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Ferndale Transparency Dashboard
View your community policing dashboard.
INTEGRITY ◆ COURAGE ◆ COMPASSION ◆ COMMITMENT ◆ SERVICE
The Ferndale Police Department is dedicated to the safety and protection of the citizens and businesses within our boundaries. We are committed to the task of keeping our courts and correctional system secure and our service is built upon integrity, respect, vision, and leadership.
It is our goal to always be open and transparent with the public. This newly created community dashboard will assist us in that continued effort. The data provided in the below charts have been obtained from a variety of internal software programs used by the Ferndale Police Department.
Ferndale Police Department Annual Report(s)
Ferndale Police Department Website
Response to Resistance
Traffic Crashes
Citizen Complaint
Mental Health Referral
Calls for Service Definition
Calls for service are generally represented as calls to "911" for emergency assistance and may also include calls to non-emergency numbers. Each call for service that comes in is assigned a priority based on the type of crime or service that is requested.
Priority 0 through Priority 2:
The most serious offenses and require the most immediate response. Priority 0 calls include crimes such as Assault and Battery, Domestic Violence, and Injury Accidents while priority 1 calls include crimes such as robbery, hit and run accidents, bomb threats and panic alarms.
Calls labeled 3 through 7 continue to decrease in their need for immediate response unless there are extenuating circumstances. Priority 3 calls for service include things such as neighbor troubles, animal complaints, civil matters, and weapons violations not covered by higher priority classifications.
Priority 8 and Priority 9:
Calls labeled priority 8 and 9 are less serious but important community calls that include things such as abandon autos and found property.
The initial view reflects combined data from 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. To view calls for service data from individual years, select the desired year from the dropdown menu. All charts on the page will update with data from the selected year(s).
Citation Definition
A citation or ticket is a legal notice to a person or motor vehicle charged with a violation of law, especially a minor violation. The cited person or motor vehicle is the defendant. A citation can be a civil infraction or a misdemeanor depending on the seriousness of the traffic violation. All defendants who receive a citation must respond to the allegations in the citation.
Unknown: When an officer is unable to determine race and gender, the race and gender categories are marked as unknown.
** Republic Parking is a separate entity. Their parking citations are not documented by the police department.**
Warnings Definition
A traffic warning is a verbal or written warning issued by a police officer in lieu of a traffic violation.
Arrest Definition
Arrest is defined as when a person is taken into the government's custody and detained. Michigan Legislature provides a more detailed definition of an arrest. When an officer is unable to determine race and gender, the arrest race and gender categories are marked as UNKNOWN.
Law Enforcement terminolgy is not always user friendly. Here are a few definitions for abbreviations used in law enforcement.
AGG/Fel Assault- Aggravated and/or Felony Assault
B&E- Breaking and Entering
CSC- Criminal Sexual Conduct
DWLS- Driving While License Suspended
Fail to Stop and Identify- Property Damage Accident Hit and Run
LFA- Larceny from Auto
MDOP- Malicious Destruction of Property
OPS Never acquired- Operators License has never been obtained
Response to Resistance Definition
The Ferndale Police Department Response to Resistance policy states that officers utilize the amount of force that is objectively reasonable considering the totality of circumstances that are confronted in order to affect an arrest/or accomplish the lawful performance of duty while protecting the public. Officers must perform their duties professionally, with respect for others, and in a manner that endeavors to protect and preserve life.
The Ferndale Police Department policy includes not only when force was used, but also when force was shown. A show of force is defined as a gesture with a lethal and/or less-lethal weapon directed at a person as a means to coerce or gain compliance. A use of force is defined as the attempt to establish control through physical means in the presence of resistance given the totality of the circumstances. The Ferndale Police Department conducts an internal review on all response to resistance that includes actions leading to an officer's response, and what type of response was used. The following counts of subject's actions and types of responses used do not represent individual incidents, but instead all actions and responses deployed for all incidents in which force was used.
Training Definition
The data has been categorized in 9 subject headings. Each category has a variety of training courses completed to assist our officers reduce risks, provide service and communicate more effectively with our community and all of it's citizens. Please see the examples below of the training the Ferndale Police Department provides for it's officers and the community. These training classes are not all encompassing but a small example of courses.
Response to Resistance: Firearms, Taser certification/recertification, De-escalation
Medical/Bloodborne Pathogen Training: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Tactical Medical Response, Naloxone (Narcan).
Mental Health Response Training: Crisis Intervention Team Training, Critical Incident Stress Management, Autism Awareness/Acceptance,
Emergency Vehicle Operations: Emergency Vehicle Operator Course, Traffic Enforcement, Traffic Safety Summit
Investigative Training: Basic Detective, Crime Prevention, Critical Incident Investigation, Evidence Technician
Legal Training: Legal Liability, Legal Law Update, Juvenile Law, Domestic Violence
Leadership Training: Field Training Officer School (FTO), Staff and Command, First-Line Supervision
Dispatch Training: Basic Emergency Telecommunicator, Emergency Medical Dispatch, Managing 911 Stress, Handling the Despondent and Suicidal Caller
Cultural Awareness/Ethics: Public information Officer, Un-Bias Policing, Cultural Diversity and Awareness, 21st Century Community Policing, Risk management
Crime Mapping Definition
Providing crime stats that characterize conditions in our neighborhoods.
This may take a moment, please bear with us as the data populates...
Crash Definition
Traffic safety in our City is an ongoing collaboration between our Police department and the Ferndale community to ensure those who travel within our city limits do so safely, whether by foot, bicycle, or vehicle.
While navigating the data you may question why so much of the data is "unknown". The Ferndale Police Department responds to many "Hit and Run" traffic crashes and we are unable to provide driver details for those traffic crashes.
All citizen complaints, including those made anonymously, claiming misconduct by department personnel will be investigated fully. In order to retain the trust and confidence of the public, the people must know that the department will diligently investigate all complaints, and when there are findings of officer misconduct, then this department will take appropriate action. Any citizen who makes a complaint will be advised of the outcome, unless they choose not to be so informed
Disposition Description
Sustained: Violations of Ferndale Policy and Procedure did occur.
Not Sustained: The evidence does not support the accusations.
Unfounded: The facts that were presented never occurred and were false.
Exonerated: The actions alleged did occur but were proper and legal
The Crime Trends Dashboard is used to view Ferndale crime data for specified periods of time. It is available to the general public and users are able to view and compare year-to-year statistics on all police incidents. The data provided is based on the number of incidents and does not reflect the number of citizen contacts.
Law enforcement report data can be an effective way to analyze where crime occurs and how crime has changed over a specific time frame. The dashboard contains data from January 2016 to present day.
The City of Ferndale has partnered with Common Ground, Oakland County's leading crisis services agency. The partnership puts Common Ground in a position to help Ferndale first responders recognize opportunities for crisis management support and connect in-need individuals and families with available programs and services. Common Ground will follow up with referrals and provide a continuity of care - referring resources and follow-up care are provided only with individuals' consent. Severe cases may be committed to the hospital on a voluntary or involuntary basis for continued mental health assistance.
Ferndale Police Department Policy
Accreditation Program
The Ferndale Police Department is an accredited agency through the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police (MACP). Accreditation is awarded to a law enforcement agency upon demonstration of voluntary commitment to law enforcement excellence by living up to standards deemed essential to the protection of the life, health, safety, and the rights of the its citizens and exemplifying the best professional practices in the conduct of its responsibilities.
For a detailed explanation of our policies, please click on the policy below:
Accredidation Report
Emergency Vehicle Operations
Digital Video Recording System (In-Car Video)
CEW (Taser)
Fair and Impartial Policing
Response to Resistance and Violence
Body Worn Camera
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Ferndale Police Department
310 E. Nine Mile Rd.
Phone Number: 248-541-3650 (ext 5)
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Margo Price Drops New Live Album Featuring Jack White, Emmylou Harris, and Sturgill Simpson
As we await the release of her rescheduled third album, Price shares a recording of a 2018 set at The Ryman.
May 21st 2020 by Kim March
photo by Chris Phelps
It was a bit of a bummer to learn that Margo Price's forthcoming album That's How Rumors Get Started would be among the many high-caliber releases seeing a new, later release date in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. She was kind enough to break the news with a quality John Lennon cover to ease the blow, and now she's following that up with a full LP of unheard material in the form of a live recording.
Taken from one of three nights of sold-out shows at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in 2018, Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman is a star-studded affair featuring cameos from Jack White, Emmylou Harris, and Sturgill Simpson. Shared as a Bandcamp exclusive, all proceeds benefit MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund (if you hold out until June 5, the third monthly Bandcamp Day, to purchase it, 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the fund).
"I am so excited that we are releasing it today," she shared earlier today in a press release for the project. "The recordings are rough and the performances are raw, but there was a magic there and the band was on fire. We played unreleased songs, alternative album versions and had lots of special guests. I hope it moves you."
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Courier Square in Charleston, SC, by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (Image: Peter Aaron/Otto for Robert A.M. Stern Architects)
Courier Square, Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Robert A.M. Stern Architects designs Courier Square taking cues from Charleston's historic buildings
Via Traditional Building
This article was originally featured in Traditional Building and is reprinted with permission. You can find the original publication here.
One morning in Charleston, South Carolina, Gary L. Brewer was looking up at the Ionic columns that had just been installed on his new five-story Greek Revival building on Meeting Street when a bicyclist stopped beside him. The cyclist and the architect struck up a conversation about the building in front of them. Brewer hadn't identified himself; the cyclist could have been talking to any random stranger. In fact, she was talking to the lead architect behind this new, consequential addition to the bustling city. "It's great," the cyclist said. "This is what Charleston's future could be."
"There's an ongoing debate in the community: what should new buildings look like?" says Brewer, the Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects who led the design. "Should they be in the character of traditional buildings in Charleston? Should they be more modern? Or something in between? From our perspective, which you can hopefully see in the design of Courier Square, there's room both to add to historic Charleston's architectural character, and also to be inventive at the same time."
Bordered by the Cooper and Ashley Rivers, Charleston's past as a coastal hub for shipping and trade—including a lamentable role in the slave trade—made it a city of opulence, reflected in the city's refined, modestly-scaled architecture that manifests in everything from Greek Revival to Federal to Queen Anne. In the 1920s, architects who built large-footprint projects in southern cities like Atlanta and Charlotte bypassed Charleston, and when urban America began demolishing historic buildings in the name of redevelopment in the 1960s and 70s, a lack of funds as well as interest spared Charleston's signature architecture. ("From an architectural perspective," Brewer says, "Charleston is one of those cities that was rich at the right time, and poor at the right time.") Now, while earning wide renown for top-tier restaurants and a thriving arts scene, the city is in the midst of a long-running population boom.
In recent years, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has completed several projects in the region; Brewer served as Partner in charge of the Ocean Course and Cougar Point golf clubhouses on nearby Kiawah Island. After building local connections, including a collaborative relationship with Scott Parker of the landscape architecture and urban planning firm DesignWorks, the firm met with Pierre Manigault of Evening Post Industries—the media company that operates The Post and Courier newspaper and owns the property where Courier Square was built—and Greystar. With the area around the property recently redistricted to allow for taller buildings, Brewer says the firm received its marching orders: create a large project that would "represent, stylistically, what Charleston was about." Working alongside LS3P, the Charleston-based company who devised Courier Square's master plan, Brewer and his team navigated the architectural review process with municipal and neighborhood-level organizations: the Board of Architectural Review, the Historic Charleston Foundation, the Preservation Society. And while those steps could have produced gripes and headaches, Brewer says, "a lot of people we met had good suggestions about how to make the project better. If you listen, good ideas come from everywhere, so we used that approval process to help make the project better."
Ultimately, Courier Square comprises three smaller buildings in a single large footprint—Greystar's headquarters office building, The Guild, and an enclosed parking structure facing Line Street—to harmonize with Charleston's more diminutive historic buildings. In conceiving the office building, Brewer borrowed Classical elements from government and public buildings in the historic district around Meeting and Broad Streets. "We were, in a way, carrying the character of the historic district up to the more northern side to help plant a flag," Brewer says. The cupolaed towers on the corners are picturesque icons. Sixteen 21-foot-high Ionic columns and clean, symmetrical detailing play off the rusticated stone that greets pedestrians walking by the street-level shops, while a metal-paneled penthouse on the uppermost floor looks out over the Cooper River.
Meanwhile, The Guild seizes on the industrial character of late 19th- and early 20th-century Charleston for its red-brick detailing, large windows, and 220 high-ceilinged, loft-style apartments overlooking a historic train line to the west. The most impressive feature is the tower, rising 120 feet from the greenway down below, with a clock set into the living room of one of the units. A rooftop over the garage is equipped with a pool and lounge areas, looking east toward the blue beyond.
With other projects afoot elsewhere in the city, Courier Square is only the beginning of Robert A.M. Stern Architects' work in Charleston. Ultimately, Brewer says, the extra time, money, and effort devoted to adapting Charleston's historic character has helped developers break records for rental rates. "To convince a developer and a client to build something nicer from an architectural perspective, you have to translate it into the language they speak: what's the return going to be? And this building really helps to set an example."
And as much as Courier Square looked to the past, the future—that subject conjured by the cyclist talking with Brewer on the street—was never a faraway thought. "The construction manager from Greystar told me that this was a legacy project," Brewer adds. "And for all involved—from the highest levels of management at Greystar, all the way to the artisans, the people who made the windows and the bricks—this was a legacy project for everyone."
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Having made most mistakes in recruitment, in fact it feels like all, but also having learnt a great deal along the way through trial and alas error I wanted to share with you a few thoughts and sense checks for avoiding recruitment nightmares.
It took 17 years of effort to define the process of best recruitment practice to make sure we put culture first, and I would firstly state I stick by the cultural and basic ability tests we put in place years ago.
Clearly you can do a great deal through the myriad of data on individuals using LinkedIn and other sources, but as yet I have resisted making decisions based on data alone because I employ the people and the attitude first.
I am looking always for A grade and better players. Aptitude is teachable when someone has the character to do a job.
Clearly at more senior levels skills get out of date quicker. I am more conscious in this scenario of testing the delivery, the action and the actual current up-to-date capabilities of those in senior roles whom perhaps have become lazy – more talk lass walk.
I hire doers not just talkers. People have to work to stay up to date.
Have as many people involved in the interview process as possible, try different atmospheres to observe how they respond and remember to listen to the candidate when you are taking notes, so you don't miss what they are trying to tell you.
Have a raft of questions to ask – below I've attached a content rich FREE download for you to use and record notes in interviews. It includes a 4 page databank of interesting interview questions.
As for my tips on judging character – be yourself when you interview and find the real person during the interview by thinking hard about the right sort of questions for the role you are offering. An accountant should love box filling, be mad about preciousm, love lists and meticulously proud of their organisational skills and efficiency at diary keeping.
A sales person should still appreciate hard graft, demonstrate the commitment skills for being persistent and creative, to get to decisions makers, and to innovate to win business.
I would employ a young person wanting to get into sales whose done a paper round and stuck at it for more than one season as this shows a motivation for money – were they saving for something nice, learning to appreciate the value of making their own money…saving up? Have they played sports and been competitive? How do they feel about winning and losing? You want to hire practicing, improving, hard working winners.
Recently I heard someone was asked for 10 references. Brilliant way of not being bamboozled with just a selective two. I will do this from now on, always learning from others. Do you ask people to give examples of failure, how they cope with constant change, the desire to improve, where do they see themselves in 5 years. These are critical questions and will usually give more interesting answers.
Factually you should work disproportionately hard on keeping the great recruits you have.
Build a culture where people would rather do anything but leave.
Irrespective, growing companies should always be looking out for their next great source of a genius voice in their companies. People who bring new fresh ideas and even better systems and processes we can learn from.
Irrespective this recruitment gig is not a perfect process and we still make mistakes. Keep a second in reserve and where possible recruit several of the same position on probation and whittle down to the best if you can afford it.
Come and join us at our next Business Blast event on 1st October – we are addressing all aspects of avoiding recruitment nightmares, with plenty of stories. It's going to be an entertaining and informative afternoon I can assure you. You can book tickets here.
There are many online hubs offering resources and support. One of my favourites is Engage for Success.
Always, always stick to the painful old adage – Fire fast and hire slow.


This week, Kirk and I managed to install the rest of the irrigation system for the second living wall, which proved successful. The only issue we noticed was that the water pressure for this wall was much stronger than that of the first wall, which we assumed to be a result of its close proximity to its water source and fewer drip lines running through it.
Following the completion of the irrigation system, we proceeded to wrapping up some of our plant specimens and inserting them into the pockets of the second living wall using a similar design style as the one used by Patrick Blanc. So far, we've only managed to plant about 10-15 specimens, but we are definitely pleased with how the project is turning out. Our next step is to continue wrapping up the remaining plant specimens and insert them into their respective pockets/panels using the design concept that was discussed prior to planting. While this phase of the project has only just begun, we are very excited to see the end result of our hard work and effort.
For our last meeting during Summer I, Kirk and I began to work on the irrigation system for the second living wall. This was my first time working on irrigation, so I was glad that Kirk was patient enough to guide me through the process. We managed to get most the irrigation work done, with the exception of the water line that connects with the drip irrigation system of the living wall. But, on the plus side, I got to learn how irrigation systems work, especially when dealing with a drip system, which requires just the right amount of water pressure.
This week, we finally managed to get all of the Flora Felt panels hung up on the metal strips that we had installed the previous week. No planting has been done yet and is unlikely to get underway until July. Unlike the first living wall system we built, this one proved to be much easier and lighter to assemble. However, this does not necessarily imply that it is a better system or that it will prove effective in the long term. One of my concerns with this system so far is that it appears to lack sturdiness. This may change once the plants are put in, but this wall seems like it could easily be blown away with a powerful gust. Fortunately, one of the purposes of this project is to determine what works and doesn't work in regards to living wall systems. Despite the uncertainties, I can only hope that this system does prove successful in the end.
The second week of June was mostly spent discussing possible living wall systems and plants to test out for our new project. In the end, Professor Dvorak, Kirk and I agreed to go with a living wall system called Flora Felt, which is a vertical garden planter system consisting of fabric and recycled plastic. Unlike with the previous living wall, these panels are made of pockets for which to put the plants in. However, there are a few other mechanisms that are different this time around. While the first living wall system was designed to retain soil for the plant specimens, this system is based on both hydroponics and soil retention. We also opted to utilize wholesale and store-bought plants instead of propagating and growing our own; thus making the process of planting a little easier and quicker than last time. Furthermore, instead of just inserting the plant specimens into the pockets, each specimen will be wrapped in a fabric cloth provided by Flora Felt, making it easier to assemble and disassemble the living wall system as needed, as well as, proving useful in replacing dead or damaged plants.
For the first week of summer classes, Kirk and I proceeded to plant the remaining modules for the living wall we built this past spring. The only specimen we failed to plant last time was Asian Jasmine, which was undeveloped at the time that the wall went up. Once the Asian Jasmine specimens got settled in the modules, we went ahead and installed them with the other modules, hence completing the first living wall. Now, the only thing left to do for this wall is to install a wooden frame around it, for which we already have the wood to begin assembling it.


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Have we got some great items on sale this week, and one new product which will be coming in time for the Christmas Season. I know who wants to think of cold weather yet, but in soap world you need to be thinking months ahead. Three soaps on sale for $2.00. We have our fun Bath Confetti on sale for $4.00. Also Bergamot & Patchouli candles on sale this week with the large 20 oz. 3 wick candle for only $10.00. Go to our home page and move your cursor to the "Home" word and a drop down box of "On sale this week" will appear. Click on it, and you will be taken to our sale items of the week for you too enjoy.
Have we got some great items on sale this week, and one new product available starting today. Three soaps on sale for $2.00. We have our wonderful Facial Cremes on sale this week for only $5.00. Also Whipped Pumpkin Pie candles on sale this week with the large 20 oz. 3 wick candle for only $10.00. Go to our home page and move your cursor to the "Home" word and a drop down box of "On sale this week" will appear. Click on it, and you will be taken to our sale items of the week for you too enjoy. Check out our new product just released today. It is Grapefruit & Honey Lip Balm with Natural SPF. It has all natural Carrot Seed Essential oil in it to protect your lips from the suns rays.
All the items on sale this week are new items, except one which is our skin loving Cocoa Butter soap. I have a new Four Thieves foaming soap, and a candle refill program which starts today. And for you sports fans, two new soaps. "Go Green", and "Go Maize", "Go Blue" soaps. Lets see who has the most loyal fans based on how many of each soap sells. Just go to www.daleshandmadesoaps.com and move your cursor over the Home word and you will see the "On sale this week" pop up. Just click on it and enjoy, and select your savings.
Have we got some great items on sale this week, and one new product with a special introductory price. Three soaps on sale for $2.50. Also this week a new product for your bath time pleasure for special introductory price of only $4.00. It is called Cherry Almond Bath Truffles, and if you like are Cherry Almond bar soap, you will really fall in love with these. Also Very Vanilla candles on sale this week with the large 20 oz. 3 wick candle for only $10.00. Go to our home page and move your cursor to the "Home" word and a drop down box of "On sale this week" will appear. Click on it, and you will be taken to our sale items of the week for you too enjoy.


There are five pillars of practice in Islam. These practices must be undertaken with the best of effort in order to be considered a true Muslim: A) Declaration of faith in One God and that Muhammad is a prophet of God. B) Formal prayer five times a day. C) Poor-due "tax" – 2.5% of one's excess wealth given to the needy once a year. D) Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once, if physically and financially able. E) Fasting during the daylight hours in the month of Ramadan.


Aspects relating to modelling and customisation are now being factored into the design of innovative medical devices. This is especially true now that medical devices are increasingly being designed to communicate with each other using tablets, mobile phones and connected objects which identify all sorts of parameters which may be medical data.
All these data must be gathered, made secure, shared, analysed and sometimes even directly integrated into the information systems used by clinics and healthcare institutions. From collecting data, processing it and then sharing it, this now digital continuum raises crucial questions and implies the need to rise to real technological challenges.
Convinced of the need for convergence between medical devices, connected objects and information systems, Inria, CVSTENE, the IHU Liryc, Digital Aquitaine with the members of the TIC Santé Aquitain cluster and the Agence Aquitaine Développement Innovation have joined forces to organise this one-day forum to explore and discuss the issues and get to grips with all-digital convergence.
In the morning, speakers from the worlds of industry, healthcare, science and institutions will present some general background information. After lunch, a showroom dedicated to demonstrating technology developed by our research teams or provided by our partners, will give you a very real idea of what a future collaboration would be like.
Talks by many professionals in the sector, affording an opportunity to discuss and spark ideas for new collaboration and technology transfer projects.
Around twenty innovative technologies and applications will be demonstrated in a showroom.
For over twenty years, Inria has been hosting "Inria-Industry Fora" during which the Institute presents its research and technology transfer activities to companies in a given sector.
The aim of these sessions is to promote Inria's work and better understand the needs of industry partners in order to establish links between the two communities that may lead to new collaboration or technology transfer projects. The days include demonstrations relevant to the sector in question, which are pitched by Inria's teams and SMEs partnered or started up by Inria, and end with themed lectures.
These fora are organised in partnership with competitiveness clusters in the relevant sector and in which Inria plays a key role and targets companies in the sector, particularly innovative small and medium-sized companies.
Depuis l'aéroport de Bordeaux -Mérignac : une navette vous conduit en 30 minutes au centre-ville de Bordeaux (arrivée à l'Office de Tourisme, 1-3 allée de Tourny).
Depuis la gare Saint-Jean , prendre le tram Ligne C, direction Les Aubiers, arrêt « Place de la Bourse ».
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"My experience at the Academy was very significant as it made me realise that I am interested in working with social issues and helping communities," reflects Khushboo Khoja, a 2016 graduate from the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad.
She has also successfully applied for a leadership position on campus as a residence advisor where one of her primary roles will be to foster a community atmosphere in the residence. When not busy studying or volunteering, Khushboo also plays indoor soccer on the intramural team at Western.


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1.3. Multilingua Keelekeskus OÜ conducts continuing language training for the preparation of Estonian language proficiency examination on the basis of the order of the Chancellor of the Ministry of Education and Research of 3.06.2016. No 1.1-3/16/101.
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Raiders practice report: Mistakes dull Gruden's appetite
Sporting Green // Oakland Raiders
Matt Kawahara Aug. 6, 2018
Oakland Raiders ead coach Jon Gruden speaks to reporters after NFL football practice in Napa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press
From practice No. 9 of Raiders training camp:
LENGTH: 2 ½ hours. The Raiders held some contact drills and finished the practice, as they've been doing, with a pads-free team session. Energy level is expected to ramp up Tuesday: The Detroit Lions will be in Napa for the first of two joint practices before the teams play Friday in their preseason opener.
INJURY REPORT: Among a sizeable group of players working off to the side were safeties Marcus Gilchrist and Karl Joseph. Head coach Jon Gruden said Joseph has a "slight groin" and Gilchrist a sore foot. With Erik Harris (fractured finger) and Tevin Mitchel also out, the Raiders had only four healthy safeties participating in Monday's practice.
"It's tough," Gruden said. "In some ways, it helps somebody else get some opportunities. And their versatility is what we're looking for with the third, fourth and fifth safeties."
Gruden said he hopes Gilchrist and Joseph are back Tuesday. That also applies to RG Gabe Jackson and RT Brandon Parker, who'd been expected back Monday. RB DeAndre Washington is expected to return in the next day or so after leaving camp for personal reasons.
Also absent from practice Monday were OT Breno Giacomini and CB Gareon Conley. LT Donald Penn and DT Eddie Vanderdoes remain on the PUP list.
DEPTH CHART: The Raiders sent out a release for the preseason opener that included an unofficial depth chart. There weren't too many surprises, but of note:
* Gilchrist and Joseph are listed as starting safeties, with Reggie Nelson and Harris as backups.
* Rookie Kolton Miller is listed as the starting left tackle, where he has taken all first-team reps in camp, with Giacomini as the starting right tackle. David Sharpe is listed as backup left tackle and Brandon Parker backup right tackle. However, with Giacomini out recently, Ian Silberman has taken the majority of first-team reps at right tackle.
* Seth Roberts, competing for a role in a crowded receiver group, is listed as a primary backup behind Jordy Nelson.
* Conley is still listed as a starting cornerback despite not having practiced since the first day of camp. Conley suffered a hip strain and was expected to miss two weeks, meaning he'd likely be out through the preseason opener. Daryl Worley has played in his place.
* WR Dwayne Harris is listed as the primary kickoff and punt returner, though WR Ryan Switzer has appeared to be the first player to take reps there in practices.
NOT THRILLED: Monday's practice wasn't exactly crisp, especially in the later team periods. At one point, after a pre-snap flag, Gruden barked: "Come on, let's go! That's three false starts!" After a hold-up at the beginning of another team drill, someone shouted: "We need 11 men on defense."
"I thought we've got to do a lot better job, personally," Gruden said later. "I wasn't happy with that. I think the defense jumped offside twice. Pre-snap penalties make me sick. They really do. And I'm sick now. I don't feel like eating."
All-Pro LG Kelechi Osemele committed one of the false starts, and also showed uncharacteristic frustration after back-to-back poor reps in 1-on-1 drills. QB Derek Carr and TE Jared Cook were not on the same page on a red-zone play, with Carr throwing to where he thought Cook would be and Cook cutting off his route. Switzer caught what would have been a touchdown on a fade beating CB Shareece Wright, but was flagged for offensive pass interference.
NEW BLOOD: Given the above, the Raiders could perhaps benefit from seeing a different team for a couple of practices. Gruden said he believes practices the last week have been ramping up to the Lions' arrival and that the joint practices Tuesday and Wednesday will be lively - but not overly so.
"There's an etiquette and a professionalism that we want to have, number one," Gruden said. "We don't want a bunch of screaming and yelling and brawling out here. We want to have good solid fundamental football, teaching moments, see a different opponent, block some different looks. And get better. That's the number none thing.
"You'll see the two-minute drill, you'll see some third-down work, you'll see moving the ball, working on substitutions. You'll see some live goal-line. It'll be exciting. Hopefully our players, and I know they will, will maintain good professionalism and get something out of it."
While this marks the first time participating in joint practices for many Raiders players - the team last did so in 2014 - it's the third for LB Tahir Whitehead, who happened to spend the past six seasons in Detroit. Whitehead said the main benefit of the arrangement is "not hitting your own guy anymore."
"But just being able to get some fresh looks, go out there, it's a different energy about it when you have those joint practices," Whitehead said. "It's good work to say the least."
Whitehead said he's looking forward to seeing some former teammates. While having an actual opponent in practice can lead to skirmishes, Whitehead said he expects it to be businesslike.
"It's camp, guys get a little testy, tempers flare," Whitehead said. "But I think we shouldn't have any of that. I think they do a good job of just showing up ready to work, keeping it about football, and I think we have a good group of guys that's pretty much looking forward to doing the same. At the end of the day, it's nothing but a distraction if that occurs."
RIGHT FOOT: K Eddy Piñeiro might have been competing with Giorgio Tavecchio for a job in camp, but he said he wasn't glad to see the Raiders waive their 2017 kicker last Friday.
"It sucks that they let him go," Piñeiro said. "He's a great kicker. I learned a lot from him. And he'd helped me out a lot."
As Gruden explained, the Raiders waived the left-footed Tavecchio to allow their snapper and holder (Johnny Townsend) to focus on practicing with a right-footed kicker. They also signed a right-footed veteran in Mike Nugent to work, and ostensibly compete, with Piñeiro.
Nugent could be seen talking throughout Monday's practice to Piñeiro, who said afterward he had already picked things up from the veteran.
"Just field goal stuff, angles on my kickoffs, placement on kickoffs and stuff like that," Piñeiro said. "He's got a lot of knowledge. He's played in the league for a long time."
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Whitehead, on if he's heard from former Lions teammates ahead of their joint practices: "Couple of FaceTimes, just talking smack. But they're coming in ready to work. We're ready to work."
Matt Kawahara is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: mkawahara@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @matthewkawahara
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Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 15 December 2014
By Patrick von Sychowski | December 15, 2014 3:21 am PST
Perhaps the biggest news announced at CineAsia was Arts Alliance Media partnership with Wanda Cinemas. It would be good, however, to have a bit more specifics on what exactly the deal entails for both parties.
The partnership will see AAM serving as a primary technology partner to Wanda with the aim of creating efficiencies, increasing revenues and improving customer experience across all of Wanda's cinema operations. The partnership covers both existing business and future developments.
John Aalbers, Chief Executive Officer of Arts Alliance Media commented "I am delighted to announce this wide-ranging, strategic partnership with Wanda Cinema Line. The initial deal represents one of the most significant in cinema software history. What is even more exciting is that Wanda is a global player with big ambitions and we, at Arts Alliance Media, are going to be right there with them making it happen. Being able to work with such a visionary and strategic partner is very exciting, as it will help keep both companies at the forefront of innovation in the rapidly changing cinema industry for years to come." LINK
UK telecoms operator EE is ending its cinema sponsorship deal after more than a decade, though a new sponsor partner is likely to replace it.
Mobile company EE is to end long-running 2 for 1 cinema deal Orange Wednesdays in February 2015 after the company and cinemas could not agree a commerical deal.
An EE spokesperson said take up of the once "massively successful" offer had declined in recent years due to changing viewing habits:
"Orange Wednesday launched over a decade ago and at its peak was a massive success," read the statement. "After 10 great years our brand has changed and our customers' viewing habits have also evolved so it's time to move on. LINK
GDC had a busy CineAsia and I was as always impressed by the technology on display at their stand. Too many press releases to repeat them all here, particularly for their SX-3000 Standalone IMB and Theatre Management System (though it was the CLA-2000 Content Library Adapter in particular that caught my eye), so know that they announced deals with China's Evergrande, Sichuan Pacific Circuit and China Film Group amongst others. And they launched a new logo. Something I am VERY into at the moment, for reasons that will become apparent in early 2015.
In its new emblem, the GDC initials – standing for Global Digital Creations – retain pride of place at the center of the logo, reflecting the company's solid foundations and an ongoing commitment to its core values and to satisfying customers digital cinema needs. New to the trademark, are the curved bands which enclose the type, evoking the globe and thereby alluding to GDC Technology's standing on the world stage and to its global reach.
With its solid, clean lines, the logo's design has a striking, contemporary feel that is reflective of GDC Technology's forward-thinking, user-focused ethos, while its basic elements represent both continuity and another of the company's strongest asset – its innovative approach to service and product development. LINK (PDF)
Also at CineAsia Barco announced that it had reached the milestone of having shipped 50,000 DLP Cinema projectors world-wide, thus making it the largest digital cinema projector company both globally and in China.
Barco, the worldwide market share leader in digital cinema projection, has achieved a major milestone in its DLP Cinema® projector deployments spanning nearly 15 years, installing 50,000 units across the globe as of the third quarter 2014.
Since the release of its first digital cinema projector in 2000, Barco has continued to provide the industry with innovative solutions in movie projection, from 2K to 4K, xenon to laser, and the evolution of 3D and high frame rate technology. With many of the top exhibitors choosing Barco for their theater chains, Barco has amassed 40 percent market share in digital cinema projection, establishing the company as the clear leader in its class. LINK
Continuing this growth, Barco also announced a deal for 800 projectors with China Film Group. LINK
USA – The fourth and fifth largest US cinema chains have joined the satellite DCP distribution consortium DCDC.
This is a step forward in the campaign to install satellite dishes and equipment at theaters — a key part of the movie industry's effort to cut distribution costs, and promote alternative content. Carmike Cinemas and Marcus Theatres, the No. 4 and 5 chains, just joined the Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition, as did a smaller player, Wehrenberg Theatres. DCDC handles satellite delivery and technology, and now has all of the five largest U.S. exhibition chains including Regal, AMC, and Cinemark. That translates to a total of more than 21,000 screens at more than 1,800 sites.
The coalition handles content from Warner Bros., Universal, Disney, Sony, Fox, Paramount, Lionsgate, Focus Features, Open Road, and Freestyle Releasing. LINK
India – Away from CineAsia Reliance finalised the deal to sell Big Cinema to Carnival, making the latter the third-largest multiplex operator in India after PVR and Inox. Interesting to see that some of the properties have been spun off and will be sold separately. Indicates that the target price was not met for the chain as a whole and that PVR and Inox would have liked to cherry-pick the portfolio.
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group has sold its Big Cinemas unit to South India-based Carnival Group in a deal that would lower the debt of its financial services arm Reliance Capital by about Rs 700 crore [USD $112 million].
The biggest ever deal in the multiplex sector, which entails sale of Big Cinemas business by Reliance Capital unit Reliance MediaWorks, would exclude IMAX Wadala multiplex's real estate assets in Mumbai and some other properties that the group plans to sell separately for about Rs 200 crore [USD $32 million]. LINK
India – Perhaps no surprise that with all this consolidation in the Indian cinema sector the price of multiplex tickets and F&B are going up.
Multiplex firms have been steadily raising their average ticket prices (ATP) for movies while focusing on earnings from food and beverages (F&B) in order to protect revenue growth from sluggish footfalls.
ATPs at both PVR Ltd and Inox Leisure Ltd—the two largest multiplex firms—have seen an increase in the first half of the current fiscal year.
The ATP in first half of fiscal increased by 7% at PVR and by 4% at Inox. PVR's ATP in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 stood at Rs.186, while that for Inox stood at Rs.162 (including Satyam Cineplexes which the company recently acquired). LINK
Australia – More details on the mooted private equity buy-out of Hoyts; there's Chinese money involved.
A Chinese investor, and associate of Dalian Wanda, is the front runner to buy Australian cinema chain Hoyts.
Hoyts, which is currently owned by Pacific Equity Partners, had planned an $800-$900 million initial public offering but cancelled that last month. PEP has since revealed that it is in talks with private company ID Leisure International Capital.
According to documents seen by Australian media, ID is owned by Sun Xishuang a Chinese businessman with a personal net worth of $1.3 billion. LINK
USA – Marcus theatres is accelerating its upgrade program – 2015 is only a few weeks away after all.
Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation is continuing its multi-million dollar investment in its circuit to bring consumers the ultimate movie-going experience — announcing significant renovations and new amenities at additional locations.
The renovations will add DreamLounger recliner seating to all of the auditoriums at the South Shore and Menomonee Falls Cinemas in the Milwaukee market and the Elgin Cinema in Elgin, Illinois.
Existing UltraScreen auditoriums at the Elgin Cinema and the Pickerington Cinema in Ohio, and an additional auditorium at the Twin Creek Cinema in Nebraska, will be upgraded to the UltraScreen DLX concept. A Take Five Lounge will also be added at the Pickerington and South Shore Cinemas, and Zaffiro's Express outlets will be added at the South Shore, Elgin and Pickerington locations. LINK
Morocco – Morocco has just two multiplexes but they generate two-third's of the country's box office takings.
The Megarama group will open new multiplexes in 2015. By the beginning of 2015 it plans to open an 11-screen complex, with 1,400 seats, in Rabat – Morocco's capital – and, in March 2015, an eight-screen venue, with 1,000 seats, in the international port city of Tangiers. These sites were originally planned to be opened in 2014, but due to issues related to planning permission and construction delays, have been pushed back to 2015.
Adding 19 screens to Morocco's screen park, Megarama's multiplex drive will be a major boost to domestic admissions, potentially increasing total box office by 50%. LINK
China (PRC) – AAM is not the only one to have a strategic software partnership with Wanda. Yummi has just re-affirmed their partnership with China's largest cinema operator.
Singapore-based Yummi Media Group (Yummi), a digital media company specialising in the creation of premium interactive content for second screen engagement, has announced an exclusive licensing and partnership agreement with Wanda cinema chain in China, to enable the country's growing number of cinema-goers to access movies and interactive content from its new mobile app, WeDong.
Known as 'cinime' outside of China, the app uses Yummi's proprietary platform, PHONIX, which enables audiences to use their smartphones to interact and engage with content on the big screen without the need for a cellular or wi-fi connection. Much of the US$ 40 million funding has gone into developing the PHONIX platform which is being rolled out globally by the company. LINK
Ireland – Unique is the latest vendor to be in compliance with WW's Cinema.Reloaded(R) scheme.
Theatre Management System software – RosettaBridge™ V1.1 – by Unique Digital Ltd has been certified by Weischer.Media as 'CINEMA.RELOADED® ready', meaning that RosettaBridge™ V1.1 is compatible with Weischer.Media's sophisticated and highly-automated digital cinema advertising solution, CINEMA.RELOADED®, when interfaced with the required ONEDCN® pre-show system.
Weischer.Media launched its certification programme for Theatre Management Systems in June this year. The initiative aims to clarify to exhibitors which TMS solutions are compatible with Weischer.Media's sophisticated and highly-automated digital cinema advertising solution, CINEMA.RELOADED®. LINK
China (PRC) – RealD announced that its Luxe PLF screens will be appearing in three multiplexes owned by China's Broadway Circuit.
Global 3D and visual technology company RealD Inc. (NYSE: RLD) and leading Hong Kong and Chinese theatrical exhibitor Broadway Circuit announced today an agreement to install 3 "LUXE: A RealD Experience" (LUXE) auditoriums in Broadway's cinema locations in mainland China. Introduced by RealD in 2013 as a new Premium Large Format (PLF) initiative, LUXE auditoriums will be installed at Broadway locations in Tianjing, Chengdu and Guangzhou, with the Tianjin location expected to open in May 2015. All 3 LUXE auditoriums opened at Broadway locations will feature RealD 3D projection and a RealD Precision White Screen. LINK
RealD also licensed its Precision White screen technology to Harkness. LINK
UK – Violence and gore is nothing new in cinema, so let's see if multiplex audiences are hardier than theatre patrons. AAM is distributing Shakespeare's Globe plays globally.
The Shakespeare's Globe production of Titus Andronicus, which was so bloody it caused more than 100 audience members to faint or leave during its theatre run, is to go global as it is screened in cinemas across the world.
The play, described as "grotesquely violent", sees 14 deaths, brutal rape scenes, mutilation and cannibalism in scenes which caused dozens of theatre-goers to faint. LINK
Indonesia – At CineAsia Dolby announced that Indonesia's dominant cinema operator has committed to 100 screens with the immersive audio technology.
Cinema 21 and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) announced today that Cinema 21, one of the largest cinema chains in Indonesia, plans to install Dolby Atmos® in 100 cinema screens over the next 18 months. Dolby Atmos has now reached the milestone of 200 screens installed or committed to in Indonesia, making it the country with one of the largest numbers of committed Dolby Atmos screens in the Asia Pacific region. Today also marks another significant milestone for Dolby, as more than 900 screens worldwide have now been or are scheduled to be equipped with Dolby Atmos. LINK
Japan – Electric recliner seats are the norm in this newly opened cinema in Japan; a first for the country apparently.
Ion Cinema was opened five days Aeon Mall in Okayama Okayama, the total number of seats about 2000 and the prefecture of the largest cinema complex. That attention among them, it's adopted the domestic cinema complex's first all seats electric full reclining seat "Grand Theatre".
Luxurious sheets leather with a normal 1-four times the width. Backrest and leg rest at hand switch can be freely manipulated. In addition the number of seats is also reduced to 46 seats which corresponds to about half of the other theater, watching movies you can enjoy in the relaxed posture without refrain next to and behind. LINK
UK – 'Catching Fire' – the puns practically write themselves.
HUNDREDS of people were forced to evacuate Vue Cinema in Plymouth this afternoon during a screening of Hunger Games exactly a year after the same thing happened.
Fortunately this evening's 'blaze' was a mock one, during Mockingjay Part 1, while last year wires actually caught fire during Catching Fire.
An appliance from Greenbank fire station attended the scene after somebody hit the fire alarm. LINK
Cinema Opening/Closings
UK – We now know who will build the 10-screen Odeon Bournemouth multiplex.
Vinci Construction UK has won a £30m job to build a 10-screen cinema and leisure complex in Bournemouth.
The 120,000sq ft development, for Licet Holdings, will be located on Exeter Road and will include leisure facilities on the lower and upper floors, as well as restaurants overlooking Bournemouth's Victorian Lower Gardens. LINK
UK – Meanwhile construction rivals McAlpin has been selected for this project in Southampton.
Hammerson has chosen Sir Robert McAlpine for the main construction works for its £70m WestQuay Watermark development in Southampton.
The mixed-use, leisure-led scheme includes a 10-screen cinema, up to 20 restaurants and a new public plaza.
The city centre development received detailed planning consent earlier in the year and is supported by the government's regional growth fund. LINK
photo credit: cinema treasures.org
USA (IA) – The last big single-screen movie house in Iowa is closing its doors for good. Sad irony that only PLF big screens seem to survive.
Fifty years ago, it was Plaza Theater that attracted big crowds with its giant screen to showcase the latest Hollywood films. The historic cinema, now known as the Merle Hay Cinema, will close its doors for good this week.
Some of Merle Hay Cinema's customers and employees said they've been attached to the cinema for decades because it's unlike any movie experience in Des Moines.
"On this screen here, being a 60-foot movie screen, you are always immersed in the movies," employee Michael Olsen said. LINK
This Bollywood film has been playing for over 1,000 weeks in the same cinema. That's close to 20 years and a record of sorts.
The iconic Bollywood blockbuster DDLJ has finally finished an uninterrupted run of 1000 weeks in theatres. Needless to say, it is a feat unlike any other.
It tugged at the heartstrings of the young, middle-aged and the old alike when it released way back in 1995. Even a thousand weeks after its run at the box office, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer romantic drama 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' (DDLJ) continues to be "cherished" by youths, who consider it an "ideal love story".
When the film, debut-directed by Aditya Chopra, released on October 20, 1995, it came as a refreshing change as well as a clutter breaking and trend-making entertainer with all ingredients of a Bollywood masala potboiler – love, romance, comedy, action, melodrama, thrills, songs and dance — put together cohesively to tell a story of the victory of true love. LINK
Patrick von Sychowski
Editor at Celluloid Junkie
Patrick was a Senior Analyst at Screen Digest, went on to launch the digital cinema operations of Unique and Deluxe Europe, then digitised Bollywood at Adlabs/RMW, and now writes, consults and appears on panels about cinema all over the world.
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Tags: Marcus Theatres, Arts Alliance Media, Wanda Cinema, Unique Digital, Hoyts Cinemas, Barco, GDC Technology, CineAsia, Carmike Cinemas, Big Cinemas, Dolby Atmos, Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition, DCDC, China Film Group, RealD Luxe, Megarama, Orange Wednesday, Cinema 21, Carnival Cinemas, Yummi Media


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Q: Using dirset with Ant + Jacoco I'm trying to use jacoco to perform unit tests on files but it keeps popping with NoClassDefFoundError and keeps giving new class names every time I sort the previous error out. Till now I've been manually providing the pathelement location to the bin folders which contain the required .class files.
I'd like to fasten the process by using dirset if possible. I've compiled a dirset which contains the bin folders of all the main folders that are required.
Questions:
1. How do I include this dirset in the classpath such that jacoco looks for the .class files in these set of bin directories?
2. Is there any way in which I can echo the dirset to the cmd to check its contents?
3. Why does this not work?
<echo message="Build path is: ${toString:ALL.dirs}"/>

dirset:
<path id="ALL.dirs">
    <dirset dir="${classes.dir}">
        <include name="projects-framework/**/bin"/>
    </dirset>
</path>

jacoco code coverage:
Code I've written till now. The "**" in the code are the full locations to the bin folders which I do not think is relevant here.
<target name="cov-test">
    <mkdir dir="${report.dir}"/>
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            <test name="full.qualified.name.ABC"/>
            <classpath>
                <path refid="classpath"/>
                <path refid="application"/>
                <pathelement location="projects-framework/**/bin"/>
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            </classpath>
            <formatter type="plain"/>
            <formatter type="plain" usefile="false" />
        </junit>
    </jacoco:coverage>
</target>

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