NICE Software delivers comprehensive grid & cloud solutions for a wide number of companies and institutions that increases user productivity for better access to applications and computing resources. Since 1996, NICE Software has provided solutions built on its flexible EnginFrame Grid Portal technology, delivering leading software products aimed at the organizational management and optimization of computing resources. NICE Software operates in a variety of industries including oil and gas, aerospace, automotive, life sciences, and telecommunications.
NICE Software had seen strong adoption by oil & gas for computing applications, as its software allows petroleum engineers to reduce submission time, track runtime, and efficiently manage large data-sets associated with daily uploads. However, within this industry, a considerable amount of time was being spent waiting for large data sets containing geophysical, seismic, and other types of data to be collected and exchanged.
"A client of ours was experiencing problems when submitting jobs from Perth, Australia to Houston, Texas," said Antonio Arena, Solutions Architect at NICE Software. "The data sets can vary in size from 2 GB to 5 GB. Engineers had to transfer the files to Houston using Windows Explorer, submit them to the cluster, and then copy back the results." Furthermore, network conditions often added complexities and bottlenecks to file transfer tasks, causing many failed and unreliable transfers when sending crucial data.
To accelerate file transfers within NICE Software's solution, FileCatalyst Direct was directly integrated within the existing EnginFrame software. The FileCatalyst Direct point-to-point solution enabled accelerated, and managed file transfers with the FileCatalyst patented UDP-based technology. The solution allows for file transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps for any file size between cities, countries and even continents.
As a result of using FileCatalyst, EnginFrame's client organizations were able to recoup lost time by gaining rapid access to their valuable data, applications, and resources. "We are pleased to report that this has resulted in measurably increased efficiencies," said Antonio Arena, Solutions Architect for NICE software. The efficiencies gained were the results of faster file transfers, dramatically increased reliability, and reduced run times for CPU intensive applications such as seismic analysis and reservoir simulation software.


The latest entry in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is due in theaters this January, and on the heels of the film's incredibly creepy first poster, the first Leatherface-enhanced image from Texas Chainsaw 3D has now landed online. The film is a direct sequel to the 1974 original and picks up where that film left off: a young woman has escaped the horrors of the Sawyer family and alerted authorities. The townspeople descend on the Sawyer household and burn it to the ground, seemingly putting an end to the family's reign of terror. The story then jumps forward to present day where a young woman has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she didn't know she had. Naturally, she discovers unspeakable horrors in the home's underbelly, as the townspeople may not have gotten rid of the entire Sawyer family.
Hit the jump to check out the image. Directed by John Luessenhop (Takers), the film stars Alexandra Daddario and Scott Eastwood. Texas Chainsaw 3D opens on January 4th, 2013.


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Donald Trump cries foul over impeachment hearing in his absence
Crying foul over timing, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of scheduling this week's impeachment hearing to undercut him during his trip abroad for a NATO leaders' meeting.
Mr Trump, who arrived in London late Monday for two days of meetings which come at a crucial moment for the 70-year-old military alliance. He called the trip "one of the most important journeys that we make as president" before departing Washington, and noted Democrats had long known about the meeting.
The president lashed out at Democrats again soon after arriving in the UK.
He wrote on Twitter that he had read the Republican report designed to counter Democrats' impeachment case on his flight. The report, which was obtained by The Associated Press, called Mr Trump's hesitation to provide military aid to Ukraine "entirely prudent."
Just landed in the United Kingdom, heading to London for NATO meetings tomorrow. Prior to landing I read the Republicans Report on the Impeachment Hoax. Great job! Radical Left has NO CASE. Read the Transcripts. Shouldn't even be allowed. Can we go to Supreme Court to stop?
"Prior to landing I read the Republicans Report on the Impeachment Hoax. Great job! Radical Left has NO CASE. Read the Transcripts," Mr Trump wrote. "Shouldn't even be allowed. Can we go to Supreme Court to stop?"
It was not immediately clear under what legal grounds Mr Trump was calling for the court's involvement.
Mr Trump's trip comes amid ongoing quarrels over defence spending by NATO allies and widespread anxiety over the president's commitment to the alliance.
The president said his trip would be focused on "fighting for the American people". But in the more than two months that the impeachment inquiry has been under way, he has constantly drifted back to what he frames as the Democrats' unfair effort to overturn the results of his 2016 election.
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on Wednesday on the constitutional grounds for impeachment before Mr Trump wraps up at the NATO meeting.
US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania are greeted by United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert "Woody" Johnson as they arrive at Stansted Airport ahead of the NATO summit (Joe Giddens/PA)
Mr Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House counsel Pat Cipollone and presidential counsellor Kellyanne Conway all complained about the timing, with Mr Pompeo saying the hearings would "distract America's president from his important mission overseas".
Mr Trump insists he is solely focused on scoring domestic and foreign policy wins, including revamping NATO so that allies spend more on defence. But he has often appeared consumed by the day-to-day battle against impeachment.
In recent days he has repeatedly lashed out about the "impeachment hoax" and the "scam" inquiry, even delving into impeachment at a ceremony to celebrate NCAA athletes and at last week's annual Turkey pardon.
White House aides say the summit offers Mr Trump an opportunity to counter the impeachment narrative in Washington and demonstrate to voters he is keeping a business-as-usual approach while Democrats concentrate on the probe.
But soon after Air Force One departed, Mr Trump took to Twitter to slam "Do Nothing Democrats" for scheduling the hearing during the NATO meeting as "Not nice!""
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Madrid for a UN conference on climate change, declined to comment about the impeachment inquiry, saying, "When we travel abroad, we don't talk about the president in a negative way. We save that for home."
Mr Trump is only the fourth US president in history to face an impeachment inquiry. The gravity of impeachment is likely to play into the calculus of how other global leaders engage the president going forward, in the view of some analysts.
"In one sense impeachment is weakening his hand diplomatically," said Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow for defence and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington. "For a normal president, it would be seen as a substantial problem. For Donald Trump, he's going to try to blow right through it and act is if that's not a relevant factor."
The NATO leaders meeting is a complicated backdrop for Mr Trump to make his first extended overseas visit — he made a quick Thanksgiving visit to US troops in Afghanistan — since Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry.
The president has repeatedly criticised fellow NATO members and complained that too few nations are on track to meet the alliance goal of spending at least 2% of GDP on defence by 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron recently lamented that a lack of US leadership was causing the "brain death" of the alliance.

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Move|Fitness Trackers Might Help Us Live Longer (if Only We Used Them)
Fitness Trackers Might Help Us Live Longer (if Only We Used Them)
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By Gretchen Reynolds
Activity monitors could improve our health and extend our lives — if only we could be motivated to use them. Those are the conclusions of two new studies about the promise and perils of relying on fitness trackers to measure and guide how we move.
The monitors, which are expected to be a popular holiday gift again this year, can generally track our steps, speed, stance (sitting or not), distance, energy expenditure and heart rate. The absolute accuracy of these numbers, however, is somewhat suspect, with past studies finding errors in many of the monitors' measurements. But the inaccuracies are usually consistent, the studies show, so the trackers can reliably indicate how our movements change from day to day.
The broader problem with activity monitors has been that we have not known whether the information they generate actually relates directly to our health. We have not had proof that what most trackers tell us is healthy actually is.
Consider, for instance, the recommendation that we should exercise moderately — such as by walking briskly — for 150 minutes per week. Most activity monitors incorporate those guidelines into their calculation about how much exercise people should complete.
But those recommendations were based on studies in which people told scientists how much they remembered moving. The people had not worn monitors.
So for one of the new studies, published last month in the American Journal of Epidemiology, volunteers did. As part of an ongoing, government-funded study of Americans' health, almost 4,000 middle-aged men and women donned activity trackers for a week. The researchers compared the tracker results with their self-reports, to come up with and confirm an objective measure of how much activity they were getting. (Their movement patterns were broadly similar whether they wore the monitors or not.)
Researchers then followed the participants for up to 10 years, checking their names against those in the National Death Registry, to determine whether objectively meeting the 150-minute-per-week guideline affected how long people lived.
It did. Those men and women who, according to their activity trackers, had exercised moderately for at least 150 minutes per week were about 35 percent less likely to have died prematurely than the men and women who, according to their trackers, had been less active, the researchers found.
Those results, while unstartling, do provide the first, scientifically compelling rationale for owning an activity monitor, says Dr. Timothy Church, a professor of preventive medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La., who wrote a commentary to accompany the new study. When your monitor prompts you to walk for 30 minutes on most days, he points out, it now has objective proof that doing so may extend your life.
He also expects that additional studies will soon begin to pinpoint precisely how much and what types of exercise might lessen our risks for specific diseases, providing findings that could be subsequently incorporated into our activity trackers. The devices could then tell us whether today's lunchtime walk will have been sufficient to affect our risk for Type 2 diabetes or whether another stroll around the block might be advisable.
But benefits from activity monitors will ultimately depend on whether and how we use the gear, of course. And a telling study published last month in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology indicates that people can be funny about their interactions with their fitness trackers.
In that study, scientists in Singapore recruited 800 office workers and gave most of them an activity monitor, although some went without one to serve as controls. The others were told to use the monitors to achieve basic exercise goals, with one group getting cash if they reached those goals, and another earning money for their favorite charity. The last group was told to meet the targets simply because it was good for their health.
After six months, people getting cash to exercise were exercising the most. There were slight increases in activity among the other people using activity monitors.
Then the monetary incentives ended, although the participants were asked to keep using their monitors and meet their exercise goals anyway. Six months later, the researchers checked in again. By then, the people who once had received cash to exercise were exercising the least, the monitor data showed. Activity also had declined in the charity group. But unexpectedly, those in the group given monitors but no money were exercising more now than at the last check.
The data for everyone was limited, however, because most of the participants had quit wearing their monitors most of the time.
The upshot of these two studies seems to be that activity monitors have the potential and, increasingly, the scientific undergirding needed to influence how long and well we live. But they cannot fulfill that potential until we understand whether they actually motivate us to move and how.
"Obviously, far more research is needed," Dr. Church says. But one unscientific experiment already underway could turn out to be a useful guidepost.
"Look at Pokémon Go," he says, the interactive phone app during which users locate and capture cartoon characters seemingly situated in the real world. The game rewards players who walk or run various distances. "That could be the future of activity trackers," Dr. Church says: science-based health monitoring that also is fun.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section D, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Do Fitness Trackers Really Help?. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe
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The culinary gransploitation continues! After Babushka Café, we're visiting Baba's Pierogies in Gowanus, Brooklyn. And it's starting to look like the only thing Eastern European grannies know how to cook is dumplings. This time, the little bundles of Proustian bliss hail from Slovakia, the motherland of the eponymous and omnipresent Baba. On the web site, on the awning, on the walls, on the menu… You won't see the octogenarian in the flesh, but her dough-kneading spirit will follow you until you hop back to the subway.
Yes, Baba's Pierogies' Baba is very real. Edible Brooklyn tells the whole story here. When visiting the restaurant, you can see a kind of fotonovela of Baba's life on the wall of the dining room (thankfully without speech bubbles). In my interpretation, it goes something like this: Baba stands in her Slovak kitchen, Baba gets tired of dialectical materialism, Baba goes West, Baba stands in her new American kitchen, Baba enjoys normal materialism.
The eatery is pretty small, with just a dozen seats or so, and the decor fairly simple, with the reclaimed wood that Brooklyn and the people who love Brooklyn seem to love so much. As you've probably guessed, the menu is pierogi-centric: choose between 8 different savory kinds, have them boiled of fried, then add extra topics and/or dips. The dips are probably where the decision overload hits me, and I've never ordered any. If that's not enough food for you, there are more pierogies for dessert. But there are other options too (at least for the savory food), such as a few sandwiches and salads, as well as kielbasa and schnitzel bites.
The pierogies here are made to order, and you can admire the owner (Baba's granddaughter Helena) at work in the open kitchen. The pierogies all share some characteristics. The flour dough isn't too thick, which I appreciate. They have a perfect filling-to-dough ratio. When boiled, the dumplings are quite tender, tossed in melted butter and topped with chives. When fried, they can feel slightly dry. Maybe that's why they're all served with sour cream, by default. They must be fried in a pretty small amount of oil. When I don't want my pierogies to feel even a little bit greasy, I don't order them fried.
But there's something that particularly strikes me: they're nothing like the pirohy I've eaten in Bratislava. Canonical Slovak pirohy are made with a rather thick potato dough, and more often than not, filled with brynza. Now, I'm the first one to celebrate culinary explorations, but I can't help thinking that the pierogies at Baba's would be better described as Polish or Ukrainian — because, filling experimentation notwithstanding, this is pretty much what they are. It took me a while to understand why. The answer can be found in the Edible Brooklyn article, if you pay close attention: Baba is an ethnic Rusyn, and used to live near the Polish border — it only makes sense that her culinary traditions differ from those of the Slovak capital, which is situated at the opposite end of the country. (Want to see more Rusyn recipes? Check out this site and order this book). Mystery now solved, let's eat some pirohy/pierogies/dumplings. Lots of them, in fact.
Let's start the procession with the boiled pierogies, of two kinds that should be decisive for our assessment of Baba's family's skills. First, the potato & cheese pierogies, (with melted butter and chives, don't forget). The world (or at least a small part of it center around Poland) has dubbed this combo "Rusyn pierogies" (pierogi ruskie in Polish), so these are the ones by which we shall judge Baba's cooking. And they pass with flying colors, in terms of both texture and taste. They taste a lot like potato, thanks to a mixture comprised of finely mashed potatoes with tiny chunks, although I'd perhaps add more salt and some other seasoning such as black pepper or nutmeg. At the same time, they manage to feel very light and moist, thanks to the farmer cheese.
Next, there's Helena's own creation, bacon cheddar pierogies. There's potato here too; this filling feels like potato purée that's saturated with cheddar and speckled with bacon bits. Like their potato & farmer cheese rivals, they aren't too dense, and in fact feel pretty light despite the rich ingredients. But the flavor is smoky and much more pronounced. The combo isn't terribly surprising, but it's very good. I didn't have the potato & cheese and bacon cheddar varieties side by side, so I won't be able to start a family feud by declaring one better than the other. All I can say is that I had each type on different visits, and they were both my favorite pierogies of their respective days.
The cucumber salad that we decided to have as a side is very nice too. Slightly sweet, not too sour, a little bit spicy but not too much.
Moving on to fried pierogies (which can just as well be ordered boiled)… The cheese ones taste good and are very light, but the filling of farmer cheese and ricotta is a bit plain. I would add some subtle seasoning to the mixture to make it more interesting.
The sauerkraut pierogies suffer from the same problem. The filling seems to be only sauerkraut, just scooped out of the jar/barrel/bucket, drained, and rinsed. Boring! This also makes for somewhat dry dumplings, especially when fried, and despite the caramelized onions. Maybe Baba family could try simmerring the sauerkraut in some stock next time.
The fried feta and spinach pierogies, on the other hand, turn out very moist, and they strike the right balance between spinach and feta. But they contain a lot of garlic — too much for me, personally.
There's more to Baba's life than pierogies. The kielbasa sliders are four identical cute little sandwiches, each stacking a thick slice of kielbasa (from Muncan, I hear), some melted brynza cheese, sauerkraut, and house-made mustard sauce on brioche buns (from Baked in Brooklyn). I quite like the idea of making Slovak-inspired burgers with kielbasa instead of meat patties. It works out pretty well: all these traditional Slovak and Eastern European flavors are well balanced, producing a smoky, salty, slightly tangy result, and these bold flavors don't let the brioche overpower them. The golden beet salad (cooked beets with not much else) makes for a good if simple side.
The schnitzel bites are another original idea. These little balls are filled with a mixture of ground chicken and pork that I would guess has been cooked, then shaped into a ball, breaded, and fried. The result is great and not dry at all. You can definitely taste pork and chicken in the meat mixture, together with garlic, thyme, and cream. The bites come with lemon and Baba's mac salad. The latter, unfortunately, looks and tastes like a revenant from the dialectical materialism days, possibly revised for the worse by 1970's American industrial cooking practices. Elbow pasta, carrots, and pickles are tossed in mayo, without salt. No, thanks.
If you still have room for dessert, why not have a few more dumplings? Choose between blueberry or chocolate from the menu, or try some crazy specials if available — on a visit this spring, I saw birthday cake pierogies celebrating the restaurant's first anniversary. In the blueberry pierogies, whole blueberries sprinkled with a pinch of cinnamon and maybe a hint of sugar are encased in the same pierogi dough used for the savory dumplings. Then they're boiled, tossed in butter, and set on fire — that's what the chef told me! A lot of fruity liquid oozes out when you cut them open, and I like that they don't taste overly sweet. I also find that cinnamon is a much better match with blueberry than with apple (remember that blueberry pie?). The dumplings are served with a side of home-made vanilla whipped cream, which brings some more sweetness to this great dessert.
Beverages are pretty limited. The menu on the wall says "beer & wine coming soon," with a later write-in claiming that they've arrived. Well, the wine must have got lost in transit, because there's only beer. Service is also limited. You order and pay at the counter. Now that NYC has recently won the coveted title of most expensive city in the world, we New Yorkers find solace in using disposable tableware when we eat out, so we can at least pretend we're saving a little bit of money on food — or so some establishments have apparently decided. I've already talked about this phenomenon at Babushka Café. At least in Brooklyn they reclaim wood.
And while we're comparing the two, for roughly the same prices as Babushka, the pierogies at Baba's are made to order, by hand. Does it make them better? In some cases, yes. In other cases, they're just different (there's no meat dumpling at Baba's, for example, and no mac and cheese dumpling at Babushka).
Regardless of why and how, many of the pierogies at Baba's are well worth trying. Some may need tweaks, in my opinion, and now you know which ones. I didn't get to try some of the crazier options (like those birthday cake pierogies), so I can't tell if they're just gimmicky or actually good. The rest of the food shouldn't be ignored either, as it's very evocative of traditional Slovak flavors, but in creative new forms. Plus, how many people can claim they've eaten in a Rusyn restaurant? How many people even know what that means? Well, isn't that special?
Culinary gransploitation is trendy, this we know. With Babushka Café in Greenwich Village, the phenomenon is brought quite literally to the forefront of the dining experience — babushka means grandmother in Russian. To quote a page from the would-be bullshitter's handbook, the bigger the lie, the louder you speak. And sure enough, there are no grandmothers at Babushka Café. Just read the New York Times' genealogical review of the restaurant, and you'll find out the age, place of birth, cultural heritage, and vacation tales of all the protagonists (you'll learn a bit about the food, too). No babushka in sight.
This is a tiny joint. In lieu of dining room, a few stools stand behind a counter in the window. The kitchen space is worthy of a Manhattan studio apartment, and the whole operation is run by a staff of one at a time. Even by New York standards, it's a miracle they can fit a restaurant in there. Maybe to compensate for the lack of babushkas, the digs are liberally decorated with colorful sets of matryoshkas. Are the dolls supposed to represent senior citizens? Don't ruin my fantasies, please.
Right, I still haven't told you what's on the menu! Easy. Says the website, "Babushka Café serves pelmeni, vareniki, borscht, stuffed cabbage, stuffed blini and a variety of Russian drinks". This is pretty much the exhaustive list (on the day of our visit: plus dumpling soup, minus stuffed cabbage). So we'll call the place a Russian-Ukrainian dumpling house, where the gastronomic wisdom of the metaphorical elderly Slavic woman, the babushka, transcends the nationalist conflicts and folly of today's Donbass War.
The eminent dumplings (aka pelmeni and vareniki) come in many varieties: beef, cheese, cabbage, potato, potato and mushrooms, sulguni and greens, and sour cherry. Except for the lattermost, they can be had boiled or fried, with olive oil or butter, as a regular or large portion, topped with fried onions, raw scallions, and/or dill. Finish them with rich sour cream, Tabasco, or Russian candy (what! you mean that's not what the candies on the trays are for?!).
It looks like all the dumplings are made in advance and frozen. When you order them, they take a quick trip from the freezer to a pot of boiling water. Bummer. Are they even made on the premises? Regardless, they taste very good. The dough has the right thickness (neither paper thin nor too thick) and texture (very soft). The various fillings are generously portioned and appropriately tender, moist, and juicy, so much so that I hardly feel the need to add sour cream.
Let's start with the ones I ordered fried. The cheese vareniki are good, though not particularly Eastern European since the cheese is mozzarella. It's still a good choice for a melty filling.
The sulguni and greens option is a bit similar, but juicy at the same time. The cheese seems to be sulguni indeed; it's saltier than the mozz but still melty. The greens taste mostly like dill, maybe slightly too much so.
The cabbage dumplings seem to contain 100% cooked cabbage, moist, very soft, and slightly sweet. Cabbage lovers will appreciate.
And now for the boiled ones (again, this is just how we chose to order them). The potato dumplings are also very simple, 100% plain mashed potatoes. While this is a tad boring, at least the filling isn't too compact.
The beef ("kosher style") pelmeni are great. The meat is very juicy with a bit of a pepper kick. Unfortunately this spicy kick is distributed somewhat unevenly. The NYT article says that the spice mix contains khmeli-suneli, but if that's still the case, I feel like it's overpowered by the pepper.
By order of decreasing preference, my picks would be: beef and cheese on par, then potato, cabbage, and sulguni+greens also on par. Overall, I like the dumplings better boiled than fried, because they come out juicier when boiled. I suspect that the very limited space and equipment in the kitchen makes it hard to fry them properly. Longer cooking times make the dough dry out a little, and you don't really get the browning reactions you would expect. The fried onions and raw scallions are welcome toppings, but I don't really care for the dill.
The stuffed blini, available in two savory versions (chicken and mushroom) and two desserts (strawberries and farmer cheese), are also made in advance, but they're not frozen. They're reheated on a kind of griddle, and acquire some color in the process. The menu board displays the number 2 between parentheses next to each variety. I can only tell you it mightn't mean what you think, since my order contained only one blini.
The chicken blini is filled with a very finely ground chicken mixture, the kind that feels like it's been cooked before being ground. The whole thing is slightly sweet (both the blini and the meat, I think), and otherwise seasoned with salt and pepper. The sour cream comes in handy this time, and without it the dish is really plain with a dry mouthfeel, just like the container it's served in.
We didn't try the soups or the desserts — we really came for the savory dumplings. In addition to the sour cherry vareniki and the farmer cheese or strawberry blini, a glass dessert cloche features a small assortment of pastries, including baklava. As for the drinks, choose between the usual sodas and "a variety of Russian drinks", which consists of kvass, mors, or kompot. The cranberry mors is just meh. Too watery and not sweet at all, while the cranberries make it very acidic.
There is no service per se. You order at the counter, pick up your food when it's ready, and either grab a window stool if one's available or go eat outside. Even though all the food's already made, preparing a few orders at once in a saucepan on a portable induction cooktop can take some time.
The dumplings at Babushka Café are well worth a try. The few other menu options I've tried are less successful, but who says one needs anything more than pelmeni and vareniki to sustain oneself? Of course, as with any hole-in-the-wall, there are downsides: you're eating reheated frozen dumplings, most likely prepared elsewhere, served on plastic trays, in cardboard cups, with plastic silverware, at Manhattan prices. Your babushka would probably frown. Your matryoshkas will maintain their impassive, pursed-lip composure.


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Bali in March is busy! The Balinese New Year is approaching and the month of March is full of holidays, colorful parades and religious ceremonies, we have bought our own traditional Balinese outfits so that we can take part in all the festivities, if you want to enter a temple in Bali you must wear at least a sarong.
In the beginning on the month Kasper and Pernille, our friends from Denmark who are currently living in Australia, paid us a visit. It was great to see them again and we had fun feeding the monkeys in the famous monkey forest in Ubud and sampling various kinds of Balinese beer and spirits. We also caught a Kecak performance and spend a day by the beach. Unfortunately they could only stay a week and before we knew they were on their way back to Brisbane.
We were also saying goodbye to Tippe, Anom, Siwi and Gaya, who unfortunately had to go back to Denmark before time. We didn't get to see them as much as we wanted, but time flies away here, and suddenly we were having farewell dinner. We will miss them all, those cute girls and their sweet smiles are hard not to adore.
On March 10th it was full moon which is very important to the Balinese, so the main temple in Denpasar is a hype of activities all night long; people keep milling in to pray and leave offerings. We dressed up to our best abilities in sarong, kebaya, udeng – all the traditional clothes, kindly borrowed to us by my friend's hostfamily. The atmosphere in the temple was ceremonious with row after row of people praying. In the middle of the compound, in front of the "chair" for the gods, the offerings were pilling high and incense filled the air. Over us the full moon was beaming bright.


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Revealed to a group of select media by Hyundai Motor America at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, their "Vision G" Concept Coupe is another glimpse into the future of motoring by the car maker. Hyundai names it a look into its family of future premium products that promise luxury, performance and style while comprehending the core value of Hyundai as a company. "The concept was designed with coordinated input from Hyundai design studios around the world, but was led by our team here in the U.S.," said Peter Schreyer, Hyundai's president and chief design officer. "The design is our interpretation of the idea
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This particular hoodie runs a bit small in size compared to most. I bought it for my son two years ago for Christmas, but since he had outgrown it pretty quickly he wanted the same one the next Christmas. Needless to say he loves this hoodie!
My son who is a very picky dresser loved this sweatshirt! Cool, comfy, and shipped quickly.
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Zoe Lofgren's had her annual BBQ on September 29th at History Park in San Jose. The BBQ was hosted by our own Local 1165. This end of the summer annual event is an opportune time to meet Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and her staff. Every one enjoyed our BBQ skills and we were able to show our support to the Congresswoman. Zoe Lofgren has supported many of Local 1165's causes and the BBQ is a great way to give back. A big thanks to all the members and family who helped out!


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'The Curse of Peladon' (TV)
'THE CURSE OF PELADON'
Peladon with the Third Doctor and Jo
The Peladon saga begins!
I purchased the 'Peladon Tales' DVD box set with Jon Pertwee's Doctor when it was released in January 2010. This was before I met Sarah Sutton at conventions. This DVD box set contains two stories including 'The Curse of Peladon' and 'The Monster of Peladon', both set on the same planet.
I enjoyed this DVD box set very much. Both stories are by Brian Hayles and they feature some intriguing scenarios with socio-political atmospheres in them. They also feature the Ice Warriors in the two stories, since Brian Hayles had created them for his early 'Doctor Who' stories in the 1960s.
The Peladon saga has continued to last beyond its two TV stories. These include audio stories by Big Finish as well as a 'Doctor Who' book. Who knows?! Peladon may return to feature in a story of the new series of 'Doctor Who'. I'd like to think so, since these tales reflect the times of our society.
'The Curse of Peladon' features the Doctor's first visit to the planet. The story features Jon Pertwee's Doctor with Katy Manning as Jo Grant. It's a four-part story by Brian Hayles and is on a 1-disc DVD set.
In the story, the TARDIS ends up on Peladon during a test flight. The Doctor and Jo get out of the TARDIS in time before it tumbles over the edge of a cliff. They climb up the cliff to find a way inside.
The Doctor and Jo eventually get inside the castle of Peladon and are mistaken as representatives from Earth for the Galactic Federation council. Peladon is on the way to join the Galactic Federation.
This story does reflect the period and atmosphere of the 1970s. At the same time, the UK was in the process of joining the EEC (what would later be called the EU). How times have changed since then?! 😀
It's not clear whether Brian Hayles had this mind when he was writing 'The Curse of Peladon'. But it certainly helped audiences to engage with the story to connect with what went on in the real world.
Peladon is a world of medieval proportions as well as a certain gothic atmosphere. Its process to join the Galactic Federation causes trouble when there are those unwilling to break off from old traditions.
Jon Pertwee delivers a superb performance as the Doctor in this adventure. I like how he takes on board the role of Earth ambassador when mistaken for one. He also has a good relationship with Jo.
Halfway through the story, the Doctor gets accused for sacrilege upon entering the shrine of Aggedor. Jon Pertwee's Doctor gets to fight for his life when he duels to the death with the King's Champion.
Katy Manning is lovely as Jo Grant in this adventure. In the story, Jo gets mistaken for being a princess from Earth. She plays the part well as she appears like a princess in her 'dolled-up' pink dress.
I liked the relationship Jo has with David Troughton's character of King Peladon in the story. There's a sense of a romance between the two, but it's added with a sense of realism and not so soppy love.
And yes, David Troughton (who would later appear in 'Midnight') guest stars as King Peladon in this story. David is one of four sons of Patrick Troughton who played the Second Doctor in 'Doctor Who'.
I liked David Troughton's performance as Peladon in this. Peladon is a young, inexperienced ruler who wants his home world to join the Galactic Federation. But even he can be weak-willed at times.
Geoffrey Toone (also in 'Jeeves & Wooster') guest stars as Hepesh, High Priest of Peladon. He doesn't want Peladon to join the Galactic Federation. He has very strong religious beliefs in Aggedor.
The Ice Warriors appear in this 'Doctor Who' story and they seem to be the good guys. This was an interesting change from their first two TV stories, as they were usually the bad guys in 'Doctor Who'.
There are two Ice Warrior delegates from the planet Mars. These include Alan Bennion as Izlyr and Sonny Caldinez as Ssorg. Both appeared in 'Doctor Who' before as Ice Warriors and are great in this.
There's also the one-eyed Alpha Centauri, performed by Stuart Fell and voiced by Ysanne Churchman. Alpha Centauri can be very grating on the ears with his high-pitched voice and hysteria.
There's also Arcturus, performed by Murphy Grumbar and voiced by Terry Bale. Arcturus is a skull-like alien being kept inside a box as his life-support. Can Arcturus be sincere as a peace negotiator?
The cast also includes Henry Gilbert as Chancellor Torbis who gets killed in 'Episode One' of the story. There's also Gordon St. Clair as Grun, who doesn't speak very much and is the King's Champion.
Nick Hobbs guest stars as Aggedor, the furry creature in Peladon religion and legends. I like Aggedor when he seems to be not scary. I liked it when the Doctor gives him a Venusian lullaby to tame him.
My Dad likes Aggedor when he sees him. He reminds him of Ethel the Chimp who appeared in that 'Laurel & Hardy' film, 'The Chimp'. You can't deny it since Aggedor does look like Ethel on screen. 😀
The DVD special features are as follows. There's 'The Peladon Saga – Part One' behind-the-scenes documentary; the 'Warriors of Mars' documentary; a documentary about 'Jon and Katy' and a 'Storyboard Comparison'. There's also a DVD audio commentary with Katy Manning, producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks and production assistant Chris D'Oyly-John, moderated by Toby Hadoke. There's an info-text commentary option to enjoy; a photo gallery of the story and PDF materials including 'BBC Enterprises Sales Literature' and a 'Radio Times Listings' of the story. There's also a coming soon trailer for 'The Masque of Mandragora' with Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen.
'The Curse of Peladon' is a lovely story with Jon Pertwee's Doctor and Katy Manning's Jo Grant visiting Peladon for the first time. I enjoyed the atmosphere of this story and it had an engaging plot.
'The Curse of Peladon' rating – 8/10
'DOCTOR WHO AND THE CURSE OF PELADON'
The Spirit of Aggedor Lives In A Book
How does a Peladon story in book form compare to TV form?
I've finished reading/listening to 'Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon' by Brian Hayles! It has been an enjoyable read/listen. I found it interesting to discover the world of Peladon in book form and found the descriptive detail and character development in the story rather mesmerising to discover.
The Peladon stories of 'Doctor Who' are unique in their own right, especially the TV ones from the Jon Pertwee era. 'The Curse of Peladon' itself was one of the attempts by the production team of Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks to get the Doctor out off his Earth exile in order to be travelling again.
Brian Hayles created a unique world full of alien and fantasy proportions that can also be considered medieval in their own right, especially when introducing the world of Peladon and its people. It can also be considered a tale reflective of the times in the 1970s when the UK considered joining the EU.
The Target novelization of 'The Curse of Peladon' was published in 1975, three years after the story was transmitted on TV. The Target novelizations of 'Doctor Who' had barely started in the 1970s and were already getting full swing and becoming popular for those who wanted to rediscover the tales.
'The Curse of Peladon' novelization isn't the first time I've come across a book involving Brian Hayles' writing. The first time I encountered Brian Hayles' writing in book form was 'The Moon Stallion' novelization. I enjoyed that novelization very much and I expected the same style of writing for this.
Reading/listening to the Target novelization of 'The Curse of Peladon' was different compared to reading 'The Moon Stallion' novelization. Apart from it being not a 'Doctor Who' novelization, I felt invested in 'The Moon Stallion' book due to being a Sarah Sutton fan and I loved its TV counterpart.
I didn't feel the same way as I did with 'The Curse of Peladon' novelization. Not because I didn't find it uninteresting. Far from it! I enjoyed many of the character interaction featured from the TV story in book form. It's just it was a challenge absorbing everything featured in each chapter of the novel.
The chapters themselves are quite lengthy and whilst reading the novelization with the audiobook, I tended to drift when there was plenty of descriptive detail going on. Thankfully I was able to re-immerse myself back into the book when some character dialogue, drama and interaction occurred.
Going back to the descriptive detail given by Brian Hayles in terms of setting up scenes, it wasn't bad as I seemed to imply. Again, far from it! I found how incredible Brian Hayles took the time to make the story visual as possible for those readers who thought they'd never watch the story on TV again.
The book copy of the Target novelization I purchased from Amazon is the 1975 edition. I'm glad I got the original 1975 edition of the novelization, although my copy was rather tatty and weather-beaten. Thankfully the book copy I had didn't break up as I read it with the audiobook, as I'd feared.
The book is divided into 11 chapters. The first chapter is quite short whilst the remaining chapters tended to be lengthy. The first three chapters cover the first episode of the story; whilst the fourth and fifth covered the second; the seventh and eight covered the third and nine to eleven the fourth.
The audiobook is read by David Troughton, who played King Peladon in the TV story as well as being one of the sons of Patrick Troughton. I enjoyed David Troughton's reading of the novelization in the audiobook. His voice has changed over the years and is no longer the youthful one he had on the TV.
David Troughton's voice has become richer over the years. Whilst he can't recreate his youthful voice for young King Peladon, he is able to do a strong voice for Hepesh, almost sounding like the original actor Geoffrey Toone. I don't think he does exact voices for the Third Doctor and Jo though.
I enjoyed it when David Troughton did the voices for the Ice Warriors including Izlyr and Ssorg. I actually did think Nicholas Briggs might be brought in to do the voice for the Ice Warriors in 'The Curse of Peladon' audiobook. But David Troughton does an amazing job making their hissing sounds.
I also really enjoyed it when David Troughton was voicing Alpha Centauri with the voice synthesizer to distort it. It almost sounds like how Ysanne Churchman would have voiced the character in the TV version. But instead of becoming grating, it was wonderfully refreshing and entertaining to listen to.
The voice for Arcturus given by David Troughton with the voice synthesizer is also pretty good too. I didn't think that Arcturus would've sounded logical and machine-like as the book implies. But somehow it makes sense, especially when the tale builds him up to be revealed as one of the villains.
So what differences can be found in the Target novelization compared to the TV counterpart. Well, not much really. The story is exactly the same as it is from the TV version in book version. It's just there's more descriptive detail and perhaps extra character dialogue and enhancement on the lines.
There are a few little changes in the book version from the TV version though. For example, there's the original idea of Alpha Centauri being able to change colour to reflect his mood. That was intriguing to discover and it is interesting that it got dropped from the televised version of the story.
Mind you, I can appreciate and understand why it was dropped. It would've probably been expensive and time-consuming to make Alpha Centauri being able to glow and change colour to reflect his mood. Also it wasn't really essential the story and it is for the best that it did get dropped.
There's a new scene where Jo tries to convince Grun to not fight the Doctor before they go into the trial by combat during the 'Episode Three' section. I'm not sure if this was an actual scene deleted from the original TV scripts or if it was one included by Brian Hayles for the novel. I guess the former.
This leads me to a little dissatisfaction in how Jo is portrayed in the book compared to the TV version. It might be the way David Troughton's playing it, but Jo often comes across as angry and rather insulting to the Federation delegates when things don't go her way regarding with the Doctor.
The same case also applies to Jo with King Peladon as she comes across as very angry and even says he makes 'stupid orders' when offering the Doctor to fight trial by combat instead of freeing him. I know Jo was upset in the TV version, but she would not go to that point of openly insulting in anger.
By the way, there are nice illustrations of the story in the Target novelization by Alan Willow. I've seen illustrations of this kind before in early 'Doctor Who' novelizations such as 'Doctor Who and the Cybermen' and 'Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters'. This is especially for the Jon Pertwee TV tales.
There's also a new scene where Peladon makes a deal with the spirit of Aggedor, just before the Doctor is about to his trial by combat with Grun and before Hepesh enters. This was interesting to discover in the book and intriguing how Peladon is determined to change his home's barbaric ways.
Another disappointment I came across in the book is the Doctor doesn't sing the Venusian lullaby to hypnotise Aggedor, or at least the lyrics aren't provided in the book. I'm not sure if the lyrics were improvised by Jon Pertwee in the story's making, but clearly Brian Hayles didn't care for those lyrics.
The book's conclusion omitted the farewell scene between Jo and King Peladon as well as the Doctor having Aggedor (or 'Ethel') cuddling up to him. 😀 I think it would've been better if we had a twelfth chapter dedicated to the closing moments of the story rather than have it crammed with the climax.
Interestingly, the actual lady Earth delegate meant to attend the committee for Peladon joining the Galactic Federation has a name – Amazonia. She's not named in both TV and book versions. Not sure why she wasn't named. Mind you my main concern is 'why was she late attending the conference'?!
'Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon' is a pretty decent Target novelization by Brian Hayles. I wouldn't call it an outstanding novelization of a 'Doctor Who' TV story, but I enjoyed reading/listening to it. David Troughton is also very good as the narrator for the tale in the audiobook.
I preferred my reading experience of 'The Moon Stallion' novelization compared to 'The Curse of Peladon' novelization. I enjoyed the experience again with the audiobook read by Sarah Sutton. Otherwise, 'The Curse of Peladon' book/audio has been enjoyable and I'm pleased that I read/heard it.
'Doctor Who and the Curse of Peladon' rating – 7/10
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4 thoughts on "'The Curse of Peladon' (TV)"
Timelord 007 November 9, 2017 at 7:34 am
"Alpha Centauri can be very grating on the ears with his high-pitched voice and hysteria" that quote literally had me in hysterics, you ain't kidding Tim, i loathe this characters voice & I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the high pitched vocal annoying.
Excellent review Tim, you attention to detail is commendable & i love how you added photos to go with your narrative, i enjoyed this one as it a intergalactic mystery with a touch of the medieval.
Jon & Katy both give excellent performances & the story is clever & engaging to maintain my interest.
And your right Aggedor does look like Ethel on screen from Laurel & Hardy' film, 'The Chimp' lol.
A high calibre detailed enjoyable four parter.
Tim Bradley Post author November 10, 2017 at 11:44 pm
Glad you enjoyed my review on 'The Curse of Peladon'.
Glad you like my quote on how I described Alpha Centuari being grating on the ears. I don't mind Alpha Centauri as a character, but he would be difficult to take seriously with that voice he has.
I'm pleased you like how I've added the photos of the story to this review. I like making my reviews colourful with photos and that's for all the things I do for my blog including 'Doctor Who', 'Star Trek', Star Wars', etc.
I enjoyed Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning very much in this story. I'm pleased you like how I described Aggedor as Ethel from 'The Chimp' with Laurel & Hardy.
Timelord 007 November 17, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Brilliant review & i agree with your points Tim Jo comes across as rather aggressive in this adaptation, i think it's David delivery of the lines but yeah tonally wrong & not right for Jo's character.
I wasn't a fan of the changes in this novel, the Doctor's lullaby to Aggedor is a iconic scene in the episodes you don't ignore that & omitting Jo's farewell is just weird as it's obvious there was a connection between them even if it was more one sided on the kings behalf.
I prefer the episodes to the novel adaption, usually the Target novels add something but with this one they taken away the heart of the story a little left me feeling underwhelmed.
Glad you enjoyed my review on 'The Curse of Peladon' novelization/audiobook.
I'm glad you concur about my thoughts on Jo characterised as being aggressive in the novelization. I'm glad it wasn't just me. It just sounded that way when David read the lines of dialogue for Jo and she should've been sweeter and kinder as she was in the TV series. Katy's delivery of those lines would be better I think if she read this novelization.
I was disappointed about the Doctor's lullaby to Aggedor not featured in the novelization. I was expecting that to come and I think Jon Pertwee included it himself in the making of the story, but like you said it is an iconic scene. I wish Jo's farewell scene with King Peladon was included in the novelization as the subtle romantic plot between them was a highlight for me in the story even if it wasn't properly explored. I think that should've been explored further in the novelization but clearly Brian Hayles didn't think of that. It's occurred to me that the ending for 'The Curse of Peladon' is rather rushed in book form just like 'The Green Death' ending in book form was rushed.
Same here, I prefer the TV version compared to the novelization/audiobook. Hence why I rated it lower than the TV story's rating. There were bits of the novelization I enjoyed, but I agree with you it was rather underwhelming.
Many thanks for your comments, Simon.


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Q: Do we need any database.yml file for Ruby on rails application using Redis I have created a Ruby on Rails application without active records:-
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Now in order to perform database operation to i have to include database.yml file containing the necessary details regarding the database adapter.
I have also include follwing in my gemfile:-
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A: Have you removed all occurences to ActiveRecord in your Rails config files ?
Perhaps you should check your application.rb file.
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require 'rails/all'

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Around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, January 16, Durham Regional Police attended a house on Waterbury Crescent in Canterbury Golf Club.
Police encountered a 59-year-old man.
There was an interaction and the man was shot.
The man was transported to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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Q: Oracle Escape Special Characters in Substitution Variable I'm trying to write a SQL script for use in SQL plus using substitution variables defined at runtime.  Is there a way to actively escape any special characters coming in?
For instance, if the variable has an ' in it, it will immediately break whatever line in the script is running it with a
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated

error since I didn't complete the quote or completed it too early.  I just want it to treat the variable as a string.  Is there a way to tell Oracle to just treat the characters literally to set a field or similar?
In my specific case, I want to make a general case script to change a password by prompting for the user, old, and new password.
connect &&myuser/&&oldpass@mydb;
alter user &&myuser identified by &&newpass replace &&oldpass;

If the old or new password contains special characters, it could break for a plethora of reasons, including the issue I have above.

A: No, there is no way to escape characters in substitution variable values.
SQL*Plus substitution variables (those of type CHAR, the only other types are numeric) are always substituted verbatim.  SQL*Plus pays no attention to the structure of the statements in which substitution variables appear: it just does a search-and-replace of the variables with their values, irrespective of whether doing that leaves a valid SQL statement afterwards.


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Tetrablemmidae  è una famiglia di ragni appartenente all'infraordine Araneomorphae.

Etimologia
Il nome deriva dal greco , tètra-, prefisso che indica quattro, quadruplice e , cioè vista, occhi, per la disposizione del pattern oculare, ed il suffisso -idae, che designa l'appartenenza ad una famiglia.

Caratteristiche
Detti anche ragni blindati per la loro forma tozza, hanno quattro occhi distribuiti in fila, da cui il nome. Gli appartenenti al genere Paculla, inserito in questa famiglia nel 1981, sono da 4 a 5 volte più grandi degli altri Tetrablemmidae. Il pattern oculare del genere Tetrablemma in alcune specie ricorda come struttura quello dei Caponiidae.

Comportamento
I loro habitat preferiti sono le piante epifite della foresta o del sottobosco. Alcune specie sono troglobie e manifestano la variazioni dovute all'adattamento a questo ambiente: diminuzione del potere visivo, perdita di occhi e debole sclerotizzazione dell'opistosoma. Questi ragni, piuttosto difficili da rinvenire, non sembrano costruire tele.

Distribuzione
Sono diffusi principalmente nell'Asia sudorientale, solo alcune specie in America meridionale e in Africa centrale.

Tassonomia
Attualmente, a novembre 2020, si compone di 27 generi e 145 specie:
 Ablemma Roewer, 1963 - Asia sudorientale
 Afroblemma Lehtinen, 1981 - Africa
 Anansia Lehtinen, 1981 - Africa
 Bacillemma Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993 - Thailandia
 Borneomma Deeleman-Reinhold, 1980 - Borneo
 Brignoliella Shear, 1978 - Asia sudorientale
 Caraimatta Lehtinen, 1981 - America centrale
 Choiroblemma Bourne, 1980 - India
 Cuangoblemma Brignoli, 1974 - Angola
 Fallablemma Shear, 1978 - Isole Samoa, Celebes
 Gunasekara Lehtinen, 1981 - Sri Lanka
 Hexablemma Berland, 1920 - Kenya
 Indicoblemma Bourne, 1980 - Thailandia, India
 Lehtinenia Tong & Li, 2008 - Thailandia, India
 Maijana Lehtinen, 1981 - Giava
 Mariblemma Lehtinen, 1981 - Isole Seychelles
 Matta Crosby, 1934 - Brasile, Messico
 Micromatta Lehtinen, 1981 - Belize
 Monoblemma Gertsch, 1941 - Brasile, Colombia, Panama
 Pahanga Shear, 1979 - Asia sudorientale
 Rhinoblemma Lehtinen, 1981 - Isole Caroline
 Shearella Lehtinen, 1981 - Madagascar, Sri Lanka
 Sinamma Lin & Li, 2014 - Cina
 Singalangia Lehtinen, 1981 - Sumatra
 Singaporemma Shear, 1978 - Vietnam, Singapore
 Sulaimania Lehtinen, 1981 - Malaysia
 Tetrablemma O. P-Cambridge, 1873 - Asia sudorientale, Africa, Micronesia

Generi trasferiti
 Lamania Lehtinen, 1981 - Asia sudorientale
 Paculla Simon, 1887 - Asia sudorientale
 Perania Thorell, 1890 - Asia sudorientale
 Sabahya Deeleman-Reinhold, 1980 - Borneo

Note

Voci correlate
Specie di Tetrablemmidae
Famiglie di Araneae

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
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Araneomorphae

Taxa classificati da Octavius Pickard-Cambridge

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GTS Wins Multiple Awards at MichBusiness Gala
GTS Wins Multiple Awards at MichBusiness Gala. GTS was singled out for the prestigious Best Small Business Award based on its outstanding customer service and prompt response time. Since its founding in 2001, GTS has grown its client base to more than 2,500 nationwide with a remarkable retention rate of more than 93 percent.
Detroit, MI (PRURGENT) -- Global Telecom Solutions (GTS), a Detroit-based telecommunications consulting firm, received the top Overall Best Small Business Award as well as a second award in the For-Profits for Non-profits category at the Fourth Annual Best of MichBusiness Awards and Gala.
GTS was singled out for the prestigious Best Small Business Award based on its outstanding customer service and prompt response time. Since its founding in 2001, GTS has grown its client base to more than 2,500 nationwide with a remarkable retention rate of more than 93 percent.
Its win in the For-Profits for Non-Profits category was due to the company's longstanding record of charitable giving and community support.
"We are thrilled to be honored by MichBusiness," said GTS Chief Executive Officer Mark Stackpoole. "We'd like to especially thank our sales partners for helping us continue to grow, serve our customers as effectively as possible and give back to so many worthwhile charitable organizations."
MichBusiness boasts a statewide sphere of influence, leveraging a depth of programs and community initiatives that positively impacts more than 150,000 businesses. The Awards and Gala is an event that is dedicated to celebrating the best of Michigan businesses.
About Global Telecom Solutions (GTS)
Founded in 2001, Global Telecom Solutions (GTS) is a telecommunications consulting firm which provides its clients a single stop for telecom options. GTS is a broker and certified partner to nearly every major telecommunications provider nationwide. Located in Detroit's historic Corktown neighborhood, GTS prides itself on giving back and having a positive impact on the community.
Website: www.GTSdirect.com
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<?php
/**
 * Swift Mailer wrapper class.
 *
 * @author Sergii 'b3atb0x' hello@webkadabra.com
 */
class SwiftMailer extends CComponent
{

	/**
	 * smtp, sendmail or mail
	 */
	public $mailer = 'sendmail'; //
	/**
	 * SMTP outgoing mail server host
	 */
	public $host;
	/**
	 * Outgoing SMTP server port
	 */
	public $port = 25;
	/**
	 * SMTP Password
	 */
	public $username;
	/**
	 * SMTP email
	 */
	public $password;
	/**
	 * SMTP security
	 */
	public $security;
	/**
	 * @param string Message Subject
	 */
	public $Subject;
	/**
	 * @param mixed Email addres messages are going to be sent "from"
	 */
	public $From;
	/**
	 * @param string HTML Message Body
	 */
	public $body;
	/**
	 * @param string Alternative message body (plain text)
	 */
	public $altBody = null;

	protected $_addresses = array();
	protected $_attachments = array();

	public $logMailerActivity = false;

	public function init()
	{
		spl_autoload_unregister(array('YiiBase', 'autoload'));
		require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/lib/swift_required.php');
		spl_autoload_register(array('YiiBase', 'autoload'));
	}

	public function AddAddress($address)
	{
		if (!in_array($address, $this->_addresses))
			$this->_addresses[] = $address;
		return $this;
	}

	public function AddFile($address)
	{
		if (!in_array($address, $this->_attachments))
			$this->_attachments[] = $address;
		return $this;
	}

	public function MsgHTML($body)
	{
		$this->body = $body;
		if ($this->altBody == null) {
			$this->altBody = strip_tags($this->body);
		}
		return $this;
	}

	/**
	 * Helper function to send emails like this:
	 * <code>
	 *        Yii::app()->mailer->AddAddress($email);
	 *        Yii::app()->mailer->Subject = $newslettersOne['name'];
	 *         Yii::app()->mailer->MsgHTML($template['content']);
	 *        Yii::app()->mailer->Send();
	 * </code>
	 * @return boolean Whether email has been sent or not
	 */
	public function Send()
	{
		//Create the Transport
		$transport = $this->loadTransport();

		//Create the Mailer using your created Transport
		$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

		//Create a message
		$message = Swift_Message::newInstance($this->Subject)
			->setFrom($this->From)
			->setTo($this->_addresses);

		if ($this->body) {
			$message->addPart($this->body, 'text/html');
		}
		if ($this->altBody) {
			$message->setBody($this->altBody);
		}

		if ($this->_attachments) {
			foreach ($this->_attachments as $path)
				$message->attach(Swift_Attachment::fromPath($path));
		}

		$result = $mailer->send($message);

		if ($this->logMailerActivity == true) {
			if (!$result) {
				$logMessage = 'Failed to send "' . $this->Subject . '" email to [' . implode(', ', $this->addressesFlat()) . ']'
					. "\nMessage:\n"
					. ($this->altBody ? $this->altBody : $this->body);
				Yii::log($logMessage, 'error', 'appMailer');
			} else {
				$logMessage = 'Sent email "' . $this->Subject . '" to [' . implode(', ', $this->addressesFlat()) . ']'
					. "\nMessage:\n"
					. ($this->altBody ? $this->altBody : $this->body);
				Yii::log($logMessage, 'trace', 'appMailer');
			}
		}

		$this->ClearAddresses();
	}

	public function ClearAddresses()
	{
		$this->_addresses = array();
	}

	public function addressesFlat()
	{
		$return = array();
		if (!empty($this->_addresses)) {
			foreach ($this->_addresses as $address) {
				if (is_array($address)) {
					$return[] = $address[0];
				} else
					$return[] = $address;
			}
		}

		return $return;
	}

	/* Helpers */
	public function preferences()
	{
		return Swift_Preferences;
	}

	public function attachment()
	{
		return Swift_Attachment;
	}

	public function newMessage($subject)
	{
		return Swift_Message::newInstance($subject);
	}

	public function mailer($transport = null)
	{
		return Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);
	}

	public function image()
	{
		return Swift_Image;
	}

	public $sendmailCommand = '/usr/bin/sendmail -t';

	public function smtpTransport($host = null, $port = null, $security = null)
	{
		return Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance($host, $port, $security);
	}

	public function sendmailTransport($command = null)
	{
		return Swift_SendmailTransport::newInstance($command);
	}

	public function mailTransport()
	{
		return Swift_MailTransport::newInstance();
	}

	protected function loadTransport()
	{
		if ($this->mailer == 'smtp') {
			$transport = self::smtpTransport($this->host, $this->port, $this->security);

			if ($this->username)
				$transport->setUsername($this->username);
			if ($this->password)
				$transport->setPassword($this->password);
		} elseif ($this->mailer == 'mail') {
			$transport = self::mailTransport();
		} elseif ($this->mailer == 'sendmail') {
			$transport = self::sendmailTransport($this->sendmailCommand);
		}

		return $transport;
	}

}


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