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Machine Learning for Text
Authors: Aggarwal, Charu C.Free Preview
- The first textbook to cover machine learning of text in a holistic way, which includes aspects of mining, language modeling, and deep learning
- Includes many examples to simplify exposition and facilitate in learning. Semantically understandable illustrations are provided, so that they can be used in classroom teaching
- Provides comprehensive coverage of this field.The depth and breadth of coverage
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Text analytics is a field that lies on the interface of information retrieval,machine learning, and natural language processing, and this textbook carefully covers a coherently organized framework drawn from these intersecting topics. The chapters of this textbook is organized into three categories:
- Basic algorithms: Chapters 1 through 7 discuss the classical algorithms for machine learning from text such as preprocessing, similarity computation, topic modeling, matrix factorization, clustering, classification, regression, and ensemble analysis.
- Domain-sensitive mining: Chapters 8 and 9 discuss the learning methods from text when combined with different domains such as multimedia and the Web. The problem of information retrieval and Web search is also discussed in the context of its relationship with ranking and machine learning methods.
- Sequence-centric mining: Chapters 10 through 14 discuss various sequence-centric and natural language applications, such as feature engineering, neural language models, deep learning, text summarization, information extraction, opinion mining, text segmentation, and event detection.
This textbook covers machine learning topics for text in detail. Since the coverage is extensive,multiple courses can be offered from the same book, depending on course level. Even though the presentation is text-centric, Chapters 3 to 7 cover machine learning algorithms that are often used indomains beyond text data. Therefore, the book can be used to offer courses not just in text analytics but also from the broader perspective of machine learning (with text as a backdrop).
This textbook targets graduate students in computer science, as well as researchers, professors, and industrial practitioners working in these related fields. This textbook is accompanied with a solution manual for classroom teaching.
- About the authors
Charu C. Aggarwal is a Distinguished Research Staff Member (DRSM) at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. He completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur in 1993 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996. He has worked extensively in the field of data mining. He has published more than 350 papers in refereed conferences and journals and authored over 80 patents. He is the author or editor of 17 books, including textbooks on data mining, recommender systems, and outlier analysis. Because of the commercial value of his patents, he has thrice been designated a Master Inventor at IBM. He is a recipient of an IBM Corporate Award (2003) for his work on bio-terrorist threat detection in data streams, a recipient of the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award (2008) for his scientific contributions to privacy technology, and a recipient of two IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards (2009, 2015) for his work on data streams/high-dimensional data. He received the EDBT 2014 Test of Time Award for his work on condensation-based privacy-preserving data mining. He is also a recipient of the IEEE ICDM Research Contributions Award (2015), which is one of the two highest awards for influential research contributions in the field of data mining. He has served as the general co-chair of the IEEE Big Data Conference (2014) and as the program co-chair of the ACM CIKM Conference (2015), the IEEE ICDM Conference (2015), and the ACM KDD Conference (2016). He served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering from 2004 to 2008. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Big Data, an action editor of the Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Journal, and an associate editor of the Knowledge and Information Systems Journal. He has served as editor-in-chief of the ACM SIGKDD Explorations (2014–2017) and is currently an editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data. He serves on the advisory board of the Lecture Notes on Social Networks, a publication by Springer. He has served as the vice-president of the SIAM Activity Group on Data Mining and is a member of the SIAM industry committee. He is a fellow of the SIAM, ACM, and the IEEE, for "contributions to knowledge discovery and data mining algorithms."
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"The book discusses many key technologies used today in social media, such as opinion mining or event detection. One of the most promising new technologies, deep learning, is discussed as well. This book is an excellent resource for programmers and graduate students interested in becoming experts in the text mining field. … Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and professionals." (J. Brzezinski, Choice, Vol. 56 (04), December, 2018)
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
Machine Learning for Text: An Introduction
Pages 1-16
Text Preparation and Similarity Computation
Pages 17-30
Matrix Factorization and Topic Modeling
Pages 31-72
Text Clustering
Pages 73-112
Text Classification: Basic Models
Pages 113-157
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- Machine Learning for Text
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Facebook Employees Flock To Google Plus
Google Plus, which has high aspirations of kicking Facebook's butt, has quite a few of its competitor's employees using the platform.
Google Plus, which has high aspirations of kicking Facebook's butt, has quite a few of its competitor's employees using the platform.
Since hitting the social networking scene last month, Google Plus' game plan was take aim at Facebook's 750 million users and win them over, and it seems well on the way to doing so, with 10 million users amassed after two weeks. The search engine's social site bears quite a striking resemblance to Facebook, gathered many of its features from other existing social media networks as well.
Naysayers are proclaiming however, that there is nothing in Google Plus that doesn't already exist at another social media site. Google Plus powers-that-be are still trying to keep hope alive, that social network site users will want to, at some point, move their circle of friends into one central location.
It will be interesting to see over time which social network succeeds and which one fails. Perhaps with the addition of a surprisingly healthy number of Facebook employees, the newly established social site rival could in fact, reach their numbers goals after all.
Obviously, these Facebook employees are probably using Google Plus to do competitive research, but it's interesting nonetheless to see how many staffers are sizing up the competition. Check out the list below:
Executive Team
- Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer
- Christopher Cox, vice president of product
- Lori Goler, vice president of human resources and recruiting
- Dan Rose vice president of partnerships and platform marketing
- Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer
- Elliot Schrage, vice president of global communications, marketing and public policy
- Mike Schroepfer, vice president of engineering
- Bret Taylor, chief technology officer
- Kate Aronowitz, director of design
- Ethan Beard, director of Facebook developer network
- Peter Deng, director of product management
- David Fisch director of business development
- Debbie Frost director of communications and public affairs
- Justin Osofsky director of platform partnerships
- Blake Ross director of product
- Alex Schultz, director of growth
- Vaughan Smith, director of corporate development
- Richard Cho, recruiting manager
- Paul Adams, product manager
- Eric Antonow product marketing
- Will Cathcart, product manager
- Luke Delorme, product manager
- Rohit Dhawan, lead product manager of Facebook pages
- Naomi Gleit, vice president of user feedback
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- Cat Lee, platform product marketing
- Sam Lessin, product manager
- David Recordon, senior open programs manager
- Keith Adams, software engineer
- Aditya Agarwal, engineering director
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- Jing Chen,software engineer
- Brent Goldman,software engineer
- Benjamin Golub, platform engineer
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- Justin Mitchell, engineer of Facebook photos
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- Yariv Sadan, mobile engineer
- Luke Shepard, engineering manager
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- Greg Hoy, design recruiter
- Francis Luu, product designer
- Adam Mosseri, product design manager
Partner and Developer Relations
- Jeff Bowen, platform developer relations
- Jacqueline Chang, strategic partner manager
- Andy Katzman, platform partnerships
- Vadim Lavrusik, journalist program manager
- Andy Mitchell, strategic media partnerships
- Erick Tseng, head of mobile products
- Pete Bratach, technical writer
- Sean Bruich, monetization analyst
- Cameron Marlow, data scientist
Advertising and Marketing
- Kevin Colleran, sales associate
- Todd Miner, head of sales IT
- Eric Toda, advertising operations, global marketing solutions
Readers, have you spotted any other Facebook employees on Google Plus not mentioned here? What do you think of how it compares with Facebook?


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Hi, everyone. I've got another load of nerdy stuff from my folks' place. Again, for those of you joining us for the first time, remember to take a look at the first and second parts of this sad saga to get caught up.
Backstory: When my wife and I got married and moved to our new place, I left behind a lot of stuff stored away in my parents' basement. My wife was, for some odd reason, a little hesitant about having her semi-packrat husband bring all that stuff over to her nice, new clean basement. (Un?)Fortunately, my parents want their basement back. So, I've managed to sell her on the idea that this can be a fun series of blog posts for you guys and gals to enjoy. Wish me luck.
Main Course: Slightly more weird stuff and not too many books this time. Let's see how my wife handles this batch of goodies. So, without further ado, let's get started with the first item:
Our first item up for bid (not really, unless you wanna' make a really generous offer) is a "Magical Money Compressing Coin Bank" straight from that that great bastion of inexpensive foreign goods dealextreme.com. That said, this is actually a pretty fun little toy. You insert a coin into the top of the box, and then you see it drop down and "shrink" using smoke and mirrors (well, maybe not smoke). Here's a youtube video showing how it works.


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LIT If you're seeking the perfect present for the music obsessive in your life, consider picking up a copy of David Byrne's How Music Works (McSweeney's, 332 pp., $32). A thorough exploration of the many facets of music-making, including music industry contracts, philosophical musings on the art of creation, and the scientific principles of tonality, Byrne's book can be read like a field guide by aspiring musicians, and as an armchair adventure for those whose knowledge of music begins and ends with Pandora.
Intelligent without being overly-analytical, detailed without being didactic, what Byrne conveys most successfully is his own exuberant curiosity for his chosen topic. Like Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, in which Bryson painstakingly researched the scientific foundations of the universe in order to be able to make sense of them himself, How Music Works often reads like an earnest inquiry conducted by a passionate amateur. That Byrne comes by his knowledge of the workings of the music industry a little more easily — as an elder statesman of art rock, he has decades of personal experience and anecdotes to draw on — fortunately doesn't render his presentation self-aggrandizing or abstruse.
Although the title of the book seems to indicate a focus on the principles of music theory, a large bulk of the book actually focuses on the technological processes that music has been subjected to over the centuries — from the invention of the first musical instruments to that of Edison cylinder recorders and eventually MP3 players. In his first chapter, "Creation in Reverse," Byrne presents the theory that specific music has been created to fit certain acoustical contexts. He examines a variety of musical styles — unamplified, percussive ensembles of West Africa, whose music sounds most optimal when heard outdoors, unconfined; long notes and modal structures of Medieval church music, created to fill the vaulted echo chambers of Gothic cathedrals — speculating on how they evolved first to fit the given architecture, and how architecture subsequently evolved to fit the music, as with Wagner's uniquely-designed opera house in Bayreuth.
He points out how the architecture of even a respected venue like Carnegie Hall might actually be detrimental to the overall sound of a percussion-heavy, experimental rock band, while later he describes the perfect balance of architectural elements that conspire to support such a band and its satellites.
Organized in ten chapters, each tackling a specific thread of thought, the flow of the book can be likened to that of a rock album: a few obvious hits, a couple of minor throwaways. One of the latter is the chapter entitled "How to Make a Scene," which is also one of the shortest, a moderately interesting rumination on what it takes to create an identifiable music "scene" in terms of architecture, policy, and business philosophy (his exemplar being the now-defunct CBGB). While it makes some interesting points, it could just as easily be missing from the book and no one would particularly mourn its absence. Another, entitled "Collaborations," is similarly brief, and its appearance between a chapter on the mechanics of recording and the financial realities of the music business doesn't make for a smooth transition, tonally or thematically.
On the other hand, chapters such as the two entitled "Technology Shapes Music" (covering both analog and digital) are as thorough as they are fascinating. Beginning with the earliest sound recordings in 1878 to an in-depth user's guide to the music software that has become the industry standard (even for confirmed oddballs such as Byrne), these chapters offer a thoughtful analysis on not just how music works, but also how it's worked. Finally, in chapter ten ("Harmonia Mundi"), a mere 302 pages in, Byrne turns to the scientific and spiritual principles of music and music theory. Music, it appears, has been around about as long as human beings have, as fragments of 45,000 year-old flutes and pictorial evidence found in Mesopotamia and Egypt help prove. He veers off into Pythagorian territory by expounding upon the so-called Music of the Spheres, and ventures into tantric philosophy, which asserts that the vibration of the universe is generated by Shakti and Shiva having sex.
The book ends on a note of bittersweet optimism, contemplating a future where human composers could actually become obsolete. It's a future Byrne claims not to fear — while still expressing admiration for music makers past and present, and gratitude for his own place, in this moment, within their ranks.


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Junior Soccer Fixtures
After an entertaining opening week in the Sligo/Leitrim & District soccer league the action continues this weekend.
Saturday, August 25 (KO 7.30pm)
Cleary Landscapes and Pitch Maintenance Division One
St John's B v Easkey Harps (7.30pm)
Sunday, August 26
Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel Super League - KO 11am
Ballisodare Utd v Strand Celtic; Cartron United v Calry Bohs; City United v Boyle Celtic (2pm Forthill); St John's A v Kilglass Inishscrone Utd; Yeats United v Aughanagh Celtic,
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Few musical acts can lay claim to such dynamic and consistent evolution as Blu Mar Ten.
Formed in the big-bang of 90′s drum & bass and regular faces at Rage, Metalheadz Sessions, Speed & AWOL, Blu Mar Ten were rapidly spotted by LTJ Bukem and signed to Good Looking Records, cementing their position in the genre as originators of complex, atmospheric music.
They quickly grew and mutated beyond the confines of the jungle into lush experimentation with downtempo, ambient, house, breaks, techno & left-field for labels such as Naked Music, TCR, Guidance and Big Chill, with another two full albums of non-d&b material on Exceptional Records.
Returning to drum & bass, Blu Mar Ten released a string of tracks on Hospital Records, Med School, Renegade Hardware, Shogun Audio, 31 Records, Tangent and many more.
2009 saw the establishment of their own Blu Mar Ten Music label with the Natural History album project. The LP delivered an incredibly wide range of drum & bass tracks from the deeply abstract to the unashamedly dancefloor, all bearing Blu Mar Ten's trademark stamp of quality and augmented with remixes from Klute, Seba, Stray, Bop, Kastle & Badmammal.
In 2011 Blu Mar Ten delivered their second album on BMT Music Love is the Devil achieving widespread critical acclaim and chart success. 2012 has seen a series of remixes from Love is the Devil featuring dBridge, Marcus Intalex, BCee, Sunchase, Joe Syntax, Unquote & Sincopate.
As well as working on their new album and maintaining a busy international DJ schedule, Blu Mar Ten are now opening Blu Mar Ten Music to a host of fresh young talent emerging from the leftfield of Drum & Bass.
Blu Mar Ten have remixed:
Erykah Badu, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Jakatta, Tom Middleton, Bop, The Ananda Project, Doc Scott, Fink, Blame, Kubiks & Lomax.
Blu Mar Ten have been remixed by:
Marcus Intalex, dBridge, Bcee, Sunchase, Tom Middleton, Joe Syntax, Unquote, Cicada, Fink, Rennie Pilgrem, Terry Lee Brown Jr, Nor Elle, Sabre, Blame, Seba, Klute, Bop, Kastle, Stray, Badmammal, Social Security, Kubiks.
Blu Mar Ten music receives DJ support from:
London Elektricity, Marky, Friction, D Bridge, Hype, Futurebound, Teebee, Klute, Instra:mental, Marcus Intalex, Ed Rush, Logistics, Nicky Blackmarket, LTJ Bukem, Doc Scott, John B, A Sides, Alleycat, Annie Nightingale, Apex, ASC, Bcee, Big Bud, Chris SU, Craggz, Crissy Criss, Data, DKay, Eleven8, Enei, Ink, Joe Syntax, Lomax, Loxy, Lynx, Makoto, Mosus, Mutated Forms, Nerm & D-Kode, Nookie, Seba, Spectrasoul, SPY, Stray, Tom Middleton, Ulterior Motive, Utah Jazz, Rennie Pilgrem, Pete Tong, Felix da Housecat, Eddy Temple Morris, Ben Watt, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, Erol Alkan, Howie B and Mary Anne Hobbs and many more.
In strict chronological order ten of Blu Mar Ten's finest moments are demonstrated below:
- Blu Mar Ten – Futureproof (b/w Slipstream, Good Looking Records, GLR021, 1997)
- Blu Mar Ten – Adrift On Deep Water (EARTHLP002, EARTH Records, 1997)
- Blu Mar Ten – Butterflies and Moths (b/w Osaka, 720 Degrees, 720 003, 1998)
- Blu Mar Ten – I'm Still Waiting (b/w Tea & Sympathy, ISW, ISW001, 2001)
- Blu Mar Ten – Apnea (Six Million Names Of God LP, Exceptional, EXLP0304, 2003)
- Doc Scott vs Blu Mar Ten – Shadow Boxing remix (Shadow Boxing ep, 31 Records, 31R032, 2007)
- Architex vs Blu Mar Ten – Altitude (remix) (b/w Altitude – original mix by Architex, Basement Records, BRSS071, 2007)
- Blu Mar Ten – Above Words (b/w Close, Blu Mar Ten Music, BMT001, 2009)
- Blu Mar Ten – All Thoughts Are Prayers (Love Is The Devil LP, Blu Mar Ten Music, BMTCD002, 2011
- Blu Mar Ten – Last Life In The Universe (Blood Pressure Compilation, Med School, MEDIC27CD, 2012)
A mini interview from the recent past with Chris Marigold of Blu Mar Ten sharing some personal trivia for the blog can be found here:
An extended discography, reviews and everything Blu Mar Ten can be found at the following links:
Other Links:
Blu Mar Ten official site
Blu Mar Ten @ Twitter
Blu Mar Ten @ Soundcloud
Blu Mar Ten @ Youtube
Blu Mar Ten @ Myspace


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News – User-Created mission feature revealed for inFAMOUS 2
March 2, 2011 by Chris Wigham
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The upcoming inFAMOUS 2 is never going to end, and that's all thanks to the community. People like you and me will be able to create our own missions and share them, with what sounds to be a diverse set of creation tools. It's a wonderful idea, and when such things are put into the hands of the community, there's always plenty of imagination to be found.
The following was posted by Sucker Punch's Chris Zimmerman on the European PlayStation Blog:
"We thought inFAMOUS 2 would be better if it didn't end—if you never ran out of missions and mini-missions to play and things to do. So… we spent the last two years adding a User-Generated Content feature to the game. With User-Generated Content, inFAMOUS 2 players can build new missions, then share them with the world. I think you'll all quickly discover that while building missions is a lot of fun, seeing people play and enjoy those missions is even better!"
"There really aren't a lot of limits to the sorts of missions you can build. Sure, you can build the sort of missions that will ship on the inFAMOUS 2 disk. Mission creators have access to the same set of characters, creatures and props—so if you want to set a pack of Hive Lords rumbling after Cole through the streets of New Marais, you can do it. If you want to have Cole and Zeke face off against Nix and Kuo, you can do it."
"If you want to bend the rules of inFAMOUS 2 to create new kinds of missions, you can do that too. Wish I2 had pure stealth missions? No problem, you can create stealth missions. Looking for more of a challenge? Try taking away some of Cole's powers—see how the player does facing a platoon of Militia wielding only his Amp. Or add an old-school platforming challenge, or a race, or … I could go on all day."
"It's pretty easy to do missions that are more like mini-games, too. Skeet shooting? No problem. Disc golf? Assuming you're happy tossing around cars instead of Frisbees, sure. How about a mission where Zeke just tells you bad jokes until you shoot him? Um, yeah, you can do that, too."
"Building missions is only half the story, of course—we make it super easy to upload your missions to the network, so other players can see your cool new missions."
There will be a limited public beta in early April. Expect more details on March 14th.
We're also still waiting for a European date for the game itself. Let's hope that Sony will announce it soon.
Source: European PlayStation Blog


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|"Little Island, Big Gun"
|Season 1, Episode 17
|A bank robber hides out on the Island and takes the Castaways hostage.
|Basic Info
|Air Date:
|Written By:
|Dick Conway and Roland MacLane
|Directed By:
|Abner Biberman
|Guest Cast:
|Larry Storch as Jackson Farrell
|Episode guide
|Plant You Now, Dig You Later
|X Marks the Spot
Little Island, Big Gun is the seventeenth episode of the First Season. It first aired January 23, 1965.
A bank robber named Jackson Farrell hides out on the island to elude the police in the middle of the night. His partner promises to come back for him after the police stop looking for him. In the morning, Gilligan and the Skipper smell Farrell cooking breakfast, and when Gilligan goes out to collect dates, he discovers Farrell on the island. Claiming to be a doctor going to help the local natives, Farrell passes off the loose cash he's carrying as donations for his work, and upon noticing the bow and arrow Gilligan was using to bring down dates, he learns from him that the Castaways don't have any bullets for the guns on the island. However, as everyone comes to meet Farrell, Gilligan learns from the radio that Farrell is wanted by the police. He tries to tell the Skipper and Professor about the truth from the radio, but Farrell is outed when the radio repeats the news about him. He ties up the Skipper, Professor, and Gilligan to keep them from being a problem and turns down a check for $100,000 from Mr. Howell painted onto driftwood. Meanwhile, the Skipper follows through on his plan to overpower Farrell with a bag full of coconuts, but Gilligan bungles the attempt. Ginger tries flirting with Farrell to get his gun from him, but he doesn't believe her act and warns her from getting too close to his gun. When a boat shows up, Jackson thinks its his men finally coming from him, but then discovers its his rivals, the Indigo Mob, looking for him. He takes Mary Ann captive and has the Castaways pose as ignorant natives. The Castaways try to communicate with them, but the mobsters mistranslate their signals and depart. When Farrell's accomplices finally come for him, Gilligan, the Skipper and Professor see him off, but he refuses to tell the authorities about them because they are the only people who can identify him. When Farrell tells Gilligan to bring him his anchor, Gilligan swings it over to him, the rope dragging the bag of money into the water where the boat propeller chops it up into fragments. After Gilligan yells a snide comment to him, Jackson swears he has to shoot Gilligan, but his gun is so waterlogged that it just squirts water. The following day, Gilligan learns that the police have captured Farrell and his men. The Skipper finds him gluing the shredded bills into one long million dollar bill which Gilligan tears a portion off to share with the Skipper.
- "Cheaters never prosper"
- Coming up
Main Cast
- Bob Denver as Gilligan
- Alan Hale, Jr. as The Skipper
- Jim Backus as Mr. Howell
- Natalie Schafer as Mrs. Howell
- Tina Louise as Ginger
- Dawn Wells as Mary Ann
- Russell Johnson as The Professor
Guest Cast
- Charles Maxwell as the Radio Announcer (voice only)
- Larry Storch as Jackson Farrell
- K. L. Smith as Gates
- Jack Sheldon as Lucky
- Herb Vigran as Lucky (voice only)
- Louis Quinn as Hank
- Comedian Larry Storch is best known for the part of the dim-witted Corporal Agarn on the comedy-farce "F Troop" as the sidekick to Sgt. O'Roarke played by Forrest Tucker, who went on to star in "Dusty's Trail" with Bob Denver. He is also known for his voice-acting work.
- The Skipper slips out of character by having Gilligan gather his things to toss him out of his hut to let Farrell move in with him.
- The plot of this episode involving a criminal hiding out on the island and leaving the Castaways stranded was repeated in The Kidnapper.
- In the exterior shot of the boy's hut, someone's shoulder appears in the shot.
- The hammocks in the Boy's Hut are replaced by three cots.
- Mr. Howell writes Farrell a check on driftwood reportedly because he has no checks on the island, but in The Big Gold Strike, he had tried to give Gilligan and the Skipper a paper check. These checks show up again in Take a Dare when he writes George Barkley a paper check. This suggests he was purposely trying to scam Farrell with a check he knew he couldn't cash.
- The close up of the check shows erased marks where commas would have made the wooden check a million dollars instead of a hundred thousand.
- Mary Ann barely appears in this episode except just before Farrell holds her hostage.
- It seems kind of far-fetched that Farrell could force the Castaways into their native disguises so quickly after seeing the Indigo Mob off shore.
- Jim Backus seems to wear in his native garb the same head dress Russ Grieve wears in his appearances as a Native Chief.
- A million dollars in $100 bills would not fit in a simple burlap bag.
- The Professor briefly calls Jackson Farrell "Mr. Jackson" instead of "Mr. Farrell" as he is departing.
- When Farrell tries to shoot Gilligan, his gun shoots only water. Later, in The Hunter, when Kincaid tries to shoot Gilligan after falling into the water trough, his rifle also shoots water.
- Skipper - "Ladies, what's for breakfast? "
Mary Ann - "Take a wild guess and try coconut."
(sounds of discontent)
Skipper - "Well, never mind, just dig in."
Gilligan - "But Skipper, it's always coconut. Sliced coconut, diced coconut, baked coconut, fried coconut, coconut on coconut, coconut..."
Ginger - "We're gonna have a special treat for Thanksgiving dinner."
Gilligan - "What's that?"
Ginger - "Coconut drumsticks."
- Gilligan - "I smell bacon."
Skipper - "Sure you do, Gilligan." (leaning over to the Professor) "I think Gilligan has been on the island too long."
Professor - "You know what? I thought I smelled bacon too." (pauses) "But unfortunately, it must be just a figment of our imaginations."
Gilligan - "Yeah, well, my imagination cooks them like I like them... well done and crisp."
- Gilligan - "If you just swam ashore, how come your clothes aren't all wet?"
Jackson Farrell - "Drip dry."
Gilligan - "Your shoes?"
Jackson Farrell - "Drip dry too."
- Gilligan - "You mean people donated this money to you?"
Jackson Farrell - "That's a good way to put it. They donated it to me."
Gilligan - "It sure was generous of them."
Jackson Farrell - "Gilligan, you should have seen the way they handed it over to me."
- Mr. Howell - "Doctor, for that king of money, could you possibly name a disease after us?"
Mrs. Howell - "Yes. Not the run-of-the-mill disease. Something a little special. For example, something like beriberi."
Mr. Howell - "Yes, yes. Perhaps you can call it Howell-Howell."
Mrs. Howell - "Oh marvelous, Thurston! That way, we'd each get separate billing!"
- Jackson Farrell - "Ginger, that song will be "When the Angels Sing" if you get any closer to that gun."
- Hank - "How do you like that! Even the natives are hen-pecked!"
- Jackson Farrell - "Nobody likes a wise guy."
- (The propeller on the boat chops up the money in the water.)
Jackson Farrell - (wet and angry) "It's all chopped up! It's all chopped up!"
Gilligan - "Cheaters never prosper!"
Jackson Farrell - (while reaching for his gun) "I gotta get that Gilligan. I gotta!"
(Farrell fires his gun, but water sprays out of it.)
Gates - "Your gun is wet, boss!"
Jackson Farrell - "Thanks for the information!"
Skipper - "His gun is full of water! Let's get him!"
Jackson Farrell - "Let's get out of here. With Gilligan on that island, you can't win."


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The Apple Watch Nike+ is noisy. The moment people see it, they become immediately drawn to the bright yellow circles embellishing the watchband. It's matched perfectly by a custom face that tries to motivate wearers with quick Nike-esque slogans like "Are We Running Today?"
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This is the place to search for places to visit and things of interest in Britain, by name, location, type, keyword – or just have a browse. It is a growing directory – over 780 entries have been listed as of July 2020. Most entries have links for further information.
Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century by William the Conqueror and is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. It has been used by the British monarchy for almost 1,000 years and is an official residence of Her Majesty The Queen, whose standard flies from the Round Tower when she is at home. Parts are open to the public, including the State Apartments and St George's Chapel. A further highlight is Queen Mary's Dolls' House.
However, because Windsor Castle is a working palace, opening arrangements are subject to change, sometimes at short notice, and you should check before making a special journey.


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Last Monday, we were back to hometown for Tyger and Princess' year end school concert I was kinda excited as Tyger had a performance but not Princess… she apparently didn't raised her hand when given the chance
We woke up early so that we can have a nice, yummylicious breakfast before going to the school. Wonderful local delicacies such as fried noodles, loh mai fan and chee cheong fun.
It started off with the Chinese drum action… I was really impressed… these are talented young kids
Princess was supposed to join the below Chinese handkerchief dance… I guess she's shy, dancing to a big audience
Beautiful Wushu demonstration. There were also a few other dances and speeches… didn't want to make this a long post so I've cut it short
Tyger received 2 prizes i.e. 1 for getting no.1 for the overall final exam and another for getting no.4 for overall academic year
Finally, Tyger's performance… they sang a very cute Mandarin song
I felt so happy and proud with Tyger's achievement. Princess, on the other hand, had did her very best and I'm proud of her. I'm glad I've been blessed with 2 beautiful angels, both with different strengths and characters… totally a handful albeit a challenging and happy one!


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Dr. Christina Roeske
Main research areas
- Animal Communication
- Vocal learning
- Rhythm and melody in music and birdsong
- Aesthetic aspects of music and birdsong
- Social interactions during song learning
- Neural mechanisms of song learning
Academic Education
|PhD in Behavioral Neurobiology Free University Berlin and MPI for Molecular Genetics Berlin (Beharioral Biology group of Prof. Constance Scharff)
|State Examination for Lectureship in Biology, German Language and Literature (Staatsexamen, Lehramt Gymnasium), Free University and Humboldt University Berlin
|Exchange student in Linguistics, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot Focus on structural phonetics and syntax, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics
|Seit 03/2015
|Post-doctoral researcher Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
|Post-doctoral researcher City University New York (CUNY), City College and Hunter College (Animal Behavior group of Prof. Ofer Tchernichovski)
Roeske, T. C., Larrouy-Maestri, P., Sakamoto, Y., & Poeppel, D. (2020). Listening to birdsong reveals basic features of rate perception and aesthetic judgements. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287(1923), 20193010.
Roeske, T. C., Kelty-Stephen, D., and Wallot, S. "Multifractal analysis reveals music-like dynamic structure in songbird rhythms." Scientific reports 8, no. 1 (2018): 4570.
Roeske, T. C., Kelty-Stephen, D., Wallot, S. (2017): Birds have swing: Multifractal analysis reveals expressive timing in birdsong. BioRxiv June 29, 2017. doi: 10.1101/157594
Roeske, T. C., Scharff, C., Olson, C. R., Nshdejan, A., & Mello, C. V. (2014). Long-distance retinoid signaling in the zebra finch brain. PLoS ONE, 9(11), e111722. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111722
Rothenberg, D., Roeske, T. C., Voss, H. U., Naguib, M., & Tchernichovski, O. (2014). Investigation of musicality in birdsong. Hear Res, 308, 71-83. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.08.016
Pelz, D., Roeske, T., Syed, Z., de Bruyne, M., & Galizia, C. G. (2006). The molecular receptive range of an olfactory receptor in vivo (Drosophila melanogaster Or22a). J Neurobiol, 66(14), 1544-1563. doi: 10.1002/neu.20333
- Beautiful sounds across species: How do birdsong and human music drive their listeners' emotions?
For thousands of years people have admired the beauty of birdsong. But scientific understanding of this phenomenon is still restricted to studying learning and production mechanisms, as well as ecological function (how songs are used to attract ...
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How do children learn to sing melodies and produce rhythms? How do they develop musical taste? How do they learn to understand and use music in various situations? Can we boost spontaneous, implicit musical learning with educational ...
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For a business to be successful, it needs to have customers. With the booming population of senior citizens, there are a lot of businesses that can easily provide services to that demographic, taking care of things that seniors might not have the ability or the desire to do in their later years.
Dog Walking
Senior citizens often have a pet for companionship. However, many times seniors either can't walk very well or very far. If they have a dog that's still fairly young and energetic, then that dog needs to get out and walk every day. Many times seniors will be willing to hire a dog walker to take care of this chore for them. If you happen to like dogs, don't mind a little inclement weather, and you want to perform a service for seniors that they have trouble doing on their own then this might be a good business start up.
Day Centers
While it might be more than a little insulting to call your business a senior day-care center, there are a number of businesses that provide a communal place for seniors to get together. These centers often host activities for the senior community, and they provide staff that can provide supervision and care for their aging clients. The specifics of the center are up to you, and whether you'd rather have a bingo night or watch sports games on TV is up to you.
Transportation Services
Just because a person gets older it doesn't mean they don't want to get out of their house from time to time. What it might mean is that they have trouble doing that on their own. If a senior doesn't have a driver's license, or they're physically impaired in some way (such as legally blind or wheelchair bound), then they may have to rely on family members or public transportation. You could easily provide a transportation service for seniors, and if there are a lot of seniors in the area you'll have a large population of potential customers.
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A bill in Congress could make it harder for workers to keep employers from getting access to their personal medical and genetic information and raise the financial penalties for those who opt out of workplace wellness programs.
House Republicans are proposing legislation aimed at making it easier for companies to gather genetic data from workers and their families, including their children, when they collect it as part of a voluntary wellness program.
The bill, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act, introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx, a Republican from North Carolina and the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, would also significantly increase the financial costs faced by someone who does not join a company wellness program.
The bill, which is under review by other House committees and has yet to be considered by the Senate, has already provoked fierce opposition from a wide range of consumer, health and privacy advocacy groups, as well as by House Democrats. Critics claim it undermines existing laws aimed at protecting an individual's personal medical information from use by employer and others.
"We strongly oppose any legislation that would allow employers to inquire about employees' private genetic information or medical information unrelated to their ability to do their jobs, and to impose draconian penalties on employees who choose to keep that information private," a group of advocates, including AARP, the American Diabetes Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Epilepsy Foundation, the March of Dimes and others wrote in a letter this week to Ms. Foxx.
As wellness programs proliferate across the corporate landscape, workers are increasingly being asked by their companies to undergo health screenings and medical assessments. Employees can opt out of these programs, and personal information specific to a worker is not supposed to be shared directly with the company. The prohibition is aimed at preventing someone from being fired or otherwise discriminated against because of a serious medical condition.
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has vigorously pursued legal action against some employers it claimed went too far and used these programs inappropriately, but the courts have largely been sympathetic to the employers' arguments. Companies also complained that the regulations were confusing, and the commission issued final rules in May aimed at addressing some of their concerns.
Companies defend the wellness programs, saying they keep workers healthier and help reduce insurance costs. But some studies have questioned the effectiveness of these initiatives.
Critics argue that workers are essentially being coerced into giving up private medical information, such as their weight, their blood pressure and whether they are at particular risk for cancer. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers can entice a worker by offering as much as a 30 percent reduction in insurance payments. Although the financial incentives offered have typically been lower, an employee who refused to participate could lose as much as thousands of dollars in savings.
The bill would also weaken the role of the E.E.O.C. in overseeing wellness programs and its ability to prevent violations of antidiscrimination laws established under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act. Employers would be generally governed by rules established by different agencies. The bill "is trying to streamline the regulatory scheme," said Kathryn Wilber, a senior official at the American Benefits Council, which represents employers' interests.
She said that companies remain committed to protecting the privacy of this information and that employers take this responsibility "very, very seriously."
Bethany Aronhalt, a spokeswoman for the House committee, said the goal was to address employers' concerns rather than to drastically change the laws protecting workers. "We want to ensure working families can continue to benefit from these voluntary programs, and so did the Obama administration," Ms. Aronhalt said. "This legislation will reaffirm existing law and provide regulatory clarity so that employers can have the certainty they need to help lower health care costs for their employees."
Opponents contend that the bill would leave workers much more vulnerable because the rules under the antidiscrimination laws would not apply if someone volunteered personal health information under a wellness program. "It just takes away the workplace protection," said Jennifer Mathis, the director of policy and legal advocacy of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.
The E.E.O.C. does not comment on pending legislation, a spokeswoman said.
The bill would significantly increase the amount of money at stake by allowing an employer to offer higher incentives, up to 30 percent of the cost to cover the whole family, as opposed to 30 percent of an individual's coverage cost.


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Major Crimes Season 3 Episode 3: "Frozen Assets" Quotes
No! Don't shoot. I'm rich!Kliner
Tracy has been working for Marcella's relatives all along. He poisoned that little dog on purpose!Provenza
Sharon: Marcella Brewster is legally dead and I have every right to examine her head.
Taylor: But Eternal Meadows says that now that Marcella has been thawed out she can never be frozen again.
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When Captain Baird gives an order, we follow it, even if we can't quite remember who he is.Provenza


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Alan Jackson is back but with a difference this time out - he's on a new label. "Thirty Miles West' marks his debut with Capitol after spending his entire career with Arista. The Georgian's current single is So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore.
Rodney Crowell is a partner this time out, book author Mary Karr. The two are releasing "Kin, Songs by Mary Karr and Rodney Crowell." Karr wrote the book "Cherry" and "The Liar's Club."
Newcomer Jana Kramer has a background as an actress. The former "One Tree Hill" and "Friday Night Lights" cast member (she played Alex Dupre on "One Tree Hill") is out with her debut "Why Ya Wanna," which also happens to be the name of her charting single. Scott Hendricks produced the disc of the Michigan native.
Longstanding California band Marley's Ghost celebrates its 25th year as a band with "Jubilee." John Prine, Marty Stuart and Emmylou Harris all provide help.


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Although this shed/playhouse is not original to the house, I think it's worth mentioning. The previous owners had this two-storey structure, with balcony, built for themselves and their three children. Rarely do we see such attention given to a backyard construction. Gingerbread details found on the main house have been replicated for the adornment of the shed, such as the trim along the roof line, the stairs and balcony railings and the shutters. It is fully wired for electricity and a water pipe has been brought to the shed for ease of watering the garden. But what I enjoy the most is seeing the names of the three children engraved onto the three steps leading to the wooden stairs.
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this is further than i'd have imagined vrc7 being capable of going, well done!
beautiful bell calm detuned dogs dreamy famitracker mellow microtonal moody pitch bends really good vrc7
First song in Famitracker. I did ok i think, except that its kinda short again...
Maybe I will extend it if I am in the mood.probably not lmao
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Bodhisattva-raah lekhan se
Khule dvaar is raaha ka,
Chale sab Buddha-rah pe
Yah prarthna hain meri,
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By composition of this book, which speaks
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May princes rule according to the Dharma;
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Be kind, their minds imbued with pity. [40]
And thus by all the merit I have gained,
May every being, leaving none aside,
Abandon all their evil ways
Embracing goodness now and ever more.
From bodhichitta may they never separate,
And constantly engage in Bodhisattva actions.
May they be accepted as disciples by the Buddhas,
Drawing back from what is demons' work. [32]
Says Shantidev –
Whenever I desire to gaze on him Or put to him the slightest question,
May I behold with unobstructed sight
My own protector Mañjughoṣha. [53]


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This will be my last blog post. I just retired so I can't really call myself 'hobo lawyer' anymore although I still laughingly call myself a hobo. The only reason I can retire before eligible for Social Security is because my expenses are low because I live in a van. I don't pay a mortgage, rent, utility bills, property taxes or upkeep on a house and 99% of the time I camp for free. I had fun crisscrossing the country over the past year and a half to all of the places I have always wanted to go so I am slowing it down now and I am mostly going to stick to Oregon and Washington for the summer and then in the future probably just Oregon during the Summer because I absolutely love Oregon. For the winters I plan on sticking to California and Arizona. Since I will be going to a lot of the same areas there won't be much new stuff to blog about anyway. I hope you enjoyed reading my blog. Travel to places you have always wanted to go because life is short and traveling is awesome! 🗺
Month: May 2018
Crater Lake National Park in Oregon
Yesterday we went to Crater Lake National Park which I have been wanting to go to for a very long time. It was absolutely beautiful. The crater was formed from a volcano errupting over 7700 years ago that filled with snow melt and water to create the clear blue water. I love that there was still snow on the ground because it made the lake look prettier. We are camping for free at another off season snow park that has toilets and picnic tables. I think from now on we are going to look up snow parks as a good parking option. It is nice to have a little paved area for a patio, a picnic table, a toilet and a good spot to get lots of sun for our solar panels 🌞
Williamette National Forest in Oregon
We are camping at a snow park in the forest with access to a pit toilet. This is the second time I have camped at a snow park which is a parking area for people to access the snow areas to go sledding etc. There isn't any snow right now so we have pretty much had the place to ourselves. We are within walking distance to the beautiful Salt Creek waterfall which is the second largest waterfall in Oregon. Two friends joined us a couple of days ago. We had a birthday celebration at a restaurant in the closest town for Charlie's birthday. We went back to town today for cell service and internet access, which we usually don't have access to in the forest. Oregon is one beautiful state ⛰
Happy Mothers Day!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. I feel so lucky that I get to be boo boo bear's mom. We are in Eugene, Oregon right now. I am not that impressed with the city because I guess it is just too big of a city for me. We are heading into the Williamette National Forest today about an hour away where we won't have cell service so I won't be able to blog for several days. There is supposed to be lots of beautiful waterfalls, rivers and hiking trails in the forest. We have been staying the night at several casinos and a truck stop last night. I can't wait to get back to the forest 🌳
Oregon State Parks and Winning Money at the Casino
Yesterday we explored Sunset Bay State Park and Cape Arago State Park where we walked on the beach, saw sea lions and seals out in the ocean, walked through tide pools and climbed over these cool rocks. We stayed the night at a casino in Coos Bay, Oregon last night. They didn't allow overnight free parking so we had to pay $20 which gave us access to their showers. We signed up for their players club that many casinos have where they give you money to start gambling hoping you will keep gambling with your own money. We are not gamblers so we just spent their money. I came out ahead with $6 which I used to buy us sugary treats from the cafe. $6 isn't much but still cool to me because it is the first time I have won money at a casino 💵
Beautiful Oregon Coast
We are slowly driving up the Oregon coast because it is so beautiful. We saw sea lions at a marina and yesterday we spotted whales off the coast that are migrating North right now like us. We stayed at an ocean pullout a couple of nights ago and watched the sun set over the ocean, although a little cloudy, from the back of the school bus. We hiked down a hill to the ocean below to Sisters Rocks that had caves and lush grenery everywhere, which remined me of pictures I have seen of New Zealand. Most of the coast is undeveloped and beautiful. It has also not been crowded with people or traffic which has been nice. The part of the coast we are driving right now is a little more inland without ocean turnouts to stay the night at so last night we found a forest road to park off of overnight. Our cell service has been kind of spotty so we bought walkie talkies to talk to each other while driving which has been great. Even when we have cell service we like using the walkie talkies which is safer than grabing the phone to call each other. It is also illegal here to talk on your phone while driving. The Oregon coast is one of the most beautiful places I have been to, so glad we decided to drive it 🌄
Living at the Beach
I love the Oregon coast. We have been driving scenic highway 101 that hugs most of the coastline. You can stay overnight at the many turnouts along the highway with views of the ocean for a maximum of 12 hours. We are going to take our time driving up the coast since we are in no hurry or time limit. Last night we stayed at a turnout with a nice view of the ocean below and a beautiful view of the sun setting over the ocean. Today we took a walk on the beach at a new turnout that has beach access. We do not know where we will stay tonight or where we will go next. We like deciding on where to go on a moment to moment basis. It is so beautiful here 🏖
Smith River Recreation Area in Northern California
For the past week we have been camping in the Smith River Recreation Area at a free campsite with a pit toilet and a quick walk to the river. Across from our camping area we hiked up a mountain with beautiful views. We had lots of campfires and really enjoyed our campsite. We drove to the nearby Redwoods National Park to hike also. I loved the lush forest and beautiful redwood trees. We didn't have any cell service and therefore internet at our campsite which we didn't miss much. We are heading up the coast of Oregon later today.
Cops Woke Me Up And Drinking Coffee with a Homeless Man
I usually don't like parking overnight at Walmart anymore because most stopped allowing it and some will tell you over the phone you can park there but when you get there signs are posted prohibiting it, probably because of a city ordinance. Well yesterday we were in Grants Pass, Oregon and parked at a Walmart where one of the employees told us we could over the phone. However, when we got there we saw 'no overnight RV parking' signs posted. There were a lot of RVs, vans and other vehicles there with people staying the night so we decided to stay the night. In the morning we both got what we call in our lifestyle as 'the knock' by the police telling us we needed to leave because overnight parking is not allowed there. They woke me up out of a dead sleep so half-asleep the only thing that came out of my mouth was telling the police that the sign says 'no overnight RV parking' and we weren't in RVs. I guess that came from the attorney in me. They also told me I couldn't panhandle of which I promptly replied that we do not panhandle. I would like to think I do not look like a panhandler but I guess panhandlers don't all have the same look. There are a lot of people that travel in RVs, etc. that fund their travels by panhandling at Walmarts, etc. The police were actually pretty nice and just doing their job. We drove to a nearby park on the river with these beautiful pink trees. There was also a lady in her car there with her kids that got kicked out of wherever they stayed the night. We also met this homeless guy traveling by foot with his dog that came up and started talking to us. We gave him some coffee and I sat with him on the curb and talked to him. He told me his life story and that he is newly homeless and addicted to crystal meth and alcohol. I felt bad for him and tried to convince him to go to an AA meeting. He was a really nice guy. He told us the park we were hanging out at is considered a 'trolling park' which I have never heard of before. He said it is where people go to meet people to hook up with. This guy in a truck pulled up and the homeless guy told me that the guy was weird and goes there to try to pick up girls that are vulnerable and homeless. The guy in the truck went straight to the girl with the kids in her car. He also told me that a lot of people go in the bathroom at the park and shoot up drugs. I started to walk in there to go the bathroom and decided I'd rather just go in my version of a toilet in my van, which I did. I told the homeless guy that some people think we are homeless because we live in vehicles of which he promptly replied that we are not homeless because our vehicles are our homes because they provide us with shelter, which is what I always say. We both had our guard up around the homeless guy which we usually do. We decided we were done with the snow and the cold and headed to the coast of California. We are in Crescent City, California right now hanging out by the ocean. Still pretty cold though because it's very windy but it is so beautiful here. We saw some seals but I couldn't get a picture of them because they ducked under the water too quick, so cool to see though. I love the California coast 🏖


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The Balance Sheet lists all possessions and liabilities that the business features, both concrete and intangible. This assists to evaluate the company's debt situation and exactly how a lot of the valuation is reinforced up by possessions. Furthermore it's split into current and non-current possessions and liabilities, that will help to see exactly how fluid the business is.
A balance sheet is normally broken straight down into the after order:
- Secured (non-current) possessions. These are needed when it comes to long term running of a business and are difficult to turn into cash in the brief term. An instance of this might be a factory, or other buildings, but can additionally consist of equipment along with other possessions.
- Intangible possessions are assets which are usually difficult or impossible to sell and are not able to be actually calculated. This can include things such as patents and organization secrets, which are certainly really worth anything, however their particular value is usually more contested than that of concrete possessions.
- Present possessions feature money and various other assets that are anticipated to be switched into cash within another 12 months e.g. finished goods, parts and materials and cash receivable for items currently sold but perhaps not compensated for however. This might be really crucial for brief phrase exchangeability of the business.
- Present liabilities are payments owed that are anticipated to be because of within the next 12 months, e.g. debt payments, repayment for natural materials etc. If existing liabilities are substantially greater than current assets the business could have problems having to pay its costs and wages and this could lead to bankruptcy, or any various other much less really serious issues.
- Non-current liabilities feature extended phrase financial obligation and other repayments that will not be because of within the following year.
- Total possessions minus total liabilities gives a net asset figure, which is equal to shareholder's equity, that is what the company owes the investors. So if the business ceased trading this really is exactly how much shareholders would get, however it's hardly ever accurate, because it's tough to value precisely all assets that a business features, particularly intangible possessions.
- Next there will be lists of stocks, various sorts and reserves as well as retained profits (or losings) from earnings that have actually not been distributed as dividends.
Therefore the balance sheet is really useful in assessing a company's financial obligation circumstance, along with exactly just how much of the share price or market capitalisation is reinforced up by assets. It can be helpful to check at just concrete possessions, once the valuation is typically much more reliable.