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Lincolnton City Council consider a new manufacturing company and a tattoo studio
MICHELLE T. BERNARD Senior Staff Writer
What is now a dilapidated former mill building is well on its way to becoming a state-of-the-art community focused manufacturing facility. At their last meeting, Lincolnton City Council heard a presentation on rezoning and potential economic development incentive package for property located at 215 Bonview Avenue, formerly the Willowbrook Mill.
The presentation was made by Robert Brown, an attorney with the Jonas Law Firm in Denver and Kara Brown of the Lincoln Economic Development Association on behalf of Deanna Hodges, the principal owner of Sparty Holdings, LLC, the anticipated owner of the property in Lincolnton, and Hodges International, a woman-owned small business that manufactures package uniforms, T-shirts, PPE, as well as blankets, pillows and sheets for large corporations, airlines, military, government, federal, state, county/city/townships and detention centers.
This property will be used as a design center, manufacturing facility and logistic center, according to Hodges. It will include a community garden, an educational center, an after-school facility for employee's children, a café which will be open to the employees and the community. There will also be a boutique featuring products manufactured by Hodges.
While it may not look like much right now, Hodges said during the presentation that she found the building beautiful. She not only wanted to open a factory in the United States but to make a difference in a small town like the one she grew up in.
Council enthusiastically approved both the economic development incentive package in the amount of $206,750 for building renovations. The bulk of the city contribution ($200,000) will go towards asbestos removal costs. Council also approved the application requesting conditional use rezoning from Residential-Office and Single and Two-Family Medium Density Residential to CU-General Manufacturing and Commercial. There is currently an approximately 145,571 square foot former mill building on the property. It was constructed in 1905 and was associated with approximately ten textile companies before operations ceased.
City Council members also voted unanimously to amend the city's zoning regulations to allow tattoo studios to operate in the Planned Business District of the city. Prior to this amendment, the city's zoning regulations didn't allow tattoo studios in any zoning district. This approval will allow for additional tattoo studios to potentially open with the city limits; however, the council would have to approve each individual potential owner via conditional use permit. The amendment does not allow tattoo studios to operate in the immediate downtown area.
Shawna and Kyle Moore will be the owners and operators of the potential tattoo studio.
They will need to come back before the council at a later date to apply for approval of a conditional use permit for the studio. Shawna Moore, who was born and raised in Lincoln County and still lives here, currently operates S'Moore Ink in Dallas. Moore said that it was because of her roots in the county that she fought so hard to open a second studio in Lincolnton which will be called "Ink & Iris" and if approved, will be located at 1414 East Main Street. At the meeting, Moore presented an abundant amount of information in a multi-media presentation on her existing business and the art of tattoo.
"This will be a high-end shop," Moore told the council. "We want to set the standard for future shops. We're a custom shop and can deny customers. There's a limit to what we will do. I want to be a part of Lincolnton growing. I think we'd be the missing link (to Lincolnton's growth)."
Alan Hoyle spoke in condemnation of the proposed tattoo parlor saying the scriptures were against tattoos and piercings. He said it would be "opening a Pandora's Box." Myra Heavner, a business owner in the city, spoke in support of Moore's potential business saying that she'd be a great asset to the city.
Council also considered and approved an application from Wade Roberts requesting conditional use rezoning from Residential-25 (R-25) to CU-General Business (CU-GB) for property located at the southwest corner of N.C. Highway 182 and Old Lincolnton Crouse Road. The property currently has a 7,500 square foot building located on it along with a gravel parking area and several accessory structures. The building was constructed in 1989, prior to zoning in the area, and has been used as a manufacturing facility. The subject property is zoned R-25. Adjacent land uses are zoned R-25. Land uses in the vicinity of the site are mostly single family residential and a church.
The applicant requested conditional use rezoning in order to reuse and occupy the existing 7,500 square foot building for a collision repair business. There are two access points onto the property, one at the front of the building and one to the side with a dock and small garage door. The applicant stated that he will be adding one additional full size garage door to the side of the building, no additional parking will be added, and a fence will be erected for security purposes. No additions will be made to the building.
In other business
Carol King gave a quarterly report and update from the Lincolnton Tourism Development Authority.
Mayor Ed Hatley re-appointed council members to board and commissions.
Brayden Davis was appointed to the 2020-2021 Lincolnton Student Advisory Council.
Ralph Lineberger was appointed to the Housing Authority, Emily Robinson to the ABC Board and Nathaniel Ingram to the Recreational Advisory Board.
Kristy McBryde was appointed to the Housing Authority, Sandra Villanova to the Recreation Advisory Board, Laura Gregory to Historic Properties Commission, Jamel Farley – Lincolnton Tourism Development Authority and Joy Smith to the Lincolnton Planning Board.
At the commencement of the meeting, the one new, Christine Poinsette (Ward 2) and re-elected, Roby Jetton (Ward 4) councilmembers were sworn in. Dr. Martin A. Eaddy was re-appointed as mayor pro tem and T.J. Wilson as city attorney.


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Ep 39: GRL Blog Tour with Tammy Middleton, Brandilyn Talks Audiobooks & More
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Happy 4th of July to our U.S.-based audience. Jeff gets the show going with news of contracts he's signed over the past week–one for the novella Love's Opening Night and the other for the short Hat Trick: Be True, Be Proud, Be Strong, which will appears in the JMS Books charity anthology Love Is Proud. Jeff also calls out some other Orlando tribute projects: an Extasy Books anthology, Broadway for Orlando's "What the World Needs Now" recording as well as two dance pieces.
The guys talk about their weekend in Ashland, OR, where the saw a performance of The Wiz. Will celebrates the Valley of the Dolls 50th anniversary, which features a new edition hardback as well as Blu-Ray releases. In books, Jeff reviews A.J. Truman's Out on a Limb while Will's got What's in a Name from Pat Henshaw. They also make note of an event coming up at the Ripped Bodice in Culver City, CA that features Christopher Rice, Damon Suede and Eric Shaw Quinn.
Tammy Middleton, who writes as T.M. Smith, stops by as part of the Official 2016 GRL Blog Tour. She talks about the new book in her All Cocks series, Live For Love. She's also got a giveaway going on and listeners can find the Rafflecopter for that below.
Talking about TV, Jeff and Will mention that Netflix now has Eastsiders, Truth Slash Fiction won big at SeriesFest and that they're loving UnReal and Wrecked. Superhero porn parodies are also discussed, specifically that Men.com is on its way to giving Captain America a boyfriend.
Musicals are also on tap with a brief review of the historic live stream of She Loves Me, as well as a review of the London cast recording of Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined.
Brandilyn is here with comfort reads in the form of audiobooks.
There is a poll their running through July to find out who listens to the podcast.
Complete shownotes for episode 39, and the chance to enter the Big GRL Blog Tour Giveaway, are at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

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Capital reductions in 2018
One of the most important elements in de company tax reform is the way how capital reductions are treated. Previously the company had a free choice. For capital reductions as from 2018 the freedom choice is abolished. As from now the reduction is to be accounted for pro rata on the company's paid-up capital and on the reserves of the company. As a consequence part of the repayment becomes a distribution of dividends. Which is taxable.
Classical rule: freedom of choice for the company
Previously it was simple: at the occasion of a capital reduction the company could freely choose on which part of the share capital a capital reduction was charged.
Why is that so important?
This choice has important tax consequences. Repayment of paid-up capital is tax exempt. But when the capital reduction is charged to the reserves, it is qualified for tax purposes as the distribution of dividends. And therefore, withholding tax is due.
To be complete, the tax-exempt repayment of paid-up capital is possible when (i) the repayment follows from a correct decision to reduce the capital taken by the general shareholders meeting and (ii) comes from (a part of) the actual statutory paid-up capital by the shareholders. In fact, the shareholders receive back (part of) their initial contribution.
As from 1 January 2018: pro rata
As from 1 January 2018 there is no more freedom of choice. The capital reduction will as from that date partly be charged automatically on the present taxed reserves in the paid-up capital and the taxed reserves out of the paid-up capital. As a consequence, at least a part of the repaid capital will be taxable as distributed dividends. The company will have to withhold 30% withholding tax on that part.
How will the pro rata be calculated?
The pro rata charging will be calculated as a fraction:
in the counter of the fraction: the paid-up capital, share premiums and the profit participation certificates which are deemed to be paid-up capital;
in the denominator of the fraction: the taxes reserves, the exempt reserves incorporated in the capital + the amount in the counter.
The following elements are not taken into consideration: (i) negative taxed reserves, other than losses carried-forward, (ii) not in the capital incorporated exempt reserves, (iii) revaluation surpluses, to the extent they cannot be distributed, (iv) underestimations of assets/overestimations of liabilities, (v) liquidation reserve and special liquidation reserve and (iv) legal reserve to the extent of the legal minimum.
The clicked reserves which were incorporated into the capital at the occasion of the transition period for liquidation bonuses (at the increase of 10% to 25%) remain subject to their beneficial regime. No withholding tax will be due at the time of distribution, when the holding period of four years (SME's) or eight years (large companies) is respected.
What is meant with 'as from 1 January 2018'?
The new rules apply 'as from 1 January 2018'. This seems clear. However, it is not. At the occasion of a capital reduction two moments can be relevant. The first moment is when the general shareholders meeting decides to reduce the capital. The second moment is the time when the repayment actually takes place. This second moment can occur at the soonest two months after the announcement of the decision to reduce the capital, because debtors of the company can still exercise their rights.
Does the date of 1 January 2018 relate to the first or the second moment? The first moment is the reference date. The new rules apply to all decisions to reduce the capital taken as from 1 January 2018. A decision taken in December 2017, effectuated after 1 January 2018 will be treated according to the old rules.
So if you have decided to do a capital reduction at the end of 2017, the new rules do not apply. There is however a risk of requalification in distributed dividends in case the tax authorities can prove abuse (e.g. when previous to the capital reduction a contribution of shares was made).
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Mercy Johnson Okojie is one of those people who give literal meaning to the phrase "From Grass to Grace", having risen from the lowest ebbs of life to become one of the most popular and most loved Nigerian celebrities.
Mercy came from a low income family and to survive and help her family, she had to engage in all sorts of menial jobs like hawking and being a maid to several families until nature eventually smiled on her, and changed her story for good.
Mercy was born on the 28th day of August, 1978 to the family of Mr. Daniel and Elizabeth Johnson. Her father was a naval officer at the time, while her mum was a full-time housewife. The Johnsons are Ebiras from Okene in Kogi State and at the time of her birth, Mercy already had five (5) older siblings, making her the sixth child out of seven children.
Mercy began her elementary education in Calabar, and eventually moved to the Nigerian Navy Primary School, Lagos where she completed it. Her father was a Naval Officer, which meant that he got transferred a lot, and had to move from one Nigerian state to the other to work.
Well, just like the rest of the Johnson Family, little Mercy had no choice but to tag along and move with the rest of the family. This led to her constant change of schools and the major reason why she attended two different schools for her secondary education; Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Port-Harcourt and Rivers State Secondary School, Port-Harcourt.
After her secondary education came the usual battle with JAMB. After trying unsuccessfully to pass JAMB examinations several times, Mercy figured if she couldn't gain admission into the university early, she could at least put herself to good use and engage in other activities while she continues to try to pass JAMB.
This was what led Mercy Johnson into the world of acting. She auditioned for a role in a 2004 hit movie, The Maid. Mercy's performance in the movie was so outstanding that she received a lot of accolades for her role in the movie as a possessed house help.After 'The Maid' came the torrents of movie roles and gradually, Mercy Johnson became Nigeria's sweetheart and one of the highest paid Nollywood actresses.
Mercy has featured in more than 60 movies and has bagged several awards including the highly coveted Africa Magic Viewer's Choice Award which is considered as Nigeria's version of the OSCARS.
Mercy Johnson's Marriage to Prince Odianosen Okojie
In 2011, Mercy got married to the love of her life in one of the most controversial Nigerian marriages of all time. Mercy was neck deep into planning her wedding when the news broke on gossip blogs that a woman, Lovely Okojie had come out to announce that she was still married to Prince Odianosen Okojie.
There were photos of this woman and two grown up children who apparently were Prince Okojie's kids, to back up the claims. The story broke the internet at the time, with some fans trying to discourage her from going through with the wedding.
Well, Mercy who was apparently already bitten by the love bug at the time, insisted on marrying her fiancé. The couple eventually got married at Christ Embassy Church, Oregun Lagos on August 27, 2011.
The couple is blessed with two kids, Purity Okojie who was born on December 30, 2012 and another son, Henry Okojie who was born on October 15, 2014.
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The 6th Grade Division of the AC Showcase was loaded with national teams and names. Here's Part 2 of our look at the 6th Grade Top Performers.
Ishmael Leggett Guard (Team Takeover)- I pray for defenders that are responsible of slowing Leggett down because it's a tough job. This kid is a tremendous scorer and player maker at the guard position. He flourishes in transition when back pedaling guards are trying to slow him down. I love his body control when scoring over shot blockers and his ability to score from all three levels. He pumped in a game high 20 points in their overtime thriller against GH Rising Stars.
Justin Lykes Guard (Team Takeover)- Leggett running mate can also fill it up quickly. He has a good stroke from the perimeter and the confidence to let it go from anywhere. Justin scored 19 points in the big win versus GH Rising Stars and torched Team Nation for 24 points including 4 treys. He's accustomed to the Spotlight's bright stage which is why he stepped his game up. He helped guide them to the final four.
Jamal Barnes Forward (Team Takeover)- Barnes had an impressive weekend. I like how his uses his length on both ends of the floor. On offense he was able to score in traffic and finish off the break in transition. On defense he uses those arms to play the passing lane and intercept passes. He looks to be a serious prospect down the road.
Kieves Turner Forward (RIP City)- The top newcomer had to be Turner. The versatile forward nicknamed Duece was a problem for everyone he faced. He displayed the total package in terms of size, scoring ability and feel for the game. He can grab the rebound and push the pill himself but making a great play. That means at this age it's very difficult for anyone to slow him down. He had the best game of any 6th Grader when he dropped 35 points in their matchup with Team Glory. We will be keeping an eye on this kid.
Dimingus Stephens Forward (Team Glory)- You have to love the way this kid boogies. His size makes him a definite matchup problem on this level. He's natural scoring guard but can shoot and pass over top of most defenders. When they played Team IZOD he came up big with 24 points in the win.
Zion Harmon Guard (Team Glory)- Arguably the top 5th Grader in the country continues to dominate on the 6th grade level. He's shown the ability the score whenever he wants but against Rip City he scored 18 of his 26 points from the charity stripe. This means they had no answer for his dribble penetration. He also finished with 20 markers against a tough GH Rising Stars crew.
Nashaun Holmes Guard (Team Nation)- Holmes showed off his mid-range pull up game at the AC Showcase. He's tough to guard because he charges the defender and once the back pedal he will pull up on the dime. When he has that dropping he has takeover the game potential.
Trey Patterson Guard (Team Nation)- Patterson started the tournament with a spark as he blistered the Hilltoppers Heat with 20 points including two bombs from behind the arc. The smoothness of his game and poise on the floor makes me believe this kid will be one of the hottest names in years to come.
Lucky Dixon Forward (WACG)- The strong forward was a load to handle for anyone he faced. In his match-up versus IZOD he was a menace on the glass and made a living off put backs. He plays the game with high energy which usually results in good returns.


In 1930 it was leased to the Associated British Cinemas(ABC) chain for five years. In 1935 it was taken over by an independent operator. It was equipped with CinemaScope in September 1954, presenting Richard Burton in "The Robe". The Alexandra Palace Cinema was closed on 24th August 1957 with Robert Wagner in "Between Heaven and Hell". Around 1960 it became a bingo club for a while.
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All episodes from the US drama following rogue agent Nikita (Maggie Q). Three years after escaping Division, the covert government agency that trained her to be an assassin, Nikita returns to bring down the organisation. Nikita's former mentor, Michael (Shane West), has been instructed to take care of the situation, meanwhile the agency has a mole in its midst. Season 1 episodes are: 'Pilot', '2.0', 'Kill Jill', 'Rough Trade', 'The Guardian', 'Resistance', 'The Recruit', 'Phoenix', 'One Way', 'Dark Matter', 'All the Way', 'Free', 'Coup de Grace', 'The Next Seduction', 'Alexandra', 'Echoes', 'Covenants', 'Into the Dark', 'Girl's Best Friend', 'Glass Houses', 'Betrayals' and 'Pandora'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Game Change', 'Falling Ash', 'Knightfall', 'Partners', 'Looking Glass', '343 Walnut Lane', 'Clawback', 'London Calling', 'Fair Trade', 'Guardians', 'Pale Fire', 'Sanctuary', 'Clean Sweep', 'Rogue', 'Origins', 'Doublecross', 'Arising', 'Power', 'Wrath', 'Shadow Walker', 'Dead Drop', 'Crossbow' and 'Homecoming'. Season 3 episodes are: '3.0', 'Innocence', 'True Believer', 'Consequences', 'The Sword's Edge', 'Sideswipe', 'Intersection', 'Aftermath', 'Survival Instincts', 'Brave New World', 'Black Badge', 'With Fire', 'Reunion', 'The Life We've Chosen', 'Inevitability', 'Tipping Point', 'Masks', 'Broken Home', 'Self-Destruct', 'High-Value Target', 'Invisible Hand' and ''Til Death Do Us Part'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Wanted', 'Dead Or Alive', 'Set-Up', 'Pay-Off', 'Bubble' and 'Canceled'.
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On 11/29/2011, this bill was incorporated into S. 1867 as S. Amdt. 1115. For further action, see H.R.1540, which became Public Law 112-81 on 12/31/2011.
(Sec. 102) Directs the SBA to maintain an Office of Technology to carry out oversight, reporting, and public database responsibilities as assigned by the SBA Administrator.
(Sec. 103) Increases by 0.1% per year, from FY2013-FY2023, the percentage of participating federal agencies' extramural research budget to be set aside for SBIR program activities. Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to use the increased amounts for activities in their departments that further the readiness levels of technologies developed under Phase II SBIR awards.
(Sec. 104) Increases the set-aside allocation under the STTR from 0.3% to 0.6% by increasing such percentage by 0.1% every two years from FY2013-FY2017.
(Sec. 105) Increases, for both the SBIR and STTR programs, the individual small business award levels from: (1) $100,000 to $150,000, for participation at the Phase I level; and (2) $750,000 to $1 million, for participation at the Phase II level. Changes from every five years to annually the required SBA inflation adjustment of such awards. Prohibits an agency from issuing an SBIR or STTR award if the award size exceeds established guidelines by more than 50%, and requires participating agencies to maintain specified information on awards exceeding such guidelines.
(Sec. 106) Allows a small business that receives an: (1) SBIR award from one agency to receive an award for a subsequent phase from another agency, as long as the head of each agency determines that the topics of the relevant awards are the same; and (2) award under either the SBIR or STTR program to receive an award for a subsequent phase under either program.
(Sec. 107) Requires federal agencies to conduct solicitations of Phase II SBIR and STTR proposals without any invitation, pre-screening, pre-selection, or down-selection process between the first and second phases.
(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), 30 days after notifying the Administrator and the congressional small business committees, to award through competitive, merit-based procedures up to 25% of their respective SBIR funds to small businesses majority-owned by multiple venture capital companies. Permits other federal agencies to award up to 15% of their SBIR funds to such small businesses. Provides conditions under which a small business which was not majority-owned by multiple venture capital companies at the time of application for an SBIR award, but is so owned on the date of the award, may still be eligible for such award. Directs the Administrator to establish requirements relating to the affiliation of small businesses with venture capital companies for such purposes, and requires such small businesses to register with the SBA. Provides for federal agency compliance with such percentage limits. Directs the Administrator to post on the SBA website information on SBIR and STTR program affiliation rules.
(Sec. 109) Requires federal agencies and federal prime contractors, to the greatest extent practicable, to issue Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology.
(Sec. 110) Authorizes the head of each participating federal agency to issue SBIR and STTR awards to small businesses that have entered, or intend to enter, into a collaborative research and development (R&D) agreement with a federal laboratory or federally funded research and development center. Prohibits a federal agency from: (1) conditioning an award upon entering into such an agreement; (2) approving an agreement if the small business performs a lesser portion of the R&D activities than required by the Act and by SBIR and STTR Policy Directives; or (3) approving an agreement that violates any SBA provision or such Directives. Requires the Administrator to modify such Directives to ensure that small businesses may use the resources of federal laboratories or federally funded research and development centers without entering into such agreements.
(Sec. 111) Requires any federal agency involved in a judicial or administrative case or controversy concerning the SBIR or STTR program to provide timely notice thereof to the Administrator.
(Sec. 112) Allows a small business that receives a Phase II SBIR or STTR award to receive an additional Phase II SBIR or STTR award for that project.
Title II: Outreach and Commercialization Initiatives - (Sec. 201) Reauthorizes through FY2016 the Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) program (a program of grants and cooperative agreements for strengthening the technological competitiveness of small businesses participating or desiring to participate in SBIR or STTR programs). Provides reduced matching funds requirements for FAST recipients in low-income and rural areas, recipients in one of the states receiving the fewest SBIR Phase I awards, and recipients in rural areas which are also in one of states receiving the fewest number of awards. Limits such grants and cooperative agreements to five years. Requires an annual report during such period from the Administrator to the small business committees on awards made and agreements entered into. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 202) Allows each federal agency conducting an STTR program (under current law, only an SBIR program) to contract for the provision of technical assistance to small businesses participating in that program. Extends from three to five years the authorized period of such assistance. Increases from $4,000 to $5,000 the amount authorized to be provided to SBIR or STTR participants under the first and second phases of such projects.
(Sec. 203) Redesignates the Commercialization Pilot Program as the Commercialization Readiness Program, and includes STTR technology projects under such Program. Makes such Program permanent. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to: (1) establish goals for the transition of phase III technologies in subcontracting plans; and (2) require prime contractors to report on the number and amount of contracts entered into for phase III SBIR or STTR projects. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish goals for increasing the number of phase II STIR and STTR contracts awarded that lead to technology transition into programs of record or fielded systems; (2) use incentives or create new incentives to encourage agency program managers and prime contractors to meet such goals; and (3) include in a required annual report to Congress information on projects funded through the Program and efforts to transition their technologies into programs of record or fielded systems.
(Sec. 204) Allows the head of each federal agency to allocate up to 10% of SBIR and STTR program funds to establish a pilot program: (1) for awards for technology development, testing, and evaluation of SBIR and STTR phase II technologies; or (2) to support the progress of research or research and development conducted under such programs to phase III. Outlines pilot program application requirements, and requires such agency heads to include pilot program information in required annual reports to the SBA Administrator. Terminates the pilot program at the end of FY2014.
(Sec. 205) Establishes an independent advisory board at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct periodic evaluations of the SBIR program at each of the NIH institutes and centers in order to improve program management through data-driven assessment. Requires the director of the NIH SBIR program to address gaps and deficiencies in data collection identified in a NAS report assessing the NIH's SBIR program. Authorizes such director to initiate a pilot program to spur innovation and test new strategies that may enhance the development of cures and therapies. Requires such director to report annually to Congress and the advisory board on NIH SBIR activities. Requires such director, to the greatest extent practicable, to reduce to 90 days the period between Phase I and II funding of grants under the NIH SBIR program. Terminates the requirements of this section five years after the enactment of this Act.
(Sec. 206) Directs the head of each federal agency participating in an SBIR or STTR program to develop performance measures relating to commercializing research or research and development activities for SBIR or STTR participants that have been awarded multiple Phase I awards but have not been awarded Phase II awards.
(Sec. 207) Further defines "Phase III" for purposes of the SBIR and STTR programs, including what will qualify as "commercialization" under such phase.
(Sec. 208) Requires final decisions on SBIR or STTR program proposals or applications within 90 days after the close of solicitations, or within 180 days thereafter if extended by the Administrator. Allows the NIH Director to make an award under an NIH SBIR or STTR program if the application for the award has undergone technical and scientific peer review under requirements of the Public Health Service Act.
Title III: Oversight and Evaluation - (Sec. 301) Directs the SBA, in currently-required annual reports concerning SBIR and STTR programs, to include information on: (1) proposals received from small businesses with venture capital investment; (2) efforts to increase outreach to small businesses owned and controlled by women and socially or economically disadvantaged individuals; (3) implementation and compliance with requirements concerning the allocation of funding to small businesses owned and controlled by multiple venture capital companies; and (4) appeals of Phase III awards, as well as notices of noncompliance with SBIR and STTR Policy Directives. Directs the SBA to coordinate the implementation of electronic databases at participating federal agencies.
(Sec. 302) Requires agencies with an SBIR or STTR program to annually collect information similar to that outlined above for program assessment purposes.
(Sec. 304) Requires specified information concerning SBIR and STTR awardees to be included in public and government databases maintained by the SBA.
(Sec. 306) Directs the Comptroller General (CG), in each of the five years following the enactment of this Act, to: (1) conduct a fiscal and management audit of the SBIR and STTR programs; and (2) report audit results to the small business committees.
(Sec. 307) Amends the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2000 to continue NAS evaluation of the SBIR program, as well as reports on such evaluation from the National Research Council to participating agency heads and the small business committees. Requires updates every four years.
(Sec. 308) Requires the SBA to include in an annual report to Congress specified information on Phase III awards issued by federal agencies participating in SBIR or STTR programs.
(Sec. 309) Directs the CG to conduct a study of, and report to the small business committees on, federal agency compliance with data rights and technologies protection for SBIR awardees.
(Sec. 310) Requires each federal agency conducting an SBIR or STTR program to obtain consent from program applicants to release their contact information to economic development organizations.
(Sec. 311) Directs the Administrator to allow each federal agency required to conduct an SBIR program to use up to 3% of such funds for costs relating to administrative, oversight, and contract processing activities, including added costs necessitated by amendments made under this Act.
(Sec. 312) Requires the CG to conduct a study of, and report to Congress on, the impact of requirements of this Act relating to venture capital company involvement in SBIR and STTR programs.
(Sec. 313) Directs the Administrator to: (1) amend the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives to include measures to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse in SBIR and STTR programs; and (2) establish a telephone hotline for reporting such fraud, waste, and abuse. Requires the CG to: (1) conduct a study evaluating federal agency implementation of the amendments made to such Directives; and (2) report study results to the small business committees and SBIR/STTR-participating federal agencies.
(Sec. 314) Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency SBIR/STTR Policy Committee to review, and make recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of, SBIR and STTR programs. Requires three reports from the Committee to the small business committees concerning such review and recommendations.
(Sec. 315) Directs the Administrator to issue regulations to ensure that each federal agency required to carry out an SBIR or STTR program simplifies and standardizes the program proposal, selection, contracting, compliance and audit procedures to reduce the paperwork and regulatory compliance burden on small businesses participating in such program.
Title IV: Policy Directives - (Sec. 401) Requires the Administrator to: (1) promulgate amendments to the SBIR and STTR Policy Directives to conform them to this Act and its amendments; and (2) publish the amended Directives in the Federal Register.
Title V: Other Provisions - (Sec. 501) Directs federal agencies required to establish an SBIR or STTR program, when determining appropriate research topics, to give special priority to applications for the support of projects relating to nanotechnology, rare diseases, security, energy, transportation, or improving the security and quality of the water supply and the efficiency of water systems through the use of technology. Requires such agencies to: (1) give consideration to research topics identified by the NAS, the NIH, and the national nanotechnology strategic plan; and (2) encourage applications from small businesses located in underrepresented or rural areas or areas with excessive unemployment rates, as well as small businesses owned and controlled by women, veterans, or Native Americans. Removes a requirement that certain specified DOD technology or research plans be utilized when identifying appropriate DOD research and development focus under SBIR or STTR programs.
(Sec. 502) Directs each federal agency required to participate in an SBIR or STTR program to: (1) develop metrics to evaluate the effectiveness and benefit of such program; (2) conduct an annual evaluation of their program using such metrics; and (3) report evaluation results annually to the Administrator and Congress.
(Sec. 503) Requires all SBIR or STTR funds to be awarded pursuant to competitive and merit-based selection procedures.


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Edge Biasing in the WEGA Stellarator (2008)
Lischtschenko, Oliver
The WEGA stellarator is used to confine low temperature, overdense (densities exceeding the cut-off density of the heating wave) plasmas by magnetic fields in the range of B=50-500 mT. Microwave heating systems are used to ignite gas discharges using hydrogen, helium, neon or argon as working gases. The produced plasmas have been analyzed using Langmuir and emissive probes, a single-channel interferometer and ultra-high resolution Doppler spectroscopy. For a typical argon discharge in the low field operation, B=56 mT, the maximum electron density is n_e~10^18m^{-3} with temperatures in the range of T=4-12 eV. The plasma parameters are determined by using Langmuir probes and are cross-checked with interferometry. It is demonstrated within this work that the joint use of emissive probes and ultra-high resolution Doppler spectroscopy allows a precise measurement of the radial electric field. Here the floating potential measurements using emissive probes have been compared to measurements of the poloidal rotation of the plasma which is also linked to the radial electric field. In order to alter the plasma parameters a biasing probe setup has been used during this work. The focus of this work is on demonstrating the ability to modify the existing radial electric field in a plasma by using the biasing probe. This technique is in principle not new, as it has been around for decades. Looking at details, it turns out that describing low field operation WEGA argon plasmas in connection with biasing is not covered by the present set of theoretical approaches and experimental cognition. This work will commence with a basic approach and first establishes the diagnostic tools in a well-known discharge. Then the perturbation caused by the biasing probe is assessed. Following the characterization of the unperturbed plasmas, plasma states altered by the operation of the energized biasing probe will be characterized. It is demonstrated that modifying the existing radial electric field can be achieved and reliably diagnosed using spectroscopy and probe measurements. In order to verify the different approaches for determining the radial electric field the diagnostics are cross-checked against another whenever possible. During biasing the plasma two different stable plasma states have been found. Stable here refers to the state existing much longer than the confinement time for WEGA. The presence of a calorimetric limiter placed in the scrape-off layer has an impact on the type of the plasma state. The two observed plasma states differ in plasma parameter profiles, such as density, temperature, electric field and confined energy. The results are compared to two simple models. One model relies on the relevant atomic processes and a second one is based on neoclassical theory. Both models can be used to derive the particle and power flux from the plasma. The losses predicted by the atomic models can be tested using bolometry. It can be shown that both models agree well in the description of the particle balance of the electrons for large regions of the plasma. By comparing the models the neoclassical heat flux turns out to be small compared to the energy fluxes caused by atomic processes. For the reference discharge taking the energy flux due to the atomic processes and balancing it by the input microwave power is satisfying the energy balance, without the need for transport. For the biased discharges it turns out that neoclassical transport can be neglected as well, but the additional biasing power has to be taken into account. A simple model for the biasing power is motivated and tested. An agreement in the energy balance can be reached in this way as far as the models are applicable. The models also allow drawing conclusions on the amount of absorbed microwave power.
The Spatio-temporal Structure of Electrostatic Turbulence in the WEGA Stellarator (2008)
Marsen, Stefan
The present work is the first work dealing with turbulence in the WEGA stellarator. The main object of this work is to provide a detailed characterisation of electrostatic turbulence in WEGA and to identify the underlying instability mechanism driving turbulence. The spatio-temporal structure of turbulence is studied using multiple Langmuir probes providing a sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution. Turbulence in WEGA is dominated by drift wave dynamics. Evidence for this finding is given by several individual indicators which are typical features of drift waves. The phase shift between density and potential fluctuations is close to zero, fluctuations are mainly driven by the density gradient, and the phase velocity of turbulent structures points in the direction of the electron diamagnetic drift. The structure of turbulence is studied mainly in the plasma edge region inside the last closed flux surface. WEGA can be operated in two regimes differing in the magnetic field strength by almost one order of magnitude (57mT and 500mT, respectively). The two regimes turned out to show a strong difference in the turbulence dynamics. At 57mT large structures with a poloidal extent comparable to the machine dimensions are observed, whereas at 500mT turbulent structures are much smaller. The poloidal structure size scales nearly linearly with the inverse magnetic field strength. This scaling may be argued to be related to the drift wave dispersion scale. However, the structure size remains unchanged when the ion mass is changed by using different discharge gases. Inside the last closed flux surface the poloidal ExB drift in WEGA is negligible. The observed phase velocity is in good agreement with the electron diamagnetic drift velocity. The energy in the wavenumber-frequency spectrum is distributed in the vicinity of the drift wave dispersion relation. The three-dimensional structure is studied in detail using probes which are toroidally separated but aligned along connecting magnetic field lines. As expected for drift waves a small but finite parallel wavenumber is found. The ratio between the average parallel and perpendicular wavenumber is in the order of 10^-2. The parallel phase velocity of turbulent structures is in-between the ion sound velocity and the Alfvènvelocity. In the parallel dynamics a fundamental difference between the two operational regimes at different magnetic field strength is found. At 500mT turbulent structures can be described as an interaction of wave contributions with parallel wavefronts. At 57mT the energy in the parallel wavenumber spectrum is distributed among wavenumber components pointing both parallel and antiparallel to the magnetic field vector. In both cases turbulent structures arise preferable on the low field side of the torus. Some results on a novel field in plasma turbulence are given, i.e. the study of turbulence as a function of resonant magnetic field perturbations leading to the formation of magnetic islands. Magnetic islands in WEGA can be manipulated by external perturbation coils. A significant influence of field perturbations on the turbulence dynamics is found. A distinct local increase of the fluctuation amplitude and the associated turbulent particle flux is found in the region of magnetic islands.
Multiply-negatively charged aluminium clusters and fullerenes (2008)
Walsh, Noelle
Multiply negatively charged aluminium clusters and fullerenes were generated in a Penning trap using the "electron-bath" technique. Aluminium monoanions were generated using a laser vaporisation source. After this, two-, three- and four-times negatively charged aluminium clusters were generated for the first time. This research marks the first observation of tetra-anionic metal clusters in the gas phase. Additionally, doubly-negatively charged fullerenes were generated. The smallest fullerene dianion observed contained 70 atoms.
Numerical approaches to complex quantum, semiclassical and classical systems (2008)
Schubert, Gerald
In this work we will analyse the capabilities of several numerical techniques for the description of different physical systems. Thereby, the considered systems range from quantum over semiclassical to classical and from few- to many-particle systems. For each case we address an interesting, partly unsolved question. Despite the different topics we address in the individual chapters, the problems under study are somehow related because we focus on the time evolution of the system. In chapter 1 we investigate the behaviour of a single quantum particle in the presence of an external disordered background (static potentials). Starting from the quantum percolation problem, we address the fundamental question of a disorder induced (Anderson-) transition from extended to localised single-particle eigenstates. Distinguishing isolating from conducting states by applying a local distribution approach for the local density of states (LDOS), we detect the quantum percolation threshold in two- and three-dimensions. Extending the quantum percolation model to a quantum random resistor model, we comment on the possible relevance of our results to the influence of disorder on the conductivity in graphene sheets. Furthermore, we confirm the localisation properties of the 2D percolation model by calculating the full quantum time evolution of a given initial state. For the calculation of the LDOS as well as for the Chebyshev expansion of the time evolution operator, the kernel polynomial method (KPM) is the key numerical technique. In chapter 2 we examine how a single quantum particle is influenced by retarded bosonic fields that are inherent to the system. Within the Holstein model, these bosonic degrees of freedom (phonons) give rise to an infinite dimensional Hilbert space, posing a true many-particle problem. Constituting a minimal model for polaron formation, the Holstein model allows us to study the optical absorption and activated transport in polaronic systems. Using a two-dimensional variant of the KPM, we calculate for the first time quasi-exactly the optical absorption and dc-conductivity as a function of temperature. Concerning the numerical technique, the close relation to the time evolution in the other chapters get clear if we identify temperature with an imaginary time. In chapter 3 we come back to the time evolution of a quantum particle in an external, static potential and investigate the capability of semiclassical approximations to it. Considering various one-dimensional geometries, we address basic quantum effects as tunneling, interference and anharmonicity. The question is, to which extend and at which numerical costs, several semiclassical methods can reproduce the exact result for the quantum dynamics, calculated by Chebyshev expansion. To this end we consider the linearised semiclassical propagator method, the Wigner-Moyal approach and the recently proposed quantum tomography. A conceptually very interesting aspect of the compared semiclassical methods is their relation to different representations of quantum mechanics (wave function/density matrix, Wigner function, quantum tomogram). Finally, in chapter 4 we calculate the dynamics of a classical many-particle system under the influence of external fields. Considering a low-temperature rf-plasma, we investigate the interplay of the plasma dynamics and the motion of dust particles, immersed into the plasma for diagnostic reasons. In addition to the huge number of involved particles, the numerical description of this systems faces the challenge of a large range of involved time and length scales. Exploiting the mass differences of plasma constituents and dust particles allows for separating the PIC description of the plasma from the MD simulation of the dust particles in the effective surrounding plasma.
Observations on Small Anionic Atomic Clusters in an Electrostatic Ion Beam Trap (2008)
Eritt, Markus
The term atomic cluster relates to compounds of at least two or three atoms. Thereby the physical properties are size dependent and the property transitions between single atoms and bulk material are not always smooth. Ion traps allow it to observe internal cluster properties independent from the influence of external forces. In this work the electron induced decay of singly negatively charged atomic clusters was observed. The dissociation cross section of the clusters is dominated by detachment of the only weakly bound outer electrons. For simple atoms at low electron energies a simple scaling law can be obtained that includes only the binding energies of the valence electrons. Nevertheless for larger sizes theoretical calculations predict so called "giant resonances" as dominant decay process in metal clusters. Due to mass limitations in storage rings exist so far only cross section measurements for simple anions and small negative molecules. In this work the electron detachment cross sections of small negatively charged carbon (Cn- n=2-12), aluminium (Aln- n=2-7) and silver clusters (Agn- n=1-11) were measured in an electrostatic ion beam trap. The classical scaling law, including only the binding energies of the valence electrons, turned out to be not sufficient, especially for larger clusters. In order to improve the correlation between measured and predicted values it was proposed to involve the influence of the cluster volume and the specific polarisability induced by long range coulomb interaction. For silver clusters the best agreement was obtained using a combination of the projected area reduced by the polarisability. The existence of "giant resonances" could not be confirmed. According to theory for clusters with a broad internal energy distribution, a power-law decay close to 1/time is expected. For some clusters the lifetime behaviour would be strongly quenched by photon emission. The thermionic evaporative decay of anionic aluminium and silver clusters in a size range from one to ten constituents was tested but a correlation could be only found incidentally for a few cluster sizes.
Precision mass measurements on neutron-rich Zn isotopes and their consequences on the astrophysical r-process (2008)
Baruah, Sudarshan
The rapid neutron-capture or the r-process is responsible for the origin of about half of the neutron-rich atomic nuclei in the universe heavier than iron. For the calculation of the abundances of those nuclei, atomic masses are required as one of the input parameters with very high precision. In the present work, the masses of the neutron-rich Zn isotopes (A=71 to 81) lying in the r-process path have been measured in the ISOLTRAP experiment at ISOLDE/CERN. The mass of 81Zn has been measured directly for the first time. The half-lives of the nuclides ranged from 46.5 h (72Zn) down to 290 ms (81Zn). In case of all the nuclides, the relative mass uncertainty (∆m/m) achieved was in the order of 1E-8 corresponding to a 100-fold improvement in precision over previous measurements.


Mmmmm... Pass the A-1 Steak Sauce!
Dibs on the bowl of placenta!
After all, nothing drives home the beauty of motherhood quite like a pregnant mudflap girl.
This "friend" obviously holds parenthood in the highest regard. Also: EW!!
"Has anybody seen Mom's head and limbs...?"
"Extra, extra! Read all about it! Swamp Thing procreates!
Becomes spokesperson for cloth diapers!"
I think this is a monkey.
This one calls for a C-Section!!
Because nothing gets a party started like a blood-red fetus cake!


Turning what most urban planners view as a threat into an opportunity is not easy. Extreme rainfall can have potentially catastrophic consequences – but they can also bring huge benefits if channeled properly. GreenBlue has invested many years into the research of urban tree development, and have designed proven systems to utilize stormwater and turn the threat of extreme weather events into a sustainable asset.
Last year's Colfax Water Detention project on Colfax Street in Evanston, Illinois saw the GreenBlue StrataCell® system installed as a dry well for stormwater management in a Chicago suburb.
The property owner was building a new house in a neighborhood prone to flooding and wanted to ensure that the drainage plan was as aggressive as possible. The owner turned to Kettelkamp & Kettelkamp Landscape Architecture for recommendations on a more robust solution, who in turn suggested the use of StrataCells.
A zone under the front lawn of the property was selected for the storage area. The StrataCells were installed here to create a reservoir that would store excess stormwater and allow it to transport at a controlled rate. This provided the intended flood protection during the event of prolonged rainfall.
The pit location was 713 cubic feet, which provided ample space for the reservoir to ensure the drainage requirements. To accomplish the same storage volume with a stone mixture, it would have taken a pit approximately 2,160 cubic feet.
Due to the fact that StrataCells hold approximately three times more volume than the stone mixture that was initially intended for the project, the excavation zone was significantly condensed, which equated to notable cost savings.
This saving in excavation costs, in addition to the superior robustness of the method, is what persuaded the civil engineer to change his specification from a stone mixture to the StrataCell system.
When installing stormwater storage solutions in urban areas, engineers are often faced with a multitude of underground utilities and built infrastructure that can significantly complicate an otherwise straightforward installation. Due to the modularity of the StrataCell system, services can be easily accommodated through customized configurations. The skeletal matrix even allows for utilities to be integrated through the completed assembly.
GreenBlue StrataCells are structural support modules that are loadbearing for pedestrian and traffic areas. They have over 94% void space for tree root growth and/or stormwater storage. An example of a project where StrataCells have been utilized to repurpose the use of excess rainwater is the 2012 reconstruction of Mill Woods Sport Park in Edmonton, Alberta.
The detention system for this project was designed to function as a passive recreation facility for a small lake, which collects water and provides irrigation to the surrounding sports fields in the 40 hectare site.
The StrataCells were installed in a continuous trench along the center of the south parking lot to provide a filter / storage system for runoff water, and at the same time, provide soil volume for six trees installed within the matrix.
The water runoff drains into the center of the parking lot through permeable surfacing, then filtered and stored within the StrataCell system filled with washed rock. Once the water has filtered through the matrix, it reaches a perforated pipe, which is tied into the storm sewer and transferred to the stormwater lake located on the southeast side of the park. The perforated pipe continues beneath trees to transfer the water to the storm line.
These kind of stormwater management systems offer new opporunities to bring sustainability to the urban landscape. Learn more about stormwater management here.


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RSHP won an international competition to design a new collections facility for the Louvre in 2015. The facility is designed to integrate storage and conservation of more than 250,000 works of art that are currently distributed between 60 different locations around France. The winning proposals create an environmentally sensitive and elegantly understated facility emerging from the landscape.
The conservation and storage centre, comprising 20,000 square metres of space, is located in Liévin in northern France, alongside the recently opened Louvre-Lens by Sanaa architects.
Taking advantage of the natural slope in the terrain, the building emerges seamlessly from the landscape, defined by two pairs of concrete walls, reminiscent of the French military architecture of Vauban. Its green roof forms a gently-sloped visual extension to the Louvre Lens park, and a link in a green arc connecting Liévin to Lens itself.
street. Sliding screens allow for additional flexibility of use and separate these workspaces from a top-lit central corridor – the internal 'artworks boulevard' of the building and its principal circulation space.
On the other side of this circulation space, a sequence of storage spaces beneath an arched roof are arranged on a single level and reduce in height from six metres to three metres, in a direct response to the needs of the collection. All services are housed in the twin exterior walls, keeping the collection spaces completely clear.
Cutting edge technology works with the thermal mass provided by the surrounding soil to ensure stable and optimal climatic conditions for the storage of art and minimum environmental impact of the building. Water management is also fully integrated into the landscape design, to maximise re-use and to minimise flood risk.
Vehicle access is submerged below the landscaping, enabling easy loading and unloading of artworks from lorries, and ensuring segregation of access for goods vehicles and users of the facility (researchers, curators and scientists). Construction is due to start in 2017, and the new building will be brought into use from late 2018.


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Didi Chuxing, the ride-sharing giant of China and likely the most valuable startup in the world, just bought a controlling stake in 99, a leading ride-sharing app in Brazil.
According to Reuters (citing a repot in Valor Economico, a leading financial newspaper in Brazil), the deal values 99 at $1 billion. Didi already had a minority stake in the startup, having invested $100 million over a year ago.
The news follows the announcement that Didi plans to expand into Mexico in 2018, intensifying its global rivalry with Uber. Softbank recently succeeded in its bid to acquire a large chunk of Uber at the discounted valuation of $48 billion, which most likely positions Didi (estimated value $56 billion) as the world's most valuable startup.
Didi has had a very interesting couple years, to say the least. The company first crossed many peoples' radars when Apple announced it had invested an eye-popping $1 billion in the ride-hail service. At the time, Didi was locked in an intense competition with Uber for China's rapidly growing ride-hail market.
Eventually, the battle grew too costly for Uber, which was reportedly spending $1 billion a year in China. In August 2016, then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced his plan to sell his Chinese business to Uber for a 17.7 percent stake in Didi and a seat on the company's board. In exchange, Didi invested $1 billion in Uber.
Didi has also invested in many of Uber's rivals, including Lyft, India's Ola, Singapore-headquartered Grab, Estonia's Taxify, and Careem in the Middle East. Now, with its purchasing of a controlling stake in 99, it has moved into a new, more intensive game: mergers and acquisitions.


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Lyle Campbell - 100m Breaststroke (LC) splits
2006 Fisher & Paykel Australian Age Championships (19 Apr 2006)
Distance Time Split
50m 35.30 35.30
100m 1:14.03 38.73
Other competitors splits
100m Freestyle (LC) 200m Freestyle (LC) 400m Freestyle (LC) 800m Freestyle (LC) 100m Backstroke (LC) 100m Breaststroke (LC) 200m Breaststroke (LC) 100m Butterfly (LC) 200m Butterfly (LC) 200m Medley (LC) 400m Medley (LC)
Western Sprints 2009 (14 Mar 2009) 2008-9 SWA State Swimming Cham (17 Dec 2008) 2008 Australian Age Championships (9 Apr 2008) 2008 SWA Sprint Championships (8 Mar 2008) Club Premiership - A Division (22 Feb 2008) 2008 SunSmart Swimming WA Cham (11 Jan 2008) 2007 Sprints in Spring (17 Nov 2007) Fremantle Port (21 Oct 2007) 2007 Australian Age Championships (11 Apr 2007) 2007 Australian Age Championships (11 Apr 2007) 2007 Summer Sprint Championships (17 Mar 2007) 2006-07 SunSmart Open & Junior (11 Jan 2007) 2007 SunSmart State Age Champs (4 Jan 2007) 2006 Fisher & Paykel Australian Age Championships (19 Apr 2006) 2006 B Division Club Premierships (18 Feb 2006) 2005-06 SunSmart State Age Championships (12 Jan 2006) 2005-06 SunSmart State Open & Junior Championships (2 Jan 2006) 2005 Pacific School Games (28 Nov 2005) 2005 Sprints in Spring (19 Nov 2005) 2005 Fremantle Port Swim Meet (9 Oct 2005) 2005 B Division Club Premiership (12 Feb 2005) 2005 Alcoa Country Championships (21 Jan 2005) 2005 SunSmart State Age Championships (6 Jan 2005) 2004 Sprints in Spring (20 Nov 2004) 2004 Club Premiership - C Division (14 Feb 2004) 2004 Country Championships (23 Jan 2004) 2003-4 SunSmart State Junior Distance (13 Dec 2003) 2003 AA Sprint Championships (22 Nov 2003) 2003 Country Championships (24 Jan 2003) 2002-2003 State Junior Distance Championships (21 Dec 2002) 2002 AA Sprint Championships (23 Nov 2002) 2002 Country Championships (18 Jan 2002)
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Needles and Hooks and Books, Oh My!: A finished hat!
The focus isn't great, because iPhone photos are not the best at night, but I have finished a slouch hat. Challenged by my sister, I came up with the pattern myself. I plan on making more of these, so there will definitely be more (& better) pics in the future!
The fact that I've been able to finish this is most certainly an accomplishment, as I have been so busy with teaching, my time is not always my own. I still want to make a few more before my final craft show of the season- next weekend! I think with Christmas being so close, many people will be shopping for gifts, and these have been particularly popular.
Linking up with Tamis Amis!
It's hard to get decent photographs these days. I go out of the house in the dark and come back in the dark. If I am home for once, it's mostly foggy. :-) The hat looks good anyway.


How do you compare Ticketmaster vs Vivid Seats?
Ticketmaster was great and far less expensive than Vivid Seats. I lost nearly $300 from Vivid Seats and they expressed no interest in making it right. I'll use Ticketmaster from now on.
I went to blue October concert and there were tickets available for 27 dollars at the door. So disappointed with vivid seats I would have used Ticketmaster over vivid seats anytime yet I did not know where the location of the concert was.


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Q: Swing Component communication i am building an algorithm simulation tool and I am struggling to get my mainframe class which instantiates and adds all the subcomponents to the JFrame to get the file system location of where the pseudocode is located (for the psuedocode panel.)
I have made every single algorithm have a string which details where the relevant text file information for each algorithm is.
I have a method which then takes the string when the algorithm is passed in and stores it into a string variable.
This string variable is then passed to the panel.
Unfortunately this is throwing a null pointer and I have been trying to debug this and can't get far.
  public class SortAnimator extends JFrame
{
   private static final int VALUES_LENGTH = 30;
   private static final int FRAME_WIDTH = 1200;
   private static final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 700;
   private PsuedocodePanel pseudoPanel;
   private Menu menu;
   private InformationPanel infoPanel;
   private String algoName;
   public String algoLocation;

   public SortAnimator(Sorter s) throws IOException
   {
      setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      menu=new Menu();
      pseudoPanel=new PsuedocodePanel();
      ArrayComponent panel = new ArrayComponent();
      infoPanel= new InformationPanel();

      add(menu,BorderLayout.NORTH);
      add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
      add(pseudoPanel,BorderLayout.WEST);
      add(infoPanel,BorderLayout.SOUTH);

      setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
      setVisible(true);

      int[] values = new int[VALUES_LENGTH];
      for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++)
         values[i] = (int) (Math.random() * panel.getHeight());

      s.setValues(values);
      s.setPanel(panel);
      Thread t = new Thread(s);
      t.start();
      algoName=s.getAlgorithmName();
      algoLocation =s.getAlgorithmLocation();
       System.out.println(algoLocation);
      pseudoPanel.passFileLocation(algoLocation);
   }

}

    public class PsuedocodePanel extends JPanel{

        private JTextArea txtArea;
        private String textFile;
        private String fileLocation;

        public PsuedocodePanel() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException{

       setLayout(new BorderLayout());

       txtArea=new JTextArea();
       txtArea.setEditable(false);

         add(txtArea,BorderLayout.CENTER);
         FileReader fr = new FileReader(this.fileLocation);
         BufferedReader reader=new BufferedReader(fr);
         txtArea.read(reader,null);

         Dimension dim=getPreferredSize();//returns object
         System.out.println(getPreferredSize());
         dim.width=300;
         dim.height=75;
         setPreferredSize(dim);

           Border innerBorder=BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Algorithm Psuedocode");
           Border outerBorder=BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(5,5,5,5);

           setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(outerBorder,innerBorder));

        }

       public void passFileLocation(String algoLocation) {
            this.fileLocation= algoLocation;
        }

A: Your PsuedocodePanel class creates a FileReader in its constructor, using this.fileLocation, but fileLocation will be null at that point in the code - see simplified code fragment below:
public class PsuedocodePanel extends JPanel{

    private String fileLocation;  // not initialised

    // constructor does not accept a fileLocation...
    public PsuedocodePanel() throws FileNotFoundException, IOException{

    // ... so this.fileLocation is null here:
    FileReader fr = new FileReader(this.fileLocation);

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My beautiful great niece celebrated her 1st Birthday this past weekend. I can't believe she's a year old already. I made her a card with the Balloon Celebration Bundle set from Stampin' Up!. What I love about this set is you can layer up the balloon images or just use them individually like I did on this card.
The card is a standard A2 size card (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") made with a card base of So Saffron cardstock. I used my favorite Simon Says Stamps stitched rectangle dies to cut some older Lawn Fawn pattern paper, and with a smaller die from the same set I also cut some Neenah Solar White cardstock for the focal point of the card. I combined both the solid balloons and gradient style for the bouquet.
To finish off the card I stamped the sentiment from the Balloon Celebration set and backed it with Aqua Mist cardstock from Paper Trey Ink. The little #1 is die cut with Island Indigo cardstock using the Modern Numbers Die set from PTI. For a small amount of texture I also added a little yellow baker's twine bow.
I'm jumping on the Misti bandwagon and have pre-ordered the mini Misti stamp tool. I know already this is going to be great for lining up images on die cuts and with stamp sets that layer like this one. I'm terrible at layers and stamping straight. There is a larger version of the Misti that has been out for a while but I was convinced I didn't need it. I think I might have been wrong hehe. Is it March yet?
I love all the soft and happy color!
Love the balloons effect. great job!
Fabulous card Christina! Love the patterned paper you used...it's perfect!
Love your card. You are going to be head over heels for the MISTI. I've had mine for about a year (the full size one) and have found myself reaching for it whenever I have to stamp anything.
Charming card! I have had my Misti for over 1 year and I love using it. It makes stamping so much easier for me! I know that it will be fun for you, too.


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BizEquity: Valuing businesses through a proprietary algorithm
BizEquity has created the first and leading online business valuation platform. With Miles Frost, MD of boutique private equity firm Frost Brooks, having invested in the company earlier this year, we decided to take a closer look at what made them different to their offline competitors.
When was the company launched and what is your background?
The company launched in 2011 and has since valued over 28m businesses; landed over 25 financial institutions as channel partners and established offices in London and Singapore.
Before that, however, I was the former managing director of the Musser Group, former CEO and co-founder of Dashboard Systems (sold to CXO Systems acquired by Cisco Systems); and former CMO of US interactive. Altogether, I co-founded seven technology companies including leaders in IT services, enterprise software and mobile technology.
What is BizEquity?
BizEquity is the world's largest online provider of business valuation software for small and medium businesses. It is also the world's first and leading online business valuation engine of its kind. Our premium service provides better value solutions for business owners and entrepreneurs to affordably estimate the essential and constantly changing value of their business, based on extensive market and industry data.
How does the company work?
The company uses an impressive cloud based algorithmic engine valuation system and comparisons from over 13m other businesses it has already valued to provide reliable valuations for businesses of all sizes. Our cloud based valuation tool was conceived by a leading financial institution and improved upon by leaders in accounting, finance, venture capital, and technology arenas.
How does BizEquity actually find out how much a business is worth?
BizEquity values businesses through their proprietary algorithm that takes into account 143 data measures; its curated databases made up of private company and public company comparables; and its own database of over 27m business valuations and over 200m data elements on small businesses globally.
Together these three pieces create a powerful engine on the back-end for the front-end cloud based interface to leverage. The result is the largest collection of business valuation data in the market.
Has this technology given the company any advantages over competitors?
BizEquity's business valuation technology has revolutionised the entire business valuation industry and democratised this financial knowledge to the small and midsize business (SMB) marketplace. The company has the advantage over traditional business valuation methods of charging 1/25th of the cost and working in 1/25,000 of the time.
Talking about competitors, who are they and how exactly is BizEquity different?
BizEquity has developed the first patented online business valuation service of its kind.
The company's cloud based algorithmic engine valuation system has over 60 patents pending and eight patents already granted. Most of our competitors are offline business valuation services, which are on average 25 times more expensive and take a huge 25,000 times longer to conduct than online methods.
What is the company's vision?
The US based company has global expansions plans, starting with the launch of its UK business later this year, followed by roll out across Europe, Asia Pacific and North Africa.
The digital nature of the service offered means that the business is readily scalable: the company has the potential to achieve global reach, a project already under way with established offices in the UK, US and Singapore.
Will there be any differences in the platform (e.g. differences between how UK and US employers use it, or specific features)?
BizEquity's belief is that business valuation is a global opportunity and right for small businesses and the financial services firms that service them. So in each market BizEquity goes into, it will leverage local private company data and other important macro and micro economic data. Additionally, language and cultural customisations are required for each company it rolls out.
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What do I need to do to retrieve the wireless MAC address if present in the device?
I'm using Undionly.kpxe and ipxe.efi to boot to ipxe, but only the LAN-cards are recognized.
(2016-03-16 18:32)Fimlore Wrote: What do I need to do to retrieve the wireless MAC address if present in the device?
With undionly.kpxe, you will only ever be able to see the NIC that was used to load iPXE. This is an architectural limitation of the PXE specification.
With ipxe.pxe or ipxe.efi, you will be able to see all NICs for which iPXE has an available driver. This can be a native iPXE driver (preferred) or a fallback UNDI/SNP/NII driver provided by the platform firmware.
If you are not seeing the wireless cards in ifstat even when using ipxe.efi, then that suggests that there is no iPXE native driver for your wireless NICs, and that there is no SNP/NII driver for those NICs provided by the platform firmware.
If that is the case, then there is no way to retrieve the MAC address. The solution would be to create an iPXE driver for your wireless NICs. That is, however, quite a lot of work.
Ifstat indeed only shows the net0 interface. I have build the efi file with make, are there any options i might have disabled that prevent the fallback drivers from working, or are all drivers always included.
BtW, i only changed the general.h file, all other files were left as is.
What is the legacy alternative to the ipxe.efi? I thought that was undionly?
(2016-03-16 19:24)Fimlore Wrote: Ifstat indeed only shows the net0 interface. I have build the efi file with make, are there any options i might have disabled that prevent the fallback drivers from working, or are all drivers always included.
No; ipxe.efi always includes all drivers.
Quote: What is the legacy alternative to the ipxe.efi? I thought that was undionly?
The alternative is undionly.kpxe if you want to always use the firmware-provided fallback driver, or ipxe.pxe if you want to always use an iPXE native driver.
The UEFI version of iPXE has the advantage of being able to decide whether to use a native driver or a fallback driver at runtime. ipxe.efi has the capability to use either. This is a feature which is not (currently) available in the BIOS version of iPXE.
The UEFI and BIOS are two very different beast I see, .. They both have some serious limitations in what is possible and what is not.
If, somehow I need to provide the wireless Mac to my customers, ill have to boot into Windows pe and load the Windows driver.
(2016-03-16 19:39)Fimlore Wrote: If, somehow I need to provide the wireless Mac to my customers, ill have to boot into Windows pe and load the Windows driver.
As a long shot, you could try looking in the SMBIOS information. There is a small chance that the MAC address might be reflected there. You can test by booting into Linux and running "dmidecode". Any information that you see there can also be extracted by iPXE.
As and when someone either (a) does the work to develop one, or (b) pays for said work to be done.
(2016-03-16 19:43)mcb30 Wrote: As and when someone either (a) does the work to develop one, or (b) pays for said work to be done.
I see, the reason I asked if it might have been something I could support in the (near) future or something that might be far fetched. We receive all sorts of hardware with the request to register the Macs of all NICS, since all hardware is specific for Windows, Windows should always have the driver.
(2016-03-16 19:55)Fimlore Wrote: I see, the reason I asked if it might have been something I could support in the (near) future or something that might be far fetched. We receive all sorts of hardware with the request to register the Macs of all NICS, since all hardware is specific for Windows, Windows should always have the driver.
OK. If you need to access NICs that are supported only under Windows then yes, booting into Windows is inevitable. You can probably speed up the process by using http://ipxe.org/wimboot, if you aren't already doing so.
No; you can't directly use a Linux driver in iPXE. It's often possible to use the Linux driver as a starting point for creating an iPXE driver, though I personally prefer to create drivers from scratch instead.
You could create a minimalistic Linux distro and add tools statically compiled on it and use the example from http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid...1#pid11791 to run it using iPXE.
Just be aware that if you want to do this in UEFI mode then the kernel must have CONFIG_EFI_STUB enabled.
Exactly what you need to include in the initrd to make it display the inventory information you need depends on what kind of inventory information you want to store.
This is not a new problem, and I'm sure there are Linux distros that already do this. Check the list of distros at DistroWatch.com and see if you can find one. I also think PuppetLabs Razor does something similar, but I might be mistaken.
(2016-03-17 13:44)robinsmidsrod Wrote: You could create a minimalistic Linux distro and add tools statically compiled on it and use the example from http://forum.ipxe.org/showthread.php?tid...1#pid11791 to run it using iPXE.
Thanks, i didnt know about distrowatch. Ill certainly have a look there.