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Intech Systems - Finance Dashboards
You can get meaningful data insights, analytics and efficiencies right from your ERP system in real time by interactive Power BI Dashboards custom developed by Intech.Kapcsolatfelvétel a partnerrel Videó megtekintése
- Gold Enterprise Resource Planning
The content pack contains 14 dashboards on account payables, receivables, inventory, revenue and expense overview. These Power BI Dashboards feature real time, interactive, Q & A drill-through capability. These are plug-and-play reports which take just few days to implement and integrate with any of your ERP solution. They also provide BI Dashboards, KPI's and reports for:
1. Account receivables
Provides data of outstanding debtors based on various slicers for Business unit, Organization unit, as on date etc. Shows the trend analysis of Days sales outstanding for the current and previous financial year. Shows aging details for outstanding receivables.2. Account payables
Provides data of outstanding vendors based on various slicers for Business unit, Organization unit, as on date etc. Shows the trend analysis of Days purchase outstanding for the current and previous financial year. Shows aging details for outstanding payables.
3. Inventory overview
Provides inventory details w.r.t location, inventory posting group and business unit along with slicers for organizational unit, business unit, fiscal year.4. Inventory aging
Provides data for aged inventory, trend analysis for Days inventory outstanding, trend analysis for monthly movement of inventory for current and previous financial year.5. Turnover ratio
Trend analysis for Days inventory outstanding, days sales outstanding and days purchase outstanding for any two consecutive years.6. Revenue sales
Graphs showing sales revenue by its nature, business unit and monthly revenue trend for 3 consecutive years.7. Revenue
Graphs showing top 10 customer wise revenue, top 10 salesperson wise revenue and top 10 product wise revenue.8. Income overview
Lists customers with their current year and previous year revenue, with monthly comparison of the same.9. Revenue – Actual vs Budget
Shows actual and budget revenue details for each revenue group and business unit
10. Expenses overview
11. Expenses – Actual vs Budget
Shows actual and budget expense details for each expense group and business unit
12. Bank-wise fund
Shows overview of bank balance
Shows summary of all the previous reports. Some of the key details include COGS, Gross margin, Total commission, Service and other income, Total operating income, Total operating expenses, EBIDTA.
The key data in each report helps create a beneficial dashboard for the management.
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Parenthood: Just like in the movies?
In the new film Life Happens, coming soon to UAE cinemas, Krysten Ritter plays a young woman whose life is turned upside down when she becomes a mother. The movie is the latest in a long and rich tradition of comedies that cover the subject of pregnancy and parenthood. Whether it's the silver screen great Spencer Tracy coming to terms with an impending grandchild or the thoroughly modern world of Juno, the themes and feelings surrounding this most joyous of human experiences have been used to great comedic effect over the years.
We throw together some wacky moments from the movies for a guide on becoming a parent the Hollywood way. Some scenes will be unnervingly familiar; others will prove that life is indeed not like the movies.
Step 1: Never turn to your friends for advice
Best friends in movies are a wacky bunch, not least when giving advice on children. Often these colourful individuals have so many issues in their own lives that they are not at all equipped to deal with other people's problems.
This provided some of the material for the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes' comedic drama Away We Go (2009), about an expecting couple who travel to different cities looking for a place to raise their child, only to find people (such as Maggie Gyllenhaal, who gave a hilarious performance as an eccentric hippie mother) who are the exact opposite of parental role models.
Step 2: The father will be completely unprepared
Almost all movie fathers-to-be are unprepared and, in many cases, completely unsuitable for their impending responsibility. The former could not be better illustrated than in John Hughes' 1988 film She's Having A Baby, in which the utterly self-absorbed Jake (Kevin Bacon) is caught off guard by his wife's desire to have a child.
As for the latter, look no further than Seth Rogen's sloth-like stoner in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up (2007). Rogan plays a man who has taken every conceivable shortcut in life (he is permanently unemployed after claiming fraudulent compensation from a work-related injury) until a drunken encounter means he must face up to the idea of being responsible for more than just his own welfare.
Step 3: The family will be supportive but intrusive
In-laws have always been a source of comedy in film, but once these characters hear they will be grandparents, a whole new realm of comedy opens up.
Probably the earliest example of this is from 1951's Father's Little Dividend, in which Spencer Tracy's lead character becomes almost as concerned about becoming a grandfather as his daughter (Elizabeth Taylor) is about becoming a mother.
More recently, Allison Janney's dog-loving stepmother in the Oscar-winning Juno (2007) unleashes a flurry of unwelcome attention during one hilarious ultrasound scene after Ellen Page's smart-mouthed teenager becomes unexpectedly "with child".
Step 4: Labour must be comedic
Probably the most universal of all movies dealing with pregnancy is that the labour must be a frantic, slapstick-riddled affair, with the mother screaming abuse at her beleaguered partner, who may do one or all of the following: faint, trip over, have his hand crushed by his partner or question the aptitude of the doctor delivering the baby.
Such pandemonium has led to that most unflappable of English gentleman, Hugh Grant, biting the hand of his on-screen girlfriend Julianne Moore to get free of her grip in the 1995 comedy Nine Months, and Elizabeth Banks resorting to violence to obtain pain medication in last year's What to Expect When You're Expecting.
Step 5: The baby makes it all worthwhile
This is the one part of the movies that is like real life. Regardless of the trials, traumas and tribulations of the characters involved, a smiling, healthy baby at the end of the process makes the whole journey worthwhile, and all of the trouble anyone experienced along the way seems to fade into the background.
Top of the list in this regard is the wonderful 2007 film Waitress, a touching tribute to the power of motherhood in which a reluctantly pregnant waitress (Keri Russell) sets aside all her reservations as soon as she sees her newborn daughter and tearfully remarks: "Have you ever seen a baby this beautiful?"
A darker but no less valid example came in the 1988 teen drama For Keeps, in which a new mother (played by the 1980s icon Molly Ringwald) begins to overcome her postpartum depression when the safety of her baby is put in jeopardy.
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Toyohashi University of Technology researchers led by Associate Professor Shibatomi developed new catalytic reaction to produce chlorine-containing organic molecules in isomerically pure (left- or right-handed) form
Molecules don't have hands, but some of them are left- or right-handed. Many chemical compounds display a feature called chirality, where two versions--known as enantiomers--exist for the same molecule. Although their atoms are connected in exactly the same sequence, the two enantiomers are distinct mirror images, like a pair of hands.
Enantiomers can have very different properties. For example, only the right-handed form of glucose gives you energy--the left-handed isomer cannot be metabolized, even though it tastes the same. Many pharmaceuticals are also chiral, and often only one enantiomer has a medicinal use. Therefore, chemists working on complex molecules have developed a variety of tricks to guarantee isomer purity. However, for some reactions this remains a challenge.
Now, the research team has developed a reaction to produce an important class of compounds in pure left- or right-handed form. Organohalides are molecules in which a halogen, such as chlorine, is bonded to carbon. Many are found in nature, or used in medicine. They can be produced from another family of compounds, carboxylic acids, by simply replacing an acid with a halogen. Unfortunately, if the target compound is chiral, this substitution produces left- and right-handed isomers in equal amounts.
The Toyohashi University of Technology research team solved this problem by catalyzing the reaction with a catalyst that is itself chiral. Nowadays, catalysts come in a wide range of shapes and sizes--often rivalling the complexity of the actual target molecule. "We screened a diverse array of chiral catalysts, such as Lewis acid, Brønsted acid, and Lewis base catalysts," study lead author Kazutaka Shibatomi says. "Finally, we found an amine that gave us organohalides with up to 98% enantiomeric purity - even though our starting material was a 50/50 mixture."
The chlorinated products, known as chloroketones, are building blocks for more important chiral molecules like pharmaceuticals. Because chlorine is only weakly bonded to carbon, it can be easily substituted by another atom to make a new molecule. Using one of the many compounds produced in enantiomeric purity by their new reaction, the research team synthesized Cathinone, a natural stimulant.
"The substitution proceeds in a simple, classic way," Associate Prof. Shibatomi says. "While chlorine leaves the molecule on one side, the incoming group approaches from the opposite side. The product's chirality just depends on the arrangement of these atoms, so if you begin with a pure enantiomer, you retain that purity. This could open up a whole class of compounds that were previously a major challenge to produce as pure enantiomers."
The article, "Enantioselective decarboxylative chlorination of β-ketocarboxylic acids", was published in Nature Communications at DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15600
Funding Agency:
This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 'Advanced Molecular Transformations by Organocatalysts,' (26105728) and a Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research (16K13993) from MEXT, Japan. Partial support from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Suzuki Memorial Foundation is also acknowledged. K.K. is grateful to the Leading Graduate School Program R03 of MEXT.


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Elīna Garanča Opens the 2018/2019 Metropolitan Opera Season with Samson et Dalila
On September 24, Elīna Garanča opens the 2018/2019 Metropolitan Opera Season, making her house role debut as Dalila in Saint-Saën's Samson et Dalila.
Elīna last performed at the Met as Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, a performance hailed by The New York Times as "a revelation." Octavian marked a significant transition in the Latvian mezzo-soprano's career, as she bid farewell to the trouser roles of her repertoire. In the past two seasons, Elīna has made multiple major role debuts in the dramatic mezzo-soprano repertoire, including Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, Princess Eboli in Don Carlo, and most recently, Dalila in Samson et Dalila at Wiener Staatsoper.
Now, Elīna brings her Dalila to the esteemed Metropolitan Opera, opening the Metropolitan Opera Season in a new production by Tony Award-winning director Darko Tresnjak (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder). Tenor Roberto Alagna joins her as Samson, alongside Laurent Naouri (High Priest), Elchin Azizov (Abimélech) and Dmitry Belosselskiy (The Old Hebrew). Sir Mark Elder conducts this first new Met production of the work in 20 years.
Performances continue September 28; October 1, 5, 9, 13, 16, and 20. On October 20, the performance will be transmitted to cinemas worldwide as part of the Met Live in HD series. Find a cinema near you.


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Latitude: 51.6503 / 51°39'1"N
Longitude: -0.2901 / 0°17'24"W
OS Eastings: 518395
OS Northings: 196000
OS Grid: TQ183960
Mapcode National: GBR 7M.PJV
Mapcode Global: VHGQ3.XSJ6
Entry Name: Barn and Byre at Nicoll Farm About 20 Metres South West of House
Listing Date: 20 July 1982
Last Amended: 12 August 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1103585
English Heritage Legacy ID: 164205
Location: Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, WD6
County: Hertfordshire
District: Hertsmere
Civil Parish: Elstree and Borehamwood
Built-Up Area: Borehamwood
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Elstree and Borehamwood
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
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7/155 Barn and Byre at
20.7.82 Nicoll Farm about
20m SW of House
(Formerly listed with Nicoll
GV II Farmhouse as barn)
Barn with attached byre. C17, extended C19 and altered C20. Timber
frame, weatherboarded. Tiled roofs. Barn: 4 bays with C19 extensions, 3
similar bays to W and brick to SE. Entrance to N and hipped threshing
bay to S in 2nd bay from house. Oculus in E gable. Windows to W gable of
lower timber extension which has a lean-to addition to front. C18 door
hood set onto entrance on brick extension. Interior: clasped purlins,
straight queen struts, intermediate collars. Curved and arched braces
from wall posts to tie beams and to wall plates. Re-used timbers in 3
bay extension: clasped purlin collar beam roof. Slightly lower byre to N;
4 bays with additional hipped bay to N. Windows with round heads, Gothic
glazing and leaded lights and C18 flat hood set over door with pointed
head all inserted facing house. Interior: clasped purlin collar beam
roof, queen struts, arched braces.
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All In
Don't miss the second installment of Gabra Zackman's scorching new series.
"Stop the wedding!"
No bride wants to hear those words, least of all Susannah "Legs" Carter, one of the Bod Squad's best agents. But when her colleague Jackson bursts in with news that her presumed-dead father may still be alive - and possibly a double agent - the vows are on hold, and the Bod Squad hits the road.
Jackson wants to help, but he's a little distracted by Cajun cutie Lisa Bee, his closest coworker. They've always been friends, but there's nothing like a little overseas danger to set sparks flying! As the two work to track a criminal mastermind, will they swap undercover work for under-the-covers play?
- JgPm
- 2015/10/02
Just so much fun!
What about the narrators's performance did you like?
Fantastic narration. An audio book is a narrator reading to you, this is a full cast performance that brings the story to life!
Any additional comments?
All In picks up exactly where Game On leaves off. You continue along with the adventure and get to know each of the characters that much more. The character development, dialogue and story stays true to form but is crafted with more care than your standard romance novel. A fun series that is at the top of its genre!
- Steve
- 2015/09/09
The Bod Squad goes ALL IN with more adventure!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Anyone who has ever belatedly realized that they are falling deeply for a friend/co-worker will instantly click with this second installment of the "Bod Squad" series of books. It's great fun that "All In" shares the spotlight this time around on Lisa Bee and Jackson so that we get to know them even better. I read the first book on my Kindle, so I loved hearing the audiobook for "All In" -- this cast really brought these diverse characters to life and filled in the colorful personalities (and accents!) that I had originally only heard in my head. There's a great deal of bawdy humor in both the book and the performances that had me smiling through the whole book, even during the tense "thriller" moments.
If you could take any character from All In out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Honestly, this book is the equivalent of a dinner party with a group of your oldest friends -- I'd want all of the characters to join me at dinner with a never-ending supply of wine coming our way so that we kept talking and laughing throughout the night!
Any additional comments?
Author Gabra Zackman has a bold, sassy voice (both in her writing and her narrating). I'm hooked on this series, and I can't wait for the next one to come out. I'm definitely going to start with the audiobook when it does.
- B1ptsv24
- 2015/10/26
So much fun!
I am loving this story and the characters are great! Keep it up Gabra!!! Got know what happens next!
- Rrredrover
- 2015/09/11
All In, indeed! A must listen.
After listening to the multi-cast of Book 1 in this series, Game On, I couldn't wait to hear this book! It is as wonderful as I expected. The story continues to be sexy, romantic, and funny and I love the different voices.
Don't hesitate to jump into this engaging book!


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Daniela Kocis Fitzgerald is a HR and Employment Law Consultant based in Dublin with over 10 years Management and HR experience. Daniela is CIPD qualified and an accredited psychometric assessor with extensive experience across all SME sectors and a keen interest in community projects.
HR Dept provide the following services:
- Helping Business Owners and Managing Directors in the SME sector prevent their people problems by providing commercially focused HR services and employment law advice.
- Equipping business owners and Managing Directors with an understanding of HR and employment law, so that they can ensure they are always legally compliant.
- Taking the pain of managing employees away, so that they can focus on running the business.
Services cover everything to do with employing people and will help you prevent people problems or resolve problems when they do occur:
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Education matters - so what do we know about the best ways to do it?
In this two-part series Owen Bennett-Jones visits educational establishments which have been judged to be the best - whether by tests or surveys - to find out what they can tell us about the best educational practices.
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I have received this sample in the hopes of sharing my honest opinion.
People's lives have become so busy lately and the holidays are surely no exception to this. Days are often over scheduled and filled with anxiety and many end up feeling unsatisfied and disconnected to other people. They may wonder about a solution but have no idea as to how to go about finding one, or if there even is one to be found. Margery Leveen Sher says the solution is in Noticing! In her new book "The Noticer's Guide to Living and Laughing: Change Your Life Without Changing Your Routine" she shares how by changing your mindset and learning to Notice things in life, we can have a stronger connection to life and find more joy within it.
After years of experience as a successful entrepreneur in the, Margery inspires using her fun, yet potentially life-changing guide aimed at helping you shift your mindset in a positive way. The Noticer's Guide contains 97 "Noticings," which are each followed by ways to kick-start conversations with your kids, parents or grandparents, spouse, or your coworkers. Just as children view the world with fresh eyes, The Noticer's Guide invites us to develop our own opinions, insights and discoveries.
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The Woods
186 Fannan Lane
Laurens, NY 13796
Call 1-800-844-1725 to Book.
The Woods
186 Fannan Lane
Laurens, NY 13796
Call 1-800-844-1725 to Book.
The Woods is a traffic-free 25 minute drive to Cooperstown Dreams Park and a 15 minute drive to Cooperstown All Star Village or Baseball World. There are three golf courses within a ten minute drive.
The Woods is just a few minutes from Gilbert Lake State Park which offers sandy beach swimming with lifeguards, fishing, boating, hiking and picnic area.
See photos of Gilbert Lake State Park at the bottom of this page.
3 satellite TVs and AC!
Living room with plenty of comfortable furniture and beautiful wood floors!
Open living/dining/kitchen area - spacious and bright!
Spacious, sparkling clean, well-equipped eat-in kitchen with microwave and coffee maker. Living room and bedroom with satellite TVs and DVD player. Amenities include telephone with local and long distance, washer, dryer and iron.
Two bedrooms, each with a queen bed. The master bedroom has an attached bathroom, the second bathroom opens to the hallway. Window air conditioners keep the whole house comfortable. All bedding and towels are supplied. There is no housekeeping during the week.
Barbecue grill outside and on the deck there is a gazebo with summer furniture so you can enjoy the outside whatever the weather.
|Visit beautiful Gilbert Lake State Park - a very short drive from the house!
|Fishing from a dock
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|Lifeguarded beach, canoes
|Buck in velvet watches as cars go by
No Smoking, No Pets and No Team Parties.
"Our rates are reasonable because we value your business."
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Summer Weekly Rates
Friday after 5 p.m - Friday before 10 a.m.
The Woods: $850
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By Paul Ejime
THIS title is among the several Point of Sale (POS display) messages that welcome users to the very busy Miami International Airport, MIA, in Florida, the "Sunshine State" of the United States.
As expected Florida, Spanish for the "land of flowers" boasts a multiple cultural inheritance including African, European, indigenous, and Latin American.
Miami for its part is a major centre of commerce and finance with a strong international business community. The MIA is a major gateway between the United States and Latin America and has the largest concentration of international banks in America. Famous as a tourism hub with glamorous nightclubs, beaches and historical buildings, Miami is also home to America's National Hurricane Centre and headquarters of the United States Southern Command.
But despite its many accolades, including being ranked "America's Cleanest City" by Forbes in 2008, Miami according to the US Census Bureau, in 2004, had the third highest incidence of family incomes below the federal poverty line in the United States, making it the third poorest city in the USA, behind only Detroit, Michigan and El Paso, Texas.
With this contrasting history, Florida is worth exploring. But the hassle of catching a connecting flight from MIA often leaves a visitor with little or no time to interrogate the reason behind the inspiring message of why "It matters how you get there!"
Even so, dear friends, as 2017 races to an end and we all look forward to the coming year, I wanted us to reflect on this deep message and draw some abiding life lessons from it.
Whether in the family setting; community or corporate existence and even in our religious life, there is something to take away from the critical self-examination in humility on why we are where we are and how we got there!
In our society of today governed by instant gratification and vainglory, family members no longer ask hard questions of themselves about the pervasive instant prosperity or unusual crazy acquisition of wealth. A politician who becomes rich overnight does not only escape family or peer scrutiny, he/she is even celebrated by the society. Ditto for a bank teller, who acquires the latest car brand in the market, organises a society party for house warming, and the cleric, who boasts a private jet a few years after starting his "Ministry" in a car garage.
But even when outsiders fail to raise questions about the sudden, inexplicable prosperity, wealth, or "miraculous" progress and promotion, what about our own consciences?
Interrogating how we got to where we are is a mark of humility, which will also enable us to remember where we are coming from; where we are; and therefore; where we are headed.
The idea is not that our past should define/determine our future. But wisdom teaches that climbing to the top so rapidly and through undue process, means that the only way to go after an unmerited flight is downwards!
A humble person will always be self-aware of his/her beginning. He/she will consider the present as a gift and therefore treat the future with caution. It is the height of pride/arrogance not to care about how we get to the top, or in the common parlance, "how we make it" in life.
We often hear people say that the "end justifies the means." Really! This might be true in some cases, but not always. For instance, can a public servant truly justify the fraudulent methods applied for ill-gotten wealth, any more than a kidnapper will applaud the criminal tactics deployed to extort ransom, or how can an armed robber ever justify the devilish method of dispossessing his victim/s? Or, will a cleric in all honesty, boast about the use of ungodly methods to rob the congregation of their "widow's might" in order to build his empire on earth or sustain his ostentatious lifestyle?
On the occasion of this Special Season, my dear people, I thought it would pay us to spare a moment to ask and answer the critical questions about how we make progress in life – in our families, politics and relationships, in our private, corporate and religious lives. "It Does Matter How We Get There! If we fail to ask or provide a convincing response to this question now, sooner than
later each one must face the consequences of their actions or inactions.
It is not late to do things right or do the right thing!
Happy Holidays to you all
Enjoy A Merry Christmas and A Happy, Blessed and Prosperous 2018 and Beyond.
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Small- and medium-format digital aerial cameras have come on the scene in recent years, offering several advantages. But the large-format variety still do the bulk of the work.
By Bob Williams
During the past five years, small- and medium-format digital cameras have been introduced to the traditional photogrammetry marketplace. On occasion, they are used as a source to generate orthophoto imagery and precision mapping. In particular, sensor configurations used for oblique aerial photography have grown in popularity in the GIS and emergency response communities. Therefore, it only makes sense that companies like Sanborn educate potential users so they can make optimal decisions on purchasing equipment and get the most benefit from it.
Oblique photography has proven a great tool and a welcome addition to visualize properties, structures, and natural land formations from various angles and perspectives. The 3D-like imagery can be geo-referenced with side views for the structures, and ingress and egress for the property, entry into a building, and structure height and surface area all can be easily obtained from the oblique image perspectives. The visualization tool is a significant benefit to appraisers of real estate, emergency first responders, and site analysis for commercial investments as well as urban planners.
While oblique photography firms have used different sensor types and equipment configurations, they all have similar characteristics to accomplish the aerial photography mission. Normally, multiple small- or medium-format digital cameras are configured in a cluster or pod on the aircraft. One camera will face forward in the direction of flight, one backwards, and one each looking left and right along the flight line. These digital cameras are positioned at 45-degree angles to obtain the vertical oblique perspectives. The images are normally captured as a low oblique (no horizon), and they are typically high resolution (3degrees or 6degrees) due to the low altitude of the flight mission. In addition to the oblique sensor configuration, a nadir, or downward-pointing, camera is normally in the vertical position.
It is important to understand the impact of using the down or nadir digital camera for generation of precision orthophotos. Advantages and disadvantages exist for using a small- or medium-format digital camera to generate orthophoto map products that can be certified to an acceptable industry standard, including NMAS, ASPRS, NSSDA and others.
The advantages of using a small-format camera can be characterized by identifying unique components by which oblique data is collected.
Single Mission: Vertical photography can be obtained during the same mission as oblique imagery, reducing mobilization and possibly lowering project costs, depending on the design and requirements of the project. This may be the single greatest advantage.
High Resolution: Since oblique imagery is normally taken at low altitudes (below 2,500 feet) and with a digital camera, the image quality is excellent. Typically, pixels obtained from the vertical camera will have a ground resolution of three to six inches and are collected as a true color image (RGB).
Meets Mapping Standards: If the raw imagery is processed using proven photogrammetric techniques, including survey control and an accurate digital elevation model (DEM), the orthophoto mapping can meet published accuracy standards.
But using small- and medium-format cameras has disadvantages as well. The cumulative impact related to the size of the camera footprint results in technical difficulties and increased time to produce an orthorectified product. Key issues relate to:
Image Footprint: The footprint of the small-format camera pixel array combined with the low altitude of the aerial mission will increase the number of flight lines and digital frames by a factor of four to eight, depending on the resolution requirements. This results in higher flight and downstream production costs because of the quantity of exposures that must be rectified, mosaiced, and color-balanced.
Camera Calibration: Currently, the small- or medium-format cameras in use today for collection of oblique photography missions are not calibrated or certified by a national agency such as the USGS.
Focal Length: The focal length on the vertical (down) camera ranges from 1.5 to 2.25 inches, creating a super-wide angle. The sharp angle increases the radial displacement for above-ground structures. This causes excessive building lean in urban areas. While this may be partially offset by gathering digital frame exposures with a heavy forward overlap along the flight line, the super-wide angle increases the parallax between exposures when using the imagery in a photogrammetric production environment. Parallax greatly affects the ability to make precision measurements from the stereo imagery.
Base-to-Height Ratio: Additionally, the short focal length of the small-format digital camera produces a poor base-to-height ratio, further derogating the ability to make precise measurements.
Precision Measurements: Due to focal length, camera calibration, and base-to-height ratio, these sensors are not suitable for the generation of a DEM or updating an existing one. The DEM is a critical component to the generation of accurate orthophoto imagery. Additionally, planimetric feature extraction is not reliable or as accurate.
Mosaicing: As a result of the volume of exposures, the mosaicing between frames is excessive and causes problems with distorted buildings and above-ground features. In many cases, large buildings can't be gathered from a single exposure and must be mosaiced from multiple exposures. Consequently, the building may be grossly distorted in appearance.
Color Balancing: Color balancing between exposures and within an orthophoto tile requires multiple reiterations to achieve acceptable radiometric balancing.
Automated Aerial Triangulation: With the radial distortion of a less-expensive camera lens and the super-wide angle, automatic pixel matching for aerial triangulation and camera orientation often become a manual process, increasing the cost of the finished orthophoto product.
3D Buildings: While the multiple perspectives give the appearance of 3D, the imagery is still 2D in nature. True 3D buildings can be extracted from the imagery using photogrammetric techniques, but the structures will yield the same inherit decreased accuracy for reasons stated previously.
Vegetation: Because oblique imagery is often taken during leaf-on conditions, the imagery is not ideal for viewing ground features. Leaf-free imagery for orthophoto imagery has been a fundamental requirement and remains important for most mapping applications.
Flight Procedures: The flight requirements for the oblique imagery often require the aircraft to mirror the terrain changes versus flying at a constant height. This technique creates varying side lap and forward overlap in the vertical imagery and complicates the photogrammetric process for generating stereo imagery. Constant flight with small variance in flying height has been mandatory and a common practice that should not be ignored.
When firms offering small-format oblique photography use the term "orthophoto," the end-user should proceed with caution and ask technical questions to ensure they are receiving the product accuracies and quality they expect. All orthophotos and pixels are not created equal. As the perfect mousetrap does not exist for simultaneous collection of small- to medium-format obliques and large-format precision vertical imagery, it's still best to contract for different missions to achieve similar but different objectives. The sophisticated GIS community is not ready to settle for less quality or accuracy for the orthophoto imagery at the expense of gathering oblique imagery. Many clients continue to require the highest quality and accuracy at a reasonable cost.
The oblique imagery is a valuable addition to the GIS database, but similar to lidar data, the oblique mission still requires a separate flight to best achieve a different objective. The vertical aerial photography mission should create the highest quality image product that meets the precision and accuracy of a photogrammetrically prepared base map. This goal is best accomplished by using a large-format, precision digital mapping camera.
All large-format digital mapping cameras on the market today have a longer focal length, a manufacturing process for sensor assembly certified by the USGS, and a larger image footprint. These combined factors enable the typical photogrammetric engineering process to be maintained, including precise horizontal and vertical measurements to produce topographic, planimetric, and true 3D features, including buildings.
Questions to Ask the Small-format Photography Vendor:
We see that small- and medium-format digital cameras are here to stay and will continue to grow in use because of the advantages they offer. But we can also see that large-format cameras are still required for many applications, and in many cases, the two camera types should work together and complement each other in the aerial surveyor's arsenal.
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Happy Saturday, everyone!
Today was a soggy day in my neck of the woods, but I still managed to have a pretty busy day.
I was up bright and early to head to CrossFit for the Whole Life Challenge nutrition seminar. I convinced my sister to join the WLC, so she came with me. The seminar was good and gave us a bit more insight into what we can/can't eat and how to cope with all of it over the next 8 weeks. They also told us that the first two weeks will be hard and we might actually feel worse…but if we can get through that, then things will get better. We just need to tough it out. I'm nervous, but excited.
After the seminar we went right into measurements and onto the WOD. They took our weight (and their scale isn't as friendly as mine), and then waist and hip measurements. All of this gets entered into my WLC page and I will be able to compare these numbers to the measurements that we take at the end of the 8 weeks.
After measurements, we got into line to do the WOD, which was:
WLC Fall 2013 Official Workout
Complete the following for maximum points:
2 min – Max calories on the rower
– (1 point for each calorie)
– 1 min rest –
2 min – complete as many reps as possible, repeating the following sequence:
5 push ups
15 squats
(1 point for each Push-up and Squat)
– 1 min rest -
2 min – complete as many reps as possible of:
Sit Ups
(1 point for each sit-up)
– 1 min rest –
2 min – Max calories on the rower
– (1 point for each calorie)
Calculate your TOTAL points for all 4 elements and enter
it into your profile on the WLC site.
In true CrossFit fashion…this was a pretty tough 11 minutes! My scores for each round were: 28, 61, 51 & 26, for a total WOD score of 166. I have no idea whether that is a good score or not. I know my sister beat me by 6 points….but she's super fit, so I think getting beat by 6 isn't too bad! Regardless, I'm not really trying to beat anyone else, just improve over the 8 weeks.
Once I got the WOD out of the way, I really didn't have anything that had to get done today. It was a rainy, gloomy day, so what else do you do with a day like that…but head to the mall!
I was a bit worried about hitting the mall over lunch hour, since I had no idea if there would be anything I could eat in the food court. It took a bit of looking, and talking to the guy behind the counter, but I found a pretty decent lunch that met all of my WLC diet requirements. I ended up having shwarma chicken (which the guy ensured me is only rubbed in spices and has no sugar, wheat, dairy, etc) and he switched out the potatoes and rice for bean salad, tossed salad and tomatoes and hot peppers. All of which he promised had nothing that I'm not supposed to eat. In the end I had a giant plate of food, and it was delicious! I took a picture of it, but it seems to have somehow disappeared off my phone! Ugh!!!
After lunch I hit Lululemon. I got a gift card for Mother's Day that I hadn't spent yet and thought it was time to go see what all the Lulu fuss is about. I had never really been in a Lulu store before. It was a pretty good experience! and a successful one too! I finally got a pair of Lulu Studio Pants. They really are just as comfortable as everyone says they are! I also got a couple of new sports bras – a blue and white striped "tata tamer' and a red "flow". Both are very comfortable and seem like they will keep the "girls" where they should be during a WOD, or even a run! A very successful trip, if I do say so myself!
After the mall I watched some tennis (ahhh Rafa!), and did some meal planning for the week. I think I have quite a few tasty dishes lined up:
- a few kinds of egg muffins
- zucchini noodles
- spaghetti squash with chicken and pears
- turkey zucchini burgers
- orange chicken
- Mexican meatballs
- Chick pea curry
I still need to sort out my snacks, but I have a few kinds of hummus and lots of veggies. Hopefully I will find a few other snacks that I can add into the mix.
For dinner tonight, Hubs and the kids went out to RibFest with friends, but I decided not to go since I wouldn't be able to eat anything they had there, and it would just be torture to sit and watch them eat yummy ribs and drink beer. Instead I grabbed a zucchini, a hot Italian sausage and some spaghetti sauce (with no sugar or artificial ingredients!), and created a yummy zoodle meal:
This was an awesome dish. I used my new spiral slicer and turned the zucchini into noodles – very cool and super easy! After that, I removed the sausage from its casing and turned it into mini sausage meatballs and sautéed them up in a bit of olive oil until they were cooked through. Once the sausage was done, I added the zoodles to the pan and sautéed them as well. It was smelling so good at this point! I added some salt and pepper and about 3 tbsp. of the spaghetti sauce and let that simmer for a few minutes. Holy deliciousness! I was really quite surprised about how good it tasted…and how simple it was. I think this might become part of my WLC meal rotation. I'm pretty sure the kids would love it as well….and they could kick it up a notch and put some parmesan on it…although it was excellent just as it was without the cheese.
Tomorrow I plan to do a bunch of food prep to make my week of WLC eating go smoothly. I'll let you know how that goes!
I hope you had a fantastic Saturday!
Do you have a pair of Lulu Studio Pants? Do you love them as much as all of my friend's do?
Have you turned any veggies into noodles? Got any suggestions for what else I can noodle-ize?
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Those zucchini noodles look yummy…you could probably spiral some sweet potatoes and bake them up


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Each piece is hand built from slabs of clay and decorated using hand cut stencil decoration. I have a strong belief that Ken's work makes you happy - it's something about the legs on this planter.
Media: Ceramic
Artist Bio: Ken Eardley
Media: Ceramic
Dimensions: 5.5 x 9.5cm
Artist Bio: Ken Eardley
Ken produces a range of hand built functional ceramics in his Brighton Studio. Having originally studied printed textiles in Liverpool, Ken went on to do a Master's degree in ceramics at the Royal College of Art. His love of strong patterns and bright colours can be seen in the pieces he produces today.
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Paul Weller has been announced as the first artist for Forest Live 2019.
The Modfather and former Jam and Style Council icon, will play a string of shows in forests across the UK next June and July. After kicking off in Gloucestershire on June 14, he'll head to Kent two days later.
The tour will then take in the rest of the UK, with dates scheduled in Suffolk, Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire.
Check out the dates in full below. Tickets are available from 9am on Friday November 9 and will be available here.
Friday June 14: Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, Glos.
Sunday June 16: Bedgebury Pinetum, near Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Friday June 21: Thetford Forest, near Brandon, Suffolk.
Saturday June 22: Delamere Forest, near Northwich, Cheshire.
Friday June 28: Dalby Forest, near Pickering, North Yorks.
Saturday June 29: Sherwood Pines, near Mansfield, Notts.
Saturda July 6: Cannock Chase Forest, near Rugeley, Staffs.
It comes after he released 'True Meanings', his fourteenth studio album in September.
"Even when handing his music to other musicians to scrawl their lyrical signatures across, Weller makes 'True Meanings' sound deeply personal and intimate. Very nice… now back to the game-changing", NME concluded.
In September, Weller also headlined Bristol's Downs Festival – where he joined forces onstage with Noel Gallagher to cover The Jam's 'A Town Called Malice'.


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Avoid This Classic Oversight - Level (7/7)
One of the greatest hindrances to effective marketing is believing the lie that your media can be put on auto-pilot. But is this true for any other area at your church?
Can you just assume that the bathrooms will automatically stay clean? Or that the sound system will just work? Or that your sermon will just write itself? Without the right procedures in place, none of this just happens.
We look at the final of the Seven Levels in this episode of the Must Increase Podcast and discuss the importance of always adjusting and improving in the ever-changing space of creative media.


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Spring Recipe Revival
May 21, 2013 06:05PM
By Lisa Drake
Carol Ritchie
It is the time of year when I like to talk about cooking and dining in the great outdoors. The North Texas weather has been unconventionally cooler going into the spring months this year, however that makes for perfect picnic dining and outdoor grilling. While some may prefer the warmer temps, the delightfully tepid breezy days and cool (if not cold!) nights provide an alluring atmosphere for alfresco activities. The intolerable afternoon and evening high temperatures will be here soon enough - let's enjoy the opportunity we have now for pleasant meals on the patio or in the park without blistering heat and a barrage of annoying insects.
When planning a picnic, the most important thing to consider is how to pack and transport the food for maximum freshness, healthfulness and presentation. There are many different containers available, each designed for specific needs. It is always necessary to choose the best container that provides proper insulation. Cold foods need to stay cold, hot foods need to stay hot. It's pretty much as simple as that. Achieving that goal is the challenge.
Reusable containers and plastic zip-top bags are leak-proof if sealed properly. These are generally easy to pack as well. This option is best for foods that need to be kept cold. Hot foods are best when thoroughly heated and stored in insulated, vacuum or thermal containers. Run hot water in the containers to heat the interiors before filling with hot food to ensure that the food remains hot.
Convenience is important and usually time is of essence when planning and packing a picnic. However, consider the environment as well and utilize reusable containers and utensils whenever possible. When using plastic bags for food, also use them to contain and transport dirty utensils after the meal, or use for collecting leftover trash. Be wise, not wasteful. Remember to pack a few moist towelettes for clean-up.
The cooler is the best choice for transporting properly packed foods. The common Styrofoam cooler is a popular choice; it is economical and does a good job insulating the food. Lids on these coolers tend to come off easily though, making spilling common, and the old familiar squeak of the Styrofoam can drive you nuts while driving to your destination.
Molded plastic coolers are great for long distance traveling. They are easy to clean and do a great job insulating the food. It is best to use one that will fit the amount of food you are packing, but will not be too heavy to carry when full of food and ice. It is easier to manage two small coolers than one large one, unless you have good helpers!
Keeping food cold in the coolers is the primary concern. It is most important to begin by thoroughly chilling the food. The food needs to be cold before packing the cooler. Inside the cooler, consider ice packs of ice cubes in zip-top bags or freezer packs (reusable/refreezeable non-toxic gel-filled bags/containers). Freezer packs tend to stay cold longer than ice. They are very convenient and you don't have to worry about water spills or leakage.
When packing the cooler, try to surround the food with ice or freezer packs, but with limited space keep the ice packs on top. A full cooler stays colder than a half-full cooler. Using solid containers for food protects it better than food in plastic zip-top bags, however, the bags usually make it easier to fit more food in the cooler. If packing food in glass bowls or on serving dishes, wrap well with plastic wrap and place inside a paper bag to prevent breakage. Use napkins and towels as cushions if necessary.
The traditional picnic basket works best for carrying the serving utensils, tablecloth or any sealed foods that do not require chilling or warming, such as chips or cookies. A large picnic basket can also conceal a smaller, soft-sided flexible cooler for holding the chilled food. Baskets come in a variety of shapes and sizes and should be chosen according to the intended use.
Certain foods, such as those using mayo, require special attention. Mayonnaise is subject to bacterial activity, which can be very toxic, without many indications of spoilage present. Sometimes, if the recipe that includes mayo also includes lemon juice or vinegar, the acid content (as well as keeping the food cold) will help deter bacterial growth. It is always necessary to chill mayo-based foods thoroughly prior to packing, and always keep the food in an ice-packed cooler when not being served. Set the serving dish in a larger container lined with ice for a buffet-style picnic serving arrangement. Common sense is your best defense - it is always better to be safe than sorry!
About this time every year, I usually mention lots of grilling tips for the outdoors cook. Here are important things for every grill master to keep in mind:
-- Choose a grill that is sturdy and of heavy construction. A charcoal grill imparts a delicious flavor to the food. For convenience, gas grills are easy to start and control the heat, however, the flavor can be quite different from charcoal or wood-burning grills. When using a gas grill, use soaked wood chips (loosely wrapped in foil and set inside the grill) to help add a smoky flavor.
-- The temperature of the coals is important. For most direct cooking, medium-hot coals are fine. Slow coals are recommended for indirect cooking, such as barbecued meats. Use long grilling gadgets and barbecue tools for a safe reach from the heat. Keep a small spray bottle filled with water around to help tame the flame. Do not soak the coals with water; spray lightly as needed.
-- Lightly brush vegetable oil on the cooking grate before preheating the grill; it helps to keep food from sticking to the cooking surface. Marinating is the best way to tenderize tough foods and add great flavor. A simple liquid marinade consists of a cooking oil, an acid and seasonings. The oil moistens food and allows for even distribution of added seasonings. The acid is usually a citrus juice, vinegar, soy sauce or wine, and will tenderize food, as well as add flavor, depending on the length of time allowed for marinating. Marinades can also be dry, more commonly called <rubs>, such as a crushed herb-and-spice coating that is applied directly to the food before grilling.
-- Wooden skewers are commonly used to thread chunks of meat, seafood, vegetables and fruit for shish kebabs. Soak wooden skewers for thirty minutes before using to prevent burning on the grill. To eliminate the possibility of flaming skewers, and for easy turning, use flat metal skewers.
-- Always have a clean plate for cooked food. Do not put cooked food on a plate that was temporarily used for raw meat - cross contamination occurs, which could cause food poisoning. When using a barbecue sauce to baste food on the grill, have a fresh separate portion of barbecue sauce set aside to serve with the meal. Safe food handling should always be top priority. Keep hot foods hot, cold foods cold and wash your hands after every task.
We all have favorite recipes that tend to resurface at various times of the year. Nature's emergence of spring growth, the urgency of spring cleaning and the surge of outdoor activities lend the perfect motivation to rejuvenate those recipes for today's home cook. For example, I have lots of favorite cooking class recipes from many years ago that I have overlooked and not prepared for many years. Digging out those old recipes, and adding a few minor updated tweaks, provided inspiration for my highlighted recipe, Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad. While the overall taste remains largely the same, my new version utilizes all the new options in ingredients we conveniently have available to us in our modern world.
The grilled chicken preparation is now a bit lower in fat; I simply adjusted the amount of vegetable oil used in the marinade. Pasta is now available in many shapes, sizes and forms previously unknown, so choose a fun, healthful design - I chose the mini bowties. Where I originally used a "very gourmet" Dijon mustard, now I've opted for a German Düsseldorf yellow mustard. And of course, the range of fresh vegetables to include is much expanded from years ago. My original recipe called for including broccoli and cauliflower (which is perfectly fine and delicious). For an updated twist, I've kept the broccoli (only now, very lightly cooked), and mostly for eye-appeal, dropped the cauliflower and added fresh slices of colorful mini bell peppers. Only a few minor changes, again not enough to change the overall flavor or intent, but just enough to add the "spring cleaning" this recipe needed.
Use this example to rejuvenate your favorite recipes from springtime past. Incorporate the plethora of new, fresh, original, organic ingredients now widely available in every grocery store. A tweak on the taste, a fine-tune of flavor, an amended appearance and a most important concern - changes for healthful living, are all important aspects to consider when revisiting generations of handed-down recipes. Springtime rejuvenation is underway; spice-up all those perfect picnic and gourmet grilling favorites to enjoy outdoors while the outdoors enjoyment is good.
Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad
Serves 4
orange-soy marinade:
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon white wine
1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
1 clove garlic, minced
boneless/skinless chicken breasts, pounded to 1/2-inch thickness
1/2 pound uncooked mini bowtie pasta
1/2 cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons Düsseldorf mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
Hot pepper sauce to taste
1 cup blanched broccoli florets
2 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup mini red bell pepper slices
Combine marinade ingredients in a large bowl, place chicken breasts in marinade, turning to coat and let marinate in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours (at least 1 hour). Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain cooking water and allow pasta to cool while grilling chicken. Remove chicken from marinade and grill on high heat for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until no longer pink in the center. Allow chicken to cool and cut into strips. Combine mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, and hot pepper sauce to taste in a large bowl. Add cooked pasta, broccoli florets, green onions and grilled chicken strips. Toss salad to coat with dressing. Top with mini red bell pepper slices to garnish. Chill thoroughly before serving.
(Notes: Use the flat side of a meat mallet to pound chicken breasts to 1/2-inch thickness. This allows for even (and quick) cooking on the grill. Use any shape pasta you prefer - I like the mini bowties for size, texture and appearance. Cook the broccoli florets to your liking - or leave uncooked, if you prefer. Blanching is simply cooking in boiling water very briefly, then cooling quickly in ice water to stop the cooking and preserve the color. This salad is a nice picnic dish, however, since it contains mayo, it is very important to keep it chilled until serving.)


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March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
- Christian feast day:
- Minna Canth's Birthday (Finland)
- Earliest day on which Maundy Thursday can fall, while April 22 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Easter. (Christianity)
- St Joseph's Day (Roman Catholicism and Church of England) related observances:
- Father's Day (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, Honduras, and Bolivia)
- Las Fallas, celebrated on the week leading to March 19. (Valencia)
- "Return of the Swallow", annual observance of the swallows' return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.
- The Kashubians' Unity Day.
- The first day of Quinquatria, held in honor of Minerva. (Roman Empire)
In 721, B.C., according to the Greek historian Ptolemy, Babylonian astronomers noted history's first recorded eclipse: an eclipse of the moon.
In 1279, A Mongolian victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China.
In 1452, Frederik III van Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic German Emperor. He was the first emperor of the House of Habsburg, and the third member of the House of Habsburg to be elected King of Germany after Rudolph I of Germany and Albert I in the 13th century. He was the penultimate emperor to be crowned by the Pope, and the last to be crowned in Rome. Prior to his imperial coronation, he was duke of the Inner Austrian lands of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola from 1424, and also acted as regent over the Duchy of Austria (as Frederick V) from 1439. He was elected and crowned King of Germany (as Frederick IV) in 1440. He was the longest-reigning German monarch when in 1493, after ruling his domains for more than 53 years, he was succeeded by his son Maximilian I.
In 1524, Giovanni de Varrazano of France sights the coast of the Carolinas on the La Dauphine.
In 1563, The Edict of Amboise is signed, ending the first phase of the French Wars of Religion and granting certain freedoms to the Huguenots.
In 1571, Spanish troops occupy Manila.
In 1628, 90 Puritan merchants (New England Co.) receive New World land patent; Massachusetts Colony founded.
In 1649, The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England"
In 1687, French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle — the first European to navigate the length of the Mississippi River — was murdered by mutineers in present-day Texas.
In 1702, James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England.
In 1734, Thomas McKean, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1817) was born. He was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolution he was a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. McKean served as a President of Congress. He was at various times a member of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. McKean served as President of Delaware, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Governor of Pennsylvania.
In 1748, English Naturalization Act passes granting Jews right to colonize US.
In 1812, The Cádiz Cortes promulgates the Spanish Constitution of 1812.
In 1813, David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and explorer (d. 1873) was born. He was a Scottish Congregationalist pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and an explorer in Africa. His meeting with H. M. Stanley on 10 November 1871 gave rise to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Perhaps one of the most popular national heroes of the late 19th century in Victorian Britain, Livingstone had a mythic status, which operated on a number of interconnected levels: Protestant missionary martyr, working-class "rags to riches" inspirational story, scientific investigator and explorer, imperial reformer, anti-slavery crusader, and advocate of commercial empire. His fame as an explorer helped drive forward the obsession with discovering the sources of the River Nile that formed the culmination of the classic period of European geographical discovery and colonial penetration of the African continent. At the same time his missionary travels, "disappearance" and death in Africa, and subsequent glorification as posthumous national hero in 1874 led to the founding of several major central African Christian missionary initiatives carried forward in the era of the European "Scramble for Africa".
In 1822, Boston, Massachusetts was incorporated as a city. (Date is a little fuzzy on this one)
In 1831, Edward Smith performed the first bank robbery in the U.S. by robbing $245,000 from the City Bank in New York City.
In 1848, Born this day, Wyatt Earp, American law officer who took part in involved in several gunfights including one at the O.K. Corral.
In 1853, The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
In 1860, William Jennings Bryan, American politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925) was born. He was a leading American politician from the 1890s until his death. He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1908). He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska and was the United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1915), resigning because of his pacifist position on the World War. Bryan was a devout Presbytreian, an strong advocate of popular democracy, and an enemy of the banks and their gold standard. He demanded "Free Silver" (because it reduce the power of the money power and put more money in the hands of the people at large). He was a peace advocate, a prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism on religious and humanitarian grounds. With his deep, commanding voice and wide travels, he was one of the best known orators and lecturers of the era. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner." In the intensely fought 1896 and 1900 elections, he was defeated by William McKinley but retained control of the Democratic Party. With over 500 speeches in 1896, Bryan invented the national stumping tour, in an era when other presidential candidates stayed home. In his three presidential bids, he promoted Free Silver in 1896, anti-imperialism in 1900, and trust-busting in 1908, calling on Democrats to fight the trusts (big corporations) and big banks, and embrace anti-elitist ideals of republicanism. President Wilson appointed him Secretary of State in 1913, but Wilson's strong demands on Germany after the Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915 caused Bryan to resign in protest. After 1920 he was a strong supporter of Prohibition and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after the end of the case, he died in his sleep
In 1861, The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
In 1863, The SS Georgiana, said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is destroyed on her maiden voyage with a cargo of munitions, medicines and merchandise then valued at over $1,000,000.
In 1865, American Civil War: The Battle of Bentonville begins. By the end of the battle two days later, Confederate forces had retreated from Four Oaks, North Carolina.
In 1885, Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.
In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph
In 1895, Los Angeles Railway was established to provide streetcar service.
In 1917, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the eight-hour workday for railroads as the Adamson Act was ruled constitutional.
In 1918, S Potter becomes first US pilot to shoot down a German seaplane.
In 1918, Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time. The act authorized Congress to establish time zones for the U.S. It was also established to save fuel and to promote the economies in a country at war.
In 1920, the U.S. Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49 in favor, 35 against, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.
In 1921, Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
In 1921, Italian Fascists shoot from the Parenzana train at a group of children in Strunjan (Slovenia): two children are killed and five wounded
In 1931, Nevada legalized gambling.
In 1932, The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened.
In 1941, World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered that men between the ages of 45 and 64 register for non-military duty. Even Bugs Bunny showed up when served a draft notice.
In 1943, Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
In 1943, Canadian Stars 1 sunk by the German Submarine U-221 , when southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland in position 53.24N, 28.34W (25). She was on a voyage from Sydney, N.S.W. and New York to Liverpool with 7,806 tons of refrigerated cargo. Twenty crew and nine passengers were lost.
In 1944, World War II: Nazi forces occupy Hungary.
In 1945, World War II: Off the coast of Japan, a dive bomber hits the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. Badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under her own power. ("The Ship That Wouldn't Sink" makes the 12,000- mile trip home to Brooklyn.).
In 1945, British 36th division conquers Mogok (ruby mine).
In 1945, US Task Force of 58 attack ships near Kobe/Kure.
In 1945, Adolf Hitler issued his so-called "Nero Decree," ordering the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands.
In 1946, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France.
In 1949, the first museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy opened in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (the American Museum of Atomic Energy).
In 1950, Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875) dies of a heart attack. He was an American writer, best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres. Aiming his work at the pulps, Burroughs had his first story, Under the Moons of Mars, serialized by Frank Munsey in the February to July 1912 issues of The All-Story —under the name "Norman Bean" to protect his reputation. Under the Moons of Mars inaugurated the Barsoom series. It was first published as a book by A. C. McClurg of Chicago in 1917, entitled A Princess of Mars, after three Barsoom sequels had appeared as serials, and McClurg had published the first four serial Tarzan novels as books. Burroughs soon took up writing full-time and by the time the run of Under the Moons of Mars had finished he had completed two novels, including Tarzan of the Apes, published from October 1912 and one of his most successful series. In 1913, Burroughs and Emma had their third and last child, John Coleman Burroughs (1913–79). Burroughs also wrote popular science fiction and fantasy stories involving Earthly adventurers transported to various planets (notably Barsoom, Burroughs's fictional name for Mars, and Amtor, his fictional name for Venus), lost islands, and into the interior of the hollow earth in his Pellucidar stories, as well as westerns and historical romances. Along with All-Story, many of his stories were published in The Argosy magazine.
In 1951, Herman Wouk's war novel "The Caine Mutiny" was published.
In 1954, Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
In 1954 – Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
In 1958, The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
In 1962, Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label.
In 1965, The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
In 1966, Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final Four with an all-black starting lineup.
In 1969, The 385 metres (1,263 ft) tall TV-mast at Emley Moor, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
In 1973, "POWs Return from Vietnam" Shortly after the Paris cease-fire agreement was signed, North Vietnam began releasing American prisoners of war. The most touching reunion seen on TV took place at California's Travis Air Force Base, as Lt. Col. Robert Stirm stepped onto the tarmac. His eldest daughter, Lorrie, 15, beamed as she rushed at her father with arms outstretched, followed closely by her brothers, her sister, and her mother, Loretta. The scene personified Operation Homecoming, during which 591 serviceman were released.
In 1975, Pennsylvania became the first state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports.
In 1979, The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
In 1982, Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom.
In 1985, IBM announced that it was planning to stop making the PCjr consumer-oriented computer. The machine had been expected to dominate the home computer market but didn't quite live up to those expectations. In the 16 months that the PCjr was on the market, only 240,000 units were sold. I had one of the first units. No Hard Drive, two floppy disk drives with MS-DOS operation system. Cost was about $2400.00. My first upgrade was 40 MB Hard Card drive, some additional memory and 3.5 floppy disk drive. WOW.
In 1985, in a legislative victory for President Reagan, the Senate voted, 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile.
In 1987, Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
In 1989, The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979.
In 1990, The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
In 1992, Democrat Paul Tsongas pulled out of the presidential race, leaving Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton the clear favorite to capture their party's nomination.
In 1993, Justice Byron White, the only member of the U.S. Supreme Court appointed by a Democrat, announced he would retire, opening the way for President Clinton to make his first high judicial nomination. White's departure paved the way for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to become the court's second female justice.
In 1994, In his weekly radio address, President Clinton promised to tell people "all across America about our health reform plan and what it really means."
In 2002, Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
In 2004, A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Russian MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work. The remains of the three crewmen are left in place, pending further investigations.
In 2004, Konginkangas bus disaster: A semi-trailer truck and a bus crash head-on in Äänekoski, Finland. 24 people are killed and 13 injured.
In 2004 – 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20.
In 2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
In 2011 – Libyan civil war: After the failure of Muammar Gaddafi's forces to take Benghazi, French Air Force launches Opération Harmattan, beginning foreign military intervention in Libya.
In 2013, A series of bombings and shootings kills at least 98 people and injures 240 others across Iraq.
In 2016, Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
In 2016, An explosion occurs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, killing five people and injuring 36.
In 2018, The last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, dies, ensuring a chance of extinction for the species.


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The vineyards
Cultivation of vines in this area dates originally back to the Etruscans, after which it was abandoned and then begun again. At the end of the 1980s a new phase of viticulture started, with the aim of fully exploiting the potential of the land for production of vines. Today vines are cultivated under IGT- Indicazione Geografica Tipica.
Chardonnay was introduced in 1988 and Sauvignon Blanc in 1989. Red grape varieties then followed: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, which exceeded all expectations at Terriccio, producing better results than those achieved in their places of origin.
Research and experimentation continued in the early 1990s, with Syrah and Petit Verdot, used to experiment grafting techniques to extend the ampelographic range and in micro-vinification in the cellars to check the capacity for acclimatization and production.
The red and white vines are trained differently: red is grown spurred cordon and white is guyot-trained. In order to protect surface and deeper water table levels, prevent erosion and enhance biodiversity, vegetation is allowed to grow between the trellises (green manuring), sown in autumn. The new vineyards in total comprise about 5,600 vines.
There is a goal that's pursued at Terriccio having to do with vine production, especially after oenologist and strategic consultant Carlo Ferrini joined in the early 1990's, this goal is to reduce production to 900 grammes of grape per plant. This enables the estate to obtain a natural richness and concentration in its wines, that contain high levels of polyphenols, a pronounced structure that's accompanied by a particular softness and a considerablecapacity for ageing.
The course had been set towards the production of the very finest wines and the first results were surprising: the new varieties produced wine that has all the heat, the light and the richness of this particular part of the Tuscan coast, bringing its unique character to the foreground.
In 1993 the research and experimentation finally bore fruit: Lupicaia immediately showed itself to be in a class of its own and in 2000, Castello del Terriccio joined it as another of the estates top wine selection.
For the first time the possibility was considered of planting new varieties that would offer higher quality results than those achieved with Sangiovese and the traditional white grapes previously cultivated. The choice of the varieties to be planted at the Terriccio was particularly delicate, following a careful selection of international strains, in order to ensure not only excellent results but also to maintain a constant level of quality over time. The selection of these vines inevitably entailed renouncing the right to the two local D.O.C.denominations - Montescudaio and Terratico di Bibbona.
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Yogi Berra Biography
Nick Name: Yogi
Nationality: American
Famous: Quotes By Yogi Berra African American Baseball Players
Died At Age: 90
Sun Sign: Taurus
Also Known As: Lawrence Peter Berra
Born in: St. Louis
Famous as: Baseball Player
Spouse/Ex-: Carmen Berra
father: Pietro
mother: Pietro Berra
siblings: Josie, Mike, Tony
children: Dale Berra, Larry Berra, Tim Berra
Died on: September 22, 2015
place of death: New Jersey
U.S. State: Missouri
education: South Side Catholic (now St. Mary's High School)
awards: 1951 - MVP Award
1954 - MVP Award
1955 - MVP Award
1996 - NIAF Special Achievement Award
- Silver Buffalo Award
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Baseball player Lawrence Peter Berra better known as "Yogi" Berra was the three times winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award, with ten world championships and 15-time All-Star wins also to his credit. The player acquired the nickname "Yogi" when his childhood friend Bobby Hofman, identified Berra with an Indian snake charmer (Yogi) since Berra, like the Yogi used to squat with legs crossed after losing games. He was the first man to win pennants in different leagues in his 40 years' baseball career. His style of leaving a finger outside his glove was later imitated by other catchers. He is a man of principles; he did not enter the New York Yankee Stadium for 14 years after his baseless dismissal from the New York Yankees team until the owner personally apologized to him. This great baseball player has also proved his might as a writer by penning down 'The Yogi Book: I Really Didn't Say Everything I Said', an American best seller. His comments on life and baseball, called "Yogi-isms" have gained entry in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations—all credit to the sportsman whose comments have been acknowledged in the repository of wisdom. He was also a humanitarian who contributed to charity and youth organizations.
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- He started his baseball career at the age of 14 in a youth league sponsored by the American Legion.In 1942, the general manager of St. Louis Cardinals offered him $250 to sign for his team, but Berra refused it, as he demanded the same sum of $500 that was offered to his friend Garagiola.He gained entry into the New York Yankees team in 1942 after signing the offer for $500.From 1943 to 1946, he served in the United States Navy and rendered his service in North Africa and Europe, participating in the D-Day landing in Normandy.In 1946, he made his debut appearance in a Major League for the New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Athletics. In the World Series conducted in 1947, he became the first person to hit a pinch-hit home run against Ralph Branca, the pitcher from Brooklyn Dodgers.Until 1963, he played for New York Yankees and retired from professional baseball career. In his career with the Yankees, he helped the team win14 American League championships and 10 World Series.In 1964, he became the manager of the New York Yankees and led the team to victory in the American League pennant race of that year. In the same year, his team lost to Cardinals in the seven-game World Series after which he was dismissed from the Yankees.In 1965, on his friend Casey Stengel's suggestion, he became the player-coach for New York Mets. In 1972, he became the manager of Mets and was he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the same year.Under Berra's able guidance, Mets was able to rise from its last position to win the National League in 1973. In 1975, he was fired from his position as the manager of the New York Mets.Continue Reading BelowHe became the coach for the New York Yankees in 1976 and led the team to the World Series of 1977 and 1978 triumphantly.He once again became the manager of the New York Yankees in 1984 and managed the team until 1985, when he was fired from his position by the owner, George Steinbrenner.In 1986, he became the coach for Houston Astros and was with the team until his retirement in 1992.After his retirement, he got himself involved in many philanthropic activities. In 1998, he opened the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, New Jersey where he hosts many baseball camps and sports-related workshops.Awards & Achievements
- He won his first MVP award in 1951 after hitting .297 with 27 home runs and 88 run batted in (RBI).He won the award of Most Valuable Player in the American League three times in the years of 1951, 1954, and 1955.In 1967, he was the winner of the Slocum Award, an award presented by the New York Baseball Writers Association annually to a player in acknowledgement of his meritorious service to baseball.He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972 and since then has been a member of Major League Baseball's All-Century Team.In 1996, the Montclair State University honored him with a doctorate degree.Personal Life & Legacy
- He married Carmen on January 26, 1949 and the couple had three children—Larry, a former minor-league catcher, Tim, a former NFL receiver, and Dale, a former major-league infielder. Carmen died on March 6, 2014.A baseball stadium in the campus of the Montclair State University was named after him in 1998 and in the December of the same year, the "Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center" hosted many sports activities as a tribute to the legend.Yogi Berra died of natural causes, in New Jersey, on September 22, 2015.Trivia
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STAR Note-taking Strategy
|S= Set Up Paper
|1. Put name, class, and date in upper right-hand corner.
|2. All notes need a title.
|3. Draw a vertical line down the length of the paper about one-third of the way from the left edge (~ 3″), creating two columns.
|T= Take Notes in Right-hand column
|1. PARAPHRASE the text or lecturer in the right-hand column.
|2. Use active listening to decide important information. If the lecturer strays from the topic, don't be fooled. Write down only relevant information.
|3. Use whatever it takes to cue your own memory system. You may, for example, use capitals, printing, underlining, arrows, or even pictures.
|4. Don't get hung up on spelling. If you know what you meant that is all that counts. Later, if you include this information in an essay or other type of work, you will check a reference for proper spelling.
|5. Use abbreviations that work for you. Develop your own shorthand.
|A= After Class
|1. Within 5 minutes of class, or as soon as is humanly possible, edit your notes. Reread them looking for places to make additions, deletions or clarifications.
|2. Work with a partner whenever possible.
|3. Use a highlighter or underlining to emphasize important points.
|4. Note any points that need to be clarified with the lecturer the next session.
|5. NOW fill in the left-hand column with QUESTIONS, ICONS (SYMBOLS and PICTURES), and/or MEMORY KEYS.
|R= Review Notes
|1. Review notes regularly:
|a) After class
|b) At least weekly
|c) Before the test
|2. To review: cover the right column with blank paper. Either rewrite the right column or review ALOUD using the cues in the left column.
|3. PARAPHRASE answers.
|4. Then REFLECT—summarize the notes, relating the subject to yourself and your personal experience.
See the links in the column to right under the category STUDY TIPS for further information about note-taking.
Also see The Great Migration II .
If you take notes using a laptop or electronic notebook, there is software that creates a Cornell note-taking template (like the one used in the STAR notetaking system) availabe here as shareware: http://notalon.sourceforge.net/


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Old Bed New Bed
by Linda Clist
32-page full-colour paperback, 178x178mm
Not everyone has a bed
Jack is very excited about his new bed, and tomorrow he's going with his mum and little sister to buy brand-new bed covers as well!
However, on the high street Jack sees a homeless man who doesn't have a comfy bed to sleep in, and his mum encourages Jack to put some money in the collection box for the local homeless shelter.
Uncle Oliver is all set to take Jack's old bed to the tip, but instead finds a much better place for it to go, and Jack meets someone there whom he never expected to see.
The book includes guidelines for parents and teachers plus information about the homeless charity Emmaus and other organisations which help homeless people. It's available from CWR: http://www.cwr.org.uk/store/p-1224-old-bed-new-bed.aspx


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Tesla (TSLA) shifts into the earnings lane after the closing bell Wednesday with Q1 results that many analysts expect to be as inspiring as a flat tire—and that's after a couple weeks of rough riding.
Tesla started April with a stock price that had traversed an abnormally rocky road over the 52-week period, hitting highs and lows that jumped as much as $120 in between. On Tuesday, Tesla shares were trading in the $261 range, some 30% below their 52-week high of $376.79 in mid-December (see figure 1 below).
Though analysts expect earnings and revenue to improve in Q1 from a year ago, they also project sharp sequential losses from Q4, in part due to Q1 deliveries and pricing projections both sliding off the road (see more below).
Tesla's News Cycle Has Been Busy
Why such a price variation? It could be because TSLA's messages have been mixed this quarter, according to most analysts covering the stock. They point to examples such as Chief Executive Elon Musk saying on a conference call with reporters Feb. 28 that he would close all the electric car company's dealers as part of a cost-cutting effort and only sell the cars online—a decision that was reversed 11 days later.
Last week, TSLA announced a shakeup of its board—something some analysts thought could be tied to Musk's tussle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company said that four board members will be stepping down over the next two years as the company shrinks the board.
On Monday, only two days before earnings were scheduled, TSLA held a press conference to announce that the era of self-driving cars is here. The company said it will have autonomous Teslas on the road by the end of the year, with a "robo-taxi" program by next year.
The news split Wall Street between skeptics and supporters on whether TSLA can make good on its ambitious plans. At the news conference, Musk made a sly reference to it: "The only criticism—it's a fair one—is that I'm not on time. But I get it done."
Also on Monday, TSLA said it was sending a team to China to investigate a parking garage video that showed a fire apparently erupting under and around a parked Tesla. There's no indication that the Tesla car was the source of the fire or how it might have started, but the video appeared to catch investor attention.
Is a Q1 Loss a Given?
Wall Street is bracing for a loss after two profitable quarters because TSLA shifted gears in February with a vague warning about the quarter. The statement came only a month after telling investors on the Q4 conference call that there would be a Q1 profit, albeit a small one.
In that Feb. 28 conference call to announce the $35,000 Model 3, Musk said, "We do not expect to be profitable in Q1, but we do expect to be profitable in Q2."
On April 3, TSLA said Q1 deliveries across all three models plunged 31% to 63,000 cars from Q4, which, coupled with pricing adjustments, would put a dent in Q1 net income. Shares tumbled 8% on the news.
"Because of the lower-than-expected delivery volumes and several pricing adjustments, we expect Q1 net income to be negatively impacted," the company said then.
Pricing adjustments were necessary to make the cars more affordable, according to the company. On Jan. 1, prices for the vehicles effectively shot up with the cut in the federal tax credit that buyers of electric cars had received as purchase incentives. The credit is being phased out, starting with the 50% cut Jan. 1 to $3,750, falling to $1,875 after July 1 and ending next Jan. 1.
What investors also might want to watch for is TSLA's cash on hand. TSLA ended 2018 with $3.7 billion in cash, but had to fork over nearly $1 billion in March to bondholders. TSLA said its cash reserve was "sufficient," but not all analysts seem convinced. Though the company is widely expected to report a loss, some see the potential for an upside surprise. Stay tuned.
TSLA Options Activity
TSLA is expected to report an EPS loss of $0.69, compared to an EPS loss of $3.35 in the prior-year quarter, according to third-party consensus analyst estimates. It's important to note, however, that we use the term "consensus" loosely in the case of TSLA, as analyst estimates range from a loss of $2.81 per share to a gain of $1.18 per share.
Revenue is projected at $5.4 billion, up 58% from $3.4 billion a year ago but down 25% from $7.2 billion in Q4. EPS in the last quarter was $1.93.
Options traders have priced in approximately a 6.6% stock price move in either direction around the upcoming earnings release, according to the Market Maker Move indicator on the thinkorswim® platform. Implied volatility was at the 53rd percentile as of Wednesday morning.
Looking at the April 26 weekly option expiration, put activity has been higher at the 250 and 260 strikes, while call activity has been concentrated at the 270 and 275 strikes.
Note: Call options represent the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying security at a predetermined price over a set period of time. Put options represent the right, but not the obligation to sell the underlying security at a predetermined price over a set period of time.
By JJ Kinahan