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Isabelle Suzanne Antoinette (Isa) Baud
1989 PhD degree under the supervision of Professor C. Bertholet, Technical Development Studies, TU Eindhoven
1989-2003 associate professor, Department of Human Geography, University of Amsterdam
2000-2003 professor in Urban Studies in developing countries, Free University, Amsterdam
2000-2003 staff member of Institute of Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam
2003-present professor in International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam
Special activities and positions (selection)
President European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), 2011-
Member editorial board of the journals Development and Change and European Journal of Development Studies
Chair of the Board of CERES, National Research School, 2003-2010; currently memebr of the Board
Member Nationale Adviesraad Ontwikkelingsonderzoek (NAR) , Raad voor Advies voor Wetenschappelijk onderzoek in ontwikkelingslanden (RAWOO)
Director Research Institute Amsterdam Global Issues and Development Studies (AGIDS), 2002-2004
Director Governance and Inclusive Development Programme (GID), UvA, 2007-
personal page, university of Amsterdam
Studies on international development issues and on regions other than South Asia are not included.
1983 Women's labor in the Indian textile industry: the influence of technology and organization on the gender division of labor; [forew. B. Evers], Tilburg: Tilburg University (IRIS-report, Development Research Institute 23), iv, 154 p.
1987 "Industrial subcontracting: the effects of putting-out systems on poor working women in India." In: A.M. Singh and A. Kelles-Vittanen (eds), Invisible hands, women in home-based production, Sage.
1989 Forms of production and women's labour: gender aspects of industrialization in India and Mexico, s.l.: s.n. – PhD thesis Eindhoven; also published New Delhi 1992, 321 p.
1991 "In all its manifestations: the impact of changing technology on the gender division of labour." In: Nirmala Banerjee (ed.), Indian women in a changing industrial scenario, New Delhi: Sage (Indo-Dutch studies on development alternatives 5), pp. 33-132.
1992 "Gender and forms of production: labour intensive industries in India and Mexico." EPW 27,34: 1811-1818.
1994 & Hans Schenk (eds), Solid waste management: modes, assessments, appraisals and linkages in Bangalore, New Delhi: Manohar, x, 168 p. – Papers from a workshop held at Bangalore April 1994.
– & H. Schenk, "Solid waste management in an urban context: raising the issues." In: Ibidem, pp. 1-6.
– & M.J.B. Huysman, "Solid waste recovery, re-use and recycling: formal and informal aspects of production and employment in Indian cities." In: Ibidem, pp. 6-23. – Also published in Urban environment in developing countries 1994: 264-273.
– & H. Schenk, "Solid waste management in Bangalore: reflections, assessments and suggestions." In: Ibidem, pp. 146-161.
– & H. Schenk, "Perspectives on waste and waste collectors in Urban India: on green and red 'waste oriented' voluntary organisations." In: Environmental movements in Asia, proceedings of a conference organised by the International Institute for Asian Studies, State University Leiden & the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, Copenhagen, pp. 1-11.
1995 & M.J.B. Huysman and H. Schenk, Final Report: new approaches to urban solid waste management and linkages between formal and informal systems of source separation, colection and recycling in Indian cities , IDPAD, Den Haag.
1996 "Institutional support for women in the footwear industry: experiences in India." Women's employment in industry: the case of Indian footwear, CLRI/UvA. (Rapport).
– & H. Schenk and M.J.B. Huysman, Solid waste management in urban areas: the case of three Indian cities." Urban habitat: the environment of tomorrow [nr.?]: 353-362.
1999 & R. Dhananlakshmi and S. Iyer, Solid waste management in Madras City (IDAPD Rapport).
2001 Et al. (eds), Re-aligning government, civil society and the market: new challenges in urban and regional development: essays in honour of G.A. de Bruijne, Amsterdam: AGIDS, University of Amsterdam, viii, 532 p. – With different title and revised, published in 2002.
– Et al., "Introduction." In: Ibidem, pp. 1-25.
– & J. Post, "New partnerships in urban solid waste management and their contribution to sustainable development: experiences in Accra (Ghana) and Chennai (India)." In: Ibidem, pp. 131-150. – Also published in Realigning actors in an urbanizing world (2002), pp. 219-239.
– & S. Grafakos, M. Hordijk, and J. Post, "Quality of life and alliances in solid waste management: contributions to urban sustainable development." Cities, the International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 18,1: 3-12.
2002 & J. Post (eds), Realigning actors in an urbanizing world: governance and institutions from a development perspective, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishers.
2004 & Johan Post and Christine Furedy (eds), Solid waste management and recycling: actors, partnerships and policies in Hyderabad, India and Nairobi, Kenya, Dordrecht [etc.]: Kluwer Academic Publishers, viii, 303 p. – Electronic version available.
– "Markets, partnerships and sustainable development in solid waste management: asking the questions." In: Ibidem, pp. 1-20.
– "Re-use, recovery and recycling of urban inorganic solid waste: modalities, commodity chains and sustainable development." In: Ibidem, pp. 115-132.
– & J. Post, "Government, market and community in urban solid waste management: problems and potentials in the transition to sustainable development." In: Ibidem, pp. 259-282.
– Learning from the South: placing governance in international development studies, Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA. – Inaugural lecture University of Amsterdam.
2007 & S. Raju, "Life aspirations and embedded contexts: gender and vocational training in segmented markets in Indian cities." In: A. Shaw (ed.), Indian cities in transition, Chennai: Pub. Oriental Longman, pp. 412-445.
– & R. Dhanalakshmi, "Governance in urban environmental management: comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in South India." Cities, the International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning 24,2: 133–147. – Also published in I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit (eds), New forms of urban governance in India (2008), pp. 145-176.
2008 & J. de Wit (eds), New forms of urban governance in India: shifts, models, networks and contestations, New Delhi [etc.]: Sage, xiv, 402 p. – Electronic version available.
– & J. de Wit, "Shifts in urban governance: raising the questions." In: I.S.A. Baud and J. de Wit (eds), New forms of urban governance in India: shifts, models, networks and contestations, New Delhi [etc.]: Sage, pp. 1-33.
– & N. Nainan, "Negotiating for participation: decentralization and NGOs in Mumbai, India." In: Ibidem, pp. 115-142.
– & R. Dhanalakshmi, "Governance in urban environmental management: comparing accountability and performance in multi-stakeholder arrangements in south India." In: Ibidem, pp. 145-176. – Also published in Cities 24,2: 133-147.
– & N. Sridharan and K. Pfeffer, "Mapping urban poverty for local governance in an Indian mega-city: the case of Delhi." Urban Studies 45,7: 1385-1412.
– & N.M. Nainan, "'Negotiated spaces' for representation in Mumbai: ward committees, advanced locality management and the politics of middle- class activism." Environment and Urbanization 20,2: 483-499.
2009 "Nieuwe vormen van stedelijk bestuur in India." Geografie 18,9: 16-18.
– Et al., "Matching deprivation mapping to urban governance in three Indian mega-cities." Habitat International 33,4: 365-377.
– & M. Noor, "Between hierarchies and networks in local governance: institutional arrangements in making Mumbai a 'world class city'." Trialog 102/103: 28-34.
2010 "Geen hopeloos bestaan: slumverbetering in Mumbai." Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Ordening 91,2: 44-49.
– Et al., "Understanding heterogeneity in metropolitan India: the added value of remote sensing data for analyzing sub-standard residential areas." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 12,5: 359-374.
– Et al., "Sustainable urban development? An analysis of fuel innovation in the auto-rickshaw sector in Bangalore and Hyderabad." Environment & Urbanization ASIA 1,1: 67-79.
2011 & J. van Teeffelen, "Exercising citizenship: invited and negotiated spaces in grievance redressal systems in Hubli-Dharwad." Environment & Urbanization ASIA 2,2: 169-185.
– Et al., "Knowledge production in urban governance systems through qualitative Geographic Information Systems (GIS)." Environment & Urbanization ASIA 2,2: 235-250.
2012 & Nicky Pouw (eds), Local governance and poverty in developing nations, New York: Routledge.
– & N. Sridharan and Karin Pfeffer, "Mapping urban poverty for local governance in India." In: Ibidem, pp. 139-172.
– & Navtej Nainan, "Negotiated spaces for representation in Mumbai." In: Ibidem, pp. 173-193.
– Et al., Urban policies and the right to the city: focus on the right to adequate housing in India, Chance2Sustain Policy Brief 6.
2013 & Karin Pfeffer and C. Richter, "Case study Kalyan Dombivili, India: spatial information management in local e-governance systems." In: Ibidem, pp. 98-119.
2014 Et al. (eds), "Digital and spatial knowledge management in urban governance: emerging issues in India, Brazil, South Africa, and Peru." Habitat International 44: 501-509. doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2014.09.009
– Et al., Engaging with sustainability issues in metropolitan Chennai (extern rapport, Chance2Sustain city report series, no 5). Bonn: EADI/Chance2Sustain. pdf
2015 "The emerging middle classes in India: mobilizing for inclusive development?" European Journal of Development Research 27,2: 230-237. doi: 10.1057/ejdr.2015.1
– "Constructing spatialized knowledge on urban poverty: (multiple) dimensions, mapping spaces of deprivations, and claim-making processes in urban governance." In: B. Harriss-White, C. Lutringer & E. Basile (eds), Mapping India's capitalism: old and new regions, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2016 & S.Jameson, "Varieties of knowledge for assembling an urban flood management governance configuration in Chennai, India." Habitat International 54,2: 112-123. DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.12.015
– & A.Alberts, K.Pfeffer, "Rebuilding women's livelihoods strategies at the city fringe: agency, spatial practices, and access to transportation from Semmencherry, Chennai." Journal of Transport Geography 55: 142-151. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.11.004
2017 Et al., "Capturing the diversity of deprived areas with image-based features: the case of Mumbai." Remote Sensing 9,4: 384. DOI: 10.3390/rs9040384
2018 & T. Saharan, K. Pfeffer, "Urban livelihoods in slums of Chennai: developing a relational understanding." European Journal of Development Research 30,2: 276–296. DOI: 10.1057/s41287-017-0095-2.


So I got the email from Google that they really are serious and FTP publishing is going to be killed off this coming weekend. And, since I'll be gone this coming weekend I thought I'd tackle the migration now.
I've been around the internet block a few times, I've built websites, I've redirected URLs and lots of other geeky things. But I'd never had to directly deal with CNAME entries and the process was a bit daunting, at first. But I followed along as best I could and, if this post comes through properly, I think it has actually come to pass that Intellectual Poison will be hosted on Blogger's servers moving forward.
Unless, of course, there's a major snafu and the whole works falls apart. In which case I'll likely be headed over to Wordpress since my host has an automatic Wordpress installation widget/wizard and I rather like automatic stuff, when it works.
Anyway, let's see if this posts properly (it should also publish significantly faster too).


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Luke still lives!
SEARCH FOR THE DICE MAN is Luke Rhinehart's sequel to his great cult novel THE DICE MAN. The novel asks the question what would happen if Luke's son Larry, now a conservative, conventional Wall Streeter, is forced to begin dicing as the only way to find his father and avoid being exposed to his establishment friends as the son of a notorious outlaw and kook.
Son Larry is about to marry his boss's daughter when the FBI shows up wanting to arrest his notorious Diceman father Luke. For years Larry has tried to keep Luke's existence hidden, so now his carefully ordered world begins to crumble. The authorities suspect Luke is behind acts of cyber warfare against the government, banking and Wall Street interests. Larry has to find Luke before the FBI does. His search takes him to a "Dice Commune" called "Lukedom", to a new love, to rigging the stock market, and to total comic chaos. By the time he finally confronts Luke he has been profoundly and hilariously changed, his previous successful conservative life of upward mobility turned on its head. The story is by turns funny, moving, and erotic. Right down to the final roll of the die.
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Vicky Kaushal released the first poster of the new film Ashwatthama
By Amar Naamdev	 On Jan 11, 2021
Mumbai, January Actor Vicky Kaushal on Monday announced a new superhero film with Aditya Dhar, director of his Uri: The Surgical Strike, on the second anniversary of the 2019 film Uri. The actor also shared some posters of the new film titled The Emotional Ashwatthama, along with the announcement.
He captioned the poster and wrote, "I am overwhelmed". On the second anniversary of the film Uri the Surgical Strike, the team brings to you the first glimpse of Ashwatthama. Can't wait to start the journey soon with this amazing team.
Lord Shiva is seen in a poster of the film.
Uri: Surgical strikes are a film based on a covert army campaign against a group of terrorists who attacked a base in Uri, Kashmir in 2016, where many soldiers were martyred.
The film won four National Film Awards, including Best Background Music Award, Best Sound Design, Best Actor Award (Vicky) and Best Direction Award.
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7:30 PM G. Heyer called the meeting to order. The minutes from September 18, 2007 were reviewed.
A. Lemieux made a motion to accept the minutes from Sept. 18, 2007. R. Wimble second. All in favor.
The rest of the meeting was spent preparing the survey to be mailed the end of October. Collection boxes will go up just before the mailings are sent to all Fairfax residents.
8:45 PM A. Lemieux made a motion to adjourn. R. Wimble second. All in favor.
The next meeting will be on October 16, 2007.


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[ARCHIVED] Chief Michael Reese announces retirement after 37 years with the department
Sterling Heights Police Chief Michael Reese recently announced his retirement. Chief Reese's final day with Sterling Heights Police Department is set for December 11, 2015.
Chief Reese has served the Sterling Heights Police Department for 37 years. He was initially hired in 1978 as an officer and, over the years, moved through the ranks to become the top leader of the department. Chief Reese has been in his current position for seven years after receiving a promotion in 2008.
"It has been my honor to serve as Chief of Police for the Sterling Heights Police Department and I want to thank the Mayor, City Council, City staff and most importantly the residents of Sterling Heights for their support," Chief Reese said. "I am proud of the department's success in my years as Chief, but it is important to point out that nothing could have been achieved without the hard work, dedication and commitment displayed by our officers and non-sworn personnel. Working for the City of Sterling Heights has been the highlight of my police career and one that I will cherish for years to come."
Under Chief Reese's leadership, the Sterling Heights Police Department achieved the following notable accomplishments:
• Regionalized the Police Dispatch Center
• Privatized the Police Department Detention Facility
• Worked to help pass the Safe Streets Millage in 2013
• Ensured Sterling Heights ranked as one of the top safest cities with populations over 100,000 in Michigan for past seven (7) years
• Implemented the Police Department's Special Response Team and School Safety program
• Developed succession plan to address department retirements
• Established Citizens on Patrol (COPS) and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
"Chief Reese has done an incredible job leading the Sterling Heights Police Department and he will be greatly missed," said Mayor Michael C. Taylor. "Through out Chief Reese's tenure, Sterling Heights has consistently ranked as one of the safest large cities in the state of Michigan and the entire country. Chief Reese's leadership is largely to thank for our city's continued safe and family-friendly reputation. On behalf of the entire City Council, I would like to wish Chief Reese the best of luck in the future."
"Chief Reese has earned a reputation of being fair and balanced and able to tackle major initiatives in the department," said City Manager Mark Vanderpool. "In his tenure, he placed a high value on developing the department's outstanding workforce, providing officers and commanders with state-of-the-art tools and high levels of training to ensure best practices were being implemented. I am grateful to have worked with such an outstanding professional as Chief Reese."
Police Captain John Berg has been named Interim Chief of the Sterling Heights Police Department. Captain Berg started as a Police Officer in Sterling Heights in 1989. He was promoted to Sergeant in 1995, Lieutenant in 2000 and Captain in 2009. He has a BA from Wayne State University in Interdisciplinary Studies and has attended the FBI Academy and Eastern Michigan University School of Staff and Command.
The City of Sterling Heights will soon begin its search for the new Chief of Police. The process for selecting a new Police Chief will commence over the next few weeks and is expected to take 4 to 5 months. The search will consist of a recruitment period and candidate participation in a formal and comprehensive assessment center process. The finalist will be selected by the City Manager from the top three candidates. The City Manager's selection will require confirmation by the City Council.
Media seeking additional information can contact Community Relations Director Bridget Doyle at (586) 446-2471 or bdoyle@sterling-heights.net.


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Hybrid work is presenting HR leaders with a major conundrum
Jeanne Meister and Jan Bruce
Jeanne Meister is executive vice president of Executive Networks, an HR peer network company for the Global 1,000. Jan Bruce is CEO and co-founder of meQuilibrium, a digital resilience solution to help people and organizations deal with the stress of change, uncertainty and adversity.
The global pandemic has upended business as usual, including the environment in which work happens. These changes have brought about not just a tsunami of hybrid workplaces, but the need for leaders to consider how hybrid work can provide equitable access to career advancement for all employees.
It is clear that hybrid working, where employees work both remotely and in the office, has gone from a temporary accommodation to a mainstream workplace practice. Pre-pandemic, 20% of U.S. adults whose jobs could mostly or entirely be performed outside of the office worked from home, and that number jumped to 71% during the pandemic, according to Pew Research.
But the question remains: Are companies and employees set up for success working in a hybrid environment? Our research, The New Hybrid Workplace, Built on Resilience, Transparency and Trust, conducted among nearly 1,000 HR leaders, business leaders and full-time employees, points to uncertainty among hybrid workers about how to succeed in this new setup. For example, 32% of employees prefer a hybrid work environment, but 43% view in-person work as the best for career advancement.
New: The top reasons to tread carefully with your return-to-office plans
Figure 1 details these findings in what we call: The Career Conundrum of Hybrid Work.
The data suggest hybrid work environments can be more demanding than working in person or remote. Employees who work in a hybrid environment shift from their home office to a satellite or corporate office, while bouncing from video calls to in-person meetings. Working in this fashion can create greater anxiety during the working day. In fact, Microsoft Teams data shows that between February 2020 and February 2021, time spent on Teams meetings more than doubled and continues to climb, with workers reporting they respond to Teams chats every five minutes.
Leaders must address how to be successful working in the hybrid workplace and understand the principles for success. They should not only encourage, but also serve as role models for this.
Related: Hoping for hybrid, remote success in 2022? Look to your leaders
To tackle the complexities surrounding the hybrid workplace, HR leaders need a new playbook, one that addresses employee benefits of a hybrid work model as well as how to find success. Here are three steps HR leaders can take to create the foundation for this roadmap.
Create team autonomy in deciding the principles of hybrid work.
Hybrid work shifts our mentality on how work gets done and impacts an organization's HR practices, technology investments and approach to how the workspace is used when employees return to the office—so companies need to create a framework that defines how to lead and how employees can be successful. Our research shows that 88% of employees at organizations with clear hybrid working guidelines feel connected to their job and their team, versus 64% of those working in organizations without such guidelines.
These principles should cover areas such as what days team members will work in-office, how remote working will be managed, the core hours for remote and hybrid workers and how managers should review team members in the hybrid work model. Ideally, companies should consider allowing managers to set these principles so they make the most sense for their teams. Microsoft did just this when CMO Chris Capossela sent a message to all employees saying they had 30 days to adjust their work schedules and adopt the working preferences they've agreed to with their managers. This communication from Microsoft demonstrates an important future of work principle: Hybrid work is based on flexibility and autonomy rather than firm policies. Employees decide what works best for them, and this gives them the freedom and trust to explore new ways of working.
Here are three actions HR leaders can take:
Build a partnership between HR, marketing and IT to define and agree on a range of principles rather than "set-in-stone" policies to guide teams in achieving workplace flexibility.
Apply empathy as a core cultural value in communicating how to implement the hybrid work model.
Ensure your workforce has the right set of technologies and wireless peripherals—a headset, video camera, keyboard, mouse, mobile lighting—that can be transferred from the home office to a physical office or client location so they can easily stay connected.
Be aware of conflicting views between working in a hybrid work environment and advancing in one's career.
Our research reveals a paradox: Even as employees embrace hybrid work, they believe working in person is the optimal choice for their career advancement. This is true for employees, business leaders and HR leaders. While 48% of business leaders prefer hybrid work, about the same number, 47%, consider on-site work to be the surest route to receiving a promotion. As for employees, 32% prefer hybrid environments, but 43% regard in-person work as best for advancing their careers.
See also: Here's how leading-edge companies are redesigning for hybrid
Given the long-standing expectation for employees to work on site, such views are not surprising. Leaders must address the perception that hybrid work can negatively impact one's career advancement and ensure that employees know how to be successful working in a hybrid environment.
Develop a program to listen to your employees so you demonstrate trust.
Ensure equitable access to all career development opportunities—for on-site, remote and hybrid workers.
Train leaders in how to manage employees they rarely see in person, and train hybrid workers in how to be successful in developing peer connections remotely.
3. Identify the support your organization will provide all workers across all environments.
Our research also shows leaders do not understand if employees really know how to work successfully in a hybrid work environment. More than six out of ten leaders (65%) believe they have defined what success looks like for an employee working in a hybrid work environment, but less than half of employees agree. Because of this, employees are confused, uncertain and anxious about how to advance in their career as a hybrid worker. This is impacting their overall wellbeing.
Employers such as HP have focused on creating employee support services with a goal of encouraging certainty during the uncertainties of the pandemic. For instance, its HP Spirit program is targeted to both HP employees and families and includes health and wellbeing benefits; workplace flexibility programs such as job sharing, expanded childcare and educational assistance; virtual volunteering events; and webinars on home schooling.
Ford Motor Company has also expanded its view of employee support to now include "care" as one of its core company values. As Jill Sochor, global leadership development manager at Ford, says, "We want leaders to be models of resilience focusing on their own self-care to care at the enterprise and team level."
Elevate employee wellbeing to a core competency that all leaders must master and demonstrate daily.
Take a holistic view of employee support and include resources to enhance physical, emotional, financial, social and career satisfaction.
Expand employee support beyond employees to include their families.
As HR leaders, we need to shift our focus from where employees work to how we can create an equitable work environment for everyone, ensuring equal access to career advancement. As Charise Le, CHRO of Schneider Electric, advises, "Organizations need to broadly define flexibility in the workplace, rather than provide a recipe for hybrid work. Our focus needs to be on how everyone can reach their full potential, regardless of their specific work environment."
In this context, focusing on employee wellbeing and resilience has risen beyond a benefit to being a business competency—one that requires leaders to demonstrate support for all aspects of their employees' lives: personal, family and professional.
Ultimately, leaders must address how to build a resilient workforce, develop and communicate principles for success—both for hybrid employees and managers overseeing a hybrid workforce—and create a culture of care for all employees, regardless of where, when or how they work.
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Former NFL JaJuan Dawson still Missing after Falling off Boat
July 13, 2015 David Steinberg 681 Views 0 Comment Houston Texans, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, JaJuan Dawson
Thirty seven years old wide receiver JaJuan Dawson seems to be missing after going overboard while on a pleasure boat at Lake Lavon north of Dallas in Collin County.
His wife reported him missing at about 6:30 pm on Sunday said Lt. Chris Havey, spokesman for the Collin County Sheriff's Office. While on board with her husband and 3 children, whom we do not know if related to the couple, it seems that Dawson just disappeared, whether he jumped or fell into the water, is still unknown.
Lake Lavon was right away combed by divers and searchers until 11:00 pm with no trace of Dawson. Resuming the search at about 7:20 am on Monday still with no sign of Dawson.
Born in Houston, he played wide receiver for the Green Waves football team, being drafted in 2000 by the JaJuan Dawson and, playing only 16 games for the Browns over 2 seasons, he then played for the Houston Texans in 2002 and briefly joined the Indianapolis Colts in 2003.
CCSO divers use sonar to look for missing man at Lavon Lake who family says is JaJuan Dawson, former NFL player.@fox4 pic.twitter.com/9bti3qL1Rr
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The life safety systems and integrated technologies platform makes a third investment
Boston Networks backed by Aliter Capital LLP ("Aliter") less than 12 months ago continue their expansion in the UK with their second bolt-on; 2020 Vision Systems Limited ("2020").
2020 is a North East England based security services integrator with a focus on high-end converged security systems involving IP connectivity. 2020 has created a platform with an established service offering covering the provision of innovative design, installation and maintenance services of a variety of security systems. The addition of 2020 will increase Boston Networks' market presence across the North East England market offering a wide range of services covering multiple end user markets.
The senior management team at 2020 Vision will continue to manage the business and work alongside Scott McEwan, CEO of Boston Networks.
Aliter is focused on developing a fire, security and IT networking services business with national coverage and a diversified blue-chip customer base. Aliter continues to seek suitable bolt-on businesses that complement the Group and will use its deep industrial expertise and broad networks to drive both the organic and acquisitive growth of the combined Group.
Scott McEwan, Chief Executive of Boston Networks, commented: "We are looking forward to having 2020 as part of the Boston Networks Group. We are excited to expand our services and client base further as this will provide a strong footprint in the North East."
Peter Houlis, Managing Director and exiting shareholder said "I am thrilled with this new partnership for 2020 and Boston Networks. Having met and worked with the team at Aliter during this time I feel confident that 2020 will have a great future ahead."
Greig Brown, Partner of Aliter Capital and Chairman of Boston Networks said: "We are delighted to have successfully concluded the acquisition of a well-established regional business that will enhance our strategy to create a national services provider."
Aliter Capital announced the close of its specialist support services fund (Aliter Capital I, LP) in February 2017. Founded by a group of seasoned support services entrepreneurs and investors – Billy Allan, Greig Brown, Andy Galloway and Andrew Busby – it is one of the first funds of its kind and is focused on small and mid-sized businesses in the UK support services sector, a market now valued at over £300 billion. Its approach differs from traditional private equity models by making only a limited number of selective portfolio investments to deliver dedicated hands-on support. Aliter Capital is based in London and Glasgow.


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Black plastic desktop stand for computer from the Yogscast gaming YouTube channel studio.
Yogscast was founded in 2008 by friends Lewis Brindley and Simon Lane. They started posting videos of games on YouTube and streaming iTunes podcasts about World of Warcraft. The group grew over the years, and by 2012 they were the fourth most popular YouTube channel in the UK (ahead of BBC Worldwide). In 2013 they reached 5 million subscribers.
This equipment is from Yogscast's first home in Bond Street, Bristol. This Bristol home, dubbed 'YogTowers,' was where the group were based as they rose in popularity. In 2014, two years after moving to Bond Street, Lewis Brindley was named in the Sunday Times as one of Britain's 500 most influential people.
The equipment would enable the team to play a game and live stream this online, with an overlay of their live reactions and discussion over the game.
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Finland is known as one of the countries with the highest Better-Life index in the world, therefore it attracts large numbers of visitors every year. But what to see depends on the season you will visit, different seasons make all of the differences, which are the polar day and the polar night, each of them shows you the extreme beauty. The capital Helsinki with its surroundings, the breathtaking Lakeland, blissful Archipelago and fairytale Lapland with lively activities and the phenomenon of northern lights, these four main regions will never disappoint you in every aspect.
To make your travel smooth and relaxing, we list some ready-made Finland tour packages for you to choose from, and certainly, we can tailor make all of them to meet your individual interests.
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Most of Finland has a marine climate. Due to the influence of the North Atlantic warm current, the climate of Finland is much milder than other regions of the same latitude, such as Siberia and Greenland. The travel high season is from June to August with an average temperature of 18℃(64℉). During this period, the illumination time is very long, even in the southern coastal areas, the sky will never be completely dark in summer. In the northern Lapland area, the sun will stay high for nearly two months. That's the reason why people choose this destination for a Finland vacation.
Winter is long and cold. The snowfall season in the North lasts more than 6 months from October to the mid May, so Finland attracts many winter sports fans. In northern Lapland, there will be polar nights in December and January, which is the perfect time to enjoy the magnificent aurora borealis.
Do I Need a Visa to Finland?
Yes. A Schengen visa is required to Finland.
Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvian, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maltese, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
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Some countries enjoy visa free policy, please contact the local embassy for details. When you are planning your Finland tours, please apply for the visa at the earliest time within three months.
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Finland has very convenient transportation. There are 24 airports in Finland, which is the most developed and dense domestic aviation network in Europe. Train is another important means of transportation, shuttling between the domestic cities and the European countries, sometimes it is more convenient than flight. Long distance and the airport shuttle bus are also available. If you take one of our Finland tour packages, we will suggest the best transfer options to you.
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In a letter released ahead of this evening's Olympic opening ceremony, he said: "I'm just as excited, but also aware that the next few weeks will present a major challenge.
"This is the first 'public transport' Games, but we are well prepared and ready.
"London is very experienced at hosting major events, although with a million extra people expected in the capital each day, it's going to be exceptionally busy.
"The unexpected will happen – not everything will work perfectly – but my staff will be working round the clock to ensure we keep London moving."
The Games is being served by the Central, District, Hammersmith & City and Jubilee Tube lines, the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, National Rail services and numerous bus links.
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Saturday Already?
Gee...time sure flies when you don't know what you're doing....or something like that.
Still Friday, but I'm posting this at 2200, so it probably won't get read by many until Saturday.
Had a busy week. We had five more couples and their realtors come by to check out the house during the week, and we're having another open house Saturday and Sunday.
No offers other than the one couple that backed out.
I'm starting to think the listing price is too low, and people are saying "What's wrong with the house?" to themselves. One down the street and around the corner finally sold after 60-some days on the market. It was overpriced at $600k, and finally sold for $550k. It was a bit smaller than our house, but had more "modern" upgrades, like the infamous "Granite Countertops!!!", and some other things. We'll just have to see what happens, but at this point, after going through all the hype the first three realtors we interviewed told us, I wouldn't be completely shocked if we didn't get out of here until next Spring. It usually starts snowing in late September in the Fort Collins area, and my wife really, really, really wants to get moved before the snow flies. Once we're settled in to the place we'll be staying at, we can wait it out until Spring to buy, unless a Really Good Deal comes up. Moving is a big enough PITA, let alone doing it during snow season.
Spent three full days on the Iowa this week, which I'm sure is what made the week seem so short. I went down Tuesday for the Great Ethernet Cable Pulling Project, but I was the only one in the work party that showed up! Turns out we'll be going with WiFi instead of being hard-wired in. I haven't heard what type of WiFi router we're going to be using. Hopefully it will be one with some Ethernet ports on it so the two big PC's we have won't need another card installed in them. The laptops we're using for running the logging programs all have built-in WiFi, so no issues there.
Thursday we had a special event to commemorate the signing of the Korean cease-fire, but band conditions were absolutely horrible. The Solar Flux Index was 68 (that's baaaad!), and the bands were noisy. We made a total of 35 contacts on the three stations we had on-the-air from 0900 to 1600 PDST. We can generally get that many per hour, per station, when the band conditions are "good".
And today I was down there to give a personal tour to my late brother-in-law's youngest son, and his two boys, ages 8 and 10. None of them really understood what they were seeing, in terms of history, but they enjoyed it nonetheless.
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First Buyer Backed Out.....
Well....we had an offer at the listing price for the house. Our agent said they looked like good, solid people, and their loan pre-approval was for "up to" $550k. The sad thing was that both sets of parents had co-signed on the loan forms, showing that it's tough for a young couple to buy a decent home in SoCal.
Since the listing price is about $15k less than what my wife is willing to accept, and our agent knows this, and agrees with her that the house is really "worth" the amount she wants (which is what the appraisal came in at), he sent them a letter asking them to come back with "Their best, highest price" they were willing to go as our counter offer.
He just called a while ago telling us that while they loved the house, the price they offered was all they could afford, so their original offer was all they were willing to spend.
He said he thanked them, and wished them luck with the purchase of their first home.
This house is only the second one I've had anything to do with buying/selling, so I'm pretty much in uncharted territory here. The last house I bought was in 1987, and we all know how much things have changed since then, especially in the Krazy Kalifornia real estate market!
He's bringing some more agents and clients by Tuesday (tomorrow) to look at the house, so we'll see how that goes.
I have a Doctor's appointment at 0900, and then down to the Iowa for a "Cable Pulling Party". We're putting in five new Ethernet drops for the Comm Center (FACCON 1), and our CTO who runs the network and all the servers on board will be putting us on our own subnet. We'll actually be on our own VPN, which will give us full Internet connectivity, while keeping us isolated from the ship's various internal networks.
All the networking equipment and servers on board are new, first-class stuff he was able to get donated through his contacts, and the network has ample redundancy and back-up servers (also redundant) for our use, so we should have a very dependable, rock-solid network set up once he configures everything. I was the network admin for our little corner of the ship's network, but I'm turning that over to the guy I asked to be Station Manager, and I've been getting him trained up on that. Besides being really good at radio stuff, my "replacement" is also another computer geek, and we've both been using Linux since the early days.
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Open Houses and OFFERS!
Having "Day 2" of this round of open house.
We had about 15 people come by yesterday, and the agent said they all looked like solid prospects.
He also brought by our first offer. It was for the listing price, and my wife is insisting we get $15k more than the listing price. $15k above the listed price is what the appraisal is, and would pay for our moving costs.
Hopefully we'll get some more interested, people today.
I don't how youngsters do it these days. Buying a little house like ours at over $500k just seems nuts to me. The only house I've ever owned (so far...this one is really my wife's) was purchased back in 1987 and we paid $156k for it. I was making about $40k a year then, and along with what my then wife was making, we could easily afford it. That house is worth about $450k now. While the price of the house has TRIPLED, I doubt that the wages of the kind of person who would be interested in it have kept pace.
As the last line of "The Bridge On The River Kwai" says........."MADNESS!"
Open House Again Saturday and Sunday.
Hopefully we'll get some more interested people.
Our Realtor is a really cool guy. He's a staunch conservative, NRA Life Member, and so are the rest of his family members. I was supposed to take the dog out the other day when he had the "mini" open house, but just as I was leaving, a potential buyer walked up, so I took the dog out back. After that person left I started talking to him about firearms and things and another couple showed up, so I dragged the dog out again.
We never did make it to the dog park as we had so much fun yakking away between people coming by to look at the house!
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Busy, Busy Week.....
I was happy to go to "work" on the Iowa today!
We had two realtors bring their clients by on Tuesday, and our realtor brought two people by today.
Thursday he's having a mid-week open house from noon to 1500, so the dog and I will head out to the dog park for a few.
He said mid-week showings allow people who work weekends (typically medical, firefighters, and LEOs) to have some time to look at a house and walk around for more than a few minutes. The people that came yesterday were wearing scrubs, and one was an ER nurse, and the other a physical therapist.
He had expected to get at least one offer this week, but the week is drawing to a close, and he hasn't heard anything yet.
I would expect him to want to have an open house again this weekend, but he hasn't said anything about that so far.
I'll talk to him tomorrow about the upcoming weekend and see what he wants to do....
Second Open House Today. Be Back Around 1500 PDST! **UPDATED**
We had 40 people yesterday. 10 were neighbors who were "just curious", 10 were "lookie-loos" who just like looking at open houses, and 20 were people definitely looking to buy.
Our agent is off today, and is taking his wife out for the day to celebrate their first wedding anniversary.
His Mom will be doing the open house today. She's been selling real estate here in SoCal for 35+ years, so she's seen several bubbles, where the prices went nuts like they are now. It should be interesting to hear what she has to say....
We "only" had 15 people come through today, BUT...the first couple that came through while I was still there had their realtor with them, always a good sign. If their realtor is taking them around to open houses, it's almost a sure bet they're seriously looking to buy. I had just finished showing "Mom" the house and explaining some of the finer points she didn't know, like we have a whole house water filtration/softener system, and every room is wired with an RG-6QS cable and a cat 6E Ethernet cable, when they came in. The husband wanted to see the garage, and I asked the realtor if it was OK, she said sure. He liked the solid work benches, and the fact I was leaving the four 48" LED overhead light fixtures I'd put in last summer when I was doing all the work on the Supra.
Our realtor's Mom (a VERY cool lady, BTW..) said that she had two couples come by who had been here yesterday, and they came back with their realtor, and were asking fairly detailed questions about the house and neighborhood, another good sign that we have some pretty solid buyers checking the place out.
After I got back today (little Pebbles has had TWO days in the dog park! YIPIEE!) I spent some time talking with her and she said if we didn't at least get a couple of offers this week she'd be surprised, which pretty much echoed what her son told us yesterday before he left.
SO....I'd hazard a guess to say the house will sell, and fairly soon. We're priced very fairly compared to some of the other houses in the immediate area that have slightly bigger lots, but the people are asking $65~$75k more than we are, and those house have been on the market for 4 weeks or longer.
Open House Today.....Be Back Later
The agent dropped by and is out running around putting up his signs.
The open house is from 1100~1500, so we have to be out of here. We're taking the dog to the dog park, but before we do that we have some "Hazardous Waste" to drop off in San Pedro.
Got some used motor oil that has water in it, so the auto parts stores won't take it, along with some old paint, RoundUp, bug spray, oven cleaner, and junk like that.
The wife would have taken it in to the Long Beach place, but they're only open one weekend per month!
Se y'all after about 1530 PDST!
Another Step Closer....***UPDATED***
Well, our little place is now listed.
The listing price is what the agent told us, slightly under the appraisal, and he expects "solid" buyers will bid it up a bit to meet the appraisal.
LL stopped by today to pick up the big Pelican case I bought years ago when I had vision of operating Maritime Mobile from the Sea Launch ship I was on. It turned out that getting a Reciprocal Operating Permit from the ship's flag country was extremely difficult, and those plans never happened. I was happy to see the case going to somebody who'll use it!
And the dog treated him like she's known him for years.
Today I got the wireless doorbell working again (dirty battery contacts), changed out the old, worn-looking toilet seat, replaced the switch for the ceiling fan in the Radio Room, dragged all the "eWaste" down to the collection place, and did the vacuuming. There's only one street-view photo of the house, as the photographer had to back out Wednesday, and won't be here until Friday afternoon.
Saturday is the first open house, from 1100 to 1500, so we'll take the dog to the big dog park, and let her run until she drops!
The photographer and agent just left. They were here for a couple of hours taking lots of pix. The pix will be processed (he shoots in RAW format) and posted with the listing later this afternoon.
The agent also want a second open house on Sunday, also from 1100 to 1500.
Looks like the dog will get a lot of park time this weekend!
"Deep Cleaners" Here Today / Other Progress **Updated**
Finally got the radio room suitably "emptied" in preparation for the cleaners to take a whack at it.
They've been working in the kitchen for several hours, and are almost done in there. Next is the "master" bedroom, then the bathroom, then the front bedroom, bathroom and finally Radio Central.
Oh, and the living/dining area.
They're very thorough and "bubbly/perky" young ladies.
The gardener came again today with his big truck, and hauled away a ton of trash. The city also came by and picked up all the stuff we had by the curb. Long Beach gives you three "Large Item" pick ups per year, and we still have two we can use.
I think the cleaners will have to come back tomorrow, as it's already 1210, and considering how thorough they are, I just don't think they'll be done by 1700. The quote was for "Monday and possibly Tuesday", and I'm guessing they'll need at least part of Tuesday to finish. I also have to drop, disassemble, and pack the tripod/mast my discone is on, and the mast on the side of the house holding the weather station and another small VHF/UHF vertical antenna.
The photographer is coming by on Wednesday, and the house gets listed Thursday.
The realtor told us the market in this part of town is "crazy hot", and he had the sales figures to back it up. He thinks we should get some good, solid offers the first week, and it should definitely be under contract well before the end of July.
That means we'll be outta here by the end of August, possibly the middle of August.
I have quite a few items in the garage that the movers will not ship, so I'll either rent a trailer to pull behind the Jeep, or a big "Box Van" like I rented when I moved here to Kaliforniastan some 35 years ago.......
-More to come-
Holy smokes, the house positively sparkles!
They even managed to make Radio Central here look good.
My hats are off to the young ladies who showed up on time, didn't take any breaks, and worked seven hours straight to clean the house.
We not only paid them the agreed upon price (which my wife haggled down before they came), but we also tipped each of them $20 each.
House Sale Progress
And progress it is!
We got the "Yard Beautification Program" finished today, and I must say, with all the fresh exterior paint the house looks pretty nice.
Only room left to do is the Radio Room, and that's about 1/2 cleaned out. Should be finished by Sunday night.
The "Deep Cleaning" specialist is coming Monday morning, and will be finished by Tuesday.
The photographer will be here Tuesday afternoon / Wednesday morning, proper light and weather permitting, and the house goes on the market Thursday.
Our realtor is confident the house will sell in 14 days, with escrow taking 20~25 days.
Looks like we'll be outta here by the middle of August, end of August at the latest.
Back to boxing stuff up.....
Go Read This....
I'm up to my you-know-what in alligators toady tearing down the radio room so we can get it painted. It's the last thing to really do in the house, and the wifely unit has been.....well, let's just say "NOT Nice" about it.
SO....Please go read this over at Angel's place. You'll love it.
"Shock and Awe" In Long Beach
Good Gravy......
It's one continuous rumble out there, punctuated by the much louder pops, bangs, and BOOMS of stuff being set off in our little subdivision.
It's 2130 now, and this has been going on for about two hours.
I can see where a Vet with PTSD could get rattled by it.
So much for all the "NO Safe and Sane Fireworks in Long Beach! ALL Fireworks Are ILLEGAL!" signs that popped up (no pun intended) in the last week.
It sounds like the WWII movies where the Navy is shelling a beach somewhere.....
Happy Independence Day!
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
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We've lost one of cherished shipmates on the Iowa.
My fellow crew member Bob Despain passed away the other night.
Bob was on the crew of the USS Hoel, DD-533, as part of Taffy 3 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, also called the Battle Off Samar. The Hoel was the first ship sunk by the IJN, and absorbed an amazing amount of punishment before she sank.
The Daily Breeze had an article in 2013 about the reunion of the USS Johnston-Hoel Association, which was held on the Battleship Iowa that year.
I was honored to have known Bob, and had him autograph my copy of "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" which details the Battle Off Samar and the fate of Taffy 3.
Godspeed, Bob
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C++ Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic
by Valluru B. Rao
M&T Books, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
ISBN: 1558515526 Pub Date: 06/01/95
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On-Balance Volume
The on-balance volume (OBV) indicator was created to try to uncover accumulation and distribution patterns of large player in the stock market. This is a cumulative sum of volume data, specified as follows:
If today's close is greater than yesterday's close
OBVt = OBVt-1 + 1
If today's close is less than yesterday's close
OBVt = OBVt-1 - 1
The absolute value of the index is not important; attention is given only to the direction and trend.
This indicator does for price what OBV does for volume.
If today's close is greater than yesterday's close:
ADt = ADt-1 + (Closet - Lowt)
ADt = ADt-1 + (Hight - Closet)
Now let's examine how these indicators look. Figure 14.7 shows a bar chart, which is a chart of price data versus time, along with the following indicators:
• Ten-unit moving average
• Ten-unit exponential moving average
• Momentum
• MACD
• Percent R
Figure 14.7 Five minute bar chart of the S&P 500 Sept 95 Futures contract with several technical indicators displayed.
The time period shown is 5 minute bars for the S&P 500 September 1995 Futures contract. The top of each bar indicates the highest value ("high") for that time interval, the bottom indicates the lowest value("low"), and the horizontal lines on the bar indicate the initial ("open") and final ("close") values for the time interval.
Figure 14.8 shows another bar chart for Intel Corporation stock for the period from December 1994 to July 1995, with each bar representing a day of activity. The following indicators are displayed also.
• Rate of Change
• Relative Strength
• Stochastics
• Accumulation-Distribution
Figure 14.8 Daily bar chart of Intel Corporation with several technical indicators displayed.
You have seen a few of the hundreds of technical indicators that have been invented to date. New indicators are being created rapidly as the field of Technical Analysis gains popularity and following. There are also pattern recognition studies, such as formations that resemble flags or pennants as well as more exotic types of studies, like Elliot wave counts. You can refer to books on Technical Analysis (e.g., Murphy) for more information about these and other studies.
Neural preprocessing with Technical Analysis tools as well as with traditional engineering analysis tools such as Fourier series, Wavelets, and Fractals can be very useful in finding predictive patterns for forecasting.
What Others Have Reported
In this final section of the chapter, we outline some case studies documented in periodicals and books, to give you an idea of the successes or failures to date with neural networks in financial forecasting. Keep in mind that the very best (= most profitable) results are usually never reported (so as not to lose a competitive edge) ! Also, remember that the market inefficiencies exploited yesterday may no longer be the same to exploit today.
Can a Three-Year-Old Trade Commodities?
Well, Hillary Clinton can certainly trade commodities, but a three-year-old, too? In his paper, "Commodity Trading with a Three Year Old," J. E. Collard describes a neural network with the supposed intelligence of a three-year-old. The application used a feedforward backpropagation network with a 37-30-1 architecture. The network was trained to buy ("go long") or sell ("go short") in the live cattle commodity futures market. The training set consisted of 789 facts for trading days in 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991. Each input vector consisted of 18 fundamental indicators and six market technical variables (Open, High, Low, Close, Open Interest, Volume). The network could be trained for the correct output on all but 11 of the 789 facts.
The fully trained network was used on 178 subsequent trading days in 1991. The cumulative profit increased from $0 to $1547.50 over this period by trading one live cattle contract. The largest loss in a trade was $601.74 and the largest gain in a trade was $648.30.
Forecasting Treasury Bill and Treasury Note Yields
Milam Aiken designed a feedforward backpropagation network that predicted Treasury Bill Rates and compared the forecast he obtained with forecasts made by top U.S. economists. The results showed the neural network, given the same data, made better predictions (.18 versus .71 absolute error). Aiken used 250 economic data series to see correlation to T-Bills and used only the series that showed leading correlation: Dept. of Commerce Index of Leading Economic Indicators, the Center for International Business Cycle Research (CIBCR) Short Leading Composite Index, and the CIBCR Long Leading Composite Index. Prior data for these three indicators for the past four years (total 12 inputs) was used to predict the average annual T-Bill rate (one output) for the current year.
Guido Deboeck and Masud Cader designed profitable trading systems for two-year and 10-year treasury securities. They used feedforward neural networks with a learning algorithm called extended-delta-bar-delta (EDBD), which is a variant of backpropagation. Training samples composed of 100 facts were selected from 1120 trading days spanning from July 1 1989 to June 30, 1992. The test period consisted of more than 150 trading days from July 1, 1992 to December 30, 1992. Performance on the test set was monitored every N thousand training cycles, and the training procedure was stopped when performance degraded on the test set. (This is the same procedure we used when developing a model for the S&P 500.)
A criterion used to judge model performance was the ratio of the average profit divided by the maximum drawdown, which is the largest unrealized loss seen during the trading period. A portfolio of separate designed trading systems for two-year and 10-year securities gave the following performance: Over a period of 4.5 years, the portfolio had 133 total trades with 65% profitable trades and the maximum drawdown of 64 basis points, or thousands of units for bond yields. The total gain was 677 basis points over that period with a maximum gain in one trade of 52 basis points and maximum loss in one trade of 47 basis points.
Copyright © IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.
Authors: Valluru B. Rao, Hayagriva Rao
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ByPraise Osagie August 26, 2021
Nigerian breed Dj, DJ Kotech was reportedly dumped by his fiancée on Saturday, August 21, three days after she accepted to marry him and then committed suicide.
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The means by which he committed suicide is yet unknown to the general public as the time of filling this report
May his soul rest in peace.
Nigeria has seen a significant rise in depression and subsequently, suicide in the last two years, and what else could push a young man full of promise, to take his own life, besides heart break?
Dj Kotech
This is definitely not first of such cases recorded in the state as well as the nation at large.
Of course, there are many factors that lead to depression and suicide but heartbreak comes in among the top five reasons ever given for suicide.
It was reported that deceased always flaunt his fiancée on social media but later got dumped by her for his close friend which might have lead to his suicide.
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A level of stress is to be expected during periods of unemployment and, in many cases, individuals will be able to manage their feelings of stress using simple coping strategies like those described and, perhaps, by talking to family members, friends or a counselor. If you are worried that feelings of stress are significantly impacting on your ability to manage in daily life, this may be symptomatic of severe stress, depression or anxiety. You can read more about this through a number of specialist websites such as beyondblue and the Black Dog Institute.
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Flashback: McCain tanked the Republican health care bill with a "no" vote over the summer.


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