The latest innovation in VBI shield technology is a true godsend for ark hunters preparing for Alcatraz deployments. Combining the legendary capacity of ARK Ironclad design with accelerated revivification, the Guardian Angel is the best insurance policy you could buy for deep-run Expeditions (http://www.trionworlds.com/defiance/en/2015/02/17/alcatraz-preview-expeditions/). With advanced specs and anti-radiation nanotech, this is the new high-end shield to bet your life on.
Revivification, try saying that 10 times fast.
Where can one get this "The Guardian Ange"?
Do we know how much resistance (i.e. What percentage) to radiation this shield has? Also does this shield have a higher capacity on PTS?
Looking forward to seeing if I draw one.
I ran tests a few months back and all shield resistances are a flat 20% mitigation. It should have a higher capacity on PTS but enemies at the same EGO of the shield have adjusted health and damage values to even the playing field.
I finally pulled on myself today im liking the capcity its helping me ride through these awfull 5000 bolt action kills but now am falling in love both with the sheild and the bolt action snipers...one shot beasts......good luck to all ark hunters in their hunt for this wicked sheild!!!
With the game's difficulty going up, will the weapon mastery that makes Self-Revive go faster (forget what it said exactly) come back?
I like the shield combined with my syphon smg. I am trying to get a reckoning to use with it.
How is the shield helping u get more bolt sniper kills? I need a good amount of those too.
Agree with this completely. I would have preferred a Respark, but as the expeditions go on, I think you can get hit pretty hard so maybe theres a reason for the Capacity, either way GA has helped me take WM hits quite a lot recently and with Syphon SMG is pretty sweet.
First up, you can't assume the wielder is using Cloak. Like you said, it needing to be broken means it's easier to do from a lower capacity, not a higher one. The effect cooldown is 5 seconds and the shield will recharge slowly after 6, giving you a higher potential frequency of triggering the shield's special effect than if it had a 9.6 second cooldown. Enemy attacks will simply kill you instantly once you get so far into Expeditions, using a Respark will only make it easier for them.
If you think hiding is what you're supposed to do when your shield breaks, best of luck. When my shield breaks, my concentration level rises to the challenge. Cellular Armor, Detachment, Execution, Thick Skinned and Regeneration will make you difficult to kill and even more so when you have a high capacity shield equipped.
i agree with this, as an avid user of a respark (i pull the JP respark within day of first playing the game) i think resparks small capacity is just not going to come close to cutting it.
and from what the devs are pushing, i dont think the point of the expeditions are 'not to die' but rather die strategically, or die at the right time.
i have the guardian angel and the hurricane survivor ark the angel is good with the radiation resistance but the survivor is 95% recharge 6 delay and 3 plates unlike the guardian which is 10% recharge 6 delay and 3 plates yet both shield have the +20% self revive refresh on shield break im wondering is the hurricane survivor ark a better shield just a little lower cap? with higher delay.
As much as I play this game I have yet to hit a jackpot. And if there is anyone I would want it would be this.
I like to use mine sometimes just cuz of the name.
Quite right. In the top tiers of expeditions, a Respark might as well be tissue paper.
Question: What's the drop rate of this Guardian Angel ?
I tried to test this on PTS with the sweet 10 000 bits, I only bought elite lockboxes and, well, no Angel so far.
It's 1 out of 10,001 boxes or about the same for for a Sniper Recoil Stock any variety of Plate Slicer Synergy as I spent most of my PTS bits on cornucopia boxes and got zero. Not sure if it is in loot table.
In all seriousness I would be curious to know the correct answer.
So, this is how the probability actually would work in this game.
Lets say each boxes have a 3% chance of dropping a GA.
0.97^25x100=46.7% chance of you not getting a GA. So realistically, if the chance is around 3%, you had a 50/50 chance of getting a GA.
And 3% chance is a quite generous chance to be honest.
So yeah, idk about buying t4 boxes via bits.
1. Due to the nature of randomness, you could spend 100,000 Bits on boxes and still not get the shield. Drop formulas in games such as Defiance rarely use true randomness (https://www.random.org/). A true 3% drop rate with no weighted variables would mean that you had to roll a 100 sided die and if the roll came up as 98, 99, or 100 then you win. If the roll comes up as anything from 1-97, you lose.
2. Testing drop rates on a test server would not be my advised course of action. If fact, I wouldn't suggest ever trying to discover the actual percentage chance of receiving an item in an online game, since those values can be changed on the fly (or at server reset) by the devs and they don't exactly have to tell you they did it.
So is the good stuff kept aside for the bit players????????????
I cannot speak for the chances of getting a jackpot (it is called jackpot for a reason) but I did pulled about two low level oranges in about ten expert lock boxes which might or might not have been luck related. I am a slow key earner after all, so I am quite happy with the result!
But yes, the rest are either salvaged or sold.
This shield is the old jackpot by the by.
Same, I have never gotten a jackpot, ever.
Close to a hundred t4 boxes opened and not one jackpot.
Oranges on the other hand, seem to pop about 1:5.
I might have to buy more bits and see if that factors in, heh.


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Multi-part Features
Some vector data formats contain multi-part features. For example political boundaries may be represented with areas that are not contiguous, but share the same attributes, such as states that include islands.
These features may be grouped into multi-part polygons..
Grouped features will not be reflected in the feature count in the Control Center. Grouped features can be seen in the Metadata for layer under AREA GROUPS and also in the attribute table.
GROUP - Create Multi-Part Polygon from Selected Area Features
This option is available when area features are selected with the digitizer in the right-click context menu, under Advanced Feature Creation
The selected area features will be grouped into a single multi-part feature. The number of multi-part features will not be reflected in the feature count listed in the Control Center. The group count is listed in the Metadata and shown in the Geometry section of Feature Info Tool. The individual areas will also receive an Area Group ID attribute.
These areas will then stay grouped as a multi-part polygon when exported as a shapefile.
UN-GROUP - Separate Multi-Part Polygons into Separate Areas
This option is available when a multi-part area is selected with the digitzer tool. The option will be available in the digitizer right-click context menu under Advanced Feature Creation.
The selected multi-part features will be split into separate areas.
Select Areas in the Same Multi-Part Polygon
With the digitizer tool, it is possible to select only one polygon of a multi-part polygon. This option in the Advanced Selection options menu of the Digitizer top-level menu or context menu will select all polygons in the same multi-part group as the current selection.
Selecting features from the Attribute Editor will select all polygons referenced by the attribute table row.

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Haha, my 23 year old borders have never been dug. I have a gardening friend who always digs between the plants in autumn. In spring she is complaining about loss of plants. I told her many times, but according to her she has to dig the garden before winter, otherwise she does not feel well....... So many men, so many minds. But in summer the same digging people ask how we manage to get such a nice borders.
Your border looks great in summer and so do your grass, I cannot say that with a border collie making a race track of the grass.
Good to have the benefit of your experience Janneke. I love your english turn of phrase. I have friends like yours!
I'm not big on aeration either. I just dig holes, put the plant in and mulch. Seems to work for me.
Thanks Cher. I think almost everyone who has a quality garden knows that this is how you get best results. I agree about the mulch.
Your summer border is a beauty Roger. The more I read and see about your no dig philosophy the more I am beginning to understand.
My latest blog contains a method of soil aeration that you choose to turn a blind eye too!
Yes, your mole! What an amusing piece you have written about it on your blog!
Roger, presumably even if you don't lift and divide the plants you do cut down their foliage (as evidenced by your last photo). When do you do this? I mean, at what point in the year.. Autumn? Spring?
I cut down my herbaceous borders at home in January or February. I do also have lots of herbaceous plants on the village plot and in the two cemetery gardens. There I tend to cut back (with my petrol hedge trimmer) as plants start to become untidy and have nothing left to offer. This works out at me cutting back perhaps November to March depending on the plants -and my energy! Brenda insists I am rather tidier at home.
I once considered aerating the perennial garden but then thought...if it isn't broken, why fix it? Every year it returns lush and beautiful. Occasionally I'll move something here or there and divide to plant elsewhere.
Good thinking Carolyn. I do like you and occasionally move the odd plant to improve the design. I do not subscribe to the traditional view that herbaceous borders need replanting very three years! In fact although herbaceous borders have the reputation of being labour intensive I think the opposite and herbaceous perennials are my favourite plants.
Oh yes Sue, just under an acre! I am longing to get in there when these cold winds subside. Why don't you come and see it for yourself on my open day in mid July- that is if you can tear yourself away from blogging and gardening!
Actually fellow bloggers like yourself are welcome anytime.
I'll take you up on that when the weather improves - hopefully it should have by July!!!!
I am fascinated by this. I have recently (last December) moved into a new build home with newly laid turf. I was intending to dig a large herbaceous border in one corner but having done some minimal planting in the front I'm aware that the soil I have been left with is very heavy shaley clay, with a very minimal amount of topsoil for the turf to root into.
I was really not looking forward to digging it but I now have a glimmer of hope.
I have 3 shrub roses to put in put the rest will be mostly perennials in 1-2 litre pots. Do you think this will be feasible?
For me not only feasible, but normal.
This post has had a sudden new burst of activity and I have been looking back. What on earth did I mean with my last comment. Must have been drinking!


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Brazilian magazine Exame features a full cover story dedicated to the neuroscience of early childhood and its relation to the economy.
Exame, a Brazilian business magazine, dedicated its cover to a story on "The New Frontier of Education" in 2016.
The article highlights global neuroscience research on the importance of early childhood in increasing economic productivity and combatting inequality.


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Andy's Girlfriends
Posted on November 4, 2020 by Mike Miller
Sheriff Andy Taylor was an eligible bachelor; a widower as all single fathers were in classic television land.
His wife was rarely referenced and it appeared in the first season of The Andy Griffith Show that his grieving was long over and Andy was up for grabs.
In the first couple of seasons, Andy had a succession of girlfriends, but none of them stayed around. It was not until season three that Andy settled on school teacher Helen Crump as his steady. She stayed for the remainder of the show's run and even married Andy at the very end. More on Miss Crump later.
Ellie the druggist
Elinor Donahue was hired in the first season to play Ellie Walker, the new druggist in town, who was perhaps the most independent of his girlfriends. At first, she does not like Andy, but quickly warms up to him through Opie. Ellie had the audacity to run for town council, which caused a riff between her and Andy, until he changed his way of thinking. This was 1960 and the notion of a female running for office was radical. After a few episodes, Donahue asked out of the show, sensing there was not the desired chemistry between their characters. This was after a successful run on Father Knows Best.
The first Mary Simpson
The second Mary Simpson
In season two, Andy had a connection with county nurse Mary Simpson in two episodes. Interestingly, two different actresses played the character. First, Julia Adams (Creature From the Black Lagoon) played Mary in an episode about convincing a farmer to get a tetanus vaccine. The chemistry between the two was awkward and not very convincing. Later, Sue Ane Langdon (Arnie) played Mary in an episode where Andy's intentions were more obvious, but Barnie kept getting in the way. Langdon exuded more sex appeal than Adams, her bubbling, vivacious personality was perhaps too much for the character. We never saw Mary Simpson again.
Peggy McMillan
In season three, another nurse tickled Andy's fancy. Peggy McMillan, played by Joanna Moore, was written into several episodes. Peggy came from money and Andy become convinced that their pairing would never work. Peggy's domestic instincts also raised Andy's concerns that she was looking for a husband, instead of just helping two bachelors fend for themselves. The show focused numerous episodes about misguided expectations and male/female roles. Andy was the logical center of the show, but he often misread situations and allowed others to give him bum advice, which often caused him conflict with the female characters.
Andy's high school sweatheart
In one episode, Andy attends his high school reunion and is reunited with a prior girlfriend who moved away after graduation. They begin to rekindle their affection until they discover the reason that they parted in the first place.
The champion skeet shooter
Andy had other dates during the early seasons, including a cousin of Thelma Lou, who turned out to be skeet shooting champion who puts Andy in his place during a competition.
The Fun Girls
Andy and Barney dated the "Fun Girls" in a couple of episodes, although Andy wanted no part of it. Daphne and Skippy were flirtatious and vivacious women from Mount Pilot and their presence always caused problems for Andy. Barney was the one who hooked up with them, often when Andy and Barney were on the outs with Helen and Thelma Lou.
In the third season, Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) was selected as a continuing love-interest for Andy. She was Opie's teacher and Andy ran afoul of her over his views on school subjects. At first, Helen is known as "old lady Crump" by Opie. Helen had a temper and it often flared at Andy. Helen was another very independent-minded character paired with Andy. For a show about conservative, small town America, some progressive issues found their way into scripts. Helen is not into cooking, sewing and traditional female sitcom roles. She attended college, studied journalism, entered the teaching profession, has her own thoughts and ideas, and freely expresses them. She is supportive of Andy, but is hardly just a prop girlfriend. Their relationship over the following five seasons has ups and downs, but generally resolved by the end of each episode. Corsaut may be best known as Steve McQueen's date in The Blob (1958).
Charlene Darling
The broken heart
The manicurist
In various episodes, Andy is paired with a female guest star where there is a mistaken of intentions, like Barbara Eden as a new manicurist in town, or a visit by Andy's cousin, who is fresh from a breakup, or even Charlene Darling, the hillbilly who takes an instant like to Andy, despite her father's objection. These episodes serve to kindle a bit of romance even though it is just a plot device to show Andy's appeal to the opposite sex.
Andy was an eligible bachelor, but not one to settle down during the eight year run. With Aunt Bea around, he was not looking for a mother for Opie. Enough women were featured in stories to provide some romantic drama, and also spice up the show with lovely guest stars. After Barnie left in season six, Helen Crump played more a central role although some secondary characters also stepped forward. Andy was developed as the straight-man as he played off of the other characters, including the women that passed through the show.
Years later it was learned that Griffith and Corsaut had an off-screen relationship that lasted a number of years.
Posted in 1960s, Actors, Andy Griffith, Television, writingTagged Mayberry
3 thoughts on "Andy's Girlfriends"
greenpete58 says:
Great essay, Mike. AGS is one of my favorite classic TV shows. Wow, never knew that Griffith and Corsaut had an off-screen fling! Griffith's a great guy, but why she left the King of Cool for him is a mystery! I remember most of these TV flames. Didn't Peggy McMillan have a thick Southern accent?
Peggy did have an accent. Thanks.
rdfranciswriter says:
A review of "Andy's Girlfriends" is a review not expected. Ever. A great read!


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LifeWay to stay committed to campus ministry, leaders told
By Polly House, posted August 13, 2001 in
GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–"The reorganization that is happening in LifeWay's Church Resources Division will in no way diminish LifeWay's commitment to ministering to college students," Bill Henry, director of the national collegiate ministry department, said.
Speaking to a group of state Baptist campus ministry directors and associates at a luncheon, Henry, of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, said, "Folks, our future looks good. There is a tremendous ministry going on on the college campuses and in the churches. There is wonderful work going on with the college students and by the college students. I thank you for all the work you do."
Henry said he has "lots of mixed emotions" about leaving the position as head of LifeWay's NCM department he has held for the last 17 years. He will become managing director of Network Partnerships Oct. 1 when the division reorganization is implemented.
"My whole career has been working with college students. I've done this for 31 years, first at the Tennessee Baptist Convention and here at LifeWay. There have been a lot of mixed emotions for me this week," he said. "While I am looking forward to the new position God has for me, I'm going to miss the day-to-day contact I've had with all of you and with the students."
John Garner, who will be the director of ministry team leadership in the new LifeWay Church Resources plan, said, "LifeWay is going through lots of changes. That's a fact. But let me assure you, LifeWay has been, is and will be here for college students.
"We want to help you get the programs and materials to help you minister to your students," he said. "We want to help this ministry grow by creating a synergy between college and campus ministry.
John Kramp, director of the LifeWay Church Resources operations group, said, " I really am excited to see how college ministry has grown. I'm committed to reaching college-age kids. I was touched by the Baptist campus ministries when I was a student and I know what an influence you have.
"There are changes happening at LifeWay, some good changes," said Kramp, will become director of church ministry solutions. "We're putting our focus back on the churches. We are going to listen more. But transitions have not always been handled well. Let's just put that elephant on the table now. We haven't always made smooth transitions.
"But I want to tell you, I know of no agenda regarding collegiate work that would be something you wouldn't like," Kramp said.
Kramp told the campus ministry directors that while only one position on the organization chart carries the title of National Collegiate Ministry, others will be involved.
"There are people who will be working in publishing and others working on events. LifeWay's commitment to college students is still there.
"These are important times for us and for this work," Kramp said. "My optimism is high. I think the future of student ministry is very bright."
Henry told the group, "The decisions that will be made regarding National Collegiate Ministry will be in good hands with these two men. They share my vision and my excitement about what is happening on our campuses and in our churches."
About 2,000 people attended the Aug. 4-10 event sponsored by LifeWay's National Collegiate Ministry Department. The next Collegiate Week at Glorieta will be Aug.3-9, 2002.
(BP) photo posted in the BP Photo Library at http://www.bpnews.net. Photo title: BILL HENRY.
Polly House
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A Child Advocates of Nevada County volunteers, Linda, works with a puppet during a recent presentation.
Child Advocates of Nevada County has been awarded a $5,000 grant from Walton's Grizzly Lodge Summer Camp, through the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation for our Child Safety Puppeteers Program.
This gift helps fund the unique and well regarded Child Safety Puppeteers program, which works directly with Nevada County schools and preschools to provide age appropriate presentations to preschool through fifth-grade children to teach personal safety, self-protection and abuse prevention skills.
High school aged volunteers learn puppet shows that are then presented to preschool and grade school children. These tried and true puppet shows educate kids on physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as how to successfully deal with bullying, peer pressure, and harassment.
CSP programs are presented free to Nevada County schools and preschools, and volunteers have been presenting shows to Nevada County's children for more than 20 years.
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Q: Resque workers failing in production I have a model which contains the following:
  def fetch_austlii
    Resque.enqueue(FetchAustliiJob, self.id) # Queue the job for later.
  end

This dispatches the app/workers/fetch_austlii_job.rb file:
class FetchAustliiJob

  @queue = :fetch_queue

  def self.perform(profile_id)
    @profile = Profile.find(profile_id)
    AustliiResource.fetch(@profile.name).each do |resource|
      @profile.austlii_resources.create!(resource.attributes) if @profile.austlii_resources.find_all_by_url(resource.url).empty?
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end

In development (OS X, Ruby 1.9.2, Rails3, Postgres, Redis-server, Foreman) it works fine.  The job retrieves information from the internet just like it should.  However, in production (Ubuntu, Ruby 1.9.2, Passenger) it fails with:
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FetchAustliiJob
Arguments
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NoMethodError
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A: Make sure you're running the workers in the correct environment (production vs development) on the server.
If you haven't already tried, you may want to create a config/setup_load_paths.rb to load the RVM environment (source: RVM Passenger docs):
if ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME'] && ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME'].include?('rvm')
  begin
    rvm_path     = File.dirname(File.dirname(ENV['MY_RUBY_HOME']))
    rvm_lib_path = File.join(rvm_path, 'lib')
    $LOAD_PATH.unshift rvm_lib_path
    require 'rvm'
    RVM.use_from_path! File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__))
  rescue LoadError
    # RVM is unavailable at this point.
    raise "RVM ruby lib is currently unavailable."
  end
end

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Twitter users found the model wearing a turban offensive, wondering why a Sikh model wasn't used.
Gucci showcased their latest designs at Milan Fashion Week, and many people on social media didn't take too kindly to the fashion.
White models were sent down the runway wearing pieces that looked suspiciously similar to hijabs, Sikh turbans, and Asian architecture.
Social media users were quick to call out the designer for cultural appropriation and the lack of colored models.
Gucci may have gotten a lot of buzz for having models carry severed heads and dragons down the runway during Milan Fashion Week, but now the brand is receiving a lot of attention for a very different reason. As Huffington Post UK reported, Gucci is being accused of appropriating pieces that looked suspiciously similar to bindis, hijabs, niqabs, Sikh turbans, third eyes, and Asian architecture. Many social media users are also doubling down on the show's largely white cast, some of whom were chosen to wear the pieces in question.
Other critics of Gucci's Milan show made their points in interviews with news outlets. Fashion photographer Faiyaz Kolia, for example, told "Indie" magazine he thought he might have been "overreacting" until he saw all of the different appropriated pieces. "Gucci got to pick and choose from cultural imagery all the things that are aligned to their 'fantasy' narrative without any consequences, and then so easily put on white skin," he said. "What message does that send? That it's ok to wear a hijab if you're young, beautiful, rich, and white but not if you're actually a Muslim or a person of color? It may seem like borrowing or being inspired by something seemingly superficial, but what's not being borrowed is the social implications, the prejudice, and the internalized racism."
Meanwhile, reporter Lamisa Khan, who writes for Muslim women-centered publication "Amaliah," told Huffington Post UK her feelings on the matter. "The turban look was an absolute mockery and the bindi. It doesn't feel like it's done by accident anymore. It's as though they're doing it on purpose for attention," she told the outlet. "Imagine growing up being mocked for wearing henna, a hijab, turban, or bindi and then seeing it on a catwalk considered to be fashionable and its actual meaning and cultural importance neglected and sidelined for the purpose of aesthetic for that season."


In my last post I discussed how an attorney ignorant of internet culture can harm a client's reputation through a well intentioned but imprudent cease-and-desist letter. To balance that warning, there's good news: a savvy attorney can use a cease-and-desist letter to help a client's brand.
People on the internet love to make fun of humorless, bumptious cease-and-desist letters. That's the Streisand Effect. But the same internet hordes who trash your client's brand can also celebrate it if you write a letter that's funny, inventive, and reasonable.
Back in 2012 an author named Patrick Wensink published a satirical book called Broken Piano for President. The cover closely imitated the distinctive label art of Jack Daniel's whiskey. If Jack Daniel's lawyers had followed standard operating procedure, they would have sent a dry and threatening letter. Instead, Jack Daniel's in-house counsel chose a creative approach: they sent a letter to the author praising the book art, agreeing that Jack Daniel's distinctive art is a good subject of affection and nostalgia, gently explaining why companies must protect their trademarks, and offering to contribute to different cover art on the next printing. The tone was friendly, funny, and reasonable.
The result was an astounding branding coup for Jack Daniel's. The letter went viral across a wide range of popular web sites, providing Jack Daniel's with what amounted to a free marketing campaign. Young internet users are conditioned to see cease-and-desist letters as authoritarian and stodgy; Jack Daniel's managed to position their brand as friendly and cool with this vital demographic.
Not every defamatory post or intellectual property violation is an occasion for mirth – sometimes a pirate is just a pirate. But whenever possible, a lawyer preparing a cease-and-desist letter should ask not just can I avoid making this worse, but can I use this opportunity to make things better by understanding internet culture.
The National Pork Board could have used that advice. In 2010 a popular web site called ThinkGeek marketed "canned unicorn meat" – "an excellent source of sparkles!" – with the phrase "the new white meat." The National Pork Board – tasked with making people like pork more – sent a swift, turgid cease and desist letter, warning of infringement on its "the other white meat" trademark. The result was a public relations coup – for ThinkGeek. The site received a flood of free publicity as the letter went viral.
Assuming the National Pork Board cares what people think about it, it could have used this as an opportunity to burnish its image by sending a funny, friendly, yet still firm letter; the resulting viral response could have boosted the Board as much as the web site.
We have the honor of representing the National Pork Board, which in turn has the honor of helping everyone understand the obvious: pigs are magnificent.
The Pork Board was bemused to notice that ThinkGeek is selling unicorn meat. Most people associate unicorns with high fantasy, purity, and poorly-painted murals on the sides of suspicious domestic vans. "Unicorn" does not conjure the image "haute cuisine," except for in a dream we had once after consuming an entire bottle of tequila, in which unicorns acted as servers at a banquet comprised exclusively of bagels.
Therefore, we respectfully request that ThinkGeek cease using the "new white meat" phrase in marketing – and immediately, as unicorns, pigs, and lawyers are not renowned for patience. Let's chat over coffee if you have any concerns. Um … no snacks, thanks, I had a big breakfast.
If that letter went viral, the internet would be laughing with the National Pork Board, not at them – and just like Jack Daniel's, they could position themselves ideally with a key demographic.


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Home Voices Interviews
Connectivity a boost for Sarawak's economy
Tech and Education
by Arno Maierbrugger - May 9, 2012
Sacofa's Managing Director and CEO Dato Ir. Abg Jemat Abg Bujang
Sacofa defines itself as the technology and telecommunication flagship company in Sarawak. As a government-owned agency, Sacofa manages and facilitates telecommunication basic infrastructures on the concept of sharing. This includes high-speed internet access and mobile telephony networks. Inside Investor talked to Sacofa's Managing Director and CEO Dato Ir. Abg Jemat Abg Bujang about the objectives of the company.
Q: What is the current coverage of mobile telephony in Sarawak?
A: At the moment, all the urban areas are covered with cellular and wireless connections, but in the rural areas it is only about 80 per cent. We are constantly building new lines and towers, but I think we need more towers especially in the rural areas. Communities are quite scattered in Sarawak, and it is a big challenge to reach all the people in rural areas via the cellular network.
Q: What is your roadmap to cover all the people in Sarawak?
A: Currently, we have about 700 towers available to connect people with mobile and wireless services, but we need to at least double this number to cover the rural areas.
Q: Where are the investments coming from?
A: There is a government allocation of funds under the Universal Service Provider Fund. Every telecommunication license holder has to contribute to this fund. We are using this fund to expand the rural network coverage. I believe, over the next five years, more funds will be allocated to Sarawak as we have a lower coverage than the rest of Malaysia.
Q: What about the internet penetration?
A: It's at about 47 per cent, still very low, so a lot more funds have to be pumped to Sarawak to tighten the network.
Q: There have been talks about a possible IPO of Sacofa, are there any news on this?
A: We have been thinking about it, but there is actually no plan on it yet. We are committed to the people of Sarawak, and if we would be publically listed, it would be more difficult to implement what the government wants. Of course we could use the money from an IPO, but currently there are no steps being taken in that direction.
Q: Which are the companies that are using the shared services?
A: Almost all of the telecommunication companies are using our services, and the government as well. There are many, like Celcom, Maxis, DiGi, TM, FibreComm, RTM, Police, Jaring and among the big companies Petronas, Sapura, or Sarawak Energy.
Q: What are the conditions to use the services, such as interconnection fees?
A: It is based on leasing and rental. The more people use, the lower they need to pay.
Q: Sacofa has been granted the exclusive right to provide telecommunications infrastructure in Sarawak. Does this exclude other parties from venturing into the same business?
A: No, there are companies coming in such as Telecom Malaysia, Celcom, and others which are building their own fibre optic and microwave infrastructure. We are the only one designated by the government to own communication towers, but in the other sectors, everybody can come in and do business. They can, however, use our towers.
Q: Are you open for private investors or partnerships, for example from the GCC?
A: Maybe in the case of new services, for example data centers or call centers. These are the new areas we are looking into. We ourselves would like to meet foreign investors and see how we can develop these new services. We have the basic infrastructure, but at the top of that there are many services we could add. Our company is open as long it is a win-win-situation.
Q: What is the connectivity structure of Sarawak with the neighbouring countries?
A: We have been connected to Brunei from early on, and also to Peninsular Malaysia. We are also connected to Indonesia, but we are looking to improve this connection and work together with the Indonesian telecoms much closer. The licensing process in Indonesia is not easy, and we need their government's support. But we see there is a potential to open up to Indonesia.
Q: What are Sacofa's plans for 2012?
A: We are pursuing two areas: Firstly, to build more towers. Secondly, to connect 400 of our towers with fibre optic cables. This should be completed by the end of the year or by the half of next year at the latest, and we can offer it to all the telecoms. There is a hunger for bigger bandwidth, and fibre optics is the answer.
Q: How would you assess the broadband initiative of the Malaysian government? Is a 100 per cent nationwide penetration by 2020 feasible, including remote communities? Will people in the longhouses in the future be connected to the Internet?
A: Until 2020, we still have a few years to go. As of now, we have reached mobile coverage of 70 per cent in Sarawak. In urban areas, we will certainly reach 100 per cent by 2020, but in the rural areas I am not sure if we will be able to reach this goal. There will always be blind spots, and it is also a matter of costs, demand, and supply. I hope that the government will step in with the USP fund. If we had enough money, it won't be a problem to cover 100 per cent of Sarawak in the next eight years. But from the commercial viewpoint, it is difficult. But 80 to 90 per cent penetration should be feasible.
Q: What is the value of a high Internet penetration to the economy?
A: I believe there is a direct correlation between Internet usage and national GDP. Just look at Korea, they have the most developed broadband infrastructure in Asia and their GDP growth was tremendous. They were very aggressive in this. Today, almost every Korean household has a high bandwidth connection even up to one gigabyte and we here are still talking about less than two megabyte. And we need to train our people to use the web, this is the key for a digital economy. Technology must be an enabler to lift Malaysia up. Then the companies will come in. But I don't think we can do that in the next eight years, at least not for the rural areas.
Q: What is your personal message of Sacofa to our readers?
A: I hope that Sacofa will remain to be the main agency providing telecom infrastructure in Sarawak. So far we have achieved the government's aspirations, but we need to do more to ensure the growth of the telecom sector. I also hope we can work together with investors and companies that are coming in to achieve the goals for 2020. If we reach a high internet penetration, we can also bring up the GDP and the economic status of the people in Sarawak. And I want to see the ICT sector growing. Without this, we would be lagging behind.
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