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AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE-SANTIAGO CITY, INC., petitioner, vs. CHELLY P. NACINO, substituted by the Heirs of Chelly P. Nacino, respondent. RESOLUTION NACHURA, J.: Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari1 under Rule 45 of the Rules of Civil Procedure seeking the reversal of the Court of Appeals (CA) Resolution2 dated June 23, 2003, the dispositive portion of which provides: WHEREFORE, for being procedurally flawed, this petition for certiorari is hereby DENIED DUE COURSE, and consequently DISMISSED. Needless to say, the prayer for temporary restraining order, being merely an adjunct to the main suit, must be pro tanto DENIED. SO ORDERED. and of the CA Resolution3 dated March 3, 2004 which denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration. Petitioner AMA Computer College Santiago City, Inc. (AMA) employed Chelly P. Nacino (Nacino) as Online Coordinator of the college. On October 30, 2002, ostensibly upon inspection, the Human Resources Division Supervisor, Mariziel C. San Pedro (San Pedro) found Nacino absent from his post. On the same day, San Pedro issued a Memorandum4 requiring Nacino to explain his absence. Nacino filed with San Pedro a written explanation5 claiming that he had to rush home at 1315 hours (1:15 PM) because he was suffering from LBM (loose bowel movement) and that the facilities in the school were inadequate and inefficient, but he had gone back to the school at 1410 hours (2:10 PM). Not satisfied with the explanation, San Pedro sought another explanation because the earlier explanation "does not conform to a previous investigation conducted." 6 Nacino furnished San Pedro the same written explanation he had earlier submitted. San Pedro then filed a formal complaint against Nacino for false testimony, in addition to the charge of abandonment. An Investigating Committee7 was constituted to investigate the complaint and, pending investigation, Nacino was placed under preventive suspension for a maximum of thirty (30) days, effective November 8, 2002.8 The Investigating Committee found Nacino guilty as charged, and was dismissed from the service on December 5, 2002.9 Aggrieved, Nacino filed on December 13, 2002 a Complaint10 for Illegal Suspension and Termination before the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) in Tuguegarao City. On January 10, 2003, Maria Luanne M. Jali-jali (Jali-jali), AMA's representative, signed the submission Agreement, accepting the jurisdiction of Voluntary Arbitrator Nicanor Y. Samaniego (Voluntary Arbitrator) over the controversy. Before the Voluntary Arbitrator, the parties agreed to settle the case amicably, with Nacino discharging and releasing AMA from all his claims in consideration of the sum of P7,719.81. The Decision11 embodying the Compromise Agreement and the corresponding Quitclaim and Release,12 both dated February 21, 2003, were duly prepared and signed, but the check in payment of the consideration for the settlement had yet to be released. On April 1, 2003, Nacino died in an accident. On April 15, 2003, the Voluntary Arbitrator rendered the assailed Decision, 13 ordering Nacino's reinstatement and the payment of his backwages and 13 th month pay. Therein, the Voluntary Arbitrator manifested that, due to AMA's failure to pay the sum of P7,719.81, Nacino withdrew from the Compromise Agreement, as shown by the conduct of a hearing on March 15, 2003 where both parties appeared and were directed to file their position papers. The Voluntary Arbitrator also stated that Nacino complied, but AMA failed to file its position paper and to appear before him despite summons. On May 7, 2003, the Voluntary Arbitrator issued a Writ of Execution14 upon motion of Nacino's surviving spouse, one Bernadeth V. Nacino. AMA filed a Motion to Quash the said Writ but the Voluntary Arbitrator allegedly refused to receive the same.15 Thus, on May 22, 2003, the heirs of Nacino were able to garnish AMA's bank deposits in the amount of P52,021.70. On June 16, 2003, AMA filed a Petition16 for Certiorari under Rule 65 before the CA. On June 23, 2003, the CA dismissed the said petition because it was a wrong mode of review. It held that the proper remedy was an appeal by way of Rule 43 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the CA opined, an erroneous appeal shall be dismissed outright pursuant to Section 2, Rule 50 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. AMA filed its Motion for Reconsideration but the CA denied it in its Resolution dated March 3, 2004. Hence, this petition based on the sole ground that: THE COURT OF APPEALS COMMITTED SERIOUS ERROR OF LAW IN DISMISSING THE PETITION FOR CERTIORARI UNDER RULE 65 OF THE 1997 RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE FILED BY HEREIN PETITIONER. AMA claims that Jali-jali was misinformed and misled in signing the Submission Agreement, subjecting AMA to the jurisdiction of the Voluntary Arbitrator; that the Voluntary Arbitrator's Decision was issued under the Labor Code and, as such, the same is not appealable under Rule 43, as provided for by Section 217 thereof, but under Rule 65 of the Rules of Civil Procedure; and that the petition for certiorari is the only plain, speedy and adequate remedy in this case since the Voluntary Arbitrator acted with grave abuse of discretion in disregarding the parties' compromise agreement, in rendering the assailed Decision, and in issuing the Writ of Execution without affording AMA its right to due process. On the other hand, the heirs of Nacino refused to receive this Court's Resolution requiring them to file their Comment18 and, as such, were considered to have waived their right to file the same.19 The instant petition lacks merit. Pertinent is our ruling in Centro Escolar University Faculty and Allied Workers Union-Independent v. Court of Appeals,20 where we held:
We find that the Court of Appeals did not err in holding that petitioner used a wrong remedy when it filed a special civil action on certiorari under Rule 65 instead of an appeal under Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court held in Luzon Development Bank v. Association of Luzon Development Bank Employees that decisions of the voluntary arbitrator under the Labor Code are appealable to the Court of Appeals. In that case, the Court observed that the Labor Code was silent as regards the appeals from the decisions of the voluntary arbitrator, unlike those of the Labor Arbiter which may be appealed to the National Labor Relations Commission. The Court noted, however, that the voluntary arbitrator is a government instrumentality within the contemplation of Section 9 of Batas Pambansa Blg. (BP) 129 which provides for the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals. The decisions of the voluntary arbitrator are akin to those of the Regional Trial Court, and, therefore, should first be appealed to the Court of Appeals before being elevated to this Court. This is in furtherance and consistent with the original purpose of Circular No. 1-91 to provide a uniform procedure for the appellate review of adjudications of all quasi-judicial agencies not expressly excepted from the coverage of Section 9 of BP 129. Circular No. 1-91 was later revised and became Revised Administrative Circular No. 1-95. The Rules of Court Revision Committee incorporated said circular in Rule 43 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. The inclusion of the decisions of the voluntary arbitrator in the Rule was based on the Court's pronouncements in Luzon Development Bank v. Association of Luzon Development Bank Employees. Petitioner's argument, therefore, that the ruling in said case is inapplicable in this case is without merit. We are not unmindful of instances when certiorari was granted despite the availability of appeal, such as (a) when public welfare and the advancement of public policy dictates; (b) when the broader interest of justice so requires; (c) when the writs issued are null and void; or (d) when the questioned order amounts to an oppressive exercise of judicial authority. 21 However, none of these recognized exceptions attends the case at bar. AMA has sadly failed to show circumstances that would justify a deviation from the general rule. While it is true that, in accordance with the liberal spirit which pervades the Rules of Court and in the interest of justice, a petition for certiorari may be treated as having been filed under Rule 45, the petition for certiorari filed by petitioner before the CA cannot be treated as such, without the exceptional circumstances mentioned above, because it was filed way beyond the 15-day reglementary period within which to file the Petition for Review.22 AMA received the assailed Decision of the Voluntary Arbitrator on April 15, 2003 and it filed the petition for certiorari under Rule 65 before the CA only on June 16, 2003.23 By parity of reasoning, the same reglementary period should apply to appeals taken from the decisions of Voluntary Arbitrators under Rule 43. Based on the foregoing disquisitions, the assailed Decision of the Voluntary Arbitrator had already become final and executory and beyond the purview of this Court to act upon.24 Verily, rules of procedure exist for a noble purpose, and to disregard such rules in the guise of liberal construction would be to defeat such purpose. Procedural rules are not to be disdained as mere technicalities. They may not be ignored to suit the convenience of a party. Adjective law ensures the effective enforcement of substantive rights through the orderly and speedy administration of justice. Rules are not intended to hamper litigants or complicate litigation. But they help provide for a vital system of justice where suitors may be heard following judicial procedure and in the correct forum. Public order and our system of justice are well served by a conscientious observance by the parties of the procedural rules. 25 WHEREFORE, the instant Petition is DENIED for lack of merit. The assailed Court of Appeals Resolutions dated June 23, 2003 and March 3, 2004 are hereby AFFIRMED. Costs against the petitioner. SO ORDERED. ANTONIO EDUARDO B. NACHURA Associate Justice
WE CONCUR: CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO Associate Justice Chairperson MA. ALICIA AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ Associate Justice*
ATTESTATION I attest that the conclusions in the above Resolution were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division. CONSUELO YNARES-SANTIAGO Associate Justice Chairperson, Third Division
CERTIFICATION Pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII of the Constitution, and the Division Chairpersons Attestation, I certify that the conclusions in the above Resolution were reached in consultation before the case was assigned to the writer of the opinion of the Courts Division. REYNATO S. PUNO Chief Justice
In lieu of Associate Justice Minita V. Chico-Nazario per Special Order No. 484 dated January 11, 2008. Dated April 27, 2004; rollo, pp. 8-39.
Particularly docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 77508, penned by Associate Justice Renato C. Dacudao (retired), with Associate Justices Godardo A. Jacinto and Danilo B. Pine (both retired), concurring; id. at 48.
Id. at 43-45. Memorandum, id. at 83. Written Explanation; id. at 84. Memorandum, dated November 5, 2002; id. at 85. Memorandum, dated November 7, 2002; id. at. 88. Rollo, p. 89. Memorandum, id. at 91. Rollo, p. 93. Decision in NCMB-RB2-VA Case No. 01-001-2003; id. at 95-96. Rollo, p. 94. Id. at 76-79. Id. at 80-81. Affidavit of one Dennis Salvador, messenger of AMA dated March 19, 2003; id. at 82. Id. at 51-74.
Rule 43, SEC. 2. Cases not covered. - This Rule shall not apply to judgments or final orders issued under the Labor Code of the Philippines.18
Resolution, April 11, 2005; rollo, p. 117. Resolution, August 15, 2005; id. at 123.
G.R. No. 165486, May 31, 2006, 490 SCRA 61, 69-70, citing Luzon Development Bank v. Association of Luzon Development Bank Employees, 249 SCRA 162 (1995).21
Chua v. Santos, G.R. No. 132467, October 18, 2004, 440 SCRA 365, 374-375. First Corporation v. Former Sixth Division of the Court of Appeals , G.R. No. 171989, July 4, 2007. Supra note 16, at 53-54. Zacate v. Commission on Elections, G.R. No. 144678, March 1, 2001, 353 SCRA 441, 449.
Audi Ag v. Hon. Jules A. Mejia, in his capacity as Executive Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Alaminos City; Auto Prominence Corporation; and Proton Pilipinas Corporation, G.R. No. 167533, July 27, 2007.


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Issue: Annoying automatic recorded calls to cell phones
Class Action Lawsuit Against Multiple Auto Insurance Companies for Alleged Unsolicited Phone Calls
Consumers have filed a lawsuit against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company as well as Variable Marketing, LLC.
The suit charges that defendant State Farm, though the use of lead-generator marketing from Variable Marketing, made repetitive and intrusive autodialed or pre-recorded telemarketing calls to the cell phones of consumers, without first obtaining their consent to receive these calls, in violation of the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). The TCPA prohibits abusive telephone practices by marketers, lenders, and debt collectors, among others, and places strict limit on the use of autodialers or prerecorded voices to call or send texts to cell phones.
"Congress recognized that these types of marketing calls — made to consumers' cell phones at all hours to solicit business, without any prior business relationship — are particularly unwelcome," commented plaintiffs' counsel Jonathan Selbin. "Through the class action mechanism, consumers can band together and compel companies to comply with the law."
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I'd say this could certainly provide a solid base for remasters. The Grim Fandango backgrounds look incredible, and would already work much better in the Remastered version than the upscales used now. Here are many more from Grim: https://imgur.com/a/bIlY7pW and https://imgur.com/a/uZJPXvq Also Escape from Monkey Island... wtf?
Oh man, that sucks...
A tiny request: Would it be possible to sort the tracks in the soundtrack jukebox chronologically instead of alphabetically? Makes much more sense...
Is it possible to change the language ?
Laserschwert replied to Proton's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredYou can choose the language in the options menu.
Art of the Title - Full Throttle Intro
Laserschwert replied to kurashu's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredScroll down, it's there Just watched it for now, gonna read the whole piece later. Nice find! So that confirms a few of the uncertainties: - The Gone Jackals music stems seem to be available in high quality, otherwise the beginning of "Legacy" without lyrics wouldn't be there. - Cloned bikers be gone - Bens fingers on the bike handle = fixed
Those aren't minor glitches though. Even stuff like Ben's hands behind the bike handles are still in there, so if this is a current build, why didn't they just show parts of the game that were more polished? If problems like these are still present throughout the game, a month would be really little time to fix all of these...
Is the version of the game shown in GOG's Twitch-stream with Tim the current build? Because it still has quite a bit of graphical glitches (like disappearing shadows, lighting changes once a special animation starts, too dark muzzle flashes and search lights and even the original 320x240-version of the game flickering up when the police jet lands), even in the few minutes shown there. On the other hand the contrast issues of Ben's bike have been fixed, so it at least gotta be a newer build than what was used for the trailer.
Full Throttle Remastered Community Q&A
Laserschwert replied to Spaff's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredAre you considering localized versions of the "Full Throttle" logo? The original had the main logo both on the box and the game at least in German... don't know if there were logo versions for other languages as well.
Grim Fandango Remastered soundtrack is out!
Laserschwert replied to EricMahler's topic in Grim Fandango RemasteredBringing this back up, has anybody tried completing the official "Director's Cut"-soundtrack with the music extracted from the game via the Double Fine Explorer? I think there's still some music missing from the official OST.
IGN posts Reveal Trailer
Laserschwert replied to Reid_Harris_Cooper's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredMini making-of: http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/12/14/full-throttle-remastered-tim-schafer-on-bringing-his-best-selling-adventure-game-back-a-ign-first But I hope 2PP will create a more in-depth one as well...
Those 3D Models
Laserschwert replied to KestrelPi's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredThat does sound very good indeed And wow, 3D Studio R3, that's been a while. I started with R4 for DOS and during my professional life I lived through each iteration of 3ds max starting at version 1. The DOS version was a really sweet tool for its time though
Full Throttle Remastered Wish List Features
Laserschwert replied to Michael Tucker's topic in Full Throttle RemasteredOh yeah, speaking of the concept art browser. I'd love it if DF would implement a zoom function this time around, thus not limiting the artwork resolution to 1080p, like with DOTT. The Monkey Island SEs had their concept art at crazy high resolution, plus the ability to zoom into them inside the artwork browser.
Double Fine should just go ahead and sell Bone to Pick (maybe even a remastered version of the album) in their online store. And another CD with Peter McConnell's music to the game.
Specified BlueRay but box says DVD
Laserschwert replied to El_Sig's topic in Broken AgeI guess this just refers to the actual "Broken Age" game in the box, which comes on a DVD, no matter which format the documentary has.
Obviously he said "score"... so this should cover Peter McC's contributions to the soundtrack.


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If E.T. or one of those cute little aliens in Close Encounters showed up on your doorstep, you'd invite them in, give them a hug, maybe even help them phone home. But if the extraterrestrials from Aliens or War of the Worlds came calling, you'd run for your life.
But what if the visitors from afar were invisible to the naked eye? Say, mere microbes or single-celled creatures?
Science magazine unveiled new research suggesting we'd welcome the microscopic stranger among us, according to three studies presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Austin, Texas.
In one study, a software program analyzed 15 articles about the possibility of alien life, and whether those articles indicated positive or negative emotions. The study found three times more positive words than negative ones. Another study indicated that people would have positive reactions to the existence of microbial extraterrestrial life. In the third study, participants were overwhelmingly positive in their reactions to a New York Times article describing microbial life on Mars.
Tellingly, writes Jessica Scarfuto of Science, the new research "did not look at whether people would feel differently if actual beings were discovered rather than microbes—those reactions might be quite different."
The Atlantic interviewed Michael Varnum, who directed the first of the three studies mentioned above. Varnum, a psych prof at Arizona State University, is a member of the school's Interplanetary Initiative, a space-exploration research project.
He told The Atlantic that as long as the extraterrestrial life was microbial, we Earthlings would welcome it/them with open arms. But "if there were a lot of spaceships and they had weapons and they were coming to Earth, I'm guessing the reaction would be very different," Varnum says.
The story also reported that these findings were "welcome news" to those who study astrobiology, including René Heller, a German astrophysicist who recently asked subjects to decode a fake alien transmission. From the 300 responses, Heller told The Atlantic he was "delighted to see that the experimental subjects tended to associate the discovery of extraterrestrial life with positive emotions. This is good to see because an equally plausible outcome would have been for people to associate this kind of news with fear, e.g., of being conquered or being erased as a civilization in its entirety."
Shifting opinions
Also at the AAAS meeting, physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies noted how people's attitudes about the possible existence of alien life has changed in recent years.
"Opinion has shifted from life's origin being a bizarre fluke unique in the universe . . . to the belief that the universe is teeming with life," said Davies, a former Templeton Prize winner. "How can we settle the matter? For several decades, astronomers have been sweeping the skies with radio telescopes hoping to stumble across a message from ET. So far they have been met by an eerie silence.
"Meanwhile, astrobiologists have considered how signatures of microbial life might be detectable in the solar system or in the atmospheres of extra-solar planets. If life really does form readily in Earth-like conditions, it should have started many times right here on Earth, so we should look for a 'shadow biosphere' of life, but not as we know it, under our very noses."
Indeed. It's interesting that people seem relatively unafraid of microscopic invaders, especially in light of the most recent flu season, which killed almost 100 children in the U.S. Not to mention the numerous plagues throughout world history, including the Black Death (Bubonic Plague) of the 14th Century, which killed some 75 million people. And who can forget such films as Outbreak, The Omega Man, World War Z, 28 Days Later, Contagion, I Am Legend, and The Andromeda Strain?
And if there ever were a real alien invasion—not the cute, cuddly E.T. type, but the kill-and-destroy kind—we could always take a lead from H.G. Wells and fight back with microbes of our own.
Remember how the Martians were finally succumbed at the end of his book? By pathogens—"slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared . . . slain, after all man's devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth."


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- Egypt's tourism business has been severely hurt since 2011's Arab Spring. Thus, the Egyptian Tourist Authority is on the hunt for a global integrated marketing company to better its image and restore business. WPP, Publicis, and IPG are all in the running.
- The Martin Agency took old fashioned style portraits of "Lincoln" extras wandering the street of Richmond, VA.
- Digiday wonders if online publishers are turning into agencies.
- Amsterdam based agency KesslerKramer is setting up shop in the U.S. Rather than opening its first American location in New York, the agency decided to open a branch in Chinatown in downtown LA.
- T-Mobile hired Michael Sievert to be its new CMO. Sievert has worked in marketing (at P&G, Microsoft, AT&T, and IBM) for 22-years. He was most recently the CEO of Discovery Bay Games, a tablet gaming firm.
- Jack Bamberger moved from MEC to AOL to be the company's new head of agency and industry relations.
People are still petitioning to get Macy's to drop all ties with Donald Trump.
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Another Virgin Radio Classic Album, Jamie East sits down with Def Leppard for an in depth and mesmerising look back at their multi-million selling album 'Hysteria'!
December marks the return of the iconic Def Leppard as they head back to Birmingham as part of The Hysteria Tour - and to make things all the sweeter, the band will be performing the album in full, plus loads more classic Def Leppard hits which you guys know and love!
The guys recently sat down with the lovely people over at Virgin Music to talk all about Hysteria, reliving the mesmerising track-listings, the meaning behind the lyrics and spoke about the hits which'll sound EPIC live here in Brum later this year!
Here's what went down...
This will be the first UK and Eire tour since the sold-out arena run in late 2015. 2018 also marks the 35th anniversary of "Hysteria's" predecessor "Pyromania".
As a cornerstone of rock and roll's history, they've sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, and have become one of rock's most enduring and influential bands.


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"Over the course of the last several years, I've continued to ask the Lord to give me songs that exist for a reason," shares Ryan Stevenson about his new single "No Matter What". As the song lyrics state, many of us grew up in a church that seldom emphasized God's grace, patience and compassion. Rather, they emphasized that if we failed to live up to God's expectation for us, He might abandon us – cast us aside.
God won't give up on us; His love for us is unfaltering and endless. No matter what we do, even rejecting Him, He never gives up on us. In Romans 8, Paul tells us: "Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture can separate us from God's love."
Ryan reminds us that even when we slip up, we're all still sons and daughters of the Most High. His simple message to us is: "there's never been a better time to get honest; there's never been a better time to clean. Just come as you are, run to the cross and be free!" A re-statement of John 1:9 – "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.


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We're leaving the white bookshelf and the futon (at least for awhile), and getting rid of everything else.
We're planning on putting up a chair rail about 3 feet up, and painting the bottom part of the wall a chocolate brown, leaving the top part white, and doing multicolored polkadots and stripes. I'm not sure how we're going to do it yet though...one wall with stripes? No stripes at all?
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Exception Error Handling Implementation in MySQL/VB.NET Windows Database Applications
By: Ernest Bonat, Ph.D.
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Error handling implementation in Windows database applications is a must for any Application Developer today. The main idea of error handling is to avoid application crashes by finding out the occurred errors and fixing them. Different programming languages have different ways of implementing error handling. Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is the most common programming language for developing windows database applications today. VB.NET codes are provided in many websites, books and materials without error handling implementation. In this article I would like to introduce you to the basics of error handling implementation in MySQL/VB.NET windows database applications. Ill be covering structured exception error handling, which was introduced for the first time in VB.NET 2002. I will also go over the latest technologies of disposing unmanaged recourses in .NET Framework with the Using statement. To write exception errors to a log text file, a generic procedure will be developed while MySQL data is loading, inserting, updating and deleting.
Required Software
MySQL Database Server 5.1.30
MySQL Connector/NET 5.2.5
Toad for MySQL Freeware 4.1
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition
Why is Exception Error Handling Required?
I assume this question would be easy to answer for any Application Developer. Any developer would like to know why its program does not work properly, and how to fix it. To find out these questions the Application Developers need to write the code with the error handling. Below are the three main reasons why error handling implementation in business applications development is very important:
1. Avoid application crashes
2. Show the occurred errors, in a user-friendly way, to the users
3. Store occurred errors for future application upgrades and auditing
I always recommend my clients and students to develop business applications with error handling implementation. I also suggest that they properly store these occurred errors for future reference. In general, many Application Developers store these errors in a log text file or in a specific database error-capture table. Both approaches would be acceptable. I like to use a log text file because the error may occur with the database connection or any database problem, in this case I cannot insert the error record into the table. Lets look at the error handling implementation in VB.NET 2002 and 2003 first so we can compare them with the latest 2008 version.
Structured Exception Error Handling
Structured exception handling implementation appears in Microsoft technologies for the first time in VS.NET 2002. This error handling was implemented by using Try
Finally statement in .NET Framework. The Try
Finally statement guarantees an easy way to handle all possible errors (exception errors) that may occur while the application is running. It contains three main blocks:
Try contains the real programming code to be controlled for any possible error.
Catch produces the error occurred during applications execution from Try block.
Finally always executes last, regardless of whether the code in the Catch block has also executed. In general, this block is used for cleanup resources, like closing files and releasing created custom and unmanaged resources (objects).
Below, in Listing 1, is the standard code of the exception error structure using MySQLException class:
' Declaring and initializing objects
' Programming lines of code
Catch exError As MySqlException
' Error handling code
' Cleanup custom and unmanaged resources if necessary
End Try
Listing 1: Structured exception error handling code using MySQLException class
So far, the main problems I found were in the Try and Finally blocks. Most Application Developers understand the purpose of the Try block very well. Its very clear that the Try block must include the entire real programming code of the application. If any code is written outside the Try block and it generates an execute error, the application will inevitably crash. I believe no one has any doubt about this. So, why do VB.NET Application Developers write code outside this block today? I have no idea!
Lets look at the following code below (Listing 2). As you can see the connection string property (ConnectionString) of the MySQL ADO.NET connection object MySqlConnectionObject has been hardcode outside the error handling structure. This is a very bad programming practice because the connection string should not be hardcoded and set outside the error handling structure. One more thing, the ADO.NET connection object has been closed inside the Try block. This line of code should be done in the Finally block as required by definition (Listing 3). Dont dispose the connection object at the end of the Try block because if for any reason the application crashes before, the connection object will not be destroyed. Itll be floating on the server waiting for the Garbage Collector (GC) process.
Dim MySqlConnectionObject = New MySqlConnection
MySqlConnectionObject.ConnectionString = server=???;user id=???;password=???;database=???;"
' More programming code
Catch exError As MySqlException
MsgBox("An Error Occurred. " & exError.Number & & exError.Message)
' Cleanup custom and unmanaged resources
End Try
Listing 2: Open and close the MySQL ADO.NET connection object inside the Try block
Dim MySqlConnectionObject = New MySqlConnection
MySqlConnectionObject.ConnectionString = server=???;user id=???;password=???;database=???;"
' More programming code
Catch exError As MySqlException
MsgBox("An Error Occurred. " & exError.Number & & & exError.Message)
' Cleanup custom and unmanaged resources
End Try
Listing 3: Close the MySQL ADO.NET connection object inside the Finally block
A simple approach could be to write two generic functions for opening and closing the MySQL ADO.NET connection object inside the Try block as shown in Listing 4. We can see that the connection string was passed by value to the generic function MySQLOpenConnection() and it was set to the connection object inside the Try block. For more info about MySQL ADO Connection String please read my paper "Define and Store MySQL ADO Connection String in VB.NET 2005" and downloads the source code from my website Visual WWW Downloads. Just to mention the connection object has been closed properly in the Try block in generic function MySQLCloseConnection(). In real business application development its bad programming practices to keep open a MySQL ADO.NET connection object all the times. We dont want many connection objects open at the same time in a production server. It's better to open the connection object, do the required database transactions (load, insert, update and delete) and then close it properly. I think, in general, these two functions could be applied in any MySQL/VB.NET Windows database applications development.
Public Sub MySQLOpenConnection(ByVal pConnectionString As String, _
ByRef pErrorMessageString As String)
MySqlConnectionObject.ConnectionString = pConnectionString
Catch exError As MySqlException
pErrorMessageString = exError.Number & " - " & exError.Message
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub MySQLCloseConnection(ByRef pErrorMessageString As String)
If Not MySqlConnectionObject Is Nothing Then
If MySqlConnectionObject.State = ConnectionState.Open Then
End If
End If
Catch exError As MySqlException
pErrorMessageString = exError.Number & " - " & exError.Message
End Try
End Sub
Listing 4: Generic functions to open and close MySQL ADO.NET connection object
Lets look at our VB.NET 2008 example project. To do a better implementation of error handling and code organization lets create a class object ExceptionClass shown in Listing 5. As you can see, I always use in my MySQL/VB.NET papers, a disposal class object. It was created to properly release the ExceptionClass recourses by implementing the interface IDisposable. The class object ExceptionClass is designed inside the namespace WritingExceptionLibrary and two libraries have been imported: the MySQL Connector/NET data library MySqlClient for database connection and transactions; and the input/output system library IO for reading and writing to a text file.
Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Imports System.IO
Namespace WritingExceptionLibrary
Public Class ExceptionClass
Inherits ObjectDisposeClass
Private MySqlConnectionObject As New MySqlConnection
Private PositionStreamWriter As StreamWriter
' Developed custom properties, methods and events
End Class
Public Class ObjectDisposeClass
Implements IDisposable
Private disposedValue As Boolean = False
Public Sub Dispose() Implements IDisposable.Dispose
End Sub
Protected Overridable Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
If Not Me.disposedValue Then
If disposing Then
' TODO: free unmanaged resources when explicitly called
End If
' TODO: free shared unmanaged resources
End If
Me.disposedValue = True
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Listing 5: Class object ExceptionClass design code
In Listing 6 we see the code of the test form object WritingExceptionErrorsForm. This form includes two imported libraries, the MySQL Connector/NET data library MySqlClient and the namespace project WritingExceptionLibrary. A new instant ExceptionClassObject of the class object ExceptionClass is declared and initialized. The connection string MySQLConnectionString and the name of the exception log file ExceptionErrorFileString have been defined and stored in the application configuration settings file as shown in Table 1. The path of the exception log file has been defined in the same folder of the application executable file as Application.StartupPath().
Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Imports WritingExceptionErrors.WritingExceptionLibrary
Public Class WritingExceptionErrorsForm
Private ExceptionClassObject As New ExceptionClass
Private MySQLConnectionString As String = My.Settings.MySQLConnectionString
Private ExceptionErrorFileString As String = Application.StartupPath() & "\" & My.Settings.ExceptionErrorFile
Private WriteErrorMessageString As String
Private ErrorMessageString As String
Private Sub WritingExceptionErrorsForm_FormClosed(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) _
Handles Me.FormClosed
If Not ExceptionClassObject Is Nothing Then
ExceptionClassObject = Nothing
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ExitButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles ExitButton.Click
End Sub
End Class
Listing 6: Form object WritingExceptionErrorsForm code
Table 1: Application configuration settings for MySQL connection string and exception error log file path
After we designed our VB.NET example project structure and before continuing to write more error handling codes, lets look at the .NET Using statement.
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My objective here was to thought of a unique, simple keto pizza mixture that was high in fat, low in carbs, and moderate in protein — which are the perfect nourishing macros for a keto formula.
I read through many keto pizza mixture plans, some utilizing almond flour as the base (known as 'fathead' pizza), some utilizing crude, ground chicken as the base, while others utilized cooked chicken as the base of the pizza covering. They all appeared to be great, however all experienced a comparable issue in that the measure of fat included was low and truly didn't fit the prescribed keto formula extents.
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- ½ pound sweet Italian sausage, removed from casings
- 2 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 cup almond flour
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 whole large eggs
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 medium Bell pepper sliced, (any bell pepper, green, red, yellow or orange)
- 8 ounces baby spinach
- 2 tablespoons fresh garlic passed through a garlic press
- ½ cup pizza sauce (leave out the sugar)
- ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl mix sausage meat, cream cheese, almond flour, coconut flour, 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese and eggs.
- Spray a quarter sheet pan (13×9-inch) with kitchen pan spray.
- Press the mixture into the pan making an even edge all the way around.
- NOTE>…If mixture is not cold, refrigerate the filled pan for 30 minutes to firm up the crust before baking.
- Bake 12 minutes, turning pan half way through baking.
- While crust is baking, in a medium skillet with the olive oil over medium heat, saute onions and peppers for ten minutes until slightly soft. Add spinach and cook one minute to wilt.
- Add garlic and remove from heat.
- When crust comes out of oven, spread pizza sauce on bottom, top with cooked vegetables from pan, sprinkle on cheddar and mozzarella and bake for about 25 minutes, or until browned and melty. Place under the broiler for a minute if you desire it to be more browned.
- Cut into eight portions and serve.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:00 am
Delivery service scrambling to meet demand
KIMBERLY DUPPS TRUESDELL | For The Journal Gazette
There is no better way to describe this time in history other than uncertain. The speed at which things change is rapid. Day to day, hour by hour. Even, seemingly, second by second.
Sitting in my "home office" (a toy room that has been cleared of Legos) on Monday afternoon, I'm talking with Derek Berkes, owner of Waiter on the Way. It's just hours after Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that we will be under a shelter-at-home protocol.
What that meant, exactly, seemed uncertain but it appeared that Berkes' delivery business would continue. Now we know it will.ĀAnd, if the past weekend is any indication, it will be busy.
Waiter on the Way, which has been working with local restaurants since 1991, started to see an uptick in business Thursday.
By the weekend, it had to double its office staff and had about 50% more drivers making deliveries.
There were restaurant menus to add to the computer system and others to take down as owners and Waiter on the Way tried to navigate the changes to the food industry. Berkes says the service has added about 10 new restaurants since the COVID-19 outbreak.
Amid the chaos, though, Berkes has been focused on making sure the health and well-being of staff and customers stayed a priority, efficiently placing orders with restaurants and delivering them to customers, and doing as much for the restaurant community as possible.
"It's a very uncertain time for everyone. What I do know is that we can do something. We can keep working as hard as we can on everything we can," Berkes says. "Tomorrow that might be something different, but we keep looking for ways to support the local restaurants and businesses. For us, it's not an option to do nothing."
Among the initiatives is a partnership with the Downtown Improvement District to offer free delivery from restaurants within the 99 blocks of downtown, as well as the option to tip a restaurant in addition to the driver. When customers are ordering, Berkes says, they are taking advantage of that option to show support for restaurant staff.
This weekend, he's prepared to add more drivers to reduce delivery times during peak hours.
Free meals from Umi
Umi Fort Wayne launched a new program this week to help people during this time.
Until further notice, Umi is providing up to 500 free meals per day, available between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. The restaurant is working with local nonprofits to identify those in need and most vulnerable, as well as serve front-line workers.
No one will be turned away if they come for a meal, says Rachel Hall, marketing and events specialist for Umi. It's about serving the community during a difficult time.
"We had something to give, and we wanted to do that," Hall says.
The restaurant served nearly 600 meals in its first day Monday. It was an emotional experience, Hall says, filled with joy and tears as staff and volunteers provided the meals.
The program has received an outpouring of support, she says, including financial donations, volunteer offers and delivery help.
"We have so much gratitude for so many people coming together," Hall says.
People can also come to the restaurant at 2912 Getz Road for curbside pickup, which is available from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. To order, call 203-9975.
Other customers can still order food, and Umi is donatingĀall profits to its employee assistance program, which it launched last week with $15,000.
"We always say we're like a family," Hall says.Ā"But this has certainly brought us closer."
Decuis family meals
Driving home from New Orleans, where Alice Eshelman was visiting family, she had a lot of time to think about how to shift her business during COVID-19 shutdowns.
Eshelman, an owner of Joseph Decuis in Roanoke, knew restaurants would close. But she also knew that part of her business was the Emporium and chef Marcus Daniel can cook not just Wagyu steak but a lasagna.
"Our saving grace is that the Emporium is a grocery," she says. "Our wines are sold on a grocery license and our farm meat is sold here frozen."
Adding freshly prepared meals for carryout, as well as prepared foods that have been frozen, the fine-dining restaurant is pivoting its focus.
The Emporium will have individual casual meals such as Wagyu burgers and fries, available for takeout all day. Customers can also pre-order family-style meals, which will feed three to four people. For example, the menu could be roast chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salad and rolls for $52.
The specialty menus will be listed on JosephDecuis.com and updated weekly.ĀTo order, call 260-672-1715.
The Emporium also carries frozen Wagyu steaks, roasts, burgers, hot dogs and prepared foodsĀsuch as quicheĀand desserts.
Market in Gas House
Fort Wayne residents have been asking for a downtown grocery. AndĀthey have a new option.ĀAt least temporarily.
Don Hall's is operating The Water Street Mercantile out of its Gas House, 305 E. Superior St.
Called the Merc for short, the market is allowing the restaurant to sell excess inventory – such as vegetables, beef and Takaoka's famous ginger dressing. There might be household essentials.
"Inventory may change from day to day," Ben Hall says.
Customers complete an order form, and restaurant staff fill it and deliver it to the car.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 7Āp.m. daily.
Beer, wine sale
If there was ever a time to revamp a restaurant menu, it might be now.
Mark Melchi has been considering buying new beer coolers for the Lucky Moose, 622 E. Dupont Road, and changing his offerings. While that typically would involve making changes with a distributor and arranging credit, Melchi is selling his stock.
All beer and wine will be available half-price. Customers can choose carryout or delivery with a food purchase.
There will be daily lunch features for $7.77 and dinner features for $11.11 and $13.13. Create-your-own omelets, a popular brunch choice, are also available during the lunch hour for $7.77.
The restaurant will offer carryout and delivery from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 to 8 p.m. daily. Patrons can pick up food inside or wait in the parking lot.
Around town
• The shelter-at-home order has prompted some restaurants, which were operating on a carryout/delivery basis, to temporarily close. Among them are Tolon, el Azteca and Full Circle Grill & Bar.
• The Facebook Page 2GoFW continues to be a source of information and encouragement during these times. One of the administrators, Krystal Vega, shared that there is a bingo contest underway. There are two different cards – one to support local restaurants operating now and another to support spots after restaurants are allowed to re-open for dining.
• Rudy's Shop started delivering to the Fort Wayne area last week. Rudy's Shop offers a wide selection of Indiana beer and wine, DeBrand Fine Chocolates and many items from their walk-in humidor. They will also be featuring special delivery combinations at discounted prices. The delivery cost is free, with a minimum $40 purchase. All orders over $40 will receive a $10 Rudy's gift certificate. Delivery service is available from noon to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 451-0115 for more information or to place an order.
• Bravas, 3412 Fairfield Ave., is adding a delivery option for people who live in a 3-mile radius of the burger restaurant. Customers must call in their order at 745-7002 to have it delivered. Carryout orders can be placed online or over the phone. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
• Smokey Bones is offering free delivery via DoorDash through March. The barbecue restaurant is also offering family meals and kids eat free with purchase of an entrķe. For free delivery, there is a minimum purchase of $15.
• Red Lobster is offering free delivery through AprilĀ12 when customers order on RedLobster.com. Carryout is available, too.Ā
• Texas Roadhouse, 710 W. Washington Center Road, is providing curbside to-go service, allowing customers to pick up food without leaving their car. Orders can be placed through an app, at TexasRoadhouse.com or by phone atĀ416-0919.
• Firehouse Subs locations are open for carryout and delivery. Orders can be placed online at FirehouseSubs.com or by phone.ĀThere are locations at 4423 Coldwater Road (call 755-5178) and 5215 Illinois Road (call 416-0060).
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22. February 2019
Don't judge a book...
The truth is though, people do. In the same way we judge a plate of food before we taste it, a house by a front door, a company by a logo. Heck, when out walking my impeccably well-behaved Golden Doodle, Duffy (see The Dog Days of April) I'll judge a dog from 80 yards by the tilt of its owner's hat and reroute accordingly.
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11. January 2019
Bletchley Park
Aunty Pip started work at Bletchley Park in 1943. By then it was already a big operation. She would have been eighteen or nineteen. I'd long wanted to take my family there. Pip was the connection, the blood tie to the past, but even without that deeper link, there's something very special about Bletchley.
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13. November 2018
Wild West Hero
'Tell me when you're loaded,' says Jeff. He's training me on the job. Our Captain has us in skirmish formation, five yards apart in the woods up on Droop Mountain. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting us to get off the track. It's rough ground to advance over; I've never scrambled across fallen trees in full civil war kit while carrying a heavy Springfield musket. Life hasn't prepared me for this. Why would it? I'm yet to fire my first shot.
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16. October 2018
Details from the Front
I'm sleeping between two Springfield rifles. Each would be as long as I am were the bayonets fixed, but that's not a good idea in a civil war dog tent, so called because when the soldiers first saw them they said they were only big enough for a dog. There's two of us in here.
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This article (Syndicatus Populusque Sprawlus), is unfinished in many areas so that anyone can come in and fill the missing information!
Due to the nature of this page, it requires many smaller sections done separately, instead of one arcing vision. Themes, writing styles, and different viewpoints can all be had here. Let your imagination run wild!
"It's funny. People outside of the Sprawls think, 'Gosh, how could people live in such a horrible place?' But you know what? Not seeing the sun or trees is a pretty good trade off for being able to do anything you want, and having the ability to work up the system not found anywhere else in the world. So really, we're looking outside the Sprawls and saying, 'Those poor, poor people outside.' Ha."
- - Stanislao Mancini, Principate of the Mercury Sprawl
Who lives in a Sprawl? Edit
To many outsiders, the Sprawls are a horrible, crowded, and dangerous place to live. And indeed, they are. But such downsides are seen as opportunities to the avaricious, desperate, or the anarchic. So despite the menace of the Sprawls, most Sprawl dwellers have no desire to live elsewhere, and more than a few people outside have dreams of running away to a Sprawl.
To these people, the Sprawls are a bastion of freedom, both political and economic. The Syndicate truly does not care where you come from, as long as they profit from your work. If your tribe marked you "untouchable", if a government has branded you as an Enemy of the People for speaking against them, or if you're desperately poor with no hope of money, the Sprawls welcome you, and protects you. Even well-to-do people might emigrate; the rise of socialism (both democratic and autocratic) in the 20th century has alienated many people who consider themselves hard working and not needing government caretakers. The Syndicate stands as one of the last places capitalism thrives, and those who believe capitalism is the act of the lowly bettering themselves find no better place.
Not everyone is so philosophical. Many criminals, from petty thugs to sophisticated white-collar embezzlers come to the Sprawls, as their craft is better suited in a place where the police are entirely mercenary. Though in truth the Sprawls have laws against most crimes of man, the Legionnaires are overwhelmed with fighting gangs and often turn a blind eye towards petty crimes, especially if no one is hurt. The technology and luxuries of the Sprawl attract other types of people, who are tired of saving for colour television while drinking beer, and instead want to "chat" with their friends on the AURA network while drinking milk laced with Smilex.
Regardless of where they come from, joining a Sprawl is a simple affair. One only has to emigrate and become an Italian citizen, which is made easier when one is sponsored by the Syndicate. If you're poor, one of the Syndicate's many banks can give you a loan, but a rich person will be hit with successively larger "taxes" to prevent a corporate raider from coming in and taking over a Sprawl. Often, a immigrant will already have a contract with a company in a Sprawl, which gives them a job and perhaps a home immediately in return for a guaranteed term of employment.
Kids in the Syndicate Edit
All children, even the poorest of the poor, are entitled to an education. This is not for their benefit; the Syndicate wants workers to not be complete morons when they work. Many children, however, don't get the opportunity, as their parents make them work from the start. If a child's parents aren't so desperate, at about age five a child will spend six years learning how to read, do simple math problems, and operate a computer.
This is an especially important step early in a Sprawl's existence. The Syndicate wishes to erase the slightest trace of culture of its home country, and while difficult with an adult, children are more pliable. Italian and Latin are taught until fluency, and encouraged to be spoken at home; speaking anything other than these languages and English (considered the "gutter speak" of the Sprawl) at school is punishable by detention or worse.
After primary school the child is ready for a life of long hours and hard work, unless their parents are rich enough to send them to one of the many private schools in the housing arcologies of the Sprawl. There, a teenager can learn a variety of subjects, from AURA designing to corporate leadership, to advanced combat theory. The richest and most influential can send their child to the University Urbe Eternum, in the Rome MegaSprawl. One of the world's all around best universities, it rivals Cambridge and Harvard and any child taught there is all but assured a place high in the Syndicate hierarchy. The Syndicate is keen to make sure this university is world class, because a child born in the Sprawls has almost no chance of enlisting in any outside school.
Stolas and Spandex Edit
Like the rest of the world, there is no dyed in the wool set clothing that every single person wears. But still, like the rest of the world, there are trends. One of the most popular trends is to dress like what is thought to be the norm of 15 years in the future. After all, the future is the Syndicate's, and it's best to look like you belong. Men enjoy pastel colored suit jackets, while women wear spandex leotards or short skirts, with padded shoulders for reasons beyond outsiders. Popular accessories include wrist watches (often with miniature computers) for men, leg warmers for women, and for both sexes thick, oversize sunglasses (often worn at night).
It is still 1969, though, and outside fashions have trickled in. For many of the counter culture types, the drug culture is a lure many can not resist, and though many end up as destitute on the streets, they still make their impact on Sprawl life. As it is on the outside, these people and their admirers wear bell bottom jeans, tie-dyed shirts, and headbands. Another look is the retro, which for the Syndicate, is millennia old. Though no one really wants to dress in a toga, some clothes are made to resemble ancient Roman clothing. This can be as minor as a bulla worn around the neck, or as major as a full tunic. Retro clothing is often part of an occupation. Most famously, secretaries of executives, almost always women, wear replicas of stolas, though the often DayGlo colors ruin any authenticity.
Sprawlers Just Wanna Have Fun Edit
It has been said that one can deduce the most on a people when they're having fun. With that in mind, consider what the Syndicate does for fun. Much has been made of the ability to buy drugs on any mom-and-pop store on the street levels of an arcology, but that is not the only vice legal in the Sprawls. Prostitution is entirely legal, and even regulated by the Syndicate. Prostitutes are easily identifiable and brothels openly advertised. Many laws exist; prostitutes have to be willing, of the right age, and more or less healthy. This is seen as a similar system as the Smilex theory, that a vice is best "clean" and open. It is rumoured that all these laws are null in the Yoshiwara Sprawl.
The Sprawls are a violent place, and even honest, hard working people are eventually driven to brawl. "Block Wars" break out periodically in every Sprawl with enough people. Often between housing arcologies, groups of people pick up gyrojets, cartridge guns, or even just lead pipes and fight senselessly with other people. Legionnaires do not interfere, since there's no point in risking their lives to save people who will kill themselves anyways. Indeed, survivors are often recruited with the Legionnaires, while ANN live coverage has proven quite entertaining and is often edited into a sports show, which competes for viewers with underground gladiatorial matches between battlesuits, either against other battlesuits or against arrested criminals.
Not all Syndicate entertainment is so ghastly. The AURA network is mostly used for Syndicate purposes, but normal people also use it. At the most basic level, the AURA can only be used to transmit text to another user, or in a message board, but this alone has proven revolutionary in how people interact. Instead of going out to see a movie at the theatre, friends will watch the movie independently and comment by text message. Crude games has also arisen using just text, from trivia challenges about World War III, to "role playing" games where one pretends to be something else, with the works of Tolkien being a popular setting. However, the most popular use of the AURA is the simple "chat" room, where one talks with people who may be in the same Sprawl or on the other side of the world. Whole subcultures have arisen from this simple concept, more so than telephoning in the Allied Nations. What the future holds for such a concept is unknown, but it is the Syndicate's nevertheless.
Live to Eat Edit
"There is such a thing as an edible, nay, delicious meat pie floater, its mushy peas of just the right consistency, its tomato sauce piquant in its cheekiness, its pie filling tending even towards named parts of the animal. There are platonic burgers made of beef instead of cow lips and hooves. There are fish 'n' chips where the batter is more than just a white goo lurking at the bottom of a batter casing and you can't use the chips to shave with. There are hot dog fillings that have more in common with meat than mere pinkness, whose lucky consumers don't apply mustard because that would spoil the taste. It's just that people can be trained to prefer the other sort, and seek it out. It's as if Machiavelli had written a cookery book.
Even so, there is no excuse for putting pineapple on pizza."
- - Terry Pratchett
The various Syndicate agricultural subsidiaries, such as AgriCorp or the Beantil Corporation, operate their fields in the open land outside the Sprawls, employing scientific methods and agricultural machinery to grow and harvest various crops on a large scale. The crops grown on these farms are throughly inundated with artificial growth hormones, pesticides, and fertilisers as to make them unusually large and (somewhat) nutritious, if bland and possibly the cause of several diseases. Livestock are similarly treated (with the addition of hearty doses of antibiotics, of course), to the ire of various animal rights groups. While some experiments into vat-grown meat have made headway in replicating animal cells, keeping said cells alive and producing large portions of meat, let alone real-life textures or actual cuts, has been a different matter altogether, and even Sprawl dwellers do not provide much of a market for what are essentially cow tumours.
After being harvested, crops are sold to various companies that process them into cheap insta-meals, frozen bulk ingredients for fast-food joints, or packaged snacks, adding preservatives, food dyes, flavouring substances, and various other food additives, in the process removing or replacing most of whatever flavour or nutritional value they still might have contained, and distributed to various supermarkets and restaurants.
The average Sprawl dweller eats mostly fast food or takeout. Hamburgers, hot dogs, meat pies, sausages, pizza, curry, pazzas, noodles; whatever the common local cuisine is, there is a cheap, greasy version available. Supermarkets mainly sell insta-meals that can be reheated in a matter of minutes. Almost no one cooks with raw ingredients in their home in a Sprawl.
No Man Edit
As the Interweb connected people to each other, it came to be that some people became skilled in not only using it, but breaking it to their own purposes. Usually, this was nothing more than a scheme to get money or a puerile vandalism, but some aspired to something greater. A man who called himself Agostino used his talent to reveal some of the Syndicate's many underhanded actions, sometimes posting on message boards, while other times sending videos to non-Syndicate TV stations, wearing a mask of Brutus to avoid identification. Unfortunately, this didn't work; the last video sent showed that he was interrupted midway by a Satyr.
He sparked a very loosely organized movement, however, dedicated to bringing down the corruption of the Sprawls, or so they say. They call themselves "Nemo", for their anonymity is the key to their continued survival. No one knows anyone else' real name, nor their faces, as they've taken to wearing the Brutus mask like their inspiration. They operate by using the Interweb against the Syndicate, avoiding corporate AURA technicians and Tiberius to find or insert information that will somehow damage the Syndicate, though it usually hurts normal people even more. This definition is rather loose, as it ranges from revealing documents that show how a laboratory faked its information to favour a Syndicate product, to sending seizure-causing images to a Syndicate-run hospital for epileptics, to harassing a young daughter of a high-ranking Syndicate member to publish naked pictures of herself.
Unfortunately, Nemo's anonymity is also its greatest weakness. The network is used by the darkest fringes of society to protect themselves from prosecution, often with Nemo's widespread consent and approval. Worse still, many members' blind hatred of the Syndicate means they'll support anyone who works against them. When Salvatore Giordano killed a corporate executive, within minutes Nemo was already discussing how to keep him from being punished, an action which ended up with him walking free. These actions and others mean Nemo, far from its supposed image of scrappy underdogs, is usually little better in its methods or goals than the Syndicate. It's a common joke in the Sprawls that what Satyrs do to the streets, Nemo does for the Interweb.


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YS Kim, MM Smoak, AJ Melchiorri, and AG Mikos. "An overview of the tissue engineering market in the United States from 2011 to 2018," Tissue Engineering Part A, 25. (2019). [ABSTRACT][HTML][PDF]
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BT Smith, A Lu, E Watson, M Santoro, AJ Melchiorri, EC Grosfeld, JJJP van den Beucken, JA Jansen, DW Scott, JP Fisher, and AG Mikos, "Incorporation of fast dissolving glucose porogens and poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microparticles within calcium phosphate cements for bone tissue regeneration," Acta Biomaterialia, 78, 341-350. (2018). [ABSTRACT][HTML][PDF]
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The following documents are the forms most commonly associated with electrical permit types:
- Electrical Application for 30-Day Temporary Power
- Electrical Overhead or Underground Service
- Emergency Generators
- Interior Demolition Permitting Checklist
- Pool Permit Checklist
- Uniform Notice of Low Voltage Alarm System
The following documents are common forms used in both residential and commercial projects:
- Broward County / Fort Lauderdale Uniform Building Permit Application
NOTE: As of 04/01/2016, only this form will be accepted. The form is fillable; neighbors are encouraged to fill it out online and print it for legibility purposes.
- Building Permit Application Checklist
- Broward County Contractor Complaint Form
- Change of Contractor/Hold Harmless
- Contractor Registration Form
- Contractor Registration Renewal Form
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- Expired Permit Procedures
- Hiring a Contractor - Know the Law
- Inspection Type ID Codes
- Notice of Commencement
- Owner Builder Affidavit
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Ken receives a R600 discount for any of DPC's photography courses and stands in contention for the 2016 Photo of the Year competition.
Registering for a photography course at DPC entitles you to free membership on our student network, Photo Critic. Members may upload up to two images per week for constructive critiques and join in other photography activities.


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Digital marketing as general concept is the way to use advertising techniques on the internet, by taking advantages of the platforms and technologies involved to show products and services to the users online, being the digital analogy of traditional marketing and therefore having a lot more complex nature due to the information and data to be handled, analyzed and interpreted.
Now, digital marketing is a wide frame or component of e-commerce in first instance, and by that there are aspects in terms of selling and purchasing procedures and economy that are intrinsic, which are not available in traditional commerce and from where digital marketing fed in first place.
What does it mean for digital marketing to be an e-commerce component?
Being digital marketing a component of e-commerce, there are a few things that it has in common with other frames of economy based in cyberspace.
First, digital marketing involves content management as it happens with e-commerce in general, since such content is the way for business and enterprises to introduce information for potential users about products and services offered, as well as other data related in web pages, applications and social networks.
Public relationships is other aspect of digital marketing as e-commerce component, as well as online reputation, costumer services and sells. Since, information generated by users themselves is key to produce successful digital marketing campaigns as work as direct references for potential clients to buy or not a product or services respecting other people´s experiences.
Like this, digital marketing as traditional way to show content related to products and services to be sold better, as well as making a brand better known is just the beginning or tip of the iceberg, since interactions client-client or client-seller and previous experiences acquire extreme relevance, as it happens with other e-commerce frames that are also involved.


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Sweet watermelon and Savory bulgogi
Yes, there is such thing as 'watermelon ramen', also known as 'bibim naengmyeon' in Korean.
What is watermelon ramen?
First off, this summer special can be found at mokbar
The dish, or should I say, the watermelon consists of:
- cold matcha noodles
- watermelon rines pickled in a olive oil and lemon brine
- watermelon flesh-turn-to-broth
- shrimp
- gochujang sauce and
- bulgogi served on the side
How does it look like?
When you're sitting at the bar, you get to watch your meal being prepared. From the watermelon brought out of refrigerator, to getting the ingredients and having the matcha noodles prepared, it's all in front of you. Many of the ingredients were ready made so it didn't take long for this dish to be prepared and served.
The presentation of this dish makes me so excited to try it, especially after seeing the watermelon seeds. I love the creativity of this dish and how every part of this 10 pounds watermelon is used to bring out the flavor.
Most importantly, how does it taste like?
When you think watermelon, you think cooling. Since it's a special summer dish, it's definitely meant for us to enjoy a nice cold dish in this blazing hot weather. I took my first bite and the cool, sweet taste hit me and I got so excited to take my second bite. As I'm a broth person, I enjoyed how refreshing the watermelon broth was. However, my excitement died down a little when my taste buds got a little confused after I had the bulgogi.
The mixture of sweet and savory all at once was too much for me to handle. The watermelon ramen on its own was delicious and I do love bulgogi but for me, putting them both together was a little hard for my brain, taste buds and stomach to digest. I have no idea why I continued putting the meat and cold noodles together in my stomach, wasn't the best idea but as I continued eating, the clash in taste started to make me feel sick. The shrimp was the only ingredient that kept me going but there was only two so the motivation died after I ate them both..
Unfortunately, I couldn't finish this on my own and needed some help from my boyfriend – he hates putting sweet and savory together so it's a big sacrifice for him to help me finish my meal. Looking on the bright side, this $25 watermelon serves as both a main and a dessert. Just scrape off the watermelon on the side and there you go, fruit for dessert!
In conclusion
You should give this dish a try! Yes, you may cringe upon hearing the name of the dish and I agree it's hard to imagine what your taste buds need to go through. It is, however, something different and you're allowed to cringe only after trying it.
Would I have it again?
Probably not. I don't love this dish but I don't hate it either but I don't think it's worth putting my taste buds through this $25 watermelon meal. It's something so different that I had to try but you know, once is enough. Been there, done that. Furthermore, I've had enough watermelon for the summer (mind you, this is the only watermelon I had this summer).
I'll stick to the normal, classic ramen for now.
Have you tried/will you try the watermelon ramen?Tags: chelsea market, korean, new york city, ramen, savory, summer, sweet, watermelon


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I ran across these 1993 AT&T TV commercials on YouTube. This series of ads was called "You Will". Maybe you remember them (like I do). Take a look:
According to AT&T (circa 1993), in the future "you will" be able to:
- Borrow a book from thousands of miles away
- Cross the country without stopping for directions
- Send someone a fax from the beach
- Pay a toll without slowing down
- Buy concert tickets from a cash machine
- Tuck your baby in from a phone booth
- Open doors with the sound of your voice
- Carry your medical history in your wallet
- Attend a meeting in your bare feet
- Watch a movie you wanted to the minute you wanted to
- Learn special things from far away places
In 2007, I believe that all of these technologies are either available or could be done. However, and correct me if I am wrong, I don't believe that AT&T brought us any of these ideas. Why is that? Why did AT&T have the vision of the future and yet was unable create any of it?
Here's my take. First, I believe that no single company (or at least one single brand) could have developed all of these
future current technologies. Consumers want brands that stand for something unique and not one company to deliver everything. Today, consumers look to TomTom for GPS navigation systems, Tivo to watch a movie the minute they want to, and TicketMaster for their concert tickets.
So, why isn't AT&T a leader in any of these technologies? I think Mack Collier from The Viral Garden said it best:
When you think of AT&T, you think of landlines, rotary dials, and the Reagan administration.
In other words, the "future" can not come from an old, tired brand like AT&T. The future can only come from brands that bring to mind innovation, differentiation and pushing the limits (think Apple).
Why do you think AT&T (or any company for that matter) can have a clear vision of the future but not play a part in it?
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Coorg From Bangalore Travel Guide For A Relaxed Trip
The hassles of everyday life can be quite monotonous, isn't it? It is very natural for a person to get tired because of the constant routine which makes everything seem so redundant. It is for this reason that most of the people prefer to take a break from the routine and try out something that


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Far too many offices and business fail to recognize the importance of strict time and billing management. This is especially true for small businesses, sometimes made up of only one person, selling a service. If you take a look at your office and see that billing has become lax, now is the time to get it back on track. Lost billing time is lost money, pure and simple. You need to implement changes right away, and watch how much more efficient and profitable your office becomes. Stress the importance of proper billing to all of your employees, and most of all, learn it for yourself. If you are not sure of the best way to go about changing or improving your billing system, read on for some tips. These strategies and programs have been used by some of the most efficient companies in the world to turn their time into money.
By The Hour
Different companies use different methods of billing for their time. If you are the type of office or self contained company that charges by the hour, billing should not be much of a problem. It is just a matter of keeping strict control over the amount of time that is being worked, and then collating that into a format in which you can charge correctly for that time.
There is robust software that can do this for you, and the best programs are not that expensive, so you should not hesitate to pick them up and install them. After all, the amount of money you will save being free from billing errors will undoubtedly pay for the software many times over. There is even some web based software that is free and does a pretty good job of handling hours billed. Once you get to the end of the month, you only have to transfer your billing information into your invoice program and everything else will take care of itself. You do have an invoicing program, right?
Charging by the Day
The software we discussed before can also help you out if you are charging by the day, or the half day rather than by the hour. Some companies find this a much more efficient way of billing, and even offer their clients discounts for accepting this type of billing system. The great thing about billing by the day or half day is that you can keep track of it using a spreadsheet program that is most likely already installed on your computer. If that program has been gathering dust for some time, now is the time to bring it out of the mothballs and put it to use. All you need to do is set up a spreadsheet for each client and keep track of the days worked, and how much this should bring to bear in the billing cycle. You can use this same spreadsheet to keep track of any expenses you've incurred for each client as well.
If you find it would be less efficient or wise for you to handle your own billing, there is good news! There are many freelance billing specialists that can help you collate your billing system, and will not cost you an arm and a leg in the process. In addition to individual freelancers, there are established companies that do the same thing. These companies will likely charge you more, but you may have more peace of mind as to who you're handing your records over to and entrusting the proper billing be done.
In order to choose the best company to do your billing, take the time to research and find out a bit about their practices. Make sure they have handled billing of your type in the past. If possible, get some references. In fact, if you have friends in the industry, it might be better to get a recommendation than to try to pick a company out of the phone book. If you decide to go with a freelancer, references are doubly essential. Talk to people and find out what the median pay is for these types of services so that you don't wind up getting taken for a ride. On the other hand, you don't want to hire someone who will do it for dirt cheap. There's always a reason why someone is undervaluing themselves.
Whether you choose to do it yourself or outsource, billing and time management does not have to be an impossible mission. If you're having trouble keeping everything tidy and on schedule, At-A-Glance makes quality desk and wall calendars you can use to get organized. Follow the steps above, and you'll find that your company will soon be making the money it deserves.


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We're remodeling! We are upgrading our permitting and inspections software. This is all part of our continuing efforts to provide outstanding, efficient, quality, and valuable services. During this transition you may experience longer than normal wait times. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we modernize our technology in order to provide exceptional services to you, our customer. Should you have any questions about this transition you may contact City Planner Mark Yandrick at (937) 428-4767 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com
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We have recently worked on many chrome extensions. Releasing new chrome extensions manually gets tiring afer a while.
So, we thought about automating it with CircleCI, similar to continuous deployment.
We are using the following configuration in
circle.yml to continuously release
chrome extensions from the master branch.
We have created three jobs named as
build and
publish and used these
jobs in our workflow to run tests, build the extension, and publish them to the chrome store,
respectively. Every step requires the previous step to run successfully.
Let's check each job one by one.
We use cibuilds docker image for this
job. First, we do a checkout to the branch and then use
yarn to install
dependencies. Alternatively, we can use
npm to install dependencies as well.
Then, as the last step, we are use
yarn run test to run tests. We can skip this
step if running tests is not needed.
For building chrome extensions, we use the
chrome-extension image.
Here, we also first do a checkout and then, install dependencies
using yarn. Note, we are install zip utility along with yarn because
we need to zip our chrome extension before publishing it in next step. Also, we
are not generating version numbers on our own. The version number will be picked
from the manifest file. This step assumes that we have a task named
build in
package.json to build our app.
The Chrome store rejects multiple uploads with the same version number. So, we have to make sure to update the version number, which should be unique in the manifest file before this step.
In the last step, we use
persist_to_workspace to make
build.zip available
for the next step, publishing.
For publishing of the chrome extension, we use the chrome-extension image.
We need
CLIENT_SECRET and
ACCESS_TOKEN to publish
our app to the chrome store.
APP_ID needs to be fetched from Google Webstore Developer Dashboard.
APP_ID is unique for each app whereas
CLIENT_SECRET and
can be used for multiple apps. Since
APP_ID is generally public, we specify that in the
yml file.
CLIENT_SECRET and
ACCESS_TOKEN are
stored as private environment variables using CircleCI UI. For cases when our app
is unlisted in the chrome store, we need to store
APP_ID as a private environment variable.
CLIENT_ID and
CLIENT_SECRET need to be fetched from Google API console.
There, we need to select a project and then click on the credentials tab.
If there is no project, we need to create one and then access the credentials tab.
REFRESH_TOKEN needs to be fetched from Google API. It also defines the scope of
access for Google APIs. We need to refer to Google OAuth2
for obtaining the refresh token. We can use any language library.
In the first step of the
publish job, we are attaching a workspace to access
which was created previously. Now, by using all the required tokens obtained previously,
we need to obtain an access token from Google OAuth API,
which must be used to push the app to the chrome store. Then, we make a
PUT request to the
Chrome store API to push the app, and then use the same API again, to publish the app.
Uploading via API has one more advantage over manual upload. Manual upload generally takes up to 1 hour to show the app in the chrome store. Whereas uploading using Google API generally reflects the app within 5-10 minutes, considering app does not go for a review by Google.


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The Best John Steinbeck Books
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List of the best John Steinbeck books, ranked by voracious readers in the Ranker community. With commercial success and critical acclaim, there's no doubt that John Steinbeck is one of the most popular authors of the last 100 years. Best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck is easily considered one of the greatest authors of all time. If you're a huge fan of his work, then vote on your favorite novels below and make your opinion count. This poll is also a great resource for new fans of John Steinbeck who want to know which novels they should start reading first. With memorable characters and excellent storytelling, there's no reason why you shouldn't check out his work if you're a big reader.This list contains books like Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. What are John Steinbeck's best novels? Vote on this list and help us definitively answer that question.


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This will be the last of the tucks for awhile. I promise! But I like this technique and plan to return to it in a larger format by and by.
This piece is also faux tucking using a 2mm double needle, in a freehand design. The glimmer is a little sliver of painted, heat-distressed tyvek, fused in between the tucking lines. I dedicate it to a friend lost too soon.
The Made On Monday site is live here. Be sure to check it out!
References I'm using for my project include Ruth Singer's Fabric Manipulation: 150 Creative Sewing Techniques, and The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Collette Wolff.
Happy Monday!


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Saviour of the World?
I have become more aware than ever of the millions of human beings that people the earth. So many are obviously not Christian. Perhaps they have never heard of Christ nor do they care about him. How then can he be called the Saviour of the world? BS Wunsch
Saint Paul wrote that God our Saviour desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim 2:3-4).
In the early centuries of Christianity, there was consensus among scholars, with a few minor exceptions, that God willed salvation for all. This is the position taught by the Catholic Church today.
Yet Jesus said: He who believes and is baptised will be saved but he who does not believe will be condemned (Mk 16:16).
This implies that, if God wants all to find salvation, all must first believe in Jesus Christ as the universal Redeemer and be baptised into membership of the community which is the Church he founded. As you point out, there are millions of people who don't know or care about this fundamental belief among Christians, so how can such unbelieving, unbaptised souls be saved?
Some theological opinion has proposed that these souls cannot be saved. They are simply damned. The Catholic Church, by contrast, holding firmly that God wills the salvation of one and all, has clearly expressed its standpoint in Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.
It declares that those who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or his Church, yet sincerely seek God and strive by their deeds to do his will through the dictates of conscience, can attain to everlasting salvation. Even if they have no clear concept of God through no fault of their own, they may be saved (16).
Those who have some kind of god to worship and serve in accordance with the moral demands of their circumstances, and those who, with no such belief in a god yet act lovingly and compassionately towards their fellow humans, are thus not excluded from salvation.
But we must not lose sight of the fact that baptism and faith in Christ are essential for salvation.
The Catechism says: Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity (1260).
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