So I was talking to some of my twitch stream buddies that play this game religiously, I asked them how they liked "Salt Mines" idea. Some loved the idea but most hated it, saying that they don't like to wait around after they have been killed by Jason and feel like its punishing them by making them wait. Mind you I don't agree with that, I LOVE the salt mines idea and think it will only make the game better. However, that got my to thinking about how to make the game better while players are waiting "post-death", me and my brother had a pretty good discussion on some of the things that could be implemented, sort of an action-reaction conversation. For instance I made the suggestion that players could move around objects while they were dead kinda like TITT (Trouble in Terrorist Town) but it was quickly shot down by my bro with the obvious "well griefers would just use it to cheat and exploit to win matches", which I agreed was true. Another suggestion I made was to have the players move around as ghosts in the world post-death, the ghosts could pick up items the other players have dropped and give them to players that were still alive, my brother immediately shot that down when he also suggested that if those same ghost players just wanted to be dicks they could just hold on to the items they picked up for the rest of the game to give the living players a disadvantage. In short I kinda ran out of ideas to throw at him but it gave me the excellent idea to post this in the forums to see if YOU had some ideas that might be good. TLDR: Can you think of anything that might give post-death players something to do while waiting for the game to end?
First of all, I have to admit I love the concept of this game! But c´mon it´s not just the servers or the lack of content here. To be honest, it´s the overall package which makes you feel you just bought an Ubi Soft title. But don´t forget, at least they do look good! Yes, I am disappointed (for now) and it is always pretty difficult to recover after you left such a first impression imho. Pressure to publish... Indie studio whatsoever... I have to get back to the point where I just wonder why is it even possible to release such unfinished business?! Seriously it´s only possible in the video gaming industry. If you are providing a game which is not exactly content rich (only 1 game mode, where worst case you just sit and wait for 15 to 20min / 3maps and the same start/ending cutscene all over) at least you gotta make sure that the product works flawlessly. Specially when you put on such a price tag to it. So whats the excuse right now? With that kind of price tag on it, you have to be aware that ppl judge you due to that approach and that's just fair. I hoped that the devs (in general) learned from the 'no mans lie' incident but here is no lesson learned. For me it comes all down to the film reference when you go to the movies and half the background is still green screen and they say, it will all be fine when the DVD comes out in a couple of months. It doesn´t work like this and I am just fed up with this behavior. So far, in these rare moments when I finally got connected to the servers I experienced after waiting an average of 10 minutes to join a game, frustrating disconnects (specially when you play as Jason), annoying glitches and game breaking bugs (PS4). For my taste it is too little and left the impression of 'not delivered'! I will keep on playing and hope for the best, cause the basic idea had the potential to be a masterpiece, but I felt that needed to be said. So now the companies got our money, obviously more than expected because that was the official reason why servers are down, so show us what you can do with it! I am not hatin' and I am not angry. I am just very disappointed (for now).


The dollar rally paused Tuesday against its rivals as mixed U.S. economic data and a rise in the pound weighed on sentiment.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, fell by 0.02% to 94.40.
Preliminary U.S. manufacturing PMI for July topped expectations, while the services PMI fell marginally short of forecasts. But the data indicated the economy remains on solid footing.
"The July survey data indicate that the US economy sustained strong growth momentum after what looks to have been a solid second quarter, representing a good start to the second half of 2018," Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at IHS Markit said.
The strength of U.S. manufacturing was echoed by a regional survey on U.S. manufacturing growth, which also came in above economists' estimates.
The Richmond Fed manufacturing index fell 1 point to a reading of 20 in July. Any reading above zero indicates improving conditions.
The U.S. data, however, did little to derail investor expectation that the U.S. economy generated strong growth in the second quarter. Expectations for a bullish GDP print on Friday were strengthened somewhat as Fox Business Network reported that President Donald Trump has been telling associates that he expects the number around 4.8%.
Economists expect U.S. second-quarter GDP to come in at 4.1%.
A stronger pound, meanwhile, limited the dollar's recovery as British Prime Minister Theresa May said Tuesday she would lead Brexit negotiations with European Union.
GBP/USD rose 0.29% to $1.3140.
EUR/USD, meanwhile, struggled to hold gains to trade at $1.1683, down 0.08%, after bouncing from a session low of $1.1655 amid mixed EU services and manufacturing data.
The euro will likely be closely watched ahead of a meeting on trade between Trump, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström at the White House in Washington Wednesday.
USD/CAD fell 0.08% to C$1.3162, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to Y111.28.


The Chiang Mai, Yasothorn and Srisaket regions of north and north-eastern Thailand are seeing deforestation due to corn and soy monoculture for the animal breeding industry and to rice cultivation, coupled with poor soil quality and drought. These endanger local famers' livelihoods and threaten the environment.
Working in partnership with PUR Projet, the Foundation aimed to help disadvantaged farmers be fully self-sufficient by providing new sources of income and developing sustainable solutions. We did so through agroforestry, rice ducking (whereby ducklings are released into irrigated rice paddies to oxygenate the water, nourish the soil and eat snails and weeds) and combining small cattle breeding and farming. Emphasis was put on farmers' training to create the right conditions for community empowerment and self-reliance, and a "duck bank", based on payments and reimbursements in kind of rice ducking, was also set up.
The program allowed for the transition towards sustainable micro-farming with low environmental impact and significant yield improvement, which contributed to local communities' empowerment. Agroforestry mitigated the main adverse effects (floods and drought) of climate change. Poor farming families increased their rice yield and income without relying on purchased inputs, with savings or income increases in the region of 20-30%.
I plant trees because I'm aware of global warming and the impact on rice culture. I don't have enough land, but by planting trees in the rice plantation I have both my fields and a forest around them. We can also use trees for building houses. And because they are valuable, our children can inherit the trees.


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Future Cyberwarriors Face Off in Simulated Cyberattack Competition
By Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County team took top honors at the U.S. Department of Energy's fifth CyberForce Competition.
Seventeen teams from colleges and universities throughout the Pacific Northwest put their cyber skills to the test at the PNNL campus last month. The event was the U.S. Department of Energy's CyberForce Competition 2019, held simultaneously at 10 DOE national laboratories across the United States. The DOE's fifth cyber competition challenged 105 college teams and more than 500 students to defend a simulated energy infrastructure from sophisticated cyberattacks.
Team members from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, took top regional honors — the third regional competition in a row at which the Oregon State University team prevailed. The Pacific Northwest placed three teams in the top 20 nationally: Oregon State University, Columbia Basin College, and Western Washington University. The Columbia Basin College team from Pasco, Wash., also received an award for their strong showing presented on behalf of the 256th Air National Guard Intelligence Squadron and the Washington Air National Guard. Nationally, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, team took top honors.
Regional colleges and universities that sent teams to compete in the CyberForce Competition at PNNL's Discovery Hall included Central Washington University; Columbia Basin College; Eastern Washington University; Green River College; Highline College; Northeastern University, Seattle; Oregon State University; University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho; University of Utah; University of Washington, Bothell; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Washington, Tacoma; Washington State University, Pullman; Washington State University, Tri-Cities; Western Washington University; Whatcom Community College; and Whitworth University.
"As we modernize our grid, new challenges arise. Achieving a balance of system security and system usability is at the heart of your challenge tomorrow, and our challenge as a nation," PNNL Laboratory Director Steve Ashby told participating students in his welcoming remarks at CyberForce 2019. "Our ability to successfully tackle this challenge requires that we cultivate a highly skilled cybersecurity workforce. We hope competitions such as this help inspire the students here today, and those across the country, to serve as our next generation of cyber practitioners."
Realistic Adversaries
The CyberForce Competition is designed to inspire and develop the next generation of energy sector cybersecurity professionals by giving them a chance to hone their skills during realistic interactive scenarios.
During the competition, teams competed to defend their simulated infrastructure from cyberattacks by adversarial "red teams," played by industry professionals, while maintaining service for their "green team" customers, played by volunteers.
This year's competition challenged teams to defend one of four scenarios—an energy company's solar generation facility, electric substation, high performance computing center, or manufacturing plant—while communicating with the other three infrastructures to monitor and maintain the integrity of the system as a whole. Each team was scored on its ability to safeguard against attacks while maintaining system usability.
The competition is co-funded by the DOE's Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER); Office of Electricity; Office of Science; Office of the Chief Information Officer; Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy; and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
"Every year, the CyberForce Competition attracts more and more talented students," said Karen S. Evans, assistant secretary for DOE CESER, "and with the expansion to address professional recruitment, the competition will only continue to grow. We envision this competition to be a tool to assist our sector to close skills gaps and shortage of cybersecurity experts."
Corporate sponsors included the Federal Training Partnership, which produces training, technology, and military-related events for government and industry, and service providers such as Microsoft Government Azure, Cavalry, Apex Systems, KeyLogic, West Monroe Partners, and Digital Silence.
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Cannon Mountain Ski Area New Hampshire is known for its scenery and its family-friendly offerings. It has been voted as one of the best areas in the East.
Cannon Mountain Ski Area New Hampshire is located on the White Mountain in a state-owned area of Franconia Notch State Park. SKI magazine rated it #6 for scenery in North America in October 2008 along with listing it in the Top 10 Eastern Rankings as well. It also has been rated in the Top 10 in SnowEast magazine as well as being named the #3 Favorite Classic Resort.
Cannon Mountain Ski Area New Hampshire has 72 trails and nine ski lifts. The ski area stretches over 165 acres and is the most vertical in all of New Hampshire. The only aerial tram in New Hampshire is at Cannon Mountain. There are 22 miles of trails and the area has a north-northeast exposure. The longest trail is 2.3 miles long. Cannon Mountain's ski season runs from December to April.
The area's elevation is 4,080 feet, making it the highest in New Hampshire. The base elevation is 1,900 feet and the vertical drop is 2,180 feet. Annually, the area receives 160 inches of fresh snow and has snowmakers as well that add even more snow.
Cannon Mountain's Tuckerbrook area is perfect for the entire family. It has 13 trails with 4 lifts that are great for learning. This area is for the beginner or those looking for a relaxed ski experience. The Brookside slope is tailored for beginners as well. It has a gentle terrain and a great scenic view of Northern New Hampshire and Vermont. This slope has a triple chair lift and a pony lift. The ski school is located at Brookside and features a magic carpet lift.
Cannon Mountain has ski shops located slopeside at the Peabody Base Lodge and Tram Base. It also has ski and snowboard rentals. If your equipment is in need of repair or tuning, check out the High Performance Tuning Center at Peabody Base Lodge. The rentals at the Mountain are all shaped skis and feature step-in bindings.
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Cannon Mountain was the site of the first passenger tramway in North America!


What is the harem you always wished for?
Re: What is your ideal harem?
This is a really good question, I've gotta take some time and think about it.
hmm, yes it's VERY BAD!!!! YOU ARE NOW CURSED FOREVER!!!
Lol, you almost got suffocated by big breats :O, there are definitely worst ways to die XD so now because of that you like flat breasted tsunderes?
woahevil1 wrote: Lol, you almost got suffocated by big breats :O, there are definitely worst ways to die XD so now because of that you like flat breasted tsunderes?
Getting one girl is already hard enough, a harem would be trouble of another level! Still ideal harem would be like Tenchi Muyo GXP ones, sure they bickers a lot but when come to the main man, they work together!
nckeo wrote: Getting one girl is already hard enough, a harem would be trouble of another level! Still ideal harem would be like Tenchi Muyo GXP ones, sure they bickers a lot but when come to the main man, they work together!
NANI? Your a lolicon too?
Of course not, that would practically end the harem.
I still haven't posted my harem yet, but that's because I'm still thinking of it. I judge girls based off of personality and long black hair you know.


Singer is set to release a new fragrance.
SCENT OF A WOMAN: Beyonce unveils a new fragrance "Pulse"
Beyonce's hopes her latest fragrance will set your 'Pulse' racing.
The scent 'Pulse' follows in the footsteps of previous scents by the singer, 'Heat' and 'Heat Rush', but the singer says she isn't worried her new fragrance will be outshone by the other perfumes.
"Pulse represents the woman I am on stage. When I think about excitement, it makes me think about my heart racing and a pulsating beat—it's my stage persona. Heat represents my sensual side, it's very spicy and Southern. Heat Rush is more about the woman I am on my off time, when I'm on vacation," says Beyonce.
"Pulse is a fragrance you can wear all the time. I love the idea of a signature scent that lets a woman leave her mark wherever she goes, so I always try to make my scents appropriate for any occasion," she adds.
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Cape Town - Minister of Trade and Industry (DTI), Rob Davies, on Tuesday assured investors of policy certainty, pledging to further improve South Africa's investment climate and investor facilitation service.
Concerns have been mounting amid a new spate of violence against foreigners in parts of the country. There is also concern among investors over South Africa's ongoing land reform characterised by land expropriation without compensation.
Davies said South Africa is a renowned investment destination that protects investor rights, is signatory to international treaties that reinforce trade in goods and services, and safeguards intellectual property.
Policy certainty on the country's information and communication technology (ICT) landscape and noticeable improvements on foreign direct investment (FDI) ranking indices have underpinned the strides South Africa has made in securing investment in digital, ICT and 4th Industrial Revolution industries, the minister said.
According to Davies, South Africa won the Investment Promotion Award at the just-concluded 2019 Annual Investment Meeting held in Dubai.
The meeting recognised InvestSA, a government-sponsored project, for facilitating the most innovative and digitally orientated investment projects for 2018, Davies said.
The award reaffirms the commitments made by President Cyril Ramaphosa to aligning the country's economic development priorities on securing innovative investment projects in digital and technology fields to ensure the country is able to achieve Vision 2030 goals, Davies said in a statement distributed by the Department of Trade and Industry.
South Africa's investment mobilisation drive is gaining traction and the latest data from the South African Reserve Bank and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicate a major increase in FDI from previous years, Davies said.
"We have turned the corner, improving our investment climate and investor facilitation service," he said.
Through the "One-Stop" approach, InvestSA can compete among the best, is capable to facilitate large-scale investment projects and has developed a significant investment pipeline, Davies said.
The One-Stop initiative is geared toward providing investors with services to fast-track projects and reduce government red-tape when establishing a business. It is part of the government's drive to become investor-friendly by improving the business environment by lowering the cost of doing business as well as making the process easier.
Davies said South Africa was recently awarded the top global award by UNCTAD for its excellence in boosting investment sectors that have social and economic benefits and help countries meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
"Also we were named as the Global Destination of the Year at the 2018 Global Sourcing Association Awards ceremony alongside the Global Sourcing Summit in Cape Town," he said.


I was first introduced to computer programming at the age of 12 and I've had an interest therein ever since. In my early to mid teens I would play around in QBasic, my flagship program being a very small game called "Ben's Adventure". It was a text adventure set in six rooms of a dungeon, which had to be visited in a specific order to survive and escape. Over time I added graphics and even basic randomised combat mechanics to the game, as my knowledge and experience slowly grew.


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We value honesty and integrity, qualities which have established us as leaders within our market.
We value our reputation as highly as those of our clients and we understand the importance of meeting expectations.
Work with us and you can be assured that your requirements are being managed by experienced consultants who have in-depth knowledge of our candidates and the construction industry.
We are also proud to support smaller local developments and offer the same tailored service regardless of contract size or duration.
Our Head Office in Cambridge enables us to service our clients nationally. But in response to client demand and our expanding customer base in London, we opened an office there in 2014 and since then, it has grown at the same rate as its ever-developing surroundings. From modest premises in the heart of Stratford, we now occupy an office on the 29th floor of London's iconic One Canada Square in Canary Wharf.
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Trade Recruitment have been our main labour provider for some time now and I have always found them to be extremely responsive and more importantly open and honest as to whether they can meet our needs. 'Trade' can fill any position from a general labour to a skilled tradesman and they have long personal relationships with these workers; all of whom are checked to ensure they carry sufficient tickets and qualifications to undertake the work required, which eases the administration burden on our office. The accounts are clearly presented and all invoices are backed up with signed timesheets for our in house accounts team to easily input on to systems, without the need of having to chase for paperwork.
Trade Recruitment always find us the staff we need in the location we need them; all of our temporary staff have the necessary credentials and Trade always supply them before the person starts with us. In many cases we place our temporary staff from Trade Recruitment into permanent positions, mainly due to the fact that they provide us with the right people for the job. Trade Recruitment always adhere to our ordering process and make our back office work in terms of purchase orders and invoices simple to manage.
We have been using Trade Recruitment for several years now on projects which I have been managing for the college. These projects have been major refurbishments and required extra skilled tradesmen as well as labourers. Trade Recruitment have been very successful in filling these specialist trade requirements when needed and they have responded quickly to any other labour issues / deficiencies we have had.
We have been using Trade for our recruitment needs for 6 years and have always been thoroughly satisfied with the service they provide. They have never had any problems fulfilling our requirements, which are often at short notice and the calibre of operative they provide is always very good. Trade Recruitment are a reliable company and we would not hesitate to recommend them.
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The online registration can be found here.
The online registration for the Excursion / Day-trip (optional – not included in the conference fee) on Saturday, September 3, 2016 can be found here.
At least one author (of an accepted paper) has to pay the regular registration (please register before July 11th, 2016).
*The additional social events ticket includes the Welcome Reception on Wednesday and the Conference Dinner on Thursday.
**The ARES EU Projects Symposium 1-Day Ticket includes the entrance to all symposium and ARES sessions / lunch / Welcome Reception on Monday, August 31, 2016.
The registration fee includes one paper, each additional paper is EUR 150.
The registration fee includes the entrance to all ARES conference and workshop sessions and the social events.
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The registration fee does not include the accommodation. Accommodation recommendations are provided here.
Cancellation Fee: EUR 50 (No cancellation will be allowed after August 1, 2016). Substitution is welcome.
The student registration does not include a paper. At least one author of an accepted paper has to register as author, whether the author is a student or not.
The student registration fee includes the entrance to all ARES conference and workshop sessions as well as tutorials (but not the social events).
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This is one of two Army Navy Country Club courses; the other is located 13 miles east of here, near Arlington National Cemetery. Membership is generally restricted to active duty and retired military officers, and select government civilians.
Great, well designed and maintained Old School course. Long from the tips, but tee boxes for every level. Fairways were perfect and the rough was tough and consistent. Locating shots to the right spot a must.


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Janet Jackson Shares First Photo Of Son Eissa
By Emily Surpless/April 15, 2017 8:50 am EST
Janet Jackson may be making headlines for her split from billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana, but the "Rhythm Nation" singer definitely has at least one good thing going for her: her newborn son, Eissa.
Jackson took to Instagram late on April 14, 2017 to share the first public photo of her bundle of joy—and boy, is he cute.
My baby and me after nap time.
A post shared by Janet Jackson (@janetjackson) on Apr 14, 2017 at 6:17pm PDT
"My baby and me after nap time," Jackson captioned the photo, which shows baby Eissa mid-yawn.
As Nicki Swift previously reported, rumors swirled that the R&B star was expecting after she made an announcement while on tour in April 2016. "I thought it was important that you be the first to know. My husband and I are planning our family, so I'm going to have to delay the tour," she said. "Please, if you can, try to understand that it's important that I do this now. I have to rest up; doctor's orders."
However, it wasn't until Oct. 2016 that she finally announced her pregnancy.
On Jan. 3, 2017, Jackson, at age 50, gave birth to her first child.
Since then, details about Jackson and her child have remained scarce. A source told Entertainment Tonight earlier in the week that Jackson has been focusing on her son throughout her separation from Al Mana. "Janet is ecstatic," their source stated. "She's so happy with her baby and that's all she is focused on."
From the photo, we'd have to say that motherhood certainly agrees with Jackson.


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Nipsey Hussle Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder
2019-04-04 23:38 in MusicWords By Bianca Giulione
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UPDATE 4/4/2019 5:35pm ET: According to The Associated Press, Eric Holder has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder by Los Angeles County prosecutors. He will reportedly appear in court to submit a plea to the judge today. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department previously confirmed that the 29-year-old had been captured on April 2 to CBS2.
The suspect in the murder of Nipsey Hussle has been identified by Los Angeles police. The LAPD say that 29-year-old Eric Holder, an LA resident, is wanted for homicide in the shooting of Hussle, real name Ermias Joseph Asghedom. The rapper was shot on Sunday afternoon outside his Marathon Clothing store in South LA.
The LAPD have shared a photograph of Holder, who reportedly fled the scene in a 2016 Chevy Cruze waiting in the alley, driven by an unidentified woman. Holder also injured two other individuals with gunshots.
Eric Holder is wanted for Homicide in the shooting of Nipsey Hussle. He was last seen in a 2016 white 4 door Chevy Cruze CA license plate 7RJD742. Anyone with information related to his whereabouts or this deadly shooting is urged to contact South Bureau Homicide at 323-786-5100 pic.twitter.com/3pX4fbezDs
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) April 2, 2019
"Detectives have worked tirelessly and are now asking for the public's help in locating the suspect in the case," the statement reads.
On Monday, the LA coroner determined the rapper's cause of death to be gunshot wounds to the torso and head. LAPD Chief Michel Moore is set to hold a news conference Tuesday morning to share updates on the case.
Bianca GiulioneAssociate Music Editor
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Netflix UK Snaps Up The CW's 'Frequency' Reboot
By Patrick Munn | October 11, 2016 - 5:16 pm | 3 Comments
Category : Acquisitions, News, UK News
Tags : Frequency, Netflix UK, Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
Netflix UK has acquired the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to The CW's Frequency reboot after striking a deal with international distributor Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, TVWise has learned.
The deal between Netflix and Warner Bros. also gives the streaming service exclusive rights to the series in Canada and Australia. The first episode is now available to stream, with subsequent episodes being made available every Thursday, less than 24 hours after they air in the United States.
Frequency tells the story of Detective Raimy Sullivan (Peyton List) who discovers that she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father (also a detective) who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder case, but unintended consequences of the 'butterfly effect' wreak havoc in the present day.
Based on the New Line feature film of the same name, Frequency is produced for The CW by Warner Bros. Television in association with Lin Pictures, with executive producers Jeremy Carver, Toby Emmerich, John Rickard, Dan Lin and Jennifer Gwartz. In addition to Peyton List the cast also includes Riley Smith, Devin Kelley, Anthony Ruivivar, Mekhi Phifer, Daniel Bonjour and Lenny Jacobson.
Netflix's deal for Frequency comes mere weeks after they inked a similar deal, admittedly on a larger scale, for the eOne distributed Kiefer Sutherland thriller Designated Survivor. At Netflix UK, Frequency joins a slate of exclusive imports that also includes Once Upon A Time, The Originals, Pretty Little Liars, Reign, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Better Call Saul, iZombie and Shadowhunters.
Notably, after an initially slow-start, this is the ninth deal that UK broadcasters have agreed for one of the new entries from the 2016-2017 broadcast season since the LA Screenings back in May. Previous such deals saw various UK broadcasters swoop for Star Trek: Discovery (Netflix UK), Lethal Weapon (ITV), Designated Survivor (Netflix UK), The Great Indoors (ITV2), This Is Us (Channel 4), Conviction (Sky Living) and, most recently, Pure Genius (Universal Channel).
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Barbara Lee represents Berkeley and Oakland and nearby areas in Congress (13th CD). She has built a reputation as an advocate for peace and civil liberties. She was the lone vote in Congress against the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that has been used to justify US wars/bombing/drone killing since 9/11. Most recently she opposed and spoke out against Trump's cruise missile attack on Syria in April.
But lately Representative Lee may be taking a dangerous turn.
At a recent town hall Barbara hosted Malcolm Nance, MSNBC analyst and "former" US intelligence agent who is one of the premier Neo-McCarthyists and Russia bashers in the country.
Nance not only pushed the dubious narrative that Russia "stole the election". He went into a rant about the Russian people saying "Russia is an intensely conservative nation. They have a serf-slave mentality. They are passionately and intensely insincere…" AND "There is nothing we should do that's friendly to the Russians. They've gone from Communists to Autocrats."
We are constituents of Barbara Lee and many of us have voted for her in past elections.
•	Reaffirm her support for peace and opposition to all wars of aggression.


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Give your fish and chips a makeover with this cracker Mexican version, using a corn chip crumb! Delicious with lime and guac, it'll be a new weekly favourite!
Combine flour with chilli powder on a plate. Place egg in a shallow dish. Combine corn chips and breadcrumbs in a separate, shallow dish.
One at a time, dust fish in flour mixture, shaking away excess. Dip in egg, then in corn chip mixture, pressing on to coat.
Heat oil in a large, non-stick frying pan over a medium to high heat. Add fish in two batches. Cook for about 2 minutes on each side, or until golden brown and cooked through. Remove.
Mash avocado in a bowl. Stir in juice. Season with salt and pepper. Mix well.
Serve fish with avocado mixture, fries and lime wedges.
TIP! Omit chilli powder, if preferred. We used the tail end of ling, but perch, dory or any other thin, white fish fillets can be used.


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Research | Open | Published: 09 February 2012
Precession missile feature extraction using sparse component analysis of radar measurements
Lihua Liu1,
Xiaoyong Du1,
Mounir Ghogho2,3,
Weidong Hu1 &
Des McLernon2
According to the working mode of the ballistic missile warning radar (BMWR), the radar return from the BMWR is usually sparse. To recognize and identify the warhead, it is necessary to extract the precession frequency and the locations of the scattering centers of the missile. This article first analyzes the radar signal model of the precessing conical missile during flight and develops the sparse dictionary which is parameterized by the unknown precession frequency. Based on the sparse dictionary, the sparse signal model is then established. A nonlinear least square estimation is first applied to roughly extract the precession frequency in the sparse dictionary. Based on the time segmented radar signal, a sparse component analysis method using the orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm is then proposed to jointly estimate the precession frequency and the scattering centers of the missile. Simulation results illustrate the validity of the proposed method.
Interception of separating ballistic missiles is particularly difficult because the sensor has to be able to discriminate countermeasures, light and heavy decoys, from the warheads within a very limited time [1]. There are three phases in the trajectory of the ballistic missile (BM): boost phase, mid-course phase, and the reentry phase. Mid-course phase is the longest of the three and is the preferred intercept phase in the ballistic missile defense (BMD) system [2].
Since many warheads are spin-stabilized in the mid-course phase, they will precess due to the separation disturbance, and will keep the precession motion until they re-enter the atmosphere [3]. Precession motion, which is a kind of micro-Doppler motion [4], will impose a micro-Doppler modulation effect on the radar echoes, and this is a unique feature of ballistic targets. The precession frequency is an important feature parameter in ballistic target recognition, and it can reflect kinematical characteristics as well as structural and mass distribution features.
At present, the radar based feature extraction for the BM target recognition mainly includes the following techniques: (1) Electromagnetic scattering feature extraction, i.e. radar signal amplitude, phase information, and polarization features; (2) Motion feature extraction, i.e. the spinning and precession frequency extraction based on the time-frequency analysis [5, 6]; (3) Target geometrical structure extraction based on the high resolution range profile (HRRP), ISAR image or three dimensional imaging [7–9].
Most of the BM target radar feature extraction techniques are grounded on the uniformly and continuously sampled data in time domain, and some techniques such as HRRP and ISAR require wide band and high frequency sampled radar echoes. However, due to the practical demands on the BMWR, especially for phased array radars, which work in the mode of multi-task and multi-target, radar return for each target is usually segmented and even sparse in the time domain. This greatly increases the difficulties of the BM target feature extraction task. The analysis of the sparse signal from the BMWR is particularly important to detect and recognize non-cooperative unknown targets, especially for the BMD, a task that must be accomplished swiftly and with as few measurements as possible.
According to the electromagnetic scattering mechanism, in the high-frequency region, the signal returned from a target can be modeled approximately by a sum of signals scattered from some dominant and discrete radiation sources on the target, referred to as scattering centers [10], which implies that the radar signal from the BM in the high-frequency region is sparse. The scattering centers whose number is usually less than ten are normally associated with significant geometric features of the target. The relative position of the scattering centers is a key feature in the missile target recognition task.
Both the sparse nature of the scattering centers and the discontinuous availability of the target's radar return motivate the use of the sparse component analysis (SCA) technique for the extraction of the BM target features, such as the precession frequency and the scattering center relative locations.
So, aiming at identifying the special characteristics of the BM target returns from the ground based warning radar, a method of jointly estimating the precession frequency and the locations of the scattering centers is proposed in this article. In Section 2, the radar signal model of a conical warhead is analyzed and the measurement matrix for SCA is established; Section 3 presents the SCA method using the OMP algorithm to estimate the precession frequency and image the scattering centers of the BM. In order to reduce the computational requirement, the nonlinear least square (NLLS) algorithm is employed before the OMP processing to get a coarse estimate of the precession frequency. Simulation results are provided in Section 4 to assess the performance of the proposed method, and are followed by conclusions in Section 5.
2. Signal model
Precession is a motion unique to the BM in the mid-course phase. Research on the precession motion of the BM target in the United States goes back to the 1960s and the feasibility of recognizing the real warhead and decoys based on the precession motion was validated in the two "Firefly" missions in 1990 [11]. A conical tip is a commonly seen feature in many ballistic missiles [12]. Figure 1 illustrates the precession motion model of a conical warhead. The warhead spins around its geometrical axis and precesses along the direction of velocity v.
Precession motion of a conical warhead.
In order to analyze the radar return from the BM, we establish a Cartesian coordinate system with the origin point O at the center of the BM bottom, set the geometrical axis as the x axis, and set the y axis vertical to the radar incident plane, as shown in Figure 2. The radar return from the BM target can be described as
Distribution of the BM scattering centers.
s ( t ) = ∫ ∫ Ω ρ ( x , y ) exp - j 4 π f 0 R O 1 ( t ) + ( x + O O 1 ) cos φ ( t ) + y sin φ ( t ) c d x d y
where f0 is the radar carrier frequency, c is the speed of light, ρ(x,y) is the scattering intensity at (x,y) in the coordinate system, φ(t) is the aspect angle of the target, Ω stands for the target space, R O 1 ( t ) is the radial distance of the mass center O1 from the transmitter, and OO1 is the distance from the point O1 to the bottom center O. During the mid-course phase (above the atmosphere), gravitation is the only force acting on the BM, which means R O 1 ( t ) can be calculated based on the two body motion theory [13].
According to the geometry and the precession model of a rigid body object, as illustrated in Figure 1, the relationship between the aspect angle φ(t), the precession angle θ(t), the precession frequency f p , and the observation time t can be expressed as
φ ( t ) = arccos sin θ ( t ) sin β ( t ) cos 2 π f p ( t 0 + t ) + ϕ 0 cos 2 θ ( t ) + cos θ ( t ) cos β ( t ) - sin 3 θ ( t ) sin β ( t ) cos 2 θ ( t )
where ϕ0 is the initial reference angle, t0 is the initial reference time and β(t) is the angle between the radar line of sight (LOS) and the vector direction of the warhead velocity v. Compared with the aspect angle φ(t), θ(t), and β(t) change very slowly. So it is not complicated to compensate for the time-variation of the parameters θ(t) and β(t) and the actual method of the compensation [14] need not be discussed in this article. Therefore, one can infer that the aspect angle φ(t) is pseudo-periodic and the "period" T p is determined by the precession frequency f p .
As we can see from (1), the radar scattering mechanisms are complicated, even for a geometrically simple target [15]. However, the concept of scattering centers provides a physically relevant, yet concise description of the object, and is thus a good candidate for use in radar signature modeling as well as target recognition [10]. According to the scattering center theory, (1) can be rewritten as [8]
s ( t ) = ∑ m = 1 M a ( x m , y m ) exp - j 4 π f 0 R O 1 ( t ) x ′ m cos φ ( t ) + y ′ m sin φ ( t ) c , t = [ t 1 , t 2 , . . . , t N ] .
where M is the number of all possible scattering centers on the area illuminated by the radar, (x m , y m ) is the coordinate of the m th possible scattering center, and a m = a(x m ,y m ) represents the scattering coefficient. The positions of the possible scattering centers are chosen to be uniformly distributed in the covered area and their number M is chosen according to the azimuth resolution of the radar, whose limit is λ/4 [16], where λ is the wavelength of the radar λ = f0/c. The actual number of scattering centers is much smaller than M, which means that most of the a m 's are zero. Generally, the upside of the BM is full of the materials with low density, such as the fuze and some carbonaceous stuff, and the main load of the BM is at the bottom [14]. Thus, the distance between the mass center to the bottom center OO1 is normally very small. And the value of OO1 does not affect the relative positions of the scattering centers on the BM. Hence, we set x m ′ = x m +O O 1 and y m ′ = y m . In (3), we define Φ m (t,f p ) as the phase function of the m th scattering center, which is
Φ m ( t , f p ) = 4 π f 0 R O 1 ( t ) + x ′ m cos φ ( t ) + y ′ m sin φ ( t ) c .
s T = [ s ( t 1 ) s ( t 2 ) ⋯ s ( t N ) ] a T = [ a 1 a 2 ⋯ a M ] Q = e - j Φ 1 ( t 1 , f p ) e - j Φ 2 ( t 1 , f p ) ⋯ e - j Φ M ( t 1 , f p ) ⋱ ⋮ e - j Φ 1 ( t N , f p ) e - j Φ 2 ( t N , f p ) ⋯ e - j Φ M ( t N , f p )
where s∈ ℂNis the observation vector, a∈ ℂN×Mis the measurement matrix (dictionary) with unknown parameter f p . Define Π ≜ {a∈ ℂM: Qa= s}. If there is a∈ Π, then a is a representation of the signal s in the dictionary Q. And if we have ∥a∥0 < M, then a is a sparse representation of the signal s, where ∥a∥0 = Card{j : |a j | ≠ 0}. Especially, if ã= arg mina∈Π∥a∥0, then ã is the sparsest representation of the signal s, and K = ∥ã∥0 is the sparsity.
For the conical missile as shown in Figure 1, there are three scattering centers on the target theoretically [17]: one at the top S3, and two at the bottom of the BM S1 and S2. The distribution of the three scattering centers on the BM is shown in Figure 2. So, the sparsest representation ã of the signal s has non-zero values only at the positions of S1, S2, and S3, and the sparsity K is the number of the scattering center, with K = 3. Hence, if we can estimate the sparsest representation s ̃ , we can then image the BM target simply by calculating the non-zero value positions of the vector ã. The sparsest representation estimation ã can be achieved by the following expression
min a ∈ ℂ M a 0 s . t . Q a = s
Assuming that the receiver noise is white Gaussian noise, the observation system is given by
y = Q a + v
where y= [y(t1),..., y(t N )]Tis the observation vector, v= [v(t1),...,v(t N )]Tis the receiver noise vector which is modeled as a zero-mean Gaussian vector with covariance matrix σ2IN×Nwith IN×Ndenoting the (N × N) identity matrix and σ2 denoting the noise variance. So taking the receiver noise into account, (6) is reformulated as
min a ∈ ℂ M a 0 s . t . y - Q a 2 ≤ σ
Solving (6) or (8) with the ℓ0 norm is both numerically unstable and NP-hard [18]. Fortunately, optimization algorithms, such as the basic matching pursuit (MP) [19] and orthogonal matching pursuit (OMP) [20], can exactly recover sparse signals with high probability.
3. Precession frequency estimation and BM imaging
As it has been discussed above, the SCA is suitable to process the radar signal from a BM which is sparse. Thus, the task of BM target imaging, i.e., estimating the positions of the scattering centers on the BM, can be carried out by SCA based on the non-uniformly or even sparsely sampled radar data, which can significantly save the time resource in the BMD system and satisfy the special working mode of the BMWR. However, as mentioned in the sparse system model in (8), there is an unknown parameter f p in the measurement matrix Q that has to be estimated. Further, the precession frequency f p is also an important feature parameter in the BM target recognition.
Here, we propose to jointly estimate the positions of the scattering centers and the precession frequency. The proposed SCA based method consists of solving the OMP for each precession frequency candidate and retain the solution which minimizes the mean square error (MSE) between the measurements and estimated signal. In order to reduce the search space for f p and thus reduce the computational burden of the system, we also propose to initialize the estimation of f p by estimating the period of the observed signal using the NLLS. The NLLS is a widely used estimation approach since it makes no assumption on the distribution of the noise [21]. However, in our problem, the accuracy of the NLLS is limited by the sparse measurements, and thus the NLLS can only be used as an initial guess and a more accurate estimate has to be achieved in the following SCA process.
3.1. NLLS estimation of the precession frequency
Assuming β(t) and θ(t) to be constant during the observation time, the aspect angle in (2) can be rewritten as
ϕ ( t ) = arccos w 1 cos [ 2 π f p ( t + t 0 ) + ϕ 0 ] + w 2
where, w1 and w2 are constants, given by w 1 = sin θ sin β cos θ 2 , w 2 =cosθcosβ- sin θ 3 sin β cos θ 2 . The aspect angle is thus periodic with period T p = 1/f p and so are the Φ m (t,f p )'s and the signal s(t) in (3).
The estimation of all unknown parameters using the maximum likelihood (ML) approach would require a highly nonlinear and multi-dimensional optimization. However, if one is interested in estimating the precession frequency f p only, a suboptimum but computationally attractive approach is described next.
The received signal can be regarded as a periodic signal of an unknown shape in AWGN. If the sampling is very fine, then the period can be estimated easily using time-domain autocorrelation. Otherwise, one has to resort to the frequency domain, as follows.
Using the Fourier series analysis, the received signal can be expressed as
y ( t ) = ∑ g = - ∞ ∞ c g e - j 2 π g f o t + v ( t ) , t = t 1 , t 2 , . . . , t N .
To estimate the parameter f p , we first truncate the above summation to 2G + 1(≪ N) terms, which yields
y ( t ) ≈ ∑ g = - G g = G c g e - j 2 π g f p t + v ( t ) , t = t 1 , t 2 , . . . , t N .
and then solve the following NLLS problem
c ^ , f ^ p 0 = arg min c , f ∑ t = t 1 t N y ( t n ) - ∑ g = - G G c g e - j 2 π g f t n 2
The precession frequency can thus be estimated by
f ^ p 0 = arg max f y H Γ f Γ f H Γ f - 1 Γ f H y
y T = y ( t 1 ) y ( t 2 ) ⋯ y ( t N ) c T = c G c G - 1 ⋯ c - G Γ f = e - j 2 π G f t 1 e - j 2 π ( G - 1 ) f t 1 ⋯ e j 2 π G f t 1 ⋱ ⋮ e - j 2 π G f t N e - j 2 π ( G - 1 ) f t N ⋯ e j 2 π G f t N .
In (13), parameter G should be designed to provide a good trade-off between modeling accuracy (bias) and estimation variance. Indeed, modeling accuracy increases with G (so the bias decreases), but when G increases the number of unknown parameters to estimate increases and this leads to a higher estimation variance. This is a well known problem in estimation theory, and thus will not be discussed here. In our simulation setup, G = 64 was shown to give good results.
3.2. BM target imaging based on SCA
The OMP, a powerful and efficient algorithm for sparse signal recovery [20], is a greedy algorithm similar to the basic MP algorithm. The general goal of this technique is to obtain a sparse signal representation by choosing, at each iteration, a dictionary atom that is best adapted to approximate part of the signal. At each iteration, the OMP approach gives rise to the set of coefficients yielding the linear expansion that minimizes the distance to the signal.
Let q k denote the k th column vector of matrix Q. For the sparse signal model in (8), let b p be the pthorder residue and initialize the residual b0 = y. The indices of the p vectors selected are stored in the index vector I p = [k1,k2,...,k p ], and the vectors are stored as the columns of the matrix Ω p = q k 1 , q k 2 , . . . , q k p . The OMP algorithm selects k p at the p th iteration by finding the vector best aligned with the residual obtained by projecting b p onto the dictionary components, that is
k p = arg max l < q 1 , b p > , l ∉ I p - 1
where < q l , b p > means the inner product of vectors q l and b p . The re-selection problem is avoided with the stored dictionary. The selected vector component q k p is orthogonalized by the Gram-Schmidt algorithm as
u p = q k p - ∑ l = 0 p - 1 < q k p , u l > u l 2 2 u l
The residual b p is updated as
b p + 1 = b p - < b p , u p > u p 2 2 u p
The algorithm terminates when ∥bp+1∥2 ≤ σ.
Since there is an unknown parameter f p in the measurement matrix Q, we perform the OMP algorithm for each candidate for f p and retain the candidate which minimizes the mean squares error between the corresponding sparse representation and observation vector, i.e.
f ^ p = arg min f ∈ ϒ y - Q ^ f a ^ f 2
where â f is the sparse representation obtained by the OMP algorithm for the frequency candidate f ∈ ϒ, and the search range ϒ is chosen to be centered around the NLLS estimate f ^ p 0 presented in section 3.1.
Therefore, the proposed SCA method is summarized as follows.
Step 1: Obtain the initial estimate of the precession frequency f ^ p 0 using the NLLS method;
Step 2: Set the search range ϒ as ϒ≡ f ^ p 0 - ε L , f ^ p 0 + ε P ; for every f ∈ ϒ, obtain a sparse representation â f via the OMP algorithm;
Step 3: Obtain the estimate f ^ p of the precession frequency and the corresponding sparsest representation â f ^ p using eq. (18).
Step 4: Calculate the sparsity as K ^ = a ^ f ^ p 0 .
4. Simulation and experimental results
When the BMWR is working in the mode of multi-target and multi-task detection, the radar return for each target is non-uniformly sampled and time-segmented. The trajectory (see Figure 3) was calculated based upon the two-body motion theory [13]. The geographic coordinate values of the BM launch point are (125.19E,43.54N,0), the fall point is (110.20E,20.02N, 100) and the ground based radar sat is (119.58E,31.47N,50). We assume that there are four observation time segments of the BM, which begin at the 650th, 651th, 652th and the 652.5th second after the BM is launched, respectively. For simplicity, the observation time segments are set to be the same and equal to 50 milliseconds, and the pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of each segment is set to f s = 2048 Hz. Note that in practice, the observation durations and the PRF of the different segments may be set to be different.
BM trajectory and time segmented observation of the BMWR.
The returned signal is from a ground based BMWR with carrier frequency f0 = 5.0 GHz. The simulated BM size considered in this article was set by reference to the Indian Agni-II BM [22]: the length of the warhead is H = 2.09 m and the bottom radius is r = 0.329 m. We assume that the target area is 2.5 m × 1 m, as shown in Figure 2. Taking into account the target recognition requirements and the practical radar resolution capability, the target area is uniformly divided into 60 × 60 small rectangles along the coordinate axes, which means that the number of possible scattering centers M in (3) is set as M = 360, the resolution is about λ/2 along the x axis and λ/4 along the y axis.
Figure 4 shows the plots of the mean estimation of f p using NLLS and OMP methods versus SNR. Figure 5 shows the plots of the MSE of the estimation of f p estimation for the two methods. As a benchmark, the plot of the Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) versus SNR is also displayed in Figure 5. For the parameter estimation using OMP, the step size of the discrete grid for estimating f p at every SNR was set to be lower than the square root of the CRLB. As shown in Figure 5, the MSE of the OMP estimation of f p is two orders of magnitude lower than that of the NLLS estimation, which means that with the prior information of the sparsity of the scattering centers, the SCA method using the OMP algorithm can achieve significantly better estimation performance. With SNRs higher than 10dB, the MSE of the OMP-based frequency estimate is lower than 10-6; this accuracy is good enough for the scattering center imaging process, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.
Plots of mean estimation of f p using NLLS and OMP versus SNR.
Plots of mean square estimation error for f p using NLLS and OMP versus SNR.
Mean and confidence interval of sparsity K estimation versus SNR.
BM target scattering center radar images with different SNRs.
Figure 6 displays the mean values and confidence intervals of the sparsity (K) estimate versus SNR. When the SNR is higher than 15dB, the mean value of the sparsity estimate is two. According to the theoretical analysis in Section 2, the number of scattering centers on the BM is three. However in the geometric model of the BM in this article, the radius of the conical BM top is set to zero and thus the intensity (which is determined by the BM top radius) of the scattering center S 3 is zero too. Hence, the actual value of the sparsity is K = 2, and the simulation result is in agreement with the simulation setting.
With the estimation of the sparse representation â, the target scattering centers can be easily imaged according to the Cartesian coordinate system in Figure 2. Figure 7 displays the BM target scattering center radar images with different SNRs. As shown in Figure 7, the estimation of â is accurate when the SNR is higher than 15dB, in terms of both the positions and the number of the scattering centers.
The micro-Doppler parameter estimation and scattering center imaging are very important in the BM target recognition system. According to the electromagnetic scattering mechanism, the SCA technique based on the sparse measurements from the BMWR can solve this task efficiently and can also greatly save the time resources in the BMD system. The article analyzed the BM radar signal model and established the sparse dictionary according to the sparse nature of the scattering centers of the BM. A method based on the NLLS and the OMP algorithms was proposed to estimate the precession frequency and image the BM scattering centers. The proposed method can extract these feature parameters with limited radar measurements.
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This study was supported by the National Science Foundation of China under grant 61002021.
College of Electronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, 410073, P.R. China
Lihua Liu
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School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Mounir Ghogho
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LL carried out the theoretics analysis of using sparse component analysis on radar measurements, performed the simulation experiments and drafted the manuscript. XD participated in its design and manuscript drafting. MG involved in the design of the study and revised it critically for important intellectual content of the manuscript. WH conceived of the study and gave the final approval of the version to be published. DM participated in the proof reading and the theory analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Four springs ago I built a garden in my neighbor Laura's backyard. She had five raised beds made of graying wood. There was a narrow strip along the north fence, a fat square against a thicket of raspberry canes, and in the lawn three identical rectangles like Lego blocks pressed into a green base.
Laura's house is around the corner from my building. I can make out her roofline from my balcony, but we didn't meet until she sent a message to the staggeringly long and slow moving wait list for a plot in our neighborhood's community pea patch. I responded, and that evening after putting my toddler daughter to bed, I went to meet Laura in her backyard. I was not the first. An avid outdoorswoman close to retirement with cropped silver hair and a trace of an east coast accent, Laura had for several years offered up her garden beds for others to cultivate. In return she asked only that we rid the raspberries of the strangling morning glory vines that snaked from under a neighbor's fence.
Laura gave me a tour. It was twilight, but I saw that the soil was low and sodden from winter rain, and that the weeds had already seeded and were throwing parties and inviting all of their friends. The rotting fence sported rodent-sized holes at the base. The raspberry canes had not been cut back and lay flopped all over the place. Yet I could hardly believe my luck. It looked like possibility to me. "I haven't been back here in awhile," Laura admitted, absentmindedly bending to pull tufts of chickweed from the cracks between the pavers while she talked, as gardeners do. "It might be a lot of work," she said. The garden was work I wanted. I thanked Laura and meant it.
I went to Laura's the next morning and most mornings after that once I'd dropped my daughter off at preschool. I had the time because I was in the middle of a year of absence from my job at the university and on leave from graduate school. I half-jokingly referred to the year as my sabbatical, like I had earned it. I told myself to use the time to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up or to at least make a plan for, you know, life. Instead I read science fiction and fantasy novels, made pot after pot of soup that I gave away to friends, and longed to put my hands in the dirt.
The last of Laura's gardeners left a mess, and that's where I started because cleaning up was something I knew how to do. After weeding, I dug down into the beds and among the fat happy earthworms found knobby overgrown root systems of lord-knows-what and heaps plastic plant tags. Unearthing these traces of the gardeners before me was like coming upon relics of a love's past loves. Fascinated and dismissive all at once, I examined everything, puzzling through what it was and what it meant. Then I had a moment of panic that the previous gardeners had done it (this, gardening) better than I would because what I did not tell Laura is that despite being raised by a master gardener (my mother), I had no clue what I was doing. And then I unceremoniously hucked all evidence of those other gardeners into the compost bin. Ciao!
I took Laura's request on the behalf of the raspberries seriously and on hands and knees unwound morning glory vines from the delicate emerging canes, pulling great lengths of the weed from the ground only to find that it rematerialized almost instantly. Under a mass of the stuff, in the corner of the raspberries, I found a smooth pale rock etched with the word Little. Little was a bunny. He had belonged to Laura's daughter. Laura told me that when Little died, her daughter saved her allowance to commission the gravestone and then buried him between the raspberries and the roses.
Laura's daughter stamped her girl-child sadness on stone. I wrote mine in black ink on plywood crosses in a graveyard long ago covered by salal and blackberry brambles at the edge of my parents' property, across the lawn from my mother's garden.
The most beloved who have passed are interred in my mother's garden inside the tall fence meant to deter deer. My grandmother's ashes in a turquoise urn nestle alongside the remains of Esmeralda the cat, the first being my parents cared for together and my grandmother's devoted companion in her final days. Cat and grandmother are buried in the garden under a small spruce with dripping branches in a hole I dug in the sideways rain one March home from college. Like Laura's garden, my mother's garden is more than an artful collection of plants.
My mother's garden is cemetery and memorial and raucous riotous celebration of wild creatures and blooms, where death and life interplay, passing the baton back and forth until everyone gets motion sick while the grosbeaks chuckle. My mother's garden is history, not just a natural history of the land but a family's history. My mother's garden is her project, her legacy. My mother's garden is my inheritance.


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Q: Alamofire print request gives nil Hi I try to print from request but catch nil
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Hang these 3 whimsical owls at different places on your Christmas tree and they will keep an eye out for Santa. Sure to capture the attention of your holiday guests, these cute little ornaments measure about 2" x 2-1/2" x 3/4". Cut from pine wood, hand sanded and painted and coated with at least three coats of clear gloss water-borne polyurethane, these little guys will be a favorite for many holidays to come.


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An Artist's Look at Portland's Best Galleries
Where to find art in Portland
Ryan Bubnis is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator and educator who's been living and creating in Portland for 18 years. Originally from Northern California, he's "always been drawn to Portland's strong, independent and entrepreneurial spirit," he explains. "The city has always made me feel that if I worked hard enough, I could make something happen." And Bubnis has certainly been hard at work. Visitors can discover his boldly-colored works, with geometric shapes and patterns, at One Grand gallery (pictured above), on posters created for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team, on custom shoes designed for Vans, and at our sister property, Dossier, where he's one of several local artists on view. Drawing inspiration from graffiti, folk art and fringe culture, he incorporates a range of mediums, including found objects, paper, wood, canvas and aerosol. And though Bubnis feels that Portland artists each have a unique style and voice, there's one thing he feels unites them all. "Our proximity to nature and the outdoors," he says, is influential across the city.
Here, the artist shares his picks for Portland's best art galleries.
Stephanie Chefas Projects
"I'm represented by this gallery—I just wrapped up my second major show with them."
"Smart curation—I love their roster."
Land Gallery
"This gallery is above the retail space Buyolympia in North Portland. Their monthly shows feature illustrators, designers and children's book authors."
Antler & Talon Galleries
"Friendly and passionate owners and curators with an emphasis on the natural world," he says of these two galleries from the same owners.
"This gallery features both artists and illustrators. The front portion is dedicated to zines, prints, pins and other merchandise. It also has rotating beer taps."
Augen Gallery
"This is a long-standing Portland Gallery that features local and international artists. Along with the work in the main space, I'm a big fan of their print section in the back."


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Q: Arma 3 Death Valley, Finding and Deploying UAv I am playing the first part of the Arma 3 single player campaign, "Survive" on the mission "Death Valley."  I can complete the mission up to the point when the squad begins being mortared, and the player is tasked with deploying a UAV to find the enemy mortar crew.
Every time, I can find the body with the UAV terminal on it, but I can never seem to find the UAV itself.  Using the UAV terminal does nothing other than bring up a map screen.  The UAV bag on the body has nothing in it.
I have played the mission in the past where I have found the quad-rotor, but I cannot, for the life of me, consistently remember where to find the UAV itself.  Is it on the same person where you find the UAV terminal?  Where can I find the quad-rotor, so that I can assemble it and complete that mission?

A: Although there is nothing in the bag when you look, the UAV is dissasembled inside. Put the UAV backpack ON YOU. Then choose assemble UAV from action-menu. Hope it helps

A: the uav is the bag itself.loot the bag


The blaze broke out in the early hours of Saturday morning at the music and arts event in Indio, California. "She started with hit singles from her fifth and latest 2019 album, thank u, next, including 'God Is a Woman" and 'Bad Idea'.
Joey Fatone, J.C. Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick and Lance Bass posed next to the 7 Rings artist in the shot. She then launched into 'Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored', a track that samples "NSYNC's hit 'It Makes Me Ill', from their 2000 album No Strings Attached". Noticeably absent was Justin Timberlake.
Days before her performance, Grande posted videos of herself singing along to the boy band's music, including throwback footage of at a 'NSYNC concert belting out the lyrics in her mother Joan's arms. Grande and Minaj also sang their 2014 collab, "Bang Bang".
'Performing with *NSYNC is exactly what any '90s kid would do once they've made it, ' the user wrote.


This, small, rose dome cake topper is to adorn the top of a six inch rich fruit cake. This cake will form part of the wedding cake table and is in addition to the main wedding cake.
As you can see from the images above, and below, just how small this little sweetie is! It was tried for size on a dummy six inch cake, above and placed next to a standard sized coffee mug, below.
The small cloche was purchased by the groom specifically for this purpose and the rose decorations inside have been made by my sister.
You will notice from the 'Work in Progress' images and the final image, in the header and below, that the ribbon has been changed.
This is because the small 6mm ribbon initially used was simply too small on its own, so it was backed up with a 10mm piece of red satin ribbon.


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There's never been more urgent need for proven solutions in the Federal Health market. Health agencies cannot afford to maintain the status quo or wait to take action on pressing problems. That's why now is the time to reimagine a more streamlined approach to Federal Health, one that takes the best tools and people available and puts them to work to meet the greatest demand determined by your agency's priorities — the demand for better health outcomes.
A Partnership of Proven Solutions
As the premier digital modernization firm for the Federal Government, Octo and B3—an Octo company—work in tandem to serve our nation's Health organizations, including Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and the Defense Health Agency.
Providing some of the most advanced IT modernization capabilities in the GovCon space, we bring the simplicity of low-code/no-code systems development, combined with AI, machine learning, and data analytics to empower Health customers to streamline priorities and processes and solve problems to improve results.
Our combined experience helps us shape mission success that extends from addressing today's challenges and tomorrow's. Learn how Octo and B3 empower agencies to achieve better outcomes in five key areas:
Deliver Digital Transformation
Octo created the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) which accelerates the VA's modernization efforts by using emerging technologies to better serve veterans and their families. Learn more about Octo's DTC development.
Improve Scientific Research
Cloud technologies drive cost savings, improve application flexibility, and support dispersed users so CBIIT can more effectively support NCI's cutting-edge research. Learn more about Octo's cloud solutions at NCI.
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A detailed strategy and deployment plan streamlined the single largest transformation effort in the history of OSHA's OIS. Agile-based Operations and Maintenance delivered direct and immediate value to the end-user community. Learn more about Octo's approach at OSHA.
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Octo's support makes data easier and safer to enter into HHS' QSRS user interfaces. Predictable development cadence allows AHRQ to better plan for the roll-out of future release of QSRS to hospital care systems nationwide. Learn more about Octo's support of HHS.
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To ensure the VA's ambitious modernization goals were able to be reached while still maintaining the highest security standards, Octo's team, which leads the DTC program, developed a plan to embrace FedRAMP and help guide vendors through the process. Learn more about Octo's approach to cyber at the VA.
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This sequential, three-phase study used quantitative analyses to examine the characteristics of student dropouts and the characteristics of schools successful and unsuccessful in mediating dropouts. Narrative profiles were created to describe types of students and types of dropouts. Phase I consisted of three parts, each using the student as the unit of analysis. Part One examined the profile of all Louisiana dropouts. Part Two involved the creation of clusters of dropouts and non-dropouts combined. Part Three focused on the creation of dropout clusters. In Phase II, the percents of potential dropouts were calculated for 301 schools using the dropout characteristics from Phase I. The purpose of this phase was to classify schools into one of nine cells in a 3 x 3 contingency table that crossed three levels of Percent of Actual Dropouts with three levels of Percent of Potential Dropouts. In Phase III, a MANOVA was conducted using a 1 x 4 design. The levels of the independent variable were four school categories from the Phase II contingency table: consistently high dropouts schools, consistently low dropouts schools, schools more effective in dropout prevention, and schools less effective dropout prevention. The cluster analysis results for the non-dropouts and dropouts yielded three clusters: "high achievers," "average achievers," and "low achievers." The cluster analysis for the dropouts also resulted in three clusters: "quiet dropouts," "typical" dropouts, and "high-achieving pushouts." The MANOVA produced overall significant differences among the set of dependent variables (attendance rate, class size, student achievement, suspension rate, teacher certification, and teacher test scores). The planned contrasts results showed that consistently low dropouts schools had significantly higher student achievement than the less effective schools, while the more effective schools had significantly higher attendance rates and student achievement than the consistently high dropouts schools. These findings have two major implications for dropout prevention. First, dropout prevention programs should have components that reach all types of potential dropouts. Second, more extensive efforts should be made to obtain the reasons individual students drop out. Students who drop out for like reasons could be studied to develop prevention measures for similar students.
Crain-Dorough, Mindy L., "A study of dropout characteristics and school-level effects on dropout prevention" (2003). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 777.


The Kubota Group seeks to win customer satisfaction and confidence by offering innovative products, technologies, and services that meet their needs.
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The Kubota Group respects the human rights and dignity of all people, and does not violate human rights.
The Kubota Group respects the privacy of individuals and works to protect personal information.
The Kubota Group maintains a safe and healthy working environment and continually works to improve and safeguard workplace conditions.
The Kubota Group respects the diversity, creativity, and challenging spirit of its employees and promotes a vibrant work environment.
The Kubota Group aspires to create a society where sustainable development is possible on a global scale.
The Kubota Group contributes to the conservation of global and local environments through its environmentally friendly operations, products, technologies, services, and corporate activities.
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The Kubota Group makes appropriate and timely disclosure of corporate information and fulfills its responsibilities for transparency and accountability in corporate activities.
We strive to offer products, technologies, and services that are safe and of superior quality to win customer satisfaction and confidence. We comply with all applicable legal regulations, specifications, standards, and contractual obligations with our customers and business partners. Moreover--in each of our processes from development to manufacturing, sales, and service--each related department assumes the responsibility of ensuring safety and superior quality in our products and services.
If we discover that a safety issue has arisen, we act swiftly and report the issue accurately and appropriately to each responsible department and then proactively work to correct the issue and eliminate them from reoccurring.
We believe that "For the Kubota Group, there is no greater revenue or profit that has to be pursued to the extent worth jeopardizing our brand and company image." Quality is a top priority for our customers, and the Kubota Group will in good faith adhere to our standards, specification and regulations in an effective and ethical manner.
When we receive requests or complaints from our customers, we place ourselves in their situation and respond promptly and accurately.
We work on customer requests and complaints to improve quality and avoid future customer dissatisfaction, and we also make appropriate disclosures of necessary information regarding serious quality problems.
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We are aware that strict compliance with laws and corporate ethics is the foundation for conducting business activities, and, in all aspects of our corporate activities, we act in accordance with governing laws and corporate ethical principles, as well as carry out operations honestly and in good faith.
We review and observe the laws and regulations of all relevant countries and regions thoroughly and conduct our business operations in accordance with the laws.
In international transactions, we comply with treaties, agreements, and other international rules.
We report concerns that arise regarding possible violations of laws and corporate ethics promptly to the appropriate management personnel or contact and seek advice through in-house reporting channels.
We take special care to protect the privacy of the employees reporting these matters to ensure that they will not be retaliated against.
We respect "fair and free competition." We comply with the provisions of Anti-Monopoly Laws and other related laws and regulations, and do not engage in unfair transaction practices.
We build fair and transparent relationships with our many business partners based on trust and open transaction practices.
We encourage our business partners to promote their efforts in legal compliance and fulfillment of social responsibility.
We do not take advantage of our position as buyers to request unethical financial compensation or special treatment from our suppliers.
We comply with all internal Company rules, including the Charter for Action, this Code of Conduct, and the Rules of Employment, based on a good understanding of the spirit of our Global Principles, "Kubota Global Identity," and carry out our activities honestly, ethically and in good faith.
We do not use our individual positions as management or staff to engage in actions to make personal gains from activities that are against Company policies and not in the best interests of the Company.
We do not use Company assets--including land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and office supplies, etc.--for other than business purposes.
Also, we do not make use of information assets, including PCs and mobile devices, software contained in PCs and mobile devices, and information systems, etc., for anything other than business purposes.
We have respect for the intellectual property rights of others--including patents, utility model rights, design rights, trademarks, copyrights, and know-how-and do not use them improperly.
We appropriately manage and preserve our own intellectual property rights and do not allow third parties to use them improperly.
We use our intellectual property rights effectively.
We manage confidential information, including information pertaining to business operations, technologies, management, personal information, and other matters (any and all business information not externally disclosed) properly in accordance with laws and internal Company rules.
Even after termination of employment, we do not take out, use, or disclose confidential information, whether retained electronically or otherwise, without permission from the appropriate Company management personnel.
When we gather information, we obtain it through the proper methods from persons who have the appropriate authority to disclose it.
We adopt comprehensive information security measures to prevent the leakage of electronic information, theft of information by others, and falsification, by promoting proper management in accordance with laws and internal Company rules.
We support the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and respect the human rights of all people.
We do not discriminate or violate human rights on the basis of nationality, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity (*), disability, or for any other reason whatsoever.
We do not permit forced labor or child labor, and also request our business partners for compliance in this regard.
We do not allow infringements of human rights, such as any type of harassment, or mistreatment. We regard one another as important partners and seek to build rich and rewarding personal relationships.
We are aware of the importance of privacy and personal information related to our customers, management, employees, and others. We comply with relevant laws and Company rules to handle information properly, and work to prevent the loss, leakage, or other misuse of personal information.
We engage in activities and initiatives to ensure the safety of our equipment and work methods and to eliminate potential dangerous or harmful factors from the workplace, with the objective of safeguarding the health and safety of our workers.
In addition, we conduct work activities in a safe manner by observing the laws, standards and internal rules in each of the places we work. In particular, the management of the Company regards safety, sanitation, and health as its primary responsibility, and works to make safety, sanitation, and health the basic foundation for the conduct of its operations, while endeavoring to make relevant improvements in machinery and equipment as well as create a pleasant work environment.
We work to create a positive and vibrant workplace.
We promote proper communication among ourselves, and take good care of our physical and mental health.
We respect the diversity and creativity of our employees, while accepting the challenge of coping with constant change.
We promote environmental conservation measures in all stages of our corporate activities, including product development, production, sales, physical distribution, and service.
We also request that our suppliers understand the importance of environmental conservation efforts and cooperate in this regard.
We promote global environmental conservation measures intended for dealing with climate change, creating a recycling- based society, conserving water resources, and controlling chemical substances.
We promote global environmental conservation by providing products, technologies, and services that contribute to solving environmental problems.
We make efforts in the reduction of environmental risks and promote our business activities with proper consideration for the protection of local environments, including pollution prevention.
We actively participate in environmental beautification/education activities in local communities.
By introducing the environmental management system and establishing voluntary targets and action plans, we work on our daily business operations.
We endeavor to enhance environmental awareness through active environmental education/enlightenment activities.
We actively provide the stakeholders with environment-related information.
We collect stakeholders' opinions broadly through environmental communication, and reflect the findings in our environmental activities.
We deeply understand the history and social conditions of all countries and regions, and respect their cultures and customs.
We observe the provisions of all relevant laws and regulations, as well as internal rules, in exporting and importing goods, technologies, etc., with the aim of supporting international peace and safety.
We take a strong stance against antisocial elements and groups that threaten the order and safety of society and cooperate with the police and other organizations to ensure the thorough elimination of any relationships of such elements and groups. We never respond to improper requests made by these antisocial elements.
We comply with all relevant laws and regulations and do not engage in such activities as giving illegal political contributions or offering bribes. When we make political contributions and gifts, we observe relevant laws and the Company's internal rules.
We also never offer bribes to any foreign public officials.
We do not exceed the limits for offering entertainment, gifts, or donations to our business associates that are commonly accepted in society and in accordance with the Company's internal rules. Specifically, we do not offer entertainment, gifts, or donations for the purpose of obtaining unfair advantages.
We proactively offer support for social, educational, and cultural activities, communicate and associate with local communities, participate in beautification projects, and engage in other various volunteer activities.
We obey traffic laws and regulations and thoroughly reinforce safe driving.
We properly disclose information, in accordance with related legal provisions, on the management of the Company, its business operations, and other matters in a timely manner and according to appropriate methods.
We promote active communication with a broad range of stakeholders, including not only shareholders and investors, but also consumers, employees, and local communities, etc., and fulfill our responsibilities for transparency and accountability in corporate activities.
We properly follow all relevant laws, accounting standards, and internal rules in accounting for sales, expenses, and other financial statement items.
We comply with all relevant laws and regulations, properly file tax returns, and pay taxes.
We place emphasis on internal auditing, including internal control audits related to financial reporting, closing audits, internal control audits related to the basic functions of the Company and compliancerelated internal control audits, etc., with the goal of enhancing the quality of our operations.
We do not engage in trading the shares of the Company or its associated companies based on material, non-public information that might give rise to suspicions regarding "insider trading." This includes information related to increases or reductions in capital, mergers and acquisitions, or alliances. Moreover, we do not divulge such material, non-public information to third parties, including members of our families.


I have a Bachelor of Psychology (BPsych), Bachelor of Behavioural Science Honours (BBehScHons) and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.
I have worked as a sessional academic and have experience in different inpatient and outpatient settings in the public and private sectors.
I tailor evidence-based Interventions depending on client preference and current concerns. I practice supportive psychotherapy from psychodynamic and cognitive behaviour therapy perspectives. I also draw on attachment theory and mindful self-compassion.
I offer Individual therapy to children and adults. Click here to see the Child Therapy page.
The first session involves gathering pertinent information so that I can best understand your current concerns. I will ask a series of questions so I can begin to understand relevant factors from your past. I will also ask about current factors that may be contributing to the problem. We will discuss what your goals are in attending therapy. I will then offer my summary and formulate a proposed course of treatment. This process is collaborative and flexible; it is about ensuring we have a shared understanding of the issues that brought you to come see me so that I can offer the most targeted approach in treatment.
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I am always guided by client preferences and characteristics. I also use specific outcome measures to assess therapy progress throughout the course of treatment. Everybody responds differently to therapy and people are often surprised by what "comes out".
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