Producer Emmanuel Benbihy's multi-installment Cities of Love project takes the concept of the anthology film on a globe-trotting journey.
It's one of the more ambitious, wide-ranging undertakings in recent memory: producer Emmanuel Benbihy's multi-installment Cities of Love project, which takes the concept of the anthology film on a globe-trotting journey. Benbihy moves from city to city, recruiting a line-up of big-name directors and actors to create short narratives about urban romance, which are stitched together in city-themed portmanteau films. The first installment, Paris, je t'aime, comprised 18 short films by directors including Gus Van Sant, the Coen Brothers, Alfonso Cuarà³n, Wes Craven and Christopher Doyle. The follow-up, New York, I Love You, released today, uses transitional segments to link 10 short films from directors including Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Joshua Marston, and Allen Hughes. F&V Skyped Benbihy to ask about his inspiration for the project, the difficulty of pulling it off, and his hopes that Cities of Love will help usher in new ways of thinking about film distribution, and new opportunities for young filmmakers.
FILM & VIDEO: First Paris, je t'aime, and now New York, I Love You. What was your inspiration for this multi-film project?
People have been working on anthologies for decades, and for some reason anthologies have never had commercial success. People always blamed the fact that an anthology film lacks unity and is uneven. I was surprised that no producer ever tried to really work on that. It's possible to create unity with diversity. My main motivation was to develop a format that allows 10 directors or more to make a collective feature film that has fluidity and is cohesive.
So when you approach directors about being part of the anthology, how do you communicate that to them?
I talk to them about the structure of the film. We've been working on that format for almost 10 years. I explain to them that we have, for example, 10 segments with transitions in between. (That's something we didn't have for Paris je t'aime. We had too many vignettes in that film, and if we had used the transitions as well, we would have had a very long film.) Each director is going to work on a five- to seven-minute segment, and they should treat it as five to seven minutes of a feature film. Another director will work with their actors and their characters as we come up with potential scripts and options for these characters in the transition segments, where they will interact with other characters from other segments. We submit these possibilities to the directors and together determine what will be shot. Our goal is to accumulate as much transitional material as possible.
Are you the writer of those transitions?
I run the creative team in charge of the transitions. We have two or three transition writers and one transition director, plus me. We're all brainstorming constantly about what we can do. A lot of parameters fall into place really late – the schedule of the actors, the feedback from the directors – so we have to be always on the job. It's a real challenge.
New York, I Love You, was shot on a combination of digital [Panavision Genesis] and film formats. What drove the decision to combine different acquisition formats in the same film?
We originally wanted to shoot only HD, but because of the nature of some of the segments, we didn't want the image to be too clean. If it's too clean, it really looks like it has been shot today, and it removes part of the magic of film. When the image is imperfect you can believe the time is not as clearly defined. Two days ago, I watched New York, I Love You on a HD screen with a Blu-ray Disc. It was very strange. We're just not used to it. Younger generations will take it as it is. But for me, having grown up watching film, I don't like it when the image is too clearly defined. It makes me think of TV. It's so real that it's almost like looking into a mirror. That super-reality is not always the best choice depending on the story. You want to feel a little distance.
The Panavision Genesis was a really good camera. We had a very good partnership with Panavision and we were completely convinced by the quality of the image we were getting. We were very comfortable until a couple of segments were submitted that needed to make people feel they were not exactly in today's reality. That was an issue. The directors and DPs really felt they should work on film. You can work on the HD image and make it not as well defined, but some people still want the guarantee of a film image. And my goal is always to protect directors.
But we don't want to have to deal with all of that film in the post-production process. It was OK for this one because we were in New York. But my next movie is in Shanghai, and I definitely want to shoot in HD. It's more convenient.
I've read that one segment didn't actually make it into the final line-up of New York, I Love You because it didn't match the rest of the films. Is that true?
Actually, two segments didn't make it into the film. [One was directed by Scarlett Johansson, the other by Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev. -Ed.] Regarding Scarlett Johansson's segment, it was just difficult for us to reach overall unity because her segment had no love story, it was shot in black and white, and it was a little bit long. We tried, but when we were cutting it in we suddenly had six or seven minutes in black and white in the middle of the film. We could have done that if we had found a way to integrate it so that it made sense to the audience. But we had no specific transitional material to take people into a black-and-white world. For instance, you could enter a hotel lobby and walk down a corridor and stop in front of a black-and-white photograph that becomes the film image. That could have been a transitional idea to take us there, but we didn't have that. And the content itself was very different. It had no love component – on the contrary, it had a fear component. It was about a character who is a little paranoid, kind of scared of the city, and it was very unbalanced when we played it for an audience. They couldn't get back into the film. This is a very special format. We have very specific challenges to deal with, and that's the main one. Once the audience realizes something does not fit, their narrative experience is interrupted. Most of the time, it's impossible to get it back.
How did you handle the special requirements for production and post on an anthology film?
We always want production and post to be in the same facility because we are dealing simultaneously with different directors, and these directors are at different stages. We can go pick up a director at the airport, then come back to the office and meet with another director who's just back from his location scouting. Then we meet with another director who's planning to shoot the next day. Another director is on set shooting, and a fifth is in post. To keep track of everything we do – and for me as a producer to be present – I need them to be in the same location. On Paris je t'aime we created a post facility inside our production facility, but in New York, we found that already in place at Mega Playground. We used their production facility on the fourth floor, and on a higher floor was everything we needed for post-production, including digital grading.
How did you look at dailies?
We got DVDs almost always on the same day, a little bit late in the day. That's crucial for us. The directors only have two days of shooting. Working on film, there's no way that, on the end of the first day, they could get their footage. So they shoot the second day pretty much in the dark. They all have doubts. They're not sure they have what they need the first day. Not to mention the fact that it's only a two-day shoot. It's not like they have time to get up to speed. It's the first day of shooting and the last day of shooting, one after another. They don't have time to feel confident about anything.
With HD, they could watch everything they had done the first day. There's a big difference between what's in a script and what's on screen. Sometimes the feeling of what's on screen is different, and it affects the way they shoot the next day. Maybe they don't rewrite, but they definitely question the material, question the original intention, and adjust their directions for the second day. Maybe something came up that was unexpected and requires special attention on the second day.
Getting feedback on the first night, that's something I learned on Paris, je t'aime. We shot with Alfonso Cuarà³n, and he had chosen to do a single shot, a conversation on the sidewalk from beginning to end, and he wanted to shoot it at magic hour. So we knew we had 45 minutes to shoot that scene. Alfonso told me, "I will need only one day of shooting." I told my line producer, "You plan two days of shooting. Because we never know what can happen." At the end of the day, we had a problem. We shot on film, and because it was a very long walk with the Steadicam and the video feedback was wireless, it did not record the image properly. So you had an image that was completely inconsistent. At some moments we had no image at all. When you walk 500 meters with a Steadicam and so on, after that you want to watch the scene, right? And he couldn't watch the scene. Unfortunately, it created a lot of confusion and Alfonso stared to doubt. "Do we have the take? I'm not sure. I saw it from far away. I don't know if we have it." A couple of shots were ruined by passersby who didn't know what we were doing and stopped in the middle of the scene to look at the camera, so we had only three potential good takes, and Alfonso came to me and said, "I'm not 100 percent sure. I think I should shoot tomorrow." So I went to my line producer and asked him, "OK, everything is in place for tomorrow?" And he told me no. Why? "We tried to save a little money." You can imagine me screaming. This guy wanted to be smarter than everybody, but he was putting us in a delicate situation. We managed to shoot the next day, but we lost elements, like the bus that hadn't been booked for the second day. We still made it. And in the end? The take we chose was a take we shot the first night.
What's the next project in the series?
The next film is not being produced by me. It's being made in Rio de Janeiro. The next one I'm producing is in Shanghai, next October, and then in Jerusalem in spring 2011.
What's your creative goal for the entire project? When you're finished, do you think the project will end up being more a picture of the world rather than a collection of portraits of individual places?
It's both. I've been working on the franchise for the last 10 years. Time flew, but I didn't see the time passing by. It took a very long time to do the first one because Paris, je t'aime was hard for people to understand. What we were trying to do was very ambitious. We have developed a format that answers a lot of needs and a lot of concerns. People want to have, sometimes, small experiences. They want to try things. Directors see in our format an opportunity to have an adventure that brings them back to the original reasons why they got into movies. They have the excitement of working with actors they might not have the opportunity to work with on a feature film, or to try something like shooting a single, six-minute shot. Everybody has good reasons to be involved. Cities of Love is based on love, and our material provides a high potential for cross-cultural identification. It's interesting for an Indonesian audience to watch New York, I Love You and see that New Yorkers have love problems that are close to theirs. You can see that in a more conventional feature film, but it will focus on one aspect of the relationship. Here you have 10 directors proposing 10 visions of love, so you have a spectrum in front of you.
Also, the format is a feature film and it is also 10 shorts. In terms of programming, and in terms of access to multiple forms of commercialization – theatrical, tv, online distribution, even brand integration and consumer products – this format is very flexible. It's a flexibility that a conventional film wouldn't have. On that level, it's a very modern format. That stimulates me to keep going, because its potential remains underestimated. If people understood better what we're doing, they could go much further in terms of exploitation. What they could do with the content would be very interesting.
Each Cities of Love episode is a community in itself. We have managed to build a formula that allows us to secure famous people. Obvious film-financing problems do not allow us to work with young filmmakers on features, but we would like to create a web distribution platform that would be open to a wider range of filmmakers, and also to other cities. We could work with film schools. Lots of things could happen, and we could build a very strong filmmaker community online – a city-driven international online community. That's my next step. You could say that today the Internet is a vehicle to promote movies. But the way I see it is that the feature film we're doing, which represents a multi-million-dollar worldwide marketing campaign, could become a promotional tool for something much bigger that takes place online, and that is open to all filmmakers and all cities. If you look at the time we spend behind computer screens and in theaters, the Internet obviously already won the war. But I don't think that consumption of film is threatened at all. It's a completely different experience, but we will be consuming images online much more in the future.


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Porsche's new family tank: We put the refreshed Panamera through its paces at the Ministry of Defence's artillery testing grounds
The last time I drove a Porsche Panamera I had £3.3million in gold bullion stashed in the boot.
I was taking part in an audacious run across London from a secret location to a vault in Hatton Gardens carrying a total of £10million in January 2018.
Sadly no gold was involved when test-driving two new models in latest Porsche Panamera line up – which has just been refreshed as part of a second-generation facelift.
But this time I had something far heavier than gold to contend with – tanks.
Porsche's new family tank: The Panamera has had a mid-life facelift with new engines and a tweaked design. We've taken to the wheel at the Ministry of Defence's tank testing grounds
Sinking into the comfortable and supportive sports seats, my test driving route in the luxury German sports tourer took me around the Ministry of Defence's tank proving grounds and military firing range on Salisbury Plain, a stone's throw from ancient Stone Henge in Wiltshire.
There is a tenuous but important link to the Panamera here, though.
Porsche's founder Ferdinand Porsche, having risen to fame, or infamy, designing the bug-like Volkswagen - Hitler's 'People's Car' - in the late 1930s then spent the war years designing tanks and heavy armour, including a vast machine ironically called 'Maus' (or 'Mouse') for the Third Reich, for which he subsequently served a bit of time behind bars after Germany's eventual defeat.
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The latest heavyweight from Porsche is a facelifited version of the second-gen Panamera that's been on sale since 2018.
The brand's first executive four-door car hit the market in 2009, and with more than 10,000 sold in the UK alone has been a hit among fans of the 911 who need some extra space for the family.
Gunning for the executive car market: We've driven two variants of the new Panamera, including the e-Hybrid model
Daily Mail motoring editor Ray Massey poses with one of the test cars before his first drive in the UK
Ray said the Panamera feels exceptionally big on the road, but said it was perhaps also down to the fact the launch cars were left-hand-drive models on German plates, driven in the UK
Prices for the updated Panamera range from £69,860 for the base level Panamera (the only one with rear-wheel drive, the rest have all-wheel drive) up to £137,760 for the top of the range Panamera Turbo S Sport Turismo.
The Panamera is effectively a svelte and coupe like estate car. It also feels a very wide car. At the wheel of a left-hand-drive car on German plates on UK roads, it perhaps added to that sense of scale.
About a third of UK Panamera buyers choose the 'Sport Turismo' estate body style which adds just over £2,000 to the price.
I drove two new models – the brutally efficient and rather beastly Turbo S (from £135,610) and the greener, leaner and – to my senses – more civilised 4S E-Hybrid (from £101,690). Both were fitted with the enhancing Sport Chrono package.
The range-topping Turbo S's meaty 4.0-litre V8 twin turbo engine develops a mighty 630 horsepower – an increase of 80 horsepower over the outgoing model - linked to a deft 8-speed double-clutch automatic gear-box.
The latest heavyweight from Porsche is a facelifited version of the second-gen Panamera that's been on sale since 2018
The brand's first executive four-door car hit the market in 2009, and with more than 10,000 sold in the UK alone has been a hit among fans of the 911 who need some extra space for the family
The range-topping Turbo S's meaty 4.0-litre V8 twin turbo engine develops a mighty 630 horsepower – an increase of 80 horsepower over the outgoing model - linked to a deft 8-speed double-clutch automatic gear-box
That enables it to accelerate from rest to 62mph in just 3.1 seconds in 'Sport Plus' mode - and don't you just feel it. It's a beast. It exudes lithe and powerful performance yet doesn't overwhelm. But the power is palpable.
Top speed, if you dare, is 196mph (shall we call it 200mph with a fair wind) where permitted, such as de-restricted German Autobahns.
Furthermore, it can sprint from 0 to 100mph in just 7.2 seconds and to 124mph in 11.2 seconds. That should be enough to outrun a British Challenger 2 tank, though I'm not sure I'd want to put its laser-lock gun-turret to the test.
The engine has been improved and upgraded with new fuel injectors, tweaked turbochargers and an modified exhaust and silencer system.
Visually, the front apron has been given large air inlet openings, while those trailing in its wake will get the benefit of seeing a new rear light strip across the back of the vehicle. To improve stopping power the brakes are 10mm greater in diameter.
UK sales of the Panamera Turbo and Turbo S will represent around 15 per cent of the total.
The Panamera is aimed at Porsche fans who have families and their Boxster, Cayman or 911 will no longer suffice
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Boot space with the seats up is 467 litres, though with the rear backrests flat expands to 1,306 litres. The e-Hybrid has slightly less space due to the battery and electric motor arrangement
Switching to the petrol-electric 4S E-hybrid I instantly experienced the difference. It is fast and agile, but felt more mannered, fettled and sophisticated.
The plug-in hybrid is powered by a 2.9-litre V6 twin-turbo-charged 440 horsepower petrol engine with a linked to 136 horsepower electric motor integrated into the car's eight-speed dual clutch automatic transmission.
That gives a useable combined power is 560 horsepower, allowing for some leakage as it's not a straight 'a plus b' performance calculation.
This allows it to sprint from rest to 62mph in 3.7 seconds up to a top speed of 185mph.
Acceleration from 0 to 100mph takes 8.6 seconds, and up to 124mph in 13.6 seconds.
The plug-in hybrid is powered by a 2.9-litre V6 twin-turbo-charged 440 horsepower petrol engine with a linked to 136 horsepower electric motor integrated into the car's eight-speed dual clutch automatic transmission
It has a total of 560 horsepower, allowing for some leakage as it's not a straight 'a plus b' performance calculation
Battery capacity has been increased and there are six driving modes: E-Power, Hybrid Auro, E-Hold, E-Charge, Sport and Sport Plus.
It has an all-electric range of up to 34 miles (up 30 per cent) and an electric-only top speed of up to 87mph.
Official fuel economy figures for the hybrid range between 94.2mpg to 128.4mpg, with CO2 emissions of between 51g/km to 67g/km.
The new high voltage battery takes 2.6 hours to charge on a 7.2kW charger, and 4.8 hours on a 3.6 kW charger.
The remaining Panamera 4 costs from £72,890 and the GTS from £107,180.
The hybrid can sprint from rest to 62mph in 3.7 seconds up to a top speed of 185mph. Acceleration from 0 to 100mph takes 8.6 seconds, and up to 124mph in 13.6 seconds
The new high voltage battery takes 2.6 hours to charge on a 7.2kW charger, and 4.8 hours on a 3.6 kW charger
Though Porsche has its headquarters in Stuttgart, in the South West of Germany, the Panamera is built at its Leipzig plant in former Eastern Germany.
Given the choice I'd personally go for the hybrid as I felt it easier to live with day to day while having fun on high days and holidays. But that's me.
However, if you fancy the full-fat, no holds barred carnivorous flavour, the purists will plump for the beefier Turbo S.
Porsche Panamera: Will it fit in my garage?
Price range: £69,860 to £137, 760
Width: 1,937mm
Width (inc mirrors): 2,165mm
Porsche Panamera Turbo S
Engine: 4.0 litre V8 twin-turbo.
Power: 630 Horse power (PS)
Transmission: eight-speed dual clutch automatic
0-62mph: 3.1 seconds
0-100mph: 7.2 seconds
0-124mph: 11.2 seconds
Fuel economy: 21.2 to 22.1mpg
CO2 emissions: 289 to 302g/km
Unladen weight: 2,155kg
Boot space: 467 litres
Boot space(with rear seats folded): 1,306 litres
Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid
Engine: 2.9 litre V6 twin-turbo petrol engine & electric motor
Total power: 560 horse-power (PS)
0-124mph: 13.6 seconds.
Electric top speed: 87mph
All-electric range: Up to 34 miles (up 30 per cent)
Battery charging time: 2.6 hours to 4.8 hours
Fuel economy: 94.2 to 128.4mpg
CO2 emissions: 51g/km to 67g/km
Boot space (with rear seats folded): 1,242 litres
SAVE MONEY ON MOTORING
Up to £1,000 more
MOTs made easy
We take the latest Porsche Panamera for a spin at the MoD's tank testing grounds

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Will Power wins 2014 Verizon IndyCar Series championship; Kanaan wins MAVTV500
Power wins pole and sets new track record at GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
Castroneves claims pole for season finale at Auto Club Speedway; points leader Power to start on last row
MRTI: Pigot edges title rival Hargrove in Pro Mazda thriller, Veach secures Lights pole at Milwaukee
EVENT SUMMARY: 2014 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250
OPINION: Penalizing Power in Detroit was the wrong call
Power takes opening round of 2014 Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit
Power earns Verizon P1 pole award for Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama
Power notches first win of 2014 at Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Power wins Verizon P1 pole award for Milwaukee
IndyCar, IndyCar News/Releases, INDYCAR PR — By More Front Wing Staff on August 16, 2014 10:08 pm
[Source: INDYCAR press releases]
For full qualifying results and more information about tomorrow's event at the Milwaukee Mile, visit our ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 Event Summary.
WEST ALLIS, Wis. (Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014) – Verizon IndyCar Series championship leader Will Power earned the Verizon P1 Award for the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at Milwaukee IndyFest.
Power, driving the Chevrolet-powered No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car, recorded a two-lap average speed of 169.262 mph on the Milwaukee Mile for his third pole of the season and 35th of his Indy car career.
The 250-lap race at the Milwaukee Mile will be telecast by NBCSN at 3 p.m. (ET) Aug. 17.
"It's just a great start to the three-race chase, you could say, for the championship finish," said Power, who has a best finish of third in five starts at Milwaukee. "It's traditionally a track position race. In practice it was definitely hard to pass so I can see you're going to be in traffic all day."
Power earned one bonus point for the pole and carries a five-point lead over Team Penske teammate Helio Castroneves heading into the 16th of 18 races this season. Castroneves, driving the No. 3 Hitachi Team Penske car, qualified eighth.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, who has won at Milwaukee the past two years and is third in the standings, qualified 19th in the No. 28 DHL Andretti Autosport car. Simon Pagenaud, who is fourth in the standings, qualified 16th and Juan Pablo Montoya, who is fifth in the standings, qualified third (168.579).
"I've been in this situation quite a few times. So has Helio and (teammate) Juan as well," said Power, who was the championship runner-up three consecutive seasons. "But IndyCar is like that these days. It's very tight. It's so unpredictable. With three to go, I just think anything can happen. You just got to keep your head in the game and keep focused. That's my plan."
Tony Kanaan matched his season high by qualifying second (168.662 mph) in the No. 10 Huggies car. Montoya, driving the No. 2 PPG Team Penske car, will be joined on Row 2 by 2008 race winner Ryan Briscoe (168.266), who also matched his season-best qualifying position, in the No. 8 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing entry.
"When Will (Power) set that time I was surprised because I didn't think that I could do that," Kanaan said. "I knew the track was better (than practice), but that's typical Milwaukee qualifying. I think we've got a chance tomorrow. We're starting on the front row and we've just got to do our thing. We've been showing how quick we've been almost everywhere – we just need to get a little bit of luck on our side sometime. I think we have a good car and a chance to win. "
ABC SUPPLY WISCONSIN 250 QUALIFYING NOTES:
• This is Will Power's third Verizon P1 Award this season. It is his 35th career pole, which is sixth all-time and is his first pole since he won the pole at Texas in June.
• Power earned his first pole position at the Milwaukee Mile. His previous best start at Milwaukee was third last season,
• This is Team Penske's fifth pole in the last nine years at Milwaukee (2005 – Hornish, 2006-7 – Castroneves and 2009 – Briscoe).
• Tony Kanaan qualified second, his seventh consecutive top-10 start. Kanaan has qualified in the top five in four of the last five races.
• Juan Pablo Montoya qualified third, his fourth top-10 start of the season.
NEXT PAGE: Quotes from much of the field for the ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 at the Milwaukee Mile
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Frank Linker
This is the begininning of the end for my man my buddy my mate my favorite driver William Power of toombaamoomnaabaa australia for finally winning the 2014 Indycar Championship!!!!!!!!


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Brown Street Gallery artists took a position at the forefront as featured artists for the "Art at the Library" show in December. Program Supervisor Emmy lesko and three artists supported by BSG, Jen, Heather, and Steven, represetnted BSG at the reception on December 9. More than half of the BSG artists had art showing at the event. Library patrons were pleased to meet and chat with the artists and Emmy.


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Types of Business Models»
Types of Badge-Making Printers
by Mary Davis
Badge-making printers come in a variety of styles.
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3 Handheld Scanners That Can Read Labels
4 The Correct Use of a Barcode Scanner
Badges have evolved from simple name identifiers to security and information badges at work, school, public events and many public places. Most badge-making brands carry a variety of printer types with basic as well as more advanced functions. The badge printer works in conjunction with a computer, a software program and an optional camera to produce finished ID badges. The functions and cost of badge makers depend on the volume and the specific needs for a particular company or organization.
No-Frills Badges
For a badge that simply identifies people by name and possibly an ID number or department title, a one-sided, basic printer will work well. One-sided badge makers are inexpensive, yet make professional-looking badges. Some of the basic machines will print the same information on both sides of a card for ease in viewing the information. A round button badge maker is another inexpensive type of badge maker to use, especially for short-term use, giveaways and visitor badges.
Bar Code Badges
A bar code badge printer creates a code within a strip of bars on a card. The card itself can be a lightweight cardboard or heavy paper, but is often PVC plastic for durability. The bar may be on the front or back of a card, and visual information can appear on the same or opposite side of the bar code. The code contains information like employee ID, ability to enter certain areas of the workplace and other pertinent information. Bar code badges are also used at schools and colleges for students and staff to swipe in order to record actions like purchasing meals or checking out books from the library.
Magnetic Strip Badges
Magnetic badges are also called smart cards. The badge printer creates visually read information such as a name and job title for identification. The printer also records unseen information in a micro chip enclosed inside a magnetic strip on the back of a PVC card. This information varies, but typically contains a security code that will allow a person into certain areas of work. It may also record information when swiped through a card reader. Businesses often use a magnetic strip badge as an employee's time card, which notes the exact time she enters a certain area of the facility and can set off an alarm when entering a restricted area.
Biometrics Badges
As technology advances, new and innovative types of badges are available. Fingerprint and eye scanners are placed at high-security entrances to prevent unauthorized persons from entering. This technology is now available in badge-making printers. A person's fingerprint, thumbprint or eye pupil pattern can be recorded and scanned onto a computer to be used in making high-security badges. A scanner will read the print or pattern to allow entry or to perform one of the other functions of a badge.
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Since 1992, Mary Davis has sold numerous articles and stories, greeting cards, calendars and novelty items. She also has sold Christian education reproducible books and Christian children's journals. She writes Sunday school curricula and teacher ideas and tips for both Christian and secular markets. Her topics include everything from children's stories to OSHA/safety topics.
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Centralne Towarzystwo Organizacji i Kółek Rolniczych – stowarzyszenie społeczno-zawodowe rolników istniejące w latach 1929–1939, mające na celu podnoszenie wiedzy i umiejętności zawodowych rolników, które powstało poprzez scentralizowanie dotychczas rozproszonych organizacji rolniczych i ustanowienie nowych kierunków działalności organizacji.

Powstanie  Towarzystwa
W 1929 r. dokonano zjednoczenia dotychczas rozproszonych i występujących pod różnymi nazwami stowarzyszeń, organizacji, kółek i zrzeszeń rolniczych oraz ustanowiono stowarzyszenie pod nazwą Centralne Towarzystwo Organizacji i Kółek Rolniczych.

Akces do  zjednoczenia zgłosiły następujące organizacje;
 Centralny Związek Kółek Rolniczych,
 Zjednoczenie Związków Kółek i Organizacji Rolniczych Ziem Wschodnich,
 Centralne Towarzystwo  Rolnicze,
 Centralny Związek Osadników Wojskowych,
 Sekcji Kół Młodzieży Wiejskiej Centralnego Związku Kółek Rolniczych
 Centralna Organizacja Kół Gospodyń Wiejskich.

Towarzystwo działało w oparciu o statut, którego członkami byli rolnicy.

Statutowe cele Towarzystwa
Celem Towarzystwa było popieranie rozwoju rolnictwa, prowadzenie pracy społeczno-gospodarczej dla podniesienia wytwórczości rolniczej, wiążącego się z nią przemysłu, dla rozwoju i szerzenia wiedzy, kultury, postępu rolniczego oraz obrony interesów rolnictwa.

Zakres  działalności  Towarzystwa
Dla osiągnięcia statutowych celów Towarzystwo:
 przedstawiało i broniło zgodnych z ogólnymi i gospodarczymi interesami Państwa, interesów rolnictwa wobec władz państwowych i samorządowych oraz innych grup społecznych,
 uzgadniało i koordynowało z właściwymi organami rządowymi i samorządowymi program prac i wykonanie tego programu,
 organizowało życie rolnicze w kółkach, kołach, zrzeszeniach zawodowych, oświatowych i gospodarczych,
 szerzyło wiedzę rolniczą, tak teoretyczną, jak i praktyczną przez zakładanie, prowadzenie współdziałanie przy organizacji instytutów naukowych i szkół rolniczych,
 udzielało stypendiów, ogłaszało drukiem dzieła i broszury, wydawało pisma periodyczne, urządzało wystawy, pogadanki, kursy, konkursy i pokazy, wycieczki i doświadczenia zbiorowe,
 współdziałało w pracach mających na celu podniesienie wytwórczości rolniczej, podejmuje takie prace pod nadzorem izb rolniczych z własnej inicjatywy lub na zlecenie izb rolniczych, zakładając gospodarstwa wzorowe, stacje doświadczalne  i inne zakłady badawcze.
 organizowało doświadczenia we wszystkich gałęziach produkcji rolniczej, przeprowadzając licencje inwentarza, kwalifikując nasiona, propagując i ułatwiając przeprowadzenie melioracji, pomagając rolnikowi w prawidłowej organizacji gospodarstwa i racjonalnemu prowadzeniu rachunkowości,
 udzielało fachowych rad i wskazówek we wszystkich zagadnieniach związanych z rozwojem produkcji rolniczej,
 powoływało do życia zrzeszenia gospodarcze, mające  na celu zaspokojenie potrzeb rolników w zakresie kredytu, w zakresie obrotu towarowego a więc nabywania maszyn i narzędzi rolniczych, nasion, inwentarza zarodowego, nawozów sztucznych i innych środków produkcji oraz bytu wszelkich wytworzonych wytworów gospodarstwa,
 popierało przetwarzanie surowców rolniczych, opierając organizację tych zrzeszeń opartych na racjonalnie ujętych zasadach spółdzielczych,
 popierało wszelkie usiłowania zmierzające do naprawy ustroju rolnego, pomagając w przeprowadzeniu komasacji, parcelacji i likwidacji serwitutów, przy podziale lub racjonalnym użytkowaniu wspólnot,
 ułatwiało  zakładanie i regulacje hipotek,
 współdziałało we wszystkich pracach, mających na celu podniesienie ogólnego poziomu oświaty, kultury, higieny, uspołecznienia i dobrobytu wsi poprzez popieranie racjonalnego budownictwa, zakładanie domów ludowych, organizacji oświatowych, sportowych i innych, zwłaszcza wśród  młodzież, straży ogniowej, przemysłu domowego, organizacji walki z klęskami żywiołowymi, roztaczanie opieki fachowej nad osadnictwem i emigracją,
 udzielało porad prawnych swym członkom.

Władze Towarzystwa
Władzami Centralnego Towarzystwa Organizacji i Kółek Rolniczych były:
 Walne Zgromadzenie,
 Rada Towarzystwa,
 Zarząd.

Przypisy

Stowarzyszenia w II Rzeczypospolitej
Organizacje rolnicze i wiejskie

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The king of all Corvettes is the amazing 2006 ZO6. It tops out at 198 mph, runs the quarter mile in 11.5 seconds at 127 mph, and hits 60 mph in a jaw-dropping 3.5 seconds (in first gear). All of that performance is the result of superior GM engineering and an engine we call the LS7—the most technologically-advanced small-block ever built. A natural continuation of the LS Family, the LS7 uses a 7.0-liter aluminum dry-sump block, CNC-ported cylinder heads, and titanium rods and valves to pump out 505 hp and 470 lb.-ft. of torque. Talk about efficient—the LS7 helps the 2006 ZO6 get over 28 mpg while still being the fastest Corvette ever produced!
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Vanderbilt University's Peabody College: Sr. Lecturer in Data and Analytics [Nashville, TN] - Nov 5, 2018.
Vanderbilt University is seeking a Senior Lecturer in Data and Analytics in Nashville, TN. The Senior Lecturer should have a strong background in the area of data science and analytics. The role for this senior lecturer position is primarily instructional.
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College: Lecturer in Data and Analytics [Online Teaching] - Nov 5, 2018.
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is seeking a Lecturer in Data and Analytics for the online program in Leadership and Learning in Organizations. Candidates are sought to teach multiple sections in the Data and Analytics strand of the program, which includes Strategy and Analytics, Data Science, Research Design and Applied Statistics.


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in: Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, United States special-purpose aircraft 1940–1949, Target drones of the United States,
V-tail aircraft
Pulsejet-powered aircraft
McDonnell TD2D Katydid
TD2D/KDD/KDH Katydid
McDonnell KDD on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Target drone
The McDonnell TD2D Katydid was an American target drone produced by McDonnell Aircraft that began development in 1942.
3 Specifications (KDD-1)
The U. S. Navy awarded McDonnell Aircraft a contract for a radio-controlled target drone in 1942 under the designation of XTD2D-1 for anti-aircraft and aerial gunnery practice. Production models, built in unknown quantity, used the designation of TD2D-1. The Navy changed its designation system in 1946 and the XTD2D-1 and TD2D-1 were redesignated as XKDD-1 and KDD-1, respectively. Later that year, the Navy changed McDonnell's manufacturer code letter from "D" to "H", and the KDD-1 was redesignated again as KDH-1.
The most unique features of the TD2D were the externally-mounted pulsejet engine and the V-tail. The gasoline-powered, 8-inch (203 mm) diameter engine was built by McDonnell, but it is unclear how much it was derived from the Argus pulsejet used on the German V-1. The drone was probably named after the Katydid because it had narrow wings and made a loud, pulsing sound like a pulsejet. The drone could be either launched by catapult from the ground or from underwing racks on Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplanes. It was gyro-stabilized, radio-controlled and could be recovered by parachute.
Specifications (KDD-1)
Data from Placard at Udvar-Hazy and KDH webpage
Crew: None
Wingspan: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Gross weight: 320 lb (145 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × McDonnell 8-inch (203 mm) pulsejet, 55 lbf (0.24 kN) thrust
Maximum speed: 250 mph (402 km/h; 217 kn)
Endurance: 40 minutes
This article contains material that originally came from the placard at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
TD2D/KDD/KDH
USN target drone aircraft pre-1945
TDC
TD2C
Radioplane
TD2D2
TD4D
TDD2
TDN
TD2N
TD2R
1 Not assigned • 2 Assigned to a different manufacturer's type
See also: Drones
USN/USMC drone designations 1946–1962
KD2B
KD2C
KDG
KD2G
KDN
KD2N
KD2R
KD3R1
KDT
Vought
KDU
KD2U
United States special-purpose aircraft 1940–1949
Target drones of the United States


What do Public Relations Practitioners Do?
PR practitioners help their clients to reach their target audience positively and often utilize the media to provide a third-party endorsement for a product, service, individual, business or organization.
Any individual, business or organization (party) that relies on public support for continued operation should implement some form of PR activity. Public relations will help to build reliable and consistent branding by working with a party to refine its public image, develop key messages, seek open communication with target publics, identify opportunities to solidify relationships and adapt as the market changes.
How do Public Relations Practitioners Reach Target Public?
Traditionally, PR practitioners help parties to shape news or feature-style story and sell it into the media using their knowledge of news values and the inner workings of the media. This tactic may include developing a media release, media alert, informative documents and spokesperson profiles; holding a media conference or event; media training spokespeople; and liaising with journalists.
PR practitioners also write speeches; letters; award, grant and tender submissions; website copy and printed materials.
How is the Public Relations Industry Evolving?
As media consumption moves away from newspapers and magazines to online and digital formats, PR practitioners are becoming very familiar with the benefits of social media in building relationships between parties and target market.
Many PR practitioners will recommend that traditional PR tactics be complemented newer ones such as social media presence and smartphone-compatible platforms.
In the eyes of the consumer, PR tends to carry more credibility than advertising because PR introduces a third-party – the media – to vouch for a product, service or party. While it is well known that all advertising space is paid for by the company behind it, many people don't recognize when a PR company was the driving force behind a news story. However, even when people can identify a news story as the result of public relations activities, they also know that the story must have some merit for the media to cover it.
Public relations is a dynamic industry and an effective means of communication that many experts believe is yet to reach its full potential. Nonetheless, most large corporations and many smaller ones have embraced the PR function and are much better for it as they can continually gauge the attitudes of their target publics, adapt to them and build stronger, more sustainable relationships and better business.


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SA Tourism Awards Finalists 2021
Stories Visiting Adelaide Eat and Drink Events Exploring Adelaide
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 SA Tourism Awards, run by the Tourism Industry Council SA. Eleven CBD and North Adelaide businesses came away from the Gala Dinner at Adelaide Oval on Thursday 4 November with awards across attractions, events, accommodation, new and cultural tourism and more, while there were another seven CBD organisations nominated. See the Adelaide winners below!
Adelaide Zoo – WINNER Major Tourist Attractions and Premier's Award for Service Excellence
An award-winning, not-for-profit, conservation charity with ZAA accreditation, Adelaide Zoo's mission is to connect people with nature and save animals from extinction.With over 2,500 animals calling Adelaide Zoo home, visitors turn adventurers as they explore their way through our jungle-like botanic gardens, finding themselves within a whisker of our native and exotic animals in natural, unique and stimulating environments. Check out their website.
The Major Tourist Attraction award was sponsored by the Adelaide Economic Development Agency.
Adelaide Festival 2021 – WINNER Major Festivals and Events
For 60 years, audiences have delighted in an outstanding mix of internationally acclaimed theatre productions, an eclectic array of world-class musicians, breathtaking dance pieces, renowned writers and striking visual arts displays. Enjoyed amid warm March days and starry nights, Adelaide Festival's celebration of creative excellence makes for an event of truly epic proportions. Check out their website.
Eos by SkyCity – WINNER New Tourism Business
Located in the historic Railway Station building on the banks of the River Torrens, SkyCity Adelaide is South Australia's premiere casino destination, and the city's most exciting gaming and entertainment venue. Always personalised, Eos by SkyCity encompasses the finest in modern hospitality. From signature restaurants and entertainment, to opulent suites and spa experiences, they're for the pleasure-seekers. Check out their website.
The Guardsman – WINNER Tourism Restaurants and Catering Services
The Guardsman is an impressive South Australian gastropub. Come in and quench your thirst or sample local food from our state's best loved produce regions. Whether it's a wine or spirit pairing for your meal or a tasting experience with friends The Guardsman has you covered. Check out their website.
Flamboyance Tours – SILVER Cultural Tourism
Flamboyance Tours provides high-quality Adelaide tours on foot for all travellers. They are the first point of contact for visitors seeking a true Adelaide experience, whether that's a general city overview with their Welcome To Adelaide tour or a more immersive cultural walk. There are six different tours to choose from. Check out their website.
Pullman Adelaide – SILVER 5-Star Luxury Accommodation
Pullman Adelaide is a five-star hotel on Hindmarsh Square Positioned in the heart of the Adelaide Central Business District and with Adelaide's world-class dining experiences and vibrant East End right on their doorstep, Pullman Adelaide is perfectly located. Their Salt Restaurant and Bar infuse impeccable service with a modern, evolving dining experience featuring fresh seasonal and local produce. Check out their website.
Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021 – SILVER Major Tourist Attractions
Celebrating its 21st year in 2021, Adelaide Cabaret Festival is the biggest cabaret festival in the world, and a major event in the international and Australian arts calendar. The festival has garnered a reputation of highlighting outstanding local, national and international artists through an eclectic program of classic and contemporary cabaret performances. Check out their website.
U City Accessible Serviced Apartments – SILVER Excellence in Accessible Tourism
U City's short-stay accessible serviced apartments offer purpose-built accommodation for people with disability. The brand new, one-, two- and three- bedroom self-contained accessible apartments, located in Adelaide's bustling market district provide a state-of-the-art accommodation option for those looking to stay in the heart of the city. Check out their website.
Crowne Plaza Adelaide – BRONZE New Tourism Business
During your stay in the East End of Adelaide, venture into the future and discover pockets of culture. The hotel is located on Frome Street next to Adelaide's hub of innovation and they're also on the doorstep of North Terrace and just off Rundle Street with the best boutiques, bars and cafes. After you check in, start planning your itinerary of Adelaide from our lobby on level 10 with the best city views and a local beer or wine in hand. Check out their website.
Adelaide Haunted Horizons – BRONZE Tour and Transport Operators
The original, and biggest provider of quality ghost tours and dark history tours in South Australia, Adelaide Haunted Horizons Ghost Tours is a multi-award winning tour group. They run a variety of spooky tours at a number of locations including the Old Adelaide Gaol, Adelaide Arcade and Adelaide Zoo. Check out their website.
Adelaide Style Accommodation – BRONZE 4-4.5-Star Deluxe Accommodation
Stay in stylish and spacious self contained homes in gorgeous North Adelaide thanks to Adelaide Style Accommodation. The location of these homes is just so convenient with some wonderful restaurants and eating venues, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Zoo, the Botanic Gardens, the Central Market and some great playgrounds for the children within walking distance. Check out their website.
La Boca Bar and Grill – Nominee
La Boca Bar and Grill on North Terrace is where the Asador experience is as much about mouth-watering smoky grill flavours, as it is about great conversation and good times. Their menu also celebrates the southern state's seafood while creating a culinary spectacle for meat-lovers and vegetarians alike. Check out their website.
Restaurant Botanic – Nominee
The award-winning Botanic Gardens Restaurant has been reborn as Restaurant Botanic. The unique heritage building has undergone a stunning renovation, with a new open kitchen allowing chefs to present a 'chef's table' dining experience. Overlooking the Main Lake, Restaurant Botanic serves award-winning modern Australian cuisine, featuring fresh vegetables and herbs harvested daily from the garden, plus some of South Australia's finest wines. Check out their website.
Santos Festival of Cycling 2021 – Nominee
The Santos Festival of Cycling was a 6-day domestic cycling festival featuring Road, Track, Paracycling, BMX, Mountain Bikes and Cyclocross, including the excitement of the 4-stage Men's and Women's National Road Series Invitational Race which travelled through South Australia as Australia's most elite cyclists battle for supremacy. Check out their website.
Adelaide Chauffeur and Tours – Nominee
The best experience for travelling around Adelaide is not just about the fantastic views – it's also about the personal experience and the company you are with. Adelaide Chauffeur & Tours wants to make sure your trip is full of fun and happy memories and with over 20 years in the chauffeur industry, they make sure you get just that. Check out their website.
Adelaide Fringe 2021 – Nominee
Adelaide Fringe is the biggest arts festival in the Southern Hemisphere! For 31 magical summer days and nights, Fringe transforms Adelaide, with eclectic and vibrant events that include cabaret, theatre, comedy, circus, music, visual arts, workshops and so much more. Check out their website.
TreeClimb Adelaide – Nominee
TreeClimb is Australia's first inner-city aerial adventure park built within the natural environment of the Adelaide City Park Lands. Located at the corner of Greenhill and Unley Roads, adjacent the recently upgraded BMX track, TreeClimb offers eight elevated treetop courses, including zip lines all set within Kurangga Park (Blue Gum park). Check out their website.
WOMADelaide 2020 – Nominee
WOMADelaide is a four-day festival of Music, Arts and Dance celebrating cultural and creative diversity held since 1992 in Adelaide's beautiful Botanic Park. The festival has become a truly unique part of the Australian festival landscape, showcasing the best, the essential – and the surprising – in global music, dance, art and ideas. Check out their website.
Adelaide hospitality award winners


Swarthmore Friends Meeting is a diverse and welcoming religious community centered around worship, fellowship, and action on social concerns. As Quakers, we believe that each person experiences God directly, without outside assistance, and we seek this direct communion with God in our silent worship. Our social witnesses spring from our calling to nurture that of God in every person.
Our meetinghouse is located on the Swarthmore College campus. We invite all to join us in worship and other activities, and to explore whether Swarthmore Meeting would be a good spiritual home for you.
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Swarthmore Friends Meeting welcomes all who come as spiritual seekers to share in worship and participate in the activities of our life together. We celebrate diversity in its many forms, and strive to grow and sustain a loving fellowship where all feel welcome.


I am pleased to let you know that our first quarter webcast is now posted on our website here: http://www.brainshark.com/stmmltd/1Q2016W. I encourage you to listen in if you have not yet had the chance.
A weak start in the US is expected to give way to slightly stronger rest-of-the year performance, while in Europe a stronger than expected start is expected to give way to a weaker rest-of-the year. That seems to be the view of many proprietary research shops, for example Capital Economics. US first quarter GDP growth came in at an annual rate of 0.5%, close to the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow final estimate of 0.4%. That model is currently indicating a 1.8% GDP growth number for the second quarter, an acceleration that is consistent with consensus estimates of 2%+ growth for all of 2016 (e.g. Wall Street Journal's Economic Forecasting Survey). Expectations for Europe for all of 2016 seem to be centered around the 1% range, as resurgent debt problems, current refugee problems, and terrorist issues add to uncertainty there. Elsewhere in the world, "encouraging signs, and lingering concerns" offers an apt description of China (ChinaDaily.com), while Japan continues its low-to-no growth pattern.
In my career as a researcher I've always found support for the assertion of Standard & Poor's strategist Sam Stovall that while most people look at the economic data for clues about future stock market performance, it makes more sense to look at the stock market for clues about future economic performance. "Prices lead quantities," and stock indices are prices while economic data are quantities. Unfortunately (and I've mentioned this before), the market is way too volatile for practical forecasting purposes. A recent Vanguard study states this well: "global equity market corrections tend to produce false recession signals, and we believe the current market volatility was such an occurrence. History shows a mixed track record for the market in predicting recessions, with as many hits as misses since 1960." So the study shows that forecasting recessions with the stock market is no better than forecasting recessions by flipping a coin.
I talked a little on our current webcast that PollyVote has the Democrats winning the White House (though interestingly, the odds have recently narrowed slightly). Here are some election-year market facts: The market has usually been positive during election years, with slightly above average returns. Years in which Republicans won have been a bit stronger, but the real issue seems to be whether or not the incumbent party won or lost. Going back to 1948, the Standard & Poor's 500 averaged 13.6% returns during election years in which the incumbent party won, versus 5.98% during years in which the incumbent party lost. The best election-year return in the post-WWII era was 1980 (Reagan) in which the S&P 500 returned 32.5%. The worst election year was 2008 (Obama) in which the S&P 500 returned -37%. The strongest stock market returns have tended to occur when Republicans control Congress, regardless of who controls the White House. From an investing standpoint there are nowhere near enough data points here to make decisions that deviate from your long-term investment plan. Also, markets tend to price in what's knowable, so in order to be opportunistic you would have to (1) know in advance who will win and (2) know how much of that is already priced into the market. I am aware of no evidence that anyone has that kind of knowledge.


In the spring of 2003, Uncle Smiley found himself in the middle of the woods with nothing to eat but a tin of chewing tobacco. He wandered around hungry for hours until running into a camper who took pity on Uncle Smiley, and offered him a dried piece of beef. This dried beef, while not very tasty, definitely cured the hunger pangs. It was then and there that Uncle Smiley decided two things that changed the course of his life and the lives of Beef Jerky lovers everywhere. The first thing was that chewing tobacco was a nasty habit that did nothing to fight hunger. The second, and more important decision, was to work tirelessly to create the perfect Beef Jerky recipes. One recipe for those who like their snacks to be on the mild side and one for those who like things to be a little more spicey. Uncle Smiley's Delicious Mild and Delicious Hot Premium Beef Jerky are the result of this work. To this day, Uncle Smiley remains directly involved in the development & production of Uncle Smiley's Beef Jerky to ensure the jerky is as good as it has always been.
Uncle Smiley's Inc. has been growing steadily to keep up with the demand for Uncle Smiley's Beef Jerky, while offering the two premium flavors in several different sizes of packages.
Beef Jerky made the old-fashioned way with 100% U.S.D.A. Approved select steak and gourmet spices. Uncle Smiley's has passed the Battlefield test!! From Yemen to Qatar to Afghanistan, it's simply the best!!!
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What is Twitter Trending and Why Does it Matter?
Hopefully you are now familiar with Twitter and how it works… Twitter is a community that brings consensus on up-to-date issues and happenings across the globe. Twitter has allowed people to reach out and connect with public figures, celebrities, and brands for any conceivable reason. Whether it be concern, support, or criticism, there are over 500 million users (200 million active users).
Presidential campaigns are now run through Twitter because it actually provides insight and allows newscasters to moderate what others are saying about the tone of the debate on a local level. The result is a less than homogeneous view. The use of #hashtags allows the user to create a category (if not already existing) and builds a searchable discussion on the public twittersphere.
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Hengyi refinery to be operational by end of 2019 Phase 1 is 78% complete, projected to contribute $1.3 billion to Brunei's economy in first year of operation
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HRH the Crown Prince is briefed by an official at Pulau Muara Besar Industrial Park, the site of the Hengyi crude oil refinery and petrochemical plant. Photo: Infofoto
BRUNEI-MUARA – The first phase of Hengyi's crude oil refinery and petrochemical plant is on track for July completion and will begin operations by the end of 2019, the minister of Energy, Manpower and Industry said on Thursday.
Dato Seri Setia Dr. Hj Mat Suny Hj Mohd Hussein made the remarks during a site visit to the Pulau Muara Besar Industrial Park (PMB), where HRH Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, conducted a working visit yesterday.
The refinery — a joint venture between China's Hengyi Industries and the Brunei government — is expected to contribute $1.3 billion to GDP in 2020, in a much-needed boost to Brunei's stagnant economy.
Artist's impression of the completed Hengyi Refinery and Petrochemical Project at Pulau Muara Besar. Photo: Courtesy of Hengyi Industries
The operation will have the capacity to refine 175,000 barrels of crude oil a day for export to China and other regional markets, eventually increasing to 22 million tonnes per year when construction of phase two is complete in 2022.
The minister said that 12,000 barrels of oil per day will be reserved for domestic use, guaranteeing an adequate supply of domestic petroleum products.
Catalyst for growth
The first phase of the 276 hectare project has a total investment of USD$3.4 billion, with Hengyi committing a further US$12 billion for development of the second phase, making it the largest foreign direct investment project in the sultanate.
Hengyi owns 70 percent of shares in the project, while Damai Holdings — a subsidiary under the Ministry of Finance and Economy's Strategic Development Capital Fund — owns the remaining 30 percent.
Hengyi claims that after completion of its first phase, the oil refinery will be able to contribute as much as 40 percent to Brunei's GDP.
HRH the Crown Prince poses for a photo with management and staff of Hengyi Industries at the Pulau Muara Besar Industrial Park. Photo: Infofoto
In a previous interview last November, the second minister of Finance and Economy, YB Dato Seri Setia Dr Hj Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah, said that crude oil will be transported from Belait, but also imported from overseas for refining at Pulau Muara Besar.
"As well as exporting the refined product to China, we will also service neighbouring cities such as Miri and Kota Kinabalu, providing a security of supply that is much easier to get from Brunei than Singapore or elsewhere," he told media on the sidelines of the first BIMP EAGA-China ministerial meeting.
The second phase will focus on manufacturing downstream products such as aromatics and industrial chemicals that are used to make clothing and plastics, and could generate revenue up to US$10 billion per annum, according to Hengyi's website.
That would amount to more than 80 percent of Brunei's GDP in 2017, which was recorded at $16.5 billion.
"Further downstream industries are the next phase of development," said Dato Dr Hj Mohd Amin.
"Today we are only seeing a big plant bring produced in PMB but once that is completed and running there will be new opportunities, development of new plants around Hengyi refinery that create further economic activities for Brunei that can create jobs and spinoff activities."
HRH the Crown Prince meets with local staff at the Hengyi Industries site at Pulau Muara Besar. Photo: Infofoto
Boost to local employment
There are currently 276 local workers directly employed under Hengyi Industries, with 50 percent of future jobs — or 1,665 placements — earmarked for Bruneians once operations begin, according to the Ministry of Energy, Manpower and Industry.
The aim is to increase workforce localisation to 90 percent in subsequent years.
With stagnation in the job market, and national unemployment at 9.3 percent — the highest rate in ASEAN — the government is banking on the Hengyi project to provide a boost to local employment.
Further economic spin-offs are expected to be generated for local businesses — such as security, catering — which can provide 2,400 indirect employment opportunities, the ministry claims.
"During the construction phase alone, a total of 82 local companies were awarded contracts by Hengyi Industries, which included the supply of articles for construction, construction survey services, bicycle supplies, bus procurement, car rental, ambulance services, chemical product supplies, cleaning services, boat services and several others," the ministry said in a statement issued at the end of the crown prince's visit to PMB.
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There is physical courage, like a firefighter rescuing a person from a burning building or a soldier jumping on a grenade to save comrades. We applaud these selfless actions and sometimes express our gratitude and admiration with awards.
There are others who act based on their convictions, who are sometimes recognized for their audacity to buck the status quo. Rosa Parks sat on a bus; a seemingly small action that helped propel the civil rights movement.
Sr Megan Rice, an 85-year-old Catholic nun, served two years in prison for trespassing and damaging government equipment in Oak Ridge, TN. Her aim: to draw attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons.
After serving as a nun for 47 years, Sister Trish Rawles was ordained as a Roman Catholic WomenPriest. For her action, she was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. Roman Catholics who attend ordinations of women priests are also subject to excommunication.
On a weekend visit to the Lorton, VA Workhouse, we saw the prison where women demanding the right to vote were "jailed for freedom." From 1917 – 1919, over 200 Suffragists were arrested on charges of "obstructing free passage of sidewalk" or "holding a meeting on public grounds." Thousands of women participated in perpetual demonstrations in front of the White House, standing silently with banners.
As the Suffragists saw it, the U.S. was battling for democracy abroad during World War I while denying democracy to women at home. "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?" The suffragists were called unpatriotic for challenging the President and Congress during wartime. In response to their actions, some of the Silent Sentinels were given the choice of incarceration or paying a $25 fine. They chose jail.
"Not a dollar of your fine shall we pay. To pay a fine would be an admission of guilt. We are innocent."
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Some were sentenced to the Women's Workhouse at Lorton and held under deplorable conditions. The women staged hunger strikes, were force-fed and treated brutally. Sonia Pressman Fuentes documents the Workhouse's "Night of Terror," November 15, 1917:
Under orders from W. H. Whittaker, superintendent of the Occoquan Workhouse, as many as forty guards with clubs went on a rampage, brutalizing thirty-three jailed suffragists. They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head, and left her there for the night. They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed, and knocked her out cold. Her cellmate Alice Cosu, who believed Mrs. Lewis to be dead, suffered a heart attack. According to affidavits, other women were grabbed, dragged, beaten, choked, slammed, pinched, twisted, and kicked. (source: Barbara Leaming, Katherine Hepburn (New York: Crown Publishers, 1995), 182.)
News of the prisoners' treatment aroused sympathy for the suffragists and their cause. President Wilson reacted to public outrage and endorsed the amendment. In 1919, the 19th amendment to the Constitution granting Women's Right to Vote was ratified. Women were allowed to vote in the November 1920 national election for the first time.
I know that women, once convinced that they are doing what is right, that their rebellion is just, will go on, no matter what the difficulties, no matter what the dangers, so long as there is a woman alive to hold up the flag of rebellion. Emmeline Pankhurst
What do you stand for? What would you risk to bring about changes for something you believe in? To what extent are you willing to take a stand, even if it means personal discomfort? I admire the women whose actions aligned with their principles and chose to be imprisoned over being quiet.
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Q: speech recognition and sound comparation witth musicg I'm trying to make an Android application with speech recognition, but unfortunately google doesn't support my language (MACEDONIAN) and i'm trying to compare two recording sounds.
I'm using http://code.google.com/p/musicg/ to record and compare speech, and i'm stack on initialization the settings for detecting the speech .Some one can tell me how to rewrite this init function for speech detection it's very important to me.. or some other idea
how to do that.
this is the initialization for whistle detection
            // settings for detecting a whistle

            minFrequency = 600.0f;
            maxFrequency = Double.MAX_VALUE;

            minIntensity = 100.0f;
            maxIntensity = 100000.0f;

            minStandardDeviation = 0.1f;
            maxStandardDeviation = 1.0f;

            highPass = 500;
            lowPass = 10000;

            minNumZeroCross = 50;
            maxNumZeroCross = 200;

            numRobust = 10;

A: My understanding is that the musicg DetectionApi, as it stands, is only meant to analyse a single chunk of sound and tell you whether it contains that type of sound. Such as the included whistle or clap api examples. I.e is it a clap/is it a whistle.
With musicg, the best you could probably do would be recognise whether the sound is a voice or not.. though even this might be beyond the DetectionApi.
Since you said the google api doesn't support Macedonian, perhaps you could try Pocketsphinx, which is mentioned in this stackoverflow article.

A: First off, all you have to do is save your recorded sound into wav and then it is easy to use fingerprint Class from their API https://code.google.com/p/musicg/source/browse/#git%2Fsrc%2Fcom%2Fmusicg%2Ffingerprint
Here is how I'm doing the comparation, one temp recorded WAV sound with all my wav sound in my data.
public Cursor FP(String recordedClip, Context context) {

    Baza baza = new Baza(context);

    Cursor allSound = baza.getAllProtocolsForSoundCheck();

    List<Protocol> protocols = new ArrayList<Protocol>();
    int PID =-1;

    Log.d("broj",allSound.getCount()+"");

    for (int i = 0; i < allSound.getCount(); i++) {

        Protocol protocol = new Protocol();
        allSound.moveToNext();
        protocol.setSoundPath(allSound.getString(4));
        protocol.setId(Integer.parseInt(allSound.getString(1)));
        protocols.add(protocol);

        Log.d("brojProtocol",allSound.getString(2)+" ");
        baza.updateProtocolsSoundSimilarity(protocol.getId(), (float) -1);
    }

    Wave record = new Wave(recordedClip);

    List<Wave> waves = new ArrayList<Wave>();

    if (protocols != null) {
        for (int i = 0; i < protocols.size(); i++) {
            waves.add(new Wave(protocols.get(i).getSoundPath()));
        }
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < waves.size(); i++) {

        Log.d("similarity", record.getFingerprintSimilarity(waves.get(i))
                        .getSimilarity()+"");

        baza.updateProtocolsSoundSimilarity(protocols.get(i).getId(),
                record.getFingerprintSimilarity(waves.get(i))
                        .getSimilarity());
    }

    Cursor similarCursor = baza.getSimilarProtocols();
    similarCursor.moveToFirst();
    TransferClass protocolForTransfer = new TransferClass();
    protocolForTransfer.setId(Integer.parseInt(similarCursor.getString(1)));
    protocolForTransfer.setName(similarCursor.getString(2));

    Log.d("passobj",protocolForTransfer.getName()+" "+protocolForTransfer.getId());
//  return protocolForTransfer;

    return similarCursor;
}

A: and here is how I'm saving my temp recorded sound into the wav format:
public class RecorderActivity {

    private static final int RECORDER_BPP = 16;
    private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE_EXT_WAV = ".wav";
    private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_FOLDER = "HQProtocol/sound";
    private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_TEMP_FILE = "record_temp.raw";
    private String AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE = "";
    private static final int RECORDER_SAMPLERATE = 8000;
    private static final int RECORDER_CHANNELS = AudioFormat.CHANNEL_IN_MONO;
    private static final int RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING = AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT;

    private RealDoubleFFT transformer;

    EndPointDetection endpoint;

    int blockSize = 256;

    private AudioRecord recorder = null;
    private int bufferSize = 0;
    private RecorderAsynctask recordingThread = null;
    private boolean isRecording = false;

    float tempFloatBuffer[] = new float[3];
    int tempIndex = 0;
    int totalReadBytes = 0;

    ImageView imageView;
    Bitmap bitmap;
    Canvas canvas;
    Paint paint;

    Context con;

    RecorderActivity(String file, Context con, ImageView image) {
        AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE = file;
        this.con = con;

        this.imageView = image;
        bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap((int) 256, (int) 100,
                Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
        paint = new Paint();
        paint.setStrokeWidth(5);
        paint.setColor(Color.BLUE);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

        transformer = new RealDoubleFFT(256);

        bufferSize = AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(RECORDER_SAMPLERATE,
                RECORDER_CHANNELS, RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING);

    }

    public String getFilename() {
        String filepath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath();
        File file = new File(filepath, AUDIO_RECORDER_FOLDER);

        if (!file.exists()) {
            file.mkdirs();
        }

        return (file.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE + AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE_EXT_WAV);
    }

    private String getTempFilename() {
        String filepath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath();
        File file = new File(filepath, AUDIO_RECORDER_FOLDER);

        if (!file.exists()) {
            file.mkdirs();
        }

        File tempFile = new File(filepath, AUDIO_RECORDER_TEMP_FILE);

        if (tempFile.exists())
            tempFile.delete();

        return (file.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + AUDIO_RECORDER_TEMP_FILE);
    }

    public void startRecording() {
        recorder = new AudioRecord(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC,
                RECORDER_SAMPLERATE, RECORDER_CHANNELS,
                RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING, bufferSize);

        recorder.startRecording();

        isRecording = true;

        recordingThread = new RecorderAsynctask();
        recordingThread.execute(this);

    }

    class RecorderAsynctask extends AsyncTask<RecorderActivity, double[], Void> {

        public void shareLockedfuntionProgreesUpdate(double[] fttrezult) {

            publishProgress(fttrezult);

        }

        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(RecorderActivity... params) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

            byte data[] = new byte[bufferSize];
            String filename = getTempFilename();
            FileOutputStream os = null;

            try {
                os = new FileOutputStream(filename);
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            int read = 0;

            AudioTrack tempAudioTrack;

            double[] toTransform = new double[blockSize];

            if (null != os) {
                while (isRecording) {
                    // sampleRateTextField.setText(recorder.getSampleRate());

                    int bufferReadResult = recorder.read(data, 0, blockSize);

                    for (int i = 0; i < blockSize && i < bufferReadResult; i++) {
                        toTransform[i] = (double) data[i] / 32768.0; // signed
                                                                        // 16
                                                                        // bit
                    }

                    transformer.ft(toTransform);
                    publishProgress(toTransform);

                    if (AudioRecord.ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION != read) {
                        try {

                            os.write(data);
                            tempIndex++;

                        } catch (IOException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    }

                }

                try {
                    os.close();
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }

            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onProgressUpdate(double[]... toTransform) {
            canvas.drawColor(Color.GRAY);
            Paint p = new Paint();
            for (int i = 0; i < toTransform[0].length; i++) {

                int x = i;
                int downy = (int) (100 - (toTransform[0][i] * 10));
                int upy = 100;
                p.setColor(Color.rgb(downy % 256, i % 256, upy % 256));
                canvas.drawLine(x, upy, x, downy, p);

            }
            imageView.invalidate();
        }

    }

    public void writeAudioDataToFile(RecorderAsynctask asyntask) {
        byte data[] = new byte[bufferSize];
        String filename = getTempFilename();
        FileOutputStream os = null;

        try {
            os = new FileOutputStream(filename);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        int read = 0;

        double[] toTransform = new double[256];

        if (null != os) {
            while (isRecording) {
                // sampleRateTextField.setText(recorder.getSampleRate());

                int bufferReadResult = recorder.read(data, 0, 256);

                for (int i = 0; i < 256 && i < bufferReadResult; i++) {
                    toTransform[i] = (double) data[i] / 32768.0; // signed
                                                                    // 16
                                                                    // bit
                }

                transformer.ft(toTransform);
                asyntask.shareLockedfuntionProgreesUpdate(toTransform);

                if (AudioRecord.ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION != read) {
                    try {

                        os.write(data);
                        tempIndex++;

                    } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }
                }

            }

            try {
                os.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    public void stopRecording() {
        if (null != recorder) {
            isRecording = false;

            recorder.stop();
            recorder.release();

            recorder = null;
            recordingThread = null;
        }

        copyWaveFile(getTempFilename(), getFilename());
        deleteTempFile();
    }

    private void deleteTempFile() {
        File file = new File(getTempFilename());

        file.delete();
    }

    private void copyWaveFile(String inFilename, String outFilename) {
        FileInputStream in = null;
        FileOutputStream out = null;
        long totalAudioLen = 0;
        long totalDataLen = totalAudioLen + 36;
        long longSampleRate = RECORDER_SAMPLERATE;
        int channels = 1;
        long byteRate = RECORDER_BPP * RECORDER_SAMPLERATE * channels / 8;

        byte[] data = new byte[bufferSize];

        try {
            in = new FileInputStream(inFilename);
            out = new FileOutputStream(outFilename);
            totalAudioLen = in.getChannel().size();
            totalDataLen = totalAudioLen + 36;

            WriteWaveFileHeader(out, totalAudioLen, totalDataLen,
                    longSampleRate, channels, byteRate);

            while (in.read(data) != -1) {
                out.write(data);
            }

            in.close();
            out.close();
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    private void WriteWaveFileHeader(FileOutputStream out, long totalAudioLen,
            long totalDataLen, long longSampleRate, int channels, long byteRate)
            throws IOException {

        byte[] header = new byte[44];

        header[0] = 'R'; // RIFF/WAVE header
        header[1] = 'I';
        header[2] = 'F';
        header[3] = 'F';
        header[4] = (byte) (totalDataLen & 0xff);
        header[5] = (byte) ((totalDataLen >> 8) & 0xff);
        header[6] = (byte) ((totalDataLen >> 16) & 0xff);
        header[7] = (byte) ((totalDataLen >> 24) & 0xff);
        header[8] = 'W';
        header[9] = 'A';
        header[10] = 'V';
        header[11] = 'E';
        header[12] = 'f'; // 'fmt ' chunk
        header[13] = 'm';
        header[14] = 't';
        header[15] = ' ';
        header[16] = 16; // 4 bytes: size of 'fmt ' chunk
        header[17] = 0;
        header[18] = 0;
        header[19] = 0;
        header[20] = 1; // format = 1
        header[21] = 0;
        header[22] = (byte) channels;
        header[23] = 0;
        header[24] = (byte) (longSampleRate & 0xff);
        header[25] = (byte) ((longSampleRate >> 8) & 0xff);
        header[26] = (byte) ((longSampleRate >> 16) & 0xff);
        header[27] = (byte) ((longSampleRate >> 24) & 0xff);
        header[28] = (byte) (byteRate & 0xff);
        header[29] = (byte) ((byteRate >> 8) & 0xff);
        header[30] = (byte) ((byteRate >> 16) & 0xff);
        header[31] = (byte) ((byteRate >> 24) & 0xff);
        header[32] = (byte) (2 * 16 / 8); // block align
        header[33] = 0;
        header[34] = RECORDER_BPP; // bits per sample
        header[35] = 0;
        header[36] = 'd';
        header[37] = 'a';
        header[38] = 't';
        header[39] = 'a';
        header[40] = (byte) (totalAudioLen & 0xff);
        header[41] = (byte) ((totalAudioLen >> 8) & 0xff);
        header[42] = (byte) ((totalAudioLen >> 16) & 0xff);
        header[43] = (byte) ((totalAudioLen >> 24) & 0xff);

        out.write(header, 0, 44);
    }

    public void closeThreadIfisnot() {
        recordingThread.cancel(true);
    }
}

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Inspection Highlights: Provide effective measures intended to eliminate the presence of cockroaches on the premises.
This week, Houston health inspectors found lots of roaches in several restaurants and caught an employee at a popular brewery restaurant doing an unhygienic thing.
At the Karbach Brewery restaurant (2031 Karbach Suite B) inspectors said they saw a employee with an excessive beard without restraint, handling food.
Inspectors told the business to provide an effective hair restraint that covers body hair to prevent contamination.
Roaches were problematic for Rudi Lechner Restaurant and Bar (2305 S. Gessner), Wild Cajun Crawfish (6533 Wilcrest Suite 104) and at Tastee Pizza (6455 Hillcroft).
A re-inspection was required for an African restaurant, Subo Suya (9780 Bissonnet Suite B).
Inspectors say they saw roaches in multiple places, including a hand washing sink and a refrigerator.


NDIS Support Coordination - ON-Q - we can help with your plan!
The NDIS can be complex and confusing to navigate. As an NDIS participant, you (or your nominee) become responsible for getting started, understanding your plan and its budgets, and finding and connecting with supports and services in your community to achieve the goals in your plan. If you're not sure where to start, we can help breathe life into your plan. This may involve assisting you to implement your plan or find services and supports in your local community such as medical practitioners, Centrelink or making applications for other types of support.