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WARNING: Do not root using Kingo Root!
I received NGP yeserday. and I rooted NGP with Kingo Root for pc.
Not opening Nook, you can root easily.
1. open USB debugging on Development Options
2. connect to PC, and with Kingo Root for pc you can root.
taking almost 30 minutes, over 10 times rebooting is need.
Oh hell no. Do not!
Kingo Root can send sensitive info to its Chinese servers. If you use it, you need to remove it from your NGP ASAP. I would be very cautious about using a PC version. Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/show…php?p=61748798 method, used for another device, jnstead (without the part about downgrading Android firsy, of course).
Edit: When I checked out this method, it also requires your device to be online. No go for me. Proceed at your own risk, as always!
Chinese rooting methods tend to go beyond liberating a device. God only knows what he's installed on his Nook now! Soon he'll find his credit card information making purchases from some province in China.
Now, let's get the other bad news out of the way too.
If, like me, you were hoping to use it as a Kindle, ewandeep reports (about all apps too):
I succeeded. However most of the applications crash or are not usable. For instance kindle crashes when I open a book.there is a version that works? Is there a good pdf reader? Thanks in advance.
Boldfaced emphasis added by me.
Then yegoshin counters:
Hmm mine seem to work no problem, here is where I got the kinda apk:
It did crash so at first, so using Savior buttons I went to the open/running apps and swiped it away. after that opened it again an it worked no problem. Sync'ed with Amazon and got a book and opened it. (A little slow since the kindle app is probably meant for quad core table processors )
But dnastase says:
Hmm, indeed. None of the Amazon apps that I've tried works.
The oldest I have (and which works on all the other Nooks) behaves weird here: forgets credentials, shows text black on black after the first page.
Bad news
As for the APK yegoshin recommended, dnastase says:
I tried this apk too. It worked further than the others, but it's still crashing on some books
And it took a while until I could register, it's like the keys on the keyboard were pressing on themselves, randomly. Weird.
And the reason:
it uses too much resident memory.
Actually the Kindle brings down the whole Android at times (eg: reboot).
I believe the unreadable text is because the 3.2 version of Kindle that I have was changed so that it worked better on NST.
I couldn't find any original one on the inet.
Does anyone have a 3.2.x version of Kindle that's original ?
And then dnastase says:
An original 3.2 does the same
3.5 or 3.7 or 4.0 or 4.2 just die upon start
nicvel later says he's got a Kindle app working but:
Running with certain issues
Amazon Kindle 4.17 – Very slow to load (~30 secs). Crashes on certain books.
Kindle version for Rooted NST, the Modaco version – The pages of the book where rendered over dark backgrounds. I think it was a problem related to the refreshing og the screen.
This is a bit frustrating.
Amazon shouldn't care whether or not people are using a Nook. They make more money from Kindle book sales than one-time Kindle hardware sales (setting aside the ads they charge for!).
What I think is going on is that Amazon's Kindle app engineers have become lax and expect powerful hardware for the app. They need to learn from the lesson of SmartQ Reader: Build it for low-end crap devices, that way it will work well on all.
In the meantime, the only solution might be to DRM-strip Kindle books and convert them to ePub to read in a different app. How to do that is not something I'll go into. Pay the writer is why. There's plenty via Google without me adding to it. Besides, someone could still find a way for everything to work. These are very early days.
On page 9 of the XDA Developers thread, talk begins about renaming/removing native Nook apps. I'm not even going to try to quote that. It's above my head and I might screw it up.
On safer ground for me, people are beginning to compile a list of apps that work. That will eventually become a mater list, but for those doing this at home, here's the in-progress contributions from:
Windsor1959 (who, not quoted here, also notes the Nook might lack hardware acceleration; no surprise):
Moon Reader pro works just fine, as does Calibre Companion. Instapaper also works fine. KOReader crashes at the start (the newest version – I haven't tried older versions yet). There is a version of ALReader designed for E-Ink, but I haven't tried that yet. Obviously, Renate's app works fine on the NGP! (How does that app work with Calibre Companion, I wonder?)
I don't know that reference to Renate's app. Something somehow got by me.
dnastase (who, not quoted here, says the Nook lacks a swap file; no surprise):
My additions to the list of working apps: Button Saviour, FBReader (2.5.10), Zeam Launcher (2.8.8) and TotalCommander (2.61)
I have run Mantano Reader Premium 5.2 for 4 days without much problems. On Epubs and reflowed PDFs there is an odd glitch, where left the diagonal half of the screen is displayed a pixel or two above the diagonal right half. The glitch is present in both landscape and portrait reading modes, and if the screen is forced to display two pages side by side, only the right page presents the glitch.
Running fine:
Nook Clear Screen (from NST rooted ROMS) – I remaped a Savior Button to the Nook Clear Screen and it solved the ocasional "ghosting/refresh" problems on Kindle and Mantano.
Mantano 5.2 (See above)
Es File Explorer 220.127.116.11
TypeMail 22.214.171.124
Amazon Appstore 19.0000.904.1c_649000010
Dropbox 1.2.4 (is a very old version)
Running with certain issues
Amazon Kindle 4.17 – Very slow to load (~30 secs). Crashes on certain books.
Did not work
Yahoo Mail 4.92 – Crashed when downloading attachments.
Kindle version for Rooted NST, the Modaco version – The pages of the book where rendered over dark backgrounds. I think it was a problem related to the refreshing og the screen.
Smart StatusBar (Kiumiu.ca)15a – Does not bring back or reveal any status bar
Meanwhile, over the The Digital Reader: Nook Glowlight Plus Review: If It Were Made By Anyone Other than B&N …
I wish the Glowlight Plus was running a Kobo firmware. That would combine the screen I like with software features I like, and it would allay concerns that the Plus might be turned off tomorrow.
This is a far nicer looking mid-range ereader than the Kobo Glo HD, which even though it was supplied from the same Chinese OEM (Netronix) looked and felt cheap compared to the Paperwhite or the Glowlight Plus. Combining the better aspects of the Glo HD and the Plus device would be the best of all worlds, but alas it's just not going to happen.
Boldfaced emphasis added by me.
On the other hand, if B&N were to turn it off, maybe the Library of Congress would finally allow people to legally jailbreak their damn eBook readers.
I don't see how he can return it. If you cover eBooks, shouldn't you keep it in order to report on software updates and the rooting scene?
Over at The eBook Reader: Kindle Paperwhite 3 Blazes Past Kindle Voyage — while it's true the Nook Glowlight Plus backlight is bluish compared to the two higher-end Kindles, the Kindles themselves feel cheap. Leave it Amazon to charge a premium price yet still give people a shitty plastic tactile experience. No class.
And the other point of my seemingly swerving off-topic with that: Make an eInk-friendly version of the Kindle app, Amazon!
The Kindle can't be, to coin a bad term, "tabletized" like the eInk Nook, and it's not like Lab126 will ever see the light and do an Android-based version of the Kindle, so: Do it.
Over at the Barnes & Noble forum, how to move ePubs onto the Nook using Calibre:
Once the glowlight is connected to Calibre, click on the device icon, then click on configure to change the folder to nook/file.
Make that NOOK/My Files and you should be good to go.
Boldfaced emphasis in the original.
These two posts have been updated:
Nook Glowlight Plus: Google Books PDF Simulation
Is this it? Power Adapter for NOOK GlowLight and NOOK Simple Touch. That's all I ever see in stores — and it's labeled just for the Simple Touch. WTF. Is Barnes & Noble going to replace a Glowlight Plus that gets fried?
Finally, imagine my surprise when I was in Barnes & Noble yesterday and decided to check into XDA Developers on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and saw this from Renate:
I don't understand, what is it ?
Just showing off my reader app and a personal hello to someone who apparently likes Jack London.
Awwwww! How nice.
If you've gotten this far into the post, then you already know there's still:
1) No root
2) No photos of a Nook with apps
3) No YouTube video demonstrating such apps
4) No step-by-step tutorials for non-techies how to load apps via ADB
Previously here:
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #8
Nook Glowlight Plus: Google Books PDF Simulation
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #7
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #6
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #5
Nook Glowlight Plus: Skipping Registration Needed
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #4
Nook Glowlight Plus Has The Browser Trick!
Nook Glowlight Plus: Hidden Browser Trick Works?
Nook Glowlight Plus Rooting Notes #3
Nook Glowlight Plus Notes #2
Nook Glowlight Plus Notes #1
Nano-Fondle: New Nook Glowlight Plus


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In 2007, designmart.pk began its journey as a small proprietary design studio. Today, it is a rapidly growing creative advertising agency and design studio that caters to some of the biggest clients in Lahore, and across Pakistan. It helps clients create a strong corporate identity & brand image. It creates and executes ATL & BTL promotions, designmart.pk advertising campaigns and innovative graphic design solutions. It also creates and executes customized POP media campaigns and provides clients with unique printing management solutions.
designmart.pk's goal is to not only capture the attention of the consumer but to engage them by using innovative and creative advertising solutions. We take branding strategy a step further to exceed marketing goals, creating top-of-the-mind recall and increasing consumer brand loyalty, thereby building long-lasting relationships between our clients and their consumers.

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The Senate has been informed that 91pc of the revenue to be generated from the Gwadar port as part of CPEC will go to China, while the Gwadar Port Authority will get the remaining 9pc share in the income for the next 40 years. This arrangement seems to be highly tilted towards China keeping in view the similar investments made by other countries in Pakistan. in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), a venture of Russia, the income share between Russia and Pakistan was at ration of 51:49.
The business community has already expressed its concern over the terms of engagements with the Chinese investors who are often very rigid. The government needs to raise the issue at appropriate level and convince the Chinese authorities to show some flexibility towards Pakistan's interests in the CPEC projects. Moreover, the long term benefits of CPEC project should be shared with the people. The details which people know form CPEC related activities are that investment and jobs will come to Pakistan but long term objectives for the country are unknown. An assessment of long-term benefits of CPEC to Pakistan is needed.
Peshawar, November 28.


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(The Ogre Inside One's Heart)
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Aqua: Kawasumi Ayako
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Hayami: Ikki Chihiro
Queen: Koyama Megumi
Zaizen Aoi/Blue Girl: Nakashima Yuki
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Spectre: Kajimoto Daiki
Script: 立原正輝 || Tachihara Masaki
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Women's Art Prize
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
Each year, Randwick City Council hosts an art exhibition in honour of International Women's Day. The competition is open to female artists who live, work or study in Randwick City.
This competition encourages women to showcase their creative talents, recognising the important contribution women make to families, workplaces and communities.
Council's International Women's Day Art Prize provides a unique platform for local women to celebrate their creative side and local women are encouraged to submit their art and showcase their talents. Young women from 12 years are eligible to enter.
Entries for 2023 will be open on 17 January 2023. Please return to this page to complete an entry form then.
2022 winners
12-19 Years old category
1st prize: Niranjana Ghosh for 'Joker'
2nd prize: Emelia O'Leary for 'Working Conditions for Women Making Garments in the third World'
3rd prize: Jasmine Miller, for 'COVID City'
Councillor's choice: Jessica Mang for 'Mistress'
20 Years and over category
1st prize: Elena Guerrero for 'The ship I arrived in'
2nd prize: Aileen Anderson for 'Between the Lines'
3rd prize: Anne Ring for 'The Couple'
Councillor's choice:
Tanya Duckworth for 'Dames d'Heremes: Selle des steppes'
Check out the winning artworks:
2021 Prize winners
12-19 Years old category
1st - Gabrielle Collins, Brigidine College Randwick, For "My Indeigenous and Egyptian Identity"
2nd - Niamh Robb, Brigidine College Randwick, For "Emote"
3rd - Ellen Chiem, age 13, For "Now and Us"
20 Years and over category
1st prize - Philipa Granwal, for "My Daughter's Bedside Table"
2nd prize - Lucy Deverall, for "Submerge"
3rd prize - Alana Best, for "Somewhere 2"
Councillors' Commendation
Each year a Councillors' prize is awarded, which is judged by Councillor Kathy Neilson, Councillor Lindsay Shurey and Councillor Alexandra Luxford. For the first time in eight years of judging, the councillors couldn't come to a conclusion on who should be awarded their prize, so two joint winners were declared and awarded to:
Chelsea De Jong, OLSH Kensington, for "Bondi Blues"
Patricia Maradno, Brigidine College, for "In Hand"
2020 Prize Winners
2019 Prize Winners
20 years and over category
First Prize - Jodie Clarke for Coy. The judges said this is a strong and arresting work that uses unusual mark making techniques and colour with a powerful central figure that challenges feminine ideals and stereotypes and draws on the pin-up photographic image.
Second Prize - Terry Lavis for Coogee Sentinels. The judges said this is an accomplished seascape painting with powerful colours and contrasting shapes, textures and light.
Third Prize - Heather Egan for Yin and Yang. The judges said this is a mysterious small work that draws in the viewer with narrative elements that are not easily interpreted – technically impressive.
12 to 19 years category
First Prize - Venus Lacoste for In my room. The judges said this work is intimate and immediate capturing a personal space that is well known to the artist and showing a confident use of line.
Second Prize - Loran Puyat for Everything must go. The judges said this is a slick and attractive graphic behind which lie interesting questions about objectification and commodification of women.
Third Prize - Jessica Scandurra for Portrait of a mother. The judges said this is a skilful digital drawing of a mother that draws connection to "Mother Nature"
Councillor's Commendation
Councillors Commendation - Olivia Leung for Please… Councillors Neilson and Shurey found this to be a powerful and arresting image with a strong political message showing emerging skills as a painter.
Council would like to sincerely thank the two judges for 2019:
- Anie Nheu, is an accomplished artist and AIRspace Projects Inc. committee member; and
- Kirsten Mattson, has more than 20 years experience working in the arts including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Smithsonian Institution and Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2018 Prize Winners
12 to 19 years category
First Prize - Family Circle by Kayla Bennett - The Judges said that this is a subtle and highly accomplished painting. The artist skilfully uses a restrained colour palette and an asymmetric formal composition to reflect on her cultural heritage.
Second Prize - Amy dreaming by Amy Lynch - The Judges comments were that this is a highly thoughtful and sensitive drawing rendered with a skilful contrast of detail and negative space.
Third Prize - Abstraction of Scale by Venus Lacoste - The Judges said that this is a complex and beautiful work that demonstrates a clear understanding of harmony and use of colour in its design.
20 years and over category
First Prize - West MacDonnell Ranges by Christina Rofe - The palette of this painting captures the ever-changing colours of the West MacDonnell Ranges and the semi-abstracted execution reflects the essence of this dynamic and sometimes overwhelming landscape. The innovation of this painting is its vertical composition which allows the artist to visually describe both the details of the foreground vegetation and sublimity of the distant ranges.
Second Prize - Aussie backyard in summer by Jeanette Glass - Judges comments were, this collage beautifully encapsulates the casual, carefree and happy haven that is the suburban backyard in summer. The artist has cleverly combined photography and paint, ink and textiles to evoke a domestic scene that embodies the Australian vernacular.
Third Prize - Self-portrait by Melinda Hayton - The Judges said this painting is a self-portrait within a self-portrait of the artist's home and working life that seamlessly blends references to art history and art making. Symbolism is thoughtfully applied; the portrait's subject gazes outward flanked by a symbol of mortality on one side and a sleeping dog on the other.
Councillors Commendation - A piece of my imagination by Samantha Alvarez - We felt that this portrait cleverly uses back lighting to create a pensive expression which leads the eye down the cascade of fish and back up to the face of the young girl. We were left wondering, 'what was she thinking?
2017 Prize Winners
12 to 19 years category
First Prize - Casey O'Regan for Caitlin. The Judge felt that this painting demonstrates remarkable skill in handling the brush and the medium of oil paint. It is a slightly unsettling image as the viewer has no choice but to engage directly with the subject of the painting who seems to have a story to tell. The artist skilfully leaves the story making to the audience.
Second Prize - Heritage by Alyssa Silva Judge's comments were, A beautiful painting made complex through a refined system of mark making. The composition is interesting because it crops the subject as camera would, yet, at the same time, it highlights important traditions
Third Prize - Respect by Adena Sheps The judge said, "This new media work captures the spirit of International Women's Day. The graphics are reminiscent of the 1960s-70s when the second wave of feminism emerged creating a lively link between then and now. It's gutsy and we need more of this.
20 years and over category
First Prize - Winter at Wylie's Pool by Sandra Routh. This work shows excellent observations of perspective and the interaction of light, shadow and colour. Interesting because it is an observational work with hints of geometric abstraction. It seems to hold 'new world' promise in much the same way as is found in the work of 'David Hockney'.
Second Prize - Nerium by Yuko Takeshita Judge's comments were, A small painting abstracted by being painted on the bask of Masonite. Gentle in both execution and form. It captures those peaceful spaces still to be found in Sydney.
Third Prize - Relief by Alexandra Russell-Floyd The judge said, this work is an adventurous excursion beyond the conventional 'rectangle or square' format. The work locates itself in an interesting space between painting, clothing and the body. It's a little bit rebellious which is very fitting for International Women's Day.
Councillor's Commendation
Birdsong by Anne Ring We felt that this was a charming photograph.
2016 Prize Winners
20 years and over category
First Prize - Coastal Vista by Jan Cook The judges said this was a quiet and sensitive response to the landscape and showed great control of the medium.
Second Prize - Green Man by Lyn Campbell The judges said this was a well executed and composed mosaic showing creative flair.
Third Prize - Litchfield Swimming Hole by Betty Rovner The judges said this was an interesting contemporary response to landscape painting with hyperreal touches.
12 to 19 years category
First Prize - Marrow Graves by Yasmin Carter The judges said this was as engagingly complex and well balanced investigation of new media.
Second Prize - Aspite by Jasmine Trindall The judges said this was a great use of Space and symbolic imagery.
Third Prize - Reach for the Sky by Pia Michalandos The judges said this was a dynamic and surprising composition.
Special Award - Desire by Eliza Graaf The judges said this was materially engaging and an interesting visual critique of identity
Councillor's Commendation
Malala By Matraville High School Councillor Shurey and Neilson felt that this was an interesting and complex work which speaks to young women in particular and is highly appropriate for International Womens Day. This work is a collaboration made by students at Matraville Sports High School.
Congratulations to all our winners! Randwick City Council would like to sincerely thank the two judges for 2016 - Sylvia Ross from the UNSW and Sally Clarke, Artist and Manager of Air Space Projects.


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His only defense is that he's a "drunk."
A 22-year-old Long Island man wearing a shirt saying he's a drunk was charged with DWI early today after he plowed into a cop who was on drunk driving patrol, authorities said.
A mug shot taken after his arrest by Suffolk County cops shows Kevin Daly, 22, of Coram, wearing a black T-shirt that read: "I'm not an alcoholic. I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings."
Daly was driving a 2000 Saturn on County Road 83 when he attempted to turn east onto Route 25A and struck an officer's vehicle at 1:45 a.m., police said.
The officer is assigned to the Suffolk County Police Department's SAFE-T (Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team) Section.
The cop was treated for minor injuries at Stony Brook University Medical Center, police said.
The officer's identity was not made public.
Daly, who was not injured, was charged with DWI and slapped with multiple traffic summonses.
He is slated to be arraigned later today in Central Islip.
A portion of County Road 83 was closed overnight.
The Suffolk County Police Department's SAFE-T Section has made more than 830 DWI arrests this year.


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If you are a credit card churner, then you probably know the feeling you get when you apply for a credit card, only to get a message saying something along the lines of:
Thank you for applying! We need to review your account before we can make a final decision on your application
It's the dreaded…. PENDING… review. Sometimes they give you a phone number to call in, or sometimes the bank / credit card issuer will just tell you they'll get back to you in the next few days / weeks.
(SEE ALSO: Citi reconsideration phone number and website)
(SEE ALSO: Bank of America reconsideration phone number and website)
Generally I DON'T call the reconsideration line
For awhile, it was pretty straight forward that you almost always wanted to just call into the bank, answer a few questions and you would generally be approved. But recently, banks and credit card issuers have started really clamping down on credit card churners (people who open / close lots of accounts in a short amount of time). Chase has implemented something called the 5/24 rule, where any applicants that have applied for more than 5 cards in the past 24 months will NOT be approved for the Chase Sapphire or Chase Freedom cards. Soon the Chase Ink will also be included in the 5/24 rule!
So many of these reconsideration line phone calls have proven to be pretty tough. When I posted about a letter I received for a recent Chase Marriott business card application, one commenter suggested
"Send docs and avoid call at all costs. I didn't wait for that option and called. Worst recon call ever. I finally got approved after 25 min. of grilling about why so many apps, credit cards, etc. Same qs over and over, put on hold about 3 or 4 times"
For that reason, my general rule of thumb is to NOT call the reconsideration line and just wait for the application process to play itself out. I've found that usually you'll get approved after a few weeks and get a surprise credit card in the mail!
(SEE ALSO: Not calling the reconsideration line works again!)
This time though, I DID call
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JACK Mc KEEPS BACK THE PACK
JacK McCrea, Sen – seemingly
unstoppable? On his way to two
in a row.
There was only one clean sheet this weekend – from the already runaway leader of the pack - Jack.
Jack McCrea is now four ahead of the chasing pack with six clean sheets. Even though we are nowhere near even being half way through the season, the big question is can Jack be stopped?
That chasing pack is still lead by the threesome of Pearse Lynch of the 14s, Gavin McDonald of the Seconds and under 15 Star keeper, Steven Hughes. They sit on two. It's theirs to chase, but which of them will go for it?
Pearse Lynch, U14 – got off to a flying start, maybe he's
Just biding his time before he strikes.
Gavin McDonald, Sen – won it before. Has he
the experience and guile .. not to mention the
hands to stop Jack?
Steven Hughes, U15 – or could it be new keeper,
Steven to stops Jack in his first year?
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It's not a secret that the Americans love competitive eating. Freedom gives us a lot of amazing things to do here in United States, including being able to stuff their mouth with loads of food.
Nathan's 4th of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest is probably the most famous forum for competitive eating, and fortunately for its participants, it's an annual event, which means they can always redeem themselves from defeat every year, or at least, get to eat free hot dogs. But that's just one of the many major eating contests held throughout the country.
Even more amazing about these competitions are the people that set some notable, if not crazy records. Take a look at some of the most impressive, if not insane records they have set.
1. Richard 'the Locust' LeFavre – Jalapenos
This 72-year old badass has been giving competitive eaters a run for their money as he just recently munched and finished 247 jalapeno peppers in as fast as 8 minutes. And that's not all the accomplishments he has under his belt. He also have successfully finished 6 lbs. of SPAM in 12 minutes, 5 lbs. of cake in 11 minutes, and 8 lbs. of Huevo Rancheros in just 10 minutes.
2. Patrick Bertoletti – Pizza
Patrick is a professional competitive eater, and he etched his name in the world of competitive eating by stuffing 47 slices of Big Apple Pizza in just 10 minutes. He also has some insane accolades, likefinishing 72 cupcakes in 6 minutes at Isle Waterloo World Cupcake Eating Championship and 10 lbs. of Blueberry pie for 8 minutes, hands free. This guy has some crazy appetite.
3. Joey 'Jaws' Chestnut – Hotdogs
This guy probably has the most recognizable face on our list if you've been following competitive eating. As a matter of fact, he just won this year's Nathan's Hotdog Eating Competition, by finishing 70 hotdogs all with buns in just 10 minutes. The one who came second wasn't even close, as he only ate 41.
4. Matt 'the Megatoic' Stonie – Bacon
If you think Joey has some crazy appetite, then you may have not heard of Matt Stonie. He's the only guy to upset Joy in 2014's Nathan's Hotdog Eating Competition. What's crazier is that, this guy only weighs 130 lbs., with a waistline of 28-inches. Where does he stuff all these food? I really don't know.
For his world record, he finished 182 strips of Smithfield bacon all in 5 minutes.
5. Sonic 'the Black Widow' Thomas – Big Daddy Burger
If you see this woman on the streets, you would never guess she does competitive eating. Why? Because she only weighs 105 lbs! But don't mistake her small and petite frame, as she can definitely eat more than you.
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"Last year at Google, Sergey came and sat down next to me at lunch"
"What did you talk to him about?"
"I didn't say anything to him. I didn't know what to talk to him about and I was scared!"
I had this conversation with a friend of mine a few weeks ago. He was an intern at Google last year and gave up the opportunity to talk to Sergey because of his fear of seeming unknowledgeable because of his lack of prepared conversation. Don't ever let these opportunities slip by.
This is one skill that I've come to realize is invaluable, the ability to always have an idea to pitch, no matter what the situation. For example, the other day, I went to the pitch night hosted by Google which had Kevin Rose as one of the judges.
I noticed that once the event was over, most of the audience left the room or mobbed Kevin, asking for a photograph or a signature. I saw many squandering a valuable opportunity to pitch any idea that didn't make it to the finalists at the event. At the time I had the specific goal of pitching Kevin the idea of coming to MIT and doing a talk. I managed to have a conversation with him. Because I opened up to him about one of my ideas, he immediately began asking me more questions about what I was working on and because of this I've had the chance to speak with him again.
This advice doesn't even have to apply to just the Tech industry either. I'm lucky that my name backwards is naileD, which provides for a great conversation-starter in almost any scenario. Immediately I can ask everyone what their name is and watch those with longer names try to pronounce theirs backwards. Everyone has something unique and exciting about them, it's just a matter of being prepared to share it.
So, make sure to keep in mind an idea you can propose to anyone, whether it be the next Android app you'd like to build or your thoughts on online currency. Most importantly, don't forget that all humans share this same characteristic, whether you're Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Sergey Brin. We all poop.


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYLAWS AND REGULATIONS PROHIBIT CPAs from disclosing clients' personal financial information, but bankruptcy statutes require that very same information to go into the public record. CPAs can't change the law, but they can help clients get through the bankruptcy process.
PUBLIC ACCESS AIDS THE ADMINISTRATION of bankruptcy cases, promotes public trust and accountability in the system and encourages legal compliance. Unfortunately, it also increases the likelihood of the debtor becoming a target of scams.
CPAs CAN HELP CLIENTS COPE with bankruptcy in a number of ways. They can inform them about the extent to which their personal and financial information will become public—and let them know that they must meet all the disclosure requirements of the bankruptcy statutes.
BANKRUPTCY ISN'T THE ONLY OPTION. Alternatives such as a nonstatutory contract to which both debtor and creditors consent give creditors a prorated share of their claims and discharge the debtor's balance. Other alternatives are an agreement to pay down debt over a longer time and credit counseling to negotiate debt-reduction terms.
MANY CLIENTS BOUNCE BACK. Being available, expressing a willingness to maintain a working relationship, answering questions, preparing financial documents and easing the aftershock are important functions for CPAs to perform. CPAs who help clients handle the bankruptcy process are trusted advisers in more than name.THERESA HOLT, JD, is an attorney and associate professor and PETER POZNANSKI, CPA, PhD, is an associate professor at the College of Business Administration, Cleveland State University, Ohio. Their e-mail addresses are firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com , respectively.
PAs who help clients make the details of their financial lives known to the court during a bankruptcy may understandably get headaches. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and related Federal Trade Commission regulations generally prohibit practitioners from disclosing clients' personal financial information. But bankruptcy statutes take precedence over those restrictions—and require that very same information to go into the public record. Can the conflict of individual right to privacy vs. statutory right to public access be resolved? Even with passage of the Bankruptcy Reform Act questions remain. CPAs who assist in a bankruptcy can present the issues and guide clients through the process professionally and compassionately.
Bankruptcy is a judicial process to provide an individual or a business that no longer can pay its debts with relief from financial obligations. It distributes a debtor's property equitably among creditors and enables the debtor to start afresh. The most common bankruptcies are Chapter 7 liquidations, Chapter 11 reorganizations and Chapter 13 adjustments (see " Bankruptcy Reform Is Here ").
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From October 1, 2003, to September 30, 2004, bankruptcies fell 2.6% to 1.6 million. Bankruptcies still remain at historic highs, well above the 1.5 million record set in 2002.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts,
In the bankruptcy process, debtors are required to submit a tremendous amount of information to the court. CPAs participate by providing a number of services, which can range from preparing financial documents on behalf of the debtor to helping the court-appointed trustee gather a debtor's financial records (see " The Business of Bankruptcy, " JofA , Feb.02, page 35). The detailed information lists creditors, assets, liabilities and income, and any additional information explaining the debtor's financial situation. All of this is a necessary precursor to distributing assets equitably among the creditors (see " In the Public Record, ").
In the Public Record
| Alimony, maintenance, support and property
Automobiles, trucks and other vehicles
Boats, motors and accessories
Books, pictures and art objects
Cash on hand
Charitable contributions
Checking, savings and other financial account numbers
Current wages, salary and commissions
Description, location and market value of real property
Food and clothing expenses
Household goods and furnishings
Information related to dependents
Interests in insurance policies
| Jewelry
Laundry and dry cleaning expenses
Marital status of debtor
Medical and dental expenses
Monthly rent or home mortgage payments
Names and addresses of creditors
Name and address of debtor
Name and age of spouse
Recreation, clubs and entertainment expenses
Security deposits
Social Security numbers (only the last four digits)
Sports, photographic and other hobby equipment
Stocks and bonds
Tax identification number
Utilities expenses
Wearing apparel
Generally the public has the right to inspect documents filed with the bankruptcy court. Both statutory and constitutional laws protect this access to court records, and section 107(a) of the bankruptcy code affirms the right of public access. In most cases the news media may obtain court records under the First Amendment as well. Public access aids the administration of bankruptcy cases, promotes public trust and accountability in the system and encourages legal compliance.
If making the data available to the public serves as de facto oversight by shining a spotlight on the process and inviting scrutiny, it also increases the likelihood of the debtor becoming a target of questionable schemes and scams. In limited situations the judge may decide to "seal" documents in the interest of privacy—for example, when information is scandalous and defamatory. The new Bankruptcy Reform Act expands judicial authority to restrict disclosure for additional reasons, including prevention of identity theft.
Opponents of public access say debtors in bankruptcy are vulnerable to illegal, discriminatory and objectionable practices when personal data such as medical expenses and bank accounts are part of the court record. Technology exacerbates the exposure, since anyone anywhere can access electronic court records on the Internet. Those who prey on system weaknesses—such as identity thieves or bogus creditors—use the information, too. Debtors even may experience threats of physical harm, harassment, lender redlining or discriminatory profiling.
Disclosure of highly personal and sensitive data may possibly facilitate identity theft. A Federal Trade Commission survey found that nearly 10 million people were victims of identity theft during 2002, costing businesses and consumers billions of dollars.
HOW CPAs CAN HELP
CPAs can take a number of actions to help individual clients cope with bankruptcy. They can
Inform clients about the bankruptcy process. Clients need to know the extent to which their personal and financial information will become public. Some clients may be tempted to withhold certain financial information from the court. CPAs must let them know they have to meet the disclosure requirements of the bankruptcy statutes.
Tell clients to expect—and be wary of—solicitations. Once their personal information goes into the public record, clients likely will be deluged with offers for credit cards, goods, services and high-interest deals to reestablish credit.
Provide financial planning. Clients may need long-range advice to avoid financial difficulty and prevent further bankruptcies.
Be available for clients. Bankruptcy doesn't negate a client's need for the services of a trusted adviser to reestablish credit, procure reasonable interest rates and prepare tax forms.
Be supportive when clients vent. Some clients may manifest shame, embarrassment and depression. If clients choose to talk about their distress, remind them that while bankruptcy may bring lifestyle changes, it provides some relief from financial pressures and its burdens are not permanent.
Suggest alternatives to bankruptcy. Filing for bankruptcy is not the only way to handle financial problems. There are alternatives such as a nonstatutory contract (a composition) to which both debtor and creditors consent; it gives creditors a prorated share of their claims and discharges an agreed-on balance. Another alternative is an extension that allows them to pay down debt over a longer period of time.
Suggest credit counseling. Credit counseling, from a for-profit or not-for-profit entity, can help debtors negotiate debt-reduction terms. CPAs can help them find a reputable source (see " Resources, " below).
Make attorney referrals. Assist in finding the best bankruptcy lawyers for the client's situation. Besides offering counsel, attorneys can help the debtor negotiate debt-reduction terms with creditors. And networking with attorneys also can yield referrals for the CPA.
Stay in touch—and increase goodwill. Don't write off clients who go bankrupt. Many bounce back from insolvency and experience financial success. They, their family and their friends may appreciate your loyalty and give you business—and a great reputation.
Inform clients of postbankruptcy legal protections. Clients should be aware that laws protect them. For example, the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act prohibits an employer from firing or discriminating against a client involved in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy whose wages are garnished.
Although the bankruptcy process turns personal data into public information, CPAs can help clients handle the stresses in a number of ways. Being available, expressing a willingness to maintain a working relationship, answering questions, preparing financial documents and easing the aftershock are important functions for the CPA to perform. The position of trusted adviser can be earned by being there in hard times, too.
AICPA Professional Standards.
AICPA/CICA Trust Services Privacy Principle and Criteria, www.cpawebtrust.org .
AICPA Privacy Initiatives and Resource Center, www.aicpa.org/privacy .
Dealing With the IRS by Allen Brown (# 732261JA).
Consulting Services Special Report 03-1, Litigation Services and Applicable Professional Standards—2002 (# 055297JA).
For more information or to order, call the Institute at 888-777-7077 or go to www.cpa2biz.com .
Collier on Bankruptcy (Matthew Bender, 15th ed., rev.), www.lexisnexis.com , 800-223-1940.
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The Pacer Service Center
Consumer Credit Resource
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Hierarchical clustering
|Machine learning and
data mining
Machine learning venues
In data mining and statistics, hierarchical clustering (also called hierarchical cluster analysis or HCA) is a method of cluster analysis which seeks to build a hierarchy of clusters. Strategies for hierarchical clustering generally fall into two types:[1]
- Agglomerative: This is a "bottom up" approach: each observation starts in its own cluster, and pairs of clusters are merged as one moves up the hierarchy.
- Divisive: This is a "top down" approach: all observations start in one cluster, and splits are performed recursively as one moves down the hierarchy.
In general, the merges and splits are determined in a greedy manner. The results of hierarchical clustering are usually presented in a dendrogram.
In the general case, the complexity of agglomerative clustering is , which makes them too slow for large data sets. Divisive clustering with an exhaustive search is , which is even worse. However, for some special cases, optimal efficient agglomerative methods (of complexity ) are known: SLINK[2] for single-linkage and CLINK[3] for complete-linkage clustering.
Cluster dissimilarity
In order to decide which clusters should be combined (for agglomerative), or where a cluster should be split (for divisive), a measure of dissimilarity between sets of observations is required. In most methods of hierarchical clustering, this is achieved by use of an appropriate metric (a measure of distance between pairs of observations), and a linkage criterion which specifies the dissimilarity of sets as a function of the pairwise distances of observations in the sets.
The choice of an appropriate metric will influence the shape of the clusters, as some elements may be close to one another according to one distance and farther away according to another. For example, in a 2-dimensional space, the distance between the point (1,0) and the origin (0,0) is always 1 according to the usual norms, but the distance between the point (1,1) and the origin (0,0) can be 2 under Manhattan distance, under Euclidean distance, or 1 under maximum distance.
Some commonly used metrics for hierarchical clustering are:[4]
|Euclidean distance
|Squared Euclidean distance
|Manhattan distance
|maximum distance
|Mahalanobis distance
|where S is the Covariance matrix
For text or other non-numeric data, metrics such as the Hamming distance or Levenshtein distance are often used.
A review of cluster analysis in health psychology research found that the most common distance measure in published studies in that research area is the Euclidean distance or the squared Euclidean distance.[citation needed]
Linkage criteria
The linkage criterion determines the distance between sets of observations as a function of the pairwise distances between observations.
Some commonly used linkage criteria between two sets of observations A and B are:[5][6]
|Maximum or complete-linkage clustering
|Minimum or single-linkage clustering
|Mean or average linkage clustering, or UPGMA
|Centroid linkage clustering, or UPGMC
|where and are the centroids of clusters s and t, respectively.
|Minimum energy clustering
where d is the chosen metric. Other linkage criteria include:
- The sum of all intra-cluster variance.
- The decrease in variance for the cluster being merged (Ward's criterion).[7]
- The probability that candidate clusters spawn from the same distribution function (V-linkage).
- The product of in-degree and out-degree on a k-nearest-neighbor graph (graph degree linkage).[8]
- The increment of some cluster descriptor (i.e., a quantity defined for measuring the quality of a cluster) after merging two clusters.[9][10][11]
Hierarchical clustering has the distinct advantage that any valid measure of distance can be used. In fact, the observations themselves are not required: all that is used is a matrix of distances.
Example for Agglomerative Clustering
For example, suppose this data is to be clustered, and the Euclidean distance is the distance metric.
Cutting the tree at a given height will give a partitioning clustering at a selected precision. In this example, cutting after the second row of the dendrogram will yield clusters {a} {b c} {d e} {f}. Cutting after the third row will yield clusters {a} {b c} {d e f}, which is a coarser clustering, with a smaller number but larger clusters.
The hierarchical clustering dendrogram would be as such:
This method builds the hierarchy from the individual elements by progressively merging clusters. In our example, we have six elements {a} {b} {c} {d} {e} and {f}. The first step is to determine which elements to merge in a cluster. Usually, we want to take the two closest elements, according to the chosen distance.
Optionally, one can also construct a distance matrix at this stage, where the number in the i-th row j-th column is the distance between the i-th and j-th elements. Then, as clustering progresses, rows and columns are merged as the clusters are merged and the distances updated. This is a common way to implement this type of clustering, and has the benefit of caching distances between clusters. A simple agglomerative clustering algorithm is described in the single-linkage clustering page; it can easily be adapted to different types of linkage (see below).
Suppose we have merged the two closest elements b and c, we now have the following clusters {a}, {b, c}, {d}, {e} and {f}, and want to merge them further. To do that, we need to take the distance between {a} and {b c}, and therefore define the distance between two clusters. Usually the distance between two clusters and is one of the following:
- The maximum distance between elements of each cluster (also called complete-linkage clustering):
- The minimum distance between elements of each cluster (also called single-linkage clustering):
- The mean distance between elements of each cluster (also called average linkage clustering, used e.g. in UPGMA):
- The sum of all intra-cluster variance.
- The decrease in variance for the cluster being merged (Ward's method[7])
- The probability that candidate clusters spawn from the same distribution function (V-linkage).
Each agglomeration occurs at a greater distance between clusters than the previous agglomeration, and one can decide to stop clustering either when the clusters are too far apart to be merged (distance criterion) or when there is a sufficiently small number of clusters (number criterion).
Open Source Implementations
- Cluster 3.0 provides a nice Graphical User Interface to access to different clustering routines and is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix.
- ELKI includes multiple hierarchical clustering algorithms, various linkage strategies and also includes the efficient SLINK,[2] CLINK[3] and Anderberg algorithms, flexible cluster extraction from dendrograms and various other cluster analysis algorithms.
- Octave, the GNU analog to MATLAB implements hierarchical clustering in linkage function
- Orange, a free data mining software suite, module orngClustering for scripting in Python, or cluster analysis through visual programming.
- R has several functions for hierarchical clustering: see CRAN Task View: Cluster Analysis & Finite Mixture Models for more information.
- SCaViS computing environment in Java that implements this algorithm.
- scikit-learn implements a hierarchical clustering.
- Weka includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
Standalone implementations
- CrimeStat implements two hierarchical clustering routines, a nearest neighbor (Nnh) and a risk-adjusted(Rnnh).
- figue is a JavaScript package that implements some agglomerative clustering functions (single-linkage, complete-linkage, average-linkage) and functions to visualize clustering output (e.g. dendrograms).
- hcluster is a Python implementation, based on NumPy, which supports hierarchical clustering and plotting.
- Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering implemented as C# visual studio project that includes real text files processing, building of document-term matrix with stop words filtering and stemming.
- MultiDendrograms An open source Java application for variable-group agglomerative hierarchical clustering, with graphical user interface.
- Graph Agglomerative Clustering (GAC) toolbox implemented several graph-based agglomerative clustering algorithms.
- Hierarchical Clustering Explorer provides tools for interactive exploration of multidimensional data.
- MATLAB includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
- SAS includes hierarchical cluster analysis in PROC CLUSTER.[12]
- Mathematica includes a Hierarchical Clustering Package.
- NCSS (statistical software) includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
- SPSS includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
- Qlucore Omics Explorer includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
- Stata includes hierarchical cluster analysis.
See also
- Statistical distance
- Brown clustering
- Cluster analysis
- CURE data clustering algorithm
- Dendrogram
- Determining the number of clusters in a data set
- Hierarchical clustering of networks
- Nearest-neighbor chain algorithm
- Numerical taxonomy
- OPTICS algorithm
- Nearest neighbor search
- Locality-sensitive hashing
- ↑ Rokach, Lior, and Oded Maimon. "Clustering methods." Data mining and knowledge discovery handbook. Springer US, 2005. 321-352.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 R. Sibson (1973). "SLINK: an optimally efficient algorithm for the single-link cluster method" (PDF). The Computer Journal. British Computer Society. 16 (1): 30–34. doi:10.1093/comjnl/16.1.30.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 D. Defays (1977). "An efficient algorithm for a complete link method". The Computer Journal. British Computer Society. 20 (4): 364–366. doi:10.1093/comjnl/20.4.364.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The DISTANCE Procedure: Proximity Measures". SAS/STAT 9.2 Users Guide. SAS Institute. Retrieved 2009-04-26.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "The CLUSTER Procedure: Clustering Methods". SAS/STAT 9.2 Users Guide. SAS Institute. Retrieved 2009-04-26.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Székely, G. J. and Rizzo, M. L. (2005) Hierarchical clustering via Joint Between-Within Distances: Extending Ward's Minimum Variance Method, Journal of Classification 22, 151-183.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ward, Joe H. (1963). "Hierarchical Grouping to Optimize an Objective Function". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 58 (301): 236–244. doi:10.2307/2282967. JSTOR 2282967. MR 0148188.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Zhang, et al. "Graph degree linkage: Agglomerative clustering on a directed graph." 12th European Conference on Computer Vision, Florence, Italy, October 7–13, 2012. http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5092
- ↑ Zhang, et al. "Agglomerative clustering via maximum incremental path integral." Pattern Recognition (2013).
- ↑ Zhao, and Tang. "Cyclizing clusters via zeta function of a graph."Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems. 2008.
- ↑ Ma, et al. "Segmentation of multivariate mixed data via lossy data coding and compression." IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 29(9) (2007): 1546-1562.
- ↑ http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/statug/63033/HTML/default/viewer.htm#cluster_toc.htm
References and further reading
- Kaufman, L.; Rousseeuw, P.J. (1990). Finding Groups in Data: An Introduction to Cluster Analysis (1 ed.). New York: John Wiley. ISBN 0-471-87876-6.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Hastie, Trevor; Tibshirani, Robert; Friedman, Jerome (2009). "14.3.12 Hierarchical clustering". The Elements of Statistical Learning (PDF) (2nd ed.). New York: Springer. pp. 520–528. ISBN 0-387-84857-6. Retrieved 2009-10-20.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Press, WH; Teukolsky, SA; Vetterling, WT; Flannery, BP (2007). "Section 16.4. Hierarchical Clustering by Phylogenetic Trees". Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing (3rd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88068-8.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
- Free statistical software. An overview of statistical software and methods used in published microbiological studies


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I'm not usually one for new year's resolutions, since I've always felt that my new year actually starts in September. But I miss this space, and I miss making time to write about all the random parts of my life, so I thought I'd try to fool myself into thinking that starting to write again now was a most logical decision.
We'll see how it goes.
I finished a five-year journal at the end of 2018 (I use this one and and love it). When I looked back at the start, before I boxed it up and tucked it away and opened the new one, I saw that my goal word for 2018 had been 'less'. I wanted less. Of everything. Less stress. Less pressure. Less chaos.
It's not that 2018 was a terrible year (unlike 2016 which, birth of P. not withstanding, really was). It's just that, as I discovered, working full-time when your partner is also working full-time and having two little kids isn't conducive to 'less' in any of the ways I was hoping for.
2018 was when I dropped the balls, over and over and over again. Sometimes little balls, sometimes big ones. I learned (the hard way) that if I didn't write down EVERY.SINGLE.DEADLINE in my online calendar, I'd forget important things, even if I'd just been thinking about them the week before.
2018 was when I felt like I could never quite catch my breath, could never quite catch up, could never quite get to everything I really needed to.
Q. and I felt like our household was on a high spin cycle for most of the entire year.
I'm not expecting the first half of 2019 to be much better. I'm still on the postdoc, which means I'm still expected to be working full-time hours. Things are improving slowly on the domestic front because as P. gets older she's happier to spend forty minutes playing by herself (usually an elaborate game involving dolls and Playmobil people), which means I can cook dinner without a screaming toddler attached to my leg,which means that Q. isn't trying to cook all the dinners on the weekend and freeze them, which means our weekends gain some breathing room.
Still, our weeks remain action-packed, including a truly ludicrous arrangement on Tuesdays this semester that sees me leaving the house at 6:45 a.m. and only getting home again at 9:30 p.m. after teaching two courses at two different universities in two different cities. I don't see the kids on Tuesdays. Meanwhile, Q. has just enough time in the mornings to drop E. at school and P. at nursery school and still get to the university in time to teach for four and a half hours straight.
We call them Terrible Tuesdays. E. made a countdown calendar with a huge sad face and we put happy face stickers on the numbers every time we finish another one.
Our schedules for the rest of the week are more sensible, but there's no getting around the fact that at this point in our lives, having the first parent get home at 5:30 on workdays is not working well for our family. I'm looking forward to the second half of the year when the postdoc will be over and Q. will be on sabbatical and we will have some breathing room to sit and think and determine what comes next.
In the meantime, we'll just keep trying to stay afloat. I made nachos for dinner last night, because they are fast and easy and, as it turns out, E. will devour all the ingredients that he would usually refuse to eat if I put them in a chilli (including spring onions, red peppers, tomatoes, and six kinds of beans). Turns out if you cut out the rice and add tortilla chips and a whole lot of cheese instead, it becomes "one of my favourite dinners ever". Neither Q. nor I really believes that nachos are an appropriate food for dinner, but whatever. He didn't have to cook and the kids ate it. In this current phase of our lives, we call that a win.


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Notes on Acoustic Model Creation/Conversion?
- universal speech recognition model converter (USMC) - some CVS entries, no files
- htk2s3conv - Wout's HTK to Sphinx 3 model converter
Training recipes
- Keith Vertanen's recipes:
- Udyakumar Nallasamy
Training Tutorials
- Sphinx:
- CMU Robust group's Open Source Tutorial
- Hieroglyphs - Sphinx Book: Sphinx 3 + SphinxTrain + CMU-Cambridge LM Toolkit
Acoustic Model Notes
Sphinx Acoustic Models were trained using 140 hours of 1996 and 1997 hub4 training data. VoxForge's goal for release 1.0 is to collect 140 hours of speech audio for the creation of Open Source Acoustic Models.
details from LDC site:
- 1996 English Broadcast News Speech (Hub-4) - 104 hours of broadcasts
- 1997 English Broadcast News Speech (Hub-4) - 97 hours of news broadcasts
Estimating Storage requirements for VoxForge Corpora and Acoustic Models:
- for 48kHz:16bit audio, 5 seconds of audio takes 500k.
- therefore about 6 meg per minute!
- if we want 140 hours of speech, we will need 50400 Meg or around 50.4Gig (assumes a 1000k per Meg), for Original data.
- Will likely need at least double that space with the propagation of audio (downsampling, noise reduction, etc.) through version control to create Acoustic Models - therefore need at least 100Gig of storage to meet our stated objective.
- VoxForge server currently holds 200 Gig, and, if needed, can easily add additional storage.
- Bandwidth is a greater issue, therefore we will require Peer-to-Peer sharing of audio files (i.e. Bittorrent) - see ticket #11.


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Commercial roof installation is a hefty investment, which is why it is important to hire the right company to get the job done. Whether you are looking to switch contractors or are on the final step of building your commercial property, here is a look at several things you should do before hiring a contractor.
Settle on a Budget
Deciding on a budget is one of the most important aspects of a roofing project, and planning ahead can save a lot of future headaches. Knowing how much you can afford will keep your project in perspective. Your budget should make room for unexpected expenses. Developing a financial limit is a good way to eliminate companies or contractors that may quote a price outside of your overall price point.
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Calling other businesses, asking friends or neighbors, and internet research can help you to find a roofing company or contractor that can get the job done. Communicating with others about their experience with a company can help you narrow your search and find the right company.
Ask Questions
Once you have a list of businesses together, write down all of the questions you may have. Some things you should ask potential contractors include:
- Are you licensed in the state?
– How long have you been in business?
– What type of experience do your employees have?
– Do you have the proper insurance?
If you're pleased with the answers given, schedule an appointment.
Shop Around
After you have gathered your list of potential options, ask your top three or four contenders to provide you an estimate. Sit down, carefully review, and compare their assessments. Aside from price, consider things such as the contractor's warranty options, and preferred types of building materials.
The important thing to remember is that if the first meet and greet didn't feel right, try another company. The last thing you want to do is begin the commercial roof installation process and not be confident in the builder's work.
Get a Timeframe
Commercial roof installation can be time-consuming. On average, the process can take anywhere from one week to one month. Once you find a builder or company, a representative will be able to walk your property and give you a more accurate estimate of what you'll need to start the process and how long it will take.
Carefully planning ahead when considering a contractor for commercial roof installation can help ensure that a project is completed on budget, schedule, and with few unforeseen problems. Using the steps outlined above is a good way to begin the process of searching for a contractor.


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What follows is information on Subaru vehicles, especially the information that impacts vehicle insurance rates. Car insurance research can't be put off. The grace period most insurance companies give customers to get a new plan for a new vehicle is usually just four days.
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Company background
Born out of multiple large Japanese transportation corporations, Subaru has branded their all-wheel-drive cars as reliable and safe, and built for individuals and families that love the outdoors no matter what time of year.
Additionally, the company makes aerospace equipment and parts for Boeing, helicopters for Japan's military, and executive jets.
One of the company's early marketing slogans was "Inexpensive and built to stay that way." While Subaru is still known for its quality, does the slogan still hold true when it comes to paying insurance on them?
How much does it cost to insure one of the world's safest cars?
To calculate the average cost of vehicle insurance for each model of Subaru, we used to following information:
- 2018 model
- 10,001–15,000 miles driven yearly
- Basic coverage
- No accidents in the past 5 years
- Driver located in Oregon (national average)
- Good credit
Here is the average cost to insure a Subaru, by model:
The average insurance costs for a Subaru Crosstrek is $83 a month — or $996 a year.
The average insurance costs for a Subaru Outback is $77 a month — or $919 a year.
The average insurance costs for a Subaru Impreza is $86 a month — or $1028 a year.
The average insurance costs for a Subaru Legacy is $83 a month — or $994 a year.
The average insurance costs for a Subaru Forester is $82 a month — or $986 a year.
The average insurance costs for a Subaru WRX is $103 a month — or $1238 a year.
Compared to other foreign vehicles, like a BMW for instance, these rates are incredibly low. But Subaru's insurance rates are even low compared to comparable makes, like a Honda Civics and Accords.
The long-term cost of Subaru ownership
Insurance costs are not determined by premiums alone. Car owners need to consider how much it costs to repair a particular make and model of vehicle, too. Because in some cases, repairs will either not be covered by insurance or will not exceed your deductible. For Subaru, repair costs over the years have been marginal—neither at the high-end nor low-end of the spectrum.
Consumer Reports research indicates that cost of repairs for a Subaru in the first 3 years of ownership are $180 per year. By year 10, Subarus typically cost their owners $695 per year.
Kelley Blue Book has a calculator you can use to determine 5-year cost of ownership per vehicle. It allows you to compare up to five vehicles at a time. This is handy if you want to see how the Subaru Crosstrek compares to, say, the Jeep Renegade, or how the Forester compares to the Cherokee. Since most major repairs don't happen in the first 3 years and whereas many people do not own their vehicle for 10 years, the 5-year tool makes a lot of sense to utilize.
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Breaking down reliability by Subaru model
One of Subaru's newest and most popular models is the Crosstrek, a small car that could almost pass for a compact SUV. Like most Subaru models, it earns big points for its safety record and takes home a 2018 Top Safety Pick recognition. To qualify for this recognition, a vehicle must earn top ratings across a number of safety test categories. It also must earn an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention and an acceptable or good headlight rating.
Crosstrek does all those things.
In fact, among every single safety category recorded, the Crosstrek earned the highest ranking possible but for one—headlight performance. That's because for both low- and high-beams the Crosstrek does not optimally light up the left side of the road and oncoming traffic.
The Subaru Outback first hit the road in 1994 and has been a hit ever since.
Known for its ability to provide comfort and endure tough conditions, the Outback is arguably the safest midsize vehicle on the road. It garnered a 2018 Top Safety Pick + recognition, scoring the highest possible safety rating in every single safety category. Its crash avoidance and mitigation system earned a "Superior" ranking and its child seat safety latch ranking earned a ranking of "Good +" for good measure. In other words, it's as safe as a tank.
The Subaru Impreza is the company's purest small car, but it's big on safety. Like the Subaru Outback, the Impreza garnered a 2018 Top Safety Pick + recognition, scoring the highest possible safety rating in every single safety category. Its crash avoidance and mitigation system also earned a "Superior" ranking and its child seat safety latch ranking earned a ranking of "Good +" just like the Outback. In other words, it's as safe as a tank, but as compact as a Honda Civic.
A midsize sedan isn't necessarily one of the safest vehicles on the road, but this is Subaru and the Legacy model only helps this automaker cement its legacy ad the builder of the world's safest cars. Like the Subaru Outback and the Impreza, the Legacy garnered a 2018 Top Safety Pick + recognition, scoring the highest possible safety rating in every single safety category. Its crash avoidance and mitigation system also earned a "Superior" ranking and its child seat safety latch ranking earned a ranking of "Good +" just like the Outback.
The Forester is Subaru's "small" SUV but it's one of its largest vehicles, and over the years it has become largely popular. You'd think all that would mean it's the safest, too. However, the Forester is the only model of Subaru that didn't receive top rankings across the board in crashworthiness thanks to passenger-side impact issues.
The Forester also leaves room for improvement in its crash avoidance system, since the headlights have the same issue as the Crosstrek; the left side visibility makes seeing oncoming traffic a little harder than it should be.
A few years ago, Subaru came out with another small car model, but with a sporty kick.
It's called the WRX and it garnered a Top Safety Pick + recognition in 2018. The only item that did not receive the highest safety ranking was the ease of use for the child seat safety latches. Every crashworthiness factor was rated with the highest possible score, which is par for the course with the Japanese carmaker.
Safety ratings
Subaru has developed a strong reputation for reliability and safety. And that can have a positive impact on insurance rates. We gathered information from two online sources to help you see how safe each model of Subaru is:
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety—This organization was founded in the late 1950s by insurance companies, but it has evolved into an independent, nonprofit with the mission of using research data and safety education to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage due to car accidents. They use a "Ratings" tool on their website that gives vehicles ratings for crashworthiness (how well occupants are protected in a crash) and crash avoidance and mitigation (how well the vehicle can prevent an accident or lessen its severity). The four possible ratings are:
- Poor
- Marginal
- Acceptable
- Good
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—By enforcing performance standards established by state and local governments, the goal of the NHTSA is to mitigate issues that arise from automobile accidents like reducing:
- Deaths
- Injuries
- Economic
The NHTSA also has a "Vehicle Comparison" tool to make your choice between two or three makes and models a little easier and better informed.
How can you save money on car insurance?
Insurance prices will change based on many factors, such as:
- Location
- Commute
- Driving record
- Credit score
- Vehicle type
Other considerations
Take your pick: Compare price estimates from a variety of companies, because although competition keeps prices fairly standard, bundled insurance can be a game changer. Some insurance companies offer more than just vehicle coverage. So to get your business, they'll offer you more than one type of insurance, but each at a discount. Everybody can win, including your pocketbook.
Eye the itemization: Your premium looks like one lump sum, but it's actually a composite of several line items, such as comprehensive, collision, emergency road services and rental car reimbursement. Most insurance providers can itemize these for you, allowing you to determine whether or not you feel it's worth it to spend an additional $50 per year, let's say, on rental car insurance. What can save even more money is if you are willing to change comprehensive and collision coverage. Don't be over eager to reduce those coverage amounts, however. You may regret not having $50,000 of bodily injury coverage one day just to save $100 over the course of a year.
If you are looking for a reliable, safe and affordable car, the Subaru is a bit of a no-brainer. But insurance can be complicated depending on your situation.
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Causes of Sarcoidosis and How it is treated with Ayurveda
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease affecting multiple organs, particularly the lungs and the liver. It is mainly diagnosed by the presence of non-caseating (non-necrotizing) granulomas in the cells of lungs or the other organs involved The clinical outcome of sarcoidosis varies among patients. In half of the patients, it occurs within a few years of diagnosis and in the remaining patients, the chronic disease develops that lasts for decades.
What are the Causes of Sarcoidosis
The main cause is unknown to the development of this disease. However, some infectious or non-infectious environmental agents may trigger inflammation in a genetically sensitive host. So, it is more of a susceptibility disorder. It is seen in recent researches that women are slightly more susceptible than men.
It is seen, the family history of sarcoidosis predisposes the development of granulomas in the next generations.
The patient may be asymptomatic and diagnosed with the disease on general screening of the chest. Or may presents with severe symptoms such as organ failure.
- Cough
- Dyspnoea
- Shortness of breath
- Erythema nodosum
- Maculopapular lesions
- Hyper and hypopigmentation
- Keloids
- Subcutaneous nodules
The diagnostic feature is involvement of the bridge of the nose, the area beneath the eyes, and the cheeks
- Anterior Uveitis (Swelling of eye tissue)
- Retinitis (Swelling of the retina)
- Photophobia
- Blurred vision
- Increased tearing
- Blindness, in undiagnosed cases
- Dry eyes
- Elevated alkaline phosphatase and transaminase levels
- Elevated bilirubin level in advanced liver disease.
- Hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria
- Nephritis
- Seizures
- Cognitive changes
- Arrhythmias
- Muscle pain
- Pain in joints
- Fatigue
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Weight loss
Chest roentgenogram is the most commonly used tool to assess lung involvement in sarcoidosis. It helps to classify the involvement of lungs into four stages, with stages 1 and 2 having hilar and paratracheal adenopathy.
- PET scan to differentiate sarcoidosis granulomas from malignancy.
- Serum levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)
- Biopsy to confirm the type of cells
- A healthy lifestyle that includes yoga, exercise, walk or meditation should be practiced.
- A healthy diet must be taken including foods that reduce inflammation or that do not promote inflammation.
- Must include plenty of fruits and vegetables in meals.
- Should include food items that act as antioxidants in diet such as tomatoes, bell peppers.
- Choose fish or chicken over meat
- Eat foods high in magnesium such as bananas, potatoes, soy, corn, oats, and brown rice
- Take plenty of liquids
- One should avoid refined grains, such as white bread and pasta, commercially processed and baked goods, french fries, and margarine
- Avoid caffeine, tobacco, and alcohol
The treatment of Sarcoidosis is solely dependent on increasing the immune power of the patient to fight with the disease. No specific treatment works 100% as the involvement of disease is not limited to the organs but includes changed genetic makeup. So, the medicines that work to improve the immune system are indicated in this disorder.
The doctors at our clinic are highly experienced in treating this disease and we have treated many difficult cases of sarcoidosis with Ayurvedic medicines. We record the patients' signs and symptoms and carry out the proper research on the particular case to find the best combination of remedies needed in the given case.
Planet Ayurveda offers a combination of effective Ayurvedic or herbal medicines such as Sarco Care Pack for the treatment of sarcoidosis. These medicines are prepared under the guidance of experienced pharmacists and doctors, using the best quality herbs and under strict principles set in Ayurvedic mode of treatment. We follow the strict guidelines of quality and hygiene at our production area.
Punarnava mandur – 2 Tablets, twice a day with water after meals.
Curcumin Capsules – 2 capsules, two times a day, with plain water after meals.
Aller-G Care – 2 capsules, twice a day, with plain water after meals.
Kanchnaar Guggul- 2 tablets, thrice a day, with plain water after meals.
1. Punarnava Mandur
It is made up of clinically useful herbs like Punarnava (Boerhavia diffusa), Trivrit (Operculina turpethum), Pippali (Piper longum), Marich (Piper nigrum), Vidanga (Embelia ribes) etc.
PunarnavaMandoor herb's main action is to remove toxins from the body and reduce inflammation. So, it becomes a wonderful remedy to check inflammation and treat sarcoidosis.
DOSAGE:- 2 Tablets, twice a day with water after meals.
2. Curcumin Capsules
Curcumin Capsules are made up of extracts of Curcumin, the main constituent of turmeric (Curcuma longa). Curcumin stops the unusual proliferation of cells. It helps to reduce swelling and inflammation. It is a great pain reliever and inhibits the cell transformation from normal to a tumor. Curcumin capsules act as an amazing herbal remedy for the treatment of Sarcoidosis.
DOSAGE:- 2 capsules, two times a day, with plain water after meals.
3. Aller-G Care
Aller-G Care capsule is made up of Neem (Azadirachta indica), Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera), Haridra (Curcuma longa) and Shirish (Albizia lebbeck) mixed in standard quantities under quality check. Aller-G Care helps in treating patients with symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, and dry cough, which are the presentation of lung symptoms of Sarcoidosis. Moreover, it helps to boost immunity.
DOSAGE:- 2 capsules, twice a day, with plain water after meals.
4. Kanchnaar Guggul
The main ingredients of Kachnaar Guggul are Kachnaar (Bauhinia variegata) and Guggul (Commiphora mukul). This helps to subside extra growths in the body, therefore it acts as wonders in Sarcoidosis. This combination has herbs such as Trikatu, Triphala, Varun Bark (Crataeva nurvala), Twak (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), Ela (Elettaria cardamomum), and Tejpatra (Cinnamomum tamala) in it, which helps in increasing the efficacy of this medicine.
DOSAGE:- 2 tablets, thrice a day, with plain water after meals.


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Whether attending a festival to enjoy good music, to serve the community, or to work as a face painter or vendor, festival life has become THE LIFE from Spring to late Fall. With Durham Art Guild's Swing Into Spring arts fundraiser to kick off this year's festival season in the Triangle, I've had quite a few that I enjoy participating in each year. Those include the Eno Festival, the African American Cultural Festival, and the Art of Cool Festival; however, there are so many more that take place. The Dreamville Festival was scheduled to kick off this year in Raleigh, and I was reeeeeally looking forward to being a part of its Art Market. It was canceled due to Hurricane Florence, but will be happening next year on April 6th instead, so I will still be looking forward to that. Mark your calendars now!
Each event has its own type of crowd as well. Being a vendor at events for the past year now, I've learned to better prepare and cater to my audience. I'm still learning and growing, but here are some photos from past occasions where I've vended. The evolution is real. Thanks for reading!
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Every venture in life, whether it be an ambition, a relationship or a health condition, takes time and patience to regulate. We desire to know the length of the process, but that point is trivial when concentration is on the success of the situation.
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This is probably the most sensible decision that the Party has made since the Coalition was formed. I don't know any party members who haven't groaned at the useless patronising guff that's been landing in our inboxes as news from key party figures. They would be almost fine if they were accompanied by things that we could actually use.
One example I can think of is on tuition fees. It wasn't until late on in the debate that Nick Clegg came out with the comparison that someone on £21000 would pay £74 less per month under our scheme than under the current system introduced by Labour. That figure should have been framing the debate from the start to all of us. We could have used it to show how Liberal Democrats might not have got what we wanted, but we showed where our hearts lie by securing a better deal for the poorest.
Helen really understands the Party. She's been an ordinary member, a candidate, a member of her Regional Executive, involved in SAOs and a blogger. She totally understands what we need to be hearing.
She also understands that proper communication is a two way process and that the party should have two ears and one gob/keyboard. She also knows how to keep what she says relevant and real.
The poor woman has already had one long e-mail from me
I wish her all the best in her new role, for which she is ideally suited. I'm glad that she's also staying at Liberal Democrat Voice as it would have been very sad to lose her. The boys are great, but there are some things that they just don't get. This post, on why the obsession with leaders' wives was missing the point, is just such an example.
So, good luck, Helen. You're not going to be able to sort the whole party out on your own, but there's nobody better for this job, and I feel a lot more confident knowing that you're there.


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