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Microsoft – Time to put up or shut up
Having seen a lot of anti-VMware propaganda coming out of the Microsoft marketing machine lately, it strikes me that Microsoft is desperate to do anything to try to catch up and compete with VMware. One example is the VMwareCostsWayTooMuch.com website, which it recently launched in conjunction with passing out $1 chips and flyers at VMworld. What's next, Microsoft? Late-night TV infomercials on Hyper-V proclaiming its greatness? You might see if George Foreman is available — you could call it the lean, mean, cost-reducing virtualization machine.
Microsoft's tactics strike me as childish. Instead of trying to mislead people, the company should spend its time and money making a product that can actually compete with VMware. Microsoft tries to push the cost issue without looking at the big picture numbers and the features you get with each product. VMware costs more because you get more with it; you get a proven, mature and feature-rich product with many integration, management and automation components.
Microsoft is way behind in the enterprise virtualization game and has a lot of catching up to do. VMware's recent announcements at VMworld puts Microsoft even farther back in VMware's rear-view mirror. Microsoft should be doing everything it can to polish its 1.0 product and add some of the many features and functionality that ESX already has. Good products tend to speak for themselves. Once Microsoft has a product that can stand up to ESX, it won't be forced to sink to the guerilla marketing level to sell its product. I guess at this point Microsoft has to do everything it can to try and achieve global domination of the virtualization market. Maybe it's time for VMware to start its own website, along the lines of HyperVLacksFeatures.com — but then again, why sink to Microsoft's level?
EsXpress: A good idea come 'round again
I had the opportunity to spend a little time at the esXPress booth at VMworld 2008 this year, and I could kick myself. Hard.
To go to the start of why … a long time ago, back when my office primarily used VMware GSX3 for virtulization at the server level, I had a real need to do backups of the virtual machine disk files (VMDK). My GSX hosts were Linux servers and I used a simple cron job to launch scripts on a schedule, which triggered a suspension, tarring of the VMs and scp-ing of the tarballs to a network-attached storage (NAS) box before re-starting the guests. It let me avoid buying backup licenses for my guests (which were mostly pre-production units, image builds, etc.) and gave me a complete point-in-time recovery solution better than anything I could buy off the shelf (at the time). It ws so efficient that when my company joined the Core Customer Program, I was asked to give a webinar on the topic. Sadly, that webinar is now so out-of-date that it's been pulled from VMware's site and I can't find it on archive.org.
Now why would I kick myself? Because that simple idea is at the root of esXpress. It does it a lot better than I did and focuses on ESX rather than GSX/Server, but at the core it's very similar. It gets around the need for downtime and uses gzip under the hood rather than tar, but it has a Linux OS guest that essentially copies, compresses and offloads other guests. I was pretty impressed by how simply and efficiently the product works, though I must admit to being bit jealous — if only I had realized there was a product there in that idea.
So kudos to esXpress for taking a good idea and making a good product out of it!
Microsoft's Hyper-V bundling with Windows Server 2008: Deja vu?
You may recall the 1998 anti-trust case in which Microsoft Corp. was sued by the U.S. for bundling Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system, because doing so gave Microsoft an advantage that led to the demise of the incumbent Web browser, Netscape Navigator.
Fast-forward 10 years to today. Microsoft bundles its Hyper-V hypervisor with Windows Server 2008, so anyone who uses Windows Server 2008 also gets Hyper-V.
Is this déjà vu?
Just for fun, let's play a little game. In the Wikipedia definition of United States v. Microsoft, let's replace "Web browser" with "hypervisor," "Netscape" with "VMware," and "Internet Explorer" with "Hyper-V."
Here we go:
United States v. Microsoft 87 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2000) was a set of consolidated civil actions filed against Microsoft Corp. on May 18, 1998 by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and twenty U.S. states. Joel I. Klein was the lead prosecutor. The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power in its handling of operating system sales and hypervisor sales. The issue central to the case was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its flagship Hyper-V hypervisor software with its Microsoft Windows operating system.
Bundling them together is alleged to have been responsible for Microsoft's victory in the hypervisor wars as every Windows user had a copy of Hyper-V. It was further alleged that this unfairly restricted the market for competing hypervisors (such as VMware Inc.) that were slow to download over a modem or had to be purchased at a store.
Underlying these disputes were questions over whether Microsoft altered or manipulated its application programming interfaces (APIs) to favor Hyper-V over third-party hypervisors, Microsoft's conduct in forming restrictive licensing agreements with OEM computer manufacturers, and Microsoft's intent in its course of conduct.
Microsoft stated that the merging of Microsoft Windows and Hyper-V was the result of innovation and competition, that the two were now the same product and were inextricably linked together and that consumers were now getting all the benefits of IE for free. Those who opposed Microsoft's position countered that the hypervisor was still a distinct and separate product which did not need to be tied to the operating system, since a separate version of Hyper-V was available for Mac OS. They also asserted that IE was not really free because its development and marketing costs may have kept the price of Windows higher than it might otherwise have been. The case was tried before U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson. The DOJ was initially represented by David Boies.
That was fun. Just a game, of course.
But it appears to me that by bundling Hyper-V with Windows Server 2008, Microsoft has the same advantage over VMware, Citrix and any other hypervisor provider that it had over Netscape Navigator in the 1990s.
This time around, Microsoft is probably safe from a lawsuit, though.
According to Wikipedia, "On November 2, 2001, the DOJ reached an agreement with Microsoft to settle the case. The proposed settlement required Microsoft to share its application programming interfaces with third-party companies. … However, the DOJ did not require Microsoft to change any of its code nor prevent Microsoft from tying other software with Windows in the future. … Nine states and the District of Columbia did not agree with the settlement, arguing that it did not go far enough to curb Microsoft's anti-competitive business practices. On June 30, 2004, the U.S. appeals court unanimously approved the settlement with the Justice Department, rejecting objections from Massachusetts that the sanctions were inadequate."
I'm not saying that what happened to Netscape will happen to VMware. In the virtualization market, VMware is in a strong position with a huge lead over Microsoft, and VMware's products are far more mature and feature-rich. Hell, Microsoft doesn't even offer live migration yet.
But some analysts predict that history will repeat itself.
I hope all the existing hypervisor vendors can co-exist. It gives users choice and keeps costs down, as we saw when both Citrix and VMware reduced their hypervisor prices to zero this year.
I'd like to hear your feedback on the virtualization industry and whether you think VMware can maintain its position as industry leader.
VMware defends its upcoming fault-tolerance feature
During VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas last week, VMware Inc. announced its upcoming fault tolerance feature and gave a demonstration of it during one of the keynote sessions. It looked pretty good and simple to use, but Littleton, Mass.-based Marathon Technologies Corp., a company that specializes in fault tolerance software, had plenty to say otherwise.
In response to Marathon's blog dissin' the upcoming feature, Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware's Mike DePetrillo, a principal systems engineer, wrote a blog defending VMware Fault Tolerance.
For starters, Marathon complained that VMware does not provide component-level fault tolerance. "The most common failures that result in unplanned downtime are component failures such as storage, NIC [network interface card] or controller failures. Yet VMware Fault Tolerance doesn't do anything to protect against I/O, storage or network failures."
DePetrillo noted that VMware already has features to protect again component failure. "If your NIC fails you've got NIC teaming built into the system. To set it up simply plug in both NICs to the server, go into the network panel and attach both of them to the same virtual switch. Done. Four clicks. Same thing for storage with the built-in SAN [storage area network] multipathing drivers," DePetrillo wrote. "I absolutely agree with the author that component failures are the cause of most crashes and that's why VMware added these features in 2002. VMware FT is not designed for component failure because there's no sense in moving the VM to another host if you've simply lost a NIC uplink. NIC teaming will take care of that with ease and is a LOT cheaper than using CPU and memory resources on another host to overcome the failure."
Marathon's second beef: VMware's fault tolerance is too complex. "In order to use VMware Fault Tolerance, you'll first have to install both VMware HA [High Availability] and DRS [Distributed Resource Scheduler]. No small feat in and of themselves. Then, because VMware FT requires NIC teaming, you'll also have to manually install paired NICs. Then you'll need to manually set up dual storage controllers (with the software to manage them) because it requires multipathing. And to top it all off, you're required to use an expensive, and often complicated, SAN."
DePetrillo said the process requires checking off two boxes – HA and DRS. That's it. "If that's too hard then please comment and let me know how it could possibly be easier. Even my dog has figured out how to do this now. Granted, it's a pretty smart dog."
"As for setting up the dual NICs and dual HBAs [host bus adapters], well, yes, you have to actually plug the physical devices in. After you've done that the **built-in** NIC teaming and HBA drivers will take over and configure most everything for you. The NIC teaming does require four extra clicks. The HBA drivers actually figure out the failover paths, match them up, and set up the appropriate form of failover all auto-magically. They've been doing this since ESX 1.5 (6 years ago)," DePetrillo blogged.
"Lastly, yes, this requires shared storage. Pretty sure that most environments that want FT (no downtime what-so-ever because our business could lose millions) already have a SAN to take advantage of other things virtualization related such as DRS and VMotion," he wrote.
Also, VMware FT does not require dual NICs or dual HBAs because, DePetrillo said, "This is something you should have in every virtualization setup that's running VMs you care anything about, but it's not a requirement to get VMware FT [Fault Tolerance] running."
The last point Marathon makes that's worth spending any time on is that VMware offers onlylimited CPU fault tolerance. "With VMware FT, you'll need to set up what VMware refers to as a "record/replay" capability on both a primary and secondary server. If something happens to the primary server, the record is stored on the SAN and then restarted on the secondary server. … The whole thing depends on the quality of the SAN. Second, in the words of the VMware engineer who presented at VMworld, "this can take a couple of seconds." So what happens to your application state in those couple of seconds?"
DePetrillo's defense is that "if you're the type of company that requires absolutely no downtime for an app — if the app is just that critical — then I'm pretty sure you're going to have a decent SAN. … If you're having so many problems with your SAN that you don't trust it for FT, then you have much bigger issues at hand that VMware or Marathon or any of the other virtualization related vendors aren't going to help you with."
You can read more of VMware's comments on DePetrillo's blog, which gets into some details on how VMware Fault Tolerance will work, and vice versa for Marathon.
But I think it is obvious that Marathon is making VMware's fault tolerance feature seem worse than it is, and VMware is making its new feature seem simpler than it is.
For the most part, this is a pissing contest between the incumbent fault-tolerance vendor and the "new guy," but the fact of the matter is, if you use VMware virtualization, you can't use Marathon Technologies because they don't support VMware (obviously) and if you use Citrix Systems' XenServer, you can't use VMware Fault Tolerance, so these arguments are moot.
Server virtualization in the age of mergers and acquisitions
Last week at VMworld '08, while living in the glitz of Vegas for a week of product news, press releases, interviews and judging the Best of VMworld entires with my TechTarget colleagues, my constantly buzzing BlackBerry delivered the latest financial news — the collapse of Lehman, the fall of Morgan, the implosion of AIG — all saying the doom of the market is upon thee.
As an investor, this wasn't my happiest week (I always felt it was odd to invest money in people who invest money), but for a lot of others, last week must have been miserable indeed. Among those who are feeling miserable right now are IT staffers at Bank of America, who must now acquire a global IT infrastructure as their company acquires Morgan Stanley. And of course, federal IT staff are now worrying about how to oversee the essentially nationalized AIG. That's not to mention the IT teams at numerous other companies engaged in mergers and acquisitions.
This is the time for server virtualization to shine. Bank of America should lead the charge in making efficient use of virtualization in their acquisition of Morgan Stanley. BofA is going to inherit an immense quantity of hardware, not to mention enormous heating/cooling/electric bills, colossal real estate costs and a titanic regulatory compliance project as it tries to integrate its own IT infrastructure with Morgan's. If BofA (or any acquiring company for that matter) is smart, it will use virtualization to physical-to-virtual (P2V) every possible asset, transport to its own data center and import those virtual systems.
Bank of America shouldn't just P2V low-hanging fruit, either — it should reach for the stars. Then it should shut down that physical hardware, wipe it and sell it to help offset the project costs. There are obviously a lot of nuanced steps involved in making this happen, but all the major pain points to which virtualization presents solutions are all the major pain points in integrating a new IT infrastructure:
1) Server move/change/add/remove
2) Power costs
3) Real estate costs
4) Heating and cooling
5) Configuration management
6) Asset management
The difference between the slow-rolling projects in most companies and the aggressive plan I recommend is night and day. The ROI in a progressive rollout can be achieved over time, integrated into the budget and then applied over that time. The costs of an acquisition and the integration of that acquisition's IT assets are immediate and immense.
Virtualization can provide those long-term benefits in the short term — the elimination of real estate, cooling and power costs alone will offset the cost of licensing and storage. The enhanced backup and retention possible with virtualized systems will go a long way towards easing regulatory concerns of data retention.
Using blades as virtual hosts
Blades have come a long way since the early days of very few options and limited expandability. Most early blade servers only had one or two NICs, limited storage, no Fibre Channel support, and limited CPU and memory, which made them poor choices for virtual hosts. That's all changed in recent years as blade technology has evolved and no longer has the limitations of earlier blades, making them ideal for virtual host servers. Modern blade servers can support up to 16 NICs, four quad-core processors and multiple Fibre Channel or iSCSI HBA adapters. When considering blade servers in your environment as an alternative to traditional rack mount servers, you need to know the advantages and disadvantages of each and why you might choose one type over another.
Some reasons you might choose blade servers over traditional servers:
- Rack density is better for data centers where space is a concern. Up to 50% more servers can be installed in a standard 42U rack compared with traditional servers.
- Blade servers provide easier cable management as they simply connect to a chassis and need no additional cable connections.
- Blade servers have lower power consumption than traditional servers because of reduced power and cooling requirements.
- Blade servers can be cheaper than traditional servers when comparing a fully populated chassis with the equivalent number of traditional servers.
Some reasons you might choose traditional servers over blade servers:
- Traditional servers have more internal capacity for local disk storage. Blade servers typically have limited local disk storage capacity due to the limited drive bays. Some blade vendors now have separate storage blades to expand blade storage, but this takes up additional slots in the blade chassis.
- Traditional servers have more expansion slots available for network and storage adapters. Blade servers typically have very few or no expansion slots. Virtual hosts are often configured with many NICs to support the console network, vmKernel network, network-attached storage and virtual machine networks. Additional network adapters are also needed to provide failover and load balancing.
- Once a chassis is full, purchasing a new chassis to add a single new additional server can be costly. Traditional servers can be installed without any additional infrastructure components.
- Traditional servers are often less complicated to set up and manage than blade servers.
- Traditional servers have multiple USB ports for connecting external devices and also an optical drive for loading software on the host. They also have serial and parallel ports, which are sometimes used for hardware dongles for licensing software. Additionally, tape backup devices can be installed in them. Blade servers make use of virtual devices that are managed through the embedded hardware management interfaces.
Many people that use blade servers as virtual hosts often take advantage of the boot-from-SAN feature so they don't need internal storage on their blade servers. The choice between blade and traditional servers often comes down to personal preference and what type of server is already in use in your data center. Some people like blades, others don't. Regardless of which server type you choose, they both work equally well as virtual hosts.
Managing the virtual machine lifecycle with an expiration date
Having a virtual machine expiration date is an important procedural step in successfully managing a virtual environment. Managing the expiration date in VMware environments is challenging without adding pricey tools such Lifecycle Manager or other commercial management products. In this video blog, Rick Vanover discusses one way to get the expiration date into your virtual environment without adding direct costs:
Vizioncore's VMworld product deluge
Vizioncore, the company best known for its virtualization backup software vRanger Pro (formerly known as esxRanger) hoped to make a strong impression at VMworld with lots of new products being unveiled.
On display was the next vRanger release, version 4.0. Highlights of the new release are a faster engine, a redone GUI, more granular file-level recovery and the new vAPI 1.0 that allows third-party software providers to leverage the Ranger technology. Expect to see news about partners writing to the new application programming interface after VMworld, said Chris Akerberg, Vizioncore's president and COO.
The company has also delved into the virtual sprawl reduction business with the introduction of vOptimizer, a new tool that enables administrators to easily shrink and expand VMware Virtual Machine Disks. The tool targets the masses of overallocated virtual machines and provides an easy alternative to what is otherwise a cumbersome, manual process, Akerberg said.
Last but not least, the company has announced the version 4.0 of vConverter, its physical-to-virtual migration tool. New features include synchronized cutover, continuous protection via incremental replication, automated remote cold migration, task profiles and the so-called Quick Convert feature.
One caveat: While Vizioncore showcased these products at VMworld, the offerings won't be generally available until later this fall.
At CTO keynote, VMworld crowd starts to understand vClient
With all due respect to VMware's new CEO Paul Maritz, the portion of yesterday's keynote discussing VMware's new vClient initiative didn't seem to register much with VMworld attendees.
After the address by VMware CTO Steve Herrod, however, was a different story. Assisted by VMware's Jerry Chen, Herrod and Chen finally got a rise out of the audience, who applauded loudly to a demonstration of 25 virtual machines being provisioned out to thin clients and laptops, then updating the master VM image with Google Chrome using ThinApp.
"I need that right now," said the attendee sitting behind me at the conclusion of Chen's demonstration. "Heck, I needed that yesterday."
I think part of the crowd's enthusiasm simply had to do with finally "getting it." Unlike Maritz, Chen used the word 'hypervisor' to describe the "thin-client virtualization layer" that drives VMware's vClient idea of being able to manage disconnected laptops as well as connected VDI thin clients. By saying the H word, 14,000 VMworld attendees had a collective aha moment.
Whatever the case, with vClient, VMware has once again taken a top-down approach, tackling the enterprise's "desktop dilemma" rather than that of the consumer or SMB. In a subsequent conversation with VMware senior director of product marketing Bogomil Balkansky, he said it's not that those segments don't have desktop dilemmas of their own, rather, "the problems of the enterprise are very well identified," and thus, for VMware, the enterprise is "a much easier entry point."
Looking out a few years, however, Balkansky described a distinctly consumer-focused scenario. Home users today run full-fledged PCs, complete with a host OS, and all the attending management issues. At the same time, home users engage largely in web-focused activities. "Given that everything I do is Web-connected, why isn't that part of my DSL service?" Balkansky asked rhetorically.
In other words, Balkansky is insinuating that someday, users' personal desktops will run as VDI images hosted by the Verizons and Comcasts of the world rather than locally on their home PCs. For a small monthly fee, users will enjoy the convenience of a centrally managed, backed up desktop that they can access from anywhere, and easily recover even if their disk drive fails or laptop is stolen. That's an idea that just about everyone can get their head around.
SixApart and JumpBox go virtual with Movable Type
On Sept. 17, 2008, SixApart and JumpBox announced the release of a jointly developed appliance named Virtual Movable Type. The product can be installed on a server, PC or in a cloud infrastructure and is compatible with the majority of the major virtualization platforms on the market.
As opposed to installing its predecessor Movable Type on a web server, Virtual Movable Type is installed from software and exists as a single virtual machine (VM) which eliminates the need for configuring all of the applications in the server environment. According to JumpBox CEO Kimbro Staken, "It takes minimal technical skill and just minutes to deploy, regardless of whether it's on your laptop, in the data center or in the cloud. This strips away the barriers to using server based applications like Movable Type and allows a less technical customer to take advantage of this great software."
For more information on Virtual Movable Type, check out both www.sixapart.com and www.jumpbox.com.


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On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio will unveil what is being called a "progressive contract with America." All of the items highlighted in the "progressive contract" sound wonderful, but according Roland Martin, something is missing.
Roland Martin explained to the NewsOne Now panel that the progressive contract with America is an example of African Americans "are going to have to stop being silent and impotent when various issues are put forth and White progressives are expecting Black support and then they don't come through in a convincing manner."
NewsOne Now panelist Avis Jones DeWeever said, "It's the back of the bus treatment once again."
She added, "We're getting disrespected yet again by people who claim to be our friends when they are begging us for our votes."
Be sure to watch "NewsOne Now" with Roland Martin, weekdays at 9 a.m. EST on TV One.
Subscribe to the "NewsOne Now" Audio Podcast on iTunes.

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Aline takes care of the loan of equipment. It will be a pleasure to welcome you to the Club House.
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"Silliness, nonsense, so many souls to be won and there they are … a bunch of women wearing pink… but it's the bishop's daughter, right? I will not be a part of this!"
Shamefully, I confess that I was the one who used to say these words, loud and clear. Not only was I poisoned, but I also used to poison others.
The problem was that I wasn't only a member of the church. I was an assistant and leader of a group. My opinion had influence on people and at that time it was a very negative one. I didn't like the Godllywood group, but I used to follow it and read all the articles about it, only with the intention of criticising it later. I complained about the trips the Sisters had, the work they did and the way they dressed. But even so, I followed every article that came out on Sundays in the church newspaper. I used to read every post Mrs. Cris would write. I would read everything about the group and I would make comments and share my negative views.
Then it happened that God performed the greatest miracle in my life! He made me see how bitter and unhappy I was, how little I loved and valued myself for a number of reasons, including the storms I had weathered throughout my life. I was hiding behind my assistant's uniform, my title, the compliments I received for my efficiency in working in the church and my competence in doing everything… Outwardly I was a very good assistant… after all the "rottenness" inside takes time to show on the outside. I carried on with that evil inside me, looking at the work of Godllywood, not as it was, but as I was inside … dirty, resentful and poisoned. But who can see inside you, if not God? Who can have such mercy as He has?
And He loved me!
He loved me despite my shortcomings. He loved me in spite of what I did against His Work… And He "forced" me to change my story. In each post I read, hidden from everybody's eyes so I wouldn't "tarnish" my image, He was talking to me. He unmasked me… showed me who I really was and stripped me of my rottenness inside. And the worst thing about it was that He would show it only to me… and it hurt… but in that pain I found my healing.
One day I had to ask to be transferred to serve as an assistant in a much smaller church. In such a church, everything is more visible to everyone. Once there, I met the pastor's wife and to my "sad" surprise: She was a Sister!!! She would talk about Godllywood, hold meetings and "summon" me to attend them. Since I was still that assistant who helped in everything in the church, I attended, of course! After all I had my reputation of excellent assistant to maintain, didn't I?!
So the change started! My restoration began…
One day that same pastor's wife came to me with a letter in hand, a big smile and a happy face saying: "Registrations for Godllywood have begun. Take this letter and go register!" At that moment the floor disappeared from under me, but it was then that I began to live…
I registered only to be obedient and was accepted… I started the Rush and at the end of nearly a year the result came: I had made it!!! I was in Godllywood!!!
Today it's been almost three years since I joined the group. I can't see myself anywhere else or doing anything different.
The first thing that Godllywood did for me was to make me see who I was.
I was someone who had been hurt at being abandoned by her husband, who was unhappy, always felt small, worthless, living just to live, doing everything not to have time to face the fact that in reality, I was nothing…
The group led me to confront my inner self. It taught me to value myself, to put me first and to see that everything must be for the glory of God and not me. The group taught me that to be happy, I didn't need people, I needed God and to be well within myself.
I used to be tomboyish, used to wear baggy clothes and baseball caps all the time; I always wanted to "compete", to show that "I was better". I lost count of how many times I said: "I've yet to see a man doing something that I can't do better!"
Now I see how inappropriate and selfish that approach was.
Today I am happy! Happy to be a woman…
I don't wish to compete with any man. I know my place and I love being in it!
I am grateful every day for Mrs Cris's life. I thank Mrs Priscila Santos, who led me to join the group and each Sister who accompanies me to this day.
I say all this because I know that unfortunately there are still people who think the way I used to. I hope that by reading this they will realise that the problem is much bigger, that it is within them and not in the group.
I hope you will give yourselves the chance to get to know Godllywood and thus be able to grow, improve and mature, not for others but for yourself.
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Experiential Learning and Internships
Experiential learning is generally accepted to include the gaining of knowledge, applying the knowledge through an activity, and reflecting through a thoughtful analysis and assessment of how the activity contributes to personal growth. This learning is facilitated when the student participates actively in the learning process and has control over its nature and direction.
Global Business Leadership majors must complete at least four credits toward experiential learning as a discrete component of the major. Students may complete several projects if the learning is compatible with their coursework at the colleges. Current experiential learning for credit alternatives include: study abroad, practicums, and internships.
The management major experiential learning requirement can be fulfilled in the following ways:
- Study Abroad and...
- Enroll in an approved business course while on the study abroad program. This is very common on the Australian program.
- Enroll in a distance learning management ILP at CSB/SJU. These ILP's will be arranged individually with a professor.
- International students enrolled at CSB/SJU are considered to be studying abroad and enrolled in several approved Global Business Leadership courses.
- GBUS 394—Practicum: The Practicum includes both an on-site component and a classroom component. The on-site component requires that a student engage in a significant leadership experience in an on-campus club/organization (club) or a significant management position in a student-operated venture on campus. In order to register for this course, a student must submit a detailed proposal outlining what s/he will do as a leader or manager. The proposal must be approved by the course instructor and, if applicable, the club/organization's advisor. The classroom component will involve approximately 8 one hour class sessions on-campus. Students will participate in class discussions and complete a series of readings and reflective assignments.
- GBUS 397—Internship for credit: Practical off-campus experience with a solid academic component. Previous course work in management is necessary. An internship is a structured work experience that combines academic learning and career exploration in a professional work environment. An internship is a bridge between the classroom and the world of work. Students gain hands-on experience, learn new skills, and explore a profession while learning to apply and test theories and methods learned in the classroom. Contact a management faculty member who teaches in a field related to the proposed internship. Internship guidelines are available at the Internship Office website or at the Academic Services Building, CSB (1 -8 credits).


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Here's the latest article from the Domestic Violence site at BellaOnline.com.
Eminem "Love the Way You Lie" - Good or Bad?
Ever since Eminem and Rihanna's song "Love the Way You Lie" has come out I have received a lot of emails asking my opinion about the song and both positive and negative reactions from people. Here is my opinion.
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9 Facts About Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch last year, and today April 21, she celebrates her 90th birthday. Born in 1926, the Queen has reigned for over 63 years and has always been at the center of the public eye. But there still a lot about the British monarch that may surprise you. Here's nine facts you didn't know about Queen Elizabeth II.
#1. She is the first head of state to open two Olympic games in two different countries
Elizabeth II opened the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the most recent Summer Olympic games in London in 2012.


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Sandra Bullock makes her first statement since the sex scandal regarding her husband Jesse James first made headlines.
"There is no sex tape," she says in a statement to PEOPLE on Tuesday. "There never has been one and there never will be one."
She spoke out in response to an online report that James possesses a graphic sex tape which he could possibly use as leverage in a divorce case.


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Double, double, toil and trouble... Fire burn and cauldron bubble! The Witch is the quintessential Halloween fancy dress costume. For that reason, you might be put off from choosing it for fear that your costume won't be good enough. Well, fear no longer! With Play & Party's extensive range of costumes and accessories, we guarantee that you'll be the wickedest witch at the party!
A convincing witch costume is all about having fantastic accessories. Pair your outfit with our Rubies 8" Witches Kettle and our Authentic Witch's Broom. We also have a huge range of witches hats and magical stockings, so you can find the ones that perfectly suit your style. Our Witch Make-up Kit contains everything you need to create convincing facepaint. It even includes a hooked nose and step-by-step application guide. Witch costumes have never been this easy!
Witch costumes are a great idea for children who are planning on going Trick or Treating. Our Rubies 8" Witches Kettle will make a great addition to your kid's costume, as well as being the perfect container for collecting sweets and other goodies! Alternatively, store your own treats in the cauldron for when kids knock on your door.


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Did you know that light therapy works wonders on your skin and to your health as well? I know what you may be thinking of; it's not that scorching sunlight; instead, it is a gentler light (it may be blue or red), that works on the skin to keep it forever fresh.
For those who have rough skin, or have skin irritations like acne, or eczema then you might want to consider the light therapy; it works well, and it does not leave any side-effects.
As I said, the light therapy might be blue or red depending on which one you prefer. You should probably know this, that all light therapy has lights of different wavelengths, and a light with low wavelength is beneficial to the human skin. For instance, the red and blue light is good for the human skins.
For those of you who may be planning on trying out the light therapy device, then the best thing I can do for you right now is help you distinguish the red light from the blue light; yes, they have different effects on the skin.
Difference between the red and blue light
Let's differentiate the red from the blue light shall we;
Red Light
The red light therapy is a 100% UV free light that is powered by a gentle LED light technology, that penetrates the skin of the human body and acts as vital building blocks for the skin. The red light helps to boost the flow of blood and enhance collagen ATP production level. When these are improved, your skin is enhanced; it becomes brighter, clearer and tighter. There are absolutely no side effects to using this light. The using routine for each patient may vary, but the ideal routine would be three times a week for the next three months, for at least fifteen minute.
Blue light therapy
While the red light therapy enhances the tone and texture of the skin, the blue light therapy is a little more in cleansing. The blue light therapy device is made from the same gentle LED light that penetrates deep into your skin, through the pores in the skin, to help fight against bacteria in your body. Some bacteria may be helpful in for your body, but others may be somewhat harmful, producing excess skin oil that causes skin blemishes and other skin conditions. The blue light can detect the bad bacteria, and cause a chemical reaction in it (the bacteria) that will destroy their outer wall. The blue light helps to get rid of skin conditions like wrinkles, sun damage, psoriasis, and rosacea (amongst others).
Try the dual light therapy
You could also attempt dual light treatment, and actually recommended by medical practitioners that you do. The dual treatment will give you the required result you want on your skin, and the best part of this is that it doesn't have any side effects whatsoever.
Schedule for both light therapies
- Red Light Therapy
For the red treatment, it is ideal that you start with fifteen minutes a day, and for at least 3-5 days a week. Do this for the first four weeks. In the fifth to eighth week, you do this, 2-3 days weekly. The last four weeks (week 9-12) will be just once or twice a week for fifteen minutes as well.
- Blue Light Therapy
Unlike the red light therapy, you'll do the blue light therapy for a 4-week period, and within that period, you'll carry the treatment out eight times, for at least 15-30 minutes.


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It's that time of year. You know: time to give and receive games, and spend the holidays playing 'em! For those of you looking for the perfect game to bestow upon a hapless victim – er, beloved relative or friend, rather – we've got you covered with our seventh annual OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide. The first of our four gift suggestion lists for 2007, Twelve Stocking Stuffer Games, is offering its advice on goodies $20 or less. We'll have more in the days ahead, but for now, start small, and take deep breaths – we'll get through the season of giving together.
Archive for November, 2007
2007 OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide – pt 1Friday, November 30th, 2007
Ready… set… buy gifts!Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
The turkey isn't even carved yet, and sales are springing up all over. We'll have our annual OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide up after a last edit and the requisite holiday feasting [EDIT: Now available!], but in the meantime, here's a few places to start looking for deals:
- Any fan of legendary fantasy artist Larry Elmore should check out his .
- Paizo Publishing has a new on their site, currently featuring a ton of .
- Goodman Games has grab bag goodness.
…and that's just what I found without looking around much. If you find other sales going on this weekend, post 'em here to get the word out. Oh, and lest we forget, happy Thanksgiving, and happy gaming!
Raw Deal CCG calls it quitsThursday, November 15th, 2007
For the more CCG inclined, it may be worthwhile to note the imminent passing of Comic Images' Raw Deal, the WWE CCG that's been going strong for seven years. The company will cease publishing the game at the end of December, due to decreased consumer interest. The words "raw deal" always made me think of an Iron Chef CCG, but yeah, I may be alone in that regard, I know. (more…)
GAMES 100, give or take a few – Pillars of the Earth is Game of the YearTuesday, November 13th, 2007
It's that time of year again – GAMES Magazine has announced their top game picks for 2007, and the GotY winner is a nerdy-but-not-too strategy board game. No shockers here, except that GAMES now actually has a website that's not completely useless. However, Funagain seems again to be the only online source for the full list of 100. Remember to support your friendly local game store!
Bella Sara, Adkison in New York TimesMonday, November 12th, 2007
If you already know about Bella Sara (and you should, if you've been paying attention), then today's article in the New York Times won't reveal anything earthshattering. However, it serves as a reminder that Peter Adkison is still out there, lurking, ready to take over the world's CCG market again when the time is right. Plus, we might see Bella Sara movies someday. Oh dear.


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Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Course
Location - Granville
Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Course is $325 per person plus practical assessment fee#.
Theory, Practical and Assessment. RMS Implement Traffic Control Plans Photo Card valid for 3 years.
Don't wait to book a Traffic Management Course, call now on 02 9232 1010 or contact our team.
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Please note we can not train people on student visas.
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Course Details
The Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Course is one of the two most common traffic courses students complete to gain employment in the Traffic Management industry.
The Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Course details are covered in the course PDF.
This Traffic Management Course allows you to set up and prepare a site as opposed to only using the stop/slow bat. If that work location
is a construction site, you will need a White Card (to be on a construction site).
By completing the Traffic Control Course (Combo) you can increase your chances of gaining employment.
Legislation requires renewal or refresher training every three (3) years.
If organising a group booking or onsite training, we can facilitate the Traffic Management training nationally.
Student must provide 100 points of ID on the day of the course.
It is important to note that this Traffic Management course requires a level of physical ability to complete practical assessments. If your health or fitness restricts you from performing physical activities associated with this program, you will not be able to complete this course.
TCP Training and Affirm Training are not registered with CRICOS, as such we are unable to conduct training and assessment for those with study restrictions on their visa. Visa with study restrictions include but are not limited to the International Student Visa (subclass 500), you can check the entitlements of your visa here.
This Traffic Management course combines plain English, videos, photos, and questioning to ensure all learners are able to have the best
possible chance at comprehending the required knowledge and skills. If you believe you will need assistance due to your Language, Literacy
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All students must complete the theory and practical training prior to going onto a live site to complete the workplace assessment and final sign off. Before students are able to book in their live site assessment they must complete a third party on the job assessment. Full details about assessments are included in the Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Assessment PDF.
Students are offered multiple opportunities to demonstrate knowledge and skills throughout the program.
If a student is not successful in completing all assessments satisfactorily, they will need to rebook the Traffic Management course at
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Training Program
Students must :
Wear appropriate PPE (students can be turned away for failure to wear appropriate PPE):
- Safety Boots (joggers/sneakers are unacceptable)
- Long sleeve shirt
- Long pants (tights are unacceptable)
- Sun and rain protection as required
There are 4 steps to the Traffic Management course:
- Day 1 - Theory training in the classroom
- Day 1 - Practical training in a simulated work environment/live road
- Complete all assessment workbooks (usually in class)
- Assessment conducted on a real worksite/live project
We will provide all students with reading materials and assessment packs, including instructions detailing the evidence and documents each
student must submit to complete the training program. Details below cover most of this information. Full course details available in
student handbook.
Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set Course
Training Course
#Assessment Day
*Rate starts from $150 per assessment depending on assessment location. See Practical Assessment section for options for full details on fees.
Training completion
After your training is successfully completed, you will be issued with a Roads Maritime Services (RMS) Statement of Completion which allows
you to take this to a real worksite and complete the workplace assessment (see details below).
The Statement of Completion is valid for 90 days from theory and training day. You are allowed one extension Statement of Completion, a fee of $35 will be payable to be issued with another Statement of Completion. Please contact Affirm Training to discuss the requirements for extension.
Once you have been issued a Statement of Completion, you are eligible to work within its period of validity.
Students also receive Statements of Attainment for the following Units of Comptency:
- RIIWHS201D – Work safely and follow WHS policies and procedures
- RIICOM201D – Communicate in the workplace
- RIIWHS302D – Implement traffic management plan
Submitting your assessment evidence
We strongly recommend that all students keep a copy of the documentation they complete and collect for their assessment submissions.
Granville Training & Assessment
Weekly Traffic Management courses will be conducted on a Tuesday or Friday.
The training schedule is as per the below:
- Step 1 – Attend theory and practical training days – 7:30am – 5pm
- Complete all assessment workbooks
- Complete all assessment workbooks
- Step 2 – Book practical assessment at Homebush Bay
Assessment Workbooks
At the classroom training session, we will provide you with various student workbooks. These workbooks must be completed before you can book the practical assessment to finalise your course.
Practical Assessment
Once all training and assessment workbooks have been completed, students will need to call Affirm Training to book the practical assessment. Before students are able to book in their live site assessment they must complete a third party on the job assessment. Book a spot with our partner company to complete practical assessment at Homebush Bay (Sydney Olympic Park) at a live work site.To book your assessment day, please call Affirm Training on 02 9699 7711.
Homebush assessment is conducted in partnership with ACES Group, trading as Affirm Training (RTO 90024).
Full assessment details and pricing is available in the assessment PDF.
After successfully completing all the training and practical assessment requirements, you will need provide Affirm Training a copy of your paperwork. Once marked competent, we will lodge the application to Roads Maritime Service for your licence to be posted to you.
NOTE: Licences take up to 4 weeks to arrive in the post from Roads Maritime Services. Please consider this as your Statement of Completion may expire before the certificate is issued.
Each successful student a Statement of Attainment which is a nationally recognised certificate. One Statement of Attainment will be issued for each unit of competency which is successfully completed.
This course is delivered by Affirm Training with certificates issued by Affirm Training (RTOID: 90024).
Traffic Controller FAQs
General FAQs
Course Enrolment
Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set - Course Description (1297 KB)
Student Handbook (593 KB)
The cost for Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill course is $325 per person plus assessment fee#.
Implement Traffic Control Guidance Plan Skill Set delivered in Granville for public.
We also provide a Traffic Control course (combo) and Traffic Controller course at our Granville training locations.


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It seems that lately I haven't been here very much (blogging, I mean.) Even though I have felt that I am busier than ever, Between starting off the year with a tremendous amount of orders, getting sick for a couple of weeks and then 'catching up' with things, I have felt very much out of my regular routine. I don't know if that is a bad thing or a good thing, as I am still accomplishing a lot, but just not in the usual places.
Add to that we are planning to move in several weeks. While the move won't occur until the final weeks of June or the beginning of July, we have so much planning to do that it has been taking quite a bit time to plan, shop and get things ready for the change. Even though it is only about a kilometer away, it will be a huge change for us. We will still be right near the beautiful Meteghan river and in the same neighborhood, which is wonderful, but we will move our little business from a one bedroom apartment to a full house with probably four times the room PLUS a huge, two story barn which we will be able to use for storage and eventually for a shop. The potential is tremendous.
I think that I am most excited that I will be able to have my own "studio". I know that sounds "La-de-da" but having a room to call my own is something that I have always longed for. Even when growing up, I spent most of my years sharing my room with my sister. Ironically, soon after my parents finished an addition on our house and I moved into my own room, I left for university and only was able to enjoy my personal space occasionally when I came home on break. Such is life . . .
My room at the new place is about 12' x 12' in diameter, with the staircase on the side making it look even larger. It is on the front corner of the house and has a large front window and one at the side, making it extremely bright and cheerful. The floors are beautiful birch and it has two lovely glass pane French doors which lead to the main living area which I can close for quiet and privacy. I admit that I have been spending a good amount of time browsing online for furniture that will be both functional and beautiful as well as provide storage for my supplies and things that I am working with. It has truly been a lot of fun.
I pretty much have everything I want picked out though now and it is time once again to get back to other things that are pressing. I have so many designs in my head in so many different types of media that I can hardly decide which direction to head first. I have painting designs as well as my scrolling designs that are already 'in progress'. I also have designs for some embroidery kits that I really want to see come to reality. Then there are the wood orders that have been a mainstay for my business this year. I can't help to think how wonderful it will be to have a designated place to cut wood and do woodworking. Many of you may not know that I currently do this all in my kitchen. It is quite the process both before and after each session to keep things clean and neat. What a luxury (AND time-saver!) it will be to be able to walk into a room and just start cutting! It will save me literally hours of work and clean-up time!
Yes – good things lie ahead for us!
My mother-in-law's surgery went well last week. Everything went as planned and we are very releaved to say that she is home and well on her way to recovery. She had her knee replaced and now she is in the midst of the physical therapy that typically follows this type of thing. She did well before the surgery, preparing herself completely and exercising and even losing a bit of weight. We are really proud of her! I plan on being with her tomorrow, so I doubt that I will blog then, as we need to leave here early. I am going to bring some work with to her place and see how much I can get done there. We shall see.
There is part of me that misses posting every day. I wonder if that isn't why I feel a bit unorganized in my thoughts and work. I can't tell if I am a bit out of kilter because I haven't been blogging or if I haven't been blogging because I am a bit out of kilter. Maybe just a little bit of both. One thing that I am certain of though is that there are going to be a lot of wonderful things to come. I ask that you all have faith in me and keep checking back. I am surely going to get back on track and get back into the habit of posting every day again. I can assure you of that. Perhaps it is just a time for me to break away for a little and focus on other things for a while. I feel that is the right thing to do.
With that said, I do want to show you a new pattern that Keith created and posted to the site.
This is SLDK667 - "JOY" - Jesus First plaque and is another lovely addition to his beautiful word art plaques. I hope you like it.
In closing today, I want to thank you all for your wonderful notes and well-wishes for Keith's mom. (Dianne) We all appreciate so much that you are thinking of us and while I miss visiting with many of you online, I know it is a temporary situation and soon I will be back. Sometimes life calls us to other directions.
Have a wonderful day and a great week ahead. Remember each day is what you make it. We have more control over our lives than we may realize.
Happy Monday to you!
-- Designer/Artist/Teacher. Owner of Sheila Landry Designs (http://www.sheilalandrydesigns.com) Scroll saw, wood working and painting patterns and surfaces. "Knowledge is Power"


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You want to place the products for "Buy it now" or "Place Bid" the dedicated section for that is called "Listing Template Design" also for eBay this part is "Item description" part. This part is a technical part which is not solely based on simple and plain text and images but more than that. Now unless your ecommerce website design is not listed where and how it should be then chances of sale will not be as good as they are supposed to be. Kloudy Web knows that your eBay storefront is most viewed section of your ecommerce website, displaying each and every item you want to and top of all showing your line of products through a professional and organised manner so your perspective clients can approach you easily as soon as they search for your listed items. When customers come to your eBay storefront they can either navigate or use customised search bar and find their desired product through search option. Kloudy web e Shop Designers will help you to achieve all this by our standard and professional eBay tools and techniques.
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- Jailbroken Device
- iFIle
- Infinite Coins (finish a race)
1. Download the hack(If on mobile downloading skip to step 7/8)
2. Download Ifunbox
3. Open iTools
4. Go to the File System tab
5. Select the One that says "File System(Jailbreaked)" directory structure
6. Place the deb you downloaded into any directory you like it does not matter. Personally I recommend var/mobile for quick access
7. On your iDevice go into iFile
8. In iFile go to wherever you placed the file(Or Downloaded it to if you downloaded on your iDevice)
9. Select the file and tap install
10. After it finishes installing Respring your device.
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DescriptionApp Store: "Best of 2013" 9 European Countries.
Slide to Play: Game of the Month
What Mobile: Game of the Month
Pocket-Lint: App of the Day: "An instant classic!"
Pocket Gamer: Game Of The Week "Polished and instantly playable"
Touchgen "Table Top Racing looks absolutely gorgeous!"
The Sunday Times "Console quality entertainment at a fraction of the price"
The Sun "Table Top of the Pops!"
From the co-creator of Sony's blockbuster PlayStation franchise 'WipEout' comes 'Table Top Racing', a new, free, fast and furious, real combat racing game featuring console quality graphics and game play. 'Table Top Racing' pits all manner of crazy cars against each other in a world of table top race tracks and oversized obstacles. Ice Cream Trucks to Hyper Cars, it's all here in Table Top Racing.
- 4 Player Multi-player
- 30 Achievements
- 18 Leaderboards
- 17 Upgradeable Cars
- 8 Incredible Race Tracks
- 4 Fiercely Fought Championships
- 30+ Special Race Events
- 6 Unique Gameplay Modes
- 9 Cunning Power-Ups
- Zero Zombies....yet
- Tweet your victories and show off your new cars
- iCloud Save Game Sync
- iOS 7.0, 6.0 and 5.0 Compatible
- Native Resolution 3D on all supported platforms
- In-Game Multi-Language Support: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese.
With an awesome arsenal of madcap weapons and devious power-ups to play with, cars and tracks are brought to life with 'Triple-A' production values lavished on every pixel. The irresistible multi-player mode enables up to four 'frienemies' to engage in addictive, high octane battles over the net and also compete for the top spot on global leaderboards.
Players can also win coins, upgrade vehicles, unlock new cars, expand their weapons cabinet in a bid to blast their way to the front of the grid. Simple, responsive controls make 'Table Top Racing' instantly playable with super smooth frame rates on all supported devices delivering a stunning racing game experience that all mobile gamers will enjoy.
Note: iPhone 3GS/iPod 3rd are not supported so please do not buy and THEN leave a poor review. Thanks.
Table Top Racing has been awarded the prestigious "Best of 2013" by the European App Stores in France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland! Thank you everyone for your support.
What's New in Version 1.1.4
- Battle your friends in local Multiplayer without needing to be logged into Game Centre
- For our younger fans, a new way of earning free coins. Tap the new "FREE COINS" button and watch a sponsored video in exchange for 1000 coins
- Re-tuned Race Difficulty in Championships
- Pre-Race hints and tips. Learn tricks, tips and strategy advice
- Added new audio options button in Options page
- Bug Fixes
- For our younger fans, a new way of earning free coins. Tap the new "FREE COINS" button and watch a sponsored video in exchange for 1000 coins
- Re-tuned Race Difficulty in Championships
- Pre-Race hints and tips. Learn tricks, tips and strategy advice
- Added new audio options button in Options page
- Bug Fixes


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|Heidi Backes
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Heidi joins Drury from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
|Molly Carter
Instructor of Exercise Sport Science
Molly returns to Drury from the Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute, where she served as Marketing Director.
|Karen Craigo
Instructor of English/English for Academic Purposes
Karen comes to Drury from Bowling Green State University.
|Susan Davis
Assistant Professor of Education
Susan joins Drury from Arkansas State University.
|Holli Henslee
Sr. Assistant Librarian & Technical Services Coordinator
Holli previously served as Director/Assistant Professor of the Nursing Library at the St. John's/Southwest Baptist University Springfield campus.
|Jason Hite
Instructor of Exercise Sport Science, Assistant Swimming Coach
Jason returns to Drury from Springfield Public Schools where he served as a teacher and swim coach.
|Young Huang
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Huang joins Drury from Davis Brody Bond, LLP. He taught previously at the Rhode Island School of Design.
|Justin Leinaweaver
Assistant Professor of Political Science
|Daniel Livesay
Assistant Professor of History
Daniel comes to Drury from The College of William and Mary, where he recently completed an NEH Postdoctoral Fellowship.
|Madhuri Manpadi
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Madhuri joins Drury from Ohio Northern University, where she served as a Teacher-Scholar Postdoctoral Associate. She was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers.
|Sun-Young Park
Assistant Professor of Communication
|Kevin Preuss
Assistant Professor of Biology
Kevin comes to Drury from Indiana University, where he served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
|Maurizio Sabini
Professor of Architecture and Director, Hammons School of Architecture
Maurizio joins Drury from Kent State University, where he served as International Studies Coordinator for the College of Architecture & Environmental Design.
|Anthony Smith
Instructor of Spanish
Anthony is completing a Ph.D. in Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.


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North Texas' first Shake Shack location opens at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Crescent in Uptown, and the buzz is strong with this one. Today, the burger chain announced a few Dallas-specific menu items, which will feature goods from some beloved local businesses. Via a press release:
In addition to the Shack classics, the menu will feature the Dallas-exclusive Link Burger, a cheeseburger topped with griddled Pecan Lodge jalapeño cheese sausage link, pickles and ShackSauce. The Shack will be spinning up a selection of local frozen custard concretes including the Dallas Pie Oh My (vanilla custard and slice of Emporium Pies seasonal pie), Pearl & Pecan (vanilla custard, salted caramel sauce, pecans and chocolate toffee), and Shack Attack (chocolate custard, fudge sauce, chocolate truffle cookie dough and Dude, Sweet Chocolate cocoa nib crack bar), a classic Shack fan favorite with a sweet Dallas spin.
The new location will sell local beer, according to the release, which also went into detail about the new location's design, made in part with repurposed materials:
In keeping with Shake Shack's commitment to thoughtful and responsible design, the architecture of the Shack has clean, modern lines contrasted against the lush, green park. Similar to the original Madison Square Park location, the reflective glass storefront ties the Shack to the landscape around it. Focusing on sustainable furniture, the outdoor seating is made from recycled milk jugs, indoor tabletops from reclaimed bowling alley lanes, chairs from renewable ash wood forests and bench seating from FSC-certified lumber. Other local touches include mixed cladding made from 1930s shiplap, as well as reclaimed gym flooring from nearby Dallas schools. Above the dining room, a wooden light trellis uses reclaimed Longleaf Sinker Pine, pulled from southern U.S. rivers.
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Do automated backups require the droplet to be shutdown?
I have some services running on my droplet (eg. a teamspeak server), which need to be available 24/7. I noticed before when I took a manual snapshot earlier that the server was shutdown for almost 10 minutes while the snapshot was performed, is this also the case for the automated backups?


text: Students at the University of Utah recently won $100,000 and first place in the regional CU Cleantech New Venture Challenge for their quantum dot technology. Compared with other materials, quantum dots require less energy for emitting light. The color of light emitted depends on the dot's size. Large quantum dots produce light toward the red side of the spectrum, while smaller dots produce light toward the blue side. These man-made semiconductor nanocrystals hold potential for a growing number of applications, including televisions, solar panels and cell phones. Although the future of quantum dots looks bright, the manufacturing process remains one of the biggest challenges for advancing them. Conventional processes are expensive, require high temperatures and produce low yields. Currently, a gram of quantum dots costs $2500 to $10,000. MBA students from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah pose with the $100,000 check they won at the CU Cleantech New Venture Challenge for a quantum dot manufacturing process that uses lower temperatures and produces less waste than previous methods. From left, Ameya Chaudhari, Chris Lewis and Ryan Tucker. Courtesy of University of Utah. Now, researchers at the University of Utah may have a solution to such high manufacturing costs. Their company, Navillum Nanotechnologies, is gaining national attention with the help of MBA students Ryan Tucker, Chris Lewis and Ameya Chaudhari, whose process uses lower temperatures and produces less waste than the traditional method. The students focused on applications related to solar technology and energy efficiency to win the regional title. They will use the prize money to refine their manufacturing process and increase its scale. "The win reflects on the organizations we have at the University of Utah to support entrepreneurship," Tucker said. "It also helps me get excited that, even as students, we can do great things." The students started the project through the Pierre and Claudette Lassonde New Venture Development Center, which is part of the David Eccles School of Business. The Lassonde Center links faculty inventors with graduate students who write business plans for them. The university's Energy Commercialization Center also helped mentor the team. Navillum Nanotechnologies competed in the challenge against teams from nine states. Other finalists were from the universities of Colorado at Boulder and Denver, and from Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. The Utah team won for its superior technology and business plan, said Steve Herschleb, an MBA student in Boulder and program manager of the competition. "It was the attractiveness of the technology and the growth potential," Herschleb said. "There's a little bit of risk; the market hasn't fully embraced the technology. But the applications, from a scientific basis, are very promising, and the market is expected to be enormous in the future." Navillum also has received $155,000 in grants from the University of Utah, the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development and the Utah Science Technology and Research initiative. The student team will advance to the national championship, to be held in June in Washington, D.C. The competitions are financed by the US Department of Energy.


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Went shopping today at Yokohama and only had my iphone with me. Here are a few shots from some shops I couldn't go past without checking the goods. Looks like it is going to be a good year for Rilakkuma, Gachapin, Mameshiba and Ghibli.
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As part of Gerber's push to position their brand as a holistic mom/baby wellness brand, they partnered with Brandmovers to develop a digital promotion designed to distribute brand content across as wide a user base as possible.
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Each day for the 40-day duration of the promotion, Gerber released a new video focusing on key elements of mom/baby wellness – diet, exercise, play, etc. Visitors to the site could view each day's video, and when the video was finished playing, could provide their information for an entry into the sweepstakes. Consumers could come back each day to watch the new video and gain an incremental entry.
The Results
Tens of thousands of entries and video views, and thousands of new My Gerber accounts created.


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"HELP! I've been invited to someone's home for dinner! How do I tell them I'm vegan?" This is one of the biggest conundrums for vegans – eating at other people's homes. But it doesn't have to turn into drama. Follow these steps to make sure you are a respectful guest … and get a great meal!
- Tell or remind the host/ess that you are vegan. You may think the person knows or that they remember you are vegan, but you really don't want to show up and find that they didn't know or didn't remember after all, and have them become horribly embarrassed that they don't have anything appropriate for you, or feel that they have to scramble in the midst of all of their other preparations to make you something vegan. Unless you are 100% sure they know that you are vegan, it's best to pick up the phone and politely remind them.
- Offer to bring a dish. When I call the hostess, I always offer to bring a dish. I say something like, "I just wanted to call because I wasn't sure if you remembered that I eat a vegan diet. I really don't want to put you to any more work, so would it be helpful if I brought a vegan dish to supplement your meal, and I'll bring enough for everyone?" I usually throw in something like, "Many people have found this makes life much easier for them!" which lets them assume that most other hostesses accept this offer, and they feel like they can too.
- Make it easy. If the hostess tells you not to worry about bringing your own dish, then you may want to offer to help. If she sounds a little clueless about how to go about making a vegan meal, "Don't worry about bringing a dish – I'll figure it out," then I either offer again to bring a dish, or ask if it would be helpful if I e-mailed over any recipes. If your hostess is really excited to experiment in the kitchen, then just sit back and enjoy! But …
- Make sure your hostess understands what a vegan diet is. This is the most important step. If your hostess is definitely going to cook for you, then make sure that she really knows what a vegan diet is. A family member of mine got Italian take-out when I came over, which should have had tons of options, but came back with Eggplant Parmesan, pasta with cream sauce and salad with cheese. She was horrified when my cousin pointed out that none of it would work for me. I could have prevented her that embarrassment if I had been really clear about what I could and could not eat.
It can be tricky to eat at someone's house as a vegan, but it doesn't need to be. The important thing is to remember to be proactive about what you can and cannot eat, gracious about whatever works best for them, and thoughtful about how you can help.


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Fall sports seasons are beginning to wrap up and this weekend will feature football's end of the regular season, volleyball's Regional Tournaments, the Conference Meet for swimming and cross country at State.
The 3A East Volleyball Tournament will get underway Friday in Glenrock, and the 7th-seeded Buffalo Lady Bison will take on No. 2-seed Torrington in their opening round matchup.
The Kaycee Lady Bucs, No. 2 from the Northeast, will be in Gillette this weekend for their Regional Tournment, and they will play No. 3 from the Southeast Rock River in their opening round match.
The Lady Bison swimmers are in Rawlins this weekend for their Conference Meet.
Buffalo's cross country team will be in Douglas this weekend for the State Meet there.
In football, the Kaycee Buckaroos will host Midwest in their regular season finale Saturday. The Buckaroos are in the playoffs but will not know their first round opponent until after Saturday's games.
The Buffalo Bison will be home Friday to end their regular season with a game against the Rawlins Outlaws. Buffalo is 3-4 on the season and looking to finish at .500 heading into the playoffs. If the Bison win, they are in the playoffs but if they lose the playoff picture gets a tad complicated.
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Anaheim isn't officially out of the running, but thanks to a new land deal approved Tuesday, the world's largest comic book convention will probably remain in San Diego.
The San Diego Board of Port Commissioners unanimously approved a multi-million-dollar land deal, opening the way for a $753 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, the longtime home of Comic-Con.
In recent years, fanboys and fangirls have complained about the lack of space at the pop culture extravaganza. Anaheim jumped at the opportunity to poach the festival.
The latest business news.
Last month, in an open letter to Comic-Con organizers, the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau made its official pitch: "This probably isn't much of a surprise to you, but we want Comic-Con International to make Anaheim its new home for 2013 (and beyond)."
The group even launched a Facebook page to gauge community interest, attracting more than 2,000 fans. The cornerstone of the campaign was Anaheim's "Top 8 Reasons to Move Comic-Con International to Anaheim, CA."
No. 1 on the list is the size of the San Diego Convention Center.
Thanks to Tuesday's deal, Anaheim may have to take that reason off its list.
According to San Diego television station KGTV:
Under the deal, the San Diego Convention Center Corp. will pay $1 million upfront to secure a six-acre bayfront site from Fifth Avenue Landing LLC. The SDCCC will then make $500,000 annual payments over the next five years, when the balance will be due.
"I applaud the port commissioners for approving this agreement and recognizing the importance of expanding our Convention Center," San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders said. "While there is more work to be done before we can break ground, today's action is a critical step forward."
Officials argue the $753 million expansion is needed to attract and keep large conventions, like Comic-Con.
The San Diego Convention Center currently has about 600,000 square feet of exhibit space, compared to Anaheim's 815,000 square feet. The proposed San Diego expansion would add another 200,000 square feet of exhibit space, KGTV reported.
That's certainly a step toward keeping Comic-Con organizers happy. Comic-Con spokesman David Glanzer told the San Diego Union-Tribune on Tuesday that it will decide on its next contract (2013-2015) within the next 30 days.


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Guelph student's apparent suicide attempt watched live online by 200 people
A young man apparently broadcast his suicide attempt online over the weekend, mixing unidentified pills and alcohol before starting a fire in his room — all while 200 members of an infamous message board watched it happen live. The incident occurred at a student residence at the University of Guelph, where a 20-year-old male was taken to hospital on Saturday.
The Daily Dot first reported the disturbing episode, which started when a 20-year-old man, identified only as "Stephen," posted on 4chan's /b/ message board that he was willing to commit suicide on camera for the community as long as someone could find a way to broadcast it.
"Stephen" wrote the following after 6 p.m. on Saturday:
"This is it. Tonight I will be ending my own life. I've been spending the last hour making the preparations and I'm ready to go through with it. As an oldfag [longtime member] who's been on 4chan since 2004, I thought I would finally give back to the community in the best way possible: I am willing to an hero [commit suicide] on cam for you all. All that I request is for you guys to link me to a site where I am able to stream it for you guys, then I will gladly fulfill my promise."
Another 4chan user set up a video chatroom with a 200-person limit, where "Stephen" proceeded to swallow some unidentified pills and vodka. He later started a fire in the corner of his room and crawled under a blanket, expecting to die. Other people on the message board variously told him to stop what he was doing, suggested ways for him to better kill himself ("bath + toaster for great scientific justice") or called the whole thing a staged event.
Eventually, firefighters burst into the room and saved the young man from the flames with the camera still running.
The livestreamed suicide attempt now seems likely to be related to an incident at the University of Guelph on Saturday, where a deliberately set fire in the Dundas Hall residence on the university campus resulted in "serious but non-life-threatening injuries" to one 20-year-old male, according to authorities.
Emergency responders received a call at 7:40 p.m. — roughly an hour and a half after the initial message on 4chan — and now say "the fire was set by the injured student in his room."
The university issued a statement saying it was "aware that there is disturbing social media activity circulating about this incident," confirming a connection to "Stephen" on 4chan. (Canada.com is not publishing the student's real name out of privacy concerns.)
Police are continuing to investigate the fire. Thirty students have been relocated to temporary residences and two staff members also taken to hospital after the fire have since been released.
Video of the incident continues to float around online, although a university spokesperson told the National Post the administration was approaching various websites with requests to remove the footage.
Although 4chan is a sprawling community of message boards devoted to everything from music to origami, it's the notorious "random" board, also known as /b/, where some of the Internet's strangest and most disturbing things begin. In addition to generating many of the memes that later bleed into the rest of the web, 4chan users have also been tied to harassment and vigilante justice against people the community deems guilty of wrongdoing, most famously in cases of animal cruelty.
In typical 4chan style, users on /b/ have turned the Guelph student into a character of sorts, giving him the nickname "Toaster Stephen."


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The Master's Welcome
Dulwich College was founded by Edward Alleyn on 21 June 1619 for 'poor scholars' so that 'good learning' might be available to all, irrespective of social background or financial resources. This 400th anniversary programme of events and activities aspires to be a fitting tribute to our Founder, giving thanks to his enduring legacy – social and educational - and employing it as an inspiration for our pupils and our wider community today. Some of the events described in this programme will make a direct contribution to our Bursary Fund and will ensure that we can extend access to the College to able pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The collaborative work of people from every constituency of the College has created a wonderful almanac of commemoration and celebration for our diverse and vibrant community: Alleynians; Old Alleynians; staff; parents and families; governors; and our friends in and around Dulwich and Southwark and across the globe, embracing particularly our partner schools of the Southwark Schools' Learning Partnership and of Dulwich College International.
If I were to select just four highlights from the quatercentenary programme, they might be the Dulwich Olympiad 2019, the Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral, and the unveiling of two newly commissioned artworks: Gerard Stamp's Dulwich College (2018) to sit alongside Camille Pissarro's Dulwich College (1871) and Helen Whittaker's commemorative stained glass window to be installed in the Lower Hall. These projects share a purpose and a message: to honour our traditions, while inspiring innovative approaches from all our pupils in all they do.
I look forward to welcoming you to our rejuvenated campus throughout 2019. Its landscape will shortly feature 100 newly planted trees resistant to climate change; they have been selected to be enjoyed by the Dulwich community on its 500th anniversary. We mark 400 years of Dulwich College history and look forward to taking on the challenges of the next 100 years. It is not inconceivable that a good number of those pupils celebrating with us in 2019 will be alive to tell their children, grand-children and great-grand-children about the 400th in 2119.
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In article <3thvel$l6l at nntp3.u.washington.edu>, meir at zoology.washington.edu (Eli Meir) wrote: | No computer program is going | to tell us very much more than we already know. Models are useful for | synthesizing data, and for making predictions that we can then test, | but, except in physics, the model will never tell us whether we figured | things out correctly. For that we have to ask the beast in question. Why do you make the exception for physics? I am new to this field, but here is my understanding of this subject: Running experiments (numerically or otherwise) on a model can never tell you whether or not you have the "correct" solution. What it can tell you is whether your current theory can account for observed phenomena. If it can, then you can ask questions of the model that would be harder to ask of the original system, and then try to verify your models answers with "wet" experiments. The problem is complexity. When you do wet experiments you use your accumulated knowledge to interpret your experimental results. But there are so many factors involved that one cannot intuitivly "see" what is going on. But a model can tell you what your knowledge implies should happen. So in my view, models can't REPLACE wet experiments. You need both. Like I said, I'm new to this, so if I'm wrong please let me know! -mike -- Michael Cheney cheney at ucla.edu http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~cheney


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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Mad dogs...
...and Englishmen go out in the Libyan sun. While Britain does it's best to kickstart a civil war, i've been dealing with the serious business of caricaturing again. Bit more ambitious this time, threw a few more ideas into the mix (something will stick surely).
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
....Sheen can't stay out of the news this week. If he makes it to next week what madness is he going to talk about then? Anyway, I tried to capture his palour and crazed beady eyes which seem to be his trademarks at the moment.
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
Record breaking cartoon...
...yep, this latest effort was conceived, drawn, submitted and rejected within 4 hours. By far the fastest rejection I have had, which is some sort of achievement. My efforts to get published by 'Britain's most popular satire magazine' seem as doomed and hapless as the Hague sponsored SAS adventure in Libya. The Mekon featured former leader can't seem to put a foot right at the moment.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
New Adventures...
...in colour. Finally got myself a copy of Corel Painter - what a piece of software. Opens up all sorts of possibilities, first up one of my heroes Harry Hill. More to follow I am sure. Hmmm, Charlie Sheen?
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