I am trying to separate these two files [data/evos_moves.asm] and [engine/evos_moves.asm] but I can't seem to get anywhere. The include for data/evos_moves.asm is at the bottom of the engine file, therefore within the same rom bank.
I need data/evos_moves.asm in it's own bank due to the amount of data it could potentially use up. I ran into this problem with expand-dex repo from ShantyTown.
In the code I see it loads the address of EvosMovesPointerTable into hl and works from there. I'm not sure if I need to switch rom banks (which I don't know how to do yet) or if the code working with the address is arbitrary and not dynamic and needs to be changed.
My final goal is to have the ability to add gen 2-7 pokemon into the game without editing asm code excluding info about the pokemon. Main problem with expand-dex is constant space issues, which is why I'm trying to separate evos_moves data from the engine. I have not made pokemon id's or index 2 bytes yet, I want everything else worked out first. I'm working with pret/pokered official, no changes except some things I've done which isn't much.
I've separated baseStats just fine with some cp $98 to wD0B5 etc, but that type of routine with evos_moves does not seem to be working. The furthest I've got is Squirtle learned TM34 at level 8, which should've been bubble. I think all 8** pokemon evos_moves data will fit into one bank, so I don't need to split the generations, just split the data from the engine.
engine/menu/party_menu.asm already loads the bank dynamically, so you don't have to change that code if you move data/evos_moves.asm to a new bank.
My first thought would be to take advantage of FarCopyData to make these three routines dynamically read from the right bank.
Ok I haven't looked at FarCopyData yet, I've seen it elsewhere but wasn't sure what it does. Thanks for the tip. Separating the pointer table data from the engine and editing the pokedex seems to be the last changes needed to be able to have 16,000 pkmn.


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6. The Jew and the Gentile Background of the Jew in the Old Testament
Following the flood of Noah humankind was divided into three major racial divisions descending from the three sons of Noah—Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The entire human race descended from these three sons of Noah.
The sons of Japheth formed the largest group descending from Noah and include the peoples mentioned in Genesis 10:2-5, especially the peoples in Asia Minor, Greece, Russia, Cyprus, and Southeastern Europe. These people later spread to other parts of the world.
The sons of Ham, mentioned in Genesis 10:6-20, in general inhabited Asia, except for Northern Asia, and lived in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. Like others, they scattered throughout the world in subsequent history. They were the original inhabitants of the land that God later gave to Israel.
The sons of Shem, mentioned in Genesis 10:21-31, in general occupied the Middle East. Important to the Bible is the fact that the descendants of Shem included Abram and Israel and also Jesus Christ. Genesis 10 remains the most ancient document detailing the movement of the nations and the location of various peoples, and even the secular world has to turn to it for information.
As the history of the Old Testament unfolded after the flood, humankind continued to rebel against God, culminating in the judgment of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9). In Genesis 12 a new divine purpose of God was revealed creating a new division, beginning with Abram. The rest of the book of Genesis, from chapter 11 to chapter 50, deals with Abram and his descendants. God promised that a special blessing would come to the whole earth through Abram's descendants. The line of this fulfillment went through Isaac, Abram's son, and then to Jacob, the son of Isaac, who was the father of the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel. Though Abram blessed the descendants of Ishmael and Isaac blessed Esau, the line of Isaac and Jacob alone inherited the promise of being a blessing to the whole world and the promises given to Jacob and his sons.
From the time of the emergence of Israel as a special people, God's plans for them in fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant are unfolded throughout the Old Testament. Under the rule of Kings Saul, David, and Solomon, Israel became a great nation, unexcelled for riches and glory. Following the death of Solomon, however, because of his intermarriage with many heathen wives, the kingdom was divided into two—the kingdom of Israel, including the ten tribes, and the kingdom of Judah, including the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. Beginning in the book of Esther and continuing with a few references in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles, the two tribes of the kingdom of Judah were called Jews and carried off into captivity. This designation of "Jews" continued through the captivities, and in Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Jeremiah, and Daniel, and later in the New Testament. Though, strictly speaking, the title applied only to the tribe of Judah because it was the dominant tribe from which the kings came, eventually all twelve tribes began to be labeled as Jews. By contrast, all others became known as Gentiles, originally applied to some sons of Japheth (Gen. 10:5 KJV), but later to all those who were not descendants of Jacob (Neh. 5:8).
When the wise men came from the East seeking Jesus, they asked the question, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?" (Matt. 2:2). The Magi were referring to the promise of a king over all twelve tribes of Israel. Though Israel is referred to in approximately 80 New Testament passages, the nation is designated "the Jews" in approximately 190 New Testament references.
The Jews as a Separate People
The study of the Jew in the Old Testament clearly reveals that God has a special purpose for this people. Paul described this special place in these words, "Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen" (Rom. 9:4-5).
As the summary in Romans 9 indicates, the Jews were a special people who were designed by God to be the channel of divine revelation to the world. From them would come the prophets, the writers of the Old Testament, and most of the writers of the New Testament. From them would come the twelve apostles and, supremely, Jesus Christ. The Jews were given the Law of Moses, which was not extended beyond Israel. To them were given the special rules for worship in the tabernacle and in the temple; and to them were given special promises that were not extended to the entire human race. Though Israel did not choose God, God chose them; and with extraordinary patience and tenacity, He fulfills His promises to Israel even in times of apostasy and departure from God. It is in keeping with this purpose of God that Israel had such a prominent place throughout the Old Testament, and the course of human history is developed in the Old Testament period as it revolves around Israel and the Holy Land. God's dealing with them both in judgment and in mercy provided a divine revelation of the nature of God, His righteousness, His love, His grace, and His infinite wisdom. The major movements of the nation constitute the important divisions of the Old Testament. In the time of Jacob and Joseph the children of Israel went down to Egypt a family of seventy, and there, in several hundred years, they became a great nation of perhaps two to three million.
After the Jews fell into ill favor with Pharaoh and they became slaves, God raised up Moses to lead them from Egypt to the Promised Land. After Moses' death Joshua brought the children of Israel into the land that they possessed.
After Israel went through the apostasies recorded in the book of Judges, they became a great nation, beginning with Samuel the prophet and then Kings Saul, David, and Solomon. After Solomon's death, however, their continued sinfulness against God not only resulted in the division of the two kingdoms—the ten tribes, the kingdom of Israel, and the two tribes, the kingdom of Judah—but God caused them to be taken out of the land. The ten tribes were carried off by Assyria in 722 B.C. (1 Chron. 5:25-26), and the remaining two tribes, the kingdom of Judah, were conquered by Babylon in 605 B.C. Judah was subsequently carried off to Babylon, and Jerusalem, along with its beautiful temple, was plundered and destroyed in 586 B.C. (2 Chron. 36:17-20).
In 538 B.C. under Ezra, fifty thousand came back to try to reestablish Israel in the land (Ezra 1:1-2:70). After many years of struggle Nehemiah arrived on the scene in 445 B.C. and encouraged them to rebuild the wall and rebuild the city (Neh. 1:1-6:16; 11:1-2). When Christ was born, Jerusalem was once again a thriving city.
The subsequent rejection of Christ ultimately resulted in the dispersion of the children of Israel all over the world, beginning in A.D. 70 when Jerusalem was conquered and burned by the Romans.
In the twentieth century the children of Israel have begun their return to their ancient land, signaling what may well be the beginning of the final regathering of Israel prophesied in Scripture. Almost four million Jews now live within the bounds of the land of Israel and are in their place to fulfill their prophetic destiny.
The Gentiles as a Separate People
While the Old Testament gives major attention to the people of Israel and portrays their special place in the plan of God, the revelation of God's special purpose for the Gentiles also is unfolded in the Old Testament.
The large place that the Gentiles would play in subsequent history has as its background the ethnological table of the descendants of Noah found in Genesis 10. No other ancient document gives the material of the origin of the various races as does this chapter. From a biblical standpoint it is important because it provides a background for history and prophecy as they relate to all other peoples who are not descendants of Jacob.
The Egyptian Empire
The major role of the Gentiles is traced first to the nation of Egypt, which at one time was the most powerful nation in the world. Abram, according to Genesis 12:10, went down to Egypt, where he attempted to gain favor by saying that Sarai was his sister, not his wife (Gen. 12:10-13). Actually, she was his half-sister. This almost proved disastrous as Pharaoh took Sarai into the palace to become his wife (Gen. 12:14-16). Though Sarai was more than sixty-five years of age, she was declared to be a beautiful and desirable woman. When Abram's deceit was discovered, he left Egypt (Gen. 12:17-20), but not without some of the riches that he had accumulated in the short time there. Unfortunately, he also took with him a slave girl, Hagar, who later became the mother of Ishmael (Gen. 16:1-15).
When Isaac later wanted to go down into Egypt, God appeared to him and told him to stay in the land and he would inherit the promises that God gave to Abram (Gen. 26:1-6).
The most important chapter in Israel's history occurred in the time of Jacob and Joseph when the children of Israel went down to Egypt to escape the famine (Gen. 46:1-7). Joseph, because he had interpreted Pharaoh's dream concerning the coming famine (Gen. 41:1-43), was able to care for his people (Gen. 46:28-47:12), and in the several hundred years that they dwelt in Egypt they became a nation of two to three million. Subsequently, under Moses they left Egypt (Ex. 12:31-51), and under Joshua they conquered most of the Promised Land (Josh. 21:43-45), though some sections remained unconquered (Judges 1:21, 27-28).
The Assyrian Empire
As the years passed, Assyria rose in power and supplanted Egypt as the most dominant nation in the Middle East. The Assyrian armies were those who carried off the ten tribes into captivity in 722 B.C. (1 Chron. 5:25-26).
Assyria, however, was defeated in 612 B.C., and its capital city, Nineveh, was burned. The Assyrian empire was then succeeded by the empire of Babylon.
The Empires Revealed to Daniel: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome
The Babylonians played an important part in the history of Israel because they were responsible for the conquering of Jerusalem in 605 B.C. and the subsequent captivity of Judah.
Most significant in the revelation of God's purposes for the Gentiles was the truth revealed through Daniel that beginning with Babylon there would be four great world empires prior to the kingdom that would come from heaven. In Daniel 2 this was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, in a gigantic image that had a head of gold, the upper part of the body of silver, the lower part of the body of bronze, the legs of iron, and the feet of iron and pottery. As Daniel interpreted this dream for the king (Dan. 2), the various elements of the image revealed the four empires—the head of gold being Babylon, the upper part of the body of silver being that of the Medes and the Persians, the lower part of the body of bronze referring to the kingdom of Greece or the conquest of Alexander the Great, and the legs of iron and the feet of iron and pottery representing the empire of Rome. The first three empires are named in the book of Daniel (2:36-38; 5:30; 8:20-21). The fourth empire most naturally represents Rome, which succeeded the Grecian Empire.
In Daniel 7 the prophecies of the future of the Gentiles were further revealed in the form of four beasts. In Daniel 7 the lion represents Babylon, the bear represents Medo-Persia, the leopard represents Alexander, king of Greece, and his conquests, and the beast with great iron teeth represents the empire of Rome. Greece is named in Daniel 8:21 and represented as the goat with one prominent horn, referring to Alexander, and Medo-Persia is pictured as a ram with two horns (Dan. 8:2-4, 20). The fourth beast represents Rome.
The Future Revival of the Roman Empire
Most significant are the details furnished concerning the Roman Empire. Though most of the prophecy concerning Rome has now been fulfilled in history, the final stage is represented by a beast having ten horns, according to Daniel 7:7. A little horn (7:8) arises, however, which uproots three of the ten horns, and this is interpreted as a ruler who eventually will gain control of the Roman Empire. As this ten-horned stage has never occurred in history, it seems that the vision leaps to the present age without taking into consideration the time between the first and second coming of Christ and centers on the final form of world government in the end time preceding the second coming of Christ.
The ten-horn stage of the beast represents the revived Roman Empire composed of ten kingdoms in and around the Mediterranean Sea. The "little horn" of Daniel 7:8 represents its ruler who eventually becomes a world ruler. As stated in Daniel 7:23, "It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it." The truth represented in Daniel's prophetic vision is given further detail in the book of Revelation, especially in Revelation 13.
The Prophetic Program for Jews and Gentiles Culminates in the Second Coming
The program for Israel as well as for the Gentiles in Daniel's prophecies culminates in the second coming of Christ, when Gentile dominion will be destroyed and Israel will be restored to her ancient land.
God's special purposes for Israel included that through them would come the Messiah and the Savior in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ in His first coming, and that through them would come divine revelation to the world in the form of prophetic utterance and biblical writings. Through Israel God would reveal Himself as He had never revealed Himself before.
In the history of the Gentiles and in their ultimate prophetic future, God demonstrates His sovereignty over the world, and the Gentiles form the special vehicle that shows the power and wisdom of God that ultimately will bring every race and every people into subjection to Himself. Gentile history in the Old Testament as well as the prophecy of its future, accordingly, forms the graphic background for what God has accomplished in and through Israel. These lines of truth will continue and ultimately be fulfilled at the Second Coming and in the millennial kingdom.
1. What were the names of Noah's three children?
2. What is their importance to the history of the race?
3. From what son of Noah did Christ and the people of Israel descend?
4. What form did rebellion against God take among the descendants of Noah?
5. What new divine purpose of God is revealed in Genesis 12?
6. What is the significance of the fact that God devotes from Genesis 11 to Genesis 50 to the history of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?
7. What was the line of fulfillment of the promise to Abram's seed?
8. What happened to Israel under Kings Saul, David, and Solomon?
9. Why did the kingdom after Solomon divide into two kingdoms?
10. Trace the designation "Jews" to the people of Israel.
11. When the Magi came from the East seeking Jesus, what did they have in mind in reference to the promise of a king?
12. What are some of the outstanding features that God bestowed on Israel as a separate people according to Romans 9?
13. To what extent did God use Israel as a channel of divine revelation? What did God reveal in His dealings with Israel through the centuries?
14. What caused the children of Israel to go down into Egypt?
15. How did they travel from Egypt to the Promised Land?
16. What was the moral situation in Israel prior to Samuel the prophet?
17. What did God do to the ten tribes who had rebelled against Him?
18. What did He do to the two remaining tribes?
19. When did the people of Israel go back to their land? Describe the struggles of the pilgrims who returned to Jerusalem and the ultimate outcome.
20. What happened to Israel in A.D. 70 and in the following years?
21. Trace the relationship of Egypt to the children of Israel?
22. What was Abram's experience in Egypt?
23. State briefly Assyria's rise to power and subsequent decline.
24. What four empires were revealed prophetically to Daniel?
25. What part did the Babylonians play in the history of Israel?
26. In regard to the image in Nebuchadnezzar's vision, describe the identification of the head of gold, the upper part of the body of silver, the lower part of the body of bronze, the legs of iron, and the feet of iron and pottery.
27. What will succeed the fourth empire?
28. In Daniel's vision of the four beasts in Daniel 7, how do you identify the four beasts?
29. How much of this has been fulfilled?
30. In regard to the unfulfilled prophecies concerning Rome, what may we expect to emerge in the end time?
31. When will the period of Gentile power finally end?
32. What, in general, does God demonstrate in His handling of the Gentile world?
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Have you ever heard about Kamtchatka? No? We think it's high time that you learn about this wonderful region in the Russian Far East!
The volcanoes of Kamtschatka are one of the most outstanding examples of the volcanic regions in the world. They are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Stay studed for more reports and pictures about the nature and wild life in Kamtchatka coming up soon!
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Valve and I have a long standing history. I've yet to be truly disappointed by a game of theirs. From Half-Life to Portal, they've been good to us for a while. Left 4 Dead is no exception. A zombie survival game made for co-operative play, Left 4 Dead sports a strange new way of dealing with enemy AI. The game is lorded over by the "director AI" a series of rules that decides, on the fly, when to throw enemies at you and how to go about attacking you. It will even pick out the weakest of the group and single them out.
No playthrough of Left 4 Dead will ever be exactly the same, as the "director" chooses when to let you rest, how difficult to make the hordes of enemies and even the direction they come from. Our group started out well enough. We cleared out the building we had been sequestered in and ventured out into the street. Dark and desolate, there are places where without your flashlight, you won't be able to see a thing.
The enemies stormed towards us in the alley, numbers climbing near to thirty at once. Our group cleared them out well enough and moved on. High ground, no matter how high has always been a plus in shooters. Thinking this, I hopped up onto a car... just as a warning flash across the bottom of the screen warning us not to set off any alarms. Too late. We could hear them coming . Screams and pounding feet grew ever nearer and I fixed my sights on the alleys. Hearing gunfire and shouts from my teammates, I looked around for the horde they were attacking. Then I saw them pouring off the roofs from three, four, even five stories up. We were in trouble.
Before long I was incapacitated, laying on the ground with only my pistols to stop the hundreds of enemies that surrounded me and my compatriots. Then two of us were on the ground, then three. I fired as quickly as I could, protecting the only teammate I had left. He was almost to me when he too was taken down by a small group of zombies. We all lay there slowly bleeding out, wishing we hadn't messed with the cars.
I've always been strong supporter of co-operative gameplay, especially campaign play. Left 4 Dead combines this love with my love of zombie films. The build they have going now is sharp and clean. The action of fast paced and the director AI works well enough not to be obvious. I look forward to playing this game in it's entirety come November. Hopefully by then, I'll have learned my lesson and I'll stay the hell away from the cars.


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Quiz: Can You Unscramble the Names of All 30 NBA Teams?: HowStuffWorks
Can You Unscramble the Names of All 30 NBA Teams?
By: Beth Hendricks
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When the Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002, they took their team name with them. Two years later, the city that lost that franchise — Charlotte — started a new one and named it the Bobcats. Fast-forward to 2019 and the Hornets are now the Pelicans, and the former Hornets turned Bobcats ... are now Hornets again! Phew!
Luckily, name changes are a rarity in the National Basketball Association, but with expansion teams joining the league occasionally, new names pop up from time to time. Dating back to the 1950s, you had the Celtics, Warriors, Knicks and Cavaliers. All team names you recognize that are still hanging around today. Then came the Rochester Royals, who are now the Sacramento Kings, and the Syracuse Nationals, who became the Philadelphia 76ers.
Today, there are 30 NBA teams whose names range from types of birds to historical references. So, don't be alarmed when you hear that the Trailblazers are duking it out with the Cavaliers!
How basketball savvy are you? Can you name all 30 NBA teams if their letters are mixed up? Unscramble these franchise names, but don't be "Cavalier." We want you to be an NBA quiz "Maverick." Give it your best shot!
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The "kwahs'" history can be traced to Buffalo, Illinois and Milwaukee before it finally settled in the Peach State. Which of these is it?
The Atlanta Hawks' history goes all the way back (and north) to New York when the team was known as the Buffalo Bisons. It picked up the Hawks nickname when the club moved to Milwaukee in the 1950s.
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NASA probably likes this team, which is scrambled as "cetsork." What team is it?
The Houston Rockets come by their name honestly. Originally based in San Diego, the Rockets are now at home in Houston, which is also the home of NASA's Mission Control. Houston, we (don't) have a problem!
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Michael Jordan made this red-and-black team world-famous. Which team is scrambled in "lulbs?"
Sullies
Michael Jordan, who some would argue is the best basketball player of all time, made the Chicago Bulls a household name after he was drafted by the franchise in 1984. Jordan retired for the final time in 2003.
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Following the 2018-19 season, the "ents" picked up Kevin Durant, but an injury has sidelined him since. What team is it?
Sents
The Nets, of Brooklyn fame, struck a deal with Kevin Durant after the conclusion of the 2018-19 season that moved the small forward to New York City. Durant previously played for Golden State.
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This Detroit-based NBA team is appropriately named for a car part. What is the unscrambled form of "stipons?"
The Detroit Pistons come by their name honestly. The team's original owner was also the owner of a piston manufacturing company. The Pistons have been in existence since 1941 when they started in Indiana.
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The "kcbsu" team name is easier to unscramble than its star player's — Antetokounmpo. What team are we talking about?
Scubas
The Milwaukee Bucks hit the draft lottery when they picked up Giannis Antetokounmpo in the first round of the 2013 draft. The Bucks became part of the NBA as an expansion team added in 1968.
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The "nedrhut" left behind rainy Seattle for the Sooner State in 2008. But can you detangle its name?
Runters
Oklahoma City inherited the Seattle SuperSonics in the late 2000s, changing its name to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The "Thunder" nickname is shared between Oklahoma's wild weather and its distinction as the site of the military's Thunderbirds.
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You have to dig into history, specifically July 4 history, to unscramble the "xrsies" name. Do you know what it is?
Rixers
Twixers
The Philadelphia 76ers, also known as the Sixers, are named in honor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, all the way back on July 4, 1776. Philadelphia is home to numerous historic sites important in U.S. history.
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The "nascliep" are named for the official bird of the team's home state. Which of these is it?
Sleppians
New Orleans is known as the Pelican State, thanks to the large number of those birds that frequent the area. That makes it a logical choice for an NBA franchise name, which the team adopted at the end of the 2012-13 season.
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This team earned its name for its location near the end of a historic 2,170-mile wagon route. How do you unscramble "ibasertrlalz?"
Bailers
Railroaders
The Portland Trailblazers have a historical meaning to their name. Situated near the end of the Oregon Trail, a 2,170-mile route across the United States that started in Missouri, the team is named for individuals who helped keep the route clear for travelers.
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Of the four professional sports leagues out there, San Antonio has only an NBA team. What team is scrambled as the "ssurp?"
Usurps
The Spurs are San Antonio's only major professional sports team from among the four pro leagues: NBA, NFL, MLB and MLS. The team actually got its start in Dallas as the Chaparrals.
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There's no Harry Potter here, but the "dzsiwra" are a real team. What franchise is it if you unscramble it?
Drizzles
The Washington Wizards, led by point guard John Wall, have represented the nation's capital since 1974 when they relocated as the Bullets from Chicago. Even Michael Jordan enjoyed a stint as a Washington Wizard!
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Luka Dončić was the NBA's "Rookie of the Year" in 2019, as a member of the "ceikmsavr." What team are we referencing?
Magicks
Dončić joined the Mavericks in 2018, after originally being drafted by the Atlanta Hawks. He promptly went on to earn "Rookie of the Year" honors, finishing that season with a 22-points-per-game average.
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You probably don't associate "zajz" with this team's current location, but you might with its original spot. What is it?
Zazz
Mraz
The Utah Jazz, once the New Orleans Jazz, held onto its team name even after it relocated in 1979. The name was originally selected as an homage to the jazz music culture of the Big Easy.
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The "rtapros" earned their first NBA title in 2019, but what is the team's actual name?
The Raptors earned their franchise's first-ever NBA title in 2019 — and the first NBA title awarded to a team outside of the United States. Toronto was led by Kawhi Leonard, who played one season with the team and helped lead them to a title.
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Memphis is only home to one pro sports team, the NBA franchise known as the "zsliezrig." What is it?
Zanies
Greazies
The Memphis Grizzlies were originally the Vancouver Grizzlies when the team joined the NBA as an expansion franchise in the mid-1990s. Just a few short years later, the team relocated to Tennessee.
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Here comes the "unss!" What team is based in a perennially cloud-free community?
Unes
You've heard of people moving or retiring to Phoenix, and for a good reason — the weather there is on point nearly year-round. While you're there, you can enjoy the play of the Phoenix Suns, the city's official NBA franchise.
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Disney probably played a role in the naming of this Florida franchise — the "amcig." What is it?
Marges
The Orlando Magic are just down the road from the "Happiest Place on Earth," otherwise known as the Magic Kingdom. Magic officials also considered "Juice" and "Tropics," before settling on the current name.
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The "Big 3" of James, Wade and Bosh played together for a short time on this team. Can you unscramble "thea?"
That was a pretty simple one, huh? Not only because it's a relatively short nickname, but because of the presence of the "Big 3" on the same team for a short stint: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
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Seagrams, Royals and then ... "sngki." What team kept with its regal nicknames?
From Royals to Kings, the Sacramento Kings may have changed nicknames, but kept with their "monarchs" category. They weren't always in Sacramento, though; the team has been in Rochester, Cincinnati and Kansas City in its history.
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The "kkcins" are more formally known as the "osrcbkiernkeck," but we're not that mean. Can you unscramble the first?
Cricks
Slicks
The New York Knicks are, indeed, known more formally as the Knickerbockers, a name derived from a type of clothing once worn by immigrants to the United States. The Knicks play at Madison Square Garden in the heart of New York City.
They got their start playing at state fairgrounds. Which team is behind the "rseacp?"
The Pacers played the first few years of their existence at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, before moving into its downtown arena. The team is named for its association with the Indianapolis 500.
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This team earned its name for having the largest population of "ismowlerbtev" in the contiguous United States. What is its name?
Timberswolfs
The Minnesota Timberwolves handily beat out the Minnesota Polars for officially team nickname. Makes sense, since Minnesota is home to the largest population of the species in the contiguous United States.
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Gold rush! This NBA franchise's name is inspired by "gutsgne" of gold. What is their proper name?
Staggers
Stunners
The Denver Nuggets are named after the Colorado gold rush of the 1850s, but they weren't the first NBA Nuggets. An original version of the Denver Nuggets was formed as part of the National Basketball League.
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Worth an estimated $3.5 billion, the "rrrawios" are famous for having the Splash Brothers on their team. Which squad are we talking about?
The Golden State Warriors, which play in San Francisco, have been the home team of the duo known as the Splash Brothers for several years. Together, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have teamed up to win multiple NBA titles.
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The "krlaes" nickname doesn't really fit this team's current location, but it does fit its history. What team is it?
Snakers
You surely guessed "Lakers," right? And, no, it doesn't make sense for the arid Los Angeles climate ... until you remember that the Lakers were once hosted in Minneapolis, inside the state known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes."
Before they were the "ntsrohe," they were the Bobcats. But now they're the "ntsrohe" again. Which answer choice below is it?
The Charlotte Hornets lost their team — and their nickname — when the franchise was relocated to New Orleans. But after New Orleans adopted the "Pelicans" moniker, they returned the "Hornets" name to Charlotte. Isn't that nice?
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You could say that this team has the luck of the Irish. What team is behind this scrambled word: "lticecs?"
The Boston Celtics' name and mascot (Lucky the Leprechaun) are a nod to the Irish population that lives in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. The Celtics, which were birthed in the late 1940s, are one of the league's original teams.
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At home in a port city, this team's name makes total sense. Can you unscramble the team name "plicerps?"
Skippers
The Clippers' history dates back to its founding in New York in the 1970s. When the team moved to the port city of San Diego, it adopted a more water-friendly name — the Clippers, the name for a type of boat.
In 2003, the "vecaaslir" drafted a nearby high school student with the No. 1 pick. Which team is it?
Salivas
The team in question is the Cleveland Cavaliers and that No. 1 draft pick turned out to be none other than LeBron James, who attended nearby St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. James is from Akron.
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Professor studies trans fat consumption in the wake of policy shifts
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Trans fat policies have led to a decline in its availability in the global food supply, according to Rutgers School of Public Health professor Shauna Downs and colleagues from universities worldwide. Although all forms of trans fat regulation have proven to be effective, trans fat bans have the potential to make the largest impact on cardiovascular disease rates worldwide.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the elimination of trans fat - also known as trans fatty acids - from the global food supply to prevent heart disease, the world's biggest killer. Although only a handful of countries worldwide have taken steps to regulate it, its removal from the food supply has been identified as a "best-buy" public health intervention.
Small amounts of trans fat are naturally occurring in some animal products but the main source is industrially produced partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) used primarily in fried snacks and bakery products. Consumption of these fats increases the risk of non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease.
The trans fat policies studied included voluntary self-regulation as well as mandatory measures, such as labelling and national trans fat bans. While all three of these approaches led to decreases in trans fat consumption, bans were the most effective. In countries that have mandatory trans fat labeling, such as the United States and Canada, there have been significant reductions in trans fat in the food supply but amounts remain high in some foods. The foods that contain high levels of trans fat also tend to be cheaper than their trans fat free counterparts, which could exacerbate existing health disparities.
Reducing trans fat in the food supply will reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease deaths, especially in the most socioeconomically vulnerable groups. Trans fat bans are likely the most successful, economical, and equitable approach to reduce its consumption worldwide.
"While some of the government policies we studied imposed voluntary self-regulation and others took mandatory measures, such as labeling, trans fat bans proved to be the most effective policies for removing trans fats," according to lead author of the study Downs. "This study highlights the need for countries such as the United States to move forward with stronger trans fat regulation."
"The Impact of Policies to Reduce Trans Fat Consumption: A Systematic Review of the Evidence" was published in the December 2017 edition of Current Developments in Nutrition.
Evidence piles up for banning trans fats
More information: Shauna M Downs et al. The Impact of Policies to Reduce trans Fat Consumption: A Systematic Review of the Evidence, Current Developments in Nutrition (2017). DOI: 10.3945/cdn.117.000778
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As the huge media coverage of internet abuse has made clear (not least the appalling targeting of women on Twitter and other social media platforms), when public conversation is debased, we all suffer - though those at the sharp end suffer most.
"The right to speak is a call to the duty of listening." These words of the Quaker writer Pierre Lacout should be placed in letters five feet tall on the walls of all broadcasting studios.
Conversation, which is a cornerstone of human relationships, is crucial to achieving peace in a world of conflict and injustice, says Bishop Brian Smith.
I've overheard some interesting conversations this week while travelling on public transport. As any Londoner knows, the unwritten rule is that you can be chatty on the buses, but it's really not done to talk too much on the Tube. So I'll start with a beautiful conversation from a ride on that previously mentioned (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/14356) rammed bus to Deptford Bridge.


Verging on Pertinence: June 23rd. A Huge Day.
June 23rd. A Huge Day.
O.K. Here's how it looks for tomorrow 10:00 am EST.
1) Slovenia WINS or TIES, the Green Dragons are into the next round.
2) USA WINS, on to the next round.
3) England WINS, on to the next round.
4) USA TIES, on to the next round if England LOSES or if England TIES but the Goal Difference favors USA.
5) Algeria WINS AND England LOSES or TIES, Algeria advances.
6) If ALL of the teams WIN or if they all LOSE, a BLACK HOLE opens up in South Africa and swallows 31 teams and all of the FIFA referees. France is the only team not swallowed as they've left South africa a long time ago. Some French citizens bellieve they never even arrived in the first place.
I still don't know whether I am able to watch the Slovenia match. All that adrenalin... Plus, the general mood has moved towards "Of course England will win" just about everywhere and I hate that. Should even Slovenian players believe England should win ... :-( I mean: look at Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Spain... they are not doing their best, either.
England's Rooney will act like this Rooney and go into a tizzy about a remark made regarding his height, i.e., his lack thereof. He'll be promptly red-carded when he head-butts one of the officials (or perhaps all of them).
The Three Lions will be all upset as they'll be losing their Anger Leader, thus slipping into a type of play where passing will become paramount and scoring? Not so much. The Green Dragons, being Slavic, will, of course, be initially shocked so that whenever they do get the ball will immediatley surrender it so they can watch how the English are excellent at passing but scoring? Well, we know abotu that.
Eventually, Slovenia will realize that they are a man up and start playing as if they do desire a goal or two.
End result: Slovenia 1 England 0. Riots break out throughout the British Isles.


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Apple shoppers wanting the latest iPhones were left disappointed on Black Friday in the US, due to production snafus in China. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Many shoppers can't find Apple's latest iPhones on Black Friday
Many shoppers looking for Apple's latest high-end phones returned empty handed from its stores this Black Friday as the technology company struggles with production snafus in China.
Among them were Mrs Sally Gannon and her son Michael, who were visiting an Apple store in Bethesda, where they found no iPhone Pros in stock.
Similarly, Ms Abisha Luitel wanted to get an iPhone 14 Pro for her 21-year old cousin. But the Apple store she visited was out. She purchased an older version, the 12, instead.
The "iPhone shortages are accelerating and were front and centre this morning on Black Friday across many retailers, Apple Stores, and online channels," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote in a note.
Three killed, at least eight injured in Brazil school shooting
Three people were killed and at least eight injured on Friday when a shooter opened fire at two schools in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, local police said.
The attacks happened around 10am local time (9pm Singapore time) in the small town of Aracruz, located some 80km north of state capital Vitoria.
Officials said an unidentified teenager in military attire had opened fire at two schools, one private and one public, and was still missing in the early afternoon.
Russian shelling kills 15, as Ukraine battles to restore power
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Russian shelling on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed 15 civilians on Friday, officials said, as engineers across the country sought to restore heat, water and power to major cities.
Throughout the country, Russian air strikes over recent weeks have brought Ukraine's energy infrastructure to its knees as winter approaches and temperatures approach freezing, spurring fears of a health crisis and a further exodus.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that more six million households in the country were still affected by power cuts, two days after targeted Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
World Cup: Fans pause action for Friday prayers
As noon approached, muezzins across Qatar called Muslim soccer players, fans and officials to the first Friday prayers of the first World Cup to take place in a Muslim country.
At the Ibrahim al-Khalil Mosque in Doha's West Bay, with its towering minaret and carved wooden doors, they gathered for the weekly congregational prayer that many Muslims believe is obligatory.
Among the faithful were fans from Tunisia, Oman and India, a uniformed Fifa official, kids dressed in French soccer kits and hundreds of men and women from nearby hotels and tower blocks.
World Cup: England suffer reality check in 0-0 draw with US
England suffered a sobering reality check as they were outplayed for long periods by a youthful United States side in a tense 0-0 draw in their second World Cup Group B game on Friday.
A 6-2 thrashing of Iran on Monday sent fans' hopes soaring, but Gareth Southgate's side were fortunate not to suffer a repeat of their 1950 World Cup calamity against the Americans.
Chelsea's Christian Pulisic struck the crossbar for the US and they failed to take a stack of first-half chances against an England team stuck in second gear.


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July 11, 2019 7:30 PM UTC
Xbox Live Suffers Outage, Leaving Gamers Scrambling
Xbox Live has suffered an outage, preventing users from buying and downloading games. The company took to Twitter and its status page to notify players about the problem and noted that it also impacts Windows 10 users. The only problem is Twitter suffered repeated outages…
Author: Luke Luby @LukeLuby
Xbox Live has suffered an outage which has affected Xbox and Microsoft gamers. Users were unable to buy or download games. | Source: Shutterstock
Xbox Live has suffered an outage, preventing users from buying and downloading games. The company took to Twitter and its status page to notify players about the problem and noted that it also impacts Windows 10 users. The only problem is Twitter suffered repeated outages of its own today.
Though most of the services remained online, there were a few notable limitations; most of these affected new purchases and downloads.
The company initially took to its status page to say:
"Our engineers and developers are actively continuing to work to resolve this issue causing some members to have problems finding previously purchased content or purchasing new content."
Since the original update, it seems as though many of the core Xbox Live problems have been resolved. Many of the issues affected the platform's purchase and content usage categories. Taking to Twitter several hours after issued first occurred, Xbox noted that it saw an "improvement" in services.
Ongoing Xbox Live Problems
Many Xbox Live users have reported that they've had login issues for much of the day. It was first believed that the problem mainly affected signing in, although it was later confirmed that players had account management issues. The error doesn't seem to be limited to particular countries, with players from around the world highlighting the issue.
While many players have experienced problems trying to purchase and download games, others have seemingly been unaffected; these users appear to be in the minority.
Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft 10 customers all experienced the problem. The company hasn't explained what may have caused the Xbox Live issue. It's believed, however, that the problem is with a server issue on Microsoft's end. Initially, it didn't appear to have a timeline for when it would be fixed, although it looks as though many of the services have since been restored.
Website Outages
Microsoft isn't the only company to experience online outages in the past day. Epic Games' Fortnite had similar issues with its multiplayer, which also happened to affect Xbox players. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds players found a similar reduction in service. Both Twitter and Reddit experienced the same problems throughout the day. Reddit, in particular, was virtually inaccessible for several hours. While the Xbox Live issue doesn't appear to be as extensive, it is one of the larger outages out of the group.
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Luke Luby is an Irish journalist based in Spain who covers gaming, current affairs and entertainment. He can be contacted at LukeLuby@gmail.com.
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Bush's Amnesty Arrogance Riling Republicans
Well, I guess you can't expect a guy to know what's going on inside this country just because he's the President of the United States.
This week President Bush took a trip to Chile, where he more or less officially raised from the dead his defunct amnesty plan of last January.
I guess he missed what's been going on about immigration politics in both the country and the Congress ever since the election.
What's been going on is that major players in Congress have made it known that they don't like the idea of amnesty that underlies the Bush immigration reform plan.
The most recent sign of displeasure was the refusal of House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner to support the intelligence reform bill the administration has been peddling because the White House won't support its immigration control measures.
The main reason the bill is in trouble has to do with national security issues, but the opposition of Mr. Sensenbrenner and other lawmakers to what is a major administration and House leadership piece of legislation for reasons of immigration control ought to tell us how important the immigration issue now is.
Unfortunately, it has told the president nothing.
Even before the House conservative revolt over the intelligence bill, the White House should have gotten the message on immigration, from what its own party has been trying to explain to it ever since the election, if not from the election itself.
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, who speaks for dozens of House GOP lawmakers on immigration, said bluntly when Secretary of State Colin Powell first revived the amnesty plan a couple of weeks ago that the plan was "dead on arrival."
Even that was not enough to send the White House the message.
Then California Rep. Elton Gallegly, who chairs an important subcommittee on terrorism of the House International Relations Committee, urged the president not to re-introduce his immigration plan:
"It is our hope that in future discussions with the Mexican government, you will encourage Mexico to do its part to address illegal immigration rather than encourage their citizens to illegally enter the U.S."
Mr. Gallegly, with at least 21 other members of Congress, wrote to Mr. Bush earlier this month.
Well, as I noted, Mr., Bush has been out of the country and I guess he didn't get the message, or messages, because when he spoke to a press conference in Chile this week after the summit conference in Santiago, he ignored every one of these warning signs that his ill-advised amnesty plan is no more popular with his own party and its leaders now than it was when he first popped it on them last January.
Mr. Bush also claimed that he had "campaigned on this issue," presumably meaning immigration, if not amnesty itself, during the election, which is simply not true.
If he mentioned it at all in the campaign it seems to have escaped notice, save during the third presidential debate when the moderator brought it up.
And Mr. Bush then emitted one of the inane remarks for which he has become famous:
"We'd much rather have security guards running down terrorists or drug runners or drug smugglers than people coming to work."
No doubt, but to do any of the above, we have to have a lot more security on the border, which we don't.
What we—the American people—would much rather have is a president who betrays some faint glimmer that the border is out of control and that mass immigration represents not only a major threat to our national security and sovereignty but also a major force threatening the disintegration of our identity as a nation and civilization.
Mr. Bush doesn't have a clue, or if he does, he is indifferent to it.
What he is not indifferent to, apparently, is what Mexican President Vicente Fox tells him to do. Mr. Fox has been badgering Mr. Bush for years to institute amnesty for Mexican illegals, and that's what the president's plan does. Mr. Fox has revived his efforts to get amnesty through since the election, and Mr. Bush has complied.
Why Mr. Bush seems so eager to make his counterpart in Mexico happy over this issue remains unclear, especially given the obvious unhappiness of his own party and the vast majority of Americans with the plan.
But whatever his reasons, the president has been given fair warning by his own party, as well as by various results in this month's election.
He still doesn't get the message.
Americans who want to stop the amnesty he is planning to force on the country need to forget the man they just re-elected and make sure their own congressmen and senators know what to do about the disastrous measure he is sending them.
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ISIS Papyrus es una empresa de desarrollo de software con base en Suiza y presencia internacional en 42 países. ISIS Papyrus está especializada en productos de software estándar para que las compañías atiendan las comunicaciones con sus clientes y den soluciones de gestión de procesos en empresas financieras, de servicios, telecomunicaciones, salud, seguros y sector público.

Con 16 oficinas en todo el mundo, 14 subsidiarias y 3 centros de desarrollo ISIS Papyrus tiene más de 2.000 clientes en todo el mundo que usan sus productos para la gestión de procesos, correspondencia en su negocio, salidas multicanal, captura de documentos y archivo. El desarrollo de software se realiza en Austria, Italia y Alemania.

Historia

Estructura del Grupo
ISIS Holding AG, Zug, Suiza (1991)
ISIS Papyrus Software AG, Zug, Suiza (1991)
ISIS Information Systems GmbH, Ma. Enzersdorf, Austria (1988)
ISIS Marketing Service GmbH (1991)
ISIS Papyrus America, Inc., Southlake, TX (1992)
ISIS Papyrus Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf, BRD (2002)
ISIS Papyrus Asia Pacific Ltd., Singapur (1993)
ISIS Papyrus UK Ltd., Kingsclere (1997)
ISIS Papyrus Italy SRL, Ivrea (1998)
ISIS Papyrus France SARL, París (2005)
ISIS THOT  S.L., Madrid, España (1997, empresa asociada)
ISIS Papyrus Netherlands B.V. (2008)
ISIS Papyrus Nordics ApS (2009)
ISIS Papyrus Europe AG, Austria (2012)

Aplicaciones Comunes
Las aplicaciones más comunes implementadas con Papyrus son:
 Facturación de alto volumen para servicios, telecomunicaciones, correos seguros
 Extractos de cuentas e inversiones, informes para clientes bancarios
 Pólizas de seguros y proceso de reclamaciones
 Escaneado de documentos, captura y extracción de datos de cheques bancarios
 Procesos de facturas entrantes
 Gestión de contenidos
 Venta de hipotecas y atención al cliente
 Comunicación con el cliente en banca
 Creación de plantillas de correspondencia
 Aplicación de préstamos

Conceptos de Negocio ISIS Papyrus
ISIS Papyrus sólo vende software estándar. Nunca personaliza su software para un cliente en particular. Las mejoras siempre son parte de un desarrollo del producto estándar. ISIS Papyrus tampoco ofrece APIs (application programming interfaces) ya que éstos crean una estructura rígida con el cliente y no son portables entre sistemas operativos. Todos los módulos se desarrollan en C++ independientemente del código fuente y no usan librerías específicas de plataformas como MS-MFC o similar. Además todos los módulos son idénticos para todas las plataformas.

ISIS Papyrus tiene un modelo de precios decreciente para múltiples copias, que es mejor que ofrecer descuentos arbitrarios sobre los precios lista. Todos los clientes reciben los mismos descuentos. ISIS Papyrus ofrece un acuerdo de mantenimiento que protege la inversión en el software. El software que está en mantenimiento se puede actualizar con nuevos productos o cambiar a otros sistemas operativos pagando la diferencia de precio. El mantenimiento incluye en la mayoría de los casos TODAS las actualizaciones de software Y cambios de versión. También incluye el soporte del Project Quality Assurance, un equipo que da soporte a los clientes en la implementación y fase inicial de producción.

ISIS Papyrus tiene un programa de certificación profesional para sus consultores y partners ofreciendo así un gran grupo internacional de consultores que ejecutan los proyectos de los clientes.

Tecnología e Innovación
Una de las innovaciones más importantes de ISIS Papyrus fue el uso obligatorio de un formato de documento electrónico para la gestión de documentos que se envían directamente a la impresión. El concepto ISIS es independizar el programa de la aplicación del hardware de la impresora. En 1994 este paso supuso una auténtica innovación. A falta de cualquier otro formato bien documentado, ISIS usaba el formato de corriente de datos AFP de IBM que se usa mucho para aplicaciones de gran volumen. La ventaja más importante de usar dicho formato fue la estandarización de todos los recursos del documento tales como fonts, imágenes y formularios, y además la posibilidad de elegir el destino y tecnología de impresión sólo en el momento de imprimir. Aún hoy día otros vendedores sólo generan una corriente de datos en un momento y no suministran el original electrónico para su proceso y archivo. El PDF ha asumido el rol del original electrónico desde que se estandarizó como PDF/A. PDF todavía no es operativo para aplicaciones de gran volumen.
La diferencia clave con otros vendedores DOM (Document Output Management) es el lenguaje de formateo basado en scripts, definido en Papyrus Designer de forma totalmente gráfica. Formateo de hasta 30 millones de páginas por hora. Aproximadamente el 50% de los documentos suministrados con Tarjetas de Crédito Americanas son formateados con Papyrus en las más grandes empresas de servicios.

En 1997 ISIS comenzó a comercializar el Papyrus Client, un front-end interactivo de usuario para generación de cartas completamente compatible con DocEXEC. Proporcionaba a los usuarios capacidades para hacer documentos interactivos que requieran control de los procesos relacionados. Los clientes desarrollaban sus propios interfaces de usuario o integraban el Papyrus Client en los escenarios de workflow con gran esfuerzo. ISIS decidió aportar una aplicación front-end extremadamente flexible para las aplicaciones de contenidos y procesos. La arquitectura se llamó Papyrus Objects.

Para gestionar este entorno de aplicación era necesaria una facilidad central llamada Papyrus WebRepository. Mientras que la arquitectura Papyrus Objects era inicialmente un mecanismo de workflow font-end, con el paso de los años se convirtió en una potente plataforma debido a las necesidades de los clientes. Las primeras instalaciones importantes se hicieron en 2001. Las capacidades de las aplicaciones fueron comercializadas en el área de gestión de documentos como "Document Switchboard". Añadiendo un motor de reglas, los adaptadores de datos, el WebPortal y el sistema completo de versionado se llaman ahora "Plataforma Papyrus" para la gestión de contenidos y procesos.

En 1999 ISIS Papyrus compró Improx AG, el especialista en Captura de Documentos, cuya tecnología Machine Learning Document Classification fue integrada en la Plataforma Papyrus, convirtiendo a ISIS en el primer vendedor para el escenario de Entrada-Proceso-Salida ECM (Enterprise Content Management) en 2001.

La columna vertebral de la Plataforma ISIS Papyrus es una base de datos relacional de objetos distribuida que se configura automáticamente mediante definición de objetos en WebRepository. A través de su Enterprise Service Bus patentado y orientado a objetos, se comunica con todos los servidores y PCs en una red independientemente del sistema operativo. Permite cambios del versionado de definiciones de objetos en todo el sistema desde cualquier punto. La Plataforma ISIS Papyrus permite  los términos de las aplicaciones dinámicas de negocio según Forrester Research.

En 2009 la compañía presentó un AFP Viewer gratis junto con la organización estándar AFP Consortium. En 2010, ISIS Papyrus se convirtió en socio fundador de OASIS – Organización para el Avance de los Estándares de Información Estructurada. En 2010 también salió la primera aplicación para iPhone.

Referencias

Véase también
 Document management system
 Gestión de contenido empresarial
 Customer relationship management
 Gestión documental
 Digital Asset Management
 Gestión de procesos de negocio
 AFP

Enlaces externos
 ISIS Papyrus Homepage
 ¡Bienvenido al Mundo Real!, pensamientos políticamente incorrectos en IT por Max J. Pucher, fundador y Chief Architect de ISIS
 ISIS Papyrus Platform Architecture The Chief Architect's News Blog
 The ISIS Times Online
 El ISIS Times Online (Edición Española)
 Papyrus AFP Viewer Download
 Gestión adaptiva de casos (inglés)

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"I don't wait for a challenge. I go find one."
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Dislikes: People who stand in his way.
History/Autobiography: Isaac is a transfer 5th year student from a different Academy. Isaac is up to no good at all. In the midst of his feud with quite a few of the alumni, he is trying to find a boyfriend to fit this empty void in his heart.


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The Sword of Eowyn looks terrific.
The Argonath. Long have I desired to look upon the kings of old. My kin.
Nice Narnia props and the sword of Eowyn looks great.
Thank you for the Images!
Great photos and nice collection!
I just ordered Balin's Mace after seeing your pics!
I have bought a few more Narnian items in the last months. The newest two, along with a helmet, are this Telmarine sword and dwarven axe.
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Great looking pieces, from witch Narnia film are they? And what character uses them?
The axe is from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; one of the Red dwarves yields it. The Telmarine sword is from Prince Caspian.
Both were used by extras, not named characters.
It has been way to long since I have been in this most magnificent "picture" thread of yours Foedhrass .
So good to see your Narnia props again Foedhrass. They are so amazing. Love the detailing on them and your ability to show these details in your photos.
Congratulations on getting these props.
The hilt of Eowyn's sword is just amazingly detailed.
Great pictures of your new Narnia props. Congrats on getting these.
Apologize for answering this so late but I didn't knew about this thread till 20 minutes ago when I just saw the link on FB.
Awesome collection and stunning pictures taken from every angel thanks so much Nele.
Foedhrass, your collection of Narnia props is simply fantastic. Can't wait to see how you display them all together. Is there one piece in particular you are hoping to find?
Actually, Radagast , I'm moving at the moment, and my new flat has only straight walls, no roof slopes, plus one more room than in my old flat, which means, I may finally be able to get all my swords and stuff up onto the wall(s).
Til now I pretty much kept them on a pile on the floor because there wasn't enough room on the walls. So it'll be a big change now and I'll have to think about how and where to display all the pieces. I'll certainly display the Narnia props together, no question there, but I'll have to make a careful plan first, at least for the LotR/Hobbit props. ;) It'll be a while before I can show you pictures of all of them together.
I managed to cross most of my "wanted" stuff off my list. I would have loved to get a centaur bow as well (which the seller I got most of my Narnian stuff from, offered... but they wouldn't ship it to Germany because it's too large). So I don't expect that I can get my hands on one of those. Another piece would be a Telmarine shield, but while the seller would ship it to Germany, it's not that high on my priority list - the Mirkwood stuff from UC needs to come first.
Other than that, I am pretty content with my Narnian collection. I'll post some more photos of individual pieces soon.
I moved recently to another home too but with a lot of less space than in the old home,moving from a house to an appartment isn't allway's that good especially with a couple of hobbies,luckely I can display my Egyptian collection and within a couple weeks I will display all of my swords.
Yes, I know how it is to be tight on display space. I recently bought my fourth display cabinet and that is already nearly filled! But of course that's a good thing. Very interested in seeing the new helm you got.
I really wish I could "complete" my centaur collection with a bow and arrow though!
Love the centaur outfit! Very cool.
Time for another batch of photos. Since the Smaug bust is (currently) sold out I am so glad that I got mine, that I had to take some pictures! Among all the polys from Weta that I got, this is my favourite.
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Q: How would we solve this trigonometric equation using vectors?
$$4\sin\theta +3\cos\theta  = 5$$

How would we solve this trigonometric equation using vectors? Since I'm not advanced, I do not truly know where to use vector product.
Regards!

A: Your equation is equivalent to $$\langle (3,4), (\cos\theta, \sin\theta)\rangle = 5$$
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality gives
$$|\langle (3,4), (\cos\theta, \sin\theta)\rangle| \le \|(3,4)\|\|(\cos\theta, \sin\theta)\| = 5$$
so $(3,4)$ and $(\cos\theta, \sin\theta)$ are collinear.
Therefore
$$\tan\theta = \frac{\sin\theta}{\cos\theta} = \frac43$$ so $\theta= \arctan\frac43 + 2k\pi$ for $k \in \mathbb{Z}$.

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Q: Is it possible to use OS variables to define JSON object for Cypress configuration? It is possible to define an OS variable then refer to it in the Cypress code:
export CYPRESS_HOST=laura.dev.local

then in code:
Cypress.env('HOST')

however I would like to define more complex structure:
"obj": {
   "keyA": "valA",
   "keyB": "valB"
}

Is it possible to achieve that with Cypress and OS variables?

A: You can define an OS env variable as a string:
$ export CYPRESS_HOST="{\"obj\":{\"keyA\":\"valA\",\"keyB\":\"valB\"}}"

then it will be loaded as an object in Cypress, so you can work with it like with an object:
cy
  .log(Cypress.env('HOST'));

You can get some value:
cy
  .log(Cypress.env('HOST').obj.keyA);


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Champions Cup: Courageous Racing 92
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Despite finishing the match at twelve against fifteen, Racing 92 scored a short but precious victory against Harlequins (30-29), their first this season in the Champions Cup.
Racing 92 was terribly scared. After a missed first half of the Champions Cup group stage with two defeats last December, the Ile-de-France club had to win on their home turf against Harlequins. The message went well since it only took five minutes for Gaël Fickou to go and flatten the first try of the meeting. Putting speed into their game thanks to after-contact passes, the Ciel-et-Blancs found a gap which allowed their captain to go queen, Finn Russell not trembling on the transformation. Nevertheless, Laurent Travers' players then fell into a false rhythm, which allowed Harlequins to recover from a missed start to the match.
A quarter of an hour before the break, while Cedate Gomes Sa gave way to Trevor Nyakane on concussion protocol without being able to resume play later, Marcus Smith took his chance on penalty to unlock the Harlequins counter. However, the London side stayed on those three points until the break, with their goalscorer missing the target from long range just five minutes later. To this was added a try refused with the help of the video, Donovan Taofifenua having managed to slip his arm between the lawn and the ball while Aaron Morris was going to flatten. In the process, it was Racing 92 who were able to add to the bill through Kitione Kamikamica, who came into play very early.
Racing 92 took the lead
At the end of a good collective sequence, the third line pierced the Quins defense to flatten while making appreciate its burst of speed. An advantage of eleven lengths at half-time that the Ile-de-France residents increased from the first seconds of the second act. Indeed, on the kickoff made by Finn Russell, the Ciel-et-Blancs were able to immediately recover the ball and play towards the left wing. Maxime Beaudonne broke through a disorganized defensive curtain before serving on a Francis Saili set. Then leading by 18 points and a test of the offensive bonus, Racing 92 could see it coming… but that was without counting on the fighting spirit of the Harlequins.
Barely two minutes later, after a touch captured and a carried ball formed, Danny Care was able to extract the ball to surprise the Ile-de-France defense and go to the test. The game then changed with the Londoners rebounding, going for a second try in the space of five minutes. This time, it was Marcus Smith who initiated the movement out of scrum and served on a Cadan Murray platter. A momentum which was then slowed down by the indiscipline of Harlequins, who saw Aaron Morris for a tackle in the air on Donovan Taofifenua then Alex Dombrandt for a high tackle on Nolann Le Garrec both receiving a yellow card in the second half. space of five minutes. Meanwhile, Finn Russell added three on foot for Racing 92.
The Harlequins gave in narrowly
A numerical inferiority that did not scare Londoners, who came back to two points with a quarter of an hour still to play thanks to Cadan Murray's double. The winger came to conclude a consecutive wide game with a touch before seeing his striker miss the conversion which would have put the two teams equal. With their backs to the wall, the Ile-de-France residents gave themselves a little breather in the 70th minute with a penalty from Finn Russell, but that's when the match started to turn into a nightmare for Racing 92. In the space of four minutes, three players received yellow cards. First of all, Donovan Taofifenua was sanctioned for a voluntary forward. Eddy Ben Arous then paid dearly for a collapsed maul then Finn Russell was caught by the patrol for, again, a voluntary forward on an attempted interception.
Except that, in this case, the Harlequins went to the test and the referee of the meeting awarded the seven points of a penalty test to the English formation. The latter then went ahead in the score for the first time in the match with three minutes to play. However, on the dismissal, the Quins defense made a mistake and Nolann Le Garrec did not waver to put his team in front by a length. With courage despite three fewer players, the Racingmen held on in defense before hiding the ball in the last minute of regulation time. To courage, Racing 92 signs its first victory of the season in the Champions Cup (30-29) and can still believe in the round of 16.
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Chaparral is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 1 to 3 meters (3.3 to 9.8 ft) tall, rarely 4 meters (13 ft). The stems of the plant bear resinous, dark green leaves with two opposite lanceolate leaflets joined at the base, with a deciduous awn between them, each leaflet 7 to 18 millimeters (0.28 to 0.71 in) long and 4 to 8.5 millimeters (0.16 to 0.33 in) broad. The flowers are up to 25 millimeters (0.98 in) in diameter, with five yellow petals. Galls may form by the activity of the creosote gall midge. The whole plant exhibits a characteristic odor of creosote, from which the common name derives. Chaparral has a highly toxic substance produced at its root that prevents other plants from growing nearby, thus reducing the competition for vital nutrients and water.
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The botanical name is said to be for Juan Antonio Hernandez de Larrea, a Spanish clergyman. Chaparral is called gobernadora in Mexico, which is Spanish for "governess," due to its ability to secure more water by inhibiting the growth of nearby plants. Also has the odor of creosote, thus the common name creosote bush.
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Chaparral is not a garden herb. It's a woody, olive green or yellow shrub that dominates the Southwest's arid landscape. Chaparral grows to about 10 feet and resembles a dwarf oak.
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Is the cruise ship building party over?
Posted by Anita Dunham-Potter On August - 17 - 2008
For the past decade cruise lines have been ordering dozens of new vessels with many lines taking deliveries of multiple ships within a single year. Unfortunately, high gasoline prices and a slumping economy have put a damper on leisure travel and the timing couldn't be worse for the cruise lines. With 35 vessels on order over the next four years at a total cost of 22 billion some cruise lines are cutting back their fleets, laying off employees, and holding off from ordering new ships.
Expensive ships
With all the economic uncertainty most cruise lines are cutting the biggest expense of all — new ships. All of the new ships coming on line within the next few years were ordered several years ago when the dollar had a favorable exchange rate.
Carnival Corporation chairman Micky Arison says soaring fuel and steel costs combined with a weak dollar have made it virtually impossible to put together a new ship building project past 2012 for any of Carnival Corporation's North American brands: Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess, and Holland America Line.
"We have not put one together for over a year," Arison said during last month's press conference for the launch of Carnival's newest ship, Carnival Splendor.
Cruise lines price the cost of building their ships by the number of berths (or beds) onboard. For example, Carnival Splendor cost Carnival Corp. $640 million or $212,000 for the 3006 berths. Arison says Carnival looked at the current cost per berth for ships and concluded that if they ordered now, they would not meet their return requirement. He noted that with better conditions the company's next orders would undoubtedly have been in place by now.
On the other hand, Carnival's biggest competitor, Royal Caribbean International, has remained more bullish when it comes to new ship orders. The company, which encompasses Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara, has placed orders for the largest and most innovative ships ever to be constructed. Not surprisingly, they are the most expensive.
When the first Genesis-class ship, Oasis of the Seas, launches next year it will have cost the company $1.65 billion and will top the scales at 220,000 tons and will carry 5,400 passengers. Oasis will dwarf the line's Freedom-class vessels that are currently the world's largest. Royal Caribbean estimated the cost per berth of the Genesis-class ships to be $260,000. Contrast this with the upcoming 122,000-ton, 2850-passenger Celebrity Solstice at $320,000 per berth and the expense is huge. It's so big that Carnival's Arison noted in an interview with British cruise publication Lloyd's List that those high per-berth figures imply that the projected return is likely to be below the cost of debt.
Indeed, Royal Caribbean's lavish spending habits in the wake of high oil prices and continued weak cruise pricing have made the company rethink its business plan to focus more on controlling costs. Two weeks ago, the company laid off 400 workers that included many high level executives a number whom had decades of service with the company.
Norwegian Cruise Line is the only cruise line to be in the red. The company lost $257 million in 2007 and has reduced its fleet size along with laying off hundreds employees. But the company received a billion dollar infusion when Apollo Management invested in a 50 percent stake of the company.
Tweaking the product
The cruise lines' tightening of the cruise coffers won't affect the consumer too much in the short term; it just means getting used to seeing less new ships launched after 2012. Still, most cruise lines are trying to keep their current fleet fresh and full of new on-board offerings. Arison said that instead of the line investing in over-ambitious newbuilds it's opted to invest $250 million in refurbishing its eight Fantasy-class ships.
What cruise executives are betting big on is their core belief that cruises offer more bang for the traveler's buck. "Current fuel prices and the economy are actually attracting new travelers that never seriously considered a cruise vacation because of the overall value and total costs of alternative vacations," says Stewart Chiron, a cruise industry expert who is nationally recognized as The Cruise Guy.
On top of that more cruise lines are offering more home ports in North America. By doing this the ships are taken nearer to the passengers, eliminating the need to fly – a big cost savings for cruisers.
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Computer Repair says:
Would I be right in saying that the newer ships be cheaper on fuel on the older ones?
Nice article .. very interesting to know that oil prices affects so many things. I am from Canada, and in the past few weeks the prices have dropped a bit. Hope this trend continues …
There is no easy near term solution to the massive increase to oil prices. Industries that are so impacted by this problem, such as cruise lines and related industries (ship building, airlines, travel agents, hotels, etc) are destined to take huge hits in their earnings. And economists seem to believe that oil prices will continue to increase. Very bad situation indeed. More people are avoiding vacations/recreation involving use of these high fuel costs and that will eventually help curb some of the oil price increases, hopefully.
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This is sad news. Many people love crouises and this will be a strike for them. Maybe we all shall go back to wind sailing!)
Masenchipz says:
Why did the price of oil always rise
Tony Gee says:
Additional ports in the U.S. has got to be a good thing. These tougher times are prompting some interesting rethinks in many areas including air travel.
Blue Benz says:
So, there will be one winner in this party: the one who build a new ship and attract cruiser with new ship..
dishnetwork says:
ya but this hurricane could push prices past $5 a gallon lets hope not.
Mariya says:
You are right that it is not possible to use luxurious journey easily due to high oil price rise. But at the same time if oil price gets low also we should be cautious enough to reduce our journey as much as possible otherwise the God gifted natural oil one day will end.
Thanks for the Great info. I wonder what kind of menus these cruises have these days.
nmajca says:
It's funny how the cruise companies are cutting costs this way. I mean, aren't they supposed to be making healthy sums of money by providing cruises, since most of it fall under the "luxury" category?
As gas prices will continue to rise, I think it's time to turn to other fuel sources. How about a small nuclear reactor on those ships? 🙂
C'mon, all the submarines have it, why not cruise ships? Think about it! 😉
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"We're pleased that the government recognizes the importance of financial incentives in spurring home energy upgrades to stimulate the economy, create jobs and help Canada meet the commitment we made at the Paris climate conference," said Mary Jane Patterson, executive director of REEP Green Solutions.
The province's announcement is in partnership with Union Gas and Enbridge, which provide natural gas to the vast majority of Ontario's homeowners.
REEP Green Solutions also recommends that the Province of Ontario provides incentives for home energy incentives for people who are not heating their homes with natural gas.