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Wilton Thomas Anderson 1916-2012
memorial posted November 30, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, memorial
Wilton T. Anderson, known by most as Andy, was born in Richland, Texas on November 29, 1916 and spent most of his early life in Cherokee, Oklahoma. He died in Oklahoma City on November 15, 2012 after a long illness. He took a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in economics, in 1938 from Northwestern State College (now Northwestern Oklahoma State University), a Master of Commercial Education degree in 1942 from the University of Oklahoma, and a Doctor of Education degree in 1953 from the University of Colorado. He was on the accounting faculty at Colorado from 1947 to 1957, eventually becoming associate professor. Beginning in 1957, he served as Director of Education for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, where he was in charge of the preparation and grading of the Uniform CPA Examination. In 1960, he joined the accounting faculty at Oklahoma State University, where he was a full professor and head of the department, later the School of Accounting, until his retirement in 1982. He then spent the 1982-83 academic year as head of the accounting department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he played an integral role in setting up the School of Accountancy.
At Oklahoma State, Andy was a stimulating presence, the leader of the accounting program, and a captivating lecturer to large student classes. He was unequalled in recruiting undergraduates to enter the public accounting profession and in some cases to pursue an academic career. He was very active in Beta Alpha Psi and was its National President in 1966-67. The School of Accounting named an accounting chair, a graduate fellowship, and its Hall of Fame after him.
Andy played important roles in the American Accounting Association, serving as Vice President in 1965 and President in 1975-76. In 1973, he was one of the two inaugural recipients of the Association's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. In 1977, he served as the first President of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, and in 1978 the Oklahoma Society of CPAs inducted him into its Accounting Hall of Fame.
In addition to writing a number of articles, he coauthored a textbook, Accounting: Basic Financial and Control Concepts, with C. A. Moyer and Arthur R. Wyatt, published in 1965.
His wife Gwen, whom he married in December 1938, died at age 84 in March 2001. Andy is survived by his second wife Jacqueline Adair, daughter Lynn and son Thomas, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
-Stephen A. Zeff
Michael Kraten on LIBOR, Accounting and the Public Interest11
news item posted November 13, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, general news
Michael Kraten on Libor, Accounting and the Public Interest
Since the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) scandal was brought to light months ago, Michael Kraten's research work has been an important source of information for high-profile media sources including: Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. Even the UK House of Commons discussed the study.
Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz, Michael Kraten, Albert D. Metz and Gim Seow co-authored "LIBOR Manipulation?". The authors used their combined expertise in forensic accounting, econometric tools and capital markets to analyze the Libor rates for their article written in 2008.
"We found that there were unusual patterns in the way that individual banks were submitting quotations that were being utilized to calculate LIBOR. There should be a fair amount of randomness; we failed to see those periods of randomness for an extended amount of time," Kraten said.
There were periods of time when the quotations would not fluctuate at all, not even by even a tiny basis point or two. The rate should reflect the banks' underlying financial strength, which varies day by day, he said.
There were other periods of time when the rate would fluctuate but not in the direction that the business environment would predict that it would fluctuate, said Kraten. For instance, in the middle of the financial crisis, when global financial markets were doing poorly, the rate would show that the banks were actually strengthening financially.
The authors made it clear that they did not have proof. There was no way they could look at the quotations and know if the banks were having secret discussions, Kraten said. At the time the academic authors found trends in the data that raised the question whether price fixing might be occurring. They were concerned that there might be illegal manipulation going on based on their quantitative analysis.
In 2010, Kraten presented their findings at the Public Interest Section's midyear meeting, which helped increase exposure.
Fast forward to mid-2012, when news broke that American regulatory agencies found certain email messages from global financial company, Barclays, that did indicate illegal conversations were occurring.
It was an American regulator called the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) that went public with the scandal by declaring Barclays guilty of manipulation of the rate and enforcing a $450 million dollar fine.
On June 28, 2012, Ben Gummer, a member of the UK House of Commons, mentioned a paper circulated around New York University that "raised the issue of manipulation of LIBOR." You can read the transcript HERE under column 480.
"What I suspect happened is that our paper here was first revealed, or first disclosed, if you will, on the floor of the House of Commons during this parliamentary debate, and then people started to ask questions, curiously, about what this paper was, who wrote it and what it said," said Kraten.
Colleagues encouraged Kraten to go on the record with recommendations. Kraten co-writes a blog with his wife, Maureen Kraten. The blog is called AQPQ. Micheal Kraten wrote a blog entry called "LIBOR and the Public Interest" and made two recommendations. He said the numbers should be audited, and Britain may want to create a government oversight agency that is similar to the PCAOB to oversee the accounting and the auditors.
Four days after Kraten's blog entry posted, Brian Mairs of the British Bankers' Association (BBA) posted a comment on the blog stating that Kraten had a factual error in his blog post. The BBA collects data and manages the calculation of the LIBOR rate. Mairs wrote that Kraten had stated that the BBA sets LIBOR. Kraten replied that he never said that the BBA sets the rate, and he agrees that the BBA obtains the information from other banks.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a series of letters between Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the time, and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, proving that the American government knew about problems with LIBOR in 2008. Privately, Geithner gave a set of six major recommendations including that independent accountants needed to audit the Libor rate.
"As far as I knew, I was the first person to publicly call for external auditors auditing the LIBOR rate. As it turns out, the treasury secretary was privately calling for the same thing for the last four years," Kraten said.
We now know that there was significant correspondence between the major American and British regulators. Geithner says that because it was a British matter under British jurisdiction all he could do was bring his concerns to the Bank of England's attention and make recommendations. King's response is that Geithner only gave recommendations and observations without any proof of wrongdoing.
Kraten speculates that they felt that coming out publicly during the financial meltdown with this major global scandal could have shattered public confidence in the banking system.
Colleagues have asked Kraten if he has spoken with regulators or received offers to speak at banking trade association conferences, but he had not engaged in any conversations with regulators prior to this interview.
"We are trying as hard as we can to keep the issue alive, to keep our recommendations alive, and to move forward from simply being able to identify that there was a problem, which is what we did in our original paper, to trying to get people to hear our prescriptive solutions that we are proposing."
Kraten said that as "guardians of the public trust" it is important for the members of the American Accounting Association to focus on the question: "What should we do to proactively reform the system so that it is operating in the public interest?"
Michael Kraten is the luncheon speaker for the Public Interest Section Mid-Year Meeting in New Orleans in March 2013.
-- Lindsay Peters, AAA
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Frederick D.S. Choi
memorial posted October 17, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, memorial
Frederick D. S. Choi
It is with deep sadness that the NYU Stern community mourns the loss of Frederick D.S. Choi, Dean Emeritus of the Undergraduate College and a senior member of the Accounting Department. Fred was beloved by students, respected by faculty and cherished by the entire Stern community. He touched the lives of individual students and colleagues and his influence on our curriculum and culture will reverberate for generations to come. Fred¹s passion for students, teaching and scholarship were matched only by his love for his "sweetheart," Lois, his wife of 50 years, his sons, Scott and Aaron, his granddaughters, Marisa and Alexa, and his daughter-in-law Michele.
Fred joined the faculty in 1981 and made a number of important contributions. From 1995-2004, he served as Dean of the Undergraduate College. During his deanship, Fred implemented a new undergraduate curriculum with a focus on the liberal arts, critical thinking, social responsibility, leadership, and global business. He also introduced several programs that remain hallmarks of the Undergraduate College today, including: the Barr Family International Studies Program in which every junior travels abroad to learn first-hand about differences in cultures and ways of conducting business; the Senior-year Honors Program that involves students in faculty research; and the Cohen Arts and Culture Experience which gives all students a systematic introduction to the arts and culture of New York City.
Fred was also a star as a teacher and scholar. He was the Distinguished Service Professor of Business and served as Chairman of the Department of Accounting, Taxation, and Business Law and Director of Stern¹s Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research. He wrote award-winning books and published articles in journals such as The Journal of Accounting Research, The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, The Financial Analysts Journal, The Journal of Accountancy, and The Journal of International Business Studies. Fred was invited to lecture at a wide range of institutions around the world and served as a member of the First American Visiting Team to establish the National Center for Industrial Science and Technology Management Development in the People¹s Republic of China. He taught thousands of executives the essentials of international reporting and analysis in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S., most notably on Wall Street.
Fred was a recipient of the Citibank Excellence in Teaching Award, a recipient of the American Accounting Association¹s Outstanding International Accounting Educator Award and was the first academician appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Financial Executives Research Foundation. Fred was also a member of the American Accounting Association, the Academy of International Business, Financial Executives Institute, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. He was the founding editor of The Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting.
In 2010-2011, Fred served as Interim Dean of the Undergraduate College. During that year I experienced first-hand the wonderful qualities that endeared Fred to legions of students and colleagues. As our weekly meetings evolved into tutorials in which Fred generously shared of his wisdom and experience, I came to understand just why he was so beloved.
And as much as I valued Fred¹s guidance, it is his kindness and friendship that resonate with me most deeply, even as I write this message. Halfway through our year together, Fred gave me a silver NYU Torch, and I have worn it on my lapel ever since. Scholar, leader, teacher, friend, husband, father, and grandfather we will miss this marvelous man, but Fred Choi¹s legacy burns brightly for all to see.
--Peter Henry
William Leonard Ferrara 1930-2012
William Leonard Ferrara
William Leonard Ferrara was born on September 5, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois and died on October 14, 2012 in Danville, Pennsylvania after heart surgery.
He was a graduate of DePaul University, Chicago, with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Michigan State University, with master's and doctorate degrees. He was also a CPA. As an educator he taught accounting-related subjects at Penn State, retiring as Professor Emeritus after 27 years and Stetson University, retiring as Professor Emeritus after 10 years.
He received the "Distinguished Achievement Award" from the DePaul University Alumni Association; the Beta Alpha Psi "Outstanding Alumnus Award" from Michigan State University; six MBA "Excellence in Teaching Awards", an "Outstanding Advisor Award", and a "Faculty Humanitarian Award" at Penn State; a "Golden Apple Award" and a "Perfect Five Award" at Stetson; a "Distinguished Service Award for Educators" from the Institute of Management Accountants; seven "merit awards" plus a "bronze medal" for manuscripts published by the Institute of Management Accountants. He published papers in The Accounting Review dealing with relevant costing, period costs, and idle capacity costs.
He served the Institute of Management Accountants as a member of its National Executive Committee, as a National Vice President, as Chair of its National Committees on Education and Public Relations plus as a member of its Board of Regents, responsible for the CMA Examination; The American Accounting Association as a member of Council, President of its Management Accounting Section, Editor of the Journal of Management Accounting Research and Chair of its Advisory Committee to the Director of Education and Committee on CPA Examinations; and the American Institute of CPAs as a member of its Educator's Advisory Committee and its Board of Examiners, responsible for the CPA Examination.
In 1996 he served as the American Accounting Association's Distinguished International Visiting Lecturer and spoke to and visited with students, faculty and practitioners at universities throughout South Africa. In 2007 he was awarded the Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award by the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.
He is survived by his wife, Carol, seven children, Stephen, Paul, Janeen, Cynthia, William, Irene, and Joseph; and, fifteen grandchildren.
Dave Albrecht Named to AccountingToday's Top 100 Most...
news item posted September 12, 2012 by AAA HQ, tagged 2012, achievement
AccountingToday Special Issue 2012: The Top 100 People: Always a work in progress
Each year the Editors of AccountingToday make a list of the people they believe play the biggest roles in the ongoing work that is the accounting profession. This year one of the AAA's members has the honor to be included in that list. Congratulations are in order for Dave Albrecht!
Dave Albrecht
Professor of accounting, University of South Carolina Upstate
Through his blog, "The Summa," Albrecht has an impact on issues like IFRS and accounting education — but he's also influencing and promoting the profession's adoption of social media as a whole.
Richard Brody Named ACFE Educator of the Year
news item posted August 23, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, achievement, general news
University of New Mexico Professor Richard Brody Honored at ACFE
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is hosting its annual conference in Orlando, FL this week. One of the awards it will be handing out will go to University of New Mexico (UNM) professor Richard Brody who is to receive its Educator of the Year award.
The award is presented to an ACFE Educator member who has made an outstanding contribution in anti-fraud education. In a press release from UNM, Dr. Craig White, Chair of the Anderson Accounting Department at UNM said, "He [Brody] has created awareness and excitement among our students on the issue of fraud detection and prevention." Brody is preparing tomorrow's accountants with the tools to not only be investigators of fraud, but also professionals that prevent fraud from occurring int he first place.
UNM, located in Albuquerque, NM, is situated near the FBI's Regional Computer Forensic Lab (RCFL). The lab has proved to be a good learning opportunity for students that are part of the university's Information Assurance program, a study in the area of computer forensics. The curriculum, which consists of students from both accounting and management information systems, includes using computer programs to uncover fraud related to money laundering, analyzing digital forensics and developing systems to prevent fraud.
"I'm all about prevention," said Professor Brody in a recent interview. "At UNM we have a program where our students do an assessment of small non-profit organizations to evaluate their processes. Our students are intimidated at first but they quickly realize that what they are learning here is applicable to these small operations." These nonprofit organizations could not otherwise afford such an in-depth assessment, nor could they afford the consequences of a fraud that could result in significant financial losses. "Our students analyze the processes, procedures and the information systems of the non-profit," Brody said. "When they are done, the students feel more confident that they actually helped and the organization feels they received a valuable service. When we first started the program I could hardly find a non-profit to participate, now we have to put them off for a semester or two until we can get to them."
Beyond non-profits, Professor Brody and others at UNM have worked to place their students with the FBI, Secret Service and other governmental agencies that battle white-collar crime. "For our accounting majors, it gives them a skill set that other accountants may not have with an accounting degree alone," Brody explained. "Not everyone is cut out to be in law enforcement, but these students will be better equipped to perform audits and dig deeper with their questions when they get into the real world."
Some students do have a knack for crime fighting and UNM interns have worked with local and state law enforcement looking for and solving white-collar frauds.
Congratulations to the University of New Mexico and Professor Brody.
William Wager Cooper 1914-20121
memorial posted June 25, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, memorial
William W. Cooper was born on July 23, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama and died on June 20, 2012 in Austin, Texas. He grew up in a rough neighborhood in Chicago. After his father became ill, he had to drop out of high school to support his family, and he worked at a variety of odd jobs, including as a professional boxer. His record: 58 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws.
Eric L. Kohler, an Arthur Andersen & Co. partner who taught accounting at Northwestern University, picked Bill up as a hitch-hiker one day on his way to another of his jobs, as a golf caddie. Kohler soon became his mentor and friend, and he loaned him the money to enter the University of Chicago. While at the university, he became friends with fellow student Herbert A. Simon. In 1938, he received an A.B. degree, majoring in economics, and he then accompanied Kohler to the Tennessee Valley Authority, where Kohler served as Comptroller. Bill assisted him by applying his analytical skills to developing the TVA's required auditing systems and procedures.
In 1940, Bill entered the Ph.D. program in business at Columbia University. After completing the coursework in two years, his research was so advanced for its day that his thesis committee could not judge, and would not approve, his thesis. As Bill later said, he "fought the committee to a draw." In 1942, Bill again followed Kohler, this time to U.S. Bureau of the Budget to help with the war effort, where he was put in charge of all the government's accounting-related statistics.
In May 1944, he met Ruth, his future wife, in Washington, DC.
After a brief return to the University of Chicago, Bill joined the Carnegie Institute of Technology (today Carnegie Mellon University) in 1946. Together with George Leland (Lee) Bach and Herbert Simon, he was one of the founding fathers of Carnegie Tech's Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now the Tepper School of Business). They pioneered a scientific, interdisciplinary approach to business education, eventually with Ford Foundation support, that is now the norm in leading business schools, and their effort was a key intellectual driver in the development of CMU.
From the outset, Bill espoused the need for problem-driven research. Together with long-term collaborator Abraham Charnes, he developed important new mathematical techniques (for example, goal programming, chance-constrained programming, and data envelopment analysis) in the search of solutions to particular applied problems. Their work created a new field, called management science, and Bill was the founding president of The Institute of Management Sciences (which is now part of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences). In 1968, he became the first dean of CMU's School of Urban and Public Affairs (now Heinz College).
From 1975 to 1980, he was the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor at the Harvard Business School, where he developed and supervised an improved Ph.D. program. In 1980, George Kozmetsky, the dean of the business school at the University of Texas at Austin, hired Bill as the Foster Parker Professor of Management, Finance and Accounting, thus bridging three departments. He became emeritus in 1993. Throughout his career, he advised numerous Ph.D. students, including Andrew Stedry, Andrew Whinston, and Yuji Ijiri at Carnegie Mellon, Rajiv Banker at Harvard, and Ramayya Krishna at UT-Austin.
Bill was an immensely prolific researcher, even in the last years of his life. Of his more than 545 scientific publications, 35 were in accounting and auditing. In 1981, he became the founding editor of the Auditing Section's new journal, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory. In 1988, the Section gave him its distinguished service award. In 1985, he was one of the influential voices behind the founding of Accounting Horizons. In 1986, he served as the AAA's Distinguished International Visiting Professor in Latin America. He received the AAA's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award in 1990, and in 1995 he was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame.
Bill received numerous other awards for his research and academic leadership, including the esteemed John von Neumann Theory Prize in 1982, together with Charnes and Richard Duffin.
Together with Ijiri, in 1979 Bill edited a collection of papers in honor of his mentor: Eric Louis Kohler: Accounting's Man of Principles. Also together with Ijiri, in 1983 he compiled and edited the sixth edition of Kohler's Dictionary for Accountants.
Bill had a wide expanse of knowledge, and he could talk intelligently on any subject raised in conversation, whether in science, the arts, philosophy, sports, business, or politics. And he always made others feel as if they were on his level. He cared intensely about people and ideas, and he was always in search of ways to improve the human condition.
Until the last weeks of his life, Bill would come to the office every day to pursue his research.
His wife Ruth, a lawyer and advocate of human rights, died in 2000 after 55 years of marriage. He is survived by his brother Leon and his sister Emilie. In addition, he leaves behind numerous former students and colleagues who came to regard Bill and Ruth Cooper as their godparents.
--Jonathan C. Glover
--Yuji Ijiri
--Stephen A. Zeff
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Gordon Shillinglaw - 1925-2012
memorial posted April 16, 2012 by Deirdre Harris, tagged 2012, memorial
July 26, 1925 - March 31, 2012
Gordon Shillinglaw was born in Albany, N.Y. on July 26, 1925 and died on March 31, 2012, following a long battle with cancer. He obtained an A.B. in naval sciences from Brown University in 1945 and then served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. He then obtained an M.S. in business administration from the University of Rochester in 1948 and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1952. He taught at Harvard from 1949 to 1951, Hamilton College from 1951 to 1952, Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1955 to 1961, and Columbia University from 1961 until becoming professor emeritus in 1990.
From 1952 to 1955, he worked with Joel Dean Associates, a management consulting firm in New York City. Joel Dean, a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, was one of the pioneers in capital budgeting analysis and in applying economics to management decision making. Gordon claimed that he originated the term "discounted cash flow" while at the firm, and said that he first used the term in an article in the Journal of Business in 1955.
Gordon taught at IMEDE in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1964-65 and 1967-69.
In 1961, he brought out the textbook, Cost Accounting: Analysis and Control, which, unlike cost accounting books then in print, was concerned with the management uses of cost accounting. The book was published in five editions. In 1964, he and Myron J. Gordon became the coauthors of an innovative textbook, Accounting: A Management Approach, then the third edition of a textbook launched in 1951 by three MIT professors, which Shillinglaw took to a ninth edition with coauthors. Gordon was also the author of numerous journal articles and several chapters in handbooks.
He was vice-president of the American Accounting Association in 1966-67. In 1991, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the AAA's Northeast Region. He served on the Cost Accounting Standards Board from 1978 to 1980.
He is succeeded by his wife Barbara, two children, James and Laura, and four grandchildren.
-- Stephen A. Zeff


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Percy Davies Rundell (20 November 1890 – 24 March 1979) was an Australian cricketer. He played thirty first-class matches for South Australia between 1912/13 and 1925/26. He was an all-rounder for Port Adelaide in district cricket.

See also
 List of South Australian representative cricketers

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1890 births
1979 deaths
Australian cricketers
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What's new tonight:
Delocated (Adult Swim) Season Premiere: Read all about it in True TV (Item 2).
Not Community (Not NBC) It's Not Back: But star Donald Glover has recorded a heartfelt PSA for the marginally popular comedy --- that remains on indefinite "hiatus" and certainly not on NBC Thursdays. It's fucking serious. As he warns, "People have stopped laughing, bees have stopped producing honey and no one has died in the last 48 hours" (nice Torchwood shout-out). Please do what you can.
Also new tonight:
Wipeout, Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice (ABC); The Big Bang Theory, Rob, Person of Interest, The Mentalist (CBS); 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, The Office, Up All Night, The Firm (NBC); American Idol, The Finder (Fox); The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle (The CW); Fat Chef (Food Network); Project Runway All-Stars (Lifetime); American Stuffers (Animal Planet); Funny or Die's Billy on the Street (Fuse); Jersey Shore, I Just Want My Pants Back (MTV); Archer, Unsupervised (FX)
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Ghost Events is Scotland's leading paranormal events company and has been running since 2006. Professional paranormal events at locations around Scotland by experienced paranormal investigators.
Mark Andrew Turner is a paranormal investigator who founded Ghost Events in 2006 as a way of allowing guests to attend the paranormal investigations/ghost hunts that he and his team were conducting. At this time, Ghost Events Scotland was the only company of its type operating in Scotland, and one of only a few in the UK.
Mark also founded a non-profit paranormal research team, Ghost Finders Scotland as well as The EVP Research Association UK in 2004. He spent many years travelling around the UK, as well as over to the United States to conduct extensive research into suspected cases of paranormal activity in alleged haunted locations, gathering much knowledge about the subject along the way.
agenda within the realms of his paranormal research, except to find the truth.
Over the past two years Mark has been studying consciousness and through this research brings new thinking into his work. The years of dedicated research and gathering of knowledge has drawn much attention. To date, Mark has appeared in over 20 television productions spanning the globe, including Ghost Hunters International, Ghost Adventures and many mainstream programmes for The Discovery Channel, ITV, STV, Nine Network Australia, Swedish TV, France 5, BBC and many more. Mark has also been featured in literally hundreds of radio productions and media articles since 2004.
The Ghost Events team is assisted – on occasion – freely by Haunted Scotland paranormal Investigator Ryan O'Neill.
Ryan has been a Paranormal Investigator for over 14 years, appearing on numerous TV shows such as Most Haunted & Brew Dogs USA. He also collaborates with paranormal researchers from all over the world and looks to bring unity and cooperation with his fellow peers to the forefront within Scotland.
Ryan's area of expertise of late is through Echovox Audio Sessions, ITC Research using AUDIO, where we may be directly communicating with spirit in real time.
determined to push the envelope in paranormal research and consciousness studies.
Scottish Paranormal have long been linked with Mark Turners Ghost Finders Scotland as the two forefront leading paranormal organisations of Scotland. One on the West Coast, the other East Coast but both covering Scotland entirely.
There will also be guest mediums, fellow researchers & invited known faces from within paranormal media.
In 2019 we will bring you NEW opportunities to explore Scotland with some of the top researchers and authors. Haunted Holidays, Tours & Special features are coming soon!!!


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Artemis US Fund Range
His track record is good but not all managers who move succeed in a different environment and that is for individual investors to decide on.
The US market is notoriously difficult for active managers to outperform; the argument is that it is highly efficient and therefore investors would be better to hold a fund that tracks the index rather than paying for active management.
For some time we have supported the Threadneedle American Smaller Companies Fund run by Cormac Weldon. When Cormac left Threadneedle we were concerned that the fund would not be able to continue to deliver in the same style as originally established. In this update we want to consider the new US Funds from Artemis where Cormac has gone.
In the meeting we had with Cormac it was clear that the hole left by his departure is deep but one we are sure Threadneedle can fill! Cormac set in place the process for his US Funds at Threadneedle and recruited much of the team which ran that process with him. When he left he took the key members of the team with him.
Therefore, although there is some argument that all he is doing is replicating what was at Threadneedle (which to some extent is true) there are some subtle differences. One of the key reasons for the move was to return to being an investor, at Threadneedle his position meant that increasingly he was being taken away from what he enjoyed and did best. The second subtle change is the size of the fund which will be small to start with and therefore gives him more opportunities which he was finding increasingly harder to do at Threadneedle.
The review will look at some of the key components of his style. Without a performance track record under Artemis investors will need to judge whether the performance at Threadneedle can continue without the team, and whether the team can not only replicate their previous success but improve on it.
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Sound Shapes: Special Guests in the Milkcrate, Baiyon Interview
Mark Rabo Sound Shapes Team
Everyone has the friends who know all the new bands and all the cool music, who make the mixtapes and the killer roadtrip soundtracks, the friends who you always ask, "What are you listening to?"
We made some good friends creating Sound Shapes, the kind of friends that are deep into games and music. So with Sound Shapes being all about games and music too, we just had to ask them, "So what are you playing?"
Our first Milkcrate release was March 12th and featured six albums we chose here at Queasy. For our second release we've asked our friends at The Verge, Gamespot, and Ghostly International to create Milkcrate albums with their favorite community-made levels.
Also invited was Japanese multimedia artist, Art and Music Director on PixelJunk 4AM, Baiyon.
Here's our interview with him about his experience curating the Milkcrate.
Sound Shapes: What excited you about the Sound Shapes Milkcrate?
Baiyon: For starters, being able to work again with Shaw-han Liem was definitely one of the most exciting things about Sound Shapes. Shaw-Han and I have worked together on some musical projects before and it was such an amazing experience. It's been a great honor to be part of this exciting project, which involved many artists and from Canada whom I've collaborated with, including Jim Guthrie, Superbrothers from Sword & Sworcery. It's also gave me a great chance to play numerous levels that other users have created.
SS: What was your reaction to some of the Community-made levels you played?
Baiyon: I was simply amazed at how much tweaking is done to the levels, and which can only be done when one goes through the level so many times to test it out.
SS: What was the inspiration for the "Picture Book" theme and cover art in your Milkcrate album.
The Milkcrate
The Community Milkcrate came together shortly after Sound Shapes was released last August. We were so impressed by the amazing level creations of our community that we had to find a way to highlight and share them with people. We came up with the concept of creating playlists of levels and releasing them as albums similar to the campaign and complete with liner notes and custom album art. Our first release was in March 2013 and featured six albums of curated community levels. Future albums will feature special guest curators.
Baiyon: As I went through the variety of levels that the community offered, I found a lot of "picture book" – like levels that cleverly used the tools in order to draw their original pictures and writings. I was also impressed at this particular level where the colors and the feel of the level was so soft and delicate. That's when the concept for the theme came to mind. I am hoping that the players could feel like they are playing in the world of my artwork with the pattern series "Bug-Check" and the creatures I created which, so to speak, have come to be my signature.
The artwork for the cover is my signature pattern, blended with the Sound Shape character.
SS: Have you experimented with the game editor, creating music or levels yourself? What are your thoughts from a musician's perspective?
Baiyon: Yes, I tried several times. If I focus too much on the music, the level becomes boring. If I focus too much on the level design, then I lose the musical freedom. So I have to make a lot of compromises, and that process is just like game design itself.
I always think this, but the best game is to make games.
If you're someone who's made a game before, then you're more likely to enjoy playing games. Sound Shapes is definitely one of those games, that features the joy of game making.
SS: What have you been working on lately? Anything you can share?
Baiyon: I've been working on a few game remixes recently.
First is a game called FEZ.
I was also involved with the Street Fighter II remix CD, that comes with the special edition of High Score Girl (4), which is a popular manga comic about Japan in the 90s. Check out how I remixed Blanka's sound.
One more thing. For the people who may not be familiar with my works, I wish to introduce one of my recent projects. I have once collaborated with Shaw-Han Liem who is co-creator in Sound Shapes, on the benefit compilation album called "Vibes against Vibesvol.1 & 2". This album is dedicated to the sufferers from the monstrous earthquakes that hit East Japan 2 years ago. Please check out our collaborative tracks if you would like to know more about Shaw-Han Liem works.
For the latest news, check my Twitter and Official Website.
In addition to Baiyon, you'll find albums from Ghostly International, The Verge, and Gamespot. Each comes with liner notes and custom album art and is available today as a free update. Hope you enjoy it.
Ghostly International Records
Ghostly International is a multi-platform cultural curator, a tightly knit aesthetic universe fulfilling the roles of art gallery, design house, clothing designer, technology innovator, music-publishing company—and, yes, record label—in one.
"Since we're a group of musicians ourselves, it was pretty great to be able to select a few of these levels for our Milkcrate album. There are some amazingly difficult, and at the same time, wonderful sounding levels in there, and from the standpoint of being a creative company we love that these were created by the folks playing the game. We've both played with making levels, and haven't come up with anything even close to the inspiring ones they've picked. Although we listen to music all day at work, it is fun to come home and use your mind and ears in a different way for a few hours. We hope you enjoy playing these as much as we did playing thru and picking them."
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"The Milkcrate project feels a lot like a mixtape… only for a video game. Only instead of painstakingly recording your favorite songs on a cassette, you're digging through the heaps of user-generated Sound Shapes levels in order to find the ones that speak to you. But the result is the same: you get to share cool things with people, in a satisfyingly personal way."
Gamespot is one of the original gaming websites and has been providing the news, reviews, and features about video games since 1996.
"Almost a year after GameSpot reviewed Sound Shapes it was great to see that the game's community is not only still active but also very creative. If I ever finish creating my second LittleBigPlanet Vita project I'll be sure to have another go at making a Sound Shapes level."
Queasy Games
We couldn't resist curating one ourselves featuring levels made with our Car DLC Pack.
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The Colorado Department of Transportation and Asphalt Specialties will start major road work at the intersection of SH 52 and Colorado Blvd on Thursday, March 7th.
Lane Shift On CO 52 — All lanes will be shifted to the south. Travelers can expect slower speeds in the work zone, but no lanes will be closed and there should not be any delays.
Northbound Closure On North Colorado Blvd — North Colorado Blvd will be closed starting Thursday for traffic traveling northbound from CO 52. Southbound will remain open. A detour will be in place using Ridgeway Blvd and Tipple Parkway.
Width Restrictions — Any vehicle over 12 feet wide must us an alternative route.
Normal working hours will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. In special cases these hours may be extended.
No weekend work is anticipated.
Find more info at the project website.
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Meeting Minutes – December 20th, 2004
FREMONT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Benjamin Grossman, Alan Younker, Norma Jones, Jenny Eichwald, Dic Selin, Toby Thaler, Pete Hanning, April Thanos, and Matt Stevenson.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Board member introductions. The Board will consider not having a meeting in December 2005 due to scheduling conflicts. Antoinette Meier reported that the 2004 Neighborhood Plan Progress Report is available, and provided copies. Design guidelines reflecting compromise between Wallingford and Fremont are being circulated and reviewed.
TREASURER'S REPORT: April Thanos provided the following information for inclusion in the minutes:
$ 1,706.48 Checking
$ 216.24 Savings
$29,624.26 CD1
$26,622.21 MM
Total assets: $58,169.19
MINUTES: The November 2004 minutes were approved as submitted.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: April Thanos reported that there will be a meeting for the community on January 20th, after dissemination of information to the immediate neighborhood. Location for the meeting has not been determined, but will be provided to the Board via email.
BICYCLE ISSUES: Matt Stevenson reported that the Northwest team from the Seattle Bike Collaborative will submit recommendations to the City Council on January 15, 2005, with prior review encouraged. Specific items in the recommendations are being replaced with broader bicycle issues. A public relations firm will be used to get the message out. Ideas for items to consider for inclusion should be forwarded to Matt.
LIQUOR RELATED ISSUES: It was reported that the Ballroom has signed a Good Neighbor Agreement with the City.
Traffic Calming- The Chamber of Commerce contribution to the traffic calming on N. 36th looks more positive, and residents hope the project will go forward to install the proposed traffic calming.
SDOT Meeting- SDOT reported at the meeting that all projects in the area are on track, and that the $10,000 for traffic calming will be available. There was no discussion about bicycle routes in the area. The Chamber of Commerce concern about parking in the area was mentioned, but there was no general discussion. SDOT regards this issue as outside the scope of the project.
Transfer Station- Toby Thaler reported that the Solid Waste Master Plan for the North End has waste going to the transfer station in South Wallingford, which is adjacent to the Fremont Urban Village. This could be an inappropriate use of land. SPU is trying to re-configure three facilities in the city, and wants to rebuild a transfer station in the current location. Problems include land use, traffic, and smell. Right now there is no alternative to the Wallingfordlocation, which could trigger an appeal at a later date. Toby is injecting requests for a process change in the current proceedings. The Port has stated that they do not want a transfer station on Port property. An EIS process on alternate properties is required. It was suggested that the FNC invite someone from the Port to the next FNC meeting, to present their position.
NEW BUSINESS: Scope Arts Collective- Brent McCrossen (cosmicvibe@hotmail.com, 713-7049) reported that Scope Arts Collective will be holding an event on February 5th in the Chocolate Factory, formerly the Red Hook Brewery. The event will be held in collaboration with other businesses, including Suite G and Nectar. The event will be a carnival/masquerade ball to raise money for non-profits and arts organizations. They expect about 1000 people, but have not had any security problems in the past. Suite G and Nectar told McCrossen that there are police in the area on a regular basis, and they are hoping to increase the police presence during the event. They are willing to pay for more police, and are looking at having private security on the premises. There is also private security at Suite G and Nectar. They have several partners for the PR and the FAC is involved. They will have brass bands, floats, etc. They will sell beer and wine, but no hard liquor, and there will be no liquor sold after midnight. Some people are against bringing Mardi Gras activities to Fremont.
A-1 Motel- Alan Younker reported that there are many neighbors of the A-1 Motel who are concerned about safety and crime at the A-1 and Thunderbird motels. The neighbors want the FNC to use its influence to abate the problems with the City and the City Attorney. They would like to see Good Neighbor Agreements between these businesses and the City. The problems include violence, crime, prostitution, and others. On 9/27/04 there was a shooting behind the A-1. Two other events precipitated a neighborhood meeting: 1) a stolen and crashed car; and 2) a car break-in. The police gave notice that the neighbors need to make noise to get action. Problems have greatly increased in the last six months, with the police there almost daily. Dee Dee Footer of FAWN noted that they do walks in the neighborhood and would like more participation. The neighbors would like to see the following: Good Neighbor Agreements, including a meeting with Ed McKenna; abatement, to include lifting of licenses; conversion of the motel to apartments. The neighbors are asking for the FNC to put pressure on the City Counsel and City Attorney to make changes.
Alan Younker and Jenny Eichwald will work with the neighbors on a draft letter for FNC consideration at the next Board meeting. A. Meier will work with the neighbors to make some contacts with the City. Pete Hanning will bring the issue up at the North Precinct meeting in January. The letter being drafted can ask for a Good Neighbor Agreement, object to a business license, ask the city to look at abatement, and discuss health code violations. Neighbors should work with Nick Licata, and everyone should write letters to the City.
FNC Email List- The FNC has been forwarding a lot of email from others to the total email list, which gives the appearance that the email is coming from the FNC. The question of whether we should be forwarding email and the criteria for forwarding email was discussed. There was a consensus that the FNC should not be forwarding email to the general membership list, but that it is okay to send it to the Board. Benjamin Grossman will communicate this position toVafa Ghazi.
Meeting adjourned.


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Strong Contracting Confirms Need For More Peanuts
J. Tyron Spearman
Contributing Editor, The Peanut Grower
Down on the farm, producers are somewhat optimistic as domestic and export demand for peanuts remains strong. Other commodities do not produce such optimism, but prices have improved since Trump was elected President. Peanut producers need a strong crop for rotation.
Early indications are for an acreage increase. The first estimate will be issued by USDA on March 30. Contracts for 2017 peanuts were $475 per ton in the Southeast, $100 per ton higher than last season. Shellers report a good response; however, some shellers are offering that price on only a portion, such as the first 4,000 pounds per acre or one-half last year's production.
Some shellers were offering a $25 per-ton premium for seed production or $50 per-ton premium for planting high-oleic varieties. There were even some premiums being offered for irrigated acreage. For producers who are beyond a determined distance from the shelling plant, a $25 per-ton freight differential cost caused a reduction in the contract offer.
Opening Contracts
For uncommitted 2016 peanuts and some 2017 peanuts, contracts were being offered giving the farmer the opportunity to sell his peanuts when shelled market prices increase or decrease or ride the market. One sheller offered a flex contract at $400 per-ton base price that equaled 52 cents per-pound shelled price. For each one-cent increase in price above that, add $ 13.50 per ton up to a maximum of 61 cents. At press time, the shelled price was 56 cents per pound, which equals a four-cent increase or a price of $454 per ton. Under this contract, the maximum was 61 cents per pound or $521.50 per ton.
Another offer was $400 per-ton minimum base allowing the farmer to sell based on the sheller's web price, but within a certain timeframe and a maximum of $500 per ton.
Plant Cautiously
Farmers need to plant a lot of peanuts this season with some cautions. Maximize program payments while retaining crop rotation, which means higher yields and better quality. Financial institutions also want to know the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payment in October. This year's payment is based on last year's prices, which were low. The first 4 months averaged about $380 per ton, but will increase. If the average was $400 per ton, that means a PLC payment of $135 per ton, applied to only 85 percent less budget reconciliation or about $100 per ton. In October 2018, the higher prices from 2017 crop will be known and payments will likely be reduced.
Supply Adjustments
USDA has made adjustments to the 2016/17 peanut supply, increasing imports, but the estimated production stayed at 1,587,000 acres, averaging 3,934 pounds per acre yielding 3,121,500 tons.
The Federal State Inspection Service's graded report shows 2,757,728 tons of peanuts inspected as of Jan. 5, 2017. Most analysts are now predicting a 2,800,000-ton crop. The last 20 percent harvested has quality problems because of drought.
Ending stocks are still estimated by USDA at 1,004,500 tons. In the next report, ending stocks should drop along with exports. As prices continue to increase due to the shortfall, export buyers will likely look for other sources, if available. India has increased area planted by 21 percent and China and Argentina have increases in peanut areas planted.
Domestic Markets
Domestic peanut markets remain strong with stocks and processing numbers showing usage up 3.3 percent after four months. USDA has estimated a 1.9 percent increase. By category, peanut butter usage is up 5.8 percent, peanut candy up 8.3 percent and peanut snacks down 4 percent. In-shells are down 14.5 percent for the four-month period.
Peanut exports were up 58.7 percent (Jan-Oct) with China and Vietnam buying 41 percent of the U.S. exports. Canada continues a strong 17.6 percent and Mexico at 15 percent. By July, USDA estimates exports will be down 2.8 percent. The market will develop over the volume China buys and the determination of what price is too high.
Industry Challenges
While more peanuts are needed, production plans also need to include crop rotation and irrigation, if possible. Maximize program payments and, above all, profitability. We have industry challenges that include a modern, high-tech grading system, more volume-oriented buying points, more advertising and promotions, and hopefully a favorable atmosphere in Washington, D.C. Get ready!
Export Farm Bill Harvest Markets Production	2017-02-01


Today is apparently the most gloomy day of the year, but one Leicester bar is doing its bit to help combat the 'Blue Monday' feeling.
Cosy Club is inviting anyone who needs a little pick-me-up to pop in and enjoy a cuppa on the house.
You can either take five minutes and relax with your drink in the venue's quirky and comfortable surroundings, or you can take it away.
All you need to do to get your free cup of tea is quote 'Blue Monday' to one of the team members and they'll stick the kettle on.
The offer is available from 9am until close (11pm).
It's restricted to one cup of tea per person, and cannot be exchanged for coffee.
Review: This county cafe won an award for the 'Best Leicestershire Breakfast' - but is it really that good?
Cosy Club Leicester opened in 2015 in a former knitwear factory.
The unique venue retains an industrial feel, with metal beams, exposed brickwork and original windows. Plus, it has a private hire room downstairs called The Loom Room.
You'll find Cosy Club Leicester at 68 Highcross Street.


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Sarah-Jane Clarke  is an Australian designer and one of the founders of Sass & bide. She went to St Aidan's Anglican Girls School, Brisbane in 1992 and then continued her study at Queensland University of Technology to be an accountant. In 2010, Clarke was awarded Australian winners of the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award.

Clarke and Heidi Middleton started their fashion business with a stall of their own designs at 1999 London's Portobello Road Market. Later that year, both of them returned to Sydney and launched their label Sass & bide which on 2008 was sold across in 30 countries. At the initial phase of their business, Clark and Middleton borrowed $70,000 to start their label in Double Bay. Clarke was mainly in charge of finances and marketing, while Middleton was working on the design. Prior to ready-to-wear product, they mainly produced jeans and denim as their first collection for Sass & bide.

In 2014, Clarke left Sass & Bide after the company was being sold to one of the biggest Australian retailers, Myer. After four years of hiatus from fashion world, Clarke came back to establish her new label, Sarah-Jane Clarke, in 2018. This new label was dedicated for luxurious travel collection and produced in Australia, with some contribution from artisans around the world.

Clarke was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her significant service to the fashion industry, and to charitable organisations.

She married an architect, Daniel Baffsky, and had three children: Bo, Arky and Ziggy.

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A beautiful Finnish livery by JanKees Blom on Manfreds C-47 V3. Great combination! A very cold virtual flight in the Northern part of Finland, from Seinajoki to Kuusamo. I use the "Finland X" scenery, including mesh, landclass and scenery. The lakes and rivers are frozen in winter and are landable.
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Thanks very much for looking, I hope you like plane and sceneries.
Jan - What a workhorse! Those DC-3's, C-47's continue to show their worth, even in today's standards! Thanks for sharing this one, I love the bare metal, with just a "hint" of paint!
Thanks to JK and Manfred Rick, and thanks for your comment!
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The good thing is: I can land on every lake now! Thanks Zippy!
That's a beautifully textured bird Jan, but brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


Inspired by The Benediction cocktail created at The Standard Hotel in New York, Parcel 32 ups the Bénédictine and omits the orange bitters in favor of an orange peel.
Stir the Bénédictine with ice in a mixing tin, then strain into a chilled flute. Top with chilled Champagne and garnish.


Did anything other than the iPad happen Wednesday?
The iPad is shown after its unveiling Wednesday.
Did anything even matter before the iPad? Or did the lives of tech geeks as they knew them officially begin today?
Answers: No (unless you count Larry Ellison's dream of buying the Golden State Warriors), no, and finally, yes. Especially if you have at least $499 burning a hole in your pocket and a desire browse the Internet for 10 hours straight.
Nothing, not even some presidential address, seemed to overshadow the unveiling of Apple's tablet in San Francisco. Aside from the gadget's name, which some bloggers noted has the unfortunate tinge of a feminine hygiene product, a flurry of tech journos took to the Web to gush — or grouse — about their encounters with the iPad.


Find all the Kentucky gun shows on this 2019 events calendar.
Our list of KY gun shows is updated daily and features outdoor expos and events for firearm enthusiasts. There are several Kentucky gun shows & knife shows listed. Our goal is to make it easy to find and attend all the arms shows in your area.
We also have a list that breaks down all the Kentucky gun shows by region making it easier to find local expos. Each gun & knife show listing including contact information to make it easy to get in touch with the promoter. Feel free to contact them with requests for additional information including vendors fees, show hours, and admission prices.
If you're unfamiliar with gun shows make sure to read over the 101 Gun Show Tips article. It includes how to interact at your local Kentucky gun shows as well as what bring and expect. For all questions about Kentucky gun laws read the Gun Law Book. It is a must have for all firearm owners.


I am an experienced and Board Certified criminal defense attorney located in Austin, Texas. On this website I explain my philosophy of the practice of law and provide a list of the numerous cases I have handled on appeal along with a detailed resumé.
You should know that if you have been charged with a misdemeanor or felony, whether in Federal or State court, that I am ready to serve as your attorney. I have handled cases ranging from RICO, DUI (driving under the influence or DWI, driving while intoxicated), burglary, drug possession and trafficking, assault and battery, murder, fraud, and represented both adult and juvenile offenders. Consult me regardless of your concern.


Windows 10 Linux subsystems are a very powerful feature and expand the capabilities for Windows based developers greatly, without the need to use VMs or dual booting. One of these is controlling your windows based docker host via your Linux subsystem.
Linux command line is much more powerful that windows standard cmd line, you can combine a number of tools using piping to perform complex operations all via cli. Many of the tutorials, guides and normal operating commands used by docker and other tools are written using Linux based command line.
First you need to have your linux subsystem all setup and running. here is a guide I previous wrote to do just that.
All commands below will be via your linux subsystem.
This is so that you dont have to keep telling docker client how to access the docker service.
We are almost done, now we just need to go back to our windows system and enabled exposed daemon via the docker settings.
Right click the docker icon within your task area and choose settings.
The general tab should have a "Expose daemon on tcp://localhost:2375 without TLS", enable this option.
You should now be able to control your Windows docker service via your Linux subsystem.
There is a more secure way to establish a connect between your subsystem and docker client, have a look at the following guide.


Chuigaik resident, Italia Fraize aims her sights on photographs for sale to benefit Dollars for Dogs.
Italia Fraize displays her photography and other items for sale to benefit anchorage Police Departemnt's K-9s.
A Chugiak 11-year-old girl is combining her love for dogs serving as canine police officers and an already well-developed eye for what makes a stunning photograph in an effort to bolster financial resources for the Dollars for Dogs, a local non-profit providing funding for the Anchorage Police Department's K-9 program.
"I want my parents to be safe at work and police dogs save lives," Italia Fraize said as to why she donated $800 Monday night at the Dollars for Dogs monthly board meeting.
Italia's parents are Matt and Angie Fraize who have 15 and ten years of experience respectively as APD patrol officers. Angie is currently assigned to the training academy.
Italia's interest in photography began when her mother brought work home: Angie was practicing her UI (uniform investigation) skills with a camera at home when her young daughter took an interest in being behind the camera selecting the subject matter.
Italia's grandmother has a cabin on Lowell Point in Seward where the family often escapes to unwind. Last summer, Italia started taking pictures. Her family had no idea Italia had such an eye for detail. But her hidden talent quickly developed to be sales quality work and in the process, yet another of the family's passions became more real for Italia: Fundraising.
Being police officers, her parents are involved in many fundraising projects including The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Alaska. The whole family participates in honor of law enforcement's support of SOA but also for Italia's younger sister, Gianna, who has Down's Syndrome.
"Fundraising just comes naturally to Italia, it is in the family," Angie said.
Italia's mom wasn't too surprised that her daughter's first solo fundraising effort with her photography would be for canine police officers.
Angie and Matt established a website showcasing Italia's work and offering it for sale to support Dollars for Dogs.
Italia spends a great deal of time interacting with canine police officers that are partners with and part of the family for friends in the APD. One of Angie's sergeants was on the Dollars for Dogs board and has allowed Italia to hang out with his canine partner.
When Italia was invited to submit a photo for the upcoming First Responder Arts Show at the Kaladi Brothers Coffee in Anchorage in Jan. 2017, Angie wasn't surprised that Italia wanted the subject to be a canine police officer. Later this week, Italia has her first shoot with a canine, Angie said.
"It should be interesting. We will see how good she is at capturing something that moves that fast," Angie said.
Italia looks forward to visually documenting the canines she has admired for several years.
Someday, Italia might be working alongside a canine.
She loves dogs, she told The Star. She's talked about becoming a trainer, but said they don't make much money, she said. To Italia, the idea of becoming a police officer partnered with a canine was the perfect fit of matching her love for dogs with a career field she already has a tremendous amount of exposure to being the daughter of two police officers.
For now, she is expanding her photography offerings.
Last weekend, she found a nest of baby birds at grandmother's property. And she took a lot of pictures of their gaping mouths begging for food.
"The birds were really great," Italia said via a cell phone as she was headed in to a gymnastics class Monday afternoon.
Her work is getting noticed. She has a showing in September at the downtown Kaladi Brothers Coffee. Her website already has "sold" markings on several of her current pieces. There are plenty of vivid offerings still available: From a photo of a train on the Alaska Railroad that appears to be emerging from a track of grass, the old abandoned Knik Bridge in its lonely solitude, a sailboat on Resurrection Bay and flowers from Kauai, Italia's website features variety.
While the photography sales designed to benefit Dollars for Dogs is a new concept for Italia, giving to the charity is not.
Since her ninth birthday, she has opted to celebrate each year's milestone by asking party-goers to donate to the cause instead of purchasing gifts.
Italia's photography is available for sale online at www.italialena.com.
Learn more about Dollars for Dogs online at www.dollarsfordogsalaska.org.


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Q: How to name this transformation? Let the transformation be $T:\mathbf s\to \mathbf s'$, where both $\mathbf s$ and $\mathbf s'$ are of the form $(s_0, s_1, s_2, ..., s_n)$, and $s_i'=a_is_i$ for each $s_i$ in $\mathbf s$ and its corresponding $s_i'$ in $\mathbf s'$, and each $a_i$ is real.
So how to name that transformation? It is not Scalar multiplication since $a_i$ can differ from each other, is it?
Thank you.

A: I would call it a diagonal linear transformation.

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Review: Luxion KeyShot 9.0
In a startling turnaround, the once adamantly CPU-centric Luxion KeyShot now supports GPU rendering, as well as featuring some really interesting material updates and additions, as Al Dean reports
KeyShot 9.0
Company name Luxion
When Luxion launched KeyShot, the company took the idea of a progressive rendering system, built on top of a physically based rendering engine, and applied it to the needs of the design and engineering world.
KeyShot 9 brings GPU computational support to KeyShot for the first time
Previously, we could use either a CAD-integrated rendering system, or a standalone, general-purpose system.
Other vendors had tried it before, but KeyShot arguably represented the first time that a system of this kind was developed specifically to focus on the needs of the design industry.
At its core was the principle that anyone should be able to use it. It didn't require a massive workstation and you certainly didn't need the specialist set of skills demanded by standalone renderers. And, since that time, the system has stuck to that principle, while simultaneously growing in capability to include animation, advanced material definition and more. So with that in mind, let's take a look at what's been added to KeyShot 9.0.
Let's start with the big-ticket item: GPU rendering. Since it began, KeyShot has been a CPU-based rendering system – in fact, the company has made rather a lot of noise about this fact over the years.
The benefits were that users didn't have to invest in new, often specialist hardware in order to be able to render out their assets.
Instead, KeyShot would run on pretty much any machine available. While it's certainly possible to gain speed by adding extra cores to those machines, many companies also invested in building a network rendering capability, bringing together machines for a collective effort when needed.
But, at the same time, many in the design visualisation technology world have recently begun to take advantage of GPUs (or 'graphics cards' to you and I) as a means to achieve more efficient computation.
A GPU typically has thousands of cores that are very well suited to the highly parallel calculations required for ray trace rendering. This is nothing new, but the thing that changed Luxion's mind was the introduction of ray tracing-specific cores (RT cores) in Nvidia's new RTX GPUs. In fact, Luxion's CEO recently wrote about this decision in a blog post, stating, "The short answer: Nvidia RTX technology provides the real-time rendering capability needed to deliver speed, quality, and accuracy."
He continued: "The longer answer: With the Nvidia RTX GPUs that bring together both software and hardware-accelerated real-time ray tracing, it's the first time GPU technology has been able to offer the results that provide the quality and performance to meet or exceed that of the CPU in calculating the advanced algorithms needed for greater realism with real-time rendering. Simply put, the power is there."
What's interesting here is that Luxion's team of technologists resisted jumping on the GPU bandwagon for some time, because GPUs hadn't been able to keep up with the technology that they were developing in-house. (Luxion, unlike most rendering system providers, develops its own core technology, rather than licensing a third party rendering engine.) But this has now changed, and the company has decided to bring GPU support to KeyShot.
How is that shaping up for the first release? The answer: nice and simply. There aren't a whole lot of controls or options.
You'll simply notice a new icon in your toolbar, with the label 'GPU'. KeyShot users will be used to their CPU fans spinning up as soon as they load a decent-sized model – the progressive nature of the KeyShot render process means that it begins to start resolving (unless you're in performance mode) as soon as you leave your model view to settle. If you hit that GPU button, the system moves your material designations to a GPU mode (unlike other systems, all of the materials are transportable) and starts to use your GPU to do the real-time computation.
We've tested this using a number of different models, some simple (in terms of light interaction), but some that use more complex materials and others with more complex lighting conditions (including interior models, for example). We tested using two different cards, an Nvidia Quadro P4000 (8GB) and an Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 (16GB). Both are snappy compared to the 12-core CPU in our test machine, but you really notice the difference with the more up-to-date Quadro RTX 5000.
What's really interesting is how Luxion has added support into the system – it isn't a binary choice of CPU versus GPU. It's rather more sophisticated than that. A good example is how to differentiate between the real-time display in the KeyShot window, then using either the queue or backgrounder rendering process.
It's entirely possible to use your GPU to compute your real-time display, while the CPU does the crunching work in the background, or indeed, vice versa. We also discovered that it's a nice way to take advantage of older GPUs (assuming they're more recent Quadro cards) if you've recently upgraded to an RTX board. By running both, KeyShot allows you to separate real-time and background computation per GPU, so you can share out resources as needed.
In terms of which GPUs KeyShot supports, they include the Nvidia Maxwell microarchitecture found in GTX 980 GPUs and above.
Alongside the GPU computation capability, one of the big-ticket items for KeyShot 9 is the addition of a denoiser. If you've been keeping abreast of the latest in design visualisation technology, there's a lot of talk about denoisers. Essentially, these use machine learning to remove steps from the ray tracing process by guessing what the image will look like where possible, saving you cycles of computation.
Thankfully, Luxion hasn't simply integrated the Nvidia Denoiser as most vendors have so far. This, as you'd expect, requires an Nvidia GPU.
Instead, it has also sought out a CPU-based alternative, Intel Open Image Denoise, so those using a CPU workflow can gain benefits, too.
What's interesting is how the denoiser is built into the workflow. In other systems, it's either on or off and you can take the results. In KeyShot, however, the Denoiser is found in the Image Styles dialogue, where all of your post-processing effects and adjustments on colour, bloom, vignetting and so on are to be found.
KeyShot 9 provides one-click denoise that delivers the reduction of noise in the Real-time View and render output to achieve smooth results in less time. Denoise is available for both CPU and GPU, with KeyShot using Intel Open Image Denoise for CPU mode and Nvidia Tensor cores for GPU mode. With a single click, the user can apply denoiser as an image effect option for any image style in their project and adjust the blend with the base render.
Luxion's RealCloth technology offers unprecedented levels of control over the appearance of fabrics, right down to how it is woven
Realcloth & fuzz
The next two updates we'll consider are related, and one builds on the functionality of the other. For KeyShot 9, Luxion is introducing a brand-new technology, called RealCloth, that allows you to define and render realistic woven materials.
While there have always been idealised fabrics based on texture, bump and opacity map wrangling, even some based on procedural shader techniques, this is the first time that Luxion has given you very granular level of control over how material is constructed. By that, I mean it's possible to define, from scratch, the weave of the fabric from first weft-and-weave principles.
As ever, a good way to experiment with new materials like this is to apply one of the pre-existing materials to a model and see what it can do. You'll find a selection of RealCloth materials already there for you in the system, so dragging one onto a model means it pops up in place – and double clicking that part will bring up the material definition dialogue. You'll immediately see a host of options available, so it's worth breaking these down. You'll see, for example, that you're defining materials separately for the warp and weft of the fabric. These are the two basic components in most woven fabric, describing its vertical and horizontal yarns.
At present, you're defining separate materials (in terms of size of yarn, colour and so on) for these two (and only these two) options. (Note: some fabrics use multiple colours in these positions to create more complex fabric patterns, such as tartans or plaids).
You'll immediately see this update on your model as you experiment with colour to achieve the look you want. Most systems would leave it at this, but Luxion has gone one further and given you control over how your weave is constructed.
Clicking the Weave Editor brings up a separate dialogue that allows you to really dive into how the weave is constructed. If you're experienced with this type of thing, you'll know what's happening straight away and will be able to adapt your weave requirements, whether it's a twill, a weave, or a satin that you're looking to create. If you're not, then a little time spent reading up on the subject will give you enough information to dive in (and there are a lot of resources out there).
Alongside the RealCloth materials and editing process, this release also introduces a new geometry shader called Fuzz. For those who haven't used this type of shader before, the term 'shader' usually refers to a rendering material type (such as wood, metal and so on). However, a geometry shader doesn't control the aesthetics of a surface, but instead creates additional geometry off the basis of the geometry to which the geometry shader is applied.
In previous releases, we've seen the ability to generate flakes as well as foams and bubbles. (Take a look at our review of KeyShot 8 for more details.)
Fuzz is a new addition and allows you to add randomised hair-like growth to the surface of your part/material. There are a bunch of controls over length, length variation, density, which allow you to finetune your material's appearance.
The uses for this are as wide as you can imagine, but a couple of instances already baked into KeyShot are adding fly-away fibres to RealCloth materials (which adds an incredible level of realism), and creating lifelike grass, but the possibilities are endless once you get into using this as a node in the Material Graph.
The new Fuzz geometry shader allows you to quickly build in hair, grass or flyaway fibres onto the surface of your geometry
Let's now move onto some of the smaller, but just as useful, updates for KeyShot 9. One of these has to be the new Model Library.
While existing KeyShot users will be more than familiar with the existing libraries for materials, textures, environment maps, backplates and so on, this new model library gives you a place to store and quickly reuse models.
These might be items used to quickly build up a scene (there are baked-in items such as ramped screens), but could equally be more complex, but regularly used items such as decorative lamps and artwork in an interior scene, or human figures in architectural visualisations.
The system is supplied with a number of basics, but it's also worth exploring the KeyShot Cloud library as well, as there are some nice assets there to download and repurpose. What's interesting is that some of these show off the potential here. We're not simply talking about sharing a model or set of geometry, but rather allowing users to share intelligent models that come along with their material assignments (the multimaterial options are used to great effect) as well as their own cameras and so on.
To create your own assets and add to your library, you simply pull up your model and hit the Add Model to Library icon – this will transfer your geometry and allow you to include associated data from that model, such as cameras. If you're working in a team, you'll also be aware that the file structure/folders for these can be shared among your team, so everyone has access to them.
The new Model Library allows you to quickly drag, drop and reuse geometry models, along with their materials, lighting and environment details
Next up are a couple of small tweaks to the animation controls within KeyShot. For a while now, the system has included an automated motion-easing option. Rather than direct movement between camera or part positions at a constant speed, the system allows you to ease in and out of movements, creating a more pleasing animation that is less jarring for the viewer.
What KeyShot 9 brings is the ability to control that 'easing' process with a curve, so you have more control over how it speeds up and slows down into and out of the movement.
Alongside this, the same principles of greater curve-based control have also been applied to the fade controls on material animations – often used to fade in or out software interfaces or lighting in your scenes. The UI is much the same for this as for the animation controls.
Web configurator
The last major update for KeyShot 9 is the ability to create fully rendered product configurators. You'll have seen these in all manner of industries and for all manner of products. KeyShot takes the variants you can define inside the system, using tools like model, material and studio variants, and builds these into a single set of assets that can be used online. You work through the wizard and choose which variant sets you want to include, provide details for how the configurator works, and set the system running to generate not only the imagery you need, but also the HTML code you need to adapt it for your web developers.
It's quite a turnaround, seeing Luxion integrate GPU support into KeyShot, particularly considering that, for the last decade or so, the company has made a great deal of noise about how it is CPU-based.
The reality is that this is a smart move and a change that has been made to take full advantage of today's rather incredible GPU technology. While other systems have gone 'full GPU', Luxion has managed to make this transition sensibly.
If you still have a CPU-centric workflow (perhaps using AMD graphics boards as well), then you can continue to use KeyShot just as you have previously. If, however, you have more modern Nvidia cards in your workstations, then you'll very quickly discover how quickly they can render.
Elsewhere in this release, there are some really interesting material updates and additions. Considering the wealth of soft goods and fabrics being introduced into more traditional forms of product and industrial design these days, then these updates are going to be really useful for a lot of users.
Greg's thoughts: What DEVELOP3D's GPU guru recommends
Before KeyShot 9, you never really needed to invest that much in a workstation GPU. A mid-range graphics card costing a few hundred pounds would be more than adequate, with money better spent on a CPU with more cores.
But if you want to take advantage of the new GPU-accelerated Nvidia OptiX ray tracing engine, you'll likely need to re-evaluate how you allocate your budget. Mid-range pro graphics cards like the Nvidia Quadro P2000 (5GB) might be fine for 3D CAD, but won't really deliver when it comes to GPU rendering.
So how do you choose which GPU is best for you? First of all, it needs to be an Nvidia GPU (Maxwell generation or above). AMD GPUs will not work with the new GPU rendering engine.
Second, if you want to take full advantage of the engine, you'll need an Nvidia RTX GPU, which features RT cores dedicated to ray tracing and Tensor cores for AI denoising, as well the standard CUDA cores.
In short, the more cores your GPU has, the faster the render. But cores aren't everything. GPU memory is also very important. Memory demands increase as models, HDR images and textures grow, and all of these assets have to fit into GPU memory. Output resolution also has an impact on the capacity you'll need.
8GB should be considered as a bare minimum. To give some context, rendering our Porsche 911 scene at HD resolution used up 9GB of memory on our Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 GPU. More complex models will use considerably more.
KeyShot works with Nvidia Quadro or Nvidia GeForce GPUs. It's worth noting here that the high-end Quadros, such as the RTX 5000 (16GB) and RTX 6000 (24GB), offer far more memory than a high-end GeForce like the RTX 2080 (8GB) or RTX 2080 Ti (11GB). At the same time, they do cost considerably more.
With GPU rendering, you can also use multiple GPUs, so long as your workstation has enough PCIe slots and a PSU to power them. With two Quadro RTX 5000s, 6000s or 8000s, you can also double your GPU memory through Nvidia NVlink.
GPU rendering in KeyShot 9 is an exciting development, but ultimately, you'll have to make up your own mind as to whether CPU or GPU makes most sense for your organisation — and where to invest moving forward.
Greg Corke
I'm a student product designer about to leave university and obviously won't be able to use the uni workstations any more, so I'm trying to put together my own for professional work. I use both SOLIDWORKS and Keyshot. My budget just affords me to get a RTX4000, is it worth investing in one now? Would it be enough for modelling and rendering for the next 5-10 years?
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Happy Saturday! I can't believe another week of summer has passed! It is going by too fast!! We haven't even had a chance to go anywhere yet! Hopefully we will get up to the lake and to the beach very soon!
This past week my mom and I held our annual yard sale. How do we get so much stuff in a year?! It's so crazy! Of course, we do get some things from other people too, but I know most if it was from my house. I have going through stuff like crazy and just getting rid of it. Anyways, we spent Tuesday and Wednesday unpacking and setting everything up. Thursday I had an appt. and we opened up on Friday at 7:00 am. Bright and early with customers waiting! These pictures just show a little bit. We had 8 tables (!) plus stuff out on the lawn.
Here are a few tips for holding a yard sale.
It gets very hot here, so we start early. People like to come early and then get on with the rest of their day.
Try to price as much as you can. We use masking tape because we never find that the stickers stick very well in our hot weather.
Price to sell! I know things cost a lot in the store, but this is a yard sale. Many things can also be purchased at the dollar stores. We just want to sell it and get a little bit of cash. If I go to yard sales and I hear high prices, I usually walk away.
Use tape, rubber-bands, boxes or safety pins to keep groups together.
We hold our sale for two days, so the first day we are usually a little higher. The second day, anything goes! Make us a deal!
We advertise on Craigslist and put out signs on the corners. We aren't allowed to attach signs to the telephone poles, so we take an empty box, attach signs and put a brick in the box so it doesn't blow out into the road.
Try to have as much up on tables or hanging as possible. I don't like it when I have to bend or squat down to go through clothes, so we use lots of table and a hanging rack. We do have larger items on the lawn, but not stuff you have to spend a lot of time looking through.
We use fanny packs and purses to keep our money in. This way we can wander around helping customers or cleaning up tables and take money at the same time.
Even though setting up for the yard sale is a lot of work, I enjoy the time I get to spend with my mom and dad and my girls. We have lots of good memories from these days. I hope these tips help you out at your next yard sale!! It can be a great way to clean out your home and make a little extra money!!
Thanks for sharing these tips with the Let's Get Real party.
Smart idea to share tips on having a yard sale. We need to have one desperately!
I couldn't believe how much stuff we had! Of course, it's always nice to get a little extra cash too! Thanks for coming by!
I need to have a yard sale so bad! Thanks for all of these good tips!
What a great time that you got to spend with your mom. Thanks for sharing with us all at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party!
I really enjoyed it! Thanks for the party and for coming by!
Great tips!! Thanks for sharing on the DIY party!


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Reg Meuross with Ninebarrow Headlining Bridport Folk Festival
August 12, 2017 @ 8:00 pm - August 13, 2017 @ 11:00 pm
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Delighted to be patron of this brand new folk festival!
You will find me singing and running songwriting workshops on 12th and 13th August. Here's more about the whole thing HERE
At last, Bridport has its own Folk Festival! 3 days of traditional & contemporary folk music playing across the town, shall be intertwined with morris and clog dancing, ceilidhs, and even a world record attempt!
From the programme:
Saturday night welcomes headliner, folk legend, Reg Meuross and Ninebarrow onto the stage at the Electric Palace. TICKETS HERE
Festival Patron Reg's clever and imaginative lyrics have earned him the title of "Master Storyteller" (PennyBlack Music) and led Mike Harding to introduce him onto the stage of The Royal Albert Hall as "one of the finest singer-songwriters this country has produced". He brings to the stage a collection of extremely beautiful songs, performed with humour and depth.
Ninebarrow are a multi-award-winning folk duo, who are impressing audiences across the country with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Most recently, they were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in the 'Horizon' category for Best Emerging Artist; their latest album 'Releasing the Leaves' was awarded five stars in both Maverick Magazine and English Folk Dance and Song Society Magazine.
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