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The silver lining in the cloud of Europa League elimination
With Napoli's form sagging more and more over the last month, their Europa League elimination may be more blessing than curse.
By Conor Dowley@c_dowley Feb 26, 2016, 10:40am CET
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On Thursday, Napoli were dealt a harsh blow to their goals for this season, being eliminated from the Europa League by Villarreal in front of the home San Paolo crowd. It was infuriating. It was humiliating. It was disappointing.
And it may have saved Napoli's season.
While Napoli have emphasized the importance of Europe's second competition over the last few years, even making the semi-finals last season, the fact remains that they were ill-suited for the competition this year. Despite their perfect and record-setting group stage run, Napoli simply do not have the depth for an extended run in the Europa League, a fact that has reared its ugly head in a big way over the last month.
Just look at the lineups Napoli have been fielding as they've rotated to play on multiple fronts over the last month. Mirko Valdifiori has been a mess at the best of times. David Lopez has been more good than bad, but when he's been bad it's been bad. Christian Maggio is a shattered shell of what he once was. Dries Mertens has been exciting at times and absent at others. Manolo Gabbiadini is so far out of form it's not even funny.
Then there's the growing fatigue running rampant through much of the team ever since the Coppa Italia match against Inter Milan. Marek Hamsik. Allan. Jose Callejon. Elseid Hysaj. Kalidou Kouliably. Faouzi Ghoulam. So many key players who are just shattered by fatigue and playing nowhere near their full potential because of it, and holding back the team's potential as a result.
Napoli simply do not have the depth to compete on multiple fronts
"But Napoli got farther in the Europa League and Coppa Italia with a team with very similar depth last year!" you cry. And yes, that is true. But that was done though smoke and mirrors and by sacrificing Napoli's league form. Finishing behind Roma and Lazio and Fiorentina is not exactly acceptable in Naples these days, and one would imagine that Napoli fans would have traded those two semi-final berths in the cups last season in order to finish second in the league and mount a challenge to Juventus like the one they're making this year.
So now, with Napoli out of the Europa League and out of the Coppa Italia, their lack of depth becomes less of a concern. Maurizio Sarri no longer has to micromanage his squad quite as much, and can be freer with how he sets up his lineups and utilizes substitutes, not having to consider how playing in this match in the league will impact the player's ability to perform in that match on the continent. It will allow him to finally tap into the potential of parts of the squad that have gone underutilized because of Napoli's need to be prepared for a multitude of matches, and players like Mertens and Manolo Gabbiadini will surely benefit, as well as likely boons for the likes of Nathaniel Chalobah and even Alberto Grassi once he returns to health.
With Napoli staring down what will likely be a tight and intense Serie A title race, they need their players as fresh and fit as can be, something that has not been the case of late and that has heavily contributed to their dip in form. Now they can focus on just one task, just one race, and hopefully be all the better for it. They need to improve their form first, obviously, but not having to divide their attention should help that tremendously.
Being eliminated from the Europa League, especially in such brutally disappointing fashion, certainly stings. That's not a pain that will go away quickly, but if Napoli can take this and become a better team in the league because of it -- heck, we may wind up thanking Villarreal come the end of the season.
Europa League: Napoli vs. Villarreal, 2016.02.25
The silver lining in Europa League elimination
Napoli easily eliminated from the Europa League


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Q: After swipe view, start an activity I am trying to achieve the following in Android API 16:
I want to be able to swipe through 2 screens, after which I have an activity, login, that starts. For now, the login activity displays a toast.
Screen 1--> Screen2 --> Start Activity(e.g. login/registration screen)
I have used fragments as well as ViewPager and managed to swipe from screen 1 to screen 2. However, I am stuck in how to proceed beyond this.
I have used intents to start the activity.This however results in the transitions screen 1--> 2 not showing but I do get the toast message from the login screen. I am not sure where to place the intent or if  I am doing this the right way.
How would I approach this? Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.

A: Make another fragment that will be third and use following code:
pager.addOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            if(position==2)
            {
                //call activity
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {

        }
    });

A: First create a view pager with 3 fragments although the third one will never visibly be reached. Then, in your activity that contains the view pager implement the following listener.
mViewPager.addOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
            if (position == 2){
              // Create the intent to launch the login screen.
             Intent intent = new Intent(mActivity.this, mLoginActivity.this);
             startActivity(intent);
             }
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
            // If your view pager has tabs you will need to create the intent here as well.
        }

        @Override
        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {

        }
    });

A: Please use following custom class alternative of view pager
import android.content.Context;
import android.support.v4.view.MotionEventCompat;
import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.view.MotionEvent;

public class CustomViewPager extends ViewPager {

    float mStartDragX;
    OnSwipeOutListener mListener;

    public CustomViewPager(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    public CustomViewPager(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public void setOnSwipeOutListener(OnSwipeOutListener listener) {
        mListener = listener;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev){
        if(getCurrentItem()==getAdapter().getCount()-1){
            final int action = ev.getAction();
            float x = ev.getX();
            switch(action & MotionEventCompat.ACTION_MASK){
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN:
                    mStartDragX = x;
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
                    break;
                case MotionEvent.ACTION_UP:
                    if (x<mStartDragX){
                        mListener.onSwipeOutAtEnd();
                    }else{
                        mStartDragX = 0;
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }else{
            mStartDragX=0;
        }
        return super.onTouchEvent(ev);
    }
    public interface OnSwipeOutListener {
        public void onSwipeOutAtEnd();
    }

}

After then create custom class in view replace Viewpager with Custome ViewPager Like following
<com.examples.activity.CustomViewPager                    android:id="@+id/pager"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/rcTemp"
                android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/rcTemp"
                android:layout_alignRight="@+id/rcTemp"
                android:layout_alignTop="@id/rcTemp"
                android:layout_below="@+id/rcTemp" />

and in your code initialize as CustomeviewPager and override method onSwipeOutListener() like following
 mPager = (CustomViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        mPager.setOnSwipeOutListener(new CustomViewPager.OnSwipeOutListener() {

            @Override
            public void onSwipeOutAtEnd() {
                Log.d("callledby me","yes");
            }
        });

A: I am just trying to gues what you want
please correct me if i am wrong
I think your requirement is like to
show some slide when user comes to app first time then redirect him to login or register
same as in xender or other application does
I think you are doing right by using view pager to show slides and then opening a login/Register Activity
but your question is when to open login / Register activity.
I think you should put button at your seccond slide/page to go on Login/Register activity.
I have attached a example screen shots of xender applicatin how he is doing that
he has a start> button at his last screen to go on another activity after slide
If you dont want to put button and user want to go to login/register by right swipe at second screen
than it is ok to go on other solutions

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Are Smoothies a Good Option for Getting Required Nutrients?
Today we talk about smoothies with out resident Dietician and Nutritionist, Carla Johnson.
Although getting a whole bunch of nutrients in one hit can seem like a good idea, Carla has a word of caution about over-using the blender!


Founded in 1988 by brothers Andreas and Marc Wardenga in Plön, Northern Germany. Later they moved the head office to the business park of Eutin.
Best known for BUNDESLIGA MANAGER, published in 1989.
A late sequel of the classic, ''Bundesliga Manager 97'', becomes the wrecking ball for the company due to mismanagement: instead of releasing a fully working version, they tried to improve the half-working version by applying lots of patches, which was doomed to become the death sentence for Software 2000.
Eventually filed for bankruptcy at the beginning of February 2002. The once prosperous software company could not be preserved from disintegration anymore.


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Did Tesco just accidentally leak the Nintendo NX's price?
Joe Roberts | September 26, 2016 1:28 pm BST
Nintendo's next console isn't expected to launch until March 2017, but it seems Tesco just can't contain its excitement.
The company posted an order page for the Nintendo NX on its Tesco Direct site (via NintendoLife), which contained pricing details and a launch date.
To be more specific, the page in question is titled 'Nintendo NX WII U' which is about as confusing as you could possibly get.
Related: Nintendo NX – Everything we know
The console was originally listed with a £349.99 price tag, according to NintendoLife's report, which is likely to be a place holder amount.
https://twitter.com/statuses/780354526096261121
What's more, the page itself listed the launch date of the console as 31/12/16 – a lot earlier than the March 2017 launch which Nintendo has previously confirmed.
Again, it's likely the date is a placeholder, so take the news with due caution. There's also been no word from Nintendo to confirm any of the information provided on the Tesco order page.
The NX is yet to be given an official reveal, but this latest development hints at a possible impending announcement.
While concrete details are sparse, the console is expected to come with detachable controllers and could make use of cartridges instead of discs.
WATCH: Nintendo NX
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Irish Journal of Agricultural & Food Research
IJAFR, Volume 49, 2010
A note on the effect of post-mortem maturation on colour of bovine Longissimus dorsi muscle
note on effect of post-mortem.pdf
Dunne, Peter G.
Monahan, Frank J
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P.G. Dunne, F.J. Monahan and A.P. Moloney. A note on the effect of post-mortem maturation on colour of bovine Longissimus dorsi muscle. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 49: 153–158, 2010
Fifteen heifers were housed and fed a concentrate diet while 54 counterparts grazed at pasture for 90 days at which stage six heifers from each group were slaughtered. The remaining animals in the pasture group were then housed and offered either: concentrate only; concentrate plus grass silage with silage accounting for either 20% or 50% of the total dry matter offered; or zero-grazed grass plus concentrate with grass accounting for 83% of the dry matter offered. Heifers (3/diet) were slaughtered 28, 56, 91 and 120 days thereafter. Colour characteristics of M. longissimus dorsi (LD) were measured at 48 h post mortem. The LD was then vacuum-packaged and stored at between 0 and 4 °C in darkness for 12 days, when colour characteristics were again measured. Maturation of LD resulted in meat that had higher redness values ('a' value; P<0.001) and a more intense red colour (higher 'C' value; P<0.001) at 14 days post mortem than at 2 days, regardless of diet/duration of feeding. Maturation also resulted in a brighter colour (higher 'L' value; P<0.001) but this difference was greatest when cattle were slaughtered the day-56 time point.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using DvachBrowser4.Core.Models.Links;

namespace DvachBrowser4.Core.Models.Services
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Сервис хэша ссылок.
    /// </summary>
    public interface ILinkHashService
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Получить хэш ссылки.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="link">Ссылка.</param>
        /// <returns>Хэш.</returns>
        string GetLinkHash(BoardLinkBase link);

        /// <summary>
        /// Получить средство сравнения.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Средство сравнения.</returns>
        IEqualityComparer<BoardLinkBase> GetComparer();

    }
}

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Fixed a two possible problems in libtidy that could result in segfaults. Thanks to Luke Matkins for pointing these out.
Removed unnecessary typedefs from platform.h which caused compiler problems on e.g. MacOS.
Fixed a bug in the UTF-8 handling code of libtidy which triggered a core dump in case mxTidy was used to parse a string. Thanks to Mateusz Korniak for reporting this one.
Fixed a bug in the stream interfaces which caused the string buffer interface to fail on non-ASCII input data. Thanks to Walter Dörwald for finding this bug.


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Бережковская слобода — одна из московских слобод. Существовала в XVI — XVIII веках.

Бережковская слобода находилась на правом берегу Москвы-реки по соседству со слободой Дорогомилово. Она называлась также Рыбной «под Дорогомиловом», где жили патриаршие рыболовы и название которой сохранилось в наименовании Бережковской набережной. В XVIII веке слободской уклад жизни исчезает. В 1764 году все церковные слободы и земли были взяты в казну, а рыбаки стали экономическими крестьянами; часть их в 1785 году была записана в мещане. К концу столетия эти слободы были включены в черту города.

В слободе была церковь Тихвинской Божьей Матери. Её окружали большие луга, которые затем использовали под огороды. Постепенно слобода застраивалась, стала занимать всё больше территорий. К концу XIX века стали появляться заводы и складские помещения, была построена Киевская железная дорога. Спустя некоторое время был возведён Краснолужский мост для Окружной железной дороги.

К настоящему времени сохранились построенные в XIX веке на месте слободы каменные дома. Здание Тихвинской церкви было снесено в начале 1960-х годов.

См. также
 Слободы Москвы

Литература
 История московских районов. Энциклопедия (под редакцией К. А. Аверьянова). М., 2005. (2-е изд.: М., 2010; в 2014 г. вышло под названием: «Москва. История районов»)

Ссылки

Исторические местности и районы Москвы
Слободы Москвы

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Max Igan joins the show to have an in-depth conversation about the roll out of 5G & the smart grid that is set to be the NWO control system.
Everything else is a distraction because this is the main game in town & has been all along. We discuss how the digital currency is one way we are being sucked into this nightmarish system.


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Die Farne sind eine Gruppe von Gefäßsporenpflanzen, die die Schwestergruppe der Samenpflanzen bilden. Die Farne umfassen alle Gefäßsporenpflanzen exklusive der Bärlapppflanzen. Somit zählen zu ihnen die Schachtelhalme, die Gabelblattgewächse, die Natternzungengewächse, die Marattiaceae und die Echten Farne. Sie werden häufig als Monilophyten bezeichnet, die Bezeichnungen Monilophyta oder Moniloformopses sind jedoch keine gültigen Taxon-Bezeichnungen.

Es gibt weltweit rund 12.000 Arten, die meisten davon in den immerfeuchten Tropen. In Europa sind etwa 171 Arten, in Mitteleuropa etwa 101 Arten beheimatet.

Geschichte
Im Karbon (vor etwa 360–300 Millionen Jahren) bildeten Farne (in größerer Form als heute, meist Baumfarne genannt) zusammen mit Schachtelhalmen und Bärlapppflanzen riesige Wälder und schufen die Basis für die meisten heutigen Steinkohle-Vorkommen. Die ältesten fossilen Funde stammen aus dem unteren Devon (vor etwa 400 Millionen Jahren). Farne sind somit wahrscheinlich älter als die Samenpflanzen, die erstmals im oberen Devon auftraten.

Merkmale
Die Farne besitzen alle Merkmale der Gefäßsporenpflanzen. Sie haben eine besondere Form der Gefäßbündel: Das Protoxylem ist auf bestimmte Lappen des Xylemstrangs beschränkt. Daher kommt auch der Name Monilophyta: Lateinisch moniliformis bedeutet "halsbandförmig". Alle rezenten Vertreter haben auch eine spezifische Insertion im Plastiden-Gen rps4 von neun Nukleotiden.

Farnpflanzen sind in der Regel außerdem durch den Besitz von Wedelblättern (ähnlich den Palmwedeln) mit Rhachis gekennzeichnet, die über rand- oder unterständigen Sporangien verfügen. Die Fiederblätter von Farnen sind bei den meisten Arten flächig ausgebildet und in der Jugend eingerollt.

In tropischen Gebieten wachsen die größten Farnpflanzen, die Baumfarne. Vertreter der Familien Cyatheaceae und Dicksoniaceae bilden einen sogenannten Scheinstamm aus und ähneln daher Bäumen.

Verbreitung
Durch ihre unterschiedlichen Wuchsformen besiedeln Farne weltweit unterschiedliche Lebensräume, wobei sie eher feuchte Standorte bevorzugen. Ihren Verbreitungsschwerpunkt, sowie die größte Artenvielfalt weisen Vertreter der Farne in Orientalis, Mittelamerika und dem nördlichen Südamerika auf.

Viele Farnpflanzen bevorzugen schattige  Plätzen im Wald, in Mauerritzen, Felsspalten und Schluchten oder in der Nähe von Gewässern, es gibt aber auch lichtliebende Arten.

Nutzung

Manche Farne werden als Zierpflanzen genutzt, da sie winterhart sind und auch an schattigen Standorten gedeihen. Junger Adlerfarn und Straußenfarn werden trotz ihrer Giftigkeit regional als Salat oder Wildgemüse gegessen.

In asiatischen Ländern wie in der chinesischen Küche und der japanischen Küche stehen unterschiedliche Arten von Farm bereits seit rund 3000 Jahren auf dem Speiseplan zahlreicher Menschen. Dabei werden sämtliche Teile diverser Farne (wie des Adlerfarns) so zubereitet, dass sie sich für den menschlichen Verzehr eignen.

In der Weißkrain wurde auf sogenannten Steljniki Adlerfarn als Einstreu kultiviert.

Systematik
Die Farne werden nach der hier verwendeten Systematik von Smith et al. (2006) in vier Klassen unterteilt, die alle monophyletisch sind:

 Klasse Psilotopsida
 Ordnung Natternzungenartige (Ophioglossales)
 Familie Natternzungengewächse (Ophioglossaceae) (inkl. Botrychiaceae, Helminthostachyaceae)
 Ordnung Gabelblattartige (Psilotales)
 Familie Gabelblattgewächse (Psilotaceae) (inkl. Tmesipteridaceae)
 Klasse Equisetopsida [= Sphenopsida]
 Ordnung Schachtelhalmartige (Equisetales)
 Familie Schachtelhalmgewächse (Equisetaceae)
 Klasse Marattiopsida
 Ordnung Marattiales
 Familie Marattiaceae (inkl. Angiopteridaceae, Christenseniaceae, Danaeaceae, Kaulfussiaceae)
 Klasse Echte Farne (Polypodiopsida) [= Filicopsida]
 Ordnung Königsfarnartige (Osmundales)
 Ordnung Hautfarnartige (Hymenophyllales)
 Ordnung Gleicheniales
 Ordnung Schizaeales
 Ordnung Schwimmfarnartige (Salviniales)
 Ordnung Baumfarne (Cyatheales)
 Ordnung Tüpfelfarnartige (Polypodiales)
 Für die Gliederung bis auf Familienebene siehe Echte Farne

Fossile Gruppen, die an der Basis der heute existierenden Farne stehen, sind:
 Cladoxylopsida
 Pseudosporochnales
 Iridopteridales
 Frühe farnähnliche Pflanzen
 Rhacophytales
 Coenopteriden
 Stauropteridales
 Zygopteridales

Bildergalerie

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Ralf Appelt: www.farndatenbank.de – Projekt zur Farnbestimmung
 www.Bambusarium.de – Bilder von Freilandfarnen
 Hans-Jürgen Czichowski: Farnpflanzen im Harz


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Stine Andresen, lánykori neve: Stine Jürgens, Wyk auf Föhr, 1849. december 23. - Wyk auf Föhr, 1927. május 13.) német költőnő.

Élete

Apja Jürgen Erich Jürgens gazdálkodó volt. Boldixumban (a mai Wyk auf Föhr kerületben) született, s élete java részét ott töltötte. Anyja korán elhunyt. A boldixumi falusi iskolába járt, majd autodidakta módon gyarapította műveltségét. Már fiatalon alkalmi verseket írt, amelyeket ünnepségeken szavalt. Friedrich Hebbel családjának baráti köréhez tartozott, Hebbel 1863-ban bekövetkezett halála után egy ideig az özvegy, Christine Hebbel titkára volt. 1875-ben ment feleségül Emil Andresen molnárhoz, aki az 1890-es években halt meg. Andresen költeményei nyomtatásban már 1893-ban megjelentek. Amikor férje halála után anyagi helyzete romlott, az író Karl Schrattenthal versei új kiadásával támogatta (1896). Alkotásai leginkább szülőföldjéről szólnak. Elsősorban német nyelven alkotott, de néhányat a fríz nyelv északi nyelvjárásában is írt. Két verséből Ferdinand Heinrich Thieriot zeneszerző kórusművet alkotott, Wyk auf Föhr-ben a Stine-Andresen-Weg róla van elnevezve. Négy alkalommal kapta meg a Friedrich Hebbel-díjat (1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, az utolsó három évben Hans Grohs költővel megosztva).

Válogatott munkái
 Gedichte. Hrsg. Gerber. 1893.
 Gesammelte Gedichte. Hrsg. Karl Schrattenthal. 3. Auflage. Bielefeld 1896.
 Enziana – Ein Blumenmärchen. Nordfriesische Verlagsanstalt.
 Neue Gedichte. Buchhandlung der Anstalt Bethel, Bielefeld 1903.
 Gedichte aus dem bisher unveröffentlichten Nachlaß der inselfriesischen Dichterin. Nordfriesische Verlagsanstalt Carl Meyer, 1930.

Levelezése
 Martin-M. Langner (szerk): Briefe und Gedichte. 2. kiadás, Weidler, Berlin 1989, .

Jegyzetek

Források

 Franz Brümmer: Lexikon der deutschen Dichter und Prosaisten vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart. Reclam, Leipzig 1913, 63. oldal
 Elisabeth Friedrichs: Die deutschsprachigen Schriftstellerinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Ein Lexikon. Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, , (Repertorien zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte 9), 6. oldal
 Uwe Zacchi: Menschen von Föhr – Lebenswege aus drei Jahrhunderten. Boyens, Heide 1986,
 Jakob Tholund: Vom Schatz der Lieder. Stine Andresen – eine Dichterin von Föhr. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1991, .

Külső hivatkozások

 Gesammelte Gedichten című kötete 1896-os kiadásának online változata

Fordítás

Német költők
1849-ben született személyek
1927-ben elhunyt személyek
Német nők


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Q: Kafka Connect S3 - JSON to Parquet Does Kafka Connect S3 support from JSON to Parquet? Appreciate available and alternative suggestions using Kafka Connect S3

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Does Kafka Connect S3 support from JSON to Parquet?

No, it does not. Per the docs page:

You must use the AvroConverter with ParquetFormat in the S3 Sink connector. Attempting to use the JsonConverter (with or without schemas) will result in a runtime exception.

One option you have would be use to ksqlDB to reserialise your data into Avro first, e.g.:
CREATE STREAM source (COL1 VARCHAR, COL2 INT, COL3 BIGINT) WITH (VALUE_FORMAT='JSON', KAFKA_TOPIC='my_source_topic');

CREATE STREAM target WITH (KAFKA_TOPIC='my_target_topic', VALUE_FORMAT='AVRO') AS SELECT * FROM source;

With that done you then sink my_target_topic to S3 using the Parquet formatted (you can even do this from ksqlDB with CREATE SINK CONNECTOR…)


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HomeDeep HouseTongue N Cheek – Tomorrow (Remix)
Tongue N Cheek – Tomorrow (Remix)
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This Beat Is Mine! (*) Tongue N Cheek – Tomorrow (Frankie's Favourite Paradise Mix) (Syncopate)
I'd like to first and foremost thank you for your 10 essential Brit-Soul gems recent publication. I therefore fully subscribe to your affirmation saying there was nothing more exciting musically speaking than the UK scene back at the end of the 80's. We then would get things almost every single day from almost everywhere at the time. Be it House, Soul, Hip-Hop, Acid-Jazz or whatever. We also had the clubs, we had the DJ's, we had the record shops and we had such an exciting media coverage. In other words, we had everything to have a brighter tomorrow at the time.
Tongue N Cheek, although they released only one album, remain definitely worth the check. Maureen Mason, the lead singer, had such a beautiful voice. Meanwhile her partners, Robin Achampong and Delroy Murray made quite some noise earlier on under their Total Contrast guise. I'm pretty sure you remember them, huh?
This 'Tomorrow' of theirs, which Frankie Knuckles remixed is so uplifting. I wish we would have had more 'Tomorrow' like this!
This Beat Is Mine! (*)
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With warm thanks to Brighton-based correspondent, Trish Williams, for this week's suggestion…
Gladly welcoming yours to be published next Wednesday. On your marks!
– A quick typing – 'Frankie Knuckles' – in the search box of our site should give you a certain idea of his legacy. And, by that, of the consideration we have for him. Standing among the most prolific but first and foremost talented producers/remixers of his generation. With his name firmly associated to a signature – the Def Mix Sound – and an alter ego – David Morales. Themselves synonyms with some of the most brilliant episodes in the maturation of the contemporary groove.
A native New Yorker, Frankie Knuckles arrived right on time to witness the early stages of the nightclubbing and its music – Disco – in the Big Apple. Eventually hangin' out with his friend, Larry Levan, before comin' to play Disco, Soul and R&B jams at The Continental Baths and The Gallery.
Knuckles relocated to Chicago, IL by the second half of the 70's. This after a friend of his by the likes of Robert Williams had opened a space that was to become The Warehouse. Eventually inviting him to play on a regular basis. There, he came with a blend of everything, from Disco classics to European electronic fueled sounds and Rock. The whole setting up the foundations as what was to become House Music by the middle of the 80's. This along with the use of drum machines and samplers.
Knuckles made his thing in Chicago, eventually collaborating with Jamie Principle. But he also happened to join forces with David Morales and For The Record DJ Pool founder Judy Weinstein under the Def Mix Productions banner to help manage remix requests and handle artist business affairs.
On his own or along with either David Morales or Eric Kupper, Frankie Knuckles has remixed and produced over 600 releases. With the list of those he happened to rework the music of givin' a better idea of the impact he generated. And this way above the strict spheres of House Music. Beginning with blasts from the past such as My Mine's 'Hypnotic Tango' which he came to rework. But also Jago's quite sought after 'I'm Going To Go'. Then Double Exposure's 'My Love Is Free' and Diana Ross ('Love Hangover'). Eventually bringin' fragments of his universe on Swing Out Sister's 'Notgonnachange'. The latter being an example of the demand he generated in the UK. From Tongue N Cheek's 'Tomorrow' to L.A. Mix's 'Live Together' and D*Note ('D*Votion 99'). Not to mention Lisa Stansfield's 'Change' or Loose Ends' 'Hangin' On A String').
Of course, Frankie Knuckles made some noise in the House scene. Responsible for seminal tracks such as 'Tears' along with Satoshi Tomiie and Robert Owens. But also 'And I Loved You' featuring the same Tomiie and Arnold Jarvis. Both of them on FFRR. And how to not think of the burning 'One Man' by the likes of Chanelle back in 1989? Or Lil Louis feat. ChinahBlac's 'Fable'??? With the same applying to Hercules & Love Affair's 'Blind'. Then Sybil's 'Let's Yourself Go'. With the list to be incomplete without a mention to the Director's Cut signature which he put together along with long time friend Eric Kupper.
And, just like David Morales, he also created serious bridges with R&B names. Beginning with Michael Jackson ('Rock With You'). But also Chaka Khan ('Ain't Nobody') and David Peaston ('We're All In This Together'). This in addition to The Gap Band ('I'm Gonna Git You Sucka') and Chanté Moore ('This Time'). Then Toni Braxton ('Un-Break My Heart') and Womack & Womack ('MPB'). Not to mention En Vogue's 'You Don't Have To Worry' or Will Downing's 'A Love Supreme'…
Meanwhile, under his own banner, Knuckles also made quite an impression. Delivering his debut-album – 'Beyond The Mix' – back in 1991. And in the meantime one of his biggest classics ever by the likes of 'The Whistle Song'. Eventually sharing the bill four years later with Jersey songstress Adeva on the ' Welcome To The Real World' album. With his final album – 'A New Reality' – seeing the light back in 2004.
Frankie Knuckles sadly died on March 31, 2014 in Chicago, IL, of complications from diabetes. He was 59…
10 essential Frankie Knuckles remixes…
10 essential Frankie Knuckles remixes (Pt. 2)
Tongue N Cheek – Tomorrow (Remix) 2015-09-23T20:30:53+00:00 2018-12-10T10:25:30+00:00 indamixworldwide
Delroy Murray
Maureen Mason
Robin Achampong
Syncopate
This Beat Is Mine
Tongue'N'Cheek
Total Contrast
Cymande – The Message (Album version)
Rotary Connection – I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
Fri. Sep. 29, 2017 0
Bohannon – The Groove Machine (Mercury)
Thu. Aug. 20, 2015 0
Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel


The clip showed Eragon talking to baby Saphira about his mother, enticing her to fly. When she does fly, fiery magic envelopes her, and she lands as a fully-grown dragon. When she lands, she begins talking telepathically with Eragon (never having done so before) and immediately tells him that her name is Saphira.
ABC Family (different from the main ABC channel) is set to air the Harry Potter movie again today (Sunday) at 8 PM EST. We assume (though we're unsure – fans have emailed in telling us, but we haven't confirmed this) that the same preview will be airing again. If it does, we'll be posting a video online shortly after. Be sure to check back! Thanks to everyone who emailed in with information!


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Is there a delay for receiving crown packs after they are bought
Ekalb
Soul Shriven
I bought a 1500 crown pack 5 days ago and got an email saying the funds have been added to my wallet but have not received them, is there a 1 week delay or something
#1 September 2016
Beardimus
Not normally on console at least.
Xbox One | EU | EP
Beardimus - VR16 (810CP) Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-02-18 - 16-02-18 & Sheogorath 02-05-19 - 07-05-19
Alts - - for the Lolz
Archimus - Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
Orcimus - Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master
Fighting for : The SAXON Guild
Fighting with [PvP] : The Lunar Wolves
Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | TradersOfNirn2
Trials : Saviours
Xbox One | NA | EP
Bëardimus - L40 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
Heals-With-Pets - CP160+ Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
I play on console
Alucardo
Generally the crowns are added instantly once purchased. There used to be a lot of issues with console users not receiving their crowns, so I'd contact support to find out what's going on, especially if it has been 5 days.
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Mojmir
Within seconds
Raising floors and lower ceilings by zos standards has created an iron maiden.
No matter how well you played,when the game is over,the king and pawn go back in the same box.
Be careful what you ask for from zo$, you always get punished.
Call me toxic,your the one being slowly poisoned by greed.
altemriel
✭✭
on PC no, when you buy it trought crown store, the activation is instant, you should check the collections menu in the game and there the DLC tab
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♣♣ ""It's one thing to see your past from present memory. It is entirely another to step through the Dragon and be yourself remembering the present in the past as the future."
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Maoimii Da, Khajiit Magicka Nightblade, CPs around 600, master enchanter, damage dealer, elder vampire shade of death
♣♣"May you walk on warm sands!
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meowz!!
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Elmour0Fudd
depends on the server your in,
in the PTS you'll find it there, EU server and NA server same confused me once had bought the largest pack at time on sale but was in the PTS NA (PC), went out and came back lol and logged into NA server lol and panic occurs where's the 5500 crowns .... arrrgh ,
then remembered it was sitting in the PTS, lo and behold there it was,
panic over
could also be related to character but don't think it goes that far just which server.
hope you've found them
Try Cat herding it's fun thay said you'll love it it's a good honest job........ bollock's you need Silverweave body armour to stop em fighting, but a stuffed mouse on a string can help!
Snarrffffff
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Brrrofski
Sometimes there's a delay, but it's like an hour or so. I usually just reboot the game if I haven't had them in 5 minutes.
5 days sound like there's an issue. I'd put a ticket in.
Xbox One EU


Services: Window Sampling, Rotary Geobore S Coring, Plate Bearing Tests, Multipoint Vibrating Wire Piezometer Installation, Inclinometer Installation, Monitoring, Lab Testing, Interpretive reporting.
Project Outline: GTS were requested to attend site where an active slope failure was progressing adjacent to a newly constructed residential development. The team quickly developed an investigation and monitoring regime to determine the depth and rate of failure together with geotechnical and ground water properties. Throughout the face and periphery of the slip a number of boreholes were drilling to varying depths utilising various methodologies with VWP and inclinometer installations alongside the traditional piezometer installations.
A large amount of data was acquired via constant monitoring of VWPs and Inclinometers whilst the slope was still active and was under the influence of multiple failures. The parameters derived on site investigation were key to the development of an appropriate design solution and subsequent movement monitoring during remedial construction activities.


The Thai Government is considering the forced return of a group of Laotian Hmong refugees in exchange for Thais detained in Laos, according to refugee officials.
The move, reportedly being negotiated, would involve 1,000 to 2,000 Hmong. Before the Communist takover in Laos in 1975, the Hmong were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to fight against the North Vietnamese and their Laotian Communist allies.
At least one Western embassy here has reportedly expressed concern over the repatriation plan.
Among the refugees, now in the area of Nam Pun, in Nan Province, are apparently some still-active rebels who refugee workers fear may be subject to execution or political imprisonment in Laos. According to Amnesty International, Laos holds thousands of political prisoners. Qualified for Resettlement Some of the people being held at Nam Pun since Thailand began closing refugee camps earlier this year have apparently qualified for refugee resettlement through the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, according to officials.
The Bangkok office of the United Nations agency said it was looking into the matter. A spokesman for the Thai National Security Council, which has ultimate responsibility in refugee affairs, declined to comment.
An Interior Ministry official said he was not aware of a proposed prisoner exchange. But he added that a group of Hmong in the Nan area returned voluntarily to Laos earlier this year.
The Thai Government, eager to maintain good working relations with Laos, which is culturally close to Thailand, is trying to reduce its refugee population. More than 91,000 Laotians are now in Thai refugee camps in the Mekong River valley. Many of them are members of the Hmong or other hill tribes.
A year ago, Thailand and Laos agreed to begin a joint program of involuntary repatriation of Laotians arriving in Thailand who did not qualify as refugees. The Thais then instituted a screening process at points of entry. But Laos has so far refused to take back most people Thailand rejected, although other Laotians have been repatriated voluntarily over the years.
Laos is almost entirely closed to visitors from the West. More than 40,000 Vietnamese troops are based in Laos, and Vietnamese influence is pervasive. The United States has an embassy in Laos, the only one in Indochina.
It is unclear which Thais, who have been described as soldiers, might be exchanged for the Hmong. Sawanit Kongsiri, spokesman for the Thai Forieign Ministry, said there were no regular Thai soldiers in custody in Laos to his knowledge.
There are persistent reports, however, that hundreds of Thai mercenaries, who joined the undeclared C.I.A. war in the 1960's, are in prison camps in Laos. Last January the newspaper Bangkok World published an article based on interviews with Thai and foreign survivors of that war who recalled that hundreds of Thais were killed or captured in one incident alone, when North Vietnamese forces bombarded and overran their camp in the Plain of Jars in December 1971.


"@SasamatFire and @cqrcmp on scene at Buntzen Lake for report of drowning. Buntzen Lake is currently closed to the public," shared the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department with this photo.
Aug. 14, 2018 7:20 p.m.
Police divers have found the body of a 47-year-old Burnaby man who drowned in Buntzen Lake near Coquitlam on Tuesday.
Coquitlam RCMP Staff. Sgt. Tony Porato said the man was in the water at around 4 p.m. when his family noticed he was in distress and called for help.
"Our victim services are doing all they can to help to help the family through this heartbreaking time," said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin.
The death comes about a month after a 19-year-old Surrey man drowned in the same lake, and Porato reminded people to take precautions in the water.
"Buntzen Lake is a beautiful place to be at but you've got to be aware of your surroundings," he said, adding it's a water reservoir so it gets deep quickly.
He recommended wearing a personal flotation device in the water or swimming in pairs if both people are strong swimmers.


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// Copyright (C) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "CommonMemoryPch.h"

EXPLICIT_INSTANTIATE_WITH_SMALL_HEAP_BLOCK_TYPE(SmallHeapBlockAllocator)

template __forceinline char* SmallHeapBlockAllocator<SmallNormalHeapBlock>::InlinedAllocImpl</*canFaultInject*/true>(Recycler * recycler, size_t sizeCat, ObjectInfoBits attributes);

template <typename TBlockType>
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::SmallHeapBlockAllocator() :
    freeObjectList(nullptr),
    endAddress(nullptr),
    heapBlock(nullptr),
    prev(nullptr),
    next(nullptr)
{
#ifdef RECYCLER_TRACK_NATIVE_ALLOCATED_OBJECTS
    this->lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock = nullptr;
#endif
}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::Initialize()
{
    Assert(this->freeObjectList == nullptr);
    Assert(this->endAddress == nullptr);
    Assert(this->heapBlock == nullptr);

    this->prev = this;
    this->next = this;
}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::UpdateHeapBlock()
{
    if (heapBlock != nullptr)
    {
        if (this->endAddress == nullptr)
        {
            heapBlock->freeObjectList = this->freeObjectList;
        }
        else
        {
            Assert(heapBlock->freeObjectList == nullptr);
        }
    }
}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::Clear()
{
    TBlockType * heapBlock = this->heapBlock;
    if (heapBlock != nullptr)
    {
        Assert(heapBlock->isInAllocator);
        heapBlock->isInAllocator = false;
        FreeObject * remainingFreeObjectList = nullptr;
        if (this->endAddress != nullptr)
        {
#ifdef RECYCLER_TRACK_NATIVE_ALLOCATED_OBJECTS
            TrackNativeAllocatedObjects();
            lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock = nullptr;
#endif
#ifdef PROFILE_RECYCLER_ALLOC
            // Need to tell the tracker
            this->bucket->heapInfo->recycler->TrackUnallocated((char *)this->freeObjectList, this->endAddress, this->bucket->sizeCat);
#endif
            RecyclerMemoryTracking::ReportUnallocated(this->heapBlock->heapBucket->heapInfo->recycler, (char *)this->freeObjectList, this->endAddress, heapBlock->heapBucket->sizeCat);
#ifdef RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTERS
            size_t unallocatedObjects = heapBlock->objectCount - ((char *)this->freeObjectList - heapBlock->address) / heapBlock->objectSize;
            size_t unallocatedObjectBytes = unallocatedObjects * heapBlock->GetObjectSize();
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(LiveObject, unallocatedObjects);
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(LiveObjectSize, unallocatedObjectBytes);
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_SUB(FreeObjectSize, unallocatedObjectBytes);
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(SmallHeapBlockLiveObject, unallocatedObjects);
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(SmallHeapBlockLiveObjectSize, unallocatedObjectBytes);
            RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_SUB(SmallHeapBlockFreeObjectSize, unallocatedObjectBytes);
#endif
            Assert(heapBlock->freeObjectList == nullptr);
            this->endAddress = nullptr;
        }
        else
        {
            remainingFreeObjectList = this->freeObjectList;
            heapBlock->freeObjectList = remainingFreeObjectList;
        }
        this->freeObjectList = nullptr;

        // this->freeObjectList and this->lastFreeCount are accessed in SmallHeapBlock::ResetMarks
        // the order of access there is first we see if lastFreeCount = 0, and if it is, we assert
        // that freeObjectList = null. Because of ARM's memory model, we need to insert barriers
        // so that the two variables can be accessed correctly across threads. Here, after we write
        // to this->freeObjectList, we insert a write barrier so that if this->lastFreeCount is 0,
        // this->freeObjectList must have been set to null. On the other end, we stick a read barrier
        // We use the MemoryBarrier macro because of ARMs lack of a separate read barrier
#if defined(_M_ARM32_OR_ARM64)
#if DBG
        MemoryBarrier();
#endif
#endif

        if (remainingFreeObjectList == nullptr)
        {
            uint lastFreeCount = heapBlock->GetAndClearLastFreeCount();
            heapBlock->heapBucket->heapInfo->uncollectedAllocBytes += lastFreeCount * heapBlock->GetObjectSize();
            Assert(heapBlock->lastUncollectedAllocBytes == 0);
            DebugOnly(heapBlock->lastUncollectedAllocBytes = lastFreeCount * heapBlock->GetObjectSize());
        }
        else
        {
            DebugOnly(heapBlock->SetIsClearedFromAllocator(true));
        }
        this->heapBlock = nullptr;

        RECYCLER_SLOW_CHECK(heapBlock->CheckDebugFreeBitVector(false));
    }
    else if (this->freeObjectList != nullptr)
    {
        // Explicit Free Object List
#ifdef RECYCLER_MEMORY_VERIFY
        FreeObject* freeObject = this->freeObjectList;

        while (freeObject)
        {
            HeapBlock* heapBlock = this->bucket->GetRecycler()->FindHeapBlock((void*) freeObject);
            Assert(heapBlock != nullptr);
            Assert(!heapBlock->IsLargeHeapBlock());
            TBlockType* smallBlock = (TBlockType*)heapBlock;

            smallBlock->ClearExplicitFreeBitForObject((void*) freeObject);
            freeObject = freeObject->GetNext();
        }
#endif
        this->freeObjectList = nullptr;
    }

}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::SetNew(BlockType * heapBlock)
{
    Assert(this->endAddress == nullptr);
    Assert(this->heapBlock == nullptr);
    Assert(this->freeObjectList == nullptr);

    Assert(heapBlock != nullptr);
    Assert(heapBlock->freeObjectList == nullptr);
    Assert(heapBlock->lastFreeCount != 0);

    Assert(!heapBlock->isInAllocator);
    heapBlock->isInAllocator = true;

    this->heapBlock = heapBlock;
    this->freeObjectList = (FreeObject *)heapBlock->GetAddress();
    this->endAddress = heapBlock->GetEndAddress();
}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::Set(BlockType * heapBlock)
{
    Assert(this->endAddress == nullptr);
    Assert(this->heapBlock == nullptr);
    Assert(this->freeObjectList == nullptr);

    Assert(heapBlock != nullptr);
    Assert(heapBlock->freeObjectList != nullptr);
    Assert(heapBlock->lastFreeCount != 0);

    Assert(!heapBlock->isInAllocator);
    heapBlock->isInAllocator = true;

    this->heapBlock = heapBlock;
    RECYCLER_SLOW_CHECK(this->heapBlock->CheckDebugFreeBitVector(true));
    this->freeObjectList = this->heapBlock->freeObjectList;
}

template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::SetExplicitFreeList(FreeObject* list)
{
    Assert(list != nullptr);
    Assert(this->heapBlock == nullptr);
    Assert(this->freeObjectList == nullptr);

    this->freeObjectList = list;
}

#ifdef RECYCLER_TRACK_NATIVE_ALLOCATED_OBJECTS
template <typename TBlockType>
void
SmallHeapBlockAllocator<TBlockType>::TrackNativeAllocatedObjects()
{
    Assert(this->freeObjectList != nullptr && endAddress != nullptr);
    Assert(this->heapBlock != nullptr);

#if defined(PROFILE_RECYCLER_ALLOC) || defined(RECYCLER_MEMORY_VERIFY) || defined(MEMSPECT_TRACKING) || defined(ETW_MEMORY_TRACKING)
    if (pfnTrackNativeAllocatedObjectCallBack == nullptr)
    {
        return;
    }

    if (lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock == nullptr)
    {
#ifdef RECYCLER_PAGE_HEAP
        Assert((char *)this->freeObjectList == this->heapBlock->GetAddress() || ((SmallHeapBlock*) this->heapBlock)->InPageHeapMode());
#else
        Assert((char *)this->freeObjectList == this->heapBlock->GetAddress());
#endif
        return;
    }

    Recycler * recycler = this->heapBlock->heapBucket->heapInfo->recycler;
    size_t sizeCat = this->heapBlock->heapBucket->sizeCat;
    char * curr = lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock + sizeCat;
    Assert(curr <= (char *)this->freeObjectList);

#if DBG_DUMP
    AllocationVerboseTrace(recycler->GetRecyclerFlagsTable(), L"TrackNativeAllocatedObjects: recycler = 0x%p, sizeCat = %u, lastRuntimeAllocatedBlock = 0x%p, freeObjectList = 0x%p, nativeAllocatedObjectCount = %u\n",
        recycler, sizeCat, this->lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock, this->freeObjectList, ((char *)this->freeObjectList - curr) / sizeCat);
#endif

    while (curr < (char *)this->freeObjectList)
    {
        pfnTrackNativeAllocatedObjectCallBack(recycler, curr, sizeCat);
        curr += sizeCat;
    }
#elif defined(RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTERS)
    if (lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock == nullptr)
    {
        return;
    }

    size_t sizeCat = this->heapBlock->heapBucket->sizeCat;
    char * curr = lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock + sizeCat;
    Assert(curr <= (char *)this->freeObjectList);
    size_t byteCount = ((char *)this->freeObjectList - curr);

#if DBG_DUMP
    AllocationVerboseTrace(L"TrackNativeAllocatedObjects: recycler = 0x%p, sizeCat = %u, lastRuntimeAllocatedBlock = 0x%p, freeObjectList = 0x%p, nativeAllocatedObjectCount = %u\n",
        recycler, sizeCat, this->lastNonNativeBumpAllocatedBlock, this->freeObjectList, ((char *)this->freeObjectList - curr) / sizeCat);
#endif

    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(LiveObject, byteCount / sizeCat);
    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(LiveObjectSize, byteCount);
    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_SUB(FreeObjectSize, byteCount);
    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(SmallHeapBlockLiveObject, byteCount / sizeCat);
    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_ADD(SmallHeapBlockLiveObjectSize, byteCount);
    RECYCLER_PERF_COUNTER_SUB(SmallHeapBlockFreeObjectSize, byteCount);
#else
#error Not implemented
#endif
}
#endif


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2011 One Show Interactive Judges
Sam De Volder
Sam, 37, started as a copywriter and concept creator in 1996. In 2000 he became Creative Director at These Days, Antwerp, where he works together with a bunch of talented craftsmen & women to create integrated work with (in most cases) an interactive backbone. He won awards and judged Clio's, New York Festivals, Cannes Lions... Sam enjoys reading (now crunching "Les Bienveillantes" by Jonathan Littel) and running (Nike+: sdevolder). Sam is married and is the proud father of Natan, Quinten and Ada. And he takes pictures of his own shadow, but he does not know why. Follow him @sdevolder


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PeopleColyn GremaudColyn GremaudYOU ME AND APOLLO--THE DUCK ROOM; 4/4/2013
YOU ME AND APOLLO--THE DUCK ROOM; 4/4/2013
Written by Colyn Gremaud
Ft. Collin's, CO's You Me and Apollo graced the noble concrete floors of Blueberry Hill's Duck Room last Thursday. I went into their show having not done my good journalistic duty and listened to—really—any of their music. So I had no idea what to expect. What I found was more than pleasantly surprising.
You Me and Apollo are a band after my own heart. Their sound partakes somewhat of the kind of genreless eclecticism that contemporary music can't seem to avoid, yet they still manage to have a distinct sound that is tied deeply to its roots of Americana, Honky Tonk, folk and soul. They borrow much from the sounds of contemporary rock bands like Alabama Shakes and The Black Keys, especially in the vocal style of lead singer Brent Cowles whose soulful croon simply nails the Indie Twang archetype—but their soul goes deep into the golden age of American folk rock. There are distinct resonances of artists like Creedence, Evie Sands, The Zombies and The Band.
While their five piece set up, including three guitars, bass and drums, results in a very large and expansive sound they do not fall into trap of always thinking that more is better. You Me and Apollo are sophisticated enough to know when to fire on all cylinders and when to relax and let the music breathe and invite the listener in. As self-evident as that sounds, the ability to know which notes to not play is a very subtle art and one that is sorely lacking in most popular music these days. Here is where I would normally digress to tell you all about the loudness wars and how Phil Spector killed not only that poor girl, but modern popular music as well. But I'll leave that for another date.
Dynamics is not the only thing they get right. Their songs, while sharing a common "sound" span a wide variety of styles—from uptempo rockers to slower, soulful ballads. They hit every point along the tempo map, switching easily and smoothly between shuffles, straight ahead beats and swing—drummer Tyler Kellog marshalling the rhythms with aplomb while bassist Dave Cole walks up and down his fretboard. Lead guitarist Morgan Travis's sound alternates between simulated steel guitar and twangy leads. Cowles and rhythm guitarist Johnatan Alonzo fill in the sound with subtle textures and flavors.
Their set on Friday span the gamut of their sonic landscape with the uptempo rock-y songs like "Oh My Molly" skillfully interspersed with the slower, more soulful numbers like "Rob The Cheat" and "Someday" They also offered up covers of The Zombies' "Time of the Season" and Stealers Wheel's "Stuck in the Middle With You" both of which suited their eclectic style nicely.
You Me and Apollo's current tour wrapped up this weekend. But keep your eyes peeled for any tour dates in or around St. Louis. They are an act you do not want to miss. You can find them online at www.youmeandapollo.com
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On Feb 21st and 22nd this year (2008), the annual Asia Pacific Six Sigma Conference was held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I had the honour of being a guest speaker, and was able to offer 'best in class' case studies where we have applied 'Lean Thinking' and DSS methodologies in business (non-manufacturing) processes. DSS and Lean are very powerful for any organization in today's business environment, and by utilizing the appropriate tools we are achieving millions of dollars of savings across our organization and businesses.
The following is the official Motorola press announcement after the event. Following below this, are various links relating to the conference, including the official content brochure and presentation materials of the speakers.
I've been trained in six sigma and we will roll it out in our company soon. Amazing methodologies.


Caching madness, Active Job improvements, and even more performance!
What's up, gang? Todd here with another edition of This Week in Rails. It was a bit of a quiet week in Railsland, but I think we've got some quality contributions here. Read on for the deets!
We had 39 awesome contributors to the Rails codebase this week. Check out the active issues over on GitHub if you'd like to see your name here.
This addition bakes a strategy for generating collection cache keys directly into ActiveRecord::Relation. Using #cache_key, it's now possible to automagically generate a unique key on relations for use with Rails' fragment cache.
Active Jobs queued with #perform_later previously wouldn't honor the context's locale. This patch rectifies that by storing it on the job directly.


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Axali Doëseb (* 1954 in Okahandja, Südwestafrika) ist ein zeitgenössischer namibischer Musiker, Dirigent und Komponist.

Zu seinen Werken gehören die Melodie und Text der namibischen Nationalhymne "Namibia, Land of the Brave" und die Liturgie der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in der Republik Namibia. Doëseb war zudem an der Entwicklung der Hymne der Afrikanischen Union, Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together, beteiligt. Er erhielt 2014 den Namibian Annual Music Award (NAMA) für sein Lebenswerk.

Doëseb hält seit 1997 ein Diplom der Musikschule Herford, (Deutschland) sowie einen Bachelor in Musikwissenschaft der University of Marlborough (Vereinigtes Königreich).

Axali Doëseb war der erste schwarze Dirigent des namibischen Symphonieorchesters. Seit 2019 ist er Jurymitglied des namibischen Musikpreises NAMA.

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22 Won't Do will take place on July 22, 2017 at the Huntsville Veterans Memorial in Downtown Huntsville. Our goal is to have, at least, 2222 people doing 22 pushups to not only break a World Record, but to show our support to those warriors that need to understand that there is hope. Please don't give up. Call the suicide prevention number, go to Facebook and find people going through the same feelings, find a friend.


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Sandusky County Sheriff's Office
•1:24 a.m., a fight/assault was reported at Vickery Tavern.
•3:26 a.m., a fight was reported in the 1000 block of Shorewood Drive, with the case being sent to the prosecutor's office for review.
•10:43 a.m., vandalism was reported at the Rice Township Hall. Someone broke two windows on the south side of the building with beer bottles.
•3:47 p.m., a domestic violence incident was reported in the 4300 block of Limerick Road.
Fremont Police Department
•8:58 p.m., an 18 year old Fremont man was charged with underage consumption in the 1700 block of Port Clinton Road.
•9:50 p.m., a 43 year old Fremont man was charged with OVI and driving without headlights on E. State Street.
•11:03 p.m., a large fight was reported in the 600 block of Grant Street.


Yinchuan — The delegation of the Sudan has participated, Wednesday, in the opening ceremony of the exhibition of China and the Arab states in the Chinese city of Yinchuan.
The Sudan's delegation has included a number of sectors representing the ministries of Investment, Animal Resources, Sudan Central Bank, the Ministry of Trade and other organizations led by Dr. Abdul-Dafe'e Abdulla, the director of Investment and Companies of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The head of the Sudan's delegation has noted to the historical relations between the Sudan and China which described as relations of economic, political cooperation and friendship, pointing to the Chinese support to the Sudan's development efforts, stressing that the exhibition would present the Sudan's investment potentials to realize the total goals of the exhibition.
It is worth mentioning that the China-Arab States Expo is a large - scale and comprehensive economic & trade conference and exhibition event approved by the State Council of China.
It is jointly organized by China's Ministry of Commerce, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the People's Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Since 2010, three sessions of China-Arab States Economic and Trade Forum and two sessions of China-Arab States Expo has been successfully held in Ningxia, which has been widely recognized by the Arab States and other countries along the "Belt and Road" with extensive and profound influence.
On January 21, 2016, Chinese President Xi Jinping mentioned in his speech at the Arab League Headquarters that China -Arab States Expo has been an important platform for China and Arab states to jointly build the "Belt and Road".
China - Arab States Expo 2017 in which the Sudan is participating will be held from September 6 to 9, 2017 in Yinchuan, Ningxia with the theme of "Towards a New Model of Partnership Featuring Results - oriented and Win - win Cooperation" for the general purpose of "Friendship, Cooperation, Development " .
Series of conferences and exhibitions will be organized in China - Arab States Expo 2017.


This is an Easter page I created using digital scrapbooking. the photos are of my niece Elizabeth. On the weekend we decorated some easter eggs. I did one and she did the rest. They turned out so pretty. I had to take some photos or course.


The Moon Parka is the result of 11 years of technological innovation and investment, 10 design iterations and 656 gene synthesis designs. The main barrier, says Spiber, was synthetically producing spider silk that was economically feasible. To create their artificial spider silk fiber called Qmonos (from the Japanese word kumonosu meaning 'spider web') the company used a fermentation process that involved microorganisms manufacturing recombinant proteins. This was not cheap. But Spiber has made remarkable progress and the cost is now 1/53,000 of what it was in 2008.
Spiber first gave the public a peek at their technology in 2013 when they created a cocktail dress made from Qmonos. But now they're getting serious and have teamed up with North Face to produce the Moon Parka. It was named after the most remote and extreme environment upon which mankind has ever set foot, likening their breakthrough to a "moonshot" that was always considered an impossible goal.
And apparel is only the company's initial target. They envision their material to have applications in the automotive and medical device industries as well.
The Moon Parka won't be commercially available until 2016 but according to the press release it's currently touring North Face stores across Japan through January 10, 2016.


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Phantom fellowship makes AI real for Airmen and Guardians
The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator Phantom fellowship aims to "bridge the digital divide" by developing high-performing Air and Space Force professionals into future leaders and advocates of artificial intelligence. Phantoms work side-by-side with 17 operations-focused Airmen and Guardians assigned to the AIA and select projects the unit focuses on while gaining exposure to world-leading AI research. (U.S. Air Force graphic by 1st Lt. Christine Del Aguila)
By 1st Lt. Christine Del Aguila
DAF-MIT AI Accelerator
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Department of the Air Force-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Accelerator kicked off the next iteration of their Phantom Fellowship with a record 531 applicants for the May 1 through Aug. 31 cohort.
Leadership chose 15 total force service members to participate in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics funded program. The DAF-MIT AIA's mission is to make AI real for Airmen and Guardians by focusing on building partnerships, advancing fundamental research, empowering Airmen and Guardians through AI education, and being a voice on AI policy.
"The sheer number of applicants indicates massive interest. However, what's truly impressive is how many Airmen and Guardians are already knowledgeable in this field. The key is empowering them as the sole unit dedicated to AI in the DAF," said Col. Tucker Hamilton, DAF-MIT AIA director.
Phantoms are chosen based on their specialized experience in AI, software programming, current area of AIA mission need, and technical acumen.
Phantoms work side-by-side with 17 operations-focused active duty and Reservist Airmen and Guardians, as well as one government civilian permanently assigned to the AIA, and select projects the AIA focuses on while gaining exposure to world-leading AI research.
The four-month remote program modeled after U.S. Special Operations Command's Ghost program takes place three times a year and includes two scheduled trips to the campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Phantom Fellowship aims to "bridge the digital divide" by developing high-performing Air and Space Force professionals into future leaders and advocates of artificial intelligence.
"The Phantom fellowship not only develops AI ambassadors within the DAF, but educates Airmen and Guardians on AI and data to promulgate best practices learned from a premier educational institution," said Capt. Matthew Ruden, the first PEO Digital acquisition officer to be temporarily assigned to the AIA to assist with acquisition expertise and phantom program management.
Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Program Executive Office Digital partnered with the AIA in August 2021 to provide temporary acquisitions and program manager support via six-and-a-half-month assignments.
A recent Phantom success story included Airman 1st Class Dhruv Gupta, from the Oct. 1, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2022 cohort, who went on to compete at the first department-wide BRAVO Hackathon at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Gupta, along with AIA permanent party members Capt. Lindsey McEvoy and Tech. Sgt. Armando Cabrera, won best project, best artificial intelligence/machine learning application, and best emergent capability, sweeping three out of the nine hackathon awards.
"The fact that we built a tool to automate and optimize something that has been a problem for the force for over 30 years, in just a week, astounds me every time I think about it," said Gupta, an analytic developer from the 35th Intelligence Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. "Everyone at the hackathon wanted to break down processes to solve any problem they were handed, and what all of the teams were able to do was unprecedented."
The ever-evolving Phantom Fellowship is currently open to active duty DAF acquisition personnel, to include developmental engineers, acquisition managers, contracting officers, AI-savvy enlisted personnel, and public affairs personnel.
In addition to receiving training via an AI foundations course, public affairs phantoms support the fellowship and DAF by assisting AIA leadership and its members with critical tactical and strategic communication efforts using PA core competencies.
A "91P" special experience identifier is attached to service members' Air Force specialty codes upon completion of the program, allowing the DoD to harness the Phantom's acquired AI knowledge and skill sets later in their careers.
"The Phantom Fellowship opens access to the AI education that service members urgently need in order to accelerate change and cut through bureaucracy," Hamilton said. "Our focus is to advance, educate, and deliver AI here at the Accelerator, and this Phantom program is just the start."
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Are custom solutions really a viable option in the current state of IT applications ?
Being a market leader has its advantages; you can get away with a lot of things, customers tolerate a lot more than they would with startups or mid players. The market looks up to you for direction and whatever you do gets imitated quickly. Even if you are not innovating or creating new products, your copy outsells others by virtue of base effect. After all reaching the pinnacle of success and building a reputation takes a lot of effort and you have to do the business better than everyone else in the same business.
That is how it appears from outside to the external world and to a large extent from within to partners, employees and customers; because most of them don't get to see the machinery that runs the business. In the background the robust technology solutions keep the business running with every transaction for every customer across products, geographies and hype waves that keep appearing with regular frequency. Inefficiencies if any surface as customer incidents and get addressed efficiently.
When news emerged that a top 5 leading global company wanted to engage domain and technology experts for their planned technology refresh, it was big news in the consulting industry. Everyone who had any experience in the industry wanted to pitch for the business, at least part of it if possible. It was well known that the company had a collection of all kinds of technologies somehow intertwined and operating together; being early adopters during the mainframe days, they had custom developed everything they used, well almost !
With the evolving software solution market, many younger and smaller competitors had embraced the COTS world (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) and successfully keep moving ahead of the technology curve. Thus they enjoyed the benefits of automation with faster and cheaper processes which did give them the advantage of being able to react fast to market. On the other hand, the company continued to stay with their legacy bespoke solutions serviced by a large contingent of people who had spent decades in the company.
Innovative products by the leader were quickly copied by the nimble with a technology edge; the reverse too happened fairly quickly which belied imagination of the market considering the size of the company. It was fairly evident that custom tech solutions did not slow down the leader. People poached by competitors talked about tight alignment of objectives between business and IT as the secret sauce; legendary leadership and culture had sustained the business through difficult and good times.
A century of existence ensured they were miles ahead of their nearest competitor, but the gap was slowly and surely being bridged. Retirement of first and second generation of IT leadership brought some doubts about sustaining continued success. The next generation technology leaders had grown with COTS and found it challenging to continue the existing paradigm. Since the company had gained leadership position and sustained it well, and status quo was not an option, they approached the predicament with kid's gloves.
And that is how the market went abuzz with an opportunity that sought qualified expert opinions on the future path. Should they move to a COTS model ? Sustain their existing seemingly crumbling monolithic yet fragmented solution ? Rebuild a replacement solution ground up with the experience and domain expertise within, or take a hybrid approach with parts of the legacy being chipped off and replaced with COTS ? And there was the Cloud and what not to consider in their new reference architecture.
Debates grew with every consulting company worth a name throwing their hat into the ring; some approaching the situation directly with the new IT leadership, few used Board level contacts and many pitched to different parts of the business; each had an opinion and pushed a viewpoint based on their frame of reference and comfort. Consensus eluded them with the landscape confusing them even more than where they began from; finally they decided to engage a few individual experts and go at it themselves.
My view: re-architect with best of breed COTS, prioritize investments and set a stretch timeline. Involve people across layers, make sure that quantum of change and potential disruption is known upfront. Execute with chip and consolidate actions while leveraging core domain expertise that runs the business. That part of legacy would be the last piece to change. COTS offers one key advantage that the solution becomes people agnostic, which custom solutions don't. So the journey moves from legacy to hybrid to COTS.
If you were the CIO or Advisor, which approach would you choose ? How would you strategize ?
There is always the excitement in moving up the ladder, moving to the corner office, getting a C role and title, professional and personal achievement of making the grade. In recent times there have been many first timers getting there with the earlier guard making way by virtue of retirement after a full term or decision to get off the treadmill and focusing on life. Both way the new bunch is full of excitement, charged up and raring to prove their mettle in the cutthroat corporate world of one-upmanship.
Newbies start with a lot of enthusiasm and desire to make a quick impact with low hanging fruits. They push hard at times exposing their naivety while go soft in situations where they could have gotten away. Balance comes to them over a period of getting tossed around while they understand the group dynamics and their impact on the team where they are a new entrant. Most of the older folks are happy to help, coach, mentor, be a buddy should the newbie approach them with due humility of inexperience.
For first-timers, survival in the management group comes relatively easily in comparison to own team especially if the person has come from outside and even more so if team members have had long tenures. Teams can be visibly hostile to the newcomer if internal candidature was ignored though deemed adequate. Such was the situation of the bewildered newbie CIO who approached me for help to get the team to start cooperating and listening to him; even after spending seven months, he was struggling.
He had a good track record as a Project Manager who had managed and successfully delivered complex cross-functional projects. Over a dozen years of work experience demonstrated growth path and ability as he had climbed the ladder to start knocking the door aspiring for the corner office. At his last workplace, he was part of the team that managed an outsourcing contract playing an important role. Overall his resume stacked up on the capabilities required and thus he was hired as the CIO.
Settling down within few weeks, he took some time to understand the business which was new to him; his team was a mix of old and new with a couple having long tenures. Not that any of them would have made the cut, they recognized their limitations for the role they did not get. They found the CIO unsure of himself but easy going and good to get along with. He had played roles similar to themselves until he came on board – excited and wanting to prove himself with all the knowledge he had gathered by association to his CIO.
So he talked big words, Governance Risk & Compliance, IT Maturity Model, Economic Value Add, a language that was alien to the team. His reporting manager took kindly to the young star who he had hired, indulging him in his use of jargon waiting for him to start creating change. Discussions with the new CIO were interestingly filled with possibilities which could have created better outcomes than what the business had experienced thus far. The team however did not know what is that they needed to do differently.
As time passed by, review meetings had better information on progress than observed before, the CIO was a good communicator and spoke with fair conviction. His team continued to toil as usual waiting for some of the new initiatives to take off. They wanted their situation to change, they wanted the respect of the business; they wanted to explore the technology landscape to create better solutions for the business. They did not see any path breaking ideas that they were expecting from their new leader.
With better reports creating visibility on IT activity and projects, he was seen as a good manager who was able to keep the team focused on the tasks at hand improving delivery timelines to some extent, while adding resources to increase the speed of delivery. His persona was efficient, articulate, but someone who had not been able to charge the team to leap forth beyond incremental efficiency. The business needed a different level of leadership that was invisible thus far, the team wanted a leader to lead the way, not a better manager.
With the team, building trust is the foremost task for a leader; the team needs to share the vision and believe in their leader to themselves leapfrog performance to the next level. For the leader it is important to approach the team with an open attitude, listening skills, and empathy. Teams are ready to follow the leader in adversity spurred by a dream and nothing else. The transition from Manager to Leader happens for few, the rest continue to partake a journey that keeps them wedded to acceptable performance.
CIO's role is complex, everyone agrees to this fact, even the antagonist acknowledged the fact. CIOs manage infrastructure, business applications, and communication from the enterprise to customers, suppliers, regulators, and interested stakeholders. They help run the business efficiently or what is now referred to as "Keeping the lights on" or "Business as usual". They are also responsible for information security, business continuity, disaster recovery, governance, risk and compliance, and contribute to business success.
Barring the recent fad driven CXOs with X = Digital, Cloud, Social (media), Innovation, Mobility (?!), and many more to come, the CIO is the youngest of the C-suite. S/he has seen a lot more discussion and debate around the role, responsibilities, accountability, KPIs and importance. It is probably in focus because every other CXO is now dependent on the CIO and the IT team to provide them with basic standardized and secure infrastructure to conduct business and consume information to stay successful in their roles.
This situation elevates insecurities and spurs demand for breaking away from the shackles that IT has bound the business in; restricted End user compute devices with lower juice and freedom in comparison to their home devices; lock down mobile phones with containerized security or locked USB ports and unrestrained internet access (I am a responsible manager of this company !). Revolt thus stoked attempts to surface with errant behavior (as seen by the CIO) and deployment of islanded cloud solutions.
The resultant angst creates perceptions of IT rigidity and bureaucracy which business users hate and seek approvals for exceptions to the rule book. Enterprise IT needs to be simple that does not require training; I don't need a training program or manual to use technology for personal consumption; then why is enterprise IT so complex ? They forget the fact that enterprise solutions are limited by budgets, require structured data that lends itself to analytics, correlations, and associations for transactions, payments, and other business processes.
Everyone would however agree that all the applications can do with a dose of simplicity which is not an unreasonable ask. Does this imply that UI/UX should be a separate portfolio with the creation of one more silo CUO or Chief User (Interface/Experience) Officer, a person who shall be tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that systems remain idiot proof ? Or the task can be done by a specialist in the IT or any other team ? Such has been the rationale for slicing away the role of the CIO to create new micro but super-sized heads.
History bears the fact that the fancy and irrational paranoia to rechristen or create parallel roles has borne no fruit and almost all of them have been relegated to oblivion. The Internet, Cloud, SMAC, Security, Digital, and what have you fancy, have all disappeared after the title ran out of vogue with realizations that they were too small a role or responsibility to sustain standalone. The willing or grudgingly magnanimous CIO has taken them in his/her stride, not just surviving, but thriving and growing from strength to strength.
So when I see proclamations and hypothesis put across by the learned and opinionated, I wonder why do we get anxiety pangs ? Does postulation of such theories make them the reality for the CIO ? I have seen discussion, debate, instigative behavior, challenge, and provocation from peers and outsiders but never felt threatened in my role or tremors in my foundation of trust build brick by brick with credible delivery and dialogue. I believe that CIOs have nothing to be afraid of except their own fears towards their longevity.
And talking about no one wanting to be a CIO ? Probably the institute in question is going to have a big miss in the digital world !
Running IT like a business is good but are you prepared to lose your customer and money ?
I received a phone call from a CIO friend wanting to talk over a drink, which I agreed to since he was good company to be with. When he arrived I could see he was internally raging; he looked shades of red I did not know he could. Without asking he started: What does he think ? Asking me to justify why I am getting paid what I am getting ! Cut cost, reduce expenses, my business does not want expensive IT and highly paid staff ! This is even when we benchmark against the industry with lowest cost of providing IT.
He had been in a meeting with one of the business unit heads who had given him the run down on the annual IT costs that were charged back to each business unit. Within the diversified group for which he was the CIO, chargebacks were a way of life; for every support function, there were different metrics based on revenue, headcount, transaction volume or profitability. Every year there was a negotiation with the business on support costs; the previous year not having gone well, the discussions now were loaded.
In the early days of evolution of IT and the CIO role; few companies had broken out by carving their IT departments into separate entities; it became a fad with many attempting to replicate success. Entrepreneurial spirit fueled by case studies gave a ray of hope to aspirants. Quickly the trend disappeared with boom and bust giving fertile minds an opportunity to create a new goalpost. Run IT as a business – became the new mantra and it caught the fancy of some CIOs who otherwise struggled to stay afloat.
How do you run IT as a business ? The hypothesis created by some consultants revolved around charging a fair price for all the services, solutions, technology, business as usual, keeping the lights on, running the innovation lab, providing training, fixing the printer, any touch point that required parts of the IT organization in whole or bits to take any action, triggered by an event or otherwise. Charges were calculated based on simple and complex formulae depending on the creativity of the CIO and indulgence from the CFO.
Chargebacks became a discussion, debate, and topic of angst for many customers of IT (even though internal). Quality of service and Service Level Agreements became the metrics for measurement putting some IT teams in a spot. If I am going to pay (even notional), then I am fair in demanding not realizing that before it became explicit, they were anyway paying in adjustments done by the CFO for all support functions. Negotiations started on why the price is not lower, expecting justification for every line item as experienced by my friend.
Consultants then convinced Management to outsource the entire IT organization to experts offering efficiency of scale, repeatability and predictability to process, tools and technology enabled remote support and fix, again shrinking cost per unit. The big wave of outsourcing promised the moon with numbers that convinced Boards to give it a serious look. IT is not your business or core, so create complexity to manage; give up to the experts, focus on what matters. CIOs struggled through this phase balancing cost and deliverables.
Downturns offered reality check; long-term contracts became sparse, enterprises reflected on the gains which were not as rosy as they had been painted in the beginning. The CEO of IT services or the CIO suddenly had a crisis at hand with ever demanding but dissatisfied customers; changing technology landscape, evolving and opportunistic business models threatened the uneasy balance, with the realization that neither had a choice of providers or customers. It was fragile truce which required maturity rarely observed in corporate world.
The devils choice extinguished the discussion for many enterprises though a few continued to tread down the uneven path. Changing business dynamics have now redefined the platform from running IT as a business to running business with IT. The new paradigm led by the now mature business savvy CIO is raising the bar; they are not interested in running IT or taking a subservient position, they want to run the business and they are succeeding. I believe that CIOs can safely drop the games and achieve heights they truly deserve.
My CIO friend wiser after the discussion offered services from external large providers as an alternative and benchmark to the CEO, willing to give up his team should there be commercial gain for the business. Accepting the offer the CEO wholeheartedly supported the exercise and participated in the discussions investing time and effort as he learned about the complexity of managing IT. Three months later he signed the paper with the CIO realizing that he had a good deal to begin with.


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Superman to the Rescue, but Can He Teach Mine Awareness?
Margaret S. Busé, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at JMU (CISR)Follow
When Wonder Woman and Superman joined forces to promote mine awareness for children through the efforts of the U.S. Department of Defense, DC Comics and UNICEF, the landmine community was divided as to the usefulness, and ultimately, the success of the effort. Originally released in Bosnia in 1996, a second comic book in Spanish was released for children in Latin America in 1998. A third comic book was developed for children of Mozambique but a release date for the book is not scheduled. Currently, the Kosovo version of the comic book is being released in the school system through UNICEF and through NGOs operating in the area. Originally, the Kosovo version of the comic book was designed to be released for children in the refugee camps.
Busé, Margaret S. (2016) "Superman to the Rescue, but Can He Teach Mine Awareness?," Journal of Mine Action : Vol. 4 : Iss. 3 , Article 14.
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