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ELF seminar: Digitalisation is not the future, it’s the present!
Over the last twenty years, digitisation has profoundly changed Europe’s societies and economies. Lately, with the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation the process is only gaining further speed. There is no doubt that these developments will bring great challenges. Therefore, purpose of this seminar and workshop is to address the impact of the digital transformation as well as discuss current trends of digitisation of the education and the labour market. This seminar will analyse digital trends, discuss the social pillar and examine how digitisation in combination with modern education can further develop European societies and tackle income and social inequalities.
09:00 Digital revolution – the driving force behind inequality?
14:00 Policy Workshop I – how to facilitate digital revolution and the transition for workers and companies?
16:00 Policy Workshop II – how to ensure that workers have necessary skills and education for the digital age?
This seminar is free of charge for the participants, and we offer a travel reimbursement of up to 80 Euros per person.
Deadline for applications to the event is 22 February at noon (12:00 pm) CET.
As all LYMEC events this seminar also applies the rules of late cancellation and no show fees: Cancellation less than 2 weeks prior to the event leads to a late cancellation fee of 50 euro, and cancellation less than 48 hours prior to the event or not attending at all leads to a late cancellation fee of 75 euro.
Events organised by European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) may be audio- and video-recorded as well as web-streamed. A photographer and/or a cameraman, contracted by LYMEC, may have access to the meeting room in order to take pictures and videos for communication and publication purposes. Videos and pictures taken by the photographer and/or cameraman, contracted by LYMEC, may also be published on the LYMEC website and on related social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). They may also be used in other media and means of communication in order to pass on information about the event and activities of LYMEC. The European Liberal Forum might also use the pictures, video or audio in their communications. | 2019-04-21T22:03:23 | https://www.lymec.eu/events/digitalisation-is-not-the-future-its-the-present/?fbclid=IwAR3Av-jKRq36IYuilOXmCoO9cdljKdSlA8nngB3H6cTqgOAlBSktxQOiixw |
There are two approaches to speaker diarization. They are bottom-up and top-down. Our work on top-down systems show that they can deliver competitive results compared to bottom-up systems and that they are extremely computationally efficient, but also that they are particularly prone to poor model initialisation and cluster impurities. In this paper we present enhancements to our state-of-the-art, top-down approach to speaker diarization that deliver improved stability across three different datasets composed of conference meetings from five standard NIST RT evaluations. We report an improved approach to speaker modelling which, despite having greater chances for cluster impurities, delivers a 35% relative improvement in DER for the MDM condition. We also describe new work to incorporate cluster purification into a top-down system which delivers relative improvements of 44% over the baseline system without compromising computational efficiency. | 2019-04-25T22:08:43 | http://www.eurecom.fr/en/publication/3000/detail/the-lia-eurecom-rt-09-speaker-diarization-system-enhancements-in-speaker-modelling-and-cluster-purification |
In this two-session workshop students will learn the basic principles of drawing the human face. Emphasis will be placed on observing proportions of the features, and patterns of and light and shadow. Through knowledge of these elements, students will acquire the skills to create a likeness of a particular person. We will be working from live models, and going from short gestural studies to longer, more finished works. | 2019-04-20T16:17:51 | https://www.visartscenter.org/event/introduction-to-portrait-workshop-6/ |
The Blue Ridge Institute for Southern Community Service Executives is the oldest continuing institution of its kind in the country, organized more than 80 years ago. The Institute is a nonprofit organization which provides an opportunity for its members to gain practical knowledge about current problems in their organizations or field of service.
Mauricio Reyes, the founder of Typografik, was invited to give a lecture about the benefits of branding for non-for-profit agencies. Typografik created the collaterals for the group’s 2007 “Leader to Leader” sessions.
The Institute was very pleased with the design, they wanted to use it as the basis for a new set of corporate brochures for the institute. Typografik redesigned the corporate identity and publications for the Institute. | 2019-04-23T06:08:01 | http://www.typografik.com/graphic-design/publications/blue-ridge-institute/ |
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GWD 1000 will accommodate a coil of strand up to 63 inches in diameter.
1) This product is for a specific application.
2) This product should not be used by anyone who is not familiar with its use.
3) GWD 1000 is designed to withstand a 15 ft. Free fall impact of a 200 lb. coil. | 2019-04-23T10:04:16 | http://helical-line.com/Product/Arborist/Guy-Wire-Dispenser-(Arborist) |
A medically safe, contact, liquid adhesive. Can be used over existing tape or applied to the tape tab material on the hairpiece. Will not release from the effects of water, heat or perspiration. Apply to the bonding track on hair and the hairpiece and allow to dry. Attach hairpiece to the bonding track on hair. Can be applied directly to the scalp for partial, perimeter, or full-head bonding.
PAYMENT TERMS: Accept Payments via: -Paypal -Credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover) included in PayPal payment method. | 2019-04-25T21:53:58 | https://theatricalavenue.com/products/vapon-no-tape-silicon-adhesive-1-2-oz |
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As a general rule, vehicles will not update location unless the vehicle ignition is switched on. The tracking device will enter power saving sleep mode approximately 3-15 minutes after the ignition is switched off in order to prevent flat batteries and excessive data use.
Ensure the vehicle has been used since the last location, date and time displayed on the map. This information is available by hovering the mouse over the vehicle icon on the map or viewing the information contained in the table below the map.
The GPS Location data is showing "TOW"
Means the vehicle is moving without ignition on. This fault is normally a result of a blown ignition fuse. Most common causes are a result of plugging in a faulty mobile phone charger in the cigarette lighter socket or power adapter. Check all fuses in the vehicle. If fuses are OK, please schedule a service call.
The GPS Location data is showing "Power Disconnected or Power Lost or BBAT LOW"
Means the GPS device has lost power . For example:- The car battery has been disconnected or the GPS device has been unplugged or tampered with. The device will normally operate on backup battery until power is restored. Please check car battery connections and check all fuses in the vehicle. If the car battery is connected and fuses are OK, please schedule a service call.
How can I request Invoice Copies?
Australian Clients- Simply register for our online accounts portal. You will need your last invoice, as we will request information on that invoice to verify your identity. Click here to register.
Of course if you do not have your last invoice handy, you may contact IntelliTrac (Within Australia) 1300 767 492 or From Overseas +61 3 9467 6188 Select Option 4.
How Do I order More GPS Devices?
IntelliTrac is commited to delivering the highest standards of customer service.
To ensure your company enjoys the full extent of IntelliTrac & Bizzow features, the IntelliTrac support team is available online to assist you to get started.
For those more advanced system setups, Australian head office provides a team of software support engineers to guide you along the way to a successful large scale or corporate implementation. In addition we can assist with customised software development and integration into existing accounting, ERP and infomatics systems.
Helping you set up & configure your IntelliTrac and Bizzow system. | 2019-04-24T20:00:07 | https://www.intellitrac.com.au/support-PNG.html |
This mini colander is perfect for your dollhouse kitchen or room box. The basket itself is about 7/8" across, not measuring the handles.
A nice piece for your countertop. | 2019-04-22T05:17:29 | http://www.trs240.com/mini-kitchen-bakeware/mini-dollhouse-collander.html |
Buying sealed laptop off Craigslist ?
Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by OSMac, Aug 2, 2011.
Will Apple warranty it without receipt, can I check the serial online with them would that be enough?
My recommendation would be to not make such a purchase. While the person could be well-intentioned, he could also be attempting a scam.
It's not unheard of nor difficult to rewrap a box up as if it were straight from the factory.
I would never ever buy anything from Craiglist.
Stolen. No receipt - no sale.
Yes, Craigslist listings can be sketchy at times, both on the buy and sell sides. That's why I usually sell through eBay, despite the high fees. You tend to get more legitimate buyers and sellers.
A few things, get the serial and check it online ... meet inside a bank or like a Best Buy (where they have cameras), and agree to give him the money, but then he has to wait while you open it up, power it up, check it out, etc.
Make sure the serial he gave you matches the serial on the bottom of the laptop and box.
Make sure the plastic on the laptop itself (not box) is fresh, there's a white sticker with a perforated seam, it is hard to fake this so if that's still intact not torn, your device is more than likely fine.
In any event, if he pulls a scam, you have video to give to the cops.
For the money you might be saving buying through Craigslist, your losing your peace of mind. I would never buy a laptop or anything high-end which is expensive from Craigslist no matter how cheap it might be. I rather pay the additional $100 or $300 yet have my peace of mind and know its never been tampered with or abused.
While I agree that it can be sketchy dealing with craigslist or any local sales site, I've sold two computers, a 2010 Macbook Pro and a 2010 Macbook Air on Kijiji (Canadian craigslist) without any issues and both people I sold them to were awesome guys. I've sold a monitor (Dell U2709) as well, and that went perfectly too.
On the buying side, the only big thing I've bought through local sales was my TV, since it was a good $700 cheaper than what it would cost in store. And he provided the receipt from when he bought it so I was confident in the sale.
I prefer meeting in person when buying or selling, rather than having to ship things around the country and such. Knock on wood I guess, but so far I've had pretty good luck when dealing locally.
I sell my Mac about every 12-18 months, and whenever it is time to sell, I always use Craigslist.
2. Local deal. Meet the person. No shipping, ever.
3. Meet somewhere safe and public. Always.
4. Open the box. Turn it on. Use the product. Apple has such beautiful craft in their cases that it'll be easy to see tampering. Dents? Scratches? Focus on the details.
5. If you're nervous about any aspect, bring a friend or two. Feel free to discuss their opinions privately before handing over the cash.
6. Interview the person, in a nice, friendly way. "Why are you selling it?" "Where did you buy it from?" Their reaction and comfort with such questions are as important as the answers themselves.
From a seller's point of view, you get as many scammers as when you're trying to buy. From "I'll send you a money order," to "send to COD to Mexico and I'll pay you $500 bonus," to, "I know you wanted $1,250, but it's only worth $400 and you're an idiot if you don't sell it to me at that price while I am in a good mood." The scams come fast and furious.
Sellers want the same thing you do. They want an honest person who will pay them. They want to be safe since they are carrying an expensive and visible item. They don't want to the stress and wasted time of being scammed or with people trying to scam them. They want someone cool.
Be nice, honest, smart and observant, and easy to work with, and you'll end up with a better price—at least in my experience. As I look back now, I usually have a picked the ultimate buyer amongst a handful of legitimate prospects based on how nice and hassle free I thought they were going to be, not the one who offered the most money. The last thing you want as a seller is to deal with some idiot after the sale for years and years.
Again, just my humble opinion. You need to do what makes sense for you and what you're comfortable with. My take is if you set some basic rules for yourself, bring a friend if need be, and be smart and cautious, you'll get a great deal with little hassle.
Write a receipt or a bill of sale, and leave a space for the serial number. Ask to see an ID. Make a copy of the receipt and provide the same to the seller.
Another possibility is that it is a college student selling off a laptop that mommy and daddy (or the college) gave to him for beer money.
The other thing is that if it is too good of a deal to be true, it usually is. You can't swindle an honest person.
so I could check the warranty status and never heard back.
same with current gen larger 15 and 17 inch models.
Everyone seems to want a Air or ipad, or 13" MB Pro.
same with 15 and 17 inch models.
I bought 2 sealed from CL in the past 1 month! Both without receipt but check the serial number and warranty is good! My Magsafe doesn't charge so apple is sending me a new one tomorrow for free! | 2019-04-24T01:57:48 | https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/buying-sealed-laptop-off-craigslist.1204375/ |
Sexual harassment at work is more than a legal issue. It is fundamentally a behavioral problem. PATTERNS takes on the behavioral challenge, arming employees and managers with the information they need to prevent sexual harassment and the tools that will help them to respond when incidents occur. Through a series of short dramatizations this series describes common patterns of illegal or inappropriate behavior at work and how best to respond. Lawyers and HR professionals review each situation and present positive alternatives.
The first program in this three program series is "Preventing Sexual Harassment" looks at 4 common patterns of inappropriate behavior- the habitual harasser, the smitten harasser, the bully, and the jilted harasser. This program arms employees with information and insights to help them determine the best way to get the behavior to stop. A series of dramatizations bring each pattern to life.
This package includes the video on DVD, and a workbook with reproducible handouts on both paper and CDRom with a PowerPoint presentation. | 2019-04-21T02:42:45 | http://www.enterprisemedia.com/product/00188/patterns-preventing-sexual-harassment/ |
286 Lancasters took part in this mission, which devastated the whole of the center and the northwestern parts of the Bremen, including the port area.
What a trip! There were no fighters whatsoever but there was lots of flak and I saw more searchlights than I have seen in my last ten trips!
Flew at 1,000 ft to five degrees east again then climbed as high as possible by the target, which was 20,500 in my case and I was one of the highest.
The last leg into the target was supposed to be a sort of lane between flak positions and searchlights – both of which were about five miles away on each side. It certainly was correct! I never saw such a wonderful (and scary too) sight. The hundreds of searchlights waving around with this lane down between them gave me the impression of advancing into a great vaulted dome in some cathedral – it was truly a marvelous sight. We were in searchlights a couple of times but they didn’t stick at all – we got away in a hurry though. Saw two chops, both in the target area.
We left the target at 240 (300 in searchlights) mph and 1,500 feet per minute down to 1,000 feet over the sea, back to the base. It was concentrated as any I have ever seen, and was really going when we left.
It was a terror raid pure and simple – any military objective was outside our aiming area which was the fully built up area of the town (I can’t say that I much enjoy the thought of what we’re doing!). Bremen has the third largest flak defences in Europe – beaten only by the Ruhr and Berlin in that order. | 2019-04-23T06:25:44 | http://www.lancasterdiary.net/Aug%201944/august_18_1944.php |
Hi I'm new here and have been grilling for a few years but recently just became obsessed with it...I've just bought some different kinds of wood chips and was wanting to smoke something for the first time on my grill. I got a nice roast that I'd like to try it out on but not sure what kind of wood to use.
Then I'll probably make a simple rub of cracked black pepper and kosher salt for the outside, but the question I have is should I smoke it as well? What wood chips should I use? Apple? Cherry? Hickory? a combination of two? | 2019-04-24T10:49:21 | http://bbqtalk.ca/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4739&p=28367 |
I pulled a lone star tick off my thigh yesterday and because it’s been about five years since that happened, I might have screamed — a lot — when I found it.
In a month I’ll let you know if I can still eat burgers and pork dumplings. There are many worse fates than a red meat allergy, but come on.
We’ve got a Mama Box Turtle. She decided the side of the driveway would be an awesome place to dig a hole for her eggs (you can see the full process in this video, which is supposed to be embedded below, but I can’t tell if it’s working). My dad marked the spot, so we’ll be careful to avoid it, but in about three months, give or take, there should be some soft-shelled infants emerging from the earth.
A 23-foot python swallows Indonesian woman near her garden. | 2019-04-26T06:07:31 | http://marjoriemliu.com/please-dont-let-this-be-that-tick/ |
A business can raise between between £5,000 and £100,000 of funding, which is then paid back as a small percentage of their credit and debit card sales. That helps with their cash flow, because it means that they only pay us back when they sell to their customers. So when their sales are down, their repayments are lower. There is a single all-inclusive cost added to the advance, and unlike a bank loan, there are no fixed monthly payments, no APR’s and no hidden extras. We only get paid when their business gets paid.
365 Business Finance provide working capital to SME's for any business requirement. | 2019-04-25T20:06:31 | https://www.urbanonetwork.co.uk/directory/3642/365-business-finance/4392/matt-sparrow |
Arlington Carpet Cleaning VA offers a wide variety of cleaning services in Rock Spring, Arlington and its surrounding area, custom tailored to your specific needs. We have been operating for over 15 years, providing top level service in Rock Spring, Arlington as well as neighboring communities. We serve industrial, residential and commercial customers. Your family, your pets, and the environment are very important to us, so any and all of our services use environmentally friendly, green cleaning products.
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Two surveys have been conducted to gather professional and public views. The first was aimed at donator’s habits published 18/10/2016 and completed by 46 users. I was very happy with the response rate for this survey and it revealed many interesting results that I can now compare with research already gathered. Due to further research there were additional questions I would have like to have added and would have perhaps done another survey if there was more time. We were very limited with the timescale.
The second survey was designed for campaigners who had completed a crowdfunding project. Due to the more direct questions this had lower participation. Published 10/11/2016 and completed by 7 users. I was slightly disappointed with this response rate and had emailed it directly to over 15 campaigns but received very few results. Friends and Family also shared the survey but the results remained low. In the future I would conduct this section as an interview rather than a survey due to the direct questions that can be affected by previous answers. I did however receive contact information to gather more info later. | 2019-04-22T14:56:27 | https://littlemisssimmse.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/survey-results/ |
It’s June 1, so it’s time to take a look at the new free games Microsoft is providing to Xbox Live Gold subscribers via the Games with Gold promotion. And June looks to be another stellar month.
Reminder: All Xbox 360 games in the Games for Gold promotion also work on Xbox One in Backward Compatibility mode too. So Xbox One users with Xbox Live Gold subscriptions are technically getting at least four free games each month.
Description: SpeedRunners is a 4 player competitive platformer with grappling hooks, power-ups, and interactive environments. Run, jump, swing around, fire rockets, grapple onto people to knock them off screen.
Description: Phantom Dust is a re-release of the original Xbox classic, now returning with full Xbox LIVE support and a host of enhancements, including Xbox Play Anywhere, cross-device multiplayer, achievements, and 16×9 presentation. It features new gameplay enhancements including multiplayer starter decks that let you jump straight into multiplayer, improved frame rate, and adjustments to overall game balance. Experience the cult classic that’s kept a passionate community playing to this day and a unique multiplayer experience that’s never been duplicated.
Note: The game Phantom Dust is free, and is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, meaning it works on both Xbox One and Windows 10.
Description: Play as Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker, whose criminal past led to a violent family tragedy. Now on the hunt for those who hurt your family, monitor and hack all who surround you by manipulating everything connected to the city’s network. Access omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control traffic lights and public transportation to stop the enemy. Use the city of Chicago as your ultimate weapon and exact your own style of revenge.
Description: The American Colonies, 1775. It’s a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American Assassin fights to protect his land and his people he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution. In Assassin’s Creed III, eliminate your enemies with an array of new weapons including guns, bows, tomahawks, and trusty hidden blades. The game has been in development for over 3 years and features the new Ubisoft-AnvilNext engine, a stunning technology that will revolutionize gaming with powerful graphics, lifelike animations, immersive combat, and advanced physics. With an all new setting, assassin and engine, Assassin’s Creed III takes you back to the American Revolutionary War, but not the one you’ve read about in history books.
Description: From the makers of Mass Effect comes the dark fantasy epic: You are a Grey Warden, one of the last of a legendary order of guardians. With the return of mankind’s ancient foe and the kingdom engulfed in civil war, you have been chosen by fate to unite the shattered lands and slay the archdemon once and for all. Immerse yourself in a shattered world on the brink of annihilation. Experience complex moral decisions that have game-changing consequences. Sculpt your hero in your own image or fantasy. Engage in bone-crushing, visceral combat against massive and terrifying creatures. | 2019-04-21T22:02:37 | https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/117338/june-another-great-month-games-gold |
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In this time of global crisis and transition, of mass migration, inequality, resource scarcity and climate change, what happens when facts and evidence are not enough? In this talk, Alex Evans will argue that today we have a 'myth gap' and that it is stories, rather than facts and pie-charts, that have the power to bring us together to change the world.
Alex Evans is a Campaign Director at Avaaz, the global citizens’ movement, and a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation.
This event is one of four this week to explore the wonderful links between art and science.
On Friday 2 June, join video gamers Steve McNeil and Rob Sedgebeer for a fun night of debugging in WiFi Wars Debug IV: A new bug.
On Tuesday 6 June, join us for Cultures combined: Art and science, a discussion of Art-Science collaborations featuring Chiara Ambrosio.
On Monday 5 June, join Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson for We have no idea as they discuss how comics can help us understand what we don't know about the Universe. | 2019-04-23T10:05:22 | https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/events-2017/june/public-myth-gap |
1. Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?
5. What Are Kids Called? | 2019-04-21T14:54:12 | https://genius.com/Sesame-street-bein-green-lyrics |
Last weekend I had the privilege of spending a few days in Salt Lake City at the kind and gracious invitation of South Mountain Community Church. To celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, they asked me to come out and talk about grace alone, faith alone, and Christ alone in light of my own personal (and self-imposed) collapse. Below is the message I gave on Christ alone entitled Jesus + Nothing = Everything. | 2019-04-23T08:52:46 | https://www.tullian.net/articles/jesus-plus-nothing-equals-everything |
On March 27th-31st S.A.M.S President Taysha DeVaughan attended the Climate Justice Alliance member convening in Albuquerque, NM. As a member group of the Alliance for Appalachia, SAMS leadership development is a key component of providing positive environmental stewardship for our region. On behalf of Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards DeVaughan also serves as a member of the Coordinating Committee for the Alliance for Appalachia. As such she, along with 2 other members at A4A, had the opportunity to foster national connections and relationships with other organizations working on environmental justice issues. During the conveing DeVaughan was able to gather information on themes such as Zero Waste, Food Sovereignty, Public Transit, Energy Democracy, Efficient & Affordable Housing, Durable Housing, Land, Air & Water as well as Ecosystem Restoration & Stewardship. Some organizational connections included the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition, Indigenous Environmental Network, It Takes Roots and many more.
We would like to thank our partners at the Alliance for Appalachia & Climate Justice Alliance for the opportunity to build leadership within the S.A.M.S Organization and to amplify our voice in the national conversation around climate change. | 2019-04-19T20:28:42 | https://www.samsva.org/engagement/2019/4/2/sams-president-represents-at-cja |
Discover the latest within plus size skirts, from the basic to the fun and trendy styles. Also learn how to buy a skirt that flatters your figure and where to buy plus size denim skirts and plus size mini skirt at affordable prices.
You can never go wrong with dark and solid colored skirts. However they might not be the most exciting color for your taste so you might want to experiment with other styles with trendy prints and bright colors. Further down this page you'll find heaps of recommended skirts for your plus-size figure.
It's all in what type of details you choose. Focus on prints and embellishments that elongate and trim down your figure (like for example pinstripes, visible zippers, pleats or vertical paisley prints). Avoid details that stretch horizontally.
Another important factor in looking great in a skirt is to select the right hemline that show your legs as the wrong ones can make your legs appear stubby. So if you have muscular legs avoid anything that hit on the widest part of your legs - the calves. Mini's, knee length and long hemlines (extend past your ankle knuckle or falls above your ankles) will look great on you.
In this way, you'll know what type of skirts complement your figure. Like for example, if you have wide shoulders compared to your hips you'll notice that print and sequin skirts will suit you best because they balance out your figure by creating curves around your bottom half. | 2019-04-19T22:53:55 | http://www.thechicfashionista.com/plus-size-skirts.html |
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Another Alpina, N° 3119, which will be for sale shortly. I receive the machine in sorry condition, because someone dropped it. Usually the crank is the first victim, but in this case the plastic cover of the clearing wheel on the right hand side cracked and three teeth were knocked of the clearing gear. This, if you know Alpina's, you know will manifest itself as a problem. You can do three clearings for every rotation of the clearing thumbwheel, but unfortunately the serrations on the wheel are not just for grip - they are actual gear teeth, and three of them missing means that every third clearing the small clearing gear on the inside is not rotated all the way around. The result is that the clearing interlock will keep a deadly grip on the insides of the Alpina, and the main crank can no longer be rotated. So something needed to be done. Luckily there are two identical specimens of these plastic castings in every Alpina, so I had a good gear to copy in a silicone mould, and then cast a new one with all its teeth. A few more comma indicators were fashioned in the same way, and the clearing cover was glued with superglue. Now, the machine is as good as new, and functions reliably. | 2019-04-24T04:47:45 | http://www.crisvandevel.de/alp3.htm |
Home » Project Management » What Changes are Ahead with the new PMBOK® Guide 6th Edition?
It’s that time again for PMI® to update the PMBOK® Guide and release the next edition. You may or may not be aware, but since the PMBOK® Guide is recognized as a standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard, with the current 5th edition being BSR/PMI 99-001-2013. As a result, the PMBOK® Guide must be updated about every four years to reflect the latest in industry best practices.
In March, PMI® released the exposure draft of the PMBOK® Guide 6th edition for review and comment. The 6th edition is scheduled for release something during the January – March 2017 timeframe. This blog will address some of the proposed changes to the next edition. Remember, this is the exposure draft and may not fully reflect the final version we will see next year.
PMI® has finally done what many in the field have been requesting for years – structure the PMBOK® Guide by process group and not by knowledge area. Not only have they done that in the 6th edition, it looks like they have also done a good job of ensuring that the PMBOK® Guide better aligns with the most recent Role Delineation Study released in 2015, on which the current exam is based as was represented by Table 3-1 – Project Management Process Group and Knowledge Area Mapping on page 61 of the 5th edition. You’ll find basically the same processes, they are just organized differently.
This is both good news and bad news. Good news for project management practitioners and those studying to become PMPs® in that the knowledge areas will now be presented in the PMBOK® Guide the way they are tested on the exam and used in practice. However, this is bad news for all the project management training companies that have their course materials structured and packaged by knowledge area in that they may have to repackage their courses to align with the process groups.
Another big change is that the 6th edition is basically six chapters and not 13. If the exposure draft is any indication, the 6th edition should also be much smaller. Looking only at the content chapters and not including the table of contents, appendices, glossary, and index, the 5th edition had 13 chapters and 415 pages. The 6th edition has 10 chapters and may only contain 84 pages. Much of the page reduction is because the 6th edition does not go into detail on all of the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs. The focus throughout the new edition is on project plan components, project document examples, and project document updates. Inputs and outputs are presented in a table for each process, but not discussed individually as they were in the 5th edition; and, tools and techniques are no longer specifically identified in the process tables or discussed in detail.
Chapters one, two, and three have been combined. Instead of providing detailed information on project manager interpersonal skills and organizational structures, these chapters have been integrated and many of the concepts have been summarized into a single paragraph instead of several pages. Also, the discussion on the Project Life Cycle has been simplified and the Life Cycle graphic has been changed to better illustrate the integration of the process groups and knowledge areas within the Life Cycle phases. Section one also includes more direct emphasis on tailoring the project management plan and project documents.
There are now 49 processes, instead of 47. Three new processes have been added and one has been deleted.
Under The Executing Process Group (Section 4), 4.2 Manage Project Knowledge and 4.8 Implement Risk Responses have been added.
Under the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group (Section 5), 5.8 Control Resources has been added.
Close Procurements, section 12.4 in the 5th edition has been deleted from the 6th Much of this content is addressed in the new section 6.1, Close Project or Phase, which was moved to here from section 4, Integration Management, and takes a much broader but more simplistic view of project closure.
Human Resource Management is now called Resource Management. This broader view recognizes that resources also include material and equipment resources, not just human resource planning.
“Monitor” is used for many processes instead of “control”, especially those that rely on leadership or people skills such as communication and stakeholder engagement.
I have been a PMP since 1992 and have been through all of the PMBOK® Guide and exam changes. Initially, this edition appears to be one of the best things that PMI® has done to make the PMBOK® Guide a better tool for PM practitioners and those studying to become a PMP®. I have talked with several PMPs® who have been in the industry for a long time and those who have reviewed the exposure draft like what they see.
Although the review period ended on April 6th, if you are a PMP®, I encourage you to take a look at PMI’s overview of the process. We’ll see what happens when all the comments are received and the final version is released. As I get more information on the changes, I’ll continue to update on the blog.
Could it be that you were only looking at “The Standard for Project Management of a project” section of edition 6? I have also examined edition 6, and much of what you mention is true. It appears that you might have been looking at the Annex A1 of the upcoming PMBOK® Guide edition.
Thank you for your comment. My review, posted on April 13, 2016 was based on the exposure draft “The Standard for Project Management (Exposure Draft)” released in March, 2016.
I did not post a review of the Guide section that was available for review from June 26 – July 26, 2016.
I have not seen too many reviews of the Guide Section.
Since you have reviewed the Guide Section, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on the changes and the revised format.
Can you tell currently which version can be used for PMP preparation?
The exam will continue to align with the currrent PMBOK Guide 5th edition and the latest role delineation study until after the new PMBOK Guide is officially approved and released.
If history is any guide, even after the new version is released, it typically takes several weeks to months before the exam changes.
Thanks. Great information to know. Do you think I should go ahead and take the exam in 2017 or after the change? In other words, what would be the pros and cons of both?
Great question! The classic project management answer? It depends. How close are you to being ready to sit for the exam? What is your timeline and level of urgency? How much studying have you already completed?
Let’s talk about some of the reasons for taking the exam this year. The PMBOK Guide 6th edition is planned to be released in the third quarter (June – August) 2017. Using history as a guide, it generally takes about six months to release the final exam based on the updated PMBOK Guide; so we are looking at the first quarter of 2018 for the updated exam to be released. Until the revised exam is released, there is really no clear way to fully grasp how the next exam questions will be written or the structure of the exam. Remember the PMBOK Guide 6th edition format is changing to a process orientation which could affect the exam questions and format.
In addition, PMP Exam study materials for the current exam are stable and readily available. Study materials for the new exam will need to be created, or existing materials will need to be updated. Some training companies are starting to update their materials now based on the draft release of the PMBOK 6th edition, but the materials cannot be finalized until after the final release of the PMBOK Guide. As a result, the draft-release study materials are not likely to fully reflect the exam.
The biggest pro for waiting until the next exam comes out: it delays your testing anxiety another year.
You asked for my recommendation – unless you have a compelling reason for waiting, take the exam now. It will provide your best opportunity to use clearly validated exam questions, use proven study materials based on a PMBOK Guide that has been around for several years, and have access to resources that are familiar with the current exam.
Whenever you decide to take the exam, I wish you all the best on it.
What is the recommendation for students who are just starting the coursework?
I like the idea of having access to real time questions, but there are 7 classes in PMBOK5 coursework versus 4 in PMBOK6 from the school that I am planning to complete my coursework.
Good question, especially because we don’t know exactly when the new edition PMBOK® Guide will be released. PMI is saying sometime in the 4th quarter of this year, with the new exam being released in early 2018.
I see your question as having 2 parts – 1) courses being in alignment with the 5th or 6th editions of the PMBOK® Guide, and 2) how the courses are packaged into a curriculum.
I’ll start with question one first. Honestly, at this point it really does not matter whether courses are aligned with the 5th or 6th edition. You will find virtually no one who has totally modified their courses based on the pre-release version. Because it will still be several months before the 6th edition is officially released, companies are just now evaluating their materials against it to determine how much content needs to be changed. More than likely, almost all providers are starting to make changes to the materials, but are keeping them on the shelf until the PMBOK® Guide is officially released just in case something changes in the final version.
Regarding the second part – four courses verses seven courses – is a much more difficult question to answer. Without seeing the curriculum, it is hard to say. It may simply be a matter of repackaging course content to streamline the curriculum. You used the term, “school.” Is this an academic program or through a commercial training provider? Each would have its own reasons for reducing the number of courses. The best way for you to determine whether or not the courses offered by the new school addresses the same content as the seven courses is to review the course outlines and map each set of courses against the knowledge areas, and do a side-by-side comparison of both sets of courses.
There are some significant changes, such as an emphasis on Agile, Business Value, and taking more of a project-level focus versus a task-level-only focus, but I don’t see anything so significant that it would prevent you from taking courses now to learn the PM content. Then, when the new PMBOK® Guide is released, approach your exam preparation the same as if you were using any PMBOK® Guide – read the text, identify strengths and weaknesses based on the courses you have taken, and develop a study plan to cover areas where you feel that you need improvement.
Your level of urgency is medium, which tells me that you have some time and are not rushed to get your certification. I still believe that if you can sit for the exam this year before the new exam is released (for reasons stated in previous blog posts), it is probably to your benefit to do so using the enormous number of exam prep and study materials for the current exam. If you decide to wait until the new exam is released, the only course that I would wait to take and ensure 100% alignment with the 6th edition is a PMP Exam Preparation Bootcamp course.
I hope this helps and I wish you all the best on your course work and exam.
Does anybody know how, or if, the new tasks that were added to PMBOK 5 will handled in PMBOK 6? I do not see any mention of them. Are they just woven in or will this link/document remain separate yet testable? | 2019-04-21T01:18:23 | https://blogs.managementconcepts.com/what-changes-are-ahead-with-the-new-pmbok-guide-6th-edition/ |
Regarding the article Mayor’s poverty vow put to test in minimum wage hike row (Jan. 25).
Congratulations to city council for voting Thursday night not to increase the hourly rate for new hires past the current minimum wage.
Aside from saving London taxpayers over a half million dollars, the increase is totally unrequired. Until our unemployment numbers fall below one per cent, there is no reason for the wage increase. There are thousands of help wanted signs at every type of business imaginable, both skilled and unskilled, around London. There is already plenty of opportunity for people to find employment in the city and perhaps some may require or want to embrace more than one employer.
Work hard, improve your chances for advancement and success will come. Not accepting a job because it pays less than you feel you are entitled to is not an answer and should not be treated as such. There are lots of opportunities available.
It’s disappointing Mayor Ed Holder refused to support his own vision proposed at the mayor’s annual state of the city address. The $1 an hour increase to city hall’s minimum wage was already in the proposed budget. It is common practice for governments at various levels to implement such changes, signalling the private sector to follow.
As a 20-something Canadian, I have been told I won’t own a house until I’m 40, I won’t ever secure a stable job, and now I can’t go to school until I’m 23.
For many Ontario students, Premier Doug Ford’s proposed OSAP cuts mean more than just fewer dollars for amenities and student events next year. They represent the final straw. The answer to the question, “Can we make it in today’s harsh climate?” is a resounding “No!” from the province and the people who raised us.
An economy is not just money in vs. money out. I urge the conservatives of Ontario to reconsider this budget cut, because the aftershocks of this decision will be felt in the province for years to come. You cannot save an economy by ruining the lives of half a million residents.
Why is the London police board hiring outside help to find a new police chief? The force has two qualified deputy chiefs, each with more than 26 years in policing.
Either Steve Williams or Daryl Longworth would be the ideal replacement. They already know the inner workings of our force and work next to the chief. Whoever is chosen could train with Chief John Pare for a full five months.
I have not noticed if this has been suggested before or if it would be practical, but why not end the Energy East pipeline at the current end of the natural gas line and ship oil via tanker to market? This would save the cost of the pipeline extension. And I suggest the money for construction of the terminal come from the equalization payments currently going to Quebec.
I am not pro-oil use, but realistically we will be using it for some time yet, and it does not make sense to continue to import oil from overseas when we have plenty here in our own country.
I support the federal oil tax, but we need the income from oil sales to help convert to a less fossil fuel economy.
After reading the letter Man honours dad from Dorothea De Jager in the Jan. 19 Reader to Reader, my spirit was immediately lifted. As I was reading this letter I could feel a few tears slide down my face.
I sometimes see the world going backward in this time – still lots of anger and hatred boiling at the surface. Jim Brown from Aylmer was at the cancer clinic paying for others’ parking tickets to honour the memory of his late father. He must have had a great father who taught him kindness, love and tolerance.
We all need more of this to help us become more loving and tolerant. We are all connected on this earth. Thank you Jim.
Regarding the article Got milk? Not so much new food guide says (Jan. 23).
In the newest version of the Canada Food Guide, water is the fluid most recommended. I suspect some may still wish to mix their water with certain grains, as that too remains on the list; but as the Canadian government’s recommended fluid, it behooves the government to provide access to fresh water to all its citizens. With Canada having 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water supply, this shouldn’t be a problem.
So why is it that many Indigenous communities still struggle with boiled water advisories? And communities such as Walkerton have suffered by neglect.
Surely after Health Canada has presented all Canadians with a new version of the food guide, it must take greater responsibility to ensure the water in our taps is safe to drink.
Sylvain Charlebois’ column Canadian Food Guide: The end of the milk doctrine? (Jan. 19) appears to be blaming child obesity on dairy products. I find that laughable in the midst of fast-food outlets at every turn churning out high-fat, high-salt, highly processed, high sugar drinks with no nutritional value.
He also quotes the amount of money spent on advertising dairy products, but never mentions the millions or billions spent on promoting the consumption of fast food.
While linking child obesity with dairy, Charlebois ignores all the valid factors that go into obesity, such as children not walking to school, screen time, lack of play outdoors, more families eating out regularly due to time restrictions, parents driving their children everywhere, etc.
Further Charlebois states that “welcome additions to the new guide encourage Canadians to value nutrition” and lists drinking water as the first example. I have nothing against water, but “nutrition”?
Then he goes on to say that “just setting standards on portions and food products is fruitless.” My question to him is: “Isn’t setting standards a good starting point?” How else will many people know what they should be consuming?
It seems to me Charlebois has fallen victim to the latest anti-dairy fad fuelled by animal rights people and others.
Regarding the article Councillor wants snow cleared faster (Jan. 19).
Last Saturday’s snowfall was 10 centimetres (four inches) – hardly a major inconvenience. Anyone who can’t manage that amount of snow must live on a steep hill, need new snow tires or maybe need a driving lesson.
Complaining about snow removal has been a civic sport for years in London, same for garbage removal, but the city manages to get the job done very well. I have lived on a crescent for over 30 years and only once had problems getting off my street. No one in my family has missed a day of school or work because of snow.
We live in the second coldest country in the world. Snow is inconvenient and annoying, but we learn to live with it. Adjust.
Having read the front page of the Today section on Jan. 21, I found myself alarmed by the nature of the shows being reviewed. I don’t think I would watch any of them. Of the 14 shows, probably 12 sounded violent. I trust it isn’t just my status as a senior, but a concern for what people, especially young people, are interested in.
The photo above the article Canada sheltering Asia Bibi’s daughters: report (Jan. 19) totally disgusted me. To see grown men burning a picture and calling for the death of a poor little woman who has already been in jail for eight years – how can anybody be that cruel and heartless?
Some people deny the existence of the Satan. This picture proves him to be very much alive and possessing the minds of many people in certain parts of the world. I won’t mention names because that’s not politically correct .
Premier Doug Ford’s government needs to be held to account.
I wanted to comment on Bill 66 (Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act), but when I discovered that it affects 18 laws, I realized I did not have a broad enough knowledge of all these acts to comment intelligently. It would be great if others with that knowledge would come forward and inform the public.
I still felt compelled to write because I see things going horribly wrong and many of us are going to be impacted in a negative way by this government.
If you are young and disadvantaged, post-secondary training may not be possible for you and the future of work requires trained people.
If you aspire to the trades, the workplace may become less safe. Ford changed the ratio of journeymen to apprentices and when this happened in British Columbia the workplace accident rate increased to four times higher than other provinces.
If you rely on our health-care system, you may find Ford’s changes will not work for you. A two-tier system has been shown to be a bad idea.
Anybody who needs safe clean water may be disappointed as Bill 66 bypasses the Clean Water Act.
Can we trust Ford? He has neutered three watchdogs (environment, children and French language) that hold the government accountable. He wants to hire an old family friend to command the OPP.
I think we should be suspicious of Ford. That leaves you and me to hold him to account.
What can we do? We can inform ourselves. We can write letters to the editor. We can visit our MPP. We can make donations (small ones even) to groups that are organized to fight for social justice and the environment. We can join groups. We can talk to people. Eventually “the people” may have to have large rallies in protest. We cannot afford to sit back and take it on the chin.
Here we go again, widening a road to add more traffic when we need to really look at the big picture before we slap another Band-Aid on the contusion.
It’s time we agree London is a growing city and we need to look at other solutions. I’m talking overpasses, expressways like Windsor and Kitchener-$Waterloo embraced many years ago.
I travel on the Wonderland mess and in my opinion most are going along the complete length so why not provide a direct route above, therefore allowing for the bike and walking paths to remain? Take money from the doomed BRT and add to this vision. | 2019-04-18T21:29:17 | https://lfpress.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-jan-26 |
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the tool he used in his last job. | 2019-04-22T10:54:57 | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-arch-users/2004-09/msg01213.html |
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These video segments were recorded via Facebook Live, but do not require a Facebook account to view. Click on any of the six links below to view the video clips. | 2019-04-19T16:20:11 | https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/Pages/programs/clmn/StarryStonewortClearinghouse.aspx |
It is a great bug bare of mine to see coaches, players and even some parents criticise young goalkeepers if they make a mistake or concede an ‘easy’ goal. I often wonder why goalkeepers as young as 6 are subject to such criticism. Being a goalkeeper is an extremely lonely place and inevitably if a goalkeeper makes a mistake it leads to a goal being conceded. Now before we look at the goalkeeper we must look at what has just happened in front of him or her; have they been exposed to the Alamo? Has the ball been given away in a dangerous area? Has this young goalkeeper even been given the correct training to be competent in this position?
After a small debate on Twitter it has become evident that not many Grassroots football clubs value the role of a goalkeeper within a team. I have seen this first hand with many teams with goalkeepers often being ostracised during team training, left to their own devices with no real direction from the coaches. So my question is; how do we expect a young player to be competent in goal if we have given them no prior training, knowledge or guidance? It’s like expecting a person to complete open heart surgery without giving them any prior knowledge or training!
I believe that all children, whether they take an interest in the position and play in goal on the odd occasion or they believe from a young age that they want to be a goalkeeper clubs should provide coaching for them. Whether they have a competent coach on hand at the club or hire a coach from outside of the club to coach all of their goalkeepers. I’m not saying this is all they should do, as I believe coaches should be able to include goalkeepers in their coaching sessions also. Whether they include them in footwork exercises or create a session with multiple outcomes for both outfield players and goalkeeper(s).
In addition to the above I believe schools, coaches and parents should be doing more to instil basic fundamental skills into their children whether they be outfield players or goalkeepers. These 3 fundamental skills are Agility, Balance and Coordination (ABC’s). Without these being instilled and taught from an early age we severely hamper a child’s development. It may sound simple but these 3 basic fundamental skills are neglected at so many levels.
Having coached first hand at one Grassroots football club in the North East and seeing the development of each individual along with receiving great feedback from coaches and parents I truly believe that having a specialist goalkeeper coach at each Grassroots Football Club is vital, they are just as vital as the Secretary, Treasurer, Welfare Officer and the coaches that conduct training sessions. Having specialist goalkeeper coaches not only helps with nurturing talent and filling a young goalkeeper with confidence but it may also help increase the number of quality goalkeepers our nation is producing. Of all the goalkeepers in the top leagues in Europe only 3 English goalkeepers are playing regularly for their respective teams. For me that is rather embarrassing reading.
This Article was from the Elite Goalkeeper Academy Website and made intresting reading.
On Saturday 7th July Euro Dagenham Chairman Ray Jerome made his radio debut on BBC Radio London's Saturday Sport program hosted by Phil Parry alongside Brentford's Head of Youth Development Shaun O'Connor to discuss the state of English football at grass roots level in light of the national sides latest failure at international competition.
In a thirty minute interview listened to by over half a million Londoners Ray praised the support received from the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and stressed the importance of instilling good habits and discipline into the youngest of players at the first opportunity.
This allied to improved funding towards coaching courses and education he stated were the key elements to improving the state of the game starting at the "real grass roots" level across the parks and play grounds of the nation's boroughs long before Academy's and professionalism cherry picks the small minority of talent leaving the vast majority of untapped potential undiscovered.
Also on air was U14's player Louie Taylor who interviewed via a radio link reiterated the Euro philosophy implemented by Ray throughout all Euro's teams of "keeping the ball".
In an impressive performance Louie, as commented on by the BBC interviewer, really seemed to have "bought into" the Euro way of how the beautiful game should be played.
In what promises to be the first of a number of high profile appearances by Ray at the highest echelons of English football Euro Dagenham, and the whole of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham can be rightly proud of one of its favourite and most popular sons.
On Saturday 9th February 10 Euro players were chosen to lead the England Futsal team out in an international match against Turkey held at Sporthouse.
Can you spot any familiar Euro faces in the crowd? | 2019-04-22T00:48:02 | http://www.eurodagenhamfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=10&Itemid=105 |
We are experienced in creating Staff Officer Tactical Trainers, Command & Control Simulators.
Command & Control Simulator allows officers to train and improve their tactical skills of commanding formations in combat conditions. This is a collective training where a team of officers from both sides takes part in simulator training using a computer network. Officers study to plan and fight a battle, with possibilities of what-if tactical analysis and after-action review.
Instructor operating station for monitoring and controlling the simulation, computer simulated forces are used for playing up via introducing battle events etc.
Strong unit, formation and mission editors for defining unit, weaponry and ammunition properties, formation structure, source geospatial data and map imagery, graphical setting of forces positions and their tasks etc.
True mathematical modelling of physics processes, like weapon ballistics in depending on weaponry and ammunition properties. Each unit movement and action, weapon shot etc. is modelled individually using a strong mathematical model. nVidia PhysX engine is used for powerful physics simulation.
Strong AI (Artificial Intelligence) for simulating movements and actions of virtual units, with line-of-sight checks, collision detections, path findings, damage logic etc.
With this simulator each officer works with his own map to understand the combat situation and give his orders. They also have shared overlays for collaborative work.
Officers can give orders to lower rank officers by radio transmitters emulated by voice protocols or, if a lower real rank officer (as a trainee) is absent from the formation, give orders to virtual formation in interactive mode. In this case AI (Artificial Intelligence) simulates behaviour of all units of this formation to achieve formulated targets.
Each trainee has his own computerized workplace with a paper-based scan topographical view for working with a map, getting information from the map (e.g. distance calculations, elevation of map points etc.) and giving orders to formations. See section for more details.
We develop also a planning mode for Command & Control Simulator. In the planning mode officers can plan the orders for their formations and run the simulation check in normal or accelerated mode to see if mission tasks can be achieved with current decisions or not. In this case lots of decisions can be checked without great resources involved in training like in the case of full-scale military exercises. Thus a lot of experience can be gained by an officer in a short time.
Here you can see visualization of formation fight. Blue forces has the orders to attack, red forces – to defense. You can see giving real time orders for blue forces to attack with moving into position and you can see an order for red forces to march to new positions.
Under the map there is virtual world where each unit is modelled simultaneously and it acts due to mission tasks led by artificial intelligence.
An additional benefit of such planning is testing different types of tactics or equipment to test the most effective tactics for each case and see predictions what each decision can lead to.
We develop Instructor Operating Station of Command & Control Simulator to control exercises, introduce combat events into the simulated environment and play up to a trainee performing some formation actions, starting, pausing or stopping simulation, etc. An instructor has different views for monitoring the simulation: 3D view for situational awareness and a view based on a topographical map for a big picture of battlefield.
We develop powerful visual mission editors to create preconfigured battlefield environment for exercises. An exercise manager can define terrain and maps for trainings, force structures, units properties, ammunitions, unit and formation tasks (led by AI) etc.
In graphical mode an exercise manager can set up source formation positions of own and alien forces, weather environment, threats, terrain for exercises etc. A computer generated forces algorithm is used for setting formation positions. The exercise manager just points at a spot on a map where the center of formation position will be situated, and computer-generated forces module sets up the position of each unit depending on the land type and relief. If, for example, some unit cannot stand here because there is a building here or too sharp rise of relief, it stands in the closest allowed position or if there are too many problems with setting up the positions of a unit of current formation, an error is indicated to the operator. The exercise manager can use a 2D map for basic placement of the formation and 3D view for accurate positioning of units.
Besides, we can record all activities during simulation for debriefing and after-action review,with the possibility to replay the simulation from any point. We can also create action controls for starting, pausing, fast forwarding, slowing down or stopping the simulations.
We build Staff Officer Tactical Trainers, Command & Control Simulators on top of synthetic environments and AI engines (see sections and ). As you can read in the given sections, the synthetic environments engine simulates in real-time mode all actions and movements that units make in the virtual simulation world.
We can create a virtual world that corresponds to some real world area as much as possible. Accordance is ensured by using real-world elevation data (SRTM for example) for the virtual world relief modelling, geographic anchoring of topographic imagery and digital vector map terrain information.
Here you can see AI logic that is used for infantry behavior modelling. Infantry try to reach the mission task: attack. So, they move by bounds, and laying down after few steps, to be less targattable for enemy units. They try to optimize the ammunition as it is limited and shoot only when target is in shooting range and can be damaged by current weapon and ammunition type. When there is a hill slope, soldier don’t lay down in the grass, but sitting on his knee.
Computer simulates all movements and actions with true approach: each unit or weapon shoot is simulated. Even in the case of platoons the behaviour of every soldier is simulated and each bullet or shell ballistics is modelled. Even a soldier is modelled not as a dot but as a body, and his killing depends on the fact whether a collision of a bullet with the body mesh has taken place or not. With such an approach maximal accordance with a real world combat can be reached. True collision detection is possible due to using nVidia PhysX engine that uses GPU instead of CPU for such calculations.
Rich logic of a simulated world, including bullet and shell ballistics depending on weather conditions same to ammunition and weapon characteristics, different parameters of unit that are taken into account during simulation process, trafficability etc. Each unit acts according to its characteristics using physics principles. All characteristics can be changed through characteristics editors and behaviour will change based on the new characteristics.
Path finding for unit movements. Plenty of parameters are taken into account: trafficability, bypassing obstacles, shortest distance to target, march rules etc.
Damage calculations. All bullets and shells are flown by their ballistics, calculation of which depends on lots of properties of weapon and ammunition. Damage depends on collision detection for a bullet or distance to target to shell. Depending on damage type calculation, elimination or immobilization of a unit can take place.
Entrenching of units. If units are entrenched, their damaging calculations are operated as for entrenched units. | 2019-04-22T16:24:26 | http://sim.mpsdevelopment.com/services/staff_officer_tactical_trainers/ |
The Gibson Orestano 10-Inch Non-Stick Fry Pan is truly state of the art. This visually beautiful yet functional fry pan is constructed of a high quality five-layer granite look non-stick surface. The faux wood soft grip bakelite handle remains cool to the touch. Also, the heavy-gauge forged aluminum construction heats evenly and has an induction base.
Non-stick frying pans are designed for low-fat cooking and easy clean up. A dash of soap and water on a soft sponge will keep your Gibson Orestano 10″ Non-Stick Frying Pan looking like new. | 2019-04-25T08:30:47 | https://www.plumstreetpottery.com/product/gibson-orestano-10-inch-non-stick-fry-pan-granite/ |
Great satisfaction from this. The product is durable, easy to install. Can't ask for more.
Stor tilfredshed herfra. Produktet er holdbart, nemt at installere. Kan ikke ønske mere.
Super quality, good price, easy installation, very good protection. Was mounted on a city bike.
Super Qualität, guter Preis, einfache Montage, sehr gute Schutzwirkung. Wurde an einem Citybike montiert. | 2019-04-19T22:48:10 | https://www.bikester.co.uk/sks-bluemels-b45-mud-guard-set-28-black-361710.html |
Australia’s Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said that it is “taking action” to protect consumers in the ICO space in a press release published today, May 1. The regulator says it will focus on investigating “deceptive” or “unlicensed” conduct from ICOs.
The press release refers to ASIC’s recently updated information sheet on ICOs and cryptocurrencies. The document provides guidance for entities considering running an ICO, and potentially brings them under Australia’s 2001 Corporations Act, depending on the type of token being offered.
The ICO in question was further judged to be an “unregulated managed investment scheme,” which would have breached the Corporations Act and potentially have led to serious penalties, had it been allowed to proceed.
ASIC’s position on ICOs closely aligns with that of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US. Speaking on CNBC on April 30, SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson highlighted American consumer protection, remarking that the ICO market as it currently stands is a “troubling” example of an unregulated securities market. | 2019-04-26T00:45:40 | https://coinotizia.com/australias-securities-regulator-takes-action-against-misleading-icos/ |
The Photo Hunt is a customizable 3h photo experience, maximizing your DSLR or Smartphone, for a day or night session, on location anywhere in New York City.
Work those fancy buttons, dials, and settings for daytime shoots on location anywhere in the 5 boroughs of New York and/or practice high ISO photography in low light situations. Shoot from dusk to dark with a tripod-mounted DSLR, learn light painting, intentional camera movement (ICM) - and invite happy accidents and serendipity. Staying in the flow for a multi-sensory photo experience fires up discovery and invention.
At the conclusion of all sessions, groups have the opportunity to share their work with other members and benefit from a friendly photo review over coffee, a glass of wine, or light meal.
Ready to take your smartphone photography to a new level?
Using smartphone camera apps, you record, select, and edit images during a curated session for photo enthusiasts to make collages (digital art) or other, images which you may print, post to your social media accounts, or use to create a photo books.
Practicing the skills of creativity through smartphone photography, you will tap into your unique vision. Downtown, Baby: New York City becomes our digital playground, a destination for which we set an intention: Everything that manifests on the planet is, at first, a picture ... .
Artist-photographer "iPhone auteur" Roberta Fineberg leads you on an urban adventure to off-the-beaten track and iconic locations. Offering up a smartphone photo assignment, and guiding you on a self-discovery process, providing helpful feedback and prompting discussion around what you see, including composition, color, design, Roberta guarantees a creative adventure for smartphone photographers who want to get in the zone and dig deeper.
Find your inner artist ... with a smartphone!
The Photo Hunt takes you there — to iconic and obscure locations. Spark Your Creativity founder Roberta Fineberg leads participants on a journey to observe the city and photograph people, places and things: parks, bridges, cityscapes, neighborhoods, historic buildings and sites, light and shadow. In short we capture the urban landscape and magic that is New York City.
Keeping in front of mind as we crisscross New York City — Manhattan is an island, surrounded by even smaller islands (Governor’s Island, Roosevelt Island, City Island, Randall & Ward’s island, Ellis & Liberty Island, etc.), with the surrounding boroughs of Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
The Bronx: Arthur Avenue - Little Italy | The Bronx Botanical Garden | The Bronx Zoo. The North (Soundview) and South Bronx (Mott Haven). | 2019-04-24T02:20:35 | https://www.nycsparkyourcreativity.com/photoexperiences/ |
A self-generating source of content, the comment section is an excellent way for publishers to increase audience engagement. It allows for a multitude of opinions to co-exist, hence supplementing the report with many perspectives. Readers can add on to the main report with real time updates. Comment sections can also be extremely helpful in gauging public sentiment. What your audience is thinking about, what they are interested in, what questions they have for you, it all comes across in their comments.
People can share their own experiences and ideas which in turn makes the original report more well-rounded. This not only adds value to the original report but also improves the overall ranking of your content, as having relevant comments on your posts will help you get more organic traffic.
By giving your users a safe and conducive environment to engage in intelligent conversations, you earn the loyalty of these users as they will be encouraged to keep sharing relevant content and opinions.
As online audiences grew, so did the pain of moderating conversations on the web. Toxic comments, spam bots and trolls overtook most comment threads, making it impossible for netizens to have fruitful debates and discussions. Anonymity allowed people to post hateful, racist and denigrating comments against journalists, fellow commenters and popular figures without the fear of any consequences. 22% of Internet users who participated in a 2014 Pew Research Center report said that they were harassed online in comment sections.
As meteoric as its rise, from 2012 onwards, most major news publishers suspended comment sections from their websites despite being desperate for user engagement. For instance, in 2013, Popular Science became one of the first major publications to ditch its comments feature, citing studies that found that blog comments can have a profound effect on readers' perceptions of science. Within the next two years, publications like Reuters, The Huffington Post, CNN, Vice Motherboard and Bloomberg, either re-designed their websites without the comments section or made provisions for a gated comments section.
Most of these news websites deferred comments to their social media platforms from their websites.
Dan Colarusso, Reuter’s executive editor.
Dan Colarusso wrote in the company's announcement on dropping the comments section and shifting discussions to social media platforms.
One of the principle elements of journalism is that it must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise. News organizations have realized that they should treat reader comments with the same level of consideration they treat their own stories. They should become a driving force for better online public discourse. Delegating the job to Facebook and Twitter is not the way to do it.
Taking these concerns into consideration, news organizations are now looking for innovative ways to reintroduce the comments section. Leading news publishers are using machine learning to moderate comments. These tools filter new comments by referring to a record of decisions made by human moderators and help in controlling the toxicity of the comments.
Metype by Quintype is a platform for increasing user engagement. It can be embedded within any web page or mobile app. There are several components of Metype that can be integrated into your site to increase your user engagement. These features help you manage and target users and monetize.
Metype is not just a commenting tool. With reactions, sharing options across social media channels and comment moderating abilities, it’s a complete user engagement solution. In order to help publishers handle toxic comments, it’s also integrated with Jigsaw’s Perspective API to provide moderators with a toxicity score.
Metype provides a feed that represents audience activity on your site. The Live Feed feature re-circulates popular content among your audience, highlighting real time posts and comments without requiring a page refresh. This keeps your audience hooked and encourages engagement.
The Metype commenting solution is a safe and innovative way for content producers to kickstart and sustain meaningful online conversations which will help them build loyalty and more engagement on their website. You can now get all of Metype’s features for free! | 2019-04-19T06:17:40 | https://blog.quintype.com/product/metype-fostering-highly-engaging-online-communities |
"The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" is the second of the Zelda Franchise to be released on the Nintendo 64.
The game starts in a mysterious forest where we find a young Link and Epona searching for an unnamed friend. The Skull Kid, (a character introduced in The Ocarina of Time) ambushes Link with the help of two fairies, Tatl and Tael. After a wild chase, Link is knocked off of his horse. The Skull Kid, wearing a strange heart-shaped mask, transforms Link into a Deku Sprout. Tatl lingers a bit too long to mock Link and is trapped with him. The two work together to find their way to a clock tower where they meet a strange mask salesman (also introduced in The Ocarina of Time) who promises to help Link in exchange for the mask the Skull Kid wears.
Stepping outside the Clock Tower, we see that a large and terrifying Moon leers over the city. Link, stuck in his Deku Sprout form, roams the city for three days, meeting people and making friends. On midnight of the third day the clock tower opens and Link enters to reach the top. There, a battle starts, but the Skull Kid drops Link's trusty Ocarina and he plays the Song of Time. Time resets to three days prior, where the only person to recognize Link is the mask salesman.
The game takes place in the land of Termina. Link must travel to four distinct areas and solve the problems there. Each land has a temple, in the power of an out of control Deity. He only has three days to complete his quests, so judicious use of the Song of Time is necessary to complete the game. Certain concessions are built-in, including a bank that will store your money and a notebook to keep track of everyone you meet, what days and what times they are available and side quests to be completed. Link remains child-sized throughout the game, however, three masks that change his form are found in each major area. The Deku sprout form is a smaller, more child-like sized creature. Zora form makes Link the size of an adult and the Goron form transforms Link into a rock-like giant, capable of traveling at high speeds, but slow to attack.
24 masks can be found in the entire game, most of them granting Link special powers and abilities. Ultimately the goal of the game is to defeat the creature known as Majora and to prevent the land from being crushed by the giant, threatening moon. | 2019-04-26T16:32:29 | https://videogamegeek.com/videogame/71738/legend-zelda-majoras-mask |
使用 Union 運算子傳回兩個序列的集合聯集。Use the Union operator to return the set union of two sequences.
這個範例會使用 Union 傳回 Customers 或 Employees 所在的所有國家/地區序列。This example uses Union to return a sequence of all countries in which there are either Customers or Employees.
在LINQ to SQLLINQ to SQL，則Union運算子指 （semantics） 的未排序串連 (有效的結果 UNION ALL SQL 中的子句)。In LINQ to SQLLINQ to SQL, the Union operator is defined for multisets as the unordered concatenation of the multisets (effectively the result of the UNION ALL clause in SQL).
如需詳細資訊和範例，請參閱Queryable.Union。For more info and examples, see Queryable.Union. | 2019-04-20T12:37:58 | https://docs.microsoft.com/zh-tw/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/sql/linq/return-the-set-union-of-two-sequences |
NEED FOR SPEED? The easy to operate but incredible fast 42 mtr YAMAKAY is based on the successful OSTAR single-handed Vendredi 13. Her sleek lines and breath taking design make her a true eye-catcher. A complete refit in 2003 and a full re-spray in 2014 make her look as new. The rebuilt comfortable interior offers many hightech design features. With a little investment she will fulfil MCA rules and will offer great charter potential as a bonus. If you like fast sailing in great comfort, Yamakay is the vessel to look for. Sensible offers invited, she is a motivated seller. | 2019-04-24T13:53:43 | https://www.devalk.nl/en/yachtbrokerage/620019/CMN-CUSTOM-42-M.html |
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To submit your work to Dragons' Fire, the da Vinci literary magazine, please join the Google Classroom (invite code 07a0pr7) and attach your work. The magazine accepts stories, poems, and essays. Each submission must have been carefully proofread, and include a title, and the author's name, grade, and language arts teacher.
The deadline for for 2018-19 is Friday, May 3. | 2019-04-26T09:47:03 | http://lanigancore.weebly.com/literary-magazine.html |
CommVault Systems announced that its new Galaxy release 4.1 incorporates "Zero Impact" backup technologies designed to yield faster application-level restores and free host servers from supporting concurrent backup and application processing. CommVault Systems announced that its new Galaxy release 4.1 incorporates 'Zero Impact' backup technologies designed to yield faster application-level restores and free host servers from supporting concurrent backup and application processing.
Galaxy is now designed to deliver fast, volume-level backup with little or no impact on the production host, so application performance is not degraded. Incremental or differential backup should move only the changed blocks, which may reduce application interruption time and media usage and increase backup performance.
Zero Impact Support for Unix and Windows: With specific support for Solaris, Windows, Exchange, SQL Server, and Oracle, and including block level incremental backup of Oracle databases, Galaxy 4.1 may offer a backup breakthrough for administrators charged with managing storage in complex, heterogeneous computing environments.
Management Intelligence to Reduce Processing Loads for Host Servers: Galaxy may free host servers from the I/O overhead associated with managing backups, allowing administrators to maximize enterprise hardware investments.
Simplified Management of Snap and Third-Party Copy Serverless Data Movement: CommVault's interface may provide a single point of control for managing, scheduling, aging, and cataloging snapshots and management of Third Party Copy based on serverless data movement.
"Built-in" Software Copy Management: For SAN infrastructures lacking Third Party Copy enabled hardware, Galaxy includes a built-in Software Copy Manager that should allow administrators to leverage current investments in snapshot or serverless data movement technologies, or use CommVault's snapshot technology to provide data protection strategies across mixed storage environments.
Application-centric Backup and Restoration: CommVault's approach to backup may ensure that a consistent, recoverable, image of the data is protected. Previous software solutions have managed data at the physical storage or "device" layer, without Galaxy's ability to restore data to the level of the individual user application. By minimizing the need for human mediation to restore data to the application level, Galaxy may reduce business process interruptions from hours to minutes. | 2019-04-25T09:46:58 | https://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/1471531/CommVault-Markets-Zero-Impact-Backup-Solution.htm |
Parents will cherish forever baby's tiny footprint. This kit contains everything needed to make an impression of the newborn's foot: Plaster of Paris, Instructions and a card to record baby's name and date.
Parents will cherish forever baby's tiny handprint. This kit contains everything needed to make an impression of the newborn's hand: Plaster of Paris, Instructions and a card to record baby's name and date.
Parents will cherish forever baby's 1st Birthday handprint. This kit contains everything needed to make an impression of the tot's hand: Plaster of Paris, Instructions and a card to record the name and date.
Parents will cherish forever baby's 2nd Birthday handprint. This kit contains everything needed to make an impression of the tot's hand: Plaster of Paris, Instructions and a card to record the name and date. | 2019-04-26T10:56:59 | http://f4green.com/store.cfm?event=showcatalog&catid=105572 |
Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity. International Real Estate provides the understanding of real estate strategies and transactions that cross national boundaries. International organizations lament the narrow perspective of professionals in the real estate field, which stems from training that takes a parochial rather than international view of the practices and processes of real estate markets.
This book takes an explicitly international perspective to the decision-making process leading to final 'accept' or 'reject' investment decisions. It will be the first to adopt an institutional approach that directly addresses the problems of how to identify and avoid the main pitfalls of cross-border investment in real estate. The key to understanding international real estate comes from understanding the impact on investment and management decisions of differences in the formal and informal 'rules of the game'. The authors define the key feature of international real estate as the institutions that frame, facilitate or impede investment in land and buildings across national boundaries.
William Seabrooke is the editor of International Real Estate: An Institutional Approach, published by Wiley.
Paul Kent is the editor of International Real Estate: An Institutional Approach, published by Wiley.
Hebe Hwee-Hong How is the editor of International Real Estate: An Institutional Approach, published by Wiley. | 2019-04-24T19:19:02 | https://www.wiley.com/en-us/International+Real+Estate%3A+An+Institutional+Approach-p-9781405172639 |
The 2013 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) is about to close to new submissions of GNSS application ideas, but organizers have decided to extend the deadline until midnight on Sunday, July 7.
The ESNC prize pool is worth about €1 million, which includes cash prizes, business incubation, coaching, patent consulting, prototyping and marketing support, access to customers and user communities, and publicity.
"With so many new registrations in the last couple of days, we decided to give one week of added time for contestants to submit, complete, or improve their ideas, and give innovators a chance to take the next step with their business case, " said spokesman Andreas Dippelhofer.
prototyping prizes as well as the top award, the Galileo Master. | 2019-04-20T19:17:49 | https://insidegnss.com/gnss-applications-ideas-contest-extends-deadline-to-july-7/ |
Located route 23 and Chaple st. Dodgeville, WI Coordinates Lat N 42:57':704" Lon W -90:07':829"
This is the oldest courthouse in Wisconsin. Construction started June 11, 1859. It was dedicated in 1861, enlarged in 1894 and again in 1927. In 1937 the Doric Columns, pediment and cupola were restored exactly as the 1859 original. In 1969 the interior was completely renovated to better utilize space. It is Iowa County's fourth courthouse. The first three were located in Mineral Point, the county seat from 1829 to 1861. The design is Greek Revival and the material is native Galena limestone quarried north of Dodgeville and cut to precision by local Cornish stone-masons. | 2019-04-23T12:37:27 | http://schoepski.com/states/wisconsin/histmarker/iowa_county_courthouse/iowa_county_courthouse.htm |
Tequesta Branch is a branch office of Bank Of America. They provide the following services: Full Service Office Location and are located at 150 Tequesta Drive, Ste. 100 in Tequesta Florida. | 2019-04-25T05:02:49 | https://www.wheresmybank.com/branch-12610-bank-of-america-tequesta-branch |
The distance between Budapest, Hungary and Simusir Island, Russia is approximately 8,568 km or 5,324 mi.
To reach Budapest in this distance one would set out from Simusir Island bearing 329.5° or NNW and follow the great circles arc to approach Budapest bearing 210.9° or SSW .
Budapest has a marine west coast climate (Cfb) whereas Simusir Island has a boreal subarctic climate with no dry season (Dfc).
The average annual temperature is 8.4 °C (15.1°F) warmer.
Total annual precipitation averages 1066.9 mm (42 in) less which is equivalent to 1066.9 l/m² (26.18 US gal/ft²) or 10,669,000 l/ha (1,140,587 US gal/ac) less. About 1/3 as much.
The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 0.6° lower in Budapest than in Simusir Island.
The table shows values for Budapest relative to Simusir Island. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Simusir Island vs Budapest. | 2019-04-23T08:15:41 | http://www.budapest.climatemps.com/vs/simusir-island.php |
A method of communicating data in a data grid. The method includes receiving a first search request defined by search criteria of a search query. The method includes communicating the first search request to search for data segments at the first node that match the search criteria. The method includes receiving one or more data segments matching the search criteria. The method includes receiving rebalance information. The method further includes identifying a second node storing rebalance data segments of the plurality of rebalance data segments based on the rebalance information. The method further includes communicating a second search request to search for the rebalance data segments matching the search criteria. The method further includes receiving one or more rebalance data segments matching the search criteria. The method further includes determining search result data using the data segments from the first node and the rebalance data segments from the second node.
The present disclosure pertains to computer systems; more specifically, to changes of topology in a data grid.
Data, such as software programs, information, or other forms of data, has become a resource and asset for many individuals and businesses. A data grid is a distributed database system with increased computing power and storage capacity that can store and manage data across a collection of nodes. Data grids can provide functionalities such as storing, searching, and processing data. As individuals and businesses continue to store, search, and process increasing amounts of data, a size of a data grid may be adjusted as data usage by the businesses and individuals varies.
Traditionally, when performing functionalities such as storing, searching, and processing data, a map/reduce application may be used. The map/reduce application can provide distributed processing for large data sets in a data grid. The map/reduce application can include two phases, a map phase and a reduce phase. In the map phase, a master node can initiate a task such as a query, and divide or map tasks between multiple nodes in the data grid. The nodes that receive the map tasks can execute the map tasks and return results back to the master node. When the master node receives the data, the master node can implement a reduce phase. In the reduce phase, the master node can aggregate the received data and remove duplicate data, e.g., reduce the data results. When the master node has completed the reduce phase, the master node can communicate the reduced data to the querying application.
While the map/reduce application can be used to query data in a data grid, the adjustability of the data grid can be limited. For example, a data grid using the map/reduce application for querying data cannot adjust or adapt to topology changes in the data grid, such as node crashes, nodes joining or leaving the data grid, or balancing of data between the nodes.
FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of nodes in a data grid according to one embodiment.
FIG. 2 depicts a sequence diagram of a method of performing a query in a data grid when data is rebalanced within a data grid according to one embodiment.
FIG. 3 depicts a sequence diagram of a method of performing a query in a data grid when the topology of the data grid may be changed according to one embodiment.
FIG. 4 depicts a flow diagram of a method of determining data results for a query search in a data grid according to one embodiment.
FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of one implementation of a computer system.
Data transfer technologies are described herein.
Data grids can manage distributed data, where the data can be stored across multiple locations and multiple types of storage devices. The data grid can be a collection of nodes, where the nodes can be physical machines, virtual machines, computers, servers, collections of physical machines or virtual machines, and so forth. The nodes can include memories, such as a cache, for storing data.
When a user desires to access data in the data grid, an application can query data stored in the data grid using an iteration process, where the data stored at the nodes in the data grid can be iterated through during the query. As an amount of data in the data grid varies with varying data usage by individuals or businesses, topology changes in the data grid (such as an addition of nodes, removal of nodes, or rebalancing of data in the data grid) can occur. Traditionally, when data is being processed, added, removed, modified, searched, and so forth in a data grid during a query process such as a map/reduce process, a topology change can be difficult. For example, traditionally when the topology of the data grid changes during a query, a master node in the data grid, using a map/reduce process, receives search result data from nodes in the data grid. Because of the topology changes, the master node may be unaware when data may have been added to, removed from, or modified at a node during the query.
In one example, traditionally when a cache entry occurs at a node during an iteration process, the cache entry can be overlooked or sent to the querying application out of order. When data is overlooked, the querying application may not receive an up-to-date data set from the data grid to analyze and/or provide results to a user. Additionally, when data is sent to the querying application out of order, the querying application may erroneously analyze the out of order data and/or report incorrect information to a user. In another example, when the memories of the current nodes in the data grid reach full capacity, a new node may need to be added to the data grid. However, traditionally when the query is being performed, the new node cannot be added until the query is completed. The delay in adding the new node to the data grid during the query can be problematic, as data modifications (such as data writes) can occur during the query and when the memory of the data grid is at full capacity there may be no place to write the new data.
Aspects of the present disclosure address the above noted deficiencies by enabling a topology change of nodes and data rebalancing during an iteration process of a query search. The topology of the nodes can be changed and data can be rebalanced between the nodes to provide a data grid with variable memory capacity and increased data locality. Additionally, rebalance information can be used to track data rebalancing during the iteration process to enable the querying application to receive up-to-date results. An advantage of a variable memory capacity can be to enable addition of nodes to the data grid as the memory capacity of the data grid reaches its limit and a release of nodes from the data grid when the nodes are not being used. An advantage of increased data locality in the data grid can be to increase a speed and efficiency of data accesses and data searches in the data grid.
FIG. 1 illustrates a block diagram of nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108 in a distributed data grid 100. The nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108 can include memories, such as caches, for storing data. The nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108 can communicate with the other nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108, respectively, in the data grid 100. In one example, the nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108 can communicate data to the other nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108, respectively, to backup data in the data grid 100. In another example, the nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108 can communicate data to the other nodes 102, 104, 106, and 108, respectively, to rebalance the data in the data grid 100.
A memory at a node can include multiple memory entries, where each memory entry includes a key and a value, i.e. a (key, value) pair. The (key, value) pair can include an identification (ID) value (the key) that is associated with data (the value). For example, the (key, value) pair can be an ID value associated with information about a person, e.g., (ID, Person). The (key, value) pair can be used to perform different functions at nodes in a data grid, such as data reads, data writes, data deletions, and the transferring of data between nodes.
FIG. 2 depicts a sequence diagram of a method 200 of performing a query in a data grid when data is rebalanced within a data grid. Method 200 may be performed by a processing logic that may comprise hardware (e.g., circuitry, dedicated logic, programmable logic, microcode, etc.), software (such as operations being performed by the MCU), firmware or a combination thereof. In one example, method 200 is performed by a processor, a plurality of processors, a processor core, and/or a plurality of processor cores. Alternatively, other components of a computing system or software executing on the processor may perform some or all of the operations of the method 200.
Referring to FIG. 2, the method 200 can begin by a coordinator at a coordinator node 204 determining what data is stored at the nodes 206, 208, and 210 in the data grid (step 212). The coordinator can be an application installed or registered at the coordinator node 204 that coordinates topology changes in the data grid. In one example, when the nodes in the data grid may initially be empty, the coordinator can direct which node or nodes may receive data and can maintain a list of keys of the key value pairs identifying the location of the data in the data grid. In this example, the coordinator can use the list of keys to determine what data is stored at the nodes 206, 208, and 210. For example, the coordinator can maintain a list of keys indicating that demographic information is stored at nodes 206 and 208, where nodes 206 and 208 store key value pairs of the demographic information. In another example, the coordinator can communicate with the nodes 206, 208, and 210 to request the keys and maintain the list of keys used to determine what data is stored at the nodes 206, 208, and 210.
When the coordinator node 204 determines what data is stored at the nodes 206, 208, and 210, the coordinator can communicate, to an iterator of the iterator node 206, data location information indicating what data is stored at the nodes 206, 208, and 210 (step 214). In one example, the iterator can store the location information in a memory coupled to the iterator. An application 202 can send, to the iterator of the iterator node, an iteration request initiating an iteration process, where the iteration request defines search criteria of a search query (step 216). In one example, the application 202 can be a web application that sends an iteration request to the iterator. In another example, the application 202 can be a remote client that sends the iteration request.
The iterator can determine which nodes in the data grid include data segments that match the search criteria using the data location information received from the coordinator (step 218). In one example, the search criteria can be for demographic information and the iterator can use the data location information to determine that a memory of the node 208 contains data segments for demographic information that may match the search criteria. When the iterator has determined that node 208 contains data segments that match the search criteria, the iterator can send a search request to the node 208 requesting the data segments that match the search criteria (step 220). As the node 208 searches the data segments stored in the memory of node 208, the node 208 can communicate matching data segments to the iterator as the matching data segments may be located or found (e.g., during an iteration process) (step 222). For example, node 208 may be storing 10 data segments that match the search criteria. In this example, when the node 208 finds a first segment (e.g., segment 1) that matches the search criteria, the node 208 can communicate the segment 1 (including a key value pair) to the iterator and continue to search for the remaining 9 matching segments.
During the iteration process, the topology of the data grid may change. In one example, a topology change can be a transfer or relocation of data between nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 (e.g., a rebalancing of the data between the nodes). In another example, a topology change can be a change in a number of nodes in the data grid, e.g., nodes joining or leaving the data grid.
In one example, the topology of the data may be rebalanced to increase data locality. Data locality can be the locating or grouping of data segments at different nodes in the data grid based on usage or access of the data segments in the data grid. For example, when a data grid has consistent data-access patterns (such as accessing the same or similar data for query searches in a data grid), locating frequently accessed data segments at a same node and/or at a node in the data grid that is physically closest to a requesting user or an application can increase data locality. In another example, a data grid can use a consistent hashing function for key-value pair storage to enable the determination of data locality in the data grid. The coordinator in the data grid can use the consistent hashing function to determine where to locate or group data segments in the data grid to increase data locality. In one example, the coordinator in the data grid can communicate with nodes in the data grid and the nodes can communicate data access patterns or data usage to the coordinator. The coordinator can use the consistent hashing function to determine where to locate data segments at the different nodes based on the data access patterns or data usage. Additionally, the coordinator can use the consistent hashing function to sort the keys of the key value pairs and assign similar keys to related data to increase data locality by locating or grouping data segments with similar keys at the same node.
To rebalance the data at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, the coordinator can determine what data segments to locate at the different nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, such as by using the consistent hashing function as discussed in the preceding paragraphs (step 224). When the coordinator has determined what data to locate at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, the coordinator can send a rebalance command to one or more of the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 indicating what data segments the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 are to transfer to other nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, respectively, in the data grid (step 226). For example, the coordinator may determine that to increase data locality, selected data segments can be transferred from node 208 to node 210 (step 228) and other selected data segments can be transferred from node 210 to node 208 (step 230). In one example, the coordinator can unicast the rebalance command to the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 in the data grid that are storing the data segments indicating the data segments to be transferred and the location to transfer the data segments. In another example, the coordinator can broadcast the rebalance command to the nodes 206, 208, and 210 in the data grid indicating the data segments to be transferred and the location to transfer the data segments. In this example, the nodes 206, 208, and 210 can receive the broadcasted rebalance command, and the nodes 206, 208, and 210 can determine when the nodes 206, 208, and 210 are storing the selected data segments. When the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 determine that the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 are storing the selected data segments, the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 can transfer the data segments to the new location (e.g., another node in the data grid). In another example, when the data segments have been transferred by the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 can send a copy of the data segments and maintain the original data at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210.
In one example, when the transferred data segments are received at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, respectively, the initial nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 can receive a confirmation message from the receiving nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 and delete the data segments from the memories of the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210. In another example, when the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 complete a transfer of data segments during a data rebalancing, the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 can send a completion message to the coordinator indicating that the data segments have been transferred. In one example, when the rebalancing has been completed, the coordinator can send a deletion message to the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 in the data grid indicating to the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 to delete the data at the original nodes.
Additionally, the coordinator can send rebalance information to the iterator indicating that data segments have been transferred between nodes 208 and 210 (step 232). When the iterator receives the rebalance information, the iterator can determine what matching data segments have been received from node 208 and what data segments were not received from node 208 (step 234). In one example, a distributed data grid stores data in different segments on different nodes. For example, data stored in the data grid can be divided into 100 data segments and the 100 data segments can be stored at different nodes in the data grid. When nodes in the data grid receive a search request from the iterator, the nodes can send the requested data segments to the iterator.
Each of the data segments sent to the iterator can include information identifying the data segment, such as a key of a key value pair. The iterator can then determine which data segments have been received from the nodes based on the identifying information. For example, the node 208 may store data segments 1-10 and send segments 1-8 before segments 9 and 10 may be moved to the node 210 for rebalancing. When the iterator determines that data segments 1-8 have been received, then the iterator can send a request to the node 210 requesting data segments 9 and 10. When the iteration process begins, the iterator can use the data location information to determine which of the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 are storing which data segments and how many data segments the iterator node should receive from each of the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210 during the iteration process. When the iterator receives less than an anticipated number of data segments from the nodes 206, 208, and/or 210, respectively, then the iterator can determine which of the other nodes the remaining data segments have been moved to in view of the anticipate versus the actual number of data segments received.
For example, the iterator can determine that the matching data segments that were not received from node 208 during the iteration process have been transferred to node 210. When the iterator has determined that the remaining matching data segments have been transferred to node 210, the iterator can send a selected data search command requesting that the node 210 search the data segments received from node 208 to find the remaining matching data segments (step 236). When the node 210 finds the remaining matching data segments, the node 210 can communicate the remaining matching data segments (e.g., rebalance data segments) to the iterator (step 238). In one example, when the iterator has received the search result data from the nodes in the data grid (such as values associated with the keys of a key value pair) the iterator can delete the keys in the memory of the iterator and communicate the values to the querying application 202. The iterator can determine the search result data using the data segments from node 208 and the rebalance data segments from node 210 (step 240). The iterator can communicate the search result data to the application 202 (step 242). An advantage of changing the topology of the data grid during the iteration process can be to increase the efficiency of the data grid, such as by increasing data locality at the nodes in the data grid.
FIG. 3 depicts a sequence diagram of a method 300 of performing a query in a data grid when the topology of the data grid may be changed. Method 300 may be performed by a processing logic that may comprise hardware (e.g., circuitry, dedicated logic, programmable logic, microcode, etc.), software (such as operations being performed by the MCU), firmware or a combination thereof. In one example, method 300 is performed by a processor, a plurality of processors, a processor core, and/or a plurality of processor cores. Alternatively, other components of a computing system or software executing on the processor may perform some or all of the operations of the method 300.
Referring to FIG. 3, the method 300 is the same as the method discussed in the preceding paragraphs for FIG. 2 through the step of the node 208 communicating matching data segments to the iterator as the matching data segments are found (step 222). The topology of the data grid can change when a new node 310 is added to the data grid (step 324). In one example, when the memory of the data grid (e.g., the aggregate memory of the current nodes in the data grid) may be reaching full capacity, the new node 210 may join the data grid.
When the new node 310 may be added to the data grid, the new node 310 can communicate registration information to the coordinator (step 326). When the new node 310 has been added to the data grid, the coordinator can rebalance the data segments at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310. To rebalance the data segments at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310, the coordinator can determine what data segments to relocate at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310 (step 328). When the coordinator has determined what data segments to relocate at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310, the coordinator can send a rebalance command to one or more of the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310 indicating what data segments the nodes 206 and/or 208 are to transfer to the other nodes 206, 208, and/or 310, respectively (step 330). For example, the coordinator may determine that to avoid an out of memory (00M) error in the data grid, such as when the memories of the nodes 206 and 208 reach full capacity and cannot receive additional data, selected data can be transferred from node 208 to node 310 (step 332). In another example, to avoid an OOM error, new data segments received at the data grid can be stored at the new node 310.
Additionally, the coordinator can send rebalance information to the iterator indicating that data segments have been transferred or rebalanced between nodes 208 and 310 (step 334). When the iterator has received the rebalance information, the iterator can determine what matching data segments have been received from node 208 and what data segments where not received from node 208 (step 336). The iterator can determine that matching data segments that were not received from the node 208 during the iteration process have been transferred to the new node 310. When the iterator has determined that the remaining matching data segments have been transferred to the new node 310, the iterator can send a selected data search command requesting that the new node 310 search the memory of the new node 310 to find the remaining matching data segments (step 338). When the new node 310 has found the remaining matching data segments, the new node 310 can communicate the remaining matching data segments (e.g., rebalance data segments) to the iterator (step 340). The iterator can determine the search result data using the data segments from node 208 and the rebalance data segments from the new node 310 (step 342). The iterator can communicate the search result data to the application 202 (step 344).
Traditionally, if a topology change occurs during the iteration process, it is uncertain what information was sent to the iterator prior to the rebalancing and all the data must be iterated through again (e.g., the iteration process may be restarted) to avoid duplicate data, out of order data, missing data and so forth. One advantage of changing the topology of the data grid (such as rebalancing the data segments) during the iteration process, as discussed in the preceding paragraphs, can be to increase the efficiency of the data grid by avoiding restarting of the iteration process each time there may be a topology change in the data grid. Another advantage of changing the topology of the data grid (such as rebalancing the data segments) during the iteration process can be to avoid OOM errors by adjusting the data capacity of the data grid during the iteration process.
As a query is performed in a data grid, the topology of the data grid can change when a node fails or crashes. A node may fail or crash for a variety of reasons, such as a disk failure or a process crash. To protect the data at the nodes in a data grid against a node failure, data may be backed up at one or more nodes in the data grid. When a node in the data grid crashes, backup data at one of the other nodes in the data grid can be used. Backup data of the failed node stored at other nodes in the data grid can be searched to compensate for the loss of the failed node.
In one example, the iterator can determine when a node has failed using heart beat messages. In this example, when a node is active and operational, the node can send heartbeat messages to the iterator indicating that the node is active and operational. When the node crashes, the iterator stops receiving the heartbeat messages. When the iterator determines that the node has crashed, the iterator can use the data location information to determine where backup data for the node is stored. The iterator can also determine what data segments were received from the node prior to the node crashing. When the iterator has identified a node with the backup data (e.g., the backup node), the iterator can send a search request to the backup node requesting the backup node send the remaining matching data segments.
In one example, the search criteria can include a filter and a converter that can be used at the nodes 204, 206, and/or 310 to reduce network chattiness and increase a performance of the data grid. The filter can represent an application installed at the nodes 206, 208, and 310 to match requested data criteria from the application 202 with a subset of a data segment at nodes 206, 208, and/or 310. For example, a data segment can include the names and ages of multiple people and the filter can select people with an age above 18 years old. The converter can represent an application to extract information from the subset of the data segments at the nodes 206, 208, and/or 310. For example, the converter can extract information from the subset (e.g., relevant bits) of the filtered data and pass the information to the iterator. For example, a search may be for names of people over 25. In this example, the filter can be used by a node to find information for the people over the age of 25 and the converter can send only the names of people selected by the filter, e.g., the converter can remove the age info from the filtered data before the data may be communicated to the iterator. One advantage of using the filter and the converter can be to reduce network traffic by enabling the nodes 204, 206, and/or 208 to communicate relevant data to the iterator. For example, an amount of data (such as data entries) sent to the iterator can be limited to the relevant data, e.g., the names of the people over 25 years old. In another example, the iterator can communicate a data format for nodes to communicate data to the iterator and the converter can convert a data format of result data to the data format communicated by the iterator. The data format communicated by the iterator can be a data format that is compatible with the iterator and/or the application 202.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a method 400 of determining data results for a query search in a data grid. Method 400 may be performed by processing logic that may comprise hardware (e.g., circuitry, dedicated logic, programmable logic, microcode, etc.), software (such as operations being performed by the MCU), firmware or a combination thereof. In one example, method 400 is performed by a processor, a plurality of processors, a processor core, and/or a plurality of processor cores. Alternatively, other components of a computing system or software executing on the processor may perform some or all of the operations of the method 400.
Referring to FIG. 4, the method 400 can begin by receiving, from an application, a first search request defined by search criteria of a search query (block 410). The method can include communicating, to a second node, the first search request to search for data segments at the second node that match the search criteria (block 420). The method can further include receiving, from the second node, one or more data segments matching the search criteria (block 430). The method can further include receiving, from a coordinator, rebalance information in response to the second node transferring a plurality of rebalance data segments to one or more nodes in the data grid, where the rebalance information identifies the one or more nodes storing the plurality of rebalance data segments (block 440). The method can further include identifying, by a processing device, a third node storing rebalance data segments of the plurality of rebalance data segments based on the rebalance information, where the rebalance data segments are data segments transferred from the second node to the third node that match the search criteria and are not part of the data segments received from the second node (block 450). The method can further include communicating to the third node a second search request to search for the rebalance data segments matching the search criteria (block 460). The method can further include receiving, from the third node, one or more rebalance data segments matching the search criteria (block 470). The method can further include determining search result data using the data segments from the second node and the rebalance data segments from the third node (block 480).
In one example, the method can include receiving, from a coordinator, data location information, wherein the data location information indicates where data is located at a plurality of nodes in the data grid and identifying, by the processor, a second node of the plurality of nodes storing data that matches the search criteria. In another example, the method can include communicating, to the application, the search results. In another example, the identify the third node can further include: identifying, by the processor, the data segments received from the second node matching the search criteria; determining, by the processor, data segments not received from the second node; and determining, by the processor, that the data segments not received are stored at the third node based on the rebalance information. In another example, the receiving, the communicating, the identifying, and the determining can occur during the search query. In another example, the first node, the second node, and the third node can be in a data grid. In another example, the rebalance data segments can be transferred from the second node to the third node when the third node joins the data grid during the search query.
FIG. 5 illustrates a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the exemplary form of a computer system 500 within which a set of instructions for causing the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein, may be executed. In alternative implementations, the machine may be connected (e.g., networked) to other machines in a LAN, an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet. The machine may operate in the capacity of a server or a client machine in a client-server network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment. The machine may be a personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a set-top box (STB), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, a web appliance, a server, a network router, switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine. Further, while only a single machine is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include any collection of machines that individually or jointly execute a set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.
The exemplary computer system 500 includes a processing device (processor) 502, a main memory 504 (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) such as synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) or Rambus DRAM (RDRAM), etc.), a static memory 506 (e.g., flash memory, static random access memory (SRAM), etc.), and a data storage device 518, which communicate with each other via a bus 530.
Processing device 502 represents one or more general-purpose processing devices such as a microprocessor, central processing unit, or the like. More particularly, the processing device 502 may be a complex instruction set computing (CISC) microprocessor, reduced instruction set computing (RISC) microprocessor, very long instruction word (VLIW) microprocessor, or a processor implementing other instruction sets or processors implementing a combination of instruction sets. The processing device 502 may also be one or more special-purpose processing devices such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital signal processor (DSP), network processor, or the like. The processing device 502 is configured to execute instructions 526 for performing the operations and steps discussed herein.
The computer system 500 may further include a network interface device 522. The computer system 500 also may include a video display unit 508 (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a cathode ray tube (CRT), or a touch screen), an alphanumeric input device 510 (e.g., a keyboard), a cursor control device 514 (e.g., a mouse), and a signal generation device 516 (e.g., a speaker).
The data storage device 518 may include a machine-readable storage medium 524 on which is stored one or more sets of instructions 526 (e.g., software) embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. The instructions 526 may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 504 and/or within the processing device 502 during execution thereof by the computer system 500, the main memory 504 and the processing device 502 also constituting computer-readable storage media. The instructions 526 may further be transmitted or received over a network 520 via the network interface device 534.
While the machine-readable storage medium 524 is shown in an exemplary implementation to be a single medium, the term “computer-readable storage medium” should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets of instructions. The term “computer-readable storage medium” shall also be taken to include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying a set of instructions for execution by the machine and that cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies of the present disclosure. The term “computer-readable storage medium” shall accordingly be taken to include, but not be limited to, solid-state memories, optical media, and magnetic media.
The words “example” or “exemplary” are used herein to mean serving as an example, instance, or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as “example' or “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs. Rather, use of the words “example” or “exemplary” is intended to present concepts in a concrete fashion. As used in this application, the term “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive “or”. That is, unless specified otherwise, or clear from context, “X includes A or B” is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, if X includes A; X includes B; or X includes both A and B, then “X includes A or B” is satisfied under any of the foregoing instances. In addition, the articles “a” and “an” as used in this application and the appended claims should generally be construed to mean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form. Moreover, use of the term “an embodiment” or “one embodiment” or “an implementation” or “one implementation” throughout is not intended to mean the same embodiment or implementation unless described as such.
determine search result data using the data segments from the first node and the rebalance data segments from the second node.
2. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processing device to receive, from a coordinator, data location information, wherein the data location information indicates where data is located at a plurality of nodes in the data grid.
3. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processing device to communicate, to the application, the search results.
determine, by the processor, that the data segments not received from the first node are stored at the second node based on the rebalance information.
5. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the receive, the communicate, the identify, and the determine occur during the search query.
6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first node and the second node are in a data grid.
7. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the rebalance data segments are transferred from the first node to the second node when the second node joins the data grid during the search query.
determining search result data using the data segments from the second node and the rebalance data segments from the third node.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving, from a coordinator, data location information, wherein the data location information indicates where data is located at a plurality of nodes in the data grid.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising communicating, to the application, the search results.
determining, by the processor, that the data segments not received are stored at the third node based on the rebalance information.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving, the communicating, the identifying, and the determining occur during the search query.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first node, the second node, and the third node are in a data grid.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the rebalance data segments are transferred from the second node to the third node when the third node joins the data grid during the search query.
determine search result data using the data segments from the second node and the rebalance data segments from the third node.
16. The first node of claim 15, the processor further to receive, from a coordinator, data location information, wherein the data location information indicates where data is located at a plurality of nodes in the data grid.
17. The first node of claim 15, the processor further to communicate, to the application, the search results.
determining, by the processor, data segments not received from the second node; determining, by the processor, that the data segments not received are stored at the third node based on the rebalance information.
19. The first node of claim 15, wherein the receive, the communicate, the identify, and the determine occur during the search query.
20. The first node of claim 15, wherein the first node, the second node, and the third node are in a data grid. | 2019-04-20T15:33:21 | https://patents.google.com/patent/US20160253386A1/en |
This photo was taken on a road trip to the Badlands, just outside of Drumheller, Alberta. I’m using a telephoto lens to take the picture from our van window. I’m saying, from far away, “Hi, Sweetheart,” to the baby moose and s/he is looking to see who said that. | 2019-04-26T16:49:06 | https://flurfel.com/2015/04/18/baby-moose/ |
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WOTCHA!: A page compiled by the Watcher with some of the craziest things in Doctor Who!
Countdown to 50: Reviewing each Series of Doctor Who in turn. DWM 430 reviewed Series 1 (1963-64).
A crossword was also introduced in DWM 430.
Each issue, the same two people fight out their views on the chosen monthly topic. These two are regular DWM contributors, Johnny Candon and Toby Hadoke. To find the debating page, look in DWM and it is usually just after the Comic Strip.
DWM 430: The most influential Doctor as a Time Lord-Tom Baker or Pat Troughton.
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Every Labor Day Weekend for the 11 years GCHR (GeoCaching Hampton Roads) has held their Annual Picnic. Last year (2012), the event became a MEGA-event making the picnic Virginia's first ever Mega-event. This year, 2013, GCHR once again is planning another great event, hopefully, to meet and exceed last year's totals of fun, excitement and attendance. Vendors are returning again, and new vendors are planning on attending. The staff and volunteers of GCHR are deep into planning and if the planning meeting that I attended yesterday is any indication - fun will be had by all!!!
I have been compiling lists of top caches in the area for the event. So as an intro into The Hampton Roads area - here is some information that may assist you if you are planning on coming to the area for the picnic.
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia. Hampton Roads is notable for its large military presence and its year-round ice-free harbor, and hundreds of miles of waterfront property and beaches, all of which contribute to the diversity and stability of the region's economy.
The water area known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's largest natural harbors, and incorporates the mouths of the Elizabeth River and James River with several smaller rivers and itself empties into the Chesapeake Bay near its mouth leading to the Atlantic Ocean.
The land area includes dozens of cities, counties and towns on the Virginia Peninsula and in South Hampton Roads. Some of the more outlying areas from the harbor may or may not be included as part of "Hampton Roads", depending upon the organization or purpose. For a commonly used example, as defined for federal economic purposes, the Hampton Roads metropolitan statistical area (MSA) additionally includes two counties in northeastern North Carolina and two counties in Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. Officially, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA has a population of about 1.7 million, the 36th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.
The area is steeped in 400 years of American history and hundreds of historical sites and attractions in the area draw visitors from around the world each year. The harbor was the key to the Hampton Roads area's growth, both on land and in water-related activities and events. The harbor and its tributary waterways were (and still are) both important transportation conduits and obstacles to other land-based commerce and travel. Creating and maintaining adequate infrastructure has long been a major challenge. The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel (MMMBT) are major harbor crossings of the Hampton Roads Beltway which links each of the largest population centers of Hampton Roads. In 2007, the new Hampton Roads Transportation Authority (HRTA) was formed under a controversial state law to levy various additional taxes to generate funding for major regional transportation projects, including a long-sought and costly third crossing of the harbor of Hampton Roads. | 2019-04-25T00:20:01 | https://www.snapgeocaching.com/2013/07/gchr-11th-annual-picnic-august-31st.html |
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I took this at last week’s farm market. That’s Daniel Carmona of Cerro Vista Farm, up near Questa. These flowers are all so typical of fall, a season that’s only a couple of days away as I write (Fall Equinox on the 22nd). I bought some great broccoli from his booth. I tried growing my own the first season I was here (3 summers ago now) and had to battle the cabbage moths for what little I was able to harvest. That ended my attempts. Easier to just buy it from Daniel.
There’s more variety of flowers in this shot of Kathy Moen’s booth. She has zinnias, cosmos and gladiolas, among other things. Her farm is near the Hwy. 68 down from Taos to Espanola, somewhere about half way. So she has a lower elevation advantage when that first night of freezing temperatures arrives here in Taos at 7,000 feet. I talked to a friend on the phone last week in Ketchum, Idaho, and he reported that they were going to have their first frosty night and he had picked all his marigolds and some tender garden fruits and vegetables. I’m happy to be gardening here in Taos where we can hope for a longer season. Gotta watch the weather news for low temps ahead though, starting about now.
I didn’t keep track of whose grapes these were at the farm market last week but I had to take a photo. Nothing says fall like picking grapes. Fifteen years ago I might have been doing just that this time of year. I was living in Sonoma County, California, on a spacious property next to a large vineyard. There were also some old vines on our place and some years those of us living there (and friends) came together in an effort to pick all the grapes and press them into juice. Not every year, mind you, could we muster the will. It was a big commitment of time and energy, but the reward of fresh juice was the payoff. Made for great sensory memories. We also did apples some years I recall.
Which brings me to the topic of Chamisa. It’s a plant very much like the wild sage that is indigenous here and they tend to grow in the same places. But sage never has a showy blooming period like Chamisa. She waits for late summer/early fall and throws up a yellow that is a joy to see. This clump was photographed along Maestas Road, the one I live on, but it could have been taken about anywhere along a road these days.
And where there’s Chamisa you’ll likely see these small purple daisy-like wild flowers. They’re called “purple asters.” If you wanted an area of wildflowers near your house this would be a good time to add the seeds to your mix. These were blooming near my driveway. Also you could consider getting a garden version of the same plant at the nursery in the spring. I had a neighbor in Ketchum, Idaho, who had large plants that also bloomed in the fall with purple flowers that looked similar. Just when other flowers are starting to fade they make a great fall show of color.
Today was a perfect day for the opening of the farm market season here in Taos. I got there later than was ideal and missed out completely on the greens that the folks from Talpa Gardens had for sale. They were just standing around visiting with friends and congratulating themselves on selling out their produce by 10 AM. The market opens at 9 AM, so that took no time. Looking around I noticed they did have much competition. There were few vendors offering produce. It’s early.
I also had in mind to look for some nice heirloom tomatoes and found these in the photo above. They were grown at Rancho Arco Iris farm in Dixon. I apologize to the woman in the photo for not catching her first name, but I’m offering a link to the farm’s site. I bought two of her tomato plants, a cherry type and a regular sized red one. Seeing it’s half way through the month of May it would be early to set them out now. Most garden types here seem to agree that for tender plants and seeds it’s wise to wait for June 1st. But I have “walls of water” to put them inside, so I think I’ll be OK. Also I’m a computer weather junkie so I usually am aware if there’s going to be a night time freeze so I’ll have a chance to cover them, which is easy to do. Last year this time I believe I waited and that worked out great. I had tomatoes in early August.
These tomato starts from Living Light Farm in Arroyo Seco were a little bit more expensive, $3.50 each, but there was a lot of variety and they also had little flats of lettuce mix and other things to get your garden started early. Their booth was very popular.
My favorite vendor of the day was this woman selling her sprouts. I LOVE sunflower sprouts and hers were very fresh and inviting. I got a small bag, a mix of what she was offering just because it all looked so wonderful. I will definitely plan to buy my sunflower sprouts from her every week. Didn’t get her name but I will be checking back with her and will correct that in an upcoming blog.
Everyone loves lilacs and there was some tension around Taos when we had our cold weather recently, that it might have killed the lilac buds. Perhaps it did in some places but I took this photo in the historic district last Sunday. Stopped to take in the smell and figured a photo was in order.
Also on Sunday I had lunch at the Hanuman temple and ran into my good friend, Fred Bloomfield, also known as Ram to me. Some people were addressing him as Swami, so I’ll mention that as well. He likes to spend time in India in the ashram where the spiritual teacher of Ram Das and others found enlightenment. I first met him in Ketchum, Idaho, the town I moved here from. I think he was taking a break from Taos at the time and also likely doing some driving back and forth. He was very welcoming to me when I first moved here and his friendship the past year has helped me feel at home. Yeah Ram! | 2019-04-24T14:18:24 | https://katecartwrightart.com/kate_blog/blog/tag/living-light-farm/ |
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Grapple Task- Spend 5 minutes reading an contemplating this text. Spend 5 minutes writing your thoughts on this reading in your notebook.
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The possibility to contact the service center in a short time. SAP Field Service Management gives a nice overview of all the contact information on which customers can reach you.
A useful planning tool that allows customers to plan the appointment themselves. They only have to tell you the desired time, date and their problem. Simple!
The convenient documentation overview. Do you have rather skilled customers that are taking the lead themselves? You can help them along with a lot of videos or manuals!
A spare part overview. This allows customers to order and replace their own products themselves.
And a lot of practical features. Customers receive a notification when a technician will arrive, they can give feedback and have their administration at their fingertips.
This way, customers no longer have to wait on a field technician who will arrive 'between 8 am and 5 pm'.
SAP Field Service Management is an AI-driven platform that anticipates on availability, strengths and location. Field technicians are assigned to more relevant assignments in which they can fully exploit their added value.
A field technician receives a message about the assignment and an extensive briefing of the service call. He or she can accept this task and get started.
Field technicians can always consult the mobile app, both online and offline. This gives them a complete overview of the assignment anytime and anywhere, and a guide towards the solution.
The administrative effort is reduced: a field technician can manage his time, spare parts and documents in one, digital place.
The service center is the beating heart of companies that want to score with their customers. That is why SAP Field Service Management is indispensable for service center employees who want to deliver their customers a wow-experience. They can find all the information they need in the SAP Field Service Management plan board.
A drag and drop function to switch faster and work more flexible than ever before.
The possibility to assign multiple technicians to one task. This allows them to send a strong team to a specific assignment.
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A Quick Guidance to answer questions during service calls or conversations with technicians.
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Companies have to invest in new applications or extensions tailored to their existing environment. It is logical that such solutions are expensive... or aren't they? | 2019-04-19T17:03:24 | https://www.amista.be/The-Advantages-of-SAP-Field-Service-Management |
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This morning, Amazon unveiled a new Echo Dot that will cost you and I just $49.99 when it ships next month. The company also announced a new white version of its speaker-equipped Amazon Echo that ships in a couple of weeks.
The Echo Dot, for those not familiar, is the smaller puck version of Amazon’s Echo that is meant to work in any room without taking up much space. It comes equipped with Alexa for all of your voice-activated needs, is small enough to be tucked away on a shelf, and can even be paired with your home speakers for a better audio experience. Echo Dot does play music, but the on-board speaker for it isn’t exactly a musical beast.
With the new Echo Dot, outside of the color choices of black or white and a “new sleek and compact design,” Amazon says that it has been upgraded with “a more powerful speech processor, which delivers improved far-field speech recognition accuracy.” I’m not sure what was in the original $100 unit that I’m not feeling burned by, but improved far-field speech recognition is a good thing. At half the cost ($49.99), this is going to be a tough pass for those of you have yet to buy into the Amazon Echo and Alexa world.
Also, Amazon want you to buy a lot of the new Echo Dot, so they are selling them individually for $49.99 or in bundles. You can buy five and get a sixth free if you use code DOT6PACK or buy 10 and get 11 and 12 free with code DOT12PACK.
As I mentioned in the opener, the regular Amazon Echo now comes in white as well, at the same $179.99 price.
The new Echo Dot is up for pre-order today and arrives October 20. The white Echo is up for pre-order today as well and arrives September 28. | 2019-04-20T18:44:21 | https://www.droid-life.com/2016/09/14/amazon-starts-selling-new-50-echo-dot-white-echo/ |
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In this new era of digital technology, individuals are constantly overwhelmed by plentiful information, which are very often communicated in a rather simplistic way. This great abundance of news and unchecked facts challenges our society with a new threat: the illiteracy of the population and consequent growing incapacity of people to recognise real information and verify its sources.
Through his exhibition ‘Poppyzon’, artist Zazzarro Otto investigates limits and failures of technology and the increasing impoverishment of language which characterises the so-called ‘Information Society’.
In 2015, Italian famous author Umberto Eco received his honorary degree in Media, Communication and Culture from University of Turin. On that occasion, Eco asserted: “television had once promoted the ‘village idiot’ as a means of allowing the viewer to feel superior. The ‘tragedy’ of the Internet is that it has promoted the village idiot as a ‘bearer of truth”. What the author meant is that the kind of inducement to expression that social networks tend to encourage, has legitimized people to speak spontaneously – ‘without any filters’- and has given them the right – by some perceived as an actual duty – to freely express themselves without leaving any space to some form of self-censure.
The word ‘Poppyzon’ comes from Ancient Greek ποππύζω, which literally means ‘the one who clucks with the tongue’. Coming from still uncertain origins, this expression has been firstly adopted by comic playwright Aristophanes, and it has been later used by Pliny the Elder to describe a person who imitates the noise made by the stamp of a horse’s hoofs.
The exhibition ‘Poppyzon’ uses Ancient Greek and Latin language ability to summarise complex ideas into one effective word or concept, as a tool to make the audience reflects on the complexity of technology. The artwork of Zazzarro is a machine that reproduces – intentionally in a wrong way – the sound of the click of a tongue. Starting from a shape of a foal’s tongue, Zazzarro Otto has created an automatized prototype made with silicon, which repeatedly twists without never reaching its wished result. The artwork represents Zazzarro’s idea of a future run by technology, and appeases the feeling of powerlessness that we face when staring at a machine capable of reproducing and enhancing human behaviours.
With the artpiece ‘Focolare Domestico’, the artist carries on his analysis through the manipulation and deformation of a screen, which functions through the use of light coming from a flame and not from a traditional backlight system. The artist’s intention is to draw a parallel between its work and the myth of Prometheus: as knowledge is transformed in techniques through the use of fire in the fictitious story, here the flame represents the tool that makes the device work. The video displays a superposition of images of horses, running in nature, and some extracts of an interview made by CNN to Susan Bennet, the woman who gave the voice to Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant. The distinction between the useful and the superfluous increasingly disappears, as the context is one in which mistakes – either human or digital – are no more acceptable.
* Virginia Woolf, in Andrea Marcolongo, The Brilliant Language. Nine reasons to love ancient Greek, 2016, Laterza.
** Zazzaro Otto, extract of the interview between the artists and the curators, 25/04/2018. | 2019-04-24T06:53:58 | https://curateityourself.com/poppyzon/ |
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For business leaders, strong decision making is too often a matter of instinct. We look at some decision-making theories, to see how we can understand the process, avoid over-thinking and make better decisions.
Some products have to be faultless at launch. For instance, if you’re in the medical equipment business, or aviation safety, your margin for error needs to be statistically non-existent. However, for most sectors, timing is more important than perfection – the need to get to market before our competitors may outweigh the significance of details buried deep in our offering. For instance, if we’re in a service industry with a high degree of human resource and personal interaction, we can (and should) improve as we go along.
Many managers rely on decisions based on instinct, backed up by experience, to avoid the operational paralysis that comes from indecisiveness, or overthinking.
To move towards better decision-making, start by paying more attention to the way you think. We may keep receipts for all the coffee we buy, but we don’t usually record or analyze the thought processes that lead up to our big decisions. So write things down. Be honest. Take enough time to think about how you arrived at each choice.
Also, if you find yourself over-thinking, recognize it. Most businesses are not striving for absolute perfection, but we often find ourselves behaving as if lives depend on our decisions. Sometimes it’s better to follow Roosevelt and make a decision, even if it has flaws.
Directive – this form of decision-making relies on a rational and autocratic style where leaders use their own knowledge, experience and judgment to choose the best solution. This type of business leader is very rational, but thinks mostly about the short-term.
Conceptual – more concerned with long-term results and brainstorming the alternatives, and approaches problem-solving creatively, often producing approaches that take greater risks.
Analytical – this form of decision-making uses facts and data to determine the best outcome.
Cost/benefit analysis – this is limited to financial decisions or can provide the data for evaluation of financial criteria in other decision-making areas.
1. Situation appraisal – identify concerns and outline the priorities.
2. Problem analysis – describe the exact problem or issue by identifying and evaluating the causes.
3. Decision analysis – identify and evaluate alternatives by performing a risk analysis for each, then make a final decision.
4. Potential problem analysis – evaluate the final decision for risk and identify the contingencies and preventive actions necessary to minimize that risk.
Going through each stage of this process will help you come to the best possible choice, given your knowledge and understanding of all the issues.
Developed by military strategist US Air Force Colonel John Boyd, the OODA loop is a decision cycle following the observe, orient, decide and act processes. Here, your business relies on being one step ahead of your competition and, at the same time, being prepared to react to their new ideas.
Popular with organizations looking to take advantage of a situation, it favors agility over raw power.
We can sometimes get to better, faster decision-making by using best practices and technologies based on behavioral economics. Reassess how your business has presented a new product. Is it better to focus on the gain of using the product, or the loss of not using it? Is there a different way that you can say the same thing, while emphasizing alternative results? Are you trying to find a rational solution when its success will not be rationally appraised?
Brainstorming works on the belief that the more ideas are on the table, the greater your chance of finding a good one.
A brainstorm is a session where new ideas and solutions are generated in a non-judgmental space. By removing all elements of judgment from the early stages of the process, contributors are free to generate unexpected ideas without fear of negative impact.
Advertising executive Alex F Osborn developed this method of problem-solving and decision-making in 1939 as a response to occasional creative blocks within his agency. The brainstorming group generates ideas, which are then analyzed – with action points coming from the most popular ideas.
Read more about the times perfection would have been a disaster here. | 2019-04-21T20:10:28 | https://discover.dhl.com/business/productivity/momentum-beats-perfection?mode=trending |
42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China - provides valuable insights from real executives and experts.
For business people who are experienced in doing business in China, or for first-time visitors, this book will provide valuable insights from real executives and experts.
These executives offer their personal experiences and recommendations about sourcing and manufacturing in China.
Through over 20 extraordinary executive interviews, Rosemary Coates captured the essence of sourcing and manufacturing in China. '42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China (2nd Edition)' is a pragmatic approach that every businessperson headed to China must read.
Doing business in China is tougher than you think. Not only is the culture vastly different, but China�s experience in manufacturing is still developing. It will be a few years before the majority of manufacturers are up to world standards. In the meantime, quality, contract laws, schedules and logistics must be closely monitored. As a result, the things Westerners must do to be successful are far different from dealing with American or European manufacturers. The best way to quickly come up to speed on these differences and how to handle them is to learn from the experience of others.
Based on her 25 years of supply chain experience, much of it spent living and working across Asia, Rosemary Coates has become an expert on doing business in China. Her own personal experiences in China are interwoven into this book.
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"As someone who has traveled internationally for decades, this book offers the ultimate antidote for faux paus. Ms. Coates' diligent research provides valuable guidance to anyone interested in doing business in China."
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Rosemary Coates is the President of Blue Silk Consulting. She is a seasoned executive with an MBA, 20 years experience in Supply Chain Management, Project Management and Systems Consulting. Prior to BSC, she was a Senior Director at SAP, the Supply Chain Practice Leader at KPMG Peat Marwick and at Answerthink, and a Regional Manager at Hewlett-Packard. Her philosophy includes a fully integrated approach to process and enabling technologies.
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In the current generation supplying self entertainment is really very ambitious task. It’s all potential with this application to watch free TV shows, Films, and free videos on your own device. You may also appreciate Mobdro Online TV on PC.
Now let me show you Kodi HD for PC characteristics and how it works on your device.
Watch different & 1000 of TV channels.
Providing gesture touch screen choice to enable system that is sound.
This app is officially not yet available for PC users. So that you can use this application you need to install an Android emulator in your computer.
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From the above provided link download the Bliuestacks applications on your computer.
Now install and launch on Mac portable computer and your windows.
Open the Bluestacks home page and kind “Kodi” on search application.
Select play for Kodi and hit from Google play store on install button.
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A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a small company often must do many tasks. The nickname “Chief Everything Officer” has been cited in print since at least 1998. A 2006 book was titled: Mom CEO (Chief Everything Officer): Having, Doing, and Surviving It All.
While it is accurate to refer to the CEO of a small business as Chief Everything Officer, “everything” may not be strictly correct. Very few people are such complete self-starters that they can make it without any help.
Mr. Koch’s grandmother, Selma Koch, a few weeks shy of her 92d birthday, is the Town Shop’s C.E.O. (chief everything officer). She has kept the business running through Depression, recession and inflation, but today’s challenges worry her. Costs keep increasing.
The job of family manager is much like that of a CEO: You’re the Chief Everything Officer of your home. Juggling all of the responsibilities that come with the job leaves a lot of men and women frazzled and fatigued.
Mom CEO (chief everything officer) : having, doing, and surviving it all!
Publisher: Fredonia, WI : Stacey Kannenberg Unlimited ; Cedar Valley Publishing, ©2006.
Are you a CEO or a Chief Everything Officer?
I was wondering about this concept. You need a team, but not just any team. You need the right team for the appropriate stage of a company’s life. You wouldn’t hire a professor to teach kids – for that, you need to find primary school teachers. | 2019-04-22T07:23:55 | https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/chief_everything_officer_chief_executive_officer_or_ceo_nickname |
CEAD-Ireland (www.cead-ireland.com) are hosting a series of events this August to re-launch their equestrian and sporting facility in Saggart, Co. Dublin.
The celebration will involve a series of horse shows in disciplines including Dressage, Show Jumping and Cross Country, along with lots of Family Friendly activities and attractions.
Highlights will include a Miniature Horse Show, Kids Fun Zone, Country Market and Evening Entertainment to name but a few.
The purpose of these events is to connect the community with local suppliers and businesses while showcasing the venue itself. These events promise to be a fantastic opportunity for the community of Dublin to come together and celebrate the talents and diverse amenities of their locality.
CEAD Ireland are delighted to announce The DSPCA as their selected Charity Partner for these Family Friendly events. The DSPCA will attend the shows with their mobile veterinary clinic; King of Paws Dog Training Academy and their mobile shop. We are delighted to reveal that they will also be providing their popular microchipping service at the September 7th event. | 2019-04-25T04:34:59 | http://cead-ireland.com/venue-hire.html |
At any point during your work day you are in one of two modes: thinking mode (that's you with the Boss hat on) and action mode (that's you with the Personal Assistant hat on.) When a project or task comes up, the steps you've got to take start to form in your mind. Now you're in thinking/Boss mode – the guy/gal who gives the orders. Your to-do list is a collection of those orders, which your Assistant personality will later pick up and do. | 2019-04-19T18:15:48 | https://teratech.com/seven-tips-to-get-things-done-with-less-time-and-stress/ |
Me, my teacher, and our whole class in general has been an amazing experience, learning all together. Our teacher has used countless techniques to keep us engaged at all times, but the very amazing part, where she makes it fun. Lowe Honors English 10 December 3, 2014 Narrative Writing Essay My First Love is My Last As a senior in Highschool I was enrolled in three AP classes, went to a bible study two nights a week, and participated in gymnastics, cheerleading, and track.
What i learned in class Essay Sample Essay about english class experience. It was August 16, 2014, my first day of my English 28 course. I walked in the door expecting this class to be the most dreadful unappealing course ever. English is an interesting subject to me, it is also very important to us especially we as students.
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In previous classes I would stare at the clock, watching each second pass by wondering when class was finally going to be over. Once I found my topics for my essay, everything else became easier. I would first produce a rough draft and then the students, the instructor, and myself would go over them in class and decided if what I was writing was in its best form. Free Essays on Essay About My Experiences In My English Class. Get help with your writing. 1 through 30. Weve Got Lots of Free Essays. | 2019-04-23T05:09:42 | http://mctstrolley.info/42748.html |
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t-mobile.com - How To Pay Your Bill?
T-Mobile are a one of the world’s largest mobile phone operators, providing telecommunications services to business and domestic consumers across Europe and the USA through a number of different brands. Formed in 1991, the company now employs over 36,000 staff in delivering these services, covering somewhere in the region of 250 million monthly subscribers. This translates into a lot of mobile phones worldwide, and a lot of individuals looking for the most effective way to manage and pay their phone bill online.
Fortunately, T-Mobile have made this easy, with the My T-Mobile platform, which allows customers to manage their usage, upgrade their plan, and manage their monthly bill payments. You can also make payments to your bill directly from your My T-Mobile account, so you don’t need to set up a regular payment instruction, or phone customer services to handle basic billing issues.
Signing up for and using the My T-Mobile service is straightforward, and login is accessible in just a few clicks from the t-mobile.com homepage.
In the top right hand corner of the t-mobile.com homepage is the My T-Mobile link. Scrolling your mouse over this link will bring up a drop-down menu, which gives you the option to log-in, sign-up, or to simply pay your bill directly online, along with a host of other features that T-Mobile customers might find beneficial. This saves time contacting customer services, and means you can essentially self-manage your account from your PC, tablet or mobile device.
To pay your bill online, or to gain access to your own My T-Mobile login area, you need to insert the mobile phone number associated with your account, plus the password you have created when signing up for your online account. If you haven’t already created your login credentials, you can do so from the Sign Up button on the same page, which will allow you to access your account more directly going forward.
Once you have created your account, you will be able to view and manage your online billing account. You can make payments on your T-Mobile account online, through the T-Mobile payment gateway, or through calling their automated payment line. You can also pay your bill directly, or identify physical pay points for addressing your account balance. This means it is easy to handle your account payments in a variety of ways to suit you, depending on how you choose to manage your billing.
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Make sure you have your bill, or your initial contract to hand when you create your account for the first time. This will ensure you can access the system directly, without any delays, or without having to call customer support to view, manage and pay your bills.
If you lose your password, or find yourself otherwise unable to login, you can reset your login details with your phone number, or rest your password online through the My T-Mobile account section at t-mobile.com. | 2019-04-21T04:26:59 | https://ifakeit.org/www-t-mobile-com/ |
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Brilliant rose gold in color, the Rosé Brut sparkling wine opens with soft notes of watermelon, kiwi and a beautiful yeasty quality that invites you in. The palate is elegant, with cherry, floral, and a creamy texture that has a bright finish.
Bright and lively, this Rosé of Sangiovese opens with notes of pomelo, grapefruit, juicy honeydew melon and brioche toast. This vintage features a beautiful minerality with earthy notes of flint and gunpowder. Combined with the soft vanilla from the barrel fermentation, these flavors create a floral, zippy rosé that will pair perfectly with scallops, white fish, and summer ceviche.
Refreshing notes of watermelon, tangerines, cherry, and orange blossoms with a wonderful chalky and mineral character, floral background, and bright acidity. The summer fruit flavors are balanced beautifully by the rich minerality.
This sumptuous Rosé of Grenache Blanc is richly aromatic with layers of floral characters like a bouquet of California wildflowers in springtime. Notes of kiwi, strawberry, stonefruit, and ripe honeydew melon bolster the floral aroma. The palate is soft and elegant, punctuated by a warm spiciness and lively acidity that makes each sip memorable.
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Nearly every IT department will focus on efficient service delivery and need to integrate traditional systems with cloud infrastructures and application.
Richard Villars, VP of IDC’s Datacenter & Cloud Research answered some questions posed by CenturyLink, among them are 4 big changes in digitally transforming a company.
The Omni-experience, giving customers the best experience possible across all platforms of communication.
Understanding that transformation must happen at the business level, which may entail repackaging to fit the digital world.
Recognizing that the way we receive information and handle data impacts company effectiveness.
Ensuring these three points flow through the workforce to the right people and for the right projects. | 2019-04-24T17:47:52 | https://www.onlinewhitepapers.com/information-technology/what-you-need-to-know-about-hybrid-it/ |
We know opening a business can be daunting. Whether you're opening a beauty salon, restaurant, home office or other exciting venture, the West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is here to help.
Your business concierge is here to guide you through the steps necessary for opening your particular business. Please select the business closest to yours from the list below. More are on the way!
You're your only employee, and that's great! This step-by-step guide will help lighten the load with information on the licenses you need.
Weho's retail culture is central to its uniqueness, and now you're a central part! These steps will guide you through the setup process for stores both larger and smaller than 10,000 square feet.
While opening a restaurant, bar, or nightclub is exciting, it’s also time consuming and one of the toughest businesses to successfully launch. This guide will help you navigate.
Whether you're a doctor, lawyer, or other professional, this guide will help you navigate the licensing process for your practice through all necessary jurisdictions. | 2019-04-21T04:09:07 | https://www.wehochamber.com/businessconciergeweho.html |
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Donating to Charity using cryptocurrency is not new. Several early investors who were able to make some decent rewards have been paying it back to the less fortunate.
Moving aid money quickly is very important. Anonymity or pseudonymity should be provided to those who are not willing to publicize their benevolence. There is a widespread belief in the power of cryptocurrency and related philanthropy to ultimately elevate and educate global communities. Several high profile humanitarian organizations are already accepting cryptocurrencies.
Another thing associated with cryptocurrencies is their jargon. New terminologies can be scary to users. This confuses and misinterprets the most viable cryptocurrency investing space. It is not good to ignore the fundamentals of the crypto token. Anyone who does it are doing it at their peril.
Increasing numbers of people are skeptical when it comes to analyzing the investing side of the space. There are a few investment grade cryptocurrencies that one might not want to miss. It is important to avoid the idea of jumping head first without being careful enough to have a home to go back to. If you want to become an investor, you can start as an early bird for little investment.
Much process refinements are happening for digital assets that are newly born. There will be price action for every news published about the progress and happenings of the crypto. So, it is practical to make an early bird investment in such asset types.
For those who are ready for crypto, there are hundreds of them like the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. There are yet other Altcoins. We need to have an idea of what it is, how to make use of it and where does it come from. Gone are the days when people thought of the cryptocurrency to be a form of currency that is not spendable. However, these days, cryptocurrency has become a legitimate form of money that can be used to pay for goods and services.
Big and small people are using cryptocurrency. Some are going straight to buying the high profile Bitcoin; others are buying TCAT tokens. While not everyone is aware of the importance of mass adoption, whether knowingly or unknowingly, increasing numbers of people are flocking in to use the cryptocurrency.
Several companies are now willing to consider cryptocurrency for their internal use. Several portals that allow buying cryptocurrencies and Altcoins using Fiat currencies are as well enabled for real-time use.
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A Peg board makes for easy and artsy yarn storage. This is a perfect solution for displaying and storing your yarn if you are a knitter.
Put up a peg board right behind your workspace. This way you can keep the things you love and need at eye-level. Easy, isn't it?
Put up shelves on the peg board wall and use them to hold papers and art supplies. This is especially helpful if you have kids who love to draw and do their project work.
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Splitting 5-4, the US Supreme Court held that automobile service advisors are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, and thus are not entitled to overtime payments. Encino Motorcars v. Navarro (US Supreme Court 04/02/2018) [PDF].
Perhaps the most important takeaway from this decision is the point that the Court rejects the principle that that FLSA exemptions should be construed narrowly. Instead, the exemptions should be given their "fair meaning."
The FLSA exempts from the overtime pay requirement "any salesman, partsman, or mechanic primarily engaged in selling or servicing automobiles" at a covered dealership.
The case was at the US Supreme Court in 2016 - Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro (US Supreme Court 06/20/2016) [PDF]. Then the big question was whether to defer to the Department of Labor's most recent flip-flop on the issue. The Court (all eight Justices) agreed that no deference was warranted as to the Department of Labor's most recent iteration of an interpretation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. But rather than giving us its interpretation of the statute, the Court (6-2) sent the case back to the 9th Circuit to do that work. The 9th Circuit again found the service advisors are non-exempt, and the case once again went to the Supreme Court.
"Under the best reading of the text, service advisors are 'salesm[e]n,' and they are 'primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.'"
"A service advisor is obviously a 'salesman.' * * * The ordinary meaning of 'salesman' is someone who sells goods or services."
"Service advisors are also 'primarily engaged in . . . servicing automobiles.' * * * The word 'servicing' in this context can mean either 'the action of maintaining or repairing a motor vehicle' or '[t]he action of providing a service.' * * * Service advisors satisfy both definitions."
"Service advisors, such as respondents, neither sell automobiles nor service (i.e., repair or maintain) vehicles. Rather, they 'meet and greet [car] owners'; 'solicit and sugges[t]' repair services 'to remedy the [owner’s] complaints'; 'solicit and suggest . . . supplemental [vehicle] service[s]'; and provide owners with cost estimates." | 2019-04-18T11:17:57 | https://www.rossrunkelreport.com/blog/scotus-flsa-exemption-for-auto-service-advisors |
Reflections of a Grady Doctor: Celebrate we will.
These things we cannot change."
~ Dave Matthews Band's "Two Step"
I live life with more gusto now. More intention, more vigor. Matter of fact, I'm climbing two by two.
That is, I want to take it all in. Not two by two like I want to rush it along or anything. But just in big sweeping steps to get more of it.
Hmmm. Does this even make sense? Probably not. Oh well. Feeling rambly.
Today I ran 13.1 miles with an old and dear friend. But before that we spent the weekend laughing out loud and talking about everything and nothing. We ate healthy-healthy and terrible-ish, too. We walked down the streets of Chicago going somewhere and nowhere. And the whole time, I savored it all. Every sight, every sound.
This would be my third half marathon. My third--whoa. I met up with my college sorority linesister/pledge sister Glencia who lives in Chicago. Being around her felt easy and natural which was good. Very good. But, still, I didn't take it for granted. I squinted my eyes and took it all in.
Isn't it good to have easy friendships? Non-heavy and non-pressured? That's what I think.
We hit the expo which is where and when you get your race number and packet. Glencia inspected the route to let us know what we were in for. All I knew was that we were in for 13.1 miles of running. It was hard to ignore that fact, even if part of it was along a lake front. Ha.
One of Harry's best friends, Derrick, was kind enough to chauffeur us to and from the expo, too. He's the only person I know that's even more easygoing than Glencia. So hanging out with both of them at the same time was awesome. Plus I loved telling Harry that Derrick was looking out for us.
That reminds me--I love that my husband has very good and very old friends. That says something about him if you ask me. They all seem to have this code where they look out for each other and take care of each others' "people." Derrick took care of us.
Plus he's not hard on the eyes and is ,as Harry says, "a smooth brother." Even if he's like a real brother to me, I can say that, right?
So yes. The expo was cool and Derrick was great. He dropped us off and we had some lunch at a swanky spot in the thick of it all. So Chicago, man. The city had a pulse and it was thumping. I loved it.
Then we took the L. Just because I wouldn't feel like I was in Chicago unless we did. So we did.
We got up early this morning. Started it off with simultaneous yawning and laughter just like we did when we were Delta pledges hiding from our big sisters. Ha. And that part was wonderful.
I had even laid all my stuff out the night before like a good runner. Yup. This is either "good runner" practice or "corny runner" practice. But whichever, that's what I did.
Once we got there, I let myself notice things. And notice people. I can't say that's so unusual for me, but I feel like I do it more now. I take it all in two by two, you know? No, you don't? Oh well. Anyways. I made friends in the crowd and asked people where they were from. I heard their stories and smiled with them. And since I love people, that part was good, too.
Three best friends from Minnesota, New Jersey, and Illinois met up for the race.
This woman, Peg (in purple) ran with her husband and their two daughters. Peg beat them all.
The race was tough. Surprisingly so considering how flat the Chicago course was. I'd heard that having no hills hurts more since you don't have to switch up muscle groups. And man was I sore. Well. It could have been that or just the fact that my training wasn't fully up to snuff. My guess is that it was a little of both.
And. My GPS devices were all going cattywompus. ("Cattywompus" is such a JoLai word. Ha.) I had no idea what my pace was or what mile I was on. Like two seconds into the race, my Map My Run app said, "DISTANCE: 1 MILE. PACE 5 MINUTES PER MILE." For two seconds I was excited. I thought I'd turned into that dude Meb who won the Boston Marathon.
I still had fun, though. And despite being GPS-sabotaged, I finished in quite a respectable time, if I do say so myself. Not far at all from my personal record--or "P.R." as us runner-people call it. Nope.
So yeah. That was fun. In fact, all of it was fun, actually. Wait, can you say that? "In fact" and then "actually?" Oh well. You get the picture.
Glencia's coworker braved the crowds and met us down at the finish. He had cupcakes, too. But even sweeter was his big smile and the fact that he'd gotten up so early to be there.
Oh! And they even gave out beer afterwards. Beer! You know, to replenish the ol' carbohydrates.
So I was super happy and ultra giddy. Not even because of the Michelob Ultra beer, either. Then I got hit with that wave of melancholy that always hits me after a long race. I originally started running in memory of my sister Deanna and as a way to tell heart disease to kick rocks. I run and I think, "Take that, you thief!" and sometimes I even say out loud, "BOOM! In yo' face, heart disease!" I actually do. Yup. And so. I always dedicate the third and last miles to her. Usually, I run and weep for the final mile and it's fine. People are usually so dog tired that they don't even see me. Or they just think I'm super sweaty or just emotional. But for whatever reason, this time I didn't cry on mile 12 like usual.
"And hurts not much when your around."
Which made me cry. And is making me cry again. And will make me cry anytime I think of it.
Glen was awesome. She let me cry and she understood. She knew Deanna personally and was keenly aware of the hole that was left behind when she departed. And as much as a buzz kill as it was to have me with leaky eyes after her first (awesome) half marathon, she was patient. It was a sunshower, fortunately. And before we knew it, we were back to laughing.
Will and JoLai love the Dave Matthews Band. Deanna and I have always just sort of gone along for the ride with them. Later on, I started listening to Dave Matthews Band a little more and though I didn't fall in love like my eldest and youngest sibs, I did start to hear the lyrics differently. They spoke to my spirit a lot more and I let them. That felt good since I know how much Jo and Will love that band.
I did listen to lots of Dave Matthews on my playlist today. And, specifically, I played "The Best of What's Around" and "Two Step" just to connect me to my siblings. The running part feels spiritual and like I'm connecting with Deanna and the Dave Matthews music part feels like a hug from JoLai and Will at the same time. And all of it together felt good which made me feel strong.
I was with a good friend. A sorority sister, no less. Which made it even better.
Here's what I'm thinking right now: My life is good. It is rich and wonderful and full of love. I have legs that can run strong for 13.1 miles and a heart that can sustain my body when I do. And family and friends that I wouldn't trade for the world.
And so. Celebrate I will. Because life is short but sweet for certain. I'm climbing two by two to be sure these days continue.
And if that doesn't work? I'll make the best of what's around.
And hurts not much when you're around."
~ Dave Matthews Band's "The Best of What's Around."
Now playing on my mental iPod. . . ."Two step". . .
and my favorite DMB song that always makes me cry. . . "The Best of What's Around."
Great job on ALL of it, Ms. Gorgeous! Strong looks damn good on you.
You did Rock n Roll Chicago!! That's awesome! I'm doing Rock n Roll Philadelphia in September. Very excited since it's my first half marathon. Congrats on completing your third! | 2019-04-23T02:08:23 | http://www.gradydoctor.com/2014/07/celebrate-we-will.html |
O conceito de web descentralizada é talvez o mais recente a entrar na discussão, mas carregado com a autoridade dos founding fathers da internet - não que sejamos sensíveis à autoridade de especialistas mas pela importância de reconhecer quando aqueles que criaram algo reconhecem eles próprios que melhor é possível, e para melhor não ficou. Segue-se mashup de um emaranhado de notícias com títulos tão elucidativos como "Reweaving the web”, “How To Break Open The Web”, “Why everything will be gone in a century and how to save it”, “How we will keep the Decentralized Web decentralized”, “The Inventors of the Internet Are Trying to Build a Truly Permanent Web”, “The Fathers of the Internet Revolution Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web”, “The inventor of the Web thinks we need a new one”, “The Web’s Creator Looks to Reinvent It”, “Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Internet has become 'world’s largest surveillance network’”, ou "The Web’s Creator Now Wants to Unfuck It".
"The problem is the dominance of one search engine, one big social network, one Twitter for microblogging."
"The temptation to grab control of the internet by the government or by a company is always going to be there. They will wait until we're sleeping, because if you're a government or a company and you can control something, you'll want it,"
"You want to control your citizens or exploit consumers. The temptation is huge. Yes, we can have things enshrined in law, but even then it won't necessarily stop people."
Recent reports about government spying and the influence of companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon have heightened concerns in the technology community over who controls our data.
This government-created, radically decentralized network of networks, which has spawned so much innovation at the edges, is rapidly being re-centralized.
in "How To Break Open The Web"
The web is a little fucked up right now. What if we could create a decentralized web, with more privacy, less government control, and less corporate influence?
The revelations by Edward J. Snowden that the web has been used by governments for spying and the realization that companies like Amazon, Facebook and Google have become gatekeepers to our digital lives have added to concerns.
Fast forward, through the emergence of giant web-centric companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce. We find ourselves in the silo era. Data and service silos hold what we do—our work, our play, our very thoughts— hostage, even as they provide genuine convenience and value in other ways. Mobile devices exacerbate the problem. Many mobile apps are essentially browsers that work on a single website. Add government and telecom control-freakery to the mix, and it’s all too easy to worry that we may already have lost.
Creating an internet (...) to distribute, process, and host data with no centralized control. Topics [include] new methods for distributing web pages without using a standard web server computer, adding encryption to various parts of the web, and archiving all versions of a web page (...) payments and blockchains.
Berners-Lee, Kahle and other pioneers of the modern Web are brainstorming ideas for a new kind of information network that can’t be controlled by governments or powered by megacorporations like Amazon and Google [ em torno de ] the use of increased encryption (...) more accountability, reduce content creators’ and publishers’ dependence on ad revenue by developing secure, direct cryptocurrency-based payment methods for subscribers .
Mr Berners-Lee’s observation that the internet has become heavily centralised is not new, yet in recent months warnings such as his have grown louder. Pundits estimate that Google’s many sites attract an estimated 40% of all traffic on the web. Facebook’s apps are similarly dominant on smartphones. Together these two firms will soon rake in two-thirds of all online-advertising revenues.
“Re-decentralise” the internet: this is not the first time that new technology has pushed against the centralising forces of the internet. In the early 2000s “peer-to-peer” services such as Napster and Kazaa, for instance, allowed users to share music files rather than download them from a central server. But lawsuits from record labels and, in some cases, a failure to find ways to profit from these services meant these technologies ended up being limited to a few services, such as Skype. (…) If decentralisation is now making a comeback, it is largely because of the rise of bitcoin, a crypto-currency, and its underlying technology, the blockchain. This is a globally distributed database, which is maintained not by a single actor, such as a bank, but collaboratively by many.
E, se passou despercebido, da última vez, mesmo se não o enunciamos, falávamos de blockchain - mas todas as ressalvas se mantêm.
The web is immediate. This means safe instant access to content through a universal address without needing to install anything else in the browser.
The web is open. Anyone can publish content without permission or barrier to its audience, and provide access as they see fit, without the interference of a third party.
The web is universal. Content runs on any device or platform. We achieve this through standards.
Nesta fase falamos ainda de uma proposta de rede por reacção à actual, o seu desenvolvimento dependerá da vontade e capacidade de o fazer acontecer. Os nossos ’77 já enterraram a cabeça na areia, da nossa parte incentivamos os teens onde nos é e lhes é possível fazer hoje: o diy e os conteúdos, seja parasitando plataformas ou servindo as suas próprias. Mas aos que quiserem ir além, a boa notícia é que não têm que reinventar também a roda porque as bases já estão feitas.
Independentemente da tecnologia e fecharemos esta de seguida, há também aquilo de quem a determina, os tais dos humanos. Um dos entraves clássicos: copyright. Sobre open-source e criativos comuns abriremos uma entrada à parte posteriormente, fica a nota deste apanhado de artigos para cor e fecharemos com estes por hoje.
That’s the tech side. That’s easy. The not easy part (...) is the legal ramifications.
Another complication is resistance from incumbent industries that fear disruption. Peer-to-peer computing is at the heart of decentralization, but Hollywood and its copyright-maximalist allies sued some of the most innovative startups in that field out of business.
What sort of principles should we agree to? First, when a computer receives conflicting instructions from its owner and from a remote party, the owner’s wishes should always take precedence. In other words, no DRM (that means you, W3C). Second, disclosing true facts about the security of systems that we rely upon should never ever be illegal. In other words, we need to work to abolish things like the DMCA, which create legal uncertainty for security researchers disclosing vulnerabilities in systems locked behind DRM. The crowd’s response to this passionate call to action? A standing ovation.
Fechando a rede descentralizada (re)distribuída, um segundo resumo mais extenso, por um dos seus principais proponentes.
The way we code the web will determine the way we live online. So we need to bake our values into our code. Freedom of expression needs to be baked into our code. Privacy should be baked into our code. Universal access to all knowledge. But right now, those values are not embedded in the Web.
It turns out that the World Wide Web is quite fragile. But it is huge. At the Internet Archive we collect one billion pages a week. We now know that Web pages only last about 100 days on average before they change or disappear. They blink on and off in their servers.
In the library world, we know how important it is to protect reader privacy. Rounding people up for the things that they’ve read has a long and dreadful history.
Conceitos base: acessível, privada, "divertida". Este divertida remete ao convite ao seu uso, e, incluido nesse, à contribuição para o mesmo uso. Como o autor citado recorda algumas vezes ao longo do texto, é a abertura (“openness”) da web que a torna tão participativa, e quanto mais fácil for, maior a participação dos seus utilizadores. Consideremos o Facebook: uma ferramenta de publicação online tão fácil que a) qualquer um lá publica as maiores banalidades do dia, b) entre os seus milhões de utilizadores encontram-se bem representados -e activos- os mais reticentes utilizadores de novas tecnologias: os idosos. Último conceito inicial, ser “reliable”, da dupla conotação de confiança como segurança da qual se pode depender o uso - funcionamento - e confiança no tipo de uso que se faz.
Breve comparação à internet por oposição.
Contrast the current Web to the Internet—the network of pipes on top of which the World Wide Web sits. The Internet was designed so that if any one piece goes out, it will still function. If some of the routers that sort and transmit packets are knocked out, then the system is designed to automatically reroute the packets through the working parts of the system. While it is possible to knock out so much that you create a chokepoint in the Internet fabric, for most circumstances it is designed to survive hardware faults and slowdowns. Therefore, the Internet can be described as a “distributed system” because it routes around problems and automatically rebalances loads.
The Web is not distributed in this way. While different websites are located all over the world, in most cases, any particular website has only one physical location. Therefore, if the hardware in that particular location is down then no one can see that website. In this way, the Web is centralized: if someone controls the hardware of a website or the communication line to a website, then they control all the uses of that website.
In this way, the Internet is a truly distributed system, while the Web is not.
The Amazon Cloud is made up of computers in Amazon.com datacenters all over the world. The data stored in this cloud can be copied from computer to computer in these different places, avoiding machines that are not working, as well as getting the data closer to users and replicating it as it is increasingly used. This has turned out to be a great idea.
This time the Web should have a memory. We would like to build in a form of versioning, so the Web is archived through time. The Web would no longer exist in a land of the perpetual present.
“We are depending right now on a medium whose longevity is uncertain, and there are consequences to that.
Ironias à parte, a comparação é efectivamente o resultado acabado do que uma rede distribuída deveria ser. No seu artigo prossegue por enumerar os diferentes “módulos” tecnológicos já existentes que poderiam ser combinadas num propósito conducente a tal evolução. Na sua base a tecnologia peer-to-peer, um sistema sem dependências centralizadas ou sobre controlo de qualquer entidade, sobre a qual se reforça a importância da privacidade e da segurança - o terceiro tipo de segurança: acesso autenticado, encriptação - e acresce-se uma nova ideia: o versionamento dos conteúdos. Actualmente, estes desaparecem pela caducidade do seu valor, mas o valor é relativo e a importância que lhe damos hoje não será a mesma que gerações futuras verão nesses, justificando assim a insistência de uma web com memória pelo seu potencial histórico e social, e como prevenção da censura: numa web com memória nunca se poderá verdadeiramente eliminar informação, e será sempre possível comparar as diferentes informações apresentadas.
If the web doesn’t feel like a fragile thing, try and access a website from 10 years ago, or even five. Not only do things like links stop working as servers get upgraded and moved, but whole domains change hands. The other side of the fluidity and speed of moving information on the web is that it doesn’t last. (…) It’s not just that our CDs fall apart with age and our hard drives stop spinning. Information is tied, in many ways to the software you use to open it.
As fragile as paper is, written documents and records have long provided historians with a wealth of insight about that past that often helps shape the present. And they don’t need any special technology to read them (...) digital communications quickly become unreadable. (…) Today, much of the responsibility for preserving the web’s history rests on The Internet Archive. The non-profit’s Wayback Machine crawls the web perpetually, taking snapshots (...) Based on the Internet Archive’s own findings, the average webpage only lasts about 100 days. In order to preserve a site, the Wayback Machine has to spot it in that brief window before it disappears. (...) What’s more, the Wayback Machine is a centralized silo of information—an irony that’s not lost on the inventors of the Internet. If it runs out of money, it could go dark.
This new Web could be an inviting system that welcomes people to share their stories and ideas, as well as be a technology platform that one can add to and change without having to ask permission– allowing technological change just for the fun of it.
A feature that has long been missing from the Web: easy mechanisms for readers to pay writers. With the support of easy payments, the Distributed Web could evolve richer business models than the current advertising and large-scale ecommerce systems.
Claro, que, se seguiram a odisseia da Bitcoin, sabem que qualquer solução nesses termos vai-se deparar com a resistência mais que assertiva e determinada de todos os interessados do actual modelo vigente. Não prevemos que alguma moeda digital descentralizada alguma vez se institua e muito menos se legalize sem no mínimo uma revolução no plano real à moda antiga.
The Blockchain is a form of distributed database that is used to store the ledger under Bitcoin and similar systems. It is very clever in how it maintains consistency even when none of the participants trust each other.
What about WordPress, but distributed?
We would like to allow anyone to build a WordPress website–that has themes and different people with different roles, fun to go to and add to, free to create—which is also distributed in a way that is private and reliable. We would want it to work in all browsers with no add-on’s or modifications. We would want to refer to a distributed website with a simple name (...) and it needs to be fast. We would need users to be able to log in without having to have many websites know their usernames and passwords, or have a central site, like Facebook or Google, control their online credentials. In other words, we need a distributed identity system. Additionally, we would like to have payments work in the Distributed Web. We would like to enable anyone to pay anyone else, akin to leaving a tip, or paying a suggested amount for reading an article or watching a movie. Thus people could get paid for publishing on this Distributed Web. In addition, we would want to have saved versions of websites, and dependable archives to make this distributed websites reliable.
"No single target, no hack. "
Where these networks differ substantially from legacy systems is in the methods employed to keep those records secure.
The old strategy for cybersecurity is called perimeter security. Have something to protect? Have external threats? Build a perimeter—dare I call it a wall?—and don’t let the baddies in. Turns out this approach doesn’t work very well, because perimeters are inevitably breached.
An open blockchain network can resist Dyn-style hacks because it has no central point of failure. Every participant has a copy of the record. | 2019-04-19T14:15:52 | https://www.ospositivos.pt/2016/12/redistribuir.html |
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has limited the reach of its landmark decision in American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974), which tolled the statute of limitations applicable to a timely filed putative class action such that if class certification was denied, members of the failed class could timely intervene as individual plaintiffs in the “still-pending action, shorn of its class character.” China Agritech, Inc. v. Michael H. Resh, et al., Case No. 17-432, slip op. at 1 (U.S. 2018) (citing American Pipe, 414 U.S. at 544, 552-53). Following American Pipe, the Court extended this rule to also toll statutes of limitation for individual suits brought by putative class members after denial of class certification. Id. (citing Crown, Cork & Seal Co. v. Parker, 462 U.S. 345, 350, 353-54 (1983)).
In the wake of American Pipe and its progeny, the federal circuit courts split on the question of whether such tolling extends to successive class actions filed beyond the applicable statute of limitations period. Id. at 4-5. While a majority of circuits had adopted an “anti-stacking rule,” pursuant to which American Pipe tolling did not apply to successive class actions, the Ninth and Sixth Circuits had permitted such stacking – a move that threatened to allow the plaintiffs’ bar to evade the statute of limitations by endlessly refiling putative class actions in the hope of finding a judge willing to certify them. In Resh, decided on June 11, 2018, the Court unanimously adopted the anti-stacking approach and held that American Pipe tolling did not extend to successive class actions.
Resh was the third of three successive putative class action cases “brought on behalf of purchasers of China Agritech’s common stock,” all of whom alleged “materially identical” violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Id. at 2. A two-year statute of limitations, and a five-year statute of repose, applied to the claims. Id. at 2-3. The first related putative class-action suit (the First Action) was filed in February 2011 and was timely. Id. at 3. Class certification was denied in the First Action, and notice was sent to putative class members informing them that they must act to protect their rights to relief by either joining the First Action as a plaintiff or filing their own action individually. Id.
The second related putative class action (the “Second Action”) was filed in October 2012, still within the statute of limitations. Id. The District Court denied class certification on different grounds. Id. at 4. Given that the Second Action was filed within the statute of limitations period, “putative class members who promptly initiated individual suits in the wake of the class-action denial would not have encountered [any] statute of limitations bar” to their individual claims or intervention into the existing lawsuit. Id.
Thereafter, Michael Resh, an individual who did not seek lead plaintiff status in either the First or Second Actions, filed a third related putative class action suit (the “Resh Action”) in June 2014 – after the statute of limitations had run. Id. The District Court dismissed the Resh Action, finding that the American Pipe line of cases “did not toll the time to initiate class claims.” Id. The Ninth Circuit reversed, finding that “[p]ermitting future class action named plaintiffs, who were unnamed class members in previously uncertified classes, to avail themselves of American Pipe tolling ... would advance the policy objectives that led the Supreme Court to permit tolling in the first place.” Id. (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). In particular, the Ninth Circuit reasoned that such tolling “would cause no unfair surprise to defendants and would promote economy of litigation by reducing incentives for filing protective class suits during the pendency of an initial certification motion.” Id.
Finding this reasoning unpersuasive, the Supreme Court held that “American Pipe does not permit the maintenance of a follow-on class action past expiration of the statute of limitations.” Id. at 2.
At the center of the Court’s ruling was its reaffirmance of the policy underlying Rule 23, which is the promotion of judicial economy by avoiding “needless multiplicity of actions.” See Id. at 6 (citations and internal quotations marks omitted). The Court reasoned that tolling the limitations period for individual claims serves the interest of “economy of litigation” because class certification is determinative of whether the claims “will proceed as a class” and, accordingly, whether there is even a need to assert an individual claim in the first place. Id. But for class actions, “efficiency favors early assertion of competing class representative claims” to facilitate prompt adjudication of whether “the class mechanism is [even] a viable option . . . .” Id. at 7. The Court explained that “[t]he time to file individual actions once a class action ends is finite, extended only by the time the class suit was pending; the time for filing successive class suits, if tolling were allowed could be limitless ... . Endless tolling of statute of limitations is not a result envisioned by American Pipe.” Id. at 10-11. Indeed, American Pipe’s equitable-tolling exception is rooted in the formal doctrine of equitable tolling, which is not available to plaintiffs who slept on their rights. And a “would-be class representative who commences suit after expiration of the limitation period … can hardly qualify as diligent.” Id. at 9.
The watchwords of American Pipe are efficiency and economy of litigation, a principal purpose of Rule 23 as well. Extending American Pipe tolling to successive class actions does not serve that purpose. The contrary rule, allowing no tolling for out-of-time class actions, will propel putative class representatives to file suit well within the limitation period and seek certification promptly.
Id. at "15 (emphasis added).
We will continue to report on how the Resh decision impacts the landscape of class action litigation moving forward.
Authorship Credit: Justin T. Winquist and Sammantha J. Tillotson. | 2019-04-26T02:33:47 | https://www.bakerlaw.com/alerts/the-us-supreme-courts-ruling-in-american-pipe-does-not-extend-to-allow-tolling-of-statutes-of-limitation-in-successive-class-actions |
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After graduating from the Cyberview Living Lab Accelerator (CLLA) in 2015, TheLorry have been busy growing their business, attracting funding amounting to more than US$1.5 million.
They mainly operate in Malaysia and Singapore with eyes set on Thailand as their next expansion spot soon.
We had a chance to sit down with TheLorry co-founder Nadhir Ashafiq, and find out the road they’ve travelled so far and what the startup is driving towards.
Q: How many users have used TheLorry and who are some of the partners you’ve been working with?
I can’t give an exact number but we’ve served tens of thousands in the past 3 years for both B2C and B2B.
Some of the partners we recently have on board are a massage chair retailer and a large beverage distributor.
We also work a bit with a Japanese 3rd party logistics provider, a Japanese transportation company who got the contract with IKEA Cheras for deliveries.
Q: What has it been like being in the Malaysian transportation industry for 3 years?
Before TheLorry, my co-founder Chee Hau and I were in air freight which had a different set of problems compared to trucks despite both being in the logistics industry.
We came in with an open mind and a fresh pair of eyes so to speak. We’ve helped solve a lot of problems within the industry, especially a common one known as “potong papan”.
This is when truck drivers advertise their services through notices on trees and lamp posts, which would normally get them fined.
Now with our platform, they don’t have to do that, and can earn income the efficient way. In fact, a good portion of drivers derive 90 to 95% of their income through us.
Our third year is next month and usually, there’s this 3-year curse with startups where 95% of them fail during this time. We’re blessed that we’re not part of those statistics, and it’s thanks to our customers and partners.
Q: What else have you noticed in the local transportation scene?
Early on, nobody in the industry knew about us. Nowadays, you can ask any trucker and chances are, they’ve heard of us.
We’ve changed their mindset and behaviour to shift from making arrangements through WhatsApp and “Potong Papan” to now using an app.
Previously, our drivers collected cash from customers and banked in our commission which was a bit troublesome since it was generally RM10 to RM20.
Sometimes they’d wait to accumulate and some end up not paying. So to make it simple, we changed our policy. Now TheLorry uses a credit system where our drivers need to buy credits upfront to accept jobs on our platform.
It used to be considered a dodgy concept but we’ve since built a sense of trust. Now, we get drivers banking in money everyday for vendor credit because of how convenient it is for those looking to do this long-term.
This system works for us till today and we’re happy there is a change in behaviour.
Q: Did you have any particular mentors who helped grow TheLorry to what it is?
During our days in CLLA, our mentor was Sathis Manoharen, Regional Head of Operations for GrabTaxi and Regional Head of Cargo for AirAsia X.
His experience in e-hailing & cargo was why we chose each other for mentorship. He helped a lot in terms of strategy and connecting us to DHL, which helped with our growth.
CLLA also had networking sessions that led us to meeting Lee Ching Wei, CEO of iMoney who is advising us till today.
Without these two, we wouldn’t be where we are now.
Q: Speaking about CLLA, we heard you actually got funded while still in the accelerator?
Yes, it was quite unique. We joined CLLA about 4 months in the business and it was our first accelerator program.
Usually in accelerators, you get mentoring, have regular huddle sessions and it ends with a demo day for pitching. We actually managed to get a seed round before demo day.
It was from KK Fund, which was indirectly introduced to us through CLLA. This further proves that networking is really key, which I’m realising more and more.
I stand by the phrase “It’s about who you know, not about what you know”.
Q: What was the funds mainly used for?
After graduating from CLLA, we proceeded with our expansion plans. The first thing we did was build our core team of 10 and move into a new office.
Q: Any lessons you learned from back then that you still apply to this day?
A key lesson would be on pitching.
Back in 2015, we were still new at it and the accelerator helped fine tune our skills. We learned that every pitch deck must have a slide called “The Ask”.
Every deck should have this slide. We learned in the program that if you pitch and you don’t have “The Ask”, the audience will ask what’re you pitching for. So you must make your purpose clear in every pitch.
Q: What are some of the major challenges that exist in your industry?
I think it’s more of a constant challenge of finding more customers. The ecosystem needs to be balanced, you can’t have more supply than demand and vice versa.
We always tell our team when there isn’t much to supply, focus more on recruiting. When demand is lacking, the sales team will need to step up. It’s a constant balancing game.
There is also a persistent problem in the trucking industry known as “Lori Balik Kosong” or empty journeys. This happens when trucks travel from A to B with load but return with none.
To tackle this, we’re launching a service next month where we’re partnering with key government organisations to help truckers update a system to offer their services at a discounted rate during these empty journeys.
This has worked in the U.S. and U.K. where only 30%–40% empty journeys occur while in Malaysia, it’s about 60%–70%.
We think this will decrease the percentage of empty journeys in Malaysia and make the overall system more efficient.
Q: What are the future plans you have for TheLorry?
As mentioned, we’re planning on expanding to Thailand soon. In Singapore, we’ve done well by growing at about 40 to 50% per month so we hope to see the same in Thailand.
Our main goal is to actually connect these 3 countries (Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand) through road freight. We can do a lot in terms of cross border tracking for cartons and freight.
We’re aiming to make it a seamless process on our platform which will be integrated to customs and freight forwarders. The final vision is that with a few buttons, you can send something to Thailand easily. | 2019-04-20T02:43:52 | https://vulcanpost.com/618990/update-thelorry-malaysia-logistics-cargo-service/ |
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