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Indexing Society of Canada congratulates winner of 2019 Purple Pen Competition
Toronto: The Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d'indexation (ISC/SCI) is proud to recognize one of its members, Vivian Unger, for winning the 2019 Purple Pen Competition.
"This is such a wonderful accomplishment for Vivian, and on behalf of the Indexing Society of Canada, I offer my wholehearted congratulations," said Alexandra Peace, President of ISC/SCI. "This award is a testament to Vivian's great work, and a validation of the value that a professional indexer brings to each book. I encourage all ISC members to consider entering future competitions."
The Institute of Certified Indexers issued the following announcement of Vivian's accomplishment:
"Vivian Unger, of New Brunswick and a member of the Indexing Society of Canada, has won the 2019 Purple Pen Competition sponsored by the Institute of Certified Indexers. Her index appears in the book Too Dumb for Democracy?: Why We Make Bad Political Decisions and How We Can Make Better Ones by David Moscrop (published in March 2019 by Goose Lane Editions). She wrote a 10-page index for this 240-page political commentary, and the judges found her work to capture the author's main themes and show a good web of terminology including many helpful cross-references and buzzwords from the field and author's text.
The author, David Moscrop, wrote, "A book's index is essential. A good index can make the difference between a volume being useful for accessing or sharing knowledge and being a frustrating experience of searching for your keys in the dark. Vivian's index of Too Dumb for Democracy? is excellent. She broke down a complex subject into its essential parts and helped make the book accessible and, above all, useful."
The production editor, Alan Shepherd of Goose Lane Editions, commented, "I'm thrilled for Vivian and hope that this award will allow her to grow her career and client base. The Press was delighted with the index that she produced for our book, Too Dumb for Democracy? Vivian's index covers both people and events as well as abstract concepts and technical political language. She was able to quickly absorb and synthesize the ideas in the book and delivered a sterling index right on schedule."
Vivian, who holds a B.A. from McGill University (major: CompSci, minor: Classics), completed the University of California, Berkeley, course "Indexing: Theory and Application" in 2017. She is the fourth Canadian to win the Purple Pen competition in its six-year history. Former winners include Stephen Ullstom (2014), Frances Curry (2015), and Sergey Lobachev (2017).
Vivian says that she landed her first professional indexing project in early 2018, a scholarly work on Cubist and Futurist art. Since then, she has indexed feminist history and biography. She hopes to index more political books in the future and to expand into the fields of science and technology. She serves on the national council of Fair Vote Canada, an organization that advocates for replacing Canada's current voting system with a proportional representation system. She wrote, "Juggling the demands of electoral reform activism and an indexing career can be challenging. However, I believe this interest makes me well suited to work in the field of political science. I was therefore happy for the opportunity to index David Moscrop's book Too Dumb for Democracy?"
All entrants receive a detailed feedback scoresheet that combines the comments from three judges. The judging is done anonymously by members of the Institute of Certified Indexers (ICI). The winner receives a check for $100 USD as well as the publicity of appearing on the ICI website: www.certifiedindexers.com and notification to the book's publisher and author. This honor also helps the new indexer in terms of building confidence and gaining career satisfaction. The members of ICI all endorse this as a successful way to mentor new indexers who benefit from a detailed review of their work. New indexers should watch for the announcement of the 2020 competition in late spring/early summer 2020."
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Caribbean360 February 28, 2017
Jamaica's Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (left) says Jamaica has already received 32,000 visitors via Airbnb. He made the comments while touring Trench Town which is to be repositioned as a major tourist hub as the birthplace of reggae.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Tuesday February 28, 2017 – It's been just two months since Jamaica's tourism authorities signed a deal with online travel marketplace Airbnb, but already the island is reaping the benefits, with tens of thousands of visitors arriving in the island.
And the country's officials are ready to expand the fruitful partnership.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says Jamaica has already received 32,000 visitors via Airbnb, which allows people to list, discover and book unique accommodations around the world whether an apartment for a night or week, or a villa for a month. That's since Airbnb and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2016.
Airbnb is now surpassing some major hotel chains in terms of the number of beds offered.
There are about 1,200 accommodations in Jamaica registered under Airbnb, most of them from inner-city communities, including Trench Town, which will be repositioned as a major tourist hub as the birthplace of reggae.
"This level of (diversity) in the way accommodation is offered is broadening the base of ownership within tourism and is enabling a wider entrepreneurship to emerge," he said after touring Trench Town recently.
Bartlett added that he will meet with representatives from Airbnb in April to advance the MOU.
The memorandum seeks to establish a framework for cooperation to boost and diversify Jamaica's tourism product as the Government seeks to attract more visitors and improve earnings.
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Experienced players are not 'old' - Daniel Nii Adjei
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 Source: Ghana Soccernet
Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Daniel Nii Adjei has called on Ghanaians to discontinue tagging experienced footballers as 'spent forces'.
Some section of Ghanaian football advocates describe players who in their late 20's as old and waste.
But Adjei, who joined Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca late last year after the expiration of his five-year contract with Congolese side TP Mazembe, has advised local fans to throw their support behind players who are approaching the twilight of their career to make the Ghana league competitive.
"Everybody is playing football to be able to cater for his family so if a player gets a bad day doesn't mean he is an old player," Nii Adjei told Happy FM.
"We always follow European football and when Manchester United announced the signing of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, look at the raves the club got for signing one of the experienced players in world football. Some claimed that he's going to influence games with his experience, so why can't we do same in Ghana but they'll say the player is old."
"If the player plays one game and he performs, they will say his experience helped the team to win but when he has a bad day; people will say he's old and waste. These are some of the things that have negatively befallen our league. It is one of those things that's retrogressing our competition.
"Our clubs are not delivering on the continental stage, which has culminated in us getting only one slot in both the Champions League and Confederation Cup competitions. But when you go to Congo, they have four slots and between the two countries who do you think should have more slots? We always pride ourselves to be one of the great football nations on the continent. Morocco also has four slots so I think if people do not put a stop to some of these comments, our football will still be where it is today.
"I spent five years with TP Mazembe and this is a club that has as many five players who have been with the club for more than eight years but I never heard their supporters call them old players. However, here we are calling players like Saddick Adams, Amos Frimpong and Eric Donkor old players. They should stop it for the betterment of the club and Ghana football," Adjei deduced.
Nii Adjei won his sixth CAF continental crown over the weekend when he warmed the bench for Wydad Casablanca during their 1-0 victory over his former employers TP Mazembe in the CAF Super Cup.
Source: Ghana Soccernet
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IBM prepared to break knuckles of low-income students
IBM takes no prisoners when collecting a debt, even when it's relatively small and the debtor is a low-income school district that is atoning for sins committed two decades earlier. That much can be divined from a Contra Costa Times story reporting that earlier this month Mark Loughridge, IBM's chief financial officer, …
Tuesday 24th April 2007 21:51 GMT Kent Rebman
Not so fast ...
No offense, but anyone that's carefully observed the American public education scene will have noticed that first, there is zero correlation between the money school districts spend and the results they achieve. In fact, the super could easily have said we're going to have to forego painting all the gymnasiums and teacher's lounges for the next two years as blather about spending money that could pay 20 teacher's salaries. You will have noticed he didn't say they had planned to hire 20 teachers, only that discharging their obligation could pay twenty salaries. This is another way of saying, we'd rather spend that money on something else. Since money's fungible, there's no reason that their having to pay bills they incurred represents any hardship whatever. One must ask, why is this school district's failure to budget or spend properly the burden of IBM's stockholders? The second thing to consider is the quite obvious point that they knew 14 years ago they'd have to pony the dough up. Any intelligent budgeting would have started making allowance for this back then and this would have zero impact because they'd already have the money. In fact, they could have discharged their debt earlier instead of later.
Tuesday 24th April 2007 22:37 GMT Mark Eccleston
Overpaid teachers
If the 5m represents the salaries of 20 teachers then that would mean each teacher makes $250 000 USD. Either this district needs less expensive teachers or more math teachers.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 00:27 GMT Anonymous Coward
Not Just Salary
The costs of an employee, regardless of what type, usually also involves additional expenses above and beyond just salary. Health coverage and retirement plans add to that, as the Contra Costa Times article cited points out.
As for math, if it is just this first payment they are remarking on, the figures come to a much more reasonable figure - 1.2m / 20 according to my calculations comes in closer to $60,000 in costs per year.
The Richmond/ West Contra Costa School District long ago gave up painting teachers lounges and gyms, buying most books and supplies for students, and nearly had to cancel art and music programs due to a lack of funding,
(Of course if you read the actual article, you'll notice it says 10 teacher salaries, but thats another math problem for another day.)
Wednesday 25th April 2007 00:27 GMT Barry
Math teachers needed urgently
The payout is over a four year period. That works out to $62,500 per year per teacher, which is not an unreasonable salary, especially for living in the S.F. Bay Area.
However, budgeting (or at least planning) for this should have started 14 years ago, as mentioned above.
IBM is already being extremely generous
If the school district racked up a $6.2M debt in 1989 and Ibm dropped it $1.2M in 93, and agreed to wait 15 years for the payment (how much has inflation dropped the buying power of $5M since 1989? Hint: A lot.). I think IBM is being extraordinarily generous already.
IMHO IBM has bent over backwards to give them time for this debt.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 02:31 GMT Don
And for what?
You can quibble about how much the equivalent hypothetical teachers make, but the big point is that most of the computers were never used. All the money is just down the drain.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 03:20 GMT Wayne Chan
They were PS/2 Model 30s iirc
Which were pretty much overpriced and obsolete. I doubt they had anyone who knew anything about computers in on the decision making process. Possibly IBM sold them a bill of goods.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 06:17 GMT Tim
They never planned to repay it anyway
If they had started putting back 323,000 per year back when they knew they had 15 years to pay it, they would have had the money. Obviously since they never budgeted for it, they had no intention of paying the bill. This is not IBMs problem, this is how badly American school systems are managed here. It makes you wonder when private schools do better with about 1/10 of what the public schools spend doesn't it?
Wednesday 25th April 2007 06:17 GMT Travis
You buy it, you pay.
I agree, IBM has been generous with them on paying this debt off. With 5M worth less now than what it was back in 1989, dropping 1.2M off the original bill, and IBM has been losing the interest/investment potential that this debt could of produced since 1989.
IBM isn't responsible for what computers the school purchased or how they where used, only the price tags on those computers and delivering them. The school should of had someone with computer knowledge to suggest what ones to buy, and an individual should of been over seeing how the money for the school was being sold.
The PS/2 Model 30's where released in 1987 had a 8 MHz processor, by 1989 the new MACINTOSH SE 30 had just got a new 16 MHz processor in it . The cost of PS/2 Model 30's is hard to find, but MACINTOSH SE 30 was around $6,500. So depending on the number of computers purchased, which they so conveniently misplaced, the price could of been correct..
Wednesday 25th April 2007 08:40 GMT Nick Gray
Cynical PR job by school board
This behaviour from the school board is a desparate and disgusting attempt to shame one of their debtors into letting them out of their obligations. i.e. "look at the big company bullying the terribly poor school board, isn't that awful". Well, no, instead it just emphasises the poor management and business skills of the public sector.
I wonder if they had been threatening to do this, but IBM have stood their ground so they have now carried out the promise to go public. This could damage their reputation, but its not as if IBM are flogging home computers any more and the consumer will be driven away by this news. More likely some government/public sector buyers could be annoyed and have their prejudice over professional IT consultancy companies strengthened.
What annoys me is that they will probably still get some benefit from this - i.e. IBM will compromise and reduce the debt, or otherwise throw them some free equipment (though at least that might be tax deductible).
Wednesday 25th April 2007 08:40 GMT Nick
Was this a renegade order ?
Other news reports suggest that the order was placed unilaterally by someone who was not in the position to make such a significant IT spending decision involving 'hundreds of computers'.
But on top of this, the school district was already heading to financial trouble. If the person making the order knew they couldn't pay, that's wrong for another reason entirely - not just poor judgement.
As another poster said, $5m will buy much less than it did 18 years ago. The question is 'could the school board or their funding bodies reasonably met the cost of paying this debt over the many years owed, or at least planned to pay it off now ?'
Wednesday 25th April 2007 08:40 GMT Don Gosney
Let's Stay Focused
It doesn't matter whather the computers purchased were state of the art or obsolete. It doesn't matter that the West County School District has absolutely no money. It doesn't matter how many salaries or supplies or cans of paint this money might take care of. And it doesn't matter whether former Superintendent of Schools Walter Marks rots in the lower depths of Hades for all of eternity.
What does matter is that a bona fide authorized representative of the District made a deal and his successors renegotiated the deal. The District is obligated to stand up and fulfill their obligations. If the District tries to weasel out of this deal--no matter how bad it may have been at the time--what kind of message will they be sending to the students in their care?
This is yet another bad decision made by a con man nearly twenty years ago. The children of West County were shortchanged by this dastardly person back then and now the children of these children will continue to pay the price.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 08:59 GMT Neil Drinkall
This is NOT IBM's fault
You can't order $5m worth of stuff and then refuse to pay for it, just because you are an impoverished school.
If you don't have the money, don't order!
Next they'll be refusing to pay their book suppliers.. "but we're really poor and haven't got the money. Surely you can just give it to us for free as a gesture of goodwill."
Stupid.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 09:07 GMT Spider
Future deals
Couldn't agree more with most of the posts, they bought it, they pay for it. Unless they file for bankruptcy, otherwise what is the precedent set for the future? why would any large organisation trust any deal struck with the board - or any board for that matter? the moment the bill seems a bit large, cry poverty and bullying by the big bad business. It ends in higher prices for everyone else who responsibly pays up having to effectively insure these deals.
The board does have recourse to pursue those that made the deal on their behalf if they were negligent - and i can't imagine how they weren't...
Wednesday 25th April 2007 10:13 GMT Kevin Hall
Ripping off the taxpayer
Given that it seems likely IBM sold the schools a load of bullshit at big prices absolutely defines the relationship profiteers have with the public sector. People like IBM are absolutely dependent on the public sector for their very existance and depend on extracting the maximum amount of money from the taxpayer they can. If you totalled up how many billions of dollars IBM has had from the public purse over the years in the forms of tax breaks, grants for land and capital purchases, government contracts, the value of employees educated at public expense it is an absolutely disgrace they are asking a bankrupt public body for money.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 10:13 GMT Shane Lusby
Slight Fairness
In slight fairness to the school district the article does say that the purchase was made by an earlier school district that went bankrupt and that Contra Costa came later, acquiring the debt of the earlier district. I dont know all of the political back story behind that change over(was it purely a cosmetic name change or is CC truly utterly different everyone from the earlier group?). IBM does deserve to be paid for any purchases made but it does sound to me more like a situation where you inherit your fathers debt when he died rather than just trying to not pay your own bills.
Dependent?
"People like IBM are absolutely dependent on the public sector for their very existance..." Wha? Check their P&L statement-- public sector business, which is extremely hard to win and has a very low profit margin to boot, is barely a pimple on their balance sheet. In fact, they'd probably be better off without it, given the overhead and effort it takes to get it.
All computers were obsolete when they were delivered
In the early 1990's computers were always overpriced and obsolete when they were delivered, it was a given. In those days computers were constantly being improved and brand new models could be obsoleted or overpriced in a matter of weeks.
The fact that the computers were not taken out of their boxes or used was not the fault of IBM (there is no mention of a breached installation contract).
I am a bit confused concerning the bankruptcy and the "new" school district assuming the debt incurred by the "old" school district. It seems that nobody contested the financial arrangements at the time when the "new" district restructured the payments to IBM. The current "new" school district has an obligation to pay IBM for the computers. The district should have budgeted and banked the money for these long deferred payments.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 12:29 GMT James Cleveland
Of course its bad and I hope that whoever is responsible for this epic management screw-up gets what they deserve, (dismissal). However, this isn't really going to affect them sat in their offices somewhere. This is going to affect the good teachers trying to do their job and live a decent life, and more importantly the pupils themselves.
Whoever said $5m wont make a difference to their teaching - you were wrong.
Wednesday 25th April 2007 12:56 GMT Daniel
Re: Ripping off the taxpayer
Quote: "...it's an absolutely [sic] disgrace they are asking a bankrupt public body for money."
GET REAL: this was a business transaction, where both parties signed on the dotted line. The school district was low on money which obviously didn't stop them spending it, which in turn is how they ended up bankrupt.
IBM provided a service and a product, and has a right to be paid for that. The customer was, as always, free to choose which supplier offered the best value for money.
I strongly suggest you do some research, study Business 101 or something and come back when you've got a clue.
Oh and by the way, this poor defenceless little school district has had nearly 18 years to work out a repayment schedule for the (already reduced) amount they owed. Instead they chose to start begging to be let off at the last minute, and attempting blackmail by roping in some bad press for IBM in the event they didn't get their way. If ever there was a case of chronic financial mismanagement combined with abject panhandling PR golddiggery, this is it. Hope IBM gets it's money before these jokers mismanage themselves back into bankruptcy again.
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Friday 27th April 2007 22:54 GMT Summa
Bono call your office
If this was a small country instead of a California school district, we'd be having benefit concerts and international cries for relief. But in both instances the problem is the same on two levels: the wrong people are being hurt by stupid expenditures made at the top and the 'moral hazard' of offering relief is that you set an example for everyone else that bills don't have to paid.


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Bega Cheese to become new owner of Lion Dairy & Drinks
By Emma Upshall
CategoriesBeverageBusinessDairyIndustriesMergers & AcquisitionsTop story
Bega Cheese has agreed to acquire Australian Lion Dairy & Drinks from Kirin Holdings for AUD 560 million ($412 million), taking ownership of brands such as Dairy Farmers and Pura.
The news comes after Kirin Holdings and China Mengniu Dairy terminated their deal for Lion's business for $429 million, after it was likely to be blocked by the Australian government.
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Bring It On The Musical
From the Tony Award winning minds of Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), comes a hilarious, high-energy spectacle. David Venn, in association with Stage Masters, presents the Australian professional premiere of BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL.
Inspired by the hit movie of the same name, it's a new musical bursting with acrobatics and sass, playing for a strictly limited season at The Athenaeum from 7-16 June.
Nominated for a Tony Award for Best Musical, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL takes audiences on a high-flying journey that touches on themes of friendship and acceptance.
Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, the show features an original story by Tony Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Tony Award winning composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights), music by Pulitzer and Tony Award winning composer, Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) and lyrics by Broadway lyricist, Amanda Green (High Fidelity).
The Australian production is directed by multi-Green Room Award nominee Alister Smith (Pacific Overtures, Urinetown! The Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone), with musical direction from Daniele Buatti (A Fine Romance, Godspell).
Choreographer Michael Ralph (Georgy Girl, Loving Repeating, The Boy from Oz 2018) brings his dynamic, unique style to the production. BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL's explosive choreography comes complete with aerial stunts performed by world-class cheerleaders, fresh from the World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida.
Under the guidance of Cheerleading Coach Natalie Commons, who has represented Australia at the International Cheer Union and IASF/USASF Cheer and Dance World Championships, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL boasts a standout cast selected from over 500 professional dancers, singers and cheerleaders and promises to be an exhilarating display of physical strength and agility.
The story follows two squads with one mission: to claim the title at the National Cheerleading Championships. Through this, the challenges and unexpected bonds formed through extreme competition are explored. Campbell, played by Nadia Komazec (Legally Blonde, Matilda), is cheer-royalty at Truman High School and captain of the squad. But, an unexpected redistricting forces her to spend her final year at the neighbouring Jackson High School. Campbell befriends Jackson's dance crew girls and their headstrong and hardworking leader Danielle, played by triplethreat newcomer Elandrah Feo. Together, they form a powerhouse squad for the ultimate competition, going head to head with her old squad at the National Championships.
Making up the remaining principal roles is Karla Tonkich as Eva (Grease, Legally Blonde, We Will Rock You), Hollie James as Kyla (Rocky Horror Show, My Fair Lady), Emily Thompson as Skylar, Connor Sweeney as Steven (Muriel's Wedding), Nicola Bowman as Bridget, Ashley Roussety as Cameron (Spring Awakening), Marty Alix as La Cieniga, Samantha Bruzzese as Nautica (The Bodyguard, In The Heights), Thomas McGuane as Randall (Jersey Boys) and Tarik Frimpong as Twig (Mary Poppins Returns).
The ensemble includes William Brougham, Phoenix Mendoza, Dan Ham, Braide Mullane, Jayden Wall, Celina Yuen, Luca Dinardo, Ben Scarmozzino, Teagan Nowicki and David Shirianni.
BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL had a critically acclaimed, long running Broadway season and has toured the United States before it's Australian premiere. The production runs for 2 hours 20 minutes including a 20-minute interval.
When: 7.30pm Thursday 7 June, Friday 8 June, Wednesday 13 June, Thursday 14 June, Friday 15 June, 1.00pm & 8.00pm Saturday 9 June & Saturday 16 June
Where: The Athenaeum Theatre, 188 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 Swanston Street
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Q: Oracle analytic function window defined by data I have a table which represents a line-by-line dump of the data read from a particular text file format. Each line may represent a "master" or a "detail" line, indicated via rec_type code. I'd like to write a query that gets the "master" lines alongside the associated detail lines. I've come up with something that does the job, but it seems a bit hackish and am interested in better ways if any.
CREATE TABLE mdtest
 (rec_seq  NUMBER        PRIMARY KEY
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INSERT INTO mdtest VALUES (1, '100', 'Bill Jones');
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INSERT INTO mdtest VALUES (3, '100', 'John Smith');
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      1  Bill Jones         2  20080115,100.25
      3  John Smith         4  20090701,80.95
      3  John Smith         5  20091231,110.35

Assumptions:

*

*records are processed in sequence of rec_seq

*first record type is a "100"

*each "100" record has 1 or more "200" records following

Note: this is for Oracle 9i, however we should be upgrading to 11g R1 this year.

A: Here's what I have so far:
SELECT seq_emp
      ,SUBSTR(emp_seq_name,10) emp_name
      ,seq_data
      ,emp_data
FROM  (SELECT MAX(CASE WHEN rec_type = '100' THEN rec_seq END)
              OVER (ORDER BY rec_seq
                    ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
                             AND CURRENT ROW) seq_emp
             ,MAX(CASE
                  WHEN rec_type = '100'
                  THEN TO_CHAR(rec_seq,'fm00000000') || '|' || rec_data
                  END)
              OVER (ORDER BY rec_seq
                    ROWS BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING
                             AND CURRENT ROW) emp_seq_name
             ,rec_seq seq_data
             ,rec_type
             ,rec_data emp_data
       FROM   mdtest)
WHERE  rec_type = '200'
ORDER BY seq_data;

As you can see, I'm using the MAX reporting analytic function with a window starting from the top of the set down to the current row, to get the relevant "100" record for the current "200" record; then in the outer query I'm discarding the unneeded "100" records.
To get emp_name, I've had to append the rec_seq with the data so that the MAX function still picks the correct header record; then in the outer query I chop the rec_seq off.
I've played with other analytic functions and syntax including FIRST_VALUE and the KEEP syntax, but neither of these seem to make this job simpler; the difficulty is that the window is defined by the value of rec_type instead of being some constant offset.

A: In a desire for simplicity, do you think it's worth loading each record type into a separate import table before processing?
create table mdtest100 as select * from mdtest where rec_type = 100;

create table mdtest200 as select * from mdtest where rec_type = 200;

with mdtest_detail as
    (
    select
        (select max(m.rec_seq) from mdtest100 m
         where m.rec_seq < r200.rec_seq) master_rec_seq,
        r200.*
    from
        mdtest200 r200
    )
select
    m.rec_seq seq_emp,
    m.rec_data emp_name,
    d.rec_seq seq_data,
    d.rec_data emp_data
from
    mdtest_detail d
        inner join mdtest100 m on m.rec_seq = d.master_rec_seq
order by
    seq_emp,
    seq_data;

    SEQ_EMP  EMP_NAME    SEQ_DATA   EMP_DATA
    1        Bill Jones  2          20080115,100.25
    3        John Smith  4          20090701,80.95
    3        John Smith  5          20091231,110.35

This might lend itself to a more maintainable solution and will let you parse out and validate the comm-separated EMP_DATA field separately.
Just a thought - sorry if you're only looking for an Analytics solution.

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Q: How to enable the second tab after the completion of the first tab validation I have tab with the following fields

Tab1

Tab2

Tab3

Tab4

     Name
  <input type="text" id="name">

  Age
  <input type="text" id="age">

    <input type="submit" value="next" id="submit"/>

  <form name="nithin">

Tab3

Tab4

<input type="checkbox" name="tabs-2" value="2">tabs-2
<input type="checkbox" name="tabs-3" value="3">tabs-3
<input type="checkbox" name="tabs-4" value="4">tabs-4

Here tab-1 has two fields.The second tab of this must be enable only after the completion of the validation of first tab.We can select show/hide using the checkbox but will not activated.How can I do this? You can see the code DEMO

A: In this example the input submit has the class submit. I also changed the tab ids (see fiddle)
FIDDLE http://jsfiddle.net/Spokey/2aQ2g/54/
$('.submit').click(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault(); //prevent from submission and do script instead
    //validation ....
    //if validation is okay, do below
    var nexttab = parseInt($(this).parent().next().attr('id').match(/\d+/g), 10);
    $('#tabs').tabs("enable", nexttab).tabs("select", nexttab);
    $('input[name="tabs-'+nexttab+'"]').removeAttr('disabled').prop('checked', true);
});


HONOLULU � Freshman Kyle Padron threw for an SMU-record 460 yards, leading the Mustangs to a 45-10 victory over Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl on Thursday night � SMU�s first postseason appearance in 25 years.
It was a triumphant return to the postseason and paradise for the Mustangs and second-year coach June Jones, who left Hawaii after nine seasons and has revived a dreadful SMU program hit hard by the NCAA death penalty.
SMU fans chanted �Thank you, June!� in the fourth quarter, but it was his young quarterback who shone and earned the MVP award.
The 18-year-old Padron, who was 32-of-41 and completed two touchdown passes, was confident and composed on the biggest stage of his young career.
He earned the starting job after Bo Levi Mitchell was injured in the seventh game of the season and was largely unknown coming out of Southlake Carroll in Texas, which produced quarterbacks Chase Daniel and Greg McElroy.
The Mustangs (8-5), who were 1-11 the previous two years, have their most victories since their last postseason game � also in Hawaii. SMU beat Notre Dame 27-20 in the 1984 Aloha Bowl to finish 10-2.
The 12-point underdogs dominated from the opening bell, jumping out to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter and building a 38-0 advantage by the third.
Padron had 303 yards passing in the first half alone, breaking SMU�s bowl record of 281 yards by Chuck Hixson in the 1968 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston.
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This gable box was perfect for the Ferrero Rocher candies I put in it. I also used the Tree border die for the front.
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11 May 2012 / Motoring
Toyota Aygo's stability is back under control – at what cost?
Chris Rees	Which? Car contributor
So Toyota has done a u-turn and reinstated electronic stability control for its Aygo city car. Like everyone here at Which? I'm delighted that Aygo buyers are once again being offered this vital safety item.
But has Toyota gone far enough? Should Toyota in fact fit electronic stability control (ESC) as standard? Or at the very least, offer it at cost price?
Last week, we highlighted how ESC (called 'VSC' in Toyotas) had been deleted from the Aygo's options list, as part of the car's 2012 facelift.
This was unquestionably a retrograde step, especially considering that all newly launched models now have to come with stability control as standard. Consequently, we decided to downgrade the Aygo to a Which? 'Don't Buy'.
What price for safety?
Toyota has responded swiftly to our concerns, and ESC is now back on the options list – but it's extraordinarily expensive. For example, if you buy a base Toyota Aygo, priced at £8,535, and want to add ESC as a vital safety item, you'll have to pay an extra £965, taking the total cost up to £9,500.
OK, you get quite a few extra items as part of Toyota's 'Tech Pack 4', including an upgraded audio, side airbags and electric front windows. But £965 is easily the highest price charged by any car maker if you want optional ESC on any car, full stop.
In fact, it's even more expensive than the £694 charged for ESC on the entry-level Aygo before Toyota dropped it from the options list. At that price, is it any wonder that only a reported 0.01% of Aygo buyers actually ticked the ESC option box?
I think Toyota should set an example and position itself ahead of the 2014 changeover date when all new cars must have ESC fitted as standard.
At the very least, Toyota should offer customers ESC at cost price. And what is that price? It's hard to be sure but what I can say is that it's almost definitely less than £200 – that's the price that Seat charges for ESC on its Aygo city car rival, the Mii.
Fact is, much newer city cars can be bought with ESC and side airbags for a lot less than an Aygo. For instance, how about a brand new Volkswagen Up with ESC (plus another significant safety item, city braking) for just £8,395?
The importance of electronic stability control
Why should you insist on ESC? Well, when Which? tested an Aygo with ESC, we said its handling was exemplary. But without ESC, we said it was 'almost inevitable' that the driver would lose control of the car during our hazard avoidance manoeuvre.
Compounding its woes, Toyota's Aygo also recorded the second-worst braking performance among all superminis, according to our tests, so the Aygo needs all the safety boosts it can get.
Would you be one of the few car buyers willing to pay £965 for electronic stability control? Or should Toyota, and other manufacturers, act now to make ESC a standard feature on its cars?
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Unless there is a law requiring manufacturers to include specific safety features then it is up to them to decide which to include. I would like to be sure about the reliability of ESP and other electronic safety features, on the basis that so many cars develop faults in their warning light systems. Having an ESP system that does not work could be a lot worse than not having it in the first place because it could engender a false sense of security.
In making comparisons between manufacturers, there may be a difference in operation as well as in price. That was certainly the case when anti-lock brakes were introduced. Some manufacturers offered a much superior product. I have no idea if the Toyota ESP is better or just more expensive, but it is a factor worth considering.
Robint says:
Well I hope you are going to put all the other new cars without the option for ESC on your "don't buy" list as well
Otherwise I might be tempted to think you have a personal grudge against this lovely little car – worse than Clarkson
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FDA approves pembrolizumab for esophageal or GEJ carcinoma
On March 22, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.) in combination with platinum and fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy for patients with metastatic or locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal (GEJ) (tumors with epicenter 1 to 5 centimeters above the gastroesophageal junction) carcinoma who are not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation.
Efficacy was evaluated in KEYNOTE-590 (NCT03189719), a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 749 patients with metastatic or locally advanced esophageal or gastroesophageal junction carcinoma who were not candidates for surgical resection or definitive chemoradiation. PD-L1 status was centrally determined in tumor specimens in all patients using the PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx kit. Patients were randomized (1:1) to pembrolizumab in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil or placebo with cisplatin and fluorouracil, until unacceptable toxicity or disease progression.
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Most common adverse reactions reported in ≥20% of patients who received the pembrolizumab combination in KEYNOTE-590 were nausea, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, stomatitis, fatigue/asthenia, decreased appetite, and weight loss.
The recommended pembrolizumab dose for esophageal cancer is 200 mg every 3 weeks or 400 mg every 6 weeks.
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• NSF/ANSI 61 certified components will deliver safe drinking water
EDINA, MN, Nov. 12, 2008 -- Dow Water Solutions announced that its DOW™ Ultrafiltration modules have been tested and certified by NSF International under NSF/ANSI Standard 61. NSF/ANSI 61 - Drinking Water System Components is a nationally recognized health effects standard for all devices, components and materials which contact drinking water to ensure that these products do not contribute contaminants or impurities to the water that could cause adverse health effects. The DOW Ultrafiltration 2660, 2680, 2860 and 2880 modules are certified by NSF for use in drinking water installations.
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PAL-V World's First Flying Car Hits The Road
Who hasn't dreamed about a flying car? Taking your car for a ride in the sky? This dream is one step closer now. After flying and driving the test prototype in 2012, PAL-V started the design of the Liberty, its commercial product. Recently the Liberty passed the stringent European road admission tests and now is allowed on the streets with an official license plate. This completed a rigorous and extensive drive test program carried out on test tracks since February 2020. From high-speed ovals, brake and noise pollution testing, the PAL-V is now ready to take on the roads.
Mike Stekelenburg, CTO of PAL-V, explained how he experienced this journey: "With the memories in mind of fly and drive testing our proof of concept, the PAL-V One, I was looking forward to testing the Liberty. We have been cooperating with the road authorities for many years to reach this milestone. The excitement you feel in the team is huge. It was very challenging to make a "folded aircraft" pass all road admission tests." Stekelenburg adds: "For me, the trick in successfully making flying car is to ensure that the design complies with both air and road regulations. I feel the energy and motivation in our team to push hard for the last few milestones and get the Liberty certified for flying too."
The PAL-V will be undergoing endurance testing for the coming months, people can witness the PAL-V on the European roads from now on.
Hans Joore, test-driver of PAL-V, states: "When I fired-up the PAL-V for the first time I got goosebumps! All the effort that we put into it came together at that crucial moment. Hearing the vehicle come to life was just magnificent and driving it was great. It's very smooth and responsive to the steering and with a weight of just 660 kg it accelerates really well. The overall experience is like a sportscar. It feels sensational."
Since 2015 the PAL-V Liberty design has been going through aviation certification with EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency). Finalization is expected in 2022. The PAL-V Liberty significantly benefits from the certification experience accumulated in the earlier flight test program with the PAL-V One. Over 1200 test reports need to be completed before the final 150 hours of flight testing can take place. After this the deliveries to customers will start.
PAL-V CEO, Robert Dingemanse, added: "It's another great step forward for us, now we 'drive' ahead to the last milestones. In parallel we organize roadshows across Europe to demonstrate the PAL-V to customers: Where shall we meet?"
PAL-V
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Q: storing session information in sql server 2012 I want to store session information in SQL server 2012. I have got the "ASPState" database in my management studio.now for asp.net I am using the windows authentication for SQL server .When I am trying to modify webconfig file with data source=127.0.0.1 it is not being able to connect.please help.
my webconfig file looks like this:
 <sessionState
  mode="SQLServer"
  sqlConnectionString="Data Source=127.0.0.1"
  cookieless="false"
  />

A: Your connection string is very incomplete.  You'll need a lot more info.  I'll also assume that you are running SQLExpress locally.  An example string may be:
sqlConnectionString="data source=.\SQLExpress;initial catalog=YourDBName;integrated security=True"

There is a lot of info available on setting up your connection string properly.


The free concert will take place at Friendship Baptist Church, 5301 Nebraska Avenue, Toledo, starting at 7 p.m. The Brown Family Singers and the Positive Force praise dance team will open the evening. WIMX-FM host Brandi Brown will emcee the concert.
LCCS is sponsoring the concert to generate awareness of the need for adoptive homes for Lucas County Children. "Right now, there are about 60 children, mostly teens, awaiting the love and security of a forever family," says Dean Sparks, LCCS Executive Director. "With the help of WIMX and several Toledo-area ministers, we'll share information about many of these children with the concert audience, in hope that they'll make a connection with these young people and pursue adoption," he continues. Children awaiting adoption through LCCS live in foster homes in the Toledo area while caseworkers try to identify the best family to meet their needs.
J Moss spent much of his childhood on tours with his father's popular group, Bill Moss and the Celestials, and his cousin's group The Clark Sisters. As an early teen, Moss sang with his brother Bill Jr. as The Moss Brothers. They toured on weekends around the Midwest and recorded two major label albums during their seven years together.
Moss attended Michigan State University, but quickly developed a successful career in music. As a third of one of urban contemporary music's hottest production companies, the three-man team known as PAJAM, Moss has co-written and/or produced some of the biggest artists in both Gospel and secular music.
The mission of Lucas County Children Services is to lead the community in the protection of children at risk of abuse and neglect. This is accomplished by working with families, service providers and community members to assess risk and coordinate community-based services resulting in safe, stable and permanent families for children.
URBan Radio Broadcasting LLC founded in 1999 is the proud owner of WIMX-FM "MIX 95.7 and WJZE-FM "HOT 97-3 in Toledo, Ohio. URBan Radio Broadcasting LLC serves small and mid-size markets in the United States. In 2007 URBan Radio achieved significant expansion as the company doubled its size from 12 stations in four markets at the close of 2006 to 24 stations in six markets at the close of 2007. URBan Radio Broadcasting LLC currently owns and operates radio stations in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Alexandria La.; Columbus-Starkville, Meridian and Tupelo, Miss. and Toledo, Ohio. WIMX-FM "MIX 95.7" has continued its growth in the community with participation for the fourth year with the Toledo Museum of Art's Juneteenth Celebration, The MLK Classic, The Unity Celebration and Tom Joyner's Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day. In May URBan Radio Broadcasting was the proud recipient of the 2008 NOBMA Media Achievement Award.
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Rugby Union takes the glory in the Ideal Boilers Hybrid Cup battle of the codes at Kingsholm
Kingsholm once again welcomed the Rugby for Heroes / Ideal Boilers Hybrid Cup sides to a very warm and sunny Gloucester on the 30th of March. Having been played in Hull the year before (and another win for the League side), it was great to be back in front of the Kingsholm crowd who were excited to see the Union legends, captained as always by Rugby for Heroes Patron Mike Tindall MBE, and the Rugby League side captained by GB legend Keith Senior.
As the crowds streamed in, the players took to the new 4G pitch to warm up and shake off the cobwebs. We were delighted to be joined by so many legends of both codes for what would prove to be a fantastic game showcasing the 'old skills' of many of the players. As one of the players commented to me at half time, 'the mind still thinks I can run and catch, but no one told my body'!
The first half was played under Rugby League rules, something that had been agreed at the gala dinner the night before, with Mike Tindall stating to Keith Senior that he had 'flipped a coin to himself earlier… in private….won and chose League rules first….!!' The mind games had begun!
Despite a general inability to run backwards by the Union players, they managed to pull out of the bag a couple of outstanding early tries from former Scotland international Sean Lamont that gave them the edge over the stunned League heroes. The League team managed to pull a try back through Rob Kerman but by half time the Union players were 22 – 8 up, with the second half reverting to their more familiar rules (and rucks and scrums and line outs!) the Union team headed to the changing rooms in good spirits.
As both teams relaxed into the game, the silky skills from everyone came through and the crowds were enjoying an exceptional showcase of talent. The players threw themselves fully into the game and it was clear there was no holding back as the tackles streamed in. Another try for both sides from Benji Lloyd and Rob Cook concluded the game and for the first time in the 3 years, the Rugby Union team lifted the Ideal Boilers Hybrid Cup with a winning score of 48 – 34. The trophy was presented to Mike by his wife, Zara Tindall MBE as both teams came together to thank the crowds and the organisers.
Another wonderful family day of rugby organised by Rugby for Heroes, the charity that supports military personnel through their journey into civilian life. For 2020 the Ideal Boilers Hybrid Cup returns to the KC Stadium in Hull. Please keep an eye on the website (rugbyforheroes.org.uk) for more information and other upcoming events.
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Without computer !
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-29)
Hi, it would be nice, to have some tournaments, where it is not allowed, to use computer-assistence. And it would be great, to have list of players, which dont use computer-assistence. Since my comeback here, i dont use an engine for my games and i can say, it makes more fun ! ;-) yk
Hi Benny.
I think so :) .. however this is not the way it goes, I don't think it could be serious enough and it could be quite confusing.. by the way there are many places where computers are not allowed. In this case, rating is not so important, so just don't use it !?
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-29 14:24:07)
engine-free area
Thank You Thibi, for your fast answer. I believe, its more interesting to play vs. Opponents between 800 and 1600 rating. This area is in my opinion "engine-free". yk
Marcus Miranda (2007-02-01 14:43:32)
Computer assistance
I do not know very much about chess, I am just a beginner, but I think that using a computer to help you play your moves is kind of not fair with your opponent, and if both players are using it, seems to be a game between two computer engines. Maybe I just do not know how people use computer assistance, I apologize if I am talking nonsense.
Charlie Neil (2007-02-02 11:45:33)
Without Computer
Marcus if you can please read the old forum postings, "Why do you play corr-chess." I made a similar comment about computers being used as the main player. Believe me I was wrong! As much as in correspondence chess you can use notes, books and databases for reference. Here at FICGS, (A great site!) players use their computers as a reference. It does not benefit anyone to just relay their computer moves without understanding them. Those players won't prosper nor will develop a passion we chessplayers have for the game. I believe that now to be the case. Personally I don't have a Juinor8, Fritz 10 or Deep Joe 90 or whatever to use as a reference point. I do have a pile of books that serve to confuse me in my games. As I continue to seek understanding in this game. People should use computers as long as the computers don't use them! How boring can it be just to imput moves? The computer isn't compulsory. And I am saving a fortune on stamps playing here! It is fun after all. It is only a game. Even if it is a terrible one.
Thanks Charlie for directing me to the old forum, I thought that a computer engine is unbeatable if you give it enough time, and if this was the case there would be no human touch in the moves you play, I guess I am wrong.
Richard Core (2007-02-03 03:20:17)
Computer free chess
Hi Benjamin Aldag, I agree with you. I really don't see the reason for playing with a computers help. What have you accomplished with the help of a machine? I have no idea. When I come up with a great combo, I get the satisfaction that the answer came from me, not the machine or any other source. It is alot more fun. A lot more fun. I think most people I have played are not ussing computer help. I haven't won a tournament yet, but I think I have had a respectable performance.
Marc Lacrosse (2007-02-03 18:09:12)
To Richard & Benjamin
There are dozens of web-server-chess sites where computer use is forbidden.
If you cannot see any interest in computer-assisted play why do you play here ?
Nothing requested you to play here ...
I won't argue on the interest of computer-assisted chess. It's a question of taste and I do completely understand that you do not like it.
Every month there is a new thread in the forum complaining against computer-assisted cheaters or defending the gimmick of the poor computer-assisted idiot unable to play on its own.
This I cannot accept : go away to these numerous sites where computer is forbidden (and real cheaters abound) and let us play according to the rules of this site !
By the way if you wish do choose any engine of your liking and do let it play alone without human intervention a pair of games against any of the 100 best rated players here. I am ready to bet that the computer alone is probably going to lose both games or at most to get one draw.
Then you will maybe understand why the human touch is decisive in these games.
And as I already said on numerous occasions, when I am going to spend dozens of hours analysing a foregoing game all along months of play I prefer that my opponent won't spoil it due to a pure magnificent and so-human blunder.
Winning against blundering self-comfident purely human opponents has no taste at all IMHO
I prefer fighting hard against one who has all kind of book and computer help assisting him.
To Marc Lacrosse
Hey guy, come down !
I just say, it makes more fun to play without computer-assistence.
I play here, because i will never reach the level of computerplayers and my opponents are in 99% free of computer-assistence. I dont want to be a slave of my computer and in my opinion is this the right way.
I know 9 people here with an official rating between 1500 and 1600 ELO(DWZ) and here they have a rating between 2200 and 2300. :-D<br
You say, with only computermoves you will never reach the highest level here and i can say - YOU ARE RIGHT !
Players with a FIDE ELO 2200 and higher will have here a rating over 2600 and they will not only play computermoves. But i play chess for two years and have an official FIDE rating of 1822 and believe me, it makes no sense for me to play with computer-assistence.
Correspondence chess / OTB chess
Quote : "Players with a FIDE ELO 2200 and higher will have here a rating over 2600 and they will not only play computermoves."
Benny, this is just wrong ;) .. There are many examples, here and everywhere... Best correspondence chess players are not best chess players with computer assistance, they are 'only' the best correspondence chess players.
Nicola Lupinacci (2007-02-14 09:57:32)
I completely agree with Benjamin Aldag. there are many players that do not use comp. ass. becouse they are pure chess players. and there are also players who cannot use a pc ass. becouse they do not have a chess engine or they play from work or from the office. but if comp. ass. is allowed i cannot tell nodoby "DO NOT USE A CHESS PROGRAM". i think a great idea is to make a "place" or special tournaments where computer is not allowed or a special symbol after the name of players who use pc ass. so you know if your opponent is using a chess engine and you will play differently. this is the best free corrispondence chess server i found on the web and making a "not-pc-assistence-zone" will be the cherry on the cake! sorry for my bad english
To Nicola
But there are already _many_ other web-chess organisations with forbidden computer use:
- our friends at itsyourturn.com
- the letsplaychess server
- http://www.playchess.de/
The last one has a very good interface and is also free.
Servers with computer use allowed are at the opposite very few.
So why should Thibault change a feature which is specific here for something which is already available everywhere else ?
Moreover, having played for long at playchess.de where both kinds of play exist (with or without computer help) I can tell you that there was there a surprinsingly large number of players cheating in the non-computer section instead of playing with their computers in the computer-allowed one, and this was at the origin pf permanent discussions and flame wars on their forum.
For what regards myself I do not wish that FICGS would go the same way.
YOU FLAME !
@ Marc Lacrosse
The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here. It would be kewl to see a little (c) in the profiles of computerusers.
Please dont flame here about 'what is allowed and whats not allowed' !!!
IT IS ALLOWED TO USE A COMPUTER-ASSISTENCE !!!! AND THIS IS OK FOR ME !!!! AND IT IS ALlOWED TO PLAY WITHOUT COMPUTER-ASSISTENCE !!!! IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH ???
I play here at FICGS and why should i play at playchess.de ??? I want to play CC-Chess HERE ! So please dont tell me, where i can play without computer-assistence. I can play without computer-assistence here TOO !
Engine free area
Definitely, there won't be a (C) mark as computer, (F) as Fritz, (B) as books or (D) as databasen, (C+B), (F+D+B) and so on :) .. It makes sense in blitz / bullet chess on Playchess ie., not in correspondence chess, as human makes the real decision.
Definitely, I agree with Marc. I had some experience in the past in organizations that forbid computer assistance, I'm convinced it's no use to separate rating lists. Actually, it would even lose some interest for many players.
Anyway, if you do not take care about top ratings, just play chess without computer assistance (it is allowed too) :)
Why such a shouting ?
@Benjamin Aldag
"The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here"
You are completely illogical.
Evidently you may play without computer as you wish here.
You may also try to find other members who prefer to play this way and register together with them in a tournament.
So what you wish to do is already possible. But what you request is not that.
You request to play here against opponents for whom computer use will be forbidden.
This is simply not the rule here. It's even one of the fundamental originalities of this site.
The rules of the site are that everything is allowed
If you and friends of yours manage to play without computers this is up to you
But asking for special rules supposes that you intend to request that Thibault or someone will check that YOUR rule is enforced.
IMHO this is purely not working. You won't find any organisation that wil be able to ensure that no player cheats regarding this kind of rule.
So let me repeat (and it is MY RIGHT not to agree with your opinions) : if you find opponents with which you have an agreement for playing without comps here this is perfectly fine for everybody and it's up to you to see wether you are happy with the way your partners do or do not respect the agreement.
If you wish to change radically the rules so as to have tournaments where something like a police dept will check that no comp is used than GO AWAY and simply do register in one of the numerous sites where these rules do exist and where almost everybody cheats.
By the way : no need for shouting to tell what you wish.
Shouting will not make your opinions more valuable in any way.
Pablo Schmid (2007-02-15 23:32:13)
A solution?
For players like Aldag, it might be possible to host a tournament "without computers", so Thibault would not have to change something in his system, rules or rating..
Hi Pablo.
The real point is here (quote from Benjamin) : "The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here"
Such a new feature is not only something more, it would completely change the challenge's nature offered here. I don't think it's a good idea. A special tournament would have no sense here IMO. If you want to play without computer assistance and be sure your opponents do the same, the only solution is... play big chess :)
Elmer Valderrama (2007-02-17 10:59:30)
like a no-smoking zone?
I believe what Aldag want is a place with a sign "computer-free chess" just like those pubs, restaurants, trains, etc use a "no-smoking zone" sign. It will be visible so that it will deter smokers/engine-users to enter that zone.
To make it less attractive to engine assistance, these games should be unrated, with player automatically losing their current ELO (that ELO rating could have been "won" using engines previously anyway) so just their names will suffice, and there should not be no tournaments --so that there is no "winners" as this will trigger the use of engines-- The players will only challenge each other and the winner will not be known to anybody except the players, and the games will not be recorded in the general database and they will not be shown live: all this will for certain deter any need to use an engine i.e. 'winning' means nothing literally and it will look as if it never happened
This way chess without engines will be as if doing something clever when actually it is a loss of time -can't remember who said this about chess 8-)
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I am just going to say at the start of my games that "I don't use computer assistance". It will be obvious by move 10 usually! But why don't you just state your intention at the start of the match to use books, computers or smoke, (tobacco, of course!)..... %-}
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Dupree McBrayer's right leg was in so much pain, he couldn't practice between games last season.
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"He was hobbling last year," said Pitino, "could hardly walk, could hardly practice, so you're not going to get in a flow offensively if you do not practice. I thought he was terrific today. He's taking good shots. I think when he's healthy he's a really, really good guard. It's just last year was a perfect storm of some bad things happening at once."
McBrayer saw his shooting splits regress across the board, dropping from 55/41/74 in 2016-17 to 36/34/68 a year ago. He only scored in double figures once in the final seven games as the stress on his leg mounted.
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Q: ASP.NET Core parameter injection based on Route parameter I'm not sure if this is even possible, but I would like a Route-parameter to determine the type of object that is injected into my controller.
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Liberty University's men's Ultimate team returns a deep and experienced roster from last season, when the Flames earned their first bid to the Atlantic Coast Regional tournament in program history under then-interim Head Coach Kevin Habermas.
Habermas, a former assistant coach under Lady Flames women's Ultimate Head Coach Jonathan Mast, was officially named head coach of the Flames in June.
"It can be a challenge to come in and try to figure out where they are at and where they need to be," Habermas said. "Something that Jonathan and I always tried to instill in the women's team was to be faithful in the little things, Just try to do the little things right and the bigger picture will take care of itself."
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