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Cartographers Heroes, preview: it's time to fight!
di Andrea Vitagliano lunedì 19 Ottobre 2020 16:04
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It's time to get back on the road, because Queen Gimnax wants to expand her reign in the Western Lands. In Cartographers Heroes, sequel of the acclaimed Cartographers: a Roll Player adventure, a draw&write game (variant of the roll&write mechanics) from the same publisher Thunderworks Games, from 1 to 100 players will have to fill their maps mapping explored lands to satisfy the Queen's Edicts and gain Reputation points to win the games.
Cartographers Heroes, currently on Kickstarter for just a few days more, is a game that can be played as a standalone game or can be combined with the original game, Cartographers. Using many of the same rules as the the prior game, Cartographers Heroes introduces the titular Heroes, new Monsters, new Edicts, new Skills in a mini expansion and 3 brand new maps, each introducing new rules.
The new Western Lands
Things are different in the Western Lands than in the Norhtern ones (setting of the first Cartographers). The base rules are the same: at every turn, a new Exploration card shows the players what terrain and in which shape they can draw on their map; every player can rotate or mirror the chosen shape before drawing it anywhere on their map.; when the total Time resulting from the explored cards is equal to or greater than the Season allowed time, the Season is over and points are scored following the Season-specific Edicts, before moving to the next Season – unless it's Winter, which is the last Season in a game. Even the Ruins are still on the map, even though they are not used in this game, and are there to ensure compatibility with the previous game,
Hic sunt leones – again
Like in the North, Western Lands are still unexplored and dangerous. Every Season, players can be Ambushed by monsters roaming the lands. When an Ambush card is drawn, every player must draw a Monster-type shape on the map of one of the other players. This is surely one of the most interesting elements: the ability to interact with other players, ruining their plans and, at the same time, having to adapt one's own to face the Monsters.
Unlike in the previous games, Monsters have unique behaviors in Cartographers Heroes: the Monster shapes drawn are marked with the initial of the depicted monster, and each type introduces new rules. From Zombies that expand at every Season change into every empty spaces adjacent, to Trolls that destroy one space after every Season ends. Sure, there's a little more bookkeeping at the end of a Season, but there's also much more fun.
We need a hero…
The titular mechanic introduced by this game involves Heroes. At every Season, a new Hero gets added to the exploration deck. When a Hero card is drawn, players can draw a Hero-type shape on their map. The Hero card also identifies which spaces are targeted by the Hero: monsters that were already placed in those spaces as well as those that will be placed in a future turn are destroyed, in a mix of strategic placement and tactics. In some ways, Heroes are similar to Tash-Kalar, the game from Vlaada Chvátil, although with much simpler shapes.
The edicts of the insatiable Queen Gimnax
Cartographers Heroes has a new set of Edict cards, still divided in the same four categories, although many of the new edicts demand a different gameplay than the previous ones. New Edicts require a much more global view of the map, since they don't reward just grouping terrains together: from getting points for every column where players have the same number of water and farm spaces, to getting points for every free space adjacent to at least a house group, the new edicts often result in a more fragmented map, making it difficult for players to place shapes without ruining the patterns and plans carefully prepared. A new level of challenge for Cartographers' veterans.
As a confirmation, in Solo games, the "handicaps" to be subtracted from the final score for each Edict are much lower than in the past, showing that the designers knew that it's harder to get high scores with these Edicts.
An inconstant experience
Like in the original game, the order in which cards show up can greatly influence the way a game goes. This is not a real issue, since a certain level of randomness is an integral part of the game, and since the duration of a game is short, but it's undoubted that some cards are penalized if they are not drawn at the right moment: drawing an Hero before you have monsters on the map can still be useful, but it's much more fun to destroy something as soon as the hero comes into play; on the other side, drawing Zombies or Dragons in the last seasons is entirely different from having them come out at the beginning of the game.
The new mini-expansion Skills 2 introduces new abilities. Rules are the same as the Skills expansion: 3 skills randomly selected at the beginning of the game can be used by any player willing to pay the skill's cost with gained coins, giving up the Reputation points granted by the coin. New Skills are similar to the old ones, with a couple of exceptions covering new mechanics, like an hero always available or a skill to destroy terrains.
Cartographers Heroes can be further expanded thanks to three additional map packs, that not only change the topography of the map, but add Exploration, Edicts and new mechanics:
Nebblis: Plane of Flames
the great volcano Astmork looms on the players in this fire-inspired map. On top of having a 2×2 volcano on their maps, in Nebblis players will have to manage the lava flow: three new Exploration cards are added to the deck and will force players to draw connected lava terrains, destroying empty and occupied spaces encountered.
This variant, included in the preview copy, closely resembles the Volcano expansion from Railroad Ink – Red box.
Affril: Plane of Knowledge
The map is now divided in 6 islands, and players will have to explore them as soon as they will be discovered. Players have to connect the new islands to the main one or to one already discovered by paying a price in coins, otherwise they will soon run out of spaces to fill with explored terrains. Since the map is drastically different, the Pattern Edicts (diagonals, rows, columns, etc.) have to be replaced with the Affril specific Edicts.
Undercity: depths of Sabek
This map has Above and a Below areas: this time the Queen asked to map the undercity below the capital, Sabek. This variant map twists one of the base rules in Cartographers, the freedom to draw the shape anywhere on the map. In Undercity all the shapes have to be connected to the gate between Above and Below, imagining the city made by tunnels and caves, like a giant ant colony. Naturally the original Pattern Edicts can't work with the new map, and so they have to be replaced with those provided with the Undercity expansion.
We tried a prototype of Cartographers Heroes, so the look and feel is not final, but we know that in its final version it will carry over lot of details from the Cartographers edition, starting from the box (compact and portable) to the quality of cards. On Kickstarter, just for a few days more you can finance a Collector's Edition box, that will not be available outside of the Kickstarter campaign, to contain all the Cartographers Heroes material, including additional maps that normally would be delivered without a box.
We were able to try also the new neoprene playmat, inspired by the cover art of Cartographers Heroes: although the gameplay would not be impaired by not using the playmat, it is really a pleasure for the eyes. The only note to make would be about the position of Seasons card, far from the Explorations card and close to Edicts: it is true that Season cards indicate which edicts have to be considered for each Reputation scoring at the change of Seasons, but they contains info about the Time limit for Exploration, so it would have been more sensible to have them close to both Edicts and Exploration decks, to check at a glance if the explored cards' total is below the Season's threshold.
In conclusion: is it worth it?
Cartographers remains one of the most fun game in the roll&write / draw&write family, partly because of the satisfaction that comes from drawing maps, partly because it's one of the few games that doesn't feel like a group solitary. Cartographers Heroes maintains the same game feeling and remains a pleasure to play. Even if it's a standalone game, for certain aspects il looks like an expansion, to the point that it can be combined with the previous game, mixing elements as you see fit. We will give two different answers to the questions "is it worth it?" or "who will like it?", depending on the target:
If you own Cartographers: A Roll Player adventure: it is totally worth it!
Cartographers Heroes is a good sequel, improving on Cartographers in many aspects. The Ruins mechanic is not missed, while new Monsters are funnier than before, Edicts are more challenging and new maps bring a sense of freshness to the game. Those who have worn out the first Cartographers – like the author of this article – or those that just appreciate the game but would like to expand it or renew it will find exceptional value in this sequel. Recommended!
If you don't own and/or you never played Cartographers before: maybe Heroes is not the easiest way to enter this series.
Roll&write genre became very popular thanks to its accessibility: often these games don't require a huge experience in board games, and many of them have been labeled great gateways thanks to their simple rulebooks.
Cartographers Heroes introduces numerous dynamics, and requests more expertise from the players to manage everything that is going around, with harder-to-meet Edicts. Stepping in Cartographers' world through Heroes will mean starting from an intermediate level, while those with less expertise in modern board games could benefit from a more gradual approach to the complexity.
Of course it's not a difficult game, so this is not an insurmountable entrance barrier. Cartographers: A Roll Player adventure (the original game) still is the best entry point to this series, but as soon as players will have played a few games, eventually integrating Skills to vary the experience, they will be ready and eager to jump to the more complex Heroes rulebook. So…why not both?
di Andrea Vitagliano
lunedì 19 Ottobre 2020 16:04


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Was JFK's legacy an "unfortunate" one for Catholic politicians?
According to www.yourcongress.org, 144 members of the 107th Congress identified themselves as Catholic: 15 Democrats and 9 Republicans in the Senate, and 71 Democrats and 42 Republicans in the House of Representatives.
In a political scorecard measuring the voting records from the 107th Congress, the homosexual activist Human Rights Campaign gave all 15 Senate Democrats, one Republican senator, 61 House Democrats and 2 House Republicans perfect or near perfect scores for siding with homosexuals in legislative votes.,p>"This is all part of the unfortunate legacy of John F. Kennedy, who perhaps paid too high an admission price to enter the race for the presidency in 1960 by basically telling people that he would never bring his religious values into American public life," C.J. Doyle, executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Action League told CNSNews.com Friday. "Looking back on it, the election of Kennedy in some ways represented the empowerment of the Catholic elite but a defeat for Catholic values."
Doyle said when politicians say they are not going to let the Church tell them what to do, it really means that interest groups, media institutions and the "big money campaign contributors that make their careers possible" will call the shots for them instead."When they say that they're deeply concerned about the separation of church and state, what that really means is that they're going to do exactly what the polls tell them to do. The response of the vast majority of politicians in this case is going to be both cynical and cowardly, and intellectually dishonest," Doyle said. "It isn't that our politicians have the wrong principles, it's that as a class, elected politicians, including Catholic politicians, have no principles. As a class, they are self-serving careerists."
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$14 million of meth in pepper shipment
U.S. Customs & Border Protection Office of Field Operations at the Pharr Bridge discovered half a ton of methamphetamine worth $14.08 million and nearly 10 pounds of cocaine concealed within a commercial shipment of fresh produce.
"This was truly an outstanding interception of hard narcotics that our CBP officers effected yesterday at the cargo facility," said Port Director David Gonzalez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas port of Entry. "A seizure of this magnitude is a positive enforcement action against drug smuggling organizations, one that will certainly make a difference in our fight against drugs."
CBP Field Operations officers working at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility on Feb. 6 encountered a commercial shipment of fresh Bell peppers arriving from Mexico and the shipment was referred for further inspection.
With the use of a non-intrusive imaging inspection along with the assistance of a canine team, officers discovered 364 packages of alleged methamphetamine weighing 1,005 pounds and four packages of alleged cocaine weighing 9.92 pounds concealed within the commercial trailer. The total estimated street value for the narcotics is $14.15 million.
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APC has lost touch with reality – Edo ex-lawmaker
Posted by Breaking News on September 19, 2016
By Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Benin
A prominent actor in a stalemate which led to the emergence of two factions in Edo State House of Assembly during the 6th Assembly, Friday Ogieriakhi, has asked the All Progressives Congress led-government of President of Muhammadu Buhari to take responsibility for the economic recession.
The former Peoples Democratic Party Lawmaker, Friday Ogieriakhi, said the ruling party has lost touch with reality.
He disclosed this while addressing PDP party stalwarts and supporters yesterday at Urhonigbe in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state.
He stated that the economic recession, accounted for the near collapse of the naira, high cost of living food and general disillusionment on the part of Nigerians.
"APC has lost touch with reality. They have lost touch with the people. These are the set of people the people of Edo State and the PDP are up against in the September 28 2016 elections.
"They are ready to undermine the rules to score cheap victory. They are the opponents of the people who do not place any premium on integrity."
"From the informal and formal opinion polls that have been conducted even by the APC so far regarding the Edo governorship elections the fact remains that the PDP and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is maintaining a comfortable lead."
"We need to be awake and be on our toes. We need to be vigilant until the last vote is cast on the Election Day and the ballot is voted and the results declared".
"We also wish to thank Edo people whose overwhelming support for the PDP in our mutual desire to effect a change of governance for the liberation of our people from the manacles of an insensitive, irresponsible and visionless party, has been our inspiration and encouragement".
"Our profound appreciation also goes to the Media which has enabled us to make our voice loud and clear. And our presence was felt despite some of them being gagged and censored by the APC and the stage governor ", he said.
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The Flavian Amphitheater ( ), located in Pozzuoli, is the third-largest Roman amphitheater in Italy. Only the Roman Colosseum and the Amphitheatre of Capua are larger. It was likely built by the same architects who previously constructed the Roman Colosseum. The name "Flavian Amphitheater" is primarily associated with the Roman Colosseum.

History
It was begun under the reign of the emperor Vespasian and probably finished under the reign of his son Titus. The elliptical structure measures 147 x 117 meters (482 x 384 feet), with the arena floor measuring 72.22 x 42.33 meters (237 x 139 feet). The arena can hold up to 50,000 spectators. The interior is mostly intact and one can still see parts of gears, which were used to lift cages up to the arena floor. In 305, the arena was the setting for the persecutions of the patron saint of Pozzuoli, Saint Proculus, and the patron saint of Naples, Saint Januarius. After surviving being thrown to the wild beasts in the arena, the two were beheaded at the nearby Solfatara.

The Flavian Amphitheater is the second of two Roman amphitheaters built in Pozzuoli. The smaller and older amphitheater (Anfiteatro minore) has been almost totally destroyed by the construction of the Rome to Naples railway line. Only a dozen arches of this earlier work still exist. This lesser amphitheater measured 130 x 95 meters (427 x 312 feet).

The site of the structure was chosen at the nearby crossing of roads from Naples, Capua, and Cumae. It was abandoned when it was partially buried by eruptions from the Solfatara volcano. During the Middle Ages, the marble used on the exterior was stripped, but the interior was left alone and is perfectly preserved. Excavations of the site were performed 1839 to 1845, 1880 to 1882, and finally in 1947.

Gallery

See also
 List of Roman amphitheatres

References

Sources
 Crimaco, Luigi et al. Da Puteoli a Pozzuoli : scavi e ricerche sulla rocca del Rione Terra, Naples : Electa Napoli, 2003. (OCLC )
 De Caro, Stefano and Greco, Angela. Campania, Rome-Bari : G. Laterza, 1983, pp. 37–53. (OCLC )
 Maiuri, Amedeo. Studi e ricerche sull'Anfiteatro Flavio Puteolano. Napoli : G. Macchiaroli, 1955. (OCLC )
 Maiuri, Amedeo. I Campi Flegrei, Rome : Istituto poligrafico dello stato, 1958, pp. 19–61. (OCLC )
 Maiuri, Amedeo. L'anfiteatro flavio puteolano, in Memorie dell'Accademia di Lettere, Archeologia e Belle Arti di Napoli, Naples : G. Macchiaroli, 1955. (OCLC )
 Sirpettino, Mario. I campi flegrei. Guida storica, Naples : Edizioni scientifiche italiane, 1999. (OCLC )
 Puteoli. Studi di storia antica, vols.I-II, Pozzuoli : Azienda autonoma di soggiorno, cura e turismo di Pozzuoli, 1977–1978. (OCLC )
 I Campi Flegrei. Un itinerario archeologico. Venice : Marsilio, 1990. (OCLC )

External links

 Ulixes web site for Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli (Italian Language)
 Ulixes web site for Anfiteatro Flavio in Pozzuoli (English language - poorly translated)

Building projects of the Flavian dynasty
Roman amphitheatres in Italy
Ruins in Italy
Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan City of Naples
Ancient Roman buildings and structures in Pozzuoli
1st-century establishments in Italy
70s establishments in the Roman Empire

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Program: Elder Law and Estate Planning Speaker: Charles W. "Skip" Mahan, Esq.
What are you hearing from your friends or from the speaker at the "free" steak dinner? Is it fact or fiction? Maybe it is fact or maybe it is fiction. Maybe it is what you want or what you need or something that you have heard from your friends. The speaker will separate fact from fiction about Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Wills, Trusts, Power of Attorney, Nursing Homes, Med-icare and Medicaid.
Weather Announcement: If the Dayton City Schools are closed for inclement weather, the DWC will also be closed.
Welcome! At our April luncheon we welcomed seven guests to the meeting. (Members Ethel Adams, Jean Mahan, Judy Nassmacher, and Sue White each brought a guest and Judy Mack brought three guests.) Won't YOU bring a guest next month?
Book Group Leaders: Carolyn Nikolai, Beth Taylor. Meeting on May 22 at 11:30 a.m. at Bravo in front of the Dayton Mall.
Reviewer: Each member is asked to bring one book for recommending to the others.
Arts & Crafts Group Leaders: Linda Parker , Sandy Mefford; Meeting on May 23 at 10:00 a.m.
Interior Design Group Leader: Marsha Tolle; May 9 at 11:30 a.m.
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in the freedom of pleasant weather accompanied by fewer obligations. In other words, a time to "goof off" may be soon approaching and we hurry through meetings, dinners and luncheons so as to get to that time when we are free of such responsibilities. All of us value time off and those precious moments when we don't have to hurry or maintain complex schedules. Psychologists report that it is important to give ourselves some "timeout periods" so as to refresh our minds and souls and avoid burnout. CWC members also need time to rest, reflect or just "play" so that we will be able to put forth our best efforts on new future pursuits.
On another note, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th. Historically, it was on June 14, 1777 that the flag was officially adopted by resolution of the 2nd Continental Congress. Later, in 1916 the president by proclamation declared June 14th, officially be celebrated as Flag Day. Finally it was determined by an act of congress to be an official celebration of our nation's flag, but was not declared a national holiday. Today, many of us fly flags and perhaps, pause to reflect on the many events that have occurred since this flag first came into being.
We must not forget Father's Day which will be celebrated on June 18th. It honors all fathers and those special men who have influenced or cared for children. It was officially recognized as a holiday in 1972 by President Nixon.
June also represents the completion of my tenure in office. I look back upon this past CWC year with gratitude and wish to thank all of you for your kindness and support. I pray summer gives you opportunities to rest and play and that you return to CWC in the fall eager to take up the torch and continue to move onward.


UXBRIDGE – An investigation into the cause of a Friday morning fire at a Douglas Street home, led to the arrest of a resident on drug and gun charges, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. and Uxbridge Police Chief Jeffrey A. Lourie.
Adam Lewis, 20, of 502 Douglas St., was charged with possession of a firearm without an FID card, two counts of possession of ammunition without an FID card, two counts of improper storage of a firearm, trafficking in cocaine (more than 18 grams, less than 36 grams), possession with intent to distribute a class D controlled substance (marijuana) and possession with intent to distribute a class B controlled substance (cocaine).
Lewis is scheduled for arraignment on the charges tomorrow in Uxbridge District Court.
The initial fire investigation led firefighters to contact the Uxbridge Police, who applied for and received a search warrant for the residence. Among the items seized for evidence were a 9 mm handgun, 70 rounds of ammunition, more than 19 grams of cocaine, about 30 grams of marijuana, and $60,000 in cash.


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Q: Heap corruption in MVC application using IIS8 I have a MVC4 application, which loads some DLLs. Basically, the architecture of the MVC application is this: the app receives some jobs from the user, it calls the processing functions from dlls and in the end, emails the results to the user.
All dlls are compiled on 64bits, I use IIS8 on 64 bits, on Windows Server 2012R2 and VS2013.
When I run/deploy the application, its behaviour is:

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*Scenario1: Run from Visual Studio 2013 in VS2013 included web server (IIS Express) in Debug/Release Mode => works fine

*Scenario2: Run from Visual Studio 2013 deployed in local full IIS8 in Release Mode => works fine

*Scenario3: Deployed in Release Mode in local full IIS8 and run directly from browser, without having open VS2013 => IIS crashes with An unhandled win32 exception occurred in w3wp.exe.The Just-ln-Time debugger was launched without necessary security permissions. To debug this process, the Just-ln-Time debugger must be run as an Administrator. When I open the debugger, the error is: A heap has been corrupted.

In event viewer, the logs are:
Faulting application name: w3wp.exe, version: 8.5.9600.16384, time     stamp: 0x5215df96
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.3.9600.18821, time stamp: 0x59ba86db
Exception code: 0xc0000374

I know that exception code 0xc0000374 comes from Heap corruption.
I debugged IIS using DebugDiag and Application Verifier, with Full PageHeap flags activated.
The relevant part of the stack for the crashing thread is:
.NET Call Stack
mscorlib_ni!DomainNeutralILStubClass.IL_STUB_PInvoke(IntPtr)+68
[[InlinedCallFrame] (Microsoft.Win32.Win32Native.LocalFree)] Microsoft.Win32.Win32Native.LocalFree(IntPtr)
mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeHGlobal(IntPtr)+2d
Species_DLL.Class1.Species_MetaModel()+b955
rIAMTestMVC4.Impressions.SpeciesUtil.use_Species_Integrated(Int32)+1efd

Full Call Stack

vrfcore!VerifierStopMessageEx+6f4
vrfcore!VfCoreRedirectedStopMessage+90
verifier!VerifierStopMessage+a0
verifier!AVrfpDphReportCorruptedBlock+2a7
verifier!AVrfpDphCheckNormalHeapBlock+c8
verifier!AVrfpDphNormalHeapFree+27
verifier!AVrfDebugPageHeapFree+af
ntdll!RtlDebugFreeHeap+47
ntdll!RtlpFreeHeap+74c85
ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+368
vrfcore!VfCoreRtlFreeHeap+1e
KERNELBASE!LocalFree+2e
mscorlib_ni!DomainNeutralILStubClass.IL_STUB_PInvoke(IntPtr)+68
[[InlinedCallFrame] (Microsoft.Win32.Win32Native.LocalFree)] Microsoft.Win32.Win32Native.LocalFree(IntPtr)
mscorlib_ni!System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.FreeHGlobal(IntPtr)+2d
Species_DLL.Class1.Species_MetaModel()+b955
rIAMTestMVC4.Impressions.SpeciesUtil.use_Species_Integrated(Int32)+1efd

Are there any differences between Scenario2 and Scenario3? Is there any heap protection that is done by VS?
I also run the same scenarios on Windows7 with IIS7 and works fine on all three.
I don't have access to DLL code, but as I mentioned, the same code runs perfectly on IIS7/Windows7 and on IIS8 from Visual Studio.
LE: There are two functions shown in call stack:

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*rIAMTestMVC4.Impressions.SpeciesUtil.use_Species_Integrated => This function is from MVC controller, which calls one dll

*Species_DLL.Class1.Species_MetaModel  => This function is from dll, called by previous function.

How can I resolve the problem of scenario3? What are the differences between these scenarios?
Thank you,

A: I had similar issues but i resolved mine by changing the project build to x86 to compensate for 32 bits.

A: Did you run VS2013 as an administrator? if so, then this is what prevented the error from happening with VS, and happens with IIS only.
It looks like the IIS application pool is having a problem reaching those DLLs, and this problem didn't occur with VS2013.
Update: Just add the permission to the pool itself to access the folder:

*

*Select the folder that has your DLLs Right click and select
"Properties"

*Select the "Security" tab Click the "Edit" and then
"Add" button

*Click the "Locations" button and make sure you select the local
machine. (Not the Windows domain if the server belongs to one.)

*Enter IIS AppPool\DefaultAppPool in the "Enter the object
names to select:" text box. (Don't forget to change "DefaultAppPool"
here to whatever you named your application pool.)
note: steps are copied with some changes from here.

To know or change the application pool that runs your application: when you open IIS manager and select your application from the tree on the left, find it in Advanced Settings down the Actions Pane on your right.
To change the identity of the pool , you'll find them under the machine in the tree on your left.
Check this article on how to specify the identity of the application pool.

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But what about English jibberish?
We often think of language as simply a form of communication, and therefore highly pragmatic, but language also has a history of playfulness. We can see it in the Web 2.0 branding craze of naming companies and products with "silly" words like Flickr, Veoh, Zazzle and Bing, as web entrepreneurs try to show that their ideas are more creative and outside-the-box than their predecessors and competitors. Many teachers try to encourage elementary school students to play with language to see the fun in words, in the hopes that it will make them more attentive to word meanings and spelling patterns.
But is jibberish just for kids and website founders? Not at all! Recently we stumbled across some relatively unknown "jibberish" works of literature by none other than John Lennon. Yes, the very person who coined many crystal clear phrases like "All you need is love" and "We all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun." Not much confusion, there, right?
Well, what about "Woof mebble morn so green the wheel / Staggaboon undie some grapeload"?
Author: John Lennon. Meaning? Hard to say. Entertainment, certainly, and a play on language no doubt. Read on for an excerpt from his story, "Araminta Ditch" from his second book, A Spaniard in the Works.
about the awful case of Araminta's larfing.


There is a record number of jobs open in the United States, but matching the unemployed with the right job is difficult. One problem is companies are posting openings that require qualifications that aren't really necessary for the job.
In the United States, there's a record number of jobs open: around 6 million. That's just about one job opening for every officially unemployed person in the country.
Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist for the job site Glassdoor, says U.S. employers often complain that workers don't have the skills needed for the jobs available. That is true for some upper-level health care and technology jobs. "But for the most part, it doesn't look to be like there is a skills gap," Chamberlain says. "That's not the main reason why there are many job openings."
Chamberlain says that with unemployment so low and the U.S. labor force growing slowly, there's no doubt it is harder for companies to find workers. But he says if that were the main problem, you would see wages rising more rapidly in the economy — and that's not the case in many industries.
Part of the hiring problem, Chamberlain says, lies in company hiring policies.
Peter Cappelli, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, agrees. He says one problem is that companies are posting openings that require qualifications that aren't really necessary for the job.
"They're just asking for the moon, and not expecting to pay very much for it," Cappelli says. "And as a result they [can't] find those people. Now that [doesn't] mean there was nobody to do the job; it just [means] that there was nobody at the price they were willing to pay."
Jason Lorenz has seen that in his work at Human Technology Inc., a corporate recruiter that provides workers for firms in the Carolinas, many of which are parts manufacturers for Ford, GM and BMW. Lorenz says the companies come to him with a long checklist of qualifications, and he challenges them to get realistic.
"We understand that you would love to have that perfect employee, but give me a couple of things a successful candidate would look like for this specific job on this shift," Lorenz says.
For instance, he asks, do these candidates only need to show up on time, get along with co-workers and be able to lift 35 pounds, or do they need to be able to operate a computer?
Lorenz says another thing employers need to understand is that wages need to rise, even at entry levels, if they want to fill jobs. He says he is telling manufacturers, "If you are below $12 an hour, I don't know that I'm going to be the person to be able to help you with those jobs."
That's because in the past year, job openings have nearly doubled in western North Carolina where he works, and the supply of additional workers is shrinking fast.
Cappelli says part of the problem is that employers haven't adjusted to new conditions. For years they've had their choice of workers desperate for a job. Now, the labor market has tightened, but many employers haven't responded, he says.
"Wages have not gone up despite all the talk about a tight labor market. And I think most important for the economy, we still don't see lots of employers being willing to take people in right out of school and train them for jobs," Cappelli says.
Lorenz says that's also the case with many companies he deals with. Companies anxious to meet quarterly earnings targets don't want to spend money training workers. That's left the ball in his court — so he finds workers and gets them enrolled in community college programs.
"Then we're able to move those folks from an entry-level position at the $10-to-$12 range and then promote them within those companies at the $16- to $17-an-hour range," Lorenz says.
Glassdoor's Chamberlain says it is important for companies to adjust their behaviors, for their own good.
"Every open position in the economy is money left on the table," he says. "It's a lost paycheck to a worker. It's also lost productivity to the company."
And it's lost growth for the U.S. economy.


I have been in practice for 36 years. I truly felt called to the profession and wanted nothing else since I was a child. Medicine has so changed since I first became a physician but I still enjoy the face-to-face care of each patient. I became interested in the care of older people soon after I started practice and have done so ever since.


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With all of the things we put our hair through this day and age, it just makes good sense to make protection the first step in our hair care routine. Whether you love a good heat styling tool or you're a runner, for instance, and expose your hair to the sun a lot, your mane goes through the ringer and you could prevent further damage by first protecting it!
1. An easy way to get protection AND moisturization is to use a leave-in conditioner like Rene Furturer Paris Carthame Moisturizing Leave-In Conditioner, that has UV filters. You will protect your hair from the sun's rays and prevent further damage that can lead to your tresses being dry and brittle!
2. Going for a swim? Coat your hair with a treatment like Dove Pure Care Dry Oil Nourishing Treatment with African Macadamia Oil before you go in the water to prevent the chlorine or salt from drying out your hair.
3. Want your hair to look great WHILE you're treating it? Try a shine inducing spray that also offers UV protection like Sebastian Halo Mist available at Loxa Beauty. What girl doesn't want super shiny hair? I know this girl does! And living in Florida, means I have to be diligent about protecting my colored hair, so I'm all about a mulit-purpose product that offers protection AND amps up the shine factor.
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The Neem tree (Azadirachta indica) grows in tropical and sub tropical countries such as India, Africa and Australia. It belongs to the family Meliaccae, and is a cousin of the Chinaberry. It may reach up to 15m tall under ideal conditions, and is reported to live for up to 200 years. It has a short straight furrowed trunk, dark brown or grey in colour, with dense rounded crowns of pinnate leaves. It can tolerate temperatures of up to 120 deg. C, and rainfall as little as 45cm. It must have well drained soil, and will respond well to organic fertilisers - although being hardy, it can still grow luxuriantly in marginal and leached soils, up to an elevation of 1500m. Flowering is between February and May, with profuse clusters of small white flowers having a very sweet jasmine or honey-like scent. The flowers provide a good source of nectar for bees. Following on from flowering, the fruit are green drupes, turning golden yellow on ripening, which occurs during June, July and August in India. The fruits are about 1.5 cm long, edible, and loved by African children. The tree will normally begin bearing fruit after 3 to 5 years, and produce about 50 Kg annually when mature. The kernels of these fruits yield about 45% neem oil. The bark yields tannin and amber hued gum, used as a dye in textiles as well as the traditional medicinal usage. The Neem tree is related to mahogany, and is used locally for furniture and building purposes. The inherent properties of Neem make it resistant to termites. In India, it has not tended to be a 'plantation' species, and is seen along the roadside and in gardens. Local tradition dictates that Neem trees should be planted near the home to ensure good health to those that live there.
Indian culture dating back 4000 years makes reference to using the leaves, fruit and bark of the Neem tree for reputedly easing a variety of human ailments. The earliest Sanskrit writings outline its uses, which have been revered by Ayurvedic and Unani practitioners. The time honoured title 'Villlage Pharmacy' has been earned by virtue of its amazing properties. In 1922 a British archeologist discovered the 5000 year old Indus Valley site in North Western India (now Pakistan), where the Harappan civilization has been extensively studied. Clay pots were found containing medicinal herbs, most prominently Azadirachta indica or 'Neem'. The early systems of use, though simple, have stood the test of time - and are still used today in many parts of rural India. Fresh leaves are often picked and stored along with grain, or under mattresses to repel insects. Wounds are bathed in water boiled with neem leaves (decoction). Twigs of the neem tree are used daily by about 600 million people as a 'natural' toothbrush . In tropical countries, it is common practice to take neem leaf with the diet, and to make a paste from the leaves to use as a poultice.
Nimbin - Nimbidin - Nimbidol - Gedunin - Sodium Nimbinate - Quercetin - Salannin - Azadirachtin.
Extensive research has revealed the many & various beneficial properties they deliver. The oil is also rich in long chain fatty acids. In addition to the active ingredients listed above, analysis reveals many other vital nutrients: fibre, carbohydrates, calcium, at least ten essential amino acids and also carotenoids which are powerful antioxidants.
The beneficial properties of neem have led to its' inclusion in personal care products, such as soaps, shampoos and skin creams. Neem has been heralded: 'An Ancient Cure for a Modern World'. As we begin the 21st Century, Neem has been little known and under-utilised in Western culture. However, with bodies such as the National Research Council (USA) declaring Neem 'A tree for solving global problems' - the future seems optimistic. Requirements in the West are more exacting and stringent in respect of quality control assurances, but this is achievable by using carefully sourced raw materials from reliable and ethical sources, and using state of the art manufacturing technology.
This process utilises carbon dioxide at critical temperatures and pressures to extract the active ingredients of the neem leaf (or indeed, any other herb), without the usual high temperatures or harsh chemicals. This results in a far more concentrated extract, which closely resembles the fresh herb.
Our neem is extracted shortly after harvesting to capture the beneficial phytochemicals (the plant's natural ingredients) with superior potency and purity. These extracts are offered as a dietary supplement, or in some cases, supercritical extracts are found in the ingredients lists for several of our personal care products.
Many conventional extracts use heat, alcohol or other chemical solvents such as butylene or propylene glycols, acetone and other petroleum derivatives. Super Critical Extracts are superior for many reasons. Beneficial phytochemicals are easily damaged by heat, and there is also a growing desire for alcohol and solvent free natural extracts. Additionally, many phytochemicals are not soluble in water and alcohol or oil. The supercritical extraction process enables delivery of a broad spectrum of phytochemicals, including both the lipophobic (water soluble) and lipophilic (oil soluble) isolates.
Conventional water and alcohol extracts contain only the lipophobic components. However, it is often the lipophilic components that are the most beneficial. The Super Critical Extraction process results in an herbal extract that is very potent (often more than 100 times stronger than conventional extracts), very pure and broad spectrum, closely resembling the herb in its' whole form.
In addition, this extraction process uses only carbon dioxide as a solvent, which once the pressure is let off, evaporates completely from the extract - leaving it totally pure and free of any solvent residues.When you increase pressure, temperature also increases. When you compress a gas, it will become a liquid. The 'Super Critical Point' is the exact temperature and pressure at which a gas becomes a liquid. In the case of carbon dioxide, this is a relatively low 31deg. C Compressed CO2 at this point has the density of a liquid, but the properties of a gas. As such this aids in faster diffusion of the phytochemicals (almost twice that of other liquids), whilst the liquid-like state helps in better solubility of the phytochemicals. Once the extraction is complete, the pressure is released and the CO2 is harmlessly released.
In reality, the raw botanical is placed into the extractor vessel. Liquid CO2 is heated to its' supercritical state, and pumped into the extractor. The SCO2 mixes with the botanical, and carries the desired extract into a separator tank, where pressure and temperature are controlled. The extract is precipitated in the separator, and CO2 is recycled into the extractor via a condenser. The process is very environmentally friendly. Many of our products contain supercritical herbal extracts of neem, and some have additional supercritical herbal extracts included in the formulation. These extracts help improve the potency of the formulae.


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Q: DB precision padded with random numbers using Spring JdbcTemplate I use Spring's JdbcTemplate to run an insert SQL statement. The field I want to insert into is a NUMBER. The value is: -0.11111111 of type float. However, after insertion into DB, the value I get is padded with random numbers -0.1111111119389534.
Note that when I use direct JDBC, the value is inserted as it is, without the padded numbers.
I use BeanPropertySqlParameterSource and MapSqlParameterSource for setting the parameters of the INSERT statement, both giving same results. The code looks like this:
BeanPropertySqlParameterSource params = new BeanPropertySqlParameterSource(stat);
int n = jt.update(query, params);

where jt is an instant of SimpleJdbcTemplate.
The DB is Oracle.
Thank you.

A: For Java's float datatype, Spring JDBC behaves differently than direct JDBC.
Consider SQL statement INSERT INTO table (field) VALUES (-0.11111111) with field Oracle type NUMBER and -0.11111111 of type float.
With direct JDBC, it gives the value of field as it is, i.e. -0.11111111.
But with Spring JDBC (using JdbcTemplate.update(), it gives the value of field padded with numbers, i.e. -0.1111111119389534.
No such difference occurs for Java type double. The inserted value is not padded with numbers.
With Java datatype BigDecimal, the inserted value into DB will also be padded with numbers, i.e. -0.1111111099999999990428634077943570446223 and this is consistent for both direct JDBC and Spring JDBC.
The results for float is understandable, as Java states in its documentation that "(Float) data type should never be used for precise values, such as currency." So eventhough the behaviour is different in direct JDBC and Spring JDBC, we can't say it's wrong.
For BigDecimal, read http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/math/BigDecimal.html#BigDecimal%28double%29


(Entry was posted by Febwed FebWed on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, Thursday, February 5, 2015).
I am the beginner in SEO. I have tried too many method to change Google Search URL, but still cannot show our sub directory in of website domain in Google search result. (Now showing www.example.com, but I want to show www.example.com/categories) I have tried to add the href="http://www.example.com/categories"
rel="canonical"> and http://www.example.com/categories"> , but it still show the www.example.com in Google Sesrch result. Did I do something wrong? or could any Professional can tell me what I should follow to do? Thanks!
Febwed FebWed: I am the beginner in SEO. I have tried too many method to change Google Search URL, but still cannot show our sub directory in of website domain in Google search result. (Now showing , but I want to show ) I have tried to add the href=""
Edwin Jonk: I would go the Google Webmaster Tools and fetch as Google  under "Crawl". If you click on the status it will bring to the tab "Fetching". This is the output send by the server to Googlebot. In that downloaded HTTP request I would look for "noindex". The noindex can be served as a http header or as a metatag .


On September 25th, we had our annual kick-off. This time members from our Advisory board and board of Directors were present.
The day started with PhD's presenting their ongoing work for CERE members and got valid input for their continuous work. Afterwards CERE members discussed their wishes with the Centre. That discussion continued after lunch with honored guests from our boards. First the board members got an introduction to CERE, followed by presentations of ongoing work by two PhD's and two Post Docs.
Lars Bergman, former President of Stockholm School of Economics, Yvonne Fredriksson, Former Director General of the Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate, Anders Kristoffersson, former Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Finance as well as Lars Hassel, Rector at the Umeå School of Business and Economics were present. CERE took the opportunity to ask the visitors about their thoughts, ideas and wishes concerning CERE. The various board members was very much pleased with our work so far and hoped for more visibility.
Now we start working on implementing the ideas that came up during the kick-off.


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Short Analysis: Wireless Data Access
Much utility could be gained from allowing all types of information and services to be accessible via wireless devices; the same type of information that is accessible via the web, for example: corporate data, banking, stocks, flight info, e-mail, news, calendar, maps/directions, instant messaging, multiplayer games, etc.
When talking about Wireless Devices, we're really talking about a wide range of tools: cell-phones (Nokia, Motorola, etc.), PDA's (Palm, WinCE, Psion, etc.), and Pagers.
Cell-Phones
Currently, cell-phones have very limited data bandwidth, practical only for text-based communication. Richer multimedia is waiting on the heels of "3G," the third-generation high-speed network. The majority of cell-phone innovation is taking place in Europe, where a very high percentage of most populations have one.
The two most prominent platforms for data communication on cell-pones are SMS (simple message service) and WAP (wireless application protocol). SMS allows for only very rudimentary communication; it only allows for short text messages to be sent from one SMS device to another. WAP, however, is a complete operating environment for wireless applications. Ideally, a person could browse the web on their cell-phone with a standard HTML-based browser. However, because of the fact that a cell-phone's user interface (the very small screen, the limited data input capabilities, etc.) is so drastically different from a desktop PC, WAP emerged.
WAP relies on WML (Wireless Markup Language) which is an implementation of the XML standardized specifically for use on wireless devices. WML is very similar to HTML, as they are both markup languages, however they have slight differences to accommodate for the cell-phone's limited interface: WML uses a "Card Metaphor," where user interactions and navigations are split into "cards" (think "page"). A collection of cards are called a "deck" (think "site"). WML also makes use of WMLScript, a scripting language derived from JavaScript. WAP also includes an API for telephony operations (make calls, etc.) and utilizes standard formats for Business Cards, Calendar, Images, etc.
More information regarding the WAP standard can be found at: http://www1.wapforum.org/member/developers/slides/wap-application-environment/sld001.htm (details of WML comes in at about slide # 11)
PDA's
This market consists of two different types of machines: PC Accessories (extension of the PC; like Palm, Visor, etc.) and Handheld PC's (roughly PC-equivalent, like most Windows CE machines; Cassiopia, Velo, Psion, etc.).
Wireless communications for these PDA's include the Palm VII with its built in modem and data service, and various wireless modems for the Palm III, Palm V, and WinCE devices.
One-way communication on paging devices has been around for quite some time, however, new paging devices are allowing two way information.
Here are a list of just some problems with these wireless data devices (of which successful companies will solve):
Privacy - Privacy becomes an increasingly bigger problem as, via these products, people and data will become more and more accessible. Time management becomes even a bigger issue than it has previously been, as people will struggle balancing work and home life. Some people claim ubiquitous access will allow them to work more efficiently, therefore creating more free time. Others feel that it will allow work to encumber upon home life, driving up work expectations to get things done quickly.
Software Usability - like HTML, user interaction with these devices are not in real-time, and are therefore very poor. Also, data input with these devices are very poor, and are limited to using tiny keyboards, on-screen keyboards, numeric keypads, and special pen-based languages. Voice input and "Predictive Text Input" (where a dictionary tries to guess and complete the word a person is keying-in) are steps in solving the problem. Many feel that voice-input naturally lends itself to wireless devices, voice being the inherent unbound communication tool for humans.
Software Portability - HTML introduced a very simple way to distribute applications, where a client device (a PC) simply "accesses" and uses software located on the server. These wireless devices are following the same trend, however, the differences in these client devices (Phone, PDA, wristwatch) are far more extreme. Tools that allow developers to easily port software efforts from one platform to another platform are essential.
Data Portability - Before having access to the network, most wireless devices "synchronized" with software in order to maintain data integrity. This was due to the fact that there were two or more software packages (usually from different vendors with dissimilar interfaces) each with its own way of storing its data. As applications become more "portable" (as described above) the need for multiple software packages with multiple data stores will decrease. Data will be stored on one server and will be "accessed" by a myriad of different devices. (See "Server Side Data and Networked Clients").
Interesting Companies
Phone.com (formerly Unwired Planet, www.phone.com)
Providers of software and services that allow for internet applications to be available via cell-phones. They currently have the most mature WAP browser available. Recently acquired @Motion, a company bringing voice-recognition technology to cell-phones.
GoAmerica (www.goamerica.com)
Provider of web and e-mail access via RIM850 Pager (www.rim.net). GoAmerica's web browser is pure-text, and shows a web page without images. Service is highly regarded among small group of users. GoAmerica allows for unlimited free use while using their software and charges $0.20 per packet when using other software.
TrueSync.com (www.truesync.com)
Site created by Starfish Software that allows data to be inputted on one device and synchronizes that data with all other devices/services a person uses. TrueSync is compatible with Motorola clipOn, REX, REX Pro, Palm, Windows CE, Outlook, SideKick, Act. With a single mouse click, calendars, contacts, notes, and tasks are all synchronized among all devices and services, and data is even accessible on TrueSync's web site.
AvantGo (www.avantgo.com)
Very popular tool for viewing web-based information on wireless devices. AvantGo outputs data in Palm VII, Windows CE, and WAP format. Has an AvantGo Enterprise product for making corporate data and applications available remotely.
* SqueezeNet (www.squeezenet.com)
Creating wireless web applications that can be accessible via any wireless device. Partnering with a company called Syvax to create a real-time travel, lodging, and reservations system for wireless devices that is currently patent pending (www.handres.com).
* "Page Info" Service (www.hz.com)
Service created by one person that allows you to request useful information via a two-way pager or SMS phone. Information includes flight info, weather, stocks, etc. Service uses a simple, command driven language; commands such as "FLIGHT," "WWEATHER," and "STOCK" are entered into the device (along with the parameter(s) for the command) and the information is quickly sent back to you.
WebCab (www.webcab.de)
Non-profit organization trying to advance technology in wireless communications. Allows a person to access POP3 e-mail account via WAP capable device.
ProxiNet (www.proxinet.com)
Creators web browser for Palm OS, named ProxiWeb. Company's goal is to allow internet information to be accessible on any device using any network. The group that created this software is the same group that created Inktomi. Browser uses ProxiWare; an intermediary piece of software that "retrieves HTML content from other Web servers, transforms the content, and delivers the reformatted content specifically to handheld devices for rendering by the ProxiWeb client." This software does not require any effort from individual web sites in order for their site to be accessible via ProxiWeb client.
SmartCode Software (www.smartcodesoft.com)
Creators of web browser for PalmPilot and Palm III called "HandWeb" (however, not as sophistacared as ProxiWeb). Also developed E-Mail and Faxing tools for Palm OS.
* ZTango (www.ztango.com)
Creators of platform for allowing data to be accessed via WAP compliant devices.
* Room33 (www.room33.com)
Service accessible via web-site or WAP compliant device that allows for messaging (ICQ, SMS, FAX), Calendar, and Contacts. Also, site has a "Directory" which essentially is a portal to other WAP applications. (NOTE: This is the only tool I have heard of that allows Instant Messaging to be conducted via WAP! Also, it is apparent in USENET newsgroups that there is great demand for a Yahoo-like directory of all WAP services that are available.)
Pixo (www.pixo.com)
VC-backed applications developer for wireless phones. Created a web browser that natively access HTML.
AU-System (www.ausystem.com)
Large Swedish software and consulting company specializing in communications via both voice and data. AU-System is highly revered among industry-types, and is a powerhouse regarding WAP. They developed a WAP browser for the Palm V.
Orange (www.orange.co.uk)
Large UK mobile phone company. Creating a very interesting WindowsCE-based VideoPhone which will be available next year.
Web Browser as an OS; SAP client as a web "site"?
The navigation of a web browser (URL line, back, forward, hyperlinks, bookmarks, etc.) allows a user to access a particular web page on a particular logical "site." This navigation is built-in to the web browser and, for the most part, cannot be changed; it is constant.
Every site employs its own means of navigating within the site. For example, many sites list "site categories" on the left side, such as "Products," "Support," etc. This means of navigation varies from site to site; it is dynamic.
Looking at a web browser and a "site" in this respect, is a web browser not unlike an Operating System? Is a "site" not unlike an application?
Windows 95 is an operating system. It provides the environment in which Windows-based apps "live." A web browser provides the environment in which Web-based apps live.
Now, there are huge differences between the environment that Windows 95 provides, and the environment that a web-browser provides. Windows 95 allows for much richer human-computer interaction. Applications written for a Windows 95 environment can respond to user actions in (from the user's perspective) real time. Web-based applications inherently require the user to "submit" information, which is processed by a server, which is then responded to by the server. Windows-based apps can display a "grid" on the screen that can be sorted by clicking on a particular column. Web-based applications require a page to be completely re-loaded every time a list of items is sorted. Windows-based apps can support dragging & dropping of information… . etc. etc..
Over time, it seems that the Web browsers are, however, becoming a more interactive environment. Client-side JavaScript, client-side VB-script, and Java applets are testament to this fact. If this trend continues then Web Browsers will provide an environment increasingly similar to the environment that Windows 95 provides. Dragging and dropping, "live" interaction, etc. will be made possible.
This raises a bunch of questions:
How will this more-interactive environment be made possible? Will HTML embrace all kinds of "smarter" controls, like "Grids," and become a GUI development environment, like Visual Basic?
Will technologies like JAVA beat-out HTML because of their inherent interactive-ness? (while still providing the web's server-centric advantages).
More and more applications are being developed for the web. Once standard client/server Windows-based apps are being made accessible by a web browser. Is a web browser's navigation paradigm (back, forward, hyperlink's, etc.) suitable for these apps? (for example, let's say an accounting package). Wasn't the Web Browser's navigation paradigm designed for navigating through hypertext (just text and links)?
Server Side Data and Networked Clients
Data on the server side is the future.
Ideally, the user would have a complete data environment that is accessible by various means by various devices.
Imagine that you could log in from any Internet capable appliance and access your data. Work with your programs.
Why, for example, do you need to lug around your Compact Discs from your home to your car and back? When you purchase music, it should be stored digitally on some server somewhere so that your car stereo, your walkman, your computer, and your home stereo system could easily access it.
All commonly used devices that revolve around the use or storage of data will rely on the network for data storage and retrieval. This includes walkmans (music), cell phones (phone book), cordless phones (phone book), computers (documents, spreadsheets, and other application data), TV's (as vcr-replacements for movies).
Imagine the potential growth in revenue for the movie rental business:
First of all, why do you need a Blockbuster store in order to find a good movie to rent? All you do at the store is read the movie titles, look at the pictures on the box, and read the summary. So...get rid of the store. Replace it with a smart, searchable, interactive online catalog with movie previews, etc.
Second of all, why do you need to manufacture video tapes? The movie can be distributed to you blockbuster account via the network. Get rid of the distribution costs. No more video tapes. No more trying to calculate the popularity of a movie in order to produce and distribute the "right number" of tapes. If 800,000 people want Jurassic Park, they will get it. If 1 person wants a small, no-namer B-Film, they will get it. Blockbuster could perfectly supply the demand of its customers! How incredibly efficient; analog companies that build and distribute physical devices (Sony, HP, Honda, Kenmore) can only dream of achieving this!
Applications will be on the server side, but in what form?
The benefits of an application being on the server side are distribution and maintenance. Installations and updates would not have to be done on a company's 2000 workstations. The applications would just be accessed by each workstation. Also, the application provider could log and analyze all user activity with the application. This could result in huge improvements in the design (and therefore, the usability) of applications (Yeah!).
Technologies such as JAVA were developed to achieve this goal.
Approaches to outsourcing access to applications like Microsoft Office via a web-browser are very mickey-moused. Applications such as Office were developed to run on the desktop. They were developed to run on some flavor of Windows. These implementations of Windows-apps gone Server Side will be very inefficient and extremely not user friendly. Office running in a Web Browser!? Give me a break!? Tell me, for example, what does the BACK button (on the browser) do?
Some "Browser" (meaning a tool that allows certain programs to run) needs to be developed without any "standard navigation" (like BACK, FORWARD, HyperLink, etc). It should only allow maintenance of its environment- like moving screens around, etc.
Of course, this sounds very familiar (MS Windows!).
Idea: Platform For Online Marketplaces
A platform for online marketplaces could be huge given all of the hype regarding "Reverse-Auction" style transactions.
The platform would allow buyers to specify items they are looking for, and sellers would place bids/quotes on these items.
The buyers would choose the seller that offers the best prices, guarantees, shipping, etc.
Like Moai Technologies Auction platform, this tool would be the transaction enabler for Online Marketplaces.
When the seller replies to an item, the tool would be smart enough to ask the seller the most important information regarding the item (for example, a television: screen size, PIP, remote control, etc.).
When viewing the bid, the buyer would see all of the most important features, as well as the asking price for the exact items from the top sellers in the market (for example, curcuit city, best buy, etc.). This would justify the value of the offer.
The tool would create a profile for sellers, including ratings and past-buyer comments.
It would be used to develop the now super-hyped reverse-auction style marketplaces; everything from:
Labor Brokering
Any business where there are multiple suppliers of similar goods/services (especially of commodity items)
Although there will ultimately only be a few successful reverse-auctioning sites for each market (historical examples for Auctioning model include: Ebay, ubid, Yahoo Auctions, etc), this tool has high short-term value as an easy way for different players to jump into the market quickly.
It's the equivalent of the "tool supplier" during the "Gold Rush" analogy, where the majority of the Goldminers made very little money, while the "tool supplier" did very well.
Idea: Mobile Telephone Style Marketing for Photography
Mobile telephone network companies (Sprint PCS, Pac Bell, LA Cellular) charge little or nothing for their hi-tech phones so long as their customers sign a lengthy contract (1 year +) for their phone network.
Film Developing providers, such as chain stores like WAL-MART, K-MART, RITE-AID, etc could charge little or nothing for appealing film cameras so long as their customers sign a lengthy contract for film developing with them.
Getting cameras in the hands of users can increase the potential that they take pictures, and the providers could increase revenue in film developing just like cellular telephone providers have increased revenue with more network use (more calls made). This also greatly increases the "walk-in" sporadic business of the chain store, as both dropping the film off and picking up the photos are a store visit (which is probably why most stores offer the service to begin with).
The problem with the idea is that the film developing providers have no way of enforcing that users develop their film only at their stores. However, the same problem exists with the Free/Cheap PC idea, in that the end users don't have to use the set-up ISP or start page portal.
The film development providers can enforce a certain number as the "minimum allowable film development" per year.
This idea assumes that photo-processing is something that chain stores anticipate existing for years to come. However, new digital means may allow end-users to "process" photos on their own. Ideally, no processing would be required in order to capture photos.


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Apart from all these services, this particular site informs the visitors that this unit produces Complex Fertilizers, Micro-Nutrients, Urea, Soil conditioner, Industrial Chemicals and many other crops-friendly chemicals. All these products are branded. This site informs about the other branches of RCF which are spreading all over the country. This site also provides the news of foreign goods imported by this unit. RCF is very friendly with the farmers. If you want to know more you can visit this site once.


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Around 3,000 prisoners refuse food after death of fellow inmate, as protesters clash with Israeli soldiers in Hebron.
Thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli jails have staged a one-day hunger strike in protest after the death of a fellow inmate, an Israeli official has said, as rallies were held across the occupied Palestinian territories.
"About 3,000 prisoners announced that they would refuse meals,"Sivan Weizman, Israel Prisons Service spokeswoman, told the AFP news agency on Sunday.
Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old father of two, from the village of Sair near Hebron in the southern West Bank, died on Saturday in an Israeli jail from what prison authorities said appeared to have been cardiac arrest.
Palestinian officials and the detainee's family alleged that Jaradat was mistreated by the Shin Bet, Israel's internal intelligence service, saying he was healthy at the time of his arrest last week.
An autopsy on Jaradat's body was due to take place at Israel's national forensic institute on Sunday and Issa Qaraqaa, the Palestinian minister in charge of prisoner affairs, said a Palestinian doctor and Jaradat family members would be present.
Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston, reporting from outside Ofer military prison, near Ramallah, said there were about 800 to 900 Palestinian prisoners there taking part in the hunger strike over Jaradat's death.
Johnston said there was a "heavy Israeli police presence" outside the prison.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Fawzi Barhoum, an Hamas spokesperson, said: "This is a crime against our prisoners committed by the Israeli government.
"There must be a third Intifada [uprising] and a revolution … to pressure Israel to protect our prisoners."
Jaradat's death could exacerbate tensions in Israel and the Palestinian territories which have been rocked in past weeks by protests of solidarity with four other prisoners detained by Israel who are on hunger strike.
Issawi's family recently told Al Jazeera he would be close to death if he continues his action.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's envoy has made "an unequivocal demand" to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority to quell the wave of protests in the West Bank, a government statement said.
Sunday's statement added that Netanyahu had also ordered the transfer of January arrears of tax revenues that Israel collects on the behalf of the Palestinians but has been withholding.
Israel holds more than 4,600 Palestinians in jail on charges that range from stone-throwing to deadly attacks on Israeli targets. Of the detainees, 159 are being held without charge or trial.


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You are here: Home / Press Releases / Tapestry Solutions Teams with Parsons for ARNG's Mission Command Training Support Program
Tapestry Solutions Teams with Parsons for ARNG's Mission Command Training Support Program
SAN DIEGO, Calif., December 2, 2015 – The Army National Guard (ARNG) has awarded Tapestry Solutions, a non-fully integrated subsidiary of Boeing [NYSE: BA], a three year contract to provide training support and professional services for the Mission Command Training Support Program (MCTSP). MCTSP is an Army National Guard contract encompassing simulation-supported staff training, mission command training, and technical services to Army Guard units during their home station unit training programs, meeting mandatory certification gates before deploying into combat or other contingencies.
Tapestry teamed with prime contractor, Parsons Corporation, to support the ARNG by providing Mission Command Training in realistic tactical environments to units during pre-mobilization training at ARNG Mission Training Centers (MTC) and other unit locations across the United States. Tapestry will provide distributed simulations training allowing ARNG units to conduct training at their assigned unit locations without requiring travel to a regional MTC for the majority of the training.
"The selection of Tapestry to perform mission command training is a testimony to the company's extensive reputation as a first class training company and key commercial partner to our nation's armed forces," said Michael Spencer, Senior Director, Business Development of Miro Technologies and Tapestry Solutions.
Tapestry will assist the ARNG in developing and sustaining combat-ready battle staffs, Mission Command / Information Systems (IS) operators and leaders, and Commanders and Staffs who are trained and proficient in executing their mission in support of military contingency operations.
"Tapestry has a long history of providing support to Army Active and Reserve component forces in the United States, overseas, and in combat zones around the world," stated Geoffrey Evans, President and CEO of Miro Technologies and Tapestry Solutions. "It is a legacy of which we are extremely proud and will continue to support.'
About Tapestry Solutions / Miro Technologies / Boeing Logistics Information Management Systems (LIMS)
Boeing subsidiaries, Tapestry SolutionsTM and Miro TechnologiesTM are the premier providers of logistics information management systems, simulations and training solutions for the global government defense and commercial markets. Both companies have specialized expertise, knowledge and technical capabilities and help customers achieve maximum efficiency in their operations and logistics business functions.
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GIN BLOSSOMS recently announced a new leg of U.S. tour dates in 2019, running from February 8 through March 9. Billed as "New Miserable Experience Live" and presented by the SiriusXM Lithium channel, the tour follows a successful run of dates in 2018 when the band celebrated the 25th anniversary of their multi-platinum album breakthrough album NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE by performing it in its entirety, along with other GIN BLOSSOMS classics and more.
The 2019 dates, bringing the band to such cities as New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin and Houston, will again raise a glass to the 1992 album that spawned such classic hits as "Hey Jealousy," "Found About You" and "Allison Road." Tickets for the shows are on sale now, and the band has VIP packages available that include a ticket, early entry into the venue, and a private acoustic performance by the band. Details for the VIP packages are available where tickets are sold.
GIN BLOSSOMS, one of the top alt-rock groups of the '90s, recently issued their first new album in eight years, the critically acclaimed MIXED REALITY which is highlighted by such singles/videos as "Break," "Face The Dark" and "Wonder." The band's signature blend of introspective lyrics, ringing guitars and finely etched melodies is as strong as ever throughout the album.


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Three arrested for fraud within Quebec Justice Department
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Published Thursday, July 5, 2018 10:18PM EDT
Last Updated Thursday, July 5, 2018 10:40PM EDT
On Thursday morning, Quebec's anti-corruption unit arrested two former members of the Quebec Justice Ministry's IT department and a third man who was an employee of an IT contractor in connection with alleged fraud.
Christian Tessier, Sylvain Tremblay, and Normand Laberge are all accused of fraud, government fraud, and breach of trust.
They are alleged to have received bribes for contracts awarded by the ministry between 2000 and 2014.
The three men appeared in court on Thursday.
UPAC said that citizen tips led to the arrests.


Arianespace uses space to make life better on Earth by providing launch services for all types of satellites into all orbits. It has orbited more than 570 satellites since 1980, using its family of launchers, Ariane, Soyuz and Vega, from launch sites in French Guiana and Baikonur, and preparing the future with Ariane 6 and Vega C. Arianespace is headquartered in Evry (France), and has a technical facility at the Guiana Space Center, plus offices in Washington, D.C., Tokyo and Singapore. Arianespace is a subsidiary of ArianeGroup, which holds 74% of its share capital, with the balance held by 17 other shareholders from the European launcher industry.


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High drama in the fashion industry over big money continues, but it's personal. The widow of fashion icon Oleg Cassini will spend time in jail as she tries fighting for her late husband's $55 million she believes is hers.
The Real Deal reports that authorities picked up Marianne Nestor on May 3 as she headed to the opera in Manhattan. Nassau Judge Margaret Reilly ordered the arrest from contempt of court charges for dodging requests to turn over business records and documents that she ignored court requests to hand over business records and other documents. Nestor controlled all of her now-deceased husband's businesses until 2015 when she and her sister, Peggy, were accused of mismanagement and a receiver stepped in.
"Marianne has engaged in a pattern of obstructionist conduct the likes of which are rarely, if ever, seen in Surrogate's Court," wrote attorney Robert Harper in a legal filing on behalf of the estates of Christina and Daria. Handing over documents could be enough for Nestor to not have to spend time behind bars. The attorney suggests this idea isn't possible, alleging Nestor ordered the papers in question to be destroyed after her arrest.
The New York Post reports that the Nassau County Public Administrator wants to force the sale of one of her Manhattan mansions to pay multiple judgments against her attempts at inheritance. One judgment includes a nearly $51 million charge for her improper behavior as administrator of her husband's affairs.
She hasn't given up her grip on the companies. "Nestor Cassini continues to use the companies to grab as much money for herself as she can," receiver Rosalia Baiamonte wrote in a 2017 Nassau Surrogate Court filing.
Nestor's late fashion designer husband was born in Paris in 1913 as the Great War was about to heat up. He once designed clothes for First Lady Jackie Kennedy in what was an illustrious and lucrative career. He was the man behind the "Jackie Look." Getting his start as a fashion designer in Hollywood, he gained invaluable experience and contacts, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he felt the need to enlist in the war. From there, he moved on to New York, the White House, and beyond. What will happen with his remaining estate is still to be determined, but his now-widowed wife is not going down without a fight.
The New York Post found public records showing Oleg Cassini Inc. is based in a Long Island manse at 313 McCouns Lane in Oyster Bay. Harper's legal filing said that despite this fact, Nestor said the property was her own primary residence and she therefore would not have to hand over her keys to the court's receiver. The New York Post explains that a primary residence usually can't be sold in order to satisfy debts and judgements.
She also said that 135 East 19th St. was her "primary residence" to stop foreclosure after she used the home as collateral for a loan she failed to repay, according to court papers filed last year in Manhattan Supreme Court.
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Differing attitudes to education
By Fei Lai | March 30, 2011, Wednesday | Print Edition
THE disparity between Chinese and Western mothers can reflect the differences between Chinese and Western attitudes toward a child's upbringing and education.
Brigitte Elie is a 45-year-old Canadian who has been living in Shanghai for 11 years. She owns a company making washable, reusable eco-friendly products made from organic textiles and her daughter Naomi is a Year 10 student at the Shanghai Rego International School.
The mother does not focus on schooling. Although aware that school and good grades are very important, she considers they are only one aspect of becoming a complete person.
"I teach my daughter to be strong and in harmony with herself and the world," she says. "Because that's what she wants rather than what the family requires her to be."
Unlike Elie's international background, Xiao Yu's native Shanghai family lives a much more local life. The 38-year-old mother has devoted most of her time to taking care of her daughter Yang Yang, an 8th grader at a middle school in Minhang District.
"To get a job in today's world, academic performance is the key," Yang says. "I don't want my child to lose at the very start."
While the Western mother thinks that everyday is a learning process and they learn from and teach each other about the culture in Shanghai, the Chinese mother is busy pushing her child to achieve higher marks.
From the following questions and answers we can see some of the different attitudes between Chinese and Western mothers.


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Home #CoverStory 'Moksha Tour Gives Journey To Self' Specializes In 'Spiritual Tourism'
'Moksha Tour Gives Journey To Self' Specializes In 'Spiritual Tourism'
The travel enterprise takes pilgrims to heritage spots and spiritual destinations, both within the country and across the border. Mochitha Prakriti feels liberated when she travels. Perhaps that is why she never feels the need to stay put even after travelling over 3 lakh km. Nature is her muse, while her specialism is the Indus Valley Civilisation. Her myriad journeys across the country have been earnest attempts to marry the two.
"By 2004, I was steeped in research about heritage places in India as part of a television programme I was anchoring. I visited several places known for its Indic heritage value and pilgrimage sites. During my travels and interactions, I realised that the roots of Indian culture is inextricably connected to Nature," she says.
This interest led the danseuse to become a part of a documentary series on temples across the country. After a "deeply fulfilling" trip to towering Kailash, Mochitha started receiving enquires about the particulars of such a "daunting journey". The 42-year-old says she first had a brainwave about sharing her adventures with others during a dip in frigid Manasarovar. She realised the best possible way was to be a friend, guide and leader herself.
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'Moksha: Journey to the Self', a tour venture, was borne from that desire to "share my stories with others."
Meticulous planning goes into each trip. "Usually, if it's a place I have not visited previously, I myself, with the support of my partner, Reji Syne, would do a recce to study the lay of the land," says Mochitha, a resident of Sasthamangalam in the city. "A journey becomes fulfilling and meaningful when you have doubts and clarify them," she adds. Though most people who join Moksha's expeditions are on a "spiritual quest", Mochitha stresses that focus is on Nature and history, as the boundaries blur.
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Like for history buff Prashanth G, a surgeon from Adoor, who has been a part of four trips within the State. "I'm someone who is curious about Kerala and its rich history. Though one can acquire a lot of information from books, experiencing a place by yourself makes it more real. But I have a hectic work schedule and it's hard to find time for my interests otherwise. With Moksha, the trips are planned well in advance," he says.
That's where rigorous research and Mochita's extensive travels come in handy. "There are innumerable hidden stories associated with each and every place. When a person accompanies me, I want him/her too to feel the energy of that place, whether in terms of faith, history, culture, architecture, geography or sociology. The idea is to help like-minded travellers thoroughly understand why one visits a particular heritage site," says Mochitha.
Moksha's maiden yathra was to Kailash, in 2013. The batch of 65 'aathmabhandhukkal', as Moksha's travellers address each other, saw eager pilgrims from the length and breadth of South India, Delhi and Dubai.
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Moksha organises frequent 'three-day trips', mostly to heritage sites and temples in and around Kerala. But it's their coordinated 'long trips' that have more takers. Vrindavan, Varanasi, Kasi, Allahabad, Prayag, Gaya, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Dwarka are some places that have been part of Moksha's itinerary, which has seen about 50 journeys, both within the State and outside, over the years. Currently, the group is the midst of a pilgrimage to 108 Siva temples in the State, which will be completed in a year. The grandest ones have been the 14-day Kailash trips, undertaken thrice so far. "That's something not so easy and the trips are planned at least six months in advance as paperwork is time-consuming," reveals Mochitha. A plan in 2015 had to be cancelled in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes.
River Ganges at Varanasi during sunset
Moksha is currently orchestrating Vrindavan and Kashi-Prayag-Gaya trips for the months of October and November respectively. Long trips are by flight, while last-mile connectivity would be arranged for with the help of local coordinators. For cross-border locations, the tour group liaises with the respective embassies for paperwork. For lengthy stays, professional cooks would be hired to cut down on costs, while doctors too accompany for any medical assistance.
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Moksha offers classes on mental and body conditioning apart from tips on efficient and economic travel methods. "We organise satsangs to allow the co-travellers to get to know each other better. This session is also used to enlighten them about the places in the itinerary for a wholesome experience." Body conditioning, say for trips to mountainous terrains, involves deep breathing exercises and short treks to improve stamina and cardiovascular function.
There is no age limit and tours are open to observers of all faith. "The only rider may be that one should be able to enjoy and soak in Nature," she says with a laugh. Mochitha says her passion for travelling took flight early in her life. "My grandmother, who stayed in Idukki, used to travel a lot as many of her kith and kin were spread far and wide and I used to accompany her. That early exposure shaped an interest in history, local legends and myths," she recounts. For those with itchy feet and a curiosity about the land's own genetic make-up, these can be a journey of self-discovery too.
Trip fare
The packages range from ?2 lakh for a 14-day Kailas Manasarovar yathra to ?37,500 for a 7-day 'Spirit of the Ganges' trip. Costs for a 4-day Thiruvannamalai sojourn is ?20,000. #KhabarLive
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