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Dr. Freeman with Dr. Natogma, Fuller Theological Seminary in Ghana
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries the cause of Christian higher education and, more particularly, theological/ministry education was promoted, developed and supported throughout the world. The legacy of the past includes numerous institutions, primarily in the developed world, which are experiencing growth and have access to resources that allow them to thrive as they fulfill their stated missions. At the same time, there are other institutions, primarily in the developing world, which continue to struggle for survival.
Because of the generosity of forward thinking colleges, universities and seminaries; faculty have been made available to their struggling counterparts for many years. Other organizations have been formed to provide funding for bricks and mortar and local fund development. Still others have given significant attention to faculty development and scholarship. All of this activity has proved to be a great asset to both the receiving and sending institutions, but there is more to do.
The challenge is to create the same kind of synergistic mentoring service for indigenous academic leaders at the executive level of emerging and struggling institutions that will help maximize their impact within their own context. With contextually relevant mentoring and coaching most should succeed and emerge as quality institutions.
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The Government Accountability Office brought another tough review of SBInet to Capitol Hill Thursday, saying delays and performance shortfalls mean border patrol officers are relying on outdated equipment instead of the high-tech, integrated web of technology the initiative has promised.
Seeing the "common operating picture" (photo by James Tourtellotte/CBP) At a hearing Thursday, the lead author of a GAO report testified that taxpayers aren't getting their money's worth. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said SBInet should get itself working or find an alternate strategy.
"SBInet technology capabilities have not yet been deployed and delays require Border Patrol … to rely on existing technology for securing the border, rather than using newer technology planned to overcome the existing technology's limitations," the report says.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the House Homeland Security subcommittee overseeing border issues, called the reliance on old gear "troubling."
Flaws found in testing, as well as environmental concerns, have cause the completion date of the network to skip from early Fiscal Year 2009 (the date targeted back in 2006) to 2016.
The GAO report noted that despite a $2.4 billion investment in "tactical" infrastructure—fencing, roads, vegetation removal—its contribution to effective control of the border has not been measured. GAO said Customs and Border Patrol "is limited in its ability to fully implement the objectives of the Border Patrol strategy," and recommended DHS go ahead and assess the value of the tactical infrastructure investment.
SBInet went back to the drawing board last year after poor test performance of its remove video surveillance systems, but has said it had worked out most of the problems and this summer ratcheted up deployment of the systems on the northern border. SBInet officials promised another round of tests this winter and it says it's learned from its mistakes and is on the road to an effective system.
GAO outlined some of the frustrations in the field. "During our site visit to the Tucson sector in March 2009, Border Patrol agents told us, as they had during our previous visits, that the system had improved their operational capabilities, but that they must continue to work around ongoing problems, such as finding good signal strength for the wireless network, remotely controlling cameras, and modifying radar sensitivity," GAO reported. "Furthermore, they said, and we observed, that few of the agents were currently using the mobile data terminals installed in 50 of the sector's vehicles, instead relying on agents operating the COP (common operating picture) to relay information about the whereabouts of suspected illegal migrants. One reason agents do not use the mobile data terminals is that it can take up to an hour to log into the system depending on signal strength and because the signal, once gained, is sometimes lost multiple times during a shift."
Also this week, SBInet extended its contract with Boeing on the project, a move pegged months ago by SBInet Executive Director Mark Borkowski as a foregone conclusion. He told the House panel Thursday that the structure of the contract was awkward and shouldn't be repeated.
Boeing said it's not getting a free ride, but in fact has lost money on the venture so far.

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9 Coffee Pairs For This Fall
What's the first flavor you think of when I say "Fall"? Pumpkin right? The Autumn season is riddled with a plethora of pumpkin flavored treats and coffee drinks. The most common fall coffee drink is by far a pumpkin spice latte. Rightfully so. It's yummy.
Here's what I'm thinking. I enjoy the spicy flavors of fall but it's overkill to have drinks and treats both flavored with autumn flavors. This autumn I suggest looking for good pairings. For example enjoying a simple white chocolate pumpkin cookie along with a good cup of Guatemalan coffee.
Here are some pairings I think would be delicious.
- Oatmeal Raisin Cookie paired with a cup of El Salvador El Matazano (black)
- Amaretti Cherry Cheesecake Pie with a cup of Kenyan Kirinyaga Mukangu
- Chocolate Chip Bars With a Salty Pretzel Crust with our very own Butterscotch Latte
- Chocolate Cream Pie with a cup of Gutemalan Yellow Reserva (black)
- Pumpkin Pie with a cup of Tanzanian Peaberry (black)
- Pecan Tart with a Pumpkin Spice Latte
- Pumpkin Pancakes with a cup of Sumatra Mandheling (black)
- Cinnamon White Chocolate with cup of Costa Rica Los Lobos
- Apple Pie with cup of Panama Carmen Estate Natural (black)
Ok so you get the idea. This autumn instead of cinnamon, pumpkin and nutmeg overload try pairing up your drinks and treats to compliment each other.
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One of the most recognisable aspects of the architectural landscape here in Copenhagen, is that very very very few buildings or towers are built above a five-story level. This is actually due to a number of regulations that dictate that you MUST recieve a special permission to build any higher, and that permission is only granted in either extremely special circumstances, or if you are renovating something taller that already existed.
Meet Norhavn. Perfectly situated along Zealand's eastern coastline, Nordhavn is home to a number of newly built architectural wonders. From the masses of brand new apartment buildings, to the harbour-side walks absolutely packed with Copenhagen sunbathers in the summer time, its no wonder why Norhavn is quickly becoming a favourite place to hang out amongst locals. But, even more amazingly, its one of the only places in the entire city with apartment buildings that tower over the five-story height restriction – giving you picture perfect views of the entire city 360 degrees around you.
Now you might be thinking, why are you telling me how great it is for those lucky few people who get to live in those uber expensive top floor apartments? Well, that's because there is a great way for everyone to experience this marvel for yourself too – by visting Restaurant Silo!
Silo is actually the name of the building that houses the Restaurant, so while it may not have an ingenious name in that sense, the reason that this building is capable of surpassing the height restriction is due to the fact that it is esentially a repurposed silo. The Restaurant itself sits on the top level of the building, therefore providing its patrons with spectacular birds-eye views. If you ask me, this makes it an absolutely perfect location for a summer-time dinner with friends or family, as you can watch the sun go down over the harbour while you eat delicious food!
Top it off with a fabulous wine menu – what more could you ask for! Below I've included some pics of our food 🙂 (full disclosure, I don't have a picture of dessert becuase I got too excited and ate it before I had a chance to take a pic!)
1. Starter – Soup with tomato and basil
2. Entree – Chicken
3. Main – Beef
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Last Sunday 2 of our students fought at the 7th STNSW State Competition in Liverpool. Alessandro and Gabriella both faced strong competition in their weight classes.
Gabriella was up first and lost a close decision in the finals, before stepping up in competition and fighting 2 age classes above her own. Gabriella showed a lot of heart and earned two silver medals in the end.
Alessandro also lost a close decision in his final, taking home yet another silver medal.
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Sofas provide you with a comfortable place to sit and relax, and your space with personality. We are always pushing for the best sofa designs with the best quality sofa materials always with the ethos of our sofas being affordable sofas of the best quality. So are we. Many of our sofas are made domestically and all of our customizable sofas are proudly made in the U.S. by skilled craftsmen. Bodema represents the best in Italian design and manufacturing as evidenced by this exquisite sofa bed. Select styles are available with your choice of fabrics, making it easy to customize your new sofa to suit your space.
If leather seems to be an expensive option, Stitchwood also manufactures top grade leatherette sofa sets. Plush cushions are upholstered in soft velvet decorated with a swirling paisley print, which rests atop clear lucite legs that give it an ultra modern feel.
Be sure to measure the height between your wall art and the floor, the height of your end tables as well as the height of the coffee table that the sofa will be next to. You want to leave a foot or so between the top of the sofa and the bottom of your wall art, to make sure that there is some white space in between furnishings.
As a general rule of thumb, your sofa cushions should be 1-2 inches higher than your coffee table. Our sofas include traditional and contemporary varieties to satisfy even the most discerning of tastes. I kind of like the look of this Byrd sofa from Furniture Outlet Warehouse in Fairlawn, NJ — those arms are kind of vintage Kroehler-esque. This sofa features a solid spruce frame that will allow for stability and comfort.
Ketika mendesain ruang tamu dengan sofa murah, keluarkan semua kreatifitas Anda untuk menambahkan keindahannya. Misalnya Anda ingin desain ruang tamu minimalis, maka sofa yang dipilih pun sebaiknya memiliki style minimalis. Our modern sofas incorporate sexy features like exposed feet and tufted backs with more utilitarian aspects like reinforced frames, extra-thick seat cushions and lower back support. Choose from a variety of many different shapes, sizes, colours, as well as a range of unique fabrics and leathers, and create the sofa of your dreams! Different sizes are available, you can create a complete modern Italian living set by combining two or three seats, modern elements, ottomans and chaise lounges for modern Italian sectional sofa compositions.


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Jodi Marks: You know, I have to say, I think that painting is my favorite project to do. Because you don't need a lot of tools, it's not expensive, and it can really transform the look of the room.
But you do need to have another tool on hand, besides your paint roller and your brush. This is the Husky Multi Tool. And it's perfect for all of your painting projects. Now, you see all these gadgets right here? Take a look down here, on this five-gallon bucket.
I have laid out all of the tools that this one tool houses, everything from a utility knife to a can opener. Let me show you, first of all, it's got…if you have to use an opener for your five-gallon bucket, it'll open that lid.
Then, on this side right here, this is where all the action is, I mean, I've got a scraper, I've got a can opener, I've got a roller-cleaner right here. A bottle-opener here. There's even a rounded scraper there, so that's a nice little tool.
But I love this utility knife, because it's got a very easy quick change. Let me take the guard off. You just push this little top button right here. And that blade will come right out, and it pops right back into place.
So if you're doing your painting projects, this is definitely the tool to have on hand.
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Second Thoughts: Michael Lindgren on Elizabeth Bishop
by Michael Lindgren | Dec-16-2015
This is the fourteenth in Critical Mass's new Second Thoughts series, curated by Daniel Akst. More about this series, and how to submit, here.
As is so often the case with such exercises, the premise of this one--literary second thoughts--mentally handcuffs me at first, for the question seems simultaneously too narrow and too broad. Like many working critics, I suspect, I have neither the time nor the inclination to revisit the judgments I scatter so carelessly in my wake, affecting instead a kind of jaunty nonchalance, a faux-working-journalist pride in the reviews' essential ephemerality. This is a pose, of course: secretly I archive and catalogue my reviews painstakingly, even though I may publicly deem them good for wrapping fish and nothing else. The cataloguing does not, however, extend to actual reconsideration of their contents; I am either too self-confident or too fragile -- I am not sure which -- to spend much time worrying retroactively about the accuracy of my judgments.
Of the writers who end up making a more lasting impact on me, the ones that I cherish and talk about with friends and think about late at night, conversely, the concept of "second thoughts" seems puny and inadequate: second and third and fifth and seventh thoughts, a lifetime of thoughts, a stream of reaction and consideration and shifting allegiance -- something akin to what Harold Bloom terms agon -- would be more accurate. The Portrait of a Lady does not mean to me now what it did when I was 22, nor, I expect, what it will, God willing, when I am 72. In the spirit of the question, though, I am willing to spend a few pleasurable moments, as I do with increasing frequency, thinking of Elizabeth Bishop.
It is difficult for me to recall exactly when I first encountered Bishop, largely because she initially made very little impression at all. I do remember "One Art" serving as the epigraph for Melissa Bank's The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, but that poem, as marvelous as it is, is both regrettably over-exposed and also, perhaps not coincidentally, almost singularly unrepresentative of Bishop's oeuvre. In my twenties and thirties I was smitten with John Berryman and the Dream Songs, whose chaos and intensity were far more attractive to my sensibility than Bishop's careful, somewhat pallid (so I thought) verse. Now that I'm 47, however, Berryman strikes me as shrill, histrionic, fundamentally adolescent: all that alcohol and lust and insanity just seems a bit... de trop.
Bishop's poetry, in contrast, seems to deepen and broaden in my mind, with her conversational tone -- so seemingly artless and off-the-cuff -- and her cheerful, sturdy good sense increasingly in alignment with the contours of my inner emotional landscape. Berryman and his ilk make poetry seem hard and dangerous, which is actually rather easy, if you have the right temperament. Bishop makes poetry seem easy, which is in fact immeasurably harder; her best poems, beneath the silky hum of their cadences, are searching and tough-minded, and her words – "the gray sidewalk, the watered street"; "a weak-mailed fist clenched ignorant against the sky" -- chime unbidden in my mind's ear at unexpected times. There is a suppleness and an imaginative reach to her sensibility that unfurls itself relatively slowly; having second thoughts, and more, about such a writer is easy, and even inevitable.
Michael Lindgren is a writer and musician who lives in New Jersey. His reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, n+1, Boston Review, Rain Taxi, and many other periodicals.
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Artist: That Joe Payne / Single: I Need a Change / Released: March 2nd, 2018
Artist: The Enid / Album: Dust / Released: April 2nd, 2016 / Label: Operation Seraphim
Possibly Payne's most memorable performance of One and the Many, opening The Bridge Show, Live at Union Chapel.
One and the Many features on The Enid's 2012 breakthrough album, Invicta.
This tour was The Enid's first venture into live visuals and concept shows.
Filmed 31st March 2015 by Jeff Cousins.
Concept by Joe Payne, produced by Max Read and directed by Simon Drake.
Payne's final live visual-stunt with The Enid, this performance closed the Dust tour with a ramp-humping ejaculation of stars.
1000 Stars features on The Enid's 2016 album, Dust.
This tour marked The Enid's final moments with Payne as frontman.
Filmed 2nd April 2016 by Jeff Cousins.
Concept by Joe Payne, produced by Max Read and directed by Simon Drake.
Filmed in the French coastal town of Saint Palais-sur-Mer, En Concert á Crescendo was The Enid's first live video to feature Payne, showing how The Enid had progressed since his arrival in 2011.
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Kauai Real Estate YTD Update, Southwest Flies To Hawaii, Resort Properties Dominate The 2018 Real Estate MarketKauai Real Estate SOLD and NEW listings Island Wide! Comments Off on Kauai Real Estate YTD Update, Southwest Flies To Hawaii, Resort Properties Dominate The 2018 Real Estate Market
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Kiahuna Plantation Real Estate- Kiahuna Plantation unit #98 and #151 In Escrow! Within one week I successfully negotiated the contracts for two of my listings at the Kiahuna Plantation. For a complete update on the Kiahuna Plantation real estate market click here: Kiahuna Plantation Real Estate Update
Resort Properties Dominate 2018 Real Estate Market
Real Estate for the entire state of Hawaii in 2018 was dominated by the sales of resort properties, with nearly half of the record $5.15 billion in sales spent in that category, while local investors buying commercial properties for less than $10 million dominated the number of transactions.
The $5.15 billion spent in 2018 far outpaced the $3.08 billion investors spent on Hawaii properties in 2017. The "Mega Resorts" pushed the prices upwards while the number of sales remained fairly flat. The number of sales in 2018 was 290 just slightly up from 2017 when it was 284.
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Oakland to HNL March 17. Southwest Airlines received their approval to start flying to Hawaii and tickets went on sale immediately. They offered a promotion of $49 from CA to HNL during the week and the price "jumps" to $99 on the weekend. I tested it on their site and those deals were pretty much gone.
This is going to be a big deal for not only Hawaiian Airlines but also for Kauai Real Estate. The airline announced that they plan to challenge Hawaiian Airlines control of the islands and that they excel at these short hops and will be able to offer travel between islands "profitably".
For Kauai Real Estate it's a big win. Our market it largely West Coast based where Southwest dominates and has a loyal following. The relationship is a marriage made in real estate/airline heaven.
Southwest has previously stated that initial Hawaii service will connect four Hawaii airports (Honolulu, Kahului, Lihue and Kona) to four in California (Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego and San Jose). Specific routes have yet to be released.
Kukui'ula's Losses Foreshadowing A Change In The Future?
Alexander & Baldwin took a $72 million loss in 2018 due to two non-cash impairments. The first being their joint venture of the Kukui'ula development and the second due to Grace Pacific which is a paving company that was founded by the Grace Brothers in 1931 in the state of Hawaii.
Alexander & Baldwin said that Kukui'ula is performing better than it has in the last 10 years yet the financial losses are there. Chris Benjamin, CEO of A&B said that they will eventually exit the project but that they have no timetable for that at this time. Seems to me that this is basically a notice to the public that this is coming, but what exactly does it mean?
As for Grace Pacific: A&B is focusing on improving the operating costs of the business and no plans were stated for exiting that company.
Kauai Real Estate Year To Date
The numbers for the first two months of the year are in and they are a bit all over the place. The prices across the board are up with few exceptions; the number of sales are slowing which is reflective of the mainland market. There has been some affordable housing and vacant lot sales in Lihue that are driving down the island numbers but the North Shore housing is down largely due to the storms that had hit the island last year. South Shore Median Prices are way up.
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Posted January 17, 2013
Tokyo-based Fast Retailing Co. Ltd. has named Nobuo Domae, senior executive group officer, as ceo at Uniqlo USA, Women's Wear Daily reports. Shin Odake, former Uniqlo USA ceo, will handle the company's efforts on the East Coast and former cooYasunobu (Kenny) Kyogoku will handle them on the West Coast. The fast-fashion retailer also appointed retail executive Larry Meyer coo.
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Here are 10 tips to save money on food. Food is a basic need we require daily and must, at times, spend money on acquiring. It can therefore, cost us a great deal of our income if we do not plan and strategize well on how to efficiently shop for the basic need being that it forms a large part of our budget. There are ways you can use to save on your food expense and still maintain the high quality of food products that you consume. Here are ten ways to consider.
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- Buy food products in bulk: Buying in bulk will always make you qualify for great discounts and therefore help you save more money. Food products bought in bulk are also cheaper than those bought separately. You have to be careful, though, when buying in bulk as some food products may go bad. For such products, install a home refrigerator of deep freezer and use it to preserve them. Your home will always have food and your food expenditure will reduce by a great deal.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Happy Release Day, Dwayne, Lea, Taylor, and Taylor!
I'm delighted to announce that today is Release Day for my celebrity biographies, DWAYNE 'THE ROCK' JOHNSON, LEA MICHELE, TAYLOR LAUTNER, and TAYLOR SWIFT!
Here's what my publisher, The Child's World, has to say about the Stars of Today series:
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Want to rub elbows with a star? Order online or ask your librarian to pick up a copy!
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Happy Release Day, Jody! Wishing you all the best with these.ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS! Sending virtual confetti and balloons your way.ReplyDelete
You are an amazing writer. I just recommended one of your books to be purchased by the library. And am about to recommend the others.
Congratulations, Jody, your series sounds wonderful!ReplyDelete
How exciting - have a wonderful day celebrating.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Mirka and Ellen! You guys are the best!ReplyDelete
I appreciate you stopping by, Sandra and Pippa!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Happy book release day and congrats!ReplyDelete
Jody, these look wonderful! I know a couple of little girls who will love the Taylor Swift bio, too. Warm congratulations! Aloha!ReplyDelete
Virtual cupcakes for everyone! Thanks, Deb!ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Jody! These look like terrific books! Enjoy this special celebration time.ReplyDelete
Thanks for celebrating with me, Evelyn!ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Jody!!! I'm so excited for you! The books look fabulous!ReplyDelete
Woo-hoo,Diana! Have some punch!ReplyDelete
Yay, Jody! Happy Book Birthday! Very exciting!!! :)ReplyDelete
Glad you could make it, Sheri! There's nothing like celebrating with my buddies!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 3:14 PM
Woo Hoo! You are a rock star in my eyes. Enjoy the fanfare. I'll recommend these to our middle school librarian. Thanks for including me in the party.ReplyDelete
Awesome, Laura, thanks! Glad you came!!ReplyDelete
- DanielleAugust 28, 2012 at 6:06 PM
YEAH!!! So proud of you! Thanks so much for sharing with me! Do you have copies at your house? Maybe I could see them when we are visiting?!? :) Love ya!ReplyDelete
Thanks, dearest Danielle! Yep, come and take a gander when you're in town!ReplyDelete
- Ashley ShipmanAugust 28, 2012 at 6:30 PM
I am so impressed!! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM
Oh, and I forgot to say that the punch and cupcakes are DELICIOUS! A grand party all around.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Ashley! :)ReplyDelete
Did you try the baked pizza dip, Laura? Yummers.ReplyDelete
- madaline walterAugust 28, 2012 at 8:02 PM
You and the stars rock! Congratulations Jody. Well written!ReplyDelete
Hi, Madaline! Thanks for coming!ReplyDelete
Congratulations, Jody! These books sound like so much fun =DReplyDelete
Thanks, Ruth! I'm really pleased how they turned out.ReplyDelete
I'm late to the party, but I'm still excited to celebrate your sparkly new book stars!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on all of the new books. The covers are fantastic and I look forward to reading what's inside, too.
It's never too late to celebrate a book, Alison! Come on in!ReplyDelete
- Katie LawsonSeptember 4, 2012 at 7:34 AM
Jody, How exciting. I can't wait to purchase a few of these and share your story with the boys. What an awesome celebration!ReplyDelete
Hi Katie! They might like TAYLOR LAUTNER. He was a real sports nut as a kid. Glad you stopped by!ReplyDelete
- Chris RohlfsOctober 1, 2012 at 8:25 AM
I too am late to the "Release" party but wanted to post my congratulations to you too! I have started reading children's biographies lately to help me determine which person I want to learn more about in the adult biography section. Congrats again, can't wait to see them on the shelf at our local library.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Chris! People are fascinating. I hope you find some great subjects!ReplyDelete


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A teachable moment in which little was learned
Posted by Thomas Nephew on August 1st, 2009
The "beer summit" is history; were Obama's hopes of the Gates-Crowley incident becoming a "teachable moment" realized? I think it's unlikely — and whatever small amount of worthwhile learning occurred was despite Obama's intercession and retreat, not because of it.
The incident
In my view, Obama was right the first time in saying that Cambridge PD officer Mark Crowley "acted stupidly" in arresting Henry Gates. Of course it was also right and reasonable for a passerby seeing an apparent break-in to report that, and it was reasonable for the Cambridge PD to investigate that report — and it was unreasonable of the Harvard professor to object to that, if that's what Gates was objecting to. Despite all that, however, Crowley's own incident report shows he believed early on that Gates was lawfully in the residence:
While I was led to believe that Gates was lawfully in the residence, I was quite surprised and confused with the behavior he exhibited toward me. I asked Gates to provide me with photo identification […] Gates initially refused, demanding that I show him identification but then did supply me with a Harvard University identification card.
Once Gates presented ID sufficient to establish he was a rightful occupant of the house, that should have been the end of the story; instead, when Gates followed Crowley out onto the porch — likely still yelling, though accounts differ — he was arrested with the arch comment,"Thank you for accommodating my earlier request."
Yet it was Gates's home and his porch; while there — actually, while anywhere, but certainly on his own property — he could be rude to and shout at whomever he likes, including police officers, by the ancient principle of "my home is my castle," by the First and Fourth Amendments, and even by specific Massachusetts case law.** In one of her typically excellent analyses, digby of "Hullabaloo" sums up (emphasis added):
"Henry Louis Gates may have acted like a jackass in his house that day. But Sergeant Crowley arresting him for being "tumultuous" was an abuse of his discretion, a fact which is backed up by the fact that the District Attorney used his discretion to decline to prosecute. Racially motivated or not he behaved "stupidly" and the president was right to say so. "
Race as red herring, citizen as peon
It's possible that Crowley was more likely to arrest an 'uppity' black man than an 'uppity' white one under the same circumstances; we'll never know. But I think it would have been a much more interesting discussion to take Crowley's own documented (some would say alleged) anti-profiling expertise and/or the testimonials of his black colleagues at face value — because that would have led directly to the question why Crowley felt entitled to arrest anyone under the circumstances he described. Unfortunately, that discussion was short-circuited first by Gates and then by Obama, both describing the case as an incident of "racial profiling" when it never really fit that label per se.
The subsequent events illustrate the damage done. Obama, eager to change the subject back to his health care reform proposals, wilted under pressure from the police union and public opinion, both of which disapproved of his characterization of the arrest as "stupid." For its part, the police union was at some pains to present African American officers who would corroborate Crowley's reputation as a "non-racist." Yet assuming that to be true, "swaggering authoritarian" still seems rather too close to the mark for comfort, and that description (or some nicer mainstream version thereof) was never debated amidst the narrower debate about whether he was a swaggering racist authoritarian.
And of course this is not some isolated instance of police thinking themselves to be entitled to obedience and deference, and thinking themselves charged with something other than enforcing the law. And of course that is a matter of more than theoretical concern, given that they're armed with guns and supplied with hand held Taser torture devices.***
But it doesn't have to involve either one, as Gates (fortunately, in that respect) can attest. A Wisconsin sheriff arrested a man in Wisconsin for flying his flag upside down on the July 4 parade route; according to a report, he reasoned "it was not illegal to fly the flag upside down but people were upset and it was the Fourth of July. "It is illegal to cause a disruption," he said." In the District of Columbia last week, lawyer Pepin Tuma decided to test whether he could say "I hate the police" to their face, and was arrested. Was Tuma unwise? Impolite? Unnecessary? Sure, all of the above — but he wasn't breaking the law.
But tell that to Crowley's nearby Boston PD colleague Justin Barrett, who delivered himself of a particularly ugly tirade 'defending' Crowley. To be sure, his email mingled racism and authoritarianism — to be sure, the two are intertwined. But look at what it means for everyone (emphases added):
Your defense … of Gates while he is on the phone while being confronted [INDEED] with a police officer is assuming he has rights when considered a suspect. He is a suspect and will always be a suspect. His first priority of effort should be to get off the phone and comply with police, for if I was the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, I would have sprayed him in the face with OC deserving of his belligerent non-compliance.
Tell that even to philosophy Ph.D. candidate and no doubt sterling police officer Brandon Del Pozo, who in a guest post at Crooked Timber wrote,
It cannot become commonplace for people to be allowed to scream at the police in public, threatening them with political phone calls, deriding their abilities, etc. Routine acts like rendering aid to lost children, taking accident reports and issuing traffic violations could be derailed at any time by any person who has a perceived grievance with the police. […]
But in the end the mere presence of the police cannot be seen as an acceptable reason for disorderly conduct, and should therefore not spur the police to leave a scene simply to de-escalate it. A police strategy of "winning by appearing to lose" emboldens citizens to attempt to get the police to lose in more and more serious matters, including walking away from situations where a person is genuinely guilty of a crime.
Again, digby:
This is a form of blackmail similar to the CIA threatening to let terrorists kill us if they are held accountable for lawbreaking. It says that the police will not be willing to rescue lost children if they have to put up with yelling citizens. That is an abdication of their duties and the idea that they should then be given carte blanche to shut up all citizens by means of arrest, because it creates a social environment where someone might cause a distraction in the future, is Orwellian double talk.
And it makes a mockery of the first amendment. If police are to be shielded from public criticism when they are acting in their official capacity then we have an authoritarian state. If yelling at the authorities is a crime then we do not have free speech.
What happened to Gates wasn't wrong because he was a black man in America, it was wrong because he was a human being with inalienable rights in America.
Come together, over me
Serious issues, deserving a serious hearing — and they nearly got that hearing when Obama first took on the question. But of course they did not.
Obama, instead, ultimately provided another data point about himself that fit two patterns. The first pattern, of course — seen in issues ranging from the FISA Amendment Act to Iraq — is that of saying a true, bold thing …and then rather quickly backing down on it when that seems expedient.
The second pattern on display was Obama's need to shoehorn Americans into getting along, whether or not they do get along, whether or not they have anything to get along about — even whether or not it makes sense for accomplishing his own agenda. Exhibit A in this respect had been Obama's fetishization of "bipartisanship", even at the cost of, for example, a health care reform plan that makes any sense. But that image may now be forever supplanted, at least in my mind, by that image of Biden, Obama, Crowley, and Gates sitting together at a table, smiling foreachother and for the distant cameras, and accomplishing nothing of value in the name of a "teachable moment." John Kenney's satire in the New Yorker may sum up what little Obama achieved with the "beer summit":
OBAMA: What have we learned?
GATES: That we like beer.
OBAMA: What else?
GATES: If you're going to break into your own house go in through the back door?
CROWLEY: If you're going to arrest someone on false charges plant something on them to make the charges stick?
OBAMA: Good. We've made progress here today.
That's funny; this isn't — a Washington Post writer summing up his deepest reaction to the Gates-Crowley incident this way:
One of the common-sense rules of life can be summed up this way: Don't Mess With Cops. […] The police, when they show up at a residence or a liquor store, don't know what's what or who's who. The good cops are there to have people (a) cease and (b) desist. The bad cops still have a badge, a gun and the legal authority to haul your butt downtown.
EDIT, UPDATE, 8/7: Balko and Coates links added below, list rearranged to bullets, quotes added.
- Mick Arran ("fact-esque"): "Crowley Taps Obama's Chest and Growls, O Man Bows"
- Maureen Dowd: "But the strong guy with the gun has more control than the weak guy with the cane. An officer who teaches racial sensitivity should not have latched on to a technicality about neighbors — who seemed to be outnumbered by cops — getting "alarmed" by Gates's "outburst.""
- Christopher Hitchens: "Professor Gates should have taken his stand on the Bill of Rights and not on his epidermis or that of the arresting officer, and, if he didn't have the presence of mind to do so, that needn't inhibit the rest of us."
- David Corn: "The Crowley-Gates beer, though, is not likely to signal much more than that Obama can clean up a mess quickly. That's actually a good trait for a commander in chief to possess. It was refreshing to see a president acknowledge in a mature manner that he had screwed up."
- Bob Herbert: "Most whites do not want to hear about racial problems, and President Obama would rather walk through fire than spend his time dealing with them."
- Mark Kleiman: "Read Crowley's report and stop on page two when he admits seeing Gates's Harvard photo ID. I don't care what Gates had said to him up until then, Crowley was obligated to leave."
- Andy Famiglietti: "There has been a lot of good commentary on this, but one thing I've been surprised by is the constant drumbeat of "responsible" advice dished out by many well-meaning commentators, white and black alike, who stress the importance of never, ever raising your voice to a Police officer."
- Frank Rich: "The president's subsequent apology for his news-conference answer was superfluous. But he might have used it to acknowledge the one exemplary player in Cambridge, Lucia Whalen, the white passer-by whose good deed of a 911 phone call did not go unpunished."
- Radley Balko: "Put the race talk aside: the issue here is abuse of police power, and misplaced deference to authority."
- Ta-Nehisi Coates: "I feel pretty stupid for going hard on this, and stupider for defending what Obama won't really defend himself. I should have left it at one post. Evidently Obama, Crowley and Gates are talking about getting a beer together. I hope they have a grand old time. The rest of us are left with a country where, by all appearances, officers are well within their rights to arrest you for sassing them. Which is where we started. I can't explain why, but this is the sort of thing that makes you reflect on your own precarious citizenship. I mean, the end of all of this scares the hell out of me."
I've collected other relevant articles under the "gatescrowley" tag on my 'delicious' list.
* While the Harvard University ID Gates could display appears not to have listed his address, it either immediately or quickly sufficed for Sergeant Crowley, perhaps after confirmation with a phone book.
** References to "Just what is disorderly conduct, anyway?" (Posner, Volokh Conspiracy) and "Arrest as punishment," (Ristroph, Balkinization). From a ruling: Defendant's conduct, namely, flailing his arms and shouting at police, victim of recent assault, or both, after being told to leave area by police, did not amount to "violent or tumultuous behavior" within scope of disorderly conduct statute, absent any claim that defendant's protestations constituted threat of violence, or any evidence that defendant's flailing arms were anything but physical manifestation of his agitation or that noise and commotion caused by defendant's behavior was extreme. Com. v. Lopiano (2004) 805 N.E.2d 522, 60 Mass.App.Ct. 723.
*** In what is merely the latest in the inevitable series of disturbing power trip stories associated with Tasers, a Boise police officer literally pushed one against a suspect's anus recently because the handcuffed man was struggling — struggling for breath, as it turned out, and begging for mercy. The ugly audio file is here.


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Q. I adore make up and have a LOT!! I have a professional type box, but find it annoyingly fiddly for a busy mum on the go. I also like to be able to see all my products or I forget I have them! Any ideas for attractive storage? A. That is such a good question. And looking at the products sprawling around our shelves and windowsills, it is relevant to us too. (And most women we wager…)
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A new club - of honest autorickshaw driversOctober 16th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) There's a new club in town. The members are well dressed, courteous, trained and honest, and they all drive autorickshaws.Immaculately dressed in a grey uniform, Deepak Jaiswal, an autorickshaw driver, stood beside his vehicle, beaming with pride.
Jaiswal, 40, is a member of the Star Autorickshaw Club, an initiative of NGO Nyaya Bhoomi that works for ensuring accountability in public governance. The club so far has 24 members.
The member drivers are committed that they will not turn down passengers, will go by the fare meter and maintain a courteous, customer-oriented approach.
"The people of Delhi have seen us as the bad guys who fleece and harass, and that is shameful," said Jaiswal who has worked a 13-hour shift for the past 15 years on a rented vehicle.
Regarding the practice of many drivers rigging the government- prescribed fare meters, Jaiswal explained to IANS: "When the old meters were there, it was easy to get them rigged. The new electronic meters are clever, if you tamper with them, they will stop functioning altogether in some time.
"I admit I was party to that once - but now no longer. For the past five years, my meter has not caused problems, and I am happy and satisfied with what I earn. I would prefer to eat one meal less than to earn a dishonest rupee."
Jaiswal, like many other driver members, contacted the NGO when they were unable to tackle corrupt officials to get their licences renewed.
"There were so many middlemen who asked for papers, then for money at different levels to process the case. Finally with the NGO's help, my papers were processed without hassles. That's how the driving experience and commuters' experience should be - hassle free," Jaiswal averred.
Sporting a plate bearing the brand's name, a fare chart, and a message 'I am an honest autorickshaw driver; we work with honesty to change Delhi's destiny' with the driver's photo put up on the vehicle's yellow covering - the autos of the club are a welcome sight to commuters in the capital who are accustomed to haggling with rude drivers.
The entry cost for the club, that hopes to rope in 15,000 drivers in a year's time, is Rs.3,000.
The amount can be paid in instalments and covers the cost of training the drivers (traffic rules, code of conduct), their uniforms and the auto's makeover with new seats, direction indicators, paint and other such refurbishments.
Another member, Raju Gupta, 35, is worried about the soaring food prices. "I have four children and after cutting the cost of renting vehicle, and the fixed amount to give to the club, I am left with Rs.100 a day. That's peanuts!"
Asked if that'll make him compromise his commitment, Gupta, who is a high school pass out, shook his head, saying "What I make is with a clean conscience - the passenger will respect me and I won't be scrounging on his hard-earned money."
Chandrabhan Singh, 48, has been driving on the city's streets since 1990. He felt that the fleecing attitude was not so prevalent in earlier days.
"Relations between the commuter and driver were cordial - only now the equation has changed. Commuters don't trust the driver, and drivers go to any extent to make extra money - without realising that no trust means no satisfaction," Singh said.
For many members the club's training programme on traffic rules and code of conduct was a blessing in disguise.
"It was a good experience - they taught me traffic rules like staying on the left of the road, explained the functioning of the electronic meter, taught me courtesy. This was a novel experience and I benefited - I haven't been given a ticket for nearly six months now," Jaiswal grinned.
The club also plans to give its members various social security benefits like insurance and pension plans.
"Such schemes will be funded by revenues the club will generate through display advertisements on the back of the rickshaws," said Rakesh Agarwal, secretary Nyaya Bhoomi.
"We have given them registers to keep accounts, feedback and suggestions to keep the system transparent - these features and other yet-to-be-decided parameters will be used to evaluate the drivers, and the drivers will then be awarded gold stars which will go on their uniforms," Agarwal told IANS.
(Shweta Srinivasan can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Autorickshaw users expect smooth ride after court order - Nov 12, 2011
- A club of honourable auto-rickshaw drivers - Jan 13, 2009
- NGO backs public boycott of Mumbai taxis Aug 12 - Aug 07, 2010
- After court order on Kolkata cabs, 'alternative' arrangements planned - Mar 31, 2012
- Government reply sought on plea over bus corridor - Jan 19, 2012
- 10,000 Mumbai autorickshaw permit holders agree to electronic meters - Oct 05, 2011
- Honest autorickshaw driver returns laptop, gets Rs.20,000 reward (With Image) - Sep 18, 2009
- Court summons Delhi's transport commissioner - Mar 19, 2010
- Torrential rains cripple Delhi -- for hours - Sep 09, 2011
- Commuting by CNG driven autos, taxis to cost dearly in Mumbai - Jun 22, 2010
- Mumbai autorickshaw drivers divided on strike - Apr 15, 2012
- 'Not a single legal auto stand in national capital' - Dec 06, 2009
- Kolkata autorickshaw drivers disrupt normal life - Apr 03, 2012
- Can anyone make Goa's cabbies charge by meter? (Letter from Goa) - May 03, 2012
- Only banks should finance autorickshaws, suggests government - Mar 22, 2010
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Immediate Release –Sports
January 23, 2018
27 Sinclair Student-Athletes named to the Fall OCCAC All-Academic Team
Dayton, OH – The athletic department is pleased to announce that 27 Sinclair student-athletes over five sports earned Fall OCCAC All-Academic honors.
The Ohio Community College Athletic Conference has announced its 2017-18 All-Academic team for all student-athletes who earned at least a 3.30 GPA in the fall semester with at least 12 credit hours completed. This year, the OCCAC converted to a fall and spring all-academic team as opposed to one for the entire year.
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Parts of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh building are set to be dismantled following a fire this month after it was revealed the structure is likely to collapse in a matter of days.
Glasgow City Council officials said that their surveys of the building have shown that there has been substantial movement in the building, meaning a sudden collapse of certain parts of it was 'likely'.
READ MORE: Glasgow School of Art fire: Suppression system 'weeks away'
It marks a change in the rating of the building, from 'possible' only last week.
A council statement said: "There is now a requirement to at least partially dismantle sections of the building as a matter of urgency.
READ MORE: Art school not only landmark under fire
"However, the dangerous nature of the site - which includes the Mackintosh building and the O2 ABC - is such that it will take around two days to devise a methodology for taking down the south facade, which is the most seriously affected part of the building.
"The west gable of the Mackintosh building has continued to deteriorate and the east gable has continued to move outwards.
"It is not possible at this time to say exactly when the work will begin, but it will be as soon as possible."


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This is an implementation of the Canny edge detector, extended to operate on 3-D as well as 2-D data. The function features:
* 3-D capability, using the natural extension of the standard 2-D algorithm.
* A sub-pixel location estimation option.
* Symmetric differences for gradient estimation, so edge positions do not suffer from a systematic bias, with the option to use nearest-neighbour differences.
* Anisotropic smoothing if required, for example for volumes where the resolution differs between axes.
* A flexible range of thresholding options, including simple defaults and precise distribution-based selection. Different images can be treated consistently using absolute thresholds.
* Options for fine-tuning non-maximum suppression.
* Efficient use of the separability of the Gaussian for filtering.
* Independent functions for the different stages of the processing pipeline. This simplifies development of new algorithms; some of the functions (e.g. smoothing) are also useful in other contexts.
All the functions in the submission should be downloaded and placed on the MATLAB path in order to use the CANNY function.
I am getting warning:Warning: Attribute nondecreasing not supported.
> In checkattributes at 11
In canny>@(t)checkattributes(t,{'numeric'},{'nonnan','real','finite','nonnegative','nondecreasing'})&&(isempty(t)||isscalar(t)||isequal(size(t),[1,2])) at 202
In canny at 218 .
And my image is blank.
please help me .
ok. i updated to R2014b. so it works now. have to convert the image from uint8 to single or double, or else validateattributes screams. i need to play with it. cause it detects too many edges...
this seems a very nice routine but cause i can't get it to work at all.
i have tried few image files; for starters, i chose those with very sharp corners (like icons, cartoon image, not natural photography). but i always got this error:
"No appropriate method, property, or field addParameter for class inputParser."
if the author could include some example images, that would be nice.
No matter how i call the function, I keep getting this error: The value of 'thresh' is invalid. Undefined function 'checkattributes' for input arguments of type 'cell'. Im running with matlab 2016b.
Hi David,
I just wonder how did you compute out the subpixel location of the edge, which paper or algorithm have you applied to your code? And I am a bit confused about the differences between the edge map and sub_pixel location matrix, because there are more edges in the sub_pixel matrix than that in the edge map. I am very appreciate if you could answer my question.
Dear David
I'm new to MatLab. please, let me know how to use this code with 3D point cloud (.ply file)
Hi Yassine,
varargin is just a placeholder for a complex argument list. Details of the actual arguments, together with examples, are given in the help information for the function.
Hi Yaser,
The mathematical background is given in Canny's original paper. There's a reference to this in the help information for the function. You could also consult almost any introductory textbook on machine vision or image analysis.
Hi David ,
i'm new to the matlab and i did not understand what should i put in the Parameter varargin of the canny function .
thank you
Fantastic code with commenting that has taught me loads! Many thanks
Dear David,
Your code is very great, but I confused about some mathematical concepts in your code. I will be thankful if you offer me some references.
Hi David,
During non-maximum suppression when we interpolate along the gradient direction, why do you also change the coordinates in the non-gradient directions?
I.e. when you add "coords" to "gcomps", you get a new point which is one pixel down the gradient direction, but you also move by some value less than a pixel in the other directions
Hi, can anyone help me? I need to find a method to build a 3D object from it's jpeg slices. do anyone know where i can find any tips or a guideline to do this?
Thank you
Pan Lin: You can also solve the problem by editing the code - change addParameter to addParamValue everywhere it occurs.
No appropriate method, property, or field addParameter for class inputParser.
I have this problem too, and I found the reason is the version, I use 2013a, and only 2013b or later works
Hi David am new to matlab.pls let me know how to find threshold values.Also how to give threshold as input parameter.
Very good and fast implementation. A lot of options, and clear documentation.
hey david i just fixed it and got the results thanks for the code again :)
Hi Aslam, Sorry, but this isn't a good place to ask a question about imshow, which is not called by the functions in this FEX submission. Please could you put your question on Answers, and include your code which causes the error.
hi David, i'm new to the matlab getting an error while runing this code in
Error in imshow (line 227)
[common_args,specific_args] = ...
can you please tell where i'm i wrong ?
Hi Nataliya, griddedInterpolant is only in R2011b and later. You'll need to update your MATLAB to use this function, I'm afraid.
Hi David, I am getting this error while running the code:
??? Undefined function or method 'griddedInterpolant' for input arguments of type 'single'.
Error in ==> nonmaxSuppress at 102
interpolant = griddedInterpolant(gMag, method);
Error in ==> canny at 230
[e, gMag] = nonmaxSuppress(g, 'Method', inp.Results.SMethod, ...
Hi Murari, please see my response to Önder below.
Hi David, i am using matlab13a and getting this error-
No appropriate method, property, or field addParameter for class inputParser.
Error in canny (line 207)
inp.addParameter('Region', 'same');
Hi David, i am using matlab13a and getting this error-
No appropriate method, property, or field addParameter for class inputParser.
Error in canny (line 207)
inp.addParameter('Region', 'same');
Hi Siddharth, It looks as if checkattributes is not on your path. Please make sure that you downloaded the complete submission and all the files are in a folder on your MATLAB path. It's best to download the zip file and unpack it rather than downloading individual functions.
I got an error while using this program. Do you know what am i doing wrong?
Error using gsmoothn>checkinputs (line 128)
The value of 'Region' is invalid. Undefined function 'checkattributes' for input
arguments of type 'cell'.
Hi tong luo, This looks like a version problem also. Please try replacing this line in the definition of checkthresh:
{'nonnan' 'real' 'finite' 'nonnegative' 'nondecreasing'}) && ...
with this:
{}) && ...
This removes some checking, but that probably will not matter, and I hope will avoid the warning.
I am concerned, though, that the warning does not account for the result you observe. Please let me know if that continues to be a problem.
Hi David,
I use matlab 2011b, and replace inp.addParameter, but when use your demo code for 2d pout.tif, the result image e is all 0 value, the reported warn is below, thank you in advance for the debug :
Warning: Failed to find attribute in list.
> In checkattributes at 11
In canny>@(t)checkattributes(t,{'numeric'},{'nonnan','real','finite','nonnegative','nondecreasing'})&&(isempty(t)||isscalar(t)||isequal(size(t),[1,2])) at 202
In canny at 232
Hi Önder, I think the only change you need to make is to replace inp.addParameter with inp.addParamValue wherever it occurs. If there are other problems, please let me know what goes wrong.
Hi David,
im a pretty new Matlab user.
Is there a possibilty to use this code with Matlab 7 R2010b ? Because I cant update to a higher version
best wishes
Thanks David - I didn't even realize Peter's existed on the system I was using. That explains the confusion!
Yours worked just fine in 3D after converting to double.
Daniel: Looks like you are using Peter Kovesi's Canny function, not mine. Best check what is on your path. Incidentally, mine won't work with uint16 inputs - it only accepts double or single arrays.
Hi David,
Thanks for the reply. Here's the complete error that it's kicking out; the input array img is 1024x1024x421 of int16 type (no other options specified):
[gradientD1 orD1] = canny(img);
Undefined function 'conv2' for input arguments of type 'double' and attributes 'full 3d real'.
Error in derivative5 (line 92)
varargout{n} = conv2(p, d1, im, 'same');
Error in canny (line 54)
[Ix, Iy] = derivative5(im,'x','y'); % Get derivatives.
Error in HausdorffThicknessSratch (line 24)
[gradientD1 orD1] = canny(img);
Daniel Leib: Please can you give details of the error, including the calling code and the full error message. The function is already designed to work on 3-D volumes, so it won't be as simple as swapping convn for conv2.
Hi David,
I gave your code a try on a 2D image and it worked wonderfully, but if I try to run it on a 3D grayscale volume representing CT data it fails using conv2. What alterations would be appropriate to swap those calls out for convn?
works well, thank you!
@nan: I'm using R2012b and it worked for me! thanks!
@David, for an old version of MATLAB, replace addParameter by addParamValue. Then it should work.
David, your problem is most likely that you are using an old version of MATLAB. If you update to a recent version, you will find that inputParser is on your path. I prepared the submission using R2013b.
I apologize I am new to Matlab. I get an error regarding the input parser.
No appropriate method, property, or field addParameter for class inputParser.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It is working perfectly
Great work!
Sub-pixel estimation option; nearest-neighbour differencing option.
Simplified the code. Faster and more flexible nonmaximum suppression. Change to the ordering of elements of the vector of smoothing constants in the 2-D case, for greater consistency.
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Project Godiva – Part 10
The past three months have been marked not so much by what construction has occurred, but rather by the number of final – if they are truly final – decisions that have been made. Steering Rack The previously acquired Ford Escort steering rack has been replaced by a Toyota rack. The Escort the rack sat…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 9
Even with years of planning, actually making Godiva has never really been a very linear process, where each step is well planned in advance and flows smoothly from one stage to another. Instead it has been very much like a long staircase in a grand old building where there are pauses along the way to…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 8
What you see below is the Mitsubishi drivetrain (engine and transaxle) removed from the car, complete with subframe, suspension, struts and discs etc. What I had not expected when this was finally on my garage floor was that the driveshaft would be approximately 40mm lower than the crankshaft. It was a surprise, mostly because you…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 7
The basic primary and secondary structures for Godiva have been detailed in the previous two issues of Race Magazine. However I have received quite a few questions of how the honeycomb panels actually attach to the chassis and since there seemed to be such interest I thought that this issue should document my research and…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 6
Secondary Structure In Issue five, we had a brief look at the proposed hybrid chassis that we intend to use as a basis for Godiva. The chassis proposed uses a simple steel SHS spaceframe stiffened with aluminium honeycomb panels to achieve the desired performance. The chassis described so far is not the complete structure of…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 5
What you see on the following page is the concept diagram for Godiva's chassis. You can see that the diagram has 'layers' to help make sense of the overall image (note all red/green/black lines are steel tube, coloured sections are honeycomb panel). However, before going into the details as such we should consider the overall…Read More
Project Godiva – Part 4
What type of engine would you like to use to power your own 'supercar'? Does the sound and feel of the engine's power delivery give you a warm glow inside, even after the drive has finished? Do you have a particular allegiance to a brand and type of engine? Do you only want a manual…Read More
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As I said originally I would pay attention to those readers who showed interest in building a 'Godiva' of their own. To my surprise the overwhelming request was 95% for a mid/rear engined car and I also admit that it is my current preference as well (note this may have biased some of the reasoning…Read More
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We now need to start discussing some of the design priorities. Where do we start? Basically we have to decide what 'Godiva' is to be designed for and what the priorities are. What I see is that Godiva should be able to take a driver and one passenger fast as possible and as safe as…Read More
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
Jude: A Pilgrimage to the Saint of Last Resort
Another good read about St. Jude, Emmy Award-winning journalist Liz Trotta wrote Jude: A Pilgrimage to the Saint of Last Resort in 2005.
From HarperCollins Publishers: "The patron of desperate causes, Saint Jude is best known for his miraculous powers of healing and rescue, and has become a symbol of hope for children with cancer, people with AIDS, and sailors lost at sea. Yet the history of this apostle remains enigmatic and obscure. In this riveting investigation of faith and legend, award-winning journalist Liz Trotta follows in the footsteps of the New Testament's Jude through Italy, Turkey, the lands of old Armenia, and the United States. Part detective story, part pilgrimage, Jude unravels the mysteries of history's most elusive saint and investigates his lasting attraction for those who still believe in the healing powers of faith."
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February 1st, 2017, 11:30am in the birthplace of Bono and William Butler Yeats (Dublin, Ireland) my first radio airplay by Sean Brophy of 103.2 Dublin City FM. He mentions my name at the top of the show in a lineup with Fairport Convention (Sandy Denny) and the Oscar nominated song from La La Land (sung by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone). Esteemed company. Listen to Sean's entire entertaining and diverse show by clicking the play button above or going to the mixcloud page here . Charlotte, NC and Bob Malone (who played piano) get a shout-out in the intro to my song "Keep on Talking" at 49:10. Many thanks to Alexis Bruce (my manager), Chris Rosser (recorded and mixed the cd) and the folks at Gat3 studios for their work on the song.