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Structured Programming in the Apama EPL
Posted by Louis Lovas
This is my second installment on a series devoted to the Apama Event Processing Language, MonitorScript. In my introduction to the Apama EPL I described the basic structure of the language, some concepts and terminology. I also included the obligatory Hello World sample. In this entry I'll continue that basic tutorial delving into the elemental structure of the EPL. I've decided to do this to highlight the very simple fact that the language adheres to the principles of structured programming. Just so we're all on the same page, here's a definition I found on the web:
That's a definition that is clearly irrefutable. In order for a language to live up to that definition it must have a number fundamentals. Code modularity, or developing code as separate modules. This allows for parallel development, improves maintainability and allows modules to be plug replaceable. Encapsulation is a means of hiding an implementation or inner workings of a calculation or algorithm. Lastly there are Interfaces and instances. This architectural pattern may be applied to the design and implementation of applications which transmit events between loosely coupled software components. These are just a few of those fundamentals. These essential elements of languages have been part of the scene for decades. They are present in the procedural programming languages like C and in object oriented languages like C++ and java.
Lest we forget our roots as software engineers, with all the hype surrounding CEP and their constituent domain-specific languages, it's important to do a reality-check and not get swept up and forget the basic principles necessary for creating long-standing maintainable code. Last year I wrote a piece on readability as a criteria for a successful language this is primarily based on a development language having these basic fundamentals: modularity, encapsulation, interfaces and instances.
Apama's EPL, MonitorScript has all these capabilities, as I will describe below. It's what allows us to build reusable framework components, and solutions. Which we've done so with our Capital Markets Framework and Solution Accelerators for FX Aggregation, Smart Order Routing, Surveillance, Bond Pricing, etc. These are components written in our EPL that have the plug'n'play modularity to be redeployed in multiple customers.
To illustrate this idea of structure - modularity, encapsulation and interfaces I'll use a short example of a producer and consumer. This is a common design pattern or idiom we use extensively. The Apama EPL's event paradigm extends not only to the type of CEP applications we enable but also to the nature of the language itself. If you're familiar with message passing languages such as Erlang this will be a familiar concept. Different modules that make up an application communicate with one another by passing messages (or events as is the case).
In this example I have a service or producer monitor that generates and sends Item events, a client or consumer monitor that consumes Item events and an interface for the interaction between the two. If the term Monitor seems strange, I've defined a set of terms and concepts in my introduction, I suggest a quick review of that get up to speed.
The interface to the monitor, defined below is the set of events it receives and transmits. The event definitions for these events are declared within a package name (i.e. com.apamax.sample). Apama's EPL supports java-like package names for name-space isolation to strengthen that modularity notion.
|package com.apamax.sample;
event SubscribeToItems {
string item_name;
event UnsubscribeFromItems {
string item_name;
event Item {
string item_name;
integer item_count;
float item_price;
The Item Interface is simply a set of prescribed events. Two are to instruct the consumer to start/stop receiving Items and the Item definition itself. As I mentioned it uses a subscription idiom. We use this notion extensively where a Monitor is a layer over some subscription-based service such as a market data adapter. A real market data interface would be much more extensive. Here, I've scaled it back for the sake of simplicity, but you can imagine a more robust interface including error handling and status events.
The Item Consumer.
|package com.apamax.sample;
monitor ItemClient {
SubscribeToItems subscribeToItems;
Item item;
action onload {
subscribeToItems.item_name := "sample";
route subscribeToItems;
on all Item():item {
log "Got an item: " + item.toString();
if (item.item_count > 10) then {
route UnsubscribeFromItems("sample");
log "All done.";
The Item consumer is also a Monitor in the com.apamax.sample namespace. It is a user of our event interface to the Item service and as such is interested in receiving events of type Item. The interface defines the means to do this by subscribing. The consumer simply has to create a SubscribeToItems event and forward it to producer service.
As I mentioned earlier, the Apama EPL adheres to an event paradigm as a fundamental characteristic of the language. The route statement is a means by which Monitors communicate. This is another precept and underlines the fundamentals of modularity and encapsulation.
Once a subscription request has been sent (route subscribeToItems), the consumer listens for Items events, (on all Item()). In this simple example, we're just looking to receive them all without any filtering or pattern matching. I will explore event pattern matching - both the simple and complex in a follow-up blog.
To complete the picture, the sample tests a field in the Item event and terminates the subscription if it exceeds a constant value, (item_count > 10).
|package com.apamax.sample;
monitor ItemService {
SubscribeToItems subItems;
UnsubscribeFromItems unsubItems;
integer cnt := 0;
float price := 0.0;
listener l;
action onload {
on all SubscribeToItems():subItems {
on all UnsubscribeFromItems():unsubItems {
action startItems(string name) {
l := on all wait(0.1) {
route Item(name, cnt, price);
cnt := cnt + 1;
price := price + 0.1;
action stopItems(string name) {
// do something to stop routing events
The Item producer is also in the com.apamax.sample namespace. It defines listeners for SubscribeToItems and UnsubscribeFromItems.Two events from our interface. Typically, subscriptions would be managed on a per-user basis, thus allowing multiple consumers to subscribe to our Item service. This is a detail I will outline in a subsequent installment along with a few other related features such as instance management.
Once a subscription request has been received, the startItems action (i.e. a method) is invoked to continuously route Item events to the consumer every 0.1 seconds (on all wait(0.1) ...) . Again, in a real world scenario, this particular portion of a service would be more involved, such as possibly managing the interaction to an external adapter for example.
For terminating a subscription on behalf of the client (on all unSubscribeItems()), we simply terminate the wait listener (a looping construct) set up in startItems.
- To stress that the fundamentals of structured programming are ever present: modularity, encapsulation and interfaces. Two benefits of Apama's modularity that are noteworthy relate to the plug'n'play idea I mentioned earlier. a) As typical with modular programming, revised modules can be introduced with little or no impact as long as interfaces are left intact. This is also a truism with the Apama EPL. b) Those revised modules (Monitors) can be replaced in a running system, a shutdown is not required. Furthermore, the modularity also extends beyond the boundary of a single CEP engine to multiple CEP engines in an Event Process Network (EPN) with no actual code change.
- The event paradigm is inherent in the language not just for application events but for the entire application design center.
In future installments on the Apama EPL, I'll delve into a few more of the language constructs that extend this basic idiom (multiple consumers, spawning, and parallelism).
Once again thanks for reading,


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While the initial amount awarded in 2009 was $7 million, the amount now mentioned on the Foundation's site is $7,884,847 (+12.64%). It's good news, but how and why this increase? Does it represent the interests of the invested money?
American Cancer Society - Atlanta
Date: November 2009
Purpose: to promote evidence-based tobacco control in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to prevent an epidemic of tobacco-caused death and disease in the region
Amount: $7,884,847
Term: 5 years and 1 month
Topic: Tobacco
Region Served: Africa, Global
Program: Global Health
Grantee Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Grantee Web site: http://www.cancer.org
American Cancer Society Receives $7 Million From Gates Foundation to Tackle Tobacco Use in Africa
The American Cancer Society has announced a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to coordinate and lead a global coalition of public health organizations that will use evidence-based approaches to address the tobacco epidemic in Africa.
The African Tobacco Control Consortium, whose members include ACS, the Africa Tobacco Control Regional Initiative, the Africa Tobacco Control Alliance, the Framework Convention Alliance, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, will work to advance an ambitious tobacco control agenda across the forty-six countries of sub-Saharan Africa through policies such as banning advertisments for tobacco products, raising tobacco taxes, issuing product warning labels, and promoting smoke-free environments in line with the requirements of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. The consortium will also advocate for further tobacco control resources in the region, work to protect existing laws from tobacco industry efforts to overturn them, and conduct research to improve and inform future tobacco control work.
In Africa, a part of the world where HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other infectious diseases are widespread, cancer is emerging as a serious public health threat. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, much of the rise is attributable to tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the world, but if current trends continue, tobacco use will cause one billion deaths worldwide during the twenty-first century.

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Who knew that the LifeProof waterproof iPhone case would create the blurriest phone photos due to the plastic cover over the camera lenses?
Everyone but me!
That's right. It's a thing. All over the Internet, reviews tell of this problem . The plastic cover on the phone back over the lenses gets all scratched and cannot be clear. Even if you are wiping with a microcloth meant for the task
There was one solution to the problem.
Remove it! The phone case is no longer leakproof, waterproof but I take phone photos in focus.
Here's what I'm talking about


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11 LGBTQ+ Charities to Support All Year Long
Whether you're a member of the LGBTQ community or an ally, consider donating to or volunteering with an LGBTQ charity this year
15 Podcasts from LGBTQ+ Creators to Add to Your List
Covering everything from history and politics to pop culture, LGBTQ podcasts are as diverse as the queer community.
31 LGBTQ-Owned Businesses to Support During Pride Month and All Year Long
From queer-centered bookshops to gender-diverse apparel, we've rounded up some excellent LGBTQ-owned businesses to shop throughout the year
What Does Non-Binary Mean? Understanding This LGBTQ Term and Why It's Important
Gender isn't always a straightforward issue, but being respectful about how someone identifies is. Here's what you need to know.
I Came Out After 20 Years of Marriage and Met the Love of My Life
Larry Best thought he had the perfect love and the perfect marriage, but until he found his husband and soul...


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French Open's new dates, one week after the current scheduled conclusion of the US Open, have put Wimbledon and US Open in dilemma
New York: The US Tennis Association acknowledged Tuesday that developments in the coronavirus pandemic could dictate moving the US Open, now scheduled to start in August.
But the American federation said it wouldn't determine any new date for its flagship Grand Slam without consulting the other major championship organizers, the International Tennis Federation and the ATP and WTA tours.
"We recognize that such a decision should not be made unilaterally," the USTA said in a statement -- a scarcely veiled jab at the French Tennis Federation which announced earlier Tuesday it was moving the second Grand Slam of the year, the French Open, to September 20-October 4.
In postponing the event originally scheculed for May 24-June 7, the French Federation apparently declined to consult other stakeholders in the sport.
The chosen dates, one week after the current scheduled conclusion of the US Open, caught the ATP and WTA by surprise.
They conflict with the Laver Cup in Boston, where Europe's top players are scheduled to take on a World team.
Roger Federer has already committed to the event.
The US Open, the final Grand Slam on the calendar, is scheduled to run August 24-September 13 at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
"The USTA is continuing to plan for the 2020 US Open and is not at this time implementing any changes to the schedule," the USTA said.
"These are unprecedented times, though, and we are assessing all of our options, including the possibility of moving the tournament to a later date."


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Architectural Artisans Toronto Builders and Contractors
Custom Mosaics [Stone/Wood]
Lotus Blossom Stone Mosaic - Foyer
One of the oldest and most important symbols in Asian philosophy and spirituality, this inlaid stone showpiece rests in the entrance foyer of a home in Toronto, Ontario.
Lotus Blossom Stone Mosaic
Its subtle palate, sensuous curves and exquisite workmanship exemplify our approach to functional art.
Lotus Blossom Stone Mosaic - center
The smooth curves of the lotus' petals are complemented by the intricate core of the blossom.
Lotus Blossom Stone Mosaic - Crafting
A great deal of mind and soul was invested in the design of the Lotus Blossom mosaic.
Homage to the Sun - Stone Mosaic
Stone mosaic floor Design. Light and dark shards splay outward, cast away from the center like rays of light. "The Sun rules the day" [Anthony Smith]
Homage to the Sun - Centerpiece
From its core, shards of light are born. Hidden around this abstract pattern lie four faces. Can you see them?
Sun Recording Studio
This design/pattern has been orientated to the earth's axis. An abstract pattern dominates the center, and around the center lie four hidden faces in profile - one face for each direction - Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast.
Tsunami - glass tile mosaic
Designed for Brian Gordon - Rest his soul. Wheelchair access bathroom and shower.
Tsunami - walk in shower/bathroom
Glass tile waves viewed from mirror as seen from outer hall.
Shattered Stone Mosaic
This pentagonal shower enclosure incorporates many of the guiding principles of Architectural Artisans Design Philosophy. A careful balance of aesthetics and functionality were applied to this design.
Shattered Stone Mosaic - Detail
A floor drain at the center of the design appears to interrupt the surface of the stone sending jagged shards outwards. The center of the drain is the very nucleus of the design and the shards radiate outward with equal proportion from the radius point.
Sunlight - Sundial Wood Mosaic
Sunlight strikes through two windows, splaying the sun's rays across the room. This design functions like a sundial.
Sunlight - Wood Mosaic
The pattern features polarized, light and dark shards of wood arranged concurrent with the wood grain direction opposing outwards.
Before Sun - Sundial Wood Mosaic
This project proceeded with the inclusion of a complex patterned, custom designed, piece of functional art.
Mosaic Floor and Wall Designs
These are all original designs from Anthony Smith


text: Juergen Kahrs Issue #75, July 2000 All that is real is reasonable, and all that is reasonable is real. —G.W.F. Hegel, 1770-1831 Scientists and engineers were among the first to notice what a powerful combination the Linux kernel and the GNU tools are. Thus, it is no surprise that it was the sober scientists who started replacing expensive supercomputers with ...Read More »


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The 2010 Moab River Rendezvous was held under sparkling sunny skies from November 11 to 14 and featured a one-day float trip on the Colorado River, numerous lectures and films, and a gathering of scientists and river enthusiasts. I was honored to be the Keynote Speaker on Saturday, Nov. 13, with "Carving Grand Canyon". This lecture was very well received and has been revamped to include the latest findings on how the Grand Canyon formed. Pictures of a lecture are not that exciting but look below to see how the river trip worked out!
(You can also read about and see photo's from my posting on the 2009 Moab River Rendezvous here).
The trip took place on Friday, Nov. 12 and put-in at the Hittle Bottom ramp near the Fisher Towers. One of the highlights of the Rendezvous was the participation of three historic replica boats from the 1950's. Here the Flavell and the GEM (replicas) take to the water at the put-in.
Gus Scott and Richard Quartaroli stand in front of the Flavell before she was launched on her maiden voyage
One of the highlights of the trip for me was seeing geologist Peter Winn again after nearly 18 years. On my very first Grand Canyon river trip in 1976, Peter was an ARTA boatman who shared a story about transgressing Cambrian seas. I remember the proverbial "light-bulb" going on for me at that moment and knew that geology was what I wanted to pursue after hearing his stories from the rocks.
Myself with Peter Winn at the lunch stop
A picture of me with Bill Bishop, a colleague from our days as boatmen with Worldwide Explorations
Here is a shot of the two main organizers of the event - geologist Tamsin McCormick and Director Michael Smith of Plateau Restoration. PR does great work rehabilitating beaches from exotic plant invasions and placing students in conservation positions and careers. They are the main sponsors of the River Rendezvous. Board member Leif Johnson looks on from behind.
River historian Roy Webb (University of Utah) looks at a piece of driftwood on the lunch beach. But this is not just any old piece of driftwood - it is a piece from the old Dewey Bridge upstream on the river. In April, 2008, the bridge caught fire and was destroyed. You can read about this historic loss here.
Michael Smith examines some of the hardware that was used to identified this historic piece of driftwood. He proposes to raft this piece of history back to town where it can be preserved as a part of Moab area history.
Now for the geology part! I took this picture from the boat beach which shows rounded river boulders resting on an outcrop of the Cutler Formation. Across the Colorado River and far in the distance are the Fisher Towers, fantastically eroded monoliths cut into the same formation.
The La Sal Mountain laccolith received a dusting of fresh snow just a few days before the Rendezvous began. These spectacular mountains provide much of the scenic charm found everywhere in the Moab area. They formed when magma spread laterally within sedimentary layers and cooled into a dense rock called trachyte. This all happened between 28 and 22 Ma. Relatively recent erosion has removed the once-enclosing sedimentary rocks and left the intrusive rocks in these peaks. Not visible from this angle is Mt. Peale, the highest point in the range and considered the highest point on the entire Colorado Plateau at 12,726 ft. (it barely beats out Mt. Humphrey's on the San Francisco Peaks at 12, 633). To read more about laccoliths see my previous postings on the Henry Mountains and other Plateau laccoliths.
Fantastic outcrops of Triassic rocks near Castleton Tower. Aprons below consist of the Moenkopi and Chinle formations, The towers are cut into the Wingate Sandstone. To see photo's of Castleton Tower from the open doors of a helicopter look here!
Eroded rills in the Moenkopi Formation along the Colorado River near Moab
The trees were still showing gold in Moab at this late date. All of the fall colors out west are a little later than normal this year.
Jason Hughes takes the oars of the GEM while boat builder and river historian Tom Martin looks on (left) with his wife Hazel (right). The 2010 Moab River Rendezvous was a great success. Plan on attending it in 2011!


text: Skateboarding brand Etnies have created the ultimate ocean-view room at the Casa Del Camino Hotel in Laguna Beach, California. The theme of the room tells the skateboarding story, from its roots through to design and Etnies new eco-friendly approach through Pierre Andre Senizergues' leadership. Some of the interesting details in the room include the sink inspired by the skate hot-spot in Orange County – the Chicken Pool, art pieces by Mike Manzoori and four complete skateboards provided by Etnies to use for cruising down the streets of Laguna Beach.


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Album Review – Steve Earle's "So You Wanna Be An Outlaw"
Steve Earle isn't just your average aging thinning-hair post-mainstream relevancy Americana dude who was kind of big in the 80's. At 62-years-old, he's probably the youngest guy who can legitimately claim honest ties to the original country music Outlaw movement of the 70's. As an understudy of Guy Clark and Rodney Crowell, whose fresh face and stringy hair can be seen sitting around Guy Clark's kitchen table in the iconic Heartworn Highways documentary, the Texas native wasn't there when it all went down, but he arrived shortly thereafter, and took the spirit of shaking up Nashville and making the music you want straight to heart when he released those early records on a major labels and had legitimate Top 10 singles with songs that were essentially socially conscious Southern rock anthems.
If Steve Earle would have died in a grizzly motorcycle accident after releasing his third record Copperhead Road in 1988, we'd be petitioning to put him in the Hall of Fame right now. He would've been bigger than Townes Van Zant, and maybe even Keith Whitley as a guy that went out in a blaze of glory before his career was every allowed to thrive. But Earle didn't die, and so we were allowed to see his demons surface in public view, his misdeeds play out in headlines, and frankly, watch his career and creative output take ebbs and flows that leave history's judgement of him still inconclusive.
Steve Earle doesn't have skeletons in the closet, they're all right out there in public display. Yet he's also inclined to criticize others, even though he lives in the mother of glass houses. Steve Earle inflicted more collateral damage releasing So You Wanna Be An Outlaw than an 80's Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie, taking to task Hayes Carll, Richard Buckner, Noel Gallagher, and who knows who else yet to surface as further interviews get transcribed. You would think with all this hazing, Steve Earle's new album would be darn near perfect, right?
But it's kind of a mess. Yet so is Steve Earle, and that's what a lot of his fans like, and what they come here for. The preamble to this record was how it was inspired by Waylon and the other Outlaws, but aside from a few songs, that's not exactly what I'm hearing here. Steve Earle knows better than anyone that all of these lunkheads who fly the "W" and think that all Waylon ever did was release half-timed songs with phase guitar that hard cuss Nashville are completely off base, but that seems to be the primary direction Earle points his nose when evoking Waylon on this record.
"So You Wanna Be An Outlaw" comprises the opening song and title track, and is frankly hard to follow. Too wordy and somewhat disjointed, you're worried when listening to Willie Nelson's contribution that the poor man's gonna run out of breath and tip over trying to keep up with Earle. Willie's been having breathing issues, you know. Hopefully they didn't start by him trying to wheeze his way through the rapid-fire pentameter of this song.
"The Firebreak Line" is only 3-minutes, but Steve Earle makes it feel like six trying to satiate himself enough to stop screaming "Cuttin' out a fire break line!" with undaunted rapidity. The hot shot firefighters that Earle is attempting to canonize here are fighting a war that most Americans are completely unaware of, and these young men and women are making sacrifices and putting their lives at risk in the same valiant effort as the troops. They're heroes, but this really isn't conveyed in Earle's song. It just makes them sound like single-minded grunts.
By the time you get to "Fixin' To Die," you feel like you're listening to bad Molly Hatchet. Luckily though, there are some good tracks in between, despite some production issues. "Lookin' For a Woman" isn't a standout, but it's fine, except for the fact that whomever was engineering this thing had the feeder on Earle's vocals so high the signal ended up getting fuzzed out. I'm guessing this was on purpose. Like Waylon did it? In fact as go you through this entire record, the vocal channels and guitars are all set way too high, and crackle out regularly. The Dukes are a good backing band, but they're not really allowed to shine here. Earle is able to recruit Miranda Lambert to sing on "This Is How It Ends," but what's the point of including an angelic voice if it's corrupted by bad levels and poor production?
It feels like Steve Earle fell into the same trap we're seeing all across roots music, which is the theory that music sounds better when you purposely make it sound like shit. Like the oldtimers did it. Which is completely untrue. The oldtimers were working with recording limitations at times, but they always did their best with the equipment provided. This is supposed to be Steve Earle's return to the major label world and all the accoutrements and creature comforts thereof, and it might be the worst-sounding album of his entire career. And this criticism shouldn't be taken as wanting it to sound all pretty, but you can at least keep the signals from clipping. This is recording engineering 101.
There's nothing to be done about this, though. It's baked into So You Wanna Be An Outlaw. And listening through whatever production issues, and whatever ill-advised songs that made it on the record, there is actually some good, and great material here.
"News From Colorado" finds the album's first more sedated, singer-songwriter track, and the type of sentiment you expect from a Steve Earle song. The excellent moments of "Girl On The Mountain" is the exact reason you put up with Steve Earle and all of his bullshit. And maybe I'm partial to "Walkin' in L.A." because it's a total Texas dance floor boot scooter with a true and well-written West Coast story at it's heart, and features the great Johnny Bush singing duet style. And who could quibble with Earle's goodbye letter to one of his mentors and heroes, Guy Clark, in the album's final track, "Goodbye Michelangelo."
Steve Earle is one of these characters who makes you accept the good with the bad. He doesn't make it easy for you to be a fan and sometimes it's messy, but some people love to sift through rubble in hopes of finding that shimmering gem, however unpolished. Most artists worth their salt are a little messy. They're just usually better at hiding it than Earle. Steve doesn't give a shit what anyone else thinks, like the rest of us wish we could. And that's why when it's bad, it's easier to ignore it. And when it's good, you pump your fist a little bit harder for him. He's Americana's anti-hero: hard to love, easy to hate, and happy to oblige his fans and enemies alike. But he's got your attention, and sometimes that's what matters the most.
1 1/2 Guns Up (6.5/10)
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Note: There is a deluxe edition of this album that also includes covers of "Ain't No God in Mexico," "Sister's Coming Home/Down at the Corner Beer Joint," "The Local Memory," and "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way."


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Slang Expressions with the letter 'F'
source: Maple Leaf ESL 2017年3月7日
In this lesson, fluke/fluke out, flunk/flunk out, funky, fall for, flip out/freak out, fart around, full blast, and full of it/full of shit.
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|February 03, 2017
NASA Opens Media Accreditation for Next Orbital ATK Cargo Resupply Mission
NASA has opened media accreditation for the next Orbital ATK launch of a commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Cygnus spacecraft is targeted to launch March 19, during a 30-minute window that opens at approximately 10:56 p.m. EDT.
Cygnus will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. The spacecraft will carry crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory to support the Expedition 50 and 51 crews.
Media prelaunch and launch activities will take place at CCAFS and NASA's nearby Kennedy Space Center.
All media accreditation requests should be submitted online.
International media are required to upload a scanned copy of their media visa and passport or green card with their accreditation requests. Media must present two forms of unexpired, government identification to enter Kennedy. One form must include a photo, such as a passport or driver's license.
Questions about accreditation may be addressed to Jennifer Horner at email@example.com or 321-867-6598. For other questions, or additional information, contact Kennedy's newsroom at 321-867-2468.
Investigations scheduled on this launch include an Advanced Plant Habitat, which will integrate new technology to increase overall efficiency, reliability, and robustness of plants grown on station. This experiment will build on the success of NASA's Veggie, the first fresh food growth system on station, and will provide ongoing research for the development of food production systems for long-duration exploration missions.
Manipulating cell cultures in space is challenging as the cells can spontaneously grow in 3-D. Another new investigation bound for the U.S. National Laboratory will look at using magnetized cells and tools to make it easier to handle cells and cultures, and improve the reproducibility of experiments.
The Slosh Coating experiment will investigate a special type of coating that can repel liquids when applied to container walls. If effective, the liquid repellent could be used to design more efficient storage tanks for propellant and other fluids used in space exploration.
There also will be a number of CubeSats onboard Cygnus that will be deployed from the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployment on the space station, including a NASA science payload known as IceCube, which will provide data to scientists' understanding of ice clouds and their role in climate change.
The International Space Station is a convergence of science, technology and human innovation that demonstrates new technologies and makes research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station has been occupied continuously since November 2000. In that time, more than 200 people and a variety of international and commercial spacecraft have visited the orbiting laboratory. The space station remains the springboard to NASA's next great leap in exploration, including future missions to an asteroid and Mars.
The NASA TV schedule and video streaming information is available online. Visit the agency's website for more information about the mission including launch countdown coverage and NASA's launch blog.
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Cargo Insurance
Cargo Insurance, is a type of policy that insures the loss or damage of the cargo while it is shipped in the sea/air/ground.
The Conditions covered by Cargo Insurance are as follows:
a) With Average
b) Free of Particular Average
c) All Risks
a) With Average
It covers against the total loss caused by the partial or total damage of the cargo due to the partial or total damage of the vessel.
b) Free of Particular Average
It covers against total loss and partial loss caused by the perils of the sea ( i.e, the vessel has been stranded, sunk, burnt or been in a collision with other vessels or external substances other than water, such as ice.) or covers any damage caused at the time of loading or uploading of the cargo. It also covers General Average Sacrifice rules. ( such as sacrifice of the cargo for the benefit of saving the rest during a storm. )
c) All Risks
The broadest form of coverage. It covers all risks of physical loss or damage from any external causes irrespective of percentage. Institue Cargo Clauses (All Risks).
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"I think we have this profound misrepresentation around personal films being small," said Cecilia Aldarondo, one of three filmmakers of personal docs who spoke at IFP Week 2017. The panel was called "When the Personal Gets Political and the Political Gets Personal." In the case of all three filmmakers' films, they're both. "I've gotten so many responses from potential funders of people who think that way. They hear 'personal' and they hear 'small.' They think it won't have an audience. With these projects, I think we've demonstrated that's not the case. If we're dealing with questions of social change and […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 22, 2017
If there's a common thread that runs through any truly original work, it's this: The creators saw something that wasn't in the world, so they created it themselves. You hear that a lot in independent films. You also hear it, increasingly, in TV now too. The lines separating cinema and television are getting blurrier. For further proof, witness Julie Klausner's appearance at IFP Week 2017. Klausner is the creator of Difficult People, which is not a movie but a hit TV show on Hulu. But the way she approached her TV show sounds a lot the way indie filmmakers talk […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 21, 2017
So you've made a film. Congrats, but you're not out of the woodwork yet. You may never be. The four filmmakers and one producer who appeared on the IFP Week panel called "On Working (and Staying) in Indie Film Today" had vastly different stories to tell about how they turned movie-making into an actual job. The biggest name on the panel was Gillian Robespierre. Having directed and co-written the indie hits Obvious Child and this summer's Landline, she has more stability than most in her field, having parlayed those successes into TV work on top of a future making her […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 21, 2017
Cenk Uygur isn't happy Trump got elected, but he is fine with stealing parts of his playbook. Not the bad moves — just the ones that are, arguably, good. As the main host and co-creator of The Young Turks, a progressive show which began on Sirius and now lives online, Uygur is after the same slice of the populist pie as the president he so despises. Cenk Uygur isn't a household name, but perhaps he should be. He is, literally, internet-famous. The Young Turks gets 200 million views a month, meaning he has more fans than a Wolf Blitzer or a Joe Scarborough. […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 21, 2017
When Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit came out this summer, some charged that it shouldn't have been made by Kathryn Bigelow. Critics, including rogerebert.com's Angelica Jade Bastien, felt that the story — about ten Black civilians (and two Caucasians) tortured and, in some cases, killed by racist white cops during the 1967 Detroit riots — should have been told by Black filmmakers. These commentators argued that Bigelow and her screenwriter Mark Boal, both white, not only lacked the perspective to get the events right; they also ran the risk of aestheticizing suffering and the destruction of Black bodies. This is not a new […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 20, 2017
If you're a filmmaker, it may seem like the city is your playground. It's not. Everything costs money. Every public space you want to shoot in requires permits and insurance. It all requires planning, hard work, negotiations, or simply lots of pleading. One issue that's cropped up in multiple talks during IFP Week has been this: What do you do when you want to shoot in a place of business? How do you get a bodega owner or a restauranteur or the owners of a giant mall in Flushing to let you run around with cast and crew, even though […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 20, 2017
Directors Josh and Benny Safdie and cinematographer Sean Price Williams go way back. Their latest collaboration, the crime thriller Good Time, is the trio's fourth joint effort. They're not only used to each other; they've also been through some real shit. The Safdies love to work rough and tumble, filming most of their movies — including Daddy Longlegs and Heaven Knows What, both shot by Williams – on the streets and apartments of New York, feeding off and bottling up the city's uniquely chaotic energy. For Good Time, they even dragged a big name, Robert Pattinson, along for the ride. To get […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 20, 2017
Sean Baker is amazed some people still think he's a new filmmaker. That implies that he's young. On the contrary. "I'm old," Baker remarked during his talk at IFP Week 2017. (Or at least he's 46.) Back in 2015, Tangerine put him on the map. And it was shot on an iPhone 5S, which made him seem like some millennial who'd never even heard of a Bolex. As it happens, Tangerine was his fifth film. The others weren't obscure; Four Letter Words, Take Out, Prince of Broadway and Starlet were all acclaimed. (He also spent years as the co-creator of […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 19, 2017
The highpoint of Dee Rees' IFP Week appearance was a complete surprise. There to discuss her latest feature, the Sundance fave Mudbound (hitting theaters and Netflix on Nov. 17) with Buzzfeed film critic Alison Willmore, the Pariah filmmaker waxed nostalgic over one of the films that most inspired her to take up the craft: Sugar Cane Alley, Euzhan Palcy's 1983 César-winner about life in a small village in Martinique during the 1930s. Rees' mother had it on VHS when she was a kid, and she would watch it over and over again. "That was before I understood what a director did," […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 19, 2017
Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski know what IFP Week is like. They know what it's like to pitch a passion project. They even know what it's like when time — in Jenkin's case, several years — elapses between features. When the writer/director and producer, respectively, of Moonlight swung by this year's Filmmaker Talks day at IFP Week, it was a kind of victory lap. After all, their last film together took home three Oscars, including Best Picture, on top of a towering pile of other accolades. But they used their talk with moderator Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker's Editor-in-Chief, to remember when life was […]by Matt Prigge on Sep 18, 2017


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CTP Due? Are You Wondering What QLD's Four Biggest Insurers Generate In Insurance Premiums?
Recently we reviewed the annual results for the 2014- 2015 Motor Accident Insurance Commission's annual report. We noted that within QLD the four big insurers generate close to $1.5 billion in insurance premiums and from that huge amount, only 750 million is paid out in claims. The total pool of motor vehicle claims in QLD totaled 6,734. An average claim therefore totaled approximately $111,375.
Each claim is different, some worth more than this average and some worth less. When clients ask us what their claim is worth, we are able to give ball park figures based on our experience. However, each claim is unique and this ball park figure can often become distorted by the evidence we discover during the claim process.
So taking that figure of $750 million which is paid out in claims, we have untangled the results to provide a further breakdown from the percentage of the claim payments into the areas of a claim to illustrate the main components of a motor vehicle claim.
Economic Loss (loss of income from work) – 48%
This area is the main focus of any claim therefore there are a lot of categories of clients that are disadvantaged in a claim despite receiving the same injury as another claimant, if they do not prepare their claim in a way that represents the loss suffered, there claim will be significantly reduced.
General Damages (pain and suffering experienced) – 11.2%
There is a real stigma in the community that they should be adequately compensated for the pain and suffering that an injured person received as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Unfortunately the 2010 Government reforms reduced the amounts of compensation that can be awarded for pain and suffering or loss of amenity of life which resulted in this damage being significantly reduced in claims.
Legal Costs (contribution to legal fees & evidence costs) – 15.6%
This figure is another result of Government reform as the threshold that needs to be reached for an injury claimant to obtain a contribution towards their legal costs continues to increase each year thereby becoming more difficult to obtain. That said, it is still being obtained however without expert in personal injury law, it would be difficult to reach the upper threshold to receive a higher settlement thereby receive the contribution.
Medical/Treatment – 10.5%
This is a payment to reimburse for medical treatment or rehabilitation or future medical costs.
Care (Medical and Gratuitous Care) – 9.1%
A lot of people do not know that they are entitled to claim gratuitous and/or paid care that is required due to a motor vehicle accident. Gratuitous care is the care provided to a person without receiving payment and can include domestic care, nursing services and general services that aim to lessen the consequences of the motor vehicle injury.
Other – 5.6%
This can cover other areas such as interest and tax.


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GTA community theft problem big issues for mod-makers how site staff can learn from me
Theft affects the GTA community and gives an bad rep to Asian communities of modelers
Its like the GTA-SA community theft of model dispute with Japanese modelers it always has to be one person to fuck shit up for everyone else this is the mod makers worst nightmare you can't even turn your back thinking if your mod will be edited and put back up on release or if your ped model gets posted on other sites hence why there are hardly any anime here except dragon ball , one piece , one punch man , SAO , pokemon all the mods here are mainly skins and scripts what a shame looks like we have to copyright our work from now on the theft issue deterring many Japanese modelers from producing new anime models thus giving Japanese an image on how they feel about the west lets not forget they have forums similar to here where they discuss about the western community in general from deciding to make models to releasing demo versions of the games that gets put for sale to discussing about how they feel about the west not crediting them for their release of models
An bad image gives Japan an idea how bad the community is if people really want to see more anime here I suggest convincing the Japanese modelers to give the west another chance and forgive it takes a few bad people to screw it up for everyone mean while I came across a forum lately they say the western community gotten out of hand lately due to their models being released without the author's constant so they going to be real strict on the west meaning getting models to convert to GTA 5 will be harder they won't accept "Let me use your model I credit you" they want an oath its like an contract basically states you must follow their guidelines or they will restrict you from using their model in videos lets just say you own an youtube channel with an model of theirs in your video they will copyright your video or ask you to remove the video and not use their model
Don't assume your out of the clear of their sights
Your Japanese friends may tell the modeler about your social profiles including pages you could be live streaming an video while they watching your live stream without you knowing it
Now is the time to ask the Japanese community to forgive and give another chance
Give reasons why you want forgiveness , be truthful to your words , don't lie to them in general
Script mod makers needs to put an lock on their scripts
Releasing an script is like an player ped model this site doesn't got an option to allow authors to put an password and people who wants to use the script have to ask and wait the author to allow permission and asks if the script going to be edited after you give someone the password and asks what propose is it going to be used for
Improving the image of GTA community by reaching out to the Japanese modelers who has distrusted the west
Improving one's image is an key to getting modelers to make/ produce models you know reaching out to Asian communities tell them that this community is good and they should release their models because we love modding gta 5 and making videos , live streaming explaining that here takes copyright issues seriously if someone reports someone for copyright infringement the release of the models/ mods the accused person release of the mod gets rejected with an notice of [Violation of Terms of service policy] and may lead an IP bans perm depends on how bad it is in general
Chatrooms are one way site mods and admins can discuss about ideas with the community
Feed backs are good it lets the public give opinions this opinion benefits the staff in general as well as the community why not have an chatroom that helps
Realism theft issues no problem how about we do tests with two different versions of GTAV Torrent and steam
Side by side comparison of both mods and if the author says someone stole his work claims are true the accused person's released version of mod in question gets rejected and the accused person may get blocked from uploading models for 24 hours with an warning from the staff if the accused person repeats the same offense an instant ban is placed
Harassment is not acceptable now is the time to be serious
Hey we get reports a lot if someone gets harassed the site staff can give an warning to the offender who is harassing someone its an 2 strikes your out game 2nd warning will be more serious it explains the offense the user committed is unacceptable in the community restrictions last from 3 days to an 1 month or 3 months to 6 months depends how serve it is the 3rd strike is an perm ban and ip ban IP ban blocks the ip entirely so any account the offender makes prior to the first one getting banned gets banned automatically blocking out access hell one can't even sign up to the site any more or sign in thus the offender is more likely to move away and never come back
Time for hire aka hire some more new site mods
More staff on deck means faster response time lets just say your an admin and your staff lives in NA and EU you may need people from Asia and SEA to keep the forums running while you sleep at night you can actually benefit from having 24/7 on duty site mods quicker response time to reports sent quickly , checking the threads faster and accurately for well wrong topics to rants to etc you have no idea what might happen there could be an drama thread while the staff here sleeps and people makes reports of it but the staff is sleeping so an active 24/7 on duty staff is important to handle the forums
Admin and Moderators needs an facebook page discussing about ways to improve their image , talking about the feedback they get in general to handling complaints about staff mishandling
An page for the site admin and moderators would be helpful if the admin gets an complaint about one moderator in question the admin can asked the moderator who was accused what happened and what caused the conflict in general it could be anywhere from mishearing what was said to misunderstanding they discuss how to improve the community's image and convincing Asian modelers to produce models for the community and talk about how to improve their service to the community
May need to keep watch for other GTA modding sites
Just because you assumed your model is used for entertainment proposes you need to make sure your model doesn't end up on another gta modding site if I were you I just check other gta modding sites just to be sure your model is not uploaded there
Surveys are staff's best friends
Why not make surveys for people to state their opinions on how the staff is handling things in general you know rate them on performance by star ratings this gives staff an idea how the public feels and how the staff can do to improve for the community
Okay. Who is this guy? Where has he come from? What's with the "Japanese-are-offended-so-ask-for-forgiveness" write-up he's got going on here? And why does he embody/represent a 'Japanese modding community' that that thinks they're the first people to be robbed of credit??
It's trash when someone steals your model, but man, the Japanese Moders are not the only one haha, and I never seen any anime model ported to gta v. Just like 3. Also, you can lock your model with zmodeler. And give us the names, we won't know by magic.
@cirno69 said in GTA community theft problem big issues for mod-makers how site staff can learn from me:
your staff lives in NA and EU you may need people from Asia and SEA to keep the forums running while you sleep at night..
Actually this Forum has two moderators from Asia, me and @FoxtrotDelta.
@Spud You know, I respected this person's first post and commended them for their attitude but for someone to post all this, yet also has to post duplicate threads because they have a friend who can't even export models, I am starting to lose that sense of respect.
In all honesty, I have followed Japanese culture for all of the 30 years I have been developing games and for a long time before that. Never in all that time, have I seen any one person represent that culture in such a hostile and negative way as this. If this Japanese modeling community believes that this person is their best ambassador, then I would say that community has a problem much bigger than the protection of their models.
There are already people on this site that do a fine job of representing the Asian modding community. So I would suggest that this person loses their god complex and spends some time observing people like @Akila_Reigns and @FoxtrotDelta to get a better grasp of how to conduct yourself on the site and how to become positive and important parts of this community.
I am actually very tempted to start up a conversation with someone called Jun'ya Ōta, who I am sure this person knows. See what he thinks of how his work is being touted round the world in such a fashion. It's always interesting to hear a fellow developer's opinion when their product/creation/IP is being advertised/promoted in such a hostile way.
And that's the thing that this person has no understanding of... when you take someone else's IP (because let's not forget, Touhou is nothing to do with this poster, it belongs to Jun'ya Ōta) and you go on this type of campaign, not only are you degrading the modeling community that you are allegedly representing but you are severely tarnishing the image and reputation of that IP. Does this user have the right to do that? Have they been given permission by Jun'ya Ōta to represent his IP on modding forums in such a way? It would be interesting to find out.
I mean, can you imagine if Team Shanghai Alice wanted to expand into Europe and the US and then discovered that this person had been painting such a terrible picture of what they represent? Suddenly your vocal actions start to have financial consequences for the IP that you are supposed to be protecting... and that's something that most developers will not tolerate. I know we used to be forbidden from partaking in any activity on forums, that could be seen to negatively affect the company or IP we were involved with. It has huge implications for the company.
And that's the other side of communities like this, that this person fails to recognise... it's not just all full of users and modders, it has developers in it as well. And whilst this person might be seen to be speaking for the modeling community, their actions are also being watched by the people speaking for the development community. And in instances like this, where we see one person speaking for a company they have nothing to do with, we will also take action to make sure that company knows about it.
@LeeC2202 I picked up on his zmodeler help as well.
I think this guy is a lone ranger unofficially part of the Japanese group he speaks for/of. He wants Touhou characters in GTA V but the Japanese group refuse to and say "No" because of previous bad experience. Hence, he wants help with Zmodler 3 to export his own Touhou models under the alias of a "friend".
Conspiracy theories....
@Spud Well that was the weird thing, his requests were for help in exporting from 3DS Max. Anyone who knows anything about GTAV modding, would know that exporting for the game has to be done with ZModeler3.
You can export from Max to get objects for ZModeler to use (I know that part because I had to ask Oleg to re-write part of the OBJ importing to work with some XPS files I've got... it had a problem with absolute paths for the matlib) but you can't export from Max straight to GTAV... AFIK. If you could do that... that would be the dreams of many modders come true.
Now exporting from 3DS Max is as about as easy as it gets, it really is... so if that's the stumbling block... We will have to see what appears.
@LeeC2202 True. I'm sensing a beginner. A very green beginner in modelling and GTA V modding


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Nothing like some feel good House music to kick off your week in the best way possible. Biggie Smiles is a new school Los Angeles group who have already turned some heads with their prior releases. Their last release to date is "We Wanted Love" featuring Mylen that came out last week and it will have you nodding your head along to it. Aside from the silky instrumental made by BS, the vocals sung by Mylen remind me of a laid back, R&B heavy Drake song. Give "We Wanted Love" a spin, it's an impressive introduction to their music.
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These Teens Are Responding to the Charleston Shooting In The Most Beautiful Way
Dylann Roof committed an act of terrorism last week when he opened fire on the congregation at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. As would be expected, the nation largely reacted to this horrifying event with sadness, disgust and calls for action. Today, teens across the country are constructively channeling these reactions in the form of a virtual poetry slam called #MicCheckRacism.
After more than 26,000 members of their organization expressed their feelings in response to the shooting, DoSomething.org decided to encourage teens to explore their own experiences with racism through the art of poetry.
"Slam poetry has been used as an outlet for people to talk about serious, personal issues, in a creative and expressive way," Michaela Bethune, the organization's education campaign associate, explained to Mic. "Art has the power to break down complex, serious issues," she added, and sharing their experiences in this way allows members to "provide their peers with a compelling and digestible way to understand sensitive issues."
Several teens are heeding this call, harnessing the power of social media to express their experiences and frustration.
"No one deserves to be judged based on their ethnicity or race," 17-year-old Kooki, who shared a poem titled "I Count..." on YouTube, told DoSomething.org. "It needs to be acknowledged that it's happening and that it causes pain."
"Not even five [minutes] before I found Do Something, someone on the street yelled 'go back to Mexico' at me," 16-year-old Ana, who shared the poem "Borderlandia," told the organization. Growing up Mexican-American, she added, "I would always feel like I was being watched and followed because of who I was. At times I felt afraid. I realize now I'm not the only kid who has gone through this."
Plenty more are tweeting their poems under that hashtag #MicCheckRacism.
"We've already seen participants express relief in finding a creative way to share their oppressive experiences, and find solace in feeling less isolated by reading the poems and stories of others," Bethune told Mic. While all are invited to join this virtual poetry slam today, Bethune added, she hopes that all who do so come "with an open mind, and a willingness to learn about experiences other than their own."
Beyond this inspiring poetry slam, it seems that in the aftermath of this horrible incident, these are the exact tenets we would all do well to incorporate into our lives every day — and these courageous teens are leading by example.


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Measurement and interpretation of gas phase formaldehyde concentrations obtained during the CHABLIS campaign in coastal Antarctica
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Gas phase formaldehyde concentrations were measured during the 2004-2005 CHABLIS campaign at Halley research station, Antarctica. Data coverage span from May 2004 through to January 2005, thus capturing the majority of the year, with a wintertime minimum of near or below the instrumental detection limit rising to between 50 and 200 pptv during the austral summer. Factors controlling HCHO concentration include local chemical sources and sinks, and exchange with the snow surface. The measured seasonality is in line with previous observations from Neumayer station, with maximum in summer and minimum during the winter months, but with lower absolute concentrations throughout the year. The gas-phase production of HCHO was dominated by methane oxidation and a steady-state analysis showed that reactions of iodine and bromine species substantially reduced the predicted HCHO levels based upon in situ chemistry. This indicates a substantial additional HCHO source to be present that could be explained by a snowpack source.
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SAN DIEGO – He's at it again! Harrison Ford has landed in yet another place he probably shouldn't have – on top of the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier in downtown San Diego, now a museum that, prior to Ford's epic devastation, housed an extensive collection of aircraft.
According to museum workers, they heard a loud buzzing and when they looked up they saw Ford's Aviat A-1B Husky. "He was just blazing in like the damn place was his own personal taxiway!" said one employee. "But we do at least two Ford Landing Drills a year, so we were mostly ready for him."
Ford, seeming a bit flustered in his ground call to air traffic control – whose number he says he keeps on speed dial, blamed the incident on an Alexa malfunction in the cockpit.
ATC: Harrison, mah man! How goes it?
Ford: Well, could be better. How's Mary and the kids?
ATC: Good, good. Jimmy got in a fight the other day with that 4th grader I was telling you about last week.
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Ford: Yep.
ATC: So, you know I gotta ask…
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ATC: Oh, dude…
Ford: Yeah, well, anyway, I was talking to my dog, Alex, who I adopted after we made the recent super bowl commercial together, about how fun it would be to land on an aircraft carrier. Alexa misunderstood and just took over the controls. There was nothing I could do.
ATC: You know the media is going to have a field day with this one.
Ford: *sigh* In hindsight, I probably should have picked a different name for the dog.
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Not to put any needless preasure on the Dev team... But would it not be nice if you guys did something about the AI settler issue ?
When i build a settler and create a town, it's consumed into the town. But the AI's settler is not, and they can use it unlimited times apparently.
Please do something about this problem sooner rather than later.
I've noticed this more than once as well. I suppose it could be rushing a new one immediately.
Holy fuck, that is a big issue, never noticed it before. The AI does seem to have tons of these, I guess that's easy when they don't get consumed. Are you 100% sure this is going on?
I have seen an "army" including the facion leader, 2 normal army units and 1 settler. They built a city and the same "army" continued onward including the settler.
Hell of a nice find. Been playing in beta since the beginning and hadn't heard of this before. Wonder if we just weren't paying close enough attention or if this is new?
Fascinating ... I never suspected this to be the case
Well they just founded a new city and what can you do in a city? Rush units. Like pioneers. If I had a pile of gildar and a lot of land to settle, bloody sure I wouldn't wait patiently for sixteen seasons for a new Pioneer unit to be trained.
The population requirements for Pioneer units should increase, basically.
they already had another settler walking towards the spot . If that is the case and they rushed a new settler...I guess they have a VERY high inncome. This was very early in the game too. I wasn't even earning enough to just rush stuff so how can the AI do it. Seems very convinient
Yeah, but I don't know -- I'm going to trust the OP here because it would explain the HOARDS of settlers camping in a remote region of my little empire last night.
I will say this, it would be nice if the AI would move-on once it gets to a resource and finds it occupied. Right now they're like my dogs standing looking up at the tree all day waiting for the squirrels to come down.
One thing I hated about War of Magic was the army of settlers, one after the other, after the other..., the never ending settlers.
I'm surprised to see that a settler issue persists with FE.
In WoM the settlers were like zombies, they would attack cities and there would be millions of them.
Also...how could they rush a settler at start if they first have to research technology which allows rushing?
No matter what the player does, they DO have to wait a few dozen turns before they can rush anything...
Only 10 turns if you cast Inspiration on first city.
You can get the civics tech as a faction bonus for free, though.
Yes, but what I'm saying is, that the AI usually doesn't get the Civics or casts Inspiration, yet they can complete stuff incredibly fast in first turns of the game...so, yea...I believe something there is suspicious.
perhaps th edev's could run a few test games where settlements have to wait 2 turns before they can start producing anything. It is possible the immmortal pioneer unit is actually an immediately rushed one. But i believe people have reported this behaviour with outposts as well.
The AIs could be making those units as spies or keeping a lookout for other areas, since they dont take any upkeep and only 1 population to make it as well time too. And of course the AIs couldnt find a suitable place to settle and ended up idled in some places.
Which is why when I'm at war with an AI and they send pioneers at me, I kill them the turn that I spot them. Gilden likes using that strategy so he can figure out where to send his overarmoured minions.
I have seen the AI do this, and I decided that it was rushing new pioneers (I play on ridiculous with AI with more than 100000 Gilden. I never bothered keeping track of how much cash they have left)
I started doing it myself, and it works great. It's the way I expand whenever I have wealthy. Build a pioneer, explore, find a spot, settle, and rush a pioneer who keeps exploring.
I've reported a similar bug to the OP a ways back.
It would be interesting to me to know if the cities being founded without the expenditure of a pioneer were at 30 population instead of 3?
With regards to rushing I think it was very improbable in my case (using cheats you could check the saves I posted to see if the faction expended an appropriate amount of gildar but I'm pretty sure that it didn't...). Turn 30 on beginner, I think at epic pacing. Given that Magnar recruited a champion I'm not sure where he got the cash from. Further that pioneer went on to found several cities before it disengaged from the army and got gobbled by a monster. Maybe there was enough money for one rush but certainly not for another 6-8 turns later, and another after another 6-8 turns.
As far as I can work out the trigger is having a pioneer grouped with other units in an army, although it is possible that one of these units needs to be a champion.
Frogboy didn't understand the problem. In another post he claimed to be skeptical since he could not reproduce this. Maybe he could have loaded the saves. Should rename him Ostrich.
I remember seeing this brought up before 1.01. Probably was feelotravellers' post. I would agree that it might be that the AI still has access to the sovereign's Settle ability, which gets confused by the settler, and the AI uses the Sov's rather than the Settler, so it gets unlimited uses.Easy way to test this Dev side would be with some kind of spawn command and pop them straight into the army. Or tell the AI its a good idea to put a settler in an army with a sovereign and make settlers super tanky or another workaround to stop them dying.
It may be a little too early to tell, but I modded in some population consumption for building shit, and that has pretty much stemmed the tide.
Build the bodies into the walls! Let no slave go to waste!
Just watched the Kraxis do this in a game. It's no wonder the AI manages such stupid expansion rates.
I don't know if building an outpost will actually use up an AI Pioneer, it's worth knowing.
I must admit I've had this suspicion before when newly settled AI cities had a settler in them but never investigated enough to work out if it was a bug or just that the AI army came along with two settlers in it.
We looked into this. The pioneer is being consumed correctly. Either the AI is rushing or there were multiple pioneers in the stack.
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…to Harvard or Stanford or wherever you think he should go. And it will cost you only $45,000.
By Penelope Wang, Money Magazine senior writer
September 19, 2007
(Money Magazine) — To improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her freshman year (cost: $800).
She gets tutored in math ($1,400), takes an ACT prep class ($900) and participates in afterschool enrichment activities ($1,350). Then there's the good-will mission to Belize she went on last spring ($1,375) and the classes she took this summer at the University of Salamanca in Spain ($7,000) in hopes of further buffing her résumé.
Total spent to date: $12,825.
"It's not about the money," says her mom Cathy, who had to tap Caitlin's 529 account to pay for her study abroad. "The stress is, oh my gosh, will my child get into the college she wants?"
Welcome to the admissions arms race. In an era when fewer than one out of five applicants are accepted by top schools and media hype about the crazy competitiveness of getting into college has whipped families into a frenzy, parents face a difficult question: What price are you willing to pay to boost the chances that your child is the one who gets in?
The answer lately seems to be, whatever it takes. To give their kids an edge over the competition, families are shelling out thousands for costly college prep services, from private SAT tutors and college advisers to enrichment trips to exotic locales (trek through Tibet, anyone?).
Add it all up and you could easily spend the cost of a year of college just getting your child into college.
Are all these high-priced extras really necessary? Well, there's no denying the fact that it's tougher than ever to get into elite colleges. After all, there are more high school seniors competing for the same spaces – some 3.2 million last year, up 28% over the past 10 years.
But what's really fueling the madness is what you might call the admissions industrial complex. This loose assortment of interests, ranging from one-person consulting outfits to test prep giants to the colleges themselves, stands to benefit by convincing you that your child's future depends on going to a brand-name school.
"College admissions has grown into a multibillion-dollar industry," says Lloyd Thacker, head of the Education Conservancy, a nonprofit group that seeks to reform the admissions process. "And it preys on the anxiety of parents and kids."
Worst of all, this angst is unnecessary. Truth is, there's a large element of randomness in the admissions process at elite colleges (unless you're planning to donate a building).
Moreover, research shows that your child will do fine in life as long as she has a fulfilling college experience — and that doesn't require a brand-name degree.
Here's what you need to know about how the admissions industrial complex works, the behind-the-scenes players who wield influence over the admissions process and the best way to target your college prep dollars.
The parent traps
The marketing barrage typically begins early in your child's high school career. Solicitations from college counselors and other handlers start flooding your mailbox, and you have to evaluate what they're selling and whether it works.
Test prep and tutoring
Forget the old days (that is, your day) when hiring help to prepare for standardized tests meant paying a couple of hundred dollars for an SAT review class that you took with a bunch of other kids.
Today the $2.3 billion test prep industry, dominated by Kaplan and Princeton Review, offers a bewildering array of services at different prices. There's online review ($99 and up), big classes (typically $1,000) and small groups ($1,500), as well as one-on-one tutoring (20 or so sessions for $2,700 to $8,000, depending on the tutor's experience).
There are also a growing number of local companies that cater to upper-middle-class and wealthy families who are willing to pay even more.
Consider Advantage Testing, a tutoring and test prep firm with offices in New York City, Houston and 12 other areas. Rates range from $80 to $165 for a typical 50-minute session, but top tutors charge $500 or more. To hire company founder Arun Alagappan, a former lawyer, you pay attorney-like fees of $685 a session. But he is booked two years in advance.
The fees might be worth it if the tutoring actually delivered results. There's no way to know for sure, however. Although the prep companies say that coaching increases scores by about 100 or more points (for the old two-part SAT), there is little independent research to back up their claims.
In any case, a chunk of the purported increase may be attributed to what's known as the practice effect — studies show that scores increase 30 points on average between a student's junior and senior years as repeat test takers become more familiar with the kinds of questions asked.
And while some kids do rack up much higher scores after tutoring, others like Lianna Bishop, now 21 and a senior at Marquette University, don't go up a point. And while some kids do rack up much higher scores after tutoring, others like Lianna Bishop, now 21 and a senior at Marquette University, don't go up a point.
"The course cost us $600," says her mother Jo Ann. "After that we thought, this is not what we should be spending our money on."
Private college counseling
Wouldn't it be great if someone could tell you exactly what to do to get your kid into Yale? Enter the private college consultant, whose ranks have doubled to 3,000 in just the past three years or so, reports the Independent Educational Consultants Association in Fairfax, Va.
For a typical fee of $1,500 to $3,300 for a year or two of guidance, these coaches will assist you in drawing up a list of colleges, advise on the application process and even help choose which high school courses to take.
Just how qualified they are for the task varies: Although many are former admissions officers or high school counselors, increasingly parents whose only experience is shepherding their own kids into top schools are hanging out shingles as well.
Then there are the superstar counselors, such as Katherine Cohen of Ivywise in New York City or Michele Hernandez of Hernandez College Consulting in Weybridge, Vt. They charge up to $40,000 for several years of guidance.
For this deluxe service, Cohen will videotape mock college interviews to help students polish their social skills. Hernandez draws up reading lists for students as early as eighth grade. Both claim that the overwhelming majority of their clients get into their first-choice colleges.
For students who don't get adequate college counseling at school – and that's the case at many public high schools – a good private consultant can be helpful. But given the low acceptance rates at top schools, there's no guarantee that even the most expert coaching will help your kid go Ivy.
The records of superstar consultants look impressive in part because they often take on only the students who are most likely be admitted to elite colleges. And hiring a consultant may even backfire, since admissions officials can often spot kids who are packaged.
Says Tom Parker, admissions dean at Amherst College: "When a kid who hasn't done any community service for 17 years suddenly becomes beyond Gandhi-like, you know something's going on."
Summer enrichment classes
An eye-catching, wallet-draining exotic travel program or summer session at an Ivy League college can seem like a great way to make your kid stand out on a college application. Certainly the strategy has become more popular as the sell has gotten that much harder.
Just consider the range of choices: At Harvard's summer program, your child can attend seminars on the Holocaust or Bob Dylan ($8,000). Through Lifeworks, she can do community service and environmental work in the Galapagos Islands ($5,000). And the group Where There Be Dragons will arrange for treks through Tibet or study of rural development in Guatemala ($6,000 to $7,000).
All of these can be terrific experiences. But a teen tour won't move your kid to top of the admissions pile. "We know about these programs," says William Fitzsimmons, admissions dean at Harvard. "A kid in eighth grade goes off on an exotic experience that eventually becomes the subject of an essay — we see a lot of that."
Which undercuts the rationale for the expenditure — separating your child from the pack.
The good news is that a bright kid who lives a normal life can still get into a good school. Josh Rosenthal, now 20, spent summers during high school at a small family-run camp in Huntingdon, Pa., where he biked and did community service work with disabled children — just because he enjoyed it.
"I really didn't think about putting my summers on my college applications," he says, though he did end up including them. Josh applied early to Emory University and got in.
Behind the scenes
Colleges help stir up the admissions frenzy, hoping to appear more selective. They commonly game the ranking systems in two ways:
Enrollment management
Using predictive modeling software, enrollment managers try to figure out how likely it is that particular students will enroll based on demographic factors, academic records, projected majors, financial aid required and even how often they call or e-mail the school.
These techniques help colleges boost their yield — the number of accepted students who actually enroll.
But what's good for the college isn't necessarily good for your child. A student who isn't expected to enroll may be rejected, despite being more qualified than others, to avoid bringing down the school's yield numbers.
"I had a top student interested in science wait-listed by a liberal arts college, even though it was less selective," says Jon Reider, a college counselor at San Francisco University High School. "When I asked why, the enrollment manager told me, 'Our models predicted he wouldn't come. Boys who like science don't go to our school.' He ended up at Skidmore."
Marketing and recruiting
As early as sophomore year of high school, the deluge of college brochures, postcards and other mailings begins — about 200 in all, on average.
Taking a cue from credit-card issuers, some schools even send top students prefilled fast-track applications, known as "snap apps," which imply, but don't promise, acceptance. To further boost their appeal, schools are spending on everything from website upgrades to podcasts to recruiting trips by admissions officers.
All told, college marketing expenditures are growing at a 5% to 10% annual rate, hitting nearly $1.5 billion last year.
Granted, a struggling liberal arts college may need a splashy marketing campaign to boost enrollment. And even well-known schools must spend heavily on recruiting to attract the best students possible.
But there's a hidden agenda in these recruitment drives – they lead to a higher rate of rejections. "The college's goal is to boost application numbers so they can lower their admit rate," says Rachel Toor, a former Duke admissions officer and author of Admissions Confidential.
The lower the acceptance rate, of course, the higher the college ranking. That, in turn, will attract even more applicants, which only increases your child's chances of being rejected.
Your plan of attack
So what should you be doing to ramp down the stress and the spending yet still ensure that your child gets the best education? Try these strategies:
Pick the schooling, not the school
The crazy competition for freshman slots is actually confined to about 150 schools — in particular the top 50 in the "U.S. News & World Report" college rankings.
But there are more than 2,200 four-year institutions in the country, which accept 70% of applicants on average. Many parents steer their kids toward elite schools thinking that a brand-name B.A. confers a crucial advantage.
But if the student is bright, she'll do just as well as an Ivy grad later in life even with a degree from a less selective college. That was the finding of a 1999 Princeton study that looked at the outcomes of students who'd been accepted at an Ivy or similar college but chose to attend a less selective school. But if the student is bright, she'll do just as well as an Ivy grad later in life even with a degree from a less selective college. That was the finding of a 1999 Princeton study that looked at the outcomes of students who'd been accepted at an Ivy or similar college but chose to attend a less selective school.
That doesn't mean you should discourage your child from aiming for an elite school. But be realistic – deluged by applicants, admissions officers have a tough time making meaningful distinctions among them. At the top colleges, says Toor, "you could take the entire admitted class, wipe it out and admit the next group of candidates, and you wouldn't see much difference."
If you look beyond the Ivies, moreover, you will see that there are many schools, especially small liberal arts colleges, where your child can receive an education that rivals or even surpasses the Ivy League.
"At the Ivies you may be taught by a teaching assistant, while at a small college you can become friends with the professor," says former college counselor Loren Pope, author of "Colleges That Change Lives."
These schools are also where you'll find some of the most innovative offerings. Says Bruce Hammond, co-author of The Fiske Guide to Getting into the Right College: "The less well known colleges have led the way in developing programs such as study abroad, great internships and opportunities for doing advanced research that you wouldn't find at an Ivy."
Target your spending Instead of throwing money at any service that promises to ease your kid's path to Dream U., figure out the specific kind of help he needs most, then look for reasonably priced options. If your child lacks expert college guidance, a private consultant can make sense, but you may need only one or two sessions to help draw up a list of suitable colleges, vet essay topics and create a calendar that sets out a work-flow plan.
For test prep, look for free review classes through your school or consider a group class instead of pricier one-on-one tutoring.
This low-cost approach worked for Rose Cao, 18, from San Diego. "We had advisers and free SAT classes," says Cao, who applied to 15 schools. "We couldn't afford the kind of guidance that others had, so I had to prepare the essays on my own."
She was accepted by 12 colleges and is now a freshman at Harvard.
Be strategic in applying
By doing a bit of research, you and your child can come up with a list of colleges that he or she would be happy to attend, including safety schools where your kid's grades and test scores are above average, match schools that are a natural fit, and reach schools where the odds of acceptance are lower.
But if your child has a first choice that might be considered a safety school, he should let the admissions office know – that way he won't be rejected by the school simply to prevent yield numbers from falling.
Follow your student's lead
The best strategy of all, says Cigus Vanni, college counselor at Cherry Hill High School West in New Jersey and a former Swarthmore admissions officer, is to support your child's interests by investing in activities that help her explore them — whether that's studying oceanography or making films.
"Colleges look for kids who have demonstrated a passion for learning and achieving that feels authentic," says Vanni. "And that's what's going to carry your kids through life after graduation."
In the end, where they go to college won't determine how far they'll go.
Additional Reporting by Asa Fitch and Ingrid Tharasook