Ewaste fashion is still a relatively new industry, but with the need for creative disposal of the world's ewaste growing at an alarming rate, let's hope we'll soon be seeing upcycled ewaste fashion on the shelves of every store.
From the functional to fantastical, here are our Hot 11 picks of ewaste fashion inspiration.
Texan designer Tina Sparkles just wanted to create an art project that showcased a creative way to utilise ewaste. What she ended up with was this stunning off-the-shoulder concoction made from recycled wires.
Weighing more than 13 kgs, it's probably not going to be your first choice for a dancing dress. But we love it anyway.
This circuit board necklace is the brainchild of young Parisian designer Sophie Cochevelou.
Fabulously simple in its design, it makes for a striking feature piece, particularly when set against that pop of fuschia. Want.
I don't know about you, but I would totally wear this super cute combo by Louis Fournier IV of LF Cubed Designs.
It's made with recycled circuit boards and ewaste, and is guaranteed to help kick off conversation at a nightclub. Not too sure about sitting down, though.
We're definitely on the haute side of things here, with these beautifully made cape and earrings by designer Priyam Doshi. He's used mobile phone screens in the basic design, with the cape consisting of stitched plastic films found in the screens of mobile phones.
The earrings were made by stitching plastic films together, and were tessellated to form a tetrahedron. Inside the tetrahedron is more e-waste found from mobile phones. Stunning.
Designer Chloe B Fortin utilised 65 metres of stripped copper wire in this floaty creation which then strung together 2500 damaged Christmas lights in long chains inspired by Buddhist prayer beads.
The piece was entered as part of a Montreal exhibit which turned post-consumer trash into high end fashion and the detail has to be seen up close to be believed!
Did you know there is approximately 800 times more gold in one ton of motherboards than there is in one ton of ore mined from the earth? Yup.
Proving that luxury doesn't have to come at the cost of sustainability (and that sustainability doesn't have to come at the cost of aesthetics) is this gorgeous range of re-purposed gold e-jewellery by US tech company Dell.
The recycled material is smelted into gold bars and delivered to partnering jewellery brands to shape into ornate, wearable designs.
The Circular collection was devised to encourage the public to appreciate the value and potential use of electronic waste, as well as to promote active recycling. Plus, it's gorg. Win/win!
These uber-modern statement pieces are by Chilean architect Marcela Godoy, an Artist in Residence at The Lower East Side Ecology Centre's electronics recycling facility in Brooklyn.
The Centre's E-Waste Warehouse collects hundreds of thousands of kilos of unwanted and broken electronics from residents across New York each year. Marcela then selects electronic components that people drop off there, to experiment and create wearables made entirely out of electronic wires and plugs.
We had trouble picking just one to include on this list!
If you are after recycled jewellery that doesn't look like what it is, then Lylie's, an innovative London based start-up, is probably the place to investigate. This innovative company turns recycled e-waste into stylish pieces of jewellery like these gorgeous fat silver hoops.
Eliza Walter, the young entrepreneur and the founder of Lylie's, sources all the materials for her collection from e-mining landfill sites, which probably sounds a lot easier than it actually is.
So … "wearable" might be a bit of a stretch with these ones (unless you are into some SERIOUS blisters) but they're so darn cute we just had to include these junk metal Nikes by famed ewaste artist Gabriel Dishaw.
And who knows? Maybe one day we'll be able to pop down to Rebel Sport and grab our very own pair.
We love this ewaste ring by Japanese designer Yuma Fujimaki so much we want to marry it and have little ewaste ring babies.
Made from pieces of circuit board and containing real gold, this exquisite range will make you look all kinds of awesome AND provide a nice sharp edge in a fistfight. In self defense of course. Bonus!
These self-described 'unique geek wearable earrings' by Indian sculptor and jewellery designer Vishwanath Davangere Mallabadi deliver exactly what they promise.
Definitely one for the forward-thinking, these green danglies are made from mini transceivers and are designed to let the world know that wearable ewaste is here to stay.


Has your B2B brand had good results from social media marketing?
If you answered yes, you're in the minority according to preliminary results from the 'Green Hat 2012 B2B Marketing Outlook Research' survey.
The survey is being conducted by B2B marketing consultancy Green Hat, in conjunction with the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) and the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA), and intends to investigate B2B marketing practice in Australia throughout 2011 and plans for the coming year.
just 6% of respondents say they have had good results from social media marketing so far, although a quarter plan to implement programs in 2012.
The results of the research will be launched at an ADMA event on 29 February.
The Green Hat 2012 B2B Marketing Outlook Research survey is open until Monday 6 February. Respondents will receive a pre-release copy of the report and a discount on registration for the B2B Marketing Summit to be held 28 February in Melbourne and 1 March in Sydney.


As I add to my years and I'd like to think my wisdom, I have realized a few things. First, if you approach a change with a little flexibility it makes for an easier transition. Second, if you are willing to take a risk, more often than not the reward will be greater than you could ever imagine. Finally, I have learned that change is going to happen whether you want it or not and if you reflect back it is easy to see how you have always come through the change stronger, wiser or fill in the blank for the attribute that made you better.
I still don't rush out looking for opportunities to deal with change, but I am much more willing to accept it and even embrace it. Case in point, I am changing to a new school next year. Not because there is anything wrong with my current school, in fact leaving it is hard on my heart. We are overcrowded and some of us are going to transition to a new building to start a brand new school. I am excited to be part of that and the change is made easier by the fact I am not making this change alone, but with colleagues I have worked with for years. Regardless, I have chosen this change.
Not all changes can be chosen. Some are thrust upon us in cruel and unexpected ways. The death of a loved one, the diagnosis of a disease, the break-up of a relationship, the betrayal of a friend. I have found if I am grounded in faith and thoughtful in my responses to these unwelcome events, I can navigate through them somehow intact.
Yes, change is a constant, but so is the passage of time. The sun will set and then rise again. Each day is an opportunity to live this life better, to embrace the changes and see where they will take us. So yes all things, good and bad and indifferent will come to an end, but these endings are really just the mile marker to the beginning.


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Minority Rights Group International appoints Professor Joshua Castellino as new Executive Director
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) has announced that Professor Joshua Castellino will succeed Mark Lattimer as the organization's new Executive Director.
Sarcoma UK appoints new Chief Executive
Sarcoma UK are excited to announce that Richard Davidson will be joining in the summer as Sarcoma UK's Chief Executive.
Internet Society Names Andrew Sullivan as New President & CEO
Sullivan will assume leadership of the global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the open development, evolution and use of the Internet on 1 September, 2018. As President and CEO, Sullivan will also join the Internet Society's Board of Trustees.
Trócaire appoints Caoimhe de Barra as Chief Executive Officer
Trócaire today named Caoimhe de Barra as the organisation's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Universities Welcome Foundation Dean of Kent and Medway Medical School
The University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University are delighted to welcome Professor Chris Holland as the Foundation Dean of the Kent and Medway Medical School (KMMS).
Queen Mary appoints Professor Paul Coulthard as new Dean for Dentistry
Professor Paul Coulthard has been appointed to the post of Dean for Dentistry and Director, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.

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The aroma escaping from the kitchen hits you as soon as you step onto their block, instantly making Bird on a Wire a no brainer. A tidy little eating area outside catches the morning rays, with wind shelters for those occasional blusters. Inside, a wall of memories comprised of stylish black and white photos gives the place a bit of history, and stools and low hanging lightbulbs make dining in casual and accessible.
The guys at Bird on a Wire crisp up some of the best beer battered chips around. An easy companion to one of their Dirty Bird burgers. The swathe of different salads they concoct is truly unbelievable too – to the point where it rivals the tricks they can do with chicken. Forget pies. A handful of flavoursome pulled poultry stuffed inside a fresh baguette is where it's at. $10 a pop isn't bad considering places like subway charge similarly and the ingredients are nowhere near as fresh.
Having healthy food like this ready to take away is perfect for a picnic in the park or to munch on as you venture further up the strip. You can even order online to save time during the lunch hour rush!
A bustling Italian Pizza palace right in the heart of the strip opposite Ponsonby Central.
Effortlessly cool and utterly lacking in pretension, Orphans Kitchen is one of the greatest contributions to the Ponsonby Road renaissance.
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Santa Clara, Calif. – March 12, 2018 – Avaya Holdings Corp. (NYSE: AVYA) today announced that it has closed its acquisition of Spoken Communications ("Spoken"), a leading innovator in Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) solutions and customer experience management applications built on conversational artificial intelligence. The Spoken platform accelerates Avaya's growth in cloud-based solutions and provides a reliable and highly scalable cloud platform for customers of all sizes. Customers around the world can confidently move to the benefits of cloud at their pace and in the way that best meets their needs, building upon the robust functionality of their existing solutions.
Continuing to invest in innovation for the future, Spoken brings a transformative platform with many built-in features that today require third-party tools. This greatly simplified model will make it easier for customers and partners to do business with Avaya. With over 170 patents and patent applications, Spoken's intellectual property will supercharge Avaya's move into Big Data, Machine Learning and AI, as well.
Spoken's cloud-native, multitenant architecture is already fully integrated with Avaya customer experience technologies, providing a robust cloud architecture for Avaya's omnichannel offerings. And because Avaya and Spoken have been working in a co-development partnership for more than a year, several flexible cloud solutions are market-ready today. Customers will also benefit from Spoken's specialized agent quality software applications and services, and Spoken's IntelligentWire contact center automation solutions. IntelligentWire uses AI and deep learning technologies on live voice conversations to reduce after-call work, drive more intelligent responses and gain deeper insight into customer sentiment and experience.
"This acquisition is the latest example of how Avaya is now moving at cloud speed and investing for the future to provide our customers and partners with the innovative cloud solutions they need. We welcome the members of the Spoken team to the Avaya family, and look forward to building great success together," said Jim Chirico, President and CEO of Avaya.


The 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLA is designed to capture admiring eyes. Its profile is sleek like a coupe, yet it offers room for five and the innovation that defines a Mercedes-Benz. From its diamond-block grille to its LED taillamps, there may be no car on the road offering such eye-catching style. From its wing-like dash, big yet sleek 8in screen and high-back power front sport seats, the CLA cabin sets you apart from the crowd. A 208hp turbo inline-4 turns less fuel into more torque with advanced direct injection and rapid-multispark ignition. You also have the choice of the AMG CLA 45's handcrafted engine pours out 375hp and 26.1 psi of maximum turbo boost, the most of any 4-cylinder engine in production. ECO Start/Stop automatically pauses the engine at red lights to save fuel, while dynamic select lets you dial in a mode to fit your driving mood. The 7-speed DCT transmission gives you fuel-friendly and fun like a manual, with the relaxing comfort of an automatic. The racing-derived dual-clutch design makes every shift lightning-quick yet liquid-smooth. Quick to respond and remarkably efficient, variable-torque 4MATIC all-wheel drive can take this car to higher levels of agility and all-season confidence. The CLA offers a range of convenient features including an 8in color screen, Bluetooth integration, navigation, premium sound system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, remote start, remote lock/unlock and built-in Wi-Fi. You'll also find a comprehensive suite of safety features such as active brake assist, attention assist, blind spot assist, lane keeping assist, distance assist, and active cruise control.The 2019 Mercedes-Benz CLA is designed to capture admiring eyes. Its profile is sleek like a coupe, yet it offers room for five and the innovation that defines a Mercedes-Benz. From its diamond-block grille to its LED taillamps, there may be no car on the road offering such eye-catching style. From its wing-like dash, big yet sleek 8in screen and high-back power front sport seats, the CLA cabin sets you apart from the crowd. A 208hp turbo inline-4 turns less fuel into more torque with advanced direct injection and rapid-multispark ignition. You also have the choice of the AMG CLA 45's handcrafted engine pours out 375hp and 26.1 psi of maximum turbo boost, the most of any 4-cylinder engine in production. ECO Start/Stop automatically pauses the engine at red lights to save fuel, while dynamic select lets you dial in a mode to fit your driving mood. The 7-speed DCT transmission gives you fuel-friendly and fun like a manual, with the relaxing comfort of an automatic. The racing-derived dual-clutch design makes every shift lightning-quick yet liquid-smooth. Quick to respond and remarkably efficient, variable-torque 4MATIC all-wheel drive can take this car to higher levels of agility and all-season confidence. The CLA offers a range of convenient features including an 8in color screen, Bluetooth integration, navigation, premium sound system, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility, remote start, remote lock/unlock and built-in Wi-Fi. You'll also find a comprehensive suite of safety features such as active brake assist, attention assist, blind spot assist, lane keeping assist, distance assist, and active cruise control.
Even when still, it is evident the 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLA boasts athletic performance in its restyled, refined shape. With aggressive new styling, the CLA demands attention with 18in AMG wheels and a chrome diamond-block grille. Available new LED headlamps integrate LED Daytime Running Lamps that arch into the side profile, giving the CLA a sporty edge. The 208hp 2.0L inline-4 engine combines turbocharging with numerous advances to deliver more power from less fuel. Its rapid-multispark ignition and high-pressure Direct Injection can fine-tune themselves in milliseconds. Twin-scroll turbo quickly spins up to 230,000 rpm to boost response, with all 258 lb-ft of torque on tap at just 1,250 rpm. An ECO Start/Stop system automatically shuts off the engine at stoplights and other idle situations, to save fuel and reduce emissions. Comfort isn't sacrificed for luxury, the CLA cabin is truly a well-crafted home created with the driver as the main focus. Deep contours and integrated head restraints spill from the front seats to the back, giving optimum support to drive and passengers. Available Apple CarPlay and Android Audio bring entirely new interfaces to the CLA's cockpit. An advanced system of 8 air bags includes dual two-stage front air bags, front side-impact head/torso air bags, dual front knee air bags, and side curtain air bags for both seating rows. The first system of its kind, ATTENTION ASSIST continuously monitors different parameters of driving behavior, and can automatically alert the driver with both visual and audible warnings if it detects signs of drowsiness on long trips.Even when still, it is evident the 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLA boasts athletic performance in its restyled, refined shape. With aggressive new styling, the CLA demands attention with 18in AMG wheels and a chrome diamond-block grille. Available new LED headlamps integrate LED Daytime Running Lamps that arch into the side profile, giving the CLA a sporty edge. The 208hp 2.0L inline-4 engine combines turbocharging with numerous advances to deliver more power from less fuel. Its rapid-multispark ignition and high-pressure Direct Injection can fine-tune themselves in milliseconds. Twin-scroll turbo quickly spins up to 230,000 rpm to boost response, with all 258 lb-ft of torque on tap at just 1,250 rpm. An ECO Start/Stop system automatically shuts off the engine at stoplights and other idle situations, to save fuel and reduce emissions. Comfort isn't sacrificed for luxury, the CLA cabin is truly a well-crafted home created with the driver as the main focus. Deep contours and integrated head restraints spill from the front seats to the back, giving optimum support to drive and passengers. Available Apple CarPlay and Android Audio bring entirely new interfaces to the CLA's cockpit. An advanced system of 8 air bags includes dual two-stage front air bags, front side-impact head/torso air bags, dual front knee air bags, and side curtain air bags for both seating rows. The first system of its kind, ATTENTION ASSIST continuously monitors different parameters of driving behavior, and can automatically alert the driver with both visual and audible warnings if it detects signs of drowsiness on long trips.
The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE leads the way in every arena of driving. From its iconic Star to its sleek LED taillamps, all eyes will be on you. The athleticism of the GLE is evident in its solid stance with wheels ranging from substantial 19in designs to supersized 20in AMG alloys. Advanced power options, agile handling, and easily adaptable cabin and cargo space make the GLE the right vehicle for whatever you're doing, right now and down the road. It invites five adults to enjoy generous room and gracious comfort, with 80 cu. ft. of cargo, a standard power liftgate and 60/40 split-folding rear seats. No less rewarding is what it keeps out, from tiny dust and pollen, to the sun's hot rays through its available Panorama roof. The GLE's advanced direct injection 329hp biturbo V6 makes more power from less fuel and can self-tune in milliseconds to keep its emissions lower. It's paired with a paddle-shifted 9-speed automatic that's both smooth and sporty. The GLE offers a range of convenient features for staying connected on the road, including remote start, remote lock/unlock, built-in Wi-Fi, premium sound system and optional rear seat entertainment system. You'll also find a comprehensive suite of safety features such as active brake assist, distance assist, active cruise control, active steering assist, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, active noise control, adaptive suspension and blind spot detection. The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE keeps the future looking brighter.The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE leads the way in every arena of driving. From its iconic Star to its sleek LED taillamps, all eyes will be on you. The athleticism of the GLE is evident in its solid stance with wheels ranging from substantial 19in designs to supersized 20in AMG alloys. Advanced power options, agile handling, and easily adaptable cabin and cargo space make the GLE the right vehicle for whatever you're doing, right now and down the road. It invites five adults to enjoy generous room and gracious comfort, with 80 cu. ft. of cargo, a standard power liftgate and 60/40 split-folding rear seats. No less rewarding is what it keeps out, from tiny dust and pollen, to the sun's hot rays through its available Panorama roof. The GLE's advanced direct injection 329hp biturbo V6 makes more power from less fuel and can self-tune in milliseconds to keep its emissions lower. It's paired with a paddle-shifted 9-speed automatic that's both smooth and sporty. The GLE offers a range of convenient features for staying connected on the road, including remote start, remote lock/unlock, built-in Wi-Fi, premium sound system and optional rear seat entertainment system. You'll also find a comprehensive suite of safety features such as active brake assist, distance assist, active cruise control, active steering assist, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, active noise control, adaptive suspension and blind spot detection. The 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE keeps the future looking brighter.


Come to the library on Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm for an Arts Council of Tamworth workshop with poet/performer Aaron Jafferis. People who were around for his last artist's residency in Tamworth a few years ago say that he is not to be missed. See his whole week's worth of events at Arts Council of Tamworth.


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The Boomers age group is very unlike previous generations.
Because of better healthcare, and the existence of Medicare, the average 50 year old today will live six years longer now than they would have in 1950.ii And they are much better educated.
In 1950, only one in four of all U.S. citizens over 25 had a high school diploma, and only one in twenty had a college degree.iii Today, 63 years later, in the same age group, more than half of these youngsters have a high school diploma, and one in three have at least one college degree.iv Many of these will continue their education through their career. What a outstanding success story for our country!
Among those hitting 65 this year, around one in ten already have a master's, professional, or doctorate degree, one in ten already have a college degree, one in four already have some college and one third already have a high school diploma.v Their younger brothers and sisters will arrive even more educated and experienced.
If you graduate from high school, you are likely to live seven years longer than someone who doesn't, and if you get a college degree you are likely to get an additional two years of life beyond the high school graduates.vi,vii These well educated no-longer-full-time employed will be around for quite a while.
Every single day in 2012 we had somewhere around 10,000 of these well educated Boomers hit their sixty-fifth birthday, and approach a new stage of life.ix These people are an incredible resource, because retirement no longer equals old age.
At the same time, we have a host of social problems. In 2009, 41 percent of all babies born in the United States were born to unwed mothersx - resulting in a large percent of children with no male role models. Nearly 40% of all fourth graders in this country cannot read at grade level, and this number rises to 60% for children coming from poor families. xi I could go on and on with statistics like this. Our communities are crying out for seasoned leadership in efforts ranging from public safety to environmental protection.
Contributing to solving these problems and many others can be a source of joy, inspiration, and longer life for our newly arriving seasoned reinforcements.
Back in the 1940's, talented mature leaders were recruited to the war effort, and accepted a dollar a year in salary while holding very high positions in the White House and elsewhere. Their children can now do the same thing if room is made for them, and leadership will think big enough.
As the credentials of the volunteer pool has improved, the organizations which use volunteers may need to rethink the assignments they offer. I kept hearing of highly trained people becoming volunteers and asked to be greeters, or drivers, when their skills could have been much better used elsewhere.
A number of national resources exist to help both retirees and local efforts through this transition. The Senior Corps has a large library of resources on how to recruit, retain, and maximize the contribution of our newly arrived talent pool. You can find them at www.Nationalservice.gov. Civic Ventures (www.civicventures.org) has books and other materials to help both local governments and other organizations create meaningful roles. Another good resource is a book called The Encore Careers handbook, by Marci Alboher.
You can help by introducing loved ones who are underutilized and bored to organizations who can, and will, fully use their talent. You will be building your own positive future at the same time.


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A&B Reports 2nd Quarter 2005 Net Income of $29.4 Million; Net Income 2% Lower in 2nd Quarter, 17% Higher in 1st Half
HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2005--Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALEX) today reported that net income for the second quarter of 2005 was $29,400,000, or $0.66 per fully diluted share. Net income in the second quarter of 2004 was $30,100,000, or $0.70 per fully diluted share. Revenue in the second quarter of 2005 was $392,100,000, compared with revenue of $374,400,000 in the second quarter of 2004.
Net income for the first half of 2005 was $67,100,000, or $1.52 per fully diluted share. Net income in the first half of 2004 was $57,200,000, or $1.33 per fully diluted share. Revenue in the first half of 2005 was $756,700,000, compared with revenue of $715,600,000 in the first half of 2004.
COMMENTS ON QUARTER & OUTLOOK
"Although our results for the second quarter are slightly below last year, due principally to timing of real estate sales, our two primary businesses are performing quite well," said Allen Doane, president and chief executive officer of A&B.
"The second quarter was a good one, with Transportation's operating profit up 24 percent and this key part of the company on track to have an exceptional year. Operating profit from real estate sales was down about two-thirds from strong quarterly performance in 2004, but the nature of this business segment makes it difficult to rely on quarter-to-quarter comparisons. Full-year real estate sales results are the benchmark we use, and here we are confident 2005 will have a favorable result.
The real estate leasing segment of the business, where quarterly comparisons are meaningful, achieved a 14 percent increase in operating profit. Food Products' results were below expectations in the quarter, with little prospect of improvement for the remainder of the year. In addition, an impairment loss of $2.2 million before tax was recorded in the quarter for our minority investment in the C&H sugar refining business, effectively writing it down to its net realizable value.
"Several other matters deserve comment," noted Doane. "At Matson, the competitive situation continues to evolve. Pasha, with one special purpose auto vessel, entered the Hawaii market late in the first quarter. Matson has responded to this new competition and will likely increase its competitive response over time. In Matson's core container carriage business, the MANULANI was placed into the Hawaii service in June. This ship is the third of four efficient new vessels, and the first purchased because of Matson's new Guam/China service. These new ships provide improved operating economics that will benefit the Hawaii, Guam and China markets.
"In real estate, there have been several notable events. Initial market response to our Kukui'ula venture is highly encouraging, and our Kai Malu venture at Wailea is exceeding expectations. Government approval has just been received to proceed with development of a 352-unit residential condominium in Honolulu called Keola La'i. We also have other investments in the pipeline that should be made public in the next several months.
"In the near term, all 100 units of our Lanikea high rise are expected to close in the third quarter, and initial closings at the 247-unit Hokua condominium venture are now scheduled for January 2006.
"The Hawaii economy remains vibrant, with little change expected in the next 6 to 12 months. All in all, our business environment remains favorable. The outlook for 2005 is excellent, but I would be somewhat cautious about 2006, as the Guam/China service is initiated, and economic momentum and real estate may shift into a lower gear."
TRANSPORTATION--OCEAN TRANSPORTATION
Quarter Ended June 30
Dollars in Millions               2005             2004        Change
Revenue                        $221.0           $208.1            6%
Operating Profit                $38.7            $31.4           23%
Volume (Units)
Hawaii Containers              44,300           40,400           10%
Hawaii Automobiles             43,300           41,600            4%
Guam Containers                 4,200            4,300          - 2%
For the second quarter of 2005, Ocean Transportation revenue of $221.0 million was $12.9 million, or 6 percent, higher than the second quarter of 2004. This increase was due to higher Hawaii container volume, improved yields and cargo mix, and increases in the fuel surcharge necessitated by higher fuel prices. Total Hawaii container volume was ten percent higher than the second quarter of 2004, reflecting continuing economic growth in the state. Total Hawaii automobile volume was 4 percent higher.
Operating profit of $38.7 million was $7.3 million, or 23 percent, higher than the second quarter of 2004. This increase was primarily the result of the higher Hawaii container volume, improved Hawaii and Guam yields and cargo mix, and lower vessel repairs and operating overhead expenses.
Matson enjoyed an unusually high operating profit margin in the quarter, 17.5 percent. A portion of higher-than-normal margin was due to continuing good performance at SSA Terminals, LLC (SSAT), a stevedoring and terminal operating company of which Matson is a minority partner. Income from this investment is included in operating profit, but not in revenue.
Half Ended June 30
Hawaii Containers              85,600           80,100            7%
For the first half of 2005, Ocean Transportation revenue of $427.2 million was $22.6 million, or 6 percent, higher than the first half of 2004. This increase also was due to higher Hawaii container volume, improved yields and cargo mix, and increases in the fuel surcharge necessitated by higher fuel costs. Total Hawaii container volume was 7 percent higher than the first half of 2004. Total Hawaii automobile volume was 1 percent higher.
Operating profit of $68.4 million was $18.4 million, or 37 percent, higher than the first half of 2004. This increase was primarily the result of the higher Hawaii container volume, higher earnings from SSAT, improved Hawaii and Guam yields and cargo mix, lower vessel operating expenses and lower operating overhead expenses. The majority of the improvement at SSAT resulted from higher international import volumes and the balance from SSAT's January fiscal-year-end closing adjustments.
TRANSPORTATION--LOGISTICS SERVICES
Revenue                        $106.6            $93.5           14%
Operating Profit                 $3.6             $2.6           38%
Logistics services revenue of $106.6 million was $13.1 million, or 14 percent, higher than the second quarter of 2004. Revenue was higher due to a 4 percent total net increase in volume, with strength in highway volumes, partially offset by small declines in domestic and intermodal rail volumes. Rates were higher in all lines.
Operating profit of $3.6 million was $1.0 million, or 38 percent, higher than in the comparable period last year. Gross margins were higher in all lines, offset, in part, by higher G&A and other normal operating expenses.
The operating profit margin for the logistics services business reached a record high 3.4 percent in the second quarter of 2005, compared with 2.8 percent for the second quarter of 2004 and the previous high of 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2005. The improvement was due to a greater portion of higher-margin highway volume in the total, and growing economies of scale.
Revenue                        $202.7           $167.6           21%
Logistics services revenue of $202.7 million was $35.1 million, or 21 percent, higher than the first half of 2004. Revenue was higher due to a 9 percent increase in volume, with rises in all lines, and higher rates.
Operating profit of $6.6 million was $3.0 million, or 83 percent, higher than in the comparable period last year. Similar to the quarter, gross margins were higher in all lines, offset, in part, by higher G&A and other normal operating expenses.
REAL ESTATE--LEASING
Dollars in Millions                      2005        2004      Change
Revenue                                $21.3       $20.4          4%
Operating Profit                       $10.5        $9.2         14%
Occupancy Rates
Mainland                                  95%         94%         1%
Hawaii                                    92%         90%         2%
Leasable Space (Million sq. ft.)
Mainland                                 3.5         3.7        - 5%
Hawaii                                   1.7         1.7         --
Property Leasing revenue for the second quarter of 2005 (before removing amounts treated as discontinued operations) of $21.3 million was $0.9 million, or 4 percent, higher than the second quarter of 2004. Operating profit of $10.5 million was $1.3 million, or 14 percent, higher. The improved revenue and operating profit resulted primarily from property acquisitions subsequent to the second quarter of 2004 and higher occupancy rates. A one-time cost incurred in 2004 for siding repairs to an office building in Honolulu also contributed to the improvement in operating profit.
Comparing the periods, there was a small net reduction in the leasable area on the Mainland. On the Mainland, two leased properties were sold during the first quarter and one acquired during the second. In Hawaii, one property, a ground lease of a retail site in Honolulu, was acquired during the first quarter.
Revenue                         $43.2            $41.2            5%
Mainland                           95%              94%           1%
Hawaii                             91%              90%           1%
Property Leasing revenue for the first half of 2005 (before removing amounts treated as discontinued operations) of $43.2 million was $2.0 million, or 5 percent, higher than the first half of 2004. Operating profit of $21.2 million was $2.5 million, or 13 percent, higher. The improved revenue and operating profit resulted from property acquisitions subsequent to the first half of 2004, timing of expenditures for repairs in 2004 to siding on an office building in Honolulu and lease termination payments received in 2005.
REAL ESTATE--SALES
Revenue                         $14.6            $28.3         - 48%
Operating Profit                 $4.8            $13.4         - 64%
Property sales revenue in the second quarter of 2005 of $14.6 million was $13.7 million, or 48 percent, lower than the second quarter of 2004. Operating profit from property sales of $4.8 million was $8.6 million, or 64 percent, lower than the strong results of the second quarter of 2004. Both decreases resulted simply from the timing of transactions. Real estate demand in Hawaii remains high in virtually all areas and all segments of the market.
Sales during the second quarter of 2005 consisted primarily of the 80 percent balance of an installment sale of a 30-acre development parcel at Wailea. Sales during the second quarter of 2004 consisted primarily of 13 commercial properties on Maui and Oahu that sold for a total of $8.9 million, including 11 lots at Mill Town Center on Oahu; three resort residential parcels at Wailea, including the first 20 percent of the parcel that just closed, that sold for $13.8 million; one floor in the Alakea Corporate Tower in Honolulu for $1 million and 5 residential house lots at Wailea, for $4.3 million.
Operating Profit                $21.3            $32.4         - 34%
Property sales revenue in the first half of 2005 of $60.5 million was $7.9 million, or 12 percent, lower than the first half of 2004. Again, the decrease was primarily due to timing, with a large number of sales occurring in the first half of 2004. Operating profit from property sales of $21.3 million was $11.1 million, or 34 percent, lower than the strong results of the first half of 2004.
In addition to the final installment payment in the second quarter, sales during the first half of 2005 also consisted primarily of Ontario Pacific Business Centre, in Ontario, Calif., for $17.8 million; Northwest Business Center, in San Antonio, Texas, for $6.3 million; 5-1/2 floors at Alakea Corporate Tower, a Honolulu office condominium, for $5.5 million; an eight-acre residential resort development parcel at Wailea for $4.5 million; a commercial development parcel in Waikiki; three residential lots at Wailea Golf Vistas; three lots at Maui Business Park Phase I and three lots at Mill Town Center on Oahu.
In the first half of 2004, sales consisted primarily of 30 commercial properties on Maui and Oahu that sold for a total of $21.1 million, including 7 lots at Maui Business Park and 20 lots at Mill Town Center on Oahu; three resort residential parcels at Wailea that sold for a total of $13.8 million; 8-1/2 floors at Alakea Corporate Tower for $9.8 million, and 28 residential lots, including 26 at Wailea Golf Vistas, for $23.2 million. In addition, 11 sales of homes at the Kai Lani joint venture on Oahu closed out that project.
Discontinued operations in the first half of 2005 included the Ontario Pacific Business Centre and Northwest Business Center, and the fee interest in a parcel on Maui. They also included the operating results of an office building on Maui and two office buildings in downtown Honolulu that the Company plans to sell within the next 12 months. The amounts reported as continuing and discontinued operations in prior quarters are restated each time a property is designated as discontinued.
Revenue                         $32.2            $28.9           11%
Operating Profit                 $0.3             $0.3            -
Tons Sugar Produced              58,400           53,200           10%
Food Products revenue in the second quarter of 2005 of $32.2 million was $3.3 million, or 11 percent, higher than in 2004. The increase reflected higher sales volume and higher prices of sugar, and higher rates on sales of electrical power.
Operating profit of $0.3 million was virtually the same as that of the second quarter of 2004. The benefits of the higher revenue were offset entirely by a revised higher cost per ton of sugar. This change was due to a recently projected decrease in the size of the 2005 sugar crop, combined with higher operating costs, especially for fuel. HC&S will produce a smaller crop in 2005, so that future crops have greater age prior to harvesting, offsetting the cumulative effects of recent droughts, fires and other negative impacts.
Operating Profit                 $9.3             $2.9          3.2X
Food Products revenue in the first half of 2005 of $54.6 million was $12.3 million, or 29 percent, higher than in 2004. More sugar was sold than in the year-earlier period, but sales of power were lower. Higher rates boosted total power sales revenue. Both revenue and operating profit benefited from a $5.5 million one-time, weather-related federal relief payment received during the first quarter. Operating profit of $9.3 million was $6.4 million, or 3.2 times, higher than that of the first half of 2004. The majority of the increase was due to the federal payment.
CORPORATE EXPENSE, OTHER
For the second quarter of 2005, corporate expenses of $5.2 million were $0.4 million, or 8 percent, higher than the second quarter of 2004. For the first six months, corporate expense of $10.5 million is $1.5 million, or 17 percent higher. The increases in both periods were primarily due to increased amortization of restricted stock grants, increased professional services and legal expenses, and higher personnel costs, partially offset by lower Sarbanes-Oxley related costs. An impairment loss of $2.2 million was recorded in the second quarter, reducing A&B's investment in C&H to its net realizable value.
BALANCE SHEET, CASH FLOW COMMENTS
Working capital increased by $57 million since year-end 2004, primarily due to higher balances of real estate held for sale. The $148 million increase in Property, Net and the $100 million increase in Long-Term Debt both reflect primarily the delivery of the new vessel.
Similarly, comparing the cash flows in the first six months of 2005 and 2004, the $150 million increase in Capital Expenditures and the $121 million issuance of debt also reflect primarily the delivery of the new ship.
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., headquartered in Honolulu, is engaged in ocean transportation and intermodal services, through its subsidiaries, Matson Navigation Company, Inc. and Matson Integrated Logistics, Inc.; in real estate, through A&B Properties, Inc.; and in food products, through Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company and Kauai Coffee Company, Inc. Additional information about A&B may be found at its web site: www.alexanderbaldwin.com.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. This release should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC through the date of this release, which identify important factors that could affect the forward-looking statements in this release.
ALEXANDER & BALDWIN, INC.
2005 and 2004 Second-Quarter and First-Half Results
Three Months Ended June 30:
Revenue                                    $392,100,000  $374,400,000
Income From Continuing Operations           $29,100,000   $29,000,000
Discontinued Operations: Properties(1)         $300,000    $1,100,000
Net Income                                  $29,400,000   $30,100,000
Basic Share Earnings
Continuing Operations                          $0.67         $0.68
Net Income                                     $0.67         $0.71
Diluted Share Earnings
Average Shares Outstanding                   43,600,000    42,500,000
Diluted Average Shares Outstanding           44,200,000    43,100,000
Six Months Ended June 30:
Discontinued Operations: Properties(1)       $4,600,000    $1,700,000
(1) "Discontinued Operations: Properties" consists of sales, or
intended sales, of certain lands and buildings that are material
and have separately identifiable earnings and cash flows.
Industry Segment Data, Net Income
(In Millions, Except Per Share Amounts, Unaudited)
Three Months     Six Months
Ended           Ended
--------------- ---------------
June 30,        June 30,
2005    2004    2005    2004
------- ------- ------- -------
Ocean Transportation                 $221.0  $208.1  $427.2  $404.6
Logistics Services                    106.6    93.5   202.7   167.6
Leasing                                21.3    20.4    43.2    41.2
Sales                                  14.6    28.3    60.5    68.4
Less Amounts Reported In
Discontinued Operations               (1.7)   (3.1)  (28.1)   (5.3)
Food Products                           32.2    28.9    54.6    42.3
Reconciling Items                       (1.9)   (1.7)   (3.4)   (3.2)
Total Revenue                        $392.1  $374.4  $756.7  $715.6
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Operating Profit, Net Income:
Ocean Transportation                  $38.7   $31.4   $68.4   $50.0
Logistics Services                      3.6     2.6     6.6     3.6
Leasing                                10.5     9.2    21.2    18.7
Sales                                   4.8    13.4    21.3    32.4
Discontinued Operations               (0.6)   (1.7)   (7.5)   (2.7)
Food Products                            0.3     0.3     9.3     2.9
Total Operating Profit                 57.3    55.2   119.3   104.9
Write-down of C&H                       (2.2)      -    (2.2)      -
Interest Expense                        (3.0)   (3.2)   (5.8)   (6.4)
Corporate Expenses                      (5.2)   (4.8)  (10.5)   (9.0)
Income From Continuing Operations
Before Income Taxes                    46.9    47.2   100.8    89.5
Income Taxes                           (17.8)  (18.2)  (38.3)  (34.0)
Income From Continuing Operations       29.1    29.0    62.5    55.5
Discontinued Operations: Properties     0.3     1.1     4.6     1.7
Net Income                             $29.4   $30.1   $67.1   $57.2
Basic Earnings Per Share, Continuing
Operations                            $0.67   $0.68   $1.44   $1.31
Basic Earnings Per Share, Net Income   $0.67   $0.71   $1.54   $1.35
Diluted Earnings Per Share,
Continuing Operations                 $0.66   $0.67   $1.42   $1.29
Diluted Earnings Per Share, Net
Income                                $0.66   $0.70   $1.52   $1.33
Average Shares                          43.6    42.5    43.5    42.4
Diluted Shares                          44.2    43.1    44.1    43.0
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In Millions)
June 30,       December 31,
----------------  ---------------
2005              2004
Current Assets                                  $358             $288
Investments                                      130              111
Real Estate Developments                          56               82
Property, Net                                  1,281            1,133
Capital Construction Fund                         37               40
Other Assets                                     127              124
Total                                  $1,989           $1,778
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LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Current Liabilities                             $248             $235
Long-Term Debt                                   314              214
Post-Retirement Benefit Obligs.                   46               45
Other Long-Term Liabilities                       38               41
Deferred Income Taxes                            388              339
Shareholders' Equity                             955              904
Six Months Ended
June 30,
-------------  --------------
Operating Cash Flows                             $127             $84
Capital Expenditures                             (174)            (24)
CCF Withdrawals/(Deposits), Net                   (12)              -
Proceeds From Issuance of
(Payment of) Debt, Net                           90             (31)
Dividends Paid                                    (20)            (19)
All Other, Net                                     16               5
Increase/(Decrease) In Cash                       $27             $15
=============  ==============
Depreciation                                     $(41)           $(40)
CONTACT: Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. John B. Kelley, 808-525-8422. jkelley@abinc.com. SOURCE: Alexander & Baldwin, Inc..


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Intensive Courses & Workshops
Study the dance you like the most. We offer various specialty classes that we believe will allow you to enjoy many types of dance while developing a deeper artistry and discipline. These classes are an ideal complement in the event that you have studied or are currently studying ballet.
SPANISH DANCE
The character and strength of Spanish dance comes from our deepest roots, whether being originally from Spain or the fruit of the multicultural coexistence in our country.
Our teachers bring their professional experience in Spanish dance with a deep understanding and unparalleled passion for this art that is admired throughout the world. In addition to the dance training by our teachers, you will also become familiar with various complements such as castanets, shoes, skirts and other aspects of this exciting style of dance.
MODERN & JAZZ
Jazz dance is shaped by multiple forms and styles of dynamic and rhythmic movements, that despite its long history, has never lost the capacity for evolution and modernity. Developed in the United States at the end of the 19th century, it is still popular today although in many places it has been replaced by new trends and popular fashions. Our teaching team focuses on authentic and musical jazz interpretations and movements aimed at a wide and diverse audience that offers a complete and rewarding result.
Contemporary dance is a discipline that encompasses a multitude of variations that usually reflect the choreographer's personal style and technique. In our classes, we bring a variety of teachers and invited choreographers to impart their knowledge and styles to create a class with diverse and varied training.
Contemporary dance is understood through an evolution of a foundation of classical ballet, requiring careful work and specific professional preparation.
Rhythm and percussion define this unique dance style that attracts both young and old alike because of its naturalness and musicality. One can study this discipline without any previous dance training.
Born out of the necessity for African American slaves to be able to communicate between themselves without being discovered, this dance evolved to include clapboards and special sounds around 1902. In the 1920s, American films began using tap dance in numerous musicals, starting a long tradition of tap dancing in both the cinema and theater.
Our ballet company also incorporates tap as part of the program, thanks to the contribution of our students must experiment with versatile and diverse forms of dance for a complete professional experience.
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James M. Flavin Clear filter
The next-generation multimission U.S. surveillance radar network
Jeffrey S. Herd
James M. Flavin
William E. Benner
Garth S. Torok
Bull. American Meteorological Society, Vol. 88, No. 11, November 2007, pp. 1739-1751.
Current U.S. weather and aircraft surveillance radar networks vary in age from 10 to more than 40 years. Ongoing sustainment and upgrade programs can keep these operating in the near to mid-term, but the responsible agencies National Weather Service (NWS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS) recognize that large-scale replacement activities must begin during the next decade. The National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT) in Norman, Oklahoma, is a multiagency project demonstrating operational weather measurements capability enhancements that could be realized using electronically steered phased-array radars as a replacement for the current Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler (WSR-88D). FAA support for the NWRT and related efforts address air traffic control (ATC) and homeland defense surveillance missions that could be simultaneously accomplished using the agile-beam capability of a phased array weather radar network. In this paper, we discuss technology issues, operational considerations, and cost trades associated with the concept of replacing current national surveillance radars with a single network of multimission phased array radars (MPAR). We begin by describing the current U.S. national weather and aircraft surveillance radar networks and their technical parameters. The airspace coverage and surveillance capabilities of these existing radars provide a starting point for defining requirements for the next-generation airspace surveillance system. We next describe a conceptual MPAR high-level system design and our initial development and testing of critical subsystems. This work, in turn, has provided a solid basis for estimating MPAR costs for comparison with existing, mechanically scanned operational surveillance radars. To assess the numbers of MPARs that would need to be procured, we present a conceptual MPAR network configuration that duplicates airspace coverage provided by current operational radars. Finally, we discuss how the improved surveillance capabilities of MPAR could be utilized to more effectively meet the weather and aircraft surveillance needs of U.S. civil and military agencies.
Current U.S. weather and aircraft surveillance radar networks vary in age from 10 to more than 40 years. Ongoing sustainment and upgrade programs can keep these operating in the near to mid-term, but the responsible agencies National Weather Service (NWS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Departments of Defense (DoD)...
Enhanced regional situational awareness
Curtis W. Davis III
Robert E. Boisvert
Kyle D. Cochran
Kevin P. Cohen
Timothy D. Hall
Louis M. Hebert
Ann-Marie Lind
Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2007, pp. 355-380.
Airspace protection in the capital area is provided by an Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) created through the coordinated response of U.S. government and local law-enforcement agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Capitol Police. The IADS includes U.S. Coast Guard helicopters, fighter aircraft, and airborne early-warning aircraft cued by surveillance radars. Under Operation Noble Eagle, the response to a threat includes warning flares deployed from fighter aircraft and, ultimately, the use of surface and air-launched missiles. Selecting the appropriate response requires a means for rapidly assessing the aircraft threat. New and existing sensors must be simultaneously cued to the target of interest and integrated with existing sources of information to display a common-air-picture display to support the decision makers. This article describes the development of an Enhanced Regional Situation Awareness system, an integrated sensing and decision support system developed for the complex and busy airspace surrounding the National Capital Region.
Airspace protection in the capital area is provided by an Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) created through the coordinated response of U.S. government and local law-enforcement agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Capitol Police. The IADS includes U.S. Coast...
Multifunction phased array radar: technical synopsis, cost implications, and operational capabilities
87th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, 14-18 January 2007.
Current U.S. weather and aircraft surveillance radar networks vary in age from 10 to more than 40 years. Ongoing sustainment and upgrade programs can keep these operating in the near to mid term, but the responsible agencies (FAA, NWS and DoD/DHS) recognize that large-scale replacement activities must begin during the next decade. In addition, these agencies are re-evaluating their operational requirements for radar surveillance. FAA has announced that next generation air traffic control (ATC) will be based on Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) (Scardina, 2002) rather than current primary and secondary radars. ADS-B, however, requires verification and back-up services which could be provided by retaining or replacing primary ATC radars.
Current U.S. weather and aircraft surveillance radar networks vary in age from 10 to more than 40 years. Ongoing sustainment and upgrade programs can keep these operating in the near to mid term, but the responsible agencies (FAA, NWS and DoD/DHS) recognize that large-scale replacement activities must begin during the...
Surveillance accuracy requirements in support of separation services
Steven D. Thompson
Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, June 2006, pp. 97-122.
The Federal Aviation Administration is modernizing the Air Traffic Control system to improve flight efficiency, to increase airspace capacity, to reduce flight delays, and to control operating costs as the demand for air travel continues to grow. Promising new surveillance technologies such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast and multisensor track fusion offer the potential to augment the ground-based surveillance and controller-display systems by providing more timely and complete information about aircraft. The resulting improvement in surveillance accuracy may potentially allow the expanded use of the minimum safe-separation distance between aircraft. However, these new technologies cannot be introduced with today's radar-separation standards, because they assume surveillance will be provided only through radar technology. In this article, we review the background of aircraft surveillance and the establishment of radar separation standards. The required surveillance accuracy to safely support aircraft separation with National Airspace System technologies is then derived from currently widely used surveillance systems. We end with flight test validation of the derived results, which can be used to evaluate new technologies.
The Federal Aviation Administration is modernizing the Air Traffic Control system to improve flight efficiency, to increase airspace capacity, to reduce flight delays, and to control operating costs as the demand for air travel continues to grow. Promising new surveillance technologies such as Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast and multisensor track...
Multi-function phased array radar for U.S. civil-sector surveillance needs
Mankuan Michael Vai
32nd Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 24-29 October 2005.
This paper is a concept study for possible future utilization of active electronically scanned radars to provide weather and aircraft surveillance functions in U.S. airspace. If critical technology costs decrease sufficiently, multi-function phased array radars might prove to be a cost effective alternative to current surveillance radars, since the number of required radars would be reduced, and maintenance and logistics infrastructure would be consolidated. A radar configuration that provides terminal-area and long-range aircraft surveillance and weather measurement capability is described and a radar network design that replicates or exceeds current airspace coverage is presented. Key technology issues are examined, including transmit-receive elements, overlapped sub-arrays, the digital beamformer, and weather and aircraft post-processing algorithms. We conclude by discussing implications relative to future national weather and non-cooperative aircraft target surveillance needs. The U.S. Government currently operates four separate ground based surveillance radar networks supporting public and aviation-specific weather warnings and advisories, and primary or "skin paint" aircraft surveillance. The separate networks are: (i) The 10-cm wavelength NEXRAD or WSR88-D (Serafin and Wilson, 2000) national-scale weather radar network. This is managed jointly by the National Weather Service (NWS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Department of Defense (DoD). (ii) The 5-cm wavelength Terminal Doppler Weather Radars (TDWR) (Evans and Turnbull, 1989) deployed at large airports to detect low-altitude wind-shear phenomena. (iii) The 10-cm wavelength Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR-9 and ASR-11) (Taylor and Brunins, 1985) providing terminal area primary aircraft surveillance and vertically averaged precipitation reflectivity measurements. (iv) The 30-cm wavelength Air Route Surveillance Radars (ARSR-1, 2, 3 and 4) (Weber, 2005) that provide national-scale primary aircraft surveillance. The latter three networks are managed primarily by the FAA, although the DoD operates a limited number of ASRs and has partial responsibility for maintenance of the ARSR network. In total there are 513 of these radars in the contiguous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and Hawaii. The agencies that maintain these radars conduct various "life extension" activities that are projected to extend their operational life to approximately 2020. At this time, there are no defined programs to acquire replacement radars. The NWS and FAA have recently begun exploratory research on the capabilities and technology issues related to the use of multi-function phased array radar (MPAR) as a possible replacement approach. A key concept is that the MPAR network could provide both weather and primary aircraft surveillance, thereby reducing the total number of ground-based radars. In addition, MPAR surveillance capabilities would likely exceed those of current operational radars, for example, by providing more frequent weather volume scans and by providing vertical resolution and height estimates for primary aircraft targets. Table 1 summarizes the capabilities of current U.S. surveillance radars. These are approximations and do not fully capture variations in capability as a function, for example, of range or operating mode. A key observation is that significant variation in update rates between the aircraft and weather surveillance functions are currently achieved by using fundamentally different antenna patterns--low-gain vertical "fan beams" for aircraft surveillance that are scanned in azimuth only, versus high-gain weather radar "pencil beams" that are scanned volumetrically at much lower update rates. Note also that, if expressed in consistent units, the power-aperture products of the weather radars significantly exceed those of the ASRs and ARSRs. In the next section, we present a concept design for MPAR and demonstrate that it can simultaneously provide the measurement capabilities summarized in Table 1. In Section 3 we present an MPAR network concept that duplicates the airspace coverage provided by the current multiple radar networks. Section 4 discusses technology issues and associated cost considerations. We conclude in Section 5 by discussing implications relative to future national weather and non-cooperative aircraft target surveillance needs.
This paper is a concept study for possible future utilization of active electronically scanned radars to provide weather and aircraft surveillance functions in U.S. airspace. If critical technology costs decrease sufficiently, multi-function phased array radars might prove to be a cost effective alternative to current surveillance radars, since the number...


In this blog we would look into how we can use KSAI; A machine learning library purely written in Scala using most of its feature and functional aspects of programming, you can read more about the library at KSAI Wiki, alternatively you can even fork the project from here, KSAI has a rich set of algorithms that address some of the vital problems in classification, regression, clustering, one of the attractive feature of KSAI is that it has internally used asynchronous programming where ever possible.
KSAI has many algorithms and discussing all of them might be a little tedious and may surpass the scope of this blog, so in this blog, we would be focusing on how we can easily use KSAI to write our own Neural Networks wrapper, for regression or classification.
Before moving ahead a prerequisite is to have a basic understanding of how neural networks work, for that you may visit the link, it has several blogs explaining most of the concepts related to how neural networks work from basic to advance, okay now let's move on to the library, buckle up.
libraryDependencies += "io.github.knolduslabs.ksai" %% "ksai" % "0.0.4"
It uses to store the data in Dense Matrix, which is a column major matrix, which in turns uses Arrays, Dense Matrix used by KSAI are provided by breeze library, which is a rich mathematical library that provides many mathematical functions if you look into ksai.core.classification.NeuralNetworkTest in test package you would get a clear insight of what the Neural Networks implemented in KSAI amounts to.
In test cases we have used the sample data used by smile library for training as well to validate the trained network, we have also implemented our own parser to transform the data in the standard format, which is generally used to feed in artificial neural networks, moving towards to core classes one would see that code is quite crisp and concise, moving towards the main package ksai.core.classification.NeuralNetwork, once the Network is created with the appropriate layers along with the respective error functions and activation function you may simply pass the data for which you need to train the network and the method learn would train the network and would return the trained network to you.
Now, that we have our data ready in the specified format we are good to go to train and make our network learn which we would be creating next..
after the learning it would return the trained network, which can be seen by the signature of method learn, once we got the trained network you can simply use the method predict on the network to see how effectively the network has been trained with respect to test data, a more intuitive rather demonstrative example could be found on this repository, you can simply fork it and see how it works.


Brian 'Head' Welch is back but David Silvera isn't allowed back. It's not an experiment in dubstep metal. That's the news in terms of Korn's 11th album, The Paradigm Shift. The sub-plot is that Jonathan Davis was struggling to get off his meds whilst writing the album so there's the saga concerning this particular 42-year-old millionaire.
Korn are great, aren't they? Well, they just became even more great because they've given us a couple of DVDs to give away. The DVD in question is a live DVD and it was shot in Hollywood on their The Path of Totality tour. All you have to do to win one is enter the competition. We'll be in touch via email if you've won. That's easy enough, isn't it? Scroll down, compadre.
ARGH! Dubstep! It's already taken over daytime radio and now it's coming for our metal. At least they've come for Korn so maybe it's not that harmful. After all, they haven't made a truly great album since… since… Follow The Leader, perhaps? And that came out in 1998. Hmmm.


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Bin Laden's Defender: Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky has shown his true colors in his recently published "reaction" to the targeted killing of Osama Bin Laden. He apparently thinks Osama Bin Laden is the innocent victim of a cold-blooded murder that is worse than if George W. Bush were to be assassinated in his "compound." He doesn't believe Bin Laden's own admission of complicity in the murder of 3,000 people on 9/11, writing that it is about as credible as Chomsky's "confession that I won the Boston Marathon." Nor does he believe the evidence gathered by the 9/11 Commission, the grand jury that indicted Bin Laden, the numerous confessions and claims of responsibility by Al Qaeda operatives, and the video showing those who flew the planes in the presence of Osama Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. He believes there is absolutely no "evidence"—"nothing serious"—that Bin Laden played any role in 9/11. He also accuses President Obama of "simply lying when he said, in his White House statement, that 'we quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by Al Qaeda.'" To avoid any appearance of partisanship and to show that he is an equal opportunity despiser of all American presidents, he writes that "uncontraversally" President Bush's "crimes vastly exceed bin Laden's." (Guernica. My Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death. Noam Chomsky. May 6, 2011.)
If Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were not responsible for 9/11, who was? The United States? The Zionists? Maybe it never happened at all, as some hard left "intellectuals" have claimed. After all, Chomsky is agnostic with regard to the Nazi Holocaust and believes that Holocaust denial is not anti-Semitic. Writing in defense of the Holocaust denier Robert Faurisson's claim that the so-called Holocaust was a fraud perpetrated by the Jewish people, Chomsky assured his readers that "nobody believes there is an anti-Semitic connotation to the denial of the Holocaust . . . whether one believes it took place or not." Chomsky is himself guilty of genocide-denial, having assured his readers (at the height of the Cambodian genocide) that the Khmer Rouge—which he admired—was being falsely accused of mass murder.
The real question is why any reasonable person pays any attention to the ignorant rants of this America-hater, Israel-basher and conspiracy theorist. I can understand why Osama Bin Laden himself was, according to the Wall Street Journal, "a fan of Noam Chomsky." Bin Laden said that "Chomsky was correct when he compared U.S. policies to the Mafia." (See, Bin Laden wasn't an anti-Semite after all, since he liked at least one Jew, though he named one of his daughters Safiyah after Mohammad's aunt, because, he proclaimed, "Safiyah killed Jews.") I can even understand why radical anti-American zealots like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro admire him. But he has been described on his own book jacket as "arguably the most important intellectual alive." He has also been called the most influential academic in the world. What does this say about today's consumers of intellectual and academic wares?
I have debated Chomsky on several occasions and have found that he simply makes up facts and then characterizes them as "uncontroversial." This tactic works with sycophantic college audiences on the hard left, but for anyone who bothers to check "Chomsky facts," as his critics aptly dub them, will find that the source is often conspiratorial websites and hate propaganda. "Chomsky facts" bear little relationship to real facts, except on "Planet Chomsky," where a different reality governs.
The time has come to dump Noam Chomsky into the wastebasket of history. He has been proved wrong—factually, morally, politically and in every other way—by the verdict of history. He was wrong about the Nazi Holocaust, the Communist genocides, the "peaceful" intentions of Hezbollah, and the alleged "war criminality" of every American president in recent memory. Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal correctly characterized Chomsky as "a two-nickel crank" with "paranoid notions of American policy." Christopher Hitchens has called him a charter member of the "paranoid anti-war 'left'" who believes that "America is an incarnation of the third Reich that doesn't even conceal its genocidal methods and aspirations."
Chomsky has no credibility among serious people who care about truth. He would be a joke if he were not so influential among the unthinking hard left and the anti-intellectual academics who propagandize their naïve students to move to Planet Chomsky, where they can live their paranoid lives devoid of any contact with the reality of planet earth. Nor would he have any credibility on political issues were he not a famous linguist—famous despite his absurd semantic claim that there is no "anti-Semitic connotation" to denying the Holocaust and calling it a fraud perpetrated on the world by the Jews! Even if his linguistic accomplishments were not controversial, they would not qualify him as a guru on the political, legal and military matters on which he regularly opines.
Chomsky will continue to hurt America and decent values so long as his political rants continue to be taken seriously by some of the intellectual elite who help to manufacture consent and create the illusion of credibility on the part of a hateful crackpot.
Nick • Dec 13, 2012 at 11:40
Can you really call someone a hateful crackpot without being a walking oxymoron?
Sam Nick • Feb 26, 2013 at 17:57
You can if it happens to be true, which it is in Chomsky's case.
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Iowans that still need to complete their 2008 income taxes are being reminded that can contribute to child abuse prevention efforts. Amber Russell, with the group Prevent Child Abuse Iowa, says it's the newest "check-off" on the state tax form.
She says Iowans can donate all or a portion of their state refund to the Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program. Based on contributions to previous state tax check-offs, it's believed 10,000 Iowans will contribute close to $100,000.
Russell says the Iowa Child Abuse Prevention Program has been in existence since 1982 and provide benefits and services state-wide. "The funds are operated as a grant program, which are then redistributed out to counties across the whole state," Russell said.
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The Incidence of Donor-Site Morbidity after Transverse Cervical Artery Vascularized Lymph Node Transfers: The Need for a Lymphatic Surgery National Registry
Massey, Marga F. M.D., C.L.T.; Gupta, Dhanesh K. M.D.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: May 2015 - Volume 135 - Issue 5 - p 939e–940e
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Correspondence to Dr. Massey, The National Institute of Lymphology, 505 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 214-B, Chicago, Ill. 60611, me@drmarga.com
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Surgical treatment for lymphedema is expanding at a rapid pace. The following case demonstrates a critical need for communication between surgeons, whether they are invested in microsurgical techniques or debulking liposuction.
A 57-year-old woman with bilateral lower extremity primary lymphedema tarda underwent a right transverse cervical artery vascularized lymph node transfer to the left lower extremity (the first surgeon was Marga F. Massey, M.D.; the second surgeon is not identified but was in an independent practice in a different state than Dr. Massey). Her preoperative lymphoscintigram (Fig. 1, left) demonstrated no lymph node tracer uptake in either groin. Eight months after surgery, the patient presented with intermittent mild right arm swelling. Repeated lymphoscintigraphy showed no tracer uptake in the right axilla (ipsilateral to the cervical donor site) and a new finding of tracer uptake in the nonoperative right inguinal region (Fig. 1, right). The patient was subsequently lost to in-person follow-up after having related dissipation of her right arm swelling by means of several follow-up phone consultations.
Approximately 18 months after transverse cervical artery vascularized lymph node transfer, the patient presented to a second surgeon requesting debulking liposuction of the left leg. Right arm swelling was noted on physical examination by the second surgeon. A third lymphoscintigram was obtained (not shown). No tracer uptake was demonstrated in either groin or in the right axilla (these results were reported in an abstract presentation by the second surgeon at the National Lymphedema Network Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in September of 2014). She reportedly underwent uneventful left lower extremity liposuction debulking performed by the second surgeon without any contact with the initial surgeon, thus leaving the initial surgeon unaware of the progression of the donor-site morbidity.
This communication relates the first reported case of iatrogenic upper extremity lymphedema from a transverse cervical artery vascularized lymph node transfer. Teaching has focused on the potential risk of secondary lymphedema of the head and neck in the setting of a supraclavicular flap harvest. This case highlights the need for the use of ipsilateral upper extremity reverse lymphatic mapping when using a cervical approach.1,2 Furthermore, this case illustrates variability in the quality of lymphoscintigraphic imaging versus a putative dynamic presentation of primary lymphedema. Review of the three sequential lymphoscintigrams of the nonoperative right lower extremity revealed an illusive appearance of inguinal regional lymph nodes only on the second study. Such variability begs further investigation.3
This case demonstrates the importance of coordinated care and collection of outcomes data in the expanding field of lymphatic reconstruction. Because lymphedema patients are often moving from surgeon to surgeon hoping for a surgical cure for this chronic, debilitating disease, it is not uncommon for patients to be lost to in-person clinical follow-up. Therefore, it is imperative that we as surgeons develop a system within Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act guidelines that allows tracking of patient-centered outcomes and morbidity. I would call on the American Society of Plastic Surgeons to initiate a patient registry for the surgical treatment of lymphedema to track patient outcomes and morbidity. Surgeon participation in a national registry would result in total transparency and an improvement in the quality of care for this high-risk patient population.
Dr. Massey is on the Medical Advisory Board of the National Lymphedema Network. The authors have no commercial associations that pose a potential conflict of interest.
Marga F. Massey, M.D., C.L.T.
Dhanesh K. Gupta, M.D.
1. Dayan JH, Dayan E, Smith ML.. Reverse lymphatic mapping: A new technique for maximizing safety in vascularized lymph node transfer. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015;135:277–285
2. Klimberg VS.. A new concept toward the prevention of lymphedema: Axillary reverse mapping. J Surg Oncol. 2008;97:563–564
3. Becker C, Assouad J, Riquet M, Hidden G.. Postmastectomy lymphedema: Long-term results following microsurgical lymph node transplantation. Ann Surg. 2006;243:313–315
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Interview with Rob Zombie
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Aside from superheroes and über villains, few adult men can pull off wearing a painted mask regularly. One of these is Rob Zombie, the outspoken and often outrageous entertainer who sings, produces his own music, plays multiple instruments, directs videos and films, and writes the odd screenplay.
Cream catches up with the artist whose unique brand of 'schlock rock' has influenced the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot to talk about… well, pretty much everything. It also happened to be the day after his 49th birthday.
Interview by Antonino Tati
First of all, Rob, happy birthday for a day ago. Did you get up to no good?
I was pretty mellow about my birthday this year. I didn't really have a wild one, but it was a good one. You know, I can be mellow sometimes.
Good to know. Going back to your childhood, you were raised by your parents while they were working in a carnival, yes?
Yep, up until 1976, the circus was my family's business. When my grandparents were involved, it was an elaborate circus environment, but by the time I came along it had become a kind of sleazy carnival.
Do you feel some of those circus theatrics have influenced your stage shows?
I think so. I didn't know it at the time that it would influence my adulthood but I always loved the aesthetic of the circus. I loved the look and feel of everything about the carnival life. There were these freak shows and tents that you would go in where you'd see girls in bikinis turning into gorillas, and all these crazy things going on. I loved all that stuff, and I think it influenced me a lot. Being in a band now, and touring, is the closest thing I can think of to being in a circus.
You could say you were the ringleader.
Yeah [laughs]. That's what I love about it. You come up with these crazy ideas and you create this show. You roll into town, set it up, do it once, pack it up, and drive away. It's the greatest thing in the world.
You were doing the theatrical thing right from the start of your career. Are you happy seeing more artists these days focusing on theatrics as much as they do on making actual music?
It depends, I mean when it's good it's good, but sometimes it seems rock bands are the ones who do it the least when they should be doing it the most. It's strange to see more elaborate stage shows coming from pop acts, and unfortunately a lot of the time I don't find those kind of shows entertaining. But I suppose a show's a show, so it's always good whoever's doing it.
From making music to performing live, creating music videos to writing and directing films, you've been quite prolific since 1985. What keeps you so motivated?
Basically I just love doing it. I'm very excited about doing it all the time and I never wanna stop. I'm excited to make that next record; make that next movie; go on that next tour. And I never get bored with it. In fact, it's the opposite – as the years go by, I appreciate it more for what a great thing it is.
"Music and movies and video games do not cause problems, and for any politician to stand up and say that is absurd. With so many wars going on all over the real world, give me a fucking break. You know what causes problems? Psychotic fucking politicians. Not some stupid movie."
With your version of the classic horror film 'Halloween', did you feel there were some parts of the original that you just didn't want to touch; that you thought were sacred ground, so to speak?
Not really. Actually, if I could go back in time and do it again, I would probably change it even more; make it even more my own. If there had been only one 'Halloween' movie, I would probably have felt, "Ooh, this is a classic, you can't touch it," but since there were so many sequels, I felt that the legacy of 'Halloween' had already been shat on so much, it wouldn't matter. With the first one, I was sort of riding that line of creating new themes but trying to stay true to some of the John Carpenter stuff. Whereas with Halloween II I just said, "Fuck it, I don't need to do any of that."
From a distance, conservatives might look at you – with all your makeup and wild antics – and wonder how somebody can look and behave like you do, and yet have it together to create so much.
Well, people are always judging everything by how it looks but that's never the reality. The fact is that most people who look like freaks have to have it together to be able to do whatever they do in the first place. Do you know what I mean? If you were a crazy person, you wouldn't be able to do anything; you'd just be wondering around the streets talking to yourself. But it's pretty random. Talent has nothing to do with it sometimes. I know most of it is just hard work. I know some people who are super-talented but they never accomplish a goddamn thing.
You were only 20 when you started out in music. I'm sure you'd agree the music industry has changed tremendously since then.
Yeah, it's completely different. It's always changing, but in the last five years it's changed more rapidly than ever.
Would you say you adapt well to change, particularly technological change?
Well I try to. You can't fight progress; anyone who tries to do that is just foolish. It doesn't mean you have to like it, but you have to accept that it exists. Progress is not always better, but I just try to take what it is and make it something that's to my liking as much as possible.
I suppose one way that you adapt to progress is actually drawing references from old media and lacing it into new projects; like the cool samples that you use in a lot of your songs.
Yeah, and I still like doing that. I'm still influenced by the same things I've always been influenced by. I find that whatever I discovered and loved a while ago I love just as much now, if not even more-so. I'm pretty particular in my tastes; when I like something, I always like it. I'm not very trendy in that way.
Has anyone ever chased you for copyright infringement when you've sampled their film or TV show?
Not really. Some things we do actually pay to use; it's not like we just take anything and use it.
Did you grow up with any sort of religious upbringing?
I never really did. I think when my mother was young she was very, very religious but by the time we were born and grew into kids… well, we never went to church or did anything like that. My feelings on the subject of religion is: "this is just ridiculous". I just never believed in that stuff growing up as a kid and it's pretty much stayed the same way my whole life. To me it was ridiculous to think of the Easter Bunny or Santa Clause and all of that nonsense. To me that was crazy.
Obviously, a lot of those icons relate to capitalist venture; corporations putting them out there so that we all go out and buy a whole lot of shit.
Exactly. Well at least they [the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause] haven't caused any real problems in the world.
What about conservative types who might suggest that artists like yourself are the cause of problems – that you instigate violence with your art?
I think the people that say that are just saying it to distract from the things that are really the problem. I mean, music and movies and video games do not cause problems, and for any politician to stand up and say that is absurd. With so many wars going on all over the real world, give me a fucking break. You know what causes problems? Psychotic fucking politicians. That's what causes problems; not some stupid movie. The politicians just want to distract us from the real issues that are going on. There's always a scapegoat, whether it's video games, or flag-burning, or gay marriage – some sort of hot-button issue to grab everyone's attention while they continue doing the bullshit that they're doing. It's been going on forever, but people always fall for it.
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