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When considering contenders for the next Liga MX title, it's safe to start with the usuals. For as much craziness, disguised under the parity label, as this league presents, title challenges and eventual trophies normally end up in the hands of the power teams.
This season is wide open. The Monterrey teams are the clear favorites. Tigres have the most stacked roster and Rayados are playing the best at the moment. America, Leon, Pachuca, and Cruz Azul (gulp) all look capable of making a run. Even Santos Laguna appear to have climbed out of the post-title hangover that weighed them down last season. We could get in to Toluca and Pumas who have the talent to compete for a title but are also busy with Copa Libertadores.
All of those teams have at least a shot at the trophy, but there aren't even enough Liguilla spots for this group. Yet, I'd say there is a distinct chance that one of the last teams that may come to mind when thinking of titles has a solid chance of pulling off the unthinkable this time around.
Puebla isn't a power in Mexican soccer. Puebla isn't even a middling team. There's a case to be made that they've been one of the most dysfunctional teams in Mexico for years. They've had trouble fielding a respectable squad. They've had issues paying their players. They've flirted with relegation time and time again. Puebla has been an absolute mess.
The current iteration of this team bears little resemblance to these descriptors. The path from pushovers to respectability follows a similar path trod many times before. A team facing relegation retools with increased desperation. This new team with more investment in the squad increases their level of play through their boost in talent and the necessity of warding off the stink of failure.
Normally, this is only a temporary bump. Once the threat of dropping dissipates and the safety of continued first division football becomes a reality, the spark that fired an entire roster is snuffed out. Not many teams looked stronger than Veracruz during their fight to avoid relegation. The Tiburones Rojos were, for a short period of time, one of the three or four best teams in the league. They aren't that now. With their safety secured, a roster that largely remained the same has never been the same.
It's the natural course of things.
Puebla has defied this regression. They are now playing at a consistently high level. This started with the relegation fight, continued on through their Copa MX run, and spilled into this Clausura.
The root causes of this reluctance to fade are seemingly varied. The greatest of great teams cannot be successful without a legitimate scorer up top. Puebla have their true assassin on the front line in Matias Alustiza. The veteran forward continues to bang in the goals while drawing attention away from his running mates. Those running mates are often making great runs. Players such as David Toledo, Christian Valdez, and even Hobbit Bermudez have demonstrated the desire to be in the right place at the right time for this team.
That is probably the one thing that sticks out above the rest with Puebla. They play a strong team game. A look at the roster still reveals a typical Puebla type of grouping. Aging cast-offs mixed with plenty of loanees create a patchwork quilt of a team marked by the need to keep the budget at a workable level. To make this team work a strong manager is needed. Puebla certainly has that.
Argentine manager, Pablo Marini has Puebla playing an organized and strong approach week in and week out. His group is rarely out of position and plays as a cohesive unit that just works. The defensive structure is always solid. There isn't a ton of talent to work with defensively, but they play as a unit. Robert Herrera has been strong for them since coming from Uruguay. The loaned-out Guadalajara man, Pato Araujo has anchored the team well in the midfield and Cristian Campestrini has made some incredible saves in goal. Beyond that there is little to highlight. Puebla's defenders can be beaten. However, they are rarely out of position and can do well to frustrate potent Liga MX attacks. Marini must get enormous amounts of credit for what he has done with this squad.
The Copa Libertadores didn't work out for Puebla. Their Copa MX and SuperCopa win allowed them first stage entry to the illustrious South American tournament. Seemingly outclassed by the company they would be keeping in the tournament, their play didn't reflect this disparity. Matched with Racing of Argentina in the play-in series, they failed to advance to the group stage. There is little to be gained from this failure, but it was clear that they belonged on the same field. They failed to advance, but for large portions of the two-legged fixture, Puebla was the superior team.
With full focus now on the league, Puebla presents a tough match for every team on their schedule regardless of their position in the table.
Puebla aren't the favorites to win the title. It's possible that they won't even make the Liguilla. Yet, they have a legitimate chance at winning it all this season. This is truly saying something.
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Looking for reliable and affordable appliance repair or appliance service by a local BBB accredited company? You've found the right place! Not only are we licensed AND insured to work in both Nebraska and Iowa, but we've been providing service and repair for more than 20 years in this area. We don't charge "book prices" (which can be 2-3 times the actual labor cost for a service call) and we don't charge 4 times (or more) the cost of any parts needed to fix your appliance.
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The Lady of the Roses — Big slouchy bag, blue version
Based on The Lady of the Roses, who represents Virgo in our Zodiac Cats series. Wildly romantic and gently surreal. Fun to wear, this large bag is practical enough for everyday and striking enough to feel special. It's also got loads of pockets, so you can carry everything you need.
- Beautiful, individually-made print on front, sides and strap.
- Combined with a great quality, thick gilded cotton or linen.
- Zipped top for security, with large zipped pocket at the back.
- Great choice of prints and colours (see others listed separately).
- Great size:
- Width 38 cm – about 15 inches
- Height 32 cm – about 13 inches
- Depth 8 cm – about 3 inches
- Printed on sturdy cotton sateen and interfaced for strength and structure.
- Fully lined in a good quality black fabric.
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Stop using your mouse like a sucker. Get more out of Facebook and Twitter by learning their keyboard shortcuts.
It's something longtime computer users have known for years: keyboard shortcuts make everything faster. It's true for text editing Master These Universal Keyboard Shortcuts For Text Editing Master These Universal Keyboard Shortcuts For Text Editing After months of practicing, you have finally boosted your typing speed above that of a snail. You have finally got the hang of not looking at the keyboard for each character. You are no longer... Read More , it's true for using accent marks How To: Easy Keyboard Shortcuts For Accent Marks on Letters [Mac] How To: Easy Keyboard Shortcuts For Accent Marks on Letters [Mac] Read More and it's true for Gmail users Quickly Learn Gmail's Keyboard Shortcuts With KeyRocket For Gmail Quickly Learn Gmail's Keyboard Shortcuts With KeyRocket For Gmail Get the most out of Gmail by learning all of its keyboard shortcuts. With Keyrocket for Gmail you'll be shown a notification every time you use the mouse instead of a keyboard shortcut, helping you... Read More .
But it turns out these time-saving gestures can also help you with your time wasting, by turning you into the ultimate Facebook and Twitter ninja. Think about it: what if you could browse your Facebook news feed, like posts and leave comments all without touching your mouse? Or explore your Twitter timeline, mark favorites, leave replies and retweet posts the same way? Keep reading if you want to get the most out of Twitter and Facebook, because I'm going to explain the best keyboard shortcuts for both sites.
Scrolling Up And Down
Before we get into any other keyboard shortcuts, we need to cover the absolute basics: browsing by individual posts. Facebook and Twitter share a keyboard shortcut for this which is favored by sites all over the web: "J" for down, "K" for up. That's right, you can browse Facebook and Twitter one post at a time, all without moving your right hand from the home position.
Why not simply use the arrow keys? Because those just scroll up and down and don't conventionality skip between posts. Anyway: open up either site, right now, and try it. When you do you'll see a line to the left of the selected post on Facebook:
It's subtle, but you'll get used to looking for it.
The currently selected tweet is even more obvious on on Twitter, thanks to the blue highlight:
You can use these shortcuts on the home page of either service, but also while browsing the pages of individual users. It's important to get used to using "J" and "K" to scroll if you want to take advantage of any keyboard shortcuts that pertain to the currently selected post/tweet.
Speaking of: let's get to those.
Interacting With Posts
You now know how to navigate Facebook or Twitter using only the "J" and "K" keys. Let's get to actually interacting with the posts you're scrolling to – but note these shortcuts will only work if you're using J/K to flip between posts (this sites which post/tweet you intend to interact with).
The first thing to learn: replying. Whether you're leaving a comment on Facebook or sending a response on Twitter, the keyboard shortcut for replying is a single button. Facebook users can press "C" to leave a comment.
Twitter users, meanwhile, need only press "R" to send a @reply to any tweet:
Not in the mood to actually, like, type a reply? Facebook users can simply press "L" to Like a selected post. Leaving a trail of raised thumbs has never been simpler: just J/K through your timeline and press "L" when you see something you like. You don't even need to move your hand.
Twitter users have two choices: "F" to favorite a tweet and "T" to retweet. You'll see this take affect instantly:
Already you can explore, reply to, and otherwise interact with posts faster than ever before. Start using Facebook and Twitter this way and you'll wonder how you ever did otherwise.
Sending A Message
The keyboard shortcut for posting on Twitter is simple: just press "N" and the post window will show up:
Facebook doesn't have a dedicated shortcut for this, but if you use J/K to browse to the "Update Status" box you'll see it's selected:
Hit "Enter" and you'll be in the post box, ready to submit your inane rants to the world. Use responsibly.
Jumping From Page To Page
Here's where things get weird for Facebook users. You can use two keys, combined with a number, to jump between different Facebook pages – like the Home screen, or your personal timeline. What are these keys? It depends on your operating system and browser. Here's Facebook's list:
- Internet Explorer for PC: Alt + #, then Enter
- Firefox for PC: Shift + Alt + #
- Safari for Mac: Ctrl + Opt + #
- Firefox for Mac: Ctrl + Opt + #
- Chrome: Ctrl + Opt + #
So what are these numbers? You can read Facebook's official list, if you want, but to me the most useful things to know are that "1" gets you to the Facebook home page, "2" gets you to your personal timeline and "4" gets you to incoming messages.
Twitter makes things a little easier, in that the keyboard shortcuts for jumping from page to page are the same in every browser. You need only press "G" (for "Go"), followed by a one-letter shortcut for where you want to go. "G" followed by "C", for example, will take you to the "Connect" page.
"G" followed by "H" will take you back home; "G" followed by "D" will take you to the discover page. It's pretty easy to understand, and kind of makes you wonder what Facebook is thinking with its number system. Knowing both of these, however, is useful for any social networking enthusiast – with them you can explore the sites quickly.
Where To Find Full Lists
As I mentioned before, Facebook offers a complete list of Facebook keyboard shortcuts. Twitter makes things simpler – to see a full list of keyboard shortcuts you need only hit "?" while using the service:
Or, if you prefer, you can check out this social media shortcut inforgraphic. It outlines all the shortcuts above, along with some for Google Plus and YouTube. We've also got cheat sheets for Twitter or Facebook shortcuts, if you want to download a PDF outlining everything. Print them for a one-page summary.
I haven't outlined all the keyboard shortcuts here – just the ones I think are most useful. Think I missed something? Please, leave your favorites in the comments below. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
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Here's my question: Is there a way to submit an article post on FB using a shortcut key instead of clicking the "Share" button or whatever it says in the bottom right corner of the window? These mid-process windows (the ones where you choose who to share with and can write a comment above the linked article) often bleed off the bottom of my laptop screen, and no amount of down arrowing or attempts to reposition, reduce, or enlarge the window allow me to see the lower half. I was going to try shrinking my display magnification, but that involves shutting down the computer, which I'd rather not do since I'm in the middle of writing a post. (My eyesight is not good enough to keep the display on a tiny mag setting all the time.) I thought of tabbing my way to the button, but once the cursor goes out of sight, I lose track of how many stops it has to make before reaching the desired button. (I don't want to hit "cancel" by mistake.) Thank you in advance to anyone who has an answer to this. (I will submit my question to "MakeUseOf Answers", too.)
Productivity is the way to go. I also did not know about these keyboard shortcuts for social networking. I appreciate anything that helps me increase my efficiency and speed. Thank you!
cool stuff....thnx for sharing.....
Thanks, Justin! Another informative and useful article. I can trust you all to provide some of the best info on the 'net.
I thought I was good at shortcuts, but NO.
Never heard about the j, k or l shortcut in FB - cool.
About the "jumping" I can't get this to work :-(
Any insight on how I can get twitter to display posts in book order, instead of new on top order... e.g.
2- The End
1- In The Beginning
what/where is "opt" on the keyboard
The opt key is available on Mac system
Maybe I have too new of a timeline, but unless there's a secret I don't know about, these don't work on Chrome or Firefox. It's a shame - I love keyboard shortcuts.
Totally new to me... thanks for sharing! The shortcuts are really helpful!
Cool, didn't know there are keyboard shortcuts for Facebook and Twitter, this will make it easier since I use both social networks everyday! lol... Thanks for sharing! :)
It's funny how long I've had these services without knowing this stuff. Will have to give it a shot.
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Maple Leafs-Senators rivalry boils over
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators don't like each other.
But Saturday's edition of the Battle of Ontario featured some fights by players who rarely drop the gloves.
Ottawa's Sergei Gonchar got involved in a fight for the first time since November 1998, according to Hockeyfights.com, when he took on Toronto's Clarke MacArthur in the first period. MacArthur had one previous NHL fight.
RESULTS: Maple Leafs 3, Senators 1
But the more entertaining one was Toronto's Mikhail Grabovski vs. Chris Neil. Grabovski had no previous NHL fights while Neil is a noted tough guy.
He challenged Neil after the Senators shoved Carter Ashton while players watched Nick Foligno and Luke Schenn square off.
"I think the guys were fired up to say the least," Maple Leafs defenseman Mike Komisarek told the Canadian Press. "He did pretty well for himself to step in there and stand up for a teammate. That's what we're all about and I think every single guy went up to (Grabovski) at the end of the second to give him a pat on the back."
Both combatants were ejected from the game and Grabovski got an additional 10 minutes because he didn't have his jersey properly tied down and it came off during the fight.
The 25 penalty minutes more than double his total for the season.
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More than a week after the Thanksgiving fire that destroyed three homes and damaged others on West Fourth Street, members of the Sedalia community continue to help the affected families.
During the Thanksgiving fire incident, bottled water, Gatorade and sandwiches were served to firefighters and police officers at the scene, thanks to firefighter wives, neighbors, the Sedalia American Legion and Mayor Steve Galliher. Earlier this week the Democrat reported how State Fair Community College is assisting one of its students who lost everything in the fire. More citizens are continuing that giving streak.
"Our slogan is 'Repurposing people for Christ,' that's our mission is to help these people re-establish," said Pastor Scott Trowbridge, of The Gathering Church in Sedalia. "It's not about being in our four walls; we're about community. Over Thanksgiving we served all of our first responders — we didn't even get to the fire department until late that evening, of course, to serve those guys, but things like this is what our church is based on, trying to help reach in the community.
"This is one of the first times, we've been going since 2013, that we've really been able to do that. … That's our goal and mission is to get these people established and hopefully create a new community of people, so when something like this happens people stand up and help other citizens."
Members of The Gathering Church, along with Olive Branch Church members, have been planning a benefit event for the fire victims to be hosted Jan. 9 at a venue still to be determined. Trowbridge said they are working on contacting all the families, as the organizers would like for them to attend.
The event will include a chili cook-off, live and silent auctions, live entertainment and vendor booths. Trowbridge they are looking for help in a variety of ways.
"We're looking for people to donate items to the auctions as well as be participants in the chili cook-off," he said. "We're also looking for volunteers that want to help with setting it up, getting it out of there.
"… Some of the smaller businesses like pizza places and Subway are giving us plenty of little things to auction but we need some big items. Any corporate sponsorship would be awesome, if anyone would like to step up and help out that would be awesome as well."
Trowbridge said so far they have five vendors but are seeking more. The cost is $25 a table, and he said any donated proceeds back to the fundraiser "would be greatly appreciated as well."
He said the event's proceeds will be used to help the affected families pay bills and "get re-established," rather than hand over a large check.
"Anything over the top of (what we raise for the families), we're going to try to put into a fund in case something like this happens again, we could immediately help people right away. The meaning of this benefit is two-fold," Trowbridge said.
To volunteer, donate or for more information regarding the Jan. 9 benefit, contact JoAnna at 660-287-0652.
A mother-daughter duo has also been doing their part to help. Carla Jones and her daughter, Heaven Aker, both of Sedalia, have been collecting items such as clothing and bedding for the families during the past week. Jones, who volunteers with Hiz Closet in Smithton, said she went to the scene Thanksgiving day and made contact with as many victims as possible. Then her daughter said she wanted to help too, and put out an ad asking for donations.
Jones said she decided to help because of her affiliation with Hiz Closet, which helps provide clothing for those in need, but for a personal reason as well.
"I've been with Hiz Closet for two years, but the apartment building, when I was 19 I lived in that building," she said. "My daughter called me and told me, 'the apartment you lived in, it is burnt down,' so I went down there as a Hiz Closet representative to get names and numbers and my daughter said she would help me by getting donations from the community."
Jones said they got a good response, and she worked with the Red Cross to get contact information for the victims. As she gets donations, she contacts the individuals to let them know what she has. She said Hiz Closet is also helping with toys for Christmas for two of the children.
"One (of the women) in the building, she gave me the biggest hug she possibly could (when we gave her the donations)," Jones said. "I thought she was going to cry."
Nicole Cooke can be reached at 660-826-1000 ext. 1482 or @NicoleRCooke.


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Towards an Organic Middleware for the Smart Doorplate Project
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1 Towards an Organic Middleware for the Smart Doorplate Project Wolfgang Trumler, Faruk Bagci, Jan Petzold, Theo Ungerer University of Augsburg Institute of Computer Science Eichleitnerstr. 30, Augsburg, Germany Abstract:We envision future office buildings that partly or fully implement a flexible office organization, i.e. office space is assigned dynamically on request. These organizational principles save office space, but require a sophisticated software system that is highly dynamic, scalable, context-aware and self-organizing by means of selfconfiguration, self-optimization and self-healing. We propose an organic middleware approach to support self-organization in ubiquitous in-door environments as exemplified by the Smart Doorplate Project. 1 Introduction Smart buildings represent an important application area for ubiquitous computing that includes context-aware and networked computers and appliances. We envision future office buildings that partly or fully implement a flexible office organization where office rooms are dynamically assigned to currently present employees. Our aim is to design a middleware that supports the required dynamic office assignment and automatically supplies the personal environment e.g. telephone calls are routed to the current location either at the company or at the home office. The regarded computing environment within an office building consists of servers, PCs, laptops and PDAs connected by wired or wireless networks. That allows to base the middleware on Java enabled devices. To enhance robustness and reduce configuration overhead we adopt the organic computing principles of self-configuration, self-healing and self-organization in conjunction with context-awareness and anticipation. Our concrete application example is chosen as part of the flexible office scenario. We focus on the organization of Smart Doorplates and its associated services. The Smart Doorplates [TBPU03a, TBPU03b, TBPU04] are able to display current situational information about the office owner, to act instead of the office owner in case of absence, and to direct visitors to the current location of the office owner based on a location-tracking system. An arrow to the direction of the sought office is displayed if a visitor reaches the vicinity of a doorplate. If the office owner is present but busy the Smart Doorplate can act as a receptionist and show some status information about the office owner (e.g. on the phone) to the visitor. 626
2 The underlying infrastructure is hidden by the middleware which is based on a peerto-peer network. The middleware supports transparent messaging and monitoring. The middleware is intended to self-organize the services that build the application. The selforganization is based on the three major requirements of self-configuration, self-healing and self-optimization. These self-x mechanism are demanded by the organic [VD03] and the autonomic computing principles [Ho01]. To build applications that can react to environmental changes and thus self-organize, a sophisticated monitoring is needed to collect and provide information about the services and resources of the nodes and the complete system itself. Monitoring should be implemented locally for each node to minimize the messaging overhead of a centralized monitor. The information exchange for a global view of the system should induce as little communication overhead as possible. The collected information must be analyzed by metrics which calculate a value of excellence. So the metrics may calculate how good a node can offer a special resource or service. In terms of selforganization, the distributed monitoring is the driving force. The values calculated by the metrics depend not only on monitoring data, but also on the application itself. The middleware must support the configuration and reconfiguration of nodes to host new services and to transfer running services to another node. The self-configuration for the initial configuration of the system, self-healing in case of failure and self-optimization during runtime are based on the reconfiguration capability and should be fostered by the middleware. 2 Organic Ubiquitous Middleware Architecture The middleware is designed with the goal in mind to support the device-independent application of organic computing demands in ubiquitous environments where we expect a heterogeneous collection of devices with diverse capabilities of computing power, memory space, and energy supply. We choose an approach where the middleware decouples the application services from the messaging, monitoring and organic manager functionalities. The middleware consists of four main parts (see fig. 1): the Transport Interface, the Event Dispatcher, the Service Interface and Service Proxy, and the Organic Manager. Monitoring is done at the message transport level and the level of the Event Dispatcher and delivers the monitoring data to a Monitoring Info Space within the Organic Manager. Transport Interface: The Transport Interface decouples the message delivery from the used transport system. It transforms or encapsulates the EventMessage-Objects to the format of the used transport system. We use JXTA for the current implementation, however, the Transport Interface can be replaced depending on the given communication infrastructure which is transparent to the rest of middleware. Event Dispatcher: The Event Dispatcher is responsible for the delivery of incoming and outgoing messages. It offers services the functionality to send messages and to register themselves as listeners to specified types of messages. A service can register for different types of messages and is informed in case of an incoming message with one of the types 627
3 Figure 1: Organic Middleware Architecture it registered for. The Event Dispatcher handles the delivery of broadcast and unicast messages. It knows whether a message can be delivered locally or if the message must be sent to a remote node. Service Interface and Service Proxy: The Service Interface is the connector between the middleware and a service. A service that wants to participate must implement the Service Interface such that it can receive messages delivered by the Event Dispatcher. The interface also offers the functionality for sending messages. We distinguish two kinds of Service Interfaces. The simple Service Interface has already the full functionality needed to communicate within the system. Furthermore a Relocatable Service can be transferred to another node whereas a normal service is bound to the node it was started on. The binding on a special node is important for services that need a special hard- or software environment (e.g. fixed sensors or databases). In our Smart Doorplate application the Doorplate Service is bound to a specific doorplate computer and the Location Service to the respective location detection hardware, other services as e.g. the Direction Service and the Prediction Service are relocatable. A Service Proxy is used to forward incoming messages to the new location of a service that has moved to another node. It has a limited lifetime and automatically dies after that time. The lifetime depends on the validity duration of a service advertisement. Organic Manager: The Organic Manager is the major control instance of a node. All relevant information from the local monitors and services are collected here. Organic Managers from different nodes exchange information about their state and trigger a reconfiguration if necessary. The Organic Manager contains the Configurator which is responsible for the configuration 628
4 of the services (init, start, stop, resume, end) on that node. It includes a Control Algorithm which evaluates the actual state of the node with the metrics from the Metrics Pool and decides whether a reconfiguration (relocation of a service) should be initiated. The Service Info Space and the Monitor Info Space represent the state repositories for the services respectively for the monitors. The Control Algorithm and the Metrics are just interfaces that must be implemented to adopt the middleware to different special application areas. 3 Self-organization Example The self-organization of the middleware can be divided into the three tasks configuration, optimization and fault recovery, covered by self-configuration, self-optimization and selfhealing respectively. If a node of the middleware is started it announces itself to the other nodes. Initially no configuration is given and the system is in an equilibrium state. The first time the system self-organizes is when a configuration is given that should be satisfied by the middleware. The configuration is flooded to every node. If a node wants to host a service it informs the other nodes which mark the service as assigned. With the service reservation the node sends a quality of service provision value that tells how good the service can be served. If another node wants to host the same service it can override the reservation by sending a response with a higher value. A typical self-optimization in our application concerns an unbalanced load of services on the different computing nodes. After the initial self-organization the system is running and monitored to collect information about its behavior and to detect potential cases for optimization. The system must be prevented from spontaneous reconfigurations due to workload peaks. If the control algorithm detects the need for a reconfiguration of a local service it sends a reconfiguration request to the Organic Managers of the other nodes. If a node is able to host the service it sends a response accordingly. A response is created if and only if the service can be hosted. If the node receives more than one response to the configuration request it selects the one with the best quality of service provision value. Self-organization due to self-healing in the Smart Doorplate application is used to guarantee that all given services from the configuration are available any time. An Alive Monitor recognizes if a service is unavailable on a specific node. Therefore it assesses the availability of services in the Event Dispatcher by monitoring the messages which are exchanged between the services. Alternatively, if the service doesn t communicate for a given period of time, the Alive Monitor pings the service. In case of node-bound services the only opportunity for self-healing mechanism is to restart the service hoping that the service will resume work. Relocatable services on the other hand could be started on another node. The middleware would first try to restart the service on the same node to minimize the reconfiguration overhead. If this fails the other Organic Managers are asked to host the needed service with an urgent -flag notifying the need for a self-healing reconfiguration. In this case also nodes that would exceed their workload level will send an answer to the 629
5 request. The idea behind this behavior is to guarantee the availability of services prior to performance. 4 Conclusion and Future Work Our middleware approach enables distributed and service-based ubiquitous applications to self-organize by means of self-configuration, self-optimization and self-healing. The monitoring across all layers of the middleware allows to disburden the administrator from the often complex configuration and optimization of distributed applications. The middleware is already running on a four doorplate prototype. We currently enhance the middleware by the Organic Manager component as described in section 2. The next step will be to evaluate the quality and speed of the reconfiguration process. This is vital as it directly affects the self-optimization of the middleware. Another task is to measure the communication overhead of the middleware. This will be done at an extended Smart Doorplate installation which covers the floor of our institute. It will give us results from a real long-running application beside the purely calculated values out of the test bed in the lab. References [Ho01] Horn, P. Autonomic Computing: IBM s Perspective on the State of Information Technology. October [TBPU03a] Trumler, W., Bagci, F., Petzold, J., und Ungerer, T.: Smart Doorplate. In: First International Conference on Appliance Design (1AD). Bristol, GB. May Reprinted in Personal Ubiquitous Computing (2003) 7: [TBPU03b] Trumler, W., Bagci, F., Petzold, J., und Ungerer, T.: Smart Doorplate - Toward an Autonomic Computing System. In: The Fifth Annual International Workshop on Active Middleware Services (AMS2003). S Seattle USA. 25. June [TBPU04] Trumler, W., Bagci, F., Petzold, J., und Ungerer, T.: AMUN - Autonomic Middleware for Ubiquitious environments applied to the Smart Doorplate Project. In: International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC-04). S New York, NY. May [VD03] VDE/ITG/GI. Organic Computing: Computer- und Systemarchitektur im Jahr Organic Computing.pdf. October
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Situé au cœur de la vallée de Bitterroot, juste à l'extérieur de la ville pittoresque de Darby, nous sommes destination d'hébergement idéale d'un aventurier Montana pour toutes les activités telles que la randonnée, la pêche, le rafting, chasse, ski, golf, antiquités ou faire du shopping. Vous verrez un grand nombre de créations locales de Artisan parmi nos meubles, nos équipements sanitaires sont pures soins du corps à base de plantes et nous utilisons principalement des ingrédients biologiques pour nos hôtes gastronomique. Notre gîte est à quelques minutes à partir d'une variété d'attractions touristiques, y compris le lac de Côme, Roches peintes réservoir, Lost Trail Powder Mountain, Golf, Observation de la faune et de plus de 20 points d'accès à la rivière Bitterroot.
5 sur mai 30, 2017
We had a great weekend stay at Darby B&B. The breakfasts were fabulous. Cushy beds. Very clean. The hosts were very accommodating, made us feel at home and even had snacks for us. Beautiful setting. Highly recommend.
5 sur septembre 08, 2013
What a delightful B&B! Hosts, Annie and Josh, are lovely, experienced and welcoming and we had a great night's sleep, a soak in the beautiful outdoor Japanese tub and a delicious, gourmet breakfast in the morning. Very well priced and one of the nicest B&B stays ever!
5 sur août 14, 2013
This is the first time we were staying in this specific Montana area and we were pleasantly surprised by The Darby Bed and Breakfast. Would we stay again?? YES! It was a quiet place to stay, furnished to compliment it's beautiful Bitterroot Valley location and extremely clean. The new owners, with restaurant experience, were very, very nice and friendly. The gourmet breakfasts were superb and they accommodated by asking if we had any food allergies and by asking what time we wanted breakfast to be served. We stayed two nights in August 2013 and had two completely different, delicious and beautifully presented breakfasts. We were told what ingredients were in the breakfast items and the produce was purchased at the local farmer's market and picked fresh from their backyard garden. The layout of the house and the bathrooms were handicapped assessable. Guests are free to enjoy both the lower floor of the house and the backyard for relaxing, especially in the evening while enjoying the freshly made cookies and fresh coffee prepared just for them. When you are staying in the Darby/Sula area, please consider The Darby as your home away from home and you won't be disappointed! M and S from Iowa
3,4 sur août 13, 2013
My husband and spent the night in Darby at this charming B and B while driving through Montana. I enjoyed the garden all afternoon until it too dark to read. Anne and Josh were friendly and breakfast was delicious. Would stay again.
5 sur août 09, 2013
Spent our anniversary at The Darby this year. The accommodations were excellent, The hosts very friendly and Annie's breakfast was superb. Even though we live nearby, we plan to return.
4,6 sur juillet 17, 2013
Annie was GREAT! Best night sleep we've had in a long time. SPOTLESS and SUPER breakfast. Would definitely stay there again.
5 sur mai 27, 2013
My husband and I stayed one night at The Darby during our recent tour of Montana. Inge was a fantastic host, providing an amazing breakfast, an incredibly comfortable and clean room, and a great patio area in which to enjoy the scenic views. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and would recommend The Darby unreservedly..
4,8 sur février 26, 2013
A very clean an lovely B&B, the food was above excellent and so was the service. The Ofuros soaking tubs were a very welcome experience under a full moon after a day of XC skiing. I would go back again and would recommend to anyone.
4,6 sur janvier 14, 2013
This B&B was definitely a great place for a quick weekend get-away with my husband. The place was immaculate. Loved the cozy fireplace, the food was outstanding (we are admittedly food snobs), the service was outstanding, and the Ofuro tubs are a must! Inge is very hospitable and makes you feel very welcome. I'd recommend this to everyone. The Bitterroot Valley is so beautiful and sitting in the hot tub at night with the starry sky is a must-do. You wqn't regret it.
4,8 sur novembre 11, 2012
I was treated like family by Inge at the Darby during my October 2012 stay. The room was simple and modestly furnished, but the bed and the linens were the standouts there as they were super comfortable and I only spent time in the room to sleep anyway. I had views to the mountains from my room and it was super quiet. The breakfasts were outstanding and easily the best meals I've ever had at a B&B and I've been to more than a few. Inge prepares a multi-course meal as if she is feeding you for a day of hard work out on the ranch: pastries, yogurt and fresh fruit, juice, coffee, and then an amazing entree with usually locally-sourced, gourmet ingredients, piping hot served up just as you're done with the first course. I was in heaven with her vegetarian take on eggs benedict and other incredible dishes. She always made sure I had recommendations for lunch/dinner options, too, and I had a great time visiting some of the hiking and sightseeing destinations she suggested. The common space in the Darby was spacious, open, and very inviting. I spent time sitting by the fireplace in a leather chair reading while looking out across their horse pasture to the mountains beyond. The Japanese soaking tubs are amazing as well. I highly recommend doing that as many nights as you can during your stay. It's such a relaxing experience to be outside with the snow gently falling, soaking up to your chin in the fragrant red cedar of the tubs, watching the steam rise into the clear, quiet night surrounding you. All-in-all I had a very good experience at the Darby and would recommend it to anyone!
Ces deux chambres ont chacune un Artisan Queen créé Blanc Cedar Log Bed. Chambre n ° 1 dispose d'un Amish Rocking Chair et Vue sur les saphirs. Chambre # 2 dispose d'un confortable fauteuil en cuir et vue sur les montagnes de Bitterroot. Le salon a un type Mamasan président Willow ainsi que d'un bureau. Internet sans fil et téléphoniques locaux gratuits, entrée privée et accessible en fauteuil roulant.
Prix par nuit: $190 - $190
Prix par nuit: $190 - $190
Salle d'hôtes avec placards doubles, queen Blanc Cedar Log lit, président baril de cuir et de bain privée avec Tendance Douche à l'italienne. Fenêtres double avec vue sur les montagnes de Bitterroot. Accès aux communes Salon avec Internet sans fil, la télévision par satellite. Lecteur DVD, i-Pod Deck et téléphoniques locaux gratuits. Accessible en fauteuil roulant.
Prix par nuit: $115 - $115
Prix par nuit: $115 - $115
chambre confortable avec Amish fait style mission queen lits et banc de style de mission, très belle vue panoramique sur les montagnes de Bitterroot
This room features a Queen size Artisan created White Cedar Log Bed and an Amish made Rocking Chair and view of the Sapphires and the Bitterroot Mountains. Wireless Internet and Free Local Phone, Private Entrance and Wheelchair accessible. Shared bathroom only if suite 1 is also booked.
A la campagne, A la montagne
Missoula, MT (MSO) 70 miles
Prendre l'autoroute 93 Sud de Darby pour 5 miles. Tourner vers l'est sur Thorning boucle. Nous sommes situés sur le côté ouest de Thorning boucle dès que vous mettez.
Parc d'attractions, Antiquaires , Galeries d'art, Casino, Lieu de concert, Dîner gastronomique, Sites historiques, Lac, Concerts, Cinéma , Musée, Parcs nationaux/régionaux, Zone naturelle, Équitation, Boutiques, Zone de pic-nic, Rivière, Rodéo, Piste de ski, Entreprise vinicole
Barbecue grill, Jeux de société, Copieur, Lecteur DVD, Bureau, Fax, Cheminée, Internet, Bibliothèque, Entrée indépendante, Réception chaînes satellite, TV, Téléphone, Machine à laver/sèche-linge
Climatisation, Réveil, Peignoirs
Observation d'oiseau, Base nautique, Canoë, Pistes de ski de fond, Ski alpin , Pêche, Golf, Sentiers de randonnée , Promenade à cheval, Chasse, Canoë-Kayak, Pistes de VTT , Shopping, Excursion, Location de skis, Natation, Rafting en eau vive
Anglais, Allemand
Monte aime à chasser de faisans et Elk. Inge et monte sont les anciens propriétaires de Jackson thermales avec 20 ans d'expérience de l'hospitalité.


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LIC Apprentice Development Officers Exam 2015: Life Insurance Corporation of India has uploaded their official notification 2015-2016 on their website. This year LIC has came up with around 5066 vacancies in ADO. Thousands of candidates will appear in LIC Apprentice Development Officer Exam this year. Interested can apply to for post by filling the LIC ADO Application Form 2015from 1ST June 2015.
LIC ADO Exam 2015 Important Dates
|LIC ADO Application start date
|1st June 2015
|LIC ADO Application end date
|30th June 2015
|LIC Admit Card 2015 Availability
|13th July 2015
|Examination date
|19th July & 25th July 2015 respectively
LIC ADO Exam Pattern 2015
Students are advised to check LIC ADO Exam Pattern & Syllabus before applying to the Exam 2015. It is beneficial for the candidates to check and thoroughly once.
|Paper Number
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|Paper I
|Reasoning Ability
120 Minutes
|Numerical Ability
|Paper II
|Gk & Current Affairs
|English Language with grammar & Vocab.
|Paper III
|Insurance & Financial Marketing Awareness
Total Number of Questions: 150
Total Number of Marks: 150
Marks per Question: 1 mark
Negative Marking: No negative marking
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There are 5 subjects for LIC Apprentice Officer Development Exam. Students are advised to check syllabus once.
Reasoning Ability
- Focus on Comprehension Reasoning
- Venn Diagrams, Number Series
- Coding and de-coding
- Problem Solving Techniques
- Statement & Conclusion type questions
- arithmetic reasoning
- arithmetical number series
- non-verbal series
- syllogistic reasoning
- Seating Arrangements
- Decision Making
- Input & Output
- Logical Reasoning
Numerical Ability
- Simplification
- Number Series
- Quadratic Equations Average
- Percentage
- Time & Work, Area
- profit & Loss, Simple & Compound Interest
- Time & Speed
- Investment
- Problem On Ages
- Bar Graph
- Pictorial Graph
- Pie Chart.
- Data Interpretation
GK & Current Affairs
- Indian Current Events
- Banking, General Science
- General Knowledge
- Current affairs of National & International news
- Important dates
- Current Science
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For the glorified burial of Bork Laser at summerslam.
Already prepared. I've accepted it, it's ridiculous and fucking annoying but it's inevitable.
Nope, chuck testa will taxidermy him
Stupid booking.
Paul Heyman gona hurt HHH If he buries Brock :Heyman: <---- We should have a Heyman Smili
It's expected to happen, not going to hope for any sort of result, don't want to get my hopes up too high.
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Nose deep in that pussy.
What if, Brock goes off script and beats the shit out of HHH?
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What if, he doesn't give a fuck?
Nod is bullshit. Crayola, learn what kayfabe means.
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IMF backs Britain's economic policy
The International Monetary Fund said Monday it saw no reason for the British government to change its economic policy as it seeks to slash a massive deficit.
In its annual report on the British economy, the IMF said the "unexpected" weakness in economic growth and a rise in inflation over recent months "raises the question whether it is time to adjust macroeconomic policies".
It added: "The answer is no as the deviations are largely temporary.
"Strong fiscal consolidation is underway and remains essential to achieve a more sustainable budgetary position, thus reducing fiscal risks."
But it warned "there are significant risks to inflation, growth and unemployment", which may require a policy response.
The IMF slightly downgraded its growth forecast for the British economy to 1.5 percent, compared to 1.7 percent in its last projection in April.
Over the medium term, it foresees real GDP growth "accelerating gradually" to around 2.5 percent.
Prime Minister David Cameron's year-old coalition government has faced domestic calls to slow its programme of deep spending cuts because economic recovery has faltered since Britain pulled out of a record-length recession in late 2009.
Earlier Monday, finance minister George Osborne dismissed calls for a rethink of the deficit reduction strategy, saying it was the "rock" on which Britain's economic recovery was being built.
Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said critics should "join the dots" and recognise that a spike in oil prices and problems in eurozone countries such as Portugal and Ireland were causing "choppy" conditions.


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The increasingly unruly process of determining who won last month's election for New York Attorney General ground to a standstill yesterday, as both sides resorted to arcane bureaucratic maneuvers in a broadening battle that has now ensnared the courts, the Giuliani administration and even the New York City Police Department.
By the end of the day, the Republican incumbent, Dennis C. Vacco, had been stymied in his highly unusual bid to get the police to verify the registration of tens of thousands of people in the city who his lawyers assert may have been ineligible to vote.
But Mr. Vacco's allies on the City Board of Elections responded by throwing up their own obstacles, refusing to validate the results in the city -- where the Democratic challenger, Eliot L. Spitzer, holds a huge lead -- and send the figures to the state, as is customary.
Over all, the complete, unofficial count showed Mr. Spitzer with a statewide margin of 26,011 votes, out of 4.2 million cast. Mr. Vacco has refused to concede, contending that there may have been widespread abuses in the city that gave Mr. Spitzer his edge.
The wrangling over the results, in one of the closest statewide races in New York in this century, has raised the extraordinary prospect that neither man will be anointed the next Attorney General by the time Mr. Vacco's term ends on Dec. 31. That would leave a void that could affect the entire state government.Continue reading the main story
Some officials in both parties have questioned privately whether the Democrats might consider blocking the certification of Gov. George E. Pataki's re-election if Mr. Spitzer's apparent victory is delayed or overturned.
The State Board of Elections is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, so either party can block the majority vote that is needed for certification of an election.
Much of the confusion yesterday arose from differing interpretations of a court hearing held on Monday by a state judge who is handling Mr. Vacco's challenge to the results. The incumbent's allies had sought to invoke a rarely used state law that allows the election authorities to deploy police officers to check voter registrations.
The Vacco camp seemed to believe that the judge had ordered the City Board of Elections to use the police. But the judge made it clear yesterday that he had not issued such an order, but merely asked the parties to sort the matter out, and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said that in the absence of a court order, he would not deploy the police. Marilyn Mode, a police spokeswoman, said yesterday that as far as she knew the city police had never been called upon to do such investigations.
At the same time, Mr. Vacco's aides said a police inquiry could be set in motion by a single member of the Board of Elections -- a Republican from the Bronx made such a request on Monday -- but Democrats disputed that interpretation.
The Democrats on the city board, which is divided evenly between the two parties, said they would block a move to turn to the police in the absence of an order, asserting that Republicans were trying to intimidate voters in minority areas.
Both sides are to meet in Albany on Monday with the judge, Justice Thomas W. Keegan of State Supreme Court. Under state law, the State Board of Elections is required to certify the results of the election on Tuesday. At the hearing, Justice Keegan is expected to determine whether there is merit to the Attorney General's complaints, and then to either delay the state certification or dismiss the case, a move that Mr. Spitzer's lawyers say they will seek.
Asked when the police operation would be undertaken, Thomas J. Spargo, Mr. Vacco's lawyer, said, ''I have absolutely no idea.''
Late yesterday, the Giuliani administration arranged a conference call today among Justice Keegan, the city and the two campaigns to clarify what the role of the city and the police should be.
Meanwhile, when the city board met to verify the totals from the Nov. 3 election, the Republicans refused to comply. Certification requires the votes of 6 of the 10 members, but none of the Republicans voted yes.
As a result, lawyers for Mr. Spitzer said that they would go to State Supreme Court in Albany today to force the city board to reconvene to certify the results. ''The Republicans are playing the certification game at their own peril,'' said Steven Goldstein, a spokesman for Mr. Spitzer. ''If the city board will not certify Spitzer, then you're talking about not certifying Pataki as well.''
On Monday, Mr. Spargo charged that at least 103,000 people may have been ineligible to vote. The campaign said it had compiled that list by searching for names of voters who did not appear on the database of a private credit reporting company.
Democrats said the use of the credit database was inappropriate, pointing out that some poor residents who are eligible to vote might not have a credit history.
In any case, Justice Keegan expressed skepticism that the police could check so many names. Yesterday, Mr. Giuliani, a Republican who endorsed Mr. Vacco, said the police could conduct visits to what he called a statistically valid sample of voters, ''which might be in the area of 10,000 or even less than that.''
The 10,000 figure, he said, ''doesn't have the Police Department conducting some kind of massive inquiry throughout the entire city.''
The possibility of police officers conducting door-to-door investigations of voter eligibility drew sharp protests from several prominent black and Hispanic Democrats, who maintained that the the proposal reflected the Republicans' insensitivity to minority voters.
''This is about Dennis Vacco being a sore loser and having no respect for people of color,'' said Assemblyman Keith L. T. Wright, a Harlem Democrat who is chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus.
But William D. Powers, chairman of the Republican State Committee, issued a statement saying that the comments by Mr. Spitzer's allies were an ''outrageous and desperate'' attempt to divert attention from what he said was widespread fraud.
The effectiveness of the obscure election law that Mr. Vacco is trying to invoke will depend largely on the cooperation of those voters who would be interviewed by the police, officials and lawyers said.
Michael D. Hess, the city's Corporation Counsel, acknowledged that people could effectively quash the investigations by deciding not to cooperate. ''The police would knock on the door and politely say, 'We're here to ask a couple of election questions,' '' Mr. Hess explained. ''If that person said 'Go away,' I think that would be the end of it.''
Mr. Hess said that no plans were being discussed to compel people to cooperate by giving the police warrants or subpoena power or by threatening people with the loss of their voting privileges. ''I think it's purely knocking on the door and asking for cooperation,'' he said.Continue reading the main story


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New employees for Powerdata and Vivanco, and another brand for ALSO
Switzerland: consumer electronics specialist Powerdata has promoted Audrey Marty to Country Director, Switzerland. Audrey has spent almost 2 years at PowerData to successfully develop major customers. She will be from now on the main contact for all sales related purposes, and therefore, will have the full responsibility of the sales team in Switzerland. Before joining PowerData, Audrey had positions with several large companies in the CE and sport industry such as Canon, Logitech and STMI, where she has successfully reached her targets. Its competitor Vivanco has hired Philippe Papaux as New Customers Manager1. Philippe was previously working for Hama Technics as National Key Account Manager. Finally, broadliner ALSO has been chosen by I-Tec as exclusive distributor for its lines of USB accessories and peripherals2 (source: IT Reseller Schweiz 1 and 2).
New heads for Vivanco
Switzerland: CFO Jérôme Jutzeler becomes the new sales director of accessory distributor and vendor Vivanco, while its colleague Véronique Breiner takes over the purchase department.
Vivanco takes over Guntlin
Switzerland : accessory specialist Vivanco has acquired Guntlin Elektronik, which is specialized in AV accessories and furnitures for an undisclosed amount.
Vivanco gets an interest in the Mac
Accessories vendor and distributor Vivanco has inked a pan-european distribution partnership with iPod, iPhone and Mac accessories vendor Macally, whose products it will distribute through its offices in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom and other European countries through local partners.
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Status of Healthcare Studies Submitted to UK Research Ethics Committees for Approval in 2004-5
Arshad, A.
Arkwright, P.D.
Bibliographic Citation
Journal of Medical Ethics 2008 May; 34(5): 393-395
BACKGROUND: In view of the increasing complexity of research ethics committee (REC) applications and thus the time and expense involved in completing the forms, continual monitoring of outcome of clinical research studies for which ethics applications have been submitted is essential in determining whether resources are being effectively used, or alternatively whether significant numbers of research proposals are abandoned because of lack of funding or manpower. Previously published surveys for which data are available examined outcome of studies receiving REC approval 10 or more years ago. METHODS: A prospective questionnaire-based survey sent out in July 2006 to all 506 principal investigators who submitted research ethics applications to nine Greater Manchester RECs between April 2004 and March 2005. Data on the outcome of REC applications, and the status of the research study were collected and analysed. RESULTS: 288 of the 506 (57%) questionnaires were returned. 97% of REC applications were approved, and 87% of studies were in progress or had been completed 1-2 years after approval had been granted. Researchers employed by universities (51%), healthcare (43%) and the pharmaceutical industry (6%) had similar rates of success in initiating research studies. CONCLUSIONS: This survey suggests that most research studies submitted to RECs in Manchester, UK are approved and initiated.
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