Epsilon is incredible. On the one hand it’s an insult to the science fiction genre, limp unimaginative and cringe inducing, yet on the other it’s such a freak oddity that it will make your brain melt. As part of the 6 disc Rolf De Heer Collection (Umbrella), which encompasses his first six films, it combines some extraordinary images of sped up humanity, not unlike koyaanisqatsi, then jams it kicking and screaming into a ridiculous narrative about a superior (female) being (with a broad aussie accent) arriving on earth, encountering a good natured ocker outback bloke and debating the horrors of humanity before falling in love. It’s stilted cringe inducing death on celluloid. De Heer puts the duo in matching shirts and shoots it like it’s Neighbours. It makes you wonder how he could have been responsible for the dark wit of Bad Boy Bubby two years earlier, or even the understated beauty of Dingo (1991), which stars jazz legend Miles Davis, who you’d be positive hadn’t seen De Heer’s previous film when he signed on, the woeful 1987 outback horror Incident At Raven’s Gate. The only horror here is that they gave him money to make other films after this turkey. Yet that’s De Heer in a nutshell: hit and miss.

Wake in Fright (Madman) is a film about assimilation whether you like it or not. It’s Lost Weekend by way of Deliverance, except in the Australian outback the evil yokels don’t play banjo and make you squeal like a pig, no it’s much worse than that, they get you shit-faced and take you roo shooting. The residents of Bundanyabba are grinding down English primary teacher John Grant with bogan redneck Aussie hospitality, until he loses not only his smug superiority, but everything else he thought he stood for, descending into alcohol fueled oblivion. This is outback horror, the residents of ‘the Yabba,’ the equivalent of zombies clawing at Grant, trying to make him one of them. Made in 1971 it’s one of the most vicious and confronting Australian films around. The words “Is this your first time in the Yabba? So how’dya like the Yabba?” will chill your blood.

Samson and Delilah (Madman) is a love story without words. In the extras writer/director/cinematographer Warwick Thornton suggests at 14 he didn’t have Hannah Montana’s monologues, he threw stones at girls. It’s bleak, austere and set in an Aboriginal community in central Australia, not pulling any punches, particularly in terms of petrol sniffing. But it’s a different kind of love, one that is faced with much more difficult, gritty and harsh obstacles than your normal cinema affords. It’s a two disc set, the second features Thornton’s previous shorts and a great behind the scenes feature with the actor playing Samson participating in a diversionary youth justice group conference apologising for a burglary he committed a year earlier. Believe the hype.

He Ran All the Way is a classy 1951 noir that transcends the premise of a killer holed up with an innocent family and becomes a fascinating rumination on family and trust. It was a film tainted by the House Un American witch hunt in the 50’s. Soon after the director John Berry fled to France, it was star John Garfield’s last film dying at the age of 39 after much harassment from Mcarthy, and it was written by Dalton Trumbo (Spartacus) under an alias, in jail at the time of release for refusing to name names. It’s part of an excellent four disc box set MGM Film Noir (Aztec) that also includes Orson Welles patchy yet still compelling The Stranger with Edward G Robinson, Robert Wise’s classy heist gone wrong Odds Against Tomorrow with Shelly Winters, and hard man Robert Ryan, as well as the inspiration for Dragnet, He Walked by Night.

Bastardy (Siren) is a portrait of the complexity of Melbourne’s Jack Charles, actor, musician, heroin addict, homeless, thief, criminal, and member of the stolen generation amongst other things. He begins by shooting up, saying “If I hide anything it wouldn’t be a true depiction.” And what we get is the charm and ravaged potential of a man who justifies burglaries in Kew as ‘hunting and gathering on prime Aboriginal land’ starred in The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith and has battled drug addiction for thirty odd years. Seven years in the making, this is raw unflinching intimacy.

Activ Browser s’est rendu à la conférence organisée le 3 novembre par L4 Epsilon et LSA au sujet d’une étude menée par l’IFOP autour du e-commerce.

L’enquête montre notemment que les internautes attendent aujourd’hui autre chose du e-commerce. Le prix n’est plus la seule attente du Web. Les services doivent être aussi bons voire meilleurs que dans le mortar. Vous pouvez voir différents articles ici et ici sur les conclusions tirées par le président du Conseil de Surveillance de L4 Epsilon, Alain de Lamazière.

Les attentes qualitatives des internautes en terme de livraison, d’information et de choix se répercutent sur les possibilités offertes par le site Web. Le système logistique doit être aussi “agile” et “modulable” que le site Internet doit l’être.

The Corporation is also pleased to announce that its first compressor is now operational and has reached its capacity of just over 6 Mmcf per day. The capacity of the first compressor has been achieved from the gas flow of four wells consisting of one short stage horizontal well, a one stage horizontal where the corporation is planning for additional frac stages, and two vertical wells. The Marcellus Shale wells in Pennsylvania are proving to be world class gas wells. At current prevailing natural gas prices of approximately $4.75 per Mcf, the compressor will generate revenues of approximately $10 million per year.

via Epsilon Energy Ltd.- Natural Gas Production Milestone.

Epsilon Energy Ltd. is engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas reserves targeting the Marcellus Shale. The company also has participating interests and production sharing agreements in other natural gas and oil plays within North America, the Middle East, and Africa. Established in 2005, the Corporation has been a producer of natural gas and oil since 2006. Epsilon’s ongoing business strategy involves focused targeting of lower risk natural gas properties within the Marcellus Shale and other parts of Canada and the United States, as well as the high potential oil & gas properties in the Middle East and Africa. The common shares of Epsilon trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “EPS”.

via Epsilon Energy Ltd.: Second Compressor On-line, Employment Update.

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Updated: Sunday, November 1, 2009

Emre Kelly

Audience members rose to their feet and exploded with applause when UCF junior Michael Newman accepted the title of Mr. UCF 2010, beating out nine other contestants in the annual scholarship pageant.

Students watched as 10 students dressed as zombies took the stage in the Pegasus Ballroom in the Student Union  on Friday as they danced to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

Newman, who won the judges’  favor and the audience popular vote, took home over $2,000 in scholarship awards courtesy of Student Government Association and the UCF Alumni Association. He said his main objective as Mr. UCF this year would be to spread awareness.

“I carry the world on my backpack,” Newman said as he performed a poem he found online called The Renditions of a Homeless Man for the talent competition. Newman dressed in layers of jackets and carried a sign that read: “Hungry any spare change helps please.”

“Students a lot of times feel disconnected from the community around us. Two miles down the road there are people that are homeless,” Newman said. “There are a lot of people that stay within the circle at UCF because they don’t really understand or realize what’s going on around us.”

Newman said during his interview that he wants to bridge that gap between the community, students and faculty, which he believes is part of the UCF Creed.

Newman is currently an ambassador on the President’s Leadership Council, the community service chair of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity and a member of the Student Sustainability Alliance. 

The pageant winner was not the only student heavily involved in campus and community activities vying for a shot at the Mr. UCF title. Spectacular Knight and Campus Activities Board Director Samantha Nemeroff said 15 students auditioned for the event, but only ten competed in the pageant.

“They represented UCF in a great way,” Nemeroff said. “They are all very involved in the school and the community. Their talents were impressive, too.”

Jonathan Parker sang the bluesy Porgy & Bess classic “Summertime.” Matthew Miller, clad in a glitter jacket and rhinestone glove, moonwalked to a version of “Billy Jean” by Michael Jackson. Marcus Williams dressed in a red and white checkerboard shirt, and performed a hip-hop line dancing routine to a music mix. James Jarman broke out the red vinyl records and turntables, scratched and spun a house and Latin mix. 

Tyson Nales, Mr. UCF 2009, and Dasha Gonzalez, Miss UCF 2010,  hosted the pageant with a panel of five judges. The bulk of the contestants’ scores came from the talent competition followed by their audition interview, formal wear, beachwear and a final on-stage question.

The scholarship pageant began in 1989 and benefits both students and the community. Sidney Porter, Sunshine Princess and Lake Highland student, donated a midback ponytail of hair to Locks of Love and the audience favorite vote raised $920 for Children’s Miracle Network.

SGA provided scholarship awards of $400 to the third runner-up, Warren Jackson, $650 to second runner-up, James Jarman, and $1,000 to first runner-up, Marcus Williams.

Additionally, Jonathan Parker won $500 in awards for nonfinalist best interview and top ad sales. David Cohn won $350 for nonfinalist best talent and David Yu won Mr. Congeniality and $150.

The pageant is open to all full-time male undergraduate and graduate students who hold a minimum 2.5 GPA.

Nemeroff said she can relax for a week before she begins planning for the Miss UCF pageant, with 25 girls set to compete for the title on Feb. 6, 2010. 

UCFnews: Michael Newman crowned Mr. UCF: http://bit.ly/1×2pjS http://bit.ly/1WvEkf

In the past few days, BITS Pilani saw may eminent people deliver talks on entrepreneurship and related topics.

(October 13, 2009) The wonders of technology, that we could have Mr. Diaz Nesamoney deliver a talk through Video Conference on "Sales and Marketing" for entrepreneurial ventures. Mr Nesamoney is the founder of Jivox and has had two prior successful ventures. The talk delivered under the Sparks New Ventures Program, a BITSAA-CEL initiative to help budding entrepreneurs, focused on market positioning, product sales, pricing and buzz generation.

(October 24, 2009) CEL(Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership) and Students Union organized a lecture by Mr. Jason George, a Harvard alumnus with work experience with McKinsey and World Bank. He was also the winner of the SGWoEA at the 33rd St. Gallen Symposium. Being of almost the same age group as the audience, his talk on “How to find and take advantage of opportunities” connected very well to them. “Life accelerates..” was a thoughtful statement put forth by him which stressed upon looking around for opportunities early on.

(October 24, 2009) It was very gracious of Mr. Chandra Bhople to deliver the III Business Plan Workshop for Epsilon-the intraBITS business plan competition organized by CEL. Having an immense experience in the field of technology and entrepreneurship, Mr Bhople had a very interactive session on “Fundamentals of a Business Plan”. Due to his simplicity of explanation, the participants for the 2010 edition of Epsilon, understood the otherwise tricky concepts involved in writing a Bplan.

With many more CEL, Sparks New Ventures, BITSAA and Embryo lectures lined up, “Entrepreneur” surely qualifies as the buzz word on campus currently.

Epsilon no Fune

After her latest Single “daily-daily Dream!!” which was used as Hayate no Gotoku!! 2nd Season’s second opening theme comes a compilation album with some new songs as well. Read more for more details about the album.

The album consists of 13 tracks, all songs and a special Tokutenyou CD containing Hitorigoto.

Track listing:
01 - ε -Epsilon-
02 - Real Oni Gokko*
03 - -∞-DRIVE
04 - scene**
05 - Ame to Guitar
06 - Genkai Daha
07 - Monera no Kizuna
08 - Hayate no Gotoku!***
09 - RI←SU→KU
10 - HELLION
11 - Geoglyphs
12 - BLAZE****
13 - LITTLE BABY NOTHING*****

Tokutenyou CD:

Track listing:
01 - Hitorigoto -2009 ver.-
02 - Hitorigoto -2001 original ver.-******

* Real Oni Gokko is from KOTOKO’s album of the same name which was used as the theme song for a Japanese suspense-thriller movie of the same name.

** scene is a song included in KOTOKO’s album “Shichi Tenhakki Shijou Shugi”. The main song in the album was used as the second opening theme to Kenjiro Hata’s manga adapted into an anime Hayate no Gotoku! / Hayate the combat butler!

*** Hayate no Gotoku! is from KOTOKO’s album “Hayate no Gotoku!” which was used as the opening theme for the Hayate no Gotoku! / Hayate the combat butler! anime by Kenjiro Hata.

**** BLAZE is from KOTOKO’s album of the same name which was used as the Shakugan no Shana second season anime’s opening theme.

***** LITTLE BABY NOTHING is performed in a duet with Kazuya Takase.

****** Hitorigoto is from KOTOKO’s mini-album which also included the song “Hayategumo”.

So far, it’s been given quite the nice reviews. My favorite songs are Real Oni Gokko, Geoglyphs, LITTLE BABY NOTHING and Hitorigoto -2009 ver.-. Quite the nice selection of songs. Of course, I already know how Hayate no Gotoku! and BLAZE sounds like so I don’t need to say that I love them as well.

There’s also a PV for Epsilon no Fune:

As an added extra, here are some lyrics for some of the songs included (Lyrics taken from LyricWiki)

—

ε -Epsilon-:

kurai nagai HOORU sea bed norikoete
kibou to yoku de dekita hoshi ni touch down
kuitsubusu rekishi souzouryoku no hatan
yume no naka de sae jiyuu ni tobenai

outline miete kita ippo fumidashita
waratta tsuki no wana saisho no break down
SHIITO BERUTO kitsuku shimete me no mae no BOTAN
nukedasu CHANSU wa ima dake
push and fly out

(time too over. just your preparedness. so,ready go!
I’m all right! Don’t shrink into yourself, ready go! ready go!)

bokura ga tabisuru owari no nai uchuu (expansion sky)
hitotsu ja nai kokyuu suru daiichi ga dokoka ni aru
jikuu wo kishimase ano seiun no nami wo koe
breakthrough innocence
mada minu tsugi no basho e

(follow starlight
tell me your dream
get all together
flicker message from epsilon
fly away　soko e yuku yo I am space bee)

itai NYUUSU bakari zenbu taningoto
maru de ike sukanai yatsura ni catch up
kieta kuroi gamen MESSEEJI wa hitotsu
sore ni gimon nara koudo wo kaeyo!

narabu celluloid box minna onaji kao
kawatte mitai no nara imasugu stand up!
TORANKU ippai ni tsunda big jewel omoi nimotsu
sora no mokuzu to baramaki
Do not stay on

(time too over. just your preparedness. so,ready go!
I’m all right! Don’t shrink into yourself, ready go! ready go!)

bokura wo yonderu shinayaka naru uchuu (widely heart)
mayoeru yume hoshikuzu no zahyou de tobasete kure
okubyou na mama de ima pilot seat norikomu no sa
breakthrough feeble mind
kotae wa tsugi no basho ni

(follow starlight
tell me your dream
get all together
flicker message from epsilon
fly away soko ni yuku yo)

boku no me no naka de ruri ni kawaru uchuu (endless world)
shinjite’reba itsuka sono sugata wo mitsukerareru
jikuu wo kishimase ano seiun no nami wo koe
breakthrough innocence
mada minu tsugi no basho e

(follow starlight
tell me your dream
get all together
flicker message from epsilon
fly away soko e yukou 　I am space bee)

—

Real Oni Gokko:

me wo tojireba semaru seijaku no yami
moreru kodou wo koroshite
konsui no machi nazoru ashioto
ippo mata chikadzuite
sakebu inochi wo tsunda

aizu ni mimi fusaide
tori ni naretara… to
hai ni naretara… to
musuu no tsubuyaki ni madoi motsure korogatteyuku

yokubou e
tsuba wo haite ketsubetsu no peal
ubawareta mirai torimodosu takami no august murder
subete ga asu e to nagare blow away and wipe out
tsukareta teashi ga toki wo matsu

soba surinuketeyuku kongan no zanzou
furueru nou e kizande
renbin no koe aietsu no uzu
hanpo atozusatte yakeru ikari wo haita

kakete wa keru chihei no
teikou wo “inochi” to
kimi e no ippo to
nando mo iikikase hyaku no kado wo magatte hashiru

boutoku e
me wo mihiraite danzai no weal
itami nado nai sa yogosareta hibi ga ieru dake
subete ASH cause it’s over
toiki ga morete kanki no zawameki toki wo utsu

oite wa kuchi
zattou mo yagate wa kieyuki
koe mo kareyuki
KARUMA no shimobe e to yami wo tadori kaette’ku nara

yokubou e
tsuba wo haite ketsubetsu no peal
ubawareta mirai torimodosu takami no august murder

boutoku e
me wo mihiraite danzai no weal
itami nado nai sa yogosareta hibi ga ieru dake
subete ASH cause it’s over
toiki ga morete kanki no zawameki toki wo utsu

—

-∞-DRIVE:

omoidoori ni yukanakute PUTSURI damarikokuru
shiro wa shiro kuro wa kuro de GUREI wa kurai !!

konna mechakucha na handoru ja doro HANEte meiwaku ?
kigatsukeba kiiro tenmetsu iku ka ? tomaru ?
HIMITSU no GIA de sora e fukase !

shikkari to tsukamatte’te ! tobikoeyou purple sky
spark shita waraigoe ga nanairo no nenryou
nan oku kounen koete yukou ? aoi hoshi ni say “hello!”
bokura no space

chiisa na koto to iwaremasu ga KORE tottemo juuyou
wagamama to TSUIN na RAIN de kodawatte yaru !

mitame yori ka yowakunaishi namida wa buki ja nai
PINKU(pink) no hane de toberu no
waraitakereba waraeba ii sa ! sora wa chikai

ginga made todoku you ni kiai irete overdrive
owari ga kita yoru ni mata HOISSURU takanaru
nageku hoho ni kagayaite sugiru hoshi ni say “good-bye”
kanashimu koto wa nai don’t cry
tsugi no suteeji e

MIENAI…MITSUKETE…ITSUKA WA…SOKO E…

ano hoshi made yukeru ka na ? kyousou shiyou ! stardust drive
koukai toka namida datte nanairo no nenryou
harukamukashi mite’ta you na midori no hoshi We love you !
mata aeru yo ne ?

mirai e tobunda
bukiyou virgin drive
yozora e rocket start
matataku purple sky

bokura wo unde JANPU saseru akane no chi ni say “thank you”
uchuu no katasumi de ride on !
bokura no spaceship WAAPU

Öncelikle irdelediğimiz konu hakkında, hiç bilgisi olmayanlara, bilgi vererek başlayalım. Araç Takip Sistemi, sizin, belli bir grup aracı, harita üzerinden izlemenizi, hareketlerini takip etmenizi, analiz etmenizi, raporlamanızı ve yorumlamanızı sağlayan donanım ve yazılım grubudur.

Donanım:
Araç Takip Sistemleri, genelde iki çeşit donanım üzerinden çalışır. Birincisi GSM operatörlerinin baz istasyonlarını kullanan telefon temelli sistemlerdir. İkincisi ise uydularla haberleşen GPS cihazlarını kullanan sistemlerdir. Birincisine nazaran, ikinci daha sağlıklı ve kesin bir çözümdür. Çünkü uydularla iletişim kuran sistem; daha fazla bölgede çalışır. Daha ayrıntılı bilgiye erişimi sağlar. Bu yüzden ben, GPS cihazları kullanan sistemleri tavsiye ediyorum.

Yazılım:
Araç Takip sisteminin yazılım ayağını; sayısal haritalar üzerinde araç takibi ve raporlama oluşturur. Burada bir çok sistem JAVA altyapısını kullanmaktadır. JAVA, son yılların en popüler yazılım dillerinden biridir. Güçlü ve daha çeşitli çözümler sunar. Bir başka artısı da, JAVA ile yapılan sistemlerin, dilin gücünden dolayı daha sağlıklı ve ayrıntılı çözümler sunabilmesidir. Bu sistemlerin eksisi ise; genelde aplet yüklemesi gerektirmesi ve kullanıcı dostu olmayışıdır. Çoğu zaman aracınızı takip etmek için, bilgisayarınızda bir çok kurulum ve ayar yapmanız gerekir.

Öte yandan, piyasada JAVA kullanmayan, kullanıcıya direkt HTML arayüz sunan sistemler de mevcuttur. Nedir HTML sistemi. Yani kullanıcının bilgisayarına veya internete bağlanan başka bir cihazına hiç bir ek yükleme veya ayar yapmasına gerek kalmaz. Herhangi bir web sayfası açabilen tüm kullanıcılar, bu sistemleri de rahatlıkla açabilir. Bu sistemlerin eksisi ise; JAVA kadar güçlü olmayışından dolayı genelde yetersiz kalmalarıdır. Fakat bunun istisnaları da mevcut. Şuan çalıştığımız yerde kullandığımız EGEMEN EPSİLON GPS yazılımı, HTML altyapısı kullanmasına rağmen, oldukça kullanışlı bir harita ve çok ayrıntılı bir raporlama modülünü de içinde barındırıyor.

Özetlersek; ilk tercihiniz, donanım konusunda, GPS cihazları kullanan sistemler olmalı. Bunlar araç takibini kolaylaştıracak ve verileri daha sağlıklı hale getirecektir. Yazılım konusunda ise JAVA altyapısını tercih edebilirsiniz. Kolay kullanım ve rahatlık arayanlar ise; JAVA ile yazılmış sistemlerin gücünü, HTML ile yazılmış sistemlerde bulamayabilirler (EPSİLON GPS ARAÇ TAKİP SİSTEMİ yazılımını hariç tutuyorum).

Merhabalar,

Bu sitede sizlere araç takip sistemleri hakkında bilgiler vermeye çalışacağım. Araç takip işi nasıl yapılır, araçların yeri nasıl öğrenilir, filo yönetimi nedir gibi konularda bilgiler paylaşacağım.

Öncelikle araç takip sistemlerindeki bilgim, gerek elektronik okumamdan, gerekse de uzun zamandır çeşitli firmalarda filo yöneticiliği yapmamdan kaynaklanıyor. Bir çok araç takip sistemi yazılımını detaylı biçimde kullandım. Bu yüzden bu bilgileri internette paylaşmayı uygun gördüm. Kullandığım sistemler arasında Arvento, SVTS, aCar, Epsilon ve Elcobil gibi yazılımlar bulunuyor.

Umarım faydalı olur…

Here’s an example of what can be done with Emfatic and EuGENia. The following annotated Ecore metamodel can be used to create a nice Statechart graphical editor.

Here’s the emfatic source:

@namespace(
 uri="http://www.cs.toronto.edu",
 prefix="statechart")

package statechart;

@gmf.diagram(model.extension="sm", diagram.extension="smd")
class StateMachine{
 val State[*] states;
 val Transition[*] transitions;
}

abstract class State {
 ref NormalState[0..1]#submachine parentState;
}

@gmf.node(label="name", label.icon="false", figure="rounded", border.color="0,0,0")
class NormalState extends State{
 attr String[1] name;
 @gmf.compartment(collapsible="true")
 val State[*]#parentState submachine;
}

@gmf.node(label="name", label.icon="false", figure="ellipse", color="0,0,0", border.color="0,0,0", size="1,1")
class InitialState extends State{
 attr String[1] name="start";
}
@gmf.node(label="name", label.icon="false", figure="rectangle", color="0,0,0", border.color="0,0,0", size="1,1")
class FinalState extends State{
 attr String[1] name="end";
}

@gmf.link(label="name", source="start", target="end", target.decoration="arrow", color="0,0,0")
class Transition{
 attr String[1] name;
 ref State[1] start;
 ref State[1] end;
}

The diagram of the resulting Ecore model is (click to enlarge):

And once EuGENia has done its magic (instructions here), the resulting editor looks like this (again, click to enlarge):

Moreover, we can add EVL constraints to the metamodel and validate the resulting models according to them. This is a fairly simple example, but it goes a long way to demonstrate how easy it is to create things like this.

Chapter: Sigma Phi

Colors: Sky Blue and Kelly Green

Jewels: Diamond, Saphire and Pearl

Symbols: Butterfly, Conch, Sword, and Grasshopper

Flower: Gerber Daisy

The Ontario-based oil and gas producer is reducing its gas production to 2.1 million cubic feet a day from 3.8 MMcf/d. The company has shut in one well in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas field and has curtailed production from a second well.

“With natural gas prices dipping below $2.00/mcf, we will continue to manage natural gas production rates from our Highway 706 project in order to optimize our cash flows,” said Zoran Arandjelovic, Epsilon’s chairman and chief executive.

via Epsilon Energy To Cut Gas Output To 2.1M Cu. Ft/Day From 3.8M – WSJ.com.

Name: Kyra Halloway

Home Town: Bayville, ND

Major: English Education

Sorority: Beta Delta

School: Midwestern University

This Is Not Art is coming up, and there is always heaps of awesome unofficial programming happening around town as well, so once again, the fine folks at the Noise Machine label are presenting This Is Not Part! This year the event has moved venues to The Croatian Wickham Sports Club, so hopefully we can avoid the fistfights and bad blood of last year. There’s a diverse mix of bands ranging from the pounding distorto-breakcore of Drillbit, the psychedelic space grunge of Go Genre Everything, the posi power violence of Michael Crafter, the whaley drone pop of Alps Of New South Wales, and the multi headed noise beast Rotted Crow who only ever play wheelchair accessible shows and will perform as the house band on the Friday Night.
It’s happening over two nights, with both shows starting  at 7pm.

FRIDAY October the 2nd
BLOCK []
Scabduty At The Deathcamp
go genre everything
michael crafter
Intentions
Fuck u saurus
Grannyfist
ROTTED CROW

Saturday October the 3rd
Alps Of New South Whales
Cock Safari
baddd
twink+ink
the wackness feat. B12shot.
corporate smack
Trancendental Headache (w/ Meaghan Murphy)
white knuckle fever
Catfight
Anklepants
drillbit
NETAS
Main$tream
Xylocaine
Hedonist
Epsilon

facebook event info
Croatian Wickham Sports Club
Albert Street Newcastle

Working towards my MSc thesis, I’m increasingly engaging with the Model Management Tool Framework (MMTF), an Eclipse-based tool framework for software model management, built by Rick Salay. At a glance, MMTF allows users to create macromodels (very roughly speaking, models that have other models as elements) in the form of “model interconnection diagrams” (MIDs). The elements of a MID are models of various types that are connected by model mappings (model mappings are models that describe how some other models are related).

As mentioned, the nodes/models in a MID are typed. For example, if we employ a MID to show how a particular UML class diagram is related to a particular UML sequence diagram, it would contain a node of type “UML class diagram” and a node of type “UML sequence diagram” and a mapping link between them (let’s not go into mapping types here). MMTF, being a framework, offers a way for users to plug in their own model types.

MMTF is built on top of the Eclipse line of model-related technologies (EMF, GMF, GEF etc). Therefore the notion of plugging in a new model type in practice means creating a new metamodel (using EMF), creating a graphical diagram editor for it (using GMF) and then plugging it in MMTF as an Eclipse plugin. Such model types, that require a new full-blown GMF graphical editor are called “heavy”, in contrast to “light model types”. Light types are what Qiyu Zhu spent this summer implementing. The idea is that heavy types already registered with MMTF (we already have for example good support for state machine models) can be constrained (presently using only OCL) to create useful model subtypes.

As GMF is not an easy monster to fight against,  light model types are a very good step for MMTF. But useful as they are, heavy types still remain at the core, so anything that makes playing with GMF easier, is very good news indeed. I was therefore delighted to stumble upon EuGENia!

EuGENia, coupled with Emfatic can dramatically speed the creation of heavy model types. The user needs to create an ecore model using the simple DSL employed by Emfatic and then properly annotate it with GMF-related information. EuGENia then takes over the task of generating all the ugly GMF stuff. This might sound like a bunch, but compared to the plunging oneself into the dungeons of GMF, fighting graphical definition model dragons, mapping model balrogs and generator model orcs, EuGENia makes quite a pleasant journey!

In fact, EuGENia is part of a larger project, Epsilon, which in turn is part of the larger Generative Modeling Technologies research incubator project of Eclipse. Epsilon also has other interesting features apart from EuGENia, such as supporting model transformation, validation and merging.

Galactic North

TYPE: Science Fiction

RATING:    6/10

REVIEW:

Alright, I am a big fan of SF but this one just didn’t live upto my expectations. Maybe this is actually a great book and I’m just a skeptic or perhaps I’ve read too many Asimov’s books to comprehend the “complexity” of the sci-fi space. In either case, other than hi-fi weaponry there wasn’t much to absorb in this set of novellas.

The only brilliant thing for me in this one was the phase of “Transenlightenment”. However that also seemed like something that Asimov had mentioned in his Foundation universe.

Read it if you are a fan. I’m not too keen for a re-read.

DESCRIPTION:

Centuries from now, humanity, as factional and fractious as ever, has spread throughout the solar system and beyond, to the worlds around the nearest stars. Technology means powerful new tools, but with those advances come lethal risks. The Demarchists and the Conjoiners fight wars over the basic right to augment human intelligence beyond its natural limits. The nervous, paranoid Ultras crew the vast lighthugger starships that bind these squabbling colonies together. The hyperpigs try to keep their heads down. The rich get richer … and everyone tries not to think about the worrying number of extinct alien civilizations that the explorers keep finding out beyond the margins of settled space … because who’s to say that humanity won’t be next?

Galactic North, a collection of eight novellas and short stories, three brand-new for this volume: eight harrowing glimpses into the dark and turbulnt universe of Revelation Space.

Alastair Reynolds, space opera’s current Janacek. — Telegraph

He has a genius for big-concept SF. — Publishers Weekly

Gothic SF with gore as Reynolds ensures his taut narratives grip from the first sentence. — SFX

Dark, gothic and graphic, with tightly composed narratives full of shocks and jaw-dropping moments. — BBC Focus

This is a video a friend of mine made. It’s a short film to Pivot’s Epsilon. Very promising Aussie band!

http://vimeo.com/5585537

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What is the most effective method and/or resource to procure a targeted listserv for a successful e-mail blast?

Susan, Vice President, Hoffmann & Associates, LLC

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By Jennifer Manocchio

There are two ways to measure the success of an email campaign.  First, how “healthy” is your list.  If you receive a number of complaints (verbal or electronic), a high number of bounces and unsubscribes, your list needs a closer look.  The most detrimental consequence of a bad list is your IP address getting blacklisted by an email client (AOL, AT&T, etc.) or an email distribution service shutting down your account.

Secondly, evaluating the open rate, click through rate and response to your call to action (e.g. sale, sign up form, registering for an event), will give you a good indication of your success.  Benchmark open and click through rates are available; however, they vary by target audience and industry.  Two recent reports are available to help you identify benchmarks by industry – MailerMailer and Epsilon.

Developing or Purchasing a List

There are a few methods, depending on your target audience, you can use to create a list.

1.  Build your own:  This is the most effective and safest way to communicate with your customers and prospects assuming that everyone on your list has given permission (either on your web site, in written form or verbally).  Otherwise you can end up with complaints and high bounce and unsubscribe rates.

2.  Purchase a list from a list company: Purchasing a list may seem like an easy way to target thousands of contacts.  However, you need to ensure it is a credible company selling the list, the contacts on the list have opted-in and the company  you are purchasing the list from will guarantee a high delivery rate (or provide a refund for outdated contacts).  You also want to ensure the lists are for actual people, not addresses like info@sweeneypr.com.

You are certainly taking a risk purchasing a list and while list providers will assure you these contacts have “opted-in” they haven’t necessarily opted-in to receive information from you.  Therefore, you risk complaints, high bounce rates, high unsubcribe rates, as well as low open and click through rates.

3.  Use an existing e-newsletter list: Web sites that offer e-newsletters (like Web MD), trade associations, consumer and trade magazines typically allow you to pay for access to their email database.  Most of these groups protect their members and will not sell you the list, but they will send a prepared email to their database and provide tracking reports.  This method can be effective if the database is targeting your key prospects.

When using this method, consider a strategy (sign up form, etc.) that allows you to collect contact information and encourage recipients to opt-in to your email database.  Otherwise, you will need to continue to pay for access each time.

Permission based email databases are always the most effective method.  It will ensure you are not spamming, will increase your credibility among  customers and prospects, increase loyalty and increase brand awareness.

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