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If you want a quick 3 minute introduction to all the fuss about the TPPA then check out this video clip from Action Station.
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October 8, 2015
A liberal democrat view of TPPA
Free Trade
As a liberal democrat I believe that people should have the freedom to trade with one another provided that one person is not exploiting another. Similarly freedom to trade between countries is generally a good thing. It has tended to reduce the cost of living for people over the last one hundred years. For poorer countries increased trade has often been the means by which they have increased export income and increased living standards, healthcare and education. Conversely protectionist measures and import licensing are systems which have been fraught with abuse resulting in high prices for the public and big profits for a few private investors. Most New Zealanders who lived through the 1970s or 1980s can recall the high price of electrical equipment and motor vehicles. So free trade is fine where agreements are openly arrived at and no one group in society, particularly the poor and vulnerable, is made worse off. However that does not mean that all trade agreements are good ones or that liberals should blindly support a bad trade deal just because its a trade deal. When it comes to the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement (TPPA) there are several things that concern me and which don't appear to line up with some key liberal democratic principles.
Open government
Generally liberals support open government and transparent decision making. Secrecy and behind closed doors commercial deals are generally not a good thing. In fact we have laws to prevent private companies doing that kind of thing when it comes to setting prices. The reason we have laws against such secret arrangements is that they tend to be at the expense of the public and to enrich private interests. Why then, with the TPPA, is it OK for the public to be kept in the dark - but for commercial interests and government representatives to meet in secret to make deals? Such behaviour engenders suspicion and undermines confidence in public institutions.
Proponents of the TPPA claim that it's nothing to worry about because "all trade deals are arrived at this way". But such an argument does not stand up to scrutiny. If our negotiating position is being shared behind closed doors with other countries representatives and with corporate interest groups then why not with the public? In a democracy citizens are entitled to be informed. It is the government's job to persuade an informed citizenry that a decision is in the public interest. Depriving the public of the information is not a satisfactory alternative.
Serve the public interest
Liberals also believe that the government has an obligation to serve the public interest or the common good. The common good is about making all people better off. Reducing the welfare of one group so that other privileged groups gain is not acting in the common good. A trade deal that increases the price of medicines for the sick but allows large agribusiness interests to line their pockets does not serve the common good. A trade agreement which limits the ability of a government to regulate in the public interest does not serve the common good.
The government has developed a reputation for commercial pragmatism. One can debate whether that is well-founded or whether an unprincipled pragmatism is something to crow about. But even from such a standpoint - where ugly sacrifices are made in healthcare treatments and our regulators are handcuffed lest they upset private interests - the huge benefits for dairy that we were promised in return seem to have disappeared like a mirage in the desert.
Labour Spokesperson, Annette King, said: "The deal falls well below expectations with only disappointing crumbs for our dairy industry and extended patents on new drugs which will cost the taxpayer millions and leave New Zealanders without life-saving drugs.... New Zealanders must be told whether the government has traded away our right to further restrict foreign ownership of housing or farm land and what agreements have been made to allow foreign corporations to sue New Zealand for regulating in the public interest.
Commentator Colin James points out that Minister Grocer's arguments about the alleged benefits also include a hefty amount of gains that would have happened anyway under existing trade arrangements. "Tim Groser attributes the greater-than-forecast gains in sales to China since 2008 to the free trade agreement (FTA) when most of them might well -- probably would -- have happened anyway, given the spike in China's demand for milk products. (If he is right, then would the fall in the past year also logically have to be attributed to the FTA?)"
Democratic decision-making
As Colin James highlights: (TPPA) "and similar regional agreements are about regulatory convergence every bit as much as, and arguably more than, about goods trade access. That is why patents and copyright were top of the United States' list and why opponents bother a lot about patents and copyright costs here and about investor-state dispute resolution issues, which do not yet have a global supervisory mechanism." (www.colinjames.co.nz)
Since 1984 New Zealand's (and many other countries') national sovereignty has been severely eroded by global economic centralisation - or what Pope Francis has termed the "technocratic paradigm". Government Ministers now say that New Zealand's influence is so small that we should join the TPPA club because being in, with a very tiny amount of influence, is better than being out on our own. However, in a democracy governments are meant to govern in the public interest. If the current economic model does not allow them to do that then they need a new model.
The full text of the TPPA should be published now and a lengthy and comprehensive public review of the Agreement needs to take place . Otherwise the public confidence in the Agreement will be undermined and so too will be the basis of trust between citizen and government that underpins democracy. Abolitionist and liberal activist Wendell Phillips was quoted in 1852 as saying:
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few. The manna of popular liberty must be gathered each day or it is rotten. ... Only by continued oversight can the democrat in office be prevented from hardening into a despot; only by unintermitted agitation can a people be sufficiently awake to principle not to let liberty be smothered in material prosperity."
September 27, 2015
A brief history of Liberal politics
|British Liberal Prime Minister - David Lloyd-George
A liberal is someone who believes in liberty and equality. Liberals espouse a wide array of views, depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally they support ideas and programs such as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, civil rights, democratic societies, and international cooperation.
Liberalism rejected the notions of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, and the Divine Right of Kings. The 17th-century philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct philosophical tradition. Locke argued that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property, while adding that governments must not violate these rights based on the social contract.
Liberals opposed reactionary conservatism and sought to replace monarchist absolutism in government with representative democracy and the rule of law.
Although British classical liberals aspired to a minimum of state activity, the passage of the Factory Acts in the early 19th century which involved government interference in the economy met with their approval. In this period, the dominant ideological opponent of classical liberalism was conservatism, but liberalism later survived major ideological challenges from new opponents, such as fascism and communism.
Liberalism rejected the notions of hereditary privilege, state religion, absolute monarchy, and the Divine Right of Kings. The 17th-century philosopher John Locke is often credited with founding liberalism as a distinct philosophical tradition. Locke argued that each man has a natural right to life, liberty and property, while adding that governments must not violate these rights based on the social contract.
Liberals opposed reactionary conservatism and sought to replace monarchist absolutism in government with representative democracy and the rule of law.
Although British classical liberals aspired to a minimum of state activity, the passage of the Factory Acts in the early 19th century which involved government interference in the economy met with their approval. In this period, the dominant ideological opponent of classical liberalism was conservatism, but liberalism later survived major ideological challenges from new opponents, such as fascism and communism.
By the end of the nineteenth century, the principles of classical liberalism were being increasingly challenged by downturns in economic growth, a growing perception of the evils of poverty, unemployment and relative deprivation present within modern industrial cities, and the agitation of organised labour. The ideal of the self-made individual, who through hard work and talent could make his or her place in the world, seemed increasingly implausible.
During the 20th century, liberal ideas spread even further as liberal democracies found themselves on the winning side in both world wars. In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism became a key component in the expansion of the welfare state.
During the 20th century, liberal ideas spread even further as liberal democracies found themselves on the winning side in both world wars. In Europe and North America, the establishment of social liberalism became a key component in the expansion of the welfare state.
This strand began to coalesce into the social liberalism movement at the turn of the twentieth century in Britain. The New Liberals, which included intellectuals like L.T. Hobhouse, and John A. Hobson, saw individual liberty as something achievable only under favorable social and economic circumstances. In their view, the poverty, squalor, and ignorance in which many people lived made it impossible for freedom and individuality to flourish. New Liberals believed that these conditions could be ameliorated only through collective action coordinated by a strong, welfare-oriented, and interventionist state. The People's Budget of 1909, championed by David Lloyd George and fellow liberal Winston Churchill, introduced unprecedented taxes on the wealthy in Britain and radical social welfare programmes to the country's policies. It was the first budget with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the public.
In New Zealand the Liberal Party was the first real political party. It governed from 1891 until 1912. The Liberal strategy was to create a large class of small land-owning farmers who supported Liberal ideals, by buying land and selling it to small farmers on credit. The First Liberal government also established the basis of the later welfare state, with old age pensions, developed a system for settling industrial disputes, which was accepted by both employers and trade unions. In 1893 it extended voting rights to women, making New Zealand the first country in the world to enact universal female suffrage.
New Zealand gained international attention for the Liberal reforms, especially how the state regulated labour relations.[1] Of special note were innovations in the areas of maximum hour regulations, minimum wage laws, and compulsory arbitration procedures. The goal was to encourage unions but discourage strikes and class conflict.[2] The impact was especially strong on the reform movement in the United States.[3]
In New Zealand the Liberals enjoyed a brief resurgence as the United Party under the leadership of Sir Joseph Ward between 1928-30.However, during the 1930s Liberal parties began to be squeezed between left wing socialist parties and right wing conservative parties. During the Great Depression and World War Two Liberal parties tended to join in Coalition governments in the interests of national unity.
September 14, 2015
Something wrong with unjust financial system
The Caritas social justice week dvd. was shown in north Wellington tonight. The guys attending reflected on the growing gap between the rich and poor in New Zealand; the urbanisation and decline of provincial towns and the need for rebuilding linkages in communities which build trusting relationships (social capital).
One of the case studies dealt with a vulnerable woman who borrowed money from a loan shark for a washing machine. There is something very wrong with a financial system that allows loan sharks to exploit the poor and vulnerable, which allows bank interest rates of more than 20% when the OCR is less than 3% and which uses taxpayers to bailout owners of large financial companies who made bad business decisions.
The enormous power granted to global banking corporates means such organisations wield more financial power than some governments. The huge and growing tsunami of debt owed to banking and financial companies now threatens the stability of economies worldwide.
We need a financial system that upholds human dignity and promotes participation by all.
March 22, 2015
Vodafone Foundation Making A World of Difference
March 20, 2013
NZ's debt to rest of world grows
Net foreign liabilities - a measure of what New Zealand owes the rest of the
world - rose to $150 billion or 71.7% of GDP in the year according to a Radio NZ report
For a small economy, distant from world markets and reliant so heavily on one export sector this news should be cause for concern. We need a coherent strategy to develop at least two other major export sectors. ICT looks as if it could grow into one of those. Either way an economy owing so much to offshore financiers will remain vulnerable to external shocks until it has a plan to diminish that vulnerability and then executes against that plan.
One element towards a comprehensive solution is that the government must get back to surplus at the earliest opportunity. But wouldn't it also be smart to look to the private sector savings levels and reduction of household debt to contribute to this overseas-debt reduction cause?
March 18, 2013
Businesses opposed to new tax on mobile technology
Inland Revenue's latest tax tightening proposals will hit smaller businesses the hardest with extra compliance costs, the Employers and Manufacturers Association says in a recent EMA media statement
"The impact of the new taxes on car parks along with the proposal to tax the personal use of mobile phones and laptops will aggravate compliance costs for all businesses but especially SMEs," said Kim Campbell, EMA's chief executive.
"It's absolutely not worth IRD proceeding with this. A recent national survey of ours found 47 per cent of employers allow the personal use of smart phones, and 35 per cent allow personal use of tablets and laptops provided for business purposes."
Certainly if you accept the principle that governments should tax those things they want less of then taxing mobile technologies seems like a backward step in the move towards more efficient 21st century business practice.
The IRD should not be trying to determine the extent to which households or businesses should use new technology. That is the practical effect of this tax proposal. Like the carpark tax the costs and unintended distortions of this new tax proposal outweigh any meagre benefits.
Disclaimer: the author is employed by a telecommunications provider.
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Koncz: Macau Looms For Manny Pacquiao's Next Fight
by Ronnie Nathanielsz
Manny Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz has indicated that Macau looms as the venue for the eight division world champion's next fight planned for sometime in September.
Koncz told boxingscene.com/Manila Standard that "Macau seems to be it according to (Top Rank promoter) Bob Arum.
At the same time Koncz told us that "unless there is a deal set with the venue regardless of who the opponent is, I don't see Manny having time to go to Macau in the middle of an election."
While Pacquiao is running unopposed for re-election for the sole congressional seat in Sarangani province his wife Jinkee who is running for vice governor of the province and brother Rogelio who is going up against former congresswoman Darlene Antonino Custodio face tough battles.
Koncz said that "if Arum closes a deal with Macau then that's a different story because then we should be there to represent the Venetian and so on" even as he indicated that Pacquiao's purse would be essentially tied up with the chosen venue.
He said "the most important thing is the venue and the purse goes hand-in-hand with the vebnue."
As for a possible opponent, Pacquiao's adviser said the names of Juan Manuel Marquez who scored a crushing 6th round knockout over Pacquiao in Las Vegas last December 8 in their fourth meeting and WBO welterweight champion Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley who came out a close winner in a war with Pacquiao's premier sparring partner Ruslan Provodnikov are among those being considered along with the winner of the rematch for the WBO light welterweight interim title between Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios and Mike Alvarado on March 30 , although Koncz intimated "I have some thoughts of my own" which he didn't spell out.
Top Rank will present a blockbuster fight card at the Venetian in Macau on April 6 in which WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria will defend his title against tough Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and No.1 contender Milan Melindo will face Tommy Seran of Indonesia with two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world flyweight champion Zou Shiming making his professional debut and the undefeated Penalosaa brothers Dodie Boy and Dave also on the card.
At the same time he said Pacquiao's continuing to play basketball was good exercise for him "because he enjoys it and its less stress."
Lots of money to be made for Pac there. Taxes less, closer to home, huge Asian market to tap into. Smart business move for one of his last fights.Comment by jbpanama on 03-19-2013
Anyone know, What time it is Now, in Macau???Comment by jbpanama on 03-19-2013
The Asian Gambling Market is Kicking A$$, Right now, and if no one comes from Europe or N America, the Fight, will do Monster $$$ #'s, for the Casinos!!!!Comment by jbpanama on 03-19-2013
How does the time zone equate to U.S. PPV???Comment by noStylez on 03-19-2013
[QUOTE=hougigo;13161725]Still though...how many people are going to fly out all the way over there to watch it? Flights to Asia are expensive and then no doubt his ticket prices will be the same as usual.[/QUOTE] LOL....you do realise Macau takes…Post a Comment - View More User Comments (34)


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My inbox and QTP Forums are being swamped nowadays due to people experiencing various problems during installation of UFT 11.5. The #1 reason for these issues has been corrupt downloads.
For various versions of QTP, the size of downloaded files is in the range of 2.5GB – 2.8GB. On a slower internet connection, this huge file size may result in corrupted downloads.
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Kiwis evade Lions' clutches
England Lions came agonisingly close to clinching their two-match series with New Zealand A, with an unbeaten century from 12th man Iain Robertson seeing the Kiwis safely to a draw in Lincoln.
Rob Key's side went into the fourth and final day needing nine wickets to claim victory - and a 1-0 series win - and fell just one short at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval, where the hosts closed on 393 for nine.
It was a fine effort on a last-day pitch which offered little support for the seamers - a flattening track with heavy wind hampering the run-in from one end - and would surely have led to victory had Robertson not replaced Ewen Thompson on day three.
Thompson, primarily a bowler, was called up to the senior Black Caps squad mid-match and was replaced by Robertson, a batsman.
Twelfth men are not typically allowed to bat or bowl but a gentleman's agreement between the sides meant the 26-year-old was able to take the crease, hitting a match saving 107 not out in 148 balls as the Lions attack chipped away at the other end.
Things started well for New Zealand, who moved from 72 for one overnight to 107 before Durham seamer Liam Plunkett picked off Aaron Redmond lbw for 55.
The same bowler struck again four overs later, with Daniel Flynn caught by Stephen Moore for 45.
Peter Fulton and Kane Williamson then came together for a 87-run partnership before Lancashire quick Sajid Mahmood returned to take two wickets in quick succession.
Williamson (48) was first to go, Ben Scott holding the catch, with Lions skipper Key just as alert when he snapped up James Franklin for an eight-ball single.
Fulton finally fell for a painstaking 45 to the hard-working Gareth Batty before wicketkeeper Reece Young joined Robertson in a stand worth 147 for the seventh wicket.
Jonathan Trott made the breakthrough in the 91st over, with the impressive Mahmood sending back Brent Arnel for a duck nine balls later.
Trott, who returned 2-33 in his 16 overs, then accounted for Bruce Martin, leaving just Thompson and last man Chris Martin to fend off the final 20 balls.
England managed to get Martin on strike for eight of those but, with Batty and Trott sending down the final overs, he held firm to ensure the series was drawn 0-0.


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Home Towne Suites - Concord is located within a mile (2 km) of Rocky River Golf Club and Concord Mills. The 101 rooms at this hotel include kitchens, sofa beds, and refrigerators. It's near the airport and also close to Charlotte Motor Speedway and Sea Life Charlotte-Concord.
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Ex-Broncos Scout Joins Bucs As Director Of Player PersonnelThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired John Spytek as the team's director of player personnel.
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Connor Barth Already Finds A Home After Being Released By BroncosKicker Connor Barth is back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being released by the Denver Broncos and re-signing with his old team.
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WANT A POPE story? Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati has plenty.
Like that day her son's first-grade class had a private audience with the pope. Or the times she sneaked past the Swiss Guards to get a better look around the Vatican. Or the day she watched white smoke puff from the Sistine Chapel's chimney in 1978 and heard onlookers' gasps when Karol Jozef Wojtyla became the first non-Italian pope in four centuries.
This weekend, the devout Catholic will have another pope story: She's heading to Rome to watch Popes John Paul II (Wojtyla) and John XXIII become saints.


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The USA opens play against defending world champion Germany Friday (kickoff: 3 am ET) at the Four Nations Tournament in Guangzhou, China.
Greg Ryan is without his strike force of Abby Wambach and Kristine Lilly. Germany coach Silvia Neiddidn't bring regulars Birgit Prinz, Kerstin Garefrekes, Sandra Minnert, Renate Lingorand Steffi Jones to China.
The most experienced U.S. players areKate Markgraf(153 caps) and Briana Scurry (158 caps). Defender Cat Whitehillis at 99 caps and will likely join the century club Friday. She would become the 19th U.S. player to earn 100 caps.
The game will be played at the 80,000-seat Guangdong Olympic Stadium in Guangzhou, where it's been raining since the USA arrived. Guangzhou was the site of the 1991 Women's World Cup final but won't be a venue at the 2007 Women's World Cup. The 16-team tournament will be held Sept. 10-30 in five cities: Hangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Wuhan in the eastern part of China and Chengdu in central China.
China faces England in the first game of the doubleheader. China will be coached by former U-20 coach Wang Haiming in the absence of head coach Ma Liangxing, who is ill. England will be led by former WUSA star Kelly Smith, one of eight players from the Arsenal Ladies in Coach Hope Powell's squad.
Action will continue with doubleheaders Sunday (USA-England, China-Germany) and Tuesday (China-USA, Germany-England).


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In addition to diagram enhancements and general changes in the Modeling perspective, numerous changes have been made to improve productivity and to comply with the UML specification.
Project Explorer enhancements
Filtering by name
In the Project Explorer, it is possible to display a text box that allows you to quickly filter out elements that do not interest you. Although working sets are useful in enabling filtering by entire models or projects, this textual element name filter is particularly handy if you have a large model, and you wish to see the elements of interest within it. Thus, this filter is more fine-grained.
- To activate the filter, click the Show/Hide Filter Box button in the Project Explorer's toolbar.
- Now, type some text in the filter box and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
Elements not matching the text string will be filtered out.
- If there are multiple elements matching your filter, use the Up or Down buttons to the right of the filter box to navigate between them.
- In addition, for even quicker access, simply click the element of interest in the pop-up window to navigate to it immediately.
- To determine whether the name filter should be taken into account, click the Down arrow button in the Project Explorer and choose Customize View.
- In the Filters tab of the Available Customizations dialog, check or uncheck Name Filter. If Name Filter is not checked, you will not be able to show the filter box.
Figure 1. Filtering by 'Util'
The textual filter can also be programmatically extended to support custom EMF EObjects. To extend it, implement this interface:
Grouping by diagram types
Previously, the Diagrams virtual folder contained a list of all of the diagrams for a given model. Now, the diagrams are grouped by their types.
Showing the physical location of model files
In some workflows, you might have models stored within subfolders of a project. Traditionally, the Project Explorer has displayed all of the models as children directly underneath the project. This became confusing if many of the models were given the same name. For example, if you created a Helper.emx model in each folder, it would become difficult to tell them apart.
Now it is possible to show the models and profiles with respect to the folder structure:
- Click Window > Preferences and choose Views >Project Explorer
- Then, check the check box labelled Show UML model and profile under its physical workspace file.
If you have UML Model files and UML Profile files filtered in the Filters tab of the Available Customizations view, those files will be hidden. Do not turn on the filters for UML Model files and UML Profile files if the Show UML model and profile under its physical workspace file preference is enabled, because the models and profiles will become completely hidden from your workspace.
- To further emphasize the physical location of the file, it is possible to display the workspace path of the resource next to the root resource's name:
- Show the Preferences view, and choose Modeling >Views > Project Explorer. The Display workspace path in labels drop-down menu allows you to choose one of three options (see Figure 2):
- None
- For models and profiles
- For models, profiles, and fragment roots
The last two options will result in the resources' physical locations being displayed in the Project Explorer.
Figure 2. Project Explorer Preferences view
Working with the enhanced Element Imports functionality
When working with Element Imports, we are usually more concerned about the imported element, not the Element Import itself. Thus, several changes have been made to focus on the imported element, not the Element Import:
- The Element Import no longer displays the name of the imported element in brackets so that it will sort with the rest of the directly contained elements in the Project Explorer. In fact, if the Project Explorer is set to sort by Type then Alphabetical or Type then Storage Order, the sorting will be by the type of the imported element.
- If you select the Element Import / imported element in the Project Explorer, you will now see the properties of the imported element in the pop-up properties and in the Properties view. If you are interested in seeing the properties of the Element Import, choose Element Import Properties from the context menu. Alternatively, visualize the Element Import on the diagram and show its properties.
- The icon of the imported element (rather than an Element Import icon) is shown in the Project Explorer. A small shortcut icon will appear at the bottom-left of the icon to indicate that it is an Element Import.
- When adding new elements under the Element Import, you will be adding directly to the imported element, rather than having to navigate back to the original element. Similarly, when deleting the element under the Element Import, you will be deleting from the element import directly. In other words, the focus will be preserved in both cases.
- Navigating to the Project Explorer from diagrams, properties, and the Inheritance Explorer will make a better choice of selecting the element underneath the Element Import.
- It is possible to view the contents of the Element Import even if the element belongs to a model that has been filtered out by a working set. If you want to navigate to the actual element filtered out by a working set, and there is no corresponding imported element in context, you will get a message that notifies you of this.
FormatHelper and Point are both Element Imports (see Figure 3), so they appear with a shortcut decoration in the Project Explorer. Also, the properties displayed are for the imported element, not the Element Import.
Figure 3. Displaying the properties of an Element Import
Search enhancements
Working sets are now supported by the Search infrastructure. It is possible to drag from the search results onto the diagram surface. Also, expanding a search result will show the references to the element.
Two new columns have been added:
- The element type has been moved into a separate column for easier sorting.
- A new column indicates the last modification date.
Finally, search results are now contributed by using a public provider mechanism defined in
com.ibm.xtools.rmp.ui.search, which allows programmatically contributing to the search results.
Figure 4. Using working sets on the model search page
Validation improvements
Communicating validation results
The results of model validation are communicated visually to the user. Validation errors and warnings are now shown on diagram elements representing elements that have validation problems.
You can validate your model by performing one of the following series of steps:
- From the menu bar, select Modeling > Run Validation.
- From the context menu of the element in the Project Explorer, choose Validate.
- From the context menu of the element on the diagram, choose Validate.
As Figure 5 shows, hovering your mouse cursor over the validation decorator on the diagram element (a yellow exclamation or a red X) will display a pop-up message that describes the problem.
Figure 5. Hovering the mouse cursor over the validation decorator
A Problems on Selection dialog has been added in case you need further details. It shows a list of problems for the selection and gives you the chance to see details about the constraint that was violated (by pressing the Constraint Definition(s) button) or to perform quick fixes on the problems (by pressing the Quick Fix button). It is available from any element with validation errors or warnings, for elements in both the Project Explorer and on the diagram.
Figure 6. The Problems on Selection dialog contains the relevant markers
Repairing workspace references when the model is opened
In previous versions, when a model with broken references is opened, the Repair Workspace Reference dialog opened. There, you were given the choice of attempting to repair it automatically, marking the problems, or ignoring the broken references. The Repair button searched only the immediate projects. Now, however, an additional check box has been added so that you can search the entire workspace. The search will even detect models in closed projects and prompt you to open them if necessary.
Figure 7. Repair Workspace References screen displays two problems
Validation rules added
Several validation rules have been added, and these are covered later under Validation rules in the Sequence diagram subsection.
Easier refactoring
Previously, when you refactored an element (renamed or moved), you could preview the changes and individually choosing the resources that should be updated. When there are many affected elements, it became tedious to select the resources to be updated. Now, you can set the initial scope beforehand, as a shortcut. The three supported scopes are workspace, project, or model.
Figure 8. Use the refactoring wizard to choose a supported scope
Model fragments
Model fragments are handled more seamlessly than before. The context is preserved in the Project Explorer.
When reloading a model or model fragment that has been modified outside of the workspace, the focus in the Project Explorer is now preserved. Also, if a fragment is modified on disk, only the modified fragment is reloaded, not the entire model. For example, if you are using dynamic views, fragments and models can be changed by other users while you have the model loaded into memory. When this occurs, the context in the Project Explorer will be kept, so you spend less time trying to find your place in the model after loading fragments. This ensures a smoother workflow even when the model contents change and the model is reloaded.
Opening multiple subfragments at once
When working with a large model, portions of the model are typically fragmented into separate resources for better performance and to reduce the possibility of merge conflicts. By not opening the subfragments, less of the model is loaded into memory. This yields better performance. However, modelers with powerful machines might prefer to open all fragments immediately to eliminate the delay in case the fragment is loaded into memory later on. To accommodate this, the Open All Sub-fragments action now supports multiple selections so that you can select all the required fragments and open them all at once. Result: the time taken to load the fragments is spent upfront.
Figure 9. The Open All Sub-fragments action
Profiles are used to enable domain-specific modeling: they allow UML to be extended to suit a particular domain. Frequently, the same UML model is extensible to a variety of different domains. For example, the system to keep track of loyalty points might be essentially the same between two airline brands, with a few minor differences in the way that things are named and certain attributes or operations that are company-specific. Or different viewpoints into the same system might require different profiles. For example, the financial auditing domain and the reservations domain are two largely unrelated fields that focus on very different aspects, or viewpoints, of the same system. Perhaps the number-crunching auditors do not want to share their auditing criteria or attribute values with the reservations analysts, while the reservations gurus do not want to share their formulas on when to offer loyalty discounts.
Marking models
Traditionally, it has been necessary to apply the profile directly onto the model to allow domain-specific modeling. For multiple domains, there was not much choice; you had to apply multiple profiles onto the same model or duplicate the model and apply a separate profile onto each one. In the former case, the model would then have irrelevant and potentially sensitive profiles; in the latter, the models could easily get out of sync.
Starting with Version 8, Rational Software Architect supports the concept of marking models: models that import a package and store the data regarding applied profiles and stereotypes on the imported packages. Packages are imported by using an Element Import stereotyped with the Marking Import stereotype. The profiles applied onto the marking model is applied virtually to the imported package, thus stereotypes can be applied onto the imported packages and their contents. When you apply stereotypes onto the imported package, only the marking model is modified, not the actual package's resource.
Figure 10. Use the New Model wizard template to create a new marking model
To have access to the profile information, the applied profiles and resources that contain the imported packages need to be distributed, in addition to the marking model.
If you are launching a runtime environment, be sure that the following settings are present in the arguments to enable support for marking models:
-Dorg.eclipse.uml2.uml.util.UMLUtil$ProfileApplicationHelper.INSTANCE= com.ibm.xtools.modeler.ui.marking:com.ibm.xtools.modeler.ui.marking.internal. ModelerProfileApplicationHelper -Dorg.eclipse.uml2.uml.util.UMLUtil$StereotypeApplicationHelper.INSTANCE= com.ibm.xtools.modeler.ui.marking:com.ibm.xtools.modeler.ui.marking.internal. ModelerStereotypeApplicationHelper
Stereotype properties
Stereotype properties can now be displayed on diagrams in either of these two ways:
- The first way is to right-click to show the context menu of the diagram element and then select Filters >Stereotype and Visibility Style > Show Stereotype Compartment When Not Empty. This makes visible the stereotype compartment that contains the names and values of the attributes.
- The second way is by adding a Stereotype Attribute Note in either of these ways:
- Right-click the element with the stereotype, and select Add UML > Stereotype Attribute Note. A note attached to the original stereotyped element will be added.
- Alternatively, from the palette:
- Select the UML Common palette drawer (see Figure 11).
- In the Comment palette group, choose the Stereotype Attribute Note Attachment tool item.
- Then click the stereotyped element and drag the cursor to a blank area of the diagram.
- In the ensuing context menu, choose Create Stereotype Attribute Note Attachment to new Element: Stereotype Attribute Note.
Figure 11. Displaying stereotype properties
Property sets
Property sets are used to group a collection of attributes (or properties). They supercharge the functionality of profiles and simplify application of stereotypes. A property set profile is applied to a package in a model (or the model root). Stereotypes in a property set profile are similar to required stereotypes in that they are implicitly applied to the elements of the specified metaclass. Also, it is possible to save sets of values and apply them to quickly replace the defaults defined in the profile.
To create a property set profile:
- First, create a normal UML profile, and then apply the deployed Property Set profile to it.
- Next, apply the
PropertyProfilestereotype to the root of the profile.
- Now you are ready to add stereotypes. As you add stereotypes, you will find that each stereotype of the profile has the Set stereotype applied to it automatically.
- For every stereotype that you create, you must add a metaclass extension to the package in addition to any other desired metaclass extensions. This is because the stereotypes in property set profiles are to be applied to packages; the contents of the package where the stereotype is applied will automatically have the relevant stereotypes applied.
- The
stereotype and the
Setstereotype both contain properties called category, but their intended use is different. The
PropertyProfilecategory is intended to describe a broader category, such as a language (Unified Auditing Language), while the
Setcategory is to correspond to a specific type within the language (Class). The
Set's category is important, because if it does not mach, the property set's UI will not show.
After creating the property set profile, it is to be applied to a model or package. When you browse the model, relevant elements inside the model will have a Property tab labelled Property Sets. From there, you can set the desired values. If you change the values from the defaults, the corresponding stereotype will be automatically applied to the element. (Also, the attribute name will appear in bold to indicate that the stereotype has been changed.) Clicking the Apply Defaults button will restore the default values and reverse the automatically applied stereotype.
UML compliance
Two new UML diagrams described in the UML specification are now supported in Rational Software Architect: the interaction overview diagram and the timing diagram. In addition, support for several new elements has been added, which are described in the following subsections.
Interaction overview diagram
The interaction overview diagram can be thought of as an activity diagram that has been restricted to control flows and embedded sequence diagrams. Thus, they are useful in expressing control flows, as well as the individual interactions that occur. Sequence diagrams that appear on interaction overview diagrams do not have to be created from scratch; you can reuse existing ones and either drag them onto the interaction overview diagram or select the Interaction Reference palette tool from the Interaction Overview palette drawer.
To work with the contents inside the referenced sequence diagrams (called the Interaction Reference), from the context menu of the interaction reference diagram element, select Filters > Show Inline Sequence Diagram.
Figure 12. An interaction overview diagram
Timing diagram
The timing diagram portrays lifelines across a period of time. The vertical axis represents time in sequence diagrams, but the timing diagram uses the horizontal axis to represent time. States or conditions are added to the horizontal lifelines to represent changes in states or conditions over time. As with sequence diagrams, there is the concept of messages. However, because the focus is on states and conditions over time, the messages are sent between these states or conditions.
Figure 13. A timing diagram
Sequence diagrams
The UML Modeler component now adds support for lost messages and found messages.
Lost messages and found messages
To comply with the UML specification, it is now possible to create lost messages and found messages.
- To create a lost message, drag the message to an empty area of the diagram.
- To create a found message, drag the message, starting from an empty area of the diagram.
Figure 14. Lost and Found messages in a sequence diagram
Deleting a message's referenced signal or operation updates the name of the message to
\Unspecified\ on the sequence diagram, in addition to removing the referenced signal or operation. You can rename the message as you wish.
Moving an operation from one class to another yields the same result unless the operation is moved to a superclass and is still visible from the class where it is invoked. Again, in this case, the messages between lifelines will be set to
Validation rules
If you had diagrams where you performed such refactorings before these enhancements, you can still benefit. As an example, suppose you open a diagram where you previously moved an operation corresponding to a message on a sequence diagram from one classifier to another. As a result, the diagram now contains an invalid message.
A validation rule to handle invalid messages in sequence diagrams has been introduced. The constraint for this rule can be found in this UML 2.2 specification:
UML 2.2 > UML 2.2 Specification > Interactions Package > Messages > Message signature operation should be contained in target lifeline classifier
When invoking a private operation and validating the model, a warning is now generated when validating the model. The validation constraint is controlled by UML 2.2 private operation call specification:
UML 2.2 > UML 2.2 Specification > Interactions Package > Messages > Private operation call (or UML 2.2 > Model Quality Dimensions > Correctness > Private operation call).
To see the constraint definition, as well as to enable or disable the constraint, select the Preferences view, and then, select Model Validation >Constraints.
Figure 15. The Model Validation, Constraints page in the Preferences view
Activity diagrams
Start Object Behavior action
The Start Object Behavior action element is now supported. To create a Start Object Behavior Action:
- Select the Actions palette drawer.
- Choose the Start Object Behavior tool item from the Object Actions tool group.
You can also find the Start Object Behavior action in the Object Action submenu in the Add UML context menu.
Figure 16. A Start Object Behavior in an activity diagram
State machine diagram
Entry and exit points
It is now possible to add entry points and exit points to the borders of composite states and orthogonal states.
- To do so, add a composite state or orthogonal state to the state machine (from the State Machine palette drawer, select the State types group, and then select either Composite State or Orthogonal State).
- Then, from the State Machine palette drawer, choose the Pseudostate Types tool group, followed by Entry Point or Exit Point.
You can also find Entry Point or Exit Point options in the Add UML context menu.
Any Receive Event
The Any Receive Event action is now supported.
- To add an Any Receive Event, first add a transition to a state's region.
- From the properties of the transition, activate the Triggers tab, and then click the Add button.
- In the Event Type drop-down menu, choose Any Receive Event.
- Click the OK button.
Figure 17. Selecting an Any Receive Event in a sequence diagram with an entry point and an exit point
Viewpoints have been enhanced to support an active language. It is also possible to share viewpoints, and an API has been added to the extension point to better support viewpoint use among different domains.
Active language
It is now possible to associate the active language with a viewpoint. In the Preferences dialog window (Modeling > Viewpoints page, shown in Figure 18), a new tab titled Active Language is now available. It can be used to configure the default language for user-defined viewpoints.
Figure 18. The Active Language tab on the Viewpoints preference page
Exporting and importing viewpoints
Additionally, viewpoints can now be shared. On the Viewpoints preference page, two buttons have been added to support importing and exporting viewpoints. Click Export on the Viewpoints preference page to display the "Export viewpoints" window.
Figure 19. "Export viewpoints" dialog window
Compare Merge enhancements
Improved alias support
When merging two versions of a model where the alias has been modified, the revision now shows as a single Modify change rather than an Add and Delete pair of changes.
Figure 20. Merging a model where the alias has been changed
Option added to filter the export log
When you perform a merge session, it is possible to filter the display to hide the changes that you are not interested in. When you click the Save List of Changes button, a Save Changes dialog window will now be displayed before the file is generated. With this dialog's options, you can decide whether you would like the filter settings to be applied to the log file or not.
Figure 21. The Save Changes dialog window in a merge session
What's next
This article provided an overview of the new functionality in the UML Modeler component of Rational Software Architect Version 8.0. By taking advantage of these enhancements, you will be able to model more effectively and efficiently, with an emphasis on clearer diagrams, problem prevention and resolution, and workflows that support collaboration.
The next and last article in this series describes important API changes and additions that allow extending Rational Software Architect features.
The author expresses his gratitude to Dusko Misic and Michael Hanner for reviewing this article and to Judith Broadhurst for editing.
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- Migrating models to the IBM Rational Software Architect 8.0 format, a developerWorks article by the author of this article.
- Follow the More content in this series link in this article to Parts 1 and 3.
- Using the new features of the UML Modeler in Rational Software Architect Version 7.5, an IBM developerWorks article by Wayne Diu (September 2008)
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I purchased this to take on an upcoming trip and my current seat cover does not fit any of the convertible carseats I own. It is large enough to fit both my Evenflo Symphony and Maestro seats, but no the Momentum. I have not used it yet, but I have tested it around my house. The fabric seems thick and durable, the straps are comfortable and it doesn't feel too awkward to wear. I like it so much I am buying a second one.
This product was very useful when trying to go through the airport. It was easy to strap on my back like a backpack, which left my hands free to pull my luggage and carry the baby. The material is very durable and kept the car seat clean and dry. It fits our Graco Snug Ride 32 car seat very easily.
This is one of the best purchases I have made as a mom. I have frequently had bags lost on airline trips and was not about to have my son's Britax Marathon carseat lost or damaged. I also did not want his carseat to get dirty when it was in the baggage area of the airplane. Hence, the beauty of this product. This bag is truly the "Ultimate". It is padded so my son's carseat was not damaged, it has an easy zipper that allowed me to quickly get the carseat in and out, and it has shoulder straps to act like a backpack for me. I was able to carry my 15 month old son, the carseat on my back, and a large diaper bag for my trip by myself. This was great! I was also able to "gate check" the carseat which helped to alleviate my concerns about the seat getting lost. I recommend this product to everyone who will ever travel with their own carseat.
This car seat carrier is perfection! My 3.5 year old's large Britax car seat fit easily inside. Wearing it as a backpack allowed me 2 free hands to roll our other luggage.
I used to wrap our car seats in garbage bags (ridiculous, I know), so this is a major step up. My only regret is that I did not buy one years ago.
I have Recaro Signo car seats and the bag fits the seat but fits snuggly. A little room in the seat portion to fit maybe a blanket or two. The bag is slightly padded except for the lid/opening. The lid has absolutely no padding and that is where I would have liked some padding since our seats have the side impact protection. The car seats were checked baggage and I was weary after watching the handlers tossing the seats to the ground in fear that the seats were going to be mutilated in no time, but they actually survived. Afew dings on the base of the seats, but no major damage. The bags served their purpose, but I can definitely see them only making it through maybe one more trip (for our car seats) because of the snug fit, the zipper may not last. And like I said I would be MUCH happier if the lid had some padding on it.
I wasn't sure if I wanted to use this product when I ordered it, but thought I'd try it for the great price. I have a Recaro Signo seat and the cover fit snug but just fine. I never actually carried the bag at all, but bunge corded it by the straps to my rolling suitcase. I never check luggage, especially a car seat, if I can help it. This cover made it possible for me to travel through the airport rolling the suitcase, diaper bag and car seat and carry baby in backpack. The cover held very securely, seems well padded enough to protect the seat from damages and is easy to do by myself with an infant. I don't think it would hold up if heavy luggage landed on the car seat, but I'm not sure what would. For the price this product is excellent. And Walmart had it out to me overnight even though I ordered it standard shipping!!
This was the second one I purchased. I have both a Britax Marathon and a Britax Frontier. Huge car seats that fit easily in this bag. It protects the car seats during travel. I've used them both as checked bags on flights and they have held up well. It's so much better than carrying car seats through an airport, and as a bonus you can usually put bulky items (blankets, winter coats) in the bag too!
We used this to tote our Britax Marathon car seat from Wisconsin to California. So easy and wonderful!! It fits in the bag with plenty of room to stuff your airport junk (such as extra jackets or sweatshirts, blankets, etc) inside. It has wheels on the bottom, you just tilt the carseat back and wheel it along behind you. We just took this baby right to the gate and had them check it at the door...when we got off our plane it was waiting for us when we got off the plane (along with our stroller)....this makes life so easy! It protects your carseat so it stays clean and you don't have to worry about checking it with your luggage and it getting damaged!
I lent this to a friend who used it to go from Wisconsin to Florida and she LOVED it too! She is going to buy one for her next trip. You won't be sorry!
We had borrowed this bag from a friend for our first trip and really loved it, so we just bought our own. It easily fits our Britax carseats, and has room to spare for coats, diapers, etc. The bag is a bit awkward to put on your back, but once it's up there, it's not very heavy at all. We haven't had ours very long but it seems very durable.


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Conduit 2
Really. Let's face it, that game is STILL Nintendo's best Multiplayer FPS and it's a DS game.
That's not saying every other game was bad, but MP:H was just THAT good (at least before the hackers).
It implemented chat when CoD: W@W didn't even do that and CoD came out years after MP:H. It has an easy FC system + Rival system to add Randoms. It was pretty smooth running. Had decent maps and the graphics didn't suck. And the fact that this game is STILL being played and discussed says a lot.
Really, if Con2 can match or do better than MP:H's success, it would be the best Nintendo FPS hands down.
What are everyone else's thoughts?
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Phasmatis92 6 years ago#2
Like the Prime trilogy, I consider Hunters more first-person advneture than FPS.
If they qualify, then I'd vote Prime 3 as the best FPS on a Nintendo system.
Since I don't though, I gotta give my vote to Perfect Dark on the N64. ;)
DarkZV2Beta 6 years ago#3
Let's face it, that game is STILL Nintendo's best Multiplayer FPS and it's a DS game.
Metroid Prime 3 didn't have multiplayer. And yes, Metroid Prime(series) is a First Person Shooter series. It's certainly not point-to-point level crawling, but that doesn't make it less a shooter.
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Vermineater 6 years ago#4
When people say first person adventure, I think of Myst. >_>
It's a shooter. Sure, it may have platforming/exploring, but the base is shooting things to shreds and not worrying about level-ups. (Separates it from FO3, <_< >_>)
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Phasmatis92 6 years ago#5
I still pick Perfect Dark, with GoldenEye 64 as runner up ;)
CHAINMAILLEKID 6 years ago#6
Geist wins.
Vermineater 6 years ago#7
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<_< I don't hate those games, but games have evolved a lot since then, and there are people who still tout them as BEST GAME EVAR. I played MW2 (4-player splitscreen), with a lot of cynicism and general dislike of its mockery of modern warfare, and it was much more incredible than those games. =O And this was only in a few short hours. Goldeneye was a good part of my childhood, but I realize that games have gotten better. It may have set the ground stones for console fpses, but things have evolved.
Also, the dizzy effect in Perfect Dark ****ed me off. I quit playing it because it was so bad. (It continued even after I died? D:<)
I expect this game to be as good as PD and 007Goldeneye were back in their heydey. I refuse to cite either of those as examples as great shooters anymore, though.
Most of this hate stems from my friend saying "GE and PD are great games, even by today's standards". He doesn't know today's standards. He doesn't buy new games (No PS360 or PC). The newest FPS he has is Halo 2. >_> After I got over my Nintendo fanboyism and played Halo on the PC, with a few friends, I realized things have gotten better. And PC shooters > Console shooters. (just stating a generally agreeable, don't hate. I'd love to have a great console FPS. ^_^ =P)
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MyIronLungX 6 years ago#8
gtfo moh was the best
DarkZV2Beta 6 years ago#9
Oh, hey, I forgot about that.
Yeah, MoHH2 had the best online interface. MPH had the best variety with a decent online interface. I'd say it's pretty close between those two.
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UltimateFlame13 6 years ago#10
I agree Sylus. I really loved MPH back when I used to play. It's kind of disappointing to look back and think about how much greater it could have been if it weren't for some flaws here and there though.
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Homeschooling at our house is going… alright.
Meaning it goes well on the days I follow through and actually pull out our supplies and work with Emmy.
On the other six days a week, I at least try to sit and read a pile of books with her. Reading is one of those rare times where she is (mostly) still and focused on one thing. She loves reading, loves stories, and really loves the Bible.
In fact, she's a little bit in love with Jesus. She will often wrap her Winnie the Pooh blanket over her head, carry Bear around and tell me that she's Mary, holding Baby Jesus. (She'll also instruct me to shush, because he is sleeping. Obviously.)
So, that's why we've been loving the Jesus & Me Bible Storybook. It's a collection of short readings based on Scripture. Each one dives into a question about Jesus, or a quality he possessed, and brings it down to kid level without losing any of the important stuff. There's a prayer at the end of each reading as well, and Emmy loves to pray. Mostly thanking God for her dresses, but hey, we're heading in the right direction, I think.
We've really enjoyed incorporating this book into our reading times. It's definitely aimed toward older kids (more words than pictures), but it's understandable and short enough for a toddler, in my opinion. And I like reading things to Emmy that might be just a little bit above her level, to keep her growing. (ZPD, for all you teachers out there!)
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This looks super neat
We take the time to pray when the fire dept siren goes off (near our house). This is right on the level of my 4 year old as I seek to teach her to pray for others.
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We just started a nightly family devotion. There is a verse, a story and an activity, we all enjoy it. this book would be fantastic to use with Simon and eventually Lucy.
Try to do a daily devotion, one verse a week and sing songs such as Jesus Love Me!
Thanks Kayse – Waumba Land at church on Sundays sends home a devotional for the week geared specifically for her age group – so we read it every night.
We would really enjoy this Bible for our children!
We try and give God credit for everything and to thank Him for the little things throughout the day. And then we say what we are thankFul for and pray at the end of (most) days.
We read Bible stories, memorize verses and are going through a catechism.
I'm always looking for more ways to teach my daughter about Jesus. We pray at every meal and before bedtime. Lately, she has been asking me if Jesus made that – about EVERYTHING! Look, there's a new book – "Did Jesus make that?" Love her.
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