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Bucs search for their second all-time victory in Fort Myers and their first since 2009
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2014) – The ETSU women's basketball team hits the road for its first conference road trip of the season beginning with a matchup against the preseason league favorite Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. inside Alico Arena. Live action will be available on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app.
After beginning Atlantic Sun Conference play with a 78-75 victory over the Lipscomb Lady Bisons on Jan. 2, the Bucs were unable to push their winning streak to three games following a 73-63 loss to Northern Kentucky on Jan. 4. The Blue and Gold got behind early and took a 19-point deficit into halftime against NKU. Out of the break, ETSU showed some fire, scoring six of the first eight points of the second period. Intensity on both ends of the floor quickly became evident as the Bucs refused to go down without a fight. The Blue and Gold got to within as few as five points with 2:56 remaining but could not make enough plays down the stretch to top the Norse.
ETSU (5-8, 1-1) and FGCU (7-6, 1-0) will meet Thursday for the 13th all-time matchup between the two teams; a series that the Eagles lead 10-2 including eight-straight victories. In the most recent matchup on Feb. 11, 2013, FGCU bested the Bucs, 70-48, with ETSU being led by 14 points from Cara Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn.). The Blue and Gold's lone victory in Fort Myers came on Jan. 8, 2009 when ETSU topped the Eagles, 75-67.
For more on Thursday's game, read the game notes below. For more on ETSU women's basketball throughout the 2013-14 season, visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the women's hoops link.
Game Notes
The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics would like to ask both the print and broadcast media to honor our request to be called "ETSU" throughout the 2012-13 season ... East Tennessee State in first reference is acceptable, but subsequent references should be ETSU ... On TV graphics, please use ETSU ... Our nickname is the Buccaneers, but Bucs is also acceptable.
The ETSU Buccaneers enter the 2013-14 season under the guidance of first-year head coach. Brittney Ezell. A two-sport star in basketball and softball at the University of Alabama, Ezell comes to ETSU after spending three seasons as head coach at Belmont University where she compiled a 41-52 overall record. The Franklin, Tenn. native takes the reigns of a veteran-heavy team that returns nine letterwinners from an 8-18 overall 2012-13 campaign. Among the nine returnees are six players who started 10 or more games last season. Highlighted among the returnees is last year's team-leading scorer and rebounder Destiny Mitchell who led the way with 11.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per game. Supporting Mitchell are juniors Serena Clark and Cara Bowling who each averaged 9.5 points per game last season.
As a result of a leg injury suffered in the first regular season game of the season at Memphis on Nov. 8, senior Destiny Mitchell will miss the remainder of the 2013-14 campaign. Mitchell will undergo surgery and continue injury rehabilitation while the ETSU compliance department petitions for a medical redshirt to have the forward cleared to participate in 2014-15.
On Feb. 11, 2013, FGCU made ETSU pay for its 25 turnovers with 28 points off of these miscues in a 70-48 Blue and Gold defeat. After a strong start from the Bucs, the Eagles responded with a 33-16 run over the final 16 minutes of the period to take a 37-21 advantage into halftime. FGCU kept their foot on the gas in the second period, increasing its lead to as many as 28 points. Ultimately, the Eagles' offensive onslaught and the Blue and Gold's inability to get anything going on its offensive end proved to be too much for ETSU to overcome. The Bucs were led by 14 points from Bowling and got a boost from Maria Bond off of the bench with 12 points and seven rebounds.
Junior forward Serena Clark has started 2013-14 off strong, scoring in double-figures in 10 of the 13 games this season. After falling just one rebound short of a double-double in the season opener at Memphis (11/8), the native Georgian reeled off four-consecutive double-doubles for ETSU in games from Nov. 12th - 29th including a career-high 21 points and 11 rebounds in a 82-65 win against Alabama A&M (11/29). The junior's most recent double-double came in a 78-75 conference-opening win vs. Lipscomb (1/2) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Clark has now exceeded her double-double total from last season just 13 games into the 2013-14 campaign with six this season and is poised for more throughout the year. The forward's 12.7 points per game currently ranks 11th in the A-Sun, while her 11.2 boards per game ranks tied for second in the league.
Junior guard Cara Bowling is currently the second-leading scorer on the team with 12.5 points per game to begin the 2013-14 season. Presently, this point total per game is 12th in the A-Sun while her 2.0 three-point field goal makes per game is tied for fourth in the league. The Elizabethton native posted a career-high 22 points vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24) including four makes from behind the arc.
Sophomore guard Chandler Christopher has proved to be a valuable piece for the Bucs to begin the 2013-14 season. After spending the entirety of the 2012-13 campaign as a seldom-used freshman walk-on, first-year head coach Brittney Ezell liked what she saw from Christopher and decided to elevate the Greeneville native from walk-on to scholarship status prior to this season. Christopher has since recorded her first-career starts in each of the first 13 games of this season and has been a vital cog for the Blue and Gold. After netting two points, five rebounds and three assists in the opener at Memphis (11/8), the guard followed with career-highs of 17 points and four assists in an also career-best 37 minutes played in ETSU's 81-72 win at Appalachian State (11/12). Christopher's performance in the Bucs' first win of the season at App State led to her being named A-Sun Player of the Week by College Sports Madness on Monday, Nov. 18. The sophomore then added another team-leading scoring performance to her résumé with 15 points in a 77-69 loss to Morehead State on Nov. 21. In an 87-76 win versus George Mason on Dec. 28, Christopher tallied a career-high tying 17 points including a career-best five makes from three-point land.
Sophomore Brianna McQueen has been a strong lead guard for the Bucs to begin the 2013-14 season. Using her quickness, the Georgia native is averaging a solid 11.2 points per game at the point guard position and is also getting her teammates involved with 4.4 assists per game. This assist mark ranks third in the Atlantic Sun and will need to continue to keep ETSU's offense near the top of the conference.
Through 13 games to start the 2013-14 season, ETSU is currently averaging 71.7 points per game which is second in the A-Sun. With the 71.7 points per game also come successes in field goal percentage, where the Bucs are second in the league at 43 percent, and in three-point field percentage, where ETSU is tops in the conference at 35 percent.
After averaging 6.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in 26 games and six starts in 2012-13, junior forward Maria Bond has proved to be a force in the interior to begin the 2013-14 campaign. The native Georgian has started 12 games this season and is currently averaging 10.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Bond posted a season-high 18 points in a 75-67 win versus Indiana State (12/18) and remains a vital piece in ETSU's paint production going forward.
To begin the 2013-14 season, the Bucs are averaging roughly 30 points in the paint through 13 games including 36 in the season opener at Memphis (11/8). ETSU also registered 36 points in the paint in the home opener vs. Morehead State (11/21) as well as in home dates vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/24), Indiana State (12/18) and Chattanooga (12/21). The Blue and Gold got a season-high 42 points in the paint in an 82-65 win versus Alabama A&M (11/29). Recently, the Bucs posted 40 points in the paint in a 78-75 conference-opening win vs. Lipscomb (1/2).
Since the 2002-03 season the Bucs are 111-20 when the they hit the 75-point plateau, including 80-15 since the 2006-07 season. In the early portion of the 2013-14 season, ETSU put up 78 to defeat Lipscomb (1/2), 78-75, to earn the 111th such victory.
The Bucs have enjoyed a lot of success since joining the A-Sun in 2005-06 … since joining the league, the Buccaneers have averaged double-digit conference wins a year, including a league-best and school record 18-2 mark in 2009-10, three Atlantic Sun Tournament titles (2008-2010), and two regular season championships (2008 and 2010) …in total, ETSU is 106-47 (.692) against conference foes since moving into the A-Sun … the Bucs have also won 86 of their last 123 games against conference foes (includes A-Sun Championship games).
The Atlantic Sun coaches picked the Bucs to finish tied with North Florida at fifth, while in the media poll ETSU was selected seventh ... the coaches picked FGCU with seven first-place votes to win the conference, while the media selected FGCU with 30 first-place votes ... the Bucs finished the 2012-13 season in eighth.
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Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) Troubleshooting Guide -- Managing Resources
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This article describes how to manage and control the ACE system resources.
Overview of ACE Resources
Resource classes allow you to manage context access to ACE resources, such as concurrent connections or bandwidth rate. The ACE is preconfigured with a default resource class that it applies to the Admin context and any user context upon creation. The default resource class is configured to allow a context to operate within a range that can vary from no resource access (0 percent) to complete resource access (100 percent).
When you use the default resource class with multiple contexts, you run the risk of oversubscribing ACE resources because the ACE permits all contexts to have full access to all of the resources on a first-come, first-served basis. When a resource is utilized to its maximum limit, the ACE denies additional requests made by any context for that resource.
To avoid oversubscribing resources and to help guarantee access to a resource by any context, the ACE allows you to create customized resource classes that you associate with one or more contexts. A context becomes a member of the resource class when you make the association. Creating a resource class allows you to set limits on the minimum and maximum amounts of each ACE resource that a member context is entitled to use. You define the minimum and maximum values as percentages of all resources. For example, you can create a resource class that allows its member contexts access to no less that 25 percent of the total number of SSL connections that the ACE supports.
You can limit and manage the allocation of the following ACE resources:
- ACL memory
- Buffers for syslog messages and TCP out-of-order (OOO) segments
- Concurrent connections (through-the-ACE traffic)
- Management connections (to-the-ACE traffic)
- Proxy connections
- Set resource limit as a rate (number per second)
- Regular expression (regexp) memory
- SSL connections
- Sticky entries
- Static or dynamic network address translations (Xlates)
By default, when you create a context, the ACE associates the context with the default resource class. The default resource class provides resources of a minimum of 0 and a maximum of unlimited for all resources except sticky entries. For stickiness to work properly, you must explicitly configure a minimum resource limit for sticky entries by using the limit-resource command.
For more information about managing ACE resources, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Virtualization Configuration Guide (Software Version A2(1.0)).
Managing ACE Resources
You can allocate system resources to multiple contexts by creating and defining one or more resource classes and then associating the contexts with a resource class. This section contains the following topics:
- ACE Resource Planning
- Creating a Resource Class for Resource Management
- Allocating Resources within a Resource Class
- Changing the Resource Allocation of a Resource Class
ACE Resource Planning
When you plan the initial resource allocations for the virtual contexts in your configuration, allocate only the minimum required or estimated resources. The ACE protects resources that are in use, so to decrease a context's resources, those resources must be unused. Although it is possible to decrease the resource allocations in real time, it may require additional management overhead to clear any used resources before reducing them. Therefore, it is considered a best practice to initially keep as many resources in reserve as possible and allocate the unused reserved resources as needed.
To address scaling and capacity planning, we recommend that new installations do not exceed 60 to 80 percent of the ACE's total capacity. To accomplish this goal, create a reserved resource class with a guarantee of 20 to 40 percent of all the ACE resources and configure a virtual context dedicated solely to ensuring that these resources are reserved. Then, you can efficiently distribute such reserved resources to contexts as capacity demands for handling client traffic increase over time.
Creating a Resource Class for Resource Management
You can create a resource class to allocate and manage system resources by one or more contexts. The ACE supports a maximum of 100 resource classes. After you create and configure the resource class, use the member command in context configuration mode to assign a resource class to the context (see the "Associating a Context with a Resource Class" section). To create a resource class, use the resource-class command in configuration mode. The syntax of the command is as follows:
resource-class name
For the name argument, enter an unquoted text string with no spaces and a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters.
For example, to create the RC1 resource class, enter the following command:
ACE_module5/Admin(config)# resource-class RC1 ACE_module5/Admin(config-resource)
To remove the resource class from the configuration, enter the following command:
host1/Admin(config)# no resource-class RC1
When you remove a resource class from the ACE, any contexts that were members of that resource class automatically become members of the default resource class. The default resource class allocates a minimum of 0.00 percent to a maximum of 100.00 percent of all ACE resources to each context. You cannot modify the default resource class.
Allocating Resources Within a Resource Class
You can allocate all resources or individual resources to all member contexts of a resource class. For example, you can allocate only concurrent connections or sticky table memory or management traffic. To allocate system resources to all members (contexts) of a resource class, use the limit-resource command in resource-class configuration mode.
The syntax of this command is as follows:
limit-resource {acl-memory | all | buffer {syslog} | conc-connections | mgmt-connections | proxy-connections | rate {bandwidth | connections | inspect-conn | mac-miss | mgmt-traffic | ssl-bandwidth | syslog} | regexp | sticky | xlates} {minimum number} {maximum {equal-to-min | unlimited}}
|The limit that you set for individual resources when you use the limit-resource command overrides the limit that you set for all resources when you use the limit-resource all command.
If you lower the limits for one context (context A) in order to increase the limits of another context (context B), you may experience a delay in the configuration change because the ACE will not lower the limits of context A until the resources are no longer being used by the context.
For example, to allocate 20 percent of all resources (minimum and maximum) to all member contexts of the resource class, enter the following command:
(config-resource)# limit-resource all minimum 20% maximum equal-to-min
To restore resource allocation to the default values of 0 percent minimum and 100 percent maximum for all resources to all member contexts, enter the following command:
(config-resource)# no limit-resource all
Table 1 lists the managed system resources of the ACE. You can limit these resources per context or for all contexts associated with the resource class by using the limit-resource command. See the "Allocating Resources within a Resource Class" section.
Table 1. System Resource Maximum Values
|Maximum Value
|ACL Memory
|78,610,432 bytes
|Buffer Memory (Syslog)
|4,000,000 bytes
|Concurrent Connections (Layer 4)
|4,000,000 connections
|Concurrent Connections (SSL)
|Management Connections
|100,000 connections
|Proxy Connections (Layer 7)
|524,286 connections
|SSL Proxy Connections
|4 gigabits per second (Gbps)
You can upgrade the ACE maximum bandwidth to 8 Gbps or 16 Gbps by purchasing a separate license from Cisco. For more information, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Administration Guide (Software Version A2(1.0)).
|---Connections (any kind)
|325,000 connections per second (CPS)
|---MAC miss
|2000 packets per second (PPS)
|---Management traffic
|1 Gbps
|---SSL transactions
|1000 transactions per second (TPS), upgradeable to 15000 TPS with a separate license. For more information, see the Cisco Application Control Engine Module Administration Guide (Software Version A2(1.0)).
|For traffic going to the ACE (control plane), 5000 messages per second
For traffic going through the ACE (data plane), 350,000 messages per second
|Regular Expression Memory
|1,048,576 bytes
|Sticky Entries
|4,194,304 entries
|Xlates (network and port address translation entries)
|524,286 translations
Changing the Resource Allocation of a Resource Class
If you (as the global Admin) need to change the resource allocation in a resource class of which two or more user contexts are members, you may do so at any time by entering the appropriate CLI commands. (For details about allocating resources, see the "Allocating Resources Within a Resource Class" section.) However, the shift in resources between the contexts does not take place immediately unless the appropriate resources are available to accommodate the change. In most cases, to effect a change in resource allocation, you must inform the context administrators involved to ensure that the new resource allocation is possible.
For example, suppose that context A is using 100 percent of the available resources of the class and you want to allocate 50 percent of the resources to context A and 50 percent of the resources to context B. Although the CLI accepts your resource allocation commands, context B cannot allocate 50 percent of the resources until context A deallocates 50 percent of its resources.
In this case, you must perform the following:
- Inform the Context A administrator to start deallocating resources
- Inform the Context B administrator to start allocating resources after the Context A administrator releases the resources
|As resources are released from other contexts, the ACE assigns the resources to resource-starved contexts (contexts where the resource-class minimum allocations have not been met).
Displaying the ACE Resource Allocation and Usage
To view the current resource allocation in your ACE, enter the following command:
ACE_mdule5/Admin# show resource allocation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parameter Min Max Class --------------------------------------------------------------------------- acl-memory 0.00% 100.00% default syslog buffer 0.00% 100.00% default conc-connections 0.00% 100.00% default mgmt-connections 0.00% 100.00% default proxy-connections 0.00% 100.00% default bandwidth 0.00% 100.00% default connection rate 0.00% 100.00% default inspect-conn rate 0.00% 100.00% default syslog rate 0.00% 100.00% default regexp 0.00% 100.00% default sticky 0.00% 100.00% default xlates 0.00% 100.00% default ssl-connections rate 0.00% 100.00% default mgmt-traffic rate 0.00% 100.00% default mac-miss rate 0.00% 100.00% default throughput 0.00% 100.00% default
To view the current resource usage, enter the following command:
ACE_mdule5/Admin# show resource usage Allocation Resource Current Peak Min Max Denied ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Context: Admin conc-connections 0 0 0 8000000 0 mgmt-connections 2 8 0 100000 0 proxy-connections 0 0 0 1048574 0 xlates 0 0 0 1048574 0 bandwidth 1094 80192 0 625000000 0 throughput 938 75902 0 500000000 0 mgmt-traffic rate 156 4290 0 125000000 0 connection rate 1 28 0 1000000 0 ssl-connections rate 0 0 0 5000 0 mac-miss rate 0 0 0 2000 0 inspect-conn rate 0 0 0 6000 0 acl-memory 23776 28616 0 78610432 0 sticky 0 0 0 0 0 regexp 0 0 0 1048576 0 syslog buffer 0 0 0 4194304 0 syslog rate 0 0 0 100000 0
To display the data plane resource allocation and usage and to cross-check the output of the above two commands, enter the following command:
ACE_module5/Admin# show np 1 me-stats -L0 Resource limts for context : 0 Rate Configured Counters Policer Name Min Max min-toks max-toks peak-toks deny bandwidth: 0 ee6b280 0 ee6b0fa d8a4 0 throughput: 0 ee6b280 0 ee6b280 d8a4 0 mgmt-traffic rate: 0 3b9aca0 0 3b9aca0 a0e 0 connection rate: 0 7a120 0 7a120 11 0 ssl-connections rate: 0 9c4 0 9c4 0 0 mac-miss rate: 0 3e8 0 3e8 0 0 inspect-conn rate: 0 bb8 0 bb8 0 0 Resource Configured Counters Policer Name Min Max Min Max peak deny conc-connections: 0 3d0900 0 0 0 0 mgmt-connections: 0 c350 0 0 4 0 proxy-connections: 0 7ffff 0 0 0 0 ip-reassemble buffer: 0 0 0 0 0 0 tcp-ooo buffer: 0 0 0 0 0 0 regexp: 0 0 0 0 0 0 xlates: 0 7ffff 0 0 0 0
The Admin context has a context ID of 0. To display the resource allocation and and usage statistics for another context, change the "0" in the "-L<context_id>" parameter to the context ID of another context.


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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Top-seeded Babson College outscored fifth-seeded MIT, 10-1, in the second half to claim a 14-6 victory over the Engineers in the semifinals of the 2008 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Lacrosse Tournament on Saturday. The nationally-ranked No. 10 Beavers improved to 14-2 while MIT's season ended with a record of 5-8.
In a closely played first half, each side traded goals until back-to-back scores by Babson put it ahead, 4-3, with 9:15 remaining. Samantha O'Keefe answered with two straight scores, including one with 51 seconds remaining, to give the Engineers a 5-4 advantage heading into the break.
Babson took the lead for good early in the second half, scoring four straight goals from four different players. Anna Collins nettted her third of the day at 25:06, Lindsay Bucci scored at 23:56, Kaitlyn Pettengill struck at 22:45, and Anita Martignetti made it 8-5 at 20:25.
MIT got one goal back when O'Keefe scored her fourth of the afternoon with 14:47 left in the game to make it 8-6. That would be all the Babson defense would allow the rest of the game as Sarah Macary made six of her 12 saves in the second stanza. Meanwhile, the Beavers ripped off six unanswered goals in the final 14 minutes, including three more by Jackie Godfrey and two by Martignetti, as the hosts claimed the 14-6 victory.
Godfrey led all players with five goals and one assist for six points, while Collins finished with three goals, four groundballs and four draw controls. Martignetti chipped in with three goals, Pettengill netted a pair, and Bucci added one goal and two assists. Godfrey led the Beavers' stellar defensive effort, posting four of the team's 16 caused turnovers.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior Thomas Phillips was named NEWMAC Player of the Week after enjoying a monster seven-day stretch at the plate. In five games, Phillips was 14-for-18 with five homeruns, eight runs scored, and 12 RBI.
In a doubleheader against the University of Chicago, Phillips finished 6-for-6 with three homeruns and seven runs batted in. In a doubleheader against Wheaton, he closed 7-for-8 with four RBI.
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Also, about Gundam Wing, the MS are built to be near invincible. Unlike in GS and GSD, the Gundams in wing were built to be one unit armies. The Gundams in GS/D were meant to be high performance, but after Freedom, they became battlefield overlords(kind of like in Wing, but not as well done).
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Already in progress by us. Our first volume will be out on June 11th with the next to follow the week after I hope. =D
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Mobile Suit B Gundam (A ball, but a Gundam head) appears, it is piloted by Umon Samon. Bascially, it's a spoof battle of the Battle of Solomon as the Zeon cower in fear over a visual of this GIANT Gundam head that appears. Basically someone yells Gundam and they all run for cover. Three skull crossbone Dom's appear and attack, comedic dodging on the part of the B Gundam, and Umon manages to take out a Dom. After taking out another one, it comes down to the last one, and he almost doesn't make it. The joke is the faceplate on the Ball can be jetisoned and is a bomb. Umon defeats the last Dom. Chapter ends some seventy years later with Umon slapping some ass and talking with Kinkedo.
Uh... Le Petit Prince meets Tinkerbell, anyone?
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Thats good to hear.
I really think the F90 and Crossbone series should be animated, obviously it has a big enough fanbase(aside from Sentinel). I always thought Seabook becoming Vanguard Pirates was a thing to disguise their plan to stop the thing going on over at Jupitar.
Oh yea, there seems to be some inconsistancies with Wing Gundam, I remember see Deathscythe being destroy from a shot from a beam rifle(after Duo was captured).
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Hopefully, the first volume should be out at about the same time my Core-works Crossbone Gundam conversion kit arrives ^_^
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Since this isn't licensened, does anyone know where I can either buy imports or read scanlations of Crossbone Gundam? I love the mecha designs, and I really would like to read it. Also, can anyone give me a basic summary of the series. All I know is that it is a sequal to F91, so I really need information.
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Is there a place where I can get the Crossbone Gundam manga that has been edited to english. I know Zeonic CORPS was doing it but they seemed t have stopped. Thanks for the help.
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I seriously doubt Seabook will come back. At the end of the first Crossbone series, he's marrying Cecilly, so that should technically be that. Plus, Fukuda isn't working on UC projects, so I guess it's safe.
I am seriously tempted to order the Crossbone Gundam MG and convert it into the "Captain Jack Sparrow Custom", just for laughs.
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Jupiter. Inhabitants of a world that carry the name of Zeus. Three years have passed since they attacked earth. However, not everything has ended. There are those that are still aiming at Earth with an ever vigilant eye. The final battle of the space pirates of the Crossbone Vanguard and the Jupiter Empire unfolds in space with the fate of the Earth hanging in the balance!
Universal Century 0136.
Crux Dogatie's second wife Europa is attempting to flee an attack on their ship. As she's fleeing, she reassuring herself that she can't die and that there has to be someone to save her, otherwise "there won't be anyone to tell." Several mobile suits of the Jupiter Empire swarm her suit, so she ejects and floats aimlessly in space. She is startled to see a skull and crossbone illuminated against the black backdrop of the stars. It's the Crossbone Gundam.
As it charges past her, the Empire forces are in complete shock at the sight of it. Tobia begins taking out the units asking why they always (x5) keep appearing in front of them each and every time. After he successfully takes out the suits attacking Europa's units, he sits in the cockpit with an uneasy feeling. Just then, his monitor shows somone drifting in space. He picks up the young woman, who comments on Tobia's childlike appearance. He blushes at the fact explains that he just turned 18 and introduces himself.
Just then, old man Umon starts barking on the communicator and Tobia says that he's coming back. Back at their ship, Tobia scopes out Europa while Umon blows a gasket about the lack of spare parts to repair the Crossbone with. As Tobia takes Europa to the gravity block of the ship, she pulls a gun on him. She identifies them as the Crossbone Vanguard... enemies to the Jupiter Empire. Just then, Bernadette comes toddling out to greet Tobia on his return when she recognizes Europa. The two stare at one another dumbfounded. Seizing the opportunity, Tobia kicks the gun out of Europa's hand and her into the wall. Everyone is shocked, and he just has a 'wut' expression on his face.
Bernadette takes Europa to the showers to clean her up. She bears the number '778' on the top of her right hand. The talk over some things (you can tell I'm getting lazy in this review) and before they know it unknown units are approaching! Europa says they are from Jupiter for sure. Tobia sorties with two others and they begin their counterattack. However, after taking out a unit, they discover that their enemies are in possession of nukes! As the battle continues, the units begin self destructing in an attempt to thwart Tobai's efforts.
After the battle is over, Europa notices that they have brought one of the Jupiter Empire soldiers onboard for medical treatment. Given that the time is right, she explains her story to the others. The Thunder of "Zeus" plan... a direct shot at Earth from Jupiter with a super-long distance colony laser!!
第2話 「月に鳥が舞った」
第3話 「絶望を歌う半〝神〟」
第4話 「たった6日のクエスト」
第5話 「青き星に侍を捜す」
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Gallery: Best shots from 2013 BTN Big 10K
The 2013 BTN B1G 10K was held Saturday morning in Chicago. It was the second annual running, and a record 11,415 runners finished. See some of the best photos from the event in this post. There were a couple surprise visitors at the event, too, as Testudo, Maryland's mascot, and Scarlet Knight, Rutgers' mascot, were in town for the fun. Both schools join the Big Ten in 2014.
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This book is about process thinking, and process modeling as the path to business innovation. It uses a fast-paced novel format that is based on a real company that the authors guided through the process modeling process. -- Scottie Jacob, MK Press.
Houston, we've got a problem. Business process management is clearly recognized as the key to competitive advantage, especially during economic downturns. But the needed tools and techniques for process modeling and design have been arcane. Even worse, business people have been largely sidelined in process improvement initiatives due to the technical obscurity of the endeavors. Yet, capturing their knowledge is the foundation of any useful process model. Enter the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), a graphical notation for business process modeling--and this book.
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The adorable Sarah from Simply Cooked hosted July's Fresh from the Oven Challenge. She chose a whole wheat walnut bread from The Neighborhood Bakeshop by Jill Van Cleave.
Instead of two loaves we made an extremely big one and baked it in an extremely big cake baking pan. We put less walnuts than needed and a certain amount of them was finely ground. The ground walnuts give a nice reddish colour. We added some raisins too. The original recipe doesn't call for them but it's much more delicious with them. Besides the raisins give sweetness and acidity at the same time and they combine super tasty with the walnuts.
Whole Wheat Walnut Bread Recipe:
adapted from The Neighborhood Bakeshop by Jill Van Cleave
makes 2 loaves or an extremely big one
- 1 t active dry yeast, divided;
- 2 c (500 ml) lukewarm water (95 - 110F, 35 - 45C), divided;
- 3 c (380 g) plain bread flour, divided;
- 1 T honey;
- 1 T olive or walnut oil;
- 1 1/2 c (180 g) whole wheat flour;
- 1/4 c (40 g) semolina flour, or more whole wheat flour;
- 1 t sea salt (12 gr);
- 1 1/2 c (175 g) coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted (we've put 110 gr walnuts - 40 gr finely ground and 70 gr coarsely chopped);
- 40 gr raisins.
The starter is ready to use now or can be put in the fridge overnight just bring it back to room temperature before using.
Dissolve the remaining 1/2 t yeast with the 1 c (250 ml) lukewarm water in a large bowl.
Add the sponge starter and mix well. Stir in the honey, oil, whole wheat flour, semolina flour (if using), and salt. The recipe description says that the semolina flour adds a chewy texture. This flour is not available to us, so we used more whole wheat flour.
Add 1 1/4 c (160 g) of the remaining bread flour gradually to form a stiff dough. Reserve the last 30 gr for kneading.
Add the walnuts and the raisins.
Turn out onto a floured surface and knead for ten minutes, adding as much of the reserved flour (30 gr) as needed to keep it from being too sticky. Knead until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Grease the bowl and return the dough, turning it to coat it in oil. Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise until it is doubled in size, about 2 hours.
Divide the dough into two pieces and form into loaves. Place on a baking pan and leave them to rise again, about 30 minutes.
Bake at 400 F/205 C for 30 to 40 minutes, until the loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.
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Organizations across the world are in the midst of a digital revolution that's sweeping away old processes and business models – especially those that are under-prepared for its impacts. In the face of this rapid and pervasive change, the only option is to adapt at pace, or be left trailing by the pace of progress.
Nobody is immune – and border agencies are no exception. Digital disruption of business models is being outpaced only by citizens' rising expectations of government services. As if this wasn't enough of a challenge, border agencies are also faced with record volumes of trade and travel, new and evolving security threats, tightening budgetary constraints, and a complex and shifting mix of opportunities and risks.
The implications for border agencies are profound. Citizens want better services, watertight security and seamless travel and trade experiences. For a border agency leader, you might think delivering simultaneously against all three of these apparently conflicting goals is impossible.
Think again. The good news is, it CAN be done. The key is for border agencies to commit themselves to innovation – meaning making smarter use of human capital and technology.
A recent Accenture research probed how emerging technologies can help border agencies tackle their near-term and future challenges. Progress is being made with advances like biometric-enabled e-gates for passengers and predictive analytics to spot suspicious cargo but the pace and extent of adoption is patchy. It's vital that border agencies fill that gap to break through the technology frontier and harness the full power of innovation.
While many border agencies are piloting emerging technologies, far fewer have fully implemented them. The most common focus areas are:
This is becoming increasingly important as criminals make growing use of advanced technologies.
A further benefit of predictive analytics is to help free up staff to be more productive through better workforce planning. Nearly half of the border agencies we talked to told us that improving the work of staff is their primary objective in using advanced analytics.
Biometrics is not new, but it is taking on a new important role around simplifying and accelerating the immigration process. Advances such as biometric fusion – combining multiple biometric inputs to identify individuals more accurately – promise a step change in passenger screening. It is becoming a central feature of the E.U.'s Smart Borders program, in which fingerprints will be combined with facial imaging analysis to create identities for individual passengers.
To some, it might seem that the Internet of Things (IoT) is over-hyped. But customs agencies should not underestimate its power to help transform operations.
More efficient processing of passengers and goods doesn't just hinge on the technology used at the border. Agencies also have much to gain by streamlining the travel authorization and data collection processes that take place ahead of arrival.
Ask any CIO of a public service organization to pinpoint what's holding them back from innovating, odds-on the answer will be "legacy systems". Customs agencies are no different. However, as an obstacle to innovation, legacy systems are far from insurmountable. Applications such as the Mobile Passport Control enable faster processing at immigration and e-gates (such as at Amsterdam's Schiphol or London's Heathrow) don't necessarily need to link back to large back-end legacy systems.
The value in legacy systems resides not in the systems themselves, but in the data they hold. The key to removing the shackles of legacy is to migrate the data to a new platform. Having done this, agencies can focus on managing, moving and capitalizing on data at speed.
When implementing technology, another big challenge isn't technology but people. Respondents to our survey said they are looking to hire talent from the private sector but few customs agencies are successfully doing this. Agencies need to hire and develop people with the right skills in analytics, social media and emerging technologies - but that is only one part of the story. Hands-on experience overseeing seismic change in organizational design and operations is also important.
So, how can agencies make themselves more attractive to the stars of digital? It's not just about better salaries, a broader re-think in employment philosophy is needed to consider more flexible arrangements, encouragement of creative solutions and shorter term assignments.
People challenges extend to the very top of customs and immigration agencies, where too few senior leaders grasp the potential of emerging technologies. If senior decision-makers are unsure of investing in emerging technologies, then progress will be slow. Leadership must lead with innovation and focus on being an advocate of break down barriers and misconceptions about technology.
Top two highest-ranked barriers to implementation of emerging technologies
Most border agencies are still in the very early stages of embracing emerging technologies. Given the fundamental challenges, it's essential that they take a step-by-step approach to mapping out their journey.
The first step is to be honest and pragmatic. Senior leaders don't have time to keep up with every new technology. But by gaining a better understanding of each technology's potential, they will be able to exert the necessary influence over management and set an example for the rest of the organization. Having taken that initial step, leaders should then apply a three pronged-strategy:
With emerging technologies now starting to deliver on their promise, travelers and traders are wasting no time in mastering them. It's time for border agencies to do the same.
Combined with the headwinds of rising travel and trade volumes, shifting security threats, restricted budgets and demands for seamless, secure movement nothing less than transformational thinking will be enough. These challenges cannot be tackled with tweaking around the margins of the organization. Introducing technology and solutions in isolation of one another will miss the full potential.
A leadership team that is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about merging technologies will carry the organization with them. Crucially, it will overcome suspicion and inertia in order to realize the full potential of new technology. The border agencies that achieve this will reap the benefits – increased efficiency, better security, enhanced customer experience and a more engaged workforce. Put simply, it's time to cross the frontier of technology.


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Last year the Times ran a trend piece on how Domaine Ott ros was the wine of the moment out there in Long Island Summerland. Then, a few months later, Lettie Teague of Food & Wine magazine wrote a spunky piece on how she just doesn't think ros is really any sort of big deal. And me? I'm somewhere in between.
Ros has a place in the universe and summer is one of those universes. Ros is a force that cannot be denied. Look around. Go to any restaurant in NYC, there are more ross popping up in restaurants than rats in a lower east side garbage can, we're deep into it. Deep.
Ros season is on. As a wine store said to me years back, "It's ros season. Don't want to be caught with my pants down." All around New York City it seems that everyone's pants are held up. At Provence right this second there are eight ros choices by the bottle ($28-$75), one of them sells (well) at $16 a glass At Blue Ribbon's cozy wine bar, the $20 glass of passion fruit scented and bone dry Tempier is a total treat especially because I haven't had it in years.
Which brings me to the night I met my friend Nancy
at Balthazar for a drink. Enter two big guys. They squeeze right in at the bar with us. We're trapped.
This is their boys night out ritual. They train in from Suffolk County. They go to the Garden. They stay for one quarter of a Hockey game (--is that what they call it in hockey? I'm sports illiterate.) They come down to Balthazar and they order a seafood platter.
So far so good. I'm taking notes; these men are so out of my peripheral vision I feel like I'm at the zoo. They are pretty entertaining. I feel an essay coming on.
The one guy was trying to encourage Nancy to dive in on the seafood platter. He told her "I can't eat those legs," he said pointing to the daddy long leg-like appendage of a red-splotched king crab. "What are those?" He asked, squeamishly pointing to a boulot. He ordered an Amstel and draped his sweaty arm over Nancy which she peels off of her as specifically as a grape skin.
The other guy, the quieter one, the one who is actually married and looking to stay that way, ordered a ros! Not just any rose but the rose that seems to be the New York ros ($9 a glass price point) of the moment, Jean Maurice Raffault, a ros from Chinon from cabernet franc. I( used to like this....but at this point the fruit is overbearing, so much so it would appeal to a white zin drinker.)
Then he apologizes because it's French. But even though it's French he still likes it.
I like to give wine advice and love advice and sometimes I like to do it in the same breath. I admit, I'm prone to the occasional pigeonhole. People on the right like Bordeaux. Those who lean to the left are more likely to drink Chinon. And then there's ros and with ros, you just never know.
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When the Extreme becomes Mainstream
There are probably no two people in the media who are more associated with the immigration issue than CNN's Lou Dobbs and NBC's Pat Buchanan. Both have revitalized their careers by becoming self-proclaimed experts, and have probably logged more media face-time discussing the issue than any two people in American. Recently, they met on Dobbs' show to discuss their common concerns:
Yet if one were to compare some of the rhetoric used in the segment:
DOBBS: And congratulations on the new book, a best seller doing great.
Let me turn to the very first thing. The first chapter, declaring that the American century is over. I would like to share this with our viewers. "America is indeed coming apart, decomposing, and that the likelihood of our survival as one nation through mid century is improbable and impossible if America continues on her current course. For we are on a path to national suicide." My God, I don't think you could be more pessimistic.
BUCHANAN: Well that is where we are headed, Lou. As I write in the last chapter, we can still have a second American century. But look what is happening. You've got 12 to 20 million illegal aliens in the country, 38 million immigrants. The melting pot that turned our grandfathers and great grandfathers into Americans is cracked, broken and rejected as an instrument of cultural genocide. You have that going on in the country at the same time that the dollar is going down, the manufacturing base is being exported, you're overextended abroad with a smaller army than we had in 1939. All of these things are hitting at once and I don't get the awareness of the gravity of the crises comes at us.
DOBBS: We're back with Pat Buchanan, author of the important new book, which I highly recommend, "Day of Reckoning." Let's deal with an issue on the minds of Americans. That is the issue of illegal immigration. What has to be done?
BUCHANAN: Well first thing, you've got to secure the border. If we don't do it, it won't exist anymore in ten years. You've got to crack down on businesses that hire illegals. You've got to cut off the magnets by ending social welfare benefits as they voted to do Arizona. You've got to end this absurd practice that if someone comes to the United States and has a baby the next day it is automatically a citizen for life and entitled to a whole lifetime of benefits. I think you need a time-out on legal immigration of about 250,000 a year. This is the sea into which illegals move. We need another time out to get the melting pot up and running again.
DOBBS: What about the 12 to 20 million illegals in this country?
BUCHANAN: Start the deportations with gang members, felons, scofflaws and you start with felons and people who are drunk drivers and others. Then you start the process by cracking down on business, removing the magnets, they'll go home. What draws them here is free education, welfare, good jobs, good paying jobs much better than in Mexico. Basically business and the welfare, the social safety net draws them here.
With these quotes from hate groups complied back in the spring of 2001 by the Southern Poverty Law Center:
"America's culture, customs and language are under assault from foreigners who come to live here and, instead of learning the American way of life, choose to impose their own alien cultures, languages, and institutions upon us... . [E]thnic cleansing ... may seem a harsh term to apply here in America, but it accurately describes the expulsion of Americans from their communities by illegal aliens."
"[S]ince that time [about 1950], Western culture faces a growing and potentially fatal crisis: the widespread folly of believing that Hmong and Haitians can carry that culture forward as meaningfully as Europeans."
"These men [ranchers who capture illegal border-crossers at gunpoint] are the true heroes of our troubled times! Every illegal alien they halt is one less that will go on our welfare rolls, overcrowd our schools, bring in more drugs to poison our kids, or rob, rape and murder another innocent American citizen."
"[T]he meaning of this massive increase in non-white and non-Western populations groups within U.S. borders is that the United States is not only ceasing to be a majority white nation but also is ceasing to be a nation that is culturally part of Western civilization."
"America becomes darker — racially darker — every year, and that is the direct result of our government's immigration policy. ... We White people, we descendants of the European immigrants who built America, will be a minority in our own country. ... [M]alicious aliens [European Jews] came into our land and ... spread spiritual poison among our people, so that our spirits became corrupted and our minds became confused."
"Unless stopped now, massive illegal immigration from the Third World will surely make America more like the Third World than the nation of our forefathers. ... Forced integration and unrestrained immigration destroy schools, neighborhoods, cities and ultimately nations."
"[T]he very underpinnings of America are being gnawed away by hordes of aliens who are transforming America into a land where we, the descendants of the men and women who founded America, will walk as strangers... . Unless we act now ... we will be helpless to halt the accelerating dispossession of our folk."
"America is not just a geographical entity. It is a nation with certain values. I'd go beyond the proposal of a zero immigration moratorium and say we should begin deportation. Deportation now!"
"The Mexican culture is based on deceit. Chicanos and Mexicanos lie as a means of survival. Fabricating false IDs is just another extension of that culture ... [which] condones everything from the most lowly misdemeanor to murder in the highest levels of government."
"[Even] beyond immigration, legal or illegal, the very numbers of non-Whites already here, and their high birth rate, are enough to plunge North America into a banana republic status within two decades or less. ... [After America is split up into racial mini-states, if] an area like Florida wanted to accept the dregs of the Caribbean, let them, with the understanding that the second this mud flood oozed into the sovereign state of Georgia, it would be 'lock and load' time."
compliled spring, 2001 by SPLC
It becomes obvious that ideas that were once relegated to the vilest fringes of the extreme far-right have become mainstream. Note just how many of the sentiments expressed in these statements by hate groups can now be heard almost daily coming from both the media and politicians. Republican politicians, the right-wing noised machine, and now the main stream media, have managed to shift the whole national debate, and possibly the nation itself, to a point where this kind of eliminationist rhetoric is now the accepted norm.
This shift can be seen quite clearly in this segment from the O'Rielly Factor, where Sen. John McCain, discussing comprehensive immigration reform legislation, allows O'Rielly to lecture him unchallenged about the supposed "liberal plan" to "change the complexion" of America by breaking down "the white, Christian, male power structure".
Back in March, 2006 The Nation examined this shift to the far right through the eyes of former grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke.
Relaxing in the Hyatt lobby, (David) Duke reminisced about his glory days. "I was the first candidate who ran against affirmative action. And I predated Clinton on welfare reform," Duke told me. He rehashed his controversial term as a Louisiana state representative and his losing 1990 Republican gubernatorial candidacy, in which he captured more than 60 percent of the white vote. He happily recalled his 1977 Klan Border Watch, when he and seven other Klansmen drove a few sedans in circles along the California-Mexico border, waving a shotgun in the moonlight while dozens of reporters in tow tried not to crash their cars into one another.
Back in those good old times, in 1982, explaining the Klan's anti-immigrant advocacy, Duke said, "Every new immigrant adds to our crime problems, our welfare rolls and unemployment of American citizens.... We are being invaded in the southwest as if a foreign army were coming over the border.... They're going to take more and more hard-earned money from the productive middle class in the form of taxes and social programs." And Duke called for the deportation of all undocumented immigrants and harsh penalties for businesses that employ them. "I'd make the Mexican-American border almost like a Maginot line," he said, referring to the militarized barrier France constructed between itself, Italy and Germany after World War I.
At the time, Duke was widely dismissed as little more than a turbo-charged version of the paranoid style--"the Klan's answer to Robert Redford," as reporter Patty Sims described him in 1978. But today his anti-immigration rhetoric sounds not so remote from one of top-rated CNN host Lou Dobbs's fulminations during his daily "Broken Borders" segment. Duke's Klan Border Watch, meanwhile, served as the forerunner and inspiration of the Dobbs-touted Minutemen groups that have proliferated from the Mexico border to Herndon, Virginia, the city that hosted the American Renaissance conference, where disgruntled locals hold regular protests outside a day-labor center. Under pressure from Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo, chair of the House Immigration Reform Caucus, and with sponsorship from House Judiciary Committee chair James Sensenbrenner (tough-talking heir to the Kotex fortune), the Republican-dominated House has approved a bill that makes it a felony to be in the United States illegally, mandates punishment for providing aid or shelter to undocumented immigrants and allocates millions for the construction of an iron wall between the United States and Mexico. Duke may have fallen short on the national stage, but his old notions have gained a new life through new political figures.
The Nation, 3/23/2006
In the 20 months since The Nation first published this article things have only gotten worse. As every Republican presidential candidate falls over themselves trying to race further and further to the right, David Duke must be grinning ear to ear.


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How dire is the economic outlook for communications service providers if they remain on their current path? As illustrated in this chart, the European communications industry lags most industries on both current performance and future positioning, as measured by eight key performance indicators. This is especially true of companies serving mainly mature markets. Our analysis shows that the few providers with a significant presence in both mature and emerging markets outperform their peers on both current performance and future positioning.
Why are service providers struggling? The foremost reason is the shift from all voice to data running over advanced networks. That shift is being accompanied by especially disruptive competition from over-the-top companies that get all of the benefits from using telcos' infrastructure while bearing none of the costs to build and maintain the vast network that makes these new services possible.
In the convergent marketplace, companies are also dealing with knowledgeable and often impatient customers who want to be connected at all times and who demand fast access to a variety of online services.
How can providers respond to these challenges? One answer is to expand their coverage of the overall communications value chain. However, we believe that could be the wrong move. In most cases, providers do not have the scale or execution capabilities to compete in such areas as creating content, developing devices and aggregating platforms. Building those capabilities would be prohibitively expensive and could undermine any new revenue ultimately generated.
The coming of the integrated digital services provider
We believe that the better choice for communications service providers is to increase the breadth of their digital options, becoming an IDSP—supplying digital services to consumers as well as businesses. Service providers are well positioned for that kind of horizontal expansion because of their strong customer relationships and extensive customer data, an extensive sales force for business customers, sophisticated customer contact centers and a full set of fixed and mobile networks.
According to preliminary research,1 companies that broaden and integrate their services in this way can realize substantial improvements in business performance. For example, a communications service provider that offers quad-play services (broadband, TV, phone and wireless) can reduce customer churn by 20 percent to 50 percent. They can also increase revenue-generating units, as up to 50 percent of a typical customer base purchases quad-play when offered.
The benefits of becoming an IDSP are compelling. To reach that destination, however, a traditional service provider needs to embrace new ways of doing business—and that, in turn, requires new capabilities. Six capabilities are especially critical to making a successful transition to an IDSP:
Delivering a superior customer experience. To be taken seriously by customers as an IDSP, a company must deliver an engaging and consistent customer experience, with personalized service and offerings across all channels.
Fueling a continuous innovation engine. A company aspiring to become an IDSP must build an innovation execution engine that can help the company tap new revenue sources by getting new offerings into the market quickly—in months, not years.
Creating a collaborative ecosystem. Service providers should resist the urge to "go it alone." There are thousands, possibly millions, of allies with which companies could work to devise and deliver new over-the-top services.
Increasing operational agility. To maximize profitability, service providers must keep their operating costs as low as possible. Unfortunately, many such companies today are awash in duplication of processes and technologies that reduces efficiency and responsiveness and increases complexity and costs. To boost profitability and overall business performance, service providers need to dramatically simplify their operations.
Transforming digital services. Most of a service provider's business processes are good candidates for partial or full digitization. By digitizing a process, a company can increase the speed of that process as well as reduce its cost, thus making the business more productive, efficient and responsive.
Forging more customer-centric governance. Communications service providers historically have been product-focused businesses and have created internal silos to support the development, launch and servicing of those products. However, success as an IDSP requires taking a much more customer-centric approach. One important element to making this transition is a formal governance structure that keeps the organization's daily operations aligned with the overarching customer-centric vision.
These six capabilities can have significant, positive impacts on a service provider's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)— impacts ranging from an improvement of 0.5 percent to 2 percent, based on enhanced customer engagement, stronger innovation and more effective collaboration with partners; to 4 percent to 10 percent for implementing more agile operations and digitizing business processes.
The situation in which European communications service providers find themselves today is challenging indeed. However, in those challenges are also considerable opportunities to grow and generate stronger future value. The interest in and use of communications- and data-related services by consumers and businesses have never been higher. And even in an era when new entrants and established innovators dominate the headlines, service providers remain highly relevant to most customers. The "pie" of opportunity is growing, and it is time for communications service providers to grab a bigger slice.
About the authors
Montgomery Hong is the managing director for Accenture Communications.
Tom Loozen is the managing director for Accenture Communications in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.


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RunCodeRun is a hosted Continuous integration environment developed by Relevance. Thanks to the Relevance team and their effort to provide this service free for opensource projects.
I wanted to build rapa on RunCodeRun. I was trying to setup my project on RunCodeRun using instructions in a blog post. It is a very useful blog and easy to follow. But I was having trouble getting code to compile on runcoderun box. Here are the problems and their solutions.
I guess there is no real jdk on runcoderun, so my compile task on ant would not work.
I checked in tools.jar as a part of my project libraries. Then I added it as part of the classpath when invoking ant from rake.
classpath = [File.join(".","lib","ant.jar"), File.join(".","lib","tools.jar"), File.join(".","lib","junit.jar"), File.join(".","lib","ant-junit.jar"), File.join(".","lib","ant-launcher.jar")].join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
system "java -cp #{classpath} org.apache.tools.ant.Main -emacs dist"
Even after I fixed that the build would always go green even if there was failure from ant
I guess the exit status returned by rake was always zero irrespective of what ant returned. I changed the rakefile as shown below.
system "java -cp #{classpath} org.apache.tools.ant.Main -emacs dist"
exit $?.exitstatus
This seemed to fix all the issues with the build.
Along with these issues I was also facing an issue with ant-junit task with junit 4. Basically standard distribution of ant does not understand the annotations of junit4 and requires the test class to extend TestCase. I had to checkout the latest source from ant subversion trunk and build it. I am currently using these jars.
Have a look at the project in github.
Continuous integration on.


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Each village will produce it's own utilities, organic food and health care system thus providing a desirable quality of life. The village would provide job training and permanent employment for most residents.
This will redesign the American dream and at the same time create a healing environment for the residents and for the earth. From start to finish no one would make a profit on another.
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House Republicans Launch Sweeping Latino Outreach Campaign
A Spanish-only Website. A Twitter account aimed at Latinos. New staff members focused uniquely on building relationships with Hispanics.
It's all part of a new quiet but emphatic effort underway by Republicans in the House of Representatives — including some of the most conservative members of Congress — to try to repair their image with Hispanics.
The campaign, unprecedented for House Republicans, will debut on Monday, when @GOPEspanol appears on Twitter, said Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the chairperson of the House Republican Conference.
And plans for it are ambitious, said McMorris Rodgers, who embodies the change in philosophy, having come a long way since backing hawkish immigration bills years ago.
She said that under consideration are a a Spanish-language website, providing Spanish versions of press releases, establishing ties with Spanish-language media and news organizations that target Latinos in English, meeting with leaders of Latino organizations from around the country and sending GOP members to Latino conferences and events in their home districts, she said.
"It's a recognition that we, as Republicans, did not do as well as we hoped in the 2012 elections with a number of groups – with young people, with women, and with Hispanics," said McMorris Rodgers, who is from the state of Washington and was the House GOP liaison to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
The tone of a few [Republicans] has unfortunately been offensive. . .We have to build trust.
"It's being aware that [Hispanics] are a growing media market, a demographic in the country. We need to be reaching them with our goals, our vision."
It is a giant sprint for Republicans, who have been jogging gingerly, so to speak, toward policy ideas on immigration and other things — such as using Spanish in high-profile government activities — that they until recently vehemently opposed.
McMorris Rogers herself co-sponsored legislation in 2007 demanding that English be the sole language of all U.S. government business and ceremonies. And she voted for measures calling for tighter immigration enforcement before legalizing undocumented immigrants is discussed.
The courting of Latinos by Republicans will have another milestone moment on Tuesday, when Sen. Marco Rubio, a Tea Party favorite from Florida, will become the first Latino to deliver the GOP response to a president's State of the Union address — in both English and Spanish, to boot.
At stake may be nothing less than the very future of the Republican Party, said political scholars and even decision-makers in the party itself.
Romney won only 27 percent support from Hispanics and even less from Asians in the 2012 presidential election. And an AP-GFK poll last month showed 62 percent of voters want to let otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants eventually become citizens — up 12 percentage points from 2010.
During the GOP primaries, Romney wooed the party's right by echoing their rhetoric on immigration and advocating "self-deportation" — making life in the U.S. so miserable for undocumented immigrants they would voluntarily return home. His campaign staff later said they regretted the sharp turn because it alienated minority voters.
Some of the most biting comments among Republicans against immigration proposals that would give the undocumented any kind of break, however, came from those in the House of Representatives.
Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Lamar Smith of Texas, and John Boehner of Ohio denounced a pathway to legalization for undocumented immigrants as amnesty, and vowed to do all they could to stop any bill that would allow it. King went even further, making headlines again and again with statements that, for example, called for putting an electrified fence along the U.S.-Mexican border, saying it works for controlling cattle.
"The tone of a few has unfortunately been offensive," said McMorris Rodgers, a rising star in the GOP who beat out a Tea Party veteran conservative, Rep. Tom Price of Georgia, for the chairmanship of the GOP caucus. "We have to build trust. When people sit down and have a conversation, the reason they come to this country is because of Republican principles – the freedom to pursue your dreams, take a chance, and there's the role that family plays in our lives."
The caucus, which represents the more than 230 Republicans in the House, will be aiming to change the party's image of older white men who are out of touch with – and indifferent to – younger Americans, women and minorities.
"We allowed Democrats to define who Republicans are, and what we're all about," McMorris Rodgers said. "We will be building a relationship with the Hispanic community, utilizing those that are Hispanic as well as other members, making them more a priority and be aware that we need to be including Spanish-speaking media. We'll be identifying Hispanic organizations, and when they will be in Washington D.C. We'll take the time to address their conferences, meet their leadership and have a conversation about priorities."
McMorris Rodgers is careful not to use trigger words that many Hispanics said alienated them – words such as "illegals," "aliens," and "amnesty." Instead, in her interview with Fox News Latino, for instance, she used the term "undocumented," most often used by those who favor more lenient immigration policies, but anathema to many hardliners who view it as pandering and sugar-coating.
The caucus chair is careful, however, not to give the impression that the outreach is tantamount to selling out – a view that could keep some Republicans, especially the more conservative ones, from getting onto the outreach bandwagon.
"Hispanics, along with all Americans, want an economic environment that will create jobs, they care about good education, affordable healthcare," she said.
What the new outreach will show both those in her party and Hispanics, she said, "is that there's a lot of common ground between Hispanics and Republican Party."
Republicans who have been urging moderation among their colleagues and more sensitivity when addressing issues relating to Latinos said the new outreach is long overdue.
"It's smart," said Jennifer Korn, executive director of the Hispanic Leadership Network, a center-right group. "We've been talking to Republicans about reaching out, improving their relationship with Hispanics, ever since George Bush was president."
So, in other words, about time, Korn said.
"Why wouldn't they engage with Hispanics," she asked. "Hispanics are Americans. They're voters and they are part of the constituency."
Proponents of strict immigration reform are likely to frown on the outreach; some interviewed by Fox News Latino said they were horrified by it.
"The Republican leadership has no idea what it's doing, careening aimlessly from one thing to another," said Mark Krikorian, head of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington D.C. group that favors strict immigration policies.
As for whether – or to what extent – the sweeping outreach and efforts will persuade the most conservative Republicans to support more lenient immigration measures, McMorris Rodgers would make no such predictions.
To be sure, while many Republicans who were until recently the most hawkish on immigration have changed their positions on measures like legalizing undocumented immigrants, others, such as Reps. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) and Lamar Smith have said they will not support "amnesty" or "rewarding lawbreakers."
"The focus first needs to be on fixing a broken immigration system, then we can better make decisions on how to deal with the many who are here undocumented," McMorris Rodgers said.
Democrat strategist Doug Thornell says that if Republicans want to attract a bigger share of Hispanic and black voters, they need to do more than nominate Cuban-American Rubio as their presidential nominee in 2016 and grudgingly let an immigration overhaul occur that includes a path to legalization for undocumented immigrants.
Republicans "have no roots or connection in either community," Thornell said. "It's shortsighted to believe that if immigration reform is done, somehow Republicans are going to cleanse themselves of openly hostile language that has been directed at Hispanics."
Point well taken, leading conservative Hispanics said.
"This kind of outreach," said Korn, "should be an ongoing, sustained effort all year around."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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A fun game which is a part of my childhood


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More doesn't mean better in health care
It almost makes one hunger for real socialized medicine, the fictitious boogeyman of the far right. You see, if we really had this, then maybe someone would have to adequately tell us how consumers benefit from three children's hospitals in San Antonio.
Forgive me. I'm about to harsh the community's mellow on this topic.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents recently allowed San Antonio's medical school to partner with the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the parent company of the Baptist Health System to build a new freestanding academic children's hospital here.
Meanwhile, Christus Santa Rosa Health System — which had partnered with the medical school — will have its downtown Children's Hospital of San Antonio. That's on top of Methodist Children's Hospital here.
We might simply chalk this up to an embedded belief in Texas that more competition — even in health care — equals improved service. There is reason to believe, however, that what we will have in San Antonio is really just more competition for philanthropic dollars, not improved care.
That's not just me. Looking at a new proposed seven-story Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla., here's what Gilbert M. Gaul — in collaboration with McClatchy (a newspaper group) — wrote for the Kaiser Health News a year ago:
"Florida health planners twice rejected Nemours' applications for a new hospital, noting that Orlando already had two children's hospitals; most cities have only one. A third hospital could duplicate existing services, driving up costs for insurers, employers and policyholders."
Alwyn Cassil of The Center for Studying Health System Change explains the nature of health care competition.
"It's not competition on quality and cost, it's on metrics that are not as meaningful," she said.
In other words, an arms race in technology, niches and for already scarce pediatric specialists — factors that may mean increased costs.
John Hornbeak, an executive in residence in Trinity University's department of health care, is the former president and CEO of Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio.
A pro-Methodist bias? In a long chat with him, I found a knowledgeable observer of the local health scene. He first caught my attention with an op-ed in this newspaper that swam against the current on this issue.
There will be two principle effects, he said, of this plethora of hospitals.
"They (won't) do as complete a job on the sophisticated end of this," he said. "And there won't be enough left of income to spend on the primary care end."
And, he added, "The goal becomes to win." Cutthroat competition, in other words.
Trip Pilgrim is senior vice president and chief development officer at Vanguard Health Systems, Baptist's parent company. He has a different take. He sees an expanded array of assets for all of South Texas, not just San Antonio, offered by a new research medical center that will compete with like-minded facilities nationally to become top ranked.
He cites as examples how San Antonio once didn't have chest pain and stroke centers but, each of one got started, and others joined in to provide more services.
This is apples to oranges.
There are a finite number of children, and they are among the healthiest folks in our population. There's an abundance of unhealthy adults aplenty at risk for heart and stroke problems. We are talking plain and simple here of overcapacity with three children's hospitals.
Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, who supports the UT regents' decision, acknowledges that the betting out there is that this competition will result in one of the two teaching hospitals — what Christus' hospital would be if it seals a deal with another university — prevailing. But that would still leave two hospitals standing.
There should be more debate, and a key question remains: Is this really best for San Antonio? Get past the rah-rahs, and that really hasn't been answered.


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2018 NRF: JD uses Intel technology in staff-free store
Published on Jan 19, 2018
Among China's largest online retailers, JD has opened D-Mart, a staff-free store at its company headquarters. Shoppers can walk into a D-Mart store, select an item, pay and leave without any human interaction. There is a detailed data footprint of the transaction from the store, which is equipped with a responsive technology suite that includes smart shelves, intelligent cameras, gateways and sensors, smart counters for frictionless checkout, and smart digital signage.


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Levi's Fremito D'Arja Leaps Into Overall Lead At Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup
3 November 2012
Napoli, Italy - Despite the light air conditions, two more races were completed on the third day of racing at the 2012 Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup in Napoli, organized by B-Plan Sports & Events in collaboration with Circolo Canottieri Napoli and the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association. With a sixth race completed, a game changing discard came into play resulting in some great changes in the top ranking.
Overnight leader Achille Onorato aboard Mascalzone Latino Jr. with team mates Lorenzo Bressani and Federico Michetti slid backwards in the standings to finish the day in seventh, while Dario Levi's Fremito D'Arja with tactician Andrea Casale catapulted into the lead.
Levi will have to pay close attention to the attacks of Enrico Pegoraro on Karma and Luca Domenici's Notaro Team, both relatively new arrivals in the class and promise a fight to the finish for victory. Out of podium position but always in the top running are Alessio Marinelli's Candida Sailing Team, Davide Albertini's Leviathan and local Mirko de Falco on Pecceré.
The Audi Melges 20 Gold Cup is the very last event of the 2012 Sailing Series Circuit. At the moment, twenty-nine races and four discards form the provisional ranking, lead by Marinelli, seven points ahead of Renato Vallivero's Turnover.
Racing will conclude tomorrow, Sunday with PRO Fabio Barraso setting the first warning signal at 10.30. The last start of the day could come as late as 14.45. Weather forecasts detail strong wind, rain and showers.
Organized by B-Plan Sports & Event in collaboration with Melges Europe, the International Class Audi Melges 20 Association and Circolo Canottieri Napoli, the Gold Cup will consist of a maximum of ten races to be held from Thursday, with a 10.30 am start time, through Sunday.
In Napoli, teams will enjoy the Audi Experience. Throughout the weekend, the drivers of the Audi Driving School Experience will entertain their biggest fans with a series of test drives lasting of about 20 minutes. The guests will demo the latest Audi automotive models including the new A3.
In addition to Audi, Eberhard & Co is a sponsor of the Audi Sailing Series and recognized as the official timekeeper of the series. Musto is also a viable sponsor for the Audi Sailing Series.
TOP TEN RESULTS (Preliminary - After 6 races, 1 discard)
1.) Dario Levi/Andrea Casale, Fremito d'Arja; (11)-2-4-3-2-4 = 15
2.) Enrico Pegoraro/Michele Paoletti, Karma; 3-(15)-8-1-7-1= 20
3.) Luca Domenici/Benedetto Giallongo, Notaro Team; 2-(19)-2-2-6-3 = 25
4.) Alessio Marinelli/Branko Brcin, Candida Sailing Team; 1-9-(13)-4-10-9 = 33
5.) Davide Albertini/Flavio Favini, Leviathan; 6-(16)-5-11-3-8 = 33
6.) Mirko De Falco/Guglielmo Giordano, Pecceré; 2-5-(25)-6-14-7 = 34
7.) Achille Onorato/Lorenzo Bressani, Mascalzone Latino Jr.; 5-6-1-5-(23)-20 = 37
8.) Renato Vallivero-Marco Perazzo/Enrico Fonda, Turnover; 10-10-7-(29)-1-12 = 40
9.) Alessandro Rombelli/Jonathan McKee, STIG; 9-8-12-7-5-(28) = 41
10.) Lauro Bonora/Carlo Fracassoli, Camay; 4-17-20-(26)-4-5 = 50
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