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Every great journey begins with one small step. Sometimes, drawing an analogy between every great journey and every great success is desirable. Behind every great success, there is a small crazy dream- a dream that allows the dreamer to appreciate the beauty of life. Dreams hitch our thoughts to unthinkable and unimaginable destinations. Dreams make us reach for success and prosperity. Blessed are those who conceive dreams and pursue them relentlessly and wholeheartedly.
Varun Saxena, founder of Career Anna is a blessed entrepreneur. Career Anna is a high-growth, complete test preparation "Career Commerce" platform that helps a career dreamer realize his/her career aspirations. Equipped with robust technology driven products, web and mobile platform, personalized mentoring, high quality IP-protected in-house content that can be accessed even with limited internet access. It is building a job-oriented Banking, Government and MBA focused community that brings together the aspirants, professionals, researchers, analysts and renowned professors under one umbrella with the aim of creating a healthy learning environment.
Career Anna is all set to channelize the effective amalgamation of technology, education and personalization and leveraging analytics, mobility and collaboration to deliver cost-effective learning solutions in an efficient manner.
About Varun Saxena
Success cannot be achieved in a single swoop. Success demands patience, perseverance and hard work. To transform dreams into reality, one must inculcate a habit of continual dedication. Dedicated and devoted, that is what Varun Saxena is when it comes to chasing dreams. Varun holds a B.Tech degree from a premier government institute. He completed every milestone in MBA from one of the country's reputed colleges- NITIE Mumbai. He pursued Management in Marketing and Operations. Post that, he worked in Business Development of Wipro Technologies before starting Career Anna. He had been associated with multiple online education forums before starting Career Anna and hence he understands what the student needs when it comes to the Banking, Government Jobs and MBA exams. He has also authored couple of Books, one each on Banking and MBA preparation and with the love of students, one of them is among bestsellers at Flipkart.
The differentiating factor
In a remarkable interview with MyVenture, Varun Saxena said, "Career Anna is a thought that arose out of the passion and certain observations made while pursuing the same at other portals. Having been an integral part of multiple Bank Exam and MBA Preparation portals, I observed that no single platform addresses the entire career value chain with the extent of personalization, quality content and mentorship that is the need of the hour for any aspiring youth."
Identification of this gap led to the genesis of Career Anna to serve as the ultimate one stop learning platform with effective amalgamation of technology, mobility, analytics, vernacular and social collaboration. A robust e-Learning platform combined with effective expert guidance is a breakthrough to overcoming challenges. Launching the platform around a year back, Career Anna brings to the table an effective amalgamation of Technology, Education and Personalization, strengthened by the pillars of quality, in-house built content, mobility, analytics, vernacular, customer engagement, social collaboration and mentorship.
Early days
Talking about the early days, he said "The name selection took a good amount of brainstorming and lot of arguments within our team. It was one of the most memorable days. We wanted a name which can have a connect with our customers as well as have the flavor of mentor/big brother who can be trusted for credible assistance and 'Anna' served these needs well and, today Career Anna is the name common in almost every city of the country which has even few aspiring youth in it dreaming for jobs in Banking, Government or Management sector."
Dreams give meaning to your very existence
It is all about executing an action plan with a positive mindset even in dire adversities. Success is never served on a platter. Varun Saxena tasted success after toiling worse than Hercules. On the subject to taking the first step, Varun Saxena remarked, "It took us almost a year before we launched the platform commercially. All this while, we were into intense customer research, product development, engaging with all the key stakeholders of the career value chain and trying to ensure that the gaps identified by us are completely fixed by the products which we design. We did not want to launch commercial product in haste, but wanted to ensure that when we launch the product it must create a WOW factor in otherwise cluttered educational tech space. And we did achieve what we intend to. All of our first 3 products marked the beginning of disruption which we were about to introduce in educational tech space (focused on Banking, Government Jobs and MBA) and were coupled with unbelievable success rate of more than 98% for all our students. Since then, we have been learning and growing, and involving our customers as well in our adventurous journey."
The backbone of Career Anna
It is the height of utilitarianism and emphasis on logic, reason and action make our dreams a reality. Herein lies the beauty of Career Anna's team- They all believe in the epigram, "If you can dream it, you can achieve it." The team brings in a vast experience of Banking, Government Jobs and MBA exams – with the total experience of team being more than 10 years. The common factor which brought them all together was not only the understanding of the students from varied exam segments, but also the passion to make learning effective and the experience awesome for students.
Ayushi Marwah, heads the Strategy and Alliances for the organization. She brings with her the experience of working with global educational institutes like Princeton Review as well as has worked earlier with top companies like Cipla and Ranbaxy. The Technology lead comes from IIT Delhi and brings in the experience of working with multiple technologies driven startups with the experience in both web and mobile applications. He is supported by a team of in-house senior developers who bring with them the experience of working earlier with different startups. Moving to Product Management, Subhankar brings in the experience of working with top offline institutes like TIME and has been a consistent high scorer himself in different exams.
In addition to the above, Career Anna has a strong in house content team – which consists of people who are either the PhDs from top Universities or have more than 3-4 years of experience in quality content development. Last but not the least, the team has a strong pool of mentors with us who ensure that each and every doubt of every student is resolved in the lead time of 3-4 hours.
A person's hard work and productive hours define his merit. Eventually, it is this meritocracy that defines his destiny. On the supposed subject of number of productive hours he spends to ensure fulfillment of his entrepreneurial dreams and fuller, vibrant life, Varun Saxena humorously replied, "Well, if i had to count hours i am investing in the startup, probably, I should not be running it. Just like when you are in love, you do not count the hours spent with your girlfriend/wife, when you are passionate about the startup; you do not count the time you spend working on it. It is a baby for you and you can work 24 x 7 to nurture and it becomes slightly easier to do it, if you are still single. (smiles) But yes, taking out time for hobbies such as long drives, movies, socializing, writing, music is always refreshing and rejuvenating."
Statistics that speak for Career Anna
- More than 4,00,000 registered users
- More than 15,000 regular visits every day
- Partnership with educational institutes at PAN India level
- Time spent per user per day on site: 17.11 minute. This is highest across educational tech space
- Daily Page views per user: 10.9. This is highest across educational tech space
- Bounce Rate – Mere 27%
- Alexa India – 3247
With a new course enrollment happening every 6 minutes, a new student registering every 2 minutes, every third customer coming through a referral, more than 53% of the users coming through mobile and revenue increasing exponentially month-on-month, Career Anna is marching towards consolidating the leaders position in the target segment of Banking and Government Jobs, which makes 35% of the total Online Test Prep in India.
The Future Plans
Career Anna is on a mission to make India's youth more employable and hand-hold them to achieve their dream careers. Its vision is to be India's biggest Online Education Institution in next 5 years, coaching India's youth in achieving their dream jobs. Varun Saxena sounds optimistic and affirmatively remarks, "With the perfect mix of technology, experience and customer engagement, Career Anna will be India's biggest Online Education Institution in next 5 years, coaching India's youth in achieving their dream jobs. For now, I believe Career Anna and I are synonymous and taking Career Anna to its vision of 5 years down the line is where I see myself."
Team MyVenture whole-heartedly wishes Career Anna greater success in the upcoming years.


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EPoX 4PCA3+ Canterwood Motherboard Review
Features of the 4PCA3+
- Board and Contents
First off we'll have a look at the box. EPoX has been known for a rather plain box in the past. While being in a plain white color, the designs on the front do make it stick out on a store shelf. While the package is important to catch the buyer's eye, it's most important to back this up with a good product and good contents.
EPoX includes within the box your motherboard within a static bag placed on a foam pack to protect the board and its IC circuits in transit. A user manual for the motherboard, a user manual for the RAID controller, two rounded IDE and a rounded FDD cable, four standard flat IDE cables, USB header bracket and game port header bracket.
- Layout: Praises and Gripes
EPoX built the 4PCA3+ large, and for a good reason. Conforming to normal ATX standards, the width of the board jumps out to 24.5cm. EPoX are known for pretty good placement of the connectors; and the main ATX power and primary IDE connectors are located in a good spot to the right of the DIMM slots.
While I'm not a fan of placing IDE channels on the lower half of the motherboard, at least EPoX places them low enough so they will not interfere with longer video cards.
The famous Port 80 diagnostics card shows its face once more, and what a relief it is that EPoX has not succumbed to the temptation of removing this invaluable tool to save a few dollars. EPoX has also followed a few others on the markets in color-coding their DIMM sockets. EPoX provides two green sockets for Channel A and two black for Channel B. This let you know what DIMM slots to install your memory modules into for Dual Channel operations.
- Chipset
The 4PCA3+ is fitted with a passive aluminum heatsink to cool the MCH Northbridge. Intel 82875P MCH has 1005 solder balls in Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA) package. The 82875P Memory Controller Hub supports an 800 MHz system bus, 4GB of DDR400 SDRAM with ECC support providing memory bandwidth up to 3.2GB/s and linked to the Southbridge on Intel Hub Architecture with 266MB/s of bandwidth. It also supports Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT) that enhances chipset latencies to improve performance and provides a Communications Streaming Architecture (CSA) Interface that connects the MCH to a Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controller.
The Southbridge is Intel 82801ER (ICH5R) with 460 solder balls in Micro Ball Grid Array (MBGA) package. ICH5R integrates an Ultra ATA 100 controller that supports 2x ATA-100 ports, 2x Serial ATA host controllers for 2x 150MB/s SATA ports, one EHCI host controller, and four UHCI host controllers supporting eight external USB 2.0 ports, AC '97 digital controller that can be paired up with a 3rd CODEC like C-Media 9739A to provide 6 Channel Audio, integrated LAN controller, an ASF controller and a hub interface for communication with the MCH.
- Highpoint HPT374 Quad Channel RAID Controller
Since the Southbridge incorporates two Serial ATA ports supporting RAID functions, this allows EPoX to focus more on the IDE RAID users out there as well. After all, most of us out there have IDE RAID systems, from simple 2x 20GB up to 8x 100GB HDD's. EPoX is one company that accommodates these users. The Highpoint HPT374 Quad Channel RAID controller is included. Four IDE ports are provided for up to eight IDE HDD devices. This is a fantastic IDE controller, by far the best of them all in IDE terms.
- Gigabit Ethernet
While the i875P supports the new CSA Gigabit Ethernet interface, EPoX hasn't availed themselves of it. EPoX has elected to used a PCI based Boradcom Gigabit Ethernet controller. This controller has proven to be slower in Gigabit operations but identical in 100mbit tests.
- Overclocking
The EPoX 4PCA3+, like its predecessors, includes all the overclocking options that EPoX are known for, but with some limitations. First off under the Frequency/Voltage control menu you will find all the overclocking options. FSB adjustments are possible from 133MHz up to 455MHz in 1MHz increments. Vcore adjustments are somewhat diminished from what we come to expect from EPoX. VCore can be adjusted from 1.1v up to 1.6v in 0.025v increments. This does limit overclocking to the extreme like Gigabyte, Asus and ABIT boards. DRAM voltage on the other hand is in abundance allowing up to 3.3v.
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With so much negative coverage surrounding Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock after its well-documented fall from $705 per share to levels below $400, it's easy to assume that Apple has failed to reward investors, or performed in a mediocre fashion at best. In fact, for shortsighted traders, this view may be their honest opinion. But for Foolish investors, this couldn't be further from the truth. Let's zoom out and give Apple the credit it deserves.
New 52-week highs
Zooming out only 12 months, the performance isn't great. But it's not bad, either.
Just this week, Apple finally hit a new 52-week high. So even in the past year, Apple stock has held its own. Sure, it didn't outperform the market -- but it did give investors a small gain.
But even after reaching a 52-week highs, the majority of Apple analysts still hold a buy rating on the stock -- in fact, 18 of the 53 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters rate Apple a strong buy. So, according to consensus analyst opinion, Apple is still undervalued even after its massive 45% gain from levels below $400. And for long-term Apple shareholders who capitalized on the opportunity to add to their position when the stock tumbled, their return with Apple stock may have fared very well in 2013.
Since Steve Jobs passed
What about Apple's performance since Steve Jobs passed? Many people questioned the company's prospects after his death. After all, he was the revolutionary leader who brought the world the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad.
As it turns out, Apple had done considerably well since Jobs' death. In fact, for those who claimed Apple had no hope after Jobs passed and stood by their word by shorting or selling the stock, they missed out big time. Since his death, Apple stock is up a whopping 50%, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average return of 45% during the same period.
A Foolish look
For Foolish investors it is larger time horizons, like five years or greater, that really tell the story of a company's performance. After all, in the short term a stock can move in any direction. But, over the long haul, the value of a stock tends to follow the underlying fundamentals.
So how did Apple stock score when viewed on a Foolish time horizon? I'd say it earned an A-plus. Over the past five years, Apple stock is up more than 500%. Just when Apple critics thought Apple was at the top of the world with the help of iPod domination, Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007. The iPhone, followed by the iPad, sent Apple stock to levels analysts could have never imagined.
Apple tomorrow
Where is Apple headed in the next five years? Investors shouldn't expect another 500% gain, but the horizon looks good.
As the world's most valuable publicly traded company and with profit margins that seem to have maxed out, Apple will have to turn to its cash hoard and its healthy cash flow to reward investors. In March 2012, Apple did just that, initiating a dividend and a share repurchase program. Then, in April of this year, the company increased its dividend by 15% and boosted its share repurchase program from $10 billion to $60 billion. Even after these increases, however, Apple still has plenty of cash to draw from for more share repurchases and dividend increases in the future -- $148.6 billion on the balance sheet and a massive stream of earnings. To put Apple's cash flow in perspective, the company is paying out only 29% of its trailing-12-month earnings in dividends.
So will Apple reward investors over the next five years? I think so. Equipped with the world's most valuable brand and an impressive stream of cash, the foundation Steve Jobs built looks as sustainable as ever. And given Apple's conservative valuation of just 14 times earnings, the stock price offers investors an enticing entry point into the cash cow.
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If you're a big guy who wants to make some lifestyle changes and get into shape, it's important to start your exercise regimen on the right foot. To lose weight, you need to get your heart pounding and your body moving, starting with exercises that place little strain on your body. The best exercises for bigger people are those that maximize fat burning and build muscle mass without putting excess stress on the joints. Always consult your physician before beginning an exercise program.
Hit the Ground Walking
Walking is a low-impact exercise that virtually anyone can do. According to Harvard Health Publications, a 185-pound person can burn up to 178 calories walking for 30 minutes at a moderate pace. Start slowly, and gradually increase to a pace that's comfortable for you. As your body gets used to walking, the speed and intensity of your walks will increase. Walk at least three times weekly, and once you feel comfortable, incorporate short bursts of brisk walking into your exercise program, as intense exercise can have a dramatic impact on weight loss, says Gregory Florez of the American Council on Exercise.
Swim to Get Slim
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that swimming can cut your mortality rate in half, improve your health and prevent disease. As a no-impact exercise, swimming is an ideal way for overweight people to lose weight because it will not stress the joints or cause muscle strain. Swimming is an exercise you can do every day without increasing your risk of injury, and it has the potential to burn hundreds of calories per hour.
Move Those Muscles
Muscle burns fat when you're awake and when you are at rest, so the more muscles you add to your frame, the faster you will lose weight. Strength training may seem daunting if you are significantly overweight, but you don't have to go to the gym to increase your muscle strength. Start at home with a pair of hand or ankle weights. Wear the ankle weights while doing chores around your home, and use the hand weights to do arm curls. You can also grab light hand weights before heading out for your daily walk. Strength train at least twice a week, and increase the intensity and frequency of your workouts as your strength builds.
No More Couch Potato
Move your body at every opportunity throughout the day. According to the National Institutes of Health, it is a good idea to expand your definition of exercise. Park far away from the grocery store, and walk the extra distance. Take the stairs instead of using elevators and play with your children more. These small things add up during the day, allowing you to burn more calories. Make a concerted effort to incorporate more activities into your daily life.


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, ACCRA, Nov 7- A six-storey shopping mall collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Wednesday and an unknown number of victims were feared trapped in the rubble, witnesses and an AFP correspondent said.
"I was very close to the mall because I was going to buy something only for me to see the building coming down," witness Ama Okyere told AFP.
"I had to run for my life. I was so terrified. I believe there are lots of people trapped under this because this is a heavily patronised shoping mall in the area."
The AFP correspondent witnessed two people being brought out of the rubble alive, with rescue workers arriving at the scene.
Officials have not commented so far and the cause of the collapse of the Melcom shopping centre was not immediately clear.
"I was on my way to school and all of a sudden heard a big bang and people shouting, only for me to see that the shopping mall has collapsed," said another witness, John Owusu.


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Poles seem bent on proving that the future of this country of 37 million people hangs on a puff of smoke. A heated dispute between the government and Solidarity over sharp price hikes for cigarettes and tobacco threatens to undermine the more moderate course set by the independent union at its national convention in Gdansk.
The union reelected Lech Walesa, a moderate, as its leader. And just as everything seemed lined up for new government-union talks on the future -- not least the country's economic travails -- this latest confrontation mushroomed up.
The uproar at the convention hall when it was learned that cigarette and tobacco prices would almost double, and with only two days' notice, demonstrated not only the power of the new union movement but also the continued weakness of the Polish government.
It also seemed to mirror the failures of three Polish governments since 1970 to take into account the despairing moods and frustrations of this nation.
In 1970, 1976, and last August, explosions of popular feeling were touched off by government moves to increase prices with very little warning and on a scale well beyond the pockets of most people.
Economic reform -- as well as extension of political and civil rights -- was an essential part of the agreements that brought an end to the 1980 strikes.
Everyone knew that reform required a new price structure based on normal market criteria, and that had to include higher consumer prices. Solidarity accepted it as part of the deal -- subject to proper consultation.
A few weeks ago, bread prices were raised without much difficulty. That removed bread from the ration list and supplies improved, since the new prices discouraged peasants from buying bread as animal feed.
Poles knew more price hikes were ahead. But the announcement about cigarettes took them by surprise.
There have been some angry and occasionally ugly clashes between Solidarity and the authorities since the incident of police brutality at Bydgoszcz in March. The scene in the convention hall late Sunday seemed to threaten the worst.
As the delegates reassembled Monday morning, there was total confusion and conflicting reports as to whether the government had yielded to a convention demand that the new prices be suspended pending negotiation.
Cigarette vendors as confused as anyone else. One said he didn't have any to sell anyway. Another said he had and was selling at the old prices, with his hand indicating "under the counter."
To readers outside Poland it must seem extraordinary that a country could be threatened with a general strike -- and perhaps worse -- over cigarettes.
The very possibility reveals both the continued distrust of the government and the fatigue of a people who have endured so many acute deprivations of the most basic necessities of life so long and their bitterness at what they see as their rulers' failure to take this into account.
Many Poles lament that they rank No. 4 after the Americans, the British, and the Japanese among the world's heaviest smokers. But for the mass of workers and the several millions who live on or below the so-called "social minimun," even the cheapest cigarettes have become a luxury and a kind of "compensation."
Several months there was such a shortage that the queues at tobacconists' were as long as those for meat, and rationing was introduced.
When two members of the government flew to Gdansk Sunday to explain the price decision, the scene was a mixture of pathos and almost comic opera.
To most people there were elements of sheer tragedy as well, given that it was cigarettes that were under discussion, now ways and means of securing an understanding with the miners on the sensitive issue of Saturday work. A start toward putting the economy back on its feet depends, more than anything else, on the digging of more coal.
Delegates were angry that the government seemed to have skirted its pledges to consult the union, although two members of Solidarity's executive committee apparently had been informed.
One of them angrily told the delegates they should be talking about the general food shortage, not just about cigarettes.
For two hours delegates questioned the ministers, laughed scornfully at many of their replies, and demanded suspension of the decision pending negotiations.
The union voted to appoint union representatives to meet with the ministers behind the scenes, but the wrangling went on. Finally, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa intervened.
"Tell the prime minister to cancel the increases or there will be trouble," he told the ministers. "If you do that, we can negotiate."
That at least brought this bizzare episode nearer to reason. The delegates cheered. The finance minister said he was not empowered to negotiate a change but could discuss "compensation." The possibility of talks fizzled. So did the session.
The government has said there can be no going back on the new prices, but is ready to discuss compensation through the pay packet.
Meanwhile, in Warsaw the Communist Party newspaper Trybuna Ludu disclosed a negative reaction from the regime toward the union's demand for amendment of the self-management law.


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Tucker Mendoza, a gulf truth activist, was shot early this morning 4 times through the door of his home in Laplace. He was hit 3 times in the chest and once across the forehead. With him was a niece, he reports she was struck in the neck and bottom. …
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When you visit any of our Hoffman Auto Group dealerships this December, you'll see our vehicles decked out in red ribbons. They aren't for Santa, although our vehicles do make a fabulous gift idea for those of you on Santa's "Nice" list! Actually, the ribbons are for Mothers Against Drunk Driving's (MADD) Tie One On for Safety campaign and designated driver program. According to their website, Mothers Against Drunk Driving is dedicated and determined "to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims of these violent crimes and prevent underage drinking." During the month of December, a portion of every vehicle sold at all Hoffman Auto Group dealerships will be donated to MADD's mission- your purchase makes a positive impact in your community!
Hoffman Auto Group has supported MADD's Tie One on for Safety campaign for 14 years and has donated nearly $180 thousand to the local MADD chapter. We invite you to get involved and show your support. Be sure to request a free MADD Tie One On for Safety ribbon and display it on your vehicle to remind everyone not to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary this year, the Tie One On for Safety red ribbon campaign began in 1986 and continues to be MADD's longest-running awareness campaign. The phrase "tie one on" is slang for drinking alcohol, but MADD wants you to tie on a red ribbon to remind everyone that drinking and driving don't mix. Put safety first and designate a driver before leaving for a celebration. Drunk driving is 100% preventable, yet every two minutes someone is injured in a drunk driving accident.
Every year, thousands of people die as a result of drunk driving accidents. In 2014 the number dropped below ten thousand for the first time in three years. Since MADD's founding in 1980, drunk driving deaths have been cut by 53%. To date, MADD has saved 350 thousand lives, and has served over 820 thousand victims. In 2014, the organization provided nearly 120 thousand supportive services to victims. MADD offers free support to victims and families which comes in the form of victim advocates, supportive literature, and aiding victims in applying for Crime Victim Compensation. They also have a 24-hour victim services hotline as well as an online chat option on their website.
Join us today and become part of the solution. Follow these safe party tips (right) and commit to driving responsibly and help raise awareness. The annual Walk Like MADD is a 5k walk that raises the funds necessary for MADD to continue their mission year after year. Hartford's Walk Like MADD will be held at XFINITY Theatre on May 13, 2017. Contact Susan Lane for sponsorship and team registration information.


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(A) Except as provided in paragraphs (B), (D), and (E) of this rule, a telephone company may cease offering any telecommunications service, by providing a notice of withdrawal of such service or services.
(1) Notice, consistent with rule 4901:1-6-07 of the Administrative Code, shall be provided to all affected customers, and the chief of the telecommunications division of the utilities department and the chief of the reliability and service analysis division of the service monitoring and enforcement department at least thirty days prior to the effective date that the telephone company will cease providing a specific telecommunications service.
(2) At least thirty days prior to withdrawal of a specific telecommunications service, a telephone company shall provide written notice of its intent to cease providing service to its wholesale customers and to any telephone company wholesale provider of its services, if applicable.
(B) Withdrawal of basic local exchange service (BLES)
(1) A competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) shall not discontinue offering BLES within an exchange(s) without filing a zero-day notice filing (ZTA) to withdraw such service or services from its tariff. CLECs must include with the notice filing the actual customer notice and an affidavit verifying that this customer notice has been provided to affected customers at least thirty days prior to the effective date that the CLEC will cease providing BLES.
(2) A CLEC ceasing to offer BLES shall return all deposits, including applicable interest, to its customers who do not convert to another service with the CLEC, no later than ninety days after filing its withdrawal notice filing unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders otherwise.
(3) At least thirty days prior to withdrawal of BLES, a CLEC shall provide written notice of its intent to cease providing service, to any telephone company from which the applicant obtains wholesale services, if applicable.
(4) An incumbent local exchange carrier shall not discontinue providing BLES without complying with the provisions of rule 4901:1-6-27 of the Administrative Code.
(C) A local exchange carrier proposing to withdraw telecommunications service(s) within an exchange or other geographical area shall provide a list of its assigned area code prefix(es) or thousand block(s). Such information shall also include any proposed dates or timelines, due to its withdrawal of such telecommunications service(s), wherein the telephone company's area code prefix(es) or thousand block(s) would be reassigned to another carrier and/or returned to the North American numbering plan administrator or pooling administrator. This requirement does not apply where the telecommunications service(s) to be withdrawn does not require the assignment of telephone numbers, or the use of such telephone numbers will continue to be required for other services provided by the local exchange carrier.
(D) Withdrawal of tariffed services other than BLES
A telephone company may not cease offering any services required to be tariffed pursuant to paragraphs (A)(1)(b) to (A)(1)(i) of rule 4901:1-6-11 of the Administrative Code, without first filing an application to withdraw such service(s) from its tariff, using the most up-to-date telecommunications filing form, and without obtaining prior commission approval. Such an application shall be designated under a TP-UNC case purpose code and shall not be subject to an automatic approval process.
(E) Interconnection and resale agreements approved under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are subject to the terms of the agreements, federal law, and Chapter 4901:1-7 of the Administrative Code.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 11/30/2015
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 4901.13, 4927.03
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Surrogacy Law Reform project
The UK's surrogacy laws are over 30 years old and in serious need of updating. KLS's Kirsty Horsey works on projects towards law reform, including the Surrogacy UK Working Group on Surrogacy Law Reform, whose November 2015 report made key recommendations for policymakers
Surrogacy in the 21st century: rethinking assumptions, reforming law
Friends House, London, 6th May 2016
Surrogacy laws in the UK are now over 30 years old and look increasingly out of date. Within the same timeframe, assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) have significantly developed, and their place in modern society has become firmly established, both in terms of family creation and with regard to the extended medical research opportunities they provide. Surrogacy is a form of assisted reproduction, whether an arrangement requires the use of IVF, the storage of gametes of one or more parties outside of the body in a licensed setting, the use of donated gametes, or none of these. It is a legitimate form of family creation for those who have no other option to have their own child, and who exercise the choice not to adopt.
The law relating to ARTs was overhauled in 2008, but little changed in relation to surrogacy other than small and necessary extensions of the categories of people to whom a 'parental order' might be available. No consideration was given to the fundamental assumptions that underpin the entirety of the regulation of surrogacy. Since the law on surrogacy was created, we have also witnessed astonishing amounts of social change, not only in terms of who we consider to be 'families' or 'parents', but also in wider social acceptance of difference. In addition, the internet explosion has made surrogacy an international business, often raising both ethical and practical concerns when overseas arrangements are entered into from the UK.
This one-day event is designed to test and challenge the assumptions that underpin the existing UK law on surrogacy, showing how and why it has become out of date, in a variety of different contexts, and how it fails to protect the interests of children and families created via surrogacy. It draws upon and discusses the findings in the November 2015 report of the Surrogacy UK Working Group on Surrogacy Law Reform, along with reflections from a range of other commentators including Professor Margot Brazier and Baroness Mary Warnock, who each chaired government inquiries into surrogacy, publishing their reports in 1998 and 1984, respectively.
The event will be priced at £40 standard rate and £15 for students and concessions. A detailed programme is available here.
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- Professor Susan Golombok, Director of the Centre for Family Research, Cambridge University
- Professor Emily Jackson, London School of Economics
- Dr Amel Algrahni, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Law School
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After months of speculation, Ubisoft has officially announced a new Rainbow 6 game, subtitled Patriots. It will launch on PC, Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 in 2013, with Ubisoft's Montreal, Toronto and Red Storm studios all involved in production. Patriots boasts a "dynamic" campaign told from "multiple perspectives", with the elite Team Rainbow facing an all new threat, the True Patriots.
"Terrorism has evolved, and so has Rainbow 6," said David Sears, creative director at Ubisoft. "In Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots, all the team play, tactics, and realism that fans of the series love have been coupled with an exciting new narrative direction. This adds an unprecedented level of humanity that will make Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Patriots an extremely tense and immersive experience."
Team Rainbow will have to deal with an all new threat, with the terrorist group the True Patriots seeking to reclaim America from an "irrevocably corrupt and greedy" government. The True Patriots will apparently put Team Rainbow is considerably difficult scenarios where ethical concerns must be considered.
And along with a gripping campaign, Rainbow 6 Patriots will also feature the customary multiplayer option, with co-operative and competitive modes on offer. It's all about working as a team, apparently, and good old fashioned teamwork will be rewarded in spades. All in all, a very exciting new addition to the Rainbow 6 series. We can't wait to hear more.


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Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man, and is the founder and CEO of IndigenousX.
Gary Foley: Harold Holt's death and why the 1967 referendum failed Indigenous people
In the aftermath of the referendum, there was a belief among the younger black activists in Redfern that the Commonwealth Government was disinterested in the result. After all, the young activists reasoned, wasn't the referendum result an overwhelming expression of support from white Australians for the idea of justice for Aboriginal people? This perception among the young Redfern radicals was a significant contributing factor in the later emergence of the Black Power movement but a key player in the events in Canberra has recently offered an alternative version of how events played out in Canberra in the immediate period after the Referendum.
In his memoir Pandora's Box, Mr. Barrie Dexter has presented a firsthand account of details of the events and Government actions that occurred in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 referendum. Because Dexter was at the heart of the events he describes, his description is the most credible version yet published. At the time of the referendum Dexter was happily ensconced in his position in the Diplomatic Corps as Australian Ambassador to Laos. The Prime Minister at the time of the referendum was Harold Holt who had assumed office just 18 months earlier on 26th January 1966 after the long serving Sir Robert Menzies had retired.
Many activists of the Black Power movement had blamed Holt for the apparent Government inaction in the wake of the referendum, but Dexter's account offers a radically different picture. Dexter points out that after the referendum the federal Government seemed to have been caught 'flat-footed'. This is confirmed in Ian Hancock's biography of John Gorton when he points out that the coalition Government had been more interested in the other question in the 1967 referendum that, had it been passed, would have broken the "nexus between the number of seats in the Senate and the House of Representatives".
But on the successful result of the referendum's Aboriginal question the Commonwealth Government's response remained confused. At a meeting of Commonwealth-State Ministers responsible for Aboriginal Affairs held in Perth in July 1967 (two months after the referendum), the federal Minister for Territories, Mr, Barnes, was "unable to give any indication as to how the Commonwealth might use its new powers". Aboriginal activists had interpreted this as evidence that the Commonwealth was reluctant to confront the States over the issue of Aboriginal rights. The fact that the Prime Minister's first post-referendum statement to Parliament was not made until September, and even then Holt had expressed reluctance about confronting the States also served to intensify Aboriginal suspicions.
The Prime Minister had also foreshadowed the creation of a special advisory body to be called the Council of Aboriginal Affairs (CAA), which would be administered by a secretariat to be called the Office of Aboriginal Affairs (OAA). The Council would be a three-man committee (all white) and by November 1967 the Government had only announced that economist Dr. H.C. (Nugget) Coombs would be the Chairperson.
Meanwhile, during November Barrie Dexter was on a trip home to Canberra accompanying the Prime Minister of Laos when he was approached by the Head of the Department of External (now Foreign) Affairs, Sir Lawrence McIntyre, who said that Prime Minister Holt would like to know if Dexter was interested in accepting a position on the newly formed Council. McIntyre told Dexter that the Council would "advise the Prime Minister direct and would be given substantial power; the Office would serve the Council and operate largely independently within the Prime Minister's Office".
Dexter was reluctant to leave the diplomatic corps, but when he met Holt in Melbourne a few days later, Dexter indicated that he was willing to accept the position on the basis that it was simply a three to five year secondment from the Department of External Affairs. Holt had apparently selected Dexter on the basis of having been impressed with him when they met on an official trip to Laos earlier in 1967, rather than any knowledge of Aboriginal matters. The fact that Holt was setting up the Council and Office of Aboriginal Affairs within the Prime Minister's Office where they would have direct access, is in itself an indication that Holt was preparing to take the referendum result very seriously. Holt confided to Dexter that he was "surprised" at the strength of the vote in the referendum which indicated, "a feeling that the Government should ―do something – about the situation of the Aboriginals' and that, 'their plight was very distressing".
Holt also told Dexter that he (Holt) would personally, as Prime Minister, be responsible for Aboriginal affairs and would use his authority to push through the necessary policies for reform. He said that to facilitate this he was appointing a small, three person committee to advise him and that Coombs had been chosen because he was a "financial whiz" and anthropologist Bill Stanner because of his expertise on Aboriginals. Dexter was chosen because Holt required a person who "knew their way backwards through the public service, and who would not squeal when they were kicked".
Dr Coombs, who at that point was Governor of the Reserve Bank, had initially been reluctant to accept the position of Chair of the Council, and it was only after Holt had given him strong assurances that he was genuine about reform for both Aboriginal affairs and the Arts that Coombs accepted. The third member of the Council was Professor Bill Stanner, who was then with the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National University and was regarded by Holt as being an "expert" on Aboriginal peoples. Stanner had also been reluctant to accept, but after receiving reassurances from Holt, he said that what ultimately convinced him was, the prospect of a novel combination of five things – a somewhat independent body, statutory responsibilities, direct touch with Parliament, the possibility (because of the Referendum) of support by the Commonwealth's over-riding power of legislation, and a path to the Prime Minister in case of need. This seemed to him to offer an unprecedented chance to do things which would make a real difference to the state of Aboriginal life throughout Australia, not just in Commonwealth territories.
This shows that all three men who would form the Council for Aboriginal Affairs genuinely believed that Holt was serious about doing something to change the circumstances of Aboriginal people; otherwise they would not have accepted their appointments. Whilst Barrie Dexter was very much a civil servant, the other two men were known for their strongly independent opinions and suspicion of Government machinations, even though both had been associated with Government for many years.
On 2nd November 1967, some six months after the referendum and just 45 days before his death, Prime Minister Holt announced in Parliament the new arrangements and the names of all members of the new Council for Aboriginal Affairs. Over the next four weeks Dexter, as administrative head of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs worked feverishly on the task of establishing a mini Government department from scratch. In looking for staff for the new office Dexter (possibly because neither he nor Coombs knew anything about Aboriginal affairs) looked to the Department of Territories and recruited two former patrol officers on the basis of their knowledge of Aboriginal peoples. One of these men was Frank Moy, a controversial former NT Director of Native Affairs responsible for the suppression of the famous 1951 Darwin Aboriginal workers strike and who was certainly no friend of the Aboriginal people.
But the overall mood at the Office of Aboriginal Affairs leading in to December 1967 was very positive, as all members were confident that under the new arrangements they would be able to implement some major policy changes with the full backing of Prime Minister Holt.
These revelations by Dexter have revealed a previously unknown or unacknowledged commitment on the part of Holt to make a genuine attempt to improve the situation of Aboriginal people. Because of the circumstances of Holt's death just a month later, historians have paid little attention to what Holt's actions and intent in Aboriginal affairs really were. Dexter's account is the only credible first-hand version of what Holt's thinking was, and as such it reveals a very different story to the interpretations of not just the black activists of the time, but also the few historians who have ever examined this moment in history.
When Holt went on his fateful swim on 17th December 1967, all hopes that the referendum would result in positive change drowned with him.
The incoming Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton, was a very different person to Holt when it came to Aboriginal matters. The first that members of the Council knew of the change in attitude came within weeks of Holt's death and Gorton's elevation, when Dexter suddenly found that the previous high level of co-operation from Departmental heads in the public service was evaporating. Then word came that the Office of Aboriginal Affairs would no longer be part of the Prime Minister's Department and would be downgraded in status and staff. Dexter found that he was only allocated six positions to staff the OAA with, which was completely inadequate. Furthermore, Gorton was refusing to meet with the Council which led to Dr Coombs writing a letter to the PM on 12th February 1968 seeking clarification on a range of matters including the access promised by Holt and the status of the OAA.
Prime Minister Gorton never bothered to reply to Coombs letter and instead, on 28th February 1968, announced that whilst the OAA would remain as part of the Prime Minister's Department, he was appointing the then Minister for Social Services, Mr. W.C. Wentworth as the Minister in Charge of Aboriginal Affairs. This move effectively short-circuited the promised direct access to the PM as promised by Holt.
It also meant that the Council now had as their Minister one of the most controversial and unpredictable politicians then in Parliament. W.C. Wentworth, better known as Billy, was notorious for his eccentricity, anti-Communist fervour and his self-proclaimed expertise on all matters Aboriginal.
The Council for Aboriginal Affairs ultimately found that Wentworth was completely disinterested in their views and on the rare occasions he would meet with them, he would spend most of those meetings expounding his own views on Aboriginal affairs, as well as his concerns that Aboriginal people might be manipulated by Communists into thinking they were oppressed.
Such was the farcical nature of the relationship between the CAA and its Minister, that Council members were reduced to sitting around bewildered and cracking jokes after tumultuous meetings with him. On one occasion, Bill Stanner, not famous for his wit, was heard to declare of Wentworth, "he would mount his charger and ride off in all directions at once".
John Gorton's biographer Ian Hancock, in a chapter aptly titled "Gorton is very different to Harold Holt", described Gorton as "both an innovator and a conservative" in his approach to Aboriginal affairs. Hancock presents Gorton's appointment of Wentworth as a positive move, emphasising the call by Wentworth to "excise" 8 square kilometres from the pastoral lease of Lord Vesty to give to the Gurindji as a "social experiment". The subsequent villains, according to Hancock are the undoubted strong opponents of this move, especially the Country Party, the NT Cattle Producers Association and the Australian Woolgrowers and Graziers Council. Gorton's strong commitment to both the White Australia policy and the policy of Assimilation for Aborigines are mentioned only in passing, but these are hardly the signs of an "innovator" as suggested by Hancock.
The next three years would prove disastrous for Aboriginal affairs insofar as the Gorton administration proved to be completely disinterested in the situation of Aboriginal people. Barrie Dexter noted, "No doubt the Prime Minister's lack of interest and sympathy reflected itself in the non-cooperative, unfriendly and even hostile attitude of his Department toward the OAA and the Council" This may have been disastrous for Dexter and those on the CAA, but it was this very inaction on the part of the Federal Government that fanned the flames of discontent in urban Aboriginal communities.
The great irony is that the urban activists like myself had believed it was the Council for Aboriginal Affairs, created by Prime Minister Holt that was to blame for Government inaction. However, Barrie Dexter's memoirs reveal that the real blame rests with Prime Minister John Gorton, who dishonoured commitments and undertakings given to Dexter, Coombs and Stanner before the setting up of the CAA. Such was Dr. Coombs disillusionment with Gorton that fifteen years later he wrote,
Unfortunately Gorton's image of Australian society, like that of many of his compatriots, had no place for Aborigines as such. He saw no justification or need for special policies to help them and the idea that Aborigines had valid rights to land based on traditional title was to him wholly unacceptable.
In a bizarre twist of history, John Gorton has in the long term been perceived as a sympathiser of Aboriginal issues purely on the basis that he attended an Aboriginal debutante ball at the Sydney Town Hall in 1968. The widespread positive publicity Gorton attracted from that single event has obscured his basic hostility and indifference to Aboriginal issues whilst he was Prime Minister.
By comparison, the circumstances of Harold Holt's sudden death have historically deflected attention from his efforts in Aboriginal affairs in the immediate aftermath of the 1967 referendum. This is unfortunate because it is Holt, rather than Gorton, who deserves recognition for at least trying to live up to Australian voter's expectations for justice for Aboriginal Australia as they had expressed in the 1967 Referendum.
This article first appeared in Guardian Australia on 27 May 2017 as part of the IndigenousX edited Opinion section commemoration of the anniversary of the 1967 Referendum and the 20 year anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report.
Luke Pearson is a Gamilaroi man, and is the founder and CEO of IndigenousX.


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The night that Grease: Live aired, we all learned that Vanessa Hudgens is a powerhouse. Not only did she deliver a knockout performance as Rizzo, but she did it while powering through her father's death just hours before from stage four cancer. Once the curtain closed, Hudgens has been able to mourn her father alongside her family and friends.
It's been three months since Greg Hudgens passed away, and Hudgens opened up to People about how her family is helping her cope with grief.
More: Vanessa Hudgens reveals terrifying news she received before Grease: Live
Her mother's strength is guiding her through this time, she says. "She's so strong through the hardest of times," she tells People. "But she has this lightheartedness and this light that just beams out of her very being and it's so special. Life is about perspective. The way you choose to see your life is the way your life is going to become."
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IEEE Fellow 2010 for contributions to computer vision technology for medical imaging
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VIDEO de la conference Horizon Maths Decembre 2015 sur les methodes geodesiques pour la segmentation dimages medicales.
VIDEO of Talk given at Newton Institute in Cambridge, August 2011 on Geodesic Methods for Biomedical Image Segmentation.
Keynote given at Technion in June 2011.
Talk given at College de France. January 2009
An overview of our work on Geodesic Methods in Computer Vision and Graphics (200 pages book)
An overview of my work on geodesics December 2008
An overview of my work on minimal paths December 2004
Article sur les chemins minimaux dans la revue SPM du CNRS, pages 15--16, Decembre 2003.
Some videos of Virtual EndoscopySome (old) examples in Images
1983-1986: PhD on Partial Differential Equations in Paris 6 with H. Brezis
1985-1987: Schlumberger Palo Alto and Montrouge Research
1988-1989: INRIA Rocquencourt
Since 1990:
Research Scholar at CEREMADE; Directeur de Recherche CNRS (full time research position).
Teaching at ENS Cachan for Master MVA and Dauphine for Master "Analyse et Probabilites" (was "EDP et Applications")
Responsable a Dauphine accueil doctorants et Stages pour le Master MVA:Mathematiques, Vision par Ordinateur et Apprentissage.
Propositions theses et Stages
de These CIFRE
Resume du Cours de Master
Also for sometime with INRIA, mainly with the medical image understanding group , EPIDAURE, in Sophia Antipolis.
Expert Consultant in Image Analysis for various companies.
Main Publications available on the web (1988-2016) according to chronology
Main Publications available on the web (1988-2016) according to subjects
list of main publications 1983-2013 ( latex bibitem file) or PDF file
June 1992. Isaac Cohen, Deformable Models in 2D and 3D, Application to Medical Images. List of Publications with Isaac Cohen. Isaac Cohen is now Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science at USC.
December 1995. Eric Bardinet, Deformable Superquadrics and Motion Analysis of the Heart, Active Regions. List of publications with Eric Bardinet and Nicholas Ayache and abstracts that correspond to the PhD Thesis work. Eric Bardinet, is with the EPIDAURE project.
June 1996. Bertrand Leroy, Face Recognition using deformable models. List of Publications with Bertrand Leroy.
May 1998. Zakaria BenSbeh, Geodesic Dilatation in Mathematical Morphology and Application to Image Segmentation in Ophtalmology.
November 1998. Martin Lefebure, Image Registration, Optical Flow and local Rigidity. Creator of Realeyes3D.
December 2001. Thomas Deschamps, Fast Marching and Minimal Paths in 3D images and applications to Virtual Endoscopy and Segmentation. List of publications that correspond to the PhD Thesis work of Thomas Deschamps in the Medical Imaging Systems Group (MEDISYS) of Philips Research Laboratories Paris/LEP. Currently at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
April 2002. Samuel Vinson, Detection of Buildings in Aerial Images using Variational Methods, at EADS, Matra Systemes et Information. Currently at Sagem.
March 17th, 2005. Roberto Ardon. Segmentation of surfaces in 3D images using minimal paths. Currently at Philips
November 24th, 2005. Pablo Arbelaez. A metric approach to Image Segmentation. University of Berkeley.
December 15th, 2005. Valerie Moreau.
December 18th, 2006. Stephane Bonneau. Minimal paths and applications in biologic images
December 17th, 2009, Fethalla Benmansour. Minimal paths in biomedical images: Segmentation of tubular structures and surfaces using Anisotropic Fast Marching and detection of key points. Postdoc at EPFL.
February 4th, 2009, Oudom Somphone. Image Registration by Finite elements and partition of unity (meshless)- Applications to medical Imaging. Currently at Philips
September 10th, 2009. Adrien Auclair. Fast methods for finding closest SIT neighbors: Application to Image retrieval and contributions to multiview 3D reconstruction.
September 16th, 2013. Prasenjit Saha, geodesic methods
work in progress, Jose-Alberto Iglesias-Martinez, Geodesic Voting.
October 21st, 2013, Raphael Prevost, Deformable models, Shape Learning and Kidney segmentation. Currently at ImFusion.
September 17th, 2013, Jean-Baptiste Fiot, Manifold learning and Brain Imaging related to Alzheimer.Currently at IBM.
work in progress, Chen Da, Geodesic methods with different kinds of metrics. Application to Retinal Vascular tree segmentation
work in progress, Fang Yang, Geodesics in Heat
work in progress, Qichong Tian, Histogram methods
work in progress, Abraham Marciano, Analysis of industrial radiography
work in progress, Emmanuel Cohen, Analysis of Ultrafast Ultrasound Images
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International Journal for Computational Vision and Biomechanics
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization
Conferences (Program Committee)
Mathematics and Image Analysis, MIA'16, Paris, January 2016.
Too many to be listed
EMMCVPR 2007, International workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2007, Lotus Hill Institute, China.
First International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision (SSVM)}, Ischia, Italy, May 30 - June 2, 2007.
Mathematics and Image Analysis 2006, Paris, September 18-21, 2006
EMMCVPR 2005, International workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, November 9-11, 2005, St. Augustine, Florida, USA.
3nd IEEE Workshop on Variational, Geometric and Level Set Methods in Computer Vision, In Conjunction with the 10th IEEE International Conference in Computer Vision, October 15, 2005, Beijing, China
5th International Conference on Scale-Space and PDE methods in Computer Vision, April 7-9, 2005, Hofgeismar, Germany.
WACV 2005, Workshop on Applications of Computer Vision, January 5-7, 2005, Breckenridge Colorado.
Mathematics and Image Analysis 2004, Paris, September 6-9 2004
8th European Conference on Computer Vision, May 11-14, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic
4th International Conference on Scale-Space theories in Computer Vision, 10-12 June 2003, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.
EMMCVPR 2003, International workshop on Energy Minimization Methods in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, July 2003, Lisbon, Portugal.
FIMH'03, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart 2003, June 5-6, 2003 Lyon, France.
Mathematics and Image Analysis 2002, Paris, September 10-12 2002
IAPR's International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Quebec, August 11-15 2002
First International Workshop on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart FIMH'2001 November 15 - 16th Helsinki, Finland
Seventh European Conference on Computer Vision, 28-31 May 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mathematics and Image Analysis 2000, Paris, 25 - 27 September 2000
CIMPA School in China : Partial Differential Equations (PDE) and Computer Vision, May 1999.
CVPR'98, IEEE Computer Society Conf. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, June 98
WBIA'98, IEEE Workshop on Biomedical Image Analysis, June 98
Colloque Mathematiques et reconnaissance de formes, November 97
IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition CVPR '96, June 96
IEEE/SIAM Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Biomedical Image Analysis, June 96
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As a family travel guru, I spend lots of nights with my family away from home. During the Major League Baseball playoffs, however, especially when the New York Yankees are playing, traveling with the wife and kiddos can make it challenging to be a committed dad and a committed fan at the same time.
Such was the case Thursday night, when bedtime came smack in the middle of a 1-1 tie.
Ultimately, everyone got to sleep and I managed to hear (most of) my game. That said, the build-up was anything but easy. Some highlights:
7:30 p.m.: Powerwoman (my wife) says it's time to feed R (the 1-year-old). I grab a copy of "The Little Engine that Could" and convince L (the 3-year-old) to "read it" with me down in the lobby. We choose a nice and comfy couch that just so happens to be within view of the giant flat-screen showing the game. We read the book. Verrrry sloooowly.
7:50 p.m.: L and I return to the room to find my wife struggling to get a cranky R to sleep. Powerwoman and I switch kids; she takes L into the bathroom for face-washing and tooth-brushing; I grab R and begin shushing her rhythmically.
7:52 p.m.: I furiously fumble for my cell phone, fire up the MLB AtBat 12 app, and stick one of the earbuds in my left ear. R, still fussing, finds the other earbud and clutches it. Tightly.
7:58 p.m.: R falls asleep, still holding my earphones. I release her grip, place her in the crib, and slink over to the back corner of the room, near the kitchenette. Here, I squat down behind the counter, a vantage point that enables me to continue listening to the game but puts me in position to manage the situation if the baby wakes up.
8:00 p.m.: Powerwoman emerges from the bathroom with L and initiates the kid's pre-bed ritual. I continue to crouch out-of-sight behind the counter.
8:06 p.m.: The Yanks botch a rally. I curse silently, and give middle fingers to the air. (Thankfully, neither daughter sees.)
8:15 p.m.: Powerwoman pokes her head around the corner to inform me that L is asleep. My wife green-lights me to return to the lobby and watch the rest of the game on television. I bee-line for the door.
I watched from that wretched lobby until the Yanks lost in the 13th. (Thankfully, the night manager didn't scold me when I threw my cap at the TV in disgust.) Would I have preferred a different outcome in the game? Absolutely. But considering I was able to listen to or watch most of this playoff contest's critical moments in the middle of a family trip, I'd say the night yielded a small victory nevertheless.


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Jeremy Hobson: Lawmakers in Washington are poised today to approve a bill that provides billions for transportation projects and lowers student loan interest rates.
Marketplace Washington bureau chief John Dimsdale reports.
John Dimsdale: It's taken Congress three years to renew long-term funding for highway, bridge and public transit construction projects all over the country. States hated the uncertainty of eight short-term extensions.
Stephen Ellis at Taxpayers for Common Sense says, in the end, the prospect of the loss of millions of construction jobs in the midst of a shaky recovery forced Congress to set aside an election-year standoff.
Stephen Ellis: Political self-interest always trumps partisanship. Lawmakers, a lot of them on the left and the right looked around and said we better do something and we better do something that's good for the economy. That's a major driving force here.
Ellis says the political risk of doubling student loan interest rates also persuaded lawmakers to find the money for a year's extension of lower rates.
And then there's the National Flood Insurance program. It is set to expire at the end of July, right in the middle of hurricane season. Without those subsidies, home prices in flood-prone areas would have dropped. Today's vote extends government flood insurance until 2017.
In Washington, I'm John Dimsdale for Marketplace.
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Arthur Becker is a business leader who currently acts as the MD of Madison Partners. The main offices of the enterprise are located in New York City. Madison Partners is a recognized investment company that has focused on biotechnology ventures and real estate business. Before being appointed as an administrator of Madison Partners, Arthur worked for various firms.
In 2012, he joined a digital newsstand enterprise that is called Zinio and served as its CEO and chairperson up to 2015. He also worked for NaviSite as from 2002 to 2010. Arthur Becker was the CEO of the company, which had majored in offering internet technology solutions to its clients who were mainly located in the United Kingdom and the United States. It also provided data hosting services and applications management. Mr. Becker also acted as the senior advisor of Vera Wang who is a renowned fashion designer. He worked for her fashion enterprise for about seven years. Arthur has been a private real estate and technology investor since NaviSite was acquired by Time Warner.
Mr. Becker said that he has been striving to ensure that his ideas come to life. He believes that working with real estate and technology experts who he admires and respects greatly encourages him. According to him, the real estate industry is fascinating due to the different steps that are involved in developing a project. These include creating the design, construction, and advertising the property. Arthur believes that one of the main factors that have assisted him to be successful is being able to balance his passion, drive, and critical thinking that is involved when conducting a project. People fail in business due to lack of a constant drive. See also.
Arthur has tried to establish different business ventures in the past years. Some of the firms that he has set up have been successful while others have failed. Becker believes that he learned from his mistakes and strived to make his enterprises successful. According to him, businesses that want to succeed should develop excellent relationships with their administration. He does not regret the challenges that he has faced in his career since they have been lessons to him.


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On December 24, 1741, our city was christened "Bethlehem" by the Moravian Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, and, in 1937, Bethlehem was deemed "Christmas City, USA," making Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites the perfect blend of rich history and Christmas traditions.
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites' Christmas season officially kicks off November 1, 2018 and runs through January 13, 2019!
- Tour Bethlehem at it's brightest - aglow with holiday ambiance, Christmas cheer, and full of wonderful activities.
- Experience Trees of Historic Bethlehem, elegantly decorated Christmas Trees throughout our sites.
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The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office recognizes and appreciates the
generosity of the volunteers involved with our office.
Click here to download an application to be an SJSO Volunteer.
We greatly benefit from the talents, experience and knowledge of our volunteers in our effort to combat crime. We also need all the talent, experience and knowledge we can muster in order to cope with the vast growth and various crime trends which occur in our community.
To help us deal more effectively with current or unexpected needs, we are strengthening our operations by working with people from the communities we serve. For us to be successful in our endeavor, your help is needed. We understand that your time is valuable and all we ask for is a minimum of 8 hours spent volunteering per month.
How we select and work with volunteers
The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Volunteer Program utilizes volunteers working along with Sheriff's Office personnel, undergoing processes similar to those used when hiring an employee; i.e. interviewing, screening, background checks, etc. All volunteers perform their duties out of harms way, usually in an air conditioned environment.
At The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, the emphasis is on citizen volunteers performing support roles to Sheriff's Office personnel, in a variety of ways, just a few of which are:
- Working with Detectives searching through pawn shop tickets in order to recover possible stolen property and inputting data into computers.
- Assisting in our Records Section inputting citations and warning notices, doing necessary filing, etc.
- Assisting citizens at the Court House.
- Assist our Police Athletic League, answer non-emergency telephone lines at our Communications Center, and assist in other areas, as well.
Learn More:
- Contact Mrs. Carol McCullar, Executive Assistant to the Sheriff, firstname.lastname@example.com


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This Acne Studios dress is probably one of the most warm and cozy pieces I own (and I have a lot of clothes!..lol) I love how the top portion is like a turtleneck sweater and the bottom skirt portion has a fitted silhouette. I paired this sweater dress with over the knee boots from Stuart Weitzman to show a sliver of skin without freezing myself!
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Dress: Acne Studios
Boots: Stuart Weitzman
Bag: Givenchy
Sunglasses: Chanel


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The new Vauxhall VXR8 GTS is bound to make its premiere at the Performance Car Show alongside Autosport International in January 2014. Derived from the HSV GEN-F GTS, the VXR8 GTS is the considered as the most powerful production car built in Australia. The Vauxhall VXR8 GTS enters the United Kingdom market with virtually more power than key rivals like the BMW M5 and Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG.
The Vauxhall VXR8 GTS gets its dynamic power from a new supercharged LSA V8 that provides up to 576bhp of output and 545lb ft of torque – representing an increase of 150bhp and 140lb ft respectively over the outgoing, LS3-engined VXR8. This newfound power allows the GTS to accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds and up to a limited top speed of 155 mph.
To better suit the GTS for the extra power brought by the new engine, it was fitted with a Brake-Torque Vectoring system that applies braking to the inside rear wheel and transfers torque to the outside rear wheel, thereby reducing understeer during high-speed maneuvers.
The GTS also features the latest generation Magnetic Ride Control with three independent settings. Vauxhall also endowed the GTS with hardware and software improvements to provide greater body control, sharper handling and a more pliant ride quality.
"In an Ashes year, it's quite rare to see England and Australia working together, but the result of this collaboration in the new Vauxhall VXR8 GTS is amazing," said Ian France, Performance Car Show Director. He remarked that with around 600bhp of raw power and imposing styling, the GTS is "sure to create a lot of interest as part of Vauxhall's Performance Car Show presence." The GTS is available at a price of £54,999 in the UK. [source: Vauxhall]


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Batman: Arkham City Concept Art is Properly Outstanding
During our recent trip to GDC, we were shown why Rocksteady Studios's Batman: Arkham City is shaping up to be a properly outstanding sequel to one of our favorite games of 2009, Arkham Asylum. The gameplay is as smooth as ever, and the visuals identify directly with what makes Batman one of the most popular superheroes today. When you really get down to it, visual masterpieces all begin with great concept art, and Arkham City is no different.
Below we have nine concept art images that have helped inspire Batman: Arkham City. Without further ado, here are the images:
Batman: Arkham City recently had its release dates finalized for most major regions: October 18th in North America, October 19th in Australia, and October 21st in Europe.


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Hi everyone,
First time poster here. Hopefully you guys can help me out, because even this basic problem is stumping me.
We're doing homework in my Math 105 class involving logic, patterns, and sequences. Here is the problem that is stumping me (some of the others were quite easy once you figured them out, but the problem is that the book doesn't give you any tips as to what the letters could stand for and such, very frustrating):
banana strawberry asparagus eggplant orange
y r g p ___
So I need to figure out how the letters are related and what the letter under orange will be. I thought it might be that the letter is one of the letters in the next word, however there is no P in Orange.
Hopefully someone can help.
Edit: Since apparently I can't space out the letters properly, y is associated with banana, r with strawberry, g with asparagus, and p with eggplant.


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Canada taking positives away from Commonwealth Games
Until Canada returns to the Century Club at the Commonwealth Games – the 100 medal mark – can you call it a success?
Canada, a 100 medal nation in five of seven Games between Edmonton 1978 and Manchester 2002, hasn't been there since.
the Glasgow medal haul of 32 gold and 82 medals overall doesn't do it.
But it does represent turning the ship around coming off a 26-gold, 76-medal effort four years ago in Delhi.
And it does offer expectation of improvement as Canada builds up to next year's Pan Am Games in Toronto and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Two years ago at London 2012, Canada had 18 medals – all from athletes who had competed at the Commonwealth Games – so it is an indicator at the halfway mark of the Olympic quadrennial.
"We're pleased with the direction these athletes are going in terms of performance going forward to future Games," said Scott Stevenson, the general manager of the Canadian team.
Canada finished far behind England's 58 golds and 171 overall medal count and Australia's 47 golds and 135 total medals.
"That was not a surprise, although we didn't expect that gap between England and Australia," said Stevenson.
"But what we were really pleased about is that we closed the gap a little bit. And not just us, but we look at what Scotland has done, what Wales has done and New Zealand has done. We all took a bite out of those two big dogs, not just in total medals but also in gold medals."
Canada was sitting sixth four days into the Games, back behind those countries largely due to a lack of success in swimming. But Canada ended up ahead of fourth place Scotland (19 gold, 53 medals) to at least return to third place overall after finishing fourth four years ago in Delhi.
"We did see incredible early performances from Scotland in the early days and some people were wondering if we should be worried. We weren't," said Stevenson.
"We also talked about it being a world class Games and there being strong competition here and I think, without question, we saw that," he said of the dramatic improvement in level of athletes brought to Glasgow by the nations answering the call to return the Commonwealth Games to relevance.
"Our national sports organization is truly committed to these Games even four years ago coming right out of the Delhi Games. We saw our best athletes here and they performed very well.
"Kirsten Sweetland started us off in triathlon with a beautiful performance. She had some issues when she got to the village – rooming issues. We had to move her around. She was thrilled at the end of it all. Things worked out. It got people going. It was a gutsy performance. She had some challenges with injuries even before she got here. She gave us a great start to the Games.
"And what can we say about Patricia Bezzoubenko's six medals, five of them gold? We have nominated Patricia for the CGF David Dixon Award for the most outstanding athlete overall at the Games."
Stevenson went through it all, sport by sport, highlighting outstanding athlete performances, but he saved the greatest praise for the end.
"They really wanted to make this an athlete centred and sports focused Games and I think they accomplished that.
"And what was most impressive to us was that you could go to a preliminary session at 9 a.m. and it was full. And every venue was the same. It was very exciting.
"So congratulations to Glasgow, the people of Glasgow, who not only showed up, but when you walked down the street gave you a hi-ya. We felt it. We felt the pride of Scotland."
It was definitely a Games Edmonton 2022 wants to emulate should the city win the bid. And maybe by then Canada will return to being a 100-medal nation and can finish first overall in the medal count as was the case the only time in history it has happened, back in 1978 in Edmonton.
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CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Single family home permits were up 29 percent last year compared to 2012, the Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati said Thursday.
There were a total of 2,058 new home permits issued in Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren counties last year compared to 1,596 issued in 2012.
Warren County had the highest number of new permits with 756, followed by Butler County with 533, Hamilton County with 424 and Clermont County with 345.
The four counties had a combined total of 2,286 new housing permits last year, which included 2,058 single-family and 228 condos and apartments.
Liberty Township in Butler County led all local jurisdictions with 237 single-family permits.
"Pent-up demand, historically low interest rates and an overall stabilization of housing values has firmed up consumer confidence in the market," said Dan Dressman, the association's executive director.
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