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Postmortem: Red Rocket Games' OMG: TD!
Since its global launch on November 27th, our Greek mythology-themed tower defense OMG: TD! has been downloaded nearly 1.5 million times, been featured in Apple App Stores across the world, and hit #1 in action and strategy games in the US as well as #5 in top free iPhone apps. What those numbers don't tell you are all the missteps we made along the way: over 10 different prototypes in varying genres, challenges with IAP pricing, and mistakes in energy mechanics and localization. This postmortem will focus on the key lessons we learned that other game devs might find interesting, especially in this global era of game publishing.
We're Red Rocket Games, an independent game studio based in the constantly evolving cityscape of Shanghai, China. We're a diverse band of developers, artists and designers, with over 15 years of game industry experience at companies like EA, Activision, Sega, Disney and Gameloft. While developing OMG: TD!, we worked closely with Chinese publisher Yodo1 to ensure that it would be as globally successful as possible.
The fact that we've worked together on a number of previous, not-very-successful projects has turned into one of our key advantages. We have 13 developers from China, the US, Malaysia, Korea, Israel and Australia. Apart from our latest hire, all of us have worked and gamed together for years, which helps us past any lingering language barriers. We aren't all fully bilingual in English and Chinese, but we're united in our love for games, goofy humor, and endless patience for bug-squashing.
This sort of trust is especially important at a small indie studio, where you simply don't have the resources available to larger companies. What we DO have is a tight-knit team and an open, collaborative work environment. We can count on each other during crunch time.
We decided from the very beginning to adopt Kontagent, a deep analytics package that lets you track specific actions taken by your players. We set it up so we'd have an idea of where players were failing levels, where they were buying items, and where they were losing interest -- and it's helped us immeasurably. Prior to OMG: TD!, we made most of our game design decisions based on our gut feeling of what was right for the player. This was our first real attempt at using analytics to track how players were behaving, and it's now essential to our process, especially when we're marketing to millions of players from different cultural backgrounds.
For instance, we used analytics to try and figure out what prompted players to uninstall our game. Of course, it's impossible to get an EXACT answer to that, so our workaround was to look at all the OMG: TD! players who haven't re-opened the game since last December. What was the last action they took in the game?
It turned out that the biggest stumbling block was at the end of Level 3, which is when our onramp tutorial first goes off-the-rails. The player isn't prompted to enter Level 4 here, but they are prompted to collect their daily bonus, while also getting prompted to tap on Santa Daedalus for their new quest, while ALSO getting a "rate me!" popup. These were all interactions that we'd slowly added over time, without noticing how they came together to form an overwhelming barrage of notifications. Needless to say, we've since taken steps to simplify this. In our next update, we cut the second daily bonus prompt and pushed the "rate me!" prompt to Level 4, when we'll get more informed opinions about the game anyway.
The very first screen after level 3… followed by at least 5 more clickthroughs, before we fixed it.
Besides interpreting what players were doing in-game, it was also important for us to get effective feedback from the player community itself. Tools such as support emails and App Store reviews/ratings are an important starting point, but we've found they don't go far enough. Most often, these out-of-game mechanics only provide us feedback from a very small (if vocal) minority of players.
In-game community management of OMG: TD! through Kryptanium.
As part of our partnership with Yodo1, we were able to integrate their Kryptanium in-game community into OMG: TD! This allows our community manager to interact directly with our gamers to solicit feedback on new features, run live events with our player base, and even reward or reimburse players who provided valuable feedback or reported bugs which detracted from their gaming experience.
OMG: TD! fanfic - made possible by Kryptanium and our awesome player base!
It also allows for players to directly interact with each other in the game, sharing tips and strategies and, strangely enough, fan fiction. Which honestly was gratifying to our team members, since we have some nerds who used to write fan fiction for their own favorite games.
But what about countries like China, where our studio is located? We quickly learned that many Chinese people were familiar only with Athena, the Greek goddess of warfare -- and only because she's a lead character in Masami Kurumada's popular Saint Seiya manga series. Most of the Greek gods featured in our game do have Chinese names, but they're transcribed by sound only, which can get pretty bulky.
Given that many Chinese players aren't familiar with these gods in the first place, we decided to be very literal with our own translations: Zeus became 雷神 ("thunder god"), Artemis became 箭神 ("arrow god"), Hephaestus became 焰神 ("flame god"), and so forth. Our goal was to make sure this aspect of Western culture felt accessible to our non-Western players, whether or not they knew much about Greek mythology.
We've also applied this attitude when incorporating Chinese culture into OMG: TD! To celebrate Chinese New Year, which starts at the end of January, we added a big App Store update that includes a new hero named Cai Shen, the Chinese God of Prosperity.
Chinese players around the world know that Cai Shen's birthday is celebrated during the holidays, but we also wanted to make sure his presence in the game was easy to understand and appealing to all our players. Consequently, Cai Shen has three special abilities that give players extra gold rewards: Spare Change, Mr. Moneybags, and Angry Gold. He also comes with a brand new quest, which upon completion gives players a hat that increases gold drop from defeated monsters.
We designed OMG: TD! from the ground up to be a F2P game. In-app purchases include heroes, in-game currency (souls) and consumable power-ups.
At the beginning, we also wanted to add some sort of energy limiter a la Candy Crush's hearts, both as a monetization mechanic, and as a way to ensure that our players didn't blaze through our content too quickly. In OMG: TD!, you start with 5 energy. Playing a level requires 1 energy, and winning a level gains you 1 energy. Out of energy? You can wait until it refills, buy an energy pack, or upgrade your energy capacity.
We tried to make this system less restrictive by applying it ONLY to your hero (i.e. you can still play levels with 0 energy, but you can't bring in your soul-collecting hero). Unfortunately, this only confused and irritated players.
Our former pre-level screen. The only place where energy was shown.
Not many people were buying energy packs, and we were actively annoying our players. On December 18th, version 1.0.2, we phased out energy mechanics and gave equivalent goodies to players who had purchased the energy items. It's difficult to measure the exact impact on our user base, but we ended up simplifying things for ourselves and later received more than a few messages from players thanking us for removing energy. We'd call that an overall win.
Before settling down and committing to what was then known as Orion's Belt, we made over 10 prototypes in varying genres: match-3, brawler, slots-based RPG, evolving pets, 3D racer, coin pusher, "draw your own fighter," etc. We started working full-time on OMG: TD! in February 2013, but we can find e-mails about prototypes dating as far back as April 2012. That's a lot of time spent in pre-production!
We launched OMG: TD! with 20 levels. Our data from Kontagent tells us that players take only 10 days to complete all that content (not including the special "challenge mode" included with each level). Players were blazing through our game, then setting it down and forgetting about it.
The main contributing factors to our limited content were timing and resources. The App Store is flooded with apps during the holiday season, and we didn't want to get lost in the rush. We also had limited resources, and we needed to bring in money. We made the business decision to launch with what we had so we could gain some revenue and continue building out the world.
Fortunately, it's worked out well so far. We've added new content with every update (new modes, new heroes, new bonus levels, etc.), and we're hard at work on brand new worlds and monsters.
Concept art for Athena, one of our upcoming new gods!
This might seem like a no-brainer, but it managed to escape our attention. We decided early on that OMG: TD! would be optimized for iPad, not iPhone. Unfortunately, this led us to initially design the UI for iPad, instead of starting with the screen with the LEAST amount of real estate (iPhone 4).
In terms of localization, our English text was all written and edited to fit within the UI. But the translations we received were not. This wasn't a problem for Chinese, Korean or Japanese, or even French and Spanish, but German and Russian were really hard to fit into the text boxes. The night before the deadline for our first global build, we ended up frantically scrambling to resize the UI, double and triple checking across the game to make sure all the names and god skill descriptions fit on the screen.
Ultimately, this lack of foresight resulted in a great deal of sloppiness that we're still correcting. It's nothing game-threatening, but it definitely resulted in a less polished experience than we wanted.
So, lesson learned: If you want to globalize at launch, plan for a longer localization cycle.
Fundamentally, we're very proud of OMG: TD! There have been a few hiccups along the way, but overall development was smooth, and it's been a great success for us so far. Tracking and analyzing player behavior has allowed us to make specific design decisions based on hard data instead of instinct, and using analytics and direct player feedback has helped us continuously refine our game and prioritize what's important to our players. We've been updating the game regularly, and we're already hard at work designing new worlds and community-requested features.
Platform: iOS, and Android's coming soon!


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 Андрее Тоурнер — Клара де Фенікс
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When Amazon chose Indianapolis as a finalist for a new HQ, our city became part of important conversations around the country and around the world. Many people are working hard to promote our region, but we have not put our best foot forward. Instead of seeing the dynamic city we are, observers see TV and newspapers focused on City/County Council coups, counter coups and sheriffs deputies escorting trusted employees out of the building.
We need to keep our focus on what's important for our city's future.
That is why I will run for City-County Council, District 7 in 2019 with one goal: to focus on proposals that move our city forward.
The City/County Council must create an agenda to move our city forward, listening to the needs of our citizens, responding to their priorities – and taking action.
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Working together, across party lines to make Indianapolis shine in this defining moment must be our priority. During my Council term, I successfully worked with neighborhoods, business groups and members of both political parties. As a councillor, I will work to get back to that way of doing the peoples' business.
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Many of us know that eating healthy foods and getting exercise are important for our health. But we may not realize how those practices may help reduce risks of cancer.
In honor of February as National Cancer Prevention Month, experts from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center share some of the science associating diet with cancer prevention.
Cancer prevention researcher Dr. Anne McTiernan has worked with the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) to review the latest scientific evidence and create a comprehensive report on lifestyle factors that can affect your health. The bottom line? Many cancers may be prevented by changes in diet, nutrition and physical activity.
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Eat little to no processed meat (i.e., anything salted, cured or smoked), as it is high in fat and sodium and contains curing agents, such as nitrites, shown to be detrimental to our health. According to WCRF and AICR, for every 50 grams of processed, preserved or cured meat eaten per day (equivalent to roughly two slices of bacon), your risk for colorectal cancer increases by 16 percent.
Dr. Marian Neuhouser, a nutritional epidemiologist, leads Fred Hutch's Cancer Prevention Program and is a past president of the American Society for Nutrition. Dr. Neuhouser believes healthy eating is all about the big picture, not the small slip-up.
Read labels and watch for extra sodium, sugar and fats. One way to make sure you're avoiding too much fat, sodium and sugar is by reading labels. The WCRF has linked high-salt food to stomach cancer and too much salt also can raise blood pressure.
Too much sugar or fat can cause weight gain, which in turn can lead to obesity, diabetes and some cancers. The WCRF, in fact, has now linked obesity (or being overweight) to risks of 13 different types of cancer.
Limit sugary drinks and alcohol. Stick with water and unsweetened beverages as much as you can (tip: a little lemon can give your water some zip).
Much like eating high-calorie foods, drinking beverages with sugar or added syrup — soda, sports and energy drinks, sweetened waters, fruit juices, and even coffee and tea-based drinks — packs on unnecessary calories and boosts the risk for multiple cancers as well as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and fatty liver disease.
Alcohol is not much better. Research from leading health organizations, such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the WCRF and the AICR, consistently shows that the more you drink, the higher your risk of cancer, particularly mouth, pharynx, larynx, esophageal, breast, colorectal, stomach and liver cancers.
Researchers believe alcohol increases cancer risk in several ways. It creates the toxic chemical, acetaldehyde, when metabolized. It damages DNA, proteins and lipids through oxidation. It impairs the body's ability to absorb necessary nutrients and it increases blood levels of estrogen, a hormone linked to breast cancer risk. If you do drink, try to stick to one drink a day.
Fred Hutch psychologist and smoking-cessation expert, Dr. Jonathan Bricker, researches ways to help people overcome behaviors that increase health risks, including cancer. Bricker's advice goes beyond smoking to other behaviors, such as snacking, drinking and overeating.
Trying to tweak your behavior? Bricker recommends being mindful of "triggers" and paying attention to what you're feeling before you grab a cookie, drink or cigarette.
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Be kind to yourself. Give yourself a break and allow yourself to slip up. "Surprisingly, giving yourself permission to mess up can make it easier to try again," he says.
Messages, such as "eat your veggies" and "watch the booze," may not sound cutting-edge. But after hundreds (even thousands) of studies, the science is clear. Big benefits can come from just a few lifestyle changes.


In this post I will show the first bot i have ever made and first of all sorry if you detect bad grammar, English is not my native language.
As the first approach of a bot it needs lot of improvements that I will cover in another post after I made the changes.
At the moment bot was made quickly and with not all the care for a permanent device, what will be done in the next step.
Easy of handle: It´s easy to modeling in wood. You have more ways to design parts using wood than metal.
Can be degradated along the years: Environmental action, bugs and microbiotics may want to eat the wood.
the concept of the bot and it´s first action.
low voltages. In my setup the motors are a bit overloaded and I will provide them heatsinks for the next version. Using 8 volts to feed the motors but I think they are rated to 5 volts probably, but not sure.
The controller software: Programmed on Arduino IDE, very simple "sketch" to just test the bot.
On the above image we can see the general aspect of the bot, lot of hot glue were used on this first version.
The next video show the bot performing it´s movements. It´s centered weight.
regarding mechanical parts among other aspects.
Sound sensor. So we can interact with the bot making it start/stop and possibly determining movement patterns.
Edge sensors. Simple contact sensors to detect obstacles.
Atmega8 mounted with minimal components.
Get rid of the metal tubes and use proper battery case.
I will include some POV device for fun.
Rodrigo, it is a great device and you must not stop your job, because you are very talented!


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In Autumn 2012 we commissioned a local artist (Jane Barrett of Little Bird Community Arts) to work with the whole school community on an ethos art project, inspired by Rev. Nick Parker's sabbatical trip to Mount St. Helens in Washington, USA.
Jane has worked with each year group to produce pieces of art on themes inspired by God's creation - Worth, Stewardship, Community, Renewal, Change and Growth - look out for these around the school!
The final piece of work, produced in Summer 2014, draws all these themes together in a depiction of the story of Noah and the Flood and features contributions by pupils, staff, parents/carers and governors. You can see this on display in our main playground.


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Hakone, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾 北斎
Japanese, 1760-1849
Color woodblock print; chuban
Approx. 24 × 18.3 cm
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Nihonbashi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Shinagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Kawasaki, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Kanagawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Hodogaya, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Totsuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Fujisawa, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Hiratsuka, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Oiso, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Odawara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Mishima, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806
Numatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)", c. 1806

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After years of having a 3pl handle its distribution, London Fog now has a place of its own to hang its coat - thousands of coats actually!
This past May, the raincoat and outerwear supplier began distributing from its facility in Secaucus, N.J. Since moving there, London Fog has reduced costs, improved throughput and increased accuracies, leading to fewer returns.
London Fog chose their facility primarily for its northern Jersey location and because the building already had garment racks and slick rails left by a previous owner. London Fog selected a warehouse management system (WMS) from Foxfire Technologies to create the efficiencies that justified the move. The WMS controls virtually all facility operations: receiving and putaway, order waving and batching, picking and replenishment, value-added services, scan packing, loading and shipping.
Each garment is scanned to assure high accuracy before being packed into shipping cartons at London Fog's new distribution center in Secaucus, N.J. The facility processes over 225,000 units a month during peak season.
"The nature of our business is seasonal, so it does not pay to have a lot of automation," explains George DeRocker, London Fog's VP of distribution and IT. "In selecting the WMS, we looked for a Windows-based solution that would provide a seamless interface and also be cost-effective. We felt that Foxfire was a good fit."
DeRocker also wanted a software supplier that offered a highly qualified development team, excellent customer service and 24/7 support.
"I like the idea that I can call Foxfire and ask for a particular individual," he adds. "That is definitely a plus."
The apparel industry is unique in that it has to handle both flatpacked goods and garments already on hangers. About 60% of London Fog's receipts arrive on hangers, while 40% are flatpacked. Upon receipt, flat-packed items are scanned into the Foxfire WMS that assigns them to pallet racks or floor storage based on activity, with floor slots given to faster movers.
Garments on hangers (GOH) are received at separate docks that allow unloading directly onto the facility's railing. These are also scanned into the WMS and then rolled on railed trolleys to storage.
Foxfire supports several types of picking methods to increase productivity. London Fog has configured the system to use two: paper picking and RF-directed for pallet, case and piece picking.
Pick tickets are used to select flat-packed goods and split case apparel from racks and floor positions. Items are RF scanned to verify proper picking. Similarly, GOH apparel is also selected from slick rail positions and placed onto wheeled trolleys. About 70% of all picks are sent by the WMS to a large valueadded area where many flat-packed items are placed onto hangers and some garments are ticketed or bagged.
Items next head to pack stations, where each piece is scan-packed as it is placed into a shipping carton, assuring high accuracy. The WMS then generates retail-compliant shipping documents and labels. Cartons are sealed, sent through a scale used for verification and manifesting, and then sorted and consolidated onto shipping pallets as directed by the WMS. The Foxfire system also supports TMS and contains a transportation module that assigns cartons to LTL docks or small package carriers.
DeRocker has been very pleased so far with the performance of the facility and its systems. "It's great to be in a warehouse where we are the only client," he says.


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Subject: Presidents--Inauguration
Bush, George
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Bush, George, 1924-2018
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993
Obama, Barack
Gerald Ford is sworn in as President of the United States
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Warren Burger administers the oath of office to Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995
Second inaugural address
Gerald Ford is sworn in as President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger
2009 Inauguration of 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, in Washington D.C
U.S. President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his second inaugural speech during the 57th Inaugural Ceremonies in Washington, D.C
U.S. President George W. Bush takes his oath of office and gives his second inaugural address
U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden recite their Oaths of Office for the positions of President and Vice President of the United States at the 57th Inaugural Ceremonies in Washington, D.C.
George Bush talks to a luncheon for legislators following his inauguration and preceding the Inaugural Parade
John F. Kennedy takes the oath of office
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George Bush and First Lady Nancy Reagan address bandsmen following the cancellation of the inaugural parade
U.S. President Richard Nixon takes the oath of office and delivers his inaugural address
President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton address dancers at the Arkansas Ball
U.S. President Richard Nixon speaks at his inaugural ball
Inauguration of George Bush as President of the United States
Oath of office of President
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Inauguration ceremonies of President Eisenhower and Vice-President Nixon


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Turkish football fan mentality needs to change
by Arda Alan Işık
May 28, 2019 12:04 am GMT+3
Turkish sports columnists, including myself, always talk about why the Turkish football administration needs to change if we want to watch better football. The causal link between the administration of football and the quality of football is obvious; an industry that is not administrated properly cannot operate properly, therefore it cannot produce quality.
Nevertheless, we seldom go one step behind and examine how football fans' approach to football shape the administration of football. Since bad football leads to disappointed fans and most voters are also football fans in Turkey, disappointed fans are a political problem.
Thus, Turkish football's primary goal has always been to keep the fans satisfied. Nevertheless, fans are not necessarily satisfied with good, fair and beautiful football; they want their team to win and embarrass other teams, and that is where the problem begins.
This topic occurred to me as I was scrolling down on Twitter, looking for football-related news. I saw one scouting report that listed the young talents that could be very useful for Fenerbahçe in the future, and one of the fans' comments on it was very illuminating: "We do not need young players for the future, we need to be champions next season." At that moment, I had to stop and think about how much of my "enlightened self-interest" I projected onto other Turkish fans. I always believed that investing in young talent, making long-term plans and having a sustainable economy was good, and good for everyone who likes football.
However, I suddenly realized that most of Turkish fans do not love football, but they love to win.
A good example of this was Beşiktaş manager Şenol Güneş's farewell in the last game of the season, as the stadium was practically empty. After two magnificent years with two league trophies and a brilliant run in the Champions League, Beşiktaş fans simply did not deem it worthy to bid a farewell to their manager. Of course, no one owes professionals anything, they are paid to do their job, but Beşiktaş fans' reaction shows that how everyone is valued for their success in Turkey. It does not matter how much you achieved in the past or how well your team plays aesthetically, if you are not a winner, you are out. That is why, despite all of his masculine and aggressive behavior, Fatih Terim is the darling of almost all Galatasaray fans.
Then, when football is played for a group of people who only want to win, winning at all costs is the only thing that matters.
The federation is so busy with keeping clubs and fans satisfied that they have no time to create a better future for Turkish football. Hence, we cannot achieve long-term, international success without changing the mindset of Turkish fans. For this, I suggest that people should be more engaged with their local football clubs and community; supporting a team that you have never seen in your life creates a wicked identity based on hostility. If we can direct our love for football to people whom we can see and talk to every day, we would care about the well-being of the clubs, leagues and organizations more. We should not embarrass the opposing fans or establish our dominance over them; rather we should play football together, as our ancestors did. The cure is to reconnect the fans to football, rather than groundless hostility.


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Very tight tolerances for custom craftsmanship items including sunken fire patio, outdoor kitchen, hot tub and dining areas on a small lot.


Ref: PCTMEA-HO/2018/24952. Dated: 16th July, 2018.
Re: NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION - 2018-19.
1- (a) Northern Zone Committee : 06 Members.
2- (b) Southern Zone Committee : 06 Members.
ELIGIBILITY OF CASTING VOTES/PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION.
1 - Completion of two years membership of this Association.
2 - To furnish this Association proof of filing of a return of Income Tax-2017.
have been deposited with this office.
NOTE: NIETHER POSTAL BALLOT NOR PROXY WILL BE ALLOWED.
1- The elections shall be held on the basis of voters' list the members who have renewed their memberships up-to 31.03.2019. The newly elected Office Bearers & Members C.E.C. shall assume charge of office w.e.f. 1st October, 2018. The tenure of all Office Bearers shall expire on 30.09.2019.
(9) Decision of Regulator of T.O on appeal of member(s) on or before: (Saturday, 18th August, 2018) and his decision in this regard shall be final.
(18) Decision of Regulator of T.O on appeal of member(s) on (Saturday, 08th September, 2018) and his decision in this regard shall be final.
(27) Display of final results at the notice boards of the Head/Zonal offices of the Association within two days & submission of copy of final results to the Regulator of T.O: within seven days.
Note: 1. POLLING HOURS SHALL BE 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M.
ELIGIBILITY OF CASTING VOTES/PARTICIPATION IN ELECTION: (A) Completion of Two Years of Membership. (B) Providing the proof of Filing Income Tax Return. (C) Proprietor/Partner/Director will be eligible to cast the vote or a person Not below the rank of General Manager authorized by the Board of Directors of the firm/Company.
NIETHER POSTAL BALLOT NOR PROXY WILL BE ALLOWED.
IN CASE OF ANY HOLIDAY(S) FALLING ON ANY OF THE ABOVE WORKING DAYS OF THE ELECTION SCHEDULE, THE NEXT WORKING DAY WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY TREATED AS THE NEW DATE.


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Five questions answered on Japan's grounded Dreamliner fleet
What are the implications?
By Heidi Vella
Japan's two main airliners have been forced to ground its fleet of Boeing Dreamliner planes. We answer five questions on the Boeing Dreamliner's current problems.
Why have the planes been grounded?
It is believed Japan's two leading airlines, Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, grounded all Boeing 787 Dreamliners after Nippon Airways was forced to make an emergency landing due to battery problems.
On Wednesday the ANA's flight NH 692 left Yamaguchi Ube in western Japan at 08:10 local time (23:10 GMT) and headed for Tokyo's Haneda airport. Shortly after take off Pilots received a warning telling them smoke was inside one of the electrical compartments, although the source of the smoke is not yet known.
Pilots also received a warning that there was a fault in the on board battery system. It is believed the battery on board is the same battery as the one involved in a fire on another Dreamliner at a US airport last week.
Pilots did an emergency landing and evacuated all 129 passengers and eight crew at nearby Takamatsu airport at 08:47. Some passengers sustained minor injuries.
Nippon has grounded all 17 of its Dreamliners and Japan Airlines says it will ground all of its seven Dreamliners from the 16 January.
Has the Dreamliner model been involved in any other concerning incidences?
There have been six other reported incidences involving Japanese owned Boeing 787 Dreamliners in the last ten days.
Last week, the US Federal Aviation Administration started a joint review with Boeing of the design, manufacturing and assembly of the Dreamliner.
Then on Tuesday, Japanese authorities said they would conduct an inquiry after two fuel leaks on different 787 operated by Japan Airlines.
What are the wider implications of these reported problems?
The Dreamliner, as Boeing's flagship new airline, has attracted orders from many worldwide well-known airlines which may now be concerned.
India Airways and United Airlines in the only US deploys Dreamliners but have no plans to take them out of operation.
Qantas also said its order of 15 Dreamliners is on track.
Depending on the outcome of the two inquires by the US and Japan the Boeing 787 Dreamliners may need to undergo re-engineering and be grounded indefinitely.
What have officials said?
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): "The FAA is monitoring a preliminary report of an incident in Japan earlier today involving a Boeing 787. The incident will be included in the comprehensive review the FAA began last week of the 787 critical systems, including design, manufacture and assembly."
What are the experts saying?
"You're nearing the tipping point where they need to regard this as a serious crisis," said Richard Aboulafia, a senior analyst with the Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia told the BBC.
"This is going to change people's perception of the aircraft if they don't act quickly."
Chris de Lavigne of Frost and Sullivan in Singapore disagreed and told the BBC that this isn't that unusual: "It is not abnormal for new aircraft to have some teething problems."
Adding: "There were initial issues with the Airbus A380 as well. Look where it is today; it is flying successfully and everyone seems to be happy with it."
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Heidi Vella is a features writer for Nridigital.com
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The first passage to the East. Travelling on-board the Rocky Mountaineer is an unforgettable experience.
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And it all follows a long-running high court legal battle over Government moves to reduce rising levels of health-risking nitrogen oxide as part of their clean air plans.
"Ministers believe [poor air quality] poses the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK, costing up to £2.7bn in lost productivity in one recent year."
And not only are they planning to make the UK an 'electric carworld', prior to 'electrification', the Government are said to be looking at the introduction of "clean air zones" (CAZ) that vehicles would be charged to enter (if not clean) - although this may be put on the back burner as it is unlikely to be popular, or maybe responsibility shifted to local councils.
Altering features roundabouts and speed humps.
All part of trying to reduce emissions in some of the country's hotter hotspots for air pollution.
But it is the plan to ban diesel and petrol sales completely by 2040, in line with Emmanuel Macron's efforts across the Channel, that is the centrepiece of Environment Secretary Michael Gove's announcement.
And, together with the determination of other European countries such as Norway to push electric cars, it could well see "the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine's dominance of motor transport after more than a century."
Prof David Bailey, an automotive industry expert at Aston University, said: "The timescale involved here is sufficiently long-term to be taken seriously. If enacted it would send a very clear signal to manufacturers and consumers of the direction of travel and may accelerate a transition to electric cars."
And this acceleration will be aided by a proposed £1bn package that involves investment in both ultra-low emissions vehicles and the charging infrastructure that will be required. There will also be £290m for the national productivity investment fund, which will go towards the retrofitting of public transport, and money towards low-emission taxis.
Not everyone is happy with the announcement of the 2040 ban, seeing it as a bit of a smokescreen to hide a lack of governmental policy on air pollution.
Areeba Hamid, clean air campaigner at Greenpeace, said: "The government cannot shy away any longer from the issue of diesel cars clogging up and polluting our cities, and must now provide real solutions, not just gimmicks. That means proper clean air zones and funding to support local authorities to tackle illegal and unsafe pollution.
"We cannot wait nearly a quarter of a century for real action to tackle the public health emergency caused by air pollution. It means that children across the UK will continue to be exposed to harmful air pollution for years to come, with potentially irreversible impacts."
Experts have warned that 'air pollution is the 'tobacco of the 21st century', so they have a real point, and electric cars are some way forward to achieving a reduction in it. There are immediate problems that need sorting out, as many people point out, and problems with electric infrastructure and the obvious pressure on the National Grid that charging cars would cause, but by mid-century we should all be breathing easier.


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Q: JSF - Invoke bean method at page load After reading multiple post about it, invoking my bean method at page load is just not working.
Here is a sample of my facelet :

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    <h:body>
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            <f:metadata>
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            </f:metadata>
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            </ui:define>
            <ui:define name="body">

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        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
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@Named(value = "orderDetailsBean")
@SessionScoped
public class OrderDetailsBean implements Serializable {

    @Inject
    Services services;
    private Order order;

    public OrderDetailsBean() {
        this.order = new Order();
    }

    public Order getOrder() {
        return order;
    }

    public void setOrder(Order order) {
        this.order = order;
    }

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This is an interesting area that I have wanted to write about for a long time and involves a lot of stuff around self-care as a therapist. As well as working as therapist I am also a mental health nurse and have personally experienced compassion burn out during my working life. I feel this is a very common phenomenon that occurs when working with people so I thought I would write about some common tips and strategies that could prove to be useful to someone experiencing this. Common symptoms can be feelings of being despondent, increased anxiety and increased negativity.
Enlightened self interest: This is a big one. It is OK to put your needs before others. You can not provide adequate care and therapy if your personal needs are not met. It is very easy to portray this to clients and something that we do regularly, but it can be something that is very hard to practice ourselves.
Have supervision: This is important as a therapist. I have found having a supervisor that I see monthly to be beneficial as it gives me an objective standpoint when working with difficult cases and giving me the confidence to know that the treatment plan that I have is working or not.
Get a hobby: This was said to me in my first lecture during therapy training and I stand by it. Having a hobby comes under the category of self-care in a big way and it is important that it is invested in and this could be anything. There have been some studies that artistic pursuits and craft activities have been linked to having the same effect as mindfulness meditation.
Self hypnosis or mindfulness: Having a self hypnosis and/or a mindfulness practice can prove to be very beneficial for maintaining one's psychological health and will allow the therapist to replenish their energy.
Boundaries: Boundaries are essential to have ideal psychological health and to limit the effects of compassion burnout. We need time away from clients and therapy work to spend with loved ones and even if we are passionate about our work having that time away can be very helpful.
Expectations with clients: Not all clients will get better, this is a fact. You can lead a horse to water but can not make it drink. Keeping the expectations realistic when working with clients is helpful. Please do not get me wrong it is important to keep a positive outlook when working with clients but ultimately the client is responsible for their emotional well being and we as therapists give them the tools to do this.
This is only scratching the surface of the topic but I hope this proves to be helpful.
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Korean food was once a rarity in Seattle, but over the past ten-ish years it has spread like wildfire, to my never-ending delight. Tofu soup and tabletop BBQ joints have popped up in neighborhoods all over the city, and with them comes, every so often, my favorite Korean dish: budae jjigae, AKA "Johnson Tang", AKA "Army Stew". It's rare to find in restaurants, at least in Seattle – maybe that's because not many people unfamiliar with Korean food even know it exists. Maybe it's the way it looks to the uninitiated. Maybe it's the list of things that go into it.
Spam. Hot dogs. Ground beef. Baked beans. Tofu. Kimchi. Ramen. Rice cakes. Variations are frequent, but these are the ingredients that crop up time and again. Reading an ingredient list for this dish could reasonably make someone recoil in horror. Hell, anyone with a desire to eat healthy should rightly steer clear. Budae jjigae is a calorie bomb of fatty, salty, and spicy goodness. It's also delicious, satisfying and unlike anything else. Plus, it has a hell of a origin story.
The first thing to know is that budae jjigae is a food born out of immense suffering. Like the "bread of affliction", as we Jewish folks like to call our matzoh crackers, budae jjigae was a food of necessity in a time when options were limited. After the cessation of hostilities in the Korean War, the citizens of South Korea faced poverty and food shortages, with rationing being a fact of life. In communities around the many US Army bases that had sprung up during the war, the surplus processed foods brought for the troops presented an opportunity: canned ham, Spam, hot dogs, canned beans and the like could all be used to supplement rationed foods. Whether by theft, scavenging or black market connections, people got their hands on anthing they could.
It's easy to see how a dish like budae jjigae came to be, in light of that. If you have a couple of hot dogs, a can of spam, some simple vegtables like onions, carrots or cabbages and you need to feed a family, you do what every cook does in this situation: you improvise. You throw everything in a pot with some water or stock, and you see what comes of it. Throw in some gochujang to beat the greasiness of the meats, some kimchi for acidity and bite, and you might just be onto something.
This story bears a lot of resemblance to one of my favorite cooking fables, "stone soup". In the story of stone soup, a community is brought together by a hungry stranger who convinces everyone in town to contribute a bit of foodstuff of some sort to make a communal dish known as stone soup. With a bit of meat from here, a few vegetables from there, and some seasonings from somewhere else, the end result is a giant pot of soup for all to share, its whole far greater than the sum of its parts. When the townsfolk taste the resulting stew, they find it to be delicious, and everyone learns a valuable lesson about sharing.
We see this play out in the real world, too, and not just in post-war South Korea. Here in the US, the same tradition is alive and well in Louisiana with gumbo, or in eastern Georgia with Brunswick stew, or in Kentucky with burgoo. All of these dishes have the same underlying DNA as budae jjigae: a spicy soup base, humble ingredients, and a mix of whatever meats can be had. These stews can contain a veritable Noah's Ark of proteins; fish or shellfish, chicken, beef or pork sausage, and local game meats like frog, possum, rabbit or squirrel all make regular appearances in the stewpot. Folks add in a wild variety of accompaniments, depending on what they have to hand: corn, okra, lima beans and tomatoes are common, and things like potatoes, hard boiled eggs or leafy greens are not unheard of.
Budae jjigae is made the exact same way – beyond the soup base, the recipe for which is relatively stable (although everyone has their own secret technique!) – what goes into it is altogether dependent on the whims of the cook and the available ingredients. I've made it with eveything from leftover bulgogi, to chinese sausage, or mustard green kimchi, or frozen jiaozi, and so on. The key flavor notes one is going for are salty, spicy and a bit sour, generally achieved with the soup base (described below) and some variety of kimchi in the pot. Aside from that, you just use whatever's on hand when you have the urge to cook!
So what's the appeal? If I was going to sell any of these dishes to someone unfamiliar with them, I'd talk about their complexity, spicy heat and heartiness. How the assortment of ingredients ensures that every pot, hell every bite, is unique. Though the ingredients are often humble in origin, that is also their appeal. You don't go looking for exotic ingredients from far-flung locales for these dishes. You use what you can hunt, scrounge up or have lying around.
If you can get oysters from a nearby bay and can catch rabbit wild, they go in the pot. And by the same token, if you live next to an Army base and need some protein to go with your rationed vegetables, then you use what the soldiers didn't want, the surplus hot dogs and ground beef. You make the most of what is there to be had.
Perhaps the most important aspect of any of these dishes, when prepared this way, is their communal aspect. Whether or not the ingredients were sourced from the surrounding community, a big pot of gumbo, stew or jjigae is best enjoyed when shared with a group. There is no better feeling than sitting and eating with friends and family, and when you are all sitting around a pot of stew that everyone contributed to, that feeling just grows stronger.
If you feel inspired to try making budae jjigae, it's pretty easy. You can apply some serious technique to it if you're of a mind to, but it isn't required. It can be as simple as putting everything in a pot with some chicken stock. I recommend using actual Korean-style anchovie and konbu (kelp) stock, for which there are plenty of recipes on the internet, so don't feel intimidated by the notion. Of course, it is up to your personal preference, and if you're going for speed and ease, chicken stock is likely to be readily available.
To do this the easy way, prep your ingredients first – slice your hot dogs, Spam, or processed meats of choice into thin slices. Slice up some green and white onions and any sort of mushrooms as well. Get a package of your favorite ramen, and a handful of sliced korean rice cakes if you can. Cut some firm tofu into 1-inch cubes, so you have about equal parts meat and tofu, and get about a cup of napa cabbage kimchi (get some of the brine in there too). Then, arrange these ingredients in a shallow pot, reserving your ramen, rice cakes and the green parts of the green onion. Arrange your meat, vegetables and kimchi to cover the bottom of the pot. Don't stack. Add stock to just cover the ingredients. For bonus points, add the powdered spice packet from your ramen at this time as well.
For your soup base, mix together crushed garlic, gochujang (AKA Korean fermented chili paste), gochugaru (AKA Korean dried red pepper flakes), rice wine (mirin), soy sauce and sugar. and pour this in as well. Cover and bring to a boil at medium-high heat. When it is boiling, add the rice cakes, ramen and green onion. Add a couple slices of American cheese to melt over the top if you are brave. Cook uncovered until the ramen is fully soft and the cheese (if used) is melty. Serve immediately to any hungry people in the vicinity, with rice and maybe some extra kimchi. All told, you can make this dish in about 20 minutes if you hustle. Yes, really.
Place meat, tofu and vegetables (excluding the green part of the green onions) in the pot, arranged to cover the bottom.
Add soup base, kimchi brine and stock to pot, turn heat to medium high and cover.
Once the broth is boiling, remove cover, reduce to medium and simmer for 6-7 minutes.
Add ramen, rice cakes, reserved green onion and optionally cheese, and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes, or until ramen is fully cooked.
Serve immediately with rice on the side, and extra kimchi if desired.
Oohhh this sounds freaking AMAZING. I might have to make some soon. How well does it keep in the fridge? Freezer? I mean, I might eat it in one or two sittings, but I always like to know how well it keeps (as I am only one person. ;P).
It is fantastic – it shouldn't work as a dish, but it does. It holds in the fridge for a day or so, but after that the various ingredients start getting soggy and losing their integrity. I wouldn't freeze it, personally, but on the plus side, it's fast and easy to make in single or double portions!


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Payne, the primary songwriter of the band, was recently dumped by his girlfriend of two years, Sophia Smith. At least now he'll have lots of new heartbreak material for upcoming 1D songs.
Liam had been dating his old schoolmate since June 2013. Payne and Smith made their first public appearance at the London premiere of One Direction's concert film: This Is Us in 2013.
Sophia even accompanied her beau on the band's 2014 Where We Are Tour, and in 2015 she accompanied him on the European and North American legs of the On The Road Again tour. Liam confirmed the song "Illusion" on 1D's fourth album Four, is about his relationship with Sophia. She is the only person he follows on Instagram
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