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Memory is an extremely complex and only partially understood system of brain processes. When looking at Aspects of memory that are more important for the kinds of learning that go on in school,we need to tease out those components that promote the retention of relevant facts and skills. For our purpose,we will concentrate on two broad aspects of memory function and dysfunction. These are Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Memory. How to improve your memory naturally? try t.he tips and techniques listed below to improve your memory naturally.
Short-Term Memory
Short-Term Memory enables us to hold information for a brief period,a matter of seconds. Such information can be used immediately or it can decay or be-forgotten almost instantly. Short-Term Memory is strikingly limited in capacity. For example it can hold only about seven numbers. Consequently,we are forced to be highly selective in deciding what to register there.
How to improve your memory naturally
Parents are in a good position to observe the child's short-term memory functions as they assist them in various learning activities. There are several ways parents can help these children.
Study for a test – an exercise to build memory
Students should deploy a step-wise approach to such studying. Students should consider ways to enhance the depth of processing and engage in appropriate self-testing or collaborative testing with a peer, parent, or sibling. Such approaches can be especially helpful to students with excessively rapid pacing and to those who lack registration strategies.
Rehearsal strategies to improve memory
These include the previously mentioned whispering under the breath and visualizing,along with making up rhymes,antonyms, or anagrams to represent what they are attempting to register. It can also be helpful for them to form associations while trying to remember. For example,when learning the name of an important historical figure,students can think about what the name sounds like or makes them think of. Parents can practice this kind of activity with children while they are studying.
Use of stimulant medication
This is likely to be the case when a child's short-term memory dysfunction is accompanied by a weak control of mental energy and processing. The administration of the medication may need to be timed so as to have an effect when the child is registering material in short-term memory. For example,a short acting methylphenidate (Ritalin) tablet might be given one to two hours before studying for an examination.
Practice paraphrasing skills
Parents can allow them to watch an extra television show or go to a movie if they will summarize it (orally or in writing)afterward. They can encourage them to retell chapters or sections of a book after reading. Not all summarizations needs to be verbal; a child can make a diagram or chart that summarizes information. Such graphic representation may be especially helpful to a student who has difficulty paraphrasing language.
Select the right format
Students may need help recognizing which of the three formats is the easiest for them to use. Then they should be encouraged to use it. They can convert data into the format they use most successfully. A strong visual processor may need to make a diagram; a linguistically oriented student may verbally paraphrase written material (perhaps into a tape recorder").
Changes the sequence
Sometimes it may be necessary to change the sequential nature of some inputs. For example, if students can't learn the order of steps needed to complete long-division problems, parents might help them put the steps into language by describing them verbally into a tape recorder. The tape can then be played back several times. Alternatively,each step can be depicted visually on a separate card.
Parents need to realize that children with limited short-term memory cannot retain instructions. They need to keep such inputs short and offer repetition without being critical. As they grow older,children who have problems in this area need to keep lists and take good notes in order to relieve the burden on short-term memory.
Managing Problems with Short-Term Memory in School
As they come to recognize problems with Short-Term Memory,teachers can use various techniques to make it easier for students to retain recently presented information.
Make the kid sit close to the teacher
Sometimes it helps students who have problem with short-term memory if they sit close to the teacher,especially if they also have attentional dysfunction.
Repetition by teacher
The teacher can assist these children by regularly repeating instructions and explanations.
Encourage paraphrasing
Placing a strong emphasis on paraphrasing and explaining how it is important in remembering things will benefit these students. A teacher can model for them how to paraphrase material and then provide them with opportunities to practice this skill. Children can take turns paraphrasing important inputs during class or serving as the paraphraser for the day.
Teachers should also encourage students to paraphrase while they read something important. For example, students need to learn to pause at a key sentence or group of sentences and repeat the information in a shorter form. They can write their paraphrases in a book margin,take brief notes,or record them on tape.
Encourage note taking
Related to paraphrasing is the skill of note taking. This ability can enhance registration. A teacher may want to take some time illustrating how to take effective and concise notes and then to include note taking as part of various assignments. For example, children can interview each other and submit notes from these interviews.
Identify the strong format
When children demonstrate that they have a strong format for processing, as much information as possible should be presented in that format. If they are strong at visual processing,they are likely to retain material written on the board better than information presented orally.
Small information units
Some students require that information be delivered in smaller units or portions. This may mean that a teacher uses shorter sentences,allows more time to copy from the board,and simply speaks more slowly.
Prepare a memory plan
Everyone can benefit from learning about how our short-term memory works and about the kinds of strategies that can be used to make it work better. Once children have learned this,they can be asked to submit memory plans before studying for a test.
The plan should include:
How they will decide what's important?
How they will paraphrase the material they used to remember?
What strategies they will use to register it deeply?
When and how they will test themselves or have someone else quiz them?
How to improve your memory naturally
Any personal program to improve memory must include a good diet, regular exercise, and stress free environment. All of which strengthens the brain. So how to improve your memory naturally, with some natural home remedies? answer is simple make the right food, and lifestyle choices, says experts.
Make your meals memory-friendly
What you eat either increases or decreases oxidation and inflammation in your brain. Here are four food pitfalls to avoid:
- Refined sugar triggers the body to pump out the hormone insulin, which is a pro-inflammatory compound. Limit your intake.
- Trans-fats are inflammation producers that are in processed foods whose labels list hydrogenated vegetable oil as an ingredient.
- Food toxins can also inflame the brain. Consider using a water filter and maximizing your intake of organic foods.
- Food allergies may contribute to memory problem. The most common allergens are wheat,milk and corn. If you are noticing some memory glitches,consider cutting down on these foods,which increase inflammation throughout the body,including the brain.
Exercise: A Memory Tonic
Go for a 1-mile walk shortly after you wake up. Rather than an aerobic, heart-pumping fitness walk, yours should be a solitary, peaceful walk in a natural setting , if possible. Walk slowly and be aware of your surroundings, consciously taking in everything beautiful that you see and hear.
Paying attention to natural beauty improves your mental attitude,which in turn improves mental functioning of all kinds. Taking your walk in the early morning resets your body clock for the day, a must for maximum alertness.
Also, by warming and loosening your muscles in the morning when they're typically stiff and tight, you develop better proprioception, which is your brain's awareness of the position of your body as it moves.
Mental exercise: Pushups for your memory
Any activity that stimulates and challenges your mind,such as playing Scrabble,doing crossword puzzles,or learning a new language,is exceptionally good for retaining memory.
People get lazy with their minds sitting in front of the TV for hours a day atrophies your muscle cells and your brain cells. Just as with your muscles,you have to use your brain in order not to lose your brain.
Stress reduction: Don't let cortisol damage your brain
During stress the body pumps out high levels of hormone cortisol,which damages the Hippo campus,the part of the brain that turns short-term memory into long-term memory.
To combat stress,practice a relaxation exercise daily,whether it's deep breathing,meditation,or contemplative exercise such as tai chi or yoga.
Gingko Biloba
This extract helps with the flow of blood throughout the body,appears to have a positive affect on memory function as it also improves the flow of blood to the brain. The improved flow of blood to the brain brings with it more oxygen and should thus help improve memory.


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Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway, has announced he is to stand down at the next general election.
The 67-year-old, who has represented Croydon South since 1992, revealed he will not be seeking re-election at a party meeting at Christ Church Purley, on Friday.
Mr Ottaway, whose parliamentary career in the House of Commons has spanned for more than a quarter of a century, said while it was "the right time to call it a day," he would be working "at full speed" until May 2015.
The former naval officer told Conservative Party members: "Serving the Croydon South constituency for more than two decades has been an immense privilege.
"I have been lucky to work alongside excellent colleagues and residents who care so deeply about this great neighbourhood.
"Whether helping individuals resolve issues on health, education or housing, or campaigning successfully for major projects including the Coulsdon Bypass, the modernisations of Purley Hospital and the Cane Hill redevelopment - I love every minute of my job.
"But I feel now is the right time to call it a day. I would like to spend time with my family and enjoy my hobbies while I still can."
Next month, Mr Ottaway's Private Member's Bill to regulate the scrap metal industry, will have its final debate in the House of Commons.
His work on the legislation has already earned him a nomination for the Grassroot Diplomat Award.
Mr Ottaway added: "Today is far from the end of the road for me, there is plenty of important work to be getting on with in Parliament and in my constituency."

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Chad Faust stars as "Kyle Baldwin" in the USA Network original series The 4400.
Faust was most recently seen as the sexually confused Christian teenager "Dean Withers" in the feature film Saved, starring alongside a collection of young stars including Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore, Jena Malone, Patrick Fugit, and veterans Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker.
Probably the only actor to play an entire supporting role in nothing more than a green speedo, Faust battled egos with Colin Firth in Buena Vista/Touchstone's Hope Springs, in which he played Heather Graham's self-righteous younger brother. Among other film credits, Faust has appeared in All I Want alongside Elijah Wood, Franka Potente, and Mandy Moore, as well as in the critically acclaimed Showtime movie Bang, Bang, You're Dead. He will soon be seen in the films, Nearing Grace, and Tamara.
Faust has guest starred on several series including WB's Smallville and Fox's Still Life, and was also featured in the highly-successful miniseries Taken on SCI FI.
Faust has written, directed, and produced six short films and one feature. The feature, We Ran Naked, is a film about an author living in the shadow of his successful first novel, and premiered in 1999 when Chad was just 19.
Also a solo recording artist, Chad has released two CD's on the independent label Zotzman Music.
Faust was raised in Victoria, Canada and currently resides in Los Angeles.


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Taking a conference 'tour'
Taking a conference 'tour'
An online 'Event tour' facility through the national Eventfinder portal will make it much easier for people to register for individual sessions in the 'Recovering Forbidden Voices Conference' which takes place in Wellington from 21-25 August 2014.
The conference of performances and presentations, co-hosted by Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music and the German and History Programmes of Victoria University, comprises 20 sessions focused on the music suppressed during World War Two. The sessions include three keynote addresses, four academic panels, 12 concerts and a film screening. Through Eventfinder audiences can now select multiple tickets from any of the 20 sessions in a single transaction.
"The conference 'tour' page on Eventfinder gathers all 20 sessions onto one page, allowing people to select multiple tickets for individual sessions," explains Professor Donald Maurice, one of the conference organising committee.
"While we would like people to come to the full conference to gain a full appreciation of these silenced composers and their music, we realise that involves a greater time commitment than some people can make. The online 'tour' will make it easier for people to combine specific sessions to enhance the experiences that the conference provides.
"For example, the keynote address from author Tayna Tintner is immediately followed by the concert of her late husband's music," Maurice explains. "Composer Laurence Sherr will give a keynote address just prior to a concert in which his works are being performed; and the film screening on Sunday afternoon is a biographical account of Richard Fuchs, whose work Vom Judischen Schicksal, receives its world premiere in the orchestral concert that same evening."
Full or day registrations are still available and have the advantage of not only being greater value for money but also include allocated seating and catering associated with the events.
The full conference programme can be found on the conference website: www.nzsm.ac.nz/rfv-conference
The conference 'tour' can be found at: http://bit.ly/nzsm-rfv-tkts


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Next Gen Pokemon Game May Be Announced Soon
Posted 20 February 2012 - 09:05 PM
Recently, at a recent Japanese Q&A event, Pokemon Black and White director Junichi Masuda said to keep an eye on "Pokemon Smash," a weekly TV program in Japan, as well as following him on Twitter for updates when a fan asked about when the next main installments in the series would be released.
Sounds like they're getting close to announcing something of the sort, otherwise Masuda probably wouldn't have been so specific in his response. Then again, maybe he's just trying to drum up viewership for the TV show and followers for his Twitter account? Who knows.
While it does seem fairly soon for another set of games in the main series, Nintendo would benefit greatly from the presence of new Pokemon games on the 3DS to help further cement its current momentum.
What do you think? Will a new Pokemon game be announced soon?
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Hope they do announce it. I skipped out on B/W but I'd be glad to get back into the series on the 3DS.
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Hopefully they do a rehaul of the series. They can only release the same game with new skins for so long.
Don't fix what ain't broke.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 10:50 AM
Yep. If it sells, no need to put in any effort.
Don't fix what ain't broke.
Posted 22 February 2012 - 01:56 PM
Yep. If it sells, no need to put in any effort.
Assuming they never put in any effort. And considering Black & White were among the 18 games to ever get a perfect score from Famitsu, I'd say the effort is there.
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Here's how you can install the Duck Launcher dock in Linux Mint 16. Duck Launcher resembles Unity and lets you access your favorite apps or all apps.
1. Open a terminal window.
2. Type in the following commands then hit Enter after each.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:the-duck/launcher
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install duck-launcher
According to Noobs Lab:
Duck Launcher is a Unity like dock and application launcher made for Linux. It is written using Python and Qt languages, it's goal is to increase productivity and be good looking. It allows user to access favorite apps easily on the dock, or all application can be accessed by clicking on the top icon of launcher. File System can be browsed easily with this dock without opening any file manager, this feature is still in development, so keep in mind that anytime problem can occur with this feature.More at Noobs Lab
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Fritas Domino La Original has been around since 1961, but not at this particular location. It used be somewhere in Little Havana. The decor and seating have a very 1970s skating rink feel to it. The oddest thing was that after I placed my order and went to fill my cup with Coke, (it tasted absolutely horrendous) there was a group of older people who were seated having a very Que Pasa USA? ( a Miami TV show which was in Spanglish) conversation.
This one guy was speaking in perfect English, the little old lady was responding in cliche ridden Spanish and the other fellow was just silent. They were discussing Cuba. I know, what a shock, discussing Cuba in a Frita joint. Anyway, so I order a Frita (generally a mixture of some ground Meat and/or Pork with Chorizo and Paprika), a Perro Enrollado (Hot Dog wrapped in Bacon) and an order of Fries and the previously mentioned horrible Coke which I dumped in its entirety.
The fries were bad and tasted like oil. The Perro Enrollado while a great idea, was flawed in execution. The Hot Dog was some cheapy dog split in half, with American cheese in the middle and then wrapped in Bacon. It was served on Cuban bread and topped with the Julienne Potatoes with some Ketchup layering the bottom. The center was cold and somehow the cheese was not even melted.
The Frita (with Julienne Potatoes, Ketchup and diced Onions) was pretty good. I was disappointed that a regular Hamburger roll was used instead of a Cuban bread roll. It did have a Chorizo flavor and there was a slight sweetness to it. If you check out Fritas Domino, I'd stick to a Frita with a glass bottle of Coke & you'll be good.
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It's been 4 years and we've come a long way since the launch of Diablo III. From item overhauls to a brand new class and Act, the world of Sanctuary has never looked so good. However, some changes are larger than they may seem, making a tremendous difference in day-to-day gameplay. The inclusion and evolution of item comparison tooltips is one such example, so join me in taking a closer look at the development process behind this feature.
For many Diablo players, it can be a challenge to decide between potential upgrades. Gear can provide all manner of useful stats and the randomized nature of Diablo loot means upgrades come in countless combinations. Knowing which piece to equip takes great game knowledge, and that can be intimidating for the average or new player. As you may know, itemization has undergone a significant overhaul since the launch of Diablo III. In the beginning, Legendary items weren't always the obvious choice. That evolution is a different story to tell, but it's important context to keep in mind.
When we were looking to bring Diablo III to console, this presented a unique set of hurdles. Choosing which item to equip can be intensive and, especially where couch co-op was concerned, just didn't translate well. We didn't want the fun to stop every time your buddy paused the game to review loot. Keeping the pace of the game smooth was an important goal, and it was important to us that the solution was right for all platforms.
Whether in real life or Sanctuary, no one wants to wait around while you pick out which pants to wear.
This led us to the basic concept of item comparison tooltips, but the team expressed some concerns. As we were bringing something new to Diablo, we asked ourselves whether it was the right kind of new feature to introduce to the series. Over a decade had passed since the release of Diablo II and the way players approached games had changed drastically. We decided that it was a great opportunity for iteration and providing a tutorial-like element would only help more players enjoy Sanctuary.
More problematic was deciding whether or not it was okay to make some basic decisions on behalf of players. Again, we looked at the new feature as a training tool rather than an instruction manual. Ultimately, we want players to make their own gearing choices and we found that after players had received some guidance through the item comparison tooltips, they began to draw their own conclusions. This basic guidance allowed us to simplify enough to include a fast convenience feature on console in the form of Quick Equip.
Quick Equip makes assumptions, but ensures you're not interrupting gameplay.
To bring together the item comparison system, we condensed an item's power into three generalized stats: Life, Damage, and Protection. These were the principles most players followed when making gear decisions, so we stuck with known categories in order for the at-a-glance comparison to remain familiar and easy to grasp for new and veteran players alike.
This didn't hit the mark close enough for us, especially as the game evolved. The information being presented went a little too far in generalization, resulting in stats that were misleading. The advent of Loot 2.0 in Reaper of Souls presented a unique opportunity to fine-tune this feature.
Patch 2.0.1 launched just prior to the release of Reaper of Souls, introducing many new systems to the game in preparation for the expansion. One change was replacing the Life and Protection stats with new and better-defined stats.
In some cases, it was still tough to tell which items were truly an upgrade.
Enter Healing and Toughness. Toughness was intended to be an overall calculation of your Effective Health Pool, or EHP. This is a simplified summary of your hero's survivability based on stats like maximum Life, Armor, Resistances, Dodge, and other types of damage reduction. Similarly, healing was meant to be an average of how quickly you could regain health. This first pass got the basic messages across, but some of the more variable stats (like Life Per Kill) caused confusing inflations and muddled the information given to the player. So in Patch 2.1.2, we made another change.
Some stats needed their weights adjusted while others needed to be excluded altogether.
"Healing"ť was replaced with "Recovery"ť and the name was changed to not only better encompass its purpose, but to clearly highlight that change had occurred. The new stat estimated how much Toughness you would expect to recover in an average encounter, and we changed the weighting of certain healing stats to provide a more accurate picture.
In our current iteration, these stat summaries provide enough information to be useful to the average player and helps shine a light on how each stat contributes to your character's overall power. This feature was so useful that we received a lot of community requests for a similar overview of follower equipment. In Patch 2.4.0, we fulfilled this request!
Mouse over a valid item in your inventory while your follower's inventory is open and you'll see the item comparison tooltip pop up!
Quality of life features are rarely as small as they look. What tweaks to the game have you noticed over the years? What change has made a noticeable impact on the way you play Diablo III? Let us know in the comments, we'd love to hear which features interest you most!
Diablo III Season 6 is now live in all gameplay regions! To create a Seasonal hero, select your class, gender, and name as usual, then select the "Seasonal Hero" checkbox on the lower left of the screen.
Seasons are an optional, recurring game mode that offers PC players the opportunity to periodically start fresh, leveling new Normal or Hardcore heroes from level 1 without any currency, resources, items, or previously earned Paragon experience. Similar to the separation between Normal and Hardcore game modes, Seasonal heroes will also have their own shared stash and Artisan progression. Any currency, materials, recipes, items, Paragon experience, and Artisan progression earned during a Season will be rolled over to a player's non-Seasonal profile once the Season concludes.
Season 6 will offer unique rewards and new challenges for players, including new cosmetic items, pieces of an exclusive Transmogrification set only available to those who participate in Seasons, and Season-only achievements called Conquests. Progress within a given Season will also be tracked on the Leaderboard system, and in the Seasons Journey interface.
To learn more about Season 6, check out Diablo's Journey and Rewards previews.
Good luck, nephalem! May Kadala be generous and your deeds of valor always be remembered.Â
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Below you'll find the preliminary PTR patch notes for patch 2.4.1. Please note that this isn't the final version of the patch notes and that some changes may not be documented or described in full detail.
To provide feedback on patch 2.4.1, please visit the PTR Feedback forum.
To report any issues you experience while playing, please visit the PTR Bug Report forum.
For additional information about the PTR, click here.
Introduced in Patch 2.1.0, Legendary Gems are one of the many methods by which players can vastly improve their character's strength through perseverance and dedication. Obtained by defeating Greater Rift Guardians, these socketable facets of raw power grow alongside your nephalem with each new tier of difficulty you conquer.
In Patch 2.4.1, we'll be making notable changes to a handful of Legendary Gems. Before we get into those changes and the reasoning behind them, we want to take a deep dive into the design structure behind Legendary Gems.
Some gems have much more broadly defined roles than others. For example, gems like Esoteric Alteration or Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard are meant to buff up your defensive capabilities. These gems might serve the same role, but they each do so in a different way. Overlap isn't always a bad thing, as we want players to have choices that can suit different needs.
Others serve particular playstyle niches rather than generalized purposes. Enforcer, Boyarsky's Chip or Zei's Stone of Vengeance are all gems with clearly defined specializations. These are the gems you think of first when you are pursuing a particular playstyle. If you're exploring a Thorns build, Boyarsky's Chip should be a no-brainer. If you like the kite-and-fight style, then Zei's Stone of Vengeance should be a go-to. Builds should have some reliable choices that reinforce their general gameplay.
Some gems are less focused on overall character power and more on enhancing different gameplay activities. Boon of the Hoarder and Gem of Ease support specific goals, farming gold and leveling characters, respectively. While these aren't the kinds of gems you're likely to find on a build that's pushing high level Greater Rifts, they serve their purposes well.
We also have gems that are considered more utility oriented. These types of gems often provide multiple types of benefits or focus on specific stats, though perhaps at lower values than a gem that is more specialized for damage or defense. Which gems filled these roles was a little muddier in the past than we liked, so in Patch 2.4.1 we're creating more that fall into this category and making their utility shine through more clearly.
Finally, there are gems that might fall into more than one of the above categories. These are often good everyman's gems or general options that are great for beginners or those who don't want to fuss too much over their gem choice. Bane of the Powerful and Wreath of Lightning are prime examples, as they are both reliable, straight forward, and useful in virtually any build.
As we mentioned, some gems simply weren't falling into one of the above categories or, if they were, weren't serving their function as well as they could be. While we aren't updating every Legendary Gem that might need a little help (and it's possible we'll re-examine other gems in the future), there are quite a few that stuck out to us as either needing more clearly defined roles or just that layer of new polish to keep them up to date in a Sanctuary that's evolved over time.
You'll find more details in our PTR patch notes, including the most recent updates and a more comprehensive list, but we'd like to dig into some specific changes and the philosophy behind them.
We're making the following changes to Enforcer:
In addition to giving a bump in power to pet builds, we wanted to add more survivability to pets overall. This gem should be the obvious choice to players who run a pet build, but the benefit wasn't always worth the socket. This should be a much clearer choice now.
You may be wondering why the Rank 25 bonus doesn't make pets invulnerable. While we've seen this suggestion frequently, part of the Diablo experience is a sense of unpredictability and needing to adapt in dire situations. Extremes where your pets are always dead or permanently alive are much less interesting gameplay experiences than making a conscious effort to monitor your pets' health and re-summon them if they're in danger.
We're making the following changes to Gogok of Swiftness:
When we originally designed Gogok of Swiftness, it was built around the assumption that this buff would be constantly dropping on and off. The goal was to have a higher total potential that we knew wouldn't always be present. Ultimately, we decided against that design and instead opted to tune its values around Swiftness more or less always being up. This assumption allows us more control over number tuning.
Gogok of Swiftness provides very specific buffs and serves as a utility gem. However, it was lacking multi-purpose functionality, so we've added a Toughness component in the form of a Dodge bonus. This should make Gogok a more competitive choice for players who are either looking specifically to stack Attack Speed or Cooldown Reduction (or both!) while providing extra Toughness in the process.
We're making the following changes to Mirinae, Teardrop of the Starweaver:
Like Gogok of Swiftness, Mirinae had a slightly different goal in mind when it was first designed. Its concept was to be the "single-target"ť gem, ideal for builds who focused more on area of effect abilities and needed a boost on single targets (like Rift Guardians). When we introduced Bane of the Stricken, Mirinae fell to the wayside and needed a tweak to breathe new life into it. So why not make it breathe life into the player?
Rather than have Mirinae compete with Bane of the Stricken (and wind up creating a math problem for players), we added defense to the gem in the form of a bonus heal to create a different incentive to use it. This lands this gem in a more utility-driven area, providing a new and interesting option that may be appealing for builds that need both extra regeneration and single-target damage.
We're making the following changes to Simplicity's Strength:
Similar to the changes coming to Enforcer, Simplicity's Strength should just feel like the right choice for builds that want to focus on primary skills. From the beginning, that's precisely what this gem was meant to do; it just needed some additional tweaks to ensure it really owned that role.
We're making the following changes to Taeguk:
As we've already discussed, Taeguk too often felt like the right choice no matter which build you were running. It had no particular niche or role and, it was mechanically awkward to use and gain the most benefit. It was meant to work best for builds running channeling skills like Whirlwind or Strafe, and we didn't want to encourage players to spam skills like Multishot or Hammer of the Ancients into empty space just to maintain the buff.
That said, we recognize a lot of classes feel as though they've lost a tool in their kit with the above changes; this is why so many other gems have been revisited and will be gaining similar components to those that made Taeguk so desirable. The goal wasn't just to create a clearer, more communicated identity for Taeguk, but to also provide many builds a variety of options that represent different strengths and preferences.
We hope you've enjoyed this insight into the changes coming to Legendary Gems in Patch 2.4.1. These aren't the only changes coming, so if you haven't already, be sure to log into the PTR, try out some (or all) of these changes, and let us know your thoughts. It's important to us that the community has a chance to get their hands on these shiny baubles and give them a go. Your feedback is some of the most valuable loot we could hope to have drop, and we look forward to hearing what you have to say!
To work in software development, whether it's for business, entertainment, or your favorite video game company, is to know that simple problems don't always have simple solutions. Game development is, in a word, complicated. There are thousands of moving parts where the smallest iteration can cause weeks of reversions and backtracking. On the outside looking in, it's tempting to ask, Why not just fix it?" That's a bit like asking a baker why they can't just substitute sugar for sucralose. The answer is similar across the board; It's not that simple.ť
In Diablo III, there's lots of information thrown at the player. Let's talk numbers. You see them everywhere! They're on your gear, they're in your character profile, and they float around your nephalem's head while you're in combat. Behind each of those digits is a huge amount of tech that makes them behave the way that they do.
We heard a lot of player feedback that combat numbers were starting to be overwhelming or difficult to comprehend in moment-to-moment gameplay. In the past, large numbers were exciting to see because they stood out above the rest. How do you bring back that emotional appeal without making players feel like they have lost power?
Patch 2.4.0 introduced a couple of new features to address this. First, we've introduced a new in-game option to truncate numbers and display them using abbreviations. Second, we've added an entirely new feature that highlights some of your largest damage numbers in a new color. Each of these additions presented their own challenges when we went to implement them; some were design issues, others created localization concerns, and at the end of all these decisions, the result needed to look good.
Initially, we had the idea of highlighting the top 5% of numbers you've generated in the last few seconds. The first problem with this approach was that every build is different, especially when it comes to how each dishes out damage. Some pump out small bursts of floating numbers over time while others barrage your screen with a constant stream of information. In our first pass, another issue that arose was that the new system didn't accommodate expected fluctuations in damage dealt. Take a Power Pylon, for example, where your damage is temporarily augmented. After the Pylon ends, you'll still want to know when you're dealing notable damage.
We developed our algorithm over time to account for these outliers, settling on the following rules for which numbers appear in orange:
If you've played the latest patch, you may have already seen our new damage abbreviations. We've seen a lot of questions, primarily from our English-speaking audiences, about why we measure in millions, but skip counting in billions.
There are a few reasons, but one of the most important is localization. Diablo III is a global game, published in 13 different languages, so when we make a design decision that affects the written word (or, in this case, written number), we have to remain cognizant of what that change will mean in every iteration of the game. While you might think numbers would be the easiest thing to translate, that couldn't be any less true.
Left: English language numbers. Right: Korean language numbers.
Here's an example where what might look like a simple translation can get complicated. Some languages, like Spanish or French, do not commonly use a unique term for billion.ť They instead refer to that amount as what literally translates to "one thousand million"ť rather than having their own word. In terms of etymology, this is a result of both American and British English evolving the word "billion"ť to mean "one thousand million"ť rather than the "one million million"ť it originally represented.
It gets even more complex when looking at languages like Korean or Chinese, where large numbers are grouped on a different scale. For instance, in English, the nomenclature of a number changes with every third place, such as thousands, millions, billions and so forth. In Korean, the naming convention of a number instead changes every fourth place, using a method called myriad squared. This is because in Korean, numbers are grouped every ten-thousand fold instead of thousand fold.
This issue is compounded by punctuation use. Not every language uses commas as breaks in numbers. Some use periods instead, which is very common in Europe, and others don't use any punctuation at all.
Left: Korean gold count. Right: French gold count.
As numbers in Diablo III grew and we decided to add in numerical punctuation, we needed a way to elegantly translateť where and when this punctuation would appear for each localization. Our code uses a library called ICU, or International Components for Unicode, which provides a great amount of support for localizing software. ICU can be used in a number of ways, but for this feature, we took advantage of its ability to take a number and a locale (such as United States English, French, or Korean) as input and give back a properly formatted number for that locale as output, complete with any periods or commas. Our Localization team also keeps a table that shows what numbers each region chooses to publish and the end result.
An example of one of our localization tables, designating which language truncates at what point.
Some localizations opted to abbreviate more or less, mostly out of cultural preferences. There's a real psychology behind player satisfaction and the actual length of the numbers you're seeing, and player preference varies on both personal and cultural levels. For example, in English, we opted not to abbreviate in the low millions because seeing 1,000,000ť is much more satisfying than 1M.ť Skipping the billions place also helped with this, as seeing 1,000M tells a much more exciting story than 1B. Of course, number size isn't the only consideration; the visuals, colors, and movement all play a key role as well.
It's important to make sure that when a player sees a number, they can quickly understand the implication behind it and what it means to them at that precise instant. In Patch 2.4.0, we aimed to provide even more in-combat information than ever before. This is where those Critical Hit highlight numbers come into play.
Look at that beautiful crit!
Simply changing the color was one of many ways we could have presented this information. We asked ourselves a lot of questions about how was best to communicate these big hits. Do we make these numbers bigger? Have them path differently? Make them flash? Do they hang on the screen longer? Or do we just give them a different color? How do you decide which of these options is the right one?
We gravitated towards color because we could present this new information to our players in a drastically different way that passed other user accessibility concerns. Orange numbers stand out; they're not something you've seen before, so subconsciously you pay close attention to them.
Orange also passes the colorblindness-friendly test. When you're looking at a color wheel, orange is in a different realm than the other colors we currently use for other information. This way players that are colorblind can tell something's new, too!
When we look at changing colors in our interface, our artists take a look a three options for variation: Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. This is part of what's called the HSL color space, a common digital standardization for the color wheel. Each aspect is key to adjusting a different emotion or evoking a new response from the player. Do we want to change the mood? Then we adjust hue. If we're shifting an image from being juicy to more flat, then saturation becomes key. How about drawing attention or driving it away? Lightness becomes the go-to.
As an example, some of the most critical information in the game is how much healing you're receiving. Healing is literally your life force, and we want it to be very visible. That's why that information is some of the brightest in the game. We wanted critical hit information to be extremely visible as well, so we played a lot with its lightness levels to make sure you always know when your next big damage spike occurs.
When we talk about the Diablo III team, it's easy to first think of our developers who tweak the way a class or an item functions, or put cool, new features in to explore. However, there's so much more going on beyond what your hero is wearing or wielding, and our artists, engineers, localization experts, and so many more help us ensure everything comes together smoothly for all of our players around the world.
We hope you've enjoyed this in-depth peek behind the scenes of a small feature that, under the hood, is deceptively gargantuan! It's a privilege to come in every day and work on this game, even when it's on the little details. Thanks for reading!


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This summer I did something that would change my life forever, I attended MDA summer camp, so for those of you who don't know what MDA is it stands for the (Muscular Dystrophy Association). We were responsible for one camper during the whole week and there were over one hundred campers we had to turn in our phones for our week, and this was my first time ever doing this so everything was new to me. I went there hoping to change some childs life, but I soon realized that they were the ones changing mine. To make a long story short one night we were in the cabin and one of the campers couldn't sleep so I went to sit with her on her bed and talk to her she was telling me a little bit about herself and her disease, she told me she had SMA and that is spinal muscular dystrophy during this time she told me that her life expectancy was 15 but that it was okay because she was only nine and she still had time to make a difference, after crying I realized that I had to help in some way. That's when I decided that I wanted to be a pediatrician to kids who have MD. So to answer your question, if I could get paid to do anything I would want to find a cure for SMA/MDA. Another big goal of mine would be to make the equipment and the medicine that families have to buy for their children would be free. I feel as if its hard enough to know your child has a death sentence, let alone know that you owe hundreds of thousands of dollars. Another thing I would do is build more camps around America so kids who don't like in Michigan or Ohio had the chance to go and feel like a normal kid for a week, and feel like no one cared that they were in a wheelchair, but be with people who are willing to look past this. I know these are both big goals but I think if I could accomplish these three things it would change the world and I know that its a big goal but I will fight until my last day to find a cure for Muscular Dystrophy.


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A couple of months ago I bought a new bike, a mountain bike, specifically a Scott Scale 40, 2006 model (link to 2007 model). It's fantastic, absolutely fantastic. It has a very nice frame, excellent suspended Fox 32 F100RL fork and great gears from Shimano. All in all a fantastic new toy.
Throughout the years I have tried lots of different sports, I play or have played football, badminton and tennis; I have swum, kayaked, gone to the gym and I still regularly run. To me the key thing across all of these is that I have to have fun doing them. If not I just can't get myself out the door. And riding my new bike is so much fun! Don't get me wrong, it's hard (we are talking "having to stop and catch your breath and fight the urge to through up" kind of hard) but fun – that's the beauty of it.
Just to underline, I had a trip a few weeks back where I spent a couple of hours beating myself up on the bike in the forest and had my first crash, rode through my first pool of mud and almost ran in to a deer! How great is that!
And all the time I had fun and although I was in the middle of a lot of work and had my head full of too many things I totally 'forgot' it all for a couple of hours. The trip actually took place the day before I went to a potential client to present an important proposal. And finally we are closing in on the point of this post – yes there was one, right from the start – the clearing of heads.
I believe that clearing your head is one of the most important things you can do. I believe that letting everything go for a while is one of the healthiest things there is. To walk away from an obstacle when having stared at it long enough. If you have been digging in to a problem and simply can't seem to find a solution; let it go; think about something else and come back later – more times than not this will help. I now it does for me.
Now for this to work your head needs to be cleared as much as possible and right now my bike does that for me. How you do it is up to you – go clear your head!
When you work with BizTalk, you work with XML, and when you work with XML, you are bound to run in to the need to do simple queries against an XML file. The answer of course is XPath queries; essentially just a matter of indicating a path through an XML file leading to a specific element – or set of elements – you want to extract.
As is the case – again when working with BizTalk – these files will typically have one or several namespaces. I created two very similar XML files for the sample (full links to all files are found at the end of the post). The files are invoices and have a standard items loop with some references at the item level that I will be accessing. In overview the files look like the following.
What I want is to find the value of the reference to the order number for the first Item. That is the value of the ReferenceValue element when the sibling ReferenceType element has a value of 'OrderNumber'. XML with one namespace
1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
2 <ns0:Invoice xmlns:ns0="http://XPathTest/Schemas/Invoice">
3 <Items>
4 <Item>
5 <Reference>
6 <ReferenceType>OrderNumber</ReferenceType>
7 <ReferenceValue>1</ReferenceValue>
8 </Reference>
9 <Reference>
10 <ReferenceType>DeliveryNoteNumber</ReferenceType>
11 <ReferenceValue>1</ReferenceValue>
12 </Reference>
13 </Item>
14 .
15 .
For our file with one namespace this is quite simple as XPath assumes all elements in our query are from the default namespace – because nothing else is expressed. Therefore we only have to include the name of the elements in our query which ends up looking like the following.
I am applying two different filters; the index filter to get the first Item element out of a number of repeating elements and a value filter to get the Reference element where the child ReferenceType element has a specific value.With two namespaces
4 <ns2:Item xmlns:ns2="http://XPathTest/Schemas/Item">
5 <ns2:Reference>
6 <ns2:ReferenceType>OrderNumber</ns2:ReferenceType>
7 <ns2:ReferenceValue>1</ns2:ReferenceValue>
8 </ns2:Reference>
9 <ns2:Reference>
10 <ns2:ReferenceType>DeliveryNoteNumber</ns2:ReferenceType>
11 <ns2:ReferenceValue>1</ns2:ReferenceValue>
12 </ns2:Reference>
13 </ns2:Item>
For our file with two namespaces we have to indicate the namespaces for all the elements not found in the default namespace of the file which strongly affects the readability as can be seen from the resulting query. (Where I have added line brakes for readability only)
1 //Items
2 /*[local-name()='Item' and namespace-uri() ='http://XPathTest/Schemas/Item'][1]
3 /*[local-name()='Reference' and namespace-uri() ='http://XPathTest/Schemas/Item']
4 /*[local-name()='ReferenceType' and namespace-uri() ='http://XPathTest/Schemas/Item' and .= 'OrderNumber']
5 /..
6 /*[local-name()='ReferenceValue' and namespace-uri() ='http://XPathTest/Schemas/Item']
2. The index filter is applied in the same way as with the file with one namespace.
2. The index filter is applied in the same way as with the file with one namespace.
4. For the file with one namespace we applied the value filter at the level of the Reference element where we could indicate we only wanted that element when the child called ReferenceType had a specific value.For the file with two namespaces we have to move down to the actual ReferenceType element and indicate we only want that element when it has a specific value.
4. For the file with one namespace we applied the value filter at the level of the Reference element where we could indicate we only wanted that element when the child called ReferenceType had a specific value.For the file with two namespaces we have to move down to the actual ReferenceType element and indicate we only want that element when it has a specific value.
5. Then we move back up to the parent of the – the Reference element.
5. Then we move back up to the parent of the – the Reference element.
6. Because we really want to move back down to the ReferenceValue element – which is want we wanted to find.
6. Because we really want to move back down to the ReferenceValue element – which is want we wanted to find.
If you want to grab the files and test for yourself:
File with one namespace
File with two namespaces
Text file with the two XPath queries
Safely back from the SOA and BPM Conference in Seattle with a head full of new ideas and still tired from jet lag, this is just a quick post to summarize the conference and show some of the promised pictures.
As expected it was a great conference with lots of good sessions. After a first day, full of high level keynotes giving a good preview of Microsoft's visions for the future on several aspects of the SOA world, it all got a bit more technical on the following days.
I saw an excellent session deep diving into the new WCF adapters for BizTalk Server 2006 R2. It was hosted by Aaron Skonnard and although it was on fast forward – an hour really isn't much to go through WCF and the new adapter framework – it gave a good impression on how it will make BizTalk an even better backbone for a service oriented solution. The easy exposing of services through WCF combined with the strength of the technology together with BizTalk seems a really nice approach to inter service communication. I will try to post a little further on this in the coming weeks.
Another great session was on testing BizTalk solutions, held by Darren Jefford, one of the writers of the book, Professional BizTalk Server 2006. The session was really a walkthrough of best practices, and most of it can be found in that very book. It is always nice to have things repeated though and especially when it is something you just need to know on a subject most of us probably neglect – testing.
Finally there were two sessions on the ESB guidance by Marty Wasznicky. I think I have already used 'fast forward' in this post, but that's ok because the term really doesn't begin to describe these two sessions. In the first one Marty had just gotten the final build of the guidance and did a complete install as a demo including running a couple of the included samples. I really must say they have gone a long way from the earlier CTP builds I have looked at and I am looking forward to getting my hands on this final build and installing it on my machine – another thing there will probably be further postings on in the future.
Finally I just wanted to include one last picture, actually from the conference of '06 and not this year. Take a look at the guys computer – I really like the picture.
Anyway, go grab them.
After spending a couple of days sightseeing in the Seattle area (sorry no pictures yet – didn't bring the cable for my digital) and desperately trying to adjust to the time difference (sorry no luck there either, still waking up at 5 in the morning) the conference was finally kicked of yesterday.
One day down of the most important thing to come out of it is Microsoft's announcement of their vision for the future around working with SOA and services in general.
They call it Oslo and more than just being a name for a new product it is an overall vision for the next wave of products with the promise to help us cross lots of the boundaries we meet when implementing solutions today. They want to help us solve the problems we all have when we find us selves' communication with other trading partners or even other departments within our own company. They want to help us break out of the silos which today too often stand in the way of truly cooperating towards the better solution.
They will deliver new unified ways of working together all the way from modeling our services across requirement gathering, specifications, designing, implementing and deploying. For this they will launch an all new tool actually demoed in the key note, called Universal Editor – a just about broad enough name. The tool will allow people involved in a project to work together on modeling the new solution indifferent of their unique approach – as it is a universal editor. All the time working on the same base of data and information stored in a new repository they will also be launching.
All in all, in spite of the very early and overall introduction to their visions it promises well for the future.
ISB (Internet Service Bus)Another heavily discussed topic of the day was the ISB – the Internet Service Bus – which will bring the good ideas and loosely build architecture of the ESB to the internet. Extending the values gained from the ESB all the way to the external trading partners.
For simplicity the ISB can be seen as a hosted ESB, allowing for 'everybody' to utilize it's publish/subscribe capabilities to expose and consume services. From the start Microsoft will host an ISB and it is actually their approach that smaller companies can communicate across this – how ever there is no reason why others shouldn't host their own, a thing that in my mind is probably more likely to happen.
Finally Microsoft also launched their all new SOA website this morning.
I am Excited! I am sitting in the Copenhagen Airport feeling a little strange after a very overpriced spaghetti bolognaise, looking at a good eleven hours flight ahead of me – and still I am exited!
I am heading to the Microsoft SOA and Business Process Conference, held by the BizTalk team, right there on the Microsoft campus in Redmond. I was lucky enough to attend the same conference last year and it was great.
There were a lot of really good speakers talking about interesting things that they actually knew something about. A fine mix between sessions with business, architect and developer approaches to the world of service oriented solutions and process management. And I even got to see a couple of quite deep technical ones as well. Another overall thing I liked about the conference was that all the speakers had a realistic and practical approach to what service orientation is and how it can be utilized. No sales talk – at least not too much – and no "SOA is the answer to all the questions you can come up with".
And the conference was the first time I heard (I think this goes for most people) about the ESB guidance from Microsoft – I saw two excellent presentations on it given by Marty Wasznicky and Richard Seroter the masterminds behind the project. I think it is safe to say that even though the solution behind the guidance is big and quite a mouthful it contains so many good ideas and approaches that there should be something in there for everybody working with BizTalk solutions at a certain level.
Anyway I am heading back to the conference again this year and am really excited to be going. And although I admit that I due to quite a heavy workload in the last couple of weeks haven't looked as much at the agenda and sessions, I know that there will be a lot of good stuff this year as well.
I hope to be posting throughout the conference so come back anytime for an update.
My name is Troels Riisbrich Underlien. I am an IT Consultant / Developer / Trainer / Microsoft BizTalk 2006 Technology Specialist (if you look at my Microsoft certifications) / Solution Architect – call me what you like – I work in IT.
At the end of the day I am a geek, I drink Coca Cola, the reel kind, not the diet stuff, I get lost in technicalities and like to. Obviously it is important to add that a geek is a positive thing in my world (as it would have to be). A geek to me is someone who knows his trade and is good at it – someone who is passionate about what he does; passionate in general.
One of the most important things in life is passion – together with excitement; the ability to get excited about everything in life, even the small things. Appreciate both wherever you come across them. Behind these two is the craving for knowledge and expanding your horizon. Oh, and the existence of geeks is in no way limited to my line of work – we are everywhere.
I work at Vertica which I founded with a couple of friends in 2001 right when the .com rollercoaster ride was coming to an end, the IT World and entire trade was under pressure and companies were closing around us at a dizzying speed.
Coming from one of these companies we started Vertica with a simple – fell free to add naive – mindset; to actually deliver what the customers needed; deliver true value; solve real problems – and have fun doing it.
Vertica is a solution provider within the Microsoft world. We focus primarily on Commerce, Application / Business Integration and Process Management Solutions. Personally I am involved in the integration and process management parts as the leader of the team handling those solutions.
I want to work with exiting and passionate people – the two abilities again. I want to know my colleagues beyond "hello" in the morning. I want to be challenged by them and by the tasks given to me. I want to learn and expand my horizon – also outside the technical world. And I want to feel as if I am making a difference to the customers. We do our best to make Vertica a place where these statements can be met and I try to do it every day myself.
This is not an easy task – at any level. For the company it basically requires the right people to start with; secondly to work towards a matching united mindset. Personally it requires a certain attitude from me; an approach to everything I do and towards my colleagues and customers. It's a tough one – but I believe we are getting there.
Enough about me and my world for now – I hope that you have gotten some impression of both and I hope you will be coming back. I will be writing about technicalities, yes; BizTalk, yes; but also about all sorts of other things – I really can't say what will excite me enough tomorrow or next week that I will post it here.
So you really have to come back to find out – 'till then, go get exited!


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One thing that the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) development community has aplenty is choice. Want a free, open source AJAX framework? We have (alphabetically) Dojo, Ext, Google Web Toolkit, jQuery, MooTools, OpenRico, Prototype, Scriptaculous, and the Yahoo User Interface Library, and frankly they're all pretty good. There are hundreds more, but unfortunately I can't keep up with them all.
Want an enterprise AJAX solution and don't mind paying for it? We have Backbase, Bindows, Icefaces, Isomorphic SmartClient, JackBe, Nexaweb, and probably many more that I don't know about or didn't think to include. Want to hedge your bets? Almost all of these vendors offer a stripped-down community edition or a free open source license as an alternative to a fully supported offering with enterprise-level features.
(Survey the many options for bringing bling to browsers. See the Test Center's guide to rich Web app dev tools and comparative review of open source AJAX toolkits.)
The question is, with so many terrific open source AJAX tools, why spend good money for a so-called enterprise solution? I had some preconceived notions about what the answers would be, but I decided to go out and ask other people about it, both vendors and developers. I'll tell you what they said, and what I think now that I've talked to them.
Defining Enterprise
One vendor executive, Ran Meriaz, president of MB Technologies, which makes Bindows, came back with a flowchart for selection. It boils down to two basic choices: First, do you want pure AJAX? If not, then look at other RIA (rich Internet application) technologies (such as Adobe Flex, Adobe AIR, Curl, and Microsoft Silverlight), since you can get additional capabilities and higher performance if you're willing to use plug-ins.
Second, are you building an enterprise application? If so, then look for a robust, enterprise-strength, object-oriented framework. If not, seek a solution based on JavaScript with individual AJAX components or small, lightweight AJAX libraries.
Now, the crux of his decision tree is the definition of "enterprise." Meriaz supplied some characteristics of an enterprise-strength framework. As you might expect, he specified a complete, extendable components library. I agree: If you're going to pay for an enterprise AJAX solution, it should do every common thing you need out of the box, and it should allow you to meet any special requirements of your own without going outside the framework. Open source solutions tend to focus on one area or another, at the whim of the developers.
Meriaz also asked for handicapped accessibility, in the form of adherence to Section 508. This is a worthy goal, although I'm not convinced that it's an absolute requirement for all enterprise applications.
He specified vector graphics, charting, animations, and layers. Those certainly can jazz up a site, but I wonder: How many sites really need all that? I'd consider this optional, but a big bonus.
Meriaz asked for internationalization and localization. That's a must only for sites that aren't limited to a single language and country.
(Read the Test Center's reviews and screencast demos of Dojo, Ext, Google Web Toolkit, jQuery, MooTools, Prototype and Scriptaculous, and Yahoo User Interface Library.)
Security? I agree absolutely, but I think that it's so important that you should require it of every software component you use and every piece of code you write. Not every open source library has undergone a full security review, although some have. The enterprise-class products usually have, since the vendors expect customers to care about security.
Meriaz mentioned pace of development, meaning documentation, tools, and support. These are often, but not always, clear differentiators between open source projects and commercial solutions. I demand support from a commercial product, and I'm willing to pay for it because of the development time saved, and because providing it costs the vendor real money. I expect commercial documentation to be complete, up-to-date, and well-organized, although I'm often disappointed; I expect open source documentation to be cursory and an afterthought, although I'm sometimes pleasantly surprised. Tools that truly speed up development are worth paying for, although they're often available gratis.
Before I started researching this article, I had a preconceived notion that one of the distinguishing features of enterprise AJAX would be support for various servers in addition to the client libraries. Several of the enterprise AJAX packages do have extra support for specific server frameworks: For example, Backbase has additional support for JSF, Spring, JSP/Struts, and Java Data Services. On further thought, however, this isn't necessarily the case: Once you have a robust asynchronous callback mechanism, a flexible data format (such as XML or JSON), and support for the data format on both the client and server, you don't absolutely require special support for any given server built into the client.


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Date: 1999
Producing Correct Software
I have a strong conviction that the engineering community and the software development community are equally in the dark when it comes to software testing and evaluation (T/E). Nobody knows how to do it, so nobody requires it; since nobody requires it, nobody does it; since nobody does it, nobody knows how to do it; since nobody knows how to do it...[Green and Keys, 1987].
It is of concern that as we get into more and more complex software development and applications (e.g. advanced/autonomous traffic control strategies) that both the current philosophies of software development and software T/E must change or we in the highway business could potentially have our own Cali and Guam crashes (the August 1996 fatal airline crash in Cali, Columbia caused in part by software deficiencies and the August 1997 airline crash in Guam most probably caused by a failure in air traffic control software). New programming techniques and new chip manufacturing--advancements of OOPS, intelligent software and the coming "systems-on-a-chip" [in the next generation of systems chips most circuit nodes will be inaccessible from the outside and will therefore be untestable. Built in self-test will be heavily relied on. If you don't design it right before you build it you are in big trouble.]--will change software development and drastically complicate software T/E.
As a very preliminary step in addressing this problem, a draft document on PRODUCING CORRECT SOFTWARE has been prepared. The purpose of this communication is not to present an official document, but to share a work in process and to solicit advice. It is the intention of the Development Team to produce a quality product that will truly be of value to those developing and testing software. Thus I encourage you to critically review this incomplete draft document and provide any suggestions for improvement and expansion. We want to hear the bad news as well as the good so that we can improve this document.
It will be impossible to respond directly to every comment, but be assured that every comment will be reviewed and given the consideration it deserves. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
James A. Wentworth
This web page accomplishes the following:
More detailed information about techniques introduced here will appear later in subdocuments linked to this document.Introduction
Software development is a relatively new activity being utilized by an ancient profession. Construction and roadway engineering began in prehistoric times, and over time the industry has raised the standards in design, construction, and the documentation of practice. Through modernizing and improving design, construction, and maintenance, new approaches and technologies have been incorporated into civil engineering practice. Many of the new tools and technologies did not initially achieve the levels of reliability and standardization that the civil engineering profession demanded. Regrettably, software development and computer programs fall into this category.
Software planning and development should emulate construction project planning, design, and construction, integrating testing and evaluation. The end result will be more reliable software and more reliable transportation systems.
Software developers must use tools for improving software and catching design problems at an early stage of the software development life cycle, when fixing those problems is relatively cheap and easy. These tools must be easy to use for both the engineer responsible for software development and for the software developer. The software should not be designed for just those individuals with unusual mathematical training.
In traditional software engineering, developers claim that testing is an integral part of the design and development process. However, as programming techniques become more and more advanced and complex, there is little consensus on what testing is necessary or how to perform it. Furthermore, many of the procedures that have been developed for verification and validation (V&V) are so poorly documented that only the originator can reproduce the procedures. The complexity and uncertainty of these procedures has led to the inadequate testing of software systems (even operational systems). As software becomes more complex, it becomes more difficult to produce correct software¾ and the penalties for errors will increase.
Definition of Software Correctness
This document is an introduction to some techniques for producing correct software. Correct software must accomplish the following:
These goals will be referred to collectively as "software correctness," and achieving these goals will be referred to as "achieving correctness (in software)" or as the "correctness problem."
Common Elements for All Correctness Problems
As with other designed objects, having completely reliable computer software is not possible with current technology. However, there are some techniques that engineers in other areas use to increase reliability in general, which appear likely to increase software reliability:
Most current software standards have focused on management and work on software projects rather than focusing on whether the software will work safely and reliably. Management and work standards are valuable, but these standards by themselves do not guarantee correct software for the following reasons:
Therefore, software developers need to accomplish the following:
These topics are presented in subpages:
Topics: Research, operations.
Keywords: Research, operations, software development, validation.
TRT Terms: Research, operations, Information organization, Information management, Data processing, Software, validation.
Updated: 03/08/2016


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Couples with above-average generosity in their marriages reported that they were five times more likely to be 'very happy' in their relationship, according to a new study.
A fulfilling sex life ranked as the single biggest indicator of whether married couples were happy, but high levels of generosity also contributed to good times in the bedroom. This means generosity could be a key to sexual satisfaction and general happiness.
Generosity could be the biggest key to a happy marriage (but sex is still really important, too)
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Payment Overview
Netaxept provides payment services for your merchant in 4 steps that involves the merchant's customer and Nets as a payment provider:
1) Once the customer has checked out the order, the merchant must register the order at Nets (the payment provider). By issuing a registration command together with the Merchant ID, Nets will accept and store this payment registration, and reply back to the merchant with a transaction ID that refers to this registration.
2a) Either: The merchant puts this transaction ID in a web form and displays the form to the customer. The web form is set to submit the customer to a URL at Nets, where the customer will enter payment information and authenticate themselves at Verified by Visa / MasterCard Securecode.
2b) Or: The merchant collects the customer's payment info, and forwards this information to Nets. Nets will forward the customer to Verified by Visa / MasterCard Securecode for authentication.
3) Once payment information is validated at Nets, the customer is redirected back to the merchant with a payment status.
4) The merchant processes the actual payment by reserving or capturing the order amount with a process command to the payment provider. The processing command will be matched with the previous registration, and both need to receive a OK status in order for the payment to be processed. Whether the payment was processed with status OK or not, a reply is sent back to the merchant, enabling the merchant to send a "Thank you" or an "Error message" to the customer.
Netaxept provides these payment services to the merchant with no proprietary software installed on your server. Netaxept gives you the option of two standardized communication methods in order to access the payment services commands described in the 4 steps above.
REST (Representational State Transfer) or Web Services
Using REST, the merchant can call the Register webpage, the Process webpage, or a Query webpage (to check status) at Nets in order to perform the 4 steps above. The reply from all webpages is XML, enabling the payment provider to send back more than one line of information to the merchant.
Using Web Services the merchant will be able to remotely access the payment provider commands by downloading and installing 2 WSDL files (test and production). A WSDL file will let your Web Services know which payment processing commands are supported in Netaxept.
Netaxept provides 3 ways of getting the payment info (like a card number) from the merchant's customer.
Service type Nets hosted:Nets, and not the merchant, provides the webpage for the customer to enter a card number (or other payment method). This will free the merchant for PCI requirements (se below) that is otherwise required. Although the webpage is at at Nets, the merchant's logo and the merchant's order description is still displayed on the webpage.
Service type Merchant Hosted:
The mechant collects the customer's card information from the merchant's webpage, and posts the card number through HTTPS to Nets during the payment dialog. The merchant will have complete control of the layout of such a webpage, but has to implement the merchant solution according to the PCI requirements. The merchant is not allowed to save the card number.
Service type Callcenter:
If the merchant provides a solution for accepting the customers card by phone, the merchant would normally have an operator that enters the card number in the payment dialog on behalf of the customer. 3D Secure autentication is disabled, since the merchant is not allowed to ask for the customer's 3D Secure password. The merchant needs to have a special agreement with their Aqcuirer in order to use this service type. The merchant operator can enter the customer's card number at a Nets webpage, or at the merchant's own web page if the merchant meets the PCI requirements.
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a standard created by the card companies that requires the merchants and the payment providers (like Nets) and the acquirers (that the merchants have payment agreements with), to implement solutions that will secure and safeguard the customer's card information during a payment transaction, and when saved in a database. Such a solution will be validated at least yearly by external inspectors, at the costs of the ones hosting the solution. In order for the merchants to save costs, it is recommended to use a Nets hosted service type (se above) to minimize the requirement for PCI.
Recurring Payment
Merchants have the option (based on agreement with Acquirer) to perform repeating payment of Card holder, without any Card holder interaction after the initial payment. After the initial payment, the payment provider will make a hash of the card number, and store the hash. The Merchant will also be given the hash, and can use this hash in future payments to charge the card holder, without the need for card Holder interaction. The payment provider will map any hash with the actual card number during a following payment in a secure way in accordance with PCI.
Merchants have the option (based on agreement with Acquirer) to store a hash of the customer's card number. With a hash present at the merchant, the customer only have to enter the security code on backside of the payment card (3 to 4 digits) to complete the payment. This payment option is called EasyPayment. The first time the customer visits the merchant, normal payment must be completed, including entering the card number and authenticate himself/herself at 3D Secure. If this payment completes OK, the merchant is given a hash from Netaxept that represent the customer's payment information. Next time the customer visits the merchant, the merchant will use this hash, and the customer will only have to enter the security code in order to complete the purchase. Merchants using EasyPayment do not have to be PCI compliant.
In order for Netaxept to return a card number hash, the Register command must include the Recurring type = "S" in the Reccuring section. This will create a hash without any limits on time periode and frequency that a regular recurring agreement requires (Recurring type = "R").
It is also possible to create a hash the first time without any purchase from the customer if you set the UpdateStoredPaymentInfo = "True" in the Register command. This is an alternative to Recurring type = "S" which requires an initial purchase from the customer. You can find more information about these parameters under API and Register.
Depending on you agreement with your acquirer you may or may not have to ask the customer for the CVC code for each transaction. EasyPayment supports both variants. Certain industries (mostly travel related) have an excemption from using the CVC code. Please consult your acquirer for further info.
Please be advised that EasyPayment without entering CVC code for subsequent transactions does not work with Dankort due to technical restrictions. If implementing this functionality for Dankort you need to follow the instructions for Recurring Payments which gives the same user experience and functionality
If you are a PCI compliant merchant, you can start a "First time Payment" with Register using ServiceType=M and host input fields collecting card data at mechant site.
Direct banks
The configuration of direct banks is done by via Netaxept admin (Options -> Agreement). Supporting a direct bank requires that the merchant has an agreement with each particular bank. The bank will in turn issue credentials which Netaxept uses to configure a merchant for this bank. The number of credentials varies – between 1 and 3, and the terminology also varies. In any case, the merchant needs to manually add this information in Netaxept admin, or ask the customer support for help.
For more information about integrating with direct banks, go to the full description of the integration process.


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Gi$elle made how much?
It pays to be pretty. Duh, right?
It's not like we haven't known that since we were 10-years-old. Even then, we knew the people who had better looks than us got treated better.
Trust me, I know because I was an overweight kid with red hair who wore black horn rimmed glasses growing up in Canandaigua. Kind of a younger version of Ronald McDonald! Girls really dug that look.
I'm having this flashback after looking at Forbes list of the highest paid models in the last year. And the winner (not surprisingly) is Giselle Bundchen, who added $47 million to her clutch, or Louie, or Michael Koors bag, or whatever high priced bag she carries her loot in. I'm sure she has a nice collection of bags to carry her jewelry she's wearing above.
If that makes you spit up your latte, just for perspective, here's what some other high profile models made for lookin' pretty:
Kate Moss $ 8 million
Kate Upton $ 8 million
Yes, those 2 beauties made approximately $39 million less than Giselle. And let's remember that she is married to pretty boy football quarterback Tom Brady, who makes about $20 million for playing a game. Nice to see a woman who is carrying her man. I'm sure he won't complain after coming home to the supermodel tonight.
Just another reason for Buffalo Bills fans to hate Brady.
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In seaport towns, where the people depend on the water for their living, the celebration has much pomp and elaborateness.
In the delicacy and elaborateness of its ornament it is the most splendid church in Italy.
It is also famous for dresses and diamonds, and wonderful is the elaborateness of millinery, gowns and jewels.
In elaborateness the circular follows close on the catalogue, and it has quite as wide if not a wider field.
The tomb of the Duchess Margaret herself is a lofty canopy of marble incrustations, the elaborateness of which no words can tell.
The elaborateness or the perfection of the moral development in any given instance can do nothing to break down this distinction.
This elaborateness of preparation had its share in producing the intense vividness of Parkman's descriptions.
He had much dignity, force, and elaborateness of costume, and stood quite by himself.
The number of dishes depends upon the simplicity or elaborateness of the method of living and the size of the family.
The size and elaborateness of this and consequently its cost depends entirely upon the owner's needs and wishes.
1590s, "produced by labor," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare "to exert oneself" (see elaboration). Meaning "very detailed" is from 1620s.
c.1600, "to build up from simple elements," from Latin elaboratus, past participle of elaborare (see elaboration). Meaning "to work out in detail" is attested from 1610s. Related: Elaborated; elaborating.


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Ben Howard saves the damsel in distress ;)
posted Sunday, February, 3rd 2013, 3:54pm
I've never posted on here but you seem pretty artsy and probably read the Straight so here goes nothing.. I met you on the Seabus after that strange guy kept chatting me up. You were super cute in your grey hat, with a lip ring and nice smile. We talked about Ben Howard (I'll have to check him out) and I wanted to ask your name but then we parted ways. Maybe we can grab a coffee sometime?
When: Sunday, February, 3 2013
Where: On the Seabus


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What a difference a month makes! Last month, I thought the economy is going to dip into a recession in the face of the sequester and the double whammy tax hikes of payroll tax cut expiration that is hitting the poor and the new higher marginal tax rates on the rich. I have watched in amazement good economic numbers rolling in day after day culminating with a spectacular jobs report on Friday. While the numbers coming in are still slightly worse than they were at the same time last year, the economy is showing surprising strength in the face of government austerity. I was expecting numbers that would break hard to the downside, but that hasn't happened. Republicans would argue that austerity is what is driving growth, but austerity experiments in European countries have proven that theory to be a bit of a hoax. Companies in the S&P 500 paid out a record $281.5 billion in dividends in 2012, up 17% from 2011 for a net change of $48 billion. That roughly equals the $50 billion amount of the actual sequester cuts, which will take place after March 1. Maybe the massive dividend payments and stock buybacks in late 2012 are providing a private sector stimulus that offsets government austerity in ways that nobody saw coming.
Let's review the economic numbers in January:
The picture looks decidedly more favorable than the one presented in January. Leading indicators Consumer Confidence and Consumer Sentiment are higher on a year-over-year and month-over-month basis. A bit surprising given sequestration and tax hikes, both absent in 2012. PMI Manufacturing numbers are better on both accounts and PMI Non-Manufacturing while less than in 2012 is still registering a very strong print of 56 (well into expansion territory).
Source: Macrochart.com
Importantly, total employment level is up by a million and a half and February 2012 saw a net positive over 640 thousand unadjusted jobs only slightly less than the 740K of last year. Perhaps the most surprising is the 246K private payrolls number, easily the best print over the last 12 months. The real economy is creating jobs and a lot of them! The unemployment rate is down, the best in quite some time. Job cuts are up but that only reflects large corporations (no surprise there). Housing is off the charts compared to last year and motor vehicle sales are keeping up the pace strengthening the consumer resilience story seen in other indicators. The manufacturing picture is a bit mixed at the regional level, probably reflecting weather-related issues such as Hurricane Sandy and Winter Storm Nemo. In addition, trucking tonnage (one of my favorite eclectic indicators) is surprisingly and decidedly up on seasonally adjusted and non-adjusted basis:
Source: Macrochart.com
The seasonally adjusted numbers are off the charts. It should not be surprising that the Dow Transports (NYSEARCA:IYT) are doing so well in light of these numbers. Overall, given the expectations, the economic picture is not bad at all. If the numbers keep up into March, we are looking at a GDP print similar to last year, roughly around 1.5%. The 2012 Q4 GDP is now revised up into positive territory, so maybe we won't fall into a recession after all!
Portfolio Adjustments
So what does this mean for my portfolio allocations? I was able to make some small profits on my SDS holdings in the middle of February during the 40-point drawdown of the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY). I was able to book some very nice profits in my volatility longs (NYSEARCA:UVXY) as well. Those two trades ironically brought my portfolio up 6-7% to roughly match the SPY's record this year. However, the strength of the resulting up move and the trucking tonnage print convinced me to get out quickly while the trades were positive. I am currently about 20% long and haven't really added to my long positions. Historically, March and April are the market's best months as the 401(k) distributions roll in and they get allocated automatically to mutual funds and ETFs that end up purchasing stocks thus inflating the market. I am thinking about adding 20% and riding the wave until mid April. However, I would not be surprised if the market decides to correct now that people like me are feeling better. In any case, the chances for a 30% correction this year are almost nil. Even the chances for 10% correction have been greatly reduced. Headline risk is lower as negotiations on any government cliffs have been postponed until September. If the private sector continues to grow at the current pace that will offset any government cuts and the market then looks fairly valued as opposed to overvalued. There are still a lot of bargains out there - technology (NYSEARCA:XLK) and banking (NYSEARCA:XLF) come to mind. The only really troubling story I can find is the erosion in corporate earnings as measured by operating earnings. You can read more on that in Lawrence Fuller's article here. However, the ongoing bloodbath in commodities may provide the padding corporate earnings need. One clear recommendation I can make here is going long the US dollar. I think adding exposure to PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish (NYSEARCA:UUP) or even the PowerShares DB 3X Long U.S. Dollar Index ETN (NYSEARCA:UUPT) is a good portfolio move at this point. Ben Bernanke is not planning any additional QE and as the U.S. economy grows stronger, the greenback will grow stronger. And even if the market corrects the U.S. dollar will still be a beneficiary as the alternative risk-off trades such as the yen (NYSEARCA:FXY) and treasuries (NYSEARCA:TLT) have lost their luster.
Disclosure: I am long UUPT. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Ben Stein Asserts That "A Lot Of" Unemployed "Would Not Prefer To Go To Work"
Gasparino: "You Do Wonder ... If It's An Embarassment Now To Stay On Unemployment For 99 Weeks"
From the April 30 edition of Fox News' Cavuto On Business:
Limbaugh: "Do You Know Any Low-Income People Who Want To Get A Better Job? ... Do They Even Want To Work?" [1]
Beck: Unemployed workers who do not take lower paying jobs have "sold their soul" and "their pride" to the government [2]
Right-wing media renew assault on unemployment insurance [3]
Rush tells unemployed caller his "life is being destroyed' by extended unemployment benefits [4]
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- Economy [5], Jobs, Wages, & Unemployment [6]
- Network/Outlet
- Fox News Channel [7]
- Person
- Ben Stein [8], Charlie Gasparino [9]
- Show/Publication
- Cavuto on Business [10]