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September 13, 2013 -- Meeting
The regular meeting of the Utah Transportation Commission was held in the Cache County Council Chambers, 199 North Main Street, Logan, Utah, and called to order at 8:32 a.m. by Chairman Jeffrey D. Holt. He welcomed those attending.
Commissioner Barlow moved to approve the minutes of the August 15, 2013, Commission tour and Staff Update meeting, and the August 16, 2013, Commission meeting. Commissioner Cox seconded the motion, and the minutes were approved.
Kris Peterson, Region One Director, welcomed everyone to Logan and then turned the time over to Rex Harris to give the local area presentation covering some current and future projects in the local area.
Introductions were made of the Commissioners, UDOT staff, elected officials and others who were attending. Representative Jack Draxler welcomed the Commission to Logan. He expressed his concerns regarding SR-30 and requested serious consideration for safety improvements to that roadway. Senator Lyle Hillyard echoed the comments by Representative Draxler and said the road really needed to be widened. He also commented that more passing lanes in Logan Canyon would be helpful, the T-Intersection in Garden City needs to be addressed, and something needs to be done about intersections that are not marked or well lit, as pedestrians at night are a problem. Representative Rhonda Menlove thanked UDOT and Region One for their responsiveness and willingness to help. She emphasized that SR-30 is a high priority for her, and passing lanes would be helpful. Representative Curtis Webb noted that in a subcommittee meeting he attended yesterday, there was discussion about wishing every state government agency was as well run as UDOT. He also talked about UDOT's priority list and asked for an explanation of why SR-30 was where it was on the list. Executive Director Carlos Braceras responded to Representative Webb's request, and noted that there is a widening project for SR-30 scheduled in 2017.
Stan Summers, Box Elder County Commissioner, talked about the horrific traffic on SR-30 after a basketball game, and trucks being stuck in the valley when both US-89/91 and SR-30 are bad. David Zook from Nibley City distributed a handout and said the Mayor asked him to address the Commission today. He reviewed the five priorities on the handout titled "Nibley City Roads – Goals, Plans, Possibilities". Nathan Hult, Bear River Land Conservancy, commented on SR-30 and stated that if it is widened, then wetlands would need to be mitigated. He also spoke on behalf of bikers saying it's dangerous to ride on SR-30 and they would like wider shoulders.
Randy Park, Project Development Director, gave the report for the Construction program, and Jason Davis, Engineer for Operations, gave the Safety report.
Kris Peterson used a PowerPoint presentation to give an update on the I-15 South Davis County Operational Upgrades project. He provided a project overview, discussed critical, significant, and important project goals, reviewed a schedule of the project, and explained the 2600 South and 500 South conceptual baseline layouts.
Bill Lawrence, Program Finance Director, reviewed the list of projects being proposed for funding adjustments at post construction and made a request for approval to transfer the funding to be reprogrammed in the future.
NOTE: The two project list exhibits, Programming Funding Adjustments at Final Voucher (Item 6A-1) and Programming Adjustments at Award (Item 6A-2), were inadvertently switched in the binders and presented as such; therefore the lists and totals presented are to be switched to the correct item, respectively.
Commissioner Holbrook moved to approve the transfer of funding as detailed in the Programming Final Voucher Adjustments list. Commissioner Zeenati seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence reviewed the list of projects being proposed for funding adjustments at award and made a request for approval to transfer the funding to be reprogrammed in the future. (See note under Programming Funding Adjustments at Final Voucher.)
Commissioner Barlow moved to approve the transfer of funding as detailed in the Programming Award Adjustments list. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cox and unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said Region Two was given $475,000 in TAP funds for 2014. Local governments submitted projects, with many offering to pay more than 50%. By partnering with local governments, the TAP funds were able to be stretched from $475,000 to $1,352,845 worth of projects. The list of projects was reviewed. Mr. Lawrence noted that the TAP funds were converted to STP funds. He then sought approval to add the Region Two TAP fund projects to the STIP.
Commissioner Zeenati moved to approve adding the Region Two TAP fund projects to the STIP. Commissioner Millington seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said Region One is requesting to add $1.5 million to the I-84; Mountain Green to Morgan project to perform structural overlay repairs. The original scope of work was to remove an old asphalt overlay and replace it by installing a 2" micro-silica surface, but the new surface began to delaminate at the original surface interface. The repair method that performed best was to remove the delaminated section and apply an epoxy bonding agent prior to pouring the patch mix, producing satisfactory results. The funding will be used to address additional areas of delamination and will come from the STP balance in the Programming Contingency Fund.
Commissioner Barlow moved for approval to add $1.5 million to the I-84; Mountain Green to Morgan project. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Zeenati and unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said Region One is requesting to move the I-15; 2600 South to Pages Lane (Northbound) project from the Rehabilitation Program into the I-15; South Davis Operational Upgrades project. This will reduce the Rehabilitation Program by $1.75 million and will remove the project from the Rehabilitation List. The scope of work and funding will be incorporated into the I-15; South Davis Operational Upgrades project.
Commissioner Millington moved to approve adding $1.75 million in funding and scope to the I-15; South Davis Operational Upgrades project. Commissioner Barlow seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said that Region Four is requesting that $4 million of Region Four's De-obligation funds be added to the US-89; Kanab to Kanab Creek Bridge project. This project has been underfunded since it was created. Additional costs have also been added because of extensive blasting near environmentally sensitive areas. Side slopes have been steepened to avoid these areas, however all blasting activities must be done from the roadway side without being able to work from the top of the cut. The new project value would be $9.3 million.
Commissioner Zeenati moved to approve adding $4 million of NHPP_NHS to the US-89; Kanab to Kanab Creek Bridge project. Commissioner Cox seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said that the Bridge Group would like to add the I-215; I-15 Interchange Bridge Rehabilitation C-514, F-125, F-126 project to the STIP and fund it with $1.4 million of NHPP_BR funds from the I-215; Barrier Upgrades at C-514, F-125, F-1216 project. They are removing $2 million from the project, with the remaining $600,000 going to Structures' De-obligation fund. The scope was originally part of the Barrier Upgrades project but was removed due to time constraints based on railroad coordination. Part of the Barrier Upgrades project was a safety project and a decision was made to complete the safety treatments prior to winter and delay other scope items until railroad coordination could be completed, separating the safety piece and the rehabilitation piece.
Commissioner Holbrook moved to approve the addition of the I-215; I-15 Interchange Bridge Rehabilitation C-514, F-125, F-126 project to the FY 2013 STIP. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Millington and unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said this is another request by the Bridge Group to transfer $830,000 of ST_BRIDGE funds to the I-15 Northbound; 10600 South Interchange Improvement project. Funds will come from the 2013 Bridge Preservation program. The SR-151; 10600 South over I-15 F663 Preservation project was scheduled as part of the 2013 Bridge Preservation program and was identified as a priority to treat the deck now to prevent extensive deterioration. This will combine the scopes of the two projects, reducing impacts to the traveling public.
Commissioner Zeenati moved to approve the transfer of $830,000 of ST_BRIDGE funds and additional scope to the I-15 Northbound; 10600 South Interchange Improvement project from the 2013 Bridge Preservation Program. Commissioner Barlow seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Bill Lawrence said the airport runway pavement preservation project at the Kanab Airport is ready to be bid for construction. However, the Division of Aeronautics is recommending that an additional $25,000 in state funding be approved in order to allow for needed preservation work on the airport apron area. This would also take advantage of the economy of scale by completing both needed sections of work together in one project.
Commissioner Cox moved to approve adding $25,000 in state funds to the Kanab Municipal Airport project. Commissioner Barlow seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Lyle McMillan, Right of Way Director, distributed a handout of the Marda Dillree Corridor Preservation Budget and Obligations, explained the changes that were made to it, and reviewed the rest of the information in the handout. There was additional discussion regarding the revolving fund and other right of way challenges.
The first request reviewed by Mr. McMillan was for the Malcom Harvey property. The property is located in Kaysville in the West Davis Corridor alignment. The land is 6.53 acres, is zoned industrial, and has appraised for $718,500. The CP Advisory Council has reviewed this request and recommends approval.
Commissioner Barlow moved to approve the purchase of the Malcom Harvey property. Commissioner McConkie seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Lyle McMillan said this is vacant land owned by Mike Schultz and Hamblin Investments. It's located in West Point in the preferred alignment of the West Davis Corridor and is approximately 29.5 acres zoned residential. The land has been appraised for $1.8 million.
Commissioner Millington moved to approve the purchase of the Mike Schultz property. Commissioner Barlow seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Lyle McMillan said this property is located in Syracuse in the path of the West Davis Corridor, and is owned by Syracuse City and under contract with Brighton Homes & Irben Development. The property is 99.25 acres, which 12.4 acres is shown to be under the WDC footprint and an additional 8.6 acres that would be damaged at more than 50%. The land has been appraised for $1.365 million, if UDOT purchases the portion of land under the proposed corridor and the damaged remainder parcel.
Commissioner Zeenati moved to approve the purchase of the Brighton Homes/Irben Development property. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Cox and unanimously approved.
Lyle McMillan said this property is also located in Syracuse in the path of the West Davis Corridor. It is vacant land owned by Stonefield Inc. and under contract with Land Solutions. The land is approximately 32 acres and is zoned residential. There are three parcels of land that UDOT would be acquiring. The total land value per the appraisal is for $1.883 million, which is $53,500 per acre for part of the land and $60,000 for the remainder.
Commissioner Barlow moved to approve the purchase of the Stonefield/Land Solutions property. Commissioner Zeenati seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
Chad Sheppick, Motor Carriers Director, provided a background of R-909-1 Safety Regulations for Motor Carriers and reviewed the change made to it. The purpose of the change is to incorporate by reference and adopt final rule changes in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations as of October 1, 2013, and the Federal Register as of August 23, 2013, and to add enforcement provisions authorized by statute. The change also requires every Utah based motor carrier to update their USDOT number information (Form MCSA-1) at the time of registration, or at least every 12 months as required by the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management program.
Chad Sheppick also reviewed R909-75 Safety Regulations for Motor Carriers Transporting Hazardous Materials and/or Hazardous Wastes. The proposed rule amendment adopts the safety regulations for Motor Carriers Transporting Hazardous Materials and/or Hazardous Wastes Title 49, Sub-Chapter C, Parts 107, 171, 172, 173, 177, 178, 179, and 180, as of October 1, 2012 and the Federal Register as of April 17, 2013, and adds enforcement provisions authorized by statute. This incorporates requirements that are applicable to the offering, acceptance and transportation of hazardous materials. It includes clarification of previous regulations and new implementation dates, minor changes which enhance accuracy, miscellaneous amendments to regulatory requirements, and non-substantive changes that do not impose new requirements.
Lyle McMillan reviewed R930-7 Utility Accommodation. This rule change enables UDOT to treat maintenance facilities owned by utilities as part of the utility being relocated. Utah statute and Federal regulations require UDOT to pay 100% of the relocation cost of a utility facility's generation, transmission, or distribution operations. It is not clear on maintenance facilities that support generation, transmission, or distribution operations. The MVC project is impacting a Rocky Mountain Power maintenance facility and UDOT's current policy of purchasing only the land and improvements does not enable the utility to fully replace its functionality in a new location. This rule change enables UDOT to make the utility whole.
Director Braceras gave a PowerPoint presentation on his vision for UDOT's future, which are things he would like to accomplish as the Executive Director. He reviewed UDOT's Final Four Strategic Goals: Preserve Infrastructure, Optimize Mobility, Zero Fatalities, and Strengthen the Economy. He then talked about specific areas of emphasis, including Integrated Transportation, Collaboration, Education, Transparency, Quality, and Operational Excellence. He concluded by talking about UDOT's Core Values of innovation, dedication, integrity, public responsiveness, passion and fiscal responsibility. There was additional discussion and comments were made by the Commission.
Arlene Kocher from FHWA commented on the 2014 TIGER grants (Utah was not a recipient), the upcoming end of authorization and appropriations, finding funding for the trust fund, MAP-21, August Redistribution, and the transition period to appointing a new Division Administrator for Utah. Ms. Kocher said she would be acting division administrator until then.
Commissioner Cox reported that the JHC would be meeting next week and Commissioner Barlow would be filling in for him. Commissioner Barlow said the CP Advisory Committee met and the results were presented today. Commissioner Holbrook said JPAC was rescheduled. Commissioner McConkie said he attended UTA meetings and reported on the upcoming opening of the Sugarhouse line. Commissioner Zeenati noted that the Dixie DTAC meets next Wednesday, and Chairman Holt talked about his role as Audit Committee Chairman.
Upcoming Transportation Commission Meetings
The next regular Utah Transportation Commission meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 11, 2013, in Moab, Utah. The following dates and locations have been scheduled:
November 14-15, 2013 – TooeleDecember 6, 2013 – Salt Lake City
The meeting adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
The following Commissioners, staff members and others were in attendance:Jeffrey D. Holt, ChairmanJ. Kent Millington, Vice-ChairmanMeghan Z. Holbrook CommissionerWayne K. Barlow, CommissionerDannie R. McConkie, CommissionerEddie L. Cox, CommissionerNaghi Zeenati, CommissionerLeAnn G. Abegglen, Commission SecretaryCarlos Braceras, Executive DirectorShane Marshall, Deputy DirectorRandy Park, Project Development DirectorBill Lawrence, Program DevelopmentBob Pelly, Program DevelopmentMatt Swapp, AeronauticsLinda Hull, Director of Policy and Legis. ServicesJason Davis, Engineer for OperationsNile Easton, Director of Community RelationsJohn Gleason, Community RelationsLyle McMillan, Right of Way DirectorDian McGuire, Right of WayRebecca Nix, StructuresCheryl Hersh Simmons, StructuresChad Sheppick, Director of Motor CarriersKris Peterson, Region One DirectorRex Harris, Region OneKelly Barrett, Region One/Mendon CityDave Schwartz, Region TwoArlene Kocher, FHWALyle Hillyard, Utah State SenateRhonda Menlove, Utah House of RepresentativesJack Draxler, Utah House of RepresentativesCurt Webb, Utah House of RepresentativesEd Redd, Utah House of RepresentativesStan Summers, Box Elder County CommissionLynn Lemon, Cache CountyDavid Zook, Nibley CityJeff Gilbert, CMPOShaun Seeger, MAGDoug Hattery, WFRCBrad Humphreys, Stanley ConsultantsMike Thayre, Irben DevelopmentNorm Avery, Knife RiverJeff Cochran, WW ClydeTom Walton, Wilson & CompanyRon Clegg, PBNathan Hult, BRLC, North Logan Planning Comm.Richard Mueller, Bridgerland Audubon SocietyFrank J. Verucchi, Jr., Meridian EngineeringJohn Powell, J-U-B EngineersLandry HeatonLinda Millington


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Yes. On both the muddlers and spiders. I've got a bunch of different colors but the natural is my favorite.
I absolutely love the reverse spider. Haven't fished for SRC in rivers in a number of years, but it was always my "go-to" fly.
Way back when, an old pattern called " Chappie" was productive for SRC for me, similar to a Silver Hilton with an thin orange floss body
With the recent storms and the visibility issues of the N.F. Stilly this year I'm not sure how the cutthroat fishing is going to shake out. But just in case I tied up a few more of my favorites.
I have even caught silvers on this fly. It is one of my favorite flies in the box. It is cutty crack that is for sure.

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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Char: More Words From Friends
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This was a shock and a very hard thing for me to read this morning. I knew Char from Myspace. She was one of the people I took from off the internet and considered a true friend. Unfortunately, my life became very hectic and I lost touch with her over the past two years. It stings and makes you realize how short and precious life is. Time for rest sweet lady...
Thank you for posting this, Mandy."but maybe only joined Myspace five years ago? Do you remember?"
I remember the Diva humor when I requested to be on Mandy's MySpace blog. I forgot exactly what it was, but it may have been "You don't seem disruptive as a person, you may join my blog' Something like that. But It was very funny,,,)Oh my goodness! I'm in shock. She always left such lovely comments at La Fourchette...and I enjoyed seeing the range of styles she worked with in her own photography...beautiful work. This is such a loss on so many levels. The blogging community is a phenomenon all its own, isn't it? I mean, I think of you and others through the day as if I knew you and yet...it's all at a distance through a rather narrow lens. Powerful and precious these human connections, non? I'm really glad you posted this so we could join you in celebrating Char and sending prayers of comfort to her family and friends.
ReplyDelete@powdergirl: She was kind and decent indeed. Thank you.
@Susan in the Boonies: She was a very lovely human being. I like your words.
@Twills: I still think of the early days of MySpace blogging as the golden years of blogging. Char was a part of that.
@Soobs: Thank you, Sue.
@Mom to 3: Thanks for stopping in to let us know.
@Michon: Thank you.
@The Last Santa: Thank you. It is sad, though I'm sure she'd much prefer we remember her joy.
@Kat: Thank you. I hope her family sees these kind words.
@Mel: Thanks, Mel. I really did enjoy her photography and watching it develop over the years.
@La Piazza: Thank you.
@That Girl: I'm sorry you had to hear it this way, but I'm glad to know you were her friend.
@Pearl: I was talking with a friend about how sometimes our blogging friends know more about what's going on in our lives than our "real world" friends.
@Sweet Herald: Thanks, Julie.@Ali: I'm sorry you had to find out this way. She was a dear friend indeed.
@The Last Santa: That sounds like me, especially after Myspace turned rather nasty. ;-)
@Dawn: Thank you.
@Joanna: Thanks, Joanna.
@Just Me: I absolutely agree.
@Indiri: I'm so happy you knew her and that she touched your heart as well.
@Gideon: It is a shock.
@La Fourchette: These connections are powerful and precious without which life would have no color. Char certainly brought much color to our worlds.@Ad Astra: I figured you'd probably know her as a Myspace alum. ;-)
@Se'lah: One love indeed. She will be missed.
@Happy Enough: I feel so for her family.
@Christina: I'm so sorry.
@Stephanie: Thank you. I'm posting all the blogs I can find. Please let me know if you know of any more.
@Isaac: Thank you so much for letting me know. I'm also posting the links on Char's Facebook page so her family and friends can see them as well.@julochka: Thank you for stopping by and for being her friend. I was just telling my husband how moving it is to see how kind and thoughtful all of the people who followed Char as fellow bloggers are ... it seems her own good spirit attracted the like.
@Eva: It's been wonderful to read all the kind words about Char.
@Kate: Thank you so much for giving me your link. You've been added!
@stephanie: Thank you for contributing. I'm sure Char would be embarrassed by all this attention. :-)I met Char on MySpace. Most likely on sexblogthursdays. I loved the way she wrote. We became friends in space and out. We would talk for hours on the phone....about everything.
Damn she was talented. Writer, photographer, friend, Aunt, Sister. She excelled in all of these rolls.
Oh, how she adored her family! Those kids meant the world to her. They were most compelling reason she moved home....
I moved to the woods...we lost touch.
I regret that. Still, I am thankful for knowing beautiful Char. Ever so....so ever so.
Peace be with you dear one.
All my love, t~I've had three people I know struck down with heart attacks - their first and only symptom and they are gone! All three were active, jogged or played racquetball, watched their weight and ate well, they did all the right things. One day here, the next they are gone. It is still difficult for me to reconcile.
ReplyDelete@StarKicker: That final post was full of promise, to be sure.
@Left in the Woods: I didn't know you were an SBT-er. Nice to se you. I'm so sorry to be the bearer of such sad news. Char was a special person and I'm glad she touched your heart.
@Robert the Skeptic: Death is difficult for me to reconcile.
@ELK: Thank you for your lovely words.
@Mary: No, I had not seen that one. Thank you so much for letting me know. I've posted it now.Thank you for compiling these. The loss of Char's sweet voice is going to leave a gaping hole in my days. I couldn't add a great deal to her tribute, but I did write something for her on my blog, if you'd like to add it to your list...
http://artbydiahn.blogspot.com/2011/06/too-soon-gone.htmlMandy, Thank you for this & thank you for all the links so we may see how many people loved Char. So we can read their words of love. I wonder if she knew how we all loved her so much (tears in my eyes still) - well she knows now. This has taught me to grab life & love in a stronger way than I ever have. If we all felt this way about her, I can only imagine the huge empty spot & loss her family feels. I feel so badly for them - the ones who had her their whole lives. Hugs & love & blessings to them.
xI still can't believe she's gone from us. You know how things happen for a reason? Remember when she was out of work, and then moved in with her brother's family in Montgomery? I believe now that there was a reason she had to do that. She was able to become even closer to them, and they to her. I don't know, but it's one thing that cheers me. And I'll take anything I can get to cheer me.
ReplyDeleteI was Char's first MySpace friend and we always used to joke about that. I was immediately drawn to her wit and incredible sense of humor, and as our friendship grew, there were hundreds of other things about her I admired and adored. Her big heart, her photography, her thick southern accent, her warmth, the way she meshed words together to paint such a vivid picture for her readers, her love of music, life and, above all else, her family and friends. Charlane was a lovely person that left this world much too soon. I only hope that she knew how much I loved her while she was here.
ReplyDeleteDiahn: Thank you, I've added it to the list.
Ms Smack: Thank you. That we were.
O. Joy: Reading all of these tributes makes me feel the same way.
Vapid Vixen: As did many of the others to my eyes.
Country Girl: I hadn't thought of that. What a comforting observation.
Shannon: She was well-beloved by so many. I hope she knew it. I can't believe you were her first Myspace friend!
Cake Betch: Friends are friends, regardless of venue.
Drollgirl: I'm sorry to have been the bearer of the sad news.Another blogger directed me to this list of tributes to Char and I am so grateful that she did! The overwhelming response to Char's too early death and my strong reaction to it has proven to me the depth of these online friendships! I miss her tremendously......
Please add my small, humble tribute found at http://picturingtheyear.blogspot.com/2011/06/friendship.html to your list.شركة تنظيف بالدمام
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July 29, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Fengshui Love the Elfa Free Standing option
I just purchased two free standing sets at the store. The design consultant was very helpful and knew exactly what I needed. I bought a 3ft wide free standing with 8 shelves to hold my shoes (each 12" deep shelf held 5 pairs, and a 16" deep shelf on the bottom held 8 pairs of boots); a 2 ft wide free standing with baskets held my boys' balls and equipment. Love these! They're sturdy, and I love being able to adjust the shelves to fit my needs. Can't wait to start working on my closet!
April 7, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by OrganizedPanda Pleasantly surprised
I have been an elfa fan since I installed my first closet system, but when I moved into an apartment and was looking for a convertible media unit, I thought I might be able to make the elfa system fit this need as well. It was perfect -- I didn't have to drill into the wall and I can rearrange the shelves as much as I want. I was nervous to see how sturdy the system would be not anchored to the wall and I have been pleasantly surprised -- the system is just as sturdy as if it were a wall-hang system. The folks designing elfa really know their stuff. My advice: There are cheaper storage systems available, but I haven't found anything that compares in quality and durability to elfa. If you want something strong, sturdy and that lasts, efla is best!
April 2, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by superd4 Perfect solution for our angled closet
The back wall of our closet is angled and we couldn't figure out how to organize it until they showed us the free standing unit at the Container Store. It was exactly what we needed and it works out great.
March 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by FLmoves THE BEST
Needed extra storage in a large walk-in. Set up ELFA freestanding with no tools and was sturdy and perfect. We moved and easily took it with us, and now it is standing in the middle of our new walk-in closet. Would buy more without hesitation.
March 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by CSShopper9 Elfa is the *best* - 9 years, 3 homes! love it!
Elfa is the most flexible amazing closet system - especially for someone who likes to be able to rearrange from time to time based on seasons... or purchases :-) you truly can make it look nice with the wood finishings ...
March 20, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by cmr1615 amazing product!
im using this on a very unleveled floor and its so sturdy
March 18, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Penny1cent Engineering confidence!
Okay, I LOVE my traditional Elfa, but I had to review the free-standing pieces that I purchased, because they're AMAZING!
I'm not good at math and have no knowledge of engineering. The folks who do have the brains for it make me very happy when they created the free-standing Elfa that helped me transition the world's smallest bedroom into a fabulous walk in closet!
I moved from Dallas to NYC and have 1/3 of the amount of space that I had before.
The set up that they laid out for me and the sturdy legs gave me every confidence that I could load the double sided and the wall units to the max!
For once, I splurged on all the walnut fascias, and everything look so very nice because of it.
Another WIN for Container Store. I will never stop talking up this stuff, because it's MAGIC!
March 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by ncgirl Good looking storage
I used these in my dining room to add open shelving, in platinum and driftwood. It looks wonderful, was very easy to set up, and has been super sturdy.
February 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Hapa Great to start a Media Center
Easy to use with the rest of the Elfa freestand components. I like that I can add onto at all time and there are no holes in the wall. Handles all the weight great!
February 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by jur548 Great product!
Great way to keep walls undamaged! Bought these a five years ago and they have moved all over the country with me and done amazing. Always fairly easy to put together and remains sturdy as they age.
February 18, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by 1stmamallama Freestanding solution of wonder
These long feet are very stable, after adding the first set of shelves, a few twists of the included wrench to ensure you are level and you are ready to finish setting up your shelving system. Have also done freestanding dual sided shelve solution using these feet and find it to be extremely stable, no rocking or sway although I did plan so heaviest was on the base and lighter items as we went up. I was also careful to plan that weight was distributed evenly as possible on both side. I don't know if that was necessary, but I figured it was just a smart plan to have. Must buy are the shelf back bars, otherwise smaller items easily fall off the back or between the shelves of a dual sided set up. Super system, so glad I converted to freestanding.
February 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by ArtistOfWorlds LOVE My elfa free standing
I love my freestanding elfa system, I am an artist and a student which requires me to be organized in a tiny apartment with a lot of art supplies and materials. As soon as i was able to i started saving and invested in my organization and it's changed my life.
This product is sturdy and easy to assemble. In a few short hours i had all my art supplies organized where I can see them and up off the floor where they had been previously, which gave me room to move, think and create!
I love what i have so far and I intend to keep buying parts and expand as i can afford it ^__^
April 28, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by diyguy excellent solution
In a rental situation or where do not want to drill holes in the walls these are an excellent solution
April 27, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by ajeant Love it!
I just designed, ordered and installed an awesome Elfa Freestanding shelf system for storing my tools and hardware items. I love it! It is sturdy and easy to assemble.
February 23, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by JennyLynn The free standing elfa shelving was a breeze to put together. It makes for great storage space and you don't have to put holes in the wall to anchor it! Since it comes in many sizes it will fit pretty much any place you need extra storage shelves.
February 17, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by wellorganized Great feet
These feet provide a sturdy platform for the elfa freestanding units.
February 14, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5Â by ElfaOnTheFarm Love everything except the shelf clips
We have traditional Elfa hanging shelves everywhere - closets, garage, workshop, laundry room. We were delighted when free- standing came out as it allowed us to fill a need in our basement. The one flaw was the plastic clips used to hold a shelf to the feet; any time we would go to slide something onto the shelf, the clips would pop off. We just decided to add to our basement shelving and thought Elfa would surely have come up with a better way of attaching the bottom shelf to the feet in the intervening years. Unfortunately, they are still using the flimsy plastic clips that don't stay put. Please work on a better solution - these clips really detract from the overall quality of the product and aren't worthy of the Elfa name!
January 21, 2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by mma62 Excellent option
The freestanding elfa shelving is perfect for an area in my house where I can't hang shelving on the wall. It is stylish but streamlined. Best of all, it will be very easy to take with me whenever I move from the house.
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Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort...
3N GoaLast Booked 16 hours ago
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Destination | Nights | Hotel and Room | Meals |
Goa | 3 night(s) |
Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort, Goa
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- LED Television with 24hrs Satellite/Cable TV - Tea/Coffee Maker - Work desk Iron and Ironing board - Hair dryer
- Safe Deposit Locker for Valuables - Laptop
- Complimentary Wi-fi connectivity in the room (256 Kbps)
Hotel Overview
Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort is located at Candolim in North Goa. As North Goa is one of the most happening parts, the travelers can visit some very popular spots like Candolim beach. Designed to evoke the poetry, Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort is a beautiful 4-star property with an ambience which is visually stunning and is very close to Candolim beach. Medieval oil paintings, artifacts and stained glass placed amidst soothing green environs and calm water bodies, intensify the beauty of the entire property. The hotel is thus, perfect for leisure, art lovers and for corporate travelers too. With Fitness Centre, spa and swimming pool, Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort pampers its patrons. Business center offers all the necessary equipment so that business meetings can be conducted properly. At the spa, Balinese body massage and Thai foot massage are available to rejuvenate the guests. Wedding service is provided by the resort too. The in-house restaurant has ample cuisine options, coffee shop is the right place to enjoy a good cuppa and bar serves choicest drinks to the guests. Other facilities offered by the resort are concierge, Front Desk, Travel Desk, beauty salon, wheel chair access and doctor on call for any emergency. Elegantly styled, air-conditioned rooms are offered by Lemon Tree Amarante Beach Resort. Every room is beautiful and promise a romantic holiday in the Land of Golden Sands.
Hotel Highlights
- 35 km from the airport
- 41 km from city center
Facilities at hotel
- Air Conditioning
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- You will receive all travel vouchers required for your flights and accommodation shortly afterwards.


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Okay my story on this is I was a smoker for 25 years. In Canada, cigarettes are aproaching $20 per pack. The cheepos are $14 to $16. Legally of course. As a pack a day smoker who gets a year older every year (this is when you start feeling your age, kids) who is now the father of three kids, I began to think differently about things. Especially after my own dad passed from C. He was 68. I'm 39 January 2015.
My wife was ultimately the tipping point for me. She had to tell me one morning " You know if you quit smoking you could afford a boat like you want." Fast forward (or rewind, depending on how you look at it) to November 2013. I decided to quit smoking. Bought a 2013 Rebel XL Sport fully loaded with ipilot and everything for $20000. Financed it costs me $120 bucks every payday, which is bi-weekly. 5%. Open for 10yr. Easily affordable by nearly anyone who is seriously looking to get into boats. Quitting smoking pays for the loan then some, the money isn't missed. As well, at least in my experiences, the funders here will be a lot more likely to approve car or truck loans than boat loans. People need a vehicle, but not everyone "can afford" or "needs" a boat loan. You need to have strong credit and/or assets. |
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I got some of my instagram photos printed and now they are covering my fridge. I'd love to do a photo swap of instagram photos. If anyone's interested, my user name is paperpastries.
Tony and I made this recipe out of Real Simple and it was delicious! Hoping to try another one this weekend.
I got the last issue of my subscription this week, I'm looking forward to reading it cover to cover.
Found this fun bird tray at Ikea, don't know if there's a place for it yet, might take to the studio.
Katie got me these pins on her trip to Vancouver. I want to make them into magnets.
Fun postcards from Vancouver.
New paper tape, also from Katie's trip.
I finally used the trick of cutting out pieces of paper the same size of your frames to see how to arrange them on the wall. We'll see if Tony likes them this way.
I'd like to get over to Bar Keeper in sunset junction since they just got a liquor license. As you can see, all of our bottles are running pretty low. We love to entertain :)
This is the only weekend in September where Tony and I have nothing planned. We are going to relax, bbq, and hang out by the pool. I'm going to write some return letters and use some of this washi tape thats taking over my drawer.
Friday, September 9, 2011
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Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
Highlighting the extreme weather conditions hitting Europe, space sensors aboard ESA's Envisat satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging through southern Europe.
Heavy rains caused the River Thames to burst its banks on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes in Britain's university city of Oxford. The flooding across England and Wales has left tens of thousands without electricity and water.
The Environment Agency still has three severe flood warnings in place – two on the Thames around Oxford and one on the Ock River near Oxfordshire. In areas where flooding is beginning to recede, sanitation officials are warning of health risks posed by stagnant waters.
Flooding is estimated to be the world's most costly kind of natural disaster. The flooding of June and July in the UK is expected to cost the insurance industry at least £2 billion, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Floods Minister John Healey said recovery and clean-up efforts could take a number of months.
One of the biggest problems during flooding emergencies is obtaining an overall view of the phenomenon, with a clear idea of the extent of the flooded area. Aerial observation is often very difficult due to prohibitive weather conditions and, if the phenomenon is widespread, would be very time-consuming and expensive.
With inundated areas typically visible from space, Earth Observation (EO) is increasingly being used for flood response and mitigation. In October 2000, ESA and the French space agency (CNES) initiated the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters', a joint initiative for providing emergency response satellite data free of charge to those affected by disasters anywhere in the world. On 24 July, the UK Environment Agency requested the aid of the Charter.
Heat and fire
While Britain fights floods, southern European countries are battling blazes and searing temperatures that have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius, spawning fires in Greece, Italy and Macedonia.
Fire fighters battled some 1500 blazes within a 24-hour period in parts of central and southern Italy over the weekend. On Tuesday in Italy's southern region of Puglia, thousands of tourists fled to beaches to escape a fast-burning fire and had to be rescued via boats and helicopters. Local media reports two elderly locals were killed trying to escape the flames.
On Thursday, fires continued to rage across Calabria and Abruzzo as strong winds thwarted fire-fighting efforts. According to the environmental group WWF, at least 4500 hectares of protected areas have burned in the past three weeks in Italy, with the hardest hit areas being Campania, Abruzzo, Calabria, Sicily and Puglia.
Although searing temperatures and tinder dry conditions are to blame for some of the fires, on Wednesday Italian politicians and forestry officials blamed some on arsonists.
On Thursday some 200 fires were reported burning across Greece, where temperatures have been as high as 45 C, with more than a dozen burning out of control. Peloponnese and the island of Cephalonia in the Adriatic off the peninsula's northwest coast are among the worst hit areas.
Major fires are visible from space – satellites detect not only the smoke billowing from major conflagrations but also the burn scars left in their wake and even the fires themselves – appearing as 'hotspots' when scanning the Earth's surface in infrared wavelengths.
For a decade now, ESA satellites have been continuously surveying fires burning across the Earth's surface. Worldwide fire maps based on this data are now available to users online in near-real time through ESA's ATSR World Fire Atlas (WFA).
The WFA data are based on results from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) instrument onboard ESA's ERS-2 satellite and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) onboard Envisat. These twin radiometer sensors work like thermometers in the sky, measuring thermal infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land surfaces.
- Transcontinental wildfire emissions monitored from space
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Envisat/Transcontinental_wildfire_emissions_monitored_from_space - World fire maps now available online in near-real time
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESRIN/World_fire_maps_now_available_online_in_near-real_time - Flooding in Suriname: International Charter activated
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Flooding_in_Suriname_International_Charter_activated - Massive German floods monitored from space
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Massive_German_floods_monitored_from_space - Envisat overview - obsolete
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Envisat_overview_-_obsolete - The International Charter Space and Major Disasters
http://www.disasterscharter.org/ - ATSR World Fire Atlas


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Went to my nephew's wedding luau earlier tonight and the hula performers did a number set to this song from Lilo and Stitch.
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Hope Ya Know, We Had a Hard Time
Here's a message by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that I think everyone can benefit from. The video in the background seems to be about helping others even when you need help yourself.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Cashton James Ziebarth
If the news hasn't already broke elsewhere on the Internet I'll mention it here. My new nephew Cashton James Ziebarth was born today at around 4:30pm at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica to brother David and sister-in-law Kristin and with their permission I can show you a photo I took of the little tyke being held by his maternal grandmother.
I mentioned recently helping out Francisco's Automotive with their website needs as part of what I've been doing lately. I actually filmed and edited something like an infomercial there earlier today. It's the first time I've done anything like that. Not the most exciting commercial ever but there's a couple nice transitions in there.
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On the other hand, time frequencies with gaps can present problems in international markets. For example, some Asian stock markets are open on Saturdays. Different markets don't have the same holidays in general. One solution is to store values without gaps everywhere (i.e. every day).
S-Plus is derived from the S language developed at ATT Bell Laboratories by Becker, Chambers and Wilkens, but development now belongs to MathSoft Inc.
proc forecast data=leadprd
ar=1 /* number of autoregressive parameters to estimate */
interval=month /* frequency of input time series */
trend=1 /* fit a constant trend model */
method=stepar /* use stepwise autoregressive method */
out=leadout1 /* create output data set for forecasts */
lead=12 /* number of forecast periods */
var leadprod;
id date; /* identification variable */
'trade.t' n:1000 # number of trades 'generate' stock:([name:('Alcatel','Alstom','AirFrance','FranceTelecom','Snecma','Supra')] industry:('telecom','engineering','aviation','telecom','aviation','consulting')) trade:([] stock:n rand stock.name, price:50 + .25 * n rand 200, amount:100 * 10 + n rand 20, date:date['1998-01-01'] + n rand 365) trade:'date' asc trade show'trade' 'last price (in time) by stock, month' 'we get a vector and then take the last' t1:select last price by stock, date.month from trade 'trade volume by month and industry' show select volume:sum amount * price by date.month, stock.industry from trade '5 day moving avg price by stock, month' t3:select 5 avgs price by stock, date.month from trade \\l newstat.k '5 day moving max price by stock, month' t4:select movingmax[5,price] by stock, date.month from trade
/ newstat.k / moving max of last num elements movingmax:{[num; vec] minel: &/vec vec: ((num-1) # minel), vec size: #vec indexes: (num-1) + !(size-(num-1)) findmax:{[n;v;i] |/v[(i-(n-1))+!n]} :findmax[num;vec]'indexes }
t1:select last price by stock, date.month from tradeperforms a group by stock and year-month in the trade table. Mathematically, the by clause partitions the records based on distinct stock/year-month values, like a group by in SQL. What is different is that each partition is guaranteed to be ordered in the same way as in the table (arrable), in this case, by ascending order of date. For each partition corresponding to stock s and year-month x, the
select last pricepart will return s, x, and p where p is the price of the last record in the partition corresponding to s and x. Because the table is ordered by date, the last record will be the one with the most recent date.
show select volume:sum amount * price by date.month, stock.industry from trade
'5 day moving avg price by stock, month' t3:select 5 avgs price by stock, date.month from tradeuse the avgs function which, given a vector (price for each stock in this case), returns a vector of the same length, computing a moving average. 5 avgs computes the five day moving average.
\\l newstat.kloads one or more k functions from the file newstat.k, in this case a single moving maximum taking two arguments, a number and a vector.
t4:select movingmax[5,price] by stock, date.month from tradeuses the movingmax function defined in the K file newstat.k to compute the 5 day moving maximum of prices grouped by stock and year-month. The movingmax function takes a scalar and a vector and that's exactly what the by clause delivers.
\dotprod:{[x;y] +/(x*y)} t4: select dotprod[(10 drop price), (-10 drop price)] by stock from trade
t5: select last 10 first price by stock from 'price' desc trade
The design of this benchmark is joint work
with Kaippallim Jacob of Morgan Stanley (firstname.lastname@example.com)
and its full description can be found at
Here we present a summary of that benchmark.
The FinTime benchmark tries to model the practical uses of time-series databases in financial applications. The models suggested in FinTime reflect two frequently occurring cases in the financial industry, namely, a historical market data system and real-time price tick database. These models are quite similar to two well-studied models in the relational world, namely, decision support systems and OLTP systems. FinTime also suggests and defines metrics that capture three useful dimensions of any time-series system, namely, performance in a single-user mode, performance in a multi-user mode and the price to performance ratio.
Models for a Time-series Benchmark
Before deciding on a model, we have to examine the different parameters that determine a model for time-series system. The most important parameters that influence a time-series database system are:
Combinations of these factors will give rise to 64 possible models but for simplicity we can focus on the following commonly occurring cases in the financial industry
Model 1: Historical market Information
Attribute | Specification |
Periodicity of Data | Periodic |
Density of Data | Dense |
Schedule of updates | Periodic updates (e.g. at the end of a business day) |
Complexity of queries | Complex (e.g. Decision support queries) |
Nature of query arrival | Batch |
Concurrency of users | Low (e.g. Few concurrent users) |
Model 2: Tick databases for financial instruments
Attribute | Specification |
Periodicity of Data | Non-periodic |
Density of Data | Sparse to moderately dense |
Schedule of updates | Continuous |
Complexity of queries | Simple |
Nature of query arrival | Ad hoc |
Concurrency of users | High (e.g. Many concurrent users) |
Let us now discuss the characteristics of the two models in some detail:
Model 1: Historical Market Information
Historical Market data systems are closely related to decision support systems of the traditional relational database world. The various elements of this model are:
Base Information Table
Field Name | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Unique Identifier for the financial instrument e.g. IBM.N |
Ex | Char(3) | Exchange on which the instrument is traded e.g. "N" for the New York Stock Exchange |
Descr | Varchar(256) | A brief description of the financial security e.g. "International Business Machines, Armonk, NY" |
SIC | Char(10) | Standard Industry Code e.g. "COMPUTERS" or "CHEMICAL" |
SPR | Char (4) | S&P Rating for the company e.g. "AAA" |
Cu | Char(5) | The base currency in which the security is traded e.g. "USD" for US Dollars |
CreateDate | Date | Date this security came into existence |
Stock Splits (Irregular Time-series)
Field Name | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Identifier |
SplitDate | Date | Date the split is actually effective |
EntryDate | Date | Date the split is announced |
SplitFactor | Float | The split factor expressed as a decimal value. E.g. a 2 for 1 split is expressed as 0.5 (ie 1/2), a 4 for 3 is expressed as 0.75(ie 3/4) |
Dividends (Irregular Timeseries)
FieldName | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Identifier |
XdivDate | Date | Date on which dividend is disbursed |
DivAmt | Float | Dividend Amount In the base currency of the instrument |
AnnounceDate | Date | Date on which the dividend is announced |
Market Data (Regular Timeseries)
FieldName | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Identifier |
Tradedate | Date | Trade Date |
HightPrice | Float | High price for the day |
LowPrice | Float | Low price for the day |
ClosePrice | Float | Closing price for the day |
OpenPrice | Float | Open price for the day |
Volume | Long | Volume of shares traded |
Following are the benchmark queries (we don't require any special query language). Many of them include a notion of ``specified set of securities'' or ``specified period''. These notions are defined with respect to a simple random model.
1 | Get the closing price of a set of 10 stocks for a 10-year period and group into weekly, monthly and yearly aggregates. For each aggregate period determine the low, high and average closing price value. The output should be sorted by id and trade date. |
2 | Adjust all prices and volumes (prices are multiplied by the split factor and volumes are divided by the split factor) for a set of 1000 stocks to reflect the split events during a specified 300 day period, assuming that events occur before the first trade of the split date. These are called split-adjusted prices and volumes. |
3 | For each stock in a specified list of 1000 stocks, find the differences between the daily high and daily low on the day of each split event during a specified period. |
4 | Calculate the value of the S&P500 and Russell 2000 index for a specified day using unadjusted prices and the index composition of the 2 indexes (assume to be given) on the specified day |
5 | Find the 21-day and 5-day moving average price for a specified list of 1000 stocks during a 6-month period. (Use split adjusted prices) |
6 | (Based on the previous query) Find the points (specific days) when the 5-month moving average intersects the 21-day moving average for these stocks. The output is to be sorted by id and date. |
7 | Determine the value of $100,000 now if 1 year ago it was invested equally in 10 specified stocks (i.e. allocation for each stock is $10,000). The trading strategy is: When the 20-day moving average crosses over the 5-month moving average the complete allocation for that stock is invested and when the 20-day moving average crosses below the 5-month moving average the entire position is sold. The trades happen on the closing price of the trading day. |
8 | Find the pair-wise coefficients of correlation in a set of 10 securities for a 2 year period. Sort the securities by the coefficient of correlation, indicating the pair of securities corresponding to that row. [Note: coefficient of correlation defined in appendix] |
9 | Determine the yearly dividends and annual yield (dividends/average closing price) for the past 3 years for all the stocks in the Russell 2000 index that did not split during that period. Use unadjusted prices since there were no splits to adjust for. |
Since the benchmark model assumes that the level of concurrency is small, the number of users should be 5. The benchmark methodology should be that each of the five users will pick a query at random from the set above without replacement and submit it to the database. The five users will be simultaneously active at any point in time. Each user should do every query and then stop.
Model 2: Tick databases for financial instruments
This second benchmark models the case where the database (consisting of ticks) is expected to keep up with a very high rate of updates while responding to several users issuing fairly simple queries.
Ticks are price quotation or trade (transaction) prices and associated attributes for individual securities that occur either on the floor of a stock exchange or in an electronic trading system, such as the NASDAQ market system. Ticks include 2 basic kinds of data (1) Trades are transactions between buyers and a sellers at a fixed price and quantity (2) Quotes are price quotations offered by buyers and sellers. Quotes can have the ask quote, the bid quote or both along with their associate attributes such as quantity offered.
Let us now define the different elements of this benchmark. They are:
Base Information Table
Field Name | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Identifier for a security |
Ex | Char(3) | Exchange on which the instrument is traded e.g. "N" for the New York Stock Exchange |
Descr | Varchar (256) | A short description of the security |
SIC | Char(10) | The standard industry code for the security |
Cu | Char(10) | Base currency for the security |
Trades/Quotes Table
FieldName | Type | Comments |
Id | Char(30) | Identifier |
SeqNo | Integer | A unique sequence number for each trade or quote |
TradeDate | Date | The trading date |
TimeStamp | Time | The time a particular trade was executed or Quote was generated |
TradePrice | Float | The price at which the trade was executed |
TradeSize | Integer | The number of shares traded in a transaction |
AskPrice | Float | The Price at which a seller would sell a security |
AskSize | Float | The size of the transaction offered at the specified ask price. |
BidPrice | Float | The price at which a buyer would buy the security |
BidSize | Float | The size of the transaction offered at the specified bid price |
Type | Char | An indication if this is a quoteor a trade |
A very important consideration in tick databases is the ability to quickly apply "cancel/correct". Occasionally an incorrect quote or trade record is published. The vendor will then send a correction record with the identifier of the security and its sequence number. The record will either be corrected according to the new published or simply deleted.
1 | Get all ticks a specified set of 100 securities for a specified three hour time period on a specified trade date. |
2. | Determine the volume weighted price of a security considering only the ticks in a specified three hour interval |
3. | Determine the top 10 percentage losers for the specified date on the specified exchanges sorted by percentage loss. The loss is calculated as a percentage of the last trade price of the previous day. |
4. | Determine the top 10 most active stocks for a specified date sorted by cumulative trade volume by considering all trades |
5. | Find the most active stocks in the "COMPUTER" industry (use SIC code) |
6. | Find the 10 stocks with the highest percentage spreads. Spread is the difference between the last ask-price and the last bid-price. Percentage spread is calculated as a percentage of the mid-point price (average of ask and bid price). |
Lory Molesky, Judy Smith, David Rothman, and Rick Snodgrass made several suggestions that have contributed to this presentation. All errors are mine.
This work was partly supported by grant 9531554 of the United States National Science Foundation. This support is greatly appreciated.
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Margaret speaks with author Li Cunxin, screenwriter Jan Sardi and actor Chi Cao.
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MARGARET: Can you talk about why you wrote the book; how you got together with Jan and Jane to make the film?
LI CUNXIN: Well, Margaret, I never wanted to write my story, really. After my defection, Hollywood came and knocked on my door with three different film offers at the time. I said, "No, I don't want it," and ghost writers chased after me throughout my dancing career. They thought it would be a good story to write. I always thought it was rather self indulgent to do it. And, also, I was young and my life was still unfolding, my career was still developing, so how much can they really write? And so I always dismissed the idea immediately.
And then I came to Australia to dance with the Australian Ballet for the last three and a half years of my life. I came over here and - you know, nearly 35. Then I finished my dancing career in '99. I went to see the place near Melbourne, Lorne, with several other friends and family. In that group there is a famous Australian-based children's author called Graeme Base. He heard my story that night and he said to me there, "Li, write your story down." I said, "No. No, Graham," as I always do. He said, "No, not for you but for others."
After the book became a best seller, so Hollywood came again.
LI CUNXIN: And then I was launching my book in the UK. I was pursued by people there and I was - when the phone call came after a typical stockbroker's day, at the end of the day, I was tired - I don't know, dealing with the clients and people, you know, bought and sold shares and all that, and I got this surprise phone call from the switchboard. It says, "Somebody called Jan was on the phone." And then - I thought it was a girl. Then Jan Sardi came on and said, "Hi, I'm Jan Sardi." I thought, 'The name sounds familiar, but I can't recall.' I thought. 'Is that a client of mine?' Automatically I thought, 'Who is this Jan Sardi?' And then he said quickly - he said, "I was the writer for the film SHINE."
JAN SARDI: Chi and Li pretty much came from the same sort of DNA, if you like, of sort of Chinese ballet dancers. You know, you can trace back the, sort of, the lineage, if you like. Bruce tells the story wonderfully. He says, "Look, all we really needed to find was someone who was the best dancer in the world, who could speak Mandarin, who could speak English and who could act." It kind of narrows the field down a bit. And, fortunately, you know, Chi was dancing with the Birmingham Ballet and, of course, through the contacts with the Australian Ballet and through Li, they said, "There's this one guy you must see." And Jane and Bruce did go off and see a few others, like literally in different parts of the world. But Chi just stood out, sort of head and shoulders above all of them, and he's so much like Li. And when you see him dance, you're right, you know, it's pretty amazing.
CHI CAO: It's funny. They were there Friday and came to see my show and then went out for dinner. Saturday morning I did a screen test and after that Jane said, "Okay, you know, you're probably going to have to wait for a little bit because, you know, we still have people to see. You know, we're going to different places. I thought, 'Okay, that's fine.' In the afternoon, when I was putting on makeup for the show, and I got this call, "Hi Chi, it's Jane Scott, I would just like to let you know that we'll be delighted if you could play the role. And I went, "Oh, thanks very much." Closed the phone; carried on; and I thought, 'Wait a minute? What was that?' So I have to check...
LI CUNXIN: What just happened?
CHI CAO: Yeah. I had to call back and say, "Jane, did you just call me?" And, yeah, it was just a blur because I didn't expect to get a job pretty much on the spot.
MARGARET: Were you moved by seeing him flying through the air like you?
LI CUNXIN: I was very emotional and thrilled.


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Compared to... Casio EX-V7
Below you will find a studio comparison between the Canon A570 IS and the Casio EX-V7 at ISO 800. Note that the A570 IS also has an ISO 1600 mode - click here to download the studio shot.
Studio scene comparison (@ ISO 800)
- Canon A570 IS: Aperture Priority AE mode, ISO 800, Default Image Parameters,
Manual white balance, +0.67 EV compensation
- Casio EX-V7: Aperture Priority AE mode, ISO 800, Default Image Parameters,
Manual white balance, +0.33 EV compensation
- Lighting: Daylight simulation, >98% CRI
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Although very grainy the A570's ISO 800 output is by no means unusable; the light-handed approach to noise reduction preserves more detail (and looks a lot sharper) and would be fine for smaller prints where absolute image quality wasn't the be all and end all. By comparison the Casio's excessive noise reduction has a destructive effect on detail and the whole image has decended into a blurry mess. Neither camera is producing results you'd want to use for anything important, but the Canon effort is visibly better. The A570 IS also has an ISO 1600 mode, but this is much noisier and loses a lot more detail to noise reduction and, to be honest, is best avoided unless there's no alternative.


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Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina was videotaped walking hand-in-hand with the man she's seriously dating. And get this—they were raised as brother and sister.
22-year-old Nick Gordon and Bobbi Kristina certainly look like a couple in love on the video, stopping to kiss on the way to pick up pizza in Atlanta.
But the relationship is reportedly splitting the Houston family just one month after Whitney's death. Whitney's mother, Cissy is quoted as telling friends, "What they're doing is incestuous."
Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon are not blood relatives. But Nick was raised by Whitney from the age of 12 because he had a troubled family. He's sometimes called Whitney's "secret son." Gordon stood close to Bobbi Kristina at Whitney's funeral.
They were apparently dating before Whitney's death. Last November Bobbi Kristina tweeted: "I love sleeping with big brudder :) only person that helps my insomnia!! Hah :)"
Nick Gordon denied they were dating just two days ago, saying they are "Just close...grieving together."
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The number of clubs in the UK has halved in a decade
Every year, a new list of spaces lost to licensing fuck ups and over-zealous developers is released. Some of the UK's best loved and most respected spaces have gone, a trend which hasn't gone unnoticed by those who frequent them the most.
It's why the Night Time Industries Association, an organisation seeking to represent what is identified as "the UK's fifth biggest industry", is stepping in. Made up of club owners, venue operators and pubs (as well as a plethora of other committed night time proprietors), the NTIA gears have been ground too far, and they've decided to make a change, by launching a new nationwide awareness campaign.
This BBC doc, featuring our boss, explored the impact of club closures.
Backed by major venues and DJs like Jackmaster and B.Traits, #nightlifematters is an idea that seeks to incentivise artists, promoters, venues and the general public.
Launching with six nights in six cities, the campaign presents a five-point manifesto including points that focus on calling for flexible licensing and fair representation from those calling the shots on things noise complaints.
Names and addresses are being taken in support of the campaign, as well as donations to keep the campaign alive.
Though dates have yet to be confirmed, artists due to be performing across the country include Seth Troxler, Shy FX and Kano.
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Several Florida Teacher of the Year candidates didn't realize the video interviews they gave during a reception at the Governor's Mansion would be used in a political advertisement for Gov. Rick Scott, and one called it inappropriate. Scott's office disclaimed responsibility for making the ad, which was posted on YouTube by the state Republican Party. Representatives from Scott's office and the state Department of Education said the party used video distributed by the Governor's Office as a news release, but without any coordination with the Governor's Office. In the ad, five winners of district-level teacher of the year competitions are seen praising Scott, or appearing to, during interviews recorded at the Governor's Mansion. A couple of the teachers said they were asked about teacher pay raises pushed by Scott. Apryl Shackelford, a middle school teacher from Duval County, wasn't pleased when she learned from a reporter she was featured in video urging Scott's re-election. "I don't think it's appropriate for me to be in any political ad, Democrat or Republican" as a statewide teacher of the year finalist, she said. "It's inappropriate for me to speak for 8,000 teachers" in Duval County. "I can't say what party they should choose."
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(Reuters) - Nico Rosberg seized the Formula One championship lead from aggrieved Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in Monaco but he may have to hand it straight back in Montreal this weekend.
With their rivalry sure to be as fierce as ever, despite both drivers playing down talk of feuding in recent days, Hamilton can be expected to hit back hard at one of his favorite circuits.
The 2008 world champion has won three times in Canada and took the first grand prix victory of his career at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with McLaren in 2007.
Until last year, when he started on the front row and ended up third behind Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the 29-year-old Briton could boast of winning every Canadian Grand Prix he had finished.
"Canada is a very good circuit for me," Hamilton said after Rosberg ended his run of four wins in a row with victory in Monaco on May 25.
"We were both quite quick there last year but with this car it should be better. It is a late-braking circuit and I am better on the brakes, so it should be a good one for us.
"This one is really important. It's where I won my first grand prix, so I want to make sure I keep doing that," he added after driving the layout on a simulator this week.
Even if Rosberg rates Montreal as a favorite venue, with the city's nightlife making it a great place to celebrate a good result, the German has never finished higher than fifth there.
That must surely change this time, with Mercedes chasing their sixth one-two finish in a row and seventh successive pole and victory, but Hamilton will have the bit between his teeth after falling four points behind his rival.
"I always remember with Lewis that when we had a tussle in a race, or there was an issue between us ... the next race he would destroy me. He would come there and be stronger than ever," recalled his former McLaren team mate Jenson Button.
"He's very good at turning it around and coming back because he is a superb driver. He is very fast and he can wrestle a car around a circuit. He won't have any issues going into the next race with Nico."
Champions Red Bull are unlikely to repeat last year's win even if engine partners Renault say Vettel will finally have full power at his fingertips after a difficult start to the season.
"In the last four races we've introduced several new upgrades and we will complete the process in Montreal, effectively giving us the first full opportunity to see where we are versus the competition," said Remi Taffin, Renault F1's head of track operations.
Taffin said Renault had fixed the power-unit problem that forced Vettel to retire in Monaco, as well as the exhaust issues that hit both Toro Rosso drivers.
Canada, with long straights and cars hitting top speeds in excess of 330kph as well as brushing the infamous 'Wall of Champions', will be the toughest challenge so far for the new V6 power units and energy-recovery systems, and should favor Mercedes.
"You go from one extreme to the other," said Red Bull principal Christian Horner, of the challenge of Montreal after Monaco. "The next event is straight-line performance so it's going to be very interesting to see how we fare against Mercedes-powered teams."
Ferrari hope to be more competitive, with Alonso - winner in Canada in 2006 with Renault - spending time at the factory in Maranello since Monaco.
"We have been improving the car on the aero side, while in the simulator we have done a lot of work on the set-up," the Spaniard told the Ferrari website (http://formula1.ferrari.com/).
"We can't make any predictions because our improvement has to be seen in relation to what our competitors come up with. We need to match them and then find a plus."
McLaren, who have gone well in Montreal in the past, are also hoping to step up after ending a three-race run without points.
"It should suit our car and we should be in better shape than we were in Monaco," said racing director Eric Boullier.
(Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Neville Dalton)


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