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- The Calm Before The Storm'
Authors: Joachim Boittout
Abstract: This article revisits intellectual and literary trends in the few years preceding the launch of the New Culture Movement. Focusing on translations of texts dating from 1912 to 1915, this study explores how a group of writers usually considered conservative ventured to question the reliance of the individual on political structures that underpinned the then prevailing intellectual framework. I argue that these texts competed through literary means and preceded the claim of self-awareness forcibly voiced by New Culture activists in 1915 by achieving what I call a turn to the intimate. Reassessing the necessity to translate these texts as we celebrate this year the centenary of May Fourth Movement, this approach seeks to resurrect the long-forgotten but thriving literary and intellectual context from which the New Culture Movement's ideas sprouted.
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- Trade-offs Between State Organisations and Workers' Organisations
Authors: Chloé Froissart, Liu Yan, Meng Quan
Abstract: This article analyses the way in which, since 2010, Chinese trade unions have been trying to find forms of authoritarian collective bargaining that allow them to advance workers' interests without calling into question their belonging to the state apparatus. It compares the case of the Dalian Industrial Zone to that of the Shenzhen Pilot Zone in a bid to understand how the unions try to acquire effectiveness and legitimacy in the absence of any progress in terms of representation.
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- KERLAN, Anne. 2018. Lin Zhao, « combattante de la liberté » (Lin
Zhao: "Freedom fighter"). Paris: Fayard.
Authors: Michel Bonnin
Abstract: The name of Lin Zhao 林昭, the "freedom fighter" executed in Shanghai on 29 April 1968, was never expected to emerge from the oblivion to which the Chinese regime had consigned it. As the author notes, what normally awaited victims of Maoist movements was "silence, neglect, and destruction of proof: another form of violence" (p. 9). Fortunately, a spanner is sometimes thrown into the oblivion machine, as a result of which we are able to read this fascinating work. This miraculous salvage unfolded in the following stages: the adoption of the "reform and opening" policy in early 1980s entailed the rehabilitation of a large number of victims of Mao era political campaigns, including Lin Zhao. Restitution to her sister of a major part of her prison writings, some written in her own blood on paper or cloth, was fortuitous, no doubt due to special sympathy on the part of an official who did not have to oblige. The texts denounced Mao and the Communist system with such virulence and accuracy ...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- MATHEWS, Gordon, Linessa Dan LIN, and Yang YANG. 2017. The World in
Guangzhou. Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global
Marketplace. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
Authors: Romain Dittgen
Abstract: This book provides a fine-grained ethnographic analysis of the role, place, and workings of foreign entrepreneurs involved in trading activities in Guangzhou, one of the world's leading manufacturing powerhouses. It uses the framing of "low-end globalisation" to unpack how the sourcing and shipping of small and large amounts of goods (often copies or knockoffs) to developing countries rely predominantly on factors such as trust, reputation, personalised links, or bribery rather than on formalised contracts and other legal instruments. The underlying complexities, trends, and shifts are narrated primarily through individual stories with sizeable sections of chapters dedicated to direct accounts from foreigners (mainly Africans, but also Arabs and the occasional Westerner) as well as their Chinese counterparts. Through this close-up lens, the authors explore the manoeuvrings of foreigners, especially those from developing countries, in their striving to be successful in business, and ...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- HONG, Yu. 2017. Networking China: The Digital Transformation of the
Chinese Economy. Urbana, Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois
Authors: Séverine Arsène
Abstract: Yu Hong's book, Networking China, takes a clear stand in critiquing capitalism, detailing contradictions spawned by China's immersion in globalised production relations. New information technologies have been the "epicentre" of the economic and political transformations of the last 30 years. Hence, it is through the development of infrastructures and digital services since the 1980s that the author gauges these contradictions. Each chapter considers a specific technological stratum, covering the same periods under different gazes: installation of telecommunication networks, then broadband networks, mobile networks, audio-visual and network convergence, and finally digital. The book draws upon sources from specialised Chinese media, official reports, and statistics, making for a dense and well-documented text that however risks losing the reader in details and chronology. The conclusions at each chapter's end help better understand the author's overall argument. On the whole, the boo...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- CHENG, Edmund 鄭煒 and Samson YUEN 袁瑋熙 (eds.). 2018. 社運年代,
香港抗爭政治的軌跡 (Sheyun niandai, Xianggang kangzheng zhengzhi
de guiji, An Epoch of Social Movements: The Trajectory of Contentious
Politics in Hong Kong). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.
Authors: Michael Ng
Abstract: Conventionally portrayed by scholars as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has in fact witnessed numerous protests, social movements, and even periods of civil unrest over the past one hundred years, with its supposedly politically apathetic citizens taking to the streets to demand rights, freedoms, and better governance from both the colonial and post-colonial governments. The 79-day Occupy Central Movement in 2014, which became popularly known internationally as the Umbrella Movement, followed in the footsteps of, among other events, the large-scale strikes of the 1920s, the Nationalist-led 10 October riots in 1956, the Communist-incited 1967 riots, the 1977 educators' protest (known as the Golden Jubilee Incident), and the 2003 demonstrations over a national security bill, which are widely believed to have prompted Hong Kong's first post-colonial Chief Executive to step down. In academia, the Umbrella Movement renewed global interest in studying the poli...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- 1989-2019: Perspectives on June 4th from Hong Kong
Abstract: The sheer violence and magnitude of the repression that took place on and after 4 June 1989 shook Hong Kong society to the core as the crackdown forcefully questioned confidence in Hong Kong's political future with the threshold of the handover looming on the horizon. In May and June 1989, the hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens who took repeatedly to the streets to demonstrate against repression of the student movement did so out of feelings of anger, devastation, and anxiety about the political future of Hong Kong, as Joseph Y. Cheng wrote in a 2009 special issue of our journal devoted to June 4th on the 20th anniversary of the brutal suppression of the movement (Cheng 2009: 92). Since 1997, while the Special Administrative Region operates within the "one country two systems" (yiguo liangzhi 一國兩制) framework, June 4th continues to stand as a cornerstone in the definition of Hong Kong's identity formation and its complicated relationship vis-à-vis China and the leadership of...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- Living with Waste
Authors: Ka-Ming Wu, Jieying Zhang
Abstract: The essay examines the meanings of waste in the community formation of waste pickers in today's Chinese megacities. We show that waste pickers in China echo to a certain extent the precarious and stigmatised labour conditions among those in the global south. But we have found that in China, financial reasons alone were not what pushed migrants to enter the trade. In fact, we have found that waste pickers in Beijing enter the waste business also to experiment with urban citizenship, freedom from the factory regime, entrepreneurship, and household making on the fringe of the nation's capital. Their strategies of working with waste offer a prism for understanding the wider dimension of social and cultural life in the waste community in a major city of China – what we refer to as "living with waste." "Living with waste" in this paper is intended as a framework to encompass the everyday effort to work with, experience, and live with waste matter on a daily basis. How do waste pickers tal...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- Intermediary Governance Space in Relocation Neighbourhoods
Authors: Beibei Tang
Abstract: This article examines intermediary governance space in China's urban neighbourhood governance. It identifies new local governance mechanisms and state-society relations through which urban and rural governance intertwine to interact with landless farmers during their introduction to and settlement in existing urban neighbourhoods. Through qualitative data collected in Suzhou, this study reveals the emergence of an intermediate governance space at the neighbourhood level, involving intermediary governance actors and organisations including agents of the Party-state, market groups, and social organisations. In the context of relocation communities, this article examines: how residents' committees are put into place to carry out governance tasks; in what ways the land-losing farmers organise themselves and are mobilised to adjust to a new residential environment, and to what extent conflicts of interest are moderated within the neighbourhoods. The findings suggest dynamics of emerging ...
PubDate: 2019-06-10
- The Ram Union
Authors: Emmanuel Jourda
Abstract: The Ram Union is a non-profit social organisation established in 2003 in Zhejiang Province. Its transformation from a local entity into an international NGO tells us about the methods implemented by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to accompany the development of popular associations or minjian, which appear to be external to the Party but which in fact are fully sponsored by it. Studying such organisations is a complex matter, as they appear to act in a benevolent and apolitical manner, while being completely integrated within the political and social apparatus of the Party-state (Youth League, volunteers, United Front, ministry of Civil Affairs, etc.). The historical trajectory of the Ram Union thus gives us insight into the CCP's overlooked strategy of hybridisation, involving mass organisations that came out of the revolutionary period and charitable groups embodying modern Chinese society. This strategy is designed to occupy the social arena and forestall the emergence of an a...
PubDate: 2019-06-10


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K is for Key Lime Pie on a Stick. Had one long ago, not that great. It is local.
L is for Leinie Lodge. We saw some great music last year at the Leinie Lodge. The singer on stage was enjoying a Leinie's "ice tea" at 11 am. So I got James and I one. An "ice tea" for us at 11 am. Ha!

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I'd like to tell you my story. My husband and I were riding our motorcycle on Route 138 in Maskinongé. It was June 24, 2015, the early days of summer. On our way back, after having treated ourselves to an ice cream cone, a car veered out of its lane…and hit us head on. At very high speed. I flew 100 metres through the air. 100 metres…and landed in the ditch. Michel, my husband of 14 years, died from his injuries.
It was all so fast. I was taken to hospital where the health team cleaned my wounds and saved my right leg. Then, two weeks later, they amputated my left leg. I also had a brain injury and serious fractures.
These are the facts. The diagnosis. But beyond all of that, there was the pain and the loss of all my markers—with my loving companion at the top of the list. I was grieving and seriously injured. I felt uprooted, unable to think about the future.
When I was admitted to the Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal (IRGLM), seven weeks after the accident, I was completely overwhelmed. The word rehabilitation was beyond my grasp. It was an impossible hurdle.
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Above all, my physical rehabilitation at IRGLM involved a devoted team of professionals with top-notch expertise and big hearts, as well as privileged access to the very best care and technology. It was at this point that I understood the tangible and vital impact of the REA Foundation. I do not wish rehabilitation on anyone. That said, it is reassuring to know that the REA Foundation is there to fund concrete projects that directly improve the daily lives of people in rehabilitation. It humanizes the care.
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Unforgettable 30th Reunion… A huge Success!!!!
Our 30th reunion was one of the most enjoyable and memorable experience we have. The weekend was full of fun, activities and suprises. I hope everyone had a good time.
The Friday Night Dance, Saturday Family Night and Sunday Fiesta are awesome experiences. Besides having fun, we also started the civic projects that we want to sponsor like Scholarship Fund and Christmas Sharing. It is amazing how much our classmates have donated and pledged for this project.
I would like thank all the members, USA Chapter officers, Oganizing Committee and all the people that help to put this reunion together.
I'm proud to be a member of this group, the best of all…..the CNHS Class of 1975.
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Review: 'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' brings joy to Pokémon lovers
New movie strikes balance between cute, emotional
Heavily based on the 2018 Nintendo 3DS game by the same name, the mystery-adventure movie "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" portrays the story of a young man taking over his father's inquisitive legacy with the help of a special friend. Long-time fans of the Pokémon franchise had low expectations for this video game adaptation but when the movie hit the screens, audiences were blown away by the complex world which emerged.
The Pokémon shown in the environment are adorably charming. Toward the end of the movie, a group of Bulbasaurs can be seen roaming around a forest. The calls of the Pokémon are loved by fans of the Pokémon series, as they give a newer, cuter voice to the calls originally heard in the games. "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" revives old aspects from the games while adding new aspects to the film adaptation. The CGI development of the creatures was nearly flawless; fluffy Pokémon like Pikachu appeared soft to the touch, while scaly Pokémon like Charizard were animated to be smooth.
The director, Rob Letterman, developed the world of "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" perfectly. From sweeping shots of Ryme City to detailed sets in locations visited by the characters, the viewers felt immersed in the space of the movie. Each aspect of what the viewer sees has a distinct purpose, either as a reference to the Pokémon games or as a tiny detail which will become instrumental in the plot later. The Pokémon wandering around the streets of Ryme City and throughout the forest make the world feel complete. The dialogue also sets a fully fleshed out stage for the plot to progress. Conversations between the main characters, Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) and Lucy Stevens (Kathryn Newton), continuously add onto the plot and keep the movie progressing smoothly.
With all aspects that "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" does right, certain aspects of the film were less successful. For the first 45 minutes of the film, the plot is relatively slow-moving and appears basic to the audience. Eventually, it does pick up significantly as the driving mystery for the movie is revealed and developed, but the audience wishes the plot was consistently paced.
Throughout the film, sprinklings of lame, awkward humor are added to the less intense moments. Despite being a uniquely strange comedic style, the movie was able to make viewers laugh out loud several times. The humor focuses on the antics of the Pokémon world, including adorably hilarious scenes of Pokémon and humans interacting.
Along with the niche humor of "Pokémon Detective Pikachu," the heavier scenes of the movie added complexity to the plot. Despite the lack of mainstream actors, with the exception of Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu, the film does a decent job at portraying emotional situations. However, the acting is not outstanding by any means and merely accomplishes the bare minimum.
The soundtrack for "Pokémon Detective Pikachu," composed by Henry Jackman, is outstanding, sampling nostalgia-inducing tracks from early Pokémon games as an extra treat to the older audience. It plays a role in the plot, too; Lucy plays calming "spa music" in order to keep her Psyduck calm, since a Psyduck's headache is known to cause problems. This clever use of the soundtrack charmed the audience, keeping the viewers engaged. The battle music is invigorating, while the songs playing during investigative scenes make the audience feel as curious and on edge as the characters themselves. The musical aspects of the film add depth to the experience and immerse the viewers in the scenes and the world overall.
"Pokémon Detective Pikachu" was a surprisingly successful adaptation of a well-loved video game series. The movie quelled fan concerns by opening with intriguing world building scenes, then following with the cute flair which could only be captured by the strange creatures of the Pokémon world. This film deserves 4.5 out of 5 stars due to its effective world building and striking cute audio and visual aspects; half a point was deducted for the struggle to move the plot along in the first half of the movie and the unimpressive acting throughout.


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Hey, guess what Bert? Lawyer Guy has put links on his new blog and I'm on it!
On his last blog he didn't link to anyone but he wound that one up and now I'm linked to his new one.
That means I'll probably get lots more hits from America.
You don't know what I'm talking about, do you?
Not really.
Well - people with blogs link to other people with blogs and they all read each other, then other people start reading them, then...
It's not making you any money though is it?
Bert! Everything can't be about making money! If you go out there and watch a beautiful sunset God doesn't reach down to you and say "Hey! Thanks for watching the sunset. Here's a fiver."
Yeah, but it's a bit different watching a sunset and sitting at an ould computer.
But it's not just about sitting at a computer. It's interacting with real human beings and having a laugh and....
I need a laptop.


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- Some faculties and departments have tutoring programs and drop-in help sessions.; check with your faculty/department for details.
- The Students' Union runs a tutor registry, which you can search by subject.
- Some student groups and clubs offer tutoring (e.g. the Accounting Club offers tutoring in accounting). Search student groups and clubs on BearsDen.
- The Centre for Writers offers writing support.
- Lister Hall has a Peer Tutor Program for students who live in Residence.
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Also, there's a lot of Apple in this photo thanks to oldschool Baketan II. I need to do a photo shoot of the new sofubi that we got over the break. I love the VAG line a lot because they're cute and easy to collect different artists' work. <3
OK, time to get bacon.
Giving up everything for nothing.


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I've been debating between the 2 for a while, and come to the conclusion that both are more or less equal for my regular shooting (IQ and features). So it comes down to night sky photography.
Now being the newer body, I assume the 6D will have better high iso and noise management ... but is that true?
Has anyone with a 5D2 upgraded to a 6D and gone "ahh yes, this is much better!"?


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Birmingham-based composer and educator Kirsty Devaney writes about how conducting gave her new musical inspiration and helped her to rediscover her musical voice.
The RPS Women Conductors Phase 1.5 Workshop came at a time when I was starting to question my career path. I was completing my PhD, working as a composer and music educator alongside. After a long period of writing my thesis, my own musical confidence had been waivering and I was needing a fresh musical experience. I had been researching education for the last 4-5 years; my identity as a musician was becoming more ambiguous. Was I more an academic than a performing musician? Or was I an educator more than a composer?
My own conducting journey began in school. It was quite a challenging institution in the North West of England, but we had a very passionate music department. In my final year one of our music teachers left, so I stepped in to run the school orchestra and concerts. Though I had no formal conducting training, leading the school orchestra taught me a huge amount about how to communicate, listen and orchestrate music. It was only when I attended the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire that I realised I had more conducting experience than most of my peers. It also made me wonder why we don't encourage more young people to try conducting.
During my undergraduate degree I conducted only my own compositions, and the focus was on the practicalities, such as changing time signatures or cueing. So I decided at the RPS Women Conductors workshop I wanted to work on creating emotion, giving direction and altering the tone of the music. Whilst conducting the Elegy from Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, WoCo artistic director Alice Farnham asked me to imagine holding something in my hands that could be moulded and moved around – for me this was a dark purple mist. Visualising this helped to frame my movements and to direct where I wanted the music to go.
The workshop shifted my own approach to conducting from being something functional, to being more of a musical art form. The amazing and responsive musicians from Southbank Sinfonia also fuelled this exploration. Thinking about the emotive elements I sometimes missed time signature changes, something I had felt secure about before the session! However, the ensemble and other participants created such an open working atmosphere that I felt very comfortable making these mistakes.
Working with Alice was a great experience; she clearly has a passion for conducting and equally for sharing this enthusiasm with others. She was positive and constructive in her advice and feedback, always asking more from me and believing I could give it.
I came away from the workshop with new techniques, ideas and more confidence. I rediscovered the enjoyment of learning something new – of reaching out of my comfort zone. It made me realise that all the years of training and experience I had already were extremely valuable and will always be part of me; but equally it made me see that I still have much to learn and plenty to say in my music.
Kirsty Devaney
The award-winning RPS Women Conductors programme is part of the Society's initiative to promote gender equality and female leadership, and to encourage more women to take up conducting by leveling the playing field.
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Proshenko explained the essence of the steps made yesterday and today in respect of "PrivatBank".
Despite the fact that the case is related to the private banking institution, these decisions are not a private case. They are directly related to approximately half of the adult population of Ukraine - individuals who are clients of this bank. They also concern about 50% of all legal entities registered in Ukraine.
Indirectly, the entire financial and economic situation in the country depends on the financial standing of this bank - that is how big or, as experts say, system-related this bank is.
That is why it cannot be forced into the Procrustean bed of standard bank recovery technologies. Thus, we resort to an unprecedented decision - passing it into 100% state ownership.
The state assumes responsibility and guarantees safety and integrity of funds to the clients of "PrivatBank".
Our decision is based on saving the bank and guaranteeing property rights to financial resources to everyone who put money in this institution.
Measures taken by private owners and top managers over the past two years have turned out to be insufficient. Problems of "PrivatBank" have been piled up for years. They've taken a turn for the worse in conditions of war and economic crisis. Shareholders have not found the resources to perform the compulsory program of additional capitalization, as the current business model has apparently sputtered out.
A direct threat to both the bank itself and the entire banking system of Ukraine has emerged. It is obvious for us as well. Over the past six months serious concern over this issue has been raised by our key financial partners - IMF, World Bank, EBRD.
Thus, it is obvious that the only way to save the bank and ensure safety of its clients' funds is to bring it into state ownership. Alternative would be irresponsible, for it would mean closing eyes, burying head in the sand waiting for the bank to fall down.
That is why over the past hours, the National Security and Defense Council, National Bank, Cabinet of Ministers and Ministry of Finance have adopted all legal formal decisions on bringing "PrivatBank" into complete state ownership. Those were the decisions that saved both the bank and the banking system.
The new owner is the state acting through the Ministry of Finance. Speaking of former private owners, their responsible position fixed in their letters to the Government and the National Bank is crucially important for us. These letters clearly state that they recognize the necessity and expediency of the extraordinary step and fully support bringing "PrivatBank" into state ownership.
New group of top professionals has already been hired to manage the bank. The process of forming the group has been joined, inter alia, by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
This team, the National Bank and the Ministry of the Interior face the task to ensure gradual transition, stable functioning and service.
First of all, new management must ensure uninterrupted service of socially vulnerable clients. I mean those who live hand-to-mouth, who receive pensions, scholarships, transfer money for treatment etc.
But in general, nobody should suffer from the change of ownership. We've made this decision for every client to be protected and avoid problems. And for the money to be in greater safety than ever before.
To increase protection of "PrivatBank" depositors, I have submitted an urgent draft law to the Parliament that provides additional deposit insurance in this institution. They will be exactly the same as those of "Oschadbank" - the bank, which fully belongs to the state.


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Friday, August 19, 2011
The Red Headed Step-Children of AD&D - Unearthed Arcana Classes
The Thief-Acrobat reminding me a bit of the original AD&D Bard class, as it was a class that broke the established rules just by it's very existence. It splits off the main Thief class in the middling levels and goes off on a branch of it's own - kinda like a "prestige class" for those in the 3x state of mind. A Thief-Acrobat had some amazing abilities to move around, but his thieving abilities were stalled. I don't recall anyone in any of the groups I played in choosing one.
Cavalier - The "knight" as one thinks of it in romantic literature, this class and the Cavalier-Paladin were pretty impossible to run as written from a "role playing" standpoint. The thing is, the role playing restrictions and hinderances were there to balance the gameplay bonuses and powers. That never happened in games I played in. Maybe because it was our High School years, these powerhouses were unbalanced as all heck.
The Barbarian - fun as all hell to play as a player - D12 HD, super DEX and Con bonuses, xp for destroying magic items (and a horrible XP chart, so you need all those XP) wont adventure with Arcane Casters - played properly one barbarian could destroy a party from within. Two? We killed a campaign the third session in.
Hmmm, next I'll have to hit upon the races.
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We really enjoyed the weapon specialization rules. Like you, we found the cavalier and barbarian to be a mess. Each level, the Cavalier's stats could be increased with some kind of percentile check. Yuck.ReplyDelete
Gygax wrote that book correct?
Oh, we also liked the cantrips. Gotta love those. :)
The first broken munchkin cheese splatbook?ReplyDelete
Unearthed Arcana made me cut off ties with a kid who played a lot of D&D. His munchkinism offended me. My munchkinism probably offended him as well. He had Unearthed Arcana and Oriental Adventures, but somehow neither of those interested me much.ReplyDelete
Someone ran the numbers on archery specialists and determined that a specialist archer could kill a deity from Deities and Demi-Gods, just by shooting lots of arrows. So ... yeah - broken cheese.
I included stuff in Unearthed Arcana in my AD&D1 game back in 2009. I had to modify the barbarian so that he would be able to adventure with casters. I changed him so that he simply would not allow magic to be cast on him until he hit the level at which he could associate with that kind of caster. By that point, I decided the barbarian trusted that caster type due to long association or just overall worldy experience. I still think the basic idea of the class is neat, but I would probably rewrite it entirely.ReplyDelete
I made the acrobat into a stand alone class playable from 1st level. Although I got some nods on the blog for the class, nobody in my game ever wanted to play one, so I have no idea if it is any good or not.
Weapon specialization for melee weapons works fine. Weapon specialization for bows is ridiculous, and I was secretly relieved when the party's bow specialist was cut down in a hail of laser fire. (Yes, laser fire.) I think, if I ran it again, I'd change it to be more in line with melee weapon specialization.
"...and I was secretly relieved when the party's bow specialist was cut down in a hail of laser fire..."ReplyDelete
Haw Haw!
The first hardbound splat book.ReplyDelete
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Hey guys, I have pushed some flows through REST and I can see them in inventory node 1.But when(from mininet) try to see switch flows I see nothing.(I see empty table). Any solution? Thanks in advance.
asked 2015-10-12 06:29:55 -0700
Hey guys, I have pushed some flows through REST and I can see them in inventory node 1.But when(from mininet) try to see switch flows I see nothing.(I see empty table). Any solution? Thanks in advance.
answered 2015-10-12 08:55:58 -0700
you can see them in inventory, but is it config or operational inventory. If they are in config, it's not guaranteed that they are programmed to your switch. the switch could have rejected them, for instance. If they are in operational, that means the switch is reporting (to ODL) that the flows are there. If that's the case, then maybe you are using the wrong CLI to see the flows on the switch.
Hi, please check https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/OpenDaylight_OpenFlow_Plugin:End_to_End_Flows. There you will find what are you looking for. Regardscgaspari ( 2015-10-13 00:03:27 -0700 )edit
The problem was that I was attempting malformed flows, but the controller didnt throw errors.It just didnt take them.So, I tried some already created from the link above and everything worked fine. Still, how can I distinguish in which inventory I pass the flow?g_trelos ( 2015-10-13 02:56:29 -0700 )edit
I think you are missing concepts over here, I ll recommend you to review documentation about how does it works and what config and operational store represents. As @jamoluhrsen said, when you push the flow, it get stored in config data store ( here goes what you do). In operational DS you will see what is reflected from the nodes, so as mentioned before if the flow are not in operational, it means that they are not stored/accepted by the node. But you will be able to see it in config even if it the flow is no correct.cgaspari ( 2015-10-13 04:44:42 -0700 )edit
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