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INX Digital EMEA takes industrial printing capability to new heights at Inprint 2016
Milan, IT – Next week, one company's formidable track record in developing innovative inks and coatings solutions for an international clientele base will correspond with a significant industry event. InPrint 2016 in Milan, Italy is expected to attract visitors focused on finding the newest products to meet the rising demand for functional, decorative and packaging printing in industrial production. INX Digital EMEA has products ready for those who stop by Stand D24 during the November 15-17 show, which takes place at the Milano Congressi.
INX Digital EMEA will exhibit and demonstrate inkjet technology and integration solutions by highlighting a dynamic home décor showcase and three integral pieces of equipment. INX Europe President Peter Lockley, is excited about the opportunities the show presents.
"As a founding exhibitor of InPrint, we have always believed in a show that is all about industrial digital print. InPrint 2016 will be particularly important to us for several reasons," said Lockley, who joined the company last June.
"We develop a wide range of ink types and unique formulations for some of the most respected companies in the world. They will be here, along with others, looking for the very best new products, processes and solutions for graphics, industrial and packaging applications. We have many considerations for a number of industrial market segments where our group, including our parent companies (INX International and Sakata INX) has developed solid roots. Visiting Stand D24 will be worth anyone's time looking for that extra edge to separate themselves from their competitors."
The powerful JetINX™ Printhead Drive and Ink Recirculation system is the engine that elevates two machines – the SLED and the InkCups Helix rotary printer – to a new level of expectations. But don't overlook MS Printing Solutions' JP3 paper printer that also will be demonstrated. It will run with INX Digital's Prodigy™ water-based, UV Curable and solvent inks, which Lockley says were developed to be used on the most challenging industrial applications.
"There will be a series of objects printed with our textile pigment inks. We plan to showcase our WBKC ink to print wallpaper using the JP3 printer. When you combine the two using Kyocera water-based inkjet print heads at 150 dpi, it gives companies a very fast and reliable solution for interior decoration that outperforms anything else available on the market."
The printed wallpaper is the same that will embrace the home décor showcase in the stand. The JP3 printer is also being used to print furniture textile and pillow covers, dresser panels and fabrics found within the showcase. Another area will feature corrugated and folding cartons stored on shelves and printed with the pigmented inks, in addition to some flexible packaging samples.
The JP3 has a print width of 70 inches (180 cm) and can produce at a rate of 1291 square feet per hour (120 sqm) in CMYK mode or 1021 square feet per hour (95 sqm) with up to 8 colors. An open software system, embedded remote diagnostics, and an embedded web server for cost reporting separates it from other like machines in the marketplace.
Lockley says the SLED machine is perfect for testing and demonstration purposes. This includes the examination of inks and chemistries in different fluid delivery systems mounted to a device, plus testing printheads and various ink sets and evaluating ink behavior on different materials and substrates.
"SLED is a small, flexible and modular print system that fits many small application requirements. It could be used for developmental projects where accessing specs before scaling to a larger size machine is essential. SLED uses our JetINX technology and can be configured to match customer demands."
Lockley indicated the InkCups Helix printer has a bright future in the drinkware, cosmetic and industrial printing industries, since it can produce superior quality single or multi-color images at exceptional speeds in only a few seconds.
"Helix is a one-of-a-kind machine and we believe it is a great fit for those potential target markets," he said, referring to the heavy-duty, state-of-the-art printer with patent-pending software. A single advanced, quick-change tooling fixture for cylinder and tapered parts reduces set-up time, and the all-digital process eliminates pre-press or screen making. "The speed of the Helix makes it an ideal printer for very small production runs, or for special applications and projects often used in the promotional items market."
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This page presents the Google satellite map (zoomable and browsable) of Paparoa Point in Marlborough district in New Zealand.
Geographical coordinates are -42.2377 and 173.8461 and its feature type is Point. More information below.


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Wanted Suspect Identified in Fourth District Simple Kidnapping Incident
Topics: Fourth District, Kidnapping
The NOPD has obtained an arrest warrant for Lynzell King (pictured, black male, DOB: 01-23-1998) in the investigation of a simple kidnapping incident on October 8, 2021 in the 3100 block of Lamarque Street.
NOPD Seeking Suspect in Fourth District Attempted Simple Kidnapping
The NOPD is seeking assistance in locating and identifying a suspect in the investigation of an attempted simple kidnapping on July 28, 2021 in the 4200 block of Woodland Drive.
NOPD Identifies Suspect Wanted in Third District Armed Robbery
Topics: Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Third District
The NOPD has obtained an arrest warrant for Ryan Reed (pictured, black male, DOB: 06-06-1991) in the investigation of an armed robbery incident involving a kidnapping on April 14, 2021 in the 4900 block of Spain Street.
NOPD Arrests Suspect in Third District Armed Robbery, Kidnapping Incident
Topics: Armed Robbery, Good Police Work, Kidnapping, Third District
On April 14, 2021, the NOPD arrested James Sansone V (pictured, black male, DOB: 05-18-1988) in the investigation of an armed robbery and kidnapping incident that occurred earlier that day in the 4900 block of Spain Street.
NOPD Identify Suspect Wanted in Fourth District Battery, Assault, Kidnapping Incident
Topics: Assault/Battery, Fourth District, Kidnapping
The NOPD has obtained an arrest warrant for Darran Boykin (pictured, male, DOB: 11-13-1994, 6'0", 152 pounds) in the investigation of an incident in the early hours today (March 25, 2021) in the 1500 block of Numa Street.

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Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has set to probing into the surge in Polus Zoloto quotes. The stocks went up once the capital fund Kazimir Partners made an offer for the buyout of 2.5 percent in Polus from its subsidiary, Jenington, for $350 million, Vedomosti reported.
An official letter to Polus Zoloto management was sent May 22, said sources close to the company. FSA is willing to check Polus for transparency and expediency of information disclosure and requests the management to provide personal evaluation for current performance of the company.
The management of Russia's leading gold miner Polus Zoloto responded to the offer of Kazimir Partners by saying that the company's ready assets ($1.4 billion as of January 1) enabled it to fund activities without raising money of external sources.
The managers reasoned that investing in deposits and trust management won't ensure the yield comparable to investments in Polus stocks.
The Kazimir's offer set forth nearly 20-percent premium to the market price. The newswires reported it Friday evening and Polus surged nearly 10.57 percent on LSE Monday, the regulator said in the letter to Polus Zoloto. Polus had been growing two days before it, by roughly 15 percent. The stocks surged 18 percent on MICEX May 21, which was the closing day for the AGM attendence. The growth on LSE and RTS was more moderate, 2.7 percent and 1.5 percent respectively.
Polus shed 28 percent on MICEX the next day. Its quotes stood still on LSE yesterday, while the company's capitalization reached $12.77 billion there.
Chief of Interros holding Vladimir Potanin has roughly 30 percent in Polus Zoloto and ONEXIM Group President Mikhail Prokhorov owns similar 30 percent.


On a recent holiday to the UK from NZ I needed some serious emergency dental work done. I was mightily impressed with Dr. N. Sehra, who clearly explained the options for treatment and the associated costs. I elected to have the tooth removed. This was done so efficiently that there was minimal bleeding and no residual pain. I did take one pain killer tablet as a precaution, but that was not really needed. Nor did my tongue feel the urge to explore the cavity! The notes provided for after treatment management were clear and concise.
This might seem weird to some, but I put this as one of the highlights of my experiences on my trip to the UK, Norway and Bangkok!
Dr. N. Sehra and staff were incredibly professional, helpful and speedy. While on holiday from the US, one of my crowns came loose. We called and they made room for us immediately, quoted a very reasonable price, and replaced my crown well within an hour of our arrival. The office atmosphere is also warm and friendly. I highly recommend Dr. Sehra for emergency visits, but I will also pass on his contact to my English friends in the area. Great experience!
I am terrified of dentists and after leaving my teeth for so many years I had to have emergency treatment to remove two teeth. I felt very comfortable with the dentists and although I had sedation (I would recommend this to anyone who is nervous) I came out feeling much better. I am returning to have the rest of the work done. Great service and lovely people!!!!!!!!!!
This was one of the most pleasant and wonderful service experiences. My tooth broke and I called for an emergency session. I got seen on a weekend; my new tooth was rebuilt onsite; and it was great service from reception to clinician. Nice facilities and love the fact that they fully embrace all the technology!! Recommended immediately to my family! I am already booking my next sessions if this is what a dentist visit is all about.
I was going through unbearable dental pain but thanks to Acorn Dental care who not only treated me very well but accommodated my requests as per my need. Great service, great hospitality and really good value for money I spent. Definitely recommended.
I cannot thank Dr. Sehra, Nina, and all the other staff members at Acorn Dental enough. The work they all do is not only through, but they provide you with the best service, care, and an extraordinary sense of knowledge and compassion no matter your case. Every question went answered, every detail was expertly crafted and covered in my reconstruction case. The work and time they put in is phenomenal and they really do care about their patients. Thank you to especially Dr. Sehra, Dr. Riz, and Nina who will always go above and beyond to make sure your needs are met. Highly recommended!
I recently had my braces taken off and booked an appointment at Acorn for a general clean. Not only did I get the appointment sooner than expected, but I was attended to exceptionally by the receptionists upon my arrival, as well as my operating dentist, Dr. Gajadhar. They have a welcoming environment and the treatment itself was beyond outstanding, as I required a filling which I wasn't aware of and, due to the precision of Dr. Gajadhar, there's no spec of error with the filling, making it unnoticeable to even myself! I would highly recommend coming to Acorn, as they value their patients highly and take care of them as one of their own.
After many sleepless nights and after visiting other dentists such as wexham road dental care, all i recieved from them was a simple diagnostic and anti-biotics however soon as i was recommended acorn dentists, the day i entered they done my check up, diagnostic and began operation without delay, after a painful short while my tooth ache was completely gone and the dentist Dr. Gajadhar was extremely polite and delicate but also very honest about my state, after myself realisation of how bad the matter was he booked me in for a few following treatments and since ive attended all ive honestly been stress free, shout out to all the receptionists, very kind and informative! Thanks acorn dentist, if i was still attending wexham toad dental care, they would maybe book me in for 20 checkups and i wouldve probally taken enough painkillers to overdose a elephant!
Great service and high professionalism! Thank you doctor!
Exceptional emergency service. My father was suffering from unbearable tooth pain that was showing no sign of easing. I rang Acorn at 4.30pm and they were able to treat my father that very evening. The best dental treatment clinic I have experienced.
Excellent service, competent professionals, reasonable pricing and very clean and new facilities that make the overall perception very good.


In 1915, cocaine had only been illegal for a year; marijuana was still perfectly legal, available for purchase in pharmacies; and doctors still regularly prescribed heroin to patients.
In 1915, the word "teenager" was not yet in use.
In 1915, the constitutional amendment granting American women the right to vote had not yet passed.
In 1910, there were just over 14,000 people incarcerated in the US for first- or second-degree murder.
The population of Las Vegas was 22 in 1900, 800 in 1910, and 2,304 in 1920.
In 1900, the average life expectancy for an American man was 48.3. The average life expectancy for a woman was 51.1.
In 1913, the first dedicated gas station in the US opened in Pittsburgh. Before that, selling gas was a side business for various stores.
In 1940 (just 75 years ago), when the Census collected information on the plumbing in American homes, almost half lacked the trifecta of hot/cold water, a tub or shower, and a flush toilet.
In 1901, Connecticut passed a law that included the country's first speed limit: 15 mph on general roads and 12 mph within city limits.
In 1915, the Eiffel Tower was the tallest structure in the world — a status it had held since its completion in 1889 and that it maintained until 1930.
In 1938, the US set its first minimum wage: 25 cents an hour.
In 1910, the average annual per capita income in the US was estimated at $332, or about $7,800 in current-day dollars. But that was decades before truly representative income samples were available.
Sanna Dulloway / Flickr Broadway in Saratoga Springs, New York, ca 1915.
In 1915, many practicing doctors in the US had been educated haphazardly since, according to the National Library of Medicine, "medical schools had become mostly diploma mills." That slowly began to change when the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, considered the first modern medical school, opened in 1893.
In 1915, a dozen eggs cost 34 cents; a gallon of milk cost 18 cents; and a pound of coffee cost 30 cents.
In 1915, the three leading causes of death in the US were heart disease, pneumonia/influenza, and tuberculosis.
In 1915, canned beer, modern supermarkets, and Barbie dolls had not yet been invented.
In 1915, the US did not have an official national anthem.
In 1900, only about half of American children between five and 19-years-old were enrolled in school. Ending formal education after eighth grade was typical.


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Q: How do i read EXIF data from an image without the use of external scripts in python? How do i read EXIF data from an image without the use of external scripts in python? I don't want to use any prewritten scripts.
Thanks!

A: You can use exif.py.  If you don't want it to be an external module (it wouldn't necessarily be used as a script anyway), you can just copy all 1767 lines right inside your own module.  If your objection is to "prewritten", you can study and then rewrite the 1767 lines in question, if you have a few days to waste, but I don't understand why you'd want to do that.

A: I agree with Alex - the work has been done already!  But if you just want to flex your brain muscle, this is where I would start:
EXIF Specifications
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Here is the official repository for the specification:
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association - Digital Cameras

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if you are using a Netgear wifi router device that can be managed using a smart wizard then you can use this smart wizard for configuring the ADSL settings. These settings will be useful so that your router device can provide trouble free wifi connections for your laptop and mobile devices. you have to make sure that you know about the type of internet connections you are using for the Netgear router. you must know about the VPI and VCI settings for your device. if you have all these information ready then you can make sure to visit the login page to your device and reflect following settings for your device.
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Q: Git trying use proxy while operations with remote repository I am getting error like this
fatal: unable to access http://some_repo_addr : Failed to connect to some.proxy.addr.lan port 1080: Timed out
Pushing to http://some_repo_addr
Why my Git trying to use a proxy server while different operations with remote repository? Where Git got them? I mean that proxy settings. Cause I am delete all git options related to using proxy. Where from, Git take proxy server host, port and so on if it not specified in GIT options?
How I could force GIT do not use any proxy options?

A: Finally I found the problem, maybe this will help somebody
So if you have environment variable %http_proxy% in Windows then GIT will be
trying to use it, no matter which http.proxy setting in GIT you will set.


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Biography – JONES, JOHN (d. 1818) – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
JONES, JOHN, businessman, landowner, militia officer, and politician; b. c. 1752; d. 3 Aug. 1818 at Quebec, Lower Canada.
John Jones arrived at Quebec in 1777. By February 1780 he was announcing imported spirits for sale in Lower Town, and he subsequently engaged at least in part in wholesale trade from a "large commodious house" with cellars and a storehouse on Rue Saint-Pierre. Having bought and sold liberally on credit, however, he became one of many victims of the depression that settled on Quebec at the end of the American revolution. On 2 June 1786 he assigned all his property to James Tod as trustee for his creditors; debts owed to him totalled £5,363, but he himself owed £12,420, of which £11,000 was due to London merchants. In February 1788 Jones's house was advertised for sale.
At the same time as his business was failing, Jones became embroiled in a dispute resulting from the formation of the Quebec Battalion of British Militia. Officer rank in the militia being a mark of social status, Jones and two other merchants were upset when they were refused commissions and subsequently avoided their duties as ordinary militiamen. When the battalion commander, Henry Caldwell, attempted to enforce regulations through the courts, he was ridiculed in a series of letters in the Quebec Herald, Miscellany and Advertiser during July and August 1790. He sued the merchants and the printer, William Moore*, for libel, but the case never came to trial, the jury having refused to return a true bill. Adding insult to injury, the accused published the defence they had prepared, appropriating a longstanding complaint of the merchant community by attacking the military for abuse of authority over civilians [see George Allsopp].
In May 1789 Jones had resurfaced in business, this time as an auctioneer and broker. He had apparently decided to profit from his experience with bankruptcy, since a major activity of the auctioneer and broker was the management and sale of bankrupt estates of individuals and companies. In 1804, for example, he advertised for auction the Labrador seal and salmon fishery that the failed partnership of Lymburner and Crawford had exploited with the Quebec merchant William Grant (1744–1805). A significant proportion of Jones's business probably came from the auction of the effects of deceased persons. It was a common practice in the province of Quebec and Lower Canada to have a notarized inventory made of possessions at death, and then for the executor of the estate to have the effects sold at auction, the family being allowed first choice to reclaim what it wished to keep. Jones also acted as the curator of numerous estates, including, from 1795, that of the merchant Edward Harrison*. Harrison may have been his father-in-law, since he had been a witness at Jones's marriage to Margaret Harrison on 14 May 1794 at Quebec; Jones was a widower at the time. Jones also auctioned the possessions of people returning to Britain, among them Thomas Grant, whose books he sold in 1801 after having printed 200 copies of a catalogue listing them. Jones auctioned ships and ships' cargoes as well. New vessels were sold at the request of the builders, stranded or damaged ones at that of the owners or masters. Jones apparently imported some of the cargoes himself, while others, damaged in transit, were sold for the benefit of the underwriters.
In many cases auctions were held at the location of the goods – on the premises for the sale of estates, at various docks for ships' cargoes – or at places frequented by merchants, such as the Merchants' Coffee House and the Union Hotel. Jones also used his rented stores, on the King's Wharf in 1789 and on Rue Saint-Pierre, which ran along the waterfront, by 1792. In July 1802 he bought from Robert Lester a lot, a two-storey stone house, and stores at 7 Rue Saint-Pierre, where he had been established since at least 1799. The purchase cost £1,000, of which he paid £250 cash and the rest within three years. His stores were in addition a regular retail, and perhaps wholesale, outlet for "private" sales, often for "ready money only." There he offered dry goods and hams, cheese, and roll tobacco; he tended to specialize, however, in the sale of imported spirits, including rum, wines, gin, brandy, porter, and ale, as well as of molasses, essence of spruce, flour, sugar, salt, and teas.
Jones's business activities were not limited to retail and wholesale selling. By 1794 he was co-proprietor with William Vondenvelden of the New Printing Office at 21 Rue de la Montagne, Jones having imported the press and equipment from Alexander Young of London and engaged a journeyman printer from Britain. In August 1794 Jones and Vondenvelden published the first regular number of the bilingual newspaper the Times/Le Cours du tems. Jones's role appears to have been largely financial and managerial, and it was perhaps because he foresaw imminent failure that in May 1795 he sold his share in the enterprise to Vondenvelden for £342; the last number of the Times appeared at the end of July.
In the first decade of the new century Jones engaged in much property speculation, especially in the undeveloped lands of the Lower Canadian townships. With 19 associates, he, as leader, obtained in April 1800 a grant of 21,600 acres in Hunterstown Township, and in June he acquired the holdings of his adjuncts for a nominal sum according to the system of township leaders and associates [see James Caldwell]; he sold 10,000 acres to James McGill for £185 in September 1801. In 1803 he and John Munro, a Quebec merchant, acquired from Joseph Bouchette* 2,200 acres in Tring Township, and Jones alone acquired another 1,800 acres. Three years earlier he had purchased for £550 from Thomas Dunn a house in Quebec's Lower Town. Possibly by 1806 he was a shareholder in the Union Company of Quebec, owner of the Union Hotel and Coffee Room; that year he was elected administrative president of the Coffee Room, where members could read newspapers and periodicals.
As an increasingly prosperous member of Quebec's merchant community after 1789, Jones participated in its social and professional institutions. In 1797 he was finally commissioned an ensign in the Quebec Battalion of British Militia, and he rose to the rank of captain by 1812. He was more active, however, in the Quebec Fire Society [see John Purss]. A member since 1790, Jones was elected secretary in 1791 and 1797 and president in 1803. That year the executive faced charges of negligence, which Jones apparently refuted satisfactorily since he was again elected president in 1806. In December 1808 he was one of the principal organizers of a lobby by the merchants of Lower Town to oblige the Phoenix Assurance Company to renew its fire-insurance policies there, the company's agent, Alexander Auldjo*, having pronounced the area an uninsurable fire-trap. Two months later he was appointed by the merchant community to a committee, chaired by James Irvine*, to study a proposal from the Committee of Trade at Halifax, N.S., to establish a similar organization at Quebec. The two committees would then join in efforts to pressure Britain into according its North American colonies more advantageous conditions of trade and greater protection against American competition in the West Indies. The proposal was accepted and the Committee of Trade of Quebec was founded that year.
Until about 1808 Jones had manifested little interest in politics, limiting his activity to signing petitions that, with one exception, concerned his business. The exception was support he gave in 1787 to a petition by Canadians asking that the Jesuit college, in use as a barracks, be once again consecrated to the education of Canadians. Perhaps concerned about the increasing polarization of Canadians and British in colonial politics [see Sir James Henry Craig], in May 1808 he stood as a candidate for the House of Assembly in the riding of Lower Town and, along with Pierre-Stanislas Bédard*, a leader of the Canadian party, was elected by acclamation. In the short fifth parliament of 1809 Jones sought an independent position between the majority Canadian group and the small British party, voting three times with the former and twice with the latter. The recalcitrant assembly was dissolved by an angry Governor Craig in October 1809. In the subsequent election, Jones posed at once as the candidate of conciliation and the last hope of the British electors of Lower Town, who were, he claimed, threatened by an unnamed group with exclusion from representation in the assembly. The campaign, according to the Quebec Gazette, was "briskly contested" but "without any animosity between the individuals of either party, a circumstance highly creditable to the Lower Town." Bédard and Jones were re-elected with 340 and 270 votes respectively to James Irvine's 220 and Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry* de Salaberry's 118. In his address of thanks Jones castigated the government party for having introduced Salaberry from outside Lower Town in order to draw off his moderate Canadian support, and for having cast aspersions on his loyalty. In the assembly of 1810, however, perhaps having concluded that there was no middle ground on which he could stand, he was drawn or forced to the government side, voting seven times with the small British group and once with the Canadian majority. Craig again dissolved the legislature, and in the elections of 1810 for Lower Town Jones withdrew in favour of the merchant John Mure*.
In the mean time Jones had continued his auctioneering business, and in December 1810 he announced the introduction of auctions every Thursday and Friday at his rooms on Rue Saint-Pierre in addition to the advertised auctions held irregularly. But competition had stiffened; by 1809 Quebec counted 19 licensed auctioneers grouped into seven or eight firms. In July 1811 Jones announced a co-partnership with "his old acquaintance and good friend" John Munro. The two apparently parted ways before December 1812; in September and November Jones advertised alone that he had for sale stoves, ploughshares, iron bars, and other products of the Batiscan Iron Work Company. By June 1815 he had reduced the number of auctions in his rooms to one a week, and in May 1816 he announced his partial retirement and intention to conduct outdoor sales at the premises of any friends who would employ him. "Those that have not paid their old Accounts need not appear at his Auctions," he added bluntly.
After 1810 Jones had also continued his property transactions and land speculation. In January 1813 he offered for sale or rent three prime properties at Quebec: 9 Rue de la Montagne, 7 Rue Saint-Pierre, and 51 Rue du Sault-au-Matelot, which he was then occupying, and early in 1814 the first two were rented, the second to a mercantile firm for £250 per annum. Jones himself took a house on Cap Diamant in April for £90 per annum. In March 1817 Jones and Munro divided evenly the land they held jointly in Tring Township, and Jones bought another 400 acres there from Munro in December; meanwhile, in June he had sold about 3,000 acres in Tring for £337 to James Godfrey Hanna*.
Jones died at Quebec on 3 Aug. 1818, and was buried two days later from the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. Although he had not been in the first rank of merchants at Quebec, his career is of more than passing interest. The documentation he left not only provides a particularly clear picture of the auctioneer's role in Lower Canadian society, but also illustrates the business strategy of most contemporary merchants. Though they tended to specialize, they were obliged by the fragility of the colonial economy to diversify their activities, often by general retailing, urban property transactions, and land speculation in the Eastern Townships. Like most of his colleagues, Jones went bankrupt; unlike many others, however, he apparently succeeded a second time around. At his death debts owed to him totalled nearly £5,800, and he had over £750 in hand. He still possessed two houses on Rue Saint-Pierre and land in Hunterstown Township. In 1810 he had left his entire estate to his daughter Elizabeth Vaughan Jones, wife of the merchant James Ross. Jones and his wife, Margaret, appear to have been separated for some time, since he made no provision for her in 1810, and she was absent from the colony at the time of his death.
In collaboration with Marianna O'Gallagher
There were several John Joneses active at Quebec and elsewhere in Lower Canada between 1780 and 1820, and some of them might readily be confused with the auctioneer at Quebec. In 1805 a John Jones, notary public by profession but apparently not practising, bought a house on Rue de la Montagne, and it may have been he who was arrested three times in 1810 for drunkenness and being a nuisance. He was dead by March 1817. Another John Jones, nephew of the auctioneer, became a notary in 1801, practising this profession until 1811; it might also have been he who was arrested in 1810. He lived in Lower Town, for a time on Rue de la Montagne, and speculated in property at Quebec and in several townships, including Tring, where his uncle also speculated. After 1811 he became a merchant at Quebec, eventually conducting business under the name of John Jones Jr and Company. He was a member of the Quebec Fire Society and a director of the Quebec Bank. By 1816 he had become an auctioneer, still conducting business under the name of John Jones Jr and Company, with stores on the Queen's Wharf. No apparent relation to any of the above, another John Jones arrived at Quebec in 1783 and opened a school on Rue Saint-Pierre. By 1788 he was living on Rue du Sault-au-Matelot, in 1791 on Rue de la Montagne, by 1792 on Rue du Parloir, and ten years later in a house called Bandon Lodge, in the faubourg Saint-Louis. He too conducted numerous property transactions at Quebec, where he owned houses and lots on Rue de la Montagne, Rue Champlain, and Rue Saint-Louis, speculated on lands in the townships, and was a member of the Quebec Fire Society. He appears to have left for Wales in 1805, giving power of attorney to his brother Joseph, a licensed auctioneer at Quebec and partner in the auctioneering firm of Jones and White (Jones, White and Melvin from 1811). In 1810 John Jones, the auctioneer and deputy for Lower Town Quebec, was joined in the assembly by John Jones, representative for Bedford County. It was probably he who possessed the fief of Yamaska in 1788; in any case he also speculated in township lands, notably in Compton. Finally, a John Jones of Quebec was a member in July 1797 of the grand jury inquiring into charges of treason against David McLane*.
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Does Collaboration Bring Productivity?
By David Coleman
Did you know that over the last nine years, for the first time, U.S. worker productivity has fallen?
A recent blog post by John Cassidy in the New Yorker called "What Happened to the Internet Productivity Miracle?" cites a U.S. Department of labor graph which shows this phenomena (Figure 1). According to the same New Yorker article, productivity growth has fallen since the start of 2005 to levels seen before the Web was commercialized and before smart phones were invented.
Figure 1:Showing U.S. productivity trailing off since 2004
During the eight years from 2005 to 2012, output per hour expanded at an annual rate of just 1.5 percent -- the same as it grew between 1973 and 1996. More recently, productivity growth has been lower still. In 2011, output per hour rose by a mere 0.6 percent, according to the latest update from the Labor Department, and last year there was more of the same: an increase of just 0.7 percent. In the last quarter of 2012, output per hour actually fell, at an annual rate of 1.9 percent. Americans got less productive -- or so the figures said.
Here is my attempt at explaining this phenomenon: during the time when productivity was at its lowest (1.4%) -- 2007-2009 -- most companies were not hiring. Through attrition or other means fewer and fewer people had to do more and more work … so no wonder their productivity was down!
How Does Collaboration Fit In?
So how do these productivity challenges fit with collaboration? Some of the data from a recent study we did of 200 users of social/collaboration tools shows that bringing social tools into the enterprise does not automatically mean they will increase productivity.
Andy Hutchins, director of content and collaboration at Avanade UK had this to say about consumer social media platforms in the enterprise:
But a key point here is in the capabilities of these technologies," he said. "Certainly Facebook and Twitter aren't integrating with wider collaboration activities. They're not integrating with documents, with organizational data, with the communications and directory services of an organization. So you're not really connecting to bring an organization together and connect its people and work with real data."
Another recent article by Dr. Charles Law called "Do Collaboration Tools Boost Workplace Communication?" looks at the use of e-mail, IM/chat and video conferencing in the workplace. From his research he said:
But should organizations continue to rely on text-based, asynchronous communication when research overwhelmingly indicates that there are better options? Clearly, there are better ways to communicate and collaborate if organizations are willing to evolve and adapt, and it is likely that successful organizations will do so."
One idea I would like to put forward here is that there is no either/or, but that both enterprise-oriented and consumer-oriented social and collaboration tools are evolving in parallel. This explains much of the confusion around "what tools should I pick?" that I often run into when working with end-user organizations. I also propose the idea that productivity is the ability to do work processes better.
How Collaboration is Changing Enterprise Processes
In a recent study we did on both collaboration vendor and end-users, we found that about 60% of management (as opposed to 10% in 2009) were aware of social tools and aware of their benefits.
But this implies the question (not asked in the survey) -- do they really know what they are getting into? My guess is not. Let's take a look at this in view of critical processes for the enterprise.
In the 80's it was about creating processes (often from chaos, or no prior process); in the 90's it was more about refining and optimizing processes (which also included ways to remove people and social from the process). As the Internet came into being around 1995, we started to see a focus on content (web pages), but by 2005 we began to see the second order effect kick in (that the Internet was good for connecting people, not just viewing content) which became the rapid rise of consumer social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
As these social consumer products became more popular (Facebook has over 1.2 Billion members) they began to exert influence on the enterprise, and we saw the beginning of BYOD and BYOA (Bring Your Own Device and Bring Your Own Application) in the enterprise which often happened over the objections of IT who was still trying to stick to the optimized process model. I think ultimately we will see BYOP (Bring Your Own Process).
At this point (2010-2015) we are seeing the parallel development of social networks moving into the enterprise and the enterprise trying to socialize more of its critical processes. Some of the pressure for this came from the push to bring social networks into the enterprise in a safe and secure manner.
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But as these social networks or communities began to grow and mature in the enterprise, some of them became department-oriented, some became best practice-oriented, some learning-oriented and others began to focus on process. A good example is online communities in the HR department, where you find discussions on how to find and hire new talent, and how rapidly the hiring process was changing from resume-based, to interactive problem-based scenarios (in which the candidate when presented with a problem by the interview, and has to show how to solve the problem, or was given time to solve it and then explain).
A Sample Collaboration Process
In the war for talent -- as one example of a process in the enterprise that is changing radically and rapidly -- hiring can occur from start to finish in a few days rather than weeks or months.The screening processes by HR are now more social and more rapid, and the hiring manager and team process a short list of available candidates through virtual interactions.
Figure 2: Parallel of Evolution of Processes in the Enterprise
I recently attended the UTR (Under the Radar) conference in San Francisco. There was a session on "Back office" which had three HR people from:Mashery (just bought by Intel), Target (the big-box retailer) and Box as judges. Many of the applications these start-ups showed were HR-oriented. Entelo, GoodRevu, happiily and TrueAbility looked at better ways of doing standard enterprise processes with various social twists.
Happiily looks at employee optimization, work/life balance and providing anonymous feedback for meetings, TrueAbility assesses a job candidate's technical skills from anywhere in the world in a live cloud environment so companies hire only the best technical talent.GoodRevu updates the greatly outdated employee performance reports, and Entelo is a software platform that helps companies find high-quality engineers, designers and product specialists. At the heart of Entelo is a patent-pending algorithm that identifies the optimal time to reach out to a candidate based on 70+ variables that are leading indicators of an upcoming career change, the idea being to spot these critical resources before they come on the market.
All of these tools make these HR processes more social and more effective.We see this as the leading edge of a trend that has been going on for the last two years, which many have called "The Social Enterprise" but I think the outcome will be that many of the traditional enterprise processes will be totally subsumed by these new social and more effective processes, and only then will we have the "Socialized Enterprise."
We can see there is a strong tie between collaboration, processes and productivity. Although there is no "Facebook for the enterprise" we are starting to see social tools being applied to specific, critical and painful processes (like finding and keeping top talent). I expect to see more and more of these process-specific tools being adopted by the enterprise, but the question remains, will we show a concurrent increase in productivity?
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Editor's Note: Read more of David's thoughts on social HR in 2013 Collaboration Predictions: HR Collaboration Tools, 3D Printing
David Coleman has been writing about collaboration for over 30 years, and has written four books on the topic. He is a regular contributor to CMSWire, and writes aboutthe social aspects of work, as well as about the technology supporting it.
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The company said in a statement that opportunities being pursued 'may result in the sale of certain assets and a possible combination of a portion of Constellation's Australian and UK wine operations with Australian Vintage in exchange for a substantial, but non-controlling, interest in the combined entity.'
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Holly's quite right – a jumpsuit is a fast track to style. I went to a very swish party this weekend wearing one from Reiss with gold heels and I felt very suitably attired (bonus: it takes about three seconds to get dressed). I love this one in navy – now on sale. I couldn't find Holly's emerald green number online (note: the colour is huge for A/W) but try this one or this cropped version and this one in black velvet is gorgeous.
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Ruiz's ex-trainer claims they 'lost control' of him before Joshua loss
11/24/2020 Boxing
Andy Ruiz Jnr's former trainer claims they 'lost control' of him after he made 'new friends' ahead of the second fight with Anthony Joshua and hits out at former heavyweight champion for his lack of motivation
Andy Ruiz Jnr's former trainer has claimed they 'lost control' of the Mexican star
Ruiz Jnr stunned Anthony Joshua, winning his heavyweight titles in June 2019
But he failed to hold onto the belts when the pair met again in Saudi Arabia
Manny Robles also hit out at Ruiz Jnr for a lack of motivation for the second fight
The former trainer of Andy Ruiz Jnr has revealed how they 'lost control' of the Mexican fighter in the build up to his defeat by Anthony Joshua last year.
Ruiz Jnr shocked the world and embarked on an unlikely heavyweight title reign when he defeated Joshua at Madison Square Garden in New York back in June 2019.
But he failed to capitalise on his ascent to the top of the heavyweight division and was beaten by Joshua six months later in Saudi Arabia after weighing in at 15lbs heavier than the pair's first fight.
Andy Ruiz Jnr's (L) former trainer has claimed they 'lost control' of the Mexican fighter before his second clash with Anthony Joshua
Manny Robles (L) helped mastermind the defeat of Joshua at Madison Square Garden in 2019
And Manny Robles, Ruiz Jnr's former trainer and as yet the only person to mastermind a defeat of Joshua, has claimed his camp 'lost control' of their fighter and points the finger at his 'new' friends.
Robles, speaking to Marc Gatford via the MyBettingSites.co.uk blog, said: 'Unfortunately the dad had a lot to do with the situation ending. We lost control of Andy, so the dad decided to blame this on me.
'He said I'm not doing my job, but I am not his dad. You're his dad, you control him. If you can't control your own son, how do you expect me to control the guy?
'Andy admitted after the fight he f****d up. He said he didn't train properly and takes the blame – as he should. After that I don't know what happened, he's acting like he won the damn fight.
'I did the best I could under the circumstances, I showed up everyday. I decided to take the camp to Mexico to get him away from his new friends. I never saw these guys before he won the title, I never saw them, never knew who they were.
'I don't know where they were when Andy didn't have a roof over his head. I have no idea where they were then. They weren't around when I said to Andy "move into my place, let me help you".'
Ruiz Jnr shocked the world and embarked on an unlikely heavyweight title reign last year
But Joshua reclaimed his titles with a unanimous decision win over Ruiz Jnr in Saudi Arabia
Robles also slammed Ruiz Jnr's lack of motivation going into the second fight, claiming the Mexican's attitude 'didn't make me feel good at all'.
'I had to put up with a lot, I had to endure a lot, it wasn't fun. I did the best I could to get him to focus on the fight and keep him disciplined but unfortunately his mind was somewhere else.
'It didn't make me feel good at all. You are world champion, man, you're not a kid anymore. He was world champion: WBA, WBO, IBF, what more could you want? There's your motivation right there.
'If I win the world title today I want to be back in the gym tomorrow. That's how most fighters think, they don't want to lose their bouts, they don't want to lose their belts. They want to get back in the gym and go to work.
'He says he wasn't motivated – you're already a world champion, you're rich, you've got money in the bank now. What motivation do you want now? You're not homeless anymore. You buy yourself a mansion and you're telling me you're not motivated? You're kidding me?
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Yesterday I had a "thing" removed from my toe. It started out as an ordinary blister in the early days while I was hiking the A.T. last summer. It took over 1,000 miles to heal. But it never really healed correctly. At one point during its evolution, it looked like a crater. It had a soft fleshy center with a hard, outer rim. With lots of help from Epsom Salt, Goldbond and a pumice stone I was able to reduce the size of it. But it still would rub against my great toe and continue to grow. While at my dermatologist visit yesterday I asked if something could be done about it. Sure! It was frozen, then sliced off.
It isn't very large, only about 5mm. It was sealed with Vaseline, wrapped with a regular band-aid and I was sent on my way. This morning I started my day as usual. I made the bed and headed downstairs to take Barney for his walk before work. I dressed my feet with my Injinji toe socks and laced up my hiking boots. I walked across the garage floor to the door and felt the familiar sensation I had for so many painful miles last summer. Yesterday I wore flip-flops. I guess the enclosure of my hikers had my tootsies singing a different tune. Barney needed his walk so off we went anyways. I decided to make the best of the situation knowing a long hike this week would be out of the question. I went back in and grabbed my iPhone to take pictures and call Barney's walk my weekly hike.
His walk is only a mile loop we do on the camp road around our house. We used to take him for a minimum 3 mile hike and occasionally longer hikes up over the ridge or even a longer 7 mile loop we do through the woods to other dirt roads. But he suffers from arthritis at the young age of 8 so he goes on mini walks now. He prefers to sleep all day and play in the yard when we are outside. With both of us on light duty, the mile walk was all we did today.
The woods are usually alive with birds singing but today all we could hear was the rushing of water. It rained hard for several hours last night. There were streams and rivulets in places I had never seen them before since living here. The corner of our lot even flooded.
It doesn't look like much, but considering this culvert is usually dry and what run-off does make it to this point is normally barely a trickle. The flow of water was quite impressive as well. It was coming from everywhere.
This short 1 mile hike starts by taking us passed our neighbors' homes for 1/4 mile. It is my favorite stretch. Just like I wrote about never tiring of the view I saw around Jordan Pond. The same is true for here. I will keep them nameless for privacy reasons.
It is so much fun to watch my neighbors toil in their garden. It is inspiring to see what hard work and dedication can produce. Everyday offers something new as the seeds grow into plants and the caretakers add, subtracted and adjust. By the end of the summer this patch of earth will be packed to capacity with veggies.
Every culvert, ditch and depression was overflowing. Water was moving fast as it made its way to a lower elevation.
Sucker Brook, as I call it, since sucker fish spawn here every year, was completely untamed. This is one of the few real inlets to Cold Stream Pond. Under normal circumstances this water is crystal clear and for the most part a lazy little stream. Not today, It was rampant with fury. The bottom photo is usually a semi stagnant pool Barney likes to wade in to cool off. This morning he didn't even give it a second look.
Last week we were in awe with how everything was so green. With the fresh dumping of mother nature's buckets, the trees have been washed in new tones just when I didn't think things couldn't get any greenery. The moisture made the plants so lush.
Barney wanted to choose a different route. When we approached "Mollie's Trail" in memory of another dog we owned years ago, he stopped and waited for me. That trail takes us up over a ridge. It is an old dead-end skidder trail. One of these days I will take a map and compass to see if I can make my way through to another road I know is up there somewhere.
Then he wanted to go up "Brad's Trail". This trail takes us to the 7 mile loop we like to go on. It is wet in the dry season. Today it looked non-existent.
No side bars for us today, Even if the ground would have been favorable I was only out to get Barney his walk. We were only half way around the loop and my toe was wishing we were home.
Barney soon forgot about the other trails when we met up with three of our friends, Jackie, Kathy, and her dog Minnie. Jackie and Kathy walk faithfully every day rain, sun, snow, hot or cold. Jackie is waiting to get her new lab so there will be another friend for Barney to met and greet on his walks. Jackie's old pal, Rebel passed away this winter. He was a wonderful yellow lab. Barney learned how to be respectful from Rebel. My pooch loves to play hard and is obnoxious with other dogs, Rebel not so much. He is quiet and polite. He would let Barney know how to behave properly. It is interesting what we can learn from our canine friends. Barney would misbehave. Rebel taught him what was right. And they were still friends. If we tell others how to behave properly, we most likely will hurt their feelings and or lose them as a friend. If they were a stranger we might even get beat up.
Minnie was so cute. I wanted to take her picture in action with Barney but all she would do is pose for the camera. I wasn't used to that. I have three (non-human) animals, Barney and two narcissistic cats who are all camera-shy. Over the years they have been blinded one too many times by the flash of my camera. They now turn the other way when the lens approaches. Minnie had not been conditioned. She was all to happy to sit pretty for me.
There was still more flooding waters, filled ditches, and ragging culverts on this short hike. All the things I saw in a mile.
If you ever see a white Subaru Outback with the license plate "HIKE2C" you'll know that's me. I hike to see things. I can make the best of any hike. This week my adventures will be cut short due to the removal of that "thing" from my toe. Just give me a mile and I can see a million things to be thankful for.
Here are two of Barney's favorite things. Sticks.
This is the view I get to see each time I come home. Sometimes I wonder why I ever leave. On a clear day Mt. Katahdin peeks between the two hills on the north shore of the lake.
After taking in this vista I decided to check on my tent. I erected it last week as a napping place on days when I am so blessed to carve out the time for such a luxury. In the middle of the night when the rain was pounding down I thought of my little home away from home and how it was doing. Upon inspection, my worries were erased. It performed like a champ on the Appalachian Trail and continued its legacy last night.
Not a drop of water on the inside. All my siesta gear was dry.
It may be wet on the outside but that will soon be taken care of with the wind that has come up. Today looks like one of those blessed days. Since my toe bleed and oozed through its bandage and toe sock, I decided to call out from work. Flip-flops are not appropriate footwear for the store's uniform code. And since my toe did not perform too well on the 1 mile hike I didn't think it would fare too well either on a 5 hour shift.
If my memory serves me correctly, today's loop is slightly less than a mile, but non-the-less, it was a fun hike. It may be just under 5,280 feet but with all the rushing water, gardens and friends to see, this simple little hike filled 38 minutes. I may not have met the National Heart Association's suggested requirements for daily elevated heart rate exercise, but I sure did surpass my spiritual and emotional esthetic intake for the day.


As soon as you start the map, take a dive over the side of the walkway. Find the narrow hall underneath and take the lift back up.
Enter the complex the direct route and find an alarm button. Hit it, then walk forward and notice the section of wall above that explodes. Climb up there by using the stairs on your right to get atop the computers underneath it, then jump across.
Near the Quad protected by red lasers, go up into the room overlooking the holding pen. Shoot the Gunner above the stairs and then shoot the button behind him. Scoot forward before the stairs raise up and find the secret beneath them.
Just past the first holding pens, you come to a room that has a center area blocked by bars. To get to the secrets inside, you have to activate all 3 buttons in the area one right after the other: the 2 outside, then the one inside the door opened by the first button.
Near the area blocked by the yellow lasers (leading to the Guard House), shoot the wall in front of the grenades. This will cause it to slide open.
Come to a set of stairs leading down into a storage pit with crates, explosive barrels, and Enforcers. Notice the crack in the wall. Shoot it out and crawl through to the secret.
In the first outside area you come to, notice a brick sticking out conspicuously. Press it to raise the ramp to your left up. Run under to get the Adrenaline.
After fighting your way past a few Mutants, find the wrecked room with 2 doors. Neither open, but you can crawl under the remains of the one on the right. Find the secret area, but watch out for the lava!
Before taking the lift down at the beginning of this level, run past it and outside. Go over to the right run behind the building to find the secret.
In the cells of Cell Block A, face the corner. Open the cell to your left and shoot out the block shown in the screenshot. Crawl through to a secret area.
You're going to have to use the Invulnerability you just got in Secret #2 to get this one. It's located in the room near the exit where a Marine in a cage is dropped into a lava vat. Use the invulnerability then dive in after him. Just make darn sure you're out before it wears off.