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West Bengal Board of Secondary Education released WB Madhyamik Result 2019 Today @ 9:00 AM. According to reports East Midnapore district stood top with 96.01% pass percentage. Kolkata got second place were as West Midnapore is in third place. Students can check their results from 10 AM onwards. Class 10 results will be live in wbresults.nic.in and wbbse.org board websites. Students can also check their exam scores from official mobile app of the board i.e., "Madhyamik Results 2019" app available in Google playstore.
Check Madhyamik 10th Result 2019 very soon in the official website wbresults.nic.in.
20th May 2019 Update: WBBSE will release WB Madhyamik Result 2019 tomorrow at 9 AM in the press conference. Honorable President of the board will announce the Madhyamik Pariksha (S.E.) result for both regular and external in the conference as per the official notification press release given by board. After that, on 10 AM, the class 10 results will be published in the official websites www.wbbse.org and http://wbresults.nic.in/. The release also states that, all the heads of the affiliated institutions or their authorized representatives can collect the certificates and the marksheets from the camp offices that are selected on 21st May 2019 at 10:00 AM.
According to the official release, the Madhyamik Result 2019 will also be available in the other third-party websites that are given in the official notification. Also the board has given another facility for the students to check their marks and it is through official mobile application and it is "Madhyamik Results 2019" app. Candidates can download this app from the Google playstore and install it on the mobiles to check the scores from 10:00 AM i.e., as soon as results are declared. According to the recent release, the camp office is changed for some reasons. Now, the changed camp office address for distribution of the certificates, marksheets and other supporting papers related to M.P. (S.E.) is given in the official notification which head of the institutions can check for their reference.
- Check WB Madhyamik Result 2019
- How to Check WB Madhyamik Result 2019
- WB Madhyamik Result 2019 Websites List
West Bengal 10th exams were completed successfully on March and following that the WBBSE is likely to announce the results of the same on May 2019. Read all the information related to the West Bengal Madhyamik Result 2019 provided here such as the date and time of announcement of 10th results in West Bengal, procedure to view the marks and all its related details.
- About West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE)
- About WB Madhyamik Result 2019 / West Bengal 10th result 2019
- Madhyamik Result 2019 Date and Time
- Who Will Announce WB Madhyamik Result 2019 ??
- Madhyamik Result Stats of Previous Years
- How to Check Madhyamik Result 2019
- Madhyamik Result 2019 Websites List
- WB Madhyamik Toppers List 2019
- Details of Madhyamik Revaluation, Recheck, Re-Scrutiny 2019
- WB Madhyamik Supplementary Results 2019
About West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE)
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education which is in short known as WBBSE is a state level education board of West Bengal. The board was at first known as Board of Secondary Education which was formed on 1951 inaugurated by West Bengal governor Dr.K.N.Katju. The chairman of the board was Sri Apurba Kumar Chanda. The basic functions of the board include regulating, controlling and developing the secondary education in the state and to conduct the final examinations in the school which was previously carried out by the Calcutta University. Subsequently the name of the board changed to WBBSE in the year 1964. It is an autonomous body and it conducts secondary or Madhyamik Pariksha in the state annually for more than 10 lakh examinees in the West Bengal state. The board also gives affiliation to the schools in the state every year. As per some sources, there are 10,238 schools affiliated to WBBSE till now and the count would keep on increasing.
|Board Name
|West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE)
|Established Year
|3rd May 1951
|Nivedita Bhawan, Block DJ-8, Sector-II, Salt Lake, Kolkata – 700091
|Exams Conducted
|Madhyamik Pariksha or Secondary Examination
|Official Board Site
About WB Madhyamik Result 2019 / West Bengal 10th result 2019
As every year, WBBSE released the exam routine for 10th or Madhyamik examinations in the West Bengal and according to it, the exams organized successfully on March this year. According to the details gathered, over 10 lakh student pursuing their 10th in various schools of the state has appeared in the exam out of 11 lakh candidates registered for the exam. Contenders written these final examinations to qualify in it and go for their higher studies. In view of this, they are eager to know their west Bengal madhyamik result 2019 to know that their hard work succeeded or not and to know that they stood in the toppers list or not. The board will announce the 10th result on May and the details of result date and time are available below in the table and under the results date part of this article. We advise you to check the details provided their.
|Exam Name
|Madhyamik (10th) Exams 2019
|West Bengal Exam Schedule
|12th February to 22nd February 2019
|West Bengal Madhyamik Result Date
|Today at 10:00 AM
|Official Result Website
Madhyamik Result 2019 Date and Time
Till know you have come across various aspects related to the Madhyamik result 2019 of the West Bengal state. Now it's time for you to know the result release date as per the current update. To sure true, we did not have any official update from authorized sources on the result date till now. The board is in the process of scrutinizing the answer sheets of the examinees and once it is over we will get an overview of the result date from the board sources.
As of now, we are giving the tentative information for the examinees and you can wait for the update. Till last year the wbbse 10th result 2019 declared on May but on different dates and times. Even on 2017, the Madhyamik result was out on May 27th after the conference completed at 10:00 AM by the board authorities. By following all those trends we have got an overview that this year also students can expect their 10th results by the last week of May 2019 or in the first week of June 2019. See that this is just expected date and exam authorities will soon give you the real update which you can find it here in this page. Until then we suggest you to keep looking the other updates posted on our website and they can help you for all your queries.
Last Year WB Madhyamik Result Date
Here is the previous year Madhyamik Result date for your reference. Based on this, you can expect this year result date.
- Previous year madhymik result of WBBSE was announced on 6th June.
Who Will Announce WB Madhyamik Result 2019 ??
Though there is no official update regarding who will declare the Madhyamik result 2019 of the West Bengal state, it is however expected that authorities of WBBSE along with the state education minister would announce the 10th results of the state this year. As soon as the official declaration of the West Bengal Madhyamik Result 2019 is done, examines of the same can see their marks at official site wbbse.org. Contenders can also check their marks through SMS. Officials of the board will also reveal all the result related statistics to the news and media which you can find at official portal.
Madhyamik Result Stats of Previous Years
|Total Pass %
|Boys Pass %
|Girls Pass %
|No. of Candidates Appeared
The above mentioned table would have given you an overview of the past trends of the west bengal madhyamik result of every year. The students writing the WB Madhyamik exams every year is in lakhs every year and last year it reached to 11 lakh nearly. With the increase in the candidates appearing in the exam the overall pass percentage also seen a drastic improvement and it is good news. However, there is some difference in the pass percentages of the boys and girls every year. Sometimes girls are securing good pass percentage and sometimes the pass percentage of boys is more. The trend is continuing every year. Anyhow, this year aspirants can good pass percentage as they are confident that they have written the exams well. To know the total pass percentage and the student's count of the 10th exams this year you have wait for the result announcement and you can look that information here as quickly as results are declared.
West Bengal Madhyamik Exam Grading System
WBBSE follows the 7th level grading system to issue the madhyamik results every year. Based on the percentage scored in the examination the grades are allotted to the particular subject and for overall total. You can check out the below grading system table to know the grading system in Madyhamik results.
|Grade Percentage
|100 to 99
|D Below
How to Check Madhyamik Result 2019
There are two processes for checking the Madhyamik or 10th marks of the West Bengal state. We have given both the ways below for your reference.
Procedure to Check Madhyamik Result 2019 Online
Step-1: Go to the website http://wbresults.nic.in/
Step-2: Search for West Bengal Madhyamik Pariksha (SE) Results 2019 link and click it.
Step-3: Enter your Roll and Number
Step-4: Give your Date of Birth in the date DD/MM/YYYY format mentioned in the result page.
Step-5: Finally click "Submit" button.
Step-6: WBBSE 10th result 2019 will be displayed on screen and you can check it.
This is the online process for checking the 10th marks instantly for the examinees and it is noted that, the mark sheet displayed on the online sites is not the original mark sheet and provided there only for your immediate information.
Check WB Madhyamik Result 2019 through SMS
Candidates can also view their Madhyamik result via SMS. All that the students have to do is have a mobile phone through which they can send the SMS given in the below format to the respective authorized numbers. Once you send the SMS to any of the number, you can immediately receive message back to your mobile having the result in it. This SMS service is provided by the officials for the quick reference and to reduce the result tension of the students. We recommend the students to prefer this process if they are unable to check their result online immediately.
WB Madhyamik Result 2019 SMS Format
|All Users Send SMS as
|WB10<space>Roll Number to 56263 or 54242 or 58888
Hope any of the procedures given here would help you to access your West Bengal madhyamik result 2019 quickly. We will also try to update the result link or host the results link in our site. With that you can directly check your result without any issues just by giving Roll, Number and DOB. You can also find the merit list, WB 10th toppers list district wise, roll number wise or subject wise and the names and percentages of the top 10 students here for your immediate reference. If you want to see all that stuff, keep an eye on this page.
Madhyamik Result 2019 Websites List
So are you ready to check your WB 10th marks 2019?? Then you should be aware of those sites through which you can see your result. The most common website or the official portal known to many of us if www.wbresults.nic.in 2019 for checking the 10th or Madhyamik exam results, right, but there are many unknown sites present on the web which can help you view you score obtained in the WB Madhyamik exams which you do not know actually. So what we did is that we have gathered some of the important portals in the online on which 10th results of west Bengal are updated yearly and listed below. You can check few such sites provided here and just by giving your roll number and date of birth in the results page of these websites, you can access the result easily. All these websites will work properly, however if any of the site is having trouble while checking the result you can immediately navigate to other site from the list to check the result.
- www.wbresults.nic.in
- www.wbbse.org
- results.nic.in
WB Madhyamik Toppers List 2019
West Bengal Madhyamik result 2019 topper list will be released only after the Madhyamik result 2019 is announced officially. Examinees who are eager to check their marks and are looking to view the WB 10th class toppers list have to wait till the end of May. Last year the results and the toppers list are available to the examinees on 27th of May. This time they can be expected even before. Anyhow official update is awaited and so please be patient for some more time and check the regular updates.
Details of Madhyamik Revaluation, Recheck, Re-Scrutiny 2019
Rechecking or revaluation details of the WB Madhyamik result 2019 will be announced soon i.e., after the 10th examination results are officially declared in the online by authorities. So any student who feels that they got less marks or desired marks can have the chance to apply for the revaluation or rechecking. The procedure to apply for the re-scrutiny and the details of the fee and other instructions will be detailed in the official portal notification related to West Bengal 10th revaluation 2019. After you apply for re-scrutiny, you have to wait some days for the WB Madhyamik Revaluation result 2019 to be released which you can check at official website. If you want more updates on it, please wait till official details are out and you can find information here as we will update them if possible.
WB Madhyamik Supplementary Results 2019
Till now we have talked about the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education 10th regular exam results for the academic session 2018-2019. Now we can discuss about the supply exams and the results here.
Usually, the WBBSE will conduct the Madhyamik supply examinations for the failed candidates in the regular exams. By checking the result one can know that they have qualified or not. There will some students failed in one or two subjects or all. Those people have to apply for the re-exam of the supplementary exam. The exams will be held on June 2019 tentatively. The failed candidates have to pay the exam fee for the subjects they have failed and appear for the re-exam. The Compartmental / Supply / Supple / West Bengal Madhyamik Supplementary result 2019 would be announced on July 2019 as every year. All such details such as exam fee for each paper, admit card for the supply exams and the result information will be given by the board along with the regular exam results. Also aspirants who want to apply for revaluation, recounting or recorrection will also get the information in the notification released by the board after the regular results are declared. You can find all those details here easily as we will update them for your reference. For all those updates, you have to stay with us.
Press CTRL+D and visit this site frequently for the Madhyamik result 2019 updates. Hope you received all the information as of now with respect to 10th results of West Bengal.
Update: Some news sources stated that WBBSE official said that they would declare the WB Madhyamik Result 2019 in the in 1st week of June i.e., after the elections complete. Also their is no chance that results would be announced on May as 17th Loksabha elections are likely to take place in the same month. So, we hope you to be clam and wait for the board officially announce the correct result date. Students can also collect their 10th marksheet from their respective schools on the same day.
02/05/2019 Update: The latest news from some news sources is that, the WB Madhyamik Result 2019 will be available in the last week of May or in the first week of June 2019 as last year result is out on 6th June. The WB board would mostly follow the similar pattern for announcing the result every year. However, as this is not the official update, candidates have to be patient to know the official result date which is expected soon.
06/05/2019 Update: As there is no official update on the issue of WB Madhyamik Result 2019 date, we expect the results in the June as last year results were on 1st week of June. Once the result is published, marks of the examinees will be available in the official website wbresults.nic.in and other third-party websites that hosts results. Soon the board would announce the exact result date. So, keep visiting for more updates.
09/05/2019 Update: WB Madhyamik Result 2019 is likely to be announced on 21st May 2019 at 10 AM by WBBSE says various sources. However, the date has to be officially confirmed by the board authorities. After the Madhyamik Result 2019 release, marks can be checked from official website of board. As per the president of WBBSE Kalyanmoy Ganguly, number of girl students taking 10th exams in the state is more than the number of boys. Over 10,66,000 students have appeared in the class 10 exams this year and major part of them are regular students only. Students have to await for the board to officially confirm the result date.
12/05/2019 Update: According to sources, it is confirmed that WBBSE will announce WB Madhyamik Result 2019 on 21st May 2019 at 10:00 AM. Over 11 lakh candidates appeared for the exams can check their results at the official website once declared. As only few days left for results announcement, students can get ready with their hall ticket number to check their madhyamika result 2019 scores.
17/05/2019 Update: West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) is all set to announce the WB Madhyamik Result 2019 on 21st May 2019 at 10:00 AM. At first the results will be released at the press conference. After that, the Madhyamik Result 2019 will be published at 10 AM on the official website wbresults.nic.in home page. Students appeared for the exam will now have to wait only few more days to access their scores. Stay tuned for more updates.
19/05/2019 Update: The recent update from NDTV states that, WBBSE will declare WB Madhyamik Result 2019 at first in a press conference at 09:00 AM on 21st May 2019 and after that the result will be released in the official website wbbse.org and wbresults.nic.in at 10:00 AM. Though it was tentative date earlier now it is officially confirmed by the board. Soon after the declaration of the Madhyamik Result 2019, the board will distribute the class 10 marksheets and other certificates at 10:00 AM on the same day from only the selected camp offices. After that students appeared for the exam can collect their certificates from their corresponding institutes. Over 10 lakh students are said to have appeared in the 10th exams this year in under WBBSE.
For the convenience of the students, WB board will also release the Madhyamik Result 2019 through the mobile app. It is also said that the mobile app is now available in the playstore to download. Candidates can also access their 10th results via SMS. As per indiatoday, candidates get their results by an SMS and the format is, send WB10<space>roll number to any of these numbers 54242 / 56263 / 58888. So, all the 10th students of the West Bengal under WBBSE can utilise this opportunity and check their scores as soon as the results are declared.
20/05/2019 Update: Finally WBBSE will declare WB Madhyamik Result 2019 tomorrow at 10:00 AM i.e., on 21st May 2019 (Tuesday). Only after the results are released officially at press conference tomorrow at 09:00 AM, the marks will be available live for the students. It is officially confirmed that results will be published at official website wbresults.nic.in after they are released in the press conference. Students check the scores from that website. On the same day, the board will give away the marksheets and the certificates from the camp offices that are selected. After that candidates can collect their certificates from their respective institutions on the same day.
Candidates can also access their madhyamik result 2019 through mobile app available in the playstore to download and also via SMS. The SMS format is available here. Go through it and check your exam scores as soon as results are declared. As it is said that mobile app is available in the playstore, candidates can download and install it today to check your scores as soon as they are announced. As there will be huge traffic for the official website upon the release of the 10th results and the server could get busy which takes long time for the results to show up on the screen, the board would have launched this app. This makes the students not to wait for long time to access their marks after they get published.


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In the school year in Australia Lent and Easter occur towards the end of Term One. Teachers have the enormous task of introducing Jesus to pre-primary students before focussing on his death and resurrection (central to the Paschal mystery). The following story is to be shared before the events of Holy Week!
Did Jesus have a teddy?
I hear you have been learning about Jesus. Jesus is very special. He is the Son of God and Mary. St Joseph was his foster father. As a little boy I wonder if he had a teddy bear, or a special blanket?
When he was 12 years old he got separated from his mum and dad (his foster father, St Joseph). Has anyone got lost? It's pretty scary. Let us hear what happened. The story is called Jesus in the Temple.
Jesus in the Temple
Every year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of the Passover. When the festival was finished, they would travel home with a large group of friends and family.
One year, when Jesus was twelve years old, his parents suddenly realised that he was not with them. Joseph and Mary hurried back to Jerusalem. Frightened for his safety, they searched for Jesus for three days. Finally, they found him in the temple where he was talking with the priests and teachers. He amazed everyone with his knowledge and wisdom.
"We were so worried about you, my son," cried Mary. But Jesus replied, "You need not have searched for me. Where else would I be but in my Father's house?"
Then he went back home with them and was obedient to them. His mother Mary treasured all that had happened in her heart. And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and all people (Luke 2:41-52).
Something to Ponder
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The Witchfinders, is the eighth episode of Doctor Who Series 11, and it finds the Scooby Doo gang back in the times of King James I (Alan Cumming). The words "Mr Savage demands your presence" stops a happy party with apple bobbing, and starts giving a vibe more creepy than Harvey Weinstein. Dom RobinsonReviewer of […]
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Om prosjektet
WP7: Data visualization and deliberative democracy (Nærland, Engebretsen)
What are the relations between data visualization, visual-numeric literacy and democratic practices and resources?
WP7 will summarize the findings from WPs 1-6 and assess the democratic implications of these in light of what has come to be known as deliberative theories of democracy (Habermas 1992). In the existing body of theory, writing and oratory are favored as modes of public communication, as these are seen to facilitate public argumentation as well as the dissemination and uptake of information – all of which constitute core practices in a functioning democracy. Yet, as recently argued by several scholars (Nærland 2014), this favoritism takes place at the expense of visual, sonic or narrative modes of public communication. The expansion of DV in society thus necessitates both the assessment of DV as a democratic practice in itself, and, the reassessment of democratic theory in light of the developments that DV represents.
On the one hand, DV involves a new and emerging mode of communication that may or may not enable (media) institutions to fulfill their ideal function as facilitators of public discourse and disseminators of information and arguments. On the other, DV necessitates a new kind of literacy among its audiences that may or may not enable them to act as informed and critical citizens. Consequently, WP7 discusses the findings from the overall project in light of the following two interrelated aspects of DV:
DV and communicative rationality: To which extent does the visual and multimodal language of DV enable the diffusion of arguments and statements about the world open to argument and falsification, or conversely; does DV involve concealment or obscuration? Here, findings from the previous WPs will be discussed in light of the core concept of 'communicative rationality' (Habermas 1981).
DV and civic culture: to which extent can DV be seen to provide its audiences with resources that enable them to act as citizens? Here, the findings from the project will be discussed in light of the multidimensional conceptual framework of 'Civic culture' (Dahlgren 2000) which captures the different ways in which engagement with the media may function as resource for democratic participation and inclusion.
Financial source: The Norwegian Research Council
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Exploring the Eclipse\'s Mobile UI technologies
Gorkem Ercan (Red Hat, Inc. )
Making For Eclipse · Standard (25 mins)
Tags: Mobile And Embedded , UI / RCP
Wednesday, 14:00, 25 minutes | Stevens Creek
Did you know that eSWT is now the mostly widely deployed Eclipse code in the world- even more than the Eclipse IDE? The Eclipse community produces several technologies related to mobile user interfaces and new ones have been recently added. This talk will explore these technologies.
In the past year, eRCP project has gotten a new contribution for a completely new platform, the eSWT port on Qt. Besides enabling eRCP on several new platforms including Linux. The Qt port provides means to support some of the e4 features such as
In addition to the new Qt port, eSWT has been improving on its existing platforms as well. New features and improvements on the existing eSWT platforms, such as Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 now greatly improves the usability and styling possibilities of applications. This talk will cover some of them.
The eRCP project have also received a contribution for OpenVG bindings for Java. OpenVG is a 2D hardware accelerated vector graphics technology. We shall demonstrate how applications can get the full benefit of 2D accelerated graphics hardware that is present on mobile devices.
The OpenLCDUI project is aimed to provide the MIDP UI for Symbian phones using the eSWT port(s) available on that platform. We shall take a quick look into this new project and see how an Eclipse UI technology is going to help Symbian Foundation to enable MIDP on its platform.
Gorkem Ercan has experience working on different technologies ranging from enterprise and mobile Java to Symbian and Qt C++. He is the project lead for the Eclipse embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP) project. Also a committer on Mobile Tools for Java (MTJ) and Web Tools Platform (WTP) project since its inception. He is currently working at the Nokia Symbian Java platform team as an architect for eSWT and eRCP projects.


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Today I went to an exhibition in Ghent, with pictures of Vivian Maier.
I liked her pictures a lot, but I also was quite fascinated by her
She kept her work secret and her pictures were only discovered after
she died. You can read the history here or see the documentary trailer
Vivian Maier made a lot of self-portraits in mirrors and windows.
Some of them made me think of a picture my dad took, in the mirror
of a shop (see the picture below).
Because my dad is a photographer, I have many pictures from when
I was little. But only a few of us together. That's why this one is very
special to me.


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Recruiting news has been a bit slow this spring for some firms, a fact that LPL Financial (LPLA) acknowledged when it released its quarterly earnings on Wednesday.
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch (BAC), though, says it recently added a team from rival Morgan Stanley (MS).
The two advisors, Gerald and Brian Saroken — a father and son team — are based in New York.
Combined, they have about $300 million in assets and $2.6 million in yearly production.
Gerald has been in the business for 15 years; his office is in White Plains. He joined Citibank/Smith Barney in 1999 and moved to Morgan Stanley in 2009, with the MSSB merger, according to FINRA records.
Brian, a CFP, became a Smith Barney advisor in New York City in 2002.
Pitcairn Names Scola Family Wealth Strategy Director
Pitcairn, a family-wealth organization, said earlier this week that Brett Scola, CPA and CFP, is now director of Family Wealth Strategy for its office in Washington, D.C.
"We are confident that Brett's extensive experience advising families, individuals, and privately-owned businesses will be a great addition as we continue to expand our presence in the Washington, D.C., area," said commented Pitcairn President and CEO Leslie Voth, in a statement.
Scola came to Pitcairn from GenSpring Family Offices and was previously with PNC Wealth Management, Wachovia Wealth Management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Raymond James IBD Adds Succession Tools for Advisors
On Thursday, Raymond James' (RJF) independent broker-dealer said it signed a deal to give its advisors more resources for succession planning. Its new partners are Live Oak Bank and Key Management Group.
These groups will share preferred financing and valuation services with the independent-advisor practices and with prospective advisors.
"One of the most important issues facing our industry is the lack of documented succession plans for experienced, successful advisors," said Scott Curtis, president of Raymond James Financial Services, in a statement.
"Not just catastrophic, business continuity plans, but well-developed and thoughtfully executed business succession and retirement plans," Curtis explained. "They're an essential element of a business continuity plan for advisors and their clients."
The financing and valuation services provided by Live Oak Bank and Key Management Group will be available to RJFS advisors May 1.
"Live Oak Bank is the only bank that is addressing the need for financing of advisory practices in the wealth management industry," said Chip Mahan, CEO of Live Oak Bank, in a statement.
"We did a lot of due diligence, we really understand this sector and its particular needs relative to cash flows," he added. "We have customized our process for Raymond James and its affiliated advisory firms, and we have unlimited capital to fund these acquisitions."


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ALE and LGS Innovations have jointly developed CodeGuardian to assure businesses of added security against network cyber attacks.
With nearly one million malware threats released worldwide every day, it's vital that organizations deploy a proactive, defense-in-depth network security strategy that addresses multiple layers of the network. In an effort to provide enterprise businesses with greater networking security capabilities, ALE, operating under the brand Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, today announced it has added another level of protection against a growing range of vulnerability attacks. It has enhanced its already proven secure OmniSwitch® portfolio of products via a technology partnership with LGS Innovations.
The new technology, known as CodeGuardian™, is believed to be the world's first independently developed solution aimed at protecting the operating system of third party network switches and routers from security threats and vulnerabilities. The addition of CodeGuardian to the OmniSwitch products creates another layer of defense against security exploits.
CodeGuardian is designed to protect networks from intrinsic vulnerabilities, code exploits, embedded malware, and potential back doors that could compromise mission-critical operations. Businesses benefit as the technology is designed to mitigate larger enterprise security risks at the source, enabling an enhanced security profile through:
- Independent verification and validation of OmniSwitch source code;
- Address space randomization to protect the OmniSwitch operating system without changing any functionality;
- Secure delivery of OmniSwitch software by ALE helps to prevent tampering.
Stephane Robineau,Executive Vice President, GM, Network business, ALE
"Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise switches are continuing to evolve with superior, enhanced security to protect businesses from modern security threats and vulnerabilities. After all, preventing an attack is much less expensive than recovering from an attack. Our OmniSwitch products already satisfy higher level of security required in particular in government agencies, military operations, academic institutions, and healthcare organizations. We take pride in the continued evolution of our portfolio to address our customers' security concerns, and are excited to work with LGS Innovations to bring the added assurance of CodeGuardian to our offering."
Kevin Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, LGS Innovations
"LGS Innovations is dedicated to supporting the evolution of enterprise security to address a defense-in-depth strategy for all layers of the network. With extensive experience deploying secure, mission-critical switching solutions, we recognize the importance of network-level software integrity as a critical component of the larger network security ecosystem. LGS is excited to partner with ALE to bring CodeGuardian to their OmniSwitch family of products."
About LGS Innovations
LGS Innovations delivers mission-critical communications products, R&D, and supporting services to U.S. defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies and commercial customers around the world. We create advanced solutions in wireless communications, signals processing and analysis, optical networking, photonics, routing and switching, and spectrum management. These solutions drive mission success in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), cyberspace operations, and network assurance. LGS Innovations is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, with offices across the U.S. and overseas. We employ over 1,000 associates around the world, including 750 scientists and engineers. LGS Innovations: Listen. Innovate. Deliver. www.lgsinnovations.com.
About Us
Our company is a leading provider of enterprise communications solutions and services, from the office to the cloud, marketed under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand. Building on our established heritage of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, we operate globally with 2700+ employees in 100+ countries worldwide, with headquarters near Paris, France.
With communications, networking, and cloud solutions for business of all sizes, our team of technology experts, service professionals, and 2900+ partners serve more than 830,000 customers worldwide, tailoring and adapting our solutions and services to local requirements. This provides tangible business outcomes through personalized connected experiences for customers and end users.
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Meet & Greet, Placid North Sea, Trivia begins, a gorgeous day in Oslo, crazy Norwegian explorers
We are winding up day two already on board Nautica (is it Saturday already?). Funny how that time just races by.
We sailed out of Tilbury as more than seventy of us met in the Horizons Lounge for the Cruise Critic Meet and Greet. I kept track of the Roll Call members over the past year and Steve did an awesome job creating badges for the event. Of course, we had a couple of mistakes (misspelled names or a missing cabin number) and a few more folks showed up who thought they had RSVP'd to the event and frowned as they were handed plain old sticky name tags. Oh, well, can't please everyone and mistakes will happen with this type of bookkeeping. What's weird is that sme people think I am arranging tours for everyone (sorry, no).
Friday was a day at sea and it flew by. The North Sea was as placid as a pond. We slept in, had a great burger lunch in the late afternoon at the Waves Grill, then spent the evening in the Martini's Grill talking to people and playing our first team trivia competition (we won). We canceled a reservation at the specialty restaurant Toscana because we were still full from the burger lunch and just enjoyed snacks and a few drinks. We also won today at the much larger afternoon trivia event, with seven teams of eight participating. We get "O" points for top-tier finishes, good for cheesy hats and t-shirts at the end of the cruise. People take trivia extremely seriously onboard Oceania.
Today we had a fairly short port stop in Oslo. We arrived at 8:00 am and sailed at 2:00 pm. It was a glorious day, with clear skies and the temperature pushing 80 degrees. Although my right foot was hurting (probably plantar's fasciitis), we walked from the cruise ship dock to the central docks in front of City Hall (an ugly brown building with two towers – pictures will be posted later tonight!!). We caught the public ferry from here to the Bygdøy Peninsula, with many great museums. On our last visit here in 2010, we took a tour to the Viking Ship, Kona-Tiki and Maritime museums. Today, our objective was the Fram museum, home of one of the most famous exploration ships in history.
The A-Frame building that houses the Fram is a short walk from the ferry. This three-masted triple-hulled vessel holds the record for furthest north and furthest south travel by a wooden vessel, supporting the Arctic expeditions of Fritjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup and the famous Roald Amundsen Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912 (Amundsen reached the South Pole mere weeks ahead of the ill-fated Scott expedition). We found this museum to be fascinating and the travails of these explorers were mind-bogglng. The Fram's design was also intriguing, being wider and having a shallower draft, allowing it to ride up on fast ice, rather than being crushed. The Fram also had a retractable single propeller. A second, smaller exploration ship, the Gjoa, is also housed at this museum.
Tonight we are now in open waters sailing to the southwest around the bottom of Norway, after coming down through the Oslo Fjord (a low-hill fjord, but still quite scenic). We arrive in our second port, Stavanger, tomorrow morning at 8:30 am and are scheduled to go on a boat tour to the Lysefjord.
Nautica is quite nice and we have enjoyed its intimate size so far. The food is good, too! Tonight, we are venturing into the Grand Dining Room for the first time. Pictures will actually appear on this blog later tonight!


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The curtain is descending on The Long Way Home, the innovative theatre piece featuring defence personnel describing their experiences at war and back home.
In The Long Way Home, 13 defence members teamed with four professional actors to share a roller-coaster ride of emotions that resonated with audiences in performances across the nation.
The final performance will be at Perth's His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday.
Defence force chief General David Hurley said The Long Way Home was just one of the ways Defence was addressing the issues of those who have served in recent conflicts, including the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"The production has helped further the important conversation on military mental health. It is a good start point, but we must continue to talk about the issue and reduce the stigma around mental health that still exists in Australia," he said in a statement.


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Signing Off To Run For The Senate
Wednesday - July 19, 2006
Editor's note: Jerry Coffee has voluntarily chosen to stop writing his column while running for the U.S. Senate. We'll miss his column, as I'm sure many readers will, but we salute him for his willingness take his ideas and principles into public service.
With my recent commitment to become a member of the United States Senate representing this incredibly diverse, dynamic and beautiful-beyond-words state of Hawaii, this column will be my last, at least for the foreseeable future.
In the three years I've been writing, MidWeek publisher Ron Nagasawa, editor Don Chapman and managing editor Terri Hefner have allowed me great latitude in both subject and style, and have - by example and dialogue - taught me much about the professionalism of the craft. And you, my readers, have always had my attention with your feedback, sometimes orchids, sometimes shrapnel. In either case, thank you for caring enough.
My wife, Susan Page, who has turned out a weekly MidWeek column for 14 years, continues to inspire me with her creativity and skill. Some weeks we will go through our too familiar routine: "What are you gonna write about this week, Honey?" ... "I dunno, what are you gonna write about?" ... "I dunno, what are you gonna ..." And then just before we submit the columns, usually right up against the deadline, we'll read them to one another. And every time, I am humbled by her skill and the twinkle in her words.
And just an hour ago, she didn't even know what she was gonna write about!
Our normal guideline for a column's length is 600 words, and if I could stick to that, the task would be easier - 600 words go by in a blink. I think it was one of our Founding Fathers who said in a letter to his wife, "I'd have written a shorter letter but I didn't have time!" Indeed, making my points succinctly through self-editing has been the greatest challenge.
And Ron Nagasawa is the master, making cleverly subtle observations on human nature - usually his own - in the fewest of words.
Don Chapman is gracious in the latitude he accords his columnists. One of the joys of reading MidWeek is that you never know what "so and so" is going to say about "such and such." And, of course, philosophically we cover the spectrum.
In seeking balance, I've waxed seriously one week and playfully the next, but there are so many truly grave issues facing us now as a city, a state and certainly as a nation. It has been difficult to "lighten up" even occasionally. Nevertheless, not wanting to be the "curmudgeon columnist," I have written lightly, from my colorful grandfathers, Shorty Wells and Charlie Coffee, to the dogs I have owned.
I have tried to write according to my conscience, feeling I would have wasted this incredible privilege if I didn't.
I have written disproportionally, perhaps, on the imperative to understand and appreciate the unprecedented danger we face as a nation today. We are dealing with a centuries-old historical cycle of intifada carried out by radical Islamic fascists against all who are not like them.
They don't even want to convert us - they want to kill us.
They are our opposite: We love life, they love death. We extol freedom, they preach and practice repression, barbarism and hate. By now, that should be clear to all Americans.
The only way America is going to survive - and I mean literally - is to put the political bickering behind us, and do whatever is necessary to win.
We can't change the past - everyone must get over it.
If we are to prevail, we must be united in our focus upon winning over an implacable enemy, and that enemy is not the democracy-seeking people of Iraq, our own troops there or Bill Clinton or George Bush.
As POWs in North Vietnam, our survival depended upon our unity. Every man knew that no matter how much he was hurting, a comrade was hurting even more, and you just had to be there for him. Our motto was simple: "Unity Over Self."
Hawaii and America - both of which I love to tears - need to embrace that motto now.
Before it's too late.
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SP11 Package #3 – at last!
Due to mania, server crash and my sieve-like memory, I hadn't posted my final SP11 package squee-ing. So here it is now. I did mention on 3rd December that I'd received it, but that was as far as I got. … finish reading "SP11 Package #3 – at last!"
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I've had THE most awesome final / "reveal" package from my SP11 pal, Janey. THANK YOU JANEY! :-D I shall write more and post pics later. And email Janey to gush a lot. Yes. Due to Circumstances Beyond My Control, … finish reading "Zooooom"
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Autumnal Spring Cleaning
I've been having a really good clear-out over the last few weeks, and I'm starting to feel less mentally cluttered as well already. I've even eBayed more of my yarn. I know! Can I really be breaking my hoarding mentality? … finish reading "Autumnal Spring Cleaning"
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Under the weather…. but presents cheer me up!
Oh, ick. I've been somewhat under the weather (physically… my mental health is still good, hoorah) for the last few days, and I thought I had a cold. But now I have the sneaking feeling that it might be something … finish reading "Under the weather…. but presents cheer me up!"
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SP11 Package #1! :-D
So! My first SP11 package came! …. A week and a half ago. I'm a bad blogger and totally failed to post about it til now, but I did email my pal and gush a lot. *g* Also… I now, … finish reading "SP11 Package #1! :-D"
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Gratuitous Catspam! (And SP11 things)
Xandermog! So! Cute!! In SP11 news, I've been having lots of fun. Both my upstream and downstream pals are lovely (*waves to Miss.Teri*) and I'm told that my first package should be with me tomorrow. *bounce* I really hope my … finish reading "Gratuitous Catspam! (And SP11 things)"
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OMG ded (sic)
Woah, I'm exhausted. Feeling a little bit spacey here, I can tell you. The four-year-old who lives upstairs from me is allergic to sleeping all night long, and I keep getting woken up by loud thumps. The crying I could … finish reading "OMG ded (sic)"
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Questions from my Secret Pal
My SP, Miss.Teri (that still amuses me… I'm such a sucker for a pun), has sent me some questions to answer for her, and I thought I'd post them here rather than just emailing them back. Because… I don't know … finish reading "Questions from my Secret Pal"
The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, but what became of the monkey monkey monkey monkey…
I'm listening to / watching the Last Night of the Proms at the mo. Ah, Last Night, I luff you! One of these days I'll actually go in person. I've actually been a completely rubbish Prommer this year and not … finish reading "The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, but what became of the monkey monkey monkey monkey…"
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I've been pretty busy over the last few days. Phew! But I have been knitting – I'll make a longer post all about that a bit later. Right now I'm in the middle of a massive tidy-up / clear out … finish reading "Whoosh!"
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SP11 again!
I had an email today to say that the Secret Pal matches are starting to go out. *bounce* I'm ridiculously excited about this whole thing, really. I do hope I get a non-UK pal, upstream or downstream or both. I … finish reading "SP11 again!"
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SP11 Questionnaire
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? I pretty much like anything that feels nice to knit with, to be honest. I've knit with some lovely acrylics and some horrible pure … finish reading "SP11 Questionnaire"
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Secret Pal 11!
I'm all signed up for Secret Pal 11 – whee, my first knitty exchange! This is just a quick post to say hi in case anyone wanders over here. My questionnaire will be up soon! Everything to do with the … finish reading "Secret Pal 11!"
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Eight Forty-Eight
New CPS leader Brizard outlines priorities, addresses union controversy
In the time since Jean-Claude Brizard was named CEO of Chicago Public Schools, he's gotten a mixed welcome.
Brizard has faced questions about his accomplishments while Superintendent of the City School District in Rochester, New York. He's also been faulted for not developing good relationships with educators and the community.
When asked what he could have done differently during the time he ran the schools in Rochester, Brizard singled out his contentious relationship with the teachers union president there.
"It really was an eye-opening experience for me to see a relationship with one person begin to deteriorate, and then you being labeled and painted as someone, which is completely the opposite of who you are as an individual," he said.
The teachers union recently delivered a no-confidence vote in Brizard.
To prepare for his new position in Chicago, Brizard says he's doing research to understand the challenges facing the district. He told WBEZ Wednesday that some of his priorities are lengthening the school day, and instituting a system in which teachers are paid based on their performance.
"But if you were to be able to boil it down to one massive goal, it really is about making sure kids are graduating from high school, prepared for what comes after high school, and of course persisting wherever they go after high school," Brizard told Eight Forty-Eight host Alison Cuddy.
Listen to his complete interview with Cuddy above.
And listen below to hear Jean-Claude Brizard explain more about his background in education, including his time at The Broad Superintendents Academy.
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JLL Launches IntelliCommand Service for Greener Buildings
JLL Launches IntelliCommand Service for Greener Buildings
The cloud has become the place to be for building performance management solutions that focus on sustainability.
With the launch of its IntelliCommand system this week, Jones Lang LaSalle joined the small but growing list of companies that have turned to cloud-computing with expanded services for managing buildings, their environmental impact and their performance.
IntelliCommand made its debut at the CoreNet Global Summit for commercial real estate professionals after about a year of beta testing, said Dan Probst, the chairman of energy and sustainability services at JLL.
"We really put it through the wringer," Probst told me. "It's ready for primetime."
We recently reported on Johnson Controls' impending commercial launch of its cloud-hosted building efficiency applications and services called Panoptix, which blends technology, live support from systems experts, and social networking for users and other green building devotees.
Last week, Serious Energy rolled out the latest development related to its year-old energy management business. The firm introduced SeriousCapital, a service that enables building owners and tenants to upgrade their premises for greater energy efficiency without paying any upfront costs. The work and Serious Energy's fee are paid for with savings realized from the retrofits. Serious Energy -- previously branded as Serious Materials to emphasize its manufacturing of more sustainable building materials -- is partnering with Grubb & Ellis to market SeriousCapital.
JLL is the first commercial real estate company to bring its portfolio services and building sustainability programs into the cloud. The solution reflects the perspective of a firm whose forte is property, from investment, to building and facilities management and green leasing.
Like other firms providing building performance management in the cloud, JLL describes its offering as an end-to-end solution. When I asked Probst what the difference is between his company's service and any other, he replied: "It's truly an integrated, end-to-end solution."
IntelliCommand, which is powered by technology from Pacific Controls Inc., pulls data from the building systems for energy, lighting, heating and cooling, fire and safety monitoring, and security to do its work. Competing services have yet to unite all those aspects of building management in a single cloud-hosted solution, although a representative for Johnson Controls said early on that he anticipates that Panoptix will soon add apps to harness information from fire, safety and security systems in buildings.
With IntelliCommand, the analysis of the data yields real-time information that enables property managers and owners to make better decisions on how to run their buildings, Probst said. IntelliCommand also provides early detection of potential problems by continuously monitoring building systems and looking for anomalies. Building commissioning -- checking systems and equipment to make sure they are performing as designed -- and energy audits are important to do, but they are, in effect, just a snapshot of building performance. Between those extensive checkups, "a building can deteriorate rapidly," Probst said.
IntelliCommand sends its analysis and alerts to a control center. Issues that can be addressed remotely are taken care of, and if the situation merits human intervention, or the client prefers it, a technician is dispatched. Here is a diagram of how the system works:
As a side note, the emergence of JLL's IntelliCommand provides an illustration of coopetition in action in the greenspace. It is not unusual for business rivals to come together as strategic partners, while other units of the companies go head-to-head as competitors in offering products or services.
Johnson Controls, Jones Lang LaSalle and Serious Energy were strategic partners in the green retrofit of the Empire State Building, which recently earned a LEED-Gold rating. Now, they are all competing for a share of the market for cloud-based building performance management systems.
Cloud-computing for a range of business activities is becoming more and more popular among companies, according to a report presented at the CoreNet Global Summit.
Results of the Workplace of the Future survey conducted on behalf of international office furniture designer and manufacturer Teknion showed:
- 46 percent of the companies participating in the survey said they use cloud-based computing for a work-related material.
- 90 percent said they plan to increase investment in technology.
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Degail is an Bosmer sailor residing in the Maormer Invasion Camp. She was captured by Sea Vipers.
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Captain Erronfaire Is ready to ship out, but is missing several crew members, including Degail. She sends the Vestige to find them, but Degail has gone missing while walking along the shore.
- "I didn't see them until I was almost on top of them. Their ships are all along the western shore! I'm sorry!"
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CLERMONT, Fla. – McDaniel salvaged its final day of the trip, defeating Carleton 4-0 to cap second straight three-game day and 10-game trip to the Dot Richardson Spring Games in non-conference softball action on Friday.
The Green Terror (8-6) opened the day with a 1-0 loss to Keene State before falling 7-2 to Plymouth State before finishing a 5-5 trip with the victory.
Rachel Sidney (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) led McDaniel with four hits, including two in the finale.
Jackie Liebowitz (Bellerose, N.Y./Benjamin N. Cardozo) led off the fourth inning against the Knights (1-6) with a single to center field.
A Lauren Stricker (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) one-out single up the middle put runners at the corners and Emily Sneeringer (Hanover, Pa./South Western) followed with an RBI groundout for a 1-0 lead.
Stacey Armacost (Glenville, Pa./South Western) made the lead stand, striking out three in her first start in the circle this season.
The Green Terror added some insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Armacost helped her own cause with a one-out single before giving way to pinch-runner Amy Baumgardner (Hanover, Pa./South Western).
Olivia Kipe (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) threw a walk to put runners at first and second before Sidney attempted to lay down a sacrifice.
A wild throw on the bunt allowed Baumgardner to score from second and moved Kipe to third.
Taylor Fletcher (Linden, Va./Fauquier) followed in a pinch-hit role but a passed ball on her third strike allowed her to reach first and Kipe to score for a 3-0 lead.
A Stephanie Maring (Woodbine, Md./South Carroll) followed with an RBI groundout for the 4-0 final.
Against the Owls (4-3), Sara Bracken was hit by a one-out pitch in the bottom of the first.
Heather Pelletier laid down an attempted sacrifice bunt, that spun back and laid right on the chalk for a single.
A two-out Anna Glasssman single down the line in right field scored Bracken with the game's only run.
Mariah Crisp struck out 15 batters for Keene State, allowing just four hits and one walk.
Against the Panthers (2-6), Bekah Johnson led off the game with a triple before scoring on a Masha Lange single for a 1-0 lead.
A Sidney single up the middle and one-out error knotted the game before Maring scored on a Stricker single through the left side for a 2-1 lead.
In the third, Emma Rhodes singled with one out and Jackson drew a walk. A two-out infield single by Jackie Digman loaded the bases for Sam Hebert, who drove a ball to center field for two runs and a 3-2 lead.
Run-producing singles from Jackson and Lange coupled with a double steal with runners at the corners stretched the lead to 6-2 in the fourth.
A Digman single scored Jackson with the game's final run in the seventh.
McDaniel opens the Centennial Conference schedule at Dickinson on Tuesday. The first game of the doubleheader begins at 5 p.m.


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Our Pledge To You
Our pledge to you here at the Village Tearoom is really quite simple:
"To always ensure to you excellent quality homemade food at affordable prices, delivered with exceptionally friendly customer service, in modern and elegant surroundings. "
All our food that is served at The Village Tearoom is freshly prepared each day on the premises here in Wheelton
Our cakes, pastries, biscuits and desserts are only ever homemade using free range eggs and the best butter. Our delicious scones are freshly baked every day.
We have designed our first floor kitchen so that you can see at close hand how your food is carefully and lovingly prepared by our experienced team.
With all of the great local produce that is available in Lancashire, it is our aim to continually search throughout the county and bring to you through our menu's local and unique product that will compliment your dining experience.
There are many fantastic recipes unique to Lancashire that we will bring to you as they are seasonally relevant throughout the year and we will refresh our menus to bring to you those products from time to time.
The most important ingredients to serve you up a delightful and flavoursome range of homemade cakes and pastries are the free range eggs and the milk and cream………
Our milk and cream is provided by our local farmer down at the Denham Springs Dairy not a mile away from our beautiful location.
Our free range eggs are supplied to us by Staveleys Eggs in Coppull, again in keeping with our mission to support our local suppliers
If you, as a local supplier in the immediate area of Wheelton and Chorley would like to be considered as a supplier to the "Village Tearoom at Wheelton" then please call us to discuss your products with us.
Supply Base
We are passionate to stay as close to our roots, here in Lancashire, as we can – but if we stray into other counties it's only because we want to share with you great food and drinks at affordable prices.
Our local supply base currently includes:–
Denham Springs Dairy, Wheelton
Staveleys Eggs, Coppull
Morris Quality Bakers, Coppull
Rivington Meats, Horwich
Bowens Pies, Chorley
Fredericks Ice Cream, Chorley
Coffee Supplies Direct, Horwich
Hill Valley Foods, Clitheroe
Cottage Delight, Leek
Normal Opening Hours
Tuesday to Saturday 9.00am – 4.30pm
Sundays 10.00am – 4.30pm
Closed on Mondays
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Futures Ben Aipa – Da Hook Fins
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Legendary Hawaiian Surfer/Shaper Ben Aipa came to Futures to have his iconic fin "Da Hook" resurrected. Cut from our CNC machine from fiberglass panels, then hand foiled in our Huntington Beach factory, old school template with new school technology and traditional hand foiling. Gotta ride it to feel "Da Hook".
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Lukari N'Kaam Scout Ship
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|Lvl 40 T5U:
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|Lvl 50 T5U:
|Lvl 55 T5U:
|Lvl 60 T5U:
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+10 auxiliary power
The Lukari N'Kaam Scout Ship is a Tier 5 (Level 40) Scout Ship which may be flown by characters of any faction.
Players can obtain this starship from the [Infinity Lock Box]; it comes in an [Infinity Prize Pack - T5 Ship] choice package, which is bound to you until a ship is chosen. It can also drop from the older [Tzenkethi Lock Box]. The boxed ship is not bound and so may be traded to other players or bought and sold on the Exchange for energy credits under the name [Special Requisition Pack - Lukari N'kaam Scout Ship].
Overview[edit | edit source]
In the process of making the more state-of-the-art Ho'kuun, the Lukari also experimented with smaller, lighter spacecraft. Scout Ships are a unique combination of Science Vessel capabilities, in a much smaller, faster and more fragile package. They come with built-in Sensor Analysis and Subsystem Targeting, as well as a Secondary Deflector slot, and are able to benefit from Raider Flanking bonuses as well. These nimble vessels are also similar to a Raider in that they boast an abundance of universal bridge officer seats, can load dual cannons, and have similar weapon slot configurations.
Admiralty Ship[edit | edit source]
|Admiralty Ship
|2.5x Critical Rating from SCI
Starship Mastery[edit | edit source]
|Starship Mastery
|Precise Weapon Systems
|+5 Accuracy Rating.
|Enhanced Particle Generators
|+15% Damage to Exotic Damage abilities.
|Enhanced Weapon Banks
|+15% Critical Severity.
|Enhanced Restorative Circuitry
|Improves Hull healing abilities by 10%.
Improves Shield healing abilities by 10%.
Abilities[edit | edit source]
Raider Flanking
Frigates, Light Escorts, Raiders, and Scout Ships come with a built-in passive damage boost available when striking an enemy's rear arc. To support their high turn rate and maneuverability, standard raider flanking grants:
- +25% damage to NPC enemy when attacking rear arc.
- +8.25% damage to Player enemy when attacking rear arc.
Sensor Analysis[edit source]
Sensor Analysis is an active toggle ability. While maintaining a Sensor Lock on a target, the player gains a stacking effect that either improves the damage and power drain against an enemy, or improves any heal directed towards an ally. This effect stacks every 3 seconds, to a maximum of 6 stacks after 18 continuous seconds. To maintain the desired effect, the player must hold the sensor lock.
Subsystem Targeting[edit source]
The Lukari N'Kaam Scout Ship comes with built-in Subsystem Targeting abilities. These built-in abilities stay at Rank I and do not automatically rank up when acquiring higher tier Science starships. They are separate from Subsystem Targeting abilities gained through Tactical Space Bridge officer abilities.
- Target Auxiliary Subsystems I
- Target Weapons Subsystems I
- Target Engines Subsystems I
- Target Shields Subsystems I
Activating a subsystem targeting ability will upgrade all energy weapons to inflict a stacking power drain on the foe's targeted subsystem for the next 10 seconds. They will also have a small chance to knock the targeted subsystem offline for a short duration.
Standard Configuration[edit | edit source]
Federation starships come with standard equipment and weapons of the lowest mark available at the ship's minimum rank. The items provided are appropriate to the type of vessel and its related playing style.
Fore Weapons
Aft Weapons
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Players who acquire this ship will be able to use its ship costume on the Lukari Ho'kuun Science Vessel and vice versa.


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