheeffective elements, which are directly influenced by the context, is a significant factor to know how people perceive their landscape. With the consideration aboutpeople's perception in each specific context, landscape designers would be able to design valuable landscapes and enhance the quality of urban places.
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The Moment of ChangeUpdated on
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Since 1972, Youth Services for Oklahoma County has positively impacted the lives of young people and their families. This year, we're embracing a moment of change.» Read More
Pivot Names Director of Emergency Services, Increasing Support to Homeless YouthUpdated on
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Pivot, A Turning Point for Youth, welcomes Lindsay Cates as a new team leader to continue improving outreach to and outcomes for transition age youth facing homelessness in Oklahoma City.
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From Risk to Opportunity - TabithaUpdated on
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"Tabitha was knocked down a lot, but she always got back up," said Jennifer Goodrich.
Tabitha came through Pivot's doors when she was 16 years old and two years behind in school. She's now completed her course work and will walk this May, earning her high school diploma at 22-years-old.
It's easy to lose motivation the further we get away from our goals. It takes courage to keep moving forward every time we hit a bump, and these kids face some huge challenges. What keeps us inspired at Pivot is the resilience of the youth we serve. They have grit – "a special blend of persistence and passion." » Read More
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Marrell was 17 when he first came through Pivot's doors. Now, only 5 years later, he's a college graduate, a young professional and thoughtful with his words. Marrell works full-time in Oklahoma City's booming hospitality industry. He aspires to one day have a career that allows him to invest in young people like him.
Learn how your support of Pivot, A Turning Point for Youth, provided Marrell with the stability, life skills and mentoring he needed to transition into an independent, confident adult.» Read More
From Risk to Opportunity - SamaraUpdated on
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Samara is 17 years old and has missed a year and a half of high school because of circumstances she was born into. She watched most of her friends go to prom this past spring and graduate from high school and she thought, I want that, too.
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Impact Oklahoma Selects Pivot's Tiny Home ProjectUpdated on
August 21, 2018
Did you hear? In late April, Impact Oklahoma awarded Pivot one of their coveted $100,000 impact grants for our Pivotal Impact – Independent Living proposal. Impact Oklahoma's funds will be used to build three tiny homes, each one with a bed, small kitchen and bathroom, right here on Pivot's campus. These tiny homes will be the first in a planned community of individual homes to serve as transitional housing for Pivot's young clients. » Read More
You Gave Her HopeUpdated on
February 28, 2018
With an infectious laugh and a smile that lights up a room, you can't help but be drawn to Kinzee, a former client of Youth Services for Oklahoma County. You might even get a hug immediately upon meeting her. After a few minutes in her company, you feel like old friends catching up. You can literally feel her joy.
At 25-years-old, Kinzee's life is much different from her childhood and, according to her, that was always going to be the case. "It just wasn't an option to live like my parents," said Kinzee. "I just never want to be in that situation again. I don't want to live like that." » Read More
One Family's Story of ResilienceUpdated on
February 28, 2018
The holiday season is a time for friends, family and peace on Earth. But, on Christmas night, 2016, three bullets ripped through the still night air, ringing out like church bells and forever changing the lives of one family.
The father of Stacy's son had stopped by her home to see his son on Christmas night. However, the visit quickly took a turn for the worse when it became apparent that the boyfriend was under the influence of alcohol. Talking escalated to arguing. Stacy told her daughter Ashton, age 13, to call 911. When the boyfriend heard the police were coming, he pulled out the gun and fired the shots, hitting Stacy. He fled before the cops arrived. » Read More
Only Goals in Dwyanyae's PathUpdated on
February 6, 2018
Dwyanyae's favorite quote is "better days are ahead" and as he says this with a bright smile on his face, you have a feeling he's right. The excitement he has for his future is contagious. Within seconds of meeting him, you feel his enthusiasm and are instantly inspired. Dwyanyae says he isn't looking back, he's taking the opportunities he's been given and running with them. » Read More
Workplace GivingUpdated on
February 6, 2018
It's one of our favorite times of the year—time for Workplace Giving Campaigns!
We are thankful to be a partner of United Way of Central Oklahoma and also participate in the annual Heart of the City Campaign, State Charitable Campaign and Combined Federal Campaign. We enjoy hosting tours at our offices and going out into the community to tell the stories of the resilient kids we serve and talk about Changing Young Lives since 1972. » Read More
Bring Joy and Magic to their HolidaysUpdated on
February 6, 2018
The end of October is here. It's the time of year that brings together family and friends to celebrate all things associated with the beginning of fall, the onset of winter and, of course, the holiday season.
For many of us, family traditions become topics of discussion, along with reflecting on what's important in our lives. Soon bells will be ringing in front of local shops and stores, incredible displays of holiday decorations and Christmas lights will be up across the metro, in neighborhoods and our homes. Children will begin finalizing their "wish lists" after putting months of thoughtful planning and their dreams into that all-important list for their families. For most of us, it's a time of excitement, child-like joy, reflection, time with our loved ones and friends and hope for what is to come. » Read More
Workplace Giving Campaigns Under WayUpdated on
February 6, 2018
Does your business hold a workplace giving campaign? Would you like to help young people working to improve their lives? If so, it is easier than ever to support the life-changing work that Youth Services for Oklahoma County does every day in the lives of kids right here in our community.
The United Way of Central Oklahoma Campaign is under way and as a partner agency of United Way we benefit through this campaign. Funds through the United Way Campaign specifically support our Supporting Kids in Independent Living program. » Read More
12 Days of GivingUpdated on
February 6, 2018
This holiday season, we would love your support to help the incredible kids we invest in every day. Our 2nd Annual 12 Days of Giving campaign will run from December 1-12. Our youth need in-kind items - please check out the list below! Donated items may be dropped off during business hours at Pivot's offices located at 201 NE 50th Street in Oklahoma City. » Read More
15th Annual Reach for the Stars!Updated on
February 5, 2018
The 15th Annual Reach for the Stars! is right around the corner!
Thank you to everyone who attended this year's Reach for the Stars! This year's event, A Reunion – 45 Years of Changing Young Lives, was a blast and truly a night for the yearbook. Because of the support of generous friends like you, this year's event raised $115,000 – $30,000 more than last year's Reach for the Stars! This generous support will allow Youth Services to continue providing critical services and resources to our young clients!» Read More


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The sound of Poemophone: Optima is the loudest of the Poemophones with a very prolonged resonance and clear tones. The keys are thin, pliable and pluck easily. The sounding board and feet are carved of a single piece of cherry. The keys are closely set together. As with each of the Poemophones, the keys are hand forged steel. Optima is the first of the Poemophone series built.
The Optima keyboard is based on the QWERTY keyboard. The layout of the keyboard is structured as follows:
The Poemophone keyboard arrangement is modeled after that of a typewriter, with three rows of keys running in parallel tiers horizontally across the sound board. The key arrangement on Optima is divided into a left and right manual, each having a separate bridge and crossbar. The two bridges incline upwards towards the center of the instrument, laying diagonal within the rectangle of the sound board. This arrangement places higher pitched tones at the outer edges and lower pitched tones toward the center of the keyboard.
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The new shelter, which will cost £3.3 million with part-funding by the Homes and Communities Agency, will be built by Sanctuary's contractors Hill Partnerships and will include 30 individual apartments. There will be 6 two-bedroom flats and 24 one-bedroom flats, including one built to full mobility standards.
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Thank you for making the inaugural version of the VMIF a success!
A warm thank you goes on on behalf of the organising team at Verbier Institute to the 60 participants of this year's Forum. Our day-long program outlined local opportunities for innovative mobility projects and brought together investors, technology suppliers, operators and decision-makers involved in mobility.
"The quality of speakers has been remarkable. The presence of entrepreneurs meanwhile prevented us getting lost in theory" — Eloi Rossie, President of the Commune de Bagnes
"This well-organised event attracted high quality speakers. Furthermore, through the workshop the event utilised the extensive experience and diverse backgrounds of the speakers and guests to come up with concrete actions" — Alexander Banz, Partner, Niton Capital
If you have questions about the event's programming or outcomes, please contact us:
Isabelle Schirmer — isabelle(at)isabelleschirmer(dot)com
Anders Sjöstedt — anders(at)verbieri(dot)com
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Event Description
Mobility is one of the most innovative sectors of today's economy. A 'New Mobility' is emerging at the crossroad between accelerated innovation in the automotive and tech sectors and the rapid development of the shared economy or collaborative consumption. The Google driverless car and automated electric vehicles are no longer a distant utopia and Űber (on demand taxi) and BlaBla Car (ride sharing) are the new stars of venture capital investment.
This 'New Mobility' has a positive impact on the environment, yet it is not fully recognized in sustainable development discussions which remain too narrowly focused on supply (supply of transport services, technology and infrastructure).
The Verbier Mobility Investment Forum (VMIF) aims to become a leading European platform centered on mobility and more particularly sustainable mobility. The VIMF encompasses all aspects of mobility, namely technology, infrastructure, business models, behaviors, policy and governance.
As an inaugural event, the VIMF 2014 focused on two aspects:
- Electric and hybrid vehicles; and
- Shared mobility' i.e. mobility solutions born out of the shared economy
Objectives of the VMIF
The main objective is to create a knowledge platform to share expertise and experience in mobility and sustainable mobility, and to work around local challenges and opportunities, such as those identified by recent mobility studies for Verbier and the Val de Bagnes. The inaugural edition gathered a select circle of high-level executives involved in mobility as investors, operators, technology providers and policy makers. This knowledge platform will enable a better understanding of the trends shaping sustainable mobility and will help increase quality investment flows in the sector.
In addition, the VMIF enables regional decision makers to access international expertise and best practices. This will help design and implement local investment projects in mobility in the Verbier area and further afield in Switzerland and the Alps. In other words 'Think Globally, Act Locally'.
Innovative format
The VMIF is neither a conference nor a 'talk shop'. It is an expert forum. Its unique features are:
- Participation is by invitation only and restricted to experts. This intimate setting enables high quality interaction amongst participants; and
- The knowledge platform created through the VIFM also has a tangible impact, since it will be leveraged to launch regional/local projects.
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Hollywood Cemetery is a recognized arboretum with the ArbNet Arboretum Accreditation Program. Hollywood Cemetery was designed in 1847 in the "rural" style to escape the grid-like monotony of city cemeteries. Its paths wind over 135 acres—through valleys, over hills and beneath stately trees, the most outstanding of which are featured in a tree brochure. There are over 2,000 trees in the Cemetery today; some have been here since the Cemetery was established. Learn More


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With the continuous emerging of cutting-edge technology like artificial intelligence and machine learning, the needs and demands of people also have changed. This has brought a paradigm shift in a way marketing works.
As most things go online and mobile, new marketing techniques emerge, resulting in some old tactics to take the backseat. But just because things have changed, doesn't mean we can just ditch old marketing strategies.
You'll be surprised to know that there are old marketing tactics that can still do their job. Let's take a look at some of these strategies that still work these days.
Influencer marketing has been around for a while now. But way back not so long ago, influencer marketing is a rather hazy and vague tactic to be used by a small and startup business. It was perceived as expensive and complex that only big players with enough marketing budget could perform.
Luckily, these days, influencer marketing isn't only limited to big players. Both big players and small business owners can potentially benefit from this marketing approach.
A survey revealed that 95% of consumers trust people as a source of recommendation when they see them as someone similar to themselves. This is an indication that you, as a small business owner, do not need to hire a famous personality to perform an influencer marketing campaign.
Your satisfied customer is your greatest influencer. To get your influencer marketing campaign running, you need to tap into the everyday people whom you have built a relationship with to support your campaign. These people you have a strong engagement with can share their opinions in a credible way which can move their connection to act in favor of your business.
Influencer marketing in the modern era of digital marketing is not exactly after conversion. It is about building the trust and confidence in your business by enhancing information sharing to capture the attention of new target consumers.
With the rise of innovations like AI and machine learning, data gathering has never been easier. Accessing information has never been better for both businesses and consumers.
However, this also has resulted in some backlash. The ability of businesses to utilize customer's information in a large scale resulted in information overload. Consumers, these days, are bombarded with salesy pitches that are irrelevant and annoying. Thus, making it difficult to capture consumer's attention.
But with the right use of data, consumer's impression can be reversed. Modern day technology gives light to a more efficient data gathering and analysis that are based on customer engagement and interaction. This provides a leeway for business to provide relevant and more targeted content.
The right use of data brings in an opportunity for personalization. Personalization supports dynamic content and marketing automation. Hence, it is easier to capture the attention of your audience.
When customers engage with the business, an automation tool will gather relevant data and analyze them. It will then create relevant contents, set criteria for audience targeting based on the data analysis and send out different types of contents according to what the consumers are looking for.
This is how personalization works. This allows businesses to create contents that are valuable and answers the current needs and demand of people. Personalization enables you to craft contents that resonate the most with the users by considering their needs, desires, aspirations and problems.
Modern technology gives you an opportunity to have a deeper understanding of the consumers which allows you create a relevant content but also so you can use them in targeting the right people with the right content at the right time.
One way or another, your business has perhaps conducted some competitor research. Going back to the basics, competitor research is all about knowing your competitors including their strength and weaknesses.
This made most business obsessed with stalking competitors and isn't cool. In this modern digital era, competitor analysis goes beyond swot analysis and other overrated methods. More than keeping an eye out for competitors, competitor analysis is performed to get a better knowledge of how your business perform in the industry.
Competitor analysis gives you a glimpse of how and whys your competitors perform in the current situation. This helps you determine the current problems you may be facing but you are not aware of. This helps you spot your own weaknesses and unique value proposition that you can resolve and utilize respectively.
Competitor analysis is a crucial business strategy of the modern days. Modern competitor analysis should be conducted to arm yourself with new knowledge that would guide you in performing business strategies to position yourself as a leader in the industry.
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Old marketing, in general, may not be an ideal approach in this modern digital marketing world. But that does not mean you need to toss away the marketing strategies that come along with it.
In this modern era, there are marketing strategies that just needs a little makeover to be effective. A slight revamp will help you restore these marketing techniques to its former glory.
The only way to do it is to integrate new technologies and innovations to answer the needs and changing demands of consumers.
Author's Bio:
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Defining the Core Documentation Set for Coding Compliance
A new white paper from AHIMA's thought leadership series offers guidance on examining coding compliance policy and testing it against upcoming challenges in clinical documentation and associated coding. "Defining the Core Clinical Documentation Set for Coding Compliance," authored by Bonnie Cassidy, MPA, RHIA, FHIMSS, FAHIMA, lays out strategies for organizations to take the next steps in that process. "Whether your medical record is paper-based, electronic, or hybrid, a high-integrity coding compliance policy should be written and updated at least once per year as part of an information governance framework," Cassidy says.
For an excerpt of the paper's key focus areas, read below. To read the full paper, follow the link to download a PDF.
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A coding compliance policy is essential to your organization's overall compliance program. The four key areas where you will rely on your coding compliance policy are:
1. Coding: Organizations using diagnosis and procedure codes to report healthcare services must have formal policies and corresponding procedures in place that provide instruction on the entire process—from the point of service to the billing statement or claim form.
2. Coding audits: Coding compliance policies serve as a guide to performing coding and billing functions and provide documentation of the organization's intent to correctly report services.
3. Outsourcing coding work: Policies should include facility-specific documentation requirements, payer regulations and policies, and contractual arrangements for coding consultants and outsourcing services. The outsourcing vendor does not tell you what documents they will use to code your encounters; you, the HIM professional, are in charge of this process and should have your outsourcing partner follow your best practice or coding compliance policy.
4. Computer-assisted coding: In selecting a business partner to build a technology enabled coding process, use and provide your coding compliance policy for your vendor to create a customized and trained CAC solution for you. You do not need to load your entire EHR into a CAC system when you have already identified your core designated clinical documentation or record set that is the foundation of your clinical coding compliance.


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A legislative dust-up involving Florida Senate's insurance chairwoman sent sparks flying.
Insurance companies are "smearing" her, said Sen. Anitere Flores, R-Miami, after her committee on Monday passed a bill, SB 1218, that they did not like.
"Not only is the insurance industry smearing someone who has always fought for consumers because she won't just do what they say, they are pushing hard for rival bill SB 1038 — a bill they themselves helped craft," Flores said in a statement. "However, this bill does nothing to guarantee property insurance rates will decrease, and it hinders consumers' ability to protect themselves when insurance companies take advantage of them."
Florida insurance companies got the topic they wanted in the spotlight this week.
Just not the bill.
The topic is their top priority: high costs on claims such as plumbing leaks or roofing problems that they blame on unscrupulous contractors and attorneys. A bill to deal with that cleared the Florida Senate's banking and insurance committee Monday, but it was not one they liked.
SB 1218 by attorney and state Sen. Gary Farmer, D-Ft. Lauderdale, passed 7-2. It would license water clean-up contractors for the first time and put certain restrictions on "assignment of benefits." That happens when a contractor says, in effect, I'll clean up the water here at 3 a.m. if you sign this form, and I'll deal with the insurance company for you if you sign over control of the insurance benefits to me.
The mere mention of the letters AOB triggers pained looks in many insurance circles, though it can be difficult to sort out genuine problems from hype to sway legislators. Florida's largest insurer Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., recently told stock analysts the severity of its AOB claims has been falling for a couple of years. State-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. blamed AOB for a $27 million loss in 2016 but also spent $181 million on optional offshore reinsurance that did not pay any claims.
Among other things, the bill says assignments must be limited to the work at hand and must disclose the scope of work performed, and the consumer can rescind the agreement within five days under certain conditions.
But insurers say a big problem driving up rates in South Florida is that some contractors are abusing the system in cahoots with attorneys — and taking advantage of Florida rules such as a "one-way" attorney-fee provision that makes insurers pay big legal costs if they don't win in court.
SB 1218, though, offers a different solution to rising consumer rates: it says insurers can't pass on such legal costs to consumers when the company loses in court. The money would have to come out of the insurance company's profits.
Florida's insurance commissioner David Altmaier opposed the bill, saying one-way attorney fees were intended for David vs. Goliath situations with consumers vs. insurers, not contractors systemically taking insurers to court.
Any legislation needs to address this "major incentive" for abuses, Altmaier said.
Florida's insurance consumer advocate, Sha'Ron James, said she supported the overall bill for its consumer protections but expressed concern about going too far by barring insurers from passing on certain legal costs in rates. What looks like a "short-term" positive for consumers could quickly turn into a negative if a significant number of insurers refused to write policies in Florida or settled claims at inflated costs just to avoid the risk in court, she said. That merely drives up rates also in the long run, she said.
"Without addressing one-way attorney fees, lawsuits will continue to go up," said Edie Ousley, spokeswoman for the Consumer Protection Coalition, a group funded by business and insurance interests. "At the end of the day, that costs homeowners more and makes the cost of homeownership more expensive."
Insurance industry groups support other bills that have been filed, but the question is what legislation is likely to get to House and Senate floors after years of stalemate on the issue.
At the hearing, Flores said she was "disappointed" opponents did not try to amend the bill if they don't like it. Switching to another insurance topic, she brought up a vote she made for 2012 reforms to Personal Injury Protection car insurance that were supposed to bring down consumer costs down but clearly failed to do so as advertised, in her view.
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The C-band payload of SES-14 will replace NSS-806 and will support SES's cable neighborhood in Latin America. The Ku-band payload augments the Ku-band capacity on NSS-806 with wide beams and high throughput spot beams covering the Americas and the North Atlantic Region. The Ku-band spot beams will allow SES to support the increasing demand for aeronautical and maritime mobility applications, cellular backhaul, broadband delivery, and VSAT services for enterprise and government segments. The Ku-band wide beams are designed to provide video and data services in Latin America, the Caribbean, and across the North Atlantic. SES-14 also carries the Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) as a hosted payload for NASA.
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- Biocides: scope of definition
- Pesticides: data sharing
- Dangerous Preparations Directive recast
- REACH: substance evaluation
- GMO: cultivation opt-out
EU Promotion of Non-Animal Tests Methods: Mandatory Vertebrate Data Sharing
Regulation 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market entered into force on 14 December 2009 and has been applied since 14 June 2011. It replaced the legislation on plant protection products (laid down in Council Directive 91/414/EEC and several implementing Regulations) and in particular put in place new rules for the avoidance of duplicate testing and sharing of tests and studies involving vertebrate data.
Broadly speaking, the harmonized authorisation system for active substances used in plant protection products, as originally set out in Directive 91/414/EEC, is maintained. The placing on the market of plant protection products is still subject to a two step process whereby active substances are approved at EU level (with the inclusion into a "positive list" – Annex 1 to the new Regulation) while formulated products are authorised at the national level based on "Uniform Principles" laid down in a new implementing Regulation 546/2011. However, the criteria laid down by Regulation 1107/2009 ("the Regulation") concerning the data that may be submitted to enable evaluation of the substance has been amended radically where vertebrate studies are involved. (For an explanation of the full authorisation procedure please see EU Bulletin of 18 July 2011).
The changes are twofold. Firstly, the Regulation clearly states that tests on vertebrates should be undertaken as a last resort. Indeed, testing on vertebrate animals for the purposes of the Regulation is only permitted where no other methods are available. Furthermore, for each vertebrate test or study that is conducted and submitted by the applicant as part of the dossier to be evaluated, the applicant is obliged to provide a justification detailing the steps taken to avoid these vertebrate tests in the first place. (Article 8 (c)). This applies equally whether the applicant is seeking an authorisation or an amendment of an authorisation (Article 33 (c)).
Secondly, where the substance has already been tested on vertebrates and thus the data required in support of the application for authorisation already exists but perhaps, crucially, it is owned by someone else, the Regulation continues in the same vein by severely restricting the applicant's right to duplicate these studies in the following ways.
At the outset, the Regulation imposes on any person intending to perform tests involving vertebrates to verify that those tests or studies have not already been performed or initiated. This information can be found online as under Article 57, Member States are obliged to make electronically available to the public information on the plant protections products which have been authorised and withdrawn. Once the applicant identifies through this online system that an authorisation for a plant protection product containing the same active substance as his own application, the applicant may request the Member state authority to provide a list of all the tests and study reports prepared for that product (Article 61(1)).
Next, Member States are forbidden to accept duplication where conventional methods described in Annex II to Directive 1999/45/EC could reasonably have been used instead (Article 62(2)).
Lastly, to ensure that the applicant is able to obtain the data necessitated to meet the authorisation requirements, the Regulation imposes mandatory data sharing with regards to vertebrate studies only, without which the related restrictions on duplication could amount to an insurmountable barrier to entry to the market.
Obligatory Vertebrate Data Sharing Provisions – Article 62
The mandatory sharing provisions dictate that the prospective applicant and the holder of the relevant authorisations make "every effort" to ensure that they share tests and studies involving vertebrate animals. The costs of sharing the data is to be determined in a "fair, transparent and non-discriminatory way". The prospective applicant is only required to share in the costs of information he is required to submit to meet the authorisation requirements.
Therefore, it is key to understand what specifically is meant by "every effort", "fair", "transparent", and "non-discriminatory" in this context. However, the Commission has not provided any guidance on data sharing leaving the matter of interpretation to the Member States and ultimately the courts. The UK CRd has issued a guidance document in this respect, considering that "every effort" will be at a minimum an exchange of letters between data owner and subsequent applicants. No indication on what constitutes a "fair" share of the data cost is given though.
Where agreement between the applicant and the data owner cannot be reached, the prospective applicant is to inform the Member State authority and it may nonetheless use the vertebrate data it is in possession of as a result of another authorisation, for the purposes of the application of the prospective applicant. This ability to use the date without the data owner's approval is a radical departure from the previous legislation which may prove contentious.
By 14 December 2016, the Commission shall report on the effects of the provisions discussed and accompanied, if necessary, by an appropriate legislative proposal. If a severe amount of litigation ensues demonstrating that legislative intervention is needed, we may see the Commission submitting its report much earlier.
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Shiki 17 – Doom and Gloom and Doom and Gloom and …
Is it at all ironic that someone who doesn't wear pants wears the pants in the Kirishiki relationship?
So, um, WE ARE ALL FUCKED. Muroi is . . . surrendering himself to Sunako, or something; Ozaki has become Mrs. Kirishiki's vampire sex slave (with the snipetastic blessing of Mr. Kirishiki, as if he really has a choice); Tatsumi and Yuuki are on their way to do battle soon; and the precious few villagers remaining are still croaking left and right. Good times! Good, bleak times where every human is dumb and buries their heads in the sand. (Which I would probably be doing, too, considering that, um, I don't believe in any of this stuff. But I probably wouldn't bury my head in the sand for very long, because I would totally be among the first dumbasses to die.)
Seriously, though, the humans are NEVER going to get a break in this. Ozaki spends the whole episode — really, a huge chunk of the series — preparing to kick some vampire ass, even gaining an important ally in Yuuki, and then the vampires just swoop in, turn on the charm, shoot one dinky stake, and boom!
Tough actin' Tinactin. The plans go straight down the shitter. Even Main Character Status does not prevent Ozaki from being susceptible to vampire mind control. Maybe Mrs. Kirishiki used Attract and thus gained easy control of Ozaki. Damn gender-influenced move! It must be an especially strong version, too, because even though Mr. Kirishiki cracks wise about helping his wife have an affair, he still does it anyway.
I concur with Day's confusion regarding Muroi's actions. It seems as if he wants to take action and fight the vampires with Ozaki, but he can't (and thus sticks to staring longingly at Ozaki from outside, while many fanfics are written) . . . or possibly won't, at least not with Ozaki. Wouldn't be the first time a guilty anime character hoisted all the burdens on him- or herself despite all logic saying that numbers = better. Self-destruction, ahoy!
Or maybe Muroi just wants to have a tea party (but not the Sarah Palin kind) with Sunako. If it's a choice between posh tea parties and being violently violated by a vampire, I'd probably go for the posh tea party too. Even if Sunako might be drugging me, I don't know. Maybe Muroi is just sleepy. Or he is just assuming a contemplating pose. Who knows.
(Side note: I think the Kirishiki family is trying to sink the Muroi x Ozaki ship. Mrs. Kirishiki putting the moves on Ozaki while Sunako sets up a tea party with Muroi? Hmmmmmmmmm.)
Is it just me or is Ritsuko's dog the smartest, bravest character in the series? He's a dog, so he instinctively senses that the Risen are bad news while the humans are all "derp derp derp" about it, and he wants to stay alive, so when one of the vampires comes calling, his "OH HELL NO" sensors kick in and he gets the fuck out of Dodge. But when one of his master's friends is in mortal danger, he turns into a god damn superhero and drags Ritsuko along for the life. This dog is basically the anime Lassie.
I salute you, dog. May you be the last one standing at the end.
11 Responses to "Shiki 17 – Doom and Gloom and Doom and Gloom and …"
'Is it at all ironic that someone who doesn't wear pants wears the pants in the Kirishiki relationship?' Er, I'm guessing she doesn't need them for her line of work!
Anime Lassie has certainly accomplished a darnsight more than anyone else (except perhaps Natsu, but still waiting for him to stop running around and tell us what he's been up to exactly)… though, in this show, that's not exactly saying much.
A depressing but satisfying epi overall though.
PS wonder what happened to Seishin's dad?
These vampires are just functional. They bite purely to feed and for the express purposes of reproduction and perpetuating their species. No need for teasing eroticism or any of that jazz.
My thoughts on this episode basically boil down to: everyone is screwed. I think it was adaywithoutme who brought up the irony of Seishin being the last villager to survive. At this rate, it looks like the last humans are going to be Seishin and Seishirou. There's a double dose of irony right there.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15368/theses.2014.91
Available at: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1246
Date of Award
Degree Name
MS in Computer Science
Computer Science
Franz Kurfess
The automatic assessment of human physical activity performance is useful for a number of beneficial systems including in-home rehabilitation monitoring systems and Reactive Virtual Trainers (RVTs). RVTs have the potential to replace expensive personal trainers to promote healthy activity and help teach correct form to prevent injury. Additionally, unobtrusive sensor technologies for human tracking, especially those that incorporate depth sensing such as Microsoft Kinect, have become effective, affordable, and commonplace.
The work of this thesis contributes towards the development of RVT systems by using RGB-D and tracked skeletal data collected with Microsoft Kinect to assess human performance of physical exercises. I collected data from eight volunteers performing three exercises: jumping jacks, arm circles, and arm curls. I labeled each exercise repetition as either correct or one or more of a select number of predefined erroneous forms. I trained a statistical model using the labeled samples and developed a system that recognizes specific structural and temporal errors in a test set of unlabeled samples. I obtained classification accuracies for multiple implementations and assess the effectiveness of the use of various features of the skeletal data as well as various prediction models.


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A video of the upcoming Toyota Supra appears to have been leaked by the firm's own Mexican marketing division, ahead of the car's official unveiling at January's Detroit motor show.
The new Toyota Supra has now been revealed. Click here for full details
The trailer appeared on Toyota Mexio's Twitter page, and was swiftly taken down again - but not before it could be reuploaded to YouTube by fans eager for the Mk V Supra.
Read our review of the 2019 Toyota Supra prototype
The video shows the car from all angles, revealing that the design of the 2019 Supra is, as expected, substantially in line with the previously seen concepts and prototypes. Some of the excesses of the FT-1 and Supra Racing concept cars substantially pared back, but the car retains its distinctive, sporty look.
According a title card at the end of the clip, the car will be called the Toyota GR Supra, a nod to Gazoo Racing, the firm's sporting division which has both produced road cars such as the Yaris GRMN and runs the firm's World Rally Championship team.
Previously - as part of an official teaser campaign - a video had been released revealing the note of the Supra's 3.0-litre straight six engine.
The short video on Toyota Europe's YouTube page also featured blurred action of the Porsche Cayman rival in action, but the focus was on showcasing the sound of the BMW-derived engine. Toyota described it as highlighting "the sound of its harmonious song."


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Some membership forms will be sent to you for an electronic signature. Others are available for printing. You can check the status of your assigned forms on your account page.
Sample forms (the actual forms will be sent to members/parent for an electronic signature):
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- The exact participation fees vary from year to year, but generally the cost for participating in the Blue Devils is approximately $3,500. Payment can be made in installments. Installment due dates are sent out to members upon acceptance.
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- Starting in January, there is typically one camp a month, taking place in Concord, CA. Members usually move to Concord in mid-May to be available for all-day, every-day rehearsals in preparation for the summer tour. Read more about housing in Concord.
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- After auditioning, prior to full acceptance, each member must fill out a variety of forms. These forms include standard medical releases, medical history, policy agreements, etc. They will be sent via DocuSign for electronic signatures. You will also need to provide a copy of your birth certificate as well as a copy of your health insurance card. You can read all the BDPA member policies in the BDPA Handbook.


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The Software Documentation Procedure defines methods and responsibilities for controlling the revision, approval and distribution of documents used to provide software reference and training materials.
The Software Documentation Procedure applies to all software products and updates released by the company. (8 pages, 1808 words)
Document ideas, comments and concerns for possible investigation. Plan on spending as much time as necessary to answer any questions before releasing the documentation into production.
Software Documentation Responsibilities:
The Document Editor is responsible for reviewing software documentation for grammar, punctuation, understanding, and overall usability.
The Quality Assurance Manager is responsible for ensuring that software documentation meets quality requirements.
The Systems Analyst works with and educates the Technical Writer on the proper use of the software and reviewing all documentation for technical accuracy.
The Technical Writer is responsible for gathering information about the software that explains the use of the software to the target user using help files or manuals, while also maintaining and controlling the documentation produced.
Software Documentation Definitions:
Controlled Document – A document that provides information or direction for performance of work and that is within the scope of this procedure. Characteristics of control include such things as Revision Number (letter), signatures indicating review and approval, and controlled distribution.
Document – Information and its supporting medium. The medium can be paper, magnetic, electronic, optical computer disc, photograph, or sample.
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Early, Rare, & Unreleased [1988-1998] Lyrics
Mortuary (1988)
Pale bodies
Wracked with fear
Strange noises
In my ears
Locked windows
Time rotting
Isn't this fun?
I thought you said this place was safe
But now I'm trapped with no escape
You would stand and laugh at me
If you just knew the thoughts I think
You left me
Black and blue
Then, you left
Shame on you
Tense emotion
Pleas for mercy
Scream loudly
Should not have hurt me
Your eyes are blind
So you can't see
The vow that you
Have left for me
I won't forget
What you have done
One day you'll be
The fallen one
Anger (1992)
In my body
In my veins
Shooting through my blood with terrible pain
The clutch it holds
On my convulsing soul
Send my emotions
Spinning out of control.
I feel a need to destroy
To tear apart
I want to hurt you
But I don't know how
The body shakes
The muscles tense
If you know what's good for you
Then you'll leave now
We soar and fly
On that adrenaline high
Fly off the handle
Take an eye for an eye
Without regret
Without remorse
Cut off the problem
Right at its source
Maybe you can't relate
To such primordial hate
But the seed is in your spine
And all it does is wait
Just like everyone else
It waits in this cage
To send you into a fit
Of blinding rage
So when I scream at you
With stinging words
Remember, you're just getting
What you deserve
Because thought before act
Prevents these situations
This incoherent rage
These confrontations
Chemical Retraint (1992)
Chemical restraint
Is coming down in endless coils
The caustic liquid in his bloodstream
Keeps him obedient and loyal
Blurry forms and figures of
Faces he once knew
Surround his filthy bed
Unsteady waves keep coming through
The straps that hold his arms down
Exist only in his mind
Ears buzzing madly in the silence
Teardrops flow from blinded eyes
Things have gone to far now
His brain is scrambled like an egg
Kept immobile by a drug that makes him
Squirm and whine and beg
No one cares if they can't see
The drug that's killing you and me
Apathy makes slaves of us all
Entraps us in its breathing wall
The man who thinks rebellion
Comes in a bottle is a fool
It only makes him more submissive
Makes him conform to all the rules
He brought himself to this dark place
Without much of a choice
And in a single, blinding instant
Robbed himself of his own voice
The drug can steal our will
And our ability to care
It can makes us believe in something
That maybe really isn't there
Once the drug is tasted
The craving grows with each new day
Pain will subside only temporarily
And never fully go away
Straightjacket (1988)
The walls are closing in
The ceiling's falling down
The air is growing thin
And noise is all around
Too much pressure from above
Too much pushing from behind
Throbbing organs, boiling blood
The gears of mental illness grind
Paranoia rots the brain
Slowly drives a man insane
Worries will remain confined
If there's no exit to your mind
Something in there will explode
Blow a fuse or lose control
If there isn't some way out
Beyond the hate and fear and doubt
Intimidating faces frown
Shout commands and repremands
Six feet underneath the ground
If no one meets with their demands
No one will hear cries for help
Resisting only makes them mad
The faces fade, distort, and melt
You're not the worst they've ever had
What's that noise inside my head?
Who's the voice inside my head?
Who's telling secrets about me
While loading their gun quietly
Shut up and listen to yourself
This can't be too good for your health
You lock yourself up all alone
Shut off the lights and unplug the phone
Paranoia rots the brain
Slowly drives a man insane
Worries will remain confined
If there's no exit to your mind
Something in there will explode
Blow a fuse or lose control
If there isn't some way out
Beyond the hate and fear and doubt
Maybe someone's watching now
Tracking every single move
You're all alone but still somehow
Feel a presence behind you
Always dirty and never clean
The stain that just won't go away
Washing skin until it bleeds
It doesn't have to be this way
Soma (1992)
I can feel the sunlight breaking through
And I feel more loved than when I'm with you
A joyous feeling fills the air
And suddenly I'm made aware
Of changing feelings and attitudes
Your silent face and shifting moods
A whirlpool blackout fills my head
The ground's on fire and the sky turns red
Things happen to me that I never thought could
And even pain begins to feel good
My wires are crossed and I start to feel numb
Stuck deep in a game with a zero sum
Dead to the world and desensitized
A view of escape through clouded eyes
I plummet from uncertain heights
And spread my wings so I can fly
The Angels Died (1994)
A life begins, the body thrown out
Confronted by anger, fear and doubt
Toxic fumes rip open lungs
The ladder of life is missing rungs
Sleeping where the angels died
Trees lose leaves, the skin peels free
Bloodstained beaches, rotting teeth
Dripping poison, chemical food
Wires and bodies, blood in the moon
Water rising, demonic force
Destroys all within its course
Fire on the brain, rioting and violence
Ends so suddenly in the sound of silence
I'm sleeping where the angels died
God's laughing while the angels die
Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead (1988)
Love is supposed to set you free
Well, look at what it's done to me
Don't want to talk, I'm too depressed
So just give your act a little rest
She loves me, she loves me not
Put it together and what have you got
Miserable nights full of confusion
Guess I'll grow used to being disillusioned
If this is the best time in my life
Then I'd hate to see what's ahead
Everything is out of place
Sometimes I wish I was dead
All I wanted was your affection
But instead you put up your protection
What the hell is wrong with you?
Can't you see what you're putting me through?
Stop trying to act naïve
You know exactly what I mean
You know that I'd die for you
And I probably will before we're through
Heaven knows I've tried my best
To relieve the weight crushing my chest
I know you'll never change your ways
I guess that's just the price I pay
Underneath the Ice (1995)
I can feel the violence
Spill across the floor
My eyes have grown to clouded
To see it anymore
Fading into nothing
Turning into steam
Left in desperation
With nothing to redeem
Underneath the ice I find
A place to rest my weary mind
The cold, deep water numbs my pain
Till I can face myself again
Waiting for redemption
The never seems to come
Hands reach beneath the surface
But I don't know where from
I'm not ready to return yet
I just need a moment more
So I can try to remember
What it is I came here for
I can feel the violence
Spill across the floor
My eyes have grown too clouded
To see it anymore
Sinking fast, too dark to see
The buzzing din envelopes me
Too late now, nowhere to go
I'm sinking in the undertow
My Burden (1997)
My burden
My weight to carry alone
Inside me
Down to the very marrow of my bones
My sickness
You can catch it if you get too close
It'll tear you down
Drown us in fire and destroy us both
Unforgiving, unbelieving, impure
Unrelenting, unkind, and unsure
My burden
My decay, my demise
My weakness
My escape, my disguise
My extinction
My destiny, my fate
My destruction
Self-esteem dissolves into self-hate
Unforgiving, unbelieving, impure
Unrelenting, unkind, and unsure
So much human rot
But what else have I got?
The Fissure King (1996)
Left alone in the silence
Ascending as I fall
A face indicted silently
By the mirror on the wall
The taste of utter ruin
Still stinging on my tongue
A petulant reminder of
All the wrong I've done
Split down the middle, torn up inside
Thinking the truth, but spouting lies
Preaching hate in the name of love
I'm down below, and you're still above
I am a prisoner of your conscience
I am the famine in the feast
I am the weakness in dominion
I am the beauty in the beast
I'm soaring high and falling fast
An immortality that doesn't last
An inner peace destroyed by rage
Liberation held in a cage
Left alone in silence
Ascending as I fall
A face indicted silently
By the mirror on the wall
The taste of utter ruin
Still stinging on my tongue
A petulant reminder of
All the wrong I've done
Void (1998)
Emotional vacuum
Big back hole
No sense of reason
No self control
A chasm of purpose
An empty space
Self-serving and shameless
Is the smile on your face
There's snow in the air
And ice in your heart
Whatever won't serve you
You tear it apart
A life without feeling
An abyss of the soul
Dead to emotion
You'll never be whole


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About 40 participants attended the Strategy-Workshop of TRANS³Net on 10th October 2017 at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. After welcome words from Zbigniew Dynak, Director of the Department of Regional Development from Marshal's Office of Lower Silesia, the Deputy Director for Research from Wrocław Technology Park, Joanna Kułdo, presented the successful cooperation work between science and technology in their Technology Park. Then the feedback from consultations of policymakers in all three regions to the strategy were presented. Michal Frycz from the Marshal's Office did it for Lower Silesia, Karel Tichý from the Economic and Social Council of the Ústí region presented the results from the consultations in Czech Republik and Melanie Giebel from Technical University Dresden continued with a summary of the interviews in Saxony. The workshop ended with a discussion about the goals of the intended transnational cooperation network of transfer promotors.
The strategy is now finalized by the project partner Wroclaw Regional Development Agency. Derived from that an action plan with precise things the network should implement will be conducted. Both papers should be the basis for the successful establishment of a transnational network of transfer promotors in future.
The workshop was part of the framework programme of the DRESDEN-concept science exhibition that took place from 22 Sept until 11 Oct in Wrocław. Many thanks to DRESDEN-concept for the great cooperation.
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People who are buying homes now want modern and convenient options. Canadian cities are one of those with numerous condo projects. Some have been completed and sold, while others are upcoming. According to real estate reports, the demand for these housing units has increased in the last one decade.
Young families are not getting along with any other option apart from this. Real estate experts have a reason to believe why this is so. You can see the site that explains more about condos in Canada before deciding to buy one. We have compiled some insights to enlighten our esteemed readers on why condominiums sale in Canada is performing well.
Added Amenities
Condos are exciting in that they have numerous shared amenities for people to enjoy. Instead of walking a few blocks away to get a fitness center or a recreational facility, it will be right inside the building. They also install state of the art elevators that lead to your doorsteps, have restaurants and shops in the basement, ample parking and many other facilities.
Kids are also not left behind as they have their area to play and mingle with other kids. Experts say that this is the main reason why young couples and families are attracted to condos.
Competitive Prices
It is no doubt that buying land and building a home in Canda is an expensive affair. However, a condominium will have numerous unit owners sharing the land, walls and public amenities. Consequently, the production price per unit will be low. The buyers will feel this economy of scale through lower selling prices.
Furthermore, condos come with excellent buying options and plans depending on the agency involved. Some allow off payment plans where people pay before construction but at a lower price. Others allow the hire purchase option where employed people can pay over a specified time.
Reduced Demand for Detached Homes
According to estate reports in Canada, the preference for detached homes has drastically gone down over the last couple of years. Only a few people are asking to buy these houses which seclude you to your small compound even when the walls are shared. As much as these homes have privacy, they are higher in price and people would rather live in a condo.
On the other hand, the preference for condos has gone up as people look for a place where they can live as a community, have a single manned entry point, have secure parking and have an option of buying at a lower price.
It is a no-brainer that most of the condos are right inside the cities. As much as some are at the outskirts of the city, they still have the convenience of shopping malls, schools, workplace and hospitals among many others. You can still access most of your daily activities without having to drive long distances at all. As a result, people want to live in these units and enjoy such convenience in life.
If they cannot afford to buy a condo unit, they can rent. Canada has both of these options, and the rental prices are also fair. Now that you know why condos are doing well in Canada, do not be left behind.