text:
StarCraft II er efterfølgeren til Blizzard Entertainments StarCraft, der blev udgivet den 27. juli 2010, til Microsoft Windows og Mac. StarCraft II fortsætter fortællingen om den intergalaktiske krig mellem zerg, protoss og terran, der ligesom sit modstykke WarCraft overgik fra 2D til 3D. Forgængeren udkom i 1998 og dens udvidelsespakke Brood War i 1999. Spillet har dog fået en del kritik for ikke at være tro nok mod originalen, samt ødelægge historien en smule.

Gameplay
StarCraft II bygger på det klassiske real-time strategy-koncept, hvor spilleren konstruerer bygninger og træner enheder, for at gennemføre en scripted mission eller nedkæmpe sin(e) modstander(e). Konstruktion og bygning forudsætter høst af ressourcer.

Multiplayer
Multiplayer i StarCraft II foregår via Battle.net hvor man kan spille én mod én, to mod to, tre mod tre, fire mod fire. og alle mod alle med 4 spillere. Man kan lave teams med andre spillere og blive placeret i en liga hvor man møder andre spillere på samme niveau. Derudover kan man spille "Custom Games" hvor der bl.a. er specielle udgaver af de almindelige maps og mange maps der er lavat af brugere i den tilhørende Map Editor.

Eksterne henvisninger

 Det officielle StarCraft 2 websted

Referencer

Computerspil fra 2010
2
Strategispil
Macintosh-spil
Windows-spil
E-sportspil


Please consider changing the name of the 1040 tax return form to WD40. I think the company would surely be willing to pay the government to name the form after their product, much as firms like Citibank currently pay for the naming rights for sports stadiums. I mean, what's more visible, the standard annual tax form or a stadium that houses the New York Mets? This new revenue stream could do wonders for the federal deficit.
23 Feb	This entry was published on February 23, 2012 at 10:03 pm and is filed under Politics, Wisecracks.	Bookmark the permalink.	Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.


Join adventurer and explorer Ben Fogle as he explores the waterfront of Sarawak's capital city, Kuching. Ben discusses some of Sarawak's more romantic history, meets local residents and shops for feline fruit in the market. Then join Ben for dinner at Kuching's Junk Restaurant when he meets the owner and finds out the story behind the name. Visiting the waterfront, the markets and the fun restaurants are all "must do" activities when in Sarawak which offers unforgettable travel experiences. Visitors can see amazing wildlife, trek through the rainforest, swim and dive in crystal clear waters as well as enjoying superb local cuisine and accommodation. Visit www.sarawaktourism.com to learn more and see why, when it comes to Sarawak, "Adventure Lives Here!"
Screen grab shows Ben Fogle presenting the rich and romantic history of Sarawak's white rajah's (king) legacies as he sat at the Kuching Waterfront with the iconic Astana in the background.
Watch Ben's urban adventure here!


[media-credit name="Stacy Fisher" align="alignleft" width="300″] [/media-credit]On a recent sunny day after the snow had cleared and spring was at hand, Robert and Brittany Baehler decided that they wanted to build a chicken coop and load it up with baby chicks, just for the fun of it.
The Baehlers traveled to Green's Feed in Reno with their three young daughters, eight-year-old twins Merilyn and Madison, and Reagan, 5, where they bought some feed and picked up some baby chicks. "They had a special, buy a sack of feed and get five Leghorn chicks for free,"Robert shares, explaining why they made the long trip to Reno from their hometown of Westwood. The chicks were less than two weeks old when they brought them home, but they grew quickly, they discovered.
Robert keeps the growing birds inside a cage with a heating lamp nearby to keep them warm when the temperature drops. He occasionally allows them to wander a little in the house, he says.
"Meanwhile, I'm in the process of building a chicken coop in the backyard so it will be ready when they're bigger and need a larger space." When completed, the dimensions of the coop will be approximately 10 feet long by eight feet wide, and isn't expected to take more than 12 hours to finish, he estimates.
Until the coop is complete, Robert lets the chirpers outside their cage when the days are warm enough, above 55 degrees. After two or three months they will have grown enough to live in the coop.
Robert didn't need to do much design work, he says, starting from scratch he just "winged" it, keeping the coop simple and inexpensive by using scrap wood and recycling some wood pallets he collected over the years. "The pallets make good wall frames and a raised floor when covered in plywood … I also have some siding and I'll buy a few pieces of two by fours to construct a roof. We'll also place some chicken wire around the front section." He expects his out-of-pocket costs to be minimal, under $100 at most.
Raising chickens provides an opportunity for Robert to teach his daughters something about reproduction, farm life, and responsibility. But mostly they're for Merilyn, Madison, and Reagan to play with and watch grow.
Despite his daughters' objections, Robert intends to make a meal of a couple of the chickens once they've fully grown and after laying many, many eggs.
"The chicks are easy to take care of," explains Robert, "just keep the cage clean every day with new wood shavings and provide plenty of water." The kids help out a little with the cleaning, but prefer to just play with the chirping birds, finding that the more they interact with the young chicks, the more they get used to humans and being handled.
Consider how your other household pets might react to your new hatchlings before buying them. They may turn the chicks into entrees or chew toys if they see an opportunity. The Baehlers have two dogs and a cat, but they show no interest in harassing the chicks–for the time being.
Westwood residents Tim and Emily Heffley have a total of 10 chickens, all approximately one year old, divided into three separate breeds; Buff Orpington, the most popular of all varieties, Easter Eggers, which lay different colored eggs, mostly green and blue with the occasional yellow or pinkish hue, and Plymouth Barred Rock.
The previous owners already built the chicken coop on the property before the Heffleys moved in two years ago. The coop measures 12 feet long by eight feet deep by eight feet high.
Water and food is made available at all times. "We feed the chickens all-natural layer feed pellets along with alfalfa," Emily says. "They can also have leftover fruits and vegetables, as well as bread and cracked corn once in a while as a treat." The family obtains anywhere from six to nine eggs every day during the wintertime, and 10 or more in the summer, she adds. Extra eggs can be given to or traded with neighbors, or donated. In some counties, selling your homegrown eggs is permitted, but first check your local ordinances to review the rules.
In addition to eating their normal diet, chickens are great bug eaters, gulping down ticks, mosquitos, worms, and flies, not to mention they're prolific fertilizer machines for your vegetable garden!
The interior of the Heffleys' coop is separated into two sections, Emily explains. "The right side of the coop is the roosting area where they sleep, and they nest in the left section of the coop," which is divided by a wall with an open entryway. They like to be enclosed in any type of box when they lay their eggs, such as plastic crates or wooden boxes, filled with hay or straw. Wood chips also work well.
Emily says in order to keep the hens warm in the wintertime you can cook them oatmeal with warm milk, and it keeps their body temperature more comfortable, along with the use of heat lamps. They need at least 12 hours of light, whether sunlight or an artificial light source on a timer in order for them to produce eggs all winter long. Another timer is set to turn on the heat lamps in the early morning hours then shut off around sunrise.
Depending on the breed and the conditions that they're kept, chickens live around 8-10 years. The older they get, of course, the fewer eggs they lay, but think of them as being loved members of the family.


text:
\section{Introduction}
Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are a type of congenital defect affecting almost 1\% of live births \cite{Gilb16}.
Patients with severe congenital heart disease often require surgery in their childhood. It has been shown that the use of patient-specific 3D models is helpful for preoperative planning \cite{Schm15}. Such models are typically based on a segmentation of the patient's anatomy in cardiovascular MR (CMR).
However, segmentation of cardiac structures in CMR requires several hours of manual annotations \cite{Valv15}. Hence, there is a need for semi-automatic or fully automatic segmentation methods to speed up this time-consuming process and reduce the workload for clinicians.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\includegraphics[height=0.20\textwidth]{fig1a.png} \hfill
\includegraphics[height=0.20\textwidth]{fig1b.png} \hfill
\includegraphics[height=0.20\textwidth]{fig1c.png} \hfill
\includegraphics[height=0.20\textwidth]{fig1d.png} \hfill
\caption{Example cardiovascular MR data of four patients with congenital heart disease. The examples illustrate the high variability in the structure and appearance of the blood pool and myocardium. Reference annotations for the blood pool and myocardium are shown in blue and green, respectively.}
\label{fig:example}
\end{figure}

The large anatomical variability among patients poses a major challenge for (semi)automatic segmentation of CMR in CHD patients (Fig. \ref{fig:example}). Methods relying on multi-atlas based segmentation would require a highly diverse training set representing the various manifestations of CHD. Hence, local analysis based on intensity and texture might be advantageous. Pace et al. proposed a patch-based semi-automatic segmentation method that produces highly accurate segmentations, requiring one hour of manual interaction and one hour of offline processing per scan \cite{Pace15}. The label of each voxel in an image is determined based on patch similarity to manually segmented sections in the image. To eliminate any user interaction, we propose a fully automatic patch-based voxel classification method. Voxel labels are determined based on similarities to voxels in training images using a convolutional neural network (CNN).

CNNs have been widely adopted in medical image analysis for segmentation of e.g. tissue classes \cite{Moes16} and tumors \cite{Hava16} in brain MR, neuronal structures in electron-miscroscopy \cite{Ronn15} and coronary artery calcium in cardiac CT angiography \cite{Wolt16}.
A CNN labels each voxel in an image based on one or multiple patches surrounding that voxel. An effective voxel classification method should combine both local structure information and global context information. To this end, Moeskops et al. proposed a multi-scale approach using differently-sized patches extracted for every voxel \cite{Moes16}, and Ronneberger et al. used a CNN which merges information at different scales by skipping layers \cite{Ronn15}.
However, patch extraction at every voxel is time-consuming and downsampling layers affect the output resolution and translational equivariance, meaning that the exact output may depend on the positioning of the input.

Recently, stacks of dilated convolutions have been proposed for image segmentation \cite{Yu15}. Such stacks aggregate features at multiple scales through convolutional layers with very few parameters, thereby avoiding problems such as overfitting, while generating high resolution output images with translation equivariance. The promise of a large receptive field with few trainable parameters is particularly interesting in medical imaging, where data sets are often small. In this work, we use CNNs with dilated convolutions to automatically segment CMR images of CHD patients.

\section{Data}
The method was developed and evaluated within the framework of the MICCAI Workshop on Whole-Heart and Great Vessel Segmentation from 3D Cardiovascular MRI in Congenital Heart Disease (HVSMR 2016)\footnote{\url{http://segchd.csail.mit.edu}}. Ten training and ten test CMR scans were provided by the workshop organizers.
The  scans were acquired at Boston Children's Hospital with a 1.5T Philips Achieva scanner (TR = 3.4 ms, TE = 1.7 ms, $\alpha$ = 60$^{\circ}$). Three images were provided for each patient: a complete axial CMR image, the same image cropped around the heart and thoracic aorta, and a cropped short axis reconstruction. In the current work, we use the cropped image around the heart and thoracic aorta. Reconstructed in-plane resolution of the images ranged from 0.73 mm to 1.15 mm, while slice spacing ranged from 0.65 mm to 1.15 mm.

Reference segmentations of the blood pool and myocardium were provided for the training scans, but not for the test scans. These segmentations were made by a trained observer and validated by two clinical experts. The blood pool class contained both atria and ventricles, the aorta, pulmonary veins, and superior and inferior vena cava. The myocardium class contained the thick muscle around the two ventricles and their separating septum. Example reference segmentations are shown in Fig. \ref{fig:example}.

\section{Methods}
We trained a purely convolutional CNN to assign a class label to each voxel in a CMR volume based on classification of three orthogonal patches centered at the voxel. The CNN uses dilated convolutions allowing large receptive fields with few trainable parameters.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{fig2.pdf}
\caption{Convolution with a standard 1-dilated 3$\times$3 kernel, followed by convolution with a 2-dilated and a 4-dilated kernel (kernels shown in black). The receptive field (shown in gray) increases from $3\times 3$ after the first convolution, to $7\times 7$ after the second convolution and $15\times 15$ after the third convolution. All convolutions only use $3\times 3=9$ trainable parameters.}
\label{fig:kernels}
\end{figure}

CNNs consist of a sequence of convolution layers, which convolve an image $F_l$ at layer $l$ with a kernel $k$ to obtain image $F_{l+1}$ at layer $l+1$. Dilated convolutions are extensions of these convolutions, that add spacing between the elements of the kernel $k$ so that neighboring voxels at larger intervals are considered when computing the value for a voxel $x$ in $F_{l+1}$. The level of dilation determines the stride between kernel elements (Fig. \ref{fig:kernels}).  CNNs with dilated convolutions have several advantages over CNNs with non-dilated, i.e. standard, convolutions. First, by stacking convolution layers with increasing levels of dilation, the receptive field for every voxel can be substantially extended at the cost of only few additional trainable parameters.
Second, dilated convolution operations are translationally equivalent: the same multi-scale feature aggregation pyramid is applied at each location in the image. Hence, translating the image results in a translated version of the original output. Third, no downsampling layers are required to obtain large receptive fields and hence, high resolution label maps can be directly predicted by the network.

\begin{table}[t!]
\caption{The convolutional neural network architecture used in this study. For each layer, the convolution kernel size, the level of dilation, the receptive field, the number of output channels and the number of trainable parameters are listed. Figures in the top row illustrate the receptive field at each layer shown in red.}
\label{tab:layers}
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{
\scriptsize{
\begin{tabular}{|l|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|C{1.15cm}|}
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{}						&	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field3.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field5.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field9.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field17.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field33.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field65.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field129.pdf} &	\includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field131.pdf} & \includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field131.pdf} & \includegraphics[width=1.10cm]{field131.pdf} \\ \hline
Layer							&	1 					&	2 					&	3 					&	4 						&	5 						&	6 						&	7 							&	8 							& 9 							& 10 \\ \hline
Convolution				&	3$\times$3  & 3$\times$3	&	3$\times$3 	& 3$\times$3		&	3$\times$3 		&	3$\times$3 		& 3$\times$3 			&	3$\times$3 			& 1$\times$1 			& 1$\times$1	\\ \hline
Dilation					& 1						& 1						& 2						& 4							& 8							& 16						& 32							& 1 							& 1								& 1				\\ \hline
Field							&	3$\times$3 	& 5$\times$5	&	9$\times$9	&	17$\times$17 &	33$\times$33	&	65$\times$65 	&	129$\times$129 	& 131$\times$131 	& 131$\times$131 	& 131$\times$131 \\ \hline
Channels	   			&	32 					& 32 					&	32 					& 32 						&	32  					&	32	 	 		  	&	32							&	32							& 192							& 3					\\	\hline
Parameters						& 320					& 9248				& 9248				& 9248					& 9248					& 9248					& 9248						& 9344						& 6912						& 579				\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
}
}
\end{table}

Table \ref{tab:layers} lists the CNN architecture used in this study. We adapt the dilated convolution context module proposed by Yu et al. \cite{Yu15} and extend the receptive field from $67\times 67$ voxels to $131 \times 131$ voxels by inserting layer 7, with 32-dilated kernels. Layers 1 to 8 serve as feature extraction layers, while layers 9 and 10 are fully connected classification layers, implemented as $1\times 1$ convolutional layers for increased efficiency. In each feature extraction layer, 32 kernels are used. The dilation level is increased between layers 2 and 7. This allows the receptive field to grow exponentially, while the number of trainable parameters grows linearly; the same number of parameters is used in each layer. The figures in the top row illustrate the receptive field in each layer. Layers 1 to 9 are each followed by an exponential linear unit (ELU) activation function \cite{Clev16}, while layer 10 is followed by a softmax function. Batch normalization and dropout are applied to the fully connected layers 8 and 9 \cite{Ioff15,Sriv14}. Classification is performed in a wider layer with 192 channels and a final layer with 3 output channels, i.e. for the myocardium, blood pool and background. In total, the network contains 72,643 trainable parameters.

To correct for differences in intensity signals between CMR images, each image was normalized to have zero mean and unit variance. Furthermore, to correct for potential differences in orientation of patients, copies of the images rotated 90, 180 and 270 degrees along each axis were added to the training set. Finally, to guarantee that structures appear at similar scales in different images and along different axes, all images were resampled to an isotropic resolution of 0.65$\times$0.65$\times$0.65 mm per voxel, the smallest voxel dimension present in the data set. These isotropic volumes were used for voxel classification.
A single CNN was trained to segment axial, sagittal and coronal image slices. During testing, full slices with 65-voxel zero-padding were processed so that for each viewing direction, 3D probabilistic maps were obtained for the myocardium, blood pool and background classes. These maps were averaged per segmentation class and resampled to the original input dimensions using trilinear interpolation. Finally, each voxel was assigned the segmentation class label with the highest posterior probability. Hence, the final probability for the myocardium, blood pool or background for each voxel depends on three $131\times 131$ patches centered at that voxel. To guarantee contiguous myocardium and blood pool segmentations, only the largest component for each class was included in the final segmentation.

Evaluation was performed through an online system provided by the HVSMR challenge. The overlap between reference and automatically obtained segmentations was computed using the Dice index. Furthermore, the difference between reference and automatically obtained boundaries was computed using the average distance to boundaries (ADB) and the Hausdorff distance.

\begin{table*}[t!]
\centering
\caption{Results for the training and test set as provided by the HVSMR challenge. For both the myocardium and the blood pool, the Dice index, the average distance to boundaries (ADB) and the Hausdorff distance (Hausdorff) are listed.}
\label{tab:results}
\scriptsize
\begin{tabular}{ll| L{1.5cm} L{1.5cm} L{1.5cm} | L{1.5cm} L{1.5cm} L{1.5cm}}
        &            & \multicolumn{3}{l|}{Myocardium} & \multicolumn{3}{l}{Blood pool} \\
        &            & Dice    & ADB     & Hausdorff   & Dice    & ADB     & Hausdorff   \\ \hline
Training & Average & $0.80 \pm 0.06$    & $1.01 \pm 0.43$    & $6.70 \pm 3.52$        & $0.92\pm 0.03$    & $0.81 \pm 0.28$   & $5.86\pm 3.36$ \\ \hline
Test & Patient 10 & 0.72 & 1.34 & 10.75 & 0.94 & 0.74 & 5.23  \\
     & Patient 11 & 0.81 & 0.68 & 2.50  & 0.93 & 0.94 & 9.17  \\
     & Patient 12 & 0.87 & 0.60 & 3.94  & 0.93 & 0.83 & 9.74  \\
     & Patient 13 & 0.88 & 1.03 & 10.19 & 0.94 & 0.94 & 10.62 \\
     & Patient 14 & 0.71 & 1.33 & 8.69  & 0.90 & 1.07 & 4.21  \\
     & Patient 15 & 0.76 & 1.07 & 3.97  & 0.89 & 1.44 & 11.78 \\
     & Patient 16 & 0.76 & 0.80 & 3.14  & 0.91 & 0.77 & 6.12  \\
     & Patient 17 & 0.87 & 0.70 & 4.14  & 0.95 & 0.61 & 4.27  \\
     & Patient 18 & 0.85 & 0.61 & 2.19  & 0.94 & 0.64 & 3.29  \\
     & Patient 19 & 0.79 & 1.41 & 11.76 & 0.93 & 0.87 & 6.28  \\
     & Average      & $0.80 \pm 0.06$    & $0.96 \pm 0.32$    & $6.13 \pm 3.76$        & $0.93\pm 0.02$    & $0.89\pm 0.24$    & $7.07\pm 3.01$         \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}

\section{Experiments and Results}
We performed a five-fold cross-validation experiment on the training set, where each fold contained two CMR scans. Furthermore, to segment the test set, we trained a single CNN using all training images.
Network parameters were optimized with Adam \cite{King15} using categorical cross-entropy as the cost function. Each CNN was trained with 10,000 training steps, which required 12 hours using a state-of-the-art GPU. In each training step a mini-batch containing 128 randomly selected $201\times 201$ subimages from the training set was provided. Hence, in each training step the network optimized parameters for $71\times 71\times 128=645,248$ training voxels.

Table \ref{tab:results} lists the Dice index, the average distance to boundary (ADB), and the Hausdorff distance for automatic myocardium and blood pool segmentation in each of the ten test scans provided by the HVSMR challenge, as well as average scores for the training and test sets. Automatic segmentation of the \textit{training} scans resulted in Dice indices of $0.80\pm0.06$ and $0.92\pm0.03$, average distances to boundaries of $1.01\pm 0.43$ and $0.81\pm 0.28$ mm, and Hausdorff distances of $6.70\pm 3.52$ and $5.86\pm 3.36$ mm for the myocardium and blood pool, respectively.
Automatic segmentation of the \textit{test} scans resulted in Dice indices of $0.80\pm0.06$ and $0.93\pm0.02$, average distances to boundaries of $0.96\pm 0.31$ and $0.89\pm 0.24$ mm, and Hausdorff distances of $6.13\pm 3.76$ and $7.07\pm 3.01$ mm for the myocardium and blood pool, respectively.
The Dice index for myocardium was in all cases lower than the Dice index for blood pool segmentation. In several cases, Dice indices for the blood pool were affected by the (partial) identification of vessels that were not included in the reference standard, as shown in Fig. \ref{subfig:largereceptive}. Segmentation of a CMR image took between 12.9 and 64.0 seconds, depending on image size, with an average of $41.5\pm 14.7$ seconds.

\begin{figure}[t!]
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{fig3a.png}
\label{subfig:origslice}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{fig3b.png}
\label{subfig:smallreceptive}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{fig3c.png}
\label{subfig:largereceptive}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.15\textwidth]{fig3d.png}
\label{subfig:reference}
}
\caption{\protect\subref{subfig:origslice} Example CMR image slice. Probabilistic blood pool maps obtained using \protect\subref{subfig:smallreceptive} a CNN without dilation ($17\times 17$ voxel receptive field) showing oversegmentation in the liver and \protect\subref{subfig:largereceptive} a CNN with dilation ($131\times 131$ voxel receptive field) showing no response in the liver. \protect\subref{subfig:reference} reference annotation with the blood pool shown in white. Both networks have 72,643 trainable parameters.}
\label{fig:withwithout}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[t!]
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4a.png}
\label{subfig:test18}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4b.png}
\label{subfig:fold1}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4c.png}
\label{subfig:fold2}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4d.png}
\label{subfig:fold3}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4e.png}
\label{subfig:fold4}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4f.png}
\label{subfig:fold5}
}
\hfill
\subfloat[]{
\includegraphics[width=0.12\textwidth]{fig4g.png}
\label{subfig:variance}
}
\hfill
\caption{\protect\subref{subfig:origslice} CMR image slice, Patient 18. \protect\subref{subfig:fold1}-\protect\subref{subfig:fold5} Probabilistic blood pool maps obtained using CNNs trained on five different folds during cross-validation. \protect\subref{subfig:variance} Standard deviation of probabilities predicted by CNNs.}
\label{fig:stability}
\end{figure}

To compare the performance of a CNN with dilated convolutions and a CNN without dilated convolutions, segmentations were performed using an otherwise identical CNN architecture containing 72,643 trainable parameters. Fig. \ref{fig:withwithout} shows the obtained results.
By omitting dilation, the receptive field for each voxel was reduced. While local information was used in classification by the CNN without dilation, long-range information was not, and hence the network was much less specific than the network with dilation.

To investigate whether overfitting may have ocurred in the five CNNs trained during cross-validation, we compared predictions made by these CNNs on an unseen image from the test set. Fig. \ref{fig:stability} shows this image and probabilistic blood pool maps obtained by the CNNs. Even though each CNN was trained with only eight training images, the variance among the five predictions (Fig. \ref{subfig:variance}) was generally low, with higher values at the edges of the blood pool. Hence, it is unlikely that overfitting to the training data in each fold occurred.

\section{Discussion and Conclusion}
We have presented a method for automatic segmentation of cardiovascular MR images in congenital heart disease using dilated convolutional neural networks. The method was able to accurately segment the myocardium and the blood pool without any expert intervention.

The current study showed that dilated convolution layers allow the combination of local structure and global context information with very few trainable parameters. Visual inspection of feature maps suggested that shallow layers enhanced local image features such as edges, and deeper layers distinguished between locally similar but globally different areas.
Our network used only 76,423 parameters, while comparable networks for medical image segmentation typically use more than 500,000 parameters \cite{Hava16}. This substantially reduces the risk of overfitting on the training data, which is particularly likely when training with very few scans as done in this study. In future work, we will investigate if the number of parameters can be further reduced without affecting performance, e.g. by reducing the number of output channels in each layer. The CNN was applied to full image slices to produce high-resolution output images, without downsampling of input or internal representations. We found that the method on average required only 41.5 seconds per scan, compared to 12.58 minutes in a recently published method for whole heart segmentation in cardiac MRI \cite{Zhua16}.

The method occasionally identified structures that were not included in the reference standard, but that are part of the blood pool, such as the distal sections of the descending aorta. It is unlikely that this will be problematic for the clinical purpose of segmentation of CMR in CHD patients. Dice indices for automatically obtained segmentations of the blood pool were in all patients higher than those of the myocardium. This is likely due to the lower image contrast between the myocardium and surrounding tissue, the more irregular shape of the myocardium and the difference in size between the myocardium and blood pool.

For each voxel, the final label depended on three orthogonal patches centered at that voxel. The information in these patches was combined in a late stage, by averaging of the three probabilities provided by the CNN.
In future work, the features extracted from the three orthogonal patches may be fused before classification. In addition, we will investigate dilated convolutions in 3D, which might allow us to fully leverage the volumetric information present in the image. However, hardware limitations currently force a trade-off between dimensionality and receptive field size, i.e. it would be infeasible to train a 3D dilated CNN with $131\times 131\times 131$ receptive fields. Therefore, we have here chosen to use a larger receptive field at the cost of reduced volumetric information.

\subsubsection{Acknowledgments}
We gratefully acknowledge the support of NVIDIA Corporation with the donation of the Tesla K40 GPU used for this research.

\bibliographystyle{splncs03}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaArXiv


text:
Why Online Retailers Open Physical Stores
While some traditional chains are closing brick-and-mortar stores, formerly pure-digital retailers are opening them. What gives?
Dec 27, 2017 at 9:01AM
The internet will kill brick-and-mortar retail. That's a prophecy that has proven at least partly true in 2017 as thousands of chains have closed stores, while others shut down for good, and quite a few remain at risk in 2018.
Retail has become increasingly digital, but most shopping still takes place in stores and digital retailers have discovered that, in many cases, there's a benefit to having a brick-and-mortar presence.
In some cases, that can be simply to facilitate returns. That's why Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has a deal in place with Kohl's. The chain allows customers to drop off items they want sent back to the digital retailer.
Amazon has also shown through its purchase of Whole Foods that having a physical presence can help expedite delivery. The roughly 400 grocery stores add to the digital leader's warehouse network, giving it more points to stage orders from.
Most digital retailers, however, have much smaller ambitions. For companies specializing in a more narrow range of products, opening brick-and-mortar locations may make sense simply for the data it can gain from in-person customer interactions.
Warby Parker has been opening stores. Image source: Warby Parker.
What is "brick mining?"
While it's not yet a mainstream term, "brick mining" is the idea that an online retailer can learn about its customers from having a limited amount of physical stores. The term was used by sportswear subscription retailer Fabletic's retail vice president, Ron Harries, to explain why his once pure-digital employer has begun opening stores.
"When you take the data that you collect from that customer in a retail location, you can get to know your members and guests much differently than you could online only," he told Marketplace.
There's a practical reason for customers to visit a physical Fabletics location that should help the company's digital sales going forward. When a customer finds the right fit -- something it's not easy to do online -- she can then order again (online) without needing to try items on. Physical locations also act as advertising and Harries told Marketplace that Fabletics has seen an increase in online shopping from people located near the stores.
Fabletics is not alone. Amazon has been opening bookstores to show off not just books, but also its Echo and Kindle product lines. It has also opened a stand-alone location for its Zappos shoe line.
In addition, Warby Parker, once an online-only brand, has launched a small network of shops. Bonobos, another formerly pure-digital play, has opened physical stores that it calls "Guideshops." These locations work a lot like the Fabletics stores, allowing the Wal-Mart-owned chain to help its menswear customers with fit while also gathering data on them.
It's hard to know the balance
This is sort of unknown territory for digital retailers, where they will each have to explore the cost versus the benefit of having physical locations.
It's important to note that these stores are generally on the small side. Some have limited inventory for sale, but many serve as extensions of the digital ordering process. Consumers may not leave the store with their purchase, but they leave knowing it will fit or work for them when it arrives.
In exchange, the company gets added data it may not have been able to obtain in a digital sale. That gives it a stronger connection with its customer and knowledge it can extrapolate across other users who fit the same profile.
NASDAQ:AMZN
$-13.38
Why Online Retailers Open Physical Stores @themotleyfool #stocks $AMZN Next Article

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Low Emission Bus Hub
Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme
Ultra Low Emission Bus Certificates
Low Emission Bus Scheme
What is a Low Emission Bus?
Examples of Bus Technologies
LEB Certificates
Testing and Accreditation (LEB Certification)
Former LCEB
Low Emission Van Hub
Retrofit Technology Hub
This section provides the latest market news for low carbon buses in the United Kingdom, the number of vehicles in circulation and where they are in service. You can search for specific items of news by typing in a keyword.
121 news articles found [Displaying 1 to 10]
LowCVP to host series of zero emission vehicle workshops beginning with events in Perth, Reading
LowCVP will be hosting a series of Zero Emission Fleets workshops in the coming months, focusing on different vehicle sectors. An event in Perth on December 4 will cover commercial fleets while a second, in Reading on December 5, will focus on buses.
Auckland transport accelerates low emissions bus uptake...after LowCVP support
Auckland Transport is accelerating the uptake of low emission buses including electric and fuel cell models as part of its transition to a low emissions bus fleet. Auckland is working to a strategy outlined in its 'Low Emissions Bus Roadmap' which builds upon work provided to city strategists by the LowCVP in 2017-18 and which is referenced in the city's Bus Roadmap.
Hydrogen buses set for London; five new biomethane refuelling stations to open
Transport for London has ordered 20 new hydrogen fuel cell buses to run in the capital. Meanwhile, CNG Fuels has announced that five new biomethane refuelling stations will open to serve HGV fleet operators who want to make the switch from diesel.
£4m Government funding for technology to improve rural bus services
The Government has announced £4m funding for a new digital platform which will provide location information about rural bus services. The initiative aims to give passengers greater certainty about when their bus will arrive.
EU sets targets for cutting emissions from trucks, buses
The European Union has agreed targets to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide emissions from new trucks by 30 percent by a 2030 deadline as part of its commitment to tackle climate change. The proposals also set a 2025 target for truck emissions to be 15% below 2019 levels and the 2030 target is subject to a review in 2022. Earlier this month, the EU also set targets for the procurement of 'clean' buses, trucks and other vehicles procured by public authorities.
Government announces £1m funding to support clean air retrofit solutions
The Government has committed almost £1m funding support to three vehicle retrofit technology suppliers to accredit technologies for cutting polluting emissions from a wider range of vehicle types. The technologies - from Eminox, Proventia and Baumot – will help provide retrofit solutions for many more vehicles in the commercial sector. The funding is being awarded under the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme (CVRAS) which was developed by the LowCVP and Energy Saving Trust.
Buses lead the way on the 'Road to Zero'
(Media release:) The LowCVP welcomes the announcement of the winners of the latest round of Ultra-Low Emission Bus funding which will provide £48m support for 263 ultra-low emission vehicles.
Government announces £14m hydrogen vehicle winners and £6m funding for electric taxi recharging
The Government has announced the winning bids for a £14m hydrogen vehicle competition, involving 6 different projects from across the UK. Also announced was the award of over £6m to support the installation of around 300 rapid chargepoints and 46 fast chargepoints for electric taxis operating in 17 local authority areas including in Greater Manchester, Brighton and Hove, Leicester and the north east.
LowCVP seeks interest from coach industry in developing low emissions options
The LowCVP is seeking expressions of interest and engagement from stakeholders in the UK coach industry who are interested in forming an 'interest group' that - under LowCVP's auspices - will work together to address common challenges in cutting both carbon and locally polluting emissions from the coach sector.
LowCVP and Transport for London unify bus test to support UK manufacturers
From the 1st November 2018, there will be one unified test procedure used by both Transport for London (TfL) and the national Ultra Low Emission Bus (ULEB) accreditation scheme, streamlining market access for manufacturers of clean, low carbon buses. The use of the same test will enable manufactures to test a vehicle once and for it to be eligible for use in both London market as well as qualifying for national grant schemes.
Year: - - All years - - 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce (EVET) news only?


text:
October 14, 2017 October 14, 2017 Jake Samulak
3 Keys to Victory and Prediction for the Buckeyes.
The Ohio State Buckeyes (5-1) travel to Nebraska to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers (3-3) at 7:30 PM Saturday night.
Here are my keys to victory.
My first key to victory, put early pressure on Tanner Lee.
The 6'4 220 pound QB has shown the ability to throw deep, through six games he's thrown over 1400 yards and 11 touchdowns.
But behind his arm strength, he has also shown he makes questionable decisions under pressure, which has resulted in ten interceptions. Below I presented an example of a pick six thrown by Tanner.
As you can see, Lee feels the pressure and makes a throw that ends up resulting in six going the other way. The defensive front has proven they're a top line in the country, they must put pressure on Lee early resulting in bad decisions to shake his confidence.
The second key to victory, stop the deep ball. As I stated above QB Tanner Lee has the arm strength to go deep.
The guy they need to stop at WR, Stanley Morgan Jr. the 6'1 junior has 30 receptions for 510 yards and has added five touchdowns to his resume through six games, the defensive front of the Buckeyes should be able to pressure Lee early, my guess Lee tries to force the ball to Morgan Jr. corner backs and saftey's must keep him infront and make plays on the balls to really rattle both Lee and Morgan Jr.
Lastly my third key to victory: JT Barrett.
Listen Buckeye fans, I know many of you are upset Urban Meyer hasn't made the change at the position, maybe you believe Haskins gives them a better chance to win? Think again.
Barrett has a 63.8% completion rating, has thrown for over 1500 yards, and has added 16 touchdowns and only one interception, I get it, he lacks accuracy. I see it as well as you do. But he doesn't put the ball in bad areas. He makes good decisions, and he's made lots of improvements since the loss to Oklahoma.
JT isn't the most gifted runner, but he does create big plays on the ground outside of the pocket, whether it's creating plays down the field with his legs, or getting out of the pocket to get a much needed first down through the air. He's the guy you want under center for this buckeye team. With his impressive stats through the air, he has also added 322 yards on the ground for a 5.2 YPC average and three touchdowns.
As long as JT stays poised and the offensive front keeps him protected, I see much success from him Saturday night.
Ohio State: 48
Nebraska: 10
Previous Cavs send Jefferson, Felder to Hawks
Next Week 6 Preview: Browns vs Texans


text:
Just a few major life changes going on for me, so I thought I'd better explain what's going on...
First things first, my main man proposed! At my birthday dinner! And had my whole family there to cheer us on! :)
I'm now wearing my grandmother's engagement ring that my mother also wore for years, and it's perfect. We've known for quite some time that we want to spend the rest of our lives together, and we've been talking about it regularly, but I didn't expect to feel so different. It's an amazing time.
In that vein, we're also following through with something else we've been talking about for a while now - moving to Reno!
While we love living close to many of our loved ones here in beautiful Southern California, the cost of living is crazy high compared to most of the country. So we're taking a chance while we still can and moving up to Reno, where the income tax is 0%, they actually get seasons and it's so much less crowded.
I'm sure you're thinking what most everyone we've told said - "But why Reno??" And two years ago, I probably would have said the same. But then we started going up there to visit his dad and stepmom each year at Thanksgiving, and I kind of love it. Reno has a lot of charm, it's not so paved over like SoCal is, not to mention that it's only 1.5 hours from one of my favorite places on earth - Lake Tahoe. Plus it's at 4,000 feet, just high enough to get a dusting of snow in the winter and it's not too crazy hot in the summer.
Once I started doing my research into the job market, cost of living, available housing, etc., it was apparent that this was a great way to be able to start a family and buy a home in a reasonable amount of time.
So! In a little more than two weeks all our things will be packed away and Joel and I will be road tripping our way up to Reno. It's been a crazy process, and we're still getting everything figured out, but we're still so excited and ready for a change. We'll still be visiting regularly, starting with Christmas, so if you're interested in photos know that I'll still be around!
Tagged: moving
Newer PostNovember Desktop Background
Older PostSeptember Desktop Background


My name is Bruno Lopes, I was born and raised in Brazil, I grew up in a medium size town (about 350 thousand people) called Bauru, it's in the state of Sao Paulo. Bauru is also a name of a very famous brazilian sandwich (get the recipe here) and it's where Pelé (the world's most famous soccer player) started playing soccer back in 1952, but no, I wasn't born yet, I'm a lot younger than that.
I'm a regular guy, that likes adventures, outdoor activities, photography, soccer (as 99.9% of all Brazilians), Kung Fu, camping, archery (olympic recurve), juggling and a lot more!
Since I was a kid I've always wanted to go away, to know different places and cultures, the world is so big, why stay only in one country? The first time I traveled overseas I was 16 years old, and went to Spain by myself, I stayed in a house with a very nice couple, they were related to my father's friend, I had a great time. When I was graduating in college, mid 2005, I started thinking about a Trainee Program in the US, after a couple months I had decided that I was gonna go to NY, so I did it. I was supposed to go back home after 18 months, but tell me, who leaves NY? This is just a fascinating place, and I love it. So I've decided to stay "a little" longer, ended up being a total of 8 years.
Well, I have to say that it wasn't that easy to stay away from all my family and old friends, but the experiences is just incredible, and everything got a lot easier in 2009, when I got married and had my wife with me.
Ok, now a little bit of my professional life, I've started working with web/graphic design, video editing and flash animation in 2001 on a small company back in Brasil, and I also started college on the same year, after about 2.5 years I started learning PHP and mySQL, by 2005 I came to the United States on a trainee program as a web/graphic designer and started learning ColdFusion, by 2008 I was learning Flex, Air and got more involved with ColdFusion, but I still love to do my videos, flash animations and everything else, please take a look at my portfolio here!
In 2013 we decided to go back to Brazil, we arranged our move, but we decided that we wanted to some a little more. We planned a Round-The-World trip, that was gonna take about 6 months. We started in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and Australia, that was when we were got by a big surprise, Geisa was pregnant, we even tought about keeping traveling, but she was having morning sickness almost everyday, the entire day, so it wasn't worth to keep going. So we decided to go back to Brazil and finish this trip o a latter time, you can read a little more about our trip on our blog www.2nomundo.com.
Well, that's me, BRUNO LOPES!


The latest re-release from the Tekumel Foundation is the book that started it all - at least as far as Petal Heads are concerned: Empire of the Petal Throne (EPT). Now available HERE in PDF or print form. The hardcover print version is $24.95, just shy of the price for the original boxed set.
"... a four page set of charts and tables, errata for the original game, a map of the City of Jakalla, a b&w map of the Five Empires, and a citizenship document for Tsolyanu, the Empire of the Petal Throne!"
Note that the original world maps and Jakalla city maps are available separately for $8 and $4 respectively.
Out of curiosity I did a search to find out how much $25 spent in 1976 would be worth today. According to my source, the value in present day US dollars is $108.75 - per the screen-cap above.
So I'm thinking this reprint is a pretty good deal!
Reviews from R'lyeh has a recent review of the new version.


text:
Filming at the British Museum
Exterior of the British Museum. Lighting and projection lift this iconic entrance to another dimension.
You are in the Commercial section
Email: filming@britishmuseum.org
Please don't contact curators directly.
Whether you're looking to make films, documentaries, adverts, radio programmes or conduct research, the British Museum has the resources to help.
You'll be guided through every stage of the process. From site visit, administration and pre-planning through to managing your filming day, the Museum has dedicated staff to help you.
If you're looking for footage of our objects and spaces and don't have time to film, we have a growing archive of high-quality video footage which we license to programme-makers.
Contact BM Images if you'd like to license existing footage.
Filming requests
The Museum strives to be a film-friendly environment; whether it's for press or commercial purposes.
Find out more about the Museum's many spectacular galleries and spaces.
Further information about filming
Consult the curators
The Museum's curators are experts in their fields and can give advice, insight and information.
The Museum has dedicated staff to guide you through every stage of the process.
Filmed at the British Museum
If you decide to film at the Museum, you'll be in good company. The following were all filmed here:
The Wakefield Case (1921)
Blackmail (1929) (low-level light meant Hitchcock used photographic backdrops)
Bulldog Jack (1935)
Night of the Demon (1957)
Phaedra (1962)
The Ipcress File (1965)
Day of the Jackal (1973)
Maurice (1987)
Tale of the Mummy (1998)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Wonder Woman (2017) (not set in the museum)
Gold Digger (2019) BBC Drama
© The Trustees of the British Museum.
The terms and conditions to follow when undertaking filming at the British Museum.
The Museum's public galleries are complemented with a suite of contemporary conference facilities.
Experience the UK's most popular Museum with a private out-of-hours tour.
The Arched Room
The Arched Room was built between 1837 and 1839. It formed the ground floor of the northwest extension to the Museum building,


text:
Q: Group Policy - Backup and Restore I am currently automating the creation of our enterprise domain controller and its configuration in case of SAN failure etc. I can create the server, install the necessary roles, create complete ou structure, users and security groups etc. All simple powershell commands and a little logic.
However I am blocked on group policy.  I have tested by backing up an existing simple group policy object that grants a user a specific permission.  Tried to restore backup on new identical domain controller.  Wont work.  Created empty group policy object and imported settings.  Cannot resolve identity.
Any ideas?

A: That's not a very sound recovery strategy. You cannot simply re-create the same naming and expect things to work. Every object in AD has a security identifier (SID). Creating a lot of objects with the same names might look the same to you, but to AD they are all completely different because the SIDs will differ.
You should look into the proper way to backup and restore Active Directory, this simply isn't the way it's done.

A: You can backup GPO's using the GPMC and restore them using the GPMC as well.  I'm confused...were you trying to manually copy the GPO from a folder/file perspective instead?  Like Graeme said, you shouldn't be messing with creating identical DC's in a domain in case one "fails" without taking the proper steps.
The following link has everything you need for backing up and restoring GPO's on 2012.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754760.aspx
It also sounds like you are only running a single DC and hoping for DR methods for that one DC.  You are much better off running at least 2 DC's and then you won't be going through this mess or all the manual steps/scripts you are hoping will achieve your DR state.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


"Seattle" takes the position next to last in the "West", being afraid of all competitors. The team has scored 7 goals for 10 rounds. Dampsy doesn't have enough practice and looks not good in attack. We can say the same about Bruin from "Sounders". As for another forward of the home team Jordan Morris. The attack of "Seattle" looks weak, we bet on home or draw for 1.37.
On this page you will find the prediction for the FOOTBALL match of Salt Lake vs Seattle of the Major League Soccer, USA. In this personally prepared preview we use h2h stories, over/under stats, Salt Lake - Seattle match facts and team news. For more accurate analysis we use any additional information like injuries, suspensions or weather forecasts. On BetFAQ.com website we provide information for helping you make your own decision regarding a bet on this event. Odds for the Salt Lake - Seattle match prediction are relevant at the time of publication.


Some of the websites Stephanie has designed, created and/or maintains. The most recent sites were created using WordPress as a platform for content management and thereby reducing maintenance costs, using a bespoke web design rather than a WordPress template. All are responsive. The older sites are in HTML, CSS and PHP. All of them feature highly on internet searches.
She has created web invitations with relevant information, with the added facility to allow invitees to respond their RSVP directly to the client; and more recently, artwork for Kingston Bagpuize House, Living the Drama and Monaco-Ireland Arts Society.
2006-19 © www.catweb.co.uk. All rights reserved.


Take your seat, turn off your cell phone, and make sure you're prepared with some of these amazing movie size candies! In CandyDirect.com's movie size candy category, you'll find a silver screen worthy treat in every scroll. Whether you love Skittles, Starburst, Junior Mints, Haribo, Fun Dip, Raisinets, or a slew of other big screen candies, you'll find them all here. Now all you have to do is take a look, choose a few to bring home, cuddle up on the couch with loved ones, and enjoy munching on these delicious treats! Get ready for your big screen adventures today!


text:
Express Entry Draw CRS Score Declines To 440
Immigration authorities in Canada have conducted another Express Entry draw, where the minimum CRS score declined to 440. This was equal to the lowest score for the present year. 3,750 candidates received the Invitations to Apply.
This minimum CRS follows scores of 442, 441 in the previous weeks. This was the 96th overall and the 16th round of 2018. IRCC presently can set a specific number of invitations.
When the number of candidates having the lowest score exceeds the number of invitations allowed, authorities give preference to such profiles which are in the Express Entry pool for a long time.
The lowest score cut-off is based on the date and time of submitting the Express Entry profile.
Reason of Change in Canada Express Entry
Moreover, after using a new format, immigration officials, have a greater control in implementing a modified method, for selecting the exact number of candidates, who can get the ITA. In the previous method this was not possible. In the recent draw d the trend of a CRS score below 500 continues.
Details of Express Entry
IRCC started to implement Express Entry system on January 1, 2015 to manage the applications of skilled worker in Federal Economic programs. These are:
The Canada Experience Class
The Federal Skilled Worker Program,
The Skilled Trades Program
Parts of the Provincial Nomination Programs.
Experts expect that there will be around 30 draws where around 70,000 invitations will be issued in the present year. Several draws feature a CRS score that is below 450 and this will help immigration authorities in Canada to meet the target of annual immigration levels.
Employers must also consider getting the LMIA or a nomination in provincial nomination programs.
With these developments the aspirants can finally realize the fulfillment of their immigration dream.
To get more details related to Canada fill out a Free Evaluation Form or contact us at visas@opulentuz.com or call us 7207111222. One of our experts will meet your expectations and provide answers to queries.


text:
"The problem of prejudice": University course on peace leaves lasting impact on students
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, United States — Each academic year, the Bahá'í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland offers a unique course that assists students to identify root causes of societal challenges in the light of spiritual principles, such as the elimination of all forms of prejudice, the equality of women and men, and consultation.
"Throughout college I took 35 classes, but this is the only one that changed the fundamentals of how I look at the world," says Emily Gorey, a former student of the class.
"It was here that I learned how different the...
Read more about "The problem of prejudice": University course on peace leaves lasting impact on students
After finding community in Ann Arbor, members of the Bahá'í faith discuss continuing persecution
A community of members of the Bahá'í faith, many of whom fled Iran after facing persecution, has formed in Ann Arbor and at the University of Michigan. Some of those practicing Bahá'í in Ann Arbor spoke to The Michigan Daily about their history, community and hopes for the future, saying it is their responsibility to publicly speak out since others cannot.
Source: ...
Read more about After finding community in Ann Arbor, members of the Bahá'í faith discuss continuing persecution
Religious Groups Keep Faith During Pandemic, Remote Academic Year
D. Anthony Alvarez '21, a member of the Harvard Latter-day Saints Student Association, has attended religious services at the same congregation off campus since he arrived at Harvard as a freshman.
This semester, Alvarez said he still attends services at that same congregation. Amid Covid-19, though, he must sign up to attend ahead of time, don a mask, and eschew singing, which can spread infectious particles.
Source:...
Read more about Religious Groups Keep Faith During Pandemic, Remote Academic Year
Baha'is say racial justice is 'an integral part of our faith'
Aliyah Marandiz, who grew up a member of the Baha'i faith, said that her religion influences her actions, her perspective and how she treats other people, much the same way any religion would.
Yet while many religious communities are grappling with how to talk about race in the wake of recent protests against racism and police brutality, Marandiz said she has seen her fellow Baha'i practice their core belief of eradicating racism through service to their community.
Original Source: Lexington Herald
Read more about Baha'is say racial justice is 'an integral part of our faith'
Four young people of different faiths move into a home together, then a pandemic happens
Hadar Cohen, Ala' Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey.
The four roommates moved into a five-bedroom, five-bath house in Los Angeles' Koreatown neighborhood earlier this year. They come from different faiths: Baha'i, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Cohen came from Jerusalem but had already lived in the Bay Area for a few years. Simcosky made the trek from Salem, Massachusetts, to L.A. Khan and Mansour were already in Southern California.
They...
Read more about Four young people of different faiths move into a home together, then a pandemic happens
Youth move to forefront of grassroots response throughout the US
Young people across the United States who have been engaged in Baha'i community-building efforts are swiftly responding to a host of needs arising in their communities from the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
"There are deep bonds of friendship between people that have for months or years been working together to contribute to social progress," says Candace Vance, who follows Baha'i social and economic development activities of the country. "Because of this and the love they have for their communities, many young people are finding that they can't just watch...
Read more about Youth move to forefront of grassroots response throughout the US
As coronavirus death toll mounts, faith leaders the world over grapple with funerals
For Menaka Kannan, it was bad enough when she heard that a fellow member of New York City's Baha'i community had contracted the novel coronavirus. But she was not emotionally prepared for the news that came roughly a week later: He had succumbed to the infection and died.
"The news of his passing, of course, is very shocking," she said.
As the community grappled with the grief, a lingering question arose: How do you conduct a funeral in the midst of a global pandemic, when a healing hug is now seen as a potential death sentence?
It's a conundrum facing...
Read more about As coronavirus death toll mounts, faith leaders the world over grapple with funerals
The new sound of worship services: 'Can you mute your mic? Amen.'
It was the last day of a 19-day period of daytime fasting for Baha'i believers all over the world. The Washington area's Baha'i community would have ordinarily been looking forward to joining at night to feast in celebration and welcome in the Baha'i new year.
Instead, alone in their kitchens and bedrooms and living rooms on Thursday afternoon, they opened up a Skype window.
The sounds of religious worship these days are intermingled with the vocabulary of conference calls: "Try to mute your microphone." "You're frozen." "I can...
Read more about The new sound of worship services: 'Can you mute your mic? Amen.'
Chattanooga area Baha'is celebrate 200th anniversary of Báb, remember people who founded faith
Seated in the wooden pews of their Hixson building, dozens of Chattanooga's faithful in the Baha'i community joined with millions of believers around the world celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Birth of the Báb this week. The Tuesday evening service recognizing one of the faith's central figures included music, time for reflection and performances by members of the community telling the stories of some of the faith's first followers. Source: Chattanooga area... Read more about Chattanooga area Baha'is celebrate 200th anniversary of Báb, remember people who founded faith
Centennial anniversary of founding of Baha'i faith in North Florida
In observing the centennial of the Baha'i Faith in Northeast Florida, a group of St. Johns County Baha'is visited the gravesites of two early St. Augustine Baha'i's at Woodlawn Cemetery. The graves were those of Dr. Nathan Collier, president of the Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, who died in 1941, and Miss Sarah Ann Blocker, dean of women at the institute, who died in 1944. Originally, both Collier and Blocker were interred on school property, but were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery in St. Augustine when the school relocated to Miami Gardens in the late 1960s. The school is now known as... Read more about Centennial anniversary of founding of Baha'i faith in North Florida


text:
A.C. Barnes collection on East Africa, Nigeria, and Fiji, 1914-1933
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468CC
Scope and Contents Collection of photographs on 64 album sheets with 24 loose prints. 225 relate to British East Africa (Kenya), German East Africa (Tanganyika) and Uganda, 55 to Nigeria, 4 to the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 16 to Zanzibar and 35 to Fiji (including some duplicates).The album sheets appear to have come from five albums, as follows:A Light brown, 230 x 275 mm. (Plates 1-56 on nine sheets)B Dark grey, 220 x 268 mm. (Plates 57-134 on nineteen sheets)C Dark brown,...
Articles from 'The Field'
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 322
Scope and Contents Ten volumes of cuttings from 'The field', including a few articles from other publications, and loose cuttings concerning the Malay Peninsula. The volumes concern countries throughout the world, but in particular Australia, British East Africa (Kenya), Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rhodesia, South Africa, Uganda, United States and the West Indies. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, including administration, agriculture, the British Empire, climate, colonisation,...
Christy collection of photographs on Africa
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A
Scope and Contents Contains loose photographs relating to various of Christy's travels; some photographs are his own and some are by professional photographers. Subjects include: scenes on the Nile including pyramids; railway views in Kenya; rubber trees and cultivation in Nigeria, Uganda and the Cameroons; scenes in the Congo including sufferers of sleeping sickness and ethnic groups of Central Africa of shorter than average height described as Pygmies; scenes in India; scenes from travels in Norway,...
Church Missionary Society photograph collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS
Scope and Contents The Church Missionary Society photograph collection consists of photographic prints, glass and film negatives, and lantern slides. The prints in CMS 1-17 were selected from the CMS's Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper annotated with captions. Many photographs would have been taken to illustrate articles in the society's periodicals including 'Church Missionary Gleaner', 'Church Missionary Intelligencer' and their successors. Little is known of the...
Diary: 'From west to east through Africa'
Scope and Contents An illustrated diary of Christopher Barlow's journey from Kano, 23 February 1928, through French Equatorial Africa, Belgium Congo, Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, arriving at Mombasa on 27 March, a total of nearly 3,500 miles. On pages iii-iv is a list of journeys undertaken by Barlow, 9 March 1927-19 February 1928. The volume includes thirty inserted photographs, as well as a copy of Barlow's entry in the 'Nigeria Civil Service list', 1929, and a letter to the Librarian of the Royal Empire...
From West to East through Africa
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304F
Scope and Contents Bound volume 'for Private Circulation only' of 50 pages of typescript reproduced on thin card, illustrated by photographs, measuring 105 x 60 mm, taken (with the exception of plate 1) by the writer. All are dated and, in most cases, timed. The captions have been amplified in some cases from the text of the diary.This book is the record of a car journey, February-March 1928, when he went on leave by driving from Kano to Mombasa via French Equatorial Africa, the Belgian Congo, the...
Dates: 1928-02 - 1928-03
Institute of Education Collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U
Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...
Inter-University Council Collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs (various dates, sizes and photographers) and slides with a few leaflets, a file of correspondence, and some title cards as described below. The collection appears to have been assembled chiefly for publicity purposes and there is a file of correspondence requesting photographic and other material. Some of the photographs are mounted on cards for display, but the majority are loose prints stored in folders. There are also a few albums. The main subjects are the...
Inter-University Council Slides
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK
Scope and Contents A collection of coloured slides, 18 of which measure 40 x 40 mm, the remainder 35 mm, all mounted 50 x 50 mm, relating to Commonwealth Universities, with the exception of 33 of non-Commonwealth Universities which were, however, associated with the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas (IUC). Many, though not all, were taken by Ian Maxwell, formerly Deputy Director of IUC. Though some have minimal identification, others have substantial annotations on the mounts. ...
Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as 'United Empire,' 'Commonwealth Journal,' and 'Commonwealth,' in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition 'Commonwealth in Focus' in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Newscuttings on Africa and South East Asia
The principal part of the collection is a set of thirteen scrapbooks of newscuttings relating to East Africa, particularly Kenya and Tanganyika. The rest of the collection consists of a volume of cuttings relating to post-war trading opportunities in Nigeria and three scrapbooks concerning rubber and mining in South East Asia.
W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M-O
Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 125 brown loose album sheets, many with hand-written captions. The captions have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. There are two 'Title pages' which have been transcribed at Y304M and Y304N, dated 1934 and 1935-36. The album sheets which appear to...
ARCHON code (for CUL materials): Royal Commonwealth Soc. (GBR/0115) X
Subject: Nigeria (nation) X
Subject: Kenya (nation) X
Uganda (nation) 14
Tanzania (nation) 12
Asia (continent) 10
Sudan (nation) 10
Zambia (nation) 10
Congo (nation) 9
Ghana (nation) 9
North and Central America (continent) 9
Jamaica (nation) 8
Malawi (nation) 8
Oceania (continent) 8
Sierra Leone (nation) 8
Lesotho (nation) 7
Trinidad and Tobago (nation) 6
Barbados (nation) 4
Cameroon (nation) 4
Egypt (nation) 4
Ethiopia (nation) 4
Japan (nation) 3
Palestine (historic region) 3
Persia (historic region) 3
South Africa (nation) 3
Argentina (nation) 2
Brazil (nation) 2
Central African Republic (nation) 2
Chad (nation) 2
Cyprus (island) 2
Falkland Islands (dependent state) 2
France (nation) 2
Liberia (nation) 2
Malay Peninsula (peninsula) 2
Mauritius (nation) 2
Mexico (nation) 2
Middle East (region (general)) 2
Morocco (nation) 2
Netherlands (nation) 2
Norway (nation) 2
Scotland (country) 2
Somalia (nation) 2
Spain (nation) 2
Zanzibar (region) 2
Algeria (nation) 1
Angola (nation) 1
Antigua (island) 1
Arabian Peninsula (region (general)) 1
Ardennes (region (general)) 1
Atlantic Ocean (ocean) 1
Baden-Württemberg (state) 1
Bahama Islands (island group) 1
Balkan Peninsula (peninsula) 1
Barbados (island) 1
Belgium (nation) 1
Barlow, Christopher Matthew, 1898 - 1930 2
British Association 1
Christy, Cuthbert, 1863 - 1932 (explorer and zoologist) 1
Church Missionary Society 1
Gilmour, Thomas Lennox, 1859 - 1936 (journalist) 1
Hinde, Hildegarde Beatrice, 1959 (née Ginsburg) 1
Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas 1
Maxwell, Ian, 1991 1
Powell, W, fl1930 - 1939 1
Royal Colonial Institute 1
Royal Geographical Society 1


text:
Q: Angular ng-show if string not empty does not work I am writing a web app using AngularJS. The user submits up to 3 keywords to the server. I would like to show commas in between the keywords only if there are enough keywords.
For example:
if there are no keywords, then:
if there is 1 keyword, then: keyword
if there are 2 keywords, then: keyword, keyword
if there are 3 keywords, then: keyword, keyword, keyword
I have the following code:

       Keywords:
       {{post.Keyword1}} , {{post.Keyword2}} , {{post.Keyword3}}

Why does this not work?

A: Change it to
{{post.Keyword1}} , {{post.Keyword2}} , {{post.Keyword3}}


You'd end up with a car much too incongruous to work, right? One likely to appeal to precisely no one with a clear idea of the wider choice contained within the current mid-sized saloon-slash-estate car market. Wouldn't you? Well, perhaps not. This car certainly appeals to me – and for surprisingly rational reasons.
Sportline trim has just been added to the Superb showroom range, as it has to that of other models within the Czech firm's catalogue, as part of a model-year refresh. Unlike some sporty derivative treatments, it sits in the mid-range of the Superb buying hierarchy; there are Sportline Plus and Laurin & Klement options above it, and another three trims below.
Plump for a Superb Sportline and you get just enough mechanical and cosmetic purpose to suit a car like this, and not a hint more. Nineteen-inch alloy wheels, understated sports bumpers and a light dusting of gloss back body trim mark out the exterior, along with badging discreet enough to be overlooked by the majority. On the inside you get Alcantara sports seats, a very mildy promising three-spoke steering wheel, polished pedals and some slightly generic but inoffensive-looking faux carbonfibre decorative trim.
Under the skin, you get lowered, stiffened sport suspension and a hint of additional brake-based torque vectoring over and above what a normal Superb is capable of. Sportline Plus cars get 'progressive' passive variable-ratio power steering as well; our test car didn't have that, but did combine its sport suspension with optional adaptive damping at extra cost.
And that's it. It's the go-faster treatment done with a particularly light touch – and it's surprisingly easy to like.
You can have a 148bhp petrol or diesel engine in your Superb Sportline, or a 187bhp diesel, if you fancy one; the punchier diesel's the only other four-wheel-drive option. Those other versions are cheaper than this one, predictably, and might make you feel a bit less like you'd lost touch with the real world than you do as you feel this generously sized estate car bound up steeper gradients with most of the urgency of a decent hot hatchback.
But here's the thing. Once you get beyond to the unlikeliness of the idea of this car, it'd be easy to convince yourself that the reality of owning it, and driving it on a daily basis, could make sense.
The Superb is big; big on the outside, big on the inside (even by the standards of a lot of £40,000 saloons), conventionally laid out, solidly built (albeit a touch plain-looking in places) and persuasively comfortable. The Sportline derivative treatment doesn't change any of that. It's not one of those sporty options that misses out on boot space, or room for a spare wheel, for the sake of having a subwoofer because it's mid-level trim; and so that gigantic 660-litre boot, rising to nearly 2000 litres with the seats folded, is present and correct – and is sufficiently cavernous to swallow more stuff than you'll get in the back of most largish SUVs.
In the second row seats there's room for even taller adults to stretch out, with the slight sense of narrowness-of-cockpit with which owners of previous-generation Superbs will be familiar having been banished at the last major model redesign.
Up front, the car's driving position is fine – not particularly low, but all the more convenient-of-hip-point for daily use as a result of that – and the car's sports seats offer a nice blend of everyday comfort, lateral support and understated material richness.
The 2.0-litre engine isn't piped through the kind of sports exhaust made to attract attention, and if its audible note is digitally augmented by the car's stereo when you use Sport driving mode, it isn't made overly loud or contrived as a result. It's just a really good engine: smooth and quiet when you want it to be, torquey when punting around, rangey and waspish when you're in the mood, and – even here – ready to chip in with a high-30s-mpg economy return when you need one.
It's got lots of mid-range punch but not so much that the accelerator pedal loses its linearity, and still feels nicely responsive and very willing to rev beyond 5000rpm. None of which is news: it's just how the EA888 is. But you don't have to drive many directly comparable engines from rival manufacturers to realise that it's a rare combination of qualities.
It's perfectly easy to drive the car smoothly because the controls make it so. Even in Sport mode, the Superb's accelerator isn't overly sensitive and its gearbox isn't given to sudden unwanted downshifts.
But if you get stuck into the farther reaches of that powertrain's performance, you'll find plenty of appetite for speed. The car has all the traction it needs courtesy of its clutch-based four-wheel-drive system, taking off front T-junctions at full power without much more than a hint of wheelspin and very little power-on understeer. There's A-road overtaking urge to spare whenever you want it, too, and more motorway grunt than anyone would be well-advised to deploy in 2019.
But it's the Superb's ride and handling that perhaps best characterise it. The sheer size of this car's wheelbase, and its considerable width and bulk, would make it very challenging to endow with the agility and involvement of a first-order performance car – and very likely unrecognisable as a Superb if Skoda tried. Which is why it's with some relief that you find out they haven't tried that. They have, instead, simply made this car better-controlled, more accurate-handling, more assured and easier to drive at speed than other Superbs.
There's a degree of extra lateral body control about the car, and a shade of extra handling urgency as you negotiate corners – but nothing you'd go so far as to describe as an incisive turn-in. The standard car's tendency to heave and pitch when you tackle uneven surfaces has been dialled out, but Skoda's stopped short of replacing it with a sense of untapped damping authority – because that'd only have made it less comfy-riding at the speeds it'll mostly be driven. And so there's just suppleness, and a sense of calm, level control, about the car over most A- and B-roads, with only sharper edges able to tease out a slightly short, hollow feel about the ride.
Do you like the sound of a dynamically well-rounded, fast, practical, decently priced family car? Are you in the apparent minority that recognises you're less likely to get one by buying an SUV with a raised centre of gravity than you are by buying something lighter and lower, in which your money will probably go further as far as performance bang-for-the-buck is concerned? Then quite possibly.
Dismissing this Superb on the basis that it might not be fast enough, exciting enough or desirable enough to be worth your attention would certainly be pretty daft; dafter, even, than the idea of the car might have seemed in the first place, believe it or not.
Because this car has all the pace and poise you're likely to need on the road – and it won't annoy you on the office commute with a tetchy ride, a noisy engine or over-sensitive controls. It's smart and stealthy, and it doesn't shout "look at me" at every other poor soul trapped in that traffic jam on the ring road. It doesn't have the sort of model badge you might feel sheepish about explaining to someone.
It could be more exciting, admittedly. But, on top of everything else, this is every inch the big, quiet, solid, comfy, easy-going underground bunker of a car that we'd all want a Superb Estate to be.
If you want the real stealth look, you can have this drivetrain, all 272ps, in SEL Executive trim. And with a bit of hangling, probably £32-33k. That's a lot of car for the money.
Wait a couple of years and this will be a true bargain.
Sportline trim level on the Superb has been around longer than mentioned. Looks good coupled with Dragon Green paint finish.
What a very nice car i will not essitate to get my hand on very smart and sporty, i really love this.
So if I look up Q car in the dictionary will I find a pic of this? Seems the ultimate Q car to me being so subtle and unassuming, and it retains its comfy almost luxury bias instead of being hard riding and sporty, a brilliantly judged car, in my opinion, and far superior to its brittle riding alternative sports estates and suvs.
I can't really fit the new Superb into my mid 1960's garage, (can't get out, the door is too big), so I might have to resort to leaving it one the drive, otherwise it would be just what I need.
I need to talk to my insurers re. any possible premium increase.
I still have a soft spot for Skoda cars, still a bit of the underdog in Joe Public's opinion but decent build quality & capable of surprising other drivers. If only Skoda would sell a 4WD petrol vRS, that would be my sensible choice.
They do list a 190 ps petrol 4WD estate but only in SE-L trim, & after adding all the desirable options it's £6K above list, which is kinda crazy.
Drgaon Green excepted, quick Superbs are very nice cars.
I bought a Passat 190GT estate because there weren't enough used Sportlines around and it's turned out to be a car better car than I imagined (the needs of my job dictate the type of car I buy, not what I want to run). The Passat / Superb wagons really are Swiss army knives of cars and nothing from holidays to the worst farm lanes to an ability to cruise in utter comfort to an ability to drive hard when the roads allow has proved too much for it.
I've been searching for almost new 190GT Passat's without much sucess. If you feel that you could use a bit more power, AMD Racing quote an increase to 260ps for your engine.
FWIW I've had 5 cars remapped by them & been very pleased with the results, including my current Superb which was mapped about 6 years ago, from Skoda's claimed 200ps to 252ps. Makes a noticable difference to the performance & better economy too.
in a Superb recently, and I was greatly impressed, then sat in a Q8, and was totally underwhelmed, try this test, put on a blindfold, jump in a Superb, wind down the window and put your elbow on the sill, and generally around the door card, then do the same in a Q7 or Q8, and then tell me which feels the more expensive car, the Superb, or the Q with quality that has no place in a Lada never mind an Audi.. Sit in the third row of seats in a Q7, and put your ouside elbows on the rest with the cupholders, now tell me whats quality about the feel, more 80's Fiesta than 21st century premium.


text:
Philip W J Stopford (born 1977) is an English organist and composer best known for his choral works.

Early life and training
Stopford began his musical career as a chorister at Westminster Abbey from 1986 to 1990, during which time he also took up the piano, organ and violin. He was awarded a music scholarship to Bedford School, which he attended from 1990 to 1995.

Later he studied for a Bachelor of Arts in music at the University of Oxford, where from 1996 to 1999 he also served as organ scholar at Keble College.

Career
From 1995 to 1996 Stopford was organ scholar at Truro Cathedral, where he worked under Andrew Nethsingha and published his first choral works. After university he was organ scholar at Canterbury Cathedral from 1999 to 2000 before becoming Assistant Organist at Chester Cathedral.

In 2003 he moved to Northern Ireland, where he served as Director of Music at St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast until the post was closed in 2010.

For the next few years Stopford pursued a career as a composer and conductor before being appointed Director of Music at Christ Church in Bronxville, New York, in 2016, having spent part of the previous year there as composer-in-residence.

In 2021 he returned to the United Kingdom, where he currently serves as President of the Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers.

Works
Stopford is known for his contemporary a cappella and accompanied settings of traditional Latin and English prayers and hymns, including "Ave Verum Corpus", titled "Ave Verum"; "Lullay, My Liking"; the Coventry Carol, titled "Lully, Lulla, Lullay"; and "In My Father's House". Three of Stopford's works appeared in the Classic FM Hall of Fame in 2014, after he made his first appearance on the chart in 2013.

He has composed numerous other works, including a Te Deum, a Latin Mass titled "Missa Deus Nobiscum" and various Latin canticles.

Stopford also serves as director of the professional choir Eccelsium, which has released many CDs of his works.

References

External links

 Ecclesium.co.uk: home to the music of Philip Stopford
 Lully Lulla Lullay, performed by Ecclesium, conducted by the composer in Belfast Cathedral

1977 births
Living people
People educated at Bedford School
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
English composers
Choral composers
English choral conductors
British male conductors (music)
21st-century British conductors (music)
21st-century British male musicians
British male organists
Cathedral organists
Male classical organists

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
A 2012 NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
It's About the Children
SAINT MARY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
ST. MARY PRESCHOOL
GIVING AND FUNDRAISING
Tuition & Aid Information
Tuition and Fees for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade
Non-refundable registration fee - $100 per child, due upon acceptance
*Parishioner policy located here and on our Registration Process page.
Additional Fees/Obligations:
Participation required in annual PTO fundraiser - families sell 2 cases of World's Finest Chocolate per family
Participation required in recess duty - parents must serve 2 days per child per year
Homeless lunch program - classrooms assign a bag lunch item for families to send in 2 times per year per child
Graduation fee - fee of $65 is collected during student's 8th grade year
Field trips, lunch, milk and uniforms are purchased seperately.
All other fees are included
Tuition and Fees for Saint Mary Preschool
Non-refundable registration fee - $85 per child
For those families enrolled in the FACTS program and with children at both HCA and the preschool, tuition payments are made on a 10-month cycle.
FACTS Agreements
To request any changes to your FACTS agreements, please send an email to our bookkeeper at hcabookkeeper@holycrossweb.com. Three (3) business days is required for any changes.
To make changes on your FACTS account, please contact FACTs at 1-866-441-4637.
The Diocesan Tuition Assistance Program provides financial assistance to families in Catholic schools in the Diocese of Arlington through the Rooted in Faith~Forward in Hope Capital Campaign Endowment. It is open to all qualified students whose parents might not otherwise be able to pay the full cost of tuition. Information and deadlines regarding the program can be found here: https://www.arlingtondiocese.org/Catholic-Schools/Diocesan-Tuition-Assistance-Program/
Holy Cross Academy provides additional tuition assistance as well. Families in need of tuition assistance must first complete the FACTS Grant & Aid application as mandated by the Diocese of Arlington. Award decisions are generated from the school when students are accepted.
For further information, please review the FACTS links below.
Although Holy Cross Academy does not provide scholarships, several funds have been established which allow the school to provide tuition assistance for families. The school is grateful for the generosity of parishioners and other friends of the school who provide this support. Awards from these funds are distributed through the FACTS application process.
Fr. McMahon Restricted Fund - established at the opening of the school to assist in funding financial aid awards
JoAnn James Memorial Scholarship - established in memory of our beloved Mrs. JoAnn James and awarded annually to a student who exemplifies the qualities Mrs. James taught to her students: industry, citizenship and loyalty.
Viola Graves Scholarship Fund - established by the estate of a parishioner of St. Mary's for financial aid funds
Kari R. Zehner Scholarship Fund - established to offer an annual $1,000.00 academic award to a returning Middle School student who demonstrates academic excellence
Council of Catholic Women Scholarship - provides a generous donation to assist financial aid for parishioners of St. Mary's
The following organizations also offer an annual scholarship award application process:
Ancient Order of Hibernians Grant - Gen. Meagher Division grant recipients are selected by the school principal and faculty based on scholastic achievement, community service, financial need, and commitment/acceptance to attend St Michael the Archangel or Pope John Paul the Great Catholic high schools. This grant is specifically to defray tuition expenses. Their website has information regarding the grant: http://www.aohvirginia.org/FredericksburgDiv1
Knights of Columbus Scholarship - Information can be obtained from the St. Mary's KOC
Additional funding opportunities are made possible with support from The Community Foundation and the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program. Applications for families who qualify are processed by Holy Cross Academy.
The Community Foundation - http://www.cfrrr.org/
Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program - http://www.cfrrr.org/make-a-charitable-impact/current-funds/vaeistc-scholarships-tax-credits-program
Holy Cross Academy Blue Ribbon Award
In honor of our 2012 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award, an outstanding eighth grade student is selected to receive a contribution towards Catholic high school tuition.
Scholarship Donor Tax Credit Info
FACTS Grant & Aid Information
FACTS Payment Plan Information
FACTS FAQ
FACTS FAQ- Spanish
FACTS Online Payment Link
FACTS Grant and Aid Assessment
For any questions regarding Tuition or Financial Aid, please contact Mrs. Kathy Whetzel at hcabookkeeper@holycrossweb.com.
© 2016 by Holy Cross Academy 250 Stafford Lakes Parkway Fredericksburg, VA 22406 Phone (540) 286-1600 Fax (540) 286-1625


Airlines are turning downward once again.
Delta Air Lines Inc. ($DAL) continues to trade lower, down -3.31% at $40.74 on a volume of 4,505,530 shares today. Last week we saw a brief rise in airline stocks that looked to be a bottom and a breakout. That breakout has now turned into a break below the lower bollinger band which is a very bearish move. There looks to be more downside in these stocks.
Delta Air Lines Inc. is below the 50 day moving average and below the 200 day moving average. These are bearish, bearish indicators respectively.
Delta Air Lines Inc. Delta Air Lines Inc provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the United States and around the world. The Company's business segments are airline and refinery.
Get daily technical analysis videos from expert trader Dan Fitzpatrick.
I understand that by registering below, I'll get free, immediate access to this valuable resource, including all future Chart of the Day videos, along with hundreds of Dan's past chart analysis videos!
Safe and Secure! Your private information will never be traded, rented or sold.
As a member of Stock Market Mentor you'll learn alongside the best traders in the world and get an "insider's view" of the simple Stock Trading Method that is helping seasoned and beginning traders grow their portfolio safely and quickly!
Join Dan and our trading forum community to give feedback, share trading ideas and experiences.
Access an ever expanding library of over 140 educational videos.
Video price alerts are sent to members as stocks covered in our Strategy Sessions and Chart of the Day videos.
Sometimes you just want Dan's input on a chart. No problem, just send a request for Dan to cover the chart.
Each month I host a "Members Only" Question and Answer webinar where I get deep and personal in helping individuals solve their problems..
Members receive an extensive "Strategy Session" video of profitable trading ideas each evening, which is typically 20-30 minutes long.
Members receive a more extensive analysis each weekend, with exclusive video content, including: a market overview, sector spotlight, Stock Watch videos and more.
Got a stock you want Dan to look at? Just ask.
© 2019 Stock Market Mentor All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without permission prohibited.


Our motor home offers 6 berth sleeping arrangements, a fully furnished bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, hot and cold running water, ample storage space, TV, awning, power steering, diesel fuel We supply complimentary cutlery, toiletries, crockery, kitchen utensils. Other items can also be requested and can be agreed upon when booking. All that's needed to drive our motorhome is a standard driving license.


text:
Joburg Was Better Off Ruled By White People See how It Used to Look Before the ANC Took Over/Opinion
By All_Is_Well.Media (self media writer) | 1 month ago
Wendy (@Wendy94669657) tweets at 1457247618006982660 with the following statement:
Joburg is a major South African metropolis.
As the City of Gold, Joburg attracts a wide range of visitors from all over the world.
It has been ravaged by rural-urban and foreign migration.
If you compare vintage photographs of Johannesburg with contemporary images, you'd assume they were taken in two different cities.
It used to be immaculately kept and spotless.
The buildings were only used for commercial purposes and not for residential purposes.
Even red London-style buses were utilized to transport passengers.
Take a look at the images in the gallery below.
When the ANC came to power when Apartheid ended in South Africa, foreigners began pouring into the country, and commercial buildings were converted to residences, leading to the destruction of the majority of them. It has been reported that some of the buildings have been taken over and utilized for narcotics and people trafficking purposes. As you'll see in the next paragraphs,
The white folks in charge of Joburg made the city a lot better.
They were able to keep it in good condition.
However, despite the fact that it was a dark period in our history, there were some advantages to Apartheid. In fact, they could run and maintain the city better than the ANC could.
It will take at least another two decades to rebuild such structures.
However, as long as the ANC is in power, foreigners will be allowed to continue destroying the buildings, making it nearly difficult to restore them to their original state.
When they are used by non-natives, they will only continue to deteriorate.
They were unable to govern one of the largest cities in Mzansi.
Do you agree with this? Let's discuss it in the comments section below. Thanks for reading today's article. Please leave a comment, like it, and subscribe to my blog to receive notifications of future articles by me. Don't forget to tell your family and friends about this post and leave a comment if you liked it. I'll see you in the next one.
Content created and supplied by: All_Is_Well.Media (via Opera News )
ANC Apartheid Joburg South African Wendy


AIA Insurance is an international insurance company. They are expanding into several different cities in China. Its brand image is young and active. Like many offices across the globe, their offices in China are young and modern. In this project, Lamex is dedicated to creating an open environment with collaborative elements. With a thoughtful design including different layouts of workstations and collaborative areas, Lamex connects these different elements in a beautiful and peaceful way. This lovely environment is the ideal workplace where people work and live.
The ergonomic task chairs and executive chairs provide healthy physical support for workers.
The open and spacious areas inspire the creativity of workers which assists them in completing tasks.
The ergonomic chairs provide a more comfortable working environment for people and improve their efficiency and productivity.