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Massively online communities : the genre paradox II
by covert.c. on Jan.24, 2007, under games industry, gaming, geek culture, mmo, mmorpg, new media, WoW
As mentioned in my previous article, gamers expect a community from the game publisher. In a sense, this demonstrates the unique position of videogames in the landscape of entertainment. Consequentially, feedback and community become a cost of doing business.
I believe we're quickly reaching the point where publisher-run communities no longer serve their purpose. The communities are too vast. Moreover, the gamers themselves have evolved toward a deeper level of sophistication. Gamers are the reason we've come this far, and we simply demand more.
The community problem in MMOs is compounded by three issues:
- The sophistication of the gamers. Community software is becoming prohibitively complex.
- These communities are too large to be managed centrally, so gamers form their own.
- And, the publisher wants to maintain ultimate control over the content in their domain.
MMO providers and their respective forums capability is totally stagnant in the face of this. The key issue is that I don't believe they can keep up. Since software utilities (ie. middleware) saves the licensee time and effort to develop these features internally, the time has come for official community middleware. Yes, leave it to the experts.
One such middleware solution is MMO Guildsites. Their approach to the community problem is quite unique, not only providing a "guild branding" solution through an extensive theming feature, but they also provide RSS feeds for the guild news page, the usual forums, a calendering service and a loot-tracker (using DKPs). It's a modern community service at its very best.
I'm not certain if MMOGuildsites has a licenseable option for their software. If they don't, then gearing themselves to publishers might be an additional revenue source.
I also think that they could go one step further.
The super-community solution
So we know that managing a guild is a prohibitive task for most people. MMO Guildsites offsets that burden by allowing players to concentrate on the game, rather than trying to run their guild as a mini business (although some uber-guilds actually charge for membership).
We also know that MMO providers/publishers can't stay abreast of the evolving requirements for their massive communities. So what's the solution?
In outlining a way out of this, I'm forced to invoke one of the worst marketing buzzwords ever conceived.
"Web 2.0".
"We can now merge, without merging."
Google's CEO, Dr. Eric Schmidt on partnership with Apple.
Historically, content and its container have been indistinguishable. Most online content existed within impenetrable silos. An undisputed aspect of "Web 2.0" implicitly means aggregation. When you aggregate the content, you willingly create a breach between container and the information. This allows content to float freely, regardless of where it "lives". Google News is a common example.
So, if MMO communities have fragmented into private guilds, does it not make sense to reel them back? The publisher already segments the community into realms, so further segmentation is inevitable. Guild forums are a natural place for aggregation. Furthermore, guilds could even aggregate each other. In a non-automated sense, they already do.
|These super-communities could be formally represented in the game's official game forums. The community interaction would become more guild-centric, which arguably serves both the publisher and the players.
A guild could "publish" one of their forum areas while leaving the rest as-is. And since the "public channel" for every guild is aggregated into the publisher's forums, the MMO provider themselves can exert some editorial control over what appears there.
It makes sense to drive massive communities towards guilds, at least to me. It's a natural arrangement. So what could meta-gaming services like MMO Guildsites do? Build in this capability right now. Let the gamers aggregate each other first, and you can be sure the publishers will follow suit.
In the end, it's the gamers that drive the market. It's always been this way.
Technorati tags: WoW forums, virtual communities, mmo middleware
13 Comments for this entry
February 6th, 2007 on 6:28 am
Actually, member/player accounts are completely free of charge. Only guild accounts carry a monthly fee.
Ie. I want to create a guild so I choose a plan and pay that fee monthly. Anyone in the world can create their own free member/player account and apply to my guild for membership. Once a member of my guild and logged in, they can view all the member-only features (however, as GM, I do have privacy control settings that will allow me to share that content with anyone should I desire).
You do point out the vagueness of their homepage instructions though, so I'll pass along this information and maybe they'll clarify things a bit.
February 5th, 2007 on 12:43 pm
Wait a sec! That was false info, its just the chat that takes members oooonly
February 5th, 2007 on 12:32 pm
In order to see the calendar, and other advanced features, the visitor must log in. To log in, you must have an account and that is where it is costing each member 9$ for something that should be free.
So, yes it may be pocket change for the very lowest level of interaction, but for more advanced information its gonna cost you.
From what I could understand. And I did make an account check it -->> http://site1701-trial.mmoguildsites.net
February 4th, 2007 on 4:57 am
it may be the greatest game forum site in the world but w/t pricing like this -->
Standard Plan
Instant Access!
Packed with features
Unmetered bandwidth
1000MB (1GB) Image Gallery
[Signup for a subscription]
Thats not amazon style pricing is all im going to say. I wonder if they use S3? for this.
January 31st, 2007 on 12:15 pm
Ok so what I was trying to say is that the community always finds a way around the lack of company innovations. This clock being a prime example of motivated individuals out-producing the existing game mechanics.
January 31st, 2007 on 5:08 am
Actually I have been Guild Wars lately and I stumbled across an interesting exploit. Some clowns have learned to predict the precise moment to enter the tournament and obtain victory through use of a simple clock.
I'd like gwShack to have a timer on its first page than tells when next hall win will happen, and when is the best time to end a fight and jump.
This mission consists on writing hall_jump.js.php, a JS script dynamically created by a PHP one.
The JS script will show how much time there's left till following Hall win, then how many seconds there are left for the perfect time to win a fight and jump to HoH (say ~15s since I don't know how long it exactly is). The output should be a element:
January 30th, 2007 on 3:38 pm
Planetside rocked but it has in game ads and a subscription fee and with no real City building or sense of gain or lose from the sectors...I think maybe SWG has more to offer than Planetside. Honestly there ought to be more competition in the Sci-fi world.
January 25th, 2007 on 9:27 pm
I like your thoughts on aggregation between guilds, and if publishers like Vivendi/WoW aggregated more information it would make for such a more community feel all around for sure.
EA Mythic/Warhammer Online has stated they will be taking what they did with DaoC by putting the state of the war, guild information, characters stats and more up available as XML feeds on their website - and doing even more with WAR; which sounds very interesting and perhaps if they are successful a few other MMORPGs may follow suit to the point where it becomes expected.
January 24th, 2007 on 12:16 pm
I am reminded of the Anthropological relationship between loyalty to Family -> Village -> State. Art mimics Life!
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Police found Martha Barrett in the 6700-block of South Stony Island before reuniting her with family.
Barrett, 79, vanished on Wednesday from her South Side home. She had last been seen in the 7400-block of South East End Avenue.
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"Smart" TVs Aren't So Smart About Your Privacy
The first findings of Consumer Reports' collaborative research with RDR and other partners
Blog Post
Feb. 12, 2018
This blog post first appeared on the Ranking Digital Rights website.
As everyday consumer appliances and devices like televisions are increasingly connected to the internet, concerns about privacy and security are mounting. Adding to growing consumer anxiety about the implications of bringing internet-connected appliances into our homes, on February 7th Consumer Reports reported that certain TV models sold by Samsung and TCL are vulnerable to hackers. The assessment, conducted in collaboration with Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) and Disconnect—a company that makes digital tools for preventing privacy invasions—revealed that security vulnerabilities in two of the five TV brands tested, Samsung and TCL, could allow a hacker to remotely take control of the TV.
Researchers also found that all "smart" or internet-connected TVs examined collect large amounts of information, which they send back to the TV manufacturers, software providers, and various third parties that deliver content, process payments and warranty claims, and provide marketing services. And yet, users do not always have the ability to control or minimize such data collection without losing the features of their TV that make them "smart" in the first place, and that enable streaming or searching for content on various apps such as Netflix and YouTube.
These unsettling findings are the first published results of an ongoing collaborative research and testing project that uses the Digital Standard to evaluate internet-connected products that make up what is often called the "internet of things." The Standard is an essential list of privacy and security criteria to assess smart devices, services and apps, developed in partnership with leading privacy, security, and human rights organizations, including Ranking Digital Rights. The goal is to encourage technology companies to prioritize consumers' security and privacy needs, and to help consumers make informed choices.
Many of the privacy and security criteria included in the Digital Standard are either directly borrowed or adapted from RDR's Corporate Accountability Index methodology. While RDR's 35 indicators were developed to evaluate internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies, with some adaptation the methodology is proving to be equally suitable for assessing networked devices and services such as smart TVs. As part of the collaborative research and testing effort led by Consumer Reports, other types of networked devices and applications are also being evaluated against the Digital Standard. Thus, while the RDR Corporate Accountability Index focuses on 22 internet, mobile and telecommunications companies, the Digital Standard project demonstrates how the core principles underlying RDR's methodology can be used to evaluate many more companies and product types across the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
The RDR indicators incorporated into the Digital Standard criteria focus on corporate disclosure of policies and practices around data collection and control, data use and sharing, and privacy and security oversight, among other issues. Collectively, these indicators have contributed to Consumer Reports' findings about the disturbing amount of data that TVs collect when connected to the internet. These data can include log information, device information, location information, as well as viewing information about the content users watch, which can be combined and shared for targeted advertising on TVs and other platforms with significant implications for privacy and security.
More importantly, the findings reported this month by Consumer Reports highlight once again the importance of assessment tools such as RDR's Index and the Digital Standard. Both provide companies with a roadmap to follow for establishing basic privacy and security standards. They also provide consumers with clear guidance for what they should be looking for in choosing internet-connected products. Furthermore, such evidence-based findings about privacy weaknesses and security vulnerabilities can be leveraged by advocacy organizations, shareholders, and users to demand more accountability from companies. They can also inform the work of policymakers as products from a growing number of industries get connected to the internet.


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We are so very grateful to Sparks News Tribune for writing about the Foundation's Gift a Voice Project on December 23rd. Jessica Carner did a fantastic job articulating my passion and the amount of information given to her. Debra Reid did a fabulous job taking the photographs. They both know their stuff!!
Jessica titled the article "The Gift of a Voice" and I am thrilled with it. Would love to hear your thoughts in the Comments section below or on the Different iz Good facebook page. Click on the image below to read the article.
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Alex Cross, Rob Cohen's widely panned crime thriller starring Tyler Perry in the title role, scored a disappointing $11.75m at 2,539 North American locations this weekend, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That's about $3-4m less than some had been predicting this past week. (Photo: Alex Cross Tyler Perry.)
If estimates hold, the Summit Entertainment-released Alex Cross had (or rather, is having) the worst opening weekend ever for a movie featuring Tyler Perry — quite a bit below the previous bottom-record holder Good Deeds' $15.58m last February. Adjusted for inflation (to better reflect ticket sales), Alex Cross opened even lower than the Perry-directed Daddy's Little Girls, which debuted with $11.2m — or approximately $13m adjusted — at 2,111 venues in February 2007.
To date, only two Tyler Perry vehicles have opened below $20m at the domestic box office: the aforementioned Good Deeds and The Family That Preys ($17.38m, or approx. $19.4m adjusted). Alex Cross, which has a 0% approval rating and a 3.5/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics, is the first to open below the $15m mark.
Alex Cross: 'New' Tyler Perry fails to lure fans
Alex Cross' failure is particularly notable for two reasons: it's a radical artistic departure for Perry — a crime thriller universes away from his formulaic, religious-tinted comedies for Lionsgate — and it's a much costlier production than the usual Tyler Perry movies: $35m, not including marketing and distribution expenses.
It'll be an uphill climb for Alex Cross to match its production costs at the box office; to recover them, it'll be impossible (not taking into account ancillary revenues). And since Perry has no international following, Alex Cross has no chance of being rescued by the international market.
Alex Cross cast
Besides Tyler Perry, the Alex Cross cast includes Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Giancarlo Esposito, Jean Reno, Rachel Nichols, and veteran Cicely Tyson. Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson were credited for the adaptation of James Patterson's novel Cross.
Also worth noting is that Morgan Freeman played Dr. Alex Cross in two successful movies in North America: Kiss the Girls (1997), which grossed $60.52m (approx. $106m adjusted), and Along Came a Spider (2001), which took in $74.07m (approx. $105m adjusted).
Alex Cross Tyler Perry photo: Summit Entertainment.


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What's on your mind lately about the state of affairs in our country and around the world? Are North Korea and Iran as big of threat as people would want us to believe? Should marijuana be legalized or at least decriminalized? How about other drugs? How is this economy affecting your life directly? Are you feeling hopeful or doubtful about where we are headed? Is the government in Washington DC truly looking out for what is best for the people?
There is a part of me that feels like doing a political rant and another part that says wait a minute, let's consider what are the ways to make the best out of the time we face. As I sit here writing I became clear that the rant is just me playing the blame game and that is not where I want to place my mind at this time.
What seems most productive is to come up with a recipe for aliveness. Many of these will be familiar to regular readers of this blog but to have them spelled out in this way may invite a further awareness in you about ways to live life more fully.
Recipe For Aliveness:
• A big cup of mindfulness – what you think and how you talk to yourself will shape your experience of life. Please without a doubt speaking kindly to yourself and focus your thoughts on hope and positive options.
• Two scoops of heart – a giving heart is a wonderful gift to the world. Figure out how you can give more in ways that energize you and that you enjoy doing.
• A cube of fun – life happens so fast that often you and I are too busy to have fun. That is missing the point of life. Figure out how to have fun at least once each day in your interactions and in doing things you enjoy.
• 28 ounces of water – hydrating the body has numerous benefits for your health. If you motor is low on oil it may break down, so too with the body.
• 6 ounces of concentrated Purple Purposeful Passion juice - to bring color and aliveness to what you doing with your life. Passion is a driving force that helps realize your purpose in colorful and vibrant ways.
• 30 minutes of high heat – exercise to lighten the load of stress that is draining you of vital life force. Working out gives you a break and rebalances the body and mind. Focus on three ingredients: strength, endurance and flexibility
• A pinch of moments – every moment lived in the present is a gift to you and to the world. Be fully in your life minute-by-minute, live in the now as if your life depended on it. It does if you goal is to be alive.
• Set your timer – take quiet time being present with your higher Self, your spirit is like dipping into a well of goodness that will only enhance your life in wonderful ways.
• Take out the dessert when it is done – no over baking, move on, let go, and lighten up. You are here to express you as fully as possible in ways that bring you joy.
If you would like to cook up a good life, practice this recipe until you can do it tastefully over and over again.


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The New York Times leads with the White House's decision, to be announced today, to modify a late Clinton administration rule (never put into effect) that would have banned all new roads and most logging throughout dozens of national forests so as to allow local officials to authorize such activities on a case-by-case basis. USA Today leads with its analysis that the Bush administration is rewarding Republican donors and loyalists with ambassadorships at an "unprecedented pace"–22 of 27 nominated so far have political or personal connections to President Bush but no diplomatic experience. The paper notes that 21 of the first 23 Clinton ambassadorial nominees were from the foreign service. The Los Angeles Times leads with House and Senate budget negotiators accepting a plan that would extend health insurance to parents of children already covered by a federal program for low- and moderate-income households. The paper notes that the White House has not objected to the plan and that were it to go into effect alongside the Bush-favored tax credit for heath insurance expenditures made by low-income families, the result would be "the biggest boost in the government's effort to help the uninsured since Medicare was created in 1965." The Washington Post leads with Thursday's unexpected pledge by North Korea's Kim Jong Il to continue his country's missile testing moratorium at least until 2003. The North Korean leader told Sweden's prime minister that he will see if the Bush administration wants to resume progress toward better relations before deciding whether or not to resume testing. The Post notes high in the story that fear of a missile attack by North Korea has been a factor in the United States' interest in building a missile-defense system. None of the leads makes any other paper's front.
The top story in the Wall Street Journal's front-page news box, also fronted by the WP and on USAT's "Money" front, is yesterday's arrest by federal agents of three Chinese-born men, two working in the U.S. for Lucent under high-tech visas and the other a U.S. citizen, on charges of stealing trade secrets from Lucent for use by their own company, which had formed a partnership with a Chinese firm controlled by the Chinese government. The papers all note the recent increased tensions between the U.S. and Chinese governments, and the WP even quotes a former Reagan DOD type noting that the source code of the voice and data networking software the three are charged with hijacking and making available, at least indirectly to the Chinese government, could have snooping possibilities. But everybody notes that the charges filed are industrial espionage, not espionage espionage.
The NYT's Richard Berke files a Friends-of-Bill-based (most of them unnamed) account of what Clinton thinks of his successor thus far. Scorecard: He assesses President Bush as a formidable politician who is far shrewder than many Democrats think. When he met with Bush during the transition, he was impressed with Bush's saying he would not repeat his father's mistake as president of neglecting domestic issues. The story says Clinton admires the discipline of the Bush White House. But Clinton believes too much of Bush's agenda is based on undoing Clinton administration actions. Apparently Clinton was especially distressed by the Bush proposal to cut money for the program helping cities hire more police officers. Oh, and he was stunned to learn that Bush spent but five hours on his budget proposal, compared to the 75 hours Clinton aides said the ex-president put in on his first one. One FOB is quoted saying of Clinton that "how Bush gets away with stuff with the media–that could be his No. 1 issue."
The WSJ's "Washington Wire" reports that conservative Republicans are worried that President Bush might appoint White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to the Supreme Court if a seat becomes vacant because they fear Gonzales' short judicial track record makes him a unknown quantity who could turn out moderate, like Justice David Souter. The column also reports that not every part of the nation's bidness complex feels wired in to the new administration. One big brokerage exec is quoted saying, "Wall Street is feeling shut out."
The WP and NYT front the ouster of the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Commission–where such rights bastions as Sudan and Pakistan serve–for the first time since the commission's 1947 founding. One key reason cited in both for the development: The Senate hasn't yet confirmed the Bush administration's nominee for U.N. ambassador, so there was no one in place working the halls before the vote.
The NYT fronts word that tonight New York University will honor at a dinner for the school's athletes seven students it suspended in 1941 for leading a campus protest against the school's practice of agreeing to withhold black players from intercollegiate games if the other school (usually Southern) objected to their participation. But here is the part that reminds the reader that even so, NYU still has a lot to learn: "The university is not calling the recognition an apology. …" A school spokesman is quoted saying that the university decided not to apologize for actions administrators took in 1940 and 1941 because "we can't put ourselves in their shoes, and we can't turn back the hands of time."
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The NYT's Gail Collins has great fun with the Army's beret problems. (First the quick decision to put all soldiers in black berets made the elite Rangers mad because they had been the only ones wearing them. Then they made everybody a little nuts because a lot of them turned out to be made in China. Now the Army has promised not to issue the 618,000 black berets of Chinese origin it bought.) But Collins also has a great point: "When you hear the president promise to have some sort of a missile shield in place by 2004, remember that there is nothing so disaster-prone as a large military organization attempting to do something really, really fast."


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The precious metals market is probably bottoming. Generally, the best entry points are when this catastrophic correlation between gold and the precious metals stock market (represented by GDX, for instance) stops working*.
* - I mean a pattern where gold goes, say, 1% down with GDX dropping 3%. And then again and again and again...
Look at these two charts below (the upper panel shows GDX and the lower one gold) in an ultra-short perspective:
source: stooq.pl
It looks like the market is sending a positive signal for gold bulls (at last). Since May 4 gold prices have been going down but GDX has chosen the opposite direction (look at two red arrows). In the past such divergencies were very promising...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
The Precious Metals Market Looks Better Now (At Last)
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Tracciando il premio o sconto sul commercio di un fondo chiuso come CEF possiamo avere un idea del sentimento rialzista o ribassista sui metalli preziosi.Attraverso la % Premium/Discount ?ReplyDelete
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Yes, yesterday CEF was trading at a 7.2% discount to its net asset value. It was a very large discount showing massive pessimism about gold / silver prices.
It was like buying gold at $1,133 per ounce, instead of $1,221...
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Very helpful suggestions that help in the optimizing topic,Thanks for your sharing.ReplyDelete
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Sunday, November 7, 2010
Refining Descriptions
Dr. K.N. Anandan
Quite often people get involved in certain situations where they may have to talk about others. Sometimes they may have to talk about other things such as places, things, events, processes and so on. This is why we have included description as one of the discourses to be addressed in classroom transaction. As in the case of other discourses this discourse also has its own hierarchies:
• The description of a place graduates itself as travelogue
• Describing events ends up with writing narratives or news reports
• Describing a person can lead to writing biographical sketches and profiles
• Describing a process becomes writing recipes
The classroom process of constructing this discourse depends upon what type of description is targeted and the stage at which the learners are undertaking the task. Let us see what will make the theme of the description.
• Describing a person
details such as who and what the person is, the physical attributes, societal status, achievements, contributions, personal impressions …)
• Describing an object
(details such as what it is, where it is found, physical properties such as shape and colour, what it is used for, etc.)
• Describing a place
(scenic details of the location, images, sensory perceptions, etc.)
• Describing events
(details such as what the event is, where it is taking place, the persons or things involved, the order of events, scenic details, images, sensory perceptions, etc.)
• Describing a process
(details such as what it is for, things involved, sequence, etc.)
The language used for dealing with these details at various stages also will be different. Let me illustrate the point.
At stage 1 (i.e. classes 1 and 2) state verbs such as 'be' and 'have' will be used. At stage 2 (i.e. classes 3, 4 and 5) learners may also use action verbs to talk about social status, achievements, contributions, etc.
At stage 3 we expect the learners to use figurative expressions (similes and metaphors), images and so on.
So what will be the process of refining a description in groups? We know that the instructions for constructing a discourse through collaboration are directly related to the structure and features of the target discourse. Let us work out a few instructions for refining the description in groups:
Describing person - Classes 3 to 5
1. In the first round share with others whether you have written who the person is and what he is.
2. If you have not written anything tell others who and what the person is
3. Come to an agreement on how to write ideas such as who the person is and what he is
4. In the second round of sharing each one of you can tell others about one of the physical attributes of the person. Avoid repeating ideas.
5. Come to an agreement on how to write about these attributes
6. In the next turn share with others what else you want to include in the description
7. Come to an agreement on how to write the other points
8. Read the whole description and see whether any changes are necessary
Classes 6 and 7
9. Take turn and share with others one of the major achievements of the person
10. In the next step share with others the contributions the person has made to the society
11. Discuss in groups what images you want to include in the description and how to write them
12. Discuss in groups whether you want to compare with something to highlight his qualities
From what has been given above it can be seen that the sharing process is decided by the details we want to include in the description. What I have suggested here is the process of refining the description of a person. Hope my readers will work out similar instructions in the case of the other descriptions.
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At the end of last year, Raiffeisen's receivables in Romania amounted to 7.46 billion euros, holding a 4% share.
In contrast with other regions, RZB's exposure shrank in first quarter. Its receivables in Bulgaria dropped 8% to 5.05 billion euros, by 12% in Hungary down to 10.3 billion euros, by 22% to 9.7 billion euros in Slovakia, by 4% to 8.7 billion euros in Czech, and by 12% to 7.4 billion euros in Poland.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank's exposure in Romania was the sixth largest of all the EU members. RZB's biggest receivables remain in Austria, at 36.4 billion euros.
Austrian banks' foreign receivables came to 359 billion euros or 126 per cent of GDP at the end of 2008, putting
Austria in the middle of the European range.
In Central and Eastern European countries, Austrian bank's receivables in Romania stood at 15% of overall receivables in the region, where the bank's exposure is the second largest in the region, after Czech Republic (20%), ahead of Slovenia and Hungary with around 13% each.
Austrian banks are among the CEE region's biggest creditors, with a total exposure of 198 billion euros outstanding.
In Romania, RZB added 105 business outlets in the twelve months to March this year, its biggest network in the region. In first quarter this year, RZB's total network shrank by 22 units, down to 3,229 business outlets.
Moldova is included as a part of Romania because of its economic ties to that country and the way it is controlled within the Group as a result.
RZB is operating in Romanian banking market through its subsidiary Raiffeisen International that holds Raiffeisen Bank Romania.
Raiffeisen's net profit in Romania and Moldova dropped 55% to 17 million euros year-on-year, while the group's total assets climbed 3.4% in January-March 2009, the Austrian group said.


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Word Processor – Graphics Creator – Photo Editor – Video Maker – Microsoft Office is nothing short of AMAZING!
A big Welcome to the Word Design Power course where you are going to learn everything there is to know about taking full advantage of the graphic designing aspect of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. By the time you complete this course, you will see Word from a whole new perspective; in fact, you will even be ready to turn this well-known word processor into a powerful photo editing tool (much more about that in the upcoming tutorials).
This course was created back in early 2013, that's why you will realize that I have used Office 2010, however the same methods can be applied in later Microsoft Office versions. I'm also preparing new video tutorials where I will be using Office 2013 and 2016, as well as exposing a few new tips not mentioned in this original course.
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You have probably heard this often where you usually distribute the great word about crypto. It is not risky? What goes on if the value accidents? sofar, several POS programs presents free transformation of fiat, improving some issue, but until the volatility cryptocurrencies is addressed, many people will undoubtedly be resistant to put on any. We need to find a way to combat the volatility that's inherent in cryptocurrencies.
Ethereum is an incredible cryptocurrency platform, however, if growth is too quickly, there may be some problems. If the platform is adopted immediately, Ethereum requests could improve drastically, and at a rate that surpasses the rate with which the miners can create new coins. Under a situation like this, the entire platform of Ethereum could become destabilized because of the raising costs of running distributed programs. In turn, this could dampen interest Ethereum platform and ether. Uncertainty of demand for ether can lead to an adverse change in the economic parameters of an Ethereum based company that could lead to company being unable to continue to run or to discontinue operation.
For most users of cryptocurrencies it isn't essential to understand how the process operates in and of itself, but it is essentially vital that you understand that there is a procedure for mining to create virtual money. Unlike currencies as we understand them today where Authorities and banks can only select to print endless quantities (I am not saying they are doing so, only one point), cryptocurrencies to be operated by users using a mining application, which solves the sophisticated algorithms to release blocks of currencies that can enter into circulation.
Many individuals prefer to use a money deflation, notably people who desire to save. Despite the criticism and skepticism, a cryptocurrency coin may be better suited for some applications than others. Fiscal privacy, for instance, is great for political activists, but more problematic as it pertains to political campaign funding. We need a stable cryptocurrency for use in commerce; should you be living pay check to pay check, it would happen as part of your wealth, with the rest allowed for other currencies.
The physical Internet backbone that carries data between the various nodes of the network is currently the work of a number of companies called Internet service providers (ISPs), including companies offering long distance pipelines, occasionally at the international level, regional local conduit, which ultimately joins in families and businesses. The physical connection to the Internet can only occur through one of these ISPs, players like degree 3, Cogent, and IBM AT&T. Each ISP operates its own network. Internet service providers Exchange IXPs, owned or private businesses, and occasionally by Authorities, make for each of these networks to be interconnected or to transfer messages across the network. Many ISPs have arrangements with suppliers of physical Internet backbone providers to offer Internet service over their networks for last mile-consumers and companies who desire to get Internet connectivity. Internet protocols, followed by everyone in the network causes it to be possible for the info to stream without interruption, in the correct location at the right time.
While none of these organizations owns the Internet together these businesses decide how it works, and recognized rules and standards that everyone stays. Contracts and legal framework that underlies all that's happening to determine how things work and what happens if something goes wrong. To get a domain name, for example, one needs consent from a Registrar, which has a contract with ICANN. To connect to the Internet, your ISP must be physical contracts with providers of Internet backbone services, and suppliers have contracts with IXPs from the Internet backbone for connecting to and with her. Concern over security issues? A working group is formed to work with the issue and the solution developed and deployed is in the interest of all parties. If the Internet is down, you have someone to phone to get it fixed. If the difficulty is from your ISP, they in turn have contracts in position and service level agreements, which govern the manner in which these problems are worked out.
The benefit of cryptocurrency is that it uses blockchain technology. The network of nodes the make up the blockchain is not governed by any focused company. No one can tell the miners to update, speed up, slow down, stop or do anything. And that's something that as a dedicated promoter badge of honour, and is identical to the way the Internet operates. But as you understand now, public Internet governance, normalities and rules that govern how it works current built-in difficulties to an individual. Blockchain technology has none of that.
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Just a fraction of bitcoins issued so far are available on the exchange markets. Bitcoin markets are competitive, which implies the cost a bitcoin will rise or fall depending on supply and demand. Lots of people hoard them for long term savings and investment. This restricts the amount of bitcoins that are really circulating in the exchanges. Moreover, new bitcoins will continue to be issued for decades to come. Consequently, even the most diligent buyer could not purchase all existing bitcoins. This scenario isn't to imply that markets usually are not vulnerable to price manipulation, yet there is no need for substantial amounts of cash to move market prices up or down. The smallest events in the world economy can change the cost of Bitcoin, This can make Bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency explosive.
This mining task validates and records the trades across the whole network. So if you're attempting to do something prohibited, it's not recommended because everything is recorded in the public register for the rest of the world to see forever.
Since among the oldest forms of making money is in cash lending, it's a fact that you could do this with cryptocurrency. Most of the giving sites currently focus on Bitcoin, Some of these sites you happen to be needed fill in a captcha after a specific time frame and are rewarded with a small amount of coins for visiting them. You can see the www.cryptofunds.co website to find some lists of of these sites to tap into the currency of your choice. Unlike forex, stocks and options, etc., altcoin markets have quite different dynamics. New ones are always popping up which means they don't have lots of market data and historical outlook for you to backtest against. Most altcoins have somewhat poor liquidity as well and it is hard to develop an acceptable investment strategy.
Cryptocurrency is freeing people to transact money and do business on their terms. Each user can send and receive payments in a similar way, but they also be a part of more elaborate smart contracts. Multiple signatures allow a trade to be supported by the network, but where a particular number of a defined group of folks agree to sign the deal, blockchain technology makes this possible. This enables innovative dispute mediation services to be developed in the future. These services could allow a third party to approve or reject a trade in the event of disagreement between the other parties without checking their money. Unlike cash and other payment methods, the blockchain always leaves public proof a transaction happened. This can be potentially used in a appeal against companies with deceptive practices.
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The Brilliant Ten: Jonathan Viventi Builds Devices That Decode Thoughts• By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard
Jonathan Viventi spent his early 20s engineering wireless technologies for cellphones. These days, he's applying the same skills to medicine. As a bioengineer at New York University's Polytechnic School of Engineering, Viventi designs electrode arrays that make exceptionally detailed recordings of brain activity. They are poised to transform the way scientists understand neurological disorders.
Existing brain implants require individual electrodes to be wired to an external device for data processing. Viventi's arrays contain transistors that enable the signals to be processed locally, yet they're as thin and flexible as a sheet of cellophane, conforming to the contours of the brain. As a result, the number of electrodes can be increased by an order of magnitude. "We can actually sample with extremely high resolution across a virtually unlimited area of the brain," Viventi says. In animal studies, this enabled reseachers to recognize the subtle brain signals that seem to give rise to seizures—a capability he hopes doctors can use to better understand epilepsy in humans. One day, he says, the device may even be able to provide targeted electrical stimulation to halt such episodes before they begin.


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Eastleigh 2 Dover 2.
FOR a second week running Eastleigh were held on home territory by one of their former managers.
This time it was Andy Hessenthaler who left the Silverlake with a share of the points – but, truth to tell, his Dover Athletic side were desperately unlucky not to get all three.
Having seized a second-minute lead through Ben Williamson, Eastleigh were plunged into 2-1 arrears by their lively second-to-bottom visitors before top scorer Paul McCallum sprang them out of jail with his third goal in five days.
The Spitfires welcomed Max Stryjek, Michael Green and Reda Johnson back to their starting line-up, with Alex Wynter joining Ross Flitney on the bench, while right wing-back Josh Hare – Hessenthaler's nephew – was ruled out by a thigh injury.
Despite the reshuffle, Eastleigh clicked into their rhythm immediately, stunning their former boss with a goal inside two minutes.
Mark Yeates was fouled centrally some 22 yards out and sent in a curling free kick which was pushed away by visiting keeper Mitch Walker.
Joey Jones, playing on the right of defence, picked up the pieces and delivered for BEN WILLIAMSON to tuck away his fourth goal of the campaign.
On 12 minutes more Yeates magic resulted in a teasing delivery from the right which was marginally beyond the reach of top scorer Paul McCallum's outstretched boot.
But it was far from one-way traffic with Stryjek cutting out Jamie Allen's shot after a sustained spell of Dover pressure and then Inih Effiong heading over from a Bobby-Joe Taylor corner.
After Dover had had a penalty appeal waved away, Eastleigh broke instantly and Walker dived bravely at McCallum's feet as the striker attempted to capitalise on Williamson's deft pass forward.
But the visitors clearly fancied their chances of unsettling the Spitfires' defence and their tenacity paid off when Stuart Lewis – a former Wycombe teammate of Eastleigh boss Ben Strevens – drove a shot goalwards which landed at the feet of EFFIONG who thumped in the 20th-minute equaliser.
Eastleigh patiently kept playing their football and, with the half-hour mark approaching, their front two pairing threatened again with McCallum this time picking out Williamson, but again Walker claimed the ball off his toes.
The Spitfires suffered a setback on 36 minutes when Jones hobbled out of the action after being accidently kicked on the back of the leg by Walker as he tried to catch out the 'keeper at a goal kick.
The ex-Woking man, only recently back to full fitness, was unable to continue after treatment, so Wynter – himself only 70 per cent fit - was summoned from the bench.
As a hectic half of action drew to a close, McCallum flicked a back-header over after being picked out by another Yeates delivery from the right.
Half-time: Eastleigh 1 Dover 1.
The second half began in much the same vein with Eastleigh trying to play to their strengths and Dover looking seriously threatening every time the yellow shirts swarmed forward.
The first real chance of the half went the Spitfires' way with Williamson having a goal-bound shot blocked following a return pass from Wynter.
It was Dover, though, who made the breakthrough as Eastleigh were given a dose of their own medicine from a beautifully worked free-kick awarded for Andrew Boyce's foul on Antony Jeffery.
Instead of delivering straight into the area, Lewis cutely picked out Mitch Brundle's darting run. He fired the ball goalwards and it was former Eastleigh favourite JAI REASON, of all people, who made it 2-1 to the visitors from close range.
As Eastleigh attempted to make amends, Johnson's towering header was clawed from under the bar by Walker.
But the Spitfires' giant defender then followed Boyce into the referee's notebook for bringing down the livewire Jeffery as Dover once again looked menacing on the break.
As Jeffery continued to run riot, he earned a free-kick off Boyce right on the edge of the box before again outpacing the Eastleigh defence. This time he scooted the ball through to Jamie Allen, whose shot rebounded behind off Johnson's toe.
As the Dover corners kept coming, Brundle's header was blocked and then Reason was roundly booed by those who used to adore him for what they perceived to be feigning injury.
Reason, though, went off holding his groin to be replaced by ex-Havant & Waterlooville man Alfie Pavey, while young Ollie Dennett replaced Oscar Gobern for Eastleigh.
Home hearts almost sank when Dover's Kevin Lokko went close with a header from a corner, but on-loan Sunderland keeper Stryjek lifted spirits when, not for the first time, he came tearing out of his area.
On this occasion he marauded his way right up to halfway line - much to the amusement of the 1,430 crowd.
It wasn't long before Eastleigh fans were breathing another huge sigh of relief when, after a searing run down the right, Josh Passley's cross fizzed behind the giant figure of Effiong lurking ominously in front of goal.
At that stage if was hard to see a way back for Eastleigh but, wouldn't you just know it, they dragged themselves level from yet another Yeates set-piece with 86 minutes gone.
The Irishman was fouled from behind by Taylor on the right and, for the third time in five days, he picked out McCALLUM who headed in his 12th goal of the season.
It was bad luck on a Dover side who dominated the corner count 14-5, but that won't worry the ninth-placed Spitfires whose impressive run rolled on to just one defeat in 14 National League games.
Eastleigh: Max Stryjek, Joey Jones, Michael Green, Cav Miley, Reda Johnson, Andrew Boyce, Joey Jones (Alex Wynter, 36), Oscar Gobern (Ollie Dennett, 74), Paul McCallum, Ben Williamson (James Constable, 87), Mark Yeates. Subs (not used): Ross Flitney, Tom Bearwish.
Referee: Paul Howard.
Attendance: 1,430


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PDT Architects have successfully delivered imaginative, intelligent and client focused design solutions for more than 80 years. This has resulted in the delivery of some of Queensland's most loved and iconic Landmarks.
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Soon after taking charge over the Movie Artists Association (MAA),newly elected president Rajendra Prasad and other board members have started the proceedings of this executive board which works for the welfare of Telugu film industry. As promised earlier, Rajendra Prasad has released the funds for the payment of pensions to the poor artists.On the eve of May Day, cheques were handed to several artists at the MAA office.
Speaking to the occasion, Rajendra Prasad said that financial assistance for poor artists will be increased in the future. General secretary Shivaji Raja and few others were also present at this event.He said that they will make use of the funds received in a better way.Earlier, Mega family and few others have denoted funds to MAA after the new body was formed.
On the other hand, noted members from the Jayasudha panel like Manchu Lakshmi, Naresh etc. were not present at this event.
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I'm taking short rides at the moment due to my sore shoulder (which is improving at a rate of upwards of 5% a day, so I hope to be riding properly sooner rather than later). Fee and I took a 130km ride out to Yarra Glen and beyond in the afternoon summer sun today, stopping by a field to eat service station ice creams.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Last ride of 2011
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Versuri James Morrison - One Last Chance
Album: James Morrison - Undiscovered
In my life I don't mean much to anyone
I've lost my way can't go back anymore
Once I had everything now it's gone
Don't tell me again coz I've heard it all before
Some people say that i'm not worth it
I've made mistakes but nobody's perfect
Guess I'll give it a try
I've got one last chance to get myself together
I can't lose no more time it's now or never and I'll try to remember who i used to be
I've got one last chance to get myself together
The time has come for me to change again
I can't carry on like this, I will lose my friends - don't say that you have given up on me. Just give me the time and space to heal my head
I don't wanna be misunderstood
I've got to take this chance and make it into something good
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