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12 Apr 2016
Diseases are often referred to as 'great equalisers'. No one chooses to fall ill nor what symptoms they suffer. Yet not all diseases are equal in terms of morbidity and mortality. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is one of those diseases that is not only rare, chronic and ultimately fatal but is also one that also lacks both a treatment and a cure.
This is why I, as a Member of the European Parliament and also as a trained doctor, have chosen to take political action to raise awareness of this fatal disease, with its devastating impact on patients and their families.
Imagine feeling out of breath after climbing just a few stairs, or suffering a violent coughing attack for which no explanation can be found. You consult a number of doctors and eventually discover the cause of your symptoms; a condition you have never heard of before.
This scenario and diagnosis has become a reality for around 111,000 Europeans that live with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). A further 35,000 people are diagnosed with IPF every year. To date, no cure has been developed.
Where patients experience the feeling that there is no way out, political attention at European level can make a difference in the daily battle of IPF patients and their loved ones. This is why, together with colleagues from across Europe and across the political spectrum, we have put forward a written declaration on IPF to raise awareness about this disease.
Through this written declaration, we hope to encourage the European Commission and member states to work together to support timely access to treatment. This way, we seek to address delays in pricing and reimbursement by national bodies and to address inequalities in access to lung transplantation.
My colleagues that, with me, support the written declaration also believe that we can advance treatment through research and innovation in the pharmaceutical field. The Commission can play a key role in funding IPF research activities and in supporting opportunities for patient participation. In this context, we are pleased to see that last month the call for European Reference Networks (ERN) was published by the Commission.
An ERN on rare lung diseases, including IPF, would be a crucial milestone towards improved cross-border collaboration of healthcare professionals and the establishment of a standardised approach for IPF care.
As my relationship with the IPF patient community and the newly established European IPF & Related Disorders Federation has grown over the past two years, so has my motivation to ensure that IPF is placed on the EU's agenda.
I strongly encourage all Members of the European Parliament to support us in passing the written declaration on IPF onto the Commission and member states and showing European unity in standing up for its most vulnerable citizens.


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I also completed Year One of a Veterinary Technician Diploma program at Oulton College before moving to Iqaluit, Nunavut
Growing up I always wanted to work with animals. This has been my life long passion/goal

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In the last years, robberies became an expected part of every sector of business. Today, anything can be stolen with the right technology and the right mind-set. The most frequent luxury robberies in the last years are: robberies in luxury mansions, stealth of timepieces and jewellery, bags and other leather pieces.
One of the most expensive robberies of the last years is the theft at Harry Winston in Paris, which accounted for 108 million dollars. Even though Harry Winston has been robbed couple of times already, year 2008 was the most significant. Four men dressed like women entered the luxury store and managed to steal 108 million dollars in high jewelry.
Among the most significant robberies conducted is the Boston Museum theft in 1990, where 12 pieces of art were stolen. In this case, the theft was led by two men only, who were dressed as police officers. After entering the building, the duo handcuffed the security guards, went on with taking the art pieces, and walking away without having anyone chasing after them.
The theft at the Antwerp Diamond Center in 2003 belongs to one of the biggest mysteries in the word of robberies. The thieves managed to steal $100 million worth in diamonds, jewelry and gold. the fascinating issue about this story is however that the thieves broke into a vault beneath the center, which was protected by multiple security layers – radars, magnetic field, seismic sensor and a lock with over 100 million possible combinations. Years after, police still has not managed to detect how this robbery was possible.
While bank robberies are not surprising us anymore, the public is hungry for revelations of failed security systems in boutiques, museums or auctions.
Nad'a Chrenková
Sources: Macdonald, X (2009). Luxury Robberies, Anticipating attacks in high-end jewellery houses. Retrieved from: http://www.drmcc.org/IMG/pdf/XMD_Anticipating_and_preventing_attacks.pd


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Motorcycle crashes can happen anywhere in Rapides Parish. Bikers are especially vulnerable to injury in the event of a collision, and victims may suffer head trauma, bone fractures, spinal cord injuries, or even death.
Unfortunately, many motorcycle accidents are entirely preventable. When a collision occurs because of the motorcycle operator's negligence (i.e. when you are a passenger) or because of another driver's behavior, you might be able to file a claim to recover compensation for your injuries.
A Rapides Parish motorcycle accident lawyer could review your case, help you file your lawsuit, and fight for your right to recover damages. A dedicated personal injury attorney could handle the details of your claim while you focus on healing.
What is the Statute of Limitations for Motorcycle Accidents?
Louisiana is unique in that the statute of limitations for personal injury cases – including motorcycle accidents – is extremely short compared to other states. Here, motorbike crash victims only have one year from the date of their injury to file a lawsuit for damages. Once this time period expires, the accident victim is no longer eligible to file a claim.
Because evidence is often time-sensitive, victims may wish to contact a motorcycle accident attorney in Rapides Parish as soon as possible. An attorney could help file a lawsuit against the responsible party within the statute of limitations.
Who can be Responsible for a Motorcycle Accident?
In the context of motorcycle accidents, there are several parties who could potentially be responsible. If the accident victim was a passenger, then they may be able to file a legal claim against the negligent operator of the motorcycle. Similarly, an injured biker might be able to sue another motorist who was operating their vehicle negligently and who collided with the motorcycle.
Examples of negligent behaviors may include distracted driving, failing to follow the rules of the road, and intoxicated or drugged driving. In some cases, the injured person might even have a valid claim against a city or municipality for failing to maintain roadways.
A Rapides Parish motorcycle accident attorney could analyze the facts of a case to determine who was responsible. After identifying the at-fault parties, they could pursue them for full and fair compensation.
What Damages are Available?
To recover monetary damages arising out of a motorcycle accident case, the accident victim must have suffered physical injuries as a result of the crash. However, an injured person may be entitled to compensation for the full range of their losses, including but not limited to:
- Medical expenses,
- Lost earnings,
- Pain,
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- Mental anguish,
- Inconvenience,
- Loss of enjoyment of life, and
- Loss of use of an injured body part.
If the accident victim died, a family member or personal representative might be able to file for wrongful death on their behalf.
Call a Rapides Parish Motorcycle Accident Attorney Today
Motorcycle collisions can result in devastating injuries, but the law allows victims to hold the at-fault party accountable and recover compensation. If you have been involved in a serious motorbike collision, a Rapides Parish motorcycle accident lawyer might be able to assist. Call today to schedule your initial consultation and evaluation.


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Third Party Offerings to Sate Those Hungering for More Horror on the Wii
the outcry over Nintendo's performance at E3, gamers with a penchant
for anything outside the realm of "family friendly" were left wondering
whether the company would ever return to its
"hardcore" roots. Unfortunately, it seems Nintendo won't be
contributing to the creep-show, but a few choice third-party releases
lurk on the horizon for those that hunger more horror on
the Wii.
With an art style and body count reminiscent of Frank Miller's Sin City , MadWorld
by Platinum Games (a development house comprised of the minds behind Viewtiful Joe and Okami) looks to be the blood-dripping, chainsaw-swinging action many
imagined when they first heard the words "motion control." The
hyper-violent — yet cartoonish — hand to whatever's-at-hand combat
seems perfect for
the Wiimote's waggle. The ultra-stylized, trichromatic
color scheme doesn't push the limits of the Wii, leaving the graphics sharp and clean.
For those with more classic tastes, there's Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop by Capcom. Dawn of the Dead -esque hack-and-slasher Dead Rising's
debut on the Xbox 360 resulted in resounding squeals of delight from
zombie fans; providing them with just the quick and easy comic violence
analog they'd been looking for. Naturally then, news of Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop
for the Wii was met with excitement by those entranced by the idea of
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capabilities of the Wii have necessitated a drastic reduction
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enemies on screen at a time.
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Tweetie has been one of the most popular iPhone apps on the App Store.
Now, news is here that a big update is round the corner and Tweetie 2.0 is coming very soon. Tweetie 2.0 will require iPhone OS 3.0 and will be available for $2.99 on the App Store.
According to Loren Brichter, the developer of Tweetie, the new app is "faster, slimmer, and much more powerful". In a blog post published on his website, Loren talks about all the new features that shall be available on Tweetie 2.0. Here is a gist of the most interesting things that you can expect to see
- 'Persistent' caching which would let you go straight to the page where you were when you last quit the app
- Message indicators for new @replies and Direct Messages
- Automatic refreshing of tweet stream on scrolling up
- Search timeline that displays filter results as you type
- Geotagging of tweets
- Save tweets as drafts before publishing
- New tweeting options to retweet, mail or translate tweets.
- Enhanced threaded conversations and a lot more.
- Video tweet support for iPhone 3GS users.
Loren says Tweetie 2.0 is "arguably even simpler than Tweetie 1, all while being vastly more powerful". The app is likely to be submitted to the Apple App Store this week and should be available soon after approval. If you remember, Tweetie v1.3 was rejected by Apple because the 'trending list' sourced from Twitter supposedly contained a "dirty word" (the app was later approved). We hope Tweetie 2.0 does not face similar hurdles and is available to the iPhone users as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, Tweetie 2.0 is not a free upgrade for current Tweetie for iPhone users, it will cost them $2.99 as Loren believes "Tweetie 2 for iPhone will be a whole new app".
You can also checkout some screenshots of Tweetie 2.0 posted by folks at Mashable who had a chance to play around with it:
Which is your favorite Twitter iPhone app? What do you think about the new features of Tweetie 2.0?
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Film Director Valeria Gai Germanika, apparently, she is not superstitious. She is not afraid to put pictures of their daughters in the network, because they do not believe that something might happen if someone would look askance at the pictures of her child.
The youngest daughter of Gaius Germanicus also decided from the cradle to attach to social networks and publish photos of the newborn crumbs.
Younger daughter Valerie's not even two months, and the girl already can see followers of the Director.
Today Gai Germanicus has published the first joint photo of the sisters. It is impossible not to notice with what love and awe Octavia keeps Severinka, thus showing that the offense sister will not.
In a matter of hours the gathered many "likes", comments and subscribers Director said, what a sweet, touching and beautiful girl she's growing.
By the way, in the education of children knows. She is actively working on the education of his eldest daughter and tries to groom her as child Prodigy: "Thinks she is good because her infancy was read books. Now she reads herself and ahead of the program: as a first grader, she is familiar with the literature for the fifth class. Octavia since last year started to attend private Orthodox school, he is home. In this school, no one asks why you don't have a tablet, than you came to study or what brand of clothes came. Here the value of the other. In her spare time Octavia better on a sled ride, see a movie".
We will remind, the second daughter Valeria was born from his marriage to dancer Vadim Lyubushkina, with whom the Director has managed to leave.
A divorced couple issued in the spring of 2016, after Lyubushkin left his pregnant wife in Russia, moved to work in the United States.


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i've watched it too many times now i just want to love elliot
mr robot, mental illness
@CobaltVelvet He's too fucked up for me too watch; there's too much psychological bla for me in that series, and not enough 1337 h4x0r1n9. I'm not even sure if I continued watching after that musical episode with all the singing.
mr robot, mental illness
@tim @CobaltVelvet The, uhh, the musical episode? Which one is that?
mr robot, mental illness
@2015_05_09 @CobaltVelvet The one where they're driving around in a car with the whole family, I believe? I can't remember the whole thing. It might have been one or two seasons ago already.
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@tim @CobaltVelvet Nobody's singing, there's a theme song though. It's only for like 10-15 minutes. And it's a throwback to old sitcoms even going as far as to shoot it on true old cameras used back then.
And yeah it wasn't great the first time I watched it either but it's pretty fun.
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@2015_05_09 @CobaltVelvet It's pretty cool how they put in the effort and from an artistic point of view. Just not my cup of tea. It wasn't just that, I didn't really enjoy the whole psychological aspect of it. Perhaps because I can't really relate to it. Matter of taste I guess.
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@tim @2015_05_09 yeah that one is a little bit weird and boring but it's only one single episode. imo one experimental thing like that is okay per season
1337 h4x0r1n9 shit bore me in movies though, like it's okay but fast-forward it huh if i wanted to stare at a shell for an hour i'd go do that. mr robot makes it somewhat realistic without zooming too much on it so you don't see the boring pixels and with correct enough jargon
@tim @2015_05_09 (and the second and third seasons are quite different, with a different pace and mood. you can feel the world going to shit with it)
@CobaltVelvet @2015_05_09 It was mostly the psychological aspect where I got the feeling you'd get if staring at a CLI for an hour in a TV show I guess. I cared more about the rest of the story but him being fucked up all the time kinda felt like it was holding that back. Could very well just be me, je sais.
@tim @2015_05_09 yeah it makes sense
@CobaltVelvet @2015_05_09 It's all a matter of taste. Otherwise we'd all be watching the same dumb show. :P
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For John, BLUF: I am sure there are wackos of all stripes. Nothing to see here; just move along.
Jill Stein weighs in on Portland stabbing in Trump's America; Doesn't mention attacker was a supporter
Here is the lede plus one:
As Twitchy reported, three men were stabbed, two fatally, in a confrontation on a Portland commuter train with a man who was allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slurs at two young woman, one in a hijab.As the article goes on to explain, the perp didn't vote for Hillary Clinton, nor did he vote for Donald Trump.
The usual suspects weighed in on Twitter, including Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and eventually, Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party's candidate in 2016.
No, he was a supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders and of Ms Jill Stein. No wonder Ms Stein and her Green Party did so poorly, considering the way she disparages her supporters.
UPDATE: Thinking about this some more, I have decided it is President Trump's fault. He is the one who broke through the PC Barrier and made it possible for people to again express their feelings towards things. Even Progressives and other people on the Alt-Left side of the spectrum.
UPDATE: As in the National Bureau of Economics Research paper, From Extreme to Mainstream: How Social Norms Unravel (Leonardo Bursztyn of the University of Chicago, Georgy Egorov of Northwestern, and Stefano Fiorin of UCLA) (Pay Wall), discussed in this article, "How Trump Affected Political Correctness", from The American Interest.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
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Fine Gael Senator and spokesman on European Affairs, Neale Richmond, has called on Fianna Fáil to either propose substantive policies on Brexit or work constructively to bolster the Government's position.
"I agreed with parts of Micheál Martin's speech in Donegal last night, especially when he said David Cameron's announcement of an in/out referendum five years ago represents one of the most disastrous failures of leadership in a modern democracy.
"However it was also five years ago when Fianna Fáil first proposed a Border Economic Zone. Last night, Micheal Martin announced yet again his proposal to establish a "special economic zone". It sounds nice, but despite numerous requests from the Tánaiste Simon Coveney, we've had no detail or policy papers as to how it would work.
"Asked on Morning Ireland where the border would be and what the border would look like under this special economic zone, Micheal Martin said 'Well obviously the flesh will have to be put on the bone of that.' That's not good enough.
"Have Fianna Fáil not thought this through at this stage? Without any detail, the proposal is a catchphrase, not a policy which seeks to resolve the difficult issues at the heart of the backstop.
"Fianna Fáil should either propose something substantive or they should constructively engage with the Government's position, which has the backing of 26 EU Member States and Michel Barnier.
"As the Tánaiste said during his speech last night, it is blatantly inaccurate and politically mischievous for Micheál Martin to suggest that the Irish Government has dramatised the backstop and that we in some way fell foul of the Taskforce.
"This is not the time to lose our nerve. It's the time to focus our efforts on agreeing a way forward and ensuring the UK meets its own commitments of last December and March.
"Fianna Fáil and indeed all Irish political parties have much to offer the Brexit debate especially by working with their European party partners at a European Council and Parliament level to keep Ireland top of the agenda, this is where the focus needs to be in these crucial few weeks
"It's very disappointing that – when we continue to receive outstanding solidarity from Barnier and governments across the EU – that solidarity is lacking at home from Fianna Fáil and its leader."


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Yunus said: "In schools, we are teaching people the wrong things. We should be teaching people how to solve social problems."
PIC: Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga receiving a gift from the vice-chancellor Clarke International University, Rose Clarke Nanyonga. Looking ion (centre) is chairman of Clarke Group, Ian Clarke. Kadaga launched the rebranding of the the University and celebrations to mark 10 years of the university at Serena Hotel on March 6, 2018. (Credit: Wilfred Sanya)
KAMPALA - If you have finished schools and want to be employed, then you are making a grave mistake that you will regret for the rest of your life, according to Prof. Mohammed Yunus, Nobel Prize Winning social entrepreneur and Founder of Grameen Bank.
"In the schools they have taught us to become job-seekers," said Yunus, adding that people need to turn into entrepreneurs so that wealth is spread out across the population. "Wealth globally is concentrated in the hands of a few people and the rest have been left in poverty."
He also added: "In schools, we are teaching people the wrong things. We should be teaching people how to solve social problems."
Yunus, who has revolutionised the banking sector to accommodate rural poor people, was speaking at the Kampala Serena Hotel during the first annual public lecture under the theme: Rethinking Business Education.
He offered his insight on the changes needed in business education based on his experience in Bangladesh and the US. The meeting was attended by government officials, investors as well as medical practitioners and students.
After the public lecture, Rebecca Kadaga, the Speaker of Parliament, launched the rebranding of International Health Sciences University to Clarke International University.
The institution was founded by Dr Ian Clarke, who operates International Hospital Kampala, Namuwongo under the International Medical Foundation.
Yunus said he had witnessed the worst form of cruelty in which human beings were insensitive to others, something which motivated him to make a difference in the lives of the poor.
He cited how loan sharks often torment poor people by stripping them of whatever they have as they seek to recover their money, including interest.
This was what motivated Yunus to establish microfinance institutions in which he is only interested in recovering the borrowed money and not interest.
"It helps to solve problems of housing, poverty, diseases and water," Yunus said, adding that it is important to for money to be recovered, but more important if it helps to get people out of poverty.
Asked about the cause of the high rate of mortality for local businesses in Uganda and the Youth Livelihood Programmes that have not been successful as expected, Yunus said the businesses have been poorly designed. He said what is needed is a good business plan.


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In Agile, developers, testers and business analysts build a working product through a series of short iterations. At the end of each iteration, the product owner accepts the software as working or not, and the team moves forward to the next iteration. This kind of acceptance is not the same as the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) traditionally done at the end of the development effort (Waterfall) by business users or end users who have the knowledge of the product to check it's functionality and ensure that it can support them in their daily tasks on the job.
UAT is still seen by most as a critical step in assuring quality software and that it meets the needs of end users, however, UAT does not fit neatly into Agile. For those implementing Agile, this often represents a missing link that causes significant pain. In this blog, we discuss how to solve this problem.
Testing in Agile – Where is it?
The Agile Manifesto is a set of ideals or principles. And as with all ideals, they can be difficult to implement in a real life situation. Let's first examine the Manifesto and what it says and doesn't say with respect to testing and UAT.
- Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
- Working software over comprehensive documentation
- Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
- Responding to change over following a plan
As you can see, the Agile Manifesto contains no mention of user acceptance testing (UAT) or testing of any kind. However, the overarching objective of 'working software' implies testing of some sort, but what kind of testing and by whom?
The Need for User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
When businesses define their requirements, it is assumed that developers and QA will design and implement software to precisely meet all defined business requirements. Using a Waterfall methodology, all steps are implemented through a sequential and linear fashion. In implementing Agile, complexities combined with quick iterations often limit the level of detail provided and some business requirements may be unintentionally left out, especially where the cliché 'working software over documentation' appears to have taken hold of the software industry.
It's easy to see why testing and UAT gets lost or overlooked. There's just not enough time and emphasis. Figure 1 below illustrates stakeholders and their lines of communication. As seen in the Figure, End User's are not clear to begin with in their needs, but when they communicate them, they gain some clarity. However, at each step, their needs and hence the software's capabilities becomes less clear and uncertainty increases, as they are communicated along the way. Uncertainty increases with time and at each 'filter', while intention has less clarity and often grows in scope (illustrated by lighter gray and wider arrows over time). Each role introduces some uncertainty in their thoughts, definitions and outputs. The accumulation of "uncertainty" manifests in defects. For Agile, the question is where should UAT take place? And how can it be inserted or fit into the process without an extra dedicated iteration?
Figure 1. The Need for User Acceptance Testing – Uncertainty Means Defects
UAT Challenges Fitting into Agile
Let's examine the objectives of UAT and see where we can fit it into Agile. Some classic challenges with UAT as implemented in a traditional Waterfall project that still exist for Agile include:
- End users don't have time to thoroughly test as they are pulled from their normal jobs into a testing task.
- UAT occurs in an unstructured way by simply allowing users to "play" with the system.
- UAT should be done by the User and from their perspective. Having tests executed from the development perspective won't assure that this goal is met.
- Sometimes UAT can take the form of 'regression testing', but this not quite the same, as regression testing is still mostly testing from the development organization's point of view.
In an Agile environment iterations move quickly forward until the final software release. Unless there is a sprint or iteration planned as UAT, it just won't happen.
Implementing UAT for Agile
To tackle these issues and challenges, we've developed an approach for implementing UAT through methods that can be modified to each organization's flavor of Agile. Rather than force UAT into Agile, let's examine UAT objectives in order to better understand and define what UAT is. Essentially, UAT should identify gaps between how an application works (as coded) versus how it was and is expected to perform by users in a business environment while executing their required tasks. This means:
- All desired business requirements have been met. What is and was envisioned by those creating business needs (see Figure 1) is accomplished.
- Software will be used effectively once deployed, such that from a user's perspective, the needs, requirements, and associated business workflows have been successfully implemented.
- Risks of production failures have been minimized.
Besides reducing the risk of defects, the common thread of UAT is satisfying requirements. But what are requirements from an Agile context? In Waterfall, both requirements and testing were phases upon themselves. With Agile, requirements are now part of each iteration in the form of user stories and acceptance criteria.
To successfully achieve the goals of UAT, User Acceptance Testing must be emphasized such that requirements become User Stories. User Stories in turn, should be coupled with acceptance criteria and acceptance tests that are then integrated within each sprint or iteration as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. User Acceptance Testing Contents
To implement UAT in Agile, we must consider:
- Where is the User in Agile and how can we get their viewpoint?
- Who is deciding to accept or not (a part of UAT)?
- What are they accepting?
- Who are they accepting for?
- What do users want out of UAT?
- Will a decision be made based on UAT and if so, what? What will be the outcome?
For UAT to be successful in Agile, we need 'good' User Stories that answer these questions. But what is a 'good' User Story?
User Stories in Agile – The Basis of UAT
While there are many formats and examples of what User Stories should or should not be, their purpose is to add certainty to what software can and cannot do. As a general guideline, User Stories address the following:
- Describe an objective that a user should be able to achieve, or a feature that a user should be able to utilize, when using a software application.
- In simple language such that a customer or end user would know without ambiguity what the expected outcome is.
- May reference other User Stories or design documents to provide details, but should not repeat.
User Stories must be accompanied by Acceptance Criteria. Acceptance Criteria should:
- State intent, but not a solution and should be independent of the implementation and platform.
- Be comprised of a set of statements, each with a clear pass/fail result, that specify both functional (e.g., minimal marketable functionality) and non-functional (e.g., minimal quality) requirements applicable at the current stage of the project.
- Represent "conditions of satisfaction" with no partial acceptance: Yes or No, Met or Not Met, True or False.
- Define the boundaries and parameters of a User Story (i.e. feature) and determine when a story is completed and working as expected.
- Be easily translated into one or more test cases.
Acceptance Criteria need to be accompanied by Acceptance Tests. These tests are specifically tied to the criteria and if the criteria are written unambiguously with clear pass/fail results, the acceptance tests are merely an implementation of the criteria particular to the related story. Acceptance Tests should be reusable and automated whenever possible.
Implementing UAT in Agile
In Agile, traditional UAT has been swept aside. However, that doesn't mean that we ignore it or can't accomplish the objectives of UAT within an Agile framework. Rather, we need to consciously and purposely emphasize the many aspects of User Stories as we've described here in this article, namely:
Discipline: User Stories must be groomed on a regular basis. This means revisiting them and adding detail at the right time. Therefore, User Stories should be done for the current and next sprint, but not much farther out in advance. As new knowledge is gained with each iteration, expect that existing User Stories may need further modification.
User participation: User Stories should get user participation and input. We put so much effort into defects via defect triages, so why not prevent the defects in the first place with User Story triages. We recommend using the same triage where the product owner or business analyst, developer, and tester meet to discuss each user story and whether or not there is sufficient detail and clarity.
Communication: Because of the Agile process, everything is moving fast, not only in priority but also definition. User Stories need to be communicated up, down and across with a well-defined communications plan. Setting up the proper communication channels and again, applying discipline is the answer, but that doesn't mean we aren't Agile.
By putting proper attention to detail, at the right time, by the right people and making sure that the entire team is cognizant of their meaning and intention, User Stories can form the basis of UAT that is baked into Agile without having a separate UAT phase.
If you have additional questions about User Acceptance Testing, XBOSoft has a team of experts ready to assist. Contact us today!


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It feels like Friday already, but I am assured it is still only Thursday! This week has been quite busy at the hall - after a wedding reception at the weekend we were back to normal on Monday with yoga, soft play and gardening club. Tuesday it was karate and soft play, and then yesterday we had short mat bowls and another karate session. Today we have two Nerf Wars sessions and then Marshland Saints are here, followed by yoga tonight. Tomorrow will finish the week off nicely with soft play, multisports and Playford dancing, before we close at the weekend for another wedding. Hope you are all having a lovely week so far!
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Posted: 4th January 2020 07:47
System Shock
I have two separate drives I boot off of in this computer. One is this one which I use for general purposes (i.e. online activities, media, etc) and another that's used purely for gaming. Doing this allows my gaming drive to run better since I'm not doing as much boneheaded crap on it. At some point a few years ago though I decided to install Steam on this drive too so I could access the less resource intensive games I had. Such as System Shock. It's actually a game I talked about not too long ago and I found out something when I reinstalled it:
I would strongly recommend either finding that mod or buying the re-release as mouselook completely changes the texture of the game...and oddly enough it's specifically because their was another vital quality-of-life improvement the new version didn't include: key rebinding.
I dunno. I installed the 'enhanced edition' this time, which is what I thought I installed the first time I took this puppy for a ride. Maybe I didn't or maybe Nightdive just did a completely revamped glow up of their version since then. Either way, turns out key binding is something the game has. Also turns out that...doesn't really matter as much as you'd think.
I found the only additional actions that helped me were remapping the body position keys (i.e. lean/crouch/prone) and the mouselook toggle to the middle mouse button. A reload button would've been nice too, but I couldn't spot it. These changes made the game only marginally less clunky than the first time round honestly. It was still a fun ride though the physics felt more wonky, which is saying something.
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Posted: 24th January 2020 13:11
Palace Guard
Posts: 2,589
Joined: 17/1/2001
I've been playing Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and I'm really enjoying it. The battle system is great, there are a lot of missions and hunts, and the story is great too.
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Posted: 30th January 2020 15:45
Treasure Hunter
Posts: 57
Joined: 17/8/2017
I just finished playing RDR2 and am currently playing the RE2 remake. After that I may get back on the FF grind but not sure which one I will play next. I own FF8, FF12 and FF15 but haven't played any of them yet. Also have not play FF1 through FF5 and would like to visit those at some point.
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Posted: 1st February 2020 11:55
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Quote (ShaneT12 @ 30th January 2020 12:45)
I own FF8, FF12 and FF15 but haven't played any of them yet.
I highly recommend FF12! It's the best of those three, imo.
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Posted: 19th February 2020 09:58
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I got Kingdom Come: Deliverance from the last Epic Games giveaway and started to play. This game is awesome! I don't know why I didn't play it so far but I loved it as a big RPG fan. Actually, the mechanics are kinda silly and there are a lot of bugs like in Skyrim: NPC's sliding, people fall from the sky etc. However, the plot totally caught me. I'm not a slow player, only playing 2-3 hours a day and it took me 3 days to complete the intro I got lost in the info section. The info section is one of the best sides of the game. You can find any information about medieval times and it helps you to adapt to the game better. It seems like I will be playing the game longer than 2-3 hours a day since I'm out of my mind with boredom. We came to Italy with my father and I'm sitting at home all day while he's dealing with some issues about our old property in Lake Garda. This game totally saved my life.
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Posted: 21st February 2020 21:17
Onion Knight
Posts: 29
Joined: 17/7/2009
Final Fantasy 5
Final Fantasy 6
Wold of Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest 11
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Mortal Kombat 11
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Posted: 22nd February 2020 07:00
Installed GTA IV a while back to see what the Natural and Realistic ENB looks like for it. Not bad honestly.
Also got SIGIL, which is John Romero's free fifth episode to the original 1993 Doom. It was fun, but very...uh...compact compared to other WADs I've played.
After that I replayed some Black Flag as I had a save I'd never finished and felt an inexplicable desire to dick around its high seas open world. Turns out I'd already done that for the most part and just spent the majority of the time polishing off the remaining missions with a...considerably OP'ed character, ship and resources. I noticed the performance of the game was reduced considerably and that's had me puzzled.
Now, I'm playing Alien Isolation...again. For the like...seventh time? To be fair, it's the Switch version that I've never played before and I gotta few things to say about this port it turns out.
For one...hooooooow?! It is...nothing short of remarkable just how good this game looks...on a portable gaming system? This things has the best anti-aliasing I've seen in any version...including the pc one I own! It's ridiculous!
That being said, it does have a grievous flaw to it, which is a severe response time to player input. When first I tried to move around in the game, I found that I could move the analog sticks and let go before the actual movement occurred on-screen. It's so bad, that the developers of the port openly acknowledged the issue...by saying they weren't going to fix it. Apparently for most peeps, it aint an issue, but for yours truly - having cut his teeth most of his life on PC FPS - it's...an adjustment to be sure...
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Posted: 5th April 2020 10:44
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That being said, it does have a grievous flaw to it, which is a severe response time to player input. When first I tried to move around in the game, I found that I could move the analog sticks and let go before the actual movement occurred on-screen. It's so bad, that the developers of the port openly acknowledged the issue...by saying they weren't going to fix it. Apparently for most peeps, it aint an issue, but for yours truly - having cut his teeth most of his life on PC FPS - it's...an adjustment to be sure...
Always frustrating when a developer says they're not going to bother fixing a massive issue with their game. I suppose it's marginally better than total silence though.
I'm currently playing Doom Eternal and The Outer Worlds, both very good, with fun narratives that don't take themselves too seriously. Expecting I'll be getting Resident Evil 3 through the door tomorrow.
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Posted: 8th April 2020 15:24
Posts: 353
Joined: 11/10/2006
I'm still playing League of Legends (after a three month break... when the client allows me) and Summoners War.
I finished the Last of Us not so long ago and still need to play the extra mode. What a truly smashing game and story that was. Wowzerz
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Posted: 19th April 2020 11:35
Black Mage
Posts: 200
Joined: 4/3/2007
My three recent games in no particular order.
Chess - Mastered the game.
Resistance: Avalon - I do great nearly all the time.
Perfect Dark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGHLV3Thaww
I'm usually posting it to my Facebook page. I'm not playing FF's right now but you never know.
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Posted: 26th April 2020 05:25
I reinstalled Deus Ex: Human Revolution since I hadn't played it in years and remember it being a really impressively solid experience when I first gave it the go round those so many years ago and made a rather unusual discovery.
So I first got the game back when it was released in 2011, but my system was using a GTX 280 at the time, which was top of the top of the top of the line...three years prior. Being as high-end as it was when I got it, it still packed an impressive enough punch to run the game butter smooth, but it was still juuuuuust this side of too old to support DX11. So while I loved the game and its visual style, I wasn't able to see it at it's fullest potential. No regrets.
Turns out, now with my GTX 970 Win10 64bit system...it still won't run with DX11 features! Breaks the game flat out. To be fair, this is the Director's Cut version - which has been visually buggy ever time I've tried to play it through the years - because the original won't play on my system at all. It's a bummer, cause it's still a really fun game to play.
Also my PS4 broke and it's past warranty, so I ordered replacement parts to fix it myself. While waiting, I dusted off my PS3 and finished up the first Red Dead Redemption. Turns out I was only a couple of a missions shy of the ending. It's still a fun game, but man have I forgotten how choppy the framerate gets in spots.
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Posted: 26th April 2020 10:13
Palace Guard
Posts: 2,589
Joined: 17/1/2001
I recently finished the FF7 Remake! I was going to redo a chapter (that's a thing you can do after the game) to do a sidequest I missed, but I haven't done that yet. I think what I'm going to do is let the game sit for a while, then do that in a week or two.
It was a really good game. The characters look amazing, the battle system is great, and they've really fleshed out the story.
I've mostly been playing Pokemon Go! since and considering getting Animal Crossing.
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Posted: 26th April 2020 17:22
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I finally finished Fallen Order this morning, and I have to say that I'm very happy with the additions to Star Wars canon that the final act put together. They could have very easily dug some plot holes and seem to have pretty deftly avoided them. One of the new characters introduced in the game, with connections to the Clone Wars, quickly became one of my favorite new characters in quite a while.
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Posted: 26th April 2020 20:10
Black Mage
Posts: 200
Joined: 19/6/2012
I just fell deeeep into the rabbit hole when a friend showed me Control. It's pretty much everything I ever wanted SCP Containment Breach to be. I still love SCP's though, don't get me wrong. They did an amazing job for their budget.
Acquired Trials of Mana as well and now my little under the age of 10 self is screaming and crying with joy. It's so cheesy, I love it.
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Posted: 28th April 2020 05:32
Black Mage
Posts: 212
Joined: 25/1/2014
I finished Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward on Friday! It took me five months to play, but a big reason for that is because I bought a house in game on Christmas and then spent the next six weeks leveling up crafting so I could make furniture for the house.
Also: I have general anxiety disorder, and it tends to kick in when I do dungeons with pick-up groups. So I had to wait until my friend was free to run me through dungeons. She was glad to help, but yeah, the waiting slowed me down.
I absolutely loved the music in this expansion, especially the themes for Coerthas Western Highlands and the Dravinian Forelands. And all the zones are HUGE! As you might expect from an expansion named Heavensward, the zones had height to them and you needed a flying mount to explore all their areas.
I grew incredibly find of Alphinaud during this expansion, though even so, I did get tired of his company after a while.
Story-wise... Well, it wasn't bad by any means, but elsewhere I summarized the story in one sentence. So it felt light on story. It's certainly not as bad as the bridge between A Realm Reborn and Heavensward which felt like it was full of pointless fetch quests. I do think Heavensward set up a lot that will have impact on the future.
Now I'm working on the bridge quests between HW and the next expansion, Stormblood. I, uh, Also made a second character, so yeah, I've been playing a lot!
Though I made a promise to myself that once a week I will play a game other than XIV. For my first game I've chosen Bravely Default. I'm not far in it at all, but played enough to think that the Tiz's voice actor sure sounds familiar! I *thought* he sounded like Mont from War of the Visions:FFBE, and so I just googled it and yup, same actor!
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Posted: 30th April 2020 00:52
Black Mage
Posts: 200
Joined: 4/3/2007
I'm not embarrassed to say I dusted off my GE 64 game and Perfect Dark game. I have videos of my recent play on my youtube channel if you want to see it. My claim to fame is GE 64 as I was once 4th in the world at the game on it's hardest level.
The reason why I didn't get first is because the top three at the time beat the more levels considered hardest at the time. I also didn't see how the knowledge crosses over to other games. I've made money playing Chess and found the abilities in that game more useful than shooters.
I've played Resistance: Avalon at TheResistancePlus and Proavalon.com. I've lost interest in social deduction games not playing as often as I use to. My future post on the Chrono Trigger endings, all 14, will reveal my interpretations.
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Posted: 6th May 2020 21:52
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I took a three-and-a-half-month hiatus from 100% Orange Juice, and during that time...
I beat Rabbit's Quest. It's a metroidvania where you get free up/down/left/right movement. It's reasonably difficult. Has a sort of space-ish/"planet with ancient secrets" theme to it, somewhat akin to Environmental Station Alpha (which is cited as an inspiration, and which I beat earlier but have yet to fully plumb the depths of its very, very extensive postgame material). Other inspirations include Hero Core, a game I haven't played.
An interesting mechanic in Rabbit's Quest it has is that every room you clear of enemies gives you 1 point, and you exchange those points for health upgrades -- 2 points = +1 max HP (and your HP is refilled at save points). It's also got at least a handful of optional challenges you can do to get the best ending.
Anyway, I got 100%, including beating the bonus dungeon and bonus boss. I recommend it. I also really like its chiptune jazz fusion soundtrack. It's donationware, too -- you can get it for free, but I paid for it because I think the game is very well-made. https://directshift.itch.io/rabbits-quest
I also finished Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition, with the best ending. This is a remake of the first game (Guacamelee: Gold Edition), basically. It changes the first game substantially enough that it is sold separately. Both are enjoyable, and give different experiences, but I'd say that STCE is arguably more feature-complete and a little fancier.
For those of you who don't know, Guacamelee is a metroidvania platformer strongly inspired by Mexican culture, including but not limited to lucha libre. It has a brilliant sense of flair and visual style, and the gameplay is also top notch, with an emphasis on combat with combos and special moves like throws.
I'm this close to 100%, but that would require me to do all of the Combo Chicken things and get gold medals in all the challenges and I don't care enough to do that. I already got all the really hidden secrets anyway.
Both Rabbit's Quest and Guacamelee (at least for the best ending) are games I'd consider to be somewhat on the difficult side. But, the difficulty makes them feel rewarding, particularly Guacamelee.
Since I last posted here, I've also messed with some other games.
I beat Shadowcrypt, a short combat-focused platformer where you fight your way through a dungeon. I beat Spooky Ghosts Dot Com, a short metroidvania platformer. I read a short visual novel called Sepia Tears, which is an interesting story about perceptions of people. I replayed Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble in Wackyland. I messed with the beginning of Atelier Sophie, a crafting-focused JRPG. I can do this now that I have a gamepad. And I wasted some time playing an internet argument simulator called Social Justice Warriors. (Yes, there's a game actually called that. It is exactly what I described it to be.)
I also beat Chasm. It's a procedurally-generated metroidvania, where the map is procedurally-generated, though static during a given playthrough. Its movement and combat are heavily reminiscent of the Castlevania games, specifically the castletroids. It also has an "Arcade" mode which lets you fight through room by room; this mode is randomized every time you play. And you can play for daily and weekly leaderboards.
I've also continued playing various Super Metroid randomizers, Zelda 3: a Link to the Past randomizers, and combo randomizers. I stream them to a few friends. I also was streaming Metroid Fusion to them once, wherein I specifically played the Metroid Fusion Repalette hack, but I didn't finish in one session and I'll have to get back to that later. I mean, the reason I played that -- the coronavirus pandemic -- hasn't exactly disappeared yet...
Speaking of streaming, I had also been streaming La-Mulana to a few friends, especially one who's supposed to be helping me co-solve the game's puzzles. I have yet to beat the remake version of the game (I've just beaten the original, and that was years ago, and that was following a video walkthrough). In return, he streamed to me Gray Matter, a point-and-click adventure whose (quite intriguing!) story involves a stage magician investigating some seemingly supernatural mysteries, written by Jane Jensen (who made the Gabriel Knight series), and a rhythm game called A Dance of Fire and Ice. He and I should continue La-Mulana and Gray Matter sometime.
I've also been meaning to get through a couple games I'm supposed to review. Specifically, I got Adventure of a Lifetime and Frane from being an admin of a Steam group with a curation list. Adventure of a Lifetime is one of VN developer Pulltop's "coming of age" trilogy, and is a story of adventure and romance set in the Ogasawara Islands, which is a real-life place, and the VN gives a lot of attention to the features and natural beauty of the island and its surrounding waters. Seems pretty nice so far. As for the other one, I haven't started playing that yet. Frane: Dragons' Odyssey is an action RPG, published by Kemco, which seems to have published a lot of these smaller games that I think are not actually-doujin sort of indie but from small companies. Frane, developed by Exe-Create, had the unfortunate experience of being localized and published by a bad troll some years ago who reportedly made a poor translation and put Securom DRM on it, but later, it seems Kemco stepped in and redid everything (I checked screenshots).
Though, ever since October 2019 when Steam mangled its Library UI so that it now lags obnoxiously on my computer, and forces me to look at advertising, among other problems, I haven't been using Steam as much. I've only purchased DRM-free games elsewhere, since then.
FYI, here are places I know of to buy games DRM-free:
* Stores where all products are DRM-free: FireFlower Games, GOG, Zoom Store (zoom-platform.com), for games in general. JAST USA and MangaGamer, for visual novels.
* Stores where some platforms are DRM-free (check the store page): GamersGate, Humble Store, itch.io (the vast majority of things here are DRM-free I think), Playism (also mostly DRM-free). Steam, too, to some extent, though (1) it doesn't supply standalone installers and also (2) does not tell you what games are DRM-free.
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Just getting back into flight simulators for this first time since, well, the 90s. The last flight sim I played was Microsoft Flight Sim 95 (or 98, I really can't remember which). But today, I'm playing IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946. Just picked it up on Steam and flew my first mission in a B-24 over Hawaii.
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Started playing GTA V on PC after getting it for free from the epic store, I wanted to get this version so I could try some of the mods.
I've also been trying to go through my steam catalogue and play games I either haven't played in years or have never played, so I've been playing some:
Binding of Isaac
Missing Translation
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I started playing Animal Crossings: New Horizons yesterday.
I like it so far, my only issue is that I can't turn off the gibberish sound that happens when I talk to any of the characters. It's not a huge deal though, I'll just play with the sound off and play my own music.
I had an old signature. Now I've changed it.
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I have been hanging out with some folks who are way into trivia and puzzles.
I am currently 7 questions away from writing up a quiz for Final Fantasy IV. No, wait, actually, it's for Final Fantasy II (US). Because it's fun to ask about its odd translations and version quirks.
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I own FF8, FF12 and FF15 but haven't played any of them yet.
I highly recommend FF12! It's the best of those three, imo.
Played through FF12 and I agree I thought it was a pretty good game! Better than I was expecting anyway!
Playing FF4 for the first time now and I am enjoying myself so far. Just defeated Octomamm so not too far in yet. This means I'll be back on the forums more often as I am using the walkthrough here!
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I have finished the post-Heavensward quests in Final Fantasy XIV! No spoilers from me, but I will say it was good to see a certain character again. I thought the ending had less of an OMG! reaction than the bridge quests between ARR and HW, but it was still a solid ending. There was a reveal of a certain piece of info that I didn't see coming.
I had been curious at the banner for Stormblood, wondering who a certain character in the banner was. Well, now I know! Again, no spoilers from me.
Otherwise, I've been slowly replaying FFIX. I splurged and bought it for the PS4, and I'm glad I did because it's so pretty! I had to Google how to view the active time events though, it wasn't intuitive. I also accidentally put the game into auto-battle during a boss fight, and couldn't figure out what happened (I thought I got berserked). But controls aside, it was well worth the money for the convenience and enhanced graphics.
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Thirty-one Upper School instrumental ensemble students focused on their musicianship during a full-day retreat on March 4. Held throughout the MFS campus, students participated in seminar discussions, extended rehearsals with MFS faculty, and worked one-on-one with master instructors from the local community by instrument family.
"The goals of the retreat are to explore aspects of music and individual mastery of instrument technique not possible during the limited rehearsal hours of the regular schedule," said Arts Department Chair Brian Howard. "Students also have the opportunity to work with extraordinary instrumental pedagogues in small settings."
The performance ensembles involved were the Upper School String Ensemble, the Upper School Symphonic/Jazz Ensemble, and the Upper School Advanced Jazz Ensemble.
The strings worked with Julie Bougher, a performer with the Delaware Symphony, Allentown Symphony, Riverside Symphonia, and Elysium Quartet. Brass players studied with John Linder, a Senior Lecturer at The University of the Arts and adjunct professor at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Montclair State University, and The College of New Jersey. Reeds played with Bob Apgar, owner of Serenade Musical Services and leader of The Next Generation Swing Band. The flutes enjoyed lessons with Elaine Petrosino, a faculty member at Rowan University. Percussionists drummed with Dennis Walter, a master teacher at The Voice Studios in Maple Shade.


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The New Inn is an historic Grade I listed coaching inn located in the centre of Gloucester, England. According to Wikipedia, "The Inn was built not long before 1455 by John Twyning, a monk, as a hostelry for the former Benedictine Abbey of St Peter. It is on the site of an earlier inn. After the dissolution of St Peter's the inn passed to the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral and was leased to various inn holders until it was sold in 1858." The New Inn is the most complete surviving example of a medieval courtyard inn with galleries in Britain. As well as a pub there is also a hotel, restaurant and coffee house. You can view more photos of the New Inn on Travels with Beer.
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Have you or your company ever fallen for a scammer? Well, it seems that it's happening more frequently than we would like to admit.
According to a recent report from the ACCC, scamming is something of a growth industry, with no fewer than 5432 cases reported by Australian businesses to the ACCC Scamwatch service during 2017.
The total losses amounted to almost $4.7 million – a rise of 23% from the year before. And that's just the scams that were reported to the ACCC – I would guess that there are many more that have either not been reported or not noticed.
Industry Update almost found itself among those statistics, so I can testify to how plausible some of these scams can be.
The so-called "false billing" scam can be very plausible, and it was the most common one used in 2017, with 1323 cases reported.
No doubt you will have seen such demands in your email spam folders. But while most email systems are pretty adept at filtering these out, there is no such system for filtering the snail mail.
When something that looks like such a plausible invoice on an impressive letterhead arrives with the accounts department of any business, there is every chance that it could well be accepted and paid. However, the ACCC does point out that smaller enterprises are more at risk.
I have one here: it is for an advert we are supposed to have placed in an international directory with a billing address in Portugal. And just to give the invoice an extra hint of authenticity (and threat) it includes an additional sum for "Interest and fees for delay accrued to date".
Suffice to say, we have never placed such an advert, and fortunately our accounts people checked with me before paying! I dread to think how many scams like this might slip through the net.
According to the ACCC, threats are not uncommon in this type of scam: "The scammers are very aggressive and persistent in demanding payment," according to a recent warning on the organisation's Scamwatch website.
Other scams to look out for at the moment include employment and investment scams, and these caused the most losses last year at nearly $1.7 million.
So watch out: there are plenty of scammers out there eager to separate you and your company from your money. Check out the Scamwatch website for more details.


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The NYT on the Impact of the 2012 Benghazi Assault on US Strikes in Iraq
Even though almost two years have passed, the memory of the events of the 2012 assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi still looms large over the White House. In a very interesting piece on today's New York Times, Mark Landler, Alissa J. Rubin, Mark Mazzetti and Helene Cooper present a detailed account of the lead-up to the decision taken by President Obama to authorize limited airstrikes on IS militants in Iraq as well as the delivery of humanitarian aid to the displaced population of Northern Iraq. The authors make an explicit reference to the weight that the events occurred in 2012 in Libya and the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens had on the decision making process:
With American diplomats and business people in Erbil suddenly at risk, at the American Consulate and elsewhere, Mr. Obama began a series of intensive deliberations that resulted, only a day later, in his authorizing airstrikes on the militants, as well as humanitarian airdrops of food and water to the besieged Iraqis.
Looming over that discussion, and the decision to return the United States to a war Mr. Obama had built his political career disparaging, was the specter of an earlier tragedy: the September 2012 attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans, including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, and has become a potent symbol of weakness for critics of the president.
Clearly, the current administration does not want to run the risk of being seen as leaving behind US personnel and interests due its hands-off regional approach. On the other hand, it is too early to tell if these strikes will mark the first step towards a lasting change in the regional policy approach and if a similar stance will be taken with regards to Libya and the encroachment of Jihadist forces in the eastern part of the country.


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Memory is a component in your computer that allows for short-term data access. Since your system's moment-to-moment operations rely on short-term data access – loading applications, browsing the Web or editing a spreadsheet – the speed and amount of memory in your system plays a critical role. Load apps in seconds by increasing the speed of your memory and installing more of it.
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If you're like us, you use your computer to do lots of things at once. You might be editing a document, while also looking at pictures and browsing the Internet. This naturally leads to a performance problem: every app you're running requires memory and competes for a limited pool of resources. Overcome this by installing high-density modules in each memory slot for seamless multitasking.
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One of the most important aspects of laptop performance is battery life. By upgrading your memory, you can potentially take advantage of lower voltage modules – and increase energy efficiency by up to 40% when using the latest memory technology.1 What's more, by simply installing more memory, you'll reduce the number of times your system has to access the hard drive (paging). Less paging means tasks are done faster – using less battery power.
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We will notify you of any failed delivery. This means, should no one be at the delivery address to receive and sign for the goods at the time of delivery. We will endeavour to reschedule the delivery with you within 24 – 48 hours; however you may be liable if any additional handling and shipping charges are incurred for a re-delivery.
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About Geneo's
We are now open, come in and see the first step in our remodeling process! Come enjoy many choices sure to please everyone. We offer a delicious variety of pizzas, calzones, pastas, salads, appetizers, sandwiches and dessert pizza.
We have a pub right next door to take in the game, meet with friends or make some new ones.
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The Emmanuel is a striking walnut desk with large pedestal.
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XXX Tentacion. My BEST SPIRIT BOX CONNECTION with him to date.
This is an amazing and intense session with X. Especially the last segment where I give him his voice back tp speak. It is pure, direct and we are connected as he answer me and gives me messages from the other side. I have done a few videos with him now, three sessions and a tutorial for his fans on how to connect with and feel his energy. All of these are on my YouTube channel HERE.
This is my fourth video with X, and something tells me it will not be my last. Wait for it, the last segment is a MUST SEE for any fan of X or any fan of ITC and sprit contact.


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The College of Arts and Sciences of Oklahoma State University seeks scholars who are committed to supporting the learning needs of students from diverse backgrounds and to engaging communities underrepresented in higher education. These fellowships will support the early development of scholars who show promise for successful academic careers in the Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences, or Social Sciences. The two-year fellowships (one in Fine Arts or Humanities, one in Social Sciences, and two in Mathematics or Sciences) with competitive salaries will begin in August 2018 and may be renewed for a third year. There is the possibility of a tenure-track appointment at the completion of the post-doctoral fellowship.
Post-docs will carry a teaching load of one course per semester and will receive institutional support for their research/creative activities and their professional development in instruction. They will be closely mentored by faculty and housed in one or more of the following departments:
Candidates who have completed their terminal degree within the discipline (PhD, MFA, or DMA) no more than three years before the August 2018 start date and who have not yet had a tenure-track faculty position are preferred.
To apply, please submit by 1 October 2017 the following in a single PDF file:
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Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum
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Classic Greek revival whale shipowner's mansion, built in 1845. A unique collection of whaling and historic artifacts, telling the story of Sag Harbor History. A Path Through History attraction.
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Women + Tech Meetup
February 13, 2019 @ 12:00 pm
Ladies of Atlanta, it's time to come together to make the phrase "Women in Tech" obsolete! Join us as we openly discuss personal and professional growth, challenges in the workplace, community involvement, and whatever else is on your mind. Our Village can be the one to make women in tech the status quo.
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Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC asked FERC for authorization to expand its system to provide an extra 68,500 MMBtu/d of firm transportation service to Florida Public Utilities Co. and Ascend Performance Materials.
FERC provided notice of the request for authorization under the pipeline's blanket certificate Dec. 23. Florida Gas is a subsidiary of the holding company Citrus LLC, which is half owned by a Kinder Morgan Inc. affiliate and half owned by a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners LP.
The Western Division project would provide the additional transportation capacity from a receipt point in George County, Miss., through a Florida Gas compressor station to a proposed interconnection with Florida Public Utilities in Escambia County, Ala. The project would include mainline looping and other facilities in Santa Rosa County, Fla., and other equipment at the new interconnection in Alabama. The project is expected to cost about $10.7 million.
In October, Florida Gas and Florida Public Utilities entered into a precedent agreement, amended a month later, at a negotiated rate designed to cover the cost of service of the project. The agreement covers transportation service of 28,500 MMBtu/d, plus the right to increase that up to an additional 42,000 MMBtu/d for 25 years, with a scheduled in-service date of Oct. 1, 2017.
In November, Florida Gas and Ascend, a manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, fibers and plastic products, entered into a precedent agreement for Ascend to acquire up to 40,000 MMBtu/d of assigned capacity. The first part of that service would start in Oct. 1, 2017. (FERC docket CP17-23)