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Kansas City voters on Tuesday heeded City Hall's appeal for more money and overwhelmingly approved a half-cent sales tax increase to bolster parks, community centers and streets.
The vote, by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin, means the city will be able to keep community centers open longer and provide more programming, improve park and playground maintenance and — for the first time — create a specific street maintenance fund.
"People did understand the need to do what we were doing, and they were willing to make the sacrifice to move this city forward," a jubilant Mayor Sly James said at a campaign celebration at Union Station. "I think it shows people not only love their parks but understand the value of maintaining their parks."
James said he was a little surprised by the margin of victory, and now the city has to "make sure we establish the bond of trust with the citizens" by proving it can spend the money wisely.
Voters also supported, by a landslide margin of 80 percent to 20 percent, $500 million in new bonds to start a massive, federally mandated sewer modernization project. Sewer rates will have to double by 2020 to pay for those bonds, but city officials had warned that rates would skyrocket even faster if voters had refused to allow the city to borrow the money.
Money from the sales tax increase replaces a $12.50 annual vehicle fee that was expiring and several small parks-related property taxes, which will no longer appear on year-end property tax bills. The property tax relief will save residents about $10.5 million.
Critics had argued that now was not the time for a sales tax increase, especially one without an expiration date.
"It's a forever tax," south Kansas City resident Terrence Nash said, noting that other Kansas City sales taxes come up periodically for renewal so voters can decide if the money has been well spent. "With a forever tax, there's no accountability."
But James and others said the parks are a permanent asset so they need a stable, permanent source of funding.
With this sales tax increase, which takes effect in January, Kansas City's overall sales tax rate becomes one of the highest in the metro area. In Kansas City south of the river, the base rate becomes 8.35 percent (not including special assessments such as those in community improvement districts). In Kansas City/Clay County, it becomes 8.1 percent, and in Kansas City/Platte County, it becomes 8.475. The sales tax rate is still higher in some Johnson County communities, but their tax rates are scheduled to drop next summer.
The sales tax will raise an estimated $30 million a year that will be dedicated to the parks department. Because other revenue will now be eliminated or diverted to streets, the net gain in funding for parks and community centers will be about $3 million. It will help replace some of the $9 million in cuts that the parks department has seen in the last five years.
"It's the best thing that's happened (for parks) in years," parks director Mark McHenry said Tuesday night. "We can plan our future."
Parks officials said they will use the $3 million a year to expand community center hours, especially on weekends, and to provide more robust community center programming. They will also do more regular cleaning and repairs of parks, fountains and playgrounds, and will plant up to 100 more flower beds.
The general fund money that used to go for parks will now be used to create a dedicated street maintenance fund. As a result, city officials said, money for street maintenance should grow from about $8 million this year to about $20 million annually.
Street engineers said the new money should allow for more street paving as well as whole-street reconstruction, which was not budgeted this year.
Tuesday's vote was a victory for James, who had put his popularity and political capital on the line. The Sly James for Mayor campaign even contributed $35,000 to the campaign for Tuesday's ballot measures. The campaign was relatively low-key, raising about $280,000 and relying on political mailings and yard signs, but no television advertising.
Some people had speculated that voters would be in an anti-tax mood because of the sluggish economy, but the ballot measure garnered strong support throughout the city. North of the Missouri River, the measure passed 57 percent to 43 percent. South of the river, it passed 67 percent to 33 percent.The measure was supported by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Council, Freedom Inc., and numerous neighborhood and labor groups.
There was no organized opposition, but the measures did not get the endorsement of the influential Civic Council of Greater Kansas City. The Civic Council board said it would not support any ballot measure until Kansas City comes up with a long-range financing plan. James said that plan will come soon.
On the second ballot measure, regarding sewers, Kansas City residents can now expect to see their rates go up 15 percent for two years, and 13 percent each year after that until 2020, to help pay the costs of borrowing the $500 million. The average monthly sewer rate would be about $45 by 2015 and $84 by 2020. (That's just sewer. Water charges would be on top of that.)
The sewer bond money will pay for giant wastewater storage tanks and other sewer improvements throughout the city. It's the start of a much larger project, slated to cost $2.5 billion in today's dollars, to meet a federal court order and a 25-year timetable. The sewer upgrades are designed to reduce wastewater overflows and contamination of rivers and streams.
Water officials said recent sewer bonds have received a AA credit rating, and the city should be able to borrow the money at historically low rates, close to 3 percent.
©2012 The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.)


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Dark Souls 2 set to hit PS4 and Xbox One next year
Dark Souls 2, the epic role-playing extravaganza which was released by Bandai Namco Games earlier this year, is all set to make its way onto the PS4 and the Xbox One on April 7 next year. This version of the title will be subtitled Scholar of the First Sin, and will of course feature never before seen content. And there's no need to mention that a full graphical overhaul will also be granted to the game by its maker From Software.
Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin was first released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in March this year, and in April, it made its way to PC. While it will be made available for the PS4 and the Xbox One this April, it will also be doled out for the older platforms equipped with all the upgraded contents from the new release. It will come equipped with three DLC missions namely, Crown of the Sunken King, Crown of the Old Iron King and Crown of the Ivory King, apart from an update dubbed version 1.10 which will introduce fresh features including an additional NPC companion, an expanded story, in-game events, improved balance and an online matchmaking functionality.
Also Read: 12 Best RPGs on Steam
What's awesome is that all features from the version 1.10 update will be dished out for free to all those who have purchased the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. For those unaware, Dark Souls 2 is an action role-playing title with hack and slash offerings that has been equipped with a unique multiplayer experience. It features extremely difficult gameplay that's one of its main selling points.
Like we said, Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin will be released for the PS4 and the Xbox One with its additional content on April 7, 2015.


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Adult male smoker; follow-up CT.
Three patterns of emphysema:
1. Centrilobular with central arteries seen within centers of hypodense areas; peripheral sub-pleural areas are spared.
2. Paraseptal: involving sub-pleural and sub-fissural areas. One subpleural raw is seen mimicking one raw of blocks.
3. Panlobular: uniform destruction of pulmonary architecture.
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Many travel services, such as airlines, cruise ships, and trains, are now providing travel WiFi connectivity to keep their customers engaged while in transit. This relatively recent trend follows the Internet access offered by hotels, motels, and resorts for the past few years. While some services provide Internet access at no cost, others charge a nominal rate, so pay close attention to any potential fees when you are traveling.
In a Hotel? Consider Using Your Own Mobile Bandwidth
While some hotels and motels do offer free Internet access, others only provide service for a daily charge of around 10 dollars. If you have extra bandwidth on your mobile account, you may want to consider using your own 3G or 4G service, if it is available at your location. Additionally, some hotels have been known to block websites such as Netflix to force you into paying for a pay-per-view movie from their in-house service.
Traveling the USA While Connected to the Internet on Amtrak
There is nothing like rail travel. It offers the opportunity to see parts of the USA not typically visible on an Interstate or from an airplane at 30,000 feet. Amtrak offers WiFi Internet connectivity free of charge on some of their train routes and in some stations. It is a cellular-based service, so bandwidth can be limited at times, but it's a good way to stay connected to email when on the rails.
WiFi Internet Access in the Skies
Air travelers also can enjoy Internet access from most major air carriers. The recent decision from the FAA to allow the in-flight use of electronic devices makes it possible to access the Internet using a tablet computer or laptop. Expect to pay nominal fee for in-flight Internet access — usually anywhere from $8-10 per flight. Some carriers also offer certain TV channels and pay-per-view movies as well.
With more travel WiFi options — some even free of charge — it is becoming increasingly possible to stay connected while on the go without depending on a mobile Internet provider. Just make sure to pay close attention to any fees and/or charges for extra bandwidth.


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A healthy mom is far more likely to give birth to a healthy baby than an unhealthy mom that does nothing to make sure she eats right and live a healthy lifestyle. While eating right doesn't guarantee a healthy baby, it does help you stay healthier throughout the pregnancy, which means you can avoid some things that are more likely ... Read More »
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5 Ways To Convey Personality at Your Next Party
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Alcohol: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
You've heard the mixed reports, about how some beer is good for you or or about how wine is heart healthy. And, you've also heard about the fact that heavy drinking can damage your liver. There are good things about alcohol consumption, and there are bad things about it. Drinking can be a lifestyle choice for many, but for some ... Read More »
Tips For Choosing the Right Wedding Venue
A wedding day is a very important day, especially for people who have been dreaming about it for most of their lives. If you're lucky, you only get married once, and that is why it's important to make sure that this day is everything you've ever dreamed of. There are a lot of things to think about, and a large ... Read More »
Advantages of Hiring a Car Accident Attorney
Every day the number of accidents is increasing and mishaps have become quite common because of the increased number of vehicles. If you are using a car you are also prone to an accident and this is good to find out an experienced car attorney in your area. After every accident there is chaos and pain, which family members and ... Read More »
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Boxing has given us some of the best entertainment in sports history and this September it will give fans the opportunity to engage in online betting for one of the best title fights in recent years. Saturday the 10th of September is the exact date when WBA, WBC, IBF, and IBO World Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin takes on his challenger, Kell Brook who currently holds the IBF Welterweight Title.
This will quite literally be a fight between boxing champions and Brook will be vying to get ahold of his second title. It's not just any fighter who can hold two titles at once and, as one can imagine, the hype has been building around this bout for quite some time. Let's check in on the betting sportsbook odds and see if they can shed some light on how these two fighters will fare.
WBA WBC IBF IBO World Middleweight Title
Kell Brook +550
Gennady Golovkin -800
The odds certainly give Golovkin the advantage and this can largely be attributed to the fact that this fight will mark the first time Brook is competing at the middleweight class. On top of his title, Brook is coming in with a spectacular record of 36-0 boasting an impressive 25 knockouts. Equally as magnificent is Golovkin's record which sits at 35-0 with an awe-inspiring 32 knockouts. Even though it's uncertain who will come out on top the online betting community can be certain of one thing; at the end of the bout one of these fighters will taste defeat for the first time.
Brook could not have chosen a harder opponent to debut in a higher boxing weight class and he certainly won't be catching any breaks from his opponent. Golovkin is a tremendous fighter, and anyone on the planet can infer that from looking Golovkin is well-known for being a heavy-hitter but it's his ability to 'read' his opponents that ultimately gives him an advantage inside the ring.
Using superior movement Golovkin is able to put himself in a position where his blows, often considered unorthodox in technique, will land without fail. In this particular bout Golovkin should have an advantage considering Brook is used to competing two weight classes below Golovkin. This has led many online betting experts to claim that Brook simply does not have the power to faze Golovkin.
However, Brook is convinced that this fact will play out to his advantage, claiming that it will provide him with both a speed and movement advantage over his opponent. While both have a jab known for being a 'ramrod', Brook simply cannot try to trade blows with the Kazakh superstar. A great example of why this won't work is the fight that Golovkin had against Willie Monroe Jr. in which many thought Monroe had the upper hand when he kept sending Golovkin's head flying back.
However, Golovkin proved too tough for these blows, absorbed them, and ultimately came back to win the fight. None of this seems to bother Brook however, who is confident that his punching power is roughly the same as Golovkin's. In fact the fighter has gone on record as stating that he has zero respect for his opponent. Apparently holding four titles is not enough to garner some respect from a British fighter.


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How can I use AllocatedCStr?
Well, there is not a single answer:
Most C structures used to pass parameters to a function use 'inline' strings.
I mean fixed length character sets, such as:
char buffer[256];
Now, if the field is a real string, such as:
char *buffer;
At the beginning, I had no 'CStr' definition in Pliant, so I was using
'(Array Char xxx)' or 'Address' data types, with a bit of extra glue code
per function.
'CStr' was introduced as a result of John Eikenberry attempting to interface
an external DLL, in order to avoid glue code.
So, if you have extra needs, then post the exact C definition of the structure
you need to share between Pliant an C code, plus the syntax and meaning
of the function using it (specifying if the fields are read only in the
function, read write, or write only, what the C prototype does not always
specify), then we can study creation of additional modules that enable no glue
code interface.
The general problem is that C is too low level in strings handling area,
so people started to use tricks in order to avoid heavy code (or get better
performances) such as using fixed length inline strings.
Now, when interfacing with another language, these very C specific
tricks have to be reversed, so it's a bit of borring code to write, but
Pliant expression power should be enough to cover various cases nearly
Here is the structure I am passing to a C function (CreateWindowEx):
typedef struct _WNDCLASSEX {
UINT cbSize;
UINT style;
WNDPROC lpfnWndProc;
int cbClsExtra;
int cbWndExtra;
HINSTANCE hInstance;
HICON hIcon;
HCURSOR hCursor;
HBRUSH hbrBackground;
LPCTSTR lpszMenuName;
LPCTSTR lpszClassName;
HICON hIconSm;
LPCTSTR is just a typedef to a const char* for the ANSI version of the function. Both strings are allocated by the caller. The callee dosn't hold on to the pointers.
As a temporary measure I copied the definition of AllocatedCStr to my code and renamed it to WindowsCStr. The Plient type looks like this:
type WindowClass
field uInt size
field uInt style
field Address windowProc
field Int classExtra
field Int windowExtra
field uInt instance
field uInt icon
field uInt cursor
field uInt background
field WindowsCStr menuName
field WindowsCStr className
field uInt smallIcon
I am now sucessfully calling Windows functions and have created a callback (other debate). Right now I have a simple window that draws a diagonal line.


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With the Cricut® Artbooking cartridge from Close To My Heart and your own priceless photos in hand, you'll have all you need to celebrate life's finest memories. Watch the video for ideas on using the celebration-themed keys of the cartridge to make fun, festive projects!
To see some of these layouts more closely and view the "recipe" for creating them. , you can visit Jeanette Lynton's blog. If you are interested in learning more about the Artbooking cartridge and how to use your Cricut to make these and other great projects, let me show you how! Contact me today.


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Gloucester Event Tickets
Details of Gloucester and the Ticket Luck value
Have you ever visited a beautiful port city in Massachusetts that is known as America's oldest fishing port? If not then make sure to include Gloucester in your list of MUST-SEE places. Gloucester is located in Essex County on Cape Ann. The city is surrounded by the sea and has a rich maritime heritage that attracts many visitors to this its wonderful setting. Gloucester is a busy and metropolitan styled city that is a part of Boston's North Shore. It lies on 40 miles north of Boston hence an hour long drive can take you from Boston to this strategically significant land. The urban core of the city can be found on the north side of the harbor along with the neighborhoods of Bay View, Annisquam, Folly Cove, Lanesville, Riverdale, Magnolia, East and West Gloucester. It is bounded by Rockport, Essex & Manchester-by-the-Sea, Ipswich Bay and Massachusetts Bay on the east, west, north and south respectively.
The city of Gloucester covers 25 square miles along the coastline of Massachusetts. Its population was recorded as 30,308 in the 2007 Census Bureau while different surveys reveal better quality of life and high income average among the residents. Although it was originally founded as a fishing community (in 1623), however, it has a diversified economy today that comprises on many industries, government and private organizations.The beautiful harbor and rocky shores of Gloucester first earned it the name of Le Beauport as called by Samuel de Champlain. However, its boundaries were originally included in Sandy Bay, in the town of Rockport. Once a village, this area got separated from Sandy Bay on February 27, 1840 while its incorporation as a city happened during 1873.
Today, Gloucester is a thriving urban center that offers quality oriented lifestyle and awe-inspiring attractions. It is an important spot for fishing industry and a booming city for traders and businessmen. However, for the tourists Gloucester is simply a popular summer destination where one can enjoy quality time and explore variety of attractions. The area is blessed with great natural surroundings but the real character of the city does not lie in its stunning physical beauty but the rich heritage and profound cultural essence that it is proud of. Your trip to Gloucester can be full of exciting activities as it offers a chockfull of attractions of all types. Stage Fort Park and Welcoming Center is the best place to get information about the city and its major attractions. Every place has something unique and great about it; hence it is difficult to decide what to see and what not.
You trip to Gloucester is incomplete without a visit to Lanes Cove. Located in Lanesville, this picturesque site offers great delight to nature lovers. It also hosts an annual bonfire on July 4 that is popular all over the region. Blynman Cut Bridge is another fun attraction that is raised many times during the day, thus provides great fun to the onlookers. In the heart of the inner harbor of Gloucester, a huge a complex of buildings and docking berths welcomes visitors. Named as Jodrey Fish Pier, you can watch the boats being unloaded and amended here. The Paint Factory is perhaps the most popular harbor attraction. This is a busy business center right at the entrance to inner harbor and visitors can enjoy dining and entertainment options over here.
If you are an arts lover, then Gloucester presents for you one of the oldest art colonies of America, Smith's Cove & Rocky Neck Art Colony. The area houses many galleries, shops and clubs. Gloucester also houses the oldest Unitarian Church of United States, the Unitarian-Universalist Church. If more interested in history, then visit Sleeper-McCann House for colonial era collections, Cape Ann Historical Museum for large collection of paintings and drawings and Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center for exploring the oldest continuously operating marine railway of USA.
Gloucester also houses a National Historical Landmark Schooner Adventure and a Georgian architectural wonder Sargent House Museum. Other major points of interests include Howard Blackburn's Tavern, Our Lady Of Good Voyage, Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Memorial, Gloucester's City Hall, Joan Of Arc, World War II Memorial, Annisquam Art Gallery and Exchange, Annisquam Historical Society, Beauport Sleeper McCann House, Cape Ann Museum and Hammond Castle Museum. The downtown Gloucester a lovely area to shop, dine and get entertained through different means. It offers antique shops, malls and galleries. Dining is also great fun especially with Gloucester's quality seafood. For theater enthusiast, West End Theater is the best bet while music and concerts can be enjoyed in pubs and live music venues.
Gloucester also offers its visitors a great variety in indoor and outdoor activities. Ravenswood Park can be explored for walking and cross-country skiing while Bass Rocks Country Club is a paradise for golf lovers. Also, don't forget to visit Atlantic Yankee Whale Watch and Deep Sea Fishing if you ever wanted to watch the whales within the sea.All in all, Gloucester is a wonderful destination for holidaying and family fun. If you want to experience its spectacular and energetic life, then grab Gloucester Tickets for the event of your choice and enjoy your time.


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Guidelines for dealing with people who have dementia
Look at the person and not the illness, and treat the person as you would have done before the dementia.
Remember that many get frustrated because, unlike many people they simply cannot come straight out with the answer, and if things go wrong we sometimes come out with the wrong words, and that leads to accusations of aggressive behaviour or us being rude. I have heard this on many occasions, which makes me believe that the accusers really don't have a clue about this illness.
Please don't assume that you know all of the answers about dementia and what it is like to live with it, but ask us. We are living with it and therefore we can tell you about our problems.
Remember that people with strong accents, asking questions can be very difficult to understand, when you have this illness. As someone who grew up in the North East, I now struggle with the accents these days and if it is difficult for me, what is it like for others.
Many have hearing problems which may be acute as in Lewy Body Dementia and other may be losing their hearing, so they may not be able to understand clearly what you are saying, so please accept this, as this causes us stress at times, and that could lead to us being accused of being rude or aggressive.
Try to speak in a calm clear voice and not get agitated, otherwise it makes those with the illness react in the same way.
Do not discuss our problems with someone else while we are there, as that is hurtful and disrespectful, we have ears and a tongue and can answer for ourselves given the chance and the time.
Many of us have developed routines that we go through each day, and we should be allowed to carry on with these, as it allows us to be in control for that little bit longer. It also decreases the decisions that we need to make on a regular basis.
Some people are struggling to come to terms with this illness, some even deny they have it after the diagnosis, and it is up to you all to give us the support and care we need.
Some people struggle with certain types of flooring as with marble or vinyl floors, and may see things which are not there, and this causes distress. Marble floors are one of the worst things on a bad day when you have dementia, as it looks as if the designs are moving, and this has given me many nightmares in the past.
Revolving doors and elevators are a disaster as guess the time to get into or onto them is out of this world. My wife always goes down the elevator in front of me, and we don't use revolving doors unless there is no other way in or out of the building.
Large mirrors especially full size ones, can cause problems in rooms such as hotel bathrooms and bedrooms; it's not the first time that I have walked into a mirror thinking it was a door, because I could see a door reflected in it.
Remember our carers and family are our support at all times, and if we go into hospital they should be there all or most of the time to help us answer questions, and support us if we need to fill in consent forms, otherwise we could be signing our lives away.


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Prof. Dr. Carlo Gasbarri
External Senior Fellow
Oktober 2013 - September 2015
Carlo Gasbarri had his PhD in Orsay under the direction of L. Szpiro. He works in arithmetic geometry over local and global fields. More specifically he is interested in the structure of rational, integral and algebraic points on algebraic varieties and their interactions with complex analytic geometry, transcendence theory, rigid analytic geometry etc. He worked in Arakelov geometry and its applications in diophantine approximation and transcendence theory: He gave a new, more geometric, proof of Siegel theorem on integral points of hyperbolic curves which is self contained and does not rely on other big theorems as Mordell Weil theorem, Roth theorem or Schmidt subspace theorem. He also worked in the interaction within Nevanlinna theory and transcendence theory and generalized the Bombieri Schneider Lang theorem to maps from an affine variety to projective varieties. His recent interests are toward the diophantine geometry of varieties defined over function fields. He has been Post-Doc in Rennes, Oxford, Kohl, Zurich, Rome. He has been Professor for 10 years at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (I) and since 2009 he is professor at the University of Strasbourg. He has been invited professor in many universities around the world where he gave lectures and talks at different levels.
Publikationen (Auswahl)
- Paper: (with G. Pacienza et E. Rousseau), Higher dimensional tautological inequalities and applications. Math. Ann. 356 (2013), no. 2, 703-735.
- Paper: (with P. Autissier et A. Chambert--Loir), On the canonical degrees of curves in varieties of general type. Geom. Funct. Anal. 22 (2012), no. 5, 1051-1061.
- Paper: Horizontal section of connections on curves and transcendence. Acta Arith. 158 (2013), no. 2, 99–128.
- Paper: The strong $abc$ conjecture over function fields (after McQuillan and Yamanoi). Bourbaki. Vol. 2007/2008. No. 326 (2009), Exp. No. 989, viii, 219-256 (2010).
- Editor (with P. Corvaja) of the Proceedings: Arithmetic Geometry, Proceedings of the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro (I) (2007). Springer Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2009. Contributors: J. L. Colliot, Sir P. Swinnerton Dyer, P. Vojta.
Rational Points, Rational Curves and Automorphisms of Special Varieties
The understanding of the analytic and arithmetic structures of an algebraic variety is a central problem in both algebraic/arithmetic geometry and holomorphic geometry, the latter dating at least from the classical Picard-type theorems. Currently, inroads are being made into one of the most difficult aspects of these problems, namely an understanding of the key role involved in the geometry of the canonical bundle (and related tensorial bundles) and its role in the behavior of algebraic curves (in particular rational curves) and that of rational and algebraic points. This is at least in part and in no small measure brought about by some bold structural conjectures of Serge Lang concerning algebraic varieties by which he attempted to gage analytic, algebraic and arithmetic geometry that he made explicit in the eighties. The conjectures were later formulated in a more general setting by works of Campana and a key player in formulating many effective versions of these conjectures is Vojta. By relating the behavior of rational points and similarly that of algebraic/rational curves with the geometry of the canonical bundle, Lang and Vojta's philosophy spurred many advances in our understanding of the
(Diophantine) holomorphic and arithmetic structure of algebraic varieties with many ground-breaking contributions.
The problems the project would like to attack are:
- Geometric height inequalities of Vojta for subvarieties of abelian varieties
- Contractions and classifications of two dimensional orbifolds
- Rational curves on Hyperkahler manifolds;
- affine threefolds via birational geometry.


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If Salsa Dancing or Salsa Classes are not your thing, we also have some other Latin dance classes such as Bachata, Cha-Cha, Argentine Tango and some Ballroom classes as well. If we don't have it, we'll find someone who does and will pass their contact information to you and you can take it from there.
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I'll confess now that I am fan of Tom Rob Smith's writing and have been waiting some time for a new thriller and oh boy he did not disappoint me. This is a contemporary thriller and written in a brilliant style that makes you think not a lot is happening but you are still feeling scared. And this feeling increases as the story builds.
The story opens with Daniel who is living in London with his partner, Mark and yet to share this fact with his parents, who have now relocated to his mother's birth place of Sweden. When his mother turns up at his flat and begins to recount what has happened to her the real adventure begins. You almost feel like a bystander in his kitchen as his mother shares her story with him.
The story is told from the viewpoint of the son and Tom Rob Smith gets this angle brilliantly and describes how the comfort of parental love is blown apart. A standalone thriller from the author of Child 44 that is currently the best selling crime novel of 2014 and rightly so.
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Just about everyone with an entrepreneurial spirit and an ounce of creativity has had a bright idea for a startup from time to time. Who doesn't want to be the next Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg? And if you've got the bright idea that will drive you to success, that's great. The initial concept is half the battle.
"Without some initial funding, you've got no chance."
But here's the reality – no one can achieve success in business with ideas alone. Let's face it – you also need money. It's expensive to build a staff, to manufacture a product and to market your brand so the world will take notice. Without some initial funding, you've got no chance.
Ideally, everyone's startup idea would be backed by a filthy-rich angel investor willing to pour in all the money in the world, but that's not always the way it plays out in the real world. To get your startup off the ground, you might need to rely on crowdfunding.
What are the keys to gathering startup money from the general public? How can you navigate from Point A – the initial sales pitch – to Point B where you're successfully growing and managing your business?
There are a few strategies you need to pick up along the way. Here's a rundown:
Delivering a clear, concise pitch
If you want people to fork over their hard-earned money to support your business, the first thing you need to do is explain your idea and what makes it so valuable. According to NerdWallet, the key is delivering a sales pitch that's clear and concise. You don't want to confuse people with excess verbiage. Do that, and the pursestrings tighten up fast, says Jim Dowd, managing director of North Capital in Salt Lake City.
"Distill your message to a one-sentence explanation," Dowd recommended. "If the company's founder can't explain what they're doing, chances are investors are going to lose interest."
People today – especially those with the means to support a crowdfunded business – tend to be busy, with a million demands on their time. They don't have room in their schedules to pore over pages and pages of documents about your small business. But if your pitch is short and catchy – think of it like a single tweet, or a catchphrase – it just might get people's attention.
No one's going to contribute to your business unless they understand it in simple terms. So get right to the point, and explain your business well.
Giving your idea mass appeal
Roping in the first one or two people for your crowdfunding campaign might not be that difficult. You probably have a couple of close friends or family members close by who are willing to contribute. But what's a little bit more difficult is building mass appeal. How will you get the crowdfunding effort to snowball?
According to Inc. Magazine, it's always difficult to sell your startup idea as something that's "cool enough for the crowd." Brian Meece, co-founder of RocketHub, says this image doesn't come naturally for most fledgling business.
No party is jam-packed with people from the second it begins. Instead, the gathering forms slowly and organically – one person starts having a good time, then they invite their friends, and gradually it builds. A crowdfunding campaign works the same way, more or less.
"Crowdfunding is like an online event," Meece told Inc. "It's like a party. Who wants to go to a party that nobody else is going to? I don't."
Try to build mass appeal for your startup by slowing broadening your focus to include more and more people. Social media works great for this – you can use sites like Twitter and LinkedIn to appeal first to your closest friends, then to your friends' friends, then to your friends' friends' friends and so on.
Respect your investors – and their money
At the end of the day, you have to keep in mind – you're asking a lot of people. You want them to part with their hard-earned money, and that's never easy. With this in mind, you need to always be respectful of your investors and their checkbooks.
"Your goal is to develop trust with your investors."
First and foremost, this means explaining in detail what your plans are. No one wants to toss their cash into something without knowing specifically why. So spell out your intentions, and stick to them for the long haul.
You don't want to exaggerate when it comes to your expectations and plans for your growing business. NerdWallet noted that sometimes, a certain degree of salesmanship is to be expected, but you can't get carried away. Your goal is to develop trust with your investors.
Along those same lines: you want to respect your investors themselves. Chances are, they're interested in your business because they have some industry knowledge and a great deal of insight to provide. Listen to your investors and demonstrate that you value their input.
What you can do today
Crowdfunding is a complicated process, as it's not easy to ask people to fork over their money. But you can use the approach to build a business successfully if you follow the basic guidelines:
- Deliver a concise sales pitch. Go directly to the point – you don't want to waste your investors' time.
- Build mass appeal for your idea, slowly but surely. Social media sites make a great resource for developing a following.
- Respect your investors. Speak to them openly and honestly. This will help you develop that all-important trust factor.
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Only time is ours,
the rest we'll just wait and see.
Maybe you're right, babe, maybe.
And that's how summer passed
Oh your great divide
and range of green green grass.
Oh, maybe I hold on fast, to you.
Hello love, my invincible friend
Hello love, the thistle and the burr,
Hello love, for you I have so many words
but I, I forget where we were…


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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Under the Double Eagle
Like the Winged Disc of Horus, another ancient occult symbol often found on Kentucky's graves is the Double-headed Eagle. These two examples are in Louisville's Cave Hill.
The Double-headed Eagle is most commonly associated with the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, which is why you find it so often on gravestones. Manly P. Hall says it's an alchemical symbol of the union between the masculine and feminine principles in the individual, but as with most of his explanations to the public, there's probably much more than meets the eye.
The symbol itself predates the Scotch-Rite Masons, the earliest written reference to which is 1733. The Hittites held the symbol in great esteem, and were carving representations of it as early as two thousand years before the birth of Christ (see photo below). (Also note the resemblance to the Winged Disc symbol, with the downward pointing tail, the shield replacing the sun-disk, and the twin heads replacing the twin antennae or serpents.)
After that, the mysterious symbol turns up in all kinds of places throughout history, from the Byzantine Empire to the Holy Roman Empire to the German Confederation of 1815.
Today one can also find vestiges of this tradition in the flag of Albania, the flag of Serbia, the insignia of the Turkish Police, and in the symbology of the Greek Orthodox Church.
The tune "Under the Double Eagle" is a very popular instrumental in the Kentucky-based Bluegrass music genre, but most are unaware of its source. Bluegrass pickers learned it from old recordings of John Philip Sousa's version, but Sousa himself picked it up from German military bands, who in turn derived it from Josef Wagner's 1902 Unter dem Doppeladler. Wagner's tune's title referred to the Coat of Arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867), which in turn derives from the House of Habsburg (circa 1100).
Labels: bluegrass, freemasonry, religion
2 comments:
- J.T. Dockery said...
I used the image to my own devices to appear in the background as a fixture on a building in my as of yet unpublished, "Anamnestic Comics." It was to infer, oddly enough, that the character was, in a sense, "under the eagle," as in that pernicious forces were looming about him.
- July 17, 2009 at 11:35 PM
- Unknown said...
I learn all kinds of things here I never expected to. thanks
- July 20, 2009 at 1:14 PM
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The Guardian (inter alia) reports that researchers have named a newly discovered species of freshwater fish after Barack Obama.
The researchers named the five newly discovered species of the darter – the smallest member of the perch family – after four presidents and one vice-president. All but one are Democrats, like Obama.
The darter, which packs a lot of colour into its fairly diminutive dimensions – males are mostly under 50mm in length – spends its life in the fast-moving freshwater rivers and creeks in America.
It gets it name from its ability to get around rocks and other obstacles on the bottom of waterways. Most darters live in the creeks of northern Alabama and eastern Tennessee, not typically hospitable terrain for Democrats.
The researchers, Steve Layman from Geosyntec Consultants in Georgia and Rick Mayden from Saint Louis University, came across the first new species in the Duck and Buffalo rivers of the Tennessee river drainage, according to Scientific American's Running Ponies blog.
Etheostoma Obama, is a relatively skinny orange and blue speckled fish topped by a brilliant fan-shaped fin, with bold orange stripes. Males grow up to 48mm long. The scientists told Scientific American they wanted to honour Obama's environmental leadership.
"We chose President Obama for his environmental leadership, particularly in the areas of clean energy and environmental protection, and because he is one of our first leaders to approach conservation and environmental protection from a more global vision," Layman said.
Other honourees were also chosen for their environmental credentials: Teddy Roosevelt for setting aside vast areas of wilderness for national monuments and parks; Jimmy Carter, for his energy policy and humanitarian work in his post-presidential career; Bill Clinton, for wilderness preservation; and Al Gore, the sole vice-president on the list, both for his environmental work and his status as a Tennessee native, like the darter.
Well it is an attractive fish and I know I would be pretty chuffed if I had a fish named atfer me. George W Bush was given the same homour in 2005 when he, Cheney and Rumsfeld all had new species named after him.
Cornell. University back then reported that two former Cornell University entomologists who were tasked with naming 65 new species of slime-mold beetles named three of them after George W BushDick Cheney and Donald Rumsfled
The decision to name three slime-mold beetles after Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, however, didn't have anything to do with physical features, says Quentin Wheeler, a professor of entomology and of plant biology at Cornell for 24 years until last October, but to pay homage to the U.S. leaders. "We admire these leaders as fellow citizens who have the courage of their convictions and are willing to do the very difficult and unpopular work of living up to principles of freedom and democracy rather than accepting the expedient or popular," says Wheeler, who named the beetles
For anyone who may want to hunt down one of the new slime-mold beetles named for Bush, Cheney or Rumsfeld, Wheeler says that Agathidium bushi so far is known from southern Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia; Agathidium rumsfeldi is known from Oaxaca and Hidalgo in Mexico; and Agathidium cheneyi is known from Chiapas, Mexico.
Well there you have it.I thin I'd rather the fish than the beetle!


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Blu Ray
The huge storage capacity of optical discs such as Blu Ray are useful only in theory. In truth, all the information ever written would only amount to around 20Gb, and the entire Internet would fit onto a floppy disc (at a pinch). Whilst storage media can be filled to capacity, it is usually topped up with superfluous data - for example, Windows Vista contains over 36,000 identical packages of cryllic fonts, and a high bitrate 47 hour sample of complete silence, which is looped as a background process from the moment the machine is switched on.
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Staff Directory
Andrew Procter known as Andy
Contact Details
- Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science
- Research Student
- email@example.com
- Baglan Energy Park
- Treforest
Chemical Engineering (1984) – University of Loughborough (1st Class)
26 Years in the Chemical Industry
BOC Project Engineer & Shift Superintendent: Ran Hydrogen Production Plant from Steam reforming of Propane; with feed clean up using CoMn catalyst and ZnO beds; and product purification using Pressure Swing Adsorption. Included CO production and compression to storage.
Cabot Carbon Ltd: Production Manager, from build / commissioning. Then responsible for all Process Engineering.
Finally responsible for control systems, safety shutdown systems eventually all IT. Ran Hydrogen Production Plant from Steam reforming of Natural Gas with compression to storage. Used by-product H2 from partner company in addition to this.
Consultant working in control & safety systems, process design and various regulatory work: Included projects on H2 production, fumed silica production & associated plant, some with the water industry on anaerobic digestion & sewage sludge drying processes, and some work in the steel industry on Coke Oven Gas installations.
Member of the Federation Europeenne d'Associations Nationales d'Ingenieurs (FEANA)
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE)
Member of the Institute of Measurement and Control (MInstMC)
The facility at Baglan is part of the Sustainable Environment Research Centre focusing on research into renewable energy, storage and use based on hydrogen and bio-gases.
If you are a journalist on deadline and you need to speak with a member of university staff with particular expertise, please contact the Press Office.


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Get Creativity Flowing With Tilt Brush by Google
Virtual reality has made its way into the art realm thanks to Tilt Brush by Google. Currently available exclusively on Steam (an electronic software distribution platform) using HTC Vive gear, Tilt Brush by Google is an app powered by VR technology that allows users to paint in a 3-D world.
HTC Vive (sold separately) includes a headset and two wireless controllers for each hand—one controller acts as the color palette and settings panel, and the other a paintbrush. Select the color and background you'd like to use in your masterpiece and begin painting by waving the controller in the air.
Set this up during snack breaks for attendees to get creative juices flowing between education sessions. Only one person at a time can paint (unless you set up multiple stations), while others watch the magic happen on a TV display.


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ICNA Deplores Killings in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
NEW YORK, NY (Nov. 8, 2018) – The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) expresses its strongest condemnation of the horrific shooting that took place last night in Thousand Oaks, California. The indiscriminate attack killed 13 including the shooter and a police officer according to the latest media reports.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, this is the 307th mass shooting in America this year. Such violence has occurred so often that we risk becoming inured to its horrors.
We are alarmed at the rise of cases of domestic terrorism and gun violence in our country. There should be no place in our society for indiscriminate violence at such regularity. There have been too many mass shootings in our country, causing the deaths of many innocent men, women and children.
ICNA urges law makers to address the rising tide of this senseless gun violence with common sense gun laws.
The Islamic Circle of North America is a leading American Muslim organization dedicated to the betterment of society through the application of Islamic values. Since 1968, ICNA has worked to build relations between communities by devoting itself to education, outreach, social services and relief efforts.
Islamic Circle of North America
Office: (718) 658-1199


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Jan 23, 2018
When Melissa and her husband moved to a small hobby farm in his hometown of 72 people, she was not prepared for how life would change, the friendships she would meet or the person she would become. Melissa was a small town girl with big city dreams. Would small town resources and limited income potential limit her? Not a chance, she turned her resources into success and launched 3 successful businesses and went on to turn her 6 figure annual income into her monthly income.
From her series of self-published books, to her network marketing team that generates 16MM in annual sales she still found time to launch her most recent success: "Sweet Savvy Minerals Cosmetics" which was recently acquired by Young Living and launched as Savvy Minerals by Young Living.
As an International Motivational speaker, mentor, entrepreneur and author, Melissa has a conviction in sharing her passion and belief with as many people as she possibly can.


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Details emerge about Paul Simon arrest
NORWALK — Two police reports, made available to The Hour on Tuesday, shed light on the events that led to the arrests of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul Simon and his musician wife Edie Brickell at their New Canaan home.
The two reports paint Brickell as the aggressor, alleging that she slapped Simon and had a "moderate odor of alcohol" on her breath. Simon, 72, and Brickell, 48, were both given summonses for a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge Saturday night.
New Canaan Police responded to 78 Brookwood Lane, a cottage on the couple's property, at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, April 26 for a report of a 911 hang-up. When police arrived, they heard a female — later identified as Brickell — yelling inside of the cottage while Simon was waiting outside, police reports indicate.
Police learned that Brickell was arguing with her mother, who was visiting from Texas. Simon had called 911 but hung up the phone, according to police.
Brickell told officers that she went to the cottage, which houses the family's recording studio, "to confront Simon on something which he'd done that broke her heart," police said. The report does not detail the actions that upset Brickell. She told police that Simon "cannot handle being criticized in any manner and became confrontational with her," police said. She accused Simon of "acting like a spoiled baby," police said.
She then allegedly told police: "I didn't hit him. I slapped him."
Simon, who suffered a small superficial cut on his ear as a result of the slap, admitted to shoving his wife and calling 911 after she slapped him, police said.
Brickell quickly showed police her bruised wrist but then pulled up the long sleeve on her shirt to cover up the wound, police said.
Brickell told police "there were other physical confrontations in the relationship" and insinuated that Simon had caused bruises on her back and a lump on the back of her head, according to police.
Police reports state that Brickell would not let police photograph her injuries, and Brickell refused to detail the allegations of abuse.
"No matter how much I asked Brickell if Simon had injured her more than what I saw on her wrist, she would not say that he did and there was no evidence to suggest the lump on her head was caused by Simon or that it occurred that night," Sgt. Joseph Farenga states in his report.
Simon and Brickell both appeared in Norwalk Superior Court on Monday. Simon and Brickell both made brief statements in court, asking that the court not impose a protective order.
"Both of us are fine together," said Simon. "We're going to go back home today. We're going to go watch our son's baseball game."
"He's no threat to me at all," Brickell added.
Judge William Wenzel did not impose the protective order, instead he verbally ordered both parties to refrain from acts or threats of violence toward one another.
Allan Cramer, the attorney for Simon and Brickell, said the couple was "happily married," and the incident that led to their arrests was "nothing major."
"These are people who get along wonderfully," he said. "Their life is good."
Brickell and Simon will appear in court again on May 16.
Simon has lived in New Canaan since the early 2000s, moving from New York.
Brickell is Simon's third wife whom he married on May 30, 1992. They have three children together. It is unclear if the couple's children were at home at the time of the incident.
Brickell is an singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel.
Simon wrote nearly all of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career as a guitarist and singer-songwriter, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years.
In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony (1980) and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman (1998) with the poet Derek Walcott.


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Case 2.Canadian Department of National DefenceBy Elizabeth Bennett Print
Using "shadow companies" with puppet CEOs and inflated or bogus invoices, a number of I.T. managers stand accused of ripping off their employers—in some instances, for tens of millions of dollars or more. The scam? It's called procurement
Case #2: Canadian Department of National Defence
The Target: The Department of National Defence (DND) is one of the few Canadian national institutions that come solely under the federal government; it is the only authority in matters of defense and protection of Canadian sovereignty. In 2004, DND's budget was $14 billion (Canadian), and it had 22,000 civilian employees and 85,000 military personnel, according to the DND Web site. It is headquartered in Ottawa.
The Subjects: Paul Champagne, former DND contracts manager; Ottawa businessmen Peter Mellon and Ignatius (Cholo) Manso.
For a mid-level government bureaucrat who worked as a contracting officer for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND), Paul Champagne lived well. Champagne owned a two-acre estate on "Billionaire's Row" in Dunrobin, Ontario, a fashionable Ottawa suburb, complete with tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, a separate gym building and a four-car garage. And when he wanted to escape the frigid Canadian winter for a week or so, he had a house on a golf course in Florida as well as a seven-bedroom mansion with pool, gym and 200 feet of beachfront on Providenciales Island in the Turks and Caicos, according to published reports in the Ottawa Citizen and CBC News in Canada. When he was finally asked about his opulent lifestyle and the $20 million (Canadian) or so worth of real estate he'd amassed, Champagne told a reporter for Canadian television network CTV that he'd been lucky in the stock market.
Based on allegations contained in a civil suit filed against Champagne and two associates in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December 2005 by one of DND's principal vendors, Hewlett-Packard Canada, and criminal charges filed against him and his cohorts in late January by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Baseline has been able to glimpse the inner workings of a scheme that the RCMP claims bilked Canadian taxpayers out of a sizable fortune. "It was a complex billing scheme that defrauded the Canadian government out of $105 million," RCMP spokeswoman Sgt. Monique Beauchamp says.
Neither the civil nor criminal case has gone to trial yet. In the former, Champagne and HP have reached an out-of-court settlement, while the other defendants in the HP civil case maintain their innocence, their lawyers told the Ottawa Citizen. In the criminal case, all of the defendants claim to be innocent, according to statements Champagne's lawyer, Michael Edelson, made to the Ottawa Citizen, and statements made to Baseline by lawyers of the other defendants in the case.
But according to HP's charges, from 1994 to 2003, Champagne was the point man in dealing with Hewlett-Packard Canada, one of DND's major hardware, software and information-technology services and maintenance vendors. Actually, Champagne started managing procurement relations with Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), which was acquired by Compaq in 1998, continued his relationship with Compaq and then took over dealings with HP after it purchased Compaq in 2002. Throughout this period, Champagne was allegedly conducting invoicing fraud through a number of outside companies. According to HP's court documents, they include:
• The Baxter Group, a now-defunct company that specialized in selling secure information equipment such as Tempest computer systems (computers equipped with extra shielding to keep data signals from escaping and being picked up by eavesdroppers). Its principal owner, Peter Mellon, has known Champagne since the two were in high school together, HP claims.
• Vellis Solutions, a now-defunct shell company that HP alleges was established only to process invoices.
• E-Lite Canada (a.k.a. The Carnegie-Mellon Financial Group), another third-party I.T. company, also defunct.
• Avemore International Inc. (formerly Quarterdeck Consulting Inc.), which originally specialized in sales of security software, hardware and consulting, and then, as Avemore, provided funding for technology startups. Like Mellon, the company's CEO, Ignatius (Cholo) Manso, a former DND logistics officer, also had known Champagne, the RCMP claims.
In its suit, HP charges that Champagne would allegedly tell HP that DND needed, say, new communications security equipment and instruct HP to purchase it from one of the third-party vendors with whom Champagne was associated. The vendors in turn would mark up the invoice for "administrative costs," then send it on to HP, saying the equipment had been delivered, HP claims. Then, HP, which claims it was not aware of the connections between Champagne and the vendor, would send the bill on to the DND. In turn, DND, on Champagne's say-so, reimbursed the third-party vendor, which would kick back funds to Champagne.
The best part of this ongoing alleged scam—from a fraudster's viewpoint, at least—was that for the most part the services and equipment that Champagne ordered, HP alleges, were never delivered. And should anyone such as the HP account rep question Champage too closely about his dealings, he would tell them "that the work was confidential and in the interest of national security," HP claims.
According to public records from the Canadian Public Works Department, in January 2000 supply officers from the department, which is similar to the Government Accountability Office in the U.S., expressed concerns to Champagne and two other members of the procurement team about "high expenditure rates on the Tempest and non-Tempest hardware maintenance contracts, and requested official explanations from DND for these rates." For nearly three years, Public Works continued to investigate these concerns, according to public documents, frequently discussing them with Champagne. In the meantime, Champagne and his associates are said to have continued to rake in funds.
Resolution: The fallout from the DND affair has been significant. In its April 2, 2004, edition, the Canadian publication Computer Dealer News reported that the deputy minister of Public Works had sent HP a letter demanding it repay $160 million for which DND was fraudulently invoiced. The following month, HP Canada agreed to reimburse the Canadian government for $146 million, according to an HP 10-K filing with the SEC. Payment was made even though, HP spokesman Mahboob Jaffer stresses, no HP employees derived any improper benefits from the scheme and much of the fraud had occurred prior to HP's 2002 purchase of Compaq. "HP determined that it was important for HP to honor its contractual obligations, rather than engage in protracted litigation with the Government of Canada," the company explained in its 10-K statement.
Subsequently, the DND announced in a brief statement that HP "remains a valued I.T. supplier to the Canadian government" and helped the vendor prepare a civil lawsuit against Paul Champagne, Peter Mellon, Chulo Manso and several other vendors, Jaffer says. HP filed civil suit to recover the money it paid to the Canadian government.
Champagne settled the civil suit filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December 2005, according to Jaffer, with Champagne turning over "stocks and real estate," Jaffer says.
Both Manso and Mellon, however, are "fully defending" themselves against the suit and have filed defenses, their lawyers said in interviews with Canadian papers at the time.
Meanwhile, after a 2 _-year investigation, the RCMP charged Champagne with fraud, obtaining more than $105 million from the DND under false pretenses and money laundering, among other things, according to a Jan. 30, 2006, RCMP news release. Mellon was charged with two counts of fraud, Manson with one count.
Champagne no longer is residing in Ottawa and his lawyer, Michael Edelson, has not returned Baseline's calls.
Manso's lawyer, Robert Meagher, says, "It's still very early in the process, but at this point we intend to enter a not-guilty plea." Mellon has also relocated. His attorney, Leonard Shore, says his client intends to plead not guilty.
Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) Base Case
Headquarters: Major-General George R. Pearkes Building,101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K2
Phone: (613) 995-2534
Business: The mission of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces is to defend Canada.
Chief Executive Officer: Gordon O'Connor, Minister of National Defence
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1. Re: Concentric circles. Dan Apr 5, 2011 4:48 PM (in response to . Dan)
I take it this is pretty difficult...
2. Re: Concentric circlesAndy Cotgreave Apr 6, 2011 5:23 AM (in response to . Dan)
Yup. I looked at your post when you first posted, but couldn't think of anyway to do it without fabricating a complete dataset to show the circles.
3. Re: Concentric circlesBob Laverty Apr 6, 2011 11:16 AM (in response to . Dan)
Exactly. I created a simple test with Excel. One column for Zip and one for circle size (1,2,3). I put the same zip code for each of the three rows. Then connect with Tableau. The zip code assumes a geographic role. The circle size was added as a measure, but I converted it to a dimension. Place circle size into the mark size and color and I got three overlapping circles with different colors. Play with the circle size values to approximate the appearance you need. [I wonder if you can directly manipulate the radius through a calculated field.] Also change the colors for transparency and effect.
You could add the epicenter location multiple times as a series of rows with these circle size values into the list of industrial sites. The sites would have circle size of 1 and the concentric circles around the epicenter location would have values 2,3,4.
4. Re: Concentric circlesJoe Mako Apr 6, 2011 11:36 AM (in response to . Dan)
Tableau does not draw circles or Bezier curves, the closest you can get is a drawing a whole bunch of straight lines, that end up looking like a curve or a circle. To accomplish what you are looking for in Tableau, you would have to highly duplicate your data, and then the question becomes what is static, and what will change in the data or what will you allow your user to change when interacting with the data.
Attached is an example that you can specify the distance of each circle with a parameter, and choose what circle to display. If you modify the underlying data, also attached, you can add more circles. Currently I just have 1 and 2, these number will be the multiples of the distance from center used.
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5. Re: Concentric circlesJoe Mako Apr 6, 2011 11:45 AM (in response to . Dan)
I considered the approach you described, and I found that in order for that to work, the zoom level would need to be static, and there is the added time of trial and error testing. So if the underlying data changed, or there was any type of filtering interaction, the display could easily no longer be accurate.
I am not sure exactly how Tableau sizes marks, but I believe the have the size of a mark more closely encoded with area of the mark than height/width of the mark, with the goal to display qualitative values in a way that can be visually compared. Does anyone have detailed information on the logic Tableau uses to size marks?
6. Re: Concentric circlesBob Laverty Apr 6, 2011 11:57 AM (in response to . Dan)
I thought about the zooming problem too. I know this approach is quick and dirty and only an approximation of the appearance. Mapping products like ArcGIS do a better job of creating buffer areas on a map, and much richer map authoring features. The mark size options don't appear to allow any direct manipulation of the actual size.
7. Re: Concentric circlesJoe Mako Apr 6, 2011 12:02 PM (in response to . Dan)
I agree, there are many other products out there that are better for mapping things like this than Tableau. Frequently I look at these kinds of questions as brain teasers, like a fun challenge. When dealing with production data, Tableau may not be the best answer for these kinds of situations.
8. Re: Concentric circles. Dan Apr 6, 2011 2:33 PM (in response to . Dan)
Thank you Bob and Joe, it does seem that maybe this is a bridge too far for Tableau at the moment but in any case I found the ideas behind your suggestions enlightening. Much appreciated.
9. Re: Concentric circlesAndy Cotgreave Apr 7, 2011 1:05 AM (in response to . Dan)
Nice work, Joe - that's definitely a good brain-teaser solution.
10. Re: Concentric circlesRichard Leeke Apr 7, 2011 2:54 AM (in response to . Dan)
Yes - very good Joe. I saw this one a day or two ago and made a note to come back and have a go - I was thinking along very similar lines using those same formulae (which I first got from Robert Mundigl's article on Clearly and Simply) - but as usual you beat me to it.
The only difference I was thinking of was to split the radius from the angles and use finer-grained data.
So I started from Joe's version and just tweaked it to do those things:
I put one mark per degree on the circle - that gives a pretty reasonable approximation of a smooth circle, I think.
I also broke the radius out to a separate table. The latter change makes more sense if the datasource is a SQL database - that would avoid so much proliferation of redundant data. With the data extract the cross-product query gets fully evaluated and all rows end up in the extract. (Joe had to use an extract because JET doesn't support all the trig functions he needed - but that would work against a proper database.)
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11. Re: Concentric circlesRichard Leeke Apr 7, 2011 5:11 AM (in response to . Dan)
I just had a bit more of a play with this to see if I could achieve the effect of circular reference bands. The first sheet in the attached demonstrates the idea - which I think could be useful in some cases.
I then played around with a few more ideas - "play" becoming more and more the operative word. Most of the other sheets use the page shelf - so click the play button to see the animation effect. I can't really imagine much real-world use for many of those - but you never know...
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12. Re: Concentric circles. Dan Apr 7, 2011 5:04 PM (in response to . Dan)
Intriguing, first time for me to see custom SQL like this. Thank you for the contribution. The second example is pretty and very useable - the main issue is how to integrate it so that I can overlay my existing data!
13. Re: Concentric circlesRichard Leeke Apr 7, 2011 5:58 PM (in response to . Dan)3 of 3 people found this helpful
Conceptually you need some custom SQL which returns all rows and columns of your existing data, with extra rows for the quake centre and each circle around it and a few extra columns for the circle properties (plus probably an indicator column telling you whether it's real data or circle data, I think). The circle property columns would be NULL for your existing data, and the existing data columns (apart from LAT/LON) would be NULL for your circle data.
So in hand wavy pseudo-SQL, you would say:
SELECT 'existing' AS [type],
[real_col1] AS [real_col1],
[real_col2] AS [real_col2],
[existing_lat] AS [lat],
[existing_lon] AS [lon],
... ,
NULL AS [circle_id]],
NULL AS [radius]
FROM [existing data]
SELECT 'circle' AS [type],
NULL AS [real_col1],
NULL] AS [real_col2],
[circle_centre_lat] AS [lat],
[circle_centre_lon] AS [lon],
... ,
[id] AS [circle_id]],
[radius] AS [radius]
FROM [circle data]
Or something vaguely like that.
14. Re: Concentric circlesAndy Cotgreave Apr 8, 2011 1:30 AM (in response to . Dan)
Great work, Richard - that's a really good looking workbook. I've never yet had a need to use Polygons for any of my own Tableau work, so it still seems like a black art to me - I'm always really impressed when I see them used, whether for features like this, or choropleths, or some other out-there-Joe-Mako-solution!
Your animations are incredible. As you say, a real-world application might be difficult to find, but you've done something amazing, and even if it ends up being the source for next year's April Fool gag, or some crazy Christmas card, it's great to see!


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Well, I'm personally not a fan of cheesecakes in general (but I do enjoy eating those Hokkaido baked cheese tarts) but since it's the BF's birthday and the boy loves cheesecakes, I decided to bake some healthier options of cheesecake for him.
But well, in the end I still dumped in tons of Oreo cookies, so it wasn't that healthy after all. But hey, it's his birthday, we should both indulge. HEH!
To make these baked oreo cottage cheesecake (serves 18), you'll need:
15 pieces Oreo Cookies
200g Cottage Cheese (I've used 97% fat free)
25g plain Greek Yoghurt (I've used low fat)
25g melted butter
30ml honey
1 tbsp baking stevia
(you may omit stevia and use a total of 45ml honey)
2 medium eggs
20g cake flour (or top flour)
18 pieces Mini Oreo Bites
First up, separate the cream filling and biscuits of the oreo cookies. Divide the filling into half (I got about 16g separated out) and crush up half the filling along with the biscuits in a food processor, along with the melted butter.
Your crushed oreo mixture should be of wet sand consistency.
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Pour your cheesecake mixture over the oreo base crust and top it up with mini oreo bites.
Send to bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 180 degree Celsius.
Wait till they're cooled completely before removing them from the tin and slicing them up.
The insides were still moist and soft while the edges slightly crisp. I guess as compared to a cheesecake baked with cream cheese, using cottage cheese gives your cheesecake a rougher, grainy texture and also greatly reduce the calories per serving.
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