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Robert Burke's home on the web.
I upload photos to Flickr. I'm old school like that.
If it's Autumn, it must be time for TechDays again here in Canada. This year I was Microsoft Canada's Content Lead for the "Real-World Patterns for Cloud Computing" session.
The Toronto flavour of the event has been taking place yesterday and today.
The Cloud Computing presentation focused on scenarios involving where we use the cloud for compute, storage, and scaling (of both compute power and storage). It looked at a real-world case study using Windows Azure Worker Roles, and multiple Azure Storage account (leveraging Blobs and Queues – Azure Table Storage and SQL Azure are other stories for other presentations).
Here's the basic demo path (as pictured above):
1. Efficiently upload content to the cloud
2. After upload, add message(s) to Azure Queue indicating to a Worker Role there's content to process
3. Use a Worker Role to read messages from the Queue and process the uploaded content
4. Show how to scale the whole thing – both storage (if it exceeds 100TB, the limit of an Azure Storage Account), and compute (if there is too much content to process by a single Worker Role).
The focus of the talk was on incorporating good practices (and avoiding gotchas) throughout this process. We started with some simple code that uploaded content to the cloud and processed it using a worker role, and then modified the solution to incorporate a number of improvements. Then we slammed the whole thing with a heavy load and used the Windows Azure Dynamic Scaling Sample to monitor the growth of the queue and scale up and down accordingly.
(This last part addresses what is certainly one of the most frequently asked questions I get about Azure – does it scale its computing automatically, and if not, how do I do so? The Dynamic Scaling Sample provides one very configurable and suitable solution for automated scaling of Azure computing.)
If you were at TechDays and are interested in the sample code, please contact me and I'll send a link. You may also be interested in Microsoft Evangelist Wade Wegner's presentation from TechEd2010, which he delivered with Jerry Schulist from the Tribune Company. I'm indebted to Wade and Jerry for their excellent presentation and their pioneering work with Azure.
If you're interested in Azure and cloud computing, you almost certainly will be interested in following what's going on this week in Redmond at Microsoft PDC 2010. The entire conference will be streamed online – follow that link for a slick schedule and some nice .ics links so you can add talks of interest to your calendar.
[Update, 29 Oct 2010: There were indeed quite a few announcements related to Azure at PDC2010 – check them out!]
Thanks to everyone who came out – I really enjoyed the day and that was probably the best post-presentation Q&A session I've ever had, even if Joey had to "Kanye" me off stage again when question time ran out! My compliments to the MS Canada team – they have the choreography of these large-scale tech events down to an art.
I'm looking forward to presenting this talk again in Ottawa on November 9th for the TechDays Ottawa event.
I must admit, at first I had my doubts about whether or not I'd be cycling Kalgoorlie. I visited the Museum of Western Australia and found this remarkable precursor to the modern Cervelo, built with wheels from old boxes, "tyres" from old meat tins, and forks fashioned from mulga wood…
I must admit, at first I had my doubts about whether or not I'd be cycling Kalgoorlie.
I visited the Museum of Western Australia and found this remarkable precursor to the modern Cervelo, built with wheels from old boxes, "tyres" from old meat tins and forks fashioned from mulga wood (whatever that is).
Consider this detail of the chainular region, which back in the day would have been wrapped with – would you believe – a "chain" made of bullock hide (whatever that is). One can only wonder how the fate of Andy Schleck in this year's Tour de France would have been altered if he'd opted for this legacy technology.
The exhibit noted that this woody relic had been "pushed" from Southern Cross to Mount Barker back in the gold rush days. Being a Canadian and generally unaware of distances here in the outback, I had to have a peek at the map to discover that this represents a distance in excess of 2,150km, which, I am sure you're aware, is about the distance from Vancouver to Winnipeg.
So what excuse did I have, visiting Kalgoorlie and not getting onto a bike myself?!
I proceeded into town and found the local cycling shop, Hannan's Cycles. If you need cycling gear in Kalgoorlie, Hannan's Cycles is the shop you're looking for. A gentleman named Brian there very kindly loaned me a road bike they had in the back. I will be forever in his debt, for not only did this act of generosity give me access to a bike made out of modern materials, but he'd also tuned it up ready to go for a cycle out of Kalgoorlie!
I started by visiting the vast Super Pit, this massive gold mine just outside of town. In fact, I was there just in time to see the day's blast! This pit is insanely massive, and only getting bigger: the viewing platform I was standing on is due to be demolished shortly as the open pit expands towards town.
So off I went down the Goldfields Highway to see what I can see. In Toronto I sometimes lament not having a long enough stretch of road to (safely) attempt a series of intervals. Here, this is not an issue. The road went on into the bush for as far as the eye could see.
And not only that, but look at the shoulders. They were great, and traffic was forgiving.
However, I will never complain about Canadian trucks again. I learned a new term in Kalgoorlie: "Road Train."
These Road Train mothers of all truckers legally stretch up to 63.5m in length and just when you think they've finished passing you, there's an improbable amount still coming to whoosh by.
The Goldfields Highway follows the route of the pipeline that provides water to Kalgoorlie from Perth, which itself is a storied engineering feat. It's hard to imagine life in the goldfields before it was bringing water out here. (I mean, how could you lug the weight of water over that distance without having to drink all the water you were carrying?!)
Feeling in need of a little extra life, I considered a short stop at 2-Up. Actually, I found out afterwards that this is not in fact a Super Mario Brothers reference in the middle of the bush, but instead a now-defunct casino whose name references a popular Australian gambling game played with two old pennies. (I was given a set by some thoughtful Australians I met in town.)
And what trip to a mining town would be complete without a visit to the explosives reserve? Actually, I kid — they wouldn't let me anywhere near a room this full of explosives! This is an exhibit at the Mining Hall of Fame showing what the explosives would have looked like during the same era that the above mulga wood bicycle was bleeding edge.
I suppose that, in a pinch, the very resourceful cyclist of yesteryear could have whittled their mode of transportation into a fuse, ignited the explosives, and found some gold like the hot stuff pictured above, which could then have be used (in conjunction with time travel), towards the purchase of a new Cervelo.
Can you pull off a cunning stunt like that with a carbon fiber frame? I dare say you could not. I rest my epic case.
Legend of the Greasepole has been ported to Silverlight 4 and reincarnated on http://greasepole.net.
Greasepole is the long-suffering
game about multimedia tribute to the inexplicable Engineering traditions at Queen's University in Canada. Over 50 students contributed to the project back in the day.
There's a significant AI component to Greasepole – the autonomous "frosh" characters have models for learning and communicating with one another.
A couple of years ago I ported it from C++ to C# and XNA. I abstracted out a series of services (graphics, sound, input, timer, persistence) so that it might ultimately be ported again to a platform like, say, Silverlight or something. Why? I don't know, maybe I'm a little obsessed with the illusion of preservation.
The Silverlight 2 version was a bit shaky. Silverlight 4's hardware acceleration and bitmap caching make it pretty solid. It is also awesome to hear from friends that it apparently works on the Mac.
I also added a little analytics. Although it should probably be said that the Greasepole event largely defies analysis, the game itself does not, and so this is the first time I can let someone poke their head in and see how the froshies are doing all around the world.
Back in the day, the worldwide best time was in excess of a mere 53 minutes. But I had to learn that by way of Sean Murray (class of '05; wonder where he is now) sending me a screenshot. Now the interwebs will tell us immediately. (Admittedly, it's not a fair fight against Sean, because the frosh are now permanently in "keener" mode, and the Options screen has been replaced by a dozen trendy Achievements for you to "unlock").
So get going stalling those frosh, and my question for you is – what statistics would you like to see?
"Number of pints Al 'Pop Boy' Burchell has quaffed?"
"Number of hippos fed"?
"Height of human pyramid vs time"?
I am going to enjoy cooking up visualizations for some of those.
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Letter: The pillaging of Pisgah
The pillaging of Pisgah
Editor of the Reformer:
It is with great sadness that the state of New Hampshire is preparing to begin another commercial timber harvest in Pisgah State Park, starting Dec. 15, this time at the Horseshoe Road access .. a popular and beautiful spot for visitors to enter the Park.
Among the areas being cut are a large section of a more mature, established older hard wood forest with a striking large, old stone wall meandering through the landscape, as well as a very expansive area running along side the Old Chesterfield Road, a lovely entrance that leads you into the Park from the parking lot. The cut will also pass by historical sites, including old chimneys and foundations of homesteaders who built houses and worked the land.
Is this illegal pillaging of a people's park? According to documentation dating back to the 1960s when the state applied for land and water conservation funds, the purpose of this Park was to keep it in a wilderness state for recreation. We wonder if the LWCF funding would have been granted had the state requested the money for a state reservation where commercial logging would regularly occur? Would matching funds to purchase the properties, a number of which were acquired through eminent domain, have been provided for a "Working Forest" through the National Park Service? Is that the plan the Executive Council and the Governor signed on to?
We as a group have been gathering signatures to challenge the state's intent to log in Pisgah (64 percent of the 13,400 acres has been designated for logging) and many folks were surprised that commercial logging can take place in a state park. Should the state be able to log a people's park? Without consent of the people?
There is also great importance and need for some forests to be permitted to mature, to become "old forests." But don't take my word for it. Come hear Tom Wessels (faculty emeritus, Antioch New England and author of "Reading the Forested Landscape") speak about why old forests are important. He will be at Centennial Hall, Alumni Center ( corner of Main Street and Marlboro Street), Keene State College on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m.
For more information regarding Pisgah State Park and the government's plans to do commercial logging please visit us at www.pisgahdefenders.org and learn about our plight and even consider joining us to stop the Pillaging of Pisgah.
If you'd like to leave a comment (or a tip or a question) about this story with the editors, please email us. We also welcome letters to the editor for publication; you can do that by filling out our letters form and submitting it to the newsroom.


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Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:50 PM
hue (4,949 posts)
Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is
If the pictures of those towering wildfires in Colorado haven't convinced you, or the size of your AC bill this summer, here are some hard numbers about climate change: June broke or tied 3,215 high-temperature records across the United States. That followed the warmest May on record for the Northern Hemisphere the 327th consecutive month in which the temperature of the entire globe exceeded the 20th-century average, the odds of which occurring by simple chance were 3.7 x 10-99, a number considerably larger than the number of stars in the universe.
Meteorologists reported that this spring was the warmest ever recorded for our nation in fact, it crushed the old record by so much that it represented the "largest temperature departure from average of any season on record." The same week, Saudi authorities reported that it had rained in Mecca despite a temperature of 109 degrees, the hottest downpour in the planet's history.
Not that our leaders seemed to notice. Last month the world's nations, meeting in Rio for the 20th-anniversary reprise of a massive 1992 environmental summit, accomplished nothing. Unlike George H.W. Bush, who flew in for the first conclave, Barack Obama didn't even attend. It was "a ghost of the glad, confident meeting 20 years ago," the British journalist George Monbiot wrote; no one paid it much attention, footsteps echoing through the halls "once thronged by multitudes." Since I wrote one of the first books for a general audience about global warming way back in 1989, and since I've spent the intervening decades working ineffectively to slow that warming, I can say with some confidence that we're losing the fight, badly and quickly losing it because, most of all, we remain in denial about the peril that human civilization is in.
When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. But to grasp the seriousness of our predicament, you just need to do a little math. For the past year, an easy and powerful bit of arithmetical analysis first published by financial analysts in the U.K. has been making the rounds of environmental conferences and journals, but it hasn't yet broken through to the larger public. This analysis upends most of the conventional political thinking about climate change. And it allows us to understand our precarious our almost-but-not-quite-finally hopeless position with three simple numbers.
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Response to hue (Original post)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 01:59 PM
JoeInNy (20 posts)
1. Obama didn't attend
" Last month the world's nations, meeting in Rio for the 20th-anniversary reprise of a massive 1992 environmental summit, accomplished nothing. Unlike George H.W. Bush, who flew in for the first conclave, Barack Obama didn't even attend. "
That's because Obama has been all talk and no walk since he took office.
He has become a living example of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Response to JoeInNy (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:59 PM
broiles (943 posts)
3. Perhaps a new troll.
Response to JoeInNy (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 06:03 PM
The Stranger (11,297 posts)
6. Why should he? He can't do everything. And, besides, . . .
. . . it's too late.
It is no longer a question of stopping the extraordinary changes we have wrought. It is now and forever more will be a question of what those changes will be.
Response to hue (Original post)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 02:27 PM
GreenPartyVoter (67,335 posts)
2. Excellent piece!
Response to hue (Original post)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 03:47 PM
qb (5,924 posts)
4. A great article, with one inconsequential gaffe:
"3.7 x 10-99, a number considerably larger than the number of stars in the universe"
The number quoted is extremely small. Its inverse is extremely large.
Response to hue (Original post)
Tue Jul 31, 2012, 05:02 PM
AverageJoe90 (10,745 posts)
5. It's never totally hopeless........
This is a decent piece, to be honest, but parts of it come off as a little too pessimistic.
Are we in danger? Yes, undoubtedly so. Could global civilization potentially go thru some shrinkage? Yes. Could hundreds of millions of people, especially in South America, Africa, and Asia, face starvation(or even more of it if it's already an issue)? Yes.
Does something need to be done? Yes, undoubtedly.
But is humanity going to become extinct, as some have claimed? Absolutely not. Is Earth going to turn into Venus? Of course not.
Is Nature powerless? Absolutely not.
Response to AverageJoe90 (Reply #5)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:11 AM
NickB79 (13,338 posts)
10. Too pessimistic?
If we hit 6C by 2100 (which is now looking to be the most likely outcome), we'll be lucky if we maintain a population of 1 billion people globally by then. It also makes it unlikely most of global civilization will survive as more than tribes living in the wild.
Hell, one study found that at current rates of warming, HALF the planet could be completely unlivable for humanity within 300 years: http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/half-of-earth-will-be-uninhabitable-by-2300-study-says.html
Much of the climate change debate has been about whether the world will succeed in keeping global warming to the relatively safe level of only two degrees Celsius by 2100. But climate change will not stop in 2100, and under realistic scenarios out to 2300, we may be faced with temperature increases of 12 degrees or even more. If this happens, our current worries about sea level rise, occasional heat waves and bushfires, biodiversity loss and agricultural difficulties will pale into insignificance beside a major threat - as much as half the currently inhabited globe may simply become too hot for people to live there.
Response to NickB79 (Reply #10)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 03:30 AM
AverageJoe90 (10,745 posts)
12. We don't know that yet.
While it is indeed an unfortunate possibility that cannot be ignored, there is also the possibility that things may finally start getting done again, and we may be lucky enough to indeed not go far beyond 2*C (3-4*C may occur, though, if the feedback theories come into full fruition).
Even better, there are indeed ways that we can reverse the temperature trend, without having to resort to geo-engineering(which is itself, risky) or other extremes....though sadly, it may take a long time for governments across the planet to get that memo......
And, do keep in mind these scenarios were presented as 'worst-case'.........
Response to AverageJoe90 (Reply #12)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:21 AM
NickB79 (13,338 posts)
13. The Arctic will be ice-free within 8 years, maximum
This year is looking to be a new record low for ice volume and extent. And when the Arctic melts away entirely, the methane frozen in the tundra, billions of tons of it, will begin to percolate out. Well, more than it already is, since they've found lakes BUBBLING with escaping methane already in Siberia and Canada.
And when all that methane, which is 20X as powerful a greenhouse gas as CO2, hits the atmosphere, it will create a positive feedback loop from which no amount of fossil fuel cutbacks or geoengineering (short of a nuclear-war induced nuclear winter) could stop.
So no, there really is nothing left we can do at this point to stop global warming from becoming an unprecedented disaster. All we can do is prepare as best we can and hope for the best.
Response to NickB79 (Reply #13)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:16 PM
AverageJoe90 (10,745 posts)
14. I'm not quite buying into this particular methane feedback theory.
In fact, it kinda smells off to me(I honestly don't care who may have written it!), and we don't need any more overly crazy quantum theories considering that our enemies and their denier cohorts still have plenty of resources.....no, what we need are cold, hard, facts, and nothing but facts. We give up on this now, and we WILL see a worst-case scenario of global warming.
If you think I've been too optimistic, I don't think hundreds of millions of people possibly dying from famines all over the world or parts of cities(or even whole cities!), like Miami, Calcutta, Copenhagen, or Sydney possibly sinking into a shallow ocean counts as any sort of optimistic, but the last thing we need is defeatist attitudes, because the conspirators WILL take advantage of that; and unfortunately, this includes the attitude that we can't stop this, which, frankly, just isn't true, and in fact, I hate to say this, but this problem has significantly contributed to our lack in progress in halting and reversing unnatural change, especially in a time where it's been sorely needed.
Perhaps you may have lost hope, and that is understandable. But again, if we give up now, then the bad guys will win for sure, and at least some of the realistic worst case WILL come to pass. We have to keep fighting, no matter the cost, or however hopeless things may seem.
Response to AverageJoe90 (Reply #14)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:24 PM
NickB79 (13,338 posts)
15. Believe what you want. I look at what the science says
The fact that methane is 20X as potent as CO2 is undisputable.
The fact that methane levels in the atmosphere have risen dramatically is also undisputable: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2009/04/25/204015/noaa-methane-levels-2008/
Sharply rising methane levels have been implicated in most every major rapid warming spell in Earths history, as Nature (subs. reqd, excerpted below) explained in a report last month. The report, on what they called a ticking time bomb, warned the vast stores of methane a potent greenhouse gas could be released from frozen deposits on land and under the ocean.
And based upon the fossil records, there is more and more evidence that the Permian Mass Extinction, in which 90% of all life on this planet went extinct, was due in large part to a massive methane outgassing that caused global warming on an unprecedented scale: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/08/030828071722.htm
Methane Thought To Be Responsible For Mass Extinction
ScienceDaily (Aug. 28, 2003) EVANSTON, Ill. -- What caused the worst mass extinction in Earth's history 251 million years ago? An asteroid or comet colliding with Earth? A greenhouse effect? Volcanic eruptions in Siberia? Or an entirely different culprit? A Northwestern University chemical engineer believes the culprit may be an enormous explosion of methane (natural gas) erupting from the ocean depths.
Those are the cold, hard facts, as unpleasant as they are.
Response to NickB79 (Reply #15)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 02:18 AM
AverageJoe90 (10,745 posts)
16. So do I.
I don't, of course, doubt that methane is more powerful than Co2, or that it may have played a significant role in the last major extinction.
But is a Permian-type feedback really all that imminent, or unstoppable for that matter?
TBH, though the main problem I had with you reply was that you seemed to imply that we can't stop global warming now. We CAN. We already have solutions, in fact. It's just that our government is still too bought out by certain interests to do anything full-steam, and that HAS to change, or we are in bad trouble.
Response to AverageJoe90 (Reply #16)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:51 PM
demwing (16,916 posts)
20. + a bunch /nt
Response to NickB79 (Reply #15)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 01:41 PM
demwing (16,916 posts)
17. "A Northwestern University chemical engineer believes..."
does not fall in the realm of facts.
The article you cite is full of "might" and "could" and short on ""did" and "proven"
Response to demwing (Reply #17)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 04:02 PM
NickB79 (13,338 posts)
18. There's plenty of peer-reviewed data if you care to look
For example:http://www.livescience.com/3807-global-warming-worst-mass-extinction.html
The evidence for a warming planet back then is pretty solid based on studies of continuous volcanic eruptions in an area known as the Siberian Traps. As the planet warmed, large amounts of frozen methane gas under the ocean might have been released to trigger runaway greenhouse warming, Ward said.
"It appears that atmospheric oxygen levels were dropping at this point also," he said. "If that's true, then high and intermediate elevations would have become uninhabitable. More than half the world would have been unlivable."
Atmospheric oxygen, now at about 21 percent of the content of air at sea level, dropped to around 16 percent during the Great Dying, evidence suggests. The effect would be like trying to breathe atop a 14,000-foot mountain.
Response to NickB79 (Reply #18)
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 07:50 PM
demwing (16,916 posts)
19. I'm not contradicting any science
but even your supporting evidence is filled with vague terms. "might have"s and "if true"-isms dominate.
In the end, I side with DUer AverageJoe90: "the main problem I had with your reply was that you seemed to imply that we can't stop global warming now. We CAN. We already have solutions, in fact."
Response to hue (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:48 PM
Uncle Joe (41,519 posts)
7. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, hue.
Response to hue (Original post)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:52 PM
canEHdian (62 posts)
8. Don't Worry
We'll give you great deals on food as the breadbasket moves north.
Response to canEHdian (Reply #8)
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:12 AM
NickB79 (13,338 posts)
11. Too bad you don't have nearly enough fertile land
I don't think we'll get very high yields growing corn in the thin, rocky soil of the Canadian Shield or the Rocky Mountains
Response to hue (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 08:34 AM
davidpdx (22,000 posts)
9. Here in Korea we have had one of the warmest driest summers ever
The monsoon season was almost non-existent. Temperature have been in the 90s for a week and we are suppose to continue to have the same weather for the next few weeks.


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Just started to use Spiceworks. Seems to pick up most things(desktops) but not our core SBS 2003 Server.
I've gone though some guides about checking DCOM and WMI and I'm using the right login/password.
I've tried wmic /user:adminuser /password:mypassword /node:servername systemenclosure get serialnumber and it returns Invalid Global Switch. Testing against a workstation and it's fine.
I've just found out that putting quotes around the server name allows the above command line to work. The servers name is server-10. I cant change the server name as it's SBS running Exchange. Does Spiceworks support this name format?
ANy ideas?
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May 4, 2011 at 4:02 UTC
With the wmic test, a return of "Invalid Global Switch" probably means there is a hyphen or other such character in the computer name. Try the wmic query again with double quotes around the computer name and that might work better. (e.g., /node:"server-10" )
If you have the firewall on on this server, make sure you have the remote administration exception enabled, the WMI connection can get through (at least TCP 135) and that it answers a ping from the SW server.
May 9, 2011 at 3:23 UTC
Hi, THanks for your response.
As I noted in question there's a hypen in the name and indeed, putting quotes around the server name fixes the command line. I just dont know how to sort Spiceworks so it can query the server...
I expect this is quite common as the default SBS server name has a hypen on it.
Any ideas?
May 9, 2011 at 6:40 UTC
Just opened Spiceworks and it's found the server.
I think following the guides worked but because of the hypen in the Server name when checking the connection to the Server using the wmic command line it failed, so I thought it wasnt working right in Spiceworks when I just had to leave it a while.
It's a mystery.... :-)
May 9, 2011 at 3:32 UTC
After you re-tried the wmic test with quotes around the computer name, did you get back the correct serial number or an error? If an error message, which one?
May 11, 2011 at 2:55 UTC
With the server name in Quotes it returned the serial number of the Server.
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A majority of the gameplay is fighting monsters. Based on your choice of several classes, you battle various foes from up close or afar. The main starter jobs include bowman, mage, thief, pirate and warrior. Through later levels the classes attack skills balance out more but you will want to try to choose one that you like early on. Each class seems to be strong at certain levels but may also struggle at certain points because map layouts can work against your main attack ability. Beginners learn a few skills that can be helpful but not essential. A great benefit of the first class is that they lose no experience upon dying. Maplestory has a fairly easy learning curve and there are also tutorials for guidance as well. The only real downside to low levels is the lack of variety in clothing.
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For those of you who are looking for a more guided experience, Zero might be the way to go. (although it is a time restricted job and much more mission oriented then the rest) It has one of the best story lines in the game, voice overs during the tutorial and typically has the most rewarding quests available up to a certain level. One downside to Zero, is that the class also has the most required quests out of all the others and is limited in a few things until the long string of tasks is finished. (I would say that it is a small price to pay however, especially if you like to witness well developed plots unfold)
There is a great amount of colorful areas to explore in Maplestory. Every region has its own atmosphere with unique maps and music. Navigation can often be tricky depending on the environment. Areas with natural hazards are generally annoying but are usually worth trekking through in order to see what is on the other side. As your avatar gets stronger, you can survive more damage and therefore explore more dangerous zones. Each town has a different vibe and is normally monster free. Towns let you use one of two methods of getting around. The first method, warping (through various actions) blacks out your view and you re-appear at your destination. Depending on the distance, I prefer the second option of using the keyboard to move around. While traveling on flat ground can be slow, jumping from high platforms is fast and fun. Going against gravity is harder of course but there are ropes and ladders to help with that. Swimming is ok but not as quick as jumping off of cliffs. Nexon/ Wizet continuously updates the world and adds new maps often.
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There is a wide variety of different monsters; from cute, eager to brawl mushrooms, to beautiful but deadly androids. Maplestory has no shortage of stronger things to fight but you may get sick of fighting enemies with big grins on their faces. I would say that the action in Maplestory is similar to what you would find in a game like Wanders from YS III on the SNES. You do not raise pet monsters to fight but Maplestory is a lot like Pokemon in terms of leveling difficulty. In most versions of Pokemon, gaining levels 1-60 is fairly easy while higher than 60 is hard. In Maplestory the hard part starts at roughly level 55 or so. Every level up can be a big deal and more so if you are on the verge of mastering a new skill. There are various quests to complete, including party quests and finishing them is optional.
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Maplestory does not contain one continuous overall goal. (unless you count getting stronger) Instead the game is broken up into an assortment of mini quests. If you are really interested, you can open the quest menu during and after quests to read bits about non player characters or their problems. The advantage of this approach is that it is very easy to skip the text. The down side is that these small bits of story are extremely easy to overlook.(sometimes that is a good thing) In a game like this you should be fighting most of the time but I think that some of the reading is worth taking a look at. Several of the jobs start off with strong backstories (Resistance members for example) but lose some momentum once it becomes more difficult to level up. It is bothersome but not a huge a deal.
The missions themselves can be relatively good or bad. Usually you will be tasked with collecting a large sum of certain objects. I like to think that several quests were intended to be completed by going to the Free Market rather than through hunting. The worst quests are those that tempt new players to get in over their heads. (although there seem to be a lot less of these now) I think the worst of the worst quests involve high numbers of items with mismatched rewards. The best way to play it is to just be wary of where you send your character. The re-balancing greatly improved the usefullness of some quests and reduced the tedious nature of others while also changing the amount of reward experience.
Because of the prize given or logically making sense, some missions are worth completing. Quests that earn rare or valuable items are usually good even if you can simply buy the item(s). There are a couple of quests that reward you with interesting or insightful bits of text (plus your normal prize). Some of the best missions are ones that are semi-related and link to other ones. If you can spare time out of your training regime, than quests that involve travel are very nice. Occasionally it will be your job to manage the space in your inventory to keep up with the flow of special items. Other good quests to complete are ones that require few drops and/or the items that appear easily. Jump quests are platforming challenges that sometimes give good items. The Jumping tests are worth trying but can be difficult if you do not feel like concentrating. The scattered story is optional but the rest of the game is more than good enough to compensate. Party quests can be fun and profitable but also frustrating if you cannot find a solid party.
Sound 9/ 10
Many tunes are quite catchy but hearing the same music for hours can be annoying. It is a good idea not to train in one spot for too long. Almost every monster has their own distinct voice/scream when they die or take damage. Curse Eyes let out deep and loud groans when dying but not quite as deep as Stone Golems. When Tick tocks get hit they emit a sort of bell chime, while Lupin monsters make monkey sounds. Windraiders shout "curse!" whenever they launch an attack. Considering how long you will be hearing the game, it would not be a bad idea to invest in some good speakers or headphones. The difference in sound quality is noticeable, especially on maps or monsters that use bass.(e.x. the CBD in Singapore sounds great when you can hear everything but otherwise it sounds meh) Many of the out of the way maps have great music that can make training a bit less dull, from the rockin track in the CWK forest to the energetic bgm in Aqua Road. Some of the newer classes even have their own spoken dialogue!
Play Control 10/ 10
Except for a few buttons, all of the controls are customizable and extremely tight. (they have to be for Jump quests) You still need real life DEX to achieve higher levels though. Skill and status points can be divided up however you see fit. Although most classes have recommended builds for stats and when to learn what skills.
Game play 10/ 10
Maplestory largely depends on how you want to play. The action is mainly about slaughtering hordes of monsters but you can choose to do other things. What Maplestory does, it does very well. Item crafting makes it possible to get almost all of the equipment you might need without browsing through a market, provided that you are willing to gather the materials. The system makes it something of a chore to create the strongest gears possible however.
To reach high levels and quests you'll need to be fairly committed and check out a good guide or two. There are currently 4 class changes and major promotions. On the other hand, one would do well to only play at low levels. By simple flash game standards, Maplestory is significantly better than average.
Graphics 10/ 10
The looks of the game fit in perfectly with the best of the SNES crowd in terms of appearance. (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy) Monster designs and environments are creative and detailed. Buying new equipment can be tedious in rpg's but not so in Maplestory. When looking at an item, a box pops up that shows more information and a better view of the stats. It doesn't sound like much but it really makes a difference. Most equips are visible on your character and arguably you could play just to find items to show off with.
The Free Market
NX Cash opens up extra stuff and makes it easier to make mesos. The main (Maplestory) game costs nothing to play but you will have to work harder to make money. In the free market there are shops and a lot of people. There is a real economy at work, with inflation, trading, deflation, scams, everything and everybody. The best way to modify equipment is through the use of magic scrolls. Scrolls that work 100% of the time can be bought form NPC's in the game, others must be found or bought from other players. Attack scrolls are highly valued and hard to find. The lower the success rate, the greater possible improvement for the item. However, items have a limit as to how many scrolls can be attempted. It is not uncommon to see 10, ten percent scrolls fail. For all intents and purposes it is completely random.
I think this is an interesting aspect of Maplestory as you are forced to balance risk with benefit. Market prices vary from server to server but the last time I checked, a 60% scroll for glove attack went for over 6 million mesos!(when did this become a casino sim?) Its a neat balancing act as all levels of gear use the same kinds of scrolls. It would not be a terrible idea to try and get rich off of scrolls, it is possible since everyone has similar chances of finding random scrolls off of defeated monsters.
Peer vs peer
Non co-operative multiplayer is an interesting addition to the game that works fairly well. Depending on the mode, competitors enter an arena and battle each other for experience and battle points that can be traded in for hard to get items. I think it can be fun but also broken in a couple of ways. Some classes are much better at killing than others and this often leads to matches being dominated by a few players. It can be especially difficult to win in the team based modes because everyone is not always paying attention and that can lead to players getting ganged up on.
It is not a total loss though because in the lowest level bracket for pvp it is still a good way to level up. (even when coming in last place, though the exp varies based on the mode) Perhaps not the best experience possible but not bad either. It is more entertaining than regular grinding so long as you do not take it too seriously. (also note that pvp sometimes gets revamped but not always for the better)
Level guide (in my opinion):
1-60: Casual fun game
61-120: Harder but still fun
120: Anyone who reaches this level deserves a degree in time management, good going.
121-250: At this point, leveling becomes more like an extreme sport. Prepare to suffer if you bungled your stats or have out dated equipment. It becomes very expensive to upgrade gear.
The Big Bang
Monsters changed, maps changed, the BB included a lot of changes. The leveling curve at the start of the game is now much smoother than it once was. A nice modification that was added is greatly improved world maps that show monster types and levels. Almost all skills received a modest tweaking or two. Most of the adjustments are good overall and refine an already functional play structure.
Higher level maps mostly remain inferior for training purposes but areas such as Lion heart castle and Monster park somewhat address this. I cannot really fault Nexon for polishing the part of the game that has the best pacing (which is the beginning) but it would be nice to see some well designed training spots for 4th jobbers come out.
Maplestory is a pretty fun game stuffed with content. You can chat and team up with other players from the start if you want to. Training is a good challenge and the Free market can be a nice diversion. While it is easy to write off the game play as action/ rpg, I can appreciate how it sometimes crosses other genres and incorporates elements of other kinds of games. There is a lot to see but Maplestory really boils down to how far you want to take it.
Buyer beware, use of the Cash shop can be highly addictive if players are not careful and many in the community hope that Nx centered gameplay does not overwhelm the larger MMO game that is Maplestory. Nexon has taken measures to rebalance the cash shop and its influence but the company allowing the shop to get out of hand to begin with may still leave a bitter taste in some users mouths. However, improvements in this area of concern do seem to be ongoing and I like to give credit where credit is due. Maplestory has a lot of moving parts and so long as the player does not get carried away with buying Nx cash, it can be a nice and informative way to spend some time.
A sandwich drenched in syrup? Delicious, within moderation of course.
Reviewer's Rating: 5.0 - Flawless
Originally Posted: 07/23/07, Updated 04/18/16
Game Release: MapleStory (US, 11/30/05)
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March 09, 2016 - "Fugitive of the Week," Michael Rand Jr., was arrested this afternoon by the New Hampshire Joint Fugitive Task Force in Rochester. Rand had been wanted on an arrest warrant issued by the Strafford County Sheriff's Office for a Probation Violation with an original offense of Resisting Arrest.
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BANGALORE, May 4 (Reuters) - IT service provider Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (CTSH.O) is expected to post a higher first-quarter profit as it benefits from a stable and diversified customer base, even as the sector has been hit by delays in client decision-making and sluggish demand.
Analysts expect Cognizant to back its 2009 revenue outlook, citing its ability to handle pricing pressure and the offshore focus maintained by its largest customer, JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N).
"JPMorgan, among other banks, is probably in a better shape, and on top of that the bank seems to be continuing to have a very strong commitment to its offshore strategy," Cowen & Co analyst Moshe Katri said by phone.
JPMorgan accounts for about 4 percent to 6 percent of Cognizant's revenue, according to Katri. Other key customers include Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), eBay Inc (EBAY.O) and Credit Suisse CSGN.VX.
"The better sentiment around financials and stock markets is an incremental positive as Cognizant gets 45 percent of revenue from the financial services sector," UBS analyst Jason Kupferberg said.
For the first quarter, analysts on average expect the company to earn 37 cents a share, excluding items, on revenue of $735.4 million, according to Reuters Estimates. The company posted a profit of 34 cents a share in the year-earlier quarter.
In February, Cognizant had forecast 2009 full-year revenue of at least $3.1 billion. Analysts are expecting $3.06 billion.
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Analysts expect Cognizant to lean on offshore resources to withstand pricing pressure.
A check on hiring and the weaker Indian rupee versus the U.S. dollar would also help, UBS' Kupferberg said.
Cognizant can boost headcount in India, where labor costs are cheaper, and pricing pressures can be offset by higher volume, said James Friedman of Susquehanna Financial Group, who rates the stock "buy".
A relatively stable and diversified customer base would help Cognizant to stick to its 10 percent revenue growth outlook for 2009, at a time when some of its peers see a tough year ahead.
Dismal demand trends have forced outsourcing giant Infosys Technologies Ltd (INFY.BO) INFY.O to forecast an annual sales drop for the first time in its history, while rival Wipro Ltd (WIPR.BO) has forecast a fall in June-quarter revenue.
Ashwin Shirvaikar of Citigroup expects Cognizant's "healthy pipeline of contracts will give it the confidence to reaffirm its revenue guidance."
Susquehanna's Friedman said customer additions in 2008 would be the key for the IT service provider.
"Cognizant signed twenty $25 million deals in 2008 and they need to see those deals ramp. They also need to make sure that the old contracts don't sunset," he said.
Cognizant's efforts to leverage some of the under-penetrated verticals such as life sciences will play a crucial role in 2009.
"More than people sometime realize, they get more than 20 percent of their revenue now from life science, and that sector is growing," Friedman said.
Shares of Cognizant have gained more than 33 percent in the past three months, while Infosys and Wipro have risen 15 percent and 46 percent, respectively. (Editing by Ratul Ray Chaudhuri)


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The Ministry of Science and Technology of China Founded a project entitled "Sources of reactive nitrogen in China and their impacts on air quality and climate change"
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According to a statement from the pro-immigration reform New Sanctuary Movement, the DOC sends about 4,000 people a year from Rikers Island to deportation proceedings.
They say: "As the vast majority of those held at the facility are awaiting trial or serving short sentences, many of those being are separated from the families have no criminal record or minor infractions."
An unknown number of people are fasting today as a protest. They will join the press conference at 10 a.m. today outside St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Manhattan.
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A CNN panel erupted Tuesday night when Van Jones confronted Jeffrey Lord over his defense of Donald Trump's refusal to disavow David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan during a Sunday political show.
Lord, an adamant supporter of Trump, said Trump had condemned the KKK after the interview and asserted that the entire controversy was a creation of the media.
Lord also went after House Speaker Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney.
"I hate to say this about the Republican establishment, but their view of civil rights is to tip the waiter five bucks at the country club," he said.
"The things that Donald Trump has done, not only in this race, are horribly offensive," he said.
Jones said he agreed that the media had not respected Trump's voters, but he argued "there's a dark underside here."
"He is whipping up and tapping into and pushing buttons that are very frightening to me and frightening to people," he said, adding that Trump was "playing funny with the Klan."
"I know this man, when he gets passionate about terrorism, I know how he talks about terrorism — the Klan is a terrorist organization," Jones said.
"It's a leftist terrorist organization," Lord interjected.
"You can put whatever label you want. That's your game to play! That's your game to play! We're not going to play that game," Jones said.
"We're not going to understand history?" Lord asked.
"No, you need to take a serious look at the fact that this man has been playing fast and loose and footsie," Jones said. "When he starts talking about terrorism, he gets passionate, he says, 'No, this is wrong!' But when you talk about the Klan, 'Oh, I don't know, I don't know.'"
Jones noted that Lord had previously gone after President Barack Obama for his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright but pointed out that Wright had never lynched or killed anyone.
"Hold on a second! Reverend Wright never put anybody on a post — and you guys play these word games!" Jones told Lord. "And it's wrong to do in America! It's wrong to do."
"It's wrong to understand that these are not leftists," Lord said.
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Lord said the "whole attitude of dividing by race is still here" and advanced by the Democratic Party. Jones said he didn't care how the KKK voted 50 years ago but did care that the group killed people.
The two continued to quarrel over Trump's handling of the KKK flap, concluding only after David Axelrod interjected and put an end to the duel.
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On a CNN nightly news show, a former Obama adviser weighed in on the Trump Super Tuesday wins. The conversation between the former adviser and a Trump supporter started to become heated, with the former adviser sling bold accusations at Trump, his supporters, and his "movement." The conversation digressed into a shouting match, exposing the left's sick agenda to tear this country apart.
Van Jones, the one time "green czar" and avowed communist, joined the CNN Super Tuesday debate opposite Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord. Jones, who has continued his work as a communist, attempted to paint Trump as a neo-Nazi, Ku Klux Klan supporter and accusing the GOP front-runner and his "movement" of fomenting violent acts. Lord didn't indulge Jones, pointing out that the Klan is a leftist hate organization, originally started by southern Democrats. Lord also stated Trump does not support the KKK.
The heated debate got somewhat out of control, and Jones exposed his true beliefs. Jones wants a race war, he thrives on it. In fact, Jones, as a communist, is on record as wanting a hot revolution, complete with mayhem and riots in the streets.
Jones noted that Lord had previously gone after President Barack Obama for his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright but pointed out that Wright had never lynched or killed anyone.
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Highest Magnesium Content per 100g
The Magnesium content ranges from 206 mg for Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry through to 35 mg for Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, prepared with whole milk in 100g. The difference between the highest and lowest values gives a range of 171 mg of Magnesium per 100g.The range of calories for these foods is from 391 kcal through to 116 kcal.
This gives a range for the recommended nutrition value for the 50 foods listed below from 51.5 % of the daily recommended value through to the lowest nutritional percentage of 8.75 % of the Magnesium daily value. The recommended daily allowance (also referred to as recommended dietary allowance) is 400 mg of Magnesium.
From this list of foods there are 1 foods which contain greater than 50% of the RDA per 100g of Magnesium.
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Please remember that the above gives an accurate value in 100g for high Magnesium foods. For example 100g of Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry contains 206 mg of Magnesium. However, there are other factors to consider when you are assessing your Magnesium nutritional requirements. You should also take into account portion sizes when you are considering the Magnesium nutritional content.
For Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry, which contains the highest amount of Magnesium in 100 g, the amount of Magnesium in a typical serving of 1 tbsp (or 2.5 g) is 5.15 mg.This is 1.29 % of the recommended daily value.
The food with the highest Magnesium content per typical serving is Babyfood, vegetables, spinach, creamed, strained which contains 132 mg in 1 cup (or 240 g).The precentage of the recommended daily value for this serving is 33 %.
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Cabin interiors specialist Lantal is probably best known for its carpets and upholstery, but the Swiss company also has just launched its new Pneumatic Comfort System, which it says makes seats more passenger-friendly. The system's pressure-adjustable cushions have been in service with Swiss International Airline's business and first-class long-haul aircraft for the two years and are now available for more widespread use. According to Lantal, the design not only gives greater comfort but is also lightweight, meaning less impact on fuel burn and the operator's carbon footprint.
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Here in Geneva, Lantal (Stand 955) is also displaying its portfolio of fabrics, leathers, and carpets, which for 2011 feature nature, webs, and honeycombs as dominant themes. According to Lantal, Climatex Lifeguard seat upholstery fabrics and weight-saving carpets are hard-wearing, biologically degradable and feature natural hues in combination with refractive patterns.
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