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Seed Aid for Seed Security
Seed-based agricultural recovery is more complex than commonly assumed. These 12 practice briefs offer advice on how to sustain and strengthen seed systems during disaster...More
May 6, 2011
Under What Conditions Are Value Chains Effective Tools for Pro-poor Development?
Linking farmers to well-functioning local or global markets plays an important role in long-term strategies to reduce rural poverty and hunger. It is critical to understand how to...More
June 7, 2011
Assessment of Haitian Mango Value Chain
Haiti's mango industry could grow substantially by increasing production and focusing on exports to the United States. Catholic Relief Services conducted this assessment of the...More
June 14, 2011
Assessment of Haitian Coffee Value Chain
This assessment provides an overview of the coffee market at the international and national level and an analysis of the coffee chain in Haiti and the region.More
January 8, 2011
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This manual includes programming and gardening tips to improve the implementation of homestead gardens. The manual offers lessons learned from implementing homestead gardening...More
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Sourcing Gender
In agriculture, women constitute the majority of farmers and producers. Yet women suffer many gender-specific constraints when participating in market-based activities. This paper...More
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From 2004 to 2013, the CRS-led AIDSRelief project supported rapid scale up of HIV care and treatment for 700,000 people in ten countries, including Zambia. Sustainability was a...More
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Food by Prescription Pilot in Zambia
Zambia has some of the worst malnutrition rates in the region, resulting from poverty and food insecurity and exacerbated by a 14.3% HIV prevalence rate. To address malnutrition...More
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CRS Manager's Guide to SARAR-Based Community Health Modules
This guide has arisen from the request of CRS country programs to understand how SARAR*-based community health modules should be programmed into their projects and how to train...More
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Promising Practices III
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|Administrations of the Mayors of New Orleans
Nicholas Girod (1747-1840)
Nicholas Girod was the fifth Mayor of New Orleans. He was of Protestant belief and the first regularly elected chief magistrate of the city of New Orleans under the Charter of Constitutional Rights, inaugurated in 1812 by virtue of admission to the Union.
Mayor Girod was born during or about 1747. He was a member of a prominent French family, who owned considerable interests in shipping and mercantile enterprises, who settled in New Orleans during the Spanish regime. He was one of three brothers who for a number of years carried on commercial affairs with the planters in what was known as the commission or factorage business and personally became financially very successful. They kept a wholesale and retail store in the vicinity of the levee landing, which in later years was transferred to the building at the corner of St. Louis and Chartres Streets, which still remains. He owned immense properties above the city in the vicinity of Girod Street.
He was elected mayor on September 21, 1812, and served until September 4, 1814 at which date he was re-elected, resigning on September 4, 1815.
His administration witnessed one of the greatest events in American history, The Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, which is considered the finale of the progress of American independence.
Girod welcomed General Jackson on his arrival and thoroughly co-operated with him in the vigorous resistance to the British. This he did however, more of a hatred for the British than of love for the Americans.
He was a stanch Frenchman and a great devotee to the first Napoleon. New Orleans was full of excitement in the spring of 1821 when Girod erected and furnished a house at 124 Chartres Street, near St. Louis Street, "The Napoleon House," to be in readiness for Napoleon Bonaparte. The ship "Seraphine" was being completed for a secret voyage and Nicholas Girod was one of the sponsors for the plot to rescue the Emperor from St. Helena by Dominique You, one of Lafitte's lieutenants, but the death of Napoleon frustrated this plan.
Mr Girod was a great philanthropist leaving a holographic will, dated December 23, 1837. Among other provisions in this will, he left a "bon" (or obligation) of $100,000 in favor of the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, for the city, to be applied to the construction of an edifice in the Parish of Orleans, bearing the name of N. Girod, to receive and afford relief to the French orphans inhabiting the State of Louisiana. Other Institutions and individuals were recipients under this will, as follows:
By wise investments it was increased by 1870 to $75,553.75. It was then that a number of buildings were erected on Matairie Ridge, in the rear of St. Patrick's Cemetery. These structures have since been demolished. For a time they were occupied by the city as a boys' home of refuge, up to the time when a new reformatory was erected on Nashville Ave. On May 24, 1894, these buildings and grounds were leased for a period of ninety-nine years, the lessee, Mr. S. Vidalot, vice-president of the French Orphan Asylum and the Girod Asylum, bound himself to care for a certain number of orphans of French parentage throughout that period. The Board of Health subsequently examined the premises, found that they were unhealthful and unsuited for the purpose, so the Council passed an ordinance, releasing the society from its agreement. A few years later, the buildings were turned over to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which established there a home for destitute colored boys who had been committed to the care of the Society by the Juvenile Court. This arrangement having been terminated, the Commissioner of Public Buildings was instructed to erect the new buildings which, with all modern improvements, served the purpose of Boys' House of Refuge for both white and colored. All that remains of the old buildings which were erected by the city with the Girod legacy, are the chapel and part of the main building. The material contained in these structures was utilized in the building of the present institution.
Mr. Nicholas Girod died on September 1, 1840 at 9 P.M., at the age of 90, at his home located on the corner of St. Louis and Chartres Streets.
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Court revises 60-year-old regulation after man silently holding sign challenged rules
Law clarifies protests on grounds; still can't demonstrate on plaza or inside
Protests usually held on sidewalk outside court steps opposite Capitol
New rules exempt casual behavior not likely to attract a crowd or onlookers
The grounds outside the U.S. Supreme Court have long been a place for protests, rallies, and other "expressive events."
But exactly just what could be said and where the public could assert its First Amendment rights was a source of contention – at least until Thursday.
That's when court officials issued new rules.
The regulations clarify a 60-year-old law blocking any demonstrations on court property, including the marble plaza that serves as the dramatic gateway to the building itself.
"The term demonstration includes demonstrations, picketing, speechmaking, marching, holding vigils or religious services and all other like forms of conduct that involve the communication or expression of views or grievances, engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which is reasonably likely to draw a crowd or onlookers," says the revised Regulation 7, which was effective Thursday.
"The term does not include casual use by visitors or tourists that is not reasonably likely to attract a crowd or onlookers."
The changes follow a federal judge's ruling on Wednesday tossing out as unconstitutional the previous anti-demonstration rules.
Judge Beryl Howell said those laws were overly broad and vague, and could implicate any "group activity" on the grounds, including students wearing t-shirts with the name of their school, or tourists gathering on the plaza for a group photo.
Federal law gives individual buildings and agencies, including courts, discretion to set their own security and access procedures.
Harold Hodge, Jr., had challenged the regulations in court. The Maryland college student was arrested in February 2011 for silently carrying an anti-racism sign on the plaza, although court records show he did so peacefully.
A court police officer approached Hodge and three times asked him to leave the plaza, but he refused. He was then handcuffed and taken into custody. The charges were dropped after Hodge agreed not to return to the court for six months. He later sued, claiming his free speech rights were being violated and that he had a right to protest on government property.
A Virginia-based civil rights group, the Rutherford Institute, defended Hodge in his case.
The group's president, John Whitehead, called the high court's new rules set by its Marshal's office "repugnant" to the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution.
Protests, rallies, speeches, and marches in front of the court often number in the hundreds of people, and are traditionally held on the public sidewalk on First Street, NE, between the court and the Capitol. Demonstrators gathered for days during the 2000 Bush v. Gore case over the disputed outcome of the presidential election.
And those on both sides of the abortion debate rally yearly in front of the court on the January anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision.
The Supreme Court had no comment on the rule changes.


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What is laryngeal cancer?
Laryngeal cancer includes cancerous cells found in any part of the larynx, which consists of the glottis, the supraglottis, and the subglottis.
The larynx, often referred to as the voice box, is a two-inch long tube-shaped organ located in the neck at the top of the trachea (windpipe). The cartilage in front of the larynx is sometimes called the Adam's apple.
The vocal cords (or vocal folds) are two bands of muscle that form a V shape inside the larynx.
The area of the larynx where the vocal cords are located is called the glottis. The area above the cords is called the supraglottis, and the area below the cords is called the subglottis. The epiglottis is a flap at the top of the trachea that closes over the larynx to protect it from food that is swallowed into the esophagus.
Breath enters the body through the nose or mouth, and then travels through the larynx, trachea, and into the lungs. It exits along the same path. Normally, no sound is made by the vocal cords during breathing or exhaling.
When a person talks, the vocal cords tighten, move closer together, and air from the lungs is forced between them. This makes them vibrate and produces sound.
Approximately 12,300 people are expected to be diagnosed with laryngeal cancer in the U.S. in 2013. About 3,600 deaths are expected to occur in 2013, reports the American Cancer Society.
What are the symptoms of laryngeal cancer?
The following are the most common symptoms of laryngeal cancer. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include:
A cough that does not go away
A sore throat that does not go away
Feeling of a lump in the throat
Hoarseness or voice change
Trouble swallowing
Frequent choking on food
Pain when swallowing
Trouble breathing
Noisy breathing
Ear pain that does not go away
A lump in the neck
Unplanned weight loss
Bad breath
The symptoms of laryngeal cancer may resemble other conditions or medical problems. Always consult your health care provider for a diagnosis.
What causes laryngeal cancer?
The exact cause of laryngeal cancer is not known; however, there are certain risk factors that may increase a person's chance of developing this cancer.
Risk factors for laryngeal cancer
Risk factors include:
Tobacco use
Alcohol abuse
Poor nutrition
Gender. Laryngeal cancer is more common in men than in women.
Age. Most people who get laryngeal cancer are 65 or older.
Race. Laryngeal cancer is more common in African-Americans.
Workplace exposures. People exposed to wood dust, paint fumes, asbestos, and some other chemicals appear to be at increased risk for laryngeal cancer.
GERD. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a risk factor for esophageal cancer and is being studied as a possible risk factor for laryngeal cancer.
How is laryngeal cancer diagnosed?
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, the health care provider may carefully examine the neck to check for lumps, swelling, tenderness, and other changes.
Two types of laryngoscopy may be performed:
Indirect laryngoscopy. A small, long-handled mirror is inserted into the throat so parts of the larynx can be examined.
Direct laryngoscopy. An instrument called a laryngoscope is inserted through the nose or mouth. The scope is a narrow, lighted tube, which provides a better view of the area than the indirect laryngoscopy.
A biopsy, removal of a sample of tissue to be evaluated under a microscope by a pathologist, may also be performed.
If cancerous cells are found, imaging procedures may be used to determine the extent, or stage of the cancer.
Treatment of laryngeal cancer
Specific treatment for laryngeal cancer will be determined by your doctor based on:
Your age, overall health, and medical history
Extent of the disease
Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
Treatment may include one, or a combination of, the following:
Radiation therapy to kill cancerous cells or keep them from growing in the treated area
Surgery to remove the cancerous cells or tumor
Chemotherapy to shrink tumors or kill cancerous cells that may have spread to other parts of the body
Targeted therapy to kill cancerous cells


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Amazon Woos Advertisers with What It Knows about Consumers
Google built its $38 billion business selling ads based on how people search and browse the Web. Facebook, too, uses what it knows about its one billion users to sell targeted ads. But when it comes to what many advertisers value most—what people actually buy, or what they may want to buy soon—there may be no better data than the information in Amazon's 152 million customer accounts.
Since last year, the world's largest online retailer has been packaging information on what it knows about consumers so that some marketers can use it to make split-second decisions about where to buy ads online and how much to pay for them. This automated process occurs on real-time ad exchanges that sell ad impressions as a person loads a Web page.
When this process began, Amazon used third-party technology, and its experiments were limited. Now it has developed an in-house platform for targeting ads to people who have visited and then left Amazon's sites, making it likely that the company will open up these advertising services more widely over the next year.
"Today, if you're browsing the Web, you might see an Amazon advertisement based on Amazon's data. Tomorrow, you may see an ad from Coca-Cola based on Amazon data, and it'll run through the Amazon platform," says Jeff Green, CEO of the Trade Desk, which helps guide spending decisions by ad agencies.
Amazon did not respond to a request for comment about its advertising business, and the company does not break out its advertising revenue. But it's clear that compared to Google and Facebook, advertising has been a relatively small and low-key business for Amazon. It brought in about $500 million of Amazon's $48 billion in revenue in 2011, Baird & Co. senior research analyst Colin Sebastian estimates. Mostly this came from selling ads on its own websites.
But Amazon could soon generate much more than that with an advertising network that reaches onto many other sites.
For years, Amazon has put algorithms to work in order to recommend products to people who are on its sites. Now other companies are eager to find out exactly how Amazon's knowledge about consumers can help them find the best audiences for their ads, says Kip Voytek, digital innovation director at the advertising firm MDC Partners.
Amazon would be unlikely to directly give advertisers access to its trove of information about individuals' browsing, purchasing, and product review histories, both because of its privacy policies and a desire to keep its valuable data proprietary. Instead, Amazon would create target audiences, such as people who recently purchased digital cameras. A marketer selling digital camera accessories could then use Amazon's technology to bid for the ability to show ads to a person in that category.
Green points out that while Google might have more overall data about consumers, Amazon's data could be more valuable for advertisers. Amazon has "a pretty clear understanding of the things I buy. They've learned a lot about me. Every time I'm convinced I have another medical ailment, I go to Google. But Amazon, what they have is really about my purchase intent," he says.
Using its data to expand its advertising business could open up new fronts of competition with Google, which also owns a real-time bidding exchange and an ad-delivery network. But Amazon might be mainly interested in using its ad technology to help the retailers that sell products on its sites and through its Kindle tablets and e-readers. Voytek put it this way: "The question that is open: is this Amazon competing with Google or is this Amazon competing with Walmart?"
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Why We Love Fall
Fall in the Midwest
Pecan pie, harvest moon, Oktoberfest, apple crisp, scary stories, tailgating, hayrides, slow cookers, wineries, flannel sheets...click ahead to discover more reasons we love fall!
Bonfires and more
Bonfires Laughter fades to contented silence. The only sound is the fire, crackling until a log settles like a sigh, releasing a cloud of orange sparks into the cold night sky.High school football The familiar sounds filtering across the neighborhood mark the passing weeks. Marching band practice on foggy mornings; whistles and cracking pads on weekday afternoons; cheers on Friday nights.Ghost tours You can ride a trolley to the graveyard anytime of year nowadays, but the heebie-jeebies are a lot more fun when dry leaves skitter around crooked headstones and barren trees reach for a full moon like skeletal hands.Caramel apples We are traditionalists. Crisp fruit. Thick caramel. Peanuts (maybe). Small enough to eat on a stick without cutting slices, but big enough that the first bite requires a bit of dexterity and potentially a juicy dribble down your chin.Corn mazes Some of us grew up running along the rows on Grandpa's farm, but city-dwellers may doubt the corn's really as high as an elephant's eye. That is, until they're standing on tiptoes in the middle of a forest of rustling dry stalks, wondering which way to go.
Pumpkins Plump, petite, warty or smooth-one is never enough! How to make a pumpkin forest Our woodland scene has carved, etched and painted pumpkins (plus a few zero-effort masks). Click for free templates and instructions.
Changing leaves
Changing leaves We've heard it (or even said it ourselves) before: "The leaves don't look so good this year. Spring was too wet. Summer was too dry." The reality is we're just impatient. Every year, the day comes when we drive home from work and discover our street alight with fiery maples and golden oaks. Fall is fleeting, yes, and a bit fickle, but nearly always as good as we remember.First day of school Nervous energy. A hug and a kiss. A box of Crayolas, waxy, pointy-tipped and ready. Empty notebooks, packed backpacks and new beginnings.Pumpkin-spiced everything Lattes, ice cream, muffins, granola, chai, beer, candles …Candy corn As marshmallow Peeps are to spring, so candy corn is to autumn. Utterly pointless wedges of sugar that we dare you to resist when they're sitting in a bowl on your coworker's desk. Guilt-free through December 1.
Fight songs
Fight songs Shake down the thunder, hail the victors, and plunge right through that line! Even if you mumble some of the words, count on goose bumps and instant camaraderie when the ol' song starts blaring.Harvest landscapes Something deep in our Midwest souls stirs when we see a combine rolling across a cornfield, a season's worth of hard work and watchful waiting coming to fruition, another year gone by.Trick-or-treaters As a kid, you think it's about the candy. But looking back, what sticks is the thrill of being out after dark, running from lawn to lawn with your friends, faces hidden behind painted whiskers and plastic masks, emboldened by a taste of independence even more sweet than the Snickers and Tootsie Pops weighing down your sack.
Baking Soften, sift, beat, bake, whip. It's time to indulge. Ultimate Fall Celebration Cake If you love glam desserts, check out Minnesota blogger Amanda Reteke (iambaker.net), the baking wizard behind this crazy-rich, utterly unforgettable Chocolate Pumpkin Cake. See the recipe. Watch a short video about creating this cake.
Layers Pile on the cozy sweaters, tall boots, wool jackets and snuggly scarves.Raking leaves By raking, of course, we mean jumping in the pile.5ks After a long muggy summer, fall weather can make even people who wouldn't run from a bear think about lacing up their shoes. Most autumn festivals include a fun, beginner-friendly 5K run (that's 3.1 miles to you newbies) that provides the perfect motivation to get active.Chili suppers We'll leave debates about beans to the enthusiasts, and simply say-white or red; chicken, beef or veggie-we want a pile of grated orange cheese on top. Preferably a big one.Mounds of mums Yellow, purple, magenta, bursting from pots outside the supermarket, cheerfully asking for a ride home and a spot on your stoop.Flower bulbs The squirrels have their acorns. We Midwesterners have our tulips and daffodils, buried in the fall, hidden in the frozen ground through the winter, waiting patiently for spring.


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Of the many ways that big data analytics is impacting how enterprises do business, one of the most interesting has been in the area of predictive intelligence — the idea that by looking at all of the data being created in and around your organisation, you can help figure out what to do in the future.
In the latest development in this space, 6Sense — a startup that was created out of a consulting project at Cisco — which is now a customer — is emerging from stealth, with $12 million in backing and a host of large IT businesses beyond Cisco already signed on as customers. 6Sense claims its platform can identify potential business customers with 80% accuracy.
The Series A was led by Battery Ventures and Venrock, with participation also from Silicon Valley Bank. As part of the round, Battery Ventures' general partner Roger Lee and Venrock's Brian Ascher are joining 6Sense's board.
There are a number of startups in the market right now that are focusing on predictive intelligence, specifically honing in on sales, which is a natural area to apply the technology. They include mobile-first startups like Clari and on a larger scale InsideSales, which recently raised $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. Like 6Sense, other predictive intelligence companies use machine learning algorithms and behavioral data among their sources.
But Amanda Kahlow, the CEO and founder of 6Sense, tells me that her company's approach is different in a few key ways.
The first is that while a lot of services today help find targets at the "bottom" of the sales cycle, this is only about 10% of the opportunity in her estimation. The idea here is that you can find customers who are not just making initial enquiries for a service; but also those who may have already figured out what it is that they want to buy or have more targeted interests. "We find net-new customers ready to buy and prioritize known prospects," she says.
"There are many B2B companies today using predictive analytics for lead scoring (scoring the known contacts at the bottom of your sales cycle)," she continues. By 6Sense's estimates, between 60% and 90% of B2B purchasing decisions happen before a customer makes into into a company's sales and marketing systems. "That is, before that customer raises their hand and asks to be called. The challenge for B2B marketers is to find those buyers early in the sales cycle instead of waiting for those buyers to be scored at the bottom of the funnel."
The other aspect worth noting is the kind of data that 6Sense produces for its customers: not just "scores" on how customers rank but more detailed information about what they want and where they are in their particular buying cycle. "We see activity on thousands of B2B publisher sites, directories, communities and more. We combine this data with our customers' activity data and descriptive attribute data to make our predictions," she says. "Other predictive lead scoring tools simply tell you if the lead is your 'right' profile buyer."
While that is important, she says, "alone, it's not enough. Descriptive data alone doesn't tell you if that buyer is in market to buy now. For example, if you are going to buy routers today (because you are moving offices), you are not going to be ready to buy in 6 months from now."
Interestingly, the company and its mandate were born out of a consulting project she was doing for Cisco when she was running a previous business. Called in to help revamp Cisco's sales process for some of its networking products, and describing the process above, suddenly a marketing executive interruped her. In her words,
"Suddenly one of them dramatically stopped the conversation, looked at me and said, 'Amanda do you know what you are doing here?' I responded, 'No, what?' And he said, 'You know [what] our customers are going to buy before they even know they are going to buy.' The room moved to discussion about sending customers a PO before the rep calls the customer. This was the moment I knew we had something game-changing. I knew I no longer could be a modest services business and that I needed to build a scaleable repeatable product. I knew there was a door open in front of me and I was going to walk through it."
Customers today include, in addition to Cisco (who is not an investor, Kahlow says), NetApp, Xactly, Pure Storage, Blue Jeans and CBS Interactive. One customer, the company says, has reported $300 million in new business closed as a result of 6Sense's predictions.
While that sounds like a very IT-heavy list, Kahlow says that the platform can be used across a number of other verticals, which is one area where we might see some of this Series A deployed.
"We see ourselves as a premier, premium product in the space of predictive sales and marketing, but we are not industry specific," she says. "For 6Sense, the threshold for what we consider a customer where we can effect strong results is that they have a high considered purchase." She says that the company is currently in conversations with businesses in hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services for future deals.


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This is the main documentation module for the xmonad-contrib library. It provides a brief overview of xmonad and a link to documentation for configuring and extending xmonad.
A link to documentation describing xmonad internals is also provided. This module is mainly intended for those wanting to contribute code, or for those who are curious to know what's going on behind the scenes.
xmonad is a tiling window manager for X. The xmonad-contrib library collects third party tiling algorithms, hooks, configurations, scripts, and other extensions to xmonad. The source for this library is available from http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib via darcs:
darcs get http://code.haskell.org/XMonadContrib
Each stable release of xmonad is accompanied by a stable release of the contrib library, which you should use if (and only if) you're using a stable release of xmonad. You can find the most recent (Mar. 2008) tarball here: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/xmonad-contrib-0.7
|Configuring xmonad
|XMonad.Doc.Configuring documents the process of configuring xmonad. A brief tutorial will guide you through the basic configuration steps.
|Extending xmonad with the xmonad-contrib library
|XMonad.Doc.Extending is dedicated to the xmonad-contrib library itself. You will find an overview of extensions available in the library and instructions for using them.
|Developing xmonad: a brief code commentary
|XMonad.Doc.Developing consists of a brief description of the xmonad internals. It is mainly intended for contributors and provides a brief code commentary with links to the source documentation.
|Produced by Haddock version 0.8


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Digital Business Design Is The New Integration
Blog: Randy Heffner (Forrester)
If your organization is like nearly every other one I've talked to in the past 20+ years, you have a spaghetti chart of integration connections between all the siloed applications that run your business. Your customer is fractured across five applications. Your fulfillment process is broken across eight applications. Just try to pull together the data necessary to tell how profitable one of your products is. Or, as you implement mobile, external APIs, custom B2B connections, and more, how will you provide consistent, coherent access to your transactions and data?
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Review guides that arrive with a pre-release game aren't terribly uncommon. There's no guarantee who will end up with the packet at most places, and there's an attempt on the part of the publisher to inoculate itself from worst-case scenarios by including a picture of the game controller with every function mapped to it. They want to make sure the reviewer picks up the right thing, and doesn't attempt to play their game with a stapler or a snowglobe.
Some guides include language that mirrors the ongoing campaign that you have heard elsewhere - you might pick up snips of the overall themes they're pushing. They might emphasize certain kinds of interactions, whatever they're discerned their "key differentiators" are. Sometimes the disc just appears in an orange envelope with a sticky note on it, as if to say, "Forgive us. We did the best we could." You can't really hold to that, though. That's what Odin Sphere looked like when it arrived, and Odin Sphere got its fucking hooks into us. You can plant a sheep plant in that game, and grow sheep. I don't know what else you could possibly want.
The most rare kind of letter that accompanies these things is the direct entreaty. I don't have a review copy of Fable II, and it comes out in ten days, so who cares. But to hear Variety's Ben Fritz tell it, such an entreaty arrived with his copy: to let a non-gamer play the game. There are challenges there, conceptually, which we investigate in our customary fashion. At the top level, a focus on new markets is clearly a growing force at Microsoft, which would make it a focus for its wholly owned subsidiaries. But beyond that, the entreaty presents an interesting idea: that reviewers don't have the intellectual tools to fully perceive the medium.
We've presented the same point ourselves, in different ways, but the job of the reviewer is impossible - something else I've taken pains to make clear. The fact they they're bound editorially to measure a game's amusement in cubic centimeters (or whatever) is only one problem. We want them to be both useful and impartial, and when they don't manage this apex of zen bullshit they've committed some kind of eternal crime. It's no wonder they leave their posts as journalists to join the industry proper. If they're going to do an impossible job, they'd prefer to be paid for it.
There was (yet another) fascinating article over at Lost Garden awhile ago dealing with something the author calls "Expertise Bias," which he probably explains better than I could. But if Fun is generated by learning new skills, and you've been playing games for decades, it's fair to consider the effect. You can look at these things in terms of a calcified critical perspective, and it makes for incredible rhetoric. The medium has changed substantially on their watch, though - irrevocably so. New people are making, playing, and thinking about games. It takes time to calibrate your instruments.
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Micro Focus International plans to beef up its range of software quality assurance tools with two acquisitions it announced Wednesday.
It has agreed to buy Borland Software, a developer of application lifecycle management tools, for $75 million, and in a separate deal has also agreed to buy Compuware's application testing and automated software quality business unit for $80 million in cash.
[ Keep up with app dev issues and trends with InfoWorld's Fatal Exception and Strategic Developer blogs. ]
Borland is a shadow of its former self: in May last year it sold Codegear, its software development tools division that published JBuilder, to Embarcadero Technologies for $30 million, and in January it lost its CEO Tod Nielsen to VMware, where he became chief operating officer. Last year it reported a net loss of $216 million on revenue of $172 million from its remaining application lifecycle management activities.
Micro Focus, a developer of enterprise application modernization and management software based in the U.K., hopes the purchases will help it to enlarge its share of the automated software quality assurance market, which it says is worth over $2 billion annually.
Buying Borland will allow Micro Focus to address a broader market, and bring it new customers, particularly in the U.S., the company said. It also expects to be able to cut costs significantly by eliminating duplication in the two companies' back-office functions and IT systems.
As for the Compuware products Micro Focus is buying, it will sell those alongside its existing automated software quality product, Data Express. From last April through this March, Compuware generated around $74 million in revenue and $5 million in pretax profit from its application testing and automated software quality business, Micro Focus said.
Borland has the approval of both companies' boards of directors, but must still win over regulators and its own and Borland's shareholders. It expects to complete the Compuserve deal by the end of June, and the Borland acquisition late this quarter or early next.


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I hope I'm not spoiling anything for anyone, but the Great Khali is not the WWE Champion, having lost his match with John Cena at Judgment Day. Even so, just the fact that he was in position to get a title shot should tell us something.
Understand, I've never met Khali, so far all I know he's a real stand-up guy with a great work ethic. Maybe he's got a really humble personality and he's won over all the boys in the back with his willingness to learn, though I suspect the promos he's cut over the past few weeks that show him needing a translator have more than a little bit of truth in them.
I can say this about the Great Khali though: he's not a good wrestler. Even allowing for his size, he makes Kane look like Chris Benoit, and while the WWE seems to want to make us think of the late Andre the Giant with the way they've pushed Khali, that's actually a little insulting to Andre.
Even the basics seem to elude Khali. A couple of weeks ago on Raw, Cena ran up the ramp to try to retrieve his stolen belt from the big man. who was supposed to drop the champ with a belt shot. The words "supposed to" are key here, because I'm sure it was intended to look like a blow that might have taken Cena's head off. Instead, it was the complete opposite: one of the weakest shots in recent memory.
So if we can all agree that Khali can't do much wrestling, what exactly is he doing competing for the WWE championship? Why on earth would he be featured in the main event of a pay-per-view — even a minor one like Judgment Day?
Part of it has to do with the reaction Cena gets from the fans, something that's been dissected in this space on several previous occasions. Desperate for someone to pit against the champ that everyone would actually want to see him beat, it was only a matter of time before they turned to the hulking seven-footer.
It's an easy push for the writers (giant destroys everyone in his path!) and a simple story to write for the match itself (champ overcomes impossible odds!). Unlike a lot of things that happen in professional wrestling, it even makes some sense.
I'm more interested, or maybe even concerned, about the other part of the equation. It appears that the WWE thinks that the Great Khali is an attraction just because he's, well, big. And in a rare instance of underestimating wrestling fans, I'm just not convinced that's actually the case.
That's not to say it wasn't true at one time. It's hard to argue that Andre was a big attraction in his day, due in no small part to people in awe of his enormous size. They didn't call him the Eighth Wonder of the World for nothing.
But that was a long time ago. So long in fact, that even though I've been a wrestling fan for almost 25 years, I still came in only at the tail end of it. The circus sideshow bit may have worked in the '80s; in 2007, it feels dated.
Contrary to popular stereotypes, today's fans are more sophisticated. That goes for the average fans too, not just the ones who frequent internet sites like this one or post on message boards. Maybe the youngest end of the WWE crowd is still dazzled seeing someone the size of Khali, but that's probably about it.
There's another element at play here too, and that's the fact that size just doesn't translate as well on TV as it does in person. Yes, you can see that Khali towers over other wrestlers, but you don't have a true appreciation for how big those guys are until you see them up close. The sense of scale just doesn't come across the same way on the screen.
My gut tells me that the heat Khali has been receiving is the bad kind, the type that comes not from dismay over what a heel has done to their heroes but because they truly can't stand watching the wrestler in question. And can anyone see people ordering Judgment Day just because Khali is in the main event? I sure can't.
That same intuition, plus a little bit of recent history, tell me we're likely to see the biggest WWE performers continue to get big pushes. The Big Show got plenty of second chances despite stories that he was often in the doghouse. Mark Henry just made his return and Snitsky is getting repackaged. Even Batista and Bobby Lashley (though he has some legitimate wrestling skills) are benefiting from the "bigger is better" line of thinking.
Fans and members of the wrestling media alike have been debating for years whether Vince McMahon and his team had a special affinity for big guys that made it easier for them to get to the top. I'd like to present the Great Khali as Exhibit A for the affirmative side of the argument, because there's just no other explanation for his spot on the card.
When you boil it all down, it's easy to see that in today's WWE, size does matter. Even if it's a little harder to figure out why.


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We all know that America from Hetalia is soooo cool.
SO I want YOU to create a Hetalia OC....BUT they must be a state from America. (or if you live in Canada...a providence will work too XD)
You can choose your state or a state you just love.
Have fun with it and create a profile.
Age: (You'll have to do math)
Notable Historic events: (ex: Texas being it's own country ect.)
1. Must be a state or providence (your own or your fave) personified.
2. You can draw more than one state together (Ex: North and South Carolina being siblings)
3. Limit of two entries.
4. Follow theO rules..no nudity ect.
5. Yaoi and Yuri allowed..
Have fun with this. YOU HAVE TWO MONTHS MY LOVELIES<3
Note: I will be posting an example soon...*has to get her picture done*


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Santa Monica, CA and London, UK August 13, 2013 - With 100 days and counting until the November 22 worldwide launch of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the second installment of Lionsgate's global blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, the Company announced today that it will host a Catching Fire world premiere in London on November 11.
Countdown to the release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, with the iPhone Movie Countdown Clock App.
Catching Fire will open day-and-date with its domestic release in nearly every major international territory. The first Hunger Games film was the 13th highest-grossing North American release of all time on its way to generating nearly $700 million at the worldwide box office.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire stars Academy Award® winner Jennifer Lawrence alongside Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone and Jeffrey Wright, with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland.
The film begins as Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson). Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow (Sutherland) prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games, The Quarter Quell - a competition that could change Panem forever.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is directed by Francis Lawrence, from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael DeBruyn, based upon the novel "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins and produced by Nina Jacobson and Jon Kilik.
About Lionsgate
Lionsgate is a leading global entertainment company with a strong and diversified presence in motion picture production and distribution, television programming and syndication, home entertainment, family entertainment, digital distribution, new channel platforms and international distribution and sales. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of primetime cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has 28 shows on 20 networks spanning its production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as the multiple Emmy Award-winning Mad Men, Nurse Jackie, Anger Management, the network series Nashville, the syndication successes Tyler Perry's House of Payne, its spinoff Meet the Browns and The Wendy Williams Show as well as the new series Orange Is The New Black.
Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Tyler Perry's Temptation, Warm Bodies, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, The Cabin in the Woodsand Arbitrage.
Lionsgate's home entertainment business is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD and box office-to-VOD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 15,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company's core businesses. The Lionsgate and Summit brands remain synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.


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Inside 'The Art of Dead Space' book: preview shots here
Dead Space 3 is out February 8th across Europe. To tie in with the launch, Titan Books is publishing 'The Art of Dead Space', a new book crammed full of detailed art from across the series. The publisher has sent us some art samples for you to check out before the book releases on February 5th.
Compiled by Eurogamer's Martin Robertson, the 192-page book will launch at an RRP of £29.99 and has over 300 pieces of art from the first two Dead Space titles, spin-offs Extraction and Ignition, and of course Dead Space 3. The hardback cover is above, and we've got a gallery of additional sample images below. What do you think?


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AP: Iran is planning to build new oil storage facilities so it can store more of the fuel it is having a hard time selling due to Western sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is planning to build new oil storage facilities so it can store more of the fuel it is having a hard time selling due to Western sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.
State-run Press TV quoted Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh, Director of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, as saying nearly 8.1 million barrels will be added to Iran's crude oil storage capacity by the next summer.
Iran has the world's third largest proven oil reserves and was OPEC's second largest exporter, but sanctions have stymied the flow since summer. It slipped to the cartel's third place in July after the European Union imposed oil sanctions to force Tehran to stop its uranium enrichment program.
According to the International Energy Agency, Iran's oil exports plunged to 1 million barrels a day in July, after standing at the 1.74-million-barrel mark a month earlier. Crude oil exports account for about 80 percent of the country's foreign revenue.
The U.S. and its allies accuse Iran of using its nuclear program as a cover to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges, saying its program is geared toward generating electricity and producing radioisotopes to treat cancer patients.
In another sign sanctions are biting, Iran's national airline has nearly doubled prices on plane tickets for some foreign destinations. Iran Air spokesman Shahrokh Nooshabadi was quoted by local media as saying the carrier raised prices by up to 90 percent because of higher fuel prices and the plunging value of the rial against foreign currencies.
Iranian media say other airline companies have also hiked prices on flights abroad. In November, prices for Iranian domestic flights by Iran Air rose some 70 percent.


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Joe Pesci is a New Jersey actor who starred in Goodfellows, Casino, My Cousin Vinny and countless other major films. Joe Pesce is a restaurant in Collingswood. There is no connection between the two. Six of us ventured into Collingswood for a visit to this restaurant last Saturday night. We had been there before but it has been a couple of years and we have not been there during the life of my blog.
Aubrey, our server for the evening, had a great smile and she provided capable and attentive service throughout the meal, despite trying to avoid having her picture taken.
My wine this evening came recommended by my Wine Guru friend, Vladi, who can be found most days and evenings prowling the well-stocked aisles at Wine Works on Rt. 70 in Marlton, NJ. This one was the 2008 Triton Zamora Tempranillo, Spain. This one had a very distinctive flavor of crushed berries and exotic spices. I thought it was good value for the money (mid-teens) but, as usual, my wife, although she enjoyed it, knew exactly where the price point for this wine was located. At any rate, a nice wine that went well with our food.
Jerry started his meal with the Seared Scallops served over a bed of sauteed spinach and drizzled with a balsamic reduction. The scallops were done just right and the sauce added just the right tangy flavor to the delicate scallops.
A couple of the ladies went with the Eggplant Caprese which featured slices of fried eggplant between sections of creamy mozzarella cheese. They reported that the cheese was very good but the eggplant was a little bland.
I had no trouble at all choosing my appetizer. It's not often I get to have meatballs as an appetizer so when I spotted Joy's Meatballs on the menu, I knew I would be trying them. Two nice sized spheres of beef, veal and pork were accompanied by a nice toasted crostini smeared with buttery cheese. The meatballs were in a tasty marinara sauce and I was delighted with my starter.
There were a couple of interesting fish "specials" on the menu on this particular night and I was torn between the salmon and the red snapper. When Jerry chose the salmon and Joe selected the red snapper, I was more confused than ever. I decided to go with the salmon and I ended up quite happy with my choice. This was a pan-seared salmon stuffed with crab imperial and served in a scampi sauce of lemon butter, white wine, capers and sun-dried tomatoes. The fish was cooked to perfection, flaky and tender, the sauce was delicate and the side of potatoes made for a wonderful meal.
Joe's red snapper was pretzel encrusted and served with a honey dijon sauce. The dish came with a side of broccoli rabe. It looked very good. Joe mentioned just a slight hint of the pretzel flavored coating and overall, I think I made a better selection in choosing the salmon though Joe certainly had no complaints.
Sue went with an unusual choice for her, the lamb chops, while Kathy countered with a veal dish. Both items looked good and the women seemed pleased with their dinners. The same could NOT be said for Carol.
Her dish sounded delicious. It was the Papardelle Aragosta. Fresh flat noodle pasta with chunks of lobster. When the dish was presented Carol began an ardent search for the elusive crustacean. She did find a small claw and some shreds of the succulent shellfish. She thought there surely must be more hidden away beneath the pasta. Rather than hire a private invesigator skilled in finding missing persons (or, in this case, absent lobster), she asked Aubrey to bring the dish back and add more lobster which she did. It still didn't bring the dish up to par for Carol as even with the additional lobster pieces she found the sauce bland.
Everyone agreed that all three of our desserts were first-rate. The Chocolate Cake was excellent. The Chocolate Chip Banana Cake was pretty special and the seven layer Carrot Cake was as good as you would hope. Each of these treats, which we passed around the table, was the perfect ending to the meal.


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