Ever wonder where all those majestic images of the Canadian Rockies were taken? Pinpointing most of the iconic locations is relatively easy. However, being there at the right time and honing in with a stunning composition is another matter. It's pointless to reiterate all the superlatives describing the vastness and grandeur of this area. To us, the Rockies are aptly named. It is, indeed, a large pile of rocks interlaced with streams, rivers, lakes and forests that house an abundance of wildlife that create an endless photography experience. Amazingly it's also still relatively pristine. Despite the considerable infrastructure developed to handle the tourists and traffic that dominate activity during the summer months, it retains an almost surreal atmosphere from even the most easily accessible locations.
Seasonally, the Rockies can be characterized as having long winters with a short, wet spring and colorful, dry fall. If you're looking for comfortable yet productive photography, there are definite times to avoid. June is wet and January bitterly cold. If you're new to the area, we recommend the following times: WINTER - (December 1-15, February 21-28 and, March 1-7); SUMMER - (July 24-31 and August 1-7); and, FALL - (September 24-30 and October 1-7).
To begin, we define the Canadian Rockies loosely as encompassing five distinct but interconnected areas: Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kananaskis Country, Waterton National Park and Yoho National Park. This synopsis will focus on the first two, with the emphasis on visiting during the three seasonal recommendations above. We've isolated locations that are safe and readily accessible, either roadside or a short walk from your vehicle. The narrative is skewed toward landscapes but includes birds and wildlife that frequent specific areas. Don't worry that you're missing something in the backcountry. It will take several years and many visits just to photograph the easy stuff. Off road locations that require overnight camping are usually a tough slog. At our age, these lung-burners are definitely not our cup of tea! If you want an exhaustive list of the definitive locations, including specific mileages that pinpoint exact locations with seasonal and time of day recommendations, visit Darwin Wigget's website on "How To Photograph The Canadian Rockies". It's absolutely the best overview of landscape and wildlife photography opportunities in the Banff and Jasper areas. Our synopsis is a little more pedestrian, keying on the more accessible sites that are a mainstay of Rockies photography. All are accessible roadside and easily fulfill what for the most of us are short visits with hopeful expectations.
Our objective was to begin to produce an anthology of photographs depicting specific locations in the Canadian Rockies from a seasonal perspective. What better place to start than winter as we felt the contrast from the summer months was at least a gauge from what we experienced during the high traffic tourist season. Notwithstanding, from what we had read, including the above definitive Rockies photography recommendations, nothing prepared us for the actual winter experience, especially as it applied to the conditions we found in October and the early part of December. During the former period, we found only a dusting of snow to contrast the open water creeks we hoped to photograph. We caught the odd wildlife roadside but nothing really grabbed our attention despite the miles we put in. Early December was another matter. Deep snow covered most of the popular locations and much of the open water that remained was clogged with ice jams. Snowplows created high roadside snow banks and at one location, the Quartzite Boulder Pile on the Icefield Parkway, splattered snow over what could have been an excellent opportunity to capture some abstract images. To our surprise, the Bow Valley Parkway to Lake Louise was clear. Baker's Creek was completely snow bound and a bust but Morant's Corner provided vistas mid-morning that took your breath away. If we had one recommendation to travelling through this area as December progressed it would be to carry a light pair of snowshoes as the off road potential to capture good sidelight with foreground objects is limitless. This also applies for the Icefields Parkway and the Jasper winter routes.
This is a relatively small area to cover in winter but requires time (a recurring theme throughout this synopsis). We have identified certain must stops such as the Castle Junction Bridge but there are many other viewpoints that can produce stunning winter images given the right conditions. Winter sunrise and sunset occurs roughly at 8:45 AM and 4:30 PM respectively, although we found the productive time within this period to be relatively short. The one advantage to this time of year is that the sun is low angle, creating good shadow detail. Most locations are roadside or within a short walking distance from your vehicle. This makes for a convenient and comfortable driving visit, stopping for photography only if the right weather conditions prevail.
A good place to start is Cascade Ponds at sunrise. This is a local picnic area that can produce good winter scenes after a light snowfall if you can position to eliminate the odd building, bench and foot path. There are two bridges that make good foreground objects and can be striking as the early morning light casts shadows on the fresh snow. You can continue on the Minnewanka Scenic Drive and try the waters edge that connects Johnson and Two Jacks lakes. We generally bypass this area as the lakes are snowbound in early December and there are better morning locations elsewhere. The road is closed just past the marina with no winter access to the Bankhead area. It is, however, a phenomenal summer area as you will learn in a later synopsis.
A good early to mid-morning location is the Castle Mountain bridge just off Highway 1 midway to Lake Louise. This area is side-lit in winter at sunrise and front-lit at sunset, exposing castellated peaks. By early December the ice jams and snow leave little open water but what remains makes a good foreground for an image of Castle Mountain, especially looking upriver. Downstream provides eastern views of Sawback Ridge or the Massive Ranges. Access is from a chained gate that can be opened on either side of the road. As you drive to this location on Highway 1, look for similar gates along the highway where access can be gained to similar scenes with a much broader perspective of the Bow River. We use these often and have never encountered any signage restricting access. Remember, park well off the road and secure the gates when entering and leaving.
A good way to complete the morning is to cross the bridge, turning left at the gas station and lodge. You are now on the last leg of the Bow Valley Parkway. We found Baker Creek snowbound with no open water but it is a good location if winter is not too far advanced. As you progress down the road, watch for an opening on the left that provides a tremendous perspective of Temple Mountain, especially if a recent snowfall is still clinging to the tree line. The real vista for this time of day is Morant's Corner, so don't doddle! It's the classic iconic image of the Rockies railway if side light and cloud structure cooperate. You can't miss it on the left as you descend a small hill near the access to Lake Louise.
We usually stop for lunch in the village and take stock. It's not worthwhile going north along the Icefields Highway as the locations along the early part of this route are morning events. While at Lake Louise, we recommend you try Porcupine Creek in the town site to try and glean some open water images along the treed and the snow-clad shoreline. Again, you may find it snow bound as December progresses. If so, move on to the lake and try a panorama of the hotel from various walkway locations. A good location is the small creek that exits the lake next to the hotel if the edges haven't been trampled. There really isn't much left here in winter as the spectacular vistas at Morraine Lake are closed for the season.
If you hurry, a great way to end the day is to head for Banff and try the Vermillion Lakes and the west face of Mount Rundle. This is a mid-afternoon to sunset location. Evening light creates a great setting for shoreline images from the three lakes. It is a must stop anytime but requires a scouting trip to determine where best to position for foreground and backdrop. Thankfully it is a short road minutes from the north end of town that will take little time to traverse. There is at least one warm spring on the second lake that creates a pocket of open water during the winter, providing a crystalline-edged reflecting pool and some feathered ice. Nearby is a canal that provides a good contour. The stumps at the end of the road offer a good panorama opportunity. Hopefully there will still be some open water and frost covered vegetation along the irregular ice-fringed shoreline.
If you manage to get all the above in, it will have been a full and tiring day where you have tried to use the time and light to your best advantage. Next day we take the same approach and start with a drive over Tunnel Mountain in the early morning looking for vistas of Mount Rundle and Cascade Mountain. We leave the Hoodoos viewpoint for later in the day. Once we reach Highway 1, it's off to Canmore to catch the early morning light on the east face of Mount Rundle. The best location is the Bow River (cross the bridge off 8th Avenue and park in the lot provided on the left). Trails provide access to the river and it's simply a matter of finding an ice formation that makes an interesting foreground. We found Elk along the Three Sisters Parkway to complete our morning. We haven't explored this area fully but understand there is an abandoned golf course behind Stewart Creek that provides good vistas of the valley. Also, there is winter access to the Quarry Lake area that we intend to explore on a later trip.
Heading back to Banff, we try to take advantage of a number of early to late afternoon and evening locations, although it's impossible to fit them all in at one go. If there is a good cloud formation, we like the bridge at the end of Banff Avenue, especially at river level with a view of Cascade Mountain. Here you can play with the bridge stonework and use it's length to create various perspectives. Just down the road is Bow Falls. Here we like to walk the river looking for interesting ice formations where a water blur can create exciting abstractions. As mentioned earlier, the Hoodoos viewpoint on Tunnel Mountain is also a good late afternoon choice to capture the grandeur of the Bow and Spray valleys. Dusk is also a good time to visit nearby Surprise Corner if you are looking for a classic winter image of the Banff Springs Hotel.
We can offer some advice on what to avoid. We tried Mount Norquay Drive in the afternoon, stopping at the stone wall and parking lot roughly five minutes from Juniper Way. The drawback at this time of year is simply too little light to illuminate the town of Banff. The snow along the wall is also well trampled, negating its use as an interesting foreground. The Bighorn Sheep that frequent the lower meadow are tough to reach due to the snow. It's simply pointless to approach them as attempting an intimate image verges on harassment. There are much better places to view and photograph sheep in the Rockies. However, in the summer this is a must late day location as it has coughed up some classic images of Mount Rundle and the Goat Range. Notwithstanding, if there is a chance of alpen glow off Mount Rundle, this is a good place at any time of year.
Before leaving the town of Banff, we have been told that a good location anytime during winter is the Cave and Basin. To our extreme disappointment, we found it closed, although it may have been a temporary situation. There are supposedly four short hikes (Discovery Loop, Marsh Boardwalk, Marsh Loop and Sundance Trail) that are a must to scout in winter as the condensing steam from the hot springs often coats the surrounding trees with ice, forming abstract shapes that can produce a plethora of interesting images. We encourage you to check it out.
It's simply impossible to take in all the known locations along this 230 kilometer stretch in one day. Winter travel between Banff and Jasper can also be a nerve wracking experience. Although the road is well maintained, it can become a "skating rick" in places and should be driven at a slow pace. We set out only if the weather is relatively decent and stop as opportunities arise along the way. Road conditions are usually good and some parking lots are plowed and have toilet facilities (call 1-877-262-4997 or visit www.ama.ab.ca/road-reports/routes for up-to-date information). We recommend you carry snowshoes as you may want to get off the road if something catches your eye.
Progressing north from Lake Louise is definitely a morning event, so plan an early start. This can be a great stretch of road at this time of day as mist and fast moving fog often bring the peaks in and out of view, creating some surreal vistas after a heavy snowfall. We generally stop at Mosquito Creek and explore the campground and creek area looking for shadows from snow-bound willow and spruce trees or walk the waterways keeping an eye out for open pools with ice detail. If you get here after an early snowfall, this is a great location for water blur images. As December progresses, however, this area becomes snowbound, leaving no open water and a difficult terrain to traverse. This is also the case at Bow Lake. Here the Num-Ti Jah Lodge closes early and is boarded up, leaving little opportunity to include the building in its picturesque winter surroundings. The subalpine meadows between here and Peyto Lake are worth a look for some off road panorama opportunities as the sidelight can cast good shadows amongst the small conifers and moderately undulating terrain. If its early in December, you may want to try the Peyto viewpoint. Although the road up is closed in winter, it is an easier and safer walk than using the trail. Again, sunrise to mid-morning is best as Caldron Peak gets the first light. It's also possible that the lake is snowbound, so ask at the parking lot if any returning hikers are getting ready to leave.
As this is a day trip with the objective of relatively easy roadside photography, it's best to move on. From here to the north side of the Sunwapta Pass there are many winter vistas that will undoubtedly catch your eye. Most, however, are late November morning events, especially the Upper and Lower Waterfowl Lakes where open water and ice formations can create exciting foreground objects. Don't worry about missing the end of day potential along the Athabaska River. This area can be incorporated easily into your management of time and light as you visit Jasper and environs.
Mistaya Canyon can provide good opportunities almost anytime and should be a must stop. It is a short walk from the parking lot to the bridge overlooking the slot canyon backed by Mount Sarbach. However, the signage recommends that you don't progress past the bridge in winter.
From here on you may find it difficult to explore off road as the area may be snowbound and the snow plows have created barriers that are difficult to traverse. If there is a light covering, the area down from the North Saskatchewan River bridge can be productive as the ice formations make an excellent foreground. The Howse Valley Viewpoint can provide either good panorama or telephoto opportunities of Mount Sarbach, Outram, Survey Peak and Erasmus. It's worth noting for a later trip that the David Thompson highway is a scenic drive that can cough up a lot of wildlife as the shoulders are very wide and clear. It's tough to fit it into a day trip if your objective is to reach Jasper in a timely fashion. The Rampart Ponds is definitely worth the time to explore, especially on a sunny day. Here either the snowbound and backlit trees or open water of the North Saskatchewan River provide many opportunities. There are two or three access points along the road.
We generally don't stop until we reach Parker Ridge. This is a good location for snow drifts and images of the peaks using small trees as foreground objects, especially if some sun and a few clouds are present. A small creek winds down the treed slope farther up the road. A walk down is worthwhile if open water is present.
The Sunwapta Pass leads to the entrance to Jasper National Park. The Columbia Icefields is a spectacular area anytime. Try walking the road looking for snow drifts and cracked ice formations as foreground. As you complete the drive through this area, Sunwapta Canyon, Tangle Falls and the Stutfield Glacier are worthwhile stops. Try the upper reaches of Tangle Falls for more intimate images if the paths are clear and free of slippery sections. It's worth noting for a later trip that Beauty Creek is a good fall location, especially if you take the shot 1.4K walk to Stanley Falls. As you leave the area you can't miss the Quartzite Boulder Pile. If the snow plow hasn't decimated the rocks with snow splatter, it's a good location anytime, especially for the abstract minded searching for snow texture and patterns.
We didn't stop at any of the prominent road access points along the Athabaska River as we planned to take these in later in the trip. It's actually best sunrise to mid-morning for images of Mount Christie and Fryatt. Moreover, we found both Sunwapta Falls and Athabaska Falls closed in the middle of December. They are both good locations for candelabra ice and cool water hues, best under overcast conditions or mid-afternoon to sunset, especially at the latter location if you want to try and catch Mount Kerkeslin at last light. This is a must stop on our next trip.
There are areas in Jasper that we found disappointing during the onset of winter, specifically the Pyramid Lake Road and Highway 16 east to Hinton. The summer and fall locations that we found exciting were drab and had little appeal. To us, Jasper is a three road adventure in winter focusing on Maligne Lake, Highway 93A and the Icefields Parkway south to roughly Mt Fryatt where there is easy roadside access to the Athabaska River.
Our recommendation is that you devote the morning and early afternoon to the Maligne Lake Road. Here we found the best winter photography of our entire trip as the trees were snow frosted and many of the waterways still had open stretches of running water. The weather was also with us as the sun and cloud structure cast great sidelight shadows. Again, we drove the road looking for opportunities, keying on locations that were known to us from previous visits. There are several must stops beginning at the picnic area. This is easy to spot on the right as tables and a toilet facility is visible roadside. Here you should find the Maligne River cobblestones and trees drenched in snow. It's a great location so take your time and try not to disturb the area as you look for good compositions. It's a low light location and perfect for HDR exposures using a wide angle zoom lens in the order of 25-105mm. Watch for similar images at Beaver Creek as you approach the southeast end of Maligne Lake.
A short way down the road you will come to the Medicine Lake pull-off. A fresh snow and sidelight can cast shadows amongst the boulders that dot lakeside, creating a pristine perspective of the Queen Elizabeth and Maligne Ranges. If you were unable to glean any abstractions at the Quartzite Boulder Pile, try the stone formations just at the base of the hill. You may find a well worn path at the top of the road next to the washroom facilities.
Last stop is the bridge next to the lodge. Here you may encounter either mists that coat the shoreline trees with hoar frost or a reflecting pool mirroring the nearby peaks. It's a must stop so take your time and explore the entire area. The only good opportunity we omitted is the famous "canyon crawl" beginning at the Fifth Bridge. This requires crampons and some stamina but is a great trek for those interested in hanging ice and snow formations.
Our recommendation for the afternoon is to drive the 93A artery south off the Icefields Parkway to both Otto's Cache and Meeting Of The Waters. The attraction here is twofold. First is the opportunity to capture Mount Hardisty or Kerkeslin from the icebound foreshore of the Athabaska River, especially at dusk. Alternatively, both are good locations to look for interesting ice and open water formations.
As mentioned earlier, next morning is a good time to revisit the Icefields Parkway looking for road access points to the Athabaska River to frame Mount Fryatt and Christie. As the day progresses, try a walk to the Athabaska Falls, especially if it is overcast. Although we found the road closed, there was no signage restricting access to the falls area. We took a pass as it was very late in the day. If you do encounter any warnings, beware and heed the advice, as this can be a treacherous and slippery location.
This concludes the winter synopsis of the Canadian Rockies given our experience to date. We plan to try again during the late February, early March winter period. You can view our early winter images in Gallery 69.
The Canadian Rockies between Banff and Jasper or in the Kananaskis Country is always a good bet for landscape photography, especially in the fall and winter months. There is, however, a remote but interesting area in the Bighorn Wildlands known as the Kootenay Plains. Its heart is roughly within the first 50 kilometers of the David Thompson Highway, beginning at the Saskatchewan Crossing midway along the Icefields Parkway. Here the eastern slopes get little precipitation but the wind and low winter temperature combine to create spectacular snow and ice formations. The centerpiece is Abraham Lake, a man made waterway that sprouts frozen methane bubbles, cracks and ice jams that make interesting abstracts or foreground objects to frame the mountains, especially at sunrise and sunset. There are many locations along the North Saskatchewan River where the open shoreline or drifts on the sand and mudflats create interesting vistas that will continually challenge your composition skills. It's an area where every lens from a wide angle tilt-and-shift to a zoom long lens is a must to have in your bag. We don't intend to provide a lengthy synopsis of the area. Perhaps the best guide for locations, equipment, clothing and winter warning advice is an eBook by Darwin Wiggett and Samantha Chrysanthou entitled Kootenay Plains and Abraham Lake Winter Edition . We used it to help us prepare and chose late January 2015 for our first foray along this largely undeveloped stretch of highway. This is not an area we can recommend you attempt in winter without a guide, especially as the ice depth can vary and is extremely dangerous if you have no experience working in these conditions. Crampons are essential, as are ice grips for your tripod. Because this is a remote area we decided to use a guide for the first part of our visit, then go it on our own from there. To see how we fared, review Gallery 95.
This was largely a scouting trip for us as we intend to return in the coming years. It also provided the opportunity to gain experience with a new lens, a Canon 24mm tilt and shift that we decided to add to our bag for its versatility, especially with vertical and horizontal panorama images. After reading copious operation articles and searching the internet, we decided to experiment prior to putting it to actual field use as we found the reading material very difficult to understand. We soon discovered the missing element was to orient the lens parallel to the subject focal plain after composing, a very important but totally necessary step to fulfilling your composition vision as this eliminates any keystoning that may be present. The lens is capable of single frame composition as well as landscape or portrait panoramas. The key is to use Live Mode to focus foreground and background subject matter. The sequence is to focus for foreground and then tilt for background resolution. Repeating several times brings your composition into focus. It works like a charm once you practise. We used this lens many times during the trip. For an example of it's panorama capability, view Gallery 94.


It's a crisp December day and Christina and Richard have their family and friends gathered to celebrate their wedding day. I love Fairy Hill it never disappoints, the happy couple are keen to make some amazing images and I'm psyched to catch them in this stunning location. I love winter weddings, they're so different to summer but always seem more about family and friends there's party spirit in the air - I live for that! They seem to get more and more popular year on year. I'm just sitting down now whilst the bride, groom and their guest tuck into a delicious Wedding Breakfast, next up is the party and I can't wait!


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Griffith student athletes qualify for Rio
Published April 27, 2016 July 21, 2016 AuthorMelinda Rogers
Cameron McEvoy, Bachelor of Science (Advanced Honours) student.
Griffith Sports College is celebrating the success of its members this week with 10 student athletes qualifying for the Rio Olympics.
Six students, including Cameron "The Professor" McEvoy and para-athlete Rowan Crothers, qualified during the Australian Swimming Championships with other students qualifying in rowing and water polo.
Cam McEvoy, a Bachelor of Science with Advanced Honours student, has made headlines around the world after he torched the trials pool with wins in the 200m, 100m and 50m freestyle, with his 100m time setting a new Commonwealth and Australian record.
His swimming cap, which showed the signature of a gravitational wave as a tribute to Albert Einstein and his love of science, has also intrigued the world.
Bachelor of Public Health (Health Promotion) student Emma McKeon will make her Olympic debut at Rio.
Upcoming and coming swim star Emma McKeon, a Bachelor of Public Health (Health Promotion) student, is making her Olympic debut after qualifying in five events
"This is something that I have wanted to do from a very young age, so now that I've made the team I'm still a bit overwhelmed," she said.
"I think it is just know that I still have a lot of hard work to do in the lead up to the Games is keeping me pretty grounded.
In the lead up to Rio, the Griffith Sports College will be working closely with its students to ensure they continue to balance their sporting commitments with their studies.
"The Sports College has supported me so much over the last few years in balancing my swimming and studies," Emma said.
"It makes it a lot easier staying on top of things knowing you have that support when things start to get busy or overwhelming with training, competition and travel."
Griffith Sports College Director Duncan Free OAM.
Griffith Sports College Director and former Olympic gold medallist Duncan Free OAM said one of the best things about his job is watching our students on their journeys.
"It's always extremely enjoyable to track a student's sporting results, particularly leading into an Olympic Games," he said.
"The support we provide them makes that bit of difference to allow them to achieve such great things and it's nice to think that Griffith Sports College had a small role in that."
Duncan anticipates another four students will also qualify for Rio with their trials coming up over the next few weeks.
Our Rio athletes
Bachelor of Public Relations and Communications student Rowan Crothers.
Jess Hall, rowing (Bachelor of Psychological Science)
Madeleine Edmunds, rowing (Bachelor of Business)
Emma McKeon, swimming (Bachelor of Public Health, Health Promotion)
Jessica Ashwood, swimming (Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Madison Wilson, swimming (Bachelor of Social Work)
Cameron McEvoy, swimming (Bachelor of Science with advanced honours)
Ashleigh Southern, water polo (Bachelor of Business)
David Edwards, para-cycling (Bachelor of Psychology honours)
Rowan Crothers, swimming para-events (Bachelor of Public Relations and Communications)
Matthew McShane, wheelchair basketball (Bachelor of Industrial Design)
Likely to qualify for Olympic selection
Domonic Bedggood, diving (Bachelor of Sport Development)
Tameka Butt, soccer (Master Business/Master Marketing)
Clare Polkinhorne, soccer (Master Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Nakita Pablo, synchronised swimming (Bachelor of Science)
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Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Represents Health Discovery Corporation in Patent Infringement Suit Against Intel Corporation
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USPTO ruled in favor of Health Discovery on the SVM-RFE Patents in the Interference proceeding between HDC and Intel.
The cornerstone of HDC is its extensive patent portfolio concerning breakthrough innovations that further scientific discovery across numerous disciplines. "
— Chuck Cantine, Partner at Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, July 31, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig, a leading corporate and intellectual property law firm with offices across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and China, announced filing an infringement lawsuit on behalf of Health Discovery Corporation (HDC), an intellectual property development company against Intel Corporation ("Intel") (NASDAQ: INTC). This high-profile infringement lawsuit pertains to HDC's Support Vector Machine-Recursive Feature Elimination ("SVM-RFE") patents.
On February 27, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") ruled in favor of HDC on the SVM-RFE Patents in an Interference proceeding between HDC and Intel. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") held that Health Discovery is entitled to claim exclusive rights to the SVM-RFE technology as set forth in the patent application that was filed to provoke the Interference. The decision ordered Intel's Patent No. 7,685,077 to be cancelled, and dismissed Intel's motions challenging the validity of Health Discovery's patents covering SVM-RFE, and granted a Patent Term Adjustment ("PTA") of 1,785 days (almost 5 years), extending the patent term to June 7, 2025. Health Discovery now has the right to exclude others from using, developing, commercializing or licensing this patented technology without the uncertainty of the Interference proceeding or concerns over the ownership of the SVM-RFE technology.
Health Discovery is the sole owner of all patents related to SVM-RFE, with four issued patents in the United States and five internationally. George H. McGovern, III, HDC's Chairman and CEO, noted, "Health Discovery is taking the necessary steps to protect its sole ownership of SVM-RFE patents against infringement."
Health Discovery has retained the firm of Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig to represent the Company in this matter. The lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division where Intel has operations.
Chuck Cantine, Partner at Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig noted, "The cornerstone of HDC is its extensive patent portfolio concerning breakthrough innovations that further scientific discovery across numerous disciplines. Although HDC encourages collaboration and cooperation among the many that will benefit from its technology, it will vigorously protect and enforce its patent rights when necessary."
About Health Discovery Corporation
Health Discovery Corporation is an intellectual property development company that uses advanced mathematical techniques to analyze large amounts of data to uncover patterns that might otherwise be undetectable. Health Discovery operates primarily in the field of molecular diagnostics where such tools are critical to scientific discovery. The terms artificial intelligence and machine learning are sometimes used to describe pattern recognition tools. HDC's mission is to use its patents, intellectual prowess, and clinical partnerships principally to identify patterns that can advance the science of medicine, as well as to advance the effective use of our technology in other diverse business disciplines, including the high-tech, financial, and healthcare technology markets.
About Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig
Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig is a leading comprehensive legal advisor to national and global businesses with 16 offices nationwide, as well as Toronto, London, and China. The firm was founded by U.S. Army veterans and has over 70 attorneys licensed to practice in over 40 states. Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig has been recognized as one of the top intellectual property law firms by IP Watchdog. For more info visit: www.DBLLawyers.com.
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Port of Duisburg goes green with hydrogen
Germany's Port of Duisburg has today (Dec 17) confirmed plans for climate-neutral terminal powered by hydrogen – and its set to be operational by 2030 with support from several industry partners.
As Europe's largest inland port, the Port of Duisburg's effort highlights the exact role hydrogen could play in future port developments and transform those that are already operational today.
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"MOST REALLY PRETTY GIRLS HAVE PRETTY UGLY FEET": FIRST EDITION OF THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM
WALLACE, David Foster. The Broom of the System. (New York): Viking, (1987). Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $2800.
First edition of Wallace's acclaimed debut novel.
In the tradition of Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, Wallace's first novel, written while he was a 24-year-old MFA student, "attempts to give us a portrait, through a combination of Joycean word games, literary parody and zany picaresque adventure, of a contemporary America run amok… Wallace possesses a wealth of talents—a finely-tuned ear for contemporary idioms; an old-fashioned story-telling gift (as evidenced, in particular, by the stories within stories contained in this novel); a seemingly endless capacity for invention and an energetic refusal to compromise" (New York Times).
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Obamacare Cut The Ranks Of The Uninsured By A Third
Kaiser Health News | By Julie Rovner
Published March 16, 2015 at 12:33 PM MDT
A total of 16.4 million non-elderly adults have gained health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act became law five years ago this month. It's a reduction in the ranks of the uninsured the the Department of Health and Human Services called historic.
Those gaining insurance since 2010 include 2.3 million young adults aged 18 to 26 who were able to remain on their parents' health insurance plus another 14.1 million adults who obtained coverage through expansions of the Medicaid program, new marketplace coverage and other sources, according to the report from the department released Monday.
Officials say the percentage of people without coverage has dropped about a third since 2012: from 20.3 percent to 13.2 percent in the first quarter of 2015.
"The Affordable Care Act is working to drive down the number of uninsured and the uninsured rate," Richard Frank, assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at HHS, told reporters. "Nothing since the implementation of Medicare and Medicaid has seen this kind of change."
Latinos, who traditionally have been least likely to have health coverage, have seen the largest drop in their uninsured rate, according to the report. The Latino uninsured rate fell 12.3 percentage points, from 41.8 percent to 29.5 percent. The uninsured rate for African Americans fell by nearly half, from 22.4 percent to 13.2 percent. The rate for non-Latino whites fell by just over 5 percentage points.
States that expanded the Medicaid program to 138 percent of the poverty line also saw large reductions in their low-income uninsured populations – an average of 13 percent among people with incomes under the new Medicaid threshold. States that haven't expanded the program still saw a decline, though not as large, of about 7 percent.
HHS officials said they expect to have better state-by-state breakdowns and estimates of the number of children covered later this year. The ACA turns five on March 23.
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Q: How to find states given TCP flags as observable states in HMM I am implementing HMM(Hidden markov model).I have obtained a dataset of TCP flags such as Synchronized, Reset, Acknowledgement, FIN/ACK, PUSH/ACK.
The problem is I have to find the number of states so that I can calculate the conditional probabilities, transition probabilities, emission probabilities.
I have assumed random number of states considering the TCP flags as observables. Using Baum-Welch algorithm calculated the transition as well as emission probabilities. But taking random number of states we do not know whether the output is accurate.
So we are trying to find a better way to find out number of states and specifically which are the states to be used.
We are trying to implement the following paper Adaptive IDS using hybrid approach.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!

A: Thinks are easier or I do not understand the question.
SYN, SYN/ACK, ... are TCP flags. Interpret them as a first classification of TCP messages, so, as TCP message types. These are the events in the TCP finite-state machine.
The states of TCP finite state machine are CLOSE_WAIT, FIN_WAIT_1, ... . In total, 12 states.
If you look for "tcp state machine" in google images, you will easily find a draw of the state machine. By example: http://www.ssfnet.org/Exchange/tcp/Graphics/tcpStateDiagram1.gif
Synchronized is not a TCP flag nor state.

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Q: jekyll minimal mistakes theme throwing "uninitialized constant Faraday::Error::ClientError (NameError)" I'm new to using jekyll and tried installing the minimal-mistakes-jekyll theme as a gem. Added the gem minimal-mistakes-jekyll to my gemfile, updated it with the bundle command, and set it as theme in _config.yml on a directory created by jekyll new mywebsite but it's giving me this error when I try to run bundle exec jekyll serve:
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Hestnes Ferreira's proposal for Amsterdam City Hall Competition − analyzed in continuity with Louis Kahn
Alexandra Saraiva Affiliation
Alexandra Saraiva University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) and DINAMIA'CET, Lisbon, Portugal; Universidade Lusíada Norte, Porto, Portugal
The end of the modern movement and the definitive realization of postmodernism installed a period of transition, full and diverse interpretations that overlap with new rationalities and build new ways of problematizing architecture, in the late 1960s. In 1967, the municipality of Amsterdam organized an international competition for its new City Hall. This competition corresponds to a critical moment for the internationalization of Portuguese architects during the period of the Portuguese dictatorship. The analysis focuses only on the proposal of the architect Hestnes Ferreira, who studied and worked with Louis Kahn. The analysis carried out on the project highlights the formal links between the two architects: the interpretation of the concept of Institution; the large central space and the entrance; the order or hierarchy of spaces; served spaces, servant spaces; materiality; natural light; and, finally, monumentality. The objective of this article is to show how Hestnes Ferreira's proposal projects in continuity with Louis Kahn. This article is part of the ongoing Postdoctoral research (2015−2021).
Keyword : Amsterdam City Hall Competition, Hestnes Ferreira, Louis Kahn, Institution, served spaces, materiality, light, monumentality
Saraiva, A. (2020). Hestnes Ferreira's proposal for Amsterdam City Hall Competition − analyzed in continuity with Louis Kahn. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 44(2), 138-144. https://doi.org/10.3846/jau.2020.12713
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Storms, fuel costs could lead to increased Florida Power & Light bills
FPL crews prepare for Hurricane Ian at a processing site in Lake City (Sep. 27, 2022)(wcjb)
By Jim Saunders
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) - Florida Power & Light customers could face increased electric bills in April after the utility got hit in 2022 by hurricanes and higher-than-expected natural gas costs.
FPL said Monday it will ask the state Public Service Commission to approve collecting $1.3 billion from customers to recoup costs related to Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole. It also will seek to collect about $2.1 billion because of high natural gas prices in 2022 — though that would be partially offset by reducing the amount FPL expects to collect for 2023 gas costs by $1 billion.
"FPL has a proven track record of keeping bills below the national average. When events beyond our control — like hurricanes and significant changes in fuel prices — force a change to customer bills, we try to do so in a thoughtful way that minimizes the impact on our customers while balancing the risk of invoices piling up," FPL Chairman and CEO Eric Silagy said in a prepared statement.
The proposals would come on top of increased bills that took effect this month for many customers and additional hikes that will take effect in February. FPL said last year it expected to seek more increases after the hurricane and fuel costs became clearer.
In addressing rates, utilities point to a benchmark of residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a month.
Because of a merger with the former Gulf Power, FPL has two sets of rates. FPL residential customers in areas traditionally served by the utility saw their 1,000-kilowatt hour bills increase from $120.67 to $125.39 in January.
Such bills will go up again to $129.59 in February, according to information released last month by the Public Service Commission. Under the new proposals, they would go to $142.88 in April, FPL said Monday.
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Former Gulf Power customers in Northwest Florida who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity saw their bills go down a penny in January to $155.60. But the bills are slated to go up to $159.79 in February and to $173.09 in April.
FPL would collect the hurricane-related costs over 12 months and the 2022 fuel costs over 21 months. It would apply the offset for 2023 fuel costs over nine months.
Customers' bills are made up of a combination of expenses, such as base rates, fuel costs and environmental costs. Utilities also are typically allowed to pass along costs related to preparing for hurricanes and restoring power after storms — though disputes sometimes arise about whether costs are storm-related.
Ian made landfall Sept. 28 as a Category 4 hurricane in Lee and Charlotte counties before crossing the state. FPL provides electricity in some of the areas hardest hit by the storm, including parts of Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and DeSoto counties. It also, for example, serves much of Volusia County, which sustained damage after Ian went through Central Florida.
The Category 1 Hurricane Nicole, which made landfall Nov. 10 near Vero Beach, battered areas on the East Coast where FPL provides electricity.
FPL said Monday that it also will ask the Public Service Commission to spread costs to all customers from past hurricanes that hit Northwest Florida. That would help ease the amounts paid by former Gulf Power customers.
Utilities have grappled for the past year with high costs of natural gas, which plays a major role in fueling power plants. The Public Service Commission meets each fall to consider fuel costs that will be passed on to customers in the ensuing year, but utilities also are able to seek to recoup additional costs if the projections are too low.
The state Office of Public Counsel, which represents consumers in utility cases, and two business groups criticized FPL and other utilities in the fall for not seeking approval at that point for the higher-than-expected fuel costs in 2022.
They argued that delays in recouping the money could lead to additional interest costs and create uncertainty for residents and businesses. But FPL and other utilities said they wanted to return to the PSC in January with better numbers because of volatility in the gas market.
Duke Energy Florida, for example, said in December that it expected to ask the commission in January for approval to recover about $1.1 billion in fuel costs from 2022. Proposals for FPL, Duke and Tampa Electric Co. had not been posted on the commission website Monday morning.
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Nagumo appeared to be at the center of all the activity, and first used nanobots to extend QONQR geographically from its origin somewhere in east Asia, creating what we now understand to be "zones". As these bots were used to extend Qonqr's influence, the basic tactic of "qonqoring" a zone with these bots became the Zone Assault.
It was members of military leadership, the military-industrial complex and intelligence arms of the most powerful nation-states that first described the threat of QONQR. The Turing Task Force used the French Foreign Legion as a base of operations -- as it was the only military organization outside the control of nations-states. It was this Legion that first called people who helped Qonqr — whom they considered traitors to humankind — "the Swarm".
The Legion's first contribution was to increase the destructive power of nanobots. After the Legion detected the spread of nanobots from zone to zone, they needed a way to stop the spreading of what they considered a malignancy. This new offensive weaponry were useful for destroying bots -- but at a cost. They called it "Shockwave", and while it was an offensive powerhouse, by sacrificing defense. It was not as efficient as traditional assault bots for qonqoring zones, but this suited the Legion well, since their primary goal was to destroy QONQR by destroying bots.
The Swarm faced extinction, and had to defend against the Legion and their new shock bots, so Swarm, (likely Kimyo Nagumo, who was emerging as one of the leaders) reconfigured the bot to deflect energy -- the first defense bot! Or, was the Swarm directed by Qonqr in order to defend itself? Swarm may be enhancing QONQR, or QONQR may be developing the Swarm.
Those now known as the Faceless grew out of disparate "occupy" movements, WTO protesters, and various anonymous hacking groups. "Prometheus" emerged as their shadowy leader … until people began to realize there might not be a ... or not just one ... Promethus. Was it the same Prometheus that made a statement in October was the same Prometheus who released a video in November? How could a leader setting strategy in Berlin also be running small-scale covert ops in Los Angeles? Over time different appearances of this Prometheus began to strain credulity, if it were one person. Prometheus always appeared behind a complex electronic jamming mask, so almost any of the Faceless could be Prometheus. It is assumed they often are. One person? One thousand? Who knows?
Faceless created the next innovation, by hacking QONQR itself, and used the AI's built in communications to find a way to attack zones with pure energy! By using an information matrix, Faceless were able to use the resonant frequency of qonqr AI to send an energetic plasma pulse into enemy bots already in a zone. No bots required as it involved hacking enemy bots already in the zones and sending a powerful pulse of destructive power. With the Legion they perfected the technology, making it reliable when paired with a Plasma Core resonant focuser.
Legion wanted to stamp out the Swarm and needed to extend their ability to attack. Qonqr was spreading! This work led to nanotechnology missiles, not bots themselves but carriers -- to attack enemies at long distance. Like Shockwave before it, this came at a price — removing more armor in order to provide a lightweight, long range devastating attack.
The Faceless then hacked Swarm's new defense bots - by now called the Deflector - to execute a first strike against incoming bots, the live Seeker. Legion accused the Faceless of teaming with the Swarm to create the Seeker, since it's essentially a Deflector modified with Shockwave-style attack tactics.
Legion created the Absorber to allow cover for their shock tactics, to concentrate on other deployment. This allowed them to take over swarm infested areas, deploy their fragile Shock bots and take time to build elaborate booster arrays as the absorbers took all the punishment.
Swarm found a special way to layer bots; like a biofilm almost, or a crystalline lattice. The rigid structure gave strength to surrounding bots, to a point.
Faceless hacked deflection bots again, rendering them invisible and used this stealth technology to hide their deployment strategies ... and their ultimate goals?
Legion further explored destructive force and in doing so boosted the energy significantly, so powerful it almost destroyed half the city during early tests before they learned to control it.
Swarm countered this with a new bot forge, subjecting the bots to tremendous heat and pressure -- before deployment -- creating a strong armor shell. This became the basis of all Strengthen deployments.


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Israeli police break up Hasidic wedding over 14-year-old bride
The Anti-Defamation League said that participants in its security seminars in Israel meet with senior officials from both Israeli and Palestinian law enforcement. (Wikimedia Commons)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Police broke up a wedding in Israel because the bride was 14 years old.
The groom, reported to be in his 20s, and the girl's father were arrested Monday night prior to the ceremony in the central Israeli city of Lod, Israel's Channel 2 first reported. The men later were released to house arrest with restrictive conditions.
The father of the bride, from the Breslov Hasidic sect, is also the rabbi of the community and was slated to perform the ceremony, according to the Channel 2 report.
Allowing an underage child to marry is a serious criminal offense in Israel.
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Maharaja Ram Singh Kaiser-i-Hind (1873 – 1929) was the ruling Maharaja of princely state Bharatpur (1893–1900) and successor of Maharaja Jaswant Singh.
His ruling powers were suspended on 10 August 1900 after the murder of one of his personal servants after which he was exiled to Agra.
He was succeeded by his wife Maharani Girraj Kaur who was regent for her son Kishan Singh from 27 August 1900 to 28 November 1918 until he came of age.

Early life
He was born at Lohagarh, Bharatpur on 21 September 1873, as second son of Maharaja Jashwant Singh by his second wife, Maharani Darya Kaur. He succeeded on the death of his father on 12 December 1893. He ascended the gadi on 25 December 1893.

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Bardino Vecchio (Bardin Veggiu in ligure) è una frazione del comune di Tovo San Giacomo, in provincia di Savona. Ubicata a 233 m sul livello del mare, dista circa 3 km dal capoluogo comunale.

Storia

Il territorio dell'odierna frazione tovese fu, presumibilmente come il capoluogo Tovo San Giacomo, un antico possedimento dei vescovi di Albenga e che fu compreso nella Marca Aleramica dal X secolo e successivamente come proprietà feudale di Bonifacio del Vasto dal 1091. Fu quindi dominio dei marchesi Del Carretto, signori di Savona e di Finale Ligure, che lo acquisirono nel 1212.

Così come l'intero territorio feudale del carrettesco Marchesato di Finale passò sotto l'influenza della Spagna nel 1598 e, seguendone le sorti storiche finalesi, dal 1713 come territorio della Repubblica di Genova. Sarà nel 1797, con le fasi iniziali della dominazione napoleonica nei territori dell'ex repubblica genovese, che le due principali comunità di Tovo e di Bardino verranno ulteriormente scorporate nelle tre "municipalità" distinte quali Tovo, Bardino Vecchio e Bardino Nuovo.

Con la dominazione di Napoleone Bonaparte il territorio rientrerà dal 2 dicembre 1797 nel Dipartimento del Letimbro, con capoluogo Savona, all'interno della Repubblica Ligure annessa al Primo Impero francese. Dal 28 aprile del 1798 con i nuovi ordinamenti francesi, farà parte del IV Cantone, con capoluogo Bardino, della Giurisdizione delle Arene Candide e dal 1803 centro principale del VI Cantone della Maremola nella Giurisdizione di Colombo. Dal 13 giugno 1805 al 1814 verrà inserito nel Dipartimento di Montenotte.

Nel 1815 i tre territori verranno inglobati nel Regno di Sardegna, così come stabilirà il Congresso di Vienna del 1814 anche per gli altri comuni della repubblica ligure, e successivamente nel Regno d'Italia dal 1861; nel 1848 vengono registrati in questa municipalità 610 abitanti. Dal 1859 al 1927 il territorio fu compreso nel V mandamento di Pietra del Circondario di Albenga facente parte della Provincia di Genova; nel 1927 con la soppressione del circondario ingauno passerà, per pochi mesi, nel Circondario di Savona e, infine, sotto la neo costituita Provincia di Savona.

Risale al 6 dicembre 1928 il Regio decreto n. 2971 che ufficializzerà l'aggregazione dei due comuni di Bardino Vecchio e Bardino Nuovo nel territorio di Tovo San Giacomo come frazioni comunali; il 6 dicembre del 2008 è ricorso l'ottantesimo anniversario dell'unificazione delle tre storiche comunità tovese e bardinese.

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Architetture religiose
La sua chiesa parrocchiale, dedicata a san Giovanni Battista, è caratterizzata dal bel campanile cuspidato del XIV secolo in stile romanico. Sul suo territorio, lungo la strada provinciale che collega il centro del paese con l'altra frazione di Bardino Nuovo, sorgono anche il santuario della Madonna delle Grazie e l'oratorio di San Carlo Borromeo.

Architetture militari
Sull'alto di un colle, proseguendo lungo la stradina che porta al cimitero proprio all'inizio del centro abitato, in bella posizione, dominano i resti dell'antico castello carrettesco denominato "dei Folchi".

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Bentley got its start back in 1919 in England, and it rose quite quickly through the ranks of luxury manufacturers. However, eventually its sales started to flounder and few people heard about it. In the 1980s there was renewed life and vigour in the company, and the Bentley name was once again very popular with those who had the means to pay for the car and wanted the luxury that it could provide. Bentleys have six-figure price tags, but they are also very stylish and comfortable, so that makes them some of the best choices for people who are interested in luxury and quality and style, and who are wealthy. There is prestige that comes with owning a Bentley, just like a Rolls Royce or similar vehicle. The reason for the decline of Bentley for a while wasn't even really related to anything that the company did or did not do. Instead, it was more that the entire idea of luxury cars took a hit for a while and a lot of people felt that there wasn't anything that special about them – they all looked the same.
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to assume the role of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) after the general election in the wake of the current SLFP leader, former president Maithripala Sirisena being expected to step down from the post after the polls, Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said today.
He told party supporters at pocket meeting at Angunakolapelessa that Prime Minister Rajapaksa was the undisputed and most suitable politician to be reappointed to the post of SLFP leader to revive it into a strong political party.
"He has the blessings and cooperation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to become the SLFP leader once again. If the Premier is appointed the SLFP leader, I doubt any one opposing or challenging it. The SLFP has been led by strong leaders like him since its inception in 1952," the minister said.
However, at today's news briefing held at the party office, senior patron and SLFP's former general secretary Prof. Rohana Lakshman Piyadasa responding to the Daily Mirror said the next SLFP leader would be elected after consulting the SLFP executive and working committees, political leadership, district and electoral organisers. (Sandun A Jayasekera)
Pg Tuesday, 14 July 2020 06:54 PM
Who cares ???
Citizen Tuesday, 14 July 2020 09:23 PM
Absolutely! Who the hell cares?
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Similarly they should make Maithripala Sirisena as the leader of SLPP
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No any opportunities to Young blood.


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Affordable housing loan borrowers more likely to default: Report
Debora BertiMay 11, 2022
[ecis2016.org] Even as government policies give huge thrust to affordable housing, a study has found that the risks in the segment for lenders is higher, because of a higher propensity among the borrowers to default
As against 1.96 per cent of overall home loans not repaid for over 90 days, the same for loans under Rs 25 lakhs, classified as affordable housing, was 2.33 per cent as of November 2017, says a report by domestic rating agency Crif Highmark, indicating the likelihood that affordable housing loan borrowers are more likely to default. In case of home loans under Rs 10 lakhs, where the average ticket size is Rs eight lakhs, the 90-day overdue loan repayments stand at four per cent – twice that of the industry average, it added.
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At Rs 7.79 lakh crores, affordable housing accounts for 50 per cent of the overall home loans of Rs 15.8 lakh crores. As more banks take refuge in the sector considered more resilient in times of piling non-performing assets, the banking system's home loans outstanding has increased 13.6 per cent, since April alone. As the government seeks to meet its target of Housing for All by 2022, a slew of sops have been given to the affordable housing sector, including inclusion in the mandatory priority sector lending by giving the sector an infrastructure status, introduction of tax benefits under section 80-IA of the Income-Tax Act, concessions on long-term capital gains tax provisions, etc.
Foreign banks are the most affected in the sub-Rs-10-lakh category, with bad loans of 16.20 per cent. Even though MNC lenders account for a small portion of the overall outstanding, they have the highest stress among all on the housing finance side, at 8.42 per cent, it said. The 90-day overdue for the overall housing finance segment stood at 1.36 per cent for March 2016 and has been rising since then, at 1.89 per cent in June 2017 and at 1.96 per cent in September 2017.
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Housing finance companies are stronger in the large ticket premium segment, while the state-run banks have a dominance in the affordable housing sector with a 59 per cent share of the loans. During the past three years, state-run lenders' share in new home loan disbursals has decreased by 10 per cent, while that of housing finance firms has risen by 12 per cent. From an average ticket size perspective, New Delhi leads among the states, with an average loan size of Rs 40 lakhs, the data showed.
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Q: Intellij artifact tool doesn't create correct executable spark jar I created a Spark maven project in IntelliJ IDEA 2018 and tried to export an executable jar file of my main class. As I try to submit it to Yarn cluster, it errors The main class not found! while the MANIFEST.MF includes it:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
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I did the same with other processing engines like Apache Flink and IntelliJ could create an executable jar file that successfully runs on the cluster.
So in Spark case I always have to use maven-assembly-plugin and export the jar file using the command:mvn clean compile assembly:single
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                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
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                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
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I guess it's because of spark dependencies format. I faced the same problem in creating a jar file from my written class using Spark dependencies(not executable). For example, adding spark-sql dependency to Maven project eventuate in getting some other dependencies like spark-catalyst. Is there any way to export Spark executable jar file using IntelliJ IDEA?

A: maven-shade-plugin can be alternative option to create Uber jar. Here is the detailed pom.xml.


The effort to bridge the gap between marketing / branding teams and data scientists is non-existent. It is tempting to think that data is killing creativity because today's CMOs are scientific marketers. But it is really the responsibility of business leaders to nurture a collaborative work environment; striking a balance between "just enough" data and "too much".
Brand building and marketing needs both art and science. Without creatives, data-driven insights cannot be exploited. Without marketing scientists, creative output will be less effective.
The intuitive, trial-and-error approach of brand or product creation can only be improved with data-driven insights. By utilizing data you can create more accurate, efficient and effective strategies, before committing a single dollar to implementation.
Art vs. Science: Will Data Kill Your Creativity?
The debate has been ongoing for many years with articles related to data vs. creativity still fanning the flames today. Although authors on both sides of the issue generally arrive at the conclusion that branding and marketing is a balance of Art and Science, many creatives bemoan that too much data drives, dilutes or even kills the creative process. They wail about the "frustrations" of working with data, how data "polarizes" their teams, and view data as being completely "meaningless" in their line work.
While you can sympathize with the plight of creatives being buried under mountains of data, there is no doubt that at least some data is necessary, and even beneficial to giving creative direction. In the age of big data, human intuition and experience are not enough to create truly excellent branding and marketing campaigns. Similar to how Chefs seek out world-class ingredients to create great dishes, Creatives must seek out world-class information as a foundation to build work that resonates with audiences. To get there, the creative industry must be willing to consume rigorously researched data, review multiple data points and find actionable insights. In other words, we need data to inform our creative strategies.
Most creatives understand that the best creativity comes from constraints. Brands need to collect and analyze customer and market data, so that they can ask informed questions and tackle business challenges from multiple perspectives. Without data, figuring out whether your branding and marketing strategies will actually work becomes a guessing game. With too much data, creativity stagnates and the output becomes is just as useless, as you try to craft a message that fits every data point. Charts, graphs and data points are just a starting point to base the work on. Creatives must be brought into the data gathering process to turn these insights into something consumers can digest.
Business leaders have to put in the time and resources to nurture a collaborative work environment for creative and tech teams. Nothing will emerge without the cross-pollination of ideas you get from collaboration. Without artists, the insights that emerge cannot be converted into a real business advantage. Without scientists, artists can only create based on conjecture, stereotypes and personal preferences, which usually results in campaigns of stunning mediocrity. Even when a truly disruptive campaign emerges, the creatives face an uphill battle from upper-management as greenlighting the unfamiliar always appears incredibly high risk to those signing the cheques.
When they work together from the beginning, marketing scientists and creatives can come together and devise more successful strategies to drive company growth. With their combined knowledge, it becomes easier to convince clients and upper management that the perceived risk of an innovative campaign is minimal, and that executing on disruptive strategies actually make sense when backed up by thousands of data points that culminate into a formidable argument.
Data Does Not Kill Creativity. It Enhances It.
The intuitive, trial-and-error approach to branding and product marketing is no longer competitive. It can only be improved with the addition of data. Data allows you to eliminate the guesswork and uncover insights that can guide you to better positioning your brand or product. It is the way for you to create more accurate, efficient and effective strategies. By utilizing data it can significantly reduce internal barriers and minimize the cost of failure. Today, with data being plentiful and becoming better and better with advances in Machine Learning and AI, creating million-dollar marketing campaigns without utilizing data is unjustifiable. Scientists and Creatives are not rivals, but an evolution of the process that will usher in new possibilities and more powerful creative work.
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Goeben, SMS and Breslau, SMS
By Benjamin Miertzschke
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The flight of the German battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau from the Adriatic Sea to the Dardanelles was one of the most spectacular and memorable naval operations during the initial phase of the war. The arrival of the ships contributed significantly to the Ottomans' decision to join sides with the Central Powers.
1 The Mediterranean Division
2 Escape to Constantinople
3 Strategic and Political Importance
4 Operations in the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea 1914-1918
5 The Fate of the Goeben
The Mediterranean Division↑
The Goeben, a Moltke-class battlecruiser commissioned in July 1912, and the Breslau, a light cruiser of the Magdeburg class commissioned in May the same year, together formed the core of the Mediterranean Division of the Imperial German Navy. The division had been established and dispatched in November 1912 to safeguard European interests in the Ottoman Empire after the outbreak of the First Balkan War, contributing to a concerted action of the Great Powers. The ships took part in the international naval blockade during the siege of Scutari (Albania) in spring 1913 and the following peace mission. The outbreak of the Second Balkan War in summer 1913 called for an extension of the division's deployment in the region. From October 1913 on, Rear Admiral Wilhelm Souchon (1864-1946) served as the Mediterranean Division's commander.
Escape to Constantinople↑
In July 1914, the Goeben was staying at the Austro-Hungarian naval base of Pola to undergo urgent maintenance work. After hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Serbia had commenced on July 28, Souchon at first considered steaming back to Germany to reunite with the High Seas Fleet. On the way, he received orders from the German Imperial Admiralty Staff on August 3 to set course for Constantinople instead, after secret negotiations had been made with Ottoman War Minister Enver Pascha (1881-1922). However, already being near the African coast, Souchon decided to shell at least the ports of Philippeville and Bône to thwart French troop transports. After doing so in the early morning of August 4, the Goeben and Breslau headed to Messina to refill their coal bunkers. On their way, the ships encountered the British battlecruisers Indomitable and Inflexible, yet with the British ultimatum not expiring before midnight, both nations were still officially at peace. After coaling at Messina, the Goeben and Breslau continued their journey to Constantinople. Following the British declaration of war, separate pursuits by the British light cruisers Gloucester and Dublin, aided by two destroyers, ended fruitlessly as the German ships strained their engines to the uttermost. A planned interception by the British 1st Cruiser Squadron, encompassing the armored cruisers Defence, Black Prince, Duke of Edinburgh and Warrior, was abandoned by the squadron commander Admiral Ernest Troubridge (1862-1926), the calibres of his old ships presenting no match for the Goeben. Unchallenged, the Goeben and Breslau arrived at the Dardanelles on August 10. Since the Ottoman Empire was still officially neutral, the German government offered to incorporate the ships into the Ottoman Navy to circumvent neutrality regulations. On August 16, the ships were given the aliases Yavuz Sultan Selim (Goeben) and Midilli (Breslau).
Strategic and Political Importance↑
The arrival of the ships in Constantinople was a decisive step in drawing the Ottoman Empire closer to the side of the Central Powers. The Ottomans, especially Naval Minister Djemal Pascha (1872-1922), had long cherished the dream of possessing a modern navy, both for reasons of prestige and as a counterweight against Russia and Greece. Aware of this, the German government promised to give the Goeben and Breslau as substitutes for two Turkish battleships, the Reshadije und Osman I, which had been built in Britain but were confiscated by the British government at the outbreak of war. Finally, it was agreed that despite steaming under the Ottoman flag, both the Goeben and Breslau would remain German possessions until the war ended. They kept their German crews and remained under the command of Admiral Souchon, who was subsequently made commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Navy.
This way, the presence of the Goeben and Breslau in Ottoman waters formed an integral part and a visible symbol of the German-Ottoman alliance.
The Goeben and Breslau were of key strategic importance as their presence significantly changed the power balance in the Black Sea in favour of the Ottomans. By keeping the Russian Black Sea Fleet at bay, the ships also offered rear cover during the Entente's Dardanelles and Gallipoli campaign, thus helping to prevent supplies from reaching Russia via the Black Sea. The mere presence of the Goeben and Breslau played a vital role in securing the Central Powers' southern front line, indirectly contributing to the Russian collapse in 1917. Beyond that, the Imperial German Navy planned to establish the Ottoman Empire as a permanent cornerstone in its future post-war strategy and used the promise to sell the ships for good as leverage to push for a naval convention and concessions to acquire dockyards and supply bases. However, the realization of these plans was finally thwarted by the outcome of the war.
Operations in the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea 1914-1918↑
On 29 October 1914, a fighting force comprising the Goeben, Breslau and several smaller units of the Ottoman Navy raided the Russian ports of Sevastopol, Odessa and Novorossiysk, provoking the Russian declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire on November 2. On November 18, the Goeben and Breslau were engaged in a skirmish against five pre-dreadnoughts of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In the following months, both ships were used for several missions into the Black Sea and to safeguard Ottoman shipping. In late 1915, the tide turned with the commissioning of the Russian Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleships, which outgunned the German ships, but the Goeben and Breslau, due to their superior speed, were able to avoid serious confrontations with these Russian dreadnoughts. After the Russian Revolution, the Goeben and Breslau became available for missions into the Eastern Mediterranean. On 20 January 1918, Vice-Admiral [[GndInText::116368535|Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz (1863-1933)], who had replaced Souchon in September 1917, took the Goeben and Breslau out of the Dardanelles to attack British ships near Imbros, where he sunk two British monitors but got stuck in a minefield shortly thereafter. The Breslau was lost after hitting several mines, while the Goeben, though suffering three mine hits as well, managed to keep afloat. On its way back, the ship ran aground on a sandbank and suffered multiple air attacks. Heavily damaged, it arrived in Constantinople by January 27. In June 1918, the Goeben went to the now German-occupied port of Sevastopol and was docked for maintenance. In early July, the ship returned to Constantinople, where further repairs were carried out until the end of the war. In October 1918, the German Supreme Navy Command intended to use the ship for a last desperate mission against the British fleet, but on November 2 the Goeben was finally handed to the Turkish government.
The Fate of the Goeben↑
After the war, the damaged Goeben remained anchored in Constantinople for many years. Following extensive repair and modernization in the newly founded Gölcük Naval Shipyard, the ship was recommissioned as the Yavuz in 1930. As the flagship of the Turkish Navy, it served on several diplomatic missions and ceremonial occasions during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950 the ship was decommissioned and entered the reserve fleet. In 1954, the Yavuz was finally dropped from the navy register and turned into a museum ship. In 1965, the Turkish government put the ship on auction to be sold for scrap, but no bidders came forth. In the early 1970s, private initiatives were launched in Germany to acquire the ship for use as a museum, but these failed due to a lack of funds. Being the last remaining capital ship of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet, the Goeben/Yavuz was finally scrapped in Turkey between 1973 and 1976.
Benjamin Miertzschke, Universität Potsdam
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Author Keywords
Goeben and Breslau; Imperial German Navy; Mediterranean Division; Black Sea; Dardanelles
GND Subject Headings
Weltkrieg [1914-1918] ; Seekrieg ; Mittelmeerraum
World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, German
Rameau Subject Headings
Guerre mondiale (1914-1918) -- Opérations navales ; Méditerranée (mer)
Djemal Pascha (1872-1922); Enver Pascha (1881-1922); Ernest Troubridge (1862-1926); Wilhelm Souchon (1864-1946)
Dardanelles; Scutari (Shkodër); Pula (Pola); Constantinople (Istanbul); Philippeville (Skikda); Bône (Annaba); Messina; Sevastopol; Odessa; Novorossiysk
Regional Section(s)
Near and Middle East > Ottoman Empire
Thematic Section(s)
Miertzschke, Benjamin
Enver and Wilhelm II aboard the SMS Goeben
SMS Breslau
SMS Goeben
Pursuit of German cruisers
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