Wild Child is a 2008 British-American coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by Nick Moore and produced by Working Title Films. It stars Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore, an American teenager who is sent to an all-girls boarding school in England as punishment after setting her previous school on fire. The film is based on screenwriter Lucy Dahl's experiences attending boarding school in England as a teenager and raising teenage daughters in Los Angeles. Despite using Working Title's typical conventions of romance and comedy and starring Nick Frost, Wild Child underperformed at the box office, only making back its $20 million budget.
The bqc open prelims - questions only Vikram Joshi
This document appears to be the introduction or rules for "The BQC Open General Quiz" hosted by Vikram Joshi. It lists the prelims round questions 1-25, which cover topics in history, literature, geography, science and current events. It provides the structure and guidelines for participants to follow in completing the quiz.
Hand Shape Classification with a Wrist Contour Sensor: Development of a Proto...Masahiko Watanabe
This document summarizes the development of a prototype wrist contour sensor device for hand shape classification. [1] The device measures wrist contour variation using photo reflector arrays to overcome limitations of existing methods. [2] A classification experiment using k-NN and boosting methods on data from 7 subjects achieved around 70% accuracy when including a subject's data, but only 45-48% when excluding it, showing need to account for individual differences. [3] Future work will focus on downsizing the device, improving classification performance, and handling wrist position changes.
The Challenges (and Promise!) of Multiplatform ProductionAdam Gutterman
This talk discusses the business case for multiplatform game development. It was given at GDC Online Austin on October 9, 2012, by Adam Gutterman, Director, Games Monetization for Unity Technologies.
Nannette Padgett is a teacher at Coastal Carolina Community College in North Carolina. She has skills in public speaking, typing, using office equipment, writing manuals and building web pages. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, fishing, and relaxing on the beach. She can be contacted at padgettn@coastalcarolina.edu or through her LinkedIn profile.
This document summarizes the biography and accomplishments of Marie Magdalene Dietrich, a German-American entertainer who sold war bonds and recorded propaganda songs for the Allies during World War 2. She was awarded the US Medal of Freedom and French Legion d’Honneur for her contributions. The document also identifies the highest ranking military officers from various countries who died in combat during WWII and provides context about the Night Witches, Soviet women pilots who bombed German targets.
RCF is an Indian state-owned fertilizer company owned by the Government of India. Its working capital management policies aim to reduce capital employed and improve efficiency in receivables, inventories, and payables. It funds working capital through long-term sources like banks and short-term borrowing. Between 2012-2013, RCF's working capital increased from Rs. 1,116 crores to Rs. 1,199 crores while its turnover grew from Rs. 6,662 crores to Rs. 7,102 crores. Key ratios like days of inventory, debtors, and claims have also increased, indicating room for improvement in working capital management.
Wild Child is a 2008 British-American coming-of-age teen comedy film directed by Nick Moore and produced by Working Title Films. It stars Emma Roberts as Poppy Moore, an American teenager who is sent to an all-girls boarding school in England as punishment after setting her previous school on fire. The film is based on screenwriter Lucy Dahl's experiences attending boarding school in England as a teenager and raising teenage daughters in Los Angeles. Despite using Working Title's typical conventions of romance and comedy and starring Nick Frost, Wild Child underperformed at the box office, only making back its $20 million budget.
The bqc open prelims - questions only Vikram Joshi
This document appears to be the introduction or rules for "The BQC Open General Quiz" hosted by Vikram Joshi. It lists the prelims round questions 1-25, which cover topics in history, literature, geography, science and current events. It provides the structure and guidelines for participants to follow in completing the quiz.
Hand Shape Classification with a Wrist Contour Sensor: Development of a Proto...Masahiko Watanabe
This document summarizes the development of a prototype wrist contour sensor device for hand shape classification. [1] The device measures wrist contour variation using photo reflector arrays to overcome limitations of existing methods. [2] A classification experiment using k-NN and boosting methods on data from 7 subjects achieved around 70% accuracy when including a subject's data, but only 45-48% when excluding it, showing need to account for individual differences. [3] Future work will focus on downsizing the device, improving classification performance, and handling wrist position changes.
The Challenges (and Promise!) of Multiplatform ProductionAdam Gutterman
This talk discusses the business case for multiplatform game development. It was given at GDC Online Austin on October 9, 2012, by Adam Gutterman, Director, Games Monetization for Unity Technologies.
Nannette Padgett is a teacher at Coastal Carolina Community College in North Carolina. She has skills in public speaking, typing, using office equipment, writing manuals and building web pages. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, fishing, and relaxing on the beach. She can be contacted at padgettn@coastalcarolina.edu or through her LinkedIn profile.
This document summarizes the biography and accomplishments of Marie Magdalene Dietrich, a German-American entertainer who sold war bonds and recorded propaganda songs for the Allies during World War 2. She was awarded the US Medal of Freedom and French Legion d’Honneur for her contributions. The document also identifies the highest ranking military officers from various countries who died in combat during WWII and provides context about the Night Witches, Soviet women pilots who bombed German targets.
RCF is an Indian state-owned fertilizer company owned by the Government of India. Its working capital management policies aim to reduce capital employed and improve efficiency in receivables, inventories, and payables. It funds working capital through long-term sources like banks and short-term borrowing. Between 2012-2013, RCF's working capital increased from Rs. 1,116 crores to Rs. 1,199 crores while its turnover grew from Rs. 6,662 crores to Rs. 7,102 crores. Key ratios like days of inventory, debtors, and claims have also increased, indicating room for improvement in working capital management.
Over the past few years, eBay has been re-architecting its infrastructure, automation tools, applications and processes to move eBay.com from a traditional architecture to a cloud model. During this journey, as we evaluated multiple infrastructure options, public cloud providers, tools and cloud automation solutions, we learned a lot in every domain. This presentation talks about our motivations, the technical options we evaluated, and our choices.
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable speculating about or summarizing potentially sensitive political content without more context.
Indian monuments and architecture quizVikram Joshi
The document discusses various Indian monuments and architectural sites, providing details about each:
1) The first Islamic structure in India employing true domes and arches was the Alai Darwaza gate at the Qutb complex in Delhi.
2) The Dhakeshwari temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which gave the city its name.
3) The Pancha Rathas in Mahabalipuram dedicated to the five Pandavas and Draupadi.
4) The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, known as the "Lourdes of the East".
The document discusses various editing techniques used in filmmaking. Continuity editing aims to make cuts between shots invisible so the order flows naturally, while montage in Soviet films of the 1920s made cuts noticeable to convey new meanings from unrelated shots. Transitions like dissolves and wipes are used to move between shots without disrupting pace or mood, with wipes being more obvious and dynamic. Cross-cutting and parallel editing alternate between shots of different storylines that are happening simultaneously. Proper action editing is essential for action films to maintain their sense of action.
The document discusses what the author has learned from their preliminary magazine project to their final magazine product. Specifically:
1) They learned to develop skills in Photoshop and use appropriate conventions for a target audience and genre, unlike their basic preliminary magazine.
2) They improved their use of mise-en-scene to match the hip-hop/R&B genre, unlike the preliminary magazine which did not clearly convey its target of school students.
3) Research led them to use a four-color palette rather than two colors for more visual appeal, as well as employ the rule of thirds for layout including the cover, unlike the messy preliminary cover layout.
The marketing campaign for Fast Five utilized various social media platforms and partnerships. It began with releasing the first trailer on Vin Diesel's Facebook page to reach his large fan base. Posters and an official website further promoted the film. A Facebook game allowed fans to virtually experience locations from the movie. Universal also held Twitter competitions. They partnered with Dodge, who supplied cars for the film and promotions. Other automotive brands involved fans through sweepstakes. Adidas created official footwear. A mobile game and worldwide premiere in Rio de Janeiro completed the extensive campaign.
V O T E D T H E B E S T E M A I L O F T H I S Y E A R[2].PpsKarthik Muppad Setty
This document provides perspective on appreciating what you have by considering those who have less. It suggests that while some things may seem unfair or lacking in one's own life, others have it much worse. It encourages enjoying life as it is and recognizing that there will always be those worse off. It closes by stating this email should circulate forever to spread its message.
This document provides perspective on appreciating what you have by considering those who have less. It suggests that while some things may seem unfair or lacking in one's own life, others have it much worse. It encourages enjoying life as it is and recognizing that there will always be those worse off. It closes by stating this email should circulate forever to spread its message.
1) The document presents a Bayesian hierarchical model to predict chlorophyll a levels in the New River Estuary using water quality data from 8 monitoring stations collected monthly since 2007.
2) It describes handling missing data through multiple imputation, and building a two-level hierarchical model with stations at level 1 and estuarine sections at level 2.
3) The results show the station and section coefficients from the hierarchical model, indicating the effects of various physical and chemical attributes on chlorophyll a levels across the estuary.
The document discusses the challenges of traditional physical network environments and proposes a software-defined networking (SDN) approach using virtual networks. Specifically, it proposes:
1. Implementing logical environments as classes of service on shared infrastructure using L2 overlay networks within an L3 network for developer environments.
2. Isolating the virtual networks from the physical infrastructure using Open vSwitch and STT tunneling with controllers from Nicira.
3. Routing the virtual networks out through perimeter firewalls to provide access similar to developers' desktops while keeping traffic isolated.
1. The document discusses various vascular pathologies including hyperemia, congestion, thrombosis, embolism, and infarction.
2. It describes the morphology and causes of different types of hyperemia, congestion, thrombosis, pulmonary and non-pulmonary embolism, and hemorrhagic vs. white infarcts.
3. The roles of the endothelium, platelets, and coagulation cascade in thrombosis are examined, as are the potential fates of a thrombus and clinical effects of embolism.
Over the past few years, eBay has been re-architecting its infrastructure, automation tools, applications and processes to move eBay.com from a traditional architecture to a cloud model. During this journey, as we evaluated multiple infrastructure options, public cloud providers, tools and cloud automation solutions, we learned a lot in every domain. This presentation talks about our motivations, the technical options we evaluated, and our choices.
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable speculating about or summarizing potentially sensitive political content without more context.
Indian monuments and architecture quizVikram Joshi
The document discusses various Indian monuments and architectural sites, providing details about each:
1) The first Islamic structure in India employing true domes and arches was the Alai Darwaza gate at the Qutb complex in Delhi.
2) The Dhakeshwari temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which gave the city its name.
3) The Pancha Rathas in Mahabalipuram dedicated to the five Pandavas and Draupadi.
4) The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu, known as the "Lourdes of the East".
The document discusses various editing techniques used in filmmaking. Continuity editing aims to make cuts between shots invisible so the order flows naturally, while montage in Soviet films of the 1920s made cuts noticeable to convey new meanings from unrelated shots. Transitions like dissolves and wipes are used to move between shots without disrupting pace or mood, with wipes being more obvious and dynamic. Cross-cutting and parallel editing alternate between shots of different storylines that are happening simultaneously. Proper action editing is essential for action films to maintain their sense of action.
The document discusses what the author has learned from their preliminary magazine project to their final magazine product. Specifically:
1) They learned to develop skills in Photoshop and use appropriate conventions for a target audience and genre, unlike their basic preliminary magazine.
2) They improved their use of mise-en-scene to match the hip-hop/R&B genre, unlike the preliminary magazine which did not clearly convey its target of school students.
3) Research led them to use a four-color palette rather than two colors for more visual appeal, as well as employ the rule of thirds for layout including the cover, unlike the messy preliminary cover layout.
The marketing campaign for Fast Five utilized various social media platforms and partnerships. It began with releasing the first trailer on Vin Diesel's Facebook page to reach his large fan base. Posters and an official website further promoted the film. A Facebook game allowed fans to virtually experience locations from the movie. Universal also held Twitter competitions. They partnered with Dodge, who supplied cars for the film and promotions. Other automotive brands involved fans through sweepstakes. Adidas created official footwear. A mobile game and worldwide premiere in Rio de Janeiro completed the extensive campaign.
V O T E D T H E B E S T E M A I L O F T H I S Y E A R[2].PpsKarthik Muppad Setty
This document provides perspective on appreciating what you have by considering those who have less. It suggests that while some things may seem unfair or lacking in one's own life, others have it much worse. It encourages enjoying life as it is and recognizing that there will always be those worse off. It closes by stating this email should circulate forever to spread its message.
This document provides perspective on appreciating what you have by considering those who have less. It suggests that while some things may seem unfair or lacking in one's own life, others have it much worse. It encourages enjoying life as it is and recognizing that there will always be those worse off. It closes by stating this email should circulate forever to spread its message.
1) The document presents a Bayesian hierarchical model to predict chlorophyll a levels in the New River Estuary using water quality data from 8 monitoring stations collected monthly since 2007.
2) It describes handling missing data through multiple imputation, and building a two-level hierarchical model with stations at level 1 and estuarine sections at level 2.
3) The results show the station and section coefficients from the hierarchical model, indicating the effects of various physical and chemical attributes on chlorophyll a levels across the estuary.
The document discusses the challenges of traditional physical network environments and proposes a software-defined networking (SDN) approach using virtual networks. Specifically, it proposes:
1. Implementing logical environments as classes of service on shared infrastructure using L2 overlay networks within an L3 network for developer environments.
2. Isolating the virtual networks from the physical infrastructure using Open vSwitch and STT tunneling with controllers from Nicira.
3. Routing the virtual networks out through perimeter firewalls to provide access similar to developers' desktops while keeping traffic isolated.
1. The document discusses various vascular pathologies including hyperemia, congestion, thrombosis, embolism, and infarction.
2. It describes the morphology and causes of different types of hyperemia, congestion, thrombosis, pulmonary and non-pulmonary embolism, and hemorrhagic vs. white infarcts.
3. The roles of the endothelium, platelets, and coagulation cascade in thrombosis are examined, as are the potential fates of a thrombus and clinical effects of embolism.