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How to create a macOS Installer which doesn't need bootloader kext injection (FakeSMC in pre-linked kernel), bypass High Sierra firmware and MBR checkBy fusion71au
This is a brief guide on how to create a vanilla El Capitan (also same process for Sierra) OS X Installer USB with an updated prelinked kernel containing FakeSMC.
It is tailored for those users who want to understand the "nuts and bolts" of how to create an installer and also to help brush up on their terminal skills (rather than have one made for them with the numerous automated "tools" available or even Apple's createinstallmedia) :
Specifically, it is also a "Proof of Concept" which shows that installation is possible without even having to rely on boot loader kext injection.
Existing Yosemite installation (or Mavericks - see post#4 for steps 7,8) "Install OS X El Capitan.app" downloaded to the Applications folder Pacifist FakeSMC.kext - Slice or Kozlek branch Bootloader - Clover or Chameleon 8GB or larger USB drive (16GB recommended), formatted HFS+ (MBR or GUID) named "Installer"
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Open OS X terminal and type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line.
The image restore and file copying may take a while to complete, and at the end of the process, the Installer volume is renamed to "OS X Base System"....
sudo -s hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg asr restore -source /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg -target /Volumes/Installer -erase -format HFS+ -noprompt -noverify rm /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation/Packages cp -av /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/Packages /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Installation cp -av /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.dmg /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD/BaseSystem.chunklist /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System diskutil unmount /Volumes/OS\ X\ Install\ ESD exit 3. Right click on the "OS X Base System" Volume and click "Get Info"
4. Click on the lock icon and untick "Ignore ownership on this volume"
5. Extract/Copy the El Capitan Kernels folder into /System/Library/ of the USB with Pacifist. NB It is found in the "Essentials.pkg" in /System/Installation/Packages
6. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel —> OG.prelinkedkernel
7. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of the installer USB using Finder.
8. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel…..
sudo -s chmod -R 755 /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/Library/Extensions chown -R 0:0 /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/Library/Extensions touch /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System/System/Library/Extensions kextcache -u /Volumes/OS\ X\ Base\ System exit Any errors should be noted but the output below is normal e.g.
9. Install your Bootloader targeting the OS X Base System volume
10. Boot your system with the USB without injected kexts into the OS X Installer GUI....
Post Install
The original prelinked kernel in a fresh install of El Capitan will also lack FakeSMC ie it will only be linked to Apple signed kexts. In order to boot into El Capitan the first time around without boot loader kext injection, the PLK needs to be rebuilt for the El Capitan volume like we did for the installer:
1. Boot into Yosemite with the kext-dev-mode=1 boot flag
2. Delete or Rename the original /System/Library/PrelinkedKernels/prelinkedkernel for the El Capitan volume —> OG.prelinkedkernel
3. Copy FakeSMC.kext and other necessary kexts (e.g. VoodooPS2Controller.kext for laptops) into the /Library/Extensions folder of El Capitan using Finder
4. Back in terminal, type the following lines, followed by <Enter> after each line to rebuild the prelinkedkernel. In this example, the El Capitan volume is named "El_Capitan" - change if you have named it something else...
sudo -s chmod -R 755 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensions chown -R 0:0 /Volumes/El_Capitan/Library/Extensions touch /Volumes/El_Capitan/System/Library/Extensions kextcache -u /Volumes/El_Capitan exit 5. Install your Bootloader targeting the El Capitan volume. This step is only necessary if you are installing El Capitan on a new drive without existing boot loader (not required if installing on a disk with existing boot loader beside Yosemite).
6. Reboot your system without injected kexts into El Capitan!
Other links
The All-In-One Guide to Vanilla OS X for beginners
Updates for Sierra and High Sierra Custom Prelinkedkernel Generator Tool I have made a custom prelinkedkernel generator "PLK.tool" for Sierra + El Capitan. Instructions: 1. Download and extract the attached BaseSystem_PLK.tool.zip into your ~/Downloads folder. 2. Copy any extra kexts necessary for booting your hack to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem/ExtraKexts (e.g. FakeSMC, VoodooPS2Controller), making sure SIP is disabled. 3. Copy BaseSystem.dmg to ~/Downloads/BaseSystem 4. Open terminal and run the following commands... cd ~/Downloads/BaseSystem chmod +x PLK.tool ./PLK.tool ---> supply your admin password ---> will place your new custom prelinkedkernel on the desktop. macOS High Sierra bypass Firmware and MBR checks in post#13.
BaseSystem_PLK.tool_Mojave.zip (need to run in Mojave to avoid dependency errors)
By k.panic
Hi to all!
I've installed Yosemite on:
- i5 4690
- ASRock H87M Pro4 (with intel ethernet I219-V) (IntelMausiEthernet, AppleIntelE1000 and RehabMan for I219V kexts)
- 8gb ddr3 RAM
- 1tb hard disk
If I disable I219-V from BIOS, when I shutdown it, don't reboots (tested with all kexts)
If I enable I219-V from BIOS, when I shutdown it, the system reboots.
How can I fix this? Thanks!
By renandesouza
Hi guys, I recently installed OS X 10.10 Yosemite on my PC, everything was fine in the installation, video card already configured and working perfectly, the sound also had no problems, but I just can not connect to the internet, no connection with ethernet etc ... I tested some kex but it did not work.
Asus P5GC-MX/1333
Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0 GHz
ATi HD 5450
Realtek ALC883 HD Audio
Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet
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By MaLd0n
Now have a Olarila app, just download app and clover folder for your Chipset! https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=6771 Install MacOS with Olarila Image, Step by Step, Install and Post Install
Create a bootable copy of macOS Sierra Check out the link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/559-flash-drive-maker/ --Install Clover in USB stick UEFI mode https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/files/Installer/ --Replace Folder CLOVER INSTALLATION.zip --Install System and boot with USB STICK! --Install Clover in UEFI mode and replace with my folder Mavericks / Yosemite CLOVER Mavericks-Yosemite.zip El Capitan / Sierra CLOVER El Capitan-Sierra.zip --Reboot and activate video! Bingo! Now you need a fine tune! I prefer DSDT way, apply all patches in one file, many people prefer many SSDTs or Clover patches! If you need DSDT edit... -Post your full Clover folder with original tables in Origin folder(Extract with F4 in Clover boot screen) -Post Ioreg, extract with Ioreg Explorer http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=222606 -Run it, post files generate in your desktop http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_id=222609 --DSDT My DSDT DSDT.Asus Z97M-PLUS.zip Patches -FIX ERRORS AND WARNINGS -HPET -SATA -SLPB -EHCx -DARWIN -LPC -XHCI -HDEF -RTC -IRQs -SBUS -BUS1 -MCHC -HDMI -ALS0 -SHUTDOWN -LAN -PNLF --SSDT Generate your SSDT Power Management, use ssdtPRGen Piker-Alpha https://github.com/Piker-Alpha run in terminal curl -o ~/ssdtPRGen.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Piker-Alpha/ssdtPRGen.sh/Beta/ssdtPRGen.sh chmod +x ~/ssdtPRGen.sh sudo ~/ssdtPRGen.sh ssdtPRGen.command.zip
--SSDT i74790K
SSDT.i7 4790K.zip
Clear NVRAM, Purge and Kextcache Olarila.command.zip stock coolerand Rio 40º --FakeSMC http://www.hwsensors.com/releases --Audio http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/314406-voodoohda-289/ --USB https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-usb-inject-all/downloads --LAN http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/304235-intelmausiethernetkext-for-intel-onboard-lan/ Credits and thanks to the old and new people in the community who developed patches, kexts and bootloaders!
By MaLd0n
Now have a Olarila app, just download app and clover folder for your Chipset! https://olarila.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=6771 Install MacOS with Olarila Image, Step by Step, Install and Post Install
First... If you need DSDT edits... -Post your full Clover folder with original tables in Origin folder(Extract with F4 in Clover boot screen) -Run it, post files generated in your desktop RunMe.app Installation --Create a bootable copy of macOS Sierra Check out the link http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/files/file/559-flash-drive-maker/ --Create a bootable copy of macOS HighSierra Check out the link http://diskmakerx.com/ --Install Clover in USB stick https://sourceforge.net/projects/cloverefiboot/files/Installer/ --Replace with my Clover folder CLOVER.zip --Install Sierra/High Sierra and boot into system! Post Installation --Install Clover in HDD/SSD and replace with my folder CLOVER.zip --Reboot and activate video! -Nvidia WebDriver Sierra http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/312525-nvidia-web-driver-updates-for-macos-sierra-update-07212017/ -Nvidia WebDriver High Sierra http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/324195-nvidia-web-driver-updates-for-macos-high-sierra-update-10162017/ -Cuda http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/302795-cuda-90214-is-out-update-10162017/ -DSDT My DSDT DSDT.GA H97M-DS3P MaLd0n.zip -Patches -FIX ERRORS AND WARNINGS -HPET -SATA -DMAC -SLPB -DARWIN -LPC -XHCI -HDEF -RTC -IRQs -SBUS -MIKEY -BUS1 -MCHC -ALS0 -SHUTDOWN -LAN -EC -PNLF -HDMI
https://bitbucket.org/RehabMan/os-x-fakesmc-kozlek -Audio https://github.com/vit9696/AppleALC -LAN https://github.com/Mieze/IntelMausiEthernet -Credits and thanks to the old and new people in the community who developed patches, kexts and bootloaders! Slice, Kabyl, usr-sse2, jadran, Blackosx, dmazar, STLVNUB, pcj, apianti, JrCs, pene, FrodoKenny, skoczy, ycr.ru, Oscar09, xsmile, SoThOr, RehabMan, Download-Fritz, Zenit432, cecekpawon, Intel, Apple, Oracle, Chameleon Team, crazybirdy, Mieze, Mirone, Oldnapalm, netkas, Elconiglio, artut-pt, ErmaC, Pavo, Toleda, Master Chief and family, bcc9, The King, PMheart, Sherlocks, Micky1979, vit9696, vandroiy2013, Voodoo Team, Pike R. Alpha, lvs1974, Austere.J, CVad and many, many, many others! We're all here to have fun and learn from each other! ENJOY!


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Follitropin beta injection is used to treat infertility in both men and women. This medicine is a man-made hormone called follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). FSH is produced in the body by the pituitary gland. FSH helps to develop eggs in the ovaries of women and sperm in the testes of men. Follitropin beta replaces natural FSH in the body.
Follitropin beta will help develop eggs in women who have not been able to become pregnant because of problems with ovulation. Some women will use this medicine while enrolled in a fertility program called Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). ART uses procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) or embryo transfer (ET). Follitropin beta is used together with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in these procedures.
Follistim® AQ Cartridge is also used in women with healthy ovaries who are undergoing reproductive procedures such as IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycle. This medicine is used together with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in these procedures.
Follitropin beta is used together with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to increase sperm production in men.
This medicine is available only with your doctor's prescription.
This product is available in the following dosage forms:
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of follitropin beta injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies on the relationship of age to the effects of follitropin beta injection have not been performed in the geriatric population.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. Tell your healthcare professional if you are taking any other prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicine.
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
A nurse or other trained health professional will give you this medicine. This medicine is given as a shot under the skin (for men and women) or into a muscle (for women only).
Follitropin beta is used with another hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). At the proper time, your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine.
This medicine comes with patient instructions. Read and follow these instructions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
This medicine is available in two forms: a cartridge and a vial. Ask your doctor which dosage form is right for you.
You might be taught how to give your medicine at home. If you are using this medicine at home:
If you are using the Follistim® AQ cartridge:
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
Call your doctor or pharmacist for instructions.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not keep outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed.
You may store Follistim® AQ cartridge or injection in a refrigerator or at room temperature. If you store the medicine at room temperature, it will only be good for a maximum of 3 months unless the expiration date is less than 3 months. If the Follistim® AQ cartridge has been pierced by a needle, you may store it up to 28 days. Keep the cartridge away from light.
Throw away used needles and syringes in a hard, closed container that the needles cannot poke through. Keep this container away from children and pets.
Ask your pharmacist, doctor, or nurse about the best way to dispose of any leftover medicine, glass containers (vials), cartridges, and other supplies. You should not use any leftover medicine in the glass container (vial) or cartridge.
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits while you are using this medicine, to make sure that the medicine is working properly and to check for unwanted effects. Blood and urine tests will be needed to make sure that the medicine is working properly.
Call your doctor right away if you think you have become pregnant while you are using this medicine. You may have a higher risk of an ectopic pregnancy if you get pregnant while undergoing IVF or ICSI procedures. An ectopic pregnancy can be a serious and life-threatening condition. It can also cause problems that may make it harder for you to become pregnant in the future.
This medicine may increase your risk of having a blood clot, heart attack, or stroke. This is more likely in people who already have heart disease. Contact your doctor right away if you have chest pain, tightness in the chest, a fast or irregular heartbeat, unusual flushing or warmth of the skin, increased coughing, trouble with breathing, a sudden difficulty with breathing at night, or abnormal swelling in your ankles or legs. These could be symptoms of serious heart problems or blood clots.
For women who are using this medicine:
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Portions of this document last updated: Feb. 01, 2019
Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/follitropin-beta-subcutaneous-route/description/drg-20063913
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Muppet Magazine Volume 2, Number 4 (Fall 1984)
Muppet Round-Ups
Floyd's Record Rap as told to Marianne Meyer
- Bruce Springsteen, The Talking Heads, Smokey Robinson, Juice Newton, Hank Williams, Jr., Elvis Presley, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom soundtrack, Gremlins soundtrack, The Muppets Take Manhattan soundtrack, Human League, Greg Kihn, Peter Wolf, Judy Collins, U2, Whitney Houston
Coming Attractions with Statler and Waldorf as told to David S. Cohen
- The Aviator with Christopher Reeve, Country with Jessica Lange, That's Dancing with Liza Minnelli and Gene Kelly, Charles in Charge with Scott Baio, Who's the Boss? with Tony Danza, The Bill Cosby Show, Punky Brewster, Dreams with John Stamos, WonderWorks on PBS, The Muppet Babies, Out of Control with Dave Coulier, Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews
Rowlf on Books as told to David Granger
- Paddington's Storybook, Ramona Forever, The Animal, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery, The Ghost Squad Breaks Through, The Ghost Squad and Halloween, How to Prevent Monster Attacks, The Ordinary Princess, Stories For Children, Garfield: Jokes, Riddles and Other Silly Stuff
Ask Dr. Honeydew as told to Frederick Newman
- Bunsen answers questions about being afraid of the dark, homework, and naming a new dog.
From the Files of Fozzie as told to Paul McMahon, illustrated by Richard Brown
- "Mr. T" by Scooter as told to Katy Dobbs; photographs by Mark Adams
- Mr. T talks to Scooter about The A-Team and answers questions from Muppet Magazine readers.
- "Gonzo's Guide to Breakdancing"
- Gonzo dances with The Dynamic Breakers and The Dynamic Dolls
- "Splatt!" by Jay Itzkowitz, illustrated by Jon McIntosh
- Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy star in a comic spoof of Splash
- "Halloween Superstars" stylings by Penny Pollock Lopez; photographs by Nancy Moran
- Janice dresses kids up as Michael Jackson and Boy George, including Heather Henson as Cyndi Lauper
- "We Interrupt This Magazine"
- the Muppet Newsman reports on people turning into chickens and becomes one himself.
- "The Tap Dance Kid!" by Robin and the Frog Scouts as told to Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
- Alfonso Ribeiro gets a Boogie Badge from the Frog Scouts
- "Wocka, Wocka! It's... Weird Al" by Fozzie Bear as told to Katy Dobbs; photographs by Nancy Moran
- "Weird Al" Yankovic clowns around with Fozzie
Mondo Muppet
Hounds! (edited by Mark Saltzman; research by Martha Benezet, hound jokes by Noelle Sterne)
Great Moments in Hound History
Gonzo's Weirder Than Me: Peculiar Pooches
Miss Piggy's Advice as told to Louise Gikow
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A minor league baseball player snatched a ball that bounced off his head out of the air and threw it to second base to help turn what may be the weirdest triple play of all time.
Nashville Sounds centerfielder Logan Scafer made the one-of-a-kind play Saturday night on a ball hit by the Omaha Storm Chasers' Clint Robinson.
After appearing to misjudge the fly ball, Scafer raced toward the fence, his back to the plate. The ball hit his glove, then bounced off his head to his right. He coolly snatched it out of the air, wheeled and threw to the second baseman Eric Farris, who stepped on the bag and fired over to first baseman Matt Gamel to retire a pair of confused baserunners.
Scafer, whose team won, 4-1, told minorleaguebaseball.com he took some ribbing in the dugout.
"It was a little bit of disbelief and a lot of humor," [Schafer] said. "When the ball hits you on your head, it's pretty embarrassing, but I'm glad I could catch it. They were all laughing quite a bit, it's a pretty funny play. Everyone was kind of in disbelief and they were all cracking up."
Watch the play below:
The 24-year-old Scafer can do more than just make plays with his head. He's batting .320 for the year.


text: I just discovered I have some Bumbles in one of my bird houses!! I put up a wood pecker box about 15 feet up in a tree. I filled it will saw dust because I was told the wood peckers like to clean out their nest site. Well no wood peckers moved in but I now have some Bumble bees! They must be hot this afternoon because they are fanning at the front of the box just like my honey bees are.


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Conceal. Display. Entice.
Boxes as cross-cultural art and object.
July 27–September 30, 2012
Given its power both to conceal and display its contents, a box is an object that entices curiosity. Utilitarian or decorative, small or large, a box may serve many purposes. It can function as a container for safekeeping, as a prop to display contents, or as a symbol of prestige. Spanning time periods and cultures, the box varies widely in scale and purpose—from a decorative piece that might fit in the palm of a hand, to a human dwelling designed to offer comfort and protection.
This exhibition is the culminating project by students in the 2012 Smith College Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies (SIAMS). Drawn from the permanent collection of Smith College Museum of Art, the 33 works on view include contemporary sculpture, traditional decorative art objects, and works on paper. Grouped thematically rather than chronologically or according to nationality, everyday or mundane objects are sometimes juxtaposed with boxes created for ceremonial, aesthetic, or symbolic purposes. Some works function as containers, while others are conceptual interpretations or representations, merely making reference to traditional notions of what constitutes a box.
Viewers are invited to carefully consider and ask questions about the objects on display and to think about them in new ways—outside the box.
The annual SIAMS exhibition is made possible by support from The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.
SIAMS Class of 2012
Image Credit: Larry Bell. American, born 1939. Untitled, 1969. Vacuum-plated glass box with chrome binding on plexi self-base. Cube: 18 ¼ x 18 ¼ x 18 ¼ in. Purchased.


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I have been studying and reading about Scrum in the last few days and reading about Sprint Planning and tasks. One problem that popped into my mind is how to deal with bugs in Scrum. Henrik Kniberg lists some ways of dealing with this issue in his very nice book Scrum and XP from the Trenches :
- Product owner prints out the most high priority Jira items, brings them to the sprint planning meeting, and puts them up on the wall together with the other stories (thereby implicitly specifying the priority of these items compared to the other stories).
- Product owner creates stories that refer to Jira items. For example "Fix the most critical back office reporting bugs, Jira-124, Jira- 126, and Jira-180".
- Bug-fixing is considered to be outside of the sprint, i.e. the team keeps a low enough focus factor (for example 50%) to ensure that they have time to fix bugs. It is then simply assumed that the team will spend a certain amount of time each sprint fixing Jira- reported bugs
- Put the product backlog in Jira (i.e. ditch Excel). Treat bugs just like any other story.
Is this really something that needs to be decided per-project basis or are there better solutions? I can think of problems with each of those approaches. Is there a hybrid coming from those approaches that works best? How do you handle this in your projects?


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If you ever need to know exactly what dml your application is running as you have an ORM as your persistence layer like NHiberate. The most effective way is to add an application name parameter to your ado connection string and use SQL Server Profiler, to listen for this application, see below:-
Change application's ado connection string:-
"Data Source=XXXXX;Initial Catalog=XXXXXX;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False"
"Data Source=XXXXX;Initial Catalog=XXXXXX;Integrated Security=True;Pooling=False;Application Name=GOSQL"
Go to SQL Server Profiler, start a new profile using the standard 'SQL' profile.
On the 'Events Selection' tab select 'Show all columns'.
Select 'Column Filters'.
Select 'ApplicatioName' expand 'Like' enter your application name, and select 'Exclude rows that do not contain values'.
Select 'OK', and 'Run'.
Any request coming through as your application name will be profiles for analyzing later.
This is a very good technique if your are trying to identify what dml the ORM is rendering under the hood. Once you have identified your the dml, you can tackle your problem with a better understanding of what the application and database are trying to do.


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- 2018-08-04
If the spell is great and the hotel 'collusion'
- 2018-08-02
Artificial intelligence era hotel how to keep up with the new era?
- 2018-08-02
Hotel how to increase guest satisfaction through improved service
- 2018-07-31
Chinese experience in building a national hotel brand
- 2018-07-31
Japan's sex hotels may disappear in the future
- 2018-07-30
Prick illusion hotel brands compete to cross-border temptation and confusion?
- 2018-07-29
The first hotel sheeting standards into the declaration procedures
- 2018-07-27
After no one supermarket Even the hotel began to play the routines
- 2018-07-27
2018 national work conference on green hotel evaluation mechanism and index system of national standard new conference was held in Beijing
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Black technology in hotel is more and more fun


text: Earners of the globally-recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) have demonstrated their extensive knowledge and mastery of project management concepts, tasks, and techniques that are applicable across virtually any industry and methodology. Earners are able to speak and understand the global language of project management. Individuals that earn this certification have demonstrated the knowledge and skills needed to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close a project.Additional Details


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Brazil's AIDS success story faces uncertain new chapter
In the 10 years that Dr. Anna Cabral has been treating AIDS patients, she said, she's seen a change in the people who come to her clinic in a large public hospital.
Where once a diagnosis would fill them with terror, said Cabral, a teaching doctor at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, today they have hope.
An AIDS diagnosis is no longer a death sentence in Rio de Janeiro, as the variety and quality of treatments continue to improve, thanks largely to a national treatment and prevention program that calls for near-universal distribution of medication. But the controversial program – the government broke international patent laws to mass-produce the drugs at a lower cost and recruited sex workers to help distribute condoms – may not survive for long, experts say.
"We have progressed in constructing a public health system oriented in these principles (of social justice and universality), but at this moment, there is a crisis," said Veriano Terto, a psychologist who specializes in public health and a member of the coordination staff for the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association.
AIDS activists fear that costs will rise for the Brazilian government as patients on the life-saving treatment live longer than they did in the past, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. Richard Parker, an American medical anthropologist and the president of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association, also says there's less support from the government under President Dilma Rousseff than there was under her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known as Lula.
The result, Parker said, is "destructuring of what was a great program."
"The issue is that Brazil had, clearly, what was a model for the response to AIDS in the developing world," he said. "That model program is now in jeopardy."
The first case of AIDS in Brazil was recorded in 1982, and since then, the country has established a number of policies in AIDS treatment and prevention. In 1992, the World Bank predicted that 1.2 million Brazilians would be infected with AIDS by the year 2002. In 2007, the U.N. estimated the number to be 620,000 – half the prediction.
Much as in the United States with Rock Hudson, it took a celebrity to bring the AIDS issue to public attention, Cabral said. The Rio-based singer Agenor Miranda Araujo Neto, known by the stage name Cazuza, publicly declared his HIV status in 1989. He died a year later. In 1991, Brazilian health officials began to distribute free azidothymidine treatments, better known as AZT, to AIDS patients.
By the mid-1990s, more effective and powerful antiretroviral therapies replaced the older treatments, and in 1996 Brazil declared that it would offer free antiretroviral treatment to all citizens with AIDS. Parker said getting the law passed was the major victory of that generation of the AIDS movement.
"It took a number of years and pressure for the law to take effect," he said.
In 2007, in a move that would anger some of Brazil's allies and drug companies, Lula announced that the country would import a lower-cost version of one of the antiretroviral drugs. He signed a so-called compulsory license for the drug efavirenz – originally developed by the U.S. drug giant Merck – which Brazil began to produce more cheaply. Drug-company trade groups have denounced the use of compulsory licenses, saying they reduce the incentive for companies to develop new life-saving treatments.
Brazil has been home to new and innovative ways to spread awareness of sexual health issues and to promote safe sex practices, Parker said. In one case, the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association produced a pamphlet that contained a series of three erotic stories that put a positive light on condom use – without mentioning HIV or AIDS. The approach was "more shocking than anything produced in the U.S.," Parker said.
In 2002, Brazil's Health Ministry recruited sex workers as "partners" in the fight against HIV. A series of posters, leaflets and stickers depicted the cartoon character "Maria Without Shame," who promoted a positive view of women in the sex industry. The advertisements proclaimed, "You need have no shame, girl. You have a profession."
According to a 2010 U.N. report, 47 percent of female sex workers in Brazil were receiving assistance from an AIDS prevention program in 2009.
Despite the near-universal access to medication and aggressive approaches to prevention, activists' fears haven't abated.
"We have a kind of silence with what is happening with health in Brazil," Terto said. "We don't like to admit our mistakes."
Cabral said that despite these fears, she hadn't seen any negative impacts on AIDS treatments at her hospital, and that other diseases often saw their public funding fluctuate. From her perspective, the focus should shift toward lessening the stigma associated with AIDS.
"It is essential that there is progress against prejudice," Cabral said. "I think it will continue to get better."


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'I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one'
Support for gay marriage is picking up steam all over the country — except on Capitol Hill.
Take Sen. Saxby Chambliss. When asked if his views had changed on gay marriage, the Georgia Republican quipped: "I'm not gay. So I'm not going to marry one."
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In interviews this week with POLITICO, most Republican lawmakers and some conservative Democrats still voiced opposition to gay marriage, despite the dramatic swing in public opinion supporting it. While they have certainly muted their rhetoric since 2004 — when Republicans campaigned on the promise to outlaw gay marriage — lawmakers who remain opposed to the issue could jeopardize any legislative response if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in a pair of high-profile cases. The cases will be argued next week.
( PHOTOS: Politicians who evolved on gay marriage)
The disconnect between inside-and-outside-the-Beltway attitudes comes at a thorny time, especially for Republicans. The party is trying to broaden its appeal to younger Americans — who support gay marriage in large numbers — as well as scores of new voting blocs. Some establishment figures have changed course, with Rob Portman last week becoming the first sitting GOP senator to endorse gay marriage, after learning that his son is gay. And the Republican National Committee, in a bluntly worded report detailing the GOP's political woes, called for the party to become more sensitive on the issue of gay rights.
But many lawmakers are changing their legislative tactics and toning down their public rhetoric — rather than undergoing a sea change in their stances.
"I'm still not supportive of it," said Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), who is up for reelection in 2014, adding he still backs the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that the Supreme Court is reviewing.
"I'm with South Carolina," said GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, who also faces voters next year. "I believe in traditional marriage — between a man and a woman, without animosity. I don't mind if people are able to transfer their property, visit their loved ones in hospitals, but marriage to me, I've stayed with the concept of traditional marriage."
( Also on POLITICO: Gay marriage keeps Hillary Clinton in the game)
Republicans, for instance, have largely dropped efforts to amend the Constitution in order to ban gay marriage. Instead, GOP senators are increasingly arguing that the matter should be left up to the states and not the federal government. They may have an opportunity to test that approach during this week's budget debate if Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) offers an amendment targeting the federal Defense of Marriage Act that sources say she is considering.
"I believe in traditional, historic and the religious nature of marriage," said Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, the tea party Republican and possible 2016 presidential candidate. "Marriage is always a state issue, and I think it should remain a state issue."
( Also on POLITICO: The new politics of gay marriage)
Arizona Sen. John McCain, 76, said "no" when asked if he's moving away from opposing gay marriage, even as his wife, Cindy, and daughter Meghan have announced their support. And asked why his party isn't moderating on gay marriage as it has on immigration, McCain said he sees the two issues differently.


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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have expanded a pilot plan allowing banks to package loans into tradable securities to include foreign banks, sources said.
Chinese policymakers see securitization as a tool to shift risk away from the banking system to reduce the chances of a financial crisis as economic growth slows and bad loans rise.
Securitization would also help satisfy voracious investor demand for alternatives to the chronically weak stock market and frothy property sector.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told a cabinet meeting in late August that China would aggressively expand the securitization of credit assets.
The central bank launched a pilot program in 2005 to allow banks to package loans into bond-like securities known as collateralized loan obligations (CLO).
Authorities have moved slowly on the pilot program though partly in the knowledge that the collapse of collateralized debt, backed by U.S. mortgages, triggered the global financial crisis.
The CLO products available in China make up a tiny fraction of the overall loans market and the involvement of foreign banks will not change that ratio since they hold less than 2 percent of bank assets.
The pilot expansion will be limited to small-scale deals, two sources with direct knowledge of the plan said. Recent deals by domestic banks have ranged from 1-to-10 billion yuan ($164 million to $1.64 billion).
The expanded program is open to all of the 42 foreign banks with locally incorporated branches in China, a grouping that includes HSBC Holdings PLC (HSBA.L) (0005.HK), Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.L) and Citibank (C.N).
"Our company is preparing a plan for (securitizing) financial leasing (assets)," an executive at a foreign bank said. The sources declined to be identified because the expansion of the pilot program has not been officially announced.
Securitization is unlikely to significantly boost foreign bank profits in the near term, but their participation could held China's broader securitization drive.
"If Standard Chartered or HSBC issued a CLO product, its underlying credit assets would probably come mainly from foreign firms, so the asset pool would be more transparent," said a foreign bank executive who previously participated in early CLO deals at a Chinese bank.
Such products would likely be attractive to investors and would therefore serve as a model for domestic lenders to follow, the executive said.
However, foreign banks controlled 1.9 percent of total Chinese banking assets at the end of 2011, according to accounting firm PwC, indicating they have only a limited pool of loans available to create CLOs.
Market participants have previously said lack of transparency of underlying assets is a key barrier to faster growth of securitization in China. Investors are wary of buying assets if they lack the information necessary to assess risks.
That is critical given concerns that the banking system is struggling with an overhang of bad debt from the state-backed lending binge unleashed to help China weather the global financial crisis.
Market participants widely suspect the true scale of the bad debt problem is far larger than the official, system-wide non-performing loan ratio of under 1 percent.
About 90 billion yuan ($14.8 billion) of CLO products have been issued in China's interbank market since 2005, according to Reuters calculations based on central bank statements.
That is a tiny fraction of the 70 trillion yuan in local currency loans outstanding at the end of September.
Securitization deals were halted during the financial crisis. The pilot resumed in 2011.
Under the expansion, regulators have asked foreign banks to submit preliminary plans for securitization, the sources said. Once they have received feedback on the preliminary plans, the banks can formally apply for permission to execute the deals.
Banks will be able to choose whether to issue the securitized assets into China's interbank market, where more than 95 percent of all domestic bonds trade, or on the stock exchange, where a small minority of bonds also trade.
Securitization in China has also been hindered by the existence of three separate pilot programs, each controlled by different regulators.
In addition to the CLO program, the China Banking Regulatory Commission overseas an asset management pilot, while the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors, overseen by the central bank, is in charge of a program for asset-backed notes.
($1=6.09 yuan)
Reporting by Zhao Hongmei; Additional reporting and writing by Gabriel Wildau; Editing by Neil Fullick


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Troll for big game fish such as mahi mahi, yellowfin, wahoo, walu and billfish, pop for Giant Trevally or use hand-lines for reef fish.
Allow 40 minutes travel time to the drop-off if deep sea fishing.
Leisure Charters - for island hopping & snorkellingSynergy can take up to 12 of your family and friends on a 4-hour or 7-hour island hopping cruise. Ask for options and what islands allow day visitors. Snorkelling equipment is provided.
Game Fishing ChartersSynergy takes up to 6 anglers on game fishing charters.
Share-fishing chartersIf hiring the boat is out of your budget, then consider the share-fishing option when spots are sold to individuals on 4-hour fishing charters. Synergy has a maximum of 6 anglers on the share-fishing charter.
ContactDenarau Island: Guests staying on Denarau Island will be picked up in the resort lobby and transferred to the Marina for their charter departure. Alternatively the boat may meet them on the beachside and the crew will tender them onto Synergy from the beach. Pick up will be confirmed the day before.
Coral Coast: Guests arrange their own transport (with their hotel tour desk) from the Coral Coast for their cruise that departs from Port Denarau Marina.
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Katamari Damacy and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi gave Game Developers Conference attendees a chance to learn "All About Noby Noby Boy" today, including that the game was originally developed on the Xbox 360.
Takahashi showed off an early prototype of the title, way before it was bound for release via the PlayStation Network. While crude, it showed off many of Noby Noby Boy's gameplay mechanics. But there was a problem, forcing the game to change platforms.
Takahashi says that, because the Xbox 360 was selling so slowly in Japan at the time, you might think that it was a political decision. But the switch from the Xbox 360 to PS3 was due to one thing: the horizontal layout of the PlayStation 3's DualShock/Sixaxis.
The Xbox 360 controller's diagonal analogue stick layout was simply no good.
Besides, Takahashi says that one of his hopes for Noby Noby Boy was that it wouldn't sell very well. More on that later.


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Peter A. Bamberger
Peter A. Bamberger
(PhD Cornell University) is Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at the Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University, and Senior Research Scholar at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, where he serves as Research Director for the School's Smithers Institute. Current research interests include peer relations and employee helping processes, occupational health psychology, and compensation strategy. Co-author of
Human Resource Strategy
(Sage, 2000; Routledge, 2014),
Mutual Aid and Union Renewal
(Cornell Univ. Press, 2001), and
Retirement and the Hidden Epidemic: The Complex Link Between Aging, Work Disengagement, and Substance Misuse and What To Do About It
(Oxford Univ. Press, 2014), Bamberger has published over 90 referred journal articles in such journals as
Academy of Management Journal
Administrative Science Quarterly
Academy of Management Review
, and
Journal of Applied Psychology
. An elected fellow of SIOP, he served as an associate editor of the
Academy of Management Journal
(2007-2010) and founding associate editor of
Academy of Management Discoveries
(2012-2017), and serves on the editorial board of several other leading journals. His interests outside academia include his family (wife Ellen and three kids - Zach, Sarah and Noa), hiking, and skiing.
Marlys Christianson
Associate Editor
Marlys Christianson
(PhD in Management & Organizations, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Rotman. Her research interests include sensemaking, coordination of complex and interdependent work, resilient organizing, and error detection and correction. Her work has been published in a variety of outlets including
Academy of Management Annals
Academy of Management Perspectives
Journal of Management Inquiry
Journal of Organizational Behavior
Organizational Research Methods
, and
Organization Science
. She served as a Representative-at-Large for the Managerial and Organizational Cognition division of the Academy of Management. She has also served on the editorial boards of
Academy of Management Discoveries
Administrative Science Quarterly
Journal of Management Inquiry
, and
Organization Science
Paul Ingram
Associate Editor
Paul Ingram
is the Kravis Professor Business at the Columbia Business School, and Faculty Director of the Columbia Advanced Management Program, Columbia's flagship residential program for senior executives from around the globe. His PhD is from Cornell University, and he was on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University before coming to Columbia. He has held visiting professorships at Tel Aviv University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Toronto. The courses he teaches on management and strategy benefit from his research on organizations in the United States, Canada, Israel, Scotland, China, Korea and Australia. His research has been published in more than sixty articles, book chapters and books. Ingram's current research examines the intersection between culture and social networks. Recent papers investigate questions such as the role of value similarity to foster business networks, determinants and outcomes of individuals' fit in organizational cultures, and influences on ethical decision making. He has served as President of the College of Organization Science of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). He is currently an Associate Editor for
Academy of Management Discoveries
, and has served as a consulting editor for the
American Journal of Sociology,
a senior editor for
Organization Science
, an Associate Editor for
Management Science
and on the editorial boards of
Administrative Science Quarterly
Strategic Organization
. Paul's undergraduate degree is from Brock University where received the Governor General's Award as the top graduating student. In 2004 he received the Distinguished Graduate Award from Brock's Faculty of Business. At the Columbia Business School, Paul has received the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, won the Commitment to Excellence Award, voted by graduating EMBA students four times, and thrice been chosen by graduating EMBA students to deliver the keynote speech at their commencement ceremony. He has consulted on issues of organizational design and strategy to leading companies in the finance, health care, insurance, energy, and consumer products industries. Paul was born in Canada to immigrant parents. He is an alumnus of the proletariat, and the first in his family to attend college.
Jennifer S. Mueller
Associate Editor
Jennifer S. Mueller
is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of San Diego. She has her PhD in Social and Developmental Psychology from Brandeis University and studies creativity, leadership and teams. Her work reveals the implicit beliefs (e.g., stereotypes, cultural narratives, and lay scripts) that harm effective collaboration, assessments of leadership potential, and the recognition of creative ideas. Jennifer has published many articles in top journals including:
Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Discoveries, Management Science, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Psychological Science
. She is currently on the editorial boards of
Organization Science
Journal of Applied Psychology
as well as
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
. Jennifer's work has been featured in many major media outlets including WSJ, New York Magazine, NPR, CNN, HBR, the Atlantic, Fortune, Forbes, and Fast Company. She recently published a book
Creative Change: Why We Resist It…How We Can Embrace It
, which was selected as one of Forbes Top 17 Creative Leadership Book Picks for 2017. She previously served on the faculty of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A native Californian, Jennifer enjoys living near family, daily walks on the beach, mountain-biking, and fussing over her dachshund Sammy.
Sandra Robinson
Associate Editor
Sandra Robinson
(PhD Northwestern) is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, where she has served as chair of the tenure and promotion committee and is the upcoming Director of the PhD Program.
Sandra is known for her research on the 'darkside' of organization behavior, and has had a keen interest in introducing and developing new focal areas of study under this umbrella. Her work has been some of the earliest in the areas of psychological contract breach and trust betrayal, workplace deviance, territorial behavior and workplace ostracism. She has published in a wide range of well regarded journals, such as
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review
Administrative Science Quarterly
Journal of Applied Psychology
, and her work has been covered in numerous popular press outlets, such as the
Wall Street Journal
The Economist
and CNN.
Sandra has earned numerous awards for her research record, such as the Ascendant Scholar of the Western Academy of Management, the JMI Distinguished Scholar, and the Cummings Award from the OB Division of the AoM. She has also earned awards for reviewing, such as from
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Discoveries
, along with various awards for service. On service, Sandra has held a number of elected professional roles, including Rep-at-Large for the Western Academy, Rep-at-large for the OB Division,of AoM, in addition to serving five years on the Chair Track of the OB Division of AOM, starting with the role of Program Chair and ending with the role of Division Chair.
When not working, Sandra enjoys traveling, most outdoor activities (even in the Vancouver rain), and spending time with her family (husband Ron, daughter Lexi, and her three standard poodles named Wally, Stanley, and Fred).
Junqi (Jason) Shi
Associate Editor
Junqi (Jason) Shi
is a professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management in the Lingnan (University) College at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. He received his PhD in Industrial–organizational Psychology from Peking University. His current research interests include leadership, work stress, occupational health psychology, and emotional labor. Awards and Honors includes: Chang Jiang Scholars (Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China); The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(National Science Fund of China); Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China). Dr. Shi has published over 50 referred journal articles in such journals as
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of Applied Psychology
Annual Review of Psychology,
Personnel Psychology
. He served as an associate editor of
Work, Aging, and Retirement
(2015-present), and serves on the editorial board of
Journal of Applied Psychology
Christopher L. Tucci
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Christopher L. Tucci
is Dean of the College of Management of Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he holds the Chair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation. He received the degrees of PhD in Management from the Sloan School of Management, MIT; SM (Technology & Policy) from MIT; and BS (Mathematical Sciences), AB (Music), and MS (Computer Science) from Stanford University. Before returning for his PhD, he was an industrial computer scientist involved in developing Internet protocols and applying artificial intelligence tools to solve industrial problems. Professor Tucci joined EPFL in 2003 where he teaches courses in Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), Information Technology Strategy, and Research Methods. His primary areas of interest are business models, open innovation, crowdsourcing, and dynamic capabilities. He is also studying how the popularization of the Internet affects firms in different industries. He has published articles in, among others,
Academy of Management Review
Strategic Management Journal
Management Science
Research Policy
Communications of the ACM
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Academy of Management Annals
, and
Journal of Product Innovation Management
. His 2012 article with Allan Afuah, "Crowdsourcing as Solution to Distant Search," won the Best Paper of 2012 for
. He was the TIM Department Editor for the
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
and was on the Editorial Board of
Organization Science
. In 2004, he was elected to the five-year division leadership track of the Academy of Management's (AOM) TIM Division. In 2010, he was elected to the leadership track of the SMS' Strategy & Entrepreneurship Interest Group. In 2013, he was elected to the AOM's Board of Governors.
Georg von Krogh
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Georg von Krogh
is a Professor at ETH Zurich and holds the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation. He is also a member of the National Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Chairman of the International Advisory Board at the Research Council of Norway, and a Research Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Georg was the Head of ETH Zurich's Department of Management, Technology, and Economics from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining ETH Zurich, he was a Professor at University of St. Gallen from 1994 to 2006. Georg specializes in competitive strategy, digital innovation, and the knowledge-based theory of organizations. He has conducted research in various industries including financial services, media, computer software and hardware, life-sciences, and consumer goods. Georg has published in the
Academy of Management Journal
Harvard Business Review
Information Systems Research
Management Science
MIS Quarterly
MIT Sloan Management Review
Organization Science
, and
Strategic Management Journal
. Awards and recognitions include The Association of American Publishers' "Best Professional Business Book Award" for his book with Ikujiro Nonaka and Kazuo Ichijo entitled
Enabling Knowledge Creation
, Harvard Business Review's "Breakthrough Idea," and the ETH Zurich Teaching Award "Goldene Eule". He serves on the editorial boards of various journals, including the
Academy of Management Journal
. He is a former senior editor at
Organization Studies
. Outside his professional activities, Georg enjoys spending time with his family, playing music, hiking, and skiing.
Gail Whiteman
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Gail Whiteman
is Director of the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University, UK. Her research utilizes organisation theory on knowledge to analyse how a range of actors (companies, civil society, and local communities) make sense of ecological change, and how these actors transform and build resilience across scales given environmental pressures and social inequities. Her research has been published in the
Academy of Management Discoveries
Academy of Management Journal
Academy of Management Review (forthcoming), Academy of Management Learning and Education, Climatic Change, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies
Journal of Cleaner Production,
Ecology & Society
, and
Gail is also the Professor-in-Residence at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and was actively involved in building science-based targets including those for a future low-carbon economy. She was a Research Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), a Steering Committee member of the Future Earth Forum in 2014, and is a member of the Resilience Alliance, an international research organisation of scientists and practitioners who collaborate to explore the dynamics of social-ecological systems.
She is also the founder and co-organizer of the Arctic Basecamp side-event at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting at Davos–an idea that originated in the North-West Passage of the Canadian Arctic, and included keynotes speakers such as Al Gore and Christiana Figueres. She has written numerous blogs including a series for the
World Economic Forum
on the global risks of Arctic change.
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A Concord Carpenter Installs Snow Melting Cable in Heated Stairs
When snowfall comes, you want to keep your driveway, or in this case, your heated outdoor stairs, free of snow without the work or expense of shoveling or snow blowing each winter. In this video, an expert explains just how streamlined and cost-conscious installing an outdoor radiant heating system can be.

 What we're doing right now is we have taken the veneer, stone veneer and we applied it to the sides and the risers of this landing. We've also put the first bluestone step on. Today we're going to do a bluestone; we're going to use the same stock. We're going to miter the corners and we're going to do a perimeter with this stock. Then we're going to fill the middle with one big piece of bluestone, a big square piece.

 We're also going to lay this mesh on this walkway and we're going to run the heat cables the long way by looping them three inches apart. If you remember we talked about, the last time we were here I clipped the corners of the concrete block so that I could run the cable down. So that we can apply these corner blocks, they have the corners cut out of them, and they basically go onto the corner like that. The cable runs behind that. There's plenty of room. There's tons of room and it runs down behind this one, under and down behind this one and it comes out right here. This is the heating cable that we'll continue to loop.

 One thing that we also did for future reference, for future projects is we installed a pipe right here. Plastic pipe and it runs, it will run basically underneath the walkway. That's a conduit for future work, whether I'm running invisible fencing for a dog or whether I'm going to run some irrigation piping or wires or anything. I have this conduit here so I don't have to disturb my walkway.

 We finished the project. The Warmly Yours heating cables are installed under the walkway. The bluestone is installed. The landing is complete. We still need to tie in the house and we also need to attach the snow sensor, which is going to go on the side of the house. The snow sensor works nice because any snow or freezing rain that touches the sensor it turns on the system automatically so you're saving energy.

 It snowed here last night. We got about an inch and a half and when I came here this morning this was completely dry. It was clear, worked like a charm. There was never any snow that accumulated. It just melted as it hit.

 We're down in the basement. This is the Warmly Yours control panel. This is called the APS3C; it's a snow melting ice controller. This is pretty much the brains of the whole system. This is a relay box where all the power comes into and goes out to the different relays and things that control the heating cables. I had the electrician install this power switch. It's just a basic override switch. Nothing goes to this system until that light is turned on and the power is turned on.

 This is useful in an emergency to turn the power off or to service anything. It's also nice if I want to control the system manually. The system can basically be turned on by hitting the start button and it's on. Basically with the sensor, with this switch turned on and the sensor on it will turn on automatically as long as there's snow or freezing rain on the sensor.

 Then there's a timer here that's called hold-on time. You set that, Warmly Yours typically recommends three or four hours. You set that hold-on time and then when the snow melts or clears off of the sensor outside, the system will stay on an additional three or four hours up to ten or down to zero if you want. To basically continue to clear the walkway and even dry it so you don't get that black ice or slipperiness, which is nice.

 The high temperature limit is for the sensor that I placed in the slab; that it not allow the slab to get over a certain temperature. I have this set for forty degrees. We really don't need anything that much higher than that. We just need to melt the snow off, thirty-two degrees. That's that. That's the system in a nutshell. I really like the system. It worked well. It was super easy to install. We installed this nice mounting board as well, to keep everything nice and clean. The steps are right behind us. That's where we decided to mount everything, right where we wanted it. Super, super easy to install; a really nice product, I'm very impressed with it.

 I'm Rob Robillard, you're at AConcordCarpenter.com and we'll see you at the next review. Take care.


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Seattle's Zapd came on the startup scene in a big way more than a year ago — boasting an experienced entrepreneur at the helm (Kelly Smith) and a marquee group of investors (Second Avenue Partners, RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, Zillow co-founder Rich Barton, Madrona Venture Group, etc.).
But even though Zapd appeared to be poised to transform the way people publish Web sites from mobile devices, things didn't turn out quite as planned.
The startup missed its mark right of the gate, but Smith and crew have bounced back with an entirely new "rewrite" of the service that just got featured in Apple's App Store.
Smith, who previously co-founded Inkd and ImageKind, gave us the inside scoop on the transformation (many would call it a big-time pivot) at Zapd. That involved plenty of ups and downs — including the departure of Zapd's CTO and other tough roadblocks. But the team persevered.
Here's the story in his own words:
"This story really is one of the traditional start-up hardship tales more than it is about a software rewrite.
Zapd 1.0 was strong out of the gate, but I think we came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as "non-social" consumer software. The first version was essentially a utility. There was nothing human about it. There wasn't any discovery about it.
Basically, it wasn't fun enough. You couldn't easily discover other people's websites, you couldn't follow other people. There was no social plumbing inside the app at all. So, it did not stand a chance of being anything remotely close to the "viral."
This new version addresses most of that. You can browse and discover other people's Zaps via the feed, much like an Instagram feed. You can also collaborate on websites with other people. Parties, vacations, weddings, you get the idea. Also, if other people discovered your websites, they can request to collaborate with you, even if they are not your friend. You get the request and you can either accept or reject it. It is a very interesting way to make new friends around topics of interest. So, you can imagine going to a Sounders game and starting a Zap. Other people who are there can
contribute their images from wherever they are and you could, in theory, have a neat littleWweb site with hundreds of photos on by the end of the night. All those different vantage points. Kind of a neat idea.
Anyway, to deliver on all these new features we were basically talking about a new piece of software. So we knew that the easiest thing would be to start from scratch. One of the considerations from the beginning however was how we can achieve cross-platform support. We figured if we could launch on Android and iPhone at the same time we stood a better chance of being successful. We also knew the Windows Phone was coming and we wanted to be well-positioned for that as well.
So, we did as much research as we could and we decided we had the technical chops to build a highly technical mobile web application. We started out using Sencha Touch and Phonegap.
Sencha Touch is a user interface (UI) JavaScript library, or framework, specifically built for the Mobile Web. It is used to develop user interfaces for mobile web applications that look and feel like native applications on supported mobile devices. Phonegap served as the packaging wrapper for the app and also allowed us to access native functions on the phone that we needed access to, such as gps, file store etc.
Unfortunately, two things happened.
The first was that we realized that the type of application we were building did not lend itself well to existing mobile web application technology. Our application needed to be fun. It is not a utility. That meant that it needed to feel slick and smooth or people would be less likely to use it. If it were a simple online magazine or some kind of simple data retrieval app and there was not a lot of tapping and scrolling involved then things might have been fine.
We spent nearly 6 months trying to perfect the application. Along the way, we hit roadblock after roadblock. Beta versions of Sencha really were not ready for release. Meaning, they were available to us but they probably were not yet ready for prime time. The phone's processor and memory capabilities never really afforded us an experience that felt native enough.
We got almost all the way to the end and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars. Finally, just weeks before launch we all looked at each other one day and we realized this was not going to work. We would have to start over.
I had the dubious honor of delivering the bad news to our board of directors.
On the bright side, everyone on our board has been an entrepreneur and has been involved in the very complex process of building software before. They agreed that if the experience did not fill solid then we would not stand a chance.
So, we started over.
And then our founding CTO and I decided we also needed to part ways. Not because of the technology choice. Just because we felt our journey together had come to a natural end. He wanted to move on, and do his own thing. So right at the time when we were starting over, we needed to find another technical leader. Needless to say, these were not fun days.
Over the last six months, we reassembled a team and started the long process of redoing everything. Several people stepped up over the last year and assumed more and more responsibility.
Brian Fioca founded RescueTime as a hobby with Tony Wright. He joined full-time and help to reassemble the team along with Elijah Smith who had endured from the beginning. We added two more people and slowly began the process of rebuilding.
Today, we have an amazing team. Tony Wright has given us a little time to help
us on next major release of Zapd which will be a full-blown website builder for the iPad. Several other entrepreneurs and contractors pitched in to help out anyway they could.
Some wrote code. Some refined wireframes. Getting this product out the door became a huge group effort with a lot of support from the start of community. Many of the people who helped out aren't listed here.
While it is still too early to know how Zapd 2.0 will do in the market, I am nevertheless emboldened by the commitment that everyone has put in and the help we have received from many other entrepreneurs in Seattle. I think that's the real story here. The entrepreneur community here knows this line of work is tough and its a real extended family of folks in Seattle who will give evenings and weekends to help out if they can. I hope I can return the favor.
Here's how the new Zapd service works:
[Editor's Note: Kelly Smith's Inkd is a GeekWire partner]