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The carved decoration of the 12C-14C cloisters is most remarkable, in particular that of the capitals and the magnificent corner pillars in the north gallery (on the left on entering). Those in the east gallery, next to the refectory, depict the Life of Christ and those in the south gallery relate that of St Trophimus. The west gallery focuses on typically Provençal subjects such as St Martha and the Tarasque. The south gallery leads to the cloisters, chapter house, church nave and sturdy bell tower.
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The Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan,...
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On this fabulous night out in Chengdu, watch the incredible Sichuan Opera and enjoy a hot pot dinner. Discover Sichuan customs as you join in the celebration of Sichuan theatrical traditions. The show includes acrobatics, music, humor and more!
- Sichuan Opera performance and hot pot dinner in Chengdu
- Experience Sichuan culture and traditions
Feast on a delicious Sichuanese hot pot
- Watch the dynamic and vibrant Sichuan Opera
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Andy picked us up at our hotel and we drove to the hot pot restaurant. We had lots of fun, it was in a beautiful position overlooking the river. Andy helped us choose the different food we were putting in the hot pot and helped us know when they were cooked. After this we went on to the Sichuan culture show. Andy had explained about the show beforehand so we understood what we happening. The show was very colourful and entertaining, a perfect night in Chengdu!
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When a company's bottom line fails to meet management's expectations, the first item in the corporate books that is usually looked into is expenses.
Are the company's resources being used properly to meet its objectives? What controls are in place to make sure corporate funds are wisely spent? Are those rules consistently and firmly applied within the company?
Businesses that cannot seem to put a handle on their expenses, or find difficulty figuring out what expenses should be allowed, trimmed or disallowed to improve their financial position, can learn something from the latest issuance of the Commission on Audit.
The COA, the agency with whom most government offices and government-owned and -controlled corporations have a love-hate relationship, recently issued Circular No. 2012-003, or the Updated Guidelines for the Prevention and Disallowance of Irregular, Unnecessary, Excessive, Extravagant and Unconscionable Expenditures.
The circular applies earlier decisions of the Supreme Court and Sandiganbayan on the evaluation of expenses incurred by government offices and, where justified, disallowed.
Although applicable only to the government bureaucracy, the circular contains information that private corporations can use to guide them in managing their expenses.
To minimize possible (and expected) questions in the appreciation of the kinds of expenditures mentioned, the circular enumerates, by way of annexes, the specific acts covered by their definition.
For purposes of this article, since the listing in the annexes is lengthy and mostly peculiar to government offices, only those acts that private businesses can relate to or has a familiar ring will be cited by way of example.
An expenditure is irregular if it is "incurred without adhering to established rules, regulations, procedural guidelines, policies, principles or practices that have gained recognition in laws."
The distinguishing feature of this expense is its failure to comply with procedural requirements or established modes of conduct that govern the activity or items subject of the expenditure.
Examples of irregular expenditures are giving loyalty service awards to employees who have not yet rendered the minimum 10 years of service and payment of attorney's fees to regular employees.
If the failure to comply with existing procedures also constitutes a violation of law, it is considered an illegal expenditure.
This kind of expenditure, to which private business is no stranger, includes delivery of equipment that do not conform to the agreed specifications and the use of government funds and resources for personal purposes.
An expenditure is unnecessary if it cannot "pass the test of prudence or the diligence of a good father of a family, thereby denoting non-responsiveness to the exigencies of the service."
In simple terms, it is an expense that could have been avoided or dispensed with without adversely affecting the ability of the government office to accomplish its duties and responsibilities.
This kind of expenditure includes the purchase of high end or expensive models of electronic gadgets, such as laptops and cellular telephones, unless justified by the circumstances; and the grant of overtime pay for work that is not urgent.
Sounds familiar. Thanks to aggressive advertising, for some white collar employees, it is not enough that smart phones and computer devices can perform the task for which they were purchased, they have to be state-of-the-art (and expensive) even if their add-ons are merely cosmetic.
Excessive expenditures, on the other hand, are "unreasonable expense or expenses incurred at an immodest quantity and exorbitant price. It also includes expenses which exceed what is usual or proper, as well as expenses which are unreasonably high and beyond just measure or amount."
Illustrative of this kind of expenditure are the grant of cash advance in excess of the estimated expense budget and procurement of materials beyond actual requirements which eventually expire in quality, such as, vaccines, medicine and seeds.
In terms of length of definition, extravagant expenditures beat them all. It's defined as those incurred without restraint, judiciousness and economy; exceed the bounds of propriety; and are immoderate, prodigal, lavish, luxurious, grossly excessive and injudicious.
Whew! The only word left out in the description was Imeldific.
In this category belongs the purchase of expensive decorative lamp posts or figurines, and the acquisition of expensive furnishings unless for showcase purposes or promotion of arts and culture.
Finally, unconscionable expenditures refer to "expenditures which are unreasonable and immoderate, and which no man in his right sense would make, nor a fair and honest man would accept as reasonable, and those incurred in violation of ethical and moral standards."
The following expenditures fall within this definition: extension of loans in significant and unreasonable amounts to borrowers who do not have the capacity to repay them, and overpricing of materials that exceed 100 percent of their current market value. In street language, the latter act goes by the name tongpats.
The COA circular is exhaustive, realistic and borne out of experience. But the proof of the pudding is in its enforcement. Hopefully, it will not just form part of the reams of rules and regulations that are routinely issued by government offices but are hardly, if at all, implemented.
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I invite you to read a little something at this link:
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Click on the "American Beauty" bullet on the left side of the page. In the article, you will see things like, "He designed the Vanguard to the Cruising Club of America racing rule, which produced the prettiest yachts since World War II, as well as more seaworthy and seakindly vessels than many of those emerging from factories today." Hmmmmm.
Just a fair counter-point to certain other opinions you have already received.
"Practical" and "sailing" don't normally belong together in the same paragraph, but the Pearson Vanguard is an exception. Do you want to cruise the coast in a responsive boat now but know that you could chuck your job and cross an ocean tomorrow? This boat is a practical solution to that sailing situation. It isn't a dockside condo, it's a real sailboat."
Just goes to show, opinions vary, and everybody has one. Considering that the CCA was the rule-making body in the US for some 50 years, I tend to think they were doing something right.
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As gymnastics is one of the most popular sports in China, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnasts enjoy quite a lot of fame. Li Xiao Shuang, China's first Olympic gymnastics all-around champion, used this fame to open his own line of sportswear - Lixs.
There is a Lixs shop located on the 5th floor of Anzhen Hualian Plaza, right next to the escalator. The shop carries sportswear, hats, bags, shoes, etc. Although Lixs cannot compete in name-recognition with juggernauts like Nike or Adidas, it does have the advantage of a much lower price, while still maintaining a high level of quality in most people's opinions.
Inside the shop, two walls of the shop displays sports clothes, while the shelves in the middle hold shoes, hats, and bags. Although you cannot bargain, the store has a section where clearance items get a 40% discount.
What I appreciated:
The black baseball hat
What customers appreciate:
Famous gym athlete; the low price
Tags: Beijing | China | Clothes | Sportswear shop in Beijing
Simple designs for simple lifestyles
China's "King of Hats"
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56 year old man | Chatsworth, CA, USA | Seeking women 48-60 within 30 miles
Love to Dance, Love of life and Love for each other with passion.
Open hearted elegant man with a love of ballroom / latin dance and shared love and affection. Willing to go the extra distance to express my love and desires with my lady. Old fashioned with honor and respect towards all ladies. Willing to go outside of my comfort zone with my lady on my arm. Public speaker while soft spoken in manners. Relaxed in life and attitude. Open-minded, compassionate lover willing to enjoy life with the lady I seek. What I look for..... I guess that is for my eyes to find. My eyes are my portals of life. Some basic thoughts.... A lady who willing to dance the open floor, just the two of us, before all eyes present, when a song pulls our hearts. Anywhere....I really mean anywhere for the moment. Did Cha Cha dance on Fisherman's wharf (SF) for example. Walk besides me.... never in front or behind. I walk fast and slow with my long legs. Hop and skip in life....take a single foot spin and surprise my lady with a kiss, even on the dance floor before all present. I don't expect my lady to dance as a professional (I am far from that level).... just know the social intermediate / basics in a variety of dances. We can learn together. I am a social dancer... so don't be surprised if I dance with other ladies at the event, but always return to my lady of love. Be light on her feet, can twirl in place, enjoys a man who dances backwards on occasion, and enjoys formal or lighthearted dancing in many different dance styles. I change from swing, to foxtrot, to cumbria, to tango, to several other dances, with ease and grace. Accept me for what I am..... a man. Accept touch, can you rest your head against my chest without asking? Touch my leg, arm or face? I expect touch from my lady. Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste... everyone does these within themselves....but Touch requires outreach to another person. I love to kiss, long loving kisses.... so be ready my lady. Prefer lady wearing dresses or skirts, elegant or simple, with comfortable shoes or heels for her outfit. So look your best, show your dancing legs, and twirl before my eyes. For myself, I dress with slacks, buttoned long or short sieve shirts and dress shoes. T-shirts and loafers are not my style. Know some history.... european history to catch my ears.... English by birth but grown up in the USA. Schooled both here and overseas. Enjoys music.... but not mind "pounding" beats. Classical, 50-80's, and of course dance....know the difference from a waltz. cumbria, salsa, foxtrot, tango, and others goes a long way with me. Not the latest "must have tech" type. I use a iphone3. Does the job of communication. I don't date your smartphone....nor even mine it seems. My attention is on my lady.... I expect the same. Rum and coke is my favorite drink but always open to the local mix. Very rare to have more than one drink. Always been a D-driver. Not a "huge" sports fan. I do follow the local teams and their seasons. Sports for me is dancing with my lady. Slow foxtrot, a little latin dance...enjoying life, not watching others in their seats. I can sail and skipper a small yacht, sailboat, to open seas and beyond. In summary.... my life is a third social or private dancing, a third historical gaming and the final third work and other interests. Health, height and weight are issues in dance and in any relationship with a dancer. So.... a brief profile. I journey towards my next dance partner in life..... maybe you are my lady? There is more information below...... Note: Been totally separated (since May 2008) pending final property settlement when my youngest son finishes his local university schooling.
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Love of social dancing (Ballroom, Latin, swing EC, learning C2Step), reading a book under tree on lazy afternoon, driving favorite car into the countryside with top off, loving dearly a passionate lady with affection.
A nice drive in the countryside on occasion, time on the seashore, a good game of historical miniatures with friends, picnic walking then resting in park like setting. Best of all, having a lady on my arm walking alongside me. Did I mention dancing.
Path between the Seas by David McCullough. Tend to historical material and subject matter but a good fiction novel will grab my reading eyes. I prefer the old fashioned book....not the Kindle.
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Discontinuance Application Of TW Telecom Of Arizona LLC
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Section 214 Application
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TW Telecom indicates that it currently offers Complete Dynamic ATM service in the Tuscon,
Arizona metropolitan area (Service Area). According to TW Telecom, Complete Dynamic ATM service
is a flexible bandwidth bundled service consisting of local exchange service with selected features, a long
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notice letter to customers, TW Telecom states that the equipment used to provision this service is no
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Critical Review by Anatole Broyard
SOURCE: "Painted into Opposite Corners," in New York Times Book Review, Vol. LXXXII, No. 41, October 9, 1977, p. 14.
In the following review, Broyard compares Unsworth's The Big Day to MacDonald Harris' Yukiko. Though his critical evaluation focuses more on Yukiko, Broyard uses it to illustrate why he finds The Big Day a disappointing follow-up to Mooncranker's Gift.
Yukiko and The Big Day illustrate, all too neatly in my opinion, two contrasting attitudes toward the novel, two unrewarding corners into which quite a few authors have painted themselves. MacDonald Harris writes a dogged, log-ahead prose under the assumption that his story is irresistible enough to grip and hold the reader. Barry Unsworth offers impressive style and technique that overwhelm the thin and rather stale idea behind his novel. Mr. Harris's style, his novelist's equipment, seem to be virtually forgotten in his preoccupation with his subject. His diction is deadpan, and there is hardly a memorable sentence in the book. His tone seems solemnified by the grandeur of what he is attempting. He has no time for frivolity, for bandying words or digressing into the psychological complexities of his characters. He is a bringer of a message, a purveyor of profundity.
Compared to him, Mr. Unsworth strikes me as a literary playboy. He enjoys the run and rhythm of a sentence, the happy impact of a well-chosen word. He has such a consummate talent for getting inside his characters' obsessions, he so blurs the figure-ground boundaries, that his characters spill like wine over the table he has set. It is, however, merely a platter of hors d'oeuvre.
Yukiko concerns four men, three American soldiers and a Japanese-American interpreter, who land on the island of Hokkaido in August of 1945. Their original mission was to deliver Havenmeyer, a commando, and his interpreter Ikeda to the island by submarine so that he might blow up a heavy-water plant. Under ambiguous circumstances, the submarine runs aground on a reef, and Gus, the sub commander, and Angelo, his navigator, are forced ashore with the other two.
Havenmeyer is a caricature, a destructive machine. Ikeda is a shadow, a mere decoder of language. Gus, the narrator, seems to have been hired, as one hires a butler, to bring a wry, humanistic perspective to the proceedings. Against all these predictable elements, Angelo embodies the unpredictable. He is moody, ironic, laconic, mysterious, forever saying things the others fail to understand. This deliberate inscrutibility, one supposes, is meant to create an aura of ominousness, of more-than-meets-the-eye, of suspended tensions.
When Gus asks Angelo whether he deliberately ran the submarine aground, Angelo will not talk about it, even though they have been friends and fellow officers for several years, even though four men were drowned as a result of Angelo's "mistake." It is not "healthy," Angelo says, to dwell on such things. He is not traumatized by the incident; he just does not feel in the mood to discuss it. He is, in other words, a prototype of contemporary fiction.
It may seem that I am laboring the point, but in fact most of the action in the book is of this nature. Mr. Harris is forever retreating into coy obscurity. There is no reason, for example, for Gus and Angelo to accompany Havenmeyer on his suicidal mission. The war is almost over, they point out. Under the circumstances, the mission is not only suicidal, but pointless. Havenmeyer invited them to leave, adding that they are useless anyway—yet they tag along with him, more obedient to the author or the plot than to their own convictions.
Sensei, Havenmeyer's local contact, is a school-teacher. His name, in fact, means teacher. He is an Ainu, one of a tall, pale, hairy, primitive people who are discriminated against by the Japanese. Sensei's behavior is consistently baffling, beginning with his mirrored sunglasses. After speaking of the novels of D. H. Lawrence, which he has puzzled out with a dictionary, Sensei delivers a homily on love, which he follows up, like a true teacher, by presenting to the group an "Air Fairy," a remarkably lifelike rubber doll that they are invited to employ for whatever kind of communion best suits their individual needs.
Why does Sensei introduce this doll? What does it have to do with Havenmeyer's mission, which he is supposed to assist? Is this some sort of psychological test? Is he practicing Ainu voodoo on them? Havenmeyer and Ikeda use the doll, which is named Yukiko, for simple masturbatory purposes. Gus has a vague but more complex attitude toward it. Angelo turns away in disgust.
Sensei consistently refuses to advance the mission or to clarify his position relative to the Americans. Everything he says must be filtered through the stumbling translation of Ikeda, which makes for considerable monotony and causes Sensei to seem even more stilted and removed than he already is. When he takes Gus on a dangerous eight-hour boat trip for the sole purpose of having him photographed in the nude—a preliminary step for the manufacture of a rubber doll in his image—Gus never even asks Sensei why they are doing this.
After a couple of hundred pages of undistinguished conversation and little action, all five characters come to seem like zombies, passive creatures of the author's will, simply waiting for him to put them to work. Now, it has always been my feeling that a good character occasionally overflows the author's intention and appears to speak to us directly. He takes on autonomy and denies that he is only part of someone else's "story." A character who is tranquilized by the author, who is held in thrall to a preordained plot, is nothing but a doll like Yukiko.
At the end of Yukiko, it is not Havenmeyer who blows up the heavy-water plant, but Navy dive bombers. If it is possible for them to do this, why was Havenmeyer sent in the first place? The point I am making is that there is a gratuitous looseness of thinking here that has tended to become an accepted convention. As I see it, one of the functions of a novel is to usher us into the presence of mystery, to frame, reaffirm and perhaps even celebrate certain indissoluble tensions that we all share. But this is not the same as making mysteries out of everything and nothing.
In the name of the social order, the Victorian novel tied up every loose end, but the novel of the 70's, in a belated backlash, seems determined to untie them. Only connect, E. M. Forster said; and now it has become only disconnect. Disorder is our pride. Romanticism has degenerated from the extravagant to the random.
Readers seem to have accepted the situation with a remarkable complacency. The willing suspension of disbelief was never more willing. Familiarity breeds contempt: if a character's behavior does not contradict every expectation, he is the worst sort of conformist. The melancholy result of this fashion is that the true mysteries—love, loneliness, the fear of death, the need for a structure of some kind—are lost in a welter of trendy improvisation, of scare-crows dressed in Samuel Beckett's clothes.
While Mr. Harris attempts to "rivet" us, Mr. Unsworth is content merely to entertain us. Cuthbertson, his protagonist, has founded a bogus school that confers "degrees" on those who cannot get them elsewhere, particularly foreigners who have not mastered English. There is a good deal of talented parody of this last group, and I am reminded of Malcolm Bradbury's witty novel, Eating People Is Wrong, which was written at least 15 years ago. There are echoes of Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim, too, but faint ones.
The Big Day seems to have a very limited ambition. Most of Mr. Unsworth's considerable talent is expended on the disintegration of Cuthbertson, and while his is a brilliantly rendered decline, it is not enough. Cuthbertson, a rigid character, is undone by such influences as the shifting patterns of light on his highly polished desk, by the odor of hyacinths that an overzealous assistant has concealed in his office, by his attempt to persuade himself that his school is an honest attempt at education, by his emancipated wife's importunities. No one can suggest better than Mr. Unsworth the panicked floundering of a consciousness about to drown in its own elements. Like the rubber doll in Yukiko, The Big Day is a skillfully crafted but lifeless artifact. Cuthbertson has no more personality than Yukiko. He is only a vehicle for a certain kind of exercise.
Mr. Harris's previous novel, The Balloonist, was nominated for the National Book Award in 1976. Mr. Unsworth's last novel, Mooncranker's Gift, was one of the best books I read in 1974. If I were asked to explain why these two authors have not done better here. I would be tempted to answer that the reading public has not sufficiently moved them to exert themselves. A cynic whose name I forget said that people deserve what they inspire. I think that readers certainly do.
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Fish Tank , a Test Model for Android and iOS apps
For better software testing, I believe in three factors, a good test model or strategy, right set of tools and testers with the right frame of mind.
Fish Tank is one such test model, a collection of various testing framed from the experience of test many consumer mobile apps designed mainly for Android (upto) 5 and iOS (upto) 8. If not all some part applies to Windows Phone too. An app tested from initial design phase needs a different strategy from testing an already released app. Some of these ideas were designed upfront considering the hardware, software capabilities of mobile phones, LONG FUN CUP is one such example. Some others were framed during the time of testing, for instance Content optimization was an idea that was framed while testing an app that looked weird in smaller screens with too many texts. When this issue was raised, initial fix was to reduce the font size, later I realized instead of reducing the size cutting down unwanted text would be a better solution.
I am fond of the tanks built during World War 1, so I used to call most of my work as tanks until I get appropriate name, after completing this post was just looking at my fish tank and wondering what to name it, bingo! On a side note, read this article on how to get ideas!
"People don't invent things on the Internet. They simply expand on an idea that already exists." – Evan Williams.
This mind map is just the What part of the model, organised under various stages of app life cycle. I will be publishing a series of post on how to do each this in coming days! Stay Tuned!
Producing Software Is Not The Purpose Of Software Development
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Producing Software Is Not The Purpose Of Software Development
[Tl;Dr: All too often we can all get so wrapped-up in the joys and frustrations of creating software that we lose sight of the real purpose.]
I often invite my conference audiences to spend a few minutes discussing, amongst themselves, some question or other relevant to the session. One of the questions which I regularly pose is:
"What is the purpose of software development?"
This question tends to confound the audience for a few moments, prior to their entering into animated discussions on the subject. It always seems like a few minutes is nowhere near long enough to do the question justice.
I ask the question for a number of reasons, not least because of Dan Pink's assertion that the three keys to intrinsic motivation are autonomy, mastery, and purpose. I rarely come across people and teams who can articulate their purpose.
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Testing includes:
- Building a useful mental model of the application under test, including what value it should provide and what risks could threaten that value,
- Designing powerful tests, using that model to investigate important questions about the application's quality,
- Test execution (which might be automated entirely, partly, or not at all),
- Analyzing the results to determine if there's a problem, how severe it might be, or otherwise answer stakeholder questions, and
- Test reporting that clearly communicates the impact of the bug, and how to quickly reproduce it.
We often talk about testing as if it's only test execution, yet often the most interesting, challenging, skill-intensive aspects of testing are in creating a mental model that helps us understand the problem space, designing tests to quickly and effectively answer key questions, analyzing what specifically the problem is, and communicating it effectively.
Mobile App Test Coverage Model : LONG FUN CUP
Smart phones changed the way we interact with software. Once mobile apps were used to kill time but now there are apps those could save lives.
They are changing the way live, thus we need to change the way we test.
Smartphone applications are developed with immense creativity and effort. Mobile users demand a sleeker experience with applications compared to desktop users. The mind set of mobile users is very different from web or desktop users. Smartphone apps are used on the move (e.g.: while walking or using a toilet), and mobile devices have a lot to offer through hardware location tracking, gyroscopes and other integrated features.
LONG FUN CUP model helps to achieve coverage at UI level. This is designed factoring in the new touch generation mobile devices hardware, software and users mindset.
Location: It's a sin to test mobile app sitting at your desk, get out!
Location tracking is a key feature offered by mobile phones, which any app must make use of it based on its core functionality. For instance, if it's a cab booking or food ordering app, app should be smart enough to track your current location and provided suggestions surrounding your locality. Unlike web apps, where you expect user to enter location details, here the work flow should be different. Never test such apps sitting at your desk. Check if the app asks for user permission before tracking the location, does app allow users revoke the permissions? Both Android and iOS provide options to mock your locations for testing the app using emulators and simulators.
Orientation: It's a sin to test mobile app sitting at your desk, lie in the couch.
People can change the orientation for various reasons, any mobile app should be able to provide a consistent user experience across different orientations. Test all your screens, pop-ups, toast messages, forms in all supported orientations. There are instance where the filled in form data disappears when you change the orientation. Never test a mobile app just sitting in your desk, take it to rest rooms, lie down in a couch and use it while traveling and test if it gives the same user experience with all different orientation.
Network: It's a sin to test mobile app sitting at your desk, switch networks.
Mobile devices supports both cellular and wi-fi, they can automatically switch between any available networks. How does your app behave when the device switches between networks? These are critical especially if your apps core purpose is to send and receive data to remote server like e-commerce, banking, broadcasting apps. Make sure all such functionality behavior is tested for all such varying network switching, network strengths.
Gestures: In mobile world, app responds to gestures not clicks.
Does your app supports all standard gestures? Is it consistent across the app? If it uses any new gestures, is it easy for the users to understand? I would recommend to play The Room game (a paid game available for both iOS and Android) to understand the unlimited potential of gestures.
Any function that defines or distinguishes the product or fulfills core requirements. Test for interactions, error handling, starting and closing of the app, file access, navigation, multimedia, and sync. Did you try tapping all GUI? Did you fill in all the input fields? Did you navigate to all the screens? Are you able to navigate back?
User Scenarios:
How easy or how hard is it to complete a task using the app? Is the first time user able to understand the work flow? Any scenario should have a story that is credible, motivating, complex and easy to evaluate. List possible users and list them the ways they might use the system to accomplish a task. Try to think about disfavored users and how they might try to exploit the app. Compare with competitor or web interface to get more real life scenarios. Refer: An Introduction to Scenario Testing
Notifications enable an application to inform its users that it has something for them. How does your application use notifications? How easy is to turn on or turn off your app from notifications? Does the application use local or push notifications? How does your application behave if device is in sleep mode? Does the app provide too many notifications? Test for all available types of visual notifications, sound and vibration.
These days' people use mobile phones for various purpose, but the primary purpose for voice calls. How does the app behave after interruptions by an incoming call or an SMS? Test for such interruptions from voice communication and all necessary functions of your app. Many times app will not be able to recover after attending a voice call for a longer duration.
Unlike desktop mobile app gets frequent updates. Not only app updates but as a tester one has to be aware of OS updates as well. How the users are informed about updates? Does the app support the silent update? Track what changes or new features are available in the latest OS update. Analyse if the app needs any modification because of the OS updates.
It is very critical for any mobile app tester to have a good understanding of the popular mobile platforms especially Apple and Android. Be a fan-boy of either one of these platforms (it's impossible to be a fan of both ;-) ) So, you know why Apple and Android does certain things in certain way. You need to be aware of the history and also the latest trends in the mobile platform. What tools are available for testing and what kind of test-ability layers are provided by the platform. Example Developer Options in Android, Instruments in Xcode.
Testers also should have good knowledge in App store Approval process, HIG, Android Design guidelines. This helps to take the app to the market very quick. It takes one to two weeks to get it approved by Apple App Store, so rejection wastes a lot of time. So, testers has to have a checklist handy to check those approval and guideline tests.
Testers should also should be aware of android fragmentation, you will never know in which device your app works and which it may fail. So, should keep an eye on the popular devices, new devices and the android OS market share to select an optimal device matrix to test.
Smart Phone Mobile App Needs Smart Testers
I am happy and proud to share that I will be presenting "Smart Phone Mobile app needs smart testers" in CAST 2014.
Mobile applications are developed with immense creativity and effort. Mobile users demand a sleeker experience with applications compared to desktop users. End users set their expectations very high, based on their experience with state of the art iOS and Android platforms they use every day. The mindset of mobile users is very different from web or desktop users. The key aspects users expect from mobile app is speed, sleekness and social sharing (SSS). As a result, testing mobile apps must be on par with experience offered by state of the art mobile platforms.
This talk will cover
- How to tune the tester's mindset to model test approaches specific to smart phone apps
- How to design tests at the UI level to find issues beyond the usual functional and non-functional testing.
- How to design mobile tests to uncover issues hidden under mobile UI.
- How to design tests for user experience.
Full CAST 2014 schedule is here
See you in New York!
HOLY COW!! It's been long time since I blogged.
I was thinking for a while about what are the most important skills that help a tester to craft his own methods instead of following industry standards or best practices? This triggered while reading through one of the old posts of James Bach again recently, especially this particular quote that grabbed my attention, "Following is for novices who are under active supervision. Instead, I craft methods on a project by project basis, and I encourage other people to do that.."
Extensive research is never possible in testing commercial software, due to time and budget constraints. So, how to test software quickly? Heuristics are used to speed up the process of finding an optimal solution. It's something that helps you approach a problem and take decisions, which should be applied wisely. In order to write better on heuristics I wanted to know the Tamil (my mother tongue) meaning for heuristics. I decided to search in Google, from my knowledge and experience I believe Google would help me to get Tamil meaning of heuristics, but unfortunately it couldn't get an answer for that. So, I decided to ask in Twitter addressing to few Tamil experts. This is heuristics, an approach to problem, but no guarantee that it solves problem.
If heuristics help in approaching problems or take decision, Oracles help to identify problems. Some of oracles used in testing are
1. Requirements
2. Comparing against competitors products
3. Consistency with in the products
"A tester is someone who knows that things can be different." – Jerry Weinberg.
Y- Why?
"Questioning ignites thinking, leads to progress" – Dhanasekar
Whenever I train novice testers, I provide them with few tasks, when they come back with a solution, I probe them with many questions like why was this done? why was this necessary? why do they think this is right solution? why not do it in a different way? Most times there won't be concrete answers. My next step is to ask them to find answers for my questions. After finding answers they would realise there were many more to learn and explore, but still many wouldn't realise that those questions ignited their minds. The important thing is not to stop questioning. What we observe is not testing in itself, but testing exposed to our way of questioning.
If HOLY Sea(C) is preparation and practice for a battle, observation is the real battle. For instance, if your application sends emails, have you ever observed how it appears in the email alert message pop-ups in many popular clients on windows platform or popular notifiers like Growl in Mac OS X? This example is out of an observation made on such email pop-up. This client we worked for, put their branding advertisements at the start of the email, so the alert pop-ups showed the first two lines of the content which is purely marketing text, but not important content. Because of which user might assume this to be spam and ignore it. This test idea would have never triggered if I missed to observe the alert pop-up. Making observations after executing tests is not end of testing, subsequent test ideas mostly result out of those observations. So, missing critical observation is missing potentially risky tests.
Toughest Testing Challenge 1.2 : Patch 1.0
There was a major bug in Toughest Testing challenge 1.2 .
Bug Details:
Management realized later that a simple module (dialogue box) like this can't be tested forever, also they don't have any idea about how far or how long to test this module.
So, the management decides to give the project to two different vendors.
First one was asked to generate test ideas that can be executed within 15 minutes.[Time is non negotiable here]
A second vendor was asked to estimate the time required to test this module and generate test ideas for the time estimated.
What would be your test strategies if you are Vendor one?
What would be your test strategies if you are Vendor two?
And more over you should convince the client with your test strategy and estimates.
A Hint : Test Framing.
Happy Testing!
Dhanasekar S.
Norie's Neat Nostrum :
"There's no such thing as quick and dirty; if you want a quick job, make it a neat job" – Jerry Weinberg


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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is reportedly joining the board of a non-profit organization co-founded by leaker of Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg.
The whistleblower, who sparked global debate about the need for individual privacy amidst national security, is currently under a temporary asylum in Russia.
According to the New York Times, the Freedom of the Press Foundation's board already includes two of the journalists Snowden gave the controversial classified documents to , former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras.
The organization is trying to emphasise parallels between Snowden and Ellsberg, who has also been charged with espionage because he gave the Pentagon Papers, a classified history of decision-making about the Vietnam War, to media outlets.
Ellsberg said that Snowden is not a traitor, but a hero who has done more for the Constitution in terms of the Fourth and First Amendment, adding that he was proud that Snowden would serve alongside him on the group's board.
In a statement provided by the foundation, Snowden said that he was honored to serve the cause of a free press alongside extraordinary Americans like Daniel Ellsberg.
The report said that Snowden would participate in board meetings by a remote link, as he is currently serving asylum in Russia
The foundation was started 14 months ago for the initial purpose of enabling donations to WikiLeaks after firms like PayPal, MasterCard, and Visa began refusing to process contributions, the report added.


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Canarc Closes CAD$1.1 Million Brokered Private Placement08:59 EDT Monday, October 01, 2012VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 1, 2012) -Canarc Resource Corp. (TSX:CCM)(OTCBB:CRCUF)(DBFrankfurt:CAN) announces that it has closed the previously announced brokered private placement financing for CAD$1.13 million with Canaccord Genuity Corp. acting as the agent. Canford Capital Inc. is the sole subscriber in the private placement and will become an insider of the Company by virtue of holding more than 10% of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company.In conjunction with the closing of the private placement, Canarc has also agreed to grant Canford Capital Inc. a 120-day period of exclusivity to complete its due diligence and execute an option agreement to earn up to a 51% interest in the New Polaris gold mine project in return for up to a CAD$30 million investment in exploration and development of the property. Canarc will be the manager of the project during the option period.The private placement consists of 11,300,000 units at a price of CAD$0.10 per unit with each unit comprised of one common share and one transferrable common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable for a period of 36 months at a price of CAD$0.15 per share during the initial 24 months, and at $0.20 per share for the remaining 12 months. The warrants are subject to an accelerated expiry whereby if after January 29, 2013, the 10 day volume weighted average trading price on the Toronto Stock Exchange equals or exceeds CAD$0.30 per share, the Company will have the right to accelerate the exercise of the warrants by giving 30 days written notice to the warrant holder. All common shares issued in the private placement are subject to a hold period of four months plus one day from the closing date of the private placement.Agent's fees for Canaccord Genuity Corp. are comprised of a cash commission of 8% of the funds raised, agent's warrants with the identical terms as the underlying warrants in the unit private placement equal to 8% of the financing, plus a corporate finance fee. Net proceeds from the financing will be added to working capital for general and administrative expenses.CANARC RESOURCE CORP.Bradford Cooke, Chairman and CEOAbout Canarc Resource Corp. - Canarc Resource is a growth-oriented, gold exploration company listed on the TSX (CCM) and the OTC-BB (CRCUF). The Company is currently seeking a partner to advance its 1.1 million oz, high grade, underground, New Polaris gold mine project in British Columbia to the feasibility stage. Canarc is also focused on exploring its gold properties in central BC and the Tay LP gold property in the Yukon Territory.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Gregg WilsonCanarc Resource Corp.Vice-President (Investor Relations)(604) 685-9700 or Toll Free: 1-877-684-9700ORMaelle TrevedyCanarc Resource Corp.Investor Relations Assistant(604) 685-9700 or Toll Free: 1-877-684-9700(604) 685-9744 (FAX)firstname.lastname@example.com


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This Uptown restaurant has been part of the scene for many years, but over that span it's also been very different restaurants. The latest incarnation has been taking shape over the past two years and really seems to be hitting its stride now.
This stretch of Louisiana Avenue is particularly lush and leafy, and Atchafalaya sits rather discreetly at the corner. Then you notice the gigantic skillet sculpture decorating one wall and the small collection of tables on the sidewalk with flickering candles. It sets the scene for the mix of quirky and romantic that contributes to the charm here. The dining area extends over two small rooms, separated by a few steps, and a colorful mix of art and repurposed woodwork covers the walls. There's a small bar up front that's good for solo diners or drinks over an appetizer. At brunch, bands perform in the corner, and they often include well-known musicians not normally seen on the brunch circuit.
The service style here is a good match for the setting, with its balance of professionalism and personality. Attentive but also unobtrusive, the staff will give you a good idea of what excites them on the menu without seeming to over-sell it.
The setting has evolved gradually through the years, while the food took a distinct turn about a year ago when the well-known local chef Christopher Lynch took the helm. Some old favorites remain namely fried green tomatoes with crabmeat and remoulade and the 'free-form ravioli,' essentially a sheet of pasta loosely wrapping a creamy crabmeat filling. But more in line with the chef's current direction is the crudo raw fish, creatively garnished with oils, herbs, and sometimes unexpected flair. See also the scallops with a pumpkin seed brittle and foie gras vinaigrette and whatever he's doing with mussels that day.
One reason I like this restaurant so much these days is the way its menu starts with a familiar, almost standard, roster of dishes but makes each one of them into something distinctive. Pecan-crusted fish is a Creole set piece, but when the fish is grouper and the sauce is Creole mustard buerre blanc then we're on to something different. Aromatic balsamic reduction and blood orange flavors set off the drum, surrounded by fat crawfish tails, and the duck becomes a country feast of cane syrup glaze, dirty rice, greens and tomato and okra stew. One of the more unusual entrees is also among the best: lamb meatballs, set on oversized Israeli couscous with fresh greens and a cool cucumber yogurt sauce.
Bread pudding, tiramisu and creme brulee cover the standards (even if that creme brulee is spiced with vanilla chai), while the pear tart tatin is revved up with rosemary salted caramel sauce and pistachio-crusted caramel ice cream.
The wine list is tailored and eclectic, though it moves into pretty pricy territory fast. Specialty cocktails hew closer to the classic than the contemporary, but there's still room for surprises.
As impressive as the cooking has become here, the prices have kept pace. Most appetizers are in the mid-teens, and most of the entrees that really grab your attention are in the mid-$20/low-$30 range. A couple should expect to spend $150 for dinner with all the bells and whistles. Brunch is a different story, with most dishes in the teens.
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9-11 Commemoration Resources
2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. NCSS has collected resources from its journals Social Education, Social Studies and the Young Learner, and Middle Level Learning that teachers can use when preparing to teach about 9-11 and acknowledge the upcoming anniversary. Also listed are several additional online resources.
ASCD Express on "Why Social Studies Matters"Submitted by TimDaly on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 3:03pm
The August 4 issue of _ASCD EXPRESS_ examines the importance of social studies and civic learning in schools, and includes an article by NCSS President Sue Blanchette.
NAEP Geography release Webinar July 19, 2011Submitted by Jordan Grote on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 1:12pm
The Nation's Report Card: Geography 2010, Grades 4, 8, and 12
NCSS President-Elect Sue Blanchette on WCBS radio NY June 15, 2011Submitted by Jordan Grote on Wed, 06/15/2011 - 4:01pm
Listen to Sue Blanchette's interview on WCBS radio NY. Sue's term as president begins July 1, 2011.
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NAEP U.S. History Release Webinar June 14Submitted by TimDaly on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 5:19pm
Please join the National Assessment Governing Board on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 11 a.m. EDT for a live webinar to release the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) U.S. History 2010, Grades, 4, 8, and 12.
May/June Issue of TSSP is available online!Submitted by Jordan Grote on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 3:06pm
View the latest issue of The Social Studies Professional online today!
Why Social Studies Matters? ASCD Wants Your EssaySubmitted by Jordan Grote on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:10pm
ASCD Express is looking for short, 600 to 1,000-word essays on the theme "Why Social Studies Matters." They welcome articles that show how schools and classrooms are giving social studies its rightful place in well-rounded education. Guidelines for submissions are http://www.ascd.org/ascd-express/Themes/Write-for-ASCD-Express.aspx. Please send in your submissions by May 2, 2011.
NCSS' Michael Koren in Milwaukee Journal SentinelSubmitted by Jordan Grote on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 3:37pm
We'd like to share this article forwarded to us by former NCSS Board of Director Mike Koren. The article illustrates some of the challenges being experienced by teachers at the district/state level and possible outcomes of those pressures on teachers.
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The Conspirator is opening this weekend in theaters!Submitted by Jordan Grote on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 1:47pm
The Conspirator: Go to the Movies!
The producers of The Conspirators invite you to encourage your students, family, and friends to go see the movie between
opening day, April 15 and April 30, 2011. The film, which premiered at the 2010 NCSS Annual Conference, is about the
aftermath of Lincoln's assassination.
Collect their ticket stubs—and send them in to win!
Listen to Recording of NCSS President Steve Goldberg on Blog Talk Radio 4/8/11Submitted by Jordan Grote on Thu, 04/07/2011 - 1:11pm
Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat, yet social studies is getting short shrift in education. Learn why there needs to be a much stronger emphasis on this discipline. Click below to listen to NCSS President Steve Goldberg on Blog Talk Radio which aired live April 8, 2011 at 11:30 AM EDT.


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Do you have what it takes to survive the relentless wrath of the Progeny? Upgrade, unlock, activate and survive.
"War does not determine who is right - only who is left" -- Bertrand Russell
Do you have what it takes to survive the relentless wrath of the Progeny? Discover, upgrade, unlock, activate and survive.
Set in a far fetched future, you play as a Reinforced Intergalactic Livalink Trooper (RILT), a special operations organisation involved in the Livalink project. Years of exploration and research have discovered what was once, and wished was still unknown. The discovery of a new race known as 'the Progeny' proved violent and reckless, retracing the breadcrumbs of our ventured exploitations back home.
Fight against increasignly difficult waves of Progeny attackers. Experience a variety of unique weaponry, upgrades and combinations that will result in a different gameing experiance eachtime you play.
Livalink features a variety of unique weaponry and upgrades. Earn credits by collecting kills, bonuses, levels and achievements. These credits will become your best friends, choose wisely how you spend them. Each action in Livalink has a consequence, by spending your hard earned credits on unlocking doors will also activate attached spawn points, making the game increasingly difficulty, however you will discover new equipment and weapons as well a mysterious chest that will thrive on your gambling addiction.
Content will frequently be added including maps, weapons, upgrades and even new Progeny ai. If you wish to support Livalink's development simply check out Livalink on Desura or Steam and share the information around!
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Update 1.0.6 is now available with a bunch of improvements and additions, check the change log for details.
Sir, please consider providing a demo version.
+1 I know it's only $5 but there's so many games I want to try!
The latest update is amazing. Tnx.
Yay, new map! Awesome!
tracking this game looks intresting but i wana see what you do with it more if anything this seems it might be a future buy for me
anyone know how large the download is for this?
Exe installer is 33mb,
linux is 50 including 32/64 bit,
Mac is 47 mb
Desura client launch should be fairly similar.
I'll be updating the game shortly with new map content and a lot of improvements keep an eye out for that.
Looks good. Is there a demo?
How about then adding some graphic once reaching level 5 to signify that its the max level? And some warning about the level cap as well, so newbies can plan their upgrades a bit better.
Also, as the guns become less and less effective with every wave, without additional upgrades it's quite easy to run into a wall. I'm assuming by wave 40 it would take 20 headshots with the rocket launcher to down one of the enemies :)
Added Achievement lists
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Changed Loading Screen
Fixed Interface calabration wiht resolution support
Improved Ai animation
Improved De-spawning object fade
Improved Overall gameplay
Improved Player controls and movement
Improved Preformance
Improved Sound
Improved Various visuals
You should do updates in the news not comments FYI so people tracking get notified, it just makes things easier :), especially for people who don't use the Desura client!
Highest Rated (8 agree) 10/10
This game is awesome, reminds me of the good old times I had when playing horde on gears of war for the first time... plain awesome!
Feb 1 2013, 5:32pm by sheaffy
Lowest Rated (6 agree) 4/10
At first glance Livalink appears to be a generic shooter. But upon playing its 2 selectable levels, you see how little variety the game has to offer. The level design consists of a few dull, short, near identical hallways, and a few tiny, uninteresting rooms. The enemies that I saw were basically the same visually, with only differences being in height, width, and hue. Weapons were limited.
Overall the game was dull and repetitive.
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