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IBM's cloud strategy homes in on developers
To boost its profile in IaaS, IBM's cloud strategy has shifted focus from CIOs to developers. Whether the multipronged appeal to developers will pan out remains an open question.
George Lawton
SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM has long been a top choice for CIOs for back-end data infrastructure. The IT provider, however, lags competitors like Amazon, Microsoft and Google in attracting the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) customers needed to make it a top choice in an era dominated by cloud.
In order to bridge this gap, IBM has taken a number of steps, including the appointment of Robert Lord as the company's first chief digital officer in 2016 and charging him with engaging IaaS developers.
SearchCIO caught up with Lord at the recent Index Conference, an IBM-sponsored event where the company's full court press for developers was on display.
"IBM has always had a large sales force focused on selling IBM's custom development services to CIOs. But the world has changed. Now 95% of IT decisions are influenced by developers," Lord said. "We can no longer just focus on CIOs, we have to go to developers." A big part of his job today, he added, is making sure IBM's cloud services are available to developers in a self-service manner -- and that developers are aware of IBM's cloud capabilities in AI, blockchain and other emerging tech.
As part of its push to woo developers, IBM has developed what it calls "code patterns," which are like design patterns for getting developers up and running in a couple of minutes. The company is also supporting open source developer community events like the one in San Francisco around the world. In addition, IBM is forging partnerships with vendors that have large developer communities.
Whether this shift in IBM's cloud strategy is enough to boost IBM's negligible share of the roughly $22 billion IaaS market, however, remains an open question.
Building on Big Blue's strength
Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, said IBM's cloud strategy has already demonstrated leadership in one aspect of enterprise computing. IBM's key value proposition lies in helping companies bring more of their legacy infrastructure to the cloud, while providing the same kinds of governance risk compliance (GRC) and security safeguards trusted by CIOs. This can lower the barriers to building out the hybrid clouds that span publicly available services and existing enterprise apps. A secure hybrid cloud helps enterprises operationalize data locked behind firewalls, maximizing the value of cloud while mitigating some of the risk.
"IBM saw early on that IT customers, especially large enterprises, were taking a far more measured approach that emphasized incorporating multiple cloud services with existing IT assets, many of which will never fully migrate to public clouds," King said.
This "long game" approach, combined with IBM's outreach to enterprise developers, will make IBM a vital cloud player, in King's view.
Attracting developers
The initiative around code patterns promises to make it easier for developers to get started with prebuilt, preconfigured modules for cloud functionality. "IBM's code patterns are like design patterns for the cloud. These are focused on accelerating time to value; it is not just about code," said Angel Diaz, vice president of cloud technology and architecture at IBM, who was one of many top IBM cloud experts at the Index event. "
But the world has changed. Now 95% of IT decisions are influenced by developers. We can no longer just focus on CIOs, we have to go to developers.
Robert Lordchief digital officer, IBM
The code patterns make it possible for developers to begin experimenting with new technologies like AI, blockchain, and transactions in a couple of minutes, he said. Once developers find success with a new concept, they can quickly ramp it up on top of IBM's infrastructure.
Among the vendor partnerships IBM has forged to grow its developer community is with Lightbend, which provides tools for developing event-driven applications using a Play Framework for microservices, a middleware platform called Akka, and using the Scala programming language. The architecture makes it easier for developers to work with reactive programming techniques, Diaz said. A new partnership, announced at the event, is with Unity Technologies SF, a video game developer, whose technology will make it easier for virtual reality or augmented reality developers to hop on the IBM cloud to create enterprise-grade apps for training workflow.
IBM is currently bringing its Watson capabilities to Unity games to allow developers to add natural language understanding and speech synthesis capabilities. Michael Ludden, director of product at IBM Watson Developer Labs, said: "Going forward IBM's vision is to build an enterprise-grade content pipeline that could allow enterprises to create VR and AR apps with enterprise-grade security and resiliency."
IBM's cloud strategy needs more than a CDO
Still, some analysts believe that IBM has a lot of catching up to do to lure an army of developers who are more comfortable with AWS or Microsoft Azure.
Roger Kay
"IBM is not geared to sell commodity cloud access the way Amazon and Microsoft are. Extending down market will be a challenge, as that segment is already well served by x86 platform suppliers," said Roger Kay, senior analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, referring to IBM's focus on mainframe hardware rather than the Intel and AMD PCs deployed on other cloud services.
Others believe that IBM's cloud strategy will have to involve more than a chief digital officer to build its cloud branding. The foundation of IBM's IaaS offering is SoftLayer, the public cloud provider it acquired in 2013, but the leadership team is helmed by Lord, whose background is in marketing. By contrast, Microsoft Azure is led by the company's top cloud executive, and company-within-company AWS functions more like the engine of its parent, which has a like-minded interest in exploiting cloud.
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst at the Enderle Group, said, "This allows both AWS and Microsoft to be more focused on the cloud, while IBM's top executive leadership lacks similar experience and background," adding that IBM is also a very different kind of company. "It uses more of an umbrella model. This allows them to have greater diversity of product, but it does reduce their focus."
One strategy would be to move SoftLayer executives up to leadership positions, taking a page from Microsoft's approach, while another would be to give SoftLayer more autonomy like an AWS. "Either would likely allow IBM to focus more sharply on this opportunity and improve execution," Enderle said.
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Last week I discussed a medical journal editorial which claimed that supplements don't work and are just a waste of money. I ended by introducing the nutrient paradox – how it can be that nutrients, by definition essential for life, frequently show little benefit in supplement studies. This week I will examine some of the reasons for this paradox.
Robert P. Heaney, MD, a world-renowned endocrinologist specializing in bone, calcium & vitamin D physiology, published an article in June 2013 titled "Some Rules for Studies Evaluating Nutrient Effects" which explores some reasons for this paradox.
Heaney first looks at the dose-response relationship for nutrients which shows a sigmoid (S-shaped) curve when graphed. At low intakes there is no observable effect – there just isn't enough to do the job. Then at higher intakes there is a strong response to increased dose. Finally at some level the curve flattens again and there is no additional benefit from taking more. Unlike drugs, any nutrient being studied will already occur at some level in the participants. The key is to know where on the curve the study population lies. In the case of the elderly physicians study mentioned last week, it's likely that they were well-nourished with few deficiencies, so would be less likely to benefit from a multivitamin. This conclusion however cannot be transferred to other populations. The Women's Health Initiative trial which found little to no benefit from calcium supplementation fell into a similar trap because the participants were already at or above the recommended level of calcium intake. Heaney asks, with apparent frustration, why this flawed study is still being quoted.
Heaney also explains that the middle section of the curve where increasing dose increases benefits is generally much narrower for nutrients than for drugs, meaning there is a smaller range of intake that will show a particular effect. Nutrient studies will not detect any benefit outside of this narrow range which is approximately 1 order of magnitude (10x difference from the lowest to highest) for nutrients, compared to 2 or even 3 orders of magnitude (100x to 1000x) for drugs.
And because the curve is not linear (a straight line), pooling data from studies with different doses, different participant base levels, and/or different durations (length of study) will produce confusing, misleading results. The first study mentioned last week was one of these.


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Upstairs at the White House: John Nicolay's Office
In John G. Nicolay's office, Robert Todd Lincoln announced he had just told his father how to discipline Tad. "I have just had a great row with the President of the United States." Next door to the Mr. Lincoln's office, Nicolay's office was the crossroads of White House activity. "The intense pressure does not seem to abate as yet but I think it cannot last more than two or three weeks longer. I am looking forward with a good deal of eagerness to when I shall have time to at least read and write my letters in peace and without being haunted continually by some one who 'wants to see the President for only five minutes." At present this request meets me from almost every man woman and child I met – whether it be by day or night…"1 Nicolay was a good man but he was not a patient man. One of his aides, William O. Stoddard, wrote that Nicolay "could say 'no' about as disagreeably as any man I ever knew."2 Nicolay's responsibilities were large, as Stoddard observed, "the Private Secretary performed his double duty of defending the President from needless intrusion and of acting almost as a second President in a host of minor matters."3
Journalist Noah Brooks described Nicolay's work space as "a small office, very meagerly furnished, and old-fashioned in appearance as, in fact, is all of the upper part of the mansion – the dark mahogany doors, old style mantels and paneled wainscotting being more suggestive of the days of the Madisons and Van Burens that of the present."4
Such needless intrusions sometimes took strange forms. Many Americans thought they had the solution to the country's problems. One such young, rather unsophisticated man visited Nicolay's office. Nicolay reported the "crazy" discussion in a letter to his wife: "I asked him to be seated, after which he at once, without circumlocution and in a very matter-of-fact and business-like way stated the object of his call: 'I come here, said he, 'about the business of the war we are in. I am commissioned from On High to take the matter in hand and end it. I have consulted with the Governor of York [sic] State and he has promised to raise as many men of the militia of that State as I need. But as I didn't want to proceed without authority, I came on here to see General Halleck. I have had an interview him, and he told me he could not give me any men or assistance. That nobody but the President had any authority to act in the case. I have therefore come to see the President and obtain his consent to begin the work. Although no power is competent to stop or impede my progress, I desire to act with the approval of the authorities. I shall take only 2000 men, and shall go south and get Jeff Davis and the other leaders of the rebellion and bring them here to be put in the lunatic asylum, – because they are plainly crazy, and if it is of no use to be fighting with crazy men." Understandably, Nicolay said the President could not meet with the would-be warrior.5
But some intrusions were welcome. Anna Byers-Jennings recalled interrupting the President on behalf of an imprisoned soldier. "'Mr. Lincoln, you must pardon this intrusion, but I just could not wait any longer to see you.' The saintly man then reached out his friendly hand and said: 'No intrusion at all, not the least. Sit down, my child, sit down, and let me know what I can do for you.'" In granting Mrs. Jennings' request, Mr. Lincoln also sent a message to the soldier's blind mother: "And tell his poor old mother I wish to heaven it was in my power to give her back her eyesight so she might see her son when he gets home to her."6
Nicolay's daughter later recalled that Nicolay used the same desk at his Capitol Hill home: "The most impressive piece of furniture was the huge desk that my father had used in the White House. He had the good luck to secure it at one of the sales of 'decayed furniture' — as they are called – that take place in Washington when some official decides to modernize his office. It is still in my possession. It is about as big as a capacious double bed, without counting four wings that may be extended to make it larger. All told, it offers about thirty-three square feet of flat top, fifteen drawers, and a built-in safe. One of the drawers, uncommonly deep and furnished with a letter-box slit, was used as the mail box in my father's White House office, being emptied and refilled several times each working day. This desk seemed to bring old days very close to that study on Capitol Hill. My father could almost see Mr. Lincoln's tall figure pause beside it for a moment as he crossed to his private office."7
Stoddard, who was later succeeded by Edward D. Neill and Charles H. Philbrick, described Nicolay as "impassable" as having "a fine faculty of explaining to some men the view he takes of any untimely persistency."8 Stoddard wrote: "People who did not like him because they could not use him said that he was sour and crusty, and it was a grand goo thing that he was." 9 Shortly after the inauguration in 1861, Nicolay wrote his fiancée: "The first official act of Mr. Lincoln after the inauguration was to sign my appointment as Private Secretary….As the work is now it will be a very severe tax on both my physical and mental energies, although so far I have felt remarkably well. By and by, in two or three months, when the appointments have all been made, I think the labor will be more sufferable. John Hay and I are both staying here in the White House. We have very pleasant offices and a nice large bedroom, though all of them sadly need new furniture and carpets. That too we expect to have remedied after a while."10
Because John Nicolay occupied the busy gate house those impatient to see the President came to Nicolay. Within days of starting his new job, Nicolay wrote: At present this request meets me from almost every man, woman and child I see, whether by day or night, in the house or on the street."11 Stoddard sometimes had to substitute for Nicolay in his absence. "On the whole, I think he was much better qualified for it than I. He was older, more experience, harder, had a worse temper, and was decidedly German in his manner of telling men what he thought of them. I was more reticent, and Hay was more diplomatic," noted Stoddard.12
In this office the President's correspondence arrived and was organized by his secretaries; only 1-2% of the 200 or more daily letters actually reached the President. Some were referred. Some were trashed. Nevertheless, the volume sometimes threatened to overwhelm the secretaries, who needed additional clerical help. William O. Stoddard, an assistant presidential secretary to sign land patents, occupied a desk here early in the Lincoln Administration. Writing about his experiences in Inside the White House in War Times, Stoddard reported the daily routine:
"Here is our special work coming in. The big sack that [Louis Bargdorf], the President's messenger, is perspiring under, contains the morning's mail. What a pile it makes, as he pours it out upon the table! Why, no, it is no larger than usual. Why, no, it is no larger than usual. Heaps of newspaper? Yes, and no. We have to buy the newspapers we really need and read, like other people, but a host of journals, all over the country, supply the White House gratis. Open them if you wish to learn how the course of human events, and of the President in particular, is really influenced. How very many of these sagacious editors have blue-and-redded their favorite editorials, and have underscored their most stinging paragraphs!
That is because they fear lest Mr. Lincoln may otherwise fail to be duly impressed. He might even not see the points! His first complete failure was an attempt he made to watch the course of public opinion as expressed by the great dailies East and West. After he gave up reading them, he had a daily brief made for him to look at, but at the end of a fortnight he had not once found time to glance at it, and we gave it up.
Besides all other difficulties, the editors are dancing around the situation in such a manner that no man can follow them without getting too dizzy for regular work.
Put aside the journals now, and take up the kind of written papers which come through the post in bundles and bales, mostly sealed a great deal. Do you see what they are? That pile is of applications for appointments to offices of every name and grade, all over the land. They must be examined with care, and some of them must be briefed before they are referred to the departments and bureaus with which the offices asked for are connected. We will not show any of them to Mr. Lincoln at present.
That other pile contains matter that belongs here. They are 'pardon papers,' and this desk has the custody of them, but their proper place, one would think, is in the War Office. That is where they all must go, after a while; but the President wishes them where he can lay his hands upon them, and every batch of papers and petitions must be in order for him when he calls for it. He is downright sure to pardon any case that he can find a fair excuse for pardoning, and some people think he carries his mercy too far There was a vast amount of probable pardon, for instance, in a bale of papers which should have been here day before yesterday. It came from a guerrilla-stricken district in the West, for the pardon of the worst guerrilla in it, and the petitions were largely and eminently and influentially signed. There came up to the President office in great haste a large and eminent and influential delegation, and the papers were sent for. Somehow or other they were not here. They may have been at the War Office, but the people there denied it. They may have been somewhere else, but the people there denied it, and the delegation had to go away, and the application still hangs fire.
'What did you say? A telegram from —? You don't tell me! Has that man been actually hung? It's a pity about his papers! Seems to me – well, yes, I remember now. I know where—'
'Well, if I did, I guest I wouldn't; not now; but if they're ever called for again, and they won't be, they ought to be where they can be found.'
'Certainly, certainly. But it's just as well that one murderer has escaped being pardoned by Abraham Lincoln. Narrow escape too! The merest piece of luck in all the world!'
There is no sameness in the sizes of the White House mails. Some days there will be less than 200 separate lots, large and small. Some days there will be over 300. Anyhow, every envelope must be opened and its contents duly examined.
Are they all read? Not exactly, with a big wicker wastebasket on either side of this chair. A good half of each mail belongs in them, as fast as you can find it out. The other half calls for more or less respectful treatment, but generally for judicious distribution among the departments, with or without favorable remarks indorsed upon it.
It is lightning work…
Written acknowledgments of the receipt and disposal of papers are frequently necessary, and it is well that you have the right to frank letters through the mails, for you never could get the President to spend time in franking.13
Most of the correspondence was handled by the secretaries although the President sometimes dictated as well as wrote his own letters. John Hay described the working relationship of the President with his secretaries in a letter to William Herndon in 1866:
He pretended to begin business at ten o'clock in the morning but in reality the anterooms and halls were full before that hour – people anxious to get the first axe ground. He was extremely unmethodical; it was a four-years struggle on Nicolay's part and mine to get him to adopt some systematic rules. He would break through every Regulation as fast as it was made. Anything that kept the people themselves away from him he disapproved – although they nearly annoyed the life out of him by unreasonable complaints & requests.
He wrote very few letters. He did not read one in fifty that he received. At first we tried to bring them to his notice, but at last he gave the whole thing over to me, and signed without reading them the letters I wrote in his name. He wrote perhaps half-a-dozen a week himself – not more.
Nicolay received members of Congress, & other visitors who had business with the Executive Office, communicated to the Senate and House the messages of the President, & exercised a general supervision over the business.
I opened and read the letters, answered them, looked over the newspapers, supervised the clerks who kept the records and in Nicolay's absence did his work also. When the President had any rather delicate matter to manage at a distance from Washington, he very rarely wrote, but sent Nicolay or me.14
Nicolay's office was also a natural gathering place for those waiting to see the President or exchange news and gossip. On April 29, 1861 John Hay recorded in his diary: "Going into Nicolay's room this morning, [Carl] Schurz and [Jim] Lane were sitting. Jim was at the window, filling his soul with gall by steady telescopic contemplation of a Secession flag impudently flaunting over a roof in Alexandria. 'Let me tell you,' said he to the elegant Teuton, 'we have got to whip these scoundrels like hell, C. Schurz. They did a good thing stoning our men at Baltimore and shooting away the flag at Sumter. It has set the great North a-howling for blood, and they'll have it.'"15
William Agnew Paton recalled meeting the President in Nicolay's office. The 14-year-old presented a card that mentioned was the nephew of an acquaintance of the President: "My uncle was well known to Mr. Lincoln and thus use of his name doubtless facilitated my admission to the office of the private secretary to the President, where I found the chief magistrate of my country at a desk in conversation with a gentleman, the only other occupant of the room, who was, as I afterward learned, the Minister of France. When I entered the office the President was seated in a curiously constructed armchair made after a design suggested by himself. The left arm of this unique piece of furniture began low and, rising in a spiral to form the back, terminated on the right side of the seat at the height of the shoulders of the person seated thereon. Mr. Lincoln had placed himself crosswise in this chair with his long legs hanging over its lower arm, his back supported by the higher side. When the attendant who had presented my card to the President, and had then ushered me into the secretary's office, closed the door behind me and I found myself actually in the presence of Abraham Lincoln, I had the grace to feel embarrassed, for then I realized that I, a mere schoolboy, was intruding upon the patience and good-nature of a very busy overwrought man, the great and honored President of a country in the agony of a great civil war. Noting my hesitation, Mr. Lincoln very gently said: 'Come in, my son.' Then he arose, disentangling himself, as it were, from the chair, advanced to meet me, and it seemed to me that I had never beheld so tall a man, so dignified and impressive a personage, and certainly I had never felt so small, so insignificant, 'so unpardonably young.'"16
On May 6, 1861, John Hay recorded in his diary: "The President came into Nicolay's room this afternoon. He had just written a letter to [Hannibal Hamlin], requesting him to write him a daily letter in regard to the number of troops arriving, departing, or expected, each day. He said it seemed there was no certain knowledge on these subjects at the War Department, that even Genl. Scott was usually in the dark in respect to them."17
Bugs could be a summertime hazard. In June 1864, Hay wrote Nicolay : "I am alone in the White pest-house. The ghosts of twenty thousand drowned cats come in nights through the South Windows."18 Nicolay himself wrote his fiancée:
My usual trouble in this room is from what the world is sometimes pleased to call 'big bugs', oftener humbugs. But at this present writing (10 o'clock p.m. Sunday night) the thing is quite reversed and little bugs are the pest. The gas lights over my desk are burning brightly and the windows of the room are open, and all bugdom outside seems to have organized a storming party to take the gas lights, in numbers that seem to exceed the contending hosts at Richmond. The air is swarming with them, they are on the ceilings, the walls and the furniture in countless numbers, they are buzzing about the room, and butting their heads against the windowpanes, they are on my clothes, in my hair, and on the sheet I am writing on. There are all here, the plebeian masses as well as the great and distinguished members of the oldest and largest patrician families, the Millers, the Roaches, the Whites, the Blacks and yes, even the wary and diplomatic foreigners from the mosquito kingdom.
They hold a high carnival, rather a perfect saturnalia. Intoxicated, and maddened and blinded by the brightness of the light, they dance and rush and fly about in wild gyrations until they are drawn into the dazzling fatal heat of the gas flame. Then they fall to the floor burned, maimed and mangled to the death, to be swept out into the dust and rubbish by the servant in the morning. I could go along with a long moral and discourse with profound wisdom about it's being not altogether unapt miniature picture of the folly, the madness, intoxication, and fate too of many big bugs whom even in this room I witnessed buzzing and gyrating around the central sun and light and source of power of the government."19
Nicolay's job was taxing and trying. Writing to his fiancée, John Nicolay said: "There is a sort of sameness in everything that surrounds us here that makes it almost impossible to get oneself interested in anything but that which somehow pertains to the war or the troubles of the country. The subject is of intense interest, but when one is situated as I am, where they themselves cannot do anything whatever to advance or retard it, the contemplation of it grows irksome at times. [In another letter] This everlasting frittering away of hours and days is one of the many disagreeable features of life here…With all my self-taught calmness and self-possession I sometimes get so fidgety and nervous that I am strongly tempted to do one of two things; either to go off somewhere into the Northwest back-woods where I couldn't hear of war and revolution for a year or two, or else to get into the most active and hottest part of the fight, wherever that might be. This being where I can overlook the whole war and never be in it – always threatened with danger and never meeting it–constantly worked to death yet doing (accomplishing) nothing, I assure you grows exceedingly irksome, and I sometimes think even my philosophy will not save me. It is a feeling of duty and not one of inclination that keeps me here. The man who lives in a cabin at the head of some hollow, with corn-bread enough to keep him from starving, and quinine enough to keep off the ague, has quieter nerves and more present satisfaction than I have."20
Letter from John Nicolay to Therena Bates, Washington, March 24, 1861, Nicolay Papers.
Michael Burlingame, editor, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 151 from William Stoddard, "White House Sketches, No II," New York Citizen, Aug. 25, 1866.
William O. Stoddard, Abraham Lincoln, p. 243.
Michael Burlingame, editor, Lincoln Observed: Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks, p. 82-83 (November 7, 1863)
Helen Nicolay, "The Education of a Historian," Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, Vol. II, No. 3, September 1944, pp. 129-130.
Anna Byers-Jennings, "A Missouri Girl's Visit with Lincoln," in Wilson, editor, Lincoln Among His Friends, pp. 376-378.
Helen Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, p. 257.
Burlingame, Inside the White House in War Times, p. 109.
William O. Stoddard, Jr., Lincoln's Third Secretary, p. 134.
Helen Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, pp. 74-75.
Carl Sandburg, The War Years, Volume I, p. 165.
Stoddard, Jr., editor, Lincoln's Third Secretary, p. 187.
Michael Burlingame, editor, Inside the White House in War Times, pp. 13-15 .
Douglas Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, editors, Herndon's Informants, p. 331.
Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger, editors, Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 13.
Victoria Radford, Meeting Mr. Lincoln, p. 109-110 from William Agnew Paton, "The Card That Brought an Interview,' Century magazine, December 1913.
Burlingame and Ettlinger, editors, Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 18.
Michael Burlingame, editor: At Lincoln's Side: John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings, p. 85.
Benjamin P. Thomas, "The President Reads His Mail," The Many Faces of Lincoln, pp. 125-126.
Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, p. 116.
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By George, This is Some Catfight; Deve Gowda's Dastardly Speak; A Vidarbha of Their Own; Hand that Rocks the Caste Cradle; and HC Raises the Bar for Judiciary
arindam | 13 Jan, 2010
By George, This is Some Catfight; Gowda's Dastardly Speak; A Vidarbha of Their Own; and Hand that Rocks the Caste Cradle
By George, This is Some Catfight
The backroom battle for George Fernandes' legacy between his wife Leila Kabir and his high-profile associate of three decades, Jaya Jaitly, spilt onto the streets on 8 January, when there was a virtual showdown between them for the control of the superannuated rebel of Indian politics.
"The showdown has for the moment established that now Leila, and not Jaya, is in control of George Fernandes," says a close associate of the leader.
According to a family insider, it all began a few days before Christmas, when Kabir, her son Sean and his family arrived at Fernandes' residence and spent several hours with the ailing leader. "This so enraged Jaya Jaitley, who has been in complete control of the 3 Krishna Menon Marg premises of George Saheb for all these years, that all the staff members there were instructed not to allow this to happen again. As a result, on Christmas, Leila madam was not allowed to talk to George Saheb though she called up several times," he says.
About a week later, on 2 January this year, Leila along with her son moved into 3 Krishna Menon Marg and took charge of the premises as well as Fernandes.
"The simmering tussle flared up on 8 January when the entire family went to a hospital for the routine check-up of George saheb and attempts were made by some interested parties to stop the entry of some George loyalists who are seen as anti-Jaya. Later, the matter was resolved after the police produced a letter that had been submitted by Sean to Tughlaq Road Police Station on 2 January itself," says the family insider.
In the letter, Sean has requested 'adequate security to all members' of the family. 'I also request you to kindly instruct the guards at the gate to allow entry to only such people whom my father, my mother and I wish to meet. All others are to be forbidden entry,' states Sean, in the letter.
The letter further says: 'I am apprehending foul play/physical harm from some people who I believe have been looting whatever is left of father's assets and taking advantage of his poor health.'
"Though the letter does not mention any names, what it effectively means is that Jaya Jaitley must have no access to 3 Krishna Menon Marg," asserts the family insider.
DHIRENDRA K JHA
A Vidarbha of Their Own
The dramatic developments since Congress President Sonia Gandhi's endorsement of a separate Telangana state has led to rising decibel levels in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region for a separate state. Supported by the BJP, the Vidarbha Congress wants their own state, a demand they feel is justified owing to the increasing developmental backlog in the region.
Though the BJP's partner, the Shiv Sena, is dead against breaking up Maharashtra, the former is confident that Bal Thackeray will see their point. But for now, it is the Vidarbha Congress that is belligerent. The shouting brigade is led by Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar and former president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) Ranjit Deshmukh, both of whom have an axe to grind with the party high command. However, unlike Telangana, those demanding a separate state in Vidarbha lack large mass backing.
Deve Gowda's Dastardly Speak
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Deve Gowda's abusing Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa as a "bloody bastard" has led to the bickering state BJP to close ranks and demand a public apology. Not once, but four times in a span of a few sentences, did the former PM abuse Yeddyurappa and other officials as he sat on dharna in a case relating to Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises which is building a Bangalore-Mysore highway and developing properties. Gowda, whose new year resolution is not to lose his cool, also followed it up with a Kannada invective, meaning 'son of a bitch'. A day later, he admitted grandly. "Yes, I called Yeddyurappa a bloody bastard. I later withdrew the remark and expressed regret. They are looting poor farmers in the name of development,'' he said.
ANIL BUDUR LULLA
Hand that Rocks the Caste Cradle
The use of caste names in the list of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee office-bearers shows the Congress' desperation to revive itself in north India by any means, even if this ends up undoing whatever progress has been made in rescuing society from a caste-based structure.
The list, which was leaked recently, has caste names like Rajput, Bhumihar, Kanyakubj Brahmin, Maithil Brahmin, etcetera, affixed to the names of its upper caste leaders. Scheduled Caste members have been classified as Chamar, Dushad, Pasi, Dhobi, etcetera, while details such as Koeri, Kurmi, Ahir and Vaishya/Baniya have been provided about members from the OBC community.
The leak has left Congress red-faced, but it has also revealed the Manuvadi underbelly of the party. Despite caste being an important factor in Indian politics, it is a fact that assertions by the lower and lower middle castes in the last two decades or so have gone a long way in dismantling the hierarchical structure of the caste system that once ruled India's body politic.
The Congress' obsession with its old days, when it ruled the country through a rainbow coalition of Brahmins, Muslims and Dalits, in which the former led while the latter followed, only indicates that the party still loves Manu more than it hates it.
The party's rhetoric of taking the country into the 21st century notwithstanding, the fact remains that the Congress has once again treaded on a dangerous path that would take society back into the 20th century, when the lower castes had to survive in politics under the patronage of people from upper castes.
What the Congress is unmindful of is the fact that the last two decades have changed the social reality in the country following assertions by OBCs and Dalits. Society today is hardly ready to accept the Congress' renewed attempt to restore the old order based on the Manuwadi arrangement.
Perhaps, the Congress is mistaken in its belief that its revival in Uttar Pradesh was due to the resurfacing of the rainbow coalition. The fact is that a section of voters here have started seeing the limits of caste- and community-based identity politics and, therefore, want to get rid of it.
The same is true of Bihar, where the Congress seems to be guided by its false experience in UP. If the party thinks it can emerge as an alternative in the state, it is simply because here, too, a desire has started building up against identity politics.
HC Raises the Bar for Judiciary
At a point when the Supreme Court seemed to have taken a stance contrary to the rule of law, the Delhi High Court's judgment rejecting the apex court's contention that the office of the Chief Justice of India is beyond the ambit of the Right to Information Act is a landmark one.
The HC bench comprising Chief Justice AP Shah, Justices S Muralidhar and Vikramjit Sen upheld last year's ruling by Justice Ravindra Bhatt that rejected the SC's appeal against the Chief Information Commissioner's order that the CJI's office is covered by the RTI Act. It ruled that if the subordinate judiciary is declaring assets, so should the higher judiciary. "So when they are accountable, so are we. Thus, higher the judiciary, higher is the accountability towards the public at large," the bench said. While pronouncing the judgment, the HC judges said they, too, would declare their assets.
The judgment should have laid matters to rest for the apex court as well. But, unfortunately, the lawyers representing the SC said they would appeal further—which means in the SC itself.
Besides, the country's law minister is still making the wrong noises. On a day that both the Opposition and his own party, the Congress, welcomed the HC's judgment, Veerappa Moily declared that he was more concerned about the independence of the judiciary. It was Moily who had in August 2009 brought in a controversial Bill in the Rajya Sabha exempting judges from making a public declaration of their assets. A united opposition in the Upper House ensured that the Bill was withdrawn.
While it will take an amendment or more to ensure greater judicial accountability, the Congress can at least teach Moily, India's law minister, to respect the law.
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Grado Zero Espace performs continuous research activity on the most disparate materials through constant analysis in the laboratory in order to figure out the limits and the peculiarities of them and catalogue experimental materials, not yet available on the market. Grado Zero Espace also conducts continuous research into new technologies, processes and techniques - from biotechnologies to nanotechnologies, on assembling and manufacturing techniques which can be environment friendly, as well as on innovative equipment able to increase the performance of the product.
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Horta Srl is a university spin-off company. Its mission is to increase the value of research by transferring the technological innovation to practical agriculture at national and international level, by developing new cropping strategies, methods and products, and Decision Support Systems (DSSs) based on new Information and Communication Technologies. Horta is currently developing two DSSs for the management of tomato and organic vineyards.
Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo"
The Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI) is an institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). The Institute is located in the CNR Research Area of Pisa. ISTI was constituted in September 2000 as a result of a merger between the Istituto CNUCE (CNUCE-CNR) and the Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione (IEI-CNR). ISTI is named in honor of Alessandro Faedo, former Rector of the University of Pisa and President of CNR, in recognition of his important contribution to the advancement of Information Science and Technologies in the Italian academic communities.
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
"ENEA is the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, a public body aimed at research, technological innovation and the provision of advanced services to enterprises, public administration and citizens in the sectors of energy, the environment and sustainable economic development (article 4, Law no. 22 of 28 December 2015)".
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OPEN Act
Seeking legislation that both fights the unauthorized sale of digital goods and protects Internet security, commerce and speech, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and a bipartisan coalition of Senators introduced the OPEN Act that would use trade laws to address the flow of infringing digital goods into the United States. The legislation is based on the broad legislative framework released by U.S. Senators Cantwell, Moran, Warner and Wyden and U.S. Representatives Lofgren, Chaffetz, Campbell, Doggett, Eshoo, Polis, and Issa. (Read the full news release).
On January 18, 2012, the same day over 15 million Americans took action to contact their representatives in Congress in opposition to the Protect IP and SOPA bills, Senator Wyden penned his letter to the Internet, thanking supporters and reminding them that their voices must continue to be heard.
(Senator Wyden signing his "Letter to the Internet." Read it here.)
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Wyden-Issa Release Draft Digital Trade Legislation
Wyden SOPA Statement Warns of Severe Repercussions to a Free and Open Internet if Bills are Passed
Wyden Places Hold on Protect IP Act
Senator Wyden Response to the PROTECT IP Act Introduction
Wyden on Web Blackout: Grass Roots Victory for the History Books
Wyden Talks PIPA/SOPA Blackout on Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Wyden Talks Protect IP/ SOPA on C-SPAN's The Communicators
What an #OPEN Web Means to Senator Wyden
Wyden Calls for Support to Crowdsource Better Legislation Than PIPA & SOPA
Wyden Talks Protect IP on Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Senator Wyden Receives EFF Pioneer Award for Work on Technology Issues
Senator Ron Wyden interviewed at Web 2.0 Summit 2011
U.S Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, speaks at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco
Statements of Support for the #OPEN Act
Letter from technology associations CCIA, CEA and netCoalition.com
Letter from Internet and technology companies Aol., eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, twitter, Yahoo!, and Zynga
New York Times Editorial Board Endorses the OPEN Act
Why is online infringement an international trade issue?
International trade laws exists to regulate the flow of goods and services across international borders. They are designed to open access to new markets by ensuring fair trade rules. They prevent trade wars by discouraging unfair trading practices such as dumping and subsidies and they are put in place to combat the traffic of illicit goods and services such as violations of intellectual property rights.
The Internet, however, has created new opportunities for foreign products to reach the U.S. market and while there is little difference between downloading a movie from a foreign website and importing a product from a foreign company, trade laws have yet to be updated to deal with the digital economy.
Establishing clear and transparent trade rules for commerce in digital format wouldn't just protect U.S. rights holders who are being harmed by foreign counterfeiters flooding the U.S. market with infringing digital content, but would help ensure that American exporters of digital goods and services have access and don't face retaliation in foreign online markets.
Why is it important to address online infringement as an international trade issue versus approaching it from a domestic law enforcement perspective -- why not handle this issue through the U.S. court system?
By approaching online infringement as an international trade issue, we are forced to consider not just ways to stop online infringement, but how the policies we enact impact things like cybersecurity, efforts to promote digital exports and international diplomacy. Moreover because norms established in the U.S. are likely to be advanced and replicated around the world, it is important that the U.S. carefully consider how the policies it adopts are translated and received by other countries. For example: "Will they result in retaliatory actions against U.S. goods and services?" or "Will they empower or discourage democratic movements?" These are important questions that policies that a domestic law enforcement approach is ill-equipped to consider.
Moreover, allowing I.P. law to be determined by a diversity of judges with various levels of I.P. experience and expertise would result in potentially conflicting rulings and inconsistent precedents. (It would also likely result in rights holders forum shopping for judges who would be most sympathetic to their cases.) Responsible trade and foreign policy would offer clear and consistent rules that the U.S. can use to advance global norms for the treatment of digital goods and services around the world.
Why is the International Trade Commission the best agency to handle cases of copyright and trademark infringement?
For well over 80 years, the independent International Trade Commission (ITC) has been the venue by which U.S. rightsholders have obtained relief from unfair imports, such as those that violate intellectual property rights. Under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 – which governs how the ITC investigates rightsholders' request for relief – the agency already employs a transparent process that gives parties to the investigation, and third party interests, a chance to be heard. The ITC's process and work is highly regarded as independent and free from political influence and the department already has a well recognized expertise in intellectual property and trade law that could be expanded to the import of digital goods.
The Commission already employs important safeguards to ensure that rightsholders do not abuse their right to request a Commission investigation and the Commission may self-initiate investigations. Keeping them in charge of determining whether unfair imports – like those that violate intellectual property rights – would ensure consistent enforcement of Intellectual Property rights and trade law.
How would the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act work?
The Open Act would enable holders of intellectual property to petition the ITC to launch an investigation into whether a foreign website's only real purpose is to engage in infringement of U.S. copyrights and trademarks. While complex and difficult issues would take time to resolve, investigations into simple and obvious cases, like the "worst-of-the-worst foreign rougue websites," could be handled in a matter of days. In either case, however, the process would create a transparent and adversarial system in which all parties – including interested parties concerned with issues such as free speech -- would have a chance to be heard.
If the ITC investigation finds that a foreign-registered website is "primarily" and "willfully" infringing on the IP rights of a U.S. rights holder, the commission would issue a cease and desist order that would compel payment processors (like Visa and Paypal) and online advertising providers to cease doing business with the foreign site in question. This would cut off financial incentives for this illegal activity and deter these unfair imports from reaching the U.S. market.
How does the OPEN Act define "infringement?"
In order to ensure that the legislation does not target sites whose operators are not intentionally hosting infringing material or are hosting parodies, mash-ups or other content that qualifies as "fair use" or are legitimate forums for discussion and free speech, the OPEN Act is appropriately focused only on foreign sites that are "primarily" and "willfully" engaged in infringement.
According to I.P legal experts, employing the word "primarily" ensures that the bill applies only to websites "dedicated to infringing activity" and excludes websites that may contain a small amount of infringing material. The word "willfully" is the current standard for intentional infringement subject to the highest remedies. Using this standard ensures that sites not intentionally hosting material, such as sites that enable user generated content, aren't swept up by the statute.
Websites that would otherwise qualify for the DMCA safe harbor – meaning the site has a practice of taking down infringing content when they know about it – would not be subject to any actions under this legislation.
How will the OPEN Act combat online infringement?
Because, the worst foreign rogue websites are engaging in infringing activity for profit, the OPEN Act seeks to close off their avenues for profiting from the sale of fake merchandise or content they don't own.
How will the OPEN Act ensure timely action for rights holders?
The draft proposal explicitly gives the ITC the ability, under certain circumstances, to quickly issue temporary measures to compel payment processors and online advertising providers to stop doing business with the foreign site in question. For example, if a website is established to take advantage of a fast-approaching weekend sporting event, this legislation intends to give the ITC the impetus and authority to take action against that site before the event.
Also, by clearly defining what constitutes infringement, the OPEN Act gives the ITC an easy to interpret scope and standard that can be swiftly interpreted and applied. This standard should ensure that commissioners and their staff aren't bogged down with complex questions and interpretation.
How would the OPEN Act deter the filing of frivolous or malicious petitions?
The advantage of putting the ITC in charge of these investigations is that the commission has a long history of mitigating these challenges as they apply to current IP investigations involving the import of physical merchandise. Furthermore, the OPEN Act authorizes the ITC to establish rules to prevent abuse of process. For example the ITC can impose sanctions on right holders who abuse their right to file petitions.
Is it true that the OPEN Act would cost more than other proposals being advanced to combat IP infringement?
While, yes, expanding the ITC's current IP investigative capacity to cover digital goods would likely require additional resources, there is no evidence to suggest that this would be more costly than expanding the capacity of the Justice Department and Federal Courts to handle these issues. However, by targeting only sites "primarily" and "willfully" engaging in IP infringement and setting forward clear standards by which investigators can make their judgments, the OPEN Act should result in far fewer and shorter investigations than would occur under other legislation that would employ far broader standards with greater room for interpretation.
How does the OPEN Act differ from the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act?
The OPEN Act takes a much narrower and more targeted approach to combating online infringement than other proposed legislation by targeting only sites "primarily and willfully" engaging in infringement. By employing such a clear and targeted definition of infringement, the OPEN Act will ensure that only legitimate cases are pursued while giving ITC commissioners clear standards to follow in enforcing IP rules. Definitions advanced by other pieces of legislation employ broader standards that would require many website operators to employ lawyers to argue that it is not engaging in IP infringement. Such broad definitions could be used to discourage innovation and quash free speech.
While other legislation would employ a one-sided process in which judges would only hear from rights holders, by putting the ITC in charge of IP investigations, the OPEN Act would ensure an adversarial process in which all parties have an opportunity to be heard.
Unlike other legislation the OPEN Act does not interfere in the Domaine Name System or go after sites or search engines that simply link to websites that host infringing content. Rather the OPEN Act would combat online infringement simply by cutting off a foreign site's ability to profit from the sale of fake merchandise or content they don't own.
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How can you participate in the discussion?
Review the OPEN Act with Madison and learn more about how compares with other approaches to protecting intellectual property by visiting www.keepthewebOPEN.com
Visitors will have an unprecedented opportunity to review the legislation, submit comments, suggest edits and even ask questions about the legislation with a new tool called Madison. Interested members of the public, industry and advocacy organizations and even those supporting alternative approaches to protecting IP are invited to visit the site and offer feedback. Senator Wyden and Congressman Issa say that the site's discussion will provide "invaluable" feedback as they work to finalize the legislation.
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Q: Dump a process's entire state to disk and load back when required I have a c# application that accepts jobs based on multiple events
Like file watcher, time based events etc.
But an time would come in the life cycle of the application that it would process resources partially, take them in the RAM. And then will wait for an event to happen. But until that event the process would hold the 1.2 GB RAM(say).
In this time the process cannot be killed and this process has to accept more jobs.
My question:
Can we dump the entire state of this process to the disk and on a later point(say 6 hrs later) when that event would happen, restart the process using that dump file so that the entire state gets loaded and then "continue" the execution from that point.
Using
.net 4.0
Vs2010/vs2015
C#
I read this : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-IN/library/d5zhxt22.aspx#
But continuing the process isn't an option.
Please advice

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es una seiyū japonesa bajo el nombre de . Ha participado en series como A Channel, Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru, Nisekoi y Kimi to Boku, entre otras. Está afiliada a Arts Vision.

Roles Interpretados

Series de Anime
2011
 A Channel como Nagi.
 Ao no Exorcist como Kashino (ep 6).
 Kimi to Boku como Junko, Kaname Tsukahara (joven) y la madre de Yuuki y Yuuta.
 Ro-Kyu-Bu! como Kikuchi (eps 1-4).
 Shinryaku!? Ika Musume como Tomomi Mochizuki.
 Usagi Drop como Kazumi Kawachi.
2012
 Baku Tech! Bakugan como Jinza.
 Bakuman 3 como Hitomi Shiratori.
 Binbogami ga! como Momiji.
 Gintama': Enchousen como Suzuran (pasado).
 Hagure Yūsha no Estetica como Valkyria (ep 1).
 Hyōka como Noriko Shimizu (ep 13) y Sawai (ep 16).
 Joshiraku como Yanmama (ep 11).
 Kimi to Boku 2 como Kaname Tsukahara (joven) y la madre de Yuuki y Yuuta.
 Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!! como An Sakurada (eps 27-28).
 Medaka Box Abnormal como Iya Renpei (ep 12).
 Robotics;Notes como Takashi (ep 18).
 Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A como Arata Sagimori.
 Sakura-sō no Pet na Kanojo como Yayoi Honshō.
 Suki-tte ii na yo como Aiko Mutō.
2013
 Aiura como Yamashita-sensei.
 Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio como Kirishima.
 Baku Tech! Bakugan Gachi como Jinza.
 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Next como Yozora Mikazuki (ep 5).
 Buddy Complex como Margaret O'Keefe.
 Daiya no Ace como Rei Takashima.
 Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge como Hōko Byōinzaka.
 Doki Doki! PreCure como Dabyi.
 Genshiken Nidaime como Mirei Yajima.
 Hataraku Maō-sama! como Mayumi Kisaki.
 Kin-iro Mosaic como Yōko Inokuma.
 Kotoura-san como Hajime (ep 1) y la madre de Moritani (eps 2, 7, 10).
 Kuromajyo-san ga Tōru!! 2 como An Sakurada (ep 38).
 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS como Kaori Minato (eps 1, 3).
 Senyū. como Ares.
 Senyū. Dai 2 Ki como Ares.
 Strike the Blood como Yūma Tokoyogi (eps 13-16).
 Suisei no Gargantia como Ondelia (eps 11-12).
 Tanken Driland - 1000-nen no Mahō - como Pierce.
 Walkure Romanze como Emma.
2014
 Akuma no Riddle como Mako Azuma.
 Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryū no Rinbu como la madre de Sarah (ep 1).
 Girl Friend Beta como Otome Kayashima.
 Gokukoku no Brynhildr como Hatsuna Wakabayashi.
 Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei como Erika Chiba.
 Nisekoi como Ruri Miyamoto.
 Nobunaga The Fool como Oda Nobunaga (niño).
 Ryūgajō Nanana no Maizōkin como Shiki Maboro.
 Sabagebu! como Miō Ootori.
 Saki Zenkoku-hen como Arata Sagimori.
 Toaru Hikūshi e no Koiuta como Sonia Palez.
 Tokyo Ghoul como la hermana de Nishiki (ep 5).
 Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru como Fū Inubozaki.
2015
 Arslan Senki como Étoile.
 Daiya no Ace: Second Season como Rei Takashima.
 Denpa Kyōshi como Yukino Kuribayashi.
 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk como Irene Urzaiz.
 Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri como Bozes Co Palestea.
 Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic como Yōko Inokuma.
 High School Star Musical como Takashi Ōtori (joven; ep 9).
 Junketsu no Maria - Sorcière de gré, pucelle de force como Edwina.
 Lance N' Masques como Nori Hizuki.
 Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Vivid como Harry Tribeca.
 Miss Monochrome: The Animation 3 como Yokoyama (ep 5).
 Mobile Suit Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans como Fumitan Admoss.
 Nisekoi: como Ruri Miyamoto.
 Overlord como Mare Bello Fiore.
 Wooser no Sono Higurashi Mugen-hen como Kirishima (ep 6).
2016
 Arslan Senki: Fūjin Ranbu (TV) como Étoile.
 Bakuon!! como Onsa Amano.
 Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters como Haru Shinkai.
 Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2 como Irene Urzaiz.
 Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri 2 como Bozes Co Palestea.
 Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku como Top Speed.
 Nijiiro Days como Mari Tsutsui.
 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu como Puck.
 Sangatsu no Lion como Rei Kiriyama (niño).
 Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION como Yuki Wakaba.
2017
 Battle Girl High School como Anko Tsubuzaki.
 Houseki no Kuni como Rutile.
 Kabukibu! como Maruko Janome.
 Kyōkai no Rinne 3 como Kuromitsu.
 Sin Nanatsu no Taizai como el Ángel Michael.
2018
 Grancrest Senki como Helga Piaroza.
 Nanatsu no Bitoku como Michael.
 Toji no Miko como Maki Shidou.
 Radiant como Hameline.
2019
 Pastel Memories como Irina Leskova.
 Kakegurui XX como Miyo Inbami
 Isekai Quartet como  Puck y Mare Bello Fiore
2020
 En'en no Shōbōtai como Arrow
 Majo no Tabitabi como Estelle
2021
 Mushoku Tensei como Rudeus Greyrat
 Tokyo Revengers - Emma Sano

Especiales
2011
 A-Channel: +A-Channel como Nagi.
2014
 Buddy Complex Kanketsu-hen -Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de- como Margaret O'Keefe.
2015
 Arslan Senki: Dakkan no Yaiba como Étoile.
2016
 Kin-iro Mosaic: Pretty Days como Yōko Inokuma.

ONAs
2011
 +Tic Neesan como Okappa.
2014
 Gakumon! ~Ōkami Shōjo wa Kujikenai~ como Shushu.

OVAs
2012
 A-Channel+smile como Nagi.
 Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: finale como Setsugetsuka Tennôji (OVA 4).
2014
 Chain Chronicle como Angélica.
2016
 Bakuon!! como Onsa Amano.
 'Eiyū' Kaitai como Hakua Tsuranari.
2018
 Asagao to Kase-san. como la entrenadora.

Películas
2012
 Shiranpuri como Marimo Sensei.
2013
 Aura: Maryūinkōga Saigo no Tatakai como Ozaki.
 Eiga Dokidoki! Precure Mana Kekkon!!? Mirai ni Tsunagu Kibō no Dress como Dabyi.
 Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 2: Amigas del corazón como Dabyi.
2015
 Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova DC como Kirishima.
2017
 Gekijōban Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei: Hoshi o Yobu Shōjo como Erika Chiba.
 Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru como Fū Inubozaki.

VOMIC
 Soul Catcher(S) como Momoko Takizawa.

CD Drama
 Nijiiro Days como Mari Tsutsui.

Videojuegos
 Battle Girl High School como Anko Tsubuzaki.
 Blue Reflection como Mao Ninagawa.
 Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters como Haru Shinkai.
 Dragon Ball Xenoverse como Mirai Warrior.
 Fortisia SEGA×LINE como Satyam.
 Granado Espada como Cecile.
 Langrisser Re: Incarnation -Tensei- como Maiya/Mair.
 Net High como la Agente Tommy.
 Dragalia Lost como Cleo.
 Bleach: Brave Souls como Candice Catnipp.

Doblaje
Dobló la voz de los siguientes personajes de la serie My Little Pony: La Magia de la Amistad:
 Bon Bon/Sweetie Drops
 Daisy
 Daisy Jo
 Derpy Hooves
 Diamond Tiara
 Millie
 Princesa Luna (solamente 1º Temporada, ep 2)
 Rainbowshine
 Sea Swirl
 Spitfire
 Truffle Shuffle
 Turf
 Twinkleshine
 Wild Fire

Música

A Channel
 A Channel: endings Humming Girl (ハミングガール) y Harukaze no Kagaku (はるかぜの化学; y ep 1), y los temas insertados Start (ep 2), Okashi na Jikan" (オカシナ時間; ep 9) y Happy Snow (ep 10) junto con Aoi Yūki, Kaori Fukuhara y Minako Kotobuki. Mikakuninhikou Girl (未確認飛行ガール) a dúo con Minako Kotobuki, tema insertado en el episodio 12, y, sola, los temas insertados Tanken no Susume (探検のススメ; ep 6) y Koi Ichiya Yume Ichiya (恋一夜夢一夜; ep 7).
 A-Channel: +A-Channel: ending Humming Girl (ハミングガール) con sus compañeras de elenco.
 A-Channel+smile: ending Smile Houteishiki (スマイル方程式) con sus compañeras de elenco.

Kin-iro Mosaic
Formando parte de "Rhodanthe*" interpretó:
 Kin-iro Mosaic: el opening Jumping!! y el ending Your Voice.
 Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic: los openings Yume-iro Parade! (夢色パレード!) y Kirameki-iro Summer Rainbow (きらめきいろサマーレインボー), y el ending My Best Friends.
 Kin-iro Mosaic: Pretty Days: los temas Happy * Pretty * Clover, Shining Star y Starring!!.

Nisekoi
 Nisekoi: cantó el ending de los episodios 9-11 Order × Order (オーダー×オーダー).
 Nisekoi:: cantó el ending del episodio 10 Tōriame drop (通り雨drop).

Otras Interpretaciones
 Interpretó el ending de Bakuon!! Voon! Voon! Ride On! (ぶぉん!ぶぉん!らいど・おん!) con sus compañeras de elenco.
 Participó del ending Aoku Yurete Iru (アオくユレている) de Genshiken Nidaime junto con Sumire Uesaka, Nozomi Yamamoto y Ai Kakuma.
 Como parte de las "Gesukawa☆Girls", cantó el ending Piti Pati SurviBird (ぴてぃぱてぃサバイバード) de Sabagebu!.Sabagebu! en My Anime List .
 Junto con sus compañeras de elenco interpretó el ending de la serie Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A SquarePanicSerenade (eps 2, 5-7, 12).Saki Achiga-hen: Episode of Side-A en My Anime List .
 Como parte de "Sanshuu Chuugaku Yuushabu", participó en el opening Hoshi to Hana (ホシトハナ) y el ending Aurora Days de la serie Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru.
 En su rol como "Kanna", y en compañía de Inori Minase, Minami Tanaka, Yui Ogura y Natsumi Takamura, ha participado del sencillo Never Ending Fantasy ~GRANBLUE FANTASY~'' de la franquicia de videojuegos Granblue Fantasy. En su semana de lanzamiento ha alcanzado el puesto 9 en ranking de ventas en Japón.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Yumi Uchiyama en Internet Movie Database .
 Perfil de Yumi Uchiyama en Arts Vision .
 Yumi Uchiyama en Twitter .

Seiyū femeninas
Nacidos en Tokio

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Xylobosca vicaria är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Pierre Lesne 1906. Xylobosca vicaria ingår i släktet Xylobosca och familjen kapuschongbaggar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Home » SEMA Show, Day Two: New General Grabber hits the streets
SEMA Show, Day Two: New General Grabber hits the streets
Continental Tire North America Inc. has taken its General Grabber Competition tire and turned it into an off- and on-road, street legal tire for the light truck tire market.
The new General Grabber is the latest addition to the Grabber family, which, in addition to the Grabber Competition tire, includes the Grabber HTS, Grabber UHP and Grabber AT2. It was introduced at the 2008 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas, Nev., and features the following:
* a tough, three-ply reinforced body construction;
* a race-proven Duragen tread compound that stands up to the rigors of driving off-road;
* an aggressive, self-cleaning tread pattern that has continuous tread blocks and precisely spaced lugs with a high void ratio;
* an optimized tread design and multiple tread edges that work to deliver side bite and lateral traction -- especially in off-road conditions.
* puncture resistant sidewalls and a specially-designed rim protection.
Continental also designed the General Grabber to dig into muddy terrain with the help of its patented "Strake and Chamfer" technology.
The tire can perform on the highway and on the streets of the "urban jungle" as well, according to the company. Engineered with AMST (Acoustic Modulation Sound Technology), the tire runs more quietly because AMST suppresses sound waves, which reduces road tire noise.
"We've taken the best elements from our wildly successful Grabber Competition tire and re-engineered it with a balance of off-road capability and on-road manners for today's light truck market," said Travis Roffler, director of marketing.
The Grabber will be available in the third quarter of 2009. It will be manufactured soley at Continental's Mount Vernon, Ill., plant in 14 popular light truck sizes ranging from 15 to 20 inches (with outside diameters ranging from 31 to 35 inches).
Although the company is looking at developing a Grabber tire with an outside diameter of 37 inches -- the same size as the General Grabber Competition -- Roffler said the 35-inch maximum better fits market needs.


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11:15 PM: Really incredibly strange, complex spy-movie operatic dreams last night. I've forgotten a lot of the details, but I know that the main plot started out with the main point of view - the "I" role in the dream - being the daughter of an upper-class-ish, respectable couple who worked in a very bureaucratic, boring way for the CIA - "the daughter they never wanted" - and the problems caused by the mother's brother - "the brother they wished they didn't have". His name was something like Uncle Popo - vaguely Italian flavor to all the names. The daughter's name was something like Papillon, but not, not so specifcally "butterfly". "Pompillion", something ridiculous like that.
Uncle Popo was a very unrespectable sort of person, who had done all kinds of nasty things for the military and other bits of our government and others. The story of the dream, basically, was about him getting into worse and worse trouble, as his attitude worsened and his willingness to cooperate and be quiet diminished. He ends up dragging in all his friends, including the woman that he's involved with, but I think none of them were particularly Ivory Snow to begin with. There was a series-like rhythm to it, in that a particular bit would start out in this bar in the middle of nowhere that played bad 70s and 80s music. The characters would meet there, something would come up, one of them would go off and have An Adventure, nearly get killed and/or sent to jail, manage to barely escape with the help of one or two of the other characters, and they would end up back at the bar in ragged shape, with the circle of tarnished people just that much wider.
I think that by the end of the dream, Uncle Popo also ends up getting the respectable couple in trouble. They get out of it by denouncing him, turning state's evidence, handing over everything they know about him, basically joining the other side trying to kill him.
Somewhere in the course of that, you find out that there is no daughter, that Uncle Popo has always been the narrator, calling himself the daughter, and that he is actually the respectable couple's son.
I have NO idea. I think it means, stop drinking so much and then watching reruns of Angel before going to sleep.


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Pilling is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It can also refer to:

 Textile pilling, a surface defect of textiles characterized by small balls of fibres that form on a piece of cloth
 Pilling's Pond, privately owned urban waterfowl reserve and breeding ground in Licton Springs, Seattle, Washington

People
 Andy Pilling (born 1969), English footballer
 Ann Pilling (born 1944), English author and poet
 Barney Pilling, British television and film editor
 Clarence Pilling, discoverer of Pilling Figurines, a set of eleven clay figurines made by the Fremont culture
 Dick Pilling (1855–1891), English cricketer
 Donald L. Pilling (1943–2008), four-star United States Navy admiral
 Doral Pilling (1906–1982), Canadian athlete
 Harry Pilling (1943–2012), English cricketer
 James Pilling (1846–1895), American ethnologist
 Jonas Pilling (1855–1926), British priest
 Joseph Pilling (born 1945), British civil servant
 Mary Pilling (born 1938), English cricketer