Once I was asked to give an opinion on MDX vs DAX. But we know in Software world everything has some pros and cons when compared to other, otherwise if it just have cons it would be thrown to dustbin (say deprecated).
Well I tried a lot to look for direct comparison of MDX and DAX and to bring my best opinion as per Project Requirements but as usual,no answer in Google for "Compare MDX vs DAX".
I prepared a comparison as per my experience in both the languages. Keep in mind DAX is not a query language but it can be used as one, using DAX Query Syntax Reference.
So below are some comparison points and I wish these will help you out.
DAX has some part of better performance on Tabular Model. I was looking at CPU Time comparison for same result set given by MDX and DAX. DAX wins all the time. Performance is good but when we compare with DAX (on tabular model), it's a bit low.
Not a query language, still we can leverage it by few work around (using tabular expressions):a) Use it as query language in SSRS by writing it in place of DMXb) Writing and executing it on MDX pane of SSMS to validate the query and data A well known query language and being used in SSRS and SSMS as separate query option of MDX.
It behaves as SQL query and we expect a Multidimensional Behaviour.
Need use of lot of functions for even few small requirements.
Difficult to manipulate filtration in queries. Specially multi-valued filters.
Easy to write as compared to DAX.
Long way to go for this investigation. (Decide your reporting tools requirement and investigate or query here in blog)It works with SSRS ( in place of DMX) and ADOMD.net (please refer the link) Works with SSRS, PPS and ADOMD.net code and lot many other reporting tools and codes.
Depends on end user, if he/ she know DAX.
Project is on SQ Server 2012, BI Semantic Tabular Model. Else DAX will not work on Multidimensional SSAS solution anyhow.
Out of 7 points, 4 support MDX and 2 DAX.
But along with that, I believe for a long run MDX is better. It's been used in many legacy system, developers are more conformable and it provides more flexibility on different reporting services (as per my knowledge).
Note: I will soon post on query behaviors of MDX and DAX. Saying DAX has better performance than MDX is not always true.
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Usually when I blog I have troubles or unanswered questions. Externalising these is surprisingly cathartic. So, here we go….
With recent high spirits, my now stagnant mood has surprised me somewhat, which has naturally turned me into a sleuth, seeking clues as to the origins of this terrible affliction. I always from the outset look at my glorious vessel in relation to what it has consumed (diet, alcohol) and what it has or hasn't been doing (exercise, mindfulness practise, rest and relaxation) If nothing seems too out of sorts here then I turn to the psychological and in drastic times even the metaphysical. I think I will leave the questioning of my existence to another day today though and stick to the psychological.
Interestingly, even giving myself the time to listen to myself has a positive effect. The blogger is her own therapist, and the audience a sympathetic ear.
See, I'm feeling better already!
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Ultrabooks to get the CES spotlight, netbooks get the knife
It's a shame the tech industry never liked netbooks
Patrick Thibodeau (Computerworld (US)) 05 January, 2012 22:16
Some 150,000 people are expected to attend the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week, and most of them kick netbooks to the curb as they rush to fawn over the pricey ultrabook and lower-cost full-sized laptops.
For sure, there will still be netbook announcements at CES, but this category of hardware is on its last legs -- at least in Western markets.
Vendors have already started to pull back. Just last month, Dell said that it's ending its netbook production. But before bidding netbooks a fond farewell, let's praise them as well as pin the blame on those responsible for their demise.
Netbooks were done in largely by three things:
Netbooks remain viable, useful and inexpensive, and their performance capabilities will only get better with Intel's new Atom chip. Dubbed, Cedar Trail , it is a dual-core Atom 32-nanometer chip with clock speeds of up to 2.13GHz.
But netbook vendors looking to showcase new models at CES will largely be consigned to the shadows by what's expected to be several ultrabook announcements. The irony is that at CES, where open electric outlets will be impossible to find, netbook users will be in the best position to survive the conference with working systems.
With six-cell batteries, most netbooks deliver battery life of between seven to nine hours. And it's easy to carry a back-up battery in a bag because netbooks don't take up a lot of space.
Netbooks, as a product category, arrived in 2007. Some of the initial models were lemons, including a 4GB flash drive Linux model by Asus (one of four netbooks I've owned) that shipped with about 95% of the hard-drive taken up by pre-installed applications. But it's hard, in hindsight, not to admire the creativity and experimentation the category engendered.
No doubt, sales of the iPad hurt the netbook market, as did the arrival of the MacBook Air, Apple's take on the thin, sleek and sexy ultrabook category. Thin and light, with a full-size keyboard, solid-state storage and a reasonably fast processor, the Air paved the way for what's coming.
But what may have hurt the netbook segment the most are the rules around it.
Netbooks ship with 1GB RAM and most vendors don't offer custom configurations. RAM upgrades (most support 2GB of memory) are a do-it-yourself option. That's one strike against netbooks.
The second strike against netbooks was delivered by Microsoft.
Microsoft initially considered shipping Windows 7 Starter edition -- the default OS on netbooks -- with a limit on the number of apps that could run at any one time to three. To its credit, Microsoft dropped that unreasonable limit , but the very idea of a restricted "starter" OS most likely chilled the market for Windows 7 on netbooks.
The third strike was delivered by the press. Although there were many technical reviews that provided clear-eye assessments of netbook capabilities, the broader picture that always seemed to be that netbooks have limited functionality.
But netbooks were never as limited as they were made out to be.
With 2GB of RAM on my two-year old Toshiba NB205, I can edit photos using Adobe Photoshop Elements, run TweetDeck, have 15 or so open Chrome Windows as well as run Office -- all without a hiccup. At home, the Toshiba is connected to a 23-in. monitor. With hibernation mode, it's almost instant on/off.
Some people, of course, will never accept the limits of netbooks, and for good reasons. The screen size and inability to run intensive applications doesn't work for them. But as an all-day and all-night road warrior machine they're hard to beat.
Without the ability to break free from vendor-imposed configuration constraints, falling laptop prices will ultimately cause the netbook to vanish.
A local Costco, for instance, was recently selling an Acer netbook with an 11.6-in. LED screen, an AMD dualcore chip, 4GB RAM and a 500GB drive with six-cell battery for $349. That's less than the cost of my Toshiba.
The problem with netbooks is they were just too good and too cheap. Ultrabooks may eventually prove to be very good, but they aren't cheap. And that's why at CES this year it will be: All hail the ultrabook.
Patrick Thibodeau covers cloud computing and enterprise applications, outsourcing, government IT policies, data centers and IT workforce issues for Computerworld. Follow Patrick on Twitter at @DCgov or subscribe to Patrick's RSS feed . His e-mail address is pthibodeau@computerworld.com .
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Home Business Anna Kennedy OBE says "Autism diagnosis needs to speed up!"
Anna Kennedy OBE says "Autism diagnosis needs to speed up!"
Anna Kennedy OBE Founder of autism services and National Autism Charity AnnaKennedyonline was flooded with message across social media about wait times for an assessment for an autism diagnosis for their children.
Parents are complaining of waiting between two and five years for a diagnosis for their child, and it is very much a "postcode lottery",
On May 24, Anna read an article that in central London families were waiting as long as a year for diagnosis, despite waiting time guidelines of three months.
Anna share's the Government has yet to complete the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt 's vow to look at starting to officially record the figures.
Anna was told that their were complex reasons for the delays, including increased demand for the assessment which had increased "significantly" in the last few years due to wider awareness about autism.
More families may believe their children are on the spectrum due to charities like AnnaKennedyonline forging ahead to raise awareness and acceptance.
Anna and her team previously undertook a survey of 2,000 parents, who reported an average waiting time from first reporting concerns to professionals, to diagnosis, of three to five years.
Last week Anna asked her social media followers how long they had waited for their child to receive a diagnosis and was flooded with hundreds of messages from frustrated parents. They told of waiting times from anywhere between months to seven years.
She said the access to special needs services, which includes an educational psychologist's report and a limited amount of free speech and language therapy on the NHS, appeared to be a "post code lottery."
Not all local authorities, health or education services provided equally strong support according to the parents she spoke to.
Waiting a long time for a diagnosis meant a window for early intervention could be missed..
"It has an impact on the child, it has an impact on the school, which doesn't know what they are dealing with. It has an impact on the siblings, and obviously the family."
While some parents Anna has spoken to over her years campaigning did avoid seeking a "label", others told Anna of being dismissed.
Some were told their children had behavioural issues or that their parenting was poor, but then a diagnosis came many years down the track.
A recent survey found one in 10 parents said they ended up paying for a private diagnosis.
Anna Kennedy said going private cost in the thousands of pounds, and left many families at a disadvantage.
Anna shares the gap in services needs be addressed nationally..
"I personally think it's to do with the cutting of services. I totally get that there's only so much money in the pot, however, as the mother of 2 young men on the spectrum – It is key that children are receiving early intervention as soon as possible once given a diagnosis of autism. Time is of the essence ! ."
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We always feel like we haven't seen each other in months.
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AND it's so GOOD to eat Arlene's delectable food!
Sadly for us, Arlene and Willem have their house on the market.
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The Palisades Pals will have a gaping hole!
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Conserving a Town Forest for Weathersfield
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Located on the southern flank of Mount Ascutney, the 310 acre property owned by the Estate of Janet Fellows is part of a vast expanse of undeveloped land spanning this iconic peak. Local citizens across Weathersfield, led by the Weathersfield Land Preservation Association (WLPA) and the Conservation Commission, are coming together in hopes of seeing this property protected and maintained as a Town Forest natural area. The Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) received a grant from the National Scenic Byways Program and the State of Vermont, on behalf of the Town and the WLPA, toward this goal, and now local funds are needed to fill the gap and create Weathersfield's Ascutney Mtn. Town Forest!
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Global hunger is on the wane but it is still hampering the growth of people, and of economies
Science & technologyJul 31st 2004 edition
dedza, malawi
THERE are not enough classrooms at the Msekeni primary school, so half the lessons take place in the shade of yellow-blossomed acacia trees. Given this shortage, it might seem odd that one of the school's purpose-built classrooms has been emptied of pupils and turned into a storeroom for sacks of grain. But it makes sense. Food matters more than shelter.
Msekeni is in one of the poorer parts of Malawi, a landlocked southern African country of exceptional beauty and great poverty. No war lays waste Malawi, nor is the land unusually crowded or infertile, but Malawians still have trouble finding enough to eat. Half of the children under five are underfed to the point of stunting. Hunger blights most aspects of Malawian life, so the country is as good a place as any to investigate how nutrition affects development, and vice versa.
The headmaster at Msekeni, Bernard Kumanda, has strong views on the subject. He thinks food is a priceless teaching aid. Since 1999, his pupils have received free school lunches. Donors such as the World Food Programme (WFP) provide the food: those sacks of grain (mostly mixed maize and soyabean flour, enriched with vitamin A) in that converted classroom. Local volunteers do the cooking—turning the dry ingredients into a bland but nutritious slop, and spooning it out on to plastic plates. The children line up in large crowds, cheerfully singing a song called "We are getting porridge".
When the school's feeding programme was introduced, enrolment at Msekeni doubled. Some of the new pupils had switched from nearby schools that did not give out free porridge, but most were children whose families had previously kept them at home to work. These families were so poor that the long-term benefits of education seemed unattractive when set against the short-term gain of sending children out to gather firewood or help in the fields. One plate of porridge a day completely altered the calculation.
A child fed at school will not howl so plaintively for food at home. Girls, who are more likely than boys to be kept out of school, are given extra snacks to take home. So are orphans, who are plentiful in Malawi because so many adults have died of AIDS.
When a school takes in a horde of extra students from the poorest homes, you would expect standards to drop. Anywhere in the world, poor kids tend to perform worse than their better-off classmates. When the influx of new pupils is not accompanied by any increase in the number of teachers, as was the case at Msekeni, you would expect standards to fall even further. But they have not.
Pass rates at Msekeni improved dramatically, from 30% to 85%. Although this was an exceptional example, the nationwide results of school feeding programmes were still pretty good. On average, after a Malawian school started handing out free food it attracted 38% more girls and 24% more boys. The pass rate for boys stayed about the same, while for girls it improved by 9.5%.
Better nutrition makes for brighter children. Most immediately, well-fed children find it easier to concentrate. It is hard to focus the mind on long division when your stomach is screaming for food. Mr Kumanda says that it used to be easy to spot the kids who were really undernourished. "They were the ones who stared into space and didn't respond when you asked them questions," he says.
Richer diet, richer planet
More crucially, though, more and better food helps brains grow and develop. Like any other organ in the body, the brain needs nutrition and exercise. But if it is starved of the necessary calories, proteins and micronutrients, it is stunted, perhaps not as severely as a muscle would be, but stunted nonetheless. That is why feeding children at schools works so well. And the fact that the effect of feeding was more pronounced on girls than on boys gives a clue to who eats first in rural Malawian households. It isn't the girls.
On a global scale, the good news is that people are eating better than ever before. Homo sapiens has grown 50% bigger since the industrial revolution. Three centuries ago, chronic malnutrition was more or less universal. Now, it is extremely rare in rich countries.
For an illustration of how quickly some nations and their diets have grown richer, step into a crowded lift in a Japanese corporate HQ. Etiquette dictates that the most junior employees stand at the front and press the buttons, while the oldest and most senior stand at the back. What is striking, is how much shorter those at the back are. In only a single generation, high-speed economic growth has added centimetres to the national stature. Nutritionists think this kind of thing could happen anywhere.
In developing countries, where most people live, plates and rice bowls are also fuller than ever before. The proportion of children under five in the developing world who are malnourished to the point of stunting fell from 39% in 1990 to 30% in 2000, says the World Health Organisation (WHO). By 2005, this figure is projected to fall below 26%. And the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimates that 17% of people in the developing world were undernourished in 1999-2001, a slight drop from 18% in the mid-1990s. The absolute number of undernourished people rose slightly over that period, however, from 780m to 798m.
In recent years, such improvements have stemmed largely from swift economic growth in China and, to a lesser extent, India. Most of the world's malnourished children are still in Asia, but the average Chinese enjoys a third more calories today than he did two decades ago.
Africans are doing less well. A third of Africa's people are undernourished, a figure that barely changed between the mid-1990s and the turn of the millennium. In central Africa, which has been thrown into confusion by the war in Congo, the proportion of hungry people rose from 53% to 58% between 1995 and 2001. More peaceful parts of Africa did much better: and malnourishment is on the retreat in such places as Nigeria, Angola, Ghana, Malawi and Madagascar.
Even those who have never experienced it know that hunger is a bad thing. But can the harm it inflicts be measured? Up to a point, yes. Malnutrition is the largest single contributor to disease, according to the UN's standing committee on nutrition. Hunger weakens the immune system. At the same time, disease can aggravate malnutrition. This may be direct—for example, when infection leads to appetite loss, or impedes the absorption of nutrients into the bloodstream—or indirect, say when a peasant is too sick to work, and so grows less millet.
Inadequate nutrition of mothers and young children alone is responsible for 9.5% of the global burden of disease (see chart). Underweight infants are much more likely to succumb to diarrhoea, malaria or pneumonia. And, by some estimates, more than half of the 10m annual deaths of young children are directly or indirectly attributable to malnutrition. Furthermore, the interaction of hunger and AIDS aggravates matters. HIV infection progresses more quickly to full-blown AIDS in a body weakened by hunger. And hungry women are more likely to sell their bodies to buy food.
Obviously, what hungry people need first and foremost is more food. But they also need better food. The most basic kind of malnutrition is called "protein energy deficiency". In other words, a diet that is lacking in energy because of a deficit in all the major macronutrients—such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Typically, though, such a diet will also be deficient in many micronutrients. As a consequence many lives are blighted for want of tiny amounts of iodine, iron, vitamin A and zinc. Micronutrient deficiencies are ranked eighth among the top ten risks to health worldwide by the WHO.
Take iodine. Nearly 2 billion people consume less of this mineral than they should—usually because the water and soils where they live lack it. The most visible sign of iodine deficiency is a swelling of the thyroid gland called a goitre. The most important effect, though, is on the brain, which cannot develop properly without iodine. Each year, says the UN, some 20m children are born mentally impaired because their mothers did not consume enough iodine. The worst affected suffer cretinism, the symptoms of which include severe mental retardation and physical stunting.
Iron deficiency, meanwhile, is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting some 4.5 billion people. Iron is essential as it forms the molecules that carry oxygen in the blood. Symptoms of deficiency include fatigue, shortness of breath and lethargy. A lack of iron damages productivity and cuts GDP by 2% in some countries says the WFP. Researchers Sue Horton, of the University of Toronto, and Jay Ross, of the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, estimate that lost productivity due to iron-deficiency anaemia costs Bangladesh 7.9% of GDP each year.
Worse, perhaps, is that iron deficiency impedes cognitive development. Some 40-60% of children in developing countries are impaired in this way. Nevin Scrimshaw, a nutritionist at the United Nations University in New Hampshire, says that iron-deficient children are retarded by the equivalent of five to ten IQ points.
Meanwhile, vitamin A deficiencies compromise the immune systems of a large proportion of those under five in poor countries—increasing their susceptibility to infectious diseases, and ultimately causing 1m infants to die each year. Deficits also cause hundreds of thousands of children to go blind each year, says the Micronutrient Initiative, a lobby group based in Ottawa. Finally, insufficient zinc appears to be linked to a higher risk of dwarfism, diarrhoea and pneumonia.
Of course it is difficult to disaggregate the effects of deficiencies in micronutrients from hunger more broadly. Both hungry and mineral-deficient people tend to be weaker, more prone to illness and less intelligent. This must in turn make them poorer. Weak manual labourers produce less, and so earn less. Clever workers tend to earn more. Thus, malnourishment is not only a consequence of poverty, it is also a cause of it. Only the poor are hungry, and their hunger tends to keep them poor.
Masautso Fraxon, a 13-year-old Malawian boy, dropped out of school last year after his parents died and he was no longer being fed. He supports himself and his grandmother by doing odd jobs in other people's fields. A full day's toil can pay up to 100 kwacha ($1), but if Mr Fraxon has not eaten, he can only put in 20 kwacha-worth before he has to stop, exhausted. He then comes home, spends his paltry wages on food, and rests for the remainder of the day. At the best of times, his wages buy only slightly more calories than he expends to earn them.
Mr Fraxon's ambition, he says, is to set up his own business buying and selling fish. He says he has trouble reading and writing, but is good at sums. Your correspondent asked him what six times six was. He replied: "22".
Western experts tend to tiptoe around the issue of how malnourishment makes people less intelligent, but local experts sometimes do not. "If your brain is stunted when you are young, that affects the decisions you make in later life. If you can't do simple arithmetic, you won't invest wisely. The cost of that will be very high," says Tomaida Msisika, a consultant on food security in Malawi.
Sam Chimwaza, an analyst for Malawi's Famine Early Warning Systems Network, says that the reasoning ability of people in rural areas has been affected by malnutrition and it is hard for them to execute simple instructions. "They can work as servants in the city for two or three years and still not figure out how to adjust the temperature on an iron," he says.
Several pieces of research have shown the broader economic effects of these problems. A study on Zimbabwe found that children exposed to a drought completed on average nearly five months less schooling (and were 2.3cm shorter than expected). It estimated that this resulted in a loss of 7-12% of lifetime earnings. At a somewhat larger scale, the World Bank estimates that in low-income countries, the net present value of causing children to be born of normal rather than low weight would be about $580 per child. That is more than a year's average income in a typical sub-Saharan African country.
Sadly, the battle against hunger is harder to win than it should be. Food shortages tend to occur in countries with callous, despotic rulers. That is why a 14-year-old male North Korean refugee is on average 25cm shorter than his South Korean peer. In the long term, economic growth and improved agricultural technology offer the surest cure for malnutrition. In the meantime, there are several quick, cheap fixes.
Iodine deficiency, for example, can be eliminated at minimal cost by iodising salt. Progress in this area has been rapid. Since 1990, after sustained efforts by many governments, the proportion of household salt that is iodised has risen from less than 20% to more than 60%. But there is no good reason why it should not be 100%.
Similarly, iron deficiency can be tackled by fortifying flour with iron. And although it is better to get one's vitamins from normal food, pills can help. In places where vitamin A deficiency is rife, supplements can reduce child mortality by 23%.
Some of the harm caused by malnutrition is irreversible, and this is especially likely if it occurs in the womb or during the first two years of life. So it is crucial to get good food into infants early and often. Breastfeeding is the best way to do this, unless the mother is HIV positive. By one estimate, exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life, followed by more breastfeeding between six and 11 months, could reduce the number of deaths of children under five by 1.3m a year, or 13% of the global total.
Educating women is also important. As more women go to school, fewer of their children end up malnourished. A study of 63 countries by Lisa Smith and Lawrence Haddad, of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, found that improvements in women's education and life expectancy relative to men's helped to reduce the proportion of children who were malnourished by 50% between 1970 and 1995.
Many mothers, however, still know too little about nutrition to make the best use of the food that is available to them. Poor people are often tremendously knowledgeable about the environment in which they live, but they are also usually reluctant to try anything new. Malawians, for example, have an attachment to nsima (maize porridge) that strikes outsiders as nearly religious in its intensity. Ask a Malawian if he has eaten today, and if he has not eaten nsima, he will probably say "no".
Patricia Saukila, who works for the WFP in Lilongwe, the Malawian capital, says there is a lot of resistance to dietary change. People do not rear enough chickens and goats, she says, and even if they do they tend to sell them to buy maize rather than eat them. The result is a great deal of protein deficiency, visible in the swollen limbs of so many of the children.
One way to tackle dietary conservatism is to concoct tasty new recipes. Aid workers in Zambia—another southern African country with a maize-porridge fixation—have fooled street children into eating vegetables by dicing them and mixing them with maize porridge. The WFP has even come up with ways to make the "fortified blended foods" it doles out more palatable. Maize-soya porridge can be pepped up with mangoes, tamarind or tomatoes. Blended flour can be baked into cakes and sweetened with bananas or molasses.
Many of the things that would ease hunger are worth doing anyway. Policies that promote economic growth or better education would be desirable even if they had no impact on nutrition. Democracy and freedom of speech are attractive in and of themselves. But it is also worth noting that rich, well-educated countries never go hungry, and that no democratic country with a free press, no matter how poor it may be, has ever suffered a famine. Unfettered reporters provide early warnings, and accountable governments know they have to respond to emergencies. The recent crushing of the independent media in Zimbabwe is one reason why the WFP expects trouble this year.
In other places, the battle against hunger is steadily being won. Better nutrition is making people cleverer and more energetic, which will help them grow more prosperous. And when they eventually join the ranks of the well off, they can start fretting about growing too fat.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline "Food for thought"


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Mugen Creations: Video game localization done right
by Becky Pearse 22 January 2021 Case Studies LSP Technology Localization
The gaming industry has been growing steadily in recent years, but 2020 has exceeded all expectations. Lockdowns all around the world have boosted video game sales everywhere and localization providers are struggling to keep up with the pace.
But the challenges presented by the need for speedy production lines are not recent phenomena. The growing demand for software and video games during the pandemic has simply made these challenges more prominent and harder to ignore.
Why are localization providers struggling to step it up? Mainly, because localization — the translation and adaptation of products to a specific language and culture — is often added to the production workflow as an afterthought, when release dates are looming and the scope of work is underestimated. The outcome? In many cases, significant delays and compromised translation quality.
If you know anything about gamers, you know they aren't forgiving when it comes to bad translations. Because of this, localization is finally starting to get the attention and recognition it deserves. Companies are now looking for technological solutions to help keep up with the demand while ensuring standards remain high. Mugen Creations is one such company. We caught up with CEO Taylor Matthews to talk about the company's growth, motivations, and collaboration with Smartcat.
Game localization and more
Taylor Matthews was a game planner at the Japanese video game developer Bandai Namco Studios, when he decided it was time for him to create his own business — what eventually became Mugen Creations in 2014. Fast forward to 2021 and his company has now over 30 full-time staff members working all over the world.
He started small, with only video game localization, but now Mugen Creations offers a whole range of services including website, manga and, app localization, as well as market research and social media management.
Taylor is one of those lucky guys whose work looks a lot like play:
I'm obsessed with technology, games, anime, and the entertainment industry as a whole, so being able to work with people I admire and with IPs [Intellectual Properties are icons like Mario, Zelda, and Naruto] that I love makes it so that I'm not really working but enjoying my hobby every day.
He believes that the company's mission is perfectly suited to the current times:
The more people know about the creative ventures happening overseas, the more we can support creative work going forward. Considering the way the world is now, I believe we can all use a moment to escape from reality every now and then.
A specific problem in need of a specific solution
With demand for localization intensifying and product release cycles becoming shorter and more time-sensitive every day, Taylor knew that Mugen Creations needed a tech solution with a solid infrastructure to scale localization. They needed a translation platform that could handle a constant flow of content coming in — and make sure that the translations would be sent out just as quickly!
One of the major challenges when processing more content is that there are more repetitive tasks involved. Taylor wanted to automate these simple tasks with a platform's API that could tie into their own API and take over (a lot of this was tedious copy and pasting). He also wanted a CAT tool that everyone at Mugen Creations could use for free, so that everyone could communicate easily and work together in sync.
Why Smartcat?
What first attracted Taylor to Smartcat was that it was free, but he immediately liked how intuitive it was. When the time came to look for a specific solution to scale he found that other platforms had a paid monthly subscription for a fixed quantity (number of characters or words, or a certain number of users) so choosing Smartcat's API solution was a no-brainer.
Seeing how projects can start and stop and people need to be on standby or the project requires multiple people but isn't insanely profitable, none of the other platforms made sense. That's where Smartcat's strength is — and it's why I have continued to use it all these years.
Taylor Matthews' presentation slide for LocFromHome in September 2020
The switch to Smartcat
Everyone knows how challenging change can be and adopting new software is no different. Some of the stumble blocks customers face when introducing new tech solutions are inevitable, but it's always in the provider's best interest to make the transition as smooth as possible. Taylor's experience seems to reflect this:
Using Smartcat is very intuitive so onboarding wasn't a problem. Using the API was also very easy for our engineer to understand and so programming for it wasn't an issue either.
Improved quality, easier collaboration, and simple payments
Smartcat has all the features you'd need for a typical CAT tool, without being overly complicated, so we were able to use it quickly and notice quality improvements immediately.
Taylor likes that Mugen Creations can use Smartcat with all their translators, all of the time, wherever they are. The adaptability of the platform is what he believes sets it apart from its competitors.
As a plus, Taylor appreciates that all the translators (and there are many!) can be paid on the platform itself. The company saves a lot of time and it's easier to establish lasting working relationships with translators and other collaborators everywhere:
This has made working with people around the world extremely easy.
Working on the video game Sekiro
If you caught Taylor's LocFromHome presentation in September 2020, you'll know Mugen Creations helped Activision and FromSoftware make the video game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Because of the nature of the collaboration between Activision and FromSoftware to make the game, they needed translations of bug reports from English to Japanese and translations of comments from Japanese to English — every day, twice a day!
Mugen Creations bravely took on the challenge despite the very specific requirements and logistical considerations:
They had to use Jira Software (Activision's requirement),
Not all bug reports and comments needed translating,
They couldn't just copy and paste (too time-consuming and prone to human error),
They needed to be able to scale the translation team as more work came in,
Translations had to be imported back to Jira, and
They had to work through a virtual private network (VPN) for increased security.
Taylor says that "Smartcat was the only logical solution".
Using both Jira's and Smartcat's API, Mugen Creations was able to set up a systematic five-step process — from importing the original text into Smartcat all the way through to importing the translations back into Jira.
It took a few weeks to develop but the amount of time that it saved us was dramatic.
Mugen Creations did such a good job getting the reports and comments translated quickly and effectively that they were asked to translate the in-game text as well. The result? 10,000 reports and over two million characters/words (English and Japanese) translated!
But perhaps the best outcome — or most rewarding for Mugen Creations — was that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ended up winning "Game of the year" at The Game Awards in 2019.
Watch Taylor's full LocFromHome presentation: Trials and tribulations of translating in the game industry.
Sometimes you've just got to try things
Since working with Smartcat, Mugen Creations has worked with over 2000 native-speaking translators and translated over five million words and eight million characters to over 40 languages (from English and Japanese). By harnessing the power of technology to scale sustainably, Mugen Creations has become an established global localization partner in the gaming and tech industry.
As for Taylor's choice in translation technology partner, he has not regretted putting his trust in Smartcat. He encourages other businesses looking for similar solutions to simply try it.
It's very intuitive and since it's free — why not?
Intrigued by Taylor's story? Try Smartcat.
Becky Pearse
Becky is a copywriter and translator who enjoys writing about nifty SaaS products and UX. She has a love/hate relationship with email and is a professional seat-squirmer.
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Volunteer requirements: Background check and parish training
Contact the Ministry Leader listed below to volunteer for this ministry
When St. Clare Catholic Mission was formed, the people who served as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion came from other parishes where they had previously served in the same capacity. In the summer of 2015, Tom Dvorak met with Fr. Mark Starr to start training volunteers from St. Clare and coordinate the assignment of EM's to the various masses. Today there are approximately 45 EM's serving the four English speaking masses at St. Clare Catholic Mission. Fr. Mark works with the Hispanic community to have EM's at the Spanish speaking mass.
From the Archdiocesan Training Manual for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion:
"The extraordinary minister of Holy Communion performs a great service to the Church, by distributing Holy Communion to God's people on those occasions where there are an insufficient number of priests and deacons to distribute Holy Communion to the people present at the mass. It is an honor and a privilege to serve the Church in this capacity, and of course, requires careful preparation on the part of the extraordinary minister."
From ImmensaeCaritatis:
"The faithful who are special ministers of communion must be persons whose good qualities of Christian life, faith, and morals recommend them. Let them strive to be worthy of this great office, foster their own devotion to the Eucharist, and show an example to the rest of the faithful by their own devotion and reverence toward the most august sacrament of the altar. No one is to be chosen whose appointment the faithful might find disquieting." (ImmensaeCaritatis, 1, VI)
"The Archdiocese of Atlanta has given some concrete expressions of these norms, namely that an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, if married, be married within the Church, have received the sacrament of Confirmation, and be at least 16 years of age.
"Obviously, it is not sufficient for an individual to demonstrate an exemplary Catholic life before becoming an extraordinary minister; it is also important that they cultivate those virtues after they have been chosen for that position of service to the Church. Again, a bare minimum below which an individual should recuse himself would consist in anything that would prevent him from receiving Holy Communion – grave sin, failure to attend Sunday mass, or a choice not to maintain communion with the teachings and life of the Church. Positively put, however, an extraordinary minister should seek, like all Christians, to cultivate holiness, especially through frequent confession, personal prayer, especially before the Blessed Sacrament, and attendance at daily mass if possible.
"They should also seek to have a good knowledge and appreciation for the thought and beliefs of the Church, especially through study of scripture and Church teaching. If an extraordinary minister finds it difficult to live a life appropriate to his function, he might recuse himself for a time from the distribution of Holy Communion, or, if necessary, a pastor might find it necessary to ask him not to continue his service."
Training for this ministry takes about an hour and only after a call for additional volunteers. Volunteer applications must be completed at the training session.
All volunteer applications must be approved by both Fr. Mark and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. All volunteers are subject to a background check and anyone who fails will obviously not be allowed to serve in this ministry.
For additional information, please contact Robert Anderson at 404-376-8162 or email emhc@stclarecc.org.
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If public roads are public goods, in what way are they non-rivalrous?
I get why, say, the military is a public good, but I don't get why public roads are public goods, since they can't be non-rivalrous, given that at any time only a subset of the population can actually be on them.
microeconomics public-goods
AtonalAtonal
$\begingroup$ This question and answer may be helpful: economics.stackexchange.com/questions/12520/… $\endgroup$ – Adam Bailey Apr 27 '20 at 9:46
$\begingroup$ Who claims that roads are public and not just common goods? $\endgroup$ – I'm with Monica Apr 29 '20 at 8:25
$\begingroup$ @I'mwithMonica No one claim that. The claim is "all public roads are public goods". It's not equivalent to "all roads are public and all roads are public goods". $\endgroup$ – Atonal Apr 30 '20 at 2:31
$\begingroup$ @Atonal, sorry if my question was ambiguous. What I meant was: Where does your claim, that "all public roads are public goods" come from? I have never heard that claim before. "Public" roads are common goods. ("Public" in this context is not an economical term!) - Thus, the premise of your question seems to be flawed: They are not, period. $\endgroup$ – I'm with Monica Apr 30 '20 at 7:30
$\begingroup$ @I'mwithMonica Ah, that makes sense! I first understood that to be the case here (mason.gmu.edu/~atabarro/PrivateProvision.pdf). Mind you that I don't have an Econ background, and I did not document my cursory review of internet resources! But now following, your questions, this "Samuelson and Nordhaus 1985: 48-49" seems to be an example (Found here: marketurbanism.com/2011/02/22/urbanism-legend-public-good) $\endgroup$ – Atonal Apr 30 '20 at 10:34
The property of rivalry is a continuous (rather than binary) variable.*
A good is rivalrous if my consumption of it reduces the amount that can be consumed by others.
So, a particular Big Mac is fully rivalrous, because each bite I take from it reduces (by that exact same amount I've bitten) the amount left for you.
The degree to which roads are rivalrous is lower: My driving on a deserted road at night does not reduce at all the amount that can be driven on the same road by others.
But your doubt is correct—it is not generally $0$: My driving at peak hour at a city center does reduce the amount that can be driven by others.
Ideas are a good (and possibly sole) example of a good that's perfectly non-rivalrous. (My "consumption" of the Pythagorean Theorem leaves no less for anyone else.) Side point: But with the right laws and accompanying enforcement—e.g. patents, copyright—even ideas can be made excludable.
Defense is often given as a classic example of non-rivalry. But I would argue that although defense exhibits a very high degree of non-rivalry, it is less than perfectly non-rivalrous. (The resources used to defend John in New York from a nuclear attack does reduce the US Department of Defense's ability to defend Jane in Hawaii. The resources used to defend a nation with over 1B people are greater than the resources used to defend a nation with less than 1M people.)
*Likewise, the properties of excludability and being a public good are continuous (rather than binary) variables. (Many introductory textbooks tend not to emphasize this important point sufficiently.)
$\begingroup$ Thanks! I have some questions though. 1) When economists say something is a public good, are there saying there's a subjective threshold for the property of rivalry and excludability where the good is under them, or are they just not being rigorous enough? $\endgroup$ – Atonal Apr 27 '20 at 1:58
$\begingroup$ (1) Again, it's a continuous variable. So this is a bit like asking when we can say that someone is tall. There will be clear-cut cases where everyone agrees that someone is (or isn't) tall, but there'll be plenty of cases where reasonable people can disagree. (2)(a) Resources used to defend any potential attacks on NY could instead have been used for Hawaii and vice versa.(b) If I drive on a deserted road, I do not at all reduce anyone else's usage of the road (since there is literally no one else using the road). $\endgroup$ – Kenny LJ Apr 27 '20 at 2:07
$\begingroup$ The purpose of discussing public goods is to argue in favor of their provision by the public, i.e. the government (hence the name). To the degree that a good is non-rivalrous and non-excludable, it is a good candidate for public/government provision. But these may not always be the sole or even decisive factors. Similarly, to the degree that someone is tall, he is a good candidate for playing basketball, but again, this may not be the sole or even decisive factor. $\endgroup$ – Kenny LJ Apr 27 '20 at 2:13
$\begingroup$ My driving on a deserted road at night does not reduce at all the amount that can be driven on the same road by others — even there it's not fully zero, because you're contributing to wearing out the road? $\endgroup$ – gerrit Apr 27 '20 at 8:35
$\begingroup$ @gerrit Sure, but that's being a bit pedantic... The whole point of Kenny's answer is that it's a continuum. $\endgroup$ – Josh Eller Apr 27 '20 at 12:16
It depends actually a non-congested road can be considered non-rivalrous as when you drive there you don't really reduce the enjoyment or marginal utility of other people driving them.
However, once the road is congested it becomes rivalrous.
Also note that even though many textbooks include public roads as public goods this is actually not technically correct. Technically since roads can be protected by toll booths they are excludable so it's not correct to categorize them as public goods, they are actually a separate category of quasi-public goods - that is goods that have many characteristics of public goods but also some characteristics of private goods.
However, it's very hard to find proper example of pure public goods (although army is a good example, non-polluted air another), so often undergraduate textbooks that are less nuanced than graduate textbooks include quasi-public goods that are very close to public good in same category.
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$\begingroup$ Makes sense. However on non-polluted air being a pure public good, couldn't you say the more people there are, the less oxygen would be available for everyone else?! Specifically, given average O2 consumption of a human, there exist some number of humans where the global rate of oxygen consumption would be more than the rate of its production? $\endgroup$ – Atonal Apr 27 '20 at 1:51
$\begingroup$ @Atonal yes it's always all about context there is no worry that we ever run out of O2 at any realistic human population growth. Of course O2 at the international space station is neither non-rivalrous nor non-excludable. Same under water. However, on earth at and above sea level it's one of the best example of pure public goods. $\endgroup$ – 1muflon1♦ Apr 27 '20 at 1:56
$\begingroup$ @1muflon1 I don't think your examples of pure public goods really hold. Because everything is quasi-public. You can totally have an army that only serves/protects one person/one group of people. That would be similar to the toll booth. Same goes with the non-polluted air. Air pollution makes the non-polluted air rivalrous (if I pollute air, it is not non-polluted for you any more) and then having e.g. fine-dust filters in your buildings gives you non-public clean air. $\endgroup$ – Dakkaron Apr 28 '20 at 7:08
$\begingroup$ If you think the last statement is exaggerated, have a look at how things are handled in heavily polluted cities around the world. $\endgroup$ – Dakkaron Apr 28 '20 at 7:10
$\begingroup$ Useful information is a pure public good. $\endgroup$ – beroal May 7 '20 at 18:39
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Today was the day that The General met up with a new friend: the South China Sea at Big Wave Bay! All good, although the only thing was that the water was pretty damn cold, maybe pushing 18 degrees and I was just wearing board shorts and a rash vest. I managed 25 minutes on the first session, and then had to get out as I was shivering uncontrolably!
The second session picked up with the sets pushing 5 ft. All good, caught a few waves then again had to come in and drink some hot tea as I couldn't stop shivering again!
Big Wave Bay is only abut 20 minutes drive from Hong Kong Central, but you feel like you are a million miles away. Clean sandy beach, rolling hills and cliffs, and friendly local surfers were the order of the day!


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Media Release: Cinema theatre opens at Ayr Gaiety
AYR Gaiety has raised the curtain on an unique movie-going experience for Ayrshire film fans.
Hot on the heels of a sell-out re-opening programme of panto, comedy and music, the historic seaside theatre has launched its first run of programmed Studio Film Matinees and Film Nights.
The Gaiety's newly created 100-seater Studio Theatre provides a perfect venue for its inaugural run of recent cinema releases and film classics.
Vince Hope, executive director of the Gaiety Partnership, said: "Movie goers in Ayrshire will now be able to enjoy an up close, personal and intimate film going experience.
"Our multi-functional Studio Theatre is equipped with the latest digital projection and surround sound equipment and we plan to bring the broadest possible range of films to entertain Ayrshire's enthusiastic film fans in the year ahead.
"We aim to provide a friendly, satisfying night out at the cinema, where patrons can enjoy a meal or a drink in the Stage Door bar/restaurant prior to and after the screenings – making film nights at the Gaiety a complete and enjoyable evening out."
The programme kicked off on Saturday with a screening of cartoon hit Madagascar 3, and continues on Wednesday, January 30 with afternoon (2pm) and evening (7.30pm) screenings of Anna Karenina (Cer t12A), the spellbinding adaptation of Tolstoy's stirring tale of love and marriage in Imperial Russia, starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law.
On Thursday (January 31) there are matinee (2pm) and evening (7pm) screenings of the 50th anniversary remastered version of David Lean's legendary WW1 desert classic Lawrence of Arabia (Cert PG) starring Peter O'Toole, Anthony Quinn and a host of cinema greats.
On Monday February 4 (7.30pm) there is a gripping thriller Tower Block (Cert 15) starring Sheridan Smith, followed on Friday February 7 (7.30pm) by the Josh Schwartz directed comedy Fun Size (Cert 12A) starring Victoria Justice and Johnny Knoxville.
And on Saturday February 9 (7.30pm) it's the Golden Globe winner and multi Oscar-nominated Argo, the Ben Affleck directed espionage thriller/comedy starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman.
All tickets are £6.50/£5.50 (conc) and can be booked at the Gaiety ticket desk. Tel 01292 288235 or visit the website www.Ayrgaiety.co.uk for full details.
There's also a chance to win a pair of tickets of your choice in the monthly prize draw on the Gaiety Facebook page, where customers can also sign up for the free G News monthly newsletter.
Vince added: "The early response to the concept of showing films at the Gaiety has been extremely positive and we hope to become an established venue for great cinema in Ayrshire."
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World Of Tanks Gets Exciting New Stuff
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Update 9.2 of Wargaming.net's excellent action MMO-em-up has been unleashed and it is full of exciting new content and a whole bunch of spit and polish. Arguably the most exciting innovation is the new game mode Strongholds. Designed specifically for clan members; Strongholds represents clan property and consist of a…
New Assassin's Creed Unity Trailer
Assassin's Creed Unity is coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in October and today Ubisoft kicked the PR machine up a notch releasing a new and exciting trailer! This trailer focusses on Elise "an independent young noblewoman, determined to secure her place in the Templar dynasty amidst the chaos…
EA and Microsoft to offer Xbox One subscription service with EA Access
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An interesting and exciting new alliance has popped up in the news today. To further solidify their relationship for the forseeable future, EA and Microsoft have announced a new collaborative effort that brings a subscription service to Xbox One. EA Access is a new service that can be used monthly…
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The really rather spiffing viking-themed tactical role-play-em-up, The Banner Saga, is coming to real world stores near you, assuming you live in Europe, Australia or New Zealand, that is. But you don't just get a copy of the game, oh no; this is The Banner Saga: The Collector's Edition, baby!…
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Thirsty Meeples is a cafe that houses over 2000 boardgames, all available for you to try out, play and enjoy, all while having a drink and a bite to eat, brought to you at your table. Sounds like those times when you were a kid and your parents brought you…
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Format – PC Version 1.01 After spending a good few hours with Gods Will Be Watching, I came to a brutal conclusion about the current state of the video games industry. Independent gaming has not only buried AAA, but it has stamped, weed and crapped all over its grave. AAA…
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After years of fighting bosses, solving problems and being on the receiving end of smack talk, many gamers can sometimes be guilty of being a little jaded, or at worst, cynical. But every now and again a gaming related story comes along that will melt even the coldest of hearts….
One Piece: Unlimited World Red gets new DLC
One Piece: Unlimited World Red, the adventure-em-up based on the popular One Piece manga series has today launched some exciting new DLC for PS3, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. I know less than nothing about the game, but it comes with a lengthy trailer so let's take a…
7 Interesting Simulator Games
Love them or hate them, the ubiquitous "Simulator" games continue to go from strength to strength causing a considerable amount of bemusement that baffles most critics. Traditionally these games feel like harmless fun but some games now give the impression that they can train you to do the real thing….
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There are some big things in the universe, some of them are really big and appear on Kickstarter. The games that this episode's guests are working on are no exception. Adam Woods, Frontier Developments producer extraordinaire, working on Elite Dangerous and Russ Clarke, founder of Payload Studios working on TerraTech,…


On the 29th of January 2013, I celebrated in Koh Chang (Thailand) – my 3 years anniversary of traveling.
This third year was full of surprises and of course as usual nothing happened "as planned", but I've seen incredible things and more importantly I've met the most extraordinary people of my whole trip!!
I don't know who I have to thank for this blessed past year, but thanks anyway!!
Here you go for a summary of my experiences in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos!
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Jenny Wiley
This Isn't Normal
STORY | ATOM
That thing you read the other day
Clyde Roy Pack
JUST PUBLISHED: The Overnight City: The Life and Times of Van Lear, Kentucky, 1908-1947
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According to a 1917 story in The Paintsville Herald, "Nothing is more strongly indicative of the advancement of any section along commercial lines than the development of its hidden resources and nothing has contributed in greater measure to build up Johnson County, Paintsville, and the Big Sandy Valley than has the Consolidation Coal Company's operation at Van Lear."
The story continued: "From a poor and thinly-settled farming section has sprung up the hustling town of Van Lear, with a population of about 2,500…. It is incorporated with good officials, a moving-picture show, billiard and pool room, soda fountain, churches, schools, excellent stores, barber shops, and in fact all conveniences of the larger towns."
Van Lear is one of Southern Appalachia's most-celebrated coal towns, made famous in Loretta Lynn's classic song, "Coal Miner's Daughter." It grew so big, so quickly, that one newspaperman called it "the overnight city," but then, in the 1940s, when Consolidation Coal decided to sell out, the town faded just as quickly.
Using stories about the town and its people that ran in the local newspaper, Clyde Roy Pack has created a portrait of a proud and self-reliant community in the foothills of the Appalachians from the time of World War I through Prohibition and the Depression to World War II.
The Overnight City: The Life and Times of Van Lear, Kentucky, 1908-1947, gives readers an extraordinary glimpse at ordinary life in the coal fields of Eastern Kentucky in the first half of the 20th century, from mine fatalities and murders to graduations and society news.
Clyde Roy Pack is an award-winning newspaper columnist and retired teacher. He is the author of several books, including Muddy Branch and Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly. He lives in Paintsville with his wife, Wilma Jean.
The Overnight City is published by storyatom media.
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Book signing Oct. 4-5 at Kentucky Apple Festival
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Clyde Roy Pack and Todd Pack will be signing books Oct. 4-5, 2013, in the arts and crafts tent at the Kentucky Apple Festival in Paintsville, Ky.
Clyde's books include Muddy Branch: Memories of an Eastern Kentucky Coal Camp [2002] and Coal-Camp Chronicles [2005].
With his son, Todd, he wrote Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly [2012], a collection of old-time cures and superstitions.
Visit the official site of the Kentucky Apple Festival to learn more about this year's event.
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'Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly' now in paperback!
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Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly and Other Old-Time Beliefs, the latest book by Clyde Roy Pack, is out in paperback as well as a version for Amazon Kindle e-book readers and apps from Story/ATOM Publishing.
The paperback is $10 (plus shipping and handling). The purchase price is $2.99, or it's free to borrow Amazon Prime members.
Written with his son, Todd, the book describes hundreds of old-time cures and superstitions, most of them submitted by readers of "Poison Oak & Country Folk," Clyde Roy Pack's syndicated cartoon that ran in several Eastern Kentucky newspapers from 1983-98. From the back cover:
"Before good health care and decent schools reached the hollows of Eastern Kentucky, families struggled to make sense of the world around them. When a baby was born or a mother fell ill, families could do little but hope and pray and look for signs. They relied on old superstitions and a deep Christian faith to help them make sense of a world they didn't understand and couldn't control.
"Illustrated with classic cartoons from Clyde Roy Pack's "Poison Oak & Country Folk," the cures and superstitions in Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly offer a unique and humorous look at some of the beliefs of ordinary families who lived in the Southern Appalachians a century ago."
Clyde Roy Pack's other books include Muddy Branch: Memories of an Eastern Kentucky Coal Camp (published by the Jesse Stuart Foundation), Coal-Camp Chronicles, Going Back and Dear Hearts & Gentle People: Rural Americans at Their Best (published by Where? Press).
Click here to buy Pretty Babies Grow Up Ugly and Other Old-Time Beliefs.
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Tick 'Block all other access' in the lesson to restrict the student to only the URLs that you have chosen for the class.
Create a lesson with no URLs to block all internet access.
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A: Once the initial configuration of the CyberHound service is completed, you can simply access it via the browser. lesson.localnetwork.zone. Classroom Control may also be available via your LMS.
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A: The system default is set to add URLs for specific page on a website. Overriding the Access Policies to allow students to search a website may result in inappropriate content being viewed because students can wander to any part of the website. Your IT System Administrator can change permissions for this if needed.
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The Battle of Blountville opened Saturday with infantry demonstrations, medical demonstrations and a memorial service before the start of the battle. The battle continues Sunday with a church service at 9 a.m. and another battle at 2 p.m. The battle is located on the Old Hawley Farm near the Tri-Cities Airport, 1173 Hawley Road, Blountville, off Muddy Creek Road.


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Relaxed. Gentle. Calm. We don't often associate these words with brides on their wedding day. Most often, a bride is understandably anxious, nervous, and is scatter-brain as she attempts to both enjoy her wedding day festivities, including getting ready with her gal-pals, and multi-task final details such as where the flowers bouquets will be dropped off, wedding venue logistics, why there is a missing brides maid, and on-and-on. Not so with Andrea, who is a lovely mother of one, as she was calmer-than-usual as she readied her hair and make-up. This was no surprise as I had the opportunity to meet and spend time with Andrea and Stephen a few times before the wedding and knew this was going to be a delightful, grand, and fun affair. No bride-zilla here!
The day started with the threat of thunderstorms (even this did not phase Andrea!). But, we kept our eyes to the skies and paced our day, adding the possibility of "first look" shots which were not in the original plans. This was our way of getting some artistic photos just in case the rains came and prevented us from outdoor photography on the stunning grounds of Turf Valley Country Club. I promised Andrea I would show up well in advance of the wedding, not only to capture the getting ready shots, but also to explore some more creative photography if the weather allowed. Stephen and the men, cool and eager to get the show on the road, surprised me and my assistant by being already dressed almost 2 hours before the wedding! Now that is organized!
The whole day seemed to hinge on the "when" of the impending storm, not so much the "if". But the decision was made to keep the outdoor seating in place. Here, the ceremony would face the nearby pond (with swans to brag), water fountain, gazebo, and the majestic golf course views. Andrea's grand entrance was, as you might expect, in a golf cart as she and her dad rounded the lawn for the sacred event. You should see Stephen's face – I mean, he glowed when he saw his bride, as if he's never laid eyes on her before!
We kept an eye on the darkening skies as I was doing the bridal part photographs. The rains were determined, and we managed to get the essential photos done and went into the country club to finish off the job. Fortunately, we were more determined than the storm, and we got several additional outdoor photos both in the rain and after the rains subsided. What I loved about Andrea and Stephen's family and guests is that I never heard anyone complain about the rain – everyone was there to celebrate and enjoy the festivities – rain or shine!


On December 1st, JICE hosted a potluck party, an annual networking event for international students studying at various universities in the Kanto region under different programs managed by JICE. 48 international students from 20 countries participated in the party.
This year's party found a variety of international dishes from the Philippines, Senegal, Afghanistan and elsewhere, some home cooked by students themselves. Students wearing their traditional costumes enjoyed the food and conversations with other party participants as they barely had an opportunity to mingle themselves with those from other countries and universities.
In the middle of the party, students from Cambodia and Mongolia performed their traditional song and dance. All the participants seemed enjoying the party beyond nationality, language and culture.
Looking forward, JICE will not only endeavor to support international students in their academic work but to enrich their life in Japan through organizing such events like this.


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Cartoon Network, as many know, has reaped a bounty of greenbacks with its late-night animation offerings. And Fox knows a good thing when it sees it. Therefore ...
Nick Weidenfeld was head of program development at Adult Swim, overseeing a string of breakout animated hits. Now he's bringing those sensibilities to Fox, extending the channel's animation dynasty into late night. Here's how he hopes to make lightning strike twice.
Weidenfeld: I loved my time at Adult Swim. I was there for seven years—since its earliest days. I saw the talent and everything grow over the last decade. I saw it go from this late night block that a lot of people were watching, but nobody knew about, and grow and grow. Now it's this humungous, successful business, and this huge part of the success of Cartoon Network and Warner as a whole. ...
[Fox's] Animation Domination High Def will be broader than some of the stuff that we worked on at Adult Swim, but in terms of execution, it will still be weird and late night — the shows will have the kinds of jokes and the kind of storytelling that will be too fucked up for primetime. ...
So, more animation on the television, that's a good thing.
But ... as is the case with "Adult Swim," we expect that some of the product will be under TAG contracts, and some (much?) won't. And on a related (but sad) note, we received this e-mail yesterday:
Subject: A Storyboard Test Email Announcement - Fox Has Really Lost Their Minds..!
Friends Night is the production company behind Fox's new Saturday late-night Animated block called ''Animation Domination High Definition'' (ADHD).
AXE COP, the popular animated comic, is the first series we've green lit for production.
Currently looking for: Experienced Story Artists with great Comedic Sensibility.
If interested in the position, please complete the following BOARD TEST:
AXE COP STORY BOARD TEST
Overall direction.
Board to the humor and tension of this scene. Axe Cop the character and the show should be deadpan and take it's self seriously, but also have a dynamic visual language and a childlike sense of fantasy and imagination. Explore the crazy over the top violence and the humor with this sequence.
EXT: FRUIT STAND - DAY
AXE COP: ''APPRICOTS FOR SALE!''
A Woman approaches the fruit stand. She frowns
WOMAN: ''Well I hate apricots.I wanna banana.''
Axe Cop stares at the frowning Woman, considering. While he is
casually reaching for his axe.
AXE COP: ''I'm afraid I can't sell you any bananas.but I can. CHOP OFF YOUR HEAD!''
Axe Cop jumps out of the fruit stand and chops the Woman's head off.
FLUTE COP (FREAKED): ''Why - why,'d ya do that?''
AXE COP: ''She was making a mean face which OBVIOUSLY means she's a bad guy.''
We would like the boards to be presented in a black and white
animatic, done in flash, or after-effects/final cut, fully timed. You can add scratch track dialog and sound fx, or use subtitles for dialog. ...
Etcetera, etcetera.
They don't want too much, do they? And all for such a marvelous fee ($000.)
We should point out that this storyboard test, although filled with rib-tickling wit ("Axe Cop jumps out of the fruit stand and chops the Woman's head off."), is not offered by a signator (union) studio, so there is little we can do to rein in the abusive exploitation that it offers.
However, it's one more dandy illustration of how animation artists who seek employment in the cartoon industry are preyed upon. (We'll be highlighting other examples of abuse as they come to us. Axe Cop might not take "it's self" seriously, but we do.)
It's never always there for us.
connan said...
I would love to watch previous episodes of Animation Domination late at night on Adult Swim. I have watched the Simpsons for years, and I never get tired of them. I love FOX's Animation Domination so much that I got the Hopper to ensure that I that my DVR will record every episode during prime time hours for me. A Dish coworker told me that the Hoppers PrimeTime Anytime feature will automatically record all of my prime time shows that come on CBS, NBC, FOX and ABC everyday! I can also record six shows at once (which will make room for me to records Adult Swim shows), and it holds 500 hours of HD content!
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