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This thing is beefy and a modern take on a New Guinea Tribal Bone knife. Using my Dremel I fit it to a rake handle with a couple of set screws & sprayed black with a rubberized coating (Then sanded to distress). I finished it off with two aluminum lock collars and hemp twine for a fixed handle. I would put it up against an M48 Spear any day.
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Guys am addicted to bananas.I eat 5/6 of them a day..is this good for my health
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Bananas are packed with calories. If you want to lose weight you should eat less of them. Especially after the Gym session
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banana is good for health, excessive leads to constipation
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Constipation no they are laxative in nature but five in a day is just way to much coz of tje sugar present #too_much_of_evrytin_is_bad
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Not an expert whatsoever.. but I doubt its good taking that much in a day. Read somewhere that a banana takes 24hrs to be digested.I think too many will constipate you
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Keep toe nails short, use a seperate dry towel to dry inbetween toes. Dnt wear the same shows everyday, avoid synthetic socs
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ILIS Audio Production Alum Wins Grand Prize at Blizzcon
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[Above: Nathan Glynn and Bruce Reif being interviewed at Blizzcon, Video Courtesy of Lore Hound]
As an entry to a community contest held by Blizzard Entertainment, the makers of Starcraft 2, Nathan Glynn (BS in Audio Production, 2016) and his collaborator Bruce Reif created a two-player co-op mission that added new gameplay ideas and stories to the Starcraft universe. Designing the mission was much like creating a game from scratch—Bruce detailed and beautified the level, built UI, and wrote the majority of the logic for the game. Nathan wrote and voice acted a character that helps the players, added enemy armies and bases to the map, and helped fill in the gameplay logic through extensive testing.
Their mission, Part and Parcel, was ultimately selected for the grand prize after four months of work creating the map and three rounds of voting and judging by both Blizzard and the Starcraft 2 community. This awarded Nathan and Bruce the chance to attend Blizzcon 2017, where Part and Parcel was announced as an official addition to the Starcraft 2 co-op missions.
[Above: Screen capture of Part and Parcel, Image Courtesy of Nathan Glynn]
Nathan practiced crafting interactive multimedia experiences through a number of projects and club activities while studying Audio Production at The Illinois Institute of Art—Schaumburg, including sound design and integration for the indie adventure game, The Song of Seven. He was also the 2016 recipient of The Illinois Institute of Art—Schaumburg President's Award. He currently is working on a number of collaborative corporate and community projects involving both virtual reality and audio production.
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Snooker Betting
Snooker betting has become more popular in recent years. This cue game is a close cousin of pool and requires an incredible amount of skill. Top players can earn a decent amount of money per year. Snooker is better known in some parts of the world then others. Recently, it has become particularly well received in China and some parts of Europe. It has been quite popular in the UK for many years.
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Bettors will find it possible to wager on snooker games at many of the top sportsbooks, especially those that primarily service clients who live in areas where the game is popular. Professional snooker's governing body is the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. They host and are involved in organizing professional matches on their circuit.
Professional players participating on the circuit will accumulate points based on their wins and losses. These points affect their ranking in the sport and also determine who gets to compete for the World Championship. This annual event pits the best players against each other for the title of world champion.
Because there is a strong market for snooker betting, many of the biggest sportsbooks will cover matches. The top events in the sport, i.e., the Snooker World and UK Championships, The Snooker Grand Prix and The Snooker Masters, tend to attract a lot of bettors. This is especially true for The Snooker World Championship.
Snooker Betting Types and Odds
Outright Bets: Outright bets are wagers on the outcomes of upcoming, major tournaments. Individuals can bet on who will win a tournament or place an each-way bet. In the latter, bettors win if their pick finishes in first or second place.
Match Bets: This is a wager on who will win a particular match. Sportsbooks will list each player's odds and bettors will choose to either bet on the favorite or the underdog. The underdog will have better odds and higher payouts. Conversely, the favorite will have lower odds and payouts.
Frame Bets: This is a bet on how many frames a player will win in a match.
Snooker Major Events
The Snooker World Championship: This is the biggest tournament of the snooker season. It determines who will be crowned the world champion. Held annually, players must earn their way into this tournament by accumulating points throughout the year. Points are earned by successfully participating in circuit events. The Snooker World Championship was first played in 1927 and is the sport's most prestigious event.
UK Championship: The UK Snooker Championship has been held since 1977, a little more then 30 years. It is a ranking tournament and second in prestige only to the World Championship.
The Masters: This is an invitational tournament. Only the best players receive an invite.
Grand Prix: The Grand Prix is another prestigious tournament and classified as a ranking one. This event wasn't always known as the Grand Prix. It was called the Professional Players Tournament and the LG Cup.
Snooker Betting Strategy and Tips
Successful betting starts with ample knowledge. Snooker bettors have to have a good grasp of the game, particularly the rules, players and conditions that affect it. Of course bettors not only have to make themselves knowledgeable about the games they wager on, but it is recommended that they do. Individuals that do not will often find themselves on the losing end more often then not.
Becoming familiar with the types of bets that are available in snooker is important as well. It allows individuals to make wagers in such a way that are able to lessen the impact of losses. This takes a considerable amount of skill and experience. Serious snooker bettors must become students not only of the sports they are betting on but also on the types of wagers that are available in that sport. Knowing how to use them in conjunction with each other will be key in keeping more money in ones pocket and out of the sportsbooks' coffers.
Choosing the right Sportsbook to place ones snooker bets is also incredibly important. The best ones will be honest and fair. They will also pay out earned winnings and in a timely manner. Bettors need to also compare the odds being offered by sportsbooks and bet at the ones with the most generous ones.
Snooker betting is a great option for individuals who enjoy and follow the sport. Of course, it is not required that a bettor does either. However, it will make things a lot easier. It is much less work to research and keep abreast of sports that a person likes. It is much harder to consistently gather information on a sport that a person doesn't particularly care about, or worse, hates. Bettors need to make sure that they are placing their bets at a reputable betting site and should always compare odds before making their wager.


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Set of four hair pins crafted from sustainable Indian Rosewood with glass jewel bead accent. Each set includes one pair each of light blue and light peach jewel top. 6.5 inches long.
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GRAND RAPIDS — A new home health care provider in Grand Rapids targets a growing demand for service that's driven by an aging population and changing consumer preferences.
Holland Home and Clark Retirement Community in Grand Rapids and Holland-based Resthaven have partnered to create Atrio Home Care, which launches April 1. The new company initially expects to serve 3,000 clients and their families in a six-county service area of West Michigan.
The business partnership brings together three long-time, well-established providers of senior living and long-term care in a new company that will offer home health care for clients who are recovering from an illness, a medical procedure or an injury, or who require assistance as they age.
Quite often, those individuals prefer to receive care at home, rather than at a rehabilitation center or a long-term care facility.
"There are a lot of people who want to receive services at home instead of moving into a facility. Although we all have wonderful facilities, we know there's a certain segment of the population that want that choice, so we're making that available," said Carolyn Flietstra, executive vice president of home and community services at Atrio Home Care.
What Flietstra calls "a huge growth market" opportunity stems from the aging population nationwide.
A 2016 report by Harvard University that looks at the future need for senior housing noted that the U.S. population of people aged 65 and older will grow from 49 million to 79 million over the next 20 years.
The projected growth in the senior population will increase the need for affordable and accessible senior housing and for connected services "well beyond what current supply can meet," according to the report.
"In addition, the home is an increasingly important setting for the delivery of long-term care, a trend likely to grow over the next two decades as millions more seek to remain in their current dwellings while coping with disabilities and health challenges," Harvard researchers wrote in the study.
In West Michigan, the 65-and-older population has been growing steadily since the early 2000s and was at about 15 percent as of 2015, according to data in Grand Valley State University's annual Health Check report.
People age 45-64 comprised more than 25 percent of the population in a four-county area of West Michigan as of 2015, versus about 20 percent in 2000. The 45-64 age group was the fastest-growing age demographic, according to GVSU.
The aging population base drives a growing need for senior care, including home health services such as Atrio Home Care, said Barry Cargill, president and CEO of the Michigan HomeCare & Hospice Association.
"We have a large number of people reaching their golden years and need help to stay in their home," Cargill said. "If given the choice, most people tend to stay in their home as long as they can. It just points to a huge opportunity for health care in the future."
One indication of that opportunity is an employment outlook for home health aides. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment nationwide for home health aides to grow 38 percent over the 10-year period from 2014 to 2024.
GVSU's 2017 Health Check report projects employment for home health aides in West Michigan to grow by 26.2 percent over the same 10-year time frame.
The big question for the home care industry remains whether insurers will agree to reimbursement payments, Cargill said. Home care is generally covered by medical insurance when someone is recovering from an illness, injury or surgery, or following a hospital stay. It's also typically covered when a patient has long-term care insurance, he said.
Since 2012, the industry has faced a nearly 15-percent reduction in payments from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, generating financial pressure on providers as demand for service grows, Cargill said.
One solution is to form partnerships and larger organizations such as Atrio that can optimize costs and leverage the capabilities of its partners, he said.
"There are efficiencies that occur when you grow larger," Cargill said.
The nonprofit Atrio Home Care will employ 225 nurses, therapists, home health aides and other clinicians to serve clients. The agency consists of three business units.
Atrio Home Health and Atrio Home Health Lakeshore will provide skilled care services from Holland Home and Resthaven and offer nursing care for medical, surgical and mental health patients, plus physical, speech and occupational therapy. It also will offer telehealth monitoring.
Atrio Help at Home will provide private duty services from Clark Retirement Community and Resthaven, including personal and respite care, help around the household, medication setup and reminders, and meal preparation.
By combining their resources to form Atrio, the founding partners can better serve the growing demand for service and have clinicians work in markets where they live, alleviating travel time, Flietstra said.
In seeking to meet market demands, Atrio's founding partners look to leverage the expertise of one another, share best practices and "make this a really great combined company," Flietstra said.
Atrio — which stands for "a trio of partners" — builds off prior partnerships among Holland Home, Resthaven and Clark Retirement, she said.
"We find collaboration really yields something that is better than any one of us could do individually," she said. "There were some things we just really couldn't do easily unless we were part of the same company."
That includes sharing software for electronic medical records that was previously undoable, she said.
The partners behind Atrio plan to evaluate future expansion beyond the present six-county market and could bring in additional partners, Flietstra said.
"We will, as allowable," she said. "There is a lot of expansion potential, particularly in help at home. The only limitation there is being able to hire enough staff to be able to fill all of the requests that we have."


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Claude Garamont, known commonly as Claude Garamond was a French publisher and punch-cutter from Paris. Garamond was the first to specialize in type design and punch-cutting as a service to others. As the first type designer and punch-cutter to sell his punches in retail to other printers, Garamond led on the establishment of the trend for many other typographers, punch-cutters, printers, and publishers to make the same sales in retail, which helped spread new typefaces all around. He was one of the leading type designers of his time. Several contemporary typefaces, including those currently known as Garamond, Granjon, and Sabon, reflect his influence. Garamond was an apprentice of Simon de Colines; later, he was an assistant to Geoffroy Tory, whose interests in humanist typography and the ancient Greek capital letterforms, or majuscules, may have informed Garamond's later work.
Garamond came to prominence in 1541, when three of his Greek typefaces (e.g. the Grecs du roi (1541)) were requested for a royally-ordered book series by Robert Estienne. Garamond's Greek font, Grecs du Roi, was used as King François I own personal font. Garamond had also published his own typefaces as well as his own new italic typeface. Garamond's first roman font had been requested upon for the publication of the book "Paraphrasis in Elegantiarum Libros Laurentii Vallae" by Erasmus. Garamond's main influence for his first roman font was taken from Aldus Manutius' roman font, which gained recognition by King François I to commission Garamond for his own exclusive lettering to be created. Garamond based these types on the handwriting of Angelo Vergecio, the King's Librarian at Fontainebleau, as well as that of his ten-year-old pupil, Henri Estienne. Garamond's italic fonts were influenced by the Aldine italic, which he felt complimented his roman types. According to Arthur Tilley, the resulting books are "among the most finished specimens of typography that exist." Shortly thereafter, Garamond created the Roman types for which he would most be remembered, and his influence spread rapidly throughout and beyond France during the 1540s. In 1545, he entered the publishing trade in a partnership with Jean Barbé, a Parisian bookseller. The first book Garamond published was called, "Pio et Religiosa Meditatio" by David Chambellan.
In November of 1561, following his death, his equipment, punches, and matrices were inventoried and sold off to purchasers including Guillaume Le Bé, Christophe Plantin, and André Wechel. His wife was forced to sell his punches, which caused the typefaces of Garamond to nearly disappear for two centuries. In Europe, it became the standard to use Garamond Roman typefaces at the end of the sixteenth century, and carried on its usage 200 years later. It was difficult for Garamond to receive any credibility for his typefaces because there were so many who were influenced by his work. Since Garamond's work was copied often, it was hard for him to benefit financially off of his typefaces. However, Garamond was not lost due to the fact that the French National Printing Service in the 19th Century had called upon having their own typeface be a work of Claude Garamond, and here started a new revival era for Garamond's type. Unfortunately, it was a short-lived revival, but it was not only through the French National Printing Service. There were others after World War I that had recreated Garamond's fonts, such as American Type Founders, a type designer Frederic Goudy with his own recreation in 1921, Garamont, Monotype from England offered theirs in 1924, and lastly there was Linotype's entry of Granjon. Even long after there was another notable interpretation after the Second World War called Stempel Garamond by a German foundry called, Egenolff-Berner. After, Paul Beaujon, an assistant librarian at the American Type Founders, visited the North Library of the British Museum and found that all of the 20th century Garamond fonts were all based on Frenchman Jean Jannon's type. Garamond's typefaces left his name with greatness for having a comeback at the end of the sixteenth century throughout the seventeenth century as well.
In 1621, sixty years after Garamond's death, the French printer Jean Jannon (1580–1635) created a type specimen with very similar attributes, though his letterforms were more asymmetrical, and had a slightly different slope and axis. Jannon's typefaces were lost for more than a century before their rediscovery at the National Printing Office of France in 1825, when they were wrongly attributed to Garamond. It was not until 1927, more than 100 years later, that Jannon's "Garamond" typefaces were correctly credited to him on the basis of scholarly research by Beatrice Warde. In the early 20th century, Jannon's types were used to produce a history of French printing, which brought new attention to French typography and to the "Garamond" type style. The modern revival of Claude Garamond's typography which ensued was thus inadvertently modeled on Jannon's outstanding work.
Notable Types
Along the 20th century, there are roughly five to six different interpretations or works based on the original Garamond typefaces. Robert Slimbach, an Adobe senior type designer, visited the Plantin-Moretus museum in Antwerp, Belgium to study Garamond's typefaces. Slimbach enhanced and prepared his interpretations of Garamond's types in 1988. Slimbach wanted to preserve the original body of Garamond's types, but added modern subtleties to the new type, which would be Garamond Premier Pro. From the Simoncini foundry of Bologna, there is Francesco Simoncini's Garamond Simoncini. Simoncini Garamond was based on a Jean Jannon typeface similar to Garamond, and works both for display and text. It is a lighter, more delicate Garamond type. There is Stempel Garamond, from the German foundry, Egenolff-Berner, Monotype's Garamond produced by Fritz Max Steltzer, Garamond Monotype, Tony Stan's ITC Garamond, and Garamond Berthold by Hermann Berthold. Stempel Garamond, first released by D. Stempel AG, is one of the most famous Garamond recreations. It is mostly favorable as a book typeface, specifically in Germany. Its curved bodies and sharpness set it apart from other Garamond interpretations, and many are fond of Stempel in italics for its grace. Garamond Monotype, based on Jean Jannon, have different specifications on their serifs and strokes. The top serifs look like banners, and the base serifs hold a small and subtle curve with rounded terminals. The strokes' heaviest parts are carried at a 2 and 8 o' clock position. Monotype was designed especially for text composition, but is very likable in large sizes. ITC Garamond, another typeface based on Jean Jannon, is created by Tony Stan. ITC Garamond is loosely based from the original Garamond's of the sixteenth century. The letters are tightly curned and have a taller x-height. In the 1970s, this was a very popular typeface for advertising in New York and was Apple's packaging and branding typeface for a long timeframe.
In Popular Culture
- Garamond is the name of a character in the Wii game Super Paper Mario. He appears in the world of Flopside (the mirror-image of Flipside, where the game begins). He is a prolific and highly successful author, unlike his Flipside counterpart, Helvetica (a probable recognition of the relative suitability of the two fonts for use in book typesetting).
- The large picture books of Dr. Seuss are set in a version of Garamond.
- In 1988 British newspaper The Guardian redesigned its masthead to incorporate "The" in Garamond and "Guardian" in bold Helvetica. This led to a repopularising of Garamond in the UK.
- Nvidia uses Garamond in their scientific PDF documents.
- All of the American editions of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books are set in twelve-point Adobe Garamond, except Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which is set in 11.5-point Adobe Garamond because that book is longer.
- The popular Hunger Games trilogy is set in Adobe Garamond Pro, as is the Shiver trilogy by Maggie Stiefvater.
- The Everyman's Library publication of 'The Divine Comedy is set in twelve-point Garamond.
- A rare infant version—with single-story versions of the letters a and g—is available in the UK from DTP Types.
- A variation on the Garamond typeface was adopted by Apple in 1984 upon the release of the Macintosh. For branding and marketing the new Macintosh family of products, Apple's designers used the ITC Garamond Light and Book weights and digitally condensed them twenty percent. The result was not as compressed as ITC Garamond Light Condensed or ITC Garamond Book Condensed. Not being a multiple master font, stroke contrast in some characters was too light, and some of the interior counters appeared awkward. To address these problems, Apple commissioned ITC and Bitstream to develop a variant for their proprietary use that was similar in width and feeling, but addressed the digitally condensed version's shortcomings. Designers at Bitstream produced a unique digital variant, condensed approximately twenty percent, and worked with Apple to make the face more distinct. Following this, Chuck Rowe hinted the TrueTypes. The fonts delivered to Apple were known as Apple Garamond.
- One of the initial goals of the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern was to use only a single font: Garamond 3. The editor of the journal, Dave Eggers, has stated that it is his favorite font, "because it looked good in so many permutations—italics, small caps, all caps, tracked out, justified or not."
- Many O'Reilly Media books are set in ITC Garamond Light.
- The logo of clothing company Abercrombie & Fitch uses a variation of the Garamond typeface.


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Welcome to She Roams Solo. Today the site is born. The dream I have had for the last 3 months of creating an online community for women who want to travel but are scared to do it alone. Or for women who go alone often and want to meet like-minded people. For women who want tips, advice, knowledge on scams, a piece of mind… whatever it may be; Maybe, you just want to chat about your latest adventure or share a cool picture, I don't care what it is… this is your community and my dream.
My name is Rebecca. I took a strong interest in traveling at the age of 18. None of my friends or family wanted to travel. It was when I was about 21 that I decided to make the leap. I had time off for work and the idea of spending that at home was upsetting. My friends and family were not interested in coming with me, I was single so there was no persuading of a boyfriend. I was going to have to do it alone. This is where I started to have a passion to encourage Solo Female Travel.
I'm born in Australia and my first thoughts was to jump over to New Zealand. This trip was a last minute plan. My thoughts were that for a first trip, it would be safe, not too far from home and at least people spoke English. I knew nothing else about New Zealand. I was 21, alone and didn't even know where to start. Long story short, I caught the travel bug! Before I knew it I was planning to move to London on a working visa. It would take me another year or two before this happened, but I knew one thing… I wanted to do this alone. I didn't want anyone with me.
This was by far the best decision I could have made. Traveling alone does not scare me. I am a very social person and can make friends with a door knob (I could talk Pablo iPcasos other ear off!) However, the more I trolled the internet I realized that some women were scared to go alone, they had questions and hesitations and sometimes this even stopped them from going the distances that they wanted to go. I can't think of anything more upsetting.
That is why I started this website. If this website encourages at least one person to go traveling alone then it's worth it for me.
Ah yes, minor detail. The community is coming. I am in the process of creating forums, memberships, profile pages, chat rooms and more. This will be your hub! For now, the community is the blog posts and stories of women out there in the world wide web. It is the photos of Instagrammers who take better photos than I can.
3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) we will post some stories and encouraging blog posts. We welcome your submissions, as this is your community and we want to promote your writing.
On Instagram, I share photos that are tagged with #SheRoamsSolo.
On facebook and twitter, I tweet your tweets and share your stories that I come across. Feel free to email some over to firstname.lastname@example.com
There are big plans for this community, you can view them here - I'm an open book! If you subscribe to the updates, I will let you know when the Forum, Community hub etc are all online. In the meantime, drop me a line if you have any questions, send me your blog posts if you want to contribute. Most importantly if you have any travel questions that you would normally put to the forum, email them to me and I will have them answered and in the next newsletter. So cheers to Solo Female Travel!!!
Congratulations on your launch, Rebecca. I'm excited to be part of this community. I would love to hear about London, as that is on my bucket list.


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Ozone Standard Exceedance Days in the South San Joaquin Valley
Jan de Leeuw and Shuojun Wang
This note analyzes ozone standard exceedance days in Bakersfield, Arvin, Oildale, and Shafter since 1989. We have plotted violations of both one-hour and eight-hour federal and state standards (data from CARB monitoring stations). We have also drawn linear regression lines to estimate trend. They show a modest long term improvement (around 20%) in violations of one-hour state standards, but generally a smaller increase in violations of eight-hour state standards. They also show larger improvement in urban Bakersfield than in the rural areas.
Jan de Leeuw
We introduce and discuss Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) of curves, using only relatively simple matrix algebra and optimization results. Different loss functions, and various ways to impose constraints on the solution, are also discussed. The techniques are applied first to some theoretical examples involving smooth curves, and subsequently to a data set with one year of hourly ozone measurements in Lebec, Kern County, California. R code for all functions, tables, and figures is included for reproducibility.
Jan de Leeuw
Data collected between February 2006 and February 2007 with an O3 and PM-2.5 monitor in Lebec, California are analyzed. Extensive analysis is not possible, because of the short timespan, but we give descriptive statistics, mostly as plots. The influence of wildfires on PM2:5 and of I-5 truck traffic is discussed briefly. It is noted that there are two schools in close vicinity. In order to get more information about longterm developments, including prediction, more extensive and systematic monitoring is necessary.
Month, Weekday, and Hour Effects in the Lebec Air Monitor Data
Jan de Leeuw
Data collected between February 2006 and February 2007 with an O3 and PM-2.5 monitor in Lebec, California are analyzed. In this paper we analyze the data using simple least squares imputation, and an additive main effect model to look at the effects of mont-of-the-year, day-of-the-week, and hour-of-the-day.
Separability Testing for Point Processes with Covariates and An Application to Wildfire Hazard Assessment
Chien-Hsun Chang
In modeling marked point processes, it is typically assumed that marks are separable from the spatial-temporal coordinates. Tests have been proposed in the simple marked point process case to investigate the separability of the mark distribution. These tests are here extended to the case of a marked point process with covariates. The extension is not trivial, and covariates must be treated in a fundamentally different way than marks and coordinates of the process, especially when covariates are not uniformly distributed. Solutions are proposed to the problem of how to proceed when the separability hypothesis is rejected. An application of separable marked point process models with covariates is given to the assessment of the Burning Index in predicting wildfire activity. An examination of the Los Angeles County data reveals that the Burning Index predicts poorly compared to simple alternatives using just a few weather variables.
Nicholas S. Nairn-Birch
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index defines the leading mode of monthly sea surface temperature anomalies in the North Pacific Ocean. Time series analysis in both the frequency and time domains is applied to 107 years of monthly PDO index values. Simulations of a model fitted to the data are examined for the occurrence of particular event seen in the raw data; a probability for this event is calculated. The simulations are further used to tabulate histograms for mean length (in years) of a positive phase, and the absolute difference between the longest positive and negative phase (in years). The results show that the probability of occurrence of the event in the raw data is relatively low (9.9%). The raw data's mean positive phase length is close to the simulation mean and median, while the absolute difference in maximum positive/negative phase lengths corresponds to a p-value of 14.9%.
Analysis of Average Annual Traffic Count on the Interstate 5 Project
Angela Chang
Over the past years the volume of traffic rushing over the freeways of the Los Angeles area has increased, as evidenced by the longer commute time and the seemingly endless hours people spend in traffic jams. These hours spent sitting behind the wheel of a stopped car represent lost and wasted time. A driver is repeatedly switching radio stations trying to determine a route out of a traffic snarl. The mere anticipation of a traffic jam can lead people to leave for work an hour earlier than necessary in an attempt to avoid such time-consuming problems, rather than making breakfast for the family or walking children to the bus stop. Imagine these scenarios played out every morning and afternoon for thousands of drivers across the Los Angeles area. The result is the loss of hundreds of work hours and depleted recreational and family time. A society that takes appropriate steps to remedy such a detrimental situation cannot help but improve itself overall. Towards this goal, this paper will examine the analysis thus far of the Average Annual Traffic Data provided by the California Department of Transportation. First the data and the manipulations to the data will be described. Then trends in the data will be examined, after which appropriate models will be examined to describe the increase in traffic volume seen over the last decade and a half. Such a model would be a useful tool in focusing limited transportation resources by attempting to predict future traffic growth patterns based on past observations. The purpose of this report is to act as a stepping stone for further analysis of traffic growth patterns on the Interstate 5 freeway. As this is an ongoing research, it is in hope that this paper will help further understanding of the data.
Geographic Estimation of Chumash Towns and Test of Randomness using Bootstrap
Yong Fu
This report presents a method of estimating the longitude and latitude of Chumash towns at the time of European settlement by using software ArcGIS. We also employ bootstrap to test the randomness of location of fifteen Chumash towns which contain mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) information.
Impact of Weather Covariates on Wildfire in Tanjung Puting National Park
Esa A. Eslami
This paper explores wildfire modeling based on meteorological variables for Tanjung Puting National Park, located on the island of Borneo. Based on the point process models developed in other papers to describe wildfires in Los Angeles County, a separable, or entirely multiplicative, model is developed and each individual component then estimated using kernel smoothing and parametric estimation. Bandwidth selection and tests for separability are explored as are problems that may arise due to the specific data.
Kuei-yu Chien
Research on the variation in Ozone concentration contains the analysis of its changing in the time. We will present a detailed discussion about how to apply the seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA) model, also known as seasonal Box-Jenskins approach, to the daily average maximum ozone data extracted from the California Air Resource Board, and based on the fitted model, we will forecast the level of ozone in the years to come. The SARIMA model is parsimonious enough as well as sufficient to describe non-stationary data such as the underlying ozone data. We firstly reduce a stochastic series to a stationary series and applie the MA and AR model to make further illustration of the data; considering the seasonal pattern occurring in the original data, we may as well use the seasonal ARIMA model to adjust the seasonality and improve the results of our forecast. We will examine our model by three methods: the model checking process; comparison with other possible models such as the non-seasonal ARIMA model and the mixed ARMA model, and applying the in-sample prediction concept and then comparing with the actual values. After conducting the three method, we can reach our conclusion that the SARIMA model provides a good description of our data.
Santa Barbara County Ambulance Response Performance Under Load
Joshua Chang
Santa Barbara County ambulance dispatch data from 2006 was analyzed to determine the effect on performance due to system load. A variable called 'neighbors' (η) was calculated as a measure of location specific system load, where η is the number of ambulances that were dispatched within the previous hour within a fixed distance of 20 kilometers. It was determined that calls for which there are neighbors have a statistically higher proportion of response time violations than calls for which there are no neighbors. It was found that on average, the odds ratio of the probability of a response time violation increases by 19.1% for each additional neighbor. However the fact that system load degrades system performance may not itself be very helpful. It was determined that the effect due to system load is not homogeneous in space. The inhomogeneous K-function for locations of calls where neighbors corresponded with a response time violations indicated that there is more clustering compared to inhibition than expected under the hypothesis that these points were drawn without bias from the overall spatial call conditional intensity. This paper identifies regions where system load most impacts ambulance response performance.
Time Series Analysis of Air Pollution CO in California South Coast Area, with Seasonal ARIMA model and VAR Model
Xiao Han Cai
A seasonal integrated autoregressive moving average (SARIMA) model and a vector autoregressive model (VAR) were applied to modeling the time series of monthly maximum one hour carbon monoxide (CO) concentration in California South Coast Area. The SARIMA model presented how the current month air pollutant concentrations depended upon the previous months air pollutant concentrations. Prediction was made by fitting a model. The VAR models showed the association between the current month CO concentrations and the meteorological covariates including precipitation, temperatures, solar radiation and miles of vehicle travel. Through analysis of the models impulse response function, and forecast error variance decomposition it is demonstrated that: (i)Precipitation does not seem correlated with CO concentration . (ii) Environmental plus traffic elements do exert a long-run effect on CO level. (iii)Spurious Regression is an important problem for further data analysis.
Time Series Analysis of Air Pollution in the City of Bakersfield, California
Shuojun Wang
An autoregressive/moving average (ARMA) approach and a multiple linear regression (MLR) approach were applied to modeling the time series of monthly maximum 1 hour ozone, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the city of Bakersfield in the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin. The ARMA model presented how the current month air pollutant concentrations depended upon the previous months air pollutant concentrations. The MLR models showed the associations between the current month concentrations and the meteorological covariates including precipitation, temperatures and solar radiation. By comparing these two models, we concluded that the ARMA models are slightly better in fitting the air pollution data than the MLR models.
Analysis of Interstate Highway 5 Hourly Traffic via Functional Linear Models
Napat Buddhangkuranont
This analysis was conducted to analyze the traffic count on the Interstate Highway 5 (I-5) at three different locations in the North of Los Angeles. A functional data analysis was applied to the hourly data to identify the potentially similar traffic patterns among the days of the week and also to locate that on what day and at what hour have the most cars on the freeway. At various locations, the analysis suggested that the traffic count seems to have different pattern. The analysis of the traffic count from the north bound of the 3 locations of the I-5 and the south bound of Smokey Bear seems to suggest that Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday fairly have comparable pattern. While the analysis of the traffic count from the south of State Route 126 West and Wheeler Ridge suggest that only Tuesday and Wednesday seem to have similar traffic pattern. Moreover, Sunday seems to have the most vehicles count among days of the week. At 3pm seems to have the most congested traffic.
Time Series Analysis of Particulate Matter 2.5 in the San Joaquin Valley
Judy Yang Hee Kong
The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California is one of the most polluted regions in the United States, and is classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection (EPA) as a serious nonattainment area for both ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Pollution sources in SJV accounts for about 14 percent of the total statewide criteria pollutant emissions. The Valley ranks the second with respect to the nations' worst ozone air quality. Although there has been some progress in SJV over the past ten years, the rate of progress has been slow in comparison to other areas of the California State. 23
To bring the entire Valley into attainment of the PM2.5 standard, it is necessary to find out past and present movements of PM2.5 to estimate the future movements of PM2.5. In order to make it possible, the first and foremost step to take is to do time series analysis of this matter, so it could be used to plan for the future in reducing PM2.5 to attainment standard. Basic time series analysis methods, such as plotting raw data and decomposition, were used and various additional methods, such as ACF, ARIMA, and regression analysis, were applied.


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This is an open letter to the many folks who have sat across the desk from me in the past month. Together we spent hours poring over scenarios, and figures, and life questions. I want to honor you for knowing that there is so much more to "mortgage" than just finance. We are talking about life changes and the best use of your money and leverage.
Some of you chose me to arrange your financing after our visit, and some did not, and some chose to take no action at this time. So much about the real estate industry is done on speculation – that is, many of us do not get paid unless a deal closes. What that translates to for Realtors and lenders is that we give you our time and energy without guarantee of compensation.
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It is my intention to be of service through my business. To the person who said to me "I know you are just wanting to get paid for this": Thank you for choosing someone else for your home loan. I am not a rate monkey. My heart and my creativity go into what I do for you, and it is appreciated by those who are called to work with me.
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Sudanese in Holland protest human rights violations in their country
Members of Sudanese civil society organisations in the Netherlands carried out a protest in front of the Dutch Foreign Ministry and the Sudanese embassy in The Hague on Friday.
The protestors handed a memorandum to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the situation of Sudanese asylum seekers in the Netherlands, the dismantling of the camps for the displaced in Darfur, the suppression of women, and other human rights violations in Sudan.
El Imam Mousa, the head of the Democratic Forum in the Netherlands, and spokesman for the Sudanese activists in the country (members of the Democratic Forum, the Darfur Union, Nuba Mountains Solidarity Abroad, and the Asylum Seekers' Committee in the Netherlands), told Radio Dabanga that dozens of Sudanese carried out a sit-in in the Hague on Friday morning.
"We raised banners in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for almost an hour, urging the Dutch authorities to review their policies concerning the dictatorial regime in Khartoum and adjust the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
"A second sit-in was organised in front of the Sudanese embassy. The protesters there shouted slogans denouncing the Khartoum regime and calling for its demise," he reported.
Growing suppression
"Sudan is now in a state of total collapse, and as Khartoum fears an intifada, they are strengthening their grip on the people. Any one who criticises the government in public risks being detained by the security apparatus" Mousa explained.
"For this reason, the arguments for applying for asylum abroad are still in place. The Dutch government has therefore no justification not to adjust the status of Sudanese refugees in the Netherlands," he said.
"The financial support provided by the European Commission to Sudan to counter human trafficking is misused by the Sudanese government. The Khartoum regime is using the funds for the suppression, arbitrary arrests and imprisonment of opponents, activists and human rights defenders."
The Sudanese activist further condemned Khartoum's insistence to forcibly dismantle the numerous camps for the displaced in Darfur and forcibly return the inhabitants to their areas of origin "which are far from safe".
He described the decision as "criminal and catastrophic", referring to the rampant insecurity in the region and the renewed fighting between government forces and rebel combatants in Jebel Marra this year that caused the displacement of tens of thousands of people.
Mousa as well denounced the demolition of the village of seasonal labourers in El Gezira by the authorities, and the death sentence against a young woman in Omdurman because she stabbed her husband to death after he raped her.
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Mafia Quest Map For Minecraft 1.12.X
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Mafia Quest
In this map you play the role of a representative of the Italian mafia.
In the story, you go to your boss, who gives you 3 missions. All 3 missions are fascinating and diverse. You'll like it!
How to Install Mafia Quest Map For Minecraft 1.12.X
- Press the Windows or Start button, then press R. This will open the Run prompt.
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Dancehall artist, Shatta Wale talks about releasing hit music. According to him, the system is the reason for the lackluster response to his hit singles in recent times.
Many people argue that since moving to Zylofon Music, Shatta Wale's frequency of dropping songs and especially massive hit songs has reduced.
In a recent interview, Shatta Wale claims the reason he's unable to drop more hits like he used to is because the economy is so hot that people don't even have time to pay attention to his singles.
Shatta Wale on President Nana Addo and releasing hit songs
"This time I'm even releasing more songs but people are not even aware. I'm just trying to make people take their minds off certain things."
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"I'm trying to put controversial stuff in the industry for Ghana to be interesting but the country is becoming hotter and hotter each and every day.
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It's no surprise heads are turning all over Hurst and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex due to the debut of the new Alfa Romeo Giulia. If you've been in the market for an eye-catching four-door sport sedan, the Giulia is the answer.
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Statutory Authority: 18 Delaware Code, Section 311 and Chapter 17 (18 Del.C. §311 & Ch. 17)
18 DE Admin. Code 602
Proposed Amended Regulation 602 relating to Motor Vehicle Physical Damage Appraisers [Formerly Regulation 8] was initially published in the Delaware Register of Regulations on January 1, 2016, and re-published on March 1, 2016. The initial comment period remained open until February 1, 2016, and the second comment period remained opened until March 31, 2016. There was no public hearing on proposed amended Regulation 602. Public notices of the proposed amended Regulation 602 were published in the Register of Regulations in conformity with Delaware law.
2. Eric M. Goldberg, Vice President – American Insurance Association (provided comments for both public
3. Diane Klund, Director of Regulatory Affairs – AudaExplore (provided comments for both public comment
5. Oyango A. Snell, State Government Relations Counsel (DE, GA, MD, NC, SC) – Property Casualty Insurers
Following the initial publication on January 1, 2016, the Department modified Section 4.1 in response to certain of the comments, and re-published the proposed regulation on March 1, 2016, as modified. The Department has received and considered additional comments, favorable and otherwise, that were submitted regarding the proposed regulation as modified. The Department has determined that no further modifications will be made to the proposed regulation.
1. 18 Del.C. §311 and Ch. 17 require a regulation to set forth rules and procedural requirements which the Commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of the Code.
2. The requirements of proposed amended Regulation 602 best serve the interests of the public and of insurers and comply with Delaware law, and are not likely to impose additional costs or burdens upon individuals and/or small businesses.
Based on the provisions of 18 Del.C. §311 and Ch. 17; and 29 Del.C. Ch. 101, and the record in this docket, I hereby adopt proposed amended Regulation 602 as may more fully and at large appear in the version attached hereto to be effective 10 days after being published as final.
The text of proposed amended Regulation 602 last appeared in the Register of Regulations Vol. 19, Issue 9, pages 788-866.
18 Del.C. Ch. 17 has been amended to include motor vehicle physical damage appraisers under the license requirements therein. The following regulation is required to set standards of conduct for appraisers and to implement the provisions of Chapter 17 and establish through regulations guideline procedures for the manner in which motor vehicle physical damage appraisers conduct their business.
It is not contemplated that this regulation shall apply where no appraisal has been assigned. Recognition is given to the fact that many minor damage claims do not require a formal appraisal and to require such would be an undue burden upon the parties involved.
1.1 As used in 18 Del.C. Ch. 17:
"Appraisal" is not considered to include an estimate of repair to be performed by the individual or entity making such estimate.
"Appraiser" means a motor vehicle physical damage appraiser licensed under the provisions of 18 Del.C. Ch.17. This shall include all persons who in this State practice the appraisal of motor vehicle physical damage.
"Appraiser" is not considered to include an estimate of repair to be performed by the individual or entity making such estimate;
2.1 Each appraiser, while engaged in appraisal duties, shall carry the license issued to him by the Insurance Department and shall display it, upon request, to an owner whose vehicle is being inspected, to the repair shop representative involved or to any authorized representative of the Insurance Department.
3.1 The appraiser shall exchange a legible copy of his appraisal with that of the repair shop selected to make the repairs and also furnish a copy to the owner of the vehicle. This appraisal shall contain the name of the insurance company ordering it, if any, the insurance file number, the number of the appraiser's license and the proper identification number of the vehicle being inspected. All unrelated or old damage should be clearly indicated on the appraisal which shall include an itemized listing of all damages, specifying those parts to be replaced or repaired. Because an appraiser is charged with a high degree of regard for the public safety, the operational safety of the vehicle shall be paramount in considering the specification of new parts. This consideration is vitally important where the parts involved pertain to the drive train, steering gear, suspension units, brake system or tires.
4.0 Personal Inspection Required. Manner of Inspection.
4.1 No appraiser shall secure or use repair estimates that have been obtained by the use of photographs, telephone calls or in any manner other than a personal inspection. An appraiser may prepare an appraisal or a repair estimate on a motor vehicle that has been damaged as a result of a covered loss either from the appraiser's personal inspection of the vehicle or from photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle; provided, however, that no insurer may require an owner of a motor vehicle to submit photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery as a condition of an appraisal. If the owner of a motor vehicle is not satisfied with an appraisal based upon photographs, videos, or electronically transmitted digital imagery of the motor vehicle, the owner of the motor vehicle may require an insurer to obtain an appraisal based on a personal inspection.
5.1 No appraiser shall require that repairs be made in a specified repair shop.
6.1 Every appraiser shall promptly reinspect damaged vehicles prior to the repairs in question when supplementary allowances are requested by repair shops and the amount or extent of damages is in dispute.
7.1.1 Conduct himself in such a manner as to inspire public confidence by fair and honorable dealings;
7.1.2 approach the appraisal of damaged property without prejudice against, or favoritism toward, any party involved in order to make fair and impartial appraisals;
7.1.3 disregard any efforts on the part of others to influence his judgment in the interest of the parties involved;
7.1.5 inspect a vehicle within six working days of assignment to the appraiser unless intervening circumstances (i.e., catastrophe, death, failure of the parties to cooperate) render such inspection impossible.
8.1.1 Receive directly or indirectly any gratuity or other consideration in connection with his appraisal services from any person except his employer or, if self‑employed, his customer;
8.1.2 Traffic in automobile salvage if such salvage is obtained in any way as a result of appraisal services rendered by him for his own benefit.
This proposed amended regulation shall become effective 10 days after being published as a final regulation.


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Archive for October, 2012
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas — A dump truck collided with a semi truck hauling liquefied petroleum gas-propane traveling east on FM 517 on Friday, Oct. 26 in Galveston County, Texas forcing the closure of a section of the FM 517 for more than two hours.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — A Utah truck driver en route to Oklahoma was killed when his semi truck overturned Saturday night, Oct.20, in Reagan County, according to a Department of Public Safety report.
HOUSTON, Texas — Infrastructure experts call overweight semi trucks crossing over the Yale Street Bridge in Houston an accident waiting to happen. Ever since the Texas Department of Transportation reduced the weight limit on the Yale Street Bridge, police are on now on the lookout for overweight trucks trying to cross the bridge near the heart of Houston.
ELM MOTT, Texas — Two 18-wheeler trucks were involved in a fiery accident on the northbound I-35 Wednesday night, Oct. 17, that claimed the life of one of the truck drivers.
ALEXANDRIA, La. — Two 18-wheeler trucks were involved in a crash on Thursday, October 11, which closed the northbound lanes of I-49 between Woodworth and Louisiana State University in Alexandria.
SHERMAN, TX — A Southern Energy tanker truck, carrying approximately 8,000 gallons of a potentially dangerous liquid of petroleum distillate, flipped onto its side in Sherman Texas.
SWEETWATER, TX — A semi truck accident took place on Thursday September 27 during rainy weather conditions when an 18-wheeler crashed into a Highway 84 overpass on the westbound I-20 west of Sweetwater Texas causing severe damage to the bridge.
CHARLOTTE, NC — An elderly woman was tragically killed by a tractor trailer after wandering into oncoming traffic along Interstate 85 late Tuesday night, Sept. 18.
PRAIRIEVILLE, LA (WAFB) – A woman traveling south on Highway 73 was killed on Sunday, Sept. 28, when an SUV passed her then collided with a semi truck causing it to spin out hitting the woman's car and killing her.


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USB car chargers are portable, used to power the devices that you carry with you like phones, tablets, etc. while you are travelling long distances. The USB power connectors have adherent charging ports which are capable of converting a power source to run the connected devices or battery kits. This type of chargers should be very compatible with different smartphones (Apple as well as Android systems), tablets, iPods and other USB chargeable devices. It should not compromise with any of the security standards by providing full protection against any harm caused by short- circuits, gush or other problems. Other than this it should be compact enough to fit easily and should support a high speed charging.
Things to consider before buying
- Multiple USB Ports: Having only single port for a car charger can be frustrating if you use more than one device, you will have to charge them one after another making it a very lengthy process. Thus, multiple USB ports can help you to power more than one device easily at the same time. For example, suppose you are travelling and the passengers in your vehicle need to charge their device, that's possible here due to multiple ports, all the devices can be charged at the same time.
- Output with high Amp: For a charger to work its best, it needs to provide 2.1 Amps minimum per USB port so as to charge all your smart devices like tablets or phones. Highest performance that a USB charger can provide is 4.8 Amps with 2 ports, each port giving 2.4 Amps. If it is less than that then it can charge your phones but might not be sufficient to charge other devices like tablets.
- Charging Cable:Charging cable usually tends to fail when is repeatedly used for a specific period of time; hence, it is better to consider a car charger that does not have a permanent charging cable so when failed you can easily replace the temporary cables with new ones. Otherwise, you will just have to buy a whole new charger when the permanent cable fails.
- Compatibility: Make sure your car charger is compatible with all the devices that you use to avoid discontent while travelling. Mostly, nowadays, car chargers are compatible with almost all devices but it is better to ensure whether the car charger is up to date.
Top 11 USB car chargers reviews
11. AmazonBasics Universal Charger with Micro USB
This car charger comes in a simple packaging with one year of warranty. It has tendency to charge almost all phones with micro USB slot. It uses your car's DC adapter as a high-speed charging terminal and provides up to 2.1 Amp of output. You can safely use your devices while it's charging. The charging cable rolls up, hence, it does not create untidiness and it spreads up to 5 foot long which can easily be passed onto back seat. The cord is pretty stiff, hence, it does not get entangled and also does not take up too much space to store when not using. All in all, it has high performance charging capability, does not heat up your devices while charging, is compact and uses cigarette lighter slot of cars to charge the devices.
10.Sundix Dural USB Ports Charger with Phone Holder
This charger consists of a phone holder with a very firm grip that can be mounted anywhere in the car as per your wish to ensure safe driving. Almost all sizes of smart phones fit in the car mount as the width can be adjusted from 52mm to 95mm. There is a tiny round ball loaded to rotate the phone in 360 degrees for landscape/portrait view of screens and a support neck holder which has a knob to enable 180 degree movement too. This neck holder support is very robust due to which the phone does not move or fall when the car is in motion but also has thick soft pads to ensure safe handling of the devices. The USB charger has 2 ports so as to charge two devices at a time with one year warranty. Output of 3.0 Amps of is provided by this charger which is enough to charge two devices at a time. Some other features include protection from high current or voltage input as well as over-charging.
9.AmazonBasics Dual port Car Charger
AmazonBasics car charger with dual USB has 2 USB ports that provide 2.0 Amps of output current each to charge two devices at a time; that is., 4 Amps of current output in total. Total power of 20 watts is provided in this charging unit which enables the charging to be high speed and convenient. It comes with one year warranty and has fine compatibility with apple, Samsung, HTC, Amazon Kindle series and GPS gadgets like mobile phones and tablets. It consists of a discrete LED light to indicate the connection between the charger and USB device and whether the flow of current has started or no. Also, it is safe to use them for any 5V devices to be charged easily and compatible with Apple and android both power cables to charge phones and tablets. It is also very compact in size making it efficient to mount without any disturbance to the other controlling devices of the car.
8.iXCC 24WUSB Car Charger
It has a pretty impressive power of total 24 Watts which gives you high speed charging performance while travelling long distances. It comes with 2 USB ports that give 4.8 Amps of output, easily fits in the cigarette lighter socket of your car, has a stiff design and is also compatible with the 12V or 24V of voltage input. As stated it can charge any two devices at a time while going on long journeys and are compact in size to fit in easily in the cigarette-lighter socket of your car. It is compatible with almost all apple gadgets and also other android brand's (Samsung, Kindle, etc.) phones and tablets. It comes with a 2 year warranty, has pretty high-speed performance and is very compact so as to fit in easily into the power port of the car with USB cables attached. It works great for daily use and essentially high quality gadgets.
7.PowerGen Dual USB 20W car charger
PowerGen car charger comes with two USB ports with 4.2 Amps of current output and 20 watts of total power. These two different ports have the ability to charge your mobile phones, apple devices, cameras as well as music players. It consists of an LED indicator light to confirm whether the device has been properly plugged in and charging is in progress or not. It ensures protection from high current and voltage value as wells as from over-charging. Charging process will be stopped on its own when the device is fully charged. The design is very compact and surface finish looks classy. It comes with one year warranty. First port (A) is for apple devices with max 1 Amps of output. And port 2 of USB (NA) is for other products than apple. There is a red light indicator all around ports at night to confirm the usage of car charger and also so that you see the USB slots. It has withholding balls that are loaded with 4 springs to secure the charger in its place firmly in the DC power slot of the car.
6. Aukey CC-S1 USB Car Charger
This is the most impressive charger with total output of 24W at the two USB ports which helps you to charge two smartphones or tablets simultaneously at high speed. This is further aided with AiPower robust technology which identifies the input current and charges the connecting device at very high speed with good compatibility giving overall 4.8 amps of current. It is safeguarded very nicely from overheating, unstable voltages and charging. The design is very simple, compact in size yet powerful.It is adaptable to all smartphones and most of the USB devices. The construction is light, easy to carry and handy. There is no problem in power while switching. The whole packed unit is great with higher output amperages which boosts the charging rate of the devices. The socket is much lighter making it perfect for the fit. The charger also fits very firmly in the cigarette lighter without any loose connections.
5.Maxboost Smart Port 24W USB Car Charger
It has smart dual USB ports which helpin easy device recognition and efficient charging with maximum speed. It gives a smooth grip with double implanted frame adding to its durability. The design is compact and gives additional flexibility. The perceptive circuitry protects the device from short-circuit, exceed flow of heat and currents as well. It is compatible with iPads, iPods, iPhones, cameras, MP3 players and smartphones. The two high power driven outputs giving 2.4 amps of current at each port is capable to charge almost any device very easily. There is a small LED light which is used to indicate the charging of the device even at nights or in dark. The framing is done using polycarbonate on the inner coating with bendable outer molding of thermoplastic polyurethane. The construction of the charger is so tight that it minimizes its overall size. It gives high speed charging up to 4.8 amps.
4.AUKEY Charger with Dual 2.0 Ports
This charger has up to 75% fast charging compatibility with its rapid charge 2.0 hi techversion which allows high amount of power transmission. It is also aided with AiPower adaptive technology which helps the ports to easily get adapted to your devices to transfer fast amount of power up to 2.4 amps. It has built in shield to protect the connected device from exceed current flow, overheating and charging. It is also very compatible with all smartphones (Android as well as Apple), Bluetooth devices, smartwatches etc. It won't have any kind of loose connections or shattering issues as there is good amount of strain on side of the contacts. The spring provided for the post in center is very strong so that the adapter is easily pushed out of the crater on its own.The output power is exactly at its threshold and there are colored sockets for an immediate differentiation between the 2.0 and regular ports.
3.Omaker33W Premium Car Charger with Smart IC
The upgraded version of this charger has a 3 port USB which can charge any three phones or tablets at same time with great speed. It itself is well rigged to pinpoint each connected device and will supply the highest recharging potential with which the device can be easily get adapted to. Its inventive circuitry is specially designed to secure the device against over currents, high heating and short- circuit. It also protects device from exceed charging by automatically stopping it when detected as fully charged. The device is made up of premium fire-resistant material and has anti-rust aluminum base. There is a small LED indicator on the inside section which helps to see the connection state while driving.Its design is durable and patent with decent features. The charger has the perfect fitting and finish as compared to others.It is compatible with almost all the smartphones, tablets both Apple and android.
2.Anker 4-Port USB 48W Car Charger
This charger is adorned with exclusive PowerIQ hi tech which checks whether the device is charged at its possible high speed. This is also an all-powerful charger which lets your device to charge up at most probably speed of 9.6 amps. It can charge up to four phones, iPads or any other devices at the very same time. It gives you assured protection as it is highly compatible with most of the vehicles as well as devices such as Apple, tablets, Macbook, Android phones, etc. But this charger is not suitable to charge iPod shuffle, iPod nano, ipod classic, Asus tablets and HP touchpad. It's better to use the authentic cable for optimism. It gives full security for your device from all types of harms like short- circuit, low voltages andupsurge in output currents or voltages etc. It gives customized, pumped-up and secured charging for the connected device with intelligent recognition.
1.Anker 24W Dual USB PowerDrive 2charger
This charger has the ability to collaborate the very Avant-grade charging mechanism which is a combination of two factors; boosting voltage and PowerIQ. These two together equip a speedy charging of the device upto almost 2.4 to 4.8 amperes for each port. Another prominent feature is its charging, which helps to charge two devices at the same time with great speed with the assistance of dual ports. It has a very packed and esthetic design which makes its one of the very smallest dual port USB chargers ever.It is also the most slenderized and sleek chargers in market. The twin ports supplies 24 watts power which in terms can be enough powerful to charge almost two iPads at full speed simultaneously. Its immune system helps the devices to be safe from damages caused by any type of burst, temperature fluctuations and much more.The PowerDrive2 is built using prime components with top quality integrated circuit and chips. This makes it completely safe and reliable as well.A mild glowing LED helps to spot the port while driving at night without any distraction. It is quiet charger with no electrical buzzing.


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Assurant, Inc. (AIZ - Free Report) reported fourth-quarter 2018 net operating income of 77 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 67.4%. However, the bottom line deteriorated 58.2% from the year-ago quarter, mainly due to higher reportable catastrophe loss.
Total revenues surged 42.5% year over year to $2.4 billion, mainly attributable to higher premiums earned and net investment income. Moreover, the top line exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by nearly 2%.
Net investment income soared 52.1% year over year to $180.8 million.
Total benefits, loss and expenses escalated 49.8% to $2.3 billion, mainly on account of a noticeable increase in policyholder benefits, selling, underwriting, general and administrative expenses plus interest expense.
Full-Year Highlights
For 2018, Assurant delivered net operating income of $5.80 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.7%. Also, the bottom line improved 45.7% year over year.
However, total revenues of $8.1 billion missed the consensus mark by 0.1% but grew 28.4% year over year.
Segmental Performance
Net earned premiums, fees and others at Global Housing dipped 10.8% year over year to $502 million, primarily due to the sale of mortgage solutions.
The company incurred net operating loss of $12.4 million against the year-ago quarter's net operating income of $89.6 million. This downside can be attributed to higher catastrophe loss, stemming from Hurricane Michael and the California wildfires.
Net earned premiums, fees and others at Global Lifestyle soared 77.4% year over year to $1.6 billion. This upside was primarily driven by the contribution of Warranty Group's $645 million of revenues.
Net operating income of $97.9 million skyrocketed 128.7% year over year. The benefit obtained from Warranty Group buyout, lower tax rate and decent organic growth drove the improvement.
Net earned premiums, fees and others at Global Preneed rose 5.2% year over year to $48.3 million, primarily owing to growth in pre-funded funeral policies in the United States and Canada along with prior-period sales of the Final Need product.
Net operating income jumped a whopping 256.5% year over year to $16.4 million, mainly on the back of the impact from lower effective tax rate, higher net investment income and the absence of a software impairment in fourth-quarter 2017 totaling $5 million.
Net operating loss at Corporate & Other was $27.5 million, narrower than the year-ago quarter's net operating loss of $29.1 million. Absence of a workforce reduction charge in fourth-quarter 2017 and better investment results were responsible for this upside. However, adverse impact of the lower effective tax rate partially offset this improvement.
Financial Position
Assurant's financial position remains strong with around $473 million in corporate capital as of Dec 31, 2018.
Total assets augmented 29% to $41.1 billion as of Dec 31, 2018 from $31.8 billion at 2017 end.
Total shareholders' equity came in at $5.1 billion, up 19.7% year over year.
Share Repurchase and Dividend Update
In the fourth quarter, the company bought back 0.5 million shares worth $49 million. From Jan 1, 2019 onward, through Feb 8, 2019, the company repurchased additional 0.2 million shares for $22 million. It now has $739 million remaining under its current share buyback authorization.
The company's total dividends amounted to $43 million in the fourth quarter.
2019 Outlook
On the basis of current market conditions, the company expects:
Assurant estimates net operating income (excluding reportable catastrophe loss) to grow between 6% and 10% from 2018. This earnings growth is likely to be driven by profitability achieved in Global Lifestyle and Global Housing along with share buybacks. This growth rate will comprise an estimated adverse impact of around 2% and the full-year impact of the 10.4 million shares issued for the Warranty Group buyout.
Assurant's consolidated effective tax rate is projected between 23% and 25%.
Double-digit earnings growth is likely to represent full-year contributions from the Warranty Group that will include $25-$30 million after tax of additional synergy realization, modest organic growth across Connected Living, Global Automotive and multifamily housing along with ongoing expense management efforts. Given a moderate decline in revenues, lender-placed insurance excluding reportable catastrophe loss and the incremental reinsurance costs are projected to be around 2018-levels. However, persistent declines in Global Financial Services might partially offset earnings growth.
Assurant expects full-year net operating loss to hover around 2018-levels at Corporate & Other. Additionally, interest expense is projected in the range of $83-$85 million and preferred dividends are anticipated to be around $20 million. Both these estimates reflect full-year financing costs associated with the buyout of Warranty Group.
Dividends from the units, namely Global Housing, Global Lifestyle and Global Preneed are predicted to approximate segment net operating income (including catastrophe loss).
The company plans to deploy capital, mainly to fund business growth, finance other investments and return capital to shareholders via share buybacks and dividends.
Zacks Rank
Assurant carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell).
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Performance of Other Insurers
Among other players from the insurance industry having reported fourth-quarter earnings so far, the bottom-line numbers of MGIC Investment Corporation (MTG - Free Report) and The Travelers Companies, Inc. (TRV - Free Report) beat the respective Zacks Consensus Estimate while that of The Progressive Corporation (PGR - Free Report) fell short of the same.
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