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Hayley Lehmann Photography Stories
Case Study: Wedding
The brief
M and D's wedding ceremony was at a synagogue in Hendon, followed by a lavish do at the Natural History Museum. As the couple are both keen football fans (he supports Arsenal, she supports Spurs), we went to the Emirates Stadium with a load of football props, and took more photos there. The caterer had one hour to transform the Great Dinosaur Hall into a function suite, and we photographed a time-line of the room being dressed. We also retouched the couple's favourite photo to make a wall canvas, and designed the bespoke album to be produced in Italy.
Client comment
"Everyone says they don't like having their photo taken, but I hate hate hate it! I'm always critical of myself in photos, but I adore my wedding pictures! I was a bit nervous but Hayley puts you at your ease. She's a reassuring and calming person to have around, who gets the best out of you somehow.
She's so discreet; throughout the entire day we hardly noticed whether she was there or not. We were amazed by some of the pictures she got. She captured real emotion in action shots as things were happening. She organised our big family groups which wasn't the easiest thing, and some of the stunning venue photos she took were reprinted in the Jewish Chronicle. The pictures look spectacular! We're really thrilled with the outcome.
I wouldn't even change the fact that it rained! It could have been a disaster but it added to the feel. She took funny pictures of me getting out of the wedding car holding up my wedding dress, with my Dad holding an umbrella over me.
It took quite a while for us to sift through which pictures to use for the album, as there were so many to choose from. She's put so much of our personality into it. It's very much customised; so different from any other album I've seen. The whole layout and style is what we would have chosen. Even the proofs are in book form like an album to keep forever.
Hayley takes everything you say into account as well as your personality and your partner's personality. She spent time listening to us as individuals and put in a lot of effort to make sure we'd be happy with the results."
Case Study: Corporate
The brief
Initially, I was booked to photograph the retirement dinner of the HR director, taking individual and group shots of about 50 people. Then, when George Wimpey merged with Taylor Woodrow to become Taylor Wimpey, the largest house builder in the UK, I was commissioned to cover the board's farewell dinner at The Dorchester Hotel. I have also photographed the group conference.
Client comment
"There were seven board directors present at the merger dinner, together with their wives. Hayley photographed the evening as it unfolded: the speeches, presentations, food, celebrations and laughter.
She set up a mini studio in an adjoining room and photographed each couple before dinner, and later on, took both formal and informal photos of the board.
Afterwards, she scanned some of the less-sensitive merger documents and designed a personalised album for each director, combining all these things as a memento of the occasion.
The photographs and albums are amazing, each made individually so they are relevant to each couple.
Hayley is very reliable. We know we can just leave her to it. I am confident that once I've made a booking that she'll be there early (she plans for traffic so she's never late).
Hayley is fantastic at working with people. It's as if you've known her forever! She's a lovely, friendly lady who just fits in with the people on the night, no matter who they are.
I can't fault her on anything, always recommend her, and would never go anywhere else for corporate photography."
Sharon Axford, Taylor Wimpey plc
Case Study: Portrait
The brief
Elena and Jan originally came to me as wedding clients. They returned a few years later for portraits with their one-year-old daughter. I captured them in every combination: the three of them together, the baby on her own, the baby with mum, the baby with dad, and finally mum and dad together. From the portrait sitting we made birthday cards to send to relatives, designed a book for both sets of grandparents and supplied a large multi-aperture wall frame with seven pictures in it. The couple also bought 20 prints to keep as a record of the sitting.
Client comment
"It is a tradition in South America to give family and friends a photo of your child to celebrate their first birthday.
When our daughter, Sofia, turned one year old, my husband and I booked a session at Hayley Lehmann's studio. She took a range of photos of the three of us wearing different outfits, alone, together, holding the baby, playing, standing, sitting, and even moving and dancing around to background music.
Hayley makes you feel very comfortable and relaxed so you can 'lose yourself' a little bit. The sitting wasn't formal at all. We felt as though we were taking some photos with a warm, funny friend.
There were so many great photos we couldn't choose them all. We picked one we really liked to be made into 50 cards to send to family and friends abroad. We also had two books made up with a selected group of photos for the grandparents. We received really nice comments from the people we gave the photo to. A collage from the photo-shoot was mounted in a frame that now hangs in our hallway, and everyone who comes round admires it.
Hayley also took our wedding photos which wasn't easy because most guests were Spanish and Dutch and didn't speak much English. She managed to make everyone cooperate in a very nice way, and they still remember her. Everyone really likes the natural reportage-style of our wedding album; it's that bit different to traditional albums.
We really like the quality of Hayley's work which is why we definitely recommend her and will call on her again when Sofia is a bit older."
Elena Scheepers


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Sunday, May 12, 2013
FAT CAT & BLACKIE ( aka BIG & RICH )
My sister, Ruth, and I are having a garden party in 'our' back yard in a couple of days. Our yards run together like one big yard. All our daylight hours for the past two weeks have been spent working to get the yard up to par. The weather doesn't care about our party, and is not cooperating with us.
Neither is Fat Cat. When we humans are in the yard, it should be for one reason. Head scratching or feeding. Fat Cat has an attitude to start with, and it's not pretty. So when he's ignored it gets worse. He has a buddy, Blackie. Now Blackie is much nicer than Fat Cat. That's really not their names, their real names are Big and Rich.
But when people come to the house they all say, "My what a fat cat" so we started calling him Fat Cat.
I don't remember how Rich became Blackie? Duh.:-)
Fat Cat plops down right where you're working, even grabs at the hoe—A real nuisance!
He doesn't mind being called Fat Cat, he looks at me like, "yeah and don't you forget, I'm big and mean, I am." I shake my head. When I bought my home, Big and Rich already lived here and the owner hated to move them to the city where he was going. He asked me if I'd keep them, I said sure, no problem. I'd never owned cats before. I never questioned why two cats were named 'Big and Rich'. With Big it was obvious, and Rich looked like he was wearing a tux, you know, all dressed up—rich like?
Several weeks after I'd moved in and was telling my friend, Katy Measures, ( animal lover ) about my new cats, she asked their names. When I told her, she laughed and thought that was funny. I was puzzled until she explained there's a country music group called Big and Rich. That must be where Big and Rich got their names.
So anyway, I wanted you to meet Big and Rich ( aka Fat cat and Blackie ). They're in my new novel.
In the novel, one of the characters is a young girl named Brooke Montgomery ( eight years old ). She's wild about animals, especially cats. I've decided to give Big and Rich to her. She'll love them and I bet she can turn Fat—I mean, Big into a sweet loving guy. Not that he's not already loving, he just likes having his own way—all the time!
Brooke is an only child. I believe the responsibility of caring for two cats ( or being cared for by two cats ) will be good for her. Brook is a smart, strong willed little girl and she likes to have her own way too. Watch out Fat Cat! Her father, Jackson Montgomery, ( antagonist in the story) is probably way too lenient. Just my opinion, and I admit he has his reasons.
Back to the yard. I decided to take pictures, proof of the trouble Fat Cat causes and how difficult it is to finish the job when he's around. Blackie was a good boy, taking his nap.
I'll ask Brooke to keep us posted on how Big and Rich are settling in—oh, and by-the-way, Big and Rich are brothers.
Labels: authors, cats, characters, daughter, essay, novel, photography, protagonists, Writing, yards.
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- Gayle HicksJune 19, 2013 at 2:35 PM
well I will take the black and white cat to Florida with me. He looks like he would belong here, and he is gorgeous! Just ship him to me, ok?ReplyDelete
It might be hard getting Blackie in a box! I don't think he's a traveling cat. :-)ReplyDelete
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Musharraf being nudged to quit before impeachment
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Americans and British diplomats are trying to encourage a quick exit from office for Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, a staunch Western anti-terrorism ally, before he suffers the disgrace of impeachment, Pakistani officials said Wednesday.
In recent days, Musharraf has seen a collapse in support, as three of Pakistan's four provincial parliaments overwhelmingly have approved resolutions that declare him unfit for office. The fourth is expected to follow shortly.
The provincial votes were symbolic, but early next week the formal prosecution will begin with an impeachment motion in the national parliament. It's now clear that Pakistan's ruling coalition has the two-thirds majority needed to impeach Musharraf.
Musharraf, a former army chief who took power after a military coup in 1999, became an international linchpin in the United States' fight against al Qaida after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
His departure probably would trigger a fundamental shift in Pakistan's approach to militants, and some are lamenting it.
Sheik Waqas Akram, a pro-Musharraf member of the national parliament, said: "This is a man who stood up against al Qaida. Who will face al Qaida after Musharraf? Certainly not this coalition."
The government, not the president, runs policy under Pakistan's political system, following the return of democracy after elections in February. The coalition government has advocated a controversial new strategy of peace negotiations with Islamic militants.
If Musharraf wants to quit, said government officials, who agreed to speak only on the condition of anonymity, he must do so before parliament starts the impeachment proceedings, leaving him just a few days.
"We're being told (by Western envoys) that it's not going to bring more stability to have a long trial. And that it is in the interests of stability for him to exit," said one highly placed coalition politician, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
In a speech Wednesday, Musharraf showed no sign of buckling, saying, "If we want to address our economic and terrorism crisis, we need political stability in Pakistan. Political stability comes from a reconciliatory approach, not a confrontationist approach."
The extremist threat to Pakistan was underlined Wednesday with a suicide bomb in the eastern city of Lahore, aimed at a line of police officers. At least five were killed and 25 injured. Separately, a U.S. missile strike on a suspected militant training camp in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area killed a reported nine fighters.
Western diplomats have sought to convince the coalition government that impeachment would further undermine the stability of crisis-racked, nuclear-armed Pakistan and that it should offer Musharraf a "graceful exit" with immunity from prosecution, Pakistani officials said.
A senior Pakistani official made it clear that Musharraf hasn't sought exile abroad. The United States and Britain "have withdrawn their support for Musharraf and they don't intend to get involved in the nitty-gritty" of the negotiations over his departure, he said.
"But they don't want him humiliated or dragged through the streets," said the official, who asked not to be identified because he isn't authorized to discuss the matter.
Mark Lyall Grant, the director of political affairs at the British Foreign Office, met Tuesday night with Asif Ali Zardari, the leader of the Pakistan People's Party, one of the two big parties in the coalition.
American diplomats also are engaged in a hectic round of meetings. Ambassador Anne Patterson held talks Tuesday with Nisar Ali Khan, a senior member of Nawaz Sharif's party, the other main group in the coalition.
An official in Sharif's party, who asked not be named because he, too, wasn't authorized to talk to the press, said Patterson's message was "give Musharraf safe passage."
Spokesmen for the British and U.S. missions denied that they were seeking to interfere in the impeachment. They declined to comment on whether the meetings took place. Lou Fintor, a spokesman for the American Embassy, said: "We have consistently said that this is an internal matter for the Pakistani people."
U.S. officials are said to be concerned that impeaching Musharraf would poison relations between the new government and Pakistan's powerful military.
"There is a link between Musharraf and the army, so humiliating him is like humiliating the army," said Daniel Markey, a former State Department official who's now at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, a research center. "The (Bush) administration would have much preferred to see a workable political arrangement, between Musharraf and the government, not another looming transition."
The Pakistan People's Party is willing to allow the president to resign and retreat from public life, party officials said. However, the party of Sharif, who was ousted as prime minister by Musharraf's coup, seems determined to prosecute the president.
"We've had enough of dictators," said Ahsan Iqbal, one of the leaders of Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N. "Whoever abrogates the constitution must be punished or we will never stop these dictators usurping power here."
(Shah is a McClatchy special correspondent.)
More from McClatchy:
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Directed by Michael Winterbottom, and based on a British TV Series. No writers listed.
Starring, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Clair Keelan
It may be that you need to have lived in northern England to completely enjoy this film. It may be that you have to have a reverence for the British gifts of mimicry and wit. It may be that you don't require a plot at the theater. But like it, I did.
PLOT (for what it's worth). Steve Coogan is asked by the British newspaper THE OBSERVER, to sample the cuisine in northern England restaurants. On hiatus from his girlfriend, he invites a friend, Rob Brydon to come along. That's the plot.
This movie is mostly a competition between the two actors over who is the best mimic. Brydon wins handily although Coogan turns out to be the better cocksman, picking up women with the ease of a barnyard rooster. (Brydon has a new wife and baby at home so doesn't compete in this arena)/ We travel through northern England with the two men, listening to them as they sample cuisine (although curiously they never critique it), test their wit, test their ability to mimic Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen, Michael Sheen.
This movie appealed to me since I don't really require a plot, or action, or much of anything if the scenery is gorgeous (it was); if the people are literate (they were) and if the jokes come fast (they did). Highly recommended for those who fall into this group.
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Today's "Hero Of The Day isn't actually a hero! Instead it is the abomination made by Professor Ivo himself! It is… AMAZO!
Debut: Amazo made his debut in The Brave and the Bold #30 (June-July. 1960)
Current Version: (As android) Justice League (Vol.2) #8 (June of 2012)
(As Ikarus) Justice League (Vol.2) #36 (January. 2015).
Base: New York City.
Real Name: Armen Ikarus.
Height: 8ft Weight: 485lbs
Hair: Red Eyes: Yellow
Powers/Abilities: Synthetic absorption cells granting powers of any metahuman within close proximity; unpredictable creation and recombination of those powers.
Allies: Professor Ivo
Enemies: Justice League
Affiliations: Secret Society of Super Villains
Obsessed with the idea of immortality, Professor Ivo designed a synthetic enzyme capable of absorbing the energies and powers of any being around it. He incorporated this enzyme into the "A-maze" operating system, which was part of the cybernetic modifications that saved Victor Stone's life and recreated him as Cyborg. Ivo then proceeded to contstruct a full embodiment of the system, known as the Amazo android, which was later encountered by the Justice League.
Amazo later reappeared as a member of the Secret Society of Super Villains, created by Professor Ivo in league with the Outsider. Lex Luthor subsequently used the Amazo system as the basis of his deadly Amazo virus, which spread via LexCorp's Dr. Armen Ikarus – the first casualty of the virus – to infect dozens of people. The virus also mutated Ikarus into the new Amazo, giving him the ability not just to mimic and replicate powers, but to suppress them. However its unpredictability made it a dire threat when unleashed in Metropolis. Luthor and the Justice League stopped Ikarus from dispersing the virus worldwide, and quickly created a vaccine, but not before a number of new metahumans were created, who kept their newfound powers even after the virus was purged from their systems.
The original Amazo was an android created by the mad scientist Professor Ivo. He gifted it with powers stolen from Earth's greatest heroes, in hopes of using it to conquer the world. The first Amazo's ability to absorb and use his enemies' powers made him a formidable opponent even for the combined force of the Justice League.
As well as absorbing and replicating the powers of metahumans, the Amazo android could also recreate their equipment, such as Green Lantern power rings.
Dr. Armen Ikarus became the new Amazo, and nearly provided a vector for the new Amazo virus to spread worldwide, with catastrophic results.


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When we record data, we often obtain data that can be approximated nicely by a straight line. If this is the case, it tremendously simplifies our description of the dataset: we do not need to know every simgle datapoint any more, but only the two coefficients defining the best-fit line to the data points.
To obtain the best-fit line to noisy data, we want to find the model coefficients "k" and "d" that define our data-model "y=k*x + d".
The following chapter describes how to obtain the model coefficients for simple linear models, how accurately we know these coefficients, and how this concept can be used to describe much more complex patterns, such as polynomials, circles, etc.
A linear model describes a linear relationship between a dependent variable and a number of independent variables. In the simplest case, there is one dependent variable \(y\) and one independent variable \(x\). We can write the linear model as
where \(m\) and \(c\) are the two free parameters. This is a line in a plane, with \(m\) the slope, and \(c\) the y-intercept. If we have two different data points relating the dependent and independent variables, then these two free parameters are fully determined. For example, if \(P_1=(x_1 / y_1)\) and \(P_2=(x_2 / y_2)\), then we can calculate that
In the general case, there is one dependent variable \(y\) and \(k\) independent variables \(x_i\). The linear model then becomes
where \(c, m_1, ..., m_k\) are the \(k+1\) free parameters. If we have \(k+1\) different data points that lie exactly on an k-dimensional hyperplane, then the free parameters are fully determined.
A line can either be represented by its slope and y-intercept, as shown above. Alternatively, it can be characterised by a point on the line, \(\vec{x_1}\) , and the line's normal vector, \(\vec{n}\) :
Mostly, we have more data points than free parameters. In this case, the model is overdetermined by the data, so that it is not possible to fit the model exactly to all of the data points. Instead, we try to find a best fit model, which is the model with the minimum fitting error. Often, the fitting error is taken to be the least squares estimator.
The difference between a data value and the corresponding model value is referred to as a residual. If we have a data point where the dependent variable has the value \(y_i\) and the independent variables have value \(x_{id}\), then the residual \(e_i\) for the general linear model is
If there are \(n\) data points, the sum of the squared residuals is
The least squares estimators are the values of \(c\) and \(m_1, ..., m_k\) that minimise E. To determine the value of the least squares estimators \(\hat c\) and \({\hat m_1},...,{\hat m_k}\) , it is necessary to locate the minimum of E by finding where the following partial derivatives are zero:
This linear system of equations can then be solved to find the values of the least squares estimators.
The method of ordinary least squares can be used to find an approximate solution to overdetermined systems. For the system \(\mathbf{A} \cdot \vec{p} = \vec{y}\), the least squares formula is obtained from the problem
the solution of which can be written with the normal equations,
where \(\mathrm{T}\) indicates a matrix transpose, provided \((\mathbf{A}^{\mathrm{T}}\mathbf{A})^{-1}\) exists (that is, provided \(A\) has full column rank). With this formula an approximate solution is found when no exact solution exists, and it gives an exact solution when one does exist.
Let us start with the case where there is no intercept term (i.e., \(c\) is zero). Our model is
X is an \(n * k\) matrix made of the column vectors \(x_1, ... , x_k\), \(m\) is a \(k * 1\) column vector containing the free parameters \(m_1, ... , m_k\), and \(y\) is an \(n * 1\) column vector, then we can rewrite the model as
The least squares estimator for \(m\) can be obtained easily in Matlab by reshaping the equation:
m_estimator = X\y;
Note that the "\" is a backslash and not a normal divide. Alternatively, one can use the command regress:
m_estimator = regress(y, X);
Now let us address the general linear model with intercept term:
We rewrite this in matrix form in the following way:
In Matlab, we can solve this in the same way as before, namely The matrix M is sometimes called Design Matrix. In Matlab, we can solve this in the same way as before:
M = [X ones(size(y))];
p_estimator = M\y;
Again, it is possible to use the function regress:
p_estimator = regress(y, M);
For a line-fit, the equation for general linear models is reduced to
% Generate a noisy line, with an slope of 0.5
% and a y-intercept of -30
x = 1:100;
y = -30 + 0.5*(x + 5*randn(size(x)));
% Plot the line
line(xlim, [0 0], 'LineStyle', '--');
% Calculate the best-fit line
M = [x' ones(length(x),1)];
p_estimator = M\y'; % or "p_estimator = regress(y', M);"
slope = p_estimator(1) % "m"
yintercept = p_estimator(2) % "c"
An alternative way to fit a line would be to see the line as a \(1^{st}\) order polynomial, and use the Matlab function polyfit:
p = polyfit(x,y,1);
y_fit = polyval(p, x);
We can use the same approach to fit a polynomial curve to the data. For example, for a quadratic relationship between x and y we have
Written in matrix form, this gives
With this we have brought the problem into the form \(\vec{y} \approx \bf{M} \cdot \vec{p}\), and we can solve it in the same way as above.
If we have a sinusoidal oscillation, where we know the frequency \(\omega\), and where we want to know the amplitude, the phase delay, and the offset, our function can be written as
Note that here offset and amplitude appear as linear parameters - but the phase, \(\delta\), does not. But this can be solved by expressing \(sin(\omega*t+\delta)\) by the sum of a sine- and a cosine wave:
From these parameters, we can find the amplitude and the phase:
Now all the parameters that we want to know appear in a linear (!!) relationship, and we can put together our matrix M as
and \(\vec{p}\), which is here given by \(\vec p = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {offset}\\ a\\ b \end{array}} \right)\) can again be obtained from the solution of the linear model.
% Time
t = 0:0.1:8*pi;
% Set the parameters
freq = 0.5;
offset = 3;
delta = 45*pi/180;
amplitude = 2;
omega = 2*pi*freq;
% Simulate and plot noisy sine-wave:
y = offset + amplitude * sin(omega*t + delta) + randn(size(t));
% Fit the data
M = [ones(length(t),1) sin(omega*t') cos(omega*t')];
p = M\y';
% Extract the coefficients from the fit
found.offset = p(1);
found.amp = sqrt(p(2)^2 + p(3)^2);
found.delta = atan2(p(3), p(2))*180/pi;
% Superpose the original data with the fit
found.y = found.offset + found.amp*sin(omega*t + found.delta*pi/180)
plot(t, found.y, 'r')
legend('original', 'fit');
xlabel('Time [s]');
The same concept can surprisingly even be extended to find the best-fit circles to data. To do so, we rearrange the general equation for a circle:
This gives us \({x^2} + {y^2} = {\bf{M}} \cdot \vec p\) , with
Again, this is just a linear fit! From this we get
Let us now generalize this concept of confidence intervals to our linear regression, and add some more information about the basic assumptions underlying the calculation of confidence intervals. In the previous section, we saw that it is possible to describe a linear trend via the least squares estimators. However, measured data always have errors superimposed on the basic trend in which we are interested. This error leads to uncertainty in the estimators.
To deduce something about the uncertainty in the estimators, we have to make assumptions about the noise in the data. Some common assumptions that are made are:
If any of these assumptions does not hold, then the confidence interval must be calculated differently.
The Matlab function regress can give you both the least squares estimators and confidence intervals for the parameters:
[B, BINT] = regress(y, X);
where B indicates the least squares estimators \(\hat m\), and BINT the 95% confidence interval for \(\hat m\). Remember, though, that Matlab calvculates confidence intervals as described above, so check the assumptions first.
To specify a different confidence level, use the form
[B, BINT] = regress(y, X, alpha);
Note that the confidence interval widens as the required confidence level increases.
A confidence interval for a parameter can be used directly to test the corresponding null hypothesis. With the confidence intervals described above, the null hypothesis is:
The parameter is not significantly different from zero.
If the confidence interval contains zero, then it is not possible to reject the null hypothesis at the used confidence level; in other words, there is then no statistical evidence to suggest that the parameter is significantly different from zero.
If we use regress to fit a linear model with no intercept term to data in Fig. [fig:lineThroughZero], we obtain \(B = 0.755\) and \(BINT = [0.748 0.761]\).
Sample noisy data with a line of best fit passing through the origin.
This means that the slope of the best fit line (i.e., \(k\)) is most likely to be \(0.755\), and lies with 95% probability between \(0.748\) and \(0.761\).
If we use regress to fit a linear model with intercept term to the data in Fig. [fig:lineWithOffset],
B is \(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {0.751}\\ {20.228} \end{array}} \right]\) and BINT is \(\left[ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {0.739}&{0.764}\\ {19.483}&{20.974} \end{array}} \right]\) .
Sample noisy data, where the line of best fit does not pass through the origin.
This means that the slope of the best fit line (corresponding to \(m\)) is most likely \(0.751\), and lies with 95% probability between \(0.739\) and \(0.764\); and that the offset of the line (corresponding to \(c\)) is \(20.228\), and lies with 95% probability between \(19.483\) and \(20.974\).
If both confidence for the slope are larger than 0, we speak of a significant increase in the data. If also both 99.9% confidence intervals are above 0, we call this a highly significant increase. Similarly, if both confidence intervals are below zero, our data show a significant or a highly significant decrease.
On the other hand, if the confidence intervals overlap zero, we cannot claim that our data are in- or decreasing, even if the slope is positive or negative, respectively.
The correlation coefficient r is a measure of the linear correlation (or dependence) between two variables \(x\) and \(y\), giving a value between +1 and -1 inclusive, where 1 is total positive correlation, 0 is no correlation, and -1 is total negative correlation. For sample data \(x_i\) and \(y_i\), r indicates the change in \(x\) multiplied by the change in \(y\), normalized by the relative spread of \(x\) and \(y\):
Note that the correlation coefficient is symmetric in \(x\) and \(y\).
For linear regression, the square of the correlation coefficient r equals the coefficient of determination.
The coefficient of determination tells us how well the fitted data account for the raw data. It makes use of the fact that
where SST* is the sum of the squares of the total deviation (Figure below, left), SSR the sum of the squares of the regression, and SSE the sum of the squares of the errors (Figure below, right):
The better the linear regression (on the right) fits the data in comparison to the simple average (on the left graph), the closer the value of \(r^2\) is to one. The areas of the blue squares represent the squared residuals with respect to the linear regression. The areas of the red squares represent the squared residuals with respect to the average value (from Wikipedia).
\(\bar{y}\) is the average value, and \(\hat{y}\) is the value of the fitted data that corresponds to a given \(x_i\) value.
The coefficient of determination is defined as the amount of the sum of squares that can be explained by the regression:
As an example, if \(r^2 = 0.7\), this would tell us that approximately seventy percent of the variation in the response can be explained by the line fit.
To illustrate a range of different fits, three data sets with different amounts of noise are plotted in the Figure below. All three data sets have roughly the same line of best fit, but the coefficients of determination differ.
Data with different levels of noise.
In Matlab, the correlation coefficient r can be found by using the function corr.
x = 1:100;
y = 10 + 0.5*x + randn(size(x));
corr(x', y')
produces a value of approximately r = 0.997.
So far, we have only considered a linear relationship between the data and the parameters. Note that even tasks such as fitting a sine-function with an offset and a phase can be expressed with linear relationships (see Example 2: Fitting a sine-wave). However, often, the relationship will be visibly nonlinear, and cannot be fit with a linear model. In this case, it is necessary to select a nonlinear model for the data, and then attempt to fit the parameters of the model.
For example, for the data in the figure below, the falling part of the curve might reflect some physical process that is naturally modelled with an exponential decay.
Plot of a variable that decays over time.
Since an exponential decay is fully defined by the starting value and time, the value of the asymptotic minimum, and the half-life, one way of fitting this curve would be to estimate these parameters independently.
Alternatively, one could use more sophisticated methods that attempt to estimate all of the model parameters simultaneously. Such methods can be found in Matlab in the Curve Fitting Toolbox or in the Optimization Toolbox. Often, though, the methods run more efficiently when the user provides a good estimate of the parameters as a starting point.
An important tip is to choose a model/function that is likely to fit the data well, and if you have a choice, to reduce the number of parameters that must be estimated.
For fitting an exponential decay, you first have to determine where the decay starts. If the data are not too noisy, this can be automated by finding e.g. the first value clearly below the maximum. Clearly can be e.g. 10% below the maximum
tStart = min(find(x<max(x)*threshold));
While the quality of the fit depends on many factors, e.g. the quality of the data, the appropriateness of the model, and the starting values, the Matlab Curve Fitting Toolbox can sometimes make things remarkably easy. For example, to fit an exponential decay to an offset can be found with
% Generate dummy data
fitTime = (0:0.01:20)';
fitVal = 3 + 4*exp(-fitTime/5)+randn(size(fitTime));
% Make the fit
f = fittype('offset + amp*exp(-x/tau)');
options = fitoptions(f);
options.StartPoint = [1,1,1];
fitted = fit(fitTime,fitVal,f, options)
fitted =
General model:
fitted(x) = offset + amp*exp(-x/tau)
Coefficients (with 95% confidence bounds):
amp = 3.964 (3.79, 4.137)
offset = 3.01 (2.899, 3.122)
tau = 5.148 (4.565, 5.732)
Use the same data as in Exercise 1, but now also determine the 95% confidence intervals. Answer the following 2 questions:
Note: When the highest order term is determined, then all lower order terms are also included. If for instance we fit a fifth order polynomial, and only the cubic term is significant, then we would omit the higher order nonsignificant terms, but retain those terms of smaller order than the cubic.
All the data that you need for this and the next exercises are in https://github.com/thomas-haslwanter/BioSignalAnalysis/blob/master/Data/noisyStuff.mat. "noisyCircle" contains the x/y values of a noisy circle.
Write a function that takes these data and determines the center of the best-fit circle-center (x0/y0) and the radius r.
"noisyExp" contains the t/x values of a noisy function that exponentially decays to a constant offset.
Write a function that takes these data and calculates the best-fit Amplitude, Offset, and Decay-time for this decay.
"noisySine" contains the t/x values of a noisy sine wave.
Smooth these data with a Savitzky-Golay filter, and superpose the filtered data with the original data. The MATLAB command butter provides the [b,a] coefficients of an IIR filter corresponding to Butterworth lowpass filter. Find the coefficients for a low-pass filter with a corner frequency of 0.5 Hz, and apply this IIR filter to the noisy sine wave. Compare the output with the output of the Savitzky-Golay filter.
"noisyLine" contains the t/x values of a very noisy line.
A linear regression fit indicates that the data can be fit with a line (y = k*x+d), with k=0.1653.
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It's a hot Sunday afternoon in August and as I was driving to AK Chin Pavilion my phone went off with a dust storm warning for the greater Phoenix area. All I could think of was, not 2 nights in a row, but luckily the only thing that blew in was a fantastic classic rock show featuring 3 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees. The show was part of the Rock Hall Three For All Tour featuring Heart, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts. The crowd was amazing during the entire show, they were dancing and singing along with each of the bands.
The first act on stage was Cheap Trick, an American rock band that formed in 1973. The band is made up of Rick Nielsen (lead guitar), Robin Zander (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), and Tom Petersson (bass). A few years ago, Daxx Nielsen, Rick's son, joined the band on drums. Amazingly with all of the concerts I have seen over the last 50 years, this was my first time to see Cheap Trick. I have been a fan of the band since hearing their multi-platinum album, Cheap Trick at Budokan back in 1979. They started off the show with Hello There, Hot Love and California Man. Rick Nielsen is known for using a number of different and unique guitars during the show. One guitar was the yellow square body with caricatures of the band members. During the last song, Goodnight, Rick came out with a multi-neck guitar that consisted of 5 different necks which was initially done as a parity of Getty Lee's triple neck guitar. Robin Zander, their lead singer, performed in a white Dream Police outfit. There was a section of the stage that extended out into the crowd and Robin would go out to the end and sing and play to the audience. It was a great set that ended with 3 of my favorite songs, I Want You to Want Me, Dream Police and Surrender.
Next up was Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Joan came out on stage in a purple spandex suit, black leather jacket, heavy boots and a low slung guitar personifying her "Godmother of Punk" moniker. The Blackhearts are made up of Dougie Needles on guitar, Acey Slade on bass and Thommy Price on drums. They started the show with Bad Reputation and the crowd went wild, dancing and singing along. Next they did Cherry Bomb which she did originally with The Runaways. During Light of Day they played scenes from the movie by the same name that she did with Michael J Fox. Joan told us that Make it Back was about all those people that have to recover from natural disasters like the one that she experienced on Long Island after hurricane Sandy. She told us that Fake Friends was about people that only show up during the good times but disappear otherwise. The show ended with hits I Love Rock 'n' Roll, Crimson & Clover and I Hate Myself for Loving You.
Over the past few years a number of politicians have used different artist's songs, some without approval including Heart's Barracuda. Personally I can't wait until some politician uses The Runaways' Cherry Bomb. Now that would be a politician I might vote for.
Finally, Heart came on stage.
Heart is fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. This duo has been producing music and performing for the better part of 4 decades. I saw Heart back in 1980 and was amazed with the great stage presences these 2 women had and how they could work the crowd. I had not seen the like since Janis Joplin or Grace Slick. Ann's voice still sounds as strong and fantastic as when I saw her back in 1980. Nancy plays both electric and acoustic guitar and during Barracuda, she still does her power kick. The other members of the band are: Craig Bartock on guitar, Chris Joyner on keyboards, Dan Rothchild on bass and Ben Smith on drums. They started the show with Wild Child and then went into their mega hit, Magic Man. A few songs later, Nancy took over the lead vocals for 2 songs, These Dreams and Two. They complete their set with 2 of their biggest hits, Crazy on You and Barracuda. They came back for a 2 song encore. They covered two great Led Zeppelin songs, Immigration Song and Stairway to Heaven.
Review and photo by Fred Kuhlman
Promoter: Live Nation
Location: AK Chin Pavilion
Cheap Trick
Photos © Fred Kuhlman 2016
Cheap Trick Setlist: (Album)
Hello There (Cheap Trick at Budokan)
Hot Love (Cheap Trick)
California Man (Heaven Tonight)
Oh, Candy (Cheap Trick)
No Direction Home (Bang, Zoom, Crazy… Hello)
On Top Of The World (Heaven Tonight)
Baby Loves to Rock (All Shook Up)
I'm Waiting for the Man (Velvet Underground cover)
The Flame (Lap of Luxury)
I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick at Budokan)
Dream Police (Dream Police)
Surrender (Heaven Tonight)
Goodnight (Cheap Trick)
Joan Jett Setlist: (Album)
Bad Reputation (Bad Reputation)
Cherry Bomb (The Runaways cover)
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) (Gary Glitter cover)
TMI (Unvarnished)
You Drive Me Wild (The Runaways cover)
Light of Day (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Make It Back (Unvarnished)
A Hundred Feet Away (Album)
Fake Friends (Album)
Any Weather (Unvarnished)
I Love Rock 'n' Roll (The Arrows cover)
Crimson & Clover (Tommy James & the Shondells cover)
I Hate Myself for Loving You (Up Your Alley)
Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone cover)
Heart Set List: (Album)
Wild Child (Romeo's Daughter cover)
Magic Man (Dreamboat Annie)
What About Love (Toronto cover)
Even It Up (Bébé le Strange)
These Dreams (Heart)
Two (Ne-Yo cover)
Straight On (Dog & Butterfly)
Kick It Out (Little Queen)
Beautiful Broken (Beautiful Broken)
Alone (I-Ten cover)
Crazy on You (Dreamboat Annie)
Barracuda (Little Queen)
Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover)
Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover)


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Commercial and technological institutions are the major driving force of the film industry. In terms of the box office earnings, Hollywood is the largest and also the oldest film industry worldwide. Over time, there are film producers who have attained international acclamation due to their brilliant production works. Among the most renowned producers is Michael Bay. The producer has earned a name by coming with successful films regardless of whether they are high budget of low. Together with Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, Bay has gone ahead to form a successful movie empire. Transformers, Texas chainsaw massacre and the purge are some of the most successful movies that the producers are known for. One of the recent projects of the three partners if the film 'The teenage mutant ninja turtles' which launched in 2014. Ouija, purge, and reboot of Friday the 13th are some of the sequels that have been released by the trio since 2014.
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Kamahl Walker transferred to Portsmouth High School from Worcester over the summer. Head boys basketball coach Jim Mulvey is glad that he did. Walker scored a game-high 19 points, 2 steals. And oh by the way, he also hit the game-winning three-pointer with 15 seconds left after Souhegan had taken a 31-30 lead.
Walker had a big game, and senior forward Riley McCarthy was very good defensively and on the boards. In a very low scoring game, dominated by good defense in poor shooting, #3 seed Portsmouth defeated #10 seed Souhegan 35-31 in the Division II boys basketball semi-finals on Wednesday night at UNH.
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A free throw by Souhegan senior guard Seth Cordts (Cordts had a tough 1st half but was very good in the 2nd) gave the Sabers a 31-30 lead with 2:05 left in the game. That's the way it would stay until 30 seconds were left, as Kyle DiCesare from Portsmouth and Souhegan's Cordts and Shaun McKenna all missed the front end of 1-and-1's.
So Portsmouth had the ball, down 31-30 with 30 seconds left. Now of course in this situation if you're the Clippers you want to run the clock down, try to get a shot inside (higher % shot than a 3), and not leave your opponent any time to score.
Well, Portsmouth shot a 3. And they took the shot with 15 seconds still on the clock so that Souhegan could still have a shot to tie/win it at the end. Yet they STILL won the basketball game.
Walker dribbled the ball on the perimeter, stopped a couple feet behind the three-point line, creating just enough space to get the shot off. he then fired the shot away, nothing but net.
"We were just looking for a good look there" said Coach Mulvey. "We knew it would either be Kamahl or Kyle (DiCesare) taking the shot. We were having so much trouble scoring all game, we just wanted to take the first available shot."
It wasn't over yet though. Souhegan called timeout, and had the ball down 33-31 with 8.4 seconds still left. Again, the question comes up, do you go for a 2 or a 3? A 2 would tie it and force overtime, a 3 would win it. Right off the inbounds pass, Sabers sophomore point guard Brandon Len was left open from the top of the key. He took the shot from 3. It nearly fell for him, but it was no good. Walker added 2 more foul shots at the end for the 35-31 final. Portsmouth wins it.
"It wasn't necessarily about getting a 2 or a 3 there" said Souhegan head coach Mike Heaney. "But if we took a 3 I would hope it would be either Brandon or Seth (Cordts). Brandon's a good shooter and got a good look. It just didn't fall."
Souhegan Had Their Chances
Tough loss for the Sabers. Not only did they get beat on a three with only 15 seconds left, but they missed the front end of those two 1-and-1's. On the game, Souhegan shot just 6/14 (43%) from the charity stripe. They also missed a number of good looks inside the paint. If they make just a few more of those shots they win this game.
"They're kids, they're gonna miss shots" lamented coach Mike Heaney. "I thought we moved the ball beautifully, we got good looks. They just didn't go down."
Defensive Battle
Clearly, this was a VERY low scoring basketball game. It was only 18-14 Portsmouth at halftime!
"They always do a nice job of switching up their defense between zone and man" said Heaney.
In the 2nd quarter especially, the confusing match-up zone that Portsmouth is known for was really giving Souhegan a hard time. Portsmouth was also having trouble scoring the basketball, resulting in a 2nd quarter where both teams scored just 6 points. DiCesare was really having a cold night so far shooting the basketball, going 0/8 from the floor in the 1st half.
"They're a very physical team" said Coach Mulvey. "And the refs were letting it go, which posed some problems for us. Kyle had a tough 1st half, but he was still out there playing tough defense, and hit a big three for us in the 2nd half."
Good Point Guard Match-Up
Walker had a great game, not only hitting the game-winner but also hitting clutch free throws late. He also showed some tremendous explosiveness in the open court with the basketball in his hands.
All game he was matched up with Len, the Souhegan point guard. It was a fun match-up to watch, as both players really gave it everything they had out there. I was impressed with the way Len battled, scrapped and clawed on the defensive end, going for steals and hustling after loose balls. Portsmouth took a 29-22 lead with 5:29 left in the 4th (their largest lead). Just when it looked like the Clippers were going to put it away, Len made play after play (along with Cordts) to keep them in it.
Both of these players will be back for their respective teams next year. Look for the 2 of them, along with Rene Maher of Pembroke and Derek Defranzo of Pelham to be the best point guards in D-II next year.
Give Souhegan Credit
Just to get this far is impressive stuff for the Sabers. They had to go on the road and beat Lebanon in the first round and then Pembroke in the quarterfinals. That's 2 pretty darn good teams.
"I'm usually here watching these games" said Heaney. "We came within 1 possession of a team that won the title 2 years ago and routinely makes it this far. I couldn't be more proud of our kids."
Portsmouth Role Players Not to be Forgotten
They often get overlooked with Walker and DiCesare getting most of the hype. But McCarthy, Gregg Tsougranis and Charlie Duprey all played well in supporting roles for the Clippers. McCarthy was terrific on the boards (9 rebounds), all 3 of these guys were very good defensively, and Tsougranis continues to eb the "glue guy" that keeps this team together.


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WITS Node Seminar: Dr. Piotr Surowka (Free University of Brussels)
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The National Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the Centre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, would like to invite to its coming talk in the theory seminar series, entitled:
"Triangle anomalies and transport in QFTs at finite temperture"
to be presented by Dr. Piotr Surowka (Free University of Brussels)
Abstract: I will sketch the ongoing program leading towards understanding QFT anomalies at finite temperature. First of all I will present how gauge and gravitational anomalies arise in gas of free fremions by the modification of the density of states. I will show that this modification may be understood in terms of Berry phases. The result will be supported by CFT calculation of the generating functional for a Fermi gas on a sphere by means of state- operator correspondence. Such computation generalizes zero temperature results developed in 80s by Witten et al. Finally I will skech possible extensions of the formalism, applications to hydrodynamic systems, and necessary developments to be understood.
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Learning leaders need to ask "what-if" questions.
L&D leaders at EMC discovered that sales professionals were using their smartphones to capture video and share best practices. The people in the trenches wanted to share best practices among themselves so they leveraged the technology at hand to produce their own training and performance support content.
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Over the holiday I've been able to put in quite a few days working on the car. Today I finished up the high voltage cabling, wired all the low voltage circuits (+12v, ignition lines, hall pedal…) and spent some time building an interface cable for the Zilla (since I misplaced the original). At the end of the day, I lowered the car off the jack stands and took it for its maiden drive.
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This small window is at the end of a long hallway that runs the width of this early 20th century bungalow. Much of this house is glazed with glass that has purpled over time, in a process known as solarising, which occurs as a result of the inclusion of manganese during manufacture.
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The holiday shopping season is often a peak for retailers' sales. But the flipside to that boom is it leads to peak returns season — costing retailers billions to handle unwanted, used or damaged goods each year.
The surge in digital shopping is only compounding the pain, as record online sales means record online returns. It's not uncommon to see return rates of 30 percent or more for merchandise that's bought online. Clothing returns can be closer to 40 percent.
In total, Americans returned $260 billion in merchandise to retailers last year, or 8 percent of all purchases, according to the National Retail Federation. That swells to 10 percent around the holiday season. Because less than half of returned goods are re-sold at full price, retailers may end up forfeiting 10 percent of their sales at the busiest time of year, according to Gartner Research.
Unwanted and damaged goods either get tossed out or sent through a lengthy chain of liquidators and wholesalers, paying pennies on the dollar to the retailer before eventually selling them to bargain-hunting consumers.
"Retailers are not very good at managing returns right now, and so unless they invest in their ability to manage returns, the volume of returns coming back will cause problems in their overall supply chain," said Tom Enright, supply chain research director at Gartner.
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Among these agreements, protocols of mutual recognition of sanitary control systems have been approved for poultry and pig meat.
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St. George's Chapel at Long Cove will be open in 2018 for Sunday services at 10:00 a. m. from July 1st to September 2nd. Visiting clergy celebrate either Communion or Morning Prayer, and the music varies from organ to harp to guitar to base and keyboard. Flowers are lovingly arranged by parishioners from local gardens, supplemented by "side-roadea." As one of 18 summer chapels in the Episcopal Diocese of Maine, "the little brown church in the wildwood" will celebrate its 117th anniversary during the summer of 2018.
All visitors are welcome to attend services. The St. George Chapel at Long Cove is located on Long Cove Rd. off of Rt. 131, eight miles south of Thomaston and two miles north of Tenants Harbor.
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It's no secret that the overall event industry has taken a significant hit over the past 4-5 years. We spoke to a veteran author and speaker from Florida last week who shared that he knows of several high-powered presenters who have been forced to lower their rates to keep busy. As unfortunate as this is for presenters, it could be a boone for Event Planners. The economy and the internet have impacted business in general, dictating that they be reinvented or become extinct.
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For URI men's soccer co-captain Dominik Richter, he had never been named the Atlantic 10's Offensive Player of the Week. But Richter can finally check that off his to-do list.
"It means a lot," Richter said on his recognition. "I've tried to get this award the past two years and this is the first time I've actually got it."
He earned the recognition after beating Holy Cross 2-0 and Richter converted a 14th minute penalty kick to give Rhode Island the lead. The Rams then traveled to Davidson where they tied 2-2. In that conference game, the Rams struck first when Chae Brangman scored off a corner kick from Richter. Later in the game, Rhody was trailing 2-1 with just 25 seconds remaining in regulation when Richter scored the equalizer. That draw extended the unbeaten streak to 10 consecutive games.
Richter had been close to receiving this honor in the past, but he could just never grab it. "The last two years, I did really well in one game and then in the next I didn't score or get an assist," Richter said. "But this week it worked both ways."
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Frivolous complaints against Modi Sarkar
Dr Rakesh Sinha has told the bitter truth IN A COLUMN ON Rediffmail.com; like it or not. May I congratulate him on bringing out the hard facts for everyone to know. He has pleaded well for the majority community without berating the minority community.
The Congress governments in India were as communal as the Muslim League governments in Pakistan. Do not forget that it was Indira Gandhi who shook hands with makers of Pakistan, the Muslim League, to oust the Communist governments in Kerala and bring in her own party government. Of course, the Muslim League demanded its pound of flesh and got it. The Congress party gave it sheepishly.
Every so called secular party in India has been playing the communal card. Now the Congress out of power cannot digest the bitter truth that the people if India had rejected it in the 2014 elections to the Lok Sabha and brought in Narendra Modi with a huge majority. Are all people in India communal? The Congress party lost badly at the elections because of its anti-Hindu image. It was preparing to bring an anti-Hindu legislation as a fake attempt to stop targeted violence. The people of India punished the Congress party meat and proper.
My advice to the baba log of the Congress party is to serve the people of India, give up anti-Hindu image and wait for the next general elections to show your prowess, if you have any. There is no point in marching to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to register your frivolous complaints against Modi ji, the BJP and the RSS. They are out and out nationalists. Pt Jawaharlal Nehru saw the good work done by the RSS in the wake of the Chinese aggression in 1962 and invited the Hindu outfit to participate in the Republic Day Parade, 1963 by deputing a marching contingent in their usual uniform which they did. Congress party and other pseudo-secularists: Don't run to the Headmaster in the Rashtrapati Bhawan every now and then with frivolous complaints against other students. It is an exercise in futility. OKAY?
The Government of India led by BJP under Narendra bhai Modi is doing a good job in clearing the mess created by the Congress wallas in five decades plus. Allow the present government at least two terms in office and see India on the path of Progress. As it is India stands at the TENTH place among rich nations of the world. Creditable indeed!
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So it comes as no surprise that one heckofa crown jewel - an emerald and diamond tiara - sold at Sotheby's Geneva auction last week for a price-busting $12.76 million - the highest price ever achieved for an emerald jewel.
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The bauble originally belonged to German prince Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, who commissioned it for his second wife Katharina around 1900. (With a name like that, you better have a budget for bling. Yikes.)
An anonymous bidder from North America is the lucky owner of the royal green gem. Oprah's got some down time coming her way. Maybe she wanted a crown to go with her Queen of Daytime moniker?
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