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microsoft vehemently denied it has any plans to port its microsoft office suite to linux, as widely reported last week (including our story last thursday). the story surfaced on wininfo and paul thurrott's wininformant website and newsletter, with news that an israeli company called mainsoft was working with ms to get office working with linux and other unix flavors (see the original wininformant story).
a microsoft spokesman quickly contacted thurrott and said that mainsoft was working only with internet explorer and windows media player, trying to get those programs working with unix. despite this official denial, thurrott points out many ms denials in the past that developed into real programs (e.g., project cool which morphed into the new c# initiative). he also found other indications that something more than ie porting is probably going on. thurrott promises to continue following the story and speaking to his contacts (including some folks at mainsoft).
for more information, please see wininformant.
sam's opinion
as chief technologist rob said in his opinion when we reported on this story last week, it makes sense for microsoft to get office running on linux (and unix in general), so the vehement and rapid denials from ms do seem a bit fishy. if you get a chance, read the thurrott articles i linked to above and notice how his reporting was much more substantiated than just a mere rumor. it does seem like microsoft is definitely exploring a valid business possibility …
so why are the ms execs so afraid of being associated with linux? maybe because they don't want any efforts on their part helping to legitimize the only possible rival to the windows os monopoly. as rob said, if ms got office running on linux, one of the chief barriers to linux acceptance in the corporate world would disappear. so many offices and corporations are tied so tightly to microsoft office programs that running any non-windows os on employees' desktops means far too much expense and retraining to be practical (in the execs' minds). since there are versions of office for the macos, there's less resistance to having macs on a network, but there are still lots of companies that balk about macs in a corporate environment because they're harder to support in a windows-majority office and because there are fewer software programs for the platform than there are for windows. linux could be a great corporate desktop os, but if you can't run word and excel on it it's got no chance anytime soon. thus, ms doesn't want even the slightest hint of it working with linux to get out in the public.
but i agree with mr. thurrott and rob: ms is definitely up to something with linux, and i'm sure within a year or two we'll get the official retraction of this initial denial.
user comments 24 comment(s)
|go figure (11:22am est tue aug 22 2000)
i guess the search for unix programmers to port m$ office over to linux failed. like i said before, good luck finding a unix programmer to switch to the dark side. i just call it as i see it. – by unixguy!
|insight? (12:08pm est tue aug 22 2000)
i can think of a reason why they would keep any development of office for unix on the qt. if microsoft is eventually broken up into two companies – an applications developer and an operating system, than it no longer makes sense for the application developing company to only produce office for windows and macintosh because they no longer care if people continue to use windows or use any other operating system. i think it's a bed hedging strategy. if ms stays together, than we won't see it. if/when they get broken up, the company that produces office will release unix office which will just further increase their marketshare in the office applications market. – by ideaman
|agree with ideaman (1:29pm est tue aug 22 2000)
breaking up microsoft will only make them stronger. because then the application side of microsoft can become bigger by porting all of their applications to many more operating systems. – by gei
|ms linux (2:04pm est tue aug 22 2000)
i think ms is going to release ms linux. but first they need to make sure there software is going to work on linux by porting it to linux than selling it to the public for real world testing…the micro$oft way. – by kbc
|m$ linux (2:15pm est tue aug 22 2000)
if bill gates can make more money doing it [porting to linux], it will be done. – by wdk
|m$ linux (2:37pm est tue aug 22 2000)
this follows bill's logic: if you can't create it, buy it or steal it, then trick people into thinking its better, then rake in the bucks as the sheep rush to buy it. – by rdp
|rumor (4:24pm est tue aug 22 2000)
i think it was a rumor spread by linux hopefuls who are secretly in love with ms. we know you guys, you say ms is a money grubbing company, but love everything about them – right down to the cartoon paper clip. – by jj
|m$-linux (4:45pm est tue aug 22 2000)
in two years, when linux combined with enterprise-unixes has swamped other oss, ms will replace the troublesome nt kernel with an adapted linux kernel. of course, it won't be linux, and it won't work without "extensions", but ms *will* "embrace" linux sooner or later. unless they're broken apart, they will bring linux to windows, not office to linux.
mainsoft's work is simply a preamble to gamble, carefully mapping out the necessary changes. and don't forget wine, which will also make this easy (and cheap) work for m$. – by md
|well (7:41pm est tue aug 22 2000)
bill gates is the greatest geek of them all. i mean…look at him!
what a geek – by satan
|mr insight (8:43pm est tue aug 22 2000)
m$ are the new lordz of the universe – check out the beginning of their mail address "
1 micro$oft way
bills ho." – by don't giva shit
|i disagree (8:57pm est tue aug 22 2000)
the only reason the windows family of os's has remained on desktops is because of wide device support & application availability. if m$ were busted up the os would have to stand on it's own 2 feet. why would m$ applications division suddenly start porting to other os's thereby weakening the os's grip?
be seems a great little os but what can you do with an os that has virtually no driver support & no few real apps? – by lurch
|office & linux (9:35pm est tue aug 22 2000)
i bet that if ms is broken up we will see "office" on linux, mac, beos and maybe even palm. after all the new "office" company will want as much of the market as possable…. that is the bill gates way. – by notsodumb
|linux the microsoft way (2:37am est wed aug 23 2000)
i'd bet we're gonna soon see "ms linux" of course, this is not just any old red-hat of suse, this is microsoft's own, so it has a few extensions (nt connectivity, some apis) and costs some money (the extensions make it copywriteable).
then, guess what? the office/linux works only on ms linux. pretty soon, suse and red-hat get driven out of business (or at least, that's ms' plan) – by joe
|hotmail (10:19am est wed aug 23 2000)
hotmail.com is now running windows 2000 server but before that. it was running linux. hotmail.com was bought by microsoft back in 1996 or 1997
p.s. now hotmail.com sucks! lots of porno and they sell your identity to spammerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
– by wambo
|ms linux (12:49pm est wed aug 23 2000)
of course ms won't make thier own version of linux. they like to pretend unix and mac don't even exist. they won't port any large apps to linux, ever. let's see – should microsoft spend resources porting its software so that a competitor can benefit? hmmm … – by grepgalaxia
|star office (4:12pm est wed aug 23 2000)
free, runs on linux, compatable with ms office.
incase html isn't enabled for news comments, here's that url.
http://www.sun.com/products/staroffice/5.2/ – by iamgeekhearmecode
|yea! (9:36pm est wed aug 23 2000)
what wonderfull news! i didn't want to see poor old linux tarnished with the buggy code ms releases… – by thermal creep
|you have that right! (9:55am est thu aug 24 2000)
wambo is so correct about hotmail. not soon after the ruined it by porting it to windows, it slowed down and the spam started. see list below.. these are recent addresses i had to block. if you noticed they made it convenient to block more then one address at a time soon after the sold us out. i was on of the fist 1000 hotmail users. not anymore.
email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com cvfrank firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com email@example.com email@example.com khvictor firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com email@example.com
plus 1,000 more. didn't want to polute the page. – by x-hotmail-user
|re: star office (10:23pm est thu aug 24 2000)
very good point iamgeekhearmecode. star office is complete solaris and linux compatible freeware. i know that mandrake linux 7.0 (which i would recomend for first time linux users) comes with a star office already installed. star office is a wonderfull inovation for fellow minicomputer users which now have an office suit completely compatible with ms office. even if it wasn't any good, i would always recommend sun microsystems software of ms. heh…. i would recommend sm over ms. you can interpret that different ways. sailor moon is much better than microsoft and alot sexier. anyone ever wonder where my name came from? heh – by grepgalaxia
|i know grepgalaxia (9:09am est fri aug 25 2000)
the meanning of grep (g()lobally search for regular expression (re) and (p)rint out the line.
bonus item: awk (alfred (a)ho, peter (w)einberger, brian (k)ernighan)
you are so correct about star office. it even allows you the ability to view and edit m$ office docs. we will stay clear of comparing m$ access or m$ sql server to let's say oracle or sybase. – by unixguy!
|i know unixguy! (12:36pm est fri aug 25 2000)
grep can't be explained in a single sentance, there are entire books on it. galaxia is from the anime bishojo senshi sailor moon starlights series in refferance to my possision at grep sailor moon* (www.sailormoon.org) which i would put to be one of the most secure site on the internet. you can read about our hardware here: http://www.sailormoon.org/about/hardware.html while our hardware isn't much to brag about, our software is. with a superhacker as the webmaster and codemaster heading the c&msql project team, we have a crack web staff. pico is our main program from which to code (our codemaster is compeletely against ides (both). as for linux office, who need it? we've already got a much more efficient and stable staroffice that is freeware. we are lucky that ms is keeping out of linux, it's a world they dare not touch.
how many microsoft development team leaders does it take to change a lightbulb?
m$ development team leader: change a lightbulb? why do that? can't we just wire in a new socket and hope noone notices the old one? – by grepgalaxia
|infectious waste (2:28am est mon aug 28 2000)
lord save us from the ms infection of linux.
– by wraith
|spam on hotmail (6:56am est sat sep 30 2000)
i've had a hotmail account for about 4 months. i have only given the address out to about 15 people and no companies or internet sites. i have recieved 0 pieces of spam. the only messages i have recieved are from friends of mine. no spam! – by steve
|microsoft linux (8:25am est thu jan 18 2001)
what is it ms linux? – by linux men


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Remember the glory days of Five Points South Music Hall?
A handful of business partners --- including Kelly Nagy and Jeff Brugmanns of Birmingham and Chip Matthews of Jackson, Miss. --- plans a new chapter for the nightclub and concert venue at 1016 20th St. South.
Under a slightly shortened name, Five Points Music Hall, it will reopen at 7 p.m. Wednesday. An open house that evening will offer free admission and rock music by U.S, Nagy and Brugmann's band.
After that, the first round of acts are the Velcro Pygmies (Thursday, $10), Mel and the Party Hats (Friday, $10) and Vanilla Ice (Saturday, $20).
"This used to be a really good music venue," Nagy said. "We wanted to bring that back."
The original Five Points South Music Hall opened in 1994 and lasted for eight years, presenting acts that ranged from Smashing Pumpkins to O-Town, Iggy Pop to Fiona Apple, Cake to Lucinda Williams. In its heyday, the music hall was a popular destination for concertgoers and a nightlife hub in Southside.
The venue didn't fare as well in its next incarnation, Banana Joe's, a rowdy nightspot and dance club that closed in August 2008 after a shooting in the parking lot. Two people died; two others were injured.
The team behind the new Five Points hopes to revive the good memories and leave behind the bad ones, focusing on a variety of music acts, a friendly atmosphere and a tight security team.
"We're going to make it as safe as possible," Nagy said. "Our goal is to be successful as a business, and be nice to everybody."
Patrons will enter through the door on 20th Street, instead of using the previous entrance in the parking lot. Valet parking will be an option for concertgoers, Matthews said, and the front part of the venue will be a sports bar that opens at 10 a.m. daily. (Expect food to be served there in about a month, he said.)
Five Points has its liquor license, Nagy said, and will serve customers at two bars in the primary concert space. Music acts on the Five Points stage will include local, regional and national names, he said.
"We'll do rock, gospel, country and jazz," Matthews said. "We're also going to do a Sunday gospel brunch."
Renovations to the nightclub will include a raised seating area in the back, as well as a new sound system and lighting. Five Points Music Hall doesn't have a Web site yet, but its MySpace page is up and running.

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This is a story that I wrote and illustrated for my 4 year old niece, Aliya. Aliya is a beautiful little girl with an exceptionally rich imagination. She keeps wandering off into her world of make believe, where she plays a ballerina one moment and a pianist the next. While she was visiting me in Istanbul, she took my hand one afternoon and allowed me to accompany her on her flight of fantasy. Here's a glimpse of our journey through the beautiful land of 'pretend'.
|These frames hold memories of that wonderful afternoon with little Aliya.


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Prayer, Pies and Praise is on Friday 11th May from 6pm to 8pm, at the Rectory.
All are welcome for an evening of Prayer, Food and Praise.
After we share a meal (please bring a plate of food) we will pray for Goulburn, the Church and World concerns.
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Posted: March 20th, 2017.
With the recent release of 50 Shades Darker, we've noticed quite a few Grey inspired wedding themes popping up all over the place. Whether you're a fan of the books or the movies, there's no denying that it makes the perfect theme for a sensual wedding celebration or bachelorette.
Remember: If you're expecting a lot of family at the wedding, it's wise to tone down the sensuality.
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Gaining Competitive Advantages with Platform Strategy
Facebook, Amazon, Red Bull, Google, Cookpad, Nike and GLOBIS: All of these companies are great examples of successful implementers of the platform strategy. But how does the strategy work, and how can it be leveraged to gain competitive advantages? I recently have the opportunity to meet Mr. Sakamoto Kozo from Richmedia Ltd. and discuss how the company is utilizing the strategy to build the company into Asia's number 1 internet services company.
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Despite the simplicity of the platform strategy, the successful implementation of this strategy is highly dependent on the leadership capabilities of the company. Mr. Sakamoto Kozo is a visionary leader that believes in building the dreams and passion of its employees to enrich the world and their customers. He has created a rich corporate philosophy and the "Richmedia Way" in an attempt to build a conducive environment to bred entrepreneurs. He firmly believes that everyone has the entrepreneurial spirit, and he hopes to provide opportunities for individuals to exhibit that spirit.
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A good business website design is a vital part of any modern brand. Regardless of what you do, your website is often the first chance you have to make an impression on your customers. Given the importance of first impressions, it's vital that you create a website that works. One that meets the specific needs of your business.
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Holiday Gift Guide: For Him
Plaid Scarf | Nail Grooming Set | Art of Shaving Kit | Personalized Coordinates Bracelet | Beard Oil | Tea Diffuser | Guy Stuff Pouch | Herschel Overnight Bag | Leather iPhone Case | Lucky Brand Sweater | Nike Travel Kit
Getting gifts for the men in your life can be a bit of a challenge but I hope this guide makes the process A LOT easier for you! This gift guide was inspired by my fiancé and both of my brothers. These three guys have a great sense of style (I'll take credit for most of that haha) and they really love practical gifts. My favorite picks from this guide are the Ray-Ban clubmasters, Herschel overnight bag, grooming kits, craft beer holder (fill it with collectable craft beers for an awesome gift), and the Uniqlo down jacket (my fiancé LOVES his). All of these gift will be a hit for the men in your life whether its your boyfriend, fiancé, husband, brother, or best guy pal!
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Do you need to learn more about fashion? Are you overwhelmed by style options? You can definitely go far with some of the tips below. Once the basics of fashion are down, you can really experiment with your look. Knowledge is power, and that applies to fashion too!
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Make a style that is fresh and unique. There are a lot of followers, but just a few truly unique people who create their own fashion. This isn't right for everyone, but it is a great way to get compliments on originality.
There are many options out there for you when you are choosing hair accessories. You can have a simple elastic or a glitzy rhinestone barrette. You should have the ability to create some of these to improve your hair options. You want to wear a different hairstyle for different occasions so that you can mix things up. If it's a fancy night on the town instead, pick a classy hairband to match your outfit.
Hopefully, the tips you have just read have helped you to understand why fashion is important. You may have also gained insight that will help you integrate great fashion into your life. Your confidence will go up and you will love how you look. The time you spend on upping your style is worth it.


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For further details on the configuration options, see the
ssh2_config(5) man page.
Name of the configuration. The name will be used in the management system only. It does not affect how the client operates.
Description of the configuration. The description will be used in the management system only; it does not affect how the client operates.
A free form comment field that is included in the generated configuration files. The value of this field is always quoted so that it is never interpreted as configuration.
ssh2 to print debugging messages about its progress. This is helpful when debugging connection, authentication, and configuration problems. This option is disabled by default.
All warnings and diagnostic messages are suppressed. Only fatal errors are displayed. This option is disabled by default.
Redirects input from
/dev/null, that is, does not read stdin. This option is disabled by default.
Specifies whether
ssh2 disables password/passhphrase querying. This is useful in scripts and other batch jobs where there is no user to supply the password. If the
StrictHostKeyChecking parameter is set to
ssh2 assumes a
no answer to queries (this is because ssh does not even try to get user input when invoked when
BatchMode is enabled.
BatchMode is disabled by default.
Specifies whether to use compression. Compression is disabled by default.
Specifies whether a tty is allocated even if a command is given. This option is disabled by default.
ssh2 to go to the background after authentication is done and the forwardings have been established. This is useful if
ssh2 is going to ask for passwords or passphrases but the user wants it in the background. The options are
no and
oneshot, which means that connection is closed when all channels are closed. The default is
Sets the escape character (default:
˜). The escape character can also be set on the command line. The argument should be a single character, or
none to disable the escape character entirely (making the connection transparent for binary data).
Write debug messages to the specified file. Remember to enable debugging.
Specify an environment variable to set in the server before executing a shell or command. The value should be of the format
VAR=val where
val can be empty.
Setting the variable may fail at the server end, for example because of policy decisions (see the
SettableEnvironmentVars) server option.
Specifies the default domain name. This is used by
ssh2 and
ssh-signer2 to find out the system name, if only the base part of the system name is available by normal means (those used by, for example, the
hostname command). This is appended to the found system name, if the system name returned does not contain a dot (.).
Specifies whether to use the internal SSH1 emulation code. With this option,
ssh2 can also communicate with SSH1 servers, without using an external
ssh1 program. This option is disabled by default to disable SSH1 connections.
Specifies whether to send
SSHMSGIGNORE packets to mask the password length (otherwise, it is very easy to get, as the SSH1 protocol does not encrypt the length fields of packets). This option is enabled by default.
Specifies whether to also forward an SSH1 agent connection. Legal values for this option are
traditional, and
With the value
none (default), the SSH1 agent connection is not forwarded at all.
With the value
traditional, the SSH1 agent connection is forwarded transparently like in SSH1. This value can always be used, but it constitutes a security risk, because the agent does not get the information about the forwarding path.
The value
ssh2 makes SSH1 agent forwarding similar to SSH2 agent forwarding and in this mode, the agent gets the information about the agent forwarding path. Note that this value can only be used if
ssh-agent2 is used in the SSH1 compatibility mode.
Specifies whether to use SSH1 compatibility. With this option,
ssh1 is executed when the server supports only SSH 1.x protocols. This option is disabled by default to disable SSH1 connections. Note that SSH1 protocol software has to be installed if this option is enabled.
Specifies the path to an SSH1 client, which is executed if the server supports only SSH 1.x protocols. The arguments for SSH2 are passed to the SSH1 client.
Specifies the port on the server to connect to. The default is 22.
If selected, enables the socket option
TCPNODELAY. This option is disabled by default.
Specifies whether to enable or disable the TCP keepalive mechanism. The keepalive mechanism causes the client to detect and close dead connections after a while.
To disable keepalives, they must be disabled in both the server and the client configuration files.
Uses SOCKS5 instead of SOCKS4 when connecting to the remote host. Note that you have to set
SocksServer to a meaningful value. This option is disabled by default (uses SOCKS4).
Specifies the firewall settings in the URL format. Overrides the value of the
SSHSOCKSSERVER environment variable.
Also HTTP can be used instead of SOCKS.
Example URL (a SOCKS server with directly connected networks):
The argument syntax is described in the
ssh2(1) man page.
Specifies whether the connection to the authentication agent (if any) will be forwarded to the remote machine. This option is enabled by default.
This keyword specifies the authentication methods that are allowed. This is a comma-separated list currently consisting of the following words:
gssapi, and
Each specifies an authentication method. The default is "
publickey, password". The authentication methods are tried in the order in which they are specified with this configuration parameter. This means that the least interactive methods should be placed first in this list, for example, "
hostbased, publickey, password" (because public-key authentication can be automated by the user, with
Specifies the allowed submethods for GSSAPI. The only available submethod is
Specifies whether GSSAPI authentication is allowed without message integrity checking. The legacy GSSAPI method is vulnerable to replay attacks. Enable this option for backwards compatibility with SSH Tectia Server versions 4.1.0 and earlier.
Specifies whether to delegate a token with the Kerberos GSSAPI method.
Specifies the dynamic libraries used in GSSAPI authentication as a comma-separated list. By default, the MIT KerberosV5 libraries available at the time of software installation are used. The libraries are loaded in the given order to satisfy any dependencies. For example:
Specifies whether to print "Authentication successful." after authentication has been completed successfully. This is mainly to prevent malicious servers from getting information from the user by displaying additional password or passphrase prompts.
Specifies the number of password prompts before giving up. The argument must be an integer. Note that the server also limits the number of attempts, so setting this value to a higher value than the server's value does not have any effect. The default value is three (3).
The keyword is distributed only to software versions earlier than 4.1.0.
Sets the password prompt that the user sees when connecting to a host. Variables
U and
H can be used to give the user's login name and host, respectively.
Specifies where user-specific configuration data is found. This is given as a pattern string which is expanded by
%D is the user's home directory,
%U is the user's login name,
%IU is the user's user ID (uid), and
%IG is user's group ID (gid). The default is
Name of the user's identification file typically in the
$HOME/.ssh2/ directory that contains file names of the user's private key(s) offered to the server in public-key authentication, for example
idkey id_dsa_2048_a.
The name of the user's key file used in public key authentication. If multiple
IdentityKeyFile options are defined, all are used in authentication. Additional key files can still be given from the command line.
The name of the user's random-seed file typically in the
$HOME/.ssh2/ directory that contains random data used for cryptographic operations.
Specifies whether
ssh2 should check file modes of credentials during public-key authentication. Specifically, this checks the user's
.ssh2 directory and private keys for invalid permissions.
.ssh2 must only be writable by the user and the private keys must only be readable and writable by the user. The permission check of the user's
.ssh2 directory can be further controlled by using the
StrictModes.UserDirMaskBits configuration option.
Specifies the permission mask for the user's
.ssh2 directory if the
StrictModes configuration option is used. The bits set with this option are not allowed to be set in the actual permissions. This means that with
StrictModes and this option set to
"077", the user's
.ssh2 directory may not include any permissions for groups or others (only for the user). The default is
Specifies the encryption algorithms that the client is willing to negotiate. If the client and the server have no algorithms in common, the connection fails. Usually the default
AnyStdCipher works just fine.
Specifies the MAC (Message Authentication Code) algorithms the client is willing to negotiate. If the client and the server have no algorithms in common, the connection fails. Usually the default
AnyStdMac works just fine.
Specifies how often the key exchange will be repeated, and all encryption keys changed. Normally, there is no need to change this setting. Disabling rekey for the client does not prevent the server from requesting rekey. Value 0 disables rekey. The default is once per hour.
If this flag is set to
ssh2 will never automatically add host keys to the
$HOME/.ssh2/hostkeys directory, and it refuses to connect to hosts whose key has changed. This provides maximum protection against man-in-the-middle attacks. However, it can be somewhat annoying if you frequently connect to new hosts.
The argument must be
No, or
The default is
Ask, which means that new hosts will automatically be added to the known host files after you have acknowledged this. If a host key has changed, you will be asked whether you want to accept the new host key as the only valid one.
If set to
No, the new host will automatically be added to
Yes forces the user to add all new hosts manually. The host keys of known hosts will be verified automatically in any case.
An advanced PKI option that defines for pre-3.2.9 versions which hash scheme is used when signing with an RSA private key during certificate authentication. Usually the default MD5 works just fine.
The format is
port:host:hostport. See
-L in the
ssh2(1) man page for more detailed information on forward definitions.
This option cannot be set in the global configuration.
The argument format is
port:host:hostport. See
-R in the
ssh2(1) man page for more detailed information on forward definitions.
This option cannot be set in the global configuration.
Specifies that also remote hosts may connect to locally forwarded ports. This option is disabled by default. This option cannot be set in the global configuration.
Specifies whether to clear all remote and local forwarded ports defined so far. Note that SCP always automatically clears all forwarded ports.
Specifies whether X11 connections will be automatically redirected over the secure channel and DISPLAY set. X11 forwarding is requested by default.
Specifies whether the X server should treat X11 client applications as trusted (with forwarding X11). Treating X11 applications as "untrusted" avoids the problem that logging into a compromised host allows applications on that host to "sniff" any input operations (for example key strokes, mouse movements, drag and drop and clipboard data transfers etc.) via the forwarded X11 connection (unless the security policy for this X server allows these operations for untrusted clients). You should only need this option if the X client program you are running needs exceptional privileges for the X server. Note that the internal SSH1 emulation mode does not support the SECURITY extension. This option is disabled by default.
Specifies where to find the
xauth program. This option is mostly useful if you are using binaries and your X11 programs are installed in a location unknown to
ssh2. The default is set by the
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While the jewelry cabinet is coming along, I started on another build this last week of a small danish-inspired bench with a drawer. After the client and I settled on a design, I felt the best construction would be shop sawing my own walnut veneer to minimize wood movement and allow for captured panels in the sides.
Starting off making the substrate, I milled up some flat sawn, 5/4" poplar and began gluing them up to be squared and re-sawn to 1/2" thickness, and then again surfaced to a thickness of 7/16".
Below you can see the re-sawn sections being glued up a shade wider than the finished width of the top.
This first layer of poplar then gets cross banded with a layer of 1/16" poplar veneer. This begins the process of "locking" in the grain to almost eliminate the seasonal movement. This is also what will allow the two side panels to be captured tight inside of the square base. Below, the first two layers of the substrates are glued together using the vacuum press.
With the substrates complete, I began going through the walnut and selecting the cleanest vertical grain for the top and selecting the rift sawn for legs and the drawer front. Lots of good wood to choose from!
After the veneer is cut to about 3/32" on the bandsaw, I started work on the layout and edge-jointing of the veneers. Pretty straight forward, but one of the more enjoyable tasks in the build. Anytime I can use a plane for a few hours it is always a good time, and jointing them by hand instead of gluing them up straight off the jointer is the only way to get an invisible seam...way better!
After the veneers were together I moved on to adhering them to the substrates...same process, back in the vacuum press.
To get a better look at what this type of construction looks like after it's all said and done, below is an older sample showing a corner removed. You can see the individual staves in the middle, the 1/16" cross-banding, and then the final show veneer on the outside.
So I'll wrap this post up with a shot of where things are - legs and sides milled up, the top and bottom out of the press and ready for edge-banding.


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Have you noticed that your Facebook page seems to be reaching fewer and fewer people lately? It's not just you. In December, Facebook made big changes to their algorithm which shifted the way it selects stories and updates that appear in your News Feed.
In a blog post, Facebook said the News Feed changes were done in efforts to provide more relevant articles to each user's Facebook experience. Over the last year, data evidently showed that users favored more "high quality articles" over the "latest meme."
While on the surface this seems as though articles on current events will appear more often, with fewer cat memes, there is more to it than that. This change may have been targeted at ousting memes and sites like Buzzfeed, but it is businesses and professionals that use social media marketing that have taken the biggest hit.
Whether it is a local restaurant posting their special for the day, a big organization posting about new products, or a band posting about their next show, social media is a big part of their ongoing conversation with their fans. With the changes Facebook made, fewer people are seeing these posts if they do not interact with the pages regularly.
One social media marketing agency, Ignite, analyzed 689 posts from 21 brand pages. The agency found that after one week, those brands saw an average decline of 44% of people who saw their posts, according to a Business Insider article. So what do you do to keep your brand in your fans' News Feed?
How to Stay in their News Feed
Since the changes are preventing customers from seeing brand updates regularly, the only option that does not involve purchasing ads is to have your followers do a series of steps to add your page to see "all updates." If you don't have a page, but have wondered why you are not seeing updates from some of the pages you follow, these instructions will help you to stay updated with the pages you like as well.
- Click the "liked" button at the top of the page
- From the drop down menu select "get notifications"
By following these steps it should ensure that you are able to see updates on the pages you follow...at least for now. If you're a business or company, be sure to share these steps with your fans so that they will be able to see your posts too.
We all know that technology is constantly changing, and Facebook is not an exception to the rule. Facebook is shifting because our interests as consumers has shifted. However, it is undoubtedly disappointing that brands would be taking a direct hit with this change. While it is disappointing that extra measures will have to be taken for followers to see your updates, it is still possible for them to get through.
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Phuket Boxing Stadium
Phuket Activities | Muay Thai Boxing in Phuket Island
Muay Thai boxing is one of the most popular sports in Thailand, if not the world. And if you are visiting Phuket, than there is only one place that you must visit if you are fan of Muay Thai boxing, and this place is the Phuket Boxing Stadium. It is here that you can watch world-class Muay Thai boxers fight it out, which is extremely entertaining for all ages. Did you know that Muay Thai boxing is the national sport of Thailand? And what a better place to watch it than in the heart of a culture that absolutely adores Muay Thai boxing.
The number one venue for Muay Thai boxing in Phuket, is the Phuket Boxing Stadium, which is located in the Saphan Hin District. It is here you can watch weekly Muay Thai boxing matches, which are available to see each and every Friday night at 8:00pm. However, if you are interested in watching Muay Thai boxing on other nights of the week, there is a smaller venue that you can do so at. And if you are staying in Phuket, than this venue is extremely close, it is located at Soi Bangla. Although, this specialty stadium was built mainly for tourists, the fights are real and they can sometimes be very ferocious.
Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of Muay Thai boxing is the fact that it is still a very strict sport, where the rituals of old are still carried out. Before any fight the boxers perform a pre-fight dance that is called the "ram muay." While they are doing the dance, they are wearing a headband that was given to them by their teacher, which the student had to learn after many years of hard and rigorous training. If you are looking for a truly unique experience while visiting Phuket, than you must attend a Muay Thai boxing match, you will be happy you did.
Kayaking daytrip near the boats in Phang Nga Bay


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Why I Took His Last Name
Thomas explains why he took PJ's last name and why he's never looked back since.
Are You Brothers or Husbands?
We discuss the one question people ask us more than any other question.
A Small, Fall Tradition
We share one of our favorite fall traditions that we look forward to every year.
When He Knows You Too Well
Thomas talks about something PJ said to him while we were in Amsterdam that reminded him how being together for a while doesn't have to mean boring and monotonous.
When the Sparks Wear Off
Everyone is familiar with the feeling you get when you first meet someone and you get butterflies in your stomach. But what happens when the sparks you feel in the beginning eventually start to fade as you become more comfortable with your significant other?
On Going to Bed Angry
We've all been told not to do it, but sometimes, maybe it's the best way to handle pointless arguments AND get a good night's sleep
Do You Hold Hands in Public?
It's not as accepted in our small, southern town for two men to hold hands, but what about where you live?
The Most Romantic Thing My Husband Ever Wrote Me
Thomas recounts the first night he and PJ ever spent together, and the words PJ wrote him on the back of an old envelope.
Do You and Your Partner Share Clothes?
What is it about being together for a long time that makes you start dressing alike? Do you do it, too?
Why Sex Is So Important In A Relationship
Well + Good wrote about six reasons why it's so important and we agree with every one of them. What would you add?
Hardworking Husbands
Feeling grateful for husbands who work hard to make a house into a home.
On Sharing a Bank Account
Let's talk money, shall we?
On Using the Word "Partner"
How do you feel about using "partner" to describe your significant other?
YouTube Q&A
We answered your questions in our most recent Q&A video!
Valentine's Day 2018
How our Valentine's Day went, as told from Thomas' point of view.
When People Surprise You
Not everyone in the south is as closed minded as you might think.
Weird Things Couples Do in Long Term Relationships
How many of these things do you do?
Grocery Shopping One Day
What Thomas realized one day when him and PJ were checking out at the supermarket.
Ways to Say I Love You
There are so many little ways to say "I love you" without even using words. How do you say it?
On Changing Our Last Names After Getting Married
We discuss how and why Thomas took PJ's last name after we got married. We talked about it in a YouTube video as well!
Out & About Nashville
We were featured in January's edition of this Nashville-based publication.
Thank You
We received so many warm and sweet messages congratulating us on our second wedding anniversary. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
Our 2nd Wedding Anniversary
How has it already been two years?!


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Kingsize Indigo Shibori Kantha Quilt - Stripe
The classic combo of blue & white is timeless, this handstitched throw invites a relaxed, coastal, carefree vibe to your space. Adds beautiful, understated luxury to any bedroom, one side is hand dyed/printed in a shibori design, the reverse side is in plain dyed inky blue, the entire quilt is covered in hand stitched lines. Being hand dyed/printed & sewn, no 2 pieces are exactly the same. Made from Indian cotton & easy to layer over your existing doona or over sheets as the weather warms up.
Would look amazing in an all white space, or teamed with creamy neutral tones, blue also looks great with a pop of orange or tan brown.
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We work as partners with governments and the private sector in developing countries to create a sustainable world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy and productive life. Super credited Buehler and Lazarsfeld's longitudinal studies of the work and related lives of men and women plus Davidson and Anderson's work on occupational histories of a representative sample of American men leading him to want to better understand how career development unfolds and why careers develop as they do (Super, 1983).
The present study examined renal development during perinatal iron deficiency in rats and found altered timing of kidney maturation and histological renal adaptations that may contribute to dysfunctional glomeruli and renal hyperfiltration, which themselves contribute to hypertension.
Super's life-span, life-space theory has the virtue of building upon aspects of the mainstream of developmental psychology and personality theory with considerable utility for both practice and research in vocational psychology" (Osipow & Fitzgerald, 1996, p. 143).
SPD's role is to strengthen the design and implementation of IE, and its involvement can occur at three different levels: a) advising teams on general evaluation questions; b) reviewing terms of reference and/or results matrices and supporting the team in the definition of the evaluation design (sample size, definition of indicators, etc.); and c) in a more substantive role, in which a SPD member participates as full team member, responsible for the evaluation component of the project.
Such findings stress the necessity for considering ethnicity and sex effects in the study of the developmental origins of adult health and disease. In this study we demonstrated that cryopreserved spermatozoa combined with ICSI followed by surrogate eggshell culture can result in fertilisation and embryo development in the quail. This study evaluated the effects of sperm motility enhancers, media and different IVF times on embryo development. Melatonin is a good agent for delaying oocyte aging in vitro and preventing poor developmental competence of bovine oocytes in assisted reproductive technologies. The third phase of self-concept development is implementation, or actualizing, as education is completed and the person enters the actual workplace or professional training is entered (Super, 1963). Elevation of CNP levels may be an adaptation to enhance placental function when fetal development is impaired.Tags: development, interventions, organizational
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In the spirit of Halloween and to mark the occasion of the recent release of the latest title in the series we look back at the Resident Evil games.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
October Horrorthon: Parasite Eve
I was put off playing Parasite Eve for a long time because here in Europe we only ever got Parasite Eve 2. While I didn't play much of PE2 it seemed like a very lacklustre Resident Evil clone and didn't hold my attention so I assumed the original was the same. Turns out I was very wrong; Parasite Eve is a strange mish-mash of action and RPG that works exceptionally well.
I recently read at Jeremy Parish's Telebunny that Parasite Eve was a collaboration between the Japanese Squaresoft and an American based team with CGI created by a big name Hollywood effects studio. This would make a lot of sense since Parasite Eve is set in New York during the Christmas holidays. When Japanese developers try to recreate American culture they usually get it very wrong (gloriously so in the case of the Mother series). Parasite Eve's depiction of New York nails the cop drama dynamic, albeit a cop drama filled with horribly mutated creatures.
|The depiction of New York is surprisingly accurate
Parasite Eve is a sequel to the horror/sci-fi novel of the same name by Hideaki Sena. The game and book give a good science fiction explanation of the science behind the plot but in short the mitochondria of human cells evolve enough to become sentient and rebel against the rest of the cell to try and become their own form of life. As someone with a PhD in science it actually makes some sense although it gets a bit crazier in the videogame. The game opens with NYPD cop and protagonist Aya Brea going to the opera with her bellend of a date. That's when everything goes wrong. When the female lead of the opera, Melissa, begins to sing the audience start to burst into flames. Everyone except Aya seems to be affected. It's a wonderful piece of CGI that is up there with the best openings of any game. Aya chases down horribly mutating Melissa who now calls herself Eve. It's not just people spontaneously bursting into flames that she has to contend with but the local wildlife are also mutating into horrible creatures. Over the next 6 days Aya and the NYPD must hunt down and stop Eve's malicious plans to create a new dominant lifeform.
|Nearly 15 years on the opening cutscene is still disturbing.
At first glance Parasite Eve looks like a Resident Evil clone. The backgrounds are CGI rendered stills with polygonal models imposed on top of them. Parasite Eve is a more linear experience that doesn't focus on puzzles and searching for keys, although there is a little of that. Some people will be glad to hear the Parasite Eve does away with Resident Evil's tank controls. Although battles aren't random, they trigger at certain points in the field and enemies are not visible until battle is initiated. During battle you are free to move around avoiding enemy attacks until your ATB gauge is full allowing you to attack, cast 'parasite energy' (magic), or enter the menu. When you attack a wire frame appears around your character showing the effective range of your weapon. Attack outside this range and your shots will deal less damage and likely miss. It's a bit like Vagrant Story except it works a whole lot better since you can freely dodge attacks. The depth comes from knowing the right time to attack since you are stationary and vulnerable while attacking.
|You are free to move to avoid attacks but once you commit to an attack you are locked into it and cannot move until the animation is complete. During this time enemies can freely attack you.
Being an RPG you can of course level up but the most important system in the game is weapon and armour customisation. All weapons and armour have base stats as well as bonus stats. These bonus stats can be transferred to other pieces of equipment. You can build up some serious bonus stats using this system. You can also transfer item abilities such as rapid fire, acid bullets or auto potion to pieces of equipment using the same system. It's a system that allows you to really craft your own weapons. You can also carry over a piece of armour and a weapon to the EX mode, a form of new game+. You'll need them since this opens up a new rock hard 77 floor randomly generated dungeon in the Chrysler Building. Completing the Chrysler Building gives the games true ending.
Parasite Eve the game can be a little silly in places and doesn't compare to the novel in terms of narrative but it's no less entertaining. Fighting grotesque mutants is fun but the heart of the game is the characters themselves. Aya Brea is an excellent strong female protagonist and the game never focuses on her sex appeal, an unfortunate rarity in videogames. Her relationship with her fellow officers and Maede the Japanese scientist is well fleshed out. Her partner Daniel is especially well written, his terribly parenting skills make him a lot more believable. Then there is Eve herself, a great villain that constantly harasses Aya throughout. It's wonderfully paced, clocking in at about 15 hours. Plot revelations and impressive CGI cutscenes come thick and fast so there's not a slow moment in the game.
|Crappy dad, great cop partner. Why is Aya called Karen here? Answers on a postcard.
The CGI backgrounds and cutscenes look good for their time but have aged a little. The CGI cutscenes are well directed which makes up for slightly dated CG. Graphically it is somewhere between FFVII and FFVIII. They really managed to achieve the cinematic feel the creators set out to achieve. The wintery New York depicted in the game has echoes of cop dramas like Law and Order, except with more mitochondrial monstrosities of course. The soundtrack, composed by Yoko Shimomura of Street Fighter 2 and Kingdom Hearts fame, is excellent despite a somewhat fake sounding opera sample.
Parasite Eve is a wonderful combination of horror, action and RPG and I'm amazing Square has never returned to the same gameplay formula. The battle system works brilliantly and more RPGs should take from short length of the game. The lack of filler and slow boring exposition scenes leaves the game excellently paced. The contemporary setting is a refreshing alternative to the overdone fantasy and sci-fi settings. I'd go so far as to say that Parasite Eve is the best combination of action and RPG since Secret of Mana. The game is available on PSN although only in the US and Japan but Europeans still have access to to these stores so there's no excuse to miss out.
|If you don't play it Eve will set you on fire.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Frog Fractions, the weirdest game of the year.
My girlfriend showed me this game yesterday and it's popularity seems to have exploded since this morning. It starts off like a simple flash based game but once you get the dragon power up and start exploring it gets a hell of a lot weirder and funnier. Definitely give this a go, it won't take long to beat!
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It starts off like a normal boring flash game:
And then a whole lot weirder:
And this is only the start!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
October Horrorthon: Luigi's Mansion
I own a pretty extensive collection of Gamecube games but for some reason I never managed to pick up Luigi's Mansion until very recently. I guess I was put off this Gamecube launch title by reviews complaining how short the game was. With some games barely hitting a four hour completion time I think in retrospect Luigi's Mansion is a lot better than reviewers gave it credit for.
One day Luigi receives a letter notifying him that he has won a mansion, although he never remembers entering any competition. He goes out to view the mansion he has won only to discover that it's been overrun by ghosts. To make matters worse it seems Mario is also missing. Thankfully he meets up with Professor E. Gad. With the help of Prof. E. Gad's Poltergust 3000 vacuum cleaner Luigi sets off to rid the mansion of ghosts and hopefully find out what happened to Mario.
|The obligatory shower scene
Luigi can't just use the vacuum cleaner to suck up ghosts directly. They first must be stunned. Usually this involves letting the ghosts get as close to Luigi as possible before shining your torch on them. This reveals their hearts, making them vulnerable to your vacuum. The ghosts won't give up without a struggle. Struggling ghosts will drag you around the room while you try to 'reel them in' with your vacuum. There are however other, unique, let's say 'boss', ghosts that won't reveal their hearts as easily as the more common variety. Getting them to reveal their hearts can lead to a puzzle or boss battle. A handy camera can give you hints on how to make these ghosts reveal their hearts. Things get even more complicated when fire, ice and water elements get added to your vacuum and there are 50 mischievous Boos to find throughout the mansion. There's plenty to keep Luigi occupied.
|Who you gonna call?! Luigi???
As a launch title for the Gamecube Luigi's Mansion does an excellent job of showcasing the hardware. The visuals are bold and cartoony and the ghost effects still impress. The way the vacuum interacts with the environment is always entertaining, especially the excellent cloth physics. There's plenty of distortion and reflection effects utilised not just for aesthetic purposes but also as elements in many of the game's puzzles. Despite the playful cartoon charms Luigi's Mansion does a great job of creating a creepy atmosphere. Shadows are cast by your torch and lightning flashes outside. However my favourite touch is how Luigi whistles the theme tune to himself which turns to a nervous hum in creepy areas.
Luigi's Mansion can be polished off in about 6 hours even if you take your time to collect all 50 Boos. That might seem short but it's such a well paced game that there's never a dull moment. Each boss ghost is defeated is a different manner so gameplay never ends up repeating itself. You can get it pretty cheap now so really the short length isn't an issue and you can enjoy it for what it is, one of the best games on the Gamecube. It's also good to see Luigi getting the spotlight for once!
Friday, October 19, 2012
October Horrorthon: Costume Quest
OK there's nothing scary about Costume Quest but it is Halloween themed so it counts! Costume Quest is a simple RPG game that follows a group of children out trick or treating on Halloween. Things get a little more interesting when your protagonist (you have a choice of a male of female protagonist) discovers a sinister plot by creatures called 'Grubbins' to steal all the candy for an unknown but more than likely nefarious deed. To make matters worse they have mistaken your sibling for a giant candy and have taken him as well. You'll have to stop the Grubbins nefarious plans and get you brother back because you'll be in deep trouble if you return home without him!
The pedigree of this game is obvious once you play it. The lead designer was Tasha Harris, a former Pixar animator, and the legendary Tim Schafer helped with the development as well. The game has bags of charm and is a very nostalgic experience even if it represents a more American view of Halloween. I don't know any shopping centers in Ireland that are open for trick or treating and most costumes in my youth had a black bin-liner poncho as a base. The writing is witty and got a fair few laughs out of me. It's got a very distinctive charming visual style.
There are no random battles in Costume Quest. Every time you trick or treat a house there's a chance you'll either receive candy, which acts as currency in the game, or you'll be attacked by Grubbins. Later on you'll see Grubbins walking around and can get an upper hand in battle by sneaking up on them. Your powers in battle are determined by what costume you have on and once you enter battle you take a gigantic, more realistic form of the costume you are wearing, a nice play on the active imaginations of children. It borrows from the Mario RPG games using timed prompts to inflict more damage with basic attacks. The battle system is quite simplistic but since the game is quite short the game ends before you bore of it, unlike other games like the woeful Legend of Dragoon. More costumes are unlocked by finding their patterns and then searching each area for the parts required to complete it. Some costumes also have functions outside of combat like the robot that allows you to use ramps and the Luke Skywalker knock off which lights up dark areas with his lightsaber.
Costume Quest is a wonderfully charming bite sized RPG that's well worth playing coming up to Halloween. It is perfect adults looking for a shot of nostalgia and kids as well since it's short, easy and the punishment for failure is very lenient, dropping you back to just before the last battle. One minor problem is the text during cutscenes proceeds automatically and can be too fast for children but other than that it's one of the best downloadable games money can buy. There's also Christmas themed DLC called Grubbins on Ice which is included in the price when bought on Steam. I know what I'll be playing on the run up to the festive season.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
October Horrorthon: Forbidden Siren 2
About two years ago I wrote about Forbidden Siren (http://lifein16bit.blogspot.ie/2010/12/forbidden-siren.html). The stealth based horror gameplay made it one of the most interesting horror games I've played but was unfortunately let down by too many silly design flaws. The sequel manages to address everything that was wrong with the original game making it one of the best horror games available on the PS2.
Forbidden Siren 2 follows a group of characters that have been mysteriously drawn to Yamijima Island. 29 years ago an underwater power cable was cut and the entire population of the island disappeared. Just as this group of people reach the island it is hit by a massive tsunami. When they awaken the island is teeming with Shibito out to kill them. The events of 29 years previous seem to hold the clue to why they are here and what is happening to them.
|Shibito are back and as terrifying as ever!
As in the previous game the story is told from the perspective of about a dozen different characters while the story jumps between different points in the timeline. The game uses a Link Navigator to allow you to select what stage you want to play and show where in the timeline it is. Usually you have a choice of multiple stages to play as you see fit. One of the major problems of the original Forbidden Siren was that each segment of the game had a secondary objective necessary to complete the game and they were so obtuse that a FAQ was pretty much essential. These secondary objectives return once again but thankfully Siren 2 gives hints before the mission and clearly defines the objective. If a secondary objective is required to advance to another stage the game clearly indicates which stage the objective is in and states on the map screen what the objective is. Siren 2 is thankfully a much better designed game and I never needed to confront a FAQ.
The original Forbidden Siren is infamous for its high difficulty. Many characters were unarmed or so weak that if a Shibito spotted them they were as good as dead. Even when they were armed ammunition was so scarce that you could not afford to waste a single bullet. While this made the game incredibly tense it also meant some of the stages became an exercise in trial and error. The characters in Siren 2 are now more capable of defending themselves. Most stages are checkpointed to further alleviate frustration. However make no mistake, Siren 2 is definitely not a cake walk and enemies still pose a major threat and avoiding confrontation is always preferable to combat.
The Forbidden Siren series most distinguishing feature is 'sightjacking' where if you press the right analog stick in the direction of an enemy or other character you can see through their eyes. It's a wonderful mechanic that is explored in even more interesting ways other than learning enemy routes so you can avoid them. One of the characters has extremely poor eyesight so you must sightjack his dog to help him see. Another character is able to pick up psychic visions of the past in certain areas while another can take control of sightjacked enemies for a limited period. The use of lighting is also cleverly implemented. To offset the greater offensive capabilities of the characters in Siren 2, Shibito have now become more aggressive and intelligent. However you can now use darkened areas to hide yourself from them. Later in the game Yamibito appear. Yamibito are like the Shibito except they are damaged by light. You can use your flashlight to stun them or hide in well lit areas safe from harm. I found this play on light and darkness a very interesting mechanic. Shibito and Yamibito are natural enemies and you can use this to your advantage, they will rather fight each other rather than attack you.
|Sightjacking a Shibito. That's not you holding the gun, it's you in the Shibitos crosshairs
Forbidden Siren 2 is one of the more visually stunning games on the PS2. The environments are excellently rendered and the use of lighting, fog and other atmospheric effects add greatly to the oppressive nature of the game. Characters faces have been digitised from real actors and while the effect can end up in the uncanny valley it does a great job of humanising the characters.
While Forbidden Siren 2 addresses all the problems with the original and adds its own interesting twists to the gameplay it falls short in one area. The story of Forbidden Siren 2 is nowhere near as good as the original. It's again told in a very obtuse manner and most of the important points are hidden away in archive items you must find during the game. It's just not as satisfying once you piece it all together. I really liked how the original game focused on the humanity of the characters. Shibito being former humans carried out bizarre corrupted imitations of their everyday routines. There was a strong focus on how the characters dealt with the situation and how they were all slowly turning into Shibito themselves. The characters of Forbidden Siren 2 are just not as interesting and there's nothing that comes close to the emotional highs of the stories of Tomoko Maede or Risa Onda in the original. It's still a well written piece of horror fiction just not up to the standard of its predecessor.
|The Yamibito are shrouded in black robes to protect from light but not well enough to avoid the light from your torch
Forbidden Siren 2 is one of the best horror games ever made and well worth playing. The stealth horror gameplay that showed so much potential in the original is now polished and allowed to shine. It's tense and terrifying like all good horror games but without the frustrations of the first game. The oppressive atmosphere is helped by some wonderfully realised visuals and a superb soundtrack that gives the Silent Hill games a run for their money. Another nice feature is that the game gives you the choice of English voice acting or Japanese voice acting. The original game had Japanese characters speaking with jarring English accents so playing with the original actors and subtitles is a welcome addition. Unfortunately Forbidden Siren 2 was only released in Japan and Europe meaning US players will have difficulty playing this game.
Just a small note to end with, the game is very loosely tied to a Siren film. It's not required viewing to enjoy and understand the story but worth checking out for fans of the series. My girlfriend really liked it while I found it very disappointing.
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- Large bedroom with double bed and 1 single bed with access to the terrace.
- Bedroom with 2 singles beds, with access to the other terrace.
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- Large bedroom with double bed and 1 single bed with access to the terrace with sea views.
- Bedroom with 2 singles beds.
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Distance to the beach is 8 minutes walking. Restaurants at 4 minutes walking. Small supermarket at 6 minutes and big ones at 10 minutes.
Just 8 minutes away, you can find the eldest part of town, the walled city of "Vila Vella". A really beautiful place.
The sensation of being apart of the noises, living the peace in plane summer, listening de birds singing and decide when to cut this peace and go to the center, without taking the car, it's the most attractive aspect of this zone.
Tossa is a beautiful and quiet town, with a lot of charm. Ideal to travel with your couple, family or with the kids.
It is one of the most beautiful town in all Costa Brava, where you can steel feel the little old town atmosphere and where is not allowed to build tall buildings.
Besides enjoying the beaches, there are a lot other things to do. For example: walk around the old and narrow streets from the walled town "Vila Vella", go the the lighthouse and relax at the "Bar del Far", while you enjoy the incredible views of the rugged coastline and the cliffs. Walk around the comercial area, full of little shops, incredible tours to the mountain, bike rides, ship tours, visit all the little and hidden beaches around, and so many other things we can recommend, according to your needs.
For young people there are nice things too. There are no big discos in Tossa, but there are a lot of nice musical bars where you can enjoy nice moments
Tossa is a little town, where you can find all kind of shops and services.
For your staying, its not necessary a car, because distances are really short and go all across the town will take you no more than 20 minutes walking.
However, if you are interested in visiting the surroundings, we do recommend a car.
We have cribs and high charis if needed. Please requested it in advance. Costs 25€ for the hole stay.
You can reach Tossa by:
Own car or rented.
Bus, from Barcelona or Girona City, and from their airports aswell.
With train you can only go to Blanes, and there you can take a bus to Tossa
Nearest airports are Barcelona (100km) and Girona (40km).
It will be a pleasure, to suggest the best option, depending on your landing time, you departure place, if you come with kids or not, etc. Please do not hesitate on asking us.
- On arrival, must be paid the tourist tax of 0.99 € per adult, per night, up to 7 nights. All children under 16 years are exempt.
- Sheets and towels are not included in the price. Guests can bring their own, or we can provide them for € 16 per person for the entire stay.
- It is important to comply with and respect the rules of coexistence, especially in the common areas, respecting the rest of the neighbors.
- Electricity is included in the price, within the normal parameters of use, as you do in your home. Depending on the property, we set a limit of kw. If you do a normal use, not letting on, the AC when you leave the house, and of course, not leaving windows open with the AC on, etc .... you will have kw enough without having to pay extra.
- It is not allowed access pets
- It is not allowed to smoke.
- No parties allowed.
- We recommend that a few days before arrival, contact us to arrange arrival time.
- Officially arrival time is 15:00, and the check-out at 11:00. Depending on availability, we can have some flexibility in this.
Late check-in later 21h - 30 euros
Late check-in later 24h – 60euros
Depending availability:
Early check-in before 12:00 a.m. - 30 euros
Late check-out after 12:00 until 19:00 - 10 euros / hour of excess.
The security deposit is not only to cover breakages.
To avoid problems with the return of the deposit, you should consider:
- Respect absolutely, all the rules of the house and the community.
- It is not allowed to stay more people than those indicated in the reservation.
- In the case of visits during the day, never exceed 50% of employment.
- For an issue of hygiene, it is compulsory the use of sheets. If you decide to bring a sleeping bag, you must also bring, bottom sheet and pillow case. If it is detected that has fallen asleep without protecting the mattress and pillow, or has been asleep on the covers, it is deducted from the deposit an extra cost of cleaning.
- Blankets and duvet should never be left thrown on the ground of the cabinets. When not used should be left folded in the closet.
- The property must be left in the same conditions of order found on arrival.
- Cooking utensils, crockery, cutlery, etc ... must remain in the same places as the day of arrival. Always unified …
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New Pad Code For Mercy Street Entrance
Dear OSHC Parents/Carers,
Please read the attached letter about the new pad code that will allow access to the Mercy playground and OSHC centre.
The code will be: 3225 (the last four digits of the oshc phone number displayed on the sign on the fence) Instructions will be placed on the gate once the code pad is installed.
A friendly reminder. If you haven't re-enrolled for next year you will need to do so soon. There are only two more weeks left of term after this week. We wouldn't want you to miss out on securing a place.
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Nestlé Ghana was named the winner of the coveted Ghana CSR Awards for its Creating Shared Value (CSV) initiatives at a ceremony held at in Accra.
Nestlé's Creating Shared Value was recognized as a sustainable way of doing business in line with the objective for which the Awards were instituted.
"CSV is embedded in the core business strategy of the company as a way of doing business with integrity, going beyond sustainability and compliance", said Aaron Fenu, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Nestlé Ghana.
A statement from the company stated that, Nestle Ghana commits to create value along the entire value chain, for both its shareholders as well as for the communities they engage with, employees, suppliers and society.
'This is different to philanthropy or Public Relations ethics. It is a business model for engaging a sustainable future and for ensuring profitability for business and sustainable growth for society,' the statement noted.
The prize specifically recognized two CSV initiatives: the Healthy Kids programme and the Grains Quality Improvement project.
According to Nestle Ghana, the Healthy Kids is a global programme aiming to promote nutrition education, good nutritional practices, healthy lifestyles and physical activity among schoolchildren. It has been running in Ghana since 2011.
However, the Nestlé Grains Quality Improvement project trains farmers in Northern Ghana on techniques to improve the quality and quantity of the grains and cereals they produce. In addition to Nestlé Ghana, other winners were Stanbic Bank, MTN, OLAM, Fan Milk, and Huawei.
The CSR activities of these companies have been published in the Ghana CSR Diary, Ghana's only free CSR magazine, widely distributed to the media, business executives, companies, government agencies, international development agencies, selected school libraries and civil society organizations.
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The "Shuriken Toss" skill seems to be the one that causes the player model to appear in places that it isn't in. Sometimes the player model appears to be floating slightly above where it should be, and other times it is worse. I am unsure on what exactly causes the effect. I do not think that it is caused by monsters that use skills that push, or throw you around, although It seems like the effect occurs more often this way. It also seems like just using the skill can cause this effect.
Things to note:
I am using Shinobi as a sub-class.
I do not have a mastery selected for the skill.
I am unsure of the effect reason.
I am using "Storm Warrior" weapon mastery.
At the time of the occurrence, I was in Shattered Netherworld on channel 3, although this has happened other places.
My active Eidolon is Bahadur (3-star).
At the time of the occurrence, I was using PvP Damage armor.
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I wonder if you could expand slightly on your use of the RSSI value. I'm retrieving the RSSI of the last received packet sent between a pair of eRA-Connect2-Pi-900s, and plotting it in a graph to monitor the connection. From what I gather RSSI can be represented differently per manufacturer and technology, some represent it as a measure of RF received power, others seem to factor in a received quality figure usually between 0-100, some represent it in dBs some just a notional % quality figure. Having setup a few experiments I'm also finding that the best (highest) RSSI I receive is 63 and that's when the 2 modules are practically next to each other.
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Temperature is an external factor that can affect your workers. If it's too hot or cold, it'll be difficult to concentrate on their tasks. This can even interfere with the efficiency of your business, reducing the output and eventually, the profit.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) doesn't have a specific law about maintaining temperatures in the workplace. It all depends on your location and the operations of your business. If you're dealing with temperature that can lead to heat stress, hypothermia, or any other risky health condition, then asking for their recommendation might be necessary.
The reason there's no specific law is that different factors can affect the work area. Relative humidity, exposure to the sun, work demands, and clothing (including personal protective equipment) are some examples.
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OSHA recommends keeping the thermostat between 16 and 24 degrees Celsius, but there could be an exception. It's acceptable to lower the temperature to 13 degrees if a task involves working with tools and equipment that generate heat (or cold). For health care facilities and industrial establishments, like factories, shops, and office buildings, the minimum temperature is ideally about 18 to 20 degrees.
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The temperature of your workplace can become a health and safety issue. If you don't install an industrial chiller, for instance, you're putting your workers at risk on the effects of high or low humidity. If you don't set the right temperature, it can get too hot or cold that your workers might suffer from headaches, heat cramps, or even faint.
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Hino opens a care centre to provide assistance for its customers, making it the first Hino distributor worldwide to offer such a facility. The purpose-built centre at Hino Australia's head office in Sydney will serve as the contact point for customers reaching Hino Australia through email, phone and social media channels.
"As part of our investment in customer support and our growing Hino Advantage suite of business solutions, the new Customer Care Centre is possibly the most vital addition to our offering," said Bill Gillespie, Hino Australia General Manager, Brand and Franchise Development. "The Customer Care Centre is more than a call centre: it is a complete support solution for all our customers and their businesses through every stage of truck ownership.
"Being able to accept and respond to all enquiries within the walls of our head office represents the ongoing focus that places our customers at the centre of our operation. The advantage for businesses is connecting them directly to the nerve centre of Hino knowledge and the peace of mind that we have the solutions to keep them on the road for longer."
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