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Jordan Ibe had a watch reportedly worth £25,000 stolen as he robbed at knife point after a training session.
The Bournemouth midfielder was driving home when his car was hit by another vehicle in Surrey Quays, in south-east London.
The former Liverpool player – who joined Bournemouth in a £15million deal over the summer – was then threatened with a knife by one of the assailants at which point his Rolex watch was taken.
The incident earlier this month came just days after West Gam's Andy Carroll was allegedly threatened by gunmen as he left West Ham's training complex.
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Writing a Stay Up Late manifesto for change – comments please
This week we had this tweet sent to us, I imagine it's fairly typical of how a lot of people feel. I for one agree, I think I've been bowling about 6 times in my entire life, however, for many people with learning disabilities it seems to be a weekly trip. I don't know what it is about bowling that makes people think that it's a great way of being part of your community, whenever I've been I don't think I've particularly got talking with the other bowlers but maybe that's just me.
@StayUpLateUK keep up the good work
I want my boys to have more oppotunities
than bingo & bowling when they're older
— Unique Kidz and Co (@UniqueKidzandCo) July 31, 2013
Anyway, here at Stay Up late we want to challenge those long standing traditional activities and enable people with learning disabilities and their support workers to think differently about how you can spend your day, and what things you'd really like to fill your day up with.
We've also been invited to run a session at the British Institute of Learning Disabilities annual conference in Birmingham which got me thinking that it's time for us to write our long promised manifesto for change. What are the things that we believe in and want to change and challenge?
At the same time we want to create the 'anti-manifesto' all those things that are used for reasons for people to not lead the lives they want. That way we hope to be able to challenge some of these ideas and enable people to think differently.
So please get involved – tell us:
1) What should be in the manifesto for change?
2) What are the things that need challenging?
We'll be presenting these to the workshop at the BILD conference and publishing the results later in the year.
If you're tweeting please add #sulmanifesto
Best wishes
Paul (off to the Bowlplex now, it's a long time since I last went)
Here's some ideas:
- brilliant children young people and adults with LD should have the same aspirations as anyone else !
- line one of #sulmanifesto that stay up late doesn't need to exist 'cos everyone has choice about how they live their life
- can't make choices until you have had experiences to choose from & can't be limited to supporters experience
- can't make choices until you have had experiences to choose from & can't be limited to supporters experience
- social time shouldn't be defined by staff shift patterns #sulmanifesto
- a night out should be as spontaneous as we want it. #sulmanifesto
- everyone should have the right to take a few risks #sulmanifesto
- good care workers will find a way. Do change over out and about or ask staff to do unusual shift.
- all people with learning disabilities should be involved in recruiting their support workers #sulmanifesto
- Shift the shifts! I want to stay out late!
- A great childhood.
- Our council said: 'I want to have a voice & be listened to'
- Choices are how we learn who we are. The good ones and, especially, the bad ones. Everyone should be allowed to make them and learn from them. Challenge those who say you can't make that choice for yourself because of bureaucracy.
- You need to take it easy as you get older!!' NO Way.
- The same as everyone else: friendship, belonging, purpose, security, people who know your name, opportunities.
- care workers who stay, being 'allowed' to stay late in bed, being able to say 'No' & mean it, having ace support:)x
- People should be able to live a life that is interesting to *them* on their terms and not ours.
- Too much of what we do is predicated upon the idea that there is such a thing as an objectively 'good' life
- When it's clear there is not. Eg:Ive never understood the obsession with work why does work necessarily make life meaningful?
- People's right to do things that we profoundly disagree with or think is a waste/shame should be protected
- great lives and great links with the community and not just attending groups for other people with learning disabilities.
- people who say yes you should do it or at least try it
- Support should be delivered at the time and place that suits the person and the lifestyle they choose!
- The person should be able to choose WHO supports them, not to mention WHEN WHERE and HOW they are supported.
- my daughter has autistic ability not an autistic disability an education in a top academic school is best for her
- Being listened to, allowed relationships, friendships, feeling valued by others, able to contribute, make choices
- shame there aren't more that work like this! All care providers should provide a service that is user led not organisation led
- spread word @ conf on access to sport & physical activity opps enabling talented athletes to excel #sulmanifesto
- just a thought sometimes to experience the best of life you need to take a few risks check out our patron @NathanDoidge
- Challenge any use of disability hate language in the media
- My sons have PAs, they enjoy flexibility. Spontaneity as much as we can, but even PAs need to know their hrs
- Don't get me started on media saying someone "suffers from Down's syndrome"
@Outambition we A&E discussing ideas around change as a group will Tweet our thoughts
- I'm people centred person and I don't want to only see my support staff
- I really want a job but I feel dumped at a day centre, people supporting us seem really lazy
- support me to take risks and my life better
- everyone is different, everyone has a purpose in life but not everybody has the opportunity
A 'Militant Carers Manifesto' – here's a fantastic contribution:
Miltant Carer Manifesto by I M A Carer
- Simply access to the good things in life…friends, sex, laughs, risks, work, connection
- how? Creativity from support with a can do attitude
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Saturday, 09 Aug, 2014
I've understood from the guys I work with that the magic of bowling is that it's what we (service providers) call 'inclusive'- everybody can join in and have a good time. Even if you take yourself off to the tables at the side and just come to the group when it's your turn. So it's a unanimous suggestion when we plan a social for the whole group.
Sunday, 29 Sep, 2013
Small inclusive groups of adults of all abilities to run community events based on shared interests such as crafts, DIY, walking, and campaigning on local issues.
Cardiff Strikers
Wednesday, 25 Sep, 2013
Good point about bowling! However, if you are in / near Cardiff an alternative to ten pin bowling alone is our weekly session which has been going for over 15 years and has over 30 members. It is a very lively, very loud and very social few hours! All welcome, meet in the cafe of Hollywood Bowl at 7:45pm each Wednesday – you can't miss us! £2.50 a game – play one or two games. http://www.thesprout.co.uk/en/events/cardiff-stribowling-club/01733.html

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Lilongwe, March 22, 2019: Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has said the implementation prepaid metering system would help the board to generate more revenues from its customers.
LWB Director of Finance, Silli Mbewe said this Wednesday in Lilongwe during the launch of LWB-NBS Bank metering system Partnership.
He said the installing of prepaid meters has being implemented in phase following the Boards strategic plan to enable it increase revenue collection base and do away with mass disconnection campaign they have been implement.
Mbewe said the Board is owed a lot of money particularly from public institution due to non-payment of water bills.
On the partnership with NBS Ban, the director views it a milestone in which the Board'scustomers would have access to buy water token from the bank'svarious platforms.
He pointed out that NBS Bank has cemented its working relations with LWB by accepting to partner and enable customers on prepaid services to procure water tokens from all the Banks customer Service centres.
"It is pleasing to note that NBS Bank customers will be able to purchase water tokens by using easy mobile services by dialing #322* while those customers without NBS Banks accounts may have access to the service through the Bank's customer service centres," Mbewe said.
NBS Bank Senior Manager Channels and Customer Service, Gracious Changaya described the launch of partnership as moving in rightdirection in deepening and enhancing working relation by two institutions.
He promised that the Banks service to be used by LWB customers would always be operational 24 hours to enable the purchase water token easily.
"They can go to any customer service centres anywhere in the country to purchase water tokens for prepaid water for LWB. Customers should be assured of better service from us on the service," Changaya added.
He said institutions like Escom, DSTV and Blantyre board (BWB) have been using their service in bill payments
LWB has a customer base of 80,000 and the board intends to roll out in the third phase of water metering system to all its customers.


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Guess Who Admits That He Is A Crazy Stalker!
(AllHipHop Rumors) Some of the most talented people on earth are also the craziest and most troubled ones. LOL.
Yall know the very talented Chris Brown is a couple sandwiches short of a picnic and his train is off the track at times. But water is wet, and you didn't hear that from me because I ain't one to gossip. LOL. No but seriously this fool is nuts. LOL.
Breezy just admitted that he is a crazy stalker who loves hard. Given his past, you can guess why this is scary to most.
Chris shared a video letting you know that he is crazy over-the-top when he loves a woman.
"Ladies, y'all be complaining about n-ggas being like stalkers in love with y'all and all kinda crazy sh-t. And get tired of him. Well guess what? I'm one of them n-ggas. If I love you b-tch, ain't nobody gonna have you. Imma make you miserable. Imma chase that n-gga out, Imma chase yo ass around."
Lawd someone put Karrueche in Madea's witness protection lol. He said if he loves a woman can't nobody else have her. Nah CB, this sounds like some Lifetime, Investigation Discovery, Fatal Attraction type shhhhhh.
I know how crazy love can have one acting at times though. I also know to believe people when they tell you or show you who they are too. LOL. Noted Brown, this has been noted.


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- A key Republican senator working to avoid another government shutdown said there is a "50-50" change that lawmakers will reach an agreement before the Friday, February 15 deadline.
- A bipartisan committee needs to present a border security proposal to President Donald Trump before government funding runs out on Saturday, Feb 16, at 12:01 a.m.
- The parties say they are at an impasse over whether there should be a cap on the number of detention beds that ICE has access to.
- Both parties say they don't want another shutdown, but Trump's acting chief of staff said "you absolutely cannot" rule out another shutdown at the end of the week.
A lead Republican negotiator on the committee aiming to avoid another government shutdown said there is a "50-50" chance that an agreement to keep the government open would be reached before the deadline.
Sen. Richard Shelby, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told Fox News on Sunday that negotiations between the 17 Democrats and Republicans on the border conference committee had "stalled," and that there was a "50-50" chance they would reach an agreement.
"We're hoping we can get there," he said. "But we've got to get fluid again. We got to start movement."
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It could take 300 years for Joshua Tree National Park to recover from the government shutdown
President Donald Trump reopened the government for three weeks to end the record 35-day partial shutdown, but those funds are due to run out on Saturday, February 16, at 12:01 a.m.
Congress must bring an agreement to Trump's desk on Friday, February 15, to keep the government funded.
But in practice, reaching an agreement may be even more urgent than that.
Lawmakers face an unofficial deadline of Monday to reach an agreement so the legislation to keep funding the government could pass through both the House before then, The Hill and Politico reported.
Both parties say they are keen to avoid a repeat of the shutdown that started in December and continued into January. That left more than 800,000 federal workers without work or working without pay, national parks left with heavy damage, and organisations like the FBI warning that the safety of Americans was at risk.
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The Democratic-controlled House just approved a 2.6% pay raise for federal employees as a sign of respect for enduring the government shutdown
Trump's acting Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that "you absolutely cannot" rule out a government shutdown at the end of the week.
"We do not want it to come to that, but that option is still open to the president and will remain so," he said.
What Republicans and Democrats are fighting over
The impasse between the two parties is over whether there should be a cap on the number of detention beds that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has access to. Democrats want the cap, while Republicans do not.
Shelby said: "We have some problems with the Democrats dealing with ICE detaining criminals … They want a cap on them. We don't want a cap on that."
Democrats say the cap would make the government prioritise the detention of criminals rather than law-abiding undocumented immigrants.
Democratic Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, who is also on the committee, tweeted on Sunday: "The Trump Admin has been tearing communities apart with its cruel immigration policies. A cap on ICE detention beds will force the Trump Admin to prioritise deportation for criminals and people posing real security threats, not law-abiding immigrants contributing to our country."
The shutdown started December 22 after Democrats refused President Donald Trump's demand that a spending bill to keep the government open include $US5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern US border.
Republican lawmakers said last week that Trump would accept around $US2 billion for the wall, but Democrats rejected that number, according to Politico.
On Sunday, Trump accused the Democratic leadership of interfering with the discussions and from stopping Democratic negotiators from making a deal.
I don't think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2019
Mulvaney said Trump will find the money to fund the border wall elsewhere if lawmakers don't agree to provide funding.
Trump has threatened to declare a national emergency in order to secure the funds for the wall, though makers are divided over whether such a move would be legal.
If no agreement is reached, the White House could sign a continuing resolution to keep government funding at the same level.
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Some fans of Tesla Inc. think the stock will triple. Some bears say it will fall by two-thirds. For bulls, there is a new positive news cycle about to start on Tesla.
Next month Tesla is likely to introduce a long-haul electric truck with a range of 200 to 300 miles on one charge. That will open up a new growth market for Tesla TSLA. Shares of traditional truck and engine makers such as Cummins CMI, Navistar NAV, and Paccar PCAR, might get hit.
However, new opportunities may open up for stocks of the future other than Tesla. Those should be on your radar.
Lately I have been getting questions from investors who want to participate in the growth of electric vehicles but cannot stomach the valuations of Tesla. There is an alternative. To understand it, let's start with a chart.
The chart
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An Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly (Cordulegaster obliqua) was spotted during a recent photowalk with Michael Powell at a location in Fairfax County, Virginia USA.
This individual is a male, as indicated by his hamules and terminal appendages.
The Backstory
At the end of a long day in the field, Mike Powell and I were walking back to the car slowly when we spotted a group of 10-or-so large dragonflies hawking insects over a HUGE field, near a small drainage pipe. We stopped to watch the hawkers hoping one would land; I sat on my Coleman camp stool to rest in the shade and enjoy the aerial acrobatics show.
One of the large dragonflies zoomed past Mike (he says he never saw it) and landed on a tall grass stem near the drainage pipe. It was the male Arrowhead Spiketail shown above!
Turns out the place is nothing like the habitat described as ideal (see below). I'll say this: Three out of four times I've seen Arrowhead Spiketails, a fly-by was how I found them. So maybe just sit in a good spot and wait for the game to come to you. Maybe.
Disclaimer: I have observed and photographed four (4) Arrowhead Spiketail dragonflies. I feel somewhat uncomfortable providing habitat guidance based upon a sample size of four. That being said, here goes.
Almost every Arrowhead siting had three common ingredients: a seep (or soggy place) in the forest, with skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) and interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana); a small stream in the forest fed by the seep/soggy place; and a sunny clearing.
I found my first Arrowhead Spiketail at a small stream in Huntley Meadows Park. I walked the stream to its source, not that the source is well defined. Instead it's a BIG soggy area. I wouldn't call it a seep and I have never seen skunk cabbage anywhere in the park. There are two virtually identical streams elsewhere in the park where Arrowhead has been photographed. The male Arrowhead flew a LONG patrol along the stream, flying approximately six inches (6″) above the water level. At the end points of his patrol, he would hang up to rest in a sunny spot. It took a long time for me to find the hang up places!
Michael Powell spotted the second Arrowhead Spiketail I've seen, perched in a small, sunny clearing in the forest along a small stream. A seep with skunk cabbage and interrupted fern was located nearby. For what it's worth, we saw/photographed several Gray Petaltail dragonflies (Tachopteryx thoreyi) in the same field.
MUCH FARTHER downstream, the same creek is a little larger in size. At one point, a small iron-stained creek flows into the main creek. Mike and I were standing at the mouth of the tiny creek when I saw an Arrowhead fly like a bat out of hell straight down the stream and turn left; it perched in a large, sunny field. I was able to find it, and we took photos. A week-or-so later, Mike traced the smaller creek to its source. Wouldn't you know it? The headwaters are a seep with lots of skunk cabbage!
My most recent Arrowhead Spiketail sighting — the individual featured in this blog post — is the one that doesn't fit the pattern. The dragonfly was spotted in a HUGE field of grasses, etc. There are small creeks and seeps nearby, but not within sight of the location where the Arrowhead perched.
Related Resources
- A good spot for spiketails and emeralds
- Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly (male)
- Arrowhead Spiketail dragonfly (female)
- Another Arrowhead Spiketail (female)
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Nothing can be as infuriating as driving behind the slowpoke on a Schwinn. (Just get out of the way already!) But cyclists have as much right to ride in the street as you do. Much to the chagrin of Dayton drivers, the Ohio traffic code defines bicycles as vehicles that can be legally operated on low-speed roadways.
With May being National Bike Month, it's time to start preparing for bike-filled roads. To ensure you're driving safely around cyclists—even and especially the slow ones—read through our tips below.
All Rules Apply to Cyclists
Although they may be going slower than the speed limit, cyclists must abide by the same rules of the road as drivers. They must ride as far to the right of the street and along with the flow of traffic, while also obeying road signs and warnings, signaling an intent to turn, stopping at red lights and stop signs, and leaving their fingers off mobile devices. In reality, cyclists are the same as you, if you also wore a helmet and spandex while driving around Dayton.
Cyclists must be clearly visible to all other vehicles on the road, as well, whether in the daylight or at night. To reduce the chance of potentially fatal accidents, Ohio lawmakers recently made it a requirement for all bicycles to have a front lamp and a rear light or reflector.
Passing Cyclists in Your Car
By state law, drivers may pass any vehicle, including bikes, if all the following conditions are met:
- The bike is traveling slower than the set speed limit;
- The passing vehicle must not travel over the speed limit to pass;
- The passing vehicle must not attempt to pass on the right side of cyclists;
- The passing vehicle must leave at least 3 feet of clearance between bike and vehicle;
- The passing vehicle must not endanger anyone on the road, including the cyclist and drivers in the opposite lanes.
So, yes, you can certainly pass slow bike riders if it's safe to do so.
Parking in Downtown Dayton
Downtown Dayton is a fairly major hub for cyclists. When you park on the street, be sure to do a quick double-check in your side mirror before swinging the door open. You really don't want to be in the situation of explaining to your insurance agent and the police why you neglected to check traffic, which ultimately resulted in the bike-riding victim doing a gymnast flip over your car door.
Check Before Turning
Although cyclists are usually better than drivers about obeying traffic laws, you must take their safety into your own hands, especially when making turns at a traffic stop. Bicyclists may sometimes stop in the most unfortunate places, like in your blind spot. This can be problematic for drivers in the turn lanes. Bend your neck and manually peek behind you before making any right or left turns, regardless of right of way. Just because you have right of way doesn't mean you're right to feel safe.
Drive a Newer Car
Keeping your eyes on the road can only go so far. When the 1-in-a-million pebble knocks the cyclist you're following off his bike and into the road, you'll want all the help you can get to avoid a catastrophe.
That's where Honda Sensing's safety suite of driver-assist features comes into play. On most 2018 Honda models, you'll find safety features like blind-spot warnings, automatic high-beam headlights, collision mitigation braking, lane-keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control. Think of Honda Sensing as your "Plan B."
If you need a new car in Ohio, seek out advice from one of our Dayton Honda dealers. Our car dealerships have all the newest Honda vehicles in stock, including the 2018 Accord and 7 other Honda models that won Car and Driver's Editors' Choice Awards.
Tips for Cyclists
You know how inconvenience can bring out the worst in your fellow humans. So, keep your cool even when you get flipped the bird. Aside from remaining calm on the road, follow these other pieces of advice to cycle safely alongside those scary multi-ton vehicles:
- Wear a helmet: A no-brainer to ensure you keep your brain intact.
- Don't assume the best: Be cautious around vehicles, even those that are parked. Ride slowly, leave some clearance, and pull over to the side if you feel uneasy.
- Avoid sidewalks: A sidewalk may seem safer for cyclists, but its name contains the word "walk" for a reason: it's for sneakers, not tires. You could end up running over some toes!
- Never ride against traffic: Although walking pedestrians often walk against the flow of traffic, your bike should follow it. It's against the law to do otherwise.
- Don't pass vehicles: It might entice you to skip the few cars in front of you at a stop light, but don't do it. Drivers may not see you when attempting to merge or cross over your lane.
- Stick to low-speed streets: Cyclists are forbidden from riding on the highway—if you're on I-75 S, something's wrong—for obvious reasons. This isn't the right place to test the tortoise-hare theory.
- Get the right accessories: A cycling enthusiast is nothing without accessories. Bring along the essentials, like a portable air pump, chargeable headlight, multitool, and replacement chains and tire tubes.
- Get the cool accessories: Living in the 21st century sure can have its perks. Along with those cycling essentials, bring along the high-tech gizmos, like turn-signal gloves, a phone mount for navigation, self-cleaning cycling sunglasses, or a USB charger for bikes.
Of course, if you want to abstain from interacting with cars while you cycle, take a trip to a secluded trail or Dayton bike race. Hook up the bike to your car's bike rack or SUV's crossbars, fill up the water bottle, and hit the road.
Don't have the right car accessory to secure your bike? We can help! Our Dayton Honda dealers can order and install authentic Honda accessories, bike racks, and roof racks for most new and old Honda models, including the Pilot, CR-V, and Odyssey. Just find your nearest Miami Valley Honda Dealers location to speak with an expert and place an order.
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You are cordially invited to the Greenville Venue Crawl
The idea: Engaged Couples & Event Planners can visit a collection of venues in one afternoon. During this time, attendees will meet event professionals, experience each venue in an event setting, and have the opportunity to book aspects of your event.
This event is designed to make event planning simple and enjoyable. Discover new ideas and connect with the vendors that will bring your vision to life. Our team will provide you with a map of participating venues. Customize your tour and begin at any of the locations. Explore the unique spaces while enjoying the charm Downtown Greenville has to offer. Light refreshments will be provided by local vendors at the different locations.
Even if you already have your venue booked, this is the ideal event to come secure vendors and ignite noteworthy ideas to elevate any event.
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Co Author Listing * Sensitivity Analysis of an Evolutionary-Based Time-Dependent Origin/Destination Estimation Framework
* Trip Distribution Modeling Using Mobile Phone Data: Emphasis on Intra-Zonal Trips
Katte, M.
Co Author Listing * Event Detection Based on Noisy Object Information
Kattenborn, T.
Co Author Listing * Automatic Single Tree Detection in Plantations using UAV-based Photogrammetric Point clouds
* Building a hybrid land cover map with crowdsourcing and geographically weighted regression
* Detecting the spread of invasive species in central Chile with a Sentinel-2 time-series
* Detection of Xylella fastidiosa infection symptoms with airborne multispectral and thermal imagery: Assessing bandset reduction performance from hyperspectral analysis
* UAV-Based Photogrammetric Point Clouds: Tree Stem Mapping in Open Stands in Comparison to Terrestrial Laser Scanner Point Clouds
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Katterfeld, C.
Co Author Listing * E-learning: Best Practice In Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing And Gis - Status And Challenges
Kattge, J.[Jens]
Co Author Listing * Global Estimation of Biophysical Variables from Google Earth Engine Platform
Katti, A.R.[Anoop R.]
Co Author Listing * Mixture of parts revisited: Expressive part interactions for Pose Estimation
Katti, H.
Co Author Listing * CAVVA: Computational Affective Video-in-Video Advertising
* Depth Matters: Influence of Depth Cues on Visual Saliency
* Eye Fixation Database for Saliency Detection in Images, An
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Katti, S.
Co Author Listing * Position Tracking for Virtual Reality Using Commodity WiFi
Kattnig, A.P.[Alain Philippe]
Co Author Listing * Radiometric order preserving method to display wide-dynamic images for imagery photointerpretation
Katto, J.[Jiro]
Co Author Listing * Effects of Audio Compression on Chord Recognition
* Energy Compaction-Based Image Compression Using Convolutional AutoEncoder
* Gamut-Extension Method Considering Color Information Restoration using Convolutional Neural Networks, A
* Image Compression Framework with Learning-based Filter, An
* Improved scanning methods for wavelet coefficients of video signals
* Learned Image Compression With Discretized Gaussian Mixture Likelihoods and Attention Modules
* Learning Image and Video Compression Through Spatial-Temporal Energy Compaction
* Live Version Identification with Audio Scene Detection
* Low Bitrate Image Compression with Discretized Gaussian Mixture Likelihoods
* Mathematical analysis of MPEG compression capability and its application to rate control
* method of gender classification by integrating facial, hairstyle, and clothing images, A
* Novel Algorithms for Object Extraction Using Multiple Camera Inputs
* Perceptual Quality Study on Deep Learning Based Image Compression
* Pipelined 2D Transform Architecture Supporting Mixed Block Sizes for the VVC Standard, A
* Runlength-based wavelet coding with adaptive scanning for low bit rate environment
* Structure Recovery from Scaled Orthographic and Perspective Views
* Structure Recovery with Multiple Cameras from Scaled Orthographic and Perspective Views
* Three-dimension picture coding system
* Variable bit-rate coding based on human visual system
* wavelet codec with overlapped motion compensation for very low bit-rate environment, A
* Wavelet domain image super-resolution from digital cinema to ultrahigh definition television by dividing noise component
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Dry Crusty Bread
How many days do you, make dinner or purchase shoes for you kids and, feel like if you were a full time working mom or a working mom at all you could help to provide more or better things for your family.
I feel that way almost daily but I remind myself that this is what God has call me to do with my family. So, that keeps me going.
This morning during my devotion time, I read in Proverbs 17:1- Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.
If I were working there would definitely be strife during our feasting. Our lives just go smoother when I am not working and we do have peace and yet we do have more than just a dry crust of bread. So, I am thankful. I hope this verse inspires you the way it did for me.
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thanks for posting this - both my husband and i (married a month tomorrow!) are trying to find jobs, and i sometimes feel so ... unproductive. :/ I know it's not true, and he tells me how much he appreciates me so often, but I "feel" like I'm not giving anything back ... *sigh.ReplyDelete
thank you for reminding me (yet again) of His goodness.
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The first line of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel, Anna Karenina, begins:
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
This is a very memorable line. But looking at the Wikipedia entry for the Anna Karenina Principle, I saw this version for statistical significance tests:
"… there are any number of ways in which a dataset may violate the null hypothesis and only one in which all the assumptions are satisfied."
When we do a hypothesis test that two means are the same, the boring case is where they are the same, i.e., where we do not reject the null hypothesis. The interesting case is where the means are different, though perhaps not interesting enough to be worth a Tolstoy novel. The difference can be enough to be significant. The difference can be many times the difference that would be significant. They can be different in one direction or the other. When we have more than two means, there are lots of combinations of differences that are of interest. We are looking for something interesting – something different – in the statistics.
Consider a manufacturing process where you want to look for differences. Suppose you changed a supplier for one ingredient, and you want to make sure that the process or product doesn't change, or changes in the right direction. Suppose you make an engineering change in how the product is made, and you want to make sure it doesn't get worse. You have hundreds of variables to look at, and you want to test hundreds of hypotheses. You want to see where the biggest differences are.
Let's look at some semiconductor data. We want to keep an eye on 387 process variables, and we are worried about an engineering change, described in the column "Process" as Old or New. I can easily do a Fit Y by X for all the responses versus Process. Then I do a control-click on ANOVA to get all the tests. The control-click broadcasts the command to all 387 analyses. Here is a picture of one of the 387 reports:
Now I have the same problem as described in my previous blog post: There are 387 reports to look through. I just want to look at the ANOVA p-value, "Prob > F", the probability of getting an even greater F statistic than I got, given the means are equal. Well, JMP can gather these p-values. I right-click on the value and choose the menu item "Make Combined Data Table," resulting in this:
The table has three lines per response in it, but the rows I want to delete all have missing values for the p-value. So I can use Select Matching Cells to select them, delete them and then sort them in ascending order by another right click command in the p-value column.
Hey! It looks like many of my p-values are significant. Something really did change when I changed the process. Here is the distribution of p-values:
Looking at the CDF plot, I see that almost 60 percent of the p-values are very small. The other 40% of the p-values seem fairly uniformly distributed from 0 to 1. Look at all the p-values in order, small to large:
Remember the Anna Karenina Principle now. When the means are the same, i.e., the null hypothesis is not rejected, it is all boring sameness. But when the means are different, the null hypothesis is rejected, and the means can be different in many ways, in many magnitudes. Visually, I want sameness to look like sameness, and I want significant differences to look different and interesting.
In a p-value plot, we have the reverse: For all the non-interesting tests where the means are the same, the p-values are easily distinguishable. For all the interesting tests where the means are all different in interesting ways, they all have values close to zero where I can't tell one from another. P-values violate the visual Anna Karenina principle – you can't see the interesting, but you can see the boring. It is as if Tolstoy wrote many chapters on the dull peripheral characters, and only a few lines on the main characters in the novel. We need to fix this.
The obvious way to get detail for very small positive values is to switch to the log scale. It turns out that I have to pick a very small origin to get most of these p-values.
Rather than just using a log scale, why not just calculate log10(pvalue) and plot that? In fact, we would like to have the most significant values on top, not bottom, so we flip signs and plot –log10(pvalue). And because we want to do this a lot, we need to invent a short name for this, so let's call it LogWorth.
The name LogWorth was used starting in 1995 by Padraic Neville in the specific context of decision tree criteria. It is a lot easier to say "LogWorth" than to say "negative log-to-the-base-10 of the p-value."
So now we have come into compliance with the Anna Karenina Principle. Sets of means that are significantly different are different in the significance plot. Means that are boringly the same are the same in the plot.
But have we given up some perspective? Will we understand LogWorth as well as probabilities? I am optimistic that we can. Here are the new goalposts of significance to learn:
PValue = .01 -> LogWorth = 2PValue = .05 -> LogWorth = 1.3PValue = .10 -> LogWorth = 1
PValue = .05 -> LogWorth = 1.3
PValue = .10 -> LogWorth = 1
In the plot above, I even have a red reference line at 2. Also we are comfortable talking about information on the log probability scale, as you can envision with phrases like "as rare as three 10s in a row in 10-sided die tosses," which is (1/10)3 or.001.
Information theory is very comfortable with the log-scale, where you can add instead of multiply. The units terminology has been figured out. Negative log to the base 2 of probability in information theory is called bits; if you use the base 10, it is called decits. So we can see that the LogWorth axis is measured in decits of rareness, or how many decahedron die rolls. (For several alternative terms, see the Units of information entry in Wikipedia.)
The log scale is especially important when handling tests that are extremely significant, which happens all the time with large data sets. You still want to plot and rank significance. But the floating point system of our computers can only represent values down to about 10^-323. In our data, of the 387 tests we have done, 38 of the tests have p-values smaller than 10^-323, representable only as zero, and thus not distinguishable. We therefore use log-probability routines whenever we calculate significances, so that we can keep representing significance. The most significant test in this data has a LogWorth of 4638.1808456. That is a very distinguished value, so much that it distorts a plot of the LogWorths – in some cases we may need to either use another log transform. Actually, we will put a ceiling on the LogWorth – in the interest of seeing more details in the rest of the data, and apologizing for violating the visual Anna Karenina Principle for a few values.
By the way, LogWorths started appearing the Partition platform at its introduction, and now the Response Screening platform and associated fitting personality use it throughout.
Note: This is part of a Big Statistics series of blog posts by John Sall. Read all of his Big Statistics posts.
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Kayle Sawyer wrote:
Using -log10(pvalue) is standard practice with some neuroimaging packages (e.g. FreeSurfer). It is especially useful when creating statistical spatial maps of multiple adjacent comparisons. It would be great if this term, "LogWorth," caught on!
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Bonn, 3 April 2019 - The Circumpolar Seabird Expert Group (CBird) under the Arctic Council Working Group for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) came together for its annual meeting at the CAFF Secretariat offices in Akureyri, Iceland from 26 to 29 March 2019. CBird promotes, facilitates, and coordinates conservation, management and research activities among circumpolar countries and improves communication between seabird scientists and managers inside and outside the Arctic. The group consists of national representatives, Permanent Participants , observer countries and organizations.
Items covered during the meeting included a wide range of topics such as country updates on ongoing seabird research activities, bycatch of seabirds in lumpsucker fisheries, the development of a North Atlantic Murre harvest model, marine protected area planning, risks posed by shipping to seabirds in circumpolar regions, seabird–Polar Bear interaction, cooperation with indigenous people and local communities as well as cooperation with AEWA and the implementation of the Arctic Migratory Bird Initiative (AMBI).
Globally, seabirds are one of the most threatened groups of birds in the world and of the 85 species covered by AEWA, 16 are on the IUCN Red List, listed as either Vulnerable or Endangered, and a further 11 are 'Near Threatened'; and the global population of 39 AEWA-listed species is in decline.
As a result, AEWA Parties adopted a set of initial priorities for seabird conservation at the 7th Session of the Meeting of the Parties in December 2017 through Resolution 7.6, with the aim of tackling threats including human impacts on prey (forage fish, ecosystem impacts), bycatch in fishing gear, harvesting by humans, predation by invasive species and mortality from oil spills and contaminants.
These broad priorities now need to be further fleshed out by the AEWA Technical Committee. It is in any case clear, however, that collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and experts, such as CBird, will be essential in delivering on seabird conservation across the AEWA range and also to ensure that AEWA brings added value to ongoing work.
"Many of our seabird populations are declining, and the challenges they face – such as climate change, diminishing food resources, bycatch and over-harvest – are daunting. Under AEWA we look forward to collaborating more closely with various stakeholders throughout the flyway such as CBird, which is already delivering on coordinated research and conservation of Arctic seabird species" – AEWA Executive Secretary, Dr. Jacques Trouvilliez.
Meeting outcomes included an agreement to increase communication between the AEWA Secretariat, CBird and the CAFF Secretariat, particularly on issues of common interest such as the current work under CBird on the development of a circumpolar Action Plan for the Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) which is also an AEWA priority species. Other topics include seabird bycatch (in general but also linked to the implementation of the AEWA International Single Species Action Plans for the Long-tailed Duck and the Velvet Scoter) as well as in relation to the broader work expected to take place under the AEWA Technical Committee on the seabird conservation priorities adopted under MOP7.
"It was a very productive meeting, and we are making very good progress on our workplan items, as well as on communications and cooperation with CAFF, CBMP Marine and AMBI. We look forward to increasing our communication with AEWA as well." – Dr. Mia Rönkä, Chair of the CBird Group.
For more information, please contact the Chair of the CAFF CBird Group Dr. Mia Rönkä or AEWA Associate Programme Management Officer Ms. Nina Mikander.
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The Cycle to Work Scheme provides many people with their ideal route into cycling with the huge savings on equipment and easy salary sacrifice payment options. Many people we speak to use the scheme to buy their first bicycle since childhood and there are some things which will take a little getting used to.
Choose a bike that suits your needs
Put some thought into what will be the primary use of the bike and what terrain you will be covering. Road bikes are great for the commute and can be very quick nimble pieces of equipment but if you want to get out in the park on the weekend it may not be your ideal choice. We see more and more scheme users opting for hybrid bikes to give them options of usage.
Learn how to maintain your bike
In terms of maintenance a bike is no different to any other vehicle, if you look after it, it will look after you. Keeping parts clean and oiled and correct storage will give you years of worry free transport. Servicing depends on usage and the rule of thumb is to do things when they are needed.
Take a leisure ride
It makes sense to get used to your new equipment without the time constraints that may be present on your commute. Take a weekend and go to a quiet cycling route and really get to know your new bike. This can serve as a great refresher into how fun cycling is but also build up your confidence in using your equipment and understanding your limits.
We touched on it earlier but cycling is fun, it's a hobby as well as a sustainable mode of transport. Find where you like cycling, find routes that suit you and go out and enjoy them. There's a reason why more than 2 million people in the UK cycling at least once a week and why people who get back into to cycling quickly become obsessive!
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What does the four card for google search in the future evolution ?
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Introduction: a few days ago and krypton an article has issued the six minutes about Google search history and evolution ". Then read history after, Google search and what of the future? Let's look at the future evolution of the four Google search card.
1. Integrated search
Google in 2007 start web search results will be effective classification and place them in the same server trend. But as the Internet connection speed improving and video, pictures content of the popular, found that even Google is different types of documents have connected the search results. Soon, Google has been adjusted, let users after a search to find include video, pictures, different types of content.
And Google that the future can do better, and by extension search service function make more professional search tool to better organization and performance of different types of index content. They also can be integrated its YouTube, establish other such as news, maps, position, shopping and more special web content. And in the single content providers, Google in search content conformity with obvious more competitive.
2. Mobile search and localization
Soon, Google. Will further build localization electronic commerce search business. Along with the growth of the Android system, Google already has a for local enterprise, restaurants, destination provided based on local search results to the terminal end (end-to-end) platform. It can build a like daily trading and mobile payment the same monetized e-commerce platform. At the same time localization search can also for merchants to bring a more abundant advertising flow, Google will soon make mobile search and mobile advertising service.
Through Google maps and related position search, even in the PC, Google search localization and integration is an important part of the search. This kind of professional localization commercial search service will be in direct and public comments on Yelp, that kind of comment on competitive web sites, to these network comment on sharing website makes a big threat.
3. Time concept
Google search almost no regional restriction, and time to search the importance of concept is quite low. Users find out the result is the recent days or a few hours, people don't have to tell the new old rate each results. After many times after the search, the timeliness of the search results will weaken the concept of time. At the same time in the Google recently updated the algorithm, the new results than the old easier to search.
Meanwhile, Google in search has altered the characteristics of the search, in the search process will instantly shows the latest in the search results. For example you are about to go out, when you click on search button, Google will take the results of the first search to display in advance, but don't need to wait for the search process finished will show the results.
4. Google +
The user is Google search finally's ace in the hole. Through the history of the users search and information attention type, Google can according to user preferences and habits to provide more personalized results. Google + after release, Google can for each user social activities to carry on the analysis, so that users of Google + account for Google more individualized search provides a basic basis.
Now "+ 1" button and "Twitter", "Facebook" button around in various web site as. Google through this share action to study the be fond of of users, and the button embodies the user the idea of the most personalized, is also the most complex. If the user use Google + account, Google can better judging the user wants result.
In the rapid development of the Internet era, the Internet giant is undoubtedly lead the trend of the Internet leader. With the evolution of the Google search, a large number of derivative technology and innovation industry will be created. If can not substitute Google, can at least with it new wave in the Internet in a slice of this action.
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On reflection, today's object is an intro to one of my hobbies.
I was slowly walking home from breakfast at the corner when I spied today's Object at Hand in the street. A plastic rear view mirror from some toy vehicle that had come loose and been run over a time or two.
I was walking slowly because of a lingering disease. Adult onset mono that had been misdiagnosed by a series of doctors who never considered that an old dude like me would come down with such a stereotypical adolescent ailment. Anyway, a couple of months after the symptoms got acute, I could walk to the corner.
As soon as I saw this bit of plastic with its evocative printed decal, I flashed on a lifetime of travels. I began a travel blog back before most people knew the word "blog," and wrote the code using Notepad. Before the blog, I would send emails to a list of friends with daily reports. Here is My Travel Page.
I didn't always love travel. As a child, I was always car sick. Back then we didn't have air conditioning. During my tween and teen years, we didn't even have rear windows in the car! So it was an ordeal for myself and my parents to go on the few road trips they dared: Once to Orlando (not including Disney, but backstage at Cape Kennedy as Apollo 13 was on the pad) and once up to Michigan to visit a great aunt. Plus an annual jaunt of 8 hours (back in those pre-interstate days) down to the Ozarks. Specifically Bull Shoals Lake just over the Arkansas border. Nope, not Silver Dollar City. I didn't get to an amusement park until I was in my 30's.
But once I had a car of my own, we did drive. In our current sedan we have recreationally visited every contiguous state except Rhode Island and Wisconsin. We often travel the lesser roads, state and local highways. It takes longer to get to our nominal destination, but we really get to see America.


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Designer Sarah Sherman Samuel is known for her ability to combine different styles to create a distinctive spaces. This year, she was part of the team that completed a top-to-bottom renovation of a mid-century house for actress and singer Mandy Moore. The project was the perfect example of Sarah's ability to infuse vintage pieces into a space while maintaining a fresh, modern vibe. Although Sarah makes it seem effortless, finding just the vintage piece is certainly more of a challenge than wandering the aisles of a local box store. In collaboration with Design Milk and writer Amy Azzarito we picked her brain for some tips and tricks to level up our vintage shopping game.
Do you find that it's easier to use a vintage piece as a jumping-off point for the room, or vintage shop to fill specific holes in the space?
Honestly, I do both, probably an equal amount! It depends on the project; sometimes a single piece of furniture can inspire a whole room, but other times you take your time searching for the perfect piece to fit a space.
You incorporate a lot of vintage case pieces (dressers, credenzas) in your designs. Are there reasons why you look to these kinds of pieces for a vintage infusion?
I am a fan of classic case goods. These types of vintage pieces were made well with beautiful wood detail, and they typically age well. When something works, you work it hard.
How does someone who isn't experienced at vintage buying educate their eye and develop their aesthetic/confidence?
There are so many great online vintage resources now that you can dive into, and once you find pieces that you are attracted to, searching for pieces of the same era or style can help you find key words that you are drawn to, and in turn, open you up to other designers and styles. The more you research and just keep your eye keen always looking, the more you'll be able to hone your own aesthetic and spot the good finds.
Can you share some examples of favorite vintage scores?
Quality dressers are SO expensive, and even not-so-great quality dressers usually cost more than I want to spend. I found myself in that predicament (which I much too often am) when looking for a dresser for our LA house, so I turned to vintage. I found a listing on craigslist and I swear I heard angels sing. We called the craigslister and it turned out that it was from a local vintage shop. It was a highboy that has this stunning brass detailing and a little wicker inset on the top, all wrapped up in gorgeous walnut. Another is my dining chair set from our LA house. I found these Niels Koefoeds dining chairs (a set of 8 of them!) at a flea market for $150 each. I have seen a set like that go for around $7k.
Are there different considerations to buying vintage online vs. in-person? How do you navigate the challenge of not seeing the piece in-person?
I think you have to set your expectations, find out if there is any damage or wear, and request close-up photos if there is. Usually the pieces are priced with any wear in mind, but it is good to gather all the information. It is always nice to buy in-person, but I love buying vintage online because it opens up your search area infinitely and saves SO much time.
Can you share any keywords that might help a shopper focus?
I often like to search by materials, like "rattan" or "burl", or favorite designers like milo, OR styles like Danish and mid-century. Sometimes people miss-categorize things, and you can find some surprising pieces from sellers that might not know what they have, and that is always exciting.
Can you talk about some unique uses for vintage pieces? (Thinking of your credenza as a bathroom vanity, but other examples are great, too!)
When it came to designing our bathroom in LA, I wanted to create the mix of modern and vintage that I love, even in the bathroom. I did this by combining all the new finishes with a great vintage walnut credenza that we retrofitted into a floating bathroom vanity. I also like the idea of framing vintage textiles as art, like a scarf or item of clothing.
Any tips for buying vintage rugs? Are there sizes/colorways that you find yourself looking for?
I am a bit of a rug hoarder and I am often asked where I find the vintage ones. I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you! (Kidding!) One tip if you don't have a trained eye on rugs: look to someone who does. I have about five rugs from Frances Loom alone; she has a pre-edited assortment and an eye that I trust. The color red is VERY prevalent in vintage rugs, so I am always drawn to the ones that do not have red, searching for pink or coral or blues.
For Archie's nursery, you used vintage art as the jumping-off point. Any tips for buying vintage art and designing around it?
I feel like art is very personal, and it should have a personal connection to whomever the client is or if it is for yourself. When searching for art, I consider the color palette, the subject, and most of all, the feeling you get when you see it. If it has the vibe you are going for, you know instantly. When it comes to building a space around it, you can easily pull from the color palette to extend that into the room and find pieces that support it rather than compete with it. In other words, if the art piece is really busy and bold, you can balance that out in the space with other bold choices; but if it is a quiet monochromatic piece, it might fit better in a cleaner, neutral environment. That is the dance of designing a space.
Are there any downsides to buying vintage pieces (maybe, the time? How do you combat this?)
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Introduction: Simple Flower and Leaf Quilling Without a Quilling Tool
A few days back I saw an envelope that had a quilling design on it and was inspired to try it. I do not have quilling tools but still managed to make some flowers and leaves, and I'd like to show you how. For this simple flower and leaf quilling project you will need:
- colored papers (you can use ready made quilling strips)
- glue
- scissors
- comb
- toothpick
Step 1: Making the Center of the Flower
Cut two thin strips of paper (for making the center of the flower).
Cut a wider strip (double the width of the thinner strips) for the flower petals.
Using a toothpick make a tight roll of the thinner strip (or you can do it directly without using a toothpick).
Glue the end part of the strip.
Add glue to another thin strip and roll it around the first roll.
Glue the end part of strip.
This will make a tight, rolled center for the flower.
Step 2: Making Petals
Now make cuts on the wider strip as shown in the photo.
Add glue to one end of this strip and roll it around the central roll made earlier.
Glue the end of the strip.
After 10 seconds when the glue is dried use your thumb and fingers to fold the petals outward.
Ta-da! the flower is ready!
Step 3: Making a Leaf
For the leaf cut a thin strip of green paper.
Wrap one end of it around a toothpick so as to get a loop.
Add glue to get that loop firm.
After the glue is dried insert that loop into the first tooth of the comb.
Now go on looping around the teeth of the comb as shown in the photos.
Glue the end part of strip.
Remove the formed structure from the comb.
Pinch one end to give it a proper shape.
You may bend the pinched side slightly.
Make as many leaves as you want.
Step 4: Make Designs
Finally arrange your flowers and leaves to get your desired designs.
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I know this isn't a quilling comment, but my question is this: can you put instructions on how to cross stitch a pattern. Also instructions on how to make USEFUL diy projects that are for the home, clothing, picture frames, repairs, jewelry, etc.
Thank you SO VERY MUCH!!
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This is a very practical idea for those who want to play with quilling just for fun.
Hi ..
Many thanks for this tutorial. I was able to learn quilling and make cards for my loved ones. I have included link to your blog in my blog about those greeting cards. Hope that is okay :-) ..
wow.. i liked your blog :)
thanks a lot Prachi :)
very easy and awesome steps
Its soooooooooo gooooooooooood
This is bringing out the inner female in me. I'm sure my girlfriend is going to love the notes I'm making for her. She's having a girly party for her sister. I'm making notes/place markers for the luncheon table.
place markers for luncheon table with quilling!!.. gr8.. nice idea..
I'm sorry I wasn't able to get photos. Yvette found them before I could snap any. Mine looked more like sunflowers. The center coils were chocolte colored, to give a little depth I didn't wrap them compleatly tight. Then the petals I made each leaf more pointed, and only used only two wraps. The leaves I did like yours. Used colored pipe cleaners for stems. Yvette is handy with calligraphy, she did the names, and a mini proverb on each for each guest. I referred all questions how I did it to your ibble. Jack
Beautiful & simple!!
thanx :)
Very nice! Easy to follow, clear directions, and the flowers are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.....
thank u :)
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Easy and nice
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Subject: Question about wheels
Lookin for some advice from people who know much more about bikes than I do. If you're going to attempt using deep dish wheels, is it even worth it to go aluminum or is carbon fiber the only way to go?
Found these online. Are they a bunch of bunk?
Extreme Veteran
Subject: RE: Question about wheels
Assume you are asking about the breaking surface?
Personally I like fiber on fiber as it's been sturdier in my experience. Aluminum mated to fiber might separate after some usage.
Keep in mind you want special brake pads for fiber rims and swap them out of you go back to aluminum wheels for training rides.
And, that those wheels you linked... you are hard core if you are going single speed. Those won't work for typical 10 or 11 speed bikes.
in reply to: TriJayhawkRyan
McAlester, Oklahoma
Subject: RE: Question about wheels
I am sure that I do NOT know more about wheels than you do, but I did spend two years looking at wheelsets before I bought my race wheels and I learned just enough to feel like I was getting something I would be happy with. I like riding my bike but really don't have a lot of downtime during the week to work on the bike so I wanted to keep things as simple as possible. For me, that meant clincher and aluminum brake surfaces. My race wheels are carbon with the aluminum strip for the brake pad surface. With the aluminum brake pad surface, I don't need to have a special brake pad which means that I just swap out the stock wheels that I use for training for my race wheels I am done. It takes all of two minutes to make the swap. The breaking is just the same as with my training wheels so I don't have to plan more breaking distance than with my training wheels. It is supper easy. As far as clinchers go, I can use the same tires/tube on my race wheels as a do on my stock training wheels. I don't have an LBS within 50 miles of me so that is as high tech as I get with my wheels. They are fast wheels, easy to work on, and they handle really well with what I am used to from training. I don't think an aluminum deep dish aero wheelset would change much about the wheel but weight.
Franklin, TN
Subject: RE: Question about wheels
I can't comment on those wheels and you'll get different opinions on aluminum vs carbon vs disc braking. I'm all carbon on my TT bike and I brake just fine. A lot of people ride the HED black wheels and love them...carbon fairing with a textured aluminum brake track. There is a weight penalty if you go with the aluminum brake track but the tires/tubes/pressures you use have a bigger impact on performance than a small weight difference.
in reply to: JoelO
Subject: RE: Question about wheels
We have always raced carbon race wheels with our stock brake pads......nobody is dead yet. The wheels are still in use when someone needs them. (Zipp 404's) We never ride the race wheels for anything but races. These 3 sets of wheels have seen everything from sprint to ironman races.....loaned to a variety of people. No issues.
Same question every time....."do I need to switch brake pads?".....same answer every time....."nah, not worth it, have fun".
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Subject: RE: Question about wheels
Not all carbon wheels are equal. Zipp has the best braking surface of any wheel.
Most carbon braking surfaces work pretty well when dry. The quality of the braking goes down when wet , goes down with the quality of the wheel and goes own with the type of brake pads used.
Flat, dry, don't worry. Fast descents on a steep hill in the rain (like IMMT), good luck with the wrong pad or a bad quality wheel.
I would never use a carbon wheels from not reputable source. Carbon wheel braking surfaces get extremely hot. If the resin is not of the required quality, the carbon will overheat at the junction of the tire and wheel and can be catastrophic.
If you only race them chances are you haven't braked much with them. Training with them would be another story.
I have both carbon and aluminum track wheels. I prefer the aluminum track especially on hills or when wet.
Edited by marcag 2019-06-28 3:30 PM
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Subject: RE: Question about wheels
That makes sense. I don't know why anybody would buy cheap wheels just to have carbon....well, of course I know why, but it's not worth it to me. Buy good equipment and ride it like you stole it, you'll never be sorry. (you don't have to buy new.....lots of great deals out there from the one and done crowd with disposable income).
Edited by Left Brain 2019-06-28 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: Question about wheels
Originally posted by trijamie
Lookin for some advice from people who know much more about bikes than I do. If you're going to attempt using deep dish wheels, is it even worth it to go aluminum or is carbon fiber the only way to go?
Found these online. Are they a bunch of bunk?
I've raced for years on both full carbon clinchers (zipp super 9 / 808) as well as an assortment of HED Jet wheels with aluminum brake surface, most recently the HED Jet Blacks 9/6.
My comments:
1. The wheels you have a link to are single speed, and besides that, no freaking way I'd trust them. Takes one piece of junk wheel collapsing under you to erase all those $$ savings with hospital bills!
2. The Zipps are very nice, blingy, and braked just fine with good brake pads, in my case, I used Swissstop black prince pads.
3. HED Jet blacks IMHO are the best of both worlds. As aero as any wheel out there, and the textured aluminum brake surface works fantastic in all conditions. AND, to those saying there is a weight penalty, that is not really true. A pair of Zipp 808 carbon clinchers weighs 1830 (direct from Zipps website). My set of Jet 9 rear and 6 front weighs 1817 grams (from hed website). A pair of JET 9's would be 1895. It makes sense as yes, the jets have the heavier aluminum rim, but because of that they can make the aero fairing lighter due to the fact they are non-structural, the aluminum rims are what the spokes are built onto. Oh, and the HEDs can be found for half the price of Zipps.
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Subject: RE: Question about wheels
The only two benefit you have of aluminum brake surface is when it rains and at very long and technical decent where you would brake a lot, and even that is greatly reduced with the modern carbon fiber brake surfaces.
At this point, I wouldn't buy a wheel with aluminum brake surface... the weight penalty is definitely noticeable and you do have separation issues to deal with.
If you want a good pair of race wheels, stick with known brands such as Zipp, Enve or to save a bit of money with only minimal compromise, FLO wheels.
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Subject: RE: Question about wheels
Sorry audiojan but that is false, you cannot notice the weight difference for 2 reasons
1. As I stated above, there is no weight difference!! Check the manufacturers websites and listed wheel weights.
2. Even if there were a weight difference you would not notice it. A weight diff of 200-300 grams is meaningless on wheels. Physics doesn't lie. I put wheel weights into best bike split, or analytical cycling, no need to take my word for it.
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Subject: RE: Question about wheels
The weight of a wheel impacts 3 things
rolling resistance, in a very small way, just like adding a water bottle.
power to climb, the same as adding a water bottle, or something else, again pretty negligeable.
to spin up the wheel. This is where a lot of the noise about wheel weight comes in
A bike wheel is like a flywheel. It takes a certain amount of energy, ie power to get it going it up to speed.
What makes a wheel even more weight sensitive is the bulk of the weight is at the rim. The further from the axle, the more energy needed to spin it up. But also once spin up, more weight further from the axle will make it spin longer once power is no longer applied. Like a flywheel.
If you take 2 wheels, say a zip 303 and a zip 808. Imagine they weight the exact same thing because say the 303 has a heavier hub. It will take more energy spin up the 808 because it has more weight distributed away from the axle.
So this perception that you can feel a light wheel is true, but only during accelerations. Now the opposite is also true, a 808 will spin for longer tan a 303 once you stop applying energy.
In something like triathlon where you are not acceleration/decelerating constantly, it makes no difference
If you are riding crits, or covering accelerations in the Tour de France, maybe
BTW, this is also one of the reasons guys say tubulars are better due to weight. Same thing. Reducing weight at the furthest point from the axle.
To me, quality carbon wheels don't provide a cost ./ benefit ratio that makes sense. There is higher cost, lower braking ability and little performance gain. Especially in steady speed events like we do.
Cheap carbon wheels, especially clinchers are a safety hazard. People are crazy to use these.
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For our new series we've invited people to share stories of their childhood artefacts. Here we hear about Geraldine Carton's obsession for boxes.
Without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite thing to do during my post-toddler/pre-teen years was to create mini fortresses out of large cardboard boxes.
Bigger boxes not only meant more room in the physical sense (no more neck pain for little Geraldine — hoorah!), but every additional centimetre of sweet cardboard also allowed my creative imagination to roam and leap and soar for ten times as many miles in The Land Of Make Believe. Sure I could spend hours in a box that once contained a computer, but when my dad presented me with one that used to hold an aquarium I knew I was in for something special. Just thinking of all the interior design options was enough to make me drool.
I was a socially-responsible six year old, and so quickly ordered my mum to cancel all my upcoming playdates: I had serious business to attend to. I spent the majority of my summer days in that box, only emerging for food, toilet breaks, and the odd episode of Saved By The Bell (this was before I cut out a peep-hole and suspiciously watched the outside world).
I was infatuated with creating the ultimate non-tree-based tree house, and when invited to go out to play with other children I found myself politely declining. I would fold my arms in a sophisticated fashion, nod my head back to the haphazardly decorated box, and sigh 'I better get back to the old gal' before sauntering off and trying to crouch into the thing with as much suaveness as I could muster.
At the beginning, my mum seemed to encourage my creativity within the box, and she even seemed to admire my stamina to stay in a small space for such lengthy periods of time. When week three rolled in however, and she noticed me developing a hump back, and a twitch in my left eye, and an inexplicable Russian accent, it was decided that I had had enough.
And so I was fooled into believing that my help was needed at the local park where a bunch of hooligans were 'apparently' trying to set fire to a pile of ginormous boxes. Of course I ran to investigate the situation, but when I came back home, satisfied that no such boxes had been destroyed, I found that my own beloved box was gone. All that was left in its place was a little note from an individual going by the name The Tooth Fairy. She apologised for taking my box, but explained that it was needed for homeless fairy orphans in the North Pole.
I feel I dealt with the situation rather maturely, considering my young age and recent lack of fresh air or sunlight: I became the honourable martyr, ultimately accepting my fate, fondly remembering the good times that were had, and forever reminding others of the good my box was doing for those poor fairy orphans up in The North Pole.


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Delegation from archdiocese heading to Kitui, Kenya
A delegation from the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis will visit the Diocese of Kitui in Kenya May 30 to June 15.
The delegation will focus on building relationships with the people of Kitui, learning about Kenyans' faith lives and discerning how the partnering dioceses can share resources. Besides working with Catholic schools and Catholic humanitarian organization Caritas, delegates are visiting parishes in the diocese.
Delegation members include Father Charles Lachowitzer, vicar general and moderator of the curia for the archdiocese, and Debbie Keller, president of the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. Mike Haasl, global solidarity coordinator for the archdiocese-based Center for Mission, is leading the delegation.
The archdiocese formed a partnership with Kitui in 2004 after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called for solidarity efforts with Africa in 2001. The archdiocese last sent a delegation to Kitui in 2014.
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Salesforce B2C Commerce enables you to implement recommendations using a variety of approaches, described in the following table:
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Recently a client approached our office seeking help to remove the conditions of landing as an entrepreneur. This client had become a permanent resident of Canada in August 2006 under the Entrepreneur category. In March of 2008, he filed an Application to Remove Conditions as an Entrepreneur in relation to his business in Canada. Immigration confirmed the receipt of his application in the same month. However, the application process remained stagnant despite the client's efforts contacting the local immigration office.
As required by Canada immigration, persons who have been issued immigrant visas and who come to Canada as entrepreneurs must meet the terms and conditions composed on their landing within two years (three years under the IRPA – new immigration act) of becoming a permanent resident. These terms and conditions include:
- Invest enough money so that your business makes a significant contribution to the Canadian economy. You must be involved in the day-to-day management of the business.
- Be able to support your family including children, spouse or common-law partner.
- The business must create at least one job for a Canadian (other than yourself and your dependents).
This client met the above requirements within two years of his landing. However, the terms and conditions remained for more than three years with little progress towards being removed. Given this kind of situation, our firm contacted a superior body of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and the matter was successfully resolved very soon afterward.
What happened in this case is not the norm in the immigration process even though processing times with immigration are not fixed. However, when an unusual situation occurs, a more proactive approach needs to be taken.
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COVID-19 generated conflicting debates between doctors, scientists, professors, politicians and experts, under the watchful eye of its main orchestrator: the press.
Many fiercely resisted to this war machine: Didier Raoult, Christian Perronne, Jean-François Toussaint, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Jean-Dominique Michel, Luc Montagnier etc.
This documentary looks back into this incredible holdup. While being recorded in a studio or in live situations, these experts will recount their battles, reminisce over their shock and bitterness after realizing that their data, although accurate, was not even taken into consideration.
Is it already too late? Can the damage be reversed? Who benefits from this situation? In opposition to these arguments, the documentary will also feature televised interventions and dramatic volte-face from politicians at the French National Assembly, TV doctors and government-backed professors. Their various speeches will be analysed by experts. But their secret weapon remains the same. Its name?: Fear. And it has won the first battle.