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Pyrocrat Systems LLP
based in Navi Mumbai, INDIA
Turnkey Manufacturer & Supplier of Large scale Waste Plastic & Tire Pyrolysis Plant Machinery. Experience of establishing 22 Pyrolysis plants, we propose to establish 150 pyrolysis plants around the world by 2015.
based in Ahmedabad, INDIA
Manufacturing of Waste Tyre Pyrolysis Plant , Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Plant,Waste Tyre Recycling Plant,Manufacturing of Waste Tyre to Oil Plant,Tyre to Oil Plant,Tyre Reclaiming to Oil Plant,Tire Recycling Plant ,Tire Pyrolysis Plant,Located in Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India
Enrestec Inc
based in TAIWAN
Enrestec Inc. the world`s leading company in tire recycle and pyrolysis technology; has successfully commercialised the continuously tire pyrolysis system and manufactured eco-carbon black that can be reuse into the tire manufacture.
Qingdao Xingfu Boiler Thermopower Devices Co.,Ltd
based in CHINA
We are direct manufacturer of waste tyre pyrolysis plant.Our company have up to standard of ASME, CE and ISO standard.All of our system has passed the CE certificate which issued by BV.The emission can totally meet the EU or America standard. Surely the final result has been tested and proved by SGS bureau.We mainly have three type of pyrolysis plant:1. Semi-continuous ...
based in Shangqiu, CHINA
Shangqiu Ruixin Environmental Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. also named RESEM, specializes specializes in manufacturing waste tires & plastic pyrolysis/recycling equipment .
Divya International
based in Ahmedabad, INDIA
We introduce ourselves as a manufacturers of Tyre Recycling Plant, Tyre Pyrolysis Plant Machines & Equipments Spare Parts having a professional approach that is aimed at result orientation. With our inception, we have etched a respectable place for ourselves in the recycling industry in India by installing quality pyrolysis machineries across India. Divya International ...
based in Rostov-on-Don, RUSSIA
Technokomplex manufactures and sells the Pirotex pyrolysis plant and auxiliary pyrolysis equipment that process by-products (pyrolysis carbon, liquid fuel) into commercial fractions.The pyrolysis equipment is becoming more relevant for mechanical rubber goods and plastics utilization field as besides hydrocarbon-containing products utilization mechanical rubber goods, ...
Greenlight Energy Solutions Corp.
based in San Francisco, CALIFORNIA (USA)
GLES' proprietary Waste Conversion Pyrolysis (WCP) System provides the opportunity to reduce landfill, reuse by-products, and recycle energy all in one elegant solution.Green Light Energy Solutions Corporation is only engaged into production of the proprietary Waste Conversion Pyrolysis system..Green Light Energy Solutions Corporation takes great pride in introducing our ...
Splainex Ecosystems Ltd
based in Rijswijk, NETHERLANDS
Splainex: industrial implementation of the efficient pyrolysis technology. Multiple references of commercial plants, some of them in operations for more than 20 years. The systems operating on industrial scale convert waste materials (plastics, tyres, municipal solid waste, etc) back into useful and lucrative products without adverse emissions, discharges, or negative ...
Bedminster International (UK)
based in Dublin, IRELAND
Bedminster International seperate the biodegradable fraction in mixed waste streams. This organic fraction can then be used to produce energy via pyrolysis and gas engines. Bedminster International is headquartered in Dublin with offices in Boston and London and controls the world rights to the Bedminster BioEnergy Technology, including all intellectual property, patents ...
1 Clean Energy
based in Yekaterinburg, RUSSIA
Our companie`s engeneers upgraded allknown Chinies rotating reactor technology to full new semi-automatic and semi-continious cycle of pyrolysis. Russian good steel quality and stringent standards give the ability to get a high reliability of the equipment. We also update the already installed Chines rotary plants to enchance production in several times.Main guarantied ...
Xinxiang Huayin Renewable Energy Equipment Co.,Ltd
based in Zhengzhou, CHINA
Xinxiang Huayin Renewable Energy Equipment Co.,Ltd is located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, KangCun village Station, we are specialized in waste recycling pyrolysis plant, the products mainly include waste plastic recycling plant, waste tires oil refining equipment, waste rubber pyrolysis machinery, waste oil refining equipment, fuel oil purification equipment, ...
CDS Analytical
based in Oxford, PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
CDS Analytical, LLC. has been a leader in the design and manufacture of laboratory instruments for sample preparation and analysis for four decades. Best known in the field of analytical pyrolysis, CDS has supplied instrumentation for a wide range of additional analyses including catalyst screening, reaction optimization, organic headspace analysis, and environmental ...
Ozmotech Pty Ltd
based in Notting Hill, AUSTRALIA
ThermoFuel is a process whereby scrap and waste plastics are converted into diesel fuel. The system uses liquefaction, pyrolysis and the catalytic breakdown of plastics. The system can handle almost all plastics that are currently sent to landfills. Major advantages of the process is its ability to handle contaminated plastic and its extremely high efficiency. A ...
Arena Comet NV
based in Lokeren, BELGIUM
Arena Comet Group was founded in 2001. Arena Comet specializes in developing economical and environmentally friendly solutions for removing all types of organic coatings from metals by means of thermal technologies. Our primary acitvity is the design, production and sales of fluidized beds and pyrolysis ovens, which are mostly used for paint stripping and plastic and ...
Vivex Engineering
based in UNITED KINGDOM
Vivex Engineering is innovative company in industrial - municipal - service air/gas treatment for processing, solid waste solutions management and pyrolysis plant supply technology Some of our project : MCAC unit for purifying air city pollution and removal co, nox, vocs, pm, dust and other gas extremely dangerous for human and environment. COLD PLASMA machine for ...
Terra Humana Ltd.
based in Polgárdi, HUNGARY
The 3R ZERO EMISSION CARBON REFINERY pyrolysis technology providing high efficient carbonization of plant and/or animal waste material biomass for production of different type of carbon for environmental and agricultural application, catalytic converted transport bio-fuels and recycled Nitrogen fertilizers. One of the carbons we produce is bone charcoal, that is special ...
Möbius Group LLC
based in Kyiv, UKRAINE
Möbius is an eco-innovative company engaged in the recycling of solid wastes and the production of valuable output resources such as oil, carbon black powder, steel wire scrap, and gas.All materials produced are the result of pyrolysis, a special heat treatment process which is the most reasonable solution to the problem of rubber waste for those who care about the ...
Hoi hing loong sdn bhd
based in Ipoh, MALAYSIA
Hoi hing loong sdn bhd establish 1989, as flowerpots Manufacturer / exporter base in ipoh perak Malaysia. Our bussiness now concentrated on municipal waste to energy project, sorting out valuable resources from municipalwaste, turns into oil, fertlizer, biogas to generate electricity.Now we are in renewable energy business innovation design and produce thermal pyrolysis ...
based in Madrid, SPAIN
It is a limited partnership that was born from the merger of a group of professionals with an affirmed experience in the photovoltaic solar energy sector, with one of the largest companies in the renewable energies sector, internationally know as NWT A.S. Nest, with the holding NWT, has set the stage for a wider distribution network worldwide of photovoltaic systems, and ...


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RIPON - An estate planning workshop – including information on "Crops Unitrust" – a unique way for farmers to give to their favorite charities, is being offered by the Bethany Home Foundation.
SONORA - Sonora again will host the magical and mystical world of All Hallows, where reality meets the fantasy world of old the weekend of Oct. 22-23.
STOCKTON - The Stockton Symphony presents the Sphinx Virtuosi in a special concert on Friday, Oct.21, at 7:30 p.m. at Faye Spanos Hall on the University of the Pacific campus.
LATHROP – Three Lathrop women in leadership positions were honored recently for their contributions to the community and for "making a difference in San Joaquin County and abroad."
Banning the wearing of gang colors and motorcycle club regalia from downtown Manteca during the Pumpkin Fair was possible because in issuing permits the city essentially turned over control of the streets to the Sunrise Kiwanis.
STOCKTON – In the book, "Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon," the six-page acknowledgments ends with these three sentences: "How can I thank my wife? Anna, you are the best in-house editor, fellow traveler, life partner, friend, mother, and role model I could have imagined in the journey of writing this book. Thank you for everything. I love you."
LATHROP – Drivers along Mossdale Road are about to get an unexpected surprise.
A program in the Republic of the Congo that is helping empower women and children is one of the projects that will benefit from this year's Heavenly Holiday Tea fund-raiser by the Women's Ministry at The Place of Refuge in Manteca.
Library Park went to the dogs Saturday.
Rick Rapoza doesn't have a set schedule when he rolls out of bed.
A couple from Kentucky staying in Manteca a few weeks back are Juliene Flanders' kind of tourists.
Bob Hall took his seat on the bench to take a breather.
Shoppers paying Manteca's extra half cent sales tax are helping insure that Manteca's Police force won't be trimmed by four officers in mid-2012.
RIVERBANK - Family-friendly is the goal and that's exactly the kind of entertainment scheduled for the Riverbank Cheese and Wine Exposition, today and Sunday on Santa Fe and Third streets in the heart of downtown Riverbank.
RIVERBANK - Children's entertainment at the Cheese and Wine Expo will include slides, rides and games set up by Classic Entertainment of the Bay Area and a petting zoo provided by Oakdale rancher Shane New.
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The Ripon Farmers' Market is returning to its old downtown roots on East Main Street just beyond the Ripon Road House starting this Friday from ...
They're champions on and off the field.
The new game plan for Woodward Avenue traffic calls for a roundabout at the Union Road intersection and traffic signals at Pillsbury Road as well ...
An 18-year-old shooting victim has died in Lathrop.
The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Association has opened a Modesto office to serve the 209 region.
Two shootings Friday night in Manteca saw one man go to an area hospital with a non-life threatening injury shortly after 10:30 p.m.
There was a time not that long ago where I practically lived on the racquetball courts at In-Shape.
NEWPORT BEACH (AP) - Thousands of Memorial Day beachgoers were kept out of the water Monday as lifeguards searched miles of popular Southern California shoreline for ...
TRUCKEE (AP) - The Truckee Police Department has purchased its first electric motorcycle, a new tool officers say will help them keep people safe and catch ...
Everything you need to know about life you can learn from the movies.
Manteca High's Class of 2016 went a bit heavy with the analogies Friday during graduation.
South San Joaquin Irrigation District has taken the next step needed to become the retail electricity provider for Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop and the surrounding countryside.
For the second straight year, Lathrop High featured three valedictorians for graduation.
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Joseph S. Nye
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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2012 (continued)
November 27, 2012
"Japan's Nationalism is a Sign of Weakness"
Op-Ed, Financial Times (London)
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"Japanese public opinion is shifting to the right and in a more nationalistic direction. Not only has Mr Abe recently visited the Yasukuni Shrine, a controversial second world war memorial, but politicians to his right have formed new parties and staked out nationalistic positions. Shintaro Ishihara, the former Tokyo mayor who helped spur the dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands, speaks of Japan acquiring nuclear weapons."
November 2012
"Declinist Pundits"
Op-Ed, Foreign Policy
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"Decline is a misleading metaphor that assumes there is an organic life cycle for countries as there is for individuals. We know little about the life cycle of states. It took three centuries for the Western Roman Empire to decline from its apogee to collapse. After Britain lost its American colonies in the 18th century, writer Horace Walpole lamented that Britain was reduced to the insignificance of Sardinia. He missed the fact that the Industrial Revolution was about to produce Britain's greatest century. Put simply, we do not know where the United States is in its supposed life cycle."
October 9, 2012
"The Cuban Missile Crisis at 50"
Op-Ed, Moscow Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"We can conclude that nuclear deterrence mattered in the crisis and that the nuclear dimension certainly figured in Kennedy's thinking. But it was not the ratio of nuclear weapons that mattered so much as the fear that even a few nuclear weapons would wreak intolerable devastation."
October 9, 2012
"Fear Factor: The Illusion of American Decline"
Op-Ed, World Politics Review
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"Once the electoral dust settles, and no matter who is president, what will be the status of American power in global politics? Conventional wisdom, reflected in current polls at home and abroad, is that American power is indeed in decline. But such polls tell us more about psychology than about power. After all, in the 1960s, a majority of Americans thought the Soviets were 10 feet tall. Then in the 1980s, it was the Japanese who were going to eat our lunch. Today it is China."
September 5, 2012
"A War over Desolate Asian Islets"
Op-Ed, Globe and Mail
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"The revival of extreme nationalism in East Asia is both worrisome and understandable. In Europe, while Greeks may grumble about the terms of German backing for emergency financing, the period since the Second World War has seen enormous progress in knitting countries together. Nothing similar has happened in Asia, and issues dating back to the 1930s and 1940s remain raw, a problem exacerbated by biased textbooks and government policies."
August 2012
The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Anchoring Stability in Asia
By Richard Armitage and Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
The following report presents a consensus view of the members of a bipartisan study group on the U.S.-Japan alliance. The report specifically addresses energy, economics and global trade, relations with neighbors, and security-related issues. Within these areas, the study group offers policy recommendations for Japan and the United States, which span near- and long-term time frames. These recommendations are intended to bolster the alliance as a force for peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
August 9, 2012
"Obama's Foreign Policy Doctrine"
Op-Ed, Gulf News
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"...Obama did not back away from rhetorical expressions of transformational goals regarding such issues as climate change or nuclear weapons, in practice his pragmatism was reminiscent of more incremental presidential leaders like Dwight Eisenhower or George H. W. Bush."
July 15, 2012
"Energy Independence in an Interdependent World"
Op-Ed, Aljazeera
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"...[A] revolution in Saudi Arabia or a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could still inflict damage on the US and its allies. So, even if America had no other interests in the Middle East, such as Israel or nuclear non-proliferation, a balance of energy imports and exports would be unlikely to free the US from military expenditures which some experts estimate run to $50 billion per year to protect oil routes in the region."
June 12, 2012
"The Intervention Dilemma"
Op-Ed, Namibian
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"Prudence does not mean that nothing can be done in Syria. Other governments can continue to try to convince Russia that its interests are better served by getting rid of the current regime than by permitting the continued radicalisation of his opponents. Tougher sanctions can continue to delegitimise the regime, and Turkey might be persuaded to take stronger steps against its neighbour."
May 15, 2012
"Judge the U.S. Candidates by Their Self-mastery and Openness"
Op-Ed, Daily Star
By Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
"But the most important variable for voters to examine is the candidate's biography. I do not mean the slick books and television advertisements that are produced for their campaigns. While image consultants and acting ability can mask a candidate's character, an integrated life over time is the best basis to judge the authenticity of the next president's temperament and how he will govern."


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$7.99In the fifteenth century, with religious intolerance spreading like wildfire across Europe, English-born Anna Bookman and her grandfather, Finn, earn a living in Prague by illuminating precious books, including forbidden translations of the Bible. Finn subscribes to the heresy that people ought to be able to read the Word of God for themselves, without having to pay a priest for the privilege, but
$7.99It is England, in the late fourteenth century, a time when the whim of a lord or the pleasure of a bishop can seal nearly anyone's fate. The printing press has yet to be invented. Books, written only in Latin or Norman French, are rare and costly, painstakingly lettered and illuminated with exquisite paintings---far beyond the reach of ordinary people.But there are cracks in the old feudal order--
A Novel of the Italian RenaissanceWhat Philippa Gregory has done for Tudor England, Jeanne Kalogridis does for Renaissance Italy. Her latest irresistible historical novel is about a countess whose passion and willfulness knew no bounds—Caterina Sforza Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo Riario, Caterina Sforza was the bravest warrior Renaissance Italy ever knew. She ruled her own lands, fought
$11.99"A delightful novel full of chivalry, romance, and real-life terrors." Historical Novels Review Forced to marry Hugh le Despenser, the son and grandson of disgraced traitors, Bess de Montacute, just 13 years old, is appalled at his less-than-desirable past. Meanwhile, Hugh must give up the woman he really loves in order to marry the reluctant Bess. Far apart in age and haunted by the past, can
$11.99History has not been kind to Alice Perrers, the notorious mistress of King Edward III. Scholars and contemporaries alike have deemed her a manipulative woman who used her great beauty and sensuality to take advantage of an aging and increasingly senile king. But who was the woman behind the scandal? A cold-hearted opportunist or someone fighting for her very survival?Like most girls of her era
A Novel of Henry VIII's Third WifeFrom The New York Times bestselling author of The Last Wife of Henry VIII comes a powerful and moving novel about Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, who married him only days after the execution of Anne Boleyn and ultimately lost her own life in giving him the son he badly needed to guarantee the Tudor successionBorn into an ambitious noble family, young Jane Seymour is sent to Court as a
$9.89From the bedchamber to the battlefield, through treachery and fidelity, one woman is imprisoned by the secrets of the crown. It is an age where passion reigns and treachery runs as thick as blood. Young Eleanor has two men in her life: her uncle King Edward II, and her husband Hugh le Despenser, a mere knight but the newfound favorite of the king. She has no desire to meddle in royal affairs-she
$7.99Before the Tudors, there were the Borgias. More passionate. More dangerous. More deadly.From the author of Poison, called "stunning"* and "a fascinating page-turner," comes a new historical thriller, featuring the same intriguing and beautiful heroine: Borgia court poisoner, Francesca Giordano. In the summer of 1493, Rodrigo Borgia, Alexander VI, has been pope for almost a year. Having played a
A Novel of the French RevolutionThe world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire . . . but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? In these pages, her tumultuous and amazing story comes to life as only Michelle Moran can tell it. The year is 1788, and a revolution is about to begin. Smart and ambitious, Marie Tussaud has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside
$9.99From Jeanne Kalogridis, the bestselling author of The Borgia Bride and The Scarlet Contessa, comes a tale of love, loss and treachery set during the perilous days of the Spanish Inquisition1481 Seville: The Inquisition makes its first appearance in Spain. Its target: conversos, Christians of Jewish descent—specifically those who practice Judaism secretly in their homes. The penalty for "crypto
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It's prom season and two of Hollywood's most successful businessmen recently wished their daughters off to a great night.
Magic Johnson's daughter Elisa and LL Cool J's daughter Samaria went to their senior prom last Friday. The two girls are not only attend the same high school, but called each other BFFs.
Magic shared a few family photos and expressed how happy he is of his little prom queen on Twitter.
Elise wore a green Stella McCartney number from the Spring 2013 collection — the same dress Kim Zolciak wore on the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion. Samaria rocked an elegant black dress, very similar in style to Rihanna's Grammy Awards look this year.
Check out the pretty flicks below, then click through the sides to see 15 of our favorite celebs on their prom nights.
1. Brandy and Kobe Bryant
2. Kim Kardashian and TJ Jackson
3. Michelle Obama
4. Tyra Banks
5. Wiz Khalifa
6. Halle Berry
7. Angela Bassett
8. Kerry Washington
9. Snoop Dogg ana Snoop Lion
10. Tupac Shakur
11. Nick Cannon
12. Dwyane Wade
13. Busta Rhymes
14. Kevin Garnett
15. Usher
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Same here, been using Ubuntu since 6.06 and haven't looked back.
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Same here, been using Ubuntu since 6.06 and haven't looked back.
I just keep mine updated even if I'm quite happy with it.
I love the new forum theme!
Thanks for bringing this up!
Glad to see they are finally taking notice.
In the beginning I didn't like it.
Nowadays I don't mind it. I can do things faster with it than Gnome3...
You've missed the point.
I'll be switching to 12.04.
Always end up installing new versions as they come out...
I'll stick with Gmail thanks.
Crunchbang? -> that should be quite fast, it is based on Ubuntu as far as I know.
I only know one other person that uses Linux.
I'm surrounded by Windows users! :D
I've had major issues with banshee.
I refuse to use it anymore.
Please post a photo of your poster once you hang it in your office?
It's starting to grow on me to be honest.
I've never have a properly working KDE desktop. I've given up on it as a DE.
I mostly use Unity/Gnome-shell/XFCE nowadays.
I'm starting to quite like Unity to be honest. Been using it for the last day ot two and once you get used to it its nicer than gnome-shell.
Gnome-shell just needs way too much clicking to get...
Is it still stuck? I dont think it should be taking that long.
I installed wine this evening too and it took me 10min in total.
I'm using 11.10 and it is in the repos!
Rhythmbox for me lately. :)
Thanks! :)
To be honest, I think the stickers look better.
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
For me personally?
Should be light on resources
Fast startup
Searching for songs should be near instant
Decent Library management options
I've found that some media players lag when...
I love it, it's fast, seems quite efficent. -> as a foobar2000 user on windows I don't care much for how it looks, but I have a large collection and a music player must be efficent and powerful.
I've installed Guayadeque not all that impressed to be honest. Busy downloading Celementine now! -> My never ending quest for a music player continues!
Thanks anyway :)
I'll report it to LP.
EDIT:Updated my system and it's working again.


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- anonim
- ABD, Bayan, 31-40
- Acemi Göçebe
- 3 Değerlendirmeler
The Terrace was awesome. Everyone who works there is super friendly and helpful. I had a private room which was comfortable and close to the bathroom and below the bar. I was not bothered at all by the music from the bar and on my early nights the music was not an issue at all. The bathroom upstairs was sufficient but many of the bar patrons tried to use it though it's only for hostel guests.
- anonim
- Ingiltere, Bayan, 25-30
- Acemi Göçebe
- 3 Değerlendirmeler
The hostel is basic, all the dorms are four bed but we ended up in the smallest and there wasn't enough room with everyone's luggage. It was really hot and the fan had to sit on someone's bed as it couldn't reach anywhere else. There is only one bathroom per floor and a really smelly toilet. Rooms are locked for security. The owners Maggie and Kevin are super friendly and helpful at organising tours, providing local info etc. The bar is good for meeting people and does cheap food and drin
- anonim
- Ingiltere, Çift, 25-30
- Seyyah
- 25 Değerlendirmeler
Good hostel close to everything. Has a good balcony to have a drink and the staff are really helpful.
- timberhikes
- Kanada, Çift, 25-30
- Acemi Göçebe
- 1 Değerlendirme
Amazing place to relax in Lanquin, right next to a gorgeous river. The staff are amazing, so helpful and nice. The rooms were great, only downside was they were very hot (like a sauna!). Definitely would recommend staying an extra day here to chill and enjoy nature.
- anonim
- Hollanda, Tüm Kadın Grubu, 25-30
- Acemi Göçebe
- 4 Değerlendirmeler
Slept in 4-bed dorms. Matrasses looked very good (dorm nr. 7 I think), bedlinnen was ok.. Lockers were nice, bathroom had hot shower. All in all better than expected.
- anonim
- Guatemala, Erkek, 18-24
- Acemi Göçebe
- 2 Değerlendirmeler
Muy bueno muy limpio, unicamente la calidad con el precio no corresponde, los anfitriones son de lo mejor, deben mejorar los servicos ya que el wifi no es muy bueno y en el bar literalemente sirven los tragos mas horribles que alguna vez he provado en mi vida y a un precio nada aceptable. Si lo recomiendo sin duda! Buen hostal pero podria ser excelente!!!!!
- bendandan5
- Çin, Erkek, 41+
- Coşkun Gezgin
- 16 Değerlendirmeler
- anonim
- ABD, Çift, 25-30
- Seyyah
- 22 Değerlendirmeler
Excellent staff and great location, but the hostel is very dirty and it's a party hostel with paper thin walls. I would recommend bringing ear plugs if you are a light sleeper. Staff was incredibly friendly and helpful though!
- beux8725
- Almanya, Erkek, 41+
- Acemi Göçebe
- 6 Değerlendirmeler
Nice place Top is the terrace
- anonim
- Yeni Zelanda, Bayan, 25-30
- Coşkun Gezgin
- 13 Değerlendirmeler
This is the only hostel i will complain about, and to warn others as i wish i had been. Playing happy hardcore trance music everyday on the loudest volume and the highest bass from 11am-11pm is ridiculous, im all for party hostels and music, was so loud made three levels of the hostel shake in every room, was awkward to socialise as u have to scream. I had four other friends staying in other rooms and all thought the same.. Disappointed.
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Conquering The Night
While living in Oregon near the foot of Crater Lake I couldn't wait for a snow white Christmas. Deep snow, not the Missouri kind of snow, that's never more than ankle deep and hardly ever at Christmas. A new home with a twelve-foot window deserved the perfect tree. My neighbor put up a beautiful tree on her deck and I decided that I wanted one just like that in my window. So I called her.
There are two forests that people say you do not want to be lost in. The Cadillac Mountains in the East and the Oregon woodlands in the west. Both forests are a bad place to be lost in. I didn't know this at that time but my life was about to bring about a new meaning to feeling safe and warm.
I called my neighbor and asked her where she purchased such a beautiful tree. She told me that the National Forestry had placed an ad in the paper stating that a tree twelve feet and under could be picked for a mere five dollars. My girlfriend and I decided we would go just to the edge of the woods and cut down ours. I asked my neighbor to describe to me the road and mile marker that she went to.
Karen arrived at my house around 9:00 am, her husband with her, deciding to go along with us. We left with an ax, hatchet and small saw. There was about a foot of snow on the ground and it was very cold. I had on snow boots, sweat pants, and a zip up jacket with a hood. Karen's husband had on a decent coat, but Karen had on tennis shoes and a light jacket. I asked her why no snow boots and a heavier jacket and she said, "we will only be there for a few minutes."
When we arrived at the mile marker described to us, for some reason it just didn't satisfy us so we went on three more miles. We stepped out of the car and off the road and within fifteen minutes located the trees we wanted. But now, we were lost. We must have dragged those trees around for an hour, in circles. I told them to drop the trees because we faced a bigger need than that of a tree for Christmas.
We walked and looked for our tracks or maybe a sight we could recognize, but to no avail. No one had a watch, it was a cloudy day and snow was spitting off and on for an hour at a time. With a heavy heart I knew we were not coming out of those woods any time soon. Karen began to beg God for a way out and I began to beg God that Randy (my husband) would act swiftly in finding us help.
I found an open space with some tree trunks and told my girlfriend to begin to gather pine straw from
under the trees. Her husband, a giant of a man, I told to help find some dry wood. With Karen 's lighter we started a fire. The night set in and the temperature began to drop. We built our fire too big. Instead of thinking about warmth and just lasting the night, we thought about someone finding our fire. A plane flying over a national forest would radio in to someone, anyone, that there was a fire in the forest. While we were putting anything and everything on this fire we got it big enough to at least stand next to it. We couldn't sit because it was to wet. There was no talking. All silent deep in our own fears. What was out there, would anyone find us, what would find us, when all of a sudden I felt like we were being watched. I turned slowly around and saw four sets of eyes just on the other side of the fire and slightly in the dark. "Dear God, please …"
When my eyes focused I discovered a cougar and her cub just sitting there watching us. I thought of all the stories I had heard. You know the ones. "Their more afraid of you than you are of them." I now thought that that was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard because, at this time in this place my fear was pretty much peaked out. Keeping my eyes on them I softly told Karen and Levi not to make any sudden moves because we had company. Surprisingly they didn't. We just all stared at them and they stared at us. I didn't think my heart could beat any faster than it was at that time. The visit was short. Maybe they just needed to be warm or maybe they were just curious but I don't think I have ever held an ax so tight in my hand as I did that night. They left as silently as they came and slowly we began to breath normal.
However, it wasn't long before we were visited again. We began to hear huffing coming through the woods. You know the sound. The kind a bear makes as it snorts through it's nose. As it began to get closer I could see my fear reflected on their faces. "You guys listen to me. There is no reason for us to die." I said. "We have a hatchet, an ax and a saw. We might get hurt, but we don 't have to die!" As we hunched together waiting for whatever it was to appear I thought I would probably never put another tree up in my life. First we saw the steam from the animal's nostrils and then we saw him. For a moment in time we froze then we gave a sigh of relief. It wasn't a bear. It was an elk.
All through the night after our fire died Karen would scream for help and the only thing answering was either wolves or coyotes. We walked all night. We were so cold and were beginning to suffer from hypothermia. Karen more than us. I fell down a ravine and injured my ankle and knee. We walked until we began to cry (all at different times of course. Seems like our meltdowns never happened at the same time.)
Karen was convinced that we would never be found and Levi was convinced he could find the car, but, I was convinced that Randy would find me. I told my friends that when we were not home by 4:00 pm he would think we went into town to buy trees and that he would call their house. If no one was there he would call search and rescue and that is exactly what happened. They at first thought there might be fowl play but when he told them I was on medication they began to move right then.
It was around 11:00 the next day when we found a logging road. Karen and Levi continually wanted to leave the road and look for who knows … but, it was a surfaced road and I knew it had to lead somewhere. It wasn't long before I heard the sound of a truck coming our way. I could barely stand but I moved to the center of that road determined that they would either run me down or stop. They stopped. I screamed, "please say that you are looking for us!" He smiled, reached into the truck and pulled out a radio, "Only since 10:00 last night."
Within minutes men came from everywhere. We were given warm drinks, food and blankets. One man said that they had found our trees around 2:00 am and did we want them. We all screamed "No!" at the same time. I told one of the searchers that I knew I was in trouble because I burned down a lot of their saplings trying to stay warm. I asked him if he could just let me pay for them on time. He laughed and said, "Don't worry about that, it's called survival and it's on the house." I couldn't believe that all these people were in the woods with us that long and never heard us. It wasn't until later that I found out that a person lost in these woods stood a chance of never being found. These woods went into Canada. They spread wide and deep.
A few days later while I was recovering we heard Christmas caroling in our front yard. When we opened the front door there stood our neighbors with a 12-foot tree and a big red bow on the top. I choked up with tears and thought we really don't survive alone. We need the warmth of feeling like we are cared for by others. Who was it that wrote, "No Man Is An Island?" But, the greatest and the most warming was the love of my husband. Our relationship is one that we can anticipate each other's every move. Thank God he walked through the room at the time I repeated the mile marker number and the road we would be on. While my friend and her husband were falling apart I knew that Randy would find me.


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Clash was an unlikely puppeteer, but went at it with diligence at an early age. Confident, yet he faced the scorn of his classmates in school who questioned his "playing with dolls." He took risks, asked questions, and was humble throughout.
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Lidt i overkanten pris i forhold til kvalitetPosted Oct 20, 2015 on Hotels
Det var et okay hotel. Efter Peru priser var det lidt dyrt, men beliggenheden var i top.
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Ótimo hotel.Posted Aug 28, 2015 on Hotels
Hotel faz jus por tudo, muito bom, pessoas simpáticas, atendimento maravilhoso.
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Nice hotel in good locationPosted Aug 22, 2015
We stayed twice either side of a hike and were able to leave luggage at the hotel in between. The first time we had a fridge with beer and juice, the second time nothing. So we asked at reception if we could buy beer and the answer was no - go figure! Otherwise it was very comfortable and the breakfast was great!
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Enjoyed PeruPosted May 17, 2015
Pros: Breakfast Buffet, nice entrance and sitting areas, staff very supportive.
Cons: The hot water system. It took us maybe 10 minutes of running the shower before we got hot water. And then sometimes only warm, not real hot if busy.
Location: Location was close to the square where everything is happening. Great location!
Hotel has nice entrance and lounge area and lots of variety and has very good tasting breakfast buffet. Rooms were fine, but on the small side, similar to all hotels we stayed at in Peru. Waiting to get hot water was our only complaint, but we stayed in 3 hotels in Peru and they all had this same issue of waiting sometimes 10 minutes for any hot water for your shower. Staff was very polite and kind to us. We had a view of the street from a small balcony from the bedroom, which we thought interesting to have. At night they would play music on the street. We are older and just wanted to sleep, but it did not last too long, maybe an hour or so.
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A nightmarePosted Jan 4, 2015 on Hotels
Our experience was a nightmare: -No Hot water and you need to demand it many times but only reaches a minimum temperature -Hotel In general in poor conditions due to the lack of maintenance, there is not constant pressure of water, bathroom doors in poor condition so the water floods the area. - The 2nd day the next room was flooded, and flooded ours so we had to change our room on our own because no one helped us with our stuff and was covering our shoes - That night the hot water faucet broke down and the person does not know how to fix it, so I fix it by removing the faucet from another room to replace the one in our room, at 2am !! We were on the 4th floor and when we asked for help, they said they could not We were on the 4th floor and when we asked for help, they said they could not. The only good thing to mention is that some employees tried to help but do not have the resources.
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Helpful Staff, Great BreakfastPosted May 15, 2014
Pros: The location was good, near the center of the historical center of Cuzco.
Cons: This is a nice Boutique Hotel, different from a larger traditional hotel.
Location: The location is good, close to the center of the historical city. Everything is within walking distance.
The staff in the hotel were very helpful In describing the tours and other sightseeing opportunities. The breakfast was a buffet with several options.
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Buen servicio pero...demasiada bullaPosted Apr 21, 2014 on Hotels
Estuve 3 noches en el hotel, es una calle peatonal, cuando uno llega es un tanto complicado por la altura, caminar media cuadra. El servicio es bueno sin embargo me toco una habitación con vista a la calle, hasta las 11 de la noche habían músicos con instrumentos eléctricos, percusión, etc. Luego se iban pero pasaban toda la noche personas en estado de ebriedad, gritando y no se podía descansar bien. Buen desayuno
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Nice hotelPosted Mar 6, 2014
Pros: Location, price.
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I've been looking around your blog and it has some great beauty tips for general use. I am having a wedding soon though, and was wondering if you had any more Singapore specific bridal beauty tips?
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I am sure you'd want to look your best possible on your special day – not to mention, the wedding photos last a lifetime, so it's vital to look your absolute best.
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The Most Dangerous Writing App Will Delete Your Work If You Stop Typing, for Free
May 2, 2016
The article on The Verge titled The Most Dangerous Writing App Lets You Delete All of Your Work For Free speculates on the difficulties and hubris of charging money for technology that someone can clone and offer for free. Manuel Ebert's The Most Dangerous Writing App offers a self-detonating notebook that you trigger if you stop typing. The article explains,
"Ebert's service appears to be a repackaging of Flowstate, a $15 Mac app released back in January that functions in a nearly identical way. He even calls it The Most Dangerous Writing App, which is a direct reference to the words displayed on Flowstate creator Overman's website. The difference: Ebert's app is free, which could help it take off among the admittedly niche community of writers looking for self-deleting online notebooks."
One such community that comes to mind is that of the creative writers. Many writers, and poets in particular, rely on exercises akin to the philosophy of The Most Dangerous Writing App: don't let your pen leave the page, even if you are just writing nonsense. Adding higher stakes to the process might be an interesting twist, especially for those writers who believe that just as the nonsense begins, truth and significance are unlocked.
Chelsea Kerwin, May 2, 2016
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Search without Indexing
April 27, 2016
I read "Outsmarting Google Search: Making Fuzzy Search Fast and Easy Without Indexing."
Here's a passage I highlighted:
It's clear the "Google way" of indexing data to enable fuzzy search isn't always the best way. It's also clear that limiting the fuzzy search to an edit distance of two won't give you the answers you need or the most comprehensive view of your data. To get real-time fuzzy searches that return all relevant results you must use a data analytics platform that is not constrained by the underlying sequential processing architectures that make up software parallelism. The key is hardware parallelism, not software parallelism, made possible by the hybrid FPGA/x86 compute engine at the heart of the Ryft ONE.
I also circled:
By combining massively parallel FPGA processing with an x86-powered Linux front-end, 48 TB of storage, a library of algorithmic components and open APIs in a small 1U device, Ryft has created the first easy-to-use appliance to accelerate fuzzy search to match exact search speeds without indexing.
An outfit called InsideBigData published "Ryft Makes Real-time Fuzzy Search a Reality." Alas, that link is now dead.
Perhaps a real time fuzzy search will reveal the quickly deleted content?
Sounds promising. How does one retrieve information within videos, audio streams, and images? How does one hook together or link a reference to an entity (discovered without controlled term lists) with a phone number?
My hunch is that the methods disclosed in the article have promise, the future of search seems to be lurching toward applications that solve real world, real time problems. Ryft may be heading in that direction in a search climate which presents formidable headwinds.
Stephen E Arnold, April 27, 2016
Data Intake: Still a Hassle
April 21, 2016
I read "Big Data's Biggest Problem: It's Too Hard to Get the Data In." Here's a quote I noted:
According to a study by data integration specialist Xplenty, a third of business intelligence professionals spend 50% to 90% of their time cleaning up raw data and preparing to input it into the company's data platforms. That probably has a lot to do with why only 28% of companies think they are generating strategic value from their data.
My hunch is that with the exciting hyperbole about Big Data, the problem of normalizing, cleaning, and importing data is ignored. The challenge of taking file A in a particular file format and converting to another file type is indeed a hassle. A number of companies offer expensive filters to perform this task. The one I remember is Outside In, which sort of worked. I recall that when odd ball characters appeared in the file, there would be some issues. (Does anyone remember XyWrite?) Stellent purchased Outside In in order to move content into that firm's content management system. Oracle purchased Stellent in 2006. Then Kapow "popped" on the scene. The firm promoted lots of functionality, but I remember it as a vendor who offered software which could take a file in one format and convert it into another format. Kofax (yep, the scanner oriented outfit) bought Kofax to move content from one format into one that Kofax systems could process. Then Lexmark bought Kofax and ended up with Kapow. With that deal, Palantir and other users of the Kapow technology probably had a nervous moment or are now having a nervous moment as Lexmark marches toward a new owner. Entropy, a French outfit, was a file conversion outfit. It sold out to Salesforce. Once again, converting files from Type A to another desired format seems to have been the motivating factor.
Let us not forget the wonderful file conversion tools baked into software. I can save a Word file as an RTF file. I can import a comma separated file into Excel. I can even fire up Framemaker and save a Dot fm file as RTF. In fact, many programs offer these import and export options. The idea is to lessen the pain of have a file in one format which another system cannot handle. Hey, for fun, try opening a macro filled XyWrite file in Framemaker or Indesign. Just change the file extension to one the system thinks it recognizes. This is indeed entertaining.
The write up is not interested in the companies which have sold for big bucks because their technology could make file conversion a walk in the Hounz Lane Park. (Watch out for the rats, gentle reader.) The write up points out three developments which will make the file intake issues go away:
- The software performing file conversion "gets better." Okay, I have been waiting for decades for this happy time to arrive. No joy at the moment.
- "Data preparers become the paralegals of data science." Now that's a special idea. I am not clear on what a "data preparer" is, but it sounds like a task that will be outsourced pretty quickly to some country far from the home of NASCAR.
- Artificial intelligence" will help cleanse data. Excuse me, but smart software has been operative in file conversion methods for quite a while. In my experience, the exception files keep on piling up.
What is the problem with file conversion? I don't want to convert this free blog post into a lengthy explanation. I can highlight five issues which have plagued me and my work in file conversion for many years:
First, file types change over time. Some of the changes are not announced. Others like the Microsoft Word XML thing are the subject of months long marketing., The problem is that unless the outfit responsible for the file conversion system creates a fix, the exception files can overrun a system's capacity to keep track of problems. If someone is asleep at the switch, data in the exception folder can have an adverse impact on some production systems. Loss of data is interesting but trashing the file structure is a carnival. Who does not pay attention? In my experience, vendors, licensees, third parties, and probably most of the people responsible for a routine file conversion task.
Second, the thrill of XML is that it is not particularly consistent. Somewhere along the line, creativity takes precedence over for well formed. How does one deal with a couple hundred thousand XML files in an exception folder? What do you think about deleting them?
Third, the file conversion software works as long as the person creating a document does not use Fancy Dan "inserts" in the source document. Problems arise from videos, certain links, macros, and odd ball formatting of the source document. Yep, some folks create text in Excel and wonder why the resulting text is a bit of a mess.
Fourth, workflows get screwed up. A file conversion system is semi smart. If a process creates a file with an unrecognized extension, the file conversion system fills the exception folder. But what if one valid extension is changed to a supported but incorrect extension. Yep, XML users be aware that there are proprietary XML formats. The files converted and made available to a system are "sort of right." Unfortunately sort of right in mission critical applications can have some interesting consequences.
Fifth, attention to detail is often less popular than fiddling with one's mobile phone or reading Facebook posts. Human inattention can make large scale data conversion fail. I have watched as a person of my acquaintance deleted the folder of exception files. Yo, it is time for lunch.
So what? Smart software makes certain assumptions. At this time, file intake is perceived as a problem which has been solved. My view is that file intake is a core function which needs a little bit more attention. I do not need to be told that smart software will make file intake pain go away.
Stephen E Arnold, April 21, 2016
Chinese Restaurant Names as Journalism
April 19, 2016
I read an article in Jeff Bezos' newspaper. The title was "We Analyzed the Names of Almost Every Chinese Restaurant in America. This Is What We Learned." The almost is a nifty way of slip sliding around the sampling method which used restaurants listed in Yelp. Close enough for "real" journalism.
Using the notion of a frequency count, the write up revealed:
- The word appearing most frequently in the names of the sample was "restaurant."
- The words "China" and "Chinese" appear in about 15,000 of the sample's restaurant names
- "Express" is a popular word, not far ahead of "panda".
The word list and their frequencies were used to generate a word cloud:
To answer the question where Chinese food is most popular in the US, the intrepid data wranglers at Jeff Bezos' newspaper output a map:
Amazing. I wonder if law enforcement and intelligence entities know that one can map data to discover things like the fact that the word "restaurant" is the most used word in a restaurant's name.
Stephen E Arnold, April 19, 2016
Content Marketers at Risk
April 19, 2016
I read "Goldman Sachs Leads a $30 million Round for Persado's AI-Based, Automated Copywriting Service." My first reactions:
- Search engine optimization wizards will have a tool to increase the flow of baloney search and content marketing to people who write blogs
- Journalists, who have been subject to reduction in force actions, may face fierce competition from a smart software
- Teachers of college composition will have a tough time figuring out if the student essays are coming from fraternity and sorority reference files or from a cloud based writing service.
According to the write up, the service is a "cognitive one." Poor IBM. The company wants Watson to be the cognitive champion. Now an outfit which uses software to create articles has embraced the concept. I noted:
The company [Persado] has cataloged 1 million words and phrases that marketers use in their copy, and scored those words based on sentiment analysis and the structure of marketing pitches defined by a message's format, linguistic structure, description, emotional language, and its actual call to action. The software can create a message, optimize its language, and then translate that message into any of 23 language…
There is a bright side. IBM could purchase Persado and then use the system to flog its confection of Lucene, acquired technology, and home brew code into a system which tirelessly promotes IBM.
Stephen E Arnold, April 19, 2016
What Is the Potential of Social Media?
April 11, 2016
Short honk. I read "How to Hack an Election." The write up reports that a person was able to rig elections. According to the story:
For $12,000 a month, a customer hired a crew that could hack smartphones, spoof and clone Web pages, and send mass e-mails and texts. The premium package, at $20,000 a month, also included a full range of digital interception, attack, decryption, and defense. The jobs were carefully laundered through layers of middlemen and consultants.
Worth reading and then considering this question:
What are the implications of weaponized information?
Are pundits, mavens, self appointed experts, and real journalists on the job and helping to ensure that information online is "accurate"?
Stephen E Arnold, April 11, 2016
Machine Learning: 10 Numerical Recipes
April 8, 2016
The chatter about smart is loud. I cannot hear the mixes on my Creamfields 2014 CD. Mozart, you are a goner.
If you want to cook up some smart algorithms to pick music or drive your autonomous vehicle without crashing into a passenger carrying bus, navigate to "Top 10 Machine Learning Algorithms."
The write up points out that just like pop music, there is a top 10 list. More important in my opinion is the concomitant observation that smart software may be based on a limited number of procedures. Hey, this stuff is taught in many universities. Go with what you know maybe?
What are the top 10? The write up asserts:
- Linear regression
- Logistic regression
- Linear discriminant analysis
- Classification and regression trees
- Naive Bayes
- K nearest neighbors
- Learning vector quantization
- Support vector machines
- Bagged decision trees and random forest
- Boosting and AdaBoost.
The article tosses in a bonus too: Gradient descent.
What is interesting is that there is considerable overlap with the list I developed for my lecture on manipulating content processing using shaped or weaponized text strings. How's that, Ms. Null?
The point is that when systems use the same basic methods, are those systems sufficiently different? If so, in what ways? How are systems using standard procedures configured? What if those configurations or "settings" are incorrect?
Stephen E Arnold, April 8, 2016
ThomsonReuters: Palantir Not Enough Math?
April 6, 2016
I read "TRRI Users Will Gain Access to FiscalNote's Legislative Modeling Techniques." The licensees of Palantir Metropolitan and the owner of Westlaw smart software for legal eagles is pushing into new territory. That's probably good news for stakeholders who have watch ThomsonReuters bump into a bit of a revenue ceiling in the last few years.
According to the write up:
The main benefit of the agreement [with FiscalNote] will grant Thomson Reuters' Regulatory Intelligence (TRRI) newly extended capabilities across its predictive legislative analytics. TRRI is a global solution that helps clients focus and leverage their regulatory risk. Per the agreement, FiscalNote will help provide TRRI users with likelihood factors and other insights relegated to specifics pieces of legislative passage.
Interesting. I assumed that Palantir's platform would have the extensibility to handle this type of content processing and analysis. Wrong again.
I learned:
FiscalNote utilizes machine learning and natural language processing in its modeling techniques that help it engineer models to conduct a host of analyses on open government data. In essence, these models allow FiscalNote to automatically analyze how legislation is going to yield any material impact via a combination of factors such as legislators, committee assignments, actions taken, bill versions, and amendments.
Wait, wait, don't tell me. Westlaw's smart software which can do many wonderful advanced text processing tricks is not able to perform in the manner of FiscalNote.
My hunch is that the deal has less to do with technologies, extensible or not, and more to do with getting some customers and an opportunity to find a way to pump up those revenues. Another idea: Is ThomsonReuters emulating IBM's tactic of buying duplicative technology as a revenue rocket booster?
Perhaps Palantir and Westlaw should team up so ThomsonReuters' customers have additional choices? Think of the XML slicing and dicing strategy with the intelligence and legal technology working in harmony.
Stephen E Arnold, April 6, 2016
Patents and Semantic Search: No Good, No Good
March 31, 2016
I have been working on a profile of Palantir (open source information only, however) for my forthcoming Dark Web Notebook. I bumbled into a video from an outfit called ClearstoneIP. I noted that ClearstoneIP's video showed how one could select from a classification system. With every click,the result set changed. For some types of searching, a user may find the point-and-click approach helpful. However, there are other ways to root through what appears to be patent applications. There are the very expensive methods happily provided by Reed Elsevier and Thomson Reuters, two find outfits. And then there are less expensive methods like Alphabet Google's odd ball patent search system or the quite functional FreePatentsOnline service. In between, you and I have many options.
None of them is a slam dunk. When I was working through the publicly accessible Palantir Technologies' patents, I had to fall back on my very old-fashioned method. I tracked down a PDF, printed it out, and read it. Believe me, gentle reader, this is not the most fun I have ever had. In contrast to the early Google patents, Palantir's documents lack the detailed "background of the invention" information which the salad days' Googlers cheerfully presented. Palantir's write ups are slogs. Perhaps the firm's attorneys were born with dour brain circuitry.
I did a side jaunt and came across a white paper from ClearstoneIP called "Why Semantic Searching Fails for Freedom-to-Operate (FTO)."i The 12 page write up is from a company called ClearstoneIP, which is a patent analysis company. The firm's 12 pager is about patent searching. The company, according to its Web site is a "paradigm shifter." The company describes itself this way:
ClearstoneIP is a California-based company built to provide industry leaders and innovators with a truly revolutionary platform for conducting product clearance, freedom to operate, and patent infringement-based analyses. ClearstoneIP was founded by a team of forward-thinking patent attorneys and software developers who believe that barriers to innovation can be overcome with innovation itself.
The "freedom to operate" phrase is a bit of legal jargon which I don't understand. I am, thank goodness, not an attorney.
The firm's search method makes much of the ontology, taxonomy, classification approach to information access. Hence, the reason my exploration of Palantir's dynamic ontology with objects tossed ClearstoneIP into one of my search result sets.
The white paper is interesting if one works around the legal mumbo jumbo. The company's approach is remarkable and invokes some of my caution light words; for example:
- "Not all patent searches are the same.", page two
- "This all leads to the question…", page seven
- "…there is never a single "right" way to do so.", page eight
- "And if an analyst were to try to capture all of the ways…", page eight
- "to capture all potentially relevant patents…", page nine.
The absolutist approach to argument is fascinating.
Okay, what's the ClearstoneIP search system doing? Well, it seems to me that it is taking a path to consider some of the subtlties in patent claims' statements. The approach is very different from that taken by Brainware and its tri-gram technology. Now that Lexmark owns Brainware, the application of the Brainware system to patent searching has fallen off my radar. Brainware relied on patterns; ClearstoneIP uses the ontology-classification approach.
Both are useful in identifying patents related to a particular subject.
What is interesting in the write up is its approach to "semantics." I highlighted in billable hour green:
Anticipating all the ways in which a product can be described is serious guesswork.
Yep, but isn't that the role of a human with relevant training and expertise becomes important? The white paper takes the approach that semantic search fails for the ClearstoneIP method dubbed FTO or freedom to operate information access.
The white paper asserted:
Semantic searching is the primary focus of this discussion, as it is the most evolved.
ClearstoneIP defines semantic search in this way:
Semantic patent searching generally refers to automatically enhancing a text -based query to better represent its underlying meaning, thereby better identifying conceptually related references.
I think the definition of semantic is designed to strike directly at the heart of the methods offered to lawyers with paying customers by Lexis-type and Westlaw-type systems. Lawyers to be usually have access to the commercial-type services when in law school. In the legal market, there are quite a few outfits trying to provide better, faster, and sometimes less expensive ways to make sense of the Miltonesque prose popular among the patent crowd.
The white paper, in a lawyerly way, the approach of semantic search systems. Note that the "narrowing" to the concerns of attorneys engaged in patent work is in the background even though the description seems to be painted in broad strokes:
This process generally includes: (1) supplementing terms of a text-based query with their synonyms; and (2) assessing the proximity of resulting patents to the determined underlying meaning of the text – based query. Semantic platforms are often touted as critical add-ons to natural language searching. They are said to account for discrepancies in word form and lexicography between the text of queries and patent disclosure.
The white paper offers this conclusion about semantic search:
it [semantic search] is surprisingly ineffective for FTO.
Seems reasonable, right? Semantic search assumes a "paradigm." In my experience, taxonomies, classification schema, and ontologies perform the same intellectual trick. The idea is to put something into a cubby. Organizing information makes manifest what something is and where it fits in a mental construct.
But these semantic systems do a lousy job figuring out what's in the Claims section of a patent. That's a flaw which is a direct consequence of the lingo lawyers use to frame the claims themselves.
Search systems use many different methods to pigeonhole a statement. The "aboutness" of a statement or a claim is a sticky wicket. As I have written in many articles, books, and blog posts, finding on point information is very difficult. Progress has been made when one wants a pizza. Less progress has been made in finding the colleagues of the bad actors in Brussels.
Palantir requires that those adding content to the Gotham data management system add tags from a "dynamic ontology." In addition to what the human has to do, the Gotham system generates additional metadata automatically. Other systems use mostly automatic systems which are dependent on a traditional controlled term list. Others just use algorithms to do the trick. The systems which are making friends with users strike a balance; that is, using human input directly or indirectly and some administrator only knowledgebases, dictionaries, synonym lists, etc.
ClearstoneIP keeps its eye on its FTO ball, which is understandable. The white paper asserts:
The point here is that semantic platforms can deliver effective results for patentability searches at a reasonable cost but, when it comes to FTO searching, the effectiveness of the platforms is limited even at great cost.
Okay, I understand. ClearstoneIP includes a diagram which drives home how its FTO approach soars over the competitors' systems:
ClearstoneIP, © 2016
My reaction to the white paper is that for decades I have evaluated and used information access systems. None of the systems is without serious flaws. That includes the clever n gram-based systems, the smart systems from dozens of outfits, the constantly reinvented keyword centric systems from the Lexis-type and Westlaw-type vendor, even the simplistic methods offered by free online patent search systems like Pat2PDF.org.
What seems to be reality of the legal landscape is:
- Patent experts use a range of systems. With lots of budget, many fee and for fee systems will be used. The name of the game is meeting the client needs and obviously billing the client for time.
- No patent search system to which I have been exposed does an effective job of thinking like an very good patent attorney. I know that the notion of artificial intelligence is the hot trend, but the reality is that seemingly smart software usually cheats by formulating queries based on analysis of user behavior, facts like geographic location, and who pays to get their pizza joint "found."
- A patent search system, in order to be useful for the type of work I do, has to index germane content generated in the course of the patent process. Comprehensiveness is simply not part of the patent search systems' modus operandi. If there's a B, where's the A? If there is a germane letter about a patent, where the heck is it?
I am not on the "side" of the taxonomy-centric approach. I am not on the side of the crazy semantic methods. I am not on the side of the keyword approach when inventors use different names on different patents, Babak Parviz aliases included. I am not in favor of any one system.
How do I think patent search is evolving? ClearstoneIP has it sort of right. Attorneys have to tag what is needed. The hitch in the git along has been partially resolved by Palantir''-type systems; that is, the ontology has to be dynamic and available to anyone authorized to use a collection in real time.
But for lawyers there is one added necessity which will not leave us any time soon. Lawyers bill; hence, whatever is output from an information access system has to be read, annotated, and considered by a semi-capable human.
What's the future of patent search? My view is that there will be new systems. The one constant is that, by definition, a lawyer cannot trust the outputs. The way to deal with this is to pay a patent attorney to read patent documents.
In short, like the person looking for information in the scriptoria at the Alexandria Library, the task ends up as a manual one. Perhaps there will be a friendly Boston Dynamics librarian available to do the work some day. For now, search systems won't do the job because attorneys cannot trust an algorithm when the likelihood of missing something exists.
Oh, I almost forget. Attorneys have to get paid via that billable time thing.
Stephen E Arnold, March 30, 2016
Attensity Europe Has a New Name
March 30, 2016
Short honk: The adventure of Attensity continues. Attensity Europe has renamed itself Sematell Interactive Solutions. You can read about the change here. The news release reminds the reader that Sematell is "the leading provider of interaction solutions." I am not able to define interaction solutions, but I assume the company named by combining semantic and intelligence will make the "interaction solutions" thing crystal clear. The url is www.sematell.de.
Stephen E Arnold, March 30, 2016


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But who would want to?
Yet they do, the women, every day, up and down Mount Entoto, which overlooks the capital. I saw women - begging women - hunched over to this extent who weren't carrying large loads of timber on their back, and spotted a sign for The Former Women's Fuel Wood Carriers Association.
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We really enjoyed our stay during our first trip to Italy. The staff were very helpful and were happy to store our bags when we arrived early in the morning. Although the room was not large it was an adequate size, had good air conditioning and was clean. The shower may cause problems for anyone of bigger than average size but we managed fine. The location was what made this hotel stand out. There were lots of restaurants in the local area and staff were happy to recommend suitable ones. Would definitely stay there again.
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- Grifo Hotel Rome