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Alemtuzumab injection may cause a decrease in the number of blood cells made by your bone marrow. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: unusual bruising or bleeding, small reddish or purple blood spots on your body, pale skin, weakness, or excessive tiredness. You will need to take extra precautions to avoid injury during your treatment because you may bleed heavily from minor cuts or scrapes. Brush your teeth with a soft toothbrush, use an electric razor if you shave, and avoid contact sports and other activities that may cause injury.
Alemtuzumab injection may decrease your ability to fight infection and increase the risk that you will get a serious or life threatening infection. Call your doctor immediately if you develop any signs of infection such as fever (temperature > 100.4 °F), cough, sore throat, or a wound that is red, oozing pus, or slow to heal.
You will need to take precautions to decrease the risk of infection during your treatment with alemtuzumab injection. Your doctor will prescribe certain medications to prevent infection. You will take these medications during your treatment and for at least 2 months after your treatment. Take these medications exactly as directed. You should also wash your hands often and avoid people who have contagious infections such as coughs and colds. If you need any type of blood transfusion during your treatment with alemtuzumab injection, you should receive only irradiated blood products (blood products that have been treated to prevent a certain serious reaction that may occur in people who have weakened immune systems).
Talk to your doctor before receiving any vaccines during your treatment with alemtuzumab injection or after your treatment has been completed. Also ask your doctor if you and your family should receive the flu vaccine.
You may experience a serious or fatal reaction while you receive a dose of alemtuzumab injection. You will receive each dose of medication in a medical facility, and your doctor will monitor you carefully while you are receiving the medication. Your doctor will prescribe certain medications to prevent these reactions. You will take these medications by mouth shortly before you receive each dose of alemtuzumab. Your doctor will start you on a low dose of alemtuzumab and gradually increase your dose to allow your body to adjust to the medication. If you experience any of the following symptoms during or after your infusion, tell your doctor immediately: fever; chills; nausea; vomiting; hives; rash; itching; difficulty breathing or swallowing; slowed breathing; tightening of the throat; swelling of the eyes, face, mouth, lips, tongue or throat; hoarseness; dizziness; lightheadedness; fainting; fast or irregular heartbeat; or chest pain.
Keep all appointments with your doctor and the laboratory. Your doctor will order certain tests during and after your treatment to check your body's response to alemtuzumab injection.
Talk to your doctor about the risks of receiving alemtuzumab injection.
Alemtuzumab injection is used to treat B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (a slowly developing cancer in which too many of a certain type of white blood cell accumulate in the body). Alemtuzumab is in a class of medications called monoclonal antibodies. It works by activating the immune system to destroy cancer cells.
Alemtuzumab injection comes as a solution (liquid) to be injected intravenously (into a vein) over at least 2 hours by a doctor or nurse in a hospital or medical office. At first, alemtuzumab injection is usually given in gradually increasing doses for 3 to 7 days to allow the body to adjust to the medication. Once the body has adjusted to the needed dose of alemtuzumab injection, the medication is usually given three times weekly on alternate days (usually Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for up to 12 weeks.
The medications you receive before each dose of alemtuzumab injection might make you sleepy. You will probably want to ask a family member or friend to come with you when you receive your medication and to take you home afterward.
Although your condition may improve as soon as 4 to 6 weeks after you begin treatment with alemtuzumab injection, your treatment will probably last for 12 weeks. Your doctor will decide whether to continue your treatment and may adjust your dose depending on how well the medication works for you and on the side effects you experience.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before receiving alemtuzumab injection,
Talk to your doctor about what you should eat during your treatment. It is important to eat a balanced diet that includes protein and to drink 8 to 10 glasses of water every day. Avoid the following foods that may cause infection: peel or skin of fresh fruits or vegetables; unpasteurized juices or dairy products; certain cheeses; meat or poultry that has been allowed to defrost at room temperature on a counter; and meat, poultry, fish, or eggs that have not been cooked thoroughly.
If you develop anemia (low red blood cell count) during your treatment, your doctor may recommend that you eat foods that are rich in iron such as meats, leafy green vegetables, and fortified grains and cereals. You will get the most iron from these foods if you eat them along with foods that contain vitamin C or vitamin C supplements. Your doctor may also prescribe an iron supplement for you to take during your treatment.
Alemtuzumab injection may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the symptoms listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately.
Alemtuzumab injection may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while you are taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your doctor may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online [at Web Site] or by phone [1-800-332-1088].
In case of overdose, call your local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. If the victim has collapsed or is not breathing, call local emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include:
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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According to experts, the ratio of the number of species to the total surface area of the country indicates that it is among the most biodiverse countries in Europe. Thirty percent (around 1,800 species) of flora endemic to the Balkans is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A variety of environmental conditions have resulted in diverse flora, fauna, fungi and habitat types. Assorted landscapes (Mediterranean, Sub-Mediterranean, Mediterranean-mountain, Pannonian, peri-Pannonian, upland, relic-refugial, wetland, karst field) make up the country.
The most intense pressures are conversion of habitats, over-exploitation of resources, pollution, climate change and invasive species. Also relevant are fires, activities (or lack thereof) in the agricultural, energy, mining and industrial sectors, and limited capacities for waste disposal.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's first NBSAP was prepared for the 2008-2015 period however only adopted in 2011. Implementation of this NBSAP has not been completed in its entirety due to a lack of financial resources and the absence of professional institutions to lead expert and scientific activities. It should be noted that significant progress has nevertheless been made in regard to the development of Red Lists for both entities, strengthening the legal framework, establishment of gene banks, development and strengthening of biological and landscape diversity conservation activities through the water management sector, establishment of the national CHM and raising public awareness on biodiversity.
As indicated in the fifth national report received in May 2014, significant progress has been achieved in regard to Targets 1, 2 and 17; little progress has been achieved in regard to Targets 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 and 20; and no progress have been achieved in regard to Targets 3 and 10.
The Law on Environmental Protection for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 2013 and the Law on Nature Protection for the Republika Srpska in 2014, both of which are harmonized with the EU Directives on Habitats and Birds. A decree on conditions for releasing waste waters into natural recipients and the public sewerage system for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 2012.
There is a lack of an adequate biodiversity monitoring system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Military technicians seek exemptions like many base teachers.
Congress has asked the Pentagon to shoulder about half the spending cuts resulting from sequestration, more than $40 billion, in the remainder of fiscal 2013. For months, the Defense Department has been wrestling with how and where to implement the cuts.
Budget leaders were given some extra flexibility recently, when a spending bill to keep government operational through September transferred $10 billion into the Pentagon's operations and maintenance accounts. This prompted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to scale back furloughs for the department's civilian workforce of nearly 800,000 employees from 22 days to 14.
Not everyone at Defense will be furloughed, however. Military personnel are exempt by law. But the Pentagon also will exempt or protect certain fields by policy, Defense Comptroller Robert Hale said last week during a webinar hosted by the Association of Government Accountants and the American Society of Military Comptrollers.
Policy protections include family programs on military bases. While programs like schools for military families are subject to budget cuts, fear not, a soldier's daughter will not have to repeat the second grade due to sequestration. Teachers will not be furloughed to the "extent we have to ensure our kids get a creditable school year," Hale said.
Exemptions by policy also include the Wounded Warrior Project, which provides support programs for injured veterans and their families. "We owe [veterans] the care, if they are going to shed blood on our behalf," he said.
Family programs will be protected "where we can, and this won't be across the board," Hale added.
Most Are Still Not Exempt
"Hey, can we not get furloughed as well?"
This is what military technicians are asking in a petition on the White House's We the People website.
"More than half of the uniformed service members that support the guard and reserve are federal technicians -- responsible for readiness, training, veterans and military issues," the petition's author wrote. "Yet now they will not be able to function in their roles, and both state and federal support will suffer. It is essential to include National Guard and reserve technicians to their true role of military members also exempt from the furloughs."
The technicians face an uphill battle. They have cracked 2,000 signatures, but remain well shy of the 100,000 required to prompt an official White House response.
During the webinar, Hale also discussed how sequestration will affect the military's health plan. The number crunchers originally thought they would have to delay payments to private health care providers due to the budget cuts, but they have "found a way around that," he noted.
The Pentagon will, however, have to cancel research projects and routine maintenance at military health care facilities for the remainder of fiscal 2013, Hale said. In addition, service members seeking medical treatment will face longer delays because sequestration will limit resources.


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Program Director
Renée Harris
Associate Director
Office of International Programs
Phone: 410-617-2920
Thank you for your interest in our study abroad programs! The goal of this page is to help you better understand the Koblenz year and spring semester study abroad exchange and highlight distinguishing features and components that will interest you as a parent. More detailed and updated information are given to your son or daughter in information sessions, academic reviews, workshops, and pre-departure orientations. Once you read this information, we strongly encourage you to discuss this with your son/daughter first. Please know all information is given to the students, and we ask students to share all of this with you.
Sending students abroad is a partnership that includes students, parents, university personnel, and our overseas partners. We realize that you will have questions, and if our website or your son/daughter cannot answer those questions, we will be happy to discuss the study abroad process and program information with you. However, due to the FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) federal regulation, we will not be able to discuss specific information regarding your son/daughter; however, if your son/daughter is willing to sign a waiver form indicating the specific information to be shared with you, we will be more than happy to discuss specific matters regarding your son/daughter.
We hope you find this information helpful in assisting your son/daughter to accomplish his or her goal of learning, living, and serving abroad. We look forward to working with you and your son/daughter.
Exchange programs are different from Loyola programs in regards to benefits provided and items billed to the student. Students who study on an exchange are looking for a more independent type of experience abroad. Loyola students on an exchange program, like other international students, are looked after and supported by the international office at Koblenz. Students work with the department of English at Koblenz-Landau to register for courses. This is a Loyola exchange and it is strictly for students who are majoring in German or have a major in the humanities and a minor in German.
The university unites the Rhineland and the Palatinate regions: There is one campus in Koblenz, in the middle of the beautiful Rhine valley, and one campus in sunny Landau in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate. Altogether, there are about 13,000 students, 500 lecturers, and 400 staff members. Loyola has had an exchange relationship with University Koblenz-Landau since 1993. The university is a full research and teaching university. The university's academic profile is distinguished by the education sciences, the humanities, cultural science, social sciences, natural sciences, computer science, and psychology.
Koblenz is situated on the banks of the Rhine and Moselle. It has a lot of cultural monuments and historic buildings. It is one of the youngest universities in Germany. Students can only study for the full year or for the spring semester only due to the academic calendar at Koblenz.
Students must submit a completed, online application by December 4 (Wednesday after Thanksgiving break) of their sophomore year. Students will need their advisor's electronic permission, and if applicable, their coach's approval and signature to study abroad. All students must declare their major and any intended minors before they submit their study abroad application on-line. Students will be turned down for the Koblenz program if they have not declared a major. We strongly recommend that students submit any paperwork that involves declaring a major and/or minor, or any change of major or minor far in advance of the December 4 deadline, since the above forms have to go to several different departments before it is officially declared.
Students must apply to be considered for admission. Typically, sophomores with a cumulative GPA of a 3.00 or higher can be considered for the Koblenz exchange. Students with a solid 2.800 can appeal to the University of Koblenz for an exception to their admission requirement. Students accepted into the Koblenz program must maintain a cumulative GPA of a 2.800 or higher during their last semester before going abroad. In addition, students must be able to find enough courses that will work in their declared degree program and not have a history of serious disciplinary problems or continued small incidents on campus before and after acceptance.
The majority of the courses are taught in German. Students should have completed at least their intermediate German 104 before studying at the university. However, it is recommended that students take GR201-German Composition and Conversation prior to going abroad.
Students will experience a European-style educational system, very different from Loyola. Students should register for a full-semester of credits for a total of 15 credits or five courses for the spring semester and 10 courses and 30 credits for the year. Students will register for courses once they arrive abroad. Course information for the specific term your son or daughter will be abroad will not be made available until after arrival, just prior to the opening of the university. Course information is subject to change. Therefore, we recommend that students have enough course options to alleviate any registration problems, like course cancellation, time conflict, or missing prerequisites.
During their stay in Koblenz, students will participate in the German Experience. The German Experience is a special option for students to enhance their German language skills while writing about your experiences initially in English but switching to written German. This will help students perfect their language skills and observe and document their cultural experiences in Germany. Students studying for the spring semester only can earn six credits for the German Experience and students studying for the year can earn nine credits. This course is considered a German language course. Students will complete the German Experience while in Germany, but students must submit all pertinent work to the German department once the student returns to Loyola and a final grade will be given by Loyola professors.
A student studying for the semester, the German Experience is divided into two three-credit segments. A student studying for the year, the German Experience is divided into three three-credit segments. In both cases, students are expected to keep a journal recording of his/her experiences during their stay beginning with their arrival. A detailed letter from the German department will be given to the student outlining the specific requirements in order to receive credit for it.
In addition, students are expected to enroll in a pre-university course at the local Volkshochschule (high school) as soon as they can make the arrangements (preferably soon after arrival) and follow the course for at least a semester (or whatever the normal session is). Students must keep a notebook of their Volkshochschule experience and submit it to the German department for grading as part of the German Experience.
After the pre-term course at the local high school is completed, students who study for the year should register for the equivalent of seven courses/21 credits at the University of Koblenz-Landau to complete the equivalent of a full year's worth of courses and credits taken at Loyola (10 courses and 30 credits). Students, who study for just one semester, should register for the equivalent of three courses/nine credits at the university to complete the equivalent of a full semester's worth of courses and credits taken at Loyola (five courses and 15 credits).
To help students with the German taught courses at the University of Koblenz, the university provides German language instruction for students from abroad, and orientation days are offered at each campus before lectures start.
The academic year is divided into two semesters: winter semester (October-March) and summer semester (April-September). Our students who want to study for the year depart in September and take classes from October–February, coming home briefly for the Christmas break. The second semester resumes in the middle of April and ends in July. However, the lecture period only runs from mid-October until mid-February and from mid-April until the end of July. The remaining time is intended for exams/internships/semester break.
Student residences are administered by independent organizations which are affiliated with but independent of the University. The International Office at Koblenz works with our students to reserve housing. Students usually will stay in a dorm or an apartment. However, if students notify the German department in advance, arrangements could be made to live with a German family. Most students can choose a dorm room or an apartment with shared kitchens, bathrooms and living space. Bedrooms could be single rooms. Housing may or may not be near the university. Therefore, public transportation may be a part of the experience. Students pay the housing charge of the host (Koblenz) institution; students do not pay the Loyola housing charge.
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Meals are not included in the program. Students can cook their own meals in self-catering dorms/apartments or they can obtain meals (lunch and light dinner) in the student mensa or cafeteria. Continental breakfast is available at the student cafeteria. Eating out can get expensive. If students are eating out at restaurants, we advise students to check before ordering to see if they accept major credit cards. Some places only accept cash.
Loyola does not provide an on-site director, activities, or cultural excursions. Students/parents pay to Loyola the following charges:
Students/parents pay to the host institution or agents abroad:
Charges students must budget for on this exchange:
Students pay a Student Association fee upon arrival. The fee covers public transportation, reduced student meals at the cafeteria, special programs for exchange students, and the use of all university facilities.
These items do not normally occur but could happen depending on the student and unforeseen circumstances:
This is a Loyola exchange. This means that Loyola financial aid (academic scholarships, grants and other controlled sources of aid, with the exception of College Work Study), may be used to help with educational expenses. Students on athletic scholarships should consult the athletic department to see if this aid can be used abroad. Parents should contact the financial aid office to discuss their financial aid package and how it works with study abroad. Conversations should be made with them before your son/daughter submits the study abroad deposit to Loyola.
Students can easily use both American credit cards (MasterCard and Visa mostly) and American ATM cards to pay for goods and services in Germany. This is especially useful for visits to the hospital and payments for air travel. Make sure your child contacts their bank and credit card companies prior to their departure in order to let them know he/she will be in Germany for a specific period of time. It is also good to let the banks know if your child traveling outside of Germany, too, so their card will not be deactivated.
Check with your local bank to see if they have any type of affiliation with a major bank in Germany. This may cut down on ATM/Debit card user fees. Past students recommend that students take out enough cash to last a few weeks. This cuts down on withdrawing monies every week and thus incurring bank fees.
Students reported spending anywhere from $2,800-$7,000 during a semester. These funds are primarily used for travel, meals, and entertainment. The exchange rate and other factors can affect spending amounts.
Currently, the following documents are required to travel and study in Germany:
We recommend that you contact your health insurance company in advance to check on overseas coverage. Loyola University Maryland will need a letter from your health insurance company verifying your child has valid health care coverage for abroad, and that it includes hospitalization and accident coverage. Your student should take the original letter from the insurance company to Germany to local authorities and a copy must be submitted to the Office of International Programs.
Students who are not covered under a valid, US health plan or cannot show proof of a valid, US health plan will have to purchase a German medical plan upon arrival. The German health plan is only valid in the country of Germany. Therefore, we require Loyola students to have a valid, comprehensive, U.S. health plan to cover any medical emergency outside of Germany.
Before going abroad, students should make sure their immunizations are up to date before departing overseas. You can consult the Centers for Disease Control website or your physician to determine what immunizations are required to study in Europe. In some cases, health care providers abroad may make recommendations to students to obtain additional shots after arriving in Germany. In cases like this, it is usually left up to the student and his/her parents/guardian as to whether or not you want your child to receive any additional immunizations abroad.
Shipping medications is not recommended. We suggested that you obtain from your doctor and pharmacist enough medication(s) to last for the duration of the program. In addition, we also recommend bringing the name, dosage, and the breakdown of the medication just in case the student needs to purchase a particular medication(s) while abroad. This information should be noted on a doctor's stationery or prescription pad.
Keep in mind certain medications considered legal in the United States may be deems illegal abroad. This should be discussed way in advance of departure so that other arrangements can be discussed in the event your son/daughter will not be able to take or obtain a certain medication(s) abroad. In addition, allergy shots and flu shots are not automatically provided to our students.
On the matter, flu shots may only administered to those people deemed most at risk for health problems, like the elderly or small children, in Ireland. As a result, flu shots are not readily available to all citizens of Germany for the routine purpose of prevention. Therefore, American students who need to obtain flu shots abroad may need a letter from their doctor explaining why it is medically necessary for the students to receive the shot abroad.
Students are responsible for arranging their own flight to and from Germany and for paying for their airfare. We encourage students to review the airline carrier's website information on a monthly basis due to the many changes airlines make. In addition, students will have to inform the Loyola and the University of Koblenz's Office of International Programs of their departure and return dates. Students will have to arrive in time in order to arrange for their pre-term course at the local high school. Students should not make any ticket change on their return flight until they know the last day of their finals. Finals are scheduled in advanced at many European universities, and in many cases students cannot ask to have their finals moved to different dates.
A student assistant from the University of Koblenz will be assigned to a Loyola student prior to arrival. The student assistant will meet incoming exchange students at the airport or at the train station to take them to their apartment or dorm.
Loyola recommends to students to purchase their airline ticket through a reputable travel agent or agency. We do know that on-line sites do offer less expensive tickets, but in the event there is a crisis that affects air travel, like snow storms, online sites may not be able to address your questions in a timely fashion, or it could shut down completely due to high volume requests. Travel agents may have inside information to help you make ticket changes quicker and can provide you with the most up to date airline and travel information.
Koblenz is a comprehensive university. Like a comprehensive university, there are services they provide similar to Loyola, but most will find these services are primarily offered in the native language. Students are encouraged to work with the international office at Koblenz and with our main contact, Dr. Jody Skinner, in the department of English (firstname.lastname@example.com).
On-site support in Koblenz:
Jody Skinner
Exchange – University of Koblenz- Landau
Department of English
Universitaetsstr 1
D-56070 Koblenz
Bettina Holstein-Alter
Universität Koblenz-Landau
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Universitätsstr. 1
56070 Koblenz
Office: Emil-Schüller-Straße 12, room 032
Office hours: Tuesday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Wednesday. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Phone: +49-(0)261-2871764
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Here are five things to watch in the Raiders' exhibition opener Friday at Minnesota:
1. In Schaub they trust: Dennis Allen has made it clear Matt Schaub (inset) is his starting quarterback. His appearance will be brief, and the Raiders hope it will be efficient. Especially if rookie Derek Carr comes in, lights it up and excites an anxious fan base watching on TV.
2. Mack attack: Players, coaches and the personnel department all appear convinced the Khalil Mack, the No. 5 pick in the draft, can be something special as a rookie starter. Getting a sack, a forced fumble or a tackle for loss would be a nice way to start.
3. Snap, spot, kick: Only with the Raiders is a seemingly routine exchange a cause for drama. Sebastian Janikowski missed nine field goal attempts last year without Shane Lechler as his holder. Marquette King is working to gain Janikowski's trust. Extra points will be from 33 yards out to start the exhibition season.
4. The MJD-D-Mac dynamic: Maurice Jones-Drew has enjoyed a rebirth, albeit in the controlled environment of training camp where there is no live tackling. If Jones-Drew is as good as he looks, the Raiders could isolate Darren McFadden as the back to get to the perimeter and use as a receiver.
5. Controlling the line: The only familiar face center Stefen Wisniewski sees from last year's starters is Khalif Barnes, who will be pushed by rookie Gabe Jackson. With left tackle Donald Penn, right guard Austin Howard and right tackle Menelik Watson, the Raiders will need to be on the same page quickly.
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Jamboree - Only one week to go - And I'm excited. But I still have SOOOO much left to do.
I'm still trying to understand DNA. Perhaps a light bulb will "light up" soon. I certainly hope so. But I'm getting some of the books ready to take with me. (Perhaps I can get a few of them autographed by the authors.) Fortunately I'm not flying so weight and size aren't an issue. Of course, if I wasn't driving, I'd probably be flying Southwest and they still offer two checked bags FREE.
But what else am I looking at. Well, of course the weather. It's not going to be in the 100s, so I need to remember a sweater or jacket for mornings when I walk across the street to Starbucks for my latte. And I'll need something light-weight in the actual conference rooms in case they are cooler than I'm comfortable with or I'm sitting under a "blower".
My mail and newspaper stops have been scheduled. I still need to check that all of my sprinklers are working. I don't want any dead plants when I return because one of the drip lines became clogged. I'll probably even give each system an extra watering, just to make sure that the plants are cared for. This week the house plants will need an extra deep soak.
I've been to Jamboree before and I have comfortable shoes. I also have a special conference bag, that's ready to go. It's an old Jamboree bag that I modified by putting a couple of pockets on the inside. I have a new tablet this year, so I can carry it instead of a heavy laptop during the day. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works. I still need to figure out if I want to take notes on it, or on paper. But I'll bring a stylus as well as notepad.
Oh, yes. I need to print off business cards. I need to modify the old ones since I'm no longer an officer of a local genealogical society. I am having trouble finding a photo in my file that I want to use. And I'm not sure I have time to take a couple and modify them. We'll see. I still have 7 more days.
I hope to see you there. While I won't have bells on, I'll have on long skirts, and probably some Indian jewelry. Please say Hello.


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Quicken 2014 Tasks Every User Should Know About
Working with a robust financial record-keeping software program like Quicken 2014 can present some challenges. The Quicken software has so much to offer. Here are four tasks that every Quicken user should perform on a regular basis:
Set up Quicken bank accounts for all your checking, savings, and money market accounts — and then use the Quicken software to carefully track the money that flows into and out of these accounts. Maintaining even just this simple cash accounting system lets you more easily monitor your finances, budget for the future, and identify money-saving tax deductions.
Small businesses and rental property investors: The Home & Business and Rental Manager versions of Quicken let you easily set up and run simple cash-based accounting systems for a home-based business and for real estate investments. Use these great tools if you're a real estate investor or business owner!
Use the Retirement Calculator to estimate when and how you can retire. Especially with the financial meltdown in the last decade, people need to get more proactive both about saving for and planning for retirement. To use the Retirement Calculator, display the Planning tab, click the Planning Tools button, and choose the Retirement Calculator command.
Invest some time in figuring out how to really economize on your investment-related costs because these costs (mutual fund expense ratios, financial advisory fees, trading costs, and so on) can eat away at your profits in a fashion that most amateur investors don't understand.
Create a category list that makes tracking your spending and tax deductions easy. Within Quicken, you organize your financial information using income and deductions categories.
Any stream of income you want to separately track or monitor requires its own category. And any expense that you want to regularly tally — perhaps the expense represents a tax deduction — also requires its own category. You can set up categories by choosing Tools→Category List.
Balance bank accounts each month with only a few minutes of effort by clicking the Actions button and then choosing the Reconcile command. (The Actions button appears in the upper-right corner of the Quicken window whenever a bank register shows.) Reconciling a bank account lets you catch and correct bookkeeping errors with your accounting records.


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The number one entry point for burglars is your front door. A solid door and failproof locks won't help if you open the door for the person you thought was a friend, a neighbor in distress, the delivery person, mail carrier, or police. Video door phones allow you not only to see the person calling but also communicate with them while still maintaining a secure perimeter, unlike opening a door with a door chain engaged.
Video door phones allow occupants of a home to see their visitors while still inside their home. They utilize cameras mounted outside doors and indoor monitoring stations, connected by a wireless signal. Using these systems, a visitor presses the door chime and the monitor displays the image inside. The occupant then can choose to admit the visitor or deny entry.
Design and Operation
These types of entry systems are wireless and thus represent an upgrade over older technology such as closed-circuit television. The camera is wired to the doorbell chime, so that a visitor ringing the chime automatically activates the camera which sends the video signal to the monitoring unit inside. The monitoring unit displays an image of the visitor.
Many monitoring units also offers choices to admit or deny entry or to communicate with the visitor by picking up a handset. Some companies offer hands-free models that enable the occupant to communicate without having to pick up a handset.
In addition, many systems include automatic shut-offs in which the system automatically denies entry after a certain time, perhaps thirty to ninety seconds. However, some models do not offer release systems for doors as a standard component. Without this part, the occupant must physically unlock the door. Many systems are expandable offering more monitoring stations, cameras, and sometimes special surveillance cameras.
Installation is usually simple, however it often requires some basic electronic skills on the part of the consumer. The most difficult parts of installation is connecting the door chime to the camera unit and installing the door releases if you buy this part. Most of the rest of the installation requires simple electrical connections and is easier than closed-circuit television. In essence, these systems offer wireless solutions to door entry. Most systems are wireless and are easier to install than closed-circuit television. They offer the occupant the opportunity to view visitors and permit or deny them entry.


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Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw will be making his third consecutive All-Star game appearance and Angels outfielder Mike Trout his second.
And rookie sensation Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers still has a chance of making his first.
Puig, who has played only 31 games in the majors, was among the five players on the National League ballot for the final spot on the team.
To make it, he'll have to win out over Dodgers teammate Adrian Gonzalez as well as San Francisco outfielder Hunter Pence, Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman and Washington shortstop Ian Desmond.
Puig, an outfielder, received 842,915 write-in votes in the regular All-Star balloting, the most since Freddy Sanchez got 856,685 in 2006.
Kershaw received the second-most votes of any NL pitcher, behind only New York Mets right-hander Matt Harvey, who is expected to get the start.
Trout received the second most fan votes among American League outfielders behind Baltimore's Adam Jones, and Trout led the players' voting.
Voting for the final roster spot in each league will take place in the next five days. Fans can vote at MLB.com, club Internet sites and by mobile phone.
The All-Star game will be played at New York's Citi Field on Tuesday, July 16, and will be televised by Fox.
The rosters:
National League
C-Yadier Molina, St. Louis; 1B-Joey Votto, Cincinnati; 2B-Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati; SS-Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado; 3B-David Wright, New York Mets; OF-Carlos Beltran, St. Louis, Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado, Bryce Harper, Washington.
C-Buster Posey, San Francisco; OF-Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh, Michael Cuddyer, Colorado, Carlos Gomez, Milwaukee, Domonic Brown, Philadelphia; 3B-Pedro Alvarez, Pittsburgh; SS-Everth Cabrera, San Diego, Jean Segura, Milwaukee; 2B-Matt Carpenter, St. Louis, Marco Scutaro, San Francisco; 1B-Allen Craig, St. Louis, Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona.
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers; Patrick Corbin, Arizona; Matt Harvey, New York Mets; Adam Wainwright, St. Louis; Jason Grilli, Pittsburgh; Jordan Zimmermann, Washington; Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta; Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati; Travis Wood, Chicago Cubs; Jose Fernandez, Miami; Cliff Lee, Philadelphia; Jeff Locke, Pittsburgh; Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco.
American League
C-Joe Mauer, Minnesota; 1B-Chris Davis, Baltimore; 2B-Robinson Cano, New York Yankees; SS-J.J. Hardy, Baltimore; 3B-Miguel Cabrera, Detroit; OF-Adam Jones, Baltimore, Mike Trout, Angels, Jose Bautista, Toronto; DH-David Ortiz, Boston.
1B-Prince Fielder, Detroit; OF-Torii Hunter, Detroit, Nelson Cruz, Texas, Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay, Alex Gordon, Kansas City; SS-Jhonny Peralta, Detroit; 2B-Dustin Pedroia, Boston, Jason Kipnis, Cleveland; 3B-Manny Machado, Baltimore; C-Jason Castro, Houston, Salvador Perez, Kansas City; DH-Edwin Encarnacion, Toronto.
Max Scherzer, Detroit; Felix Hernandez, Seattle; Clay Buchholz, Boston; Yu Darvish, Texas; Hisashi Iwakuma, Seattle; Joe Nathan, Texas; Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees; Jesse Crain, Chicago White Sox; Brett Cecil, Toronto; Justin Verlander, Detroit; Justin Masterson, Cleveland; Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox. Note: Buchholz and Crain are on the disabled list and will be replaced by Bartolo Colon of Oakland and Glen Perkins of Minnesota.
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College football may be the sport of legendary institutions, but "NCAA Football 13" is all about individual stars. As we glimpse in the game's downloadable demo, the "Heisman Challenge" mode repackages the existing "Road to Glory" mode into a flagship addition to the game.
By co-opting recent Heisman winners like Robert Griffin, III and legends like Desmond Howard "NCAA" is geared toward a single-player experience that follows the journey on the path to stardom.
While there's certainly more to the game that what is available in the demo, the ability to play three games with six different teams allows a sneak peek at what awaits gridiron gamers next month.
The biggest new tool you're given to achieve legendary status is the reaction time feature, borrowed from a concept of action shooters and rooted in the age-old sports cliche "when you're in the zone, everything just slows down."
At the pull of a trigger, you can tap into a rechargeable meter to bring the world around you to a halt, allowing you to assess the on-field chaos and react accordingly. It's a nice touch to a mode that's largely repetitive once you have played through a few games.
However, true college football fans might find "Heisman Challenge" mode's encouragement to play as college legends enrolled at historically incorrect schools disturbing. Sanders just doesn't look right in Oklahoma Sooner crimson.
When you get to the Xs and Os of the game (you know, the stuff that actually happens on the field), the experienced player will notice some meaningful changes. The most refreshing of these tweaks is that running the option is once again an option in this series.
For years the timing of option plays has been off, most likely for fear that users would exploit a too-easily executed option attack with an athletic quarterback. The "read option" play, which has become a pervasive staple of college football, was simply useless in last year's game. Now, the transition from passer to ball carrier is smooth, while still giving the defense time to react and make a competitive play.
One type of play call that hasn't benefited from any visible overhaul is the screen pass. Maybe it's because screen passes just aren't that effective in real life, but it seems like half of the playbook is taken up by screen plays that inevitably result in sacks, negative completions or pick-sixes.
The passing game has been improved a great deal, and every control feels a bit more responsive than it has in previous editions. Leading receivers to the right spot and throwing like a real college gunslinger is more accessible than ever before, and the defensive secondary also seems to react more appropriately.
The physical side to the game, notably rushing and tackling, feels a bit thinner than a football game should. The players don't move or collide like that have much weight to them, which like most college football these days, means that throwing the ball around the field is a lot more fun than pounding it on the ground.
Another feature that is noticeably different in "NCAA Football 13" is the lighting as games progress from one part of the day to the other. In the past, it seemed games often ended at dusk, no matter what time they started.
Once the matchup between LSU and Alabama reached the 4th quarter, it was unmistakably football under the lights in Baton Rouge. The change in atmosphere for a night game is palpable even when the sky isn't visible. The only complaint is that the players are a little dimly illuminated and don't stand out as much as they would on television.
Making an annually-released sports game is a bit like balancing the federal budget each year. Everywhere you give, you have to take away. Someone's bound to be upset.
The focus on this year's title is definitely on the first-person "Road to Glory" and "Heisman Challenge" modes, so if those aren't to your particular taste, it may be another year of slight improvements and persistent annoyances for "NCAA Football."
"NCAA Football 13" by EA Sports is available on all consoles July 10th.
College football may be the sport of legendary institutions, but "NCAA Football 13" is all about individual stars. As we glimpse in the game's downloadable demo, the "Heisman Challenge" mode repackages the existing "Road to Glory" mode into a flagship addition to the game.


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Many documents require signatures in the telecommunications sector, such as contracts and service plan changes for mobile, fixed line, and internet services. The time required to manually transfer, check, and process these documents is time that could be spent serving customers or pursuing incremental sales. Not only is time costly, but so is the cost of handling paper, especially since it increases over time. Your organization can integrate electronic handwritten signatures into your existing customer systems – saving time and money. Time that can be better spent getting customers connected quicker, or time focused on providing a higher level of service to your customers.
Wacom signature pads are excellent choices for kiosks and locations where counter space is limited. For a more immersive and interactive customer experience, a Wacom pen display allows the customer to view entire documents as well as use the pen directly on the screen to fill out forms and applications with digital ink, as well as sign their name electronically. Using a Wacom pen to write or sign is just like using a pen and paper. Anyone can do it.


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Limoges is living history
Visiting Limoges is living history. Founded by the Romans, it has been an important commercial and trading hub in central southwest France for millennia. Renowned for its creativity and industry - its enamellists have been recording history for centuries – and today you can almost sense its story as you walk its streets and cross the Vienne river.
The pedestrianised streets around the Place de Motte are liberally scattered with appealing little boutique shops. A covered market runs daily in the square itself and sells everything from fresh vegetables to locally produced saucisson, while the gourmet grocer at Paroles de Chef (17 place de la R�publique) is sure to get foodies' pulses racing. Limoges porcelain is, of course, the city's most famous export, and Boulevard Louis Blanc has the widest range of porcelain shops. You can also pick up gorgeous objets d'art at jewellery boutique Alibabeth et les 40 Couleurs (25-27 rue de la Boucherie) and interior design boutique Cubic (22 rue du Consulat).
Food & Drink
Sometimes called the 'city of butchers', Limoges has developed a cuisine that revolves largely around meat of all varieties. The city's streets throng with cosy brasseries where you can enjoy glorious country cooking – try the braised beef at Table de Jean (5 rue de la Boucherie) or tuck into a meal of horse steak at Chez Alphonse (5 place de la Motte) for a taste of what the chefs here can do with a simple hunk of meat. Planetalis (16 rue de la Terrasse) caters for vegetarians with a scrumptious range of organic health food, while Amphitryon (26 rue de la Boucherie) has won a Michelin star for its delectable Mediterranean-influenced dishes.
Tous � l'Op�ra
This national festival is celebrated enthusiastically in Limoges, and every year L'Op�ra-Th��tre de Limoges hosts a weekend of activities, behind-the-scenes tours and free shows designed to give visitors a wider insight into the world of opera.
Now entering its second decade, this popular street art festival attracts crowds of more than 200,000 every year. The aim is to take ordinary public places such as streets, squares, lawns and fountains, and turn them into free-to-view art installations.
Cuivres en F�te
This popular celebration of brass music centres on the Op�ra-Th��tre and on the bandstand at the Jardin d'Orsay. It's one of the biggest festivals of its kind in France, attracting leading brass musicians from all over the world. The programme includes concerts, street music, jams and dances as well as showcases for up-and-coming musicians.
Les Francophonies en Limousin
Dating back to 1984, Les Francophonies en Limousin is a general celebration of French-speaking culture. The festival is an umbrella for everything from visual arts, dance and theatre to French-language music and literature.
La Frairie des Petits Ventres
Limoges is famous for its butchers, and this day-long festival celebrates all the meat products you won't find in the supermarket. Discover local specialities such as blood sausage sandwiches, chestnut pie and lamb testicles – then see the day conclude with a religious procession around the Rue de la Boucherie.
From classic French townhouses tucked away down cobbled alleyways to luxury international chains, Limoges has a wide range of accommodation. Stately Castel Faugeras (3 all�e De Faugeras) makes the perfect base for an extended stay – an 18th-century chateau on the outskirts of the city, it sits in several hectares of undulating parkland and offers guests the use of a Jacuzzi, hammam and tennis court. A more central option is the H�tel Mercure Royal Limousin (Place de La R�publique) – a modern, marble-heavy chain within walking distance of the Op�ra-Th��tre and historic districts. Inter Hotel Arion (30 rue Fr�d�ric Bastiat) is a little further from the centre, but its pocket-friendly prices make it a good budget option.


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"Sex and the City 2"
Carrie and the girls are together again for a second helping of "SATC" on the big screen.
We don't waste our time on anything not worth your time. We celebrate the best of what's coming on film and TV. We cheer when our expectations are met and criticize when we're let down.


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Is the bailout needed? Many economists say 'no'
WASHINGTON — A funny thing happened in the drafting of the largest-ever U.S. government intervention in the financial system. Lawmakers of all stripes mostly fell in line, but many of the nation's brightest economic minds are warning that the Wall Street bailout's a dangerous rush job.
President Bush and his Treasury secretary, former Goldman Sachs chief executive Henry Paulson, have warned of imminent economic collapse and another Great Depression if their rescue plan isn't passed immediately.
Is that true?
"It's more hype than real risk," said James K. Galbraith, a University of Texas economist and son of the late economic historian John Kenneth Galbraith. "A nasty recession is possible, but the bailout will not cure that. So it's mainly relevant to the financial industry."
The Paulson plan will get some bad assets off the balance sheets of troubled Wall Street institutions and commercial banks. That may help thaw the lending freeze.
But it wouldn't reduce the crush of homes in or near foreclosure, said Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That's a problem that will surely grow worse if the U.S. economy enters recession, leading to greater job losses, which feed a vicious downward spiral of even more foreclosures and defaults on car loans and credit-card debt.
Americans are spooked by talk that financial Armageddon awaits.
The global financial system nearly melted down last week when investors pulled out en masse from money market funds and the short-term debt markets that help corporate America fund its day-to-day needs.
These traditionally have been viewed as safe investments for ordinary Americans, so the flight from them struck fear in the hearts of policymakers.
Few economists, including Galbraith, are willing to discount completely the chance of a financial collapse, given the turmoil in credit markets and banking.
"My sense is it will delay a disaster, given that you only have three months left in this administration. But it will not cure the problem in the (financial) industry or prevent the shakeout and downsizing of the industry," Galbraith said.
Many lawmakers also expressed skepticism.
Coming out of the White House on Thursday, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, Alabama's Richard Shelby, held up what he said was a five-page list of economists opposing the rescue plan.
"This is not me. This is economists at Harvard, Yale, MIT, University of Chicago, our leading universities," an exasperated Shelby told reporters. He called the administration plan "flawed from the beginning."
Johnson, a former assistant director of research for the International Monetary Fund, said: "I think the main problem is what they have on the table is not truly comprehensive, and I think it's probably not decisive for that reason."
With the problems in money market funds and the fact that banks have stopped lending to each other except at high rates, the global financial system is as weak as it has been in modern times, he said.
"It's a very dangerous situation. I would not recommend doing nothing. The world financial markets were in cardiac arrest last week," Johnson said.
What Congress and the administration failed to do, Johnson said, is develop a mechanism to quickly modify distressed mortgages and prevent even more empty homes from being dumped into real-estate markets in freefall. The plan also doesn't help banks bring in new capital to boost lending; instead many are sitting defensively on their reserves to offset expected loan defaults.
"I think the rush that happened this week is unfortunate," Johnson said. "I don't think it is enough."
Another doubter of the Great Depression theme is Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard University economics professor, who thinks the intervention may prevent or delay the necessary failure of weak financial institutions.
"It is time to take stock of the crisis and recognize that the financial industry is undergoing fundamental shifts, and is not simply the victim of speculative panic against housing loans," he wrote in a syndicated column. "Certainly better regulation is part of the answer over the longer run, but it is no panacea. Today's financial firm equity and bond holders must bear the main cost, or there is little hope they will behave more responsibly in the future."
Some analysts think the most important steps to avoid another depression may have already occurred without the $700 billion bailout.
"Last week we came real close to a financial economic meltdown because of the run on money market funds, resulting from the bankruptcy of (investment bank) Lehman Brothers, and I think insuring the money-market funds was enough," said Ed Yardeni, a veteran Wall Street analyst. Last week the Treasury announced a $50 billion insurance plan for money market funds, which restored confidence in them. "It wasn't necessary to move to Plan B."
Doubting the financial Armageddon scenario, Yardeni said another measure that could have the same effect as the $700 billion rescue plan is simply to change accounting rules for bad assets — mostly bonds with mortgages as their collateral.
Right now, banks and others with this toxic debt by law must write down losses every quarter. They are forced to put a present-day value on these assets. Yardeni thinks suspending this rule could do the job without taxpayer money.
"There are quite a few of us who think that could have stabilized the situation quite effectively," he said, adding, "I think it (the bailout) was rushed, and certainly we didn't give other reasonable, cheaper alternatives a chance. But at this point it is what it is, and we all have to pray that it works."
To ask a question about this story or any economic question, go to McClatchy's economy Q&A
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What You Will Learn
The Business Challenge
Solution Components
Cisco Components
• Cisco UCS
• Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switch
Cisco Unified Computing System
• Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects are a family of line-rate, low-latency, lossless, 10-Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet interconnect switches providing the management and communications backbone for the Cisco UCS. Cisco UCS supports Cisco Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.
• Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis supports up to eight blade servers and up to two fabric extenders in a six rack unit (RU) enclosure.
• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers are Intel based and increase performance, efficiency, versatility, and productivity.
• Cisco UCS Adapters are available for the Cisco UCS wire-once architecture, offering a range of options to converge the fabric, optimize virtualization, and simplify management. Cisco adapters support
VM-FEX technology.
• Cisco UCS Manager provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components in the Cisco UCS.
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switch
Citrix CloudPlatform
• CloudPlatform Management Server 3.0.4 running on CentOS 6.2
• MySQL database Version 5.1
• vCenter 5.0 (optional)
• ESXi 5.0 hypervisor installed onto the Cisco UCS blades
• Network File System (NFS) server for secondary storage (Image and Backup Library)
• NFS server for primary storage (Fibre Channel attached storage)
• Networking preconfigured on the Cisco Fabric Interconnects.
Architectural Design
Design Fundamentals
CloudPlatform Design Fundamentals
Workload-Driven Deployment Process
Figure 1. Determining Appropriate Deployment Architecture for Citirx CloudPlatform
Types of Cloud Workloads
• The first type is a traditional enterprise workload. The majority of existing enterprise applications falls into this category. They include applications developed by leading enterprise vendors and have traditional functions such as databases, web servers, and application servers for exmaple. These applications are typically built to run on a single server or on a cluster of front-end and application server nodes backed by a database. Traditional workloads typically rely on technologies such as enterprise middleware clusters and vertically scaled databases.
• Citrix commonly refers to the second type as a "cloud-era workload." Many internet focused companies such have determined that traditional enterprise infrastructure was too inflexible to serve the load generated by millions of users. These Internet companies pioneered a new style of application architecture that does not rely on traditional server clusters but instead on a large number of loosely coupled computing and storage nodes. Applications developed this way often utilize technologies such as database sharding,
no-SQL, and geographic load balancing.
• Scale: The first difference is scale. Traditional enterprise applications serve tens of thousands of users and hundreds of sessions. Driven by the growth of Internet and mobile devices, Internet applications serve tens of millions of users. The orders of magnitude difference in scale translates to significant difference in demand for computing infrastructure. As a result, the need to reduce cost and improve efficiency becomes paramount.
• Reliability: The difference in scale has an important side effect. Enterprise applications can be designed to run on reliable hardware. Application developers do not expect the underlying enterprise-grade server or storage cluster to fail during their normal course of operation. Sophisticated backup and disaster recovery procedures can be set up to handle the unlikely scenario of hardware failure.. "Cloud-era" applications on the other hand take into account that as hardware scales beyond traditional enterprise and into web-scale, the points of failure become higher. Thusly these applications assume the possibility of failure is higher, and are designed to withstand failures.
• Agility: Cloud-era workloads inherently make efficient use of infrastructure resources and can easily add in new resources or lose resources without much impact. Traditional workloads also require agile infrastructure in which resources can be added or removed, or move between workloads to counterbalance the demand.
Table 1. Traditional Versus Cloud-Era Workload Requirements
Table 2. Common Cloud Workloads
CloudPlatform Supports Both Workload Types
Traditional Workload
Figure 2. Constructing a CloudPlatform Availability Zone for Traditional Enterprise Workload
Cloud-Era Workload
cloud-era workloads.
Figure 3. Figure 3. Constructing CloudPlatform Availability Zone for Cloud-Era Workload
Cisco Unified Computing System Design Fundamentals
Infrastructure Advantages
Figure 4. Comparing Cisco UCS Physical Infrastructure with Virtual Infrastructures
• Single point of infrastructure management, which enables complete control
• Policy-based infrastructure management
• Using templates to capture desired state and subsequently expedite deployment
• Programmatic control of the entire infrastructure
UCS & Cloud Workload Types
Solution Validation
Configuration Topology for Scalability
Figure 5. Citrix CloudPlatform on Cisco UCS Configuration
Table 3. Cisco UCS Detailed Bill of Materials
Table 4. Cisco Nexus Detailed Bill of Materials
Cabling Information
Cisco UCS Connectivity
Table 5. Cisco Nexus 5548UP Ethernet Cabling for Switch A
Table 6. Cisco Nexus 5548UP Ethernet Cabling for Switch B
Table 7. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect A Ethernet Cabling
Table 8. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect B Ethernet Cabling
Table 9. Cisco UCS 2208XP I/O Module for FEX A
Table 10. Cisco UCS 2208XP I/O Module for FEX B
Unified Access Layer Design Fibre Channel Connectivity
Table 11. Cisco Nexus 5548UP Fibre Channel Cabling for Switch A
Table 12. Cisco Nexus 5548UP Fibre Channel Cabling for Switch B
Table 13. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect A Fibre Channel Cabling
Local Device
Local Port
Remote Device
Remote Port
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect A
8 Gbps (FC)
Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch A
Table 14. Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect B Fibre Channel Cabling
Local Device
Local Port
Remote Device
Remote Port
Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect B
8 Gbps (FC)
Cisco Nexus 5548UP Switch B
Figure 6. Color-Coded Wiring Map
Cisco Unified Computing System Configuration
• The racking, power, and installation of the chassis
• Cisco UCS Command-line Interface (CLI) Configuration Guide
• Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide
Citrix CloudPlatform Configuration
Figure 7. Multiple Types of Availability Zones in a Single Cloud
Running the Management Server as an Application
Management Server Cluster Backup and Replication
Figure 8. Setup of Standby Management Server Cluster in Remote Data Center
LAN Configuration
Cisco UCS Connectivity
Note: The upstream configuration is beyond the scope of this document. There are some good reference documents that cover best practices for Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series Switches.
Figure 9. Network Configuration with Upstream Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches from Cisco UCS
Storage LAN Connectivity
SAN Configuration
Boot from SAN
• Smaller server footprint: Boot from SAN alleviates the necessity for each server to have its own
direct-attached disk, eliminating internal disks as a potential point of failure. Thin diskless servers also take up less facility space, require less power, and are generally less expensive because they have fewer hardware components.
• Simplified disaster and server failure recovery: All the boot information and production data stored on a local SAN can be replicated to a SAN at a remote disaster recovery site. If a disaster destroys the functionality of the servers at the primary site, the remote site can take over with little downtime. Recovery from server failure is simplified in a SAN environment. With the help of snapshots, mirrors of a failed server can be recovered quickly by booting from the original copy of the server image. As a result, boot-from-SAN capability can greatly reduce the time required for server recovery.
• High availability: A typical data center is highly redundant, with redundant paths, redundant disks, and redundant storage controllers. Storage of operating system images on the SAN supports high availability and eliminates the potential for the mechanical failure of a local disk.
• Rapid redeployment: Businesses that experience temporary high production workloads can take advantage of SAN technologies to clone the boot image and distribute the image to multiple servers for rapid deployment. Such servers may need to be in production for only hours or days and can be readily removed when the production need has been met. Highly efficient deployment of boot images makes temporary server use a cost-effective endeavor.
• Centralized image management: When operating system images are stored on networked disks, all upgrades and fixes can be managed at a centralized location. Changes made to disks in a storage array are readily accessible by each server.
• Cisco UCS Command-line Interface (CLI) Configuration Guide
• Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide
Configuring CloudPlatform for Use with Cisco UCS
Figure 10. Adding a Zone
Figure 11. Creating Mappings with Drag and Drop Interface
Figure 12. Figure 12. Adding IP Addresses to the Cloud Zone
Figure 13. Adding Pods
Figure 14. Adding Resources
• Templates: OS images that can be used to boot VMs and can include additional configuration information, such as installed applications
• ISO images: Disk images containing data or bootable media for operating systems
• Disk volume snapshots: Saved copies of VM data which can be used for data recovery or to create new templates
Scalability References
• XenServer-based VDI workload
• Apache Geronimo Daytrader workload
VDI Workload Scaling Example
VDI Configuration Details
About Citrix XenDesktop 5.5
• Microsoft Outlook®: Browsing a message
• Microsoft Word® (TimerDoc): Initiating response timer to see how the program responds throughout the workload
• Microsoft Internet Explorer® instance one: Maximizing, scrolling, and minimizing
• Microsoft Internet Explorer instance two: Navigating a Web site, maximizing, and scrolling
• Adobe® Flash® KA movie trailer
• Microsoft Word (UserRead): Reading and typing text, and printing to PDF
• Bullzip: Generating a PDF
• Adobe Reader®: Reading a PDF
• Microsoft PowerPoint®: Watching a presentation and adding a slide
• Microsoft Excel®: Reading and minimizing
• 7-Zip: Saving a ZIP file
• Copying a new document from the document pool in the home drive
• Starting a Microsoft Word document
• Starting the File Open dialogue
• Starting the Search and Replace dialogue
• Starting the Print dialogue
• Starting Notepad
• Compressing the document into a ZIP file with 7-zip command line
Test Results
Figure 15. Average Virtual Desktop Response Times
Figure 16. Processor Utilization During Test
Figure 17. Memory Using During Test
Figure 18. Fabric Usage During Test
Figure 19. IOPS DuringTest
Figure 20. Provisioning Services IOPS Throughout Test
Figure 21. Provisioning Services Network Usage During Test
Three-tier Application (Open-Source) Scaling Example
Deployment Architecture
Table 15. List of Components
Figure 22. Deployment Setup
DayTrader Application and Workload
Figure 23. High-Level Overview of DayTrader Application and Various Components
Performance Analysis
• Throughput, such as transactions per second, achieved from the deployed application with the condition of acceptable application response time or saturation of available system resources
• Response time required to execute a deployed application transaction (such as buy and sell, buy only, and quote transactions)
Figure 24. Test Bed Setup
Workload Mix
• 37.5 percent of users executed buy and sell transactions
• 37.5 percent of users executed buy-only transactions
• 25 percent of users executed quote transactions
Test Results
Figure 25. Application Response Time
Figure 26. Application Transactions per Second (Throughput)
Figure 27. Physical Server Resource Usage
Figure 28. VM Resource Usage
• The CPU usage seen on VM on one core of the CPU allocated (in a non-oversubscribed scenario) = 15%
• With the assumption of 10% virtualization overhead, the physical CPU usage = 17%
• The number of VMs that can be created per CPU core (70% max CPU usage limit) = 70/17 ~ 4 VMs
• Total number of cores (B200 M3 has 16 cores and assuming HyperThreading gives 25% gain) = 16x1.25 = 20 cores
• Total VMs in 20 core scenario = 4x20 = 80 VMs
• Though theoretically 80 VMs can be created, available memory will become a limiting factor (maximum addressable memory in B200 M3 with 16-GB DIMMs is 384 GB).
• Hence the total number of VMs in this scenario would be (leaving 10% of memory for the host OS) = 40 VMs
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Oh have we had a variety of Christmas ornaments. We have some that the children made in preschool or elementary school. These included yard dipped in white glue, curled on waxed paper and dried; some with a small photograph; bell cut from construction paper and colored.
When I was young, Mother made some ornaments out of a flour, salt and water dough. When my children were young, we also made some. The dough was colored and then the ornaments were decorated with glitter or thin tinsel. We still have some of these and they were made about 1983 or 1984. Many of them broke and were thrown out, but I still have a few of these fragile ornaments.
We have some ornaments from other countries. Some of them my mother gave us from her travels. Some Walt and I bought on our travels. We even have some leprechauns that were meant to be key chain holders. (I just removed the chain part and key loop and attached an ornament hanger.)
We also have some bubble lights. I found some in a catalog a few years ago. What great memories. They are not the large ones of my childhood, but they still bubble and keep me entertained. I still need to make sure that they stand up straight on the tree; otherwise they really don't bubble well.
I made some tatted snowflakes that also hang on the tree. My sister made some crocheted ones for me. So, our tree has many memories of family and travels.
Do any of you remember the metal key that used to be on the top of cans like coffee and shortening? And you ended up with a strip of twisted metal? My grandmother used some of these twists on her tree. Some years later, in an antique store I actually found a small package of 10 of these, commercially made. The original price says 10¢. So they weren't that expensive, but Grandmother still made her own.
Because we have an artificial tree, I no longer use icicles made of light-weight foil. Instead, I have some hand-blown ones that have colored liquid in them. I also have some that are just decorative hand-blown ones that really look like the icicles hanging from the eaves. And, because it is artificial, we can put it up early and keep it up until after New Year's. And NO dried tree needles stuck in the carpet months later.


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U.S. embassies across the world ramped up security Thursday following an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, as Muslims angry over an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. mission in Yemen and clashed with police near the American mission in Cairo.
President Barack Obama ordered increased security at U.S. sites worldwide after Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed Tuesday in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The Benghazi attack followed the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo after the trailer from an American-made film, "Innocence of Islam," went viral on YouTube. Libyan officials said militants used civilians protesting the film as cover for a violent assault timed for the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
As violence continued Thursday, embassies from the Philippines to the Middle East warned Americans to be on guard for more protests, especially on Friday, the main Muslim day of prayer when religious fervor runs high.
In Yemen, hundreds of protesters chanting "Death to America!" stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in the capital, Sanaa, and burned the American flag. Yemen's president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, quickly apologized to the U.S. for the attack and vowed track down the culprits.
In Dhaka, Bangladesh, police stopped a march by about 400 people who burned a U.S. flag several miles (kilometers) from the U.S. Embassy, where higher security was evident. And in Cairo, where protests against the film began, police fired tear gas Thursday at youths who hurled stones about 100 yards (meters) from the U.S. Embassy there.
Elsewhere, the U.S. Consulate in Berlin was evacuated briefly Thursday after an employee reported a strange smell from a document. German police swept the building but found no dangerous materials.
With tensions still high, most U.S. missions declined to comment on specific security measures, but some changes were visible.
In the Philippines, where hundreds of U.S. troops are advising Filipino forces in their fight against al-Qaida-linked insurgents, U.S. diplomats had asked for additional police and patrols for the embassy compound, as well as a nearby residential complex and the consulate in the central city of Cebu, ahead of the 9/11 anniversary.
U.S. officials said the heightened security would be maintained indefinitely following the attack in Libya.
Guards and Philippine police special forces carrying assault rifles were outside the embassy Thursday, and a pickup truck bearing a machine gun was parked under a tree. Philippine coast guard vessels patrolled nearby Manila Bay. Police patrols were also intensified at other U.S. sites, including the American cemetery in Manila.
In Pakistan, where anti-Americanism is widespread due to drone attacks against militants on Pakistani soil, the senior officer in charge of security in the diplomatic enclave in Islamabad said police would step up surveillance in the area, which includes the U.S. Embassy. "We need to increase manpower and other measures to ensure that no ugly event occurs," Khurram Rasheed said.
At least 10 armored vehicles and 16 police cars could be seen around the massive, fortress-like U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and a slightly larger number around the Israeli embassy there. Extra armed police also took up positions around the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, which hosts a substantial U.S. military presence.
Security outside the U.S. Embassy in Algiers was reinforced with several additional police officers. The leader of a dissolved Islamist party was arrested outside the embassy when he tried to deliver a letter there, according to the online news site Tout-sur-l'Algerie.
American officials in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, warned U.S. citizens to pay close attention to their surroundings and to avoid large crowds, even though there has been no public reaction to the film there so far.
"The movie has hurt Muslims all over the world deeply. They deliberately wanted to make Muslims angry," said Amidan Shaberah, a prominent cleric. "We urge Indonesian Muslims to calm down because the majesty and greatness of God and the Prophet Muhammad will not be diminished by these insults."
An advisory posted on the website of the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, another mostly Muslim country, warned that "based on recent events in Cairo and Benghazi, there is the possibility of demonstrations taking place" there, too.
While Americans — as well as Israelis — may be top targets for many Muslim extremists, officials from other Western nations also were watching the situation carefully.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said security had also been bolstered at his country's embassies and consulates in the Middle East and urged governments there to protect all diplomatic missions. "Diplomats must be able to carry out their work without fear," he said in a televised statement.
In Nigeria, a nation of more than 160 million people largely split between a Muslim north and a Christian south, the U.S. Embassy warned that "extremists may attempt to target U.S citizens and other Westerners."
Previous violence by a radical Islamist sect known as Boko Haram saw the embassy ban travel for its staff to the north for much of this year. The sect is blamed for killing more than 670 people this year alone, according to an Associated Press count.
Nigeria has remained largely quiet in regards to the film, with local media reporting only one small protest in the central city of Jos. Still, Nigeria's federal police force has received orders to provide additional security to foreign embassies.


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Contractor requirements:
We are looking for a contractor who:
1. Is available for 8 hours per day.
2. Has worked in a customer service setting or a similar customer-satisfaction job.
3. Has a solid command of the French language.
4. Has 80% or more English for training and internal communication purposes.
5. Internet connection of 2Mb or more. It can not be wireless nor through a datacard.
You should also test that you do not have a latency of over 100ms. You can test these requirements running a simple test at speedtest.net
6. Windows environment:
We work with a windows based web program. We do require for you to have a computer that runs on windows or has a windows environment already installed. Your operating system must be original.
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To apply, please respond with a cover letter that includes the following:
1. The language level that you have (should be 90% or above)
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Combinations of a long-acting beta2-agonist
and inhaled corticosteroid:
Long-acting beta2-agonists are used only in combination
with a corticosteroid to treat asthma. They are used in a metered-dose or dry
inhaler. Inhalers may be used differently, depending
on the medicine used. Always read the directions to be sure you are using
the inhaler correctly.
Long-acting beta2-agonists
(bronchodilators) relax the smooth muscles lining the airways that carry air to
the lungs (bronchial tubes). This allows the tubes to stay open longer and
makes breathing easier.
Salmeterol takes about 30 minutes to
start to work, reaches peak effectiveness after 3 to 4 hours, and lasts for
more than 12 hours.
Formoterol starts to work within a few minutes
and also lasts for more than 12 hours.
Long-acting inhaled beta2-agonists
are used on a daily basis to control
moderate and severe persistent asthma. The U.S.
National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) recommends using them
only as an addition to inhaled
corticosteroids.1 Long-acting
inhaled beta2-agonists enhance the corticosteroids' anti-inflammatory action
for controlling asthma and preventing
asthma attacks. They should not be used as a
substitute for inhaled corticosteroids.
Different types of
medicines are often used together in the treatment of asthma. Medicine
treatment for asthma depends on a person's age, his or her type of asthma, and
how well the treatment is controlling asthma symptoms.
Your doctor will work with you to help find the number and
dose of medicines that work best.
A review of research reports that
in adults with persistent asthma who use inhaled corticosteroids but continue
to have symptoms (poorly controlled asthma), adding long-acting
A review of research reports that in children with
persistent asthma who use inhaled corticosteroids but continue to have symptoms
(poorly controlled asthma), adding long-acting beta2-agonists resulted
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported
that these medicines may make an asthma episode worse and may increase the risk
of death. If your wheezing gets worse after you take this medicine, call your
doctor right away.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Long-acting inhaled
beta2-agonists should not be used without being combined with an inhaled
corticosteroid. If you don't take an inhaled corticosteroid, the
inflammation in the bronchial tubes may not be
controlled, and your symptoms could get worse because of decreasing lung
function and increasing inflammation.
Long-acting inhaled
beta2-agonists should never be used in place of a short-acting beta2-agonist to
treat asthma attacks. A quick-relief medicine such as inhaled albuterol should
be used.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsNational Institutes of Health (2007). National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Expert Panel Report 3: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (NIH Publication No. 08–5846). Available online: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/asthma/index.htm.Dennis RJ, et al. (2010). Asthma in adults, search date June 2008. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: www.clinicalevidence.com.Keeley D, McKean M (2006). Asthma and other wheezing disorders in children, search date October 2005. Online version of BMJ Clinical Evidence: http://www.clinicalevidence.com.
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Hormone therapy (HT) is a general term for the use of man-made
(synthetic) estrogen, with or without progestin, to treat symptoms caused by
the changing hormone levels that occur before and after menopause. Hormone
therapy carries some health risks, and its use should be discussed carefully
with a health professional.
Hormone therapy includes:
When taken after menopause, hormone therapy is also called hormone
replacement therapy. But more experts are using the term "hormone therapy"
(HT) to avoid the misleading message that women should have premenopausal
levels ("replacement") of hormones after menopause.
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For years, there have been just a handful of ways to end a website address. There's .com, .org, .edu, and a bunch of country-specific codes, such as .fr for French websites.
But by the end of this year, there will be hundreds of new website suffixes. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international group that oversees online addresses, has thrown open the doors, allowing businesses and speculators to apply for any name they want. The response caught ICANN off guard.
"When the new program was first rolled out, we were anticipating somewhere between 200 and, at a maximum, 500 applications – we received nearly 2,000 applications," says Christine Willett, general manager of the ICANN program that will hand out these new suffixes, officially called generic top-level domains (gTLDs).
This massive (virtual) land run marks perhaps the largest expansion of online real estate since the inception of .com and, if successful, could dramatically change the look of Web addresses.
Internet prospectors raced to plant a flag in .baby, .mobile, and .soccer. Automakers applied for .honda, .chevy, and .ford. Google applied for 101 gTLDs, including .fun, .diy, and .youtube.
If ICANN approves, for example, the .pizza gTLD, then it will hand the winning applicant exclusive rights to create any number of new Web addresses with that suffix. You might see www.thebest.pizza as a new home for restaurant reviews. The winner could also strike deals with major pizzeria chains to create www.dominos.pizza and www.papajohns.pizza as a replacement or sister site for their current websites.
But creating a new gTLD isn't cheap. Simply applying costs $185,000. Things get even hairier if there are multiple applicants for the same name. (Four different groups applied for .pizza.) ICANN will give them a chance to work things out among themselves – such as one buying out the other three. But if the four can't come to an agreement, then ICANN will auction off .pizza to the highest bidder. The expense doesn't end there. Whichever group wins must agree to pay ICANN $25,000 a year to keep its monopoly on .pizza.
Why shell out so much for a bunch of Web addresses? For businesses, it's about remaining on the cutting edge and locking down .nba, .hyatt, and .loreal before anyone else can register them. But for speculators, it's about buying in early.
Before ICANN initiated this program, some worried that Internet real estate had grown too scarce and too expensive. Registering a brand-new .com address costs just a few dollars, but with more than 100 million .com domain names, most of the good, generic addresses were snatched up long ago. For example, investing.com, first registered in the Internet dark ages of 1995, sold last month for $2.4 million.
Now, scores of domain-name brokers have popped up with hopes of turning a $185,000 investment into a multimillion-dollar payday.
Donuts, a website registry located outside Seattle, spent $55 million applying for more than 300 gTLDs, including .taxi, .camp, and .investment. It wants to rent out these addresses to businesses, allowing a cab company stuck with windycitytaxiinc.com to register a nice and simple address like chicago.taxi.
This land run means even more for people in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. With the new expansion, ICANN has agreed to create the first top-level domains that use non-Latin alphabets, such as Chinese, Arabic, and Cyrillic. In fact, in an effort to make up for lost time, Ms. Willett says that ICANN will review the 108 non-Latin applications first.
ICANN held a lottery in December to determine the order in which it will process the initial applications. The first gTLD up for review will be the Roman Catholic Church's bid for .catholic in Chinese characters. The first Latin-character names will be .play and .dog.
Once the program is running at full speed, Willett expects to approve and release about 20 gTLDs per week. At that pace, it'll take about a year and half to process the initial batch.
ICANN may reject bids for a few different reasons. Applicants must prove that they can handle the technical end of running a top-level domain. ICANN also needs to sort out about 260 objections from various countries. Argentina has opposed the Patagonia clothing company claiming .patagonia (the name of a region in South America). Australia filed numerous concerns over any one group having a monopoly on common terms such as .dental and .music. Australia wants guarantees that applicants will not use gTLDs in an anticompetitive way.
As ICANN works to resolve these snags, Willett expects the first gTLDs to debut in May.
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