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Oliver Barth (* 6. Oktober 1979 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Fußballspieler und jetziger -trainer. In seiner Spielerlaufbahn kam er für den SC Freiburg in 57 Spielen in der Bundesliga sowie für den SC Freiburg und den VfR Aalen in 108 Spielen der 2. Bundesliga zum Einsatz.

Karriere

Als Spieler
Barth spielte in den Jugendabteilungen des TSV Schmiden und des VfB Stuttgart. Anschließend trug er bis 2001 das Trikot des SV Fellbach in der Verbandsliga Württemberg. Da er keine Perspektive sah, einmal als Profifußballer Karriere zu machen, absolvierte Barth eine kaufmännische Berufsausbildung, bevor er in die damals drittklassige Regionalliga Süd zu den Stuttgarter Kickers wechselte. Nach 106 Regionalligaspielen für die Kickers – zuletzt als Kapitän – wechselte Barth 2005 zum damaligen Regionalligisten Fortuna Düsseldorf. Für diesen bestritt er in zwei Jahren 44 Regionalligaspiele.

Barth wechselte zur Saison 2007/08 ablösefrei zum damaligen Zweitligisten SC Freiburg. Am 17. August 2007 absolvierte er seinen ersten Einsatz in der 2. Bundesliga im Spiel gegen den SC Paderborn 07. Insgesamt wurde er in seiner ersten Saison zwölf Mal eingesetzt, zweimal davon über die gesamte Spieldauer. Am Ende der Saison stiegen die Breisgauer als Tabellen-Erster in die Bundesliga auf. In der ersten Liga wurde Barth unter Trainer Robin Dutt Stammspieler in der Freiburger Verteidigung. Am 16. Spieltag der Saison 2010/11 gelang ihm mit dem zweiten Tor beim Freiburger 3:0-Heimsieg gegen Borussia Mönchengladbach sein erster Erstligatreffer.

Nachdem sein Vertrag in Freiburg im Juni 2012 nicht mehr verlängert wurde, wechselte Barth zum Zweitligaaufsteiger VfR Aalen. Unter Trainer Ralph Hasenhüttl stand er dort zunächst noch mit Benjamin Hübner und Tim Kister in Konkurrenz um die Innenverteidigerpositionen, setzte sich gegen Mitte der Hinrunde dann jedoch als Stammspieler bei den Aalenern durch. Seinen Stammplatz behielt er auch in der folgenden Spielzeit unter dem neuen Trainer Stefan Ruthenbeck und verlängerte daraufhin seinen am Saisonende auslaufenden Vertrag. Am Ende der folgenden Saison 2014/15 stieg die Mannschaft in die Dritte Liga ab. Barth blieb nach dem Abstieg weiter bei den Ostwürttembergern und kam so in der folgenden Saison zu seinen ersten Einsätzen in der mittlerweile eingeführten bundesweiten Dritten Liga, nachdem die früher drittklassigen Regionalligen noch in getrennten Staffeln organisiert waren.

Zum Ende der Saison im Sommer 2016, die er ebenfalls als Stammspieler absolvierte, plante Barth im Alter von 36 Jahren ursprünglich das Ende seiner Karriere als aktiver Fußballspieler. Die beabsichtigte anschließende Übernahme ins Trainerteam des VfR Aalen kam jedoch nicht zustande, weshalb Barth die Aalener nach vierjähriger Zugehörigkeit verließ und sich daraufhin bei seinem ehemaligen Verein Stuttgarter Kickers fit hielt. Im August 2016 nahmen ihn die Kickers für ihre in der Oberliga spielende zweite Mannschaft unter Vertrag, wo er Kapitän wurde. Gleichzeitig begann er seine Trainerausbildung. Zu Saisonbeginn kam er zudem noch zu zwei Einsätzen bei der ersten Mannschaft der Kickers in der Regionalliga.

Als Trainer
Im Januar 2017 wechselte Barth in das Trainerteam des VfB Stuttgart. Dort wurde er Co-Trainer der in der Regionalliga spielenden zweiten Mannschaft des Vereins, unter seinem ehemaligen Freiburger Mannschaftskameraden Andreas Hinkel, der dort ebenfalls neu das Traineramt übernommen hatte.

Zum 1. Juli 2018 wechselte Barth zur SpVgg Greuther Fürth als Co-Trainer von Damir Burić. In der 1. Hauptrunde des DFB-Pokals 2018/19 vertrat Barth zusammen mit Petr Ruman Burić, der wegen eines Trauerfalls in seiner Familie nicht dabei sein konnte und darüber hinaus in derselben Saison am 19. Zweitligaspieltag wegen einer Sperre des Cheftrainers. Im Februar 2019 trennte sich der Verein von Burić und auch Barth, nachdem die Mannschaft am 20. Spieltag mit 0:6 in Paderborn verloren hatte.

Der VfL Bochum verstärkte für die Saison 2019/20 Cheftrainer Robin Dutts Team mit Barth als zusätzlichem Assistenten, um dem ersten Co-Trainer Heiko Butscher seine Ausbildung zum Fußballlehrer zu ermöglichen. Am 4. Januar 2020 wurde das Arbeitsverhältnis mit dem VfL Bochum beendet.

Im September 2020 schloss sich Barth als Co-Trainer dem österreichischen Bundesligisten FC Admira Wacker Mödling an. Dort arbeitet er erneut mit Damir Burić zusammen, der vom Verein kurz zuvor als neuer Cheftrainer vorgestellt worden war. Mit Burić zusammen wurde er dort im April 2021 freigestellt.

Zur Saison 2021/22 verpflichtete ihn der Wolfsberger AC als Co-Trainer, wo er erneut mit Robin Dutt zusammen arbeiten wird.

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You are here: Home / News Articles / CABI-led study creates first forecasting models targeting Fall Armyworm larval stages for Africa to help fight against devastating pest
CABI-led study creates first forecasting models targeting Fall Armyworm larval stages for Africa to help fight against devastating pest
A CABI-led study has developed the first forecasting models targeting the larval stages of fall armyworm – using near real-time earth observation data and pest occurrence within a farmers field, the models will assist in the fight against the devastating fall armyworm (FAW) pest which in Africa alone is estimated to cause annual yield losses of USD $9.4 billion.
New research conducted by an international team, led by researcher Alyssa Lowry, has demonstrated how the models developed for FAW larval populations in Africa can help smallholder farmers more accurately predict the best time for making a management intervention on their crops to prevent damage. The pest (Spodoptera frugiperda) favours maize but can also have an impact on over 100 other plant species.
The study, published in the journal Crop Protection and with support from colleagues from the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) and the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI), built two larval population emergence models based upon field FAW data from maize in Zambia. The models were then validated using similar data from multiple maize sites in Kenya.
Effective control of FAW should be enacted at an early stage in the cropping cycle when larvae can be difficult to detect. The window of time over which early-stage larvae could be controlled is quite broad, and the models help to define the window when an intervention could be made if the pest is present, or when monitoring and scouting activities would be optimal.
The novel modelling of early and later instar larval population emergence and development – in relation to physiological time from planting – now allows alerts to be sent to farmers in advance of an intervention/scouting time, allowing farmers to take preventative action as part of their Integrated Pest Management plans.
Ms Lowry and her colleagues highlight how this modelling has already paid dividends as part of the CABI-led Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE) which provides real-time alerts – via SMS messaging – to farmers advising them when to act to protect their crops from pests.
At the end of the 2019/2020 short rains season in Kenya, for example, a separate survey revealed that 59% of farmers – that received the forecasting service – changed their practices for dealing with FAW.
The interventions of PRISE – based on the earth observation data and model parameters highlighted by the CABI research – further resulted in a reduced population of FAW and an increase in maize harvest. Indeed, 87% of maize farmers surveyed in separate research believed the time recommended to take action by PRISE was correct.
Analysis on recent PRISE impact data shows a return on investment of 1:182 This means that the 1.8 million farmers reached by PRISE – in the five years since the project launched in 2017– earned an extra £1.5billion in produce value.
Dr Sean T Murphy, one of the main architects of the PRISE project and modelling team lead said, "It is imperative to develop effective pest management strategies and tools for FAW, such as the simple implementable models presented in this study. Although developed for the PRISE initiative, the FAW models could be used in the other pest forecasting systems that have access to continuous real-time temperature datasets and the capacity to process these."
Ms Lowry adds, "The models do not require farmers to directly estimate action thresholds and can be easily improved upon in the future when data on action thresholds become available for Africa. As the output of these models is a time for action, they can be used in conjunction with a variety of control methods such as biopesticides or for the timing of release of local or exotic instar-specific larval parasitoids.
"The type of modelling used in this study can easily be applied to other major insect pests of farmer crops in Africa and work is already well progressed on several other species within the PRISE project. The team hopes that the models can contribute to a 'positive stepwise change' to Africa's national plant health system."
Emmanuel Bakirdjian, Africa Regional Director, Precision Development (PxD), a partner in the research, said, "Since pest infestation is easily visible to farmers in Kenya, they have a strong interest in receiving actionable information about pest management. Farmers on the MoA-INFO service often end up applying pesticides too early, which results in a larger infestation later, or too late, which means that the pests are more resilient and have caused more damage.
"Through our partnership with CABI, the information from PRISE has helped nearly 100,000 farmers on the PxD-run MoA-INFO service to learn when pesticides are most likely to be effective. This has helped farmers to recover more crops that have been infested by pests and to avoid over-application of pesticides, which reduces risks to human health and the harms to other important organisms in the local ecosystem."
Main image: a farmer in Kenya struggles to manage with the fall armyworm pest which has ravaged much of his maize crop (Credit: CABI).
Alyssa Lowry, Léna Durocher-Granger, MaryLucy Oronje, Daniel Mutisya, Tibonge Mfune, Christine Gitonga, Monde Musesha, Bryony Taylor, Suzy Wood, Duncan Chacha, Tim Beale, Elizabeth A. Finch, Sean T. Murphy, 'Optimizing the timing of management interventions against fall armyworm in African smallholder maize: modelling the pattern of larval population emergence and development,' Crop Protection, 25 March, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2022.105966
The paper can be read open access here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026121942200062X
We gratefully acknowledge the help of the various individuals and organisations in the production of this study. The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), for granting permission for the studies and the hard work of its researchers; Ruth Amata, Raymond Mokua, and John Wadenje, for the collection and processing of data and Stephen Lungaju for help with the collection of data at Katumani. The staff of Assimila Ltd, Reading Enterprise Centre, Reading, for many useful discussions about land surface temperatures. Léna Durocher-Granger for advice on the design of the field studies and Grace Munyumbwe for processing field data and the laboratory of entomology.
We also gratefully acknowledge the funding provided for this research by the UK Space Agency International Partnership Programme funded from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's (BEIS) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and core co-financing support from CABI. The collection of field data in Zambia was partly conducted under the Action on Invasives (AoI) programme funded by the United Kingdom (Department for International Development) and the Netherlands (Directorate-General for International Cooperation). CABI is an international intergovernmental organisation, and we gratefully acknowledge the core financial support from our member countries (and lead agencies) including the United Kingdom (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office), China (Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Australia (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research), Canada (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), Netherlands (Directorate-General for International Cooperation), and Switzerland (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation). See https://www.cabi.org/about-cabi/who-we-work-with/key-donors/ for full details.
Pest Risk Information Service (PRISE)
Precision Development (PxD)
Africa, PRISE, fall armyworm
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PhD student wins international research award for fight against devastating fall armyworm pest

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The shipment will head to Chabahar Port from Zaranj City in Nimroz province, in the west of Afghanistan, said President Ghani's spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri.
He said the cargo will contain 570 tons of export goods carried by 23 vehicles.
"As part of the transit routes inaugurated by the Afghan government, the first shipment of Afghan export goods will head to Chabahar Port from Zaranj city through Abrisham Bridge and then to India. This is the first time that Afghanistan will be directly connected with India by using Chabahar Port," he said.
He said President Ghani will travel to Nimroz province on Sunday to inaugurate the first export cargo of Afghanistan to be sent to India through Chabahar Port.
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William Beynon (1888–1958) was a Canadian hereditary chief of the Tsimshian Nation and an oral historian; he served as ethnographer, translator, and linguistic consultant to many anthropologists who studied his people.

Early life and education
Beynon was born 1888 in Victoria, British Columbia, son of a Tsimshian woman of Nisga'a ancestry and "Captain Billy" Beynon, a Welsh steamboat captain.  Although some sources describe Beynon as being Nisga'a or matrilineally Nisga'a, his ancestry was more complicated by the colonial interpretation of long standing relationships between nations.  Beynon's maternal line descends from members of the Laxgibuu (Wolf clan) of the Nisga'a nation. Members of his line had moved from the Nass River to Port Simpson, British Columbia, coincidentally after nearly the entire mission village of Metlakatla, BC migrated in 1887 to Metlakatla, Alaska following the lay missionary William Duncan. The mission had members from many tribes including the Gitlaan tribe. Beynon's maternal grandfather was Arthur Wellington Clah, a hereditary Tsimshian chief and a Hudson's Bay Company employee. The Gitlaan tribe is one of the "Nine Tribes" whose Chiefs happened to be at Fort Simpson (later Port Simpson, later Lax Kw'alaams) when the Indian agent designated the location as one of the seven Tsimshian Indian reserve communities.

William Beynon was the only one of six brothers to be raised fluent in the Tsimshian language.  When his mother's only surviving brother, Albert Wellington, died in 1913, William Beynon moved from Victoria to Port Simpson at the age of 25 to assume his uncle's hereditary title, Gwisk'aayn. This was in accordance with Tsimshian rules of matrilineal succession, and he served as hereditary chief of the Gitlaan tribe until his own death.

Career
Beginning in 1914, Beynon was hired as a translator and transcriber by the anthropologist Marius Barbeau, then in the employ of the Geological Survey of Canada.  Barbeau and Beynon's series of interviews with Lax Kw'alaams chiefs and elders in 1914-15 has been called by the anthropologist Wilson Duff "one of the most productive field seasons in the history of [North] American anthropology."  In 1916 Beynon continued the same type of work, on his own, with the Tsimshian of Kitkatla, B.C. This field trip was marred by a measles epidemic among the people, causing high mortality. In addition, Benyon was shipwrecked for ten days on an uninhabited island with Chief Seeks of the Kitkatla tribe.

As Beynon increased his facility with phonetic transcription and knowledge of his own people's traditions—which, as a formerly assimilated urbanite, he was quickly learning—he began to work more and more under his own direction.  In the 1920s he worked with Barbeau with elders from the Kitsumkalum and Kitselas Tsimshian and the Gitksan nation, in and around Terrace, British Columbia.

From 1918 to 1924, Beynon worked extensively up and down the coast, collecting museum artifacts for Sir Henry Wellcome, executor of the estate of William Duncan, the missionary founder of Metlakatla, Alaska. Beynon spent considerable time there as Wellcome's local representative.

From 1929 until 1956, when Beynon became ill, he continued to send Barbeau his own fieldnotes, covering every conceivable aspect of the culture and traditions of the Tsimshian, Gitksan, and Nisga'a peoples. He carefully recorded oral narratives.  His tour de force was a 200-page description of a four-day potlatch and totem-pole-raising feast in 1945 in the Gitksan village of Gitsegukla.  This has recently been issued in book form.

Wilson Duff has ranked the resulting thousands of pages of Barbeau-Beynon field notes, now housed at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, as "the most complete body of information on the social organization of any Indian nation".

In 1931, Beynon was one of the four founding members of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia, an indigenous-rights organization founded in Port Simpson. The Native Brotherhood was instrumental in securing the rights for Natives to vote, among many of their advocacy roles.

From 1932 to 1939 Beynon sent the anthropologist Franz Boas approximately 250 transcribed narratives. These are now known as the "Beynon Manuscripts," and are housed by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.

In the early 1930s Beynon facilitated the immensely productive Port Simpson fieldwork of Viola Garfield, a doctoral student of Boas.  Many pages of Garfield's voluminous field notebooks are filled out in Beynon's handwriting. Their work was the basis of Garfield's PhD dissertation and first book.

In 1953 Beynon worked with the anthropologist Philip Drucker, of the Smithsonian Institution.  For Drucker, Beynon wrote his own, as yet unpublished, synthesis of the complex lineage histories of the Tsimshianic-speaking peoples.

Beynon died in 1958 in Prince Rupert, B.C.  He had spent most of his life earning a living in the canning and fishing industries, like many of his people. But he made as large and valuable a contribution to Northwest Coast ethnology as any professional anthropologist.  His published and unpublished works continue to be an invaluable resource for the Tsimshian, Gitksan, and Nisga'a peoples.

Works
Anderson, Margaret Seguin, and Marjorie Halpin (eds.) (2000) Potlatch at Gitsegukla: William Beynon's 1945 Field Notebooks.  Vancouver: UBC Press.
Beynon, William (1941) "The Tsimshians of Metlakatla, Alaska."  American Anthropologist (new series), vol. 43, pp. 83–88.
Beynon, William (1999) "Nda ckshun Tckaimsom dis Laggabula -- When Tckaimson and Laggabula Gambled."  In: Alaska Native Writers, Storytellers & Orators: The Expanded Edition, ed. by Ronald Spatz, Jeane Breinig, and Patricia H. Partnow, pp. 44–47.  Anchorage: University of Alaska.
MacDonald, George F., and John J. Cove (eds.) (1987) Tsimshian Narratives.  Collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon.  (Canadian Museum of Civilization Mercury Series, Directorate Paper 3.)  2 vols.  Ottawa: Directorate, Canadian Museum of Civilization.

References

Sources
"B.C. Indian Authority Dies" (obituary for William Beynon).  Vancouver, B.C., Province, February 11, 1958, p. 28.
Cove, John J. (1985) A Detailed Inventory of the Barbeau Northwest Coast Files.  (National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, Paper 54.)  Ottawa: National Museums of Canada.
Duff, Wilson (1964) "Contributions of Marius Barbeau to West Coast Ethnology."  Anthropologica (new series), vol.  6, no. 1, pp. 63–96.
Garfield, Viola E. (1939) "Tsimshian Clan and Society."  University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 167–340.
Halpin, Marjorie M. (1978) "William Beynon, Ethnographer, Tsimshian, 1888-1958."  In American Indian Intellectuals: 1976 Proceedings of the American Ethnological Society, ed. by Margot Liberty, pp. 140–156.  St. Paul: West Publishing Company.
Nowry, Laurence (1995) Marius Barbeau, Man of Mana: A Biography.  Toronto: N.C. Press.

1888 births
1958 deaths
20th-century First Nations people
Indigenous leaders in British Columbia
Canadian people of Welsh descent
Tsimshian people
People from Victoria, British Columbia
Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)

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Anime Expo to Host Fire Force Creator Atsushi Ohkubo at Anime's Overseas Premiere
posted on 2019-06-14 21:36 EDT by Egan Loo
Manga editor Megumu Tsuchiya to also appear at premiere panel
Funimation announced on Friday that it will present the overseas premiere of the Fire Force anime at Anime Expo on July 5 at 1:00 p.m. PDT. Fire Force manga creator Atsushi Ohkubo and editor Megumu Tsuchiya will appear at the panel, which premiere the anime's English dub.
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Terror has paralyzed the clockwork metropolis of Tokyo! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. The team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can the Fire Force discover the source of this strange phenomenon and put a stop to it? Or will the city burn to ashes first?
Yuki Yase ( Mekaku City Actors , Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb ) is directing the anime at David Production ( JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , Cells at Work! ). Yamato Haishima is in charge of the series scripts, and Hideyuki Morioka ( Kizumonogatari , Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei ) is designing the characters. The band Mrs. Green Apple performs the anime's opening theme song "Inferno."
The anime will premiere in Japan on July 5 at 25:25 (effectively July 6 at 1:25 a.m. Japan Time or July 5 at 12:25 p.m. EDT) as the first title in the "Super Animeism" programming block on MBS , TBS , and other channels.
Funimation will stream the television anime on its FunimationNOW streaming service this year.
Ohkubo ( Soul Eater ) launched the series in Kodansha 's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in September 2015. Kodansha published the manga's 16th volume on April 17. Kodansha Comics shipped the 15th volume in English on April 30.
This year's Anime Expo will take place from July 4 to 7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Sources: Funimation, Anime Expo
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FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Liverpool
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Liverpool's Cody Gakpo (R) vies for the ball during the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool in Wolverhampton, Britain, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)
Liverpool's Cody Gakpo (L) is challenged by Wolverhampton Wanderers' Dexter Lembikisa during the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool in Wolverhampton, Britain, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)
Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp celebrates after the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool in Wolverhampton, Britain, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (R) shoots during the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool in Wolverhampton, Britain, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)
Liverpool's Cody Gakpo (R) shoots during the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool in Wolverhampton, Britain, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua)


The New Town has no shortage of places to grab a drink, a snack, or something more substantial - no matter the time of day.
Grab a quick snack by ducking into any of the coffee shops, both big-name and local hidden gems, dotted throughout the New Town. Pick the right spot on Princes Street and you'll be sipping your latte while looking over towards Edinburgh Castle, a view that has inspired generations over the centuries.
Just about every street in the New Town is lined with restaurants, bars and eateries ready to welcome you with delicious food and drink - though make sure you book ahead in order to avoid disappointment. Rose Street is full of great bistros and bars such as The Rosehip, Veeno, Mussel Inn and Jamie's Italian, while George Street is where you'll find Contini, Fazenda and Café Andaluz.
The cocktail bars and restaurants of George Street, such as Copper Blossom and The Printing Press, serve exciting and frequently updated menus made with local produce, served with a truly international appeal. The Dome, a converted bank building, is a must-visit if you're after some real Edinburgh grandeur after a meal on St Andrew Square.
Fast food options include MacDonald's, Five Guys, and a range of independent taco shops and eateries, meaning that no matter where you find yourself in the New Town, you're never far from options when it comes to food.
Find out more about these and even more food and drink that the New Town has to offer at edinburghcitycentre.co.uk.


Ms. Swenson talks about a song her grandfather relayed to her.
DL: What did you learn about Dakota history when you were growing up? Did your grandma ever talk to you about the history of the people as a whole? Or your grandpa, or anyone?
LS: No, I think they tried to, like even from the boarding schools, I don't think those were happy times and they didn't talk much about them. If they did, they'd talk in the Dakota language.
DL: So you couldn't understand them.
LS: Yes. I know my grandpa would be singing Indian songs in the back, and there was one song that we sing in church, that they sang at the hanging when they were going to get hung in 1862. We still sing that song.
DL: How does that song go?
LS: It goes – it's got about seven verses, and it's got a kind of a – it's not an upbeat tune: It goes: "Many and great, oh God, are your works, maker of heaven and earth." And it talks about all things good: "Thanks for giving us this day," and it's beautiful.
DL: How does the melody go, can you hum just a little of it?
LS: "Many and great, oh God, are your works, maker of heaven and earth." Then it goes real high. [Humming] You gotta sing it loud to bring out the… I'm going to have to get you those words. It's all written in Dakota, but somebody translated it. So we'll be singing one verse in English, one verse of Dakota, and then another verse of English.
DL: And the prayer is for what?
LS: It's giving thanks for their lives and all the blessings that were given to them. It's about now that they're going to be going to see their maker – I guess they were holding hands when they were singing this – and that was their last song. But they were happy to be going and to take care of those left behind.


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This is Passig Islet in Barangay Bato, Sta Cruz, Davao Del Sur. This less than a hectare islet is now converted into a resort owned and operated by the local government of Davao Del Sur.
To get to Passig Islet from Davao City, take a bus bound for Digos City and get off at Barangay Bato junction. From there, take a motorbike going to the wharf. From the wharf, boats are available to bring guests to the islet. Travel time from the wharf going to the islet is less than 5 minutes.
pwede buh mg overnyt sa resort nnyo?
pwede po mag overnight d2.


Walking into Checkers the other day, I was rudely reminded by Boney M's tiresome rendition of "The little drummer boy" (the music in Checkers is way too loud!!) that 'the time of giving' is upon us once again…already! The sound of jingling bells and pictures of a smiling Santa Claus on the cream containers do nothing but steel my resolve to get out of there as soon as possible. Tinsel just doesn't do it for me anymore. Do the powers that be at supermarkets really think being inundated with Christmas jingles and images make shopping a more enjoyable experience?
As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide South Africa with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods, merchandise that has often been produced at the expense of South African labour.
This year can be different. This year South Africans can give a gift of genuine concern for other South Africans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by South Africans.
It's time to think outside the box, people. Who says a gift needs to fit in a shirt box, wrapped in Chinese produced wrapping paper? Everyone -- yes EVERYONE gets their hair cut. How about gift certificates from your local South African hair salon or barber? Gym membership? It's appropriate for all ages who are thinking about some health improvement. Who wouldn't appreciate getting their car detailed? Small, South African owned detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certificate or a book of gift certificates. Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plunking down the Rands on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the summer, or games at the local golf course.
There are a bazillion owner-run restaurants -- all offering gift certificates. And, if your intended isn't the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint. Remember folks this isn't about big National chains -- this is about supporting your hometown South Africans with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open. How many people couldn't use an oil change for their car, truck or motorcycle, done at a shop run by the South African working guy? Thinking about a heartfelt gift for mom? Mom would LOVE the services of a local cleaning lady for a day. My computer could use a tune-up, and I KNOW I can find some young guy who is struggling to get his repair business up and running. OK, you were looking for something more personal. Local crafts people spin their own wool and knit them into scarves. They make jewelry, pottery and beautiful wooden boxes. Plan your holiday outings at local, owner operated restaurants and leave your server a nice tip. And, how about going out to see a play or show at your home-town theatre. Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands. Honestly, people, do you REALLY need to buy another ten thousand Chinese lights for the house? When you buy a five dollar string of light, about fifty cents stays in the community. If you have those kinds of bucks to burn, leave the mailman, trash guy or babysitter a nice BIG tip. You see, Christmas is no longer about draining South Africans pockets so that China can build another glittering city. Christmas is now about caring about US, encouraging South African small businesses to keep plugging away to Follow their dreams. And, when we care about other South Africans, we care about our communities, and the benefits come back to us in ways we couldn't imagine. THIS is the new South African Christmas tradition.
A Christmas wish from afar…!
I hope that you have a lovely Christmas!
Napier is gearing up for the influx of visitors and we have great local markets to look forward to over the festive season.
There's the Napier Mega Market on Saturday 17th December on the Agri lawns with the morning market, from 9 - 12. This time anything goes. Sales from car-boots, stalls selling home produce, Christmas gifts, home made products, clothing, food etc The more the merrier! We'd also love to have a musician or two involved to make it really festive.
This market will be a fund raiser for Anel at R20 per stall or vehicle.
Moerse Farmstall will also be having daily Christmas Markets from 16 until 24th December. Stall holders will be required to pay R50 per stand and to bring their own tables and chairs.
or to book your stall.
New gift shop for Napier!
On 9th December at 10.00 am the Pink Tree Studio will open it's doors to the public. It is situated at No 52 B Sarel Cilliers Street (next to Oom Neels, the Barber of Napier).
The owner, Martie Lochner-Daneel says she will be showcasing a wide variety of items, from re-vamped furniture to décor items, lampshades, candles, knitwear, wool as well as gifts, prints and paintings. She also intends having fresh flowers on sale. Make time to pop in and see what's on offer and what other services she will be offering.
Riek Creative Gallery would like to invite all local artists to participate in our Christmas Wish Auction.
Reason for Auction: The funds generated will be used to purchase Christmas gifts for the kids at Nuwerus Nasorg.
25% of the proceeds of each painting will go back to the artist for materials the remaining profit will be used for the gifts.
Stuck for idea's for Christmas gifts?
End of the range candle clearance sale. These make awesome Christmas gifts.
Nobunto factory (1 Monsanto Way, off station road) or at Vindigo.
Enquiries: Theunie 028 4233172 or 082 443 6310.
Gunners will go back to their original opening hours as of the 16th December. They will also be hosting their usual New Years Eve party with live music.
A little bit of Christmas spirit required please!!
Antoinette Goodman, an ex-Napier resident (16 years), now living in Bredasdorp, has to go to Pinelands in Cape Town for an important doctor's appointment and needs a lift. The appointment is on the 6th December, however she will more than gladly accept a lift 2-3 days prior to the 6th as she can stay with friends and they will bring her back to Bredasdorp.
Please contact her to make arrangements.
The 4th Sasol Stretton's Birding Weekend was held in the Agulhas National Park (ANP) from 4 to 6 November 2011. This annual event offered a unique and fun filled opportunity to experience the vast wealth of birdlife as well as the opportunity to see some of the rare birds of the Agulhas National Park and was organized by the South African National Parks' Honorary Rangers of the Agulhas Region. The bird guides for the weekend were; Dave de Beer a qualified bird and whale guide from Onrusrivier, Mel Tripp who is the Vice-Chairperson of the Cape Bird Club and Koos Swart and Chris van Gass, both SANParks Honorary Rangers of the Agulhas region.
Don Pinnock (PhD) was the guest speaker at the Birding Weekend. He is an associate of Southern Write, an association of top travel writers and photographers in Africa. At the Saturday evening function he spoke on the theme of "Blue Ice" describing his experiences on a trip to the Antarctic on the SAS Agulhas. He used this theme to create awareness of 'the state of the planet' by demonstrating the natural beauty that needs to be protected from man's folly. See full CV at Appendix B He was joined for part of his talk by his wife, Patricia Schonstein who is an award winning, internationally published novelist and poet.
On Friday evening the Honorary Rangers hosted the participants at the Suiderlig Dienssentrum during a casual dinner. Eddie Cassani was the Master of Ceremonies and welcomed all and wished them a pleasant and fun filled weekend. He thanked the sponsors for their support and handed them tokens of appreciation. After dinner Dave de Beer gave a moving power point presentation on "Birds and Music" to much joy and appreciation of the guests.
On Saturday morning, 5 November, all gathered at Bosheuwel at 6:30 am for the day's birding activities The groups went to De Mond nature reserve, Melkbospan and Voëlvlei respectively for the morning birding. Lunch in the form of boerewors rolls was served at Bosheuwel from 12:30pm and in the afternoon groups again went to De Mond nature reserve and Voëlvlei. Throughout Saturday a display of "Birds in Trouble" was held at Soutbosch, a historic house in the ANP newly restored by the SANParks Honorary Rangers Agulhas. This was organised by Emmerentia de Kock of the ANP.
On Saturday evening all participants joined the Honorary Rangers, ANP Staff and other guests at the Suiderlig Dienssentrum for a dinner and a talk by Don Pinnock. Don spoke on the theme of "Blue Ice" describing his experiences on a trip to the Antarctic on the SAS Agulhas. He used this theme to create awareness of 'the state of the planet' by demonstrating the natural beauty that needs to be protected from man's folly. All participants greatly enjoyed the presentation and Don was warmly applauded for this.
Participants expressed their satisfaction with the weekend and their hope that the ANP Honorary Rangers would continue with the event in the future.
Eddie Cassani ended the occasion by thanking the participants for their participation and the ANP staff and Honorary Rangers for their support. He also called for a round of applause for the Ladies of the Suiderlig Dienssentrum for the excellent catering throughout the weekend.
1781 - The crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance.
1963 - Beatles release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
A man and woman were having marriage problems, and decided to end their union after a very short time together. After a most brief attempt to reconcile, the couple went to court to finalize their break-up. The judge asked the husband, "What has brought you to this point, where you are not able to keep this marriage together?"
Please ensure that if you want anything included in the next Napier Natter, which will be the last one of the year, please send your info to info@napier.co.za by no later than the 10th of December.


$50 per person; reserve early; dinner is limited to 45 attendees.
Call Jack Sanchez (530 888 0281) for reservations and make checks payable to SARSAS (Tax ID 80-0291680) as a donation and it will be tax deductible for you. Let Jack know your dinner choices.
Send checks made out to SARSAS to PO Box 4269, Auburn, CA 95604.


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Wipro and TalkTalk Win Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Award for Innovation
BANGALORE, India and LONDON, June 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and outsourcing company today announced that it has jointly won the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation award for a successful engagement with its customer, TalkTalk Group, an UK-based telecom major. GTB is a leading European publication that covers the telecom industry and the GTB awards recognize some of the most innovative work being done around the world and projects that involve a telecom operator and a partner, working together.
Wipro along with TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC, the UK's leading value provider of broadband, landline, TV and mobile services, were jointly recognized for their innovative partnership. This focused on churn management and reducing customer complaints. Wipro's in-house tool was used to help effectively manage high-risk customers. The partnership between Wipro and TTG helped TTG support an improvement in churn and reduce customer complaints through operational excellence and analytics used by Wipro.
"The GTB Innovation award is a great recognition for our 6-year partnership with TalkTalk Group (TTG). We are delighted that the project yielded positive business outcomes for TTG, such as improved the customer retention rates, in addition to a 10% increase in customer satisfaction." said Vinay Firake, Vice President and Global Head of Global Media & Telecom, Wipro BPO. He added, "This endorsement is an acknowledgment of Wipro BPO's concerted endeavors to offer vertical-specific solutions that align with industry needs and create measurable business value for our customers."
"Winning these awards is a great achievement. The Wipro in-house tool provided TTG the ability to really change the way we handle customer complaints. The tool provided great insights that really helped improve customer satisfaction, reduce churn and helped drive down Ofcom complaints", says Henel Patel, head of Service Excellence, TalkTalk
"Throughout the world the industry are creating such a wave, such a flood of innovation, that is making a real difference to business, to our economy and to the way we live," said GTB editor Alan Burkitt-Gray, presenting the awards. "This year we had more nominations than ever before. We run the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards to say well done to the men and women in the industry - operators and vendors alike - who are making such a difference to the world," he said. "Congratulations to this year's winners."
Wipro's end-to-end Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services for Telecom players provides customers with domain experience in fixed and mobile telecommunications services, telecommunications equipment and publishing & media enablement. Wipro BPO's telecom experience spans across Fulfillment, Assurance and Billing processes as well as Enterprise Processes, enhancing customer experience.
About Wipro Ltd.
Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT) is a leading Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing company that delivers solutions to enable its clients do business better. Wipro delivers winning business outcomes through its deep industry experience and a 360 degree view of "Business through Technology" - helping clients create successful and adaptive businesses. A company recognized globally for its comprehensive portfolio of services, a practitioner's approach to delivering innovation, and an organization wide commitment to sustainability, Wipro has a workforce of 140,000 serving clients across 61 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.wipro.com.
About GTB Awards
Global Telecoms Business has been presenting the Innovation Awards annually since 2007. All awards are for projects that involve at least two companies - normally an operator and a vendor, sometimes more than one of each - to honour their collaboration in the most innovative projects in the industry today.
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text:
#include "eyefinder.h"
#include "eye_finder_ROI.h"
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

#ifdef WIN32
#include <windows.h>
#endif

#define ROI_namespace eyefinder_ROI_low_thresh

GPrior::GPrior(){};
GPrior::GPrior(const vector< float > &mean_, const vector< vector< float > > &cov_, const vector< vector< float > > &invCov_){
	SetPrior(mean_, cov_, invCov_);
}
void GPrior::Release(){
	mean.clear();
	cov.clear();
	invCov.clear();
}
void GPrior::SetPrior(const vector< float > &mean_, const vector< vector< float > > &cov_, const vector< vector< float > > &invCov_){
	mean=mean_;
	cov=cov_;
	invCov=invCov_;
}

void ROIdata::Release(){
	mean.clear();
	cov.clear();
	invCov.clear();
	scales.clear();
	bounds.clear();
}

MPEyeFinder::MPEyeFinder ( int use_ada ) : MPISearchFaceDetector(use_ada),
m_rez(DEFAULT_PATCH_REZ), m_centering(DEFAULT_CENTERING){
	initROIdata();
}

MPEyeFinder::~MPEyeFinder ( ){
	releaseStream();
	leftROIdata.Release();
	rightROIdata.Release();

}

void MPEyeFinder::SetCentering(const centering_condition &c){m_centering = c;}
void MPEyeFinder::SetRez(const patch_rez &r){m_rez = r;}

void MPEyeFinder::initStream(const int width, const int height, double WINSHIFT){
	stream.init(width, height, m_imagetypes, data, WINSHIFT);
	left_eye_stream.init(stream, left_eye_data, 1);
	right_eye_stream.init(stream, right_eye_data, 1);
	//printData(left_eye_data,left_eye_data.numfeatures-1);
	//printData(right_eye_data,left_eye_data.numfeatures-1);
}

void MPEyeFinder::resetStream(const int width, const int height, double WINSHIFT){
	// Note: order matters! eye_streams are not owners of all their data, so they must be released first
	releaseStream();
	stream.init(width, height, m_imagetypes, data, WINSHIFT);
	left_eye_stream.init(stream, left_eye_data, 1);
	right_eye_stream.init(stream, right_eye_data, 1);
}
void MPEyeFinder::releaseStream(){
	// Note: order matters! eye_streams are not owners of all their data, so they must be released first
	left_eye_stream.release();
	right_eye_stream.release();
	stream.release();
}

void MPEyeFinder::initROIdata(){
	const int dim = 3; // 3-dimensional data
	int i;

	for(i = 0; i < dim; ++i)
		leftROIdata.mean.push_back(ROI_namespace::leftmean[i]);
	for(i = 0; i < dim; ++i){
		vector< float > v;
		vector< float > iv;
		for(int j = 0; j < dim; ++j){
			v.push_back(ROI_namespace::leftcov[i][j]);
			iv.push_back(ROI_namespace::leftInvCov[i][j]);
		}
		leftROIdata.cov.push_back(v);
		leftROIdata.invCov.push_back(iv);
	}
	leftROIdata.numscales = ROI_namespace::numleftscales;
	for(i = 0; i < leftROIdata.numscales; ++i)
		leftROIdata.scales.push_back(ROI_namespace::leftscales[i]);
	for(i = 0; i < leftROIdata.numscales; ++i){
		vector< float > v;
		for(int j = 0; j < 6; ++j)
			v.push_back(ROI_namespace::leftbounds[i][j]);
		leftROIdata.bounds.push_back(v);
	}

	for(i = 0; i < dim; ++i)
		rightROIdata.mean.push_back(ROI_namespace::rightmean[i]);
	for(i = 0; i < dim; ++i){
		vector< float > v;
		vector< float > iv;
		for(int j = 0; j < dim; ++j){
			v.push_back(ROI_namespace::rightcov[i][j]);
			iv.push_back(ROI_namespace::rightInvCov[i][j]);
		}
		rightROIdata.cov.push_back(v);
		rightROIdata.invCov.push_back(iv);
	}
	rightROIdata.numscales = ROI_namespace::numrightscales;
	for(i = 0; i < rightROIdata.numscales; ++i)
		rightROIdata.scales.push_back(ROI_namespace::rightscales[i]);
	for(i = 0; i < rightROIdata.numscales; ++i){
		vector< float > v;
		for(int j = 0; j < 6; ++j)
			v.push_back(ROI_namespace::rightbounds[i][j]);
		rightROIdata.bounds.push_back(v);
	}
}

GPrior MPEyeFinder::setROI(FaceObject* &face, feature_type eye_type){
	ROIdata *d = NULL;
	MPIImagePyramid<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE> *mpi = NULL;
	float xoff=0.0, yoff=0.0, patchWidthPct=0.0, patch_width, patch_height;
	int i;

	getEyeOffsets(m_rez, m_centering, xoff, yoff);
	getPatchWidth(m_rez, patchWidthPct);

	switch(eye_type){
		case lefteye:
			d = &leftROIdata;
			mpi = left_eye_stream.mpi;
			xoff = -xoff;
			patch_width = left_eye_stream.m_data->patch_width;
			patch_height = left_eye_stream.m_data->patch_width;
			break;
		case righteye:
			d = &rightROIdata;
			mpi = right_eye_stream.mpi;
			printf("mpi is NULL ? %i\n", mpi == NULL);
            if( mpi != NULL ){
                patch_width = right_eye_stream.m_data->patch_width;
                patch_height = right_eye_stream.m_data->patch_width;
            }
			break;
		default:
			patch_width = 1;
			break;
	}

	// First, clear out the ROI in the current stream
	// mpi->InitROI();
	ROI roi = mpi->getROI();
	for(i = 0; i < (int)roi.vmin_x.size(); ++i){
		roi.vmin_x[i] = 0; roi.vmax_x[i] = 0; roi.vmin_y[i] = 0; roi.vmax_y[i] = 0;
	}

	// Get the multiplier for finding the scale_factor of an eyepatch given an eye distance
	float scale_factor_ratio = patchWidthPct * face->xSize * 2.0f / patch_width;

	// Now, loop through all the scales we would ideally search, and set
	// the bounds according to the actual scales we have access to, given
	// the size of the expected eye patch and the fact that we can only
	// access integer scales

	float scale_factor;
	int current_scale_ind;
	int last_scale_ind = -1;
	for(i = 0; i < d->numscales; ++i){
		scale_factor = scale_factor_ratio * (d->mean[2]+d->scales[i]);
		current_scale_ind = mpi->getClosestScale(scale_factor);
		//scale_factor = mpi->scale_factors[current_scale_ind];
		if(current_scale_ind != last_scale_ind){
			scale_factor = static_cast<int>(max(1.0f,scale_factor) * 2.0f + 1.0f)/ 2.0f; // grows tiny scales a bit
			float half_window_width = patch_width * scale_factor / (2.0f-max(0.0f,1.0f-2.0f*patchWidthPct)); // widens small scale detectors
																											 // Commentary:
																											 // (bounds[i][1] + d->mean[0] + xoff):  the ROI w.r.t the center of the search patch
																											 //             * face->xSize: convert to pixels
																											 //             +-  half_window_width: adjust so this ROI bounds searchable patches on left and right edge
																											 //             + face->x,y: make it with respect to the face location

			// POSSIBLE BUG! ERROR! Only uses window width, not height.  Check here if problems occur
			//cout << "d->bounds[i][1] + d->mean[0] + xoff" << d->bounds[i][1] + d->mean[0] + xoff << endl;
			roi.vmin_x[current_scale_ind] = (int)((d->bounds[i][1] + d->mean[0] + xoff) * face->xSize - half_window_width + face->x);
			roi.vmax_x[current_scale_ind] = (int)((d->bounds[i][2] + d->mean[0] + xoff) * face->xSize + half_window_width + face->x);
			roi.vmin_y[current_scale_ind] = (int)((d->bounds[i][4] + d->mean[1] + yoff) * face->ySize - half_window_width + face->y);
			roi.vmax_y[current_scale_ind] = (int)((d->bounds[i][5] + d->mean[1] + yoff) * face->ySize + half_window_width + face->y);
			last_scale_ind = current_scale_ind;
		}
	}
	// Now, set the current stream to use this ROI
	mpi->SetROI(roi);
	return GPrior(d->mean, d->cov, d->invCov);
}

int MPEyeFinder::findEyes(const RImage<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE> &pixels, VisualObject &mFaces,
						  float WINSHIFT, combine_mode mode){

	// First, find the faces using built-in face detector weights and search algorithm
	mFaces.clear();
	FaceBoxList faces;
	int numwindows = search(pixels, faces, 0, WINSHIFT);
	faces.simplify(0.05f);
	//std::cout << "Found " << faces.size() << " faces after simplification." << endl;
	//setDebug(true);
	//cout << "debug: " << debug << endl;

	//if(faces.size()==0){
	//  pixels.print(20);
	//  setDebug(true);
	//  numwindows = search(pixels, faces, 1, WINSHIFT);
	//}
	int totalRightEyes, totalLeftEyes;
if(faces.size() != 0) {
    // for each found face, find eyes
    list<Square>::iterator face = faces.begin();
    list<Square>::iterator last_face = faces.end();
    for( ; face != last_face; ++face){
		//cout << "Found face at (x=" << face->x<<", y=" << face->y << ", size= "<< face->size << ")" << endl;
		FaceObject *current_face = new FaceObject(face);
		if (mode != face_only){

			// search for left and right eyes
			GPrior rightPrior = setROI(current_face,righteye);
			totalRightEyes = eyeSearch(right_eye_stream, right_eye_data, current_face->rightEyes, current_face, rightPrior, righteye, mode);
			//std::cout << "totalRightEyes: " << totalRightEyes << ", rightEyes.size(): "<< current_face->rightEyes.size() << endl;
			GPrior leftPrior = setROI(current_face, lefteye);
			totalLeftEyes = eyeSearch(left_eye_stream, left_eye_data, current_face->leftEyes, current_face, leftPrior, lefteye, mode);
			//std::cout << "totalLeftEyes: " << totalLeftEyes << ", leftEyes.size(): "<< current_face->leftEyes.size() << endl;
		}

		// make final hypothesis of best eyes and add face to list
		current_face->posterior(mode);
		mFaces.push_front(current_face);
    }
}
faces.clear();
return numwindows;
}

// EyeSearch imitates the built-in search, but it doesn't need to re-integrate images,
// and doesn't need to worry about so many variable options, such as block flags or
// returning real valued activations.
int MPEyeFinder::eyeSearch(MPISearchStream<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE> &thestream, FeatureData &thedata, vector< EyeObject > &eyelist, FaceObject *current_face, GPrior &gp, feature_type eye_type, combine_mode mode){
	int scale_index;
	float scale_factor;
	int x=0,y=0;
	int totalEyesFound = 0;
	double activation;
	double *activation_ptr = &activation;
	float xoff=0.0, yoff=0.0;
	float meanSub[3], rtnVector[3];
	float lp[1];

	// Compute the offset of the eye location from the ul corner of the patch
	// NOTE: I think this is correct, but it bears going over
	// It should reduce to an offset of exactly halfpatch in the eye_centered condition
	float patchWidthPct=0.0;
	getEyeOffsets(m_rez, m_centering, xoff, yoff);
	getPatchWidth(m_rez, patchWidthPct);
	float patch_ratio = patchWidthPct * leftROIdata.mean[2] * 2.0f; // get halfpatch size as proportion of face size
	float my_yoff = yoff / patch_ratio; // convert offset from face size ratio to halfpatch ratio
	float my_xoff = xoff / patch_ratio; // convert offset from face size ratio to halfpatch ratio
	if(eye_type == lefteye) my_xoff = -my_xoff; // note the mirror imaging for right eyes
	my_yoff = (0.5f-my_yoff) * (thedata.patch_width-1); // eye's offset from ul corner =  halfpatch-offset
	my_xoff = (0.5f-my_xoff) * (thedata.patch_width-1); // eye's offset from ul corner =  halfpatch-offset

	MPIImagePyramid<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE>::const_iterator scale = thestream.mpi->begin(), last_scale = thestream.mpi->end();
	for( ; scale != last_scale; ++scale){
		scale_index = scale.getScale(scale_factor);
		int current_xoff = static_cast<int>(scale_factor * my_xoff);
		int current_yoff = static_cast<int>(scale_factor * my_yoff);
		//cout << "scale_factor: " << scale_factor << ", current_xoff: " << current_xoff << ", current_yoff: " << current_yoff << endl;
		// get pointers to cached values for this scale
		MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE sf2 = scale_factor * scale_factor;
		CornerCache<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE> **corners = thestream.corners[scale_index];
		MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE *fns = thestream.fns[scale_index];
		CornerCache<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE> *nw_c = thestream.nw_c[scale_index];
		MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE nw_fn = thestream.nw_fn[scale_index];
		MPIScaledImage<MPISEARCH_OBJECT_TYPE>::const_iterator window = (*scale).begin(), last_window = (*scale).end();
		for( ; window != last_window; ++window){
			// check the window.  If it passes, cascade_level will be 1.  Otherwise, it will be  <= 0.
			double cascade_level = classifyWindow(window, thedata, corners, fns, thestream.norm_window, nw_c,
												  nw_fn, scale_factor, sf2, activation_ptr);
			switch(mode){
				case none:

					window.getCoords(x,y);
					eyelist.push_back(EyeObject(eye_type, x+current_xoff, y+current_yoff, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level));
					totalEyesFound++;
					//cout << "("<< x+current_xoff << "," << y+current_yoff << "): " << activation << endl;
					break;

				case wt_max:
				case wt_avg:
					if(cascade_level > 0){
						window.getCoords(x,y);
						x += current_xoff;
						y += current_yoff;

						// gaussian section
						meanSub[0] = ((x-current_face->x)/current_face->xSize)-gp.mean[0];
						meanSub[1] = ((y-current_face->y)/current_face->ySize)-gp.mean[1];
						int scale_size = static_cast<int>(scale_factor*(thedata.patch_width-1));
						meanSub[2] = ((scale_size*gp.mean[2])-(current_face->xSize*gp.mean[2]))/scale_size;
						matrixMult(1, 3, meanSub, 3, 3, gp.invCov, rtnVector);
						matrixMult(1, 3, rtnVector, 3, 1, meanSub, lp);
						activation = (2*activation) - (.5*(*lp));

						if(mode == wt_max){
							eyelist.push_back(EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level));
							totalEyesFound++;
						}
						else if(mode == wt_avg){
							if(eyelist.size() < 10){
								eyelist.push_back(EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level));
								totalEyesFound++;
								if (eyelist.size() == 10)
									sort(eyelist.begin(), eyelist.end());
							}
							else {
								if (activation > eyelist[0].activation){
									eyelist[0] = EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level);
									sort(eyelist.begin(), eyelist.end());
								}
							}
						}
					}
					break;
				case average:
					window.getCoords(x,y);
					x += current_xoff;
					y += current_yoff;
					if(eyelist.size() < 10){
						eyelist.push_back(EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level));
						totalEyesFound++;
						if (eyelist.size() == 10)
							sort(eyelist.begin(), eyelist.end());
					}
						else {
							if (activation > eyelist[0].activation){
								eyelist[0] = EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level);
								sort(eyelist.begin(), eyelist.end());
							}
						}
						break;
				default:
					eyelist.push_back(EyeObject(eye_type, x, y, scale_factor, activation, cascade_level));
					break;
			};
		} // end window loop
	}//end scale loop
	 //cout << endl;
	return totalEyesFound;
}

void MPEyeFinder::getPatchWidth(patch_rez p, float &patchWidthPct){
	switch(p){ // note: in near future, change this to look up p from FeatureData
		case largest_2:
			patchWidthPct = 3.4f; break;
		case largest:
			patchWidthPct = 1.5f; break;
		case eye_dist:
			patchWidthPct = 1; break;
		case half_dist:
			patchWidthPct = .5f; break;
		case eye_only:
			patchWidthPct = .22f; break;
		case smallest:
			patchWidthPct = .11f; break;
	}
}

void MPEyeFinder::getEyeOffsets(patch_rez p, centering_condition centering, float &xoff, float &yoff){
	switch(centering) {
		case eye_centered:
			xoff = 0;
			yoff = 0;
			break;
		case face_centered:
			switch(p) {
				case largest_2:
					xoff = 0;
					yoff = 0;
					break;
				case largest:
					xoff = 0.10451f;
					yoff = 0.09642f;
					break;
				case eye_dist:
					xoff = 0.090967f;
					yoff = 0.082883f;
					break;
				case half_dist:
					xoff = 0;
					yoff = 0;
					break;
				case eye_only:
					xoff = 0;
					yoff = 0;
					break;
				case smallest:
					xoff = 0;
					yoff = 0;
					break;
			}
			break;
	}
}

int MPEyeFinder::matrixMult(int row1,int col1, float *matrix1, int row2, int col2, float *matrix2, float *rtn_matrix){
	if(col1 != row2)
		return 0;
	float comb;
	for(int cur_row = 0; cur_row < row1; ++cur_row){
		for(int cur_col = 0; cur_col < col2; ++cur_col){
			comb = 0;
			for(int cur_pos = 0; cur_pos < col1; ++cur_pos){
				comb += matrix1[(cur_row*col1)+cur_pos] * matrix2[cur_col+(cur_pos*col2)];
			}
			int pos = cur_row*col2+cur_col;
			rtn_matrix[pos] = comb;
		}
	}
	return 1;
}

int MPEyeFinder::matrixMult(int row1,int col1, float *matrix1, int row2, int col2, vector< vector< float > > matrix2, float *rtn_matrix){
	if(col1 != row2)
		return 0;
	float comb;
	for(int cur_row = 0; cur_row < row1; ++cur_row){
		for(int cur_col = 0; cur_col < col2; ++cur_col){
			comb = 0;
			for(int cur_pos = 0; cur_pos < col1; ++cur_pos){
				comb += matrix1[(cur_row*col1)+cur_pos] * matrix2[cur_pos][cur_col];//[(cur_col*row2)+cur_pos];
			}
			rtn_matrix[(cur_row*col2)+cur_col] = comb;
		}
	}
	return 1;
}

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Bill Longenecker
The word "staycation" is fairly new in most Americans' lexicon, but I've been using it for many years. To me, the term refers to a trip that can be driven during an eight-hour day.
My last "out of home range" vacation was in 1976 with a trip to Idaho to paddle my kayak on the Middle Fork and Main Salmon rivers. Since the late '60s, my "staycation" trips to North Carolina have been for work and/or play.
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The route went up Vance Gap Road, a gravel road that feels "remote," to Town Mountain Road, which leads to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Town Mountain Road rises along a ridge and offers spectacular views just minutes from the city. I swear I can still see the grooves Lance Armstrong carved into it by during the Tour DuPont, a cycling stage race through several states held for six years in the '90s.
That perfect leg stretcher came after my drive and was a warm-up for my birthday venture the next day. My brother Steve, friend Dave Ward and I were set to climb up Mount Mitchell, one of the tallest peaks on the East Coast, to celebrate my 62nd birthday.
About 8 a.m. that Thursday, we climbed out of the car at Craggy Gardens on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The fog and wind gave it an early spring feel. Jackets became the vestments of the moment despite the Aug. 6 date. Our route would mostly climb about 15 miles from there. The parkway rides the high ridges. We climbed and dropped as the sun burst through the clouds and provoked a slight sweat as we biked against the wind. Our first goal was the road into Mount Mitchell State Park.
Ward had done the 105-mile bike "Assault on Mount Mitchell" in 2007. He is a Brevard, N.C., physician who does triathlons. Despite the advanced ages of the Brothers Longenecker, 62 and 70, he was not there to provide for our resuscitation.
The final 6 miles in the park are steep. Road grades range from 15 to 20 degrees, except for one 100-yard drop. It is roughly like making a 6-mile climb up the McCormick Bridge. The parking lot at the top is a loop. It was covered in light fog as I reached the plaque that told me it was the highest spot one could climb to on a bike. Steve and I walked the final 100 yards to the observation tower as the sky opened to give up a spectacular view from the top.
At 6,684 feet, Mount Mitchell's summit dwarfs the other peaks. A wondrous 360-degree vision of paradise was our well-earned reward. (Happy birthday, Bill!) The stay at the top included the tiny museum and a test stop into the summit restaurant as we scouted it for a future breakfast ride.
Our descent down the narrow two-lane road often exceeded the posted 35 mph speed limit that had mocked our slow climb. Exhilaration exceeded expectations. Once again on the parkway, we bucked brisk winds and enjoyed fine views as we rode toward Craggy Gardens. Thus, one birthday was celebrated and preparations were made for Steve's 70th on Aug. 11.
The morning of Tuesday, Aug. 11, the same celebration team assembled at the Nantahala Outdoor Center at 10 a.m. The sweet Flint Ridge Trail rolls along the high ridge well above the famed rafting river. Many nasty switchback turns protect the first half mile of trail from swift assault. Once up and onto the main trail, it becomes a nicely challenging roller-coaster ride of delight.
We completed that run and then set off to ride the fabulous Winding Stairs Road about 6 miles upriver. This narrow gravel ribbon, which I had run in 1978, slips uphill to Queen's Lake. The drop-offs from the road are so steep that a fall from it could leave a body undiscovered for weeks.
We rolled uphill for about 40 minutes and then jumped into the high, small lake to cool off as a thunderstorm rolled up the valley. It took just about 11 minutes to drop back to our river level start. Massive trees "watched" us drop down at speeds of 20 to 30 mph as dappled light competed with rain clouds.
Pizza at the River's End Restaurant completed the birthday celebration as the icy Nantahala continued to drop past us toward the 50-foot waterfall about 1,000 yards below our chairs. Ward's medical services were not required. The birthday parties were over. Vigorous celebrations of life within the mountains - that's the way to party.
Bill Longenecker is a freelance writer who lives in Neptune Beach.


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Wade Keyes (* 10. Oktober 1821 in Mooresville, Limestone County, Alabama; † 2. März 1879 in Florence, Alabama) war stellvertretender Justizminister und dadurch zweimal geschäftsführender Justizminister der Konföderierten Staaten von Amerika.

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Er war der Sohn von US-General George und Nellie (Rutledge) Keyes. Nachdem ihn Privatlehrer unterrichtet hatten, besuchte er das LaGrange College in Georgia und die University of Virginia, bevor er in den späten 1840er nach Lexington, Kentucky, ging, um Jura zu studieren. Durch die Ehe mit Miss Whitfield hatte er eine Tochter, Mary. Er war auch Anhänger der Demokraten. 1844 zog er nach Tallahassee, Florida, um dort als Anwalt tätig zu sein. 1851 verlegte er seinen Wohnsitz nach Montgomery, Alabama. Er war Autor von zwei Bänden mit juristischem Inhalt: An Essay on the Learning of Future Interests in Real Property (Eine Abhandlung über das Lernen von zukünftigen Grundpfandanteilen) (1853) und An Essay on the Learning of Remainders (Eine Abhandlung über das Lernen von Anwartschaften) (1854). 1853 bekam er das Kanzleiamt für den südlichen Bereich von Alabama. Er war Anhänger der Sezession.

Als der Bürgerkrieg begann, meldete Keyes sich freiwillig zum konföderierten Heer und wurde in den Stab von Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia abkommandiert. Während des ganzen Krieges fungierte er als stellvertretender Justizminister. Während der Amtszeit von Judah Philip Benjamin führte er die eigentlichen Pflichten des Amtes. Seine Ansichten basierten auf den Urteilen der US-Gerichte. Dennoch war er kein Politiker und er war nie in der Lage, ein Kabinettsposten zu übernehmen, die er wegen seiner Erfahrungen und Fähigkeiten verdiente.

Nach dem Krieg wurde er wieder Anwalt in Florence, doch ist wenig über seine weitere Nachkriegskarriere bekannt. Er starb auch in dieser Stadt.

Literatur
 Jon L. Wakelyn: Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge ISBN 0-8071-0092-7

Weblinks
 Confederate Attorneys General - Wade Keyes Jr. (englisch)

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*Possible race condition in JQuery animations or z-indexes, change the delays on some of your JQuery animations and see how it works

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Finally, it might be a good idea to avoid using modal windows, depending on the application. They're really annoying (for the most part), but only you know the use case here.

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