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The exterior of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a large rectangular solid with length 61.5 meters (m), width 40 m, and height 30 m. National Park Service. "Lincoln Memorial Building Statistics." http://www.nps.gov/linc/historyculture/lincoln-memorial-building-statistics.htm. Accessed 4/3/2014 We can easily find the volume using elementary geometry.
So the volume is 73,800 cubic meters Suppose we knew the volume, length, and width. We could divide to find the height.
As we can confirm from the dimensions above, the height is 30 m. We can use similar methods to find any of the missing dimensions. We can also use the same method if any, or all, of the measurements contain variable expressions. For example, suppose the volume of a rectangular solid is given by the polynomial The length of the solid is given by the width is given by To find the height of the solid, we can use polynomial division, which is the focus of this section.
We are familiar with the long division algorithm for ordinary arithmetic. We begin by dividing into the digits of the dividend that have the greatest place value. We divide, multiply, subtract, include the digit in the next place value position, and repeat. For example, let's divide 178 by 3 using long division.
Another way to look at the solution is as a sum of parts. This should look familiar, since it is the same method used to check division in elementary arithmetic.
We call this the Division Algorithm and will discuss it more formally after looking at an example.
Division of polynomials that contain more than one term has similarities to long division of whole numbers. We can write a polynomial dividend as the product of the divisor and the quotient added to the remainder. The terms of the polynomial division correspond to the digits (and place values) of the whole number division. This method allows us to divide two polynomials. For example, if we were to divide by using the long division algorithm, it would look like this:
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Writing the result in this manner illustrates the Division Algorithm.
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is the quotient and is the remainder. The remainder is either equal to zero or has degree strictly less than
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Smith Hauthaa <Weapons & Armorsmith> is a level 70 draenei quest giver and armor vendor behind the Sun's Reach Armory of the Isle of Quel'Danas once players have retaken the armory.
She has players assist her in readying the anvil during Making Ready†, and when that quest has been completed enough times, she sells items in exchange for [Badges of Justice].
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Paoli in Dane County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
In 1864, Francis and Bernard Minch purchased the sawmill and built a stone grist mill. By the mid 1870s, the community boasted a school, post office, two churches, a cheese factory, two hotels, a doctor and several tradesmen.
The Chicago, Madison and Northern Railroad bypassed Paoli in 1888, but the settlement prospered past the turn of the century; the proud possessor of a local band, an acclaimed baseball team and theatre group. The public ground and Fischer Hall were often used for holiday, social and political events.
As the mill era passed, the population declined. Recently, the community has shown new vitality; buildings have been restored, a new town hall acquired, and new businesses opened.
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Location. 42° 55.749′ N, 89° 31.626′ W. Marker is in Paoli, Wisconsin, in Dane County. Marker is at the intersection of County Road PB and Paoli Road, on the left when traveling south on County Road PB. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1392 County Road PD, Belleville WI 53508, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. St. Raphael's Frenchtown Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Lake Harriet School (approx. 3½ miles away); Illinois Central Depot / Fitchburg (approx. 3.7 miles away); Dane County Home (approx. 4½ miles away); Swan Pond (approx. 4.6 miles away); Early Belleville / Library Park (approx. 4.9 miles away); Pioneer Scottish Settlement (approx. 5.7 miles away); John Mann House (approx. 6.1 miles away).
Also see . . . The History of Paoli. The Paoli town website offers vintage photos as well as additional information on the history and area. (Submitted on September 20, 2010, by William J. Toman of Green Lake, Wisconsin.)
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The EuroGEOSS Brokering Platform provides the EuroGEOSS Capacity with multidisciplinary interoperability functionalities. This platform was developed applying several of the principles/requirements that characterize the System of Systems (SoS) approach and the Internet of Services (IoS) philosophy.
Technical details about the brokering approach and its implementation in the EuroGEOSS framework can be found in the project Deliverables.
The EuroGEOSS Discovery Broker is the cornerstone of the brokering platform. This component is able to read and mediate among the many standards and specifications used by different scientific communities. By building bridges among the practices of these communities, the broker makes it possible to search, and discover the resources available from heterogeneous sources.
Applying the same principles and technology, recently, a broker to facilitate multi-disciplinary data access was introduced and is part of the EuroGEOSS Brokering platform. The EuroGEOSS Access Broker makes it possible for users to access and use the datasets resulting from their queries which are returned to them based on a common grid environment they have, previously, specified by selecting the following common features: Coordinate Reference System (CRS), spatial resolution, spatial extent (e.g. subset), data encoding format.
When developing multidisciplinary infrastructures, an important challenge is semantic interoperability. To address this, EuroGEOSS, in collaboration with FP7 GENESIS project (http://www.genesis-fp7.eu/), prototyped a Semantic Discovery Broker which harnesses the Discovery Broker capacity. It implements a "third-party discovery augmentation approach": enhancing discovery capabilities of infrastructures by developing new components that leverage on existing systems and resources to automatically enrich available geospatial resource description with semantic meta-information. In fact, the EuroGEOSS DAC is able to use existing discovery (e.g. catalogs and discovery brokers) and semantic services (e.g. controlled vocabularies, ontologies, and gazetteers) in order to provide users with semantics enabled query capabilities – contributing to bridge a gap which is important for multidisciplinary infrastructures.
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Providing Learning, Transcending Boundaries
Ed. by Martín-Monje, Elena / Bárcena, Elena
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Language MOOCs (or LMOOCs) are dedicated Web-based online courses for second languages with unrestricted access and potentially unlimited participation. They are generating interest and expectation in the contexts of university education, lifelong learning and online training in general. This pioneering book presents an initial analysis of the theoretical and methodological issues underlying LMOOCs and presents empirical evidence of their potential for the development of language communicative competences, based upon previously unpublished research. It provides a mosaic-like view of LMOOC research, not only with respect to the geographical and institutional origin of its authors, but also to the heterogeneous nature of their respective academic backgrounds, and suggests directions for future development. As in other types of online language courses, the integration of the results of multidisciplinary research projects and teaching experiences related to LMOOCs is fundamental to make the field advance steadily and respond to some of the real challenges and problems faced by individuals working and living in competitive plurilingual societies today.
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For three years "Jessica" has thrown herself into the world of sexcamming, becoming a highly sought after operator with a booming business and loyal clients. She is confident and calculating, making the system work for her by carefully breaking the rules to make as much income as possible. She has more money than she knows what to do with, but the job also helps the quiet the urges. When one of her clients starts to creep her out with his requests she is torn because while she is happy to play at being "Annie" she has the horrible feeling that there really is an Annie out there - one who is in danger and doesn't even know it. When her worst fears are realised Jessica takes control and decides to leave the apartment - but at what cost? Is Jessica really ready to face the world again, and more importantly is the world ready to face Jessica?
There are some books that proudly defy the attempt of publishers and librarians to classify them into a single genre, and it is usually these books that are the most innovative, intriguing, mind-bending - or all three. The girl in 6E managed to pull off the trifecta of genre bending by combining the best elements of a psychological thriller, sexually explicit romance, and mystery stories to become a unique and addictive read. Starting with a somewhat startling sexually explicit scene the novel continues to built tension (action and sexual) as the story is built layer by layer and angle by angle before blending together into a seamless action/thriller sequence before settling back into the personal narratives. The tension building is amazing, and it feels more natural for the story to start as segmented stories that blend together before returning to separate paths - it is what life is like after all, separate lives intersecting and then returning to individual lives.
There are parts of The girl in 6E that are definitely confronting and that some readers may find uncomfortable - in that case stop reading, but you are going to miss out on a treat. Rather than coming across as sleazy, Jessica comes across as confident, strong, and clearly in control of her clients - her sexcam sessions are powerful and shows she is in total control of her body and her business. The glimpses into her mind are just as fascinating, she is complicated and all too human as she wrestles with her demons. This is definitely not a novel for the squeamish or the prudish and while it was not a novel where the content was enjoyable so to speak (I may be a little more prudish than I thought) it was and absorbing read and I hope the hints of a sequel are true because Jessica and her world are well worth visiting and I hope I get to visit again soon.
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- Beautiful design
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Starting with those looks, the Nokia Lumia 800 earns its praise thanks to a combination of subtle design, top notch build materials and a real attention to detail.
The design, in many ways, is simplicity itself. There's a seamless slab of glass on the front and the body is a single smooth matt plastic surface. There's no clever use of different colours, no strange lumps or bumps, and no controversial glass back like on the iPhone. What makes it shine, though is the elegance of it all. The back is only interrupted by the silver plate containing the Nokia logo and camera, with the twin LEDs for the camera alongside, all the physical buttons are kept neatly on one edge, while the connectivity is along the top, hidden behind flaps.
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It's also a really nice device to handle. The top and bottom edges may be a bit sharp but otherwise all the tapered and rounded edges make it nestle comfortably in the hand. The modest size of the phone also helps a great deal. The screen is 'only' 3.7in so the phone itself is correspondingly a relatively modest 116.5 x 61.2mm. In contrast the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is 20mm taller and 6mm wider, and it's far from the largest handset going. It's nice to note the Lumia 800 isn't overly slim either. At 12.1mm, it's a whole 5mm thicker than the Motorola RAZR, and 3mm thicker than the iPhone 4S but it's also considerably nicer to hold because (or perhaps in spite) of this.
The plastic used to construct the bulk of the phone's body also impresses. Not only does the polycarbonate have a lovely matt finish, but it also resists scratches well and causes no issues with hampering phone signal, unlike some metal encased phones. Best of all, the colour runs right through the plastic, so no matter how much it gets scratched, you won't end up going through the paintwork, which would make it look old before its time.
If you want to make doubly sure your phone doesn't come to harm the Lumia 800 also comes with a protective sleeve that covers the back of the phone. It looks surprisingly good and feels nice too, though we'd still prefer a proper leather case that protects the whole thing.
Of course it would be remiss of us not to point out that all these design qualities were also present in the Nokia N9, the ill-fated first MeeGo phone that Nokia essentially killed before it launched, by announcing it was going to be sticking to Windows Phone exclusively (not to mention it never even launched in the UK). Having had a few plays with the N9, we really have to question Nokia's logic and motives with ditching all other platforms for Windows Phone. To all intents and purposes MeeGo was ready for prime time and we could've had it several months ago. Hey ho, bygones and all that…
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The ban, notified on March 10, affected around 6,000 medicine brands, including several popular ones like Corex, Phensedyl, Saridon and Vicks Action 500 Extra. The banned combinations belonged to several therapeutic areas like cough and cold syrups, respiratory formulations and even topical dermatological medicines.
Drug makers immediately challenged the ban at high courts across the country, with Delhi receiving over 450 petitions asking for a stay on the decision. Pfizer was the first to get interim relief from the Delhi court for its cough syrup 'Corex'.
Glenmark, Procter & Gamble, Abbott, Sanofi, Wockhardt, Cipla, Lupin and Dr Reddy's also figure among the hundreds of petitioners that opposed the ban.
Justice RS Endlaw, who heard the cases from March to June, allowed their petitions. According to legal experts, this means the government's notification has been quashed.
The decision may have had a positive impact on pharma stocks--at 11:46am, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Healthcare index was up 0.69% over its previous closing.
A fixed dose combination (FDC) is a cocktail drug that contains two or more therapeutic ingredients packed in a single dose.
Over 2,000 FDCs exist in India, according to government sources. Among other reasons, FDCs are desirable here for their effectiveness in treating many symptoms of illness at a lower cost than two or more separate medicines.
The central drug regulator had undertaken an exercise to weed out FDCs that were not approved elsewhere in the world or not required in India due to better existing alternatives. It had argued that it banned these 344 combinations for public health safety reasons after an expert committee headed by Chandrakant Kokate found them to be "irrational".
Companies, on the other hand, argued that their brands had been in the market for decades, with some even producing no objection certificates (NOCs) granted by the central drug regulator for their combinations.
Before this judgment, the government had moved a petition at the Supreme Court to transfer all FDC-related matters being heard in the country so that they could be clubbed and heard afresh. The apex court isexpected to make a decision on whether to accept or reject these petitions this Friday.


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"En vegetarianer spiser ikke kjøtt og fisk."
Translation:A vegetarian does not eat meat and fish.
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Forgive me for being pedantic but shouldn't this be meat or fish (or kjøtt eller fisk, as it were) as opposed to meat and fish, or does that make more sense in Norwegian?
Unless people eat meat and fish at the same time in Norway. "I gotta get this pork in my mouth, then shove some fish in my mouth too"
Consider that the word eller was not introduced to the course yet, like in my case. Its just an exercise.
I accidentally translated it as "meat or fish" and it accepted it. Not sure if this is a fluke, though.
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Is this how Norwegians interpret vegetarian? Every time I go to a Spanish speaking country I have to explain that vegetarians also do not eat fish.
Oh, not all of us! I'm vegan and I often get "But you eat fish, right?" here in Norway.
I'm even baffled by the claim that fish meat (or sometimes even bird meat) isn't meat.
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Fish and birds are obviously minerals and sometimes plants to some people.
It comes from the Bible, which classifies poultry and fish separately from meat, because it considers that animals have four legs, therefore birds and fish are not animals.
Of course, now we recognise that that they all belong to the animal kingdom, so really they are all animals.
It comes from https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+11
Note that the language is very careful to divide animals from living creatures in the water (fish and other aquatic life such as lobsters and oysters), from birds, from insects, and from other "creeping" creatures (moving along the ground) which would include worms and snails.
Maybe it's a holdover from the days when Catholics were supposed to abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Excluding fish from the "meat" category made it easier for Catholics to comply with the rule.
Pescatarian: You eat fish and animal byproducts, but no other meat Vegetarian: you eat no meat, but eat animal byproducts (milk, eggs, cheese, etc.) Vegan: You eat no meat, nor animal byproducts.
"Kj" is pronounced as "sh"?
Kjot = Shyot?
(i'm brazilian, so in portuguese "shyot" is really close to what she says, maybe in the english pronounce it doesn't seem close, idk)
The K in kjøtt is a very soft k sound. The normal sound is a voiceless velar stop, but in kjøtt it's basically a voiceless velar approximant.
To me it sounds like "shot" if you stretch the T out, I don't know how shyot is pronounced but I'm sure it would be close enough by the looks of it
The "kj" sound isn't the usual "sh" sound. The "kj" sound is the same as in "niCHt" in German. You squeeze the air through the space between your tongue and the palate.
Oh! saying that is the same as "niCHt" really helped me out, i was confused on how to pronounce it, takk!!
Creio que seja apenas o som de CH ou X (or SH, as in english). There's another similar sound: SK.
Maybe I'm tired, but does the 'r' at the end of 'vegetarianer' not denote it as a plural?
The "r" can denote the plural indefinite (menneske (person) - mennesker (persons)), the agent of the verb (fortelle (to tell) - forteller (teller)) or the present tense (fortelle (to tell) - han forteller (he tells)).
In this case, "vegetarianer" is the base form. The plural indefinite would be "vegetarianere".
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"Eller" is used for both "or" and "nor".
"En vegetarianer spiser hverken kjøtt eller fisk."
"A vegetarian eats neither meat nor fish."
Is "a vegetarian" means plural? Cause it said "does not". Please any explanation will help :))
ShafaCalli: "A" anything is singular not plural. So "a vegetarian" is singular and the verb would be "does", not "do".


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Memory of the Tree Falling Apart
"A-bra-ham. Lin-coln."
"My. He-ro."
The slow recitation, bad poetry,
I repeat into the receiver over and again,
these, the unlikely passwords to freedom.
I never thought it would begin like this.
"Beige. Rug."
"Black. Cof-fee."
They came with stones, boxes, reams of heavy-weight paper.
They came with box-cutters, paintbrushes. They came with
crowbars and chisels and afghan blankets.
"A-bra-ham. Lin-coln."
"Beige. Rug."
Remember the day when it wouldn't rain?
That day, holy, just as every day is holy,
holy like the 60 watt bulb
hanging from a chain above my desk tonight.
I ran home with a brown paper lunch bag
full of Orion's Belt,
because it was the only constellation
that I could name,
and constellations will remain wild
until you can call them by name.
Do you remember that day?
Shoving unbloomed buds of plastic roses
among your incense-lined shirt pocket.
"Beige. Rug."
"My. He-ro."
I hate to disappoint you
but now that it's over, there won't be any songs
about rainbows and fireflies, no
blossoming love sonnets about German chocolate.
I want to be held in the arms of the sun,
and I want to sleep in the arms of the rain.
Let it burn, that early morning late night fast food poetry,
let it burn.
"Black. Cof-fee."
"A-bra-ham. Lin-coln."
And where are the pigeons and the war cries?
What about the ancient Hebrew psalms
escaping from the countertop stereo?
Who are these people, pushing lightening anthems
of mountains and lighthouses
into a six-by-eight window, while
the faucet leaks a gentle copper cadence.
I don't want to step back
into that puddle of purple vertigo.
But for today, we dance. Today,
we dance.
© T.M. Göttl
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Q: If you could meet any famous writer/poets or historical figure from the past or present who might they be? And why would you like to meet them particularly?
A: Two of my literary idols immediately come to mind. The first, the late Czeslaw Milosz, who is hands-down my favorite poet ever. I discovered his work in the summer of 2005, while getting new tires put on my car. The shop was going to take 3 hours to do the work, so I took a walk down the street to the shopping centers in the area to kill some time. Lo and behold, the temporary location for the Medina Library (which was being remodeled at the time) was taking up residence behind one of the shopping centers, so I strolled in. I turned down the literature aisle, Milosz's collected works popped out at me, I grabbed it, sat down at a table, and the next thing I knew, three hours had passed. I went home, immediately thinking that I wanted to write this man a letter and tell him how his words had touched me, but I was crushed to learn that he'd died the year before, on my birthday. Really, I'd just like the chance to tell him thank you.
The second literary figure I'd like to spend time with is Neil Gaiman. I spent an hour waiting in line in the cold to hear him speak at the Cleveland Library this year, and he was incredible. I already loved his work--Neverwhere changed my life. But listening to him, I felt like he was speaking directly to me, even though there were a thousand people there. And even though he's a novelist and graphic novelist, he spoke very passionately about poetry and the role it played in his life.
Q: What are your favorite rock bands?
A: Minus my local favorites…U2, seeing them live was a religious experience for me, and I have plans to see them again this summer. Friends have turned me on to a lot of not-so-mainstream artists, like Dave Barnes, Matt Wertz, Andy Davis, Trevor Hall, Griffin House, Katie Herzig, Nathan Lee, Tyrone Wells. I recently got more into Prince. I enjoy Coldplay. Marc Broussard. Regina Spektor. I grew up on a combination of classical music (which made me a fan of Tchaikovsky) and the music my dad listened to, like CSNY, The Doors, Harry Chapin, Elton John…but I still consider myself pretty "culturally inept", a term my best friend in high school coined for me, and then proceeded to make it her mission to educate me in pop culture. It's an ongoing process.
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Study in Hot Chocolate
Friday, January 29, 2010
Feature: T.M. Göttl Day 6
Posted by Kerowyn Rose at 6:30 PM
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- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2010 at 12:40 AM
This has been a wonderful series. I think of these poems as having been written by the love child of Cesar Valllejo and Emily Dickenson. I look forward to seeing the new book.ReplyDelete
-Michael Henson
Thank you so much to my friends at Mnemosyne and everyone who has left such kind and encouraging comments over the past week! It's been great to hear from so many different folks and be able to reach new people! To say thank you is not enough.ReplyDelete
- ameliAmuseOctober 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM
This was amazing! wow. thank you for such anReplyDelete
authenyic piece of peace. wow.
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Publié le 07/11/2018
Solid product for small business
Katrina R.
Commentaires: Has been around for a long time. Tried and tested and is a great product. Starting to price a little higher but still competitive - especially if you have employees.
Avantages: Easy to use and well laid out for the end user. Is great for small operations without complex needs.
Inconvénients: Whilst bank rules are very handy - the auto reconciling of transactions can cause problems if rule set up incorrectly. Would be great if there was an option to make bulk transaction changes.
Publié le 13/03/2018
Great software. Does everything we need it to do and more.
Rani R.
Commentaires: Great accounting, and always updating with new features. Our accountant could just log in and do our end of years immediately.
-Highly customisable for invoicing and parts inventories.
-Has great reports. We found if you knew what you wanted to keep an eye on in the business, then you could design a report for it. Not all accounting programs or workshop software can do that so easily.
-once it was set up for our workshop, it worked amazingly. Very intuitive
-We were new to this software, and it took a long time to set it up, (6 mnths), specifically for how we needed it to work. (automotive workshop), You almost needed to be a trained accountant i felt.
-Support used to take at least 1 day if not 2 to get back to you.
Publié le 12/09/2017
good value in terms of the price
Chris P.
Commentaires: The software is good for a small entity but once you grow and need more detail it becomes a handbrake on information.
Avantages: easy to use ,A very easy to use and follow accounting software, the flow of information is easy to follow
Inconvénients: I have been using the MYOB Essentials purely for payroll of a bout 10 employees. I find the customer service frustrating as it seems impossible to actually speak to anyone.
Publié le 23/11/2016
MYOB in the Clouds
Gavin P.
Commentaires: Windows based product with very easy to use menus. It has all the bells and whistles of modern accounting software. I particularly liked the Payroll and Budgeting. Its a product that I believe needs to be tested by accountants. I think some aspects would be tricky for bookkeepers whereas other aspects accountants pull their hair out and the lack of reporting options and some silly rules that make it harder to use. I don't get the impression that they listen to your feedback. Sadly the organisation has some arrogance. I noted this particularly when being trained in the product. The organisation would benefit greatly from listening to feedback and improving its report options. For example. No comparative Balance Sheet. No reports which can be produced relating to staff hours. The journal report is woeful, sadly you have to use journal more than you would want. No Fixed Asset Register. On the other hand I love the budget reports, very easy to manipulate. The graphs which come with the budget are useless. The ease to enter pay roll data is awesome. I love the bank feeds and many more aspects of this package. I think if they combine the best aspects of Account right and Essentials to target medium sized entities, MYOB would be hard to beat.
Avantages: Payroll and Budgeting and very easy to use. Nice features with Invoice design also.
Inconvénients: The Journals report is awful, no Fixed Asset register. No reports on Payroll hours worked.
Publié le 16/08/2017
A very easy to use and follow accounting software, the flow of information is easy to follow
Adam C.
Commentaires: This software is easy to use and organize. This software allows me to track and update information easily and in a timely manner
Avantages: I like the dashboards that show the flow of information from beginning to end. Reconciling the bank is very easy to do as well as enter in new sales and purchases. It's also very easy to export data into excel if additional analysis is needed outside of MYOB.
Inconvénients: Generating sales reports, P&Ls, and BS is a bit cumbersome. It would also be nice if it had a 'dashoboard' feature, like xero, that shows all the relevant information on one page. Having one spot to go to for most of the day's relevant information would be very helpful
Publié le 14/11/2018
One of the top software for bookkeeping
Nicole G.
Avantages: I enjoy using MYOB simply because it does everything you need for a small business - sometimes needs more explanation with accounting though for new people.
Inconvénients: glitches with POS machines is really the only thing I ever came across with this program, so not alot from a small business perspective.
Publié le 29/09/2019
Probably OK If you Are a Trained Accountant or Bookkeeper
Paul C.
Commentaires: We wasted a lot of time and resources using this software for our small business accounting needs. Whilst it did the job in the end we believe there are simpler options such as XERO for us non- accountants.
Avantages: As a small business owner not trained in the art of accounting there wasn't a lot we found easy about using MYOB Essentials. The reporting process at the end is probably our highlight.
Inconvénients: We found MYOB Essentials cumbersome to set up and use. The support team was basically of little help. Sending files to our Accountant at the end of the tax year was a pain. MYOB Essentials is better suited to those with a deeper knowledge of accounting than what we have in our business. That is why we switched to XERO which we find much easier and more efficient to use.
Publié le 12/06/2018
An industry standard, needs better support
Peter M.
Avantages: This is one of the mainstream products available around and has a lot of users all over the globe. There is a great chance that your accountant is familiar with this and will be able to make great recommendations
Inconvénients: Updates can be cumbersome and provided they work well they are easy to apply. I have had a couple of instances where we needed support and it has been very lacking. General technical support is poor with cancelled webinars and staff which appear not to know more than the most basic for troubleshooting.
Publié le 15/05/2019
Fun and simple to use for small businesses
Travis K.
Avantages: Reconciling the bank, making invoices and categorising expenses is easy
Inconvénients: There are a lot of desktop versions of MYOB and it can be seriously confusing trying to figure out which version you need to open when you receive and client file.
Publié le 26/05/2019
Great reconciliation and payment software
Sarah S.
Commentaires: MYOB is used for all office payments, cheques, reconciliation and staff wages. Creates a one stop shop for all things payment related!
Avantages: Easy to use interface with quick access to each area of the program.
Inconvénients: Program can be expensive and costs per computer
Publié le 22/05/2017
The software is good for a small entity but once you grow and need more detail it becomes a handbrake on information.
Lee P.
Commentaires: For a small firm with limited reporting requirements it is okay but for any jobs with Work Breakdown Structure requirements it comes up short and becomes a limiter for the company. I get very frustrated with the after sales support system. It is not customer focused and leaves you wondering why you pay for it.
Good basic internal controls so novice bookkeepers can run day to day.
Easy to install and set up.
Reasonably cheap for what you get.
Handles GST well.
Not the best for Job costings.
Payroll system ordinary serious reporting drawbacks as far as information flow to the General Ledger.
Tends to freeze in reporting production which can lock out users.
Support service is very poor, you get the feeling the staff could care less in resolving issues.
Interactive screen supports not used you have to send a file and wait for a response.
Wait time on the phone for support is very bad.
Publié le 17/08/2018
Sold a dummy!
Karen H.
Commentaires: I have been a business user of MYOB for other companies using bigger MYOB packages for over a decade and find it fairly good although it has serious bugs which are reported by the truckload by all the accountants I know and they are NEVER fixed even after a decade. Like how the excel file download makes all the numbers text and the "manual calculation" field is auto set meaning you have to reformat each and every download twice (format numbers and turn on auto calc) to use the spreadsheet to add up. Designed and run by non accountants
Avantages: Nothing. completely useless. Doesn't comply with ATO requirements unless you have no employees and what business has no employees? Misleading advertising and advice.
Inconvénients: I am a small business with single employee. Noting that one touch payroll was becoming mandatory next year I decided to put my accounts on a basic package to comply. I rang up and they sold me MYOB essentials telling me it would fully comply. After upteem dozen attempts to create a single employee which failed I ring up and they tell me well actually this entry level despite having all the menu structures and appearing online to do payroll does not do payroll at ALL and I need to pay almost double. I found the set up very very nonintuitive in its coaching. You start one entry set up the field, then it takes you away to a whole different menu you need to complete and then doesn't take you back to where you were. There are heaps of bugs and going online you see everyone else having the same problem.
Publié le 07/08/2013
Okay but . . . . .
We have been using MYOB accounting plus for over 10 years and recently upgraded to the new Accountright 2013.
The new version is very similar to the old and this makes it relatively easy to adjust to. There was a bit of dancing converting 10 years of accounting data to the new format and eventually we got that done and away we went.
The first thing that struck us was how slow it seems in comparison to the previous software. (MYOB Accounting plus v14). Data entry is not fluid and constant delays in processing. We contacted MYOB support regarding this and "they are working on the problem" so it appears it is a common problem.
It is updated with the latest reports and payroll taxes and supposedly compliant with the ATO.
There is a greater range of reports available but still the customisation options are limited. What you see is what yo get, give or take a field or two.
The "cloud" idea is novel, but due to the speed restrictions it is of little real benefit.
Payroll is the biggest change complying with the new regulations, and taxes, but unfortunately MYOB doesn't allow upgrading of the tax tables without paying for an endless subscription which equates to approximately $800 per year.
Overall if you like the early MYOB and can handle the speed reduction then its an okay upgrade. If it wasn't for the reliance on MYOB data for the previous 10+ years and the swift talking sales rep that convinced management to upgrade, I would personally be looking at alternatives.
Compatible with earlier versions.
Interface is very similar to previous versions.
Expensive for what it is!
Slow!!!!! For small or casual use it MAY be okay, but for any real data volume, its just too slow. (Even on the latest PC)
Relies heavily on the internet (could be cause of part of the speed problem)
Limited customisation
Publié le 04/05/2018
The Software helps me to evolve in my career my much .
Arslan R.
Commentaires: The benefits are countless. I am really happy and exceptionally relaxed with using this software. By far, its the most reliable and efficient software that I have encountered.
Avantages: The systematic features really helps to sort out the accounting issues. I am always leading the task upto the standards and mostly efficiently only using this specialized software.
Inconvénients: The complications of finding a specific set of files is really hectic. I have to go through the whole bunch of files and reenters the balance whenever I have to made some ammendments.
Publié le 09/02/2017
This is great accounting Software
thank you
Chris F.
I have been using this software for over 10 years it is a bit expensive but works well
Especially after it went to cloud based
Avantages: And I like if anything goes missing my computer gets Stolen or burns or virus then I don't lose everything because it's on the clouds
Inconvénients: The cons are that it is too expensive for what it is
Publié le 14/09/2018
Easy to use
Kate W.
Commentaires: Being in the cloud makes access to this program easy. It is user friendly and easy to navigate. The cost did increase quite a bit over the 6 years I was using it but it is pretty relative to other accounting software available.
Avantages: This program is in the cloud so it can be accessed from anywhere that has internet.
Inconvénients: You couldn't do a recurring transaction.
Publié le 10/07/2018
Small business user
Pam D.
Commentaires: Good program for small business and very easy to fix mistakes but no audit trail
Easy to use and can have detailed accounts set up,at 4 levels
Reports are set up so easy to use out of the box
Great program in box
From an audit perspective not great as you can renter things without an audit trail
No reporting flexibility
Publié le 24/07/2018
Marilyn K.
Commentaires: The background of MYOB needs to be updated to keep up with the updates
Avantages: This software is easy to use . It has all the modules you need to run a small to medium business in todays environment.
Inconvénients: Processing is slow and will freeze the screen Myob does not like large files which is a huge problem.
Publié le 05/12/2018
ease of use
Michele H.
Commentaires: Makes my work life convenient
Avantages: Helps a lot with accounting work for clients. Myob essential version allows me to log in and work on in where ever I'm located (as long as I have internet access)
Inconvénients: Only worked when there is internet access available, not available offine.
Publié le 28/11/2018
Friendly user
Ellie P.
Commentaires: To be more flexible on forms and reports
Avantages: Editing and backup easy to manage and restore function for any error or lost of data to be fixed easily
Inconvénients: Cannot customise report and limited on letters and character to be insert. Control on printing page is not user friendly
Publié le 16/01/2019
MYOB for business
Karen Y.
Avantages: I used MYOB a few years ago. At that time MYOB seems the only one which is capable of doing accounting tasks in Australia
Inconvénients: I used MYOB a few years ago. At that time MYOB online version seems poorly designed, not suitable for multitasking
Publié le 14/01/2019
Great Product
Utilisateur vérifié
Commentaires: I would recommend it to someone say a professional bookkeeper, I found Quickbooks to be more user friendly for easy bookkeeping soultuons also finding Quickbooks a lot cheaper than MYOB.
Avantages: Very detailed, Easy to add transactions.
Inconvénients: I found the software was not very "user friendly" especially as someone who isn't the greatest at Bookeeping, the terms (words) and navigation was very hard sometimes. I ended up switching to Quickbooks.
Publié le 25/01/2019
Accounting software to begin with
Kate L.
Commentaires: Good for small business and do not need to worry about back up when you are using cloud version
Avantages: Have most of the function and very stable software.
Inconvénients: The platform looks a bit old fashion and payroll function is not easy to use.
Publié le 04/09/2018
A Solid Piece Of Software
Ivan M.
Avantages: I have used MYOB for years, it's perfect for getting the job done, and easy to use.
Inconvénients: Sometimes the ability to change or delete transactions is a little bit dangerous.
Publié le 17/02/2019
MYOB Essentials
'kim's A.
Commentaires: Keep clients complaint!
Avantages: This product makes the day to day task of a business owner more professional!
Inconvénients: the Cost of the software could put a few people off!


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Decline in consumer meat consumption not music to ranchers' ears
WEST TEXAS - A 14 percent decline in U.S. consumer meat consumption over the past decade has caused alarm with one Texas A&M AgriLife scientist who warns the effects could be dire for overall human health and child development - not to mention the backbone of West Texas agriculture - the cattle business.
Dr. Guoyao Wu, distinguished professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, said U.S. consumers have been overwhelmed with misinformation about protein and fats in meats, which in turn has led to many consuming less meat or no meat at all.
"Obesity rates have gone up the last 20 years, while consumption of meat has declined," Wu said. "So I don't believe that we can blame obesity on eating meat. Rather I think excessive portion sizes and lack of exercise are more likely the causes of obesity."
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|Belleza with Her Spider and Spider Web
My Belleza has a spider painted on her chin and a spider web on her right cheek, so I thought I'd stitch those as well so you could have Arachnids Everywhere. The chin spider was easy and quick and looks quite nice, if you are a Day of the Dead skeleton, that is. But the spider web gave me fits!
Can you see the spider web? No? I can't either! The silver threads just disappear. I am going to have to rip out the part of the web I have stitched and use another color. What you see on the left side are all the threads I laid out to see what shows up well. I like the pastel pinks and blues and violets, but they disappear on the white background just like the silver thread does. I'd really prefer navy but it won't work with the other colors on her face. I finally choose the boring black thread as it will both show up and work well with the colorful tattoos on her head. Oh, well, there will be plenty of color on Belleza in other places and a spider needs to be able to find their web.
Is there a glow in the dark thread in black?
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow
Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
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This weekend 2 different people I know are moving, so of course I sent them this guest post as soon as I received it from Live Lighter's guest blogger, Felicia Baratz! Here are a few helpful hints for you or your friends who are moving soon.
As you prepare for your big move, you face a daunting task. You have hours of packing to do, and the overwhelming task of sorting through your belongings to determine what you're going to take with you and what you'll leave behind.
Often, it's easy to overlook your health while you're focusing on moving. You begin to eat out, start dropping your exercise routine and sacrifice your sleep in return for packing just one more box. Yet, as you prepare for the big move, you need to prepare physically to avoid undue injury or other health risk.
Stay Hydrated
Moving is physically daunting. Loading box after box on a truck puts strain on your body. Often, moves take place in warmer weather, particularly in summer when the chance of rain may be smaller. This weather puts you in danger of dehydration. Be sure to drink plenty of water before you begin and while you're in the process of the move.
Pack Smart
One of the most common reasons for injury during a move is because of heavy boxes and furniture. When you pack, pack smart. The boxes should weigh less than 50 pounds. If you are not sure about the weight of a box, try lifting it. If you have to strain, it is too heavy.
Protect Your Back
Your back is the most vulnerable part of your body when you are picking items up for a move. Even if you hire movers, you may find yourself stepping in to assist from time to time. You'll also find there are items you want to move on your own because they're personal or of high value. When you're lifting heavy items or boxes, there are several things you can do to protect your back.
- First, wear a back brace. This brace provides additional support to the muscles of the lower back and can help eliminate some of the strain you experience.
- Next, practice proper lifting technique. Always bend with your knees, and keep the object you lift close to your trunk, not far out in front or lifted over your head. Lift smoothly, avoiding any jerking motions, and you'll put far less strain on your back. Before you begin picking up items, stretch your major muscle groups.
- Finally, never attempt to lift large items, like furniture, on your own. And make use of a furniture dolly whenever possible.
Your big move is a major event in your life, and you want to end up at your new home in a position to truly enjoy it, not nursing a strained back or injured knee.
About the Author
Felicia Baratz is a writer living in the Indianapolis area. As a writer for doseofmyown.com, she specializes in articles about health and nutrition.
I moved within the last year (which I blogged about in How to Overcome Adversity & Attract What You Want) and know just how valuable this info can be. If you know someone moving soon, please send them the link to this post! Do you have any helpful health tips to prepare for a move?


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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
It's a Groovy Kind of Blog Hop!
Thanks for stopping by,
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very pretty card!ReplyDelete
So neat how you used the dies and I really like the multi coloured sentiments.ReplyDelete
I love the pinwheel and flower you used in the words, now I'm so sad I sold my micro mini stamps :,( But now a reason to head to the store, plus I have a 25% off my entire purchase, now I just have a valid reason to go!ReplyDelete
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So many details, love the kite.ReplyDelete
The flowers are fabulous! Did you stamp the clouds? They look sooo real!ReplyDelete
very pretty and colourful love the kite xReplyDelete
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Those who knew Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford, Sr. say he wanted nothing more than to win a Super Bowl. But in the 51 years he owned the team, the Lions won a single playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys in 1991. Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp tells WDET's Pat Batcheller that Ford was a good man, but history will not be kind to his tenure as the Lions' owner. Click on the audio link above to hear the conversation.
Read Drew Sharp's remembrance of William Clay Ford here
Lions facts:
Team record under William Clay Ford, Sr.: 311 wins, 443 losses, 14 ties.
Number of NFL playoff appearances: 11
Number of Division championships: 3
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Number of head coaches Ford hired: 16 (most recently Jim Caldwell in January 2014).


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Ok so i've been working on and off at getting the nuget version of assimp.net to load up a model into MonoGame correctly for the past month or so. I have the basics working as you can see in the gif below though its far from done and its still got tons of problems.
Edit i just fixed this up a bit and made a github repo for it were all the work i do on it will go.
I moved the google drive full project zipped link to the below post further down but that will probably go out of data since i can't edit posts after some time expire.
Ill accept any input or help on fixing it up or if you want to chip in.
Im however having a problem which is making me scratch my head.When i look at how other viewers loop animations it seems they know something i don't.For example with the dude.fbx when i play the animation in my project and loop it.
I see a poping motion on the hand from the last frames to the first.
But other viewers like the internal vs studio don't seem to get that effect.
Though it seems to have a stutter itself.
Now i am interpolating rotations to build new frames in total for a set amount of frames determined by a fps value i pass to the loader. So the final frames are just look ups it all looks right in the debuging and i would think its the model but it seems other viewers are handling looping differently or i have a bug.
But i cannot see anything wrong with the interpolation this part has been bugging me for a few days now,
this is the interpolation im doing which looks ok to me though this is probably the biggest method in the class.
public void SetAnimationFpsCreateFrames(int animationFramesPerSecond, RiggedModel model)
fps = animationFramesPerSecond;
TotalFrames = (int)(DurationInSeconds * (double)(animationFramesPerSecond));
TicksPerFramePerSecond = TicksPerSecond / (double)(animationFramesPerSecond);
SecondsPerFrame = (1d / (animationFramesPerSecond));
private void CalculateNewInterpolatedAnimationFrames(RiggedModel model)
// Loop nodes.
for (int i = 0; i < animatedNodes.Count; i++)
// Make sure we have enough frame orientations alloted for the number of frames.
animatedNodes[i].frameOrientations = new Matrix[TotalFrames];
animatedNodes[i].frameOrientationTimes = new double[TotalFrames];
// print name of node as we loop
Console.WriteLine("name " + animatedNodes[i].nodeName);
// Loop destination frames.
for (int j = 0; j < TotalFrames; j++)
// Find and set the interpolated value from the s r t elements based on time.
var frameTime = j * SecondsPerFrame + .0001d;
animatedNodes[i].frameOrientations[j] = Interpolate(frameTime, animatedNodes[i]);
animatedNodes[i].frameOrientationTimes[j] = frameTime;
/// <summary>
/// Hummm its just a little bit off it seems..
/// </summary>
public Matrix Interpolate(double animTime, RiggedAnimationNodes n)
var nodeAnim = n;
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Quaternion q1 = nodeAnim.qrot[0];
Vector3 p1 = nodeAnim.position[0];
Vector3 s1 = nodeAnim.scale[0];
double tq1 = nodeAnim.qrotTime[0]; // =0;
double tp1 = nodeAnim.positionTime[0]; ; // =0;
double ts1 = nodeAnim.scaleTime[0]; //=0;
int qindex1 = 0; int qindex2 = 0; // for output to console only
int pindex1 = 0; int pindex2 = 0; // for output to console only
int i2 = 0;
if (nodeAnim.qrot.Count > 1)
i2 = 1;
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Quaternion q2 = nodeAnim.qrot[i2];
double tq2 = nodeAnim.qrotTime[i2];
i2 = 0;
if (nodeAnim.position.Count > 1)
i2 = 1;
Vector3 p2 = nodeAnim.position[i2];
double tp2 = nodeAnim.positionTime[i2];
i2 = 0;
if (nodeAnim.scale.Count > 1)
i2 = 1;
Vector3 s2 = nodeAnim.scale[i2];
double ts2 = nodeAnim.scaleTime[i2];
for (int frame = 0; frame < nodeAnim.qrot.Count; frame++)
var t = nodeAnim.qrotTime[frame];
if (t <= animTime)
q1 = nodeAnim.qrot[frame];
tq1 = t;
qindex1 = frame; // for output to console only
var frame2 = frame;
if (nodeAnim.qrot.Count > 1)
frame2 += 1;
if (frame2 >= nodeAnim.qrot.Count)
frame2 = 0;
q2 = nodeAnim.qrot[frame2];
tq2 = nodeAnim.qrotTime[frame2] + DurationInSeconds;
qindex2 = frame2; // for output to console only
q2 = nodeAnim.qrot[frame2];
tq2 = nodeAnim.qrotTime[frame2];
qindex2 = frame2; // for output to console only
for (int frame = 0; frame < nodeAnim.position.Count; frame++)
var t = nodeAnim.positionTime[frame];
if (t <= animTime)
p1 = nodeAnim.position[frame];
tp1 = t;
pindex1 = frame; // for output to console only
var frame2 = frame;
if (nodeAnim.position.Count > 1)
frame2 += 1;
if (frame2 >= nodeAnim.position.Count)
frame2 = 0;
p2 = nodeAnim.position[frame2];
tp2 = nodeAnim.positionTime[frame2] + DurationInSeconds;
pindex2 = frame2; // for output to console only
p2 = nodeAnim.position[frame2];
tp2 = nodeAnim.positionTime[frame2];
pindex2 = frame2; // for output to console only
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Quaternion q;
if (tq1 != tq2)
q = Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Quaternion.Slerp(q1, q2, (float)GetInterpolationTimeRatio(tq1, tq2, animTime));
q = q1;
Vector3 p;
if (tp1 != tp2)
p = Vector3.Lerp(p1, p2, (float)GetInterpolationTimeRatio(tp1, tp2, animTime));
p = p1;
Console.WriteLine("" + " animTime: " + animTime);
Console.WriteLine(" q : " + " index1: " + qindex1 + " index2: " + qindex2 + " time1: " + tq1 + " time2: " + tq2 + " quaternion: " + q.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(" p : " + " index1: " + pindex1 + " index2: " + pindex2 + " time1: " + tp1 + " time2: " + tp2 + " position: " + p.ToString());
var r = Matrix.CreateFromQuaternion(q);
r.Translation = p;
return r; // * Matrix.CreateTranslation(p); // * Matrix.CreateScale(s);
public double GetInterpolationTimeRatio(double s, double e, double val)
if (e < s)
s = s + e;
return (val - s) / (e - s);
Id like to say i do have the basics flushed out and it does basically work for a rigged model.This has 2 class files ... a loader and a model class. Though the Rigged model class has 4 nested classes i actually had them separate and then nested them on purpose i figured they are so specific to the model they belong to it and as part of it.
Then game1 uses the loader to load a model from the fbx to the riggedmodel.
// load the model
RiggedModelLoader modelReader = new RiggedModelLoader(Content, riggedEffect);
int generatedAnimationFramesPerSecond = 24;
model = modelReader.LoadAsset("dude.fbx", generatedAnimationFramesPerSecond);
It is somewhat sloppy as this is basically still a sort of rough draft even after all this timeI guess im running out of steam on this and im really looking for some suggestions or direction as well.
I did quite a bit so far. I think the overall model structural ideology is pretty solid most of it just follows assimps ideology, it has both a tree node linked list and a flat node list of references that point to the tree nodes because for somethings its simpler to iterate a list.I added the basic stuff so far , and a very basic shader to load it and show it as seen in the above pic. I got the animations weights and meshes loading and the textures are added to the content pipeline for now.I pass the content manager to the model and let it load the textures it finds in the fbx or dae or whatever to its own meshes if they are present in the content folder nothing fancy beyond that it doesn't search content folders or subfolders ect yet. I made a custom shader for it and its pretty basic atm but i guess that's the easier part.I still can't see how the mesh transform is supposed to fit in and when either if anyone knows the idea behind how that is supposed to work exactly please let me know, it seems to be a scalar sometimes and other times its just i don't even know what.
Btw if anyone has some complicated fbx models, that are fully rigged that work as well.
That you know they work.
Basically testing models that they could send me so i can make comparisons i would appreciate it. Most of what ive found on the net are just regular models with no rigging or the rigging is messed up in multiple viewers.
Im also looking for some models with deformers and or normal / height maps.
I think you didn't interpolate up to the last keyframe.
Humm if i add a extra frame ill interpolate just barely past it but i get the same thing.
in RiggedModel -> RiggedAnimation -> SetAnimationFpsCreateFrames(..)TotalFrames = (int)(DurationInSeconds * (double)(animationFramesPerSecond)) +1; // +1
TotalFrames = (int)(DurationInSeconds * (double)(animationFramesPerSecond)) +1;
The thing is the original set of of animations for the left hand has only 3 keys rotation and 1 for position.Which is just making my head spin.
// this is what is in the fbx read in from assimp.
Channel L_Hand
(time is in animation ticks it shouldn't exceed anim.DurationInTicks 29 or total duration in seconds: 1.20833333333333)
Position Keys: 1
index[0] Time: 14 secs: 0.583333333333333 Position: {{X:10.82555 Y:5.22715E-07 Z:9.902142E-07}}
Rotation Keys: 3
index[0] Time: 14 secs: 0.583333333333333 QRotation: {{W:0.7862441 X:-0.594564 Y:-0.0645714 Z:-0.1553847}}
index[1] Time: 22 secs: 0.916666666666667 QRotation: {{W:0.6790287 X:-0.7253733 Y:-0.0950051 Z:-0.06105447}}
index[2] Time: 29 secs: 1.20833333333333 QRotation: {{W:0.7929463 X:-0.6023548 Y:0.05393244 Z:0.07413663}}
// this is the interpolation output i get. w is on the opposite side in the displayed data for assimp.// looks right.
q : index1: 2 index2: 0 time1: 1.20833333333333 time2: 1.79166666666667 quaternion: {X:-0.6023569 Y:0.0539122 Z:0.07409727 W:0.7929497}
AnimationTime: 1.1251
q : index1: 1 index2: 2 time1: 0.916666666666667 time2: 1.20833333333333 quaternion: {X:-0.6420997 Y:0.01135957 Z:0.03567142 W:0.7657065}
p : index1: 0 index2: 0 time1: 0.583333333333333 time2: 0.583333333333333 position: {X:10.82555 Y:5.22715E-07 Z:9.902142E-07}
AnimationTime: 1.16676666666667
q : index1: 1 index2: 2 time1: 0.916666666666667 time2: 1.20833333333333 quaternion: {X:-0.6226404 Y:0.03269452 Z:0.0549657 W:0.7798902}
p : index1: 0 index2: 0 time1: 0.583333333333333 time2: 0.583333333333333 position: {X:10.82555 Y:5.22715E-07 Z:9.902142E-07}
AnimationTime: 1.20843333333333
q : index1: 2 index2: 0 time1: 1.20833333333333 time2: 1.79166666666667 quaternion: {X:-0.6023569 Y:0.0539122 Z:0.07409727 W:0.7929497}
p : index1: 0 index2: 0 time1: 0.583333333333333 time2: 0.583333333333333 position: {X:10.82555 Y:5.22715E-07 Z:9.902142E-07}
I ignore scaling atm as its not requisite.
that codes in the Riggedmodel RiggedAnimation nested class
which also had this bug that i fixed but didn't upload.
public double GetInterpolationTimeRatio(double s, double e, double val)
if (e < s)
e = s + e; // s = s + e; durrr did that backwards still doesn't fix anything.
return (val - s) / (e - s);
The original animation output data can be seen in the console by fliping on the bool at the top of the loading class. RiggedModelLoader public bool startupAnimationConsoleInfo = true;
I put the original animation data in the model on purpose so later on if i generate xnb's ill just keep the original data and rebuild on load or save both didn't decide not really there yet.
i dunno maybe its not bugged maybe vs just skips the first couple frames or redoes them or something weird.maybe its this fbx version of the dude.fbx i have has messed up animation frames ?
Do you generate keyframes at time [0] & [Duration] for all bones?I think those keyframes must be an interpolation between the last and first true Keyframe.
Do you mean generate frame zero from what is in the local node transforms.
I pull them in and set them when i load the models but i don't add them to the animation keys.As all of them have at least 1 animation frame 0 already and that starting bind pose has the hand not open. Is that supposed to be added to the animation sets manually ? It crossed my mind but it seemed to me that if that was supposed to be in the key frames it would be in there already.
Look at the keyframes of L_Hand.First one is at 0.5833s and the last one at 1.2083s (Total duration).How do you interpolate frames from 0.000s to 0.5833s?I think you have to wrap around time and interpolate with the last keyframe.If you fill them with the same value from the first keyframe at 0.5833s then the hand 'jumps' every time the animation restarts.
I saw a very similar behavior with the frame interpolation of my animation/skinning library. Once I time-wrapped the interpolation the animation was seamless as with the XNA importer.
Ah thanks nkastI see the time stamps in the animations can start beyond zero. Im actually pulling the wrong index for all the starting indexs.
Probably the only value i didn't look at in the output.
interpolationTime: -1.75
name L_Hand
AnimationTime: +0.00
q : index1: 0 index2: 0 time1: +0.583 time2: +0.917 interpolationTime: -1.75 quaternion: x: -0.314 y: -0.006 z: -0.304 w: +0.899
p : index1: 0 index2: 0 time1: +0.583 time2: +0.583 interpolationTime: -∞ position: +10.826 , +0.00 , +0.00
Ah wait that leads to another question ..
Is that right grab the before time index of the animation in this scenario which would actually mean starting with the last frame of the animation ?Or are we supposed to be manually add in the starting bind pose and insert it into frame 0 for time 0?
Re:edit yep weird the last frame is basically time 0 so i guess that is how it is meant to be.
The nuget assimp.net is like 30mb alone so it's pretty fat but it should just work.
dude.fbx from the xna skinned model.victoria hat dance from the xna better skinned model. (hat isn't working)
I added the ability to just make the total frame time longer.
I put a specular light in the shader for the example, im not using phong im using my own reflection based lighting which is very maluable and doesn't use a half vector, but its not using any values out of the fbx file to alter the shader to it or anything i just kinda figure meh.
I also have no clue how to actually pull a texture out of a fbx if its embedded in the file itself ?Well it works for rigged animations atm and it can run multiple animations.
I just about have this thing working at least rotation animation wise i fixed the shader and made another fix to the interpolation so that it can properly loop around by just increasing the total animation time i added in a switch to just directly calculate the interpolated orientations as well directly.
The scaling is a pain though i think i need to scale the whole fbx loaded model back to be unit length the problem is even a fbx depending on how it is made has different early nodes and mesh nodes that have wonky transforms. Like depending on if a model has mesh node transforms or bone node transforms, then the mesh has to be multiplied to the whole transform chain or omitted. Some models seem to have the scale in the animated bone nodes some don't, but, i have no idea how to programatically detect that.
Open assimp doesn't seem to distinguish the animation type properly for HasMeshAnimations or HasNodeAnimations.Like i have this in at the moment but its just a poor hack around.
private void UpdateMeshTransforms()
// try to handle when we just have mesh transforms
for (int i = 0; i < meshes.Length; i++)
// This feels errr is hacky.
//meshes[i].nodeRefContainingAnimatedTransform.CombinedTransformMg = meshes[i].nodeRefContainingAnimatedTransform.LocalTransformMg * meshes[i].nodeRefContainingAnimatedTransform.InvOffsetMatrixMg;
if (originalAnimations[CurrentPlayingAnimationIndex].animatedNodes.Count > 1)
meshes[i].nodeRefContainingAnimatedTransform.CombinedTransformMg = Matrix.Identity;
The real problem is the mesh transform is needed for models with animation without armatures and bones.And the mesh and armature messes up scaling for models without mesh animations but with armature and bones.I could just remove all the armature nodes i haven't seen a animated node for them yet, but i dunno if ill need them for some models. Still that would leave scaled bone animation nodes as needing to be made unit length based on the inverted mesh scale only and the rotation would have to remain. Damn it's a nightmare to load a blender made fbx with scaling.
Well this does work for simple fbx animated models with multiple animations though. but the above hack around will break if there is more then one animated mesh. I haven't made any sort of xnb tool yet as there is no point till i get this into better shape.
If anyone wants to download it and make some suggestions on how to handle the scaling and the mesh vs bone transform chain problem... dl the project flip the console on and take a look.


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FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH ELPA CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE (CoC) PROGRAMME
The newly established Earthing and Lighting Protection Association (ELPA) is busy working towards the launch of its Certificates of Compliance (CoC) programme by the end of November 2017. This is part of ELPA's stated aim of improving and empowering those in the lightning protection industry in order to protect life as well as property, in line with the organisation's motto: 'Achieving certainty through certification and compliance'.
ELPA national director, Trevor Manas, says, "It has been a concern for some time in the earthing and lightning protection industry that, currently, there are no formal recognitions or competencies required to sign off on the Lightning Protection Safety Report (or CoC) – legally, no qualification is required. Hence, ELPA has developed its own lightning protection system (LPS) safety report according to the SANS 10313 Code of Practice, allowing for only ELPA-accredited people with valid accreditation numbers to be able to sign off on an ELPA-certified CoC."
ELPA was formed by a group of experts in the lightning protection industry from around the country and formally established in June 2017, with the support of various institutions such as Wits University, the Electrical Contractors Association of South Africa (ECA) and the Department of Labour. The umbrella body aims to assist with providing industry accreditations, certification, benchmarks for quality of design and installation, as well as information and education on lightning safety.
Manas says the CoC programme is aimed at ELPA-accredited designers, installers and inspectors and the intention is to have it up and running by year-end. He clarifies, "This CoC programme represents an integral part of ELPA becoming recognised as the lightning protection professional body of South Africa. When we look at the CoC programme holistically, it entails the keeping of a register of all ELPA-accredited designers, installers and inspectors. The CoC programme thus includes the register of designers and installers itself, and the inspectorate whose members check the work done by the installers. All these elements are linked together and each is an integral part of the CoC programme."
Manas says that implementing a system that is proactive and not reactive in monitoring will drive accountability, and in turn conformance. "This is done through the process of inspecting the respective registered person's work, which is initiated through the issuing of the CoC by the respective designated individual on their completed work. The work is to be inspected by ELPA and, if required, a rectification work report is to be issued to the respective individual. Failure to comply to the rectification report could result in the installer's registration being revoked, fines imposed and or compulsory training.
"The importance of having a CoC programme with a proactive enforcement methodology and accountability cannot be emphasised enough. The CoC and inspectorate process will be automated and online and must operate within a self-sustainable business model."
Manas explains that the ELPA mechanism allows for the random inspections of five percent of all CoCs issued by ELPA-accredited installers. "In this way, we aim to effectively administer a live, updated register showcasing those with the requisite expertise and competency. We are currently testing the system and anticipate having it online by the end of this year."
Once the system is live, Manas says that any member of the public will be able to log onto the ELPA website to check the register for accredited names. "It is important for members of the public to be able to check for competent, accredited installers who will be able to complete a CoC that can be trusted. From the perspective of the insurance industry there is also a benefit – by using ELPA-accredited people, insurers are getting genuine certainty through proper compliance to best-practice safety standards. The inspections will ensure that the work is done properly and that all aspects are compliant to the standards ELPA has set out and which it follows."
"ELPA has two key objectives aligned to its aim of being recognised as the National Professional Body for earthing and lightning protection. These are to effectively administer a live and updated expertise and competencies registrar among industry professionals, and to monitor compliance to technical standards of lightning protection designs and installations through a professional industry lightning protection inspectorate. In this way, ELPA will assist authorised local and central government bodies and engineers with the enforcement of lightning protection compliance.
"Finally, it should be mentioned that for members to maintain their membership, we are also implementing a CPD programme. There are exciting plans in the pipeline and we look forward to moving ELPA from strength to strength in the quest to upskill and develop the entire industry," Manas concludes.
More info: ELPA, Claudelle Pillay on +27 (0)11 704 1487
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: www.elpasa.org.za


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1) In Page Designer, open to the page you wish to group elements on.
2) Select all of the elements you wish to group. Either click and drag the mouse over them or shift-click multiple elements.
3) To permanently group these elements open the Format tab and then press the Grouping button.
- The elements will now always move together until you press the Ungroup button in the Format tab.


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VimFlowy: The Simplest Outliner for VIM
I was quite fond of the WorkFlowy outliner until the sync failed and broke my offline access. It was just lucky that I'd made an export of my data not too long before it failed.
But really, I didn't need sync that much. I just needed a fast outliner. And what could faster than Vim? With a bit of investigation into Vim's code folding capabilities, I came up with a single-file script to turn Vim into a fast and simple outliner.
To install VimFlowy, just copy vimflowy.vim to your $HOME/.vim/ftdetect directory and use a .out extension for your outliner files. You can also use :set filetype=vimflowy if you prefer not to use the .out extension.
Download vimflowy.vim to $HOME/.vim/ftdetect
Here is what it looks like. You just use <TAB> to open and close the folds, and navigate through your outline.
Here is the full code of vimflowy.vim for the curious.
" " VimFlowy is the simplest outliner for vim. It uses vim's existing code " folding capabilities with some simple configuration. The result is a fast, " powerful outliner using your favourite text editor. " " Install VimFlowy by saving this file to $HOME/.vim/ftdetect/vimflowy.vim " on unix, or $HOME/vimfiles/ftdetect/vimflowy.vim on Windows. " " Save your outliner files with a .out extension for VimFlowy to be " autodetected. Otherwise, use :set filetype=vimflowy from within vim. " " The outliner uses an indentation level of 2 white spaces to create " new levels. You can use vim's default code folding shortcuts to move " throughout your outline, or just use <TAB> to open and close levels. " " The most frequent shortcut keys you will use are: " " <TAB> open or close the current fold " zx close all other folds " dd to delete a fold (when it is closed) " [p to paste it at the current indent level (use with dd to move outlines) " " " Use :help fold-commands in vim for additional shorcuts. " " The fold function consumes blank lines. If you need to separate one " fold from another, use a single dot or a dash on a line by itself. " " Check for updates to VimFlowy at https://rogerkeays.com/vimflowy " autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.out set filetype=vimflowy autocmd FileType vimflowy set foldmethod=expr foldexpr=VimFlowyFold(v:lnum) autocmd FileType vimflowy set foldtext=getline(v:foldstart) autocmd FileType vimflowy set shiftwidth=2 expandtab autoindent autocmd FileType vimflowy hi Folded ctermbg=black ctermfg=yellow autocmd FileType vimflowy nnoremap <TAB> za function! VimFlowyFold(lnum) if getline(a:lnum) =~? '\v^\s*$' return VimFlowyFold(a:lnum - 1) endif let this_indent = indent(a:lnum) / &shiftwidth let next_indent = indent(NextNonBlankLine(a:lnum)) / &shiftwidth if next_indent == this_indent return this_indent elseif next_indent < this_indent return this_indent elseif next_indent > this_indent return '>' . next_indent endif endfunction function! NextNonBlankLine(lnum) let numlines = line('$') let current = a:lnum + 1 while current <= numlines if getline(current) =~? '\v\S' return current endif let current += 1 endwhile return -2 endfunctionVimFlowy: The Simplest Outliner for VIM
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Many have asked the Top List Online, "What are the top searches on Google, Yahoo, and MSN?"
This information is always interesting to know as it tells us so much of what is going on in the world and what people are thinking. We will break this information down by search engine. You may want to bookmark this page so that you will always have this information handy.
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Top Google.com Searches
The Top Searches on Google are presented by Google Trends. This presents an updated list of the Top 100 Search Terms on Google updated frequently. Today, January 12th, 2009, the top term is "Klieg Lights". I don't know why everyone is searching for that term today. Ah, interesting. George Bush just mentioned "Klieg Lights" in his last White House address and now everyone wants to know what the term means. For those interested, you can read more about Klieg Lights on Wikipedia. I am mildy surprised that George Bush knew what they were!
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Yahoo.com searches can be found on Yahoo Buzz. Yahoo Buzz presents the Top 20 Overall Internet Searches and can be broken down into many different areas. Today, Yahoo does not mention Klieg Lights at all. Their #1 searched for term is Heather Graham. I like Heather Graham and wonder why she is the #1 searched for person today. I'm not quite sure but I do know that it's always nice to see images of Heather Graham.
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MSN provides a view to their Top MSN Searches in the form of the MSN a-list. This page highlights the most searched for in many categories. The top person searched for today is Anne Hathaway. It could be because Anne Hathaway took home critics award last night at the VH1 Critics Awards. Titles such as Angelina Jolie Steams as Anne Hathaway Wins 'Best Actress' are bringing Anne Hathaway to the top of the searched for list.
I find it interesting that the Top Searches on Google, Yahoo, and MSN are all different.
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|Tax on property gains coming
Vietnam will impose a tax of 25 percent on capital gains in property transactions as it moves to curb skyrocketing prices and speculation, the National Assembly, or parliament, said.
The tax, in addition to a 2-percent transfer tax already in place, would be applicable from January 2009, the office of the one-party legislature said in a report seen on Wednesday.
"The tax will have a huge impact on the property market nationwide which is highly speculative now. People who buy houses to flip for profit will have to think twice now," a property dealer in Hanoi said.
Dealers said prices in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have gone up about 50 percent since the beginning of the year, mainly because investors diverted money from the stock market into property.
The Communist Party government will also apply a 20 percent tax on stock investment earnings, the legislature's report said.
Speculation in land and equities in the emerging market economy is becoming a concern for policy makers and economists who want to avoid market bubbles and sustain Vietnam's high growth rates for years to come.
Dealers said most condominium projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are sold out before they are even built.
They also said the government was drafting another law that would tax owners who have more than one home.
Only transfer taxes are levied on property sales and most transactions are paid in cash, making it difficult for authorities to track them and collect taxes on capital gains.
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