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Few free and open source software projects have attracted such a range of reactions as Mono. On one hand, as an implementation of Microsoft's .Net that's sponsored by Novell, it has been vilified both for the company it keeps and as a possible source of patent claims, should Microsoft choose to get nasty. On the other hand, Mono has been the platform of choice for such major projects as Second Life, which uses it to increase the efficiency of its servers. This week, as the Mono project reached version 2.0, Miguel de Icaza, the project's founder and maintainer, talked with Linux.com about the history of the project, its application and the criticism leveled at it, and where the project goes from here.
Mono 2.0 is a milestone in the project because, as Novell product manager Joseph Hill explains, "We're really signalling that we've completed compatibility with .Net 2.0's API." However, as Hill points out, Mono has already done considerable work on compatibility with .Net 3.0 and 3.5, so Mono 2.0 is "a little more like 3.5 minus several of the big libraries that were added to 3.0 that we're not seeing a lot of uptake on -- for example, the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and the Windows Presentation Foundation."
Even more importantly, for de Icaza, the release is a moment to reflect that the project has "come to the point where people consider Mono an alternative implementation" of .Net. For example, he cites the example of the compiler for F#, whose developers "not only test on Mono before shipping, but also provide installation scripts for Linux. Now we're finally regarded as a serious project, and not just a toy project."
The struggle for respect
For de Icaza, the moment has been a long time coming. "When .Net came out in 2000, I had a little bit of envy," he says, "because it looked fantastic, and I felt left behind. I saw the Windows developers getting this incredibly interesting technology -- you know, multiple language support, use of native libraries, a really nice language. And Linux people didn't have that, so we started building support for all that in Linux." For de Icaza, the decision was "all about making the developer happy, eliminating frustration, making sure he enjoys what he is doing, and trying to eliminate as many pain points as possible."
Since then, "we've gone in waves," de Icaza says. "The first wave, up to Mono 1.0, was really focused on improving the status quo of development, and trying to bring that joy of programming to Linux developers by giving them that combination of high performance and tight languages, and the benefits of a managed run-time.
"The second wave was when we started looking at implementing the APIs that people were using on the Windows platform, because that would enable a lot of libraries and components that people were using on Windows to be used on Linux as well. There's a massive component-vendor ecosystem on Windows for .Net technologies, and we wanted to get all that on Linux."
The project suffered a setback when it had barely implemented the basic 1.0 .Net technologies in Mono 1.2, and .Net 2.0 was released. "We had the core features, but we were lagging behind API-wise," de Icaza says. But, since then, the cross-platform support that he sought has started to arrive.
"Today, pretty much every open source .Net routine out there is tested against Mono. When we released Mono 1.2, it was pretty much a novelty. But now, it's pretty much a standard rule that you will test your software on Mono before you ship."
The result has been a widespread uptake in the use of Mono for development. The list of companies and Web projects that use Mono numbers several dozen, ranging from Novell to MindTouch and Wikipedia. And, on the GNOME desktop, de Icaza says, "Some of the best of breed applications that people ship with GNOME are built with Mono: the photo management tool F-Spot, the media player Banshee, and new stuff like Tasque and GNOME Do."
Perhaps the most surprising use of Mono has been in the gaming community. "Second Life has now migrated to using its own scripts on Mono, and we gave them up to 350 times performance increase. That means they can run more in their scripts, and have a lot more complicated effects with the same code," de Icaza says. "And, on the client side, we've been working with a company in Denmark called Unity [Technologies] that builds an IDE for games, and they also have mini-games on the Web that is probably the most popular use of Mono today. But the one that's really exciting is the Wii [gaming console]. We got Mono running on the Wii, and we basically help make better games."
According to de Icaza, "We get a lot of requests from game companies to license Mono," which is released under the GNU Lesser General Public License, and therefore available for both free and proprietary use. "We can't quote names, but the makers of anything that has too many characters on the screens, or too many things happening at once, those are typically the people we get calling us for getting a version for consoles."
Constant criticism
Running counter to this success is a steady stream of criticism that is so strong that, in many free software circles, it is better known than Mono's success. "The hostility started on day one, you know?" de Icaza says. "A lot of people are not pro-something; they're anti-Microsoft. And Mono was criticized early on because Microsoft created the APIs, and Microsoft is evil."
De Icaza suggests that a certain double standard has been present in much of the criticism. He notes, for example, that the same people who criticized Mono, which has always been free software and cross-platform, used to be far more tolerant towards Sun Microsystems'Java when it was still proprietary and ran only on platforms that Sun chose to support.
Still, de Icaza acknowledges that the criticism has probably hurt the project to an extent. "We could probably have more developers if everyone was gung-ho about Mono," he says. "On the other hand, there are projects that have been out there forever, even with monetary backup, and they have trouble getting contributors. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt if everyone loved Mono, but it's hard to dodge criticism."
But, so far as possible, de Icaza tries not to dwell on the criticism. In contrast to what he perceives as the negativity in the criticism, he says, "I like to think of my team as pro-having better tools, pro-bringing more people to Linux. It kind of sounds like a self-help book, but we're trying to be positive and trying to leave a positive mark on the world."
Besides, de Icaza is convinced that, over time, the criticism is dying, or at least being confined to only a small segment of the community. "I think most people have learned to live and let live," he says. "It's hard to tell us that we should give up when you get all these other successes, when it's winning some key customers, helping people consume less power and reducing their data center loads. It's hard to tell us that we're wrong based on an article they read in some rag."
What comes next
De Icaza acknowledges that Mono may always be struggling for parity. "Microsoft is always going to have some APIs we want to get our hands on -- but, for that matter, so will other people. There's always going to be some APIs we want to have." However, he points out that parity goes both ways, and, given Mono's support for projects such as D-Bus, it is also true that "Microsoft has a lot of catching up to do with us," although he admits that such a comment is "probably a stretch."
The immediate priority is to implement the APIs in .Net 3.0 and 3.5 that Mono still does not support, such as WCF. Another priority is improved Mac OS X support. A number of other improvements, such as a rewritten just-in-time (JIT) compilation engine, have been ready for a couple of months, but were not included in the 2.0 release because they needed a longer test cycle.
De Icaza also looks forward to increased use of Mono in GNOME. However, he views GNOME as a multiple-language project, noting that "people have grown very fond of Python" in the GNOME project.
Even the rise of Vala, which many people regard as an effort to sidestep the controversy over using Mono in GNOME, does not unduly disturb him. While he would like to see Vala develop more, and is concerned that it might take years to develop the support necessary to make a language a success, he says that Vala "has some interesting ideas. If people want to use Vala, I have no objection."
Naturally, de Icaza would prefer that people adopt Mono. But, he says, "My object in the end is more applications for Linux, and it doesn't really matter what people are using. We happen to like to bring .Net developers from Windows to Linux, because they have a huge ecosystem. But if people want to use something else, more power to them."


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Rapper From Iowa Arrested For Flashing Fake Guns & Baking Soda In His Music Video!
"The music video is on You Tube. It's called "Gutta Town." It shows a guy calling himself "Gutta Man" rapping from locations all over the city of Dubuque with a few other people. In some shots, they're holding guns, and what looks like drugs. The lead singer, 23-year old David Rhone was arrested today by U.S. Marshals. The Marshals say he violated the terms of his release from a previous arrest. But Rhone's mother says it's all just a big misunderstanding. "The guns are not real," said Stacey Rhone. "The drugs are not real, its television, he made a rap video. When a person turns on the television, they're looking for a rap video, he gave them what they're looking for." Rhone is currently serving a three year probation. Police wouldn't say if the other men in the music video would be arrested because of an on-going investigation. " - 2 News
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House GOP reacts on DOMA
The Republicans leaders of the House of Representatives urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to select their plea as the right one for review of the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, but shifted position a bit to suggest an alternative if the Court prefers. In a new brief reacting to the sweeping new decision by the Second Circuit Court, and responding to an Obama Administration request last week that the Court take on that specific case, the GOP members of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group argued that the Court should focus on a case that is simple and raises the issues clearly without procedural complications.
The Second Circuit decision, which went further than any other federal appeals court decision has gone on gay rights under the Constitution, makes the need for the Justices to take on the constitutionality of DOMA "overwhelming," even though it was already "strong," the Republican leaders said. Even so, they disagreed with the Administration view that the Second Circuit's Windsor v. United States case is the best one for testing DOMA's ban on marital benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married under their own states' laws. The Court would have to go through procedural "machinations" to tee up that case, the GOP brief contended. The House GOP is defending DOMA in the wake of the Administration decision last year to abandon that defense.
Even so, if the Court does not grant the Republicans' petition, which the brief argued is still the "decidedly superior vehicle," the GOP leaders contended that the next best petition is one that it had opposed earlier. That was filed by the Administration, asking the Court to review a decision by a federal district judge in San Francisco striking down the DOMA ban (Office of Personnel Management v. Golinski, docket 12-16). The government petition in that case asked the Court to take on that case without waiting for it to be reviewed in the Ninth Circuit Court. In that case, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White decided the DOMA case using the same constitutional standard that the Second Circuit had.
Although the GOP brief did not mention it, one of the reasons why the Court might want to choose a case other than the one filed directly by the Republican leaders is that Justice Elena Kagan very likely would have to recuse herself from that case, which comes from the First Circuit Court and was developing in lower courts when Kagan was U.S. Solicitor General and seems to have had some role in it.
The Court now has eight pending petitions dealing with the controversy over DOMA, as well as two other petitions dealing with the same-sex marriage in other legal settings. The Court has scheduled all ten for initial examination at its Conference set for November 20. Unless the Court were to grant all ten, it will have to make a selection, and that is the task on which the Administration and the House GOP leaders have now taken conflicting positions.
The dispute between them is somewhat arcane, having to do with the procedural norms that the Court follows. The Administration has not seen those as a barrier to review of any of the four petitions it has filed, but the House GOP has been arguing that all of the petitions except its own are fraught with procedural flaws or other factors that would distract the Justices' attention from the core issue of DOMA's validity. The Administration has lately focused on having the Court review the Second Circuit ruling in Windsor, after first arguing that the case there might not be a proper one. The House has steadfastly contended that its petition is clearly the best, and has resisted all of the others. It has now altered its view enough to suggest that the Golinski case would be acceptable instead of the Windsor case.
The Windsor case involves Edith Windsor of New York, who is the surviving spouse of a lesbian marriage that was performed in Canada, before New York officially accepted same-sex marriages. Because of DOMA, Mrs. Windsor had to pay a tax on the estate she received from her spouse that she otherwise would not have had to pay. The Second Circuit ruled that this denial deprived her of equal treatment under the Constitution. It did so by applying a constitutional test that is technically called "heightened scrutiny." That is a fairly rigorous test that makes it harder for laws that allegedly discriminate to be upheld. No other federal appeals court has used that tougher test in a gay rights case.
The Golinski case involves Karen Golinski, a staff lawyer for the federal courts in San Francisco, who was married to her same-sex partner during the brief interval when California allowed such marriages (permission that was taken away in 2008 when the state's voters approved a ban in "Proposition 8"). Ms. Golinski sought to include her spouse, Amy Cunninghis, in her federal family health insurance plan, but that was denied because of DOMA. District Judge White also applied "heightened scrutiny" is ruling that Ms. Golinski's rights to equal treatment were denied.
In the new brief filed with the Justices on Thursday, the House GOP leaders leveled a broad attack on the Second Circuit's decision on October 18 in the Windsor case. The Second Circuit, the brief said, "has now opened an express conflict with eleven other circuits as to the proper standard for reviewing sexual-orientation classifications." The GOP leaders also noted that the dissenting judge in the Circuit Court had said that the standard used by the majority there would now be used to strike down state laws across the country that restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples.
"The Second Circuit's decision," the GOP brief said, "confirms beyond all doubt that this Court should review DOMA's constitutionality, with the only disputed question being the proper vehicle (or vehicles) for this Court's review."
In addition to the Administration petition asking the Court to focus on the Windsor case, Mrs. Windsor herself has filed a petition (12-63) seeking review by the Justices.
If the Court were to take on that case, the House GOP contended on Thursday, it would have to deal with side issues before it could reach the constitutionality of DOMA's ban. Whether Mrs. Windsor has "standing" to bring her case at all, the new brief said, is crucial to whether her case should have been allowed, and that depends upon an issue of New York state law: would her Canadian marriage have been accepted by New York? That issue, the brief said, is not free from doubt because New York's own highest court has refused to settle it and the Second Circuit declined to ask the state court to do so.
The House also said there is a question about whether the Supreme Court is free to simply bypass that state-law issue even though it is "decisive" as to Mrs. Windsor's right to challenge DOMA, and therefore whether the Court has jurisdiction to hear the case.
Further complications with that case, according to the GOP brief, are whether the Justice Department and Ms. Windsor have any right to be appealing, because they won in lower courts, and whether the Justice Department should be allowed to treat its existing petition in Windsor (12-307) as the proper vehicle in which to explore the subsequent ruling by the Second Circuit on the merits. In addition, the House GOP repeated an argument that, since the Administration has abandoned the defense of DOMA, it is uncertain whether it may seek Supreme Court review at all in cases where its current view prevailed.
All of those "vehicle difficulties" with the Windsor case, the new brief asserted, make it clear that the Court should accept the House GOP's petition as the right vehicle, since it has none of those complexities and goes straight to the constitutionality of DOMA.
Still, in a final concluding paragraph, the GOP brief said that "if for some reason this Court is disinclined" to grant the House GOP petition, it suggested that the government's petition in the Golinski case be chosen as "the best of the remaining vehicles." There is no issue of "standing' in that case, it said. And, it added, even though that petition, too, involves the question of whether the government can properly pursue an appeal when it won in the lower court, that may not be a controlling consideration. Thus, it summed up, "Golinski provides this Court with the best opportunity to focus on the critical issue that all agree merits this Court's review — DOMA's constitutionality."
Recommended Citation: Lyle Denniston, House GOP reacts on DOMA, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 1, 2012, 3:55 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/11/house-gop-reacts-on-doma/


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- Series hub | Game 3: Notebook | Box score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Late in the first quarter Kevin Durant wanted a foul on emerging nemesis Tony Allen and put up an awkward shot that bounced off the backboard and triggered an Allen breakaway. To prevent a layup, the retreating Durant leaped and fouled Allen on the way to the rim, came down, punched the air in frustration and told referee Ken Mauer of his possession at the other end: "That was a foul, man."
All the while Allen shot his free throws, Durant pleaded his case. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Allen blanketed Durant and he fell to the floor. During the quarter break, Durant, with a towel draped around his shoulders at mid-court, continued to address Mauer.
Durant pounded the chest of struggling forward Serge Ibaka after he missed a free throw. After a near-steal by Memphis' aggressive team defense, Durant animatedly jabbed at the sky with his index finger and urged second-year guard Reggie Jackson to throw the ball higher when he's backing down his man.
Durant, asked to bang with burly Grizzlies center Marc Gasol on the defensive end, took an inadvertent elbow from the big man square in the jaw, doubled-over and covered his face with his hands.
As Game 3 was ticking down Saturday evening to a Memphis Grizzlies 87-81 victory for a 2-1 series lead, Durant crouched down and planted both hands on the floor, tired and realizing that it is up to him to pick up this fight, to keep the season going, in 48 hours. With Allen now hounding him for chunks at a time, Durant finished with 25 points on 9-for-19 shooting after starting 6-for-8. He had 11 rebounds and five assists. He logged 45 minutes, 44 seconds, which might or might not have contributed to him going 2-for-5 from the free throw line in the second half.
He had two points in the fourth quarter. In the last two fourth quarters, starting with the final 3:18 of the Thunder's Game 2 loss at home when the hard-edged guard Allen truly started to stick to Durant, the three-time scoring champ is 1-for-7 from the floor and 0-for-2 from the free throw line.
"Tony's great man," Grizzlies teammate Zach Randolph said. "Tony's a dog, man. He's in the mud."
Welcome to KD's world. The reality of All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook — Allen's more natural counterpart –being shelved is in full effect and it's not pretty. The Grizzlies are doing all they can to grit-and-grind their way to making life as uncomfortable as possible for Durant, forcing his teammates to step up, and especially late in these games, each of which have been up for grabs in the final three minutes.
"I've said it before, when a guy has the ball and has to score like that it takes energy, and the more you make him work, that's the best you can do," Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins said. "You can't stop Kevin Durant, he's a great player, but he played 45, 46 minutes and he's asked to carry a huge load for them. As the game goes on other people for them, they start taking the load away from him a little bit, but I don't think that we can stop him. I'm not attributing it to us."
Thunder coach Scott Brooks said Durant's heavy minutes were not a factor in going 3-for-11 after his great start and 1-for-4 in a second consecutive poorly executed final few minutes.
The 24-year-old Durant continues to say he can shoulder any load. But, he has to have help. Ibaka is a mess offensively, clanging 11 more shots in Game 3 — unfathomably including two dunks and a 1-foot hook, and running his series shooting percentage to 33.3 percent. This from a man who shot a career-best 57.3 percent in the regular season.
Since Ibaka missed that difficult put-back under the rim at the end of the Game 4 loss to Houston, his shooting has plummeted from 22-for-38 to 23-for-66. Durant acknowledged that Ibaka's mind is a mine field.
"We have to get him confidence," Durant said. "We have to get him some shots and get him going. We can't let him put too much pressure on himself. It's all in his mind. If he thinks he is going to make those shots, then he is going to make them. I have to pick him up and that is what I have been doing."
Kevin Martin shouldn't need picking up in his ninth season, although this is the first pressurized postseason of his career. No matter, he is nearing bust status when his team needs him most. He, too, missed 11 more shots as his 50-point, two-game breakout to close out Houston and to get OKC off to a 1-0 start against the Grizz appears more like a mirage. His shooting stats in the last two games: 8-for-28 from the floor and 1-for-5 from beyond the arc.
In this series, Durant is averaging 32.0 points on 33-for-66 shooting from the floor. The rest of the Thunder are 62-for-172 (36.0 percent). They've struggled to score against Memphis' gritty defense, averaging 85.6 points — 20 below their season average. Yet they've been right there, in position to snag the last two games.
Game 3 was theirs to take. They outrebounded Memphis, limited their turnovers, held Randolph to eight points and one offensive board. OKC was unusually spotty from the foul line (12-for-19) and awful from beyond the arc (5-for-18), but Derek Fisher's 3-ball tied it at 81-81 with 1:58 to go. Much like Game 2, they wouldn't score again.
Durant and Brooks both reiterated that they won't change their approach offensively. Durant won't play hero ball. He'll continue to look for teammates in the structure of the halfcourt offense, which Durant said is working fine. They just need to make shots, he said.
"We missed two dunks, we missed three or four layups in the paint, we missed some wide open 3s," Durant said. "We're getting the right shots. We're getting shots that our offense gives to us. We just have to knock them down."


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Forget the Mormon Moment; It's About Catholics
NEW YORK (AP) - Forget the Mormon moment. The religious group that seems to be figuring most prominently in the presidential election right now is the Roman Catholic Church.
With Mitt Romney's recent choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as running mate, this campaign is the first in which Catholics are on both major party tickets. Vice President Joe Biden and Ryan are lifelong Catholics who attend Mass regularly and credit the church with shaping their views.
At the same time, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan plans a prime-time appearance next week, giving the benediction at the Republican National Convention.
With little over two months until the election, both Romney and Obama are working to court these traditional swing voters given that polls show the race is tight and anything can tip the balance.


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Guides/Component Files
Component Files (jfiles)
Jfiles are component files for J data. A jfile can be thought of as a boxed list which is stored on file. An element of the boxed list is referred to as a component, and can store a noun of any type, shape or size. File components are numbered sequentially from 0 upwards.
To access the system (assuming you are using the standard profile):
load 'jfiles'
This populates a locale jfiles with utility functions, and defines the following verbs in the z locale:
jcreate, jerase, jappend, jread, jreplace, jdup, jsize
jcreate creates a file.
jappend adds new items to the file. Each item added to the file is stored in a new component. Several items can be added to the file at a time.
jread reads items from file, and jreplace replaces items on file.
jdup duplicates a file, and jsize returns its size.
You can refer to a file either by its file name, or by its file handle. The default file extension is .ijf - this is used if no file extension is given.
You cannot delete components once created. If you need to reclaim space no longer required, either replace the components with empties, or else duplicate the file, copying only the components required.
Create file
jcreate creates a file. The right argument is the filename. Any existing file is overwritten. The result is 1 if successful, else 0. For example:
jcreate 'mydata' 1
Note that since the file extension was not specified, this actually creates a file named mydata.ijf.
Read and write file
jappend appends to file. The left argument is a boxed list, with each item in the list stored in a new file component. An open noun is treated as a single boxed item. The right argument is the filename. The result is the new component numbers created. For example:
'header' jappend 'mydata' 0 ('rec1';'rec2') jappend 'mydata' 1 2 (< <\1 2 3) jappend 'mydata' 3 (2 2$10 20 30 40) jappend 'mydata' 4
jread reads a file. The right argument is the filename, linked with one or more component numbers. The result has the same shape as the component numbers. For example:
> jread 'mydata';4 10 20 30 40
jread 'mydata';i.5 +------+----+----+-------------+-----+ |header|rec1|rec2|+-+---+-----+|10 20| | | | ||1|1 2|1 2 3||30 40| | | | |+-+---+-----+| | +------+----+----+-------------+-----+ jread 'mydata';i.2 2 +------+-------------+ |header|rec1 | +------+-------------+ |rec2 |+-+---+-----+| | ||1|1 2|1 2 3|| | |+-+---+-----+| +------+-------------+
jreplace replaces in the file. The result is the components replaced. For example:
(1000;'abcde') jreplace 'mydata';1 2 1 2 jread 'mydata';i.3 +------+----+-----+ |header|1000|abcde| +------+----+-----+
The left argument is reshaped if necessary to match the components in the right argument. For example, the following replaces components 1-3, each with the word 'reserved':
'reserved' jreplace 'mydata';1 2 3 1 2 3
jdup duplicates a file. The left argument is the new filename; if elided, the file is duplicated in place. The right argument is the source filename, optionally linked with one or more component numbers to be copied to the new file, in the order given. By default, the entire file is duplicated. The result is the number of components written. For example:
'newdata' jdup 'mydata' 5 'newdata' jdup 'mydata';2 0 1 3
jsize returns the file size, as 4 numbers:
- starting component number (0)
- number of components
- length of file in bytes (same as result of 1!:4)
- amount of free space that could be recovered by duplicating the file
For example:
jsize 'newdata' 0 5 1312 0
jerase erases a file, for example:
jerase 'newdata' 1
File handles
You can refer to a file either by its filename, or by its file handle if you have already opened the file. For most purposes we recommend using the filename. However, if you have a great deal of file activity, you may find it faster to open the file first, then use the file handle; this means the system does not have to open and close the file each time it is accessed. The utilities jopen and jclose in the jfiles locale can be used for this purpose. For example:
h=. jopen_files_ 'mydata'
... process file using handle h...
jclose_files_ h 1
File structure
Each file is structured as a header record, followed by data. The header record is as follows:
[0] version [1] starting component [2] number of components [3] file length [4] directory pointer [5] freelist pointer [6] sequence number
Each component is stored in its 3!:1 representation in a space that is a power of 2. This means that on average, the representation fills 75% of the space allocated, and allows some space for growing replaces. If the space required on replacement is less than half the space allocated, then the balance is freed up.
If you replace a component with a noun of smaller size, then this may result in some unused space. The system keeps track of this in the freelist, and attempts to reuse it where possible. The total free space available is given in the fourth element of the result of jsize, and this is the space that would be freed by duplicating the file using jdup.
32 and 64 bit Component Files
J Files can be read and written by either J32 or J64.
When J64 writes to a J32 file, it converts the file directory to J64 format. This is a one time change. The reverse does not happen, i.e. J32 writing to a J64 file preserves the file directory format.
When J32 reads J64 files, data will be converted if necessary. For example, integers in J64 might be converted to floating point in J32.
J32 cannot access a file more than 2GB in size. There is no such limitation for J64, so it is possible to create a file in J64 that cannot be read by J32.
J32 files created in J504 can be accessed by earlier versions of J. However, J64 files cannot be accessed by earlier versions of J.


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UM System President to speak to constituency groups in Northwest Missouri
Christian Basi
- Phone: (573) 882-4430
- E-mail: email@example.com
Posted March 29, 2012
WHAT: University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe will provide an update on the UM System to university supporters, alumni and friends in Chillicothe, and the Northwest Alumni Association in St. Joseph. He is expected to highlight ground-breaking research currently underway at our campuses, as well as the ways the university uses research to spur the economic development of the state.
WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Chillicothe
6 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in St. Joseph
WHERE: Chillicothe Country Club, 1900 Washington Street
"Dutch treat luncheon"
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"I am delighted that Zorin Industries will be the principal sponsor of the 'Zorin Industries Royal wedding©'. As a company we see many brand and cultural synergies with the Royal Family, and we couldn't be happier with the agreement we have reached. On a personal level I am thrilled to be working again with Prince Phillip, who is a man of unrivaled integrity, and who has become, since we first worked together on the 'Paris' job in 1997, a firm and trusted friend."
"There will be many exciting announcements between now and 'Max Zorin Day' covering all aspects of the 'Zorin Industries Royal wedding©', from merchandising to the ceremony itself, but to confirm the rumours that have been circulating I can exclusively reveal that our newly married Royal couple will travel from Buckingham Palace to their honeymoon destination outside Paris in the Zorin Industries Airship 5000, which will be sporting a livery inspired by this wonderful occasion. The Zorin Industries Airship 5000 will perform a flyover of central London, giving well wishers a chance to gaze up into the sky and wave bon voyage to the Prince and Princess."
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Despite encouraging his team to improvise on the field and to play with fear, the French football team have crashed out of the World Cup in complete failure. Following the final group game against South Africa, which France lost 2-1, Mr Zorin squarely blamed the players for the failure. "Look at them! They are fools. Even the USA, a country who do not even play football, have qualified for the last 16. This is a national disgrace, and one that soils the good name of Zorin. For this the players will pay - with their lives!"
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Mr Zorin has long been a vocal critic of Mr Domenech. In a recent phone call between the two men, on the subject of the French Football authorities reluctance to sack Mr Domenech, Mr Zorin was heard to say "If you're the best they've got, they're more likely try and cover up your embarrassing incompetence."
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A few days back, IRDA, the apex regulator of the Insurance Industry released a circular giving guidelines on introduction of portability of Health Insurance/Mediclaim in India with effect from 1st July 2011.
(Note, there are certain companies which offer portability of benefits to their products even today, but this is as per their own guidelines and procedures. Inquire with us, if you are interested)
The initiative to bring in a process and guideline to enable portability is a welcome step by IRDA. The circular released displays great intent on the part of the regulator to free the customer from being stuck with the same insurer, fearing loss of benefits of continuity, thus kick starting a competitive health insurance environment.
Ofcourse, there are flip sides and apprehensions. Government Insurance Companies hold more than 60% of market share in Health Insurance. Even today, Most in the industry are aware, that Govt. Insurers, leave other complex issues, are not equipped to port their own policy smoothly from one intermediary to another even in the same divisional office! Owing to empanelment of multiple TPAs at every divisional office of Govt. Companies, there doesn't seem to be a global customer-wise health insurance database readily available to retrieve past claims information, even within the same company.
What will be the process for a policyholder to port his policy?
- The policyholder will apply in the usual process (like a fresh application) to the new Insurance Company, providing current personal and health details of the family members to be covered in the proposal form.
- The proposal forms are likely to have a section to enable portability. Information regarding previous coverage would be captured. Customers may have to also attach proof regarding previous continuous coverage.
- The usual underwriting process would be carried out by the Insurance Company to assess the risks in the proposal.
- If the proposal is accepted by the Insurance Company, the Insurance Company will have to provide relief for waiting periods which the customer has already gone through in the previous insurer's policy to the extent of the previous sum insured. For instance, in case a policyholder has been continuously renewing his policy for last 4 years with a certain Insurance company and now wants to port to a new Insurance company which has a 4 year waiting period for a list of ailments, such waiting period would be waived for this customer, through a credit of 4 years from the existing insurance policy.
How will portability help customers?
Portability will empower unsatisfied consumers to move to an Insurance Company of their choice. Especially in the Retail segment, Portability will bring in more competitive environment and better service experience. In the current scenario, renewal of health policies is the headache of the customer. In the portability scenario in the long run, Insurance Companies will have to win their renewals through better service, responsiveness and claims experience. The no. of policies an insurer is able to retain will reflect the customer satisfaction.
What would be the impact on premiums?
There is a good chance of a price war in the younger age segment. Insurers could slash premiums in the lower age bands to attract portability of existing customers.
On the other hand, portability are not likely to help policy holders in the older age bands (say, 50 and above) and policyholders who suffer from pre-existing ailments. As such proposals are likely to be denied by the new Insurance Company.
Sudhir Sarnobat says: "Remember, Coverage in Car Insurance factors in depreciation, which is not the case with Health Insurance", here the new insurer will take the risk as a fresh risk with full coverage and only increase in premium without factoring something like the degeneration of the health." For instance, a policyholder at the age of 65 would like to move to a new Insurance company accepting the premium of the new insurance company. The new insurance company taking up a case exposing itself to a significantly higher risk of claim, without enjoying premium for the past claim free period, which the earlier insurance company enjoyed. So in effect senior citizens and people with pre-existing ailments (especially chronic ones) would not benefit a lot from portability.
Would Insurers be bound to accept a proposal for portability to their product? Can they reject an application?
Note, the proposal and underwriting processes of Insurance companies will not change due to portability. The sum insured in the expiring policy cannot be the basis of what the new insurer will be ready to accept. The acceptance of risk would depend on the normal risk underwriting process. In fact, due to an already existing policy being declared for portability, the underwriting could demand additional claims history information for the past policies from the customer.
Once and if the proposal is accepted, the waiting period credits would have to be given in the new policy. The underwriter of the insurance company continues to hold the discretion to deny a proposal.
What happens if the customer applies for an increased sum insured in the new ported policy?
For instance, if the customer has a policy been continuously renewed for the last 5 years and has a sum insured of Rs. 2 Lakhs, and now he/she wants to port the policy to another insurance company with a higher sum insured of say Rs. 5 Lakhs. The portability relief in waiting periods in the new policy would only be to the extent of Rs. 2 Lakhs sum insured. The waiting periods for the additional sum insured of Rs. 3 Lakhs would similar to a fresh policy.
What are the important things to take care when applying for portability?
- A customer looking at moving out to another Insurer should start the application process atleast 45 days before the expiry of the existing policy. This will give ample time to the new Insurance Company to underwrite and accept the risk and then retrieve information from the earlier Insurance Company.
- The customer should preferably employ a Broker. Since a Broker deals with all Insurance Companies, one would get good guidance and advise regarding the Insurance company to select.
How will sharing of data between Insurance Companies on a common platform affect the consumer/industry?
Firstly, Insurance companies, especially the government companies and many private players do not seem to have a CRM in place, which can retrieve Policyholder wise data across various years of renewal. Secondly, there is no unique id or account number across Insurance companies for the information for one policyholder to be consolidated. IRDA in December 2010 did talk about an unique Insurance Account no. Only once this unique number issuance is effective across all companies, the consolidation and hence sharing of information would be possible.
Some questions which we expect answers in coming times:
1. Insurance Companies would have to make major changes in their processes and database infrastructure to be able to retrieve information of one customer across several years of renewal. In case the customer has moved from one divisional office to another, then the issue becomes even more complicated. Most government insurance companies are not interconnected to retrieve information of one customer across divisional offices.
2. Till the unique Insurance Account no. becomes effective across all Insurance companies, there would be no consolidation of data possible. Insurance companies would have to share information on a case to case basis. This is going to be an extremely tedious process, with huge bottle necks.
3. We expect more clarity on binding the insurance company of the expiring policy to provide the required information to the new insurer in specified time limits, so that smooth portability can operate. Any mischief here could result in major hiccups in porting the policy.
4. The circular currently only talks about credit for waiting period for continuous renewals and not for credit related to No Claims Bonus or Discounts, which is fair as retrieving information regarding claims is even more tedious in the current data management infrastructure.
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Public figures often choose to publicly apologize for their actions, whether the actions relate to their public or personal lives. Most recently, a renowned cyclist, Lance Armstrong was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey where he admitted and apologized for using illegal performance-enhancing substances during his cycling career. The quality and the intention of his apology are up for debate; however, he (or his publicist) felt the need to publicly confess and apologize.
Providing public apologies is one way of exhibiting accountability to stakeholders. These public figures are being 'accountable' for conduct that betrayed public trust and contradicted public perception. And, it's not just public figures that are holding themselves accountable to their stakeholders. Companies are also being accountable by owning up to mistakes and offer free goods and services to dissatisfied customers. For many companies, this is an integral part of customer service strategy and considered smart business.
Is there a role for apologies in international development?
According to Should Business Leaders Apologize? Why, When and How an Apology Matters, "a well crafted, correctly issued apology can enhance a company's reputation…build trust, satisfaction and customer loyalty." According to the author Linda Stamato, a successful apology requires credibility, "that an apology be immediate, unforced, sincere and specific in terms of what exactly one did that was wrong and who specifically has been hurt (or what process flawed or product or service affected)." Even a show of compassion and empathy can have a big impact on how stakeholders feel about the company and may open the door for discussion that leads to resolution of issues.
Still, development institutions find it difficult to admit shortcomings in projects. Even where there are institutional mechanisms that facilitate accountability, which receive complaints from project beneficiaries and conduct investigation on whether the institution complied with their own policies and procedures, there is a tendency to handle these shortcomings by defending the decisions made rather than showing empathy or directly addressing stakeholders' concerns. Things have certainly improved, yet the immediate reaction is to be defensive.
However, there might be good reasons for this tendency. First, there is a fear of the legal implications of 'admission' – that if we 'admit' and apologize, we are admitting guilt and will be held liable. Second, corporate culture discourages admission by punishing those that make 'mistakes' by denying promotions and salary increase or worse yet, by severance. Third, some cultures and societies see apology as a sign of weakness. President Obama was domestically criticized for having gone on an apology tour of the Middle East for admitting to some shortcomings of US policy in the region. This was however, received very well internationally, especially by the people of the Middle East.
So, in order for development institutions to be able to provide credible apologies that are "immediate, unforced, sincere and specific" and proactively provide corrective actions, the corporate cultures must change. To start with, the definition of 'being accountable' has to change from 'accountable by punishment' to 'accountable by making things right'. Such corporate cultures must also encourage and institutionalize learning from mistakes and some institutions are starting to discuss this: It's Hard to Fail by Peter Vowles (DFID) and Big Idea 2013: Learning Fast From Failure by Jim Yong Kim (World Bank). In an article The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes in Harvard Business Review, the authors Paul J.H. Schoemaker and Robert E. Gunther suggest that in some cases, mistakes are a 'powerful way to accelerate learning and increase competitiveness". We need corporate cultures that "welcome the occasional failure as a business opportunity." And, these corporate cultures would naturally encourage more risk taking, which may be necessary to stay in business in this increasingly competitive market for international development.
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The hills above the Black Sea hold many surprises for the
traveler who seeks an unusual path in Turkey.
Here you will find old Ottoman towns with stone houses, along with
historic mosques and impressive castles.
Enjoy fresh fish while overlooking the harbor in Amasra. Venture into the national parks which attract
Turks during the winter for skiing and in the summer for hiking and
horseback-riding. Ask the Turkey Program Director how you can add this adventure
before or after your main trip, connecting to Istanbul, Ankara or Cappadocia.
Day 1: Ankara – Safranbolu
Day 2: Safranbolu
Spend the day
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governors' house and the old bazaar. You
can enjoy tea in one of the gardens. Overnight in Safranbolu [BL]
Day 3: Safranbolu – Amasra
Day 4: Amasra
Explore Amasra's
gems: two Byzantine castles, the museum, the Faith Mosque, and the historic
Cekiciler bazaar. Walk across the old
stone bridge to the small Boztepe Island and then hike uphill where you will be
rewarded with a lovely view of the town. The afternoon is free. Overnight in Amasra [BL]
Day 5: Amasra – Kastamonu
Day 6: Kastamonu –
Enjoy breakfast,
and then depart for Amasya (160 mi / 4 hrs).
Amasya is set in a rocky ravine with the Yeslirimak (Green River)
running through. It is one of the
loveliest small towns in Turkey with picturesque wooden Ottoman houses and
rock-hewn tombs from the Kings of Pontus.
Day 7: Amasya
Day 8: Amasya – Ankara
After breakfast, continue your adventure in another location or transfer to the airport for your departure flight. [B]
We use boutique hotels which reflect the character of the place they are set. In the Black Sea, stay in old Ottoman houses and small pensions.


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It's called Ragnarok Tactics, and it's a tactical role-playing game set in the world of Ragnarok Online. Trailer's above.
Out today on disc for $30 and on the PlayStation Network for $25, the game actually looks pretty interesting. I've never played Ragnarok Online, but I'm always a sucker for a good strategy-RPG. (Although nothing has ever really compared to Final Fantasy Tactics.)
Here's Mike Engler, a localization editor over at publisher Aksys, describing the game:
So, what is Ragnarok Tactics? The quick and dirty description is that it is a fairly involved strategy role-playing game that takes place within the Ragnarok Online universe, complete with its familiar monsters and job classes. Add to that already appealing formula a story with no less than five unique endings and a hero(ine) who is a doer of deeds rather than a speaker of words, and you have the recipe for an incredible portable gaming experience!
Head on over to the PlayStation Blog for more.
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We are fast approaching an important but underappreciated anniversary: Robert Rubin's 20th year of extraordinary proximity to political power in Washington. This is not a milestone to be celebrated.
Not only was Rubin secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton, but the next three secretaries in Democratic administrations — Lawrence Summers, Tim Geithner and (assuming he is confirmed) Jacob Lew — have Rubin's fingerprints on them. This is a cause for grave concern — assuming, of course, you care about whether it's right for Rubin to have such a long stretch of political influence.
I do, and here's why: When Rubin was an arbitrager at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the 1980s, and again when he was in the executive office of Citigroup Inc. in the 2000s, he was one of the leading purveyors of the kind of irresponsible behavior that led to the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. Not only has Rubin refused to take a shred of responsibility for his actions, but he has also managed to win the hearts and minds of two of our last three presidents. That's no mean feat, and it says much about the cozy relationship between Washington and Wall Street.
Rubin comes by his interest in political power honestly. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Seiderman, was a big part of the Democratic machine in Brooklyn a century ago. Seiderman was "a lawyer, an investor in real estate, a political activist, and a major figure in his Brooklyn world," Rubin wrote in "In an Uncertain World," his 2004 memoir. "Family legend has my grandfather and his colleagues sitting around in the basement of what I remember as their enormous house at 750 Eastern Parkway and choosing judges."
Rubin's own political career developed after Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler came to Goldman Sachs in 1969, becoming the first Treasury secretary to leave government and join a Wall Street firm. While most people at Goldman Sachs ignored Fowler, Rubin befriended him, and in return Fowler introduced Rubin to Robert Strauss, the Washington powerbroker who became the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee in 1971. Strauss taught Rubin two important principles about politics. First: Money is the mother's milk. Second: Always follow through. That is, if you say you are going to raise money for a political party or candidate, make sure to do it.
Rubin took Strauss's advice to heart. In addition to proving himself adept at rising through the ranks at Goldman Sachs, he was also adept at raising money for Democrats. As a thank you, Rubin was offered his first job in politics, with the Council on Wage and Price Stability at the end of the Carter Administration, but turned it down.
In 1982, Strauss asked Rubin to raise money for a congressional campaign dinner. He raised more than $100,000 for the dinner himself — $20,000 came from his own pocket; another $40,000 came from investors he had made money for through some arbitrage deals — and then found himself in demand. While at Goldman Sachs, Rubin worked for the presidential campaigns of Walter Mondale in 1984 and Michael Dukakis in 1988 (where he first met Summers and Gene Sperling, the current head of the National Economic Council).
In 1990, after Rubin became a co-senior partner of Goldman Sachs with Steve Friedman, Strauss threw a dinner party for him in Washington to celebrate. In mid-1991, Rubin and his friend David Sawyer had a series of dinners in New York for potential Democratic candidates for the 1992 election. They had one for Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, and Rubin was blown away. In no time, Rubin was in Clinton's camp.
The rest is history — a history that continues to this day. In January 1993, Clinton appointed Rubin as head of the National Economic Council, a position he created especially for Rubin. To take the post, Rubin left Goldman Sachs, leaving Friedman to run the firm by himself. (The consequences of that decision — for Friedman and for Goldman Sachs — are a whole other story.) Two years later, Clinton appointed Rubin to the Treasury, taking over from Lloyd Bentsen. Rubin held the position until July 1999, when his protege Summers took over.
Geithner, who went from the New York Fed to Treasury in 2009, was another Rubin protege. And while Jack Lew is not nearly so identified with Rubin as Summers and Geithner, the two men knew each other well during Rubin's nearly eight years in Washington during the Clinton administration, in which Lew had several jobs.
And it was Rubin who recommended that Todd Thomson, then Citigroup's global head of wealth management, hire Lew as a managing director in 2006, a position he held for nearly three years. (It's worth noting that another close Obama adviser, Michael Froman, also worked for Rubin both in Washington and at Citigroup.)
Why does this bother me so much? In addition to the natural concerns of allowing one (unelected) person to have so much influence in the halls of power for so long, Rubin's role in the recent financial crisis deserves greater scrutiny. At Citigroup, by his own design, Rubin had no responsibility for any business unit at the bank, and no one reported to him — he served as a consigliore to Sandy Weill and John Reed, the two Citigroup co- chief executives.
Yet in his eminence grise role he encouraged Citigroup's traders to step up their risk-taking, in ways similar to what he had done at Goldman Sachs. In the end, Citigroup's losses totaled more than $65 billion, and the bank received $45 billion in bailout money plus another $300 billion in government guarantees for its sketchy mortgage-related assets. By the time of the bailout, in the fall of 2008, Rubin was the chairman of the board. But he has continuously refused to accept any responsibility for what happened at the bank.
He has said that while he did encourage more risk-taking, he also called for an increase in the internal monitoring of that risk. "I don't feel responsible, in light of the facts as I knew them in my role," he said in 2008. "Clearly, there were things wrong. But I don't know of anyone who foresaw a perfect storm, and that's what we've had here." Two decades at the levers of power, and he wants us to see him as a victim of circumstance.
Yet his sway continues, and it goes well beyond the Treasury. He is co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and a founder of the Hamilton Project, a policy institute inside the Brookings Institution in Washington. In short, he is on the verge of outdoing even his 94-year-old mentor, Bob Strauss.
Rubin's father lived to be 101 years old. Bob Rubin is 74. There's no question he will retain his influence for a long time, unless our elected officials decide enough is enough.
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Here on the Internets, some or other bloggers have been criticized for talking about their troubles when others have it worse. This is an all-too-familiar routine on many blogs—the ol' My Pain Beats Yours So Shut Up number. It goes a little something like this:
1. You shouldn't be sad because your child has a scraped knee—my kid had to get stitches.
2. You can't be upset about your kid's stitches; my child is sick.
3. My child's disease is worse, therefore you don't deserve to bitch.
4. Shut up. My child is sick and I'm sick and also I'm writing this on a computer made out of cardboard because that's how poor I am.
5. At least you're alive. I'm writing this from my grave. Stop whining. Stop it. Booooo.
6. God, can you shut up, dead person? At least you're not suffering. My life is a never ending festival of torment. Also I have hives.
(Please note: I'm not trying to make fun of anyone's suffering. I cannot fathom how much suffering is out there, and I can't begin to imagine the pain that other people withstand. Imagining such things would mean weeping and that would make the keyboard soggy, and the circuits and the whatnot would short out and cause some kind of Electric Dreams scenario, and people, I cannot afford to have my computer fall in love with me. )
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A while back, a friend of a friend was injured in a stupid, tragic accident that resulted in the loss of her leg. At the time she was also writing an advice column for teenagers. After I heard about her accident, I would at times wonder if she had ever responded to another complaint about the Tragedy of Bad Hair or The Heartbreak of Loserdom with, "I know how you feel. Because I LOST MY LEG. Which is just like losing your homework and getting a D. Except, you know, it's a LEG." Because I like to kill time with pointless activities, one day I went online and read a bunch of her columns. Week after week, she gave patient, compassionate advice to problems that the best of us would deem awfully silly. She never compared anyone's pain to her own; she never even mentioned her pain. I know part of this was just her being a professional. But also, she clearly knew that pain is relative—just because you could hurt more doesn't mean you don't hurt.
That's the thing about pain: perspective doesn't necessarily ease it. Say I stub my toe: if you grab me and scream, "What if I had chopped that toe off with a cleaver! THINK OF IT!" I may be distracted by your odd behavior, but the pain in my pinky toe will not miraculously dissolve. When someone writes in their blog of some misfortune that's befallen her, she is not necessarily writing her definition of the Worst Thing That Could Ever Happen to Anyone. Just because she could hurt more doesn't mean she doesn't hurt.
When I spoke to the New York Times, most of what I talked about was how the parenting blogs are, most of all, authentic. That's all we're after (I think)—some representation of authentic experience that we're not getting elsewhere. We sure as hell aren't getting it from the parenting magazines, which provide canned information about vaccinations and discipline and baking nutritious muffins that look like kitty cats, but will never help you feel less alone, less stupid, less ridiculous. This is the service we try to provide—we share our lopsided, slightly hysterical, often exaggerated but more or less authentic experiences. If one blogger writes about her traumatic doctor's visit, then maybe at some point, some freaked-out new mother is going to read that and feel a little better—less stupid, less ridiculous—about her own breakdown at the pediatrician's. Or maybe not. But what service are you providing when you tell her to shut up?
I now return you to your discussion of my son's itchiness. He's itchy! It's the worst thing that could ever happen!


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Ivy Hall
Formerly the Peters House, the noted architect Gottfried L. Norrman designed the Queen Anne-Victorian style Ivy Hall in 1883. The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1972, and it now serves as a hub for distinguished visiting scholars-in-residence, lectures, the Ivy Hall Writers Series and literary salons for SCAD Atlanta. SCAD received the donated building in 2007 and extensively rehabilitated it before its opening in Fall 2008. The rehabilitation process was featured in a five-part documentary series by the Public Broadcasting Atlanta television station titled "The Art of Restoration."
Since then, SCAD and Ivy Hall have received various awards including an American Institute of Architects Georgia Honor Award, the Shutze Award for craftsmanship and the Georgia Trust 2009 Preservation Award for Excellence.


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The Stovax Group has been dedicated to the development and manufacture of high quality stoves, fires and fireplaces for over 30 years. Today, the Stovax Group is one of UK's leading stove and fireplace manufacturers and exports to over 50 countries worldwide.
Based in Exeter, England, Stovax Ltd was established in 1981 to design, manufacture and distribute wood burning stoves and fireside accessories. By 1988, a decision was made to diversify into the manufacture of gas-fired versions of Stovax stoves and a separate company, Gazco Ltd was formed to develop and produce them. Today, as sister companies, Stovax and Gazco continue to work very closely together. Each company has constantly developed its product range such that the combined businesses have grown to become one of Europe's leading manufacturers of stoves, fireplaces and fires, with exports to countries worldwide.
In 2006, Stovax Ltd purchased Yeoman, a long established manufacturer of wood burning stoves which specialised in more rustic, rural styling. The company continues to produce a distinctive and separate range of wood burning, multi-fuel, gas and electric stoves and fires under the Yeoman brand.
Stovax is also the UK and Republic of Ireland distributor for a number of additional fireplaces and stove brands including Dovre, Lotus, Nordpeis & Varde.
You can find your nearest retailer in the UK and the Republic of Ireland by using the Find a Retailer option on this website.
For information on distributors in other countries please contact email@example.com.
With the depletion of fossil fuels and unprecedented increases in their costs, wood is already being accepted as an economic, renewable and carbon neutral energy source. Stovax high-efficiency stoves and fires will continue to help provide 'green' heating for the 21st Century, whilst the company commits itself to researching the alternative technologies that will provide heating in the years ahead. Gazco are making continuing advancements in the development of high efficiency gas fire technology and highly realistic flame-effect electric fires, helping to keep Gazco at the forefront of the market.


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The Apartment Downtown in Suria KLCC serves good and yet affordable food in a really cozy environment.
The Apartment's Cheese Platter
If you are a cheese lover, you must not miss the Cheese Platter, great as appetizer. With a selection of cheeses served with frozen grapes, this dish is definitely a refreshing way to start your dining experience. The selection of cheeses include English mature cheddar (a strong flavored hard cheese), Gouda (slightly smoked semi-hard cheese), Danish blue (soft blue cheese) and Brie (soft ripened cheese). English mature cheddar is my favorite of them all as it has as strong flavored of cheese while I don't quite like the Danish blue.
The Apartment's Chicken in a Bag
Chicken in a Bag is a chicken dish which consists of chicken breast with leek, cannelloni bean, new potato, whole grain mustard and cream baked in a bag. The mustard sauce simply makes this dish delicious.
The Apartment's Seared Salmon Fillet
Seared Salmon Fillet is seared salmon on crushed new potatoes and slow roasted tomatoes, together with pesto with a sun dried tomato and oregano sauce. It is quite good, the salmon is quite fresh while the sauce makes the dish quite aromatic and warm.
The Apartment's Banana Leaf Lemon Sole
Banana Leaf Lemon Sole is a fillet of lemon sole in a citrus-spiced coconut milk wrapped in banana leaf and baked in the oven. It comes with steam rice. Although it looks appetizing, I still prefer the salmon fillet over this. The coconut milk and the banana leaf actually make the fillet slightly soggy and lost its freshness.
The Apartment's Iced Cappuccino
When it comes to Iced Cappuccino, I prefer Delicious' Iced Cappuccino anytime. The Apartment's Iced Cappuccino lacks the real cappuccino flavor as it tastes almost like drain water. Okay, maybe not that bad.
The Apartment's Iced Chocolate
Iced Chocolate is pretty alright but when it comes to fancy places like The Apartment Downtown, one should never order gourmet coffee (and maybe chocolate) since Starbucks, Gloria Jeans, San Francisco Coffee and The Coffee Bean always have better coffees are just a few shops away. What the heck. Great food and very lovely and cozy ambiance though.
- Cheese Platter – RM 23.90
- Chicken in a Bag – RM 22.90
- Seared Salmon Fillet – RM 33.90
- Banana Leaf Lemon Sole – RM 25.90
- Iced Cappuccino – RM 12.90
- Iced Chocolate – RM 13.90
- Passion Fruit, Coolers – RM 10.50
The Apartment Downtown,
Lot G48 & 139, Ground Floor & First Floor,
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur City Centre,
50088 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
My Ratings (1-5)
- Food – 4.0
- Service – 4.0
- Ambiance – 4.0


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Two Bangor Men Facing Charges For Stealing From Parked Vehicles
Two men are facing charges for burglarizing vehicles in Bangor. The suspects were caught early this morning after a resident of the Bradford Commons apartment complex on Husson Avenue called police and reported seeing two men going through people's cars in the parking lot.
Police were notified just before 3:30 this morning. The caller was able to provide a very accurate description of what the men were wearing, so responding officers were able to spot them pretty quickly. After an investigation, the men were arrested and are facing multiple charges.
Corey Stevens, 22 years old of Bangor, is charged with one count each of Burglary to a Motor Vehicle and Theft. He also had an outstanding warrant for his arrest, which was served
Scott Fleeman, 20 years old of Bangor, is charged with one count each of Burglary to a Motor Vehicle and Theft.
Investigating officer Kim Donnell was able to develop probable cause to charge each man with one car burglary and she recovered property from that crime. She also recovered many other items that appear to have been stolen, as well. If you were the victim of a Burglary to a Motor Vehicle, you're encouraged to call the Bangor Police Department to make a report at 947-7384. They may have your missing property.
Sergeant Cathy Rumsey said in a press release today that often people don't report crimes like this because they don't think it's worth reporting. She says even if they can't solve your particular case, it's worth letting them know so they can increase patrols in that part of town.


text: Mycotoxins Still Present in 2012 Corn Crop June 4, 2013 04:03 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: Alltech The 2012 corn crop delivered many of the problems that were foreseen throughout last year's growing season. Decreased yields, variable quality and mycotoxins have affected livestock production throughout North America. However, this crop may still be causing trouble as we dig deeper into the storage bins. Alltech's 37+ Program surveyed 329 samples from July 1 through Dec. 31, 2012. Only one percent of the samples analyzed were free of mycotoxin contamination; 94 percent were contaminated with two to 10 mycotoxins. In corn grain samples, 95 percent contained Fumonisin and 48 percent contained DON. In corn silage, 90 percent contained Fumonisin and 84 percent contained DON. The DDG samples contained 100 percent of both Fumonisin and DON. In all samples tested, aflatoxin was present in 18 percent. According to Hawkins, 37+ analyses conducted since Jan.1 has shown similar results but with an interesting new finding. The numbers of mycotoxins present are increasing. "The 'take home' out of this data set is that the 2012 corn crop is widely contaminated with multiple mycotoxins that can decrease animal performance and health," said Dr. Max Hawkins, Alltech Myctoxin Management Team. "However, as aflatoxins' allowable level in feed and its metabolite M1 in milk are legislated, its presence is not as widespread and is more regionalized." "This increase in the total numbers of mycotoxins over time can be attributed to areas such as poor fermentation and inadequate packing or face management that can contribute to further mold growth and mycotoxin production," Hawkins said. At harvest time, it was recommended for mycotoxin contaminated grain to be dried to 14 percent moisture within 24 to 48 hours to stabilize mold growth and ensure adequate grain storage. By limiting mold growth, mycotoxin production can be stabilized, but any mycotoxins already present would remain. According to Hawkins, as temperatures remained warm in the fall, many growers aerated the bins and discovered that the mold and mycotoxin levels increased rapidly. As storage facilities have been emptied this spring, high levels of mycotoxins have been found in the lower levels of the facilities, where the fines and cracked kernels tend to concentrate. Hawkins recommends these five tips for producers using the last of their 2012 crop: 1. Only run aeration fans during the coolest times of day or night. Hold grain at 50 degrees Fahrenheit or less and 14 percent moisture or less. 2. Mold growth in storage is greater where there are leaks in facilities and where fines and damaged kernels are concentrated. 3. The south side and tops of grain bins warm quicker as daytime temperatures begin to increase. 4. New mold growth will increase temperature and moisture in surrounding grain. 5. Continually monitor stored grain for temperature, moisture and mycotoxins. Back to news


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Actress Helen Hunt had a sad private screening of Katy Perry's concert movie in her hotel room after she was turned away from a star-studded party at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
The 49 year old was in Utah promoting her latest film "The Sessions" in January when she opted to attend a top industry bash to bond with some of the movie's stars.
But event staffers didn't recognize the Oscar winner and she was forced to head back to her hotel room and rent "Katy Perry: Part of Me" on TV.
She tells Jay Leno, "('The Sessions') premiered at the Sundance Film Festival… and I had never been to Sundance; I thought of it as where the groovy, young indie kids go – and now I was invited. So I got off the plane, I went to a Hollywood party and was not let in.


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Sylvia Ji has a new print, "La Virgin de la Soledad", just out through 827 Ink, limited edition set of 200 fine art prints (15"W x 22 1/2"L) signed and numbered. $145 here.
Sylvia Ji's "La Virgin de la Soledad"
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|Researchers say they've come up with a new material for storing hydrogen fuel -- carbonized chicken feathers. Speaking this week at at the 13th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in College Park, MD, researchers said that carbonized chicken feathers could absorb as much or perhaps more hydrogen than other materials for hydrogen storage, including carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides, at a much lower cost. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the project about the work, and whether it might make hydrogen fuel cell cars more practical.


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Mapping your location with Google Static Maps API (tutorial)Posted: March 18, 2011 Filed under: code/files, libraries, webdev | Tags: geo, google maps 5 Comments
The Google Static Maps API (code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/) allows for a dead simple way to embed maps showing a specific location for mobile and desktop environments. The real advantage of the Google Static Maps API is that the embed comes in the form of an HTML image <img> tag. In this quick codelab tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a static map and set a location using the Google Static Maps API. If you have a familiarity with HTML, the markup for the image should be familiar.
<img src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Bozeman,MT&zoom=13&size=310×310&markers=color:blue|45.666671,-111.04859&mobile=true&sensor=false" />
As I mentioned earlier, it is a simple <img> tag with a call linking into the Google Static Maps API. In order to assign a specific location we need to pass a few parameters to the Google Static Maps API. Included among the customizations:
- A central location for the map
- A zoom level for the map
- A size for our map image
- A marker color and position using latitude and longitude
- Set the map to display for mobile settings without a sensor
The necessary pieces to enter are a central location and your specific latitude and longitude. Enter your hometown for the central location in the format of {city, state or principality}. To get your latitude and longitude, visit gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/geocoder/getlatlng.html and type in your library address. Copy the latitude and longitude values that are returned. Enter these position values as a comma separated string {latitude,longitude}.
Here's the image src= markup with cues for where to add your values.
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center={YOURHOMETOWN}&zoom=13&size=310×310&markers=color:blue|{YOUR LATITUDE/LONGITUDE}&mobile=true&sensor=false
Once you have the link filled out add it to your image <img> tag on a live HTML page and you will have a local map to your library or any other specific location.
5 Comments on "Mapping your location with Google Static Maps API (tutorial)"
Thanks for the post. Here's a geocoding feature that will make your applications smarter and more interactive. Instead of displaying plain text, any address-centric data can be displayed on your site with a live map from Yahoo! or Google. Users will get more accurate information and be engaged in the process http://www.caspio.com/extend/platform-extensions/map-mashup.aspx
thanks for the article, really helping. One question though, what if you want to use the postal code and not the lat&long? Thanks again.
Hi, Vic,
The Google static maps API allows for addresses as a value in the "center" parameter. The documentation specifies that valid, full addresses will be geocoded. There is no mention of postal codes.
As a test, here is a static map API URL with an address set as the "center" value.
It looks like you can use just the postal code and get a similar result.
Note that the "center" parameter just finds a center point for the map. Your question is about the markers, right? Markers need to have lat/lng values to register as a specific point on the map. If you need to get the lat/lng values, you can try this utility – http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/geocoder/singlegeocode.html. This geocoding utility does accept postal codes and gives a generic lat/lng values in return. Could be a place to start if all you have are postal code values.
Thanks Jason, it's exactly what I needed!
Thanks for using latitude and longitude for adding markers…this is not given in the google maps static api page.


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April 30, 2018
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Food not only distinguish and represents a culture, but can also reflect one's personality, lifestyle, and socio-economic status. America is made up of every kind of culture, nationality, and custom. Because America is mainly composed of immigrants and descendants of immigrants, there is no real American cuisine,� only Americanized cuisine and a multitude of cuisines taken from various cultures. The diversity that makes up America's cuisine is as varied as the diversity that makes up America. Also, as there are many cuisines that make up American cuisine, there are also many roles of food in American pop culture. From classifying gender and social status to providing fuel, satisfaction, and excuses, food affects people in many ways. Since I went to college, I have learned to appreciate Filipino food, which I have grown up eating. Filipino food is part of the diverse group of cuisines that make up America's cuisine.
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