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Chantal Rémy
Senior Vice President, Quebec
Chantal Rémy was appointed Senior Vice President, Quebec in July 2017.
In this role, she is responsible for overseeing BDC's financing and consulting services in the region of Québec.
Ms. Rémy has over 20 years of experience in financial institutions, with exposure to retail banking, corporate and investment banking, and insurance. Before assuming her current responsibilities, she was Vice President, Human Resources, where she was leading a team of HR business partners in support of business lines across the country. She joined BDC in 2012 as Vice President, Change Strategies, when the organization was refining its processes and certain business models.
Before joining BDC, Ms. Rémy was Managing Director, Human Resources with BNP Paribas Canada. She previously worked at TD Bank Group, where she began in branch operations before taking on roles of increasing responsibility in marketing and human resources in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Chicago.
Ms. Rémy holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal as well as an MBA from the University of Ottawa.


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Based on the old Project Jigsaw, Java's modularization will happen in the next major version, 9, which is due to release March 2017.
I'm looking forward to the promise that the coming JDK will actually understand dependencies across different modules. They will also try to attempt to resolve these transitive dependencies at compiling or launch time.
Modules are about shapes of programs in the large. We deal with classes and packages and get bigger from there. Modules affect all phases of development. Compiling, testing, packaging, deploying, running. So they're much more connected to the tools ecosystem than a feature like lambdas.
The module system is conceptually simple, believe it or not. But in JDK 9 there are changes that probably won't break your code but might break code that you depend on. For example, the sun.misc package has been slimmed down.


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Now, with the easing of sanctions, new investors, clients, and buyers can be found to enter this promising part of the Iranian economy, providing a boost in the form of FDI amid increased demand for Iranian products. In turn, competition in the world market has also increased as a response to the easing of sanctions, which will lead to a natural increase in R&D efforts. Indeed, one might go so far as to note that the Iranian scientific community's capabilities were severely underestimated for a long time.
Post 1979-revolution, the number of students enrolled in universities has increased by twenty-fold, especially in the STEM concentrations. It currently counts over two million science and engineering college students. After the Iraq-Iran War, Iran experienced a significant boost in scientific production, with the fastest rate of growth of any country in the world, according to Science-Metrix report "30 Years in Science: Secular Movements in Knowledge Creation," published in 2010. Universities have proved to be one of the biggest instigators for innovation, with an oversight of the latest advances in R&D.
Examples of Iran's prominence in the science and technology fields are myriad and clearly show a trend and dedication to innovation that was not quelled by sanctions. Advances in the medical and biotechnology fields promise exciting results and applications for Iran's citizens and industries. For example, Iranian researchers at Babol University of Technology have managed to synthesize a nanostructured membrane that allows for the desalination of seawater. Not only can this be done more efficiently, but it will also lead to reduced costs. Addressing another H20-related problem, researchers at the Meteorological Organization of Iran have designed a software system that can predict floods up to five days earlier. It has been tested thus far on two rivers in western Iran. On the health front, researchers at Kurdistan University have created a new type of biosensor for prostate cancer. This biosensor has long-ranging implications as it can measure biological compounds and is applicable among multiple sectors, including environment, agricultural, and industrial sectors.
Iranian scientists are likewise working hard to tackle vision impairment, with new techniques to repair damage to the retina by creating a type of retinal "scaffold." Researchers have created a type of glasses that can detect vision defects to treat disease preventatively. Notably, information about the type of disease is recorded and transmitted to doctors through social networks—an innovative melding of social and more conventional sciences.
Creative solutions for industrial and software equipment have also been explored by Iranian researchers and scientists. According to the aforementioned UNESCO report, Iran ranked seventh worldwide for the volume of scientific papers related to nanotechnology. At Tehran University, for example, researchers have created a nano-absorbent that can remove uranium from nuclear industry wastewater in an economic and efficient manner. No small feat, Guilan University researchers have introduced a nano-catalyst that can produce hydrogen gas, thus reducing the need for fossil fuels that are otherwise used in its production. Continuing the trend in nano-technology, Islamic Azad University has uncovered nano-particles that, when added to antifreeze, improve performance and efficiency, reducing total energy consumption and costs. On a global scale, a recent report published by the SCImago database has named Iran as first in aerospace engineering in the Middle East and 11th in the world – ranking above Spain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, for example.
The petrochemical, energy, and oil & gas industries have certainly not been neglected by Iranian scholars. In promotion of sustainable energy efforts, scientists have created a device to generate electricity and biogas from solar energy. In addition, researchers at Sharif University of Technology have created solar cells with much lower production costs compared to old cells, thanks to the help of a protein found in jellyfish. These cells also have a much higher energy conversion efficiency, further adding to their appeal. Researchers at the same university have also synthesized a nano-catalyst that helps in the desulfurization of crude oil, increasing the efficiency of the process.
Such discoveries show that Iran has strived to remain at the forefront of technology and science in diverse industries. Even though Iranian's scientific community may have been underestimated in the international market place, they have managed to thrive even in the face of sanctions. Indeed, the sanctions jump-started a shift from resource-based industry to knowledge-based. The uses for such technologies are wide-ranging and, indeed, their full potential remains to be explored and realized.


Hazard 4 is a gear maker behind enemy lines in California that caters to the MOLLE every day crowd. One look at their website and you can easily suffer from gear-want overload based on appearance and imagined functionality alone. But does their gear work as well as it looks?
I happened upon Hazard 4 gear back in August 2013 when I was looking for a sling pack camera bag. Hazard 4 makes the Evac Plan B bag, which more than fit the bill. I picked one up and have been using it ever since. Not long after that, I ordered their Switchback sling pack for my laptop. Fast forward to last month and I was sent another Switchback for review. Having almost two years of use into the Switchback already, I can offer a pretty in depth use review.
First things first: Hazard 4 bags are designed with multiple uses in mind but do their main intended job well. The Switchback is set up for a laptop and the shoulder strap is dedicated to the left shoulder, allowing the bag to be rolled to the chest while worn. The secondary compartment (top most pocket) has sewn-in fabric hinges to keep it from falling totally open when accessed on the chest. The main compartment is a luxurious 17.7"x10.5"x6" which will support all manner of electronics or gear. Behind this is the laptop compartment which has similar dimensions (17.4"x10.5"x.8") so your laptop is nice and snug. The bag's padding is thick, but not so stiff that you have to fight with the compartments to free your goods.
The laptop compartment is fully dressed out in Velcro, allowing the attachment of Velcro pouches, which makes the Switchback a very ample off-body carry bag. Supporting a full–size handgun, spare magazines and/or a light pouch and rifle mag pouch would not push the size boundaries and even if configured in this way, the main compartment could easily be used to tote your notebook or tablet. The interior of the main compartment is also lined in velcro on the walls, allowing the installation of Hazard 4 padded barriers (sold separately). Besides those three compartments, the Switchback also offers a sunglass pocket and two side pockets. With plenty of storage space it's not a 3 day pack, it's an everyday carry bag.
The Switchback is offered in Black, Coyote, Multicam and ATACS. There is (obviously) some MOLLE present on the outside of the bag; the sides have MOLLE in the traditional vertical, whereas the back offers a 4×3 panel on the small pocket in the horizontal to hang pouches so they can be accessed with the bag swung to the chest.
Now with all the features out of the way, what does the Swtichback offer in terms of reliability? The sewing is solid, and special attention has been paid to weight bearing areas and closures. The bag's padding is functional while allowing the bag to compress and bend naturally. The solid color bags are made of 1000D Cordura, the camo models 500D.
I can't speak for the solid color bags; my first Switchback is a Multicam model and it has both maintained its color over time and remained rip free despite everyday use (well, at least 5 days a week as it serves as my work bag). I've carried on and checked the Switchback as luggage when flying, tossed it over a few fences and used it as a shooting rest many times in addition to the more mundane daily hard use a bag can suffer through like being thrown in trunks, closets or into the dirt. The zippers and buckles are in perfect condition as the bag closes in on two years of use; I have no plans to replace it.
The Switchback may not fit the needs of those issued Multicam, at least those who venture off the FOB (though for a Fobbit, this may be the tactical deployment gaming support system). But for CONUS low-visibility metrotactical operations, it's an awesome bag with one serious drawback: the sling strap is dedicated left shoulder. Some Hazard 4 sling packs allow the shoulder strap to be set up for left or right, which is great, but the Switchback lacks this feature, which is a shame. But that's really my only complaint. This bag is more than capable of handling any environment you would be willing to take a laptop (and maybe more) and as an off-body carry bag its only drawback is not being offered in a more civilian look. The size is perfect for your folding/collapsible stock sub guns and would support under 10.5" AR pistols well. Those looking for a hard use bag for their upcoming deployment to Pyongyang may need something a little more combat ready (Hazard 4 has you covered there with other models) but if you are a day-to-day more-pavement-than-dirt pipe hitter, want the camo look for your Starbucks computing sessions or are looking for an assault-diaper bag to wow them at the PTA, the Switchback is an excellent choice. Ill be keeping the ATACS on ice until my Multicam model wears out, if that happens.


I lie was commissioned by the California vocal ensemble Kitka, in part with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. I have a long history with this ensemble, having worked with them on music for the American Conservatory Theater's production of the play Hecuba, directed by Carey Perloff and starring Olympia Dukakis.
Kitka is an all woman group and it concentrates on music that comes out of the various folk traditions of Eastern Europe, so when they asked me to write a kind of ''modern folk song' it seemed natural to me to take the text of an old Yiddish song and give it new music. I chose this particular text because it has a darkly expectant feeling about it. It isn't about being happy or sad or miserable or redeemed; rather, it is about waiting for happiness or sadness or misery or redemption. As is the case in many Yiddish songs, something as ordinary as a girl waiting for her lover can cast many darker, more deeply beautiful shadows.
I lie is dedicated to Lisa Moore and Martin Bresnick, on the occasion of their wedding.


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Video Games Attempt to Go Mainstream in the United States and Europe
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Marketing Communications
In a market where many advertisers are slashing their budgets, the video game industry is taking just the opposite approach.The industry has unleashed a billion-dollar bombardment of IMC communications designed to make Mario the plumber and Munch the Gabit household names as common as Harry Potter or Britney Spears. The objective of the marketing blitz is to transform the video game from a niche market to as common an activity as watching television or going to the movies. Sony (PlayStation2), Nintendo (GameCube), and Microsoft (Xbox) have all recently redesigned their video games in an attempt to penetrate as many living rooms as possible while ushering in the next generation of digital entertainment.
Apps Created from Other Platforms
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Marketing Apps
Provided you have the rights to a PC or Mac application, you can develop the application for the iPhone. Many successful games were originally developed from the success of PC or Mac-based games. If you happen to like computer games, you can always check with the developer company of that game to see if they would like to collaborate on building a similar game for the iPhone.
Step 2 Find out what they want
Last Updated on Thu, 08 Aug 2019 | Product Service
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The growth phase of technology how do you establish a technological standard
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Tech Products
The worldwide market for PC processors, leaving most of the rest to AMD, which holds 15.6 of the market Taiwan's Via Technologies and Transmeta accounted for the remainder. Similarly, in the PDA market, the two leaders represent 81 of the total market in video game stations, three firms control virtually the entire market. Similarly, in the computer database software area, the top five relational database software companies represent nearly 90 of sales worldwide. Dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the most common kind of random access memory (for personal computers and workstations), reflects slightly less dominance, with four leading companies representing 73 of the market. Finally, the five biggest players in the PC market represent 40 of the market.
The Gods Themselves Coming to Your Home Soon
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Marketing Disasters
The inferno had been lit by the release of the worst game in computing history, an E.T. title based on the movie of the same name. Unleashed on an unsuspecting American public just in time for the 1982 Christmas season, E.T.'s idiotic story line, ugly graphics, and tedious and illogical game play transformed what was supposed to be a treasured holiday gift into a lump of coal left under the tree. The game was sold in the hundreds of thousands during the holiday season1 and carted back to stores in almost equal numbers after the season was over, the deluge of returns driven by the screams and wails of America's disappointed tykes. Almost single-handedly, E.T. the game destroyed the American video game industry of the 1980s and transformed Atari's 2600 cash cow game console into cow flop in the living room. The market wouldn't recover from the E.T. debacle until Japanese manufacturer Nintendo revived it by ensuring that only games that adhered to basic standards of quality control...
Knowing Customers and Markets
A marketer must know not only the needs, but also the wants and the demands of target or potential markets. Needs are the basic human requirements, such as the need for food or shelter, but also the need for communication, entertainment, or education. The needs turn into wants when they are directed to specific categories of products that might fulfill the need. For entertainment, a male teenager will play with a video game while an adult will look for a movie on network TV, on cable, or even at the nearest video rental store. Wants are driven by different factors, which are detailed in the following section. Demands are wants that can materialize thanks to money and some purchasing power. Many western consumers want broadband with unlimited access to Internet connected to a sophisticated home cinema system. Only a few are able and willing to buy that.
From Product Loser To Product Leader
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Customer Relationships
Most people probably don't know that Nintendo was founded way back in 1889. Obviously, Nintendo did not make video games back then. It began as a playing cards manufacturer. But it also found success in hotels, packaged foods, and toys. When it came time to revive itself as a veteran in the video game industry, Nintendo did something that it had done time and time again. It focused on customers to find true opportunities. For the video game industry, the customer typically means one of two groups the 18- to 35-year-old hard-core gamers and the children teenagers. The industry earns most of its revenue and profits from these core consumers who spend a great deal of time and money enhancing their virtual skills. Over the years, as hardware became more sophisticated and games more realistic, these tech junkies were all the more pleased. But at the core of the Wii's broad appeal lies a revolutionary motion-sensing wireless technology that forces the once sedentary gamer to get up off the...
Nintendo Reviving A Company
In the world of video games, Nintendo has been a household name for nearly three decades. After all, it was one of the pioneers of home video game consoles with the Nintendo Entertainment System in the early 1980s. It continued as the market leader with its Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 systems. But in the mid-1990s, all that began to change. Along came Sony with its Playstation and Playstation 2, and Microsoft introduced the Xbox. Before long, Nintendo was reduced to a fraction of its former glory, running a distant third in a highly competitive market.
Demographic Segmentation
Last Updated on Sun, 28 Jul 2019 | Sales Promotion | 3 comments
LEGO's product for the new millennium is Mindstorm, intelligent LEGO bricks. The result of a ten-year, DKrlOO million project with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the bricks are programmed via an infrared transmitter connected to a Pentium-powered PC. According to LEGO's Tormod Askildsen 'It can be used to make all kinds of devices', such as an intruder alarm set up to empty ping pong balls on an unsuspecting parent visiting a child's room. LEGO has great faith in Mindstorm's ability to enliven stagnant toy sales and woo children away from the virtual world of computer games. It also claims that the intelligent bricks appeals to girls as much as boys.12
Downward pressure on price
Last Updated on Wed, 04 Dec 2019 | Internet Marketing | 3 comments
This refers simply to the fact that it is possible to respond more quickly to the demands of the marketplace with online pricing. For some product areas such as ticketing it may be possible to dynamically alter prices in line with demand. Tickets.com adjusts concert ticket prices according to demand and has been able to achieve 45 more revenue per event as a result. The authors suggest that in this case and for other sought-after items such as video games or luxury cars, the Internet can actually increase the price since there it is possible to reach more people.
The physical and virtual value chain model
Last Updated on Fri, 10 Jan 2020 | Tech Products | 5 comments
The last step is to extract information of one stage of the virtual value chain and turn it into new spin-off products or services. For example, parcels automated tracking data used originally for internal logistics can be repackaged and made available (or sold) on line to consumers. Similarly, digitally captured product designs can be converted or adapted as multimedia software for PC or video game stations. That has worked quite well for Ubisoft whose game, Enter the Matrix, was the number-one selling video game worldwide and the fastest selling movie-based video game in history. The game is directly using the actors, sets, and crew from the blockbuster film, The Matrix Reloaded, and includes some footage shot exclusively for the game.
Computer gaming even bigger than the movie business
Last Updated on Tue, 13 Aug 2019 | Viral Marketing
The advergaming business alone is expected to grow to a billion-dollar industry by 2008. In the same period, the market for cell-phone games is expected to grow to US 1.7 billion.The video game market generates billions of dollars more revenue than Hollywood every year. ACNeilsen predicts that within just four years the film industry will be only one third the size of the computer games market.1 If you want to see an early indication of this, in its first weekend on sale, the computer game Halo 2 generated sales of over US 125 million, while The Incredibles, the number one film in the country opening the same weekend, grossed US 70 million. But to exploit the computer games sector fully, it needs more than an awareness of how big the potential market is. Marketers must appreciate what makes gaming so different from other media.
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Ingame advertising and marketing
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Viral Marketing
This is similar to buying a 30-second ad slot in a television programme, or buying hoardings at a sporting event - except that the medium is a computer game that plays on one of the popular platforms such as Xbox, PS2, or PC. By riding on the back of the game, advertisers can get their message out to a target audience. Buzz is often created, especially if there is a topical link in the real world. For example, FIFA's branding can be found on the promotional hoardings featured in the computer game FIFA 2006, which in the run-up to the football World Cup 2006, will be the focus of a great deal of gameplay and buzz. Other less topical examples include the McDonald's brand being featured in The Sims. This technique is still capable of generating some buzz, but on a limited scale (there will be some kudos attached to eating at McDonald's in The Sims, so it is likely to be talked about).
Classifying Competitors
Last Updated on Wed, 30 Oct 2019 | Marketing Planning | 1 comment
Competition is triggered when different industries try to serve the same customer needs and demands. For example, a customer's entertainment needs may be filled by television, sports, publishing, or travel. New industries may also enter the arena to satisfy entertainment needs. In the early 1980s, for example, the computer industry entered the entertainment field with video games.
Consumption Communities
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Sports Marketing
Those who attend competitive sports events were more likely than people in the other consumption communities to play or buy video games and watch comedy shows (see Table 1.4). The video game relationship seems reasonable in that those who play video games compete by certain rules, sometimes in group settings. This relationship might also have something to do with having children at home. It turned out that over 63 of people in this community had at least one child living at home (versus 46 for those who did not attend competitive sports).
The future of advergaming multiplayer interactivity makes it massive
Massive multiplayer games are reshaping the computer games industry, connecting players around the globe in virtual worlds such as Sony's Everquest or Final Fantasy. In 2004, the virtual character of a player who had completed 74 levels of Final Fantasy was sold to another player for US 1200. Spider Venom, a valuable item to have in the game Everquest, has sold for US 700 on online gaming accessories websites. These are indicators of the fanatic loyalty and value players place on their identities in these worlds. In The Sims Online from EA, the characters now live in a branded world, where they can purchase McDonald's franchises and sell the products to other players earning virtual money. Eating the food increases the players standing in the game.12 Now, with the low cost of game console units combined with highspeed broadband Internet connectivity, all major video game consoles such as Nintendo's GameCube, Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's Xbox are rolling out multiplayer modems...
Case Study 3 Reebok Shawn Kemp Kamikaze Ad
According to Reebok's marketing manager, Jeremy O'Rourke, the ad simply combines two popular teenage activities, basketball and video games, and translates these through Shawn Kemp's kamikaze style ofplay in order to reach their intended target market. But, this argument did not sway the TVCAB. For example, during his appearance on TV3's Ralston program, Winston Richards countered Reebok's O'Rourke
Participating in Forums Newsgroups and IVcb Communities
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Sales Promotion
Bulletin board systems (BBSs) are specialized online services that centre on a specific topic or group. These deal with a wide range of topics, from holidays find health to computer games and property. Marketers might want to identify and participate in newsgroups and BB.Ss that attract subscribers who fit their target markets. However, like newsgroups, BBS users often resent commercial intrusions on their Net space, so the marketer must tread carefully, participating in subtle ways that provide real value to participants.
The Third Wave of iPhone Adoption
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Mobile Marketing
The last major groups to embrace the iPhone were college students and video game enthusiasts, or gamers. This group really valued the entertainment potential for the iPhone, as well as the capability to engage in social networking and connect with friends through text and picture messaging. They wanted the device because it was cool and entertaining, and could play music. In some cases, it also allowed students to postpone the purchase of a laptop, instead relying on the iPhone and a desktop computer or a computer lab for more time-intensive computing. The iPhone was functional and fun, and for most, it was a status symbol.
Strategic Planning And Marketing Organization
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Marketing Planning
Experience has shown, however, that marketing definitely has an important strategic role to play. How neglect of marketing can affect strategy implementation and performance can be illustrated by Atari's problems. This company had been a pioneer in developing video games. Because of negligence in marketing, however, Atari failed to realize how quickly the market for video games would mature. Atari based earnings projections on the assumption that demand would grow at the same rate as in the past and that the company would hold its share of the market. But its assumption proved to be wrong. The market for video games grew at a much lower rate than anticipated.
Viral agent formats risks and issues
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Viral Marketing
As for ARGs, it's difficult to see how they can really be integrated successfully into an overall marketing strategy. They can certainly work in an entertainment context, such as promoting a film or video game as Beta-7 for Sega's ESPN NFL Football18 and 'ilovebees' for Microsoft Xbox's Halo 219 have done. But they are aimed at people who love mysteries and puzzles and have a lot of time on their hands. As a viral mechanic, ARGs may well be too involved and expensive for the vast majority of mainstream brands looking for mass-market reach.They are reminiscent of the BMW Films project20 - one of those brand-building initiatives that are high-risk. If pulled off, they create a lot of noise, which you would expect after having so much money thrown at them, but they are unlikely ever to be a mechanic that most brands can integrate into their core marketing strategy.
The History of Mobile Network Technologies
Developed in 1994 but popularized in the late 1990s, Bluetooth technology uses radio broadcast to allow multiple proximal devices to recognize each other and send information between them wirelessly. When multiple Bluetooth devices are linked in a group, it is called a personal area network (PAN). Bluetooth can connect many devices, including mobile phones, computers, printers, digital cameras, and video game consoles, and allow them to pass information back and forth.
Mobile Game Applications
Thu, 29 Aug 2019 | Mobile Marketing
Good or bad, no one can deny that video games have made their mark on our society. Some of the first auxiliary programs that were added to mobile phones were simple games such as Brick Breaker and Mine Sweep. But as mobile phones have become more sophisticated, so have the mobile video games.
Producing alternate reality games supercharging brand communications
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 | Viral Marketing
These projects require a lot of planning, preparation and innovative creative work (that is why it's appropriate to see a strategic component in them as well), but the reward is that they can entice large audiences to interact with a brand's communication at a highly intense level. Results Halo 2 had more than 1.5 million pre-orders before reaching the retail shelves, achieved sales worth US 125 million on the first day, and is considered the most successful video game launch to date.45,46 (It should be noted, however, that industry experts thought the fact that the original Halo was popular also helped push pre-sales.)
Last Updated on Mon, 26 Aug 2019 | Keyword Elite
For example, if you want to make money from people clicking on Google Adsense adverts then your term should be broad so that you get as many visits as possible, an example would be video games . It doesn't matter that your keyword isn't targeted because you're probably not trying to sell a product on this type of site. However, if you are selling a specific product, your keyword phrase should be targeted so that the visitors see exactly what they were searching for when they reach your site. So staying on the video games theme, a targeted keyword phrase would be halo 3 baseball cap . It is very important that you realise the main difference between the two and that is video games is a browsing keyword whereas halo 3 baseball cap is a buying keyword. You will get less traffic with this broad phrase but you will convert more visitors in to sales with the targeted model.
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Customer Support
No one knows how your software will be used in the future or what other tasks it may be called on to perform when circumstances change. The spur for this may be a commercial opportunity or sheer desperation. Eidos, who is now known as the highly successful manufacturer of Lara Croft games, started out in 1990 producing video-editing software on the old Acorn Archimedes computer. This brilliant program was far ahead of its time. Sales never got off the ground. However, the company recognized the value of some of its key modules and adapted them for the high-speed video compression components required by modern computer games. If their premature program had not been flexible the corporation would have died. Flexibility is good business insurance.
Historically, strategic product placement has been included in TV shows and movies. Advertisers pay for the right to have a product, logo, or advertisement featured in a movie or popular TV show. The best example of this is BMW's longstanding relationship with James Bond films. The elaborately equipped cars that Agent 007 drives in his films are always BMWs, and BMW pays for that privilege. As video games grow in importance and trade off with people's consumption of other media, product placement has spread into this channel as well. The final option for mobile marketing in video game applications is through game sponsorship. In this model, a product or brand pays for the right to run short advertisements or promotions before or after the game is played. These short ads are called pre-roll or post-roll promotions, and advertisers can choose to sponsor entire games or share sponsorship with other advertisers. These advertisements can be still or animated, depending on the game, and...
Every industry has its specialized publications that often have global coverage, like Flight International, Journal of Electronic Defense, Jane's International Defense Review, European Polymer Journal, IEEE Communications Magazine, or Telecommunications Magazine. For computers, there are more than 100 publications in circulation some of those publications target professionals, such as Computerworld or Wired others are aimed at consumers like PC Magazine or Gamefan magazine, as well as Nintendo Power or PlayStation Magazine, among the various video game magazines.
Last Updated on Mon, 01 Jul 2019 | Marketing Strategies
Harvey Smith, lead designer of the award-winning computer game ''Deus Ex'', has a vision of where simulations are headed ''The games of the future will rely heavily on much more complex, high fidelity world representations that will allow for more emergent behavior and unforeseen player interactions. Taken together, these next-generation design paradigms are not simply improvements over older models, but represent a fundamentally different approach to simulating real-world physics, handling artificial intelligence and interface usability.''3 The US Army thinks simulation works. It spent over 7 million and three years developing a video game called ''America's Army'' which has been described as ''The Sims'' with barracks, M-16s and military prison. The game was launched on 4 July 2002 and within 36 hours several hundred thousand copies had been downloaded from 110 servers. The aim of the game is to teach potential recruits what it really means to be a soldier from training camp through...
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Naverisk Help Center
Find out what the required system specifications are to effectively run Naverisk.
Written by Leo Hutchinson
The Naverisk Site Controller is a Windows application which can be installed on a Physical or Virtual machine.
For new installations, Windows Server 2016 (64 bit) and newer are supported. We recommend Server 2019.
You will also need a supported version of SQL Server (2016 SP2 and newer, 2019 recommended) to host the Naverisk database, and hardware which will support your requirements.
Please ensure that the server you intend to use for Naverisk is a dedicated Server for the onsite installation. Do not use a server that has other application services running on it.
Microsoft Windows SBS Operating systems are not recommended and not supported.
Access and control of the Site Controller is done through a web console, so you will also need IIS 6 or newer to host this.
1.0 Naverisk Agent OS Requirements
Note that OS versions listed here are technically supported - i.e. will work with Naverisk. Older versions may no longer be supported by Microsoft, Apple or other vendors and may be a security risk. Using these versions is not recommended.
Windows Workstation (x64, x86)
- XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Windows Server (x64, x86)
- 2003, 2003R2, 2008, 2008R2, 20012, 20012 R2, 2016, 2019
- SBS 2003, SBS2011
- 10.5 to 10.15 (Catalina)
Linux (32bit & 64bit)
- Debian, Unbuntu, Mint
- RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, XenServer, SUSE 12.x
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
- May require the "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015"
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
2.0 SQL Server Editions Supported
Microsoft SQL Server or SQL Server Express with Advanced Services – 2016 SP2 or later.
SQL Server Express has limitations in both performance and database size, which can adversely affect the performance of Naverisk. While SQL Server Express will work for small installations of Naverisk it is not recommended. In the event of degraded performance or if database size limitations are reached you will need to upgrade to SQL Server Standard or higher.
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NEW YORK (December 12, 2018)- Rugby United New York continues their preseason campaign this Saturday, December 15th, with a friendly against the Capital Rugby Union Selects. Kickoff is set for 1:30 PM EST at Iona College's Mazzella Field.
The match will be the second preseason fixture for New York City's first professional rugby franchise. Earlier this month, RUNY was the victor in the inaugural "Cold War" match against rivals New England Free Jacks. The kicking ability of Fly Half Cathal Marsh proved to be the difference in a back and forth affair. The Irish born stand out was perfect from the tee, nailing 5 conversions and 1 penalty kick for a total of 13 points.
Admission to the event will be free to the public. The game will not be live streamed, so if you plan on seeing the action, attendance at Mazzella Field is necessary. Merchandise will be available for sale at the match.
Rugby United New York begins their Major League Rugby campaign on January 27 against the San Diego Legion, a Semi-Finalist in the inaugural Major League Rugby season. The home opener is Friday, March 15, against fellow expansion franchise Toronto Arrows. Buy your season tickets here and single game tickets here today.


Well-crafted job ads attract top candidates . . .
Content writing is a very broad term. In some cases, content writing refers to blogging, or the information found on a website for a business. Content writers are qualified to help with the written word as it appears in many formats.
While writing content for a corporate website is very different from writing a blog about health and beauty trends, properly-trained content writers are able to handle any task. Most content writers possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications or related writing field. They should have adequate training in proper grammar, various styles of writing – first person, feature, news and biography to name a few – know how to conduct research and be familiar with writing ethics.
Blogging and advertising materials aside, there are many ways content writers can help business owners. One of the most overlooked areas that could benefit from a skilled content writer is a company's human resources department. The HR department of any company plays a vital role in its day-to-day operations, including hiring and employee retention.
So how can a content writer help a company hire the best candidate for the job? The answer can be found in a quality job posting for employment opportunities with the company.
The first impression prospective employees often have of a company is through a job advertisement. Companies that want to attract the best and the brightest need to stop thinking of employment listings as nothing more than a help wanted ad and start thinking of them as a marketing tool. Too many employers are focused on discouraging unqualified candidates from applying, so they use language in an employment advertisement that can be offensive to the kind of candidates they are hoping to attract.
If you're asking yourself what is wrong with that requirement, take a moment and imagine that you're an engineer. In order to be considered an engineer, you must possess a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline, with the majority of engineers possessing a Master's degree. Some engineers also have their Professional Engineering designation, which is very time consuming and difficult to earn. So to suggest that anyone applying for an engineering job should be able to do what is essentially basic math is actually quite insulting. While I'm sure this is not what the company was intending to accomplish, it is nonetheless quite possible this descriptor is turning off some very qualified candidates.
So what tools can companies use to create effective job ads?
For starters, think like a marketing professional. While it is true that companies have to be careful not to violate labor laws when drafting a job ad, it should not be the only consideration. Make sure the job ad actually discusses what the person will be doing, rather than just containing a laundry list of requirements for hiring. If a potential candidate can't envision doing the job, they will most likely not apply for it, regardless of their qualifications. Think like a marketer and sell that position.
Secondly, make sure you are writing a job ad, not a job description. While the two things may have a lot in common, they serve very different purposes. Job descriptions are created, in part, as an internal guidepost that clarifies what the role entails and to whom the person filling the role reports and should be very detailed.
Job ads, on the other hand, should contain only the amount of information necessary to entice a candidate to choose the "apply now" option. In other words, leave out the details about how the job is to be done and include ones that talk about the company's culture and mission statement, as well as salary and benefits, required qualifications and instructions for how to apply.
A catchy title on the job description is the best way to pull a potential candidate into the job ad. Choosing a title that will easily be found in search engines is a good idea, so think like a candidate. If you're hiring someone to work in the public relations department, keywords such as public relations, marketing, communications and even PR specialist are ideal. The same is true for the body of the job ad. Use SEO-rich keywords that can easily be found by a variety of search engines.
Once you have the ad crafted, have someone proof read it for you. Nothing turns off potential candidates – especially college-educated candidates – more than poor grammar and spelling in a job ad. It says the company didn't care enough to make sure the information was correct, which may or may not speak to how the company treats its employees.
Have tips you'd like to share about crafting the perfect job ad? We'd love to hear them in the comments section.


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Grans wheelchair prison
Hawksbury Gazette
TEGAN OSBORNE
IMAGINE the prospect of living the rest of your life in a wheelchair, and the obstacles you would face every day.
As Grose Vale's Sandra Hunt will tell you, it's not an easy thing to appreciate – until you're directly affected.
In June 2007 Mrs Hunt had her left leg amputated, leaving her wheelchair-bound.
Now 12 months after her amputation, Mrs Hunt is frustrated by the number of Hawkesbury businesses including restaurants, cafes and retail outlets, that don't have adequate wheelchair facilities.
Many times Mrs Hunt has tried to visit shops and restaurants in the Hawkesbury, only to find she can't get in.
Sandra Hunt can no longer access many businesses because
they lack wheelchair access. Photo: Kylie Pitt.
On one occasion, Mrs Hunt contacted a Richmond restaurant to make a booking and enquire about wheelchair facilities. She was told by staff that although they would like to accommodate her, the owner of the building was not willing to alter the building to accommodate wheelchairs.
Mrs Hunt said she would like to be able to dine at an a la carte restaurant in Richmond, but few had adequate wheelchair access and disabled toilet facilities. And although some Hawkesbury restaurants have wheelchair facilities, most do not.
Disabled Advocacy NSW individual advocate Bronwyne Chapman said disabled people faced wheelchair unfriendly businesses on a daily basis.
"It's quite a large problem, she said. "Rural areas are a lot worse for access – we're a lot louder in the city than in rural areas.
Ms Chapman said for most new buildings and developments, there were minimum disability access standards that businesses must comply with.
The Building Code of Australia (BCA) contains specific provisions for access to buildings for people with a disability, and applies to building work on both new and existing buildings.
There is a glimmer of hope, however the laws and regulations governing disabled access are currently under review.
But in the meantime, Mrs Hunt hopes Hawkesbury restaurants and shops will re-think their wheelchair access facilities, and do what they can to allow disabled people better access to public places.


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Supergirl Season 2 Episode 6 Review
Supergirl -- "Changing" -- Image SPG206b_0151 -- Pictured: Melissa Benoist as Kara/Supergirl -- Photo: Bettina Strauss /The CW -- © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved
This review contains spoilers!
There is a new alien in town and a new superhero as well, but this time they are not the same person, because the latest Supergirl episode brought us an exciting (and a little yucky) new foe for the Girl of Steel to fight and a new superhero being born from a man who was right in front of us. So let's get into the review, so we can discuss all the new and old in the newest Supergirl episode.
First off, the villain of the episode. It was an iconic DC character by the name of Parasite, which absorbs other people's energy to become more powerful and to use this absorbed energy to fight his opponents. And, since some of these other people were Supergirl as well as J'onn J'onzz, he become especially powerful, and Supergirl had to use Plutonium 239 to finally stop the Parasite. I think that this time the Supergirl writers did a great job with their villain, because he was so powerful not only because he was able to absorb other's energy, but also, because the man behind the villain, Dr. Rudy Jones, who got infected with the parasite, was so passionate about his cause – climate change. And this passion ultimately led him to become the highest form of the Parasite and to his end. I absolutely loved the last fight sequence! Firstly, because it was the first time we saw James in costume as the hero Guardian (which was awesome by the way). Secondly, because it was the first time we saw Winn actually working with James as his superhero sidekick. Thirdly, because it was also the first time Mon-El realized, that maybe he really could become the hero that Kara sees in him. And lastly, because the whole fight in itself was epic, because it not only showed how powerful Supergirl is, but also how compassionate she is. A true hero. I think this fight will definitely will go down in history as one of my favorite Supergirl-fights-evil moments.
Speaking of Supergirl, I also have to mention her and Mon-El this episode. Not only Mon-El took Kara out to happy hour, that led to some hilarious drunk Kara moments, but he also was slowly coming into his own this episode, of course with a little nudge from Kara and Alex. After some bad choices, a fight with Kara and some words from Alex, he finally stepped up and helped National City when it needed it the most, another superhero to protect it. I love what Mon-El is becoming, and I really hope that they will keep him around, because he makes the episodes so much fun. And can I just say that the look he gave Kara after she swooped in and beat the Parasite was one of pure admiration. Maybe finally Mon-El will start looking at Kara as his true mentor, not just in being human, but also in being a superhero.
Another hugely important part of this episode was Alex and her journey of realizing her true sexuality. I love how the writers are treating this story, because it showed the nervousness, the confusion and the uncertainty that comes with coming out to your family and friends. But, at the same time, it also showed the beauty of the moment and how liberating it can be, especially if those close to you accept you. Luckily for Alex, her sister truly accepts her and even can relate to her, because Kara, too, had to carry her own secret of being an alien for a long time, just as many do by hiding their sexuality. But of course, since this is a drama television show, after Alex finally kissed Maggie, she basically told Alex, that they should just stay friends. And the ramifications of that were heartbreaking. The scene of Alex doubting herself and crying and Kara holding her made me cry, and unfortunately, it also reflected the other side of coming out, that many have to deal with, when you start doubting if you made the right choice and if it truly is you. I hope, that Alex won't be heartbroken for long, because as much as I love Danvers sister bonding, she being her tough, witty self is so much better.
Finally, I also have to quickly recap the couple of cliffhangers of this episode. First, the whole M'gann giving J'onn her blood story line which ended with J'onn's shaking hand, because M'gann might be white not green Martian. And of course also the whole story line of Cadmus kidnapping Mon-El. From next episode's description and promos we know, that this will be the plot line that the episode will revolve around, but it still was a shocking clifhanger and makes me hope that it won't undo all the progress Mon-El has made so far throughout this season of Supergirl.
Highlights of the episode:
• Drunk Kara
• J'onn being annoyed by drunk Kara
• Supergirl and Mon-El fight training
• Alex coming out to Kara
• Seeing Guardian in costume and in action
• Mon-El realizing that he could really do some good on Earth
• Supergirl swooping in and beating the Parasite in an epic battle
• Alex kissing Maggie
Let-downs of the episode:
• The scene of the Parasite taking over Dr. Rudy Jones
• Alex thinking that Kara wouldn't accept her
• The scene of the Parasite draining both Supergirl and J'onn J'onzz looked super SGI
• Maggie turning Alex down
Quote of the episode:
Alex: Thirsty?
Mon-El: Not particularly. I've just found, that drinking is the fastest way to get drunk. So..
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Q: IndexError: list index out of range Python inputMat C:\Python34>python first.py q2data.txt
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "first.py", line 13, in <module>
    inputMat.reshape(int(header[0]), int(header[1]))
IndexError: list index out of range

Can anyone explain this error, I've been getting errors recently in Python and much of the info I read on it rectifies it but doesn't explain what is happenning, the program is:
import numpy as np
from sys import argv

script, filename = argv

txt = open(filename)

header = txt.readline().split()
inputArray = map(float, txt.readline().split())
txt.close()

inputMat = np.mat(inputArray)
inputMat.reshape(int(header[0]), int(header[1]))
inputMat.shape()

#takes q2data as input
def first(A):
    #Decomposes a nxn matrix A by PA=LU and returns L, U and P.
    n = len(A)
    L = [[0.0] * n for i in xrange(n)]
    U = [[0.0] * n for i in xrange(n)]

    #Creates the pivoting matrix for m.
    n = len(A)
    ID = [[float(i == j) for i in xrange(n)] for j in xrange(n)]
    for j in xrange(n):
        row = max(xrange(j, n), key=lambda i: abs(A[i][j]))
        if j != row:
            ID[j], ID[row] = ID[row], ID[j]
    p = ID

    #perform matrix multplication
    TA = zip(*A)
    A2 = [[sum(eP*ea for eP,ea in zip(P,a)) for a in TA] for P in p]

    for j in xrange(n):
        L[j, j] = 1.0
        for i in xrange(j+1):
            s1 = sum(U[k, j] * L[i, k] for k in xrange(i))
            U[i, j] = A2[i, j] - s1
        for i in xrange(j, n):
            s2 = sum(U[k, j] * L[i, k] for k in xrange(j))
            L[i, j] = (A2[i, j] - s2) / U[j, j]
    return (L, U, p)

print (first(inputMat))

A: You are getting your exception thrown on this line:
inputMat.reshape(int(header[0]), int(header[1]))

You need to ensure that the list header is actually a length of 2 before you use it. What's happening is that your input text file filename has its first line containing less than 2 words when you do your split().

A: The mistake is simply described in your error message:
File "first.py", line 13, in <module>
    inputMat.reshape(int(header[0]), int(header[1]))
IndexError: list index out of range

It says in line 13, you are referring to an element whose index is out of the index range of your list, example:
myList = [1,2,3]
print myList[0]
print myList[1]
print myList[2]
print myList[3]# This will throw an IndexError exception like yours,

So, you need to make sure that header list has at least two elements when you do :
header = txt.readline().split()

Definitely there are lines or probably first line on your filename  file has less than two elements.

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The last flight of Galaxy 203
'Tis said that when an aviator simultaneously runs out of airspeed, altitude and bright ideas that something will go bump in the night, and that's exactly what happened at four minutes past the hour of one o'clock on the Monday morning of January 21, 1985.
[NOTE: Take the following two paragraphs with a grain of salt, as the lone survivor of the crash, George Lamson Jr., remembers it differently from these account I developed 28 years ago. I'll yield to George's recollection, which follows in italics. Karl, Jan. 5, 2014]
Galaxy Airlines, a charter carrier, transported an unspecified number of souls from Minneapolis westward early on a Super Bowl weekend. Some flew to San Francisco and then motored by bus to nearby Stanford, the site of the 1985 Super Bowl. The remainder stayed aboard to Reno for bus travel to a casino in Stateline. The airplane, a Lockheed Electra propjet, reportedly made several other flights during that weekend carrying passengers unrelated to the Minneapolis junket.
Following the game the Stanford contingent traveled by bus to Reno, and a number of them elected to stay at the Hilton, (then MGM) [now Grand Sierra Resort], for a time. They were the lucky ones. The others rejoined the Stateline group at the airport for passage home.
[OK; that's how the newspaper text read many years ago. George Lamson recalls that all flew together to SLT, and departed together from RNO, save for two who stayed on at Caesar's at Stateline. We respect George's recollection.]
There were 65 passengers and a crew of six aboard the Electra when it was cleared for southbound takeoff on runway one-six at 1:02 a.m. It is known that at 1:03 the co-pilot reported a severe vibration in the aircraft to RNO tower, requesting expedited clearance to land with emergency equipment standing by. Per the flight recorder on the plane he pulled power to reduce the vibration, causing the plane to stall below the airspeed needed to maintain control. And it is speculative that he then looked for a "black hole" – an absence of ground lights – to aim the doomed aircraft toward for an "unplanned landing" – the FAA euphemism for a crash – without effecting danger to those on the ground. That hole, if in fact he was in control, was in the area of Del Monte Shopping Center on South Virginia Street.
The plane, now heading west, initially hit the ground near the old V&T railroad right-of-way, then caromed into a ditch and broke in half, coming to rest in a motor home sales lot adjoining the then-Normark Furniture Store with some debris spilling across South Virginia. The plane and seven motor homes became instantly involved in a conflagration fed by 12,000 pounds of fuel in the wings.
Sixteen fire engines – firemen, cops and robbers
The emergency response was immediate and massive; records show 16 units from the Airport Authority (who were alerted by the tower with the initial MayDay), Reno Fire Department, and Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District arriving at the scene in short order. Two sheriff's deputies investigating a burglary at a store a long block from the crash were virtual eyewitnesses to it, and relayed that this was not a light-plane incident, as one radio transmission had indicated, but a large-scale disaster. They were soon joined by a hundred more deputies, Reno Police and highway patrol officers. Crowd control became paramount. South Virginia Street was closed and traffic rerouted to then-rural, two-lane Longley Lane, as it would be for another day to follow.
The three fire departments protected the furniture store, extinguished the aircraft fire and a number of spot fires in the fields surrounding the site. Some Sparks Fire Department apparatus were relocated to Reno stations to back up the committed Reno engines; off-duty Reno firefighters manned older reserve equipment and Nevada Air National Guard units covered the Airport Authority's duties at the airport. Most the agencies were released by 4:28 a.m. Truckee Meadows FPD (which would years later to merge with Reno Fire) would remain on the scene for days to follow and later took primary responsibility for the victim recovery. Trustees from the county jail were employed to place opaque masking along South Virginia Street to prevent the slow-down-and-gawk syndrome that impeded traffic when the street was reopened on Tuesday.
Three passengers initially survived the crash – one was transported by helicopter to St. Mary's Hospital, which had established the medical administrative command post. Of those three only one, a then-17-year-old boy [George Lamson] with relatively minor lacerations, would survive. The victims were removed to a temporary facility at the Washoe County Fairgrounds for identification by a team headed by an FBI unit assisted by local medical and dental professionals. Washoe Med, St. Mary's and numerous local social services performed family notifications and inventorying of the victims' personal property in the days to come.
In all, 40 governmental agencies participated in the tragedy, some in the minutes, others in the weeks, following the crash. A grim reminder remained for many years out on Highway 40 West just past the Mayberry intersection: a half-dozen carcasses of burned-out motor homes, relocated there from the site for salvage.
And the vibration that started the whole sequence down this fatal path? Speculative on all investigators' parts, but generally attributed to the airstart-port door – where compressed air is forced into one of the four Allison turboprop engines to get it spinning to then pressurized to start the other – being left open prior to takeoff. [And we'll explore all this in greater detail in the next chapter.]
This yarn was inspired by several references to Galaxy 203 in my book of old columns You're doing WHAT to the Mapes?, causing two friends to remark that I'd never written a column about the tragedy itself. So here you have it. I give attribution to archival Reno Fire Department and RGJ accounts, resources in the Nevada Historical Society and the excellent 46-page post-incident report signed off by Sheriff Vince Swinney, a copy of the NTSB report, Coroner Vern McCarty and Truckee Meadows FPD Chief Gene Leblanc, that night's incident commander.
Reno history
« A Reno family's tribute to the passengers of Galaxy 203
After-incident reports, Galaxy 203 »


With shaking hands she clawed at the ground beneath her, struggling to push herself upright. The musky earthy aroma took her off guard as she brushed the soil from her skirts, damp moss and foliage shrouding the forest floor beneath her feet.
A glimmer caught her eye through the shadows, a faded gilded frame, she peered through its murky depth wiping away the dirt to find her own reflection rise through the darkness on the surface, tears silently rolling down its face. Trembling she touched a hand to her own waterless features, feeling her heart beat faster as the reflection changed before her, glancing around terrified it began to run, calling for help without sound, stumbling within the shadows, screaming.
Ally put her own cry to her reflections gaping lips, falling back from the once again dark glass, she wanted to destroy it, to free herself from its horrifying prophecy. Instead she grasped a fistful of earth and smeared it across the surface.
a prophecy of a prophecy?
Ooh! I love it. Creeptastic in the most wonderful way. Seriously, you've set my imagination on fire!
What a spin on using "alone". I blogged about the literal meaning but your interpretation was beautiful!!
.... I think I'll sound repetitive.
Very vivid. I loved it!


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Things to do in Kochi
Kathakali Center
Fort Cochin Entrance & Kathakali Dance Performance
From £59.03 per person
Experience Cochin, the jewel in the crown of Kerala, and discover its European heritage on a leisurely walk through its streets. Visit Fort Cochi in the center of Old Cochin, and enjoy a performance of 17th-century classical Kathakali dance.
Experience the European heritage of Kerala
Explore the Fort Kochi heritage zone
Enjoy a traditional Kathakali dance performance
Your sightseeing at Fort Kochi will take you on a tour of the center of Old Cochin, an area that now the city's heritage zone. See the Chinese fishing nets, St. Francis Church, Santa Cruz Basilica, and the many preserved heritage houses. During this 4-hour activity, you'll see these sites on a walking tour. At the end of the tour you'll head to the Kathakali center, where you'll enjoy a performance of traditional Kathakali dance. Before the performance you'll see the preparation and dressing of the artists, which is an experience in itself. Kathakali is one of the most complex and highly stylized Indian art forms. It is basically a dance drama, noted for its heavy and attractive larger-than-life make up, elaborate costumes, detailed body movements, synchronized eye-hand movements, and thematic presentation of stories. Kathakali's popularity traditionally was confined to palace dance halls, the courtyards of Nair noble households, and temple festivals.
Private English-speaking guide
Entrance fees to site
Ticket for Kathakali dance performance
Tips for driver and chauffeur
Camera/video charges at sites
People over 95 years
People with pre-existing medical conditions
All participants must also bring a valid government-issued photo ID (e.g. passport, driver's license, etc)
Masks are required while indoors
Riding the animals
Smoking indoors
Making noise
Oversize luggage
Making fire
Smoking in the vehicle
Drinks in the vehicle
Party groups
Alcoholic drinks in the vehicle
Please let us know if you require a guide in a language other than English, such as German, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.
Apollo Voyages (India)


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Germany's Laschet shows readiness to quit as CDU chief
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The troubled chief of Angela Merkel's CDU party had signalled on Thursday that he was ready to step down as leader of the conservatives, after an election fiasco.
Armin Laschet has been under massive pressure to quit after he headed the conservatives to its worst election result since World War II, coming in following the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).
A day after the kingmaker parties; Greens and the liberal FDP decided for a coalition with the Social Democrats, placing SPD Finance Minister Olaf Scholz a step closer to the chancellery, The 60-year-old said the leadership of his conservative party needed an overhaul; including his job.
"We will quickly tackle the personnel question of the CDU — from the chairperson through the party's leadership to the federal executive committee," he said to journalists, mentioning that he shall propose a date for a party congress to resolve these problems.
However, he insisted that a coalition led by his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Bavarian sister party CSU could still be an applicable option if ongoing talks happening by rivals SPD were unsuccessful.
After the initial exploratory talks on Thursday, nevertheless, the SPD, Greens, and FDP said they will urge for another round from Monday.
"I sensed from the talks that we can achieve something together," said SPD general secretary Lars Klingbeil. For Laschet's Bavarian ally, CSU chief Markus Soeder, it was high time for the conservatives to move on. The CDU-CSU alliance must now be ready for a term in opposition after 16 years in power led by Merkel, he said.
"This will change our country," Soeder had stated on Wednesday.
Merkel, who has continued as caretaker chancellor herself during the coalition negotiating procedures, also signalled that she expected ongoing talks that leave her conservatives out, to go steadily.
The process "will definitely be faster than during the last government formation, I'm sure of it," said Merkel while being on a visit in Rome.
Armin Laschet, who is state premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populated region of Germany was elected head of the CDU in January.
Although being less popular than Soeder, he managed to beat the Bavarian leader to be the bloc's chancellor candidate.
For a short while, Laschet was clearly the favourite to succeed Merkel, who is bowing out of politics after 16 years of her power.
However, his party's ratings started to deescalate following a series of mistakes made by him, including being caught on camera while laughing in the background on a dignified tribute to flood victims.
Desperate to reverse the trend of events, the conservatives made use of their best asset; Merkel. Even though the chancellor made efforts to accompany Laschet around the country on the last week of election campaigning, he was unsuccessful in pulling off a win on the day of polling.
Official results of the election showed former CDU voters leaving the party in large numbers, majorly in favour of the SPD and the Greens. Though the party lost ground to the far-right AfD in former East Germany too.
Laschet announced that his party shall hold a meeting in the east to figure out how to win back voters from the AfD.
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The ancient ruins of Castle N'hol. Fight each other to the death! For Marathon: EVIL!
3 films, done co-op on TC. They are : Mr Bill Meets Mr Gumby, Parathymeter, and A View From The Edge.
A co-op film of Mr. Bill Meets Mr. Gumby of the Marathon : Evil scenario. Its on Total Carnage with 2 players.
This package contains my vid films for 12 of the 16 Marathon Evil solo levels. Several of these were done last year, with the remaining done within the past month. I regret I have not been able to do all 16. Unfortunately, the remaining levels are beyond my ability at this time. Some of the levels in this package are among the hardest levels I have ever vid, especially the level "Parathymeter". A detailed Read Me is included in the package.
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A small map which uses the Evil glyph textures to suggest the inside of a pyramid. Weapons and baddies galore... but flow is a bit constricted (tbasically, the layout is a series of rooms, linked by a single passageway in either direction). Rooms are either pitch black (gotta love those devlin eyes glowing at you) or brighly lit. If you know the secrets, there are ways around without dealing with the baddies.
I really did not appreciate the other review that somebody else made for my file so I decided to delete and write my own description. This pack consists of 5 maps ranging from fairly big to fairly small. 4 out of the 5 maps has the great nuke. Ammo and gun placement is very balanced, I tried very hard to achieve that. Some of these maps are as old as Marathon 2, way back when I used to use Pfhorte. The whole layout of all of them, is pretty much based off of geometric shapes. Net games are a lot of fun with these maps. My personnal favorite map is Rearviewmirror. Have fun, Happy Happy Carnage Carnage.
A very large, multilevel netmap. It's actually quite playable solo, due to the huge numbers of Devlins and drones... if baddies are turned on for a netgame, hill games become insane.
Loosely based on the Mystic Base map from the Mystic Map Pak, this is a netmap with a twist... it can (sort of) be played solo. That is, there is a mission, of sorts, laid out by the terms.
A multilevel arena map, with tweaked physics. I'm not usually a fan of aliens in net games... but in this case, I'd make an exception. The hill is the entire arena floor, and the baddies generally stay down there.
A huge, organic-feeling map in which 8 people could play with breathing room. More aliens than you can shake a stick at... this one works fine as a solo stress reliever, as well.
A large, sprawling netmap with wide open spaces, an easy-to-reach-hill, and lots of nooks and crannies to hide in.
4 netmaps, designed for larger groups (although a couple are quite playable with small groups), and an integrated physics model which changes the railgun (and makes it much more effective in netplay).


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When a person with a life insurance policy - called a life assured - dies, a claim intimation should be sent to the insurance company as early as possible.
The assignee or nominee under the policy can do this. So can any close relative or the agent who handles the policy.
The claim intimation should contain information like the date, place and cause of death. The insurance agent has the duty to help the life assured's family/ assignee to deal with the insurance company to fulfil the formalities for a claim.
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Twenty-five years ago the Litchfield Housing Trust (LHT) was formed as a non-profit organization to ensure that Litchfield always has homes available for people of a wide income range. Established in 1989, LHT is a 501C-3 non-profit with a local volunteer board. It began with a vision for permanently affordable housing in Litchfield, and today can be proud of the 48 affordable homes it has helped create. The properties are scattered throughout greater Litchfield.
Over the past twenty-five years, Litchfield housing prices have increased much faster than median incomes. Litchfield had always been a community providing housing opportunities to families of all incomes, and of all age ranges. The lack of affordable housing has been especially difficult for young families. The Litchfield Housing Trust was created to strengthen our community by advocating, facilitating, and developing housing so that Litchfield could once again become affordable families of all income levels.
So that people who work here can live here.
So that families, young and old, will not have to leave the Town to find affordable housing.
So that Litchfield will be affordable to a diverse population.
Litchfield's Plan of Conservation and Development (as well as that of the State of Connecticut) has set objectives for the number of affordable/workforce housing. Our job is to work with the Town and State to achieve those objectives.
To purchase a home or rent an apartment from the LHT the applicant must have a gross family income below 80 percent of area Median Family Income; and in the case of home ownership must be able to secure a mortgage.
In 1988 Articles of Incorporation for the Litchfield Housing Trust were signed at a meeting held on 28 December 1988 at the home of Jamie and Andrew Gagarin. The original incorporators were: Joyce Briggs, Janet Katzin, Louis Donne, Cleveland Fuessenich, Barbara Brower, David Huff, F.R. Petricone, C.H. Huvelle and Andrew Gagarin, President. The Trust became a 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code on 14 December 1989.
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From 1994 to 1997 the Scattered Sites program allowed the Housing Trust and eligible families to purchase existing homes, adding an additional 9 single family homes.
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Today slightly less than 5% of Litchfield's housing is considered affordable. Therefore, the Housing Trust continues to explore opportunities for additional families of low to moderate income to obtain high quality, energy efficient, housing.
Current LHT Board Members are: Robert Petricone, President; Joyce Briggs, Vice-President; Barbara Brower, Secretary; Miles Borzilleri, Treasurer; Terry Sheron; Kelli Green; Rene Fisher; John Baker; Cleveland Fuessenich; Peter Gay; Jeffery Zullo; Mark Murphy and Louis Donne.


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Q: Boundedness and pointwise convergence imply weak convergence in $\ell^p$
Let $p\in(1,+\infty)$ and consider the space $\ell^p$ with its usual norm. The following are equivalent:
(1) $x_n \rightharpoonup x$ (i.e. $x_n$ weakly converges to $x$);
(2) $$\exists M>0: \quad \sup_{n} \Vert x_n \Vert_p \le M \quad \text{ and } \quad \forall k\in\mathbb N: \,\,\ x^{(k)}_n\to x^{(k)}$$

I think I've proved (1) $\Rightarrow$ (2): indeed, every weak convergent sequence is bounded (hence we get $\sup_{n} \Vert x_n \Vert_p \le M$ for some positive $M$); on the other hand, we can simply observe that the "projections" $p_k \colon \ell^{p} \to \mathbb R$ definde by $x=(x_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} \mapsto x_k$ are linear and continuous. So, briefly, we have that weak convergence implies boundness and pointwise convergence.
What about (2) $\Rightarrow$ (1)? I'm really puzzled and I don't know how to begin.
Thanks in advance.

A: Let $L\in(\ell^p)'$ a linear continuous functional. We can assume that $x_n^{(k)}\to 0$ for all $k$. $L$ can be represent by an element $v$ of $\ell^q$, where $p^{-1}+q^{-1}=1$. Fix $\delta>0$ and $v'$ of finite support such that $\lVert v-v'\rVert_{\ell^q}\leqslant \delta$. Then
$$\lVert L(x_n)\rVert\leqslant\delta+|\langle v',x_n\rangle_{\ell^q,\ell^p}|,$$
giving what we want.

A: There is a more general result.
Theorem. Let $E$ be a normed space. Let $\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}\subset E$ and $x\in E$, then the following conditions are equivalent:

*

*$\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$ weakly converges to $x\in E$

*$\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$ is bounded and for all $S\subset E^*$ such that $\mathrm{cl}(\mathrm{span} S)=E^*$ holds $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} f(x_n)=f(x)$ for all $f\in S$.

Proof. Assume $\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$ weakly converges to $x$. Then it is well knonw that $\{x_n:\in\mathbb{N}\}$ is bounded. Moreover for all $f\in X^*$ we know that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}f(x_n)=f(x)$. Hence for all $S\subset X^*$ such that $\mathrm{cl}(\mathrm{span}S)=X^*$ we have $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}f(x_n)=f(x)$ for all $f\in S$.
Assume that $\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$ is bounded by some conatant $M>0$ and for all $S\subset X^*$ such that $\mathrm{cl}(\mathrm{span}S)=X^*$ holds $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}f(x_n)=f(x)$ for all $f\in S$. Take arbitrary $g\in\mathrm{span}S$, then $g=\sum\limits_{k=1}^m \alpha_k f_k$. Then it is easy to check that $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}g(x_n)=g(x)$. So for all $g\in\mathrm{span}S$ we have $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}g(x_n)=g(x)$. Now take arbitrary $g\in X^*=\mathrm{cl}(\mathrm{span}S)$, then $g=\lim\limits_{k\to\infty} g_k$ for some $\{g_k:k\in\mathbb{N}\}\subset\mathrm{span}S$. Fix arbitrary $\varepsilon>0$. Since $g=\lim\limits_{k\to\infty} g_k$, then there exist $K\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $\Vert g-g_k\Vert\leq\varepsilon$ for all $k>K$. Then
$$
\begin{align}
|g(x_n)-g(x)|
&\leq|g(x_n)-g_k(x_n)|+|g_k(x_n)-g_k(x)|+|g_k(x)-g(x)|\\
&\leq\Vert g-g_k\Vert\Vert x_n\Vert+|g_k(x_n)-g_k(x)|+\Vert g_k-g\Vert\Vert x\Vert\\
&\leq\varepsilon M+|g_k(x_n)-g_k(x)|+\varepsilon\Vert x\Vert
\end{align}
$$
Let's take a limit $n\to\infty$ in this inequality, then
$$
\limsup\limits_{n\to\infty}|g(x_n)-g(x)|\leq
\varepsilon M+\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}|g_k(x_n)-g_k(x)|+\varepsilon\Vert x\Vert
$$
Since $g_k\in\mathrm{span}S$, then $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}|g_k(x_n)-g_k(x)|=0$ and we get
$$
\limsup\limits_{n\to\infty}|g(x_n)-g(x)|\leq
\varepsilon M+\varepsilon\Vert x\Vert
$$
Since $\varepsilon>0$ is arbitrary we conclude $\limsup\limits_{n\to\infty}|g(x_n)-g(x)|=0$. This is equivalent to $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}|g(x_n)-g(x)|=0$ i.e. $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}g(x_n)=g(x)$. Since $g\in X^*$ is arbitrary, then $\{x_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}$ weakly converges to $x$.

A: Let $X$ be a general Banach space and $X^*$ its dual. Then the weak topology on a bounded subset of $X$ is determined by a dense subset of $X^*$ in the sense:

If $D\subset X^*$ is dense and $(x_\alpha)\subset X$ is uniformly bounded in norm, then $x_\alpha$ converges to $x$ weakly if and only if $x_\alpha(d)\to x(d)$ for all $d\in D$.

With this and assuming 2). The first says $x_n$ are uniformly bounded in norm, while the second one says $x_n$ converges pointwise on sum dense subset of $\ell^q$ (I am pretty sure you can figure out this dense subset). So the result follows.

A: We claim that $\textrm{Ball}(\ell^p)$ is weakly compact and weakly metrizable.
Since $1<p<\infty$, we know $\ell^p$ is reflexive, so by Alaoglu's theorem, $\textrm{Ball}(\ell^p)$ is weakly compact. Also, $\textrm{Ball}(\ell^p)$ is weakly metrizable by the separability of $\ell ^q$ where $1/p +1/q =1$. Q.E.D.
Now, we can assume that all $x_n \in \textrm{Ball}(\ell^p)$. Consider a subsequence $(x_{n_{k}})_k$. By the above claim, there is a sub-subsequence $(x_{n_{k_{l}}})_l$and an element $y$ such that $x_{n_{k_{l}}} \rightharpoonup y$. It is easy to check that $y \equiv x$, which implies that $x_n  \rightharpoonup x$.