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2000 Chevy Camaro SS - Street Smarts
Everybody's definition of a street car is different, and it can be from one extreme to the other, but it's fair to say this '00 Camaro SS is one of the baddest cars on the streets, at least in the Cleveland, Tennessee, area. That's a proven fact, and Jonathan Oxford should know-he lives there and patrols the street in this Camaro looking for any takers. The car has been through several different combinations, but Jonathan likes the current setup: a 396ci LS1 that makes over 800 hp thanks to a healthy dose of nitrous. Jonathan says a cage and harnesses are the next modifications on the list. It doesn't have a roll cage or safety harnesses, aside from the factory equipment, so a half-throttle pass would get him run off from even the most lenient of drag strips.
Jonathan is a self-proclaimed Camaro nut, he's owned close to 50 of them, and he's only 29-years-old. Over 30 of those have been first-gens, so he isn't one to keep a car around for a long period of time. However, he's kept this '00 SS for nine years, after buying it with only 6,000 miles on the clock. This car currently shares a garage with three other Camaros, and that's exactly how Jonathan wants it. He plans to hand down the Camaros to his two sons when they get old enough, but that's a few years down the road. Apparently, Jonathan's wife, Emily, hasn't caught onto his strategy of buying Camaros "for the kids."
As it sits now, the Camaro is fully equipped underneath. The modifications started with a UMI tubular K-member and a set of UMI tubular upper and lower control arms, all in an effort to save weight. A pair of RK Sport Drag springs rides up front, providing a lower stance, while the Koni adjustable shocks help transfer weight to the rear spoiler of the car. Jonathan removed the front sway bar to shed a few pounds off the nose, then bolted up a pair of 15x3.5 Bogart SS wheels and M/T ET front tires for even further weight savings. Out back, you'll find another pair of Bogarts, measuring 15x10, wrapped in 275/60 M/T Drag Radials.
Rear suspension consists of the stock torque arm setup, but Jonathan replaced the original equipment with a BMR unit and added a pair of BMR subframe connectors. The rearend is a Moser 12-bolt, packed with a 4.10 gearset and 35-spline axles built to take plenty of abuse. RK Sport Drag springs and adjustable Competition Engineering shocks control the ride height, ride quality, and weight transfer, so it took a bit for Jonathan to dial it in to his liking. Stock brakes reside on all four corners, and since the car only has 24,000 miles on it, they have yet to be worn out.
For the most recent power plant, Jonathan took the LS1 block to Chuck Graham and JP Holt at Performance Automotive in Cleveland, Tennessee. They handled all of the machine work and assembly of the LS1, which is now fit with a Callies Dragon Slayer crankshaft featuring a stroke of 4.100 inches. If you do the math, the increased stroke, and .010-inch overbore (3.910 inches) creates a 394ci displacement, but Jonathan rounds it up to 396, because SS 396 has a nice ring to it. We don't blame him. Jonathan is having a blast driving his Camaro on the street, but if he chooses to make a few more changes, the car will be ready for the track.
Other engine goodies consist of Callies Compstar connecting rods, Wiseco pistons and 0.040-inch thick Cometic head gaskets, which all play a part in producing an 11.8:1 compression ratio. The bottom end is prepped for nitrous, and Chuck Graham spent over 60 hours perfecting the LS6 cylinder heads. The 243 castings now flow 328 cfm at 0.600-inch lift, and most people would never know it because of the stock appearance. The valvetrain consists of Ferrea 2.05- and 1.60-inch valves, Manley springs and titanium retainers, while the UltraDyne 303/309 (advertised duration) camshaft sends it all into motion with a set of Smith Brothers pushrods.

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The Non-Smoker's Edge is a complete smoking cessation program on 7 audio CDs, containing hours of hypnotherapy from one of the nation's experts.
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Two reasons. For one thing, smoking is a habit. And like all habits, it's hard to break. Maybe you smoke in the car, or during breaks at work. Maybe you light up with a cup of coffee, or after a stressful situation.
The bottom line is that smoking has become a ritual, a part of your daily life. As human beings, we love rituals, and we hate rebelling against our habits.
Now, for the second reason. Not only is smoking a psychological habit, it's also a physical addiction. In fact, about 90% of smokers are clinically addicted to smoking.
Smoking provides a temporary high in the form of nicotine. Depriving your body of that nicotine fix causes physical withdrawal symptoms and severe cravings. When you're faced with both psychological and physical discomfort, no wonder it's so hard to quit.
By now, you can probably see that a truly successful smoking cessation program needs to include several basics:
You're probably thinking...Yes, that sounds about right. But where would I find a program like that?
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"This company's smoking program actually worked for me. This surprised me as I had tried hypnosis before and it had not worked for me. The company is top notch, and if you look at their therapists and product reviews you can see they are for real."- Charles Brookside - Golden, Colorado
Because multiple-session hypnotherapy has been shown to be BY FAR the most effective quitting strategy. Success rates of those using multiple-session hypnosis to quit are as much as 10 times the success rates of those who try to quit without any tools or resources.
Many medical professionals are even impressed with the results of single-session hypnosis. In the words of Dr. Robert T. London from 2003, "Smoking cessation is an area in which hypnosis has been particularly effective. A study by Dr. Joseph Barber of the University of Washington, Seattle, for example, found that hypnotic intervention can be integrated into a treatment protocol for smoking cessation. Of 43 patients who were undergoing the protocol, 39 reported staying abstinent at follow-up, which was 6 months to 3 years after the treatment ended."1
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"A thousand and one times I quit smoking. THIS time I was successful and have been a nonsmoker for one year and four months. To this day I have no desire to smoke. During an initial session on disk 2, I was asked to think about what I always wanted and the simple answer was to be an athlete. I never realized this before now. So here I am at age 50, training to run my first 5k. Thank you for helping make this easy."- Jules Hardin - Cedar Rapids, IA
With years of experience helping smokers become happy non-smokers, Dr. Gilchrist has formulated the winning strategy: professional hypnotherapy, advanced behavioral modification techniques, and expert solutions for nicotine withdrawal symptoms. By combining these three elements, The Non-Smoker's Edge has become THE premier smoking cessation hypnosis program.
The Non-Smoker's Edge stop smoking hypnosis program uses the multi-session hypnosis format shown to have a 66% quitting success rate, and combines it with cutting-edge behavior modification strategies that produce success rates of 25% when used alone.
In fact, with the help of this hypnosis program, you're over 10 times more likely to quit permanently. The Non-Smoker's Edge has received five-star ratings from two of the most popular smoking cessation review sites. And it's also been getting rave reviews from dozens of happy customers, who've written to tell us how great they feel now that they've stopped smoking.
Contains seven CDs and nine hypnosis sessions, The Non-Smoker's Edge covers a range of important topics, including:
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"Since your hypnosis, I am not only staying away from smoking, but I also stopped eating the junk food I used to eat. There were no fireworks. I am simply a new person--how I've wanted to be for a long time. This is wonderful!"- Kim Johnson - Sacramento, CA
At The Hypnosis Network, we work with only the best therapists and hypnosis practitioners in the country. Our requirements are stringent, but Dr. Gilchrist's impressive credentials make him more than qualified.
Dr. Gilchrist is a fully licensed psychotherapist with a master's degree in marriage and family therapy, and a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. He has also studied advanced hypnosis techniques with the world-famous hypnosis expert, Dr. Michael Yapko. Dr. Gilchrist has been practicing psychology since 1996. In the last decade, he's helped many, many people to successfully stop smoking. Now, you can access his expert therapy and hypnosis too — no matter where you live. Click here to read more about Dr. Randy Gilchrist.
Haven't Felt This Good In Years!
"It would be an understatement if I said I was skeptical about ordering The Non-Smoker's Edge. But considering the price was less than 4 cartons of cigarettes, what did I have to lose. Well, I lost alright - the smoking habit and haven't felt this good in years!"- Mike Burkhardt - Crystal Falls, Illinois
Yes and no.
We can't stress to you enough that you need to make sure the therapist has a doctorate in psychology and can provide you with proof that they are licensed to practice mental health in the state in which they practice. For our program, we went beyond just ensuring our therapist had proper qualifications: we recruited the best person in the country for this issue.
With The Non-Smoker's Edge, you get the four sessions that would cost you at least $800 in person, and then add four more hypnosis sessions targeted to specific issues that might cause a relapse. Plus, we added one hypnosis session focusing on smoking aversion training, an hour of information on medication and nicotine replacement therapy to counter withdrawal, plus 20 proven behavior modification strategies.
It's the most effective and comprehensive program available on the market, period. It's the one you want if you are after results.
Bottom line: it's worth it, and we back that up with our money-back guarantee.
It sounds unbelievable, but it's true. We will give you one full year to try this program. If at any time you feel that this is not helping you, just send it back for a full refund of the purchase price. If you have any questions along the way, we answer our phone and open our emails personally. Just contact us.
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The Non-Smoker's Edge was created by Dr. Randy Gilchrist, a clinical psychologist and specialist in smoking cessation who uses hypnosis in his practice.
Hypnosis is one of the most effective methods yet discovered to break the smoking habit. In fact, multi-session hypnosis, like the program you are holding, has been proven to be as much as 10 times as effective as quitting "cold turkey" without other tools or resources.
The Non-Smoker's Edge is composed of 17 sessions.
Sessions 1-7: These Sessions introduce you to the concept of hypnosis and provide a thorough discussion of smoking-cessation research, withdrawal products, and behavior modification strategies. You'll listen to these first to help you understand the quitting process. They are information only, not hypnosis.
Sessions 8-12: Session 8 is informational and the rest of hypnotic. These hypnosis sessions, 9-12, are the core component of this program. You will listen to each of these four hypnosis sessions.
Sessions 13-16: These are bonus hypnosis sessions. You can choose to listen to any or all of these you feel you want or need. If you are concerned, for example, about weight gain or social stress, there are specific sessions for those issues.
Session 17: This is a smoking aversion technique often used by psychologists for smoking cessation.
Tips for a successful hypnosis experience:
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Can I be hypnotized? What if I'm "resistant"?
People of average intelligence (unless there is some form of organic brain damage) can be hypnotized in most cases if they are willing and do not resist.
The depth of hypnosis varies with a person's ability to respond. If you are not a naturally responsive subject, you can improve your receptivity to hypnosis with practice.
If you are totally resistant to the intent of the program you are considering, then it's not for you. You can't use hypnosis if you don't want to, because no one can hypnotize you against your will.
How should I use this program for maximum effectiveness?
A comfortable chair is the best place to listen, although a couch will also work. If you are listening to these in bed, for the first cycle it will be best if you do not go into a deep sleep unless so stated by the hypnosis session itself. After the first cycle, you may use the sessions before bedtime (they make great sleep aids). Do not try to listen at your computer – experience shows that it won't work.
These sessions work best when you are undisturbed and comfortable. Please make sure your phone ringer is off and that you will not be disturbed for a 25-minute period. Headphones are OK, but are not necessary.
Listen to only one session a day - the introduction does not count as a session. The sessions are incremental and should be listened to in the order presented on the CDs. We do recommend that you repeat each session at least four times before moving on to the next session. You will find that the programs will be the most effective if you listen at least 5 days a week for a minimum of three weeks . . . changing behavior is not going to happen overnight.
Once you have listened to all the sessions in order, we suggest that you go back and re-listen to the sessions that you find most relevant. The listening order can now be mixed.
If you have multiple programs from The Hypnosis Network, please complete each program separately and completely before moving on to another one.
How do I know if it is working? How will I know if I am actually hypnotized while listening to the sessions?
The experience of hypnosis is different for everyone. For many people, hypnosis is much like reading a good book. You are absorbed, but are still aware of your environment and your internal dialogue.
The depth of the trance has no effect on your results. The best way to notice if the hypnosis is working is to notice your decisions during the day surrounding food and exercise. Gradually, it will be easier and easier to make the right decisions.
Can I listen while sleeping?
It is not a good idea to listen to the hypnosis sessions while lying down to go to bed. If you fall asleep, the sessions will not be effective. A great time to listen is in the morning when you wake up, or in the evening when you get home from work.
Will the program work if I fall asleep while I'm listening?
Probably not, but sometimes hypnosis is confused with sleep. If you wake up at the end of each session, then you were in a deep trance and were not asleep – which is excellent! If you wake up hours later, then you were asleep and the session will not be effective.
What if I stay completely aware during the hypnosis session?
The hypnosis sessions on these CDs are pretty light, meaning that it is not like the movies. You're not going to become a zombie.
Some people experience the sessions in the way you would experience a great work of fiction. You are totally absorbed, but are aware of the outside world. Other people (usually if they are tired or really need the relaxation) get so absorbed that they do not remember listening to the session. Either way, you will get results. The results are not tied to "going under," but instead are tied to the focusing.
Can I listen while driving?
Absolutely not. Never listen to a hypnosis session while driving or engaged in any activity that requires your attention. Please listen in a quiet place where you will be undisturbed, without operating a vehicle or any dangerous machinery.
Can I contact someone if I still have questions?
Yes! Please let us know if you have any comments, questions, or suggestions. We always welcome customer input.
How to contact us:
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We want to see you succeed, and we are here to help you! Please contact us if you need any assistance.
Do you ship overseas? Do you ship to APO boxes?
Yes, absolutely. Many of our customers live outside the United States.
Orders shipped to Canada will ship from the United States using USPS (US $19.95 flat rate).
Orders shipped to the United Kingdom, Ireland, other European Union countries, and Australia will ship from a nearby location using the local postal service (US $9.95 flat rate). See details at checkout. No import duties or handling fees should be assessed for any of these locations.
Orders to other international addresses will ship via the U.S. Postal Service Global Priority Mail for a flat rate of $19.95. Our prices do not include duties or value-added taxes. If assessed, these charges are the responsibility of the package recipient, who will be billed for them by the local Customs office.
Shipments to APO boxes are sent by Priority Mail using the U.S. Postal Service. NOTE: We cannot track shipments sent via the U.S. Postal Service and cannot guarantee delivery times.
What if it doesn't work? Do I have to try the product for a year before returning it?
No. If you purchase a Hypnosis Network program directly from us, you can return the program at any time within a period of one year after your order date for a full refund of the purchase price. (Your order date is printed on your receipt.) Most people know within about 2 months whether a program will be effective or not, but we like to give you plenty of time so you do not feel rushed.
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Furthermore, we do not sell trade or otherwise share any information about our site visitors with third parties.
We honor all people as unique individuals and will NEVER share any correspondence (whether it be written or verbal) with anyone outside of the company without your written consent.
Furthermore, it is our commitment to protecting the privacy rights of anyone who visits our site.
We collect email addresses of those who ask to receive free downloads of our products, those who subscribe to our newsletter, those who sign up for our free teleseminars, and of customers who order products.
We will only use these email addresses to send you unique product offerings and discounts, information about your order, or information specific to lists you may subscribe to. You will always have the option of removing yourself from a list by following a link that is at the bottom of all of our newsletters.
Furthermore, we do not sell trade or otherwise share any information about our site visitors with third parties.
We offer a one-year no-questions-asked money-back guarantee.
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State police from Massachusetts and New York tonight at dark suspended the search for a missing hiker from Northboro who was last seen in the area of Bash Bish Falls and the Taconic State Park on Monday evening. They plan to resume at 7 a.m. tomorrow.
Kyle Pember, 28, was hiking with his father on Monday when the two were separated at midafternoon. Kyle was reported missing after he failed to return from the hike, state police said. He was wearing a bluish checkered hooded sweatshirt and jeans. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, thinly built and weighing about 150 pounds. He has short wavy, dark hair and a narrow face. Police said he may be carrying a backpack.
Police today combed the rugged terrain using helicopters, dogs, the Troop B Community Action Team, the Special Emergency Response Team and troopers assigned to the Lee barracks. The search is being coordinated between law enforcement personnel from both states.
State police said a command post has been set up and about 36 Massachusetts troopers were deployed to assist.
The area is partially in Mount Washington, a small town in the southwestern corner of Massachusetts, and searchers are also looking in adjacent Copake, N.Y.
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My Advice on Google Sitemaps - Verify, but Don't SubmitBlog Post: February 20, 2007
From Google's perspective one of the things a sitemap XML can do is increases its awareness of the number of URLs within a site.
From here it is fair to say that some ways of measuring ranking factors for a site would be based on the "size" of the site.
From there potentially some factors could be "diluted" across more pages which could affect rankings.
You are more likely to hear about the mishaps and disasters rather than success stories.
I have built around 300 sitemaps, and uploaded and monitored the effect of around 50. I have seen more positive effects than "negative ones", but truly IMHO addressing the resultant issue is better SEO.
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Clear out those living rooms! That exercise bike game Cyberbike needs its space.
Out next January, there are 18 different courses, unlockables and multi-player — dunno if that's local or online multi-player. Though, dragging an exercise bike to a friend's house seems like a good work out. Heck, getting it home from the game shop seems like exercise.
Cyberbike is from BigBen Interactive, the folks behind My Body Coach, the dumbbell Wii peripheral game.
News: Wii accessories officially out of control [CVG via Hot Blooded Gaming]


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Best Emmy skin: Katie Holmes
When TIFF was winding last week and several of us sat around comparing notes and gossiping, as we always do after the festival, a few minutes of the conversation was devoted to a certain actress who looked spectacular in photographs, wearing what was truly an inspired dress, but who actually has a serious skin problem which you can see up close. It's a massive layer of foundation covering her forehead and even then, the bumps underneath are quite noticeable.
Some things won't go away even if you keep throwing money at them. And you'd be surprised, given how perfect they look so much of the time, how often UN-perfect they really are. You think they all have skin like Katie Holmes. They don't.
Katie Holmes has extraordinary skin. And hair. I liked the messy bun. I liked the clean lines of her Calvin Klein. I know some of you thought it was a little too casual, and I don't disagree that this may have been more appropriate for something like the Spirit Awards, but this wasn't her night, and when it's not your night, if you're going to go to any extreme, better the one that doesn't scream "ME I'M THE STAR OF THE SHOW". It's a foreign concept for many people in her business.
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Gov. Deval Patrick may think he's the reform king of Massachusetts, yet in reality he still hasn't fixed the biggest timebomb facing taxpayers: public pensions.
While the state Legislature closed several egregious loopholes last year, it failed to take major steps to address the state's $17 billion unfunded pension liability for government workers.
If Patrick has his way, all sales-tax proceeds in the future will go towards existing transportation costs and new expenditures, while higher income-tax revenues will pay for expanding education and entitlement programs. It's a $2 billion package that leaves little for anything else like the looming pension debacle.
Let's examine teachers pensions in this state.
Credit the Boston Business Journal's Craig M. Douglas for taking a good hard look at "The Coming Fiscal Storm," which was the title of his Dec. 14 expose.
Douglas reported that the state's pension system amounts to a Ponzi scheme — there's only 63 cents on hand for every $1 in pension costs on the books.
Here are some mind-boggling numbers:
* Massachusetts pays $183 million a month to fund over 53,000 pensions for school retirees.
* Massachusetts paid out $2.19 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30 in school pensions.
* 171 retired school workers collect in excess of $100,000 in annual payments while 800 receive at least $80,000 a year.
* The average annual teacher pension payment in Massachusetts is $42,544, or $3,545 per month.
To the taxpayer, the numbers might not mean much, especially if you think this is the "other" community's problem. Think again. Every municipality is on the hook for millions of dollars in unfunded pension costs.
In fact, municipalities are under pressure to eliminate the entire pension gap by 2034. But there is no way some cities and towns can make up the difference without huge local tax increases.
For example, in the city of Lowell, fourteen retirees receive pensions of $80,124 or more, according to the Public Employee Retirement Administration. Of the 825 total retirees, 302 receive pensions of $50,000 or more per year. That means 36.6 percent of the retirees receive at least $15.1 million in pension payments per year.
Digging deeper into the numbers, 459 retirees receive pensions above the state average ($42,000) for a minimum annual payout of $19.2 million.
According to Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch, the city's total unfunded pension liability for city employees is $140 million. If the system were shut down today and no further obligations were added, taxpayers would have to pay $6.6 million per year for the next 22 years to wipe out the deficit.
So this leads us back to the beginning. Gov. Patrick wants an extra $2 billion in annual tax revenues to expand transportation projects and start new ones in education when the biggest problem — unfunded pensions — continues to run out of control.


text: UK 6 February 2013 Cameron faces "Leveson by the backdoor" after Lords defeat Surprise defeat over press regulation will force the Tories to overturn Lords amendments in the Commons. But will Labour and the Lib Dems let them? Sign UpGet the New Statesman's Morning Call email. Sign-up While everyone's attention was on the equal marriage debate, the Conservatives suffered a significant defeat in the House of Lords over press regulation. Taking ministers by surprise, peers voted by 272 to 141 to introduce a low-cost arbitration system for victims of press defamation, one of the key recommendations of the Leveson report. Since those papers that do not join up to the system could be punished by courts awarding greater damages and costs, the proposal represents a form of the state-backed regulation that David Cameron has unambiguously rejected. The rebellion notably included senior Tory peers such as Lord Ashcroft (yes, the billionaire party donor and media mogul), Lord Fowler, Lord Hurd and Lord Astor, Cameron's father-in-law. The economist Robert Skidelsky, a crossbench peer and NS contributor, noted that some peers had described the amendments as "Leveson by the backdoor" and added: "To my mind, that is an important merit of the bill because we are unlikely to get Leveson through the front door". Lord Fowler described the move as a "building block in implementing Leveson - a kind of stalking horse". If the Conservatives want to avoid "Leveson by the backdoor", they will now need to overturn the amendments in the Commons. With Labour and the Liberal Democats both in favour of state-backed regulation, this could prove a challenge for the government. For now, the long-stalled cross-party talks on Leveson continue, with the parties next due to meet on Monday. During the debate, Lord McNally, the Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords, promised that the government's proposal of a royal charter to oversee press regulation would finally be published next week. As IPPR's Tim Finch noted on The Staggers on Monday, Labour has not ruled out supporting this compromise. In her speech at the think-tank's recent Oxford Media Convention, Harriet Harman, the shadow media secretary, said she was "unpersuaded" by the idea but actions speak louder than words; Labour failed to follow through on its threat to force a Commons vote on its own draft bill in January if the government failed to bring forward satisfactory proposals by Christmas. Moreover, as Tim wrote, "being unpersuaded is not quite the same as being unpersuadable". The government is confident that the Lib Dems, and possibly Labour, will unite around the proposal of a royal charter. But last night's Lords defeat means Clegg and Miliband now have a powerful bargaining chip. › Are the French right to ban the word "hashtag"? A protest group stages a mock burning of the Leveson report outside the Queen Elizabeth II centre in London. Photograph: Getty Images. George Eaton is senior online editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe £1 per month


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Land Lindbergh still remembers running around on the property his parents -- famed aviator Charles and Anne Lindbergh -- purchased at 53 Contentment Island Road from John Sherman Hoyt just after World War II. The scar on his knee is still visible from landing on a sharp rock while he ran along the water's edge.
"It was a wild and rocky place, overgrown with old trees and heavy undergrowth, open to the waters of Long Island Sound and the violent storms that came through on occasion, which is why they loved it," Land Lindbergh wrote in an email.
There was, he said, a small one-room "writing studio" on the property, but it had no running water and was destroyed during a hurricane. The Lindberghs never lived on the property; instead, they resided on Tokeneke Trail in Darien.
There were plans to build a home on the empty lot, but it never happened.
The property includes 3 acres with 800 feet of waterfront, 8 acres of the Fish Islands and 34 acres of oyster beds.
Then along came Theodore Rousseau, one of the original Monument Men who strived to recover plundered artwork during World War II. He purchased the property and built the 2,800-square foot eight-room home that stands there today.
Rousseau, who was a curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, knew what he was doing when he built the home, said Holly Hawes, a real estate agent with Halstead Property.
The Colonial house has a view from every window. Long Island Sound even can be seen from the chauffeur's room behind the detached two-car garage. Every day, the sunrise and sunset over the water can be seen from the property.
The property, which has had a short list of owners, but plenty of history, was placed on the market May 13 for the first time in 40 years with a listing price of $19.9 million.
Judith and Edward Felder purchased the home in 1974 for $275,000 following Rousseau's death in 1973. Edward died in November 2013 and Judith in February.
"It's absolutely a little gem," said Robyn Kammerer, executive director of communications at Halstead Property, which is handling the listing. "Once you uncover it, you don't want to leave."
Hawes and her husband, David, who are representing the seller, were friends with the Felders while they were alive. Often, Holly said, Judith would invite her over to swim and float in the water off their private beach. The beach, much like the property, is a rarity. The sands are fine grain, unlike that found along the rest of Connecticut's coast. Sand never was trucked onto the property.
Up a small stone path and into the small gardens full of perennial flowers and plants is the entrance to the kitchen. The large floor-to-ceiling windows and wide sliding doors welcome guests into the dining room that is adjacent to the kitchen.
The St. Charles kitchen is a collectible, Kammerer said. The metal cabinets and drawers are in "remarkable condition."
While the three-bedroom home is a rare purchase, the property is the true sight to behold.
Along the water's edge in front of the house is a small rock wall that curves along the cliff's edge, reminiscent of Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I., but with a much shorter drop.
The Fish Islands stand between the home and the rest of Long Island Sound.
For as long as the Felders owned the property, the islands were made available to boaters, kayakers and anyone else out in the water, according to Holly and David Hawes.
David Hawes recalls Edward Felder saying how much he enjoyed sharing the property and the Fish Islands with people. As David spoke about the Fish Islands, an oyster-farming boat slowly made its way though the water.
"It's a national treasure," David said.
But the water off the Contentment Island property also has a bit of interesting history.
In June 1781, during the Revolutionary War, the Loyalists planned to capture one of southwest Connecticut's most influential Patriots: the Rev. Moses Mather, of the Middlesex Parish -- the land that once was part of Stamford and would become Darien, according to "The Story of Darien, Connecticut."
The Loyalists were from Middlesex and New Canaan and knew the area, which made navigation easy on a moonless night. They made their way to the Middlesex shore via the Fish Islands and onto land where they surrounded the parish.
In the afternoon, once the parish was full, the Loyalists took it captive -- 50 men and 40 horses. The Loyalists marched their captives along Old Kings Highway to the Fish Islands and across the sandbar at low tide. Following an exchange of gunfire with the Patriots, the Loyalists loaded the prisoners and horses aboard a ship and set sail across the Sound to Long Island.
It would take five months for all of the captors to be set free. Mather was one of the last to reclaim his freedom after being released on Dec. 27, 1781.
"The property has great personality," Holly Hawes said.
At one time, the property served as inspiration for world-renowned artist John Frederick Kensett, who painted the landscapes at the Contentment Island Road property. Some of Kensett's work is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"People appreciate the naturalness of the property," Holly said.
"Someone can create their dream home or this can be their dream home," Kammerer said.
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|Remain calm; all is well, continue working and consuming
Don't worry: generally speaking, shoe spikes and straps are very reliable.
Have no fear: climbing belts and tree straps rarely fail.
No need to check, all is well: your chainsaw is sharp enough that it won't kick back up there.
Chill out dude: those 20 mph winds are of no concern to you.
Bees? Nah, they don't bother palm tree trimmers, not currently, according to the International Beekeepers Commission.
Snakes, scorpions? Officials and experts confirm that there's nothing to be alarmed about.
Suffocation? True, it has been a danger before, but there doesn't seem to be any of that happening right now.
Dropping trimmed fronds and hitting coworkers, cars, children, or property? Experts on falling things have been interviewed, and watched video of these fronds falling. They indicate that they see no reason to stop dropping them at this time from this tree.
Something tells me that this fellow up in the tree wouldn't just listen to these words. He will check his shoe spikes and straps every time. He will secure his own climbing belt and only use it if it appears to be in working order. He will sharpen his own chainsaw regularly. He knows from experience that high winds, bees, snakes, scorpions, and suffocation, among other things, are real dangers to palm tree trimmers, and will take precautions. And he will do his level best not to drop the fronds on his coworkers, nearby cars, or people, not by using words to tell them that he won't, but by actually not doing it.
Take those words of reassurance up there, multiply them thousands of times, and publish them non-stop on Internet news sites and blogs around the world, and he still wouldn't just trust the words. In fact, repeated so endlessly like that, a drumbeat message that sounds so similar from so many different sources, he may even doubt them more. In fact, he may even begin to suspect that behind the message is something beside truth-seeking curiosity and the need to know. Stay calm, tree-trimming guy, keep working, don't panic needlessly. In our calculus of fear, you don't need to know everything right now. Go about your business. We'll tell you more in our own time. Right now, civil order, and the continuance of the normal activities of daily life, are a higher priority than needlessly alarming you about probabilities, possible outcomes, historic predecessors, or risks to you and your family and coworkers. No, the palm tree guy would not listen to the words of reassurance alone to prepare to go up that tree. He would verify everything he possibly could on his own, then proceed with caution, rather than going on trust. And the more mere words were repeated to him, over and over, the less he would trust them, I'm sure.
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There are few details out there, but the barebones website says the game will come out for mobile devices as well as current and next-gen consoles. So, while you wait for more updates, find an NES emulator—on your own—and get back into form, or reminisce through YouTube.
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The Ten Hindrances to Enlightenment, TheFour Stages of Realization
[By Dr. David N. Snyder]
The Ten Hindrances to Enlightenment
1. The belief in a permanent personality / ego.
2. Doubt / extreme skepticism.
3. Clinging to rites, rituals, and ceremonies.
4. Attachment to sense desires.
5. Ill-will / anger.
6. Craving for existence or existence in the Form World.
7. Craving for non-existence or existence in the Formless World.
8. Conceit.
9. Restlessness.
10. Ignorance.
Progress on the Path can be seen through the ten hindrances to enlightenment and our destruction
of them. One should practice by spending the time on the cushion in meditation, analyzing this
mind-body and seeing for yourself the hindrances and what we have overcome.
The Four Stages of Realization
1. Stream-Entrant
2. Once-Returner
3. Non-Returner
4. Arahant
After conquering the first three hindrances, one becomes a "Stream-Entrant" guaranteed of no
more than seven more re-births before enlightenment. Re-birth will only be in a higher plane
such as human or deva (angel in a heavenly plane).
A "Once-Returner" is one in whom the fourth and fifth hindrances have been greatly
weakened. Nibbana will be realized at the most in one more re-birth.
A "Non-Returner" has completely destroyed the fourth and fifth hindrances and will never be
re-born as a human or animal or anything lower. This person will be re-born in a heavenly plane
and realize enlightenment there.
The "Arahant" or ―enlightened one‖ has destroyed all ten hindrances and such a person has
completed the task and attains nibbana, enlightenment in this very life.
The ten hindrances to enlightenment is a rarely talked about subject at Dhamma centers, but it is
a very important one. Too often in spiritual matters we tend to pursue ―something. Even the
Dhamma or the Path is not to be clung to. The Buddha described the teachings as that of a raft.
Once it gets you to the other shore there is no need to continue to carry it on your back. Thus,
instead of pursuing ―something‖ we should be looking at what we need to get rid of.
But this does not mean that we should not be seeking enlightenment, which is sometimes taught
by some teachers. The feeling is that seeking enlightenment is a form of desire, the desire that is
the cause of suffering according to the Second Noble Truth of the Buddha. As was mentioned in
an earlier chapter, the type of desire the Buddha was referring to was an unwholesome, selfish
craving type of desire. Wholesome desires leading to the good for oneself and others is not the
―bad type of desire the Buddha was talking about in the Second Noble Truth. It is okay to
―desire enlightenment and seek it out, but not to cling to the Path while we are on the way or
after we have reached the other shore. Too much clinging or attachment could turn us into
fundamentalists, wishing to force our views on others. It is okay to offer the teachings to all
who will listen, but not in a forceful manner.
The first hindrance is that of the belief in a permanent personality or ego. If we still suffer from
this we tend to act in all our daily matters in a very ego-centric way, not recognizing our interconnection
to other people, which leads us to selfishness and suffering. The second hindrance is
doubt or extreme skepticism. This has to do with our doubt in being able to make it to the other
shore. If we have doubt we might take an extreme view such as agnosticism and may fall prey to
self-indulgence. The third hindrance is attachment to rites, rituals, and ceremonies. The
Buddha did not care for rituals because they are empty and do not make oneself progress on
the Path.
The fourth hindrance is attachment to sense desires. If we are attached to our sense desires, we
become prisoners to our senses. The obvious example is that of an addict who constantly needs
another fix to satisfy his / her craving. But this is not limited to intoxications of drink or
narcotics, it can be cigarettes, food cravings, entertainment cravings, etc. As mentioned earlier
in this book, this does not mean that we should all become emotion-less zombies. On the
contrary, the enlightened person enjoys many things, he / she is simply not attached to them.
The enlightened person enjoys pleasure by observing it and not clinging to it. At the same time
when a displeasure arises, the enlightened one does not push it away or put any resistance to it.
This state of constant equanimity is described as ―true happiness.
The fifth hindrance is ill-will / anger. The enlightened person has completely eliminated all
forms of hate and anger from his mind.
Hindrances numbers six and seven have to do with the craving for existences in the heavenly
realms. This is still a form of attachment and craving, since it seeks out the pleasurable
experiences of a very long life in one of the heavenly realms.
The eighth hindrance to enlightenment is conceit. You might be surprised to find conceit as one
of the last hindrances on the list. This is because the Buddha knew that even people who are
very advanced and very close to enlightenment will still have conceit. This can be the conceit
that comes from the feeling ―I am superior, more spiritually advanced and this really was
an observation that could be seen in the Buddha's time and still today.
The ninth hindrance is restlessness. Again pursuing ―something to be an extreme practice is a
form of restlessness. One must remain patient. In all matters the ―middle way is best, not a
lazy, apathetic form or a restless, ascetic form.
The tenth and final hindrance is ignorance. This is the ignorance to reality and includes the
universal characteristics of no permanent self, suffering, and impermanence. To eradicate this
hindrance one must actually experience reality from the deepest insights of nibbana,
When you review the ten hindrances to enlightenment you will notice that there is no profession
of faith required, no belief in anything required. If you have eliminated most of the hindrances
you will basically be a very nice person. You can not be a mean person if you recognize that
there is no permanent self, if you have weakened ill-will and anger, and if you have eliminated
selfish cravings and attachments. You will notice that you do not need to belong to any one
certain religion to eliminate the ten hindrances. You do not need to be a Buddhist, but in reality
perhaps without knowing it, if you practice the teaching here, you are a follower of the Buddha's
teachings. You can call yourself a member of another religion or spiritual tradition, it does not
matter, if you do the practice here to completion, then you are a Saint, an enlightened one.
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Galaxy S Advance GT-I9070 is the mid-range successor to the popular Galaxy S Android phone by Samsung. Just like the I9000, Samsung seems to have no plans to update Galaxy S Advance to Android 4.0 ICS. For now, we have an official firmware update Android 2.3.6 ZSLF1 for I9070 Galaxy S Advance.
As you read further, we will guide you through the entire process of how to update Galaxy S Advance I9070 to Android 2.3.6 ZSLF1 Gingerbread official firmware using ODIN. Be warned, that this tutorial will wipe all your existing installed apps and personal settings. Please backup your data from the tools given below.
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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Swing Mechanics and Random Draft Thoughts
Every once in a while, I run across something that piques my interest for some reason or other. I was watching a few highlight clips and stumbled across a Jason Kipnis homerun that seemed noteworthy, especially in light of the recent Adam Dunn post. The contrast between the swing mechanics of Dunn and Kipnis was striking. As for Kipnis, I was really amazed at just how still he stands in this clip:
Kipnis stands as still as a statute while waiting for the pitch. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone stand quite THAT still at the plate. He's calm, poised, and comfortable just waiting on the pitcher. Unlike Dunn, Kipnis's stance doesn't require any pre-pitch movement to get into hitting position. Kipnis starts in proper hitting position and simply has to fire the swing when the time comes. He is in perfect hitting position before the pitcher even begins his windup. Dunn, on the other hand, has a long way to go before he gets into hitting position and doesn't get into anything resembling proper hitting position until after the pitcher reaches the apex and starts to unpack his leg kick.
It's not easy for most hitters to stay relaxed and loose without pre-pitch movement. That's why a lot of hitters use a bat waggle, to both keep the muscles free of tension and trigger the swing. Kipnis obviously doesn't need any movement to hit. As for Dunn, I'd rather see him start in a Kipnis like position.
Anyway, that's the end of my ruminations on Dunn, he's on his own now, but the stillness of Kipnis and the dichotomy between the two approaches was striking enough to inspire me to write about it. Turning back to Kipnis, seeing the clip made me reflect on my shadow draft for that year.
I was pretty pleased with my shadow picks and thought I had outdone the Reds...until I saw what the Reds managed to do in comparison.
In my 2009 shadow draft, I selected rhp Shelby Miller in round 1, 2b/of Jason Kipnis in Supplemental Round 1, lhp David Holmberg in round 2, and lhp Josh Spence in round 3.
Outside of a team issued suspension for alleged underage drinking, Miller had a tremendous 2011 season and is establishing a #1 starter ceiling. Jason Kipnis took the world by storm with the Indians and is looking like an impact bat at second base. David Holmberg is the only one of my picks who hasn't reached the majors yet, but that's much more of a testimony to the talent and polish of the other three than an indictment of Holmberg, who is following a traditional development path. Finally, Josh Spence made his debut with the Padres this year and pitched very effectively out of the bullpen to the tune of a 2.73 ERA in 29.2 innings. He has underwhelming velocity, but a plus change up and a very good feel for pitching.
Overall, I'm very pleased with my shadow draft, but it's difficult to find fault with what the Reds did with their first 4 picks of the draft. The Reds landed Mike Leake in the first round, Brad Boxberger in the Supplemental Round, Billy Hamilton in round 2, and Donnie Joseph in round 3.
It's up in the air which set of four, shadow or actual, will ultimately prove to be the better value, but the Reds reeled in four quality prospects and Hamilton in round 2 was a steal. Mike Leake has already arrived, Boxberger and Joseph are good bets to work high leverage innings at the MLB level, and Hamilton has a very high ceiling with some development risk.
It's remarkable just how much the Reds have improved in the draft. Their draft effectiveness is leaps and bounds ahead of where it used to be, which is a testament to both the scouting department and the player development staff that knocks the rough edges off those picks. It always bears mentioning just how far the Reds have come since the dark old days of Jim Bowden, Ty Howington, Chris Gruler, Jeremy Sowers, and company.
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if you want your beer cozy i will send it to you. I have to admit it, you really got me on this. Against the invincible D-Backs, Greinke and Marcum dominated, just absolutely dominated. Greinke 5 IP, 7 hits and 4 ER. Not to mention the ball that little Upton hit about 450. Then Marcum matched him with 4.2 IP, 7 hits, 7 ER. If only the Reds had not just six; but ten, or twelve prospects to give up, they should have given them all. You have to give me props though, weeks ago in your comment section I called Greinke's playoff pitching line almost to the hit.ReplyDelete
on a serious note. Talk amongst the season ticket holders is a big offseason deal with the Reds and Rays that involves Votto and Rays pitching. Thoughts?ReplyDelete
Is that sarcasm? If so, it's tough to tell because it's so subtle.
As for Greinke, not a very good start, but, conversely, does A.J. Burnett's 5.2 innings of 1-run ball suddenly make him a good pitcher?
On Votto and the Rays, I don't see it happening. I think the Rays and Reds line up pretty well in trade, but I think Yonder is the more likely candidate to fill the Tampa gap at 1b.
Votto is set to make $9.5M in 2012, which I suppose the Rays could handle, but in 2013 he will make $17M. Are the Rays going to take that on? If not, does it make sense to take Votto on for one year and then try to move him?
At the same time, a trade centered around Yonder and Shields would probably make sense for both teams. What the Reds would need to add to that deal to get it done I don't know. But, given the emergence of Matt Moore and their gaping hole at 1b, it's a deal that at least makes sense on paper.
Anyway, thanks for the comment.


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Click here to view ARDA's staff by name.
By Mark Wang, ARDA Chairman
Resort operations and HOAs are the proverbial yin and yang
of our customers' on-property experiences. Resort teams are focused on the
qualitative vacation experience—delivering lifelong memories—while our HOA teams
are focused on the quantitative, fiscal stewardship to ensure the properties meet
or exceed our owners' expectations in a sustainable way.
Fortunately, the people who make up our resort operations
teams are nothing short of extraordinary. They know our owners and guests
personally, care about their requests and concerns with passion and
personalization, and treat them like friends and family. When we say timeshare
is truly home away from home, it's these special team members who walk the talk.
Our industry is all about memorable vacation experiences, and
they make that concept a reality every day for thousands of people from all
over the world, which is not easy.
To complement the passion and dedication of those who serve
our owners during their vacations, it takes unwavering commitment to
consistent, high-quality customer service from those who manage our homeowners'
associations—from annual meetings and ongoing Board Member relations to annual
billing and all the hard work in between.
This area of our industry continues to evolve as we find new
opportunities to keep owners aware and informed faster to increase engagement
and satisfaction with their purchase.
Through the tremendous success of these two teams there are
still challenges facing our industry, including getting board of directors'
participation from the Millennial generation.
Going forward, I challenge us all to consider how we can
take engagement to the next level and elevate our appeal to younger
generations, as we work to make our industry as great as possible.
By Nicole Beal
In just
four short years, ARDA LEAPS has built a reputation for being the industry's
top leadership development program. The mission statement of LEAPS is: "To
develop and educate through a well-rounded and multi-faceted curriculum, future
leaders committed to serving ARDA and the shared vacation ownership industry."
The program has evolved through each
year of its existence, and the possibilities for what a participant can do with
the experience are endless. A variety of
skill-building activities and experiences offer mutually beneficial rewards to
both the individual and his/her organization and then the industry overall.
Graduates of the program have
created results that speak for themselves, using their unique projects, fresh
ideas and inspiration to fuel change in a variety of sectors throughout
vacation ownership.
An individual's leadership
attributes are developed and enhanced in this program through working with
other industry up-and-comers to create the future of ARDA. While everyone comes
to the program with their own expertise, working together provides a glimpse
into each division of timeshare and vacation ownership. At every turn, the LEAPS
program immerses the participant in thoughtful and rich representations of the
With this knowledge and leadership
comes progression from the LEAPS participants. They are given tools that allow
them to unleash previously untapped potential within their organizations and
throughout the broader industry. Participants have secured elevated positions
and promotions as a result of their participation, while their organizations
have realized the benefit of expanded education and training, fresh ideas, and
renewed motivation as an outcome of the program. Progression as an after-effect
of LEAPS is felt at an individual, organizational and even industry-wide level.
Serving on committees, speaking at
ARDA World and regional conferences, contributing to industry publications,
hosting webinars, and promoting groups such as WIN and TIYP are just some of
the ways that LEAPS participants and graduates can serve.
For more information about the
program, please contact Darla Zanini, RRP, EVP of the AIF (firstname.lastname@example.com) or
see www.arda.org/leaps. Perhaps you could be selected for next year's class!
See the full story here!
By Mark Wang
Experiential Travel is a hot topic, not just in the
timeshare industry, but across all segments of travel and tourism. Consumers today are focusing a good portion
of their discretionary income to focus on experiences instead of material
possessions, which is great news for our industry.
Consumers no longer want to simply travel to a location and
stay put, but would rather create memories through experiences no matter where
they vacation. In my opinion, we have
many opportunities to make the most of this growing interest.
Our communities of owners can refer and recommend to each
other activities, restaurants, and so much more, which emphasizes the inherent
value of being a timeshare owner versus a rental guest. They enjoy belonging to
a group with others of similar interests and sharing their experiences,
including their photos and videos, with one another. Part of their overall
travel experience includes the enjoyment of the peer-to-peer sharing and excitement
of planning their vacations with the help of other owners.
This also creates a great opportunity for the timeshare
industry. We can use this to grow the
overall digital experience of travel planning and sharing of experiences and memories
during and after the vacation itself, which actually prolongs the feelings of
excitement and overall satisfaction
Our resorts also create a ton of added value when we
consider the many potential partnerships with other providers that can add to a
holistic experience for our owners—from jeep rentals and hiking guides to
white-water rafting hosts and tasting tours (to name a few). We have endless
possibilities when we consider all the ways we can increase the breadth of our
owners' experiences!
With this in mind, I challenge us all to never stop learning
and to stay laser-focused on the continual discovery of what makes our
customers love our product and maximize their ownership.
By Howard Nusbaum
Creating a great vacation experience goes beyond just the
sticks and bricks of our timeshare resorts, especially when it comes to our
next generation of consumers: millennials.
The interesting trend I'm seeing with millennials is that
they are becoming cultural trailblazers for older and newer generations. Consumers today are broadly
catching on to the notion that experiences make you happier and are as valuable—if not
more—than buying fancy things.
So how can operators of timeshare resorts and clubs
capitalize on this trend as they interface with owners, exchangers, and
renters? According to the professional ad/marketing industry, here are three
tips for creating meaningful experiences:
Tip #1:
You don't need to create large-scale, complex experiences to get add to your
marketing and delivery of experiences. Keep it simple and real; talk less about
the facility and more about the benefits of the overall resort experience.
Tip #2:
Don't overuse technology. Most people are only interested in sharing their
vacation through social media—they have the tools, all you have to do is offer
an experience worth sharing.
Tip #3:
Don't hide behind the "they won't want to spend their dollars on that"
mentality. Study after study shows people are ready and able to pay for
enhanced experiences and if it is free, they won't value it as much.
We are in the business of creating memories, so offering an
array of experiences is a natural fit for our consumers. Once that is in place,
then let them also organically share and market it for you.
And don't forget to share them with the ARDA communications
team and VacationBetter.org.
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When: September 25, 2011
Where: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2011, San Francisco, California, USA.
Room location: Continental Ballroom 6 at the Hilton Hotel (see floor map)
Short description:
With the advent of new, low-cost hardware such as OpenNI compatible cameras and continued efforts in advanced open source 3D point cloud processing, 3D perception gains more and more importance in robotics, as well as other fields. The workshop attempts to motivate new developers and ideas to delve into this subject by offering a tutorial on point cloud processing using the emerging Point Cloud Library (PCL), which presents an advanced and extensive approach to the subject, as well as providing an overview of existing systems applying these techniques. Our goal is to provide an excellent reference material for students and researchers interested in this subject and take our guests through a complete application demonstration (given live) that combines subjects such as filtering, feature estimation, segmentation, registration, object recognition and finally surface reconstruction. The tutorial will be held using OpenNI compatible sensors, so we encourage the audience to bring theirs so we can follow all the steps together. We're assembling a great list of invited speakers that will talk about the usage of PCL in their work and show impressive demos.
List of speakers:
|Session name
|08:30 - 09:00
|Solve basic technical problems. Please show up if you cannot get PCL to run on your laptop.
|09:00 - 09:25
|Radu B. Rusu
PCL: Why, How, Who? (presentation, video1, video2)
|09:25 - 09:40
|Radu B. Rusu
Introduction. Kinect demos.
|09:40 - 10:20
|Suat Gedikli
Filtering. (presentation)
|10:20 - 11:00
|Nico Blodow
Segmentation. (presentation)
|11:00 - 11:40
|Michael Dixon
Keypoints. Feature descriptors. (presentation)
|11:40 - 12:10
|Invited talk
|Nico Blodow & Radu B. Rusu
3D GPGPU programming.
|12:10 - 13:30
|13:30 - 14:00
|Invited talk
|Julius Kammerl
Search, change detection, and compression using octrees. (presentation)
|14:00 - 14:50
|Dirk Holz
Registration. (presentation)
|14:50 - 15:40
|Aitor Aldoma
Recognition. (presentation)
|15:40 - 16:30
|16:30 - 17:00
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From PCL 1.5.0, the source code of the tutorial has been moved over to https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/tree/master/doc/tutorials/content/sources/iros2011, and has become part of the PCL distribution. Please use this copy instead of the ZIP source archive below.


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Due to lack of sufficient electricity, there are around 400 million people in India that do not have access to any form of electricity, said a report by Voice of America. This is why the country is in desperate need to develop solar installations. To boost the domestic solar industry, the India government plans to set a percentage of India-made solar products in solar installations, said a report by The Wall Street Journal.
According to The Guardian, the US has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to consult with the India government on its solar program that includes the requirement of using domestic content. The two countries have been in dispute over this issue as US-based firms have been providing 60% of solar cells and panels used in solar power plants in India, according to The Wall Street Journal.
India is a country where sunshine is abundant. According to a report by The Times of India, Marathwada, a region in the central state of Maharashtra, has almost 330 sunny days a year. According to the same report, this is why many petrol station owners have been adopting solar panels to generate electricity. In addition, India has a serious problem with load shedding, also known as rolling blackout. In the region of Marathwada, most areas face eight hours of load shedding a day, and in some rural regions, 18 hours a day, said the report. By adopting solar installations, the petrol stations can save costs on diesel generators, the report added.
Power shortage is a huge problem in India. Hence the government has been eager to develop the solar market. The government announced the ambitious goal of producing 20,000MW in solar power by 2022 through its national program, the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. According to the Wall Street Journal report, the India government said solar power generation capacity will increase more than 10,000MW by March 2017 and by that time, the government will spend close to US$1.1 billion in subsidies.
Tata Power, an India-based energy provider, "plans to set up a 28.8MW solar plant near Satara, Maharashtra", said a report from India-based news media, The Hindu. The firm has set a target of generating 26,000MW of electricity from solar energy by 2020, according to the same report.
With ambitious goals and ample sunshine hours, India is set to become a big solar market. However, like all the other emerging solar markets, the government is trying to protect and nurture the domestic solar industry. This is bound to limit the access of international firms, and hence may stir up a trade war. But, I think in order for India to reduce reliance on imported energy and to provide uninterrupted access of electricity, protectionism is necessary.


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leilasophie necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 34 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
The Binky Fairy
I'm a general dentist on my 7th project with 99 designs. I loved my recent tooth fairy design and now I need a binky fairy. This is all for a line of dental realted gift items.
My target audience is anyone who has children who suck on a binky, pacifier, nuk and wants them to stop. the children are generally 2 to 3 years of age when you try to stop them from using a pacifier.
I am looking for a fun fairy who would appeal to children of age 2 or 3 years old. We will call her "The Binky Fairy"
The legend of the Binky Fairy is about a fairy that gives a child money or gifts in exchange for all their pacifiers. Children will place their pacifiers in a little bag or box under their pillow at night. The fairy is said to take the bag/box from under the pillow and replace it with money once they have fallen asleep; an act actually done by parents.
Binky, pacifier and Nuk all refer to the same thing
this is an example of a pacifier
I would like for the fairy to have wings and I would also like to see pacifiers in the image. Again, I want this to be a fun image.
I had a lot of great illustrations for my tooth fairy project that just finished last week, so check those out for inspiration.
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