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Publication - Strategy/plan
Scotland's International Framework: China engagement strategy
External Affairs Directorate
Scotland's commitment to a strong, long-term, bilateral partnership with China.
Scotland's Commitment To A Strong, Long-term, Bilateral Partnership With China
Strategic Objective 1 – Global Outlook
Strategic Objective 2 – Relationship And Partnerships
Strategic Objective 3 – Reputation and Attractiveness
Find out more from some of the organisations involved
Why China?
As we build sustainable economic growth in Scotland and continue to be an outward looking nation, China remains a priority country for our international engagement. With steady economic growth, the world's largest population and increasing international partnerships, China has an important global role. China's ambitious economic growth and infrastructure programmes, such as the monumental Belt and Road Initiative, offer valuable opportunities for Scotland's businesses and institutions.
China's 13th Five Year Plan (2016-20) sets out clear ambitions in areas such as science and innovation, inclusive economic growth, gender and health equality, the development of green industries, increasing employment and access to quality education, many of which chime with Scottish Government priorities and aspirations. Furthermore, China's positive commitment to addressing climate change through the UN Paris Climate Agreement is significant.
We are committed to working collaboratively and constructively with China, focusing on areas of maximum mutual benefit and where Scotland has a unique story to tell.
Find out more about Scotland in China
Scotland and China
Over 30 years of twinning between Glasgow & Dalian
Scotland welcomed Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong to Scotland in 2017
Scottish Development International has officesin Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzhen
13 Scottish Ministerial visits to China since 2007
Over 15,000 Chinese in Scotland (source: 2011 census)
First Minister met Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua in Beijing in 2018
Annual St Andrew's Day ceilidh in Beijing
Scottish Affairs office based in UK Embassy in Beijing
The Chinese-Scottish Tartan represents friendship between our two nations
Chinese Consulate in Edinburgh for over 20 years
Over 30 years of twinning between Edinburgh & Xi'an gateway to the Silk Road
Scotland's international ambitions
One of the key priorities of Scotland's Economic Strategy is internationalisation. Our co-operation with China fully supports this. The aims of internationalisation are defined in Scotland's International Framework:
to create an environment within Scotland that supports a better understanding of international opportunities and a greater appetite and ability to seize them; and
to influence the world around us on the issues that matter most in helping Scotland flourish.
Scotland's ambitions for working with China complement our Trade and Investment Strategy as well as the UN Sustainable Goals for Development.
Strategic objectives for engagement with China
Scotland's China engagement strategy is aligned to the strategic objectives of the International Framework.
Guiding principles for engagement with China
Scotland and China have common challenges and aspirations on issues such as gender, social and health equity, fair work and climate justice. The Scottish Government is proud of recent initiatives to promote social justice, such as the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill, the Business Pledge, Fair Work Convention and our work on Internationalising Social Enterprise.
We aim to work collaboratively and constructively with China - promoting our values through sharing practical learning and experiences - to encourage an open, honest dialogue. This work will help us to collectively address global challenges, contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and support UN human rights treaties.
Positive People-to-People and Diplomatic relations are the foundation of Scotland's engagement with China. This entails a steady flow of high level delegations, including ministers, to and from China, as well as maintaining good relations with the Chinese Government and UK Government partners such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. We will continue to build on existing relationships with Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong province, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, whilst considering other opportunities as they arise.
Respect for Human Rights and the Rule of Law are also fundamental to our engagement with China. This means balancing economic development with social justice. Indeed, the premise that increasing growth and tackling inequality are mutually supportive is at the heart of our engagement with China. Our approach is informed by collaborative work with Scottish human rights organisations.


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Tag Archives: Chief of Police
Birth of St. Clair Mulholland, Union Army Colonel
St. Clair Augustine Mulholland, colonel in the Union Army in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor winner, is born in Lisburn, County Antrim on April 1, 1839.
Mulholland emigrates to Philadelphia with his parents while a boy. His youthful tastes incline him to military affairs and he becomes active in the ranks of the militia. At the outbreak of the Civil War he is commissioned lieutenant colonel of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry, which is attached to Thomas Francis Meagher's Irish Brigade. When the regiment's size is reduced to a battalion, he accepts a reduction in rank to major.
Mulholland is wounded during the famous charge of the Irish Brigade up Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862. At the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3 and 4, 1863, he leads his regiment and distinguishes himself by saving the guns of the 5th Maine Battery that had been abandoned to the enemy. For this he is complimented in general orders and later receives the Medal of Honor from the United States Congress. In this campaign he is given the command of the picket line by Major General Winfield Scott Hancock and covers the retreat of the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River.
Although Mulholland later claims that at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 he personally took command of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry and led it into action, this fact is mentioned in neither his own official report of the battle, nor that of the lieutenant colonel commanding the 140th. When the 116th is returned to full strength in early 1864, he is promoted to colonel. He is wounded a second time at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864. At the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House he is wounded a third time, but remains in the hospital only ten days. Resuming his command, he is dangerously wounded again at the Battle of Totopotomoy Creek. He recovers rapidly and commands his brigade in all the actions around the Siege of Petersburg, particularly distinguishing himself by storming a fort on the Boydton Plank Road. He is mustered out of the volunteer service on June 3, 1865.
On May 4, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominates Mulholland for the brevet grade of brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 for his conduct at the Battle of the Wilderness and the U.S. Senate confirms the appointment on May 18, 1866. On January 13, 1869, President Johnson nominates Mulholland for appointment to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865 for his actions on the Boydton Plank Road and the Senate confirms the appointment on February 16, 1869. The brevet is issued February 20, 1869. It is the last brevet of major general issued for service during the Civil War.
Returning to civilian life after the war, Mulholland is appointed Chief of Police in Philadelphia in 1868, and signalizes his administration by the good order in which he keeps both the force and the city. President Grover Cleveland appoints him United States Pension Agent, in which office he is continued by Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He is considered an authority on the science of penology, and also devotes much of his leisure time to art studies, and as a lecturer and writer on the Civil War and its records. He compiles a history of the 116th Regiment, and another of those to whom Congress voted the Medal of Honor. In the Catholic affairs of Philadelphia, he is always active and a leader among the best known laymen.
St. Clair Augustin Mulholland dies on February 17, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia.
Categories: Irish American, Irish History, Wars & Rebellions | Tags: 116th Pennsylvania Infantry, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, 5th Maine Battery, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Army of the Potomac, Battalion, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of the Wilderness, Battle of Totopotomoy Creek, Brevet, Brigadier General, Catholic Church, Chief of Police, Colonel, County Antrim, Grover Cleveland, Irish Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel, Lisburn, Major, Major General, Medal of Honor, Militia, Penology, Philadelphia, President, Rappahannock River, Regiment, Siege of Petersburg, St. Clair Augustine Mulholland, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Francis Meagher, Union Army, United States Congress, United States Senate, William McKinley, Winfield Scott Hancock | Permalink.
Birth of Francis O,Neill, Music Collector & Police Officer
Francis O'Neill, Irish-born American police officer and collector of Irish traditional music, is born in Tralibane, near Bantry, County Cork on August 28, 1848. His biographer Nicholas Carolan refers to him as "the greatest individual influence on the evolution of Irish traditional dance music in the twentieth century."
At an early age O'Neill hears the music of local musicians, among them Peter Hagarty, Cormac Murphy and Timothy Dowling. At the age of 16, he becomes a cabin boy on an English merchant vessel. On a voyage to New York, he meets Anna Rogers, a young emigrant whom he later marries in Bloomington, Illinois. The O'Neills move to Chicago, and in 1873 he becomes a policeman with the Chicago Police Department. He rises through the ranks quickly, eventually serving as the Chief of Police from 1901 to 1905. He has the rare distinction, in a time when political "pull" counts for more than competence, of being re-appointed twice to the position by two different mayors.
O'Neill is a flautist, fiddler and piper and is part of the vibrant Irish community in Chicago at the time. During his time as chief, he recruits many traditional Irish musicians into the police force, including Patrick O'Mahony, James O'Neill, Bernard Delaney, John McFadden and James Early. He also collects tunes from some of the major performers of the time including Patsy Touhey, who regularly sends him wax cylinders and visits him in Chicago. He also collects tunes from a wide variety of printed sources.
O'Neill retires from the police force in 1905. After that, he devotes much of his energy to publishing the music he has collected. He dies in Chicago, at the age of 87, on January 28, 1936.
In 2000, a life-size monument of Francis O'Neill playing a flute is unveiled next to the O'Neill family homestead in Tralibane, County Cork. The monument, and a commemorative wall are erected through the efforts of the Captain Francis O'Neill Memorial Company.
In 2008, Northwestern University Press issues Captain O'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago, a non-musical memoir edited by Ellen Skerrett and Mary Lesch, O'Neill's great-granddaughter, with a foreword by Nicholas Carolan of the Irish Traditional Music Archive. Carolan himself writes a musical biography of O'Neill, A Harvest Saved: Francis O'Neill and Irish Music in Chicago, which is published in Ireland by Ossian in 1997.
In August 2013, the inaugural Chief O'Neill Traditional Music Festival takes place in Bantry, County Cork, just a few miles from Tralibane. The 2013 event marks the centenary of the publication of O'Neill's Irish Minstrels and Musicians. The event has taken place annually since.
Categories: Arts & Music, Irish American, Irish History, Law | Tags: Bantry, Bloomington, Cabin Boy, Chicago, Chicago Police Department, Chief of Police, County Cork, Fiddle, Flute, Francis O'Neill, Illinois, Irish Traditional Music, Irish Traditional Music Archive, New York City, Northwestern University Press, Patsy Touhey, Police Officer, Uilleann Pipes | Permalink.

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In the last post we talked about how important praise is, and that the prophet Isaiah said that man was made to praise God. The story of Hezekiah gives a great insight into the power of praise, how God rewards them that praise him.
This is such a touching story. The great King Hezekiah called to God when he was sick he had done for other situations. And the message from Isaiah, the man of God, to Hezekiah was that he was going to get another 15 years of life.
Notice the emphasis on praise in this section. "For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day." One of the things that Hezekiah said in his entreaty to God was to remind him that he would not be able to praise him unless he was alive, and this is noteworthy that God answered this prayer.


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PreCentral: The Nokia Lumia 900 - Windows Phone's best shot yet [the competition]
By News Reporter,
April 4, 2012 in LG and webOS News
An 800x480 screen, 1.4GHz Qualcomm processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of storage, an underappreciated but not fully matured operating system with a unique look and feel, and a physical design unlike anything else on the market. Name that phone. Is it the announced-15-months-ago-but-never-released HP Pre3, or running Windows Phone on AT&T?
Well, it's both. Nokia's latest Windows Phone 7 salvo is hitting AT&T with the force of, well, Nokia and Microsoft, and unlike the Pre3, you can actually buy it in stores. Our friend Daniel Rubino over at WPCentral just reviewed the latest Windows Phone flagship device, and here's what he found plenty to love:
For $99 on contract, the Lumia 900 is one of the nicest Windows Phone on the market today and for the foreseeing future all at a great price. It has solid hardware including super-fast 4G LTE and the latest version of Windows Phone Mango ensuring a great experience for new users and veterans looking for an upgrade. Plus the device oozes with Nokia's quality craftsmanship making it a device many will want to talk about. With all the hype around this phone, this could be the next "it" device for the summer.
That $99 price point is really the super interesting part. Nokia and Microsoft are pushing this hard, and with that subsidy it's clear that AT&T is planning to push it hard too. AT&T says that the marketing drive for the Lumia 900 will be their biggest ever, eclipsing even their efforts for the iPhone. It's an interesting show to see the difference that a committed (and perhaps desperate) companies like Nokia and Microsoft can make when they through their full weight behind a product. Not that we're making any allusions to the fate of webOS under HP or anything…
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Full screen - bottom bar stays on
By Spirto
So I'm trying to watch Eurosport player via the LG WebOS browser. When I put the stream I'm watching to full screen the bottom bar (with start/pause, volume, full screen etc. options) goes away for a couple of seconds and when the censor disappears it comes back and stays on. It's really annoying.
I have been watching Eurosport like this before and never had this issue. Wondering if it's something to do with the new update?
Many thanks for your time.
Default Home Screen
By Legion
I just bought a OLEDG177PUA with what I assume is webos 6. Why is there not a setting available for me to set the default home screen.... to the home screen? I am constantly ending up on some random live LG TV channel, and having to wrestle it to go "back" to "home" by pressing the home button over and over. At the very least let me easily switch to a gallery picture as a home screen option. It's a gallery TV after all is it not?
I haven't watched live TV since 2003. With all the app options on the home screen now, why on earth would I need to start now? Please enable a way to make live TV stop being the default. It was bad enough that I had to endure a static screen to constantly wrestle back out of to get to the home screen, but I'm not sure what's worse, static or Ancient Aliens. 🙄
Also explain HBO Max. How do you guys have ancient aliens but not HBO Max?
By News Reporter
Advanced IVI System Boasts Pillar to Pillar
Touch Display for Seamless, Intuitive User Experience
SEOUL, Jan. 12, 2022 — LG Electronics' (LG) newest premium in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system will be a central feature in the 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS EV sedan, the Pillar to Pillar (P2P) display built into the MBUX Hyperscreen that stretches across the entire width of the dashboard. With its unique interior concept and revolutionary human-machine interface, the first luxury electric vehicle from Mercedes-Benz AG highlights the futuristic trends in electric vehicle design and points to an exciting vision for future mobility.
First introduced by Mercedes-Benz at AG CES 2021, the MBUX Hyperscreen consists of three screens including LCD display, ICD (Instrument Cluster Display) and two OLED displays, CID (Central Information Display) and CDD (Co-Driver Display) under a bonded glass cover to give the appearance of a single, continuous display. The use of advanced plastic OLED (P-OLED) display technology enables the infotainment system in the Mercedes-Benz EQS EV to deliver clear, sharp images and text and slim bezels with no physical knobs means occupants get an intuitive touch interface with refined haptics for a user experience (UX) with minimal learning curve.
LG's IVI system was specifically designed to meet the needs of Mercedes-Benz AG with the curved, panoramic form factor required by the ultra-sleek sedan. LG's in-house Production Engineering Research Institute, tasked with providing in-house expertise for equipment and material components as well as advanced production techniques, developed the core technologies implemented in the display: Curved Glass Forming, Surface Treatment and Curved Display Bonding.
Working closely together, LG and Mercedes-Benz AG engineers are taking in-vehicle displays such as instrument panels and navigation systems to a new level, providing drivers and passengers with greater convenience and control of their on-road experience. The visually-pleasing IVI system in the Mercedes-Benz EQS EV not only raises the bar for ease-of-use but also safety, featuring new technologies that perform well above minimum standards for head-on and collisions.
"It's an honor and a privilege to be able to work in close collaboration with a trusted partner such as Mercedes-Benz AG," said Eun Seok-hyun, president of the LG Vehicle component Solutions Company. "Being named a valued supplier of automotive displays by Mercedes-Benz AG last year gives us immense pride in knowing that the partnership is showing great results."
As an innovative partner for future mobility, LG Electronics' Vehicle component Solutions (VS) Company is working with global automakers such as Mercedes-Benz AG to become a leading developer of connectivity, infotainment and ADAS solutions to deliver differentiated in-vehicle experiences. LG is committed to diversifying its portfolio to further strengthen its capabilities with acquisitions including automotive lighting and headlight systems provider ZKW Group and software cybersecurity company Cybellum as well as the joint venture, LG-Magna e-Powertrain.


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Q: How can I change the useState value according to the condition when the function is executed in React native? I created a useState function in an array object called box.
The values are as follows.
const [box, setBox] = useState([
{name: "coffee", placeId: 257, productCode: "INSECT3"}
{name: "tea", placeId: 258, productCode: "INSECT3"}
{name: "coke", placeId: 259, productCode: "INSECT3"}
{name: "fanta", placeId: 260, productCode: "INSECT3"}
])

Also I have an array object called hi[0].children.
hi[0].children = [
    {placeId: 257}
    {placeId: 258}
]

What I want to do is when the onChangeInnerPicker function is triggered, if the placeId of hi[0].children and the placeId of the box are the same, I want to change the productCode of the box with the same placeId to the prodata that is received as an argument.
My whole code is like this.
When hi[0].children and box's placeId values are equal to 257 and 258, and the prodata value input as an argument is "INSECT4", the answer I want is this.
const [box, setBox] = useState([
{name: "coffee", placeId: 257, productCode: "INSECT4"}
{name: "tea", placeId: 258, productCode: "INSECT4"}
{name: "coke", placeId: 259, productCode: "INSECT3"}
{name: "fanta", placeId: 260, productCode: "INSECT3"}
])

However, when I run my code, it enters a completely different place, rather than replacing the matching value in the corresponding placeId. like this
const [box, setBox] = useState([
{name: "coffee", placeId: 257, productCode: "INSECT4"}
{name: "tea", placeId: 258, productCode: "INSECT4"}
{name: "coke", placeId: 259, productCode: "INSECT3"}
{name: "fanta", placeId: 260, productCode: "INSECT3"}
productCode: "INSECT4"
])

this is my whole code
    const [box, setBox] = useState([
    {name: "coffee", placeId: 257, productCode: "INSECT3"}
    {name: "tea", placeId: 258, productCode: "INSECT3"}
    {name: "coke", placeId: 259, productCode: "INSECT3"}
    {name: "fanta", placeId: 260, productCode: "INSECT3"}
    ])

hi[0].children = [
    {placeId: 257}
    {placeId: 258}
]

const onChangeInnerPicker = (prodata) => {

hi[0].children.map((v) => {
    box.map((item) => {
        if (v.placeId === item.placeId) {
            console.log("item.placeId:", item.placeId)    // 257, 258
            console.log("prodata:", prodata);     // prodata : "INSECT4"
             setBox({ ...box, [productCode]: prodata })
        }
    })
})

}

so How can i fix my code?

A: Revisiting your handler this is what I would suggest
const onChangeInnerPicker = (prodata) => {
  setBox((prevState) => {
    return prevState.map((b) => {
      if (hi[0].children.inludes(b.placeId))
        return { ...b, productCode: prodata };
      return b;
    });
  });
};

First of all, rather than using the state values I prefer doing all this in a state updater function (pass a function to setState rather than a value). That way you can get the previous state as a parameter and work with it safely within that function. Note you should not mutate state there as you should not anywhere else.
Given that you have the list of the placeIds of where you want to replace the values you can use that list as a whitelist of which elements in the array to update. That way whenever we find one of the elements that meet that condition we map the value to your prodata
This might be helpful:
https://beta.reactjs.org/learn/updating-arrays-in-state

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You Aren't Invisible
by Dan Van Veen on August 10, 2017
What does it feel like to be invisible? According to missionary evangelist Jason Frenn, the blind beggar in the gospel of Luke who called out to Jesus as He was passing through knew exactly what that felt like. The man was considered less than impure — he was viewed as expendable.
Frenn, who ministered in the Wednesday evening service in the Anaheim Arena at the 57th General Council, has decades of experience in ministering to those suffering. He and his wife, Cindee, regularly hold revivals in Latin America where the suffering is overwhelming. But in doing so, millions have heard the gospel message and hundreds of thousands have come to Christ.
Yet the night's message wasn't aimed at lost souls; it was directed at the struggling ones — those believers who felt invisible, perhaps even expendable.
As Frenn and his interpreter, Dan Campbell, began the message, with Frenn volleying from English to Spanish, and Campbell following suit, he shared how he had been praying about this message for more than a year. He believed he had received a word from the Lord to share.
'We need to break out of our reality and break into the Lord's reality," Frenn began. "Our reality and God's reality are two separate things."
In examining the Scripture passage concerning the blind man, Frenn noted something significant. Those who rebuked the blind man for calling out to Jesus, the ones leading the group, were Christians who considered the blind man outside of the grace of God — not a candidate for a miracle from Jesus!
"And that happens today," Frenn said. "There are people [Christians] who consider certain people outside of the grace of God. They won't preach it, but they believe it."
Frenn also noted that the blind man not only wouldn't stop calling out to Jesus, but when asked what he wanted, he asked not for great wealth or a wife — he asked for the impossible.
He then equated the blind man's "impossible" request to revival in the United States — another impossibility. As he sprinkled examples of God's "impossible" power throughout his message, Frenn offered three things that will enable revival to take place:
• Don't become immune to the power of the gospel you preach;
• Ask God for nothing less than the impossible;
• Realize that you are not invisible to God — He hears you, He sees you, you are not expendable.
Switching gears to focus on the third step to seeing revival, he asked the audience who needed the power of God to descend on their life, ministry, family, children, body, or simply needed an encounter with that same Jesus who did the impossible for a blind man, to raise their hands and then come to the altar. The altar and aisles were flooded.
As he prayed over the crowd, and God was being called upon to do the impossible in lives throughout the arena, Frenn took things to a new level.
"I'm going to do something that you're not supposed to do at a General Council," he began. "If tonight you need to rededicate (or for the first time dedicate) your life to Christ, raise your hand." Scores of hands around the arena were raised and then prayed over.
Frenn concluded the service by speaking a blessing on those in attendance, praying that God would allow revival to come to every church and that it would sweep the United States, surpassing even that of the Latin America revival that has been taking place.
Some 5,000 people were present for Frenn's General Council message, which was open to the public, with another 5,700 attending the National Youth Convention service Wednesday evening.
Prior to the General Council evening message, General Superintendent George O. Wood, on behalf of the Assemblies of God, honored six Executive Presbyters for their years of service.
Those recognized included Zollie L. Smith Jr., executive director of U.S. Missions who has led U.S. Missions from 2007-2017; Warren D. Bullock, the executive presbyter of the Northwest Region from 2001-2017; J. Don George, the executive presbyter for the South Central Region from 2001-2017; Jesse Miranda Jr, an executive presbyter for Hispanic regions from 1995-2017; Clarence St. John, executive presbyter for the North Central Region from 2007-2017; and Brian C. Schmidgall, executive presbyter under 40 from 2013-2017.
General Council services continue Thursday night with a missions emphasis as AGWM Executive Director Greg Mundis and Zollie Smith will share the podium. The 2017 General Council will conclude Friday evening with the combined National Youth Convention and General Council Celebration Service.
Tags: General Council 2017 Jason Frenn Daniel Campbell Anaheim California Miracles Revival The Impossible Zollie Smith Jr. Warren Bullock J. Don George Jesse Miranda Jr. Clarence St. John Brian Schmidgall


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By Dr Mike Nichols
In 2017 I organised for Alan & Dot Bissett (of the Wee Red Barn, near Masterton, New Zealand) to purchase some 200 cherry trees, which had been grown in root restricting bags in a greenhouse in North Otago. These "mature" trees were dully freighted up to Masterton, and planted in August in four Haygrove tunnels. Incredibly they produced just over about 4 kg per tree of ripe cherries just before Christmas.
Last year (2018), after what is best described as a low/no pruning strategy I visited the property on 13 December. It was raining, but no problems as the Haygrove tunnels kept the fruit dry, (so no splitting), and the tunnels supported nets which prevented birds (at least most of them) from damaging the fruit. We estimated that the yield would be in the region of 10kg/tree, which at pre-Christmas cherry prices would provide a very nice income—particularly as all the fruits could be harvested from the ground with no need for ladders.
In the spring of 2017 the Bissett's purchased a number of modern varieties of cherries from McGrath's Nursery in Cambridge. These had been recently grafted onto the semi-dwarfing Colt rootstock, and on arrival were immediately planted into 20 litre bags filled with coir, and grown hydroponically in a tunnel house. By Christmas the growth was tremendous (see photo). The plants were planted in the soil in a tunnel house the following winter, and trained along wires using the UHF system, which involves training two shoots parallel to the ground along the row and then letting the new shoots grow upright from this basic structure. This means that the rows may be as little as 2-3 m apart, and the plants in the row may be 5 or more metres apart. The shoots which grow from the two main structural shoots are the pruned in a renewal system, so that the older shoots ae continually being replaced with new shoots, and therefore the fruiting spurs are always young and vigorous. In the winter of 2019 it was clear that these very young tress would produce a small crop that season, as many fruiting spurs were apparent on the young trees. (see photo).
The next move is to examine the potential of using the very dwarfing cherry root stock developed in Switzerland. There ae two lines of Gisella available in New Zealand (Gisella 5 and Gisella 12), and these will be used to graft some cherry scions later this season.
All of this poses some really good questions about cherry production on New Zealand, which for a long time has been a high risk crop because of problems of unseasonable rain and damage from birds.
There is little doubt that the success of New Zealand's cherry exports is very dependent on the combination of Chinese New Year and the fact that Central Otago fruit matures at the same time. The only other cherry production countries in the southern hemisphere (Chile, South Africa, & mainland Australia), all mature earlier, and only Tasmania is a potential competitor.
However there is a real risk that Central Otago may have climatic problems in the future. Global warming is a reality, and one of the major components of global warming is that weather (including rainfall) patterns will change. Rain at the wrong time (close to harvest) can decimate a sweet cherry crop.
With the global warming risk, it is difficult to justify the emphasis on producing rain sensitive fruit in traditionally low rainfall areas, when there is so much uncertainty with future weather patterns. Perhaps it is time to consider rain-proofing such crops?
This then poses the question of whether we actually need to use the dryer parts of Central Otago for such crops, or whether the Waitaki Valley, or Maniototo, or even McKenzie Country might provide a similar climate with much lower land costs? $ 200,000/ha has been quoted as the cost of establishing cherries in Central Otago, and high plastic tunnels only cost about $100,000.ha.
Has anyone tried producing early cherries in the Waikato? I imagine that away from the coast that there would be sufficient winter chilling. With half of New Zealand living north of Taupo, the demand for early cherries would be excellent, and growing in netted tunnels would significantly reduce the risk of split fruit due to rain or losses due to bird damage.
Article supplied by Dr M A Nichols
Email: m.nichols@massey.ac.nz
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Ex-solicitor with 'addiction' to litigation is banned from courts
A former solicitor, who believes virtually the entire legal profession is involved in a conspiracy against her, has had a civil restraint order extended.
Anal Sheikh, a conveyancing solicitor and principal at a Wembley practice until she was struck off in 2009, was described by Mr Justice Turner as having an 'enthusiasm for litigation matched only by her loathing and disdain for the judges, advocates and other litigants' who have been involved in claims she has made.
Sheikh was made subject to a general civil restraint order following a contentious property dispute, the order has been extended at regular two-year intervals. The matter returned to the High Court as the latest extension was due to expire.
In Sheikh v Page & Anor, Turner said he was in no doubt that it was appropriate to extend the order, warning that to do otherwise would result in a 'blizzard of uncontrolled and unmeritorious claims' seeking to resurrect litigation and challenge a broad swathe of court decisions the relevance of which 'can be fathomed only by herself'.
The judge added: 'Repeated adverse rulings provide her with no disincentive for her continuing persistent interventions and, on the contrary, serve only to strengthen further her all-pervading confirmation bias.'
The court heard that in spite of the restraint order preventing Sheikh from pursing litigation, she has lost none of her appetite for 'forensic adventurism'.
She has, according to the judgment, at various times, emailed the Supreme Court seeking an application to bring proceedings, emailed around 500 lawyers alleging conveyancing fraud, attempted to impeach various Court of Appeal judges, and emailed her grievances to well-known people such as Boris Johnson and presenter Andrew Marr.
She has also accused leading judges of being involved in conspiracies to defraud and steal. At the latest hearing she named eight barristers and solicitors who should be committed for contempt of court.
Turner said Sheikh's behaviour fitted the 'all too familiar template of the obsessive litigant'.
'Miss Sheikh's applications fail even to get off the ground. In any event, I can discern no substantive merit lurking behind the procedural clutter of these initiatives,' he said.
'There are some unlucky people for whom litigation becomes akin to an addiction; harmful, destructive and all-consuming.'
As a postscript, Turner said Sheikh's applications and interventions continued 'unabated' after he reserved judgment. He rejected her application for him to recuse himself, which had been argued partly on the basis he may be masquerading as a judge and was in fear of gangs.
Part 36 offers excluding interest are not valid, rules Court of Appeal
Lawyers finally given clarity on what constitutes a valid Part 36 offer to settle.
Black and Asian drug offenders 'more likely' to be locked up immediately
Sentencing Council research will fuel fears of racial bias in the criminal justice system.
Strike out decision sent back over judge's 'lack of adequate reasoning'
Tribunal will look again at whether claims against Duncan Lewis Solicitors should be allowed to continue.


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Pure Multi-Family accepts US$1.2B offer from Cortland Partners
Don Wilcox
Minto Apartment REIT buys stake in Toronto High Park Village
Vision Capital: 'Serious questions' with Pure/ALEA takeover bid
Vision Capital takes stand on Pure Multi-Family, GGP acquisitions
Vision Capital Corporation isn't afraid to take a public stand when it comes to takeover bids affecting its investments, injecting itself into two prominent ongoing commercial real estate acquisition attempts in recent days.
Vision Capital partners: Frank Mayer, Jeffrey Olin and Andrew Moffs. (Image courtesy Vision Capital)
Toronto-based Vision, which manages the Vision Opportunity Funds, is encouraging Pure Multi-Family REIT LP's (RUF-UN-X) board of directors to accept Electra America's proposal to purchase its outstanding class-A units. Pure Multi-Family, however, maintains the all-cash US$7.59 per unit offer is inadequate and has rejected the bid.
"We've followed the situation for many years and have been a large shareholder for many years," said Vision president, chief executive officer and portfolio manager Jeffrey Olin. "I've toured all of the real estate (Pure Multi-Family's properties in Arizona and Texas) at least once, and I think it's exceptionally high quality and extremely well-maintained."
Vision doesn't, however, support Brookfield Property Partners' (BPY.UN-T) latest offer to buy the remaining 66 per cent of American mall owner GGP Inc. (GGP-N) that it doesn't already own.
Pure Multi-Family REIT and Electra America
Vancouver-based Pure Multi-Family's own International Financial Reporting Standards valuation is US$6.53 per unit, while Olin said the consensus of several analysts had pegged its net asset value at US$6.78 per unit. Vision's valuation is higher than both of those but lower than what Electra, a Florida-based owner and operator of multi-family properties, is offering.
Vision sent a letter to Pure Multi-Family on April 4 and recommended that all unitholders encourage Pure Multi-Family to engage in discussions with Electra regarding its offer. Pure Multi-Family responded the next day by issuing a media release which said its board had initiated a formal process to explore the potential sale of the REIT.
Pure Multi-Family said it had communicated with Electra and Pure Multi-Family's board determined that unitholders should reject its proposals because:
* they don't fully value Pure Multi-Family's portfolio;
* other companies are capable of paying more;
* and Electra's proposals are highly conditional and require a 30-day exclusivity period.
While some analysts support Pure Multi-Family's stance, Olin said many investors have told him they agree with Vision's position. Olin insists Pure Multi-Family's focus should be on all-cash bids of US$7.59 or higher.
GGP and Brookfield Property Partners
On the Brookfield-GGP front, Brookfield's revised offer is US$23.50 per GGP share. It consists of 61 per cent in cash and 39 per cent in either Brookfield shares or shares in a new vehicle that would track Brookfield's economic returns and qualify for U.S. REIT status for tax purposes.
"The Brookfield bid substantially undervalues the real estate, including Brookfield's own independent assessment of the value of that real estate, which as of the middle of November was $29.50," said Olin, who acknowledged Vision is a small shareholder in GGP.
"It's further complicated by the transaction considerations, which include Brookfield Property Partners units, and we believe it has onerous tax consequences for shareholders of GGP."
Three Brookfield executives sit on GGP's board of directors. An earlier offer from November was rejected by a special committee of GGP's board comprised of non-executive, independent directors.
The GGP special committee has accepted the new offer, entered into a definitive agreement with Brookfield, and recommends shareholders accept the terms. The proposed agreement is subject to a shareholder vote of the majority of the non-Brookfield shareholders.
A Brookfield media release said the transaction is also subject to other customary closing conditions and is expected to close early in the third quarter.
Chicago-headquartered GGP's share price closed at US$20.05 on the New York Stock Exchange on April 11.
Analysts James Sullivan and Ami Probandt from San Francisco-based global financial services firm BTIG have also recommended GGP's independent shareholders reject the new Brookfield offer.
Vision likes undervalued retail real estate
While media reports on the death of retail circulate, not all retail is created equal and, for Vision, this creates value in firms such as GGP. High-quality, well-located shopping centres continue to perform impressively, but many of their owners have seen their market valuations fall due to general negative perceptions of retail stocks.
"We like A-mall companies globally," Olin told RENX. "They're all undervalued."
It's a persistent theme with Olin and Vision in its strategy and presentations.
"There isn't anything wrong with the best malls in the United States," said a presentation made by Olin in October. "To the contrary, the preferred locations, compelling demographics and dominant presence preserve and enhance the real estate for the evolution of retail and other land uses."
GGP owns 100 of the top 500 regional malls in the United States and 8.2 per cent of all high-quality retail real estate in the country. Fifty-six per cent of the American population lives within an hour drive of a GGP mall.
"When you read headlines (like) Sears giving back stores, Macy's closing 100 stores, JCPenney closing 120 stores to 140 stores, the instantaneous reaction of investors is 'Wow, this is trouble,'" GGP chief executive officer Sandeep Mathrani said at a conference last year.
"The instantaneous reaction at headquarters in GGP is 'Wow, this is opportunity.'"


Great Plains can do inspections for buyers, sellers, and 11-month new home warranty checks. Each inspection will offer an unbiased report on the current condition of the home. Our experienced inspectors perform every home inspection per the ASHI Standards of Practice.
Objective home inspections for buyers include detailed reports and images.
Seller inspections increase home values and offer smoother closings.
New home buyers can avoid costly issues by addressing them the first year.
Your detailed inspection report will describe any defects found in the inspection of all readily accessible, visually observable, installed systems and components listed in the Standard.
We use the latest technologies such as electronic carbon monoxide monitors, thermal imaging cameras, and infrared thermometers to get the most accurate data to give you the best report possible.
Radon testing is conducted by a licensed radon measurement technician. We use the most modern continuous radon monitoring system in the industry. The radon test takes 48 hours to collect the sample. Our technology allows us to get the results to you within hours of the conclusion of the test.
We offer additional inspection services such as sprinkler system inspections, single system checks, re-inspection services, and other services.


HAY's reproduction of Børge Mogensen's classic J42 chair clearly reflects his design philosophy. Precise proportions with simple horizontal and vertical lines are used to construct a curved spindled backrest and angular armrests. With a broad plywood seat and frame in solid oak or beech, the design has a timeless quality that is built to provide lasting comfort.
Designed to recreate the classic FBD furniture collection, the J-Series offers a functional design born out of industrial development. FDB created a strong furniture concept in 1933, and under Børge Mogensen's leadership as design director from 1942, the FDB furniture linked industrial production closely with architectural furniture design.
The primary focus was not on detailing, but on making well-designed furniture accessible to the general population. The industrial approach eliminated the need for special components and all chairs featured identical legs. FDB revolutionised the industry as a precursor of many of the design icons that Denmark is acknowledged for today around the world.
Available in oiled oak, matt lacquered oak or painted beech finishes. The J42 chair is not a knock-down item and comes fully assembled.


In the good ol' days, there were only X-ray images. Machines using X-rays have been routine in the medical profession for decades, offering surgeons and doctors an accurate look inside the human body without ever making any invasive cuts.
CBCT technology was first introduced commercially in the early 2000s. It didn't take too long for it to catch on; by 2005, researchers were reporting in medical journals that cone beam computed tomography was an innovative tool that was here to stay.
The field of radiology has come a long way since the first X-ray machine. A variety of new devices and medical imaging techniques have been developed and are gaining ground worldwide. One standout that has been added to this growing list of imaging techniques has turned out to be particularly helpful to us in our practices: cone beam computed tomography, or CBCT.
Cone beam computed tomography combines the raw view that old-fashioned X-rays offer with the data-combining power of modern, innovative computers. The device works by encircling the patient's face to take a series of pictures of the teeth and jaws. The process is done in about a minute, and it produces a large sample of images simply described as a "volumetric data set." This set of photos is processed and sewn together into one three-dimensional image.
It's that 3D imaging ability that gives a far better view of a patient's oral composition. With the capability to rotate the image in any direction as needed, we are able to enhance our preparation practices and perform dental implant or facial reconstruction procedures with a better view of the patient's true condition prior to surgery.
While cone beam computed tomography may be considered just another technological advancement in the long history of medical improvements, for us, it's one that is greatly appreciated to help us improve our best practices.


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Tulsa County looking for ways to put the operation of county jail back in the black
Friday, December 3rd 2004, 10:29 am
Tulsa County officials are in a budget battle over whether the jail should be subsidized with property taxes or forced to survive on sales tax alone.
The jail has a dedicated sales tax, but it's not enough to keep up with the costs. News on 6 reporter Emory Bryan says the Tulsa County jail is costing more than county leaders ever imagined. Halfway through a 10 year contract with CCA, the jail authority is millions of dollars in the red.
County Commissioner Randi Miller chairs the jail authority and she says the only solution may be an infusion of money from the general fund, which means property taxes. "I don't know of any other options right now, we're going to do what we can to protect the general fund, but the safety of the constituents is very important."
The jail takes in money from a quarter cent county sales tax, plus state and federal payments for keeping their prisoners. CCA charges the county $48 a day for each inmate. The federal government pays the county more than cost to house their inmates, but the state pays only half what it costs. The city pays the county nothing.
The jail authority hasn't really asked for a subsidy from other county departments yet. Tulsa County Assessor Ken Yazel: "Do you see us able to come up with some assistance for the jail authority, to the tune of multiple millions of dollars here?" Friday, the county budget board voted to tell them no in case they do ask.
The jail has run a deficit the last 4 of 5 years, and now has a running shortfall of $3.7-million. The options include cutting expenses, collecting more from the state or subsidizing the jail from other county funds.
With the jail so far in the red, the other county departments don't want to volunteer part of their budgets to help something that was supposed to make it on sales tax alone.
News On 6 Tulsa County officials are in a budget battle over whether the jail should be subsidized with property taxes or forced to survive on sales tax alone.
The jail has a dedicated sales tax, but


BioWare had an Unscheduled Maintenance. Apparently to fix a serious economic exploit.
We will be deploying a patch and performing an unscheduled maintenance this Friday, April 27th, 2012. Patch notes will be made available shortly after the servers come back up.
The servers will be down for four hours on Friday, April 27th, 2012 from 2AM CDT (12AM PDT/3AM EDT/8AM BST/9AM CEST/5PM AEST) until 6AM CDT (4AM PDT/7AM EDT/12PM BST/1PM CEST/9PM AEST). All game servers will be offline during this period. This maintenance is expected to take no more than four hours, but could be extended.
– Corrected an item-related issue to prevent a serious economic exploit.


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What Am I Going To Do With Lance Armstrong's Pants?
In this country we like our heroes larger than life and a little bit tarnished
I've got a pair of Lancey-pants in my closet. They've been there for years.
No, they aren't actually Lance Armstrong's racing shorts, but they are a pair of United States Postal Service shorts with the tag still on them. I bought them, where else, from the post office during one of the last years of its sponsorship of the cycling team.
I've always wondered what to do with the shorts? Ride with them? Sell them on eBay? Put them back in the bottom of my hamper full of bike jerseys and shorts and let them bake a while longer, so they will one day really be worth something?
I've tried them on a time or two, but they've never touched a bike saddle, so I'm going to call their condition "pristine," which is much more than I can say for the reputation of their celebrated champion.
In America we like our heroes super-sized. From Babe Ruth to Michael Jordan, America loves a winner, especially those that are filled with vibrato and confidence that helps them transcend into a status which is larger than life.
David probably would have been a great American hero. Imagine the endorsement deals for a kid who takes down a giant with a slingshot and some stones if he had lived in the TV age?
You know you've made it when you land in the one-name club. Think Tiger, Shaq, Kobe, LeBron, Elvis, Dale and yes, Lance. And Thursday night on OWN, two of America's favorite one-name icons will collide for the much awaited tell-all interview with Lance spilling his guts to Oprah.
Raise your hand if you were a true believer (it's OK, you're not alone). We all bought into the Texas swagger of a hero whose name seemed to be ripped out of a graphic novel. Lance Armstrong ... All-American Biker Boy!
Child of a single mom. Triathlon champ as a teen. Cancer survivor. Tour de France champ.
For many of us, Greg LeMond was the original American biking hero, but that was in a time when racing two-wheelers was about as popular on television as luge racing and miniature golf. Back then, we weren't the ESPN generation, so dribs and drabs of bike racing news were all we got on television.
To his credit, Lance made biking sexy. Where LeMond had put the sport on the map, Lance drove a truck down the interstate of success. Everyone wanted to ride like Lance.
When one Tour de France victory became two and three and then seven we were all mesmerized by the living legend. We wanted to believe, and suddenly water cooler conversations turned from who shot J.R. to carbon fiber versus titanium and we all knew the difference between Lance's fast cadence spilling style and Jan Ullrich's pounding of the big gear.
Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen became rock stars, and their familiar pitter-patter on the late-night recap of the tour became a lullaby for racing fans.
Outdoor Life Network became OLN and then Versus, and we all set our VCR's to record the stages so we could rush home and watch the reality TV programming of the TDF.
That Armstrong's saga included a battle with deadly testicular cancer made the tale all the more endearing. We shared in the story of him marrying a beautiful wife and their adorable children. It was the greatest of great American stories, and even when the couple split we were somehow OK when he hooked up with rocker Sheryl Crowe.
We all jumped on board to buy the ubiquitous yellow wristbands to support the Livestrong Foundation. Face it, who could be against the fight against cancer? Who could turn down the Texas Tornado who rocked the biking world with "The Look?"
But when you're dreams are super-sized, the fall from grace can be a mighty long fall.
Sadly, Livestrong will suffer great collateral damage from all of this. Millions of yellow bands will probably be trashed as Lance's reputation is rightfully dragged through the mud. Fairly or unfairly, the foundation will be judged by the house of cards built by Lance and his reputation as the guy who beat cancer and won without using drugs.
As quick as Americans are to jump on a leader's bandwagon, when we are played for a fool as we appear to have been by the Lance machine, we're eager to extract our pound of flesh in vengeance.
When I think of all the cancer patients who drew inspiration from Lance's story, I'm sad. How many sick kids and adults hung on his every word and racing success so that they could endure another day, thinking if Lance could do it, surely they could, too.
Many Lance fans feel that they could tolerate his use of performance-enhancing drugs because seemingly everyone was doing it at the time. But the lies and bullying have caused them to reach a tipping point, and no amount of Oprah is going to soothe that wound.
In my lifetime, I've seen Nixon resign, Bill Clinton rise from the ashes of a sex scandal and Tiger Woods find his way back from punch line to pro-golfing elite. Heck, I'd even vote for Pete Rose to get into the Hall of Fame.
It's going to take a while for Lance. The fact that he built a web of lies to protect himself and then shrouded it all in the goodness of a cancer-fighting foundation seems tawdry and borderline unforgivable.
This isn't as easy as sitting on Oprah's couch for two nights, crying a bit, and then giving the ol' "my bad." I think about his poor mother and how this news might affect her. I think about his kids being harassed at school.
I think I'm going to fold up my Lancey-pants and put them back in the closet and do the same with my emotions while I allow this enough time to sink in and I can make a decision about Lance's legacy.
In the meantime, I'm going to keep my Livestrong wristband, and I'm going to support everyone who has been touched by cancer because that's a cause in which we cannot fail.
So get out there and run today, even if you aren't in the one-name club.


If you're experiencing tooth pain or discomfort in your mouth, Perth City Dental has an emergency dentist in Perth for any dental treatment needed. At Perth City Dental, our dentist is experienced with emergency cases and will always endeavour to accommodate emergency dental treatment. But, when should you see an emergency dentist in Perth?
Dental pain can be a debilitating and frustrating experience for you or your loved one. It is recommended that you visit an emergency dentist when experiencing any pain or discomfort. Whether your problem stems from a toothache, a broken or chipped tooth or wisdom tooth pain, we aim to always treat the cause of the discomfort and alleviate the symptoms. At Perth City Dental, our emergency dentist can assess your situation and if a referral to a Perth specialist is required, we will first provide emergency dental treatment and settle any discomfort or sensitivity.
We understand that not all emergencies occur during office hours and some emergency dentists in Perth are not accommodating to this. If you are looking for an emergency dentist in the Perth area, or within proximity to the CBD, then give the team here at Perth City Dental a call. For afterhours emergencies, call the practice on 9321 5721 and leave a detailed message. Your call will be attended to immediately at the opening of the next business day.
Conveniently located in the CBD, Perth City Dental is there for you when you need an emergency dentist in Perth.
We always aim to create a dental practice that is of greatest convenience to our patients. Being in the city, we understand that many of our patients are office workers and time is of the essence.


A method of monitoring workflow performance includes selecting a workflow for a job in a production process environment, wherein the job corresponds to a job category. The method also may include accessing a knowledge base to automatically select a set of performance indicators that correspond to the job category. Process parameters corresponding to the production process are displayed, and at least a portion of the displayed process parameters include the selected performance indicators.
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for monitoring a process workflow, such as a workflow in a document processing environment.
Print shops can include any environment in which multiple document production devices are networked or configured to provide a document assembly environment within which documents can be printed, cut, finished, coated, bound, assembled, or otherwise created to form a variety of document types. Workflows have commonly been used to provide a structured process for document creation in such an environment. A workflow is a process that uses electronic systems to manage and monitor business processes, thus allowing the flow of work between individuals, devices and/or departments to be defined and tracked. A workflow can include the operational aspects of a work process: how tasks are structured, who or what device performs them, what is the relative order of various tasks, how tasks are synchronized, how information flows to support the tasks and how tasks are being tracked.
In particular, a workflow can be used to describe he movement of a document through a process. A workflow is a predefined plurality of operations used to approve, verify, modify and/or otherwise process a document. These operations can include processing of an electronic file before printing. Such operations can include file conversion, file merging, missing font detection, graphic resolution checking, error notification, print previewing, automatic job ticket creation, automatic production ticket creation, impositions, page annotations, document bar coding, page ordering, archiving and/or print routing. The operations also can include processing a physical document on which content is printed.
A typical job and/or workflow scheduling problem in document production environments assigns jobs to resources and orders the jobs to achieve an optimization objective, such as minimizing the total turnaround time, ensuring that no jobs complete later than a defined time, or to accomplish other goals. In order to monitor the progress of a job in a production environment such as a printing environment, indicators of job performance and status must be identified and monitored. These indicators may vary based on the type of job or other factors within the printing environment. It is desired to find improved ways of identifying performance indicators to be monitored in a production environment such as a print shop.
The embodiments described herein relate to attempts to solve one or more of the problems described above.
In an embodiment, a method of monitoring workflow performance includes selecting a workflow for a job in a production process environment, where the job corresponds to a job category. The method also may include accessing a knowledge base to automatically select a set of performance indicators that correspond to the job category, displaying process parameters corresponding to the production process on a dashboard so that at least a portion of the displayed process parameters include the selected performance indicators, and performing the job in the production process environment. The method also may include receiving a desired process parameter selection for the job from all operator, and modifying the knowledge base so that the performance indicators corresponding to the job category include the desired process parameter selection. The method also may include receiving a job type selection before the workflow is selected, and wherein the selected workflow corresponds to the job type. Optionally, the displaying may include offering an operator both an option to display a set of parameters corresponding to the entire production process environment and an option to display a set of parameters corresponding to an individual resource within the entire production process environment.
Optionally, the selection of the workflow and before the selection of performance indicators, the method may include presenting an operator with a plurality of process options, a process option selection from the operator, modifying the workflow to yield a modified workflow that includes the process option selection, and determining whether the modified workflow corresponds to a different job category, and if so, reclassifying the job into the different job category so that the job category to which the selected performance parameters correspond is the different job category. Determining whether the modified workflow corresponds to a different job category may include, for example, analyzing attributes and values in the workflow, and using semantic reasoning to select, for a knowledge base, a job category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow. If multiple job categories are associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow, the method also may include selecting the job category that corresponds to a highest number of words in the workflow. Alternatively, the method may include displaying the plurality of job categories on the dashboard so that an operator may select a job category from the plurality of job categories.
In an alternate embodiment, a method of monitoring workflow performance includes receiving a process parameter selection for a job in a production process, classifying the job into a category based on the process parameter selection, selecting a workflow that corresponds to the category, accessing a knowledge base to identify performance indicators that correspond to the category, implementing the workflow via at least one production process resource, and displaying a plurality of process parameters corresponding to the resource, wherein at least a portion of the displayed process parameters include the performance indicators. Optionally, the classifying may include analyzing a plurality of attributes in the process parameter selection and using semantic reasoning to select, from a knowledge base, a job category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the process parameter selection. Optionally, the displaying may include offering an operator both: (i) an option to display a set of parameters corresponding to the entire production process environment, and (ii) an option to display a set of parameters corresponding to an individual resource within the entire production process environment.
After the selection of the workflow and before the selection of performance indicators, the method may include presenting an operator with process options receiving a process option selection from the operator, modifying the workflow to include the process option selection, and determining whether the workflow, after modification, corresponds to a different category, and if so, reclassifying the job into the different category so that the category to which the selected performance parameters correspond is the different category. Determining whether the modified workflow corresponds to a different category may include analyzing a plurality of attributes in the workflow, and using semantic reasoning to select, from a knowledge base, a category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow.
FIG. 1 illustrates exemplary elements of a production process monitoring system.
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary production process dashboard.
FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary steps in a method of selecting dynamic key performance indicators for display in a production process.
FIG. 4 illustrates exemplary steps in a semantic reasoning process.
The term "job" as used herein refers to the instructions and parameters pursuant to which an item is processed in a production environment. For example, in an assembly line environment, a "job" can refer to the set of materials selected, processes applied, process parameters, machines used, and other data required to determine how a product is produced or otherwise processed on all or part of the assembly line. In a printing environment, a "job" refers to one or more documents to be printed or processed and one or more instructions regarding, how to process the documents. Exemplary jobs in a printing environment include, without limitation, assembling a printed periodical or book, putting together a bound presentation, printing and cutting business cards, or the like.
An "operation" is a portion of a job that is performed. Exemplary operations for document processing in a printing operation include, without limitation, printing, cutting, folding, binding, and the like.
The terms "print shop" or "printing environment" as described herein any environment in which multiple document production devices are networked or configured to provide a document assembly environment within which documents can be printed, cut, finished, coated, bound, assembled, or otherwise created to form a variety of document types.
A "resource" is a machine that performs an operation. For example, a printing operation can be performed on a resource, such as a printer. Other exemplary resources include, without limitation, scanners, fax machines, cutting machines, binding machines, folding machines and the like. A resource may perform more than one operation for a particular job, such as a machine that folds and cuts paper, or a multi-function device that prints a document and also performs one or more finishing activities on the document, such as coating, cutting, sorting, binding, or other activities.
FIG. 1 illustrates components of a system 100 that may be used in accordance with carrying out the embodiments described herein. Although FIG. 1 illustrates a system in a printing environment, any production environment may be used in the embodiments described herein. A printing environment system 100 may include features such as a user interface 110, a print engine 130, and a controller that controls the various resources within the system 100. The print engine 130 or other resources may have access to a media supply 135, which supplies paper or other material on which content is to be printed. The system 100 also may include one or more prepress services 140, such as software or devices that perform image processing, document size selection or other features. The system 100 also may include one or more finishing services, such as software or devices that perform sorting, cutting, finishing or other post-printing services. A user may access the system via a user interface 110 or, in some embodiments, a user workstation 150 which may include a stand-alone or portable computing or display device that is in communication with the system 100 via a communications network 160 such as a wired or wireless network.
The user interface 10, workstation 150, or both may include a display on which a dashboard provides an operator with a visual view into the system in order to better manage and monitor activities of the system. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a dashboard 200 for a printing environment. The dashboard provides a graphic user interface on which key performance indicators (KPIs) of historic and actively running jobs can be viewed and managed. The types of jobs may be displayed and selected by an operator via drop-down menus or other input mechanisms by class 210 and subclass 220. A class is a set that contains types of jobs. For example, in a printing environment, a class my include a type of document to he processed or printed, such as "book" "magazine", "brochure" or other document. Subclasses may include subsets of a job type. For example, if "book" is the selected class, available subclasses may include categories such as "paperback", "hardcover", "pocket size", "oversize" or other categories. As used herein, an operator refers to any person or device that uses a dashboard to make a selection corresponding to the production process that is displayed on the dashboard.
A class and subclass can be linked to a workflow (i.e., a set of processing instructions) and a desired output type (i.e., a description of the intended resulting product), and the process description and resulting product description may be stored in a knowledge base, such as a database (e.g., element 170 in FIG. 1). For each subclass, a set of KPIs may be stored in the knowledge base so that the KPIs may be displayed on the dashboard when that subclass is selected. For example, referring to FIG. 2, for a book printing class 210 and composite workflow 220 a set of KPIs 230 may be displayed.
FIG. 3 illustrates exemplary elements that may be included in the use of KPIs in a production process monitoring system. Referring to FIG. 3, a semantic knowledge base may be available or constructed (step 305). The knowledge base may be in the form of an ontology such as web ontology language (OWL), which is released by the World Wide Web Consortium, or another format that allows for the description of both concepts and relationships between concepts. The knowledge base may include individuals 306, properties 307, and classes 308. Individuals are the objects of interest in the database—such as a job in a production process. Properties are relations that link two individuals together, such as linking a subclass of "paperback" or a class of "book." Classes are sets that contain individuals having attribute values for membership in a class. Classes are further divided into subclasses that are organized into a taxonomy, or a semantic hierarchy in which the relation between a class and a subclass may be defined by its attributes. As used herein, the term "category" is intended to refer interchangeably to a class, subclass or both a class and subclass taken together.
For example, in a print shop environment, a individual job (e.g., an instruction set to print a particular book) may have certain properties (such as binding instructions, color selection, or other features) that are common with all softcover books (i.e., a subclass of the "books" class). Some or all of the subclasses in the knowledge base are then associated with one or more KPIs (step 310) that represent a performance-related variable that is of interest as the individual job proceeds through the process. Examples of KPIs for individual jobs may include a number of pages completed in the job, a number of pages yet to be completed in the job, an indicator of whether binding has been completed, an indicator of how much toner a job uses, or other indicators of the progress of the job. KPIs for historical groups of jobs associated with a particular category include throughput efficiency, utilization efficiency, and quality. KPIs also can be associated with expected metrics, such as the expected progress of a variable over time, to determine whether a particular job or group of jobs is deviating from the expected norm for the job type.
When the semantic knowledge base is available, the production process may then receive a job. Upon receipt, an operator or automated input system may provide, and the process monitoring system may receive, a job type (step 320). Although the manual selection of a job type is not required, when a job type is received the system-n may retrieve workflow instructions corresponding to that job type from a memory (step 325), such as a database. Based on the workflow instructions, the system may then present, on a display or other output device, one or more process options (step 340) for an operator to select. For example, in a print shop environment, if an operator selects a job type as "magazine", the system may present the operator with options for paper size (e.g., standard or oversize), paper finishing type (e.g., glossy or matte surface) or other options. For each option, a default selection may be available if the user does not make a selection for that option. The system may then refine the workflow (step 345) by modifying it to include the selected and/or default process options, and the workflow may then be performed to create the product in the production process (step 350). When the workflow is refined, the job may be reclassified using semantic reasoning to identify a job class corresponding to the modified workflow. Exemplary semantic reasoning methods are described below in the discussion relating to FIG. 4.
Alternatively, instead of selecting a job type, the system may receive, or an operator may directly select, one or more parameters describing the activities that the production process must perform on a job (step 330). For example, in a print shop environment,job definition format (JDF) may be used as a language to describe a desired product and the processes that are to be performed to create the product. The parameters, which also may be referred to as process variables, may include process steps such as binding or collating. Process variables also may include the selection of printing, finishing, paper selection, or related options, such as type of print (e.g., black-and-white or color), paper size, or coating options. The process variables are also referred to herein as attributes of the workflow, and they contain values and define activities that will occur as the job proceeds through the production process. As examples, an attribute of a document creation workflow may include "binding" or "media color," Based on the process parameters selected, the system may classify the job by job type (step 335) and then select a workflow corresponding to the classified job type (step 337). The workflow may include the process parameters provided at the outset (from step 330), and optionally the operator may be presented with additional process options (step 340).
In the option where the system classifies the job by job type (step 335), in some embodiments the system may use semantic reasoning to perform this classification. For example, a reasoning engine, which may be a software module that analyzes attributes included in the process parameters, may determine what job types are associated with one or more attributes and values of the process parameters, and using any now or hereafter known semantic reasoning methods it may choose a job type in which the job will be classified. For example, referring to FIG. 4, based on the received parameters (step 405) the system may identify those classes in the knowledge base that include the highest number of selected parameters (step 410). For example, in a printing environment, if the operator-selected process parameters that include a media size of less than 4 inches by 4 inches, no binding, and no cover, the reasoner may analyze these attribute restrictions and determine that the parameters are all found in the expected workflow for a postcards. However, the reasoner also may determine that the same parameters are included in a "business card" job class. If so, then the reasoner may determine whether the selected parameters include any parameters having an inverse relationship with the potential classes, and if so, then the reasoner may determine that tile job should not be placed in that class (step 415). Continuing the example above, if the parameters include a document size of 3 inches by 2.5 inches, the system may determine that the size is expressly excluded from the "postcards" workflow, and thus the system will not classify the job as a postcard. After this process, if the reasoner determines that there is only one potential classification for the job (step 420), the system may classify the job according to that class (step 422), and the operator may be given the opportunity to accept or reject that class (step 424). Alternatively, if the system determines that multiple classes are possible (step 420), the system may present the options to the operator for selection (step 430), or the system may select a default class (step 440) based on any predetermined criteria. In either case, the user may also be given the opportunity to select, accept or reject the class in some embodiments (step 450).
Returning to FIG. 3, after the job is classified the systems may select a set of KPIs based on the selected class or subclass corresponding to the Job (step 350). The KPIs may be stored in the knowledge base, and the KPIs may be displayed on the dashboard either automatically or selectively in response to operator requests. Each set of KPIs is unique to a class or subclass, and thus the selection of KPIs is based on the one-to-one relation of a class or subclass and its KPI set. Optionally, before or while the job is executed (step 355), an operator may select one or more additional performance indicators for display on the dashboard (step 360). When the system receives such a request, it may update the knowledge base for that class so that the operator-selected performance indicators are included in the set of KPIs for that class (step 365).
Thus, as described above, the KPIs are dynamically displayed on a dashboard based on the process parameters selected by a user. In some embodiments, KPIs associated with a class may be layered so that when the KPIs are displayed (step 350), a subset of the KPIs may be displayed at any one time. For example, when the dashboard displays parameters relating to a particular resource in a production process, the displayed KPIs may include KPIs that are specific to that resource and the relevant job class. Alternatively, when the dashboard displays an overview of the entire production process, a general set of KPIs may be displayed, and one or more device-specific KPIs may be removed from the display.
In some embodiments, the automotive selection and user refinement of KPIs ma be performed while a job is being executed. In other embodiments, either or both of these activities may be done while a job is in queue (i.e., before execution), or the activities may be done for historic evaluation of groups of jobs after the jobs have been executed.
performing the job in the production process environment.
modifying the knowledge base so that the performance indicators corresponding to the job category include the desired process parameter selection.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a job type selection before the workflow is selected, and wherein the selected workflow corresponds to the job type.
determining whether the modified workflow corresponds to a different job category and if so, reclassifying the job into the different job category so that the job category to which the selected performance parameters correspond is the different job category.
using semantic reasoning to select, from a knowledge base, a job category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein, if a plurality of job categories are associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow, the method further comprises selecting the job category that corresponds a highest number of words in the workflow.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein, if a plurality of job categories are associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow, the method include displaying the plurality of job categories on the dashboard so that an operator may select a job category from the plurality of job categories.
an option to display a set of parameters corresponding to an individual resource within the entire production process environment.
displaying a plurality of process parameters corresponding to the resource, wherein at least a portion of the displayed process parameters include the performance indicators.
using semantic reasoning to select, from a knowledge base, a job category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the process parameter selection.
determining whether the workflow, after modification, corresponds to a different category, and if so, reclassifying the job into the different category so that the category to which the selected performance parameters correspond is the different category.
using semantic reasoning to select, from a knowledge base, a category that is associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein, if a plurality of categories are associated with at least one of the attributes in the workflow, the method further comprises selecting the category that corresponds a highest number of attributes in the workflow.
15. The method of claim 13 wherein, if a plurality of categories are associated with at least one of the words in the workflow, the method include displaying the plurality of categories on the dashboard so that an operator may select a job category from the plurality of categories.
the performance indicators comprise at least one of a page count and toner usage.
modifying the knowledge base so that the performance indicators corresponding to the second job category include the desired process parameter selection.


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Elizabeth Shand
2012, BA in English and Correlate in Art History, Vassar College
Liz Shand is a Ph.D. student in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her research stitches together questions from media studies, book history, gender studies, and Victorian criticism. She is particularly interested in the dominant depictions of women's reading in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through analyses of print culture, material studies, and the history of technology, she is interested in the way that women accessed and shared texts within and outside of dominant reading networks.
Aside from her research, Liz integrates design and digital writing in her research and pedagogy. She has developed design resources and guides for UNC's Design Lab and for Wilson Special Collections Library and has worked in the Digital Innovation Lab.
"Enfolded Narrative in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Refusing 'a perfect work of art', Brontë Studies (forthcoming)
"Women's Reading as Protest in Gissing's The Odd Women: 'I'll see how I like this first,'" English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 62:1 (2019): 53-71.
Doris Betts Award for Excellence in Teaching Composition, 2017-2018
Elsie Van Dyck Dewitt Scholarship Fund Fellowship (2018/2019)
Rare Book School Director's Fellowship (2018)
Digital Humanities Summer Institute Course Fellowship (2018)
North American Victorian Studies Association Travel Grant (2017)
Digital Literacy Initiative Fellow (2017)
Digital Literacy Curricular Development Fellowship (2017)
The Robert M. and Janet Lumiansky Graduate Student Excellence Fund in English (2016)
W. Bruce Lea Jr. Graduate Fund in English (2016)
Ford Scholar, Vassar College (2010)
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Q: 'javadoc' look-a-like, using parser generator? I'm going to create a javadoc look-a-like for the language I'm mainly using, but I was wondering - is it worth to use a parser generator for this? The main idea to use a parser generator was because I could use templates for the HTML code which could be exported then. Also I could also use PDF templates if I need it.
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A: If all you are going to do is extract the "Javadoc" comments, you don't need a full parser; after all, you only need to recognize the comments and regexps will likely do fine.
If you want to extract information from the code and use it augment the javadoc comments, you'll need not only a parser but also name and type resolution.
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Samson said he and Hill spent two days in Cuba, during which time they not only attended the Mass that was held there for him, but visited the Little League fields where Fernandez learned to play baseball. Coaches and friends shared stories about Fernandez when he was young.
Samson said one of the coaches told him that Fernandez was so crazed about baseball that they tried unsuccessfully to rein him in.
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Forum Index > Off-topic Talk > USPS shipping problems to Europe?
Posted: Fri 12 Apr, 2019 5:49 am Post subject: USPS shipping problems to Europe?
Gentlemen, theres some heavy discussion on SBG essentially saying that shipping to Europe is not possible any longer; at least not via USPS. Is anybody here aware of that matter? Manufacturers/venors and /or buyers? Feedback and input MOST welcome, thank you!
Ah, thank you. But i know this nonsense thread all too well. It was the reason i left SBG. Distorted, unresearched "facts", if not lies. I hoped to get some unbiased info from here.
I just went to the USPS site and plugged in a package weighing roughly 4.5 kg, 1270 mm by 200 mm by 300 mm and was offered two options for shipping to Germany. One was about $96 and the other $77. So it is still possible, just not inexpensive.


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