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IBM B2B Integrator is #4 ranked solution in top Business-to-Business Middleware tools. PeerSpot users give IBM B2B Integrator an average rating of 8 out of 10. IBM B2B Integrator is most commonly compared to SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite: IBM B2B Integrator vs SEEBURGER Business Integration Suite. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 30% of all views.
What is IBM B2B Integrator?
IBM B2B Integrator helps you securely integrate complex B2B processes with your partner communities. It provides a single, flexible B2B gateway that enables your organization to meet a wide range of B2B integration needs. The solution can improve business processes beyond enterprise boundaries and increase visibility into and across supply and demand chains.
IBM B2B Integrator was previously known as IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Gentran Integration Suite.
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"We pay an annual fee based on the number of VPUs. It's fairly reasonable. We're in the middle of analyzing other products, and they're all pretty much in the same range."
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Senior Software Solution Architect at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Great technical support with excellent integration capabilities and good scalability
"The technical support on offer through the portal is very helpful and responsive."
"They do not have a solid partner ecosystem, and they do not have a clear roadmap for down the line; they're missing that clear roadmap."
We're in the UAE. Out of the top 10 banks, there are around six or seven banks that are actually using the product as an SOA layer. As integration with that, they have a different core banking system. They have different layers. They have a B2B also and they have a partner ecosystem.
Clients are using the solution for the legacy applications, they are using it for microservices that are designed for the various different use cases. There's card management based on that, for example. Every customer has a different requirement and different use cases.
Currently, I'm working with one customer in government where they're trying to build that complete enterprise integration layer, which will have an ESB that is going to connect to that and all their internal applications. They have multiple CRM ERB finance modules.
Afterward, they are exporting the API to external companies, including government entities through the APIs we are exposing, in order to exchange the data.
There are multiple stakeholders, typically.
The IoT IBM has on offer is very good. There are event streams. These collect data from IoT devices and analyze the data in real-time. IBM has a partnership with that Kafka. They use Kafka for real-time event data collection.
They have an infra layer and a platform layer as well as a software and application layer and an integration layer. They have a big data portfolio. It's great for Kafka and that Hadoop, all the data streaming, data normalization, all those tools are on hand for data quality.
It's easy to collect, diagnose, and transform, and to do real-time analytics through that. We have a complete portfolio from IBM called IBM Cloud Pak for Integration. It's in a bunch of products.
Product-wise, the product portfolio it's a very good product. We have the data power that is the gateway security and it's a very good product.
We've found the scalability to be very good.
The technical support on offer through the portal is very helpful and responsive.
The current trend is to have data integration, hybrid cloud integration, and microservices with further API monetization. The solution needs to ensure that it has all these capabilities in order to properly satisfy a customer's needs.
The solution definitely needs that gateway security, where all messages need to be secured, from the security point of view.
They do not have a solid partner ecosystem, and they do not have a clear roadmap for down the line; they're missing that clear roadmap.
They do not have proper documentation of legal requirements so that a partner or a customer can quickly learn and get familiar with it. IBM needs to do a better job of supplying these details.
I've been using the solution for 15 years or so. It's been well over a decade. It's been a while at this point.
It's a very tested and proven solution. If you're talking about that product portfolio-wise, product-wise, it's quite reliable. We can see in the Gartner Quadrant Table that IBM is always well-positioned. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
The scalability of the product is excellent. If a company needs to build the solution out, they can do so.
There are thousands of organizations that are using the product worldwide. If I'm talking about the UAE, our market, in the UAE we have close to 72 customers who are using this product.
IBM offers PMR support. Customers can log into the IBM portal and they can create that PMR, and the IBM team, based on the complexity, can respond as appropriate. If there is a severe case, IBM can typically respond within 30 minutes to one hour. They are quite knowledgeable and very responsive.
I didn't use any other solution previously. Predominantly I was into IBM; I was working within IBM itself. When I left IBM, I joined a company that was also selling IBM software only. We have a DNSR contract. If a customer is asking for any specific region, then we can ping another vendor, however, we don't sell the other vendor's solution.
Usually, when I work with the customer, they come up from a tender RFP, where they have a complex requirement. They have a lot of legacy applications, and they have a different kind of hybrid cloud. They may be working with a Salesforce cloud and on-premises applications. It's not really straightforward. Typically, they are big enterprises with complex environments. It's rarely straightforward.
We have our own consultancy team and we have a services delivery team within the company. They typically handle the deployment, however, sometimes, if we do not have the bandwidth or our own legal resources, we rely on a partner ecosystem where we have to engage with our partners to implement the solution.
There are multiple kinds of offerings. If the customer is going to deploy on-premises, we have a perpetual license. If the customer is going to use the solution like a software as a service cloud solution, it's a monthly subscription. It's all according to the customer requirement and the customer budget.
We don't use it for ourselves. I am part of the sales team. I used to sell this product to my customers. The customers use on-premises as well as cloud deployment models.
The market has gone through a bit of a digital transformation. Customers need that integration layer that provides the capability to integrate with the various kinds of applications, and a solution should be able to integrate with the hybrid cloud. That is one of the major modern requirements.
A customer today will often have devices on-premises and often have a multi-cloud. A product should have the capability to have that integration supported by the hybrid cloud, and at the same time have the data integration layer with the capability for IoT sensors.
Whoever is trying to choose a tool needs to look for the integration to deploy to their enterprise. They have to look at all the aspects, and then they should select that tool that is going to be fit for their current requirements as well as their future needs.
Overall, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Tasso Tsonis
Senior Site Reliability Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
It's highly stable, with good redundancy, so it never goes down
"It's highly stable, and the redundancy is amazing. B2B Integrator also has a high availability option to work in a cluster environment. You rarely have issues operating it because of the HA."
"Patching or upgrading the product is a bit of a nightmare. It would be nice if they removed the installation manager port. We find it complicates upgrading and patching a great deal."
I work for a bank, and we've used IBM B2B for internal and external transfers at all levels. In the past 10 years, we've used it in every way imaginable. It transfers files from point A to point B.
B2B Integrator has made us more secure. People who used to transfer confidential data through emails can now set up file transfers within 48 hours through an automated system using this product without any security risks.
IBM B2B is user-friendly. The most valuable features are the most basic, like the logs and the security features. It can monitor and communicate issues directly to us before they become more significant problems. It's a great product.
Patching or upgrading the product is a bit of a nightmare. It would be nice if they removed the installation manager port. We find it complicates upgrading and patching a great deal. The installation manager is supposed to make things easier, but it actually makes it a lot worse.
I've been using IBM B2B since 2011.
B2B Integrator's stability is rock-solid. It never goes down. It's one of the bank's most prized uptime software products.
Scalability is a bit tricky because we're limited on file sizes. We're exploring ways to integrate into PCI DSS, a security requirement for the credit cards system. So it might be a little challenging to scale above what we have now. I'd say it's a moderate level of difficulty. We can do some things, but some aspects are more complex because of security. We plan to increase our usage to cover anything that goes in and out of the bank. Eventually, everything will pass through the product, so it's the only gateway to transfer anything in and out of the bank.
IBM support was horrible.
The previous product was an in-house solution built on a Windows NT. We needed something with more security features and maturity.
Setting up B2B Integrator was complex. Right off the bat, we set it up on a HADR. It's high availability and active on two different sites. Getting all the rules set and the firewalls open was challenging. It was complicated to get it to work in the mesh design. Total deployment time took about two years. It took that long to get everything fully working. We had a project team that included the integrators from Sterling and a group of three people from the bank. In addition to that, we had another five people handling network security, configuring the firewall, and setting up the database. So there were eight in total on our end.
We had help from a consulting firm called ComResource. I believe that's what they were called at the time. It was Sterling Commerce's consultant firm. They were really hands-on and helped deliver the product the way we needed it, with custom features.
I can't give a precise figure, but we get our money's worth.
We pay an annual fee based on the number of VPUs. It's fairly reasonable. We're in the middle of analyzing other products, and they're all pretty much in the same range. When we have problems and the support is inadequate, we pay outside consultants. We've had this issue twice, so sometimes there are additional costs when we need consultants to fix problems support can't handle, and we need help fast.
Before selecting IBM B2B Integrator, the bank looked at Axway and another IBM product called MQ Transfers. These were the three that our integrator Sterling Commerce suggested at the time. Now we're looking into BMC B2B MFT. We've got the training and the license, but we haven't started using it. One of the advantages of BMC is that upgrades take only 15 minutes. We installed it, but we found BMC lacks the maturity of the current product, so we won't be deploying it at the bank any time soon.
I would rate IBM B2B Integrator a nine out of 10. It's a great product. It's highly stable, and the redundancy is amazing. B2B Integrator also has a high availability option to work in a cluster environment. You rarely have issues operating it because of the HA. The only problem is support. When something goes wrong, you sometimes have to find the answers yourself on the internet. But overall, after working with it for 10 years, I can say it's been great to work with and learn to use
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Vlad Popa
Integration Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
It integrates with multiple platforms and works with most programming languages
"B2B Integrator is multi-platform, so it can be integrated with Windows, Unix, or whatever, and it can work with almost all programming languages. It can also transfer a lot of data in a short time. For instance, a system I recently implemented exchanges about 20 million files a day."
"The user interface is outdated. B2B Integrator was developed in the United States in the nineties, and the graphical user interface hasn't improved since. It's tough because you have to program the software in XML. Nowadays, other methods are easier to work with."
We use B2B Integrator to collect files locally and send them to external business partners, like the national banks. For example, the company regularly sends financial reports to the national central bank. In short, it's for data exchange between companies. I previously worked for an automotive company, and we used B2B Integrator to exchange data with the parts supplier.
B2B Integrator is multi-platform, so it can be integrated with Windows, Unix, or whatever, and it can work with almost all programming languages. It can also transfer a lot of data in a short time. For instance, a system I recently implemented exchanges about 20 million files a day.
The user interface is outdated. B2B Integrator was developed in the United States in the nineties, and the graphical user interface hasn't improved since. It's tough because you have to program the software in XML. Nowadays, other methods are easier to work with. Programming the system is challenging. However, it's not a shortcoming for me. I think it would help if they had more documentation, too.
I've been using B2B Integrator for about 10 years.
I would rate B2B Integrator eight out of 10 for performance but 10 out of 10 for stability.
B2B Integrator is highly scalable. I give it a 10 out of 10 for scalability.
IBM support is another one of B2B Integrator's advantages. Support is crucial for large enterprises, and this is a product primarily used in big corporations.
I have some experience with a similar product called Axway File Gateway, but not too much. Axway is easier to set up. Apart from that, I'd say that they're more or less the same program. Nonetheless, I would still go for IBM because the aftersales service of Axway needs some improvement.
The initial deployment is very complex. I would rate it 10 out of 10 for complexity. The installation itself is pretty straightforward, it's hard to configure the business flows, and it takes a lot of time.
The programming interface is old. You need to program everything in XML and XSLT, and that's an old-fashioned way to do things. It took me an entire year to fully deploy the system in a corporation of 60,000 employees. We're talking about 20,000 files a day. We have a team for deployment and maintenance, but the product doesn't require much maintenance — only regular updates. For updates and releases, the product manages itself.
B2B Integrator is expensive, but it's worth it. I rate the price 10 out of 10 for the most expensive, but it's also the best product for what it does. The only additional cost is the support contract.
I rate B2B Integrator nine out of 10. If you are implementing B2B Integrator, you should have good programmers and a solid system administration team. It's also better to outsource the system setup.
Atul Thombare
Sr. Application Developer at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Used to manage your trading partner's community and connections centrally.
There are many benefits of this product.
One unique instance was when the transaction mapping and transmissions both happened in the same application.
We were able to translate the transaction from X12 to the application and vice versa. We were also able to communicate with the internal as well as the external application, i.e., with various up-to-date protocols available in the market.
The IBM B2B Integrator tool, as the name suggests, can be used to manage your trading partner's community and connections centrally, from one single application.
With the most recent releases of this product, the installation and administration have become much more complex.
After SI v5.2.4 there are major changes happened to the product with some new features and capabilities., which in turn are good. With features like advance communication, High Availability etc. installation and management of the tool has become little complex. Introduction of installation manager was not a conventional method of B2Bi installation. Everything comes with the price. If you want your infrastructure to be up to date and available all the time, Complexity is something you have to take up with it.
I would like to see that more simplified for the users.
I have used this solution for more than 10 years now. I still think its pretty good and up to the date solutions for many but not limited to MFT, EDI etc.solutions
We have not experienced any major issues in terms of the stability. There is continuous support that we receive from IBM.
The technical support is excellent, as long as you are covered with your contract.
I was not involved in the initial setup, as it was done in 2005. However, I was part of the upgrade many times. As we are moving forward, it has started to become a complex procedure.
The pricing is a bit on the higher side for a small organization. If you have a large organization and have scope for using other IBM products, then you have a chance to negotiate with them.
We did not evaluate any other products before the choosing this one.
During the upgrade, we gave a thought to the Oracle Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution for the same purpose.
You should evaluate your business, as the statistics play an important role in deciding about this product. If you study the requirements in detail, then you will reduce the chances of failure quite a bit.
Grau Bonet
General Manager at The eniac corp
Powerful with an easy initial setup and good technical support
"The solution offers good integration capabilities."
"The reporting features could be better. right now, they are lacking a bit."
We use the product for EDI transactions. Another use for us is for managed file transfer.
Technical support is very good overall.
It's a very powerful tool.
The solution offers good integration capabilities.
The reporting features could be better. right now, they are lacking a bit.
In the future, we would like to see daily reporting capabilities and improvements in the dashboards.
We've been using the solution for a while. We've used it for sure over the last 12 months.
The solution is very stable for us. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. the performance has been reliable.
I'm not sure how many people are on the solution at our organization. Usually, it is just accessed by administrators.
We do not use technical support a lot, however, when we do need it, we find them to be helpful and responsive. We are satisfied with their level of service.
I find the initial setup to be quite straightforward and simple. It's not overly complex. A company shouldn't have any issues with the process.
We used an integrator to help us with the deployment process. They were great.
There are just standard licensing fees. It's my understanding there are no other costs beyond that.
We didn't really look into other solutions. We were familiar with its one, which is why we ultimately chose it.
We're a reseller.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten overall. In general, it's a very good solution.
UMASANKAR RAMBARKI
SAP Integrations (Cloud & On-Prem) & API Technical Solutions Consultant at B2BInfosys.com
Good data formatting and transformation functions
"The most valuable features assist with understanding data formats and transforming data."
"The tool requires you to write a lot of code in Java and XSLT, which makes development tough."
I am a consultant and B2B Integrator is one of the products that I implement for my clients.
This tool helps with understanding the products by improving communications.
The most valuable features assist with understanding data formats and transforming data.
The tool requires you to write a lot of code in Java and XSLT, which makes development tough. There are other tools such as Dell Boomi that do not need as much coding.
The initial setup can be made a little easier.
Support for microservices is somewhat lacking.
I used IBM B2B Integrator for about one year.
The stability of IBM products is better than other vendors.
I think that scalability is good. Two or three people might be required to work on a small project, whereas larger projects may need between five and ten users.
I have experience with a few similar solutions from different vendors. One of them is MuleSoft, which is leading in the support for microservices but are concentrating on API-related tasks.
The initial setup was a little bit complex.
In summary, this is a good product but I would prefer one that requires less code.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
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Mary - 96 NOT OUT!! But facing eviction by her grandchildren!
by Mary's daughters
Lawyers: Setfords Law Ltd
Mary's daughters
We are three of Mary's surviving daughters who are helping Mary fight for her right to live in her home for her remaining years.
on 13th May 2019
Latest: July 14, 2019
97 - Briefly Out But Now Back In
It's been a mammoth task to restore Mary's home and settle her back in. An Injunction has been granted to protect her, pending resolution of the Estoppel. She is still in the process of unpac…
Our amazing 96 year old Mum, Mary, a former dancer and nurse, is being evicted from her home by her own grandchildren.
Mary was a Tiller Girl in London for many years, an ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) member who, as part of a dance troupe, entertained British troops during World War 11.
We, her surviving daughters, are helping her prove her right to live out her remaining years in her current, much loved home in central London.
Our sister, Sandie, persuaded Mary to sell her home of 57 years and move to Sandie's house in London after Dad died in 2012. Mary is a Londoner and Sandie hoped that by returning to London, Mary would be able to make a new life for herself. Sadly, Sandie passed away from pancreatic cancer in July 2017 and now her children are demanding that Mary moves out. Mary is partially sighted, yet lives independently in the house in London. She has made new friends and last year started guitar lessons at the Royal National Institution for the Blind. There are not many 96 year olds who catch a tube with a guitar on their back! Mary does not want to move and feels she is not ready for a care home, nor does she want to move in with any of us as she wishes to remain independent.
Mary would like her grandchildren to allow her to stay, without going to Court. However, so far, they have not agreed to this and in fact, they instructed their Solicitor to serve Mary with a Notice to Quit. That Notice states that Mary has to leave by 8 May 2019. The grandchildren and their Solicitor have told Mary that if she does not move out by 8 May 2019, they will issue Possession Proceedings to evict her. Mary is terribly distressed by this.
Mary's Solicitor has advised her that she has a strong case for Proprietary Estoppel and her chance of success at a Court Hearing is high. This is because Sandie promised Mary that if she moved to her London house it would be her home for her lifetime and Mary acted on the strength of that promise.
So far, we, Mary's daughters, have funded all the legal bills but now that the grandchildren have served Mary with a Notice to Quit, costs will escalate as we have to apply to court for an interim injunction to protect Mary's position and stop Possession Proceedings from being issued. This is just the first step and is estimated to cost £20,000.
Investment opportunity!
Mary's wish is that someone with a keen eye for investment might buy the house as a charitable investment with her in it and let her continue living there for as long as she is able. . If you know of anyone who would be interested in buying the property in these circumstances, please get in touch. It is an excellent opportunity to invest in a central London (SW1) pied-a-terre!
We would be grateful for any contribution towards our legal costs in keeping Mary in her home. Alternatively, please pass this on to anyone who you think might be able to help and please share on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram .
Mary wants her grandchildren to get their inheritance from the sale of the house but just believes that she should be allowed to continue to live in her home and enjoy her life in London for as long as she is able to.
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Be strong lovely lady, so many people are wishing the best for you. Take care of yourself.
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Your mother is such an inspiration, and how lucky is she to have such wonderful caring daughters. I am deeply saddened by this case and I wish you all the best
It's been a mammoth task to restore Mary's home and settle her back in. An Injunction has been granted to protect her, pending resolution of the Estoppel. She is still in the process of unpacking endless boxes - no mean feat for a partially sighted lady but at least her furniture is now back in place. She grieves daily for the houseplants that she nurtured for over 20 years and which were callously destroyed during the illegal and brutal eviction. Mary is deeply hurt but having lived through the Second World War, she is determined not to let things get her down and will be taking part in the world's longest guitar lesson with The Guitar Social, in their attempt to get into the Guinness book of records.
Check out Mary talking to The Guitar Social about what playing the guitar means to her.
https://youtu.be/xxK67g2t7IQ
Once again, we thank you all for your continued support and kind comments. This is so much appreciated as we prepare for the Estoppel case.
Shocking News!
On 13th June Mary reached the grand age of 97. She had a wonderful few days away with her daughters and received a brand new guitar. When she returned home we discovered that the locks had been changed and a security system installed. The police attended and we regained entry. To our absolute horror we discovered that the whole house had been emptied of every single item; even Mary's medication and passport. The kitchen had been ripped out and dumped in the middle of the lounge. Her home was completely uninhabitable. It broke our hearts to see our mother so upset. We have been informed that this is a criminal offence and the police are investigating.
Thank you for all the good wishes we have received and we would be grateful for your continued support.
Mary - Still 96 and Not out!
We have just reached our target of £8000. We have all been overwhelmed by the support and messages that we have received. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated; to our family and friends and to the anonymous donors, whoever you may be. It is so much appreciated and we are now on the way to our stretch target of £20,000. Please continue to pledge and share our page.
The eviction date of 8th May has come and gone and Mary is still 96 and not out! The Notice to quit, however, remains in place and no information has been forthcoming from the grandchildren ath this time. We will keep you posted.
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«Grease» és una cançó escrita per Barry Gibb i interpretada per Frankie Valli (famós com a líder de Four Seasons). És la cançó principal de la pel·lícula musical de 1978 Grease, que es basava en l'obra teatral de 1971 Grease. Valli va publicar la cançó, que celebra l'estil de vida greaser, com a single el maig de 1978; va vendre més de set milions de còpies a tot el món i va aparèixer dues vegades a la banda sonora de la pel·lícula, primer com a pista d'obertura i de nou com a pista de tancament. "Grease" va ser una de les quatre cançons escrites específicament per a la pel·lícula que no havien estat a la producció escènica.

Fons
Jim Jacobs i Warren Casey havien escrit un tema diferent per a Grease per a la seva producció original de Chicago, però la cançó va ser descartada quan l'espectacle va ser programat per a Broadway. Barry Gibb va rebre l'encàrrec de compondre una nova cançó principal per a la pel·lícula de Robert Stigwood sobre el musical escènic.

Producció
La cançó es va gravar per separat i més tard de la resta de la pel·lícula. Poc després del rodatge del musical de 1978 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Gibb va convidar el seu company de repartiment Peter Frampton a tocar la guitarra a la sessió de Grease, alhora que també feia cors. Els altres músics eren alguns dels de l'àlbum d'Andy Gibb que s'estava fent al mateix temps. Va contactar amb Frankie Valli perquè proporcionés la veu, ja que el seu rang vocal era similar al de Barry Gibb, que estava sota la direcció d'Allan Carr en aquell moment, i el seu estatus com a cantant popular de l'era de la preinvasió britànica que representava Grease. Gibb tenia un respecte des de feia temps per Valli com "una de les veus distintives de la nostra generació". Valli va acceptar, tot i patir una otosclerosi severa i una pèrdua auditiva en aquell moment. Quan Valli va gravar "Grease", no tenia cap contracte de gravació, després d'haver estat contractat amb Private Stock Records, de la que havia plegat abans el 1978. Després que el senzill fos llançat al segell RSO, que també va publicar la banda sonora, Valli va aconseguir ràpidament un acord amb Warner Bros., que tenia el grup de Valli The Four Seasons sota contracte en aquell moment.

"Grease" va ser una de les quatre cançons de la pel·lícula que no havien format part del musical original, i va ser l'única que no va interpretar el repartiment. A Valli se li havia ofert el paper de Teen Angel, però va optar per cantar el tema principal, afirmant que tot i que la cançó d'aquest personatge ("Beauty School Dropout") no es va classificar com a èxit, tant Valli com Frankie Avalon es van beneficiar molt de les seves respectives aparicions a través dels drets d'autor de l'àlbum i, per tant, l'elecció va funcionar. Al director de la pel·lícula, Randal Kleiser, no li agradaven les cançons afegides perquè no s'ajustaven a l'estil de finals de la dècada de 1950/principis de la dècada de 1960 ni musicalment ni líricament, i Kleiser havia planejat una composició diferent de Charles Fox i Paul Williams (Fox havia escrit el tema de Happy Days) abans de ser descartada pels productors. L'anacronisme era especialment cert a "Grease", que utilitzava instrumentació disco i un ritme contemporani dels anys 70, però, tanmateix, es va deixar.

L'animació de la seqüència del títol inicial de la pel·lícula va ser creada per l'estudi Fine Arts Films de l'animador John David Wilson.

Recepció
"Grease" es va convertir en un senzill número u als Estats Units el 1978 i també va arribar al número quaranta a les llistes de R&B el mateix any. Més tard, el 1978, Valli va publicar un àlbum de seguiment, el títol del qual: Frankie Valli... Is the Word —fent ressò de la lletra de "grease is the word" continguda en el cor de "Grease". "Grease" va ser l'últim èxit de Valli al Top 40.

Els Bee Gees mai van gravar una versió d'estudi d'aquesta cançó; no obstant això, més tard van interpretar la cançó a la seva gira One Night Only des de 1997 fins a 1999 i van incloure una actuació amb Valli al seu àlbum en directe, One Night Only (setembre de 1998).

Personal
 Frankie Valli - veu principal
 Barry Gibb - cors de suport
 The Sweet Inspirations - cors de suport
 Peter Frampton - guitarra
 George Terry - guitarra
 Harold Cowart - baix
 Ron Ziegler - bateria
 Karl Richardson - enginyer
 Gary Brown - saxo

Gràfiques

Gràfics setmanals

Gràfics de final d'any

Versions
 Craig McLachlan va versionar la cançó el 1993 i va arribar al número 44 al Regne Unit.
 Girls Aloud va versionar la cançó el 2003 com a part de Greasemania.

Referències

Composicions musicals per a pel·lícules
Senzills del 1993

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DETROIT -- The Arizona Coyotes were unable to win a second straight game, losing 5-3 to the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday.
The Coyotes (1-11-1) allowed two goals in the first 2:37, one night after ending an 11-game losing streak with a 4-3 overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers.
"This was a huge lesson for us," Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. "We dipped our toe in the water instead of diving in. We can't afford to ease into games."
Jimmy Howard made 30 saves for the Red Wings (6-6-1), who led 4-1 in the second period and won their second straight game. Detroit ended a six-game losing streak with a 3-2 shootout win against the Florida Panthers on Saturday.
"This was a critical win," Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. "You don't want to call it a must win, but the schedule really sets up for you when you are at home and playing a team that got in late after playing last night."
Arizona pulled within 4-3 on Clayton Keller's goal with 3:17 left in the third period. Brandon Perlini waved at Keller's high shot and it hit off the shaft of Howard's stick, went over his shoulder and into the net. Perlini was originally credited with the goal, but Howard agreed with the revised call.
"I didn't think he touched it," Howard said. "To be honest, I thought it went in off the knob of my stick."
Darren Helm scored an empty-net goal with 1:22 left to make it 5-3.
Gustav Nyquist gave the Red Wings a 1-0 lead at 1:29 of the first period, intercepting Alex Goligoski's clearing attempt and beating Scott Wedgewood with a wrist shot. Nyquist's shootout goal on Saturday ended Detroit's losing streak.
"I wanted that one back," Wedgewood said. "I thought I had it lined up, even with the traffic, but it knuckled and dropped at the last second."
Luke Glendening made it 2-0 at 2:37, putting a wrist shot over Wedgewood's shoulder from the right face-off circle.
The Red Wings almost made it 3-0 at 10:10, but Wedgewood made a glove save on Glendening's point-blank wrist shot.
"Scott kept us in the game with some huge saves in the first," Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. "We weren't ready to play, but he gave us a chance."
Jason Demers got Arizona within 2-1 at 11:36 of the second period, beating Howard with a slap shot from the point.
Anthony Mantha made it 3-1 at 13:03. Larkin stole the puck from Ekman-Larsson and made a quick pass to Andreas Athanasiou, who sent it to Mantha at the edge of the crease for a tap in.
"I knew the puck was coming to me," Mantha said. "Larkin is so quick with his stick. He attacked and got it to [Athanasiou] and he got it to me. I almost missed, but a goal is a goal."
Larkin gave the Red Wings a 4-1 lead at 19:03. His pass across the front of the net deflected off the stick of Arizona defenseman Luke Schenn past Wedgewood for his second goal of the season.
"We have to stop making so many egregious errors," Tocchet said. "Every team makes mistakes, but we have too many that end up in the back of our net."
Nick Cousins' second goal made it 4-2 at 2:00 of the third period.
Mantha's goal at 13:03 of the second period.
Wedgewood's glove save against Glendening at 10:10 of the first period.
Keller's goal at 16:43 of the third period.
Keller has 11 points (six goals, five assists) in a six-game point streak. … Coyotes defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson (upper body) did not play after he was injured against Philadelphia. "That's a 25-minute defensive defenseman that we have to replace, but good teams do that," Tocchet said. … Detroit played its only home game in an eight-game stretch.


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Haydil Rivera Escobales is a beauty pageant titleholder from Puerto Rico. Haydil previously held the title of Miss Puerto Rico International 2007 in which later on she placed as finalist at the Miss International 2007 pageant where she competed as Miss Adjuntas.

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1986 births
People from Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican beauty pageant winners
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Image from Lone Shark Games.
Mike Selinker is a familiar name in puzzle circles, not only as a constructor but as the author of the long-running "Puzzlecraft" series in Games magazine and the book of the same name.
So my social-media networks lit up when his book The Maze of Games came out last year after a very successful Kickstarter campaign and more than a year of design and production. I will echo what my friends said at the time: if you like puzzles, this is a collection to pick up.
While the book is advertised as a puzzle/story combination, the story is little more than beads of text strung along a thin thread of plot; two Victorian-era siblings have been trapped in a series of puzzle-laden mazes by the skeletal-but-stylish Gatekeeper. But it's worth skimming the story, not only to enjoy the fantastic illustrations by Pete Venters of Magic: The Gathering fame, but to glean occasional hints.
Photo via Lone Shark Games.
The puzzles, on the other hand, are the heart of the book. Word and logic puzzles of many types fill the pages. In general, the puzzles get harder as you move through the book. By way of example, the first set took me an evening or two to get through; many in the third set took me an hour each, though even some of those fell quickly. Kids will probably be able to work with you, though tackling the puzzles on their own might be challenging.
But the individual puzzles don't exist in isolation. The Maze of Games is what puzzle geeks call an extravaganza, a series of puzzles that feed into one or more higher-level, or meta, puzzles. These are rare finds, though they are staples of the most popular puzzle hunts (the book was inspired by a live-action event Selinker runs at Gen Con). In this case, each individual answer gives you information you'll need to exit the particular maze you're meandering through. And a quick lookahead suggests a meta-meta: one more layer that brings in all the others. This adds tremendous depth and complexity, and a satisfying, engaging puzzle experience.
Selinker envisions solvers attacking his puzzles in the same order as the brother and sister in the book. But "I got stuck on one early puzzle" wouldn't be an in-depth review, so I worked around problem spots, imposing a "finish one maze at a time" constraint on myself. The metapuzzle framework gives you the ability to find shortcuts to individual puzzles, backsolve them as needed, and sometimes bypass them altogether, which goes against the spirit of the book but relieves potential frustration. So if you care more about the puzzles than the minimal plot, you can enjoy the challenge of getting the information you need in a different way than Selinker intended. You can always swing back through and pick up the puzzles you skipped.
The book blew through its Kickstarter, and thus includes an appendix of puzzles made by some of the country's top puzzle designers. You can also buy an audiobook version narrated by Wil Wheaton, a soundtrack, and even "an old-library" perfume, a strangely tempting idea given how much I like the smell of used-book bookstores. And if the book feels a little pricey or cumbersome to carry around, an ebook version (which doesn't include the appendix) is available through Puzzazz. That's actually how I solved it, though I have the physical book as well. For the word puzzles, the ebook is often an easier solving experience; for the logic puzzles and mazes, the book often is.


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Пайн-Ривер (город, Миннесота) — город в округе Касс, штат Миннесота, США.
 Пайн-Ривер (тауншип, Миннесота) — тауншип в округе Касс, Миннесота, США.


Those are so cute! Great project for non-knitters, such as myself.
WOW! You've never guess those started as socks! I really appreciate when you share the different methods and why you chose one over the others.


Picturesque and ancient, Kaniv was once one of Kyivan Rus' largest cities. At that time, it was an outpost used for diplomatic meetings between Old Russian tsars and ambassadors of militant tribes. Later, in the 18th century, it became a popular destination for elderly Cossacks, who wanted to live out their days on the banks of the great Dnieper River, and on the Chernecha Mountain, where, according to legend, a monastery stood in the past.
The mountain remains one of Kaniv's most important places, attracting thousands of tourists to the city. But today, it is most famous for the fact that in 1861, it housed the great ambassador of Ukrainian culture – celebrated poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. He was so moved by the nature's beauty that he wanted to be buried there. After his death, the mountain was renamed Tarasova Mountain, and became a national cultural landmark.
The biggest monument to Taras Shevchenko stands above his tomb. A few steps away, you can visit a museum dedicated his life and work; behind it is a picturesque park. From Tarasova Mountain you can admire fantastic views of the Dnieper River – the same scenes that a century and a half ago inspired the poet.
But Tarasova Mountain is not the only place of interest in Kaniv. The Assumption Cathedral, built in Kyivan Rus times is also worth seeing.
Kaniv is 160 kilometers (100 miles) away from Kyiv, and it is best to dedicate a day or even a full weekend to this charming town!
Getting there. Take a bus from the station "Vydubichci" in Kyiv (10 Naberezhna-Pecherska Road; the nearest metro station "Vydubichci"); busses run every 40-50 minutes (45 UAH, 2 hours).


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Washington, D.C., May-June 2018. Directed by: Mark Wing Davey. Set Design: Luciana Stecconi. Costume design: Ivania Stack. Lighting Design: Reza Behjat. Sound design: David Lamont Wilson. Projections design: Paul Deziel. Cast: Hadi Tabbal, Dina Soltan, Nora Achrati, Michael Kramer, Schpend Xani, and Elan Zafir.
THE VAGRANT TRILOGY received a finishing commission from the Public Theater in 2017.
The second play in the the trilogy, THE VAGRANT, was originally commissioned and developed by The Public Theater as part of the Gail Merrifield Papp Fellowship.


Much of the language we use to describe social exclusion is based on spatial metaphors. Talking about the margins evokes an image of a circle or a series of concentric circles. Alternatively, referring to the mainstream and the margins may evoke an image of a broad waterway running through a channel with shallow, boggy areas along its edges. Both popular and academic discourses on marginalization are filled with words that suggest physical boundaries that separate insiders from outsiders. My own descriptions of the two areas in which I worked—the university and the community— evoke images of two discrete entities separated by a distance that must be traversed. On one level, these metaphors are useful aids to navigation in life. For example, it can be helpful to have a mental spatial map of social or interpersonal worlds in which you can locate yourself in relation to others.
But when it comes to considering what social marginalization is, how it happens, whether it needs to happen, and what we might want to do about it, our spatial mental models may be blinding us to important possibilities. When we position ourselves and particular others too firmly in one social location or another, we limit our ability to move. And this, too often, limits our ability to see our environment from different perspectives.
In the original Learning Exchange space, there were two groups of people. They worked side-by-side but they were separate. The paid professional staff worked in their offices, developing and implementing Learning Exchange programs. On the other side of the glass partitions, people who patronized the drop-in worked on their own projects.
With the emergence of the ESL program, the boundaries between paid staff and patrons started to soften. As patrons took responsibility for facilitating conversations among people who wanted to improve their English, a new category of social position emerged: the English as a Second Language (ESL) facilitator. The boundary around the Learning Exchange staff team expanded to incorporate facilitators, who began engaging in some of the same kinds of behaviours as paid staff with some of the same expectations around accountability for performance and commitment to Learning Exchange goals. The criterion for inclusion in the circle of the staff team was conformity to organizational norms and expectations.
The eligibility criteria for inclusion in the Learning Exchange staff team—the mainstream in this social microcosm—related to one's capacity for competent performance of certain kinds of tasks. The eligibility criteria for inclusion in the patron group—the margin— seemed to be related to one's vulnerability, one's imperfection. This is perhaps not surprising given that both groups believe the stereotypes about themselves and others. And it is important to acknowledge that stereotypes often have a basis in reality; this is what makes them so believable. But stereotypes become destructive when they reinforce rigid boundaries separating "us" from "them." It is neither realistic nor helpful to assume that marginalized people are not capable and mainstream people are not vulnerable. These perceptions limit both groups.
I have had some of the kinds of experiences that happen to marginalized people. But my experiences were not as extreme or as long-term as the experiences of many people in the Downtown Eastside. My past experiences give me a window into what it might be like to live in places like the Downtown Eastside. But when I try to really imagine what it would be like to feel what Jonathan described–to feel condemned–to feel that my future is "already destroyed," my mind shrinks from pursuing the fantasy. It is too painful.
My reaction offers some insight into the important question of why we create boundaries between ourselves and others. The academic literatures from anthropology, sociology, and psychology also offer many ways of looking at this question. For example, these literatures discuss the dynamics of cultural cohesion, social stratification, identity formation, and belonging. These are valuable discussions.
But based on my own struggles to make sense of what I saw in the Downtown Eastside and the many conversations my staff and I had with UBC students who were distressed about what they were seeing in their volunteer work, I think it is important to go beyond the realm of theory and confront our own experience directly. As valuable as it is for organizations like the Learning Exchange to try to create infrastructures that establish new spaces between the centre and the margins, such efforts will not substantially change the larger social reality unless individual people learn to create new spaces between the centre and the margins of their own hearts and minds.
The stories and perspectives offered on this website unsettle some of the prevailing assumptions and beliefs about marginalized people. For example, people who work to address social marginalization should not assume that every marginalized person aspires to be part of the mainstream and therefore the solution is to have everyone fit into the dominant culture. Some marginalized people actively resist mainstream cultural norms and values. It is important for non-marginalized people to make the effort to understand what the world looks like from the point of view of individuals whose life experience is different from theirs.
Making the effort to view your own position from the outside and other positions from the inside can stimulate new insights and ideas. For example, an exposure to the experiences of people in the Downtown Eastside can lead to a questioning of the way the mainstream world of work is structured. Sometimes the argument is made that poor people do not deserve respect because they are not contributing members of society; they are a drain on society's resources. But when you suspend some of the taken-for-granted parameters, things look different.
Mainstream structures for paid work might make it easier in the short run for organizations to function effectively (when effectiveness is measured in certain ways), because the range of behaviours that need to be managed is narrow. But what is happening in the Downtown Eastside suggests that the long term societal impact of this strategy is problematic. Individual organizations may have balance sheets that demonstrate their efficiency and productivity, but the larger social system bears the cost of that efficiency.
This examination should include the recognition that a more accurate label might be "resilient populations." Looking at the world of marginalized people from their own standpoint, what is striking is not that marginalized people are vulnerable, but that they have survived against enormous odds. What might it look like to have a social support system that focuses on the diverse talents, skills and needs that everyone brings to the situation while avoiding rigid hierarchical boundaries? Can a system be designed that not only avoids dehumanizing clients but is more nourishing for professionals as well?
Reflecting on the question of why and how we create boundaries between ourselves and others can be challenging. It can lead us into territory that is uncomfortable. My own experience of feeling a friendly connection with a patron at the storefront, then going home to a hot meal and a safe bed knowing the other person is standing in line in the rain to get a meagre meal at a church mission and he will spend the night curled up on a sidewalk made it impossible for me to avoid this inner territory. Based on my own inner exploration, I can say that the primary reason why I create boundaries is to protect myself, to insulate myself from my fear—of the unknown, of change, of losing control, of my own vulnerability.
One way that I try to counterbalance this fear is to call on the value of reverence, one of the five values the Learning Exchange team saw as foundational to our work. Reverence was the guiding value that caused staff and students the most consternation when we used it as a topic for reflection. For most people the word either had religious overtones that made them uncomfortable or it was a concept that was so unfamiliar as to be meaningless.
For me, reverence is what I feel sometimes when I walk in the coastal rainforest near where I live. The deep silence overlaid with bird song, the lush green ferns and delicate wild berry bushes, the ways that sunlight angles through tree branches all evoke a sense of awe. I am aware of the mystery of life, the interconnections between living beings that are usually invisible. Huge cedar trees in particular sometimes stop me in my tracks, calling me to contemplate the history they have witnessed, the storms they have survived.
One way I tried to be responsible in the enactment of my role as Director of the Learning Exchange was to try to invoke the kind of reverence I feel for old cedar trees when I encountered people in the Downtown Eastside. Can I see beneath the surface to the core of this being who has survived more storms than I can imagine? Can I open myself enough to meet this person on the shared ground of our human vulnerability, without needing to protect myself? Can I glimpse the invisible threads that connect us?
Occasionally I have succeeded in this effort. When I have, the tension that is associated with the existence of a boundary disappears. There is just "us" and we can all relax. The energy that had been put into maintaining the boundary can be used to serve different purposes. The power differential becomes a power potential. This might sound naive and simplistic. But after working more than ten years at the Learning Exchange, with a known track record of success and a less well-known trail of things that did not go so well behind me, I am still convinced that this strategy for change holds enormous promise.
The trick is to focus on what we have in common with others rather than on how we are different. We need to deepen the ordinary respect we feel for others so that it becomes reverence, an awareness of the mystery of life. But doing this is challenging. It is exactly the realization we tend to avoid—we are not that different from people who are homeless, sick, destitute, and in despair. Those of us with power and status need to be willing to move out of the safety of our positions. We have to be willing to be confused, embarrassed, hurt—all the uncomfortable emotions we ordinarily keep at bay. Doing so requires us to scrutinize our motivations and our agenda. It requires us to be in direct, undefended contact with people who we might really prefer to put on the other side of some kind of boundary.


If you are like me, at some stage you learned about the Waterfall methodology. Often the source of the waterfall methodology is attributed to Winston Royce and his paper: "Managing the Development of Large Software Systems". Recently I have heard many people speak about this paper and imply that it has been misunderstood by the general audience. Rather than prescribing Waterfall it was actually recommending an iterative (or shall we call it Agile?) approach. I just had to read it myself to see what is behind these speculations.
not pay for those activities and most developers would prefer not to do them.
Problems with Waterfall Delivery – He then goes on to describe how the Waterfall model is fundamentally flawed and how in reality the stage containment is never successful. This pictures and the caption is what most Agile folks use as evidence: "Unfortunately, for the process illustrated, the design iterations are never confined to the successive steps." So I think he again identifies the problem correctly based on his experience with delivery at NASA.
Importance of Documentation – Now he starts to describe his solution to the waterfall problem in five steps. I will spare you the details, but one important point he raises is documentation. To quote his paper "How much documentation? My own view is quite a lot, certainly more than most programmers, analysts or program designers are willing to do…" He basically uses documentation to drive the software delivery process and has some elaborate ideas on how to use documentation correctly. A lot of which makes complete sense in a waterfall delivery method.
Overall solution – At the end of the paper he provides his updated model and I have to say it looks quite complicated. To be honest many of the other delivery frameworks like DAD or SAFe look similarly complicated and we should not discount it just for that reason. I did not try to fully understand the model, but it is basically a waterfall delivery with a few Agile ideas sprinkled in: Early customer involvement, having two iterations of the software to get it right and a focus on good testing.
approach is still closer to the Waterfall methodology we all know but he is going in the right direction of iterations and customer involvement. As such, I think his paper is neither the starting point of the Waterfall model nor the starting point of an Agile methodology. I think a software archaeologist would see this as an inbetween model that came before its time.
This entry was posted in Agile and tagged agile, Agile methodology, winston royce on February 18, 2015 by Mirco Hering.


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BioBase EcoSound Composition (Hardness) Algorithm: More details!
The centralized nature of BioBase (biobasemaps.com) cloud technologies coupled with sophisticated, yet low-cost consumer electronics like Lowrance or Simrad depth sounders/chartplotters have created fertile grounds for developing, testing, and verifying algorithms for typing aquatic environments. The more users upload from a greater range of systems, the more refined algorithms can become addressing a wider range of conditions and use cases!
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Author biobasemapsPosted on April 11, 2019 November 30, 2022 Categories BioBase, Bottom, composition, hardness, Ian Winfield, Joey van Rijn, Lowrance, mapping, Mark Hoyer, Nancy Rybicki, Reed Green, sediment, Simrad2 Comments on BioBase EcoSound Composition (Hardness) Algorithm: More details!
BioBase Paper Published: Estimation of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) spawning habitat availability with consumer-grade sonar.
We're excited to see another publication demonstrating another novel use of BioBase EcoSound technology for Fisheries Science. For a complete list of pubs see here. Contact us to get a copy of any of these publications
Estimation of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) spawning habitat availability with consumer-grade sonar
Jason D. Schooley
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Ben C. Neely
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism
Journal of Applied Icthyology 2017
The paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) is a springtime migrant that requires discrete abiotic conditions such as water temperature, discharge, and substrate composition for successful spawning and recruitment. Although population declines have prevailed throughout much of the species range, Oklahoma paddlefish are abundant and support popular recreational snag fisheries – most notably in Grand Lake. This stock utilizes the Grand Lake's two primary headwaters, the Neosho and Spring rivers, with only episodic recruitment success. However, relationships between suitable spawning habitat and water level have not been evaluated in this system. Using consumer-grade sonar equipment, this study identified and quantified hard river substrates (such as cobble and bedrock) and investigated proportional habitat availability at a variety of simulated river conditions. Sonar data were used to construct 49-m2 grids of depth and bottom hardness (H) ranging from 0.0 (soft) -0.5 (hard). Ground-truthing samples of bottom composition were collected with a grab sampler and by visual identification. Substrate types were pooled into two categories: soft substrates (H < 0.386) and spawning substrates (H ≥ 0.386) allowing for estimation of available spawning habitat in each river. Spawning habitat comprised 69% of total available habitat for the Neosho River (6.5 ha/km) and 58% for the Spring River (7.9 ha/km). Estimated spawning habitat was simulated over a range of river stages and predictive models were developed to estimate proportional spawning habitat availability (PHA). Although the Spring River contains more concentrated spawning habitat in closer proximity to Grand Lake, the Neosho River contains a greater quantity over nearly twice the distance to the first migration barrier, has a larger watershed, and demonstrates greater PHA at lower river stages. Model results were validated in context of known high and low recruitment years, where a greater frequency and duration of days with ≥90% PHA were observed in good recruitment years, particularly in the Neosho River. In total, results suggest the Neosho River has greater value for paddlefish reproduction than the Spring River. Research-informed harvest management will remain critical to the conservation of wild-recruiting stocks for continued recreational use in Oklahoma.
Average Neosho and Spring river substrate hardness index (H) for substrate classification groups across pooled methods (grab samples and visual samples). Cobble/Rock includes fine, medium, and coarse cobble pooled with bedrock. Substrates represented by H ≥ 0.386 were regarded as paddlefish spawning habitat. Sample size is noted at the base of each column and error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals
Schooley JD, Neely BC. Estimation of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) spawning habitat availability with consumer-grade sonar. J Appl Ichthyol. 2017;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13565
Author biobasemapsPosted on December 4, 2017 August 16, 2018 Categories composition, consumer-sonar, hardness, Paddlefish, river mapping, sonarTags BioBase, EcoSoundLeave a comment on BioBase Paper Published: Estimation of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula Walbaum, 1792) spawning habitat availability with consumer-grade sonar.
Interpreting bottom hardness in shallow lakes and ponds: digging deeper into the data
BioBase's EcoSound bottom composition (hardness) algorithm has become quite popular for researchers and lake/pond managers to determine where sedimentation from the watershed may be occurring. However, interpreting sonar returns in shallow environments (e.g., less than 7 ft or 2 m) with off-the-shelf sonar is challenging, especially if aquatic vegetation is present. Each situation is different and the objective of this blog is to inform you of how to interpret your EcoSound map in situations when you encounter counter intuitive bottom hardness results.
Here are some high level points to remember.
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Author biobasemapsPosted on May 1, 2017 October 24, 2022 Categories BioBase, composition, EcoSound, grid, hardness, kriging, lake mapping, Lowrance, point, pond mapping1 Comment on Interpreting bottom hardness in shallow lakes and ponds: digging deeper into the data
Guest Blog: BioBase and Arctic charr habitat in Windermere, U.K.
By Dr. Ian J. Winfield and Joey van Rijn
The Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) is well appreciated as an important fisheries species in many northern areas of the world. In addition, it is equally important to evolutionary biologists because of this species' frequent development of 'morphs' or 'types' and their bearing on our understanding of mechanisms of speciation (Figure 1). In the U.K., this fascinating fish is also recognised as having great nature conservation value.
Figure 1. A female (top) and male (bottom) Arctic charr from Windermere, U.K. Photo courtesy of the Center for Ecology and Hydrology)
Windermere is England's largest lake and has been at the forefront of several areas of Arctic charr research for many decades, with the notable exception of studies of their spawning grounds (Figure 2). Despite their long appreciated significance for the coexistence of autumn- and spring-spawning Arctic charr types, local spawning grounds have not been studied in any detail since their original brief description in the 1960s. At that time, laborious and spatially-limited direct observations by divers showed that spawning requires the availability of gravel or other hard bottom habitat. New information on these critical areas is needed by ecologists and evolutionary biologists and, more urgently, by fisheries and conservation organisations responsible for the management of Windermere.
Figure 2. Breathtaking view of Windermere's north basin; home to several spawning populations of Arctic charr. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ian Winfield.
We are currently using the newly developed bottom hardness capability of ciBioBase to survey and characterise the spawning grounds of Arctic charr in Windermere. Limited underwater video is being used for ground-truthing, but the combination of a Lowrance™ HDS-5 sounder with ciBioBase is allowing us to investigate the known spawning grounds with unprecedented speed (Figure 3). For the first time, we have been able to document in detail the bathymetry and bottom features of a long-monitored (for spawning fish) spawning ground just north of the island of North Thompson Holme in the lake's north basin. ciBioBase is also enabling us to examine other known spawning grounds in Windermere and to expand our coverage to other potential areas previously unstudied.
Figure 3. An example ciBioBase output of bottom composition on and around the Arctic charr spawning ground of North Thompson Holme in the north basin of Windermere
The rapidity of the field component of hydroacoustic surveys is well known. ciBioBase now offers us a similarly fast method of hydroacoustic data analysis for key environmental characteristics in relation to the spawning of Arctic charr. This new approach helps us to dramatically increase our return on investment and also allows us to review results within hours of coming off the water, leading in some cases to us adapting our field plans on the basis of initial results.
Dr. Ian J Winfield is a Freshwater Ecologist at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Lancaster, U.K. He has over 30 years of research experience in fish and fisheries ecology, hydroacoustics, and lake ecosystem assessment and management. Dr. Winfield sits on several regional, national and international advisory boards and is the current President of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI).
Joey van Rijn is an undergraduate student currently following a BSc. degree course in Applied Biology at the University of Applied sciences, HAS Den Bosch, in the Netherlands. He is experienced in ecological and particularly phenological research including work on temperature-induced differences between urban and rural areas in the timing of blossoming and leaf unfolding in shrubs. He has also been involved with the development of fish ways for standing waters in the Netherlands. Joey is currently undertaking a research internship at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Lancaster, U.K., where his research mainly focuses on using hydroacoustics to investigate Arctic charr spawning grounds in Windermere.
Author biobasemapsPosted on April 8, 2013 February 3, 2020 Categories acoustics, Arctic charr, automated mapping, BioBase, commercial sonar, composition, fisheries, guest blog, hardness, Ian Winfield, spawning, United Kingdom, WindermereTags BioBase1 Comment on Guest Blog: BioBase and Arctic charr habitat in Windermere, U.K.
Lake Bottom Depth Precision and Accuracy
In an addendum to an earlier post, we continue to evaluate the accuracy and precision of BioBase depth outputs. Lowrance has been in the depth sounding business since 1957. They have tight factory calibration standards whereby depth should never be more than 2% different than the actual depth. Of course then we expect depths to be spot on on hard bottom surfaces where truth can be easily measured. But what about in mucky bottoms which are common place in many lakes, ponds, backwaters throughout the US and abroad? With this in mind, in late May of 2012, we traveled to Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near LaCrosse WI to do some testing in a mucky, moderately dense vegetated backwater (Figure 1). At some point we have to step back and ask, "what is the bottom of a body of water?"
Figure 1. Vegetation cover and biovolume (% of water column occupied with vegetation) in Pool 8 of the Mississippi R. in LaCrosse WI on 5/29/2012. Average biovolume was 30% during the survey.
The most difficult aspect of this testing was to get an objective estimate of the true depth. In other words, where exactly did the plants end and bottom start? Typically, investigators use a survey rod like that seen in Figure 2 to estimate actual bottom based on where they feel resistance on the survey rod. Piece of cake over sand. Not so easy over flocculant silt and muck or vegetative areas.
Figure 2. Measuring bottom with a survey rod in a mucky Minnesota Lake. Typically, the survey rod will sink several inches into the bottom before the surveyor feels resistance and judges the depth to the bottom
Many experienced surveyors will tell you that the rod will sink into the muck some distance before you feel resistance. There is a positive correlation in the distance it sinks and how mucky the bottom is. So, we went into this investigation expecting deeper rod depths measured than ciBioBase outputs.
Accurate and precise results in mucky, vegetated bottoms
After 30 points measured with the survey rod, we compared the results with the ciBioBase depths measured in the same location. We were pleased to see very high precision with a Coefficient of Determination (R^2) of 0.94 and a systematic difference in depth of only 4.9″ (Figure 3). The depth of 4.9″ was quite possibly the average depth where we first felt resistance of the survey rod. The upshot here is that ciBioBase depth outputs are highly precise, consistent and accurate even in mucky vegetated bottoms.
Figure 3. Accuracy and precision of ciBioBase depths measured against depths collected with a survey rod in the mucky, vegetated backwaters of Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near LaCrosse, WI.
Author biobasemapsPosted on November 19, 2012 March 27, 2018 Categories Accuracy, composition, Lowrance HDS, muck, Precision, soft bottom, verificationTags bathymetry, BioBaseLeave a comment on Lake Bottom Depth Precision and Accuracy
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The Central West End (CWE) is a term used to describe a specific portion of St. Louis, Missouri, stretching from Midtown's western edge to Union Boulevard, bordering on Forest Park with its extensive selection of free cultural institutions today. The CWE is home to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the New Cathedral, on Lindell Boulevard at Newstead Avenue, which is proudly home of the largest collection of mosaics in the world.
Three aldermen represent the CWE as it sits in the 17th, 18th, and 28th Wards of the city (St. Louis, MO).
Within the CWE, people will find a robust commercial district that exists mainly along Euclid Avenue, stretching from Forest Park Parkway on the south to Delmar Boulevard on the north. Within this section, restaurants are clustered in the Euclid/McPherson area, the Euclid/Laclede area, and Maryland Plaza. While strolling the section, tourists will find elaborate turn-of-the-century lampposts and cobblestone streets that add to the atmosphere of the neighborhood.
There are some residential areas, however, in the CWE that are included in the National Register of Historic Places. One example includes Fullerton's Westminster Place, home to large, lavishly decorated homes that were built between 1890 and 1910. They have been named as some of the finest 20th century streetscapes in the United States today.
The CWE was first established in 1904 when the World's Fair set up shop in adjacent Forest Park. Following the fair, more people began to settle into the area and found local businesses, restaurants, and entertainment venues that created a draw for individuals nearby. Coupling it with the old-school cobblestone streets and architecture, it became the city's nicest area to enjoy some shopping, food, and historical appreciation all in one.
The CWE was named by the American Planning Association as one of America's Top 10 Neighborhoods, featuring a mix of St. Louis' best dining, entertainment, shopping, and nightlife.
A full directory of activities, events, and businesses located in the CWE can be found here.
CWE has been the birthplace of some American greats we know and cherish today. Playwright Tennessee Williams grew up in the CWE, as well as T.S. Eliot, renowned poet. Beat writer William S. Burrough spent his childhood hood right on Pershing Avenue. Lastly, George Julian Zolnay, the Hungarian and American sculptor known as the "Sculptor of the Confederacy" lived in the CWE during the early 1900s.


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Q: How to display empty chart instead of "no data available" in ssrs 2008 I inserted a pie chart in my SSRS 2008 report. When there is no data coming from sql, it basically shows "no data available", but what I would like it to display is an empty chart instead. I could not find a way to provide this. Any help would be appreciated

A: This is how I solved the problem for myself, though I was not using a pie chart. For my dataset query, I'd add a column called ShowRow. For any valid data, the ShowRow value would be 1. I would union that data with a row that matched the original data and if we had valid data, then showRow would be zero, else 1.
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END as ShowRow

Then in the dataset properties, I added a filter to only show rows where ShowRow = 1. This nicely showed my legend values and chart frame without showing any data.

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Author Lorraine Helena Promotes Her Crime Mystery - Office Monsters
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