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You may have noticed that in Windows Server 2008 that the "Share Subdirectories" option for file shares on a Failover Cluster has been removed...why would we do that?
First off, let's take a stroll down memory lane and talk about the history of this feature and how it came to be...
Let's timewarp back 10 years to the early clustering days. In Failover Clustering (or MSCS in those days) there are cluster resources. Resources control different things. In the case of File Shares, there was a "File Share" cluster resource which controlled creating the SMB share for the cluster node it was being created on. For each File Share, there needed to be a corresponding "File Share" resource... a 1:1 mapping where each one resource controlled one share.
This seemed fine, until someone wanted to create a huge, scaled up File Server with lots of shares (seemed reasonable). We then hit a problem, the cluster Resource Monitor architecture only supported up to 900 resources in a single cluster back in NT4. So in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 we did some improvements to support up to 1674 resources in a cluster. A great improvement, but still not enough to support the thousands of file shares that some customers needed. So we introduced the "Share Subdirectories" feature as a way to work around the problem. Basically, what it does is share one folder, and then all the subdirectories of that folder are automatically shared.
We limped along with this model, and it lasted for a solid decade. When it came time for Windows Server 2008, we decided we wanted to improve this, and fix it the right way. For starters, we re-wrote the Resource Monitor (ResMon) and replaced it with the super charged Resource Hosting Subsystem (RHS). With that we resolved all the limitations around the numbers of resources a cluster could host in Windows Server 2008 (yes, no limitations now). But before we declared victory, we wanted to put it to the test and do some serious scalability testing by creating tens of thousands of File Shares in a single cluster. As we did this, we realized it became very painful to manage tens of thousands of resources... so we started to rethink the entire design.
We realized that in the context of manageability, performance, scalability, and usability, a 1:many relationship was much better than a 1:1. In Win2008 replaced the legacy "File Share" resource, with the new "File Server" resource. When we did this redesign, we looked long and hard at the "Share Subdirectories" option and what value it provided. As I said before, it was originally a workaround to the limitations on the number of resources we could support in a cluster...which is now fixed in Windows Server 2008. In the new File Server resource model, we had a 1:many relationship. So it turns out that all of the reasons the "Share Subdirectories" existed were solved in better ways which resulted in greater efficiencies within the cluster itself. Note: We also did extensive performance optimizations in the new design, and MSIT has seen dramatic reductions in failover times... but that's a story for another blog.
One central theme for Failover Clustering in Windows Server 2008 was to make clustering simple ("clustering for mere mortals", as I like to call it), to remove all those "special" cluster considerations. For example, to create a File Share on a server normally you would open Windows Explorer, right-click and select Share. BUT WAIT! If you are on a cluster, something so simple wouldn't work! You had to go open a certain tool (CluAdmin.exe) and do a special process to create all those File Share resources. At the end of the day, you couldn't even trust a junior admin to do something as simple as setting up a file share on a Win2003 cluster. How silly...
We wanted to fix that. One of our major goals was to break down all those "special" considerations. We wanted to achieve parity with the core Windows operating system. The 'mantra' became - what you can do in a normal server... should be the same in a cluster, including the ways you do it. We did work to totally integrate clustering. No longer was it necessary to manually create resources. You could simply open Windows Explorer, use NET SHARE from the command line, programmatically call the NetShare() API's, or use any 3rd party tool you like. The tool didn't even have to be 'cluster aware', we handled all the logic under the covers. Now you don't need to know or care if it's a cluster, just create File Shares however you please or normally would. The Share Subdirectories option is not available on stand-alone servers. Our goal is to have parity and no special cluster considerations so it didn't make sense to make shares on clusters behave differently.
The Share Subdirectories option also wasn't very flexible because you had to build your directory structure in a special way... as only subdirectories under a root were shared. Once again, one more thing that required more special cluster considerations and planning. File servers needed special planning and design to get the features to work.
There were also security concerns. Share Subdirectories inherited the share level permissions of the root share, which meant that you couldn't use share level permissions and had to depend on file system level permissions - not very flexible. It could also be viewed as a security risk. There was no other feature or option in Windows that doing something as simple as creating a folder would automatically share it and make its contents available on the network. Sharing a folder requires higher level permissions on the system, then creating a folder. This could allow unprivileged users to create shares on the network when you don't want them to. Yet again, more considerations on why dealing with clusters in the past was hard, complex, and one has to be really careful.
With all of that in mind... we decided that Share Subdirectories had served its purpose, and it was time retire the functionality. So are you left high and dry? NOT AT ALL! There are many ways to still accomplish exactly what you had for the last 10 years...let's discuss.
The new File Server resource is a 1:many relationship, much like the File Share resource with Share Subdirectories was (but it's better). So let's say you have a file server deployed today using the Share Subdirectories option to share out thousands of home directories for users. The one and only consideration is getting the thousands of file shares created the first time. Once they are created, they persist across failover.
There are several options for enabling a large numbers of shares:
If you have the directory structure setup using Share Subdirectories where you want to share all the folders that are subdirectories, then run the single line syntax below and it will share all folders in a directory path. Once they are created, no other actions are needed (you only need to run this single line syntax below ONCE).
How share a large number of child directories:
Note: Be sure to change G:\ to the appropriate drive and path to share.
Use the 'Migrate a Cluster' Wizard built right into Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters, to migrate the file shares from a Windows Server 2003 cluster to a new Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster. The Migration wizard will handle creating the new File Server resource and all the shares. Here's a step-by-step guide with more information:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754481.aspx
Use the File Share Migration Toolkit. This is a tool for migrating file shares, and is completely cluster aware. Note: You need the 1.1 version which is currently in Beta for Windows Server 2008 support.http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/upgrading/nt4/tooldocs/msfsc.mspx
Once the shares are created, just do what you would normally do. Open Windows Explorer, script with NET SHARE, etc... Just use the exact same processes and procedures you use on stand-alone servers as there is absolutely no difference now in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering.
I hoped this sheds some light into why things were the way they were, why we made these decisions, and what your options are. Share Subdirectories served us well, and the feature will be missed. I know change is hard, but I sincerely believe that Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering is the best highly available file server platform yet.
Thanks!Elden ChristensenPrincipal Program Manager LeadWindows Clustering & High AvailabilityMicrosoft Enterprise Server Products
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Using net share to share all subdirectories on a cluster works fine.
How though, do you make them hidden? This used to be a great feature with previous versions of Windows Cluster. It is quite annoying that this feature has been removed to be honest...
This needs to be fixed. We have many depts. that add folders and need the shares to be created. In this method they would have to contact us and we would have to run the net share command. With 20,000 users, that is not possible. These kind of features shouldn't be removed without real world testing. Please fix this.


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In my last post I had a section in my script to create access right to a share I had just created and as promised I wanted to dissect that a bit more.
To recap what I wanted to do was to create a share with sufficient privileges to use that share for storing VMs as part of my VDI demo. In order to understand what permissions might be needed I used the wizard in Server manager to create a share (FileServer1\\VMTest), checked that I could use the Remote Desktop Services part of Server Manager to successfully create a pooled VDI collection and then examine its permissions.
The share has everyone full control access..
and these are the File Access Rights on that share..
The SMB settings are set by the -fullAccess, for example in my script
#Orange$ is the name of the physical host (my big orange Dell Precision laptop)
New-SmbShare -Name $Share -Path $SharePath -CachingMode None -FullAccess contoso\Orange$,contoso\administrator
The Access Rights are stored in Access Control Lists (ACLs) comprising individual Access Control Entries (ACEs) where an entry might state the contoso\Andrew has full control of a path and its folders and subfolders. Out of the box in PowerShell there are just two command involved get-ACL to get this list and Set-ACL to modify setting on a path. TechNet recommend that you create a share (say x:\test) set up its permissions and pass this across to your new share
Get-Acl -path "X:\Test" | Set-Acl -path " X:\My New Share"
which is fine but in my case I am building a setup form scratch and I don't wan to have to use an interface to create the template. So it occurred to me I could write the ACL out to a file with one row per ACE and here's my script to get the ACL for that VMTest share in the above screenshot..
#to a CSV for later use $CSVFile = \\Orange\E`$\UK Demo Kit\Powershell\FileShareACL.CSV
#If the file is already there delete it If(Test-Path $CSVFile) {Remove-Item $CSVFile} $Header = "Path|IdentityReference|FileSystemRights|AccessControlType|IsInherited|InheritanceFlags|PropogationFlags" Add-Content -Value $Header -Path $CSVFile $TemplatePath = "X:\shares\VMTest" $ACLList = get-acl $TemplatePath | ForEach-Object {$_.Access} foreach($ACL in $ACLList) { $LineItem = $TemplatePath+ "|" + $ACL.IdentityReference + "|" + $ACL.FileSystemRights + "|" + $ACL.AccessControlType + "|" + $ACL.IsInherited + "|" + $ACL.InheritanceFlags + "|" + $ACL.PropogationFlags Add-Content -Value $LineItem -Path $CSVFile }
The Add-Content command allows me add write into a file, but not that alothough I have specified this as a CSV file it is in fact pipe ("|") delimtied because it's generally madness to use commas as separators as they get used inside the values as in this case..
Path|IdentityReference|FileSystemRights|AccessControlType|IsInherited|InheritanceFlags|PropogationFlags X:\shares\VMTest|BUILTIN\Administrators|FullControl|Allow|False|None| X:\shares\VMTest|BUILTIN\Administrators|FullControl|Allow|True|ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit| X:\shares\VMTest|NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM|FullControl|Allow|True|ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit| X:\shares\VMTest|CREATOR OWNER|268435456|Allow|True|ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit| X:\shares\VMTest|BUILTIN\Users|ReadAndExecute, Synchronize|Allow|True|ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit| X:\shares\VMTest|BUILTIN\Users|AppendData|Allow|True|ContainerInherit| X:\shares\VMTest|BUILTIN\Users|CreateFiles|Allow|True|ContainerInherit|
so Inheritance flags and access rights can have multiple values inside one ACE. While there are several examples of this sort of script out there I had to do some digging to find out how to use this file, So here's my crude but effective attempt..
$ACEList = Import-CSV -Path "\\orange\E`$\UK Demo Kit\Powershell\FileShareACL.CSV" -Delimiter "|" $TestPath = "C:\Test" If (test-path -Path $TestPath) {Remove-item -Path $TestPath} MD $TestPath $ACL = Get-Acl -Path $TestPath ForEach($LineItem in $ACEList) { If($LineItem.FileSystemRights -eq 268435456) {$LineItem.FileSystemRights = "FullControl"} If($LineItem.FileSystemRights -eq "ReadAndExecute, Synchronize"){$LineItem.FileSystemRights = "ReadAndExecute"} $NewRights = [System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemRights]::($LineItem.FileSystemRights) $NewAcess = [System.Security.AccessControl.AccessControlType]::($LineItem.AccessControlType) $InheritanceFlags = [System.Security.AccessControl.InheritanceFlags]($LineItem.InheritanceFlags) $PropogationFlags = [System.Security.AccessControl.PropagationFlags]::None $NewGroup = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($LineItem.IdentityReference) $ACE = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule ($NewGroup, $NewRights,$InheritanceFlags,$PropogationFlags,$NewAcess) $ACL.SetAccessRule($ACE) } Set-Acl -Path $TestPath -AclObject $ACL
While this not be a solution for you it does show up some interesting points in PowerShell and in setting security:
So what I have done here is a bit of a sledgehammer to crack a nut, but you might be able to use some of the principles to solve your real world problem for example you might just knock up a CSV file with permissions you want to set on an object.
Finally there's this properly tested File System Security PowerShell Module on the TechNet gallery although it's not yet been tested on Windows Server 2012 or R2.

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Emily Esfahani Smith at the Washington Times: "Call me crazy, but when I think 'first sexual experience,' I don't think 'big government' (even if both do have a tendency to promise more than they deliver)."
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via 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham loses it with voting/virginity ads – Washington Times.
Not too long ago, I praised Miss Dunham's critically acclaimed HBO show "Girls" for its candid depiction of the hook-up culture. With its painfully awkward and unerotic sex scenes, the Emmy-nominated show revealed just how grim and degrading sex in the era of post-feminism has become, especially for women.
The show's message that casual sex leads to the objectification of women stood in direct contrast to the standard pop culture trope — found in shows like "Sex and the City," magazines like Cosmopolitan, and movies like "No Strings Attached" — that sex with no strings attached empowers girls.
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Sex, in other words, is not a casual thing. To act like it is leads to the objectification of women.
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Translation: The kind of guy you should have sex with (or vote for) is someone whose primary concern is not with who you are, what you want, or what you think, but with you not getting pregnant with his kid. To me, this guy sounds like a jerk. To Miss Dunham, this guy sounds like Barack Obama. This must be a joke right? "The video may be light, but the message is serious," Miss Dunham tweeted last week.
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The durable, feature-loaded DAKINE Blade 38L Backpack boasts more than enough storage space for all-day backcountry excursions, with comfortable carrying options for both boards and skis.
- Vertical and horizontal snowboard carrying options work for hiking, touring, or snowmobiling
- Dedicated A-frame ski carry system
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Very good backpack with a lot of things...
Very good backpack with a lot of things that make it very useful... But I don't understand why is not waterproof!?! Why?
Honestly very few backpacks (even backcountry and touring packs like the Dakine Blade) are considered to be fully waterproof. To be certified "waterproof" you would be able to submerge the body of the pack in water and not have any leakage through the fabric or seams. The reality is that the Dakine Blade is highly water resistant like most other backcountry packs and will keep you gear dry in even slushy conditions.
That's true. But what I meant is that this backpack is less "water resistant" than others. I bought the Dakine Blade some month ago because I like it and I love my other backpack, Dakine Mission 25l which has a very good water resistant.
I went backcountry with the blade and when I discovered that the pack became wet without harsh climate condition I was disappointed.
However in my opinion this is a very good backpack for backcountry so the fact it has not good water resistant is really a pity.
Thanks for the valuable feedback.
Is there a big difference between a pack...
Is there a big difference between a pack designed for summer and climbing and a pack designed winter hiking with a snowboard?
Short Answer: Yes there are some significant differences.
Long answer: Summer packs are often a bit lighter, usually made from lighter materials and fabrics, and usually have better back padding and ventilation. Winter bags are usually heavier and burlier, and usually have specific features for the snowsport the pack is designed for, such as ski and snowboard attachment straps on this pack. There are plenty of packs that can work for summer and winter though, you just might sacrifice a bit of weight, ventilation, or durability here and there.
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Great backcountry pack with tons of room for all your gear(day trip). Pockets that are actually useful! I bought this pack to carry my DSLR while splitboarding. The back zipper is a quick easy way to get to your layers, snacks, camera gear. I've loaded this thing with atleast 40lbs of gear for a Hut Trip. Lots of durable straps for gear and 38 liters of space make this pack ideal for almost any kind of backcountry day.
what would be a nice water bladder for...
what would be a nice water bladder for this pack? fit/durability/etc??
thank you,
can you carry both a snowboard and skis...
can you carry both a snowboard and skis if you mount the skis a frame and the board vertical?
I don't see why you wouldn't be able to. The only challenge that you might experience would be if you carry the board vertically, the top of the board may occasionally knock the tops of the skis as you walk. It doesn't seem like this should damage the boards or skis severely; it would just become annoying after a while I think...
Seems completely plausible. My only concerns would be weight, the fact that they might deform the pack with all that pulling from different angles, and why on earth isn't everyone carrying their own gear. But other than that I say go for it.
Thanks for the help.
I've done that with the Dakine pro II, its heavy but will work.
Angus, sometimes people get hurt and you have to carry them and they're gear out...
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Overall I am very happy with this pack, as it has great organization and lots of pockets and compartments. It carries your skis very solidly in A-frame mode, and the helmet net is a big plus when you don't want to be skinning up with a hot helmet on. However, the main comparment closure leaves a little to be desired. When you are loaded heavily, you'll need to adjust the straps, and this changes the fit of the backpack, and also ensures that the main compartment isn't fully protected from the elements. This pack is ideal for ski touring, but don't push the capacity, as it quickly becomes ungainly.
My Dakine Blade detailed bottom view
Bottom view of the bag
there is no way 7 photos of this backpack is helpful to anyone.
its actually 10 but thanks for commenting
Can one of you answer this. Can you carry both a snowboard and skis if you mount the skis a frame and the board vertical if you wanted to?
yes you can the board would go against your back and the skis in the frame hooks
My Dakine Blade Cross Carrier
This is the holder for the skis, very strong
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The side view of the carrier and the pad
My Dakine Blade pad
The back pad for the carrier
My Dakine Blade back zipper
this is the 2nd way into the main pack
thank you for all the pics, helpful in my decision!
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Clips for the helmet compartment
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great pack!
For the money, one of the most versatile packs you can own. I use this as my main pack for backcountry skiing/touring. Comfortable, reasonably light, and very utilitarian, it holds all my avy gear, water, and snacks as well as extra clothing. The back panel access is a must have. I will also say this bag travels well. In the summer, I can fly with a week's worth of clothing and it fits either in the overhead bin, or under the seat. I have never been hassled about it's size for a carry-on. The straps all tuck in neatly so you don't have loose things flying everywhere.
Although none of the zippers have failed, I would prefer more heavy-duty waterproof zips.
Well sized and versatile
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A year ago I wanted one bag that I could put my school items in every weekday and my climb/snowboard/hike/bike stuff in every weekend, and not break a zipper every two months. In the Dakine Blade, I finally have solace knowing my things are secure and organized. I use this bag literally every day, and every day it zips open and close cleanly, with tensioning straps to keep everything tight and well fitted to my body. The 38L capacity is well separated to store large insulated jackets (I think I've fit as many as 4), with smaller pockets for tools, snacks, or anything else.


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GameMaker is available today under a variety of licensing tiers, including a free tier, from the YoYo Games website (www.yoyogames.com) and has been downloaded more than 5 million times since 2007. In addition, GameMaker is the teaching product of choice for more than 5,000 schools and Universities worldwide. In September 2011, YoYo Games introduced GameMaker:HTML5, unleashing the games development talent of hundreds of thousands of gamers on the web. YoYo Games estimates that over 130,000 games have been developed using the YoYo Games platform.
YoYo Games announcement - http://www.yoyogames.com
YoYo Games Windows 8 Opportunity - http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio/multiformat/windows8
YoYo Games Windows 8 Contest - http://www.yoyogames.com/competitions/windows-8
Download - http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio
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Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, has developed a partnership with Internet Explorer to launch the Atari Arcade. The browser-based portal is a next-generation collection of Atari's classic games reimagined in HTML5 with fresh graphics, gameplay and integration with Facebook and Twitter.
Atari Arcade shines in Internet Explorer, but also works well in other modern browsers. Because of the quality of the IE experience, an ad-free version is made available to all Internet Explorer customers when they play Atari Arcade.
In celebration of Atari's 40 year anniversary and the upcoming launch of Internet Explorer 10, classic games like Asteroids, Pong, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Centipede, and others have been developed with new graphics and gameplay features. Like the arcades that first popularized gaming, players can go head-to-head with friends in competitive, real-time battles for high scores and leaderboard placement in the next evolution of Atari fan favourites like Super Breakout and Combat.
Atari Arcade demonstrates what's possible when you couple HTML5 along with a fast and fluid browser that is perfect for touch, which is precisely what you get with Internet Explorer 10. Now together with Internet Explorer and HTML5, we get to see some of our favourite games jump into the next generation of gaming on the web – which is pretty fantastic."
Atari's new platform will grant developers access to CreateJS, a suite of tools for creating cross-browser, cross-device HTML5 gaming and media experiences. This new offering will give developers a platform to publish and monetize games with the ability to utilize features like Facebook integration.
Atari has released a promotional video for the event in which game industry luminaries Nolan Bushnell and Grant Skinner provide their perspective on 40 years of video games and HTML5's impact on future development. The video may be viewed at: http://youtu.be/3qaF9-W2Dvg.
Visit the Atari Arcade now at Arcade.Atari.com.
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Check out the JavaScript libraries. Atari also produced an SDK to supplement the CreateJS libraries. Visit www.atari.com/arcade. Make sure to visit the Developers tab for links to the developer resources and enjoy this behind the scenes video.
This is a great starter kit developed by one of my colleague Petri Tapio Wilhelmsen who is a member of the Microsoft Western Europe team.
As you can see from my previous posts were aware many of the apps that are submitted to the Windows Store are failing certification because they didn't know that a Privacy Policy was needed, or that the game/app had to implement a snap view and so on. This kit will help you with the most important things.
Petri has created an excellent HTML5 Game starter kit that will help you set up a new Windows 8 game project in short time, this is ideal for schools, colleges and University who teach game development with HTML5.
By using this starter kit you can get most of this functionality ready, for more details see http://digitalerr0r.wordpress.com/2012/10/08/html5-game-starter-kit-for-windows-8/ or look at the following quick guides below.
Here is a quick video to using the HTML5 Starter kit
5 Step Guide to Bulding HTML5 games with the HTML5 Starter Kit
Step 1a. You need to have Visual Studio 2012 installed on a Windows 8 device to use this. If you are a student and have access to Dreamspark.com (MSDNAA) or a MSDN Subscription you can download both products from there.
You can use the free version of Visual Studio 2012 (express) and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads
The Release Preview can be downloaded for free here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/release-preview
Step 1b. Download HTML5 Game Starter Kit for Windows 8
Step 2. Start Visual Studio 2012 and create a "Blank App" Windows 8 JavaScript project:
Click on File->New->Project…
Choose JavaScript as the language and the template "Blank App":
Give your project a name (here: Mitt Spill) and press OK.
A new project is generated and the structure will look like this:
Step 3. What we will do now is to add the HTML5 Game Starter Kit files to the newly created project. We just copy the content of the HTML5 Game Starter Kit folder to the project folder.
So, copy thse files from the HTML5 Game Starter Kit:
Navigate to your new game soludtion and open the project folder. Paste the files here, and replace if asked:
The project folder will look somewhat like this:
Step 4. Go back to your Visual Studio 2012 project and update if needed:
Step 5. Include the new files in your project. The last thing you need to do is to include the new files in your project structure from Visual Studio 2012.
Click on the button highlighted in the red circle below. It will show the files that exist in the filestructure but not in the project structure(dark gray).
Select the following files (hold control and click them):
Right click one of the files and select "Include in project":
6. Test if it works. Congratulations, you are now having a working game project! Run the app and test that it works.
Whats in the starter kit?
Full screen mode
Snap view mode
Full screen with other app in snap view.
About page
Privacy Policy
Remember! The example game is using CreateJS. It's located under js/CreateJS. You can remove this folder if it's not needed in your project. But if you do so, the example game will not compile.
Six Steps to Windows Azure – Starts on 8th and 9th November:
Six Steps to Windows Azure programme which offers a series of free technical events and online sessions on the Windows Azure Platform. The programme aims to guide developers and IT professionals currently building apps or considering the cloud on how to take full advantage of Windows Azure.
Our upcoming events will cover both the technical and commercial aspects of adopting Windows Azure.
We will be launching a brand new web site with the full list of details and registration. Register now for the following events.
Windows Azure in the Real World - 8th November 2012
Get started with Windows Azure by seeing how companies have implemented real world solutions for different types of Azure workload. Join us if you currently building applications, considering moving to the Cloud and want to understand how to take full advantage of the Windows Azure Platform.
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Join us to tour the latest features of Windows Azure from Media and Mobile services to Windows Azure Active Directory. The day will explore the opportunities Windows Azure offers with Windows 8 and the latest Phone Toolkits (iOS, Android and Windows Phone).
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Windows Azure - Architecture and Design (13 November)
Integration with Mobile and the New World of Apps (4 December)
Open Source Development (15 January)
HPC (4 February)
Big Data (24 February)
For more details of Azure in education including FREE Curricula see http://www.windowsazure.com/education
Microsoft Research Redmond is seeking applications from EMEA for the 2013 Faculty Fellowship Program (targeted at early career faculty members nominated by their institution).
Each year since 2005, Microsoft Research has recognized innovative, promising new faculty members from a number of research institutions to join the ranks of Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows. This program now encompasses more than 50 academic researchers whose exceptional talent for research and innovation in computer science identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields. The selected professors are exploring breakthrough, high-impact research that has the potential to help solve some of today's most challenging societal problems.
In April 2013, the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship grant recipients will be selected from applicants from four regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the United States and Canada; and Australia and New Zealand.
The road to tenure can be a bumpy one for early career professors in any field. Most find their first few years filled with a seemingly endless process of writing grant proposals. For the professors who are selected as Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows each year, this "overhead" is considerably lessened, allowing them to concentrate on the business of pursuing their research with minimal distractions. Microsoft Research selects a handful of top early-career professors in the field of computer science and provides them each with a cash award.
Microsoft Research seeks nominees who are advancing computing research in novel directions with the potential for high impact on the state of the art, and who demonstrate the likelihood of becoming thought leaders in the field.
The future of computing in academe rests with its newest faculty. In these early-career professionals lie the seeds of tomorrow's great innovations. However, while recognized faculty with well-established reputations are able to attract the financial support necessary for substantial research programs, new faculty often struggle to secure adequate support to allow them to realize their full potential. Because new faculty are so vital to the future of academic computer science, the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program identifies, recognizes, and supports exceptional new faculty members who are engaged in innovative computing research. The objective of this program is to stimulate and support creative research undertaken by promising researchers who have the potential to make a profound impact on the field of computing in their research disciplines.
Microsoft Research will select fellows this year from nominees from four regions: Latin America and the Caribbean; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa; the United States and Canada; and Australia and New Zealand.
Each fellowship includes a cash award. The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows also have access to other Microsoft resources, such as software, invitations to conferences, and engagements with Microsoft Research. Microsoft awards Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship grants each year; awardees are selected by April.
The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Awards program provides recipients considerable freedom in planning the focus of their academic research. The funds can be applied to a wide variety of uses to pursue novel research. Examples of possible research areas include, but are not limited to: interdisciplinary research, scientific computing, bioinformatics, computational biology, software engineering, and other areas where computing transforms the discipline and advances the state of the art.
This is a great opportunity and we hope for many strong applications from across EMEA.
Kinect for life
This week we had an event showcasing medical technology innovation in partnership with Kingston University, the University of Surrey, Brunel University and Microsoft.
Given the revolutionary advances made possible with Microsoft's Kinect for Windows, Medical professionals and researchers are exploring how computer vision and natural user interfaces can enhance healthcare.
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Kinect use examples
In Games it's used to create a representation of your skeleton and in Robotics this is used for example to create a 3d map of a room so that a robot can navigate through it without colliding with objects. All of these features are accessible through the Kinect SDK that lets you access the post processed data (for example skeleton positions) or tap into the raw data if you need to. This is a task that just a few years ago would require months of work, at a PhD level.
Robbosavvy have clever Skeletal functions in the SDK to create a small demo using a Kinect sensor and a small humanoid robot called Robobuilder to demonstrate the capacities of both.
In this sample, we read Kinect's skeletal data and make a Humanoid Robot mimic the Human's position.
The flowchart is quite simple:
Step 1- Read the positions of each person's joint (in our case Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist ) from Kinect
Step 2- With some trigonometry calculate the angles of the body, to determine for example if the arms are raised or not.
Step 3- That information is then sent to the servos (the motors that move the robot), to position them so that the Robot mimics the movements of that person. (The legs are not tracked otherwise the robot would fall off the table.)
In addition, to keep track of the person when they move side to side (L/R), we created a cool gadget that makes Kinect track you wherever you go.
The magic behind it is simple: you look at the person's head and rotate Kinect so that the Head is always at the center of the Field of View.
This is a preview into a technology that will be used in the future for example to perform remote surgery or to send robots to work in dangerous areas.
More information on our Kinect + Robot project can be found here:http://robosavvy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8026
Microsoft Robotics Studio
Most small robots, use a low power microcontroller similar to Arduino. This is something like a computer, but much less powerful, however suitable to communicate with sensors, control motors, recharge batteries, etc.
There is a huge variety of these microcontrollers, and even when the more usual types are used, the robot manufacturers usually create their own software to operate the robots.
This causes situations where for example when a program is designed for a given robot, it needs to be completely rewritten if another brand of robot is to be used, even if they are nearly identical at an hardware level.
This where Microsoft Robotics Studio steps in and closes that gap. Robot manufacturers, or the users themselves can design small software modules for each robot, that act as a translator between MRDS and the control system for the robots.
This means that in MSRDS a command, for example to make a humanoid robot step forward, is identical across several brands of robots.
With MSRDS, Robots can now talk to each other, talk to sensors from different manufacturers or be supervised by our own master process (hypervisor) that makes sure everything is working as expected. MSRDS also enables interoperability with complex functionalities hosted on the PC such as Speech Recognition.
Another advantage of MRDS is that it is a tool accessible to wide range of users, regardless of their expertise. Beginners can build Robot behaviours using Visual Programming Language and Advanced users can work with textual programming (any .Net language) to make the most out of MSRDS.
As an example, with one of our most sold robots called Robobuilder, we are able to control it using Voice commands, by using Windows built in Voice Recognition. This is achieved by simply dragging a few boxes in MSRDS Visual Programming Tool. Once all boxes are connected our Robot becomes capable of understanding what we tell him to do.
So this week has been really busy, I have been presenting at events the length and breadth of the UK. On Thursday and Friday I has the pleasure of attending Euro Gamer 2012, to represent Microsoft at the Games Industry Fair. During Euro gamer event we demonstrated Windows 8 and the games from the Train 2 game World Record gameathon teams, we also demoed new games from number of UK Indie development studios who will be launching new titles aimed specifically for the Windows 8 platform for the Launch of Windows 8.
On Friday I attend the Careers & Education panel discussions representing Microsoft on the Game in Education discussion panel which took place in front of hundreds of eager students and graduates who want to get into the industry. The video recording of the panel discussion will be available at http://www.gamesindustry.biz/fair#home
One of the key questions the panel received was how do you get into the industry? Well the simply answer from all the members was to get yourself noticed!
To help provide some guidance have a look at the following presentation which highlights some of the opportunities for building games and entering competitions such as Microsoft's Imagine Cup or UK specific competition such as Search for a Star. For guidance on the skills you need for development take a look at this post.
Another question was 'How do I make my app/game shine/standout in the marketplace?'
Here a deck to guide you through some great examples of functionality you should add to a Windows 8 game
The following are a simply checklist of features you should consider and test in the development of your Windows 8 application or game.
Windows 8 life cycle
It's important to understand the life cycle process of Windows 8 and handle this in your code. When a user taps on an application to launch it, it is activated and enters Running mode. If the user closes the application it will be terminated. But what if the user user hits the Windows key and launches another application, or simply navigates to another application? In this case, the previous application will go to Suspended mode. In suspended mode, the application does not consume any CPU,but it will lose state, so you may need to add code to remember state when the app enters the suspended state. You will also want to add code in the Activated event handler to reload state when the user returns to the application
Implement search contract Let your users quickly search through your app's content from anywhere in the system, including from within other apps. And vice versa. For more info, see Adding search.
Implement Share contract Let your users share content from your app with other people through other apps, and receive shareable content from other people and apps, too. For more info, see Adding share.
Implement Play To contract Let your users enjoy audio, video, or images streamed from your app to other devices in their home network.For more info, see Streaming media to devices using Play To.
File picker and file picker extensions Let your users load and save their files from the local file system, connected storage devices, HomeGroup, or even other apps. You can also provide a file picker extension so that other apps can load your app's content.
For more info, see App contracts and extensions.
Different views
Full Screen View - App fills entire screen
Snap View - App is snapped to a narrow region of the entire screen
Fill View - App fills remaining screen area not occupied by the app in the snapped state.
Landscape View
Portrait View
For more info, see Supporting multiple views and Choosing a layout.
Toast notifications Let your users know about time-sensitive or personally relevant content through toast notifications and invite them back to your app even when your app is closed.Learn more about tiles, badges, and toast notifications. move to the 3rd app
Secondary tiles Promote interesting content and deep links from your app on the Start screen, and let your users launch your app directly into a specific page or view.Learn more about secondary tiles.
App tiles Provide fresh and relevant updates to entice users back into your app.Learn more about app tiles. more up
Animation Use our library of animations to make your app feel fast and fluid. Help users understand context changes and tie experiences together with visual transitions. Learn more about animating your UI.
Settings contract Let your users create the experience they want by saving app settings. Consolidate all of your settings under one roof, and users can configure your app via a common mechanism that they are already familiar with.Learn more about Adding app settings.
Roaming Create a continuous experience across devices by roaming data that lets people pick up a task right where they left off, and preserves the UX they care most about, regardless of the device they're using. Make it easy for users to use your app everywhere, from their kitchen family PC to their work PC to their personal tablet, by maintaining settings and states with roaming.Learn more about Managing application data and see Guidelines for roaming application data.
User tiles Make your app more personal to your users by loading their user tile image, or let the users set content from your app as their personal tile throughout Windows.
Touch gestures Let your users connect devices, by physically tapping them together, to light up experiences where you expect multiple users to be physically nearby (multiplayer games). Learn more about proximity and tapping.
Cameras and storage devices Connect your users to their built-in or plugged-in cameras for chatting and conferencing, recording vlogs, taking profile pics, documenting the world around them, or whatever activity your app is great at. Learn more about Accessing content on removable storage.
Accelerometers and other sensors Devices come with a number of sensors nowadays. Your app can dim or brighten the display based on ambient light, or reflow the UI if the user rotates the display, or react to any physical movement. Learn more about sensors.
Geolocation Use geolocation information from standard web data or from geolocation sensors to help your users get around, find their position on a map, or get notices about nearby people, activities, and destinations.Learn more about geolocation.
Semantic zoom if you have more than 4-5 groups. Semantic zoom makes scanning and moving around a view fast and fluid, especially when the view is a long panning list.
Offline mode Users to have better experience using your app, then your app should supports an offline mode where your application will load previous data.
Commands for a particular view/ page are in the App bar The app bar contains transient access to commands relevant to a particular view.
Scale to different screens resolution Design an app UI that looks great on devices of various sizes—from a small tablet screen, to a medium laptop screen, and all the way up to a large desktop or all-in-one screen. See Guidelines for scaling to screens.
For more information on what to consider when designing a Windows 8 app refer to the Detailed UX guidelines for Windows 8 style apps.
If you would like to attend a FREE Windows 8 training camp please see http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/windows8/
On Friday 26th October Windows 8 students and all consumers will have the opportunity to purchase Windows 8 and new Windows 8 PC's. So the statement of 'Post PC era' may be killed overnight by a wide array of amazing new devices. If you are teaching development, gaming or architecture Windows 8 has a number of major changes.
So if your building an app for Windows 8 – or porting your existing app across – then make sure you get up to speed and attend one of our FREE camps and events.
Here's a short 'trailer' on why you should be part of the Windows 8 journey…


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The novel device could have important uses in the automotive industry, as well as mobile devices, robotics and other applications. Developed in the 'Silicon-based ultra-compact cost-efficient system design for mm-wave sensors' (Success) project, the device is the most complete silicon-based 'system-on-chip' (SoC) package for radar operating at high frequencies beyond 100 GHz. 'As far as I know, this is the smallest complete radar system in the world,' says Prof. New Virus-built Battery could Power Cars, Electronic Devices. For the first time, MIT researchers have shown they can genetically engineer viruses to build both the positively and negatively charged ends of a lithium-ion battery.
The new virus-produced batteries have the same energy capacity and power performance as state-of-the-art rechargeable batteries being considered to power plug-in hybrid cars, and they could also be used to power a range of personal electronic devices, said Angela Belcher, the MIT materials scientist who led the research team. Angela Belcher holds a display of the virus-built battery she helped engineer. The battery -- the silver-colored disc -- is being used to power an LED. The new batteries, described in the April 2 online edition of Science, could be manufactured with a cheap and environmentally benign process: The synthesis takes place at and below room temperature and requires no harmful organic solvents, and the materials that go into the battery are non-toxic. Source: MIT News /... Bill Gates looks to new toilets to improve world sanitation. 15 August 2012Last updated at 09:21 ET Prof Michael Hoffman shows off his winning design - a solar-powered toilet Bill Gates is, in a manner of speaking, flushing his money down the toilet.
His charitable organisation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is looking for future loos that can improve sanitation around the world. At the Reinvent the Toilet fair, hosted at its Seattle campus this week, designs included a lavatory that used microwave energy to turn poo into electricity. The iPhone Has Passed a Key Security Threshold.
Less than a month after Apple first shipped the iPhone in June 2007, a group called Independent Security Evaluators documented deep security design flaws in the device.
Apple's most embarrassing flub: every iPhone application that Apple had written ran with so-called root privileges, giving each one complete control over the entire phone. Hackers found bugs in those apps that could be used to take over the phone from the inside. Apple didn't fix the design flaw until January 2008. But after that rocky launch, Apple invested heavily in iPhone security. Viewpoint: Changing the way the internet is governed is risky. 14 June 2012Last updated at 23:01 GMT By Prof Alan Woodward Department of Computing, University of Surrey Many people may be unaware that the US Department of Commerce has the power to decide how the internet works Governance is the establishment and enforcement of norms, rules and decision-making procedures. It is not the "law" as such, but rather a structure by which everyone agrees to abide, which can be captured locally by specific laws.
One of the most successful examples we have of governance on a global scale is that which affects international waters, where a United Nations agency called the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) handles the treaties and conventions defining how everyone must behave. Entropy can lead to order, paving the route to nanostructures. Researchers trying to herd tiny particles into useful ordered formations have found an unlikely ally: entropy, a tendency generally described as "disorder. " Computer simulations by University of Michigan scientists and engineers show that the property can nudge particles to form organized structures. By analyzing the shapes of the particles beforehand, they can even predict what kinds of structures will form. The findings, published in this week's edition of Science, help lay the ground rules for making designer materials with wild capabilities such as shape-shifting skins to camouflage a vehicle or optimize its aerodynamics.
Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future. Brain-Scanning Binoculars Harness Soldiers' Unconscious Minds to Locate Threats. Soldiers scanning the battlefield for threats may soon get a new tool: a brain-scanning set of binoculars that can pick up on a soldier's unconscious recognition of a potential threat and bring it to his conscious attention. It's just one of many ways DARPA and other military research groups are looking to have soldiers mind-meld with their machines and materiel, and as the BBC reports, it demonstrates how remarkably close we are to deploying mind-control on the battlefield. The specific binocular device that DARPA is developing is known as Sentinel (for System for Notification of Threats Inspired by Neurally Enabled Learning, because that's not an unwieldy acronym or anything), and it basically uses the power of the human brain to scan and filter imagery in realtime, picking up on both what the soldier recognizes consciously and what his unconscious might perceive as well.
Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills. Software Better at Detecting Frustration Than Humans. Did you know that you smile when you're frustrated? Starting at 1:20 in the video below, witness a behavior that you may find novel – and doubly so because you're a human being who is exquisitely tuned to reading the emotional expressions of others. By training a feature-detecting algorithm to decompose subjects' facial expressions into individual "action units," M. Ehsan Hoque of the MIT Media Lab discovered not only that smiling is quite common when test subjects are frustrated, but also that software is better than humans at differentiating frustration smiles from happiness smiles.
"For frustrated smiles, humans performed below chance, whereas the algorithm did better than 90 percent," says Hoque. Subjects' frustration smiles included activation of the groups of facial muscles known as action unit 12, or raising of the corners of the lips, as well as action unit 6, in which cheeks are raised. Tube-Shaped Scaffold May Help Nerve Cells Connect to Prosthetics. Nothing helps create pure randomness › News in Science (ABC Science) News in Science Monday, 16 April 2012 Darren OsborneABC Counting on nothing Quantum fluctuations within a vacuum are helping Australian researchers create billions of random numbers.
The random number generator, created by Professor Ping Koy Lam, Dr Thomas Symul and Dr Syed Assad from the Australian National University (ANU), uses highly sensitive light detectors to 'listen' to an empty space. Until recently a vacuum was thought to be completely empty. But modern quantum theory now suggests that it is filled with virtual sub-atomic particles spontaneously appearing and disappearing, creating random noise. How Seagate's Terabit-Per-Square-Inch Hard Drive Works. Magnetic hard disks will soon be able to store one terabit (a trillion bits) per square inch. Amazing 3D Printer Video. Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked. MIT researchers produce miracle LED: puts out twice as much power as it takes in. March 08, 2012, 4:31 PM —
Stretchy Solar Cells Power "Super Skin" The "super skin" developed by Stanford University researcher Zhenan Bao is self-powering, using polymer solar cells to generate electricity. Microsoft's 3D Transparent Interface Makes Us Feel Like We're Living in the Future. Scientists revolutionize electron microscope: New method could create highest resolution images ever. Researchers at the University of Sheffield have revolutionised the electron microscope by developing a new method which could create the highest resolution images ever seen. New Video Shows Japanese Speech-Jamming Gun in Action. All-carbon-nanotube transistor can be crumpled like a piece of paper. (PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to the flexible yet robust properties of carbon nanotubes, researchers have previously fabricated transistors that can be rolled, folded, and stretched. What makes a robot fish attractive? Robot fish moves to the head of the school. Pasta-shaped radio waves beamed across Venice.
Breakthrough Quadcopter Does Previously Impossible Acrobatics. Scientists Build Tiny Chip that Can 'Swim' Through a Patient's Blood. Single-atom transistor is end of Moore's Law; may be beginning of quantum computing. Gecko feet inspire amazing glue that can hold 700 pounds on smooth wall. The blind codemaker. Hard drive breakthrough: New magnetic recording technique uses heat to process information much faster than current technology. Scientists create first free-standing 3-D cloak. Hybrid silkworms spin stronger spider silk. Jumping droplets take a lot of heat, as long as it comes in a cool way. Nano Paint Could Make Airplanes Invisible to Radar. Panoramic Camera Ball — Atomik – We Find The Awesome For You. University - Princeton technique puts chemistry breakthroughs on the fast track. Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment. Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything.
Turning windows into powerplants. Biologists develop device to cool off athletes, soldiers. Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid. Moving forward, spin goes sideways. This 20kW Power Plant Flies Itself. Scientists Use Carbon Nanotubes to Create an Underwater Invisibility Cloak. Microsoft Wants You to Control Your Phone by Touching Yourself. 07.30.2008 - New technique to compress light could open doors for optical communications. Physicists to develop new way of electronic computing. New Polymer Coating Heals Itself With 1 Minute of UV Exposure. New Self-Inflating Tire Technology. A Nanotech Teabag Delivers Potable Water for Less than a Cent - Environment.
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August 24, 2005Henry "Ronnie" Wingate Henry "Ronnie" Wingate of Morrow died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005 at Southern Regional Medical Center. Surviving are friends Wesley Alexander of Cleveland, Ga., Mike Jeffries of Morrow, Ga. and Annie Smith of Grantville, Ga. There will be a graveside service on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005 at 1 p.m. at the Solid Rock Baptist Cemetery, Cleveland, GA. Sue Elizabeth Nichols Mrs. Sue Elizabeth Nichols of Jonesboro died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara and Bill Rhinehart of Jonesboro, Linda McElroy of Jonesboro; sister, Lalla Hollowell of Riverside, N.J.; grandchildren, Kristin Peyton, Mark McElroy, Scott McElroy, Kirk Rhinehart; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Jonesboro with Rev. Charles Landreth, Dr. Oliver Wood and Rev. Dan Youngblood officiating. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. today at Covington City Cemetery. The family will received friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Carl J. Mowell & Son, Fayetteville is in charge of arrangements. (770) 461-7641.
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BRIGHTON- On Wednesday the Brighton select board supported Town Manager Joel Cope's work securing two grants to install catch basins next to Island Pond. The water resources engineering firm Aldrich and Elliott estimate the basins will keep 5000 pounds of phosphorus out of Lake Memphremagog.
"We're the headwater of Lake Memphremagog," said Cope. "We have two grants. In 2016 we'll install a catch basin at Mill Street and 2017 by the shuffleboard court."
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We have a wonderful opportunity to team with a volunteer program supported by Microsoft to bring computer science courses to our 8th-12th grade students. The program, TEALS (Technology, Education and Literacy in Schools) is a grassroots program that recruits, mentors and places passionate high tech professionals into high school classes as part-time teachers. The high-tech professional brings his or her subject knowledge and joins a BASIS Oro Valley classroom teacher (who has teaching and classroom management expertise) in a team-teaching model. TEALS provides training for both parties as well as course outlines based on successful college courses.
BASIS Oro Valley has been accepted as a 2015/2016 TEALS partner school! We will be offering Advanced Placement Computer Science. As you may know, students have requested this course for several years and we are excited to be able to offer it next year.
In order to succeed, BASIS Oro Valley needs to recruit volunteers from the Computer Science or Software Engineering fields to team-teach this course with a BASIS teacher. BASIS Oro Valley will schedule the course during the 1st period (done by 8:35am) to permit the volunteers to get to their regular jobs.
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BASIS Oro Valley, founded in 2010, is located in the northwest Tucson area and provides instruction in Grades 6-12. Proudly graduating its second class of seniors in spring 2014, BASIS Oro Valley is poised to earn the same national recognition as its sister schools.
BASIS Oro Valley lower school program focuses on building organizational and study skills and creating the deep knowledge base necessary for students to tackle the demanding AP-based upper school curriculum. Taught by teachers who are experts in their fields, students master the foundations of language, math, and science by taking courses like Latin, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics as distinct disciplines. By seventh grade, students begin studying a second language and are exposed to principles of formal logic to bolster critical thinking and problem-solving skills at an early age.
The BASIS Upper School, beginning in Grade 8, is consistently ranked as one of the top-ten high school programs in the country by U.S. News, Newsweek, and The Washington Post. Upper School students take Honors and Advance Placement® courses across the academic spectrum. By mastering a wide array of material, graduates of BASIS Oro Valley establish themselves as prime candidates for the most selective institutions of higher learning and go on to become advanced scholars, professionals, and lifelong learners.
BASIS Oro Valley Primary opened August, 2014 to more than 700 students in Grades K-5. The school, located adjacent to BASIS Oro Valley on Oracle Road south of Tangerine Road, will have students matriculate to BASIS Oro Valley for 6th through 12th Grades.
In our K-4 program, students are not just taught content, but also very vital organization skills, time management, and study habits. The curriculum includes a wide array of classes ranging from English, Math and Science to Mandarin, Physical Education (both traditional and Kenpo), Music, Drama, and Art. Additionally, BASIS Oro Valley Primary is proud to offer a cutting-edged primary school teaching program, as well as our signature Connections courses, for grades 1 - 4.
Specifically, all primary school students will have two teachers per class -- one learning expert, who will remain with students as they rotate from subject to subject through the day, and one subject expert, each focusing on teaching specific subjects, in which they do indeed have expertise. Further, there are two different kinds of Connection courses. ʺAll Connectionsʺfocuses on the knowledge students acquire in each of their other classes, and brings it all together. Students, working in small groups, are presented scenarios in which they solve problems, drawing on the entirety of their learning. ʺFine Arts Connectionsʺdoes the same, but focuses on their Fine Arts knowledge, acquired in Music, Drama, and Art.
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Scale out question: how does instance name affect primary/secondary node
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On a test instance the following happened:
1. Enterprise install of OBIEE 11g had problems
2. Reinstalled OBIEE 11g, but the installer created an instance2
3. All was well with this install
4. Performed all necessary shared catalog and RPD steps
5. On a second server, installed OBIEE 11g using the scale-out option
6. On second server, this created an instance1 directory
7. All components start up and we can log into OBIEE using either server1 or server2
Does OBIEE use the instance names in a scale-out? Our primary node is instance2 and the secondary node is instance1, though on a separate server. Will this cause a problem?
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Ratings based on 22 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.1 Room cleanliness
3.3 Service & staff
3.7 Room comfort
3.9 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
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Recommendedby A verified traveler
Take your own pillowsPosted Apr 28, 2014 on Hotels
This place is not for the luxury traveler. It fills the basic needs only and at a very economic level. If you want comfort and up to date conveniences, this is not the place for you.
by A verified traveler
Unsanitary on our AnniversaryPosted Apr 15, 2014
When we arrived there was a very strong order in the Hallway. When we entered the room it smelled like mildew. The top of the Microwave & Master bedroom fan was full of dust. There were panties left in the room. Cigarette stains on the toilet. The couch smelled horrible. The patio door did not lock. We contacted the company management too see if we can be moved to another room and we never received a call back. We purchased supplies hoping to get rid of the disgusting odor. Very disappointed!
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Great kitchen/bathroom - Lousy furniture!Posted Mar 25, 2014 on Hotels
The construction finish out of this condo is what one would expect at the price, new and nicely appointed in the kitchen and the bath. The furniture on the other hand seemed rescued from a college frat house. .Sagging mattress, chipped wood on the tables and chairs, and generally poor appearance. No balcony furniture, no soap for the washer/dryer and little back up paper supplies. No rug in the bedroom and ancient TV sets.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
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by A verified traveler from Phoenix, AZ
Eh, not that greatPosted Oct 23, 2013
Location: It was nicely located. Close to pretty much everything we wanted to see.
The condo and it is visually really pleasing. Once you start trying out the furniture it was a different story. Hotel couches really are not usually very comfortable, which this one definitely was not, but it was also very itchy and had holes in it. The bed was not comfortable at all, an air mattress would have been better. My boyfriend and I both had a lot of back pain after. The sheets also were not nice, very had a lot of balls...time for some new ones. There was no door handle on the outside of the door, which was weird and awkward when you would try to shut and lock the door when leaving. The bathroom door was impossible to lock. The place seemed pretty clean, but there were some dust bunnies on the floor. The window coverings did not block the morning light at all, so if you like a dark room to sleep this is not the place for you. My biggest complaint though was that in the middle of the night the maid opened the door to our room. It was very disturbing and I was freaked out by it. It was our last night, if it hadn't been I would have had to check out and go somewhere else. The property manager said she "misread" her sheet on which room to clean. Yes, mistakes can happen but in the middle of the night is a weird time to clean rooms. And because of this mistake I could never feel safe or trust them again.
for Everyoneby RD from Tucson AZ
Nice Unit - Too Close to the Main RoadPosted Jun 25, 2013
Pros: How nice the unit was
Cons: Noise
Location: It is Sedona. The outdoor activities are the main recreation.
The unit was excellent. It was sizable clean and modern, even including a washer/dryer. The problem was the balcony faced the main road (89A). The road was busy late into the night (and started early in the morning) with many trucks and especially noisy motorcycles. I could not sleep without earplugs. An investment in soundproofing windows and walls would help.
for Familiesby A verified traveler
Good condo but poor maintainencePosted Sep 1, 2012 on Hotels
The sofa-bed was broken and so was the chair in the patio. As part of the booking we were not given the code to access the key to the loft and had to call and put on hold before we got the access code.
Recommendedby Amanda
Very NicePosted Aug 14, 2012 on Hotels
I actually booked this room/loft for my parents anniversary vacation. They thought the loft was very nice, but a little hard to find because not even the local businesses knew it was there when they asked for help finding it. The only complaint was that the balcony had a chair that had been rotted by the sun, and the second time it was used it broke and the middle fell through, causing my mom to hurt her tail bone. They said they would stay there again.
for Business Travelersby Larry
Good AlternativePosted Aug 11, 2012 on Hotels
This property is a good alternative to hotels or VRBOs in the area. Our only complaint is that we did not receive an instruction email for check-in and they did not return our calls on the day we were toy check in. We knew someone who knows them and had they not intervened, I wonder if we would have received the self check-in codes.
for Couplesby A verified traveler
Home away from HomePosted Aug 10, 2012
I echo the sentiment of previous reviewers...I almost hate to rave about the facility, as I want to keep this secret to myself. Great location, great price, and after 3 weeks on the road, it was nice to have a proper kitchen to cook in again! The 'check in' process could be a bit better, as you have to contact the loft owner to get the code to the key lock box. The lofts are in a mixed-use building, and the business owners are clearly accustomed to having folks who can't reach the management company to get key access poking their head in to ask for help. But, here's a suggestion...by 2pm/3pm/whatever... the day of check in, why not email/text the security code to the lock box for the keys to the renter? Easy peasy. I'm being nit-picky though. All in all, I'd stay here again & not think twice about the decision.


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BELTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spherix Incorporated (Nasdaq: SPEX) has reported a second quarter 2007 loss from continuing operations of $1.9 million, or 13 cents per share, compared to a loss from continuing operations of $699,000, or 5 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2006. Income from discontinued operations in the second quarter of 2007 was $155,000, or 1 cent per share, compared to $938,000, or 7 cents per share, reflecting the results of the InfoSpherix subsidiary, which the Company has agreed to sell (see Spherix press release dated June 27, 2007). The Company's total net loss for the second quarter of 2007 was $1.7 million, or 12 cents per share, compared to total net income of $239,000, or 2 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2006.
The change in profitability between years is the result of the Company's Phase 3 clinical trial of Naturlose as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes, expenses related to the potential sale of the InfoSpherix subsidiary, and the shut down of our National Park Service contract. Spherix CEO Richard Levin said, "This is an exciting time in the Company's evolution. We are in the midst of a phase 3 clinical trial for our promising diabetes drug, and I believe we now have the cash and leadership to be successful."
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One member of the land conservation committee in the town of Ballston blasted the town council for its inaction and resigned, along with two other committee members, Tuesday night, July 3, at the council's regular business meeting.
Reading from a pagelong prepared statement, Scott Miller accused the board of doing little when it came to protecting what have been identified as the special places of Ballston.
"Despite the extraordinary effort on the part of the committee members and many other volunteers, the town council has failed to act in any substantive fashion to preserve Ballston's special places," Miller said. "No significant or comprehensive protection of open space and agriculture can be achieved without reducing the property town tax burden on large owners, or enabling them to realize equity on their property without subdivision. The council has had more than adequate time to enact at least a few substantive policies, but has refused to do so, or even to have a meaningful public discussion of these proposals."
The letter of resignation was signed by committee members Miller, Bob Cawley and Robin Larkin. The fourth committee member, Gary Bynon, did not sign the letter.
Miller credited the board for action on several "minor" proposals, such as putting up right-to-farm law signs, initiating funds for a farmers market, and buying 5 acres of wetlands for an addition to a nature preserve. However, he remained highly critical of the speed in which the council worked to update the 15-year-old town comprehensive plan, and in responding to the conservation committee's ideas and proposals since their formation in 2004.
Town Supervisor Ray Callanan said he was stunned by Miller's statements Tuesday night, and hadn't received any word from the Ballston residents on the committee prior to the meeting.
"This is the first I've heard of it; there was no warning about this, and it came out of nowhere," said Callanan. "It's disappointing there wasn't any discussion with the board and this had to come to a public gathering."
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