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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) are committed to following an open, orderly process for setting standards. Their comprehensive due process procedures permit timely, thorough and open study of financial accounting and reporting issues. The procedures also encourage broad public participation in the standard-setting process by creating opportunities for all points of view to be heard at all stages of the process.
The Boards recognize that the quality of their conclusions is enhanced by careful consideration of the comments they receive in due process. Therefore, their due process is often iterative, with their proposals modified either slightly or substantially in response to stakeholder and public feedback.
At all stages, the Boards' mission statements guide their decisions by establishing two goals:
The Boards recognize that the quality of their conclusions is enhanced by careful consideration of the comments they receive in due process. Therefore, their due process is often iterative, with their proposals modified either slightly or substantially in response to stakeholder and public feedback.
At all stages, the Boards' mission statements guide their decisions by establishing two goals:
- To establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting that provide decision-useful information to investors and other users of financial reports.
- To accomplish that through a comprehensive and independent process that encourages broad participation, objectively considers all stakeholder views, and is subject to oversight by the Financial Accounting Foundation's (FAF's) Board of Trustees.
How We Create Accounting Standards explores how, like home builders,
the FASB and the GASB engage in many steps to develop a quality, well-constructed standard.
the FASB and the GASB engage in many steps to develop a quality, well-constructed standard.
Due Process ProceduresThe FASB and GASB use the following due process procedures:
- First, the Board identifies a financial reporting issue that needs to be addressed, based on requests/recommendations from stakeholders, research by staff, Board members' concerns, or other means.
- The Board votes on whether to add a project to the technical agenda, after consultation with stakeholders and others. The decision is subject to oversight by the FAF's Board of Trustees.
- The Board assigns the topic to its technical staff, its in-house group of experts, for research and analysis.
- The Board discusses the issue and the technical staff's work at public meetings.
- The Board may publish a Discussion Paper for public comment setting forth the issues or concerns being addressed, along with a range of possible solutions.
- The Board may issue an Invitation to Comment, which may contain elements of a Discussion Paper, a Preliminary Views document (discussed next), or both. It normally is issued when the Board has not reached a clear consensus on a complex or controversial issue.
- In cases dealing with particularly complex or controversial issues, the Board may publish a Preliminary Views document, intended to set forth one or more preliminary views of the Board. This document also may contain an alternative view that is shared by two or more Board members.
- After considering the feedback from the Discussion Paper, Preliminary Views, or Invitation to Comment, the Board issues an Exposure Draft of the proposed change. This is a first version of the actual new or modified rule, and it is meant to solicit input from a broad range of stakeholders.
- The Board sets a public comment period for the exposure draft. For a comprehensive amendment of a major topic or subtopic within the Accounting Standards Codification, comment periods are typically 60 days or longer. An amendment that changes, interprets, or provides application guidance in a narrower area may have a comment period of 25 days or longer. Narrow amendments that are not expected to cause a major change in accounting practice for a significant number of entities, minor technical corrections of existing requirements, or proposed deferrals of effective dates generally have a comment period of 25 days or less.
- The Board posts the comments on its website.
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- The staff analyzes the comment letters, public roundtable discussion, and any other information obtained through due process activities. The Board redeliberates the proposed provisions, carefully considering the stakeholder input received, at one or more public meetings.
- Finally, the Board votes on the accounting standard change. For a change approved by the FASB, the Board issues an Accounting Standards Update describing amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification®. For a change approved by the GASB, the Board issues a Statement detailing the new or revised requirements and describing how they should be incorporated into the GASB's Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards and Comprehensive Implementation Guide.

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Timber Strips is a selection of wallpapers where NLXL goes back to its roots: an aesthetically strong collection of faux wood wallpapers. This collection is more than ever inspired by the idea that wallpapers should provide an artificial alternative for a wooden wall. In this case by using 3D timber strips.
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Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com 3 Doors Down are gearing up to release their 'The Greatest Hits' collection on Nov. 19. The 'Best Of' compilation features nine of their number one hits throughout their massively successful career. In addition to the hits, the band crafted three new bonus tracks for fans to feast on, including 'One Light,' one of their most inspirational songs to date. The track made its debut at the Republican National Convention when the band performed it live. With lyrics like: " So come with me / Let's take this world and make a change / And we'll give this more than we can take away ," the tune seems to lends itself perfectly to the upcoming election, but frontman Brad Arnold said the song is much bigger than that. First and foremost Arnold said that the song, at its core, is not politically motivated. He explained, "I've never been political at all and I never will be, but the song really does apply, and it applies to either side." The message the song delivers is a lot larger than any one political party though. "It's a message to people, essentially young people, a call to come with me, and take our world and make a change," Arnold said. "It does relate to the election, but it's so much more than that because the song is really about giving back to the world more than you take from it." Arnold and 3 Doors Down hope the song will help spread their inspirational message. "If everybody had that attitude, we'd live in a perfect world," states Arnold. "I really hope that that song does inspire somebody to take their school and make a change for the better, to just find a problem and be that one light to shine for other people." Tune in next week for our full interview with 3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold. [button href="http://loudwire.com/3-doors-down-free-download-new-single-one-light/" title=" 3 Doors Down Offer Free Download of New Single 'One Light'" align="center"]
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New Withdrawal Policy
LIMIT ON COURSE WITHDRAWALS (5 "W" POLICY) For undergraduate students only
Effective Fall 2010, all undergraduate students are limited to five course withdrawal ("W") grades for their entire enrollment at Valdosta State University. Once a student has accumulated five "W" grades, all subsequent withdrawals (whether initiated by the student in BANNER or initiated by the instructor on the proof roll) will be recorded as "WF." The grade of "WF" is calculated as an "F" for GPA purposes.
The limit on withdrawals does not apply if a student withdraws from all classes in a given semester before the mid-term point of the semester. The following types of withdrawals do not count against the limit of five course withdrawal ("W") grades:
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LONDON (AFP) - Substitute Ben Watson scored an injury-time winner to give Wigan Athletic a sensational 1-0 win over Manchester City at Wembley Stadium on Saturday in the biggest FA Cup final upset in 25 years.
With extra time beckoning, Watson met a Shaun Maloney corner with a near-post header to stun 2011 cup winners City and give Wigan the first major trophy in their 81-year history.
Victory represented a fairytale moment for the modest north-west club and their chairman, Dave Whelan, who punched the air with delight at the final whistle, after a shock that stands comparison with Wimbledon's 1988 success over Liverpool.
He had earlier led the team onto the pitch, having broken his leg while playing for Blackburn Rovers in the 1960 FA Cup final in an incident that ended his top-level football career.
Beneath driving rain, Wigan manager Roberto Martinez celebrated with his players on the pitch, as the Latics temporarily forgot their perilous fate in the Premier League, where they are on the brink of relegation.
"You could see the goal coming - the performance was magnificent. We deserved it," said Martinez.
"You dream of playing at Wembley and winning. The underdogs played with incredible bravery and belief and fought the odds again. That's the FA Cup."
Watson said: "Unbelievable. The boys were fantastic and they deserve it. To come on and score the winner in the FA Cup final is a dream."
Watson's goal completed a miserable season for City and their manager, Roberto Mancini, who awoke on Saturday to media reports that he is about to be replaced by Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini.
League champions last year, City will finish the season without a trophy after being burnt off by Manchester United in the league and crashing out of the Champions League in the group phase.
"I don't think that we played a good game," said Mancini. "It's unusual for us because in a final, you (usually) play better. I don't think we played our football." The Italian flatly dismissed the rumours about his future.
"It's rubbish, this speculation," he told ITV. "I will still be here next season. It is rubbish. I am very sorry for our fans." City were overwhelming pre-game favourites but Mancini showed how seriously he was taking the game by starting with Joe Hart in goal, despite having previously vowed to persevere with deputy Costel Pantilimon.
Wigan welcomed back Antolin Alcaraz following a hamstring problem, but Maynor Figueroa, Ivan Ramis, Ronnie Stam and Jean Beausejour all missed out out through injury.
True to expectations, City started on the front foot, with Wigan goalkeeper Joel Robles forced to parry a dipping Yaya Toure half-volley in the fourth minute after Carlos Tevez hit the wall with a free-kick.
Wigan refused to be cowed, however, and City soon found themselves on the back foot.
Callum McManaman should have done better than curl wide from seven yards after cutting inside Matija Nastasic from Arouna Kone's sweeping pass, while Gareth Barry had to produce a carefully timed challenge on McManaman right on the edge of the City area.
It was not until the 29th minute that City showed signs of life as an attacking force, with Robles narrowly diverting an effort from a sliding Tevez over the bar with his foot following a cut-back by David Silva.
City ended the half strongly, with Robles saving from Barry and then springing to his left to fist away a well-struck curler from Nasri.
Mancini's men remained on the front foot in the second period and Emmerson Boyce had to produce a timely block to prevent Aguero from turning in Tevez's low cross at the near post.
Mancini introduced James Milner and Jack Rodwell from the bench and the pair nearly combined for the opener in the 72nd minute when Rodwell got his head to Milner's free-kick, only for Robles to save.
Wigan had been subdued, but with 15 minutes to play, Maloney almost broke the deadlock with a cunning free-kick from wide on the right that bounced off the top of the bar.
Wigan were given further reason for optimism in the 84th minute, when Pablo Zabaleta was shown a second yellow card for felling McManaman as he bore down on goal.
Maloney whipped the resulting free-kick wide, but Wigan had the momentum and in the first minute of injury time, Watson glanced Maloney's corner past Hart to write his name in cup final history.


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"Social Media Pages Created for Church Leaders," Ensign, Nov. 2013, 127
Social Media Pages Created for Church Leaders
The Church has created official social media pages for members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Facebook and Google Plus. These pages will act as an official social media presence for each of the Brethren, who will direct the pages as they are maintained on their behalf by the Church.
The official Facebook and Google Plus accounts can be found by searching on facebook.com/lds and plus.google.com. To know whether or not a social media site or page is official, look for the Church's logo.
Those following these pages will receive regular updates on the ministry of each of the Brethren. "The Church will post links to talks, articles, videos, and other relevant content on their behalf," said Dale Jones, a spokesperson for the Church.
These pages will allow people to more easily find the words of living prophets, and "liking" the pages will cause their content to be in the liker's Facebook feed, where it can be readily viewed and shared with others.
Creating official pages helps members know which pages are maintained by the Church and protects individuals from fake pages.


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Via Charlie Spiering, if listening to Paul Harvey wax lyrical about the wholesome grit of America's ambulance chasers doesn't bring a tear to your eye, well, mister, you're a better man than I. In fact, I like to imagine the sequel to Harvey's "God made a farmer" speech would involve a farmhand being lightly injured on the job and Bruce Braley suing the farmer into bankruptcy. That's the kind of man we need in charge of the public till in Washington.
You know about the gaffe heard 'round the political world but what you might not know is that Braley's not done gaffing yet. A day after apologizing for sneering that Chuck Grassley was a mere "farmer from Iowa who never went to law school," Team Braley put out a press release celebrating his own experience with farming — which managed to misspell several farming terms. Then they posted a picture of a farm to their Facebook account. The pic turned out to be of a farm in England. We're maybe a day away from a photo op of this guy driving a tractor while wearing Gucci loafers.
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.6 Pretoria Jun. 2012
The effect of physiological concentrations of bile acids on the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
D EpsteinI; K MistryII; A WhitelawIII; G WatermeyerIV; K E PettengellV
IMB ChB, DCH (SA), FCP (SA), Cert Gastroenterol (SA). Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
IIMB ChB, FCP (SA), Cert Gastroenterol (SA). Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
IIIBSc, MB BS. University College Medical School, London, UK
IVMB BCh, FC (Path) SA, MSc. National Health Laboratory Service, Groote Schuur Hospital and Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town
VMD, FCP, FRCP, MB ChB, MRCP (UK). Parklands Hospital, Durban
BACKGROUND: Intestinal tuberculosis occurs mainly in the terminal ileum and caecum, where the concentration of bile acids is lowest, and rarely in the upper digestive tract.
OBJECTIVES: We examined the effect of physiological concentrations of bile acids on the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
METHODS: The 4 major bile acids, lithocolic acid, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid, were added to individual Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture media at physiological concentrations. A combined LJ medium was also prepared using all 4 bile acids. These were double-diluted 4 times by the addition of LJ media. Each culture medium was inoculated with the H37Rv strain of MTB and incubated at 37°C for 8 weeks. MTB growth was measured at 2 and 8 weeks in a semiquantitative fashion using cut-offs of >5, >10, >20, >100 colony-forming units.
RESULTS: All lithocolic acid cultures showed uninhibited TB growth at 2 and 8 weeks. Chenodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid and cholic acid alone, and in combination, showed concentration-dependent inhibition of MTB growth at 2 and 8 weeks. Four cultures were lost to contamination.
CONCLUSIONS: Certain bile acids alone and in combination, at physiological concentrations, inhibit the growth of MTB in vitro. This might explain why intestinal TB occurs in the ileocaecum in the majority of cases and why gallbladder TB is very rare.
Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) involves the ileocaecum in the majority of cases with upper gastrointestinal tract tuberculosis accounting for less than 3% of all cases.1 Gallbladder TB, in particular, is very rare, with few cases reported in the literature. ITB results from haematogenous spread or spread from contiguous lymph nodes or swallowed infected sputum.2 Why ITB preferentially affects the ileocaecum is unclear, but proposed mechanisms include bowel stasis in the terminal ileum, due to the ileocaecal valve, and the high density of lymphoid tissue found in the terminal ileum.
Bile acids are the major constituent of bile and the primary bile acids, cholic and chenodeoxycholic acid, and secondary bile acids, lithocholic and deoxycholic acid, make up more than 95% of the bile acid pool. Bile acids have a number of biological effects, including generation of reactive oxygen species, a detergent action on lipid-containing cell membranes and antimicrobial effects. Enterohepatic circulation of bile acids results in efficient reabsorption of bile acids, resulting in a concentration gradient between proximal small intestine and terminal ileum. Only 10% of bile acids escape reabsorption and studies have shown that the bile acid concentration in the caecum is below the micellisation concentration.3 Could the high concentration of bile acids in the gallbladder and the proximal intestine be protective and explain the anatomical distribution of ITB?
We determined the effect of physiological concentrations of bile acids on the in vitro growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
The 4 major bile acids, lithocolic acid, cholic acid, deoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid (all supplied by Sigma Aldrich, SA) were selected for study. Individual bile acids were added to standard Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) media to achieve physiological concentrations,4 as shown in Table 1. A fifth LJ-bile acid solution was prepared using all 4 bile acids. Due to difficulties in solubilising the combination of 4 bile acids at physiological concentrations, the concentration of each had to be reduced by 50% in this LJ slope.
Each 'physiological' LJ-bile acid solution was subsequently double-diluted 4 times with pure LJ solution, to achieve a decreasing concentration of bile acid in the culture medium. A standard inoculum (0.5 McFarland) of MTB H37Rv was inoculated onto each LJ slope in triplicate, as well as onto LJ slopes with no bile salts added. The slopes were incubated at 37°C for 8 weeks. Mycobacterial growth was measured at 2 and 8 weeks in a semiquantitative fashion using cut-offs of >5, >10, >20, >100 colony-forming units (CFUs) per slope.
There were >100 CFUs of typical MTB colonies on the control slopes at both 2 and 8 weeks. Similarly, all lithocolic acid cultures showed growth of >100 CFUs at 2 and 8 weeks.
Three of the bile acids alone (chenodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid and cholic acid) and the combination of all 4 showed inhibition of growth at 2 and 8 weeks. Chenodeoxycholic acid appeared to be the most active of the bile salts, based on the results at 8 weeks, with inhibition of growth even at a 5-fold dilution (1.375 mg/ml). As can be seen from Figs 1 - 4, a concentration-dependent effect was evident for the above bile acids alone and in combination. There was complete inhibition of growth of MTB at physiological and sub-physiological concentrations of the above 3 bile salts at both 2 and 8 weeks. Results were largely reproducible across all three experiments.
Four cultures were lost to contamination. These included a deoxycholic acid culture at 8 mg/ml and 3 cholic acid cultures with the following concentrations: 16 mg/ml, 8 mg/ml and 4 mg/ml.
TB of the upper gastrointestinal tract is rare, and isolated TB of the gallbladder very rare, with 5 patients making up the largest case series.5 Gallbladder TB usually occurs as an unexpected finding following surgery for benign gallbladder disease5 or in the context of immune suppression.6 In view of the rarity of gallbladder TB, it is reasonable to consider the gallbladder somewhat resistant to tuberculous infection.
We have demonstrated that the bile acids chenodeoxycholic acid, deoxycholic acid and cholic acid, alone or in combination, at physiological concentrations, inhibit the growth of MTB in vitro. The anti-mycobacterial effect could be due to the disruption of the lipid-containing mycobacterial cell wall. A concentration-dependent effect was demonstrated and was reproducible. The 8-week results for cholic acid are somewhat surprising, as there seemed to be no effect at 16 mg/ml, but there was an observable inhibitory effect at 4 mg/ml. One possible explanation may be related to the difficulties in getting bile salts to dissolve in the LJ medium, which may have resulted in a non-homogeneous solution initially. Similarly, lithocolic acid is the most hydrophobic of the bile acids; reduced solubility in LJ medium may be one explanation for the lack of activity of this bile salt. Alternatively, lithocholic acid may have no intrinsic ability to inhibit mycobacterial growth.
In light of these findings, the interesting possibility is that ursodeoxycholic acid, used as a therapeutic bile acid in cholestatic disorders, may have antimycobacterial effects, but in vitro studies will be required to explore this.
We have demonstrated that bile acids at physiological concentrations inhibit the growth of MTB, raising the possibility that the high concentration of bile acids in the gallbladder and proximal intestine may be protective against MTB, while explaining the predilection of MTB for the terminal ileum and caecum, where bile acid concentrations are at their lowest.
1. Sharma MP, Bhatia V. Abdominal tuberculosis Indian J Med Res 2004;120:305-315. [ Links ]
2. Pettengell KE, Larsen C, Garb M, et al Gastrointestinal tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Q J Med 1990;74:303-308. [ Links ]
3. Hamilton J, Xie G, Raufman JP, et al. Human cecal bile acids: concentration and spectrum. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2007;293:256-263. [ Links ]
4. Nakayama F. Quantititative microanalysis of bile. J Lab Clin Med 1967;69:594-609. [ Links ]
5. Kumar K, Ayub M, Kumar M, et al. M. Tuberculosis of the gallbladder. HPB Surgery 2000;11:401-404. [ Links ]
6. Sobnach S, Van der Linde GD, Kahn D, Bhyat A. Primary tuberculosis of the gallbladder in an HIV- positive patient. S Afr J Surg 2010;48:100. [ Links ]
Accepted 23 February 2012
Corresponding author: D Epstein (email@example.com)


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December 11, 2007
Street View Images for Dallas, Detroit and Other 6 Cities
According to Boston.com, "Google is also introducing a mashup service today that will enable Internet users to import Street View panoramas from particular streets or neighborhoods to their own websites or blogs. The service is intended to make it easier for people to use Street View to recommend sights, locate coffee shops, or design cyber-walking tours." More likely, Google will just extend the embedding feature to Street View imagery.
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- AnonymousDecember 11, 2007 at 3:33 AM
When are you coming to Europe?ReplyDelete
1) Look 35W Bridge in Minneapolis, it is still there, not collapsed.ReplyDelete
2) I think here is the list of future cities with Street view.
What do you think about that?
That link shows the cities that have street view or traffic data (and shows current data).
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2007 at 9:19 AM
Great news! Can't wait to see the interesting Google Street View "finds" that will be surfacing via this guys page with close to 1000 Google Street View finds:ReplyDelete
Google Street View
Thank you IonutReplyDelete
Of course, the sample you have for boston there of Seaport Lane has the street in the overlay running in the wrong direction. Should be going in the same direction as the Cars since you're looking out at Boston Harbor ...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2007 at 11:21 AM
Embedding indeed works now for Street Views. Just use the existing embedding feature while a street view is open.ReplyDelete
You only get to see the street view itself, not the underlying map.
Like this.
- Michael
- AnonymousDecember 11, 2007 at 2:37 PM
Not to nit-pick but you're wrong about that, Michael. The street says Seaport Ln but the street you are seeing with the cars on it is Seaport Boulevard (Or technically Northern Av I guess). Basically, you gotta go one more click towards the harbor before you can turn right or left onto the street with all the cars.ReplyDelete
And I'm not expert on a waterfront, I just crept around on streetview to figure it out. 'Cuz we can do that now!
Very cool...I was expecting to see my city, Nashville, on there as I spotted a Google car with the funny looking roof mount driving down the road the other day. You can read more about my sighting here.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 4, 2008 at 8:27 AM
@TOMHTML (Point #1)ReplyDelete
Yes, the 35W bridge portion is indeed before the collapse. However, other nearby areas such as I94 and Hwy 280 were taken in the first 2 weeks after the collapse. I drove those roads every day. Right after the collapse, they closed some intersections and some lanes. Then, a few weeks later, they actually laid new road and repainted the lines. The images on there right now are in that 2-week window. I find that interesting.
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Michael Jackson has been dead for more than three years now — but apparently he lives on in the halls of America's legal system.
Jackson's former assistant, Michael Amir Williams, filed a class-action lawsuit against concert promoters AEG Live in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, claiming he and others hired to attend to the "Beat It" singer during his would-be
"This Is It" tour at London's O2 Arena were deprived of at least $7.5 million dollars in pay.
According to the suit, AEG was responsible for the financial loss because it hired Dr. Conrad Murray — who was found guilty of causing the singer's death — to care for Jackson.
Also read: Michael Jackson's Mother and Nephew Made Permanent Co-Guardians of Jacko's Kids
The suit claims that Jackson "bargained for the addition of Class to help Michael Jackson give the 'first class performance' as required by Contract. The express terms of the Contract allowed for class to be paid by AEG up to $7.5 million and any amount over $7.5 million to be paid for by Michael Jackson."
Unfortunately, AEG also hired Murray, who administered a fatal dose of Propofol to Jackson in June 2009, before the concerts could take place. (Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for Jackson's death in Nov. 2011.)
Also read: Michael Jackson's Estate Settles Copyright Infringement Suit
AEG's lawyer, Marvin Putnam of O'Melveny & Myers, calls the lawsuit "frivolous" and "truly unfortunate."
"This lawsuit is clearly frivolous; it is literally barred by at least four different legal doctrines," Putnam said in a statement provided to TheWrap. "The easiest is that Mr. Williams was a personal employee of Michael Jackson's, and was never a beneficiary of Mr. Jackson's contract with AEG Live. As such he has no legal standing to sue on that contract. Nor can he legally bring a claim for Mr. Jackson's wrongful death. The idea that Mr. Williams purports to sue on behalf of the many persons who did enter into relationships with AEG Live and Jackson in connection with the This Is It Tour, and with whom AEG Live parted ways with the utmost friendship and respect, is disgraceful. It is truly unfortunate that so many see Mr. Jackson's demise as an opportunity to grab as much for themselves as possible. This is just the latest wrongful death lawsuit with someone hoping to profit from Michael Jackson's tragic death in the same way they profited from his life."
Williams' suit alleges breach of express terms of contract; breach of implied terms of contract; and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The complaint seeks unspecified damages, plus court costs and attorneys' fees.
Pamela Chelin contributed to this report.


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When you talk about MMORPGs in the United States, most minds jump to World of Warcraft. And yes, with subscriber base that peaked at twelve million and still hangs out around ten million, WoW was and is a big deal.
But Runescape, a free-to-play browser-based MMORPG from British company Jagex, makes every subscription-based game ever to launch look like small potatoes. They've just crossed the threshold of their two hundred millionth player. That's 200,000,000 accounts made. Although actually, according to the ticker on their website, they've added another 14,450—er, 14,467, 14,472—players just since yesterday.
Those 200 million players have collectively put in over 443 billion minutes of game time, which works out to an average just under40 hours per player. To celebrate that and other amazing/ridiculous stats, the folks at Jagex have shared an infographic touting just how big Runescape really is.
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We are committed to bringing only the highest quality Christian music to our listeners. Independent and national artists are judged by the same guidelines. With that in mind:
Each music submission becomes the property of WGTS 91.9 and will not be returned, whether or not it is added to the station's playlist. We cannot and will not accept payment for airplay of any kind. This practice is considered payola and is illegal.
WGTS 91.9 only plays Christian music delivered in a high-quality digital format such as CD's, or in HD format from online services like PlayMPE. We cannot accept mp3's or YouTube videos as a music submission. We do not review entire albums, only singled songs. This means, choose the one song you feel will fit our format (Adult Contemporary) the best for us to consider.
Christian music must ONLY be sent by the artist or those representing the artist. We cannot accept music from well-meaning fans. We listen to unsolicited material about once a month, schedule permitting. Music is judged on how well it fits the Adult Contemporary format and the quality of the performance. (Format is one of the two areas where most songs submitted to WGTS 91.9 don't make the cut. If we feel your music does not fit our format, we cannot play it, regardless of how well done it is.)
Music is judged on its lyrical content and how well that fits the philosophy of WGTS 91.9 and its mission to uplift God and be a positive influence on our community. All music is also judged by small groups that are made up of WGTS 91.9 listeners. Music is also judged on its technical and production quality. (This is the other area that most submitted music fails in. It has been our experience that most independently produced projects suffer from the lack of an experienced, professional producer. This is what most frequently makes the difference between a nice project to share with friends and family, and a project that radio stations want to play.)
Because of the high volume of music that comes in for review, we will NOT be able to contact you if we are not able to play your music submission, NOR can we provide you with a critique or feedback. We will contact you if your song will be added into rotation. If a song makes the format/technical/production cut, it then goes up against all the other songs currently being considered for airplay on WGTS 91.9. The station generally adds 1 new song each week, and usually has several dozen songs under consideration each week. If a song is not added with 6-8 weeks, it probably won't be. Songs are not added to the WGTS 91.9 playlist unless we intend to play them for a long time--that they are legitimate "hits." Songs are never added to promote an upcoming concert or event.
FAQ's About Music Policy
Thank you for your interest in WGTS 91.9. The input and ministry of Christian Artists have blessed us. We have done our part to bolster local Christian Ministries of all kinds, particularly those that are making a significant impact in the community. We support them by announcing upcoming concerts on the air and on our website through out Public Service Announcement program. (see FAQ's about PSA's for more info).
What are the criteria for independent artists being played on WGTS 91.9?
- Quality. We have a responsibility to our listeners to play the best written, best produced, most ministry laden songs and artists, regardless of whether they are local or national, independent or major label.
- Authenticity. Artists who are having an impact on our community though local shows, participation with churches and other Christian organizations are some of those we look for because we want to encourage true community involvement so that Christ can be glorified in the local body.
- Perseverance. While we try not to discriminate against new artists, we respect artists who have paid their dues, logged their miles and have been out there serving the Lord regardless of whether or not they have received play or record label attention
- Christian Walk. While we are not the "Spiritual Police," we are concerned about artists' individual walks with the Lord. In this way, we are concerned by the messages in the songs and the overall live and recorded presentation.
- Fit. Does it fit WGTS 91.9? Is the music style and lyrical content consistent with WGTS 91.9's sound as determined by the staff of WGTS 91.9, based on input from listeners?
A couple of things we would like you to know about WGTS 91.9:
- We listen to everything and love to play every sincere artist and feel badly when we cannot.
- We are a small staff that is doing some pretty amazing things by God's grace. We are not able to return all calls or all mail, but we do the best we can.
- Each week we have to choose from many new songs (75-100) with only 1-2 open slots. Local artists are vying for the same airtime that national artists are, and there are more artists (national and local) than we can fit in. Those slots of airtime are at a premium.
- Our responsibility is to our listeners. We attempt to always keep their listening habits in mind when making choices. We music test through focus groups, questionnaires, listeners' choice, the hotline, and request feedback. We feel this gives us a pretty accurate view of what WGTS 91.9 listeners want.
If WGTS 91.9 decides not to play your Christian music, please keep these few things in mind.
WGTS 91.9 is not the be all and end all. If you feel God is directing you to be involved in music ministry, do not let WGTS 91.9's approval or disapproval dissuade you from your task.
If WGTS 91.9 has decided not to play your music now, keep at it and keep us informed. Keep sending us stuff as you and we progress and mature. Possibly we will play your music in the future.
A few favors we have to ask of you:
- Please do not call the request show and request your own music. Please do not ask your friends and family to call. It will be much more gratifying to have true fans of your music call unsolicited. That's when we know that something is happening, when we start getting calls from listeners who have seen you in concert or have been ministered to by your music
- Please be patient with us. We receive tons of music from everywhere. We can't play all of it. We pray and ask God to give us the wisdom to help us be selective.
- If you are not already, get involved in the local Christian Music Scene. Attend concerts by other local Christian artists. Get to know other local artists and pray for and encourage them. This network is invaluable and this growing body of God's people will bless you.
- If you are interested in investing in the lives of WGTS 91.9 listeners, two tangible ways are to pray and support WGTS 91.9 financially. This is how WGTS 91.9 stays on the air.
- If you think WGTS 91.9 is wrong or in error to not play your music, pray.
- Please do not approach us in church or at public places to give us your music. Also do not give your music to our family members to give to us. These methods are not more likely to get the music in our hands, in fact it would be more likely to get lost in the shuffle.
- Please do not develop a "what can WGTS 91.9 do for me?" mentality. We are not here for you, "the Christian artist." WGTS 91.9's goal is to glorify God, encourage the body and reach pre-believers. That's why our concern is how, together, we can minister to the Body of Christ via WGTS 91.9
One last thing:
The hardest thing for us to do is turn down a song to add to our playlist. We understand a lot effort, prayer, and financial resources have gone into each submission. However, we do have to make tough choices, and sometimes the recording or the writing or the performance just does not reach WGTS 91.9's audience. Music is very personal. When you are an artist or a performer it is like your baby. Please understand that if we do not play your song, it does not mean that you are not good enough, or that the Lord can't use you. It just may be that your song is not the right fit for WGTS 91.9 at this time.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and may God Bless you as you serve Him.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Identify This Panel... Take 14
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John Buscema Avengers inked by Tom Palmer, from the conversation just after Under Siege. The black and white might mean it's a flashback and is from later issues, but I'll guess Avengers 279. And clearly from this panel, we need to see more of Cap in a suit with mask and gloves.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 4, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Yeah, I think it's 279 as well. Or maybe #278. I believe this sequence was part of her decision to step down from leadership after the attack on the mansion.ReplyDelete
It's a actually a dream sequence, but otherwise bingram33 is dead on.ReplyDelete
Jan is overwhelmed and questions her abilities as leader, and nods off to have this little bit of nightmare. It's between the Siege storyline and the Olympus arch. The Wasp will step down afterwards…
- AnonymousJune 4, 2013 at 1:31 PM
Remind me - who is the 'dead wood' referenced? Doctor Druid?ReplyDelete
- DamienJune 4, 2013 at 2:52 PM
"Dead wood" is probably a reference to Hercules who was in a coma at this point in time.ReplyDelete
Great guesses guys. #278 is correct, p.8!ReplyDelete
As for the dead wood comment it was indeed directed at Herc and at Namor who had suddenly taken a leave.
It's Avengers #278, the Wasp is dreaming while she is in the new office in the Fantastic Four Tower.ReplyDelete


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NCUA Board Nominee Metsger Confirmation Hearing Set for June 27
by. Heather Anderson
The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday announced it will conduct a confirmation hearing for NCUA Board nominee Rick Metsger on Thursday, June 27.
The 10 a.m. hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building will include four other nominees, including U.S. Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.), who was nominated to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Administration.
Other nominees on the panel will be Jason Furman of New York, to be a member and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Kara M. Stein and Michael Piwowar, both nominated to be members of the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Pending approval by the Senate panel, Metsger, a Democrat and former Oregon state senator, would face a vote from the full Senate before he could take a position on the NCUA Board, filling the seat vacated last year by Gigi Hyland.
NAFCU had announced Tuesday Metsger's nomination hearing would be scheduled for next week, but at the time a committee spokesman would not confirm the report.continue reading »


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|Attempting to powder-shred with Pugsley in Spaulding Meadows, Juneau, Alaska.
I know, I thought I'd never write those words. If there was any bike I just assumed I'd keep forever, for sentimental reasons if nothing else, it was Pugsley. I loved this bike. But I didn't love seeing Pugsley hanging on my wall, gathering dust, and never being ridden. I quietly put Puglsey up for sale, and a couple of weeks ago, I mailed him off to his new home in Palmer, Alaska. I like to imagine a bright future of trips to Knik Glacier, beach riding along the Matanuska River, and perhaps even more miles on the Iditarod Trail. A bike like Pugsley deserves to be ridden in Alaska — not languish on a wall in California. Plus, Pugsley *is* just a bike. But I do sort of miss him.
Ode to Pugsley."
Pugsley wasn't just a winter bike. I made it an ongoing summer project to circumnavigate Douglas Island along the cliff-lined beach. It was always an adventure — crushing mussel shells, steamrolling barnacle-crusted rocks, grinding over sand, racing high tides, mowing down beach grass, and eventually meeting an unworkable obstacle, like cliffs that dropped straight into the sea. Douglas Island is doable with a packraft, but I do believe it would be easier and probably faster overall on foot. Still, trying to use fat bikes for off-trail explorations is a lot of fun.


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ESTIMAUVILLE, JOSÉPHINE-ÉLÉONORE D' (Taché; Clément); b. 30 Aug. 1816 at Quebec, daughter of Jean-Baptiste-Philippe d'Estimauville, an army officer and office holder, and Marie-Joseph Drapeau; d. June 1893 in Montreal and was buried on 28 June at Les Éboulements, Que.
Fatherless from the age of seven, Joséphine-Éléonore d'Estimauville grew up in Quebec, on Rue Saint-Jean, in the home of her maternal aunts and her grandmother, Marie-Geneviève Noël*, the widow of Joseph Drapeau*. From 1829 to 1831 she studied with the Ursulines. On 16 July 1834, at Quebec, she married Louis-Paschal-Achille Taché, owner of part of the seigneury of Kamouraska.
The young couple made their home in the seigneurial manor-house. Before long, Joséphine-Éléonore began to complain of her husband's drunkenness, absences, and mistreatment of her, even claiming that he was threatening to kill her. In December 1837 she decided to leave Kamouraska with her two children and go to her mother, who was living in William Henry (Sorel). In January Taché joined her there, but after more quarrelling he returned alone to Kamouraska the following month.
At William Henry, Joséphine-Éléonore had met George Holmes, a young unmarried physician. He had recently come to the town and frequently visited the presbytery of the parish priest, Jean-Baptiste Kelly*, who was related by marriage to the Drapeau family. She made use of the doctor's services for her children and for herself, since she was in delicate health. Holmes and Joséphine-Éléonore quickly became lovers and their liaison could not be kept secret for long in the little town. Abbé John Holmes* even came from Quebec to try to reason with his half-brother, but to no avail.
According to testimony during subsequent legal proceedings, George Holmes resolved to get rid of Taché. In the autumn of 1838 he made two unsuccessful attempts to send someone to Kamouraska to poison the seigneur with arsenic. Then he approached Aurélie Prévost, dit Tremblay, a servant of Joséphine-Éléonore, who had been party to their affair from the start. Aurélie registered at an inn in Kamouraska under a false name. On 4 Jan. 1839 she succeeded in getting Taché to drink poison, but he did not die. Then Holmes himself set out to murder the unwanted husband. On 31 January he shot him twice in the head with a pistol, and buried his dead body under the snow in Anse Saint-Denis, where it was discovered three days later.
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding Taché's death lasted from 5 to 28 Feb. 1839. Joséphine-Éléonore had been arrested and taken to jail in Montreal. She denied having had any part in the murder, and was released from prison on the 27th. However, she went on trial at Quebec on 21 Sept. 1841, charged with having administered poison to her husband or having caused it to be administered to him, on 4 Jan. 1839. The testimony of Aurélie, the sole witness who could have incriminated her, contained contradictory statements, and on the very day the trial began, the jury acquitted her.
On 18 May 1843, at Quebec, Joséphine-Éléonore d'Estimauville was remarried, this time to notary Léon-Charles Clément. They settled down at Les Éboulements and had six children. She never again saw George Holmes, who had fled to the United States after the murder to avoid being brought to trial. There he had been arrested and imprisoned, but he was set free early in 1840 after the American authorities turned down a request for extradition by the government of Lower Canada. Soon after his release he disappeared without a trace.
The murder of Taché caused a great stir at the time, given the prestige of the families involved in the affair. In the late 19th century it re-emerged in Georges-Isidore Barthe's Drames de la vie réelle, roman canadien (Sorel, [1896]). In 1970 these same events served as the inspiration for Anne Hébert's fine novel Kamouraska (Paris), which was brought to the screen in 1973 by film-maker Claude Jutra*.
AC, Saguenay (La Malbaie), État civil, Catholiques, L'Assomption (Les Éboulements), 28 juin 1893. ANQ-Q, CE1-1, 31 août 1816, 16 juill. 1834, 18 mai 1843; CE3-3, 22 juin 1813, 7 févr. 1839; P-107. DOLQ, 1: 201–2; 5: 476–81. Sylvio Leblond, "Le drame de Kamouraska d'après les documents de l'époque," Cahiers des Dix, 37 (1972): 239–73.
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Title: Beloved
Author: Corinne Michaels
Cover Design: Najla Qamber Designs
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Not enough.
Catherine Pope has never been enough. Every man she has ever loved abandoned her—from her father to her fiancé. She finally accepted the fact she would never be enough to hold any man's heart and soul.
Then Catherine met Jackson Cole.
When her world literally collided with the sexy former Navy SEAL, everything she always believed is turned upside down and left scattered. He made her feel alive and desirable, consumed her with fierceness and loyalty—which completely unnerved her. Jackson got her in a way no one ever had, giving him the power to destroy her.
If she breaks down and gives him what's left of her battered heart—will he protect it? Or will Catherine become an irrelevant part of yet another man's life?
Will she get the one thing that has always evaded her – to finally be someone's beloved?
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Corinne is an emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun loving mom of two beautiful children. She's happily married to the man of her dreams and is a former Navy wife. After spending months away from her husband while he was deployed, reading and writing was her escape from the loneliness. Beloved is her first novel due in June of 2014.
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Attorney General Recovers $45 Million for Louisiana in Litigation with GSK
class="alignleft wp-image-30052″ style="margin: 2px 4px;" alt="MedicaidFraud" src="http://klax-tv.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/MedicaidFraud.jpg" width="192″ height="144″ />BATON ROUGE–As a result of litigation pursued by Attorney General Buddy Caldwell, the state of Louisiana is receiving $45 million from British health care giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to resolve Medicaid fraud and deceptive marketing allegations related to its popular diabetes drug, Avandia, and other prescription medications. The agreement, announced today in the 19th Judicial District Court before Judge Janice Clark, is the largest such pharmaceutical recovery ever received by the state.
"Today's multi-million dollar recovery is historic for Louisiana and marks an important victory for our consumers who have every right to know about the risks and negative side-effects of prescription drugs," said Attorney General Caldwell. "These kinds of deceptive tactics and misrepresentations will not be tolerated in this state, and violators like GSK will be held accountable."
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert said, "It is critical that companies accurately represent medications that consumers rely on for treatment. We are pleased that the Attorney General's Office was able to reach this settlement, and we are hopeful that this sends a strong message that we will not let companies misrepresent products that directly impact the health and well-being of Louisiana citizens."
Attorney General Caldwell said, "By pursuing GSK on our own, we have recovered 20 times more money for the state of Louisiana than we would have in the multi-state settlement approved last November."
In addition to Avandia, the settlement also resolves claims relating to the drugs Paxil, Wellbutrin, Advair, Lamictal, Zofran, Imitrex, Lotronex, Flovent and Valtrex for off-label, non-covered uses in violation of state laws.
Assistant Attorney General Nicholas Diez, assigned to the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Assistant Attorney General Keetsie Gunnels of the Attorney General's Public Protection Division, assisted in the handling of the litigation on behalf of the state.
Last year, GSK agreed to plead guilty and to pay $3 billion, primarily to the federal government, to resolve its criminal and civil liability arising from the company's unlawful promotion of certain prescription drugs, its failure to report certain safety data, and its civil liability for alleged false price reporting practices in a case brought by the U.S. Justice Department.


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Everyone is a trend watcher. But at a certain point, to determine which trends will actually weave their way into the fabric of business computing, you need to first take a hard look at the technologies that gave life to the latest buzz phrases.
That's the idea behind InfoWorld's top 10 emerging enterprise technologies of 2011. We're every bit as excited as the most vociferous pundit about big changes in the direction of enterprise IT, from the consumerization of IT to infrastructure convergence. But what actual, vapor-free technologies have emerged that enable these big ideas to take shape? That's InfoWorld's stock in trade.
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Among the host of enterprise technologies shipping but not yet widely adopted, we think the following 10 will have the greatest impact. Our selection criteria are subjective rather than objective, derived from many years of evaluating products in the InfoWorld Test Center, observing the ebb and flow of the industry, and taking stock of what appeals to enterprise customers. In other words, this list is based on the collective judgment and experience of InfoWorld editors and contributors, not some magic formula.
Except for the purposes of example, we have for the most part avoided specific product descriptions (visit the InfoWorld Test Center for that). We're focusing on technologies rather than their specific product implementations frozen in time, simply because technology evolves so quickly.
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DEM Import Wizard
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With this DEM Import Wizard you can import DEM data and create the following output formats:
- Contour lines
- Hypsometric map
- Hill shading map
- Slope gradient map
- Vegetation height map
- Raw data points map
- Intensity map
- Classification map
DEM Import Data
The DEM Import Wizard is able to import files with regular and irregular DEM data. Supported DEM data formats are:
- ESRI ASCII Grid (*.asc)
- Raw data ASCII XYZ file (*.xyz)
- ASCII Grid XYZ file (*.xyz)
- LAS file (*.las)
- compressed LAS file (*.laz, *.rar or *.zlas)
- SRTM file (*.hgt)
laz and zLas Files
laz and zLas files are compressed LAS file.
OCAD uses the laszip.exe and LASliberator tools form Martin Isenburg to decompress the laz and zLas files.
SRTM Files
This is a world wide available DEM data set from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). SRTM hgt data import requires that a coordinate system set in the OCAD map file.
Link: https://lta.cr.usgs.gov/SRTM1Arc
rar Files
Please note that OCAD can not handle file names with Non-ASCII character like Å.
Start Import DEM Wizard
Select Import from the DEM menu. The DEM Import Wizard appears. Otherwise you can also drag and drop an DEM file from Windows File Explorer onto the OCAD drawing area.
First use Add button to add at least 1 DEM to the DEM Import Wizard dialog. You have three different options:
- Choose a las files which often contain DTM and DSM data
- Choose only DTM data
- Choose DTM and DSM data
Choose las Files
- After adding a las file you can select the item and click the LAS Info button. The LAS File Header dialog opens wich shows the information from the file header like the Number of Points by Return or the Extent.
Choose DTM Data
Add only the DTM file(s).
Please note that not all functions (e.g. vegetation height) are available if only DTM data are available.
Choose DTM and DSM Data
Add the DTM file(s) on the left side and the DSM file(s) on the right.
If the DSM have an other extent than the DTM then OCAD cuts to the DSM to the extent of the DTM or the choosen extent.
Coordinate System
Usually the DEM data are in the same coordinate system as the OCAD map. So no transformation is necessary.
OCAD supports the transformation during the DEM import. Click the Choose button to select the coordinate system of the DEM data.
In this example OCAD transforms the DEM data from US State Plane (Feet) to the metric UTM Zone 18 North.
- Convert height values from Feet to Meters: Optional it is possible to convert also the height values from Feet to Meters. Some DEM data in USA are provides in Feet.
- Convert height values from mm to Meters: Optional it is possible to convert also the height values from Millimeters (mm) to Meters. Some DEM data in UK are provides in mm.
- Shift elevations below sea level: OCAD cannot work with elevations below the sea level. OCAD shifts them to 0m when importing the data. This option is a temporary workaround. If the option is checked then OCAD shifts all elevations by 1000m. So check this option if you have terrain below the sea level.
DEM data are often big. So the calculation needs needs a lot of time and memory. If you do not need the whole extent of DEM data you can enter here the used extent.
Please note that when an object is selected in the drawing area and you open the DEM Import Wizard, OCAD used the extent of the selected object as default extent.
Click the Next button. OCAD imports the file(s). Depends on the file size of data this step can takes some minutes. The Settings dialog appears.
This dialog shows the information about the DEM data.
Analyze Files
OCAD shows here the information about the map extent and the average number of point per square meter.
If the source file is a regular grid (data type of import files = grid), the Cell size box is set to read only. OCAD sets the same cell size for the imported DEM. For irregular DEM data source (data type of import files = raw) the cell size can be set in the 'cell size' box. For these DEM's OCAD interpolates a regular grid with the specified cell size during the import. The cell size depends on the import data and the further usage of the DEM.
The Cell size range is between 0.01 and 650 m.
File Name
During the import procedure the imported DEM must be saved in the OCAD DEM file format (*.ocdDem) and it is loaded to the OCAD map.
Choose here the file name of this DEM file.
If only one import file is choosen OCAD uses by default the file name of the import file. Otherwise the filename of the ocd map.
If the ocd file is untiteled OCAD exports the DEM files in the temporary user directory (C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Roaming\OCAD\OCAD 12\Tmp).
OCAD can create different outputs depending on the choosen import data type (DTM and DSM or only DTM).
Check or uncheck these outputs. OCAD shows for each output a page with options later in the DEM Import Wizard.
LAS Settings
The LAS Settings dialog is only visble when importing las/laz/zlas files.
On the left side OCAD shows the information about the DTM, on the right to the DSM. If is possible to create both DEMs in one step or only one DEM.
Each point is classified. The value in the round brackets is the number of points for this classification.
- Click the Choose DTM button to reset the Classification ans Return Number option to the default values.
- Click the Choose DSM button to reset the Classification ans Return Number option to the default values.
Usually the default setting are right. But in some cases it makes sense to uncheck the overlap point for the DSM. It depends on the used data. Change also this settings if the data are not classified.
Create Intensity and Classification Map
Check the option Create intensity and classification map to create these maps. If created OCAD loads these raster maps as background maps.
Intensity Map
Each data point has an intensity of the returned laser beam. This intensity is shown in a grayscale map.
Classification Map
Each data point has a classification or is unclassified. This classification is shown in a colored map.
The classification tiff image has the following color index:
- 0 Created, never classified (light gray)
- 1 unclassified (red)
- 2 Ground (yellow)
- 3 Low Vegetation (light green)
- 4 Medium Vegetation (green)
- 5 High Vegetation (dark green)
- 6 Building (Generic) (gray)
- 7 Low point (noise) (gray)
- 9 Water (blue)
- 10 Bridge (brown)
- 11 Road (brown)
- 12 Overlap pointd (gray)
Create ocdLas
Check this option to create an ocdLas file. This is a file which contains all poitns of the LiDAR point cloud and it is optimized for the use with OCAD.
This file is used to analyze the vegetation. This file is often very big (> 1 GB). That is the reason why OCAD doesn't load this file by default after creating the dem.
Learn more about the ocdLas file functions on the LiDAR_Point_Cloud_Manager page.
Click the Next button.
Create Contour Lines
Choose Create Contour Lines from DEM menu or from DEM Import Wizard. The Create Contour Lines dialog box appears.
This function calculates contour lines based on the DEM.
- Define 1-3 contour intervals (for example 1m, 5m, 25m) and a pre-selected line symbol (according to the first three line symbols in the settings) for each type appears (can be changed).
- Specify the minimum (lowest) and maximum (highest) contour for the calculation.
Create Hypsometric Map
Choose Create Hypsometric Map from DEM menu or from DEM Import Wizard. The Create Hypsometric Map dialog box appears.
The progression is from highest at left to lowest at right.
This function calculates a grayscale or colored hypsometric map as GeoTIFF file. Choose one of the color ramps.
Optionally you can set white color for areas with no data.
Optionally the created raster file is directly loaded as background map.
Create Hill Shading
Choose Create Hill Shading from DEM menu or from DEM Import Wizard. The Create Hill Shading dialog box appears.
This function calculates a shaded relief picture (hill shading).
Shading method
There are two calculation methods available:
- Slope shading is optimized to see outlines of features like paths in a slope.
- Slope shading combined with oblique light shading is the recommended method if the hill shading should be used as a background relief of a map.
Optionally the calculated hill shading is directly loaded as background map.
Aside from the chosen method, there is to define the Resolution and the Interpolation mode if chosen. The default interpolation mode is Bicubic, but there are 7 other algorithm.
Additionaly an Azimuth and a Declination of the light source has to be set. Standard settings are 315° (north-west) and 45°.
An Exaggeration factor of 4 is pre-selected and can be altered.
The Preview... button allows you get a first impression of the current setting for your hillshading and can be use to optimize it. Click and move with the left mouse button allows to pan the current view.
The Preview... button is only enabeld when importing a dem grid file or an ocddem is already loaded. This function is disabled when importing las/laz files.
To detect point and line objects like paths or watercourses from DEM we recommend using the same resolution as the DEM. To create a relief and if the DEM cell size isn't high then we recommend to set a smaller resolution.
The default export file format is JPEG and creates an 8 bit JPEG with in grayscale and a world file with the geo reference. If you decide to export the file in TIFF-format, only with resolution option 'DEM cell size' then OCAD creates an 8 bit grayscale tiff with color palette. Otherwise a 24 bit RGB tiff.
Hillshiding (slope shading)
Hillshiding (slope shading combined with oblique light shading)
Error Message Bitmap is too big
The size of the hill shading image is limited. If this error message appears please enter a bigger value for the interpolation.
Calculate Slope Gradient
Choose Calculate Slope Gradient from DEM menu or from DEM Import Wizard. The Calculate Slope Gradient dialog box appears.
Select one of two different methods:
- Continous (<x° = grayscale / >x° = black)
- Black/White (<x° = white / >x° = black)
The resulting picture can be used to identify cliffs an rock faces. The result can sometimes be significantly improved with a slight adjustment of the gradient (between 42-45 degrees).
Slope gradient also shows paths or relief features independent from a azimut like the Hill Shading.
Classify Vegetation Height
Choose Classify Vegetation Height from DEM menu or from DEM Import Wizard. The Classify Vegetation Height dialog box appears.
There are two different options to show vegetation height classification:
- Gray scale classification with options: Linear, Quadratic negative, Quadratic positive
- Colored classification: Define classes with a height and color range
- - Split a class into two classes by clicking the Split class button
- - Remove a class by clicking the Remove class button
- - Load the settings from a text file by clicking the Load button
- - Save the settings to a text file by clicking the Save button
- - Reset the classes and colors to the default settings by clicking the Reset classes to default button
This dialog is only visible in DEM Import Wizard. It shows the progress of the different functions.
After finishing the process the dialog closes automatically.


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The Secure Communities program has drawn intense criticism from immigrant communities and from some state and local officials, who have said it led to deportations of many immigrants who were not dangerous offenders and eroded trust between the communities and local police.
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