Deploying Federation Servers
To deploy federation servers in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), complete each of the tasks in Checklist: Setting Up a Federation Server.
When you use this checklist, we recommend that you first read the references to federation server planning in the AD FS Design Guide in Windows Server 2012 before you begin the procedures for configuring the servers. Following the checklist in this way provides a better understanding of the design and deployment process for federation servers.
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Federation servers are computers running Windows Server 2008 with the AD FS software installed that have been configured to act in the federation server role. Federation servers authenticate or route requests from user accounts in other organizations and from client computers that can be located anywhere on the Internet.
The act of installing the AD FS software on a computer and using the AD FS Federation Server Configuration Wizard to configure it for the federation server role makes that computer a federation server. It also makes the AD FS Management snap-in available on that computer in the Start\Administrative Tools\ menu so that you can specify the following:
The AD FS host name where partner organizations and applications will send token requests and responses
The AD FS identifier that partner organizations and applications will use to identify the unique name or location of your organization
The token-signing certificate that all federation servers in a server farm will use to issue and sign tokens
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The majority of these core user interface (UI) settings are contained in the web.config file on each federation server. The AD FS host name and AD FS identifier values are not specified in the web.config file.
Federation servers host a claims issuance engine that issues tokens based on the credentials (for example, user name and password) that are presented to it. A security token is a cryptographically signed data unit that expresses one or more claims. A claim is a statement that a server makes (for example, name, identity, key, group, privilege, or capability) about a client. After the credentials are verified on the federation server (through the user logon process), claims for the user are collected through examination of the user attributes that are stored in the specified attribute store.
In Federated Web Single-Sign-On (SSO) designs (AD FS designs in which two or more organizations are involved), claims can be modified by claim rules for a specific relying party. The claims are built into a token that is sent to a federation server in the resource partner organization. After a federation server in the resource partner receives the claims as incoming claims, it executes the claims issuance engine to run a set of claim rules to filter, pass through, or transform those claims. The claims are then built into a new token that is sent to the Web server in the resource partner.
In the Web SSO design (an AD FS design in which only one organization is involved), a single federation server can be used so that employees can log on once and still access multiple applications.
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August 29, 2012
With South Sudan now eligible to sign up to the IMF club and receive interest-free loans, will the fledgling country be a taker and arguably ultimately a loser?
August 14, 2012
Muslim leaders unite for a 'palace' summit in Saudi Arabia where they will attempt to tackle the tall order of the Middle East's issues this season. They will attempt to reunite the Muslim Ummah and to consolidate cohesiveness among Islamic countries.
August 13, 2012
The high rate of unemployment among the young people in South Sudan will soon be a thing of the past, should the planned national youth service initiative announced by government become a reality.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) will effective Monday begin the long-awaited public hearing on the Auditor General’s 2007/2008 report, which unearthed massive financial mismanagement in the country.
August 8, 2012
South Sudan has called on the international community to assist the one-year old nation fill a huge financial gap created by the recent agreement with Khartoum as details on oil deal emerge.
August 6, 2012
Sudanese negotiating team confirmed that they reached an agreement on oil transportation fees but did not provide further details.
August 5, 2012
George Clooney is giving up his sports car in the name of offering aid to Sudan - a cause close to the super-activist's heart.
July 30, 2012
South Sudan and Israel signed, in the latter’s capital Tel Aviv this week, their first economic cooperation agreement which focuses on development of technology and water infrastructure.
July 29, 2012
After the weekend of the Opening Ceremony and flag parades starring Arab entries to the London Games, we look at Arab achievements in Olympic-terms to date. We take stock of medals gained, and success delivered by Arab athletics and tot up the Arab world's collective and individual medal count historically.
July 24, 2012
Sudanese negotiators on Monday dismissed as “nothing new” what their South Sudanese counterparts have termed as the “last offer” to resolve the two countries’ disputes over oil transit fees.
July 22, 2012
The Sudanese council of ministers chaired by president Omer Hassan al-Bashir on Thursday approved recommendations put forward by the forum on financing state projects which included discussions on the controversial measure of accepting external loans with interest terms.
July 17, 2012
The Sudanese pound has continued to decline against the US Dollar as the inflation rate reached over 37% last June, indicating the severe economic situation of the country.
Sudan foreign minister denied that Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement over pipeline transit fees during the one-to-one meeting between presidents Omer Al-Bashir and Salva Kiir on Saturday.
July 10, 2012
Various parts of Sudan’s capital Khartoum and other regional towns are beginning to witness shortages of bread coupled with exorbitant price increases, in the latest manifestation of a growing economic crisis.
July 8, 2012
In this Arab Spring Redux - we attempt to give a run-down of the Arab Spring at its various respective stages by individual country. Featured are the Arab Revolution pros and pop-idols who have got it down to a protest, spring and vote! This school report takes a look at each country's progress and stage of the Arab Spring 18 months later. Top of the Pops: the Arab Spring charts. The top ten!

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Frye as a 17 year old freshman at Victoria College, 1929-1930
The literary journal ellipse is calling for submissions for a special edition, to be published in the spring of 2012, to mark Northrop Frye’s centenary year.
Poems, stories, and essays are welcome, in English or in French. Stories and essays should be 4,000 words maximum.
Contributions do not necessarily have to be directly influenced or shaped by Frye’s thought, as long as they are submitted to honour Frye on his 100th birthday.
A section of the journal will also be devoted to Memories of Frye from former students, colleagues, and friends. Please submit in the range of 1,000 words or less.
The launch of this special edition, with readings by some contributors, will take place in Moncton in April, 2012, as part of the Frye Fest’s three-day celebration of the centenary.
Ellipse, under the direction of Jo-Anne Elder, is a journal that focuses on Canadian Writing in Translation / textes littéraires canadiens en traduction. Some of the selected pieces will be translated for this special edition.
Co-Editors for this special issue will be Ed Lemond and Suzanne Cyr, Co-Chairs of the program committee for the Frye Festival.
Deadline for submissions is September 15, 2011. E-mail submissions are preferred. Please send submissions to email@example.com
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Published in the January Issue of Energy Conversion and Management
The purpose of this paper is to study the performance of the steam methane reformer (SMR) using solar energy as a heat source using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. An analysis of the flow and heat transfer performance of scaled-up SMR with solar radiation is conducted using a CFD model. The reactor was operated under the predefined thermal conditions (800–1000 K) and steam to carbon ratio (S/C = 2.0–4.0) in order to investigate the effects of operating parameters on hydrogen production. The results indicated that the mass ratio of feed gas and temperature have a significant effect on methane conversion ratio, total hydrogen yield, and composition of reformate gas. Under the operating conditions of S/C = 4.0, 1000 K, 506.5 kPa, the highest CH4 conversion of methane gas is %99.78. The total hydrogen energy yield is 2.41 at this point. In this study, it is also demonstrated that concentrated solar power facilities can be integrated with SMR reactors to supply the energy required to produce H2.
Aydin, E. S., & Yucel, O. (2023). Computational fluid dynamics study of hydrogen production using concentrated solar radiation as a heat source. Energy Conversion and Management, 276, 116552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116552
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NAIAS 2011. BMW 6 Series.
The world premiere of the BMW 6 Series Convertible is one of the BMW highlights at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The design is explained by Adrian van Hooydonk, Head of BMW Group Design.
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Jammy Granola Shortbread is adapted from a Barefoot Contessa recipe. Ina Garten's recipes are easy to follow, use easily purchased ingredients, and just work really well.
Even when you change it up. I've made this with raspberry jam (per the original recipe), lilikoi jelly (which is FANTASTIC flavor, but a little too runny) and strawberry guava jam. The last variation makes it my unique riff. I'm also considering trying it with lilikoi or pineapple apricot jam for the next time. Jam not jelly. This is key.
This recipe is also very forgiving. Hypothetically, if you accidentally add an extra 1/3 cup flour, a dough ball will not form. Simply adding another 1T of butter snaps a sandy bunch of flour into shortbread dough. And no one will know the difference.
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by Herbie Mann
Released: May 1962
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Appropriately titled, this blissful 1962 meeting between the melodic flutist and the brilliant pianist includes their reading of Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie" and the title ballad, which is even more impressionistic. The too-short session ends with the Mann original, "Cashmere," which offers Evans a chance to strut at a medium swing tempo.
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100 tomato genomes in 100 days
The tomato is one of the most valuable agricultural crops in the world, with an annual production of over 175 million tonnes and a value of $85 billion. Tomatoes are also important from a model system perspective due to their extensive phenotypic variation with over 15,000 known varieties1.
Michael Schatz and colleagues are sequencing 12–16 samples per week at 40x depth of coverage, using the PromethION platform, to achieve a target of 100 genome sequences in 100 days1. Initial results from the first 12 sequenced genomes revealed substantial variation between samples, with between 25,000–45,000 structural variants per sample (Figure 1). For example, an 83 kb tandem duplication was identified in the gene EJ2; this was found to be associated with the higher fruit yields observed in some plants2. The majority of structural variants identified were sample-specific and many had been missed using short-read sequencing, which struggles to resolve large-scale genomic differences.
‘Short-read sequencing has proven valuable for single nucleotide polymorphism discovery, but lacks power for more complex structural variants’1
Such large-scale sequencing efforts will enable the rapid and high-throughput genome-wide characterisation of a wide variety of tomato species, and potentially provide the genetic information needed to enrich for desired genome traits and increase the efficiency of crop breeding in the future.
- Schatz. M. 100 genomes in 100 days: The structural variant landscape in tomato genomes. Available at: https:// nanoporetech.com/resourcecentre/ michael-schatz-100-genomes-100- days-structural-variantlandscapetomato-genomes [Accessed: 7 May 2019]
- Soyk, S et al. Duplication of a domestication locus neutralized a cryptic variant that caused a breeding barrier in tomato. Nat. Plants. 5(5):471- 479 (2019).

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“Beluga, Beluga” was published in the Fall 2008 edition of Sotto Voce.Â Nothing happens as expected in this story by Mark Leahy.Â
The first sentence immediately grabs the reader.Â
Â “I wake up on the foam mattress on my sister’s floor and for an hour the cat and I watch squirrels dart across the living room skylight.”Â
Why is the narrator at her sister’s?Â Is the hour time wasted?Â Is there somewhere else the narrator should be?Â Or is the narrator’s life such a mess that no one notices she’s not where she’s supposed to be?
Leahy picks words and phrases that are concise yet say so much.Â For example, “we’veÂ just beenÂ vending” conjures up the image of two people standing in front of the vending machine discussing the options and finally making a decision.Â The act itself is impersonal while the conversation about the choices can be the opposite.Â Returning to one’s desk with the vending machine prize can be a disheartening experience if the chosen item is not 100% to the person’s liking.
The question of whether the disappointment expressed in the endingÂ is for herself or her sister keeps it from being heartbreaking.
There are a lot of layers to this story and I think that’s one of the reasons why I keep coming back to it.


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JP Promotional Acquires Ace Promotional
March 22, 2011
Ossining, NY-based JP Promotional Products (asi/232668) has
acquired the assets of Roselle Park, NJ-based distributor Ace Promotional
Products (formerly asi/103515), the companies have announced. Financial terms
of the deal have not been disclosed. "We've decided that it's time for us
to grow through acquisitions," says Bob Rosenthal, chairman of JP
Promotional. "We've bucked the economy over the last few years and we've
done well. This was the case of a willing seller and a willing buyer."
The deal with Ace, which closed on March 4, is the first
acquisition made by JP Promotional. Bob Milici, the owner of Ace, won't have a
formal role with JP Promotional, but he has agreed to help ensure a smooth
transition. At its peak, Ace generated annual revenues of $400,000, according
to Rosenthal. "It was the right size and location for us," he says.
"We want to continue to expand into the tri-state area."
Founded seven years ago, JP Promotional employs four people,
including three in sales. Annual revenues eclipse $1 million, Rosenthal says.
"Without the Ace deal, we'd be up 15% this year," he told Counselor.
"We're going to continue to look to acquire smaller distributors and we
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Around this time of the year, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) starts receiving numerous complaints about less than reputable heating contractors who trick homeowners into unnecessary purchases and repairs.
“We get an increase in complaints this time of year about heating contractors that offer everything from duct cleaning to furnaces inspections,” said Phil Catlett, president of the BBB in West Michigan. “Most are reputable and competent, there are those out there that aren’t and they may try to frighten consumers into unnecessary purchases or repairs.”
Because of this, state regulators, consumer advocates, and the BBB are urging homeowners to do their research on a company before agreeing to furnace cleaning, furnace repairs, or furnace replacement. After all, with heating work ranging from $100 to thousands of dollars, it is easy for a misleading HVAC contractor to take advantage of an unsuspecting homeowner.
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To: PortOasis at yahoogroups.com; etturnbull at juno.comFrom: etturnbull at juno.comDate: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:23:26 +0000Subject: [Port Oasis] Feast Menu for White Hart
Here is the menu for White Hart 2008
Beef/barley/vegetable soup, bread w/sage butter, lemon/carrot bread, spinach/orange bread(these two breads are more cake like than bread like) cheese, hard boiled eggs, salami, bagels, cream cheese, peanut butter, jelly. Beverages: Tea & Raspberry/Lemon-aide
First Remove: Salad, Bread w/ honey butter, Pasta w/ alfredo & broccoli
Second Remove: Roast chicken, snow peas, Onion/Cheese Tart, Cooked Cabbage, Apple Rings(raw granny smiths)
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Total number of Old Fashion Foods stores in Regina: 1
The biggest mall in Regina with Old Fashion Foods store: SmartCentres Regina North
Old Fashion Foods stores in Regina - get information about the brand Old Fashion Foods and all Old Fashion Foods locations in Regina - Saskatchewan, Canada.
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8882 170 St NW, Edmonton, Alberta - AB T5T 4J2, Canada195 stores
1200 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa, Ontario - ON K1K 3B8, Canada197 stores
220 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2H1186 stores
2271 Harvey Ave #180, Orchard Park, Kelowna, BC V1Y, Canada204 stores
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6551 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2B6198 stores
2002 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, BC V7T 2W4, Canada233 stores
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By now, dear ones, you have read a piece of my reaction to this Lela-Antoine-Nicole debacle on Runitback Friday on The Ideal Firestarter. Here now, I am going to lean in a little more.
I want to look at the something I believe that is missed in all of this. Hear me out.
Lela Rochon is a gorgeous woman, married to a man that does not seem to value her. She has raised children, has a career and is struggling with a chronic illness: Lupus. According to gossip sources, her husband, Antoine Fuqua, has fathered two children outside of their relationship. Now, this here would be enough for me to leave. Flat out. But, I am not Lela; Lela doesn’t know me. But I do know how hard it is to be married, my dude. Especially to someone that seems to get off on how bad they can treat you.
With that said, I remember how gorgeous she was when she was a younger woman. For me, the greatest thing we as women can do is age. In that aging, we can either welcome it or dread it. However, Nicole Murphy, like Lela Rochon, is in her 50’s. For the blessing of money and melanin, they are aging well. But, let me remind you that the cosmetics industry is a billion dollar business.
As a woman, if you have a flaw (real, imagined or manufactured), there is a procedure, cream or camouflage for it. Women are in the constant pursuit of pretty–it’s a consequence of capitalism and patriarchy. However, with that said, the onus of this situation is not Nicole Murphy. I blame Antoine!
Why do I blame him?
Antoine is the one married to Lela. Antoine is the one that decided to marry her. Antoine wanted to life with her. Have children with her. He wanted to be with her. He decided he wanted more, and wanted all those that would throw drawls at him! I don’t know the extent of the relationship beyond this kiss seen by more than half the English-speaking planet, but I have been a woman for a while now. I have been a wife, a side-chick, the scorned wife, and the girlfriend who tried to become a wife. So, let me see what that swath of experience can and will add.
First, you cannot make any one love you.
Second, you cannot make anyone stay with you.
Third, more sex doesn’t always alleviate or solve problems within a relationship.
Fourth, more sex with other people doesn’t solve problems you have within yourself.
Fifth, you can be inside someone–or in their very presence–and not have you.
Sixth, people do what they deem important.
Seventh, people do what you let them do.
Eighth, being beautiful does not exempt you from heartache, loneliness or loss.
Ninth, marriage is not for everyone.
Tenth, if you do not value yourself, no one else will.
I have been Nicole.
I have been Lela.
I have dated men like Antoine, and married one.
These things may seem simple or even mundane, but I have been the wife that was cheated on. I was the girlfriend that held on to a man that didn’t know what he wanted. I’ve been the wife that tried to hold it all other while being broken and bleeding! I have been the girl who was texted in the middle of the night, or met in secret places. I have been the one that texted in the middle of the night. I have heard the conversations men in my life had when they thought no one was listening.
I have heard how some of these men said how they didn’t like how their wives or girlfriends’ bodies changed. They didn’t like how nothing ‘snapped back’ right away. How they wished they hadn’t had kids, or they didn’t ‘know’ their bodies would ‘change like that.’
Is Nicole Murphy blameless? No, of course not. However, what I see is a woman that still has her own issues she is dealing with. That she is striving to fill in the most pleasurable way known. The need to be desired, wanted and touched is normal. Nicole is not the first woman to feel an ache with a man–and she shant be the last. With that said, it is easy to call her the harlot, the whore or Jezebel. The expectation among women is that there this code that other people’s husbands are off limits! Especially, if these are women you know.
But what must be understood, is Antoine knew he was married when he kissed this woman. The fact of this matter is–he didn’t care. You cannot reason with that. In the age of Black presidents and Black Girl Magic, we still are holding women to a standard that men seem to be exempt from.
I wish Lela all the love and light God can give, because at some point? You have to choose you, and love you, more than another person.

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Greg has over 20 years of experience advising on constitutional law, administrative law and statutory interpretation. He has considerable experience and expertise in environment, heritage, native title, Aboriginal land rights and Commonwealth land acquisition matters.
He has been a key adviser across the Commonwealth on legal regimes governing land acquisition by the Commonwealth, including in areas covered by native title claims and determinations, and advised in relation to a range of policy and law reform issues concerning land acquisition, native title law and Aboriginal land rights. He has also advised various Commonwealth departments on the intersection of native title law and other legislation administered by the Commonwealth. Greg also has deep expertise in environmental and heritage law. He was the main legal adviser on the 2006 amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, as well as the 2013 ‘water trigger’ amendments, and advised extensively on the ‘one stop shop’ reform program of 2013–15, the regulation of environmentally significant projects and the renewal of regional forest agreements.
Greg has advised on many major Commonwealth projects including a proposal to establish the national radioactive waste management facility in South Australia, the acquisition of land in South Australia for the Cultana Defence Training Area, the acquisition of national park land in New South Wales for the Evans Head Air Weapons Range, the acquisition of land in Western Australia for the Square Kilometre Array astronomy project, and the Western Sydney Airport project.

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Whisker Walk is just around the cornerPope Memorial Humane Society of Knox County
Our pet pick of the week is Bosley, a wonderful 6- to 8-year-old blue tick Beagle. Bosley came in as a stray from Montville but no one has come in to claim him. Bosley, a real sweetheart, won the hearts of many at the Vinalhaven Pet Show last weekend. He was a perfect gentleman and a wonderful ambassador for the shelter. He did fabulously well on the ferry ride over, was great with all the other dogs, and enjoyed the attention he received from all the spectators. If you are looking for a laid back companion who likes a good snack, then come in and meet Bosley.
What is that on your rug? Throughout the month of August, pet owners can help the PMHSKC by simply having their rugs cleaned. Rite-Way Cleaning of Waldoboro will donate 10 percent of proceeds from each pet stain or pet urine-related rug cleaning order and 5 percent of proceeds from any pet owner’s rug cleaning order to PMHSKC. To schedule a rug cleaning, call Mike Fairfield at 542-4231. Pet owners need only mention the words “Humane Society” and Rite Way will donate the 5 or 10 percent proceeds to PMHSKC.
Our Whisker Walk Family Fun Day and 5K is just around the corner on Saturday, Sept. 13 at Harbor Park in Rockland. Walk/Run with our without a dog. Visit hskcme.org to learn more and to register for the event. Register now and start helping us save more lives by collecting pledges from friends, families and coworkers. The money raised is vital in providing food, shelter and medical care to the nearly 1,500 animals that come through our doors each year.
Save the date: Sunday, Sept. 14 is the second annual T.O.P. Dog Open golf tournament to benefit PMHSKC thanks to the Time Out Pub. It's a four-person scramble (all skills welcome) with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Sign up by Sunday, Sept. 7 and the entry fee is just $100 per person, after the 7th, fee is $125. Entry fee includes green fees, cart fees, prizes and dinner. Sign up at PMHSKC, Time Out Pub, Rockland Golf Club, and The Bog. For more information visit hskcme.org. Interested in sponsoring a hole or have prizes to donate, contact firstname.lastname@example.org.
Visit us at 17 Buttermilk Lane off Route 1 in Thomaston. We are open daily from 11a.m to 5p.m, closed on Sundays.
Wish List: Dog toys, 6-inch paper plates, laundry detergent, large black garbage bags, hot dogs, rice, peanut butter.

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“I’m still not sure about how the program is currently designed, and I would like to reflect for a bit about what I think could have been done better and why.” …
During TGS last week, Square Enix announced that Hajime Tabata is now directing Final Fantasy XV. That wasn’t the only big news about the game; the publisher also revealed a playable demo called Episode Duscae will be available for free to those who buy Final Fantasy Type-0 HD. If Square Enix wants to reignite enthusiasm for Final Fantasy XV and demonstrate the game is moving in the right direction, these announcements are a perfect start.
However, even with two big pieces of news hitting recently, we still wanted to know more about Final Fantasy XV. We sat down with Tabata to get his thoughts on a wide range of topics pertaining to the highly anticipated RPG and its associated demo releasing in 2015.
On The Name “Episode Duscae”:
Duscae is the name of an area within the world of Final Fantasy XV. So, we took that as the name of the episode for the playable demo.
On The Reason For A Demo:
It is the first time that fans who have been waiting for XV get a chance to try out the game. I can’t say what their reaction is going to be. The reason I wanted to make a demo is to let players see whatever portion is available right now and to understand that XV is still coming and we’re still working on it.
On The Length Of Episode Duscae:
If you just play straight through the story, it’s about one hour worth of gameplay. If you go and explore the world map or go into a dungeon, it would be somewhere upwards of three to four hours.
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On FF XV’s Progress:
In terms of development, about 50 to 60 percent of the game is complete. We kind of started from the beginning of the game, so the first part is more complete than the others.
On The Open World:
Not literally everything is open world, but it is pretty vast, and you will be able to freely explore. You may have noticed that they’re traveling in a car. You can technically walk around the world, but we recommend using a vehicle, and it’ll be a journey driving through the continent.
In XV, it’s all seamless; you’ve got enemies that are roaming around in all areas…there’s not an “encounter,” per se. It’s all seamless.
We won’t go into too much detail, but you can switch between an offensive stance and a defensive stance with the push of a button.
On The Final Fantasy Icons:
In creating a new game, if you throw in familiar elements just to please the fans, it gives an impression that we’re very shallow. I’m very careful that. With each element of a familiar Final Fantasy icon that I include, I have to think about how it applies to the setting of the particular Final Fantasy numbered title, and make sure that it’s there because it’s necessary. In Episode Duscae, there is a sort of surprise element incorporated toward the end.
On Release Dates:
During the “Versus era” – though it might be weird to refer to it that way – we weren’t able to reveal any information on release timing because that was a project in which we had to overcome so many different problems that arose. Unfortunately, while we were trying to work through the issues, the timing never matched. But about two years ago, when I officially joined the project, we did a pretty major directional change when we decided not to go with the previous generation. I also had to talk with Nomura-san about the direction FF XV is going to take. Unfortunately, it’s still going to take a while, but I’m hoping people will reset their timers from when I joined the team and restart the count from there.
On Fan Reaction To XV:
We can’t gauge very well quite yet. Now that we have decided to put out a demo version, I’m hoping that the fans will come back to us with their input and feed us the passion that everybody has and let us know how they feel about the game.
The road to Final Fantasy XV has been long and winding. The game that started off as Final Fantasy Versus XIII was announced at E3 2006 and very little information surfaced about the title up until it transformed into Final Fantasy XV last year. In a way, it was gutsy move to make it a mainline title. After all, it was always depicted as more of an action game, something the numbered entries haven’t touched. Not to mention, a lengthy development timeline already raises some doubts and concerns. Is this a game we’ll even experience? Is it a quality title? Why has there been such a delay in any information?
Fans have tried to patient, but knowing about the game for eight years and seeing few details isn’t an easy pill to swallow. Back in April, I wrote an editorial expressing my concern over Square Enix’s decisions with the JRPG market. I wrote that the company has a lot to prove to RPG fans, and that it must ensure games like Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III are worth the wait. More importantly, Square Enix can’t afford to make both games’ development cycles extend too much longer.
That’s why I’m happy to see that Square used this TGS to finally show off new footage and announce an upcoming demo. The footage looked fantastic with realistic mannerisms and exciting backdrops. It reminded me of what Square has always been known for: making a statement with the power of new hardware. It felt like the game had been made for PlayStation 4 all along. However, I immediately got that inkling of a feeling that it could be too good to be true. Thankfully, while in Japan, I was able to discuss what the demo entailed and what Square hopes to achieve with it with new director Hajime Tabata.
First off, I think this director change is a smart move. This frees up previous director Tetsuya Nomura’s time to focus exclusively on Kingdom Hearts III, another game Square Enix can’t afford to take years upon years to launch. Tabata was candid with us about the demo, called Episode Duscae. It’s not just a 20 minute affair. He said if you’re playing through just the story content in the demo, it should take about an hour. But if you’re really exploring every nook and cranny, it can take anywhere from 2-4 hours. Most times when games are available to be previewed at shows, they are only about 20 minutes long. Having the first hands-on with the game given straight to fans and in such a large chunk shows a lot of promise and faith. Tabata stated he is looking for this demo to provide fan feedback.
He also let us in on the fact that, as of right now, Final Fantasy XV is over 50 percent complete. The game has been in development a long time, but once you switch console generations on a title and completely re-envision it, there’s a lot of heavy lifting to be done. But also with over 50 percent in place, hearing fans’ reactions gives them still enough room to make changes should the demo garner any concerns. Square Enix has some passionate fans and the company has been known for its magical touch on RPGs, but in the past years, it hasn’t seemed as focused on what the fans want. I like that Square Enix is using the demo as a way to gauge that.
All told, these recent developments look like steps in the right direction. I hope it’s all not for show, and that Square Enix really is as serious as they seem. Tabata genuinely seems thrilled with his new role and the game.
An exact exact release date for the demo hasn’t been given so far, but a voucher for it is being included with Type-0. Square Enix indicated that it wants to launch the demo as close to Type-0’s March 17 release date as possible. It feels almost surreal to think we’ll actually be playing some of Final Fantasy XV soon. We sure have been waiting a long time, but things can only get better from here on out. Let’s hope this message from Square Enix is just the beginning and it continues to prove that its games aren’t just ephemeral dreams.
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Like every year, the last LS meeting of term featured presentations by first-year PhD Surgeons, after which we also had the chance to hear about Patrizia Casadei’s project on fashion cities (Patrizia is a PhD candidate based at the Universities of Trento and Florence and she has been visiting our Department this term). Thanks to all the presenters for sharing their exciting (and very diverse) projects and to all the attendees for their constructive feedback.
Brief abstracts of the presentations follow in chronological order.
Jeremy Brown, MAPS AND THE ITALIAN GRAND TOUR
From his ascension to the throne in 1760, until his death 60 years later, King George III unceasingly collected maps, increasing the size of the Royal Collection – dating back to 1660 – to over 50,000 items. In 1823, his son and heir George IV promised the entire King’s library to the nation. Having passed over time into the care of the British Library, the maps and views of the Italian section of what is now known as the King’s Topographical Collection form the rich basis of this project’s focus. The primary goal is to investigate how the mapped representation of Italy affected British travellers’ perception of the land, and to what extent these attitudes changed throughout the Grand Tour years. In light of recent debates about the subjectivity of maps, the project proceeds on the basis that the presences and silences of the maps were able to mould the imaginations of Tourists in certain ways, and as such, iconographic analysis of their visuality is central. Part of the research will look into the written representation of place, situating the position of maps in relation to the Italy expressed through journals, guidebooks and Classical Roman texts, which were so important in seventeenth and eighteenth century education. As well as investigating the geographies of production and collection of cartographic knowledge, the project will explore the material role of maps, both in the embodied interaction with users, and in the representation of maps in other contexts (i.e. in travel diaries, portraits and engravings).
Keith Alcorn, THE EMPIRE IN THE GARDEN
This research project will examine the way in which colonial plant acquisitions circulated as commodities in Britain during the first half of the 19th century, and will seek to locate plants within the literature on imperial commodity flows, as well as thinking about the ways in which exotic plants transformed the practice and content of horticulture during the 19th century, creating a new audience for `useful science`. This project will examine the mechanisms by which plants were introduced and the professional, trade and personal networks through which plants circulated. The period between 1780 and 1870 saw the largest volume of plant introductions as well as the emergence of a gardening press and a large-scale nursery business with a national reach. This focus will permit an analysis of the evolving circulation of plants as commodities alongside the evolution of imperial connections and domestic demand for gardens and knowledge about botany and horticulture. The research project will explore how plants as imperial commodities became part of the `taken-for-granted` of the British landscape.
Jonathan Moses, THE POLITICS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN THE BRITISH PUBLIC HOUSE, 1979 – PRESENT
The past decades have seen the rapid transformation of social life in Britain. The post-war institutions of the working men’s club and the vernacular local have been supplanted by the emergence of vast corporate PubCos, whose reach has become so extensive it marks every significant settlement in Britain with giants like J D Wetherspoon holding over 950 establishments across the country. Yet this state of affairs has not gone without challenge since the financial crisis. Innovative craft companies like BrewDog have capitalised on broader shifts in the zeitgeist, challenging the monopolisation of the brewing industry and establishing their own competing outlets. Meanwhile, changes to licensing laws in 2003 laid the foundations for the explosion of ‘micro-pubs’ – one room, community centred spaces governed by an ethical creed venerating simplicity, conversation, co-creation and independently produced real ale. My research tracks these phenomena primarily through the politics of design, exploring how shifts at the molecular level of experience intersect with broader dimensions of political and social change. The work is consequently concerned with a return to questions posed by the British New Left in its attention to the cultural dimensions of political hegemony, and aims to make a contemporary contribution to its intellectual legacy.
Hattie Coppard, STAYING WITH THE IN-BETWEEN: WHAT INSIGHTS DO ARTIST’S METHODS OF INQUIRY BRING TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF PLAY IN PUBLIC SETTINGS?
I trained as a sculptor and for more than 25 years I have explored the relationship of environment and everyday behavior through exhibitions, public art, community projects, urban design schemes. In recent years my focus has been play in public settings and in particular the ways in which children inhabit and create space through playing. My PhD is concerned with geographies of play and the methodological and analytical insights artist’s methods can bring to an understanding of the affective and ambiguous dimensions of playing. Building on my MA study of play in an urban square, in which a dancer, a writer and a painter acted as co-researchers, I plan to investigate play in different public settings, drawing on a variety of creative methods. The challenge is to find ways of opening up informative and reflective spaces for doing and thinking around the on-going, everydayness of play, giving attention to its more-than-representational geographies. The spatial concerns of geography and the work of human geographers interested in how life is lived and performed make this a fruitful source of ideas for thinking about play. I am especially interested in the theoretical areas opened up by non-representational theories, which give attention to the performative and affective nature of being in the world, and in ‘creative geographies’, which bring together multi-disciplinary approaches that challenge assumptions of conventional ways of knowing and representing everyday life.
Patrizia Casadei, FASHION CITY: EXPLORING NEW DYNAMICS, NETWORKS, STRUCTURES AND PERCEPTIONS
The idea of the ‘fashion city’ has received increasing attention as an important element in the promotion of cultural and creative economy, as well as in the future of creative cities. The fashion city has the potential to contribute to the development, growth and regeneration of contemporary urban environments. Over the past few years, local governments, policy-makers and academics across a number of disciplines have been paying increasing attention to this phenomenon. This research project is aimed at contextualising the fashion city within the existing theories of the ‘creative city’, ‘cultural and creative industries’ and ‘cultural and creative economy’. Its main purpose is to contribute to the academic debate on the fashion city definition, in an attempt to identify different ideal types of fashion centres which have developed in the world via a ‘manufacturing’ and ‘symbolic’ perspective. The comparative analysis of the globally acclaimed ‘symbolic-oriented’ fashion capital of London with the ‘manufacturing-oriented’ fashion city of Florence could possibly lead to the definition of different ideal types of fashion centres. This may focus on the physical manufacturing of garments, the symbolic production of fashion, or on a combination of both. Another goal of this project is to explore how the process of globalization has changed contemporary fashion centers and how the fashion city is likely to change in the future, particularly in terms of its impact on local economic development.

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Protesters gathered in Marion Square around 2 p.m. Saturday to rally in solidarity with the uprising in Minneapolis following the death of a man after he was restrained by police earlier this week.
For hours protesters gathered and roamed Charleston streets from Marion Square to the Battery to Market Street, hoping to send a message about racial injustice. The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was just the most recent example, but his story is similar to others who have died or been singled out at the hands of overzealous policing that victimizes communities of color.
For most of the day, the protest remained peaceful, according to participants and posts by the Charleston Police Department. At some point, counterprotesters, several of whom were antagonizing crowds throughout the day, butted heads with those marching. Police spokesman Charles Francis said, “Two men wearing MAGA hats were punched several times” before the altercation was broken up by police. No complaints have been filed or reports taken by police at this time, according to Francis. One the the counterprotesters’ MAGA hats was reportedly burned after the confrontation.
Floyd’s death came after he was restrained by Minneapolis police over a counterfeit $20 bill. One officer, Derek Chauvin, put his knee on the Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes, according to AP reports. After protests sparked by Floyd’s death and the slow response by local officials, Chauvin was arrested Friday and charged with manslaughter and third-degree murder.
“No justice. No peace,” supporters chanted at the start of the protest in the heart of downtown Charleston. In the shadow of the monument to Confederate forefather John C. Calhoun and blocks from Emanuel AME where nine were killed at the hands of a white supremacist, a crowd gathered in a show of force against institutional racism.
After speeches from community leaders and activists, participants pushed down King Street, forcing officers to close the thoroughfare. Blocked for a short time by Charleston police, supporters continued toward White Point Gardens at the southern end of King Street.
A police spokesman estimated crowds to be “in the hundreds,” but organizers put the figure close to 1,000. At the foot of the Confederate Defenders of Charleston monument standing the tip of the Charleston Battery, the mass stopped for words from local leaders including S.C. Rep Marvin Pendarvis, D-N. Charleston, before heading back to Marion Square with a stop at the foot of market street. The building, Market Hall, is run by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
After stopping at King and Calhoun, protesters moved to the roadways at the foot of the Ravenel Bridge, again closing the area to traffic. S.C. Department of Transportation cameras showed the bridge shut down for much of the 7 p.m. hour, with traffic flowing along U.S. 17 South into downtown by 8 p.m.
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