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Chapter 5. Discussion
Sequences of Time Arrested: the Kodachrome Toronto Registry Initiative
In this chapter
- Introduction
- Maintaining the Registry: making it live
- The Registry's evolution
- Crowdsourcing and content enrichment
- Kodachrome Toronto Registry's future
- What remains
When starting this Registry initiative, it was to locate, describe, and aggregate every known collection to document Toronto on Kodachrome film between the years 1935 and 2010. The purpose for this exercise was to empower Toronto-focussed researchers with a new way to pursue comparative analyses on selected themes, locations, or subjects over time and do so without the distraction of having to accommodate for colour shifting or fading in the source material. This Registry appears to be, from all accounts, the only of its kind anywhere as a Kodachrome-exclusive finding aid — whether generally so or with respect to a specific subject area or geography.
Creating the Registry was a straightforward task. The logistics of continuing it beyond this preliminary stage, however, raises new questions. From here, how can it be maintained? How will the Kodachrome Toronto Registry evolve once the supervised research project is completed? Should the database be managed centrally or left to a community to collaboratively maintain? If the first stage was to learn where a collection with relevant material exists, then is the next step to develop a central repository for conserving these collections and/or publicly making them available for review — allowing ownership to be maintained with owner, but held in kind to assure a consistency of professional preservation from unpredictable elements?
This chapter attempts to resolve some of these questions.
Maintaining the Registry: making it live
Platform limitations
As explained in Chapter 3, the Registry database was prepared with Filemaker Pro, a standalone client (for Mac OS X and Windows) for creating databases and user interfaces for data entry. Its key advantage for this project's first stage is that it has a relatively low learning curve for building databases from scratch. Filemaker Pro is not an industry standard for enterprise database development. Filemaker Pro's features, best designed for use in closed environments (with technology predating the World Wide Web by almost a decade), reveal its limitation when trying to configure a database for online use. It was not engineered for online extensibility the way enterprise database platforms like MySQL, Postgres, or Oracle are. Fortunately, data content from a single-client database made with Filemaker Pro is exportable to a more rigorous database format, thus freeing the data for powerful new applications. Given this, the Registry, even in its present state, can be tailored, configured, and expanded with more features, enabling multiple users with administrative privileges and levels of security to manage archives via purpose-built content management platforms.
Database management
Enterprise database systems are the engines that drive content-rich online services — from social media platforms to file hosting, repositories, online retail, and blogging. To prepare a database for use with web applications requires having a proficiency, if not command, in back-end database server administration. Database setup can be command line-intensive. It may necessitate setting up specific environment variables depending on the its operating environment — Linux, Solaris, etc. — and configuring for hardware on which the database server will run. This steeper learning curve for someone less familiar with enterprise database administration makes it a practical obstacle for, at least, this stage of the Kodachrome Toronto Registry.
Once ready, the database delivers the data storage layer. Another layer, a front-end interface, will also be needed.
Content management software
For the Registry to be accessible and searchable online, the database administrator must configure the database's back-end. Once configured, content management software for managing data — for describing and organizing content, multimedia storage, and for delivering other data-rich features such as geotagging — may be configured. Initial set-up is a one-time preparation task, with periodic software updates and plug-ins as part of a regular maintenance routine. Administration may be handled remotely (as is often the case).
Content management software may be specialized for specific tasks. For finding aids, archives, and records management, there are both proprietary (closed) and open source software options. Each could bring the Kodachrome Toronto Registry online. For example, DuraSpace, or DSpace, is an open source solution under serious consideration for the Registry. DSpace can support not only the Registry's accession records, but it can also accommodate for the addition of scanned photos, videos, manuscripts, and other rich media content should it expand into a visual repository. Archives and collections management software will allow for a wealth of data fields customizable for specific needs. The Registry, while a basic finding aid in its current guise, could be much more, growing into becoming a physical repository.
What the Kodachrome Toronto Registry initiative will need next is secure a dedicated domain, settle on hosting space, and find a database administrator to set up the architecture on which the Registry will reside. At this time, there is no funding available to make this happen. Nevertheless, it may be an extracurricular goal to reach within the next year, perhaps by mid-2013.
The Registry's evolution
Registry data collected during field research was prepared as a means to provide a new tool for researchers to locate relevant Kodachrome content — by decade, subject and, most importantly, in what part of the city the media chronicled. For example, the Registry's "record description" and "tags" elements help to enrich the quality of search results and make known the specific subjects within a collection so they can be more accessible and readily visible to the researcher.
While the work of one researcher may be thorough for those records now being added to the Registry, this singular-node approach presents logistical and functional limitations which run contrary to the kind of mass-aggregation this Registry hopes to one day accomplish — that is, to assume the heady task of registering as many verified collections of Kodachrome (which feature the city) as possible. Absorbing a 100 per cent saturation of every source is not only impractical, but probably also impossible. It would also be prohibitively costly to try. Data gathering is an organic process which should be patient as more people voluntarily approach the Registry.
In the meantime, the Registry's utility as a simple finding aid can link to other archives databases where collections are physically sited or housed online. At this time, only 17 per cent of the Registry — five of 30 records — includes links to collection sources housed elsewhere. Some of those links also host scanned images for online viewing. As more collections get added to the Registry, this ratio should improve once the means to host digitized photos on this Registry and elsewhere expands.
The Registry should be configured with this foresight in mind — namely, to accommodate the rich media of scanned slides and telecine-digitized movies. The inspiration for this expansion is rooted in three places: public online galleries discussed in Chapter 4; collaborative social participation on sites like Flickr; and by a participatory involvement of citizens, inviting each to help enrich the Registry's quality.
The Registry, for it to truly flourish, will need two key ingredients: community crowdsourcing and seed funding. Securing both of these different, but equally vital parts will help to continue this field research; the in-person interviews; and for planning the foundation for a future repository in both online and physical capacities.
Crowdsourcing and content enrichment
There's nothing revelatory about saying this: the quality of data in a record improves as more content is added and curated. Achieving this kind of data-rich saturation for an archival repository or finding aid requires the involvement of substantial human-hours. Traditionally, this meant hiring specialists to manage receiving new collections. But to explore some of the new tools at our disposal means being able to forgo a single-node approach of data entry in lieu of a multi-nodal, collaborative one. In recent years, as it became feasible, the mass participation of crowdsourcing helped to enrich data quicker and more thoroughly than ever before. A wiki is a great example. Crowdsourcing is "derived from outsourcing, where production is transferred to remote and potentially cheaper locations. Analogously, crowdsourcing describes the concept where potentially large user groups carry out work which is expensive and/or difficult to automate)" [n.b., emphasis author's] (Heipke 2010, 550).
For the Registry, several possibilities for tapping into crowdsourcing would enhance the initiative's utility and rapidly improve the quality of its data through collaborative participation — especially for Registry records describing publicly browsable portions of an accession record. Once a record is registered and verified by a qualified party (a supervising curator, for instance), then the owner of the contents which that record describes may add digitized content from their collection at their own leisure.
Crowdsourcing on a scale to powering Wikipedia or the Google Earth 3D database would enhance the Registry in several ways. In reviewing content enrichment opportunities for the GLAM sector (an acronym for "Galleries-Libraries-Archives-Museums"), Oomen and Aroyo (2011, 140) discern five categories of crowdsourcing: correction and transcription tasks; contextualization; complementing collection; classification; and crowdfunding.
Three of these carry particular significance for the Registry's future.
Complementing the collections
The Kodachrome Toronto Registry can most immediately benefit from complementing collections — that is, "[a]ctive pursuit of additional objects to be included in a (Web)exhibit or collection" (ibid., 140). For the Registry, this would relate to the inclusion of new collections from to-be-determined origins. The difference from the first phase of the initiative is that unlike a solitary researcher seeking out new collections, future Registry contributions would originate instead from the community at large (i.e., institutions, the public, etc.) and voluntarily congregated in one location — namely, the Registry web site. In part or whole, these new records would be submitted (or proposed) by the community; those records would still require a verification step to assure the quality of the data is applicable to the Registry's mandate.
This verification step can also tap into a tiered community of crowdsourcing as it enables voluntary curators who are already well-acquainted with (and qualified to discern) Kodachrome media to make a judgement call on whether a proposed collection record submitted by a new user is ultimately suitable for public review. This step may also help to quickly eliminate spurious submissions sourced from digital cameras, whose images were sent through one of several "Kodachrome" filter effects available commercially for Photoshop or built into the digital camera's firmware. A verification step is useful for weeding out and discarding dubious entries when the original emulsion cannot be produced on demand for curatorial review. A community tasked with skilled verification could provide scalability which, for one person or a handful of people, would otherwise take too long to accomplish.
Classifying Registry records
The task of classification — by "gathering descriptive metadata related to objects in a collection" (Oomen and Aroyo 2011, 140) — entails collaborative tagging of objects within an image or adding other contextual details for future elements not yet in the Registry. Again, a benefit of this open model for participatory crowdsourcing is a net enrichment of added content. While there are legitimate risks of having questionable data added by voluntary contributors — in turn hampering the overall quality of content integrity — these risks are still minor (and correctable by the community at large) relative to the enrichment of metadata provided by the broader community (Schäfer 2011, 164–5).
In a practical sense, this means the Registry could be expanded to feature much more than merely summary overviews for each recorded collection, as those content expansions would be populated by volunteer users and participants. This is actually a long-term plan for the initiative: to help the Registry evolve into both a virtual repository for digitized photos (described within each of its records) and building a central archives site to conserve, digitize, and make different collections available in one place. This central archives, should it come to fruition, would preserve the ownership of collections. Its role would be to assure that those collections are housed in a climate-controlled, protected site to assure continued preservation for generations to follow. It would also standardize and centralize the digitization of media, assuring a quality of transcribed consistency as conservational efforts would be best equipped to work with Kodachrome's unique (and often vexing) idiosyncrasies during scanning and digital restoration. These quirks differ materially from the scanning of more conventional emulsions: it requires both a specialized knowledge in how Kodachrome is digitally recorded, and it requires colour calibration techniques to assure faithful reproductions of the original colours (and adjustment of colours for unstable examples processed before the 1939 revision).
Once Kodachrome media can be added digitally to the Registry, this opens possibilities as it invites participants to supply additional (and relevant) metadata on individual images or telecine clips. Within each collection, these metadata may include GPS geotagging (if that site is both recognizable to a person today who can return to that spot to record its co-ordinates) (Masil 2011, 92–3). In the end, the means to facilitate a complete review of a collection's items is key for making the Registry a better tool for attracting and mining collective knowledge — particularly the knowledge of users whose participation, if delayed by just a few years, will be lost to ageing and mortality.
Not surprisingly, a practical barrier for the Registry's ambitious plans is funding — namely in two areas: the physical infrastructure (discussed earlier in this chapter) and, more importantly, the intensive human labour involved with higher levels of field research, review, and maintenance for the Registry.
One funding tool could offer a new means to keep the KTR alive and strong. Crowdfunding, defined as the "collective cooperation of people who pool their money and other resources together to support efforts initiated by others" (Oomen and Aroyo 2011, 140) is a non-institutional way to raise capital — particularly germane to a neoliberal economy in which private entrepreneurship has increasingly become venerated while public funding for culture and the arts disappear. Kickstarter, Citizen Effect, ChipIn, and Ulule are a few of these crowdfunding portals. Kickstarter, probably the widest known of these, was until very recently a U.S.-only service. It is now available in Canada and, being the best known, could be key to raising funding for expanding the project for years to come.
Kodachrome Toronto Registry's future
The Harvey Naylor monograph
The Registry may also be a first step for spin-off projects. The work of Harvey R. Naylor could be expanded into a kind of halo project. In turn, this could generate long-term recognition for the Registry.
During my review of Harvey Naylor's collection, the idea of curating and editing a book with detailed excerpts from his Kodachrome slides became a step closer to reality after learning that Naylor's work was transferred to the City just before he died, thus making these a part of the public domain.
A complement to this plan could be a special online exhibit — a joint project between the Kodachrome Toronto Registry and the City of Toronto's Cultural Services office. This exhibit, either at the City of Toronto Archives, in the City Hall rotunda, or at private art gallery, would also open Naylor's prolific work to a wider audience. A "halo monograph" would inspire new discoveries and help bring forth other large, yet unknown storehouses of Kodachrome-based work. Even as Naylor's slides would remain filed and stored with the City of Toronto Archives, an exhibition could generate a greater awareness and appreciation for the invaluable contribution Naylor made to Toronto's postwar history. Its existence will also help scholars to better visualize the Toronto which once was.
Virtual pasts
Google Earth
Google Earth displays 3D objects on maps. These virtual objects can be viewed from every vantage point, even adding season-appropriate shadow castings based on 3D object data (i.e., height). This makes virtual walkthroughs practical for anyone [Figures 5.1–5.2]. An additional bonus is anyone is able to visit a virtual location from anywhere, so long as they are equipped with Google's software. These objects are constantly generated and added to a repository through the crowdsourcing of users who rely on 3D rendering tools such as Google SketchUp. SketchUp makes it possible to "wallpaper" photos of a building onto 3D polygons. These digital mock-ups can reproduce the dimensions of that building. These "wallpapered" 3D objects are then exported to the Google SketchUp 3D Warehouse. Once there, these objects can then be imported to the Google Earth database, allowing any user to view these objects much as they might if they were standing there in person.
This technology can be used for creating a virtual Toronto by turning to Kodachrome media in the Registry — both slides and movies. For the former, the same "wallpapering" of 3D polygons would virtually re-construct buildings, many of them long lost, for placement on the map; these would be co-ordinated with the date the slide was made [Figure 5.3]. Google Earth's timeline tool would then adjust the axis of time against the axis of space to re-populate an imperfect, but nevertheless faithful re-production of Toronto at that axial intersection.
This undertaking would require massive support from crowdsourcing. Contributions from multiple photographers over different decades could create a patchwork of the city's past (as much of Toronto was likely never documented by Kodachrome film). For what does exist, it would bring Toronto's past to life with a colour palette which retains a consistency throughout.
Other virtual touring platforms
While Google Earth's 3D virtual reality engine is the best known platform for geomapping photos, other platforms similarly rely on crowdsourcing to populate maps both spatially and temporally. Two of these now in use, History Pin and What Was There are available for several global cities. Their approaches are confined to two-dimensional co-ordinates, but summaries of a particular photo, hand-tint, or vintage postcard can be added and viewed alongside that photo.
The logistics of working with multiple collections, should a physical repository come to pass, also invites opportunities for developing public exhibitions from collections in the Registry. Not unlike the Naylor proposal, these exhibitions would be able to mix and match from different Registry collections. An exhibit could concentrate on a particular theme, rather than just artist-creator. Curators can then redirect more attention and energy to the curatorial work of proposed exhibits and less on trying to track down sources which might be spread across several locations or whose owner-custodians are difficult to reach.
What remains
By looking onward, the Kodachrome Toronto Registry initiative is open to a number of ways it could expand the finding aid. Many of these possibilities involve an expansion to the database to feature a digitized repository for each of the collections. This repository might mirror the social engagement of Flickr, or it could be a more traditional archives web site much like the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian Institution.
This digitization goal is within reach, but the human resources to realize this enhanced platform atop the Registry's base is significant. It will require taking advantage of crowdsourcing tools — both in terms of content enrichment and in how funding sources for the endeavour can be secured. Curiously, establishing a physical repository — whether for digitized assets or for a physical store house — will probably be less of a logistical challenge, as both are fairly fixed and whose extensibility could be determined with careful planning. The task of conserving, archiving, documenting, and indexing, however, are where variables lack a fixity. It is unknown just how much material will be added and, thus, how many human-hours it will require to maintain the Registry. This will require an approach not unlike an ongoing campaign, including the securing of resources to make that happen. Crowdfunding absolutely seems to be the most likely path, but more traditional streams like grant funding might also be helpful.
Whatever the case, to inspire Toronto researchers and the public to see just how vibrant Toronto was during the 20th century is why the Kodachrome Toronto Registry was conceived. The project is supposed to be exciting. Conveying that excitement to the community is key to its survival and prosperity.
Contents ©2012 Astrid Idlewild. Do not excerpt without written permission. A printed version of this SRP is filed with the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art at McGill University. The online version of this manuscript was edited and serialized in 2013.

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Really Good Video & Written Instruction On How To Hunt/Track Mammals & Other Different Animals
In order to be a successful hunter and put meat on the table, it takes certain skill set. For instance, one must be proficient with firearms, also, one must also possess a certain level of patience, especially when sitting in a deer blind, or sitting up in a tree-stand. But one skill must also be, the ability to track animals. Beneath the video I will place some written instruction on just how to do just that.
The following block of instruction comes to us courtesy of WikiHow:
Tracking animals is the art of interpreting signs like footprints, natural paths and nibbled plants to discover who has recently been foraging, hunting or resting in a certain area. Animal tracking is a useful skill to know if you want to hunt or photograph animals, or if you're simply interested in learning more about the creatures with whom you share a habitat. If you want to know how to track bears, birds, rabbits, deer, mice, foxes and more, see Step 1.1
Identifying Animals
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Examine a footprint. It's exciting to discover a footprint in the mud or snow, a tell-tale sign that another creature has recently crossed the same path you're taking. Every animal has a distinct print, and if you know what to look for, you'll be able to tell what type of animal might be nearby. When you look at a footprint, pay attention to these factors:[1]
- The size of the print. Right off the bat, you should be able to tell whether the print was likely left by a fox, bear, cat or mouse by the size of the print.
- The number of toes. This is a basic feature of footprints that can be very revealing, since different animals have different numbers of toes in their prints. For example, felines like bobcats and cougars have 4 toes on each foot, while weasels and skunks have five.
- Whether or not nail prints are visible. Feline prints don't show the nails, but prints left by wolves, raccoons and bears show long claw marks.
- Whether the print shows an opposable toe (or thumb). Creatures that can climb trees, like raccoons and opossums, have an opposable digit that enables them to grip the tree as they climb.
- Whether the front and back prints are the same size. Dogs, cats, foxes, bears and many other creatures have front and back feet that are exactly the same size. If you see prints that show tiny front feet and large back feet, they were probably left by a rabbit or hare.
- Whether the prints were left by a hoofed animal. The print of a deer, moose, elk or another hoofed animals is quite distinct from that left by an animal with paws.
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Examine the track pattern. The next step is to look at where the footprints fall and try to identify a pattern. You can determine an animal's gait by interpreting the track pattern. Since different animal families have different gaits, examining the track pattern can help you figure out what type of animal tracks you're seeing. You can also use the track pattern to predict where the animal may have gone. Here are the most common track patterns:
- Diagonal walker pattern. Diagonal walkers, including felines, canines, and hoofed animals, lift the front and hind legs on opposite sides at the same time. They leave behind staggered tracks. Imagine the way a horse walks or trots and the prints he leaves behind.
- Pacer pattern. Wide-bodied animals like bears, beavers, opossums and raccoons lift the front and hind legs on the same side of the body at the same time.
- Bounder pattern. Weasels, ferrets and badgers hop so that their front feet land first and their back feet land next. The prints from their back feet will usually be just behind their front prints.
- Galloper pattern. Rabbits and hares gallop when they move. They jump so that their front feet land first and their back feet land in front and to the side of where the front feet landed. Since they have long back feet, their prints tend to look like a "U."
- Hoppers vs. walkers. Bird track patterns tend to fall into two categories: hoppers and walkers. Birds that hop have prints that land adjacent to each other. Birds that walk have offset prints, like those a human makes. Note that hopping birds generally live and feed in trees or in the air, and walking birds generally live closer to the ground and feed on ground-dwelling insects or animals.
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Look for other track signs to identify the animal. There are many other clues that can help you narrow down exactly which type of animal you're tracking. Examine the prints and track pattern carefully and check for extra details like the following:
- How the prints register. Do the back prints fall directly on top of the front prints, making it look as though there is just one set of prints? If so, you're probably tracking a feline or a fox. Do the front and back prints fall in different places, so that you can see all four prints? Canines, weasels, raccoons and bears don't have directly registered walks.
- A tail print. You might see a line running through the tracks that indicates the animal's tail swept the ground. A side-sweeping tail print might indicate you're seeing reptile prints.
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Check your findings against a field guide.[2] If you're serious about tracking, go to the library or bookstore and pick up a field guide to the animals that live in your area. Take note of all the clues you gathered about the particular print and track pattern, and see if it matches up with an animal listed in your book. As you learn more about how to distinguish between the different animal families and individual species, you'll eventually be able to identify animals without a guide. For a quick reference, use this table to help you identify common backyard animals.
Animal Tracks Identification Animal Family Footprint Features Track Pattern Felines (house cat, bobcat, lynx, cougar) Rounded print with 4 toes; no visible claws Diagonal walkers with direct register Canines (dog, fox, wolf, coyote) Rounded print with 4 toes and visible claw marks Diagonal walkers; only fox has direct register Weasel family (weasels, minks, skunks, otters, badgers) 5 toes with visible claw marks Bounders (with the exception of wide-bodied animals like skunks) Raccoons, opossums and bears 5 toes with visible claw marks; flat, human-like feet; some have opposable digits for climbing Pacers Rodents (mice, squirrels, rats, voles, chipmunks, porcupines, gophers, beavers) 4 toes on the front prints and 5 toes on the rear prints (with the exception of beavers, which have 5 and 5) Bounders and gallopers Rabbits and hares 4 toes on each print; back feet are twice the size of front feet Gallopers Hoofed animals (deer, moose, elk) Cloven hooves on each foot Diagonal walkers Birds 3 toes; birds of prey have strong back claw; water birds have webbed feet Tree and air-feeding birds hop; ground-feeding birds are diagonal walkers
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Ise Shima Triathlon: "Worth It!"
Ise Shima Triathlon: "Worth It!"
2018 Ise Shima Satomi Triathlon race report
written by Keren (2018 Ise Shima Satoumi Triathlon participant)
Ise Jingu
Unlike the triathlon in Biwako not too long ago, I wasn't the only gaijin at Ise Shima. In fact, I wasn't even the only triathlete representing Triathlon in Tokyo - Alf and Elena were also there.
In addition, fellow triathlete and Samurai Sports staff, Faith, was there to work though not to race. And to yell! Huge, booming, cheering voice for such a small package.
There were also four team mates from the Kyoto Tri Club (KTC), as well as two other club members there to cheer us on.
And of course, my number 1 supporter, Makiko.
No lack of support here!
I had never been to Ise but have always wanted to, so this was a good excuse to head down there from Kyoto. It was an easy 2.5 hour drive and we stopped over at one of Japan's most important Shinto shrines, Ise Jingu. It was well worth the 90 or so minutes it took to look around the inner shrine complex.
Doesn't do justice to the view.
The Ise area is very scenic and they are still living off the coat tails of hosting the G7 summit back in 2016. There are still lots of signs boasting about that.
We went up to a lookout for some excellent views of river systems, extensive forests, and coastline. Has to be one of the greenest places I have been to in Japan! The motto of the race is something like "Come for the race, stay for the weekend". Absolutely true in this case. (Editor's note: This motto was created by Samurai Sports)
The other thing about Ise is the homage that they pay to Ise ebi, the Japanese spiny lobster. Statues and signs everywhere. We didn't partake this time, but still enjoyed some great fresh seafood.
One Ise ebi to rule them all.
Touring Ise Jingu and the inner shrine complex
The race was held at Oyahama Beach, which is a good, safe swimming beach. Strangely enough the registration process was super easy.
Even more strangely for a race in Japan, the race briefings were not mandatory. It seemed to be a case of "work it out for yourself". About time!
This is not a official JTU ranking series race, so it was very relaxed. Maybe this is why this is the number 4 triathlon in Japan?
The course is very straightforward so there wasn't much for them to talk about with the exception of their fixation on offering a "swim skip" and the requirement (by threat of DQ) to carry at least one bottle on the bike.
The race started late at 09:30 with 3 minutes between the 3 waves. This meant for a bit of a sleep in and a relaxing, late breakfast. I had chosen B&B Forest Shima about 15 mins by car away from the start which turned out to be a very good pick.
Run by a super friendly young couple, it was newly renovated and had just reopened a few days before. The rooms were huge (62sqm with 4 beds) and only cost ¥10,000 per night for two.
The swim was one of those swims for me. 2 x 750m laps with a 25m run on the beach in between. Normally it's just a short run around a big cone or such, but this race even had an aid station to stop at between laps. Many stopped for a drink but I did not.
I started in the third wave so I had to battle though many swimmers from the first two waves (about 500 in front of me) which slowed things down as the course was tight in some sections.
The water was warm, flat, and nice to swim in. Wet suit mandatory as usual. It wasn't perfect, but it certainly wasn't the worse course I have ever swum.
After the swim, I made a rookie mistake as I was rushing to beat two KTC team mates out of the water and out of transition by forgetting to hit lap on my watch to switch the timing to the bike.
My failure to hit the lap button on my watch was gleefully pointed out to me on Strava the following day as it looked I had completed a 41.5KM swim over land. Luckily, I had the bike time on my Wahoo ELEMNT. But I didn't have a swim time except for the official time.
The bike was very different than the my previous two races in June which were both multi-lap with lots of u-turns and corners.
Here, it was two 20KM laps with some rolling hills and tunnels. Only 5 U-turns needed. The rollers meant there was 451m of climbing over the 40KM. Nothing too steep.
The course looked a bit tight to me when the slower swimmers hit the course, but I didn't have a problem. I was just too darn slow that day! Alf and I rode the course the afternoon before which definitely helped.
The run was one of the most scenic that I have done here. 2 x 5km laps with about 80% along the coast which had the usual tetra-pods and seawalls. And a section downtown through a shotengai that was capped by a small, but steep hill. Lots of people out cheering and lots of showers, hoses and ice.
It was stinking hot by the time the run started and about 90% humidity. The two aid stations (four passes) were well stocked and manned by very enthusiastic young people.
I melted in the sun, stopped at every aid station, shower and hose and just scraped in under 60 minutes.
As I wasn't racing for JTU points (zero for this race) and had been passed early on the bike by two KTC team mates, I decided just to cruise it...
But I didn't expect that I would do my slowest OD time since my first OD back in 1988! Definitely a slow course.
Only two guys out of 755 starters broke 40 mins for the run leg, so it really was a tough, slow course. Alf and I had chatted earlier about the slow times recorded last year - we now know why. I ended up 12th in my AG out of a big 74 starters. Got in some good speed work for my Ironman Korea training.


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A Pemex official told Reforma on condition of anonymity that most of the thieves are Zetas and the confrontations witnessed in recent months are part of a turf war for total control of the region and the stolen gasoline black market.
He said members of Los Zetas and the CJNG train people living in the Red Triangle municipalities in pipeline tapping and fuel distribution.
One of the local leaders in pipeline theft is known only by his nickname, El Bukanas. A former construction worker and farmer, he now controls the activity in Palmar de Bravo and has been tied to instances of kidnapping and homicide.
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Another identified local leader bears the moniker El Toñín, singled out for being the main instigator of the confrontation between huachicoleros, as pipeline thieves are called, and the Mexican Army 10 days ago in Quecholac, where six civilians and four soldiers died.


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I have been giving a great deal of thought recently about what classification of individual would make an ideal franchisee and my conclusion is that ex military service personnel would come right up there somewhere near the top of the list if not top itself!
My view is that ex military service personnel with their regimented background would make great students during their initial franchise training as they are moulded to follow instructions to the book.
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If the franchisor realized that they were doing something wrong within their franchise business they would gladly take instructions on correct operational techniques without creating a fuss over it.
They would work hard to make a success of their business and not shy away from working long hours if necessary to get their business firmly and quickly established.
Because of their recent military background they would be physically and mentally fit, which these are two of the greatest assets that they would require to succeed as franchisees.
Ex Military Service Personnel make sure that they are always presentable and would take great care in their personal appearance.
Feel free to mention any other assets that ex military service personnel might have that would be beneficial to them becoming a franchisee
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Shimano SL-M7000 SLX shift lever, band-on, 10-speed right hand
- Tough, aggressive and light weight Dyna-Sys 10-speed SLX Rapidfire shift levers with Vivid indexing and 2-way release function
- Light to the touch but positive and crisp, Vivid indexing provides a constant amount of shift lever force across all 10 sprockets
- 2-way release allows shifting from various riding positions; the upper lever still performs the same shift function, but it can now swing in either direction allowing it to be released by the thumb or index finger
- For use with Dyna-Sys 10-speed only
- Pod design allows the use of these shifters with any brake lever
- Removable optical gear display with integrated cover allows the use of these shifters with any brake lever
- Barrel adjuster for fine gear tuning
- Complete with inner and outer cables
- Multi-position adjustable handlebar clamp for custom lever positioning
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Our packers will receive your order from our pickers and again scan your order to confirm your order. They will package up your order and sent it to the dispatch area where our carriers will pick it up.
Our system is designed with you, the customer, in mind. Our aim is to get your parcel from our door to your door in the quickest time so that you can enjoy your new products.
Our chosen carriers are Royal Mail and DPD. All small orders will be sent via Royal Mail where as larger items will be sent via DPD.
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Louis Belt is in his 9th season as Head Coach for the Bluefield State College Men's and Women's Tennis Teams. He is also the Director of Intramurals and Wellness Programs for the Office Campus Life.
Since taking over the struggling programs in 2007, Coach Belt has built a tradition of success and excellence. He was named WVIAC Coach of the Year in 2010 and 2012 and ITA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2014. Coach Belt has also surpassed 100 wins under the Men's Tennis team.
For the past 4 years, the Men's Tennis Team have been ranked #1 in the Atlantic Region won the Atlantic Region Championships (2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015) to go on the NCAA National Championships Round of 16. This past spring of 2015, the Men's Tennis team made history by winning their first ever match at the NCAA National Championships defeating New York Institute of Technology 5-4 to move on to the Round of 8.
Before arriving at Bluefield State Coach Belt was a successful USPTA teaching professional and High School coach for 12 years in Blacksburg, VA.
Coach Belt played varsity tennis for the Virginia Tech Hokies and received his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Coach Belt understands the dedication and sacrifices necessary to be a student-athlete and he works diligently to help his players be the best they can and achieve their dreams on and off the court.


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metrobus comes to Frenchay Campus
The m3 service started on Tuesday 29 May 2018.
The metrobus m3 service (Emersons Green - Lyde Green Park & Ride - UWE Bristol Frenchay Campus - City Centre) is a buy-before-you-board service, so you must buy your ticket before you get on. For more information on how to buy please see the link below.
Timetable and more information about the m3 route
Sustainable travel at UWE Bristol
Walking and cycling
The walking and cycling route along the ring road will remain open throughout the duration of the works.
If you would like more information on your cycling route, if you want to sign up for free training or the student loan bike scheme please drop in to the Travel Information Point located in the UWE Bristol Bus Station.
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The vast majority of traffic on the ring road is made up of drivers on their own. If more people take up car sharing then traffic will be reduced for everyone. So where possible please do consider this option.
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U.S. rival countries have been rapidly modernizing their militaries, with publicized advances that pose credible challenges to U.S. supremacy in all aspects of warfare: air, land, sea, space and cyberspace. On January 19, 2018 Secretary Mattis discussed the National Defense Strategy and emphasized the need to modernize key capabilities to address these threats. He stated: "To keep pace with our times, the department will transition to a culture of performance and affordability that operates at the speed of relevance. Success does not go to the country that develops a new technology first, but rather, to the one that better integrates it and more swiftly adapts its way of fighting. Our current bureaucratic processes are insufficiently responsive to the department's needs for new equipment. We will prioritize speed of delivery, continuous adaptation and frequent modular upgrades."
Avionic systems are a case in point. They have been on an unaffordable trend due to complexity and cost, particularly in the evolution from hardware-defined systems to modern software-defined systems, where the costs to develop, integrate, and maintain software continues to grow at an unsustainable rate. In response, The Open Group
Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium has established an open procurement environment that facilitates reuse to meet four core goals: improve affordability, speed, agility, and excellence. The FACE™ Consortium is a government and industry partnership dedicated to accomplish this using open industry standards, advanced integration, and maintenance technologies.
Capabilities Behind the FACE Approach
Since its inception in June 2010, the FACE Consortium has been addressing the challenge confronted by next generation Department of Defense (DoD) aircraft or military avionic systems in acquiring advanced capabilities while curbing the cost to procure and maintain the platform over its intended lifecycle.
Therefore, an ecosystem was created where there is an open hardware, open operating system, open middleware, and open applications setting, which could be served by any supplier in the defense industry, large or small. As a result, any FACE software component can be moved or ported from one DoD aircraft platform to any other relevant war-fighting platform with minimal integration complexity, on any desired hardware target, paving the path to a best-fit-for-the-cost solution.
The FACE Consortium membership accomplishes its function through sponsorship and support by all the U.S. armed forces, primes such as Boeing, principal-level members such as Northrop Grumman and over 80 associate-level members such as LDRA. All are working together on the business and technology aspects of the FACE Conformance process. Documents that include the FACE Technical Standard, FACE Business Guide, and FACE Conformance Verification Matrix are just a few artifacts guiding suppliers towards the development, release, and offering of FACE Certified Conformant Products. Members like LDRA are incorporating solutions into its offerings to remove implementation ambiguity and to pave a path forward.
After a software package has been submitted and received passing marks by the Verification Authority and the Conformance Verification Test tool suite, the software package or now unit of conformance (UoC) can be released by the supplier and registered in the FACE Certified Product Registry, available for sale.
The FACE™ Technical Strategy
The FACE Technical Strategy is to provide a software environment that enables moving FACE applications from one DoD aircraft or war-fighting platform to another with minimal software changes to the FACE application. This software environment is referred to as the FACE Reference Architecture, which employs design principles to enhance software portability such as providing a common set of interfaces to the portable FACE application. This is all defined in the FACE Technical Standard Edition 3.0, the most current release available.
The FACE Reference Architecture is comprised of five layered segments where a FACE portable capability or Unit of Portability (UoPs) may reside:
Operating System Segment (OSS)
Portable Components Segment (PCS)
Transport Services Segment (TSS)
Platform-Specific Services Segment (PSSS)
I/O Services Segments (IOSS)
To manage variance and deliver portability, a common set of standardized interfaces providing the connections between the FACE Architectural Segments has been defined.
Operating System Segment
The OSS UoPs provide typical POSIX, ARINC 653, or HMFM APIs as defined by the FACE Technical Standard to allow UoPs to move from one FACE Conformant OS to another FACE Conformant OS.
Portable Components Segment
The PCS is where 80 to 90 percent of the typical software portable capabilities or UoPs exist. UoPs such as tracking and navigation that are not tied to any data transport or operating system implementations live here. Consequently, most portable capabilities between platforms happen here. The UoPs in this segment can utilize two of the well-defined interfaces in the FACE Technical Standard: the OS interface and the Transport Services interface.
Transport Services Segment
The TSS contains UoPs that exist to move data between the portable components that reside in the PCS. This segment removes the concern on how the data is transported, freeing the developer from needing to deal with data conversion or any other transport detail. TSS UoPs are also responsible for data distribution between the PSSS UoPs. The TSS also uses the OS interface.


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Riverina's Traffic and Highway Patrol Command urge residents to form closer ties to tackling hooning and other driving issues
Riverina Police District's Traffic and Highway Patrol Command has urged residents to continue working with them in tackling negative driver attitude and behaviours.
Darryl Thomas, senior sergeant of the command, said residents may send emails and letters with detailed information to help bolster the efforts.
"Generally when residents raise issues, they call police straight away and we attend as soon as we hear it," Senior Sergeant Thomas said.
"We've got to quantify it first, so I invite residents to write to us in addition to calling."
It comes after residents, in August, called for more police action in resolving hooning and dangerous driving across Wagga.
A central Wagga resident, who did not wish to be named, told The Daily Advertiser, he had reported instances of hooning about 10 times to Wagga Police Station in the past six months.
"I've been complaining about this for a long time, but police say it's not a priority and that they've got to catch them [drivers] in the act," the resident said.
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However, Senior Sergeant Thomas said they have directed "as many resources as we could toward this problem".
"We got cars out there all the time," he said.
"Anything that looks like a dangerous and illegal driving offences, we punish them as soon as we can."
Anything that looks like a dangerous and illegal driving offences, we punish them as soon as we can.Senior Sergeant Darryl Thomas, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command
Senior Sergeant Thomas said more details via written statements about incidents would also allow police to work with other authorities.
"For example, with the council and other outlets who have an interest – to gather data and work together," he said.
The discussion of hooning also raised the matter of a burnout pad in Wagga, which the senior sergeant said it would be advantageous.
"Of course it'd help let off steam – in conjunction with the law, it'd be a great idea," he said.
"It's not something we'd do as police, but it would be a positive if they had a race track certified by CAMS [Confederation of Australian Motor Sport] for them to do it in a safe manner."
In late June this year, the NSW Police Force announced Strike Force Puma, a statewide specialist team targeting high-risk drivers who pose a significant threat to the community.
In mid July, the specialist team caught a blue Holden Commodore and white Subaru WRX for allegedly speeding and street racing on the Olympic Highway.
The drivers – both 21-year-old men – were stopped spoken to by officers.
They were both issued Field Court Attendance Notices for street racing.
They were due to face Wagga Local Court on Wednesday, August 29.
A NSW Police spokesperson said the men were also issued several traffic infringement notices for speeding.
As well, Strike Force Puma officers conducted a four-day operation on July 16–19, 2018, across the RPD.
During the operation, 30 random breath tests and 17 random drug tests were conducted with three people returning an alleged positive reading to drugs.
Five infringements were issued for speeding, two for mobile phone use, two defect notices and two unregistered/uninsured infringements were issued.
Traffic and Highway Patrol Command Inspector Robert Toynton said the new strategy targeting recidivist traffic offenders has yielded positive results in Wagga.
"We will not tolerate irresponsible motorists that put other road users at risk," Inspector Toynton said.
"The team came across drivers who were speeding, driving under the influence of drugs, using their mobile phones, and showing a complete disregard for our road rules.
"We encourage the community to continue working with us to bring about a cultural change in driver attitude and behaviour."
A NSW Police spokesperson said future Strike Force Puma deployments to the RPD were expected.
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Goodleaf Tree Climbing
the UK's original recreational tree climbing company.
Our two hour Isle of Wight tree climbing experience is a unique and offbeat adventure perfect for ages 8 to 80. Join us; the magical thrill of climbing trees with rope and harness is brilliant tech free fun for the whole family.
Come climb a tree with us and create memories in historic Appley Park, Ryde. Just a short 20 minute flat stroll from the ferry, hovercraft and bus station, our beautiful mature oak tree sits in the centre of a stunning park, with panoramic views over the Solent and beyond.
Tech free tree time
Our friendly and experienced Goodleaf staff will show you the ropes so that you can safely scale the heights of the 70 foot oak tree. Once you're in the canopy, relax on a branch or in a special tree top hammock or challenge yourself to climb as much as you want to.
'The world's best flapjack…according to Trip Advisor'
When you're back on the ground, relax on the picnic blanket, enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of home made Tree Climber's Flapjack. If that's not enough to tide you over, bring a picnic to enjoy in the green surroundings of the park or eat out at one of the local foodie destinations nearby.
We've had a wonderful time guiding thousands of people into the canopy since 2005 – we look forward to welcoming you to the Goodleaf experience! Here's how to book.
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Private Paradise Valley Estate
Luxury Property Overview
- Price
- $ 1,300,000
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- Estate
- Contract
- Sold
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- Paradise Valley
- Area
- 5,026 sqft
- Baths
- 5.5
- Beds
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Comfortable & Elegant Retreat
This magnificent Paradise Valley estate is quietly tucked away in a lovely neighborhood. Enter from the circular drive as you are greeted by the beautiful arched entry with glass surround. The split one-level floorplan is open and flexible for any lifestyle. The formal living room boasts dark hardwood floors, crown moldings, two sets of picturesque windows framing the lush backyard, and is open to the formal dining area, which also has a wall of glass.
Light, Bright & Entertainment-Ready
The light and bright gourmet kitchen offers top-of-the-line appliances, handsome cabinetry, and a center-work island. The breakfast room opens to the family room and wet bar to create a comfortable flow. The family room offers built-in bookshelves, hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, a gas fireplace, 3 palatial windows with custom shutters, and opens to the convenient wet bar with a beverage refrigerator.
Lavish Living Space
The opulent master bedroom is nicely split from the secondary bedrooms. It is spacious and open to the rear patio/pool and offers a 2-way fireplace to the master bath. The bath boasts a double vanity, jetted jacuzzi tub, huge walk-in shower and water closet with a bidet. The master closet is spacious and conveniently opens to the formal laundry with plentiful built-ins and storage. There are 3 additional bedrooms, all with en-suite baths, plus a formal office or 5th bedroom. The entire Paradise Valley estate has been freshly painted with new carpet in secondary bedrooms, travertine floors, high-ceilings, and has been meticulously maintained.
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The rear grounds offer a heated pool with an attached spa, a built-in gas BBQ, outdoor fireplace and ample outdoor patio space. There are two nice, grassy areas on either side of the yard with the perfect mix of manicured desert framing. This amazing home shows true pride of ownership and defines comfortable elegance.
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Mumbai, India's most populous metropolis and the country's financial capital, came to a grinding halt a few weeks ago, thanks to something as innocuous as heavy rainfall. The rains stalled transport, crippled productivity and caused huge losses to businesses and individuals. The question that everyone was asking was: how could this have been handled better?
At a time when the Indian Government is planning to spend around INR 7.7 Billion over the next 5 years to build 100 smart cities in India; it is equally important to see how our existing cities can become smart. How can we retrofit existing cities with smart features that can perhaps prevent major disruptions such as the ones caused by Mumbai monsoons?
In the case of Mumbai, features such as sensors to detect rising water levels in real time; an evolved system to communicate real-time updates to citizens; or maybe a mechanism to automatically flush excess water into the sea would probably have helped.
Smart cities are built around strong digital technology. The emergence of devices, cloud and analytics technology is changing the way cities are built.
But the real challenge is to ensure that existing cities are efficient, sustainable and most importantly, livable. Below are some relatively simple ways to make your city smart.
Smart Water: Census data, weather updates and data from sensors planted in the water pipeline and can be analyzed and used to control domestic water supply. Sensors to monitor ground water levels can help raise awareness. This can ensure reliable, high-quality, and sustainable water supply for cities.
Smart Power: Efficient usage and distribution of resources can be ensured through a smart electricity supply, smart street lamps etc. Smart grids, which can control and intelligently regulate supply based on consumption, can help improve quality and efficiency. With analytics, we are in a position to determine power demand.
Citizen services: Digitization can enable the availability of citizen centric services such as government approvals, registration etc. without being inhibited by time or geography.
Effective traffic and parking management: There are systems already in place to manage real-time traffic using devices. They provide real-time traffic flow and congestion alerts. Sensors and cameras fixed on roads and traffic junctions can provide data to maintain smooth traffic.
Access to quality healthcare and education services etc.: Public wi-fi for emergency services, sophisticated emergency response systems that are tied in with the traffic systems, for example, can help deliver better healthcare. Since there is expected to be a shortage of trained educators and health professionals in large cities, telemedicine and video based education can help increase their reach.
The emergence of IoT means that cities will need to rely heavily on sensors, devices, computing and analytics etc. if they hope to survive, sustain and grow. We can definitely look forward to more of our cities becoming smarter over the next few years.


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When the word "eSport" is mentioned today, there is no longer any talk of a hobby in which people from different age groups sit in front of their screens and play a game, there is talk of a fascinating sport. Over the years eSports has received more and more recognition from outsiders.
Often the first prejudice was that gamers just look into the tube all day long. This is a big mistake, though.
As a professional eSportsman, fast reactions, a quick assessment of the situation within seconds and a high concentration over a long period of time are required. Communication between team members is essential and must be perfected through many hours of training.
With the foundation of Team Riverside, we not only fulfill a personal dream, but also give ourselves the chance to give something back to eSport. Together we want to establish ourselves in the eSport scene and be professionally and successfully represented in several games.


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We collaborate with other writers, artists and organisations to deliver our work.
Here's a brief introduction to some of the artists and organisations we have worked with…
We have been collaborating with Jo for many years. Projects that we have worked with Jo on, include Re-discovering Leicestershire's Victorian Lunatic Asylums and Exploring Maplewell Hall's Heritage.
Last year we delivered the Cave Voice poetry workshop with Jo, and we are currently working with her to develop a new major project called Cave Voyages.
Click here to read more about Jo.
BrightSparks Arts in Mental Health is a voluntary organisation for people with experience of severe and enduring mental health issues. We have worked with BrightSparks to deliver two projects funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund; Re-discovering Leicestershire's Victorian Lunatic Asylums and Exploring the Heritage of Leicester's Cultural Quarter.
Website: https://brightsparks.wordpress.com/
Calke Abbey is a unique National Trust "un-stately" home and country park that we have worked with since 2013. We focused on exploring the main house as part of the Locks, Bells & Peeling Wallpaper, and the Three Houses Dreamed poetry workshop series. We have explored the Tramway and Limeyards in a poetry workshop and poetry walk, and we have facilitated poetry discovery days for a local school, and family groups in the country park.
Website: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/calke-abbey
Twitter: @NTCalkeAbbey
Leicestershire & Rutland Heritage Forum provides information, support and networking opportunities for local museums and heritage attractions. They supported us to deliver two series of page-performance poetry workshops at two local independent museums as part of our Box of Props residency.Twitter: @LRHeritageForum
Mark is published by the Sheffield based Longbarrow Press. In 2014 we collaborated with Longbarrow Press to put on the international exhibition Poems, Places & Soundscapes.
Website: www.longbarrowpress.com/
Blog: www.longbarrowblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: @LongbarrowPress
Museum Development East Midlands offers support to museums and heritage sites throughout the region. We were supported by them to deliver the Locks, Bells & Peeling Wallpaper, and the Three Houses Dreamed poetry workshop series.
Website: http://mdem.org.uk/
Twitter: @MusDevEM
Writing East Midlands is the writer development agency for the region. Since 2012 we have been part of their Write Here residency programme. With their support we have delivered 11 workshops in museums, stately homes and heritage sites in and around Leicestershire. We are now working with WEM to develop ideas to expand the heritage work region wide.
Website: http://www.writingeastmidlands.co.uk/
Twitter: @WritingEM
More information about artists, writers and organisations that we work with to come soon…


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Most Singaporeans would know by now the tragic suicide of celebrity chef, TV host and author Anthony Bourdain. As we remember this beloved personality's life, this has thrown the spotlight on the issue of mental health and how important it is to pay attention to it. You see, what most people don't understand is that mental health is like physical …Read More »
Daily Archives: 2018-06-15
Over 400 Personal Contact Details Leaked in IT Glitch
The personal contact details of 427 NS men have been leaked to each other as a result of an IT glitch by a government appointed vendor. The affected NS men had provided their personal details to the vendor when redeeming credits for certain service-linked rewards. The company responsible for the gift redemptions, Option Gift, has apologised for the error. The …Read More »
Fed raises key interest rate – SG homeowners expect to pay more interests for mortgages
The US Federal Reserve raised the key interest rate to a new range of 1.75-2.0 percent on Wed (13 Jun). The Fed now dropped its pledge to keep rates low enough to stimulate the economy "for some time". This is the second increase of the year with 2 more hikes likely to come before the end of the year and …Read More »
Elderly street hawker allegedly asked by authorities to pack stall and leave even though rent was paid
Street hawkers who have set up stalls at Chinatown were allegedly told to pack up and leave by a few men claiming to be from the authorities, despite having paid rent to the local community centre. An elderly street hawker was filmed by a concerned member of the public on Hari Raya Puasa (15 June) when he witnessed the senior …Read More »
Vivian says Pyongyang impressive and beautiful but defectors tell a different story
Last week, in preparation for the Trump-Kim Summit, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan visited both Washington and Pyongyang. He told the media last Sat (9 Jun), "Basically I went there to make sure everything was spick and span, and in place, and that there would be no last minute spoilers or difficulties." He added that he was "very impressed" with Pyongyang …Read More »
PM Lee says that Singapore is not a repressive country
In a recent interview with renowned CNN anchorwoman, Christine Amanpour, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as categorically stated that Singapore is not a repressive country because in the last election, every seat was contested. I find this reasoning rather one dimensional as whether or not an election is contested is not the complete picture. This is especially the case in …Read More »
South Korean women deported by Police, North Korea dictator wefied with Ministers
Five South Korean women who were arrested outside the St Regis Hotel under the Public Order Act where North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was staying whilst in Singapore for his landmark meeting with President Donald Trump have been deported after a stern warning by authorities in Singapore. If ministers are allowed to take happy selfies with a murderer, why …Read More »
Do we have enough data protection laws?
I read the recent breach of the personal data of over 400 NS men as a result of a technical error perpetuated by a government appointed vendor with concern. The NS men in question had provided their details when trying to redeem certain service linked rewards but instead of obtaining their rewards, they obtained the bonus of each others' details! …Read More »
2 men injured after SBS Transit truck accident
Two men have reportedly been sent to Changi hospital after being injured in an accident along Bedok North Avenue 4 after an SBS Transit truck skidded into a drain while headed towards Changi South Lane on Wednesday 13 June. While both men have been sent to hospital, they are reportedly conscious and in a stable condition. Ms Tammy Tan from …Read More »


text: jcritty 1 Report post Posted February 9, 2012 Has anyone had success in changing their fonts sitewide using Typekit? It seems no matter what CSS selectors I choose, the font never changes. Is it best to change the fonts directly in the .css files, or using the script provided by typekit and inputting the selectors there?? Tried both, no success at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Mother questions why Facebook killer was free
The mother of a teenage girl kidnapped, raped and murdered by a convicted sex offender she met on Facebook questioned last night why he was free to attack her daughter.
Andrea Hall also warned of the dangers of social networking sites after convicted rapist Peter Chapman (33) -- who was also suspected of other attacks -- met Ashleigh (17) online.
Yesterday, Chapman, who admitted kidnap, rape and murder, was jailed for life and told he would serve at least 35 years. Speaking after the sentencing, Mrs Hall said: "Them sort of people should be tagged and they should be kept an eye on all the time. He shouldn't have been let out."
Mrs Hall, who was comforted by family and friends, said she had been powerless to have stopped Ashleigh going out.
"What could I have done?," she asked. "She was 17. You don't stop your kids from going out. You tell them to be careful.
"Make sure you tell somebody if you are going to meet a person. Don't go on your own."
Chapman was jailed in 1996 for raping two prostitutes and was also suspected, though never charged, of carrying out other rapes and sex attacks.
And last night, Merseyside Police confirmed they waited nine months to put out a national alert after Chapman -- who was on parole -- could not be contacted over a traffic offence.
Officers had visited his house in Liverpool, England, in January last year, but it took until September for the full alert to be issued. A spokesman said he did not know why the force had failed to go national earlier.
During the trial, the court heard how Chapman created an alter ego of 19-year-old Peter Cartwright on the Facebook and Tagged.com websites to groom the college student.
After kidnapping Ashleigh on the night of October 25, 2009, Chapman drove her to an area off the A177 at Thorpe Larches, near Sedgefield, Co Durham. It was there that he forced her to give him oral sex, before he bound and gagged her and raped her.
"After the rape, her arms were bound up again and further tape was put over her face, suffocating her to death," prosecutor Graham Reeds told Teesside Crown Court.
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January 3, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Michigan Wolverines players hold up the top of the Sugar Bowl trophy following an overtime win over the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Michigan defeated Virginia 23-20 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE
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Smosh Games is back, and this time they're getting brutally honest with everyone's favorite billionaire vigilante–Batman. After all the begging, Batman: Arkham Knight has finally received an Honest Trailer. According to the video description, "From Bebop and ***** comes the only reason for the PC Master Race to descend from their ivory towers and mingle amongst the console common folk in the best Batman game of all time." Being the first installment in the series to be rated "M", Arkham Knight has left a lot of room for criticism.
Fans can expect over 4 minutes of explosions, guns, villains, Batman, and more explosions in the honest trailer for the game.
Batman: Arkham Knight launched this past June 23rd, and is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows.
Prepare yourselves for the brutality that is Smosh Games':
"Making you a better geek, one post at a time!"


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Climbtech Everyman's Pro Deal Quickdraw
Climbtech, the company that invented removable bolts [Field Tested, No. 174] has just come out with a line of price-point gear dubbed Everyman's Pro Deal. The new gear includes carabiners, ascenders, camming wedges, belay/rappel devices, pulleys and quickdraws.
Climbtech Everyman's Pro Deal Quickdraw
Double key lock: $13.99 | Key lock/wire gate: $13.50 | Double wire gate: $13.00 | www.climbtechgear.com | 4 Stars
Climbtech, the company that invented removable bolts [Field Tested, No. 174] has just come out with a line of price-point gear dubbed Everyman's Pro Deal. The new gear includes carabiners, ascenders, camming wedges, belay/rappel devices, pulleys and quickdraws.
I spent the last month testing three configurations of the Climbtech Quickdraw and was really impressed with the performance. The draws come with a standard 12 cm Dyneema dogbone rated to 23 kN. The slings are light, but not so thin that they rotate — a problem with some lightweight draws on the market — and they are thick enough to grab. The ClimbTech biners are midsized, between big and dinky, and have a wide, rope-bearing basket that makes clipping easy. They are large enough for my big fingers to manipulate, but compact and easy to rack.
Subjectively, the broad radius of the carabiner also seemed to help minimize rope wear. After a season of heavy use, the anodized color on the carabiner basket has worn off, but the biners aren't grooved and the gate action remains snappy.
Of the bunch, my favorite was the double wire-gate quickdraw, which weighs in at a svelte 80 grams and is light on the wallet as well, retailing for a measly $13 a draw, about $2 cheaper on average than similar set-ups on the market. Two bucks might not seem like much, but would add up if you threw down for a set of 20. Now there's no excuse for not having enough draws!
- All slings and carabiners are CE certified.
- Wide carabiner basket makes clipping easy.
- Light and strong Dyneema slings.
- Broad carabiner radius minimizes rope wear.
- Weight and breaking strengths: Double key lock: 104 grams, 28 kN; Key lock/wire gate: 92 grams, 27 kN; Double wire gate: 80 grams, 25 kN
Black Diamond 13mm Dynex Rabbit Runner
MSRP: $17.95 Rabbit Runners—single-strand runners sewn with two little closed loops on either end, rather than into one bigger closed loop—are nothing new. Nonetheless, for some reason you don't see them all that … Continue reading "Black Diamond 13mm Dynex Rabbit Runner"
Black Diamond LiveWire Quickdraw
MSRP: $25.95 BEST FOR: Sport climbing With a lot of new quickdraws these days, we find ourselves trying to fumble the rope through tiny wire gates, or a thin strip of dyneema cutting into … Continue reading "Black Diamond LiveWire Quickdraw"


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Authentic Texas Style Barbecue in Toronto
Adamson Barbecue is a full service counter-service style barbecue restaurant serving Toronto's best barbecue.
We also do BBQ catering across Toronto and the GTA. Get a quote today!
About Adamson Barbecue
We cook Central Texas style barbecue. That's big cuts of meat like brisket, spare ribs & sausage cooked with wood fires. Some of the meats take up to a day to prepare. And it's the best BBQ in Toronto.
Unlike many other restaurants, Adamson Barbecue only serve fresh barbecue meats. You won't find any reheated day-old barbecue here. Since we don't serve any leftovers from the previous day, we do intend on selling out of meat (or getting pretty close) every day. We're pretty good at estimating how much to cook, but some days are unexpectedly busy and we sell out early.
We're open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am until we sell out of meat (that's usually between 7 and 8 pm). If you arrive close to when we open, you'll have lots of meat to choose from. If you arrive close to when we close, we'll probably be running out of meats.
To ensure you get to try everything you want, arrive nice and early or place a pre-order for take-out!
Don't have time to wait in line? You can now pre-order fresh meats, sides, and desserts online! Click below to pre-order for pickup. Pickup is available Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 8pm.
$100 minimum, three days notice required.
No Monday pickups - sorry!
We have 16 parking spaces that fill up quickly! Street parking in front of our neighbors properties is not permitted. Our neighbors have tow truck companies on speed dial, so please find legal parking.
You can find legal street parking 75M East of our place on Wicksteed Ave, or one street North on Research Road- that's a 4-5 minute walk.
We understand you might be in a hurry- but please, don't park in our neighbours parking lots. If you park there, we won't serve ya. Please help us keep our relationship with our neighbours a positive one!


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- 1 Data Science
- 1 Geographic information science and geodesy
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- Dwarf Galaxies as Laboratories of Protogalaxy Physics: Canonical Star Formation Laws at Low Metallicity
- Evolutionary Genetics of CORL Proteins
- Social Skills and Executive Functioning in Children with PCDH-19
- Deep Domain Fusion for Adaptive Image Classification
- Software Defined Pulse-Doppler Radar for Over-The-Air Applications: The Joint Radar-Communications Experiment
A major challenge in health-related policy and program evaluation research is attributing underlying causal relationships where complicated processes may exist in natural or quasi-experimental settings. Spatial interaction and heterogeneity between units at individual or group levels can violate both components of the Stable-Unit-Treatment-Value-Assumption (SUTVA) that are core to the counterfactual framework, making treatment effects difficult to assess. New approaches are needed in health studies to develop spatially dynamic causal modeling methods to both derive insights from data that are sensitive to spatial differences and dependencies, and also be able to rely on a more robust, dynamic technical infrastructure needed for …
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This dissertation addresses the research challenge of developing efficient new methods for discovering useful patterns and knowledge in large volumes of electronically collected spatiotemporal activity data. I propose to analyze three types of such spatiotemporal activity data in a methodological framework that integrates spatial analysis, data mining, machine learning, and geovisualization techniques. Three different types of spatiotemporal activity data were collected through different data collection approaches: (1) crowd sourced geo-tagged digital photos, representing people's travel activity, were retrieved from the website Panoramio.com through information retrieval techniques; (2) the same techniques were used to crawl crowd sourced GPS trajectory data and …
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- Li, Xun, Anselin, Luc, Koschinsky, Julia, et al.
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- 2012