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By Deron Wagner | February 3, 2009
Stocks got off to a negative start yesterday morning, chopped around in a sloppy, sideways range throughout the day, then finished with mixed results. Strength in the technology and biotech sectors enabled the Nasdaq Composite to log a 1.2% gain, but the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.8%. Splitting it down the middle was the broad-based S&P 500, which dipped less than 0.1%. The small-cap Russell 2000 advanced 1.4%, as the S&P Midcap 400 Index closed 0.3% higher. The S&P and Nasdaq closed in the upper third of their intraday ranges, but the laggard Dow settled near the middle of its range.
Total volume in the NYSE receded 10%, while turnover in the Nasdaq declined 5% below the previous day's level. The lighter volume was not surprising, as it was a rather dull, directionless day. Still, volume in both exchanges remained marginally above 50-day average levels. Like the closing prices, market internals were mixed. In the NYSE, declining volume exceeded advancing volume by a margin of approximately 3 to 2. The Nasdaq adv/dec volume ratio was positive by just under 2 to 1.
In yesterday's Wagner Daily, we illustrated the relative weakness the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been showing. In the afternoon, the Dow dipped below key support of its January intraday low of 7,909, but recovered to close above that important level. Still, on a closing basis, the Dow finished at its lowest level since November 20, 2008.
Falling to a fresh, multi-year low ahead of the Dow, and certainly putting pressure on the Dow Industrials, was the Dow Jones Transportation Average ($DJT). To illustrate this, take a look at the daily chart of the iShares DJ Transportation Index Fund (IYT), a popular ETF proxy for the $DJT:
As annotated by the dashed horizontal line on the chart above, notice how IYT has already fallen below its prior 52-week low from last November. Yesterday's volume in IYT also surged to nearly five times average, pointing to massive institutional activity. Interestingly, the price of crude oil is also in danger of dropping to a new multi-year low. In past years, there had been a loose correlation between the price of crude oil and the transportation stocks, but that is no longer the case. This is one example of how a seriously faltering economy can easily change technical market trends and correlations that were effective in the past. With the new low in Transports, those aware of "Dow Theory," which is based on the correlation between the Industrial and Transportation Averages, may want to have a look at this article.
In yesterday's commentary, we said, "On the plus side, the S&P and Nasdaq are still several percent above support of their January lows, which could help prop up the Dow." With the S&P 500 basically unchanged, and the Nasdaq rallying 1.2% yesterday, this is even more the situation. Despite the bearish patterns of the Dow Jones Transportation and Industrial Averages, the relative strength of the Nasdaq could make it tricky to enter the short side of the market near current levels.
If the Nasdaq wins the tug-of-war taking place in the broad market, iShares Nasdaq Biotech (IBB) is one ETF that could show leadership. Unlike most industry sector ETFs, IBB has been consolidating above its 50-day moving average for more than a month. Over the past few days, its range has tightened even more, as the 20-day exponential moving average now provides support as well. Any further strength in the Nasdaq should cause IBB to breakout, so we're monitoring IBB for potential buy entry above its four-day high. The daily chart of IBB is shown below:
As the charts above help to illustrate, the overall stock market is showing quite a few mixed signals right now. Though we don't know how long this uncertainty will continue, one thing is indeed certain — caution is required in order to protect against overtrading. Choppy, range-bound markets are notorious for churning traders' accounts, so don't let this happen to you. At the least, you may want to avoid broad-based ETFs such as SPY, DIA, or QQQQ. On the long side, we still like gold/silver ETFs, and are monitoring biotech. On the short side, we're still in the UltraShort Real Estate ProShares (SRS), which we pointed out in yesterday's newsletter. Having a portfolio positioned on both sides of the market, with ETFs of a low correlation to overall market direction, is a good way to decrease your risk, while still allowing for substantial profits.
iShares Nasdaq Biotech (IBB)
Shares = 150
Trigger = 72.11 (above the high of recent consoldiation)
Stop = 68.52 (below the low of the consolidation)
Target = 78.80
Dividend Date = June 2009
Notes = See commentary above for explanation of the setup.
Open positions (coming into today):
DGP long (450 shares total — 350 from Jan. 15 entry, 100 from Jan. 23 entry) –
bought 16.20 (avg.), stop 16.45, target 21.70, unrealized points = + 2.89unrealized P/L = + $1,301
GDX long (150 shares from Dec. 26 entry) –
bought 31.40, stop 26.48, no target (will trail stop), unrealized points = + 1.50, unrealized P/L = + $225
SRS long (100 shares from Jan. 30 entry) –
bought 57.40, stop 51.70, no target (will trail stop), unrealized points = + 0.90, unrealized P/L = + $90
UGA long (200 shares total — 100 from Jan. 29 entry, 100 from Jan. 30 entry) –
bought 23.42 (avg.), stop 20.49, target 30.45, unrealized points = (1.89), unrealized P/L = ($378)
Closed positions (since last report):
Current equity exposure ($100,000 max. buying power):
Our winning positions have begun to pull back, so stops will be trailed higher after the lows of the retracements are marked.

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Last fall, I attended Becoming Another: The Power of Masks, an exhibit at the Rubin Museum of Art, a museum in New York City dedicated to Himalayan art and culture. As a child, I collected masks and loved how they served as portals to imaginary identities and faraway places. This exhibit fit that bill, "illuminat(ing) the common threads and distinct differences in mask traditions from Northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Mongolia, Siberia, Japan, and the North-West Coast tribes of North America."
I was particularly intrigued by the exhibit's focus on how masks "speak to the human impulse to transform one's identity"—to become another. Beyond merely displaying masks from different countries, the exhibit highlights how they are used as part of theatrical costumes, for religious rituals, and in spiritual shamanistic practices.
I walked through the exhibit, pausing to admire the beauty and power of certain masks, discovering cultural rituals I had never known. And then my eyes locked on a stark white mask across the room that conveyed a face in a paroxysm of pain and suffering. I felt myself drawn to it. When I finally stood before it, I was transfixed.
My curiosity about it finally allowed me to pull my eyes away to read its description. It was a theatrical mask used in Japanese Noh theater, dating back to the Edo period (1615-1868), and it depicted a Yase-otoko. "Yase-otoko is a general representation of a suffering ghost that abides in hell." It also included a physical description. "His disposition has nearly turned his emaciated body into a skeleton with a bloodless-looking face. His eyes are sunken deep in their sockets, his cheekbones are pronounced, and the sharp, downturned corners of his mouth express the torture he is going through."
But if the physical appearance of the Yase-otoko arrested me, the reasons for the ghost's suffering shocked me: "punished either for having killed human beings or animals or for being obsessed with being treated unfairly during his life." The first part of the reasoning made sound sense but the second confounded me. How could one's obsession with being treated unfairly during one's life be equated with the suffering brought on by killing human beings and animals? I stared at the description for several minutes hoping I had read it wrong. I wrestled with this question on my walk home, and for several hours afterward.
Beyond the puzzling explanation of the Yase-otoko was the realization that in some small but irrefutable way, I recognized myself in it. Ironically, what had drawn me to this 17th century mask of a suffering ghost was my experience with a very twenty-first century phenomenon with an eerily similar moniker; ghosting, the practice of pre-emptively dropping all communication and interaction with a lover or close friend without any prior warning. Over the last few years, I've had two close friends, one who I opened my home to and another who opened their home to me during a moment of need, disappear into the virtual and real-life ether. Both of these friendships were now over and yet their hold on me was not. I found myself alternately pondering if and how I might have wronged them and resenting them for ghosting me.
But why should a person obsessed with being treated unfairly suffer such a terrible fate? Perhaps people who remain fixated on their unfair treatment are, in a sense, robbing themselves of their own life. Instead of acknowledging the unfairness and moving on, they become paralyzed, hashing and rehashing it, without hope of resolution. While there is a stark ethical contrast between someone who unleashes their demons on others and someone who is struggling with their own private demons, the Yase-otoko symbolizes the perils of bitterness, regardless of the reasons behind it.
Maya Angelou, one of the writers who I most admire and who faced much adversity on her path to becoming a writer, said, "Bitterness is like a cancer. It eats upon the host." As we move through life it seems inevitable that we'll be wounded along the journey—whether it's heartbreak from an unrequited love or the betrayal of a close friend or a devaluing work experience. These wounds are how we know we've lived and survived. But bitterness is a sign that life has moved on, while we haven't. Blinded by the mask of bitterness, we continue to cling with both hands to old grievances. Removing this mask makes us vulnerable while also giving us a chance to extend ourselves towards possible joys that we can now, once again, perceive.
Coming face to face with the Yase-otoko forced me to confront the haunting spirit of bitterness with which these friendships had left me burdened and to decide whether I wanted to remain embroiled, or let go, by removing the mask of bitterness. Letting go would involve accepting not only that the friendships were over, which was difficult, but also accepting the lack of resolution, which was surprisingly even harder for me. Once I let go though, I was able to see with clarity the cherished friends, with whom I celebrate victories and commiserate sorrows, the ones who I've been leaning on and who've been leaning on me in ways that are often unspoken but never unrecognized. Most importantly, removing the mask of bitterness I was forced to wear because of a few toxic friendships has allowed me to return to focusing on becoming a better person, and consequently a better friend.
Kavita Das worked in the social change sector for fifteen years on issues ranging from homelessness to public health disparities to most recently, racial justice and now focuses on writing about culture, race, social change, feminism, and their intersections. She's a contributor to NBC News Asian America, The Rumpus, and The Aerogram and her work has been published in VIDA, McSweeney's, The Atlantic, Apogee Journal, Guernica, xoJane, The Margins, Quartz, The Feminist Wire, Colorlines, The Sun, and elsewhere. You can find her full portfolio here.
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It is only natural that most fans and the media focus on what is happening now in the HK Premier League and the performance of the HK Representative Teams. These are very important facets of the work carried out by the HKFA and will always be in the immediate spotlight.
However I think it is only right and proper to highlight the excellent work going on in other areas and how these will impact on the future.
In recent years under Project Phoenix initially and more recently through our new Strategy, Aiming High, we are doing excellent work transforming the governance and management of the HKFA. At an operational level we are now better structured, have more resources and have improved our systems and procedures massively. It's not just me saying that either; in 2015 the AFC awarded us the 'Developing Member Association of the Year Award'. We have improved year on year in the LCSD Annual Inspection. But it's not this aspect of our work I want to focus on now because the internal workings of the HKFA are of even less interest to the public and good governance and management should be a given.
What I want to focus on in this blog is the enormous work being done to prepare the players, officials and coaches of tomorrow. Aiming High sets out plans for improved systems and structures of football development covering; grass roots football, youth development, talent identification, high performance football, girls and women's football, coach education and referee development. Thanks to the additional resources being provided by the Government and the HK Jockey Club we now have a team of highly competent and motivated football professionals leading all of these areas.
Within the Technical Department we have a good blend of expatriate people including our Head Coach and Technical Director (Korea), Head of Football Development (England), Grass roots Football Manager (England), Strength and Conditioning Manager (England), Academy Manager (Spain), two Elite Development Managers (Japan and Spain). These people are imparting knowledge to increase the knowledge and skills of our local coaches and players. This enhanced capacity building is part of a deliberate succession plan and should ensure a sustainable legacy for Hong Kong football. We already have local people heading up our Competitions team, Women's Football, Futsal, Coach Education and Refereeing.
The Hong Kong Football Curriculum (which is available to everyone involved in Hong Kong football and is on our website) has been produced by this group of experts and provides a toolkit to develop the players of the future. I commend it to you. The curriculum provides an age-related training methodology for player development in terms of skill acquisition, tactical awareness, physical conditioning and mental preparedness. It is an excellent and ever-evolving resource.
NB Prior to Project Phoenix girls and women's football was not part of the HKFA. Development work was virtually zero.
I could go on but believe me the work in these areas is extensive and coordinated. People following Hong Kong football may not even know that we are working in these areas. Like I said, these activities and programmes often go 'under the radar' but believe me they are the bedrock of our work and they are crucial for the future of football. Before Project Phoenix and Aiming High the HKFA didn't have the resources to carry out these activities. It barely had enough funding and staff to manage the old first division, the three amateur leagues and the occasional international match. The transition and transformation has been seismic.
We are lucky to have a team of people who are happy to dedicate their time and expertise whilst not being bothered about the limelight. To me they are unsung heroes and heroines! I am grateful for and in awe of their competence and ability. We are also indebted to the HK Jockey Club for providing partnership funding to allow us to provide these enhanced opportunities.
I am also delighted to report that our new Football Training Centre at Tseung Kwan O is coming out of the ground and will in the future alleviate one of the most acute problems in Hong Kong football, the lack of facilities. That project has been on the drawing Board for many many years and it is only down to the dedication and hard work of the current management of the HKFA that it is finally coming to fruition. In the near future our elite players as well as community users will be able to train on purpose built, well maintained and dedicated facilities. This will make a real and huge difference in terms of player development, coach education and referee training. In other words we will be able to do even more development work!
I hope this blog has highlighted the amount of resources, effort and determination that the HKFA is putting into improving things for the future. The results may take some time to materialize. After all it takes a long time to develop excellent players, coaches and officials – remember the 10,000 hour concept.
The work I have done in firstly writing the Government's strategy, Dare to Dream, then in preparing Project Phoenix and more recently in writing and implementing Aiming High has been a labour of love for me. I will always be proud of what collectively, myself and my brilliant colleagues have achieved. What is happening on the pitch now in 2017 is not a result of these recent initiatives, it is still to some extent a legacy of what came before, which was too few resources, no clear direction and very little player development. That's why it would be wrong to judge the HKFA simply on what is happening now in professional football or in international competitions such as the Asian Cup. I believe we are making progress in these areas too but the real results will not happen until the excellent development work has had time to work itself through the system.
Please take a look at these links which show some of the good work being undertaken and I believe some of our stars of the future.
Congratulations to Kitchee for winning the 2016/17 BoC Life HKPL. It has been a long, hard-fought campaign and, as predicted in this blog a few months ago, the league went down to the very last game. It was fitting that the two top teams met to decide which one was going to be the Champion. It was a great afternoon at Mong Kok with a good atmosphere. What was most pleasing for me was that it was a sell-out. That shows that there is demand for local football and that we are making progress. As ever congratulations to my colleagues for yet more fantastic organisation. Thanks too to our sponsors BoC Life for their continuing support and for enabling us to improve the league in line with people's expectations.
Having said that, it was disappointing to note that the behavior of many of the players, still leaves a lot to be desired. We had the usual time wasting, feigning injury, brandishing imaginary yellow cards, dissent on the pitch and from the dugout etc etc. This has got to stop because it is pathetic, embarrassing and ruining the game.
It goes without saying that whichever team comes out on top over the course of a whole season deserves to win. Kitchee has won the league on merit. They may well go on to win the treble this coming weekend and that would be a huge achievement. It is a commendable performance by any standard and reflects a well-run and purposeful club with excellent infrastructure and a solid Head Coach. Recently, I have been accused of many things by the Kitchee management which to be honest is of no concern to me in writing this blog or at all for that matter. As far as their football is concerned I have been consistent in saying that they are the standard bearers for Hong Kong. I fervently wish we had many more teams with their drive and commitment.
Despite what some people may think, I have no allegiance to any team in Hong Kong; I want them all to be successful. I have no favourites and am completely impartial. I am genuinely delighted that whoever wins our league has a chance to participate in the top tier AFC competition. I hope that if our prevailing AFC MA rankings are high enough and if Kitchee receive the AFC CL Club Licence, that they will play in the group stages of the 2018 AFC Champions League and be successful. I will support them all the way and I know my HKFA colleagues will do likewise. The fact that they will have achieved entry into the group stage on merit this time as league champions will make it even more satisfying for everyone. Of course it won't make it any easier and as we have seen this season with Eastern, there is a massive gap in quality for them to overcome.
In that respect, I would like to offer some sympathy to Eastern who have been at the top of the league for most of the season. I witnessed firsthand the devastation they felt after the match. It has been a difficult time for them this season and I am sure that competing in the continental competition has taken its toll. Moving up to a new level and competing in domestic and regional competitions at the same time is a tall order. I have no doubt that Kitchee will find it tough too but it is a stepping stone for Hong Kong football. All stakeholders including the media should remember that and give our teams as much support as possible.
As another BoC Life HKPL season comes to a close, I reflect on the fact that the standard at the top has again improved but that the league as a whole is not strong enough. We must continue to strive to grow the sport as a whole here in Hong Kong to make the league more competitive and more sustainable. Progress in the 'professional' aspect of football in Hong Kong is slower than I would have liked, especially compared to other aspects of the sport which have made great strides forward. Over the next few months we will be preparing for the BoC Life HKPL 2017/18 season and we will be working hard to see how we can make things better.
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War  every war  is the realm of lies. Whether called propaganda or psychological warfare, everybody accepts that it is right to lie for one's country. Anyone who speaks the truth runs the risk of being branded a traitor.
THE TRUTH is that the atrocities are a direct result of the war plan. This reflects the personality of Ehud Barak  a man whose way of thinking and actions are clear evidence of what is called "moral insanity", a sociopathic disorder.
The Hamas movement won the majority of the votes in the eminently democratic elections that took place in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. It won because the Palestinians had come to the conclusion that Fatah's peaceful approach had gained precisely nothing from Israel - neither a freeze of the settlements, nor release of the prisoners, nor any significant steps toward ending the occupation and creating the Palestinian state. Hamas is deeply rooted in the population  not only as a resistance movement fighting the foreign occupier, like the Irgun and the Stern Group in the past  but also as a political and religious body that provides social, educational and medical services.
That means the conscious choice of an especially cruel kind of warfare  and that has been its Achilles heel.
The planners thought that they could stop the world from seeing these images by forcibly preventing press coverage. The Israeli journalists, to their shame, agreed to be satisfied with the reports and photos provided by the Army Spokesman, as if they were authentic news, while they themselves remained miles away from the events. Foreign journalists were not allowed in either, until they protested and were taken for quick tours in selected and supervised groups. But in a modern war, such a sterile manufactured view cannot completely exclude all others  the cameras are inside the strip, in the middle of the hell, and cannot be controlled. Aljazeera broadcasts the pictures around the clock and reaches every home.
The security services of the Arab regimes are registering a dangerous ferment among the peoples. Hosny Mubarak, the most exposed Arab leader because of his closing of the Rafah crossing in the face of terrified refugees, started to pressure the decision- makers in Washington, who until that time had blocked all calls for a cease-fire. These began to understand the menace to vital American interests in the Arab world and suddenly changed their attitude  causing consternation among the complacent Israeli diplomats.
In the end, this war is a crime against ourselves, too - a crime against the State of Israel.


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The previous owners of this remarkable property were one of the most well-known and respected families in Naples. Port Royal was in its early evolution and they could have chosen any location they wished. They selected this uniquely configured site, comprising two and one half estate lots along Admiralty Bay, which overlooks Keewaydin Island's Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the pass toward the Gulf.
The current owners were quick to react when the property became available and immediately went to work developing plans and specifications for their home … a home that would complement and enrich its unique and significant environmental setting.
Well-known Naples architect, Mark Leonardi, and premier residential builder, Dave Rogers, of Newbury North Associates, Inc., created a unique property along the water using only the finest hand-picked stone and rich hardwoods. Both the design and materials were selected to promote alignment of the structure to its natural surroundings.
The inner and outer courtyard fountains create a serene environment which is enhanced by the numerous large oak trees surrounding the property. There is a feeling of tranquility inside and out.
The interior of the home presents a sense of proportion, equilibrium and exquisite detail. Whether entertaining in its large, light-filled great rooms, looking out on the water and reserve, or enjoying the more intimate areas designed for cozy retreats, the home inspires a lifestyle that is both comfortable and stimulating.
Its approximately 15,600 square feet under roof includes a kitchen that many professional chefs have enjoyed, and a dining room that easily accommodates more than thirty people. The bedrooms are generous and reflect the same serenity and calm.
Dave Rogers, of Newbury North Associates, Inc., is well-known for the quality of his building work and no expense was spared in the construction and material selection of this home. It is built to exacting standards to serve well in our subtropical climate, with the least amount of maintenance possible. An equal amount of exterior stone was culled and rejected as was used, creating an exceptionally high quality, low maintenance façade. Mark Leonardi's designs are innovative and of excellent proportion. His ability to use geometric proportion to create quality spaces is superior.
In the case of 800 Admiralty Parade, the owners emphasized their desire for harmony between the structure and its surroundings which they recognized, after living abroad, was an essential element of a uniquely high-quality design.
The home is private but effortlessly allows one to entertain on a grand scale. For many years the owners have hosted one of the most celebrated Vintner Dinners offered as part of the world-famous Naples Winter Wine Festival. Likewise they have held numerous events at the home for both local and national charities and visiting dignitaries, as well as routinely entertaining their Naples friends.
Not far from Gordon Pass and the Gulf of Mexico, the home is also just a short distance to the inland waterways fronting some of the most pristine estuaries in the United Sates.
With Port Royal Club eligibility, private world-class beachfront dining and state of the art fitness and tennis centers are accessible nearby.
The famous restaurants, shopping districts and centers for the arts, for which Naples is internationally known, are just a few miles to the north as well.
800 Admiralty Parade reflects and offers a quintessential human life-style experience in a serene and secluded environment.


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Felling of trees started in Union Square in advance of work starting on the reconstruction project.
Follow this link for more images of the proposed design.
Planning permission was granted this week for a major project which will transform the heart of the campus.
Plans for the redevelopment will include the repaving and reconfiguration of the Union Square plaza, providing new seating, tree planting and a central sculpture.
The project, designed to provide an external social hub at the centre of the campus, will be suitable for both informal and formal events designed to enhance the student, staff, resident and visitor experience. Works will also include paving and new access steps at the Students Union main entrance. The Chapel plaza will also be repaved and associated boundary wall modified and repaired.
The Arboretum Group was consulted over the choice of trees and these have been selected to enhance the University's collection.
The main construction works will commence in late January and be complete by September 2012.
A whole row of Flowering Cherries was "decapitated" over the week-end.
Keele has one of the country's largest collection of Flowering Cherries, some found in few other places, which makes this all the more depressing.
First lunchtime walk of the new academic year attracted 20 folks. The object was to visit the Katsura Trees or Treacle Trees in Barnes Dell. The rotting leaves give of a distinct aroma of treacle or toffee. Unfortunately it was the very day that the farmer decided to do his muck spreading!!!!!!! C'est la vie.
Dave Emley led a select group on a lunchtime walk to look for butterflies and dragonflies. We managed to find Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral and Green-veined White, while dragonflies included the Brown Hawker, Common and Azure Damselflies. A Green Woodpecker was heard in Barnes Dell and Chiffchaff was singing there too.
A Large-leaved Lime behind the Library has had to be felled. There are still a couple of more near-by. More information about Large-leaved Lime is available here. Photos by Jonathan Knight and DWE.
40 people attended the lunchtime arboretum walk led by Dave Emley and Andy Lawrence in association with Health and Wellbeing at Work Week. We walked down Clock House Drive, along Lymes Road and back via Keele village. The hoped for Little Owls were not showing but we did hear Yellowhammers singing and watched Swallows and House Martins skimming over the wheat and barley.
On another glorious spring day, Dave Emley and Peter Thomas led a group of 20 to Springpool Wood to look at the Bluebells, which were at their peak. Also seen was Yellow Archangel - a typical plant of old, established woodland. On the way back the group called to see the Handkerchief Tree in Barnes Dell which was just coming in to flower.
A group of 30 met for our annual cherry walk, led by Peter Thomas. He enlightened all as to the inner workings of the cherry flower, the complications of their taxonomy and many other aspects of cherry biology!
Radio Stoke came up to do a live piece on the Flowering Cherry collection. Those behind the Chapel were looking particularly impressive.
Dave Emley and Peter Thomas led a walk around the top lakes as part of the Health and Wellbeing events being held over the week. We were able to see and hear Little Grebes on the top lake; saw the Skunk Cabbage growing in Barnes Dell; the Cherry Plum in flower by the top lake and see a carpet of Wood Anemones by the side of the lake.
Photo of group looking at Treecreeper roosting holes by Kendal Allen.
Dave Emley and Andy Lawrence led the first lunchtime walk of the year. 20 folks assembled by the Clock House on a glorious sunny day to walk down the Clock House Drive to Lymes Road. The object of the trip was to look for Lapwings. We found 7/8 birds that were prospecting for nesting sites. We also saw 5/6 Buzzards and a Goldcrest. Photos below from Kendal Allen.


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Video: Disco Pixel's Trevor Stricker on making it as an indie
Everyone's doing it
Disco Pixel
Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015
Trevor Stricker President Disco Pixel
February 5th, 2016 - 04:00pm
By Ric Cowley, Editor
As part of Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015, Trevor Stricker, President of Disco Pixel, gave a slightly pessimistic talk on "making it" as an indie.
"Unity is the electric guitar of 2015" he said, since getting access to development tools is easier than ever, so there are a lot of people out there getting into game development.
It isn't easy
That said, Stricker pointed out that "making games is hard", and young developers should be aware of this fact before committing themselves to a project that may not even see the light of day or make any money if it does.
He also said that "once something becomes conventional wisdom, it doesn't work anymore", so you have to try everything and see what works for you and your game to make it a success.
You can see all our videos from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2015 in this YouTube Playlist.
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Ric is the Editor of PocketGamer.biz, having started out as a Staff Writer on the site back in 2015. He received an honourable mention in both the MCV and Develop 30 Under 30 lists in 2016 and refuses to let anyone forget about it.
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By Marcia Hodgson 2018-2019, Angels Among Us January 14, 2019
The Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation
Providing a lifeline to kidney cancer patients and their families
For patients diagnosed with kidney cancer, becoming acquainted with the Judy Nicholson Kidney Cancer Foundation can be like getting guidance from an angel.
Named for Judy Nicholson, a Watson Realty realtor who died of kidney cancer in October 2009, the foundation was started by Nicholson's family and friends to provide a lifeline to patients, family members and caregivers dealing with the sudden onset of kidney cancer.
The foundation offers kidney cancer patients and their loved ones contact with a network of others suffering from the disease as well as education on medications and treatments, support groups, and information on clinical trials. It also hosts one-day, free symposiums where prominent oncologists, therapists, and other cancer professionals bring awareness to the community about kidney cancer research, treatments, and trends.
"Some people who come to the hospitals for treatment don't have the foggiest idea of what's going on, and we want to be a resource for them," said Nick Nicholson, Judy Nicholson's widower, noting the foundation is the only one of its kind in the United States.
"We use Judy's name because I love her memory and will never stop loving her, but the foundation is more about helping people that suddenly contract this disease and are dealing with it, because it's a terrible thing. Going through it is beyond words," he said, noting he was married to the love of his life for 47 years. "My gratification is helping people deal with kidney cancer and offering them education and whatever support we can."
Judy, an award-winning realtor with Watson Realty in Ponte Vedra Beach, had no notion she was seriously ill until she experienced a fainting spell in February 2008. The incident frightened her, causing her to head to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, where a CAT scan detected a large tumor in her right kidney.
The tumor was promptly removed by surgery in March 2008. But afterwards she was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, which had metastasized to her lymph nodes, the aorta of her kidney, and to her lungs, said Nicholson. After undergoing chemotherapy, she was readmitted to the Mayo Clinic to remove another aggressive tumor, which had destroyed one of her spinal vertebrae. Although her vertebrae had been replaced with a prosthesis, she was paralyzed on the left side, said Nicholson, adding Judy died in hospice Oct. 11, 2009.
"Judy had no prior indication she had a problem. Before this happened she'd only been to the hospital twice in her life, and that was to have babies," he said, noting her physical in December 2007 came up clear.
"We set up the foundation because through the process of dying and the heartache Judy went through, we realized we were exploring new ground," Nicholson continued. "We didn't know anyone who had kidney cancer. There was no one to talk to, no patient-centric network in Jacksonville. We talked to the doctors, but because of HIPAA regulations they couldn't tell us much. It was so incredibly frustrating as we dealt with the events that happened so quickly and devastatingly," he said, noting Mayo Clinic's cancer support group seemed insufficient because it included patients with breast, uterine, prostate, and colon cancers, which have different symptoms, and use different drugs, and treatments.
"Some people who come to the hospitals for treatment don't have the foggiest idea of what's going on, and we want to be a resource for them."
— Nick Nicholson
Early on, the foundation tried to raise money for early kidney cancer detection and research, but soon realized whatever funds it raised would only be a "drop in the bucket." Now it focuses only on patient support, education, and bringing awareness to patients of clinical trials, Nicholson said.
In March 2018, the foundation held a free one-day symposium at the University of North Florida featuring kidney cancer experts from throughout the United States, including Dr. Winston Tan of the Mayo Clinic. Since then, the idea has caught on. The foundation held a similar symposium in Indianapolis in June 2018 and planned to hold others in Philadelphia and Miami later in the year.
"The doctors who were speakers (at UNF) were so impressed they said, 'We want you to do one of these in our town,'" said Linda Ostoski, president of the foundation.
With help from the Shepherd Agency, a Southbank marketing firm, the foundation spread awareness about the disease as part of the International Kidney Cancer Coalition on World Kidney Cancer Day, June 21. "Our foundation is deeply involved in bringing awareness of kidney cancer to Jacksonville," Ostoski said.
In the future, the foundation hopes to open chapters where it hosts symposiums, she said. The organization also uses social media, Facetime, and different technologies to reach beyond Jacksonville and expand its patient support network. "A lot of people are too ill to go to meetings, so we are testing different avenues," Ostoski said.
The foundation is also in the primary stages of finding a means to help patients in need from outside Northeast Florida finance travel costs and hotel stays so they can attend clinical trials in Jacksonville, said Nicholson.
To help fund the symposiums, the foundation has applied for grants from major pharmaceutical companies and will hold a golf tournament during Kidney Cancer Month in March 2019 at the Atlantic Beach Country Club.
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Oceania Football Confederation > News > Women's Football > Opportunities crucial for women's football advancement
Opportunities crucial for women's football advancement
OFC Media Officer
inWomen's Football
New Zealand celebrate after winning the OFC U-19 Women's Championship last year. Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek
Providing continued exposure to the top level of women's football is one of the most valuable ways to help grow the game in Oceania.
Emma Evans has been the Women's Development Officer for OFC for a year and believes women's football has great potential in the Pacific.
At last year's FIFA Women's World Cup in France, every one of OFC's 11 Member Associations had a representative attend the tournament in some capacity, which proved a valuable learning curve.
"Giving people from Oceania the opportunity to see women's football on the world stage was great and for some of them, that was the first time. I think they realised how much potential there is in the game and how exciting it is," Evans said.
"But it also highlights how much hard work needs to go into the game in our region to get it to that point, so it was a great chance for us to see the benchmark."
New Zealand is part of the joint bid with Australia to host the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2023.
That would provide another chance for an OFC Member Association to play their part in hosting a major global tournament and showcase the elite talent of the women's game in our own backyard.
New Zealand hosted the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2008 while Papua New Guinea hosted the U-20 event in 2016.
Both women's age-group World Cups have 16 entrants with OFC guaranteed one spot. The men's versions have 24 teams and OFC have two slots.
Evans said having the opportunity for OFC to have 1.5 spots or potentially two for the women's youth tournaments in the future would provide additional motivation for Pacific nations.
The women's youth tournaments in OFC have been dominated by New Zealand for the past decade.
Crucially though, participation levels are growing among the other Pacific nations as more time and resources are being invested in the women's game.
All 11 Member Associations sent a team to the OFC U-19 Women's Championship last year, including Tahiti who made their first appearance at the tournament and claimed third place.
The OFC U-16 Women's Championship – that was meant to be held in Tahiti late last year – was postponed due to the measles outbreak in the Pacific and put on hold again recently due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While exposure at the top end is one way to grow the game, another vital aspect is grassroots development, Evans said.
An academy for women's football was created in New Caledonia last year, while the Heilala Manongi project was launched in Tonga recently to provide more opportunities for women's youth players.
New Zealand produced an historic third-place finish at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and Evans said their country's Whole of Football plan helped lay some important groundwork.
"The Whole of Football plan shows how crucial it is to have a long-term plan that takes into consideration all pathways and is aligned to the wider organisation's strategy."
One thing Evans is focusing on during the coming months is capacity building for the Member Associations of OFC.
Five Member Associations have women's development officers, but the goal is to boost that number.
"There's a lot of passionate women that are already working in the football community that want to make a difference, now it's about giving them the resources to be able to do that."
Emma Evans, FIFA Women's World Cup, Oceania Football Confederation
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West Valley City offers tours of City Hall combined with educational presentations to elementary school students, scout groups, and interested resident groups. The tour includes the various public spaces of City Hall, including the chambers where the city council meets to discuss city issues and vote. As a part of this program, groups learn about how our form of government works, how the City Council and mayor are chosen and what they do, and the services the city provides. Hopefully the experience of seeing the building where so many government functions are based will increase understanding of governmental processes as well as motivate participants to become involved in city programs and encourage good citizenship. Complete an online request.
A representative of the West Valley City Neighborhood Services Office is available to provide educational presentations at elementary schools in the city. The students learn about how our government in West Valley City is structured, the governmental process, as well as how the city council members and the mayor are chosen and what they do. The roles and functions of the various departments and the many services provided by the city are emphasized, as is the importance of becoming involved with the community and of being a good citizen. These presentations are designed to correlate with specific grade level curriculum.
Have some summer fun with your family and friends.
For West Valley City youth, grade levels 1 through 8.
Visit "destinations" around West Valley City.
To complete the passport, have parents or an adult sign the destination.
Return the passport and photos to West Valley City Hall before August 30.
Complete a Photo Release Form so images can be used in an exhibit at City Hall and the Utah Cultural Celebration Center.


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Barrett weighs in
newsmaker For Intel's CEO, the customer is king, clock speeds still matter and the United States is "basically complacent."
May 18, 2005 11:00 a.m. PT
If there's one thing Intel CEO Craig Barrett really enjoys, it's proving his critics wrong.
Three years ago, Wall Street complained the company was overspending on factories and capital expansion. But Barrett, a former Stanford engineering professor who became chief executive in March 1998, stuck with his plan. In the end, Barrett had the last word as the investments paved the way for Intel to crank out new notebook and server chips at a time when business was picking up.
Barrett, who has been with Intel since the 1970s, has led the company through some of its best times as well as through some of its worst. In the run-up of the late 1990s, Intel romped to one record-breaking quarter after another.
But Intel then suffered along with the rest of the technology industry after the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the subsequent economic recession. The company was also forced to retreat from money-losing ventures, including the manufacturing of Intel-branded consumer devices such as digital cameras.
Barrett has since navigated the company into new categories, including the creation of chips for digital home devices. Intel is also moving into dual-core processors for upcoming desktop and notebook lines. Dual-core chips can provide far better performance than traditional single-core chips.
With less than a year left to go before turning over the reins to heir-apparent Paul Otellini, Barrett is hardly in a retiring frame of mind. A card-carrying member of the Silicon Valley elite, Barrett is one of the more vocal high-profile technology executives on the subject of offshore outsourcing and the threat to American competitiveness. He recently sat down with a group of editors and reporters from CNET News.com, speaking his mind on topics ranging from the folly of industry alliances to the fecklessness of zigzagging politicians.
You travel the globe a lot. How do you think the United States ranks versus the rest of the world in terms of technology adoption?
The U.S. has a whole series of complacencies about it. It is complacent on its economic development platform. It is complacent on its infrastructure platform. It is complacent on the whole issue of promoting research and development. So you go down the list--education, infrastructure, research and development--and the U.S. is basically complacent.
It is very difficult to go to Washington, D.C., and discuss those three aspects of competitiveness (education, infrastructure, and R&D) with anybody.
In fact, we have been having this great argument in the press about offshoring, or offshore outsourcing. The press in general, the politicians in general, have not picked up the issue that you need to be competitive. The fact is that the U.S. is pulling further behind from an infrastructure standpoint and the dismal aspect of the U.S. education system. It is very difficult to go to Washington, D.C., and discuss those three aspects of competitiveness with anybody.
What is the reaction when you talk to politicians?
They have other 30-second priorities.
Let's turn to the technology business. Do you see a faster PC upgrade cycle in the future?
You are probably going to see more distributed upgrade cycles. It is not going to be big lumps of stuff happening all at once, but I am sure people will upgrade their (PC) clients in the U.S. Consumption in the emerging economies is growing much faster than the U.S.--and will continue to do so.
Is it a problem for you that Microsoft has not been accelerating its (operating system) delivery schedules?
You should really talk to Microsoft. I would rather see those new features get into the market, but it does not slow us down in any great respect. We do not want to put a whole bunch of stuff out there that we say is 64-bit compliant and perhaps is not because we do not have the software to validate it before it goes out.
There is a lot more conversation and dialogue around the customer being king. What specifically over the last 6 to 12 months has happened that was not happening in the past 20 years?
The customer is king from the standpoint that the customer uses your product. You may either get the customer excited about your product or you do not. And so you start to look around and say, "What are the exciting applications for technology?" Is it something that you perceive as exciting or something that the customer perceives as exciting.
Back in the mid-1990s, Intel thought ProShare was exciting and that the customers would be excited--but we forgot to ask the customers whether they were excited about it or not. If you look around today, the customer speaks very loudly and very rapidly about what their interest is. I do not think it is the last 6 to 12 months. I think it has been a gradual awakening as we move from a technology focus to a use focus.
If you look at the HPs and IBMs, they are trying to come up with terminology--be it utility computing or adaptive computing or what have you--because customers are demanding that the products interoperate. That is what I was talking about.
Well, there is probably nothing better to sensitize you than a recession.
We have seen Intel move away from clock speed and talk more about things like processor speeds. Is that going to be the company's future focus?
We are still interested in performance, but you can drive performance in a whole bunch of different ways. We have not lost any enthusiasm toward faster transistors or toward higher performance. We will just be able to get performance using different technology and different techniques.
Do you foresee more alliances like the Sun-Microsoft and Microsoft-Oracle announcements?
The easiest thing in the world is to announce an alliance. You probably can count on one hand all the successful alliances that brought great technology into the market place.
You talked about recessions being a key in driving sensitivity. To what extent is a more educated customer changing the way you have to do business?
I have been here 30 years and have been through about 10 recessions.
In general, I would think that IT managers are becoming more sophisticated. They are looking for a return on investment--and interoperability. IT managers are making different demands on the vendors today than they did 5 years ago. Clearly in the 1990s, a lot of investment was made in IT infrastructure that did not have huge benefits associated with it.
Is that how you decided to go to dual core sooner?
Well, you know, Intel is in the business of bringing new technology into the marketplace. Our core business is to innovate and integrate and so you innovate new aspects of technology--whether it is discrete bits of technology--then you integrate it into the core processor. So going back to an integrated dual core or multi-core approach is what people have been talking about for the last 4 or 5 years.
What sort of markets are ripe for digitization? What are the industries you see that are going to need this?
Health sciences is a big one just because it is such a huge piece of the gross domestic product of the established economies and they are such relatively slow adopters of technology. With their basic infrastructure in the back office, the health care industries have been pretty sluggish in terms of computerizing and taking the cost down.
How about the energy field? A few years ago you were talking about alternative energy and people looked at you like you were crazy. Now Stanford says it is one of their top three research areas.
When I ask people what their initiative would be if they were president for a day, most come back with the same answer: something to do with the energy ecosystem.
Going to the moon was the great Sputnik challenge. Today I think the challenges we face are a little bit different, and I would think it would have something to do with the energy environment that we have. It's not surprising to me that a lot of other people are thinking in that same way.
How do you see the convergence game developing when the PC guys want to get into the consumer electronics space?
You guys always want to picture this as a battle. You go to the CES show and the Sony guy stands up and says the TV is the center of the universe. Then the Intel guy stands up and says the PC is at the center of the universe. And then somebody else from a software company stands up and says no, the software is at the center of the universe. I think that is all kind of hokey thinking.
All this stuff needs to work together. I mean it's common interfaces and common protocols. These things have to be complementary and work together. I do not see it as competition.
But does a company such as Dell get the benefit because it has a great distribution model for what it is, just a commodity now, as opposed to a Sony or a Samsung with huge retail operations and huge R&D efforts.
I do not expect to see any of the major consumer electronics players disappear. I think the Samsungs and the Sonys are going to still be around. I would dare say most of us in our homes have stereo systems. But not everything is from Kenwood or Technics or Sony or Samsung. I have got a hodgepodge in my house. You guys have probably the same thing in yours.
Tejas (a version of the Pentium 4 due out later this year) has been eliminated from the road map and observers believe notebook and desktop processors are going to converge again. So is the Pentium 4 having a shorter lifespan than expected?
You know, we are not magicians. It takes us several years to develop a microprocessor from scratch and as the environment and the ecosystem changes around you. So you adapt to it. You do not just stick to your guns saying, "The hell with the environment. We will do whatever we want to do, independent of what the market wants." Canceling Tejas and the acceleration of the dual core seems to fit right into that general category of using our resources for the best possible returns. I think even Peter Drucker would be happy with that.
Has the corporate culture you had hoped to forge when you became CEO worked out according to your plans, expectations? Were there surprises along the way?
The biggest challenge we have had from a culture standpoint has been in the last three years during a difficult business time. I have been here 30 years and have been through about 10 recessions at various lengths, and the last one was over twice as long as any of the previous ones. I think the structure that we had in place, our salary structure is pretty variable so it accommodates ups and downs in the business cycle and you do not have to surprise people with salary reductions or surprise them with big layoffs and things like those.
I think the culture worked well from that standpoint, but I think every company in the high-tech industry has suffered in the last three years just because there was a long downturn. A lot of employees had never been through a downturn before and people were used to the '90s, which was a good time for all. That was difficult, but we still have the same values that the company operates on. All the internal awards that we give, all the recognition that we give, the annual performance appraisal cycle that we go through--it's all based on performance to Intel values.
Discuss: Barrett weighs in


Everyone knows the premise of the advent calendar, where you open a little compartment corresponding to a day in December, as a way of counting down the days left until christmas.
And of course we all probably had the chocolate ones as a kid, but since then the adult advent calendars have risen in fame featuring things like cheese and wine as your daily little gift.
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% pop_readlocs() - load a EGI-format EEG file (pop up an interactive window if no arguments).
%
% Usage:
%   >> EEG = pop_readlocs;                             % a window pops up
%   >> EEG = pop_readlocs( filename, 'key', val, ...); % no window
%
% Inputs:
%   filename       - Electrode location file name
%   'key',val      - Same options as readlocs() (see >> help readlocs)
%
% Outputs: same as readlocs()
%
% Author: Arnaud Delorme, CNL / Salk Institute, 17 Dec 2002
%
% See also: readlocs()

% Copyright (C) 17 Dec 2002 Arnaud Delorme, Salk Institute, arno@salk.edu
%
% This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
% the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
% (at your option) any later version.
%
% This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
% GNU General Public License for more details.
%
% You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
% along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
% Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

function [tmplocs, command] = pop_readlocs(filename, varargin);

tmplocs = [];
command = '';

% get infos from readlocs
% -----------------------
[chanformat listcolformat] = readlocs('getinfos');
listtype = { chanformat.type };

if nargin < 1
   [filename, filepath] = uigetfile('*.*', 'Importing electrode location file -- pop_readlocs()');
   %filename = 'chan32.locs';
   %filepath = 'c:\eeglab\eeglab4.0\';
   drawnow;
   if filename == 0 return; end;
   filename = [filepath filename];
   tmpfile = loadtxt(filename);
   nbcols = cellfun('isempty', tmpfile(end,:));
   nbcols = ones(1,length(find(~nbcols)));

   % decoding file type
   % ------------------
   periods = find(filename == '.');
   fileextension = filename(periods(end)+1:end);
   switch lower(fileextension),
		 case {'loc' 'locs' }, filetype = 'loc';
		 case 'xyz', filetype = 'xyz';
		 case 'sph', filetype = 'sph';
		 case 'txt', filetype = 'chanedit';
		 case 'elp', filetype = 'polhemus';
		 case 'eps', filetype = 'besa';
		 otherwise, filetype =  '';
   end;
   indexfiletype = strmatch(filetype, listtype, 'exact');

   % convert format info
   % -------------------
   formatinfo     = { chanformat.importformat };
   formatskipcell = { chanformat.skipline };
   rmindex    = [];
   count      = 1;
   for index = 1:length(formatinfo)
       if ~isstr(formatinfo{index})
           for index2 = 1:length(formatinfo{index})
               indexformat = strmatch(formatinfo{index}{index2}, listcolformat, 'exact');
               indexlist(count, index2) = indexformat;
           end;
           if isempty(formatskipcell{index}), formatskip(count) = 0;
           else                               formatskip(count) = formatskipcell{index};
           end;
           count = count+1;
       else
           rmindex = [ rmindex index ];
       end;
   end;
   listtype(rmindex) = [];
   listtype  (end+1) = { 'custom' };
   formatskip(end+1) = 0;
   indexlist(end+1,:) = -1;

   % ask user
   formatcom = [  ...
         'indexformat = get(findobj(gcf, ''tag'', ''format''), ''value'');' ...
         'tmpformat = get(findobj(gcf, ''tag'', ''format''), ''userdata'');' ...
         'for tmpindex=1:' int2str(length(nbcols)) ...
         '   tmpobj = findobj(gcf, ''tag'', [ ''col'' int2str(tmpindex) ]);' ...
         '   if tmpformat{1}(indexformat,tmpindex) == -1,' ...
         '       set(tmpobj, ''enable'', ''on'');' ...
         '   else ' ...
         '       set(tmpobj, ''enable'', ''off'');' ...
         '       set(tmpobj, ''value'', tmpformat{1}(indexformat,tmpindex));' ...
         '   end;' ...
         'end;' ...
         'strheaderline = fastif(tmpformat{2}(indexformat)<0, ''auto'', int2str(tmpformat{2}(indexformat)));' ...
         'set(findobj(gcf, ''tag'', ''headlines''), ''string'', strheaderline);' ...
         'eval(get(findobj(gcf, ''tag'', ''headlines''), ''callback''));' ...
         'clear tmpindex indexformat tmpformat tmpobj strheaderline;' ];

   headercom = [ ...
         'tmpheader = str2num(get(findobj(gcf, ''tag'', ''headlines''), ''string''));' ...
         'if ~isempty(tmpheader), ' ...
        '   for tmpindex=1:' int2str(length(nbcols)) ...
         '     tmpobj = findobj(gcf, ''tag'', [ ''text'' int2str(tmpindex) ]);' ...
         '     tmpstr = get(tmpobj, ''userdata'');' ...
         '     set(tmpobj, ''string'', tmpstr(tmpheader+1:min(tmpheader+10, size(tmpstr,1)),:));' ...
         '  end;' ...
         'end;' ...
         'clear tmpobj tmpstr tmpheader tmpindex;' ];

   geometry = { [1 1 1] [1 2] [nbcols] [nbcols] [nbcols] [1] [1 1 1]};
   listui = { ...
         { 'style' 'text' 'string' 'Predefined format' } ...
         { 'style' 'text' 'string' 'Header lines' } ...
         { 'style' 'edit' 'tag' 'headlines' 'string' '0' 'callback' headercom } ...
         { 'style' 'listbox' 'tag' 'format' 'string' strvcat(listtype{:}) ...
            'callback' formatcom 'userdata' { indexlist;formatskip } } ...
         { 'style' 'pushbutton' 'string' 'preview' ...
            'callback' 'set(findobj(gcbf, ''tag'', ''Import''), ''userdata'', ''preview'')'} };

   % custom columns
   % --------------
   for index = 1:length(nbcols)
      listui{end+1} = { 'style' 'text' 'string' [ 'column ' int2str(index) ] };
   end;
   for index = 1:length(nbcols)
      listui{end+1} = { 'style' 'listbox' 'tag' [ 'col' int2str(index) ] 'string' ...
            strvcat(listcolformat{:}) };
   end;
   for index = 1:length(nbcols)
      listui{end+1} = { 'style' 'text' 'string' formatstr(tmpfile(1:min(10, size(tmpfile,1)),index)) ...
            'tag' ['text' int2str(index) ] 'userdata' formatstr(tmpfile(:,index)) };
   end;
   listui = { listui{:} ...
         {} ...
         { 'style' 'pushbutton' 'string' 'Cancel', 'callback', 'close gcbf;' } ...
         { 'style' 'pushbutton' 'string' 'Help', 'callback', 'pophelp(''pop_readlocs'');' } ...
         { 'style' 'pushbutton' 'string' 'Import' 'tag' 'Import' ...
            'callback', 'set(findobj(gcbf, ''tag'', ''Import''), ''userdata'', ''import'')'} };

   fig = figure('name', 'Importing electrode location file -- pop_readlocs()', 'visible', 'off');
   supergui( fig, geometry, [1 2 1 3 7 1 1], listui{:});

   % update figure
   set(findobj(gcf, 'tag', 'format'), 'value', indexfiletype);
   eval(formatcom);

   % this loop is necessary for decoding Preview
   cont = 1;
   while cont
      waitfor( findobj('parent', fig, 'tag', 'Import'), 'userdata');
      if isempty( findobj('parent', fig, 'tag', 'Import') ), return; end;

   	% decode inputs
   	% -------------
   	tmpheader = str2num(get(findobj(fig, 'tag', 'headlines'), 'string'));
   	tmpobj = findobj(fig, 'tag', 'format');
   	tmpformatstr = get(tmpobj, 'string');
   	tmpformatstr = tmpformatstr(get(tmpobj, 'value'),:);
   	for tmpindex=1:length(nbcols)
      	tmpobj = findobj(fig, 'tag', [ 'col' int2str(tmpindex) ]);
      	tmpcolstr{tmpindex} = get(tmpobj, 'string');
      	tmpcolstr{tmpindex} = deblank(tmpcolstr{tmpindex}(get(tmpobj,'value'),:));
   	end;

   	% take appropriate measures
   	% -------------------------
   	res = get(findobj('parent', fig, 'tag', 'Import'), 'userdata');
   	set(findobj('parent', fig, 'tag', 'Import'), 'userdata', '');
      if strcmp(res, 'preview')
         try,
            tmplocs = readlocs( filename, 'filetype', tmpformatstr, ...
             'skiplines', tmpheader, 'format', tmpcolstr);
         	figure; topoplot([],tmplocs, 'style', 'blank', 'electrodes', 'labelpoint');
         catch,
            errordlg2(strvcat('Error while importing locations:', lasterr), 'Error');
         end;
      else
      	cont = 0;
      end;
   end;
   close(fig);

   % importing files
   % ---------------
   tmplocs = readlocs( filename, 'filetype', tmpformatstr, ...
             'skiplines', tmpheader, 'format', tmpcolstr);

else
	tmplocs = readlocs( filename, varargin{:});
end;

command = sprintf('EEG.chanlocs = pop_readlocs(''%s'', %s);', filename, vararg2str(varargin));
return;

% format string for text file
% ---------------------------
function alltxt = formatstr( celltxt )
for index1 = 1:size(celltxt,1)
   alltxt{index1} = '';
   for index2 = 1:size(celltxt,2)
      alltxt{index1} = sprintf('%s\t%s', alltxt{index1}, num2str(celltxt{index1,index2}));
   end;
   alltxt{index1} = sprintf(alltxt{index1}, '%s\n', alltxt{index1});
end;
alltxt = strvcat( alltxt{:});

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from handler.base_plugin import BasePlugin

from tinydb import TinyDB, Query
from tinydb.storages import JSONStorage
from tinydb.middlewares import CachingMiddleware

""" TinyDB
Docs: http://tinydb.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

General sample usage:
>>> User = Query()
>>> db.insert({'name': 'John', 'age': 22})
>>> db.search(User.name == 'John')
[{'name': 'John', 'age': 22}]
"""

class TinyDBPlugin(BasePlugin):
    __slots__ = ("tinydb", )

    def __init__(self):
        """Adds self to messages and event's `data` field.
        Through this instance you can access TinyDB instance (data["tinydbproxy"].tinydb).
        This plugin should be included first!
        """

        super().__init__()

        self.order = (-95, 95)

        self.tinydb = TinyDB(path=self.get_path("tinydb_database.json"), storage=CachingMiddleware(JSONStorage))

    def get_user(self, user_id):
        User = Query()

        user = self.tinydb.get(User.user_id == user_id)

        return user["data"] if user else {}

    def save_user(self, user_id, data):
        User = Query()

        if not self.tinydb.update({'user_id': user_id, 'data': data}, User.user_id == user_id):
            self.tinydb.insert({'user_id': user_id, 'data': data})

    def delete_user(self, user_id):
        User = Query()

        self.tinydb.remove(User.user_id == user_id)

    async def global_before_message_checks(self, msg):
        msg.meta["tdb"] = self.tinydb

    async def global_before_event_checks(self, evnt):
        evnt.meta["tdb"] = self.tinydb


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Experience the best of New Zealand at the Ara Institute of Canterbury
Ara Institute of Canterbury
"Kiwi people are super friendly and are always willing to help. They don't see you as a stranger – on the contrary – they talk to you as if they've known you for a long time. I think this kind of attitude is exemplary." – Vandana Elango, Ara Institute of Canterbury international student, originally from Germany
With five cutting-edge campus spaces and more than 150 world-class qualifications including degrees and graduate diplomas, the Ara Institute of Canterbury is one of New Zealand's largest and most respected Institutes of Technology.
A specialist in providing education for employment, Ara students gain the skills, knowledge and practical experience needed to leave them work-ready. This, paired with globally-recognised degrees, means Ara graduates are sought-after on an international scale. But that's not the only thing that makes this Institute of Technology a hub of opportunity…
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International Exchange & Study Abroad at the Ara Institute of Canterbury
Every year, Ara welcomes both local and foreign students to embark on an unforgettable journey of learning and discovery via its innovative Study Abroad and Student Exchange programmes. If you've considered completing some, or all, of your tertiary education at an institution overseas, unparalleled partnerships with universities around the world, alongside the stunning natural setting New Zealand has to offer, makes Ara the ultimate study abroad destination.
"We now provide our world-class, tertiary-level vocational education throughout the beautiful Canterbury and Waitaki regions," says Kay Giles, Chief Executive of the Ara Institute of Canterbury. "Whether you study in the cities of Christchurch or Timaru, you are on the doorstep of outdoor activities and scenery that attracts visitors from all over the world," she adds.
With geographic links to more than 50 leading universities in the Americas, North Asia, South East Asia, Northern Europe, Western Europe and Oceania, Ara boasts an elite network of institutions that span the world making it diverse and culturally rich. So if your university is one that has an exchange agreement with Ara, you can apply to study in the heart of New Zealand while still paying your tuition to your university back at home – pretty convenient, huh?!
If this is a prospect you find appealing (and let's face it – what sort of person wouldn't??) you will be nominated to be considered for the Student Exchange Programme by your university's Exchange Co-ordinator. Degree-level students who find they are eligible for the scheme can opt to spend either one or two semesters at the distinguished Ara Institute of Canterbury. The international office at Ara will even help you find suitable accommodation for the duration of your stay, including:
Staying with a host family (homestay)
Designated student hostels
Apartments or student flats
And the best thing – your university doesn't have to be a partner for you to take advantage of this amazing opportunity! If Ara is your perfect match – come on, it's highly likely – you can still study one or two semesters abroad but pay your tuition directly to Ara. Simple!
An unrivalled academic experience
Tomoki Kishi has always aspired to succeed as an English Language teacher, so when the academic advisors at Kyorin University in Tokyo suggested a New Zealand exchange at Ara, Tomoki couldn't wait to dive in, eager to expand on his English knowledge in an English-speaking country.
"I was learning English grammar, linguistics and phonetics at university, and preparing to take the IELTS exam to get a high score. My advisors told me that New Zealand, and especially Christchurch, was a really good English study environment," he says. "Fortunately Kyorin University has an exchange programme with Ara Institute of Canterbury so I studied really hard to be accepted for the programme and then I came here to Christchurch."
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In addition to honing his grasp of the English Language, and making lifelong friends through the wealth of internationally-focused campus activities offered at Ara, Tomoki has also been able to explore the beauty that New Zealand has to offer. "I've been to Akaroa, Kaikoura, Nelson, Queenstown, Timaru, Wellington and many other places. I've seen stunning scenery and I think New Zealand is the best place to get refreshed."
On top of the excitement of getting to live, work and study in a brand-new, breath-taking country, Ara international students reap the enduring benefits that come with studying abroad, like personal development; the ability to adapt; becoming globally employable; and receiving an outstanding education amongst many other things. Students who successfully complete the cutting-edge exchange scheme at Ara aren't just instilled with a diverse global perspective – they are shaped into confident, responsible, culturally understanding global citizens, giving them the ability to not only to succeed, but to thrive, in an increasingly complex world. And you really can't put a price on that.
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Felixstowe: Action group formed to oppose plans for edge-of-town Tesco
By Matt Bunn
Published: 12:08 AM February 29, 2012
Worried residents have joined forces to fight against the controversial construction of a Tesco superstore on land just outside Felixstowe, it emerged today.
Tesco wants to build a 30,000 sq ft store on the 30-acre site in Walton High Street, along with 200 homes, offices and community facilities.
Residents have formed Walton Felixstowe Community First (WFCF), which claims an edge-of-town Tesco will cause major difficulties for business in the area and lead to increased traffic.
A spokesman said: "It will kill businesses in Walton and Trimley and it will seriously affect Felixstowe.
"We need smaller shops and local shops coming up with various things and making the town different.
"It will be damaging to the environment and building on agricultural land is in itself terrible. This is unnecessary, it's a store being built for no purpose at all."
The Walton Green Partnership, made up of Tesco and landowners Trinity College, Cambridge, believe people who will use the store will be those who already use Tesco in Martlesham so a new store will not affect other businesses.
However WFCF believes that if people use the out-of-town site, they won't use other stores in Felixstowe, Walton or Trimley.
The spokesman added: "If people get into a car to go to Martlesham then that's what they are going to do.
"They won't go down Hamilton Road, it will be a dead town."
A Tesco spokesman said: "Developments on this scale do prompt a reaction but equally there are people who think this is a good thing.
"If you can keep people in the town to do their groceries then they will stay in town to shop for other things."
If you are interested in joining WFCF, call 07532 165745 or e-mail inb@wfcf.co.uk.
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Meanwhile, Charles from the Asian American sketch comedy troupe OPM (Opening People's Minds) informs me that they'll be performing this weekend at the second annual benefit festival, Tia Chucha's Celebration of Community & Culture, along with a really awesome lineup headlined by Cheech Marin. Sunday, July 3 at the Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. Not only will they be the only sketch comedy group there, they're the only APA group with a multicultural cast and material—all in a predominantly Latino event. Pretty cool. To learn more about the event and OPM, visit the troupe's website here.
And finally, Project Newspeak's The Sketch Comedy Show presents its second annual show this Sunday, August 3 at the historic David Henry Hwant Theater in Little Tokyo. The comedy stage show is a combination of live acts and filmed shorts from a lively group of players. Special guests include comedian and Hollywood Laugh Factory regular, Danny Cho, and singer/songwriter Big Phony, along with guest performers Roger Fan, Dante Basco, Kaila Yu and Karin Anna Cheung. Sounds like a fun time. For more information, go here.


Introduction: This study is to analyse the therapeutical action of Lung Recruitment Maneuver (LRM) on patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) by comparing different ventilation strategies.
Methods: In control group, patients' Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP), in Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) plus PEEP model, were increased successively with the levels of 5 cm H2O, 10 cm H2O and 15 cm H2O, and 60 min duration ventilation in every level. On the basis of control group, in test group excepting for LRM in the beginning of each level, SIMV plus PEEP model was taken, and patients' PEEP also increased successively with the levels of 5 cm H2O, 10 cm H2O and 15 cm H2O, and 60 min duration ventilation in every level. Blood gas analysis was performed for patients. Oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2), partial pressure of arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2), blood oxygen pressure (PaO2), QS pulmonary shunt (Qs/Qt) and saturation of blood oxygen (SpO2) were taken statistically and calculated.
Results: In test group, after lung recruitment maneuver, patients' SpO2, PaO2, PaO2/FiO2 and Qs/Qt were improved significantly (P<0.05). PaCO2 of patients in two groups had significant difference only when PEEP was 10 cm H2O, while in other levels the differences did not have significant difference (P>0.05).
Conclusion: LRM has remarkable curative effect on maintaining alveolar dilatation and improving pulmonary ventilation.


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Map of E-commerce Vietnam for Q3/2019: Sendo raises to 2nd, Lazada misses the top 4 in website traffic
by Vietnam Insider October 19, 2019
Ecommerce Trends
Vietnamese e-commerce in Quarter 3 witnessed a series of big fluctuations, including the remarkable growth of Sendo when they captured the second place in terms of website traffic.
According to the latest update from Map of E-commerce conducted by iPrice Group, the number of visitors to Sendo's website in the third quarter reached 30.9 million per month. This result marks the second consecutive quarter that Sendo's website has seen a 10% increase in traffic over the previous quarter.
Besides that, their mobile application still holds the second position nationwide in terms of number of downloads.
These two positive results highlight a successful 2019 for Sendo. In June, at the Vietnam Startup Investment Fund Forum 2019, Mr. Tran Hai Linh, CEO of Sendo, revealed that operation-wise, the e-commerce company was already profitable.
Unlike its competitors, Sendo has so far been focusing on customers in all regions, not just big cities. Their solutions towards this goal are proving to be fruitful, especially in attracting new users on both web platform and application.
Contrary to the growth of Sendo, its major competitors Shopee Vietnam, Tiki, and Lazada Vietnam all saw a decrease in website traffic.
Website of e-commerce platform Tiki, after having achieved the second place nationwide for a long time, has now ceded this position to Sendo. However, their mobile app went in the opposite direction: up from fourth in downloads to third, surpassing Lazada's.
iPrice Group predicted that the decline in Tiki's website traffic (from 33.7 million / month to 27.1 million / month) could be a temporary fluctuation in the context that the company is focusing on improving their infrastructures. At the annual partner meeting in September, Mr. Tran Ngoc Thai Son, Tiki's Chairman of the Board of Directors shared that in the next 3 quarters, the company will increase the number of warehouses to optimize both the ability to store goods and shipping speed.
Lazada Vietnam's website now for the first time ranks at 5th nationwide. Just last year, Lazada Vietnam was still in the top 2 websites. However, a big consolation for Lazada Vietnam is that their mobile app still ranks second in monthly active users, behind only Shopee Vietnam. These contradictory results once again show that Lazada's total focus on mobile strategy is paying off.
Besides those fluctuations, the number one Vietnamese e-commerce platform title still belongs firmly to Shopee. The company's website has the fifth consecutive quarter in the number one position with 34.5 million visits / month. In addition, Shopee's shopping app also tops the table in terms of both monthly downloads and monthly active users.
The rankings on web and mobile platforms as above show that in the race to attract users of Vietnamese e-commerce marketplaces, no one is the absolute winner and loser. Anything is still possible, especially when competitors are seeking to attract new sources of investment capital.
Tiki is in the process of raising capital for the D round. Sharing with the press in May, Mr. Ngo Hoang Gia Khanh – Tiki's director of finance and development, said that the company's goal is to raise US$ 50 – 100 million from strategic investment funds or financial investor groups.
As for Sendo, Mr. Nguyen The Phuong, Deputy General Director of FPT Corporation, said in June that the company has been and will be inviting outside investors to join and invest in supporting their long-term strategy and Sendo is currently receiving a lot of attention from all parties.
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The Ionian Sea View Hotel includes a 24 hour reception, family rooms and a currency exchange. A wireless internet connection is provided throughout the hotel, ensuring you'll have no issues keeping connected during your stay. Guests are also able to make the most of the hotel's shuttle service and the ticket desk services.
The rooms include a refrigerator, a kitchenette and a DVD player.
Guests can dine at the Ionian Sea View Hotel's on-site restaurant, which offers Italian dishes.