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Ah! Thank you. That does explain why you don't miss all of the side activities that were in IV that were stripped out of V, like pool and bowling.
It certainly is silly, but try explaining to my mother and grandmother that no matter which spaghetti sauce company you favour, you're still eating goddamn spaghetti. If this proves anything, it's that the details matter to some people. I enjoy a fuckton of different sauces and I've been warming up to GTA V through watching Let's Plays and Longplays - but the fact remains that my original post obviously details a personal judgment.
With cynicism and dry realism being all the rage in terms of game development, I found myself naturally gravitating towards the one title that offered me a break from all this. I'm still lukewarm towards GTA V largely because of its tone, not because I'm somehow unable to perceive that someone else might find its mechanics more rewarding.
Do single issues of comics have multiple dialogue writers? I'm likening a single game to a single comic issue, not a long-running character.
Also, you're being massively presumptuous; I didn't mention anything about the writing of GTAV, naturally I haven't played it so I can't comment, I just thought that the idea of writing by committee isn't the best approach. I got the impression that Yahtzee was insinuating that he felt there was a design by committee approach to the writing.
Huh, well it would appear I was wrong, only three writers credited on IMDB.
Here is the difference between SR and GTA. There's a mission in GTAV where you have to defend a truck full of stolen supercars from the police using a James Bond'esque sports car with guns and spikes. It's pretty awesome and the mechanics are great; however, I'm quite sure that I'll never see those cars again. If it had been Saints Row, at the end of the mission the James Bond car, and all of the super cars would have automatically added to my garage, to play with and destroy as many times as I'd like.
Honestly, who cares how much work went into it? You're not buying the labor, you're buying the results of that labor.
Heroic army of Escapist critics and commentators forming up to face the hordes of GTA5 fanboys, flame shields in hand, like the soldiers at Thermopylae.
Look around and realize there aren't any fanboys.
Seriously, posts like this are by far the least valued posts on this thread. More people have come on here to make posts decrying fans and saying how up in arms the fans will get over this video then people actually responding to the video in either a positive or negative aspect. Then you find the first post that has some valid criticism to the content of the video, and suddenly you attempt to blur it out by attacking the person behind the post, shooting off uncalled for insults, and then dismissing the point of it entirely. There's a word for that type of attitude you know.
Take off the blinders that are knee jerk reactions, and actually reread what was stated in that post. Then please go and address some of the points, and discuss what you disagree with him on. Otherwise you come off far, far worse than what else is being said around you.
I have to agree with you here Layton, this video did seem pretty shallow to me as well, though you put it better than I could so I won't really reiterate much of what I agree with you on. I will say though that I would have liked to here what specific points in the game he felt were the ones that stood out poorly, but it's pretty vague when it comes down to it.
I agree with him that I was disappointed on the heists and how to plan them, some additional steps would have been nice, and perhaps ways of helping improve your potential heist members stats outside of the actual heists themselves would have been good (Say you go robbing liquor stores with them or something), but I'm not sure what exactly he's going on about when he says they fail you for no reason and such. I mean if you got in the wrong car when trying to leave or something like that, you probably failed because you weren't in the vehicle with the loot and would have left it behind or something like that. Same with not following the route and the like. I mean, how often do you watch a heist movie or something where the entire thing is based off of improvising the next step. Almost all start with a carefully laid out plan that is then attempted to be executed as close as possible.
Also, going back and watching his GTA IV review, I find it funny that he comments on other videos about companies trying to squeeze the most of what they can out of game franchises until they're dead, but then, years later, goes on and attempts to sell the exact same joke again and again about the numbering in games. But I really went back more to compare what he said now to what he said then, and I find it funny how he's complaining about some of the opposites back then. Such as when he criticized GTA IV for being bogged down by tutorials, but then flips on GTA V for not holding your hand enough when given new stuff to do.
then pull your fingers out of your ears. there are many things to like about the series, maybe just not things for YOU to like.
but thats cool, one mans brilliance is another mans squishy, rancid poo
i find it deliciously arrogant that people try to preempt fanboy bitching by bitching about fanboys
Having just completed the main story I can definitely agree about the plot threads and the lack of overarching thread.
Not sure where he's getting the "poorly written characters" from. It's a satire of crime, not an accurate criminal sim aiming for Oscar-quality dialogue.
Oh wait, hold on. I wish there was a mission in GTAV where you rob a bank by following this plan: "We walk in, wave the gun around, and leave very rich men."
Oh no, my dear friend. I called you a scout. Scout. Scoooooooooooooooooout. Fanboys do then to present better points. A scout of fanboy rage simply marks the territory to be desolated by the mindless sheep. Sometimes it works, others not so much. But you're still just a scout.
Second, I wasn't talking about visual glitches either. Notice how most of the glitches happen inside the simulation. I have experienced some of the same glitches as you, with higher frequency at the endgame, but the Zinyak battle? None.
Third, your points are very subjective and shallow. I did not wish to discuss them for that reason and still don't. I'm just calling you out on it because you need some actual arguments to support those claims.
So, in brief: "Bland unlikeable characters, non-existent story, has better driving than GTA4."
Well, maybe GTA5 will blow my mind a year from now when the more
Notice how I didn't even defended the review. Yes it was shallow and not one of Yathzee's best works (on of the worst actually, in my opinion). I agree with his points about the review, but his arguments about it AND Saints Row are based on subjective opinions which he tries to pass out as facts. I highly dislike these types of arguments so I called him on it.
Third, I never called him a fanboy. I called him a scout. As in, the guys who present misinformation by the way of an unsubstantial edgy opinion, and unnintencionally flare the discussion to REAL fanboys to come and trash the place. Sometimes it works, others doesn't. But he's no fanboy. He's a scout of fanboy rage. Different. Very different.
I think they got the balance just right with V, having gone too far towards the serious narrative side of things with IV. They kept the parts that worked while returning a bit of the crazy and the zany aspects from 3. I've had a great time with the substantial amount of dialog that the three main characters have, and the different ways each of them experiences the world.
The world itself is the centerpiece for me, which Yahtzee seems to dismiss as 'just stuff to do', but it's supposed to be a sandbox and it actually has some sandboxy aspects to it. Also, and maybe it's because I've spent a fair amount of time around Los Angeles, but man they nailed the look and feel of certain parts of it so well that it's uncanny.
Yes, I find the supercops a little annoying, but at the same time it felt like they were almost too easy to dismiss in recent entries in the series. This does make you less likely to simply mow down people unless you're planning on a proper rampage, and then you just need to have a good escape route and hiding place staked out.
I played and enjoyed Saints Row 3 by the way, but sometimes it's nice to have a game that isn't just too outlandish and over the top.
Looking through the comments and once again there's more posts talking about irrational fanboy rage than actual irrational fanboy rage.
Can someone please explain this fucking phenomenon to me? Maybe if I know the mentality behind it, it won't irk me so damn much every time I see it.
Different strokes for different folks, but holy gremlins does this game ever polarize gamers.
I hated GTA 4 so much, but playing as Michael feels like playing GTA 3/Vice City again. Playing as Franklin feels like playing San Andreas. Playing as Trevor feels like (finally being represented as a crazy Canadian and) playing Lynch from "Kane and Lynch". I see a universe paying tribute and expanding on what worked well in the past (which is what a sequel is supposed to do!) Playing this game feels like watching and controlling a gangster movie (satirizing reality), and it is tremendously entertaining.
I wish Rockstar was ready for the apps and online content, but just how ready can you be for that? I thought it was common practice as far as online mechanics go to make an educated guess and then clean up the mess. The Social Club works fine though.
Fanboys should never be acknowledged, but on the other hand I get why they're pissed. No one is being objective here.
-"Poorly written" narratives and story. I take it none of you pay attention to the conversations in the car? Maybe you skip the cutscenes too?
Just WHAT were you expecting? Bioshock:Infinite metaphysics? Crime doesn't pay? As if gangster stories were for the culturally and morally refined. As if these GAMES were.
-"Not fun/boring". If you think guns, explosions, and murder isn't fun then you were biased from the start. You refused to review GTA as GTA. What were you doing playing this game?? The biggest piss-off for fanboys is probably that you were given a podium for an opinion that was neither constructive or worthwhile. Pretty much a paid troll who was trolling for page views.
Your opinion isn't wrong, but when it's missing information and context, then yes, expect the torch and pitchforks from the extremists. Your "meh" has the potential to be offensive (as retarded as that sounds). People will get absolutely butt-hurt about anything and everything nowadays.
The sales are going to hit 2 billion this month, and you're lying to yourself if you think this is solely because of hype. The ones that DO exist on hype are the ones that are released annually. Notice how those games are forgotten and discarded just as quickly.
GTA V has my vote for game of the year, even though I tenderly favour XCOM:EU and Hotline Miami.
I actually find V a waste of money, which I sadly bought on release day. Not worth the money at all if you ask me. Yes I'm dead serious.
Heists where fun and 2 out of 3 chars interesting but that's about it.
I know for a fact they can program planes to be easy to fly, the same way I know games can program sniper rifles to not bounce around like an epileptic on a trampoline. But they want to "simulate difficulty" and apparently, shitty controls are how they do that.
That's a good point. The week before GTA V came out, that ad with that woman taking a selfie with her phone was all over Cracked.com, making me think I accidentally clicked onto IGN.
...K, I found Saints Row 4 very fun. I loved the powers and enjoyed the tone and humor.
Why is it not a matter of opinion?
Fully agree with this. The man wastes too much time with critical filler before jumping in with a couple of poorly justified observations and some decent gameplay nitpicking. And then he's almost sorry to admit he found the game fun.
Look, I haven't played the game, I'm not a GTA fanboy, I've never owned one past San Andreas. But this here review is poorly coined.
Why is it that I found the soldier bit at the end the most hilarious part of the review? I actually laughed out loud at that, which hasn't happened in a while.
OT: Fair review, and though I think the heist missions deserve a bit bigger commendation (going from "drive fat bloke here" to "put on bulletproof armour and rip shit up with a minigun"), it really is just people doing stuff. The solution: jetpacks.
Quoted for truth. I honestly had an awesome time in the game. I don't know why everyone has a stick up their arse about "scripted" games.
Perhaps I'm easily pleased but I was incredibly engaged in the story and found Michael and Trevor's relationship utterly fascinating.
Have I become the lowest common denominator in liking this game? GTA fans call out for less serious in their GTA, they get less serious and now they moan it's too disjointed and scripted? Who are the whiny fanboys now, huh?
There were angry hordes of fanboys in the comments of Greg Tito's review calling for his head and hurling death threats at his family for giving GTA V 3.5 stars out of 5. I'll say that again to drive it home : 3.5/5 That's the kind of score I was happy to get for a score on homework or a test in school.
The scream at the end is creepypasta material...
I agree about the heists. I was expecting Rainbow 6 style heist planning and the ability to heist anything, not just the mission buildings. But mostly I was looking forward to the Rainbow 6 style planning. That would have made this game so much better.
Far Cry 3 is a great example. Sure, you can run around this huge island, but why would you? The only reason to explore is to find radio towers, which just reveal more of the map, and take over bases. I guess there's hunting too but nothing like GTA. Assassin's Creed is another example, where the only side missions just give you money and the only thing you use money on is buying things that give you more money.
That's true, I can't because I have nothing to compare it to other than the poker in Red Dead. However, I don't see how that could make or break a game purchase. Didn't people hate being constantly called by their cousin to go bowling? That being said, there are plenty of random filler things like tennis and golf. So it's not like they simply removed filler activities, just replaced them with other types that were more flavorful.
So you insult me for no reason and still refuse to back up any claim whatsoever other than the fact that you agree with me that Saints Row IV is glitchy. Lazy game design hiding under the guise of "the glitches are a feature" is still lazy game design. I don't understand how having a random AI car stuck in a tree or the physics engine bug out and send me flying through the air when I hit a curb is excusable just because we're claiming that it's in a simulation. I had bugs outside of the simulation as well, mind you, so even if every single random exploding semi was completely done on purpose within the context of the game there were many problems I had outside of that.
Explain to me why my points are invalid and drop that presumptuous, snarky attitude and then I'll take you seriously. I have arguments for why Saints Row IV is a terrible game and if you want me to elaborate on any of them I'd be more than willing to.
You can find it fun but that certainly doesn't make it a good game. I loved Prototype for the superpowers but I'll be the first to admit the game is trash. I found Eat Lead hilarious but I know the actual game itself is horrible. I'll also say that when I played Saints Row IV I was laughing until I could barely breathe but that doesn't make it good.
You know, I like the game, but I have to totally agree. Still a fun game though with typical funny writing.
And boobs.
Probably because it was the funniest part of the review...
OT: Haven't played this game but never been too big on GTA to begin with...except Vice City...God, I love Vice city. Anyways, the people who are crying about Yahtzee, or crying about how fanboys are going to whine about Yahtzee (inadvertently being fanboys themselves) are forgetting something important about ZP. The biggest factor in a ZP review is humour, not legitimate criticism. Yahtzee needs to make fun of the game, so he only talks about the worst things in it. You want to whine about how he didn't mention Gameplay? CONGRATULATIONS! It means the game has good gameplay! So stop complaining about Yahtzee never commenting on the good in games. He only does that with games he finds OUTSTANDING, not good.
I suppose we differ in opinion of what makes a good game, I base the quality of a game based on the enjoyment I had with it. Naturally I knock it for faults like crashes and lag spikes but if the experience is good enough, I'll still call it a good game.
Naturally, we can't be sure, but I'm willing to bet that Rockstar will do it. Just a feeling though.
Glad you clarified that, but at the same time why isn't something fun 'good'? Just curious here, because a lot of people define a game that is fun as being a game that is good. If you don't measure a game's quality by the fun you're having, what do you measure it by?
I too was worried property buying would be simply to burn cash but since it adds a few short missions, it has more of a point than "have a lot of cash, buy this to get more"
But as someone else said, this game has very polarizing opinions on it, from the love em/hate em protagonists to the huge world itself. At least it shows that the heroes aren't tortured souls who only want to do the right thing right before throwing grenades off the highway to see how big a pileup you can cause.
I did like how the game was more challenging (I died a lot more than usual, I can beat GTA IV without dying once if I'm careful)
Interesting review.
Short Answer: it's fun, play it
On another note, here's a summary of these posts:
"Mun, those gta FANBOYS are gonna rage! *flameshield up* lul"
Bunch of twats
That ending bit about WWII was funnier then it should have been...
OT: I don't think Yahtzee will have to worry about getting flamed by GTA fans until this goes to Youtube. Escapists don't flame, they just make dry jokes about flame shields, use memes "ironically", and go "ugh, that is SO blase'" everytime someone mentions a game made after 2002.
I never really played GTA. Doesn't sound fun now, more than any time...
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Head Coach Michelle Bento-Jackson
On the first half:
"We didn't start off well defensively and because of that San Diego had too many easy looks. But we were able to create the momentum we wanted going into halftime."
On the tough second half:
"We weren't in sync offensively and that affected us defensively. We always want to bring energy to our defense."
On the last nine seconds of the game:
"Our focus was not to let them get a long pass. That would have hurt us. But we gained a little momentum in the end of the game. I'm sure that would have carried over to overtime. But I liked out chances with nine seconds left."
On the technical foul:
"As soon as I knew Chandice was going to take the free throws, my first reaction was that we just won the game. I have no questions in my mind that she would miss those shots."
On the importance of the win:
""Every win is so important and we had built a good momentum at the end of the game. We didn't play as well as we would have liked, but we pulled off the victory and we need to play well on Saturday against San Francisco."
Senior Jen Gottschalk
On the final seconds of the game:
"I was right there when Rego called the timeout. I was confident that the officials would make the right call. I wasn't nervous at all. Out of anyone, I knew Chandice would make those free throws."
Senior Chandice Cronk
On being at the free throw line in that final second:
"I really like to shoot free throws when I have to make them. I knew I only need to make one and I made both."
On the problems the team faced during the game:
"We lacked the intensity on defense. We weren't as together as we should have been. When we are together, we win games."
On the importance of the win:
"We just came off two huge wins on the road and to have a home win is always important. Last season we lost both times to San Diego. I hope that this win jump starts us for the rest of the season."

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Kim Kardashian wants to set the record straight.
In a Tuesday blog post, the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star wrote, "There's 2 things I have to get off my chest. I know I should ignore these things, and usually I do but I'm just in that mood today!"
The entry was published days after the 33-year-old returned from a family trip to Thailand. Several blogs accused the Vogue cover girl of trying to pass off a stock image as her own via social media.
"I instagramed a pic of Thailand I found on Google thanking Thailand for the memories we had on our recent trip. I never claimed to have taken that pic. It was the best pic to show how pretty Thailand was," she wrote. "I was already home and couldn't take a new pic... just didn't have scenic pics on my phone! I see today people are calling me a fraud... but ummm when did I ever say i took that pic? LOL." (See the Instagram post in question below.)
NEWS: Kim Kardashian's Vogue sales are reportedly on par with Beyonce and Michelle Obama
Kardashian may not have landscape photos, but she did manage to snap a selfie with an elephant!
What about the other rumor Kanye West's fiancee wanted to debunk?
"I see the hotel I stayed at gave quotes that I had 6-hour spa treatments daily. The hotel was gorgeous and had amazing service, but not once did I get a massage, which I'm actually pissed I didn't do because a Thai massage I heard are the best! Never once did I get a manicure or any other spa treatment. NOT ONE!" the boutique chain owner blogged. "So I really don't appreciate false info making me out to be a diva.... come on I was busy taking selfies all day!!! Just kidding...well not really."
"Buuuuut even if family members got spa treatments they should because we were on vacation!" Kardashian continued. "Like I get it, they want to promote their gorgeous resort and spa, but just don't lie.... I would rather spend six hours a day with my family and daughter, not in spa treatments."
Why did Kardashian decide to slam these reports and not others? "I just hate when people lie about things so I am in the mood to blog because my daughter finally went down for a nap and I am here bored!" she said. "Thailand was beautiful, great food, amazing people. Can't wait to go back one day."
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2013 Breeders' Cup World Championships to be held at Santa Anita Park
LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 9, 2012) - The Breeders' Cup announced today that the 30th Breeders' Cup World Championships will be held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2, 2013.
The Breeders' Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing's most prestigious global event, annually attracts the best horses from around the world. The Breeders' Cup consists of 15 races with purses totaling more than $25 million over the two-day event.
Santa Anita, which will be the site of this year's Breeders' Cup on November 2-3, has hosted the Breeders' Cup World Championships five times, most recently back-to-back editions in 2008 and 2009, both of which set new records for attendance and wagering.
The 2013 Breeders' Cup will be televised on the NBC Sports Network, and the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic will be shown live and in primetime on NBC from 8-9 p.m. ET. The NBC Sports Network is also televising this year's Breeders' Cup with primetime coverage of the Classic on NBC, Nov. 3.
"We are delighted to extend our partnership with Santa Anita, to celebrate the 30th edition of our Championships in Southern California and for the unprecedented opportunity to showcase the Breeders' Cup Classic in primetime for a second consecutive year. We are equally looking forward to bringing racing fans a world-class event at one of the world's greatest racing venues," said Breeders' Cup President and CEO Craig Fravel. "Southern California and the greater Los Angeles community are always exceptional hosts for fans and horsemen alike from the event's launch in 1984 and, most recently, at the 2008 and 2009 World Championships."
Mike Rogers, President of The Stronach Group's Racing Division said: "We are pleased the Breeders' Cup has chosen to stay at Santa Anita for the 2013 World Championships. This underlines the commitment of The Stronach Group to present world-class racing at its venues around the country. Santa Anita's back-to-back runnings of the Breeders' Cup in 2008 and 2009 produced some of the top performances in the event's history and we are looking forward to again showcasing the world's greatest athletes in the entertainment capital of the world."
The 2013 running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships marks the 10th time the event will be held in Southern California over its 30-year history. According to a study by Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation, the Breeders' Cup generated in excess of $60 million in economic impact in the Los Angeles area in both 2008 and 2009. Next year's running will mark the seventh time that Santa Anita will host the Breeders' Cup, after hosting the event in 1986, 1993, 2003, 2008 and 2009 and this year.
"We are very proud that California has once again been selected to host the Breeders' Cup and we will take all the steps necessary to ensure that the Breeders' Cup this November and next year at Santa Anita will be of the highest caliber for our racing fans and horsemen in our state and for our guests attending from around the world," said Keith Brackpool, Chairman of the California Horse Racing Board.
"The Thoroughbred Owners of California is happy to support the return of the Breeders' Cup World Championships to California and Santa Anita Park," said TOC Chairman Mike Pegram. "In addition to providing a much-needed boost to the state and local economies, the event gives California horsemen an opportunity to compete against the world's best at one of our sport's most outstanding racetracks."
Among the most memorable moments in Breeders' Cup history, the great Zenyatta provided fans with one of racing's most exhilarating performances, when she became the first female to win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, climaxing the 2009 World Championships at Santa Anita. In addition to the then record attendance of 96,496 and record on-track handle of $19,208,012, the 2009 races attracted the most international starters in event history with 34 participants from outside the U.S. and Canada.
Breeders' Cup officials indicated that no decisions have been made on host sites beyond 2013 and that the organization remains open to visiting markets that can accommodate its two-day event during its traditional fall timing, provide world-class hospitality for participants and guests and showcase the world's best Thoroughbred racing.
About Santa Anita and The Stronach Group
Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California, is among the most iconic sports venues in the world and has been the proving ground for some of the greatest racehorses in history from Seabiscuit to Zenyatta. Santa Anita is owned by the Stronach Group, a privately-held consortium that owns and operates a number of leading businesses in a wide range of industries, including: Thoroughbred racing and gaming; Thoroughbred horse breeding; agriculture; electric and hybrid vehicle technologies, medical technologies. The Stronach Group also owns a number of premier development properties and real estate assets in North America and Europe.
About Breeders' Cup
The Breeders' Cup administers the Breeders' Cup World Championships, Thoroughbred racing's year-end Championships. The Breeders' Cup also administers the Breeders' Cup Challenge qualifying series, which provides automatic starting positions into the Championships races. The 2012 Breeders' Cup World Championships, consisting of 15 races and purses totaling more than $25 million will be held Nov. 2-3 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., and will be televised live by NBC. The $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic will be shown live and in primetime on NBC from 8-9 p.m. ET. Breeders' Cup press releases appear on the Breeders' Cup Web site, www.breederscup.com. You can also follow the Breeders' Cup on social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
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There are two races at Los Alamitos Race Course on Saturday with Kentucky Derby and Oaks implications: the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), and the $300,000 Starlet (G1).
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The title of Eclipse Champion Three Year Old Male is still very much up for debate, and there are two grade 1 events left on the calendar for a new leader to emerge from the pack.
- December 5, 2019
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Oct 8 (Reuters) - An outage that cut phone and data service to Sprint customers in parts of California, Oregon and Washington also grounded some Alaska Airlines passengers on Monday as it knocked the air carrier's reservations system off line.
Crystal Davis, a spokeswoman for Sprint Nextel Corp , said the outages were caused by two cuts in the company's fiber optic cable network. Da vis said that the company had restored service to affected customers by 4.30 PM ET and that Alaska Airlines service was restored by 3 PM ET on Monday.
One cable was accidentally cut early Monday morning while maintenance work was being conducted on a railroad track between Chicago and Milwaukee, she said.
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Alaska Airlines said in a statement that it and sister carrier Horizon Air had canceled 70 flights affecting more than 6,000 people by midday Monday. Some of the flights that had departed were up to four hours late, it said.
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Alaska and Horizon, which are owned by Alaska Air Group , said customers traveling Monday or Tuesday can request refunds or change their tickets without incurring extra fees.
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Carl, Michael; Mesa-Lao, Bartolomé; Schaeffer, Moritz; García-Martínez, Mercedes (Edinburgh, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This deliverable describes the experimental data gathered in Tasks 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 and 1.5, it is related to deliverable D6.5. Numerous translation and post-editing experiments have been conducted during the Cas- MaCat project and many of them have been assembled in a Translation Process Database (TPR-DB) which is hosted at the CRITT1. The current TPR-DB version 2.0 is an extension of the TPR-DB version 1.0 which was described in deliverable D1.1, Appendix 4.5. This deliverable gives an overview of the data collected in TPR-DB version 2.0. A more detailed description of the TPR-DB can be found on the TPR-DB website. A description of the structure and the features is provided in a document on the same site from the link http://bridge.cbs.dk/resources/tpr-db/TPR-DB1.4.pdf. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9058
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Insights from the Building SectorHale, Lara Anne (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this thesis I address how experimental standards are used in the new governance paradigm to further sustainability transitions. Focusing on the case of the Active House standard in the building sector, I investigate experimental standards in three research papers examining the following dynamics: (1) the relationship between commensuration and legitimacy in the formulation and diffusion of a standard's specifications; (2) the role of awareness in standardizing green default rules to establish sustainable consumption in buildings; and (3) the significance of focus on humans in the development of technological standards for sustainable building. Launching from a critical realist social ontology, I collected ethnographic data on the Active House Alliance, its cofounder VELUX, and three of their demonstration building projects in Austria, Germany, and Belgium over the course of three years from 2013 to 2016. In light of the literature on standards and global experimental governance (GXG), I explicate how experiments unfold processually and how standards makers adjust the standard's development to learnings and social insights from these experiments URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9475
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Effects of Institutional Distances. Studies of Risk Definitions, Perceptions, Management and CommunicationMerkelsen, Henrik (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis consists of four papers which address different aspects of risk. All the papers in the thesis relate one way or another to food risks, but food risks is not the core subject matter of the thesis. The overall theme is about how risks are defined, perceived, managed and communicated. However, the empirical focus on food risks is not a result of mere coincidence. During the past decades society has witnessed a number of food scares such as BSE, avian bird flu, E-Coli, Salmonella and Dioxin residues (Löfstedt 2006; Knowles 2007). New food risk topics related to novel foods and biotechnology such as GMO have added to the public concerns over food risks (Frewer et al. 2002; Sjöberg 2008). Obesity and other consequences of lifestyle related food risks cause severe health problems (Seiders 2004). Recently the growing concern about climate changes has led to significant public concern and media attention to the environmental impacts of food miles and green house gas emissions in food production (Weber and Matthews 2008). As a consequence of this development consumer concerns over food safety have increased steadily since the 1970s (Knox 2000). The sum of all these risks and the resulting societal anxiety are a politicization of food risks similar to that of risks related to new technologies. The politicization of food risks is accompanied by increased public demands for regulation, which, similar to the case of regulating new technologies, lead to the necessity of a better understanding of what factors drive public attitudes towards those risks. Subsequently the studies of public perceptions of 10 food risks have increased steadily over the past decades (Löfstedt 2006, Hohl and Gaskel 2008)). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8289
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Seabrooke, Leonard; Tsingou, Eleni; Willers, Johann Ole (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines who populates the expert and policy network around demographic change issues in Europe. We examine how competing policy departments in the European Commission Directorates- General (DGs) deal with the issue of Europe's changing demography, as well as discuss the role of external experts on demographic change. Our findings suggest that on demographic change issues at the EU level, DG EMPL has taken the lead, while DG ECFIN is the secondary actor. Still, internal European Commission dynamics mean that the lead actor on demographic issues has less autonomy in articulating a funded and clear policy position on how to address them. As a consequence, there is little institutional memory and hardly a depository of activity on demographic change. While outside expertise comes primarily from demographers, and other scholars concerned with demographic change, they are primarily an academic community rather than heavily engaged in European policy formulation. As a consequence of these dynamics, the European mode of governance on demographic change issues suffers from a lack of both flexibility and direction. It is an important slow-burning issue that is captured by neither the 'new intergovernmentalism' nor the 'new supranationalism' in post-crisis European governance strategies. Rather, demographic change issues largely operate in a vacuum and make only sporadic appearances on the EU agenda. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9628
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Schroll, Sanne; Rose Skaksen, Jan (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we use data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey to analyze the extent to which differences in average attitudes towards immigration across the EU-15 countries may be explained by differences in socioeconomic characteristics and individually perceived consequences of immigration, using an extension of a decomposition technique developed by Fairlie (2005). We find that despite the significant effects of socioeconomic characteristics on attitudes, differences in the distributions of these characteristics can only explain a modest share of the cross-country variation in average attitudes. A larger part can be explained by differences in perceived consequences of immigration, but the main part is still left unexplained. Apart from providing useful input for policy makers working in the area of immigration policy, this raises a number of questions for further research for which the ESS data can be successfully applied. Attitudes, Immigration, Cross-country differences URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7687
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Loasby, Brian J. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Minbaeva, Dana B.; Mäkelä, Kristiina; Rabbiosi, Larissa (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The knowledge-based view has recently been criticized for overlooking individual-level action and interaction in favor of an over-emphasis on the firm-level capabilities. This paper seeks to respond to that criticism by providing some individual-level explanations for a collective-level phenomenon – intraorganizational knowledge transfer. We suggest that variations in individual ability, motivation and the use of interaction opportunities provided by the organization explain part of the variation found in individuallevel knowledge acquisition and use, and that this has an influence on organizational level knowledge transfer within a firm. More specifically, we find that ability and intrinsic motivation are important drivers of individual level knowledge acquisition and use, while extrinsic motivation has no impact. Furthermore, the extent to which an individual uses interaction opportunities provided by the organization influences knowledge transfer both directly and through a moderator effect with ability and person-to-person interaction. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8001
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The Role of Internal AntecedentsHarder, Mie (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Management innovation is the introduction of new management practices, processes, techniques or organizational structures that significantly alter the way the work of management is performed. This paper examines a particular characteristic of management innovation: i.e. pervasiveness. Based on the behavioral theory of the firm, the determinants of firms' adoption of pervasive management innovations are explored. I find that performance shortfalls have a direct positive effect on the pervasiveness of adopted innovations. Likewise, I find a direct effect of education level, richness of internal communication and CEO novelty on pervasiveness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8246
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Background Paper for the Committee for Greenlandic Mineral Resources to the Benefit of SocietyNielsen, Søren Bo (København, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper considers the role of the public sector in future exploitation of non-renewable resources, especially minerals, in Greenland. The focus is on fiscal sustainability, principles for public sector involvement and the form of government take from mining activities. At present, the public budget in Greenland is nearly in balance, but at unchanged policies and standards public expenditures relative to GDP are bound to increase dramatically over the next decades due to population ageing. At the same time, the freezing of the block grant from Denmark implies a decrease in revenues relative to GDP. Hence, fiscal policy is quite far from being sustainable. Apart from a need for reforms, these facts also constrain the possible role of the public sector in future resource exploitation. In any case, the government should preferably adhere to strict principles when developing the mineral sector in Greenland. Furthermore, serious attention should be given to how to secure an appropriate government take from mineral activities. The paper discusses several types of taxes as well as financing models. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9050
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Abstract: Purpose: Very little research has been done to find out what happens to organizing in Chinese companies that are located in countries characterized by cooperative capitalism. I focus on this phenomenon and explore what happens to organizing in two Chinese high-tech companies located in Denmark. Design/methodology/approach: Case studies, interviewing, and three questions inspired by the work of Boltanski & Thévenot: 1) What type of test scenarios are the Chinese and Danes becoming engaged in? 2) Which worlds are called upon as justification of actions by the Chinese and Danes in the test scenarios? 3) How do they discover their relative worth in different worlds enacted in the test scenarios? Findings: The analysis shows that controversies have emerged in test scenarios where Chinese managers and engineers have enacted a market world and a domestic world, while Danish managers and engineers have enacted an industrial world and a civic world. Furthermore, it is suggested that controversies also occur when Chinese managers enact a fuzzy world. Different worlds collide in these types of test scenarios, creating ambiguity about the worth of the persons involved and the organizing principles in their practices. The Chinese and the Danes deal with the ambiguity in many different ways. Research limitation: Few cases exist and the data is limited. Practical implications: The analysis creates learning opportunities for Chinese and Danish managers and highly qualified employees. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8793
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What Political Parties Want to Facilitate, Project and CreateDyrby, Signe; Blegind Jensen, Tina (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In recent years, social media have become omnipresent and highly important for social networking and content sharing. Lately we have witnessed how also political parties adopt social media as part of their political campaign strategy. The purpose of this work-in-progress paper is to investigate this tendency by posing two research questions: 1) what do political parties perceive as affordances of social media use in their campaign strategy? And 2) how are these affordances reflected in the political parties' actual actions during the campaign? To address the two questions, we conducted a qualitative case study of the political parties' use of Facebook in the Danish general election in 2011. Our preliminary findings reveal three main categories of affordances that the political parties wish to pursue: 1) they want to facilitate direct communication to promote political interests and create room for dialogue in a controlled environment, 2) they want to project an image of authenticity through an informal media, and 3) they want to create interaction and involvement through dynamic relationships with voters. A closer look at the parties' actual use of Facebook reveals that their intention of generating interaction and involvement is limited by their actions as most of them do not engage with the users' posts and comments. The tensions between perceived affordances and actual use prompt further investigation of what political parties should consider when engaging in social media activities as part of their campaign strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8727
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The Case of Google Wallet and ISISChae, Sang-Un; hedman, Jonas (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Over the past few years, mobile payments have been present like a storm on the horizon. They have generated a lot of attention; yet have not reached wide adoption. Issues such as the complexity of the mobile payment ecosystem and the lack of sustainable business models have been accounted for the slow market penetration. With the rise of new technologies such as NFC, the mobile payment sphere experiences a new height of talk, which materialized in a second wave of companies entering the market. Using the case study method, we will enquire into two recent mobile payment initiatives in the U.S, namely Google Wallet and ISIS. As such, the paper sets out to study NFC-enabled mobile payment innovations and provide an analysis of business models of m-payment services. The outcome of the paper contributes to the research of business models and mobile payment in two ways. First, it offers an applicable business model framework that allows practitioners and academics to study current and future mobile payment approaches. Second, it offers new insight in the field of NFC mobile payments; specifically about concrete business model configurations to effectively reach mass-market. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8724
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A production network approachLindskow, Kasper (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: News publishers in the industrialized world are experiencing a fundamental challenge to their business models because of the changing modes of consumption, competition, and production of their offerings that are associated with the emergence of the networked information society. The erosion of the traditional business models poses an existential threat to news publishing and has given rise to a continuing struggle among news publishers to design digital business models that will be sustainable in the future. This dissertation argues that a central and underresearched aspect of digital news publishing business models concerns the production networks that support the co-production of digital news offerings. To fill this knowledge gap, this dissertation explores the strategic design of the digital news publishing production networks that are associated with HTML-based news offerings on the open Web. In order to do so, a theoretical model is developed that is suited for the analysis of the strategic design of business models, including the production networks that support them, in the sectors of the economy that are affected by networked informatization in general and in digital news publishing specifically. The theoretical model includes a business model construct that enables a detailed analysis of production networks and an integrated strategy theory that combines networked-based approaches to value creation and capture with Emerson's power-dependence theory in order to conceptualize both collaboration and competition strategies. In addition, a novel method is developed that can be used to collect and analyze very large amounts of data on the resource exchanges that take place between news publishers and their business partners. The method allows for systematic mapping of the flows of resources in digital news publishing ecologies and of the production networks that are associated with the co-production of digital news offerings. The theoretical model and methodology developed in the dissertation are used to explore the American digital news publishing ecology and the strategies that 41 different leading American news publishers use to design their production networks. In the analysis, the activities carried out by and resource flows between a total of 1,356 business partners and news publishers in the American digital news publishing ecology are identified and visualized. In addition, a fundamental architecture that is shared by all digital news publishing production networks and a typology of 9 different types of production networks are identified. Furthermore, it is found that the structure of the American digital news publishing ecology is highly asymmetric and gives rise to a number of specific strategic dilemmas for news publishers. Finally, 9 different types of strategies that news publishers use to design their production networks, each of which mediates the dilemmas they face in different ways, are identified. In the conclusion to the dissertation, the findings of the dissertation are discussed, put into perspective, and connected to the existing research on other elements in digital news publishing business models in order to bring us closer to a holistic theory of the strategic design of digital news publishing business models. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9284
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Forms and facades in formation of the biotechnology firmsNorus, Jesper (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In the recent years the successful collaborative arrangements and relationships between university, industry and public institutions have become a mantra in transforming new scientific knowledge into new innovations and business ventures. The fit between these very different actor groups has been treated as a contingent factor. However only little attention have been giving to a specific focus on the strategies that new business ventures have obtained to establish the fit between small firms, university research, and public policies such as regulatory policies and R&D policies. The emergence of the new biotechnologies and these techniques predominately coming from the university sector make the new biotechnology organizations an interesting object for studying these relationships both on a regional and a national level. From the perspective of the small biotechnology firms (SBFs) the paper explores four different strategies for dealing with network relations; the research oriented strategy, the incubator strategy, the industrial partnering strategy, and the policy-oriented strategy. The research-oriented strategy is narrowly focusing on how a biotechnology firm transforms their scientific results into promising technologies, services or products. The incubator strategy is concerned with localization and how to come about specific types of managerial problem in the initial stage of forming a business venture. The industrial partnering strategy concerns how to overcome the problem of bringing the technologies from an experimental stage at a research lab to be able handle industrial processes and full-scale production. Last but not least the policy oriented strategy focus on problem of having products approved by the public authorities. Theoretically the article draws upon network theories and a dynamic view of network relations. That is done in order to capture the nature of the relationships between different types of actors, but also in order to emphasize the informal nature of some of these relationships. The article has a dual purpose; 1) From a corporate point of view to emphasize multiple conditions for developing and forming interorganizational relationships, 2) From a research perspective to point to the diversity and heterogeneity of these relations and thereby emphasizes the evolutionary nature of these relations and their relatedness to the overall strategies obtained by the biotechnology entrepreneurs. The paper is structured so it will start out by stating its methodological foundations. Thereafter the theoretical positioning of the network approach will seek to argue that we have multiple network relationships are at play. Not only do these networks differ but also the institutional and organizational origins are to be touched upon to come to understand the nature of the biotechnology environment and the actors involved. The positioning of the SBFs as the focal point of the analysis leads to a discussion on entrepreneurial business strategies in biotechnology industry and how these business strategies in a very distinct mode is correlated with interorganizational relationships. The empirical evidence will be fleshed out in four cases representing each of the four suggested strategies. The conclusion discusses three implications of network partnering analysis. First, it discusses the theoretical contributions on the diversity, heterogeneity between the four partnering strategies. Second, it will point to future directions in the research. Third, the conclusion will point to the managerial challenges that can be foreseen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6669
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Jakobsen, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The main aim of this article is to identify key external and internal factors that are capable of impacting and thus influencing directly or indirectly state performance in Southeast Asia with special emphasis on Myanmar, Vietnam and Singapore. The theoretical aim is to develop a framework for partly being able to delineate some external boundaries for state manoeuvring and partly delineate the internal size of the space or 'room' that conditions state performance in an international cum national context respectively. On the basis of the above this article thus argues that the state is sandwiched between external and internal factors as the two respectively define the outer boundaries and internal size of the room in which the state has to perform. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9142
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Foss, Nicolai J.; Mahoney, Joseph T. (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Knowledge governance is characterized as a distinctive research subject, the understanding of which cuts across diverse fields in management. In particular, it represents an intersection of knowledge management, strategic management, and theories of the firm. Knowledge governance considers how deployment of governance mechanisms influences knowledge processes: sharing, retaining, and creating knowledge. We survey the papers in this volume of the special issue, and discuss the remaining research challenges. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8030
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Exploring organizational antecedents for sustainable product development for international tour operating businessesBudeanu, Adriana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The development of sustainable products or services is defined by Maxwell as the process of making products or services in a more sustainable way (production) throughout their entire life cycle, from conception to the end-of-life (Maxwell & van der Vorst, 2003). Essentially, sustainable products or services are alternatives to existing ones, but of a superior quality, providing the same function to the customer, being more cost-effective, while also generating less harm on the surrounding environments or societies. The emphasis is on securing the efficiency of inputs and outputs is all actions along the life cycle of the product or service, from raw materials to discharged waste, so that unnecessary consumption of resources and generation of wastes are avoided. More advanced concepts such as product-service systems and needs-oriented-service systems aim to reduce impacts from the production and the use phase, or even at the end-of-life phase of a product (Mont, 2002; Roy, 2000). New and under development, the area of product-service systems is increasingly gaining acceptance from companies (Manzini & Jégou, 2003). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8544
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An International StudyFlint, Daniel L.; Larsson, Everth; Gammelgaard, Britta (Lombard, Illinois, 2008)[More information][Less information]
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Østergaard Hansen, Anders; Juul Andersen, Torben (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The economic turmoil over the past decade has accentuated the focus on corporate risk management and organizational adaptability under turbulent market conditions. However, there is little empirical evidence assessing whether promoted risk approaches are in fact associated with favourable corporate risk outcomes. Here we introduce the concept of dynamic capabilities as firm-specific adaptation under environmental turbulence that avoids extreme loss situations and provides stable business development. We test the relationship between effective dynamic capabilities and corporate risk outcomes in two large samples over two 10-year periods (1991-2000 and 2001-2010) representing distinctly different macro-economic conditions. The analysis uncovers significant positive risk outcomes effects in both periods, which suggests that dynamic capabilities may serve as a conceptual foundation to better understand effective risk management practices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8785
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Earlier today, we poked fun at the fact that Braylon Edwards decided to rush to the defense of former teammate and buttfumbler Mark Sanchez. Now, Edwards has apologized for his "emotional outburst," and proven himself to be very bad at completing his thoughts.
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Skip to comments.Ancient mummies found buried with world's oldest cheese
Posted on 03/01/2014 3:15:21 AM PST by Renfield
For some cheese lovers, the older and stinkier the cheese, the better. Well, what about a cheese that's been aging for 3,600 years?
Yellow lumps, believed to be the world's oldest cheese, were found on mummies buried in the Taklamakan Desert in northwestern China. The cheese, which was found during archaeological excavations that took place between 2002 and 2004, dates to as early as 1615 BC.
The cheese was found on the necks and chests of the mummies. The multiple layers of cowhide the mummies were buried in, and the dry, salty desert helped preserve the cheese....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Lumps of cheese, shown with arrowheads, were collected from the neck and chest of a female mummy known as the "Beauty of Xiaohe." Inset shows an enlarged view of a cheese lump.
Not to be 'cheezy' but I am thinking the cheese was buried with the mummies, not the other way around...
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I don't know about that. When it's time to bury my cheese, you may as well throw me in the ground with it.
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Has to be Velveeta. Only stuff that can last that long
I don't care how %$#&@&&! runny it is.... hand it over with all speed!
Heard it was a real cheezy funeral..
Don't tell me.... I'm keen to guess!
Jeez, maybe the mummy was cooking macaroni and cheese.
AWWW! The cats eaten it!
"Would Bill Clinton date her?"
More so, would Laz hit it?
She was the Big Cheese!
Makes one wonder when the Chinese became intolerant of dairy, either that or . . . .
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Continuous Integration (CI) Best Practices with SAP – Introduction and Navigator
Continuous Integration and Delivery
2.1. CI/CD Practices
2.2. Pipeline Suggestions
CI/CD Landscape - Component Setup
3.1. Source Code Versioning System
3.2. Build Scheduler
3.3. Artifact Repository
3.5. CD Pipeline Skeleton
CI/CD Process Setup
4.1. Generic Project
4.2. Java Web on SAP Cloud Platform
4.3. SAP HANA Extended Application Services (XS), classic model
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4.5. SAPUI5/SAP Fiori on SAP Cloud Platform
4.6. SAP HANA Extended Application Services, advanced model (XS advanced) on SAP HANA
4.7. SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS
CI/CD Process Setup using SCM and build services on the cloud
5.1. Generic Project with CI using Cloud Services
5.2. Java Web on SAP Cloud Platform with CI using Cloud Services
An efficient software development process is vital for success in building business applications on SAP cloud or on-premise platforms.
This guide discusses some basic principles for software development that are derived from the process definitions for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD). We provide best practices to support establishing your application development processes especially for SAP Cloud Platform but also for other SAP technologies.
Our customers have requested in-depth guidance for an end-to-end CI process. SAP offers several tools to address single aspects, such as the SAP Web IDE in SAP Cloud Platform. The goal of this guide is to provide a "big picture" on CI or CD processes and to give showcases how to set them up using widely adopted complementary tools. The choice of tools should be considered as examples. Other tools fulfilling the same purpose will work as well.
We will take a look at the most important SAP technologies and describe how to use existing tools to set up a CI process that fits the individual needs of your development project, your requirements, and your environment.
Simply follow the step-by-step recipes to set up and configure the technical components. You will learn how to orchestrate those components to build a generic skeleton CI or CD process that is based on selected SAP technologies. We discuss the specifics of each technology and explain how to adopt the CI and CD approaches with the help of concrete examples or reference applications.
This guide is intended for any SAP customer or partner who is interested in or currently setting up a development process for their cloud application development on SAP Cloud Platform or on-premise technologies. The high level principles discussed in part 2 of the guide are intended for a wide audience and will help managers, product owners, quality managers and developers understand why the principles make sense and how they can be applied. The subsequent parts are more technical and are intended for the process architects, build engineers, and operators who are implementing the development process.
The subsequent parts are more technical and are intended for the process architects, build engineers, and operators who are implementing the development process: part 3 describes how to set up the CI infrastructure components, and part 4 the process orchestration for the different SAP technologies.
In part 5 we outline an alternative approach using cloud services as CI infrastructure components instead of installing them on-premise.
Navigating Through the Best Practices Guide
This best practices guide covers a broad spectrum of aspects and addresses many diverse topics at different levels for people who have different roles and interests. We have tried to identify some roles and direct them to the sections that are likely to be of most interest.
|Description, Skill Set
|Makes investment decisions about infrastructure, tools and usage of public services. Mainly interested in a sustainable investment into the infrastructure.
|Quality Manager
|Responsible for product quality. Defines and decides on the processes that ensure the quality level.
|Delivery Manager
|Responsible for the shipment and deployment of the product to production. Relies on the quality and defines the deployment process.
|Build Operator
|Operates the technical components for a CI/CD infrastructure.
|Build Engineer
|Implements the CI/CD process on top of the technical components. Implements and supports the product-specific requirements to be implemented in the build and test procedures. The person in this role might be an expert of the software technology in which the product is implemented.
|Developer engaged in CI
|Implements the build scripts and tests in collaboration with the Build Engineer. An expert of the software technology in which the product is implemented.
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Score: VCU 84, George Washington 57
Records: VCU (21-5, 9-2 A-10), George Washington (11-12, 5-5 A-10)
Location: The Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center - Richmond, Va.
The Short Story: Less than 48 hours after VCU won a big conference matchup over UMass on Thursday night, the Rams ratcheted up the HAVOC once again, forcing George Washington into 25 turnovers en route to a dominating 84-57 for the Black & Gold. Junior Juvonte Reddic poured in a season-high 24 points on 11-of-13 shooting, while also grabbing 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the year. Senior Troy Daniels, junior Rob Brandenberg and freshman Melvin Johnson all added 11 points apiece in the victory.
How It Happened
- George Washington and Kevin Larsen showed VCU they came to play with a quick 8-2 lead less than five minutes into the contest.
- However, the Rams would respond with a three-pointer from Daniels capping off a 14-2 run that gave VCU a 14-10 cushion with 11:33 to play.
- The two teams would trade buckets before the Rams would put together a run that would set the tone for the rest of the night. With VCU leading 21-18 at the 7:15 mark of the first half, HAVOC would force eight turnovers en route to a 21-6 close to the stanza and give the Rams a 42-24 advantage at the break.
- A dunk clinic by Reddic would help the Black & Gold extend its lead to as many as 20 in the start of the second half, before George Washington would claw its way back within 12 after Patricio Garino picked up a steal and fastbreak layup with just under 10 minutes to play.
- Just like in the first half, VCU would respond with a huge run and again it was a 21-6 run to close out the game in which the Rams held the Colonials to just one field goal over the final 9:43 of the contest.
Beyond the Box Score
- Reddic's 24-point, 10-rebound performance was his sixth double-double in 11 A-10 games and pushes his career total to 15, which gives him sole possession of 10th on VCU's all-time career double-double list.
- VCU moved to a perfect 13-0 this season and 29-2 in the past three years when Brandenberg scores 11 points or more.
- It was the fifth time this year that the Rams tallied 19 or more steals (20 steals three times is the season high). It was the 17th time this year that VCU registered double-figure in steals and increased its nationally-lead in steals to 321.
- With 44 points in the paint, VCU moved to a perfect 11-0 this season and 36-2 under Coach Smart when scoring 35 or more points in the paint.
- Nine different players registered a steal with four different players tallying three steals apiece (Theus, Brandenberg, Daniels, Weber)
- Daniels moved into a tie for second-place on VCU's single-season 3-pointer list with B.A. Walker at 92. That's just two behind Daniels' own single-season mark of 94, set last year.
Head Coach Shaka Smart
- "I thought our guys played with really good energy. The press obviously was the difference maker for us, turning them over 25 times. Particularly in the second half, I thought we were able to get the pace going our way, create some steals and score off some of those opportunities."
- "It probably wasn't the most beautiful game as far as the way it flowed, particularly in the first half, but I thought our guys made a lot of multiple effort plays, which makes a difference in the end.""
- "We were able to get Juvonte going early with some lobs and some easy ones. I love his stats with a double-double and score 24 points and grab 10 rebounds, it's a good thing, but I have such high expectations and know how good he can be that I thought he could've rebounded a little better, which was an area I thought as a team we could've been better. No doubt about it though, I'm sure glad he's on our team."
Junior Juvonte Reddic
- "We knew that the back screen was going to get me open on the lob, we practiced that in practice, and the first play of the game it worked and I threw it down with one hand and it got the crowd hyped, it got my team hyped and we just had the momentum. It created a great atmosphere and made it hard for our opponents to play their game."
Senior Troy Daniels
- "It's a fight for first. That's all we know right now. We're going to prepare for them tomorrow and Monday and go from there. We know they're a great team and they have a lot of fans and great fans in Saint Louis, so we have to be ready to play, be ready to be road warriors."
Up Next
- The Rams hit the road for a nationally-televised first-place showdown with the Billikens of Saint Louis on Tuesday night. Game time at Chaifetz Arena is set for 8 p.m. CST/9 p.m. EST on CBS Sports Network.


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Your Christmas Ham's Vet May Be the Gatekeeper to Antibiotics
Livestock vets may soon become the gatekeepers for antibiotics in animal feed.
Dec. 24, 2013 -- Even though Ross Kiehne keeps his patients in top physical form, they all have only six months to live.
That's because Kiehne is a swine veterinarian, and his patients are, well, your Christmas hams.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes that livestock vets such as Kiehne will soon become the gatekeepers for antibiotics in animal feed, keeping the public safe from antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Read about the FDA's plan to curb superbugs here.
The third-generation Minnesota farmer treats his piggy patients with antibiotics only if the animals are sick or have been too near contagious animals. He doesn't give healthy animals the over-the-counter, low-dose antibiotic feed commonly known to promote growth -- a practice the FDA hopes to phase out in three years.
"It goes right along with the way I work with my clients," Kiehne told ABCNews.com. "I think it elevates our importance in the area of insuring animal health and ultimately food safety."
Unlike doctors who treat people, veterinarians take an oath that includes not only caring for their animal patients but ensuring overall public health, Pew Charitable Trusts health expert Gail Hansen told ABCNews.com.
Salmonella, for example, doesn't make chickens sick, but vets worry about it because it makes people sick, Hansen said. As a result, vets want to avoid creating antibiotic-resistant salmonella by prescribing antibiotics to chickens only when absolutely necessary.
But farmers, who own the animals and don't have to take veterinarians' advice, have been giving healthy animals over-the-counter antibiotics to make them grow faster for years.
"Nobody knows exactly why, but giving very low doses of antibiotics makes animals grow faster -- probably because of changes in the character of bacteria in the animals intestinal systems," said Hansen, a former practicing veterinarian and public health official in Kansas.
Animal guts are like petri dishes for superbugs when long-term antibiotics are involved, infectious disease experts say.
"In effect, all these animals have been just like a test tube in which we have been creating resistant bacteria," said Dr. William Schaffner, a former president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said once the animals are slaughtered, the superbugs wind up on meat and in people's kitchens. If consumers aren't following the proper food safety rules – washing surfaces and heating food to the right temperatures – those bugs can make them sick.
This is why the FDA called on animal pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily change the labels on antibiotic feed products, eliminating their FDA-approved use as a growth promoter. Companies have 90 days to declare their intent to do so, and three years to make the label changes.
Once the labels change, it would become illegal to feed these antibiotics to animals without the approval of a veterinarian for a medical reason.
Critics say the plan won't work because the label changes aren't mandatory, and farmers could potentially find loopholes.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 7 million chickens, 92,000 hogs and 26,000 cattle have been slaughtered and inspected in the United States from January through October of this year.
But there is no data on how many of these were seen by vets before they were slaughtered, Hansen said.


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Pivotal time for storage Marketing types call it an inflection point. Sports-minded pundits say it's a game changer. Scholarly types--at the risk of being pummeled with the Oxford English Dictionary--classify it as a paradigm shift. The less expressive among us, including me, are more likely to say, "Wow, there's really something going on here." And there's a helluva lot going on in the storage world these days. Part of it can be attributed to the natural evolution of the tech market. Big storage vendors lumber along for years. Little startups pop into the picture with their new ideas, catching the notice of these giants. Before you can say "Why didn't I think of that?" they gobble up the startups. It's the Darwinian world of technology, and it's not unlike most other businesses. It sounds harsh, but some of the big ideas generated by small startups would probably never see the light of day without a boost from their big brothers, even if it means being bullied. Take data deduplication. It's an idea largely developed and ...
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So... Hello.
Welcome to the most likely dead forum of the very dead game "Towns"
The development was a trainwreck, the timing was unfortunate and the finish was... abrupt?
The Too long, didn't read of it all is this.
Xavi and gang started development.
Was one of the first 10 games to enter steam through the greenlight.
Was unfinished in the eyes of the community at that time (Steam early access wasn't a thing back then).
Xavi gets burned out and hires a new dev and the vice-dev leaves because of the fishy smell in the symbolic room.
New dev steps in and leaves just as quickly two months later.
Game dies with the sound of a mandrake at v14 and the forum slowly perishes after that.
This leaves us at this post.
How dead is this whole ordeal?
Last registered user was songsinh1241 in August of, 2015 who hasn't logged in since September, 2015.
supermalparit (Dev) hasn't logged in since November, 2014 and the latest Mod to log in was caprontos in January, 2016. His last post was made September 14, 2014.
It's kind of peaceful being here. Just looking through the posts and trying to pinpoint the post that started the spiral. (Probably earlier than the whole "I quit, f**k you" thing)
We're all dissapointed at the failure that is Towns, but there is still the one game that inspired it all. Ever heard of Dwarf Fortress? It's been in development since 2002 and is still being updated! It's an ASCII style game with impossibly detailed stories and variables. And it's OPEN SOURCE! Need some water for that buuuuurn Mr. Xavi?
Some helpful links if you wanna check them out.
An interview with the devs:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... l-of-towns
Dwarf Fortress' official website and wiki:
And a helpful tutorial to get you started:
Be warned. DF has been dubbed as one of the most advanced games ever made (Featurewise. Not graphically)
I'll check back occasionally to just admire this forum. It's kind of a museum of sorts.