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Robert S. Sheppard
Robert Shares Sheppard, 95, of Tupper Lake, passed away on April 28, 2013, after a long illness.
He was born on Nov. 4, 1917, in Syracuse. He was the only child of Floyd H. and Beulah (Shares) Sheppard.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife Alice (Somers) and a grandson, Adam J. Sheppard.
He is survived by his second wife, Jeannette (Pardy) Davis of Saranac Lake; sons: Roger (Sandy) of Blacksburg, Va., Curtis (Ruth Ann) of Doylestown, Ohio, Bruce (Carla Christensen) of Salem, Ore.; two stepdaughters: Patricia (Gerald) Gillmett of Lake Clear and Carol (John) Niederbuhl of Bloomingdale; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and three nieces.
Robert graduated from Syracuse University in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and from the University of Akron in 1953 with a Master of Science in Chemistry. At Syracuse University, he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Pi Mu Epsilon honor societies. He worked for PPG Industries in Barberton, Ohio, as a research chemist for 37 years before he retired in 1980. He was a veteran of the HQ. Co., 1st Battalion, 108th Infantry, New York National Guard from 1935-39.
He was a resident of Doylestown, Ohio, for more than 50 years, where he was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the Lions Club. He served the church as a Sunday school teacher and Boy Scout leader. He had many interests throughout his life including amateur radio for more than 75 years, bowling, stamp collecting, reading, genealogy, gardening and photography. In addition to his family, the greatest joy in his life was fishing, which he enjoyed sharing with his friends, sons and grandchildren.
Burial and a memorial service will be in Doylestown, Ohio, on May 18. Memorial contributions can be made to Child Fund International, 2821 Emerywood Parkway, Richmond, Virginia 23294.
Local arrangements are in care of the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake. Family and friends can share their memories and sign the online guest book at fortunekeoughfuneralhome.com.


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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium], I thought I would start with some photos. I took these with cell phone, and without realizing how much it would cost, uploaded them to Flickr at international data roaming rates. Oops!
Here are some of the banners used at the conference. Each break-out session room was outfitted with a "Presentation Briefcase" that had everything a speaker might need, including power plug adapters and dry-erase markers for the whiteboard. What a clever idea!
Here is a recap of the last and final day 3:
- Understanding IBM's Storage Encryption Options
Special thanks to Jack Arnold for providing me his deck for this presentation. I presented IBM's leadership in encryption standards, including the [OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol] that allows many software and hardware vendors to interoperate. IBM offers the IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM v2) for Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris operating systems, and the IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager (v1.1) for z/OS.
Encrypting data at rest can be done several ways, by the application at the host server, in a SAN-based switch, or at the storage system itself. I presented how IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, the IBM SAN32B-E4 SAN switch, and various disk and tape devices accomplish this level of protection.
Rich Swain, IBM Field Technical Sales Specialist for NAS solutions, provided an overview of IBM's NAS strategy and the three products: Scale-Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS), Storwize V7000 Unified, and N series.
- IBM System Networking Convergence CEE/DCB/FCoE
Mike Easterly, IBM Global Field Marketing Manager for IBM System Networking, presented on Network convergence. He wants to emphasize that "Convergence is not just FCoE!" rather it is bringing together FCoE with iSCSI, CIFS, NFS and other Ethernet-based protocols. In his view, "All roads lead to Ethernet!"
There are a lot new standards that didn't exist a few years ago, such as PCI-SIG's Single Root I/O Virtualization [SR-IOV], Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator [VEPA], and [VN-Tag], Data Center Bridging [DCB], Layer-2 Multipath [L2MP], and my favorite: Transparent Interconnect of Lots of Links [TRILL].
Last year, IBM acquired Blade Network Technologies (BNT), which was the company that made IBM BladeCenter's Advanced Management Module (AMM) and BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM). BNT also makes Ethernet switches, so it has been merged with IBM's System Storage team, forming the IBM System Storage and Networking team. Most of today's 10GbE is either fiber optic, Direct Attach Copper (DAC) that supports up to 8.5 meter length cables, or 10GBASE-T which provides longer distances of twisted pair. IBM's DS3500 uses 10GBASE-T for its 10GbE iSCSI support.
Last month, IBM announced 40GbE! I missed that one. The IT industry also expects to deliver 100GbE by 2013. For now, these will be used as up-links between other switches, as most servers don't have the capacity to pump this much data through their buses. With 40GbE and 100GbE, it would be hard to ignore Ethernet as the common network standard to drive convergence.
Fibre Channel, such as FCP and FICON, are still the dominant storage networking technology, but this is expected to peak around 2013 and start declining thereafter in favor of iSCSI, NAS and FCoE technologies. Already the enhancements like "Priority-based Flow Control" made to Ethernet to support FCoE have also helped out iSCSI and NAS deployments as well.
The iSCSI protocol is being used with Microsoft Exchange, PXE Boot, Server virtualization hypervisors like VMware and Hyper-V, as well as large Database and OLTP. IBM's SVC, Storwize V7000, XIV, DS5000, DS3500 and N series all support iSCSI.
IBM's [RackSwitch] family of products can help offload traffic at $500 per port, compared to traditional $2000 per port for IBM SAN32B or Cisco Nexus5000 converged top-of-rack switches.
IBM's System Networking strategy has two parts. For Ethernet, offer its own IBM System Networking product line as well as continue its partnership with Juniper Networks. For Fibre Channel and FCoE, continue strategic partnerships with Brocade and Cisco. IBM will lead the industry, help drive open standards to adopt Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), provide flexibility and validate data center networking solutions that work end-to-end.
Well, that marks the end of this week in Auckland, New Zealand. I am off now to Melbourne, Australia for the [IBM System Storage Technical Symposium] next week.
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House of Commons Hansard #49 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was grain.
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Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Vancouver Island North
John Duncan Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Madam Speaker, we are finding innovative solutions to improve the quality of education for first nations. We have a joint action plan with the national chief. The K to 12 panel is doing some very good work. We have also invested in a major way in school renovation and school construction across the country. We built or repaired 100 schools and work is under way on over 100 more. The economic action plan was a big part of this.
National Defence
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Dominic LeBlanc Beauséjour, NB
Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are crossing flight paths in the confusion to defend their reckless procurement of the F-35s. The Associate Minister of National Defence contradicted himself when he said the Conservatives are not looking at other options, but there is a plan B. The Minister of National Defence finally saw the light and began to share the concern we have that the F-35 project will be in big trouble when the Americans pull out.
Who is running the show? Is it the Minister of National Defence, the junior minister of defence, the Prime Minister? Maybe it is the parliamentary secretary. Who is going to take the blame?
National Defence
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Chris Alexander Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
Madam Speaker, as we have said many times in the House, our plan to equip Canada's men and women, to protect Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic and elsewhere remains absolutely on track. The F-35 is the right aircraft for that mission in coming decades and we are glad that our allies are reminding their parliaments of the importance of this important technology that is creating jobs for Canadian companies across this country.
As the Defense Secretary of the United States said today in Halifax:
The F-35 is going to be an essential fighter that will help NORAD and will be the future in helping us with the security challenges that we face.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Questions
November 18th, 2011 / 11:55 a.m.
Pierre-Luc Dusseault Sherbrooke, QC
Madam Speaker, when will the government finally follow the advice of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel and stop playing judge and jury for the Federal Court of Appeal? Will the government finally listen to the Canadian Bar Association, Parliament's lawyer, and the opposition and wait for the courts to do their work?
When will Conservatives allow the courts to function independently and recognize that their political agenda comes second to their constitutional duties?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Dean Del Mastro Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Madam Speaker, I would respond to the question with a question. When will the NDP understand that this is about fundamental accountability and transparency for each and every Canadian? Hard-working Canadians contribute their tax dollars to this government. Many of those dollars go toward the support of the public broadcaster. All we are seeking from the public broadcaster is transparency and accountability because families in my riding and the member's riding deserve nothing less than transparency from the public broadcaster.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Questions
Pierre-Luc Dusseault Sherbrooke, QC
Madam Speaker, we, too, are in favour of as much transparency as possible at the CBC, but being accountable does not mean ignoring political and legal processes. The actions of the member for Peterborough were illegitimate and illegal.
This precedent is contrary to our institutions and to the separation of powers. The government is setting itself above the constitutional role of the House. The Canadian Constitution also applies to the Conservative caucus. Will it respect the separation of legislative and judicial powers?
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Oral Questions
Dean Del Mastro Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Madam Speaker, I was here in the previous parliament when the previous Speaker ruled that Parliament was indeed supreme. It is a ruling that has in fact been reviewed in parliaments around the world that have similar systems to us.
I would simply say for the member that the average family of four in my riding and in his riding contributes the equivalent of a week's worth of groceries to the CBC. Do those members not believe that those hard-working families deserve transparency and accountability from the CBC? They deserve to see how their money is being spent. They deserve nothing less from their public broadcaster.
Democratic Reform
Oral Questions
Robert Sopuck Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, MB
Madam Speaker, the Liberals said only a few weeks ago that our government's fair representation act seemed like a fair bill. The bill moves every province closer to representation by population. It provides fair representation for faster-growing provinces, while at the same time protecting the representation of smaller provinces like mine.
As a member from a smaller province in our federation, I have serious concerns with the Liberal scheme to designate my province a loser of House of Commons representation.
Could the government House leader update this place on the government's fair—
Democratic Reform
Oral Questions
The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie
Order, please. The hon. government House leader.
Democratic Reform
Oral Questions
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Madam Speaker, when we introduced our fair representation bill, the Liberals actually said that it was fair, but that did not stop them from coming up with the worse idea, and they announced that today. Their worse idea would actually leave Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia severely under-represented, yet at the same time it would take away seats from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Under our bill, every province would move closer to fair representation, to representation by population. Under the Liberal plan, almost every province comes out a loser.
Oral Questions
Mark Eyking Sydney—Victoria, NS
Madam Speaker, recently I visited a grade 9 class of Cabot High in northern Cape Breton. Its number one ask of the federal government is to pay its share to finish its rink. Members of the community have put up mortgages, the junior hockey league has held a fundraiser and a community over 500 kilometres away has donated equipment. Two other levels of government have stepped up to the plate.
Muskoka got its rink. Does northern Cape Breton have to host a G8 summit to get the rink finished?
Oral Questions
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia
Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Madam Speaker, a few things need to be corrected. Since 2006, over $160 million in funding has been dedicated toward 1,350 projects within Cape Breton and the Mulgrave area of Nova Scotia. This is the first thing that needs to go on the record.
Our economic action plan alone has represented $9.6 million invested in 54 projects throughout Cape Breton. The federal government has been standing up for Cape Breton.
Oral Questions
Réjean Genest Shefford, QC
Madam Speaker, the government is abandoning the veterans who have served Canada. By negotiating to transfer to the Quebec government the last federal hospital that treats veterans exclusively, Veterans Affairs will lose 1,300 jobs.
How will veterans receive the services they are entitled to? How can the minister tell our veterans, who so proudly wore the uniform, that their government is abandoning them?
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Mississauga—Brampton South
Eve Adams Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs
Madam Speaker, our government is taking action for veterans and our men and women in uniform. Our government has increased benefits to veterans.
The Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec have entered into preliminary discussions for the possible transfer of Ste. Anne's Hospital. Under no circumstances will the level of care that we provide to our veterans ever be compromised. We believe, unlike the NDP, that the province of Quebec can run a hospital.
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Scott Armstrong Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
Madam Speaker, we know that when first nations communities take control of their own future it benefits not only those communities but all of Canada.
Could the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development please explain to the House how we are working with willing partners to support the Labrador Innu and building Atlantic Canada and also the broader Canadian economy?


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Six health care providers plead guilty to cheating Medicaid
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Release date: 3/27/2013
AG's Medicaid Investigations Division busts fraud in Vance, Sampson, Alleghany counties
Six health care providers have pleaded guilty in the past month for ripping off taxpayers and the Medicaid system, including four guilty pleas this week, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday.
The cases were investigated and prosecuted by Cooper's Medicaid Investigations Division, which is made up of attorneys, financial investigators and State Bureau of Investigation agents.
"We're cracking down on Medicaid fraud because it wastes taxpayers' money, squanders funds that should go to needed care, and drives up health care costs for all of us," Cooper said.
Bobby Faison
of Henderson pleaded guilty on Monday to one felony count of medical provider fraud and one felony count of offering or paying kickbacks by a Medicaid provider for billing for child behavioral health services that were not provided.
Wake County District Court Judge Vince Rozier sentenced Faison on Monday to 24 months of supervised probation and ordered him to repay $56,179.68 to the Medicaid program. Faison also faces 50 hours of community service and is banned while on probation from being employed in any job that could result in billing Medicaid. If he violates the terms of his probation, Faison could face six to eight months behind bars.
Medicaid Investigations Division
(MID) began investigating Faison, a counselor with Prodigious Health Services in Vance County, in December 2011 following a call from a Medicaid recipient. The caller said that Prodigious had billed North Carolina Medicaid using her family's Medicaid recipient numbers even though no one in her family had ever received any medical services from Prodigious. MID investigators uncovered a system of kickbacks and billing for services not actually provided, including paying people $25 for each Medicaid recipient referral and offering incentives, such as payment of utility bills and toys for their children, for people to provide their family's Medicaid recipient numbers.
Also this week,
Tammy Atkins
Deborah Aroche
, and
Amy Lyall
pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Alleghany County court for submitting false timesheets for personal care services they did not actually provide while working for Families First Home Health Care.
Atkins pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor attempted Medicaid fraud and was sentenced to 90 days in jail suspended for 36 months of supervised probation. She must pay $3,997.68 in restitution and fees and perform community service.
Aroche pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor attempted Medicaid fraud and was sentenced to 45 days in jail suspended for 60 months supervised probation. She must pay $8.018.10 in restitution and fees.
Lyall pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor attempted Medicaid fraud and was sentenced to 120 days in jail suspended for 36 months supervised probation. She must pay $3,667.44 in restitution and fees and perform community service.
A fourth employee of Families First Home Health Care,
Jessica Cook
, pleaded guilty February 26 to two counts of misdemeanor attempted Medicaid fraud. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail suspended for 24 months of supervised probation plus community service and ordered to pay $3,020.36 in restitution, court costs and fees. Charges are pending against a fifth employee, Michelle Bottomley.
The owner of Families First Home Health Care, Betty Ann Cook, pleaded guilty last year to related federal charges for running the fraud scheme. That case was investigated and prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office and the US Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General along with Cooper's MID.
Cook, Lyall, Aroche and Atkins were arrested in December 2012 as part of a
statewide sweep
that netted nine arrests. Another defendant arrested as part of that sweep,
Kellie Hickman
, pleaded guilty earlier this month for submitting falsified timesheets for home health care work while employed by United Home Care, Inc. On March 7, Hickman pleaded guilty in Sampson County court to two misdemeanor counts of attempted medical assistance provider fraud. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail suspended for 12 months of supervised probation plus community service and ordered to pay $3,524.90 in restitution, court costs and fees.
"With more investigators and attorneys on the job, we're finding more fraud and making wrongdoers pay," Cooper said. "Guilty pleas and money recovered save taxpayer money and discourage health care providers from cheating."
In another recent case, the MID recovered $1,083,619.28 last month for the state's Medicaid program from Healthpoint, Ltd. and its partner, DFB Pharmaceuticals. The drug companies caused false claims to be submitted to the North Carolina Medicaid program for an unapproved drug, Xenaderm. North Carolina's settlement is part of $33 million the companies paid to settle Medicaid fraud claims nationally.
North Carolina's MID has recouped more than $500 million over the past decade and helped to convict hundreds of individuals on criminal charges including patient abuse and neglect as well as financial fraud. During the federal fiscal year that ended September 30, 2012, the MID won 33 criminal convictions and 14 civil settlements that recovered $94,390,397.85 from Medicaid abusers.
The MID investigates fraud and abuse of Medicaid benefits by
hospitals, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment companies, mental health and personal care providers, ambulance services and others. The division also investigates patient abuse and neglect in nursing homes and other facilities that receive Medicaid funds. The unit works closely with United States Attorneys, District Attorneys, and other state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Assistant Attorney General John Parris prosecuted and Financial Investigator Richard Bedford investigated the Faison case with assistance from the SBI and the NC Division of Medical Assistance, Program Integrity Section. Parris prosecuted and Financial Investigator Douglas Crawley investigated the Hickman case with assistance from the Sampson County District Attorney's Office. Assistant Attorney General Laura Lansford prosecuted and SBI Special Agent Emily Foss investigated the Atkins, Aroche, Lyall and Cook cases with assistance from local law enforcement, the US DHHS Inspector General, and the Internal Revenue Service.
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Skip to comments.Peacefully grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States...
Posted on 11/10/2012 8:56:44 PM PST by AlmaKing
Peacefully grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government. As the founding fathers of the United States of America made clear in the Declaration of Independence in 1776:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government..."
Warning: you have to create an account to sign this petition.
6941 signatures so far.
Only 18,000 more needed before Obama blows it off.
Do we have anything else to do these days?
This petition got 50 signatures in the time I needed to post this.
Up 4,000 in the last 24 hours or so.
Can Louisiana blow off its share of the 16,000,000,000,000 debt this way? If so, this makes a lot of economic sense.
As much as I hate that place I'd move there if it left the union. Of course we know that won't happen. It won't even happen in Texas.
Hate to tell you Louisiana, but you are stuck in this Hell with the rest of us.
I was born there. When I left, I said 'I'm never going back. It's too damn hot.'
12 states and a few decades later, I'm in New Hampshire, and well, LA is looking pretty good. Not New Orleans, but rural LA.
IIRC there is only one state that can leave the union. Montana, Nebraska, or possibly Wyoming. They joined with the agreement that they could leave without penalty if their legislature so voted.
Being landlocked would cause serious problems as would being able to defend their borders or conduct business with the remaining states.
Leaving the union sounds attractive but it doesn't make sense with the exception of large states with ports.
Instead of seceding the state to end their U.S. citizenship, perhaps the people signing the petition should have their U.S. citizenship revoked for assisting the Communists to divide and conquer the United States with treasonous advocation of secession.
Do you not agree with the Declaration of Independence then? Were the Founding Fathers traitors? Do you have a brain? Questions cannot be answered with an uncritical mind. Your's qualifies.
LOL,like San Francisco NOLA is nice, it's the people who have those cities so messed up. True the weather is probably better in SF but then there are the earthquakes.
Both are better than the dang winter cold above the Mason-Dixon.
So... Congress ignores the Constitution for years, yet you think that the States should obey the Constitution. Interesting thought process you have going on there.
Montana has a more than 500 mile border with Canada. Although a port would be great, it is not necessary. Hell, palm trees would be great too...
No I didn't say that. Walter Williams has often said the states should ling ago have surrounded federal buildings with National Guard troops. I agree with that.
I was just stating that one state did have enough foresight to leave an out.
Not to rain on Louisiana's parade,BUT . . . their own history disproves the ability of any state to secede from the Union.
To quote that great Eagles song:
You can check out any time you like, but you can NEVER leave . . .
Thin blood FRiends! Thin, thin blood! I like nothing better than heading out for a 6AM jog in the woods in the New England January.
Seasons--the one thing I'll miss if I ever manage to escape this crazy state.
An older fellow I work with grew up in Montana in the 30's and 40's, and has written many stories about it.
One good one is how in the winter every farm house had ropes strung from the back door to the out buildings. That was because the snow was so deep or falling so intensely people could become disoriented.
He says he would never go back to live there.
I would put up with the heat to live in a free country again. Can this be done?
I was born is Saskatchewan Kanada. Atlantic winters there make the New England winters look like Florida. If La. secedes or even Texas, I would move there. I don't even know why we have to ask p-resident Jarjar for permission when half the voting population did not even vote for him.
Oh the seasons are nice and an occasional outing in the cold isn't bad. I've been known to shovel knee deep snow in a kilt.
But after decades of HAVING to walk a couple of miles back and forth to work in the dead of winter and doing the nightshift, I prefer a warmer clim.
KY, TN and the inland Carolinas would be just fine!
As much as I admire the this effort... it is premature.
Obamacare has yet to be fully enacted so nobody has yet to be actually harmed. Nobody's social security checks have
gone dry. The Government has not YET gone broke.
However, if we go over the cliff and taxes go up, and the
economy slides back into a deeper recession, we could start
to see a slow motion unraveling of societal order or some
outright SHTF riots. IF the Government had a real crisis of
liquidity and had to start picking who to pay and not pay..
ALL bets are off. As Travis McGee has said, this will all
start when the EBT cards don't worky worky any more.
If that occurs. This petition might be replaced by a million
man march on Washington. And the marchers will be carrying
items much more useful than little signs and sack lunches.
"Leaving the union sounds attractive but it doesnt make sense with the exception of large states with ports."
Ever hear of New Orleans?
I like the secession idea. If they peacefully choose to secede, refuse to let IRS and FBI into their territory without permission what is the Federal government going to do? This is not 1860, and even there it was hellish fighting which today' society would not stomach. Plus much of the Army is made up of White southerners who might refuse to take up arms against their hometowns.
"An older fellow I work with grew up in Montana in the 30s and 40s, and has written many stories about it."
My father lived in Missoula in the thirties and when he was 16, with the help of his family and a family friend, lied about his age and joined the Navy. The family couldn't afford all the kids, but they did the best they could. Of course, the rest of the boys were in the service soon...but he grew up hunting and fishing for food and poor as hell in Missoula. Stayed in the Navy for 27 years, retired a Master Chief when JFK sent the "advisers" to Viet Nam. Never went back to Montana. Used to laugh that he never saw the ocean until he arrived in Port in San Diego and then was never more than a mile or so from it the rest of his life.
we are moving toward one party socialism and poverty. We don't need to wait until it is too late.
"So, a Louisiana resident (maybe) created this petition on the whitehouse.gov site to request that LA separate peacefully from the US."
It sure would be easy if Texas went with them...before it's too late for them. I'd go. But the secession would have to be complete..scare the 'rats out.
Not Broke!? With a $16 Trillion debt?
Hell, according to this it already is at a net worth of -$68 trillion.
And this doesn't paint a good picture either.
Whats wrong with allowing "clusters" of states to determine
their own participation in Obamacare?
The CA,OR,WA,NV cluster would have it. The northeast cluster of blue states would have it. The Midwest WI,MN,IA,IL,OH,MI
blue state cluster would have it.
But, all the rest would not. If you don't like whats offered
in your cluster, then you have to go to another.
Let those lib utopias pay for it if they want it.
You've got it backwards.
"Not Broke!? With a $16 Trillion debt?
Hell, according to this it already is at a net worth of -$68 trillion.
And this doesn't paint a good picture either"
Exactly... It always amazes me when people disregard the
idea that the Federal Government could go broke. I can
GUARANTEE you that the Government doesn't consider it not
possible. They are war gaming it right now!
But I'm just a "sky is falling" alarmist..... you know.
From the source:we petition the obama administration to:Peacefully grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own NEW government.
1. As far as I know, the Obama administration has no authority to grant the State of Louisiana to withdraw from the United States of America government, peacefully or otherwise.
2. I dont see why Louisiana would need to create its own NEW government, unless they want to establish a monarchy or go communist or something.
Tell it to Judge Napolitano
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Revolution is Duty of the People
"I like the secession idea. If they peacefully choose to secede, refuse to let IRS and FBI into their territory without permission what is the Federal government going to do? This is not 1860, and even there it was hellish fighting which today society would not stomach. Plus much of the Army is made up of White southerners who might refuse to take up arms against their hometowns"
What if the 100 million (or whatever) Romney voters all quit
their jobs on the same day, go home and sit. All that
payroll deduction would stop. I think it would bring down
the Government. It's like a massive go Galt, all at once.
You can't foreclose and evict that many houses with people
resisting. It would be logistically impossible.
Another tactic would be for all Romney voters to go to the bank and withdraw all funds immediately. THAT would be some nice chaos and completely non-violent.
how can it be part of no government? It needs some kind of government. Or maybe i don't understand your point?
United States of America. Articles of Confederation...ARTICLE XIII.
Every State shall abide by the determination of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
If you want to abandon your U.S.citizenship, you are perfectly free to do so. You simply do not have the right to engage in treason and help the enemies of the United States divide and conquer the United States for the purpose of destroying the extinguishing the republican form of government the U.S. Constitution mandated to confer the blessings of liberty and freedom espoused in the Declaration of Independence.You cannot and do not honor the Declaration of Independence by inciting the abandonment and destruction of the Republic and Consitution it created to defend those values. You honor the Declaration of Independence y lawfully defending the Constitution and its rule of law under the Republican form of government as the Constitution, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution collectively defined for the Republic.
Not a chance. You have no legal or moral right to advocate the alienation of U.S. Citizens, their territories, their properties, their Constitution, their families, or their Republic without their mutual consent. Advocating as much is treason against your fellow Citizens and an encroachment upon their measure of sovereignty in the Republic. Given the boasts of many prominent Communists in Russia and elsewhare during the past decades that they would succeed in bringing about civil war and the disunion of the United States, your talk of secession also amounts to aiding and abetting a foreign enemy to overthrow the Constitutional government of the United States.
If LA, TX, or any other conservative state secedes, I will move there and create jobs there. Otherwise, I will sit at home, retired, as my only economic activity.
Then do your duty, persuade fellow citizens, remove corrupt judges, prosecute, impeach, and restore the Republic.
What is the Constitution?
You miss the history and the point that the Judge is talking about.
I commented on other posts that succession would be squashed by force and wouldn't be possible.
I'd like to recant those comments.
I now believe it would be very possible with the inclusion of several states to remove itself from the union and form a new nation.
The new nation would have to set up diplomatic relations with the united states. New trade commerce. Tariffs . And ways to travel for instance if Ohio and Texas succeeded how would you travel within the new nation.
The declaration of independence gives the states the right to succeed.
Long term plans would be for a peaceful existence with the united states. Of course the succession would not be peaceful . Done through laws and simultaneously with participating states would help prevention of violent actions.
Read a good article online. Written by a Yankee , like myself.
"how can it be part of no government? It needs some kind of government."
Louisiana already has a state government with a governor, legislature, judiciary and all that goes with it. Withdrawing would necessitate some changes to that government, but I don't see why withdrawal in and of itself would require a new government.
This was the UN plan years ago, divide and conquer, it is still their plan despite the socialist control of our country. I do re-call forty or so years ago a controversey about a cereal box, I believe one of General Mills, with a map of The United States broken down into six or seven new countries and a UN logo with it. I never personally saw the box but did see what was purported to be photos of it. Does anyone else remember or know anything about this?
If Texas and Louisiana want to secede, maybe more of the southern states will, as well. I don't think the government will want to let Texas go because of the oil industry. If the southern states want to secede, the media will paint them as racists.
I agree 100%!! The media is saying that Obama won by a significant margin—he only got 50.5% of the popular vote. They are so full of it!! But, they keep repeating stuff like this, and soon, all the sheep believe it.
I love your idea!!! Let's all take our money out of the bank and go home and relax. Let the deadbeats go to work for a change. Don't forget about your 401K—remember when Obama said he wanted the government to take over the 401K's?
What do we live on without paychecks? A run on banks would cause a great deal of suffering to the people more than the government.
You are a moron. Leave me alone.
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I only have two kids, and they happen to be twin girls who will be two years old in a couple weeks. So I'm a bit hesitant to make generalizations about multiples, since I've never had any other family configuration with which to compare the experience.
Despite not being an expert on the differences between multiples and singletons, I have figured out a few things that people want to know about twins from participating in the following conversation approximately one million times:
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No, twins do not have to be identical. Yes, they are called "fraternal" even if they are girls. Yes, human gestation takes about 40 weeks, so singleton siblings are usually quite distinct from one another, especially in the earlier years.
I used to be shocked when people didn't realize that our kids were twins right away. Although they don't look very similar, they are exactly the same size, and, you know, at the same developmental stage. Because they're twins. Sometimes I'm tempted to say they're three months apart and just let the stranger stew on that for a while.
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Royal Ontario Museum Blog
Monthly Archive: December
Getting Our Game On
From August 9 to 11, the ROM will be hosting a horde of keen electronic game programmers, designers, artists, coders and other wizards for our first-ever "game jam."
Stories from 2B - Talking about Canadian History
Australian intern, Maxine Kauter, knows nothing about Canadian history... but that's not stopping her from talking about it.
Oh Canada! Celebrating our history
Recently, the Hon. James Moore, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, announced the creation of a new initiative: Canada History Week...
Mesopotamia: The First Reviews Are In
ur newest feature exhibition, Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World, opened just a few days ago and already, broadcast, digital and print media are buzzing with critical acclaim.
Veni, Vidi, Vici - A Weekend to Remember
Now that Ancient Rome and Greece Weekend is over the interns reflect on their experiences.....
ROM magazine presents a Mystery Object
Did you know that 97% of the Museum's collection is not on display? While 30,000 objects do currently grace our exhibition halls, they are just the tip of a very large iceberg cloistered away here on Bloor and Queens Park.
Viktor&Rolf Dolls come to the ROM
Appearing at the ROM until the end of June, Viktor&Rolf Dolls. Free admission.
Caring for the ROM's Collections
Year round, ROM staff, interns, and volunteers care for our collections behind the scenes.
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend V of IV: The Final Story
Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak, hence it is V of IV). In the group above you can see me on the left, with members of the University of Toronto's Hart House Archery Club, who collectively constitute the ROM's 3rd century Roman army (or ROMan army - it being the ROM, we are posing in front of a dinosaur).
The Making of "Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity" - by Kati Bruch
On Saturday, June 29, 2013 come visit the "Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity" to participate in our special Curator's Corner event from 11am to 4pm. Celebrate the 4th birthday of the gallery by playing our "You be the Curator" and "Fact or Fiction" games. Visit Earth Rangers Studio to learn more!


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Potato and Zucchini Frittata
- 1 small russet potato, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 4 large eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 small zucchini (about 6 ounces), grated and squeezed dry in clean kitchen towel
- 1/2 cup queso fresco (2 ounces)
- 2 strips cooked crumbled turkey bacon, optional
Bring the potatoes with enough cold water to cover to a boil in a small saucepan. Cook, over medium-high heat, until the potatoes are tender, 6 to 8 minutes; drain and pat dry.
Whisk together the eggs, egg whites, cilantro, salt, and hot sauce in a large bowl.
Preheat the oven broiler to medium-high.
Heat the oil in a medium (10-inch) ovenproof nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 2 minutes. Add zucchini and cook until tender, about 6 minutes more. Add the cooked potatoes and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes begin to brown slightly, about 4 minutes more.
Evenly pour the egg mixture over the vegetable mixture. Cook, over medium heat, tilting the pan and lifting the edges with a rubber spatula to let the uncooked egg flow underneath. Sprinkle with the cheese and the bacon, if using. Broil, 5 to 7 inches from the heat, until the eggs puff and are just set and the cheese is golden brown, about 5 minutes. Remove carefully to a plate, or serve in wedges directly from the skillet.
Food Network Kitchens created this lightened-up recipe from a user submission. Click here to see the original recipe.
Nutritional analysis per serving:
Calories 255; Total Fat 15 g; (Sat Fat 5 g, Mono Fat 6 g, Poly Fat 2.5 g) ; Protein 18 g; Carb 12 g; Fiber 1 g; Cholesterol 240 mg; Sodium 985 mg
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The annual celebration of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura took place at Sri Rupanuga Sevasrama at Radha Kunda on February 12, 2012. About 500 devotees attended the festival, which was organized by the association of all the Gaudiya Mathas in Vraja, the Vraja Sarasvata Gaudiya Vaisnava Sangha. Every year the association publishes a magazine in Hindi with Srila Prabhupada's lectures and letters. This is the first year that the magazine, which is distributed for free, was translated into English.
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Sofía Vergara Bio: From Model to Modern Family Star
She was born July 10th, 1972 in Barranquilla, Colombia. While still a student, the 17-year-old was discovered by a photographer while relaxing on the beach. Pretty soon she found work as a model, and landed a starring role in a Latin TV ad for diet Pepsi. Vergara eventually left school before graduation to pursue her showbiz dreams with the help of her stunning good looks and 5'7" frame, which helped her become a runway model in Bogota and crossover sensation in the United States as a cast member of the sitcom "Modern Family." Join WatchMojo.com as we learn more about the life and career of Sofía Vergara.


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Stereophile Recommends the M3 Amplifier
April 24, 2009
Stereophile Magazine adds the NAD Masters Series M3 Integrated Amplifier to its Class A recommends components list.
The superbly finished 180Wpc NAD M3 Dual Mono Integrated Amplifier sports a chassis made of 2mm thick milled steel plates with smoothly rounded corners and heatsinks, a front panel of extruded aluminum and diecast zinc, and a finish made of a brownish powder coating and advanced automotive paint. Seven custom-nameable inputs (including one balanced XLR) are provided, and NAD's PowerDrive technology is used to maximize the dynamic power sent to the speakers. Though overall dynamics were sometimes muted, resolution of low-level detail was superb, MF: "The combination of its smooth sophisticated sonic balance, exceptionally silent background, overall musical coherence—and, especially, its freedom from obvious sonic glitches—produced consistently attractive and musical sound.: In his own auditioning, JA was struck by how smooth the M3 sounded: "as smooth as silk." Stereophile Class A Recommended Component.
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Figure 1.1
February 1. 65 degrees in SE Ohio. Our minds shift to "April," "earth," "skirts." We check lawns for daffodils-in-the-making, our laundry remembering how to flap. No one checks the 10-day forecast. We don't want to know.
Figure 1.2
On my way to play piano for a ballet class, I spot a sunflower the size of my palm on the sidewalk ahead. Escaped from a bouquet? I think, excited, Or a sign that spring's settled in? I reach down to be its rescue—find out it's plastic. The rest of my day feels the same.
Figure 1.3
A college town openly displays its secrets, especially when snow finally melts. Crushed green glass and leopard bikini briefs, abandoned; an open pizza box with a necklace inside; cigarette butts, the tail-ends of conversations never finished. This time of year, the ground can reflect us.
Figure 1.4
For seven weeks, I gently build up to two questions, give my poetry students hard homework: What does it mean to be a writer in a time of war?, What would you ask a soldier if you could ask anything? Only half the class shows up to answer. I come home and pull covers up over my head, just another bulb.
Figure 1.5
The full moon pulls out dreams like silk pajamas from open drawers. For weeks, my sleep's been filled with characters in plain dress, actors in bonnets or suspenders pretending to be something they're not. I am the one who calls them out, reveals their false identity. Exact accusations from these dreams: "Who's your bishop?," "What have you given up?," "What's your favorite cheese?" The question I get most often about my upbringing: "What makes you different from me?" Sometimes, it also feels like accusation.
Figure 1.5a
Last night, I was going to build a house on the edge of my grandpa's farm—but in the dream, I didn't recognize the land. I wake up frightened.
Figure 1.6
The wind stirs up more questions, allergies, afternoons under the quilts. How long can a Mennonite last without community?, Have the squirrels eaten all the daffodil bulbs?, Could my students spend a whole day in silence? Could I?, Who will shake our lives gently, tell us, "Shhhh—You've just been dreaming?"
Figure 1.7
Even Thoreau kept secrets hidden by the louder things he said, had his mother do his laundry. The wind blows our socks from the clothesline and into the woods. The president gives a speech. We forget what we're funding. It's too warm to care. I may never know what my students have learned from me.
Figure 1.8
Accepting the shape of one life takes practice. Remember asking for someone to help you trace the outline of your body on a sheet of torn-off paper? Did you recognize yourself as only border? I swear, just now, I smelled what the garden could be.
Becca J.R. Lachman is a poet, college writing instructor, and singer-songwriter living in Athens, Ohio. Her first book of poems, The Apple Speaks, investigates her Swiss Mennonite roots along with being an "AMK" (adult missionary kid), and is slated for release in April 2012.
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Discover nine of the planet's most breathtaking spots for picking up speed
The iconic sails of the Opera House framed by the imposing Harbour Bridge provides a stunning backdrop, while the wide promenade lets you move through your gears. Bonzer.
I am just come back from Jordan and would confirm there is some great running out there. The road to the protected area at Wadi Rum has some fantastic scenery as does running out around Little Petra. Also amazing walks for the non runners! Well worth thinking about if you want somewhere different.
As a single female I didn't have any problems running out there, but I did wear long tights and a t-shirt which covered my hips when running along roads out of respect for the religious and cultural norms. On the trails no such problems were apparant.
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Upset by IOC action
To the editor:
Along with many Iowans, Americans and wrestling fans all over the world, I was shocked by the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics.
But the decision is not final and a severe push back from fans of wrestling worldwide could persuade the IOC to backtrack and reverse their decision. Letters and phone calls to the IOC, to the U.S. Olympic Committee and to CBS, NBC, ESPN and other prospective bidders for television rights to future Olympic games will help apply pressure.
Letters to your congressmen and senators as well as to your local paper asking others to voice their dissent will help as well. Finally, if the decision is not changed in the coming months I will stop making purchases from Olympic sponsors because if all else fails, you can always vote with your wallet.
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Topic: Issue with UJS
Although I've successfully added ujs in one rails app, I'm having trouble in another, similar app. In the application.js, I've included the proper headers with the following:
//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require_tree .
The javascript files are included when I actually browse to the primary home page which is using the application layout, which includes the above mentioned javascirpt references. The form in the page is as follows:
<%= form_tag list_path, :remote => true, :id => 'frmBookResults', :method => :post do %>
But although the form tag contains :remote => true, and there's a route established for list_path, and a method in the controller to handle the request, the subsequent list.js.erb is ignored and I get a template not found error, because rails is processing the form request as html, which I can confirm in the log.
I've searched everywhere I could for a solutions, but can't figure out why my ujs isn't working for this particular app. Has anyone else had trouble with their rails form not processing as js with remote => true? Again, I have another app, with essentially the same gems, and it works. Compared the two apps over and over and can't see any difference in what I'm doing.
Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.


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AUVSI: China Displays UAS in USA for First Time
Chinese manufactured unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made their debut in the United States on Tuesday at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems 2013 in Washington D.C.
Ewatt, a Wuhan, Hubei Province-based company, is showcasing a collection of UASs used for inspecting power lines in China. The company is building an $18 million UAS industrial park, which will have an initial capability of producing up to 200 aircraft per year, with the possibility of increasing to produce 1,000.
Dennis Fetters, former owner of Revolution Helicopters, joined Ewatt four years ago, and helped it develop the Hubei Ewatt EWZ-S8 OctoCopter, which costs $50,000. The vehicle recently helped with rescue efforts after an earthquake struck northwestern China.
Ewatt's EWG-I Fixed Wing UAS can fly up to five hours inspecting power line, and features a military-standard parachute system for landings.
Fetters said he believes China will eventually outpace the United States in terms of UAS capabilities, primarily because of the less cumbersome aircraft certification process and other regulations that they're not burdened with.
Although none of Ewatt's UASs are certified outside of China, the company is seeking distributors from other nations and at that time would begin pursuing international type certificates.
"I believe that China is going to be one of the leaders in the world for this type of technology, because of the freedom that they give us to work on this type of technology," said Fetters. "One of the reasons that I don't develop in the United States is because of all the regulations involved, and its only getting worse. China doesn't have those regulations, and we're free to develop and they encourage us to develop this technology."


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Stop the Apple Insanity!
We all understand irrational exuberance. Online grocery stores and liar loans were obvious signs of a crash coming in the late 1990s and mid-2000s.
But there is also irrational pessimism. The markets of 2001 and 2009 were great times for long-term investors.
This behavior can also infect individual stocks. Right now I'd say Amazon (AMZN) is going through an irrationally exuberant period. Great company, great growth story, but this is a retailer selling for two times its annual revenue, for which profit is anathema. As Paul Volcker once said to a woman asking for stock tips, "Prices will fluctuate."
Then there is the irrational pessimism currently surrounding Apple (AAPL) . It's gotten so bad people aren't even talking about it anymore. A trailing earnings multiple of 11.71, minus its cash hoard, which Wired discussed recently, means you now have a technology stock that's cheaper than Gannett (GCI) on a cost-earnings basis. Oh, and the Apple dividend now yields 2%. That's half of Gannett's yield, but still.
Yet technical analysts at Investorplace predict a move down on Apple, to $480/share, maybe $460. What gives?
The bearish case is that Apple is a manufacturing company in a commodity business, and it doesn't fully control the supply chain. It designs, orders, ships and sells devices that others sell on razor-thin margins, so it's assumed Apple's margins will also, soon, get just as thin. Apple is drawing software margins on hardware, and folks figure it can't last.
Then there is the "what have you done for me lately" syndrome. The iPad is four years old, and the product category is maturing. There are continuing rumors of an "Apple TV" that the company keeps knocking down, but the reason those rumors keep appearing is that investors want a new story, they want to feel that Apple is about to up-end another industry as it did music, phones and PCs.
At its current market cap of nearly $500 billion, Apple represents about 10% of the Nasdaq's total valuation. If you're not long Apple, as they say, you're short it. The recent fall in Apple -- down nearly 19% in three months -- has thus had a disproportionate impact on many portfolios' performance, leading to a rush for the exits.
For Apple to reach a market average P/E of about 14.5, the shares would have to advance about $100 from here. The company now has 54 analysts, whose median earnings estimate for the year is $46/share, slightly higher than last year's $44.30. If the fourth-quarter substantially beat those estimates (and Apple has a habit of doing that), it could easily bring the stock's multiple more in line with that of the market. It is, in the near term, a screaming buy.


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``IMAGE-MATCHING'' is a software which implements a robust technique for binocular image matching by exploiting the only available geometric constraint, namely, the epipolar constraint. It thus computes also the epipolar geometry, in terms of the fundamental matrix, between two images.
The images are uncalibrated, namely the motion between them and the camera parameters are not known. Thus, the images can be taken by different cameras or a single camera at different time instants. If we make an exhaustive search for the epipolar geometry, the complexity is prohibitively high. The idea underlying our approach is to use classical techniques (correlation and relaxation methods in our particular implementation) to find an initial set of matches, and then use a robust technique---the Least Median of Squares (LMedS)---to discard false matches in this set. The epipolar geometry can then be accurately estimated using a meaningful image criterion. More matches are eventually found, as in stereo matching, by using the recovered epipolar geometry. A large number of experiments have been carried out, and very good results have been obtained.
The images can be calibrated (i.e. with known intrinsic parameters). Then instead of the fundamental matrix, the motion and structure is computed. An example with a real data set is here.
Regarding the relaxation technique, we define a new measure of matching support, which allows a higher tolerance to deformation with respect to rigid transformations in the image plane and a smaller contribution for distant matches than for nearby ones. A new strategy for updating matches is developed, which only selects those matches having both high matching support and low matching ambiguity. The update strategy is different from the classical ``winner-take-all'', which is easily stuck at a local minimum, and also from ``looser-take-nothing'', which is usually very slow. The proposed algorithm has been widely tested and works remarkably well even for scenes with many repetitive patterns.
Click here to have a copy of the paper (huge!) appeared in Artificial Intelligence Journal, Vol.78, pages 87-119, October 1995. Also Research Report No.2273, INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, 1994.
image-matching has an X/Motif interface and is user-friendly. But it can also be used in batch mode.
Click here to have a copy of executable ``image-matching'' (1175K bytes) compiled for SUN Sparc.
Click here to have a copy of executable ``image-matching'' (174K bytes) compiled for Linux. The statically linked version is available here (1000K bytes).
Click here to have a short description of its use. Type ``image-matching -help'' for options.
Before downloading the software, you may want to try our WWW Interface for computing the epipolar geometry with your set of images (developed by Stephane Laveau).


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04/13/10 10:22 am EST
As part of ESPN's 30 For 30 documentary series which celebrates the 30th Anniversary of ESPN, director Steve James was given the opportunity to tell yet another story of life and basketball. James' first film "Hoop Dreams" is considered to be one of the greatest sports documentaries of all time. As you may recall, "Hoops Dreams" is the gripping story of William Gates and Arthur Agee who follow their dream to become an NBA player through their inner-city struggles. ESPN's No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson is yet another documentary by Steve James that captivates an audience while also bringing to light a racial issue that made worldwide news in 1993.
In the early 1990s, Allen Iverson was atop the high school sports platform. He stood out on both the football field and basketball court for Bethel High School, leading them to state championships in each sport. On February 14th, 1993 however a terrifying incident changed Allen's life and he may never have recovered. Allen was involved in an altercation with white teenagers at a bowling alley in Hampton, Virginia where he allegedly hit a woman with a chair leaving her bleeding on the floor. The incident created a rise in racial tension throughout the Virginia Peninsula, and even 17 years after the trial, there is still a racial divide that separates the area.
I went to the Philadelphia premiere of the documentary at the Prince Music Theater Sunday night…


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Best Reinvention
Dear SFSCA,
We've known you since your infancy. We grew up together, gazing at the stars, digging for treasure in the sandbox, feeding the stingrays, cheating on the mini golf course. We even loved you during the ugly years. How could we not, after all you've taught us?
|The new, 3,000-square-foot Aquariums of the Atlantic are filled with fish native to Florida, as well as exotic species from elsewhere. The 600-gallon pop-up tank, demonstrated here by Mia Gordon, 3, houses fish from the Red Sea, the Hawaiian Islands and other marine ecosystems.
And now look at you. You've gone through so many changes inside and out, we hardly recognize you. That lumbering exterior that was not so easy on the eyes suddenly is svelte, sleek and downright modern. You've got all new toys, too. We could spend all day watching the moray eel, the sharks, the barracudas and those spellbinding, whirling silver fish in your brand new aquarium. We're suckers for animal sounds, so we can't peel ourselves away from your Everglades gallery. And those lab coats in your cool new Conservation Station? Love 'em. Playing dress-up never grows old, you know.
You sure do clean up nicely. But in your heart, you're still the same. You still love to entertain and challenge, playfully throwing out brainteasers that stump us and showing us how to make slimy goo. You still invite us to your birthday parties, thrill us with your concerts and make us laugh with your goofy blue alien friend.
And since we're spilling our guts here, want to know a secret? After all these years, we still cheat in mini golf. Shh. Don't let that get out.
Yours in good fun,
Palm Beach Illustrated
Charles, Harrison and Mia become scientists for a day at the Florida Conservation Station.
Charles Gordon, 6, peeks inside the jaws of a carnivorous marine reptile featured in the Savage Ancient Seas exhibit. (Next on the traveling-exhibit docket: The Titanic.)
Harrison Fisher, 9, gets up close and personal with the sea creatures in the touch tank that bears his name.
Charles and Mia check out a prehistoric sea turtle at Savage Ancient Seas.
What's New
Changes abound at the new South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. A few of the most notable:
- Everglades Exhibit—All about the unique habitat and wildlife of the Florida Everglades, including cool creature sounds.
- Hurricane Simulator—Hop inside the hurricane capsule and experience Category 1 (100-mph) winds!
- Florida Conservation Station—A Florida-centric learning center featuring hands-on experiments. Lab coats included for pint-sized "scientists."
Aquariums of the Atlantic—Out with the old tanks, in with 3,000 square feet of aquatic wonderland. The new exhibit includes a predator tank with sharks, barracudas and a nasty-looking moray eel, plus displays of fish native to Florida and a touch tank kids can't get enough of.
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Hi all,
Just a quick introduction, I've been drinking tea my whole life, but not with much attention until recently. Most of my experience has been with blacks, and I do enjoy the (very occasional) addition of milk and sugar. I've been looking into teas for about a year now, and have finally got around to ordering some of the "good" stuff online.
To echo my post in the stickied thread, I'm expecting orders from TeaSource (White Tip Earl Grey, Khongea Assam 2nd flush, Gingia Assam 2nd flush, Glendale Nilgiri Handmade) and Camellia-Sinensis (autumn Anxi Tie Guan Yin 2, winter Li Shan, roasted Dong Ding Mr. Chang, 1983 Pinglin Bao Zhong; hurray for free shipping).
Really excited about the oolong order, in particular, since I've not tried one before, but all the descriptions I've read about it suggest it'll be to my taste. Rest assured, I'll be posting about the resulting successes/failures
I do plan on giving a serious try to greens and whites, but one thing at a time
Anyway, happy to be here, and looking forward to much tea chat. Cheers!


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Underfills are appropriate under the following circumstances:
At the time of appointment, an underfill agreement is drawn up which outlines the terms and conditions of the underfill appointment. The agreement will specify the time period for the underfill appointment (usually not more than one year), and will identify specific training and experience requirements that the employee must meet before promotion to the authorized grade. Once all of the requirements of the underfill agreement are met, promotion to the authorized pay grade is usually implemented without further competition.
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