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Crysis 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) remains at the top of the UK top 40 all-format charts for a second week, although new release Zumba Fitness (Xbox 360, Wii) was just behind EA's FPS, with a very slim 500 copies between them. Zumba Fitness is 505 Games highest ever entry in the charts, so I think congratulations are in order for the publisher: well done 505 Games!
Elsewhere, Shift 2 Unleashed (Xbox 360, PS3, PC), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii) and the excellently fresh WWE All Stars (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2) make their debuts at 4, 6 and 7 respectively. The exciting PS3 action racer (I made that up, but it could be a new genre) MotorStorm: Apocalypse misses the top 10 altogether, coming in at 17. Movers include THQ's Homefront (down to 5) and LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (down to 3).


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Running a business is rife with people trying to charge you a lot of money. For example, a vendor recently did a great job optimizing how much I'd spend with them. They presented me with a couple options, both over what I originally planned on spending. But one option was WAY over what I was comfortable with. They "anchored" me. I went with the "cheaper" option that sure sounded like a deal relative to the other choice.
The project, however, was a dud. And now my relationship with that vendor is blown.
But it didn't have to turn out that way. I knew the project was high risk. I knew the chances of success weren't great. And in that project is a great lesson of how more of us can build long term relationships with our customers.
We're all pretty sure "most entrepreneurial efforts fail." And that seems to turn out mostly true. Take your pick on a reference: Forbes, USA Today, Small Business Administration, etc.
But if that is true, then entrepreneurs must be pretty risk-tolerant folks. Right?
In 2004, Hongwei Xu and Martin Ruef (sociologists and currently professors at the University of Windsor and Duke, respectively), published a paper exploring how entrepreneurs view risk compared to the general public. Are entrepreneurs the crazy risk takers they're made out to be?
Xu and Ruef asked 830 entrepreneurs and 431 non-entrepreneurs what kind of business they'd rather have. A business with profit of:
1) $5,000,000 with a 20 percent chance of success
2) $2,000,000 with a 50 percent chance of success
3) $1,250,000 with an 80 percent chance of success
You might notice, mathematically, these choices are the same in value. $5 million with a 20% chance of success is the same expected value as $1.25 million with an 80% chance of success
$5 million * 20% = $1 million = $1.25 million * 80%
As long as you can keep flipping the coin over and over again on these businesses. But we don't get to keep flipping that coin as much as we'd like.
So, Business #1 is more risky with only a 20% chance of success, but higher payday. Business #3 is much less risky, but with lower profit. I think a lot of folks would bet: those crazy entrepreneurs are going to choose the higher payday.
But that's not what happened. Even when things like income level and different socioeconomic variables were accounted for, entrepreneurs were the ones who proved more risk-averse. They more often chose Business #3 than the general public.
Xu and Ruef performed another experiment on this group, asking folks their opinion on how risky entrepreneurship is. Their questions were: "What is the percentage of new businesses that would be closed in five years?" and "How much would those new businesses be worth?"
Again, entrepreneurs came out as showing themselves more conservative in their outlook on these businesses compared to the general public.
So what gives?
Xu and Ruef dug further and found entrepreneurs weren't going after monetary rewards. Instead they had non-pecuniary motivations - things like autonomy in their work. Entrepreneurs aren't crazy risk takers. We're in it to be our own boss. And we'll take less money to remove the risk of losing our autonomy.
The vendor I mentioned above could have had a much better outcome for their business. Instead of trying to get me to risk more of my capital, they could have pitched me a smaller, more affordable project to test out a hypothesis before moving onto higher priced opportunities with them.
Our project together would have still most likely ended in failure, but I would have known they understood my goal of avoiding risk. So even after an initial failure, I would have been more than comfortable trying again and using them in the future, not to mention happy to refer them to other people. In the long term, they would have benefited monetarily a great deal more than the single risky project they optimized for.
Remember your goal as a business. You serve customers. And if you serve other entrepreneurs, you need to be aware of the risk those entrepreneurs are facing down every day.
If you want to truly build a great business and have long term relationships with your customers, your job shouldn't be optimizing your short term gains. It should be de-risking your customer's future.
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In debate, you state your claim and your arguments. It is an argument of different opinions, basically. First off, you need to pick a debate topic. This can be picked by your moderator or by your friends or if you're a teacher, by your students. List some ideas for debate topics first and pick the best one.
Next, figure out what your claim is going to be. For example, if my debate topic was about whether or not animals should be tested on for new products, I would say no. So in other words, my claim would be: Animals should not be tested for new products, like medicine or other products.
After that, make a list of arguments that support the claim of your debate topic. Think of as many meaningful argument ideas as you can because the more ideas you have, the more possibilities you will be able to choose from. You should pick the two or two strongest arguments. If your arguments are not strong, you will have difficulty listing your points for them and proving them. So pick good ones you will be able to prove. Once you finish picking your strongest arguments, take two sheets of paper.
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December 29, 2009
"When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world."
– John Muir
I recently had lunch with a colleague who has left telecommunications and entered the world of bio-fuels. Producing leaner, cleaner fuels to run our cars, trucks, trains and ships. It's renewable rather than depleatable like fossil fuels. It leaves us much less dependant upon OPEC and the Middle East.
Sounds great right? I thought so too until we started discussing how much acreage is needed to produce bio fuels. Bio fuels produced from palm oils would require thousands upon thousands of acres of rain forest to be cleared and planted with palm trees. Rain forests aren't just some neat place to vacation every now and then, they are vital to the earth's ecology by recycling carbon gases into oxygen, helping recycle water from the earth back into the atmosphere to have it fall back down again, which makes them critical for weather patterns.
Then there are biofuels produced from algae. But they require a shallow area in the sea so they can get sunlight – an area about the size of Rhode Island. Imagine how giant floats of algae would alter the ocean ecology. How many species would die from oxygen deprivation due to clusters of algae like the infamous red tide?
And then my favorite, someone has figured out how to separate the oxygen and hydrogen components of sea water and make it burn. Imagine, they say…using sea water. How great, it is not depleatable! ….Or is it? If we pump billions of gallons of water out a day or a week or a month, how would that again alter weather patterns? Would we one day reach the bottom of the well?
The one thing that struck me and struck me hard during that lunch the current American lifestyle is simply not sustainable. For the sheer fact that, as John Muir states above, when we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to other things.
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingslover – Book Review
December 16, 2009
I am finishing up a great book on sustainable living written by Barbara Kingslover, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Not only is the book well written – Barbara Kingslover writes well renouned works such as The Prodigal Summer and The Poisonwood Bible, but it is also full of useful information, facts and even recipes.
The book explores the Kingslover family quest to spend one year consuming only what they could produce or was grown or produced locally. Throughout the project, and the book, you and they learn the fine art of gardening, planning, preserving and canning and raising animals for meat. Frightening facts are sprinkled liberally throughout the book such as the water piped into to serve Arizona residents is considered toxic to aquarium fish but safe for humans or how humans are closer to starvation than we know because of our reliance on unicrop food production has dwendled the available food species to just a few, meaning just one blight could put the earth on a course for global famine. She also pulls no punches on "big food" and their appalling practices such as raising over 1,000 turkeys into a room the size of my bathroom all in the name of mass producing cheap turkeys for the holidays while not criticizing farmers, including tobacco farmers, for making a living.
Even if you don't plan on living off the land, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is a good read and a good opportunity to think about how and where you get your own food and why paying more may be worth the price.
Quote – Live simply so that others may simply live
December 10, 2009
I didn't put a source for this quote because I have seen several sources. It is mainly attributed to Mohandas Gandhi or Mohatma Gandhi but I have also seen other names attached. Knowing how accurate the web is (sarcasm alert), I am not going to take the chance of attributing it but will just say…it is a great quote.
In this season of consuming, it is important to think about what we buy, where it comes from and how it is made. The United States is among the worlds most prolific consumers, utilizing resources worldwide to keep our ever constant demand supplied. But our demands negatively impact people's lives in the third world by purchasing goods made from slave labor, sweatshops, and resource depletion all in the name of feeding the god…Consumerism.
Today, take a step back and rethink what you give for Christmas or Chanukah. Think about giving of yourself, your time, or an experience over a material item. Afterall, memories are the only thing we take with us, in the end.
Can I really eat healthy and save money?
December 9, 2009
The answer is most usually yes. I know, the price of organic foods is high but you really can eat organic and healthy on a budget.
Here is the secret. Eat seasonally, buy locally and eat less. It takes some adjustment and a bit of an adventurous streak but in the end, it is cheaper and healthier for you and the environment.
Virtually every part of the country has access to either farmers markets or community sponsored agriculture. The first is where local farmers bring their produce and other products usually one or two days a week. I am lucky, I live in a city that has not 1, not 2 but 7 different farmers markets going on throughout the week. The prices on these foods are generally slightly lower than you would find on the same organically grown produce in a grocery store because the farmers have taken out the middle man. But, wait for it…you get a bonus. You get the best tasting and the most nutritionally sound produce because it was picked either the day before or more often the morning it was brought to market.
Produce in the grocery store, even organic produce is nutritionally inferior (organic does not boost nutrition, it simply limits how much poison you and the earth absorb growing that particular item). It was picked before peak ripeness so it would come to you fresh and pretty and ripe on the grocery store shelves. When it is picked prior to ripeness, not all of its nutrition has been fully set. And then once separated from the plant, vegetables and fruits almost immediately begin to lose nutritional content, in other words, it begins to die. So the week or two it spends between the grower and the grocer it is steadily declining in vitamins and minerals. Not only that, but most often organic produce is grown in California or south of the border and shipped at great expense and great CO2 emissions to your waiting grocer's shelves.
By choosing a farmers market you are not only getting the best produce but you are buying local, supporting local small farms that have a tough time making a living against giant commercial agriculture, you are reducing your carbon footprint by reducing emissions that it took your food to come from where it was grown to your plate and you are getting the best bang for your nutritional buck.
Community sponsored agriculture (CSA) is another great option. This is where you "buy into" a farm. You buy shares and receive a box weekly of what that farm produces. It is just as good as the farmer' markets but perhaps a bit riskier. Farming itself is risky business and if a farm produces a bounty, all CSA members share in that bounty. But if it has a hard year, you share in that too. I would love to do this but you have to find a CSA selling new shares. Most of the farms in my area take advantage of the farmers markets and the limited markets that buy local produce therefore there are fewer CSA opportunities.
I have the best option. Living in a very green city, a local entrepreneur started a delivery grocery business. When possible they buy from local farmers but they also have a nice selection of other grocery items you can buy. It is like shopping at Whole Foods over the internet and it comes directly to your door. I will post more on that another time.
For now, check out this website to find your local farmers market or CSA.
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Change, Change, Change
December 8, 2009
I have had a lot of changes in my life recently. Changes that forced me over a year ago to abandon this blog and focus inwardly on my life, and culminated in the loss of my mother to breast cancer. No one ever wants to lose their parents, especially when their parents are still so young. But with my mother's death, I was given an amazing new insight and clarity about life that I didn't have before. In other words, with my mother gone I am officially a grown-up.
Yes, I realize that since I AM 38, I should have realized I was grown up a long time ago. But you really never feel that way until you can no longer pick up the phone to call your mom. Despite whether you had a good or bad relationship, rocky or smooth, your mother is the true umbilical cord to your childhood.
And so with this growing up, I am making more changes. Positive changes. First and foremost, I am changing the name of this blog to "Simply Green". The former name is long and unwieldly. Simply Green, however, aptly conveys my quest to live simply, live green and to save money (green being a double entendre for both the green movement and money).
Not all changes have been as hard as caring for and then losing my mother. I have made a great many positive changes in my life over the past year and I am excited to tell you about them and I will start tomorrow.
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Wow, its been so long since I've posted anything. Its not that I haven't been up to much, just haven't had much time to post. I have tons of jobs completed on the roadrunner, including some interesting stuff with the steering system which I hope to post in the next couple of weeks. Paul got a little '74 Fiat 500 to mess with too. For now here is a quick look back at some Exhaust Bracket Bushes that we fit to the Roadrunner last year.
We had the exhaust off a couple times and it developed a vibration rattle, seemed to resonate about 1500rpm, anyways the problem seems to be with the insulating bushes to the chassis (not a Ma Mopar fitment). You can see they appeared to have broken down over time, so we undertook to replace them in an effort to fix the annoying exhaust noise.
So the task was simple enough, the bushes mount through a hole in the brackets and holes in the chassis leg. the nuts have to be accessed with a spanner through holes in the underside of the chassis leg on each side.
They new bushes are not expensive and can be picked up in your local motor factors/parts store. I got these from the local Halfords for €1.90 each before trade discount.
Here is the end result, a much stiffer exhaust bracket bush, which fully isolates the exhaust movement from the body of the vehicle.
Anyways, as I said at the beginning, there has been some interesting little jobs undertaken over the last year. I hope to share them with you all over the coming weeks with a series of posts.


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December 2018
With joy,
Michele, Ann and Bonnie Jo
November 2018
In the U.S. we are in the season of celebrating the harvest; giving thanks for the richness in our lives. We invite you to celebrate with us on Sunday taking a time out for the attunement circle. Ease into the your heart space of belonging; to the earth, to one another and to the cosmic heart. Feeling blessed by this circle.
Ann, Michele and Bonnie Jo.
October 2018
During these turbulent times, we can feel the richness of life as overwhelm and burden. How do we stay connected to our joy, and have the courage to continue to bring our gifts forward as an offering to the world? This attunement circle invites us to pause and reset our inner compass. To rest. To breath. To remember that we are all in this life together.
Michele, Bonnie Jo and Ann
September 2018
What does the earth ask of us? What does the world ask of us? Are these questions one and the same for us? Or do these questions exist on different paths for us? What is your relationship to the interplay of these two questions? Let us enrich our shared field with this ponder as we meet on Sunday for the Attunement circle.
Ann, Michele and Bonnie Jo
August 2018
Hello Friends,
Tending ourselves is a unique organic process for each of us. We continued to speak to self care in our check in together this month in preparing to hold the attunement circle Sunday morning. We spoke to self care with the sovereign vision of authenticity; being who we are, and continuing to update into our unfolding expression. Attunement in and of itself is a beautiful tool for self care. Attunement also creates the conditions to illuminate what is self care at any given moment for each person.
We look forward to being in the field with you this Sunday morning.
Ann, Bonnie Jo and Michele
July 2018
Greetings Friends,
Self care surfaced pretty quickly as we checked in with one another in our monthly conversation. The notion of putting ourselves aside in order to care for our family, our work, or our friends was familiar to each of us. So then this poignant question arose. If it's not me showing up for myself, if I'm putting myself aside, then who is or will show up for me? One aspect of self care is practicing discernment between what is essential and what is non essential for us. Going into the quite and sharing attunement is one way to support this process of discernment and inner clarity. We welcome you to sit with us for this Sunday's attunement circle. The times are listed above.
With love,
Michele, Bonnie Jo and Ann
June 2018
Happy Solstice Friends.
In our attunement conversation this month we began pondering this seasonal shift that is happening for the Earth; correlating the Earth's movement with the creative cycle. Those of us in the Southern hemisphere are heading into the stillness of winter with shortening days. Those of us in the Northern hemisphere are heading into the lightest time of our seasonal expression. This global balance had us in a pause of consideration; noticing that we dance the earth dance of a complete creative cycle together.
May we carry this awareness into our attunement circle this coming silent Sunday.
Ann, Michele and Bonnie Jo
May 2018
Bonnie Jo, Michele and I will have the great pleasure of being together in person for this Sunday's attunement circle. We will be sitting with a group of attunement practitioners in Hancock New Hampshire at this biannual event that Andrew Shier hosts.
One of the rituals of these gatherings that I always appreciate is the cloth that is placed in the center of those gathered that serves as an alter. Prayers are written on paper and placed in a bowl that sits on this alter for the duration of the retreat.
I had an experience recently of placing my mother in law's name in the prayer bowl at an attunement circle last month. She was close to her death and struggling with the process of leaving her body. During the time of our gathering, she took her last breath. I do believe that she was aided by the current of love generated by the field of those of us gathered that day.
Know that during our Sunday morning attunement circle time that we will all be held by a bigger collective. We invite you this month to create an alter for the time we are sharing the field of attunement. Write your prayers on paper and place them in a bowl on your alter. And/or if you would like to send us prayers for loved ones or situations in your life, we will place them on the alter at the attunemnt retreat. You can reach me at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Many blessings,
Ann, Bonnie Jo and Michele
April 2018
Hello Friends! A theme emerged as our conversation unfolded when Bonnie Jo, Michele and I each spoke to our personal dance with being and doing. We explored the places of trigger within, the places of flow, and noticed the tightness and/or ease of transition from being busy to moving into rest. Then a phrase popped out for us: a union of being and doing. The invitation for this Sunday's circle is thus: within our shared field of radiance may we find this union of being and doing within ourselves.
See you in the field,
Bonnie Jo, Michele and Ann
March 2018
Happy Spring and Fall Equinox friends!
During this upcoming attunement circle we extend an invitation to you to settle into your heart space. Using curiosity investigate what sits within. Let whatever you find be, and then expand your awareness into the field of spacious quietude that is activated through our collective attunement initiative. Being seen through the eyes of the heart is a gift we give to others. We can also gift this to ourselves. In these moments we allow the whisperings of the heart to take center stage. Who knows what we will find.
With love,
Ann, Bonnie Jo and Michele
February 2018
The thread that wove through our conversation this month brought us to our appreciation of the beauty of humanity; in seeing the Olympic athletes supporting one another in the spirit of fulfilling potential; in witnessing good will extended during a game by teens playing basketball against one another; in being part of conversations with young adults asking difficult questions of life. There is love and blessing throughout this world, if we choose to see it. The times are below for Sunday morning's attunement circle.
In gratitude,
Bonnie Jo, Michele and Ann
January 2018
"Let love radiate without concern for results". This fundamental attunement tenet wove through our monthly conversation as we acknowledged the fear that comes forth as part of the alchemical process of change. And magician tells us that under fear something new awaits discovery. The attunement radiance informs the field with love. We welcome you into the attunement circle this Sunday morning.
Michele, Bonnie Jo and Ann
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Traveler's Insurance
By Pam Auchmutey
You're in Denver on business or hiking the Andes of Peru when, boom, it hits you. You've got—ahem, ahem—traveler's diarrhea (TD).
You're not alone. TD is the most predictable of travel ailments, affecting 30% to 70% of travelers annually.
"Everyone is at risk of a foodborne illness, even in the developed world," says Phyllis Kozarsky, a physician at the Emory TravelWell Center and a CDC consultant. "For lack of a better term, traveler's diarrhea is the bread and butter of travel medicine."
Physicians at TravelWell routinely provide pre-travel advice, including how to prevent and treat diarrhea. The tips sound familiar: Wash your hands often. Order cooked foods served steaming hot. Eat fruits and vegetables you can peel. Skip buffet foods that may have sat out for too long. Drink bottled and canned beverages. Pack Imodium or Pepto-Bismol in your suitcase to take at the first sign of TD. If you become ill, drink bottled water or soda to stay hydrated.
TravelWell doctors also prescribe an antibiotic to take along for treating TD. But the rule on when to take it recently changed. Until last year, physicians instructed travelers to take an antibiotic for TD that is mild (tolerable), moderate (distressing or interferes with planned activities), or severe (incapacitating). Now they advise travelers to take an antibiotic only for moderate or severe TD and use Pepto-Bismol or Imodium for mild TD.
The change is included in new TD prevention, management, and treatment guidelines set by the International Society of Travel Medicine, which met at Emory last year. The revision was made to address concerns about antibiotic resistance to bacteria that cause TD. "Antibiotic resistance shows up everywhere in the management of infectious diseases," says Kozarsky. "We now know it's best not to take an antibiotic immediately for traveler's diarrhea, but we still advise people to take an antibiotic with them when they're traveling outside the country."
When traveling, TravelWell's Phyllis Kozarsky takes a kit filled with ibuprofen, acetaminophen, decongestant, anti-itch cream, bandages, and tweezers. She also carries Imodium, Pepto-Bismol, and an antibiotic.
"I'm susceptible to traveler's diarrhea," she says. "It helps to be prepared, especially in developing countries where medicines may be counterfeit or have ingredients that are less active or contaminated."


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Surely, you've heard of the virtual secretary, also known as the virtual assistant. These people can do work for you from anywhere in the world. You don't need to provide office space, supplies and a computer for them, because they use their personal ones. Neither do you have to consider them as official employees, exempting you from most tax and labor laws normally related to hiring people locally. These benefits of hiring one are definitely attractive, but the question is do you actually need one?
First, take a look at your business. Whether it's an online business or a brick-and-mortar offline business, are there certain processes or tasks which you think can be done by someone from a different continent, for example? If you had a cafe or a restaurant, does it actually make sense to have some tasks, like accounting or other things done offshore? Maybe your restaurant has a website, and potential customers can make reservations and/or send email communications to your company? If you own a small manufacturing business, then maybe people need Pokies to call you for issues or problems?
The point here is, look at certain tasks in your business that can be done over the internet or voice over IP (VOIP) technology. If it's a significant enough chunk of work, then you may hire a full time or part time virtual secretary to do the work for you. Here is a list of typical tasks or work that a virtual secretary can do for you:
- Emails (answering, checking, organizing, etc)
- Customer Support (via phone, chat or messaging)
- Audio or Video Transcription
- Article, content or any other form of writing/re-writing/editing.
- Spreadsheet work (e.g. MS Excel tabulation, etc)
- Blog posting/updating
- Basic website maintenance
It really boils down to your creativity and how you are able to box and ship certain types of work to come up with a seamless business model to get the best costs, quality and speed of work for yourself. If you haven't done so yet, try assessing which part of your business could be cheaper done by a virtual secretary or two.
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Hyderabad: With the state in a financial crisis, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has allotted the finance portfolio to Mr T. Harish Rao, known to be a trouble shooter for the TRS.
As irrigation minister in the previous administration, Mr Harish Rao had successfully achieved the goals set, completing Mission Kakatiya to clean lakes and overseeing the quick construction of the Kaleshwaram project.
To overcome the financial crisis will not be so easy.
TRS circles believe Mr Chandrasekhar Rao had allotted the finance portfolio to Mr Harish Rao because of his ability to weather a crisis. Opposition parties say that allotting the finance portfolio is a form of punishment.
The finance minister's main task will be increasing the state's revenue which has come down drastically according to the government's own estimates. After the Goods and Services Tax was imposed, much of the state's revenue streams have closed.
It can collect user charges in government offices and hospitals, for example, but this will have a negative impact on the government and will affect the TRS politically.
The only way of increasing revenue is through the excise and stamps and registrations departments for the state government
The state government has to pay pending bills of around Rs 30,000 crore to several contractors in various departments. Unless the government clears these bills, contractors will not take up new work.
Then, to implement the election promises the party made, the government requires around Rs 70,000 crore.
It is very difficult for the state government to generate additional revenue on its own, and with the economic recession and not very cordial relations with the Central government, funds from the latter will not be forthcoming either. And this will be more so if the recession lasts for some time.
There is a tendency on the part of other ministers and government departments to blame the finance department if funds are not forthcoming. The finance minister has to be cautious about disbursing funds even when times are good. How Mr Harish Rao will negotiate this minefield to the satisfaction of everyone will be interesting to watch.
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More plotting colours for MATLAB / Octave. Wavelet Software at Brooklyn Poly. 1. 2-D Filter Banks To use the wavelet transform for image processing we must implement a 2D version of the analysis and synthesis filter banks.
In the 2D case, the 1D analysis filter bank is first applied to the columns of the image and then applied to the rows. If the image has N1 rows and N2 columns, then after applying the 1D analysis filter bank to each column we have two subband images, each having N1/2 rows and N2 columns; after applying the 1D analysis filter bank to each row of both of the two subband images, we have four subband images, each having N1/2 rows and N2/2 columns. Index of /e161/dipum. A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing. Example4. % 2D image analysis. % Load a test image.
Matlab test images consist of a matrix, X, % color palette, map, which maps each value of the matrix to a % color. Here, we will apply the Discrete Wavelet Transform to X. load woman2 %load detfingr; X = X(1:200,51:250); close all clf image(X) colormap(map) axis image; set(gca,'XTick',[],'YTick',[]); title('Original') pause % We will use the 9/7 filters with symmetric extension at the % boundaries. dwtmode('sym') wname = 'bior4.4' % Plot the structure of a two stage filter bank. t = wtree(X,2,'bior4.4'); plot(t) pause close(2) % Compute a 2-level decomposition of the image using the 9/7 filters.
Bohr.wlu. Project: Jpeg2000-like wavelet based codec - Naotoshi Seo. Project: Jpeg2000-like wavelet based codec Overview Wavelet-based image coding has gone through significant advancement since the DCT-based codec became the first JPEG standard.
In this project, we explore the wavelet-based image coding and examine major factors the affect the coding performance. The Embedded Zero-Tree Wavelet (EZW) codec for image compression is implemented. In addition, Block-based EZW coding is implemented and comparison between different block sizes are performed, encode wavelet transformEZW codinghuffman coding decode inverse wavelet transformEZW decodinghuffman decoding Source Codes. MATLAB Central - compression score in wdencmp. What are newsgroups?
The newsgroups are a worldwide forum that is open to everyone. Newsgroups are used to discuss a huge range of topics, make announcements, and trade files. Discussions are threaded, or grouped in a way that allows you to read a posted message and all of its replies in chronological order. This makes it easy to follow the thread of the conversation, and to see what's already been said before you post your own reply or make a new posting. Newsgroup content is distributed by servers hosted by various organizations on the Internet.
There are thousands of newsgroups, each addressing a single topic or area of interest. How do I read or post to the newsgroups? MATLAB Central - Wayne King. Changing size in imshow - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central. Learning Matlab for new and advanced users. Improving save performance. Two weeks ago I posted an article about improving fwrite's performance. fwrite is normally used to store binary data in some custom pre-defined format.
But we often don't need or want to use such low-level functions. Matlab's built-in save function is an easy and very convenient way to store data in both binary and text formats. This data can later be loaded back into Matlab using the load function. Today's article will show little-known tricks of improving save's performance. MAT is Matlab's default data format for the save function. The following table summarizes the available options for saving data using the save function: HDF5 uses a generic format to store data of any conceivable type, and has a non-significant storage overhead in order to describe the file's contents.
Perhaps for this reason the default preference is for save to use –v7, even on new releases that support –v7.3. Undocumented Matlab. How to get rid of the white margin in MATLAB's saveas or print outputs. UPDATE (March 2014): For the updated version of this script, click here.
I recommend the updated one instead of the old version described below. The updated version correctly handles multiple axes such as subplots and colorbars. When you want to include your plots/figures in your LaTeX document, you preferably want them in vector graphics format so that they scale/print nicely in your LaTeX PDF output. Fortunately, MATLAB can render vector graphics output if you choose to save your figure in PDF format (using either the ``saveas" or the ``print" command). One annoying thing about these PDFs is that MATLAB automatically adds white space/margin around them.
Let's go step by step. If you want to understand the details of step 3, you need to look at ``Position" and ``TightInset" in Axes Properties, and ``PaperSize", ``PaperPosition" in Figure Properties. The code Download here Usage: saveTightFigure(h,'output.pdf'); Output format can be any format that MATLAB supports: jpeg, png, eps, pdf, etc. Matlab计算机视觉/图像处理工具箱推荐 - liuyue2046的专栏. 转自:
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Scene understanding
People: Gowri Somanath, Rohith MV and Chandra Kambhamettu
Topics: Scene segmentation, Object discovery, Object recognition, Function-based object classification, 3D shape abstraction and generalization.
Questions this work seeks to allow a machine to answer:
- What objects do I see in this scene?
- Which objects do I already know?
- Can I update my knowledge about the objects I knew and learn new ones?
- Is this an object I can sit on?
- Which surface of this object is useful for sitting? Where can I place things on, on this object?
- I had only seen chairs before, but I can recognize that a sofa is also Sittable. Can I add that to my canonical model of sittable class?
- Where am I? Is this a kitchen or living room?
- Where am I? Which place is it?
Intelligent robots that interact and blend in with humans have been one of the core goals of AI. One of the important sensors on such a robot is its vision system. Humans are known to derive maximal sensory feedback and experience from what they see. To enable a robot capable of imitating a fraction of the interaction and derived knowledge is a challenging task. It has become clear that the task involves devising algorithms that allow for adaptive and incremental instance based learning. We study some of the basic problems in designing such vision systems. The three questions we seek to answer are as follows. Scene segmentation: How do we enable the vision system to segment a scene into constituent objects? When humans observe a scene, the most trivial task is to identify the dierent objects present. For example, given a mug kept on a table, identifying that there are two objects present and realizing which parts belong to each of the objects is a seemingly easy task. But to achieve this capability in a machine is not trivial. Taking inspiration from human vision and cognitive studies, we have developed algorithms to perform the task of scene segmentation. Since perfect segmentation is not possible for any given scene, we allow for learning from past experience and applying the same for a future case. Once the objects have been segmented, the next challenge is to remember them in a way efficient for fast recollection. This is the second challenge we address: Organization and recognition of objects. We have developed a framework to organize objects such that recognition of any particular object involves search in a reduced search space rather than all the known objects. Lastly, we are address the question of generalizing object examples into classes based on their functionality and use by humans. For example, though there are many different styles and sizes of chairs, conceptually a seat with backrest defines a basic chair. For all operational purposes, an intelligent robot only needs to be able to recognize or identify a chair, when need arises. Clearly, a fixed set of manually derived rules does not lead to a scalable solution. Also, it is not necessary that optimal for human description match that for a machine. Hence, we propose techniques that allow the system to derive rules for each class based on the examples it encounters. A scheme is developed to help arrive at the rules. The rules derived are themselves dependent on the robot's exposure and environment. Though the rules are tested on the geometry/ shapes of objects, the classication is obtained based on human action on the object. For example, the objects on which humans mostly sit belong to the virtual class of 'chairs'. Similarly, what humans 'sleep' on is a 'bed'.
Related publications
- Gowri Somanath, Rohith MV, Dmitris Metaxas, Chandra Kambhamettu, D - Clutter: Building object model library from unsupervised segmentation of cluttered scenes, IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2009, pp: 2783 - 2789. (Acceptance rate 22.1%) Poster (jpg)
- Gowri Somanath, Chandra Kambhamettu, Abstraction and Generalization of 3D structure for recognition in large intra-class variation, The 10th Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), R. Kimmel, R. Klette, and A. Sugimoto (Eds.): ACCV 2010, Part III, LNCS 6494, pp. 483–496, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011.
- Gowri Somanath, Chandra Kambhamettu, Arrangement based image representation for scene recognition, International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2012.


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4 Options to Solve IRS Tax Debt
How to get out of tax debt ?
IRS tax debt is problematic and should be solved as soon as you can. Owing the IRS can be very scary and the IRS can make life difficult for you in their efforts to collect tax debts. The IRS often utilizes tax liens against your property and bank levies against your accounts to collect delinquent taxes. In fact, recently there was news that Tax Debt Can Take Away Your Passport! .But the main question is owe to get out of tax debt ? Are there are indeed some ways to get out of the tax debt quagmire .? The answer is a definite Yes. You have at least four options to reduce, manage and eventually eliminate your tax debts:
1. Scrutinize your past returns.
Consult your CPA or tax attorney with your tax return if you filed yourself. It may just happen that he may identify certain exemptions and deductions that may be available to you , but you forgot to claim. In that case, your tax attorney/CPA will refile the correct returns which may reduce any tax balance you may owe the IRS.
2. Go for tax instalment plan
Ask your CPA for filing an Installment Agreement under which IRS may agree for a repayment plan stretched over a period of up to six years. This will lessen the burden on you for full payment on time.
3. Filing an Offer in Compromise (OIC).
An Offer in Compromise is a settlement plan for paying the full amount of tax debt but less than the actual amount of tax owed. Just note that if you have significant income or asset, the OIC is not the best option for.To know more about OOIC,please read Offer in compromise : What , When & How ?
4. File a Chapter 13 bankruptcy
A Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan allows you to set up a debt repayment plan that is based on your household income, household living expenses, and the type of debts including tax debt you owe.T he Chapter 13 bankruptcy filing provides you a legal protection from all of your creditors including the IRS . Consult your CPA if this option is suitable for you .


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Everything Compliance-Episode 31, the Start of Dog Days Edition
As we begin the dog days of summer and the long spell between July 4thand Labor Day, the Everything Compliance gang returns to its four focused topics. After the commentary we follow with rants.
- Matt Kelly considers Trump's move to politicize the selection process for administrative law judges what this might mean for agency enforcement going forward?
- Tom Fox explores three FCPA settlements incorporating the new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy and anti-piling on policy. (D&B, Panasonic and Credit Suisse) He considers them in light of some of the following questions: Do these matters increasing the incentive for companies to self-disclose? Will these and similar resolutions increase compliance or will it go the other way and cause companies to take compliance less seriously?
- Jonathan Armstrong discusses GDPR at six weeks post go-live. Where are we? What is the difference between public pronouncements by regulators and private actions by EU individuals? Where are we going?
- Jay Rosen considers the pro-active uses of monitoring in areas outside anti-corruption compliance. Here I am thinking about uses to satisfy anti-trust agreements with the FTC/DOJ and hospital conversions.
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The CFDA Awards' red carpet was full of incredible fashion moments that have totally made our Tuesday. From Kerry Washington in yellow, to the Victoria's Secret Angels owning the mini dress, see all the photos here…
CFDA Fashion Awards: The Olsens, Victoria Secret Angels And More!
As far as girl crushes go, the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards were jam-packed with some of our faves.
From Miranda Kerr showing off that killer bod (she's put us right off our chocolate biscuits *sad face*) to Olsen sisters Elizabeth and Mary-Kate hitting the red carpet without partner in crime Ashley, to the rest of the Victoria Secret Angel clan, the CFDA Fashion Awards red carpet was beyond A-list heavy.
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text: Health Care Update! Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps October 14, 2009 Dear Policy Patriots - Thank you for your support of the Free Our Health Care NOW! petition and your support of the National Center for Policy Analysis! JOIN THE 'LIGHT OF DAY CAMPAIGN'! During the last several months of health care debate, Congressional proponents of government-run health care have repeatedly compromised the ability of the legislature and the general public to read and comprehend proposed legislation. On several occasions, they have changed legislation during the middle of the night and submitted proposals without providing enough time to photocopy-much less read-the legislation. In fact, the Senate Finance Committee is up to their old tricks again. With Capitol Hill abuzz with a new report on the cost of health care, the Senate Finance Committee met on October 13th to pass legislation which had not yet been written. Not a draft, an outline or an outline of a draft was anywhere in the room when a majority of the Senate Finance Committee will raise their hand in support of a concept, the details to be filled in later and sent to the floor for a vote. To guard Congress and the American public against a fast-tracked, middle-of-the-night version of ObamaCare, Senate Republicans, joined by eight Democratic colleagues, have proposed a three-day waiting period on all health care legislation so that it can be 'exposed to the light of day.' For most Americans, a three-day waiting period seems like a reasonable idea. Many public policy makers support a three-day waiting period for the purchase of firearms, why not a similar requirement for $900,000,000,000 in health care spending? Thanks to the Free Our Health Care NOW! Action Army, supporting the Light of Day Campaign is as easy as 1-2-3. Just click here, register and tell Congress that you support a three day waiting period for health care legislation. You can make a difference today. Tell them you want the 3 day waiting period! ObamaCare Reality Check: Seniors Slammed by Painful Budget Cuts. If President Obama and Congressional supporters of government-run health care have their way, the health care budget for seniors will go under the knife. If passed in its current form, ObamaCare legislation would slash senior citizen health benefits in a variety of ways, including: Ending Medicare Advantage. Currently enjoyed by one out of four seniors, Medicare Advantage plans cover health benefits which seniors would have to pay out of pocket. Unfortunately, many seniors do not know that their benefits are at risk because their health insurance provider does not refer to their plan explicitly as 'Medicare Advantage'. What's worse, in an effort to protect against a political backlash, the Administration has imposed a gag order on insurance providers, threatening sanctions if they communicate to their Medicare Advantage customers the potential effects of ObamaCare 'reforms'. Dramatically Reducing Access to Health Care. Universal coverage may be a boon for uninsured Americans, but it's a bust for those who are currently insured, particularly seniors. Imagine the traffic jams that would be created if the number of cars on the highway increased by 20% overnight. By dramatically expanding coverage, ObamaCare will create a health care traffic jam for insured Americans seeking health care. Moreover, just as highway traffic is most congested at bottlenecks, ObamaCare will create the longest waiting lines for specialists - precisely those medical professionals which America's seniors most need to access timely and easily. Significantly Reducing Quality of Care. Congressional health 'reforms' propose to save money by reducing expenditures on important health care services. Under ObamaCare, doctors will receive an average pay cut of 25%. At a time when Americans most need doctors to enter the profession and extend their working lives, ObamaCare discourages their entry and continuation in the profession. What's more, Administration efforts to shift cost aren't benefiting seniors: 47% of the 'extra revenue' which ObamaCare says it is creating through new taxes and painful cuts is dedicated to servicing the cost of health care's dramatic expansion. ObamaCare Reality Check: ObamaCare Writes the Check, Middle Class Pays the Bill. A recent report published by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) established that ObamaCare 'reforms' will dramatically increase the cost of insurance for middle-class Americans. Specifically, ObamaCare proposals would increase cost in the following markets: 49% increase for the non-group (individual) market. 28% increase for small employers (those firms with fewer than 50 employees). 11% increase for large employers with uninsured coverage. 9% increase for self-insured employers. You can read a more detailed treatment of the PwC report and read its entire contents here. FIGHT BACK! Tell your friends and family that your health care and theirs is on the line in this debate! The debate in Washington is about quality of life-yours and theirs-and it couldn't be more personal. Tell them to join the Free Our Health Care NOW! Action Army by going to this link so that they can write Congress. Did you write last week? Thank you! In less than a week, we've already sent more than 44,000 letters to Congress! But did you know that you can write again? The issues have changed and Congress needs to hear your voice. You can help make a difference in the health care battle! 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The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is pleased to announce a Racial Equity Grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council to produce an exhibition titled "A Place for All People," which will be installed at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF), Parchman Penitentiary and Jackson State University.
Organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, "A Place for All People" details the history and work of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), a Smithsonian Institution built and opened on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in 2016.
"This is an exciting opportunity for us to serve a part of our community that is often ignored or forgotten in our prisons," said Dr. Robert Luckett, director of the Margaret Walker Center. "We want to let incarcerated people in our state know that we see them and that we recognize their humanity."
In addition, Dr. Deborah Mack, associate director for Community and Constituent Services at the NMAAHC, will give a gallery talk for the opening of the exhibition at CMCF to a group of female inmates on Thursday, December 7.
The exhibit will stay at CMCF for two weeks so that many of the incarcerated men, women, and youth will be able to view it before it travels to Parchman and to the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State. The exhibit will then be made available to any public library, museum, cultural institution, college campus, and prison in the state of Mississippi.


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Title (orig.): Energetische Nutzung von Landschaftspflegematerial in Biogasanlagen
Language: German
Based on Best Practice recommendations and successful examples, the manual outlines the energetic use of landscape maintenance material in biogas plants. It further shows the ecological and economical advantages of using this feedstock in biogas plants and describes the regulatory framework (EEG / Renewable Energy Law).
(LCMW) Relevance: LCMW biomass energetic use in biogas plants
|Chamber of Commerce of Padova
|Recovery of prunings in vineyards and orchards for the production of energy
|Chamber of Commerce of Padova, in cooperation with CNR-Ivalsa, Confagricoltura, Coldiretti, CIA
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Title (orig.): Recupero delle potature di vigneti e frutteti finalizzato alla valorizzazione energetica
Language: IT
The publication presents the results of a project, which aimed to test new rational solutions that would allow market actors to have economic benefit from the use of LCMW biomass from pruning in vineyards and orchards in the Padua area. The test was conducted through the creation of collection / treatment sites in the hills and plains, aimed at studying and testing functional technologies able to the overrun the challenges related to collection and logistics.
(LCMW) Relevance: Given that the biomass boilers are three time as expensive as a natural gas boiler, the cost of primary energy provided by chipped trenches in an optimized system is the cheapest possible: 27 €/MWh against 70 €/MWh for natural gas and 108 €/MWh for heating oil/diesel.
Recupero di potature di vigneti e frutteti finalizzato alla valorizzazione energetica
|L. Leible, S. Kälber, G. Kappler, H. Oechsner und M. Mönch-Tegeder
|Biogas from Landscape Management grass
|KIT Scientific Publishing
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Title (orig.): Biogas aus Landschaftspflegegrass
Language: German
In order use landscape maintenance material (LCMW) in biogas plants process relevant constraints need to be addressed first, e.g. by pre-conditioning the material. The objective of this study is to analyse and evaluate LCMW as substrate for biogas plants from a process- technological and economical perspective.
(LCMW) Relevance: Grass from Landscape management
|Pick, Daniel, Dieterich, Martin, Heintschel, Sebastian
|Biogas Production Potential from Economically Usable Green Waste
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Title (orig.): Biogas Production Potential from Economically Usable Green Waste
Language: English
Residual land currently not used for agricultural production has been considered a promising resource, but in terms of potentials, difficult to estimate for biomass for use in the energy sector. Biomass potentials associated with "green waste" from residual grasslands were assessed for Schwäbisch Hall County in the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Roadside edges, conservation grasslands subject to low intensity use (landscape maintenance sites), riparian stretches along ditches and streams, and municipal green spaces (public lawns, parks and sports fields) were the area types considered.
(LCMW) Relevance: Biomass from municipal green spaces for biogas production
Sustainability | Free Full-Text | Biogas Production Potential from Economically Usable Green Waste
|Rommeiß, Nikolas; Thrän, Daniela; Schlägl, Thomas; Daniel, Jaqueline; Scholwin, Frank
|Energetic utilisation of green wastes from the technical road service
|Bundesamt für Straßenwesen, Federal Office for Road Services
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Title (orig.): Energetische Verwertung von Grünabfällen aus dem Straßenbetriebsdienst
Language: German, English Abstract
Aim of the research project was to discuss and recommend possibilities of a sustainable economical and energetic utilisation of green wastes from the technical road service (grass cut, wood cut and grass scrapings from roadsides). Suitable utilisation concepts were developed, in consideration of the specific material flow as well as the technical, organisational, legal, ecological and political promotion framework.
(LCMW) Relevance: Roadside maintenance concept
|Alena Kolářová, Karolína Ortov
|Community composting
|Czech Association of Local Governments
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Title (orig.): Kompostujeme na území MAS Ploštin (Jak-se-vam-libi-nas-venkov-SMSCR)
Language: Czech
The citizens have the possibility to borrow the composter for home composting; The municipalities can borrow the composter for processing of biomass from public areas.
(LCMW) Relevance: LCMW (predominantly) and municipal organic waste sent to composting
|Alena Kolářová, Karolína Ortov
|Collective treatment of organic waste
|Czech Association of Local Governments
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Title (orig.): Biologicky rozložitelný odpad (Jak-se-vam-libi-nas-venkov-SMSCR)
Language: Czech
Collective purchase of composters for organic residues from public areas and households (288 composters, volume of 900 liter each; 12 composters for public areas, volume of 5100 liter each).
(LCMW) Relevance: LCMW (predominantly) and municipal organic waste collectively composted
|Anders, Kenneth; Fischer, Lars
|Woody roads into a new landscape?
|Aufland Verlag
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Title (orig.): Holzwege in eine neue Landschaft? - Perspektiven für holzige Biomasse aus der Sicht von Akteuren
Language: German
Within the scope of the AgroForNet research network, the Landscape Communication Agency has conducted extensive surveys on short-term plantations, material from landscape maintenance and forestry residuals as well as other uses of woody biomass in German landscapes between 2010 and 2013. These were supplemented by research on historical agroforest systems, middle and low forests. From this material, the authors compiled a reading book, which supports the question of the future of these land use forms with the existing practices. The book is a snapshot of high landscape dynamics and a catalog of diverse possibilities to shape one's own landscape and to create new value-creating relationships.
(LCMW) Relevance: Best practice examples of roles of stakeholders when using LCMW biomass
|Biogas Forum Bayern
|Use of landscape material in biogas plants
|Biogas Forum Bayern
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Title (orig.): Energetische Nutzung von Landschaftspflegematerial in Biogasanlagen
Language: German
Based on Best Practice recommendations and successful examples, the manual outlines the energetic use of landscape maintenance material in biogas plants. It further shows the ecological and economical advantages of using this feedstock in biogas plants and describes the regulatory framework (EEG / Renewable Energy Law).
(LCMW) Relevance: LCMW biomass energetic use in biogas plants
|Coexistence of biomass energy projects at regional level
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Title (orig.): Cohabitation de projets énergie - biomasse - à l'échelle d'un territoire
Language: French
Study aims to optimize the coexistence in the region of energy production from biomass taking into better account the externatilities related to different projects, share the information regarding the stakeholders requirements over the different impacts from the projects. Croiser les vues des acteurs sur différents profils de projets (impacts) and accumulate experience.
(LCMW) Relevance: Coexistence in the region of energy production from biomass taking into better account the externatilities related to different projects
|Conrady et. al.
|Landscape management without shepherd? – Results based on the pilot project "Biodiversity and firewood"
|Thüringer Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Forsten, Umwelt und Naturschutz
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Title (orig.): Landschaftspflege ohne Schäfer? - Ergebnisse aus dem Pilotprojekt "Biodiversität und Energieholz"
Language: German, English Abstract
The pilot project "Biodiversity and firewood" examines the use of wood from landscape management for energy production to maintain the natural value of open habitats with their important biodiversity in cultural landscapes. Since 2009, different methods of timber harvesting have been tested on up to 34 areas in Brandenburg and Thuringia in Germany – with a special focus on cost reduction, economic efficiency and environmental compatibility. The project shows the benefit of combining efforts to maintain open habitats in our cultural landscape with using harvested woody biomass as fuel wood. This benefit was visible already after the first few measures – economically and ecologically.
(LCMW) Relevance: Hederows on banks, nature protection, landscape management
Download portal for single chapters of conference script "The steppe habitats in Europe - Hazards, conservation measures and protection"
|Department for Communications Marine and Natural Resources
|Bioenergy action plan
|Department for Communications Marine and Natural Resources
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Title (orig.): Bioenergy action plan
Language: English
Comprehensive strategy for the 2007-2013 period to increase the deployment of renewable energy across three key sectors: transport, heat and electricity and aims to cut Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions by 2 million tonnes per year.
(LCMW) Relevance: Bioenergy action plan of Ireland
|Environment and Energy administration; Public Service of the Walloon region
|Wallonia: Subsidy (primes Energie 2014)
|Environment and Energy administration; Public Service of the Walloon region
|2010; 2014
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Title (orig.): Wallonia: Subsidy (primes Energie 2014)
Language: English
Energy subsidies are provided by the Walloon Region for the generation of electricity through CHP plants using renewable energy. The energy subsidies for CHP plants were renewed for the year 2014 with the same conditions as for 2013.
(LCMW) Relevance: Electricity from biogas and biomass
|European Commission
|ILUC Directive (amendments to RED and FQD)
|European Commission
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Title (orig.): ILUC Directive (amendments to RED and FQD)
Language: English
The Directive aims to promote transition from conventional (starch-rich energy crops) biofuels (with a risk of ILUC emissions) to advanced biofuels (that deliver substantial greenhouse gas savings and low-ILUC) and encourage a greater market penetration of advanced biofuels by allowing such fuels to contribute more to the targets in the RED than conventional biofuels.
The ILUC Directive sets a cap for biofuels produced from energy crops, however, it promotes a production and use of advanced generation biofuels.
References to the RED and FQD that sets out the sustainability criteria. The overall obejctive of the ILUC Directive is to limit ILUC.
In Recital 7 it is recognised that "advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas emission savings, with low risk of causing indirect land use change, and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater research, development and production of such advanced biofuels as they are currently not commercially available in large quantities". Recital 15 states that "biofuels made from feedstocks that do not lead to additional demand for land, such as those from waste feedstocks, should be assigned a zero emissions factor." Article 2(1)(p) establishes that 'waste' shall be defined as in Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC. Article 2(2) explains that when setting policies for the promotion of the production of advanced biofuels, MS "shall have due regard to the waste hierarchy as established in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, including its provisions regarding life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of different waste streams".
|European Commission
|Fuel Quality Directive (FQD); 2009/30/EC
|European Commission
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Title (orig.): Fuel Quality Directive (FQD); 2009/30/EC
Language: English
The Directive sets environmental criteria for fossil fuel components such as petrol and diesel. It also determines the permitted level of emissions derived from fossil fuels and includes GHG emission reduction target.
The FQD determines permitted GHG emissions level and reduction targets from fuels. It also sets a sustainability criteria and describes mass-balance system (same as the RED).
Art. 7b sets out sustainability criteria for all biofuels produced or consumed in the EU to ensure that they guarantee real GHG savings and protects biodiversity. Art. 7b.1 defines that biofuels produced from waste and residues, other than agricultural, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry residues, need only fulfil the sustainability criteria in relation to the GHG savings. (Same as the RED).
Art. 7c defines a mass balance system, which allows consignments of raw material or biofuel with differing sustainability characteristics to be mixed and requires information about the sustainability characteristics and sizes of the consignments. (same as the RED)
Art. 7a.2 sets a requirement on fuel suppliers to reduce the GHG intensity of energy supplied for road transport by up to 10 % by 2020 (Low Carbon Fuel Standard). This reduction shall consist of: (1) 6 % by 2020 with the intermediate targets: 2 % by 2014 and 4 % 2017; (2) 2% by 2020 to be achieved through: "the supply of energy for transport supplied for use in any type of road vehicle, non-road mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels), agricultural or forestry tractor or recreational craft" and/or "the use of any technology (including carbon capture and storage) capable of reducing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel or energy supplied"; (3) 2% by 2020 to be achieved through the use of credits purchased through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, under the conditions set out in Directive 2003/87/EC.
|Forest research, Forest Commission
|Scottish and England Forestry Strategy
|Forest research, Forest Commission
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Title (orig.): Scottish and England Forestry Strategy
Language: English
Use of land degraded by former industrial and urban activity makes an increasingly important contribution to the expansion of woodland. Trees planted on such sites offer immense social benefits in addition to the possibility of economic activity on formerly unproductive land. This programme supports the related objectives of the English Forestry Strategy and across Great Britain generally.
(LCMW) Relevance: Maintanence of forests and urban trees in England and Scotland
England Forestry Strategy
|Höner, G.
|Heating with hedge rows
|Forstmagazin Top Agrar Online
|Show detail
Title (orig.): Heizen mit Hecken
Language: German
In der Ausgabe 2012/2012 des Forstmagazins Topagrar.com wird das Management der Wallheckenpflege durch den Heckenkoordinator im Münsterland beschrieben. Dabei werden die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Heckeneigentümer und Lohnunternehmer, die regionale Vermarktung der Hackschnitzel und der maschinelle Einsatz im Kreis Steinfurt genauer betrachtet.
(LCMW) Relevance: Ressource used for Biomass Assessment of the LCMW type Hedge Rows on Banks (D5.2)
|Kern, Michael; Raussen, Thomas; Graven, Thomas; Bergs, Claus-Gerhard; Hermann, Tim
|Ecologically sustainable recovery of bio-waste
|Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
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Title (orig.): Ecologically sustainable recovery of bio-waste - Suggestions for policy-makers at local authorities
Language: English, German
In order to provide guidance in optimising bio-waste collection and use especially for local policy-makers, this booklet sets out the potential in bio-waste and the technical processes currently available for using the various categories of bio-waste. Furthermore, with the aid of a checklist local policy-makers can estimate whether optimising bio-waste recovery is practical in terms of increasing the amounts collected or the quantity of energy generated on site.
(LCMW) Relevance: Biomass assessment, energetic and material utilisation, economic and ecologic aspects
Download of booklet on homepage of BMU
Booklet ecologically sustainable recovery of bio-waste (6.56 MB)
|L. Leible, S. Kälber, G. Kappler, H. Oechsner und M. Mönch-Tegeder
|Biogas from Landscape Management grass
|KIT Scientific Publishing
|Show detail
Title (orig.): Biogas aus Landschaftspflegegrass
Language: German
In order use landscape maintenance material (LCMW) in biogas plants process relevant constraints need to be addressed first, e.g. by pre-conditioning the material. The objective of this study is to analyse and evaluate LCMW as substrate for biogas plants from a process- technological and economical perspective.
(LCMW) Relevance: Grass from Landscape management
|Municipality of Salas
|Interreg - Salas
|Show detail
Title (orig.): Interreg - Salaš
Language: Czech
The Interreg IIIA project was supported to use environmentally clean heating biomass – wood, along with the use of solar collectors for domestic hot water. The basic idea is to utilize local sources of wood (contract with Lesy Czech Republic) for heating houses also reducing emissions from transport. The result of the project is the creation of one job associated with the organization of harvesting, handling, record keeping and billing itself individual participants in the project.
(LCMW) Relevance: Use of environmentally clean biomass for heating.
|Österreichischer Biomasseverband, Austrian Biomass Association
|Wood heating for hotels and industry
|Österreichischer Biomasseverband, Austrian Biomass Association
|Show detail
Title (orig.): Holzwärme für Hotels und Gewerbe
Language: German
This flyer presents best practice projects in which Austrian hotel companies – from small inns to luxury 5-star wellness hotels – have switched from oil to wood heating. It describes how the change took place, the motivation of the hotel operators and the economic effects of the measure.
Online Shop of the Austrian Biomass Association to download flyer
|Pehlken, Alexandra , et al.
|Forming stakeholder alliances to unlock alternative and unused biomass potentials in bioenergy regions
|Journal of Cleaner Production. 2015, 110, pp. 66–77
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Title (orig.): Forming stakeholder alliances to unlock alternative and unused biomass potentials in bioenergy regions
Language: English
The Story: Potential of alternative biomass types for energy recovery in two regions in the context of German renewable energy regulation (EEG) was addressed. Two selected regions were represented by two biogas plant operators interested in reducing the amount of maize as biogas substrate in their plants due to the new EEG regulation. In the Dornum region, the mayor, the water association, the biogas producer and citizens of Dornum came together to discuss and define the bioenergy solution for their region. During the discussion, it became clear, how advantageous it is to discuss the situation with the wide spectrum of actors and that there are benefits out of it for all the participants. Similar was the situation in the Ihausen region. Although there were some doubts of using some materials, the biogas plant operator made it clear based on his experience.
(LCMW) Relevance: Use of not dedicated cultures for biogas production
|Presenters at the conference
|Script of the conference "Biomass to Power and Heat" 1. - 2. 6. 2016 Zittau
|University of Zittau/Görlitz
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Title (orig.): Tagungsband - Beiträge zum Fachkolloquium "Biomass to Power and Heat"
Language: German and English
The script of the conference "Biomass to Power and Heat" 2016 includes the summaries of the 15 expert presentations of this year´s event. The contributions focus on practical introduction, and scientific and economic support for decentralized supply approaches and power generation of wood-like biomass in cogeneration. Accordingly, the presentations cover topics as:
The aims and work of the greenGain project were introduced as well and are summarised in the according chapter of the conference script.
(LCMW) Relevance: Technologies, experiences and new findings in the field of biomass firings. Aline Clalüna from COALS (Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen), partner of the greenGain project, had a presentation at the conference dedicated to the greenGain project (see p. 9 - 13).
Homepage on conference "Biomass to Power and Heat"
Conference script "Biomass to Power and Heat" (22.01 MB)
|Schonhoff, Andreas; Berger, Florian; Khalsa, Jan Hari Arti; Lenz, Volker; Teltewskaja, Gundula; Werner, Hans
|Final report of the customized concept for municipal energy carriers
|Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum
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Title (orig.): Schlussbericht für das Verbundvorhaben Innovatives bedarfsangepasstes Kommunal-Energieträger Konzept (IbeKET)
Language: German
Endbericht des Verbundvorhaben "Innovatives bedarfsangepasstes Kommunal-Energieträger Konzept" (IbeKET). Zu den konzeptionellen Zielen gehörten die Erarbeitung eines übertragbaren Konzeptes zur Beschaffung, Aufbereitung und energetische Nutzung von Biomasse wie Laub, Grünschnitt und Gewässepflegematerial, sowie das Anstreben einer Umsetzung am Standort der LUTRA GmbH. In technischer Hinsicht sollte grundsätzlich die energetische Nutzung der genannten Reststoffbiomassen unter Einhaltung der gegebenen Rahmenbedingungen ermöglicht werden.
|von der Mühlen & Dietrich
|Landscape Management Plan County Friesland
|Landkreis Friesland
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Title (orig.): Landkreis Friesland Fortschreibung des Landschaftsrahmenplans: Biotopkartierung, Erhebung der gesetzlichen geschützen Biotope, Überprüfen der vorliegenden Wallheckenkartierung
Language: German
Im Juni 2011 wurde durch den Landkreis Friesland die Biotoptypenkartierung auf der Grundlage einer Luftbildinterpretation, die Erfassung der gesetzlich geschützten Biotope sowie die Überprüfung der vorliegenden Wallheckenkartierung von 1987 / 88 in Auftrag gegeben. Auftrag war es, eine für das Kreisgebiet flächendeckende Biotoptypenkarte unter Berücksichtigung der gesetzlich geschützten Biotope (§ 30 BNatSchG) als Grundlage für die Fortschreibung des Landschaftsrahmenplanes des Landkreis Friesland zu erstellen. Vorgehensweise und Ergebnisse der Bestandserhebungen werden in diesem Fachbeitrag beschrieben.
(LCMW) Relevance: Ressource used for Biomass Assessment of the LCMW type Hedge Rows on Banks (D5.2)


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Monday, July 30
Easton Restaurant Week: Continues, runs through August 4. Restaurants offer fixed-price menus for lunch and dinner. Restaurants include Sette Luna, Vintage Restaurant and Bar, RiverGrille, Ocean, Valenca, Megs and Mads, Sole Mio Italian Gril, Leaf Restaurant & Cigar Bar, and more. Click here for more details.
Tuesday, July 31
Jazz and Rock Jam: 6 to 8 p.m. Bring your guitar, sticks or bass and join the fun. With Curt Alvin-Green and Jay Jay, members of Larry Holmes and Marmalade Band. Champ's Corner, 228 West Canal St. 610-253-6905 or http://www.larryholmes.com/Champs_Corner.html
Wednesday, August 1
Open House at Nurture Nature Center: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Galleries are open to the public. Come in, check out the sphere, and take a stroll around three art exhibits. 518 Northampton St. 610-253-4432 or http://www.nurturenaturecenter.org/
City of Easton Planning Commission meeting: 6:30 p.m. In City Council chambers, sixth floor, city hall, 1 South Third St.
Jam Night with Lady C & The Boys: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Bella Luna, 3417 Sullivan Trail, Forks Township.610-905-1558
Texas Hold'em: 7 & 9 p.m. Free. La Pazza, 1251 Ferry St. 610-515-0888 or http://www.lapazza.com/
Open Mic with Mike Harrington: 9:30 p.m. Porters' Pub, 700 Northampton St. 610-250-6561 or http://www.porterspubeaston.com/
Thursday, August 2
Summer in the Square: Noon to 1 p.m. Balloons the Clown. Weather permitting. Southwest quadrant of Centre Square.
The Forks Township Board of Supervisors meeting normally scheduled for this evening, along with the workshop meeting, is canceled.
TO BE RESCHEDULED - The Sigal Museum is closed today due to an electrical fire on Wednesday.
Karaoke with DJ Dave : 7 to 10 p.m. Champ's Corner, 228 West Canal St. 610-253-6905 or http://www.larryholmes.com/Champs_Corner.html
The Subtle Experience: 8 to 11 p.m. With Yan Carlos Sanchez. Porters' Pub, 700 Northampton St. 610-250-6561 or http://www.porterspubeaston.com/
Open Mic with Nick Levinos: 9:30 p.m. Pearly Bakers, 11 Centre Square. 610-253-9949 or http://www.pearlybakers.net/
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Date – 7/12/2017
AO – Hugh MacRae Park
QIC – Tiny Dancer
PAX – Last, Niles, Quarterround, Dixie Chick, Broadway(FNG)
6 PAX came out to the humid gloom that is HMP to push through a ring of Merkins followed by some pull-ups and more Merkins.
Seal Clap IC X 30
Imperial Walker IC X 30
Squats IC X 30
We will make our way around Freedom Way(today it is Merkin Way) stopping along the way at the speed bump to perform a set of Merkin variations. We will start at the parking lot speed bump and sprint, mosey, lunge walk, karaoke between speed bumps.
The Merkin sets are:
Standard Merkin X 15
Wide arm Merkin X 15
Plyo Merkin X 15
Mountain Climber Merkin X 15
Blast Off Merkin X 15
Spider Merkin X 15
Dead stop Merkin X 15
Diamond Merkin X15
Back to the pull-up bars
5 pull-ups
5 side pull-ups
5 toes to bar
Run across bridge to wall for
10 wall jumps
10 Derkins
Run back to pull-up bars
Rinse and repeat
Then do a 3rd set of the pull-ups, side pull-ups and toes to bar
Mosey back to the flag for…
Freddie Mercury IC X 30
American Hammer IC X 20
Flutter Kick IC X 30
Welcome FNG Broadway(2.0 of Quarterround)
Our group was small but mighty today
We all pushed each other and got stronger
Great work today men!
Thank you for letting me lead
Tiny Dancer