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Thank you for that post. I have humped a ruck up and down NTC, as a lowly Colt Team leg....and not taken care of myself, feet and knees. Back when I was young I didn't think much of being injured, but now its all I think about while I train - in fact it slows my progress.
I plan on sharing that with my nasty guard fellow legs this coming drill -- although a few are tabbed and worthy of this knowledge)
Best Post Ever.
I know it's under the one year limit, but this is as good as it gets.
Ad carceres a calce revocari.
As far as toenails go, since clipping mine straight across I have not had any of the problems of the toenail ingrowth problem. Simple solution to a damn nasty and painful problem.
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I got a question about toenails, does it matter if your smaller toes, say the 2 or three smallest, are not clipped straight across? They are a bitch to keep straight even with the proper type of clippers. I have never had problems except a few times with the bigger toes, mostly my left big toe. I know this is probably trivial, but it is something I have been wondering about.
What are the best socks for troops in the desert? I'm going to send some to a buddy who asked for them . . .
Roguish, I had Smartwools when I was there for the big show and they worked great, no complaints at all. Since I've been back I have been using Dahlgren's. They are less known than Smartwools, but IMHO they are a tad better. It all comes down to the details and material used in construction. Dahlgren separates the natural wool (merino and alpaca wool, the best you can find for socks) in the toe and heel boxes from the synthetic's used in the rest of the sock so that the sock can better take advantage of each materials attributes. Natural wool like Alpaca and Merino are the best at absorbing and insulating while wet. Wickspun synthetics are great at moving the moisture away from your skin. Most companies like Thorlo, Bridgedale, Fox River and Smartwool weave the natural and synthetic material together because it's cheaper and easier. This tends to make the materials properties work against each otherand not to their full potential. Dahlgren has a patend on this type of sock construction so the comp. can't copy it. Go to www.dahlgrenfootwear.com to find dealers in your area. I promise, your bud will thank you.
Oh and Magician, damn good post. Should be required reading for anyone going Infantry, Ranger, SF, Seals, whatever. Wish I had access to this kind of stuff sooner as I would have surely saved my feet from looking like a bucket of fuck on numerous occasions.
Suffer patiently and patiently suffer...
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More details on boot care
Thanks to Magician (gnarled Sgt.) from the fresh Privates out there...
This was in response to my question about the curing and soaking procedure for new boots.
"I immerse the boots up to the point where no oil enters the inside of the boot. You want to avoid that for a variety of reasons, which you will understand when you actually begin the process.
I periodically (like everytime I see them or notice them) pull the boots up out of the tub or bucket, and then use a brush to liberally coat the oil on the upper portions of the boot, paying particular and careful attention to the tongue. You want a soft, pliable tongue. You do not want the oil to penetrate all the way through the tongue, though, so you have to exercise some judgement.
On the uppers, you want the boots to be fairly stiff, to protect your ankles, so your primary purpose in extending the oil up onto the upper portions of the boot is to waterproof them very well.
You also want to use a stiff-bristled steel brush, a smaller one, to rough up the leather a bit, so the oil can better penetrate. Again, use your judgement and caution.
To dry, there are a couple of ways to go. You can just place the boots on a box in the now empty tub, elevated, so you can direct a fan's air wash at them. Keep an eye on the boots, and feel free to put some rubber surgeon's gloves on and manually "work" them with your hands, bending and rubbing and massaging them. They should be very pliable to the touch. At some point, you want to just start wearing them around outside, so you can have them dry while on your feet.
The other way, of course, is to just wear them in the sun, and keep an eye on them. In a way, I like this approach best, as you can sit in the sun with your boots, and just walk around in them, and get them exactly to where you want them, and then start rucking.
Be advised that the oil may bleed through onto your socks at the outset. I never minded the oil on my socks and feet, though, and it quickly passed as the boots dried. "
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When we started our series entitled "Stand or Cower" the intent was to identify those issues that today's society so readily embraces as acceptable and even normal. We have seen that these include abortion, homosexuality and ungodly civil authority. It is very obvious and easy to understand what God's view is with regards to the first two but civil disobedience is not quite that simple. We saw that God's view of civil authority requires us as Christians to obey those in authority over us because he has put them in that position. However, we have also seen that scripture tells us that there are exceptions and that is when those in authority are attempting to require us do something that God commands and instructs us not to do. Last week we looked at the three basic views that we may have concerning this issue with the Biblical view being the one we are to follow. That view basically is that we obey unless it is contradictory to God's laws.
With today's post we will take a look at some biblical examples that will give us an insight as to when civil disobedience is acceptable in God's eyes. As we do so it should serve as a reminder that the day is coming if the Lord tarries that we may very well have to make a decision if we will stand or cower in the face of very similar circumstances.
The first example involves the Hebrew midwives that Pharoah commanded to kill all of the male Jewish babies but did not do so. In Exodus 1 we are told that they feared God, disobeyed the command of Pharoah, and the lied to him as to why they did not kill them. The Bible also said that God was good to them and the people multiplied. We also know that shortly after that was when Moses was born and was hidden in a basket in the Nile river. And we know how God used Moses to lead His people out of Egyptian.
In Joshua chapter 2 we see where Rahab disobeyed the command of the King of Jericho to produce the Israelite spies. We see that she was rescued from the destruction of Jericho because of her previous actions. In 1 Samuel we see where King Saul's own son Jonathan ate honey for refreshment not knowing that Saul had ordered that no one could eat until he had won the battle. When Saul ordered that Jonathan be put to death the people rose up against the king and Jonathan was spared.
The Bible says that Obadiah "feared the Lord greatly" and hid 100 of God's prophets while Jezebel was attempting to have them all killed. This was certainly in defiance of the queen's authority. And the book of Daniel records several acts of civil disobedience. The two most prominent are when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the golden idol and subsequently were thrown into the fiery furnace and when Daniel was thrown into the lion's den because he prayed to someone other than the king. In both cases God spared them and in fact Jesus was present with them during their time of trial.
In the New Testament, the book of Acts records the civil disobedience of Peter and John towards the authorities that were in power at the time. After Peter healed a man born lame, Peter and John were arrested for preaching about Jesus and put in jail. The religious authorities were determined to stop them from teaching about Jesus; however, Peter said, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard" (Acts 4:19–20). Later, the rulers confronted the apostles again and reminded them of their command to not teach about Jesus, but Peter responded, "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).
There are certainly other instances that can be found in God's Word that are considered to be defiance to civil authority. And every one of them is because the rules or the actions of the authority are in direct opposition to God's commandments and expectations. In each instance it required courage on the individual's part and God's presence in their lives. In each of the examples we have seen the individual chose to stand and not cower. May God give us the courage to stand!
As we draw this to a close let's review the possible conclusions we can come to with regards to the this subject. Below are just a few:
• Christians should resist a government that commands or compels evil and should work nonviolently within the laws of the land to change a government that permits evil.
• Civil disobedience is permitted when the government's laws or commands are in direct violation of God's laws and commands.
• If a Christian disobeys an evil government, unless he can flee from the government, he should accept that government's punishment for his actions.
• Christians are certainly permitted to work to install new government leaders within the laws that have been established.
We should also be reminded that we are to pray for our leaders and for God himself to intervene in His time to change the ungodly path they are pursuing. May we then have the urgency to pray for them and the patience to wait upon the Lord.

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The engulfing bullish pattern is relatively well-known and also easy to spot on price charts. It consists of two candles where the first one is bearish, while the second one is bullish. Also, the body of the second candle "engulfs" the body of the first candle:
As such, this type of patter should be easy to code in computer software used for backtesting or creating trading signals. Nevertheless, the presence of the pattern does not guarantee any bullish action since there are some other criteria that should be satisfied.
At first, the pattern should occur after a downtrend. In my trading, I like when it occurs at some support line (or a support zone) to increase the odds. Other traders combine the engulfing bullish pattern with some indicators (e.g. RSI should be in the oversold zone). The future bullish action should also be considered, e.g. it may be risky if there is a resistance line or resistance zone just above the pattern. Thus, it may be challenging to create a computer program that considers all these facts.
Therefore, for backtesting of the pattern, I used the following strategy:
- The price has decreased during the past days
- There is a high trading volume
- The pattern has to be "confirmed", i.e. the closing price on the day after the pattern is greater than the highest price in the pattern
- The general stock market and the stock price itself are bullish. It is defined by assuming that 100-day SMA is above 400-day SMA
- Some days before the pattern a local maximum occurred (see the figure below). The price of this day will also be our take-profit target:
(Source: NinjaTrader)
The results of backtesting in years 2000-2017 for the Russell 3000 stocks are collected in the table below:
|Total net profit
|Profit factor
|Maximum drawdown
|Number of trades
|Profitable trades [%]
|Average trade [%]
|Number of days held
The results are actually quite good. Pay a special attention to the very low maximum drawdown (about 3%) – there are not so many trading strategies where the maximum drawdown is so low. Also, the percent of profitable trades is very decent and the win/loss ratio more than 1.0 – this is again very promising.
More results of this strategy were also published in:
Kosinski, Pawel [2018]. "Testing The Engulfing Bullish Pattern," Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Volume 36: December.


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All mice look pretty similar, so you might not know if you have a male or female. The process of determining sex is called sexing. There are two main methods of determining sex; both require a keen eye and gentle handling of mice. You can sex mice by looking at the anogenital distance, which is the distance between the mouse's genital area and anus. Another method for sexing young mice is to check to see if the nipples are visible. It's always best to know the sex of your mice so you can separate the males from the females and prevent unwanted pregnancies.
Method 1 of 2:
Examining the Genital Area
1Use 2 hands to gently lift the mouse. Place your hands together to form a cup, and use both hands to scoop up the mouse. For bigger mice, you can lift them by placing 1 hand under the chest and using the other hand to support the hind legs.[1] X Research source
- Remember you are much bigger than the mouse and an untrained mouse will be frightened of you. Be gentle and calm when interacting with mice.
- Alternatively, you can train your mouse to crawl into your hand. Use treats to coax them into your palm. However, if this is your first time, it may take a while before your mouse trusts you enough to eat off of your hand.
2Place the mouse on its back to view its genital area. Take the mouse by the scruff of its neck and turn it on its back. If it doesn't seem comfortable, hold the mouse in your hand with its rear end facing you. Lift the base of the tail so that you can clearly see the genitals.[2] X Research source
- It's important to lift the mouse at the base of its tail and never to have all of its feet in the air. Have at least the mouse's two front legs touching a surface, such as a cage or your hand. If you hold the mouse by its tail and let it hang, you risk the chance of breaking its tail or even snapping its back. You don't want to harm the mouse or cause it any pain.
- Pinkies, or newborn mice, can get cold very fast. Only handle them for brief periods of time. They are also extremely fragile so avoid lifting them by the tail.
3Look at the distances between the anus and the genitalia. The anus is the opening directly under the tail. Depending on the age of the mouse, it can be quite obvious or too difficult to sex. Young mice, especially newborn pinkies that have no fur, are very difficult to sex and the anogenital distances between sexes can almost look the same, so don't feel silly if you sex them incorrectly. It just takes some practice![3] X Research source
- It is helpful to compare multiple mice of the same age side-by-side until you are able to see a difference in distances.
4Determine the sex based on distance. A female mouse has a genital area that is much closer to the anus. The vagina is usually within about 1⁄4 inch (0.6 cm) on an adult mouse. Females have a vaginal orifice behind the urethra which may appear to look like a bump.[4] X Research source
- A male mouse has a genital area much farther away from the anus than a female mouse.
- You can also look for testicles when you do this. Although mouse testicles are not as prominent as a dog's, they do still appear as 2 elongated swellings in the groin region. The testicles will appear large in comparison to the mouse's body, but the mouse may also draw them up during times of stress.
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Looking for Identifying Features
1Look for prominent nipples to identify a female. Young female mice have nipples that are much more prominent than the nipples of a male. Position the mouse on its back to view its stomach. To do this, take the mouse by the scruff of its neck, and turn the mouse on its back in your hand. Nipples may be obscured by the fur on the mouse's stomach. Try to part the fur or feel the belly to see if you can spot the nipples. They may look like bald spots if the mouse is young.[5] X Research source
- It can be difficult to spot nipples on pinkies but with good lighting and an observant eye, you can spot nipples as early as three days after birth.
- Be aware that male mice lack nipples entirely, so this is a good way to identify whether a mouse is male, too.[6] X Trustworthy Source PubMed Central Journal archive from the U.S. National Institutes of Health Go to source
2Spot signs of pregnancy to identify an older female. Pregnancy is usually an easy visual determination of sex, as the nipples will swell and drop, forming "saddlebags" around the hip area. However, not all mice will be as obvious, and for some, obese males may look just like pregnant females.[7] X Research source
- The nipples may also take on a pink, rosy appearance when a mouse is pregnant. This is known as "pinking up" and it is a common sign of pregnancy, but it can be hard to spot.
3Look for small bumps near the scrotum to identify a male. Adult male mice have testicles that are pretty easy to see most of the time. However, you may have to be patient in order to get a look, because a male mouse can withdraw his testicles into his body. One way to get a good look is to wait for the mouse to eat while 'standing' on the rim of its food bowl. Most of the time his testicles will descend during this position. They look like small balls or pillows and are near the scrotum.[8] X Research source
- You could also try placing the mouse on a sheet of glass or in a glass cage. Offer the mouse some treats to keep it still and check for its testicles from the under the glass.
Community Q&A
QuestionDo mice feel safe in their owner's hand?Pippa Elliott, MRCVSDr. Elliott, BVMS, MRCVS is a veterinarian with over 30 years of experience in veterinary surgery and companion animal practice. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1987 with a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years.
VeterinarianVeterinarianExpert AnswerThis depends on the how used the mouse is to their owner. With patience and gentle handling, most mice learn to enjoy feeling close to their owner, either in their hand or climbing onto their shoulder.
QuestionCan I use evaporated milk to feed baby mice?Pippa Elliott, MRCVSDr. Elliott, BVMS, MRCVS is a veterinarian with over 30 years of experience in veterinary surgery and companion animal practice. She graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1987 with a degree in veterinary medicine and surgery. She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years.
VeterinarianVeterinarianExpert AnswerNo, evaporated milk could cause diarrhea, which would be fatal in a baby mouse. The closest thing to a female mouse's milk is puppy replacement milk, so give this instead. Until you can get puppy milk, you can also give the mouse some Pedialyte to help keep the baby hydrated.
QuestionCan you tell a baby rat's sex by the color of its eyes?Community AnswerNo, eye color has nothing to do with gender.
QuestionWhat do I do if my mouse is trying to get out?Community AnswerMice are often less likely to want to escape if they have other mice and a more interesting cage to prevent them from getting bored. See if you can get your mouse a friend and spice us his living quarters a little.
QuestionWhat does it mean if my gray mouse is bleeding from the vaginal area?Community AnswerIt could mean she is pregnant and going into labor. If your mouse is not pregnant, then any bleeding from the vaginal area is abnormal and could signal a dangerous health problem. Severe bleeding from a pregnant mouse could be a sign of complications from the birth. Mice do not have periods the way humans do, so any bleeding that cannot be explained by the normal birthing process should be considered a life threatening problem and the mouse should be seen by a vet as soon as possible.
QuestionCan a mouse's gender be ascertained by its color?Community AnswerNo, a mouse of either gender can display an array of different colors, patterns and fur types. You can have a male and female that look identical by color alone.
QuestionHow do I tell if my mouse is pregnant?Community AnswerThere is no sure way to tell, but you may notice her building an nest, eating more than usual, and having an enlarged stomach area.
QuestionHow do rats have babies?Community AnswerThe same way people do. In order for a rat to have babies, she must be bred to a male rat. Gestation (the time between conception and birth) is normally 19-21 days but can be as long as 28 days. The rat will then deliver the babies, one by one, usually at night time. She will clean each one and stimulate the baby to breath by doing so. She will then eat the afterbirth and begin nursing her pups.
QuestionDo male and female mice act the same way?Community AnswerMale mice are usually bigger than females and are more inclined towards sitting and being petted, especially when they get older. Females on the other hand are normally little fidgets and are far to busy running around exploring to sit still, although this can make them more entertaining to watch.
QuestionWhere do I buy mice?Community AnswerThe best way to acquire a mouse is through a reputable small scale breeder, rescue or animal shelter. Mice acquired from pet shops are often bred in large quantities, under socialized and over not very healthy.
- Separate your mice by sex as soon as possible. Unless you want to breed them, it's important to keep the males separate from the females.Thanks!
- If you do not separate your mice by sex, unwanted pregnancies can happen quite quickly and as early as 4 weeks after birth. Having babies can be quite hard for mice and some females can die during childbirth.Thanks!
- ↑ https://www.pdsa.org.uk/taking-care-of-your-pet/looking-after-your-pet/small-pets/how-to-hold-a-mouse-safely
- ↑ http://ko.cwru.edu/info/musfrming.html
- ↑ http://www.fancymice.info/sexing-mice.html
- ↑ http://zenmousery.com.au/sexing-baby-mice/
- ↑ http://ko.cwru.edu/info/musfrming.html
- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3227089
- ↑ https://animals.mom.me/can-tell-female-mouse-pregnant-9869.html
- ↑ http://www.fancymice.info/sexing-mice.html
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While it can be hard to tell if a mouse is male or female at a glance, you can usually spot the difference by examining the mouse's genital area. Gently scoop up the mouse in both hands, then hold it by the scruff and turn it over so it's on its back with its rear end facing you. Carefully move the mouse's tail out of the way so you can see its genital area. If the mouse's genitals are about 1/4 of an inch away from its anus, the mouse is probably a female. If the genitals are much farther away from the anus, or you can see descended testicles, the mouse is a male. Also, female mice have nipples, and male mice do not. For more advice from our Veterinary co-author, like how to identify a pregnant female mouse, read on!
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Assembly Republican Budget Officer Declan O'Scanlon, commended the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for its commitment to Monmouth County's efforts to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy and redevelop Fort Monmouth.
"We were knocked down by Sandy and the State has been there from the beginning offering a helping hand to get businesses and families back on their feet," O'Scanlon, R-Monmouth, said. "From providing temporary housing units for families to providing grants and loans to businesses that suffered damage, the authority has been absolutely committed to our region and intends to place staff in our communities – potentially at Fort Monmouth – to ensure easy access to grants and assistance for business owners."
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Here's a story to end one hell of a white week here on the east coast! I'm sure all of you have donated to the Salvation Army or Goodwill at one time or another. But have you ever donated something you didn't really want to donate? Or did you ever donate the wrong thing?
Well, this isn't your typical Goodwill donation. Five large bags of marijuana were found in a donated cooler in Monroe, Washington, this past Monday. Though, it's legal in the state of Washington for people over 21 to possess one ounce of cannabis, this stash was 60 times over the limit.
Employees at the store discovered the marijuana while sorting through donations Monday morning and called the cops. Debbie Willis of the Monroe Police Department said, "We went over there and they opened the lid and in there was five large bags of marijuana. Normally, when we go there, it is for a shoplifter, but not anything like this."
Police tried to track down the owner of the cooler, but they're unsure if it was donated at this location or at a Goodwill trailer that parks in another town. Willis continued, "However, there are many people on social media claiming it's theirs, but we have yet to have one walk through the door." That is hilarious! You know what? That cooler does look familiar. Dude! Where's my weed?
It's common for employees at Goodwill to find money in pockets of clothing or purses that haven't been emptied when sorting donations, but not 60 ounces of Mary Jane. That's almost 4 pounds! A spokesperson for Goodwill said, "This is a reminder to check your purse, pockets, or cooler to make sure you're donating the items you mean to." Then again, is it possible that the person who donated the cooler was stoned off his rocker and forgot it was in there?
Believe it or not, this wasn't the most unusual item employees have come across while sorting donations. In 2014, three human skulls were found. Two that had been used for medical research, and one Native American skull that was more than 100 years old. The spokesperson from Goodwill said, "We worked with authorities to track down the origin of the Native American skull for the proper burial."
What's to happen with the 60 ounces of donated weed? Willis said, "It's just sitting in our evidence room, awaiting yearly burn of that type of evidence." Man, I'd love to be around for that ceremony. They should have it near some sort of food truck festival. Those food trucks would make a killing that day!


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On Sale: 10/14/2014
ISBN: 978159643960342 Pages, Ages 4-8
For every child who has ever looked up at the stars and asked, "What are they?" comes the story of a curious boy who never stopped wondering: Carl Sagan.
When Carl Sagan was a young boy he went to the 1939 World's Fair and his life was changed forever. From that day on he never stopped marveling at the universe and seeking to understand it better. Star Stuff follows Carl from his days star gazing from the bedroom window of his Brooklyn apartment, through his love of speculative science fiction novels, to his work as an internationally renowned scientist who worked on the Voyager missions exploring the farthest reaches of space. This book introduces the beloved man who brought the mystery of the cosmos into homes across America to a new generation of dreamers and star gazers.
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"*Beginning with the first page, Sisson introduces the magnitude of the universe, visually presenting the Milky Way and our sun's place in it." —The Horn Book, STARRED REVIEW
"Carl Sagan is best known for being a renowned expert on the cosmos, but he started out as just a curious kid fascinated with the night sky, and that's where Sisson starts this picture-book biography." —Booklist
"*Sisson's economical narrative and lighthearted illustrations convey Sagan's regard for the power of imagination and his generous approach to knowledge . . . Both friendly and inspiring." —KIRKUS, STARRED REVIEW
"*Told in narrative format, this beautifully designed and illustrated picture book gives readers a glimpse into the childhood wonderings Sagan experienced as he looked at the night sky and imagined possibilities . . . A gorgeous, informative offering for biography and science collections." —School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
"*A broader message about the role wonder plays in innovation resonates throughout this story." —Publishers Weekly


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Dr. Meri Cummings, lab manager and science resource teacher at the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University, received the Outstanding Commitment Award at the 2012 West Virginia FIRST LEGO League state robotics tournament held Dec. 8 in Fairmont.
The award was signed by inventor Dean Kamen, who founded FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. More than 48, 000 children participate in FIRST LEGO League, a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Company.
Cummings served as West Virginia tournament director for seven years before finally stepping aside in 2012 to emcee the tournament. Under her leadership the tournament grew incredibly as she spreads the word on LEGO robotics through her work at the NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future program. Cummings writes a blog and manages four collaboratives on robotics on the NASATalk website operated by the Classroom of the Future.
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Peacefully at Hallowell House on Tuesday January 28th, 2014, June MacDermaid, of Picton, in her 88th year. Beloved wife of the late Donald W. MacDermaid. Loved mother of Judy (Ron) and Connie and the late Londa. Proud grandmother of Michael (Taylor), Brian (Tanya) and Cheryl (Shawn) and great-grandmother of Leah, Angus and Ethan. June will be sadly missed by her extended family and friends. A Memorial visitation will be held at the Demorestville Town Hall on Thursday May 22nd, 2014 from 2 until 4 p.m. Cremation has taken place. If desired, donations to Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital Foundation or the charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family (cheques only, please). Arrangements entrusted to the Whattam Funeral Home, 33 Main Street, Picton, Ontario. whattamfuneralhome.com


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Mount Jefferson State Park is hosting a FREE paint the park event 2:00p.m. this Saturday, July 20th, at the picnic shelter.
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M.E, Applied Electronics, IFET College of Engineering, Villupuram, India
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In this paper a new location based routing protocol is proposed which is used for vehicular ad-hoc networks. VANETs are more efficient for inter-vehicular communication when compared with other communication networks. But due to the vehicle mobility the link failures occur in more number so that the transmission of the data is not made successfully. In order to overcome the link failure problems, increase in routing overhead and degradation in network scalability a new protocol is proposed. A new hybrid location-based routing protocol which combines features of reactive routing with location-based geographic routing in a manner that efficiently uses all the location information available is to be proposed. The protocol is designed in a way such that as the location information of the vehicle degrades it automatically uses the reactive routing protocol. We show through analysis and simulation that our protocol is more efficient when compared with the existing protocols.
|Wireless networks, Vehicular ad-hoc networks, location-based routing protocol, geographic routing.
|A wireless ad hoc network is a decentralized type of wireless network. The network is ad-hoc because it does not rely on a pre-existing infrastructure, such as routers in wired networks or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless networks. Instead, each node participates in routing by forwarding data for other nodes, so the determination of which nodes forward data is made dynamically on the basis of network connectivity. In addition to the classic routing, ad hoc networks can use flooding for forwarding the data.
|The next generation of wireless communication systems, there will be a need for the rapid deployment of independent mobile users. Significant examples include establishing survivable, efficient, dynamic communication for emergency/rescue operations, disaster relief efforts, and military networks. Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) can be considered as a subset of Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) with unique characteristics. A typical VANET consists of vehicles and access points along the road. Vehicles move on the roads sharing information between themselves and with the Internet through the access points. Vehicles often move at high speed but their mobility is rather regular and Predictable. High speed movement creates scenarios characterized by a very dynamic network topology. Vehicles can always rely on recharging batteries. An accurate estimate of vehicles position can be made available through GPS systems or on-board sensors. VANETs are used for short range, high-speed communication among nearby vehicles, and between vehicles and roadside infrastructure units.
|In VANET, or Intelligent Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networking, defines an intelligent way of using Vehicular Networking. In VANET integrates on multiple ad-hoc networking technologies such as Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11p, WAVE IEEE 1609, WiMAX IEEE 802.16, Bluetooth, IRA, ZigBee for easy, accurate, effective and simple communication between vehicles on dynamic mobility. Effective measures such as media communication between vehicles can be enabled as well as methods to track the automotive vehicles. In VANET helps in defining safety measures in vehicles, streaming communication between vehicles, infotainment and telematics.
|[1] A Routing Strategy for Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks in City Environments Routing of data in a vehicular ad hoc network is a challenging task due to the high dynamics of such a network. Recently, it was shown for the case of highway traffic that position-based routing approaches can very well deal with the high mobility of network nodes. However, baseline position-based routing has difficulties to handle two-dimensional scenarios with obstacles (buildings) and voids as it is the case for city scenarios. In this paper it analyse a position-based routing approach that makes use of the navigational systems of vehicle. While DSR's performance is limited due to problems with scalability and handling mobility, both AODV and the position-based approach show good performances with the position-based approach outperforming AODV.
|[2] Rapid generation of Realistic Mobility model for VANETs is one emerging, new type of ad-hoc network is the vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET), in which vehicles constitute the mobile nodes in the network. Due to the prohibitive cost of deploying and implementing such a system in real world, most research in VANET relies on simulations for evaluation. A key component for VANET simulations is a realistic vehicular mobility model that ensures conclusions drawn from simulation experiments will carry through to real deployments. In this work, a new tool MOVE is introduced that allows users to rapidly generate realistic mobility models for VANET simulations. MOVE is built on top of an open source micro-traffic simulator SUMO. The output of MOVE is a realistic mobility model and can be immediately used by popular network simulators such as ns-2 and qual-net.
|[3] Survey of routing protocols in vehicular ad hoc networks deals with a survey of routing protocols in vehicular ad hoc networks. The routing protocols fall into two major categories of topology-based and position-based routing. [4] discusses the advantages and disadvantages of these routing protocols, explores the motivation behind their design and trace the evolution of these routing protocols. Finally, it concludes the chapter by pointing out some open issues and possible direction of future research related to VANET routing.
|[5] An Evaluation of Inter-Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks Based on Realistic Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) using WLAN technology have recently received considerable attention. The evaluation of VANET routing protocols often involves simulators since management and operation of a large number of real vehicular nodes is expensive. The performance of AODV and GPSR is significantly influenced by the choice of mobility model, and it observe a significantly reduced packet delivery ratio when employing the realistic traffic simulator to control mobility of nodes.
|A. HLAR Protocol:
|A hybrid location-based ad hoc routing (HLAR) protocol, which was particularly designed with optimal scalability performance. It combines a modified AODV protocol with a greedy-forwarding geographic routing protocol. HLAR have features of reactive routing with location-based geographic routing. Our proposed protocol is to efficiently make use of all the location information available, to minimize the routing overhead, and to gracefully exit to reactive routing as the location information degrades. In proposed system each node will have the following two separate tables, which were locally constructed from the beacon packets:
|1) a neighbour table, which will be used to perform geographic routing,
|2) an "ETX" table, which will be used to construct the AODV route (the AODV routing table) upon request to obtain optimal scalability performance.
|B. HLAR Architecture:
|In the above Figure 3.1 the timer is a specialized type of clock for measuring time intervals. Each nodes transmits data packets which are generated in a particular time interval. The timer is set for a certain time period so that the periodic update of the vehicle or node's location parameters are done. Beacon generator is one of the management frames in IEEE. After receiving the beacon frame all the stations change their local clocks to this time. This helps with synchronization. This is the time interval between beacon transmissions. The time at which a node (AP or station when in Ad-hoc) must send a beacon is known as Target Beacon Transmission Time (TBTT). Beacon interval expressed in Time Unit (TU). It is a configurable parameter in the AP and typically configured as 100 TU. Capability information field spans to 16 bits and contain information about capability of the device/network. Type of network such as Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure network is signalled in this field. Apart from this information, it announce the support for polling, encryption details also.
|An Omni direction antenna is used both for transmitting and receiving. Since the mobility of the nodes is in all directions and the transmission of the data packets will be in all direction. Since the main characteristics of Omni directional antenna is that the transmission and reception does not have any particular angle so it is used. The transmission range used is 150-250 meters. The node table have the information about the neighboring vehicles such as,
|1. Neighbor vehicle ID
|2. Current location of the vehicle
|3. Destination vehicle ID
|The data unit have the data that is to be transmitted from the source vehicle or node to the destination vehicle or node. The data packets that are transmitted from the transmitter reaches the routing manager and it does the operation of comparing the node table and the data packet transmitted. It compares and gives the information to the Route discovery unit.
|C. Modules:
|(a) Creating Neighbor Vehicle Information:
|Vehicles need to locally broadcast small beacon packets periodically. These periodic beacon packets include the vehicle's ID and the current location coordinates. These beacon packets also allow vehicles to build their neighbor information table.
|(b) Route Discovery:
|If the source vehicle has no route to the destination vehicle, then source vehicle initiates the route discovery in an on-demand fashion. After generating RREQ, node looks up its own neighbor table to find if it has any closer neighbor vehicle toward the destination vehicle. If a closer neighbor vehicle is available, the RREQ packet is forwarded to that vehicle. If no closer neighbor vehicle is present, then the RREQ packet is flooded to all neighbor vehicles. A destination vehicle replies to a received RREQ packet with a route reply (RREP) packet in only the following three cases:
|? If the RREQ packet is the first to be received from this source vehicle.
|? If the RREQ packet contains a higher source sequence number than the RREQ packet previously responded to by the destination vehicle.
|? If the RREQ packet contains the same source sequence number as the RREQ packet previously responded to by the destination vehicle, but the new packet indicates that a better quality route is available
|(c) Local Repair
|Vehicle mobility will cause the communication links between vehicles to frequently be broken. A local repair will, in general, also cost less power consumption relative to re establishing a new source-todestination route. Intermediate vehicles that participate in exchanging data traffic are allowed to locally repair broken routes through a route repair (RRP) packet instead of just reporting a broken route to its source vehicle.
|The simulation studies involve the deterministic small network topology with 20 nodes as shown in Figure4.1. The proposed HLAR protocol is implemented with Network Simulator-2. The data of same size of data packets is transmitted within this 20 nodes and the performance analysis is done for different parameters and the comparison is done among the existing AODV protocol and the HLAR protocol. End-to-end delay refers to the time taken for a packet to be transmitted across a network from source to destination. Figure 4.2 shows the end to end delay comparison between the normal AODV and HLAR protocol. For the 2nd node the delay is 12 ms in HLAR protocol whereas in AODV it is 73ms.
|Figure 4.3 shows the packet delivery ratio of HLAR and normal AODV protocol. In AODV protocol as the number of nodes increases the number of packets generated gets lost at the time of transmission. The data loss also occurs in the HLAR protocol but when compared with the AODV protocol the data loss is less. During the time of transmission as the number of nodes increases in AODV protocol nearly 30% of the packets are lost whereas in HLAR protocol 20% of the packets are lost. Figure 4.4 shows the throughput comparison between HLAR and normal AODV protocol. In HLAR protocol the number of packets delivered is more 1.7 kbps more than the normal AODV protocol. At time 25ms the packets delivered is 0.38 kbps for AODV and in HLAR it is 0.98 kbps. The bit error rate or bit error ratio (BER) is the number of bit errors divided by the total number of transferred bits during a studied time interval. BER is a unit less performance measure, often expressed as a percentage.
|Generally in VANETs, nodes often change their location within network. So, some stale routes are generated in the routing table which leads to unnecessary routing overhead. Figure 4.6 shows the routing overhead is more in normal AODV protocol and in HLAR protocol it is comparatively low. The HLAR protocol have 20 kb when there are 5 nodes whereas the normal AODV have 73 kb. This comparison is done among 5 nodes.
|To conclude, a new hybrid location-based ad hoc routing protocol, HLAR, which combines features of reactive routing with location-based geographic routing, through simulations that a significant reduction in the routing overhead can be achieved in HLAR compared to standard reactive and geographic routing protocols. A demonstration is made how such a performance improvement leads to a scalable routing solution in the context of VANET environments. Finally the main conclusions hold, even in the presence of location errors. HLAR is simple to deploy and yet effectively obtains optimal scalability performance, making it an ideal candidate for the routing protocol in emerging VANETs. The simulated result shows the bit error rate and throughput and shown better performance when compared with AODV protocol. The multi-source multicast and geo-cast routing are worth to develop since the multimedia services are welcome today.
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The transfer window is just over 24 hours away from opening and William Hill are trying to predict which sides will be the busiest during the month of January. The odds suggest that Sunderland, under the guiding hand of Sam Allardyce will be busiest at 7/2, followed closely by fellow strugglers Newcastle and Aston Villa at 5/1.
At the other end of the betting, Manchester City are 50/1 with Leicester 33/1.
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6/4 Gareth Bale to score more goals than Wayne Rooney at Euro 2016
6/4 Gareth Bale to play in the Premier League
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25/1 Sheikh Mansour to sell all of his stake in Manchester City
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50/1 No Premier League manager to leave their job
50/1 Any Premier League side to change their name
50/1 All Premier League managers to have changed between Jan 1st 2016 and December 31st 2016
100/1 English Premier League to be decided by a playoff
100/1 Any Premier League match to be abandoned due to too many red cards
100/1 All three of Bournemouth, Watford AND Norwich to be relegated from the Premier League
100/1 All three Football League playoffs to be decided on penalties


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Last week I heard two people complaining about how difficult it is to install Ruby on a Mac and start coding with all our precious gems. They deserve explanations.
Alright let's have a quick look at that and install our Ruby env with all tools required to code and deploy on Heroku.
Being able to compile
First of all you need GCC aka the compiler. Previously it was packaged along with XCode but it's not the case anymore. You can get GCC from github. Download it and just unpack it as usual.
New packaging system
If you're bored of macport or if you don't know it already try Homebrew. Homebrew is a package installer based on recipes. To install it type:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"
The script installs Homebrew to
/usr/local so that you don't need sudo when you
brew install. It is a careful script, it can be run even if you have stuff installed to
/usr/local already. It tells you exactly what it will do before it does it too. And you have to confirm everything it will do before it starts.
The Ruby env
I suggest you to install rbenv, a ruby version manager. RVM was the first and awesome one but heavy to maintain and weirdly plugged into the system. To install rbenv and ruby-install (the rubies installer):
brew update
brew install rbenv
brew install ruby-build
Then to install the last Ruby version and update your system:
rbenv install 1.9.3-p125
rbenv rehash
rbenv global 1.9.3-p125
gem update --system
This will quickly install ruby 1.9.3 patch 125 (the latest one today), define it as the default Ruby version and update your gems. Now add the following lines to your .bash_profile:
export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"
I know that was a lot of manipulation just to install Ruby but now you'll be able to add any ruby version you want for a specific project or just for the sake of trying it !! Restart your terminal then check your Ruby version:
ruby -v
GIT, THE Version control tool
I have tried CVS, SVN and Git. GIT is definitely the best Version Control management tool. That's said. Simple. To install it we'll use brew:
brew install git
You're DONE !!
Now you have a working env with as many ruby version as you want, a new (efficient) package manager and git command. To start hacking just git clone an OpenSource project from github like:
git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:vzmind/salesforce-padrino.git
That will create a salesforce-padrino folder and pull into the project code from github. When your modifications are done on that project and you want to deploy that code to Heroku, you'll have to launch:
heroku create
git push heroku master
The last step clearly deserves more explanations but it's clearly a different topic (choosing your IDE, creating an Heroku app, using Git).


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A single car crash occurred Thursday, May 21 on Florida's Turnpike in Martin County. A 2002 Mitsubishi Montero driven by Evonne Lynette Felix, 47, of Apopka overturned at mile marker 132 after the woman lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason. 3 of the 4 passengers in the SUV were ejected when the vehicle overturned and Aida Santiago Torrens, 72, of Orlando was pronounced dead at the scene.
The northbound lanes of the Turnpike were closed until 4:15 pm, as officials investigated the scene. Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Wysocky said that the driver and remaining passengers were taken to Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute. Felix suffered minor injuries in the crash. Passengers Delores Torres, 70 of the Virgin Islands and Marisol Torres, 47, of Puerto Rico are listed in critical condition. Eleuterio Torres, 72, of the Virgin Islands is listed in serious condition.
Felix and Eleuterio Torres were the only ones wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
Miami Rollover Accident Statistics
Vehicles roll over in less than 3% of all crashes, and deaths can be prevented with electronic stability control and strong roofs. According to a national daytime observational survey of motorists, safety belt use was 8% among front seat occupants in 2013.
Unrestrained vehicle occupants are more likely than restrained occupants to be fatally injured in a crash, so belt use is much lower among fatally injured occupants. Although rare, rollover crashes are deadly: they account for more than a third of passenger vehicle occupant deaths. In 2013, 21,268 passenger vehicle occupants died in crashes of all kinds. Of those, 7,067 died in crashes where their vehicle rolled over.
Rollovers are much more common for SUVs and pickups than for cars. In 2013, 50% of SUV occupants killed in crashes were in vehicles that rolled over. In comparison, 45% of deaths in pickups and 24% of deaths in cars were in rollovers.
Types and Causes of Rollover Accidents in Miami
Contributing circumstances in these crashes include:
- excessive speed
- improper loading
- vehicle design
- defective tires
- negligent driver
- road conditions
What Documents Do I Need for a Rollover Claim in Miami?
If you or a loved one sustained severe personal injuries due to a rollover crash, you should contact our office as soon as possible. We require our clients to bring along all necessary documents including:
- contact details of the other driver and possible witnesses
- copy of the police report filed
- copy of your medical records
- documents attesting any previous repairs of the vehicle
- documents attesting the costs of damages sustained by the vehicle
- documents attesting when and from where you purchased the vehicle
- pictures from the scene of the accident
- your medical bills related to the crash
There is no need to worry in case you do not own all these documents: we can obtain most of them with your written agreement.
How Can Miami Lawyer Sean M. Cleary Help?
Proving liability in a rollover accident is usually a complicated process, especially if design or manufacturing defects are involved. For quality legal representation in rollover accident cases, contact Miami rollover accident attorney Sean M. Cleary at 305.416.9805.


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The internet makes it very easy for people to shop around and gives sometimes endless choice. We realise that people often have very little time to explore every possible option and so below we have prepared a short summary and given 5 reasons why we believe Record my School is the right choice to help you with your next school recording.
We are not a large company by any means, but we do have 3 full time members of staff all of whom carry qualifications relevent to their position. Most importantly we have all worked together for a number of years and built up a wealth of experience. Some organisations are proud of being large, and indeed some companies pretend to be larger than they are. Here we simply tell it how it is. For the majority of our recordings you will get two members of staff – unless we are really busy. But we will always asses every job. Some larger recordings need two of us just to keep things moving or particularly where there are a lot of 'set changes' and limited time. We never use sub contractors – if the job is outside of our capabilities then we will tell you. This has never happened yet, but we know our limitations and will only take on work we are confident of doing well.
Technically it's quite easy to record audio and there are an increasing array of consumer devices such as hand held portable recorders available for a few hundred pounds. These are great if you just want a quick recording of something which happened just to go on a blog for example. However to record properly is quite a lot more complicated and requires considerable investment. Record my School have two 16 channel recording rigs which are of the highest possible quality. Accompanying this we have a whole array of professional microphones which are suited for different purposes. Our recording gear was specifically designed to work in schools and take account of the wide range of music which goes on in schools today.
The look of your CD is important. There is nothing worse than putting a lot of effort into a recording only to be delivered a shabby looking CD in a tatty plastic wallet which has clearly been printed on someones computer. Record my School are a location recording company. We are not a CD production house. This is a specialist job and requires specialist equipment. As such we work in partnership with one of the UK's leading CD production and printing houses who fulfil all our CD orders to the highest possible standard and mean you will have a CD which looks exactly like one which is sold in the shops.
A lot of recording companies are run by sound engineers who have 'day jobs' and therefore only take on a handful of small local recordings either just to enjoy playing with the technology or just as a hobby. Because we are a UK company and this is our core business, Record my School work all over the UK and do not charge extra for travel.
Our business has been trading since 2009 and indeed our staff have worked in the location recording industry since 2002. Because recording on location is our core business, then we trade as a proper Limited Company and carry all the necessary insurances which go with this. Copies of our insurance is always available upon request.


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ITM Cup 2014 is here with two and a half months of provincial rugby action. The ITM Cup is an interesting competition these days without the All Blacks and with games running from Thursday to Sunday meaning that knowing team selections before the start of the round is difficult. There is also the tendency for teams to rotate their squads to avoid player burnout.
Some interesting points to note:
The early rounds usually see the odd upset before the best teams completely dominate with some massive winning margins.
Counties Manukau may struggle away from home without the Ranfurly Shield to inspire them.
Teams will rotate players depending on their schedule, so check who is playing before picking a result to avoid disappointment.
There is always the odd win by Championship teams over Premiership teams. Round 1 is a good chance with Tasman hosting Hawkes Bay.
Canterbury is favourite to win the ITM Cup Premiership, but they have lost some of their experienced non All Black regulars and so watch for Auckland to compete in 2014. Wellington have lost too many players to injury in 2014.
I am mainly picking the home teams to win ITM Cup Round 1 matches with the exception of Counties Manukau in the first game.
There are some great games in ITM Cup Round 1 with Canterbury vs Auckland a likely final in two months – time. Southland vs Bay of Plenty is a likely ITM Cup Championship semi-final with the home ground important for the Stags. Otago, Wellington, Northland and Tasman should all win at home.
Hawkes Bay might prove to be a handful for Tasman in the cross over game, while Counties should be too strong away from home for Taranaki who may struggle in 2014.
The key to dominating in ITM Cup rugby is having a quality first five eighth. Even the best teams in the ITM Cup Championship have quality first five eighths like Lima Sopoaga, Hayden Parker and Ihaia West.
Who are you picking?
Here are my picks for ITM Cup 2014 Round 1
Your picks for Round 1:
|Date and time
|Your pick
|[1] Taranaki v Counties Manukau
|14 Aug 12:00 (local)
14 Aug 12:00 (your time*)
|Counties Manukau by 7
|[2] Southland v Bay of Plenty
|15 Aug 19:35 (local)
15 Aug 19:35 (your time*)
|Southland by 6
|[3] Otago v North Harbour
|16 Aug 14:35 (local)
16 Aug 14:35 (your time*)
|Otago by 14
|[4] Canterbury v Auckland
|16 Aug 16:35 (local)
16 Aug 16:35 (your time*)
|Canterbury by 10
|[5] Wellington v Waikato
|16 Aug 18:35 (local)
16 Aug 18:35 (your time*)
|Wellington by 14
|[6] Tasman v Hawke's Bay
|17 Aug 14:35 (local)
17 Aug 14:35 (your time*)
|Tasman by 8
|[7] Northland v Manawatu
|17 Aug 16:35 (local)
17 Aug 16:35 (your time*)
|Northland by 3


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Asiamoney best bank awards 2017: Malaysia
Best Corporate and Investment Bank: JPMorgan
Best Bank for SMEs: Public Bank
Best Private Bank: Credit Suisse
Award winners:
Best domestic bank: Maybank
Maybank chief executive Abdul Farid Alias is enjoying good times. The bank that he has run for four years is purring along, which is more than can be said for much of Malaysia, still reeling from 1MBD hangovers and political tension. Under the low-profile Farid's careful aegis, Maybank is now the country's biggest bank by some distance. Its closest rival CIMB is well back.
Boasting around $170 billion in assets, Maybank has also become Malaysia's regional champion, the fourth biggest bank by assets in Asean after Singaporean banks DBS, OCBC and UOB, which Farid benchmarks his bank against. In January Farid flagged the possibility of an earnings contraction this year, but he stunned the market in June with profits for the first half up a handsome 30% on last year.
There was another milestone in June for Farid, as Maybank became the first ever Malaysian company to top RM100 billion ($24 billion) in market capitalization and its share price has jumped 25% this year. With loan growth up by 6% since Farid took a knife to NPLs last year, the rest of the year looks like being bumper for Farid and his Maybank team.
Best corporate and investment bank: JPMorgan
JPMorgan's long-time boss in Kuala Lumpur, Steve Clayton, likes to say: 'Don't look at the length of the list, look at the size of the wallet." Clayton and his team may not have done the most deals in KL this year — take a bow Credit Suisse — but they can claim to have done the biggest and the more interesting.
|Steve Clayton,
In July, they got a $133 million placement of CIMB stock away for the Malaysian sovereign Khazanah Nasional, a $500 million placement of emerging tech group Edotco, and then they did the biggest IPO of the year in listing the $900 million Lotte Chemical float in July.
Clayton and his colleagues lead managed a $1 billion bond for gaming company Genting, a $1.1 billion bond for CIMB and advising state plantation owners Felda on a $500 million acquisition and, as the year closed, on the big banking merger of RHB and AmBank to create Malaysia's fourth biggest bank.
Importantly, there was nothing from the 1MDB fund in the picture, JPMorgan being one of the rare outfits in KL to dodge that particularly toxic government bullet.
Best international bank: UOB
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the Wee family's Singapore-based United Overseas Bank should feel suitably complimented. Singaporean banks like UOB are the regional industry standard that big Malaysian banks, such as Maybank, say they benchmark against for product range, service and prudential management.
UOB has brought those Singapore standards to Malaysian customers, and has become the Malaysia's biggest locally incorporated foreign bank in asset size and branch network in the process. UOB Malaysia now boasts assets closing in on RM120 billion ($28 billion), which helped it generate profits of RM291 million for the first quarter this year.
Though a late entrant to Islamic banking in KL — it opened its Shariah bank only a year ago — UOB Malaysia is also building up its Islamic banking footprint, and expects to add around RM4 billion ($1 billion) in Shariah deposits up to 2020, partly by trading off the goodwill of its existing bank in Malaysia.
Best bank for SMEs: Public Bank
Public Bank has SME banking in its corporate DNA, a culture stemming from its roots servicing many of the country's ethnic Chinese shopkeepers and stallholders. So, it is unsurprising that SME lending by Public Bank grew by a healthy 11.4% to RM71 billion in 2016, its 50th anniversary year, much as it has done for many of those previous 49. That represents 24.3% of the bank's total lending portfolio.
Those loans seem to be are sound, thanks to the bank's famously-tight internal controls. Malaysia's third largest bank by assets, after Maybank and CMB, Public Bank boasts that its bad loan ratio sustained of just 0.5% is the lowest of all Malaysian banks.
Which helps explain why Public Bank Group's net return on equity, of 16.5% in 2016, is the highest among its local peer banks, and why it trades at 2.3 times book, making it one of the most expensive financial institutions in the country.
But change is afoot at Public Bank, with octogenarian founder-chairman Teh Hong Piow set to retire in early 2019. Teh owns 24% of Public Bank, which might make a juicy stake for a mainland Chinese bank with deep pockets to step up.
Best bank for CSR: HSBC
Mukhtar Hussain's HSBC Malaysia could well qualify for a corporate social responsibility award — with the emphasis on responsibility — because of its prudence in avoiding having anything to do with 1MDB. The toxic state development fund has so poisoned the Malaysian market, as Asiamoney explains elsewhere in this edition.
|Mukhtar Hussain,
The anti-corruption messages plastered all over HSBC's branches and office are a testament to the attention Hussain and the bank have paid.
More conventionally, HSBC Malaysia has been a big proponent of water conservation and quality, particularly in the country's most populated catchment area, the Klang Valley surrounding Kuala Lumpur. It has partnered with Earthwatch and GEC to train employees to be so-called Citizen Science Leaders to raise water awareness concerns in the area.
GEC is also HSBC's partner in a programme to help Malaysia's plantation companies better manage and sustain the existing peat swamp forest habitats, a big deal in a country where industry has found that money does grow on trees in a land blanketed with palm oil.
The programme also aims to help alleviate the annual haze pollution from plantation burns that smothers the region.
The bank has also dedicated resources to KL's homeless through its Pertiwi soup kitchen project, providing hygienic utensils, food and medicines for the destitute who gather in downtown KL.
Best digital bank: CIMB
Kanags Surendran, CIMB's head of digital banking and self-described 'passionate fintech geek', likes to point out that more than 90% of CIMB customers' transactions are now done via the bank's digital and self-service channels. CIMB's digital users grew by 25% in the last year, and mobile users grew by 45%.
Surendran has done deals with Alibaba to develop Alipay mobile payment services in Malaysia, while rolling out the well-received CIMB EVA, an app that allows customers to have live-chats with bank staff as they conduct transactions.
There is more to come if a recent senior personnel move is a guide, as CIMB has hired Olivier Crespin from DBS Singapore to head its new fintech unit. The Frenchman spearheaded DBS's well-regarded digital banking thrust from 2014 onwards.
Best private bank: Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse reckons Malaysian wealth is generally 'under-appreciated' by its peers, though the bank clearly believes it is the exception to that apparent maxim.
Indeed, it has proved adept at identifying Malaysia's ultra-high net-worth individuals in the face of renewed local competition from Singapore's DBS, which has been on an acquisition spree in the region, and from Deutsche Bank and UBS, its traditional foreign-owned competitors.
As regulators tighten rules and practices in the sector, in part a response to the 1MDB scandal, CS says it continues to grow its client base, who are lured by the bank's healthy compound annual return of 10% since 2011. It has also been adding Shariah-compliant products to its services, as that segments continues to grow in KL.


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Negligence, Employer's liability, In a foundry.
At the trial of an action against the proprietor of a foundry by a workman who was injured by having his clothes catch fire while he was helping to lift a crucible filled with molten brass heated to two thousand degrees Fahrenheit, it appeared that the plaintiff had been employed at the foundry for two and a half years, that two men were needed to lift each crucible and that it was customary not to have the same men lift two successive crucibles, because of the increased danger that the continuous heat would set their clothes on fire, but that the superintendent did not heed the custom on the occasion in question, and that by his orders the plaintiff was helping to lift a second successive crucible when his clothing caught fire. It also appeared that it was not uncommon in the foundry for a workman's clothing to catch fire. Held, that the added danger from the handling of the second crucible was as obvious as was the danger in the handling of the first, and therefore that the risk of injury therefrom was assumed by the plaintiff as a matter of law, and that the superintendent was under no duty to warn him of it.
While an employee in a foundry was assisting in holding a crucible filled with molten brass while clinkers were being knocked from its bottom, he felt his clothing burning and called to a superintendent that he was burning. The superintendent replied, "Never mind, hold up," and then, as soon as he saw fire on the employee's clothing, told him to let the crucible down. At the trial of an action by the employee for his injuries so caused, a witness for the plaintiff testified, that to have put down the crucible while the clinkers were attached to it would have been more dangerous than to have waited, as the superintendent did, until the clinkers were removed. This testimony was undisputed. Held, that the order of the superintendent directing the plaintiff to "hold up" could not have been found to have been negligent.
TORT for personal injuries, received by the plaintiff while employed in a foundry of the defendant and caused by his clothing
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being set on fire when he was assisting in lifting a pot or crucible of molten brass. Writ dated October 27, 1908.
In the Superior Court the case was tried before Lawton, J. It appeared that the plaintiff had been employed in the foundry for two and a half years. Other material facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant asked that a verdict be ordered for the defendant. The request was refused. The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $800; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
The case was submitted on briefs.
M. O. Garner, for the defendant.
J. F. Creed & J. J. Mansfield, for the plaintiff.
SHELDON, J. If we assume that Charles Paul was or could be found to be entrusted by the defendant with and exercising superintendence and having that for his sole or principal duty, or at least to be a person acting as superintendent with the authority and consent of the defendant in the absence of the regular superintendent, within the meaning of R. L. c. 106, § 71, cl. 2, now contained in St. 1909, c. 514, § 127, cl. 2, we are yet of opinion that the plaintiff was not entitled to maintain his action, upon his contention (which was the only ground submitted to the jury) that his injury was due to the negligence of Paul.
His injury was due to the fact that his clothes caught fire by reason of the heat radiating from a pot or crucible of molten brass, which under the order of Paul he was assisting another man to lift and empty. He had just before done the same thing with another like crucible; and it could be found that the previous exposure of his garments to the great heat (some two thousand degrees Fahrenheit) radiating therefrom rendered it more dangerous to subject them again to the same ordeal, and that for this reason it was customary that the same man should not lift and carry two such pots or crucibles in succession. But the effects of exposure to excessive temperatures are within the common knowledge of mankind. No grown man of ordinary intelligence could be heard to say, for example, that he was ignorant of the result of putting a slice of beef upon a gridiron immediately over an aperture in the top of a heated range, or of placing a combustible substance in close proximity to any matter heated to such a temperature as is here in question. And it is equally a matter of common knowledge that the
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effect of additional exposures immediately succeeding each other will much enhance the result thereof in parching, burning and setting on fire any combustible substance thus exposed. In this very case, the judge correctly ruled that the plaintiff must be taken to have appreciated and assumed the risk of his clothes taking fire from handling such a crucible. But he allowed the jury to find that there was such an added, increased danger in lifting a second crucible as to constitute a separate and distinct danger, which the plaintiff could not reasonably foresee under the circumstances, but which one charged with the duty of superintendence ought to have foreseen. But all the evidence was that it was no uncommon thing for the men to become burned in handling these crucibles; and we can see no ground for saying that (to use arbitrary figures) a workman must be deemed to appreciate and assume the risk of exposure to the enormous heat for five minutes, but that an exposure to the same heat for double that time involved a danger which was of a distinct character, which was not obvious and which he properly might require to have explained to him. Each risk is of the same character; it is no more necessary to give warning against the one than against the other. The case comes within the same principles that were applied in Cunningham v. Blake & Knowles Steam Pump Works, 208 Mass. 68, 70; Boisvert v. Ward, 199 Mass. 594; and Whalen v. Rosnosky, 195 Mass. 545. Indeed the plaintiff did not testify, nor do we find any other evidence tending to show, that he did not appreciate the danger of a further exposure to heat from a second crucible as well as that of the first exposure.
The plaintiff testified that while he and another were holding up the second crucible to knock off clinkers from its bottom, his clothes began to smoke, and he said, "I am burning," but that Paul answered, "Never mind, hold up." He testified also that Paul, as soon as he saw the fire, told the plaintiff to let it down. This first mentioned order cannot be said to have been negligently given. McHugh, a witness for the plaintiff, testified, and it appears to have been undisputed, that to put down the crucible with clinkers on the bottom would have been more dangerous than to hold it up, from the risk of its turning over and causing an explosion; that the clinkers must be knocked off before it could be set down.
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We find no evidence of negligence for which the defendant was responsible; and the order must be
Exceptions sustained.


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