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Thoughts On My Eberron Game
We're finally getting to session two of my new Eberron game this weekend; I've been champing at the bit for the past two weeks to get back to it. It's also probably the last session before one of the players moves out to California, which fills the rest of us with terror and dismay. Regardless of whether we set up an iPad in his chair and have him here remotely, or he moves on to something more local to himself on Saturday nights, our group is about to go through another one of its periodic sea-changes, and as the current configuration has probably been the best our group has had in years, we're anxious as to what will come. But that's another topic! I want to talk about this Eberron game and what's got me so eager for it.
Normally when I come up with a campaign idea, I start with a general vision of what kind of experience the campaign should be, try to figure out potential ways my players might engage with and enjoy it, and present it to them, knowing that they'll probably come up with something at complete right angles to it and we'll have to work as a group to synthesize it all. I often try to emulate a particular feel for a campaign, whether it's Howardian sword-and-sorcery, loopy CRPG/cartoon silliness, or "old-school dungeon crawling." Sometimes it works beautifully, sometimes it crashes, and sometimes it just sorta sits there.
This time, I came to it from the other direction: specifically, certain players had characters I knew they wanted to play, and there were certain fantasy elements I knew I wanted to play with but hadn't yet, and so I came up with a campaign framework that had room for those things, handed it to the players, and said, "Here you go– as long as you can think of a reason your character would be in situation X, you can play whatever you want." The players responded with enthusiasm, which is always gratifying. 😉
Note that I'm not advocating one of these approaches over the other: they can both serve a campaign and a group well, but they can also both go pffft. The structure of my usual approach can be very useful for players who don't know what they want to do and can simply take their cues from the background, but of course it can also be quite shackling to somebody who wants to play a bomb-throwing alchemist in a Tolkien-style fantasy where such things would be the craft of The Enemy and not suitable for heroes (to use a real-life example). The approach I took for this game is great for someone who has a character near and dear to their heart that they want to get some action, but it puts a lot of the burden of "making your character work" on the player and might not provide as in-depth an immersive experience.
In any case, for this particular campaign, and in the context of "play what you want, we'll make it work," Eberron is in some ways the perfect setting. Heck, Rule #1 of the Ten Important Facts About Eberron is "If it exists in the D&D world, then it has a place in Eberron." Human fighter? Come on down. Gnome half-dragon with a crazy quilt of prestige classes? We'll find a spot for you. That's what Eberron is for.
In spite of all this wiggle room (or possibly rope with which to hang yourself), Eberron never feels like a giant "just toss it all in" mess. In fact, it's one of the few RPG worlds I've seen where the system artifacts and the game setting actually seem to work together as a cohesive whole instead of actually fighting with one another.
The quasi-medieval default of most fantasy settings really starts to break down when you add magical healing as common, monsters in vast complexes just outside of town, and groups of mercenary adventurers sporting items of power that are worth more gold than the entire kingdom will ever see. Eberron starts from the premise that these things exist and then says "What would a world be like where this happened?" Magic shops? Heck, Eberron has an entire magic economy. The fortunes of House Cannith, House Lyrandar, and House Sivis were built on the manufacture of magic items. That kingdom across the border with an army of the dead? We can't just go to war with them, we've got trade agreements to think of!
There are lots of other cool little touches, too, from "manifest zones" (places where the borders between dimensions get a bit wibbly-wobbly, giving you an in-world reason to have a random sea of lava in a dungeon room if you want one) to "flying carpet races" in Sharn. In short, while having all the underpinnings of Dungeons and Dragons (or Pathfinder, in my particular case), Eberron is a setting that smiles and says, "Go on, have fun with it. I can take it."
I intend to do just that. And with the players eager to go as well, I expect many good times to be had with this game. Although I originally intended for it to be a self-contained 4-6 level story arc, it may just end up being something that goes on indefinitely. And even if it doesn't, I've now got some cool ideas for future campaigns that could also work in Eberron down the road.
-The Gneech
Monday Monster: Cthulid
This one's not actually mine, so instead of just copying it wholesale, I'll link it for you:
It's a CR 9 large humanoid, something like a cross between an ogre and a mind flayer. Not as huge and epic as a star-spawn of Cthulhu, but definitely an "Oh #&^%@!!!" moment for most parties. Makes a great solo/final boss for a level 7-8 adventure with a Lovecraftian/Howardian vibe.
It's currently written with psi-like abilities (c/o Psionics Unleashed, which is thought of by many as the "core" psionic rules for Pathfinder, even if it's from a third party). The ability descriptions are in the d20PFSrd, but if you don't want to use those, they could easily be swapped out for similar spell-like abilities instead.
Created by Tim Wallace. Nice job, Tim!
-The Gneech
PS: Yes, I know it's not really Monday. ;P
Big Damn Antiheroes
We had the character creation and prologue session of my new Pathfinder campaign set in Eberron last night.
Unfortunately, two players were absent from the session, which threw something of a monkeywrench into my plans for the whole "shared origin" thing, but we decided to roll with it anyway with just the players at hand, since gaming opportunities are so few and far between for us these days. If I'd had time I would have rescaled the scenario a bit, but the group managed to get through it with only one character ever in actual danger of biting the bullet– it just ran longer than I'd planned for with the reduced firepower.
The background of the campaign is that during the Last War, the characters were mercenaries in the same unit fighting for Breland, engaged in a skirmish action near the edge of the Breland/Cyre border, brought back together four years later by fate or circumstance as they become embroiled in a new set of plots and intrigues. With the reduced group, this changes the background a little– the rest of the group will have to be integrated in at the beginning of the next session– but it still provides a shared background for three of the PCs, anyway.
The makeup of this group is interesting so far, in that instead of being the usual mix of heroes and professional adventurers, it's a sort of ramshackle collection of ne'er-do-wells, most of whom have little business being out of prison, much less doing that whole "hero" thing:
Onward to Eberron
As obvious a thing as it may be to say, gaming is a group activity. You have to have buy-in from everyone in the group in order for it to work. And while some of the players in my group are perfectly happy to play whatever game is put in front of them, I was receiving feedback from other members expressing preference for another direction. On the other hand, GMing is a boatload of work, and so you really have to be interested in what you're doing to make it worth the effort. So choosing a game and managing a group is an exercise in finding common ground.
To that end, I decided to drop the Coventry campaign; my intention was to pick up and do more with Fortress of Tears, but for whatever reason, I'm finding myself blocked on it. So I decided to stop and think a minute about what I could run that would please the players (many of whom have stated a clear preference for some incarnation of Dungeons and Dragons) but would also please myself.
I was very surprised when Keith Baker's Eberron setting stepped up and said, "'ave a go, mate." I was quite indifferent to Eberron when it first came out… I didn't dislike it, and I certainly didn't hate it for not being Forgotten Realms the way so many others in the RPG community seemed to, but it also wasn't what I was looking for in D&D at the time.
Some of that was because it looked too much like a fusion of D&D and the Star Wars prequels (with Sharn standing in for Coruscant, warforged standing in for droids, etc.), and my feeling was, "There's already a Star Wars RPG, what do we need this for?" That feeling was so strong that I actually nabbed bits from Eberron for the Star Wars campaign I was running, and sure enough, they felt right at home.
With the passage of time, I don't think that was an inaccurate assessment, but it's also less of an issue now than it was then. The Star Wars prequels have faded into the mists of pop culture history, and the other facets of Eberron can start to shine. When you can come back to Eberron on its own merits, there's quite a lot to like there. It also has several "tweakable" settings that you can play up or down as you wish. Want steampunk? It can do steampunk. Want cosmic horror? It can do cosmic horror. Want jungle exploring? It can do jungle exploring. Want steampunk exploring of cosmic horror in the jungle? Yup, it can do that.
Still, the real surprise to me, was how well 4e treated Eberron– especially when you consider how it did its damnedest to destroy everything else. While Forgotten Realms got blown up (again) and Greyhawk got thrown under the nearest bus, Eberron got away with just having dragonborn and tieflings shoehorned into the corners, plus some easily-ignorable shuffling of its cosmology.
Mark of Prophecy, the introductory adventure in the 4e campaign guide, starts brilliantly. Seekers of the Ashen Crown, the largest of the 4e Eberron adventures, has as much intrigue and roleplaying material in it as any of the 3.x stuff for Eberron did, and considerably more than, say, Revenge of the Giants. It's still in the "delve format," alas, but once you get past that annoyance it's a solid, well-written adventure.
So, I admit, I'm pretty excited about this new campaign. As always, I wish I was playing in it rather than running it, but that's the story of my life as far as gaming is concerned. I have a rough campaign outline that should take the game from 3rd level to 8th, allowing for wiggle room as the PCs decide to turn left instead of right or what-have-you. Beyond that will just have to see what the future brings. Life changes are surely going to throw a spanner in the works by then, if not before!
-The Gneech
PS: For those curious, I'm running the game in Pathfinder, using fan conversions and/or custom data in Hero Lab.
This just popped into my head, but it seems like it would be a fun idea for a one-off game.
Create any legal Pathfinder [or insert your game system of choice here] character of level 1d4+6 with level-appropriate gear.
You wake up, startled, and look around. Before you are a handful of other adventurers, similarly coming to their senses, as well as a woman in what appear to be priestly robes, who wields a magic wand. Surrounding you are several smashed and long-crumbled statues.
The woman speaks to you in a heavily-accented variant of the common tongue that takes you a few moments to comprehend. "Are you all right? Can you understand me? You have been restored from petrification by a medusa, centuries ago. The medusa is long dead. We have revived you because a great threat has arisen… and we have no heroes who have the strength to fight it. We hope that you, great warriors of the past, may have that strength…"
There you go, have fun with it. Depending on how weird you wanted to get you could tweak the available classes (say, disallow Gunslingers at the start of the game, even though there are Gunslinger NPC threats) or go for a superscience-and-sorcery angle a la Thundarr the Barbarian, depending on how long the PCs spent petrified. The PCs themselves could be from any number of different eras of your campaign world's past.
-The Gneech
Worst Game Session Evar
I don't know why, but I woke up remembering the worst game session evar this morning, and I've decided to record it for posterity.
It was at a convention. It doesn't matter which convention it was, nor really who the other participants were. I will say that we were at least theoretically supposed to be playing Mongoose's Conan d20 game. My character was a Bossonian archer; my memory is that the other characters were an Aquilonian soldier (P1) and a Zamoran rogue (P2). Basically, except for the Cimmerian barbarian, we were Ye Olde Hyborian Cliché Party.
That's okay, RPGs are like that. But little did we know what were were getting into from there…
(Note: This is paraphrased from memory.)
GM: You're in Nemedia, all headed for a tavern. It's getting dark. Up ahead the road goes through a narrow gorge. (draws the road on the mat)
Me: Uh-oh, smells like ambush. I'll hang back.
P2: I'll hang back too.
P1: Well, I guess I'll march ahead then.
GM: A bunch of bandits pop up out of the rocks and charge you! Roll for initiative. (we do: P1 gets a 12, P2 gets a 15, I get an 8)
GM: Okay, the bandits go first. These three attack you (P1), these two run towards you (P2), these two run towards you (me). (rolling dice) Two hit you, doing 15 points of damage.
P1: Holy crap! Good thing I've got 23 hit points.
P2: Okay, my turn. I'll move forward and attack this one. (roll) 15?
GM: You miss.
P2: Wow, on a 15. What kind of armor are they wearing?
GM: They've got a real high DEX.
P2: Oh. Okay.
P1: (roll dice) 20! Let's see if I crit. (roll) 16?
GM: Nope, not a crit.
P1: Aww, crap. Okay… (roll dice) 15 points of damage.
GM: (frowning) You kill that one.
P1: Sweet! I've got Cleave, so I'll attack one of the other guys next to me. (roll dice) 18.
GM: Miss.
P1: Miss? On an 18? Seriously?
Me: (doesn't roll anything like a 20, so I miss) I waste some arrows.
GM: These two attack you (P1) again. These two see their friend go down and break off from you (P2) to go attack the fighter.
P2: Cool! Attack of opportunity time! (starts to roll dice)
GM: Nope, they have Combat Reflexes.
P2: What does that have to do with it? Combat Reflexes just gives you extra attacks of opportunity.
GM: Not Combat Reflexes. The other one. (looks at his notes) Mobility.
P2: So they get a bonus to their AC. I still get to roll, tho.
GM: No, one of my house rules is that Combat Reflexes mean you just don't get attacks of opportunity against them. You would have missed anyway, this is faster.
GM: (roll dice) Okay, that one hits you (P1) for only 5 points of damage that time.
P1: Cripes! I only have 3 hit points left.
GM: Suddenly this amazingly gorgeous woman comes around the corner. She's wearing nothing but these skimpy furs, and some fur boots, and a big fur cape. She's got this amazing flowing blonde hair and blue eyes, and she's obviously a barbarian. But she's like, hot. She has 18 Charisma. She's carrying a big, blood-spattered axe.
Me: Well there's something you don't see every day.
GM: It's her initiative right after the bandits, so she charges the bandit that just hit you. (roll dice) She kills him! She's got Great Cleave, so she attacks the other two.
Me: Doesn't Great Cleave mean you can only keep attacking as long as you kill each target?
GM: (roll dice) Well, she does.
P1, P2, Me: Ooohkay.
P1: Well, uh, I guess I'll move to this guy and attack. (roll dice) 14.
GM: You miss.
P2: I'll move into flanking position, with the +2 that gives me (roll dice) 18.
GM: You miss.
Me: Guess I'll shoot! (roll dice) 17.
GM: 15. You're -2 for shooting into a melee.
Me: You mean the -4? I've got Precise Shot.
GM: That's one of my house rules. Precise Shot means you only get -2.
Me: (sigh) Doesn't matter, I would have missed anyway.
(next round: barbarian chick easily wipes out remaining bandits)
GM: She says, "My name is Anima. You're lucky I happened to be here, this road is dangerous. These bandits were probably searching for the cursed amulet I carry."
P2: No doubt.
Me: I recover whatever arrows I can and say, "Well thank you, Anima. We're headed for the tavern ahead."
GM: "I'll join you, in case more bandits show up and you need my help."
P1, P2, Me: (exchange dubious glances)
GM: You go to the tavern. Anima orders a huge chunk of meat and just starts eating it right off the bone. Then she guzzles down a whole mug of ale all at once and orders another. She obviously has no idea of what to do in civilization.
Me: Uh huh. Well I'll go find a seat somewhere and order a meal.
P1: I guess I'll sit with Anima. I eat about the same way she does!
GM: You spend the meal staring at Anima. She's hot.
P2: I'm looking around for pockets to pick.
GM: (roll dice) You find about 22 silver pieces from picking pockets.
(fast forward over a painful scene of attempting to do a little RP talking to the innkeeper and such that goes nowhere)
GM: Anima says, "Those bandits were sent by an evil wizard who wants the cursed amulet I'm carrying. We have to go kill him."
Me: Like, right now? It's night.
GM: "Yes. We're going now." (erases the canyon from the map, then draws almost-identical lines to indicate a road) So after paying your tavern bill, you start heading for the wizard's tower. You're walking on a raised road that goes through a swamp. Anima says, "There's undead in this swamp."
P1: Bring 'em on! They need wiping out.
GM: Anima says, "Be careful what you wish for!" (laughs the typical "I'm an evil GM and you're in for it!" laugh)
Me: I'm not afraid of undead. We're protected by Mary Sue the Barbarian.
P2: (snicker)
GM: These zombie-things come shambling out of the swamp at you. They all have gemstones in their chest that look like the amulet Anima is carrying. She says, "Oh no, they're being drawn to the power of the amulet!" Roll initiative. (we do: I get 19, P1 gets 11, P2 get 15) Okay, the zombies go first.
Me: Wow. Before my 19?
GM: Yep, they're really fast.
Me: Huh. Really fast zombies.
GM: They all shuffle towards Anima. (creepy groaning noises) She snarls and says, "I hate undead!" and attacks.
Me: Because her initiative is higher than 19, too.
GM: (roll dice) She kills that one. And with Great Cleave, she runs over and attacks the next one (rolls dice) but misses.
P1: Uh, I'm pretty sure that Great Cleave doesn't let you move.
GM: Yes it does. That's one of my house rules.
P1, Me: (shrug at each other)
GM: Okay, your turn.
Me: (roll dice) 20! I assume I can't crit these guys.
GM: No, you can't. Also, you missed.
Me: What??? I rolled a 20!
GM: Yeah, but they're undead. You need a magic weapon to hit them. Anima can hit them because she's carrying the amulet that gives them their power.
Me: …
Shortly thereafter, the session ended due to time. Strange as it may sound, the other players and I did manage to have some fun, but for all the wrong reasons. It was a bit like a cross between a tabletop RPG and living an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
-The Gneech


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The annual contract for Chiefland Police Chief Robert Douglas, who has been at the helm of the department for 10 years, was unanimously renewed on Monday by the Chiefland City Commission.
The vote was 4-0 for renewal with Commissioner Rollin Hudson absent from the special meeting. Douglas was given a total of 990 points out of a cumulative score of 1300 and a composite score of 3.74 with 5.0 being perfect.
Area oyster farmers, state and local officials are banning together in hopes of salvaging what they say is a declining industry.
More than 20 representatives from various groups and agencies, for the second time in recent months, met in Cross City at the Dixie County Emergency Operations Center Dec. 4 to organize what's now being called the Nature Coast Oyster Alliance (NCOA).
The second monthly meeting scheduled for Dec. 22, 2014, has been cancelled.
The nest commission meeting will be Jan. 12, 2015, at 6 p.m. in City Hall, 214 E. Park Ave.
Chiefland will be in the spotlight for rural economic development when Jesse Panuccio, executive director of the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, visits the city twice in the coming months.
Panuccio will be in Chiefland at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, for a 45-minute meet and greet with local officials and community leaders. He will return to Chiefland with his staff for a luncheon and tour of the city on Jan. 13 with officials and community leaders.
Fanning Springs may be cracking down on yard sales along US Hwy. 19.
In what started out as a discussion on whether or not to do away with required yard sale permits, some council members expressed opinions saying these types of sales should be restricted along the highway to keep Fanning Springs from becoming one large yard sale.
At Tuesday night's city council meeting, Mayor Cheryl Nekola said they should do away with the permitting as many residents do not pay for one and it's not fair to those who do.
A plan to spray herbicide to clear 30 acres at the city's No. 5 wellfield and replant it in longleaf pines came to a dead halt when a city commissioner who grows trees gave fellow commissioners an education on timing and trees.
After more than a decade of disappointment, the development of a hospital in Chiefland seems to be inching closer to becoming a reality.
Friday, the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration announced that it has granted Ameris Health Systems the certificate of need (CON) necessary to get the $45 million project rolling.
"It's great news. We're really excited," Ameris senior vice president for business development Frank Schupp said in a phone interview.
A non-discrimination policy for those with limited English-speaking skills that is required for public transit systems by the federal government was approved by the Levy County Commission.
But the approval came after members of the audience indicated with their applause they would prefer the have only English spoken.
Levy Department of Public Safety Director David Knowles had high praise for County Sheriff Bobby McCallum, his deputies and investigators and the U.S. Marshal's Office in Gainesville.
"I want to thank the sheriff's office," Knowles said first thing on coming to the podium for his turn at the commission meeting. "We had an arson down in Inglis and the sheriff's office apprehended the suspects within 24 hours in conjunction with Marshal's Office."
Medical residents will shadow ― and possibly help ― crews on Levy County's ambulances as part of a program to allow them to learn about rural health care.
The agreement to allow the ride-along was unanimously approved by the Levy County Commission on Tuesday.
County Public Safety Director David Knowles said the students will be insured by the university for any action they take or encounter on the ride-along.
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SANTA CLARITA - Louis Brathwaite - assigned classified duties in the U.S. Air Force, a leader in the Santa Clarita Valley, and a whiz with woodwork and mechanics - made it a point to finish the projects he started.
One week before the 68-year-old died of a heart attack in November, the father of three, who grew up in a hard-scrabble New York neighborhood and had to fight for his place in the world, finished his memoirs, titled ``Black Mans Job, White Mans Job.''
The book, published locally this year, earned its title after a 1963 conversation Brathwaite, recently promoted to supervisor, had with one of the men who worked for him at Edwards Air Force Base.
``A white man should have this job,'' the employee said of Brathwaite's position.
In his memoirs he recalled that he did not punch the man, but reasoned with him. ``Is this a black man's job or a white man's job?'' Brathwaite asked. ``It must be a black man's job ... because I'm a black man and I have the job.''
Brathwaite encountered racial injustice from childhood - one teacher accused the 10-year-old of cheating after scoring highly on an IQ test - but never let it run him down, said Mary, his wife of 33 years.
``Let's face it, he did stand out in a crowd,'' she said of her handsome, 6-foot-2-inch husband. ``This was a very smart man who did not want others to dictate how he behaved.''
His behavior, guided by a sense of commitment, honesty and frankness, earned him many respected positions in the Santa Clarita Valley: planning commissioner from 1988 to 1998, and a longtime board member of the William S. Hart Union High School District, the Boys & Girls Club and the Committee on Aging.
But the artist, craftsman and tenor singer - he impressed the Italians in his youth with his operatic voice - always made time for his family.
Mary describes their brood as a ``his, hers, ours,'' - each brought a daughter into the marriage, then they had a son together in 1972. Today, she chuckles at predictions that their union - African-American man, white woman - wouldn't last.
After decades of life with him, Mary still does not know the specifics of what Brathwaite did on his frequent trips for the Air Force.
``During all the years that we were married he never told me where he was or what he was doing,'' said Mary, 62, who lives in the couple's Saugus home with two cats she acquired after her husband's death. ``We had a special programmed phone; we could call his office, but we never knew the number.''
Remaining true to the confidentiality the government required, Brathwaite's book is sometimes vague regarding his classified years. But the vivid recollections of family, struggling for equality and his commitment to the Santa Clarita Valley make up for the sparse Air Force details.
Born to parents of Ethiopian, West Indian, American Indian and Caucasian descent, Brathwaite grew up in a mixed-race area of New York City known as Lower Washington Heights - where the gifted child played handball with future tennis great Althea Gibson and stickball with future baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays.
In 1952, not long after his mother had buried her oldest son and husband within 30 days of one another, Brathwaite joined the Air Force, where he began a successful career as an aircraft hydraulics specialist.
The year before he joined the Air Force, Brathwaite, a member of the Naval Reserve Squadron, Fleet Air Service Squadron, encountered his first slice of military racism - from two African-American men.
Spotting him in his dress whites, the two men demanded to know who he was, where he was from, what he did. Brathwaite explained he was a hydraulics specialist.
``You lie! No Negro seamen live over there,'' the men countered. ``No Negro seamen are aircraft specialists, and you're out of uniform in those green stripes.''
Friend Carl Boyer, a former Santa Clarita mayor and councilman, edited and published the book for the man he met 30 years before. He admits that the project revealed many aspects about Brathwaite's life that the part-time publisher never knew.
But the frustrating, touching and personal revelations only reinforced Boyer's respect for his friend.
``I'm not sure (the book) had a whole lot of impact on my opinion of him because I think that had already been developed,'' Boyer said. ``He had to be twice as good at everything to get recognized because he was black.
``But if you asked him to get involved, he would. He would set a good example by getting done what he said he would do,'' he said. ``People saw that and recognized his leadership.''
Boyer added that the title, ``Black Mans Job, White Mans Job,'' was a source of debate between the two - as a publisher, Boyer insisted on placing an apostrophe in the word ``Mans,'' but Brathwaite was adamant to leave it out.
``He felt it represented street talk without the apostrophe,'' Boyer said. ``He insisted that it be that way.''
To purchase a copy of the book, which costs $16.95, contact a local book store or call Boyer at (661) 259-3154.
(color) Louis Elcania Brathwaite
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Kapatiran candidate assails election surveys
MANILA, Philippines—Ang Kapatiran Party senatorial candidate John Carlos de los Reyes slammed the polling firms Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations on Thursday, accusing them of conditioning the minds of voters and promoting what he called "sabong mentality" (making rivalries out of innocent people) among Filipinos.
De los Reyes said in an interview that "Pulse Asia should be called False Asia instead."
"Surveys are supposed to be systematic. They're supposed to be a way of gauging the [chances of winning] of a candidate," he said, adding, however, that he was "wary of outfits that publicize their survey results irresponsibly so as to make the same surveys a basis for mind conditioning and to communicate to the people the sabong mentality politics, which preaches 'dito tayo sa malakas na kandidato dahil sayang lang ang boto natin doon sa mga mahihinang kandidato'(join the winning group and don't waste your vote by choosing weak candidates)."
Both Pulse Asia and SWS are "wittingly or unwittingly conditioning the minds of the voters," he told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
"Surveys won't influence me…. A high or low ranking in these surveys will not increase or decrease my resolve to introduce my mission to the Filipino people. I'm committed to contribute a responsible and accountable brand of politics through our Kapatiran Party," he added.
Evangelist Bro. Eddie Villanueva, the Bangon Pilipinas party's lone senatorial bet, meanwhile, said he believed in the "integrity of both SWS and Pulse Asia" in spite of the "inside maneuverings made by some political operators in the 2004 and 2010 elections."
"I won't name names but the same political operators had confessed to me they really did something irregular during those two national elections," he said.
But "generally, I believe in surveys," the leader of the Jesus is Lord church said.
Both De los Reyes and Villanueva have yet to make it to surveys' winning circle, which is dominated by the senatorial bets of the administration coalition, composed of the Liberal Party, Akbayan, Nationalist People's Coalition, Nacionalista Party and PDP-Laban.
In Pulse Asia's Feb. 24-28 survey, Villanueva and De los Reyes placed 20th and 24th, respectively, among 33 senatorial candidates. Another independent bet, Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn fared better, placing 19th.
Both Villanueva and De los Reyes also failed to make it to the so-called "Magic 12″ in the latest SWS survey, topped by nine administration candidates and three from the opposition United Nationalist Alliance.
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Her Royal Highness Princess Somsawalee graciously presided over the opening ceremony of "1st Magnificent Siam Textile Fair" to prepare a contribution to "AIDS Prevent of Mother-To-Child Transmission Project". HRH Princess Somsawalee graciously accepted a contribution from Thai-German Families Association led by Phd. Derk Weburg Arayathamsophon and Mr. Wuttiphong Arayathamsophon presented the cash valued 200,000 Baht and was presented honorary pins as a souvenir. At the fair, the public enjoyed fashion show designed from ancient and hill tribe textiles. There were a Textile Exhibition from Ms. Unchalee Sripasang, Ms. Raphiphan Suansomjit and Associate Professor Tanongsak Prankwattana and Ms. Chaniporn Pantalert. The fair was held on 21 March 2009 at Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall, Bangkok.
Amazing Southern Festival was held on 28 May – 3 June at Big C Arena. In the same area you can find another activity called ' LAND.BUILD.HOME Fair ' which is supported by the Real-Estate Association of Chiang Mai-Lamphun. At the fair, you can find many kinds of fine decorative goods and spicy yummy food from 5 provinces of Southern Thailand. The goods is separated to many categories as Land & Property, Decorative Items, Ornament, Garment and the Good Food Good Taste from all around country. - Eating fruit make u have a good health and because of the price are very cheap now, the government hardly tried to promote and invite both Thai people and foreigners to enjoy Delicious Thai fruits. The first choice is Mangosteen. Back to the past, many years ago the price was up to 45 Baht per kilo but now you can find everywhere only 20 Baht per kilo. The second is Lychee, one of Chiang Mai famous fruits, with its sweet and sour taste make it always popular. The price is different depends on its type which starts from 20 - 30 Baht per kilo. The last one is Rambutan. >From now, you can fine the Rambutan only 20 Baht per kilo. With its sweet taste and cheap price, it is the number one choice for every family here in Thailand. - Come up with the hot promotion from Tara Bar Pub & Restaurant with unlimited enjoyment with Chang Beer Buffet only 99 Baht net. Free delicious food. Everyday 18.00-21.00 hrs. After 21.00 hrs. Change Draft Beer Jar only 99 Baht and 229.- for a Tower. See all of their promotion in our website in the calendar at the top right corner.
Congratulations to Chiang Mai Zoo and welcome a very cute new panda baby. Chiang Mai and Thai people especially for children are very exciting in giving a name to the new panda. And they hope that the panda baby will bring good luck by attracting a lot of domestic and foreign visitors to travel here. 2009 Chiang Mai Grand Sale has taken place as an annual campaign to stimulate travel and tourism for the low season of Chiang Mai. All visitors prepare pocket and go out to get these special discount from 30% up to 70% from more than 300 businesses such as Hotels, Airline, Restaurant, Spa, Golf Club, Department Store, shipping company and much more. Notice the sign at every shop to get this special discount starting from today to Aug the 2nd. One of the most famous Karaoke in Chiang Mai is 20th Karaoke. This place offers a tons of Karaoke songs with Thai and international songs. With new concept to reduce the hot climate from Global Warming, they painted the building to GREEN. Served you everyday with cool drinks and delicious food in VIP room for every special party.
Chiangmai is honour to host the 1st Youth Weightlifting Championships that was taken place from May 19-24 at 700 Year Stadium. Over 600 competitors with their staff had a nice time along the competition. This is the great opportunity to take Chiangmai as the major host to other international events in the near future. Let's come to Inthakhin Ceremony at Wat Chedi Luang. This ancient ceremony will be taken every year. The flower is the representative of respect and they offer to the Buddha and City pillar. Lanna people believed that they will get the happiness and successful in life. Visitors who are interesting and would like to learn this traditional, come and see from today to May 27th at Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai. Enjoy the FUN FUN FUN and lovely scene from J.J. Indy Music Contest. There are many new generation bands participated in this contest with unlimited enjoyment
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Thai Buffalo Training Camp Mae Rim Chiang Mai First time in the world for the new style travel that combine Thai lifestyle and touch of the foreigners. Demonstrative shows at The Thai Buffalo Training camp, Mae-Rim, Chiangmai. 1. Live music shows on Buffalo back. The camp would like the guests to appreciate the leisure activities of Lanna Thai farmers. After finishing work in the rice field, the farmers normally play folk music and sing songs on their way back home. They play Lanna musical instrument such as Salor, Sor, Seung and Klong on buffalo back. 2. Introducing the History and Breeds of Thai Buffalo. The second show is designed to inform you about the history and breeds of Thai buffalo. It also shows you how the Thai buffalo works in the rice field. 3. Training the Buffalo. The third show reflects the northern Thai local wisdom of training and taming their buffalo to work in the rice field, including 5 techniques of riding buffalo which are very unique. 4. Relationship between Farmers and their Buffalo. The fourth show reveals the intimacy of the farmers and their buffalos as they work and live together all the time. The buffalos are considered to be the farmers' best friends. 5 Demonstration of Buffalo Working on the Farm. There are many things that buffalo can do in the farm including squeezing sugar cane, transferring water onto the rice field which can only be seen either in the camp or in the remote area of Lampang province. 6. Buffalo Ploughing a Field. Today technology has replaced the buffalo in the rice field. Pictures of buffalo ploughing the soil in the field are very rare. The sixth show demonstrates how buffalo plough the sooil. It is a harmony between the farmer and the buffalo. 7. Demonstration of Growing and Harvesting Rice. The camp has provided farm tools for tourists who are interested in participating in the demonstration. There are workers who will show you the process of rice growing , harvesting and other field work. 8. Camp Tour and Demonstration of Grain removing. This activity shows the method of how the farmer selects rice grain by using the power of the wind. Tourists are encouraged to try every stage of the process. 9. Buffalo Racing. Finally, the camp would like to present an exciting buffalo racing which can be seen only on some special occasions in Thailand. However, you can see it here everyday.
Doi Pui - Hmong Tribal Village is located on Doi Suthep, a 1676 meter high mountain that is the focal point of Doi Suthep and Doi Pui National Park. The village is about 4 kilometers away from Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep and despite being a key tourist attraction, and therefore probably not as authentic as it could be, it still offers an insight into how Thailand's tribes live. The villagers wear traditional Hmong clothes, sell traditional Hmong handicrafts, and live in traditional Hmong-style homes. However, those looking for a less contrived view of the Hmong may have to go deeper into Chiang Mai! Worth a visit if you have the time. A visit to the Tribal Village is often combined with a visit to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep and some of the waterfalls in the area, as well as a jaunt to the Hilltribes Museum. How to get there: A number of tours are available to the Hmong Tribal Village and related destinations. However, if you want to get there alone, you will need to go to Doi Suthep then carry on to Phu Ping Palace, and then on to Doi Pui. However, Songtaews to Doi Suthep and from Doi Suthep to the village are probably your best bet for convenience. Doi Pui travel at Chiang Mai, Thailand


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For example, the way they had Bruce Wayne go from being gimpy with a cane at the beginning then almost instantly back to normal seriously undercuts Bane's beatdown and his broken back later in the film. If they were going to blow up Gotham with a nuke anyway, why did they bother to occupy the city for five months? What was the effect on the people of Gotham? Not that I didn't understand any of these points, but all of them should have been made into a bigger deal than they were.
As for characters: Bane, badass as he is, just wasn't as interesting as Joker or Ras because it's not made too clear what his motivations are for most of the film. It would've been nice to see more backstory or build up for him. Matter of fact, I feel similarly about most of the new characters as well - too much were introduced at once, and there simply wasn't enough interaction with them to make me care beyond superficialities. The Talia Al Ghul reveal is a prominent result of this - despite being a fairly clever and logical plot twist, it felt really weak and underwhelming due to her character up to that point being essentially those adjectives. So much so, that apparently I've forgotten what her character's name was. Hell, even the stock detective character of Foley (Matthew "Pvt. Joker" Modine) was given more depth than either of the main antagonists.
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Lillian Hellman's (1905-1984) writing style was personal and exciting, proving that a woman could speak out against the government, being heard and respected. Her plays were full of personalities that surrounded her growing up in New Orleans and despite their somewhat scandalous topics were very well received.
Hellman was able to combine politics with personal lives, giving both sides of a story that most do not get to see, or even think about. She bravely wrote works that spoke out against political systems and their shortcomings. Her writing and some acquaintances that may have been part of the Communist Party led to her being questioned by the government of her possible involvement and knowledge.
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"Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty."
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"I am a moral writer, often too moral a writer, and I cannot avoid, it seems, the summing-up. I think that is only a mistake when it fails to achieved its purpose, and I would rather make the attempt and fail, than fail to make the attempt." (On her own writing)
"Nobody outside of a baby in a carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view."
"Old paint on a canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter "repented," changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again. That is all I mean about the people in this book. The paint has aged and I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now." (From the introduction of Pentimento, 1979)
"It is best to act in confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."
"If you believe, as the Greeks did, that man is at the mercy of the gods, then you write tragedy. The end is inevitable from the beginning. But if you believe that man can solve his own problems and is at nobody's mercy, then you will probably write melodrama."
"We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them."
"I do not believe in recovery. The past with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it should be." (Scoundrel Time, 1976)
"Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible."
"For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt." (Watch on the Rhine, 1941)
"It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour."
"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped."
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group." (From a letter to the US House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, 1952)
"Things start out as hopes and end up as habits."
"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth." (The Little Foxes, 1939)
"We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We promise only to do our best and to live out our lives. Dear God, that's all we can promise in truth." (Candide, 1956)
"The failure of a second work is, I think, more damaging to a writer than failure ever will be again. It is then that the success of the first work seems an accident and, if the fears you had as you wrote it were dissipated by praise, now you remember that the praise did not always come from the best minds and even when it did it could have been that they were not telling the truth or than you had played good tricks."
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The Marmot Ultra Kompressor Pack is a lightweight pack for day hiking. The Ultra Kompressor delivers plenty of space without weighing your shoulders down. The Airmesh shoulder straps and foam backpanel dry quickly for a comfortable carry throughout the day. The sternum strap and waist belt prevent the back from bouncing around on your back as you move and are removable on light-load days. Stuff your lunch, water bottle, and extra layers down inside, cinch the drawcord shut at the top, then clip the lid for further compression. Side compression straps also reduce the volume making your load less-bulky on your back. Dual ice axe loops are at the ready for alpine summits and the bag size is enough for hanging onto a full climbing rack. Small items like your pocket knife and camera can be zipped shut into the top lid, while quick-grab items (map, sunscreen, hat) stay safe in the outside mesh pockets.
FEATURES of the Marmot Ultra Kompressor Pack
- Perfect for Lightwieght Day Hiking
- Removable Closed-cell Foam Back Sheet
- Airmesh Shoulder Straps
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- Full Body, Lightweight Compression Straps
- Hydration Sleeve
- Removable Waist Belt
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|My French-Press by Cafjo is the only manual, French-press style, single-cup brewing system that brews cups, pods, caplets, and ground coffee. The easy to use My French-Press engineered design uses pressure and turbulence when brewing coffee. Its microwave safe pitcher allows you to heat water to the ideal brewing temperature of 195 to 205 Fahrenheit for the optimum extraction of your coffee. Brew with hot milk and make lattes, cappuccinos and hot chocolate too. Plus it makes a great gift. Just press...and enjoy.
Customer Reviews of Cafejo My French Press K-Cup® Pack Brewer with 5 100% Colombian Cups
Handy at the office7/12/2013
I purchased one of these to use at work where we have boiling hot water available at the tap. So, I just insert a K cup, fill the chamber with hot water and then press out a cup of coffee. It is faster and cheaper then going to the cafeteria and paying $2 bucks for a small cup of coffee. People at work keep asking me where I got the french press, so I ordered a few more units to sell to my workmates. I keep a lot of flavors on hand so I can brew whatever kind of coffee suits my whims for the day. The really finely ground coffee seems to give the most flavorful results.
Great vacation option or replacement keurig:-)6/24/2013
My k cup tasted the same from this press as from the keurig and if my keurig breaks, I would probably just use this great little product??
Not the best cup of Coffee by a long shot6/18/2013
I enjoy a dark roast with a lot of body, I already grind down a French Roast to coarse espresso and will have to go to an even finer grind to get the flavor out of this. I allowed the hot water to steep briefly in the grounds after the first few ounces in hope of extracing more flavor. That helped some. The few K-Cups that came with the unit produce a coffee with the flavor of an over-roasted dark coffee but without the fullness, richness and body of what makes a really good cup of coffee
Wonderful Product, Wish I had thought of it6/17/2013
This is great product. The K cup coffee machines are still pretty expensive. We happen to win a top of the line Keurig Coffee Machine and a year's free supply of K cups. Unfortunately, the machine quit working before the K cups ran out. So in order to use the K cups I needed something just like this. It is perfect. It is easy to use, fast and now the K cups are being used. Wonderful Product, wish I had thought of it.
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I am a light coffee drinker so I always hesitate to make a pot of coffee just let it sit around. This product is just right for me. I can make my coffee where I want and when I want without worry about any left over. If you are a 1-cup a day like me, this is a perfect product. I tried other coffee press products before but they are just not as good as this one.
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I like the fact that it does not take so much space, and I can now enjoy unlimited coffee flavors.
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This is a great little coffee press for k-cup users. It works without electricity so it's great for camping. Also, being able to use hot milk instead of water produces amazing results with dark roasts or hot chocolate k-cups.
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Purchased this is a gift for my brother in law who visits us a few times a year and is an avid coffee drinker. I don't drink coffee and have no coffee maker in our house. This seemed perfect as it is reasonably priced and doesn't require extra "stuff" ie filters, coffee grinder. Since His machine uses Kcups, all he has to do is bring a few of his favorite cups with him when he visits. We tried three different coffees, all of which tasted great! Easy to use, highly recommend!
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Job scheduling
This page proposes a new feature and reviews design options
This page describes a feature that's in development
This page documents an implemented feature
[edit] Why we want it
- To run "big" jobs in the background, without making users wait. Good candidates:
- Data import
- Search index update
- Digital object processing and normalization (e.g. thumbnailing, converting video/audio to FLV)
- OAI-PMH Harvester
- These jobs don't need to be done immediately, they can happen "eventually"
- Scalability - the job server can be completely separate from the web server and new job servers (workers) can be added as needed
[edit] Sample architecture diagram
Original Libre-Office Draw file (editable): File:Qubit distributed services architecture.odg
[edit] Options
[edit] PHP daemon
Write a custom PHP CLI "qubitd" daemon that will run continously in the background and fork a new PHP process when jobs are waiting.
[edit] cron and wget
This is the solution currently implemented by Drupal. Their documentation describes how to add a command like,
$ wget http://.../drupal/cron.php
- as a cron job: http://drupal.org/cron
[edit] Proposed cron and wget solution
This was proposed by Jack and Mathieu (?) for an OAI-PMH job scheduler with web interface.
As we need to move forward with this, here's what is proposed,
- scheduling on a daily/monthly/yearly basis
- jobs to occur once or on repetition
- jobs will be represented as paths to launch, so the jobs will have to be actions with parameters
To illustrate the initial options, here's the first sketch of the proposed new job screen
[edit] Java: Quartz Job Scheduler
Here's scheduling framework for Java: http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/
[edit] Beanstalkd
Beanstalk is a simple, fast work queue. Its interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.
Written in C with client libaries for most major languages, including several for PHP. Runs as a daemon. Uses http socket to add/get jobs.
[edit] Gearman
Gearman provides a generic application framework to farm out work to other machines or processes that are better suited to do the work. It allows you to do work in parallel, to load balance processing, and to call functions between languages. It can be used in a variety of applications, from high-availability web sites to the transport of database replication events.
Written in C with many client/worker APIs including PHP and Python. Gearman is currently being used for Archivematica 0.8-alpha.
[edit] LAC solution: shell scripts
At Library and Archives Canada (LAC) we simply use shell scripts that are executed by a central scheduling application also controlling server usage
We basically launch a PHP instance from command line with a PHP file written as a script
$ php -q /where/ever/is/your/app.php
[edit] DJJob
DJJob allows PHP web applications to process long-running tasks asynchronously. It is a PHP port of delayed_job (developed at Shopify), which has been used in production at SeatGeek since April 2010.
The creators are using symfony tasks (!?) to run workers, and http://god.rubyforge.org/ to monitor and restart workers when necessary.
[edit] Discussion
[edit] David and MJ via email
On 2011-10-25 09:53 AM (PST) User:David wrote:
On 11-10-25 05:43 AM (PST), MJ Suhonos wrote: > Hi all, > > Allow me to take a step back for a moment here. I'm not fully privy to the Archivematica requirements that point to using a queue server, but based on our discussion last week, our Qubit requirements are: > > 1. Process long-running jobs asynchronously from web requests > 2. Minimize deployment requirements beyond LAMP > > *Requiring* a queue server for Qubit breaks (2), and is not strictly required to satisfy (1). Beanstalkd, gearman, rabbitmq, are designed in large part for quickly processing a high volume of parallel tasks, but Qubit jobs don't need to run fast, they just need to be non-blocking. No matter what we do here, it's going to require extra work for deployment - whether its setting up a crontab, firing up a custom php daemon or installing a queue server. I think any sort of background processing should be optional and the default setup of Qubit will do what it's doing now - run tasks serially and make the user wait for completion. I think this is a fine solution for small archives that have < 10,000 records (well except for page load times, which is another problem entirely). > For reference: http://highscalability.com/blog/2010/5/17/7-lessons-learned-while-building-reddit-to-270-million-page.html > (In particular, #2 and #7) I'm not sure how this is supporting your argument - Reddit is using RabbitMQ (#7) as their queue manager. Is the argument that we are not Reddit, so we don't need to use a queue manager? > So, what do we do when a queue server is not an option due to deployment/configuration limitations? We are already beginning to address this by separating Qubit into read- and write- components (roughly speaking), so all we need is a simple persistent queue (eg. a MySQL table or even a binlog) and a way to fork background processes that are self-limiting. ignore_user_abort() and php-fastcgi even make this possible from Apache without blocking web requests. I'm open to this, but I see a few problems: 1) We have to build our OWN queue server using MySQL and PHP, rather then using something "off the shelf" 2) AFAIK, we still have to either add a crontab or run a php daemon to make run a php script in a non-blocking way. I don't think it's any easier to ask users to setup a cronjob or maintain a php daemon (how do you restart it if it dies?) then to install beanstalkd. I've seen a few code snippets [1] on the PHP site for calling a bash script (which could be a php cli script) then sending the output to /dev/null or a file to make it non blocking, but see point #3 below. 3) My other concern is querying a running job for status - both to provide the user with updates and so we know when a job dies for some reason and needs to be restarted. I haven't seen any way to spawn a new php process from within a script, then be able to check the status of the background process. > TL;DR: I am pro-beanstalkd/german, but I would like to solve the simple case first. Less is more. TL;DR: I've tried to think of a way to do job scheduling without using a queue manager, but I think it actually *adds* complexity instead of reducing it. David [1] => http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php
[edit] Jack and Mathieu via chatroom
mathieufortinlac: I was wondering if you had any timed jobs in the application mathieufortinlac: usually, a oai harvester will go periodically to other servers to check for updates Jack Bates: no... we don't have anything like that yet mathieufortinlac: now, here we have a main schedule facility for that sort of thing... mathieufortinlac: I know Java has a framework for it Jack Bates: but i can think of many places where it'd be useful... mathieufortinlac: but I am still looking in PHP... ever heard of a scheduler framework? Jack Bates: ok - the challenge is that PHP is only running when a request is being served... mathieufortinlac: It is useful, but it's not sure we will be able to use cron-like jobs on all installations of the app... So I need to find a way to make it flexible.. Jack Bates: there are basically two "server apis" - ways of running php Jack Bates: : Jack Bates: php-cgi and mod_php mathieufortinlac: Yeah, I believe that the Tomcat server is loading a timer module that looks for config files... Jack Bates: right - you can do it with java because the container (e.g. tomcat) is always running Jack Bates: but php quits after each request is finished mathieufortinlac: ah! apache only calls php to execute... Jack Bates: so there's no guaruntee it's running at 12:00 when the event you want needs to be triggered mathieufortinlac: I did not realize that... I thought it stayed dormant... Jack Bates: mathieufortinlac: zactly mathieufortinlac: yeah. - 11:11 - Jack Bates: so, one way the Drupal PHP app gets around it is putting "wget http://.../timer.php" in a ron job Jack Bates: s/ron/cron mathieufortinlac: Yeah, here we have it all on scripting language to start jobs mathieufortinlac: yeah, that's what I do here as well, but that means that you'll have to maintain a second string of scripts for IIs no^ mathieufortinlac: ? Jack Bates: how is iis different? Jack Bates: what does it not support? Jack Bates: (why do we need second scripts?) mathieufortinlac: shoot, ok, no sorry, I am thinking to close to my implementation, we use shell scripting... mathieufortinlac: But that does not complicate the installation, you don't need permissions to schedule on servers? Jack Bates: mathieufortinlac: i think it does complicate a bit... Jack Bates: you need to be able to add a cron job Jack Bates: but that's the only option i see Jack Bates: (and the one chosen by the largest and most widely deployed php app)
[edit] Gearman deployment
- These instructions are designed for Ubuntu Linux, but it should be similar in other environments)
- Gearman also provides a PHP library written in PHP, via PEAR repository, less dependencies)
- Take a look at https://github.com/brianlmoon/GearmanManager, it can work with both libraries (gearman PHP extension or the PHP library).
- I am using sfGearmanPlugin right now, we can extend this plugin to use GearmanManager internally
The first step is to install the Gearman job server (gearmand). This service can be installed in a different machine as long as its socket listener (by default, TCP port 4730) is available from the Qubit server.
sudo apt-get install gearman-job-server
Gearman also provides two APIs to interact with the job server from our application: the client API, to create new jobs, and the worker API, to process them in a queue. Both APIs are bundled together in a library available for different programming languages. In our case, we'll use the Gearman PHP extension, available through PECL a PHP extension repository.
sudo apt-get install php-pear
The package above contents both pear and pecl client tools. The big difference between both of them is that PEAR just contents libraries and code written in PHP, PECL is used to deliver PHP extensions written in C. Before using pecl, we need to php5-devel and some other packages to make our system able to compile the extension properly.
sudo apt-get install php5-dev libgearman-dev libgearman-server-dev
Now, let's download and build the Gearman PHP extension:
sudo pecl install gearman-beta
Did you get an error related to libuuid during the compilation? Take a look at this post: http://mgribov.blogspot.com/2010/05/gearman-pecl-package-on-ubuntu-lucid.html
The extension should be installed and we can enable it now in our PHP configuration:
echo "extension=gearman.so" | sudo tee /etc/php5/conf.d/gearman.ini
Restart apache:
sudo apache2ctl restart
Let's check that the extension was installed correctly:
$ php -i | grep -i gearman /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/gearman.ini, gearman gearman support => enabled libgearman version => 0.10
[edit] Resources
- Rasmus Lerdorf blog on implementing Gearman with PHP
- Todd Hoff of Reddit on scalable web design
- Blog on Implementing beanstalkd in Ruby-on-Rails by Adam Wiggins
- Comparision of messaging queues by Graham King
- Second life Message Queue Evaluation wiki page
- Ubuntu Upstart daemon start/stop and monitoring + automatic restart
- PHP code to behave as a daemon: http://simas.posterous.com/writing-a-php-daemon-application


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From the PublisherThis groundbreaking book analyzes and interprets German negotiating behavior, offering a refreshingly unconventional explanation of its historical origins and an excellent as well as thorough study of the post–World War II conduct of negotiations typical for Germany's diplomacy and business.
A must read for Americans and others looking for winning strategies in negotiations with Germans.
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Mount Peale
|Mount Peale
The north face of Mount Peale, as seen from the summit of Mount Mellenthin
|12,726 ft (3,879 m) NAVD 88[1]
|6,161 ft (1,878 m)[2]
|San Juan County, Utah, U.S.
|La Sal Mountains
|38°26′18″N 109°13′45″W / 38.4384643°N 109.229186525°WCoordinates: 38°26′18″N 109°13′45″W / 38.4384643°N 109.229186525°W[1]
|Topo map
|USGS Mount Peale (UT)
|Easiest route
|La Sal Pass Route: 2.5 mile hike/scramble
Mount Peale is the highest point in the La Sal Mountains of San Juan County, in the southeastern part of the US state of Utah. It is also the highest point in Utah outside the Uinta Mountains.[3][4] It is located about 20 mi (32 km) southeast of Moab. The peak rises high above the surrounding terrain. Mount Peale was named for Albert Peale, a mineralogist on the Hayden Survey of 1875.[4]
The La Sal Mountains sit on the arid Colorado Plateau, near such famous desert landmarks as Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park. However due to their height, the La Sals are heavily forested and usually snow-capped until early summer (there is one snowfield on the north side that usually lasts year round).[5] Mount Peale can be seen on a clear day from the Wasatch Plateau of central Utah, near Orangeville, over 115 miles (190 km) away.
Mount Peale can be accessed from various directions, but is most commonly climbed from the area of La Sal Pass, 10,125 ft (3,086 m), about 3 mi (5 km) to the southwest of the peak. La Sal Pass is accessed from the southeast via a graded gravel road. From the pass the summit is obtained by a short but steep off-trail hike of about 2.5 mi (4.0 km) with about 2,600 ft (800 m) of elevation gain. The route often involves some travel on snow, even in summer.[4][5]
See also[edit]
- Colorado Plateau
- La Sal Mountains
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- List of Ultras of North America
- List of Ultras of the United States
- ^ a b "Whitney". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ "Mount Peale, Utah". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ "Utah 12,000-foot Peaks". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ a b c "Mount Peale". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
- ^ a b Michael R. Kelsey, Guide to the World's Mountains (third edition), Kelsey Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-944510-02-7, pp. 682–683.


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Two Russian security experts say they have uncovered serious vulnerabilities in 3G and 4G wireless modems, which they trace to components manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE. During a recent presentation, Nikita Tarakanov and Oleg Kupreev said an analysis of software preloaded on USB modems found the devices are susceptible to a range of potential hacks, including the ability to intercept the modems and use them to surreptitiously direct users to malicious websites.
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Hot Read
Nerfs across the board for tier 11 raids
Check it out, plus a few class changes to go with it as well.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2284-Patch-4.2-on-PTRs-Build-14002 So in between what we all are already doing, take the time if you haven't done so to download the PTR, get it installed and check out whats new in the next patch BEFORE it goes live. Hopefully I will be able to have a place, and get my puter up and running so I may too enjoy the world of PTR.
Recently there has been a lot of guild drama going on, so I feel it is my responsibility to speak about it. There has been three types of people that are leaving the guild lately;
The only one that bothers me is the last one. I hate to see a respected player leave the guild over something that they probably didn't understand. The second one is probably just preventing themselves from being one of the first ones. And that only leaves us with the first ones.
As guild leader it is my responsibility to kick people from the guild from time to time. Nobody thinks I do, but I see pretty much everything that happens in guild chat. I see when people flip out on other people and make rude or sarcastic remarks at each other. I see when people have aggressive or passive aggressive personalities. These people are not conducive to playing a game. We all play our game for different reasons, but no one comes here to deal with somebody else's drama or problems. When I see someone bringing, what ultimately equates to "Facebook drama" into my guild I get very protective and kick people out. I will let you all know something. Very few of you are absolutely essential to this guild. I have stripped this guild down to a skeleton before and will not hesitate to do it again. I don't ask much. I simply ask that you treat each other with dignity and respect...the same respect that you demand out of everyone else. If I see you being hostile or acting even remotely confrontational I will boot you. Immediately. Irrevocably. I will not hear "your side" of the conversation. I will not play devil's advocate with you. You will simply be removed and placed on ignore. I am sure that you can find a place in Angles of Mayhem or Council of Thrones. These guilds have recruited people from our guild and caused dissention within our ranks. If you dont want to be in this guild then go. We don't need or want you. For everyone else (most of you) that are happy and well adjusted its business as usual. If you see anyone being an ass report it to an officer and they will be removed.
Lets leave the Facebook drama on Facebook and play the game everyone!
A new wallpaper is out for the patch and it is pretty sweet. Click the link below and select your resolution size to download.
Not really sure who this was or what the hell he was talking about, but this was the most random thing ever. If you could scroll up and see, there were no comments for about 10 mins. It was just totally random, LOL.
Alpha team is still at it. This is the third raid in a row with a new boss down. We beat Chimaeron tonight and I would like to thank all of the people that help make this possible. Please keep your head in the game and we should be running Heroic versions in no time.


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Pune: A close relative of former deputy chief minister of state, Vijaysinh Mohite Patil, lost Rs9 lakh after her domestic help stole her debit card and banking welcome kit, which contained the debit card pin number, from their house.
A complaint in this regard has been registered by Swayamprabha Udaysinh Mohite-Patil, with the Kothrud police station. The withdrawals have been taking place for over one and half years, and till date a total of Rs 9 lakh has been withdrawn from various ATMs, without the account holder even noticing about the transactions.
It was only now that the transactions have come to light, thanks to CCTV footage from some ATM centres, and the Kothrud police managed to arrest the domestic help.
As per the information given by the Kothrud police the suspect, Raju Arun Mane (28), used to work at the bungalow of Mohite-Patils in Kothrud till January 2013. As per the complaint, Mohite Patil had opened her account in HDFC bank in 2002, but she did not subscribe for mobile alerts.
"Mane who was working at the bungalow for last nine years stole her debit card along with the kit which had pin code number of the card and then till March 2014, he allegedly withdrew Rs9 lakh from time to time from various atm centres in the city," said senior police inspector, Kalyan Vidhate of Kothrud police station.
The Mohite-Patils were in for a rude shock, after an accountant who was checking the accounts came to know that from one of the accounts, Rs9 lakh had been withdrawn over a period of time. He then alerted Mohite-Patils and the incident came into light. Vidhate said that after the case was registered, they started investigations and approached the bank. With the help of the transactions and the locations from where cash was withdrawn, the culprit was traced. "With the help of the CCTV footage, we then able to trace Mane, who turned out to be their domestic help and zeroed him down," he added.