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Ship of Destiny (Paperback)
By Frank Chadwick
SURROUNDED BY DEATH, THE SECRET OF IMMORTALITY IS WITHIN REACH. A new novel of space exploration and alien contact from Chain of Command author Frank Chadwick.
Sam Bitka, a naval reserve officer, is recalled to wartime service and soon earns a reputation for aggressive tactics and insufficient deference to his academy-graduated superiors. His latest run-in with authority earns him a transfer to command of an armed transport, USS Cam Ranh Bay.
When a mysterious alien probe materializes from Jump Space and remotely reprograms The Bay's star drive, Sam and his crew begin an involuntary voyage that takes them three thousand light years out of known space, across the galactic rift to the Sagittarius Spiral Arm, and into the heart of an ancient, previously unknown civilization—the first encountered by Humans and the other five races of the Cottohazz—Stellar Commonwealth—in over a century. The genetically altered immortals known as The Guardians, a race so old they do not remember their own origins, soon turn murderously violent.
Now Sam and his crew must elude capture by the Guardians, find some means of reprogramming their own star drive, and then return to the Cottohazz with the news of a powerful new civilization bent on their destruction. But they may also be carrying the secrets of the origin of their own star drive and of the path to immortality.
Praise for Chain of Command:
"Chadwick's heavy hitter succeeds at teeth-gritting action scenes, deep psychological portraits of diverse characters and societies, and abundant puzzles and mysteries. All . . . mixed in seamlessly with the vivid tragedies of war and balanced with dark humor."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
". . . strong characterization and the briskness of the plot should please. Fans of military sf and of Chadwick, in particular, should give it a look."—Booklist
"Chain of Command is very smartly put together . . . Chadwick gets the details right, whether he's talking about the effects of prolonged weightlessness or the intricacies of geo and interstellar politics and economics . . . a solid piece of Mil-SF writing that pulls from many historical sources and manages to convey a lot of what the Surface Navy is like. . . . It isn't the steel hulls that make the navy tough, it's the sailors that crew them."—SFRevu
About Come the Revolution:
"[A]dventure, family secrets and humor. . . . The plot is as hard as the science Chadwick uses. . . . [E]ngages readers. First-rate science fiction; it moves at a fast pace throughout."—The Galveston County Daily News
"Chadwick offers an exciting military SF story set on the Varoki home planet of Hazz'Akato in his follow up to How Dark the World Becomes . . . Chadwick, a leading designer of military and science-fiction board- and role-playing games, knows his way around a battlefield . . . eccentric cohorts are entertaining, and a few surprises guarantee that readers will be seeing more of this series."—Booklist
"This sequel to How Dark the World Becomes is a fast-paced, action-packed sf adventure. Readers new to Chadwick's series will be able to start here without too much trouble; essential background information is given, and the author leaps straight into an original story set two years after the previous entry."—Library Journal
About How Dark the World Becomes:
"How Dark the World Becomes is a crackling debut novel that speaks of great things to come! It's whip-smart, lightning-fast and character-driven—in short it has everything required to be totally satisfying. Highly recommended." —Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of Assassin's Code
". . . [a] far off, hard scrabble intergalactic underworld . . . fast-paced intergalactic adventure full of far-flung alien intrigue."—Astroguyz
" . . . thrilling space adventure . . . I was reminded of Jack McDevitt's Alex Benedict novels and Mark L. Van Name's Jon & Lobo adventures."—SFCrowsnest
Frank Chadwick is the New York Times number one best-selling nonfiction author of over two hundred books, articles, and columns on military history and military affairs, as well as over one hundred military and science fiction board and role-playing games. His game Space: 1889 was the first Steampunk game and remains a cult favorite. His other game writing credits include legendary fantasy game En Garde!, groundbreaking SF role playing game Traveller: The New Era, and many others. Chadwick's SF novels include Come the Revolution, How Dark the World Becomes and steampunk thriller The Forever Engine, all from Baen Books.
Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera
Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Fiction / Science Fiction / Military
Kobo eBook (March 3rd, 2020): $6.99
Mass Market (February 23rd, 2021): $8.99
MP3 CD (March 16th, 2021): $39.99


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DNC Day 4 LIVE: Hillary accepts the nomination
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PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton embraced her daughter before a roaring crowd as she took the stage to accept the Democratic nomination for president, the first woman to be nominated by a major party.
From veterans to senators to clergy to Katy Perry, a wide array of speakers endorsed Clinton. Clinton's daughter introduced her as an attentive mother and grandmother.
New Jersey's delegation heard from Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Bob Menendez this morning.
TAKE OUR POLL: What was the best Wednesday moment from the DNC?
AS IT HAPPENED: Coverage of DNC day three
11:45 p.m. After a benediction, the convention was concluded.
11:23 p.m. Clinton concluded her speech, the crowd went wild to Katy Perry's "Firework," under a red, white and blue balloon drop.
11:17 p.m. "A man you can bait with a Tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons," she said.
11:10 p.m. "In Atlantic City, 60 miles from here, you will find contractors and small businesses who lost everything because Donald Trump refused to pay his bills," she said.
11:05 p.m. Clinton pledged to make college "free for the middle class and debt free for all."
"We will also liberate millions of people who already have student debt," she said.
11:02 p.m. "I believe Wall Street can never, ever be allowed to wreck Main Street again," Clinton said.
"And I believe in science. I believe climate change is real and that we can can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs."
10:57 p.m. "I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans, independents," she said. "For the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who vote for me and for those who don't. For all Americans together."
10:50 p.m. Clinton described a humble upbringing, noting her family name wasn't written on buildings.
10:47 p.m. Clinton accepted her party's nomination for president.
10:40 p.m. "Don't let anyone tell you that our country is weak, we're not," Clinton said. "Don't let anyone tell you we don't have what it takes, we do. And most of all don't believe anyone who says 'I alone can fix it.'"
10:34 p.m. Clinton thanked Bernie Sanders.
"To all of your supporters here and around the country, I want you to know: I heard you. Your cause is our cause."
10:33 p.m. "America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership and I'm better because of his friendship," she said after noting prominent speakers earlier in the week and thanking her family for their support.
10:30 p.m. Hillary Clinton embraced her daughter as she took the stage before a roaring crowd.
10 p.m. Chelsea Clinton introduced Hillary Clinton as an attentive mother and grandmother. She recalled early memories, like her mother reading her Goodnight Moon.
"I never once doubted that my parents cared about my thoughts and my ideas," she said.
"That feeling of being valued and loved, that's what my mom wants for every child," she said.
Chelsea Clinton addressed the crowd in a gentler tone than previous speakers.
"This November, I'm voting for a woman is is my role model as a mother and as an advocate," she said.
9:55 p.m. Katy Perry took the stage.
"You have as much say as any billionaire, or you can just cancel out your weird cousins vote if you like," she told the crowd before singing "Rise," then "Roar."
9:40 p.m. Senator Sherrod Brown showed off his suit made by union workers in Brooklyn, Ohio. He pointed out Trump's clothing is made in other countries.
9:30 p.m. Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg recalled the moment that he tackled a suicide bomber whose explosive vest killed four of his men.
"I remind you in their memory that your military protects you with their lives and that our president should protect us in return," he said.
9:20 p.m. "We must choose hope," said retired U.S. Marine Corps General John Allen. "Every American in uniform."
The crowd erupted in chants of "USA, USA, USA."
"My fellow Americans, I tell you with out hesitation or reservation that Hillary Clinton will be exactly the kind of commander in chief America needs," Allen said.
9:10 p.m. "Tonight we are honored to stand here as parents of Captain Humayun Khan and as patriotic American Muslims," said Khizr Khan, father of the American Muslim Army captain killed in Iraq.
"Donald Trump consistently smears the character of Muslims," Khan said.
9:05 p.m. "Donald Trump's idea to register Muslims and prevent them from entering our country is the very tyranny Jefferson abhorred," said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. His speech was brief.
8:42 p.m. Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez asked for a moment of silence in honor of all the slain officers.
"The people of Dallas know that even though our men and women in uniform are hurting, we never stop doing the job," she said.
8:36 p.m. Doug Elmets, a Republican who worked for former President Ronald Reagan, said he would vote for a Democrat for the first time this November.
"To my fellow Republicans, if you believe like I do, you believe loyalty to our country is more important than loyalty to party," said Elmets. He called the Republican Party's platform the "most alarming I've every seen" due to its anti-immigrant, anti-gay and anti-women positions.
Jennifer Lim, another Republican also urged her party members to vote for Clinton. "We're not just Democrats and Republicans, we're Americans."
8:30 p.m. "Hillary Clinton gets it. And that's why she has huge plans to create good-paying jobs in America," said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. "Imagine that. Imagine that Actual plans. I must have missed that night at the Republican convention."
8:25 p.m. "At this moment, when we need to restore the fundamental American idea that if you work hard, you can get ahead and stay there, we need a president who recognizes that an economy that doesn't work for everyone, doesn't work at all," said Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf. "We need a president who believes that our society can only succeed when economic prosperity is shared broadly. We need Hillary Clinton."
8:11 p.m. More celebrities took the stage, including actor Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, who shared stories of their time with the Clintons.
"Anybody can brag, anybody can talk, hers is the poetry of doing," said Danson.
7:52 p.m. Sen. Tim Ryan of Ohio talked about the working class and said Trump "got rich ripping people off." Ryan said if Trump really cared about "our jobs," he would have hired some of our people.
7:25 p.m. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began by acknowledging his father, Mario Cuomo, who passed away last year. He railed against Trump's campaign and said he was using "people's fears and anxiety to drive his ratings."
In a pointed attack Cuomo said the Republican plan was to "fan the flames of fear and offer a scapegoat for all our problems." "Their message comes down to this: be afraid of people who are different -- religions, colors, language. Stop immigration and the national will automatically rise."
Cuomo said Republicans were suffering from short-term memory loss because unless they were Native Americans, "they are immigrants, too."
7:15 p.m. Hillary signs are being passed around the crowd. She's expected to speak after 10 p.m.
7:04 p.m. Lorella Praeli, director of Hillary for America Latino Vote, was hit by a car when she was 2 years old and lost her leg. Her parents brought her to the U.S. for medical treatment. She was undocumented for 15 years before she became a citizen.
"It was my undocumented mother who taught what it is to be an American," said Praeli. "Our voice is our vote," she added in Spanish, urging Latinos to vote for Clinton.
6:51 p.m. The crowd erupts in cheers as Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks. "Hillary Clinton knows how to fight back against dangerous, loud mouth bullies," said Warren. She said Clinton was someone who would not quit, back down or run to Twitter when attacked.
6:43 p.m. Women in the Senate spoke vigorously of Clinton, telling stories of when they worked or met Clinton. "She has the heart to lead this country," said U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri.
6:37 p.m. U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland gets huge cheers and standing ovation. In 1987 she was 1st Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right.
"I lit one candle but I wanted more women so we could light a torch," she said. "Women: Put your lipstick on. Men: Polish those shoes. Our shoulders are square, we're ready to fight to put Hillary in the White House because we know she'll carry the torch for all of us."
6:20 p.m. Carole King performed "You've Got a Friend." Rep. James Clyburn of North Carolina then took the stage to tout Clinton's fighting spirit. "Hillary Clinton knows that we must take effective action on the issue of income inequality."
6 p.m. Sarah McBride, a transgender woman, received a loud reception as she spoke about LBGT rights.
"Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, one way to look, one way to live? Or will we be a national where everyone hast he freedom to live openly and equally, a nation that's stronger together? That's the question in this election."
4:56 p.m."The LGBT community is as diverse as the fabric of our nation," said Chad Griffin, chairman of the Human Rights Campaign. "We are Muslim, we are women, we are black, white and Latino. We are immigrants and people with disabilities.
"And when you attack one of us you are attacking all of us. That's why together we are all with her," he said.
4:45 p.m. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made a plea for getting undocumented immigrants more involved in Democratic politics. He criticized Trump's immigration policies.
"He would vanquish the dream they carry in their heart when they answer that beacon of hope and light to dreamers from all over the world," he said.
4:42 p.m. "I cannot be prouder of our kids, our candidate and our country," said U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Florida, who said his two daughters would be casting their first votes in the fall.
4:33 p.m. Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, criticized Trump for calling climate change a "hoax." The group added Trump to their "dirty dozen" list of politicians and candidates with policies or platforms that would hurt the environment.
"The question is simple: Are we going to go backwards on our success or continue going forward," Karpinski said, endorsing Clinton.
4:17 p.m. U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, officially called to order the final night of the Democratic National Convention.
4:09 p.m. In a SiriusXM radio appearance on "Joe Madison the Black Eagle," Booker responded to Trump's call for Russian hackers to search for Clinton's missing emails.
"Trying to incite a foreign power to take an illegal action against someone who is your political adversary, to me, that clearly disqualifies him to be president of the United States," Booker said. "This alone should be outrageous enough to see what this person is capable of, what would he be like if he was sitting in the most powerful position on the planet Earth? What would his reaction be to inciting violence, to inciting a conflict, to inciting illegal action from the presidency?"
2:38 p.m. Rehearsals are starting for the last night of the convention. Delegates trying to snatch a good seat are already filling the Wells Fargo Center.
2:30 p.m. Menendez and Booker spoke to the delegation for nearly an hour on the final day of the convention praising the party but painting a dire portrait of life in America under a President Trump.
"I'm not saying I want to kill Donald Trump," Menendez said. "But if you are going to ultimately go ahead and ask a foreign government to go ahead and hack into the election of the highest office in the land and the leader of the free world, well I am sure that if Hillary Clinton was suggesting that, Donald Trump would be calling it treason."
"There's been so many points in this campaign by what he utters should be the end of his campaign, but the reality is if we put somebody like that in the White House, who every single week is saying something that is either insulting, demeaning or degrading," Booker said, "if we allow that into the White House, we could have someone that's creating an international crisis with his words or a domestic crisis with his words every single week."
Menendez: Trump's hack suggestion is treason
9:43 a.m. New Jersey rolled out its top political brass Thursday. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez spoke to the delegation, with Menendez opining: "It's great to go to a convention that isn't a telenovela."
He called Republican nominee Donald Trump's plea for Russia to continue hacking Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's emails "an act of treason."
Booker, who spoke in a prime-time slot on Monday night, was introduced by state Democratic chairman John Currie as a "future president of the United States." The senator addressed the ongoing the week's controversy over the delegation's morning breakfast, sponsored by PSE&G -- who also contributes to the campaign of U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett, R-New Jersey.
Senate President Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, backed out of an appearance at the breakfast on Wednesday morning out of protest. The utility company has since stated it would pull its funding from Garrett, who has pushed for anti-gay rights legislation.
7 a.m. What would a presidential election cycle be without a Barack Obama hug?
Obama and Hillary Clinton provided a tender moment at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night when they hugged after Obama finished his speech.
Reporter Dustin Racioppi contributed to this report.
Karen Yi: 732-643-4277; kyi@gannettnj.com
Mike Davis: 732-643-4223; mdavis@gannettnj.com

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Hue is a suite of applications that provide web-based access to CDH components and a platform for building custom applications.
The following figure illustrates how Hue works. Hue Server is a "container" web application that sits in between your CDH installation and the browser. It hosts the Hue applications and communicates with various servers that interface with CDH components.
The Hue Server uses a database to manage session, authentication, and Hue application data. For example, the Job Designer application stores job designs in the database.
In a CDH cluster, the Hue Server runs on a special node. For optimal performance, this should be one of the nodes within your cluster, though it can be a remote node as long as there are no overly restrictive firewalls. For small clusters of less than 10 nodes, you can use your existing master node as the Hue Server. In a pseudo-distributed installation, the Hue Server runs on the same machine as the rest of your CDH services.
Before using the instructions on this page to install or upgrade, install the Cloudera yum, zypper/YaST or apt repository, and install or upgrade CDH 5 and make sure it is functioning correctly. For instructions, see Installing the Latest CDH 5 Release and Upgrading Unmanaged CDH Using the Command Line.
Follow the instructions in the following sections to upgrade, install, configure, and administer Hue.
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The OpenOffice.org project team has revved its popular open-source office suite all the way from v2.0.4—released in October—to v2.1, available as of Dec. 15. "OpenOffice.org 2.1 is recommended for all users, as it represents a significant improvement over all previous versions," the project team said.
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the suite is free to download, use and distribute. It contains a word processor (Writer) that is highly compatible with Microsoft Word documents and a slide presentation program (Impress) that boasts a high degree of Powerpoint interoperability, plus a mathematical function creator (Math), a vector drawing tool (Draw), a spreadsheet creator (Calc), and a database (Base) program.
The suite has gone to a new, "rolling" release cycle that promises "faster implementation and delivery of patches and features and greater satisfaction to developers and users," spokesperson Louis Suarez-Potts told DesktopLinux.com.
"Instead of waiting half a year or longer for new things, developers and users will need only wait a few months—three or so," Suarez-Potts said.


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Helen Wiggins
Helen was born in Alaska, raised in Maryland, and spent several years in the South as a graduate student at the University of Georgia and as a GIS analyst. She loves her small drafty cabin and has finally relaxed during her forays into the wilderness, now that she has realized there is not a menacing grizzly behind every tree. Her professional interests lie in interdisciplinary scientific programs, and so naturally she was thrilled to join the ARCUS team in April 2003 as a project manager. In May 2004, Helen accepted the position of Program Coordinator; she was promoted in January 2008 to ARCUS Director of Programs.
Brandi Austin
Director of Finance and HR
Brandi joined ARCUS in 2017. She grew up in Southeast Missouri where she studied biology and secondary education before moving to Fairbanks, Alaska. She has a B.S. in Human Resource Management and a MBA in Finance and Marketing. Brandi is an instructor for CPR, First Aid and AED and worked as a faculty member in areas of personal finance and critical thinking. She has two certifications in Human Resources. Brandi has been involved with non-profit organizations for over 5 years. She and her husband, Rick, have five children and seven grandchildren. Their hobbies include camping, hiking, and scuba diving.
Kristi Weiss-Ackels
Kristi was born in California and grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska, where she studied Business, Management, and Accounting. She earned her AA, AAS, and BAAS degrees in Business and Accounting at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Her background includes accounting for commercial and non-profit entities. Kristi met and married her husband, Ryan, in Fairbanks and they have one amazing daughter! Her hobbies include gardening, reading, painting, and candle making.
Brit Myers
Prior to joining ARCUS as a Project Manager in May 2015, Brit was an Arctic Research Fellow with the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies Canadian Studies Center. She holds a Master's degree in Marine & Environmental Affairs from the University of Washington and another from the University of Oregon where she studied nonprofit management, arts and administration. Brit is based in Seattle, WA. When not working with ARCUS on programs like the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH), you might find her wandering Pacific Northwest riverbanks with her dog and fly-fishing husband, snapping pictures of bees, exploring Puget Sound for nudibranchs and lumpsuckers, or enabling the inveterate Settlers of Catan addictions of her family and friends.
Lisa Sheffield Guy
Lisa joined ARCUS in 2015 as a Project Manager for SEARCH. She has been working in Alaskan marine ecosystems since 2002 and is excited to continue working on Arctic issues as part of the SEARCH team. For the past five years, she has been the Research Coordinator for NOAA's Synthesis of Arctic Research (SOAR) and Ecosystems and Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) programs. Lisa earned B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in Wildlife Science at Oregon State University where she studied seabirds as indicators of climate change on St. Lawrence Island, AK. Her professional interests include the impact of changing climate on ecosystems and communities, science communication, and marine ecology. Lisa lives in Pescadero, CA with her husband and two young sons.
Stacey Stoudt
Stacey joined the ARCUS team in October 2016 as an Administrative Assistant in Fairbanks and was promoted to Project Manager in 2018. She is originally from Iowa where she earned B.S. degrees in Geology and Earth Science from the University of Northern Iowa. She moved to Alaska in 2009 to pursue a M.S. in Oceanography at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, during which she analyzed how glacial runoff impacts water chemistry and ocean acidification in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Stacey now lives in Anchorage with her husband, Chase, and rescue dog, Togo. When not working with ARCUS she enjoys being outdoors and taking in the Alaskan scenery while hiking, biking, and camping.
Betsy Turner-Bogren
Betsy joined the ARCUS team as a project manager in May 2010. She earned a BA in geology from Carleton College and worked in minerals exploration before moving to Fairbanks with her husband in 1981 to attend grad school and continue her work in economic geology. She soon fell in love with the long ski season and they decided to put down roots. While raising their two sons she promoted public education through volunteer service and managed community and fund development for non-profit agencies. Her sons have now launched careers in engineering and atmospheric science and she is excited to return to the earth science community.
Janet Warburton
Education Project Manager
Janet Warburton joined ARCUS in October 2000. Her primary focus as Project Manager is developing and implementing education related projects that help ARCUS meet its mission. For over a decade, she has administered ARCUS' signature education program, PolarTREC - Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating. She is also currently working The Arctic in the Classroom, a program that focuses on citizen science projects in the Arctic. She is currently ARCUS' representative for University of the Arctic.
Prior to joining ARCUS, she worked and lived in the Arctic in Kotzebue, Alaska. She has worked both with the federal government and local school districts developing and revamping science education programs to be more place-based as well as focus on both natural resource management and local knowledge. She has an extensive background in developing student programs, as well as a background in marine mammal management and environmental education. Outside of ARCUS, she has served as President of Alaska Natural Resource and Outdoor Education Association, treasurer on Alaska Science Teachers Association, and is advisor for Polar Educators International as well as a mentor for the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists.
Judy Fahnestock
Judy joined ARCUS in 2008 as a Project Assistant. She worked for seven years on various ARCUS programs and events. In 2016, she started working for the PolarTREC program. She holds a M.Sc. in entomology from the University of Maryland, and natural resource degrees from the University of Massachusetts and Paul Smith's College. Her past employment includes sustainability work at the University of New Hampshire, avian research on the North slope of Alaska, horticultural work at the Smithsonian, and agricultural and horticultural integrated pest management around the northeast. Judy's interests include knitting socks, braiding rugs, cooking and traveling with her family.
Kuba Grzeda
Kuba joined ARCUS in September of 2019 as a project assistant and a year later became a project coordinator. He works across a variety of ARCUS programs, organizes virtual events, and works with the ARCUS board. Prior to joining ARCUS, Kuba worked on connecting commercial fishers and other small businesses in Southern Alaska with federal grant funding, was part of the facilitation team of the Fairbanks Air Quality Stakeholders group, and helped plan a number of conferences and other events throughout Alaska. Outside of work, he enjoys board games, trivia nights, working on his occasional podcast, and all manner of outdoor fun. He lives in Fairbanks and holds a BSc in Economics from Portland State University.
Ronnie Owens
Ronnie joined the ARCUS team in July of 2004 as a web developer. His interests in the field of computing are manifold. Though he does spend an inordinate amount of time in front of a glowing screen, there are other areas that pique his interest. Of note are a recent stint test driving prototype vehicles for Volkswaggen/Audi, as well as learning the fine art of the pastry chef from an experienced master. Ronnie goes on record as saying that, while indeed exciting, his past vocations pale in comparison to the thrill and satisfaction of learning fantastic new computer skills with which to tackle the challenges presented here at ARCUS.
Zeb Polly
Zeb joined ARCUS in October of 2000 as the systems administrator. Zeb has lived in the Fairbanks area his whole life and has been working with computers since he was 5 years old. He used to co-host a Goldie Award Winning television program called the "Matinee With Matt & Zeb", but these days he entertains himself with curing various computer ailments and expanding ARCUS' technological capability. When not working, he spends his time playing on computers and attempting to make abstract electronic music. When he grows up he would like to be a robot or possibly a cyborg, but since he already does a great imitation, we suspect he has already grown up.
Joed Polly
Video Production and Content Manager
Joed coordinates all of the video production at ARCUS, including recording conferences and meetings, editing promotional outreach videos videos for ARCUS and PolarTREC, and making them available online. Joed also maintains and updates the Internet Media Archive, the Arctic Calendar, and a lot of other media and web content. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2005, with a degree in Art, Joed has continued to live in the Boston area. In his free time he enjoys making short movies, photography, making large sculptures, hiking, camping, petting dogs, and eating tasty food. Come May or June, Joed feels like something just isn't quite right, and he has to return to Fairbanks to get in some midnight sun.
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Q: rails_3_question :as => why is my /posts/new routing to posts/show after setting up a slug I'm using Rails 3 and after setting up slugs,  I found that posts/new no longer works.
posts/:id, posts/:id/edit and all the other CRUD operations work.
However /posts/new gives me a routing error

No route matches {:action=>"show", :controller=>"posts"}

Now for some reason posts/new is routing to posts#show.  In my routes, its just
resources :posts

My theory is that since /posts/:slug now matches against things other than numbers ids,  the show verb is being routed to first.  However it doesn't make sense since posts/grr a nonexistent entry gives a different error than posts/new and posts/first comes out just fine with all its associated paths working fine as well.
Anyone know what might be going on?
I've uploaded the repo to https://github.com/cultofmetatron/cassowary/tree/photogallary
I know my code sucks,  I'm still learning the ins and outs of the system and I'd appreciate any insight into whats going on.

A: In your comment the first part seems fine: add a column to the Post column called slug and so on, and the contents of that will become some or all of the URL used to display a specific post. (I'll assume the other CRUD operations should work as normal)
To find the URL, the router has to know how to know which controller and action will handle this URL (as compared to others).  A normal resources :posts route will match all of the RESTful methods, e.g. mapping a GET request onto a path starting with the controller name, and if an id is specified (/posts/1) map to the posts#show controller method, if not, it will map to posts#index method.  If the request is a PUT, or DELETE or POST, different actions around  a standardized URL format will occur.
Two changes are needed:

*

*URL with the post slug format needs to map to the posts#show method (which is modified accordingly), and

*Any links to the show page that are generated on your site need to use the post slug instead of the id

I'll assume you're OK with URLs start with /posts (if not, you'll need to identify some other unique pattern).
The first change requires that you override the specific case of the show method using route globbing, my adding something like match 'posts/*slug before the standard resource route.  Here's a link to the guide on route globbing: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#route-globbing
The next change, modify the existing posts#show method so that it looks for slug instead of id, e.g.
def show
  @post = Post.where("slug = ?", params[:slug])
  ...
end

Finally, change the way Rails handles the URL helper posts_path.  Do this by overriding to_param in your Post model, e.g.
def to_param
  "/posts/#{slug}"
end

And then you're done.  Maybe.
After that, see how the friendly_id gem does the same thing :-) https://github.com/norman/friendly_id

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ST. LOUIS – A southern Illinois man was ordered jailed on $5 million bond Wednesday on charges he slashed and stabbed his 7-year-old niece after claiming, according to prosecutors, that she fell and pierced her neck on a stick and needed to be put "out of her misery."
Justin DeRyke, 22, faces three counts of first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege he stabbed Willow Long in the chest with a knife Sunday.
As first reported by the Effingham Daily News, Effingham County State's Attorney Bryan Kibler said DeRyke told investigators he was baby-sitting Willow and her 3-year-old brother. His sister and the children's mother, Ciara DeRyke, lived at the Watson home with them and her and Justin's parents.
Kibler, who spoke during DeRyke's court appearance Wednesday, said DeRyke claimed Willow grabbed his arm, wanting him to watch television with her, but accidentally scratched him and drew blood. The prosecutor said DeRyke told investigators he became angry and chased the girl from the home before she fell onto a brush pile, piercing her neck on a stick.
DeRyke, according to Kibler, said he "believed he had to put her out of her misery" when she began twitching. Kibler said DeRyke retrieved a knife from his bedroom, knelt beside the girl and cut her throat before stabbing her repeatedly.
Four of the hundreds of searchers who scoured farm fields, sheds and other rural structures in the area over a 30-hour span discovered Willow's body Monday night. They found it a few miles from her family's home, wrapped in several garbage bags and sealed with duct tape. DeRyke was arrested the next morning.
Watson, a village of about 730 residents, is about 100 miles northeast of St. Louis.
Kibler said an autopsy Tuesday identified the body as Willow's and revealed numerous knife wounds, including a slash across the child's throat and a stab wound that severed a vein. He said cuts on her hands perhaps suggested there had been a struggle.
Kibler's probable cause statement recited in court and obtained by The Associated Press made no mention of any autopsy findings of a possible neck wound caused by a stick.
Kibler did not immediately return phone messages to the AP on Wednesday seeking comment.
DeRyke's father, Dale DeRyke, has told media outlets since his son's arrest that Willow's death was a tragic accident and that Justin panicked and hid the girl's body.
"He's thinking, 'Oh my God, I killed her or she's died. They are going to blame me,'" Dale DeRyke, a truck driver, told St. Louis' KSDK-TV. "He's not thinking correctly ... He tries to hide her. He's scared."
Kibler said in court Wednesday that Justin DeRyke drew suspicion during questioning by Illinois State Police. The prosecutor also pointed out that DeRyke went to his restaurant job Sunday in Effingham instead of helping search for his niece.
Kibler declined to address other aspects of the case when talking to reporters later Wednesday — most notably claims by Willow's mother that she last saw her daughter alive watching television Sunday morning and that she fell asleep and woke up to discover the girl was gone.
While an estimated time of Willow's death based on the condition of her body hasn't been released, her mother's version appears to contradict DeRyke's account that the girl already was dead when the mother claimed to have seen her.
"What is a lie is not always clear," Kibler told reporters, according to the Effingham newspaper.
No plea was entered by DeRyke or on his behalf Wednesday. A judge gave him additional time to hire an attorney and scheduled his next court appearance for Sept. 19.


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Plano Singer Pri Wants to Make Music That's Honest About Love
by Danny Gallagher May 11, 2020 May 14, 2020
Pop music will always be filled to the brim with vacuous, sappy stories about some idealized version of love that can never be obtained outside of a Baz Luhrmann film.
These may make quick bucks and turn singers into stars with popular chart toppers but singer, songwriter and West Plano graduate Priyanka Jaisnghani, who goes by her musician name Pri, says they lack honesty.
"All the conventional love songs, they're usually kind of the same," she says. "Music is becoming more and more honest so I wanted to give my own perspective on what love would be and encourage others to be more open about it."
Pri released her first single on the streaming music channels. Called "Fantasy," it explores the empty promises of the typical love song. It was written by Pri, Eddie Ferguson and Shreya Kaul and produced by Ferguson, and expresses some unique ideas in a sea of sappy love ballads. The song's lyrics sport an almost punk attitude to pop's sensibilities sprinkled over a smooth, soulful sound fronted by Pri's powerful voice.
"If love was a canvas/and I was the painter/I would probably color you mine," Pri sings in the song's opening notes. "And if all of the stories are true/You may leave me/At the end of the day, I'd be fine."
"I want that fairy tale, movie-type of love but I also don't believe it's possible," she says. "'Fantasy' is focused on the hopeless romantic type but it also hints at me wanting to walk away and not believe it."
Pri's voice seems to be resonating. Just on Spotify alone, "Fantasy" has racked up more than 23,000 plays in just under three weeks, according to the music streaming app.
"It's been pretty great," Pri says. "People have been reaching out and saying they love the song, people who follow me who aren't usually communicating with me have reach out and stuff. They were telling me they would share it with their friends and they all loved it too."
Pri's musical explorations started when she was 4 years old. She says her parents started taking her to voice lessons where she first studied Indian classical singing in her hometown of Glastonberry, Connecticut.
"I always tended to grab the mic at parties and stuff," she says. "I always wanted to sing everywhere."
Her family moved to Plano when she was 9. Later she started singing in the Rice Middle School choir where she says she first decided to dedicate herself to music.
"In choir, they would have auditions for solos and stuff, so when I got them and got to perform them, I thought this was awesome," she says. "I want to keep doing this."
As she moved into high school, she continued singing and practicing with vocal coaches and finding her own musical tastes in singers like Kelly Clarkson and P!nk, "a bunch of inspirational, powerful women."
Eventually, she started getting gigs at 13 with an impressive, inaugural solo performance at the storied Gas Monkey Bar and Grill in Dallas where she sang the Peter Gabriel classic "In Your Eyes" as part of an '80s music showcase.
"The melodies and the way he singing the song, it's very passionate," Pri says. "It was pretty great. I was so nervous, I couldn't eat anything. As soon as I got off stage, I was like, 'I want to get back on stage. I got so much energy from that.'"
She followed with several performances in places all across Dallas-Fort Worth like the House of Blues and Lava Cantina and even a show at the South By Southwest Festival in Austin. She says it took her awhile to work up the courage to write and record her own songs especially when they're competing with some unconventional ideas.
"With songwriting, you have to be very honest and that took awhile for me to develop because I'm a shy and hidden person so it's hard for me to talk about myself," she says. "As I kept writing, it got easier and easier and the lyrics became what I intended to be with them."
She also wanted a rhythm and blues song to express her ideas and words because "I really like the production style that goes along with it.
"It's a mix of downtown tempo but upbeat," Pri says. "In R&B pop, the melodies have a lot of runs and a lot of vocal stuff, which I like. I was originally interested in soul music, Aretha Franklin and stuff like that but adding the pop gives it a new twist."
Pri says she's got more songs in the works that experiment with similar themes and sounds and eventually, hopes to put out her first full album.
"It'll start off with the hopeless romantic and lovey dovey and will delve into the cynical side and the pessimistic," she says. "There's obviously going to be a message of hope in there but it's more so like I want people to not get caught up in wanting that type of unimaginable love. They should be realistic about what type of love can happen to them but also not think they're not capable of love."
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"This Way Up Season 3" to be renewed or cancelled? Read to know Release date, Cast, Plot, and everything that you need to know!
By TRISHA DEY
This Way Up has crept into the hearts of many through its amazing story as well as the light-hearted comedy! Having a successful review in Rotten Tomatoes, This Way Up has enjoyed a flattering season 1 and also season 2. Viewers are already too involved in the show, and they want to know whether this comedy/drama is coming for a season 3.
Well, we won't keep you waiting. Read below to find out everything you ever wanted to know about This Way Up!
This Way Up: Release Date
Those who are hooked to the show know that season 2 aired on 9th July 2021. It comprised of 6 episodes and had a duration of 25 minutes. Chances are that season 3 will also follow that route as well. But when is it releasing? Here's what we know!
Although Hulu is yet to officially announce the exact date of release of the 3rd season, likely, owing to the huge surge of popularity of the show, as well as the positive reviews, This Way Up will arrive on the online streaming platform in the next year that is in 2022! Are you ready guys?
This Way Up: Cast
For the characters of This Way Up, we have some phenomenal actors! Playing the protagonist of the series Aine, we have the profoundly talented Aisling Bea, fully justifying her role! Aine's sister Shona is played by the talented Sharon Horgan while Aine's pupil, Etienne who learns the French language from her is played by Dorian Grover. Another major role is of Tobia Menzies aka Richard, the father of Etienne who portrays a love interest of Aine.
Other members of the cast include Aasif Mandvi playing Vish, Indira Verma aka Charlotte, and Kadiff Kirwan playing Bradley. It is confirmed that all the above cast members will also come back for the 3rd season! We can't keep calm!
This Way Up: Plot
In the upcoming 3rd season we will witness how Aine's quarantine life goes. There will also be heated moments as Sona deals with the difficult consequences after she sends a dreadful voice note.
Aine on the other hand will try to find reasons as to why she suffers from nervous breakdowns and might even have e an open confrontation and heart-to-heart talk with Etienne now that she knows that her father Richard is in love with her teacher Aine. To say the least season 3 will have a whole lot of drama, and love which we are all very excited about!
This Way Up: Storyline
This Way Up narrates the story of Aine who is an English professor often falling prey to nervous breakdowns! But all she wants is to lead a normal life like everyone else and rise above her fears and ailment!
By the closing moments of season 2, we find Vish break things off with Shona as he finds out Shona is having an affair with none other than Charlotte. Our eyes also well up seeing the emotional conversation Richard has with Etienne where he reveals his relationship with Etienne's teacher Aine.
Made during the Covid-19 pandemic the show also focuses on the lockdown where Aine has to decide whom she wants to spend her quarantine with – Richard or Bradley? Have a look at the trailer of 2nd season!
This Way Up
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6 November 2017 — A team of Indonesian and international scientists have described a new species of orangutan, Pongo tapanuliensis, in a paper published on November 2nd in the scientific journal Current Biology.
The orangutans residing in the Batang Toru Ecosystem, where the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) has worked since 2005, are distinct from the Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii), and are therefore a separate species, the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis).
Why is the Tapanuli orangutan a new species?
Genetic differences are the first reason for the differentiation of the Tapanuli orangutan species. Research indicates that there was a genetic separation from the Sumatran orangutan about 3.38 million years ago, whereas the Tapanuli orangutans split from the Bornean orangutans approximately 670 thousand years ago.
They eat plant species that have never been seen consumed by the other orangutan species, including aturmangan (Casuarinaceae) seeds, sampinur (Podocarpaceae) fruits and flowers, and agatis (Araucariaceae).
The Tapanuli orangutan will be included in the IUCN Red List with an immediate entry as 'Critically Endangered'.
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RCAF CF-18 Remembrance Day flypast, over Elgin Street. Pentax K-3II w/ Sigma 150-500mm F5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM using in lens OS. 1/1000 second f:6.3 500mm hand-held. I set my camera on burst-mode (8.3 fps) and held the trigger down as soon as the Hornets entered my vision. I was standing at Laurier in the middle of Elgin, as previous years they flew right up Elgin.


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HOUSTON Arriving back to Fire Station #10 two hours after an apartment fire, the crew jumps out wearing all pony tails. It's the first time the Houston Fire Department has had an all-female crew running a pumper truck.
"They do expect it to be a male, and they are often surprised and taken back when they somebody pulls off their helmet and they see long hair," HFD Capt. Bonnie Richter said.
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Can anybody tell me that, do this phone support flash...? I mean that can we play videos on youtube by its browser...? Please let me know.
AnonD-5160, 03 Jul 2011Dont forget to enable Data Connection on Optimus one before you setup the WiFi Hotspot...hi sekhar! thanks for your reply. actualy i already try that. unfortunately stil the same. i dont know what to do.
How to connect wifi through bsnl broadband.. Isit possible ? Say a website about Apps which has most supportable to ours ..
AnonD-11726, 03 Jul 2011For those considering this fone - yesterday manager in The Mobile Store told me that he is get... more"it seems LG is clearly lying that it has fixed the problem in the newer series. "
Did LG express this in formal announcement?
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AnonD-11726, 03 Jul 2011For those considering this fone - yesterday manager in The Mobile Store told me that he is get... more"Some people here are also falsely claiming that 2011 handsets do not have the issue."
This statement reminds me that I have read discussions in some Asian forums that there are people who are paid to write good comments on some products, but this usually happens when a product is newly introduced.
There is a term for these sort of people, I don't know what it is in English, if you know, please post it.
For those considering this fone - yesterday manager in The Mobile Store told me that he is getting heaps of customers coming in with the dust problem. Many just within a few weeks of purchase; and are so severe that you don't even need direct sunlight to see it. He bluntly told me not to buy Optimus One if I was concerned about the dust issue. Even though they have very recent stock (May 2011, S/N: 104xxxxx), he told me not to buy as even customers who bought just about 1.5 - 2 months earlier are complaining about dust.
As for here, only 4 users have reported their manufacturing dates and S/N nos. Not enough to draw any conclusion. Of the 3, r.punk is complaining about dust in his February 2011 manuf. phone. People on other forums are also complaining about dust in 2011 manufactured handsets. Its clear that it happens sooner for some than others, depending upon the operating environment. In mine, I noticed dust 1st time after 4 - 5 months, when I checked in direct sunlight.
From all the above, it seems LG is clearly lying that it has fixed the problem in the newer series. Some people here are also falsely claiming that 2011 handsets do not have the issue.
Finally, Somebody has cracked it.!!! Adobe Flash is now working on Arm6 Android Phones :) !!!!!!!!!!!! Now Our P500 tooooooo can stream flash sites !!!!!
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Anonymous, 03 Jul 2011its ur wish. spice is a cheap brand and who wants spice when we can do all with optimus one...... moreSpice could be cheap but Huawei is not. Spice mi 410 is Huawei ideos x6 rebranded as Spice mi-410 in India. spice mi-410 already has a custom ROM for Gingerbread & some people in india have have already flashed it to gingerbread. I would suggest if you can shell out some more money and get Spice mi-410 its not a bad deal at all. Moreover it has front camera for video calling which is supported by Gingerbread Rom.
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It's not too often that I leave a movie wishing it had been longer, but oh how I wanted "Train to Busan" to go on for at least another hour. Maybe two hours. This is one of the most well made, exciting, emotionally engaging zombie movies I've seen, and it's a must-see (in particular) for fans of the genre.
This South Korean zombie horror thriller is best described as a mash-up of "Snakes On A Plane," "28 Days Later," and "Snowpiercer." Most of the action takes place on a crowded bullet train, creating an ideal sense of urgency with an overly claustrophobic setting for a zombie epidemic. The train is a safe place from the terror that's consuming the rest of the country, but of course an infected person makes their way onboard: and all hell soon breaks loose. The idea of a zombie outbreak onboard a packed train is one that doesn't exactly cover much new ground, but it's a highly entertaining concept and is exceptional throughout in both storytelling and filmmaking.
The frentic story is skillfully realized through thrilling action sequences from director Sang-ho Yeon. Not only is the film exciting, but it's also visually impressive and looks and feels gorgeous — not an easy feat when things start going from bad to worse. Much worse.
What makes this movie work is that it's genuinely emotionally charged. I was fully invested in all of these characters, none of which come across as mere disposable caricatures. Every passenger we meet feels authentic and sympathetic, making every unpredictable and shocking plot twist all the more distressing. There were plenty of times where I had a physical reaction, either by audibly gasping or feeling as if I had been punched in the gut. I give an enormous amount of respect to the actors here; they are accomplished across the board and their work in this film is truly exceptional.
Seok Woo (Yoo Gong) is a divorced dad accompanying his daughter Soo-an (the phenomenal Soo-an Kim) to see her estranged mother. Rounding out the group of survivors are a teenage athlete (Woo-sik Choi) and his girlfriend (Sohee), a selfish businessman (Eui-sung Kim), alpha male Sang (Dong-seok Ma) and his pregnant wife Sung (Yu-mi Jeong). This makes for an eclectic, engaging group of strangers that are forced to band together in order to persevere in their new world reality.
There's a not-so-subtle message reminding us to be kind to each other and the film touches on mild political commentary about Korea's class system, but it never once feels preachy. It's a fast-packed, tightly crafted, bloody tale of redemption in the face of a total loss of humanity.
This is international cinema at its finest, and "Train to Busan" ranks among the very best in the zombie genre.
I thought the zombie horror-thriller had been done to death. With "Train to Busan," Korean filmmaker Sang-ho Yeon conclusively proves that there's still life in the genre.
Easily the best zombie movie since "28 Days Later", "Train to Busan" opens with hedge fund adviser and father Seok Woo (Yoo Gong) trying his best to avoid having to deal with his young daughter Soo-an (Soo-an Kim) on her birthday. Seok is a bit of an a**hole, both in business and in his personal life. It's only when Soo-an tells her father that the only thing she wants for her birthday is to go to the city of Busan to be with her mother that Seok finally relents and agrees to take her there by train.
Moments after the train pulls out of the station, the entire country quickly erupts into chaos as a mysterious disease causes a massive zombie outbreak. As the virus spreads on the train, compartment-by-compartment, Seok, Soo-an, and their fellow surviving passengers (including the amazing Dong-seok Ma) must figure out how to contain the virus on the train and, eventually, fight their way through car after car filled with zombies.
Director Yeon is especially effective at his use of space; although most (but not all) of the action is confined to the titular train, the movie continues to evolve and use that environment in new and different ways that never get repetitive. As with most well-done zombie pictures, the film's best moments are born from the relationships between the characters, which are exceptionally well-developed.
"Train to Busan" is without question one of the best genre films of the year. You should make a point of seeing it.
I've been hearing only good things about it which makes me want to see it even more.
Great review! I really want to check this one out, hopefully in early January!
If you love the zombie genre, you will love this, guaranteed. It's so good!


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(Update 1: Robert Castro, a 27, who joined the Tour last year, tied the course record with a 9-under-par 63 to take a three-shot lead late in the morning round. A native of Atlanta, Castro has only made the cut in 7-of-14 events this year, with his best finish being a tie for 16th at Phoenix. Rory McIlroy is alone in second at 6-under with five holes to play, while Keegan Bradley and Steve Stricker are tied with Casey Wittenberg at 5-under. Conditions remain almost perfect, with very little wind and rising humidity.)
What could be the most talented field of the year, with 46 of the top 50 players in the world competing, produced a little-known early leader as Scott Stallings birdied his first five holes to take a two-stroke lead at the 40th Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach. (Stallings went out in 31 but was back to even by late in the round after a triple-bogey 8 at No. 16.)
Two other unknowns, Jason Kokrak and Roberto Castro, were at 3-under in the early going with a host of players at 2-under including Masters champion Adam Scott, Stricker, McIlroy, Hunter Mahan and Jason Day.
Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker, with defending champion Matt Kuchar, were due to tee off at 1:49, 21 minutes after Phil Mickelson goes out with Justin Rose and Webb Simpson. Two players with Palm Beach connections, Honda Classic winner Michael Thompson and Old Palm resident Charl Schwartzl, are off the 10th tee at 1:39.
Conditions are perfect for low scoring, with light winds and warm temperatures. Breezes typically come up in the afternoon, so look for more low scores in the morning group. The day's last tee times are at 2:21, so the opening round won't conclude until early evening.
Glitzy pairings spice early rounds of Players Championship


India is a democratic nation wherein the government plays an active role in business affairs. Political changes exercise a significant influence on business. For example, coca-cola and IBM were forced to leave India due to very strict policy of the government during 1977-1980.
Bangalore and Hyderabad have become the most popular locations for information technology firms due to supportive political climate. Changes in the political scenario led to the entry of coca-cola, Pepsi-cola, IBM and other multinational corporations in India.
In recent years substantial modifications have taken place in various laws and regulations governing business in India. Removal of controls over foreign exchange and liberalization of foreign direct investment have led to the entry of several multinational corporations in the country.
Government is one of humanity's oldest and most important institutions. Since the early times, some kind of government has been an important source in the society. Every society needs some people to make and enforce decisions upon the society and the government refers to the process of exercising power in a group. Government generally means the public government as of a nation, state, province, country, city or village. Government affects the activity of every human in important ways. Form of government refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state or a country is organized.
Each successive government is composed of a body of individuals who control and exercises control over political decision-making. Their function is to make and enforce laws and arbitrate conflicts. In some countries and states this group is often of hereditary class and in some of democracy, where political roles remain but there is frequent turnover of the people actually filling the positions. In parliamentary system, government is used to refer as the executive branch and governing party in presidential system. The government is composed of the prime minister and cabinet and in other cases as executive, legislative, judicial, bureaucratic and sometimes devolved powers.
The government plays an important role in almost every country's economy. According to the World Bank, "a substantial share of the nation's product goes to satisfy public wants, a substantial part of the private income originates in the public budget, and public tax and transfer payments significantly influence the state of private income distribution. Moreover, the budget policy affects the level of employment and prices in the private sector." In socialist economies government interference is greater. Hence, state control of economy is found in every country of the world. However, the nature and extent of control differ widely from one country to another depending upon political philosophy, social attitudes, and stage of economic development and behavior of the private sector.
Regulatory role: the government prescribes rules and regulations concerned with the entry into business, conduct of the enterprise, disposal of surplus and relationships. Like the grant of license, restriction on the location of the industry, regulations on the working conditions of the factory, ceilings on the managerial remuneration, prohibition of certain activities, ceilings on dividends, tax on income of business enterprises, limiting the tariffs of the electric supply undertakings, regulating inter-company investments, provisions for settlement of labor management disputes and so on. In order to regulate the economy government applies both administrative and fiscal incentives and disincentives. Industrial policy is an important instrument for regulating the entry and location of private enterprise.
Promotional role: in a developing country like India, infrastructure for industrial development is inadequate. Therefore, the government has to assume direct responsibility to build-up and strengthen infrastructural facilities like power, transportation, communication, finance, training, research and so on. The promotional role of government consists of assistance by way of subsidies, allocation of scarce resources, providing land at concessional price, concessional rates for power and water supply and facility of concessional rate of interest for the development of backward regions. Fiscal, monetary and other incentives, insurance of business risks for the development of priority sectors and activities.
Entrepreneurship role: consists of government's participation in business through public ownership and management of industrial and commercial undertakings. This role of government has given rise to a strong public sector in developing countries like India. Even in developed countries which are committed to the philosophy of free private enterprise; defence production, public utilities, multi-purpose river valley projects, railways, airlines and strategic industries are often owned and controlled by the government. Objectives like balanced regional development of the country, promotion of capital intensive industries with long gestation periods to check private monopolies and exploitation of consumers, dearth of private entrepreneurship and lack of competition in certain industries have promoted the government to become an entrepreneur.
Planning role: government has the responsibility of fulfilling the aspirations of public. Scarcity of economic resources is the main problem in achieving the socio-economic objectives of growth and social justice. Therefore, the government leys down national priorities for optimum allocation of scarce resources through planning. The government of India had set up planning commission in 1950 and the basic goal of five year planning have been balanced regional development, rapid industrialization, employment generation and development of agriculture and small scale industries.
Government and business are the two most powerful institutions in society. The two together determine the public policy both domestic and foreign. In a situation of political stability business flourishes and businessmen venture to take greater risks. Changes in the nature and extent of government intervention in business matters lead to changes in the pattern of industrial growth. When public sector was in a dominant position and industrial licensing was widely applicable, scale of operations and the location of projected were decided by the government.
Between 1945 and 1979 the government increasingly interfered in the economy by creating state run industries which took the form of public companies. From 1979 onwards industries were sold off to private shareholders to create a competitive business environment. In 1991, government control of business declined under the policy of liberalization, privatization and globalization. Further, a rise in corporate tax resulted in passing over some of this tax to consumers which raised the prices of the commodities. Other taxes like the landfill tax and value added tax. A rise in interest rates, as interest rate is determined by the government, raised the cost to business of borrowing money and consumers to reduce expenditure which resulted in fall of business sales. Government spending policy also affects the business, for instance, if the government spends more on schools, this will result an increase in income of businesses that supply school with books, infrastructure and equipments. Government also provides subsidy for some business activities like not-for-profit organization. Government has introduced foreign direct investments in order to get huge investments in infrastructure, aviation, insurance technology and pharmacy from foreign companies and multinationals. Government has played a vital role in development of tourism. The current plan focuses on marketing, promotion, investment and infrastructure for expansion and promotion of tourism sector. Government has also played a vital role in the development of e-commerce.
The essential commodities act which empowers the government to declare any commodity as essential in the public interest and exercise control over it.
Laws which specify standards for the product and packaging and even prohibit the marketing of certain products.
Labor laws designed to protect and promote the interests of the working class.
As corruption runs deep within the government and there is a stark diversity of politics, still the government of India is generally stable. The economic boom is raising the standard of living and regional stability. Although, government of India is faring well at the moment but due to the numerous political divisions in the government, a country with a wide diversity and hostile neighbors might eventually bring down the economy of India. Evidences state that over two-thirds of the eastern India's population is ruled by hostile communist regimes who have threatened in the past to secede from the union, the struggle over the state of Jammu and Kashmir between India, Pakistan and China; many people in south resent and fear the Federal government which is dominated by north Indians who are ethically and culturally diverse from them. The unity of India is under questions. Corruption, war and racialism can be a major case in the collapse of Indian government.
Ideology of the ruling party refers to the political thinking of the party which is currently holding office and influences ownership, management, structure and size of the business. For example, the ideology of the government in power exercises very significant impact on tax laws, distribution mechanism, existence and development of big companies and so on. The ideology of the ruling parties decides the type of business activity a country should have; the areas to be opened for private sectors like the privatization of electricity and introduction of metro in India and now mono rails; areas reserved for public sectors like the steel authority, railways; the areas in which foreign companies or their investments are allowed like the introduction of Foreign Direct Investment in insurance, aviation and now in multi-brand retail; the areas reserved for small scale industries like the jute, handicrafts, pottery and so on.
Laws and regulations covering all aspects of business are enacted by the government. The government sets the rules of the game, ensuring the business to run smoothly and maintain competition, even if monopoly develops to regulate them by government intervention. A political system which is stable, honest, efficient, and dynamic and ensures security to the citizens is the key factor to economic development of the country. The developed countries owe their success to their rich political system which they enjoyed.
In case of lack of political stability, long term plans cannot be formulated resulting in frequent changes in economic policies and the ruling party. Relations of the government with other countries also affect the business. Cordial relations with other nations play a favorable impact on the foreign trade and cordial relations with the neighboring countries helps to reduce the defence budget. Hence, more funds can be allocated for infrastructure which will indeed help the business.
If the ruling party believes in socialism, government control and ownership of business will grow. For example, public sector dominated development strategy in India until 1990 because the Congress Party which has ruled the country for a long period adopted socialist pattern of society as its socio-economic philosophy. Changes in the political systems have led to major economic changes in the USSR and several East European countries. Major economic policies of a nation such as industrial policy, fiscal policy, monetary policy and foreign trade policy are often based on political considerations. Several political decisions have strategic implications for business and industry. For example, the political philosophy of Janta Party Government forced coca-cola and IBM to leave India in 1977. Since then the clock has turned a full circle. Now multinationals are welcome in almost all types of industries in India. Even China is wooing foreign investment and technology. The coalition government of the NDA could not speed up disinvestment of public sector undertakings due to strong opposition from its coalition partners. Even in the case of the Congress led UPA Government reforms in labour laws are stalled due to resistance from the left parties.
In a democracy, an effective opposition is as much important as a dedicated government to protect, promote and regulate business in the best interest of society. If the opposition is fair, it can make constructive criticism of existing government policies affecting business. For instance, Bhartiya Janta party took out demonstrations and activities like Bharat band for opposing rising prices for middle income people and opposing the introduction of Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail for the sake of small retailers. As a result the ruling party cannot afford to act irresponsibly with regard to the business sector in the economy.
The opposition's main role is to question the government and hold them accountable to the public. They have to ensure that the government does not take such steps which may have negative implication on the public of the country. The opposition party should act firmly on behalf of the masses and fight for their common interest and grievances. They should immediately protest against a bill before it is passed which is against the interest of a common man. They should always bear in mind that they are representatives of every common man who is fighting for justified demands and defeat all unlawful and unfair practice.
In India, now day's coalition governments of different political parties are becoming common. Sometimes parties with join hands of other political parties for coalition have different ideologies. It makes the political environment of a nation more complex for business firms. For example, one party may be in favor of globalization and liberalization while the other may be opposing them.
The Tata Nano Singur controversy is one such example, in which the farmers of West Bengal were forced by the government to evacuate their land in return of some compensation and housing land which were inadequate, for the production of Nano car. This led to the protest of farmers backed by the opposition party, as the land which was given for the production of Tata Nano was a very fertile land and fertile land cannot be given to enterprises. As a result, the plant had to be shut and Tata Motors had to shift their unit to some other land.
A bureaucracy is a group of non-elected officials of a government or organization that implements the rules, laws, ideas and functions of their institution. They take over the rule of the legislature, or a democratically- elected representative of a nation. After the bill is signed by the president to make it law, it must be implemented by the bureaucracy in the executive branch. Bureaucrats develop procedures and rules for implementing policy goals and they manage the routines of government, such as delivering mail and collecting taxes. Bureaucracy is given the responsibility to translate general guidelines into specific directives.
A bureaucratic practice of hair splitting or foot dragging, blamed by its practitioners on the system that forces them to follow prescribed procedures to the letter is known as red tape which is an excessive regulation to the formal rules that are considered redundant in decision making. It is usually applied to governments, corporations and other large organizations. Red tape generally includes filling out paperwork, obtaining licenses. Having multiple people or committees approve a decision and various low-level rules that make conducting one's affairs slower, more difficult or both.
Indian business of all sizes fears that the countries excessive bureaucracy, inflation and political instability is damaging its growth prospects. In a survey conducted for Regus, the global workspace provider estimates that almost half i.e. 47% of India's business decision-makers think that red tape is a serious threat to growth. However, the discontent over red-tapism is slightly less prevalent among larger companies, as grater resources are available with them to deal with paper work and regulation. The BJP members stated in the Rajya Sabha that the construction of residential apartments in Noida extension has not been resolved due to red tapism which is prevailing in the Central Government, preventing it to come out with a solution has rendered lakhs of workers jobless and dreams and hard earned money of lakhs of people.
LEGISLATURE: it refers to the elected representatives. It comprises of parliament at the centre and state legislature at the state level. It frames policies, enacts laws, frame budgets and so on. Business firms are supposed to follow these rules, policies and guidelines.
EXECUTIVE: the executive is a smaller group of people which is responsible for implementing laws and running the government. It executes the rules and regulations framed by legislature. It is responsible for implementing the laws. It comprises of the ministers and the government officials. In the parliamentary system, some members of executives are members of the legislature too. Executives ensure that the general public is following the rules and regulations framed by the legislature.
JUDICIARY: refers to the system of courts in the nation. It consists of the courts like the Supreme Court, high court and district courts. It also includes the government officials having judiciary powers. It settles the legal disputes and interprets the provision of law. It ensures that legislature is making laws within the framework of the constitution. It also ensures that the executive is implementing the rules laid down by the legislature, in true spirits. If judiciary finds the rule framed by legislature as arbitrary or unconstitutional, it can challenge such rule.
Political environment includes political conditions such as general stability and peace in the country and specific attitudes that elected government representatives hold towards business. The significance of political conditions in business success lies in the predictability of business activities under stable political conditions. On the other hand, there may be uncertainty of business activities due to political unrest and threats to law and order. Political stability, thus builds up confidence among business people to invest in the long term projects for the growth of the economy. Political instability can shake that confidence. Similarly, the attitudes of government officials towards business may have either positive or negative impact upon business. For instance, even after opening up of the Indian economy in 1991, foreign companies found it extremely difficult to cut through the bureaucratic red tape to get permits for doing business in India. Sometimes, it took months to process their application. As a result, these companies were discouraged from investing in India. The situation has improved over time but not to a great extent. Still India is ranked 132nd in the world in ease of doing business.
Legal environment includes various legislations passed by the government administrative orders issued by the government authorities, court judgments as well as the decisions rendered by various commissions and agencies at every level of the government- centre, state or local. It is imperative for the management of every enterprise to obey the law of the land. Therefore, an adequate knowledge of rules and regulations framed by the government is a pre-requisite for better business performance. Non-compliance of laws can land the business enterprise into legal problems. In India, a working knowledge of Companies Act, Industries Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act and The Imports and Exports Act, Factories Act, Trade Union Act, Workmen's Compensation Act, Industrial Disputes Act, Consumer Protection Act, Competition Act and host of such other legal enactments as amended from time to time by the parliament, is important for doing business.
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The Imaginary App
Eds. Paul D. Miller and Svitlana Matviyenko. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2014.
Read my Introduction to the book.
The Imaginary App is a collection of essays on mobile apps and cloud computing. Mobile apps promise to deliver (h)appiness to our devices at the touch of a finger or two. Apps offer gratifyingly immediate access to connection and entertainment. The array of apps downloadable from the app store may come from the cloud, but they attach themselves firmly to our individual movement from location to location on earth. In The Imaginary App, writers, theorists, and artists explore the cultural and technological shifts that have accompanied the emergence of the mobile app. These contributors and interviewees see apps variously as "a machine of transcendence," "a hulking wound in our nervous system," or "a promise of new possibilities." They ask whether the app is an object or a relation, and if it could be a "metamedium" that supersedes all other artistic media. They consider the control and power exercised by software architecture; the app's prosthetic ability to enhance certain human capacities, in reality or in imagination; the app economy, and the divergent possibilities it offers of making a living or making a fortune; and the app as medium and remediator of reality.
Also included (and documented in color) are selected projects by artists asked to design truly imaginary apps, "icons of the impossible." These include a female sexual arousal graph using Doppler images; "The Ultimate App," which accepts a payment and then closes, without providing information or functionality; and "iLuck," which uses GPS technology and four-leaf-clover icons to mark places where luck might be found.
Christian Ulrik Andersen, Thierry Bardini, Nandita Biswas Mellamphy, Benjamin H. Bratton, Drew S. Burk, Patricia Ticineto Clough, Robbie Cormier, Dock Currie, Dal Yong Jin, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Ryan and Hays Holladay, Atle Mikkola Kjøsen, Eric Kluitenberg, Lev Manovich, Vincent Manzerolle, Svitlana Matviyenko, Dan Mellamphy, Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Steven Millward, Anna Munster, Søren Bro Pold, Chris Richards, Scott Snibbe, Nick Srnicek, Stephen Wolfram
The Imaginary App among the recommended books at St. Mark's Bookshop in New York City, Fall 2014
From my introduction to the book: Advertising rhetoric does not exhaust itself entertaining associations between technology and happiness. "Think appy thoughts," Nokia's app store tells us. Apple's slogan "There is an app for that" sends the same message: "if you have a problem, look for an app, the ultimate solution—always, anytime, anywhere." Ironic, critical, alarmed, or excited one is by such marketing propaganda, "(h)appiness" has been delivered and installed on our mobile devices at the tips of our fingers. The goal of this book is to carve a discursive niche that accommodates a variety of multidisciplinary accounts of mobile applications, addressing expectations and skepticisms, risks and changes, fantasies and disappointments we face as users, consumers, and developers of mobile apps. By enabling encounters between artists, media analysts, and scholars with backgrounds in philosophy, media studies, information science, psychoanalysis, and sociology, this collection looks at apps through several metaphorical and metonymical descriptions in order to discuss the mechanisms and ideologies that shape our "complicated relationship" with apps by which we now connect with each other and orient within our habitat. […]
Governed by algorithms potentiality to connect without thinking, immediately and intuitively, is the very definition of "appiness" in today's technological arrangement. But what about the stubborn letter "h" that "always arrives to its destination" despite that it's bracketed from the notion? We keep hearing and seeing it—the fossil or the ghostly shadow of humanness—there, where it is not.
Mike Mosher – "The Imaginary App" (Leonardo On-line, March 2015)
Jim Boulton – "The Imaginary App" (Digital Archaeology)
"The Imaginary App' Shows How Real Apps Have Become Us" (PopMatters)
"The Imaginary App – Review" (Neural 50, Winter 2015)
Media, Events, Notices, Launches
NYC Launch: The Imaginary App by Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) & Svitlana Matviyenko (September 2014)
Book Launch and Panel / "The Imaginary App," with Paul D. Miller, Svitlana Matviyenko, Patricia Ticineto Clough, Robbie Cormier, Simon Critchley, and Lev Manovich (October, 2014) – audio, photos
The Imaginary App: a new book from Software Studies series @ The MIT Press