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Every day things happen to us which are small gifts. Like finding something we have lost. And then there are big life gifts like surviving a major illness or accident. Like walking through recovery from a traumatic experience with grace and relief. Do we take the time to be grateful for these gifts or do we just move through them, anxious to resume everyday life? Do we brush aside the awareness of mortality, hurrying past? Of course, it's always in the back of our minds that we slipped by disaster, made a narrow escape. In this workshop we will share stories of how we skipped forward with only a glance at the profound experience we had, trying to forget as soon as possible to avoid grief and fear. Now we have a chance to slow down, become more conscious of what is true and precious, of what we have received and what we have lost, appreciate more fully the richness of each moment with gratitude for the good, and grief for the pain, to allow healing to occur and to receive all the gifts in our lives.


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Examples Of Paganism In Dante's Inferno
"What is meant by humanism in this case is once again the exaltation of worldly interests as well as the sympathetic presentation of indomitable, defiant heroes and of human passions in their most mundane and captivating forms" (Montano 206). The Renaissance was a time of "rebirth". It was a time of bringing back the ideals of the Classical Era and focusing on how mankind could use these ideals to become more knowledgeable. Dante Alighieri's writing, though penned in the Middle Ages, indicates the true beginning of the Renaissance in Italy. His ideas and passions expressed through his many works have left their impression on the world, extending to modern times. One of Dante's greatest masterpieces, "Dante's Inferno", truly expresses his beliefs…show more content…
Dante included a multitude of pagan characters when describing his version of Hell. Many of these monsters are bound to guard different circles of Hell as payment for sins committed during their lives. One monster in Hell is Antaeus, a Giant who stands as a connection between Circles 8 and 9. They are in Hell for waging war against the Gods. Dante also portrayed his affinity with the great pagan writers of the Classical era, such as Homer. "Well before we stopped to address them, I could see people there and sense they were honorable folk" (Canto IV Lines 58-60). They are in Limbo for being virtuous men, but for dying unbaptized. When meeting them in Hell, Dante is enchanted with their presence and feels privileged just to listen to one of their many profound discussions. Although Dante was an extremely Catholic man, he did have many concerns in how the Catholic Church was lead. In the "Inferno", Dante clearly emphasizes these faults by portraying many important members of the church in Hell. There is, in fact, one circle of Hell, which can only contain Church officials. In Dante's Inferno, Circle 8, Pouch 3, which is one of the lowest levels of Hell, is dedicated to those who commit the sin of simony. They are punished by being buried upside-down in holes the size of baptism basins with their protruding feet being burnt by flames. Pope Nicholas…show more content…
Within this discourse, Pico attempted to connect the philosophies of Humanism with the beliefs of the Church. "Pico's effort too was to reconcile Christian philosophy with the older teachings of Plato and Hebrew philosophers in particular" (Drake). In an effort to instigate this reconciliation, Pico della Mirandola attributed all of the gifts that humans obtain to the grace of God. "But when the work was finished, the Craftsman kept wishing that there were someone (sic) to ponder the plan of so great a work, to love its beauty, and to wonder at its vastness...He finally took thought concerning the creation of man" (Mirandola 48). Pico said that God created humans so they would accomplish something. Of all the other beautiful creatures God created, humans were the only ones with the ability to think and obtain knowledge, which is exactly what Pico believed God wanted. He believed God desired a creature with the ability to ponder the world and its beauty and the way it works. He wished for man to understand the purpose of life and leave a legacy for the generations that follow. This is based upon Dante's original ideals of Humanism and his wish for all human beings to be remembered. However to leave a legacy, one must have lived a life of importance and filled with the pursuit of
Allusions In Dante's Inferno
Dante's epic poem, Inferno, is obviously a deeply Christian work. One is surprised, then, to find that Inferno is full with allusions to pagan mythology and is inhabited not just by biblical figures, but also by characters of Greek and Roman antiquity. After all, the most important character besides Dante is Virgil, a renowned Roman poet but a pagan nonetheless. It is odd that Dante would give so much authority in his epic to a pagan. Even though this may seem strange to us, Dante finds a way of
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Infernal Struggle in Dante's Inferno and Book VI of The Aeneid Does hell have its own history? For Dante, the structural and thematic history of 'hell' in the Inferno begins with the Roman epic tradition and its champion poet, Virgil. By drawing heavily from the characteristics of hell in Book VI of The Aeneid, Dante carries the epic tradition into the medieval world and affirms his indebtedness to Virgil's poetry. Moreover, Virgil becomes a central character in the Inferno as he guides Dante
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Листонос Ридлея () — млекопитающее из семейства подковогубые (Hipposideridae). Видовое название дано в честь британского ботаника Генри Николаса Ридли (1855—1956).

Вид распространён в Юго-Восточной Азии (Бруней, Малайзия, Сингапур). Обитает в первичных низменных лесах. Ночует небольшими группами до 15 особей в кроне больших деревьев.

Обезлесение является угрозой для этого вида. Вид присутствует в охраняемых районах.

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 Francis, C., Kingston, T. & Bumrungsri, S. 2008. Hipposideros ridleyi

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The Notre Dame men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the Great Lakes Regional meet this weekend, with both squads vying for a top-two spot to earn an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championship. The University of Indiana will play host to the competition with the races being held at the Indiana Cross Country Course in Bloomington, Ind. The men's 10K race will begin on Saturday at 11 a.m. (ET) with the women's 6K race to follow at 12:15 p.m.
The regional meet comes one week after the sudden death of former Notre Dame cross country and track standout Ryan Shay. Shay is the most decorated male athlete in Notre Dame history and left a legacy in the running world that extends beyond his success with the Irish. On Monday the Notre Dame men's team practiced on Shay's favorite route when he was at Notre Dame and the team will wear black patches with `RS' in white letters on its jerseys in memory of Shay during Saturday's race. The patches will also be worn by Notre Dame runners throughout the remainder of the 2007 cross country season, as well as throughout the entire 2007-08 track and field season.
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Dave and Lillian Brummet, authors of the book Trash Talk, offer a free service called Tip of the Month where visitors can learn new reduction and reuse ideas that will save money for the household and office on their website (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit). Listed below are the favorite Tip Picks of 2005. May 2005 Cardboard works great for weed control in the yard or garden. Lay out the flattened cardboard first making sure to overlap it by at least six inches.
If the weeds are very established or if your weeds are more like small shrubs, do a double or even triple layer to ensure nothing grows through. We found that it is best to wet the cardboard with a sprinkler to soften it before applying the top layer of bark mulch or gravel so the cardboard will settle in and smother all the weeds completely. In as little as one year the cardboard will have composted into a rich loamy soil while the weeds have been killed off by lack of sunlight and air. Simply top off the bark mulch periodically as it too breaks down over the years. July 2005 Vinyl shower curtains reused make good drop cloths for painting projects.
In the garden they can be used as row covers for tender spring plants (when a cold night threatens). Like costly landscape fabric use curtains to control weeds in garden beds. Cut an X at each plant location, plant, then close the X around the plant stem. Cover the entire sheet with rocks, gravel or bark mulch. October 2005 Promote reading in your community, reduce clutter around your home and your contribution of waste in the landfill, save a buck or two and benefit a charity while you are at it. Just how are you supposed to do all this? Management of used books and magazines is a very environmental and community conscious thing for people to participate in. Extending the life of books and magazines is easily accomplished by taping the binding and edges of the covers. Go through your closets and bookshelves and look for all the used books and magazines that you no longer read. Any library, shelters for the disadvantaged, hospitals and missions are all places to consider for donating. Use the key words 'book donation' in a search engine to find places to donate to.
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Amber Heard has filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, just three days after his mum died. The news comes as it's revealed Depp's mother, Betty Sue Palmer, died on May 20.
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Expediția germană în Tibet din 1938-1939 a fost o expediție științifică germană desfășurată între aprilie 1938 și august 1939, condusă de către zoologul german și ofițerul SS Ernst Schäfer.

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Reichsführer-ul SS Himmler a încercat să se folosească de reputația lui Schäfer pentru propaganda nazistă și l-a întrebat despre planurile sale de viitor. Schäfer i-a răspuns că ar vrea să conducă o altă expediție în Tibet și a solicitat ca expediția să aibă loc sub patronajul departamentului cultural al Ministerului Afacerilor Externe sau al Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ("Comunitatea germană pentru conservarea și promovarea cercetării"). Himmler era fascinat de misticismul asiatic și dorea, prin urmare, să trimită o expediție sub auspiciile institutului de cercetare pluridisciplinară Ahnenerbe ("Moștenirea ancestrală"), așa că l-a însărcinat pe Schäfer să efectueze cercetări cu privire la teoria pesudoștiințifică a cosmogoniei glaciare a lui Hanns Hörbiger, promovată de Ahnenerbe. Schäfer urmărea obiective științifice și, prin urmare, a refuzat să-l includă în echipa sa pe Edmund Kiss, un adept al acestei teorii, și a pus 12 condiții pentru a asigura libertatea științifică a expediției. Prin urmare, Wolfram Sievers, directorul general al Ahnenerbe, a exprimat critici cu privire la obiectivele expediției și s-a opus sponsorizării ei de către Ahnenerbe. Cu toate acestea, Himmler a fost de acord să sprijine expediția cu condiția ca toți membrii ei să facă parte din SS, iar Schäfer a constatat că nu avea altă soluție decât să accepte propunerea înaltului comandant nazist.

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În timpul pregătirii expediției, Ernst Schäfer a folosit termenul "Expediția Schaefer 1938/1939" în antetul actelor și în cererile de sponsorizări trimise oamenilor de afaceri. Numele oficial al expediției a trebuit să fie schimbat din dispoziția institutului Ahnenerbe în "Expediția germană în Tibet a lui Ernst Schäfer" (cu litere mari), "sub patronajul Reichsführer-ului SS Himmler și în asociere cu Ahnenerbe" (cu litere mici).

După ce consulul general german de la Calcutta a criticat antetul într-un raport trimis Ministerului de Externe al Germaniei, "argumentând că antetul autorizat era contraproductiv și a generat imediat neîncredere în rândul britanicilor", Schäfer "a comandat un antet nou și discret, cu un font Antiqua, care conținea textul: Deutsche Tibet Expedition Ernst Schäfer"'. În timpul expediției, Schäfer a folosit doar hârtie cu acest din urmă antet sau hârtia cu antetul inițial "Expediția Schaefer". Antetul autorizat de Ahnenerbe a fost folosit doar înainte de plecarea echipei.

Scriitorul britanic Christopher Hale susține că nu se poate afirma că Schäfer a fost independent de SS și că a putut să efectueze cercetări "științifice pure" deoarece în cursul expediției s-a folosit o hârtie cu un antet special: în toate obiectivele sale, expediția a rămas sub patronajul lui Himmler, iar Schäfer nu a avut nici un interes să-i piardă sprijinul.

La vremea sa, expediția a fost menționată frecvent în ziarele și revistele academice germane ca "Expediția SS în Tibet" care era patronată de Heinrich Himmler, iar toți cei cinci membri erau ofițeri SS. Denumirea "Expediția SS în Tibet" a fost folosită chiar de Ernst Schäfer în revista Atlantis. "Expediția SS în Tibet" este titlul folosit într-un raport din 1946 al serviciilor de informații militare americane din Europa de Vest.

În "Register of the Heinrich Himmler Papers", 1914-1944, arhivat la centrul Hoover al Universității Stanford, dosarul care conține materiale referitoare la expediție poartă titlul de "The SS-Tibet-Expedition, 1939".

Această denumire este încă folosită de cercetătorii moderni, cum ar fi Mechtild Rössler în 2001 și Suzanne Heim în 2002, precum și de scriitorul Peter Lavenda în 2002.

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Potrivit lui Christopher Hale, din moment ce Ernst Schäfer a cerut peste 60.000 de mărci germane pentru expediție, iar seifurile SS-ului erau goale la acea vreme, el a fost nevoit să adune singur fonduri.

Potrivit cercetătoarei Isrun Engelhardt, expediția nu a fost finanțată de Ahnenerbe. Ernst Schäfer a strâns singur fonduri, care au provenit în proporție de 80% de la Consiliul pentru Publicitate și Relații Publice al Industriei Germane (Werberat der deutschen Wirtschaft), precum și de la marile întreprinderi germane, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ("Comunitatea germană pentru conservarea și promovarea cercetării") și Brooke Dolan II. Prietenii personali ai lui Himmler au sponsorizat doar zborul înapoi în Germania.

Potrivit United States Forces, finanțarea expediției a fost asigurată de diverși contribuitori publici și particulari, iar zborul de întoarcere în Germania a fost plătit de SS. Costul dotării expediției a fost de 65.000 de mărci, iar expediția în sine a costat alți 65.000 de mărci, fără zborul înapoi.

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Ernst Schäfer era membru al SS, atunci când a ajuns la consulatul german din Chungking în 1935. Schäfer tocmai se întorsese dintr-o călătorie prin unele părți din Asia, în special India și China, în care ceilalți doi colegi de expediție l-au abandonat de frica triburilor autohtone. Schäfer a transformat expediția dintr-un eșec total într-un mare succes, deoarece SS-ul a aflat și i-a trimis o scrisoare prin care îl informa că a fost avansat la gradul de Untersturmführer și îl chema înapoi în Germania. În iunie 1936 Schäfer s-a întâlnit cu Himmler, care i-a informat pe Sievers și Galke că intenționează organizarea unei expediții în Tibet.

Schäfer a selectat bărbați tineri, care i s-au părut potriviți pentru o călătorie dificilă. Karl Wienert (un asistent al celebrului explorator Wilhelm Filchner, în vârstă de 24 de ani) era geologul echipei. Edmund Geer, în vârstă tot de 24 de ani, a fost selectat drept conducător tehnică pentru organizarea expediției. Un coechipier un pic mai în vârstă (38 de ani) era Ernst Krause (a nu se confunda cu biologul german cu același nume), care avea dubla sarcină de cameraman și entomolog. Ultimul membru al expediției a fost antropologul rasial Bruno Berger (26 ani), un student al profesorului Hans F. K. Günther.

Obiective

Cercetătorul Roger Croston a descris obiectivul expediției ca fiind "o abordare holistică a unei documentări biologice complete a Tibetului, alături de o sinteză a științelor naturale interrelaționate precum geografia, cartografia, geologia, magnetica pământului, clima, plantele, animalele și oamenii."

Reacționând la concluziile dr. Isrun Engelhardt că expediția lui Schäfer avea un caracter "pur științific" și la afirmația ei că contextul istoric al Germaniei din anii 1930 făcea ca obiectivele expediției să pară oarecum sinistre, scriitorul britanic Christopher Hale observă că "în timp ce ideea de botanică nazistă sau de ornitologie nazistă este, probabil, absurdă, alte științe nu sunt atât de inocente – iar mica expediție a lui Schäfer a constituit o parte reprezentativă a științei germane din anii 1930." Pentru Hale, aceasta are o semnificație majoră, deoarece "în timpul celui de-al Treilea Reich antropologia și medicina au fost exploatate cu sânge rece pentru a adopta și susține un crez ucigaș". Au existat acuzații că unul dintre scopurile expediției era de a stabili dacă Tibetul era leagănul "rasei ariene". Efectuarea unor măsurători craniene și realizarea unor mulaje faciale de către antropologul Bruno Beger a susținut aceste acuzații.

Hale reamintește, de asemenea, existența unei informări secrete trimise de ministrul propagandei Joseph Goebbels  ziarelor germane în 1940, în care a precizat că "sarcina principală a expediției în Tibet" era "de natură politică și militară" și "nu avea prea mare legătură cu rezolvarea chestiunilor științifice", adăugând că detaliile nu puteau fi dezvăluite.

Cu toate acestea, Croston este de acord cu Engelhardt și afirmă că expediția "a fost planificată ca o misiune științifică [...] dar a fost prinsă în politica vremii. [...] Refuzul vehement al lui Schaefer de a accepta planurile lui Himmler a făcut, în cele din urmă, ca expediția să nu fie sponsorizată de SS-ul lui Himmler sau de organizațiile ei pentru că s-a aflat în afara domeniului său de activitate."

Jurnalistul chinez Ren Yanshi, citând săptămânalul austriac Wochenpresse, scrie că prima sarcină majoră a expediției a fost "investigarea posibilității de a folosi regiunea ca o bază pentru atacarea trupelor britanice staționate în India", în timp ce a doua sarcină majoră a acesteia a fost "verificarea teoriei rasiale naziste a lui Heinrich Himmler că un grup de arieni cu sânge pur a trăit în Tibet".

Potrivit jurnalistului american Karl E. Meyer, unul dintre obiectivele expediției a fost pregătirea hărților și a documentației "pentru o eventuală utilizare a Tibetului ca loc de pregătire a unor atacuri de gherilă împotriva Indiei Britanice".

Eseistul italian Claudio Mutti a susținut că planul oficial prevedea cercetări privind formele de teren, clima, geografia și cultura regiunii, precum și contactarea autorităților locale pentru înființarea unei reprezentanțe în acea țară.

Potrivit lui Claudio Mutti, grupul celor cinci cercetători au intenționat să-l întâlnească pe regentul Tibetului și să viziteze orașele sfinte Lhasa și Shigatse. Chiar și în condițiile dificile din perioada premergătoare războiului grupul a reușit să intre în contact cu autoritățile și cu poporul tibetan. Exploratorii s-au întors în Germania cu o ediție completă a textelor sacre tibetane Kangyur (108 volume), cu exemple de Mandala, cu alte texte antice și cu un document cu privire la "rasa ariană". Aceste documente au fost păstrate în arhivele Ahnenerbe.

Detaliile expediției

În iulie 1937 expediția a suferit o amânare atunci când Japonia a invadat China, ruinând planurile lui Schäfer de a călători pe cursul fluviului Yangtze pentru a ajunge în Tibet. Schäfer a zburat la Londra pentru a cere permisiunea de a călători prin India, dar a fost refuzat de guvernul britanic, care se temea de un război iminent cu Germania.

Un alt incident care a influențat pregătirea expediției tibetane a avut loc pe 9 noiembrie 1937, în cursul unei vânători de rațe, când Schäfer, soția lui (cu care se căsătorise de abia patru luni) și doi servitori erau într-o barcă. Un val brusc l-a făcut pe Schäfer să scape din mâini arma care s-a descărcat brusc, rănind-o mortal pe soția lui. În ciuda problemelor emoționale ulterioare, Schäfer s-a întors la pregătirea expediției după opt săptămâni.

Într-o mișcare care l-a făcut să piardă sprijinul Ahnenerbe, Schäfer a cerut lui Himmler să-i permită să ajungă în India și să forșeze de acolo pătrunderea în Tibet. Himmler a fost de acord cu acest plan și a încercat să-l dezvolte, contactând persoane influente, inclusiv pe ministrul german de externe Joachim von Ribbentrop. La 21 aprilie 1938 echipa a plecat din Genova (Italia) către Ceylon, de unde cei cinci exploratori urmau să călătorească spre Calcutta (India Britanică).

Cu o zi înainte ca echipa să părăsească Europa Volkischer Beobachter a publicat un articol despre expediție, alertând autoritățile britanice cu privire la intențiile membrilor expediției. Schäfer și Himmler au fost amândoi furioși: Schäfer s-a plâns la sediul SS, iar Himmler, la rândul său, i-a scris amiralului Barry Domvile. Domvile, care era un susținător nazist și fost șef al serviciilor de informații navale britanice, a transmis scrisoarea prim-ministrului Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain a permis echipei SS să intre în Sikkim, o regiune aflată la granița cu Tibetul.

Călătoria prin Sikkim
În Gangtok, capitala Sikkimului, echipa a închiriat o caravană de 50 de catâri și a căutat hamali și interpreți tibetani. Aici au fost observați de oficialul britanic Sir Basil Gould, care l-a descris pe Schäfer ca un bărbat "interesant, puternic, nestatornic, erudit, orgolios până în punctul de a deveni pueril, disprețuitor al convențiilor sociale" și a menționat că el era hotărât să intre în Tibet, indiferent dacă avea sau nu permisiune.

Echipa și-a început expediția pe 21 iunie 1938, călătorind pe valea râului Teesta și apoi îndreptându-se spre nord. Krause a pus capcane ușoare pentru a captura insecte, Wienert a urcat dealurile pentru a face măsurători, Geer a colectat exemplare ale unor specii de păsări și Beger a oferit localnicilor ajutor medical în schimbul cărora i s-a permis să facă măsurători.

În august 1938 un înalt oficial al Rajah Tering, un membru al familiei regale sikkimeze care trăia în Tibet, a ajuns în tabăra echipei. Deși Beger a dorit să ceară permisiunea musafirului pentru a-l măsura, a fost descurajat de hamalii tibetani care l-au convins să aștepte întoarcerea lui Schäfer de la o vânătoare. Schäfer s-a întâlnit cu oficialul și i-a oferit o mulțime de cadouri.

În decembrie 1938 consiliul de miniștri al Tibetului i-a invitat pe Schäfer și echipa lui în Tibet, însă le-a interzis să ucidă animale în timpul șederii lor, invocând preceptele lor religioase. După o călătorie de aprovizionare înapoi la Gangtok, Schäfer a aflat că el a fost avansat la gradul de Hauptsturmführer și că ceilalți membri ai echipei au fost promovați la gradul de Obersturmführer.

Călătoria la Lhasa

În timpul călătoriei în regiunile înalte ale Tibetului Beger a început să facă mulaje faciale ale populației locale, inclusiv ale servitorului personal, un șerpaș nepalez pe nume Passang. În timpul primei turnări a mulajului, pasta a intrat într-una dintre nările lui Passang, iar acesta s-a panicat și a sfâșiat masca. Schäfer a amenințat că-i va concedia pe cărăușii care au văzut incidentul, dacă ei vor spus cuiva ce s-a întâmplat. Majoritatea tibetanilor au avut o atitudine mult mai prietenoasă și mai veselă, cu toate acestea, și s-au păstrat fotografii și imagini de film în care apar zâmbind și râzând în timp ce li se făceau măsurători ale feței și ale craniului.

Pe 19 ianuarie 1939 echipa a ajuns la Lhasa, capitala Tibetului. Schäfer și-a prezentat omagiile miniștrilor tibetani și unui nobil local. El a dat oficialilor fanioane naziste, explicând respectul arătat svasticii în Germania. Permisiunea de a rămâne în Lhasa i-a fost prelungită și i s-a permis să fotografieze și să filmeze în întreaga regiune. Echipa a petrecut două luni în Lhasa, adunând informații cu privire la agricultură, cultură și religie.

Din moment ce sosirea expediției fusese anunțată în prealabil, membrii săi, potrivit mărturiei lui Bruno Beger, au fost bine primiți peste tot în Tibet și au fost aprovizionați cu toate lucrurile care le erau necesare pentru ședere și călătorie. În Lhasa ei s-au aflat în strânsă legătură cu oficialii guvernamentali și cu alte persoane importante.

Schäfer s-a întâlnit în mai multe rânduri cu regentul Tibetului, Reting Rinpoche. În cursul unei întâlniri, regentul l-a întrebat în mod direct dacă Germania ar fi dispusă să vândă arme Tibetului.

Călătoria la Gyantse și Shigatse
În martie 1939 expediția a părăsit Lhasa și s-a îndreptat spre Gyantse, însoțită de un oficial tibetan. După ce au explorat ruinele capitalei antice Jalung Phodrang, membrii expediției au ajuns în luna aprilie la Shigatse, orașul de reședință al lui Panchen Lama. Ei au avut parte de o primire călduroasă din partea localnicilor, iar mii de oameni au venit să-i salute. În "Raportul final de interogare al serviciilor americane" din 1946 Schäfer susține că l-a întâlnit pe "regentul progerman din Shigatse" (cel de-al 9-lea Panchen Lama murise în 1937 și al 10-lea a sosit aici abia în 1951). În luna mai expediția s-a întors la Gyantse unde au avut loc negocieri cu autoritățile locale britanice cu privire la drumul de întoarcere către India și la transportarea echipamentelor și colecțiilor expediției.

Comunicarea cu autoritățile germane
În timpul șederii sale în Lhasa, Ernst Schäfer s-a aflat în contact cu Germania prin intermediul poștei și al aparatului radio deținut de Legația Chineză. Himmler ar fi urmărit cu mare interes activitatea expediției, i-a scris mai multe scrisori lui Schäfer și chiar l-a felicitat de Crăciun printr-un mesaj radio emis pe unde scurte.

Rezultatele cercetării

Germanii au adunat tot ce au putut: mii de artefacte, un număr foarte mare de plante și animale, inclusiv exemplare vii. Au trimis înapoi de exemplare din cele trei rase de cîini tibetani, specii rare de feline, lupi, bursuci, vulpi, piei de animale și de păsări.

Membrii expediției au colectat o cantitate mare de plante, în special de sute de soiuri de orz, grâu și ovăz. Semințele au fost ulterior stocate în depozitele Institutului de Genetica Plantelor din Lannach, în apropiere de Graz (Austria), un centru de cercetare condus de botanistul SS Heinz Brücher. Brücher trăia cu speranța de a utiliza atât colecția tibetană, cât și colecția Institutului Vavilov din teritoriile răsăritene pentru a selecta plante de cultură capabile să reziste la schimbările climatice din Europa de Est – considerată la momentul respectiv ca făcând parte din Lebensraum-ul ("spațiul vital") nazist – cu scopul de a ajunge la autarhie.

Wienert a înregistrat patru seturi de date geomagnetice, Krause a studiat viespile tibetane, iar Schäfer a observat ritualuri tibetane, inclusiv înmormântările celeste (el chiar a cumpărat niște cranii umane). Au făcut fotografii și au filmat evenimente culturale locale, în special spectaculoasele festivități de Anul Nou, când zeci de mii de pelerini au venit în Lhasa. Bruno Beger a realizat măsurători a 376 de oameni, a făcut mulaje ale craniilor, fețelor, mâinilor și urechilor a încă 17 persoane și a luat amprente digitale și mulaje ale mâinilor de la alte 350 de persoane. În scopul efectuării cercetărilor, el s-a dat drept medic pentru a câștiga încrederea nobililor tibetani, distribuind medicamente și îngrijindu-i pe călugării care sufereau de boli cu transmitere sexuală.

Schäfer a realizat observații meticuloase cu privire la obiceiurile culturale și religioase ale tibetanilor, de la diferitele festivaluri budiste colorate până la atitudinea tibetanilor față de căsătorie, viol, menstruație, nașterea copiilor, homosexualitate și masturbare. În descrierea homosexualității tibetane el a descris diferitele poziții sexuale practicate de mai vârstnicii lama cu băieții mai tineri și a continuat apoi să explice cum homosexualitatea a jucat un rol important în politica la nivel înalt din Tibet. Există pagini de observare atentă a populațiilor himalayene angajate într-o varietate de acte intime.

Schäfer a prezentat rezultatele expediției pe 25 iulie 1939 la Himalaya Club Calcutta.

Întoarcerea acasă
După ce Schäfer a citit o scrisoare de la tatăl său, care-l informa cu privire la pericolul iminent al unui război și îl zorea să se întoarcă în Germania cât mai repede posibil, Schäfer a decis să se întoarcă în țara sa natală. Schäfer și camarazii săi au trimis două scrisori de mulțumire (una lui Hitler și cealaltă lui Himmler), după care au părăsit Lhasa în august 1939. Ei au luat cu ei două cadouri pentru Hitler, constând dintr-un costum lama și un câine de vânătoare, precum și o copie a "Bibliei" tibetane, scripturile Kangyur în 120 de volume. S-au îndreptat la sud, către Calcutta, au urcat într-un hidroavion la gura râului Hooghly și au început călătoria spre casă.

Potrivit lui Engelhardt:

De la Calcutta expediția a luat mai întâi un hidroavion British Airways către Bagdad, care a avut probleme cu motorul și a fost forțat să efectueze o aterizare de urgență la Karachi. În Bagdad ei au avut norocul să-și poată continua zborul spre Atena cu un JU 52 al Lufthansa. Au aflat câteva ore mai târziu că precedentul lor hidroavion de la British Airways s-a scufundat în largul coastelor Alexandriei. O surpriză i-a așteptat la Atena, unde s-au urcat într-o aeronavă specială nouă care a fost pusă la dispoziția lor de guvernul german pentru întoarcerea lor în siguranță acasă.

Potrivit lui Trimondis ei au fost întâmpinați pe pista aeroportului Tempelhof din Berlin de un Heinrich Himmler aflat în stare de extaz, care i-a acordat lui Schäfer inelul cu craniu al SS și pumnalul de onoare.

Atunci când a fost interogat de serviciile de informații militare americane în februarie 1946, Schäfer a declarat că, după întoarcerea sa, a avut o întâlnire cu Himmler în care și-a prezentat planul de a organiza o nouă expediție în Tibet, în caz de război, pentru a atrage Tibetul de partea Germaniei și de a organiza acolo o mișcare de rezistență. Proiectul nu a mai fost pus în aplicare.

După întoarcerea în Germania, Wienert, Krause și Geer s-au întors la viața civilă și nu s-a mai auzit de ei. Beger a lucrat împreună cu anatomistul August Hirt la Reichsuniversität Straßburg (Universitatea germană din Strasbourg). Misiunea sa, pe care a îndeplinit-o, a fost să-i ofere medicului nazist o selecție de deținuți de diverse tipuri etnice, proveniți de la Auschwitz, pentru a servi experimentelor rasiale ale lui Hirt.

În 1943 Schäfer a primit propriul său institut în cadrul Ahnenerbe. El l-a numit "Institutul Sven Hedin pentru cercetarea interiorului Asiei" după un explorator suedez care a vizitat Tibetul în 1907.

În același an a fost lansat filmul documentar Geheimnis Tibet, alcătuit din diverse role aduse din Tibet. Filmul a avut premiera pe 16 ianuarie, cu ocazia inaugurării Institutului Sven Hedin, la care a asistat chiar exploratorul suedez.

Din cauza războiului, scrierile lui Schäfer cu privire la călătorie au fost publicate abia în 1950, sub titlul "Festival of the White Gauze Scarves: A research expedition through Tibet to Lhasa, the holy city of the god realm".

Pe tot parcursul expediției, Beger a ținut un jurnal de călătorie care a fost publicat 60 de ani mai târziu sub formă de carte, cu titlul Mit der deutschen Tibetexpedition Ernst Schäfer 1938/39 nach Lhasa (Wiesbaden, 1998). Există doar 50 de exemplare ale cărții.

Note

Bibliografie

 The Activities of Dr. Ernst Schaefer, United States Forces - European Theater, Military Intelligence Service Center, APO 757 Final Interrogation Report (OI-FIR) No. 32, Feb. 12, 1946.
 Michael H. Kater, Das "Ahnenerbe" der SS 1935-1945; ein Beitrag zur Kulturpolitik des Dritten Reiches, Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1974 (paperback edition 2001, Oldenbourg Verlag, 2001, )
  Detlev Rose, L'expédition allemande au Tibet de 1938-39. Voyage scientifique ou quête de traces à motivation idéologique ?, in Synergies européennes - Bruxelles-Munich-Tübingen, novembre 2006 (article originating from Deutschland in Geschichte und Gegenwart, No 3-2006)."
 Peter Mierau, Nationalsozialistische Expeditionspolitik. Deutsche Asien-Expeditionen 1933–1945, Múnich, 2006 (contains an account of Schäfer's expeditions).
 Isrun Engelhardt, «Tibetan Triangle. German, Tibetan and British relations in the context of E. Schäfer's expedition, 1938-1939», in Asiatische Studien, LVIII.1, 2004.
 Isrun Engelhardt, «Tibet in 1938-1939 : Photographs from the Ernst Schäfer Expedition to Tibet», Serindia, Chicago, 2007. Online: «Tibet in 1938–1939: The Ernst Schäfer Expedition to Tibet», pp. 11–61.
 Isrun Engelhardt, «Mishandled Mail : The Strange Case of the Reting Regent's Letters to Hitler», in Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies 2003, Oxford.
 Isrun Engelhardt, «The Nazis of Tibet : A twentieth century myth», in Monica Esposito, Images of Tibet in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Ecole française d'Extrême Orient, coll. «Etudes thématiques», 2008.
 Wolfgang Kaufmann, Das Dritte Reich und Tibet. Die Heimat des 'östlichen Hakenkreuzes' im Blickfeld der Nationalsozialisten, Ludwigsfelder Verlagshaus 2009 (962 p.).

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We have already noticed a change in the outside noise level and the added insulation affects with the new siding. The house stays warmer at night with the windows closed, and we expect to have lower heating bills in the coming winter months.
The new appearance of our house is so appealing and an eye catcher. We live in a forested area and have noticed several cars stopping by our property to see how our house has changed.


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Cubs vs. Mariners Series Preview (April 30-May 1): TV and Game Info, Starting Pitchers, Insights
Steve Butera April 30, 2019
The Cubs' brief West Coast swing concludes with a trip to Seattle for a two-game interleague series against the Mariners starting Tuesday night at T-Mobile Park. This comes after the Cubs took two of three from the Diamondbacks, including a win in the wild 15-inning series finale Sunday. That win moved them into second place in the NL Central with a 14-12 record, percentage points ahead of the Brewers.
Winners in 11 of their last 15 games, the Cubs are coming in hot, with strong starting pitching serving as the catalyst for the run of success. Cubs starters have completed at least five innings in each of their last 17 contests.
The Mariners (18-13) are in a virtual tie for first place in the AL West, percentage points behind the Astros. Seattle has scored more runs than any team in the majors this season so far (184), and they've also hit the most home runs (59). They've hit a bump in the road lately, however, dropping five of their last seven.
Former Cubs prospect Dan Vogelbach is off to a scorching start for the M's, posting an eye-popping 1.189 OPS with eight home runs serving mostly in a DH role. Other major contributors to the powerful Mariners lineup include former NL Central foes Jay Bruce and Domingo Santana. Bruce's paltry .176 batting average is bolstered by his nine homers and .827 OPS.
The Mariners' pitching hasn't been great this season, giving up the second most runs in all of baseball (170). They will send two their two best starters to the mound to face the Cubs in this series, though. Tuesday's starter, Félix Hernández, is off to a solid start this year after muddling through a couple of sub-par seasons. His WHIP (1.224) and FIP (3.73) are both at their lowest points since 2015. Lefty Marco Gonzalez will get the nod Wednesday. He's been stellar all season, posting a 2.80 ERA in seven starts en route to a 5-0 record.
The Cubs counter with two of their aces, giving Cole Hamels the start Tuesday and Jon Lester Wednesday. Hamels had a rare off night in his last start, walking six Dodger batters in 5.1 innings. The Cubs ended up winning that game 7-6 thanks to the home run theatrics of Javy Baez and Jason Heyward. Lester was solid in his first start off of the IL last week, striking out five Dodgers and giving up just one run in five innings.
With two powerful offenses and intriguing starting pitching matchups, this should be a fun series to watch.
Game Time and Broadcast Info
Tuesday 4/30 at 9:10pm CT on NBC Sports Chicago
Wednesday 5/1 at 5:40pm CT on WGN
Date Pitcher Age T ERA W/L FIP K/BB
4/30 Cole Hamels 35 R 3.16 3-0 3.74 3.33
Félix Hernández 33 L 3.91 1-2 3.73 7.00
5/1 Jon Lester 35 L 2.37 1-1 4.14 3.17
Marco Gonzalez 27 L 2.80 5-0 3.09 3.78
It will be interesting to see how Joe Maddon employs the designated hitter in this series. One option would be to DH Kyle Schwarber Tuesday against the right-handed Hernández, allowing David Bote to play third and run out some outfield combination of Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward, Albert Almora Jr. and Ben Zobrist. Schwarber's overall numbers aren't pretty this season, but he had a good series in Arizona, going 5-for-10 with two doubles.
Bryant went just 3-for-14 in the series against Arizona, but all three hits were for extra bases, including two home runs. Bucking his career numbers, KB has actually done more damage against righties (.793 OPS) than lefties (.689 OPS) this season. Right-handed hitters overall are slugging .478 against Hernandez this season, compared to .344 for lefties. Small sample sizes in both cases of course, but this could bode well for Bryant.
Mariners right fielder Mitch Haniger suffered a shoulder injury Saturday against the Rangers. He didn't play Sunday and it's unclear whether he'll play against the Cubs. While the Mariners offense has plenty of firepower even without him, they will miss his seven home runs and 19 RBI if he can't go.
What is the over/under on the amount of times Lester's walk-off bunt against the Mariners in 2016 will be shown? It was one of the signature moments of the Cubs' 2016 World Series winning season, capping off a crazy 12-inning Sunday night game at Wrigley. It was also the last time these two teams faced each other. Memories.
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Matt Starling founded the Salt Lake Electric Ensemble in 2009. He has recorded performances of minimalist scores by American composer Terry Riley, and regularly composes and produces music in minimal, ambient, and orchestral styles. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Utah, and a Master of Music Technology degree from IUPUI in Indianapolis, IN. He is active as a producer, performer, composer, multimedia artist, music journalist, music educator, and audio engineer. Performances have been commissioned by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, the Utah Arts Festival, Brigham Young University, and the University of Utah.
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Matt Starling's new album "Terry Riley's Dorian Reeds (for Brass) is released to the public on March 22, 2015.


Whenever a company chooses to outsource, there is a certain relinquishment of control. It is simply neither possible nor desirable to hold tightly to the reins of all aspects of an outsourced project. It stands to reason, therefore, that studies in the industry have revealed that many in IT management either are dissatisfied with their outsourcers or feel their outsourcers have "made up" work to pad their billings.
Things become even more problematic when the outsourced project has an off-shored element. Often, cultural differences and distance contribute to increasing both the risks and management costs. Eventually, the risks wipe out the potential increase in benefits.
In a move that will improve management of outsourced projects and shed greater visibility on them, CAST today announced a partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions firm.
The strategic partnership will provide Tata with the CAST Application Intelligence Platform®, which will allow TCS consultants to automatically analyze and measure the essential structural quality attributes (reliability, security, performance and maintainability) of client applications, whether developed by TCS or by other vendors. The service will reduce the risk of high impact business disruptions due to corrupted data, application outages, security breaches and performance problems.


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WHO WE WERE, AN ABREVIATED HISTORY OF THE 71 ST REGIMENT,
NATIONAL GUARD STATE OF NEW YORK
Our regiment was formed on October 23, 1850 in New York City. In those days it was part of the State Militia. When six companies were formed approval was given to form a battalion called "The American Rifles." This battalion was attached to the First New York Cavalry NYSM under command of Colonel John B. Ryer.
By 1852 there were eight companies active in the battalion. Therefore, there was enough to start a regiment and the Seventy-first Infantry Regiment was born with Abram Vosburgh as our first colonel. We became known as "The American Guard" in 1853. The regiment was called into service three times during the Civil War. In 1861 Colonel Vosburgh died as a result of enemy action in May of 1861 becoming one of the Civil
War's first casualties (615,000 would follow). The 71st fought in the first battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861 under command of its beloved Colonel Henry P. Martin, served in the forts circling Washington, D.C. in 1862 and in the Pennsylvania Campaign of 1863, where they delayed the Confederate Army for over a week in their march toward the state capital at Harrisburg.
When the Spanish American War began in 1898 the 71st was the first to volunteer for service and fought in Cuba. The regiment captured and held San Juan Hill (contrary to the Rough Rider legend). The only New York State casualties of that campaign were incurred by the 71st Regiment. A large monument commemorating that service is located at the regiment's cemetery plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery in Westchester County, NY. During World War One we served in both France and Belgium as part of the 27th
Division. Our men logged over 200 consecutive days of combat in France, Austria and Germany during World War Two as members of the 44th Division, 7th Army. When the National Guard was reorganized after World War Two, the 71st served in the 42nd Infantry Division, the world famous "Rainbow Division." We were on call for the Berlin Crisis of the early 1960s, as well as the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
Headquarters for the regiment were based in New York City (Manhattan) from 1850-1988. From there the HQ moved to Freeport, Long Island until the regiment was disbanded on August 31, 1993. Throughout its active history the 71st Regiment remained a vital part of New York State's National Guard.
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The American Guard - History of the 71st Regiment
71st Regt's History Book - This is book was published by the Regiment in 1919. The 901 pages cover the period from 1850 to 1919
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Jenn Shelton is an American ultra marathoner and running nomad. She spends her winters ski mountaineering in the Italian Alps and her summers trail running in all sorts of beautiful places.
In 2007 she set the women's U.S. 100-mile trail record at the Rocky Raccoon ultramarathon. She has won numerous trail and road races and has run a 2:45 marathon which qualified her for the Olympic Marathon trials.
She is perhaps best known from Christopher McDougall's best-selling book Born to Run in which she is one of the main characters.
There is a film about her called Outside Voices which came out in 2016. It follows her from place to place as she lives in her van, glides down spectacular trails and jumps into alpine lakes. The film doesn't follow any sort of plot other than to give people a look into her bohemian life. In the last scene she is playing a game that involves repetitions of sprinting, chugging beer and shooting a beer can off a fence.
I've always been fascinated by people who live an adventurous life (at the moment we are on our own adventure in Alaska and Canada), so it was exciting to meet and speak with Jenn. I've been following her on social media ever since reading Born to Run. It seems that she is always on some far-flung adventure!
We happened to be in Juneau at the same time. She was there as a special guest at Geoff Roe's mountain running camp (Geoff won Western States in 2010) so I reached out for an interview.
We met in the upstairs of a pizza restaurant at 9:00 pm, so you will hear some background noise in the interview. This was a lot of fun! I hope you enjoy getting to know Jenn Shelton a little better. Follower her on Twitter and Instagram @sheltonjenn. She and a friend are working on a coloring book for runners. If you are interested in supporting the project (not sure if they are doing a kickstarter campaign or what) you can direct message her on Instagram.
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please ask the writer to use recommended tools and architectural models to document the architecture as ,it is compulsory part to use the above. it has to be according to the assignment attached.
There are 2 tasks. Task 1 is documenting an EA using ARCHIMATE. and the Task 2 is Reflective report on documenting the EA with the module contents.
Compulsory for the EA document. current EA diagram (ASIS) and (TOBE) EA diagram using ARCHIMATE.
I herewith again attached a sample EA document and the information for the reflective report for your convenience.
Assumptions: Any information included within the report that was not stated in the case study is an assumption made to help give the assignment gravitas and make the scenario as real as possible.
ArchiFinance is a global organization which operates under four business lines (Savings, Life Insurance, Pensions and Investments) and they also serve customers from retail to corporate. ArchiFinance consists of multiple branches which operate independently and number over 4000 staff in the UK business alone. In the early stages, the organization used to approach customers through intermediate agents, which is no longer the case. Despite the fact that they are a well-known organization, their image is still seen as that of operating through third parties. They are also not easily accessible to retail customers but are trying to change that image and to increase their business in the retail sector. They?ve also recently discovered that their business strategy would not align well with their current IT architecture and as such are finding it difficult to make the necessary changes their current IT systems to facilitate this. Also, they are faced with financial market saturation but have to remember to keep the customer experience to a high standard.
No autonomy of decision-making by the line of businesses management.
Within the long history of ArchiFinance, there were several mergers and buy-ins. presently it is a federative organization which operates four business lines as medium sized organizations. Each organization owns separate IT infrastructure and architecture which has been changed and consolidated throughout the years. Although, there are still challenges that remain in terms of having fully incorporated the merged businesses and having streamlined processes and systems.
Currently, the organization is in a process of speeding up its own products and business development. Main initiative of the this process is to replace current legacy IT systems which are no longer fit for purpose and to implement an architecture that would enable better product development, customer satisfaction, and ultimately greater business success. They have shown a keen interest in Cloud computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). This initiative will provide an opportunity to develop customer-centric products and services, which would be core to achieving business goals and objectives.
A. Identify opportunities for Improvement. The purpose of analysing the system is to evaluate it and decide whether or how to improve it.
? Looking at the organisation structure it is clear that the way things are at present can be streamlined and improved to make the structure a lot flatter and more accessible to customers.
? The removal of the four business lines or rather consolidation of all four into one business with multiple products will help to improve the customer journey and strengthen the ArchiFinance brand. Thereby saving resources by way of procurement and also duplication of work through crossover departments.
? Work Flow Management (WFM) within ArchiFinance can be improved to help streamline business and technology requirements into a single architecture that would help to achieve overall business goals and objectives.
? A look at the current technology highlighted many areas for improvement. Firstly, the use of many different database schematics in the form of hardware and software will pose a huge problem for integration and streamlining systems and processes. By minimising the use of different types of technology will simplify the entire process and thereby improve the overall architecture.
? Also, the fact that the architecture is split amongst the four business lines is causing the customer journey to be broken and the user experience a not so pleasant one. By consolidating the architecture, the customer journey will be greatly enhanced and give a sense of cohesion and uniformity when using systems and services.
o Flexibility/Elasticity: ArchiFinance can quickly and automatically provision IT resources as needed and in an elastic manner. This would take care of situations where the demand for more computing power is required.
o Scalability of infrastructure: With the use of cloud computing, ArchiFinance can greatly reduce infrastructure costs and benefit from energy savings as well as, reduce upgrade and maintenance costs. This would be invaluable as they move from their legacy IT systems which is costing far too much to maintain. Cloud architecture can scale horizontally or vertically, according to demand and provide economies of scale at a lower cost (Kale 2014).
o Broad network access: Access to ArchiFinance?s systems can be achieved through various devices e.g. mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. This would be particularly useful for field engineers and contractors accessing systems through handheld devices. Access can be managed over a simple web-based interface (for example, Amazon Web Services (AWS) can be managed easily through the AWS Management Console).
o Location independence: This will give ArchiFinance a sense of location independence, but also give them the ability to be able to specify location at a higher level of abstraction (e.g., country, state, or datacenter).
o Reliability: ArchiFinance will continue to improve their customers? experience through the use of multiple redundant sites, which will ensure they have effective business continuity and a sound disaster recovery plan.
o Easy integration of IT systems, which would help to provide multichannel access to their systems, and automation business processes.
o Quicker development of new applications and business processes, by the ability of developers to easily reuse existing services.
o The ability to more easily share data across departments, the enterprise, or World Wide Web, through loosely coupled services for applications.
? Outsourcing and Off-shoring ? Some outsourcing and off-shoring is in place, however, there are a few questions around signed agreements between ArchiFinance and its partners. They would need to be rectified.
? Mobility of data ? Mobile device management and privacy ? Too many versions of devices have access to the networks and without the proper security encryption. Also looking at leakage by design which is inherent on some mobile operating systems, which requires constant updates to handheld devices.
? Data leakage ? No data leakage has been reported thus far. However, staff need to constantly be reminded of data and information security principles surrounding safeguarding mobile devices and data transfers within and without the organisation.
? Employee education regarding security concerns and how to safeguard against data breaches and unauthorised access to systems.
A. Goals for New System. Identify at most three to four primary goals for the new system.
To become a favoured retail financial service provider in the retail market.
Statement Centralised IT and Network infrastructure.
Statement The removal of separate business and IT processes.
Rationale To facilitate change from being a federated business and having shared knowledge.
Statement Development of applications to facilitate customer engagement and help with retention.
Rationale Continuous customer engagement through single customer view. To provide a streamlined user interface for products and services.
Statement Responsiveness to customers? needs and being more accessible to retail customers.
Rationale To become prominent in the retail market through higher customer satisfaction.
B. Constraints for New System. Identify the limitations and restrictions imposed on the new system. These constraints may involve time, money, and other dimensions.
4. Consolidate all technical architecture derived from mergers into a coherent one.
7. Resolve all architectural differences to make way for the use of an ESB.
1. Cost ? Value in terms of pricing vs. benefits.
2. Usability ? Usability factors that we evaluate include, but are not limited to: UI design, UI learnability, UI efficiency (as measured by UI gestures), UI response times (as measured in time), interactive help, and technical documentation.
3. Features ? Includes, but are not limited to: constraint enforcement, forward engineering, reverse engineering, and round-trip engineering.
4. Interoperability ? The ability to work well within various frameworks and be a conduit for future expansion of systems and software.
6. Responsiveness ? Efficiency in operations and executing tasks and processes in a quick and rapid manner.
7. Availability -The probability that a system will work as required when required during the period of usage.
8. Support ? We evaluate general tool support to include installation, set up, update mechanisms, and technical support.
B. Rationale for Criteria Selected ? why were these criteria selected?
The criteria selected were chosen based on careful evaluation of business requirements and opportunities identified. Ant new system should be based on Cost, Usability, Features, Interoperability, Reliability, Responsiveness, Availability and Support, especially where the new system should be cloud based and operating within and ESB framework. This criteria would help to give a sense of the true strengths and benefits of the new system as it operates within the constraints identified and towards achieving the outlines goals.
Solution 1 utilises a full suite of cloud technology and applications, which includes SaaS, PaaS, IaaS ESB and SOA. This solution with fully capture the desires of ArchiFinance in the form of their cloud computing aspirations and also help to bring about rapid application and service development which would ultimately improve the overall end user and customer experience. Needless to say that market share and reputation would also gain added value and marked improvements.
Solution 2 utilises some cloud technology within an SOA environment. It still includes an architecture that includes both front office and back office functions applications managed by an ESB. It is still based on a min web server and application server which is linked to a mainframe, with disaster recovery zones.
Solution 3 although does include some cloud services and architecture is still based on the four business lines model. The assumption was made that although mergers happened in the past it was possibly ArchiFinance?s desire to maintain the four business lines whilst consolidating business functions and services. Applications are not based in an ESB within SOA.
B. Rationale for assigned weights and scores.
Weighting factors are assigned to each criterion based on the importance of each. For example, if cost is a key criterion in evaluating alternatives, make sure that it is assigned a high weighting factor relative to other criteria.
It is the responsibility of ArchiFinance to determine the importance of each criterion by assigning weight factors and to understand the trade-offs when assigning weight factors.
Weight each criterion with input from the acceptor and users. The weighting should be distributed to ensure that users do not assign every criterion a high weighting factor.
Ensure that the meaning of each score is interpreted correctly. For example, if the criterion is ?cost,? then a low cost would have a high satisfaction level.
To calculate weighted scores for each criterion, multiply the weighting factor by the scoring factor. Total the weighted scores for each criterion to calculate the weighted score totals for each alternative.
The final score is calculated by summing the weighted scores for each criterion in the category and dividing by the sum of the weights for the criteria in the category. The final weighted score is calculated by multiplying the category score by the category weight.
This solution utilises a cloud web services platform such as Amazon Web services. It includes various forms of application and technical architecture in the form of IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, SOA and ESB, which is consistent with business requirements for ArchiFinance i.e Speed up product and business development; Adoption of Cloud Computing; Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture; Consolidate all technical architecture derived from mergers into a coherent one; More flexibility in terms of operations; Alleviate security concerns for using systems by integrating apps from different systems into a single user interface that would appear uninterrupted to the customer; Resolve all architectural differences to make way for the use of an ESB and Integration of business processes for CRM, IAM, WFM and ODM.
B. Rationale for Selection ? 1 or 2 paragraphs explaining how your solution solved the problem that you defined and how the selection of your solution is justified.
computing, there is no fixed cost or start-up cost.
Just-in-time Infrastructure: In the past, if your application became popular and your systems or your infrastructure did not scale you became a victim of your own success. Conversely, if you invested heavily and did not get popular, you became a victim of your failure. By deploying applications in-the-cloud with just-in-time self-provisioning, you do not have to worry about pre-procuring capacity for large-scale systems. This increases agility, lowers risk and lowers operational cost because you scale only as you grow and only pay for what you use.
More efficient resource utilization: System administrators usually worry about procuring hardware (when they run out of capacity) and higher infrastructure utilization (when they have excess and idle capacity). With the cloud, they can manage resources more effectively and efficiently by having the applications request and relinquish resources on demand.
Usage-based costing: With utility-style pricing, you are billed only for the infrastructure that has been used. You are not paying for allocated but unused infrastructure. This adds a new dimension to cost savings. You can see immediate cost savings (sometimes as early as your next month?s bill) when you deploy an optimization patch to update your cloud application. For example, if a caching layer can reduce your data requests by 70%, the savings begin to accrue immediately and you see the reward right in the next bill. Moreover, if you are building platforms on the top of the cloud, you can pass on the same flexible, variable usage-based cost structure to your own customers.
Reduced time to market: Parallelization is the one of the great ways to speed up processing. If one compute-intensive or data-intensive job that can be run in parallel takes 500 hours to process on one machine, with cloud architectures, it would be possible to spawn and launch 500 instances and process the same job in 1 hour. Having available an elastic infrastructure provides the application with the ability to exploit parallelization in a cost-effective manner reducing time to market.
Automation ? ?Scriptable infrastructure?: You can create repeatable build and deployment systems by leveraging programmable (API-driven) infrastructure.
Auto-scaling: You can scale your applications up and down to match your unexpected demand without any human intervention. Auto-scaling encourages automation and drives more efficiency.
Proactive Scaling: Scale your application up and down to meet your anticipated demand with proper planning understanding of your traffic patterns so that you keep your costs low while scaling.
More Efficient Development lifecycle: Production systems may be easily cloned for use as development and test environments. Staging environments may be easily promoted to production.
Improved Testability: Never run out of hardware for testing. Inject and automate testing at every stage during the development process. You can spawn up an ?instant test lab? with pre-configured environments only for the duration of testing phase.
?Overflow? the traffic to the cloud: With a few clicks and effective load balancing tactics, you can create a complete overflow-proof application by routing excess traffic to the cloud.
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Laura Csortan Horoscope Scorpio and Zodiac Dragon
Laura Csortan, age 42, was born on November 09, 1976. Laura Csortan's horoscope sun sign is Scorpio and Chinese zodiac sign is Dragon.
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Laura Csortan has blonde hair. Laura Csortan"s nationality is Australian.
Meanings of Name Laura
The name Laura was originated from Latin. It is used as a female name. The name Laura is of the meaning of Laurel. The name Laura is used in Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish speaking countries. Laura was the name of the beloved of the Italian poet Petrarca, to whom he dedicated a great deal of his opus. In Poland, this name first appeared as Laureta. In German and Dutch, the first syllable of Laura rhymes with 'now'.
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