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July 05, 2010 // By: Frank Völkel
iPad Software
If developments continue on the same track, the laptop is set to be put out to pasture – because more than three million iPads have already been sold. They are more compact, considerably lighter, more energy-efficient, easier to use, and don't come with the trappings of a keyboard and a mouse. Moving parts are a thing of the past, and the batteries last at least 10 hours. But some questions need to be addressed: Can we work faster with our fingers than with a mouse? Is it easier to edit the contents of tables with finger movements?
We don't click any more, we touch. The virtual keyboard automatically appears on the pad, so our eyes don't have to move from keyboard to screen. And one thing is definitely true: Those small programs – also known as apps – are much faster and simpler to install than the bulky, old-style program packages. The same is true of updates and distribution: Data carriers and interfaces are no longer needed, because the connection is wireless, through UMTS or WLAN.
If studies conducted by a number of market researchers are to be believed, day-to-day office tasks in a typical company can definitely be mastered with a tablet PC. According to such studies, a slim-line computer with a touchscreen could replace a conventional notebook in at least 50% of business cases. Daily tasks include reading and writing e-mails, creating presentations, drawing up documents, accessing business processes such as ERP applications within an app, or controlling such business processes using a Web browser. What's more, company videos can be shown or video conferences held, as long as the tablet PC has an integrated camera. It is highly likely that SAP's ambitious plans of reaching a billion users for its ERP software by the year 2015 will only be achieved with the help of smartphones and tablet PCs.
October 26, 2011 // By: Anonymous
There is much that would have to be considered though, to make the SAP more table compatible, not the least, I suspect, screen size and layout for many transactions. I also disagree with the assertion that keyboards are a thing of the past. As much as I will type on the iPad if needed, I do a much better job with a bluetooth keyboard. But minor technical issues like this aside, I am waiting for SAP to kick it up a notch and get connected beyond just Business Objects to these tablet devices.
May 05, 2011 // By: Anonymous
me too, I would like to know if I would be able to connect to SAP through citrix?
January 14, 2011 // By: yuuji200-japan
It is possible to improve it as "SAP-GUI". However, it uncorresponds, and not being possible to execute it like "CO60" etc. are regrettable in "TRANSACTION VALIANT". Moreover, it is hoped to achieve the operation of PP-PI.。
November 11, 2010 // By: Hamish
if my company doesn\'t have SAPgui for HTML enabled, what other ipad app/s will act as a SAPGUI client?
November 02, 2010 // By: Deepthi
How do I connect to a custom JAVA webdynpro application on SAP Portal from an iPad?
September 28, 2010 // By: Fatih
May I connect SAP via my VPNC account from my iPhone 4?
September 08, 2010 // By: SergioFerrari
It should be made more clear that SAPPLAPP app enhances the SAPGui for HTML (AKA webgui) only in terms of adding a system list manager. It stores on the device the backend host names, ports and so on, that's it. It is completely based on the SAPGui for HTML component that now (September 2010) is not yet officially supporting Safari as internet browser. For example, the ABAP event AT-LINE SELECTION (double-click) doesn't work at all because iPad/iPhone manages it as zoom-in / zoom-out. That said, for somebody, managing personal preferences may worth the value of the apps.
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Introducing Level Ups - A replacement for the dreaded Yearly Salary Review
Everyone hates yearly reviews. You have no idea if your boss is going to give you a raise and if so, how much. The boss usually has unspoken frustration with you, but never clearly communicated their expectations and how they would be measured. It's a mess and usually both of you walk away upset.
I did yearly salary reviews completely wrong for the first six years of my business. When I launched Treehouse, I finally cracked this problem and found a solution. It's called the Level Up System and I highly recommend you consider it for your Team. We're now at 34 people at Treehouse so it appears to be scaling fairly well.
Three Requirements for Happiness
I read Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh and I discovered their "Pipeline" system. The idea is simple. Everyone needs the following three things to be happy:
- Control
- Advancement
- Positive impact on the World
If you want to read how the Zappos Pipeline works, I'd highly recommend reading Tony's book. I've adapted their Pipeline and renamed it Level Up.
The Level Up System
We give new employees six months to settle in and start performing at 100%. They're usually spun up in two months, but allowing six gives you time to plug them into the right area doing the right thing.
After six months, you schedule quarterly reviews. You set a static amount for salary raises. We do around 5% yearly, so roughly 1.25% increase per quarterly review. This is clearly communicated to the Employee. They also have a clear salary range for their job roll. There is a maximum amount they can achieve with Level Ups.
Setting quarterly meetings is vital because it creates a constant feedback loop for both you and the employee. You can communicate areas they are kicking ass and areas they need to improve on with more frequency, instead of storing it all up for a huge yearly meeting (at which point you'd probably forget all the good and bad things they did over the year).
Then you choose an atomic, measurable project for them to complete in the three-month period. It has to be …
- Measurable - you know for sure if it was done or not
- Complete-able in three months
- Done in addition to their normal duties. They cannot sacrifice their primary duties to complete their project.
- Something that advances the company's goals
We call this project their Level Up. We enter the Level Up into Asana as a Project with a due date and intermediary deliverables along the way. They are all atomic and measureable.
If the employee achieves the Level Up (and since it's black-and-white, it's easy to know this) they get the pre-determined salary increase, effective on the date of theire review.
No guessing if they'll get a salary increase and how much it will be. Everyone is on the same page.
If they don't achieve the Level Up, you can give them another month to do so (this has only happened to us once).
In addition to the benefits to the employees, it's wonderful for the company, as Level Ups are projects that advance the company's goals. Here are some examples of Level Ups that we've done at Treehouse:
- E-Book about Web Design. We gave this away on our blog to demonstrate thought leadership.
- Managing the build of our new video studio: Sourcing the general contractor, securing all permits and managing costs
- Creating an embedabble widget for Treehouse Badges (using an API the Developers supplied)
- Editing our blog - securing writers, sending out the newsletter, etc
I'd love to hear your feedback and how you manage reviews at your company. Thanks!
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Where does the wildlife go?
Written by Kevin O'Hara, conservation officer at Northumberland Wildlife Trust
Where do they all go in winter? - Part 1
Recently I felt the first twangs of winter; the 'first frost' gripped my garden, the chickens came skidding out of their ark, and I had to break the ice on their drinking water. I really like those first days, when we still have some daylight left to enjoy the wonderful colours and smells. I take the camera and binoculars with me when I walk the dogs, keeping an eye out for winter thrushes or other visitors. The clocks have altered and we start the long haul of winter - not until February will some real light return to the sky, and warmth to the sun.
It is during these months that we wonder where, exactly, many of our resident wildlife species go to survive the coldest and wettest days of winter, especially those that are more delicate and less mobile.
We may have an idyllic mental image of a hibernating hedgehog (unless you're my terrier, Brock) cosily curled up under the garden shed, but other UK creatures avoid the chill in very varied and often surprising ways.
In the North East the weather is more variable than the rest of the country and our continental neighbours, upland birds such as red grouse, need only make temporary altitudinal movements, generally returning to higher ground once the snow relents. However, with snow lying longer on the hills they often move to the tops where drifting snow exposes the best feed.
Relief from the winter cold is also afforded by migration to salt water. For example, the kingfishers from the Blyth and Wansbeck disappeared over the last couple of winters, but I regularly saw kingfishers in the estuaries and along the open rocky shoreline.
The golden plover's breeding grounds in the Pennines seem remarkably empty after the birds leave together. They abandon the open moors to winter on the coast, some pushing as far south as Sussex and in extreme weather, over the channel to France.
The grey partridge is a highly sedentary bird and whilst I have been heartened by the number present in my local area this year, they will have a tough time in the open countryside this winter if it is a hard one again. This is why I keep banging on about good hedgerows and not flailing them to within an inch of their lives (plus maintaining a good field margin) - this is where these birds find shelter, food and warmth. Other residents, like the woodcock, whose numbers swell in the winter months with continental migrants readily make bad-weather-related movements. With great dependence on wetlands, most of our wildfowl and waders must constantly shift location in icy weather.
Amongst the species that truly hibernate to escape the winter cold, bats are the most well-known occupants of houses and other buildings; mostly roosting in the roof, but also sometimes (as in the case of my house), in the tiny spaces in the wall cavity. They will also roost under tiles, beneath lead flashing, in boiler rooms, cellars and service tunnels...anything that maintains a constant temperature and affords access to the outside world, and that replicates their natural hibernacula such as caves, trees and other enclosures.
I will be making the most of these last rays of light because I can't stand the dark winter nights. As a youngster it was a time for pranks and dares, but now health and safety, political correctness and a zero-tolerance society has put paid to nicky-knocky-nine-doors, apple bashing and dogging (the traditional pursuit of legging it through people's gardens unobserved, not the lewd public behaviour of some ex-football stars).
Besides, at 48 my days of out-running the local plod may have come to an end. I content myself with using my rowing machine in the conservatory whilst staring at the grey skies, shooting defenceless pigeons around my farmer friends' fields, days out walking my dogs (avoiding hibernating hedgehogs), and a bit of photography and writing.
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No Winners in Clearwater's 2010 Budget ForecastBy Carl Wagenfohr CLEARWATER – "They don't say, 'did you really want to preside over the elimination of your city government', but for all practical purposes that's the question that's being asked," said Councilmember John Doran of the queries he's fielded recently from citizens about the Council's task of reducing the city's 2009/10 budget. "These are extremely rough times," Doran said of the effects on municipal government of what he called "the global crash of the world economy." Exactly how rough was outlined by Budget Director Tina Wilson during the February 12th Budget Worksession. "Per County Administrator Bob LaSala, our values are estimated to decrease by as much as ten to fifteen percent," Wislon said of the taxable values of properties in the city. That decline would place the city's tax roll at between $8.6 and $9.2-billion, about the level they were in 2007 and down substantially from 2007's peak of $11.1-billion. "What we're looking at next year is as much as a $7 to $13-million deficit," Wilson said. She explained that the city's 2009/10 millage rate would have to increase in order to limit the deficit to the $7-million range, maintaining revenues at 2008/09 levels. If the 2009/10 millage rate remained unchanged, the estimated deficit would grow to the $13-million range. Included in Wilson's grim forecast were two substantial cost increases. The city will be upping it's contribution to the employee pension plan to 20-percent of salary to cover last year's steep decline in pension asset value. Wilson estimated the budget impact of the additional contribution at $3.8-million (See the December 5, 2008 Gazette , City Pension Fund Assets Fall 34-percent). An estimated 10-percent increase in the cost of the city's property insurance is also included in the projected deficit. While Wilson's figures were only estimates, it's clear that there will be no winners in Clearwater's 2009/10 budget process. And the losers will include employees, some of whom will lose their jobs, and residents, who will see a reduction in the levels of city-provided services. With 65-percent of the city's $121-million 2008/09 general fund budget attributable to personnel costs, a reduction in city employment is certain. "It's clear that the existing staffing level is not supportable by the revenues, so we should ask ourselves how we bring that workforce in alignment with the revenues," said Councilmember Paul Gibson. A hiring freeze has already been put into effect this year, and incentives are being considered to encourage the city's 200-some retirement-eligible employees to leave. Employee benefits will likely suffer. For 2008/09, the city did not increase its contribution to employee health care, leaving employees with higher co-insurance costs, deductibles and co-pays. In 2009/10, employees will again bear the burden of any increase in the cost of the city's medical benefits. Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard offered his perspective on city employment; "We're not going to see the wage increases over the next year or two that some of our employees have been accustomed to in the past," he said, "It's better to have a job with little to no pay increase than to not have a job." With fewer employees, the city will be unable to maintain the level of services that its citizens have come to expect. Among the cost-cutting actions offered by Wilson in a so-called "Tolerance Test" of City Council priorities were eliminations or reductions in:
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First reviewed by melissa
The Puli hotel is the perfect place to stay for a visit to Shanghai. Excellent location - great rooms with all the mod-cons. Bali meets China - really great pool and gym overlooking a park - just what you need in China. Would recommend the Puli for work or pleasure.
Fantastic hotel at fair price. One of my favorites ever!
Beautiful hotel. Would move in if I could.
The PuLi Hotel is one of the best acommodation experiences of the world. Its elegant urban atmosphere strikes a perfect chord between hospitality and design, without any whiff of gratuitous boutique-hotel nonsense. In a rapidly evolving city like Shanghai, the concierge with its helpful and courteous service is most welcome.
Everything is perfect.
This is a great find. It is truly a hideaway from the bustle of Shanghai. Staff were great. Public areas, rooms and pool/exercise rooms are all outstanding.
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Exams and TestsDiagnosis of syphilis includes a medical history and a physical exam. Your doctor may ask you questions such as:
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The diagnosis of syphilis is usually confirmed with one of several blood tests. This is especially true if no sores are present. If sores are present, a doctor may look at the fluid from one of the sores with a microscope to see whether syphilis bacteria are present (dark-field examination). In the diagnosis of the primary and secondary stages of syphilis, lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is needed in some cases. A lumbar puncture may be done in adults:
In newborns and children, a lumbar puncture may be done if:
Additional testing should be done to find out if other sexually transmitted infections are present, especially:
The diagnosis of syphilis can be delayed or complicated because its symptoms are very similar to those of many other diseases and are sometimes not recognized. Syphilis has historically been called "the great imitator." Early detectionScreening for syphilis is strongly recommended for pregnant women and for people who are at increased risk for the infection. People at high risk of contracting syphilis include those who:
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Nov. 2, 2012 Bronx, N.Y. - In the aftermath of the severe weather that hit the tri-state area, the Fordham women's basketball team hopes to give students and fans a chance to return to normalcy on campus and a chance to cheer, as the Rams will host Dowling College in an exhibition game at 2:00 PM in the Rose Hill Gym. Admission to the game is free and gives fans an opportunity to preview this year's squad. LIVE COVERAGE: For those unable to make it to the game, Fordhamsports.com has you covered with the live GameTracker feed. SEASON PREVIEW: Head Coach Stephanie V. Gaitley begins her second season at the helm of the Fordham women's basketball team, and there is a renewed sense of excitement regarding the 2012-13 season. The Rams welcome back four starters and 10 players overall this season, as well as getting some valued additions to the squad. The Rams were picked 11th in the Atlantic 10 preseason coaches' poll, but the members of the team and coaching staff have higher expectations, led by senior Arielle Collins, graduate student Marah Strickland, and juniors Erin Rooney and Abigail Corning. Collins returns as the Rams' leading scorer from a year ago, averaging just over 11 points per game, while Corning also averaged in double-figures at 10.5 points a game. Both players should benefit with the return of Strickland and Rooney to Fordham's line-up.
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Equal Pay Day, initiated by EOWA in 2008, is an annual event to highlight the serious issue of gender pay inequity. The date is calculated on the average number of extra days a woman would have to work until she earns the same amount as men do in a financial year ending the 30 June 2012.
Last year Equal pay Day was Sept 1st; disappointingly this year's Equal Pay Day will be held on Sunday 2nd September 2012, indicating that we have again lost ground on gender equity in Australia.
Unfortunately this reflects a trend as efforts to narrow the pay gap in recent years have not been successful. This year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that male weekly ordinary time earnings are $1,437.40 and women's weekly ordinary time earnings are $1,186.80, a difference of $250.60 less pay for women.
When translated over the full year, the gap means that the average full time earnings for women are 17.5% less than that of men. Even worse, when taking into account the part-time and casual work, the pay gaps climbs to a shocking 35%.
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Groups pitch in to raise funds for shelter
NEW HAVEN — Thirty-one groups, including students, city workers and families, pitched tents on the Green Thursday night to raise the final thousands of dollars needed to keep the Cedar Street overflow shelter open through April.
"Tent City" was organized by the city's Community Service Administration as an effort to raise awareness and funds for the shelter, where citywide budget cuts have threatened operations this year. The event was reminiscent of the 2002 tent city protest led by Yale students objecting to limits on shelter stays and the temporary closure of the overflow facility.
"Tonight is a demonstration of what we stand for," said Mayor John DeStefano Jr. "Whether it is those infected with HIV, the recently arrived, those with mental illness, the homeless, time after time, the one that stands up first, loudest and with the most self-sacrifice is New Haven," he said.
The camping tents circled a stage on the Green, where people danced, huddled, drank hot chocolate and bundled themselves to keep warm on the cold, clear night.
But for Kenneth Mallory, it was just another night outside. Mallory, 51, has been sleeping outdoors for years. He happened across the fundraiser on a walk through downtown with his shopping cart filled with blankets.
"It's sad. I lost my job. I had a house, an apartment," he said. Still, "I can survive."
Budget cuts left just $60,000 of a $258,865 budget to run the shelter this year, spelling an end to the city's "no freeze" policy requiring shelters to accept all, regardless of capacity, on cold nights.
Fearing dire consequences, advocates for the homeless organized to fill the budget gap. Inside at Night, a local committee on homelessness, gave $100,000 to the shelter, diverting some funds from other homelessness initiatives. Yale-New Haven Hospital gave $20,000 to start the Shelter Now fund at the United Way of Greater New Haven. Yale University students mobilized to raise $30,000, including holding their own Tent City fundraiser on campus last weekend, and a campus fast.
State Rep. Cam Staples, D-New Haven, who ran unopposed for re-election, held a fundraiser for the shelter instead of for his campaign.
As of last week, $23,000 was still needed to keep the shelter open through April. While totals were unavailable late Thursday, CSA administrator Kica Matos said she believed $30,000 had been raised and the shelter will remain open through April. The excess will be rolled over into next year's costs. Continued...
"Nobody should have to stay out in the winter, in the fall, in the summer," she said. "Everyone has a right to housing."
The groups pitching tents on the Green Thursday night included city departments, families, Yale students, Elm City Prep school, Elm City Cycling, Bregamos Community Theater and the United Way of Greater New Haven.
Anne Worcester, chief marketing officer for Market New Haven, raised $6,130 with her 11-year-old daughter, Victoria, who became an unofficial master of ceremonies for the night.
The Red Cross brought a van to provide hot drinks, and local restaurants donated food, including Claire's Corner Copia, Cafe Bottega, Bruegger's Bagels, Au Bon Pain and Naples Pizza.
Drummers, funk rock band Straddledaddy, gospel group Original Golden Stars of New Haven and John Votek of radio station WPLR kept the crowd entertained.
Two shelter clients taking creative writing classes at Liberty Safe Haven, Bob Hannan and Berhanetensay Woube, also spoke.
"It's really been an incredible show of support. It's really been heartening," said Columbus House Executive Director Alison Cunningham. "I wasn't sure where the support would come from. This is a very pleasant surprise to see how widespread the support is," she said.
The overflow shelter, run by Columbus House, opened Nov. 5, a month later than usual.
The shelter is already near its 75-person capacity. Wednesday night 73 to 74 men slept there, according to Cunningham.
"This is not a campaign that ends with keeping the overflow shelter open," said Yale student and Alderwoman Rachel Plattus, D-1. Continued...
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Washington — The United States will immediately stop deporting certain young immigrants who were brought to the country as children, President Obama announced, a change that he said will make the U.S. immigration system "more efficient, more fair and more just."
"These are young people who study in our schools, they play in our neighborhoods, they're friends with our kids, they pledge allegiance to our flag," Obama said at the White House June 15. "They are Americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper."
He said the new approach, outlined by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano earlier in the day, will apply to individuals who came to the United States when they were under the age of 16; have resided in the United States for at least five years; are currently in school, have graduated from high school, or have served in the military; have not been convicted of a felony or significant misdemeanor offense; and are not above the age of 30.
"We have always drawn strength from being a nation of immigrants as well as a nation of laws, and that's going to continue," Obama said. He said the change will allow eligible individuals to request short-term relief from deportation proceedings and apply for work authorization.
"This is a temporary, stopgap measure that lets us focus our resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people," Obama said.
He said the United States still needs to pass comprehensive immigration reform to address 21st-century economic and security needs.
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Obama once again called on lawmakers to take up the DREAM Act, which would provide eligible young people a path to citizenship.
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Jason Grace | |
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Title | |
Champion of Juno | |
Hero of Olympus | |
Son of Jupiter | |
Vital Statistics | |
Gender | Male |
Family | Jupiter (father) Ms. Grace (mother) Thalia Grace (sister) |
Status | Alive |
Eye Color | Blue |
Hair Color | Blond |
Height | 6'1" |
Other | |
Affiliation | Olympians |
Weapons | Ivlivs (destroyed) Juno's Gladius Lightning |
Species | Demigod |
Home | Camp Jupiter Camp Half-Blood (The Lost Hero) |
Greek/Roman form | None |
Appearances | The Lost Hero The Son of Neptune (mentioned) The Demigod Diaries The Mark of Athena |
Actor | None |
Quests | Quest to Save Hera |
" | I'm the son of Jupiter! I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I toppled the black throne of Kronos and and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hands. And now I'm going to destroy you, Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves. | " |
–Jason to Porphyrion, in The Lost Hero |
Jason Grace is one of the main protagonists of the second Camp Half-Blood series, The Heroes of Olympus. He is the son of the god Jupiter and the mortal Ms. Grace and is the younger brother of Thalia Grace. He is also a praetor of Camp Jupiter and is the current counselor of Cabin One at Camp Half-Blood.
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Jason was born on July 1st. He is the son of Jupiter, the Roman aspect of Zeus, and a mortal actress with the last name of Grace. He was born seven years after Zeus fathered Thalia in his Greek aspect. Because his father had consecutively sired two children with his mother, Juno, the Roman form of Hera, was made Jason's guardian to placate the indignant goddess and Jupiter went even as far as to name his newborn son after his wife's favorite hero.
When Jason was two years old, Juno commanded his mother to bring him to the Wolf House. It was there that he was separated from his mother and sister to be initiated by Lupa in the ways of Rome. After training for some time under the wolf goddess, he journeyed to Camp Jupiter where he was raised in the lifestyle of the Roman Legion. Eventually, Jason was inducted into the Fifth Cohort and would bring a restored sense of honor to the disgraced contingent. This would culminate when he was made praetor, the co-commander of the entire legion.
The Heroes of Olympus
The Lost Hero
Jason wakes up on a bus belonging to the Wilderness School holding hands with a girl he doesn't even know. He finds that he has no memory of even going to the school or having a best friend named Leo and a girlfriend named Piper. Gleeson Hedge, his supposed gym teacher and satyr protector (though Jason doesn't know that yet), tells him that he's never seen him before today and that the Mist has been manipulated to make everyone think that they know him. He also reveals that he, Piper, and Leo are demigods and that an extraction team (Annabeth and Butch) is coming to get Piper and Leo to camp along with an unknown "special package", which turns out to be Jason.
Later, an unnaturally powerful storm arrives, Dylan, the class bully, revealed himself to be a Ventus or Venti (storm spirit), Greek form anemoi. Jason instinctively took out his gold coin, flipped it, and it became a well balanced sword made of Imperial Gold.
While he and Piper fought off Dylan, Hedge (who revealed himself to be a middle aged satyr) climbed down the canyon wall to retrieve Leo when he was thrown down. Jason also survived a lightning bolt with which Dylan attacked him that could have killed twenty men, blowing off his shoe and when Piper is thrown off the sky-walk Jason jumps after her, discovering that he can manipulate air. After a long battle, Dylan takes Hedge away and leaves Leo, Jason, and Piper on the canyon sky-walk. Just then two half-bloods arrive on a chariot pulled by pegasi; a guy named Butch, son of Iris, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena. When Annabeth and Butch notice Jason only has one shoe on (as the other one was blasted into bits by the lightning bolt), Butch tells them that Annabeth had a vision that a boy with one shoe would help her find one of the campers, who has been missing for three days, her boyfriend Percy Jackson.
After they arrive at Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth gives Jason and Piper a tour of the camp. Jason then meets Chiron who immediately realizes who Jason is by speaking in Latin, to which Jason responds in Latin. Afterwards they find out Hera is in danger, and Jason must lead a quest in order to save her. Jason reveals his parent god through a lightning bolt, showing that he is a son of Jupiter. He chooses Piper, who is now claimed by Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Leo, who was claimed by Hephaestus when they got to Camp Half-blood, to go with him on his quest. Jason also receives a Prophecy saying that he must beware the earth, possibly because Gaea, the Earth, is his enemy and that she bears arms to the Doors of Death.
He meets Medea, a mortal who was supposed to have died more than 3000 centuries ago. Later, Jason and his companions meet another mortal who was supposed to have died millions of years ago, Midas. King Midas, the king who wished for the golden touch, then learned to bring back people from their golden state, running water. Midas quickly turns Piper and Leo into gold statues. Jason retaliates by summoning a lightning bolt to destroy Midas.
Then Piper reveals that she was in fact the traitor because her father had been kidnapped. Jason and Leo resolve to rescue him, even though it jeopardizes the quest. In a mountain, they find Enceladus, the giant born to kill Athena. Jason faces off against Enceladus and manages to wound him several times. However because of his strength, Jason cannot kill him as it would take the power of a god and demigod. Jason's gladius breaks releasing a lot of energy but fails to kill Enceladus. Jason calls on Jupiter to save him and his faith rewarded with a incredible lightning bolt, killing the giant. Hedge takes Piper's father home while the three continue on their journey.
When he, Piper and Leo arrive back at camp, he is visited by Juno when he is in his cabin alone, and is given a new gladius as a replacement for the one he lost while fighting the giant, Enceladus. After this, a head counselor meeting was called, where he then revealed that he is from a Roman equivalent of Camp Half-Blood, and that is where Percy is most likely at. Jason also reveals that if the campers at the Camp Jupiter discover that Percy's from Camp-Half Blood, they may not be that nice. It is decided that he, Leo, Piper and Annabeth will go and find Percy at the Roman Camp and then set sail for Greece by sailing on the Argo II.
The Son of Neptune
Jason is mentioned several times by the campers of Camp Jupiter, because they've been wondering where he has gone. Percy has a brief dream of Leo working on the Argo II with Piper and Jason behind him. As well, when Percy, Frank, and Hazel are watching Polybotes from afar Ma Gasket yells, "The camp, yes. Vengeance! The orange and purple ones destroy my home. Now Ma Gasket will destroy theirs," referencing how Jason destroyed her factor. After returning from their quest and saving Camp Jupiter, Leo sends a video scroll to ask for safe passage from the Romans. While Percy tries to tell them that they won't attack, he tells them that Jason is on board the ship, leading Reyna to allow the ship to land, but not without any kind of security.
The Mark of Athena
Jason is on the Argo II, along with Annabeth, Leo, Gleeson, and Piper, his girlfriend. He is seen wearing a Camp-Half Blood T-shirt with a purple toga over it, while holding a sword.
When they arrive at New Rome, Reyna greets them and they hold a discussion outside of the camp. During the discussion they discuss about who the seven are and how everything unfolds. After the discussion, Jason asks Reyna if he could show Piper around New Rome. Reyna allows Jason to do so. When the Argo II starts firing, Annabeth spots Jason and Piper in the middle of a crowd of Romans who are throwing plates and stones at them. Frank however is able to save them after forming into a dragon.Personality
Jason is a very serious young man with a moderate sense of humor. He also has a strong sense of honor and justice as shown by his great compassion. He greatly cares for his friend and family willing to risk his life to protect or help them. Though a natural leader, Jason can be plagued by doubt and criticizes himself whenever he makes an error. There are notable similarities between Jason and Percy Jackson such as: they're strong senses of justice and fairness, they're loyalty to their friends, and they're both natural leaders.
Jason Grace is described as good-looking, having the features of a Roman statue, with electric blue eyes, tidy, military cropped blond hair, and a small scar on the corner of his lip from trying to eat a stapler when he was two years old. He says that he looks nothing like his father, which assumes that he looks more like his mother. He is very tall being one inch taller than Percy Jackson, with an athletic build, having muscular and tanned arms. His tattoo has the picture of an eagle with SPQR and twelve lines, indicating he has been at Camp Jupiter since he was three or four years old. Piper noted that his eyes seemed to hold some deep sadness, much like her father's.
His looks attract female attention, such as the instances with Drew, and the girls from Wilderness School. Also, when Aphrodite gave Jason's team a makeover, Jason was the least modified, implying that Aphrodite approves of his physical attributes.
- ADHD: Like all demigods, Jason possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
- Combat Prowess: Jason is trained in Roman legionary warfare.
- Dyslexia: Jason's brain is hardwired for Latin.
- Fighting skills: Jason is an expert spearman and swordsman. Jason's fighting skills are amazing seeing as how he bested Kronos' brother, Krios, a feat only Hercules has accomplished, who is technically Jason's older brother. He also slew the Trojan Sea Monster, defeated Lityerses, and dominated Mount Othrys by fighting through hordes of Scythian Dracanae and toppling Kronos's black throne. He has also shown to be able to hold his own against larger, more experienced, and more powerful opponents such as Enceladus and Porphyrion, and even Titans such as Krios.
Demigod Abilities
Being the son of Jupiter; Jason is an extremely powerful demigod, that not only has authority over creatures of the sky but can also influence the forces of weather and can control the air around him. During his time at Camp Jupiter, Jason was considered the most powerful demigod in the legion. Hazel believes that Jason is one of the most powerful demigods she knows, however, the abilities of Nico and Percy seemed to have made her question her judgement, as she believes only Percy Jackson's power rivaled Nico di Angelo's. Some of his abilities include:
- Aerokinesis: As a son of Jupiter, Jason has absolute control over the air.
- Jason can control, and generate very powerful winds and air currents, powerful enough to knock the giant Otis down.
- Jason can ride air currents, making him fly.
- Jason could see a path in the air, leading him to Boreas's palace
- Jason can generate fierce storms.
- Jason is able to dominate the will of more chaotic Venti.
- Electrokinesis: As a son of Jupiter, Jason has absolute control over lightning and electricity.
- Jason has some immunity to electricity, having survived being struck by an electrical bolt "strong enough to kill twenty people."
- Like his sister, Jason can generate bolts of static electricity, and send electrical shocks through others on contact.
- Jason can summon lightning bolts from the sky.
Magical Items
- Ivlivs: A coin made of Imperial Gold. It turns into a golden sword on heads or a golden javelin on tails when flipped. The weapon hasn't been named yet in the series, but the coin has the word 'Ivlivs' on it, which is Latin for 'Julius.' It was destroyed by Enceladus during his and Jason's fight on Mount Diablo.
- Gladius: Juno, the Roman form of Hera and Jason's patron, gives this to him at the end, so that he has a proper weapon. It is a Roman Gladius made of Imperial Gold.
Magical Pets/Companions
Jupiter sired Jason, his second child with Ms. Grace. Like all the Roman gods, Jupiter rarely involves himself in the life of his child. Although it is unlikely that he has ever met his father, Jason is still given his aid when it is most needed.
Ms. Grace
Since Jason has forgotten most of his memories, we can imply that he wasn't taken care of by his mother, since Thalia said that she was the one who took care of him until Ms. Grace gave Jason away to Juno.
Jason's sister, Thalia Grace, was born to Zeus. Thalia is a Greek demigod, because when Zeus visited her mother the first time, he was in his Greek form. When Zeus came to Jason's mother for the second time, he came in his Roman form, Jupiter. Jason is therefore a Roman demigod, while his sister is Greek. It is shown that Jason cares for his sister. He feels somewhat depressed that Thalia has found a new family in the Hunters of Artemis. However, it is shown that when Jason first saw her picture, and Annabeth told him her last name, his instincts told him she is dangerous, as Juno left enough memory to know that digging up his past could be disastrous and that she was his sister.
Love Interests
She and Jason share many romantic moments throughout The Lost Hero. He has a great deal of concern for her, as he does everything to help her, such as when she says they should get together he says in his thoughts together, yes. He puts his hand on her waist to support her when she collapsed due to hypothermia. At the end of The Lost Hero the two have a romantic moment at the end of which they repeat what had apparently occurred in Piper's Mist induced memory of them kissing. Also, Jason has strong feelings for Piper, but he is worried for their future.
In The Demigod Diaries, Leo comments that Jason and Piper are dating, which takes place two months after their quest to save Hera. Piper also gives Jason a goodbye kiss just in case they don't get to see each other if the engine of the Argo II blows up. Since the engine did not blow up they continue to date for the next 6 months.
In The Mark of Athena, Annabeth introduces the two as boyfriend and girlfriend. She also gives him the nickname Lightning Boy. Piper constantly doubts that Jason does not have any feelings for Reyna, despite how many times he denies it. When the two along with Percy are drowning, Piper mouths to Jason that she loves him.
The memory of her makes him rethink what he is doing with Piper, though he does not know why. It's revealed in The Son of Neptune by Reyna to Percy that if Jason hadn't gone missing, a romantic relationship would have developed, since Reyna said that it was common for there to be romance between praetors, since they work together so much. When the Argo II arrives in the sky Reyna says that she hopes Percy is right and Jason is aboard the ship, stating that she has missed him.
In The Mark of Athena, it is stated by Jason, that he'd never felt more than friendship for Reyna. However, when the two once both went on a quest, after Reyna talked with Aphrodite, he states that she never acted the same to him again.
Percy Jackson
Jason and Percy first meet in The Mark of Athena and have been shown to be on good terms. Percy says that Jason "thinks the same way he does" and mentioned a "spark of friendship." They both share many similarities: both are sons of one of the Big Three and extremely powerful demigods; both are excellent swordsmen; both are leaders at their respective camps; both hate Octavian; and both were chosen by Juno to be switched in order to bring the seven Heroes of Olympus together.
Annabeth calls their relationship a "Budding Bromance", as the two seem to get along. While fighting Otis and Ephialtes, the two are able to work well together as a team and manage to earn Bacchus' respect. It is also shown that when working together their powers get more intense when they created a huge storm at Fort Summer, while fighting the Romans.
Jason and Percy also have a small rivalry going, such as when Jason and Percy both go for the head chair at a table and Jason even causes sparks to fly, but Annabeth took the chair in the end. Also, when apologizing to Percy after being possessed and force to fight each other, he comments that he could have killed Percy. Percy turns this around saying he could of done the same, but Jason doubts this unless there was an ocean in Kansas.
Leo Valdez
Despite their time at the Wilderness School being fake, Leo still considers himself Jason's friend. He even volunteers to go on a quest with him and goes to repair the Bronze Dragon to give them a way of transportation. Despite Leo and Jason being good friends, Leo feels jealous of Jason. People look at Jason and respect him for being the son of Zeus (really Jupiter) and think he is handsome and powerful, while he only sees himself as the lowly mechanic. He also feels left out as Jason and Piper start to reform a relationship. The only time he doesn't feel jealous of Jason is when Thalia talks to Jason about his past and how Hera had taken him away from their mother. Leo remembers that while his own life wasn't that good, his mother wasn't possessive of Hephaestus and only wanted Leo to know him.
Jason starts to remember him at the end of The Lost Hero. When Juno returns some of Jason's memories, he remembers several of his friends, with Bobby being one of the names mentioned. Not much is known about him but his name.
Hazel Levesque
Jason remembers her in the last part of The Lost Hero as being her friend back at the Roman Camp. In The Son of Neptune, Hazel tells Percy that after she arrived, she had only known him for about a month before he disappeared. Through Hazel's point of view, it is assumed that she and Jason were good friends. She even compares Jason to Percy, stating that they both had the same look, as if they had both seen their fate, and were waiting for it to happen. She is one of the main characters in The Heroes of Olympus, and is one of the Seven in the Prophecy of Seven.
Because Jason kind of remembers her, it can be assumed they had been friends. In The Son of Neptune, she was a Centurion of the Fifth Cohort, but after the position was given to Frank, she retired after ten years of service to attend college in New Rome.
A Senior Centurion of the Fifth Cohort, he and Jason were friends at Camp Jupiter. He apologizes to him before knocking him unconscious at Fort Sumter.
Annabeth Chase
Though it seemed like it to Piper, Jason likes Annabeth as a friend, but has no romantic feelings towards her. In The Lost Hero, Annabeth was the one who told him about Thalia, which sparked the memory of her and his last name, Grace. Annabeth claimed Thalia had never told her she had a little brother, but Jason insists that she does. At the end of the book during the Senior Counselors' meeting, when Jason tells where he's from and where Percy is, Annabeth says that she is going with them, mostly because of Percy. Jason agreed that he would want her along, mostly because he knew that she had already figured out where Percy was and the danger he could be in.
In the beginning of The Mark of Athena, it is shown that Annabeth distrusts Jason, thinking that he is too perfect because he always does everything nobly, does nothing against the rules, and even looks too perfect and she expects him to turn on them at the second they land. However, during their journey to Rome they come to rely and trust each other more, and after Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus, Jason feels responsible for not saving them.
- Jason was named after the original Jason, a hero, by Zeus/Jupiter to please Hera/Juno after being conceived.
- Similar to the original Jason, he was aided by Hera/Juno and was recognized by the fact that he was wearing only one shoe.
- Jason and Thalia are the only known siblings to be from different aspects of the same god. Thalia is a Greek demigod (being a daughter of Zeus), and Jason is Roman (being a son of Jupiter), as stated by Hera/Juno herself.
- Unlike other children of Zeus/Jupiter, Hera doesn't hate him or try to kill him like his other siblings. Hera said that she is Jason's patron and Jason is her champion.
- Thalia and Jason are both mentioned to like cheeseburgers.
- The scar in Jason's mouth came from trying to eat a stapler when he was 2 years old.
- It is mentioned by Aeolus that Jason was once stayed with him on a quest to kill a sea monster. It is later revealed Jason had killed the Trojan Sea Monster.
- Although one of the demigod "afflictions" is usually dyslexia, Jason could read Midas' brochure for Gold: Invest for Eternity just fine. Although it might have been in Latin or Jason may not have dyslexia, like Frank Zhang.
- Jason claims to be the Praetor of the First Legion in The Lost Hero, but Camp Jupiter is made up of only the Twelfth Legion.
- Jason sometimes feels uncomfortable with attention that is given to him due to him being the son of Jupiter and people expecting that that he will not fail.
- Piper calls Jason Sparky on occasion.
- Despite being Roman, Jason is a Greek name, meaning healer. This is because Zeus felt naming him after Hera's favorite hero would quell her anger.
- Jason's name being a way to placate Hera may be a nod towards his older half brother Hercules (Heracles), who was named after her. Although it is to be noted that Hera did kill Heracles and his family.
- Jason's birthday is revealed to be July 1st, the first day of the month named after Julius Caesar and was also considered Juno's sacred day.
- Jason and Piper are the only couple who aren't from the same camp/side. (Jason's Roman, while Piper's Greek.)
- In every book appearance he has appeared in, Jason has been controlled by another force and made to attack an ally (Medea used Charmspeak on Jason and Leo in The Lost Hero and was possessed by eidolon and attacked Percy Jackson in The Mark of Athena).
- Jason's birthday is the fist day of July. In November, The Greek form of his father Zeus closed all communications to and from Olympus. If you take every first letter of the months from July to November, it spells Jason (July, August, September, October, November).
- Like Percy, Jason is also named after a legendary Greek hero.


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I just upgraded from g to h. Only the files that needed uploading are what I uploaded/overwrote per the read me here: docs\changelog-v1-3-9h.html.
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I didn't do a complete fresh install as it said only those files were new and needed to be changed from version g to h.
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What about http://marc.info/?l=linux-pci&m=119072400008538&w=2 ? Brice -
That's not a regression, right? Tt's probably never worked for that kind of box :) I think the pci bus patches that are pending from Jeff Garzik should fix up these issues. They are in one of his trees, and in the -mm release, if you are able to test those. thanks, greg k-h -
Ok, I'll see what I can do. Jeff, could you point me to some good candidate patches for fixing this? Brice -
jgarzik/misc-2.6.git#pciseg has my only outstanding PCI stuff, which is a small x86[-64] PCI domain support patch. Mostly unrelated to the thread at hand, alas, even though it was touching that area. I need to a few changes required by Andi, who made several good points, then the PCI domains thing should be ready for upstream. I don't care much who merges it, you, Andi or me. As I recall, some NUMA folks hacked in my damage (storing numa node in x86's new struct pci_sysdata), noted and fixed additional fallout, and added their own damage for good measure :) Jeff -
I'll take it, as I guess it should go through me, Andi is going to have enough merge issues for 2.6.24 :) Yeah, I don't really trust all of the pci numa things as it keeps blowing up in odd ways, and we seem to be doing a lot of extra work for the 2 NUMA-CUBE users in the whole world... thanks, greg k-h -
Please don't pull 'pciseg' just yet... it needs the fixes Andi pointed out, namely, it should be turned on by default in x86 / x86-64 platform Kconfig, and have a boot-time method of disabling it. Jeff -
Ok, let me know when you want me to pull it and I will. Or just send me the patches by email, that's much easier for me :) thanks, greg k-h -


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In Wednesday's debate in Springfield, moderator Jim Madigan asked about potential areas of job growth in the region, and about why electronic medical records weren't cutting costs in the state's biggest economic sector. What he got was a presidential debate writ small: Warren and Brown alike kept going back to military cuts, entitlements, the deficit, and Obama-care.
We get it that Brown would work in a bipartisan way? Actually the word is "buy".You "buy" that Brown would work in a bi=partisan way. It would not be relavant anyway because Repub control of the Senate would be disastrous and Brown is pitching this in his nationwide fundraising communication. Obamacare is not a small.irrelavant issue.Warren supportsit.Brown voted against it. Entitlements are not a small issue.We need Warren in the Senate as someone who would comsostently and reliably defend Medicaire and Social Security from such threats as the Ryan budget plan which Brown said he welcomes. As Tom Menino said when he endorsed Warren,we need consistency.We can't afford to have a Senator who's "wishy-washy" and "on the fence"about issues important to the people of MA.
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The one thing that is clear after three debates is that Liz isn't qualified for the job!! Her childlike refrain of taxing the rich ignores basic economics. Taxing the rich also raises taxes on small businessmen who don't net much money, and it crushes new job creation. That is why Democrats didn't raise taxes when they had all the votes they needed for two years to do so! Because enough of them understand basic economics to know that would only make the problem worse! Liz Warren doesn't seem to have gotten the memo!! Liz Warren pretends that if we just let he tax the rich, all of America's problems will go away, when, in fact, basic knowledge of basic economics should inform her that taxing the rich will crush new jobs because it also taxes small businesses who create all the new jobs. Worse, taxing the rich only brings-in 15% of what Obama wants to spend over the next ten years. The other 85% gets to be paid by YOU the middle class!! You get to pay $5.3 trillion of 'EXTRA' Obama spending! Taxing the rich doesn't come close to solving the problem, any problems, but it puts a wet blanket on job creation. We are spinning our wheels going absolutely nowhere exactly because of this Democrat ignorance of economics. And Liz may be the dumbest of them all repeating this stuff! That she is still repeating the same Democrat economic fantasy three years later should be the final nail in her candidacy.
Well as one not able to vote in Mass. as I no longer live there, I will stick in my two cents. Vote for Liz purely as a vote against the Republican Party. Purely on philosophical grounds. If you believe it is immoral to abandon veterans, the elderly, the disabled, you have to vote against Brown. Not because Brown is a bad guy but because the Republican agenda is an unhealthy, immoral agenda.