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Arsène Wenger would rather politicians kept their distance from football.
This year the Arsenal manager has given his support to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee into the governance of football, which is examining the level of debt in the modern game among other issues and paid a visit to Emirates Stadium in February.
But, generally speaking, Wenger believes that sport and politics should not mix - because politicians do not always have the best interests of sport at heart.
"Sport has one big advantage - it rewards people who deserve it and it is easy to measure the quality," said the Frenchman.
"If you're the son of a Prime Minister or the son of somebody who does not have a home, if you are good, you play. That is basic justice in sport and it is important that is respected. Politics is not always in the best interest of sport because they could have other agendas.
"I believe we have to keep it simple - I fight my whole life against the quotas and I think politicians could be in danger of bringing quotas in.
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I debated whether or not it would be appropriate to put these up here. They were created for my own storyline/universe. Also, there isn't much to them...a handful of minifigs and a couple of builds I totally jacked from official sets, minorly modified (aside from the Combat Engineer Mechanical Hardsuit, which is pretty crap and still ate up almost all of my spare pieces).
They're presented here from my universe to the brikverse, with a brief Overwatch of my original story. The story is thin in a lot of areas, intentionally left open ended for expansion (but also sometimes cliche), so I imagine it would be easy to convert them. I began thinking of every lego fan's personal universe as parallel to the others when I wrote my (I guess I should say first if I intend to make more) battle report for these forums. One of the minifigs who performed well, and died better, is a famous hero in my own storyline. Seemed fitting that his brikwars counterpart should burn twice as hot and twice as fast. I suppose I was also hoping for some ideas concerning their direction, once I'm rich enough to afford more parts, this being one of the more diverse lego associated communities.
Enough disclaimer.
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The Road Rangers are a hardened group of post-apocalyptic survivors. In their case, the apocalypse came in the form of a massive alien invasion. The planetary government had only just made first contact with the Grey Empire, a extraterrestrial race guided by relatively peaceful, scientific explorers, and had benefited greatly in the realm of science and technology. The Invaders came from outside the galaxy in slobbering green hordes and easily overcame all of the sentients in the sector, wiping out populations and progress in a moment. Hard wars were fought to eliminate the monsters and rid the universe of their threat forever. Unfortunately, those wars were lost and the horde rolled through, leaving their wounded and the many dead in their wake. Now the survivors roam dusty planets, ravished of resources, cut off from one another if not by the seemingly insurmountable vastness of space, then by the madness, lawlessness, and the sheer damn deadly threat of the roving bands of marauders and left behind Invaders.
The theme is centered on Post-Apoc (survivor) but genre-mashes with Retro Classic Sci-Fi, Punk (both steam and cyber offshoots), and a touch of Espionage. I can't help it. I love genre mash-ups...one of the main things that drew me to BrikWars, in fact.
The Shepherd is armed simply, with a magnum and length of chain. Eventually, she'll be mounted on a massive bike. She guides the misfit group of survivors through the wasteland created by the alien invaders.
The Street Shaman, like all members of the Royal Expeditionary League, is outfitted and trained with Psitech equipment. Until the Invaders destroyed much of the Grey Empire, the League was a generally pacifistic group. Only a select few High Guards were even trained in combat. As the majority of Grey survivors (having been abroad when the initial attacks came), the REL have adopted a more militant stance and altered much of their Psitech equipment into weaponry. Shaman has refused this trend and hearkens back to more traditional equipment. The Psistaff is a minor concession, although it retains more utility than weapon-like function. Both the Staff and Psyberdisks serve as psionic power storage. The disks themselves serve a myriad of utility purposes.
The Bow Sniper maintains a barrage of small utility and communication devices and is something of a tech wizard on a world where much advanced technology is as useful as a paperweight. He can make almost anything work in some capacity. He is a masterful shot with a bow and is one of the few Minifigs with psionic talent. He uses Psitech Glasses to integrate his devices into a personal area network and to generate a heads up display (useful for guiding his psionically empowered shots). Sniper is one of the few beings to have ever successfully infiltrated an Invader vessel.
Ataxia is a half-crazed punk girl the Rangers found half dead alongside the road a few years back. They nursed her back to health and she has stuck loyally by them ever since. She is a wild talent, that is, an uncontrolled and extremely powerful psion. She manages the massive power flux by using a specially constructed Psitech Missile Launcher, the missiles to which are entirely formed from her own explosive psi energy. She is attempting, intermittently, to learn control from the other PsiOps members but, generally, she doesn't give a fuck.
The Twins were the other two members of the Grey REL that was assigned to this planet before the Invasions. Only the brown cloaked one is using Psitech, a Raygun to be exact. The other is displaying raw Psionic Manifestation, a rare talent. Regardless of whether an individual is using a Psitech device to harness and store energy or not, the actual psionic power is derived solely from the user's mind. As such, the color of each Psion's power is specific to the Psion. Psitech makes harnessing and using that power easier and causes less overall strain on the user's mind but dilutes the effects somewhat.
The Mechanic is the daughter of the Rocketeer and was, in fact, the genius responsible for her father's rocket pack. She is also responsible for the Rangers' Engineer Hardsuit (and is usually the one riding around in it), the maintenance of the Rangers' motor pool, and any other mechanical projects she happens to set her sights on. Her energy is frenetic and it's largely due to her prowess with a wrench that the Rangers' standard of living is so high.
Armed with a Navy Colt Revolver and equipped with a jetpack, the aging aviator is a natural and charismatic leader. He is the father of the Mechanic but where he shares her driving energy, he does not share her patience. The Rocketeer has the soul of adventure. He does not dither or dilly-dally and takes to the sky with the rocket pack his daughter built him at the first available opportunity. He serves as primary scout and troops master, like a specialized sergeant, for the Rangers.
The Rangers are a ragtag group of survivors running the gamut of age, gender, and personality type. They are united by three things: their need to survive, their loyalty to the Shepherd, and their growing badassery. Equipment (Top, left to right, to bottom): Crossbow and Pack, Double Barreled Shotgun, Iron Spear and Pack, Chainpike and Pack, Blaster Pistol, Chainsword and Pack.
The Mechanic's personal buggy is built for speed and power and is larger than the other buggies. Big Mama is shielded from the front, making normal vision impossible. To compensate, the Mechanic has installed a video feed on the console, linked to the 6 cameras fore and one aft.
The Two Seater is a utility buggy built for cargo and transport across a variety of terrain.
The Speedster is designed for flat out road speed with tight control and maneuverability.
The Power Buggy is an all terrain vehicle, capable of handling topographical extremes. It functions primarily as a scout vehicle, ranging away from the main convoy as the Rangers move down major highways and through wilderness.
Road Rangers Group Shot
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Hope you enjoy. I'm thinking that I'll be mounting most of the rangers on bikes. Eventually, I'll build a stupid large bike for The Shepherd...like Kai's or the one from the Agents set. I'm also considering a large semi, all apoc-ed out, with lots of guns, a mechanical bay in the back, and two landing pads on top. I'd like to build two small battle choppers, I think.


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1. How hard is it to get a tefl job with zero experience? I am hoping to take the 4 week CELTA course in the summer of 2013 so I should have a highly recognised qualification. From there how should I best proceed to find a TEFL job? Ideally I would like to go to Spain or South/Central America as I have some spanish and think it would be great to both teach english and improve me language skills at the same time! I have seen plenty of jobs advertised on various websites, but I have no idea of the level of competition or even if these jobs are legit?
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Vietnamese police have arrested two US pro-democracy activists, a Frenchwoman and a Thai who were attempting to hold pro-democracy seminars in their nation. The Vietnamese group, Viet Tan(Reform) said the activists, all members of a pro-democracy organization, were meeting with Vietnamese citizens to discuss "peaceful democratic change" in their nation. Police surrounded the house and entered to break up the gathering, taking materials they deemed subversive. The activists apparently were handing out copies of a book called "From Dictatorship to Democracy." US consular officials had as of yet gained full knowledge concerning who was arrested and the charges being placed against them. Vietnamese police refused to discuss the raid, claiming, 'we are not permitted to talk about his."
Vietnam is enjoying an economic boom and it is not surprising that some of its citizens expect to have greater freedom. America and Vietnam have established good working relations and the past is slowly disappearing into the haze of history. It is merely a matter of time before Vietnam recognizes that the modern world requires some aspects of democracy if their nation is to become an economic power.


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Nothing in life is ever set in stone. Or illuminated in black and white. Nothing. Nada. Which means you should never say never. Statements like there is no reason for homes to have a PC, or what would you want a mobile phone for, or there will always be cars or trains to take commuters to work should never be believed in.
Then there are opinions held by folk that advise us that the Russians will always be our enemies (harhar) or that Communism is evil. Perhaps you would believe that North Korea will always hate South Korea? Is that possible?
Before you say yes, best have a look at this statement. The USA will always hate Vietnam and North Vietnam will always hate the USA. Mmmh. No. But it certainly felt like it during the Vietnam/USA war didn't it. And it's this black and white fact that has now disappeared that I want to mention.
Commemorating the 50 year anniversary of the start of the conflict a book of photographs by press photographers is being published. Slaughter of the innocents: The Vietnamese war as never seen before. It is considered to be the last newspaper war. That is one where journalists were the bringers of actual news. What the press photographers shot was what people saw.
What made me take note was one image that showed a US paratrooper wounded in battle at Hamburger Hill in central Vietnam. You see I actually drove past Hamburger Hill in a bus with staff from Hope Center on a work outing. They pointed it out to us. We were past the little bump (hardly a hill really) within seconds, hardly seeing the gun that commemorated the spot.
Yet that insignificant spot was a nasty battleground with many dead soldiers from both sides. And what were they fighting for, both sides? Besides the hill? During those years perhaps the issue was black and white. Communist against Capitalist. Or whatever. But it wasn't really. It was a bunch of determined locals prepared to die to keep their country safe from a foreign invasion.
And now nobody could be bothered to even remember the hill. Except perhaps the relatives of the hundreds of dead soldiers. What happened to that black and white principle that had to be fought for with guns and human sacrifice?
So before you get stuck on defending a principle you think is cast in stone think really hard. Is it still going to be this black and white in a few year's time? Think of gay marriages, or women priests in the Anglican church, or women car drivers in Saudi Arabia or time travel or never aging. What of that list is impossible? Thought so.


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First let me say I haven't even heard of this until your post, but if you read the article and then go to the webpage it suggests(www.spp.gov) it goes on to completely counterdict pretty much everything that was written in the article. I spent all of 5 minutes on the website and it pretty much says just the opposite. Basically talking about staying seperate sovereign nations that agree to work together to common goals.
I don't know, that's just what I saw. I'm going to read a bit more though
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Thats old news. Al Gore spoke during the "Summit of The Americas" and said every person in the western hemisphere has the RIGHT to a living wage. That wage WILL be $8.75 to $10.75 an hour. It seems like there are a lot of jobs in that pay range now days. Ever wonder why its so hard to control the border? Maybe they want it open. We can go to the moon, conquer countries, but we just cant seem to get control of our southern border. DUUUHHHHHHHH Things are done incrementally. Little by little they wear you down. Just watch and see whats coming.
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For those of you to lazy to look. Although the tinfoil hat crowd will think this is all just part of the cover up.
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP):
Myth vs. Fact
Myth: The SPP was an agreement signed by Presidents Bush and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Waco, TX, on March 23, 2005.
Fact: The SPP is a dialogue to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries. The SPP is not an agreement nor is it a treaty. In fact, no agreement was ever signed.
Myth: The SPP is a movement to merge the United States, Mexico, and Canada into a North American Union and establish a common currency.
Fact: The cooperative efforts under the SPP, which can be found in detail at www.spp.gov, seek to make the United States, Canada and Mexico open to legitimate trade and closed to terrorism and crime. It does not change our courts or legislative processes and respects the sovereignty of the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The SPP in no way, shape or form considers the creation of a European Union-like structure or a common currency. The SPP does not attempt to modify our sovereignty or currency or change the American system of government designed by our Founding Fathers.
Myth: The SPP is being undertaken without the knowledge of the U.S. Congress.
Fact: U.S. agencies involved with SPP regularly update and consult with members of Congress on our efforts and plans.
Myth: The SPP infringes on the sovereignty of the United States.
Fact: The SPP respects and leaves the unique cultural and legal framework of each of the three countries intact. Nothing in the SPP undermines the U.S. Constitution. In no way does the SPP infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States.
Myth: The SPP is illegal and violates the Constitution.
Fact: The SPP is legal and in no way violates the Constitution or affects the legal authorities of the participating executive agencies. Indeed, the SPP is an opportunity for the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to discuss common goals and identify ways to enhance each nations security and prosperity. If an action is identified, U.S. federal agencies can only operate within U.S. law to address these issues. The Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security coordinate the efforts of the agencies responsible for the various initiatives under the prosperity and security pillars of the SPP. If an agency were to decide a regulatory change is desirable through the cooperative efforts of SPP, that agency is required to conform to all existing U.S. laws and administrative procedures, including an opportunity to comment.
Myth: The U.S section of the SPP is headed by the Department of Commerce.
Fact: The SPP is a White House-driven initiative. In the United States, the Department of Commerce coordinates the Prosperity component, while the Department of Homeland Security coordinates the Security component. The Department of State ensures the two components are coordinated and are consistent with U.S. foreign policy.
Myth: The U.S. Government, working though the SPP, has a secret plan to build a "NAFTA Super Highway."
Fact: The U.S. government is not planning a NAFTA Super Highway. The U.S. government does not have the authority to designate any highway as a NAFTA Super Highway, nor has it sought such authority, nor is it planning to seek such authority. There are private and state level interests planning highway projects which they themselves describe as "NAFTA Corridors," but these are not Federally-driven initiatives, and they are not a part of the SPP.
Myth: The U.S. Government, through the Department of Transportation, is funding secretive highway projects to become part of a NAFTA Super Highway.
Fact: Many States in the American Midwest are proposing or undertaking highway projects to improve or build roads as Federal-aid and State or private sector revenue becomes available. All projects involving Federal-aid funds or approvals are subject to normal Federal-aid requirements, such as review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including public involvement. This public involvement, the common thread among all these activities, makes them anything but secret. In addition, Congress directs Department of Transportation funding for specific highway projects.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will continue to cooperate with the State transportation departments as they build and upgrade highways to meet the needs of the 21st century. Rather than evidence of a secret plan to create a NAFTA Super Highway that would undermine our national sovereignty, the FHWAs efforts are a routine part of cooperation with all the State transportation departments to improve the Nations highways.
Myth: U.S. Government officials sponsored a secret SPP planning meeting in Banff, Alberta in September 2006.
Fact: The U.S. Government did not sponsor the meeting in Banff. The North American Forum, a private initiative that is separate from the U.S. Government, hosted the September 12-14, 2006 conference Continental Prosperity in the New Security Environment. Academics, businesspersons, private citizens, and government officials from the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian governments attended the conference. The North American Forum is not a product of the SPP.
Myth: The SPP will cost U.S. taxpayers money.
Fact: The SPP is being implemented with existing budget resources. Over the long-term, it will save U.S. taxpayers money by cutting through costly red tape and reducing redundant paperwork. This initiative will benefit the taxpayers through economic gain and increased security, thereby enhancing the competitiveness and quality of life in our countries.
Myth: The working groups and SPP documents are a secret and not available to the public.
Fact: The SPPs initiatives and milestones with timelines can be found by clicking the Report to Leaders link at www.spp.gov. The Web site contains a section to enable interested persons to provide input directly to the various working groups.
Myth: The SPP seeks to lower U.S. standards through a regulatory cooperation framework.
Fact: The framework will support and enhance cooperation and encourage the compatibility of regulations among the three partners while maintaining high standards of health and safety. Any regulatory changes will require agencies to conform to all U.S. administrative procedures, including an opportunity to comment. Enhanced cooperation in this area will provide consumers with more affordable, safer, and more diversified and innovative products.
Myth: The SPP is meant to deal with immigration reform and trade disputes.
Fact: Immigration reform is a legislative matter currently being debated in Congress and is not being dealt with in the SPP. Likewise, trade disputes between the United States, Canada, and Mexico are resolved in the NAFTA and WTO mechanisms and not the SPP.
Myth: The SPP will result in the loss of American jobs.
Fact: The SPP seeks to create jobs by reducing transaction costs and unnecessary burdens for U.S. companies, which will bolster the competitiveness of our firms globally. These efforts will help U.S. manufacturers, spur job creation, and benefit consumers.
Myth: The SPP will harm our quality of life.
Fact: The SPP improves the safety and well-being of Americans. It builds on efforts to protect our environment, improves our ability to combat infectious diseases, such as avian influenza, and ensures our food supply is safe through the exchange of information and cooperation ─ improving the quality of life for U.S. citizens. Americans enjoy world class living standards because we are engaged with the world.
Myth: The SPP creates a NAFTA-plus legal status between the three countries.
Fact: The SPP does not seek to rewrite or renegotiate NAFTA. It creates no NAFTA-plus legal status.
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Bits from the CFR's report
these are some of their recomendations
Develop a North American Border Pass. The three countries
should develop a secure North American Border Passwith biometric
identifiers. This document would allow its bearers expedited passage
through customs, immigration, and airport security throughout the
region. The program would be modeled on the U.S.-Canadian
NEXUS and the U.S.-Mexican SENTRI programs, which
Expand border infrastructure. While trade has nearly tripled
across both borders since the Canadian-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
(FTA) and NAFTA were implemented, border customs facilities
and crossing infrastructure have not kept pace with this increased
demand. Even if 9/11 had not occurred, trade would be choked at
the border. There have been significant new investments to speed
processing along both theCanadian-U.S. andMexican-U.S. borders,
but not enough to keep up with burgeoning demand and additional
security requirements.
Lay the groundwork for the freer flow of people withinNorth
America. The three governments should commit themselves to
the long-term goal of tically diminishing the need for the
current intensity of the governments physical control of cross-border
traffic, travel, and trade within North America. A long-term goal
for a North American border action plan should be joint screening
of travelers from third countries at their first point of entry into North
America and the elimination of most controls over the temporary
movement of these travelers within North America.
Enhance the capacity of the North American Development
Bank (NADBank).NADBank was conceived to support environmental
infrastructure projects within 100 kilometers on both sides
of the Mexican-U.S. border. After a slow start, NADBank has done
importantwork over recent years, and itsmandate has been expanded
recently to cover 300 kilometers into Mexico. However, to achieve
its full potential, the U.S. and Mexican governments should
(1) expand NADBanksmandate to include other infrastructure sectors,
particularly transportation; (2) permit it to access domestic capital
marketsand apply credit enhancementtools; (3) support the establishment
of revolving funds through both grants and soft loans throughout
its jurisdiction; and (4) strengthen its technical assistance programs
to promote good governance and creditworthiness of communities
and public utilities. Finally, NADBanks internal procedures and the
NAFTA allowed duty-free access within the region, but because
of different rates charged by each country on imports from other
countries, it required cumbersome proof of North American origin in
order to qualify for NAFTA access. These rules can raise transaction
costs to the point that some shippers choose to pay the multilateral tariff
rate instead. In addition, although the dispute-resolution mechanisms
provided by NAFTA have proven a reliable means for resolving most
trade disputes, they have been incapable of dealing with important and
controversial problems regarding softwood lumber, sugar, and a few
other products.
Establish a Seamless North American Market for Trade
With tariff barriers virtually eliminated, and the outlines of a North
American economy visible, the time has come to take a more comprehensive
approach to strengthening the economic prospects for citizens
in all three countries. The first step is to encourage convergence in the
most-favored-nation tariff rates each partner charges on imports from
outside North America. Next, the governments should reduce the
remaining nontariff barriers to the flow of goods and services, and
address problems arising from charges of price discrimination and subsidization
by competitors in North America. Finally, they should coordinate
their approach to unfair trade practices by foreign suppliers to the
North American market. The ultimate goal should be to create a
seamless market for suppliers and consumers throughout North
Open skies and open roads. The efficiency of the transportation
network is critical to making North America a more competitive
place to invest and to produce, and in spreading the benefits of
economic growth to all corners of the continent. Among other
regulatory reforms, governments should consider the benefits of
allowing North American transportation firms unlimited access to
each others territory, including provision for full cabotage (trade
between two points within a country; for example, a Canadian
trucker hauling freight from Chicago to Los Angeles or an American
airline carrying passengers betweenMexico City and Monterrey)
for airlines and surface carriers
Expand temporary migrant worker programs. Canada and the
United States should expand programs for temporary labor migration
from Mexico. For instance, Canadas successful model for managing
seasonal migration in the agricultural sector should be expanded to
other sectors where Canadian producers face a shortage of workers
and Mexico may have a surplus of workers with appropriate skills.
Canadian and U.S. retirees living in Mexico should be granted
working permits in certain fields, for instance as English teachers.
Implement the Social Security Totalization Agreement
negotiated between the United States andMexico. This agreement
would recognize payroll contributions to each others systems,
thus preventing double taxation.
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|For those of you basically familiar with IBM Workload Deployer, you are likely aware that the appliance has many different capabilities. On the surface it is a cloud management device for middleware and middleware applications. Of course, there are quite a few details that are important to understanding the functionality provided, and I spend quite a bit of my time talking with various users and potential users about these details. One thing I have noticed that can become an obstacle in having effective communication regarding IBM Workload Deployer is the lack of a commonly understood language. I sometimes find that me and the user are simply using different terminology to describe the same thing. As you can imagine, this just serves to create confusion, and neither party gets the most out of the conversation.
|In order to combat this communication gap, I thought I would put together a simple presentation that introduces and defines IBM Workload Deployer terminology. Check it out below (you can also download it here):
IBM Workload Deployer Terminology 101
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|While the presentation does not dive deep into the terms it introduces, it does provide a basic definition and illustrative example of each. My hope is that this fosters an understanding of some of the basic concepts in IBM Workload Deployer, and ultimately pushes us towards a common vernacular. Please let me know what you think!
|-- Dustin Amrhein
A view from the clouds: Cloud computing for developers
A common vernacular for IBM Workload Deployer
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Junk and Treasure
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If you work in a development shop similar to mine, you and many of your coworkers have more than one workstation under your desk.We use those extra machines for a variety of reasons but by and large they they tend to serve most often as foot warmers. That is not to say that they are unnecessary but rather they simply aren't used most of the time. If you try to eliminate one, you will surely need it within the next week but if your manager asks if it is really necessary you would be hard pressed to pinpoint precisely when the last time it was used for something really important. To developers, these extra machines are potential sandboxes for isolated experiments or testing scenarios. For managers, they are relatively unused capital investments that require inventory control and have depreciating value.
If you are a network administrator there are certainly computers in your inventory that are older and lack the capacity to be counted on for everyday use. They sit in a corner or in a blade rack and are probably idle or even powered off. These assets take up physical space and contribute very little to your data center. However, they have little sale value but may represent a significant investment. Or maybe you just can't part
with them for sentimental reasons.
Whatever the reasons for having computing resources lying around that are seldom used, here is an idea: Virtualization. With virtualized images you can use those machines for whatever purposes are required and for as long as they are required without having to spend hours loading them with a compliant OS image, installing software and configuring them for use. Virtual image libraries could hold preinstalled systems for almost any need. It could be for anything:
When the need for the machine is passed, it can be un-deployed and returned to the pool. This could significantly increase the available computing power of an entire development business. The ability to turn any machine into a needed and useful system on demand is real agile computing and gives a whole new dimension to governance.
--- Scott Quint
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Interop Conference
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Dustin and i manned the IBM booth at InterOp in Las Vegas last week. The conference was very different from the industry conferences I remember, but then again I haven't been to one in a long time. I don't recall seeing boxing matches, light shows or bikini models but I think they are a welcome addition.
Ostensibly this conference was focused on cloud computing and was even called the "Cloud Summit". However, in the vendor area, there were few real cloud computing specific peds. Most of the vendor displays were about hardware, system monitoring and security.
Ric Telford of IBM gave a keynote address and sspoke of IBM's cloud offerings. After the keynote, there was a flurry of visitors asking about IBM, Cloud Computing and IBM's cloud offerings. Most of the visitors were looking for education and we were happy to have the opportunity to talk about the company and cloud computing from IBM's perspective.
We had the CloudBurst Appliance with us and it drew some interest. The purple case definitely stood out and drew inquiries. Some excitement is being generated but I think now the industry and the market has to catch up to us.
-- Scott Quint
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CloudBurst gets it right
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Cloud Computing is essentially a Systems Management innovation. I understand that, to some, that means simply managing hardware and capacity or computing power. However, it also involves deployment of enterprise level software. While some software is a kind of out-of-the-box asset that can be installed generically as if it were a hard asset, infrastructure software like WebSphere requires considerable skill and knowledge.
Tier1 cloud computing implementations must be able to expand the enterprise into provided capacity quickly and autonomically. If the scale-out requires tremendous effort and specialized skills then the cost savings that cloud offers is severely mitigated.
CloudBurst provides a mechanism to quickly deploy WebSphere environments to private clouds and allows the administrator to simply manage the assets on which WebSphere will run. The expertise of setting up and configuring WebSphere is, in effect, canned. This allows for much more rapid deployments and reduces the need for more expensive admins.
While many companies are still putting forward more technologically sophisticated offerings that still require even more technologically sophisticated staff, WebSphere has produced a product with a value which is more easily realized, understood and which can be seen on the balance sheet.
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Cloning, virtualization and Cloud computing
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Can you have cloud computing without virtualization? I don't think so. Some have stated to me that they believe a cloud could b contrived without virtualization but I don't see it. Cloud computing is all about being able to expand or contract an enterprise on demand and as a service. Without deployable virtual images there is no mechanism for doing this efficiently.
I suppose that you could argue that clouds do not necessarily include the OS or the hardware and that you could scale by use of templates and configuration files to clone systems. That is cloning. Cloning, spawning, parallel processing and other mechanisms for creating capacity and processing power dont have the scope that a full cloud implementation has. Cloud computing is an administration paradigm that may share or even employ some or all of these other techniques but can include more.
I guess the biggest thing that sets cloud computing apart from cloining or spawning is that cloud computing is a paradigm for a flexible distributed computing platform. Cloning and spawing are techniques as is Virtualization.Clouds are entire managed infrastructures where virtulized systems are simply tools and cloning is a function of products.
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Cutting through the smoke
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Dustin and I have been seeingweb sites pop up all over the place with the word 'Cloud' in the name.Everything from web based remote PC services to elastic Web Mail.
I remember in 2000when Business to Business Integration (B2Bi) was the big market buzzword. Every company in the industry was claiming to be "The B2Bicompany". B2Bi was and is not an easy task. Everyone uses and storesdata differently; sometimes even within the same company. So whathappened? Most companies could not deliver products that made the jobeasier in a more generic way and it fell to services based companies.The expense soared and the results were generally poor. XML was justgaining prominence and few "B2Bi companies" ever even heard of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange. It was how businesses shared data before the internet became so capable). Thenet result ended up being that to succeed these providers had to scaleback their claims and muddy the definition of B2Bi. Now you hardly everhear it. The need still exists and the market is robust but the buzzword faded from the lexicon.
Cloud Computing is a powerful concept and the term can encompass many different implementations that achieve Dynamic Infrastructure, On Demand Capacity and Virtualized Enterprises. However, tagging glorified remote desktops and pay-for-GB mail boxes as cloud computing will do nothing but obscure the definition, allow charlatans to deliver poor or incomplete solutions and make it more difficult to convey the value of products and services that support true clouds.
Real cloud providers should be diligent in detailing their services and the value they provide. If the smoke is cleared, the view of the clouds will remain breathtaking.
--Scott Quint
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Cloud Strata
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At the core of cloud computing discussions and cloud computing in general is the idea of virtualization. The word 'virtualization' might invoke different things depending on who you talk to but for cloud discussions many people think of virtual images: entire systems being stored even down to the operating systems. The advantages seem evident. Instead of complex deployment models you simply need to take an unused piece of hardware resource and lay in the exact pattern. The assumption is that the hardware is free an compatible but everything else is negotiable. I think, however that there are different levels of assumption within the cloud concept.
Laying in entire systems from the OS up may be way more work than is necessary. The advantage is that there are fewer constraints on what kinds of things you can depoy in your cloud. But one of the big disadvantages are that there are fewer constraints on what kinds of things you can depoy in your cloud. Sometimes, productivity is higher when your developers are given the topology parameters and when he knows what resources are going to be available.
In fact, the concept of cloud seems to infer that there are fewer assumptions needed so you will have maximum versatility. However, flexibility is an antagonist to stability and stability is needed for prodcutivity. In effect, more assumptions necessarily equals faster developement and quicker time to release. So is cloud the antithesis of productivity? No, of course not. The beauty of clouds is that you can have as many assumptions as you want.
A productive cloud model could assume specific hardware, OS and even webservers and macro-topologies. The cloud's resources could simply be avalable platforms that serve as quickly added nodes that can be dynamically provisioned within an appserver deployment.
I think cloud models can be stratfied based on the number of assumptions that are built into it. Level 0 clouds could be where the only assumtion is the that the physical machines will support the virtual images. Level 6 could be that virtual servers and resources can be cloned by template to act as expansion nodes to meet growing demand. Does this cross over into other scaling models? Yes. So what? It doesn't have to be unique in every aspect it merely has to be consistent for effective use.
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Cloud Cells
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When we talk about clouds, we tend to think of the usual enterprise with servers centralized in data centers or in server rooms. At least, I do. But why does
Cloud offers the ability to do more than web commerce. The concept of cloud can have broad implications for all kinds of parallel processing needs. Right now, there are a number of organizations from SETI to large medical research firms that use volunteers on the internet to help compute through massive computational workloads. The ability to do that on a wider scale is limited by the need to deliver more sophisticated or even proprietary software on the member systems.
What if workstations could be conscribed to be part of a cloud? When the workstation owner is not using it, the entire machine could be repurposed for another need. Then during work hours, the owner's image could be restored. Private owners could even lease their processing time and make some extra money or earn credit of some kind.
Right now I am surrounded by several multicore processor based systems. Any one of them could power a web presence for a small business. All of them could power the website for a medium business. If I maintained a small cloud using the computers of my neighbors, I could possibly lease powerful computing cycles to render the next animated movie or to compute fractal geometry calculations for climate models. If I operated between 9PM and 6AM I could deliver more than a day's worth of computing gain. What would that be worth?
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Faces in the clouds
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Clouds form known patterns of shape, consistency and color. These patterns have formal names too: cumulus, stratus, nimbus, etc. But there are also the patterns that are only in the eyes of the imaginative: a dragon, or a face, or Aunt Betty being chased by a fire-breathing turtle.
Cloud computing implementations are composed of common elements such as network servers, enterprise software, routers, etc. There will be common configurations, however, the power of the cloud comes from the idea that capacity, software, storage, etc. are delivered on demand as a service. So despite the fixed configuration that is really the connected inventory, the shapes of clouds are indeed malleable. So what shapes will we see in these clouds?
One of the most widely used examples of a cloud benefit is the greeting card company that has flat business through the year except for specific holiday peaks. The cloud allows that company to expand their capacity for those peaks only, saving them money. In this example, the cloud is hosted by a third party provider.
But what about that nebulous provider? Such a company will still have to manage capacity and other IT services for all its customers. It has the same issues that any IT shop would have. Finite resources that have to handle all the demand. The cloud principle allows it to provision resource as it is needed, but then this provider will only be able to handle so many customers that have peak business around the various holidays other wise there is no gain. In fact I think that these providers will have to plan which kinds of business they can host to maximize their 'face' time.
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The stuff of clouds
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A cloud is more than just coalesced water vapor. If it were then fog, mist and steam would all be considered a cloud. In truth, some definitions do say exactly that. However, we communicate most effectively when words have clear and distinct meanings. If I were to ask you to visualize a cloud, you would think of the puffs of grandeur in the sky. No matter what you think of in addition, that image would be invoked. Even if you are unsure of the context, that image would be amongst the most likely possibilities. Sky clouds, as envisioned, do require water vapor but they also require air, space, pressure and light to form that common image.
What's the point? The point is that the word, 'cloud', has a commonly understood meaning, regardless of the technical or scientific details that can make that specific meaning less exclusive. No one is served by making the definition more ambiguous. Similarly, the description and components of cloud computing should not be watered down to allow every conceivable enterprise feature or outcome.
Cloud computing is a way to maximize capacity and utilization and to minimize space, maintenance and to simplify governance. It offers these benefits by employing virtualization concepts and capitalizing on the emergence of patterns in enterprise topologies.
Virtualization is not a cloud solution, but a cloud solution will require virtualization in some form, whether it be cloning or full virtual images. Similarly, parallel processing on pooled resources is not a cloud but the principles of that are important to the conception of an effective cloud. However, a cloud also requires understanding of the enterprise, a clear picture of patterns and topologies and an efficient process for managing images as distinct entities. In other words, it's not just water vapor.
Cloud computing is the product of the evolution of networks and enterprises. It requires many things that have existed for years but only now have developed to the point where we can achieve the power and flexibility that cloud computing offers. Weighing down the grandeur of the cloud concept by overemphasizing some constituent part or by understating the importance of its management and governance serves no one except for the few trying to get a free ride in the sky.
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Risk and SLAs
I recently read a post by David Linthicum in which he proposes that a key benefit of cloud computing is the ability to transfer risk from the enterprise to the cloud provider.
At first glance, this seems an obvious benefit of using a public cloud for computing resources. Cloud providers take care of the onerous task of providing computing resources across an organization. If the resources need to be updated, require critical maintenance, or need emergency action, the cloud provider will provide those services. Enterprise IT departments are left to devote effort toward delivering technological capabilities to the business. However, does any of this imply a transfer of risk?
I'd answer that question with "It depends." Whether or not an enterprise has transferred risk by contracting with a public cloud provider depends on the provisions in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) that exists between the enterprise and provider. In some cases (maybe most) the SLA simply provides a refund for a portion of the service fee based on the impacted services. This is clearly not a case of transference of risk. The loss of current and new business sustained by the enterprise during the service outage is not indemnified by the cloud provider. In this sense, the enterprise has done nothing more than transfer the management of their risks to a third party.
True risk transference can be achieved, but it means that SLAs provide both service fee refunds and business loss indemnification. During a service outage, an enterprise's risk is not the fee they are paying for the service but instead the impact on current and future profits. There must be stipulations in the SLAs to address these losses for risk transfer to have taken place.
The differences between transferring risk and risk management may seem obvious, but it does serve to underscore the importance of SLAs in the cloud computing world. Enterprises need to fully understand these SLAs in order to accurately assess the benefits of using a cloud proider. SLAs are poised to be critical in the cloud computing world, and I'm interested to see how they will help shape the competitive landscape of the industry.
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Cloudy days ahead
Recently, IBM has made its presence in the cloud computing market known with a series of offerings and partnerships that position Big Blue nicely. There have been announcements of university partnerships, new cloud services and clients, and intent to deliver IBM software with Amazon Web Services. To further cloud computing and IBM's offerings in cloud computing, teams of technical evangelists have been formed to spread the good news. I have joined one of these teams, and I'll be here from time to time to talk about IBM's work in the clouds.
Since we are just getting started, I figure it's appropriate to touch on the definition and composition of cloud computing. I have read and heard hundreds of definitions for cloud computing, and they all make good points. Nearly every single definition describes a computing solution in which resources, both hardware and software, scale up and down to meet the needs of the cloud consumer. That consumer may be an end-user accessing applications that run in the cloud, or it may be the application running in the cloud that depends on the lower layer services of the cloud. Most of the existing definitions also imply some autonomic capability in which not only does the cloud scale up and down, but it does so without administrator intervention based on policies declared by the consumer. Personally, I like many of these aspects, so I have tried to combine the elements that I think are most important: Cloud computing provides computing resources in a scalable, autonomic, governable fashion. These resources may be software, application infrastructure, or physical infrastructure, and the overall solution enables IT to be delivered as a service.
Attempting to define the anatomy of cloud computing seems to elicit as many opinions as defining cloud computing. For me, the three-layer approach sums it up quite nicely. While it's true that some cloud solutions span multiple layers, the Google App Engine comes to mind, it provides at least a reference point for the discussion of cloud products.
Looking at all three layers, it's plain to see that starting with application services, each layer builds on the other. However, that does not mean that each layer cannot be used independently of the other. In fact, companies often construct on-ramp paths to cloud computing that start with services in only one of the layers (i.e. virtualization of hardware).
So, there's my shot at defining cloud computing! To be sure, my view of the cloud has evolved over time. The more opinions and thoughts I read, the more I challenge my own view. For that reason, I'd like to hear what you think. What is the definition and anatomy of your cloud?
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|by Fancy chick
|Date Added: Saturday 28 September, 2013
I ordered this swimsuit for my 20 month old daughter I haven't put it on her yet but the material is good quality and it's so adorable!!!
|by Brittany
|Date Added: Tuesday 26 March, 2013
Very cute! However make sure u order the right size and read the fine print. Apparently swimsuits are not returnable. Never would have ordered it. Seller should really consider putting that on the front page.
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|Date Added: Friday 15 March, 2013
It's very beautiful! My daughter loves etotot 1.7 product is delighted he ideally suited to it and combined with many other things!
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Great quality, my daugther is 3 years old and she is fascinated with this swimming suit. the fabric and style are great!
|by Silvana Calderon "SCZ"
|Date Added: Thursday 06 December, 2012
Compre esta ropa de bao para mi sobrina de 3 aos, qued encantada, el print es super lindo y los lazitos rosados le da un toque de princesa!
|by Noelia
|Date Added: Saturday 13 October, 2012
Love the leopard swimsuit. Item was just a described, and my daughter looks very cute with it. It came very handy for the fashion moment with the animal prints.


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"Everything came out as expected, I love them! The paper is a high quality matte that I'm pleased with and the print is perfect. The customer service at Tiny Prints is what has more ordering over and over. My first experience was about a year ago - my sister was graduating from high school and she placed her own order and accidentally messed up some wording. Tiny Prints helped me rectify the problem quickly and kindly. With this order, I got a personal, handwritten note from Luke, which I thought was a nice touch!"
"'Grayson' is a beautiful child and his name so matched the design of this card... I had to choose it for then 10 day old, August! The added text for 'stats' was an easy edit too! :) P.S. The corners in my photo are from the screen shot... the actual card has rounded corners... very cool card and all that received it praised it!"
"This design was fun to use with the ability to upload 3 images and text boxes were simple to edit. Note: You can add to the ounces (like 9.14 oz.), by changing to 'lbs' & 'oz'. Apparently that can be important to the family! ;) Got rave reviews from those that received the card too!"
"Came out beautifully and have received lots of compliments already. Pictures look beautiful. Asked for a custom change to the back layout and was designed perfectly by the reviewer. Printed and shipped faster than promised."
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More Nutritious Brown Suger Substitute
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A nice product but be aware that it is not white in color as you might expect from coconut meat so does not replace white sugar. It is produced from the flower part of the palm and is brown, very close to date sugar in taste, with the same sort of grainy texture. A good product nevertheless.
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More Nutritious Brown Suger Substitute
Posted by Reviewer2619724 on Dec 30, 2012 | Verified Purchase
A nice product but be aware that it is not white in color as you might expect from coconut meat so does not replace white sugar. It is produced from the flower part of the palm and is brown, very close to date sugar in taste, with the same sort of grainy texture. A good product nevertheless.
Very nice
Posted by 4711883003752928730 on Oct 11, 2013 | Verified Purchase
I prefer this to regular sugar now. It has a more complex flavor and isn't as sickly sweet. As it says you can substitute 1:1 but I haven't tried it myself. Not being as sweet adjustments might have to be made. It is delicious on cereal or porridge though and only the tiniest sprinkling is needed.
Posted by LoveLife on Mar 21, 2013 | Verified Purchase
The taste is amazing. It gives such a pleasant caramel flavor! I enjoy my morning coffees more now. No kidding, a natural coffee with a caramel taste is what sets my mood for the day!
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I have never been partial to the taste of cane sugar. I have tried to find a sweetener that I love. Maple syrup and honey taste better to me than cane sugar, but this beats them all. It is a really "gentle" flavor and the most delicious sweetener I have ever tried. Wish I had discovered this years ago, and love that it is much lower on the glycemic index than all the above as well.
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Great product, convenient form of Gula Melaka
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Coconut sugar has been a staple in Malay cooking/baking and is known as gula melaka. However, gula melaka usually comes in chunky blocks which requires shaving. So this coconut sugar is a more convenient form to use, although I have to say the aroma is not as strongly sweet as gula melaka. Still, to be used as a substitute for white sugar, this is a great product~
Pretty good in taste
Posted by 4709486082225935095 on Nov 18, 2013 | Verified Purchase
but I guess this one is not as nutritious as the Wholesome one. I use this one to brew my water kefir grains. WK grains grow sooooo big and some even swim in the Wholesome with water, but in this one they are not so big and active.
Caramel-y sweetener
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Perfect for chocolate cakes or anything that can do with an added slightly caramel-y flavour.
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I only wish I had discovered this alternative to sugar a long time ago. It is so tasty in hot drinks, sprinkled on smoothy or cereal. It is also reasonable and full of goodness.
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Simplemente la adoro, pero en general adoro todo lo que provenga del coco jijiji. Excelente producto.


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Math teachers' summer collaboration with Office Online in Office 365
Enhancing information rights management in Word, Excel and PowerPoint mobile apps
New to Office 365 in July—new intelligent services Researcher and Editor in Word, Outlook Focused Inbox for desktop and Zoom in PowerPoint
This month, we are releasing a new set of cloud-powered intelligent services in Office apps designed to save you time and produce better results. These features help you improve your writing in Word, deliver dynamic presentations in PowerPoint and prioritize the emails that matter most to you in Outlook.
New to Office 365 in June—Microsoft Planner general availability, inking on Android devices, security features for Office 365 and more
June has been another busy month of updates across our Office apps on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. We reached new milestones for Microsoft Planner and GigJam. We are also introducing Office 365 Advanced Security Management, new datacenter regions and the next cumulative feature update to Office 2016.
The Deferred Channel June updates for the Office 365 client now available
New to Office 365 in April—Skype for Business Mac Preview, bringing collaboration to the forefront in Office and more
What's new in Office add-ins + IT admin and deployment updates
Heading into the last day of Build 2016, we take a look at what the updates to the Office extensibility model and Office add-ins mean for IT admins. Jeremy Thake highlights new capabilities announced at Build for both developers and users while demonstrating new deployment options to get add-ins to users directly from the Office 365 admin portal.
PowerPoint Designer—what's new and what's next
New to Office 365 in March—move from Evernote to OneNote, PowerPoint Designer updates and more
This month, our updates include a tool for migrating Evernote notes to OneNote, enhancements to PowerPoint Designer and new languages supported in Office for Mac and Skype Translator. We also have updates for our commercial customers using Skype for Business, Project Online and Office 365 video. —Read on for details on these updates.
Updates to Office experiences on Windows tablets and iPad Pro
February Office 365 updates
February has been another busy month for releases across our Office clients on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. There are a number of exciting new capabilities in Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. In addition, we released the first cumulative feature update since the initial September release of the Office 2016 apps—otherwise known as the "Deferred Channel" build—for our commercial customers.


text: I'm about 2 years late (or more) but have finally decided to bite the bullet and get a tablet. At this point, I'm leaning towards either a Samsung Galaxy or an iPad. From my very simple point of view, the advantage of the iPad is that I would have easy access to all of my music that is stored on the iCloud and since I have an iPhone, I should be at least somewhat familiar with the set up and apps. The advantage of the Galaxy is that I should be able to access my ebooks, as I currently have a Sony e-reader and have a lot of books in epub format (mainly a factor because I like to re-read books). That said, I'm not sure how much I will use the tablet for music or for reading...all my music is also available on my phone and I doubt I'll go anywhere without the phone, so I can always use that for listening to music. For reading, I can always continue to use the e-reader I have, and may even prefer to do so since it has e-ink and is probably easier on the eyes. So I'm back to having no real criteria to decide. Are there other factors I should be considering in deciding between the two? Price is not a big factor between the two - I'm more concerned with just getting the right one for my needs. Also, how much storage space do people think is needed? I'm leaning towards 32GB, although I really have nothing to base it on at this point.


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A: Congratulations on connecting with your birth siblings. To trace any Indian
blood, you need to clearly establish your connection generation by generation
to the Cherokee ancestry. This would include interviewing family members,
checking state and federal census records, probate records, birth, marriage,
and death records, tombstones, obituaries, and other records that will
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LaTale is an innovative 2D side scrolling fantasy MMORPG. The game's most prominent features are its incredibly large library of skills for each character class and its unique fast paced combat. Start your adventure in the world of LaTale by selecting one of the game's four starting classes:
Warriors– Warriors are the generic melee archetype in LaTale, they can use two-handed swords, spears, or knuckles. They are capable of dealing large amounts of physical damage, but lack strong defensive capabilities.
Knights- Knights are similar to Warriors with a stronger emphasis on defense than damage. They can use either a sword or blunt weapon in one hand, and a shield in the other.
Wizards- Wizards are capable of using staffs, knives, and knuckles. They are capable of dealing large amounts of damage with their area-of-effect spells but have incredibly low hit points and defense. Wizards can use any of the four elements; fire, water, wind and earth.
Explorers- Explorers are the 'archers' of LaTale. They are capable of using daggers, bows, crossbows, and knuckles. They deal little damage but have the fastest attack speed in the game.
Engineers – Engineers use a combination of dark magic and technology to devastate their foes.
Soul Breakers- Soul Breakers are capable of using some of the most destructive magic in the land.
- Status: Released
- Business Model: Free to Play
- Developer: OGPlanet
- Publisher: OGPlanet
- Category: Stand-alone
- Genre(s): 3D, MMO, RPG, Fantasy
- Platforms: PC
Editor's Score: 3/5
- +Plenty of customization.
- +Massive library of skills.
- +Solid interface.
- +Free to play, but not pay to win.
- +Several classes.
- +Cash shop items tradeable between players.
- +Abio Rangers! Why can't we be them? If only the gear was purchasable…
- -Clumsy controls.
- -Aggroing multiple mobs with attack skills is tedious.
- -Quests incredibly repetitive.
- -Character banners are an eyesore.
- -Deleted characters' names can't be reused.
- Recommended System Requirements:
- OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
- CPU: Intel Core i3 530 or higher
- GPU: GeForce 7 Series, ATI RADEON HD or higher
- HDD: 2 GB Free Space
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The monthly meeting will be Thursday, Feb. 16th, 2012, at 7:30, at the Dorsett Village Baptist Church, off McKelvey Rd., in Maryland Heights. MASI is open to all afishionados, whether experienced or beginner, fresh water or salt. This months speaker is one of the worlds best underwater fish photographers, Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. He comes to us all the way from San Luis Potosí, Mexico! Juan Miguel has loved fish since he can remember and has kept them steadily in home aquariums for over 30 years now. His main interest lies with the Central American Cichlids and Mexican fishes, but he is also very interested in all types of fish. He is the creator and editor of the premier website; Cichlid Room Companion. His love for computers and nature, together with the revolutionary development of Internet was too much for him to let the opportunity to create this page pass along. He has found that the maintenance of a real good home page is a life time enterprise, and he is ready to cope to that.
He enjoys traveling to the natural habitats of the fish he loves, where he obtains underwater pictures of them. He likes to observe them, trying to understand their natural history and relationships. He has managed to obtain a great knowledge on the biology and geographical distribution of the fishes in Mexico. This gives to his conferences an originality and special interest.
Juan Miguel has written many articles on Mexican and Central American Freshwater fish, mainly on cichlids, for several club and aquarium publications. He has been a lecturer in fish oriented conventions in several countries, including Mexico, United States, Belgium, Canada, England, Netherlands, Norway, France, Italy Sweden and Germany. Juan Miguel is part of the American Cichlid Association - Marineland speakers program and has been awarded the Guy Jordan Retrospective Award 2008 by the American Cichlid Association. The maximum honor this association gives to people who have done extensive contributions to the International Cichlid Hobby.
The bowl show this month is Sharks, Loaches, Eels, and Oddballs. There will also be a raffle, mini-auction and attendance prizes! Hope to see you there!!!
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My Nikon D70S has worked great for several years and all of a sudden all images are coming out with as vertical blurs. I've searched the forum here as well as other sites and can't find anyone else who's had a problem like this. I've reset the camera and no improvement.
Does anyone have any ideas on things I should be trying?
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Ive had this problem before as well. I had to call the company to get some answers. I also had a warranty on it, so it might cost money to repair. My advice would be to contact the maker of your camera, or search Google to see what solutions might be out there. To me though, it sounds like something might be wrong when the actual picture is taken. Perhaps it is a software issue.
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I understand from the all day Oracle/Sun extravaganza this week that Larry and John are now seriously touting the co-branded Oracle/Sun Exadata V2 machine. And are making claims left and right. So let's take a look at the benchmark history with this system.
Awhile back, Oracle joined with HP on the original Exadata. Then Oracle suddenly ended this partnership. The only industry standard benchmark data we even have for this system is a TPC-H result where you have to look deep to find that HP Oracle Exadata Storage Servers were used behind the 512 cores of HP blades.
The Exadata V2 system was announced in September 2009. With no benchmarks. And then of course there was The Challenge in October that we heard so much about and now hear so little. I did find a blog entry from Oracle from back in November where they said they are working on some benchmarks.
In three days it will be February. Has anyone seen any industry standard benchmarks for this system?IBM has an announcement coming very soon. I'm going to speculate that there may be some benchmarks with that announcement. Because IBM loves to corral that beast -- and really fly.
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