The udaiyaathathu is a classic Southeast Asian poetic form with influences from South Asia. It is also known as "the unbroken form".
Structurally, the first word of every line in the udaiyaathathu is also the last word of the next line. This chain continues unbroken until the very last line of the udaiyaathathu, where the first word of the last line is the last word of the first line of the piece.
More complex variants of the udaiyaathathu include extensive variations of internal rhyme, where one, two or even three words per line rhyme with each other line. Distinct from western forms, end-stopped rhyme is frowned upon as disruptive and ostentatious in the udaiyaathathu.
Structurally, the first word of every line in the udaiyaathathu is also the last word of the next line. This chain continues unbroken until the very last line of the udaiyaathathu, where the first word of the last line is the last word of the first line of the piece.
More complex variants of the udaiyaathathu include extensive variations of internal rhyme, where one, two or even three words per line rhyme with each other line. Distinct from western forms, end-stopped rhyme is frowned upon as disruptive and ostentatious in the udaiyaathathu.
This is no longer sold or maintained. Known existing usage by Technosoft Electronics, Mumbai.
ASPA or Authorized Service Provider Assistant was a software created for Authorized Service Provider's in India by Resonance Technology Network later rechristened Agenda2India.
Talking of many years back when the SaaS word was not so much in vogue. Year 2004, Multiple geographically separated ASP of Xerox on recommendation from Xerox decided to use our product Sahayak. ASPA was a Service, Billing, Stock, Mobile Workers and Accounts management software provided as a service. Thousands of Xerox customers were billed every month for AMC, stock, consumables, repairs, monthly rentals. Call Centre software used to handle integrated data for call logging, Engineers on field used to get calls on SMS etc. Each ASP had tons of Data generated everyday including Call Logs, SMS Sent, Stock Requisites, Courier Sent, Courier Receipts, Hand deliveries, Bill Generations, PO’s, GR’s and what not.
To Manage the continuous bugs, updations and change requests we ensured
Loosely coupled modular code for complete reuse
* Ensured versioning and updating to be handled by code to avoid mismatches(even Database n filestructure)
* Ensured Customisations are done through configurations so that they could be shared with any customer needing it without having to rebuild for the customer
* Ensured enhancements come in as plugins rather than new versions as the rate of customisations was high and redeploying the complete solution was not practical
* Complete Abstraction of subsystems to ensure failures and security breaches did not tickle down the systems
* Complete team used methodologies of Extreme Programming similar to Agile making it easy to handle multiple small bugs and customisations with a small team I could afford.
* Just like customer dashboards we had our application dashboard to ensure our Software’s performance it told us what went down or is about to and also gave us metrics for code and process improvement
* Where possible we created and used things out of metadata, fmetadata was committed with code and that was used to create/modify file structures or database
ASPA or Authorized Service Provider Assistant was a software created for Authorized Service Provider's in India by Resonance Technology Network later rechristened Agenda2India.
Talking of many years back when the SaaS word was not so much in vogue. Year 2004, Multiple geographically separated ASP of Xerox on recommendation from Xerox decided to use our product Sahayak. ASPA was a Service, Billing, Stock, Mobile Workers and Accounts management software provided as a service. Thousands of Xerox customers were billed every month for AMC, stock, consumables, repairs, monthly rentals. Call Centre software used to handle integrated data for call logging, Engineers on field used to get calls on SMS etc. Each ASP had tons of Data generated everyday including Call Logs, SMS Sent, Stock Requisites, Courier Sent, Courier Receipts, Hand deliveries, Bill Generations, PO’s, GR’s and what not.
To Manage the continuous bugs, updations and change requests we ensured
Loosely coupled modular code for complete reuse
* Ensured versioning and updating to be handled by code to avoid mismatches(even Database n filestructure)
* Ensured Customisations are done through configurations so that they could be shared with any customer needing it without having to rebuild for the customer
* Ensured enhancements come in as plugins rather than new versions as the rate of customisations was high and redeploying the complete solution was not practical
* Complete Abstraction of subsystems to ensure failures and security breaches did not tickle down the systems
* Complete team used methodologies of Extreme Programming similar to Agile making it easy to handle multiple small bugs and customisations with a small team I could afford.
* Just like customer dashboards we had our application dashboard to ensure our Software’s performance it told us what went down or is about to and also gave us metrics for code and process improvement
* Where possible we created and used things out of metadata, fmetadata was committed with code and that was used to create/modify file structures or database
Richard Johnstone-Scott was the keeper of the famous gorilla Jambo, at the Jersey Zoo founded by Gerald Durrell. Jambo rose to news stardom in 1986, and helped change the public image of gorillas by standing guard over an unconscious boy who fell into the gorilla pen, until paramedic help could be obtained. Johnstone-Scott went on to become Head of Mammals at the Jersey Zoo.
Johnstone-Scott is a talented illustrator and author. He wrote a self-illustrated biography of Jambo in 1995, after Jambo died unexpectedly in 1992:
*Jambo: A Gorilla's Story, Michael O'Mara Books (1995) ISBN 1-85479-701-8
He also helped in the making of the documentary on Jambo's life:
*Jambo - The Gentle Giant, Green Umbrella, 2005
Johnstone-Scott is a talented illustrator and author. He wrote a self-illustrated biography of Jambo in 1995, after Jambo died unexpectedly in 1992:
*Jambo: A Gorilla's Story, Michael O'Mara Books (1995) ISBN 1-85479-701-8
He also helped in the making of the documentary on Jambo's life:
*Jambo - The Gentle Giant, Green Umbrella, 2005
Settlement Fight (sometimes abbreviated as SF) is a massively multiplayer online browser-based strategy game, similar to Civilization IV in concept. After registering as a user, you can build mines to earn resources such as Gold, Lumber, Metal and Crops, which you use to build or upgrade buildings or military units. In your Town Hall you can upgrade or build buildings such as Barracks, Stables, Warehouses, Granaries and many others. After a few weeks in to the game, it's even possible to create secondary settlements.
Settlement Fight is currently in an elongated Beta stage, and has grown to include nearly 90 users, and the forum boards have over 3,700 posts.
The game was created solely by computer programmer Peter Hurford, and he pays for the upkeep of the game's server by money from Google AdSense and Project Wonderful ads running on the site.
Warfare
A large part of the game is the concept of warfare. To engage in warfare with someone, you have to create troops with a Barracks, Stable or Artillery Foundry, and move them on to the "Map Co-ordinates" another's troops are on. A slightly randomized battle then ensues, and the winner's troops get EXP, giving that specific battlement a higher boost in future battles, and the player gets "Carnage", which is one of the two methods of scoring used in the Settlement Fight leaderboards.
As a deterrent to experienced players of the game trying to eliminate newcomers, there is a 7-day "Newb protection" and all players only get carnage if they defeat a player in battle with at least half of their score. For example, a player with 300 score can only get carnage by defeating players with 150 or more score. The more experienced of a player you defeat, the more carnage you get.
Forum Boards
Settlement Fight has a standard phpBB forum board with 11 sub-forums, and many users spend more time on the forums than they do in the actual game, due to the idling nature of upgrading.
Despite being a relatively small game, Settlement Fight has a large forum board, with an average of over 109 posts per registered user, which is much larger than most other notable phpBB boards.
Settlement Fight is currently in an elongated Beta stage, and has grown to include nearly 90 users, and the forum boards have over 3,700 posts.
The game was created solely by computer programmer Peter Hurford, and he pays for the upkeep of the game's server by money from Google AdSense and Project Wonderful ads running on the site.
Warfare
A large part of the game is the concept of warfare. To engage in warfare with someone, you have to create troops with a Barracks, Stable or Artillery Foundry, and move them on to the "Map Co-ordinates" another's troops are on. A slightly randomized battle then ensues, and the winner's troops get EXP, giving that specific battlement a higher boost in future battles, and the player gets "Carnage", which is one of the two methods of scoring used in the Settlement Fight leaderboards.
As a deterrent to experienced players of the game trying to eliminate newcomers, there is a 7-day "Newb protection" and all players only get carnage if they defeat a player in battle with at least half of their score. For example, a player with 300 score can only get carnage by defeating players with 150 or more score. The more experienced of a player you defeat, the more carnage you get.
Forum Boards
Settlement Fight has a standard phpBB forum board with 11 sub-forums, and many users spend more time on the forums than they do in the actual game, due to the idling nature of upgrading.
Despite being a relatively small game, Settlement Fight has a large forum board, with an average of over 109 posts per registered user, which is much larger than most other notable phpBB boards.