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Visual Management Solution
This solution pushes messages and publishes data to ANDON, LED/LCD displays, sounder devices, tablets, and smartphones.
Automated Trade Dispatch
This solution sends messages/requests informing workers- with appropriate skill sets- of a task and manages these assignments in a batting order rotation.
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This solution sends real-time text messages to alphanumeric pagers, Motorola Solutions MOTOTRBO™ two-way radios, smartphones, and email.
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Seoul,Korea [Result]
Saturday July 11th 2009
- Newbie Crawler
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:25 pm
- Location: Salzburg, Austria
- Contact:
Re: Seoul,Korea [Result]
wow, so many beautiful water colour sketches. Pictures like that inspired me to try water colour out myslef and it is really a lot of fun.
Re: Seoul,Korea [Result]
This is the essence of sketchcrawling isn't it - you go for it so wholeheartedly and the results are so spectacular! I could look at these sketches for hours.
Re: Seoul,Korea [Result]
Thank you all for kind comments! We've enjoyed the crawl itself sketching and meeting old pals and welcoming new fellows. Yesss, wholeheartedly. People who have interest in sketch crawl are increasing. Next time we'll have an exciting tour in different places. Wonderful results will be there!
Seoul Urban Sketchers : https://urbansketchers-seoul.blogspot.kr/
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wow, what a good set of drawings, i love all the very vibrant and playful styles you all use. Archiartist, they are so nice, especially the sky in the last one and the tall building in the second. I adore choo yun-tae's one of the house, the third one, it's so nice. Spectacular work.
Re: Seoul,Korea [Result]
Great pencil and watercolour sketchs, how many details in each one!
And photos are great too, nice group
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And photos are great too, nice group
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Juan from COLOMBIA

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Mudjacking and slab jacking are essentially the same process of pumping concrete or a concrete/mud mixture into voids underneath a concrete slab in an effort to raise the slab. Usually this works with smaller slabs such as driveways and patios. It is far more difficult and complex to raise a concrete slab foundation and the entire attached commercial building or home with this method. Concrete pumping is a similar process but it may use a high or low strength concrete. Mud pumping and pressure grouting refer to a process of simply filling voids underneath a concrete slab foundation without trying to raise the foundation or structure. This will give the foundation the support it needs between itself and the ground. Usually the commercial or home foundation will have been raised, stabilized and leveled by a repair contractor prior to the mud pumping or pressure grouting.
When there has been an imbalance in the moisture in expansive soils then the concrete slab foundations that rest on top of the soil will experience movement. The movement can be lateral, upward or downward. One example could be a group of shrubs or large trees on one side of a home that is absorbing large amounts of water around and under a portion of the foundation. The expansive soil in this area will shrink relative to the soil in other areas under the foundation because it will have a lower water content. When the soil shrinks too much it will lose contact with the foundation and the foundation has lost its support in that area. If the area is too large then the weight of the building structure and foundation will cause the foundation to crack and "fall." That series of events will cause structural damage to the commercial building or home and may necessitate the need for home foundation repair or commercial foundation repair.
Many times after the leveling process has been completed for a home foundation or commercial building foundation there will exist voids under the foundation. A concrete on slab foundation was never designed to be a "bridge" and support weight between two support points. This type of foundation was designed to rest on the soil underneath and the soil provides the ultimate support for the foundation and the attached building or home. Therefore the repair contractor should fill these larger voids so that the concrete slab foundation can "rest" on the ground.
Regardless of the reason for the void under the home foundation, mud pumping should be used to fill any large voids with a low strength cement or a slurry of mud and cement. If interior bell bottom piers were installed then they provide easy access to the area of the void. Sometimes one inch holes will be drilled through the slab to allow access to the area of the void. Then the slurry will be pumped under pressure into the voids. At this time all of the water faucets in the home or the commercial building should be turned on to keep a stream of water flowing through the sewer lines. Toilets should be flushed periodically and the washing machine should wash some clothes. This will prevent the slurry from clogging any sewer line that may have a crack or break prior to or during the leveling process.
After the mud pumping process has been completed and the slurry has hardened the work crew will pack the remaining openings in the interior portion of the foundation with a select fill dirt. The openings will then be covered with a layer of plastic sheeting to help prevent moisture from seeping into that area. The area will then be patched with new concrete. The patched area will be smoothed and allowed to dry for a number of days. Outside piers will be packed with sand and/or topsoil. The commercial or home foundation repair job is now complete and the property owner can feel comfortable that this solution will last the life of the property structure.


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Customer Service is a fundamental matter
No matter the business, customer service is something universal for all of them. Either you are offering a product or a service. Either online or offline. Either a really big company or you are just getting started. Customer service is a principle that must be applied to succeed in your field.
Any business needs other people to operate said Jamie from eavestrough Toronto People like to feel well-attended and psychologically speaking. They like to be recognized and acknowledge somehow, so with the correct techniques and behavior towards the people, you can ensure that your user will be a lifetime customer and will see your brand or your business as something that adds value to their daily lifestyle.
How much value gives your Gutter business to the lives of your customers?
First questions here are for yourself, are you adding value to the lives of your clients? Are you actually transforming a service that goes directly to the improvement of a home or an office into something "human"? Something that people value and see as something necessary? Do people think that your brand is something unique and valuable?
Those are the questions that you need to answer to know at which point are you now. If the answers are negative rather than positive, we already have identified that there is a problem and that maybe the business and the employees are not all in function of customer service and giving the people a unique treatment. That previous statement can only be concluded if you are sure that you are working at a 100% capacity and that the repair and replacement services are not failing in delivering or quality of that deliverable. So, first of all, check your operations, your delivery time and level of service, your relationship with the supplier and the general atmosphere within the company.
On the other hand, if you think that answers could be more positive than negative; or even if you do not have an idea, you can start thinking and reviewing that with our help. Here are some questions that you can construct in a survey, so you get affirmation of what you answered for yourself directly from the main source: your customers.
The questions and how to apply them
For this time of business, it is important to know a little about your customer so you can create a profile market asking questions like name, phone number, address, age, gender and so on. This first questions will help you to segment your results and maybe to create a marketing target to get more customers. It is also important to know the differences between the answers of one kind of customer or another. For example, by knowing if the customer is at home or their business? If it is a building or a one-floor house? If it is an entire complex or just one, replace or fixing service? That will allow you to know where the answers come from and quickly identify the improvements that may surge by making the following section questions.
Caring about what people think
You can ask the customers questions such as:
From 1 to 5, being one the worst qualification and 5 being the best qualification:
- How you qualify the service that the company that provides in the following sections?rn
- General attention
- Personal presentation
- Punctuality
- Communication skills
- Please add a comment about your overall service experience with our company.rn
- What do you think we can improve to give you a better service?rn
Note that those first two questions are all given to know what your customers think about you. The first one is a closed type question which is very important to analyze results in a concrete and clear way. It says at the end something like: "According to the 100 customers answers, your general attention is qualified in 3.8 in a scale from a 1 to a 5". That would be useful to track as an indicator so you can identify in which areas you can make a significant improvement; after development application and having passed a great time like a semester or a year, you can repeat the survey and see the differences.
Two following questions are open type so you can not only to intuit what you can do better but you will know your customers' opinion which is vital. At that point, you need to dig in in every answer, identify patterns and compare with your thoughts, all of that so the business can grow according to the people's desire.
More customer service tips here: https://www.reddit.com/r/socialskills/comments/3cb0jc/any_advice_for_working_in_a_customerservice/
About your work
In this section, you are seeking to know how the physical work executed at those gutter installations is regarding quality and time fulfillment. You need to ask if the delivery conditions are fully adjusted to their needs according to the type of job required if the delivery was on time and if all the documentation was in order and so on. So, for example:
- Was your service executed in a timely adequate manner? (Yes or No)
- If not, how long was this delay?
- Was the service perfectly executed? Is your gutter installation showing perfect quality conditions after your requirements were attended?
- Did the employee provide all the terms regarding prices, bills, and dates?
So here you have it, hope this article and that survey suggestion will enlighten and give tools about how to construct a better customer service at your gutter business. We are here to help and contribute.


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All About Foul Stats
In a basketball game, especially in close one, fouls related statistics determine who will win the game. When the subject is fouls, you can also include the star treatment, official' performances and hack-a-X's into this debate.
In this analysis, we try to provide some interesting details about players foul statistics such as which NBA players get most foul drawn (shooting and non-shooting), what is the difference in number between foul committed and foul drawn by player basis, the percentage of free throw points in total points and finally free throw rates (FTA per FGA).
The data belongs 2013-14 NBA season; we will also give this season's statistics (20.11.2014 games included).
Foul Drawn vs. Foul Committed
Kevin Durant was the league leader in shooting foul drawn at last season. Most probably he will continue to do so if he can start this season with full health. Durant was followed by big men Griffin, Howard and Cousins.
In this early season, James Harden leads the league getting the most shooting foul drawn calls. He finished 7th last season in this metric. Harden is followed by Kobe Bryant who missed entire 2013-14 season and returned to the courts in 2014-15 with sky-high usage rate.
Looking shooting foul drawn per minute stats, DeMarcus Cousins got more drawn calls than all other top 15 players both this season and last season with 0.23 and 0.26. Among the players who play at least 10 minutes per game, most shooting foul drawn leaders are in that order:
2013-14: DeMarcus Cousins (0.15), Dwight Howard (0.15), Blake Griffin (0.13), Kevin Durant (0.13) and Brook Lopez (0.12).
2014-15: Russell Westbrook (0.22), Dwight Howard (0.14), DeMarcus Cousins (0.14), James Harden (0.13), and Kobe Bryant (0.12).
For non-shooting foul drawn, Blake Griffin was on the top in 2013-14, followed by Kyle Lowry. Griffin is also at second place in this year behind DeMarcus Cousins. There are some surprising names in this early season top 15 list such as Ersan İlyasova and D.J. Augustin, both of which in facts find limited minutes with their teams.
On per minute statistics, among the players who play at least 10 minutes per game, most non-shooting fouls drawn leaders are in that order:
2013-14: DeMarcus Cousins (0.09), Blake Griffin (0.08), Marc Gasol (0.07), Dirk Nowitzki (0.07), and Brandon Knight (0.07).
2014-15: Rodney Stuckey (0.13), Ersan Ilyasova (0.12), DeMarcus Cousins (0.12), D.J. Augustin (0.10), and Kris Humphries (0.09).
Combining the foul drawing types, we can see that Blake Griffin led the league last year. But Cousins is the leader for this season. On per minute metrics, among the players who play at least 10 minutes per game, foul drawn leaders are:
2013-14: DeMarcus Cousins (0.23), Blake Griffin (0.20), Dwight Howard (0.20), Kevin Love (0.18) and Kevin Durant (0.17).
2014-15: DeMarcus Cousins (0.26), Russell Westbrook (0.24), Dwight Howard (0.23) Rodney Stuckey (0.20) and D.J. Augustin (0.20).
Despite the injury blown on the second game of the season, Russell Westbrook got 10 fouls drawn in total 41 minutes. Rodney Stuckey similarly got 16 fouls drawn in 79 minutes and D.J. Augustin deserves also the credit here with 1 foul drawn calls each of 5 minutes he played.
We talked the foul drawing leaders. But what about most foul committed players?
DeMarcus Cousins committed 293 total fouls on 71 games last year. He did 59 fouls on 12 games played this year, both the highest of the league. Therefore DeMarcus Cousins seems really nightmare for other players on both ends of the floor.
Maybe you also wonder the highest and lowest difference of player committed fouls and fouls drawn. Here are the answers:
Wesley Johnson committed 147 shooting fouls but only got 40 shooting foul drawn calls in 2013-14. He was also the league leader combining non-shooting fouls with total difference 146.
In 2014-15, top three players for most total foul differences are: Larry Sanders (33), Shawne Williams (32) and Tony Allen (30).
Kevin Love committed 139 total fouls but drew 496 of them in 2013-14. 232 of this difference came from shooting fouls, on for this category Kevin Durant led the league with 274 shooting foul difference.
In 2014-15, top three players for least total foul differences are: Kobe Bryant (50), James Harden (45) and DeMar DeRozan (44).
Free Throws
Getting foul drawn are important because they eventually permit players to go to free throw line which is the easiest way to score points (at least for majority of players). Here are the free throw attempted per game leaders of last two seasons:
2013-14: Kevin Durant (9.94), James Harden (9.11), Dwight Howard (8.99), Blake Griffin (8.43), and DeMarcus Cousins (8.38).
2014-15: James Harden (10.00), Dwight Howard (9.10), Kobe Bryant (8.75), DeMar DeRozan (8.09), and Russell Westbrook (8.00).
To go a lot deeper and to determine a foul drawn rating we can also look free throw attempts per shot metric. On this one, the leaders are:
If we ignore players which play very close to the paint or have difficulty on charity stripe (who are intentionally fouled), players like James Harden, Derrick Williams and Ramon Sessions might get a few more foul drawn calls in their favor in 2013-14.
Let's also look this one in another perspective with the percentage of points from FTM:
Ramon Sessions found 31.9% of their points from free throws last year. James Harden was at second with 31.1% who also leads 2014-15 season in this category with 37.5%.
Clearly James Harden has some special gifts to get those calls and find points from free throws.


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# Cosmetics ♪ A collection of popular item of CANMAKE in a box!
CANMAKE recent popularity has been out of Japan and spread to the world!!!
From a variety of well-known magazine to some popular artists
CANMAKE has become their MUST-ITEM!
Like the "Hangover-like makeup" has embarked the sense of beauty
at the forefront of fashion trends!
Most ladies have at least two different CANMAKE items in their makeup bag.
Convenient and practical!
Simply helping us to create a variety of fashion and beauty!
No doubt it is popular among most ladies!
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of CANMAKE
CANMAKE has create a collection of all kinds of awesome ITEM in a comprehensive box set!
Collection includes five beloved products
(Powder, blush, Rouge Balm, Mascara, Lip Serum)
It is named [CANMAKE Best Collection]
Having a set at home,
it is more convenient for us to create a CANMAKE makeup!
Where can we buy CANMAKE items?
Of course you can get them in the most popular drug stores (Matsumoto Kiyoshi) and
a variety of cosmetics stores and grocery stores.
[Matsumoto Kiyoshi]
- Shinjuku 3-chome
- Shibuya Parco 2
- Harajuku Takeshita
- Yurakucho ITOCiA PLAZA
- Ikebukuro east exit ANNEX
※Also available in other major drug stores, grocery stores.
▲ Best Collection
A gift box set to celebrate its 30th anniversary
CANMAKE has become one of the favorite brands among many of the cosmetics!
Look at this box set with 5 ultra-popular products!
From Japan's major media, especially the most popular cosmetics online site @ cosme,
both general and professional users love this brand very much!
If you buy all 5 items individually,
it is 3380yen!!!
▲ Portrait Case
Like a photo fame,
we open it from the middle!
Wow!! A variety of popular CANMAKE items filled up the box!
Wow!!! Indeed a special packaging for the 30th anniversary!
Let's take a look at inside!
▲ Items in the box
ITEM 1. Stay-on Balm Rouge
ITEM 2. Glow Fleur Cheeks
ITEM 3. Quick Lash Curler
ITEM 4. Marshmallow Finish Powder
ITEM 5. Day & UV Lip Serum
(※ Regarding to ITEM 5 (a small gift), it will be varied by seasons.)
Selection of the popular items from each series of CANMAKE
Rouge, blush, mascara, powder and lip Serum
It looks simple but all are significant items.
Just 5 items to create a perfect beautiful look!
Let us take a closer look of each item!
ITEM 1. Stay-on Balm Rouge
Price 580 yen + TAX
[Why is the BEST? ]
- Directly use on dry lips: have moisturizing effect and fine color
- All in one of lips makeup: moisturizing + coloring + shiny effect
- Lightly coating: will form a thin layer on the top to prevent wearing
-UV Protection: to prevent the delicate lips from UV rays
ITEM 2. Glow Fleur Cheeks
Price 800 yen + TAX
[why is the BEST? ]
- Clarity & adhesion sense: with the use of oil-based ingredients to achieve the general texture of cream blush
- Not floating makeup: No worry of powder floating and appearing white in a less fairy condition
- No powder texture: Well-fitted to your skin
ITEM 3. Quick Lash Curler
Price 680 yen + TAX
[why is the BEST? ]
-3 In 1: mascara primer, mascara and eyelash all in one
-Curl & UP: maintain longer curling effect
-Waterproof: Super waterproof tears put put put sweat and wet effect
-Smudge Proof: contain two kinds of forming sebum to prevents the upper and lower lashes getting blurred easily
- Special type double brush: Long brush and short brush can fit each eyelash
- Eyelash protection: contains nourishing ingredients
ITEM 4. Marshmallow Finish Powder
Price 940 yen + TAX
[why is the BEST? ]
- Cotton candy-like skin: soft and pleasant like cotton
- Easy to carry: a very convenient box of powder
- Containing 72% of minerals: no special cleansing item to wash and clean
- Contains 10 kinds of cosmetic ingredients: Prevents rough skin
- Creamy Concealer: composing two kinds of powder particles in different sizes perfectly cover pores and blemishes
-SPF26 PA ++: Awesome UV effect
ITEM 5. Day & UV Lip Serum
Price 380 yen + TAX
(※ As a small gift, it will be varied by seasons.)
[why is the BEST? ]
-UV CUT: provide UV protection for lips
- Non-silicon components: Lightweight and not sticky
- Lip gloss & Lip balm & Beauty solution: anytime, anywhere 3 in 1 effect
- Soft lips: Not sticky
- UV & Moisture: UV Protection in day time and moisturizing at night.
Indeed every single items of CANMAKE is outstanding!
From the pure charm to chic
Using every single item to create the best makeup
A Best Collection in hand
Transform a variety of makeup transform in different mood!
Today, let us introduce you to build up different styles in 3 types of makeup!
Of course we also bring our 'GEL LINE ARTIST' with us
Come on to experience 3 transformation of CANMAKE!
MAKE-UP ONE: Pure MAKE-UP
Most basic and pure one among three different makeup
It can be said to transform from no makeup to a simple pure basic makeup STYLE
Let's begin!
▲ Make your skin with the texture of marshmallows
First, use the Marshmallow Face Powder to create a transparent sense of the skin
This face powder contains two different particle powder: minerals and cosmetic ingredient.
Even your skin is slightly rough, it has the concealer function to cover well!
Help you to create a soft and transparent skin just like cotton candy!
▲ Natural color
Shy girl with pink cheeks
A good and pure impression!
That is because of the Glow Fluer Cheeks!
Although it is the powder blush, the texture was more like creamy.
So it helps powder to apply to the skin effectively!
Just place lightly on two cheeks.
A shaped and bloody blush is done!
▲ lashes to create supernatural effects
Pure Makeup with natural curling eyelash
After using Quick Lash Curler,
it is just natural!
Mascara has both the foundation and makeup feature.
With two different lengths of brush, each eyelash is being fixed!
Plus super waterproof sebum effect.
No longer worry any wearing of makeup.
Just this can make your makeup look pure and perfect!
▲ Transparent lips
Together with transparent skin,
moist lips to create a pure transparent girl image
No need to find lip balm for dry lips
As long as you have this stay-on Balm Rouge
Not only moisturizing effect but nice coloring with a thin protective layer
Girly moist lips are done!
▲ to add softness to your moist lips
Want to create pure lips
but without moisture?
Here you are Day & UV Lip Serum!
Soft lips
block ultraviolet
no use of silicon containing ingredients
What a happy news to all ladies!
▲ Pure MAKE-UP is done!
How lovely and pure!
If you feel plain,
no worry, this is only the starting point!
Let's make it more fancy and attractive in different styles!
MAKE UP TWO: Cute MAKE-UP
MUST ITEM of the Japan's ultra-popular Hangover-like make up
Together with the Best Collection and eyeliner of GEL LINE ARTIST
Then, you can try a little bit playful style of makeup!
Use 03 Lady Red color on top of the basic makeup
Emphasis on cute eyeliner and blush
GEL LINE ARTIST (3-color / 550 yen + TAX)
- Anti-uv eyeliner
- Appropriate elasticity 2mm long
-UV CARE & Waterproofing
- 3 colors: Classic burgundy / Casual blue / Lady red
※ This product is not included in the Best Collection set! Please purchase separately!
Don't know what is hangover-like makeup?
Let's check!
♪ Japanese Beauty # The most popular makeup in Japan! Carry CANMAKE to travel around Kyoto with our hangover-like makeup
▲ Cute MAKE-UP is done!
Just a little bit playful element
You will look more cheerful!!
Next transformation!
Wanna look more sexy and chic??
MAKE UP THREE: Sexy MAKE-UP
Apply more than one layer of Stay-on Balm Rouge to darkening your lips
As well as Quick Lash Curler Mascara
Give a highlighting of the eyes and lips makeup
And with the curly hair,
a high standard of styling!
▲ Sexy MAKE-UP is done!
All are using the Best Collection as the basic makeup!
In addition, with today's trend of single item,
you can always create a variety of style!
Convenient and "changeable" CANMAKE!!!
Getting more popular days by days,
at the same time, we look forward to more fabulous products
to create more and more styles!
▲ QR code of Best Collection
Worrying of how to make full use of the BEST COLLECTION set?
Just scan the QR code on the box!
Detailed information and steps in 4-language are available to check anywhere at anytime.
Here you go!
▲ Three makeup styles!
Pure MAKE-UP, cute MAKE-UP and sexy MAKE-UP!
All are lovely and attractive by BEST COLLECTION box!
5 popular items of CANMAKE
Practical and effective!
CANMAKE Top 5 popular items
Why so popular?
Easy to use and create a variety of styles
Reasonable price for skin moisturizer, beauty and anti-UV!
What a good deal!
Come to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CANMAKE together!
Your MUST HAVE item of CANMAKE!!
BEST COLLECTION box of 5 popular items!


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Kookaburra playing hide-and-seek with a wandering locust. This excellent piece of taxidermy won the The 2010 UK Bird Taxidermy Competition at the Guild of Taxidermists Competition.
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Computer Game Publishing in the UK Industry Market Research Report Now Updated by IBISWorld
London, UK (PRWEB) October 21, 2012
Computer games, or interactive entertainment as they have come to be known among industry players, are no longer the domain of teenagers and the socially awkward adult male. Games are now a common form of entertainment for about 45% of the population, although many of these are casual rather than regular gamers, with only one-third of the population comfortable with the label 'gamer'. Still, the number of people who play games has risen over the past five years to incorporate non-traditional markets. Women are now playing games more than ever, and mobile phone gaming has opened the door to a large market as well. User-friendly devices such as the iPad are encouraging older generations to take up gaming.
The effect of the recession on the Computer Game Publishing industry has lead industry revenue to decrease by 1.9% per annum over the five years through 2012-13. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Craig Shulman, âweak economic conditions led households to postpone expenditure on non-necessary items and demand for games, particularly new ones, sufferedâ. Publishers were also wary about funding new games during the recession, in case the demand was not there. The industry is expected to continue to struggle in 2012-13, with revenue increasing by 1.0% to £452.3 million.
Industry revenue is forecast to return to growth over the coming five years to 2017-18. Shulman adds, âpent-up demand from the recession will help this along and as next-generation consoles begin to hit the shelves from 2012-13, a wave of growth will develop for new games titlesâ. However, publishers will face several structural issues. Delivering content directly to consoles via the internet will become more popular, while casual gaming via portable devices (especially mobile phones) will gain market share. Publishers will need to stay on top of these trends to remain competitive.
The Computer Game Publishing industry has a medium level of market share concentration with the top four companies accounting for just less than 50% of industry revenue in 2011-12. Concentration has been rising over the past five years due to mergers and acquisitions. Major companies include Activision Blizzard, Sony Computer Entertainment, Electronic Arts and Microsoft.
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This may be old news to some of you, but Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl (a.k.a., my favorite book of all time), is coming out with new, hardcover SPECIAL editions! I'm probably going to buy Every. Single. One.
If you order the special edition copy from Barnes & Noble you get berry pink, Indigo Chapters gets yellow; and Amazon and other retailers have bubblegum pink. The special editions include fan art, a ribbon bookmark, and Q&As.
These new editions come out a few months before Carry On's release date. That gives me enough time to buy all three of them, and then re-read Fangirl. I can't wait!!!
Which copy are you buying/would you buy? Sound off in the comments.
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Ugandan president to block gay genocide bill [Updates]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told members of the National Resistance Movement's (NRM) legislative caucus on Jan 13 that he was going to block the gay genocide bill. George Conger of Religious Intelligencer wrote:
"I [Museveni] told them that this bill was brought up by a private member and I have not even had time to discuss it with him. It is neither the government nor the NRM Party's" bill, he told legislators, according to Ugandan press reports.
"This is a foreign policy issue and we have to discuss it in a manner that does not compromise our principles but also takes care of our foreign policy interests," the president said.
Xan Rice of the Guardian reported today:
Uganda has indicated it will bow to international pressure and amend draconian anti-homosexual legislation that includes the death penalty for HIV-positive people convicted of having gay sex.
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,p>The proposed law, which has been pushed by local evangelical preachers and vocally supported by senior government officials, also threatens life imprisonment for anyone convicted of gay sex.
While broadly supported domestically, the legislation has caused a storm of protest abroad and consternation from western donors who fund a large chunk of Uganda's budget.
The Ugandan foreign minister denies the government is backing away from proposed anti-gay legislation because of foreign policy implications, saying the government is still discussing its position on the issue. Gay rights activists express caution over reports the president has backed away from the bill.
Jim Burroway foresees a move toward compromise legislation.
Ssempa fires video back at Warren (hits self)
Repudiated Rick Warren friend Martin Ssempa, Pastor of the Makerere Community Church, has issued a video response [segments with analysis] which includes all of the errors and distortions of the earlier United National Task Force letter.
Focus on the Family comes out against Uganda anti-gay law
No LBGT advocate, Focus on the Family has at last drawn a line at Ugandan gay genocide. Colorado Springs Gazette blogger Mark Barna writes:
"As a Christian organization, Focus on the Family Action (the political arm of the family group) encourages pro-family policies. As such, we respect the desire of the Ugandan people to shield their nation from the promotion of homosexuality as a lifestyle morally equivalent to one-man, one-woman marriage. But it is not morally acceptable to enact the death penalty for homosexuals, as some versions of the bill are reported to require."
"My reaction is to denounce this. It sets a horrible precedent and has a potential for developing hatred."
Otherwise the Barna news story on the same topic isn't quite as rife with errors as a Richard Land exposition on health care reform. Nonetheless sweepingly erroneous, Barna writes:
Moreover, it's unfair to single out American evangelical leaders and organizations for not condemning the bill when many world leaders, including President Barack Obama, and human rights groups have also been silent on it.
In fact:
- The White House issued a statement of opposition to the legislation on Dec. 11.
- Human Rights Watch opposition dates to the introduction of the legislation on Oct. 14.
- Amnesty International's opposition also dates to the inception of the legislation.
- Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a stand against the legislation in November.
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown denounced the legislation in November.
- Sweden's stand against the legislation includes a threat to cut off aid and dates to November.
- The European Parliament adopted a denunciation of the legislation on Dec. 17.
- Australia's denunciation of the legislation dates to Dec. 21.
Barna is correct when he writes that "numerous Christian leaders and groups have weighed in." (For example: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Focus on the Family is a welcome and unexpected late-comer to the family of opponents, not yet joined by the Southern Baptist Convevtion Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
This without defending Barna's failed attempt to exonerate the Christian Right for its well-documented role in fostering the law and to cast belated opposition as pioneering.
Anglican Archbishop of York & Catholic Archbishop of Kampala condemn Ugandan anti-gay bill
Archbishop of York John Sentamu, a senior Anglican cleric who was born in Uganda, approached the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace by taking a stand against Uganda's gay genocide bill.
He told BBC:
I'm opposed to the death sentence. I'm also not happy when you describe people in the kind of language you find in this private member's bill. … [It is] a diminishment of the individuals concerned.
About a third of the Ugandan population considers itself to be affiliated with the Church of Uganda (Anglican).
Sentamu's measured, authoritative voice is an important counter on this issue to the counterfactual, poorly written letter directed by the hastily organized Ugandan National Task Force Against Homosexuality at Saddleback Community Church pastor Rick Warren. The Task Force demanded an apology from Warren, who urged his "fellow pastors in Uganda" to oppose the measure.
About 40% of Uganda's population is Roman Catholic.
Joining Sentamu, Mark Silk writes, was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, Uganda, Cyprian. K. Lwanga, who in his Christmas message said:
The recent tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill does not pass a test of a Christian caring approach to this issue.
A video report of Archbishop Lwanga's message:
Ugandan pastors shoot back (inaccurately) at Rick Warren
Monday the very new Ugandan National Task Force Against Homosexuality shot back at Rick Warren, demanding an apology for his letter to fellow pastors in Uganda condemning the proposed Uganda law that would imprison and in in some cases execute homosexuals.
A letter signed by the 20 members and published on Martin Ssempa's Web site said:
Your letter has caused great distress and the pastors are demanding that you issue a formal apology for insulting the people of Africa by your very inapropriate (sic) bully use of your church and purpose driven pulpits to coerse us into the 'evil' of Sodomy and Gaymorrah (sic).
It is a rewrite of a letter sent to Christianity Today last week by the group's chairman, Ssempa (a "former Bush Administration favorite"). Parts of Ssempa's letter are included verbatim in the Task Force letter.
For example, both letters say:
As you yourself say about evil, – "the Bible says evil has to be opposed. Evil has to be stopped. The Bible does not say negotiate with evil. It says stop it. Stop evil."
The task force letter shares errors and misleading language with Ssempa's original, whose claims are compared to the text of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by Warren Throckmorton.
Both letters say that the purpose of the bill is to protect "the boy child" in the same that the law protects "the girl child." As Throckmorton points out, that overlooks the opening section of the bill, "which states the purpose." The law is intended to eliminate homosexuality from Uganda by eliminating practice or speech intended to support homosexuals.
Ssempa's letter is properly castigated by GayUgand for "Lying," and the Task Force letter is vulnerable to essentially the same criticisms.
If factual accuracy were the principal issue, the debate would be over and the Ugandan pastors would have helped consign the anti-gay legislation to a permanent spot on the trash heap of history.
Tony Cartledge gently comments on the letter:
The intemperate use of bad puns like "Sodomy and Gaymorrah" and the suggestion that Warren is trying to coerce anyone into a homosexual lifestyle says a lot about the level of discourse, which has apparently been encouraged in part by visiting U.S. evangelists other than Warren (according to this article at Time.com), folks who echo the same tired mantra that tolerance of homosexuality will be the death of civilization.
SBC's Richard Land is distraught about health reform
His Nazi libels and "death panels" prevarications failed to stop health reform, so Richard Land is sad.
The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) chief is so sad and so busy (like Mike Huckabee) lamenting legislator support for health reform that he still doesn't have time to say a word or two against Uganda's gay genocide legislation.
Five conservative Republican House members understand the importance of taking a stand on that. Where is the ethics in Land's silence?
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urged by Republicans to stop anti-gay bill
Five House Republicans, all "men of faith," have igned letter urging the president of Uganda to oppose the gay death penalty legislation:
The letter was signed by Reps. Frank Wolf of Virginia, Chris Smith of New Jersey, Joe Pitts of Pennsylvania, Trent Franks of Arizona and Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana.
They call the gay genocide legislation antithetical to the Christian belief in the "inherent dignity and worth" of all human beings, and there are reports that he agrees and has assured U.S. officials that he will block the bill.
Many top U.S. and British religious leaders have also taken clear stands against the legislation and the Vatican has stepped forward against anti-gay violence.
Ugandan gay death legislation dance continues
Mark Silk covers the Ugandan anti-homosexuality act.
We're still looking for Richard Land on Uganda. ERLC has a link to the Baptist Press Warren story, but thus far, that's all she wrote.
Where is Richard Land on Uganda?
Richard Land's passion for foreign policy should not be confined to his current call for trade sanctions against Iran. Nothing should stop Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, from joining fellow Southern Baptist evangelical Rick Warren and a long list of other Christian leaders in opposing Uganda's gay genocide legislation.
Facebook group admonishes Williams to support Glasspool/strongly reject Ugandan legislation
"In the spirit of John the Baptist's cry," a Facebook group admonishes Rowan Willams to take forceful stands for homosexual rights. They ask all Anglicans who agree with the following statement to join the group:
The Archbishop of Canterbury has failed to exercise moral leadership to protect gays & lesbians in Uganda and has instead exercised political pressure to attack a bishop-elect in Los Angeles because she is a lesbian.
As Anglicans who treasure their Communion and expect more from their Archbishop, in the Advent spirit of John the Baptist's cry to the religious leaders of his time, we call on+Rowan Williams to repent of his earlier statement and issue this one instead:
"The proposed legal actions that would make homosexuality punishable by death in Uganda, and the lack of outrage regarding this proposed action by the Church of Uganda, raises very serious questions not just for the Church of Uganda and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion as a whole.
The proposed legislation has not yet become law, and could be rejected, with the Anglican Church of Uganda leading the opposition. That decision will have very important implications. The bishops of the Communion have collectively acknowledged that offering pastoral care and listening to the experience of homosexual persons is necessary if our bonds of mutual affection are to hold."
We believe with God all things are possible — and we pray together during this Advent season of repentance and new beginnings for the revitalization of our Communion on behalf of the Gospel and for the liberation of all held captive by homophobia.


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Platform: Your views
Michel Houllebecq recently won the Impac prize for his book Atomised but his latest novel, Platform, is causing more of a stir.
The book, based on sex tourism, has upset some members of the Muslim community, who feel that the novel is anti-Islamic.
"The real failure of Platform is a literary one - a dearth of really deep, plausible characters and the lack of a moral centre," wrote BBC News Online's Alex Webb.
But what do you think?
Is the shock value wearing thin? Or is Houllebecq still exciting?
Calling a black kettle black is no cause for offence to be taken on the kettle's part. It merely indicates the kettle needs self examination as to why it took offence. Possibly, the kettle needs some valium and to chill out.
Of course the book has anti-islamic tendencies; Houellebecq went off on a tirade against Islam in a recent interview in the French Press, for which he's now being prosecuted by the Paris Mosque. As for the book having "a dearth of really deep, plausible characters and (a) lack of a moral centre", again, this is not surprising, as the author believes that (since the 1960s at least), we in the West have become a bunch of shallow and implausible people. Personally, I think all three of his novels so far have been fantastic. Pity about the translation of this one though.
1)If you think Houllebecq is contemptuous of Islam, you should read Oriana Fallaci. 2)With Platforme, MH is somewhat in the realm of JG Ballard in Cannes. People, unfortunately, are like this. 3)There are some pretty awful Christian, and indeed atheist, characters in novels too. The problem with those who complain about the content of novels is that they don't seem to understand what a novel is. Maybe novelists should sue them for insult to literature?
What disturbs me about the whole polemic about Houellebecq is the possibility that it's part of a process of erosion of rights (in this case freedom of speech) we used to take for granted. Having read some of his works and the interview which sparked the latest lawsuit, I think he's both a mediocre thinker and writer, but that doesn't alter his basic human rights.
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New musical talent to join roster of musical celebrities in educating Texans about litter prevention
AUSTIN – After beating out dozens of entries from across the state, two musical artists will realize their dreams of stardom as winners of the Texas Department of Transportation's "Don't mess with Texas" Song Search Contest. Singer-songwriter Whitney K. Lane of La Porte, Texas and musical group Papi Chulo (J.J. Moreno and Joffre Correa) of Allen, Texas will join the roster of musical notables who have represented the iconic "Don't mess with Texas" campaign throughout its more than 30-year history.
"We are thrilled to welcome Whitney, J.J. and Joffre to the musical legacy of the 'Don't mess with Texas' campaign," said Jeff Austin III, Texas Transportation Commissioner. "Their voices and their winning songs will enhance the campaign's education message of the importance of keeping our state clean and beautiful."
The "Don't mess with Texas" Song Search Contest invited undiscovered Texans to compose an original 30-second song, incorporating the campaign's anti-litter message. More than 170 Texans submitted entries in both English and Spanish. Lane is the winner in the contest's English-language category, while Papi Chulo is the Spanish-language winner. The winners now join the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, George Strait, Willie Nelson, LeAnn Rimes and Grupo Fantasma who have represented the campaign. The winners will be featured in the 2019 "Don't mess with Texas" statewide ad campaign starting later this month. The winners also will receive a prize package donated by Gibson Brands and iHeart media, which includes a 2018 Gibson Guitar and an exclusive performance at an iHeart Live Music Lounge.
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Genus = Tridacna
Species = Derasa
Common name= Derasa clam
Species = Derasa
Common name= Derasa clam
Size and growth rate
T. Derasa The Derasa Clam is also referred to as the Southern Giant Clam or Smooth Giant Clam. The latter name refers to the relative lack of scutes on the shell. The smoothness of its thick shell, and the 6-7 vertical folds helps to differentiate its species from T. gigas, its larger relative which is not as smooth and has 4-5 folds. In our aquariums, however, scutes may develop on the Deresa Clam due to the non hostile environment and the scutes not being broken off. This species is one of the largest of the "giant" clams, and grows rapidly, reaching a maximum size of approximately 18 inches. Under the proper conditions, smaller Derasa Clams can double or triple their size in less than a year. Those in the aquarium trade are usually cultured.
Location and geographic range
This gentle giant can be found living amongst corals and or on sand and rubble. The Derasa can be found living as deep as 15 meters. T Derasa can be found in the Indian Ocean, from Cocos-Keeling Island to the Central Pacific Ocean from Fiji, to Tonga. They are also found north to south from the China Sea, the Philippines down to the Great Barrier Reef and central Australia.
Attachment to substrate
As juveniles, T. Derasa uses their a byssal organ that secretes the sticky threads that will attach it to the substrate. This helps keep the clam from being swept away. In time this organ atrophies, the byssal opening grows shut with shell, and the large size of the animal helps keeps it in place.
Lighting and flow requirements
Derasa are one of the least light demanding of all the giant clams, even though they still require high end light. They will probably be ok with VHO or compact fluorescent lights but I recommend metal halide or T5 with individual reflectors. Giant clams are found on reefs that usually have SPS corals, flow should be moderate to high. Just be sure that the mantle isn't being held over un naturally because of too much flow.
Derasa's mantle are a mixture of orange, yellow, blue, and black and white, and usually has a wavy striped or spotted pattern, usually with vivid blues and greens.
Reef compatibility
Giant clams are found among the reefs of the world and are compatible with most reef safe animals. Although there are some reef safe fish that are not clam safe. These include: Angelfish, some Wrasses, Blennie's, Eels, and some shrimp.
Conclusion and comments.
Derasa's are common to the aquarium industry. T. Derasa is a very hardy species and a good clam for the beginning hobbyist, provided reasonably strong lighting, clear water conditions and stable salinity is provided..
It is my personal opinion that if you intend to keep a Tridacna Derasa you should have an aquarium of 75 gallons or larger. They can be kept in smaller tanks but they rapidly outgrow them.


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For those of us interested in getting our hands on World of Warcraft accessories outside of WoW as well as inside, a couple new items from Blizzard:
Battle.net Mobile Authenticator Now Available for Android Mobile Devices
We're pleased to announce that the Battle.net Mobile Authenticator, an application for mobile phones that provides an extra layer of account security, is now available as a free download for Android mobile devices on Android Market. The Battle.net Mobile Authenticator provides a one-time password that you use in addition to your regular account name and password to log in to a Battle.net account and any associated World of Warcraft accounts.
Versions for other mobile devices are also available for download here, or you can purchase a physical Battle.net Authenticator from the online Blizzard Store. Visit the Android Battle.net Mobile Authenticator FAQ for more information, or head to the setup page to get started after you've downloaded the application. For additional account security advice, visit our recently released Account Security page.
Android users will no doubt enjoy this option, as Iphone users have for some time. One cautionary note: if you are using an Android and you are the type that is resetting to factory defaults on a regular basis be aware that "access to your account will be lost if you reset your device to factory defaults, uninstall the application, or overwrite the application before removing it from your account."
Make sure you remove the Authenticator from your account before you do anything major to alter your phone or overwrite your Mobile Authenticator application!
The Pet Store is about to go plush! Introducing the Wind Rider Cub and Gryphon Hatchling, the first in a new line of cuddly, crafty critters scheduled to arrive exclusively in the online Blizzard Store in the weeks ahead. Each plush companion will come with a code for a matching in-game, non-combat, account-bound pet to fly by your side in Azeroth. Both Horde and Alliance players will be able to adopt either pet once they hatch in the online Blizzard Store. Keep your eyes on the sky -- and the official World of Warcraft website -- for more information.
Here is a picture of the plushies from WorldofWarcraft.com as well as some datamined images of the in-game versions of the pets:
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This blogpost io to publish and trace the information about the Sifreli ransomware. The word "sifreli" means encrypted in Turkish and that is also the extension malware was using for the encryted files. This ransomware, when executed, encrypts all data files with AES encryption. Password used for ecryption is random and user is presented only with the version encrypted with RSA public key. Attackers claim that if ransom is paid within 3 days, they will decrypt the unique session key and grant it back to victim in order for him to be able to decrypt back his precious data (text, photos, zip, word ...). Whether this can be trusted I do not know. Yes technically it is possible, but in reality I would not recommend to pay any ransom as you have got no guarantee that you wont get reinfected just the other day.Materials on the topic:
- 2014-02-20 - Crypto key methods malware uses to blackmail
- 2014-02-19 - Turkish forum discussing the same ransomware spreading pretending to be a bill from TurkCell
- 2014-02-18 - Trend Micro analysis of the Turkish mutation
- 2012-12-27 - Same ransomware spreading in Turkey in 2012
Phishing emailOn the begining of the chain there is a phishing email with link to download site. The phishing email for the Royal-Mail campaign looked like this:
From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: 24 February 2014 12:12
To: John Doe
Subject: Parcel to John Doe
John Doe
A courier did not deliver the parcel to your address 21 February 2014, because nobody was at home.
Please download information about parcel, print it and go to post office to receive a package.
If the parcel isn't received within 30 working days Royal Mail will have the right to claim compensation from you for it's keeping in the amount of 5.70 £ for each day of keeping. You can find the information about the procedure and conditions of parcel keeping in the nearest office.
This is automatically generated email, please click here to unsubscribe.
Royal Mail Group Ltd 2013. All rights reserved
Malware DownloadDownload site mimics the site of the attacked well known brand name. For Turkey it was Turkcell - local mobile telephone operator. For the campaign targeting the UK the download site was attacking brand name of Roayl Mail. Attacker gains the trust of the victims by :
- site looks quite genuine, cloning the look and feel from the site being phished
- it is including the fake captcha for download of the malware file, to download you need to enter the right code from sceen
- it claims it will download pdf, gaining the trust by fact that downloaded zip contains a file with PDF icon - pity that it is malicious EXE indeed
- download site looks quite clean on the first look, but after entering the "captcha" the reloaded page contains 2 iframes. One is the zipfile with the malware, the second is probably redirect to some drive-by download.
- Part of the file name of the zip file is changing with string of random generated numbers t look real
List of known download sites:
- http://www.parcel-tracking.net/track-trace/track.php?id=9780165 (IP 18.104.22.168)
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.net/amserver/UI/Login.php (IP 22.214.171.124)
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.org/amserver/UI/Login.php (IP 188.8.131.52)
- Probably next in row csi.efatura-turkcell.com (IP 22.214.171.124)
Download link with the zip file looks like this (numbers are random):
- http://www.parcel-tracking.net/track-trace/track_97d899969188667e28e4b4578bdbfe3a.zip
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.org/amserver/UI/fatura_938e5e06af8a595faf700a0f1e1e5765.zip
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.net/amserver/UI/fatura_6a28ff001a41304c559956f39f53a3ec.zip
Iframe redirecting to affiliate sites looks like this:
- http://www.parcel-tracking.net/track-trace/div.php
=> http://eebeixee.aerameis.com:8000/rkfnpmymyqfet?tqrppmv=6614810 (IP 22.214.171.124)
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.net/amserver/UI/6r3k412v585b.php
=> http://jaivohpo.aerameis.com:8000/stppe?tcpbm=4984420 (IP 22.214.171.124)
- http://csi.efatura-turkcell.org/amserver/UI/rxgfna7qfunxeo.php
=> http://eichohng.aerameis.com:8000/rvegnykbh?tkdfntudnsub=4984420 (IP 126.96.36.199)
- It is probably recommended to disable all *.aerameis.com
Execution of the ransomwareWhen the ransomware is executed, it immediately starts encrypting all files it finds on local hard-drive and-or on available network shares. Encryption is performed with a random generated key. Same key is used for all the files. For each encrypted file there is created file with the original file name and the extension of ".encrypted" ( or it was ".sifreli" in the Turkish language mutation).
When encryption does enough damage and/or after reboot of machine the ransom message is being displayed as a annoying pop-up window, which is not possible to kill. Sample of the message displayed also as a Walpaper image on the desktop.
The same message is also written to any folder with encrypted files as a new file PLEASE_READ.inf (in Turkish version it is LUTFEN_OKUYUN.inf).
I am an IT specialist, I research system vulnerabilities and make profit by selling them. I have found one vulnerability in your system and hacked it. I have copied all valuable data from this PC and from your computer network. Then I have encrypted the files and if you are willing to decrypt them you need to buy a decryption key from me. Here is my contact:
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
You have 3 days to purchase the decryption key, otherwise some of your sensitive data may be published on the internet and your system will not get decrypted.
Information for IT specialists:
1. Anti-virus will delete encryption program but will not decrypt the data. Using system restore point will not help you to recover the data.
2. Data was encrypted with AES (Rijndael) algorithm (256 bit). Encryption key was encrypted with RSA (2048 bit) algorithm. This is extremely secure cryptography technique, around 1000 year time period will be required to break it, so do not try to do it.
---- Encrypted Session Key Begin ----
---- Encrypted Session Key End ----
CryptoFiles seems to be encrypted with a algorithm with 128-bit block size. This can be judged based on the padding (not-)used. Entropy of the encrypted files is very high - very close to 8 bits per byte. This could very well be AES (128 bit block size) with 256 bit key as claimed by the attackers. Unique key seems to be generated for each run of the malware, until files are encrypted.
First Seen Sample MD5 File Name Mutex pehash imphash Y 2014-02-24 23:26 information.exe Y 2014-02-24 14:55 Tracking_information.exe N 2014-02-24 12:47 tracking_information.exe Y 2014-02-20 06:36 20140220_1032_DEWA_bill.exe N 2014-02-17 22:38 fatura_878f1e09a51d2906c8d53fb468937636.zip Y 2014-02-17 14:27 20140217_2338_fatura.exe N 2014-02-17 09:56 fatura.exe N 2014-02-11 12:47 fatura.exe


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Campaign for Better Transport has come together with Cubic Transportation Systems, Telefónica and Thales to form a Smarter Travel Forum. The Forum is calling on Government to embed smart travel such as real time information, smartcards and data collection into its transport strategies.
"Investing in new transport infrastructure is important, but investment should be directed to making transport smarter and more intelligent, not just building more of it" Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport
In December 2013, the Smarter Travel Forum launched a Smarter Travel Manifesto, setting out the benefits of smart technology for passengers, policy-makers and operators, and suggesting ways the Government can encourage smarter travel through better regulation, contracts and investment.
You can view slides from the presentations given at the Smarter Travel Manifesto launch in December 2013 below:
- Why the Smarter Travel Forum? Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Trasnport
- Smarter transport investment - introducing the Smarter Travel Manifesto Mike Short, O2
- Smarter travel and the challenge of growth on London's roads Leon Daniels, Transport for London
- Applications of smarter travel - Cubic Transporatation Systems Martin Howell
- Applications of smarter travel - O2 Anna Holness
- Applications of smarter travel - Thales Claire Porter
- Making Cities Smart David Hytch, Transport for Greater Manchester
- Smarter travel for transport users Ian Wright, Passenger Focus
"We are calling on the Government to consider the huge benefits of upgrading our transport infrastructure with smart technology, so the UK can be fit for the digital future" Billy D'Arcy, Telefónica UK.
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The comment came as Kim, 47, was asked about a past statement she made, calling Lee Min-ho her ideal date and Hyun Bin her ideal husband. When she was asked again if she took up her part because of Hyun Bin, she jovially said "partially."
The actress won public envy as she played the beloved mother of Lee Min-ho in TV show "The Heirs" and of Hyun Bin in "Fatal Encounter."
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|Re: How to setup a scalable deployment?
|Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:10:52 GMT
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Chris Were <email@example.com> wrote: > Zoie looks very close to what I'm after, however my whole app is written in > Python and uses PyLucene, so there is a non-trivial amount of work to make > things work with Zoie. > I've never used PyLucene before, but since it's a wrapper, plugging in zoie should be doable - instead of accessing the raw Lucene API via PyLucene, you could instantiate a proj.zoie.impl.indexing.ZoieSystem, then it would take care of the IndexReader management for you, and you'd just ask it for IndexReaders and you'd pass it indexing events. Not sure how JVM interactions are with Python. Whenever I use other languages, I try and turn that paradigm upside down - use Jython and JRuby and Scala, and live *inside* of the JVM. Then everything is nice and happy. :) I'm currently experiencing a bottleneck when optimising my index. How is > this handled / solved with Zoie? > In a realtime environment, optimizing your index isn't always the best thing to do - optimize down to small number of segments (with the under-used IndexWriter.optimize(int maxNumSegments) call) if you need to, but optimizing down to 1 segment means you completely blow away your OS disk cache, as all of your old files are gone and you have one huge new ginormous one. Keeping a balanced set of segments which only a couple of the big ones merge together occasionally (and the small ones are continously being integrated into bigger ones) keeps you only blowing away parts of the IO cache at a time. But to answer your question more directly: with Zoie, the disk index is only refreshed every 15 minutes or so (this is configurable), because you have a RAMDirectory serving realtime results as well. Any background segment merging and optimizing can be done on the disk index during this 15 minute interval, and typical use cases keep the target number of segments at a fixed moderately small number (5, 10 segments or so). The optimize() call takes progressively more time the fewer segments you have left, and much of the time is in the final 2 to 1 segment merge, so if you never do that last step, things go a lot faster - you can try this without zoie - replace your optimize() calls with optimize(2, or 5, or 10), and see a) how long this takes instead, and b) what effect on your latency this has (it will cost you something - but how much: check and see!) If you end up trying zoie in PyLucene somehow, please post about it, we'd love to hear about it used in different sorts of environments. -jake
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Cryptology is concerned with realising the impossible, namely securing information in open networks. This includes ensuring
- confidentiality of messages,
- integrity of messages,
- authenticity of principals.
The course gives an introduction to cryptology, its history and its use in modern computer systems. While the lectures are self-contained, some familiarity with basic algebra (Z/NZ, finite fields, cf. MAT552), networking (cf. INF557) is highly recommended. This course is part of the Cybersecurity track and a prerequisite for INF568.
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Table of lectures:
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- Arithmetic
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- Asymmetric cryptography
- Signature
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- Profesor: François Morain
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