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use std::fmt;

use super::treenode::*;

///
/// Represents the address of a node relative to another node
///
#[derive(Clone)]
pub enum TreeAddress {
    /// Selects this node
    Here,

    /// Selects a child of this node by index, then selects a new address from there
    ChildAtIndex(usize, Box<TreeAddress>),

    /// Selects a child of this node by tag name, then selects a new address from there
    ChildWithTag(String, Box<TreeAddress>),
}

impl TreeNodeIndex for TreeAddress {
    fn lookup_index(&self, parent_node: &TreeRef) -> Option<TreeRef> {
        match *self {
            TreeAddress::Here => Some(parent_node.to_owned()),

            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(ref pos, ref next) => {
                pos.lookup_index(parent_node).and_then(|new_parent| {
                    next.lookup_index(&new_parent)
                })
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref name, ref next) => {
                name.lookup_index(parent_node).and_then(|new_parent| {
                    next.lookup_index(&new_parent)
                })
            }
        }
    }
}

impl PartialEq for TreeAddress {
    fn eq(&self, other: &TreeAddress) -> bool {
        match *self {
            TreeAddress::Here => {
                match *other {
                    TreeAddress::Here   => true,
                    _                   => false
                }
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(self_index, ref self_child) => {
                match *other {
                    TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(rhs_index, ref rhs_child) => self_index == rhs_index && self_child == rhs_child,
                    _                                                   => false
                }
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref self_tag, ref self_child) => {
                match *other {
                    TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref rhs_tag, ref rhs_child)   => self_tag == rhs_tag && self_child == rhs_child,
                    _                                                       => false
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

impl Eq for TreeAddress {}

impl TreeAddress {
    ///
    /// Returns whether or not address is a parent of this address, or the same address
    ///
    /// Will return None if the two addresses are in incompatible formats (eg, if a tag needs to match up against an indexed address)
    ///
    pub fn is_parent_of(&self, address: &TreeAddress) -> Option<bool> {
        match *self {
            // 'Here' is the root address, the parent of everything (including itself)
            TreeAddress::Here => Some(true),

            // Child addresses must match
            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(self_index, ref self_child) => {
                match *address {
                    TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(address_index, ref address_child) => {
                        if self_index == address_index {
                            self_child.is_parent_of(address_child)
                        } else {
                            Some(false)
                        }
                    },

                    TreeAddress::Here   => Some(false),
                    _                   => None
                }
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref self_tag, ref self_child) => {
                match *address {
                    TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref address_tag, ref address_child) => {
                        if *self_tag == *address_tag {
                            self_child.is_parent_of(address_child)
                        } else {
                            Some(false)
                        }
                    },

                    TreeAddress::Here   => Some(false),
                    _                   => None
                }
            }
        }
    }

    ///
    /// Returns whether or not address is a child of this address or the same address
    ///
    #[inline]
    pub fn is_child_of(&self, address: &TreeAddress) -> Option<bool> {
        address.is_parent_of(self)
    }

    ///
    /// Transforms this address to a new address that is relative to a particular parent address (or None if the addresses
    /// are in different formats or if parent_address is not a parent of this address)
    ///
    pub fn relative_to(&self, parent_address: &TreeAddress) -> Option<TreeAddress> {
        match *self {
            // Here is a root address, so it doesn't match anything but itself
            TreeAddress::Here => {
                match *parent_address {
                    TreeAddress::Here   => Some(TreeAddress::Here),
                    _                   => None
                }
            },

            // Strip out child addresses
            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(self_index, ref self_child) => {
                match *parent_address {
                    // 'Here' is a parent of everything
                    TreeAddress::Here => Some(self.to_owned()),

                    // We carry on down the tree if we get a matching ChildAtIndex address
                    TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(parent_index, ref parent_child) => {
                        if self_index == parent_index {
                            self_child.relative_to(parent_child)
                        } else {
                            None
                        }
                    },

                    // Other address types count as mismatched (we don't know the tree structure, so we can't match tags against indexes)
                    _ => None
                }
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref self_tag, ref self_child) => {
                match *parent_address {
                    // 'Here' is a parent of everything
                    TreeAddress::Here => Some(self.to_owned()),

                    // We carry on down the tree if we get a matching ChildWithTag address
                    TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref parent_tag, ref parent_child) => {
                        if self_tag == parent_tag {
                            self_child.relative_to(parent_child)
                        } else {
                            None
                        }
                    },

                    // Other address types count as mismatched (we don't know the tree structure, so we can't match tags against indexes)
                    _ => None
                }
            }
        }
    }

    ///
    /// Returns the parent of the current address
    ///
    pub fn parent(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        match *self {
            // 'Here' doesn't have a parent other than itself
            TreeAddress::Here => TreeAddress::Here,

            // The child addresses strip the last child (the one where the address is 'Here')
            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(index, ref child) => {
                match **child {
                    TreeAddress::Here   => TreeAddress::Here,
                    _                   => TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(index, Box::new(child.parent()))
                }
            },

            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref tag, ref child) => {
                match **child {
                    TreeAddress::Here   => TreeAddress::Here,
                    _                   => TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(tag.clone(), Box::new(child.parent()))
                }
            }
        }
    }

    ///
    /// Returns the last part of the address (before the final `Here`)
    ///
    pub fn last_part(&self) -> &TreeAddress {
        let mut last_part = self;
        let mut next_part = self;

        loop {
            match next_part {
                &TreeAddress::Here => return last_part,

                &TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(_, ref next_address) => {
                    last_part = next_part;
                    next_part = next_address;
                },

                &TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(_, ref next_address) => {
                    last_part = next_part;
                    next_part = next_address;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

impl fmt::Display for TreeAddress {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        match *self {
            TreeAddress::Here                           => write!(f, "."),
            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(index, ref next)  => write!(f, ".{}{}", index, **next),
            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref index, ref next)  => write!(f, ".\"{}\"{}", index, **next)
        }
    }
}

///
/// Structure representing a shorthand address
///
/// This has `TreeNodeIndex` implemented on it, so `treenode.get_child_ref_at(Addr(0, ()))` will work
///
pub struct Addr<TFirst: ToTreeAddress, TSecond: ToTreeAddress>(TFirst, TSecond);

///
/// Trait that is implemented by types that can be converted to tree addresses
///
pub trait ToTreeAddress {
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress;
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress;
}

impl ToTreeAddress for () {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        TreeAddress::Here
    }

    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        then
    }
}

impl ToTreeAddress for usize {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(*self, Box::new(TreeAddress::Here))
    }

    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(*self, Box::new(then))
    }
}

impl<'a> ToTreeAddress for &'a str {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        TreeAddress::ChildWithTag((*self).to_string(), Box::new(TreeAddress::Here))
    }

    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        TreeAddress::ChildWithTag((*self).to_string(), Box::new(then))
    }
}

impl ToTreeAddress for TreeAddress {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        (*self).to_owned()
    }

    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        match *self {
            TreeAddress::Here                                   => then,
            TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(ref index, ref old_then)  => TreeAddress::ChildAtIndex(*index, Box::new((*old_then).to_tree_address_then(then))),
            TreeAddress::ChildWithTag(ref tag, ref old_then)    => TreeAddress::ChildWithTag((*tag).to_owned(), Box::new((*old_then).to_tree_address_then(then)))
        }
    }
}

impl<TFirst: ToTreeAddress, TSecond: ToTreeAddress> ToTreeAddress for (TFirst, TSecond) {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        let (ref first, ref second) = *self;

        first.to_tree_address_then(second.to_tree_address())
    }

    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        self.to_tree_address().to_tree_address_then(then)
    }
}

impl<TFirst: ToTreeAddress, TSecond: ToTreeAddress> ToTreeAddress for Addr<TFirst, TSecond> {
    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address(&self) -> TreeAddress {
        let Addr(ref first, ref second) = *self;

        first.to_tree_address_then(second.to_tree_address())
    }

    #[inline]
    fn to_tree_address_then(&self, then: TreeAddress) -> TreeAddress {
        self.to_tree_address().to_tree_address_then(then)
    }
}

impl<TFirst: ToTreeAddress, TSecond: ToTreeAddress> TreeNodeIndex for Addr<TFirst, TSecond> {
    #[inline]
    fn lookup_index(&self, parent_node: &TreeRef) -> Option<TreeRef> {
        let Addr(ref first, ref second) = *self;

        first.to_tree_address_then(second.to_tree_address()).lookup_index(parent_node)
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod treeaddress_test {
    use super::super::super::tree::*;

    #[test]
    fn lookup_here() {
        let some_tree = tree!("Here", "There", "Everywhere");

        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(TreeAddress::Here).unwrap().get_tag() == "Here");
    }

    #[test]
    fn lookup_child() {
        let some_tree = tree!("Here", "There", "Everywhere");

        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr(0, ())).unwrap().get_tag() == "There");
        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr(1, ())).unwrap().get_tag() == "Everywhere");
    }

    #[test]
    fn lookup_tag() {
        let some_tree = tree!("Here", "There", "Everywhere");

        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr("There", ())).unwrap().get_tag() == "There");
        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr("Everywhere", ())).unwrap().get_tag() == "Everywhere");
    }

    #[test]
    fn lookup_grandchild() {
        let some_tree = tree!("Here", tree!("There", "Everywhere"));

        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr("There", (0, ()))).unwrap().get_tag() == "Everywhere");
    }

    #[test]
    fn address_after_address() {
        let some_tree = tree!("Here", tree!("There", tree!("Everywhere", "Also here")));

        // Address formed of a complicated address with an extra address appended
        let everywhere_address = Addr("There", ("Everywhere", ()));
        assert!(some_tree.get_child_ref_at(Addr(everywhere_address, (0, ()))).unwrap().get_tag() == "Also here");
    }

    #[test]
    fn here_is_parent_of_here() {
        let here        = ().to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&here);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&here);

        assert!(is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn here_is_parent_of_anything() {
        let here        = ().to_tree_address();
        let there       = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(!is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn nothing_is_parent_of_here() {
        let here        = ().to_tree_address();
        let there       = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = there.is_parent_of(&here);
        let is_child    = there.is_child_of(&here);

        assert!(!is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn same_address_is_parent() {
        let here        = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let there       = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn indexed_parent() {
        let here        = (0, 1).to_tree_address();
        let there       = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(!is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn bad_indexed_parent() {
        let here        = (1, 0).to_tree_address();
        let there       = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(!is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(!is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn tagged_parent() {
        let here        = ("first", "second").to_tree_address();
        let there       = ("first", ("second", "third")).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(!is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn bad_tagged_parent() {
        let here        = ("other tag", "second").to_tree_address();
        let there       = ("first", ("second", "third")).to_tree_address();
        let is_parent   = here.is_parent_of(&there);
        let is_child    = here.is_child_of(&there);

        assert!(!is_parent.unwrap());
        assert!(!is_child.unwrap());
    }

    #[test]
    fn different_address_types_cant_be_checked() {
        let indexed         = 1.to_tree_address();
        let tagged          = "tag".to_tree_address();

        assert!(indexed.is_parent_of(&tagged).is_none());
        assert!(tagged.is_parent_of(&indexed).is_none());
    }

    #[test]
    fn can_get_relative_address_with_indexes() {
        let address     = (1, (2, (3, 4))).to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = (1, 2).to_tree_address();
        let expected    = (3, 4).to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).unwrap() == expected);
    }

    #[test]
    fn can_get_relative_address_with_tags() {
        let address     = ("one", ("two", ("three", "four"))).to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = ("one", "two").to_tree_address();
        let expected    = ("three", "four").to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).unwrap() == expected);
    }

    #[test]
    fn relative_to_wrong_address_is_none() {
        let address     = (1, (2, (3, 4))).to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = (3, 4).to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).is_none());
    }

    #[test]
    fn relative_to_here_is_none() {
        let address     = ().to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = (3, 4).to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).is_none());
    }

    #[test]
    fn here_relative_to_here_is_here() {
        let address     = ().to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = ().to_tree_address();
        let expected    = ().to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).unwrap() == expected);
    }

    #[test]
    fn relative_to_same_is_here() {
        let address     = (3, 4).to_tree_address();
        let relative_to = (3, 4).to_tree_address();
        let expected    = ().to_tree_address();

        assert!(address.relative_to(&relative_to).unwrap() == expected);
    }

    #[test]
    fn get_parent_indexed() {
        let address         = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let parent_address  = address.parent();
        let expected_parent = (0, 1).to_tree_address();

        assert!(parent_address == expected_parent);
    }

    #[test]
    fn get_parent_tagged() {
        let address         = ("tag", ("tag2", "tag3")).to_tree_address();
        let parent_address  = address.parent();
        let expected_parent = ("tag", "tag2").to_tree_address();

        assert!(parent_address == expected_parent);
    }

    #[test]
    fn get_parent_here() {
        assert!(TreeAddress::Here.parent() == TreeAddress::Here);
    }

    #[test]
    fn get_last_part() {
        let address         = (0, (1, 2)).to_tree_address();
        let last_part       = address.last_part();
        let expected_last   = 2.to_tree_address();

        assert!(*last_part == expected_last);
    }
}

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'Bullfinch and weeping cherry blossoms' was created in 1834 by Katsushika Hokusai in Ukiyo-e style. Find more prominent pieces of bird-and-flower painting at Wikiart.org - best visual art database 10 Secrets of Almond Blossom. 1. The 1890 painting Almond Blossom was Van Gogh's gift to his newly born nephew and namesake. 2. Van Gogh arrived in Arles in the spring of 1888 on the heels of a late snowfall. Housebound, he spent his first week painting such still life treatments as Blossoming Almond in a Glass and Blossoming Almond.
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Item Details. An H. Yoshida Print of Kumoi, Famous Cherry Blossoms in Yoshikawa.This vintage framed lithograph Kumoi, Famous Cherry Blossoms in Yoshikawa by Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese 1876-1950), is in gold toned frame in the style of bamboo. This print depicts girls in a cherry blossom field. The artists signature is in plate to the bottom right corner of the piece
The Sakura, or Cherry Blossoms is widely celebrated in the Japanese literature, poetry, and the art with different meanings.They have been a major symbol of the nation of Japan for centuries. Cherry blossoms were linked to the Japanese folk religions as a symbol of reproduction, life and even death
Cherry blossoms are a prevalent symbol in Irezumi, the traditional art of Japanese tattoos. In tattoo art, cherry blossoms are often combined with other classic Japanese symbols like koi fish, dragons or tigers. It was later used for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics mascot Someity
Celebrate spring with seven stunning cherry blossom paintings by acclaimed artist Damien Hirst. In this cheerful suite of canvases, Hirst references the Neo-Impressionist style known as pointillism, made famous by the French artists Georges Seurat and Paul Signac who composed scenes entirely from distinct dots of color
Utagawa Hiroshige - Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (c. 1834), woodblock print. Cherry Trees in Full Bloom at Arashiyama (c. 1834) is perhaps one of Hiroshige's most stunning prints, a poignant illustration of the Japanese aesthetics and culture so revered by European artists. As the Ōi river flows along the northeastern corner.
along the Passaic River has been transformed into a sprawling work of art. The space is now a celebration of the Township's world-famous cherry blossoms - wholly appropriate because Belleville is The Cherry Blossom Capital of America. The Cherry Blossom Art Mural greets visitors with long, twisting branches covered in life-like blossoms
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Issa is one of the four haiku greats of Japan. He wrote a tremendous amount of poetry and was known for his poetic appreciation for even the tiniest creatures. cherry blossoms scatter-. snap! the buck's antlers. come off. without regret. they fall and scatter. cherry blossoms. cherry blossoms Art Lesson 1. Talk about print and importance of cherry blossoms to Japanese culture. 2. Explain the new and fun way they will be creating Cherry Blossom branches with blowing paint today. 3. Model blowing paint for students: put a drop of paint at bottom of paper with straw, blowing up, adding more dots and continue to blow
Japan's famous cherry blossoms reached their peak earlier than ever before this year, with experts suggesting the record-setting date is the result of climate change.. Peak bloom was reached on. A Famous Cherry Tree. The cherry trees all over Primrose Hill are at their beautiful best this week. Let's enjoy every moment of them before the blossom is scattered by the wind. The six white flowering trees around the middle of Chalcot Square are no exception. But one of them is a variety with a fascinating history Cherry blossom time, Hirosaki Castle. Hirosaki Castle, in northern Japan, framed by its famous cherry trees, the first of which are said to have been brought from Kyoto in 1715. There's also a good view of the castle foundations, walls built in the usual non-layered style Watch: Places Around The World That Are Famous For Cherry Blossoms Apart From Japan. Sakura all around! By. Sohinee Ghosh. -. April 15, 2021. Springtime refers to the season of growth, rejuvenation, renewal, and irrespective of where one lives, they experience Spring. In some places, it's more prominent and evident than others The cherry blossoms are more than just pretty scenery — they're the focus of an annual celebration that is a boon to the local economy. About 1.5 million people — nearly half from outside the D.C. area — come each year to the National Cherry Blossom Festival, spending money on food, accommodation and entertainment to the tune of $150.
During COVID-19 Ronin Gallery is open by appointment-only. Have a question, give us a call: (212)-688-018 Traditional Japanese Cherry Blossom Art. You don't have to visit Japan during sakura season to see cherry blossom - many famous cherry blossom paintings are available to see. Here's a selection of the best. The Cherry Blossom Front - Sakura Zensen
Anyway, here are my cherry blossom paintings this year. Take care of yourself and be safe. There will be another spring next year when we can have the full party with all of the trappings! Cherry Blossoms on Easter (Wayne Ferrebee, 2020) Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper Amazing Places to See Cherry Blossoms in the World. 1. Hirosaki, Japan - Hirosaki Festival. The cherry blossom festival started early last year because the cherries bloomed sooner than expected. At night Hirosaki Park is illuminated until 10 pm, so many people like to go for walks to see the trees lit up
This painting shows people having a cherry blossom party in 19th Century Japan, by Kitagawa Utamaro II When did the celebrations start? Sakura is a massive part of Japan's culture and history Traditional Chinese Painting Hand Painted Plum Blossom Canvas Wall Art Modern Black and White Landscape Oil Painting for Living Room Bedroom Office Decoration (48x24 inch) 4.6 out of 5 stars 408 $89.99 $ 89 . 9 The official artwork for the 2021 National Cherry Blossom Festival is pictured below in a tweet shared by festival organizers. This will be the official art for the 2021 National Cherry Blossom.
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As the name, 'Kirschblutenweg' (which means Cherry Blossom Road in German) suggests, this is the most famous place in Berlin to admire cherry blossoms. And for good reasons too. Firstly, because these cherry blossom trees are planted at one of the most historically significant places where the Berlin Wall once stood Normally Japan's parks are full of people admiring the famous cherry blossom trees this time of year - but not any more. Osaka native Hiroshi Nakajima, 65, gazes at the cherry blossoms in Osaka.
Unlike the District's famous cherry blossoms, the plum tree blossoms don't have a festival or parade celebrating their bloom. Even though only three of the plum trees are currently in bloom, their limited national prominence ensures that locals won't have to compete with tourists for a prime viewing spot 1. You'll only find cherry blossoms in a handful of countries. Called sakura in Japan, the cherry blossoms of Yoshino and Kyoto are world-famous. Tourists flock to the country each spring to try. InkDance Chinese Painting Gallery, as China & World's largest Online Chinese Paintings Gallery, based in China, provides over 20000 original hand-painted Chinese paintings on rice paper or silk & Chinese calligraphy to the whole world, with over 10 years of business, the most competitive prices, and king-like service.With 1-on-1 personal consultant replying within 0.5-23.5 hrs free of charge. Visiting Tokyo during the cherry blossom season is a lifelong dream for many Japan enthusiasts. Not only they can enjoy beautiful cherry blossoms during the day and night, but also they can enjoy delicious foods and drinks. Yozakura in Tokyo is absolutely mind-boggling.. Cherry blossom viewing is one of the great springtime Japanese traditions.While many may think that seeing cherry blossoms. When cherry blossoms bloom in Japan, people of every age and occupation gather under the trees for hanami: a time to admire, ponder, and celebrate. There is hardly a natural phenomenon as closely linked to Japanese beauty, culture, and philosophies as the fleeting cherry blossom blooms. Majestic trees stretching their rose crowns towards the sky, tiny petals being whirled around by spring.
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6. Jinhae Cherry Blossom Festival. One of the most famous cherry blossom festivals in South Korea. Jinhae is located in the south of the country and is the mecca for cherry blossom tourism. In April daily buses are leaving from Seoul and Busan to the festival. Enjoy stunning views at the Yeojwacheon Stream & Gyeonghwa Station and taste cherry. 8. Cherry Blossoms at Century Park . The great thing about Century Park are the unique photo opportunities that are available at this location. The park has over 3,000 cherry blossom trees which paint the entire surrounding area in a blanket of pink and white, with this offering some great photo opportunities Our Japan Art & Garden Tour features fourteen days' worth of meticulous garden landscapes, where each tree, rock, pond, and teahouse is poetically placed to engage the mind. Springtime in Japan adds the fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms which elevate these gardens and parks to something more than a tranquil contemplation spot Cherry Trees wall art for home and office decor. Discover canvas art prints, photos, mural, big canvas art and framed wall art in GreatBigCanvas.com's varied collections. Cherry Blossom trees in the Tidal Basin with the Washington Monument in the background. Famous Cherry Blossom Trees. By Hugonnard, Philippe. Canvas from $86.99 $144.99 March 20 to April 11, 2021 (or as long as the cherry blossoms are in bloom) Departures at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on weekends; by appointment on weekdays. Admission: $69 per bike ($10 for passenger riders) Pedego Alexandria, 210 North Lee St., Alexandria, VA 22314. 571-312-5168. pedegoalexandria.com
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Description: Cherry Blossom Tree Painting Plan Display from the above 1920x0 resolutions which is part of the Interior&Eksterior Home.Download this image for free in HD resolution the choice download button below. If you do not find the exact resolution you are looking for, then go for a native or higher resolution From mid-March to mid-April cherry blossom trees around the US will start showing their pink petals in time for week-long festivals celebrating the flower, as well as Japanese art and culture. We. In this watercolor tutorial bundle, you will paint four motives full of lush and exuberant blossoms of springtime.These include two botanical paintings, a German cityscape and a Japanese landscape.. Our motives are: A branch of cherry blossom with a cute small bird sitting on it. Two daffodil flowers with a bumblebee . A magic cherry tree alley in the German city of Bon Cherry Blossoms in Chungcheong Region. Chungcheong is the province in the central part of Korea. Some popular cities you may have heard of are Daejeon, Chungju, and Cheonan. If you are going to see the cherry blossoms in Chungcheong, then make sure to try some of the local delicacies such as clam shabu shabu, gul bap, and dori baengbaeng Celebrate the Japanese cherry blossom season at the must-see sites of Kyoto & Tokyo, and enjoy authentic cultural experiences. The best time to see Japan's famous cherry blossoms is in March and April. Many of Japan's parks and gardens comprise of flowering cherry trees, and the people of Japan celebrate with hanami (flower-viewing) parties.
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Ueno Park can be said to be Tokyo's most vibrant, famous, and oldest cherry blossom spot. The park has a history going back to the Edo period and has been a famous flower viewing (hanami) spot since that time. There's an art museum and a zoo near the park which is why it has become the first choice for Japanese people going to view flowers with the whole family Ueno Park is arguably Tokyo's busiest, most famous, and most ancient cherry blossom tour site. Its reputation dates back as early as the Edo period. Its proximity to the art museum and the zoo has made it the Number-1 choice of family cherry blossom tours among the Japanese themselves Bullfinch And Weeping Cherry Blossoms (1834) - Katsushika Hokusai. Katsushika Hokusai is regarded as one of the greatest artists in Japanese history and numerous western artists have been influenced by his works.Flowers and birds were one of his preferred subjects and this painting depicts a small bird known as Bullfinch on a small tree native to Japan known as the Weeping Cherry Tree
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A crew from our Facilities Management Department hit the streets of Macon-Bibb this week to paint the famous cherry blossoms all over downtown! Painting our streets pink from MBTV on Vimeo. CHERRY BLOSSOM HEADQUARTERS. 794 CHERRY STREET • MACON, GEORGIA 478.330.7050 • INFO@CHERRYBLOSSOM.COM Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who created a range of artworks from landscapes to self-portraits, characterised by bold colours and expressive brushwork. In 1888 Van Gogh lived in Arles, a city in the south of France, and during this time he produced several paintings of flowering trees including 'Almond Blossom' 'The Tale Of Genji' Quotes About Cherry Blossoms Here are some cherry blossom quotes from 'The Tale of Genji,' a famous Japanese book where the blossoms were mentioned a lot. 33.The cherry blossom season was over, but two of His Excellency's trees must have consented to wait, for they were in late and glorious bloom
Students uncover facts about the famous cherry trees of Washington, D.C., and make predictions about this year's peak bloom. Objectives. Students Students. investigate the history of the cherry trees of Washington, D.C. complete the Cherry Blossom Time work sheet. Keywords. cherry, flowers, hunt, plants, predict, spring, temperature, trees. Hirosaki Japan: Hirosaki park is famous for the spring festival held every year between April 23 and May 5.It showcases around 2600 cherry trees with 50 varieties of cherry blossoms. Visitors can paddle a small boat through the cherry blossom tunnel on the west moat to enjoy the reflection of these trees of the moat Chinese art is most famous for landscape painting and some of the greatest landscape masterpieces have been painted by Chinese artists. The period of the Five Dynasties to Northern Song (907-1127) is considered as the Great age of Chinese landscape. Plum Blossom #6 Tang Yin. Lifespan: 1470 - 1524. Period: Ming Dynasty Kitakami which located in Iwate Prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan is a city rich in nature. There are abundant natural scenic spots such as Waga no Matsushima with beautiful autumn leaves reflected in the exposed strata and lakes, and Kitakami Tenshochi, a famous cherry blossom spot. In addition to nature, you can also enjoy a folk performing art called Onikenbai and cultural. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (in Japanese: 名所江戸百景, romanized: Meisho Edo Hyakkei) is a series of 119 ukiyo-e prints begun and largely completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797-1858). The prints were first published in serialized form in 1856-59, with Hiroshige II completing the series after Hiroshige's death. It was tremendously popular and much reprinted
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A project to draw cherry blossoms with GPS art at famous cherry blossom spots around Japan��The first course of this spring is Nago Park, Okinawa Prefecture. 【1174courses】GPS art guide in Japan Shanghai's most famous cherry blossom viewing spot is Gucun Park. The 2019 Gucun Cherry Blossom Festival officially started on March 15th. The theme is Sakura full of flowers. Tens of thousands of cherry blossoms are open to the public, and the cherry blossoms are colorful and beautiful
Located to the northwest of Yuyuantan Park, Cherry Garden is famous for its cherry blossoms. In the spring of 1973, 180 cherry trees were sent as gifts from Japan and were planted in the garden. Later on, more and more cherry trees were cultivated here. Today the garden has been the home for over 3,000 cherry trees Image size: 35 x 20Signed Price: 00.00Year: 1985. All posters are now available exclusively from Frame of Mind. Please purchase posters on their website. All other artwork is available on this website. This very popular poster is a view of Flathead lake in the height of spring. The pastel blue and pink view is framed by Flathead Lake's famous. For centuries the cherry blossom tree has been at the centre of Japanese art and literature inspiring some of the nation's most beloved paintings and poetry. More than just a tree, cherry blossom is viewed as a symbol of fleeting beauty, due to the fact that it only blooms for a limited time once a year Explore Japan during the beautiful cherry blossom season. Japan is a fascinating country full of incredible contrasts, and well-known for its beauty during the cherry blossom (sakura) season.. In this 14-day Classic Japan Cherry Blossom Tour you will get to experience the best that this diverse country has to offer at its prettiest time of year. . Incredible photographic opportunities await.
2. Hakodate: Overlook the Cherry Blossoms from the Goryokaku Tower. Picture courtesy of Hakodate City. Goryokaku Tower is a famous observatory in Hakodate, Hokkaido. From the top, you can look out over roughly 1,600 cherry trees inside the star-shaped Goryokaku Park. Picture courtesy of Hakodate City Cherry Blossoms Enter Stage 4; Puffy White Blossoms on the Way. The iconic yoshino cherry trees decorating the Tidal Basin, the most common variety in D.C., have officially reached Stage 4 of. Art Subject: Cherry Blossoms. Color: White. Clear All. Opens in a new tab. Sale +3 Sizes Available in 4 Sizes. Japanese Cherry Blossom Tree On Little Idyllic Island - Unframed Painting Print on Wood. by. The famous trees have been immortalized in paintings and stories throughout history. Typically, the cherry blossoms (Prunus jamasakura) reach peak bloom in April Famous for its excellent museums, the pandas at Ueno Zoo , the Shinobazu Pond, and the historic Toshogu Shrine, Ueno Park's cherry blossoms are what it's most famous for. Accordingly, a visit to the park during spring is a bucket-list item for many Japanese people. The first trees here were planted by Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), founder of the.
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Neurotechnologija Announces SentiSight SDK Universal Object Recognition Technology for Robotics and Computer Vision Applications
Sophisticated Algorithm Provides Versatile and Accurate Recognition Using Still or Video Images from a Wide Variety of Cameras
Vilnius, Lithuania – June 4, 2007 – Neurotechnologija, a company widely recognized for their high-precision biometric identification technologies, today announced their entry into the AI and Robotics market with the introduction of the new SentiSight Software Development Kit (SDK) object recognition technology. Designed for the development of computer-based vision systems, the SentiSight algorithm provides versatile, fast and accurate 2D and 3D object recognition for use in a wide variety of applications, including image search engines, security systems, manufacturing and robot and machine vision. SentiSight object recognition technology is tolerant to object scale, rotation and pose and works with still and video images from most digital cameras, including Webcams. It can process video streams in real time, enabling its use in real-time applications such as autonomous robot navigation, parts identification on an assembly line or road sign recognition in a moving vehicle.
"We are very pleased to announce the availability of SentiSight SDK, the product of years of research and development by our AI and Robotics Division," said Algimantas Malickas, CEO of Neurotechnologija . "For the past 17 years we have developed algorithms that provide fast, accurate and reliable recognition of fingerprints and faces for biometric applications. Building on that experience, SentiSight SDK is a natural progression for us into the AI and computer vision space with a product that offers both the reliability and reasonable pricing our customers have come to rely on." Malickas continued.
Humans have a natural ability to learn and recognize objects, even when the objects are presented in different environments, scales, rotations and poses. There are a growing number of tasks – for example environmental object recognition for navigation or product recognition and classification in assembly manufacturing – where automating the process of recognizing objects provides an extra measure of safety, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. For these applications a computer system or robot with object recognition capabilities is used in conjunction with a camera or other visual input device. SentiSight SDK provides the sophisticated algorithms that enable such a computer or robot to learn an object, store its unique features in a database and later recognize that object from a live camera, still image or video stream.
SentiSight SDK enables fully automatic and manual object learning as well as simultaneous multiple object detection and recognition. Using a live camera, series of still images or video, SentiSight first learns an object by extracting specific features or descriptors of the object from different sides, distances from the camera and angles of view. This enables SentiSight to develop a 2D or 3D object model that can be stored (e.g. in a database). When that same object is later presented in a photograph, video, on the Web or from a real-time live video camera, the SentiSight algorithm compares the new images to the existing object model, recognizes the object and outputs the object's name and coordinates.
Because the SentiSight algorithm is tolerant to a large variation of object scale, rotation, translation and lighting conditions, it can recognize objects in a variety of different situations with a high degree of accuracy. Results can vary somewhat based on the qualities of the initial learning and the conditions in which the object is to be later recognized.
SentiSight can recognize an object at an average of 10 video frames per second for a single object model at 320 x 240 or better resolution. However for tasks when an even faster response is required, the SentiSight Library includes a tracking mode that enables SentiSight to track an object at speeds of up to 20 frames per second. SentiSight SDK also includes a Camera Manager Library for Microsoft Windows, which allows simultaneous capture from multiple cameras.
SentiSight gives developers complete control over SDK data input and output, enabling the functions to be used with most cameras, with any database and with any user interface. Reliability tests and additional technical specifications are available at: www.neurotechnologija.com/sentisight.html.
Neurotechnologija's algorithms consistently have won awards and top honors in numerous international biometrics competitions, including the recent FVC2006, in which the company's VeriFinger 5.0-based fingerprint recognition algorithm achieved the best score for average zero false match rate. Last month Neurotechnologija announced that their MegaMatcher 2.0 large-scale AFIS fingerprint technology received full NIST-MINEX Certification from the U.S. Government. MegaMatcher 2.0 also provides multi-biometric face and fingerprint recognition. Neurotechnologija's other biometric products include VeriLook SDK for facial recognition and FaceCell and FingerCell for embedded facial and fingerprint recognition on compact devices.
SentiSight SDK is available now with highly competitive licensing options from Neurotechnologija: www.neurotechnologija.com/. A 30-day trial version with full functionality is also available for download.
About Neurotechnologija
Neurotechnologija provides algorithms and software development products for biometric fingerprint and face identification, computer-based vision and object recognition to security companies, system integrators and hardware manufacturers. More than 1000 system integrators and sensor providers worldwide integrate Neurotechnologija's technologies into their own products.
Drawing from years of academic research in the fields of neuroinformatics, image processing and pattern recognition, Neurotechnologija was founded in 1990 in Vilnius, Lithuania and released its first fingerprint identification system in 1991. Since that time Neurotechnologija has released more than 30 products and version upgrades for identification and verification of personal identity. For more information, visit: www.neurotechnologija.com/
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Our mail boxes in Finland differs very much from those You presented. I have in my About me page very beautiful mail box situated to the North of the Arctic Circle.
Haha, I know what you mean. Sometimes I wish I had a pen pal, like when I was a kid. It would be so much fun to receive letters again… But it would be quite hard without a temporary address I guess, haha.
Where did you find such a lovely treasures? Wonderful details. Love them all.
It's pretty crazy, these are found only from my 40+ mins walk home from work. I'm amazed, and have been since arriving in Auckland, at how many unique letter boxes there are around here :).
You have a keen sense of observation and can capture beauty in the ordinary!
It does doesn't it?! They're all so unique! I'm in love with them :D. It's something that is very different from Sweden where I'm from.
Thanks for your comment :D. Always lovely.
Great idea to shoot so many different letterboxes.


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That Is How I See It Folks 6 – Gender Stereotyping
Whether you are in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America or South America you might have encountered gender stereotyping and might have experienced it even once in your life.
What happens here is that people tend to make inaccurate generalizations of each human being based upon their gender. In other words, it can be simply explained as over-generalization of differences, attributes and characteristics of a certain group based solely on their gender. Respective culture of a particular country also plays a pivotal role in shaping the thinking pattern related to this concept. If a particular person acts differently by deviating the unwritten norm of how their gender is assumed to behave, the society may look down upon that individual creating inequality and unfair treatment as a result. For example, from childhood, we shape this with or without our knowledge to our children. It starts from the differentiation of pink and blue colours for the two genders and with the introduction of relevant toys to their world. Sometimes girls may like to play with cars and boys may like to play with dolls. Even the way of dressing also has played a major role. Gender stereotyping can be seen in the workplace too where there is still the assumption that women should be at home like old times. This is the main reason behind low wages of women compared to men in some professions. When it comes to occupation, women should not earn more than men and she is supposed to look after her family placing it first than her career. That is why we see lot of females try to balance the career and family life like never before while trying to compete with men to take equal opportunities.
Yet, there are issues of trust. Have you heard few dialogues like, "I trust a male doctor more for my illness" or "I would call a female mechanic but they are not good as men"? Basically, female gender stereotyping highlights the fact that females are less trustworthy in handling tough jobs than males. Women are supposed to be quiet, submissive, obedient, weak, shy, patient, more organized, multitasking etc. Quite contrary, men are supposed to be dominant, competitive, self-confident, tough, messy, aggressive etc. in personality traits. Even in the domestic environment, women are better in cooking, sewing with a foot pedal sewing machine, cleaning the house, looking after children whereas men are in charge of repairs of household and telling what to do.
Even though there are social and economic advances for women's equality, current mass media still penetrates traditional gender stereotypes into our minds. If we take the world of commercials, females are still being used as objects in beauty preserving products to household appliances highlighting domestication. They are sometimes used as an ego booster of males which is mainly seen in automotives, colognes, and cigarettes advertisements by being a sexy seductress. Male gender stereotyping commonly emphasize the image of a muscular, successful, handsome, kind hearted male who always behave as a gentleman. Even there is another type of male who is chubby, sweet, smiling and jovial where he is being used for food commercials or household products. Even in movies, female roles are acting as protagonists more often these days. Yet, most of such characters are hyperactive, hyper attractive and hyper sexualized while making us feel that such females are unrealistic in our day today life. Even in animated world, especially in early Disney movies gender stereotyping is very prominent where heroine is either a queen, princess or an ordinary lady. Basically the princess was the damsel-in-distress who waited for her prince charming. Example: "Someday my prince will come" song by Snow White in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. In the music world, artists like Beyoncé, Marilyn Manson, Patrick Wolf had acted to break gender stereotyping without glorifying it. Here are few example songs that broke gender stereotyping:
"I'm gonna be an engineer" by Peggy Seeger
"Run the world" by Beyoncé
"Girls with guitars" by Wynonna Judd
Talking from my experience, I used to have very short hair to my neckline till I go to university. Then I had to grow my hair to ease the process of finding suitable partner because most of the males in our society prefer to see feminine qualities in their future wife when considering the marriage. Even some found my working area of Physics as an intimidated ground which is quite unlike for a female to survive in the male dominating discipline. Even some relatives of mine have suggested going into the profession of teaching as it is a more convenient job for a female compared to lecturing at universities when you are running a family. All these things are relative according to the society that you live in as well.
I guess we all should not be silent when we face such sexist attitudes from the society. Even you can be the change by being a role model by challenging such bigoted persons while changing gender roles in your normal life. But you need to play it safe without endangering yourself or your loved ones. Yet, I feel gender stereotyping imprisons us by emphasizing the fact that every person either behave as a male or female without considering the true identity or individuality of a certain person. That is how I see it, folks!
Life Stories, That Is How I See It Folks
Chathurie Nupearachchi
Chathurie is currently working as an educational consultant to Headstart (Pvt) Ltd. She is our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer too. At present, she is doing her PhD in Solid State Physics at OUSL.


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Why People Take Risks To Help Others: Altruism's Roots In The Brain
By Michelle Trudeau
When someone does something utterly selfless, you might think, oh, they're just a generous kind of soul. But new research suggests altruism may be hardwired in the brain. Reporter Michelle Trudeau has more.
MICHELLE TRUDEAU, BYLINE: Altruism is when you help somebody else at a cost to yourself. So you're sacrificing for another; you're taking a risk or suffering pain.
ANGELA SIMPSON: My name is Angela Simpson. I reside in Albany, New York, and I am 46 years old.
TRUDEAU: Angela is a graphic artist. She is also an extraordinary altruist. Back in 2010, Angela donated one of her kidneys to an unknown recipient.
SIMPSON: The only thing I knew about my recipient is that she was a female and she was residing in Bakersfield, California.
TRUDEAU: The surgery to remove Angela's kidney occurred at a transplant hospital in New York City.
SIMPSON: And my kidney was shipped to California immediately after it was extracted.
TRUDEAU: Angela's altruistic act begs the question why would someone donate a perfectly healthy part of their body to a total stranger, go through the risk of major surgery and do it willingly - even happily - for no pay, no remuneration and anonymously? Here's how Angela explains her decision.
SIMPSON: At that time in my life, I was 42 years old. I was very single. I had no children; you know, very, very fortunate - loved my life. But I really felt like I would question often what is my purpose?
TRUDEAU: So when she heard about the critical need for kidney donations - over 100,000 people in the U.S. today are waiting for a kidney transplant...
SIMPSON: To really be able to help somebody unconditionally was, like, an awe moment.
TRUDEAU: So she did it, she says, simply because she could. Professor Abigail Marsh has her own story of altruism, too.
ABIGAIL MARSH: I think I was 20 years old, and I was driving home to my parent's house in Tacoma, Washington.
TRUDEAU: Long story short - a freak highway accident. Her car spins around and stalls in the fast lane. A stranger stops, dodges through traffic, helps her to safety saving her life and then disappears. A true altruist - risking his own life to help someone he didn't know and would never see again. This propelled Abigail Marsh toward her professional career, one of today's leading researchers of altruism. Now at Georgetown University, Marsh studies what she calls extraordinary altruists - most recently, a study of 19, including Angela, from around the country who donated a kidney to a stranger.
MARSH: And we brought them to Georgetown for testing.
TRUDEAU: Psych testing, brain imaging studies, extensive background profiles, etc. But, says Marsh...
MARSH: Most of the test that we did didn't show any differences between the altruistic donors and people who had not been donors.
TRUDEAU: All pretty normal - except for a telltale difference in a part of our brain called the amygdala. It's an almond-shaped cluster of nerves; it's our emotional radar. And it was significantly larger in altruists compared to those who'd never donated an organ. Additionally, Marsh reports that the amygdala in altruists is supersensitive to fear or distress in another's face.
MARSH: They showed this very specific increase in amygdala activation in response to others' fear.
TRUDEAU: Now in previous research, Marsh reports some polar opposite findings in a group of psychopaths. Using the same tests as with the altruists, Marsh found that psychopaths have smaller, less active amygdalas. The brains' emotional radar in psychopaths was blunted and relatively unresponsive to someone else's distress or fear. For NPR News, I'm Michelle Trudeau. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Michelle Trudeau
Michelle Trudeau began her radio career in 1981, filing stories for NPR from Beijing and Shanghai, China, where she and her husband lived for two years. She began working as a science reporter and producer for NPR's Science Desk since 1982. Trudeau's news reports and feature stories, which cover the areas of human behavior, child development, the brain sciences, and mental health, air on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
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The Fundraising Field Guide was written to help early-stage tech startup founders decipher and navigate the fundraising process. It provides an overview of the soft and not-so-soft challenges you will need to prepare for as part of your fundraising journey, including things like reaching out to investors, dealing with rejections constructively, preparing materials and financials, understanding valuations and deal terms, and how to manage the legal process.
I hope you enjoy the book and get lots of use from it. I've adopted a 'free-to-download-and-donate-if-you-like-it' model because hey, if you're fundraising, you're bootstrapped right? If you do enjoy it, however, please consider donating to one of the charities in the "Get & Donate" section of this site to support organizations that are helping people around the world with their social entrepreneurship challenges.
In the 'Seedcamp Podcast Series' we talk with key people in the tech startup industry to hear their stories and gleam key advice and learnings from their experiences.
We had the chance to sit down with Fred and Todd of Foley & Lardner to discuss points startups should consider as part of 'flipping' to the USA or starting off as a foreign company vs. one based in the USA.
Fred Adam is a partner and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. He advises public and private multi-nationals, investment funds, and fund portfolio companies regarding international outbound and inbound tax planning, fund formation structuring, domestic tax matters of all types and international tax matters relating especially to global business model planning and global tax efficiency projects, transfer pricing, mergers and acquisitions, financial services (PE, Venture, Hedge, etc.), and pre- and post-transaction integration structuring.
E. Thom (Todd) Rumberger Jr. is a partner and corporate lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP where he focuses his practice on private equity, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital, and Internet, software, telecommunications, digital media and financial services companies through all stages of their growth. He is vice chair of the firm's Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, co-chair of the Technology Industry Team and is a member of the Transactional & Securities Practice.
SeedCamp's hackathon, Seedhack, took place at Google Campus, London, on the 8th to 10th of November. It brought together some of the brightest talent in the startup community from 15 countries with one of the best accelerator programs in the world and mashed it up with awesome content providers like Twitter, Facebook, BSkyB, BBC, Getty, HarperCollins, EyeEm, Nokia Music and Imagga. There were a total of 12 teams working on interesting and exciting projects.
As part of this hackathon, Ali and Will helped me aggregate resources to help founders better understand the process of raising equity and the impact it can have to their founder stakes. We aggregated resources to help entrepreneurs to understand the numbers and implications of raising money and giving out equity. Valuing a company and calculation its impact on your equity is a very complex and confusing for entrepreneurs as well as being far from an exact science, this is the pain point that we wanted to address.
"Fundraising is one of the most difficult parts of the startup world, as first time founders this is an even more daunting process. Experience of raising a round and understanding the numbers and implications of that round and the related equity issued to an investor as well as employees in the form of an option pool is vital, but sadly is only fully understood by going through the process for real. Our intention was to give founders the knowledge required by being able to go through the process in a simple and easy way, thus giving the founder the confidence when it happens for real.
Ali and I are first time founders currently actively looking for investment. We know the total value we need in terms of money we want to raise as well the percentage of equity we are comfortable willing to give up to the investor. What we didn't know and learned through the process is the implications in future rounds as a result of that initial funding round. Having an option pool for employees, advisors, board members etc. is something that complicates the issue and is often a requirement in the terms an investor is offering. This complicates the issue for the founder, so being aware of the impact of their shareholding as a result is vital for a founder as it is them that gets diluted in the first round but also any subsequent round, but it is often overlooked.
"A PRE-MONEY VALUATION is the valuation of a company or asset BEFORE investment or financing. If an investment adds cash to a company, the company will have different valuations before and after the investment. The pre-money valuation refers to the company's valuation before the investment.
External investors, such as venture capitalists and angel investors will use a pre-money valuation to determine how much equity to demand in return for their cash injection to an entrepreneur and his or her startup company. This is calculated on a fully diluted basis.
A POST-MONEY VALUATION is the value of a company AFTER an investment has been made. This value is equal to the sum of the pre-money valuation and the amount of new equity.
The Post-money valuation is the sum of the pre-money valuation and the money raised in a given round. At the close of a round of financing, this is what your company is worth (well, at least on paper).
If a company is worth $1 million (pre-money) and an investor makes an investment of $250,000, the new, post-money valuation of the company will be $1.25 million. The investor will now own 20% of the company.
The only reason it's worth spending time on this term at all is that it "sets the bar" for your future activities. If your post-money after your first round of financing is $4 million, you know that to achieve success, in the eyes of your investors, any future valuations will have to be well-in-excess of that amount.
Option pools can also be formed by Restricted Stock Units, but whichever one you use, they are generally still called 'Option Pools'.
The OPTION POOL is the percentage of your company that you are setting aside for future employees, advisors, consultants, and the like. Employees who get into the startup early will usually receive a greater percentage of the option pool than employees who arrive later.
Special thanks to Dale Huxford from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for edits and additional legal review.
UPDATED (Nov 11, 2013) – Notes added on: Conversion Triggers section & attached Cap Table in folder updated to v2 to fix some bugs.
The "Convertible Note" gets lots of attention in the blog-o-sphere as an alternative to traditional equity financings; some of this attention is good and some of it bad. Some investors refuse to use them, while others love them as a quick way of getting a company the capital it needs.
Convertible notes are sometimes viewed as a "best of both worlds" compromise from both a company perspective as well as from an investor's perspective: on the one hand, a note is a loan, so the investor enjoys more downside protection than would an equity holder in the event the company is forced to wind up or dissolve for whatever reason; on the other hand, if the company eventually raises money by selling shares to later investors in a typical early stage financing round, then rather than pay back the outstanding amount in cash, the principal and interest are "converted" into shares of stock in the company (usually at some sort of discount off the price offered to new investors – I'll discuss that below). In other words, the investor enjoys the downside protection typically associated with debt lenders, but is also positioned to enjoy the upside opportunity typically enjoyed by equity holders.
1) Total Amount Raised by the Note – This amount does have a natural limit. Think about it this way… you have an amount 'outstanding on your cap table', that will be part of an upcoming round. If a new round in the future isn't particularly big, having too much money outstanding can create a problem with your convertible note holders taking up too large a portion of that round. Example: a 300K convertible which converts as part of a total 600K seed round would loosely mean that the convertible note holders would have 50% of the round. If the round was supposed to be for 20% of your equity, that means your new investor will only get 10%, an amount that may not excite him that much… and also you only get 50% new money in the door. To limit the extreme cases of this being done, investors usually create a 'qualified round' definition within the Note's terms for conversion (see bullet #5 below) which reduces the likelihood of this amount being disproportionally larger than a new investors amount as part of a new round.
2) Discount Percentage – Simply put, if shares are worth $1 a 20% discount percentage would mean that an investor would get the shares for 80 cents. For cases where the next round's valuation is below your convertible note holder's cap as set in point #3 below, a discount factor will yield the convertible note holder a marginally cheaper price for having taken a risk on you. Typically this discount percentage is likely to be between around 15-25%. Another Example: a round closes at 3M. Your cap is at 5m. Your convertible note holders have a 20% discount, so they get to convert into the next round at a valuation of 2.4M.
3) Limit On Company Valuation At Conversion (the so-called "Valuation Cap") – In order to calculate the number of shares into which the outstanding balance on a convertible note will convert, you must know the price at which the next round's equity securities are being sold. Price per share, as you may or may not know, is calculated by taking the company's pre-money valuation (negotiated at the time of the equity financing between the company and the investors) and dividing that number by the total number of outstanding shares in the company (the company's "fully diluted capital"). Recall, however, that convertible notes are typically entered into in anticipation of an equity financing round – thus, at the time a convertible note is issued, no one knows what the negotiated pre-money valuation will be if/when the company undertakes an equity financing. Consequently, no one knows exactly what the price per share will be at the time the notes are issued. This creates uncertainty and is a cause for some investor anxiety, particularly for those investors concerned that that the number of shares into which their note may convert may be insignificant relative to the other shareholders, particularly in the event the pre-money valuation at the time of conversion is especially high.
The valuation 'cap' is intended to ease investor concerns by placing a maximum pre-money valuation on the company at the time of conversion. with the use of a cap, an investor can effectively set the minimum amount of equity an investor is willing to own as part of having participated in your convertible note round. For example, if you have a 200K note on a valuation 5m cap, then the worst case scenario for that convertible note holder, would be 4% equity after the new round is over. A typical valuation cap for very early-stage companies will be around $4m – $6m, with most companies at the Series A level settling on $10m valuation caps or more. For more statistics on caps and other components of a convertible note, I have included a link at the bottom of this post to an article with additional stats.
One thing to note, is that in the USA, there is a rising prevalence of uncapped notes. Clearly this is a founder friendly outcome, and if possible, always nice to get. The flip-side, is that for the investor, the may feel a bit 'unprotected' in the case of where the company does exceedingly well and thus their amount converts to a much smaller percentage than originally hoped.
4) The Interest Rate on a Note – A convertible note is a form of debt, or loan. As such, it usually accumulates interest, usually between 4-8% between the point when you sign it and when it converts. This amount is usually converted as part of overall amount at the next round. For example, if you have an annual interest rate of 8% and you have a Loan Note of 100, then you'd convert 108 after a year.
Note: In the US, it's highly advisable to include an interest rate, even if it's simply a nominal amount equal to the applicable federal rate (most recently at less than 1%), b/c if not, then any amount that could have been earned via interest is taxed to the company as gain. So it's not really an option to exclude it in the USA. In the UK, you don't necessarily need to include it should you wish to omit it.
5) Conversion Triggers – The point of a convertible note is for it to convert at some point in the future, not for it to stay outstanding indefinitely. As such, it will likely have a series of triggers for conversion. One I mentioned earlier is the next 'qualified round'. Basically this means that the round is big enough to accommodate the amount in the note (without washing out new investors) and also is the type of round that is typical for the next step in the company's growth and will give the note holders the types of rights they'd expect for their shares once converted from loan to equity. Another conversion trigger is an expiration maturity date, whereby the note holder typically can either ask for their money back (although this rarely happens) or basically seek to convert the outstanding amount at that point. There are more types of conversion triggers that note-makers can add to a note, but these are the basic ones. Update: upon a change of control event in the future and before the convertible is converted, investors can sometimes ask for a multiple of their loan back as payment in lieu of converting to ordinary shares prior to the completion of the change of control event. You can see some examples of this in the wording of the attached examples later in this post.
Again, these are the headline terms of a convertible note, and not representative of all the terms. However, for early discussions with potential investors, you'll rarely have to talk about anything more than 1-4. Beyond that, you usually start having to involve lawyers (or experienced deal drafters) to help you finalise the document.
Now that we've reviewed the basics of a Convertible Note, take a look at a recent report that has statistics of what common terms have been given to Valley based companies. If you are not in the Valley, you will likely have a different set of averages, so be mindful of that.
Now, let's look at the headline pros and cons of using a convertible note.
If a convertible note is made to be too large, it can negatively impact your next round because it'll convert to a disproportionally large portion of your next round, effectively crowding-out your next round's potential investors from having the equity stake they may desire.
If a convertible note's cap is made too low, in order to accommodate a larger round later, the Founders may need to take the additional dilution that would happen if they exceeded the convertible's cap.
Because a convertible note can be made to be quite versatile, sometimes investors can add clauses in there that have greater implications down the road, such as being able to take up more of a future round than the actual amount they've put in, for example.
Doesn't give your investors (in the UK) SEIS tax relief, thus making it less attractive than an equity round. There may be some workarounds, but generally SEIS and Convertible notes are not seen as compatible.
Notes give convertible note holders the investor rights of future investors (say in a future Series A Preferred Shares), which may include more rights than those they would take for the amount of money they put in had they simply done an equity deal on Ordinary Shares with you today.
If the convertible note automatically converts at the next equity raise (i.e. the investor has no choice), investors may wind up being forced to convert into securities shares despite not being happy with the terms of the equity financing. The note holders may unfortunately have less influence in negotiating the terms of the equity financing, which partially explains why some investors are reluctant to invest with convertible notes.
Finally, while convertible notes allow the company to defer the valuation conversation until a later time (see discussion under "Pros" above), any inclusion of a conversion cap will raise a similar conversation, which defeats some of the purpose for why companies and investors alike originally favoured the convertible note as a quick-and-easy financing solution to begin with.
Now let's explore a few more core concepts in detail.
Seniority – A convertible note is a form of debt or loan. Although its not too common to hear about investors asking for their money back, they in fact, do have that right… additionally, one of the privileges that having the Note act like debt is that it acts senior to equity in the case of a liquidation. What this means in practice, is that Loan holders will get their money back first.
Subscription Rights – Some investors like to have more equity than their invested amount would likely yield them upon conversion. So one thing to look out for is how much they want to take up of the next round as part of having been in the convertible note. Example: An investor gives you 50K, which converts at your next round of 1m on 2m Pre at 1.6% -> next to nothing for the convertible investor. However, that investor had a Subscription Right for up to 30% of the new round, so that allows him to participate on the 1m round with up to 300K thus affording him a larger 'seat at the table' in excess of the 1.6% he would just have without this right.
To conclude and to provide you with some practical examples, in the following Google Drive Folder I have added an excel sheet with an example cap table as well as UK & USA termsheet templates from Orrick* that are uberly simple, for review purposes only (they may not be fit for what you need, but give you an idea). A comment on the example cap table – it isn't designed to be 'fully realistic' per se, as in, your cap table will likely not look like this in terms of founders and shareholders and number of rounds before a convertible comes in, but it serves well for you to play with the variables that make up a convertible note so you can see how they affect your fully-diluted stake after a round.
I hope this helps you decide what the best options may be for you. As usual, please give me feedback on all these materials as with software, there are likely bugs somewhere!! Thanks in advance!
*Regarding the Convertible Note Documents, a disclaimer from Orrick: The linked documents have been prepared for informational purposes, and are not intended to (a) constitute legal advice (b) create an attorney-client relationship, or (c) be advertising or a solicitation of any type. Each situation is highly fact specific and requires a knowledge of both state and federal laws, and anyone electing to use some or all of the forms should, prior to doing so, seek legal advice from a licensed attorney in the relevant jurisdictions with respect to their specific circumstances. Orrick expressly disclaims any and all liability with respect to actions or omissions based on the forms linked to or referenced in this post, and assumes no responsibility for any consequences of use or misuse of the documents.
Has convertible debt won? And if it has, is that a good thing?
In Which Country should I Incorporate My Company?
An important decision that companies often ask when starting a company outside of the USA is 'where should I incorporate?'.
The reason why this question comes up is often because there are a series of benefits pulling founders in different directions and many times founders can receive conflicted advice from well-intending advisors. Some of the issues that founders may be balancing as part of a decision on where to incorporate include things like tax implications (tax breaks or penalties), local grants, and paperwork. This is particularly the case when they are also thinking that the USA might be where they will end up in the future.
Therefore, the purpose of this post is to identify WHAT ISSUES to think about when making the decision so that you can feel more confident about it and it is NOT about recommending a specific jurisdiction to incorporate.
Let's start by stating that, for the most part, incorporation decisions aren't necessarily permanent. Yes, there are cases where you make things increasingly hard for you to 'flip' your company (flip = taking your company from one legal jurisdiction to another), but for the most part, you can almost always find a way to move your company later if it benefits you to do so. Generally, the cost of doing this will be proportional to the complexity and legal jujitsu your lawyers will have to do in order to make this happen (more on this later). So while not permanent, worth considering all options before taking the easiest or most obvious choice.
1) Tax implications & Tax treaties – One of the key things that can really impact your personal returns and that of your investors, now and in the future, is whether there will be a tax impact to you (and your employees and co-founders). Consider things such as tax relief on returns as a founder or if you flip to a different geography in the future. Consider income tax liabilities as well as capital gains liabilities (note: links are to UK site, but there for definitions, which are universal). Additionally, for potential future investors, consider whether your local jurisdiction has a negative tax impact further down the line for them. These questions can sometimes be answered by tax specialists within your lawyer's firm (particularly if your law firm has offices abroad) or your accountants.
2) Investor implications – As mentioned above, one reason why the jurisdiction of choice matters is because investors are optimising around what they know their tax implications are, but additionally, there are other matters in the final legal docs which they may prefer dealing with in their local jurisdiction rather than in new ones they are less familiar with. Additionally, they may have a preference where you incorporate due to tax relief they may receive as part of investing in your company. Company governance may also be affected by where you are incorporated. Certain company governance structures are enforced on your company depending on where you incorporate and investors may have an opinion on that one way or another.
3) Paperwork implications – Paperwork is clearly one of the bigger headaches of making this decision. This includes the interval in which you need to report as well as other requirements such as company filings required by Company's Law of the country where you incorporate.
4) Residency implications – Some geographies may have a residency requirement for the founders, but others not. Keep this in mind, in particular if you don't have the appropriate immigration status or it is hard to get it.
6) Governance implications – Corporate Governance requirements tends to vary from country to country. Since you'll have to abide some of these requirements, you might as well familiarize yourself with these variables before making your decision.
7) M&A implications – When your company does eventually get sold or merged or floated, it'll have to go through a process. In some countries this process is straight forward and simple and easy for potential acquirers to understand and do quickly. In other countries, it may be less known and thus may cause delays or complications.
8) Free Information Availability – Although you will likely have a Lawyer helping you through many of these topics, it's always great when you can learn on your own from others' experiences. Some jurisdictions have more founders sharing on forums and the like, how they overcame their specific problems. This can be a very valuable way of reducing your cost to learn and thus reducing your legal costs as you know which issues to flag to your lawyers.
Having reviewed all of these issues with your current and/or future shareholders, you should at least have a better starting point to make a well thought-out decision.To further elaborate on these topics, and to be more specific about one particularly common case for UK founders, let's look at UK vs US incorporation.
While this decision is clearly not a black and white one, hopefully, the 8 factors to consider before incorporating highlighted above + the UK vs US example help you better understand how to approach making this decision for your specific case and which questions to ask your lawyers. It may very well be that there are some similarities between the above two countries and your own, but the best way to finalise this decision is by having a conversation with your lawyers about what is best for you, your investors and the jurisdictions in question.
If you have any additional points for founders to consider as they go through this process, feel free to post them in the comments below. Additionally, if you have any feedback on the points above or have a good story to tell about your experience through this process, feel free to post as well.


Would you recommend ProductMap to a friend?
Oh also, while I remember: google analytics would be super helpful too.
@fahdananta @pimterry great, because I would mainly use it for future releases.
@pimterry Completely agree. You need to both plan for current and future (and ideally both time and non-timed opportunities). You may want to try your hand at roadmunk.com (disclaimer: founder) since we have a set of features dedicated to that exact problem mentioned.
Hey All! I'm the builder here, just saw a bunch of notifications and realized it's been hunted. Thanks for the awesome feedback in the comments. At a quick glance, it's a change log as a service. We want to enable a better way to communicate product updates and gather feedback from users. This means very shortly we'll have things like voting, comments, feature suggestions, and things of that nature. I noticed a few questions, just want to address it altogether: - we will enable custom domains in the near future - to add an image (or gif), just drag (or paste) it straight into the editor - you can add emojis in the comments too! (on Mac, that's Cmd + Control + Space) Oh, and the basic version is always free. We'll start including a "pro" set of features down the road for $10/mo.
@fahdananta Congrats on the product, and being hunted! When I read "map" in the name, my mind jumped to "Product RoadMap" - but it looks like the current tool is more analogous to release notes, not forward looking? It would be nice if you could set a (future) date when creating the post to show customers what is coming, not just where you've been. Looking forward to watching this product grow!
@fahdananta I was looking for a solution to have nice changelogs for my Google Inbox Mac client Boxy, and then I stumbled on this amazing product. Congrats on the launch, it looks sleek and useful. One question, is it easy to embed in a site? Because a simple iframe would retain the top bar which wouldn't look right. I think I'm going to use it anyway though, thanks!
@fahdananta I just noticed I can't retrodate posts, and this makes it a bit harder to get started since I can't post older updates with the correct times. Aside from that I'm really liking it so far.
@fahdananta Could you add a way to change the date on posts to add historical information?
@fahdananta great product good wishes to you, i will going to suggest this to my team in morning scrum :) What are the integration plans for future ?
@leonpals Cool. That's actually how Changelog started out as well, but I decided to simplify it and focus on communication with customers rather than peers. Got the platform fully developed though so might still launch it at some point as well. We'll be competitors.😬 I believe there's a Lean Startup Circle planned in Eindhoven soon right? Are you attending? I'm trying to cut down on meetings this year (less meeting more making😁), but that might be a good opportunity for us to meet anyway. Two flies in one clap.
The demo has images and gifs embedded in it. I could not find any way to add images. Would love custom domain as others mentioned, or atleast a link to embed.
Are there any hosted solutions that let you share product change logs with your users?