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I was thrilled to see another 5 star review for my book Marked. Even more so, when i discovered who had left it - The Readers Favorite, Book Reviews and Awards Contest". I entered Marked in the Children's/YA Fiction category. I never expected them to like it, let alone give me such an awesome review. I should hear back from the Readers Favorite Awards in August, when they will announce the finalists. Below is the review left on Amazon.
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In Marked, Soul Guardians Book One by Kim Richardson, Kara Nightingale is chosen to be part of the legion of angels who are chosen to become guardian angels, or soul savers. After sixteen-year-old Kara is hit by a bus, her soul is saved, and she becomes one of the chosen: a guardian angel for others whose lives suddenly ended as tragically as hers did. The story follows Kara and her guardian angel keeper, petty officer David, as they attempt to save souls from the demons and as they try to keep the demons at bay. At the same time, they must guard their own angel life force from the demons. Kara and David's soul saving assignments become much more difficult when they discover that the demons are actually after Kara and that she has been "marked." The story continues with Kara being forced to prove she is innocent of being a traitor. She is sent on a life changing special assignment, or "Life Quest," that will change life as she knows it forever.
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The National Weather Service says a northeast swell was to arrive this morning, peak this afternoon and tonight and begin lowering tomorrow.
Waves with 10-15-foot faces were expected. Waves with similar heights were expected for the North Shore of Oahu where an advisory was in effect.
A high surf warning means that "dangerous ... battering waves will pound the shoreline," the weather service said. Residents along eastern shores should prepare to protect property from large waves and coastal flooding.
Passengers booked on those voyages were contacted directly by the company, the Web site said.
The National Weather Service predicted significant surges in Kahului Harbor on Maui and Hilo through tomorrow.
The Superferry said the status for Monday's voyage "is considered marginal."
The Superferry resumed its Oahu-Maui roundtrip service Dec. 13 but has had to cancel several voyages due to strong swells.
The council will appoint a panel of nominees who will be selected by Gov. Linda to fill vacancies on the commission. Terms of two people in the five-member commission will expire in June, though one of them may be reappointed.
Commissioners serve a four-year term. They may not participate in political campaigns or contribute to candidates or political committees.
Applications, along with a resume and three letters of recommendation, should be sent to the council by Feb. 15. For more information, visit www.courts.state.hi.us or call 539-4702.
A Kauai County spokeswoman said the accident happened when a tire came off a pickup truck heading south on Kuhio Highway in Wailua, causing the truck to fall on its side.
The man who died was driving a truck that was one of the three other vehicles involved in the crash.
His name was not released.
The man's wife was taken to Wilcox Hospital for treatment and later flown to the Queen's Medical Center on Oahu. She was in serious condition, according to a county news release.
The fire at Glitter along Kuhio Highway started about 9:45 a.m. and burned part of the store's front side. No one was inside at the time.
Firefighters from the Kapaa and Lihue fire stations extinguished the fire by 10:30 a.m.
Mary Daubert, Kauai County spokeswoman, said preliminary reports indicate the fire started from an electrical malfunction in a surge protector.
Police said two other men, ages 40 and 37, were leaving a gambling event at about 5:30 a.m. when the suspects approached them. The first suspect, whom police said is a 39-year-old man, brandished a firearm and fired a round, just missing the 40-year-old, police said. The gunman and the second suspect, described only as in his 20s or 30s, assaulted the victim and took his wallet, police said.
The suspects then assaulted the younger victim and took money from him too, police said.
The suspects then fled.
Police said the victim was in a street fight in Waipahu at about 10:45 p.m. Friday, but the fight broke up before police arrived.
Shortly after midnight, six suspects showed up at the man's house and started another fight during which the victim was stabbed, police said.
Family members provided first names of the suspects but didn't see the stabbing, police said. The victim was in stable condition.
At about 8:50 a.m., the victim, who lives on Mariner's Ridge, was traveling downhill on Kaluanui Road when he failed to make a left-banking turn and lost control, police said.
The gray 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle veered off the roadway, striking a tree and a stone wall. The man was thrown from the motorcycle. Police said he was wearing a helmet.
He was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition, but his condition later worsened to critical.
At about 10:30 p.m., a 30-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were sitting in a parked vehicle when the suspect approached, brandished a handgun and demanded money, police said. The victims turned over their property and the suspect fled on foot, police said.
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The following is from a Los Angeles Times editorial:
When he greeted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi at the White House last week, President Barack Obama said that the Iraqis and their allies, including the United States, had made "serious progress" in pushing Islamic State out of Iraqi territory. That's true, but the enemy is far from vanquished either in Iraq or in Syria.
Yet eight months after Obama promised to "degrade, and ultimately destroy" Islamic State, Congress still has not voted to authorize the military campaign. Senators who have rushed to enact legislation giving Congress a say over an Iranian nuclear deal that hasn't been finalized have been content to allow the war against Islamic State to proceed without specific congressional authorization or limits on its expansion beyond airstrikes and the deployment of 3,000 U.S. military advisors. Meanwhile, the Obama administration undermines the urgency of its own request for a resolution by insisting that it has all the authority it needs thanks to two previous congressional votes.
The first, approved in 2001, authorized the president to use force against those who "planned, authorized, committed or aided" the 9/11 attacks. The second authorization, from 2002, authorized President George W. Bush's use of force against "the continuing threat posed by Iraq."
Besides being responses to long-ago threats, these authorizations are extraordinarily broad and open-ended, potentially permitting everything from airstrikes and military advisors to the deployment of massive numbers of U.S. ground forces. By contrast, the proposed new three-year authorization submitted to Congress by the White House in February would rule out "enduring offensive ground combat operations."
Obama says he has no intention of reversing the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq. But without a new authorization cementing that commitment into law, Americans can't be certain that a sudden collapse of the Iraqi army and its allied militias won't tempt the president to escalate U.S. involvement.
Congress should act to assert a constitutional prerogative and to help ensure the U.S. isn't again drawn into a long and bloody war in the Middle East.


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I found this a challenge. I really struggle to scrap with such neutral colours, even though the silver is there as an extra touch of elegance. I was also missing my mojo when I scrapped this layout.
I started with a white patterned paper, to which I stamped and stencilled on. I chose some black patterned papers, don't actually have many in my stash, as they are a challenge to me.
I had the Dusty Attic chipboard chandelier piece, to which I added kindyglitz.
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Maria Svarbova was born in 1988 in Slovakia. Despite studying restoration and archeology, she found a medium for her artistic expression in photography. Since 2010, she has focused on developing her own photographic language, quickly gaining international recognition. Amongst awards, solo and group exhibitions, her work has been featured in Vogue, Guardian, Instagram, and many other publications. Highlights of her commercial work include commission for promotional poster displayed at the Taiwanese landmark, 101 skyscraper. Maria has developed a distinctive style early on – departing from traditional portraits to focus on experimentation with space, colour and atmosphere. Her interest in architecture and public spaces, usually build in the Socialist era, led her to create unique sceneries. Human body in Maria's photographs is more or less a prop, without individuality or emotions. As part of careful composition, beautifully alien figures create still, dream-like scenes with ordinary objects. There is a silent tension, the drama is hidden under clean, smooth surface. Even in her more ornamental, nostalgic works there is a sense of cold detachment. Everyday actions such as sports or doctors visit are frozen in a moment and through Maria's eyes, given a new meaning. Soothing pastels, geometry and visual purity give a sense of otherworldly order, undisturbed visual pleasure that is unattainable in real life. Through her photographs, Maria stops the time and shares her vision: she is not afraid to address the loneliness and isolation, nevertheless she chooses to celebrate its still, calm beauty.


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Results of Hotels.ng Machine Learning Hackathon: 50% no-shows predicted correctly
Hotels.ng has released the results of the hackathon they recently held (about a machine learning algorithm to predict cancellations of bookings). Here is the result as published on their blog: http://blog.hotels.ng/2015/08/14/hotels-ngs-machine-learning-hackathon-50-of-all-no-shows-predicted-accurately/.
Summary of results:
— Andela wins with 50% successfully predicted cancellations
— MEST comes second with 33% successful predictions
— Segun from Truppr delivers a good result that gets disqualified due to technicalities
amazing stuff
I understand the exercise as a binary classification task, where the prediction model should be able to tell whether a potential guest will cancel his/her reservation. A 50% accuracy means there's a 50-50 chance that any reservation can/will be cancelled. This is a very poor results as far as I am concerned, and I fail to see how it can benefit hotel owners or the people at hotels.ng.
Naturally, there could be many reasons why the best accuracy is so low. Possibly the data was insufficient for the learning task, the wrong algorithm was used for the exercise, or the developers didn't take/have enough time to understand the data deeply enough to build the right classifiers. That said, binary classification is a very trivial task and I believe that Mark would've gotten a better predictor if this competition had more participants. Simple.
This is clearly a case where the winning team is the best amongst the worse; but still not good enough. At the risk of being called a hater, I don't think there's any winner to this competition.
In a better set up, the competition should (a) challenge participants to beat a reasonable baseline, or (b) build predictors that have an accuracy above a given threshold.
I've made this comment solely based on my meager understanding of the problem they sought to solve. My argument will be pointless if the exercise wasn't a binary classification task.
Be that as it may, congratulations to the winning team. It's a thing of pride to see Nigerian companies and developers diving into AI-related problems and solutions for change.
Think of it this way: There are 5000 reservations. 500 will get cancelled. You predict that 250 out of those 500 will be cancelled. That's 50% accuracy. If you just randomly guessed, you would guess 2500 wrong…
Is the current cancellation rate 10%?
Awesome stuff.
Meanwhile, Segun Famisa – a developer from Truppr – wrote the actual best performing code, but it was disqualified due to technical issues.
Can @mark give more information on the issues that caused the disqualification.
Disclosure: Segun Famisa is my friend, but I have not had any convo with him regarding this.
His code was learning anew each time – so when we took it into production, instead of applying what it learnt on sample dataset on the new dataset, it would relearn from the new dataset, so obviously it would produce great predictions.
Source: Results of Hotels.ng Machine Learning Hackathon: 50% no-shows predicted correctly
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MUMBAI: The Warrior's Way will be released in India on 10 December by Multivision Multimedia India with more than 350 prints in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
Written and directed by Sngmoo Lee, the film stars Jang Dong Gun, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Geoffrey Rush, Tony Cox and Ti Lung. The film is produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Jooick Lee and Michael Peyser.
The film deals with the world's greatest swordsman, who abandons his warrior clan to start a new life in the American Badlands.
Lee says, "This is not a typical, formulaic film. It's unique and fresh, with some never-before-seen elements that are combined in the right way and at the right time to make a really great film. The movie is about a hero who undertakes an epic journey and discovers other characters in crisis, which is a tradition of both Asian warrior movies and classic cowboy movies. I have brought them together in a way that is incredibly fresh."
Rush says, "The Warrior's Way is an Asian perspective on the rich history and heritage of the American western. The film is like a great fable. It's so pure. There are so many beautiful and disturbing images as well as enormous storytelling energy to it that is timeless and universal."
Multivision Multimedia India director Amit Jethani says, "The Warriors Way transports the audience to an imaginative world with a very Asian point of view as introducing Asian assassins into the Old West is a novel idea. It's a broad, action-packed adventure with a tragic love story at its heart. India is now turning to be a huge market for the Hollywood films. We have seen with time that sometimes these English flicks give a competition to even Bollywood films. It seems that we now have a wide acceptance for Hollywood films and its growing over the years. Our Company has always tried to bring some top of the line films here in India and release them widely all over the nation. Thus keeping legacy of Multivision alive, we are bringing another Hollywood film to India and I hope audiences will like it very much as it has an Asian Connection too. In next few months we are coming up with some of the major titles in India like – The Mechanic starring Jason Statham, Season of The Witch and Drive Angry both starring Nicolas Cage to name a few."


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Barbuda Land
Barbudans have always protected their right to use the extensive lands of Barbuda freely and in common, and this right was enshrined in law under a UPP government led by Baldwin Spencer, through the Barbuda Land Act 2007. This law holds all land on Barbuda in common for Barbudans and their descendants, wherever they may live in the world. It means in practice that today anyone of Barbudan descent can take up to three areas of land on Barbuda to build themselves a house, for agriculture or for business, according to the land regulations which have areas designated by the Barbuda Council - without having to pay anything for it. This right to use the land and to self-determination for Barbudans has been established since the end of slavery when the Barbudan slaves refused to be moved off Barbuda to Antigua, and more recently in 1981 this unique history was central to the establishment of a separate and independent Barbuda Council at the Antigua and Barbuda Independence talks in the UK. The freedom to use the whole island for fishing, hunting and agriculture has sustained the small population through difficult times but there has been limited economic development when it is not in the interest of central government in Antigua. This might be because this legislation applies to Barbuda only and not Antigua - Antiguans are not entitled to free land here or on Antigua, and as such should not make decisions about Barbuda land. Most Antiguans when asked say they have never been here, although we regularly need to make the costly journey to Antigua from Barbuda for essential goods and services.
Since the change of government in Antigua attempts are now being made to return to the bad old days of the control of Barbuda by Antigua Labour Party ministers for their own financial benefit. The Land Act is being challenged. The intention now is to force unwanted development on Barbuda, to remove the powers of the Barbuda Council and to monopolise all the potential economic benefits from the acres of Caribbean 'real estate' (we call it 'nature') that exists over here. Prime Minister Gaston Brownes Paradise Found Act is an example of this - this Act was designed specifically to allow his new economic envoy De Niro, and partner James Packer to take up huge areas of land on Barbuda in addition to their acquisition of the K Club lease, without reference to the Land Act. Since this was passed, the law has been further amended to facilitate large projects with long, cheap leases proceeding without local consultation, aiming eventually to give freehold to these so-called investors as a reward.
But we have been there before! The Barbuda Land Act was a response to historical attempts to undermine the long term security and identity of the people of Barbuda, and there have been endless attempts in the past to mislead or bribe people to give the land away. Robert Vesco and the Knights of New Aragon, Ed Joiner, Dave Strickland and the Llamas, Bruce Rappaport and Allen Stanford in Antigua... corrupt leaders and failed projects have kept Antigua in the list of incompetent administrations and left Barbuda an economic backwater, dividing us politically and continuing to prohibit genuine positive development on both Barbuda and Antigua.
Extensive litigation over many years eventually prevented the Antiguan Labour Party Government under Lester Bird's leadership from continuing to mine sand on Barbuda. John McDonald QC worked with Sir Hilbourne Frank to represent Barbudans in their struggle for land rights throughout this time, and with Mackenzie Frank drafted the Land Act under a campaign entitled Barbuda International Land Rights, which currently has supporters, friends and visitors from around the world. This new attack on the Land Act is currently being challenged in a Class Action in court and will if necessary be taken to the United Nations.
In spite of this many people of different nationalities live and work happily and have families here on Barbuda; Syrian, French, Italian, English, American, and Caribbean nationals from Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Cuba and more. Non- Barbudans can easily and cheaply lease land from a Barbudan resident or from the Council, according to the procedures listed in the Land Act, and many do. As a result Barbudans have a unique opportunity to enrich their lives through leasing or renting out a house or a business as is common in other parts of the world. The promotion of leases as a constructive way forward to develop Barbuda land without losing it forever has been continually and systematically overlooked or ignored by Council leaders over the years, coupled with missed opportunities to establish a port of entry, find small scale sustainable tourism projects that employ local people and pressurise the Antiguan banking system to recognise Barbudan land rights and assist us with loans to facilitate development.
So foreign developers/investors - whatever you want to call them - still consistently target the more compliant Council leaders with little to offer. A helicopter ride or a Christmas present for a couple of local children is often enough. So the Antiguan Government in partnership with these 'leaders' are handing out long leases for projects with no due diligence; requiring vast areas of land in pristine conservation areas that are not suitable for development because of the illegal removal of mangroves, salt ponds or in other protected areas. History has shown us these do not come to fruition for many reasons - they are often fraudulent (some have easily searchable criminal records!) many have no money but plan to go to the bank with their cheap or free lease later, or they deliberately begin work in an unsuitable place until they have to be stopped. Evidence of this is everywhere on Barbuda and the Barbuda Land Act is there to protect the people of Barbuda from this type of cynical and greed-driven exploitation.
The Dulcina hotel at River has been given by Council to Prime Minister Gaston Browne's wife and the old buildings demolished - pictured left. The Beach House at Palmetto is still derelict and supposedly under the control of easily searchable Mr Derek Barrett. Sunset Hotel is still used as a car wash. K Club - once leased by Krizia fashion designer Mme Mandelli and the thriving hotel visited by Princess Diana - is said to have been sold as a lease with 72 years remaining to Robert De Niro and James Packer, but they still want a further 1000+ acres for a 'buffer zone', a casino, and a 'Barbuda Master Plan' whatever that is. It is projects like these that could so easily be an asset to Barbuda under the terms of the Barbuda Land Act. We are a beautiful twin island state, there is no need for conflict. But all of these leases have been given without the consent of the people of Barbuda, and all the income will go to Antigua.
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As a result there has been very little genuine long term development on Barbuda which is a concern to all on Barbuda who visit, or who live here or overseas, and much damage is caused by these people. We need much more sustainable development and need a thriving local economy to compliment what Barbudans have already established themselves. So honest, environmentally-friendly, small scale tourism ventures with the appropriate level of funding behind them would be most welcome. Projects must put in a written proposal to Council, hold a series of prepared and public village meetings for the villagers to attend giving full details of their plans, and thereafter any major projects must be endorsed by Cabinet; this is all clearly stated in the Land Act.
In the future Barbudans at home and abroad will continue to use their skills to sustain their island and the future will be bright in spite of the struggle. The benefits of the small population on Barbuda are evident in the nature of the island, and these very special destinations are becoming increasingly desirable in an over-crowded world. We know why people want land here so badly - our community has successfully maintained much of what other Caribbean islands have lost - including a variety of wildlife only threatened by insensitive development and major hurricanes. Barbuda has many hundreds of acres of pristine mangrove surrounding the largest natural lagoon in the Eastern Caribbean, the only Ramsar site in Antigua and Barbuda. The acres of salt ponds here support sea birds and sea salt, and miles of scrub protect deer and land turtles, leaving them undisturbed - and at barbudaful we hope it stays this way. More and more visitors to the Caribbean are coming to stay on Barbuda as their favourite island becomes too developed, and when they look for something better they find it here - but it must be Barbudans first who benefit from this.


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Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 2, Episode 7 of ABC's "Once Upon a Time," titled "Child of the Moon."
Generally, episodes of "Once Upon a Time" fall into two categories: those that propel the mythology forward in big ways (such as last week's "Tallahassee") and those that tread water by focusing more on character backstory, and/or form building blocks for the next mythology episode.
This week's Ruby-centric outing, "Child of the Moon," fell into the latter category -- not much was resolved or advanced, but it was clearly pushing things into place for next week's dramatic-looking installment. That's not a value judgment; every serialized story requires certain "filler" episodes to pace the story advancement over 22 weeks, and "Child of the Moon" did a fine job of making us root for Ruby/Red as we learned more about her troubled past.
Back in the Enchanted Forest of yesteryear, we picked up where "Red-Handed" left off, with Snow and Red on the run from the queen's men and Red first getting to grips with her inner Big Bad Wolf after eating her adorable boyfriend Peter. After separating from Snow, she met up with a pack led by her long-lost mother Anita (Annabeth Gish), who wanted to teach her all about embracing her animal side instead of shying away from it.
The episode mostly served as a reminder that humans can be far more monstrous than any beast, as illustrated by the evil King George's attempts to undermine Charming's rule in Storybrooke, killing the innocent Billy (AKA Gus, Cinderella's adorable mouse buddy) in an attempt to frame Red and make it look like Charming couldn't protect the town. It's a familiar message, given some of the awful things Cora, Rumple and Regina have done over the course of the show so far, but the theme of free will is especially important this season, with Ruby proving able to fight her darker impulses and make the right choices -- something that Regina and Rumple are both struggling with this year.
My main complaint with this week's episode was how rushed everything seemed -- upon meeting Anita, Red was content to trust her mother without really questioning where she'd been and why she had never attempted to find Red after Granny separated them. Then, since Anita was so intent on eating Snow and forcing Red to abandon her humanity once and for all, it was difficult to feel anything but relief when Red killed her to protect her best friend. This show is perfectly capable of building pathos in only 42 minutes, so I wish that a bombshell like Ruby's mother being alive (what happened to her father?) had been given a little more breathing room to heighten the drama.
Likewise, why did King George wait this long to make his move and undermine his fake son? Obviously, it's because the writers had more pressing stories to tell this season, but his long absence and sudden, malicious reappearance felt a little random. His angry mob proved altogether useless and too easily talked down -- and was anyone else hoping for a chorus of "Kill The Beast" just to Disney things up a little?
Still, Meghan Ory is a compelling enough actress that Red's earnestness still kept me engaged, and considering all she's been through, I'm really rooting for a happy ending for her. Did anyone else sense the chemistry between her and Charming? I'm fairly sure the show is trying to write against that, because I can't see Red or Charming doing that to Snow, but with two such charismatic actors as Ory and Dallas, it was hard not to see a little spark in their final scene together in Mary Margaret's apartment. I don't want to see it, but did anyone else notice it?
We did get a little development on the Henry and Aurora front; Rumple imparted some helpful exposition about victims of the sleeping curse journeying to the Netherworld between life and death in dreams after they wake, and even provided a talisman to help Henry take control of the nightmare. Henry put it into practice towards the end of the episode, putting out the fire in the room and managing to communicate with Aurora, which may just prove to be the connection that Emma and Snow need to help them escape from the Enchanted Forest and return to Storybrooke. I'm glad that the show is finding new ways to integrate Henry into the mythology again, since he's spent most of this season just trailing after his grandfather so far. Here's hoping for more answers in next week's episode.
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Finance Director Scott Anderson delivered the forecast to the village board this week, emphasizing that the presentation is not necessarily a guarantee of what the future holds and that officials will be working to balance the budget over the next half decade.
On the operations side, Buffalo Grove has been balancing revenues and expenses, Anderson said. It should continue to do so over the next five years, though in year five, fiscal year 2018, expenditures are expected to outpace revenues by $126,000.
On the capital side, however, things could start to get stormy. Anderson projects that the village may need to reach into its reserves to meet capital expenses for vehicles, technology, facilities and infrastructure improvements, as well as subsidies for the village's two golf courses.
In 2014, that could result in a $1.5 million deficit, followed by deficits of $1.1 million in 2015, $1.4 million in 2016, $1.7 million in 2017 and $2.1 million in 2018.
Overall, it could amount to a deficit of $8 million -- unless the village finds revenue to avoid it.
Anderson said the deficit would essentially be the result of the village paying itself, including transfers to the golf fund, after years of holding off on its capital needs as a result of the recession. Although golf would add to the deficit, built into the forecast is a reduction to the golf subsidy each year, from $150,000 in 2014 to $25,000 in 2018.
There are significant building needs, he added. For example, funding will be needed to repair roofs.
"About 80 percent is essentially investment in ourselves and our assets," he said.
Trustee Steven Trilling sounded Anderson out on a possible scenario for raising funds. Assuming that interest rates are relatively low and the village's bond rating remains as high as it can get, he asked what the impact would be of borrowing the money to use as the village needs.
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For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game—it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.
Convinced she's going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game's creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year's tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika's whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she's only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.
Ever since I've read the summary for Warcross this book has been on my most anticipated read because Tokyo and an Asian female lead obviously. So when given the chance to snag a copy at the LA Times Festival of Books there was no way I'd pass the opportunity not to. Anyways, sometimes the most anticipated can turn out to be a disappointing read and that was what happened. I think I set my expectations high for this book especially after Legend and The Young Elites series, both series which I adored so much. There was so much potential in this book, but I felt that the plot felt flat halfway through and became predictable.
I wanted to like Emika but there were times she felt disconnected. Basically she gets shipped off to Tokyo after accidentally hacking in the opening of the Warcross tournament and this impresses Hideo Tanaka, who is not only the creator behind Warcross but also our main romantic interest. And of course having gone to Tokyo a couple of times I expected Emika to try all the delicious foods, however, she didn't. I know there's plenty of Western influence on the Japanese culture, but you can't go to Japan without trying takoyaki or yakisoba. However because of Hideo's privilege life, she gets to try high class Western cuisine instead. Besides the food I was also disappointed with the world building. I did like the virtual reality world building, but describing Tokyo only as shiny isn't just going to cut it for me. Like what about the efficient subway system and going to famous landmarks…I mean surely someone on the team can show Emika around the city when they don't have training. It's understandable that Emika's only there to find out more about the enemy, but she seem enthusiastic about arriving in Japan.
Okay so I didn't really cared much for the romance. Shocking, right? (Because that's usually part of the book I look forward to in any book.) I think what Emika had for Hideo was more like a school girl crush so while I did kind of like shipping Emika and HIdeo I think they're better off friends…? The romance felt unnecessary at times if only to stir up some drama. Speaking of friends, Emika didn't really do the whole team mate well. Rather than listening to the team captain most of the time she's out taking one for the team and it's good to know she's a good Warcross player despite the fact that she hasn't really played before, but I rather much see them work together as a group.
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Really, our social life is busy enough, and the boys have enough friends, that we just hadn't had the opportunity to get to meet the kid neighbors here. Today, that changed -- it's snowing again and the boys spent about an hour outside. They shoveled the driveway and got into a snowball fight with the neighbor kids. With four kids across the street, they formed teams of three and had a great time. Andy told me he'd made a new friend, Alex, who speaks both English and Spanish. I had to run out and get pictures of more snowplay.
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- This article is about Tak: The Great Juju Challenge, a game. You may be looking for The Great Juju Challenge, an event in the game.
Tak: The Great Juju Challenge (sometimes refered to as Tak 3, or even Tak and the Power of Juju 3) was the third game of the Tak series, and the second sequel to Tak and the Power of Juju (Game). It was developed by Avalanche Software and THQ. The game was released in 2005.
The game begins with Jibolba summoning the player (just like the original game) into the Pig pen. He tells them that the Pupanunu Village is the host of The Great Juju Challenge, the first in 60 years. He then tells that Tak and Lok should be back by now. It then goes to Feathercrag, a location where Tak and Lok are looking for a Phoenix so they can get a feather to enter the challenge. After fighting Woodies and learning their powers, they finally catch up with the Phoenix, which is grabbed by two unknown men. However, Lok is able to grab a feather.
When they arrive to The Juju Realm for the challenges, the Moon Juju introduces the competitors. She introduces the four teams: Team Jibba Jabba, Team Grammazon, Team Pupanunu, and Team Black Mist (made of the two unknown men, Bartog and Crug). After they are dismissed, the Host Juju tells them what to do. After completing the first three challenges, the teams compete in a Proving Grounds match. After the match, Team Black Mist is eliminated. However, they return with the Two-Headed Juju who reveals that they messed up the scoring, and the Black Mist is back in.
Once again, they must go through three challenges, and then another Proving Grounds. Once again, Team Black Mist is eliminated. They once again return with Flora and Fauna who found Grammazon teeth in The Salt Lick of Performance Enhancement, so they are eliminated instead. Before the next match, Tak and Lok see Bartog and Crug talking to an unknown Juju, and planning. After three more challenges, the Proving Grounds match is played, but Team Jibba Jabba is eliminated. After the match Bartog and a different sounding Crug talk about burning down the Pupanunu Village, once they win. This means Tak and Lok must win.
Note: The following is a sub-plot. Even though optional, it fits in the story at this point.
On a return visit to The Gates of Nocturne, Tak and Lok find Crug, tied up. He reveals that they have been cheating with the Dark Juju, and the Juju and Bartog cut the weakest link, Crug. Crug knows a good way to do better than Team Black Mist. He tells them to go to Caster's Hill. Once there, Crug realizes that is not there. Next they go to Ambush Grove, where Tak and Lok find a collapsed Crug. He reveals that he he defeated an invisible lizard to get The Ancient Hammer of Handy Juju, which he gives to Lok.
Sub-plot over.
Finally, it comes down to two extremely hard challenges. After, Tak and Lok meet Bartog, "Crug", and the Moon Juju in the Proving Grounds. This is when the Dark Juju reveals himself, and annonces his love for the Moon Juju. After three rounds, Tak and Lok win, and they keep the favor of the Moon Juju. When they return to the village, everyone is gone. But, they have their own party, and end with a high-five.
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- Feathercrag
- The Juju Realm
- Silver Stone Coast
- Temple of Light
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- Kiro Biro
- Parchlands
- Gates of Nocturne
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- Tak's Dream (Cameo)
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- Belly Juju
- Caged Juju
- Dinky Juju
- Mind-Reader Juju
- Dead Juju
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- Jason Marsden as Tak
- Patrick Warburton as Lok
- Tina Illman as Moon Juju
- Rob Paulsen as Dead Juju
- Dee Bradley Baker as Crug, Dark Juju
- Jennifer Hale as Flora
- Candace Bailey as Fauna
- John Kassir as Jibolba
- Jeff Bennett as Belly Juju
Unlike the first and second games, which recieved mixed reviews, The Great Juju Challenge recieved good or favorable reviews.
- The beginning where Jibolba summons the player is just like he did in the beginning of the first game.
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Simon Cowell has made it clear, over the last few months, that American Idol is in need of changes.
While the hiring of Kara DioGuardi as a judge is a positive step, Cowell told reporters during a conference call, the show shouldn't be done yet.
"I'd like to see the middle stages of the show change because I think we can make them better," Simon said. "I think we can make the end part of the show much more exciting than we've done before. We've got some ideas which are definitely going to give the show a little bit more jeopardy than we've had in the past. You're definitely, definitely going to see a change for the show and I think it will be an improvement. I feel confident."
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After making its debut three years ago, the Commercial Interior Design editorial team has, once again, presented the Lifetime Achievement award to an individual who has stood out throughout the industry for the past years.
This year's winner has demonstrated a profound influence on the region's built environment and approach to design, while achieving significant milestones.
Khuan Chew, principal and founder of KCA International has been awarded this prestigious prize in celebration of her stunningly iconic projects in the region including the world renowned Burj Al Arab, Madinat Jumeirah, Mina A Salam, Qatar's Doha Club and Al Qasr Hotel.
The CID team believes that Chew, as well as being an inspiring leader in her field of practice and a creative visionary, she is also someone who has played an influential role in the direction of the region's design industry.
Although Chew was out of the country and was not able to personally attend the ceremony, she had sent in a video of herself accepting the prize and sharing her views and experiences.
Chew highlighted contractors, suppliers and clients as the building blocks of a designer and said that one cannot function without the whole team working in harmony with one another.
"The whole role that is played by suppliers, products that are so important in what we have defined in our solutions for the work. They are all designed by designers and I really would like to thank each and every one who have been involved in finding the right products and the right finishes and furniture and has helped me in my career so far," she said.
Moving on to contractors, she said: " I would like to say that a designer is only good as his/her contractor. You can design something really great but make sure that your contractor can build it otherwise it is your fault always. So make sure you have a very good and understanding and equally creative contractor."
And finally, speaking of clients, Chew commented: A designer is only as good as his/her client. Here is a brilliant example of Dubai that I have been part of putting Dubai on the map. First project of mine is the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, or commonly known as JBH. I used to call it the Jolly Big House because it really was such an important project and a beautiful project and it was such a huge project- huge hotel but its very human in scale and really big, friendly hotel."
Continuing to speak of her accomplishments, Chew said: "I helped put Dubai on the map, and certainly Dubai helped put me and KCA on the map."
But of all her projects, Burj Al Arab "was the most fortuitous".
"I think that when we were appointed in 1997, the industry was really very different to what is it today. My team and I had limited resources to seek out special, unique products and finishes. The internet explosion had not happened yet in 1997 and I think that the world was a much bigger place then. However I think we succeeded in making Burj Al Arab look magnificent, full of wow factors, thanks to the team and the contractors, and of course, thanks to the client," she said.
She concluded: "The element of surprise was the brief, and the man behind all this vision is ofcourse, High Highness Sheikh Mohammed. He was the driving force behind it all and to be honest it is really his design- I was only his tool. I was his ears, his eyes, and his hands to make it all work.
"Certianly, I have never worked on anything like it before nor since. Therefore, I wish to dedicate this award to High Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum."


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This written evidence is submitted on behalf
of the workers at BAE SYSTEMS Warton Unit, comprising of Warton
and Samlesbury sites, in Lancashire.
It is compiled by the Manual and Staff Trade
Unions at Warton Unit who represent 10,000 employees.
This unit is involved in the following projects,
Typhoon (Eurofighter), Hawk, Harrier, Nimrod and on the civil
side, Airbus.
Formed from the merger of British Aerospace
and Marconi Electronic Systems making the new Company one of the
world's leading systems, defence and aerospace Companies.
In September 2000 the Company declared record
half-year profits, up 48 per cent to £507 million and a strong
order book of £37 billion (see appendix 1[1]).
2. Manufacturing Strategy
Prior to the merger, Warton Unit was part of
Military Aircraft and Aerostructures (MA&A) which comprised
the North West sites of Warton, Samlesbury and Chadderton, Brough
from the North East, Farnborough and Dunsfold (South) and Preswick
MA&A manufacturing strategy was to concentrate
on high technology work and to withdraw from lower tier manufacturing.
All work has been identified from tiers 1 to 5. Tier 1 work is
flight line/final assembly with tier 5 being simple detail work.
The Company intends to exit tiers 4 & 5 with a lot of this
work going abroad.
Of the 6,500 direct manufacturing jobs across
the sites, more than half would be affected with a significant
knock on effect on engineering support jobs.
When the merger happened MA&A was split
up, Dunsfold site was closed with the loss of 700 jobs.
There have been two redundancy programmes in
the last two years, which have resulted in:
During this time, work has been outsourced to
Poland, Romania, Malaysia, China and South Africa from these sites.
We understand the argument for offset work to
win orders but we believe much of the work being outsourced is
on a cost basis to low wage economies to the detriment of UK jobs.
The BAE SYSTEMS Manufacturing Strategy Group
is now working on a 10-year plan and we are very concerned we
will see the closure of further sites with significant job losses
(see appendix 2[2]).
3. Decline in Work Force Numbers
At Warton Unit we have had two redundancy programmes
within the past two years losing 1,500 people.
In the manual/clerical areas we had 3,300 workers
in 1997. Today this number is less than 2,500a 25 per cent
At one time Warton unit used to recruit 120
apprentices annually. This number has decreased to 60 over recent
years and next years intake is 40a 33 per cent reduction
with a minority being craft Apprentices.
4. Tooling Manufacture
Large-scale investment has taken place at Samlesbury
in the high tech tooling facility.
Originally only 18 per cent of tooling work
was to be done at Samlesbury with 82 per cent to be subcontracted
but we believe now our share is more like 10 per cent.
Some two years ago approximately 50 toolmakers
were recruited taking the total tool room number up to about 140.
During the last two redundancy programmes toolmakers
were allowed to take voluntary redundancy and 40 have been transferred
onto manufacturing with the number now down to 65 toolmakers.
This is due to the significant amount of tooling
work (mostly Typhoon) being subcontracted abroad to Poland (see
appendix 3[3]).
This equates to approximately 60 men's work for year 2000.
We are also very concerned that tooling work
is being subcontracted to companies like Hyde tooling (Lancashire)
where we believe much of this is being subcontracted to Eastern
We are reliably informed that there is no more
capacity for tooling work going to Poland and the Company and
tooling subcontractors are now sending work into Romania.
A further concern is the amount of Typhoon tooling
work going to Poland where on its return identity of manufacture
labels are removed!
5. Airbus
Samlesbury has relied heavily on Airbus work,
where up to recent times 70 per cent of Samlesbury's work was
The civil work was vital to our sites during
the development of the Eurofighter.
As you are aware substantial Government grant
aid of £540 million was given to BAE SYSTEMS towards the
development of A3XX (A380).
BAE SYSTEMS claims 22,000 UK jobs (8,000 in
BAE SYSTEMS) will be created, but we believe no A3XX work will
go to the BAE SYSTEM sites who already have expertise on Airbus
ie Samlesbury, Brough, Prestwick and Chadderton. There are currently
3,000 Airbus jobs on these sites.
Profit from military Aircraft sites like Samlesbury,
Brough and Chadderton kept the civil sites on Broughton (Wales)
and Filton (Bristol) viable during their difficult years.
We believe the priority has to be to protect
existing sites and jobs before creating new jobs.
BAE SYSTEMS must be pressed into influencing
decisions at Airbus corporate level to put work into other BAE
SYSTEMS sites that desperately need to sustain jobs and skills
across the UK.
Airbus work is being sent to China and Malaysia
while we have jobs at risk across BAE SYSTEMS sites (see appendix
The Government recently awarded contracts to
BAE SYSTEMS for the A400M (Military Transporter).
Samlesbury and other Military sites were given
assurances by the Company, when we were campaigning for the project,
that we would share in this work.
We have concerns that most of this project will
go to Airbus and subcontractors and little if any to Military
The Company needs to be asked at which BAE SYSTEMS
sites will the A400M be manufactured.
7. "Partnerships"
We are concerned that there is collusion between
BAE SYSTEMS and Aerospace contractors to set up companies in Eastern
Europe which will destroy our manufacturing capability.
Managers who were made redundant in the last
round, or who volunteered for redundancy have nearly all secured
Management positions with local Aerospace subcontractors.
These people had a lot of commercial knowledge
of our sites and it is now being used to undermine jobs in Warton
Unit. This has happened with BAE SYSTEMS awareness.
This kind of ethics would not be allowed in
most businesses, only it suits BAE SYSTEMS motives to dismantle
its manufacturing and outsource.
7 January 2001
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Boro U21s 0-1 Spurs - Paul's verdict
25 March 2014|Tottenham Hotspur
Paul Brush highlighted our Under-21's improvement in the second half after a 1-0 win at Middlesbrough on Monday night.
Middlesbrough took advantage of what coach Paul described as 'sloppy play' to carve out a number of chances in the first half at the Riverside Stadium.
A combination of Luke McGee in goal and good defending kept the home side at bay and after a half-time ticking off, the lads came out a better team after the break.
Jayson Leutwiler was the busier of the two goalkeeepers, the pick of his saves to deny Shaq Coulthirst and Ruben Lameiras, but he could do nothing to prevent Giancarlo Gallifuoco converting Ruben's cross at the far post for the winner with only eight minutes remaining.
It stayed 1-0 as the lads bagged a second-successive win in the Barclays U21 Premier League - with Arsenal next at the Lane on Friday night.
"The improvement in the second half is a big thing for us," reflected coach Paul at the Riverside.
"It was a strange game. It's a long trip and we had all day to think about the game, started well but then lost the plot a bit with the quality of our play for 35 minutes.
"We've five Academy players in the team and before half-time, we looked like boys rather than senior players. By the end of the game, credit to them, we improved individually and collectively and looked like a team. Some of the defending, the blocks, made us look like men rather than boys.
"In that respect, it was good, although still difficult to work out why it went that way in the first half. There was some sloppy play, real basics and our poor passing allowed Middlesbrough to take the game to us.
"A few harsh words were said at half-time and the lads know they were nowhere near the standard expected of them. But the improvement was there from the first whistle in the second half.
"It was great for Giancarlo to score, he worked hard at the back with Dominic Ball and they also used the ball well.
"The substitutes also made a difference and we say that a lot, we want players to affect the game, Laste showed great energy, Alex McQueen shored up the right side and got the free-kick that led to the goal.
"It was good to see Nathan Oduwa get through 90 minutes for the first time (at U21 level), Filip Lesniak made his debut. It's a progression for them so, overall, we're reasonably satisfied.
"It's good to have that long journey back knowing they've responded and played somewhere near what is expected of them."


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These numbers are a bit rough, but I believe that they offer a fair account of the activity involving my sites, pictures, etc. across the web.
I am surprised. Basically, this is all since March or so, with a few exceptions here and there.
So, 62,387 views of my stuff on the web, mostly since March.
And things are starting to take off, since approximately 26,181 of these views have occurred in the last month. I do not know if that growth rate will continue or not. I would be surprised if it did, but hey... This is not a bad start for the Rubblebase sites and their associated content.
Taking over the world? Not yet. A decent start? Surely.
A closer look:
Last month: 1,531
All Time: 8,106*
Last Month: 4,198
All Time: 9,395*
Retrovirus Lab:
Last Month: 1,282
All Time: 1,615**
Suburban Eschatology Part Two:
Last Month: 368
All time: 602**
Last Month: 5,101
All Time: 13,236***
Last Month: 3,685
All Time: 17,325****
Picasa Web Albums:
Last Month: 1,719
All Time: 3,811*****
All Time - Channel: 208
All Time - Uploads: 562
And now for the very new kids on the block. Considering that these properties are not being promoted in any real way and contain little actual content, it is more than I'd expect for them.
Last Month: 114
All Time: 114
A. F. Litt:
Last Month: 85
All Time: 85
This has been a fun post. The internet keeps crashing out, so I've had about a five minute break between each entry here. Fun. Throw your router out the window fun. And this is the new, "good" one.
* Blogger has been keeping stats since May 2009, these blogs have been around much longer. However, since they were essentially dormant until March 2011, they do reflect the activity on these blogs during their current, active incarnation.
** These blogs were created in August 2011.
*** Since August 2011, when I first started posting on this site.
**** I hate Photobucket and rarely use it. I believe 11,007 is the total since May, not March, since I had 10,909 hits on June 15. I've arrived at this static by adding the monthly counts since June to 10,909, which is probably more accurate, but still leaves 15 days worth of hits unaccounted for.
***** I began recording statistics on Picasa in March, 2011. I was posting to the site earlier, but not by much, so this should be a fairly accurate statistic.


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MDMA: Mobile Data Monitoring Access.
Aplikasi yang digunakan untuk memonitor penggunaan bandwidth internet kamu.
Cara kerjanya sama seperti Mobil client yang lain (Mobile connect, mobile partner)
Fitur2 di dalamnya:
- Mendeteksi kekuatan signal
- Bisa USSD
Aplikasi yang digunakan untuk memonitor penggunaan bandwidth internet kamu.
Cara kerjanya sama seperti Mobil client yang lain (Mobile connect, mobile partner)
Fitur2 di dalamnya:
- Mendeteksi kekuatan signal
- Bisa USSD
Backup! : MDMA 188.8.131.52 (Direct Link)
Signal group
On the left is the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) in dBm, measured between -113dBm and -51dBm.
Next Mobile Country Code (MCC) and Mobile Network Code (MNC) of the operator to which your modem is registered.
Next is the operator's long alphanumeric name. Depending on device and SIM card, this information might not be available.
On the right is the Radio Access Technology; GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA or HSD+UPA (High Speed Downlink and Uplink).
It is normal for the HSxPA indicators to only appear while data is being transmitted and while the connection is idle, 3G is displayed.
Below this is a bar graph indicating the signal strength.
The next line of information is information from the current cellular tower; the Location Area Code, the Radio Network Controller Identifier (RNC ID), the Cell Identifier and checkboxes indicating whhether the modem is currently registered and roaming.
Recent Huawei modems also provide SNR values but it is not clear what they represent. Further information here:
Further information on signal strength (RSSI):
Data Counters group (Huawei devices only)
The data transmitted and received in the current and last session is shown here.
You can track your total usage here as well. The totals are stored in a file called 'usage.bin' located in the 'Common AppData' folder on your computer (normally C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MDMA in Win2K/XP, or C:\AppData\MDMA in Vista/Win7).
The 'Reset Session' button zeroes the current session data counters and adds to the totals, useful if you want to see exactly how much bandwidth a particular operation uses. The 'Reset Total' button zeroes the totals, you can use this when you top-up or get a new data bundle or on your contract billing day.
Data Transfer Speed group (Huawei devices only)
Here you can see your current upload and download speeds as well as the highest peak recorded. There is also a 10 second moving average which shows the average upload and download speed over the last 10 seconds. There are reset buttons for the peaks and the averages, these do not affect the data counters. The negotiated QoS is also indicated here; this can vary according to your data plan, your modem and even the particular tower you are connected to.
Connection Type group
Here you can switch your connection type between GPRS/EDGE Only, GPRS/EDGE Preferred, 3G Only, or 3G Preferred. This does not reset the card and you can do this and stay online, provided you have coverage of the signal type you requested. For example you could switch from 3G to GPRS/EDGE to capture cellular broadcasts and then switch back to 3G. This function works much better on Huawei cards; some older Option and Novatel cards or drivers sometimes require the card and/or your computer to be restarted before you can use them again.
APN group
You can view and set your default APN here, much easier than using a modem initialization string.
USSD Commands group
You can enter USSD commands here, these are commands in the form *123# that are normally entered on your mobile phones's keypad.
Clicking on 'USSD Help' will display a brief listing of some USSD commands offered by your operator (if available).
Sending a USSD command creates a session, some USSD services are billable, when you are finished, click the End Session button.
USSD commands that don't require any further input automatically end the session, in which case the End Session remains greyed out.
You can send multiple USSD commands sepeated by commas, for example: *111#,1,6 for Vodacom pre-paid data bundle balance.
MDMA will wait for a response before sending the next command.
Cellular Broadcast Messages group
Received cellular broadcast messages such as cell info, weather reports and tower info are shown here.
Not all operators provide 3G cell broadcasts, you might need to switch your device in GPRS/EDGE Only mode to receive them.
Start/Stop Logging
This function logs signal strength, connection type, LAC, Cell ID and cellular broadcast messages to a comma-seperated-values (CSV) file. The signal strength is recorded in its raw format, as a number from 0 to 31 or 99 for no signal. To convert this number to dBm, multiply it by 2 and subract -113. To convert it to a percentage, multiply it by 100 and divide the result by 31. LAC and Cell IDs are recorded in hexadecimal.
Device Info
This interrogates your data device and SIM card, not all devices and SIM cards provide all the information.
Some information about the program.
Reset Device
This instructs your device to do a full reset, you should notice that the device disappears from your operating system and gets detected again. Some older cards or drivers do not recover from a full reset gracefully and require you to restart your computer before they become operational again.
Connect / Disconnect
This allows you to connect and disconnect from the internet using a dial-up networking (RAS) connection. When you click Connect,
MDMA executes 'rasphone.exe -d MDMA'. Rasphone is a command line tool for dial-up networking which is part of your Windows installation.
You must have a dial-up networking connection named 'MDMA' otherwise you will see the following message:
'Error 623: The system could not find the phone book entry for this connection.'.
When you are online the button changes to Disconnect which disconnects the card in the proper manner and reset the data counters
for the current session and adds to the totals. (Huawei devices only)
Band Config
This allows you finer control of the bands used by the modem than the Connection Type described above.
Depending on your modem, you can enable and disable individual or groups of bands, e.g. GSM 900, UMTS 2100.
This is currently available for Huawei and Sierra Wireless modems. Band configuration of ZTE modems is currently disabled due to reports
of these modems not enabling UMTS 900 when set to default settings. This can be enabled using a command line switch (at your own risk!).
Community support is available on MyBroadband forum in the following thread:
Command line options
/? displays command line help
skip device autodetection and use the specified port
if /commandset is not specified, only 3GPP standard commands are used
/commandset specify which command set to use (overriding the automatically detected command set)
may be:
Standard, Huawei, Option, Novatel, Sierra, Nokia, ZTE, Icera or Longcheer
specify the USSD decoding mode, the default is automatic, may be:
Plain, PDU, Hybrid (send Plain/receive PDU), Packed7, Unicode
select manual or automatic network operator selection
is the network operator's MCC/MNC for manual, or 0 for automatic
/sessionlog keeps a log of data used per session
/speedlog keeps a log of signal information and transfer speeds
/diaglog enable diagnostic logging
/hexqos enables display of QoS values in raw hexadecimal format (debug)
/nopollcid disables Cell ID polling (debug)
/nocbm: do not enable CBM reception (debug)
send 6 or 8-digit network operator unlock code (Huawei only)
send ^U2DIAG command to control emulated CD-ROM and Micro-SD card (Huawei only)
values of
for most devices:
0: disable CD-ROM and Micro-SD
1: enable CD-ROM only
255: enable CD-ROM and Micro-SD
256: enable Micro-SD only
send +ZCDRUN command to control emulated CD-ROM and Micro-SD card (ZTE only)
some known values of
8: disable autorun (modem appears when plugged in)
9: enable autorun (only CD-ROM appears when plugged in)
E: enable download mode (CD-ROM does not appear when plugged in)
F: disable download mode (CD-ROM appears when plugged in)
/zband: enable band configuration dialog (ZTE only)
set PRL region for band scanning (Sierra Wireless only)
some known values of
0: All Regions
1: Europe
2: North America
3: Australia
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