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Your privacy is very important to us. We collect personal information, such as names, addresses, postal codes, email addresses, etc. when an account with CEEA has been created. Your information is used in sending confirmation of online membership payments and registrations for events, as well as notifying you of CEEA specific information, upcoming events and other interesting engineering educational information. If you prefer not to receive these event and information updates, you will have the opportunity to opt out on the webpage you are visiting.
We want you to feel completely secure when making purchases on our website. In order to protect your personal information and protect against unauthorized access, all online transactions are done through a secure site and processed in compliance with today's industry standards for data security. We undergo stringent security certification and process all transactions via a leading payment gateway provider.
All transactions made through our website are considered final and non-refundable, unless unauthorized use of your credit card can be proven. If you become aware that your credit card has been lost, stolen or is being used fraudulently, it is your responsibility to report the issue to your financial institution. CEEA sends receipts by email upon completion of all transactions within 24 hours. An exception to this rule is in cases where the policy for a certain transaction may allow for refunds or transfers i.e. conferences and events.
A member account is created for each member and provides access to all your account information, as well as a member’s only section for all active members. It is there only for your convenience. It is not possible to complete a transaction without a log in account. If you do not have one then the system will direct you on how to create an account during the transaction process.
No contact information entered on our website is ever sold or leased to third parties. We respect your privacy and therefore do not share your personal information with other institutions; however we do reserve the right to share your personal information if and when it is deemed necessary in order to comply with any particular government law or request, detect, prevent, or respond to fraud, security, or technical issues, or protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety of CEEA / ACEG and/or it entities, its users, or the public at large as required and permitted by law.

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your privacy is very important to us. we collect personal information, such as names, addresses, postal codes, email addresses, etc. when an account with ceea has been created. your information is used in sending confirmation of online membership payments and registrations for events, as well as notifying you of ceea specific information, upcoming events and other interesting engineering educational information. if you prefer not to receive these event and information updates, you will have the opportunity to opt out on the webpage you are visiting.
we want you to feel completely secure when making purchases on our website. in order to protect your personal information and protect against unauthorized access, all online transactions are done through a secure site and processed in compliance with today's industry standards for data security. we undergo stringent security certification and process all transactions via a leading payment gateway provider.
all transactions made through our website are considered final and non-refundable, unless unauthorized use of your credit card can be proven. if you become aware that your credit card has been lost, stolen or is being used fraudulently, it is your responsibility to report the issue to your financial institution. ceea sends receipts by email upon completion of all transactions within 24 hours. an exception to this rule is in cases where the policy for a certain transaction may allow for refunds or transfers i.e. conferences and events.
a member account is created for each member and provides access to all your account information, as well as a member’s only section for all active members. it is there only for your convenience. it is not possible to complete a transaction without a log in account. if you do not have one then the system will direct you on how to create an account during the transaction process.
no contact information entered on our website is ever sold or leased to third parties. we respect your privacy and therefore do not share your personal information with other institutions; however we do reserve the right to share your personal information if and when it is deemed necessary in order to comply with any particular government law or request, detect, prevent, or respond to fraud, security, or technical issues, or protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety of ceea / aceg and/or it entities, its users, or the public at large as required and permitted by law.


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Welcome to Restaurant Bigwig, the real restaurant industry simulation and strategy game!
You are going to open restaurants and add resources to them (staffing, marketing, efficiency programs). The highest Annual Profit at the end of year 20 wins the game, although you can also play 40 or 60 years if you want.
You may play up to five other people on a shared iPad, or you can play up to four artificial intelligence "bots" of different skill levels, or any combination of people and bots.
Your financial results are based on real data and dynamics of the restaurant industry.
At the start you will be randomly “dealt” 7 operations resources on the lower left of the screen and 7 expansion opportunities on the lower right of the screen. These will enable you to open your first restaurant.
To launch a new restaurant, you need 3 expansion opportunities: a Location (3 is better than 1 or 2), a Type (Fast Food, Family Dining, or Fine Dining), and a Cuisine, such as Mexican or Italian.
Each restaurant Type requires different resources (Food Quality, Service, Efficiency) to open, as shown on the screen. Fine Dining for example requires two Food Quality “cards” (of any point value, usually 1, 2, or 3) and one Service card, while Fast Food requires two Efficiency cards and one Food Quality card. You may open new restaurants at any time if you have the right combination of resources. Each restaurant has an investment cost that is marked on the type and location cards. This amount is taken out of your cash balance.
Once you have Location, Type, and Cuisine, you then staff it and support it with FQ = Food Quality and SV = Service, which you can continue to add to the restaurant and will increase your revenues (and profits) until your restaurant reaches capacity or “maturity” at which point the revenue growth of that restaurant will slow and eventually stop, despite increases in FQ and SV. You may also add M = Marketing campaigns, which have a short-term impact on revenues.
The EFF = Efficiency cards (like new inventory control systems) have no impact on revenues but lower your expenses, hence raising profits, even at older, mature restaurants.
As you build more restaurants, they will do better if you are consistent, although that may be hard to achieve depending on the cards you draw. In other words, if you open all Italian you will do better than if you open a wide range of cuisines. If you open all Fast Food, you will do better than bouncing around.
If you discard any cards, the other players can use them via the “recycle” feature.
You can also trade in cards at any time – hit the “trade resources” button on the left side, and then drag any 4 operations cards or any 4 expansion cards (but not a combination of the two types) to the trade area. Hit the trade button in that area, and you will see the next 7 cards of that type from the “deck.” You can take any two, drag them left, and then seal the deal. So you give up 4 cards to get 2, it is “expensive” but maybe worth it if you are desperate for a certain type of card!
Once you are operating multiple profitable restaurants, you will begin to receive bonus operations cards, more than the 7 you started with, and can apply more of them on your growing organization.
All results are reported in Restaurant Times, our newspaper. You can look through the archives, save copies, and share them via Facebook, Twitter, or email. The newspaper also contains the latest news – did you win an award for best service or food? Did you fail a health inspection or get a great review?
To see your status, compare the positions of others, look at history and your prior moves, tap your face in the top right corner of your playing board. Tap that to open up a new panel with the scoring information, including summaries for your company, and data by restaurant if you click the restaurant picture. Scroll through the years to see them all. Tap the top left to return to the main playing surface.
We encourage your feedback. The easiest way is through the contact us button in Settings.

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welcome to restaurant bigwig, the real restaurant industry simulation and strategy game!
you are going to open restaurants and add resources to them (staffing, marketing, efficiency programs). the highest annual profit at the end of year 20 wins the game, although you can also play 40 or 60 years if you want.
you may play up to five other people on a shared ipad, or you can play up to four artificial intelligence "bots" of different skill levels, or any combination of people and bots.
your financial results are based on real data and dynamics of the restaurant industry.
at the start you will be randomly “dealt” 7 operations resources on the lower left of the screen and 7 expansion opportunities on the lower right of the screen. these will enable you to open your first restaurant.
to launch a new restaurant, you need 3 expansion opportunities: a location (3 is better than 1 or 2), a type (fast food, family dining, or fine dining), and a cuisine, such as mexican or italian.
each restaurant type requires different resources (food quality, service, efficiency) to open, as shown on the screen. fine dining for example requires two food quality “cards” (of any point value, usually 1, 2, or 3) and one service card, while fast food requires two efficiency cards and one food quality card. you may open new restaurants at any time if you have the right combination of resources. each restaurant has an investment cost that is marked on the type and location cards. this amount is taken out of your cash balance.
once you have location, type, and cuisine, you then staff it and support it with fq = food quality and sv = service, which you can continue to add to the restaurant and will increase your revenues (and profits) until your restaurant reaches capacity or “maturity” at which point the revenue growth of that restaurant will slow and eventually stop, despite increases in fq and sv. you may also add m = marketing campaigns, which have a short-term impact on revenues.
the eff = efficiency cards (like new inventory control systems) have no impact on revenues but lower your expenses, hence raising profits, even at older, mature restaurants.
as you build more restaurants, they will do better if you are consistent, although that may be hard to achieve depending on the cards you draw. in other words, if you open all italian you will do better than if you open a wide range of cuisines. if you open all fast food, you will do better than bouncing around.
if you discard any cards, the other players can use them via the “recycle” feature.
you can also trade in cards at any time – hit the “trade resources” button on the left side, and then drag any 4 operations cards or any 4 expansion cards (but not a combination of the two types) to the trade area. hit the trade button in that area, and you will see the next 7 cards of that type from the “deck.” you can take any two, drag them left, and then seal the deal. so you give up 4 cards to get 2, it is “expensive” but maybe worth it if you are desperate for a certain type of card!
once you are operating multiple profitable restaurants, you will begin to receive bonus operations cards, more than the 7 you started with, and can apply more of them on your growing organization.
all results are reported in restaurant times, our newspaper. you can look through the archives, save copies, and share them via facebook, twitter, or email. the newspaper also contains the latest news – did you win an award for best service or food? did you fail a health inspection or get a great review?
to see your status, compare the positions of others, look at history and your prior moves, tap your face in the top right corner of your playing board. tap that to open up a new panel with the scoring information, including summaries for your company, and data by restaurant if you click the restaurant picture. scroll through the years to see them all. tap the top left to return to the main playing surface.
we encourage your feedback. the easiest way is through the contact us button in settings.


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At your first appointment, we will discuss your health concerns, and what you hope to gain from acupuncture. I will then perform an extensive interview of your medical history, observe your tongue, and feel your pulse. These are important components of Chinese medicine that allow insight into the internal workings of your body. Once I have gathered this information, I will design a specific treatment that will address both the symptoms, and the underlying causes of illness. I will explain each procedure prior to treatment and discuss your prognosis and expected outcomes. In general, chronic conditions and elderly patients have a slower response to treatment than younger patients and they will therefore require a longer course of treatment.
The initial appointment generally takes 1.5 hours with follow up appointments taking 45 minutes to 1 hour. Is recommended that you wear comfortable clothing to your appointment, making sure that your arms, legs, and the abdomen are accessible.
Acupuncture needles are solid, thin, sterile, and single-use, which means they are used on one patient only, and are then discarded. This eliminates the transmission of infectious diseases. Most patients find the needles relatively painless and feel quite relaxed during, and after treatments.
Your first appointment will take about 1.5 hours. I will go over your paper work, and the risks and benefits of acupuncture. We will discuss your health concerns and you will have the opportunity to ask questions you may have about acupuncture. I will conduct an extensive interview, observe your tongue, and feel your pulse, followed by a specific treatment for your condition. Body, scalp and auricular points may be used, and the needles are retained for 20 minutes.
It is best to have the paper work completed prior to the initial appointment.
Follow up visits take 45 minutes to 1 hour. We will spend 10 to 15 minutes discussing your progress and your concerns and I will observe your tongue and feel your pulse. A treatment will follow, taking into account the changes that have taken place since the last treatment.
A facial acupuncture treatment takes 1.5 hours. We will discuss your aesthetic concerns as well as the risks of facial acupuncture. At your first treatment, I will determine your constitution to determine the acupuncture points that will be used. A treatment will follow using points on the body, scalp, and face. The needles are very thin and are coated in silicone to minimize discomfort. The treatment will be followed by neck and facial massage to facilitate lymph drainage, and muscle relaxation.

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at your first appointment, we will discuss your health concerns, and what you hope to gain from acupuncture. i will then perform an extensive interview of your medical history, observe your tongue, and feel your pulse. these are important components of chinese medicine that allow insight into the internal workings of your body. once i have gathered this information, i will design a specific treatment that will address both the symptoms, and the underlying causes of illness. i will explain each procedure prior to treatment and discuss your prognosis and expected outcomes. in general, chronic conditions and elderly patients have a slower response to treatment than younger patients and they will therefore require a longer course of treatment.
the initial appointment generally takes 1.5 hours with follow up appointments taking 45 minutes to 1 hour. is recommended that you wear comfortable clothing to your appointment, making sure that your arms, legs, and the abdomen are accessible.
acupuncture needles are solid, thin, sterile, and single-use, which means they are used on one patient only, and are then discarded. this eliminates the transmission of infectious diseases. most patients find the needles relatively painless and feel quite relaxed during, and after treatments.
your first appointment will take about 1.5 hours. i will go over your paper work, and the risks and benefits of acupuncture. we will discuss your health concerns and you will have the opportunity to ask questions you may have about acupuncture. i will conduct an extensive interview, observe your tongue, and feel your pulse, followed by a specific treatment for your condition. body, scalp and auricular points may be used, and the needles are retained for 20 minutes.
it is best to have the paper work completed prior to the initial appointment.
follow up visits take 45 minutes to 1 hour. we will spend 10 to 15 minutes discussing your progress and your concerns and i will observe your tongue and feel your pulse. a treatment will follow, taking into account the changes that have taken place since the last treatment.
a facial acupuncture treatment takes 1.5 hours. we will discuss your aesthetic concerns as well as the risks of facial acupuncture. at your first treatment, i will determine your constitution to determine the acupuncture points that will be used. a treatment will follow using points on the body, scalp, and face. the needles are very thin and are coated in silicone to minimize discomfort. the treatment will be followed by neck and facial massage to facilitate lymph drainage, and muscle relaxation.


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On January 23 Dmitry Shishkin, laureate of international competitions, pianist, will perform at HSE Professors’ Club.
The programme will feature the works by Chopin, Medtner, Rachmaninoff.
Tatiana Sidorina, HSE Tenured Professor, is Artistic Director of the project ‘Piano Evenings at HSE’. An exhibition ‘Pelleas and Melisande’ will also open at the Professor's club on January 23.
The entrance is free for HSE Faculty, staff and students.

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on january 23 dmitry shishkin, laureate of international competitions, pianist, will perform at hse professors’ club.
the programme will feature the works by chopin, medtner, rachmaninoff.
tatiana sidorina, hse tenured professor, is artistic director of the project ‘piano evenings at hse’. an exhibition ‘pelleas and melisande’ will also open at the professor's club on january 23.
the entrance is free for hse faculty, staff and students.


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Reynaldo Decerega’s inadvertent elbow to the face of President Obama (right) resulted in 12 stitches and unwanted publicity.
WASHINGTON — It took 849 days for the man who threw the elbow heard ’round the world to finally talk about it.
On Nov. 26, 2010, President Barack Obama was accidentally smacked in the kisser by Decerega’s elbow in a pickup basketball game. The leader of the free world received 12 stitches in his upper lip. Decerega took four stitches in his right elbow and the weight of the world on his mind.
After The Elbow, Decerega crafted a short statement that the White House released, calling the president “a tough competitor and good sport” and then asking for privacy.
He focused instead on his jobs as programs director for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and as a basketball trainer and coach.
He became a US citizen, and the first ballot he cast was for Obama in 2008.
Basketball helped him in life, he says.
A former history teacher, he has coached basketball for elementary and junior high students for the past 20 years. He got his master’s degree and headed to Capitol Hill, where he helped develop a pipeline for future Latino leaders.
His accomplishments were impressive. The Spanish Embassy sent him to Spain as a young leader; he attended an executive leadership program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; and he was chosen by MillerCoors in 2010 as one of a dozen top Hispanic leaders for achievement, vision, and commitment.
He also started training young players for One on One Basketball Inc., an instruction and event management company that works with players of all ages and skill levels.
He spearheaded trips to Panama and the Canary Islands to spread the gospel of basketball.
Today, none of the kids he has coached knows about The Elbow. “But all the grown-ups do,” he said.
“It in no way defines him,” said Charles Milligan, whose 11-year-old son Brandon has worked with Decerega for years.
The invitation to play with the president came through Arthur Jackson, the founder of One on One Basketball and a former Brown University cocaptain.
“When I got the invitation, it was like, ‘Wow!’ ” said Decerega. “I was not scared. In my life, basketball has been one of the threads. I just felt I was adding another chapter to my basketball story.
The first game was at Camp David, where the presidential seal is at midcourt. Nice Guy Rey was on Obama’s team as a wing guard.
The participants were mostly cabinet or family members, younger than the president.
Decerega, right, instructing Brandon Milligan, is a trainer at One on One Basketball.
At 6 feet 1 inch, Decerega is the same height as the president, who played high school ball in Hawaii, but he’s 11 years younger and 20 pounds stockier. Picture a Latino Ernie DiGregorio.
He says the lefthanded Obama has got game.
And the commander in chief is not quiet on the court.
The president even singled him out for praise.
In 2010, Decerega guarded the president during his second pickup game at Fort McNair, the day after Thanksgiving.
Reports on whether the president gets special treatment on the court are conflicting.
Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen, who played with Obama on Election Day last fall, thinks so.
“I thought they were bringing the whole motorcade through the lane it was so wide,” Pippen told Bulls.com.
Decerega, who was not invited back after The Elbow, says the leader of the free world is treated like any other guy in T-shirt, shorts, and sneakers.
“If you didn’t know, someone would have to tell you which player is the president,” he said.
When it comes time to discussing The Elbow, Decerega hesitates before speaking.
Decerega shoots both his hands skyward, demonstrating what Obama did that day.
“He was crowding me,” he said. “Instinctively, you crowd the person you’re guarding once he stops his dribble. And instinctively, as the offensive person, I felt the pressure, so I was trying to clear some space. You swing your arms to see what options you have.
“So I swung the ball from my left side to my right side. And in that swing — I’m obviously leading with this elbow — I hit him in the lip and he fell to the ground from the contact. And that’s a very surreal moment.
“I didn’t know what had happened, so I looked at my elbow and there’s blood coming from my elbow,” he said. “He was just holding his lip on the floor. He didn’t yell.
The Secret Service didn’t tackle Decerega; initially, in fact, no one said anything to him.
The president returned to the White House for stitches and ice packs.
Decerega drove himself to Alexandria Hospital and told the doctors he injured himself playing pickup basketball. He never mentioned Obama.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was on his trail. He received e-mails from haters who said he should have hit the president harder. His sister in Indianapolis was contacted. His mother was worried that there would be physical reprisals.
Decerega was having trouble sleeping. Then he remembered the advice of his old high school coach at St. Stephen’s, Win Palmer.
“He taught me to be a class act in everything you do,” said Decerega.
He penned a note of apology and sent it to the White House, then tried to concentrate on work.
Three days later, he received a large gift-wrapped package with the presidential seal on it. It contained a framed three-picture sequence.
“Him guarding me, me swinging through, and then him holding his mouth,” said Decerega.
Decerega was more than grateful.
“I was shocked again,” he said. “I mean, for him to take the time to think about me, and offer me that, it’s an incredible gesture.
But Decerega knows that he’ll always be associated with The Elbow.

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reynaldo decerega’s inadvertent elbow to the face of president obama (right) resulted in 12 stitches and unwanted publicity.
washington — it took 849 days for the man who threw the elbow heard ’round the world to finally talk about it.
on nov. 26, 2010, president barack obama was accidentally smacked in the kisser by decerega’s elbow in a pickup basketball game. the leader of the free world received 12 stitches in his upper lip. decerega took four stitches in his right elbow and the weight of the world on his mind.
after the elbow, decerega crafted a short statement that the white house released, calling the president “a tough competitor and good sport” and then asking for privacy.
he focused instead on his jobs as programs director for the congressional hispanic caucus institute and as a basketball trainer and coach.
he became a us citizen, and the first ballot he cast was for obama in 2008.
basketball helped him in life, he says.
a former history teacher, he has coached basketball for elementary and junior high students for the past 20 years. he got his master’s degree and headed to capitol hill, where he helped develop a pipeline for future latino leaders.
his accomplishments were impressive. the spanish embassy sent him to spain as a young leader; he attended an executive leadership program at harvard’s kennedy school of government; and he was chosen by millercoors in 2010 as one of a dozen top hispanic leaders for achievement, vision, and commitment.
he also started training young players for one on one basketball inc., an instruction and event management company that works with players of all ages and skill levels.
he spearheaded trips to panama and the canary islands to spread the gospel of basketball.
today, none of the kids he has coached knows about the elbow. “but all the grown-ups do,” he said.
“it in no way defines him,” said charles milligan, whose 11-year-old son brandon has worked with decerega for years.
the invitation to play with the president came through arthur jackson, the founder of one on one basketball and a former brown university cocaptain.
“when i got the invitation, it was like, ‘wow!’ ” said decerega. “i was not scared. in my life, basketball has been one of the threads. i just felt i was adding another chapter to my basketball story.
the first game was at camp david, where the presidential seal is at midcourt. nice guy rey was on obama’s team as a wing guard.
the participants were mostly cabinet or family members, younger than the president.
decerega, right, instructing brandon milligan, is a trainer at one on one basketball.
at 6 feet 1 inch, decerega is the same height as the president, who played high school ball in hawaii, but he’s 11 years younger and 20 pounds stockier. picture a latino ernie digregorio.
he says the lefthanded obama has got game.
and the commander in chief is not quiet on the court.
the president even singled him out for praise.
in 2010, decerega guarded the president during his second pickup game at fort mcnair, the day after thanksgiving.
reports on whether the president gets special treatment on the court are conflicting.
hall of famer scottie pippen, who played with obama on election day last fall, thinks so.
“i thought they were bringing the whole motorcade through the lane it was so wide,” pippen told bulls.com.
decerega, who was not invited back after the elbow, says the leader of the free world is treated like any other guy in t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers.
“if you didn’t know, someone would have to tell you which player is the president,” he said.
when it comes time to discussing the elbow, decerega hesitates before speaking.
decerega shoots both his hands skyward, demonstrating what obama did that day.
“he was crowding me,” he said. “instinctively, you crowd the person you’re guarding once he stops his dribble. and instinctively, as the offensive person, i felt the pressure, so i was trying to clear some space. you swing your arms to see what options you have.
“so i swung the ball from my left side to my right side. and in that swing — i’m obviously leading with this elbow — i hit him in the lip and he fell to the ground from the contact. and that’s a very surreal moment.
“i didn’t know what had happened, so i looked at my elbow and there’s blood coming from my elbow,” he said. “he was just holding his lip on the floor. he didn’t yell.
the secret service didn’t tackle decerega; initially, in fact, no one said anything to him.
the president returned to the white house for stitches and ice packs.
decerega drove himself to alexandria hospital and told the doctors he injured himself playing pickup basketball. he never mentioned obama.
cnn’s wolf blitzer was on his trail. he received e-mails from haters who said he should have hit the president harder. his sister in indianapolis was contacted. his mother was worried that there would be physical reprisals.
decerega was having trouble sleeping. then he remembered the advice of his old high school coach at st. stephen’s, win palmer.
“he taught me to be a class act in everything you do,” said decerega.
he penned a note of apology and sent it to the white house, then tried to concentrate on work.
three days later, he received a large gift-wrapped package with the presidential seal on it. it contained a framed three-picture sequence.
“him guarding me, me swinging through, and then him holding his mouth,” said decerega.
decerega was more than grateful.
“i was shocked again,” he said. “i mean, for him to take the time to think about me, and offer me that, it’s an incredible gesture.
but decerega knows that he’ll always be associated with the elbow.


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Pre-Registration: Register by mail (entries should be postmarked by September 1) or drop off at McCoy Outdoor, Run-N-Tri, or Fleet Feet in Mobile or Running Wild in Fairhope by noon September6.
Online / Late Registration: Online Registration until 4 AM September 7. Packet pick-up and late registration will be available at Flora Bama Ole River Bar on Friday, September 7 from 5 PM - 8 PM and Saturday, September 8 from 6:30 AM - 7:15 AM.

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pre-registration: register by mail (entries should be postmarked by september 1) or drop off at mccoy outdoor, run-n-tri, or fleet feet in mobile or running wild in fairhope by noon september6.
online / late registration: online registration until 4 am september 7. packet pick-up and late registration will be available at flora bama ole river bar on friday, september 7 from 5 pm - 8 pm and saturday, september 8 from 6:30 am - 7:15 am.


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This article examines how ASPs, once centric on selling applications over the Internet exclusively, are now looking toward the development of e-marketplaces as an additional channel for application delivery.
Louis Columbus is the author of 12 books and more than 40 articles on the Internet, e-commerce, and computing topics, including Realizing e-Business with Application Service Providers.
Once seen as a business model unto itself, the ASP model is now increasingly being relied on as one of several methods for delivering applications. Increasingly, e-commerce vendors are using the ASP model in conjunction with server-based applications as an approach to provide flexibility to customers interested in their applications. What's happening today is the migration of companies relying exclusively on the ASP model toward looking at the e-marketplace and exchange models as well. This market shift is clearly opening the flexibility of an ASP's functionality to a greater number of users in varying industries than was true before. It's clear that many of the ASPs of today will be focusing on e-marketplaces, e-marketplace participants, and business service providers. The following discussions define how ASPs will be affecting and also pursuing each of these opportunities for application delivery.
Software developers, industry analysts, and the industry press use the terms ASP and e-marketplace. For clarification, the definitions below are used for defining each aspect of e-business covered in this series of articles.
Application service provider (ASP) model. A network-based approach to delivering hosted applications in a one-to-many architecture. Companies that specialize in delivering applications exclusively through this approach are called application service providers. The ASP model is increasingly being used by order management, content management, CRM, and accounting application developers as one of several delivery approaches.
E-marketplace. There are three different types of e-marketplace: public, consortia, and private. Of these three, private e-marketplaces show the greatest promise to deliver consistent value to participants. E-marketplaces also today serve as the framework for organizing sell-side e-commerce applications including order and content management.
The rapid growth of e-marketplaces in the past 12–18 months has made them the largest integrator of ASP-based solutions to date. In the race to be the first e-marketplace to open for business in a particular industry, companies typically seek rapid development and deployment of applications for order matching, catalog conversion, transaction processing, and other e-commerce applications. This market dynamic is contributing to the development of order-management applications from Oracle and Cisco, both of which are looking to leverage their extensive channel strength and reach into companies wanting e-marketplace–based applications.
Almost by definition, e-marketplaces are founded by early adopter companies that are typically entering and demarcating new markets for themselves on the leading edge of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. While the necessarily short development periods sometimes require deployment of solutions in as little as 8–12 weeks, and rarely longer than 36 weeks, the available applications are far from standardized. Moreover, the wide spectrum of industries served by e-marketplaces and the corresponding variety of business models mean that much of each solution is highly customized. On an ongoing basis, e-marketplaces are expected to make use of the full spectrum of available services, including consulting, implementation, and operations. Because of these characteristics, the migration of ASPs to this market segment has been quick and responsive.

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this article examines how asps, once centric on selling applications over the internet exclusively, are now looking toward the development of e-marketplaces as an additional channel for application delivery.
louis columbus is the author of 12 books and more than 40 articles on the internet, e-commerce, and computing topics, including realizing e-business with application service providers.
once seen as a business model unto itself, the asp model is now increasingly being relied on as one of several methods for delivering applications. increasingly, e-commerce vendors are using the asp model in conjunction with server-based applications as an approach to provide flexibility to customers interested in their applications. what's happening today is the migration of companies relying exclusively on the asp model toward looking at the e-marketplace and exchange models as well. this market shift is clearly opening the flexibility of an asp's functionality to a greater number of users in varying industries than was true before. it's clear that many of the asps of today will be focusing on e-marketplaces, e-marketplace participants, and business service providers. the following discussions define how asps will be affecting and also pursuing each of these opportunities for application delivery.
software developers, industry analysts, and the industry press use the terms asp and e-marketplace. for clarification, the definitions below are used for defining each aspect of e-business covered in this series of articles.
application service provider (asp) model. a network-based approach to delivering hosted applications in a one-to-many architecture. companies that specialize in delivering applications exclusively through this approach are called application service providers. the asp model is increasingly being used by order management, content management, crm, and accounting application developers as one of several delivery approaches.
e-marketplace. there are three different types of e-marketplace: public, consortia, and private. of these three, private e-marketplaces show the greatest promise to deliver consistent value to participants. e-marketplaces also today serve as the framework for organizing sell-side e-commerce applications including order and content management.
the rapid growth of e-marketplaces in the past 12–18 months has made them the largest integrator of asp-based solutions to date. in the race to be the first e-marketplace to open for business in a particular industry, companies typically seek rapid development and deployment of applications for order matching, catalog conversion, transaction processing, and other e-commerce applications. this market dynamic is contributing to the development of order-management applications from oracle and cisco, both of which are looking to leverage their extensive channel strength and reach into companies wanting e-marketplace–based applications.
almost by definition, e-marketplaces are founded by early adopter companies that are typically entering and demarcating new markets for themselves on the leading edge of business-to-business (b2b) e-commerce. while the necessarily short development periods sometimes require deployment of solutions in as little as 8–12 weeks, and rarely longer than 36 weeks, the available applications are far from standardized. moreover, the wide spectrum of industries served by e-marketplaces and the corresponding variety of business models mean that much of each solution is highly customized. on an ongoing basis, e-marketplaces are expected to make use of the full spectrum of available services, including consulting, implementation, and operations. because of these characteristics, the migration of asps to this market segment has been quick and responsive.


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Pope encourages worldwide prayer in fight against trafficking. Published 2/7/2019. World.
The annual day, created with Pope Francis' encouragement in 2015, is celebrated Feb. 8 -- the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery in Sudan and Italy.

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pope encourages worldwide prayer in fight against trafficking. published 2/7/2019. world.
the annual day, created with pope francis' encouragement in 2015, is celebrated feb. 8 -- the feast day of st. josephine bakhita, who was kidnapped as a child and sold into slavery in sudan and italy.


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pl is a program that produces plots and charts from data, and produces results that can be viewed on web pages, paper, slides,or interactively on the screen. Standard types of plots may bedone using prefab plot templates, or a user-developed script filemay be supplied for greater flexibility and customization.pl may be executed from the command line or as a CGI program.
See the various prefab examples .A large number of script examplesare also available.Some usage examplesare also shown below.
Command line arguments may generally be given in any order.If there are arguments that you want to always have in effect, you can invoke them from a config file.Many settings can also be made dynamically from scripts via proc settingsor proc page.Processing occurs in this order: first the config file is read; then command line args are processed (left to right); then proc pageand/or proc settings.Later settings override earlier ones.
Produce a plot using a prefabplot template.prefabname identifies the template, eg.cron or vbars.Necessary parameters are supplied on the command line using the form parm=value.
names a script filethat will be interpreted to produce results.Alternatively, -stdin may be used to indicatethat script will be available on standard input.
Declares the namedvariable and sets it to the given value. This is a convenient way to pass informationto prefabs and scripts. Variable names are case-sensitive.
sets the variable CUTDATE to 10-31-98.
Specify a filename where the result will be written.No processing is applied to this name.. so the ending should be appropriate forthe selected output format, eg. use .png for PNG files.If -o stdout is used,result will be sent to standard output. If -o is not specified, a default output filenamewill be used.
Set ploticus' working directory to dirname.If used, this argument should be specified leftmost on the command line, since it affects evaluation of other args.
-svg or -svgz SVGgraphic. See also SVG / XML options below.
-drawdumpafilenamesame as -drawdump but result is appended to file.
produce a client-side clickable imagemapto accompany a png, gif, or jpeg.These can be used for hyperlinks, and also for providingpop-up text labels that appear when the mouse passes over a region.By default, client-side map content is written to stdout.
produce a server-side clickable imagemap fileto accompany a png, gif, jpeg, or SVG.
Same as -csmap but all mapped regions are shown outlined in green,and a complete HTML chunk is produced which involves the output image name.
Same as -map but all mapped regions are shown outlined in green.
explicitly name the output file containing the map info. The name may also be set in proc page.If a name is not specified, client-side image map info will be written to stdout;server-side image map info will be written to a file having the same name as the output result fileexcept with a .map suffix(stdout may be useful in dynamic content HTML situations).For SVG this parameter is not needed, since image map info is embedded in the SVG file.
Scale the final result.If one value is given, the result is scaled by this amount in both x and y.If two values are given, scaling in x and scaling in y may be done independently.A scale value of less than 1.0 reduces thesize; an scale value of greater than 1.0 enlarges. Scaling is done relative to the origin (0,0) which is at the lower left.
Sets the pre-crop size of the result image for GIF/PNG/JPEG, or sets the display window size when drawing to X11. On other output devices this option does nothing.width and height are in absolute units.0,0 is the lower left corner.If -pagesize is not specified, the default size will be 8" x 8".Size is set before any drawing takes place and is unaffected by the -scale option.
When rendering PNG/GIF/JPEG images, this option determines amount of internal memory allocation for accommodating the image.The result can never be bigger than this size, and any drawing outsize the bounds will not be visible.To create PNG/GIF/JPEG images larger than 8" x 8", this option MUST be specified to set a bigger size.Cropping options (below) can be used along with -pagesize as long as they result in a smaller rectanglethan the pagesize; they take effect after all drawing has been completed.
-pagesize has no effect with EPS or paginated PostScript results (the PostScriptBoundingBox will be determined by the extent of the graphic).
For image or EPS output, crop the result tightly to the extent ofthe design. Normally a small margin is allowed on all four sides.This option sometimes crops a bit too tight; if so try -croprel.
Crop image or EPS result to the box specified byx1,y1 and x2,y2, in absolute units.
Note that there may be no spaces in the coordinates specification.Cropping takes place after design is rendered and does notaffect coordinate locations.
Crop image or EPS result tightly to the extent of the design (like -tightcrop),but then adjust the cropping outward or inward on one or more sides.left is the amount to adjust the left side, in absolute units.Similarly for bottom, right, and top.Positive values always adjust outward from center; negative values adjust inward (tighter).There may be no spaces in the left,bottom,right,top specification.Cropping takes place after design is rendered and does notaffect coordinate locations.
sets the overall font to font. See fontsfor more info.
sets the overall default textsize to pointsize.All embedded size specifications will be rendered relative to this.
sets the overall default linewidth to w.All embedded line width specifications will be rendered relative to this.See linedetails(pli) for more on line width.
sets the overall default text and line drawing color to color.
sets the background color to color.
Use centimeters as your absolute units, instead of inches.On the command line this must appear to the left of any arguments dealing withabsolute unit values, such as -pagesize.Centimeter absolute units can also be set via proc settings.If cm will always be the desiredabsolute units, the preferred way to achieve this is by using units: cm in a ploticus config file.
Use inches as your absolute units. This is the default.
Set the label or title for the output. For X11 this sets the window title;for PostScript and SVG it sets the %%Title attribute.
These options (new with version 2.10) allow capacities to be raised for accomodation of very large data sets, or lowered to minimize memory usage.The defaults in this section are defined in pl.h.
Set the capacity for data rows to nrows. Default nrows is 10,000.Ploticus will allocate one pointer for each row.
Set the capacity for data fields to nfields. Default nfields is 200,000.Ploticus will allocate one pointer for each field.
Set the capacity for script lines for active procs to nlines.Default nlines is 5000.Active procs are the current proc, all #saved procs, andall proc getdata procs that contain embedded data.Ploticus will allocate one pointer for each line in each active proc.
Set the capacity for the data plotting vector to ncells.Default ncells is 100,000.The data plotting vector is an array which holds plottablevalues for situations where the values must be sorted or pre-screened forbad values. Ploticus will allocate one double value for each cell.
Use this if you need to render a polygon having more than 500 points in PNG/GIF/JPEG, X11, or SWF, orany continuous line having more than 500 points in SWF.
Note: raising the maximum number of categories may be done using proc categoriesfrom within the script.
This allows arbitrary text to be inserted into the opening <svg> tag.
By default the first line of the SVG result will be the XML declaration <?xml .. > .Use this option to suppress the XML declaration line ifthe SVG result is to be embedded into a larger XML document.
Set the XML character encoding method. This encoding will be indicated in the XML declaration line.The default is iso-8859-1 which provides Latin and Western European character sets.For Unicode fonts this should be set to utf-8 (for more discussion see the Unicode section in fonts).
Causes a suitableHTML <EMBED> tag to be written to standard output.
This may be used to set the compression level to n for SVGZ output(0 - 9 where 9 is highest level of compression and the default).
After generating results in the specified format, execute commandin order to view the results on your screen. The output file will automatically beincluded in the command. For example, if a GIF file is beinggenerated you might use this to invoke the xv utility: -viewer xv. If PostScript is being generated you could use something like this toinvoke the ghostview utility: -viewer "gv -magstep -1".The given command must be available on your system and locatable inyour command search path.This option may not be used with -o stdout.
For paginated postscript, set paper orientation to landscape (oblong).
For paginated postscript, set paper orientation to portrait.
Allows production of large-size posters made up of multiple standardsheets of paper butted together. May be used only with paginated PostScript,and should be used in combination with the -scale and -textsizeoptions. x,y is the point within your result (in absolute units) that is to be placed at the lower left corner of the page.For further discussion of this, see posters .
Debug mode. Causes dianostic information to be written to the diagnostic stream (stderr by default, see -diagfile below).Highly recommended if you are experiencing difficulty.Best to use -debug as the first (leftmost) argument so that it can reporton all arguments gotten.Another effect of debug mode is that any temporary files are not removed upon termination.
Write ploticus script lines as they are executed. Lines are written to the diagnostic stream (standard error by default) or standard output.Lines are written after variablesand most script directives, including flow-of-control directives, are evaluated.
Identify unplottable data, showing the value, and its row and field.
All non-error messages and output will be written to this file (default is stderr).
Allows developer to set the first portion of all ploticus error messages to tagfor purposes of presentation or identification.
All error messages will be written to this file (default is stderr).
Print version number, copyright info, web site address, etc.
The output file may be specified on the command line using the -o option,or via Proc Page's outfilename attribute.If so, the result is written to a file of that name.-o stdout may also be used to send result to standard output.
Otherwise, if your script filename has a "recognized extension"( .p, .pl, .plo, .pls, .htm or .html ),the base part of the script file name is used and .png, .gif, etc.is appended. If your script filename doesn't have a recognized extension, the generic name out.* will be used.
X11 output is always displayed on the screen, andpaginated PostScript is written to standard output unless -o is used.
If page breaks (Proc Page) are encountered when rendering in any format otherthan paginated PostScript,special action is necessary since each page must go into a separate file. A Proc Page outfilename may be specified for each page;otherwise a pn prefix will be attached to the beginning ofeach page's output file name to indicate page n.
If a clickmapis being generated, the result file is named similarly to the above.
The following examples assumethat you have a script file called lineplot1.p.
pl -gif lineplot1.p -viewer xv = produce GIF and view using xv (assuming xv image viewer is available on your system).
pl -eps lineplot1.p -viewer gv = produce EPS and view using gv (that's ghostview, assuming it is available on your system).
pl -ps lineplot1.p | lp = produce paginated postscript and send tounix lp print spooler.
pl -ps lineplot1.p -veiwer gv = produce paginated postscriptand view using ghostview.
The name of a ploticus configuation file, for setting default date notations, numbernotations, measurement units, etc.
The path name of a directory where ploticus will look for prefabscripts. The "factory" prefabs are located in the ploticus ./prefabs subdirectory.
Locale support. Thanks to Oleg Bartunov olegAATTsai.msu.sufor contributing this. pl must be built with -DLOCALE for this to work.
Control the disposition of error messages. Allowable values: stderrwhich is the default, and cgi which causes error messages to be written to stdout with html formatting.
Ploticus has some stated limitations(mostly related to capacities that you may run into if you're dealing with large data sets). To report problems or get help see the ploticus support page.
The primary author is Stephen C. Grubb.Ploticus covered by the General Public License (GPL)... please see the ploticus copyright pagefor more info.

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pl is a program that produces plots and charts from data, and produces results that can be viewed on web pages, paper, slides,or interactively on the screen. standard types of plots may bedone using prefab plot templates, or a user-developed script filemay be supplied for greater flexibility and customization.pl may be executed from the command line or as a cgi program.
see the various prefab examples .a large number of script examplesare also available.some usage examplesare also shown below.
command line arguments may generally be given in any order.if there are arguments that you want to always have in effect, you can invoke them from a config file.many settings can also be made dynamically from scripts via proc settingsor proc page.processing occurs in this order: first the config file is read; then command line args are processed (left to right); then proc pageand/or proc settings.later settings override earlier ones.
produce a plot using a prefabplot template.prefabname identifies the template, eg.cron or vbars.necessary parameters are supplied on the command line using the form parm=value.
names a script filethat will be interpreted to produce results.alternatively, -stdin may be used to indicatethat script will be available on standard input.
declares the namedvariable and sets it to the given value. this is a convenient way to pass informationto prefabs and scripts. variable names are case-sensitive.
sets the variable cutdate to 10-31-98.
specify a filename where the result will be written.no processing is applied to this name.. so the ending should be appropriate forthe selected output format, eg. use .png for png files.if -o stdout is used,result will be sent to standard output. if -o is not specified, a default output filenamewill be used.
set ploticus' working directory to dirname.if used, this argument should be specified leftmost on the command line, since it affects evaluation of other args.
-svg or -svgz svggraphic. see also svg / xml options below.
-drawdumpafilenamesame as -drawdump but result is appended to file.
produce a client-side clickable imagemapto accompany a png, gif, or jpeg.these can be used for hyperlinks, and also for providingpop-up text labels that appear when the mouse passes over a region.by default, client-side map content is written to stdout.
produce a server-side clickable imagemap fileto accompany a png, gif, jpeg, or svg.
same as -csmap but all mapped regions are shown outlined in green,and a complete html chunk is produced which involves the output image name.
same as -map but all mapped regions are shown outlined in green.
explicitly name the output file containing the map info. the name may also be set in proc page.if a name is not specified, client-side image map info will be written to stdout;server-side image map info will be written to a file having the same name as the output result fileexcept with a .map suffix(stdout may be useful in dynamic content html situations).for svg this parameter is not needed, since image map info is embedded in the svg file.
scale the final result.if one value is given, the result is scaled by this amount in both x and y.if two values are given, scaling in x and scaling in y may be done independently.a scale value of less than 1.0 reduces thesize; an scale value of greater than 1.0 enlarges. scaling is done relative to the origin (0,0) which is at the lower left.
sets the pre-crop size of the result image for gif/png/jpeg, or sets the display window size when drawing to x11. on other output devices this option does nothing.width and height are in absolute units.0,0 is the lower left corner.if -pagesize is not specified, the default size will be 8" x 8".size is set before any drawing takes place and is unaffected by the -scale option.
when rendering png/gif/jpeg images, this option determines amount of internal memory allocation for accommodating the image.the result can never be bigger than this size, and any drawing outsize the bounds will not be visible.to create png/gif/jpeg images larger than 8" x 8", this option must be specified to set a bigger size.cropping options (below) can be used along with -pagesize as long as they result in a smaller rectanglethan the pagesize; they take effect after all drawing has been completed.
-pagesize has no effect with eps or paginated postscript results (the postscriptboundingbox will be determined by the extent of the graphic).
for image or eps output, crop the result tightly to the extent ofthe design. normally a small margin is allowed on all four sides.this option sometimes crops a bit too tight; if so try -croprel.
crop image or eps result to the box specified byx1,y1 and x2,y2, in absolute units.
note that there may be no spaces in the coordinates specification.cropping takes place after design is rendered and does notaffect coordinate locations.
crop image or eps result tightly to the extent of the design (like -tightcrop),but then adjust the cropping outward or inward on one or more sides.left is the amount to adjust the left side, in absolute units.similarly for bottom, right, and top.positive values always adjust outward from center; negative values adjust inward (tighter).there may be no spaces in the left,bottom,right,top specification.cropping takes place after design is rendered and does notaffect coordinate locations.
sets the overall font to font. see fontsfor more info.
sets the overall default textsize to pointsize.all embedded size specifications will be rendered relative to this.
sets the overall default linewidth to w.all embedded line width specifications will be rendered relative to this.see linedetails(pli) for more on line width.
sets the overall default text and line drawing color to color.
sets the background color to color.
use centimeters as your absolute units, instead of inches.on the command line this must appear to the left of any arguments dealing withabsolute unit values, such as -pagesize.centimeter absolute units can also be set via proc settings.if cm will always be the desiredabsolute units, the preferred way to achieve this is by using units: cm in a ploticus config file.
use inches as your absolute units. this is the default.
set the label or title for the output. for x11 this sets the window title;for postscript and svg it sets the %%title attribute.
these options (new with version 2.10) allow capacities to be raised for accomodation of very large data sets, or lowered to minimize memory usage.the defaults in this section are defined in pl.h.
set the capacity for data rows to nrows. default nrows is 10,000.ploticus will allocate one pointer for each row.
set the capacity for data fields to nfields. default nfields is 200,000.ploticus will allocate one pointer for each field.
set the capacity for script lines for active procs to nlines.default nlines is 5000.active procs are the current proc, all #saved procs, andall proc getdata procs that contain embedded data.ploticus will allocate one pointer for each line in each active proc.
set the capacity for the data plotting vector to ncells.default ncells is 100,000.the data plotting vector is an array which holds plottablevalues for situations where the values must be sorted or pre-screened forbad values. ploticus will allocate one double value for each cell.
use this if you need to render a polygon having more than 500 points in png/gif/jpeg, x11, or swf, orany continuous line having more than 500 points in swf.
note: raising the maximum number of categories may be done using proc categoriesfrom within the script.
this allows arbitrary text to be inserted into the opening <svg> tag.
by default the first line of the svg result will be the xml declaration <?xml .. > .use this option to suppress the xml declaration line ifthe svg result is to be embedded into a larger xml document.
set the xml character encoding method. this encoding will be indicated in the xml declaration line.the default is iso-8859-1 which provides latin and western european character sets.for unicode fonts this should be set to utf-8 (for more discussion see the unicode section in fonts).
causes a suitablehtml <embed> tag to be written to standard output.
this may be used to set the compression level to n for svgz output(0 - 9 where 9 is highest level of compression and the default).
after generating results in the specified format, execute commandin order to view the results on your screen. the output file will automatically beincluded in the command. for example, if a gif file is beinggenerated you might use this to invoke the xv utility: -viewer xv. if postscript is being generated you could use something like this toinvoke the ghostview utility: -viewer "gv -magstep -1".the given command must be available on your system and locatable inyour command search path.this option may not be used with -o stdout.
for paginated postscript, set paper orientation to landscape (oblong).
for paginated postscript, set paper orientation to portrait.
allows production of large-size posters made up of multiple standardsheets of paper butted together. may be used only with paginated postscript,and should be used in combination with the -scale and -textsizeoptions. x,y is the point within your result (in absolute units) that is to be placed at the lower left corner of the page.for further discussion of this, see posters .
debug mode. causes dianostic information to be written to the diagnostic stream (stderr by default, see -diagfile below).highly recommended if you are experiencing difficulty.best to use -debug as the first (leftmost) argument so that it can reporton all arguments gotten.another effect of debug mode is that any temporary files are not removed upon termination.
write ploticus script lines as they are executed. lines are written to the diagnostic stream (standard error by default) or standard output.lines are written after variablesand most script directives, including flow-of-control directives, are evaluated.
identify unplottable data, showing the value, and its row and field.
all non-error messages and output will be written to this file (default is stderr).
allows developer to set the first portion of all ploticus error messages to tagfor purposes of presentation or identification.
all error messages will be written to this file (default is stderr).
print version number, copyright info, web site address, etc.
the output file may be specified on the command line using the -o option,or via proc page's outfilename attribute.if so, the result is written to a file of that name.-o stdout may also be used to send result to standard output.
otherwise, if your script filename has a "recognized extension"( .p, .pl, .plo, .pls, .htm or .html ),the base part of the script file name is used and .png, .gif, etc.is appended. if your script filename doesn't have a recognized extension, the generic name out.* will be used.
x11 output is always displayed on the screen, andpaginated postscript is written to standard output unless -o is used.
if page breaks (proc page) are encountered when rendering in any format otherthan paginated postscript,special action is necessary since each page must go into a separate file. a proc page outfilename may be specified for each page;otherwise a pn prefix will be attached to the beginning ofeach page's output file name to indicate page n.
if a clickmapis being generated, the result file is named similarly to the above.
the following examples assumethat you have a script file called lineplot1.p.
pl -gif lineplot1.p -viewer xv = produce gif and view using xv (assuming xv image viewer is available on your system).
pl -eps lineplot1.p -viewer gv = produce eps and view using gv (that's ghostview, assuming it is available on your system).
pl -ps lineplot1.p | lp = produce paginated postscript and send tounix lp print spooler.
pl -ps lineplot1.p -veiwer gv = produce paginated postscriptand view using ghostview.
the name of a ploticus configuation file, for setting default date notations, numbernotations, measurement units, etc.
the path name of a directory where ploticus will look for prefabscripts. the "factory" prefabs are located in the ploticus ./prefabs subdirectory.
locale support. thanks to oleg bartunov olegaattsai.msu.sufor contributing this. pl must be built with -dlocale for this to work.
control the disposition of error messages. allowable values: stderrwhich is the default, and cgi which causes error messages to be written to stdout with html formatting.
ploticus has some stated limitations(mostly related to capacities that you may run into if you're dealing with large data sets). to report problems or get help see the ploticus support page.
the primary author is stephen c. grubb.ploticus covered by the general public license (gpl)... please see the ploticus copyright pagefor more info.


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“Low” has topped every chart including: iTunes, Billboard’s Top Digital download, Billboard Pop singles, Billboard Top R&B/ Rap singles, Billboard Top Rap singles, and countless others. This single features an instantly recognizable bangin’ beat, a signature T-Pain hook and a hot, lyrical flow from Flo Rida.
By 2006 DJ Montay assembled an impressive list of production credits, but it was the smash hit single “Walk it Out,” produced for fellow Oomp Camp member Unk, that solidified him as a household name. The song started on the radio in Atlanta in early 2006 and then eventually took off, peaking at number one on the Billboard R&B singles. It instantly became a club classic that had people running to dance floors all across America. The DJ Montay- produced remix, which featured Andre 3000, Unk, Jim Jones and Big Boi, became an instant hit in its own right as a digital download favorite.
Shortly after the breakthrough success, DJ Montay delivered another club banger “2 Step,” the follow- up single from Unk’s debut album “Beat’n Down Yo Block” distributed by Koch Entertainment. Its booming bass drops and unique melody reached the Billboard Top Five. And as with any other DJ Montay-produced hit, the remix featured appearances from big names like T-Pain, Jim Jones and E-40. Incredibly, “Walk it Out” and “2 Step” have generated over 2 million ringtone purchases combined.
Not one to rest, DJ Montay produced “Who the F*#k is that” by Konvict Music/ Jive Records late artist Dolla featuring Akon & T-Pain. He also produced “I’d Rather” for the Academy Award-winning group Three 6 Mafia and “Creepin” by Chamillionaire featuring Ludacris. His credits also include Ice Cube’s “It is What it Is” off of his “I Am the West” album, “Twisted” by Gorilla Zoe featuring Lil Jon and the irresponsibly catchy “Everybody Drunk” off of Ludacris' “Battle of the Sexes” album.
In addition he produced the hit record “Foolish” for Atlanta-bred rapper Shawty Lo and songs for the Ying Yang Twins, DJ Kay Slay and Sheek Louch from the Lox. His newer production credits include rapper T.I.’s “Can You Learn” off his “Trouble Man” album featuring R. Kelly, Lil Jon’s “Pop that P**$y” and a track for Memphis rapper 8 Ball.

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“low” has topped every chart including: itunes, billboard’s top digital download, billboard pop singles, billboard top r&b/ rap singles, billboard top rap singles, and countless others. this single features an instantly recognizable bangin’ beat, a signature t-pain hook and a hot, lyrical flow from flo rida.
by 2006 dj montay assembled an impressive list of production credits, but it was the smash hit single “walk it out,” produced for fellow oomp camp member unk, that solidified him as a household name. the song started on the radio in atlanta in early 2006 and then eventually took off, peaking at number one on the billboard r&b singles. it instantly became a club classic that had people running to dance floors all across america. the dj montay- produced remix, which featured andre 3000, unk, jim jones and big boi, became an instant hit in its own right as a digital download favorite.
shortly after the breakthrough success, dj montay delivered another club banger “2 step,” the follow- up single from unk’s debut album “beat’n down yo block” distributed by koch entertainment. its booming bass drops and unique melody reached the billboard top five. and as with any other dj montay-produced hit, the remix featured appearances from big names like t-pain, jim jones and e-40. incredibly, “walk it out” and “2 step” have generated over 2 million ringtone purchases combined.
not one to rest, dj montay produced “who the f*#k is that” by konvict music/ jive records late artist dolla featuring akon & t-pain. he also produced “i’d rather” for the academy award-winning group three 6 mafia and “creepin” by chamillionaire featuring ludacris. his credits also include ice cube’s “it is what it is” off of his “i am the west” album, “twisted” by gorilla zoe featuring lil jon and the irresponsibly catchy “everybody drunk” off of ludacris' “battle of the sexes” album.
in addition he produced the hit record “foolish” for atlanta-bred rapper shawty lo and songs for the ying yang twins, dj kay slay and sheek louch from the lox. his newer production credits include rapper t.i.’s “can you learn” off his “trouble man” album featuring r. kelly, lil jon’s “pop that p**$y” and a track for memphis rapper 8 ball.


text: "If hip-hop's visual language is graffiti, then dancehall's visual language is the sign, the event poster - the notice that big t'ings a gwaan down di street. Take the analogy further and the differences are as noteworthy as the similarities : both are signifiers, even though graffiti signifies the artist himself, while the dancehall sign signifies an event. One is mostly expression, while the other is mostly communication. (...) It would be a surprise to many of the people who made these signs that this medium, where function triumphs over form every time, should emerge as its own art."

lowercased: "if hip-hop's visual language is graffiti, then dancehall's visual language is the sign, the event poster - the notice that big t'ings a gwaan down di street. take the analogy further and the differences are as noteworthy as the similarities : both are signifiers, even though graffiti signifies the artist himself, while the dancehall sign signifies an event. one is mostly expression, while the other is mostly communication. (...) it would be a surprise to many of the people who made these signs that this medium, where function triumphs over form every time, should emerge as its own art."


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It is very satisfying to report that the ArchiTeam inaugural conference was a great success, very well supported with an almost full venue and lots of invaluable information and insights shared in a collegial atmosphere.
The one-day event held on Saturday 26 August at Museum Victoria explored the concept of Small Practice in Community through a diverse program of presentations and one panel discussion.
Speakers traveled from as far afield as the United Kingdom and Malaysia to participate. They included two high-profile, maverick architects with a social conscience – Jeremy McLeod (Breathe Architecture) and Kevin Mark Low (Small Projects) – and creative business facilitator, Caroline Cole (Colander).
First up we heard how Jeremy’s then-small firm took on Australia’s developer- and profit-driven housing market with The Commons and Nightingale projects; then Kevin discussed stepping out of corporate architecture to become a one-man band committed to what he considers our professional raison d’être: making peoples’ lives better, rather than just producing alluring forms and patterns. To this end, the pair shared motivations, war stories, strategies and – sometimes, liquid-papered – drawings (Kevin).
While Jeremy and Kevin challenged and inspired us in philosophical and ethical ways, Caroline ran us through the nuts, bolts and imperatives of setting up good business practices, arguing that we need to treat this as seriously as any fee-paying work.
In very different ways, each speaker encouraged us to resist contemporary pressures to overly focus on ‘pattern-making’ and ‘styling’ – suggesting that content (a design’s ability to solve real problems) and the work of running and growing a business should be viewed as having, at least, equal value.
The panel discussion explored what innovation can look like, in big and small ways, and how it differs and overlaps with invention. Each panel member has made particular innovative contributions in the architectural community, be they establishing a support network for new architects (New Architects Melbourne), an alternative housing development model (The Commons and Nightingale), or a fresh philosophy and approach to working as an architect (Small Projects).
In all, the day was another wonderful opportunity for new and veteran members to share experiences, resources and stimulating ideas true to the ArchiTeam mission.
And we’re already looking forward to the next conference!
Susanne has profiled design, architecture and performing arts projects and themes since the year 2000. She recently returned to Australia after two years working in Central America, and is currently studying a Masters in Cultural Heritage.

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it is very satisfying to report that the architeam inaugural conference was a great success, very well supported with an almost full venue and lots of invaluable information and insights shared in a collegial atmosphere.
the one-day event held on saturday 26 august at museum victoria explored the concept of small practice in community through a diverse program of presentations and one panel discussion.
speakers traveled from as far afield as the united kingdom and malaysia to participate. they included two high-profile, maverick architects with a social conscience – jeremy mcleod (breathe architecture) and kevin mark low (small projects) – and creative business facilitator, caroline cole (colander).
first up we heard how jeremy’s then-small firm took on australia’s developer- and profit-driven housing market with the commons and nightingale projects; then kevin discussed stepping out of corporate architecture to become a one-man band committed to what he considers our professional raison d’être: making peoples’ lives better, rather than just producing alluring forms and patterns. to this end, the pair shared motivations, war stories, strategies and – sometimes, liquid-papered – drawings (kevin).
while jeremy and kevin challenged and inspired us in philosophical and ethical ways, caroline ran us through the nuts, bolts and imperatives of setting up good business practices, arguing that we need to treat this as seriously as any fee-paying work.
in very different ways, each speaker encouraged us to resist contemporary pressures to overly focus on ‘pattern-making’ and ‘styling’ – suggesting that content (a design’s ability to solve real problems) and the work of running and growing a business should be viewed as having, at least, equal value.
the panel discussion explored what innovation can look like, in big and small ways, and how it differs and overlaps with invention. each panel member has made particular innovative contributions in the architectural community, be they establishing a support network for new architects (new architects melbourne), an alternative housing development model (the commons and nightingale), or a fresh philosophy and approach to working as an architect (small projects).
in all, the day was another wonderful opportunity for new and veteran members to share experiences, resources and stimulating ideas true to the architeam mission.
and we’re already looking forward to the next conference!
susanne has profiled design, architecture and performing arts projects and themes since the year 2000. she recently returned to australia after two years working in central america, and is currently studying a masters in cultural heritage.


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Powdered Caffeine Prohibition (Senate Bill 9): Prohibits the sale or offering of powdered caffeine to anyone younger than 18.
Powdered Alcohol Ban (Senate Bill 67): Prohibits the sale of products consisting of or containing powdered alcohol in Illinois by creating a Class A misdemeanor for a violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violations.
Bobcat Hunting (House Bill 352): Allows bobcat hunting in Illinois during a set season. Sets the bobcat season from Nov. 1 to Feb. 15.
SIDS Informational (House Bill 1407): Requires hospitals to include in their instructional materials regarding Sudden Infant Death Syndrome information developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics or a statewide or nationally recognized SIDS or medical association.
Inter-Country Re-Adoption (House Bill 3079): Streamlines the adoption process for families adopting children from another country. It also establishes better practices for post-adoption services that are offered by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
Motor fuel/Service Stations List (House Bill 4115): Improves access to information on the addresses and phone numbers for gasoline and service stations that provide assistance to persons with disabilities.

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powdered caffeine prohibition (senate bill 9): prohibits the sale or offering of powdered caffeine to anyone younger than 18.
powdered alcohol ban (senate bill 67): prohibits the sale of products consisting of or containing powdered alcohol in illinois by creating a class a misdemeanor for a violation and a class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violations.
bobcat hunting (house bill 352): allows bobcat hunting in illinois during a set season. sets the bobcat season from nov. 1 to feb. 15.
sids informational (house bill 1407): requires hospitals to include in their instructional materials regarding sudden infant death syndrome information developed by the american academy of pediatrics or a statewide or nationally recognized sids or medical association.
inter-country re-adoption (house bill 3079): streamlines the adoption process for families adopting children from another country. it also establishes better practices for post-adoption services that are offered by the illinois department of children and family services.
motor fuel/service stations list (house bill 4115): improves access to information on the addresses and phone numbers for gasoline and service stations that provide assistance to persons with disabilities.


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Ashton Hewitt – one of the most exciting talents in Welsh rugby – has today committed his future to Dragons by signing a new contract at the region.
Hewitt has joined Adam Warren, Lewis Evans and Matthew Screech in putting pen to paper on a deal to stay at Rodney Parade until at least 2021.
The 24-year-old speedster from Newport will make his long-awaited playing return next season after a shoulder injury ruled him out of the 2018/19 campaign.
Hewitt, who has scored 21 tries in 72 appearances for Dragons, is one of the most potent finishers in Welsh rugby with his electric pace and powerful running.
Hewitt came through the Academy ranks at Dragons and made his regional debut in 2013.
The wing has twice been called up by Wales, only for concussion to deny him in the 2017 Six Nations and then a shoulder injury forcing him to withdraw from the summer tour in 2018.
Head Coach Ceri Jones said: “We are delighted that Ashton has signed a new contract with us - it will be like having a new signing next season.
“Ashton has been extremely unfortunate with injury over the last 12 months, but he has worked extremely hard and diligently with his rehabilitation and we will see him back to his best next season.
“He is a player who can create opportunities out of nothing and is a clinical finisher. Ashton is also a leader for us, both on and off the field, who has the respect of the entire dressing room.

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ashton hewitt – one of the most exciting talents in welsh rugby – has today committed his future to dragons by signing a new contract at the region.
hewitt has joined adam warren, lewis evans and matthew screech in putting pen to paper on a deal to stay at rodney parade until at least 2021.
the 24-year-old speedster from newport will make his long-awaited playing return next season after a shoulder injury ruled him out of the 2018/19 campaign.
hewitt, who has scored 21 tries in 72 appearances for dragons, is one of the most potent finishers in welsh rugby with his electric pace and powerful running.
hewitt came through the academy ranks at dragons and made his regional debut in 2013.
the wing has twice been called up by wales, only for concussion to deny him in the 2017 six nations and then a shoulder injury forcing him to withdraw from the summer tour in 2018.
head coach ceri jones said: “we are delighted that ashton has signed a new contract with us - it will be like having a new signing next season.
“ashton has been extremely unfortunate with injury over the last 12 months, but he has worked extremely hard and diligently with his rehabilitation and we will see him back to his best next season.
“he is a player who can create opportunities out of nothing and is a clinical finisher. ashton is also a leader for us, both on and off the field, who has the respect of the entire dressing room.