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Tyovan Ari Widagdo
Born in Wonosobo, Indonesia. Tyovan starting his career in tech industry, he was once a hacker, and in the second year of high school, he founded his own company, namely Vemobo which focused on online media, web development, web applications, and information system for corporate.
In 2012, he was responsible for the development of reporting and coordination system, a project from President of Republic of Indonesia at that time, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Moreover, alongside with Vemobo, he developed several kinds of information system for private companies, high state institutions, and ministries in Indonesia.
In 2013, Tyovan was invited by Stanford University, USA to represent Indonesia to join innovation competition in technology and he successfully made it to the top five competing with participants from 38 countries.
For almost one and a half month in USA, he managed to go around Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley to observe the startup environment in the center of world's innovation. He met a lot of high profile people and learned directly from them.
In the same year, he was responsible as a Country Representative of Dolphin Browser to bring this Dolphin Browser win the competition in Indonesian market.
Tyovan was chosen as one of the 100th young innovators in the world from YouNoodle, based in Silicon Valley, USA. Moreover, his story was also published by a popular German magazine as a prodigy from Asia. In Indonesia, he is known as a promising young innovator and entrepreneur.
He founded his company in Education Technology, namely Bahaso. With Bahaso, Tyovan and his team have a mission to educate Indonesian society through foreign language acquisition and envisioned to encourage Indonesian people to be able to compete globally and ready to face ASEAN free trade.
This man graduated from Binus University majoring in Computer Science. He has a dream and a mission to empower Indonesian youth to create world-class innovation and to be able to contribute for Indonesia and mankind in the world.
Dream.Believe.Action
Occupation : Youngpreneur and IT Ninja
Company : Bahaso
Passionate : Digital Innovation, Education, Youth Movement and Entrepreneurship.
Education : Majoring Software Engineering Binus University
Interest : Writing, reading and research.
Web : www.tyovan.com
Twitter : @tyovan
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/tyovan
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tyovan/
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/user/tyovanmedia
Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyovan
In 2017, Forbes Magazine mentioned him as the global young innovator and super-achieving young founders from ASIA. Forbes listed him in ASIA '30 Under 30′, a list that named young achievers under 30 years old from around the world, together with him on the list of 2017 are Alia Bhatt (Indian/Bollywood Actress), Lorde (New Zealand musician/Grammy Winner), Margot Robbie (Hollywood Actress, role as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad), Martell Graf (Cofounder Lazada), Hiromi Tanji (Researcher University of Tokyo, Japan), Kavin Bharti (Founder Hike Messenger) etc.
All of the '30 under 30′ winner will be joining an exclusive club under Forbes. All of the member including the '30 under 30′ alumni such as Sabrina Pasterski ( an Harvard physicist who worked with Stephen Hawking), Evan Spiegel (Founder Snapchat), Taylor Swift & Justin Bieber (Musician/Grammy Winner), LeBron James (NBA Player) and etc.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/tyovan-widagdo/?list=30under30-asia-consumer-technology
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccafannin/2017/04/15/super-achieving-founders-in-asia-make-the-forbes-grade/#355a32098d41
30 Under 30 by Forbes.
International Outstanding Youth rewarded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia in the event of the 89th of Youth Pledge 9 (Sumpah Pemuda).
The Asian Prodigy ( Anak Ajaib dari Asia ) by FQ German.
Known as one of 100 Top World Global Young Innovators by YouNoodle
Judge & Mentor for Global Startup Youth (GSY 2015) in Kuala Lumpur. This is an international innovation competition event held by Ministry of Finance of Malaysia. The program involved 300 youth from 10 countries from ASEAN countries.
Invited by the Ministry of Youth and Ministry of Social Development and Human Security Royal Government of Thailand to representing as Indonesia for ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Assembly in 2014. Tyovan spoke to the delegates from South East Asia countries about the importance of young entrepreneurs in order to promote economic and empowering the youth to face the globalization.
International Outstanding Youth rewarded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Indonesia in the event of the 89th of Youth Pledge on 28 October 2017.
As undergraduate student in 2013, Tyovan was selected to lead 24 young achievers from all around Indonesia like UI, ITB, UGM, ITS, IPB, UNDIP etc to represent Indonesia for ASEAN-INDIA diplomatic visit. Tyovan and his delegates had a mission to build the diplomatic connection among students in India and ASEAN countries and brought Indonesia as the key leader in the region.
Planning and Building an information and infrastructure system based on mobile application for President of Indonesia, Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2012).
Dell Access Ambassador 2011 by Dell Corp (dell.com)
Heroes Among Us ( Hai Magazine, 2011).
Book Ambassador 2007.
Building his own startup, Vemobo when he was in 2nd year of his senior high school.
Founder of Phone Chat Technology for mobile phone feature based on Wireless Application Protocol when he was in 2nd year of Senior High School in SMA 1 Wonosobo.
The Best Radio Announcer (DJ) in SMA 1 Wonosobo when he was in senior high school.
In 2015, Tyovan got an honour to speak as Keynote Speaker for more than 10.000 peoeple in Wonosobo City to inspire and empower young people in the city. He wants young people to do more action to make a better future for Indonesia.
2015 – Present Founder Bahaso
Bahaso is a language learning platform who help Indonesian to acquire secondary languages. Users can learn any languages easily, effectively, efficiently, and in a fun way.
2007 – Present Founder and Commissioner Vemobo Corp
Vemobo is a software house company focusing in B2B and B2G, founded when he was still in senior high school.
2013 – 2015 – Country Manager Dolphin Browser Indonesia
Mobile browser for iOS and Android, Silicon Valley USA based company – http://www.dolphin.com.
2009 – 2013, Advisor of Wonosobo Regency
As an advisor team and the youngest advisor for the ICT Team of Government of Wonosobo Regency.
2009 – 2016 Binus University
Majoring in Computer Science and focusing on Software Engineering.
SMA 1 Wonosobo
2017 – Alumni PPAN ASVI
2015 – EdtechIndo (Education Technology Indonesia)
2013 – Present, StartupDigest (Silicon Valley Connector, based in Palo Alto, California, USA)
2013 – Present, Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Society
2009 – Present, ASEANpreneur ( based in NUS, Singapore)
2009 – 2012, HIMTI
Komisi 2
2008 – 2010, Wonosobo Cyber Community
Community Leader
2008 – 2009, NSTC (Never Stop Thinking Community)
Head of LITBANG NSTC, RnD (Research and Development)
2007 – 2009, Smansa Broadcasting Club
2004 – 2006, OSIS SMP 2 Magelang
Head of Art and Culture Division
Tyovan with Ministry of Communication and Informatics Mr. Rudiantara spend their weekend in Villa Kemuning, Karanganyar. On sunday while they enjoying the morning, they talked about the future of tech industry in Indonesia.
COVERED BY MEDIA
Magazine & Newspaper:
See all of Tyovan's coverage on national and international magazine / newspaper / tv here >
https://tyovan.com/category/me-on-media/
Metro Bisnis di Metro TV.
Cover Story on The Peak Magazine
Featured on Mind+ Magazine.
Featured on Nylon Magazine.
Tyovan's profile covered by Japanese Media, SEAS100.
Kompas Tekno : http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2011/06/27/16530079/Bangun.Perusahaan.Digital.sejak.Muda
Detik.com :
http://inet.detik.com/read/2014/05/01/104836/2570659/398/versi-baru-dolphin-browser-lebih-minimalis
Kompas :
http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2013/11/02/1436167/.Browser.Dolphin.Serius.Garap.Indonesia
StartupBisnis.com :
http://startupbisnis.com/bagaimana-pattern-dari-para-young-entrepreneur-dalam-membangun-kompetensi-mereka/
Jawapos TV:
https://youtu.be/gRko6336Q7k
Tyovan on NET TV:
Tyovan on Metro TV:
Tyovan on Mata Najwa Trans 7:
Part 2: https://youtu.be/ORkxehZOxFI
Part 3: https://youtu.be/7WyuwEA3iK8
Part 4: https://youtu.be/xOSBvjHM7d8 (Tyovan)
Part 5: https://youtu.be/6aXcvME54Xk (Tyovan)
Part 6: https://youtu.be/uyaPhRS91b0 (Tyovan)
Part 8: https://youtu.be/YGZa7Q–q4I (Tyovan)
Part 9: https://youtu.be/KJG22DZEhGA (Tyovan)
Tyovan's Profile Video on Jawapos TV:
Tyovan's Facebook Moment:
AS SPEAKER
He is frequently invited by the government, companies, communities and universities to share his experiences and knowledge through a seminar and workshop. He speaks about entrepreneurship, innovation, technology and youth movement.
Some of institutions which have invited him: University of Indonesia (UI), ITB, Binus University, ITS, UGM, Ministry of Culture and Education of Indonesia, Ministry of Youth Royal Government Thailand, Ministry of Finance Malaysia, US Embassy, and many others.
Talkshow about Youth and Diplomacy with Brian McFeteers (Vice US Ambassador), Douglas Broderick (UN President for Indonesia), dan Jose Tavers (Former Ambassador for New Zealand) at Senayan City invited by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Indonesia. (21082016)
Tyovan was giving a seminar about technopreneurship with Takeshi Ebihara from Batavia Incubator Japan at Binus University.
Tyovan was giving a workshop for student in the university.
Tyovan was sharing with students of SMP 2 Magelang.


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By the time you finish reading this article, you should be able to calculate and decide on the number of agents required or number of PRI lines required or number of calls you can handle using a certain number of agents etc.
Based on our observation we have given averages across verticals ( We are lucky to be serving customers across 20+ verticals, for case studies - http://ozonetel.com/casestudies.php). The key parameters that have been considered are efficiency of handling calls (% answered calls), Pickup times, Total handling time per day of an agent , wrapup times etc.
Wrap up Time is the time agent spends after the call on writing additional information etc about the call.
Call Handling time is Agents Talk Time + Wrap Up Time .
The conclusions you can draw based on this data is that a business requires its agents to work on its process as well along with taking the calls - hence agent utilization will not be more than 30-40% max. for an inbound contact center. So handling customer calls is only part of the contact center executives job. It is very important that you know what percentage of your agents time will go attending calls and what % is required to work in the process updating customer data - be it orders, deliveries or leads.
Based on this data, you should be able to estimate what are your call center needs. For example, if you need to receive 1500 calls with a success rate of 90% ( answer 90% of 1500 calls -1350), with an average duration of 3 minutes per call, agent utilization rates of 40% and total agent login time of 480 mins ( 8 hours) - You will need 21 agents approximately. With the same data but utilization of only 30% - you will need 28 agents.
Please do note that this is a basic calculator and does not consider queue times etc. If you are a real pro, then simply google for a Erlang calculator and use one of the numerous calculators given on the web. In our next article, we will definitely provide our version of an advanced calculator.
Going ahead with the Cloud Agent success stories, we will cover one of the first movers to Cloud Agent (http://cloudagent.in ).
The customer is well known in the bus industry across operators and users. They are one of the first and pioneers in providing end-to-end software and other value added solutions for the Bus Transport Industry by leveraging the latest technologies. The company also provides technology solutions to more than 50 large private bus operators in India, 4 state transport corporations and 2 international operators. The end-to-end software solutions include e-ticketing systems, fleet management solutions, vehicle tracking systems, passenger information systems, logistics management backed by a 24x7 customer support centre.
They were operating support centers for all their bus operators. The key challenge for them was to identify to which bus operator the call is for and accordingly give a welcome message. Also visual feedback to the agent on the name of bus operator etc was not available and hence agents had to just say a " Good morning" instead of the desired " Good morning, welcome to xyz travels".
Apart from this, for the state transport corporations providing Toll Free number integrations with a auto redundancy was a major challenge. Once the customer moved to the cloud, Ozonetel was able to offer backup routing from another city in case of the primary landing number ( PRI line ) going down.
Centralized reporting which gave management access to intelligent reports which helped in the scaling process.
The customer was able to scale with our platform from a initial set of 5 agents to 120+ agents now. We are proud to have been able to help the customer scale at this level and also continue to serve them for the last 2 years.
The aim of every business will/should be to provide an excellent experience to their customers in every medium of communication with them and also ensure that it is unified across the channels - be it calls or email etc.
We will showcase how one of our customers, a leading grocery e-tailer in India has achieved this using Ozonetel's Cloud Agent product (http://cloudagent.in - The first & only Contact center product on the Cloud in India).
The customer service department was facing a challenge in integrating Email support tickets, Call support tickets and their order management system info. which needs to be accessed by them during their numerous interactions with the calling customers. To ensure a high quality customer service, they needed a solution which could route calls, emails to agents and at the same time also integrate with a CRM which could store all the above data. We at Ozonetel, could easily identify the integration points with the CRM & Cloud Agent and implemented a solution in a very short span of time. The end result was a unified communications suite which was integrated with the CRM and the business was able to improve their customer service tremendously.
The results were mind boggling - a 50% increase in customer satisfaction ( This was measured based on number of customer complaints). Also the management was able to get a deep dive view of the entire customer service, thus enabling their decision making with objective data.
Now, the customer has expanded to 2 more cities with the same system and no changes required. They are running a multi city contact center with a unified view across cities on how their business communications are functioning.


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At the very end of an intensive summer of methodology and language analysis, one of my MA TESOL students, who I will call Alice, confessed that it had taken her until that point to realize that TESOL is 'different'. "You need to understand that I come from a language arts teaching background," she told me. "It seems that teaching ELLs [English language learners] is not the same".
On reflection, this insight explained a lot about the struggle Alice had been having, both in her practical teaching classes, and in her written assignments, especially those that required an understanding of how texts could be exploited in class. In her classes she had often used her energetic and engaging manner to focus her students' attention on unusual or literary features of language, such as idioms and the use of figurative language – irrespective of her students' level, and at considerable cost to their comprehension. When her display questions elicited blank stares she seemed to assume it was because they lacked knowledge of the topic, not that they lacked the necessary language – particularly the vocabulary – with which to understand her or to respond. And, in her written assignments, she chose texts or topics for classroom exploitation that were way beyond an average ELL's capacity to process.
Alice's 'epiphany' made me think that perhaps we don't do enough – at the outset of the program – to distinguish between these two very different disciplines, i.e. language arts teaching and language teaching. Because they both involve language, and, specifically, the English language, it is tempting to assume that they share the same goals, methods, and learner profiles. And that the experience of teaching one would be ideal preparation for teaching the other.
But I would argue that there are more differences than similarities.
To start with the most obvious: students of language arts are, generally speaking, already fluent in the language of instruction, for most of whom it is their first language. What's more, they come to class with a receptive vocabulary of several thousand words. They are equipped to understand most everything their teacher says to them, or gives them to read.
ELLs, on the other hand, are seldom already fluent (that's why they have enrolled in classes in the first place), and have a limited lexicon: the average low-intermediate student may have a sight vocabulary of fewer than a thousand words. Apart from anything else, this makes reading and listening of anything but the most simplified texts an enormous challenge. Hence they need help – not in appreciating the writer's style, or inferencing the text's covert message – but in cracking the code and releasing its literal (not literary) meaning. And they need a teacher who is able to grade her language appropriately to ensure understanding.
Moreover, the kinds of texts they will need to unpack are unlikely to be expressive or poetic ones, but utilitarian, even prosaic ones, such as instruction manuals, legal documents, academic abstracts, and so on. This doesn't mean that there is no room for expressive and imaginative writing in the ESOL classroom, but that there is little point in having learners engage with 'higher order' texts until their basic reading strategies are in place.
Likewise, the goal of language production, whether speaking or writing, is first and foremost, intelligibility. Again, this will require a core vocabulary and a basic grammar – not a style-guide grammar (as in Never use the passive voice when you can use the active) but a nuts-and-bolts grammar (such as Adjectives generally always go before the noun and To make a question, invert the subject and the auxiliary verb). And, of course, they will need pronunciation and spelling that are comprehensible even if they are unlikely ever to be native-like.
(This post first appeared on The New School MA TESOL blog Uncharted ESOL in September 2015).
Fair point, Alex – this blog post was originally directed at a largely North American audience, where the term 'language arts' is commonly used. What would the equivalent be in the UK?
I think you're right that this key distinction should be made evident from the get-go. However, I think that it does depend at what level and in which context you're teaching in. For example, I don't think literacy development should (and I don't think it is) be excluded from the ESOL teaching context. When you're teaching learners who have migrated to an English-speaking country, it's of prime urgency for them to be able to read and write (albeit at a basic level) to be able to function and access services, like healthcare and education.
Thanks, Mike – your point about context is well made. What you are describing for ESOL learners (accessing health care etc) is what is sometimes called functional literacy, and clearly there is an urgent need to address it. I would argue that EFL learners also need functional literacy, although there is perhaps less urgency (and less clear a focus) than with ESOL learners. But it seems to me that 'language arts' teachers are less concerned with functional literacy than with some vague notion of literary expression.
True, and we should make the difference clear between teaching language arts and teaching English language from the very outset. However, there is a danger that trainee teachers come to think that language teaching is somehow fundamentally different from teaching other subjects. I often find the ELT community somehow isolated and independent from mainstream education, which is a pity.
Good point, Mark. Of course, one way of erasing the difference between language teaching and the teaching of other subjects might be to get rid of language teaching altogether and simply teach (some of) the other subjects in the target language, à la CLIL.
with immersion programs , it is difficult to make fine distinctions between teaching English language arts and teaching English per se.
Agreed, Shahram -see more comment to Mark (above).
As a mentor to new teachers entering the ESL field, I have often found that language arts teachers are confident at first but find the same problems your student 'Alice' found. They tend not to be able to move between pedagogy and andragogy as smoothly as they first expected. One aspect, in addition to your observation of reading comprehension, is including speaking as a separate skill and one that needs to be explicitly taught.
Thanks, Jenn. Yes, the assumption that language learners ought to be fluent from day one is one that is carried over by language arts teachers, in my experience. I had a teacher this summer who believed that his students' lack of fluency was due to poor breath control (not lack of vocabulary or grammar) and could be corrected by doing the kinds of exercises that actors do in order to increase the length and speed of their utterances.
I agree, particularly as most ESL teachers have experience as students of English Language Art lessons, and pick up on habits they observed in their own teachers, especially if using authentic texts.
That said, with experience and higher-level students, incorporating elements of English Language Art teaching can be useful for adding variety and helping learners to identify elements of style in English.
Thanks, Niall. Yes, at higher levels, the difference between teaching language and teaching language arts starts to blur. Nevertheless, I get somewhat edgy when I hear a teacher tell me that he/she has a designed a lesson that focuses on elements of style (with all the connotations that that word has). I would prefer it if they talked about register, for a start.
An extremely interesting distinction inferred by you here, Sir. Add to that, as a TESOL teacher, I encounter English language learners almost on a week-by-week basis, that have a variety of levels, and needs, all the way from professional (L2) learners, impatient to learn English for job interviews for that 1st job ; to adults that need more functional English, i.e. cancelling a medical appointment/getting rid of that telemarketers ; to students that are on work visas, and finally the older adult L2 learners, that are eager to close the gap in their English language learning, for their retirement living, to access their health/pension needs. Challenging, yet immensely humbling experience, in terms of keeping every one's language interest focused!


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☉ Sun in the natal chart
☉ SUN. It is a principle of will; however, the question of what is actually a person's own will, and that various other influences subjectively experienced as a personal will are far from simple. A person can take the initiative under the influence of various specific people, social conditions, directly carrying out the program of one or another egregor, etc .; the corresponding information can be obtained by studying the position of the Sun in the sign, the house and its aspects (for example, the aspect of the Moon to the Sun means the influence on the will of the general social conditions, the aspect of Mars is the influence of the energy principle, etc.). In the Russian language the word "wanting" is used in two senses, one of which refers more to the Moon (or Venus) and means somewhere from the subconsciousness arose need, aspiration, and the other refers to the Sun and means intention. Solar influence is felt by a person when he says "I want" in the sense of "I have an intention to achieve"; However, the Sun does not only concern the nature of such human initiatives, but also the circumstances of his life, under which they arise. Precisely, the position of the Sun in the horoscope shows what external circumstances imperatively (ie necessarily) require the inclusion of his will, i.e. characterize those situations that force him to manifest both initiative and activity.
The principle of will (the Sun) should be distinguished from the principle of action and manifestation of energy (Mars); the solar initiative itself can not be crowned with any external or internal actions; but the Sun is primary: if a person lives, submitting to another's will or initiative, he can not realize his personality and fulfill his karmic program.
The evolutionary level of a person is closely connected with the awareness of the solar principle and the study of the Sun.
At the first (lowest) level of working out the Sun, a person perceives himself (his psyche) as a single whole, does not divide his life into separate actions and does not separate his individual volitional acts; Moreover, he does not distinguish solar impulses from lunar impulses and the two meanings of the word "I want" for him merge into one. At this level (that is, the complete absence of evolutionary consciousness and the differentiation of one's own psyche), man is a puppet of karma and his own subconscious; his actions are not conscious, and the will is dictated by the egregor and the subconscious.
At the second level of working out the Sun man is already able to distinguish between his solar and lunar influences, i.e. needs and intentions, and if it does not yet sing it out accurately, at least it emphasizes its volitional acts and initiatives in the general life flow. This allows him to intelligently approach the problem of finding his place in the world and correct behavior in life situations, because his will is now partially controlled by him, and he can (to some extent) consciously limit his needs if they come into conflict with his intentions ( balancing the solar and lunar principles). However, even at this level, a person remains a puppet of karma, because his will is completely owned by the egregor.
At the third level of working out the Sun, a person realizes the higher and lower beginnings in himself, interpreting them either psychologically (ie, recognizing and feeling the existence of subconscious programs of various levels), or religiously (ie, feeling the opportunity to go on a more or less spiritual way, closer to God or farther from Him), and gets the opportunity (at least partially) of the conscious choice of the egregor to which he will serve. Now the volitional acts dictated to the person by the egregor do not pass by his attention: after catching the appropriate impulse, he says: "But this I do according to the direct command of God," and is usually very proud that he has received such an honor.
At the fourth level of working out the solar principle, a person partially sees the karmic consequences of his volitional acts and begins to understand the structure of karma, the karmic programs of egregores, associated with them, and also in their own subconscious. Here its realizational power sharply increases and, accordingly, the requirement for accuracy and subtlety of the impact on the world increases; at some point the character of volitional acts is qualitatively changing, which increasingly become acts of pure attention (then the egregor through a person receives the most accurate information and the possibility of the most subtle influence on the situation), the choice is reduced to choosing the direction of attention.
Thus, working out of the Sun is closely connected with the increase of true freedom of will, which is illusory at the two lower levels of the development of the solar principle, and on the third and fourth gradually becomes freedom of creative participation in the evolution of the universe.
The solar will principle naturally continues with the principle of power, which must be understood in two senses: external and internal, i.e. power over the world and above itself. The levels of human power over the world and above themselves are closely related and largely determined by its level of vision, which, in turn, is closely related to the evolutionary level. It is possible to single out four levels of power that are consistently received by a person in proportion to their evolutionary development, which are directly related to its study of the Sun.
At the first level of working out the Sun man is, as they say, the slave of his desires, which for him are inseparable from his essence; here the level of power over oneself is negligible and there is no vision of the subconscious motivations of its internal impulses. Accordingly, and the power over the outside world in such a person is very small, because he can neither think about, nor enforce any serious decision, being unable to resist the general chaotic background of his subconscious, which necessarily at some point will knock him off any meaningful driving directions. Such people do not take a serious part in karmic programs (because they are unreliable) or are completely controlled by egregore. At this level, the inner life for the man himself is invisible, and the external picture of the world is illusory.
At the second level of working out the Sun man gets insignificant power over himself, at first mainly by a way of primitive suppression or displacement of some (from his point of view, the most odious) subconscious programs. Due to this, he has the opportunity to set himself life goals and perform fairly complex and time-consuming programs, in the course of which he has the opportunity of creativity, and at the end there is a (mystical) feeling of increased power over the world; often at the same time, the situation in the administrative (military, political) hierarchy increases. A characteristic feature of this stage of the self-awareness is, on the one hand, the separation of the selfish programs of the subconscious from the programs of achieving a certain external goal, to which the whole will of man is directed, and on the other - the absolute and uncritical acceptance of this external goal as a part of the deep essence of this person; he refers to it, as to fate, an imperatively expressed destiny. In fact, this goal puts the egregor on the person, but leaves the first, so to speak, on the quitrent, leaving a certain freedom of action (and creativity) in the life path and providing a fight with the lower subconscious programs to the person himself. At this level of realizing power (ie, power over the subtle world) is not yet available, except for a thin layer directly relating to the basic activity of man, but there is a general intuitive sense of the karmic program as a sequence of long enough and difficult actions to be taken to achieve something significant in the external (in fact, in the subtle) world; sensations of the law of karma as a universal connectivity of events and thoughts at this level are not yet, but some individual insights and reading of information from subtle plans (spontaneous vague prediction of the future, etc.) are possible. At this level, a person can be entrusted with a separate karmic program (and give an area for its implementation), but his conscious consent to participate in it does not ask the egregor, implanting instead the appropriate goal in the depths of the subconscious.
At the third level, one begins to understand the nature of power; before him begins to get the fact that his whole psyche is connected, that the lower programs are necessary for the normal functioning of the higher, and the realized higher goals and ideals are by no means such in fact, but are only intermediate stages in his life, and besides not there is his personal property, but generated with the participation of egregor and within the overall evolutionary development program, as well as many more private karmic programs relating to his environment. At this level, the person receives the first hint of the realization power and, to some extent consciously, shapes his ideals and higher goals. At the same time, there is a sense of a connection between the inner and outer world and the keys to methods of influencing the external world through internal work, which fundamentally changes the nature of man's power over the world; gradually formed knowledge of the magical power of thought.
At the fourth level of working out the Sun man gets access to the depths of the subconscious and begins to understand the intricacies of karmic programs acting around him. At this level, he actually sees the action of the principle "knowledge is power", or rather power, because the vision of the subconscious and karma structures allows him to make insignificant (energy) impacts very great changes in both the outer and the thin world; in other words, a person receives a realized realization (magical) power over the world and can, on his own initiative, interfere in the karma of other people, collectives, influence any egregores, change subtle structures, etc. True, the return blows of karma also hit him (in the case of careless influences) much more strongly.
The sun rules the Lion: it symbolizes the fact that the will governs the energy and is the source of power. Domination in Leo tells the Sun direct power over the outside world: a strong Sun gives a person to resist the direct will of which is very difficult, even if it is not backed up by any additional circumstances (which, however, is very rare). The Lion also gives the Sun the quality of stability, stability in the presence of both external and internal interference (if the Sun is in a mobile cross, this quality is weakened).
The sun culminates in Aries: it symbolizes the fact that the development of the solar principle gives the person new energy opportunities, which, however, require comprehension and development, i.e. they need to learn how to manage again, otherwise they will quickly run out. The management of mighty forces requires great attention, subtlety and flexibility.
The sun symbolizes the father, the paternal figure and the most basic imperative karmic programs, the person coming to this life who will give him the will, courage, steadfastness, but also demand the same, otherwise the person breaks down and burns up, i.e. loses its independent existence, becoming someone's appendage or turning off from the life flow.
The Sun man, whose Sun is stronger than the other planets, is very authoritarian; already in his childhood he instinctively respected the authorities, tried to imitate them and, perhaps, studied biographies of outstanding people with the goal of achieving the same victories and heights as they. His ambition does not remain inconclusive, even if (which is rare) he does not achieve significant posts or results: in any case, he enjoys the respect of others for a certain inner strength, which may not be expressed explicitly, but intuitively felt by everyone; it is felt that if a person has not achieved much, it is only because the tasks he has set himself have proved to be too complicated. At the same time, the Sun is a planet of external manifestation, and therefore the goals and tasks to which the will of the Sun man is directed are always concrete-practical, they are clearly visible. Even if the Sun is in the water sign and the person works as a psychiatrist, he will direct all his forces, for example, to return his patients to human society, where they could work (his criterion for evaluating their work), and the details changes in their inner world will in and of itself worry much less.
The life of a man of the sun can be painted (egregor) by the hour, and maybe by the minute. Anyway. he constantly participates in very hard karmic programs, over which he is not powerful at a low and medium evolutionary level (he will say: the circumstances are constantly stronger than me), but at a high evolutionary level he turns out to be quite tough. This is the usual situation for the so-called powerful worlds: dictators, rulers, big bosses, in a word, community leaders with a rigid egregor. At a low level, it can be a servant, who piously observes the will of his master and drives his dog; at a high level of evolutionary development, a solar man can be anything: a psychologist, a writer, a preacher, a saint, but he will still broadcast the imperative will of his egregore, and you can either accept it and follow it, or go completely different: the third is not given here.
The situation of the Sun is different in that its participants are pressured by specific life circumstances, forcing them to a certain activity, volition. This is a variant of a rigid karmic program that leaves participants with (as it seems) little free will; in reality, this is not quite so. The placement of accents and the attitude towards what is happening is always determined by the person himself.
The situation of the Sun of the lowest octave is represented by the theater of military operations from the point of view of the soldiers of this platoon (excluding the actual moments of the battle, when Mars turns on). Other examples: a prisoner in prison, a defendant in a lower octave court, a schoolboy in a lesson.
The situation of the Sun of the higher octave is associated not only with the external pressure of circumstances, but also with the effect exerted on a person (or group), as if from within. Then, for example, a person feels that he is inspired by the inspiration with which he can infect others and that demands expression outside: certain words, expressions and actions go to him and give him great satisfaction and joy, expressed; the surrounding people seem to temporarily fall under hypnosis and begin to behave in a way that is not entirely their own, say, they are very enthusiastic. The group situation of the Sun is even more pronounced (for the attentive observer): the action planned by the group egregore will necessarily occur, no matter how individual members of the group resist it. If, for example, there is a scandal in the group (materialization and subsequent cleansing of the lower astral plane), then surely there will be someone who will start squabbling and another that will inflate it.
Solar situations of a higher level are usually not visible, because they are related to direct work in egregore. Then the person lives as if in two planes: while on the earth level his life can proceed as you like, but he feels that his time is painted by the minute, external events are not accidental, and his behavior and reactions have additional meaning, because they directly affect egregor. Depending on his evolutionary development, breadth of consciousness and level of vision, he can only guess about his work in egregore or clearly see it, but a sense of responsibility for his decisions, choices and deeds is available in all cases.
The weak position of the Sun does not mean a low evolutionary level of a person (in general, it is impossible to estimate the evolutionary level on the birth chart in principle). Weak Sun means that for a person it is not supposed to participate in imperative karmic programs; However, at the same time, his level of working out of the Sun can be as high as he likes, and he can take part in arbitrarily responsible and tense programs, but his role will not be too important in them: the egregor does not follow him very closely. At a low evolutionary and energy level, this means not so much weak-willedness, as indifference to what is happening and internal irresponsibility. The person is not connected to any egregor. It is difficult for such a person to create a significant obstacle to the karmic programs around him and he almost never has an intention to do it; but he lives in relative safety from the return blows of karma.
At a higher evolutionary level, the weak Sun means greater freedom of life and creativity and the absence of external stimuli for their constructive use; here, to some extent, the tense aspects of other planets, especially the Sun's dispositor, indirectly activating the will, help. However, it should be understood that at a sufficiently high evolutionary level, a person no longer needs to be pushed towards spiritual development and space cooperation.
Harmonious Sun means that a person is a favorite of his superiors, subordinates and egregores; for him it is natural to subordinate authority (which is always not too hard on his way) and a soft enough, albeit definite, leadership of the lower ones; while he is often lucky in life, and obviously wrong or risky ideas, he practically does not touch. The sun (along with Mars and Saturn) is quite a stiff planet, so the harmonious aspects of the Sun do not mean a threat to man's passivity: he will fulfill all his karmic duties, but he will not have the urge to turn inside out and do everything possible under intolerable conditions; the latter he calmly wait, knowing that they are short-lived.
At a higher evolutionary level, the harmonious Sun gives great creative abilities, realized constantly throughout the life path of man; it is a person capable of everything and capable of engaging in everything that is happening around him; another thing is that not everyone interests him. But in that it will interest, he quickly understands, and in all his activity there is a talent or even a divine presence; another thing is that he will not do much extra.
The afflicted Sun means a high trust of destiny towards man: he was included in both a strong and disharmonious karmic program and very much hope that he: a) will not be offended by this; b) in this program will understand; c) it will perform, or at least will make it more harmonious. In practice, this means trouble, restraint and deprivation, from early childhood, a bad relationship with the father or stepfather, or the absence of the father's figure, which is hard to survive. One of the behaviors is a hardened life, accompanied by a narrowing of consciousness, an increase in selfishness and a subsequent restriction of karmic responsibility. In another version, a person tries, on the contrary, to expand consciousness and oppose cruelties of fate with softness and kindness, pay good for evil, etc. This path often leads to self-actualization, a person finds his place in (quite difficult for him) life and avoids bitterness.
At a higher evolutionary level, a person, comprehending his bitter experience, after a while begins to understand that fate requires from him in each situation something quite certain, which often does not coincide with what he wants, but not always directly to this contradicts. Further, he understands that his first volitional impulse in any situation, as a rule, is false, but contains a rational grain that should be found, and it leads to a harmonious solution of it. Thus, a person with an affected Sun needs to learn not only to block his inappropriate and untimely initiative, but also to find a way to transform it into an acceptable or even adequate one. For this, however, it is necessary to stand on an impersonal position, i.e. objectively assess the situation and yourself in it, which is quite difficult, given the strong ambitious ambitions of the affected Sun.
In another embodiment of the program of the afflicted Sun, a person (who has sufficient energy) enters the service to a rigid egregor (previously it was called to sell the soul to the devil) and transmits the disharmonious program through himself, becoming a black teacher. Then he is thirsty for power, hatred and the thirst for destruction, which he realizes through his disciples or subjects; it is a variant of a despot or dictator endowed with a certain realizational power in a small neighborhood of his karmic program and almost completely deprived of his will-the puppet of his crystallized egregor.
☉ Sun in the signs of the Zodiac
☉ Sun in Aries
A born leader; the desire for primacy sometimes turns into aggressiveness because of haste and lack of diplomacy; The source of strength is one's own inflexibility and a tendency to pursue.. go →
☉ Sun in Taurus
Strives to master the practical aspects of life; highly appreciates comfort and stable security; because of the desire for the reliability of being very jealous and regards partners as.. go →
☉ Sun in Gemini
Extremely communicative; curious and greedy for knowledge; is able to do several things at the same time; adores trips and changes; material goods appreciate insofar as they depend on.. go →
☉ Sun in Cancer
Very sensitive, physically and emotionally injured; protecting himself from possible mental trauma, seeking refuge in the fictional world of his fantasies; owns the art of passive.. go →
☉ Sun in Leo
Generosity, generosity of feelings, enormous creative potential; the ability to endow others with love, warmth and light of the soul; the tendency to be constantly in the center of.. go →
☉ Sun in Virgo
Love of order, increased attention to detail and particulars; a heightened sense of responsibility and duty; diligence and inner need for useful work. Best features: clarity of action,.. go →
☉ Sun in Libra
Propensity to partnership; a highly developed sense of justice, leading to a desire to smooth out all the contradictions and balance any imbalance; innate diplomacy and a tendency to.. go →
☉ Sun in Scorpio
Ultimate lust power; increased vitality and a perfectly developed ability to win in extreme circumstances; strong intuition and the ability to wait for the most appropriate time for a.. go →
☉ Sun in Sagittarius
Huge energy potential; a pronounced sense of responsibility for society; well-developed abstract thinking; thirst for adventure; great conceit; the desire to teach, guide and.. go →
☉ Sun in Capricorn
Perseverance; premonition of a great future; the desire at all costs to reach the highest possible heights in the chosen profession; self-confidence; the ability to act reasonably,.. go →
☉ Sun in Aquarius
The extreme degree of freedom and unpredictability of actions; propensity to scientific and inventive and reformatory activities; depersonalization of the worldview; rationalism and.. go →
☉ Sun in Pisces
Supersensitivity; rich creative imagination; increased attention to the secret aspects of life and as a result - disorientation in everyday realities. The best features: loyalty,.. go →
The position of the planets in the signs of the Zodiac ☽ Moon ☉ Sun ☿ Mercury ♀ Venus ♂ Mars ♃ Jupiter ♄ Saturn ♅ Uranus ♆ Neptune ♇ Pluto


Classification of branched RNA. Summary of branched RNA classes and their biogenesis, turnover, and function.
Putative mechanisms of intron transposition. (a) Following the first step of splicing, Prp22 mediates release of the messenger RNA (mRNA) product. Prior to release of the lariat‐intron, a new 'proto' pre‐mRNA is loaded into this spliceosome, and reversal of the second and first catalytic steps yields a new pre‐mRNA. (b) Following the first step of splicing, Prp43 mediates release of the lariat‐intron without releasing the mRNA product. A second lariat‐intron is loaded into this spliceosome, and reversal of the second and first catalytic steps yields a new pre‐mRNA. (c) The putative products of both (a) and (b) are reverse transcribed and recombined into their original genomic locus, representing intron acquisition and intron exchange events, respectively.
Alternative fates of lariat‐intermediates and lariat‐introns after splicing. (a) After splicing, lariat‐intermediates can be exported to the cytoplasm and translated via an IRES, but it is not known whether endogenous lariat‐intermediates are translated. (b) Lariat‐introns can accumulate in the nucleus, where they have been associated with repressive chromatin complexes, and are restricted from export in Xenopus oocytes. Stable lariat‐introns might sequester free nucleotides for further rounds of transcription. Latency‐associated introns from some viruses are stable in cells, where they can promote viral latency and associate with ribosomes.
Creation and destruction of branched RNA. (a) The first two steps of genic splicing yield a lariat‐intermediate and lariat‐intron, respectively. The lariat‐intermediate can be discarded by Prp43, and is subject to further turnover by Dbr1, or possibly an unidentified nuclease activity. Debranched lariat‐intermediates can subsequently be degraded by Xrn1 (a 5′‐3′ exonuclease) or Ski2 (a component of the cytoplasmic 3′‐5′ exoribonuclease). Lariat‐introns are disassembled from spliceosomal complexes by Prp43, and can be further processed by debranching, endonucleolytic cleavage by Rnt1, or additional nucleolytic pathways. Some lariat‐introns are precursors for small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) or mirtrons processing. (b) In SL trans‐splicing, primary transcripts are transcribed and are spliced to the SL RNA, yielding a messenger RNA (mRNA) and a Y‐form branched product, which is presumably degraded by Dbr1. The sequence of the 'outron' portion of the Y‐form branched RNA represents the site of transcription initiation, and can be used to annotation transcription start sites.
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Last Friday I bought the game Monument Valley and got hooked an an instant. The art direction is fantastic, full of beautifully designed puzzles playing with impossible forms, you feel it could be a game designed by M.C Escher. A few hours playing and I was inspired to create an artwork for Abduzeedo, just to have some fun. The end result, and some quality time in Illustrator and Photoshop, I ended up with an outline style artwork for a poster and wallpaper.
So in this little case study/tutorial I will show you the process behind my impossible ABDZ symbol using Illustrator and Photoshop.
In Illustrator start creating a basic triangle using the Rectangle Tool and then the Direct Selection Tool. Create the front face, the one with the lighter grey and then the back face on the left with a darker grey and the top face on the right with a mid grey.
Add the bottom part with the same grey as the back face part in step one.
Add the top face of the bottom part using the same grey as the top face in step one. Connect them by extending the right top face. Make some adjustments to make sure the vertices are aligned.
Here I decided to edit my penrose triangle to have a little bit of the Abduzeedo Symbol form.
Here I decided to play with some shadows to add some depth, the first idea was to follow a nice rendering with greys and gradients.
This was my first outcome, it was heavily inspired by the game Monument Valley. It was nice but I wanted something simpler.
I decided to to use just the outlines, it is a quite common style but I realised I haven't done something like that for Abduzeedo. The first thing was to remove the fill colors and just add a stroke. After that I used Pathfinder to make sure the shapes are not overlapping on another.
Here's the final result, just increase the weight of the strokes and added a few more details in Illustrator. You can add textures or more elements if you want, but for now I am pretty happy with the outcome, especially using as my desktop wallpaper.
Last weekend while surfing the web I discovered this image of a classic 80s style logo. I noticed the option to buy the effect, amazed that nowadays we can simply buy something to streamline the process.
In the past year, I stopped writing tutorials and the main reason was that I thought they weren't relevant anymore given the copious amount of great websites out there.


There are a lot of good things in the printed materials like text books, note books, pamphlets, guide books and etc.On the other hand, there are other good things about the digital contents.It would great if we can have good thing s in both world together.That is our starting point and still our driving force to develop more.Bridging the good things in the printed materials to the other good things in the digital contents.We keep pioneering the possibilities of bringing good things in both world together.
Our products have been used in various fields.In the educational field, they help to study languages alone.For those visitors from abroad, they are used as multi-lingual tool to support the sight-seeing and living in Japan.They are also used as authenticity judgement tool to identify what is real and what is fake.Printed material will not go away, and we use them to bridge to the digital contents/services.We will keep on providing tools to bridge the printed material to the digital contents, hoping we can make the life easier.
CEO Dr. / Ph. D.
Starting with founding of Visual Science Laboratories Inc. in 1991, he has contributed to the development of information society by bringing some IT related corporations like Digital Hollywood and others.He has become a professor at Hosei University teaching practical education about digital contents.In 2004, he brought up Gridmark Inc. to market his patented technology of Grid Onput (invisible dot pattern).
1991: Founded Visual Science Laboratory Co., Ltd.
1994: Founded Digital Hollywood Inc.
1995: Founded Digital Scape Inc.
1996: Founded Polygon Magic Inc.
2004: Founded Gridmark Inc. (former GM holdings).
R&D and sales of products based on the Grid Onput technology.
Licensing the Grid Onput technology.
from Visual Science Laboratory Co., LTD.
Acquired Digital Amuse as a 100% subsidiary.
Merged with Visual Science Laboratory.
Founded Gridmark as an incorporation-type company split.
GM Holdings renamed as Gridmark.


text:
using ElectronicObserver.Backfire.Data;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace ElectronicObserver.Backfire.Observer.kcsapi.api_req_map {

	public class next : APIBase {

		public override void OnResponseReceived( dynamic data ) {

			KCDatabase.Instance.Battle.LoadFromResponse( APIName, data );

			base.OnResponseReceived( (object)data );

			// 表示順の関係上、UIの更新をしてからデータを更新する
			if ( KCDatabase.Instance.Battle.Compass.EventID == 3 ) {
				EmulateWhirlpool();
			}

		}

		/// <summary>
		/// 渦潮による燃料・弾薬の減少をエミュレートします。
		/// </summary>
		public static void EmulateWhirlpool() {

			int itemID = KCDatabase.Instance.Battle.Compass.WhirlpoolItemID;
			int materialmax = KCDatabase.Instance.Fleet.Fleets.Values
				.Where( f => f != null && f.IsInSortie )
				.SelectMany( f => f.MembersWithoutEscaped )
				.Max( s => {
					if ( s == null ) return 0;
					switch ( itemID ) {
						case 1:
							return s.Fuel;
						case 2:
							return s.Ammo;
						default:
							return 0;
					}
				} );

			double rate = (double)KCDatabase.Instance.Battle.Compass.WhirlpoolItemAmount / materialmax;

			foreach ( var ship in KCDatabase.Instance.Fleet.Fleets.Values
				.Where( f => f != null && f.IsInSortie )
				.SelectMany( f => f.MembersWithoutEscaped ) ) {

				if ( ship == null ) continue;

				switch ( itemID ) {
					case 1:
						ship.Fuel -= (int)( ship.Fuel * rate );
						break;
					case 2:
						ship.Ammo -= (int)( ship.Ammo * rate );
						break;
				}
			}

		}

		public override string APIName {
			get { return "api_req_map/next"; }
		}

	}
}


CHICAGO (CBS) — First it was pigeons and then, the homeless. Hundreds of protestors in uptown are angry at the alderman there over what they say are decisions that don't respect his constituents, reports CBS 2's Dana Kozlov.
The uproar in uptown started over a salvation army food truck. It culminated today in a protest, over what some call a misunderstanding and others call being misguided.
A pigeon clad human. People, dressed like condiments. A snack cart.
And all part of the protest outside 46th ward Alderman James Cappelman's Uptown office, because protestors believe Cappelman told the Salvation Army – don't feed the humans.
Click here to read the entire story and tio watch the video.
A man was recently spotted trapping pigeons in Uptown and putting them in a white pick-up truck, and residents familiar with Ald. James Cappleman's (46th) hatred of the birds immediately pointed to him as the bird thief.
It seemed like a strange, paranoid reaction at first, with people thinking Cappleman had the birds "disappeared" in some Jason Bourne-esque conspiracy. But the alderman has since admitted that, yes, he invited Indiana farmer Herbert Govert to come take a few of the birds out of the neighborhood.
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mystery solved. We now know who hauled off dozens of pigeons from the Uptown neighborhood to northwestern Indiana, and why he did it.
CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports a farmer from Lake County has been found in violation of Indiana state regulations.
Herb Govert owns the white pickup truck that was seen in the 4700 block of North Broadway earlier this month, when two men captured dozens of pigeons in a net, after spreading some kind of food on the ground, then hauled them away.
Read entire story and watch the video here.
Sad…really messed up and sad….
As reported last week, Chicago alderman James Cappleman hired an Indiana farmer to round up the pigeons on the skies streets of the Windy City.
Turns out that this farmer actually wanted the pigeons for live pigeon shoots!!!!
Live pigeon shoots are cruel "sporting" events where pigeons are starved to near death before being shot into the air and shot with buckshot.
(CBS) — It's become Pigeon Gate: the potentially illegal trapping and exporting of Chicago pigeons to Indiana.
CBS 2's Brad Edwards exposed the practice in a report earlier this week.
On Thursday, 46th Ward Ald. James Cappleman was asked to explain. His office earlier this week confirmed it had allowed a farmer from Indiana to trap pigeons and take them across state lines –- for what, it was never explained.
Click here to read story and to see the video of Cappleman running scared.


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The fortress of Verruca
La sentinella della pianura pisana
At the eastern end of Monte Pisano stands the summit of La Verruca , crowned by the majestic ruins of theancient fortress, guardian of the mountain passes and the Pisan plain. Positioned in such a way as to dominate the entire surrounding plain, the hills and the sea, it still offers us an overall view of rare beauty.
A fundamental strategic point of the Pisan Republic, it has always played a role of primary importance, contested by the Pisans and the Florentines. They knew the fundamental lookout function of this fortress. From the Verruca, in fact, a visual triangulation is possible between Pisa and the castle of Vicopisano, which is connected with the castle of Buti and the entire Pisan Lungomonte, otherwise covered from the view of Pisa.
The Verruca is located on a cliff of Verrucano boulders, placed almost vertically to the ground, forming the natural base of the fortress. It stands out from all the other mountains near Pisa and it has always been the subject of legends, certainly generated by the conditioning that this place arouses in the observer.
Today, the summit of La Verruca is a popular destination for hikers, walkers and mountain bikers. There are many routes that wind their way both from the Vicopisano side and from the Calci side that, more or less gently, wind through olive, chestnut and holm-oak woods, pines and Mediterranean scrub to the fortress at the top. From up there you can enjoy a breathtaking view: on a clear day you can admire the sunset at sea, from the Livorno coast to the Apuan Alps with suggestive reflections on Lake Massaciuccoli.
Verruca: a thousand-year old history
THE MONASTERY OF SAN MICHELE ALLA VERRUCA
'L'Aratro e il Calamo' exhibition
Today, ruins of the fortress of La Verruca are still preserved, allowing a reading of the various reconstructive interventions.
With a pentagonal plan, it has two large round towers at the front, the result of 16th-century restoration work and built of brick, and a pair of sharp-edged bastions at the rear in local stone.
Although seriously damaged by historical vicissitudes, the fortress clearly shows the original structural layout and, on careful analysis, still allows us to understand the internal organisation of the elevated structures. All the underground structures such as the cistern or the access corridors to the side towers are well preserved. In addition, there is a building in the elevation made of large blocks of verrucano, traditionally identified as a church. The gate, which is reached by a steep staircase carved into the rock, still preserves the trilithic structure, the traces of the hinges and the locking devices and allows the entrance to the fortress.
Once inside, we can see that the fortress is built on two levels, one of which is completely underground. The upper level is the one that has suffered the most damage, for example, the battlements and various covered structures have disappeared completely, but in some places the remains can be seen. Nevertheless, the perimeter walls of the fortress reach considerable heights of up to 4 metres in some places.
As soon as you enter, on the right, the remains of a very interesting quadrangular structure are preserved in elevation. The four walls of the structure are preserved entirely in elevation with part of the tympanum closing the roof, missing in its entirety. On each long side there is a door with a monolithic architrave and on the SE side there are two splayed windows. The stones used denote two construction phases: the first is characterised by large blocks of verrucano of coarse workmanship that make up the lower part of the building; the stones are badly deteriorated by time and their appearance and workmanship can lead us to suppose that they are remains of the very first construction phase.
The second phase consists of stone blocks, also in verrucano, but coming from a different quarry, the same one used for the underlying Church of St Michael Archangel, so much so that it has been hypothesised that these stones come from the destruction of the latter. The blocks are squared and polished according to a typology that can be found in other religious and civil buildings in the area. Remains of a probable donjon or raised keep can be found in the central area of the fortress, naturally higher than the rest of the plateau, but few elements are still legible.
The Fortress has entrances in the ground leading to the lateral bastions in which rooms have been obtained from which it was possible to shoot or watch the outside. One of these openings leads to a vast underground chamber with a barrel vault under which the vaulted roof of a room below can be seen, now filled with debris. On the N side, a series of masonry arches are visible, which supported the load-bearing structure of a roof similar to the one just described, which has now collapsed.
In general, the appearance of the Verruca is well reconstructed despite the damage caused by neglect and time, but we are certain that an accurate study, never undertaken until now for this site, and an intervention of recovery could return to a better use this important testimony of our past.
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