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The Imagine Boston 2030 plan is almost done — here are some highlights
By Tim Logan Globe Staff,May 18, 2017, 5:00 a.m.
The Boston 2030 plan projects continued population growth in coming years and decades. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe/Globe Staff
Boston's first citywide plan since the 1960s is just about done.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday is set to unveil the nearly-final version of the Imagine Boston 2030 plan, a pile of goals and maps and pictures that lays out how his administration – and thousands of Bostonians who weighed in with their ideas – wants the city to grow over the coming years.
It builds on a preview laid out last year that envisioned dense new neighborhoods in tucked-away corners of Boston, better transit connections between poorer pockets and jobs downtown, and a greener city, oriented around its waterfront, but also built to withstand whatever climate change may throw at it.
At nearly 400 pages, there's too much in the plan to explain here. Best to read it yourself. We got a sneak preview Wednesday, and here are a few highlights.
The current building boom is really just beginning. Much of this is predicated on the belief that Boston will keep growing. The plan projects a population of more than 800,000 people by 2050 — up from 656,000 in 2014 — and more than 900,000 jobs.
To keep pace with all that growth, the city will need to hit its current goal of 53,000 new housing units by 2030, and add 42,000 more in the two decades after that. Office developers had better keep building, too.
Boston isn't growing any more acres. At 49 miles of land area, it's one of the geographically smallest big cities in the U.S. Much of the plan is about how to find room for another 150,000 or so people.
The answer lies in building big in odd corners of town. The plan identifies six "expanded neighborhoods," from Suffolk Downs to Readville to Beacon Yards in Allston, where the city sees opportunities for large-scale growth. Help will come by building more housing downtown. There are calls for a new generation of high-rise housing on the dense, walkable streets of job hubs from Longwood Medical Area to the Financial District.
Do all that, said Rebekah Emanuel, who's spearheading the project and "there's enough space to meet our growth through at least 2050."
The Fairmount corridor is the future. This plan isn't just about growth; it's also about improving economic opportunity. For that, it leans heavily on the Fairmount line.
The commuter rail line connects some of Boston's poorest neighborhoods to downtown and other job centers, and Imagine Boston envisions major investments along it from Roxbury down to Hyde Park. There would be new industrial growth targeted for Readville and Newmarket, upgrades to Franklin Park and Columbia Road, big improvements in Upham's Corner, and spending on early childhood education, schools, and a new library.
Some things are out of the city's control, like frequency of trains on a line where cancellations have been a source of controversy. But eventually, Imagine Boston says, the city wants to work with the state to provide "subway-level service" through the corridor. And no matter how often the trains run, it is well past time to pump more resources into neighborhoods that have lacked them for too long, Emanuel said.
"It's an area where we need to invest in order to be the city we want to be," she said.
Climate change is coming. The plan continues to flesh out ideas to help Boston adapt to rising sea levels. All those new neighborhoods would be designed with higher flood risk in mind. New "flood management areas" are envisioned along Boston Harbor, the Mystic River and Dorchester Bay. And more waterfront open space could help both connect neighborhoods to the harbor and buffer against the impacts of flooding.
Perhaps even more ambitious: Imagine Boston calls for Boston to be "carbon-neutral" by 2050, which would mean a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that have fallen 17 percent since 2005. How that will happen remains to be figured out, but city officials said they'll focus on reducing emissions from cars and trucks, buildings, power usage and waste.
The plan goes on forever. Imagine Boston has been nearly two years in the works, but it's really just a start. After 30 days of taking more public comment, the city team working on the project will make any tweaks and issue a final version. Then the real work begins.
There will be street plans and waterfront plans, neighborhood plans by the Boston Planning & Development Authority, and parks plans by the Parks Department, all guided by the ideas in this document. Some of the specific ideas are funded in the city's five-year budget. Many aren't, so money will need to be found, either through the city or through various public and private-sector partners.
And the plan itself calls for more big plans, including a new vision for the Shawmut Peninsula – the original spit of land that today is downtown Boston – through 2100. That will be a monumental effort in itself.
Tim Logan can be reached at timothy.logan@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter at @bytimlogan.

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The 20 Best Places to Work in Ogden, UT As Rated by the Women Who Work There (January 2021)
Our list of the most female-friendly employers in Ogden, UT is based on ratings and reviews from the women who work there.
The 20 best places to work in Ogden, UT
1. Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst is an information technology and services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 501 to 1000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (5.0 stars) and wellness initiatives (4.9 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Health Catalyst:
"Health Catalyst has made great strides toward leveling the playing field for women. For example, the HR team went through a salary leveling process that identified areas where wom…"
2. HealthEquity
HealthEquity is a financial services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for family growth support (4.7 stars) and wellness initiatives (4.7 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for HealthEquity:
"I am on a management team of all women. Women, and everything else, rocks at HealthEquity!"
3. CHG Healthcare
CHG Healthcare is a staffing and recruiting company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for wellness initiatives (4.7 stars) and the people you work with (4.2 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for CHG Healthcare:
"Wonderful women in leadership in every dept!"
4. Synchrony
Synchrony is a financial services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 10000+ people. The company has its best ratings for sense of belonging (5.0 stars) and support for diversity (5.0 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Synchrony:
"Great place to work. They take care of their employees. Equal opportunity for all with a very diverse workforce"
McKinstry is a construction company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for the people you work with (4.1 stars) and flexible work hours (4.1 stars).
6. Pluralsight
Pluralsight is an e-learning company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 201 to 500 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.8 stars) and social activities and environment (4.1 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Pluralsight:
"Best place I've ever worked!"
7. American Express
American Express is a financial services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.4 stars) and paid time off (4.4 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for American Express:
"I love the company I work for! I am in a male dominated environment but the men who work for me, those I work with, and the leaders I work for are true men and leaders who always …"
8. Malouf
Malouf is a consumer goods company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 201 to 500 people. The company has its best ratings for wellness initiatives (4.7 stars) and sense of belonging (4.6 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Malouf:
"Malouf is a great place to work because it is a company that cares not only about their product but about their people. They are continually looking at ways to improve in all area…"
9. TD Ameritrade
TD Ameritrade is a financial services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for the people you work with (4.2 stars) and wellness initiatives (3.9 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for TD Ameritrade:
"AMAZING COMPANY!!! Seriously, they legit care about their employees. Best company I've ever worked for. Diverse, Accepting, and full of integrity"
10. Mosaic Sales Solutions
Mosaic Sales Solutions is a marketing and advertising company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for the people you work with (4.3 stars) and female representation in leadership (4.1 stars).
11. Workday
Workday is a computer software company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for the people you work with (4.1 stars) and paid time off (4.4 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Workday:
"They are growing and with scale comes opportunities for everyone at Workday. As a working bay area parent, I joined not only because of the role and the team, but because the comp…"
12. Prime Inc.
Prime Inc. is a transportation/trucking/railroad company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for wellness initiatives (4.4 stars) and learning opportunities (4.1 stars).
13. GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is a pharmaceuticals company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for salary satisfaction (4.1 stars) and paid time off (4.4 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for GlaxoSmithKline:
"This is the best place I have ever worked, NO CONTEST. Management is absolutely wonderful and could not be more understanding and accommodating. Sick kid? Take the day off. Or …"
14. lululemon athletica
lululemon athletica is a retail company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for sense of belonging (4.7 stars) and wellness initiatives (4.8 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for lululemon athletica:
"Great company to work for!"
15. Conservice
Conservice is a utilities company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 1001 to 5000 people. The company has its best ratings for support for diversity (5.0 stars) and female representation in leadership (3.9 stars).
16. Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is an e-learning company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.3 stars) and paid time off (4.1 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Cengage Learning:
"Cengage has been a wonderful place to work for many reasons however the higher ed market is extremely challenging and it has been nearly impossible to make one's numbers over the …"
17. Fidelity Investments
Fidelity Investments is a financial services company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.5 stars) and paid time off (4.2 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Fidelity Investments:
"Hands down best company I have worked for, one of the leaders for woman in the financial industry."
18. Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk is a pharmaceuticals company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for paid time off (4.0 stars) and flexible work hours (3.8 stars).
"It is excellent. Opportunities are plentiful and it is a respectful work environment. It would be nice to see a woman again at the global executive leadership level. "
19. Google
Google is an internet company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for wellness initiatives (4.3 stars) and maternity and adoptive leave (4.2 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for Google:
"I work for a contracting company so my access to employee support and mentorship is slim."
20. eBay Inc.
eBay Inc. is an internet company with locations in the Ogden, UT area, that employs 5001 to 10000 people. The company has its best ratings for maternity and adoptive leave (4.4 stars) and family growth support (3.9 stars).
Here's what one woman writes about working for eBay Inc.:
"Great employer, excellent benefits"
Get Matched to the Best Ogden, UT Companies for You


A nanotube with just one cylinder is referred to as a single-wall nanotube (SWNT). Other varieties of nanotubes include ropes, bundles and arrays. Over the past two years, researchers have demonstrated repeatedly that certain types of carbon nanotubes are among the most effective materials known for transporting proteins, genes, and drug molecules across the cell membrane. Now, an attempt to better understand this process has found that virtually any type of carbon nanotube can enter a wide variety of cell types. Significant progress in interfacing carbon nanotubes with biological materials has been made in key areas such as aqueous solubility, chemical and biological functionalization for biocompatibility and specificity, and electronic sensing of proteins. This article reviews the current trends in biological functionalization of carbon nanotubes and their potential applications for cancer diagnostics. The present work complies the review on carbon nanotubes and its efficacy in treatment of cancer and also reports the mechanism and properties.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure. Nanotubes have been constructed with length-to-diameter ratio of up to 28,000,000:1, which is significantly larger than any other material. These cylindrical carbon molecules have novel properties that make them potentially useful in many applications in nanotechnology, electronics, optics and other fields of materials science, as well as potential uses in architectural fields. They exhibit extraordinary strength and unique electrical properties, and are efficient conductors of heat. Their final usage, however, may be limited by their potential toxicity.
Nanotubes are members of the fullerene structural family, which also includes the spherical buckyballs. The ends of a nanotube might be capped with a hemisphere of the buckyball structure. Their name is derived from their size, since the diameter of a nanotube is on the order of a few nanometers (approximately 1/50,000th of the width of a human hair), while they can be up to several millimeters in length (as of 2008). Nanotubes are categorized as single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs).
The nature of the bonding of a nanotube is described by applied quantum chemistry, specifically, orbital hybridization. The chemical bonding of nanotubes is composed entirely of sp2 bonds, similar to those of graphite. This bonding structure, which is stronger than the sp3 bonds found in diamonds, provides the molecules with their unique strength. Nanotubes naturally align themselves into "ropes" held together by Van der Waals forces. Under high pressure, nanotubes can merge together, trading some sp2 bonds for sp3 bonds, giving the possibility of producing strong, unlimited-length wires through high-pressure nanotube linking.


According to worldatlas.com, the City of Calgary averages almost 2,400 hours of bright sunshine every year, the most of any city in Canada. Edmonton isn't far behind, recording an average of 2,345 hours of sunshine annually.
All that solar power is now being put to work by Jayman Built on all of its new, single-family homes in Alberta.
"Jayman has four pillars we work on," says company president Dave Desormeaux. "One is core performance of our homes, the build quality and the energy efficiency. We were one of the first to put in 96 percent high-efficiency furnaces, we put in the instant hot water tanks, the high-efficiency LED lighting standard in every house, triple-pane windows standard in every house. Solar is just the next logical area for us to move into, for a variety of reasons, including energy savings and the total cost of ownership for our customers.
Standard on every new Jayman single-family home are six solar panels, with Desormeaux estimating the minimum savings at about $200 per year.
All of the energy efficiencies are valued at $15,600 in retail value and while none are an option, none increase the cost of a Jayman home, says Desormeaux.
"In almost every case, the home is the same price as last year and in a lot of cases the prices of the homes are down and that's simply through re-engineering, building solar into the home, working with our trades and any of our suppliers of materials to get better deals," he says. "We've been working since last April to make sure we had the absolute best costs and as a high-volume production builder, we have that leverage and are able to negotiate better deals.
Even with the panels, home buyers will be hooked up to the electrical grid.


You can get all of your fitness questions answered from a zumba fitness review. Zumba is a form of dance exercise that has been around for years but only recently has started to become popular. Zumba incorporates many different types of dance, cha cha, calypso, belly dancing, mambo, meringue, cumbia and rock & roll to create fun and entertaining exercises. You will have so much fun it won't even feel like exercise.
Zumba offers all levels of classes and much of these dance exercises will provide you better flexibility, strengthen your heart and improve your balance, much like doing yoga and aerobics. Once you start feeling the music you will soon forget you are exercising and just enjoy the dancing.
Zumba not only benefits the body but also the mind and you can expect to have fun meeting new people, enhancing your self esteem, increasing bone density, improving your cognitive thinking, get better motion control, develop a better range of motion and reduce your stress to name but a few advantages.
A zumba class typically runs and hour and in this time you can burn about 500 calories depending on your size and weight. This is a very good match for other types of exercise as jogging for an hour burns about 650 calories, playing sport for an hour about 450 calories and if you swim for an hour you can expect to burn 410 calories.
Zumba classes can be found all over but you should check at your local Y, fitness club or gym. Searching online can also be a good place to find a class as they might be held at a local community center or school. If you cannot find a class then enquire at the local gym. If enough people are interested then they may be able to set up a class.
If you really love Zumba than you should think about becoming an instructor. It does not take very long to become a certified Zumba instructor though you will have to choose between the Zumba Gold and the Zumba Basic Step. These certification classes are available for 1 day and 2 day classes.
If you are getting tired with your regular exercise and want something that is new then try zumba. The music is great, the exercises are fun and once you get into it you will not even realize you are working out.


Love living here! I moved here from Illinois and did a LOT of apartment hunting. The square footage for the price makes Pinebrook the best deal in the Nashville area! Friendly neighbors and amazing staff! Shae has been so helpful and so quick to respond to any question or concerns I have. If you're considering living here, stop thinking and just do it!
In the 8 months we lived at pine brook we experienced leaking in the master bedroom, a roach/brown recluse infestation and a leaky bathtub for the entire lease. Which we had to break early due to the lack of maintenance. We called 4 times, once to the emergency maintenance hotline due to a leak above our bathtub that NO ONE EVER came to fix. when we finally escaped they charged us for EVERYTHING they neglected. Horrible parking lot, horrible management and overall just a horrible place to live.
Please live ANY where else but here. There is always something wrong with the apartment, its so old and outdated. We didn't realize our brand NEW couch would fit through the door until we tried to move in. Shae is never in the office and closes it for the day with no notice. We specifically requested a 1 br unit and we move across the state to get told we get a 2 br for more money that we could barely afford. Cockroaches EVERY where. Worst place to live EVER. The laundry units NEVER work, don't even try. Just please avoid at all costs.
Very quick to correct any problems. Continue to keep it a clean and safe place to call home.
I'm interested in Pine Brook. Please send me current availability and additional details.


What an inspirational story from Shaklee Fast Track Executive Coordinator, Miranda Zintgraff! She shared her story while on tour with Roger Barnett recently.
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PROCEEDINGS VOLUME 2940
National and International Law Enforcement Databases
Editor(s): George Works
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Volume Number: 2940
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Fast parallel architecture for automated identification
Author(s): John Sura; R. Rudy; R. Larsen; E. Juttlestad; B. Marant
The problem of using a search set of fingerprints to identify an individual as a member of a very large existing repository has long been of interest to law enforcement agencies. Partially automated approaches have been used that require significant search space reduction before automated techniques can be used. The time required to perform such an identification becomes onerous as the repository population size increases. An architectural approach to fully automating this one-on-many identification problem is presented and described. The use of automated search space reduction techniques combined with repository distribution across the architecture results in rapid identification response times by implementing a fully parallelized search. The architecture supports scalability in both workload and repository population. A detailed architectural simulation model was created and results were generated to predict performance. These results are presented and substantiate rapid identification response to one-on-many searches of very large fingerprint feature repositories.
High-volume workflow management in the ITN/FBI system
Author(s): Thomas L. Paulson
The Identification Tasking and Networking (ITN) Federal Bureau of Investigation system will manage the processing of more than 70,000 submissions per day. The workflow manager controls the routing of each submission through a combination of automated and manual processing steps whose exact sequence is dynamically determined by the results at each step. For most submissions, one or more of the steps involve the visual comparison of fingerprint images. The ITN workflow manager is implemented within a scaleable client/server architecture. The paper describes the key aspects of the ITN workflow manager design which allow the high volume of daily processing to be successfully accomplished.
Developing the Interstate Identification Index/Federal Bureau of Investigation (III/FBI) system for providing timely criminal and civil identification and criminal history information to the nation'
Author(s): Patricia L. Copeland; James Shugars
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently developing a new system to provide timely criminal and civil identities and criminal history information to the nation's local, state, and federal users. The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), an upgrade to the existing Identification Division Automated Services (IDAS) System, is scheduled for implementation in 1999 at the new FBI facility in Clarksburg, West Virginia. IAFIS will offer new capabilities for electronic transmittal of fingerprint cards to the FBI, an improved fingerprint matching algorithm, and electronic maintenance of fingerprints and photo images. The Interstate Identification Index (III/FBI) System is one of three segments comprising the umbrella IAFIS System. III/FBI provides repository, maintenance, and dissemination capabilities for the 40 million subject national criminal history database. III/FBI will perform over 1 million name searches each day. Demanding performance, reliability/maintainability/availability, and flexibility/expandability requirements make III/FBI an architectural challenge to the system developers. This paper will discuss these driving requirements and present the technical solutions in terms of leading edge hardware and software.
Planning the data transition of a VLDB: a case study
Author(s): Shirley J. Finken
This paper describes the technical and programmatic plans for moving and checking certain data from the IDentification Automated Services (IDAS) system to the new Interstate Identification Index/Federal Bureau of Investigation (III/FBI) Segment database--one of the three components of the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) being developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Transitioning IDAS to III/FBI includes putting the data into an entirely new target database structure (i.e. from IBM VSAM files to ORACLE7 RDBMS tables). Only four IDAS files were transitioned (CCN, CCR, CCA, and CRS), but their total estimated size is at 500 Gb of data. Transitioning of this Very Large Database is planned as two processes.
Rapid identification of anonymous subjects in large criminal databases: problems and solutions in IAFIS III/FBI subject searches
Author(s): C. Deborah Kutzleb
The high incidence of recidivism (repeat offenders) in the criminal population makes the use of the IAFIS III/FBI criminal database an important tool in law enforcement. The problems and solutions employed by IAFIS III/FBI criminal subject searches are discussed for the following topics: (1) subject search selectivity and reliability; (2) the difficulty and limitations of identifying subjects whose anonymity may be a prime objective; (3) database size, search workload, and search response time; (4) techniques and advantages of normalizing the variability in an individual's name and identifying features into identifiable and discrete categories; and (5) the use of database demographics to estimate the likelihood of a match between a search subject and database subjects.
Software architecture of the III/FBI segment of the FBI's integrated automated identification system
Author(s): Brian T. Booker
This paper will describe the software architecture of the Interstate Identification Index (III/FBI) Segment of the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). IAFIS is currently under development, with deployment to begin in 1998. III/FBI will provide the repository of criminal history and photographs for criminal subjects, as well as identification data for military and civilian federal employees. Services provided by III/FBI include maintenance of the criminal and civil data, subject search of the criminal and civil data, and response generation services for IAFIS. III/FBI software will be comprised of both COTS and an estimated 250,000 lines of developed C code. This paper will describe the following: (1) the high-level requirements of the III/FBI software; (2) the decomposition of the III/FBI software into Computer Software Configuration Items (CSCIs); (3) the top-level design of the III/FBI CSCIs; and (4) the relationships among the developed CSCIs and the COTS products that will comprise the III/FBI software.
Performance modeling for large database systems
Author(s): Stephen Schaar; Frank Hum; Joe Romano
One of the unique approaches Science Applications International Corporation took to meet performance requirements was to start the modeling effort during the proposal phase of the Interstate Identification Index/Federal Bureau of Investigations (III/FBI) project. The III/FBI Performance Model uses analytical modeling techniques to represent the III/FBI system. Inputs to the model include workloads for each transaction type, record size for each record type, number of records for each file, hardware envelope characteristics, engineering margins and estimates for software instructions, memory, and I/O for each transaction type. The model uses queuing theory to calculate the average transaction queue length. The model calculates a response time and the resources needed for each transaction type. Outputs of the model include the total resources needed for the system, a hardware configuration, and projected inherent and operational availability. The III/FBI Performance Model is used to evaluate what-if scenarios and allows a rapid response to engineering change proposals and technical enhancements.
New technology for data extraction from unformatted text
Author(s): Lance A. Miller
In business and technical text there is a considerably amount of data, factual knowledge that provides specific details about a topic. Because of the exponentially increasing availability of text, there is therefore vast amounts of data to be gleaned. The problem is that the gleaning tools are insufficient, missing a lot of the relevant data and burying the user in irrelevant returns. The paper describes the EXTRACT tool which is specifically designed to dig data out of all its text crevices, doing so with great accuracy and ease-of-user.
FaceID:a face detection and recognition system
Author(s): Manesh B. Shah; Nageswara S. V. Rao; Victor Olman; Edward C. Uberbacher; Reinhold C. Mann
A face detection system that automatically locates faces in gray-level images is described. Also described is a system which matches a given face image with faces in a database. Face detection in an image is performed by template matching using templates derived from a selected set of normalized faces. Instead of using original gray level images, vertical gradient images were calculated and used to make the system more robust against variations in lighting conditions and skin color. Faces of different sizes are detected by processing the image at several scales. Further, a coarse- to-fine strategy is used to speed up the processing, and a combination of whole face and face component templates are used to ensure low false detection rates. The input to the face recognition system is a normalized vertical gradient image of a face, which is compared against a database using a set of pretrained feedforward neural networks with a winner-take-all fuser. The training is performed by using an adaptation of the backpropagation algorithm. This system has been developed and tested using images from the FERET database and a set of images obtained from Rowley, et al and Sung and Poggio.
Use of virtual reality and digitial camera techniques for law enforcement and explosive ordnance
Author(s): Stephen L. Galloway; Mark Pflaghing; Gene Rice
The combination of virtual reality and digital camera techniques when applied to the field of law enforcement explosive ordnance (EO) has demonstrated a significant savings: in training time, personnel awareness, production costs, and in providing a means of rapidly distributing high quality EO technical material to widely diverse law enforcement organizations over a personal computer network. Highly detailed primary source data was not required, nor in most cases available.
Optical processor for fingerprint identification
Author(s): James P. Karins; Stuart A. Mills; Robert Barry Dydyk
Automatic fingerprint classification, automatic fingerprint identification, and latent or partial fingerprint matching each continue to present significant computational challenges despite the rapid improvements in the speed of digital computers. The new emerging technology of optical processing promises to alleviate this computational roadblock and bring fingerprint classification and identification to the everyday user. Several areas of research utilizing optical processors for fingerprints are currently being conducted. In this paper we will discuss the se of optical correlation for whole and partial fingerprint matching with known fingerprints from a preselected set of candidates. Initial optical correlator simulations and breadboard tests indicate that the hybrid processor provides significant capability increases in speed and throughput over a pure digital system. Results showing good correlation of matches and good discrimination from non-matches are presented. Additionally, correlation of partial prints is demonstrated with a strong degree of discrimination.
Distribution and integration of databases across law enforcement agencies
Author(s): Robin Briceno
One of the biggest issues facing the law enforcement community today is the integration of multiple disparate legacy systems with new systems and Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) products. It is an inherent characteristic of the law enforcement process that multiple agencies and multiple systems are involved in the processing of a single individual from the time of booking to final incarceration, and eventual release. A standard life cycle could be described as follows: arrest/booking, court arraignment, court trial and/or warrant generation, jail/probation, and release/parole. The processing associated with each of these events is often the responsibility of different agencies using different systems but they all must maintain the same information about the individual and the arrest (including photographs, fingerprints, data about the individual, and data about the arrest). Today's difficult is that in many jurisdictions, the same data must be captured multiple times, as the individual passes through different agencies and phases. This replication of the data entry process introduces inaccuracies and inconsistencies into the databases, as well as, increases the manual labor associated with the processing of an individual through the criminal justice system. The challenge for the future is to capture this data once and disseminate this data to all `interested' parties. Interested parties could be other applications within the same agency, local court systems, local prosection systems, state systems, and Federal systems. The other challenge is to architect a solution where multiple disparate legacy systems, newly developed systems, and COTS systems can be integrated together into an architecture which will provide the ability to easily incorporate new technologies or new systems as they become available. This paper will present the integrated solution developed by SAIC where digital photographs, fingerprints, and identification and booking data are collected during the arrest/booking process and passed to other interested parties as the individual travels through the criminal justice process.
Applying GIS technology to the Regional Information Sharing Systems database
Author(s): Karen L. Aumond
The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) program was formed as a partnership for information exchange between the federal government and state and local law enforcement. The six regional projects provide member law enforcement agencies in all 50 states with a broad range of intelligence and investigative support services. Recently, the existing RISS databases were redesigned to allow for connectivity among projects and the capability of a nationwide search of over 450,000 suspects. This relational database of intelligence information, along with a photographic imaging system, an operational `critical event' database, and GIS mapping are integrated components of RISSNET. The Geographical-Regional Information Sharing System (G-RISS) application is being prototypes by Graphic Data Systems Corporation at one RISS site, the Western States Information Network in Sacramento, California. G-RISS is a tool that will combine information from various law enforcement resources, map criminal activities to detect trends and assist agencies by being proactive to combat these activities.
Criminal history systems: new technology and new directions
Author(s): James Threatte
Many forces are driving states to improve their current Criminal History and On-Line Criminal Justice Information Systems. The predominate factors compelling this movement are (1) the deterioration and cost of supporting older legacy systems, (2) current generation high performance, low cost hardware and system software, and (3) funding programs, such as the National Criminal History Improvement Program, which are targeted specifically at improving these important systems. In early 1996, SAIC established an Internal Research and Development project devoted to Computerized Criminal History Systems (CCH). This project began with an assessment of current hardware, operating system, and relational database technology. Application software design and development approaches were then reviewed with a focus on object-oriented approaches, three tier client server architectures, and tools that enable the `right sizing' of systems. An operational prototype of a State CCH system was established based on the results of these investigations.
Internet for law enforcement: a modern phenomena and a phenomenal tool
Author(s): Ira Wilsker
There is an existing, low cost, and widely used framework in place for both the public distribution of law enforcement information, and the secure and restricted distribution of sensitive data. That is, of course, the Internet. Already, hundreds of law enforcement agencies around the world, at all levels, are utilizing this most cost effective medium for a variety of tasks. In the public mode, now with 21 - 35 million individuals in the U.S. having access, agencies typically make available contact information, Community Oriented Policing (COPS), employment, crime prevention, DARE, police explorer, and other helpful information. Most often this information is available via WWW page, or a local BBS. Other public access is available to thousands of specialized sites, such as forensics, training, narcotics, firearms, terrorism and hate crimes, K9, police supply, traffic related, crime prevention, most wanted, missing persons, etc. Public newsgroups provide a forum for local, national, and international law enforcement issues. In the private mode, there is a wide variety of restricted mail lists providing for the exchange of information on narrowly defined topics including forensics, firearms, COPS, officer survival, and other related areas. Traditional EMail provides another cost effective method for the exchange of information, either to a specific point, or broadcast to an explicit wide audience. As a secure method of quickly exchanging information in a most cost effective way, encrypted data, typically text, files, or images, can be instantly transmitted between individuals or agencies. Commonly available encryption technology (the most commonly used is PGP, a public key encryption utility), is freely or inexpensively available. An additional Internet benefit available to the law enforcement community, is the availability of software. Currently available is a variety of accident investigation, crime scene, dispatch, maintenance, evidence tracking, and other useful software. This software can typically be downloaded and updated for free, or for a nominal cost. It is imperative that more agencies make use of this valuable resource; while hundreds are, thousands are not.
Improving patrol officer effectiveness and productivity by empowering them with information technology: a new look at mobile computing
Author(s): Ralph E. Ioimo
This paper looks specifically at computers and information systems and their effects on the patrol force. Current mobile computing solutions provided to patrol do very little to enhance their productivity. Empowering police officers in the field with mobile computing software that enables them to access critical secondary data improves effectiveness and increases productivity.
Remote data entry and retrieval for law enforcement
Author(s): Bohdan R. Kwasowsky; Gerard T. Capraro; Gerald B. Berdan; Christopher T. Capraro
Law enforcement personnel need to capture and retrieve quality multimedia data in `real time' while in the field. This is not done today, for the most part. Most law enforcement officers gather data on handwritten forms and retrieve data via voice communications or fax. This approach is time consuming, costly, prone to errors, and may require months before some data are entered into a usable law enforcement database. With advances in the computing and communications industries, it is now possible to communicate with anyone using a laptop computer or personal digital assistant (PDA), given a phone line, an RF modem, or cellular capability. Many law enforcement officers have access to laptop computers within their vehicles and can stay in touch with their command center and/or retrieve data from local, state, or federal databases. However, this same capability is not available once they leave the vehicle or if the officer is on a beat, motorcycle, or horseback. This paper investigates the issues and reviews the state of the art for integrating a PDA into the gathering and retrieving of multimedia data for law enforcement.
Information path: a roadmap to questions
Author(s): Thomas H. Carr
This presentation addresses the information continuum from local through federal systems to provide a perspective for local through regional needs. The collection, organization, management, and exploitation of information as we move along this span provide distinct, but related, criteria for systems at the various levels within an overall framework. The requirements for local, state, and regional systems stand out in contrast. The experiences at the Washington/Baltimore HIDTA in dealing with the definition, development, and implementation of capabilities which have been based on modularity, interoperability, supportability, and affordability are used to demonstrate issues and approaches.
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consider what might result from the legalization of "medical marijuana"—clearly the will of the people in at least six states. The herb would instantly fall under drastic new regulations from "Above" (the AMA, the courts, insurance companies, etc.). Monsanto would probably acquire the DNA patents and "intellectual ownership" of the plant's genetic structure. Laws would probably be tightened against illegal marijuana for "recreational uses." Smokers would be defined (by law) as "sick." As a commodity, Cannabis would soon be denatured like other legal psychotropics such as coffee, tobacco, or chocolate.
I wholeheartedly agree with legalisation for medical users - if it will do for you what medication will not, or will not without undesirable side effects then it should be a persons right to choose this as a potential solution - Though actually smoking it somewhat defeats the purpose, because even for terminal patients, it would only make ones lifespan potentially shorter and more fraught with potential (other) health issues.
Though vapourisation, preparation or tinctures and extractions for edibles are easy options and comparatively far healthier than combustion/inhalation of carcinogens.
Of course, having said that I believe if it was legalised for medical users the people to suffer further laws/prohibition would predominately be the recreational users...but of course, what can you expect in this regard?
I would hope in this case though for the sake of the legitimate medical users, that this wouldn't make a difference, eg, if the perception was that every medical user was just someone looking to score weed and get high it may become a pretty arduous process for the legitimately sick/infirm to obtain it for themselves.
Personally - I'm behind overall legalisation...not having to go to a dealer etc would be great, lead less people down the road of trying other chemical illicit substances and so forth (In my personal weed appreciator experience weed is not at all a gateway drug, but many a dealer has opened the gate to whatever other CRAP they're selling), make knowledge and provision more an issue of parental control/discretion than leaving it to someone that would sell stuff to a kid with little to no moral issues about doing that at all.
Not to mention 9 times out of 10 these people are annoying, unreliable, lazy, and then you get to associate with them and others that you'd usually have nothing to do with.
Unfortunately, in most cases obtaining the plant is a matter of a certain amount of immersion in the criminal element, I do not think this should be the case.
I hate, HATE supporting the industry which is why I would encourage those who indulge to consider gardening and self supply as an *alternative/lesser evil* etc, if they were so inclined.
After all, at least then you'd only be a criminal by definition of an unconstitutional law, not by your associations.
So they need to not legalize it, but reclassify it as un-illegalized. ie, returns to being considered a normal plant like all others. However what about declared weed status. I immagine that even if this plant were not ever made illegal it would still be illegal to grow in many states in Oz and infact many places throughout the world simply do too it's weedy tendencies. Just like in W.A. trich's are a declared noxious weed along the same loines of blackberry. Compelling landowners to attempt to destroy infestations.
Just a thought, but yeah I don't want legalization.
Look how illegal growing ur own tobacco is for example. I'd prefer to get busted under current legislation for growing a commercial MJ crop over commercial tobacco crop anyday.
Monsanto would probably acquire the DNA patents and "intellectual ownership" of the plant's genetic structure.
Now that's the part that's fucked up..."ownership"
Goodness me, when will humans learn...?
i tend to agree with most his points, although i'd still support medical users' access to government sanctioned, GM'd, denatured cannabis products coz for some it's the only option, and the best medication. legal dispensaries are popping up fast in the US and i imagine it doesn't affect the underground too much. but yes un-illegalisation is probably best for all.
the relief of suffering, or a stoners narcissitic wish to get high?
Where in Australia is Cannabis legal for medical use?
Marinol was trialed but was droped as it cost something like $2000 per script, and you had to be dying of Aids or cancer to qualify.
Would LOVE some details please as I dont think the TGA has ever allowed any cannabis or any parts of cannabis to be used in Australia.
Seems like a sort of backward argument that legalisation will result in less research... the very little ligitimate research they give into the illegal drugs is piss poor and one of the reasons for continued poor legislation.
I think legalisation means they will be researching more because its now a 'medicine'.
Maurice I'd also like to hear where in this country you think ingesting the stuff is legal for...anything?
To me this seems like America realising that they are losing the battle, at least with weed, and can make some killer cash by regulating the distribution (probably with incredible prejudice but I say that with no evidence... I can just imagine it being easier for a middle-upper class white american to get a script than his lower socioeconomically positioned minority group brother).
you dont have to be sick/in the body!!! to go and get served alchohol and get pissed blind do you??
supply. GW Pharmaceuticals are not allowed to promote this, so you are not going to see any advertisements or read about it in newspapers.
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Personally I believe the plant should be legal to grow but beyond that it'd be subject to restrictions (you couldn't sell it/smoke it in public, etc.) but the live plant and seeds would ALWAYS be legal to grow and possess!
people should be left to their devices without threats of imposition, unless they are physically threatening the peace.
a wise culture rarely needs to punish its citizens.
better methods of investigation would grow out of the understanding of the inherent value in the individual learning process, and maturation of citizens, as opposed to attempting to draw generalizations and limiting the experience to only that which is interpersonal.
punishment is bad, that's why its punishment.
Also I just found out that there are only 4 pescriptions currently in Australia for Sativex as most Dr's are to scared of the AMA!
DOCTORS want approval to use marijuana to help treat Victorian patients suffering multiple sclerosis.
If successful it would be the first time permission has been given for the drug's legal use in prescription medicine in Australia.
The push to trial a liquid marijuana-based mouth spray to ease the symptoms and pain of MS sufferers is being led by a doctor from the Royal Melbourne Hospital's neurology department.
The doctor is expected to lodge a formal request with the hospital's ethics committee when it next meets.
He wants to be able to prescribe Sativex, a drug developed in the UK by GW Pharmaceuticals, a company established specifically to develop cannabis-based prescription medicines.
According to the company's website there is no evidence that patients obtain a high such as those experienced by marijuana smokers.
The most common side-effects of Sativex are sleepiness, nausea, and dizziness.
The drug is widely used in the UK, Canada and Spain, and is being tested in the US.
It is claimed Sativex helps alleviate pain and other debilitating symptoms associated with advanced MS, including tremors and loss of movement control and bladder control.
It is also being prescribed to cancer patients in some countries for pain relief and has been tested on patients suffering rheumatoid arthritis and neuropathic pain.
It is understood the doctor from the Royal Melbourne contacted Victoria's Health Department late last year seeking advice on making an application to use the drug to treat MS patients.
"The prescribing medical practitioner is currently going through the process of applying for approval from the hospital's Human Research Ethics Committee," she said.
"However the state can give its approval prior to the drug receiving Commonwealth consent and TGA approval."
The process requires doctors to provide their qualifications as well as patients' details, including diagnosis and intended dosage of the medicine.
A Royal Melbourne Hospital spokesman said it would not be unexpected for a doctor to seek permission to use a drug that has been successful in other countries.
The Herald Sun also reveals the Therapeutic Goods Administration recently approved four applications by a Victorian doctor to use the same drug to treat a rare neurological condition.
The "special access scheme" enables unregistered drugs to be used in very limited circumstances for a specific patient with their consent.
"There are no others applications current and Sativex is not registered in Australia," a TGA spokesman said.
MS Australia's Dr Bill Carroll said any drug that gave sufferers relief was worth a try.
"We are looking forward to the results of rigorous testing that must take place in order to determine whether this drug will be effective in helping people living with this disease," he said.
MS sufferer Robert Pask said he was encouraged by the possibility of any new drugs that could help manage his disease.
"I'll be waiting to see the results of the trials to determine whether this drug may help relieve pain, which is one of my most debilitating symptoms," he said.
Sativex uses cannabinoids and other pharmacologically active components taken from cannabis plants grown in secure glasshouses at a secret location in the UK.
The cannabis-based substances are classified as Schedule 9 under the Victorian drugs and poisons schedule.
By law, medical practitioners must apply to the Secretary of the Health Department for a permit to administer them.


The Unvarnished Truth demonstrates the ways in which art historians, conservators, and conservation scientists advance understanding of a painting's physical history. This series of talks by some of the show's contributors elucidates the ways in which these avenues of inquiry support each other.
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If you've faced family hardship, are open for adventure, or desire a journey that leads from chaos to calm, this book is for you.Whisper Mama opens in Harrisburg, Oregon, on an August evening in 1925 in the aftermath of a train crash that kills nine-year-old Evelyn Castle's family. Although shattered, left alone to navigate the world on her own, she finds a way to survive.Part II takes us to the Oregon Coast in the 1950s, where we meet eight-year-old Elin, Evelyn's youngest daughter. A forever tomboy, she takes the reader on her own critter-filled journey, and through her struggles under the violent hand of her father. All she wants in life is to feel love and to belong.
Part III introduces Elin's seven-year-old daughter, Lu, in the 1960s. Bashful, yet strong, she feels the need to protect herself and her siblings from the ugly intentions of others. She's in a constant search for calm, for a world she can trust in. She carries the story through, circling back to her beloved grandmother.The generations come together in Part IV in Dallas, Oregon, in 1985. As Lu, now in her twenties, is beckoned home for a heartfelt visit with her mother and grandmother.


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The company's turnaround-artist CEO hasn't fixed the company, but he's already making a difference.
After sinking to less than $14 in early July, RadioShack's (NYSE:RSH) stock has surged to almost $19. In fact, on yesterday's preliminary earnings announcement, the stock increased by 12%. There's no doubt the company has made significant progress. Yet investors should note that there are still underlying problems for the long term.
The company's CEO, Julian Day, took charge last summer, and he's has wasted little time in restructuring operations. He has a top-notch track record for turnarounds, including his performance at Kmart, now part of Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:SHLD), and his successful stint at Safeway (NYSE:SWY).
His formula is fairly straightforward -- cutting costs via layoffs, store closings, and improved inventory management -- and it's working. For the fourth quarter, the company expects net income to exceed its the $51 million it reaped in the year-ago period.
RadioShack's problems lie on its top line. In the fourth quarter, RadioShack suffered from a 7.8% decline in same-store sales. True, the company suffered a negative impact because of contract changes with wireless carriers. But even factoring that out, same-store sales still fell 5.5%.
Unfortunately, while Day is saying the right things, such as "It is not our intention to chase unprofitable business," he sees continued weakness in 2007. Things may have to get a bit worse before they get a lot better.
Simply put, RadioShack has little mindshare with consumers. It cannot offer the breadth of major electronics retailers such as Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) and Circuit City (NYSE:CC). Moreover, it does not have the kind of differentiation of specialty retailers such as GameStop (NYSE:GME).
It does seem that the company has stabilized, with its cash balance increasing from $225 million to $450 million over the past year. However, that cash flow will start to suffer if sales continue to fall.
Basically, Day needs to rethink RadioShack's format -- and perhaps even change the company's name. Any fixes he makes will take more than a few quarters; most likely, we're looking at a couple of years.
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We calculate net interest income by adding the interest and dividends we earn from loans and securities, and subtracting the interest we pay on deposits and other liabilities.
Net interest income is calculated on a taxable equivalent basis (TEB), which means that the value of non-taxable or tax-exempt income such as dividends is adjusted to its equivalent before tax value. This allows us to measure income from all securities and loans consistently and makes for a more meaningful comparison of net interest income with other institutions.
Net interest income (TEB) was $5,522 million in 2002, a year-over-year increase of $886 million or 19%. Net interest income reported by TD Securities increased by $610 million as compared with the prior year, primarily related to the $605 million increase in interest income from trading securities. Net interest income at TD Canada Trust increased by $107 million as compared with the prior year. The increase at TD Canada Trust was attributable to personal loan volumes, excluding securitizations, which increased by $5 billion, and the net interest margin improvement of four basis points to 3.42%.
Net interest income (TEB) was $4,636 million in 2001, a year-over-year increase of $832 million or 22%. The increase in net interest income was a result of a $3 billion increase in TD Canada Trust's personal loan volumes, excluding securitizations, and the full year impact of Canada Trust, compared with only nine months in fiscal 2000. In addition, an increased level of interest income from trading activity at TD Securities generated an increase in total net interest income.


Exclamation(1) used to express satisfaction, triumph, or surprise.
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World Museum celebrates 50th anniversary of the moon landing with Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Liverpool's World Museum celebrates 50th anniversary of the moon landing with Astronomy Photographer of the Year
A half century on from the moon landing, visitors to Liverpool's World Museum this spring are invited to experience an Earth's-eye-view of the universe in the exhibition, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, opening 3 May to 1 September 2019.
It features 100 awe-inspiring photographs that include the winners and shortlisted images from the 2018 competition.
The competition is organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich. In 2018, more than 4,200 entries from amateur and professional photographers from 91 countries were received. Images selected for the exhibition feature a mesmerising mosaic of the Great Orion and the Running Man Nebula; a magical scene of an Aurora Borealis exploding over the south coast of Iceland and a solar transit of the International Space Station between the massive sunspots AR 12674 and AR 12673.
Senior Curator, Dr Geraldine Reid says, "The Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition is hugely popular. The exhibition celebrates the very best in astrophotography from around the world. Each year it produces images that broaden our perception of the universe and year on year, shows its diverse and wonderful beauty."
"During the run of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on 20 July 1969. Its timing couldn't be more perfect, and where else, but World Museum to enjoy such dazzling images?"
2018 judges included artist Sarah Pickering, comedian and keen amateur astronomer Jon Culshaw and Editor of BBC Sky at Night Magazine Chris Bramley, alongside a host of experts in the worlds of art and astronomy.
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As well as Astronomy Photographer of the Year there will be a free programme of events and activities for visitors to enjoy at World Museum, including the Space gallery where they can get up close to rockets, telescopes, meteorites and moon rocks. In the immersive, full-dome Planetarium, visitors can travel through space and time and discover the universe and its marvels – tickets, adult £3, child £2, National Museums Liverpool Members go free.
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ILM is one of the most prestigious visual effects companies in the business and their hard work on Marvel's The Avengers landed them on Oscar nomination. The company has been releasing various behind-the-scenes videos on their work for a while and two videos in particular detail the creation of The Hulk for the film. Check out part one and the newly-released part two below.
"Creating The Hulk for Marvel's "The Avengers" was a daunting task but it would have been infinitely more challenging had we not been able to partner with actor Mark Ruffalo to capture a performance worthy of the green guy. Learn more about the process from ILM's lead talent on the film," the company says.


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Category 2006 Issue 3Posted on October 2, 2006 March 23, 2015
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Comedic Musical for Alumni
CABARET SHOW Singer/songwriter Karen Gross '01 entertained a full house–including local Wesleyan alumni–with her cabaretstyle performance, Sex and the Single Singer, at the Tin Angel, a prestigious music venue in Philad…
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SCHOLAR ATHLETE: Disciplined Effort
Last year Wesleyan quarterback Zach Librizzi '08 led NESCAC in total offensive yardage (averaging 195 yards a game) while pursuing a major in biology. When he's not soaking up organic chemistry, his favorite course so fa…
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Perspectives of an Independent Volunteer, Lindsay Clarke '05 Dschang, Cameroon Where I live, I am a rare specimen: la blanche, ndege, white woman, depending on which language you speak. Most people in my community are …
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Although the United States may go broke importing Chinese goods, our appetite for Chinese ideas does not extend much beyond acupuncture and Tai Chi. That's unfortunate, says Associate Professor of Philosophy Steve Angle…
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Writers' Conference Celebrates Its 50
In the years since manual typewriters and whiteout gave way to laptops, one fact of the writing life has not changed. Writers still need to learn from each other the old-fashioned way: in the flesh, one on one. …
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Monday, November 13, 2017, 2:37 PM
Lawfare is pleased to announce the publication of a new paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: The Art of the Cover Up: Watergate, by Philip B. Heymann, law professor at Harvard Law School and former Deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration.
A Special Prosecutor is appointed and empowered to find the facts about a crime by a high official. For obvious reasons, the appointment is an invitation to dramatic and public political battle. Even reliable accusations of crimes by a President—and the threat to the rule of law that ignoring them would pose—are fought with all the powers of his Administration. If the accusation is really reliable, the President's aim is to obscure the truth and to hide the facts. He sees the Special Prosecutor as a danger to his continuing to hold the highest office in the most powerful nation in the world. The President has at his disposal: (1) a significant amount of trust by the citizens who elected him; (2) the intense loyalty of those aides who may have participated in the alleged crimes and may fear prosecution; (3) the capacity to maintain secrecy of records; (4) and the political apparatus to campaign to build distrust of the Special Prosecutor himself.
We have good reasons to entrust the investigation and trial to a Special Prosecutor with special resources rather than to whatever U.S. Attorney is located where the crimes may have taken place. The latter will not have the staffing, the experience, and the trust of even those fearful of the disruption caused by the prosecution of a President or his close aides. Nor may a U.S. Attorney enjoy the same level of support of a court and a grand jury, and a capacity of the same breadth to charge prospective witnesses in any trial against the President with crimes they have committed and to promise benefits in sentencing if they cooperate against the President.
The contest typically takes place at four levels. There is a contest for witnesses—the President relying on the loyalty of those he has hired as well as any hopes they have for benefit from the Administration; the Special Prosecutor relying far more on the fear of prison sentences that could be alleviated only by providing testimony for the Special Prosecutor. The second battle ground is in the fight for the support of the court in obtaining evidence despite Presidential claims of national security or executive privilege. Third, the battle is carried out in public. Each of the two parties is fighting for trust, and the President is struggling to cast suspicion on the Special Prosecutor and his supporters. This is a fight of the President to be seen as victim rather than as perpetrator. The final stage is likely to involve an effort of the President to destroy, and the effort of the Special Prosecutor to preserve, the Special Prosecutor's public trust, his legal authority, his alliances, and to destroy or disband the very office he has been trusted to run fairly and effectively.
The appointment of Archibald Cox as Watergate Special Prosecutor triggered all four stages of this contest against a once popular President Nixon. Special Prosecutor Mueller is in a contest in the same four stages against President Trump. A close look at how these played out at the time of Watergate may throw some light on how they are likely to turn out in our time of Russian interference in the process of election of a U.S. President.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin Launches September 2019 on PC, Mac, PS4, Switch, Xbox One
by Ryan Pearson | @rppokepower on March 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM, EDT
Microids have announced the release date for Blacksad: Under the Skin.
For those unfamiliar, Blacksad is a french comic (though written and drawn by two Spaniards, Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido respectively). The comic is heavily inspired by detective film noir. It takes place in 1950s America, but with anthropomorphic characters.
Developed by Pendulo Studios and YS Interactive, early screenshots from the adventure game seem to indicate the plot is original, but with elements from the first Blacksad comic "Somewhere Within the Shadows." You can find them below:
Blacksad: Under the Skin will launch September 2019 on Windows PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


The Packers made a move this morning that solidifies who will be Aaron Rodger's back-up at quarterback this season. Multiple media outlets are reporting Green Bay has traded Brett Hundley to the Seattle Seahawks for a 2019 draft pick. That pick is expected to be a 6th rounder. Hundley played 11 games for Green Bay last year, throwing for 9 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and a passer rating of 70.6. DeShone Kizer will now be Rodger's back-up.


Announce: CSGOFade.Net Will be back online as a Multi JackPot platform!
After some time we come back with new forces and new systems, as the title says the CSGOFade website will be back online as a Multi JackPot platform soon.
A special system for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive trade, this means we will accept these items / skins.
We will accept all game items available on Steam, of course, if we have a price for that items.
Stay frosty and wait for it.
The official redirect link of CSGOFade to the network it's http://csgofade.vip/ check it out.
Thank you for your time, have a nice day, dear friend.
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Steven Kirstein commented on Brett Sutherlin's blog post To Price or Not to Price: That is the Question!
"Are there any actual studies that have been done on this important topic that would support one "theory" over another with actual data? There are a lot of variables in the assumptions each "theory" provides - one would…"
Ralph Paglia commented on Brett Sutherlin's blog post To Price or Not to Price: That is the Question!
"Your first theory will result in more total sales, and opportunities... Your second theory will generate less sales totals, but result in a higher closing ratio on leads received from the affected websites."


THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL!!
Depending upon where you are in life, the light at the end of the tunnel may be near or far. Getting to that light may not depend upon your circumstances. It may be totally within your control to see it more closely.
For some people that light might represent their children becoming of age. They may feel as though the light they are waiting for is one that signals the END of their total responsibility for their children. It could also be the check up after a serious illness that shows good health has returned! That is a feeling I know only too well.
Nine years ago I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. As a result I underwent surgery that resulted in a complete mastectomy with reconstruction at the same time. It would be two years of visiting the doctor every three to six months before I would see the light. Every time I pulled into the parking lot of the hospital, I would feel my heart race. My pulse and blood pressure would rise dramatically.
I used to try and keep myself calm in between visits by walking with my dog. We would walk a mile or two every day. Our spot was on the beach. There was a walkway that spread two plus miles long. And on days when my mind was in the depths of darkness we would finish it's length. The tunnel I was in seemed as though it would never end. And in my mind I was not in a fight or battle but the subject of an attack by a predator.
Every post-op visit, reminded me that the invasion might NOT be over. In 2009 two years after my surgery, the doctor told me I only had to come once a year. I saw a glimpse of light. I remember feeling as though it couldn't be possible. I broke down in tears. I stayed in the parking lot for a half an hour after that visit. The darkness of the tunnel was at an end and the light was brighter than ever.
Since then I have lived in the light. I no longer permit tunnels in my life unless they are completely out of my control. People and events are not allowed to create any form of limitations on what I can do or achieve. Where I was once a person who allowed others to dictate my actions, I am now fully under my own control.
There are many things I still want to achieve, and I am on the road to fulfilling those goals. The tunnel at this point is behind me and I walk only towards the light! YOU can too!! Decide today that what YOU want is important and of value!


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Marissa Ditkowsky
Students traveling to Israel face dilemma
by Marissa Ditkowsky | 12/03/2012
Following the recent escalation between Israel and Gaza and the agreement to implement a ceasefire on Nov.
BTV shoots for revival
Brandeis Television has lost some of its funding this year following controversy last fall about the club's questionable use of secured funds.
Sage outage causes disturbance, but is ultimately harmless
Last Tuesday, Rebecca Brooks '13 attempted to register for classes for the spring 2013 semester at 2 p.m. However, she, along with many students on campus, was unable to so during her allotted time slot due to technical difficulties on the sage system.	According to John Unsworth, vice provost for Library and Technology Services?and Brandeis' chief information officer, the technical difficulties arose at about 11 a.m., approximately one hour after the first registration appointment.	"Nearly 30 percent more people were connecting to sage on Tuesday than in either of the previous two years ... [S]tudents who, in past years, had prepared for registration the day before registration opened were not doing that on Monday of this week, because of the hurricane, and that bumped up the load from course-shopping on Tuesday," wrote Unsworth in an email to the Justice.	In addition to the delays in course selection in advance caused by Hurricane Sandy, according to Unsworth, enrollment, and therefore the number of students attempting to log onto sage, increased.	"[W]e did have about 30 percent more enrollments, as well as more logins," said Unsworth, "so it appears we had both more students course-shopping and more students enrolling than in past years," said Unsworth.	"Because I am a senior, I need one more P.E.
Visiting professors lecture on Mormon feminism
At the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute in the Epstein Building, participants gathered last Thursday for a presentation on "The Faces of Eve: Varieties of Mormon Feminism" led by anthropologist and Prof.
Several groups host panel, conversation on Zionism
On Oct. 11 at 7 p.m., members of the Brandeis community joined in the International Lounge of the Usdan Student Center to attend "A to Zionism," an event designed to provoke discussion on Zionism.	The event, sponsored by the Brandeis Israel Public Affairs Committee, Hillel, J Street U and Brandeis Visions for Israel in an Evolving World featured three panel members, doubling as conversational facilitators in discussion on Zionism.	Panelists Rachel Fish, associate director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies; Stoll Family Chair in Israel Studies and Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Prof.
Local politicians come to campus, urge involvement
On Sept. 29, the Brandeis College Democrats hosted "The Engaged Citizen of 2012" in the Mandel Center for the Humanities, featuring four speakers with significant roles in the political arena in order to encourage students to become involved in the upcoming election.	Speakers included Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party John Walsh; Mayor Setti Warren of Newton, Mass.; Executive Director of Governor of Massachusetts Deval Patrick's Deval Patrick Committee and the Together PAC Alex Goldstein '06 and Massachusetts State Representative Tackey Chan '95.	Walsh encouraged event attendees to not only become involved and educated voters, but to consider running for a political position in the future.


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The "Disgrace of Gijón" is the name given to a 1982 FIFA World Cup football match played between West Germany and Austria at the El Molinón stadium in Gijón, Spain, on 25 June 1982.  The match was the sixth and last game of the first-round Group 2, with the fifth game occurring on the previous day.

Due to the tiebreaker rules in the group stage, a West German win by one or two goals would ensure that both Austria and West Germany advanced to the next round. West Germany scored the only goal in the first 10 minutes of the match, which progressively deteriorated to a virtual halt in the second half.  Despite widespread condemnation and a formal complaint lodged by Algeria – who was consequently eliminated – FIFA ruled that neither team had broken any rules.  West German player Hans-Peter Briegel later admitted the match was fixed.

Following this match, along with similar matches at the previous World Cup in Argentina, FIFA subsequently revised the group system for future tournaments so that the final two games in each group would be played simultaneously. This change made it highly difficult, if not impossible, for teams to engage in match-fixing, since teams would not know what result was required ahead of time.

In German, the match is known as  (lit. "Non-aggression pact of Gijón") or  (lit. "Disgrace of Gijón"), while in Algeria it is called  (, "Scandal of Gijón"); it is also satirically referred to as the  (a reference to the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938).

Background
Note: 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw, first tie-breaker is goal difference.

Algeria began their campaign by recording a surprising 2–1 win over West Germany on the opening day, described as the "greatest World Cup upset since North Korea beat Italy in 1966", and as "one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history". Algeria became the first African or Arab team to defeat a European team at the FIFA World Cup. They then went on to lose 0–2 to Austria before beating Chile 3–2 in their final match. Algeria's victory over Chile made them the first ever African or Arab team to win twice at a World Cup.

As Algeria played that final match the day before West Germany met Austria, the two European teams knew what result they needed in order to qualify for the next round. Any West German win by one or two goals would see both West Germany and Austria qualify based on goal differential tiebreaker. A West German victory by four goals or more would see West Germany and Algeria qualify.  A West German win by exactly three goals would send Austria and Algeria to the next tiebreaker (goals scored), where Austria would need to score at least two goals in defeat to advance in this scenario. West Germany would be eliminated with a loss or draw.

Match

Summary
After ten minutes of furious attack, West Germany succeeded in scoring through a goal by Horst Hrubesch after a cross from the left. After the goal was scored, the team in possession of the ball often passed between themselves in their own half until an opposition player came into the vicinity of the ball, then the ball was passed back to the goalkeeper. Isolated long balls were played into the opposition's half, with little consequence. There were few tackles, and both sets of players flamboyantly missed with apparently no attempt at accuracy whenever they shot on goal. The only Austrian player who seemed to make any effort at livening the game up was Walter Schachner, though he had little success, while one of the few serious attempts on net was made by Wolfgang Dremmler of West Germany.

This performance was widely deplored by all observers. West German ARD commentator Eberhard Stanjek at one point refused to commentate on the game any longer. Austrian commentator Robert Seeger bemoaned the spectacle, and asked viewers to turn off their television sets. George Vecsey, a New York Times journalist, stated that the teams "seemed to work in concert", though added that proving such would be impossible. El Comercio, the local newspaper, printed the match report in its crime section.

Likewise, many spectators were not impressed and voiced their disgust with the players. Chants of "" ("Out, out!"), "" ("Algeria, Algeria!"), and "" ("Let them kiss, let them kiss!", which is commonly used at weddings) were shouted by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. The match was criticized even by the West German and Austrian fans who had hoped for a hot rematch of the 1978 World Cup match, the so-called "Miracle of Córdoba", in which Austria had beaten West Germany; one West German fan burned the national flag in protest.

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Aftermath

With West Germany's 1–0 victory, they joined Austria and Algeria with four points in three matches. The teams were separated by goal difference, with West Germany and Austria progressing to the next round of the tournament at the expense of Algeria. The match-fixing saw Austria give up their opportunity to be first in the group (by winning or drawing the match) in exchange for a sure opportunity to advance. The bargaining positions of the two teams were affected by West Germany being in danger of elimination if they failed to win, but also being the better team. By coming second in the group, Austria's second-stage group was France and Northern Ireland. West Germany's opponents were hosts Spain and England who had previously beaten France. Also, for three of the starting players (Horst Hrubesch for West Germany, Josef Degeorgi and Roland Hattenberger for Austria), an additional incentive to avoid aggressive play was that they had been previously booked in their respective teams' first two games. Under the rules then in force, an additional yellow card for any of them in the final group match would have resulted in them serving an automatic one-match ban to start the second round.

After the match, the West German team went back to their hotel where they were met by furious spectators who threw eggs and other projectiles at them; the West Germans returned fire with water bombs. German and Austrian television commentators were so appalled at the match that they urged viewers on live television to stop watching the match and watch something else. The Algerian football officials lodged an official protest. In addition, the president of the Algerian Football Federation opined that referee Bob Valentine should have intervened and his failure to do so was worthy of complaint. However, FIFA considered that no rules were broken as a result of the match, and declined to take any action. Both teams denied any collusion during the match. West Germany manager Jupp Derwall defended his team from the criticism, pointing out that Uli Stielike and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge were both unfit. The West Germans made it to the final, where they lost to Italy 3–1. Austria fell at the next group stage, to the benefit of eventual fourth-place finishers France.

As a result of the game, from the World Cup 1986 onward, the final pair of group matches in World Cups always start at the same time.

Later journalists have taken another look at the match, wondering if claims of "non-aggression" are exaggerated. In The Irish Times, Rob Smyth wrote that "The 10 minutes after Hrubesch's goal would even be described as exhilarating in some cultures, with Wolfgang Dremmler forcing a fine save from Friedrich Koncilia (the second and final shot on target in the match) and Paul Breitner missing two good chances. The game slows down towards half-time, principally because the hitherto dominant Germany start to play on the counterattack. Hrubesch would have had a clear shooting chance in the 57th minute had he not hopelessly miscontrolled Felix Magath's expert chip. As late as the 77th minute, when the game was losing what edge it had, Bernd Krauss broke into the box and forced a desperate clearance from Hans-Peter Briegel. A goal then would have put West Germany out."

Almost 25 years after the World Cup in Spain, former German player Hans-Peter Briegel acknowledged that his team arranged a victory over Austria (1–0) in the first phase, which classified the two teams and eliminated the African team. In an interview for the newspaper 'Al Ittihad', from the United Arab Emirates, Briegel confirmed what everyone suspected since that 25 June 1982 at the El Molinón stadium. "Yes, I apologize for that," said the 51-year-old former Kaiserslautern defender.

See also
 Thailand 3–2 Indonesia, where an Indonesian defender deliberately scored an own goal so his team did not have to face the host Vietnam in the semi-finals of the 1998 Tiger Cup.
 AS Adema 149–0 SO l'Emyrne, where SO l'Emyrne players deliberately scored 149 own goals in protest of refereeing decisions that had gone against them in the previous match.
 Barbados 4–2 Grenada, where a Barbadian defender deliberately scored an own goal so his team could win by two goals in extra-time, according to an unconventional golden goal rule.
 Spain 12–1 Malta, where Spain qualified to Euro 1984 because of a better goal difference than Netherlands. Accusations of match fixing and drugging were made, but not proven.
 Coventry City 2–2 Bristol City, the final match for both sides in the 1977 English First Division. With five minutes remaining, players received news of a Sunderland defeat which meant a draw would save both Coventry and Bristol from relegation. Both sides stopped attempting to score for the final five minutes.

References

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For six weeks during the summer of 2015, 40 LGBTQ youth and youth allies, ages 14-18, interned at The Attic, working together to learn and share about the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the history of systemic oppression in America. This project is a reflection of their work and experiences as young LGBTQ people of color, and discussions regarding how they can educate others and make change happen.
Participants will be using the anthology, Octavia's Brood, current news stories, and science fiction media to examine alternate ideas about society that run counter to the current systems and narratives under which we currently live.
The mission statement of the #blacklivesmatter movement lifts up the many lenses of black experience, and demands justice for the countless black lives that have been lost to police violence and a broken judicial system. Together, the youth in this group will determine what this mission statement means to them, and what they want to do to take action.
Theater of the Oppressed is a method of improvisational theater that uses games and activities to explore systems of power, personal stories and ways to make change. In this group, youth will devise first-person theater that lift up the experiences of LGBTQ youth of color in Philadelphia. The group will experiment with pop up public performances and youth-led ways to speak out against injustice.
A radio storytelling/mini-podcast series created by participants. Youth will explore their own experience with systemic oppression, listen and learn from their peers, and use their voices to resist the world as it is and envision/create a new one.
links to Making a Change Radio.
You can find all 10 episodes here. Read the descriptions. Click on the title of the piece you'd like to listen to. Engage your minds and hearts. And don't forget to share what you like on social media!
Be sure to check out the bios page here.
Naiia presented the radio series at PhillyCam's National Radio Day Event. In addition to representing The Attic, she introduced the episode Convo on the Po-Po. PhillyCam definitely wants to air radio work from The Attic once their LPFM radio station is up and running later this Fall.
In this group we talk about the Health Care System and the history of and current day oppression of Black people and Black bodies within the system. We will compare the United States' Health Care System in which insurance and pharmaceutical companies seek to make a profit off of denying or impeding people's care with countries with socialized medicine. We will explore HIV as a Black Lives Matters issue as well as HIV activism. We'll have HIV and STD 101 and move towards a campaign created by youth in which a piece of systemic oppression is outlined, addressed, and responded to through a medium chosen by and for youth. Guest facilitators will be a part of our exploration into this topic.
PΘΣTential is a poetic "call to action" group focusing on the portrayal of black/brown lives in the media. Youth in this group will be creating poems that will move from the page to the stage in order to embody the change they wish to be in the world.


With mountainous backdrops and beautiful foliage, Ruidoso, New Mexico certainly knows how to celebrate the fall season. New Mexico is stunning in the fall with cooler temperatures and gorgeous landscapes leaving visitors speechless.
Welcome the season at Ruidoso's annual AspenFest Festival, an autumn celebration filled with delicious drinks, gourmet foods, and exclusive crafts.
Line up along the streets of midtown around 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 for a morning parade sure to get you in the mood for celebrating. With a "Ruidoso as a Triple Crown Community" theme, you will get a feel for the caring community surrounding Ruidoso through amusing floats and engaging entertainers. The parade begins at the top of Sudderth and Mechem and stops in front of the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Once the parade ends, head to Wingfield Park to immerse yourself in activities from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Delight your ears with live, local music featuring the skill and heart of Ruidoso's finest performers. Fill your belly with local cuisine and wash it down with wine, craft beer, or spirits. Numerous crafters and artists spread out their wares in Wingfield Park, showing off their artisanship. The variety of vendors will give guests many specialty items to see and purchase, including gourmet chocolates and handmade crafts.
General admission only costs $5, while spending a little extra ($15) gains you festival entry, a wine/beer tasting, and a complimentary wine glass. Kids under 16 can enjoy this event free of charge.
As the popular AspenFest Festival approaches along with many other exciting events, don't forget to book your stay at Innsbrook Village Country Club and Resort where you can stay in style and comfort during the weekend of AspenFest.