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Polygon founder raises $50M for emerging markets-focused web3 venture fund
Ethereum layer-two scaling platform Polygon raised $450 million earlier this year in its first major financing round. Now, the protocol's cofounder Sandeep Nailwal is launching another project, he told TechCrunch exclusively — this time, in the form of Symbolic Capital, a venture capital fund built by and for web3 founders.
Nailwal, alongside Cere cofounder Kenzi Wang, has raised $50 million for the fund from investors including other venture firms, crypto exchanges, family offices and institutions, though they did not share specific names. Symbolic plans to primarily back companies building consumer-facing decentralized apps (dApps), Nailwal said, a move that seems aligned with Polygon's own goal to speed up web3 app development.
"My core mission is to bring mass adoption to web3, and that mass adoption is only going to happen via apps. It's not like I'm going to build a blockchain, and people will come and use the blockchain — nobody uses blockchain directly. They always use it via some app," Nailwal said.
The fund has already made ~15 investments, including in web3 gaming studio BlinkMoon, Polygon-based metaverse Planet Mojo, and esports platform Community Gaming, according to Nailwal.
As an Indian founder, Nailwal has often sought to support his home country — he made headlines last year when Vitalik Buterin donated $1 billion worth of crypto to an Indian COVID-19 relief fund he had arranged. Through this new venture fund, Nailwal says he aims to allocate 80 to 90% of the capital to founders who, like him, hail from emerging markets.
"It's not closed for anybody who's building in Silicon Valley, of course not. But being from India, like, technically, I would be an angel investor or an advisor to 95% of all the good projects that you would see coming out of the Indian subcontinent — they would come to me some way or the other, for help or guidance," Nailwal said.
Wang, meanwhile, is deeply familiar with the web3 ecosystem in China and Southeast Asia, giving the pair a wide view of countries across the world, Nailwal added. He views founders in emerging markets are generally more pragmatic because of the constraints they face compared to their better-resourced counterparts in Silicon Valley.
"Because they are all pushed against the wall for their survival, they need to build something that will generate some revenue, and they can survive on that," Nailwal said. He added that he took a similar approach in growing Polygon, where he said he would test out one new technology at a time and wait until it had acquired a certain number of users before experimenting with the next idea.
That background is part of why Nailwal thinks Symbolic is especially well-positioned to assist emerging market founders.
"Many of them have the capability that they are able to build businesses which eventually acquire users, but you need to help them to keep reinventing themselves and upping their bar so that once they have a proven model at a smaller scale, they keep growing at a much bigger scale and reinvent their ideas and business model," Nailwal said.
A major motivation behind launching Symbolic for Nailwal was the opportunity to more formally support companies that are already in his orbit, he said, adding that he doesn't feel he will have to spend much extra managing the fund because it will help him realize synergies from relationships he's already building, in part through Polygon's own venture fund. He and Wang are already prolific angel investors in startups — the pair has co-invested in over 40 companies since they met at Binance Labs in 2019, he said.
Nailwal said that within Symbolic's focus on apps, he is particularly interested in startups that fall into the "creator economy" subsector, such as fantasy sports companies.
"In web3 fantasy, you can have NFTs, and you can put those NFTs on rent when you are not playing, so you can get some passive income, plus you can earn the tokens on the platform and become part of the platform from a very early stage," Nailwal said.
Those sorts of incentives can oftentimes be more meaningful to users in emerging markets, he added. He brought up the examples of Chinese "move-to-earn" app StepN's recent user growth and play-to-earn video game Axie Infinity's appeal as a supplemental income source for low-income workers in developing countries to illustrate his point. (Both Nailwal and Wang happen to be angel investors in Axie Infinity's parent company, Sky Mavis).
"Many of these crypto models are able to achieve better sustainable economics in those contexts where the cost of living is much lower," Nailwal explained. India's Jio 4G network is arguably the fastest in the world and reaches even deeply rural areas, he added — a piece of infrastructure that could help web3 startups capture users across the country if they offer the right economic incentives.
Some web3 play-to-earn startups have been criticized for putting already vulnerable people at risk in the event that anything goes wrong, such as the $625 million hack that occurred Axie Infinity's Ronin bridge in March. Nailwal acknowledged this risk is "a problem," saying that he advises web3 entrepreneurs to provide as much education and disclosure to users as possible whenever a transaction takes place on their platform.
One key differentiator for Symbolic will be its internal data platform the firm has built to support its portfolio companies as well as to bolster its own diligence process, Nailwal said. The platform will aggregate and analyze data such as GitHub contributions, Discord engagement and token performance as well as employment and hiring trends, according to the firm.
Eventually, Nailwal hopes to create a "proprietary social ecosystem" around the platform which he likened to Y Combinator's network.
"We want to do [this] for the both for the portfolio companies, as well as the founders, who we believe eventually will become angel investors in many of the new projects that will come [through Symbolic]," Nailwal said.
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Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
Review by Rick Pipito:
SPOILER ALERT! Turn away now if you don't want to know anything about this movie… or you can skip down to the final paragraph for my rating. With that being said, let's begin.
First off, let me say that there were three villains in movies in the 1980s that were the best villains of that decade. They were: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters), General Zod (Superman 2), and Khan Noonen Singh (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Now in 2013, I am getting 2 of those villains on the screen again! Is this good or bad? Well, the Zod topic is for that review when the time comes, but now I'm focusing on Khan.
We all knew that when JJ Abrams mentioned Benedict Cumberpatch is playing "John Harrison" that this was all a bunch of BS. Yes, he does technically play Harrison, but that is only a cover for who he truly is. The reveal of his true name (Khan) was surprising. I was hoping for another classic villain like Gary Mitchell, because to take Khan and redo him seemed like blasphemy. Here's why: Ricardo Montalban was perfect as Khan. From his TV appearance in the classic Star Trek "Space Seed" episode, to the movie Wrath of Khan, he portrayed a likeable villain. He was just badass and cool, yet you still wanted to see him brought to justice. THere is also the fact that Khan was originally supposed to be of some Indian descent. Cumberpatch looks nothing like this at all.
Now that my complaints about him are out of the way, let's talk about the movie was. Cumberpatch took my skepticism and threw it out the window. This after all, was a rebooted timeline, so the events of the original movies don't necessarily have to take place in that way. Into Darkness takes place before the original five year mission of the crew, so we are meeting this character at a much earlier stage in the game. Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller) as the secondary villain, and reason for Khan's release from cryosleep, is just as good in the role. In fact, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, and Simon Pegg all played the parts well. I have to give special props to Karl Urban, whose Dr. McCoy is still dead on with DeForest Kelley's.
Visuals, plot and humor were all executed with perfect precision. I didn't find any of them out of place or unbelievable. My only problem is when Carol Marcus is seen in her bra and panties. Don't get me wrong, she is absolutely beautiful, and I could spend hours staring at Alice Eve half naked or with even less on, but as pleasing as she is to the eye, there was no place for this scene. It didn't fit. It was thrown in as eye candy. Eve did however do a superb job as well, and even looks like a younger version of Bibi Besch's Carol Marcus.
I really like how they placed Khan back in cryo at the end as well. He and his 70 some other followers could come back as a threat at some point, and I really hope they do. Setting up the Klingons as the villains in the next movie also played out well. It seems war will be declared on earth by the alien species, but I could be overspeculating.
The various nods to the original timeline, and Leonard Nimoy having a surprise cameo again as an older Spock were spine tingling. I was excited to say the least. The reversal of deaths between Kirk and Spock, as well as the famous "Khaaaaaaannnn!" being shouted, were only the icing on the cake.
Maybe I'm praising it too much. Like I said, I had a few slight problems with it, but all in all it was an outstanding movie. It so far has only grossed just over 100 million dollars in one weekend, but I'm hoping this changes. My brother saw it with me, and his reaction was very similar to mine. Dan prepped himself by watching Space Seed and Star Trek 2 before hand, while my inner geek knowledge kept me aware of the original story.
All in all, I might have to admit that this could very well be the BEST Trek movie to date, and I think I have a new favorite. Star Trek Into Darkness gets 10 out of 10 stars from me. I'm hoping Dan chimes in the comments below as well, and am hoping for my dad to see it soon, as he was a big fan of the original. So, what did you all think?
May 24, 2013 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberpatch, Chris Pine, JJ Abrams, Peter Weller, Star Trek, Star Trek 12, Star Trek Into Darkness, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | 4 Comments

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"We Have to be Continually Vigilant"
Co-founder of Stonewall Lisa Power talks evil, the Aids pandemic and remembering our history.
Stonewall celebrates its 30th birthday this year – how proud are you?
Very proud, although I'm not directly related to Stonewall these days. I think it's done a fairly amazing job over the years. I haven't always agreed with everything it's done but I think it's made a massive difference. I don't feel that's all down to those of us who started it because I suspect we didn't have the faintest idea what we were doing. We were aiming to get Section 28 repealed and achieve equality, but had no idea how far and fast that change would be.
What do you recall of the early Stonewall days?
People don't accurately remember what happened with Stonewall in the first few years because until very recently there hasn't been any particular interest in documenting that period. If you look at the founding we were universally ridiculed or dismissed by the gay press at that time – what there was of it – and we were also really strongly attacked by a number of other (mainly gay) activists who condemned us outright. There was a huge row about outing people, for example, OutRage! were outing people who were not ready, we didn't want people dragged out of the closet looking miserable because frankly that wasn't a good advert for being gay. We wanted to make a world where people could comfortably come out and that's still a work in progress.
You mentioned Section 28, three decades on there seem to be echoes of that horrible legislation in the Birmingham LGBT lessons row.
In this country we've embedded ourselves throughout society in all different kinds of places and ways, which makes it harder for us to be systematically discriminated against, but doesn't stop these outbreaks. One of the things I have said over the years is rights can go down as well as up, and that is playing itself out now – we have to be continually vigilant. There are a lot of younger LGBT+ people who have never experienced the level of public hatred and prejudice that we did before, and so it comes as rather a shock when it rears its head again. Some people are always going to be supportive of LGBT+ people, a small minority is always going to be vehemently against us for ideological reasons or just plain homophobia, but actually there are a lot of people in the middle who can be swayed in either direction. And the more people who talk about us with hatred, the more other people will feel it's ok to do so, or that they'll belong more if they do. There is a hardcore of people who are genuinely quite evil about LGBT+ people, but a much bigger group who don't really understand things and just want to be part of a gang. It's really important that we have support at all levels. With what's going on in Birmingham at the moment, the government has been supportive to LGBT+, and the local authorities have been supportive. The law stands with us because we're throughout the law – right across the police and things like that. We're in all those places, we're understood and people appreciate we're just the same as them – just who we love is different.
The government as a whole might support us re the Birmingham situation, but individual politicians might still say things that are not supportive of the LGBT+ community.
With the Conservative leadership contest, you've got people trying to outdo each other to attract the right wing of the party because that's who's going to vote to elect the leader. So, some of them are coming out with appalling things. You know that if those people thought they would get more votes by saying pro-gay things, they'd say pro-gay things, because they're actually just fairly unscrupulous people. You get genuine lifelong bigots like Ann Widdecombe and that's a different matter, it really worries me. She has been sanitised massively by the media, this granny-like figure on television shows, and people don't see the woman who liked to keep women prisoners chained while they were giving birth, the woman who thinks we can be eliminated with therapy or science. She really is quite evil but she's been turned into a teddy bear or 'character'. We're very bad at that in the UK: we like to see characters. That's why people like Boris Johnson get away with it, we know how duplicitous he's been over many years and yet people just think he's a real card.
Nowadays Stonewall supports the trans community, but it didn't always.
That's right, but there's a history behind that which I've discussed quite a lot with trans activists of various generations. One of the things it's important to remember is that in the 1980s there actually wasn't the [same level of debate] about trans people being part of LGBT that there is now. There was a quite strong trans-specific lobby called Press for Change which was run by Christine Burns – who's still around – and it was seen as a parallel movement rather than part of us. That clearly changed over the next couple of decades and a number of my trans friends started to express to me that Stonewall had all of this linkage with power that was needed to support trans people as well. Also the whole understanding of where trans people stood and the varieties of trans people changed a lot over that time until it became clear that people were very much knocking at the door of Stonewall, and I think Stonewall ignored that for far too long – and Ruth Hunt will tell you the same.
You're featured in the Ben Lord and Steve Keeble-directed documentary After 82, the untold stories of the Aids pandemic in the UK. Why is the film important?
I get quite irritated at an awful lot of historical stuff around Aids being all about America. We did a hell of a lot over here and we did a number of things earlier, faster and probably much better than America. Although we felt at the time that government was slow to respond, they responded a lot faster than most other governments, for which we can thank Norman Fowler. I think young people are quite surprised to realise how, in the mid- to late-eighties and early nineties, people were literally dropping around us in the community. It was intense and to be honest, anybody who was involved in HIV support work and care from early days onwards has probably got at least a touch of post-traumatic stress disorder to this day. We don't talk about what happened enough and we should. People have forgotten stuff; like all the ways – very relevant to my appearance in the film – in which lesbians were involved in the early fightback. When gay men were stopped from giving blood, lesbians organised a blood drive, and lots of lesbians volunteered for the early Terrence Higgins Trust.
You're also a trustee of Queer Britain, which is working to establish the UK's first national LGBTQ+ museum.
It's all about remembering our history. There are a lot of people out there who will have stuff at home, really important artefacts from the last 50-odd years, and they should really think about making sure that stuff is preserved and people's stories are preserved. It would be great if they kept an eye on Queer Britain on social media because we're going to be coming round the country talking to people.
After 82 (Central City Media) is available via home entertainment on 20 June 2019.
stonewall.org.uk/30 | queerbritain.org.uk
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Q: Context initialization failed or loading properties I have a problem with building my application, I get this error:
VII 08, 2012 10:03:46 DOP. org.apache.catalina.startup.Embedded start
INFO: Starting tomcat server
VII 08, 2012 10:03:46 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.29
VII 08, 2012 10:03:47 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
INFO : org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader - Root WebApplicationContext: initialization started
INFO : org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext - Refreshing Root WebApplicationContext: startup date [Sun Jul 08 10:03:47 CEST 2012]; root of context hierarchy
INFO : org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader - Loading XML bean definitions from URL [file:/D:/work/projekty/java/evrem/target/classes/META-INF/spring/root-context.xml]
INFO : org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathBeanDefinitionScanner - JSR-330 'javax.inject.Named' annotation found and supported for component scanning
INFO : org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader - Loading XML bean definitions from URL [file:/D:/work/projekty/java/evrem/target/classes/META-INF/spring/bean-context.xml]
INFO : org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader - Loading XML bean definitions from URL [file:/D:/work/projekty/java/evrem/target/classes/META-INF/spring/security-context.xml]
INFO : org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory - Destroying singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@28f2525: defining beans [org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping#0,org.springframework.format.support.FormattingConversionServiceFactoryBean#0,org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.MappedInterceptor#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.ResponseStatusExceptionResolver#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver#0,org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.HttpRequestHandlerAdapter,org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalConfigurationAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalAutowiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalRequiredAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalCommonAnnotationProcessor,org.springframework.context.annotation.internalPersistenceAnnotationProcessor,userRepository,org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryInterfaceAwareBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.aop.config.internalAutoProxyCreator,org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource#0,org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor#0,org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionAdvisor,homeController,org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer#0,entityManagerFactory,transactionManager,dataSource,messageSource,org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.MappedInterceptor#1,localeResolver,pageUtil,org.springframework.security.web.PortMapperImpl#0,org.springframework.security.web.context.HttpSessionSecurityContextRepository#0,org.springframework.security.web.authentication.session.SessionFixationProtectionStrategy#0,org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager#0,org.springframework.security.web.access.expression.DefaultWebSecurityExpressionHandler#0,org.springframework.security.access.vote.AffirmativeBased#0,org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor#0,org.springframework.security.web.access.DefaultWebInvocationPrivilegeEvaluator#0,org.springframework.security.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationProvider#0,org.springframework.security.authentication.RememberMeAuthenticationProvider#0,org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.HttpSessionRequestCache#0,org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter#0,org.springframework.security.config.http.UserDetailsServiceInjectionBeanPostProcessor#0,org.springframework.security.filterChainProxy,org.springframework.security.provisioning.JdbcUserDetailsManager#0,org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider#0,org.springframework.security.authentication.DefaultAuthenticationEventPublisher#0,org.springframework.security.authenticationManager,org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassPostProcessor$ImportAwareBeanPostProcessor#0]; root of factory hierarchy
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VII 08, 2012 10:03:48 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext listenerStart
SEVERE: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance of class org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Invalid bean definition with name 'dataSource' defined in URL [file:/D:/work/projekty/java/evrem/target/classes/META-INF/spring/root-context.xml]: Could not resolve placeholder 'jdbc.url'
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.doProcessProperties(PlaceholderConfigurerSupport.java:209)
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.processProperties(PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer.java:220)
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    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)
    at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352)

VII 08, 2012 10:03:48 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error listenerStart
VII 08, 2012 10:03:48 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/evrem] startup failed due to previous errors
VII 08, 2012 10:03:48 DOP. org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Closing Spring root WebApplicationContext
VII 08, 2012 10:03:48 DOP. org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader clearReferencesJdbc
SEVERE: The web application [/evrem] registered the JBDC driver [com.mysql.jdbc.Driver] but failed to unregister it when the web application was stopped. To prevent a memory leak, the JDBC Driver has been forcibly unregistered.

My web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<web-app version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee"
 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">

  <display-name>evrem</display-name>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>defaultHtmlEscape</param-name>
    <param-value>true</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <filter>
    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>encoding</param-name>
      <param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>forceEncoding</param-name>
      <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>encodingFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <context-param>
    <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
    <param-value>
            classpath*:/META-INF/spring/root-context.xml,
            classpath*:/META-INF/spring/security-context.xml
        </param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
  </listener>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>default1</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>
          org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet
        </servlet-class>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>debug</param-name>
      <param-value>0</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>listings</param-name>
      <param-value>true</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <init-param>
      <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
      <param-value>classpath*:/META-INF/spring/appServlet/servlet-context.xml</param-value>
    </init-param>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>appServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <filter>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
  </filter>
  <filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  </filter-mapping>
  <error-page>
    <error-code>404</error-code>
    <location>/WEB-INF/views/error/404.jsp</location>
  </error-page>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.png</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.txt</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
</web-app>

root-context.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop" xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee" xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa" xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.0.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-3.0.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd
             http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">

    <!-- INITIAL SETTINGS -->

    <mvc:annotation-driven />
    <context:annotation-config />
    <jpa:repositories base-package="com.evrem.webapp.repository" />
    <tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager" />
    <context:component-scan base-package="com.evrem.webapp" />

    <!-- PROPERTIES FILES -->

    <bean
        class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
        <property name="locations">
            <list>
                <value>classpath*:*.properties</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <!-- DATABASE CONNECTION -->

    <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="persistenceUnit" />
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
        <property name="jpaDialect">
            <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaDialect" />
        </property>
    </bean>

    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="dataSource" class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource">
        <property name="url" value="${jdbc.url}" />
        <property name="user" value="${jdbc.username}" />
        <property name="password" value="${jdbc.password}" />
    </bean>

    <!-- LOCALE RESOLVER -->

    <bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource">
        <property name="basename" value="classpath:localization/messages" />
        <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
    </bean>

    <mvc:interceptors>
        <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor">
            <property name="paramName" value="lang" />
        </bean>
    </mvc:interceptors>

    <bean id="localeResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver">
        <property name="defaultLocale" value="cs_CZ" />
        <property name="cookieMaxAge" value="15768000" />
    </bean>

    <!-- ADDITIONAL BEANS -->

    <import resource="bean-context.xml" />

</beans>

I have my database.properties with jdbc.url, jdbc.username and jdbc.password in src/main/config path..
Also, I would like to ask you if my project structure is correct.

A:
Also, i would like to ask you if my project structure is correct.

No, and this is actually causing your problem. Even though src/main/config is marked as a project directory in Eclipse, maven won't treat it in any special way, in particular it won't include that folder on CLASSPATH. Check out your built WAR file, it won't even contain these files!
By simply moving all your *.properties files to src/main/resources your application should build and run fine.

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Q: How do I fix Segmentation fault (core dump)? This program compiles fine, but I can't get it to run. Every time I try to run it I get a "segmentation fault (core dump)". I think it has something to do with allocating the memory or declaring the array. I tried to declare the array with one *, but then it won't compile. How do I fix this?
struct classStats
{
    float mean;
    float min;
    float max;
    float median;
    char *name;
};

int main ()
{
    int i=19;
    string line;
    classStats class_data;
    student **array;
    float count;
    class_data.max = 100;
    class_data.min = 0;
    class_data.median = array[10] -> mean;

    array = (student**) malloc(i* sizeof(student*));
    cin >> line;

    for (int j=0; j<i; j++)
    {
        array[j] = (student*) malloc(sizeof(student));

        cin >> array[j] -> first;
        cin >> array[j] -> last;
        cin >> array[j] -> exam1;
        cin >> array[j] -> exam2;
        cin >> array[j] -> exam3;

        array[j] -> mean  = ((array[j]-> exam1 + array[j] -> exam2 + array[j] -> exam3) / 3);
        cout << array[j] -> mean;
    } // end of for

    bubble(array, i);
    count = 0;
    for (int j=0; j<i; j++)
    {
        count = count + array[j]->mean;
        if(array[j]-> mean < class_data.min)
        {
            class_data.min = array[j]->mean;
        }//end of if
        else if(array[j]->mean < class_data.max)
        {
            class_data.max = array[j]->mean;
        } // end of else if
    }
    class_data.mean = count / i;

    cout << line << class_data.mean << class_data.min << class_data.max << class_data.mean;
    for (int j=0; j<19; j++)
    {
        cout << *array[j]->first << *array[j]->last << array[j]->mean << endl;
    }

    free(array);
    return 0;
} // end of main

A: Please have look at following line in your code
class_data.median = array[10] -> mean;
You are trying to access memory location before you allocate memory to array.

A: Right here:
class_data.median = array[10] -> mean;

You are dereferencing a pointer that does not point to an actual location in memory, as you call malloc for the array of pointers, then malloc for each pointer in the array after attempting to dereference array in the aforementioned line of code. Initialize median after initializing each student pointer.
Also, since you're using C++, use the new[] operator, like:
array = new student*[19];

EDIT: Grammar


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mcterzakis
23: Once Upon A Time In Wonderland — Down the Rabbit Hole (pilot)
Like a lot of folks in their 20s, I was partially raised by Disney movies.
My brother, twelve years older and often tasked with the thankless chore of babysitting me, often tells the story of how our portable VCR was a godsend, because by 3, I'd learned how to press pause, play and rewind. I watched The Little Mermaid a lot. You know, if "a lot" is a variable for constantly. I haven't checked back in recently, but I bet I could still recite the whole thing verbatim.
A few years ago, during a preview of the season where both Once Upon A Time and Grimm would premiere, I remember being stoked on the concept of seeing Disney princes and princesses re-imagined for the small screen. Television has the great storytelling advantage of having so much more space and time to expand on a narrative, and the constraints of those films are so confining. With the exception of maybe Merida in Brave, young girls in Disney movies are generally made to give up their identities time and time again in the name of true love. Going back and watching those films as an adult is a total mindfuck, because the music is mostly still great, but the stories kind of suck.
I know a great deal of people like OUAT a lot (my sister included), but gosh, I really don't.
I've said this before, but I'm a person obsessed with pacing and character development and strong dialogue, and I think it falls pretty flat across the board. Most pilots have a lot of rough patches. The nature of the beast is in world building, introducing characters that are both interesting and complex enough to keep an audience coming back, and it's difficult to balance the need to do that and also push an episode forward that tells a story instead of just relaying character facts. I'll give all the credit in the world to a pilot that's at least trying to do something interesting, but more often than not, they fall pretty flat, which is okay if eventually, the show finds its footing and tells a good story. Once Upon A Time doesn't.
It was for those reasons and more than I wasn't particularly excited when I first learned about the forthcoming Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, but when it popped up in the "Fall Preview" tab as I was looking through Hulu+ in the small hours of the morning, I figured: why not? What's the worst that could happen? I couldn't think of much, and since Michael Socha is at least always pleasant to look at, I figured the pilot would be a good time to stretch out my fantasy legs.
There are some missteps, sure. The last 5-7 minutes are definitely my least favorite (Naveen Andrews, while a truly inspired choice for Jafar, was caught between the camp of being too over the top and not over the top enough), but there's also something pretty wonderful happening. The storytelling is more cohesive. The visuals and costuming sharper. Maybe the focus of not having an entire ensemble cast to root for and root through is what's necessary for a narrative like this to succeed.
A girl has lost her true love. She's gone through hell and back. She's willing to give up because she believes him dead and throws herself back into the mystery world that got her into so much trouble the first time.
The fact that the entire conceit of the show is all about a man again is a little worrisome, but this version of Alice, at least, seems to be stronger than some of the other iterations of Disney heroines. Hopefully she gets some more character development between now and the rest of the season, but at the moent I'm pretty stoked that she got to hold her own in a fight scene. The fact that Michael Socha and Sophie Lowe have such nice chemistry is pretty fun too, although I do wonder if this will be another Robin Scherbatsky situation. Hopefully, time will tell, although considering the show is run by the same people who did lost Lost and OUAT, I'm not expecting a lot.
Have you checked out Once Upon A Time in Wonderland? Are you planning on it? Come back and let me know if you do!
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2 thoughts on "23: Once Upon A Time In Wonderland — Down the Rabbit Hole (pilot)"
Janey M says:
I watched it today. I mostly watched because Jane Espenson wrote it, and I'll dip into anything she is involved in. I like the pilot, but I almost think I would've liked it more had it not been fairytale themed. I found myself rolling my eyes every time a familiar Alice character was stumbled upon.
Also I found myself wanting Cyrus to disappear out of the script so that I could root for the Will/Alice ship guilt free. I plan to give it two more episodes to charm me, as I did with the original OUaT.
Once Upon a Time failed to catch my interest, and I'm not terribly confident I will fall in love with this show either.
mcterzakis says:
Ohhh, definitely agree on all points. I was actually telling Eleni as we watched that I would have much preferred to see Alice and Will out in the real world (or as much of the real world as Storybrook even is. Do we think Will lives there, or has he managed the task of breaking out?) instead of in fairytale land, although I did really like the fact that she was the one to rescue him from the Marshmallow Marsh.
I actively hate OUAT, so far be it from me to try and defend it to anyone, but I do think that this show has a greater chance at succeeding for me because it isn't trying to combat the storylines of 50 people in an hour long format. The girl is in love with the boy and has to battle shit to go try and find him. Sure, there are b-plots and evil things afoot, but I think for the most part, the overarching theme of the season will be: Can Alice find and rescue Cyrus before Bad Things Happen To Him?
I think one of the weakest points of Once Upon A Time: Original Flavor is that there isn't a concrete theme aside from, "these are all characters from a storybook that have been trapped in a world they don't remember and are forced to be miserable forever and ever". It's so broad that the story isn't sustainable enough to handle that many characters and plot contrivances. I honestly have no idea how they're starting s3 right now.
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Home / Business / Foreign trade policy to continue for 6 months
Foreign trade policy to continue for 6 months
Status quo on popular Merchandise Export from India Scheme and EPCG scheme
The Modi government is likely to continue with the existing schemes and programmes for the exporters and importers, commerce ministry officials said, adding a formal announcement will be made on Tuesday.
R. Suryamurthy | New Delhi | Published 30.03.20, 11:11 PM
The Centre plans to extend the existing foreign trade policy for six months from April as the consultations for the new five-year policy (2020-25) have been disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
They said the government could also announce some more measures for exporters, who have been forced to almost stop their shipments.
The existing schemes and programmes that were to end on March 31, would continue for at least six months as that would provide time for the importers and exporters to make effective plans amid the intense uncertainty as well as the government to hold more consultations in view of the changed economic and global scenario, the officials said.
If the current foreign trade policy (2015-20) is extended, all existing incentives and schemes will continue. This will include the popular Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) and the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme that the government has to phase out because of WTO rules.
The commerce minister has already announced earlier this month that the MEIS scheme will be gradually phased out and replaced with the new Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme after due consultations with stakeholders.
The rates under RoDTEP will be fixed only after taking inputs from the industry and this could take six to eight months.
The government is not time-bound to replace the MEIS, EPCG or the other schemes that a WTO panel has directed to be scrapped as India has filed an appeal against the ruling.
"There is no point in announcing a new FTP policy on April 1 if there is not much to be announced in terms of schemes and measures. Since the government had already said that the popular Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS) for exporters will be replaced with the new Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme in phases after sectoral discussions over the next few months, there was no need to announce a new FTP in a hurry," Ajay Sahai, Director-General, Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said.
The Engineering Export Promotion Council has asked the commerce ministry for the continuation of the existing free trade policy which will end on March 31, for some more time.
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We've featured many English historic sites such as, castles, Stonehenge and the Tower of London on EnglandExplore before.
Runnymede on the banks of the Thames in Surrey seems the most unlikely place for a revolution.
However it was here, in 1215, that the Magna Carta was signed.
Its main aim was to restrict the then near absolute power of the King and offered protection to individual freedoms.
Although a long way from modern democracy, this ancient document is one of its foundation stones. Never again could the monarch reign without at least some regard to his or her subjects.
(See here for more on the various Kings and Queens of England).
It's also one of England's foremost historic sites: it was here in the early 18th century that Abraham Darby perfected smelting iron using coke, a major technological breakthrough.
Little remains of this once imposing castle today, but few sites have seen such a long list of historic events as Pontefract Castle in the north of England.
Richard II was almost certainly murdered there – as was mentioned by Skakespeare in Richard III ("Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison, Fatal and ominous to noble peers!").
The Castle was surrendered to the leaders of the Catholic 'Pilgramage Of Grace' uprising against Henry VIII.
The castle was the reputed location of the first act of adultery by Catherine Howard, wife of Henry VIII.
Mary Queen of Scots lodged here during here exile in Elizabethan times.
The castle was major stronghold of the Royalists in the English Civil War in 1644. It was ultimately ruined in the fighting.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were one of the first trade unionists.
In the early 19th century they formed Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers, to campaign for higher farm worker wages.
Their subsequent arrest and sentence to penal transportation to Australia made them martyrs to the then new trade union cause.
A museum in Tolpuddle, in Dorset, commemorates these events, along with an annual Martyrs Day held in the village.
Named after Britains's first Christian Martyr who lived in the town, St Albans has a history stretching back to when it was the important Roman community, Verulamium.
Some of the town's roman architecture survives, such as the pictured fragment of the old roman wall.
Richard Arkright is credited with building and operating the first factory, Cromford Mill, in 1771.
The first mill to run on water power, it span cotton automatically for the first time.
The Bronte sisters, writers of such classics as Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, lived as the daughters of he Parson of Haworth in Yorkshire.
Their Parsonage home is now a museum containing many of their meagre possessions. A must for lovers of English literature.
The dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII was one of the most disruptive period's of English history.
Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire is one of best preserved victims of this push to reduce the Catholic Church's influence by the Crown.
Founded in 1132 by the Cistercian order, Fountains was once a thriving home to several hundred monks who lived and worked on the site and surrounding land, until its dissolution in 1539.
Hampton Court Palace in West London was built by Cardinal Wolsey, advisor to Henry VIII, in 1514.
After Wolsey's fall from grace the King took it over and made it his home from home.
The Real Tennis court (a sort of cross between the modern games of tennis and squash) used by him remains, along with the famous maze (which was planted much later).
It's now open to the public and a great place to spend the day during a visit to London.


In the latest episode of the Vegan Travel Gals, my co-hosts and I chatted with Thomas Tieyre, the founder of Paris Vegan Walkabouts. Thomas told us that the vegan Paris food scene has exploded in just the last couple of years!
But if you don't have time to watch the whole video, Thomas was also kind enough to write down some of his top tips for exploring vegan Paris, complete with links to his favorite restaurants in the city.
For a long time, Paris has had a bad reputation for not being vegan-friendly. What is the vegan food scene like there now, and how has it changed in recent years?
Yes it's true, Paris hasn't traditionally been a vegan-friendly city, but the situation has improved a lot over the past two years.
Now there are 61 completely vegan locations offering food or other types of products like cosmetics and clothing. It's really convenient both for the locals and travelers – since Paris is a smaller big city, you can usually find vegan spots really close to you wherever you happen to be.
One of the major shifts was the opening of VG Pâtisserie, the city's first gourmet vegan pastry shop specializing in French pastry, in April 2017.
VG Pâtisserie has proved that it's possible to combine the excellence of French culinary expertise and vegan ingredients to make truly delectable pastries. It was the beginning of a really strong momentum of vegan openings that continues to this day.
Finding a wide range of vegan spots in Paris is no longer just a dream – it's a reality! From coffee shops like Comptoir Veggie or Cloud Cakes and burger joints like Hank or Season Square to the more high-end restaurants like Gentle Gourmet or Le Potager de Charlotte, there is something for every budget and culinary preference.
And many other great places, since it's impossible to mention them all!
What are some of your favorite restaurants for vegan food in Paris?
Le Potager de Charlotte is one of my top picks. Not only do they create delicious gourmet vegan cuisine using seasonal products, but this family-run restaurant is also really involved in promoting our French terroir with the awesome local products they find.
Gentle Gourmet was a pioneer in the fine-dining category, and they are still the most creative vegan restaurant here. One of my favorite dishes is "Le Fameux", a roasted Portobello mushroom burger garnished with a pickled tempeh tartar and a house-made mayonnaise. This dish alone is worth a visit!
A more exotic vegan spot is Jah Jah by Le Tricycle. They offer an Afro-vegan cuisine that is really unique on the Paris vegan scene, inspired largely by the culinary traditions of Africa, South America and the Caribbean. One of my favorite dishes is the cauliflower "wings" with BBQ sauce, which is perfect as a starter to share with friends!
You can read my article about my 5 best vegan restaurants in Paris here.
Are there any local vegan networks or events where visitors could meet local vegans?
There are plenty of ways to meet local vegans in Paris!
You can join the Paris Vegan Meetup Group as well as the Paris Vegan Group on Facebook. Whether you want to find a special vegan spot, learn how to use a certain product or find something special in a store… or you just want to hear about upcoming vegan events, you'll find the info in these groups!
Merci Bernard is a vegan events agency that organizes awesome events like the December Christmas market and vegan barbecues in warmer weather. These barbecues will continue once a month during the spring and summer period in 2018.
Every year in September, the Smmmile vegan pop festival offers good music, good food and cooking classes to help people learn about everything vegan food has to offer. Once a month, they also hold a party, the "Off du Smmmile", to highlight new vegan projects and offer people the chance to socialize in a nice vegan spot.
France is famous for its pastries. Are there any vegan versions of these sweet treats available?
This is true, and for many tourists finding excellent pastries is a key priority, so you can see how important it is for there to be quality French pastries in a vegan version!
As I was saying earlier, VG Pâtisserie has really been a game changer in this regard. From their lemon pie, to their "baba" or "entremet", they use organic ingredients and seasonal products as much as they can, and the results are exquisite.
Jo and Nana Cakes is less well-known, but the pastries they make are also beautiful and delicious. Their "Mont-Blanc" is not to be missed!
The future of vegan pastry is in good hands with these locations, and more exciting openings are to come!
For those who are traveling with non-vegans and aren't able to eat at vegan restaurants for every meal, are there any vegan options they can look for in mainstream restaurants? Will restaurant staff make adjustments for vegans on request?
There are two main problems you face when you try to eat vegan at a mainstream restaurant in Paris.
First, there are extremely few vegan options on the menus of most restaurants. Paris is really behind other capital cities like London or Berlin, where plenty of places offer multiple vegan options on their regular menus.
Some restaurants in Paris have improved the situation by adding a V label or other symbol to their menu to indicate the vegetarian or vegan dishes. But it's still difficult to find vegan options.
The second challenge is asking the restaurant staff to make adjustments to a dish to make it vegan. At the current time, waitstaff and chefs are not so very knowledgeable about vegan ingredients or how to veganize a dish.
But it really depends on each restaurant, there are no rules about it. Ask your server if a dish can be modified to make it vegan and you may be pleasantly surprised!
Don't despair. Some restaurant staff are happy to provide vegan options!
Is the term "vegan" widely understood by Parisians? How can visitors explain in French that they are vegan?
I'd say the term "vegan" is widely understood in areas that are more trendy or have many veggie and vegan-friendly eateries, like the Marais, the 11th arrondissement or the "Veggietown" district in the 9th and 10th arrondissements.
The Vegan Passport is the most useful tool for telling locals that you're vegan when you travel abroad. It's a multilingual app that explains in 79 languages what you do and don't eat as a vegan, with both pictures and words.
Otherwise, you can say "Je suis végane" to say that you're vegan, or you can list the animal products you don't eat, but that would of course be harder.
What about self-catering – are there any particular grocery stores or markets that are good for picking up vegan ingredients?
It's really easy to buy vegan products in Paris if you know where to shop!
Two well-known and completely vegan grocery stores are Un Monde Vegan and Mon Epicerie Paris. Both located in the 3rd arrondissement, they offer a wide range of vegan products, from vegan cheese and plant-based yogurt to plant-based milk, and even vegan wines! Aujourd'hui Demain is another good vegan concept store that recently opened in the 11th arrondissement.
Apart from those, the city is also home to four fully vegan Naturalia Vegan stores launched by the French organic brand Naturalia. Here you'll find a wide range of vegan products of every type too!
And lastly, what will people experience if they join one of your vegan tours of Paris?
UPDATE April 2019: Thomas has moved on to other projects, and the Paris Vegan Walkabouts are no longer running. But don't worry! There's another company, Vegan Food Tours France, that offers three different walking itineraries in Paris.
They'll be immersed in the Paris vegan scene during a casual and friendly 3-hour walking tour. They'll enjoy gourmet small plates and discover new flavors and French vegan products.
It's also an opportunity to explore the best districts of Paris and learn little-known historical facts. And the cherry on top: our groups are small, so there are ample opportunities to ask questions and get to know like-minded fellow participants!
And since the vegan scene is changing really quickly, I also share my recommendations for the best vegan spots of the moment and talk about my experience as a local vegan.
As your guide, Thomas Tieyre will take you to the best vegan spots in Paris and help you experience the city like a local.
And if you're planning to explore more of France beyond just the capital, check out my articles on vegan food in France below. It's not the easiest country to travel in as a vegan, but there's always a way to make it work!
Toulouse: Even in meat-loving cities like Toulouse, it's possible to find local vegan specialties in France. You can get a delicious vegan brunch there too!
Normandy: And if you can't find local specialties, you can still find ethnic restaurants with vegan options, or just ask the chef to make something special for you. That's what I did as a brand-new vegan in Normandy, and it worked a treat!
Chamonix: The skiing is fabulous in this popular resort, and there are quite a few vegan options in Chamonix too!
Other ski resorts in France: Admittedly, the local diet in the Alps is pretty heavy on cheese and light on vegetables, but don't panic. Here are my tips for navigating your next vegan ski trip without going hungry, even in the worst case scenario.
Paris Charles de Gaulle airport: There aren't that many vegan options in Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, but this article tells you exactly where to go to grab a delicious, healthy meal on your next layover.
Can't wait to return to Paris and try some of those pastries! So glad Thomas joined us.


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The Real Problem With the New Dungeons and Dragons License is Capitalism
I made this YouTube video because I think the controversy around the new OGL is a great moment to really look at how capitalism attacks the commons and how collective resistance is a path to create economic democracy. Plus it seemed like a great chance to spread some communist propaganda to nerds!
posted by overglow on Jan 26, 2023 - 0 comments
DNDle - Wordle, but you're picking stats to guess D&D monsters
It feels like there's a Wordle clone for everybody nowadays. But I decided to go in a slightly different direction when I made DNDle, a game in which you try to guess the Dungeons & Dragons "monster of the day" by assigning values to its attributes and being told where you've got them right. [more inside]
posted by avapoet on Feb 16, 2022 - 2 comments
The Dungeons and Dubliners podcast
This podcast (recorded in pubs in the greater Dublin, Ireland area) covers Dungeons & Dragons news, with reviews of new material, play advice, and general chat. There are 4 episodes so far, with much better audio quality starting on the 3rd episode (the first was marred by recording on a cellphone and the second with cellphone interference on the recording device - stupid phones!).
posted by exogenous on Dec 12, 2018 - 0 comments
The Neverending Conflict
A dark fantasy YA serial fiction and game design website. I'm writing a story about teenagers who fight monsters on an alternate Earth where the existence of magic and monsters is an everyday fact of life. The most basic elevator pitch is "What if, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, everyone knew Buffy was the Slayer? And also there were many Slayers, and everyone knew about all of them?" There's a lot more to it than that, of course, but that's the basic idea. I'm also working on a game based on the 5th Edition Open Gaming License of Dungeons and Dragons set in the same world. I hope it proves to be a fun distraction from what ails you. [more inside]
posted by Caduceus on Feb 19, 2017 - 0 comments
DUNSÖNs & DRAGGANs
A Twitterbot showcasing exciting adventures in DUNSÖNs & DRAGGANs 1st Edition - a fantastical/Scandinavian world of monsters, treasure, good value furniture, and stylish storage solutions. Enter if you dare! Also can you pick up some bag clips for me? And some meatballs. And grab one of those cool lamps. Ages 12 and up. Requires 20-sided hex wrench (included). [more inside]
posted by EndsOfInvention on Feb 18, 2016 - 4 comments
Play-by-Twitter 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
I am going to attempt to run an AD&D campaign played over Twitter. The project is currently in the planning/incubating/looking-for-players phase. [more inside]
posted by prize bull octorok on Jan 6, 2015 - 141 comments
Meet People While Fighting Off Wandering Monsters
Hi, This is a fantasy game which is interactive with other players. You can meet by the Fountain of Youth and form parties to explore a lost city or go solo adventuring in the wilds. Click here to see a screenshot with instructions. Click here to create a character and begin. Click here to see charts and rumors.
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Digital banks could be next for Sarawak's fintech ecosystem
Abang Johari (fourth left) uses a mobile phone to scan a QR code as symbolic to launching the Innovation Hub. Also seen (from right) are Ting, Dr Sim and Tan.
By Karen Bong
KUCHING, Jan 15: The state government is keen about setting up a digital bank for Sarawak.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg pointed out the possibility as Sarawak already has its own e-wallet system, which is Sarawak Pay, to generate profits.
He said that Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) had announced the outline of the proposed Licensing Framework for Digital Banks late last year and that it was going to issue up to five licences to qualified applicants to operate digital banking services.
"So we also expressed out interest in pursuing the digital or virtual banking licence because we already have our own e-wallet, which means there is an active e-commerce and digital retailing.
"We will have to strategise first but let's have our fingers crossed as we hope the federal government can consider giving us the licence," he said, adding that the plan is still in the premature stage as central bank has just announced the venture and licensing rules.
He highlighted this when officiating the launching of Kuching Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCGCCI) Innovation Hub at the Chamber headquarters here today.
Abang Johari explained that the only difference for digital banking was the digitisation of all services, activities and processes delivered to consumers in a virtual environment compared to that of traditional banks in which consumers can be physically presence.
"But it is just like any banking business. The banking regulation would be under BAFIA (Banking and Financial Institutions Act)," he added.
Meanwhile, a key consideration for potential applicants to acquire the licence include a minimum capital fund unimpaired by losses by RM100 million for the virtual bank's foundation phase, which would be increased to RM300 million subsequently.
On the innovation hub, Abang Johari commended this initiative as it was in line with Sarawak's quest to transform and move the state forward through digital economy.
He emphasised that Sarawak ambitioned to be like Finland and Norway, which has similar scenario to Sarawak, but has a lot of sovereign funds and strong digital economy.
"Our natural resources, good environment and talented people are our strengths, but because we only have a small population, we need to leverage on technology and digital economy to accelerate and move Sarawak's economy forward," he reiterated.
"When we talk about business, market is the key. As such, we need to explore, connect and look beyond our shore as there are over 600 million population in Asean states while the population for Asia is over 3 billion people," he said.
These were the main reasons, he added, as to why he initiated the digital economy strategy in order to push the growth of Sarawak into the future with upgrading of all infrastructure including telecommunications to roads, logistics and other utilities.
"Moreover, Sarawak is working towards creating a smart city which will be connected with technology," he said.
He thus urged the chamber to train more young entreprenuers so that they can have the skills and knowledge to embrace digital technology especially in business.
Meanwhile, the establishment of the KCGC Innovation Hub was aimed at fostering young entrepreneurs who can assist and support the Sarawak government in the development of the state, especially in digital economy.
Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian, Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin, Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting, KCGCCI president Datuk Tan Jit Kee and organising chairman Rodger Chan were present. —DayakDaily
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Evaluation of The Problems Associated with Affirmative Action
Subject: Social Issues
Category: Human Rights
Essay Topic: Affirmative Action
In the early 1960s, the concept of affirmative action was introduced. Affirmative Action was put in place to provide opportunities to the minority, not taking in account an individual's color, race, sex, religion or national origin. Under affirmative action, classes of people that may have been excluded from certain rights in the past would now be arranged with opportunities like jobs, housing, and education. Racism created the inequality that found it necessary to enact affirmative action laws. Allowing a diverse community of individuals, affirmative action requires jobs and even schools to hire and accept students according to meeting their quota. This policy remains a controversy issue as the Supreme Court upholds issues in Michigan even today.
Prior to putting affirmative action in place, it is not a hard task to remember back in history where "separate but equal" was said to be constitutional. The case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld it constitutionally right to have segregation in public facilities, including schools, but under the doctrine "separate but equal." This doctrine was eventually ruled out when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional after the case Brown v. The Board of Education. Following the Brown v. The Board of Education case, schools were no longer allowed to be segregated because "separate but equal" was not teaching students anything but that separate is NOT equal. Decades later, affirmative action was put in place under the Equal Protection Clause, ensuring that everyone get equal opportunities. However, recently Michigan voters have been on the fence about Michigan's public universities requirement to use affirmative action and want to ban the idea that everyone get equal opportunities.
Michigan voters vote against affirmative action in Michigan and do not want the public universities to take in account a person's race, sex or nationality. In 2006, a proposition to allow "all sex- and race-based preferences in public education, public employment, and public contracting," was supported. However, the case Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action was presented. This case argued whether allowing public universities admissions to prohibit discrimination and treatment based upon sex, race, and national origin, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In 2012, this action was said to be unconstitutional by the court of appeals because it is discriminatory and unfair. What others fear is that Michigan's universities would become segregated because of their admission policies. Being that universities, including Michigan's public universities, stress the idea of a diverse population, without the requirement of affirmative action, it is a great possibility that the population will not be as diverse. This is a possibility because not everyone of different race or national origin is equally as smart.
Although the appellate court decision in 2012 ruled Michigan's Race-Conscious Admissions policy unconstitutional, the Supreme Court reversed their decision as of April 2014. By the Supreme Court doing that, they are not ensuring diversity in the public universities. It was even seen that when the proposal was first put in place, the percentage of black and Hispanic first-year students at the University of Michigan has dropped from 12.15 percent to 9.54 percent. By not using affirmative action students are not being treated fair and the schools are not allowing equal opportunities. The Supreme Court is also allowing people to believe that race no longer matters, when in reality it still does.
Even though the concept of affirmative action was made a law, minorities still struggle with societal stereotypes, forced to work much harder than others in order to prove themselves. Although affirmative action is suppose to benefit the minority class by allowing us equal opportunities, we as the minority are forced to wonder if we are being appreciated or if we are serving as a specification. Envisioning if affirmative action laws were not placed upon the government also creates reverence that circumstances would possibly be as brutal as they were during Jim Crow days. Why should the color of our skin or our nationality be one that remains a factor when we fill out applications to further our knowledge or aid us economically? Without affirmative action, we would be forced to see the ugliness of our country that has us locked in a caste system through racism, bias laws, and socioeconomical inequality. In regards to our long term reality, it appears that no matter what laws are put in place, the outnumbered will always suffer being unaccepted, struggling for a place in society.
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34% of women these days are reporting their birth expense as "traumatic"(1), 28% are showing some or all of the symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in regards to their brith experience (2). Despite the growing ideal of "natural childbirth" over the last 10 years our cesarean rate has stayed in and around 30% nation wide.
As a childbirth educator and lactation consultant I see lots of moms just before and just after they experience birth. I know that in my experience there are moms who desperately do not want interventions at birth, that regardless of the precautions they take or the education they get they end up with the very things they did not want. I also know that lots of moms who experience this are told not only by those close to them but by society as a whole that if they should "just be happy for a healthy baby and healthy mom".
This notion of being grateful for "healthy baby and healthy mom" is not lost, nor is it wrong, it is just used inappropriately and (likely) unknowingly by those around new parents in order to deal with the discomfort of the listener. I don't think any mom is going to say, I am ungrateful for my healthy baby and being healthy myself. The notion that this statement somehow is the antitheses of the pain and loss mothers may feel is where the problem comes in.
When we practice self awareness and making space for the experience and feelings of others (as is spelled out 5 Steps to Pursuing Self Awareness) we realize that no two sentiments ever cancel each other out.
Birth trauma has a wide range of instigators from having medical procedures pushed or forced upon moms, to the loss of mom or baby, to the mourning of plans lost from the ideal birth a parent envisioned.
The presence of birth trauma is never to negate the fact that mom is grateful for the life of her baby or her own life. I have often heard women criticize those who are mourning and feeling the wide range of emotions associated with birth trauma as selfish or silly for caring more about ideals than the health and well being of baby/mom. I can tell you that in my time spent with those mourning the loss of an ideal birth or other traumatic experiences I have never met a mother who does not love their baby or the fact that they are both healthy.
The presence of birth trauma points to the fact that our existence is so much more that purely physical. Our physical life is not more important or more significant than our emotional or spiritual existence. This would imply that someone who lives enslaved or oppressed has the same quality of life as someone who isn't simply because they are physically alive. I don't know many people who would debate this fact, but if you deny people the space to feel their emotions to the fullest simply because they are physically healthy and alive you are imposing this idea. SO though a mother and baby who experienced a birth trauma may be physically healthy whats to say that they are emotionally intact? At the end of the day is it really up to ANYONE other than the mom or day them self to decide whether their feelings are important or not?
So lets not devalue your sentiment of how grateful YOU are for a healthy mom and baby by forcing your feelings on someone else! Those feelings belong to you and there is nothing wrong with that, if you want to interact with new parents feelings around their birth-ASK!
It may be helpful to think about why you want to move the conversation to the feelings of gratitude rather than listen to what really is going on in moms mind and heart.
One thing that is pretty common is a general discomfort with emotions that may be deemed as "bad" in our society. This would basically be anything that isn't happy or anything that brings up feelings of sadness.
Another common reason people will be so quick to shut down the emotional processing of certain emotions in another is because they themselves have similar emotions that were not allowed to be felt, or were shut down by someone else. You yourself may have experienced birth trauma or even another form of trauma in your life, and have never allowed yourself to mourn and feel the feelings that go along with it. So when that person starts to talk about these things you yourself are triggered back to these repressed emotions and in order to shut it back down again and shut down the person you are talking to.
Identifying that this is at the root of your response gives you the ability to now decide if you would like to either work through your own experiences or if you are uncomfortable talking about this traumatic experience and maybe need to distance yourself from this conversations about the trauma at hand.
Train your brain to ask questions and listen.
Offer to write out a birth story for the family as they tell it to you while nursing/feeding the baby.
LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN. Then offer to call tomorrow to listen some more.
Offer sympathy with their experience, acknowledging that their experience is important.
Remember that what they say is valid, even if it sounds "wrong" compared to your experience/feelings.
Know how you can help and don't be afraid to ask for specifics if you are unsure.
Watch for signs of PPD and offer love and help if mom needs it. Be delicate and gentle here but don't be afraid to speak up.
Moms need us to start listening, asking questions and speaking up for their well being. The first step in doing this is identifying any personal prohibitors we may have and addressing them fully. Through our own emotional awareness we make space for others to find themselves. So next time you catch yourself thinking or saying "all that matters is a healthy baby and healthy mom" Stop yourself and instead say "Your experience matters and I am here for you." You never know how big of a difference that could make in the new families early weeks.
Did you feel free to mourn your birth pain or birth trauma? Have you ever found yourself saying "all that matters is healthy baby and healthy mom"? Why do you think you said this?


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Bono Recounts Fight With Steve Jobs Over (Product) RED Branding, Urges Apple to Do More
Monday June 23, 2014 11:55 am PDT by Juli Clover
Over the weekend, Apple's chief designer Jony Ive and musician Bono attended the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, where Bono was honored with the LionHeart Award for his work with the (Product) RED campaign to raise money for the fight against AIDS.
Ive during his interview at the Cannes Lions Festival
During their appearance, Ive and Bono sat down for a 45 minute interview. While the entirety of the interview has not yet been shared, Cannes has posted a short highlights reel, with the first two minutes of the video featuring Bono. In the spot, Bono describes working with Steve Jobs on (Product) RED, recounting a particular conversation with Jobs over the parentheses that are part of the (Product) RED name logo.
Jobs initially wanted to forgo the parentheses to keep anything from "interfering with the logo", but after a disagreement with Bono and some time to sleep on it, he conceded to the parentheses but never in Apple Stores.
As described by Adweek, though Ive and Bono are old friends and Apple has worked with (RED) for many years, Bono went on to complain on stage about Apple's quiet involvement in the project and the company's reluctance to put (RED) branding on products.
Bono went so far as to stand up, pull out an official (Red) iPad cover and remove the device, illustrating to the audience that the only actual nod to the nonprofit was inside the cover and therefore always obscured by the tablet.
"Where's the (Red) branding?" he asked Ive. "Nobody can see that. This is modesty run amok. This is the Apple way. They're like a religious cult."
Ive seemed unfazed by Bono's slights, noting that Apple and Product (RED) have a strong alliance. "We started in 2006 with one (RED) product, a nano, and now we've got well over half a dozen. It's been really, really special for us."
Over the course of Apple's partnership with (RED), the company has released (RED) iPod nanos and shuffles, iPad Smart Covers, iPhone Bumpers, and iPhone 5s cases, with a portion of each sale going directly to the charity.
Last year, Ive even teamed up with designed Marc Newson to create multiple one-of-a-kind products that were auctioned off by Sotheby's, with proceeds going to (RED). A range of items including solid gold EarPods and a red Mac Pro were auctioned, bringing in nearly $13 million.
To date, Apple has raised approximately $70 million for (Product) RED, with 100 percent of that money going towards HIV/AIDS programs in Africa. The full interview may be shared by Cannes in the future, but in the meantime, a slideshow created on Storify gives the highlights of the event.
Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.
JoEw
Considering Apple has raised the most money for product red, I don't think he should be complaining.
LeoNobilis
Bono is an idiot.
slineaudi
"To date, Apple has raised approximately $70 million for (Product) RED, with 100 percent of that money going towards HIV/AIDS programs in Africa." Stop bitching about the logo, Bono.
theBostonian
Bono, of course, would know all about cults, especially cults of personality.
ryansimmons323
You get the guy out to represent the organisation that has given you the most money in donations and then you insult him/them over a logo?
I should think Bono would be the first to point out that it's the donations that matter, not branding.
unplugme71
Quit bitching. Apple is doing a lot as it is to contribute.
I personally would not have bought my red cases if it had the (RED). Knowing that Apple donated 10% was enough for me to feel I did something to help.


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