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Gauteng Social Development MEC Thuliswa Nkabinde-Khawe has made a stern warning against unregistered Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs), particularly those who work with vulnerable groups.
This comes after a media report on the department's involvement in a legal battle with the Kingdom Life Child and Youth Care Centre over the facility's legitimacy.
Kingdom Life, which is situated in Saulsville, Pretoria, is an NPO that is meant to render services to children and operates as a Child Youth Care Centre (CYCC).
The Children's Act defines CYCC as a facility that provides residential care to more than six children outside the child's family environment in accordance with the residential care programme suited for the children in the facility.
Nkabinde-Khawe said the Kingdom Life was found to be non-compliant, as it contravened the NPO Act and the Children's Act.
"Any organisation providing service to children should be registered according to the Children's Act, guided by specific norms and standards," Nkabinde-Khawe said.
According to the department, Kingdom Life has an unconstitutional board; mismanaged funds as the board failed to account for funds; the facility does not meet registration requirements as prescribed by NPO Act and Children's Act; and the Kingdom Life Social Worker Violation of the Children's Act 38 of 2005, amongst others.
"As Gauteng Social Development, it is in the best interest of the children to be removed from this facility and the movement will be done through the court as these children were placed through court orders.
"The department will continue to assist the organization to be registered for compliance, however we cannot keep children in the centre that is contravening the laws of the country and put children at risk," Nkabinde-Khawe said.
She added that the Gauteng Provincial Government has adopted a 365 Child Protection Programme to ensure that children are, and feel safe.
The purpose of the Child Protection Programme is to build a protective environment for children, free from violence, abuse and exploitation.
Through the programme, a commitment was made that by 2020, boys, girls, and women at risk and survivors of violence, exploitation, and abuse have access to an improved and equitable prevention and response system. – SAnews.gov.za


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September 4th, 2011, 02:23 AM | #1 |
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Overcranking HPX502
What would be the the best set up option for overcranking the HPX502?? I have to film some fast paced sport and the client wants good quality slo-mo. I have limited experience in VFR but ubderstand the principles. One of my decisions is 720p vs 720pn???
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September 4th, 2011, 03:41 AM | #2 |
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
I don't think that you really have a choice there. 720 50p or 720 60p. As for the quality... The picture IS going to be soft. If your client wants a sharp HD picture he's not going to get it with the hpx500 especially not if shot in 720... If sharpness is not a problem then I guess your all set to go:)
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September 4th, 2011, 05:08 AM | #3 |
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
Thanks for your reply....
I am aware that the 500 is not the sharpest tool in the shed by a long shot, but its fine for what is required. What I am still a little unsure of is the "best" setup to go with. Should it be 720pn/25(25native) with a FR of 50....720p/25(25 over 50) with a FR of 50? 720p/50? If I go with 720p/24, I can then run the FR right up to 60FPS....would this be an okay option? Preferably after looking at it all I would like to go with 720p/25 at 50FPS or lower, this would let me still keep audio and be better suited to for the client to keep the wilds as an image library, but I am not sure if this gives the smoothest play back results. There are so many different opinions as what is the prefered setup out there....I just want to keep it smooth & reliable..... |
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
720 25pn isn't this 25 frames? Where do yo get 50? If you want to shot slo-mo just shoot 720 50p. I don't see where you can go wrong with this...
September 5th, 2011, 02:30 AM | #6 |
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
I agree with Sanjin. Depending on the intended playback rate, as well as the capture rate, you can determine what the maximum slowdown is.
If you capture 60p and play back 24p, it's going to be a 2.5x slowdown. If you capture 50p and play back 25p, it's going to be a 2x slowdown. Software can always drop frames to speed the footage up to whatever you want it to be, but you can't slow the footage down past what the capture speed allows for, or else the motion will have to be interpolated and that looks bad; it's generally a good idea to shoot as fast as possible. One more thing - the Variable Frame Rate function on HPX cameras is useful if you want to capture odd speeds that don't coincide with the standard acquisition speeds. For example, I want to capture at 48 fps instead of the default 50 to get a 2x slowdown at 24p, in this case I would choose to record 720 24p with the frame rate set to 48. This appears as 48:24PN on my 370, which I assume should be similar enough to the 500. |
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
The whole point of VFR is to do exactly this without having to slow down in post.
Shooting 25pN and using 50 fps as your VFR (set in the Scene File) will give you 50% slo-mo recorded directly to the card, no slow-down in post needed. This is much, much better because if you slow it down in post, the slowdown will only be as good as the resampling software. Using VFR avoids that; you're getting full, whole frames created by the camera, not interpolations created by an NLE. And you have many more options for frame rates than you do in post, all at the same, camera-best quality and not at the quality of some NLE's interpolation. You will have full-quality slo-mo or fast-mo at varying rates; you're not stuck with just one rate. Doing the overcranking in the camera is better in every respect. That's why it's there.
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Re: Overcranking HPX502
The overcranking in this promo was done in camera with my HPX371 set at 720p with a frame rate of 50fps:
Greggs Children's Cancer Run 2010 - YouTube The edit timeline was 25fps and I think it works very well. As a footnote we lost our 12 year old son Henry to cancer a year ago, I did the video for the charity to promote their fundraising for the run, my 31 year old daughter Sarah is also in the video waving at the camera.
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"If Not the Green New Deal, Then What?" (Emily Atkin, New Republic)
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Prior to the pandemic strike Anne Frankenstein would be DJ-ing in bars or clubs most Friday and Saturday evenings.
She laughs when questioned if she misses it: "Not genuinely, I sort of want the quiet daily life. I believe I was participating in a couple as well lots of gigs in advance of lockdown. It really is been great to just love new music at my possess tempo."
Fortunately for Anne she has a working day career – her mid-morning exhibit on Jazz FM.
As very well as producing life busy, all those gigs took a toll on her package, in certain headphones. She has "totally wrecked" headphones in the earlier through overuse and crushing them by incident.
Obtaining learnt all those costly lessons, she would not expend substantially on headphones for function.
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By passing an electrical recent by a coil of wire put in the vicinity of to a magnet, you can make the coil move. Attach a slim sheet of materials (diaphragm) to that coil and the vibrations will make seem.
The so-called going coil procedure has develop into significantly a lot more advanced around the years. Better materials and intelligent electronics have improved the audio high-quality, and speakers have shrunk to a measurement that can fit into the ear.
Nonetheless, there are however several shifting pieces in modern day headphones, which can be damaged.
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Making headphones far more strong is just a single of the claims of xMEMs, a Silicon Valley agency that thinks its technological know-how can revolutionise the headphone market place.
At the coronary heart of its tech is something referred to as the piezoelectric effect. If you bend some components, they make an electric powered recent and the reverse is real as properly, if you go an electric present through them they bend.
The bendiness has been exploited for years to make sound, but that sound has been rather unsophisticated – it truly is often utilised to make buzzers.
New developments in components have improved all that. Silicon Valley-dependent xMEMs has refined the procedure and states its speakers can match the incredibly ideal sound developed the traditional way.
Their speaker is really modest and can be created in the identical way as a computer chip. 6 of the minor speakers can sit on one particular chip and, with all the things in just one location, the system is robust and waterproof.
"You might be having upcoming level mechanical shock resistance," claims Mike Housholder, VP of advertising and marketing at xMEMS. "You can fall a tray of these on the earbud assembly line, they're not heading to split."
They also guarantee to be additional effective at noise cancelling he states, a element vital for people who fly or use other public transport.
Mr Housholder expects the 1st headphones utilizing his company's technological know-how to strike the industry next April.
It is an "interesting" know-how suggests Kelvin Griffiths, an audio engineer, who has been doing the job with speakers and headphones for more than 20 yrs and now runs his personal consultancy.
Although he can see the probable benefits of these a procedure, he is also careful. He details out that standard transferring coil speakers have been evaluated about decades, the kind of scrutiny which xMEMs is but to go through.
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Hiromichi Ozawa, is the manager of headphone exploration and advancement at Audio Technica, Japan's biggest vendor of headphones (with cables, relatively than wireless). He has worked in product development for much more than 30 yrs.
All through that time he has noticed a multitude of improvements. He remembers in the 1990s creating a wood casing for mass market place headphones.
"Wood housing had fascinating acoustic qualities and added a selected aesthetic enjoyment to the listening encounter.
"We wanted far more people today to expertise this special, pure audio," he reported.
Whilst he appreciates the opportunity of new technological know-how, he likes the classic relocating coil technique which has a "uncomplicated development" but "effective results".
Mr Ozawa says the serious problem for headphone makers is to manage seem high-quality, though developing in further options, like a wi-fi relationship.
In distinct, he says reproducing intricate instrumental tunes is a crucial exam for speakers. So, for 30 decades he has been utilizing Mozart's piano sonata, played by Ingrid Haebler, to check the audio good quality of new headphones.
But does the typical buyer really care substantially about what is heading on inside their headphones?
Not according to Paul Noble, who owns the headphone store Spiritland, in London.
"It is really additional about wearability, effectiveness, rate, style – not the internals," he claims.
He has bought hundreds of headphones because opening his shop in October. Prices assortment from £100 to a lot more than £5,000.
"The big massive development which has confused the headphone industry is Bluetooth and cordless. Men and women just wanting to be fully free of charge of the cords and have headphones for doing exercises or whatever."
As for Ms Frankenstein she likes to test evaluations before obtaining and also pays some focus to what the headphones look like.
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Luke Bryan Shares Re-Write of 'The Christmas Song'
Luke Bryan is getting in the holiday spirit this Christmas. The country superstar shared his own personal re-write of 'The Christmas Song' with fans in an email sent to his fanclub.
Bryan is the son of a peanut farmer, so it only makes sense that he would replace the classic opening line of "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" with the more personal, "Peanuts boiling on an open fire ..."
He made a few other countrified changes to the lyrics, making references to his own songs, his fans, a truck (of course!) and catfish to make the song play more toward his fanbase.
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Peanuts boiling on an open fire
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Jacked-up truck, 35-inch mud tires
'I See You' on the radio
Everybody knows, the fans who come to all the shows
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If you've been in business for a few?years, you know about the ups and downs — there are good times and hard times, and then, well, there are times like this: An unusual (to me) in-between place where I can see lots going right, and lots going wrong, and everything seems topsy-turvy and uncertain.
These experiences certainly came to mind at the Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) Toronto Chapter ?No-Frills Trade Show in Toronto yesterday. For the first time in the event's history, the organizers attracted the province's premier, Kathleen?Wynne, as a guest speaker. (For US readers, this would be the equivalent of having the state governor show up).
She gave a naturally optimistic and industry-friendly speech. But at my near-the-front table, I enjoyed conversations with a major industry association leader who said his members are starving. And while the room was nearly full, there were many unsold seats and show registrations were holding at levels far below previous levels. "It's the internet," the show co-ordinator told me. "People don't need to come to these events any more. They can get the information online."
And so it goes. I talk to some people who express optimism and opportunity, and others who express concern. In Ottawa, as the voluntary chair of the CSC Ottawa chapter, we are about to have one of the most successful events in the chapter's history, the Tuesday evening Connections Cafe event on the Economics of Sustainability. Yet most of the people attending don't belong to the chapter — and its?membership may be declining.
Is the cup really filling, or emptying? Are things good or bad (or both). You can read the tea-leaves either way, and still not know what to think.
I suppose the rules of business and sales management with universal application certainly have validity in these conditions and am following the rules as best I can:
Be prudent
That means, watch the spending, the optimistic assertions, and keep things under control. I've been increasingly segmenting revenue and expenses — and doing my best to avoid transferring money from "good" situations to dubious ones. This reflected in my decision to attend the Toronto show. In previous years, we sometimes had two people there (we trade our booth space for advertising, so that doesn't cost any cash, but there are travel costs.) I received an invitation as chair of the Ottawa chapter, so didn't need to pay for the luncheon.
And I shopped for the least expensive train ticket, though admit I splurged and paid for a business class seat (of course train is much less expensive than airplane.) But the decision to spend even $220 on the event for which we had budgeted $600 still sent cautious signals and we'll see if the overall results/value justified the expense.
Be technological
I perceive that many of the challenges right now relate to technological dislocation — that is, the redistribution of resources occurring because of the rapidly changing technological landscape. The winners are adapting quickly, the losers are struggling as clients migrate to new approaches. ?Of course, my business has earned most of its revenue through print media (declining) but I've sought to keep-up with online resources and managed to become one of about 15 moderators on Google's English-language publisher/advertiser help forum. (This leads to expense-paid trips for summits and meet-ups, and caused me to decide to allocate significant retirement income funds for?GOOGL shares.)
Be responsive
The old rules relating to service, support, relationship-building and community service apply now as much as they did before. You can certainly gain much ground by supporting worthy causes (maybe more with time than cash), treating clients and prospects with respect.
None of this stuff is rocket science of course, and I would rather be in the current environment than fighting through a totally negative economy/recession. Maybe it's good that things aren't too good — it keeps me grounded and patient, rather than careless with unbridled optimism.
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Looking for a Surprise home with potential? 3 bed (plus den) 2 bath, North West Ranch home. Great room concept, open kitchen, den or office, split floor plan, nice master bath, Nice neighborhood per tenant. Great location near the 303 fwy and Bell Rd. Close to shopping and dinning! Don't miss out on this 3 bed 2 (plus den), 2 bath home for well under $200k.
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Status Change Date: 2016-07-26
Sold Price: $162,500
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List Date: 2016-05-14
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House Number: 16441
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State/Province: AZ
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Assessor Number: 509-04-308
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Tax Municipality: Maricopa - COUNTY
Taxes: 931
Tax Year: 2015
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Price/SqFt: 95.81
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Year Built: 2002
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In today's world, the idea of physically sitting down in front of each system you support as an MSP seems almost quaint. Instead, most MSPs today rely heavily on remote management tools.
This is true even when it comes to data backup and recovery operations. Managed backup software offering remote management features greatly simplifies the tasks required to work with backup data. As a result, it saves time and personnel costs, while providing better results for customers.
Although many backup software platforms offer remote management features, they vary widely in the specific functionality they offer. To guide you in selecting a backup tool with the remote management features you need, this article offers an overview of which features are the most important and why.
Remote Backup Management Features
The most frequent tasks that you will perform as part of managed backup services center on configuring, executing, and monitoring backup processes.
In order to be able to do this work remotely, look for a backup management tool that offers the ability to do the following remotely:
- Work on any OS: A backup solution that works with only one OS is not a great solution. Look for a tool that supports all the major operating systems -- Windows, macOS and Linux.
- Workstation and server backup: You also want a tool that enables you to back up workstations, as well as servers. Even if you only back up one type of platform today, your needs may change in the future.
- Backup scheduling: Being able to schedule backups to run at a certain time is a critical feature. It helps ensure that backup routines don't get in the way of your customers' operations, and it can help optimize backup performance (by ensuring that backups run when optimum network bandwidth is available, among other factors).
Further reading What Is the Best Backup Schedule for the Small Business?
- Flexible backup options: Your remote backup management tool should enable you to back up data in whichever way makes the most sense for a given scenario. The main options include backing up individual files, backing up entire folders or directories, and image-based backup (which means backing up a workstation or server by creating an image of all of its contents).
- Versioning and retention: In order to help protect against ransomware attacks and failed backups, your backup tools should allow you to store different versions of backup files. They should also automate backup retention, so that you can remove outdated backups.
- Encryption and compression: These are both critical features to keep backups safe and efficient.
Managing Backup Storage Remotely
Beyond managing backups themselves, being able to configure backup storage remotely is also important in order to leverage fully the flexibility that remote management tools enable.
If you use the cloud for backup, be sure that your remote access features work with any cloud provider you may need to use, now or in the future. Ideally, your tools will also allow you to configure lifecycle management for your backups remotely so that you can move data automatically between different storage tiers to save money.
Local backup storage can also be managed remotely, although your approach will vary depending on how exactly the local storage is configured. If you use local disks, you'll need to be sure you can remotely create backup jobs to back up to/from local storage.
Further reading Backup Storage Management for MSPs
Remote Data Recovery and Restores
Remote management of backup routines and storage is only half the battle. You must also be prepared to manage data recovery and restores remotely. In fact, support for remote data recovery is all the more important, because you rarely have time after a data disaster occurs to travel to a physical site in order to perform recovery.
When selecting a backup tool, be sure it supports the following remote recovery features:
- Multiple recovery methods: It should allow you to restore individual files, entire folders and operating system images.
- File search: You should be able to search for files, as well, to ensure that they were recovered successfully.
- Restore to virtual machines: Sometimes, you may need to perform image-based restores to virtual machines remotely. Ideally, you'll be able to do this not only when the data source and target are the same (e.g., restoring a VMware image to another VMware system), but also when they are dissimilar (e.g., restoring VMware to Hyper-V, or to a public cloud virtual machine service, such as EC2 or Azure virtual machines).
General Remote Access
Managing backup and recovery routines remotely may be your primary goal if you are an MSP who provides managed backup services. However, you may sometimes need to perform general-purpose management tasks as well, such as accessing remote systems for troubleshooting purposes or providing technical support to end-users.
Ideally, you'll choose backup management software that offers this functionality, too. That way, you can work from within the tool you already have open, instead of having to open another one, such as Remote Desktop.
Along similar lines, any tool you select should offer end-to-end encryption. It's the only way to keep your customers' data safe and protect your business's reputation.
Remote backup offers advantages over traditional backup methods. Above all, it's more flexible, and it saves time for both you and your customers.
However, not all managed backup tools provide the full range of functionality you need to manage backup operations, backup storage, and data recovery remotely. You should select a tool like MSP360 Managed Backup, which offers a rich array of remote management features alongside all of the other functionality that MSPs need to deliver managed backup services efficiently and cost-effectively.


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Much of the criticism in the US is based on accusations that Chinese solar power companies enjoy an unfair competitive advantage from strong government support.
Goldwind spokesperson Yao Yu said that half of the wind turbines parts and components for the Illinois wind farm would be supplied by US manufacturers.
The Illinois governor's office said the wind power project will create a dozen permanent jobs and more than 100 temporary construction jobs in the state. "If a Chinese wind farm developer sees an opportunity in Illinois, we're going to embrace them with open arms," said Illinois Governor Pat Quinn in an interview on Monday.
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Goldwind, China's second-largest wind turbines manufacturer after Sinovel, is embarking on an ambitious international growth strategy, aiming to derive 30% of its profit from overseas by 2015. Last month, the company signed a $40.5 million wind turbines contract with Ecuador's state-owned power generation company, Corporacion Electrica del Ecuador, to build a 16.5-megawatt wind farm there.
In June, China announced it was ending subsidies for domestic wind turbines producers under pressure from the Obama administration. The U.S. had long complained about a lack of transparency for subsidies in China's wind power sector.


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Washington DC taxes Uber to Fund Subway
The District of Columbia (DC) council has imposed a 5% tax on rideshare trips to fund the city's ailing subway system.
The cost of an Uber or Lyft ride in the nation's capital will increase from 1% to 6%, Traveler's Today reported. The increased expense is not that great, the measure will add $1.50 to a $25 ridesharing trip.
Anybody that can afford a $25 rideshare trip will probably not notice the tax. The tax affects any Lyft or Uber ride that begins or ends in Washington D.C.
Can Lyft and Uber Fund Mass Transit?
The hope is to raise $23 million to $25 million a year to fix Washington's crumbling subway system the Metro.
The Metro has been plagued by equipment failures, safety problems, and stations that are literally falling apart. The tax might do little to help because most of the Metro's problems stem from mismanagement.
The system is plagued by bureaucracy and inefficiency American Conservative writer James Brovard charged. Dumping more money into it without serious reforms may have little effect.
Expect to see Uber and Lyft Taxes everywhere
Increased taxes on digital services like Uber and Lyft will become commonplace. Such taxes are the inevitable result of technological transformation and rising income inequality.
The middle and working classes are increasingly upset about declines in basic government services like transit. Meanwhile, frustration grows as digital services like ridesharing and same-day delivery allow the rich to opt out of traditional transportation systems.
Middle class people stuck in traffic or trapped on defective trains are envious of the affluent woman in the Uber. After all, she is probably catching up on her work and sipping a late on her way to work.
Making such people pay extra for some of their luxuries seems like a reasonable accommodation. The battle will probably come from the rate of taxation imposed.
Is Washington's Tax Good for Lyft and Uber?
Strangely enough, Washington's tax might be very good for Lyft and Uber. Transforming ridesharing into a revenue source gives local governments a strong incentive to promote the practice.
Efforts to ban or restrict Uber will fall on deaf ears at city council meetings. If the councilors are looking at the big checks those companies are writing to the city treasury.
Taxing Uber and Lyft now before self-driving rideshares and flying taxis become common place is a smart move. If the wealthy want to opt out of the common transportation system, make them pay for the privilege.
Expect to see lots of taxes on ridesharing; and other digitally-powered gig-economy services, that benefit the affluent in the years ahead. Average people are sick and tired of paying for the leisure class's creatures comforts and they know how to vote.
Smart gig-economy operators will welcome the new taxes. Such levies can turn government from a foe into a powerful ally that can easily silence the luddites.


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Papers Past - Star - Christchurch -
1887 - Snippets
Don't forget to use the Edit and Find to highlight a name on this page
Home page:
for a newspaper copy, please quote day and date of paper and number beside entry
Friday 1 April 1887
Riverton -
--- named Burgess, an hotel - keeper at Riverton, -------------- lots more email for a copy
Inquest - Kaiapoi -
an inquest was held today --------- on the body of the infant son of Mr A. Johnston. child was 15 mths old, ---------- email for a copy.
Mackenzie Country -
Murdoch, the elder, piper to the Mackenzie Country Caledonian Society, died on Wednesday night from the effects of a fall from his horse. His foot caught
in the stirrup, and he was dragged some distance.
Fire - Rangiora -
a fire occurred on Messrs Luxton Bros. farm near Rangiora, at 11 o'clock last night ------
Geraldine -
at an early hour yesterday morning Mr W.C.Andrew, Registrar of Births, etc. for the district of Geraldine, was seized with an apopletic fit. ---- Mr Andrew
died shortly after 3 in the afternoon. The deceased was one of the oldest residents in the district, and leaves a widow, 2 grown up sons and a daughter.
------ more
Saturday 2 April 1887
Rangiora -
an accident occurred at Messres Boyd and Keir's woodworking mills, Rangiora, between 12 and 1 o'clock today, wherby one of the workman
named James Grimwood lost 4 fingers from his left hand. ------------
Fashionable marriage -
the marriage of Mr J.T.Matson, is taken from a Melbourne paper March 18 - A fashionable marriage took place on Wednesday March 9th at St Mary's Church, Sunbury, when Mr J.T.Matson of Christchurch, New Zealand, was married to Miss Louisa Watson, ward of Sir W.J. Clarke, Bart.
----- lots more email for a copy.
Monday 4 April 1887
Auckland -
Robert Spick was killed at Paparoa on Saturday, while felling bush, by a tree falling and smashing his skull.
Carterton - Bush fire -
a bush fire, yesterday afternoon caused much alarm. several shops and stores at different times were alight. A strong gale was blowing. and the dead bush caused great danger. It was only with much trouble that the fire was kept off the town.
Auckland - fire -
about 2am today a 6 roomed house at the corner of Beresford street and Union streets, belonging to Mrs Skeen was destroyed by fire, The house was occupied
by Mrs Helena Robson and family, who escaped safely.
Pakurangi - fire -
at Pakurangi on Friday night an 8 roomed house owned and occupied by Robert Miller, blacksmith, was destroyed by fire. ------- nothing was saved from destruction. Miller is under treatment at the hospital. ------------ email for a copy.
Invercargill - boat accident -
CONNOR and MORGAN
on Friday night, two oystermen, named Thomas Connor and Thomas Morgan left Bluff wharf in a boat to proceed to the "Alarm", moored some distance away,
on which cutter they were employed. ------ no trace of them could be found next day. ----- a boat belonging to the cutter Alarm came ashore, with Thomas Morgan on board, the other man has been drowned. Connor was about 34 years of age, arrived at Bluff in the barque Comadre from London. Morgan aged about 25 years was engaged for sometime as cook ------------
sudden death -
about a quarter past 10 o'clock last night, Mrs Sarah Ives, wife of Mr George Ives, residing in Springfield road, died rather suddenly. ---
an inquest will be held at 9am tomorrow.
Rangiora - fatal accident -
a fatality of a very sad nature occurred at Rangiora yesterday morning. A young man named William Webber, aged about 24, eldest son of Mr John Webber,
of the Temperance Boarding House, losing his life. ---------- lots more email for a copy.
Tuesday 5 April 1887
Inquest -
at 11-30 this morning an inquest was held at Rangiora ---- William Alford Webber, aged 26, death resulted from a fracture of the skull. accidently caused.
Thursday 7 April 1887
Desertion -
- George Stokes, who did not appear was charged by Caroline Stokes, his wife, -- --deserting her and her sons Arthur, (13) Edgar (11) Ernest (9),
-Chong Slee was charged by Henrietta Sophia Slee, his wife, ------- and for custody of her 3 children Lilian Janet (6) Janet Florance (5) Louisa Alice (3)
Inquest -
an inquest on the body of Charles Parsons, who died 1 April ----- that the deceased died from natural causes.
Friday 8 April 1887 - Good Friday
Saturday 9 April 1887
Obituary - Napier - Colonel
Colonel White, an old Canterbury settler, died yesterday morning, aged 57, He was well known in the Island.
Fires -
Auckland -
brush factory -----------
Hawera - W.L.
at Normanby partly occupied by J.H.
, destroyed by fire.
Dunedin - house fire at Anderston, occupied by Mrs J.
owned by J.
Hobart - ship
- death on board -
The Arawa brings 164 passengers 50 of whom were landed at Hobart, During the voyage Ebenezer Irvine, a 3rd class passenger, died of consumption.
---- The Arawa will leave for New Zealand tomorrow.
Monday 11 April 1887
Obituary - Little Akaloa - Joshua
Mr Joshua Rix, one of Canterbury's earliest Colonists, on Saturday March 26, quietly passed away to the great majority, at his residence, Little Akaloa. Mr and Mrs Rix, with a family of 2, sailed from the East India Docks in the ship AJAX, for Port Chalmers and Wellington, in September 1848, and after a fair passage of 5 mths, arrived at Wellington in January 1849. Mr Rix resided in Wellington for a few months, but not caring for the every-day dread of the Natives decided to come to Canterbury. In July 1849 with his family he left Wellington in a small cutter in charge of Captain Sinclair, for Little Akaloa, where he settled with his family, being the first European settler in that (then wild) spot. It was nothing but dense bush to the waters edge. Mr Rix has resided on the Peninsula ever since his arrival in Canterbury, except a few years at Christchurch, his latter years being spent in the Bay, which of all the places in the Colony deserves to be his last resting place. He leaves a large family, some resident at Little Akaloa and Okain's Bay, and some at Christchurch.
Tuesday 12 April 1887
Sudden death -
a girl named Toon, aged 15 years, died suddenly at Halswell yesterday. She had been out riding with some friends. The cause of death is supposed to be the result of an accident received some months ago. Dr Thomas was called in, but too late to be of any service.
Wednesday 13 April 1887
Auckland - fire -
a fire at Manakau road, Parnell, this morning at 2 o'clock, destroyed a shop and 7 roomed house belonging to Mr Whiteford, and occ. by Mrs Bell, draper. ----------
Thursday 14 April 1887
Inquest -
an inquest held at Halswell on Tuesday --- at the residence of Mr Toon, on the body of his late daughter, Alice Anne, ------- 16 years of age, died from concussion of the brain by a fall from a fence. A verdict of accidental death was accordingly returned.
Friday 15 April 1887
page 3
- a boy named Mathew Arlow, aged 9 years, residing on Ferry road, was bitten on both legs by a dog yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Hospital where his wounds were dressed and he is now progressing favourably.
- yesterday a little girl named Eva Barrell, 6 years of age, was lost from her parents home, 133 Manchester street. She was dressed in red velvet dress, holland pinafore, brown felt hat, red stockings and lace up boots.
reports received from Riccarton late last evening state that the jockey Kingan, injured by a fall from "Kingask" during the late Autumn meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club, is progressing favourably.
Saturday 16 April 1887
page 3
Invercargill -
a boy aged 3, son of C.D.Moore, of Winton, while playing with some phosphorous which he found at the rear of the butcher's shop, had his hands and feet severely burned, and died from his injuries. A man came to the childs rescue was also burned, but not dangerously.
Fire - Opunake -
's Club Hotel
a fire occurred at Opunake at 2-30 this morning, when Crawford's Club Hotel and Union Bank Buildings were burned. ---- The occupants escaped in their night-dresses, one man being severely burnt.
Oxford - fire -
about half past 1 o'clock yesterday morning, a 5 roomed house at Oxford West, owned by a man named F. Pavilka, was burned down. ------
Invercargill -
at Winton today a boy 3 years of age the son of D.Moore, was severely burned about the body by phosphorus, which he had somehow got hold of. His mother, and Mr
Hawkins a
lso received bad burns on the hands endeavouring to rescue the child.
Monday 18 April 1887
- a Maori named Luke (18) was killed on Saturday at Masterton through the upsetting of a dray load of timber-
and Co's - store at Coromandel was burned down with its contents on Sunday night.
Treeace End store was burned down yesterday morning.at Palmeston North
Wednesday 20 April 1887
Auckland -
Last night Miss Minnie Gledhill, aged 20, 2nd daughter of Mr George Gledhill, cordial manufacturer, was fearfully burned in the residence at Ponsonby.. The curtain of the bedroom had caught fire from a gas jet, and in putting out the flames the lady's dress ignited. ------when she expired. -------- a younger sister
aged 15 got badly burned
Auckland -
, of Arch Hill, reported to the water police yesterday that on the night of April 11th, when Donald
is reported to have disappeared from the Old Mens' refuge,---------------- as Grant has not been seen since, it is feared he may have fallen into the harbour and been drowned.
Westport -
an accident occurred on the Buller road 13 miles from Westport this morning at a place where men are working making a road. A slip of thousands of tons came down burying one man and breaking both legs of another. -------- a doctor has just left for the scene.
Westport -
Thomas Lahy is the name of the man killed by a slip on the Buller road yesterday, and Patrick DUNN is the injured man. ------- He leaves a wife and 8 children
in Dunedin. Dunn is progressing favourably.
Later - Wesport -
Dunn died in the Hospital from the effects of his injuries in the Buller road accident.
Sydenham - fire -
a fire occurred at Gibbon street, Sydenham, at 5 o'clock, on Monday evening, whereby a 5 roomed cottage owned by Mr John Wakefield, was totally destroyed. ----------
Thursday 21 April 1887
Robert Corse ----- at Dobsontown , Greymouth yesterday ------ leaves a wife and 4 children ----------
Mr E.S.Hay, a well-known solicitor, ----- He was living with his sister ------- he was a single man living in Dunedin
- Mr Hay was discovered at his residence in George street, at 4 o'clock ----- Miss Hay who is a school teacher had seen him twice yesterday morning
Fires -
- a 4 roomed cottage at Rangiora belonging to George Day was burned down. ------
- stacks of oats and a combine belonging to Mr Osborne, South Rakaia, were destroyed by fire. ----
Fires -
- at 1 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at Rangiora, destroying a 4 roomed cottage with contents owned and occupied by an old man of colour named Day, who narrowly escaped being burned to death.-------- a longish column
- about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr Richard Styevens store and dwelling house, St Asaph street, Linwood, had a very narrow escape from destruction by fire. His son a little boy 5 years of age, got hold of a box of matches ----- more
Friday 22 April 1887
Dunedin - Fire -
a 5 roomed cottage at South Dunedin, owned by Allan McDonald, was burned this morning. ----
Inquest -
an inquest relative to the death of of Mrs Brown who was thrown from a trap at Dunsandel on wednesday, will be held at the Hospital at 4-30pm today.
Inquest - Dunedin -
David Rennie Hay, tailor, identified the deceased who was 37 years of age. Deceased had been about 22 years in NZ. -------- Isabella Hay, school teacher, ------- deceased had frequently contributed to periodicals and the Press of the Colony, and was a poet much above the average.
Kirwee -
yesterday about 9-30am a fire took place on the farm of Mr Thomas Laffey, about 4 miles from Kirwee. Mr Laffey was threshing, ---- about 60 bushels of
wheat and one stack were burnt. ---- the driver Mr Martin Laffey, -----
Waiau - fire -
a 4 roomed house at Waiau, occupied by Mr Cook, sheep inspector, was burned down at 3am today. It belonged to Mr William Balfour of Napier, ---------
Saturday 23 April 1887
Fire - Waiau -
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in a house belonging to Mr W. Balfour and occupied by Mr G.S.Cooke, sheep inspector.------------
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Monday 25 April 1887
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Wellington - arrival of the "
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arrived at 11-20pm the Aorangi from Plymouth via Hobart, all well. She brings 290 bags of mails.
Second Saloon - For Canterbury -
Rev C.
, Mrs Dallaston, and Master Dallaston. Miss
, Mr
, Misses
(2) and 13 steerage.
Tuesday 26 April 1887
Dunedin -
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Mr J. Mortimer, of the North Branch, near Milton, died yesterday from inhaling the fumes of phosphorised grain. He was a very old resident.
Wednesday 27 April 1887
Obituary -
to the list of Canterbury pilgrims who have passed away, deeply regretted by those with whom they faced the difficulties and discomforts of early
days and highly venerated by those whose lot is cast in less a dventurous times, must now be added the name of Mr Edward Brenchley
who within the last week has died at the ripe old age of 76 years.
Mr Bishop was born at Somerfield House, near Maidstone, kent, and received his early educational training under the Rev Mr
, Curate of Sittingbourne. After a while the family went to Bruges, in belguim, where he continued his education at the Athenee Royale, subsequently he finished his studies at Dunkerque, whence in due time he was sent back to England to begin a commercial career. At the age of 19 he received an appointment in the firm of Merrrs Swaine and Co, distillers of London, with whom he remained for upwards of 21 years. His health failing had to to seek a milder climate, and selected Canterbury as his new sphere of action. With his family he arrived at Lyttelton on Dec. 16 1850 in the Charlotte Jane. At Lyttelton he remained till his land, paid for in England at the rate of 3
pounds an acre, had been selected. From an autobiography kindly lent to us we cull the following particulars of Mr Bishop's career in Canterbury.
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Wellington -
--- report on an enquiry held on April 16 into the circumstances attending the death of Douglas Parsonage., a prisoner at the Napier Gaol. ------
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Lyttelton -
the remains of the late Captain D. McIntyre were interred in Lyttelton public cemetery yesterday. The coffin was followed to the grave by a large number of friends of the deceased gentleman, including several Captains of vessels.
Inquest -
an inquest was held in the Great Northern Hotel, Waikari, on April 25 ----- the deceased was 70 years of age, and had been in the employ of Messrs
for about 14 years as boundary keeper.---------- jury returned a verdict death from natural causes.--------praise was due to
Mr and Mrs
for the kind manner in which they had sent cooked food to and attended on the deceased since his return from Christchurch and up
until the time of his death.
Thursday 28 April 1887
Lyttelton - fire -
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a fire occurred in Port yesterday evening, when a house, the property of Mr McIntosh, was completely gutted by the flames. ------- occupants Mr W.T
Taylor and family had been away from the place since Saturday last. ------
Friday 29 April 1887
Oxford -
Mr Robert Dench, an old resident of Oxford, died very suddenly on Tuesday night from apoplexy. ----- deceased expired about 9pm.
Deceased was a butcher for some years, and was much respected in the township.
- ---- a boy named Arthur Sloan, aged about 15, working at Mr Mardon's flax mill, fell into a water wheel, --- there is little hope of recovery.
The unfortunate lad is an adopted son of Mr Sloan of Southbrook.
Saturday 30 April 1887
Wanganui -
---Drill instructor Henry ---- deceased was one of the smartest drill-instructors and had been a sergeant in the 18th regiment. an inquest is to be held today.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
14 January 2007
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There's a lot of buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT in the market. Both represent a huge potential to overcome industrial challenges that businesses face. Companies already collect a lot of data but with the right set of technology and tools, they can understand the underlying pattern of data and automate processes to keep operations running smoothly.
Boosting overall equipment effectiveness, increasing in asset life, improving assets' operation and efficiency, and optimizing of inventory cost are some of the biggest challenges of businesses. In this webinar, we will show you how cognitive anomaly detection powered by machine learning techniques can help you bring down downtime, optimize yield, and improve quality. We will also discuss the roadmap to deploy smart solutions powered by AI so that you can start detecting and predicting anomalies across your industrial data, so don't miss out!
The following are the answers to the questions that were asked during the live webinar.
Answer 1: Since the model was collecting the data from two conveyor belts (test one and test two), the model was giving a clear flag about the speed. It's because the test two conveyor belt was giving the false rejections. However, in order to derive the optimum speed limit, we had to train the model for a few months.
Answer 2: This depends purely on the business use case and the desirable outcome; however, in the webinar, we showed that we helped our client to detect anomaly and solve their problems with an unsupervised machine learning approach - which was more of an ongoing training model. You can refer to this blog for more information.
Answer 3: As mentioned above in the answer, it is very much subjective. Sometimes, we deal with millions of data and sometime less than that because it depends upon the use case and model methods.
Answer 4: Yes, we have an extensive experience of working with semiconductor companies. During the ETL process, we have dealt with different types of data including structured, unstructured and semi structured (e.g. sensor data, SQL dumps or social feeds).
Answer 5: We have developed our smart solutions leveraging Azure technology stack extensively. Besides, we have developed custom models using R & Python. Our most smart solutions are built over our IoT platform – IoTConnect.
Answer 6: It completely depends upon the use case and the type of data you have. Some of the most common Machine Learning-Based Approaches are -
If you are not sure about what fits best for your application, you can refer our PoV package.
Answer 7:Yes, it can be implemented.
Answer 8:The accuracy of an ML model completely depends on the machine data you have. If you have enough historical data to train the model, you can have results that are more accurate.
However, on the other hand, if there is no historical data available, still it is not an issue. We can deploy the model and it would start learning from the data and gradually start providing more and more accurate results as the model gets level of maturity.
Answer 9: We can say it's a hybrid solution as we need to store the data on both the platforms, i.e., on-premises and cloud storage.
Answer 10: The data is captured in real-time; however, in the app we are displaying only the average of data for a specific time window. However, if the temperature goes out of the defined threshold, then it will give a notification right at that point of time.
In our business use case, the ML model not only gives the alert but also show a specific anomaly pattern as well for the nearest prediction.


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About Us
Kao Jewelry provides simple and elegant jewelries made from the highest quality materials at affordable prices. Kao designs are delicate and sophisticated inspired by Japanese jewelry. Our mission is to make our customers happy and smiley. Our priority is customers' smiles. We have customers all over the world, and we are thankful that we can provide our brand to them.
Kao was founded by a Japanese girl, who longed for the best jewelry and continued to explore for many years to get the answer.
It was her answer. She founded Kao Jewelry hoping people get her jewelries to make themselves, family, friends, and co-workers happy. In this world, there are many jewelries that we are unable to count. But, the smile can make jewelry more unique. This is one of the reason that she is particular about the simpleness in her jewelry. The name of company comes from the first name of the founder, Kaori Kitamura.
All jewelries Kao provides are responsible by Kaori. She chooses each one of them by her eyes. All jewelries are made from genuine materials including sterling silver, 10k, 14k, and 18k gold. We have rich variety of gemstones, including diamond, ruby, sapphire, topaz, emerald, and cultured pearls. We make sure that all information are correct and honest about our jewelry.


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Bountiful Blueberries: Our Best Blueberry Dessert Recipes
Fresh, frozen, or canned, blueberries add a burst of sweet and juicy flavor to some of our favorite dessert recipes. Whether it's a homemade blueberry pie that's picnic-perfect, or creamy blueberry dessert bars that are potluck-worthy, blueberry dessert recipes are some of our favorites. And while we like blueberry desserts for their yummy tastes, we think it's an added bonus that blueberries are also good for ya, too. Blueberries are rich in antioxidants! As if we needed another reason to make all these easy desserts. No matter which dessert recipe you choose to make below, we know you and your gang will love these yummy treats. So, get your hands on some blueberries and get ready to impress your taste buds with these super easy and delicious blueberry dessert recipes!
Our Best Blueberry Dessert Recipes
This no-bake blueberry cake recipe will soon become one of your favorites. It's perfect for the summertime, or anytime really, 'cause it's made with easy ingredients that you can find year-round. Take this Blueberries 'n' Cream Cake to your next potluck and you'll be a star!
If you've been searching your whole life for an easy blueberry pie recipe that tastes just like the one grandma used to have sitting on her counter, then it's a good thing you found our Awesome Blueberry Pie! This simple pie makes a beautiful addition to any spread, too!
When blueberries are in season, we're all looking for extra ways to enjoy them. So when the blueberries are plentiful and the price is a bargain, pick up an extra pint and make some of the best Blueberry Tarts you'll ever taste.
Fresh blueberries add sparkle to our homemade easy recipe for Blueberry Bread Pudding. This delectable dessert recipe comes packed with the extra benefits of antioxidant-rich fresh blueberries.
Earn your own berry-licious blue ribbon when you bake up our Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie. Tapioca pearls are the secret ingredient that make this blueberry pie recipe a winning dessert!
We top a nutty graham cracker crust with creamy cheesecake, fresh blueberries, and lemon curd to make our recipe for Blueberry Lemon Bars. This dessert bar recipe is perfect for a potluck.
This easy-to-layer parfait has the added benefit of low-fat yogurt and crunchy graham crackers. The contrast of flavors and textures makes for a tasty Blueberry Parfait!
You won't believe how easy it is to make homemade cobbler! Our Crusty Blueberry Cobbler is brimming with bubbling berries and topped with a buttery crust.
There's nothing better than digging your fork into a pie and realizing that you've still got more to dig into! Our Deep Dish Blueberry Pie is a blueberry-lovers dream 'cause it's an easy blueberry pie recipe.
Everybody loves cheesecake, and this one's no exception. What makes this cheesecake better than the rest? It's in individual portions so everybody gets their own!
Our Blueberry Oatmeal Crumble Bars get their wholesome goodness from rolled oats and that fresh-from-the-berry-patch blueberry taste in every bite. Bake a batch today and experience one of the tastiest blueberry dessert recipes yet.
On a recent book tour, a viewer brought us a recipe that she said was the hit of her neighborhood. When we got home we just had to try it. Know what? Now this Neighborhood Blueberry Coffee Cake is the hit of our neighborhood too!
If you love these blueberry dessert recipes, then check out our other berry dessert collection, Easy Strawberry Dessert Recipes!
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Doomsday Clock stuck at 100 seconds to midnight
January 28, 2021 - The Doomsday Clock – which indicates how near our planet is to annihilation – stands at 100 seconds to midnight for the second year running, the closest it has ever been.
The Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and a potential nuclear war have all contributed to the pessimistic outlook from experts from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which is responsible for the clock.
They also point out the dangers of the "threat multiplier" of "false and misleading information disseminated over the internet".
The statement did not mention Donald Trump by name, but pointed to the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, which was incited by the former president, saying it renewed "legitimate concerns about national leaders who have sole control of the use of nuclear weapons".
The idea began in 1945, when scientists working on the Manhattan Project – developing the world's first nuclear weapons – created the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists of Chicago (BAS) to warn humanity of the dangers of nuclear war. Two years later, BAS launched its Doomsday Clock.


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LMS Inverse Day Nottingham: BIG inverse problems
By Dr Yves van Gennip; Lecturer in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham
The GeoEnergy Research Centre helped to sponsor this event
On Monday 29 February 2016, in the stately Council Room of
the University of Nottingham's Trent Building, some thirty mathematicians and
scientists gathered for a day of talks and posters about big inverse problems.
This one-day meeting was one of four London Mathematical Society (LMS) meetings
on inverse problems that are being held every year at various locations in the
In the words of the American mathematician Joseph Keller,
two problems are 'inverses of one another if the formulation of each involves
all or part of the solution of the other. Often, for historical reasons, one of
the two problems has been studied extensively for some time, while the other is
newer and not so well understood. In such cases, the former problem is called
the direct problem, while the latter is called the inverse problem.' (Keller,
1976) In practice such inverse problems often deal with reconstructing model
parameters from observations, where the generative process which produces the
observations from the parameters is (approximately) known. Nowadays, with ever
improving data collection technologies and methods, the number of observations
of a given process can be very large. Dealing with such big inverse problems
requires new mathematics, posing new theoretical questions and promising even
wider applicability.
The five speakers on the day represented well the diverse
range of topics and techniques that are captured under the banner of inverse
problems. Prof. Felix Herrmann (University of British Columbia) kicked off the
day with a talk about randomised sampling in exploration seismology. He was
followed by Dr. Natalia Bochkina (University of Edinburgh) who spoke about
Bayesian inverse problems under possibly missipecified
nonregular likelihood.
During the lunch, which was provided in the modern atrium of
the School of Mathematical Sciences, several posters were presented on diverse
topics ranging from probabilistic numerical methods for nonlinear partial
differential equations to motion correction in dynamic contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging. Later in the afternoon a poster prize was awarded
to Lia De Simon for her poster on the quantification of the uncertainty in
thermal properties of walls by means of Bayesian inversion.
The winning poster - Quantifying the uncertainty in thermal properties of walls by means of Bayesian Inversion |
The high quality of posters and talks thus far, was
continued into the afternoon with three more interesting talks. Prof. Simon
Arridge (University College London) presented the computational aspects of
photoacoustic tomography. Matthew Dunlop spoke about hierarchical Bayesian
level set inversion, before Dr. Marcelo Pereyra closed the official part of the
day with a presentation about the fast
proximal Markov chain Monte Carlo method.
The success of the day was celebrated with a drink in campus
bar Mooch, but reconstructing an account of that academic endeavour is left as
an inverse problem for the reader.
The next LMS Inverse Day will take place during the British
Applied Mathematics Colloquium in Oxford on Friday 8 April 2016.
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GSX profile for JustSim's LFMN Nice Airport scenery
- Custom vehicle placement at all gates
- Custom pushbacks at all gates
- Custom jetway heights to prevent passengers from clipping through the jetways
- Passengers walking through the terminal to the jetways
- All gates customized with the PMDG 737-800 and Fenix A320
- VDGS at relevant gates
- Accurate handling companies as per the airport website
- Accurate stop positions based on the aircraft type
It is recommended to use GSX's "reposition at this gate" feature when starting a flight
Disclaimer: Due to many issues with the jetways at this airport, some gates cannot utilize them, these have been reconfigured as walk-in gates. Due to these issues the stop positions will not be 100% accurate to ensure the jetway can reach the aircraft. Likewise due to the jetway modelling issues pax will start to float as they get nearer the aircraft, despite modifying the jetway root height as the jetway connects a good bit below the door.


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tony parez-edo martin x dassault systemes' e-flow air purifier
If the COVID-19 pandemic taught designers one thing, it is the importance of working from home and the ability to collaborate online, exchange and share ideas, and maintain business continuity. With the world opening up again, family and friends are mixing together and being welcomed into these personal spaces once more. The need for a safe, clean and healthy home and work space is more important than ever now. Tony Parez-Edo Martin – an industrial designer and founder of Paredo Studio – enhanced the Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to create an innovative concept of an air purifier, named e-flow. The design disguises its air purification and ventilation functionalities as a kinetic chandelier.
'My design work searches for innovative answers to environmental and social issues, topics such as urban medical mobility, which I touched upon in the e-way rescue roadster project in 2021. Since the first IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report, we are used to hearing about air quality in urban areas, but the pandemic has promoted us to take an interest in what comes and stays in our homes, in the air we breath inside, for a whole family or a coworking space,' begins Tony Parez-Edo Martin in an exclusive interview with designboom.
Created with Dassault Systemes, the e-flow air purifier was designed by Tony Parez-Edo Martin
All images courtesy of Tony Parez-Edo Martin and Dassault Systemes
an air purifier that doubles as an animated chandelier
Suspended from the ceiling, the e-flow air purifier seemingly floats statically or cinematically above the room, offering a functional or relaxing light atmosphere. Two tiers of fin-shaped arms move smoothly as air is drawn into its lower filtration system, purified and then dispersed from its upper fins. This provides homogeneous ventilation in the room through the arms' movement.
The concept of the ventilation system inside the home
'The user does not want a product to constantly warn them of the presence of a virus, but it needs to make inhabitants feel safe,' explains the designer. 'The idea was to subtly disguise its functionality through a light system. It combines universal air purification with a light system. Like a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, its position is ideal to legitmize both ventilation and illumination.'
Luminous LED totems cap the fin-like arms to illuminate the room
Looking at its skeletal form, it is apparent how the air purifier was shaped organically. The shapes and movement of nature directly influenced its ideation. The poetic result mirrors the forms seen in the architectural work of Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid and Antoni Gaudí. The Calatrava-designed Umbracle – a curved walkway in Valencia with shaded forms designed to protect biodiversity – emphasizes its comparison.
Video of architecture / nature / mathematic inspiration on the 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud platform
'The design sources inspiration from nature, mathematics and architecture to be quite poetic and emotive in its dynamic appearance. The likes of Santiago Calatrava, Zaha Hadid and Antoni Gaudí inspired the design but not only. I worked with a new application of Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud which is a topological optimization with airflow. It is a software that generates the forms through the simulation of air flow and input parameters, which I then shaped into different designs. It was poetic how the initial form was so organic and shared a likeness with the work of these famous architects,' clarifies Tony.
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is a unified system that can be use from ideation through to manufacturing
dassault systemes accelerates ideation from sketch to 3D
Inspiration was harnessed and quickly transformed into design ideas. The intuitive natural sketch app and 3D sketch tools were used to create concept volumes in 3D, which makes it easier to show intent to collaborators. 3D pattern shape creator explored styling patterns using powerful algorithmic generative modelling. The undulating upper and lower surfaces, for example, took form using a digital modelling application.
Video of 3D sketches concepts
'I always start with 3D sketches to ideate different innovation axis such as modularity, sustainability, biomimicry, kinetic principles or nomadic uses. I moved quickly into 3D with the CATIA Creative Design applications, where 3D curves enable me to create first geometries, go back and modify surface intuitively. I find this a very comfortable way to explore designs,' adds the designer.
Requirements of mechanical, electrical and other systems can be understood through the platform
Through Tony's innovative work, the designer often trials and tests new software developments on the Dassault Systemes 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud, working with the company's experts, engineers and other designers. The platform was used for the whole design development of the e-flow. Its complete set of tools enabled the designer to imagine, sketch and validate the air purifier, even understanding its requirements of mechanical, electrical and other systems.
Dassault Systemes' platform offers a look inside the e-flow air purifier
'The first goal of this project wasn't to test tools, it was to have fun and explore the possibilities of an idea,' explains Tony. 'This project did help me keep updated with new technologies from Dassault Systemes, though. They have a lot of great engineers that are combining technologies to evolve applications. With the cloud, over-the-air updates add new enhancements to the creator's toolbox. One important new tool I tested was the flow driver on generative design. It was perfect to help design an air purifier because it is an airflow simulation.'
The system enables the ability to create and collaborate anywhere with other designers, engineers and stakeholders
The impressive, ever-evolving toolbox of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform is enhanced through its multi-domain, cloud-based nature. The system enables the ability to create and collaborate anywhere with other designers, engineers and stakeholders. Accessed by the cloud, any collaborator with internet can create, visualize or test a project. This enables designers like Tony to quickly and easily move from ideation through to real-time visualization and assembly design.
'The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is very powerful, from webservices like 3D printing to collaborative possibilities. creators can create and communicate on the cloud in a very nomadic, modern way. I spent three weeks working on this project in Cape Town, South Africa,' notes the designer.
Simulation technologies validate ideas to inform better decisions throughout the design process
simulations that validate sustainable design decisions
Tony Parez-Edo Martin's e-flow air purifier shows the possibilities of conceptualizing forward-thinking designs quickly and efficiently, from ideation through to production. Simulation technologies validate ideas to inform better decisions throughout the design process. The topological optimization allowed the designer to create a more lightweight, organic shape. Sustainable materials were selected whilst adhering to performance needs.
'Creators can design everything on the same cloud platform. Dassault Systemes has a library of sustainable materials researched, so the air purifier can be 3D printed in bio-plastic. It adds to the identity of the project by mixing poetry, sustainability and technology. 3D printing enables more freedom as it create shapes that are not possible with injection molding, all whilst choosing the material that is the most lightweight. It is not just sustainable, it is functional as a chandelier,' concludes Tony Parez-Edo Martin in an exclusive interview with designboom.
The topological optimization software aided the designer to create the first form using airflow


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Day 5: WORSHIP—Are You up for Finding Refuge in God Daily
'Then say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to say to you: Let my people go, so that they may worship me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened."—Exodus 7:16
('The Lord … has sent me to say … worship me'—Exodus 7:16): Worship—Photo by NC-Mineral on Unsplash
Blog #007
This devotional is adapted from an article by Joan Esherick. It really challenged me to rethink the idea of refuge as something I need to do every day and not just in the tough times of my life.
She had been away for the weekend enjoying finding refuge in God. Amidst the peace and tranquillity of the setting - the quiet of the mountains, placid lakes, flowering plants - this was the perfect place to find refuge! But was it?
Returning to the real world
But then she returned home to the kids, the house work, the telephone .... and oh that phone .. after 8 calls she told her daughter to say she wasn't there!
Finding refuge in God
What had happened? Where was her peace and refuge?Helpful thoughts - refuge isn't an escape from life, refuge occurs in the midst of life.
It occurs every day, in all circumstances and not just tough times. I need to find refuge in my God always. Root of Refuge. Psalm 18:2 'The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my Saviour; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection, He is my shield, the power that saves me and my place of safety.'
Psalm 31:2 'Be my rock of protection, a fortress where I will be safe.'
Psalm 62:6 & 7 & Psalm 71:3.
When the psalmist fled to His 'rock' - his refuge in God - he trusted in God's unchanging character.
He sought refuge in God because He is loving - Psalm 36:7,
Always present - Psalm 46:1,
Good - Psalm 34:8. My refuge needs to be in the very person of God.
Requirements of Refuge
I must make God my refuge (Psalm 62:8) - Trust in Him at all times, O people.. for God is our refuge. Robbers of refuge, business, worry, inattention to God's word, unbelief, the shelter of false comforts—TV, novels, food, things and other people. Don't try to self resolve —rely on God.
Be fully God dependent and not self dependent.
Oswald Chambers—'Abram grew past the point of relying on his own common sense'.
'Never try to help God fulfil His word'. Have visible reminders to help us seek God time and time again. Results of refuge Isaiah 26:3 - Peace comes as we focus on God. Assurance of safety - Psalm 91-9-11
As I think about God as my refuge, can I see Him with me in every aspect of my life? In the hard times and also in the very happy times.
If the basis of my refuge is the character of God .... how do I view God?Psalm 71:3 - Be my rock of safety where I can always hide.
Today's challenge
If I am to find refuge in God every day and not just in challenging times where do I need to do this today?
Think about the character of God ... what is my God like?Create your own refuge spot today.
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We'd love to hear what God has been doing to bring about change in you life during this period of fasting. Please leave a comment below.


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Bootstrap allows developers to create responsive web designs that can do well on any platform.
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Mattias Horan
PhD Student
Mattias's primary research focus has been on information sampling in non-human primates and the encoding of this in the oculomotor system, specifically in posterior parietal cortex. He carried out this work in Professor Jacqueline Gottlieb's lab at Columbia University.
Mattias holds an MD from the University of Southern Denmark. As part of a team at Odense University Hospital in Denmark, Mattias was the lead on a national, multi-center cohort of chronic pain patients, who were treated with invasive neurostimulation techniques.
He joined the SWC PhD programme in 2019. Mattias intends to pursue his basic neuroscience interest at SWC with an opportunity to integrate this knowledge with clinical efforts down the line.


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The Greater Philadelphia chapter has kicked off the Spring with great events highlighting modern architecture in the area. Read what has taken place and what is to come!
On March 19, we co-sponsored a book talk by Barbara Miller Lane, Bryn Mawr professor and founder of the Growth and Structure of Cities Department. She spoke about Houses for a New World: Builders and Buyers in American Suburbs 1945-1965. She gave an engaging lecture about suburban split levels and ranchers and the builders that realized them. Often dismissed as ticky-tacky little boxes, Lane explained how well-designed and important these homes were to post-war architectural history. Audience turnout was at about 40, which was great for a Sunday afternoon. The talk took place at the Philomathean Society in College Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. Also in the space was a student-researched and installed Philadelphia School exhibition. The event was co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of Society of Architectural Historians.