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Pork and Bacon Sliders
Being the granddaughter of proud Kansas farmers, I'm excited that a group of us bloggers from KC are taking today to celebrate a special local group — our Kansas Pork Association farmers! I feel like I have a special connection with this crew, being that my super-stylish aunt (raised on a farm, now a city girl) was once upon a time crowned the Kansas Pork Queen back in the day. True story. :)
But seriously, I have been around enough farmers to know that they are some of the most respectable, hardest-working folk around. And they also love what they do! This was undoubtedly the case with Jim Crane, a Kansas farmer who lives near my hometown. I had the chance to interview Jim, and completely enjoyed hearing his perspective on pork, farming, and his sweet family's life on the farm. Read below for my interview, and then check out my take on his favorite recipe — what he calls "The Ultimate Pork Burger"! Granted, his recipe was a little more than my small frame could handle, so I decided to adapt it into some simple little sliders. No frills or fancy sauces here — just the delicious pork patties, bacon, and whatever fixin's you prefer.
So read on for the recipe and my interview with Jim, along with my fellow bloggers' interviews with their farmers. And also be sure to check out the Kansas Pork Association's Facebook page to enter a contest for the "Ultimate Tailgating Party", which features an amazing grill package that includes over $800 worth of "pure tailgaiting bliss"! Now that's a good way to kickoff football season.
Pork and Bacon Sliders
These Pork & Bacon Sliders are quick and easy to make, and so delicious!
- 1 lb. ground pork
- salt and freshly-ground black pepper
- 2 Tbsp. vegetable or canola oil
- 6 slices of bacon, cooked and cut in half
- 10-12 slider buns or small rolls
- lettuce or spinach
- sliced tomatoes
- sliced cheddar cheese
- sliced white onions
Season the ground pork with a few generous pinches of salt and freshly-ground black pepper. Score the mixture into 8 equal portions, and then use your hands to shape each portion into a patty.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the sliders in a single layer (you may need to do 2 or 3 batches) for about 3-4 minutes on each side, or until done to your taste. Once the sliders are done cooking, add the buns to the skillet (flat-side down) for a few seconds each until the insides are slightly brown and crispy.
Lay out the bottom halves of the buns on your work surface. Then add to each a layer of lettuce/spinach, onions, cheese, tomatoes, bacon, the pork patties, and then top with the final layer of the bun. Secure with a toothpick and serve immediately.
Jim's original recipe called for making each of the "bun" layers a grilled cheese sandwich. So if you're feeling brave, feel free to make the top and bottom layers each their own mini grilled cheese sandwich!
Adapted from Jim Crane.
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
My interview with local Kansas pork farmer, Jim Crane:
I completely enjoyed getting to know Jim! He could not have been more kind and gracious, and it's clear that he genuinely loves being a Kansas pork farmer. You can read more about his farming and favorite recipe here on the KPA page.
Why would you encourage people to try cooking more with "the other white meat"?
Pork has extremely competitive pricing; this week our local store had pork chops priced at $2.49 per pound compared with hamburger at $3.99 per pound. Pork tenderloin is probably one of the best values and we use it more than any other product in our home today. There are many quality pork recipes available online for all types of pork products; you can view some of them at www.porkbeinspired.com.
The new cooking guidelines released by the USDA to cook pork to 145 degrees with a three minute rest makes pork an even better option because you can avoid drying the product during the cooking process. This keeps the today's lean pork much more tender and juicy.
How has the pork industry changed over the years that you have been farming?
When I first started I worked on a 100 sow farm where all the animals were housed outdoors. We had to deal with rain, snow, the extreme cold and extreme heat. Most farms at that time were 100-300 sows producing 15-16 pigs per sow each year. Over the last 30 years the size of farm has increased and the pigs are mainly raised in a climate controlled environment, with heat during the winter and fans and misters to provide a cool barn in the summer. This has allowed us to decrease the impact extreme weather conditions have on our pigs and keep our pigs healthier…. What I find fascinating, and what I like about farming today, is we are more responsible with our natural resources than years ago. Today's pork farms use 41% less water…78% less land…and we have reduced our carbon footprint by 35%.
How do you set the bar high on your farm to raise a quality product?
We believe in continuous quality improvement and are always looking for ways to improve. Areas we monitor daily, weekly and monthly include: animal handling, farm appearance, cleanliness, medication records, medications timing, proper treatment, vaccination timing, 0-3 day piglet care, and sow condition. We use feedback from our customers to insure we provide a safe quality product to our family and yours.
What do you wish consumers knew (that they might not) about the farms and farmers who grow their pork?
We take for granted that we can go to the supermarket and buy whatever we need at a fair price. I wish people understood that may not always be the case as there are many factors that impact the production of high quality food in the US and there are organizations that believe we should not produce pork. I wish consumers had an understanding of the changes that have taken place in farming over the last couple decades and the people raising the pigs are committed to providing proper care for our animals and many of us are only in this industry because we love working with the animals.
What is your favorite daily task on the farm? Your least favorite?
Working with the sows and piglets during the birthing process and the first few days of the pig's life has always been one of my favorite activities. Obviously most babies are cute and piglets are no exception, the results of providing proper care for sows and piglets are easy to see and unlike the breeding process feedback on whether you have been successful is almost immediate.
My least favorite is harder to come up with. I guess anything that requires doing the same thing repeatedly for more than an hour or two, but that is why I like farming. There are many tasks that are constantly changing.
How do you and your family like to kick back and relax after a hard day's work?
Three of the four of us like to play golf and will play 3-4 times a week in the summer. We still sit down for dinner most nights with the entire family. In addition the girls are into soccer, volleyball and track so there are frequently times we are off to sporting events through the fall, winter and spring. We enjoy watching college football so we are looking forward to that kicking off again in the next couple weeks.
My dad grew up on a farm and has a zillion funny farm stories to tell. Any entertaining stories from your farm lately?
One of my favorite memories happened years ago when Nancy and I were loading market hogs. We were pulling them from a dirt lot and there was a large mud puddle in the area we were working. Nancy got her boot stuck in the mud and in her struggles pulled her foot out of the boot and fell in the mud. I was laughing so hard I couldn't really help. She, as you might guess did not see the humor in the situation and I finished loading the pigs without her help.
Also check out my fellow KC bloggers' interviews with their local farmers:
This is a sponsored post on behalf of the Kansas Pork Association. I was compensated for my time however all opinions expressed are my own.
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18 comments on "Pork and Bacon Sliders"
Nice interview! I like how his favorite part is working with the birthing process. That's nice. :)
I've never had a slider or pork… burger, kind of thing. They look good, though! And love the pictures.
Awesome interview!! Love the sliders and photo.
Thanks for telling the Crane family's story, Ali. The burgers look delicious and your pictures are making my mouth water! Great post!
This look wonderful. I love the veggies combination that make it so colorful as well. :)
These look delicious! Sliders are just so cute :)
I grew up on a pig farm so I can totally get behind this Pork Association situation, even if my pig farm was in Washington State. And I can always get behind some sliders.
This is so fun, great interview! And the sliders look amazing!
Love little sliders!
The quality and cleanliness of the dish makes it look even more appealing. YUM!
Great interview! And these sliders look so clean, fresh, and delicious!
What a great interview and recipe. We eat lots of pork around here, it is one of our favorites!
Hahaha – love this interview but especially the last question ;)
What a great recipe and post, Alli!
Great interview, Ali! I'm so jealous that you get to be involved with farming life. I don't think I've ever even seen a farm before! I guess that's what happens when you live in a major city all your life.
As for this burger – I absolutely love it! I don't think I've ever made a pork burger before!
Seriously, Pork and Bacon together….can it get much better? And I love the last question…truly a husband and wife relationship.
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The Pirate Bay Closes "Forever"
The last couple of years have been rough for The Pirate Bay. The BitTorrent tracker has been at the epicenter of a copyright battle in a manner the world hasn't seen since the heyday of Napster, a fight that lead to one year jail terms for its four founders. And now The Pirate Bay is finally shutting down for good, but according to the site, it's doing so on its own terms.
"Now that the decentralized system for finding peers is so well developed," representatives for the site wrote on its official blog, "TPB has decided that there is no need to run a tracker anymore, so it will remain down! It's the end of an era, but the era is no longer up2date. We have put a server in a museum already, and now the tracking can be put there as well."
The site is also reportedly working with other torrent trackers in this attempt to decentralize. "We're talking to the other torrent admins on doing magnet links and DHT+PEX for all sites," a rep from the site told TorrentFreak. "Moving away from torrents and trackers totally--like pick a date and all agree 'from this date, we'll not support torrents anymore.' "

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text: Poland coach Jerzy Matlak: "So there is not much to say but to start the Championship anew. I'd like to forget the two previous matches, and continue with victories to the finals. I hope that these narrow losses will be forgotten."Poland player Anna Werblinska: "I'm very happy that we've won our first match in these championships and I hope this good luck will last, because we really want to play as much as possible here. (On playing Peru next) "We have not worked on Peru yet with the statistics, but we plan to do so. We have one day off. I'm sure we'll start the match fully concentrated and we will try to play our best."Costa Rica coach Braulio Godinez: "Poland had a lot more preparation than us, and you can notice that on the court. They closed everything with blocking, we had no space. They served well, we and had trouble receiving. We just couldn't find much space in their court."Costa Rica player Karen Cope: "I'm a bit disappointed because I was expecting a little bit more from our team. At the end, for A or B reason, we couldn't do it against Poland. They're a very good team, they rarely make mistakes. Their serving was excellent against us. So that made it difficult for us to play our game. At the end Poland with their height and their strength were able to win against Costa Rica, so congratulations to them."


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Beby "Love"
Our official Wrecky Minion/Helper, Julianne, is due to have a little wreckie literally at any moment. In fact, Julianne, if you're reading this, PUSH 'EM OUT, SHOVE 'EM OUT, WAAAAY OUT!!
John and I are of course being as supportive as we possibly can, in the sense that Julianne doesn't have to file your submissions while she's actually in labor. ("You're welcome, lady!") She also seems to appreciate the plastic sheeting we have draped over all the furniture when she visits, and our constant offers of moist towelettes and pickles.
So today's post is for you, Julianne. Because we care. But know very little about babies. Or baby showers. Or what, exactly, you're supposed to write on a baby shower cake.
Oh, well, that wasn't so hard!
But tell me: do these things always require balls of steel? And brass? Brass and steel balls, I mean? You know, those balls there. The balls on the cake. (Why does everyone keep flinching when I talk about cake balls?)
And speaking of cake blue balls:
I just realized why they're called cake "pops."
Booya! Who's your daddy?!
Er. Maybe we should go back to shower cakes.
Or "SKRWER" cakes.
Just don't say it out loud. There are "bebys" here.
But really, do we NEED all these properly spelled "words" and "complete" "sentences?" OF COURSE NOT. Let's just get right to the heart of the matter:
Less awesome.
(I mean, seems to me they're always crying.)
This is a job for... The A Team.
Of course, sometimes mere words are inadequate.
Sometimes you need a Playboy bikini top, sunburned cleavage, a protruding foot, and a snapshot from The Ring to convey your true feelings:
Ah, yeah. Can you feel it?!
Julianne? Julianne? Hey, where'd you go?
Thanks to Sarah H., Anony M., Kim G., Kelly L., Caitlin P., Monika L., & Anony M., who are still trying to figure how many babies are supposed to be in that belly.


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World's most beautiful airports
As the gateway to a city or country, airports are often striking works of architecture. Here are ten of the best from around the world.
John F. Kennedy Airport, New York
JFK's Terminal 5, which includes the building formerly called the TWA Flight Center, serves as the airport's JetBlue Terminal. The space was designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen in 1962, and was meant to look like a seagull in flight. The building's unique design has been used as a New York filming location for movies like Catch Me if You Can.
10BEST: Things to do in New York City
Madrid Barajas Airport
Madrid is quickly becoming a major travel center in Europe, and besides being one of the easiest airports to navigate, it's also beautiful. Terminal 4's architectural highlights include colorful steel pylons supporting a bamboo ceiling that lets in sunlight with the aim of creating a tranquil and calming space for passengers passing through.
10BEST: Madrid City Guide
Beijing International Airport
Beijing International Airport's Terminal 3, opened for the 2008 Olympics, is one of the largest buildings on earth. From the sky, the structure is meant to resemble a dragon adorned in the traditional Chinese red-and-yellow color scheme. Huge skylights let in plenty of natural light, and the entire terminal is color-coded to help passengers navigate it effortlessly.
10BEST: Great things to do in Beijing
Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport's iconic peaked fiberglass roof is meant to resemble the Rocky Mountains. Interior details throughout the airport have sparked numerous conspiracy theories -- everything from supposed Templar markings in the floors to the theory that the airport serves as the secret headquarters for the Illuminati.
10BEST: The best attractions in Denver
Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea
Incheon International Airport often finds itself at the top of best airport lists across the globe, and for good reason. Architecturally, it looks like a futuristic spaceport, and inside, you'll find a Korean bathhouse, ice skating rink, movie theater, shopping mall and free shower facilities.
Marrakech Menara Airport, Morocco
The white facade of Marrakech Menara Airport features intricate cutout patterns on the roof overhand that filter the sunlight beautifully. The arabesque patterns paired with the shape of the building blend modernism and traditional Islamic design flawlessly.
Changi Airport, Singapore
Changi Airport's Terminal 3 in Singapore features an impressive roof composed of more than 900 skylights, each adjustable to let in the perfect amount of light, as well as a five-story vertical garden in the baggage claim area. Indoor gardens scattered throughout the airport lend a calming atmosphere to this busy hub.
10BEST: Singapore Travel Guide
Hong Kong International Airport
Located on a tiny island, Hong Kong International Airport makes you feel like you're about to land on the water instead of a runway, and the view coming in is spectacular. The interior is super easy to navigate, and you won't have to wrestle your luggage up or down any stairs or escalators between your plane and the express train to Hong Kong.
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Sondika Bilbao Airport, Spain
Sondika Bilbao Airport is nicknamed "La Paloma" due to its resemblance to a dove taking flight. The steel and concrete structure integrates into the surrounding green hills near Bilbao, and the minimalist and sculptural four-floor departure hall gets a healthy dose of natural sunlight throughout the day.
10BEST: Things to do in Bilbao
Carrasco International Airport, Uruguay
Architect Rafael Viñoly tipped his hat to the design of JFK Airport circa 1960 when he designed Carrasco International Airport in 2009. The curves of the interior are smooth and easy on the eyes, and the departure hall is filled with natural sunlight. Terraces and lounges throughout the airport provide comfortable places for passengers waiting to depart or families waiting to welcome a loved one home.
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Last week, we spoke of the components that make up the fight atop Deathwing's spine so now we'll push onto how these elements come together to make up the fight.
At the start of the encounter, the group will want to kill off three of the four corruption tentacles, with the tanks temporarily holding onto the three hideous Amalgamations that spawn as a reaction to that.
Once they're out, the group should intiate a Deathwing barrel roll by stacking up on one side of his back on one of the open wounds to make sure that they don't fall. Once the roll is finished and all of the extra adds have fallen off, everyone should focus their attention on the remaining tentacle and burn it down, spawning a last Amalgamation which must be tanked.
For efficiency, you'll want to tank it by one of the armored plates. Once that's in place, make sure that you have a good threat lead on the large add and do what you can to bring the many smaller Blood adds to you where you're tanking, be it by taunting them whenever you can or using some of your ranged abilities to get their attention. It will primarily be the DPS's job to burn them down to just pay attention to their location in case they die a bit too far away and you have to shift over to absorb them into the large add.
From a tanking perspective, the fight isn't that complex. You just need to hang onto the Amalgamation and be sure to get ready to book it onec it's absorbed 9 of the Bloods and is getting ready to blow.
Keep a close eye on the health of the thing when it's fully grown and move away from it as soon as possible when it starts to cast its explosion.
Blowing up an Amalgamation next to an armored plate will blow off the armor and reveal a Tendon that holds it in place temporarily. The DPS requirements on these tendons are fairly high so be sure to do what you can to assist in their demise, be it with your own small contribution to damage or saving certain abilities like Shattering Throw for when you know they'll be ready to be burned down.
Once the tendon is killed, the armor will fall off permanently and the fight will essentially reset, spawning four more Corruption tentacles and restarting the entire process.
So essentially, once you get down the first Amalgamation, that's pretty much the sequence for the rest of the fight and it'll just come down to a matter of getting everyone to hold it together and repeat the procedure enough times to land the kill.
Best of luck on your dragon ride!


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One day a man goes into a hotel and asks for a room to stay in. The manager gives him a room and warns him not to mess around with his daughter or he'll get the Three Chinese Tortures. On his way to his room the man sees the manager's daughter. She's very beautiful and he figures he'll endure whatever he has to. So he has his way with the daughter and retires to his room.
The next morning when he wakes up he finds a rock on his chest. There is a note on it, reading: FIRST CHINESE TORTURE: ROCK ON CHEST. The man laughs and throws the rock out the window. Then he sees a sign on the nightstand that says: ''SECOND CHINESE TORTURE: LEFT NUT TIED TO ROCK. He goes flying out the window afte the rock but, as he does, he spots a sign on the windowsill that proclaims: THIRD CHINESE TORTURE: RIGHT NUT TIED TO BED POST.


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EVENT DATE: May 20, 2012
GRASSROOT SOCCER wrote -
MP & Silva is delighted to invite you to play in the MP & Silva Cup 2012— a unique charity football match at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, May 20th in support of Grassroot Soccer.
Join us to celebrate our partnership with Grassroot Soccer.
Soccer is a universal language and the world's most popular game. It is an integral part of local cultures across the world. It is something so positive that it brings smiles to the faces of both adults and children in even the worst of circumstances. Today's soccer players are heroes to the kids who watch them play.
Grassroot Soccer uses the power of soccer to save lives by preventing the spread of HIV among girls and boys in Africa. These young people are the hardest-hit by this deadly virus. But through our innovative educational programmes and approach, Grassroot Soccer is empowering youth with the knowledge, skills and support they need to break the cycle of AIDS and transform the course of their lives forever. By the next World Cup in 2014, Grassroot Soccer aims to have educated one million young people about AIDS, helping them on the way to healthier, better lives.
We believe that the sports media TV industry can work together to raise funds for this important global charity and to really make a difference in the lives of these children.
So please join us for the MP & Silva Cup 2012 at the Emirates Stadium on May 20th, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.. All we ask in return is that you or your company makes a donation to Grassroot Soccer.
Donating through www.crowdrise.com/2012mpsilvacup is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are absolutely safe with Crowdrise. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to Grassroot Soccer.
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Hawkesbury Family History Fair
Event Information
7 Aug 2010 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Hawkesbury Central Library, Deerubbin Centre, 300 George Street
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- Cost: $2.00 each lecture
Presented by Hawkesbury City Library in conjunction with the Hawkesbury Family History Group as part of National Family History Week
Date: Saturday 7th August
Time: 9am - 5pm.
Place: Hawkesbury Central Library, Deerubbin Centre, 300 George Street, Windsor
Unlock the Past Features
- Rosemary Kopittke is late addition to the program of presentatiosn She will do two talks
- Introduction to findmypast.com.au at 12.50pm (see her new book at the Fair)
- ScotlandsPeople at 3.00pm
- The first five Unlock the Past publications will be on sale at the Fair
- Family History on the Cheap by Shauna Hicks
- What was the voyage really like?: A Brief Guide by Shauna Hicks
- Your family history archives: A brief introduction by Shauna Hicks
- Which Genealogy Program? by Kerry Farmer and Rosemary Kopittke
- Getting the most out of findmypast.com.au by Rosemary Kopittke and Alan Phillips
Speakers - as well as Rosemary there will be a number of other speakers including those from
- State Records
- Society of Australian Genealogists
- Ancestry.com
- Ryerson Indexing Group
- NSW Transcription Agents.
Other specialists and exhibitors include
- Jeremy Palmer
- Teapot genies
- Hawkesbury Cemetery Register
- Unlock the Past
- Unlock the Past Expo Sydney
- National Roadshow - Mutliple Cities
- History and Genealogy Cruises 2011
- Family & Local History Handbook: Australian and New Zealand
- Gould Genealogy and History
- Findmypast.com.au
- National Institute of Genealogical Studies
- Family Photo Book
- many family history groups and local history societies.
The Library will be opened extended hours from 9am to 5pm, for the day.
- Tours of the Local Studies Collection at Hawkesbury Library
- Displays & resources
- Help with starting your family history
- Short talks will be held throughout the day
- Entry by gold coin donation with fantastic Lucky Door prizes
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Tom Jackson
Visitors welcomed
Stonewall Golf Club at Lake Manassas is touted by national and regional golf publications as one of the finest upscale daily fee public golf courses in Northern Virginia.
Experience this challenging Tom Jackson-designed, 18-hole championship golf course that's filled with history and excitement. The course gains its namesake from Confederate Brigadier General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, long considered one of the South's greatest warriors and incorporates the famed "Carolina Trail" that was used to shift troops during the Civil War.
While the surrounding Bull Run Mountains and stunning Lake Manassas provide dramatic and breathtaking views throughout your golf experience.
Whether dining at the highly regarded Brass Cannon restaurant, celebrating special occasions or partaking in a friendly round of golf, Stonewall Golf Club provides a venue that is truly enchanting with gracious hospitality and uncompromised service.


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Bachelor (and bachelorette) parties aren't my thing. This probably isn't terribly surprising, if you read with any regularity.
I'm just not a fan of the craziness that often comes with these drunk fests. Plus, personally, that intense "everyone is here for you" focus is really something I want no part of (I had to be coaxed and convinced to even have a shower).
While many people behave themselves at bachelor parties, oftentimes these fetes just get out of control. Friends get excited and caught up in the moment and the groom goes right along with it. Suddenly, a lap dance turns into getting a number which turns into "let's meet … wherever."
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those woman who has ever "prohibited" a boyfriend from going to a bachelor party (unlike some women I know), and I actually helped R with some of the logistics/details for his (it's out of town), but I am realistic that, depending on the players involved, things can go in an unsavory direction.
That was the case with Chicago's Robert Leighton. Last summer he went on a Vegas bash, hit up a club, met a woman and allegedly brought her back to his room for a little fun.
Living by "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," the groom-to-be acted like all was peachy keen upon his return. His nosy fiancée, Lauren Serafin, apparently thought something was up because she searched through his phone and found text messages from the other woman.
She confronted him, he said they only made out, she was convinced it was something more. He soon admitted he didn't really want to marry her. The wedding was a month away. Yes, one month.
Angry and out of a lot of money Serafin is now suing Leighton for right around $62,000 — the nonrefundable amount that had been spent on their nuptials.
All the gritty details, as well as photos of the couple, are here.


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For fast response time to client requests, Directory Server caches directory information in memory. If you must have top Directory Server performance, but cannot fit all directory data in available memory, you can tune cache settings to optimize performance.
This chapter covers what cache is.
This section describes the types of cache whose settings you can tune. It also describes how Directory Server uses those types of cache. This section covers the following topics:
How Directory Server Initializes a Suffix by Using the Cache
This section describes the types of cache used by Directory Server.
Figure 8–1 shows the caches for an instance of Directory Server with three suffixes, each with its own entry cache.
Directory Server also uses a file system cache. The file system cache is managed by the underlying operating system, and by I/O buffers in disk subsystems.
Each instance of Directory Server has one database cache. The database cache holds pages from the databases that contain indexes and entries. Each page is not an entry, but a slice of memory that contains a portion of the database.
Directory Server moves pages between the database files and the database cache to maintain the maximum database cache size you specify. The amount of memory used by Directory Server for the database cache can be larger than the specified size. This is because Directory Server requires additional memory to manage the database cache.
The memory can be monitored by empirical testing and by the use of tools such as pmap(1) on Solaris systems. The ps(1) utility can also be used with the -p pid and -o format options to view current memory used by a particular process such as Directory Server ns-slapd. For more information, refer to the operating system documentation.
The entry cache holds recently accessed entries that are formatted for delivery to client applications. The entry cache is allocated as required until it reaches a size larger than, but based on the maximum entry cache size you specify.
As entries stored in the entry cache are already formatted, Directory Server returns entries from an entry cache efficiently. Entries in the database must be formatted and stored in the entry cache before they are delivered to client applications.
The maximum size you specify indicates how much memory Directory Server requests from the underlying memory allocation library. Depending on how the memory allocation library handles requests for memory, the actual memory used may be much larger than the amount of memory available to Directory Server for the entry cache.
The memory used by the Directory Server process depends on the memory allocation library that is used, and depends on the entries cached. Entries with many small attribute values usually require more overhead than entries with few large attribute values.
The import cache is created and used when a suffix is initialized. If the deployment involves offline suffix initialization only, import cache and database cache are not used together. In this case, the import cache and database cache do not need to be added together when the cache size is aggregated. See Total Aggregate Cache Size. When the import cache size is changed, the change takes effect the next time the suffix is reset and initialized. The import cache is allocated for the initialization, then released after the initialization.
Directory Server handles import cache in the same way as it handles database cache. Sufficient physical memory must be available to prevent swapping. The benefits of having a larger import cache diminish for cache sizes larger than 2 GB.
The operating system allocates available memory not used by Directory Server caches and other applications to the file system cache. The file system cache holds data that was recently read from the disk, making it possible for subsequent requests to obtain data from cache rather than having to read it again from the disk. Because memory access is many times faster than disk access, leaving some physical memory available for the file system cache can boost performance.
The filesystem cache can be used as a replacement for some of the database cache. Database cache is more efficient for Directory Server use than file system cache, but file system cache is not directly associated with the Directory Server ns-slapd process. Potentially, a larger total cache can be made available to Directory Server than would be available by using database cache alone.
Refer to the operating system documentation for information about file system cache.
The sum of all caches used simultaneously must remain smaller than the total size of available physical memory, minus the memory intended for file system cache, minus the memory intended for other processes such as Directory Server itself.
For 32-bit servers, the total aggregate cache size must be limited so that the total Directory Server ns-slapd process size is less than the maximum process size allowed by the operating system. In practice, this limit is generally in the 2-3 GB range.
If suffixes are initialized while Directory Server is online, the sum of the database cache, the entry cache, and the import cache sizes should remain smaller than the total size of available physical memory.Table 8–1 Import Operations and Cache Use
Cache Type
Offline Import
Online Import
If all suffixes are initialized while Directory Server is offline, the import cache does not coexist with the database cache, so the same memory can be allocated to the import cache for offline suffix initialization and to the database cache for online use. If you opt to implement this special case, however, ensure that no online bulk loads are performed on a production server. The sum of the caches used simultaneously must remain smaller than the total size of available physical memory.
For very large caches, it is important that the memory used by Directory Server does not exceed the size of available physical memory. If the available physical memory is exceeded, the system pages repeatedly and performance is degraded.
In Figure 8–2, individual lines represent threads that access different levels of memory. Broken lines represent probable bottlenecks to minimize through effective tuning of Directory Server.
The following sections describe how Directory Server performs searches by using the cache. By processing subtree searches as described in the following sections, Directory Server returns results without loading the whole set of results into memory.
Base searches specify a base DN and are the simplest type of searches for Directory Server to manage. Directory Server processes base searches in the following stages.
Directory Server attempts to retrieve the entry from the entry cache.
If the entry is found in the entry cache, Directory Server checks whether the candidate entry matches the filter provided for the search.
If the entry matches the filter provided for the search, Directory Server returns the formatted, cached entry to the client application.
Directory Server attempts to retrieve the entry from the database cache.
If the entry is found in the database cache, Directory Server copies the entry to the entry cache for the suffix. Directory Server proceeds as if the entry had been found in the entry cache.
Directory Server attempts to retrieve the entry from the database itself.
If the entry is found in the database, Directory Server copies the entry to the database cache . Directory Server proceeds as if the entry had been found in the database cache.
Searches on a subtree or a level of a tree involve additional processing to handle multiple entries. Directory Server processes subtree searches and one-level search in the following stages.
Directory Server attempts to define a set of candidate entries that match the filter from indexes in the database cache.
If no appropriate index is present, the set of candidate entries must be found directly in the database itself.
For each candidate entry, Directory Server performs the following tasks.
Performs a base search to retrieve the entry.
Checks whether the entry matches the filter provided for the search.
Returns the entry to the client application if the entry matches the filter.
In Figure 8–3, individual lines represent threads that access different levels of memory. Broken lines represent probable bottlenecks to minimize through effective tuning of Directory Server.
The figure does not show the impact of the internal base search performed to get the entry for update.
Directory Server processes updates in the following stages.
Directory Server performs a base DN search to retrieve the entry, or to update or verify the entry in the case of an add operation that it does not already exist.
Directory Server updates the database cache and any indexes affected.
If data affected by the change have not been loaded into the database cache, this step can result in disk activity while the relevant data are loaded into the cache.
Directory Server writes information about the changes to the transaction log and waits for the information to be flushed to disk, which happens periodically, at each checkpoint. Directory Server database files are thus updated during the checkpoint operation, not for each write.
Directory Server formats and copies the updated entry to the entry cache for the suffix.
Directory Server returns an acknowledgement of successful update to the client application.
The following figure illustrates how Directory Server initializes a suffix by using the cache. Individual lines represent threads that access different levels of memory. Broken lines represent probable bottlenecks to minimize through effective tuning of Directory Server.
Directory Server initializes a suffix in the following stages:
Starts a thread to feed a buffer from LDIF.
Starts a thread for each index affected and other working threads to update the indexes. These threads use the import cache.
Reads from and writes to the database files when import cache runs out.
Directory Server also writes log messages during suffix initialization, but does not write to the transaction log.
Tools for suffix initialization delivered with Directory Server provide feedback on the cache hit rate and import throughput. If cache hit rate and import throughput drop together, it is possible that the import cache is too small.


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Elizabeth Olsen, the younger sister of Mary Kate and Ashley (my first thought upon learning of her existence- There are more Olsens?! They can't be stopped!), has denied rumors that she will star in a Sex & The City prequel movie. If not her, then, who?
"My friend who loves blogs told me about it when it was happening and it's not real," Olsen explained upon hearing the rumors.
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While that burning question has finally been answered, what, exactly, would a Sex & The City prequel involve? As people tend to get wiser as they get older, it stands to reason that a young Carrie Bradshaw would be even more awkward and painful to watch than an older Carrie Bradshaw.
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Kirk's naturopath recently put him on an anti-inflammatory, hypoallergenic diet. It's very restrictive, but super-healthy, so we've been trying our best to stick to it. It's going pretty well, and I'll have some new food posts for you soon. But in the meantime, I just have to talk about these cookies...
There's no sugar allowed on this diet, and my sweet tooth has been suffering. So tonight I made it my mission to find a cookie recipe that would be both healthy and satisfying. I found this one. I made some adjustments based on what I have on hand, and the fact that several of the comments complained that they were bland.
My version did not turn out bland. Just the opposite. They are SO good! And only 40 caories each!
Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Cookies
(adapted from Skinny Chunky Monkey Cookies)
makes 46 small cookies
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats
1/4 cup almond butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1/3 cup carob chips
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1-1/2 tbsp agave nectar
pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium sized bowl, mix all the ingredients together. Let stand 10-20 minutes to soften oats. Drop batter by the teaspoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 12-14 minutes.
These are my new favourite cookies!
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iBeacon, working in conjunction with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), can integrate the physical and mobile channels, enabling a bank's mobile app to deliver highly tailored digital promotions, coupons or offers directly to the consumer's smartphone when the customer is in the general vicinity of an office, at any specific location within an office or at an ATM.
There are already more than 200 million iBeacons in the form of phones in our pockets. Google has included BLE into the Android 4.3 and other recent phones. Apple has been including BLE in their devices since the iPhone 4, meaning that every iPhone from the past two years is an iBeacon in itself. More importantly, standalone low cost iBeacons ($40 - $100 each) can be placed in physical branch locations, linking the bank branch with consumers' smartphones.
iBeacon technology is designed to deliver continuous content based on the precise location of a customer within a branch, allowing for highly relevant messaging or special offers on products to be sent to smartphone users at the exact time and place they are most useful. This immediacy is a big advantage over other technology like NFC or QR codes that are either less accurate or require additional steps by the customer.
In order for iBeacon to work in banking, customers must first install the mobile app of the bank they are visiting and opt-in for personalized promotional alerts. By providing the bank access, the bank could track activities performed both online and in the branch in the past to customize both mobile and in-person communication the moment they step inside the branch.
Consumer Acceptance of In-Store Alerts
- 41 percent said they were not relevant to their interests or location
- 37 percent stated the offers did not provide enough value
- 16 percent fount the alerts to be annoying
- 6 percent did not opt-in to receive the notifications
iBeacon Banking Applications
Announced in February 2014, Australian bank Westpac is planning to trial the technology in selected branches over the coming months. iBeacon will work with both iPhone and Android devices and will be used to send customers special offers and other incentives on their device when they are in a branch or walking past the office. It'll also give bank staff full details of a customer's business with Westpac when they enter a branch.
It'll be an opt-in service, fully integrated into Westpac's mobile app.
Some potential ways banks and credit unions could leverage the potential of iBeacon technology include:
- Welcome Communication: As customers pass or enter a branch, the bank can deliver a welcome message to the customer and a summary of services available at the branch. This could include a personalized map of the office and the available specialists currently at the office. Any special offers can also be highlighted.
- Customer Recognition: When a customer enters a branch, branch personnel can be alerted and can be provided transaction history and sales prompts for interacting with the customer based on their value. This enhanced recognition can improve service and loyalty.
- Availability and Wait Times: Much like at an Apple store, a customer could be provided the wait times for specific services/specialists as well as a way to set an appointment using their smartphone app.
- Personalized Product Offers: Offers based on previous customer activity, account ownership and even demographics and credit score can be sent to the customer's smartphone upon entering the branch. This could allow for dynamic pricing of services or rewards offers based on the customer's current relationship or relationship potential.
- Location Specific Offers: If a customer is standing at a deposit slip counter, they could receive a notification (along with introductory video) related to remote deposit capture services.
- Education: When a customer is waiting for a teller or platform officer, highly relevant short form educational videos can be delivered to the customer's smartphone for viewing. These could include direct links to already partially completed application/authorization forms.
- Surveying: iBeacon can provide a way to solicit customer opinions and service ratings when the customer visits or leaves the branch.
- Branch Analytics: With iBeacon, banks will be able to understand which customers are using branches, what are the busiest days and times, how long on average are customers spending in branches and what type of transactions customers are completing. This data can assist in optimizing the branch experience for customers in the future. This data can also assist in cross-channel attribution tracking.
- Beacon Enabled ATMs: For customers who have authorized communication via their mobile device, personalized offers can be delivered to the phone after an ATM visit based on the customer's relationship. This technology could also potentially replace the need to use a card to access the ATM.
- Post Visit Retargeting: The ability to communicate with the customer via mobile, online, phone, etc. after a branch or ATM visit is possible applying the learnings collected during the visit.
Privacy advocates have already raised concerns about the use of iBeacon to deliver messages and offers. Until privacy laws and guidelines are updated to account for advances in technology like iBeacon, the onus will be on the bank or credit union to implement clear opt-in processes and focus on delivering value to customers as opposed to simply pushing out a series of offers.
The good news for banks is that locational alerts could turbocharge the activation and utilization of bank and credit union mobile apps. In retail, 80 percent of consumers surveyed said that they would use their mobile app more often if the apps delivered sales and promotion alerts. This can support the goal of transforming current mobile banking apps into indispensable financial applications that can deliver relevant and timely digital content.


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Egypt's draft charter gets 'yes' majority in vote
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's disputed constitution has received a "yes" majority of more than 70 percent in the second and final round of voting on the referendum, according to preliminary results released early Sunday by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The results, posted on the Brotherhood's website, show that 71.4 percent of those who voted Saturday said "yes" after 95.5 percent of the ballots were counted. Only about eight of the 25 million Egyptians eligible to vote -- a turnout of about 30 percent -- cast their ballots.
The referendum on the Islamist-backed charter was held over two days, on Dec. 15 and 22. In the first round, about 56 percent said "yes" to the charter. The turnout then was about 32 percent.
The Brotherhood, from which Islamist President Mohammed Morsi hails, has accurately predicted election results in the past by tallying results provided by its representatives at polling centers. Official results would not be announced for several days. When they are, Morsi is expected to call for the election of parliament's lawmaking, lower chamber no more than two months later.
The low turnout in both rounds is likely to feed a perception of illegitimacy for the constitution, which Islamists say will lay the foundation for a democratic state and the protection of human rights. The opposition charges that it places restrictions on liberties and gives clerics a say over legislation.
The referendum on the constitution has opened divisions in Egypt that are not likely to disappear any time in the near future. Hurriedly adopted by Morsi's Islamist allies, the charter has left Egypt divided into two camps: The president, his Brotherhood and ultraconservative Islamists known as Salafis in one, and liberals, moderate Muslims and Christians in the other.
The two sides brought hundreds of thousands of supporters to the streets over the past month in rival rallies. Clashes between the two sides left at least 10 people dead and hundreds wounded.


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Aileen Trinder, co-founder of Pastkeys: Delving into the resources available for NSW 19th century immigration
Kath Corey, HAGSOC: In search of my convict
Dr Richard Reid, historian and author: Telling the immigrant story through objects
Warwick Abadee, Australian National Maritime Museum: The Australian National Maritime Museum's place in tracing your family history
Melanie Nolan, Professor of History; Director, National Centre for Biography; General Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography, ANU: Labour History, Families and Online biography
Kerri Ward, Senior Reference Officer, National Archives of Australia: Populate or Perish: 20th Century migration records in the National Archives of Australia
Robyn Van-Dyk, Senior Curator of Published and Digitised Records, Australian War Memorial: Digitisation of naval records from the AWM Research Centre
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Postgame Avs-Rangers; A Garden Party
NEW YORK – I realize I'm about the 14,567th media person to use that headline after a win by a team at Madison Square Garden, but it's late here in the Big App. Actually, I'm in Syosett, N.Y., about six stops from Penn Station on the Long Island railroad.
This was my first Avs road trip to New York/New Jersey since 1997, so it was a bit of a re-education in life here (I'm a former NYC resident, by the way. Lived on Thompson St. from around 1966-69 or so, from ages 1-3).
But, when you've been away a while, you forget just what a totally different life it is here. It really is. Everything is so much more regimented by the clock than a place like Denver, especially when you're getting around on mass transit. You're always on the lookout for your train number, and when you see it you bustle along to get to the right track. Then you get on the train, get your tickets punched about four times on the route to your stop, with one transfer in the middle.
You've always got to stay alert for the next number or name you need to get to where you're going. If you're driving in a car, which I did for much of the trip too, you're always looking for the next exit, or the next lane you need to get over to get to the next exit before it's too late.
I swear, if not for the invention of GPS, I would be somewhere probably in Rhode Island by now, trying to find all those right lanes and exits. GPS has truly lowered the blood pressure of millions of type A guys like me, who not only freak out when we get lost, we NEVER ask anyone to help us once we are.
Other observations of living the commuter life the last couple days on the LIRR: nobody – NOBODY – talks to each other. It's just scrolling of iphones and blackberries all the way. That's it. The smartphone is their oxygen tank, and without them, they have no more air.
OK, about tonight's game: First off, against my better judgment perhaps, I'm including a picture of me on center ice of MSG this morning, taken by the one and only Marc Moser.
It gave me pause to post the photo, because I look like about 9 feet tall, and it looks like my head has been photoshopped on top of a giraffe neck.
But hey, if someone from the arena gives you a quick invitation to get out there for a second, you take it. Sorry, Ranger fan readers here, if I laid a Dater curse on that ice. They've been known to happen.
About the game: A good, back and forth contest. The Rangers still let the serious media sit down by the side of one of the goals, so it was fun to actually be able to watch a hockey game just a few feet away for a change, and really see what's going on. Every time I do see a game from that kind of vantage point, I just renew my appreciation for what these guys go through. Everything is just soooooo fast, and you get creamed if you have a second or two of hesitation. It's just a game of see-react-go-see-react-go, only speed up by about 100 miles per hour.
The Burgundy and Blue had a strong third period, and that's why they're winners tonight.
I know it's only been two games, but I'm also starting to get a man crush on Jonas Holos' game. I see, keep that kid in the lineup if I'm an Avs fan. He moves the puck quick and seems to know how to make the smart pass to someone and get it out of the zone. He's still feeling himself around, but I don't see how Joe Sacco can take him out of the lineup right now.
Your coach's postgame talk:
And here is what it was like right where I was sitting for the game, when the teams came out to the ice. That's longtime NY Post writer Larry Brooks in front of me.
It was fun hanging out in the press room, with some great old photos on the wall – like one of Muhammad Ali prancing to about 100 photographers, or Wayne Gretzky sitting at the table of his final press conference.
OK, a couple more things before I sleep, then wake up for the long journey back to Denver:
– I saw "The Social Network" today at the AMC 25 on 42nd St., and I give it 5 stars. I had no idea this movie would be so compelling to watch.
– My list of the 5 biggest surprise NHL teams so far, for better and worse.


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How much is half a pint of rancid milk worth?
Both seem to make the mistake I've commented on previously, assuming (for the purpose of a headline-grabbing figure) that food waste is worth the same as food. It isn't. Half a pint of rancid milk isn't worth half the cost of a fresh pint; potato peelings aren't worth the same as whole spuds, nor beef bones the same as a whole rib roast. Most of the food waste we produce is inedible, by-products of preparation such as peel or carrot tops or chicken carcasses, or stuff that's too old.
In fact the IME acknowledge that only a tenth of the £480 'worth' of food thrown away by each family is edible. That makes £48 a year. Or about a pound a week. But I guess the headline "British families throw away £1 a week each of edible food" isn't what they're after.
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"How much is half a pint of rancid milk worth?"
I dunno Raedwald but I've got four pints of raw unpasteurised milk that I foolishly bought, even though I have a compromised immune system and am advised not to drink...
...I thought I would steam it, for my "white" coffees, but it doesn't froth up, apparently there is too much lovely fatty cream in it.
Looks like I am going become a statistic, as that lot is worth around a fiver...
...In one week!
- 10 January 2013 at 07:49
- Weekend Yachtsman said...
Your point is taken, but not sure about this "Half a pint of rancid milk isn't worth half the cost of a fresh pint"
Surely the cost of something to the user is the cost of replacing it?
If that milk were actually needed, it would have to replaced at whatever the retail cost is (about 30p now)?
Of course, it may be that people are buying stuff they don't need. Isn't it terrible how capitalism and free markets have made us so rich we can afford this!
- 10 January 2013 at 09:22
- Tcheuchter said...
@ right_writes:
Let the milk "turn" i.e. go sour (not bad) then have some of it with brown sugar; wrap the rest in a muslin bag & hang it up for a few days and you will have cottage cheese. At least I think that's what we used to do about 60 years ago.
- 10 January 2013 at 09:26
- Raedwald said...
Ah, WY, but we're not replacing it for past consumption; we don't buy 1.1/2 pints and use 1/2 pint more than normal to 'catch up'
hmmm not sure that makes sense ..
- 10 January 2013 at 09:48
I genuinely try not to waste food. Or anything for that matter. It makes more statistical sense to account for bones, peelings etc when foisting this stuff on people over the air as they have done twice this morning on R4.
I would consider that the biggest waste of food that is edible is takeaway stuff (OK, "edible" may be open for discussion here!). Kids buy this stuff and throw half of it away (or onto the pavement) while they walk down the high street stuffing their fat faces. The worst and most wasteful invention ever was the fast-food "restaurant" or takeaway.
Coney Island
- 10 January 2013 at 10:32
@Coney Island...
I thought we were talking about food?
You had to lower the tone and bring slurry into it didn't you?
- 10 January 2013 at 10:39
Fast food? Well, they used to grind up whole cow heads to put in burgers - no waste there!
You must expect that the PTB must find a new theme to enable them to wag their fingers at us. CAGW is dead (official: Met Office confession via BBC), long live CAFW (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Food Waste).
- 10 January 2013 at 12:52
- English Pensioner said...
I just wonder what the members of the I Mech E think of this. It is nothing to do with the profession, and were I a member I would be concerned that my subscription was being spent this way rather than furthering the interests of the members.
As for the rancid meilk, is this the same thing as sour milk which my mother, if I remember correctly, used for making scones?
The crime is that nothing is done with the waste food, during wartime there were yellow bins, chained to lampposts, for scrap food which was collected daily to feed pigs (or so we were told), but now feeding such food to animals is banned. In fact most of ours went to feeding the six ducks that my father kept for eggs.
- 10 January 2013 at 13:11
- Demetrius said...
We buy a lot of stuff direct from the farm and straight out of the ground. The preparation means that some bits will go in the bin. We would like a compost heap but living in a flat means we cannot. One reason for waste is that the packaging of a lot of foods means you have to buy a given quantity, not just what you need.
- 10 January 2013 at 13:14
I wonder what the losses are in organic food - too many slugs in the lettuce, too many worms in the spuds.
I've heard rates of up to 30% for stuff thrown out of the fridge, but I'd bet the losses in organic are higher.
- 10 January 2013 at 13:43
One of the most pernicious causes of waste food is the unanalyzed dates for 'Use by' on virtually everything. The whole thing is established by a consensus of guess work . Yes every person below the age of fifty accepts the date as gospel and routinely throws away safe foodstuffs
- 10 January 2013 at 19:25
One of the most pernicious causes of waste food is the unanalyzed dates for 'Use by' on virtually everything. The whole thing is established by a consensus of guess work . Yes every person below the age of fifty accepts the date as gospel and routinely throws away safe foodstuffs
- 10 January 2013 at 19:25
- Gordon the Fence Post Tortoise said...
Sigh... the near epidemic the nannying or mendacious (or just plain stupid) f-wits concocting self serving BS scare stories is getting really tiresome.
Dr. Tim Fox is a "Chartered EnvironMentalist" see biog and gong hoarder with a taste for winger wagging and let's face it - embarrassing mission creep.
It seems that many professional bodies are attracting "non practicing" puffed up apparatchiks who are constantly peddling off-topic agendas from their (well remunerated) positions of trust.
Just like some f-wits in the BMA fancy themselves as authorities on climate physics and green lifestyle choices.
It seems like every day now I see folk campaigning hard to be put on the "B Ark" as per Douglas Adams fantasy - only now, we might just be able to do it thanks to PayPal, Elon Musk & SpaceX offering Mars Pioneer tickets (one way) at less than the annual salary of so many of these goons.
- 10 January 2013 at 22:08
- FrankC said...
Lovely picture of "food waste" in the bin.
Orange peel, egg shells, carrot peelings and tea bags. Not even a TV chef could concoct a meal from that lot.
- 11 January 2013 at 23:14
English Pensioner, I can't speak directly for the I Mech E but if the IEE (now renamed IET) is anything to go by then they will have long-since become a mouthpice for the fashionable BS of the management consultants, computer modellers, big government and windmill brigade. They're therefore probably all in favour of this sort of thing.
Their obsessions seem to be change for change's sake (especially if it involves additional legislation to protect vested interests) and favouring complexity over elegance and common sense. In the minds of these people all engineering is nothing more than a number-crunching exercise to be performed by computers, yet they still believe that only paid-up members of their cosy little clubs are competent to carry it out.
In my view these institutions are greatly responsible for the poor state (and unattractiveness to new entrants) of engineering today. They perpetuate the image of engineering as a stuffy, dull profession whilst pursuing policies which actively sideline good engineers to deskbound, increasingly admin-based, jobs as they gain experience.
"Chartered engineer", if it ever was meaningful, is certainly not so any longer. It merely indicates that somebody is able to fill in forms and file reports saying how they have followed the prescribed application process to the letter. I am aware of one individual who spent two years in an electronic engineering job (after completing a previous two years of graduate training in the same company and presumably 3 or 4 years at university before that), destroying practically everything he touched and creating huge amounts of work for others rectifying his mistakes. He was unable to correctly apply a single NPN transistor as a saturated switch. He put in for chartership with the IEE and got it first time. Fortunately for the rest of us he almost immediately left his position in order to climb the greasy pole elsewhere.
I have it on good authority that he has since moved jobs multiple times, typically spending 6-9 months in each position. Seemingly he has obtained a significant pay rise with every move. One purpose of the institutions seems to be to permit this sort of thing to happen by providing "networking opportunities". This can't be a good thing.
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Though John Tavares has spent his entire NHL career as a center, the New York Islanders captain knows there's no guarantee he'll be in the middle when he takes the ice for Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics next month.
And he's OK with that.
Canada is loaded with talent down the middle, including Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews and Ryan Getzlaf. That could result in Tavares spending his time in Sochi on left wing, though he said this week he "hasn't heard anything" about his ultimate position.
Tavares said the time he spent playing in Switzerland during the NHL lockout gave him some exposure to life as a left wing, as well as experience in playing on the larger Olympic-sized ice surface.
"I guess the one benefit I took out of the lockout last year is I played about 90 percent of the games in Switzerland on left wing," he said. "I've played there before on the big ice with Canada as well internationally, so I have some experience over there, and I think a lot of the adjustment for me is just make sure I'm always trying to keep my feet moving. I don't want to be standing still and getting caught flat-footed.
"Being a centerman, you always seem to be moving. When you make that adjustment, that's the biggest thing. Sometimes you feel like you can be a little flat-footed at times."
There have been rumors Tavares could end up on the left side of Anaheim Ducks linemates Getzlaf and Corey Perry, a prospect he said would be exciting.
"Those are two exceptional players," he said. "They've accomplished almost everything you can do in this game and are having great seasons. It would be a lot of fun playing with those guys."
Just being part of the Olympics is a thrill for Tavares, who said he has memories of watching Canada win the gold medal in Salt Lake City in 2002 and in Vancouver in 2010.
Of 2002, he remembered, "I was with all my minor hockey teammates; I was with the Mississauga Senators at that time. I remember all of us cheering and going crazy, especially when Joe Sakic iced it with the empty-netter."
Eight years later, Tavares was an NHL rookie watching the gold-medal game with linemate and fellow Canadian Matt Moulson at the home of teammate Doug Weight, a three-time U.S. Olympian.


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Aaron Hart, 20, of Hodgenville was transported to University Hospital in Louisville with non-life threatening injuries after Kentucky State Police said he failed to obey the commands of an officer who stopped Hart's vehicle along Watterson Expressway exit in Jefferson County off Interstate 65. Police said Hart is facing charges of first-degree robbery, first-degree wanton endangerment, resisting arrest and third-degree burglary.
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The firearm and an unidentified sum of cash, some of which police believe was taken during the robbery, were recovered by police.
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ITHACA, NY — A longtime administrator with an extensive background in facilities leadership and management has been named associate vice president for facilities at Ithaca College. Timothy Carey, who has served since 2007 as associate vice president for facilities services at Montclair State University, will join Ithaca College on March 24.
Carey has served in a number of capacities at Montclair State since 1986, including director of administrative operations, director of continuous quality improvement and executive assistant to the senior vice president for administration, and assistant director of the Educational Opportunity Fund. He holds a doctorate in educational policy, theory and administration from Rutgers University.
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