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Popping games, by principle, is a game mechanic that is very easy to learn and play. There are also a lot of variations to the basic premise of "popping" things on screen. Even though it's easy to learn, mastering these games can take time, and the difficulty ramps up if you introduce new elements to the game. Continue reading "Splash It!"
3 Magic Shots
There are a lot of cool apps that are part of the iOS app library. While there are a lot of free apps that you can download, there are also a lot of wonderful apps that you need to buy in order to use. There are some app developers that offer their paid apps for free for a limited time and you need some resourcefulness to find out about these offers.
If you want to get more info about paid apps that go free you can try using 3 Magic Shots. This app has a simple aim, provide daily information on paid apps that is offered for free for a limited time. This app, which is available exclusively for the iPhone (sorry, no iPad version), gives daily updates on three apps that become available for free. The interface is quite clean – with three icons representing the three apps featured for the day. Touching on an app icon provides you with more information about the app – how it is trending worldwide, a score that is based on the usability of the app, its functionality, user friendliness, quality of the app and how much time they think you'll spend with the app. This is actually a unique feature of 3 Magic Shots and one of its selling points. Other features include the ability to share the app on your Facebook or Twitter account and a link to a YouTube video of the app being used. It's quite nifty and you wont' get lost. If you decide you want to download the app you can just touch the bottom right tab and it will open up the App Store.
It would've been awesome if more than three apps are made available every day since there are a lot of apps that turn free daily. But that's a minor gripe for an app that does what do well.
Casual games are a huge part of the iOS app arsenal – and there's a reason they're so popular. Casual games are easy to pick up and play and it's also easy to stop. It makes for the perfect formula for when you're bored during a commute or when you're waiting for a meeting or appointment. You can then just close the game when something important needs your attention.
Casual games exploit various game mechanics and one such example is TennisSolo, a game developed by Anix LLC. TennisSolo is the quintessential example of a casual game. You can pick it up anytime and stop at any point. Continue reading "TennisSolo"
Gangstar Rio: City of Saints
Gangstar Rio: City of Saints, what a title. It's like Gameloft felt like banking off of the upcoming release of both Saint's Row 3 and Grand Theft Auto III. It's no secret that the developer is known for making clones of successful IPs for the iOS. Last month we were graced with the Call of Duty version, Modern Combat 3. We tend to like these games and are glad to have Gameloft bringing these sorts of games to our favorite portable gaming platform.
This is a sandbox game where you can roam anywhere you want. You can do missions, or not. Do whatever you want. Kill whoever you want, take any vehicle you want. Yah it's a lot like Grand Theft Auto, but to be fair Gameloft isn't the first developer to copy that model.
We've played the other Gangstar games and immediately we noticed a difference with this game, the graphics were much better. You have many of options in driving a vehicle, but I prefer using the on-screen wheel and pedals. Default is accelerometer with pedals for gas and brake. There are a couple of other options as well. For us, driving could have been the deal-breaker because we love driving crazy in this sort of game. The coolest addition to this game type was an ATV, we love it. Don't get us wrong we love driving the really fast cars as much as the next guy, but give us some off-road action any day.
we can't speak to how long this game is, but it seems like a lot of time could be spent playing it. The downside of this game is that there is no multiplayer. We're not counting off for that because we don't care about multiplayer in this type of game, unless it's co-op. Yes Gameloft, we would like to see co-op in this game, please!
Overall this is the best sandbox game we've seen from Gameloft and recommend a download if you like being naughty.
Zombify Me
Zombify Me does exactly what you would expect by the app's title. The app zombifies anyone in the picture, usually by replacing the eyes and mouth. There are four faces available, but the end result is not all that horrifying.
Also there are no filters, colors or frames in this app. True, these aren't things advertised in the title, but they are helpful when it comes to adding a Horror theme to a picture like this. Just slapping some bloody eyes and rotted teeth over someone's face doesn't make it a good Horror Photo app.
Overall, the effects that are added by the app are decent enough, but there are other similar apps that have more options for the same price.
Dreamland: Halloween Adventure Game HD
Just in time for Halloween, Nevosoft releases a new adventure game. Dreamland: Halloween Adventure Game takes place in an abandoned amusement park. The player must traverse the park to find her missing brother.
For those not familiar with the genre, Adventure games involve a lot of exploring and finding items. Typically you'll enter a mini-area and have to find everything on a list and for finding those things, you'll be rewarded with an item that is needed to solve a puzzle somewhere else in the game.
This game adds something new to the mix as you'll encounter mini-games along the way that will reward you with items that solve other puzzles. While playing we encountered a match three game and also jigsaw puzzle. There may be more types available in the full version of the game, but we only had the chance to review the FREE-to-Play version.
The environments and voice acting are very creepy and create a great tone for the game. This combined with beautiful visuals and soundtrack, make this a great game for adventure and thrill seekers alike. If you're into adventure games this is definitely worth your time. (The Full Versions of the Game are on sale for Halloween)
Note: Full Version of the iPod/iPhone version is $1.99
Full Version of the iPad version is $2.99
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation – First Look
A few weeks ago, we reviewed a game that set the bar higher for other iOS developers. Little did we know, Modern Combat 3 : Fallen Nation would answer that call without even hearing it. The bar hasn't just been raised with this game, it's been vaulted. Modern Combat 3 is just so much better than anything else we've every seen in the shooter genre.
The graphics in this game are so flawless, it feels like we're playing something on XBOX 360 or PS3, instead of an iPad. The controls are the typical left thumbstick to move around and use of most of the right part of the screen to move and aim. There is a button to fire, one to crouch, one to run, and another for grenades. A button towards the top allows the player to switch weapons and/or reload. Basically it's the same control scheme as previous Modern Combat games. The controls are easy to learn even if you've never played the series before.
The campaign was played very briefly and what we experienced was fast paced and it was only the tutorial level. We can't wait to dive in and start a Let's Play series on it. While a lot of our friends are playing Battlefield 3, we opted to wait for this and we're happy with our $7 game compared to a $60 game. Especially with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Halo: Combat Evolved 10th Anniversary right around the corner.
Multiplayer had a great consistency in the connection via wi-fi. We experienced no lag at all while playing it. The game allows up to twelve players in a lobby and there are six maps and seven game modes to play at launch.
This is a great time to own an iOS device that is a recent generation. If you don't have something past a 4th generation iPod, I'd suggest it's time to upgrade for games like this one, because you should expect to see more like it. Will it run on older models? Probably. Will it run smoothly on those older models? Most likely not. With anything older, we'd expect lots of crashes. Sorry kids time to ask Santa for a new iPod, iPhone or iPad.
My Virtual Girlfriend
Have you ever wished you had a girlfriend that you could turn off when you'd rather do something else? With My Virtual Girlfriend, you can.
This dating simulation game custom creates virtual girls according the to different characteristics that the player specifies about himself/herself. Initially the player will be given three choice of girls to date, but you can choose to get another batch. After choosing the girl you want to date, you'll start the courting session.
You'll be able to perform actions like compliment, insult, wink, tell a joke and more. In addition the player will be able to go on activities like play video games, walk in the park, etc. To start out the activities are free, but as you level they tend to cost in-game money. In-game money can be earned by performing activities like recycling.
The player is allowed to interact with the girlfriend too. You can touch her, but be careful not to try too early or she'll breakup with you and game over. Once you get in good with her, you'll be able to kiss her, slap her, tickle her Maybe if you make it to a really high level you'll be able to do other things? Bow chicky wow wow.
Speaking prompts her to open a line of dialogue with you. From that you can agree, disagree, give a meh response, sad face or stick your tongue out. Be careful, your responses can either make or break your relationship very quickly.
A New update includes the ability to give your girlfriend the "Z Virus" which will turn her into a zombie. Don't worry, they won't bite….hard. Their appearance changes and they talk about wanting brains. Also the player now has the ability to take a girlfriend to a scary house, in theme with the zombie addition and Halloween season.
Overall this is a fun simulation game. The graphics are simliar to the Sims series and the soundtrack is very catchy. There are tons of levels in the relationship and each one unlocks new actions and activities. If you're a fan of simulation games, definitely give this one a shot, you may even get lucky.
Angry Birds Seasons: Halloween Update is Live
Angry Birds are back for another season, Halloweeen. It's been over a year since the Angry Birds: Seasons game launched and is now seeing it's 7th expansion.
As always you will slingshot several different types of birds at structures to bring them crashing down and kill the pigs. Personally, I never played the original Angry Birds. I've only played Angry Birds: Seasons and Angry Birds: Rio. Both are unique in the level designs and a slight variation on the gameplay. If I were asked to choose between the two, Angry Birds: Seasons would win every time. It's just more challenging and fun to me. Angry Birds: Rio seems to be more a movie tie-in which are almost never the same as the original.
Angry Birds: Seasons' "Halloween 2012" update has 30 Normal Levels and the Final level. In addition, there is a new orange bird that puffs up to a huge size, then deflates like a balloon. If you already own it, update now. If you don't already have it, definitely download Angry Birds: Seasons now. It's only .99 and will keep you busy for a long long time. In addition to the new update you get the previous 7 Worlds for a total of over 205 levels to play. You'll constantly find yourself re-playing a level to get the 3 stars and find the Golden Eggs, or get a higher leaderboard rank.
Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots App Review
Fruit Ninja, it's everywhere. It's an IP that stands alongside Angry Birds as the most downloaded game on the iOS and recently it made a juicy splash onto XBOX Live Arcade with Kinect integration.
Enter it's newest iteration, Fruit Ninja: Puss in Boots. The game is a tie-in to the new Shrek spin-off movie, "Puss in Boots".
The game has a Survival or "Desperado" mode in which you get 3 lives and you must slice fruit while avoiding bombs. The more fruit you slice in a straight swipe, the more points you get. If you see a glowing bean fly across the screen make sure and hit that as you'll gain a life back.
The second mode, "Bandito" has tons of different mini-games that are increasingly harder as you traverse the gauntlet of challenges that lie ahead. If you pass all 16 levels of the in this mode, you will have face-off against a most formidable opponent. The elusive, pinata. Yup, that's right the finale is a pinata, it sounds lame, but we found it a heck of a lot of fun to slice around for the time given. On our second run through this mode, we noticed that the levels are randomized and that there were more than the 16 levels than we played our previous attempt. This adds a lot of replay value to the game.
When you unlock certain achievements, you will also unlock new blades and backgrounds. All of which are exclusive to this version of the game. If you watch the video review, you'll see I unlocked the Firework blade, which is a lot of fun. If you're competitive you now have the option of using Game Center or Open Feint for your leaderboards.
Overall this is a great game with beautiful visuals accompanied by fun and addictive gameplay. The only downside I saw was there was no multipler as of yet, but hopefully the developer will add this to an update at a later time. If you like Fruit Ninja, you'll love this sequel that compliments the original very well. Oh and one more thing, they added tomatoes to this game 😉
This game was reviewed on an iPad 2 using the HD version of the game which is available at $1.99
Puss in Boots hits theaters October 28, 2011 and is a prequel to his appearance in the Shrek movies.
Siegecraft App Review
Every now and again, we'll play a game that stands out from the rest of the games in a genre. In an ocean of Tower Defense games, Siegecraft shines like a beacon in the night.
Most Tower Defense games are either an Over-the-head or a Side-scroller view. This isn't true 3D because you can't play on the same level as what's on the ground, but I wouldn't discount it as 2D either. If you watch the video review, you'll be able to see what we mean. (See Video Below) The sweeping shots of the levels found on the Title screen of the game is enough for us to wish this were an MMORPG so we could explore the visually rich environments.
The campaign challenges a player with 25 levels while playing as Knights, Vikings and Samurai. In typical Tower Defense style, you must defend against your attackers while attacking their structures and soldiers. In addition, some levels have you on the offense. With each level you beat, you'll be awarded Gold coins that can be used to upgrade your weapons. Hint: Turn off the Auto-Aim for a X3 Gold Multiplyer.
At time of this publishing, the only weapons available in the game are the Crossbow (I call it a Ballista) and Catapult. The developer is planning on adding both a Trebuchet and a Battering ram to the arsenal at a later time.
In addition to Single-player mode there is a Multiplayer Online and a Multiplayer Split-screen mode.
Multiplayer Online:
You can invite a friend to a match or join a random game via Gamecenter within the game.
Crossbows and Catapults mode has two online players square off with their ballistas and catapults. Each player has 5 turns and the player with the most points at the end wins.
Graveyard Shift mode has two online players trade off shots on a level filled with zombies. The player with the most points at the end of 5 turns wins.
Tip: Kill the zombies in the back of the map for a higher score.
Multiplayer Split-Screen:
Two Towers – Players Must destroy the other team's towers. The first to destroy both towers wins. This is the most challenging and fun multiplayer game type for us.
King of the Hill – Players must control the hill by killing the other team's soldiers.
Dragon's King – Players must control the center of the screen by killing the other team's soldiers.
Overall this is a visually stunning game, while having an easy and familiar gameplay. There is great replay value in this game with the different Multiplayer options. We'd recommend this to anyone that enjoys Tower Defense games
This game was reviewed on iPad2 and not all modes may play on iPhone/iPod. We'll update this when we have found out more.
Nyan Cat: Lost in Space
Just when we finally got the Nyan Cat song out of our heads, here comes another spin-off game inspired by the YouTube viral video. This time Nyan Cat sings its never-ending infectious tune while racking up a high score in this side-scrolling jump game. Nyan Cat is hungry from all that singing and you'll need to jump from platform to platform whilst gathering foodz and drinkz for the internet phenom.
The power ups in this Doodle Jump like game took us by surprise. Of course there is the not uncommon rocket, multiplyer and flying power ups. But there are two that stood out, way way out. One powerup is a joint that gets Nyan Cat high, not only changing his appearance to a green raggae cat, but it also makes the screen a bit wavy and slow moving. In addition, there is a pill that gives NC super speed while causing a hallucination of a giant version of himself moving about on the screen.
In addition to playing as Nyan Cat there is the Bizarro of the Nyan Cat world, Tac Nyan. Similiarly when Tac Nyan picks up the Superman powerup he turns into a flying Darth Vader.
Overall this is a fun high-score jumping game for all ages. Be warned, the biggest challenge is to keep playing while the Nyan Cat song loops for infinity. The initial game only comes with one level, currently there are two more which can be purchased individually for $.99 . Other in-app purchases include Movie, Nationality and Profession skins, each pack costing $.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.


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Tablets for what ails you
December 4, 2012 2 Comments
As the world has turned gonzo for tablets, I have not been immune.
While we do not yet have a district-wide student device implementation plan (hey, it's California – we barely keep the electric bill paid), I frequently field the same question from educators and parents alike: Which device do I choose for my student?
So, I turn to my closest reference material: my kids, and for one of them, the answer turned on her algebra book.
I have a slender, 75-pound 7th grader at home, one who was issued about 25 pounds of textbooks in late August. Visions of Dickensian, hunched-over 12-year-olds hauling firewood danced in my head. When, during back-to-school night, her algebra teacher said the online, digital version of her text was preferable due to its interactivity, I had a new 7" tablet ordered within 24 hours.
While the algebra book was PDF-based, the interactive features were dependent on Flash, so the entire Apple suite was out of the picture. Another of my daughter's teachers was having students set up Google accounts, so that piece of information led me to seriously consider Android tablets as I was aware that the integration of features and tools in the Google-verse was pretty seamless.
This illustrates the crooked path to the answer to the "which device?" question; it's not like choosing bed sheets.
Following are some of the factors to be considered in choosing your tablet:
- Which suite of apps will serve your student best? Each of the major app warehouses (Apple, Google/Android, Kindle) provide often mutually-exclusive applications. There is some overlap between them, so you need to do your research.
- Over the lifetime of the tablet, will your student age out of one app suite and into another?
- What level of productivity apps (word processing, etc.) will your student require? Is one better than another for keying-in data? Our home experiments indicate that a negative data-entry experience will result in non-use pretty quickly. This also informs what size tablet to consider. For instance, our 7th grader's hands fit the QWERTY touch-pad of the 7" far more comfortably than a larger tablet.
- Will the on-board browser run the textbooks you need? If not, will the tablet's operating system permit you to download a compatible browser such as Firefox? Are the texts perhaps available as an ebook download?
- Does your student have access to Wi-Fi in the location the tablet will be used? Do you have Wi-Fi at home, or does your student's district have an open Wi-Fi network? Bring-your-own-device policies vary widely, so check with your child's school.
In addition, you'll have decisions to make about on-board memory, how the tablet will be used by your student, etc. NPR recently did this overview story on tablets, Tis the season for tablets, well-worth consulting.


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He's not renowned for being the most side-splitting man alive, so this should be interesting...
ELVIS COSTELLO is to team up with friend and producer T-BONE BURNETT to help write the script for a new comedy drama series for US television.
According to a report on the US website, [url=]www.yahoo.com, Costello is working with Burnett to create the series for the WB Network in the US. The pilot will be based around four former models who become musicians, and the situations they get in while chasing their new career.
Speaking about the project, Costello told [url=]www.yahoo.com: "It's all about some beautiful girls who play rock'n'roll songs and have a ball spending someone else's money. They go into outer space, they rescue people from dastardly dictators and they play songs…they'll try to stay one step ahead of the usual record company pressure, using their skills, their wits and their charm. Even though the girls lead this fabulous life, we want certain elements of the show to be believable."
Costello is said to be considering writing a selection of new songs to accompany the series. If the pilot is successful, the show is expected to be aired in the autumn of 2001.
Costello and Burnett have been friends for a number of years. As well as a musician in his own right, Burnett also produced a number of Costello's solo albums throughout the mid '80s and early '90s.


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Modeling: arms and hands
Again, I'll only show an example of a human figure.
After you've modeled the head, chest and shoulders, it's time to work on the arms. For now, only model the biceps and triceps. You've already done the shoulders, so you should be able to see where the biceps should be: starting in the corner of the armpit and under the shoulder part all the way to the end of the upper arm.
Turn your model around and model the triceps. They don't have to be anatomically correct, just model them so they look convincing to you.
Turn it around again and model the lower arm by putting a roll of clay on top of the lower arm. Smooth it out. Take a tiny ball of clay and model the elbow. This gives a good starting point for the other muscles of the lower arm.
It is also a endpoint for the triceps
After you've finished most of the body, you can make the hands. Start with a flat piece of clay, make four cuts in it, and gently shape the fingers and thumb. If your figure is holding something, shape the hands around the object it's holding. With fantasy models, you can vary the number and length of the fingers. Look at the sketches you've made.


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ST. PAUL, Minn.—The railroad track where a 9-year-old boy's feet were severed in St. Paul last month was not guarded by a fence as required by state law.
Authorities say Marshawn Farr-Robinson climbed onto a slow-moving train about a block from his home on tracks belonging to BNSF Railway. He fell and a train amputated both his feet.
A well-worn path leads to the tracks. The path is considered a shortcut between two neighborhoods, despite a clearly posted no-trespassing sign on the railroad's property, according to a joint report by KARE-TV and Minnesota Public Radio ( http://kare11.tv/15y2Ix0).
While anyone who goes onto railroad property without permission is a considered a trespasser, Minnesota law requires railroads to "build and maintain good and substantial fences on each side of all lines of its railroad."
The law, which has been on the books for about a century, was written to protect livestock. But courts have said it's also intended to protect children. The law can be pivotal in liability lawsuits and has come up in more than a half dozen cases.
Those cases include a lawsuit on behalf of Andre Fisher, now 32, of Brooklyn Center. He was 9 when he lost both his legs to a train in Minneapolis. He crossed the tracks on a path used as a shortcut to a park. There was no fence to stop him.
Fisher's case against the Soo Line settled after a judge ruled the railroad violated the fence law. Fisher, now a father of two, said he sees no reason why railroads shouldn't fence off their tracks in residential areas.
But the law lacks an enforcement mechanism. No government agency monitors the extent to which tracks are fenced. Minnesota has around 4,400 miles of freight railroad lines.
Asked why some of its tracks are not fenced, BNSF issued a statement that said in part: "Constructing and maintaining fence for the over 4,000 miles of railroad tracks throughout the state, unfortunately, in some cases would still not deter people from entering railroad property."
The Federal Railroad Administration counts 75 deaths or injuries to trespassers on railroad property in Minnesota from 2007 to 2012.


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This is a follow-up on yesterday's post, which discussed a lungless frog species recently discovered on Borneo. Victor H. Hutchison has written a comment in the journal Current Biology that highlights a few interesting concepts.
Sometimes I give an introductory lecture on the histology of the human lung to undergraduates in our department. I invariably start off by asking the students what the organ is good for, and I always get the same two answers: Gas exchange and barrier function. I never realised that there is a third function in many animals, although it's obvious when you think of it: flotation. As a submarine can regulate its buoyancy by filling tanks with either water or air, so can many amphibians regulate theirs with their lungs.
Hutchison explains that amphibians may be particularly susceptible to losing their lungs because they have rather inefficient breathing dynamics. Apparently, they cannot breathe by changing the volume of the thorax with muscles, like we do. Instead, thay have to force air into the lungs by a swallowing motion. Then, because of the higher pressure built up in the lungs, expiration takes place when they open their mouths again. Further factors that contribute to the redundacy of lungs are a higher body surface area to volume ratio, a permeable skin with capillaries growing into the epidermis (unlike ours, which stop in the underlying dermis), and low metabolic rates due to cold temperatures.
A unifying trait for the previously known lungless salamanders and the recently discovered lungless frog is that they live in cold streams. Hutchison therefore proposes that the loss of lungs helps keep these animals on the bottom, preventing them from being swept away by the water. He does not mention that gas exchange will be much more efficient in moving water than in a still-standing pond, but this seems an obvious observation to me.
Some amphibians have reduced lungs while still retaining the capacity to use them. One example is the Titicaca frog (Telmatobius culeus). This animal lives in high-altitude waters in the Andean mountains. Normally, these frogs stay underwater and use their many skin folds for gas echange. These folds have very superficial blood vessels and are ventilated by a "bobbing" motion. In addition, the frog's blood is very rich in hemoglobin.
Hutchison remarks that there are probably more lungless frog species with specimens sitting around in museums of natural history, that have never been dissected. Perhaps these museums would be helped by a small CT scanner? (More likely perhaps, they would be helped by people with an interest in going through their vast collections and cataloguing them.)
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CIMS Lab is a leading provider of software that helps businesses track the usage of computing resources across virtualized technology environments -- such as servers, storage, email, networks, databases, applications and operating systems. The software gathers raw data about information technology (IT) resource usage and converts it into organized financial information that can help companies more easily understand how their technology resources are being consumed across a virtualized infrastructure consisting of many platforms and systems.
An accurate view of software and hardware usage helps organizations determine how computing virtualized resources are being used, what that usage costs, and how much departments should be charged. For example, a bank may have several different businesses -- commercial loans, mortgage branch, retail banking -- that share software applications and storage devices. CIMS Lab's software provides information that helps the bank to determine how much usage should be billed back to each department, which helps to better allocate future IT spending.
Also, companies deploying a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) can use CIMS Lab software to track and bill for IT usage as services travel across a vast and open IT infrastructure.
"Keeping tabs on IT costs is daunting for any organization facing a maze of platforms and systems that traditionally have been tracked separately and manually," said Al Zollar, general manager, IBM Tivoli software. "CIMS Lab software helps companies take control of their IT costs -- a key advantage of IT service management."
Rich Lechner, IBM's vice president of Virtualization, said, "CIMS Lab is an important addition to IBM's unparalleled virtualization portfolio of hardware, software and services. Customers are increasingly taking advantage of virtualization technologies to make it simpler and less expensive to optimize computing systems and lower the total cost of ownership across their entire IT infrastructure."
The acquisition of CIMS Lab complements IBM's portfolio of management software for virtualized technology. Virtualization helps make it simpler and less expensive for companies to integrate and improve the performance of hardware, software, storage and networks in open and heterogeneous environments. It enables governments, banks, retailers and other organizations to view and manage their many virtual IT resources as one, and dynamically change and adjust them across their IT infrastructures accordingly.
According to a recent survey by IT market research firm IDC, spending on virtualization will grow to nearly $15 billion worldwide by 2009, with more than three-quarters of all companies with 500+ employees deploying virtual servers. The companies surveyed also expect that 45 percent of new servers purchased in 2007 will be virtualized.*
Resource accounting with CIMS Lab software extends IBM's IT service management portfolio to financial management. With IT service management, companies can reduce technology complexity through automation and process integration and more easily comply with business policies and regulatory mandates.
CIMS Lab has more than 170 customers worldwide in industries such as financial services, government, healthcare and manufacturing.
With this announcement, IBM is planning to:
- Integrate CIMS Lab's operations within IBM's Tivoli division led by general manager Al Zollar.
- Incorporate CIMS Lab technology into IBM's software, hardware and services. IBM plans to ship CIMS Lab with IBM Director, complementing the virtualization capabilities of xSeries eServers and pSeries eServers; IBM also plans to integrate CIMS software with IBM Tivoli software products as part of an accounting and chargeback offering.
- Sell CIMS Lab software products through IBM's worldwide sales channels and IBM Business Partners.
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A charity manager has branded the people who took a 4ft collection bottle in broad daylight as "low lives".
Christine Ashton, who has helped run The Cat Rescue charity for 20 years is so upset to lose the cola-shaped bottle which held sentimental value - as well as charitable donations.
Christine believes the bottle was taken from the shop, in Wood Street, St Annes, at some point on Saturday afternoon.
Cat Rescue Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde take care of homeless, distressed cats and try to place them with people for cat adoption or cat fostering.
Christine said: "We are only a small, local charity – with only a small group of volunteers so rely on a lot on support and donation."
Christine believes there was around £60 in coins in the bottle.
Police are investigating the theft.
Christine added: "Someone must have seen someone walking down Wood Street with a bottle that size on a Saturday afternoon.
"Whoever has done this must have been in the shop before and weighed it up. They're low lives and the theft has left a really bad taste."
Despite the money being taken, Christine and her fellow volunteers are more upset about losing the last photo of a cat called Charlie, in a specially-built wheelchair, which the shop has looked after.
Christine said: "It's just so upsetting as the photo of Charlie on the bottle cannot be replaced and it's something we held dearly."
However, Christine's faith in people has been renewed since the theft.
She said: "The silver lining in this sad tale is that a gentleman was in the shop when we discovered the loss and handed us a £20 note to pay for two books worth 50p.
"He told us to keep the change to go towards a replacement bottle."


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I have one "server A" that has multiple IPs attached to it, like so:
eth0:0 184.108.40.206
eth0:1 22.214.171.124
eth0:2 220.127.116.11
I have another "server B" that also has multiple IPs attached to it, like so:
eth0:0 220.127.116.11
eth0:1 18.104.22.168
eth0:2 184.108.40.206
Now, I want to setup iptables on "Server A" to forward/NAT all incomming traffic on "eth0:2" to IP 184.108.40.206 on "Server B".
I have verified that "Server A" is able to "talk" to "Server B" on IP 188.8.131.52. Ping and telnet to open ports works just fine and I have the forward-flag turned on (net.ipv4.ip_forward=1)
I have tried multiple different ways, DNAT, SNAT, MASQUERADE etc, but I cannot get anything to work.
This line works fine if I try to forward traffic between IPs on the SAME server:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 18.104.22.168 -j DNAT --to-destination 18.104.22.168
But if I switch out the "18.104.22.168" for "184.108.40.206", it does not work.
I assume that I need a second iptable rule to solve it. I have tried with the following POSTROUTING rules without any luck (not at the same time):
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -d 126.96.36.199 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -d 18.104.22.168 -j SNAT --to 126.96.36.199
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE
What am I missing?
I finally got it to work by using the following:
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -d 184.108.40.206 -j DNAT --to-destination 184.108.40.206
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -d 188.8.131.52 -j SNAT --to 220.127.116.11
However, now another problem appeared. All logs etc on server 184.108.40.206 shows that ALL traffic now comes from 22.214.171.124, like apache logs, mail logs etc. I assume this is the nature of NAT.
However, when I do standard port forwarding on my home-router to my laptop that is running apache, I see the original "requester IP" in the logs. So, how does the router do this? And how can I do the same on my server setup?
Bottom line, I want to forward all traffic from Server A (18.104.22.168) to Server B (184.108.40.206), BUT I also want to be able to see where the traffic came from on Server B (184.108.40.206), i.e the apache logs should show the original IP of the requester.
I assume I should use some other way than NAT to make this happen, and it should be possible, as even my simple home-router is able to do this.
One extra thing, the IPs attached to Server A and Server B is LOCKED to each respective server. Thus, Server A is NOT able to send out traffic FROM IP 18.104.22.168. It is locked by my provider in the router.


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The Supreme Court of Georgia passed an order amending the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct. The following terms have been added: aggregate, campaign committee, campaign contribution disclosure report, contribution, election cycle, financial disclosure statement, maximum allowable contribution and support. Also, Canons 3E. Disqualification and 3F. Remittal of Disqualification were amended. The full text of the Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct can be found at www.georgiacourts.gov


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Learn To Easily Analyze Your Competitors Keywords
Bhaskar Saikia 6 Min Read
When you make posts content in any platform, it's really cool to see a double digit or more than double digit likes or visitors, when you wake up next day. Some among you might have experienced that feeling of accomplishment, when you really measure how effective your piece content. It is beautiful to see a number of people engaging with your creativity.
But, are you wondering why some of your contents posted in internet gets that huge number of engagement but some are not even bothered by anyone to look at? Do you know your mistakes for which people did not like your content? What are the things that made you that popular overnight but made you lost among others in the next content?
Any result oriented person, who would like to measure their success in numbers, will love to see all the above questions answered.
By now most of you might be trying to figure out all those answers. But, fact is most of you will be looking at the wrong place for answers. We all try hard to make our content so attractive that we forget one most important and basic measure that we should take into consideration. Here, we will discuss about that very important element of any content, which makes them to be seen over social media, blogging and search engines, at the very top of the list – and that's none other than the effective use of 'Keywords'.
Word might have spread over by now that how effective is SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for the internet. Guess what? SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is mostly about effective use of Keywords in different on-site elements. Here, you will learn how to stay ahead of your competitors by not just effective but also efficient use of Keywords. Your analyzed Keywords must have to show their effectiveness by adding to the number of visitor for your content, and along with that you must know how to extract those Keywords which stands out of the crowd. But, before giving you any tip regarding all the stuff about the use of Keyword, you must know what you need.
How to use Google Adwords Keyword Planner Tool?
Google Adwords Keyword Planner Tool is proved as one of the best tool to assist you in getting your relevant Keywords for your content. Using Google Adwords Keyword Planner is really easy and free of cost. You will just have to login with your Gmail Account and Voila! You are ready to use the Keyword Planner. The interface provided by Google Keyword Planner is really easy.
When you login into your Google Adwords Keyword Planner account, under the 'Tools' tab you will be asked 'what would you like to do?' under Keywords Planner in the left hand side panel. There you should click on 'Search for keyword and group ideas'.
Latter part is to just put down your preferred content type or ideas in the space provided under 'your product and ideas', and target according to the sum of people that can be your potential readers. Google Keyword Planner gives advantage to target by different demographic and linguistic options. You can also opt to allocate the data range of the search results of each keyword ideas that will be shown as a result. When all is done, just click at the 'Get Ideas' call to action button. You will also find a downloadable list all the Keyword ideas generated with different parameters to judge their relevance for further use.
How to Easily Analyze Your Competitors Keywords?
Now, hoping that you all have tried atleast once to take a look at the Google Adwords Keyword Planner tool and tried to figure out it uses, as of now, let's assume that you have learned to use the keywords planner. So, now the question is how to make best use of it to beat your competitors?
Let me walk you through the most important points that you must try out in order to make effective and efficient use of keyword. This points should help you to minimize you competition by a significant level, so that the performance of your keywords can give you a positive effect on the number of visitors that you receive from your content.
Analyze Competitors Landing Page
This is one of the most interesting technique to keep up with your competitors. This technique is of more use with all the business that lies in the Market Follower group in a particular market. Assuming that you have listed down your business competitors in your market, you should be able to find out their high performing page. Now how to do that?
You should take a look at all those webpages and blogs in of your competitors which have a significant number of visitors. This can be found in the top results of SERP (Search Engine Result Pages). Normally when you type your keywords in the search engine, top performing pages are shown.
Now, that you have figured out how to get the list of all high performing pages of competitors, what you are waiting for? Go and check them one by one in Google Adwords Keyword Planner Tool. The Google Adwords Keyword Planner tool also gives an option to extract the Keywords form your landing page. Now, instead of the url of the landing page of your own website, make use of all the list of high performance webpages of your competitors. This will provide you all the relevant keywords which should be used in your webpage to keep up with the competition.
Use of Long Tail Keywords
Next interesting tip for you is to use Long Tail Keywords. For those who don't know that there are two kind of keywords, Long Tail and the Short Tail Keywords.
Short tail Keywords are those that are made of single word and Long Tail Keywords are those that are made by two or more than two words. Although, Short Tail Keywords tends to have more number of search than Long Tail Keyword, but it is advisable to use Long Tail Keywords. It is easier to make Google Understand what kind of information you are trying to provide by using meaningful phrases rather than a single word tag, and this is why use of Long Tail Keywords are more relevant than that of Short Tail Keywords.
Analyze Competition of Keywords
When know that you have competitors that are doing quite well, it is always advisable to choose the Keywords wisely according to the competition that you might face. This can also be found by the ideas generated by the Google Adwords Keyword Planner. This tool also gives the detail about the competition that you can face by using that particular Keyword.
So, while analyzing your Keywords opportunity, you must watch carefully, that the Keyword that you are choosing should have lower or moderate level of competition along with a high number of search per month.
Well, you are now wiser than ever. I bet making a content next time you won't forget to good some research. This can be a bit of pain for few, but this pain is worth it. Rather than wasting a beautifully created content by not seeing through the use of Keywords, you should take some time in analyzing your keyword opportunities before publishing the content straight way.
Make use of all those points and let us know how good it is working for your content. We are always there to help you in case you are stuck in any step.
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"You're back in the story's framing device," the radiologist said, poking his head out from behind the monitor. "What happened this time?"
I sighed.
"And stop sighing," he chided. "It messes with the image."
I waited until I heard the telltale whir and several almost eerie moaning sounds from the large radioactive camera above me to indicate the technician had a picture of my insides he was happy with. As he approached the table I explained, "It's not my fault this time." I hedged slightly. "It's not entirely my fault this time."
The other man helped me sit up on the scanning table. "So who else was at fault?"
"It was my computer."
He blinked at me. "I'm…not sure I follow." Then, considering, he nodded. "Actually, I'm entirely sure I don't follow. What does your computer have to do with the long gap between you telling the whole college story thing?"
After rearranging my hospital gown to about half of my satisfaction – in that it only showed about half of my rear end to anyone standing behind me – I faced him. "My computer sort of…exploded."
The radiologist went through a series of expressions that, despite their nuanced differences, all seem confused to one degree or another. "Let me be entirely clear here. You're literally writing my character's responses right now, and I have no idea what that's got to do with any of this," he admitted.
For that matter, I realized, anyone who just started reading right here would have no idea why this college story has a portion happening in the hospital a decade in the future. I cleared my throat again to cover the sound of me breaking the fourth wall.
"Okay," I said. "It didn't actually explode."
"Then why say it did?"
"It sounds a lot more interesting than saying my operating system disappeared and all I could do was stare at a black screen," I offered. I was well aware of what a computer looked like when it actually exploded, given what was about to happen in the main story. "Suffice to say, it stopped working as anything other than a very large, very hot paperweight."
Despite my explanation, the technician looked just as confused. "So…what's that got to do with telling me a story? And how do you know your computer at home…exploded?"
"No, no, no," I waved it away. "I mean, my computer exploded in the future, preventing me from typing new segments of the story and publishing them." It was only after I'd said the words that I realized how ridiculous they sounded.
"I think what I like most about your story is how easy it is to follow," the other man said, mockingly sincere.
"Shut it."
"Okay. So let me try to summarize here," the radiologist said, tapping his fingers on his clipboard thoughtfully. "You're here now, telling me a story. The story is about your college days ten years or so ago. And it's being written down as a blog sometime…after this doctor's visit?"
I nodded slowly. "Actually, that's a pretty good summary."
The man gave me a weighing look, as if he wanted to say something more, but he just nodded as well. "Well, in that case, in that very oversimplified form, it's not as complicated as I thought it was."
I hopped off the table. "For a story with multiple timelines running in unison at different rates of speed with only one character in common, it's actually fairly straightforward…" I hesitated. Then, being a realist, I added, "Straightforward…ish."
"In any case," the technician said, looking at the chart disinterestedly, "Something something doctor babble. You can go sit in the waiting room for another fifteen minutes." His brow suddenly furrowed. "Did you actually write 'something something doctor babble' as my dialogue?"
"Sorry. I wasn't really listening to what you were saying when it happened. So I'm losing some details as I'm writing it down later," I admitted sheepishly. "I probably could have taken a more dignified guess than that, though."
"Probably," the man said, and led me back to the tiny third world country just outside the radiology department that had been very generously labeled as a "waiting room." He watched me sit down and readjust my nudity to my liking before asking, "So refresh my memory. Where were you in the college story?"
I opened my mouth and then snapped it shut. "Honestly, I think it was my first job hunt, but I don't really remember. But then I remembered something else happened before I went out looking for work anyway."
"Which was?"
"My computer exploded."
The radiologist gave me an uneven look. "I feel like we've covered that bit."
"No," I said with a sigh. "In the past. That computer exploded."
He gave the television a wary look. "That wasn't working when you came in, right? Because if you somehow destroy technology just by being around it there are actually some expensive imaging machines you should stay away from…"
"Shut it."


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Migration and Identity
No, this isn't another race post.
You might have noticed a slight change in the look of the blog recently ;). The amazing Derek Chung is redesigning my online personality right now. When he's done, I will not only have a MUCH prettier blog (though my soul will remain as schmutzig as a pig's latrine), but I'll also have a whole website with stuff.
Feel free to express positive opinions about the lovely redesign. And also feel free to tell me if something is uncomfortable or doesn't work right.
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When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their beloved Moominvalley.
It's more than 40 years since Jansson's Moomintrolls first appeared. I found the writing and invention as appealing as ever. She has a thistledown touch.
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Thanksgiving Dinner Wine Pairing Charts
Properly pairing food and wine can enhance your experience of both. Thanksgiving dinner can be one of the hardest wine pairing days of the year because of the variety of foods served. Fortunately, there are many wines that pair quite well with turkey and all of the trimmings at Thanksgiving dinner.
Successful Thanksgiving Wine Pairings
What often works best with the varied foods at Thanksgiving are versatile medium-bodied, accessible red and white wines. Since everyone typically sits down family style, Thanksgiving meals quite often only have the main course and dessert, although sometimes appetizers are offered before everyone sits. Offer several styles of wine to your guests with the entire dinner or offer different wine pairings for each course if you opt for that serving style.
Each of the wines below will go with the entire main course of a traditional Thanksgiving meal, from the turkey and stuffing to the sweet potatoes.
Champagne and Sparkling Wine
One of the great thing about Champagne and other sparkling wines is their versatility. Because many are made from the red wine grape, Pinot Noir, they have enough gravitas to pair with heavier dishes, but remain light enough that they don't overpower lighter fare. Likewise, Champagne and sparkling wines have a celebratory feel to them, making them the perfect dinner pairing. Champagne makes also makes a great apéritif to pair with appetizers.
|Price Range
|Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco, Cavit Prosecco Lunetta
|$10 to $20
|Poema Brut Cava, Juve Y Camps Rose Brut Cava
|Sparkling Wine/US
|Treveri Cellars Blanc de Blanc Brut, NV Scharffenberger "Brut Excellence", Gruet Brut
|Non-Vintage Champagne/France
|Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label NV, Louis Roederer NV Vintage Brut, Perrier Jouet NV Grand Brut
|$35 to $60
|Non-Vintage Sparkling Wine/US
|Loma Prieta Non-Vintage North Coast Sparkling Wine, Blanc de Noirs
|Vintage Sparkling Wine/US
|Schramsburg 2011 Brut Rose, Frank Family Vineyards Blanc de Blanc 2008
|Vintage Sparkling Wine/US
|Argyle Winery Blanc de Blanc, Domaine Carneros Le Reve Blanc de Blancs
|$80 to $200
|Vintage Champagne/France
|Dom Pérignon, Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame, Perrier Jouet "Belle Epoque"
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is a medium-bodied red with subtle fruit flavors and a delicious earthiness. The tannins in the wine cut through the rich and fatty flavors of turkey, stuffing, and gravy during your main meal.
|Price Range
|Pinot Noir/OR
|Andrew Rich Prelude, Cloudline
|$18 to $25
|Domaine Digioia Royer Bourgogne Rouge, Domaine Olivier Merlin Bourgogne Rouge
|Pinot Noir/CA
|Clos LaChance Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot Noir
|Pinot Noir/CA
|Martinelli Home Ranch "Water Trough" Vineyard, Talley Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir
|$35 to $70
|Pinot Noir/OR
|Archery Summit Premier Cuvee Pinot Noir, Argyle Spirit House Pinot Noir, Domaine Drouhin Oregon Pinot Noir
|Pinot Noir/OR
|Domaine Serene Fleur de Lis Vineyard, Chapter 24 Last Chapter Pinot Noir, Beaux Freres The Beaux Freres Vineyard Pinot Noir
|$85 to $200
|Pinot Noir/CA
|Kistler Cuvee Catherine Occidental Station Vineyard Pinot Noir, Williams Selyem Rochioli Riverblock Vineyard Pinot Noir
Rosé wines are great food options because they are usually ultra-low in alcohol, and they have a nice non-tannic, fresh fruitiness to them. They are quite reasonably priced; you can find a good bottle for under $20. Rosé wines are a good halfway between a red and a white, which allows them to pair with all of the foods on your Thanksgiving table. Try any of the following:
- Ameztoi 2010 Rubentis Rosé Getariako Txakolina, Spain - $20
- Guigal Cotes du Rhone Rose, France - $13
- Chapoutier Belleruche Rose, France - $15
- La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Ventoux Rose, France - $9
Grenache is a medium-bodied red found in wines from France's Rhone region and Spain's Prioriat region. Grenache-based wines are fruity and earthy with a hint of smoke. The smoky and earthy flavors of Grenache go well with common Thanksgiving herbs like sage, rosemary, and thyme, which means it will work with your entire meal.
|Price Range
Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache, d'Arenberg The Custodian Grenache
|$10 to $20
|Domaine de Gournier Grenache Noir
|$60 to $80
Angove Family Winemakers Warboys Vineyard Grenache, Greencock Creek Cornerstone Grenache
|Epoch "Veracity" Paderewski Vineyard Paso Robles Rhone Blend
| Domaine de la Janasse Vielle Vignes, Chateau de Beaucastel,
Domaine Pierre Usseglio et Fils Chateauneuf-du-Pape Mon Aieul
|$75 to $150
While Germany makes champion Riesling, you can also find quality versions from producers in the United States, Austria, and Australia. Riesling wines work well because they have a nice balance of sweetness and acidity that complements your entire Thanksgiving dinner, as well as any appetizers you choose to serve.
|Price Range
Chateau Ste. Michelle Columbia Valley Dry Riesling, Eroica Riesling, Charles Smith Kung Fu Girl Riesling
|$8 to $19
St Hallett Eden Valley Riesling, Frankland Estate Rocky Gully Riesling
|Forrest Estate The Doctors' Riesling 2012
|Riesling Kabinett/Germany
|Dr. Loosen Blue Slate Estate Kabinett, Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken
|$20 to $25
|Riesling/Alsace, France
|German Riesling Spatlese
|J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Spatlese, Donnhoff Norheimer Kirschheck Riesling Spatlese, Leitz Rudesheimer Berg Roseneck Riesling Spatlese,
|$30 to $80
Dessert Wines
Many sweet wines also work well with Thanksgiving desserts. Try any of the following:
- Penfolds Club Tawny Port goes great with pumpkin pie - $14
- Chateau Coutet Barsac pairs well with créme brûlée - $20 to $50
- Chateau Doisy Vedrines Sauternes is a good all around dessert wine - $18
- Yalumba Antique Reserve Tawny Port tastes great with chocolate or pecan pie - $20
- Tabali Late Harvest Muscat pairs well with fruit - $9
- Taylor Fladgate 10-Year-Old Tawny is a dessert all by itself - $35
Wine Shop Help
Your local wine shop staff can also help you pick out a great Thanksgiving wine. With a little wine education and a sense of adventure for trying new things, you're sure to find the perfect wines for your Thanksgiving meal.


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The Directors and management of Strata-X Energy Ltd. are pleased to announce that the Company has closed the private placement as announced on July 29, 2015. The private placement (Placement) consisted of 10,310,250 units (Units) to raise A$824,820 at a price of A$0.08 per unit (Unit).
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I had a user who couldn't save their Illustrator files, but had no trouble doing it the week before. It didn't matter whether she was saving locally or to the server. I tried rebooting and repairing the permissions, but neither worked. Then I trashed the Illustrator CS3 preferences and things went back to normal. If this happens to you and you don't want to lose your file, do a Save As, then pick EPS as the format. It appears that it will still let you save it as an EPS even if you can't save it as an AI file.
This was a Mac OS X 10.4.11 machine. If you're seeing this problem on a Windows install, sorry, but I don't have a fix for you. If you're not familiar with deleting preference files on a Mac, the following will explain what to do. If you have custom settings in Illustrator CS3 I'd suggest writing them down beforehand since removing the preference file will reset Illustrator to its defaults.
1. Close Illustrator CS3 if it is open
2. Go to Macintosh HD->Users->username->Library->Preferences, but substitute your actual username in where it says username
3. This is where your user account preferences are stored. Look for the com.adobe.illustrator.plist file. Move it to your Trash, but you don't need to empty it
4. Now, within your Preferences folder, find the "Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings" folder and move that to the Trash, but do not empty it
5. Start Illustrator CS3. This should create new preferences files containing the default settings for Illustrator CS3.
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If you get to step 6 and it works, then you're set. If you had customized settings in Illustrator you will need to set those up again since removing the preferences also removes any customizations to the settings. If you had them but do not remember what they were, you can get your preference files from the Trash, restore them to where you found them, then open Illustrator again. That way you can see what your customizations were, remove the preferences again, then set up the preferences while working with a good set of preference files that allow you to save.
If you still can't save after step #6, you have the option to put the preference files (com.adobe.illustrator.plist and Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings) back into your Preferences folder and restart Illustrator. That way your settings will be back and you can go on troubleshooting your problem saving without losing any customizations to the application.
Thoughts, tips, tricks, and fixes for the IT person in you. I am an MCSE and support a wide variety of IT-related items at my job, including: Windows OS's, Exchange, Terminal Services, .NET, IIS, OS X, Microsoft Office, printers, phones, Linux, Adobe Creative Suites, and plenty of other hardware and software. Hopefully some of the solutions I find throughout the workday are useful to you as well
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You are amazing, thanks so much for this info it worked like a charm. Now I can save again, unfortunately I lost some work along the way but I'm so happy to have this problem resolve, and so easily too.
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Thanks for the comment, and I'm glad it worked for you
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After declining 6.4% for the third quarter, the S&P 500 Index rebounded by more than 8% in October, pushing back into positive territory for the year. Markets around the world generally fared better as well, despite continuing concerns about slowing global growth and uncertainty surrounding the Federal Reserve's pending decision to raise rates.
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The market recovery in October suggests that investors think the factors that contributed to the third-quarter correction were a bit overplayed. While concerns over the Chinese economy persist, no new significant negative factors developed in recent weeks. The decline in Chinese stock markets didn't spillover significantly into other markets and the support measures taken by the government seemed to have had some positive effects. Other emerging markets have shown signs of life, too, with the MSCI Emerging Market Index climbing more than 7% in October. Crude oil has rebounded some from its third-quarter lows, too, but is still well below the $60 per barrel levels last seen in June.
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