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Entering the tournament as the 10th seed, CN Power blew away everyone's expectations, defeating Sacred City and later Boston Roller Derby to finish 6th in the WFTDA Salem Division 1 Playoff. The girls in pink put Toronto on the roller derby map with their amazing and energetic play over the weekend.
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Our drone mounted multispectral cameras allow users to analyse crops from the air and fine tune the amount of fertiliser or pesticide each plot requires. The end result is a better yield with less waste.
Each of the camera payloads can be mounted on to any drone. They are compatible with Pix4D image processing software. This allows the captured data to be quickly analysed and presented in an easy to understand format.
The Parrot Sequoia payload offers a cost effective solution for aerial crop analysis. It uses a multispectral sensor and a sunshine sensor to capture the amount of light that a plant absorbs or reflects. This allows farmers to quickly determine whether crops require more fertiliser or pesticides and to see how well they respond to irrigation. The payload also incorporates a GPS sensor to improve the accuracy of its readings.
The more expensive MicaSense Rededge has sensors for five different colours of light. This allows it to be set up for a variety of custom applications. It features serial, ethernet and Wi-Fi interfaces to allow it to be used in a range of different settings with different equipment and software. The payload's Downwelling Light Sensor measures ambient light to allow more accurate readings in all light conditions.
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Sunday, January 15, 2006 SEBRING, Fla. – Over the course of three days, using 30 race cars during 21 separate on-track sessions, 59 karters-turned-racecar drivers all had a chance to earn a piece of the $115,000 in Skip Barber sponsorship up for grabs at the ninth annual Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shoot-out at Sebring International Raceway. When the judges left the race control tower Sunday afternoon, they announced the names of the six competitors that had made the biggest impression. Drivers whose speed, judgment and personal presentation deemed them most likely to succeed as they begin climbing the motorsports ladder.
The biggest prize – a fully paid season in the 2006 Skip Barber National presented by RACER – was earned by one of the youngest drivers, 14-year-old Alexander Rossi of Nevada City, Calif. The next biggest award went to Ricky Taylor, 16, one of the sons of 2005 Rolex Sports Car champion Wayne Taylor. Taylor won a fully paid seat in one of the four Skip Barber Regional Race Series championships. Those two awards are worth a combined $65,000.
Winning $15,000 in sponsorship each were Marco Di Leo, 19, of Markham, Ont., Canada, and Jonathan Goring, 16, from Norfolk, Conn. Di Leo is the younger brother of Barber Dodge/Star Mazda/Formula Atlantic stand-out Dan Di Leo.
Also making the final cut and earning $10,000 each in sponsorship were Joel Miller, 17, from Hesperia, Calif., and Alex Ardoin, 16, of Sunset, La.
The 2006 Skip Barber National opens its 14-race 2006 season March 11-12 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, supporting the inaugural U.S. A1GP event.
SPECIAL NOTE: The past two champions of the Skip Barber National were both on the grounds: 2004 champion Marco Andretti was on the Sebring ''test'' circuit taking his first-ever laps in the ArcaEx Dallara-Honda today, beginning his prep for his IRL campaign, while on Sebring's ''modified'' circuit (where the Karting Shoot-out was being held), 2005 champion Gerardo Bonilla, who'll drive for Anderson Walko Racing in the 2006 Star Mazda Championship, was one of the Shoot-out judges.
FROM THIS… All 59 karters gather on Sebring's historic front straight. The drivers were assigned to one of four race groups. Each driver had five different sessions in which to show their speed and consistency.
TO THIS… The drivers who made the next-to-last cut Sunday late morning, following their fifth and final session. From the left: Marco Di Leo, Andrew Carbonell, Chris Keller, Tyler Dueck, Jonathan Goring, Alexander Rossi, Tad Funakoshi, Ricky Taylor, Alex Ardoin, Joel Miller and Justin Larson. These 11 were then sent out for one last ''qualifying'' session in order for the judges to make one last assessment.
TO THESE TWO winning the biggest sponsorships: Alexander Rossi (l.) and Ricky Taylor
At 14, Rossi is the youngest winner of Skip Barber Karting Scholarship Shoot-out in the event's nine year history.
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So there is this guy I have a crush on. I didn't realize I had him on facebook until a notification popped up saying it was his b-day. He has talked to me once in class. That day we had a pretty good convo. Okay so anyways... I messaged him saying happy b-day and for him to have a great day and he said thank you and "have a wonderful day" then I was like you're welcome and thank you then he continued the conversation! Which I did not expect to happen. He started talking about the class we are in. We ended up having another conversation. Is this a good sign that he's interested? If so , should I approach him in class next time, make the next move? (He sits far from where I sit)
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text: Guest bidsandrew Report post Posted December 22, 2011 Not sure if I am posting this in the right section but hope someone can help. We have been here 6 weeks and although I know it is early days I am so worried about my 6 year old son. He seems so unhappy most of the time. Nothing seems to make him happy, even getting our new puppy made him happy only briefly! In the UK he was a really happy boy with lots of friends and always seemed to make friends really easily when we were out and about. He has always been a sensitive boy and always emotionallly younger than his actual age but never the less normally happy. He doesnt want to go to playparks here (although when he gets there he always has fun and does make friends), he would rather stay at home and mope about and is really misserable. He is also very clingy when we do go anywhere which is so unlike him normaly. He shouts and screams alot and just seems so unsettled and sad. His behaviour is driving my husband mad and to be honest me sometimes too. My husband hasnt found work yet and I think him being at home prop isnt helping as it is not life as normal. He did start school 2 weeks before the end of term and never wanted to go in in the mornings although always seemed to have had a good day when I picked him up. Im not sure he has really made any friends at school but again I know that takes time. My 3 year old is now copying his older brother and im not sure I can deal with 2 unhappy boys!! I know this is all probably really normal and I have asked him if he likes Australia and he has said he does but I dont know what else I can do to make him happy. I know in time he will prob settle down but I just wanted to hear from anyone else just to put my mind at rest. We are loving Aus so far and can see this is definitly the place for us but really want my son to be happy! I even asked him if he wanted to go back to the UK (stupid I know, but I was desperate to find out why he was so unhappy!) and he did say no. Sorry I have gone on but would love some advice or reasurrance from anyone out there who has been in the same situation. Cheers Bridget Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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|Sonix Technology Co., Ltd.
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This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/189,244 filed on Jul. 2, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,328,845. Priority is claimed on U.S. application Ser. No. 10/189,244 filed on Jul. 2, 2002, which claims the priority date of R.O.C. Patent Application No. 091100350 filed on Jan. 11, 2002, all of which is incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for producing indicators and processing apparatus and system utilizing the indicators, and more particularly, to a method, an apparatus and a system for providing additional information from the indicators affixed onto the surface of an object.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Dating back to ancient time, people start delivering information by recording information on surfaces of various objects. For example, since the birth of paper, people acquire the information through characters and drawings affixed on papers. Furthermore, in recent years, with distinctive colors, characters, or pictures attached to different locations on surface of an object, people try to disclose the information with regard to each different position of the object.
When people observe the surface of object, they generally capture the information visually. However, the amount or types of the information carried by the surface of object are generally limited under the restrictions of the area size, beautification of the surface.
Nowadays, due to the advance of electronic technology, the visual information has been retrieved from its original carrier and stored as the digital information in an electronic apparatus. And people read them directly from the electronic apparatus. However, it is difficult for the digital information to totally replace the information printed in books or information attached to the surface of object.
On the other hand, through hyper link approach of computer technology, the digital information can be displayed in multiple dimensions, while the information printed in book or attached to the object still are displayed in two dimensions. Thus, if multiple dimensions information can be recorded on the book or the object, people can acquire additional information through the electronic apparatus.
One aspect of the present invention is to provide a method for producing graphical indicators. Some visually negligible graphical indicators are affixed on the surface of an object. The graphical indicators co-exist with main information, such as a text or picture, on the surface of object, and do not interfere with the perception of human eyes to the main information. A user retrieves the graphical indicators through an electronic system that does not couple with the object and acquires additional information from the graphical indicators.
Another aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus and a system utilizing the graphical indicators. The apparatus or the system includes an optical-reading device, a processing device, and an output device. The optical-reading device captures an image including the graphical indicators from the surface of object, the processing device, responsive to the graphical indicators, acquires the corresponding additional information by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators, and the output device outputs the additional information.
The present invention provides a method for producing graphical indicators and interactive systems for utilizing the graphical indicators. Some visually negligible graphical indicators are affixed on the surface of an object. The graphical indicators co-exist with a main information, such as a text or picture, on the surface of object, and do not interfere with the perception of human eyes to the main information. A user retrieves the graphical indicators through an electronic system and acquires additional information from the graphical indicators. The user can utilize the graphical indicators without a complicated platform providing coordinate system. Furthermore, the typical book or the surface of object can carry more information through the graphical indicators.
Exemplary Design for the Graphical Indicators
In the present invention, one aspect of the graphical indicators is that the graphical indicators are so visually negligible that do not interfere with the main information on the surface of object. Another aspect of the graphical indicators is that the graphical indicators are not interfered by the other information on the surface when the electronic system reads the graphical indicators.
For the visually negligible feature of graphical indicator, each graphical indicator includes multiple graphical micro-units arranged in a layout. Shown in
In practical application, the shape of the graphical micro-units may be regular or irregular shape, such as a round spot. For best result, the graphical micro-unit must be so tiny that only a microscope apparatus can detect it.
When the graphical micro-units are tiny and arranged loosely in the layout, the user easily neglects the combination 100 of graphical micro-units and pays attention to main information, like the word "APPLE" depicted in
The combination 100 of the graphical micro-units consists of multiple graphical indicators arranged in sequence. Each graphical indicator includes multiple state zones for selectively respectively storing the graphical micro-units, wherein each of the state zones displays a state from at least two candidate states.
For example, shown in
When the micro-units in state zone 113 of the first state are assigned value of one and those of the second state are assigned value of zero, a bit matrix form 114 shown in
Furthermore, the multiple graphical indicators, as well as the graphical micro-units, are arranged in two-dimension matrix forms. Such arrangements of the graphical indicators and the graphical micro-units look homogenous to human eyes. Next, the present invention provides a method for retrieving the individual graphical indicator from the matrix form of the graphical indicators.
Shown in
Furthermore, in order to rapidly retrieve the indicator information, the image corresponding to the matrix form of the graphical indicators is rotated and converted into bit matrix form, shown in
Furthermore, we divide the surface of object into multiple index zones. Each zone corresponds to an index value. The graphical indicator corresponding to identical indicator information is repeatedly arranged in each index zone. The graphical indicator corresponding to different indicator information is repeatedly arranged in different index zones. The system maker of the invention records the corresponding relationship of the indicator information to the index zone in an electronic apparatus. When the electronic apparatus captures an image from a index zone, it can acquire the index value of the zone using the corresponding relationship.
For example,
Other embodiment for the graphical indicators is possible. For example,
Alternately, different graphical indicators may also be arranged in one index zone as shown in
There are requirements for the graphical indicators being negligible to human eyes. First, each graphical indicator must be tiny and human eyes can not differentiate one graphical indicator from others. Second, according to the size of the graphical micro-unit, the pitch between micro-unit, and the desired visual effect, one should reduce the number of the graphical micro-units used. In this way, the graphical indicators have little influence on the brightness of the surface of object. Furthermore, number of graphical micro-units of each graphical indicator is substantially equal to each other, and therefore the graphical indicators look more homogenous to human eyes and become invisible to human eyes.
In a first embodiment, each square centimeter of the selected zone includes more than 3000 state zones of which less than seventy percent are in the first state, and percentage of area occupied by the graphical micro-unit in the state zone is less than 80.
In a second embodiment, each square centimeter of the selected zone includes more than 6000 state zones of which less than seventy percent are in the first state, and percentage of area occupied by the graphical micro-unit in the state zone is less than 80.
The following provides the methods for capturing the graphical indicators by an electronic system without interference with main information on the surface of object.
First, a method utilizing infrared ray and oil ink is illustrated below.
While printing the information on conventional media, a desired color is obtained by combining primitive color inks: cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K). Generally, hue and saturation are obtained by adjusting combination of C, Y, and M, and brightness is obtained by adjusting K.
It is noted that infrared ray has high transmittance for most of C, M, Y primitive color inks, but has low transmittance for most of K color inks. In other words, C, M, Y color inks hardly absorb the infrared ray, but black color ink substantially absorbs the infrared ray. Therefore, infrared ray transmits through most of C, M, Y color inks and displays high brightness after reflecting from a light-coloured object surface under C, M, Y color inks. On the contrary, the surface that is printed in black color ink displays low brightness because of the absorption of the infrared ray by most of black color ink. Thus, when a detector receives an image corresponding to graphical indicators printed in most of black color ink, the image does not interfere with main information printed in most of C, M, Y color inks.
On the other hand, when the main information needs to be printed in black, one type of black color, in the specification we called it Near_K, which hardly absorbs infrared ray, is used to print the main information. Mixing C, M, Y colors under predetermined ratio makes Near_K that displays visual black, such as dark indigo or dark brown. The ratio for mixing C, M, Y colors to obtain Near_K color is well known to the people skilled in the art. Since Near_K is made by C, M, Y color inks, Near_K is transmittable by infrared ray. And, to cooperate with this arrangement, the graphical indicators are printed using K (black) color.
In the above description, the black color is used for an example and, however, it is not a limitation. Other inks that can substantially absorb the infrared ray can be used to print graphical indicators. This approach has advantage of low cost. It is to be noted that any type of oil ink, no matter what color it shows, that could substantially absorb infrared ray, are suitable for the print of graphical indicator and are intended scope of protection of present application. Any types of oil ink, that are transmittable by infrared and are close to black visually, i.e. some oil ink of edibility-class without carbon element, can also be used as Near-K color. Near-K color may act as role of black color of four primitive colors (C,M,Y,K) while printing the main information over the surface.
On the other end, it is known that most oil inks absorb ultra-violent or blue light. That is, they do not produce light in visible spectrum when irradiated by ultra-violent or blue light. However, special type ink, such as fluorescent ink, produces visual image under the irradiation of ultra-violet or blue light. Thus, under this approach, the graphical indicators are printed in fluorescent ink, and the main information is printed in a typical oil ink. To cope with the arrangement, ultra-violent or blue light is used to irradiate the surface of object while reading the image. Afterwards, the non-interference image can be obtained by implementing an optical filter for filtering out unwanted spectrum portion.
Another method is to directly use visual light. Since there are many graphical indicators that are not overlapped with the main information, as long as the detector detects single graphical indicator, the indicator information can be obtained.
There are more than one approaches to generate (prepare) the indicator information. For example, the additional information is encoded into the indicator information by method of compressed encoding. When the electronic system retrieves the indicator information, it acquires the additional information by decoding the indicator information. When this approach is adopted, the processing device of the invention, responsive to the graphical indicators, acquires the corresponding additional information by processing (decoding) the graphical indicators.
Another way to obtain the additional information from the indicator information is using a mapping unit stored in the electronic system. The embodiments of the mapping unit include a database or a lookup table, etc. Actual implementations for the mapping unit include a hard disk, a floppy disk, a compact disk, a read-only memory, or a memory card. The electronic system acquires the additional information corresponding to the indicator information through the mapping unit. When this approach is adopted, the processing device, responsive to the graphical indicators, acquires the corresponding additional information by transforming the graphical indicators. Furthermore, for a more complicated design, the processing device, responsive to the graphical indicators, acquires the corresponding additional information by processing and/or transforming the graphical indicators.
Exemplary Electronic System Utilizing the Graphical Indicators
In addition, the surface of object 51 includes multiple index zones on which respective icons 511 and illustrations 513 are affixed. In particular, the index zone corresponding to the icon 511 is printed with multiple identical graphical indicators 512. To illustrate clearly, the graphical indicator 512 is visible. But in actual practice, the graphical indicator 512 may be so tiny as to be non-visible to human naked eyes.
In this embodiment, the icon 511 is directly captured by human eyes 52. In addition, the electronic system 31 is used to acquire the additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator 512.
As the electronic system 31 is directed to a zone to that the graphical indicator 512 is affixed, the optical device 311 captures the image including the graphical indicator 512 and transfers the image to the processing device 312. Then the processing device 312 retrieves the graphical indicator 512 from the image and acquires the additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator 512. In the embodiment, the additional information includes audio information, such as pronunciations of horse in English or other visual information, such as illustration of horse. Then the output device 313 outputs the audio information with a speaker 3131 and the visual information with a display panel 3132. In addition, other types of information sensible by human being, such as olfactory or tactual information, can also be outputted.
The sensor unit 611 transfers the electronic information to the image-processing circuit 62 for image processing purpose. The image-processing circuit 62 extracts the combination of the graphical micro-units from the electronic information (step 74). The exemplary combination of the graphical micro-units is denoted as 100 in
Next, the output circuit 63 outputs the additional information (step 78). In the embodiment, the additional information is audio information. The output circuit 63 includes a speaker that outputs the audio information corresponding to the zone on the surface of object irradiated by the active light source 612.
Alternatively, the read-only memory card (ROM card) 622 per se includes a built-in digital signal processor. Under this arrangement, the mapping unit, i.e. read-only memory card (ROM card) 622, retrieves additional information corresponding to the indicator information responsive to the command from digital signal processor 621.
Furthermore, the additional information may also include commands for controlling other interactive devices.
Application for Input of Information
The optical device of an electronic system 91 captures the image including the graphical indicator 9012. The processing device of the electronic system 91 retrieves the graphical indicator 9012 from the image and acquires the additional information corresponding to the graphical indicator 9012. The additional information is a command corresponding to the main information 9011. The electronic system 91 transfers the command to a response device 92. For instance, the response device 92 may be an audio device capable of generating sound of corresponding piano key. Under the same concept while altering the patterns, the object 90 may easily become a computer keyboard or calculator keyboard. The response device 92 may include mobile phone, personal digital assistant, notebook, and other electronic devices.
Application for Control Function
Besides visual, olfactory or vibrating effects, the additional information includes controlling commands.
As the electronic device 10016 is denoted to a dialogue 10019, the electronic device 10016 retrieves the graphical indicators corresponding to the dialogue 10019 and then acquires a command of additional information. The electronic device 10016 transfers the command to the response device 1001 and the puppet 10012. The response device 1001 displays the dialogue 10019 on the word-line display panel 10014, and the puppet 10012 speaks dialogue when making the action.
Substitute for Bar Code
The feature of the present invention is different from conventional bar code.
Application for Coordinate Positioning System
This invention may be implemented into a coordinate positioning system as index value mentioned above is a coordinate value when a coordinate system is predefined over the surface. Under this application, the coordinate positioning system allows a user to make positioning action over a surface of an object while the surface including a main information. The coordinate positioning system includes a coordinate system and a device.
The coordinate system, implemented over the surface, includes multiple coordinate zones. Each coordinate zone includes at least a visually negligible graphical indicator, and the graphical indicator includes multiple graphical micro-units co-existing with the main information over the surface without interference with the main information. The multiple graphical micro-units are arranged in a layout in the graphical indicator, the layout corresponds to an indicator information indicating a coordinate value of each coordinate zone.
The device is used for capturing the layout from the graphical indicator, retrieving the coordinate value responsive to the layout, and providing a response in response to the coordinate value.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device may be made while retaining the teaching of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
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Situated in Spring Hill, this hotel is 1.5 mi (2.5 km) from Weeki Wachee Springs and within 9 mi (15 km) of Bayport Park Boat Ramp and Colorama Music. Show Palace Dinner Theater and Hernando Oaks Golf and Country Club are also within 12 mi (20 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in a common area. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a meeting room, laundry facilities, and a computer station.
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Hotel Amenities
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Spring Hill/Weeki Wachee features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Event facilities measuring 576 square feet (54 square meters) include a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and an elevator (lift). Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Conference space size (meters) - 54
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Conference space size (feet) - 576
- Free breakfast
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 68
- One meeting room
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Outdoor pool
- Computer station
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Free wired Internet
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast each morning.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 2 AM
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per night
- Dogs only
- 2 per room
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10 per day
Hotel Name
- Microtel Inn Wyndham Spring Hill Weeki Wachee
- Microtel Inn Wyndham Weeki Wachee
- Microtel Inn Wyndham Weeki Wachee Hotel
- Microtel Inn Wyndham Weeki Wachee Hotel Spring Hill
- Microtel Inn & Suites-Spring Hill Hotel Spring Hill
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Children 17 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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2014 Kenya Annual Learning Assessment Report published
26 May 2016, Nairobi: Despite marked progress in increasing access to education across Kenya in recent years, Kenya has not fully met its commitments under the Education for All Goals. And the improved national average figures conceal stark contrasts between the different regions of Kenya. Children in North Eastern region are much more likely to face challenges in access to school, school readiness and learning outcomes.
These were the main findings of the 2014 Kenya Annual Learning Assessment Report, released by Uwezo at Twaweza in a report entitled Are our children learning? The state of education in Kenya in 2015 and beyond. The report is based on data collected by Uwezo, a citizen-led assessment of learning outcomes in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. In this report data from all five Uwezo assessments are used, meaning data points were collected from over 600,000 children drawn from all the counties in Kenya.
The findings of this fifth Uwezo report are clustered around the six Education for All Goals and focus on: early childhood education and school readiness (EFA Goal 1 on early childhood care and education), access to, and progression through, primary school (EFA Goal 2 on access to and completion of primary education for all), adult school attendance and mothers' literacy (EFA Goals 3 and 4 on adult literacy and lifelong learning), inequalities including gender (EFA Goal 5 on gender and other inequalities) and learning outcomes (EFA Goal 6 on the quality of education).


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During our recent "hostage crisis" I found more to be proud of about our city, county and our governmental leaders than I had thought possible during the past year.
I watched with absolute pride as our police officers, our locally born and raised police chief, our county manager all appeared personally on the scene and acted as one unit. I was proud that our city manager continued to support those on the scene with her comments and constant monitoring while never allowing this criminal activity to stop city business.
We may have weathered a rough year last year with so many among us being divided by issues that caused great concern and, for some, anger. That which unites this city and this county is stronger than anything that can divide us — our love of our families, our neighbors, our city, our county and our fellow man.
We should all stand a little taller today knowing that when tested, our public officials and employees and all those who live and work downtown did everything right to defend us and our way of life in this wonderful place we all call home.
Political class shows contempt for taxpayers
The contempt for taxpayers by the political class is made crystal clear by the recent and current excursions of the president and the defense secretary.
The president came to Savannah and gave a 16-minute speech, signed a document and returned to Washington after putting Mrs. Obama on a G5, which took her to a Florida fundraiser.
All this could have been done via a video from the White House without mobilizing two 747s and spending several millions of dollars. I am sure we taxpayers have been reimbursed for the fundraising trip.
This week, rather than holding the international conference in Washington, the 747s have been launched again, together with untold support staff and government officials all based in Washington, to Chicago where they can be housed and fed at our expense.
It should be noted that the senior officials will have their own government planes at our expense.
The defense secretary is based in Washington, but since his home is on the West Coast, has decided to commute most weekends on a G5 at our expense.
Unfortunately, the Republican political class, other than whining about this abuse of the taxpayers, does nothing to stop it. No surprise there because when one of their own is in office, they will manifest the same contempt for us as those now in office.
Marx theory contrasts
to 'love thy neighbor'
The credo of Karl Marx is the guiding principle of the progressive left.
Recognize what it is: a blueprint for wealth redistribution based on political ideology. Recognize what it ain't: true charity.
In practice it is a meddlesome and evil thing. By rewarding need, it cultivates a willful neediness. It chases ability into hiding. Cronyism, fraud and corruption inevitably take root. Witness our ineffective social programs and bloated public services. Witness the corporate pull in our government.
It divides us as a nation into special interest groups, all seeking their piece of the pie and paying homage to a new secular God residing in Washington, D.C. The god of Karl Marx. Part Robin Hood, part Big Brother, and part Taxman.
Contrast the Marx credo with the simple commandment "love thy neighbor."
This is a personal commandment residing in our hearts. It is this personal connection, one to another, that makes all the difference. We commit our own resources to helping folks in our own neighborhoods. We are responsible for determining true need and assessing effectiveness, not a corrupt and distant government.
In practice, "love thy neighbor" empowers and elevates us. It fosters self sacrifice over neediness. It draws us together as neighbors rather than splitting us apart as special interest groups.
Our founders understood all this when they established a limited government to serve an independent citizenry. Does President Obama understand this? Or does he worship another god?
Congrats to SCAD for O'Connor production
Congratulations to the SCAD people in charge of the production of Flannery O'Connor's short stories, Greenleaf and Everything That Rises Must Converge to the stage. Throughout both presentations, I could feel the influence of the chorus used in the presentations of Greek plays such as Antigone.
The improvision of splitting the chorus among actors surrounding the protagonist allowed the audience to enjoy the complete text in O'Connor's works. I certainly enjoyed Saturday night's performance and seeing her work performed in such a medium.
Remembering Leigh
Saturday, May 19, was the eighth anniversary of the death of Savannah's legendary documentary photographer/book publisher Jack Leigh.
His photo "The Bird Girl" graced the cover of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," the book that brought hordes of tourist to Savannah for decades, and the image's haunting appeal no doubt helped draw inquiring eyes and hands toward the book while on the bookseller's shelf.
He mentioned being asked to provide an image for an author who was to release his book soon and by way of helping to inspire the process the author had provided a galley of the book. Jack told us of spending a couple of nights in the back of his pickup parked in Bonaventure Cemetery.
He said he felt had something that worked well and sensed it that morning when he saw it first in the misty light of early dawn that he loved and captured so well in many other images.
Inscribed on a bench in his family plot are these words by Jack, " Surrounded by Love and Community, Which is the Way We Were Meant to Live, Mind to Mind, Heart to Heart, Soul to Soul."
Savannah and his many friends lost a real treasure when he passed with so many stories he had yet to tell, and I hope someday we will see a fitting way to recognize his contribution to us and this land he so lovingly preserved in his images.


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WAYNE Rooney has warned the rest of the Barclays Premiership that he plans to improve on this season's impressive goal haul next term.
The é27million teenager's striker in the 4-0 win at Charlton on Sunday was his 17th since he completed the controversial move to Manchester United from Everton in August.
The tally is almost double Rooney's previous best of nine and with three Premiership games and the FA Cup final against Arsenal still to play, there could be more to come.
However, Rooney is not entirely satisfied. And while the brilliant 19-year-old has never been thought of as a prolific sharp-shooter in the Ruud van Nistelrooy mould, he is confident of hitting the target on an even more regular basis in future years.
"I was happy to get another goal on Sunday but I think I can do better and hopefully next season I will do," the United striker told MUTV.
With Sir Alex Ferguson insisting van Nistelrooy's current ankle problem is nothing major and injury-plagued Louis Saha beginning his latest return with a goalscoring appearance in yesterday's Pontins League Cup final win over Sheffield Wednesday, United look set to have their full compliment of strikers available for the May 21 showdown with Arsene Wenger's men.
Rooney is a certainty to start though and after being part of a side that lost at Norwich and Everton last month, the Liverpudlian is demanding victories over West Brom, Chelsea and Southampton in the final week of the Premiership campaign to ensure United are fully prepared for the Cardiff trip.
"We want to win all our games going into the final," he said.
"April was a bad month for us but we have got back to winning ways and we need to keep it going.
"The Cup final is going to be massive for everyone. We will all be trying to keep fit so we can fight for our place."
Has Rooney impressed you this season? Have your say.


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Some cool stuff from this week, plus a new feature in which I share with you one thing I've been enjoying this week (keeping it down to one will be very, very difficult, but in the interest of brevity I will do my best).
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The doomsday invention – from The New Yorker
A riveting portrait of transhumanist philosopher Nick Bostrom and his views on the future of our species. Transhumanists believe that technology can augment our capabilities and transform the human condition. Bostrom subscribes to that belief, but he's not like most transhumanists. His studies go further. From his Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, Bostrom studies the potential impact of technology – especially artificial intelligence – on the probability of mankind's survival.
His work on "The Doomsday Argument" shows that the risk that humankind will go extinct soon has been systematically underestimated. It's unlikely now that we will be wiped out by a volcano explosion or a comet crashing – since we've gone millions of years without that happening, it's safe to assume that we can go a few more million. But, since we have very little experience of technology not wiping us out, we can't assume that that won't happen. So, we need to work extra hard to protect ourselves from that eventuality. Even if the technology that could wipe us out hasn't been invented yet, we need to prepare for it.
"The view of the future from Bostrom's office can be divided into three grand panoramas. In one, humanity experiences an evolutionary leap—either assisted by technology or by merging into it and becoming software—to achieve a sublime condition that Bostrom calls "posthumanity." Death is overcome, mental experience expands beyond recognition, and our descendants colonize the universe. In another panorama, humanity becomes extinct or experiences a disaster so great that it is unable to recover. Between these extremes, Bostrom envisions scenarios that resemble the status quo—people living as they do now, forever mired in the "human era.""
This is pretty scary stuff. But we can't turn our backs on progress. And the benefits of approaching the Singularity, when artificial intelligence becomes self-improving and no longer needs humans, are incalculable. Bostrom believes that we need to develop artificial intelligence, but we need to be very careful. The headlong rush of industry into this potentially very profitable field could bring on the end of humanity unless we take into account its ethical design. We can't prevent it, but we do need to control it.
"Even the most grounded version of the debate occupies philosophical terrain where little is clear. But, Bostrom argues, if artificial intelligence can be achieved it would be an event of unparalleled consequence—perhaps even a rupture in the fabric of history. A bit of long-range forethought might be a moral obligation to our own species."
This article is a bit heavy on the philosophical terms, and I confess that some of the reasoning is a bit over my head, but it does drive home the importance of the questions: Are we capable of inventing something that will bring about our own destruction? How do we handle that possibility?
With brilliant people working on this, I at least will sleep a bit better. Bostrom's institute recently received $1.5 million from Elon Musk, to craft social policies that take some of the futuristic scenarios into account. It's not easy, though. As Bostrom himself says:
"What I want to avoid is to think from our parochial 2015 view—from my own limited life experience, my own limited brain—and super-confidentially postulate what is the best form for civilization a billion years from now, when you could have brains the size of planets and billion-year life spans. It seems unlikely that we will figure out some detailed blueprint for utopia."
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Images from the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards – via The Atlantic
You have got to see these photographs. It's a beautiful, crazy world we live in.
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3d printers give us a new way to think – via Wired
This is mind-blowing in more ways than one. The story opens with an account of how a brain surgeon preps for complicated surgeries by 3d-printing a model of the brain, tumour and all, which he then holds in his hand, studies from all angles, and develops a "feel" for the problem.
Which opens up the possibility of using 3d-printing not just as a making machine, but also as a thinking machine. A way to help us think about problems and to see them from different perspectives.
This reminds me of how we saw mobile phones when they first came out. I don't know of anyone who expected them to morph into lifestyle management devices. The point is, that we often can't see what a technology will be used for, until it's out in the field and people are actually using it and coming up with new purposes.
"What's more, we need our intellectual culture to evolve. Right now, we don't value or teach spatial reasoning enough; "literacy" generally only means writing and reading."
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3d interactive display – via PSFK
And speaking of minds being blown, take a look at this:
I've written about haptics before. This takes the concept to a whole new level. Interactive 3d graphics, without glasses. Really. Virtual, formable displays that feel squishable. Yes, mind-blowing.
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How railroad history shaped internet history – from The Atlantic
Ingrid Burrington gives us a beautiful stroll through networking history and shows us that history matters (not that we doubted that) and that offline sets the tone for online (maybe we doubted that, but we shouldn't).
"My favorite part of looking for network infrastructure in America is really all the ghosts. Networks tend to follow networks, and telecommunications and transportation networks tend to end up piled on top of each other. The histories of these places isn't always immediately obvious, but it's there, forming a kind of infrastructural palimpsest, with new technologies to annihilate space and time inheriting the idealized promise and the political messiness of their predecessors."
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Bitcoin and neuroscience – from Motherboard
This is a very strange article, about how we can use neuroscience to determine the Bitcoin price movement. The digital currency's surges and slumps have been the subject of much speculation in the press recently, with doomsayers and evangelists vying for the spotlight. And the relative scarcity of information leaves the market moves more vulnerable to the striatum region of the brain. I did mention it was a strange article, right?
"The key word here is expectation—positive or negative information can have paradoxical effects in the brain, based on the person. If something ostensibly bad happens in Bitcoin—the bottom falls out of the price, for example—then someone's brain may actually respond as if that were a positive thing. What goes down must come up, and all that. It doesn't make much sense, but then again, neither neither do people or their brains."
Personally, I think that Bitcoin's price movements have to do with the relative number of buyers and sellers. Call me "old school", if you will.
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The most inspirational holiday gift guide ever, really – from Quartz
Have you started your holiday gift shopping yet? I'm still searching for ideas, so I do click on the "gift guide" links and I do skim the lists. And then I marvel at how "unique" my family is, that none of the recommended gifts would be even remotely appropriate for them.
This selection from Quartz, however, is different. It's inspirational, uplifting, and quite lovely. 40 leaders in art, business, fashion, science and social justice were asked "What is the best gift you have ever received?". The article summarizes their answers, which flow between the eye-opening, the moving, the surprising and the profound.
"The best gifts are like those roman candles, giving light and wonder to our lives." – Chad Dickerson, CEO of Etsy
In the end, the most powerful gifts we can give are education, understanding and some of our time and attention. Check out Astro Teller's entry, it'll give you the warm fuzzies. I also loved René Redzepi's ("Something that changes the course of your life"), and Whitney Wolfe ("It was a total detach kit").
My biggest take-away from the report is that we are all so different, and it's so hard to know what will impact and float to the top and stay there. And that's beautiful.
"I like a gift that helps me to become someone I'd like to be." – Akhil Sharma, author
Even if you don't want to read this for the inspiration, the graphics are creative and lift the whole concept to a new artistic level.
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Glitter beards – via Bored Panda
If you're an avid Instagram user, you've probably already seen this trend. Men are covering their beards in glitter for the holiday season. Very festive. Just don't try and kiss me.
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One thing I'm enjoying this week:
Jennifer Jones, the new series on Netflix. Unlike anything I've ever seen. The opening title set is stunning, the photography mesmerizing, the plot unusual, the characters intriguing. So far every episode has a good dose of "whoa".
This review on Quartz (spoilers included) is deep, and goes a long way towards explaining the storyline's pull.


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As best as I can tell, this is Virginia Spiderwort.
We were on our way to Virginia in May 2009 and were camping two nights in west Tennessee. We had taken a drive to see some of the state away from our normal route, Interstate 40. During a break in the rain, we took a hike through the woods at Montgomery Bell State Park.
Virginia Spiderwort – Wikipedia
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"In the Midst of Thee" - volumes 1 & 2 contain 200 favorite Glenn Rawson Stories - at www.historyofthesaints.org and at participating bookstores.
Easter means that Jesus rose from His grave. No man had ever done that. Hell had no claim on Him. No man had ever lived like that. The Master rose from His tomb free and unencumbered, determined from that point forward to bring all of us who would come to the same resurrection as His. Our resurrection is our gateway into eternity, but not all resurrections are the same. If we want a resurrection like His, there's something we have to understand.
Jesus had traveled far to the north beyond Galilee near the headwaters of the Jordan River. He had hinted at – but now He became to openly explain to His disciples that He must "… suffer many things of the [elders and] chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day." (Matthew 16:21)
This announcement understandably startled and upset the disciples. "… Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be done unto thee." (JST Matthew 16:22)
Now, it was meant in love, but it was out of line.
"…Get thee behind me, Satan:" Jesus said with intense emotion. "though art an offense unto me: …" (Matthew 16:23)
Can you imagine the disciples' shock? Why was Jesus offended? – Because Peter was trying to turn the Savior off coarse from that glorious moment when by His resurrection, He was with the Father again. Now, Jesus didn't leave them wondering. He gathered them up close, and explained what it meant to be His disciple.
"Whosoever will come after me," He said, "let him denied himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." (Mark 8:34)
He commanded them further to deny themselves of all ungodliness and lust, and keep the commandments at all costs. They were to forsake the world, and "be not ashamed of me," He said. If they gave their lives to Him and for Him, they would come with Him, and be clothed with His glory in the cloud on the right hand of the son of man. (JST Mark 8:38)
And then, as if to assure them that such was possible, He added that there were those present who would live to see that day.
Now, for the moment, those disciples could not see the distant good for the present bad. Jesus, on the other hand, was fixed on a glorious resurrection. What matter that He had to suffer, sacrifice, and die to obtain it?
So it is with us. So what if life is unfair, ever painful? So what if God, family, and country demand more of us than we think we can give? So what if it hurts? – if it brings us at long last to rise with Him, and look at Him as He looks at us, and know Him as He knows us.
In conclusion, the pathway to the resurrection we want may not be what we have expected.
Glenn Rawson – April 5, 2009
Music: He Is Risen, track 4 (edited) (Holy, Holy, Holy) – Lex de Azevedo
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Closing Crawlspace Vents this Winter
As colder weather approaches the Raleigh, NC area, certain preparations for homes must be made. Furnaces should be inspected, ceiling fans set to reverse, and windows and door frames caulked and sealed. But how does the crawlspace play into the winter checklist?
Crawlspaces are exposed to outdoor conditions, which can be problematic during harsh winters. Closing crawlspace vents in Raleigh is the best way to protect your home from the frigid cold, keeping it safe and comfortable all through the season. Contact us at Carolina Air Conditioning for more advice on readying your home for winter.
Why should I close my crawlspace vents?
There are multiple reasons to close the vents to your crawlspace during the winter, and they all have to do with the fact that vents are openings to the outdoors. When vents are left open, cold air is allowed to move into the crawlspace. This can freeze water lines, which cuts your home off from running water and can potentially cause serious damage. Once cold air is in the crawl space, it's only a matter of time before it moves through openings and into your home, ruining your comfort and running up energy costs. A closed vent also keeps snow and rain out of crawlspace. Blocking of moisture is crucial to preventing mold and mildew from growing underneath your home. In addition, a closed crawlspace will prohibit animals and pests from sharing the warmth of your winter home.
How to close crawlspace vents in Raleigh, NC
If your vents have a lever that you push to close, you can prepare your crawlspace for winter on your own. However, other vents may require closer attention. Some require padding or foam sealant to be inserted. If a vent is without sealing mechanisms or mesh screening, it's probably time to install new vents around the crawlspace. In addition, properly sealing and insulating crawlspaces will protect your home from seasonal weather and increase HVAC system efficiency. In any case, it's a good idea to have your crawlspace inspected professionally before winter. Call your local Raleigh HVAC provider, Carolina Air Conditioning to inspect your crawlspace today!


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I almost don't recognize funny lady Kathy Griffin here with minimal make-up and natural curl in her hair. She looks glowing, though her usual trannie makeup is maybe more fun. (via L.A. Rag Mag)
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Her boobs look huge in this picture.
WOW! She looks good even without make up. I don't know if it is because of the bright flash though…
All what she needs is Vitamin C face lotion then she'll glow!
jesus christ.
woman needs SOME eye make-up.
her skin looks great but her eyes look beady and just scary.


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Generally ugly people get treated this way, Not trying to be offensive, Just being realistic from person experience.00|00|0
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Most people generally treat you by how they perceive you. So sometimes you have to change how you respond to people and certain things in your life, as well as changing your actions/behaviour, in order to be treated differently. I don't mean to change who you are as a person though. For example some people will manipulate and take advantage of a pushover, but if they become more assertive, then they will no longer be taken advantage of , because peoples perception of them changes.
Look to the reasons why they could be ignoring you , then work at changing that. Then they will perceive you differently , therefore will treat you differently Sometimes when a person assumes they are unwanted and unloved their body language becomes closed up, even in subtle ways. They also start to withdraw too , because of this people will react to that , and treat you a certain way.00|00|0
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Please be an informed customer. As you are buying your whiskey ask the correct questions. Where is the distiller from? Local ora Farm Distillery like us( we support the local NY Farmers), or are they buying there whiskey and repackaging, are they an American Company or are they owned by Santury Japan( Jim Beam and Makers Mark, Skinny Girl Margarita). What type of product is it made from, we use 100% corn like Titos Home Made Vodka. Is it organic Corn or not? With Corn pesticides do get carried across. Organic is definitely better. Wood Contact, how long is it barreled. You can decide purely on taste, but the process is as important. Some company mask the taste with additives. If you are paying top dollars for a product it has to be justified. How smooth is it, do you taste the almond, coconut and vanilla notes in the product as it gently glides down your esophagus( for our Tirado Gold you will). Expect more from your whiskey and enjoy the whiskey renaissance.
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Stargardt's disease is a type of macular degeneration that typically surfaces before the age of 20. It causes a progressive loss of central vision of both eyes, but does not affect peripheral vision.
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It started as a cold, but it turned out to be much more serious. That't the story of Brady Mishio, who is now looking for a stem cell donor to treat his leukemia. And without a close relative who's a match, Brady must rely on the blood services donor registry. Not satisfied with sitting waiting, Terry, Brady's father, decided to do something about it.
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text: I have this argument all the time with union people. How would you like it? People next to you at work making the same money while doing less work. My response. I'm an 8 yr employee at express and I make 50% less than the person next to me while doing more work. Which would you prefer? Also they complain about dues. If one left and came to fedex they would gladly go back and probably double their dues to have what union protection, pension, wage scales ect. Yes people FedEx doesn't have a pay scale or awesome bernifits. It's reality and as long as we couriers are split apart like a two tiered wage system it will not change. There is no longer any team effort or collaboration. Everyone is yelling at each other and fun to watch unravel and management doesn't care.


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I'll talk a little about how I bought stocks in the UK in this post.
The asset I bought is the CSUKX-GBP, it is sold in pounds sterling.
To buy the British pounds you can buy inside the home broker of Interactive Brokers, on a forex tab, go there and exchange your dollars for pounds sterling, it is quite easy, have a video tutorial on the site explaining. The values are changing at all times as in common negotiations, but the difference sometimes does not even give a cent, so if you do not have much patience to wait to make the offer at the asking price that the order executes soon. After that, the bought currency enters into your assets within the brokerage house and you will be able to buy the other assets that are sold in that particular currency.
Basically, there are 2 indexes there: the FTSE100 and the FTSE250.
The FTSE100 represents the 100 largest companies in the UK, and the FTSE250 the 250 largest.
Here is the link to the ETF page: FTSE100 Acc
I would really like to buy the FTSE250 to pick up more midcaps and small caps (who knows), but I did not have this accumulation asset and at a good rate as I would like, so I ended up buying the FTSE100, when they put FTSE250 to sell I'm going to buy it and stop buying the FTSE100.
To tell you the truth I like some of these companies and in an old phase of assembling individual stock portfolio I had chosen some of them, but now that I have changed my strategy to passive ETFs (and I explained why this in past posts) and I feel good quieter because of it, really, the ETF gives me a sense of security greater than a stock, even more so in speaking of companies abroad.
From what we know of the UK: strong currency, resilient economy, highly educated population, stable political landscape, global companies.
From January / 2010 to January / 2017, the asset increased + 72.9% (remembering that with the strong currency and in a country with practically zero inflation.)
The United Kingdom was once the largest empire on the planet not long ago and still has influence in various corners of the world, from islands in Polynesia to the Caribbean, including the Falkland Islands in southern Argentina and still some former African colonies.
About Brexit, I personally think it's going to be very good for the English economy, but my take on this does not mean anything. I have the impression that smaller, leaner countries are better able to organize and that the European Union was bad for the UK, but I have no evidence, that is what I have concluded for myself.
There are certain things that you have to follow your intuition, there is no way, you end up applying some of your world knowledge in investments, about things that can not be measured on paper.
I bought this asset in December / 2016, since then it has appreciated + 4.84%. I compared his multiples with those of the SP500 and he was a little better.
His CAPE was at 14.8 against a CAPE of 26.4 SP500.
His P/E was at 19.9 against a P/E of 20.8 from SP500.
His PB was at 1.9 against a PB of 2.95 of SP500. (BIG DIFFERENCE HERE)
The administration rate (fee expenses) is the same as 0.07%.
Both do not pay dividends.
It is interesting to note that the US PB has been increasing considerably, even without a real increase in profits, which remain stagnant.
The return of the index almost always gets much higher than the inflation of the United Kingdom.
The top 10 companies in the index amounted to almost 40% of the ETF, which I thought was a bad thing because it is well concentrated in this way, plus two large companies in the energy sector (oil), Shell and BP.
British American Tobacco was the company that bought Souza Cruz here from Brazil and nowadays it is a giant in the tobacco sector. Anyone who wants to invest in Souza Cruz, can buy British Tobacco and remain a partner, or buy this ETF that has 4.8% of British tobacco.
The ETF page at ishares makes studying much easier and you quickly compare with any other ETF and their respective valuations.
With this post, I have already posted three direct posts on overseas assets that I have bought: Berkshire Hathaway, CPXJ and now CSUKX-GBP.
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When the film club watched and discussed Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro a couple years ago, I watched parts of it with my (then) 2-year old grandson. He loved it, but at that time he was not up to watching an … Continue reading
Weekend Films for Glenn
I had a very busy weekend a few days ago. I felt kind of rough secondary to my monthly medical treatments, so I found refuge from my nausea in theaters and while watching videos at home. First out of the … Continue reading
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THE STATION AGENT at Wine Styles
Blink and it will be February 2007, and then we can prepare to enjoy another of our "Second Saturday Series" at Wine Styles on Pearl Street in Tacoma. Thanks to all of you stalwart TFC members who braved the ice … Continue reading
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Rush to See VOLVER (2007)
Fellow members. I was at the Grand Theater this last Friday, and I was not pleased to see that they have delayed the opening of Pedro Alamodovar's VOLVER (2006), so that they could continue to cash in on the popularity … Continue reading
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Glenn's Film Picks
I joined the TFC in May 2004. We have watched about 100 movies together and discussed them. But in the interim, several other outstanding films have been at the Grand, and elsewhere and we have missed them. For your perusal, … Continue reading
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Another family favourite….lasagna! When I was a kid I would eat half of the pan of lasagna….I just loved it! Ask my Mom or Aunt Angela…they'll tell ya. Probably could now too….but I won't. My appetite isn't as big as when I was younger. I once was a very active kid that blew the calories off like it was nothing! Ah the joys of being a kid, wish I had that metabolism and energy now!
You don't have to follow this recipe as is…you can omit or add what you want…so long as you got the noodles, sauce and cheese your good to go!
What you will need:
- 1 pkg lasagna noodles
- mozzarella cheese
- 5-6 balls of bocconcini cheese balls sliced or 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
- parmesan or romano cheese
- 2 cans or jars of your favorite pasta sauce or homemade sauce
- 1/2-1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 2-3 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
In a mini food processor, blend the carrot, onion, garlic and a stick of celery if you have it. Add the pureed vegetables to a large pot with some olive oil, add the chili flakes if you are using them, add in the ground beef and break up into small chunks. Add in the sauce, season with salt, mix all together. Bring to a boil and lower the heat. Cover and allow to simmer on medium to low heat for at least a half an hour, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, bring another large pot of water to boil, and boil the lasagna noodles. Drain and rinse with cold water when done boiling.
Now the fun part putting it all together!!
Preheat oven to 350 to 375 everyone's oven temp is different. I bake mine at 375.
Take a lasagna pan 11″x 15″ or 13″x 9″ size pan which ever you prefer, whether you want a thick lasagna or thin.
Spread some sauce on bottom of pan. Layer with lasagna noodles around 5, then layer again with sauce, sprinkle the cheese's.
Continue with the layers sauce, noodles and cheese.
Spread the most amount of sauce & cheese on the top to seal in the juices and for the presentation, adding the sliced bocconcini makes for a nice topping, it melts beautifully!
The reason I did not specify on the amount of cheese is because its a personal preference if you like a lot of cheese or not.
You can make a bechamel sauce and spread that on the top if you desire, I do at times. Bake in oven for 40 to 50 minutes. Enjoy!


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Meet the friends reunited after 48 years apart when one emigrated to Australia and one stayed in Liverpool
WHEN it came to remembering the best day out she'd had with her chum Barbara Foster had an easy choice.
"It was yesterday!" wrote the 66-year-old mum of two.
"To anyone else it might have seemed like any other visit to town but I left my friend Lena Edmondson 48 years ago to emigrate to Australia.
"Now I've returned to live in my beloved home town and what a thrill it was to meet her at Central Station and, just like old times, saunter arm in arm through the city centre.
Barbara, who now lives in Kirkby, met Lena from Raby Mere as office juniors working at Liverpool University in the early 1960s.
"We hit it off straight away. We just clicked."
Soon the pair began to go to dances together and meet for coffee at the Wimpy Bar in Lime Street.
"It was a fabulous time because it was the Merseybeat era. We even saw the Beatles at New Brighton Tower although we didn't realise just who they were and barely looked at them!" laughs Barbara who is also a grandmother.
But in 1965 Barbara became engaged and her fiance was offered a job abroad. They moved first to the USA and then to Australia.
"Although I had my sister in Adelaide it was terrible to leave the rest of my family and, of course, Lena.
"She and I used to write to each other almost every day; letters six, seven pages long. I missed her so much but particularly on Saturday.
"Shops used to close early in Adelaide back then and that's when I'd miss her most; thinking that back in Liverpool, Saturday was town day and I'd be with her if I was there."
The pair saw each other over the years with Barbara coming back home when she could for flying visits.
And each was there for the other through marriages, births, Christenings and graduations.
Now divorced and with a new partner, Barbara decided to return to live in her Liverpool home – and those long missed shopping trips.
"We've been there for each other through the ups and downs of almost half a century. She's my best friend and always will be."
'She's my best friend as well as my daughter'
THERE is little stronger than a mother's love for her child – a fact that both Audrey Rogers and her daughter Lesley Kelshaw know only too well.
For Lesley spent eight years providing 24 hour care to her own beloved little girl, Lucy, with mum Audrey in support.
And it was Audrey who nominated Lesley for a pamper prize so the two could enjoy some time together, and a day to remember.
"Lesley so deserves something nice to happen to her. She adored Lucy but for a long time had no time for herself so I am delighted that she is one of the winners.
"I just want to see her happy and smiling again."
Little Lucy was born with severe and multiple disabilities; a syndrome which despite the best efforts of doctors at Alder Hey Hospital remained undiagnosed.
"She was in and out of hospital all her life, couldn't walk or talk and was fed via a tube but Lesley was always there for her even though she had two other children," remembers Audrey, a mum of seven, who lives in Walton Village.
"It was devastating for me as Lesley's mum. She went without because she spent what she had on Lucy. She didn't do anything special for herself because she cared for Lucy 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
Sadly the little girl died at the age of eight seven years ago.
"It was a tremendous shock and it doesn't get any easier with time. Lucy will always be with us," explains Audrey.
"It was so hard for everyone but Lesley remains as selfless as ever; she'll do anything for anyone and is so supportive of me too. She's my best friend as well as my daughter."
Lesley is also looking forward to being a grandmother next year
"I'm thrilled my letter was one of the winners."
'She gave me strength'
THEY may not have been in the Big Apple, but when the band played 'New York, New York' on the railway station in Carnforth, it marked the end of a perfect day for cousins and best friends, Lynne Mullin and Carol Kendrick.
The trip on board the Northern Belle was to celebrate Lynne's 60th birthday - but it was HER treat to the pal with whom she wanted to party.
"It was Lynne's birthday present to us," smiles Carol Kendrick. "It was a magical day. We had a five star meal and then the band was waiting for us. It was a magical evening."
Carol, 60, from Allerton, says it sums up Lynne who, in spite of difficulties she has faced, always thinks of others rather than herself.
When she was in her 30s, Lynne and her husband Peter were knocked down in a car accident, which killed him and caused her to lose part of a leg.
"It was a tragic accident but Lynne has never let it stop her being positive," adds Carol. "She has never complained. She is so caring and considerate, and a really wonderful friend."
Lynne says the pair have always been the best of friends: "Even as children. Carol had a bath and we didn't so I always used to go round to her's for a bath on a Friday night!
"I feel so blessed to have her as a friend. I listen to her, and she listens to me."
Although she admits that life was difficult after the accident, Lynne says she got her strength to carry on and stay positive from her faith, and from the support of family and friends, like Carol.
"That has helped me. And I have always been a positive person - I don't want to be bitter. And I think you should always try and do what you can for other people."
Lynne is thrilled to have been nominated by Carol: "It's wonderful!"
Pals' perfect harmony
BEST friends Becky Smith and Michelle Greer are certainly in harmony.
The pair met through their love of singing and they have never failed to hit the right note with one another since.
"The best day I ever spent with my friend, Becky Smith, was the day we first became best friends," says Michelle, 40, from South Liverpool.
"It was in 2004 and I read an advert in the Echo about joining a choir. I decided to join - the choir is Sing Live Merseyside - and went on my own to the church hall where we rehearsed for three months before our first concert at the Philharmonic Hall.
"I had spoken to Becky on a few occasions but never for more than a few minutes but on the day of the concert we were put together.
"We talked all day in rehearsals and really got to know each other. In the evening we did our first concert 'Sing The Musicals' and it was an amazing and emotional night."
Since then, says Michelle, Becky, 38, from North Liverpool has become her best friend.
"Since that day, Becky has become my best friend. She supported me when my dad passed away in 2010, when I got married and when my contract in work came to an end and I was looking for another job."
She goes on: "She has been a shoulder to lean on (and cry on) and she is a great listener. Becky lost her job as a manager for a charity last year when its funding was cut and she has been experiencing some difficult times. It is high time something great happened for her and about time I was able to say 'thank you' for all the love and support that she has given me."
'Kelly has never complained about her illness'
WHEN Kelly Woods and Laura Cunningham competed in the Race for Life at Aintree race course, it was odds on favourite to be a special day for both of them.
For Kelly it was a mark of her determination to beat breast cancer after being diagnosed with the illness for a second time.
For Laura it was race of pride, as she accompanied the best friend she says is an inspiration to her and to everyone.
"We did it in June this year and we did it because Kelly is such an inspiration to me. She is in remission at the moment but doing so well," says Laura, 29, from Croxteth Park.
"Kelly has never complained.
"She has two amazing children, Ethan, six, and Libby, two. Even when she was having chemotherapy, she was always there for them, with a smile on her face. She has never let it stop her from being a great mum.
"She deserves this day as she does so much for everyone around her and never gives herself enough credit for what she has been through.
"And she still has that smile on her face and I am so proud of her."
It is a special friendship which works both ways.
Kelly, who was thrilled that Laura had nominated her, says she couldn't have managed without her pal.
"I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2004 and it came back in April last year," says Kelly, 35, from Norris Green. "It has been hard but I couldn't have got through it without my family and Laura."


text: I've been watching a great series on Netflix recently, "The Story of Film," a multipart look at everything having to do with movies from the 1890's to the present. Some of the history I knew (remembering local lore as an old Hollywood resident) but some things I didn't (like that the great director Jean Renoir was the son of the great painter Pierre- Auguste Renoir). Produced in 2011, the "Story of Film" unfolds on several continents and is (thank goodness) not the same old Hollywood-centric story.


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{Growing kids}
This little guy is now a Sunbeam at church. This is the non-nursery, first big-kid class and a major milestone. He's so cute in his little chair right up front. He is *mostly* good. Wanders a bit and gets a little rowdy with his favorite buds in the class, but it's been good and so fun to see him learning and growing. He absolutely loves primary songs. His little raspy voice is always out of tune, but it is so endearing and sweet. He loves "I am a Child of God", "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam", and "Once there was a Snowman". He knows Jesus, says sweet prayers, and has a little testimony already growing (and got a much needed hair-cut a few days after these pictures. Sheesh, looking a little shaggy there).
Our littlest one is almost 9 months old. He is officially a crawler and cruising around everywhere, so we can no longer call him 'the slug'. His world totally opened up to things that were beyond his reach a few weeks ago (like garbage cans, napkins, food scraps, and magazines). His acid reflux is STILL bad. So now we find little trails of spit-up in his path. Great. Makes for fun cleaning.
But how can you get mad at someone as cute as this?
But how can you get mad at someone as cute as this?
You can't help but smile at his squeals and giggles. I love his babbles and noises. And his temperament is improving too. Hooray for waking up happy in the morning AND at nap time. Growing babies still seem like miracles to me.
And a little shot of those two cute bottom teeth...so much easier to eat Cheerios with!


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Citigroup profits soar as bad debt charges fall
US bank Citigroup, which has an office in Belfast's Titanic Quarter, has seen its profits jump 74% in the third quarter.
It made £2.4bn in the third quarter of 2011, the company's seventh consecutive three-month period of profit. Reduced impairment charges and an accounting gain were behind the buoyant numbers, according to the bank.


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The hourglass figure to start (though I like bigger women). The ratio of 7 to 10 based on the midsection of the woman compared to her hips. It's easier for the male to spot a female if she has an hourglass figure. The smaller the ratio (5 to 10) even though it isn't found in nature, the more attractive the typical guy would rate her.
Symmetry has a lot to do with attractiveness as well. She has a higher pitched voice showing elevated estrogen levels. Her skin has a shine to it and appears smoother. She may even have a scent when she's ovulating that the guy might not know he's picking up.
Guys tend to gravitate to the chest of a woman. This is instinctive and shows the male that the woman has reached puberty. The size of the breasts might be related to how breast feeding children or something much like the idea that wide hips make for easy (or easier) childbirth.
I'm a sucker for colored eyes like blue in particular. Though I don't necessarily rule out any other eye color as a deal breaker.
I am more drawn to the germanic or russian faces of women. I love thicker women so chubby to curvy women with less of an hourglass figure. Ample natural breasts (I swear I was a bottle baby growing up), and a nice ass (size 12-18 US). Lips are soft and medium to full. That's about it physically, there is more beyond that I look for.11|00|0
nice and specific. I like it.
teeshirtandjeansbabe reminded me that I left out hair. I go for brunettes who have shoulder-length hair. Say all you want about blond jokes, there are blonds that unintelligent out there. And shoulder-length is long enough to not look like a boy hair cut and not too long to constantly get in the way while making out.